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REPORTS if Needs Co-operation in Making » *• Them by the Government. FAILURE OF'GINNERS ‘‘ r ' r ‘j: ' ‘V 'V' To AMttt Win Detihtjr Cottoo SUtUtics, Saya Director North ot the Ceoaue Boreau, Who Expresses Sur- ‘ prise and Coocarn. He Warns Growers. Director of tho Census North In a lotter to Representative Burleson of Texas, made public Thursday, takes notloe uf the situation presented by the cotton statistics given out for publication Wednesday and expresses his surprise and concern at the recent alleged movement in the southern States, “apparently approved and augmented by the cotton growers themselves," todes roy the census re ports by concerted refusal of the gln- ners to make returns. Director North asserts that a continuance of the cot tonginning reports is Impossible with out the sympathetic and whole-heart ed co-operation of the ginners of the south. Immediately after the reoelpt of the letter. Mr. BurleSOQ, a rojW 1 : Lpablioatloo of adfttrrate statistics, of the house census ocrffmitlee, her and who was the author of the provl sion making appropriation for the gathering of cotton statistic*, gave out an interview in which be upholds the director in the work now being dona by bis bureau. ..Tba, letter Is as follows: ' 'Washington, D. 0., Dec. 29,1904 Hon. Albert S. Burleson, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C My Dear Sir: It seems proper to invite your attention to certain ano malous conditions which sonfrunt the census office m earning out the pro visions of section 9 of the act to estab lish a permanent census office, direct ing the periodical collection of the statistics of oct on produ t on through the agency of the ginners. Thl- provision was inserted in the law at ~ your urgfot ft (ftiest and tiwt of ottw* southern representatives, on the plea that It was necessary for the protec tion of the cotton producers ag i is* the Speculators and othe.s inberesitt In depressing the price of the staple for their own prol.t. It was urged that enormous lostes resulted from the untrustworthy estimates put forth •very year by speculators and agents of the Liverpool market, and that early and trustworthy official info)mi tion regarding the sire of the crop would protect the grower, disarm the speculator and market manipulator and permit the law of supply and de mand to regulate the prices. BXrKNSlVB INFOHMATIOiN. Since the law was passed cengres, has appropriated and this office lias disbursed more than 1125,000 a year In the collection and dissimloatlon of this information. The system has been gradually perfected until 1| has become more nearly perfect than any similar plan for obtaining expet know ledge of the size of any agricultural crop curing the progress of harvest log. No complaint has been made that the census reports are not accurate. Indeed for a year or two past we have been able to trace the emp so closely that practically every bale has been accounted for. The statistics increase in value every year; for It becomes possible, by comparison of the statistics ot one year with those of the same date in preceding years, to Judge the siza ot successive crops with an accuracy never before known or approximated. The ginning reports ot tb*. oentun- (nice have crowded out the spicula live and interested estimates referred to, and the single object which the southern representatives had In view, in urging this legislation, has been successfully aecomphshed. In vlewirihese facts, I have beep surprised and concerned at the pres ent movement in the southern States which Is opparently approved and aug ' mented by the cotton growers them •elves, to destroy the census reports by the concerted refusal of the ginners to make the returns upon which they are based. Thus far the movem-*nt has not seriously affected our work but if it continues and spreads, it will necessarily destroy its va'ue during the eomii g year. It appears to havi been suddenly discovered that these - reports, undertaken solely at tbc de mand of the cot ton growers, are high ly detrimental to bis interests. Mr E. F. Webber, president of the Mem phis octton exchange, is quoted as de daring that “the cotton Interests of the south have everything to lose and nothing to gala by their continuance: they put the manufacturing interests In possession of information which works irreparable injury to the south.” My attention has also been called to the so called "National Cot ton Ginners' association," the purpos of which Is stated to be “to gather accurate and reliable information re gar ding the amount of cottoo pro duced in advance of the government report.” It also appears that “this information la to be sent In code; and the members of the association will be sworn not to divulge ifc” The In formation is still highly desirable, but possession of it is to be restricted to those who grow and gin the cotton. DttAPPOraTMBNT OF GBOWBRS. I can understand the dlsapointed meat of cotton growers at the present prices of cotton, and their that these prices are due to the un- ostx&l else of this year’s cotton crop, early and definite knowledge concern ing which has been given to the pub lic bv the census reports, But loon- fogs myself unable to follow the rea soning which leads the growers, and ■ ‘m the ginners, to Imagine be to their advantage, be this exceptional situation to the cfflcieccy of the offlv ial gh which they learned 1 ot which has undoubtedly mended the chinge to the prloe'of cotton over a muc a longer period, and thus saved the growers and the country from muob larger loeeee than would other wise liave been encountered m con- nectlon with this tear’s crop. It would seem to be plain that In - the long run, taking one year With an other, only one thing can decrease the speculative element in the business of cotton selling, and thus permanent ly benefit the cotton grower, and that is knowledge of the exact truth as to the size of the crop, from an absolute ly impartial and tiutbwortby source, at the earliest practicable dates, This was the unanimous contention of the southern repre sutatlve ip congress when the law was passed. It is not my purpose, however, to argue'the matter. 1 simply desire to call your attention to the fact that the continuance of the census c; tton ginning reports is impossible, without the Complete, sympathetic, and wbule- harted cooperation of the 30,000 gin ners »f the south. T ie census office cannot enter into oompttiLlon with, a cotton ginners’ association which pro poses to gather the same data ' 'for private Information only.” Mo'eover it cannot continue to prcmulgat* statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned to certain date, after it has reason to believe that these report* are no longer correct, in consequence of a concerted boycott by the ginners Otherwise it would be guilty of tbe Identical evil of misrepresentation its reports were established to pre vent. The cen-us bureau has no in barest in tbe matter whatever, beyond the discharge < f Its duty as establish ed by law, and th^mainU nance of its reputation for the compilation and tv. A Man Serving • Life Sentenee at Veerly Tire Times at VftBy FffS M Penitentiary Wants Relemt. ’the Usually lays. Ho. num. eggs pn so- WAUN1NQ TO GROWERS. I have, therefore, decided to notify you In thl* manner, and through you tbe cotton growers of the fiouth, that tbe continuance of the ao/emeU which they have b gun will necessari- jj result in tbe discontinuance ot the from ( mator Tillman a letter In re- gard ft tbe pardon of George Sanli, now serving a life sentence In the penitentiary from Barnwell o6ii&ty- Fhe case is a very peculiir tffie, mad the request for the pardon came In from Representative Yespian Warner, of Illinois, who Is chairman of the committee of the revision of laws of the national bouse'of representatives. Governor Heyward will look Into the matter at once. The letters which were sent the governor- are aa fol lows: Gov. D. C. Heyward. „ Dear Governor: I eodoee you a let ter wbiim explains Itself. The writer Is a member of congress from Illinois and a very fine gentleman aptf It seems that tills man in whom he is interest ed is at leist worthy of having you examine into his record and into the circumstances of the crime and see whether he is being held in prison un justly or at least longer than the crime would warrant, supposing him to have been guilty. Please look ibis up and do what you can as a personal fav Jr to me and oblige, Yours sincerely, , B. R. Tillman. The letter inclosed is as follows: My Dear Senator: You will remem ber that I spoke to you yesterday to re alion to one George W. Ennis, who is now serving a life sentence in the penitentiary in South Carolina. Eo- nls enlisted, in the Federal volunteer army at the commencement of the civil war.In my county, where he then ■ived. and where his people now re side. At the close of the war he set tled in South Carolina, in what coun ty I do not know, and was afterwards Indicted for setting fire, as I am ip- formed, to a small shed containing a mule. The shed and mule were burn ed. Ennis Wus tried and. found guilty mage ben ib ttie DI& lOftSTKIt, Mates lays only sixty eggs a year, or c tton ginning re^iria of the censor a D ^-^- n ieocgrto he-Banned and i fflee, for without the h arty and general cooperation of the ginnert. those reports would become valueless and the compilation an unpardonable vaste of public money. The situa tion would then rayfytto what it wa^ five yearsago. But afler the private and interested estimalts controlling the market price have again f jr a few years been too hig i, as they undoubt edly will be, aud tbe repeats 1 looser of the cotton growers in cousequeuct have again convipoed them that the change tney Oemanded in 1901 was B wise one. it-will be far more dlffl ult tod may bs Impossible to loduce con .tress to rse*tabli8h asjstem which tbe cotton growers set up once before only to tear it down when it chanced that a knowledge of the facts was tc their disadvantage. I deem it my duty to acquaint you with the probable course of tbe ceo Nusoffice, in orcUr that you may take any steps which may seem to yc u de sirable or necessary in conoectior with the matter. Very respectfully, ^ , 8. N. D. North, Director. Upon receipt of tbe letter, Mr. Burleson gave out the following stale! ment: “Believing that it wes to the in terestof the producer of cotton tt eliminate as far as possible the specu lative element tiom entering into or affecting the markn price of bis pro duct. 1 caused to be embodied in the act, making the census bureau per manent, the original Item providing for statistics of cotton ginned during the current year, and tbe result of census bureau’s labors In carrying into effect this provision has materi ally aided In accomplishing this end Tbe result has notit fluenced a change of opinion on my part. A PERSONAL ALLUSION. the recommendation of tbe judge, prosecuting attorney who tried him, bis s< utence wascommuted to life im prisonment. Eanls imlsts that be is innocent, and it baa since b;en ascertained that some other perton, colored, I believe, set tire to the shed. Ennis has now served in the penitentiary more than twenty five years’ and I submit tfcat his punishment has been amply suffi cient, even though he did not set fire fcq-thc shed.. His relatives live in my Iv m? county, D-Wftt county, 111., and he has not a relati re or friend of my knowledge in your -tate. If you will kindly ask your governor to have Ennis’record in the penitentiary cx amined, and if he fiads that his con duct lias been good and the circum stances justify', 1, as well as his many friends In DeWitt oounyr^Ill., where yi u certainly know jtu have many friends, will be slnccrel / gratified. Very respectfully, V. Warn r. JANUARY WEATHER. "If I may be pardoned a personal allusion, a grower of cot-on myself, having frequently -experienced tbe damage occasioned by the high esti mates and cocksure assertions put for ward by those acting for specula ton- and cotton gamblers, 1 felt the neces slty of ae me impartial source of infor mation which would be as accurate as possible. This tbe census bureau has proven itself to be. ^ —concur In every word contained in this letter of Mr. North and feel’ that it would be nothing short of a calamity if the ginners should at any time fait to furnish prompt afd aecu rate reports to tbe ceusus- bairgau. To fail to report to the census bureiu will only play Into the hands of tbe cotton gamblers and will serve U promptly reestablish alleged statistical sgents, who are now, tbauks to the bureau of statistics of tbe department of agriculture aud the census bureau thoroughly- discredited. If during next year; as a result of decreased acreage and Imperfect weather condl tions, there should be a short on p which is not improbable, then tbe ginners’ reports Issued by the oensu bureau wouBjigaio be'n high favei|' by the coltoa growers. What b wanted and wbat is really always tc the interest of the cotton grower is a prompt knowledge of the exact truth. "It U my purpose to prepare an offer at this session of omgreW and amendment to tbe census act provid log for the collection and pub loatlon of accurate statistics tbe number of bales of cotton oobeumed each year Whet It Has Been In Colombia For Past Seventeen Years. The following data, covering a perioc of seventeen years, have been comptied from the weather bureau re cords aji .Columbia, S C. They are issued to show the conditions that have prevailed, during the month in quest:on, fur the above period of years, but must nrt be construed as a forecast of the weather conditions for tbe coming month: . Moi th of January for seventeen years: Temperature—Mean or normal tem peraturc, 4« degrees. The warmest month was that of IH90, with an aver age of 54 degrees. The coldest month ■v&s that of 1893, with an average of 38 degrees. The highest temperature was 78 degrees on January 15th, 1898 The lowest tempenture was 10 de grees on January 28th, 1897. The ear’iest date on which first ‘ killing" frost occurred in autumn, October 19, 189$. Average date on whici first "silling" fro-it occurred in autumn. November 8 r b. Average date on whichjast "killing” frost occurred In spring, Much 23d. The latest date on which last "killing" frost occurred ia-**prtng, April th, 1899. E’reclpiUtfon (rain or melted snow) —Avefage for tbe month 3 80, Inches. As^rag.e..^umber cf days with .01 o* an inch or more, 10 The greatest monthly precipitation was 7.63 inchet- uil3i)2. The least monthly precipi tatiuii was 1.07 inches in 1890. The greatest amount of pr< cl pita tion re corded in any consecutive twenty-four hours was 2 93 inches on January 18, 1892. TheYrrabest amount of snowfall re ; c >rded in any twenty-four consecutive hours (record extendliig to winter in 1884 85 only, was 5 inches on January 18, 1893. Uloudsand Weather—Average num ber of clear days, Jl; partly cloudy fn^rB! cloudy tiajs, It:* — Wind—The prevailing winds bavt been fromjthe northwest. Tbe aver age hourly velocity ot tbe wind is 9 miles. The highest velocity of the wind was 38 miles from the south weston January 7, 1903. number of' bales exported. This is necessary and only fair to the grower ofoqtton. He ahould promptly have this Information as the manufacturers of cotton throughout tbe world are given knowledge of tbe number of bales of cotton grown. "I have discussed this with Senator Bailey of my State, and he agrees __ with me as to the Importance and feeling oeoeaelty of this amend men tL anc agrees to lend a helping hand in ■• cu ring its adoption. ” Bkatee Like • Boy at SO Year*. William Hammel, eight) yean old, went skating Wednesday with the rest of the "boys” at Shiloh, N. J. He wrote hia name on tba toe, cut tbe figure eight, and then raced a mile with a much younger man anc. bought In Philadelphia fchot A»a*ilant., lo an rflbrt to arrest Jesse Wofford, Charles Holland, Fred Westmoreland oaies yi coiiou woeumea ewn ywr ^ a yourg man named Pattetson-at and tbe surplus of cotton BeKTyihe oakwood Ga.TWednesday night, Bub bands of the manufacturer and the - Puckett, chief of police of that town, wa4 shot through the bowels and as he fell he shot Jei-s Wofford through tbe stomach. Toe latter died shortly after while Puckett is in a dangerous condition. Tbe men were drinking and rowdy and when Puckett en deavored to quiet them a fight follow ed, with the above results. Patterson, Holland and Westmoreland were lodged In Jail at Gainesville at noon Wednesday. The town* six miles south of Gainesville, is greatly wrought up over the tragedy. Killrd by an fia plosion. Specials from Covington, a town on tbe Georgia railroad about 40 hiiles east ot Atlanta lay: Tbe boilers at tbe electric light plant exploded there Wednesday anilklUed tbe fireman, J. L. McCullough. The cause of the so- won. Tbe venerable skater used the cident Is unknown, the boilers being practically new, having been mad bat a little ovfr twice her weight, bat now comes tbe soientific hen who without doting or stimulating, lays seven and onejthird her weight In eggs, or 25 k eggs each year, and this Is by no mteans tbe limit. ,The New York American'says: For tbe past six years Professor George M. Gowell, sgrlcultura’ expert and poul try specialist at the experiment eta tion of the University of Maine, at Orono, has been conducting experi ments with the view of producing a breed of bens that can and will lay more eggs than the ordinary hen, whose laziness or lack of capacity Is responsible for tbe high prioe of eggs In the American markets today. Pro feasor Giwell has made wonderful pr gress in Lis experiments, having thus far developed more than forty hens that exceeded 160 rgga in a year and one whose record is 254. People who understand omelettes bi tter than they do hen history and who have a better appetite for eggs than they have for statistics do not realise the importance of this effort for poultry improvement.- Some idea of tbe benefits to flow from even par tlal success of P.ofeesor Go will’s work may be gained fr^m a few figures. In 1900, according to tbe United States census, there were on the farm of the United States: Including AUfcka and Hawaii, 233,598,085 chickens and hens over three months old, and the egg production in the prev ous year was 1,293.819,186 dozens, valued, on the average at 11.2 cents per dozen, a total of 1144 289,158 Each chicken laid, on an average. 5 05 dc zens of eggs in the year 1899, or about one egg in six days. Now, this shoVrs that the ©hlok* were either very, laay or else that they lacked capacity for egg laving. Professir Gowell says It was all lack of capacity, and to reme dy that condition he has set about his experiments for the production of a better, a breed of more prolific lay ers. \ > „ Even if the experiments cow In proiress at O.ono shall aocompllch no more than to produce a breed of chickens that shall surpass the pr^e tnt breed in egg laying by one dozen per chicken a year, then for the whole United Steles, with 4t* nearly 234,- 1)00,000 chicken^; tbe increase In val ue of the egg product would be about •25,000,000 ayear. Professor Gowell’s experiments are conducted: for tbe purpos*, simply, ol ascertaining ^which individual hens are the best egg producers, and toose them for the breeding of more of tnelr kind. As a means cf securing the needed information, fiftv-two ‘Trap nests" of Professor Gowell’s own devision and construction were placed in the thir teen pens of -the breeding house. The trap nest is simple, Imxpenslve, cer tain in its action and requires little attention. It is a box like structure, without front or cover, 28 Inches long 13 Inches wide and 16 inches deep, in side measure. A division bmrd with a circular opening 71 inches in dlam eter Is placed across the box, 12 in ches from the rear and 15 incnee from the front end. The rear section thus formed is tbe nert proper. Instead of a close made door at the entrance, a light frame of 1x1} inch steff is covered with wire netli gofl inch meiiff." The dOor mono laches, and does not fill tbe entire space, a mar gin of 2 inches being left at tbe bot tom, and 1 itch st tbe top and eidte, to secure free action. Toe door is hinged at tbc top and opera up into the box. When the nest is reidy for the entrance of the ben the wire door is held up, or open, by means of a wire rod so bent that one section of it rests directly (cross tbe circular opening of the nest section. WRwr^tfir hetten ters the nest section, her back strlkea and lifts this rod, thus releasing and dropping the door, making her pris oner until she has laid her egg and an attendant comes to set her free, the do >r when it drops, being caught by a spring and thu* held firmly in place Each hen In tbe experimental clam carries upon either leg abroad metal lic band bearing her number. When the ben is released from the trap the attendant tak s her number, and then upon a board fastened on the wall over thelnest, whereon tbe records are systematically kept, she is credited with tbe egg laid. At the end of the year the results are figured up, and tbe good performers are known bj their records and separated from the rest. All that have Uld less than 160 eggs In tbe year are disposed cf The others are congregated In differ ent pens, according to their produo live capacity, and the experiment continued, both as to the laying capa oily of the selected performers and as to the productivenessof their eggs, al duly labelled wllh the number of the hen laying them, in tbe Incubation of chickens. ' / The experiments began in Novem her, 1898, fifty-two trap nets being used. When the data from the fint year's testing were secured the birds that) ielded '200 or more eggs of goo* shape, size and oMor were selected for "foundation stocks,” upon which, with additions made to them In sue ceedtng years of birds of similar qual ity, tbe breeding operations were based. It is known that tbe laws o’ inheritance and transmission are as true with birds as with cattle, sheep and horses, and when tbe wonderfu changes that have been made in the form, feather and egg production o' bens since their domestication com menoed Is considered, there seems to be ample ground for as umtng that a higher average of egg production than the present can ba secured, by breed- irg only from birds that are them selves great producers. The experiment! began with about 1,000 hens. Barred Plymouth Rocks and White Wyandottee. Daring the first four years In which Profecior Gowell selected breeding stock by u» of tbe trap nests be found thirty flv*- hens that yielded from 200 to 251 eggs la ayear.- Several yielded only 38 to 60 egga at all. The Plymouth Rocka have tkr ootrtrlpped tba Wy- Bat Now Owe of the Mew Wants to Live Ob. Becjimlne J. Riley of Brookline, Make., Wednesday night declared that be and Orestes A. Weed of Boston came to New York with the Intention of committing suicide together* The twa rnsn were taken from the Grand Union hotel, New York early Wednesday, suff ring from morphine poisoning, end Weed died at tbe hos pital after the physic!) ns had tried for hours to save him. Riley waa re vived and ires transferred to tbe pris on ward of Bellevue hospital, where be la held on a charge of attempted suicide. It Is thought that he will recover. According to Coroner Soho ler, Riley made the following state ment "Weed and I have been chums since boyhood. Both of us had met bad successes end we were both what you may term down and out. Neither of us had anything that gave any prom ise and we were downhearted. Oae of us proposed, I can’t tell which one of us did, that we should commit sui oide together. Both of us agreed and then we made prepzratijns to die.V Riley said that in their room he and Weed discussed tbe best methods of ending their lives, and It was final ly decided to take morphine. They left tbe hotel together, he said, and went to a drug store, where they pur chased the poison. “We were to die that night,” the man continued, “but one of us pro posed to put it off for a few hours We had some money and we dr cided to spend that b fore we d ed. Then, too, we were very nervous. We went around the city and visited several theatres and also drank heavily.’’ Riley then stated that they wynt to before midnight and that eacn took a dose of morphine. When he bad finished bis story be. was told by the coroner that Weed haT-dkd, Riley then said: ‘T am now so awfully sorry that 1 tried to die. I want t<? live and in the future will do my best to earn my living. I am awfully sorry to bear that Weed Is daad. He was a fine fellow and was married and had two ebliren ” A LITTLE WAR BfORY. N \, \ Gan Capturad from a Fed< ral Of ficer Keturned at List. The Columbia Record a\ys a rather pretty little story baa j <st developed in the past few days, in which Bishop Capers takes a part and brings back recollection* of the days in 1861 1865 in a very vivid manner. The story baa in it the capture of a Fed eral prisoner brthe bishop, then an (ffloef In the Third Sou h Carolina regiment, and the part played by otter members of the same regiment, the names of wnom have been forgot ten by all. - The incident happened on James Island when a detachment of soldiers from tbe various South Car Aina com pantei, Jest raise i. were stationed there. Bishop Oapert*and three iol- -llers were coming over from tbe headquarters of the officers toward the line where sentries had been thrown out. Just across the line a Northern sol dler was »etn and it was evident that they bad landed for some purpose not for the g od of the men on the island who wore the grey. Ue was approach ed so rapidly that he had no chance ro escape and told tq surrender. There was some parish at first as the man. evidently a brave soldier, did not wish to be taken In this way without having a chance for a fight, but the folly of such procedure was quickly shown and be turntd i vjr his gun and marched back to camp. The gun was kept by Blsbof) Capers for years and several efforts were made to find Its owner. Finally by searching over the records It was found that tbe gun belonged to some member of the first Connecticut Vol unteers. From there the tracing was a little easier and finally tbe man who owned the gun was located. His name la Francis G. Cope and he lives in s smalt town in Connecticut. iThe gun 4s now being fixed up and wlllhe re turned by tbe bishop At once. 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At New York a woman of 21, years, known ae Cecil Hall, has killed her self intitantly by jumping from • third story window. Her act created a commotion in the neighborhood, where it was declared the girl waa screaming for help when sbejfas seen to fling herself in a nude condl tion bead formost from the window. Tbe coroner took charge of the matter and immediately gave it as hie opin ion that the girl was not a suicide, but had been detained ^against her will and was attempting to escape. Later he modified bis statement some what, pending further investigation. The woman’s clothing was found scat tered about the room from which she leaped. • Shut In m Cotton Mill At Spartanburg Arthur *bot and killed George McAllister in tbe card room of the Appalaobe mill at Arlington Wednesday morning. Leister wes card room bass, and bad discharged one of McAllister'i family Tuesday, and this oaueed a quarrel be tween the two. This quarrel was re uewed and resulted in Leister shoot ing McAllister three times, tbe latter dying almost Instantly from the ef fects of his wounds. Leister came to Spnrta&berir-aB* g**« himself up to. the sheriff. He was lodged In the ooanty jail. „ Falling Free allied iwo. A special from SlHJiy, Ga., flays that Wm. Oontreh oua Joe Gbastlue were killed and a brother of Oaasttne seriously Injured near Burnt mountain by a falling tree. The tree was blown by a high wind across a small frame Doom is wmoh tbe mss wets sitting KHiFTREI KILFYBEI! KILFYRE111 That is exactly what it is. a Fire Killer. D) nr-Htr itloa evary day at the State Fair showing lu fire fighting qualities. Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning property should have them. For sale by COLOMBIA SUPPLY 00.. Columbia, 8. C. The machinery Supply houtw of the State Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, 8. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Hoofing “RUBBBOID.” Write for prices. Bom I'm Ready To Skin The Oat.' A special to The Augusta Chronicle dfrom Thomson, Ga., says: John Butler And Guy Reed, the two men w$o were convicted of the mUffleroT M?. R: G. powder and-f$tory here 21 days eg<\ were hanged in tbe jail yard at 10.30 a. m, Wed nesday. They both took the matter coolly, showing but little fear or ner vousnecs. J ust before the black cap was slipped over the head of Butler, with a grin on bis face, be said to the sheriff*, "Bose, I’m, ready to skin the cat.” The" negroes killed Mr. R. G Story, a prominent farmer, because be would not let them off from work one afternoon. The body was found in adanebrake. A lynching was averted by tbe quick work of Judge Henry C Hammond of the supreme court, In convening court and giving .them a trial. Tne crime was committed, tbe criminals tried end hanged within 27 days, being the record for prompt ad ministration of Justloe In this State S^iot Hii J.'Bv Harflson, a Write for home treatment. Office ours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sundays, a. m. to 2 p. m. Himself. prominent cotton buyer fatally shot hlms?lf at 4 o’clock _ Leister Wednesday -aHernoow-iB hie room at m hunting, Anguara, Gx Magnolia inn, at Barnesville, Ga., tbe ball entering Just above tbe right ear and lodging In tbe brain. Heavy losses on cotton contracts led to tbe act. His lessee are estimated at about 825.000 He has been despondent for the past few days and Wednesday sf ernoOD bought a pistol from a hardware store. Immediately thereafter, seeing the figures giving the dose of the market for Wednesday, bj|.-went to bis room and shdt himself. He wee 45 yean old onfi stood well among the people there. Besides the lotsas sus talned be had considerable property and money left, amounting to 812,000 0*415,009. Six Killed bv Explosion. Six men were killed Wednesday afternoon by an explosion of foar boilers at a Walvtlle sawmill, 30 mike west of Obehalie, Wte. 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Writ*Quick • ™ tqtAffimausiMMeniiimff ■ncmiq They Oared Him John Clark, a negro fiva years old, is dead at tho homes of his parent al Lyndon, Ky., cf acute alcoholism, In consequence cf excessive doses of wine and a mixture of wine and whiskey administered to him by hie step-father and mother In the Effort to keep him rom ever haring a desire for drink by asakleg bin sick of lt»