The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, October 12, 1905, Image 4
BAUD OF YEGGMEN WUKUB OF WAJtNlMO COTTON OBOWEB8.
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—■ggwj ■— Beaten o Ml to Prle-
oe fa fftii State tar ftobblac
MBBfci aad PoetoSoee,
A IbDg of T^gmen bad safe blow-
tn are reported to bare deeoended In
tftta direotlon and the police autborl
i ' tiee geoerallj oter the state are male-
\%\w%mA a sharp lookout for suttpioious
Sbaxaoters, aemal of whom hare al-
ready been rounded up on general
chargee of vagrancy, save the Char-
detective force of Charleston Is
•Iso exercising vigilance, but this city
seems not to be the headquarter* of
* tbs gang, as It was during the expo*
slttoo and several subsequent periods
dnes the yeggmec first started their
operation) In South Carolina. If the
gang le using Charleston as their base,
they are keeping very quiet, but the
reports indicate that their base is up
tbs stats, probably at Columbia,
which plans the Noland-McKinley
gang, four of whom are now doing
time In the federal prison at Atlanta,
having been convicted In Charleston
two years ago, made their base of op
erations. Detective Brennan Is pro
bebly the best Informed of the local
foies about the habits and ways of
the yeggmen, having been associated
with the postoffloe Inspectors in tbe
•sCBvlotioo of Edward Morgan, John
King and J&udolph Bihens, a Char
leston man, with their numerous
i at the April term of tbe Unit.
f he President of a New York Bank
Talks Cat
sd Stats* circuit court.
Tbe u etate authorities are being
mater 1 *!!/aided In their surveillance
of tbe suspicious characters by the
bright secret service m?n, who are
endeavoring to rid this section of tbe
safe blowers who have been giving
trouble for several years. Poett ffioe
Inspectors Gregory, Pulsipher and
Martas an keeping a pretty close
match through Sooth Carolina and
lower North Caroline, while Inspeoar
Balia, of Virginia, who with Inspector
Gregory has done the larger share of
the work of aending up the yeggmen
from this aeotlon, it also operating
with the inspectors of this Immediate
•rotion.
Inspector Pulsipher, who Is avlsn-
•d to the section of the state above
Columbia, paid a flying trip to Obar
baton a few day ago, but bad-nothing
to lay about bis mission. Insp o'o
Xftagory hat not been In Charleston o,
’ some weeks, having been giving some
* attention of the oases against Jjbn
* '*-'--7 alias “Oonnectlcy Shortly” and
Day, who are held by Sber-
r* Aomeaster for tbe robbery
A
j bank last spring In-
ry has a number of esses
against^Plsher, he being one of tbe
men indloted untried for the Lalta
poatofflo* robbery, for wblch Morgan,
King and Habeas were convicted last
April, and he also has a case against
O’Day, wbola.ac equally notorious
yeggman, forpjetoffioe robberies in
Virginia and North Carolina. Tbe
government has. however, yielded tbe
mento Sber ff Hunter for the South
Carolina statutes provide life Imprison
ment, whereas tbe limit of the feder
al law Is only five years for burglarly,
and since tbe state seem 4 to have a
dear ease, the inspoetor w tuld rather
that the state put the na n out of
business for tbe rest of tbelr days.
Tbe ■usplolous circumstances con
nested with V e arrest of several men
recently t ;• ugh the state c onfirm the
authorities nr the presence of the safe
blowers. O .0 of ths characters ar
rested at Ciioton a few days ago had
la hie possession a d igram of the
town, with the sit* of tbe bank mark
ed and the contiguous streets, which
la considered by the authorities as in-
erlmlnsthig evidence against him.
Thirteen men have been sent up in
loath Carolina during the past two
and a half yea s for breaking p et
office safes and robbery of government
funds and stamps, and a obetk has
been placed upon the operation of the
yeggs in this section which was rmst
Inviting at the etart. Morgan, King
and Babens were the last bunch to be
convicted. Bibens case was appealed
by bis attorney, Mr. W Turner L egan
and the case will be called this month
before the court of appeals at Rich
mond, Dotted States District Attor
ney Capers going to Richmond to
reprsaant the government.
The yeggman are the most danger
ous class of criminals, and tb* punish
ment of tbelr pals seem to have but
little deteraing force upon them and
tbelr operations can be controlled by
only the strictest vigilance and proee-
outlon.
Tha History of the flyman Republic
May B> Repeated Unlaw Graft- .
an Are Cheeked.
Dishonesty in high places In the
state, tb* J .idtolary find great finan
cial Institutions and corporations and
palliation of suoh by the masses grave
ly threaten the future of the country,
according to views expressed Thurs
day by J. Edward Simmons, president
of tbe Fourth National bank of New
York, In an address before tbe Mary
land Banker's Association at Annop-
olls. Md. He pointed to the lessons
taught by tbo fall of the ancient R)
man republic, the reign of terror in
France and the disasters wblch befell
Russian arms in tbe recent oooflot In
the far east, all of which, be said,
were da* to palliated dishonesty. "I
hear voices from the east and voices
from tbe west,” said be, ‘ 111 boding
voiew, from tbe pulpit and the divine,
volocs from tbe college aud tbe educa
tor, vote s from tbe bench and tbe
bar, voices from tbe press and Its sag
es, tbe voice of tbe president him
self, denouncing In ringing tones and
deploring tb* uni venal spread of
selfishness in its meanest and most re
pulsive form—the form of dishonesty|
They bewail one universal carnival of
dishonesty. Alas, these voices are not
unoon firmed.”
He deplored tbe conditions which
have led men to tolerate the terms
“graft” and “grafters” and aald he
feared tbe very use of the words was
an Indication of men’s tolerance of a
tbief and his trade. He called upon
the members of the association to give
tbelr assistance In remedying a condl
lion which makes It possible “for men
wbo pose as tbe salt of tbe earth and
who condemn, wUtnut reserve, those
who steal fifty dollars or forge a check
for a hundred dollars, or accept a
bribe, to themselves make millions by
lying, by misrepresentation, by fraud
and by bribery, without receiving
punlsnment or even oriticism, while
tbe man who etnals the paltry gam Is
sent to JUl. He denounced tbe man
of stainless private life, who, “In the
interest of corporations, of the trust,
of the gas company, of the railroad
company, of tbe insurance‘company,
have reooures to every villi iny damned
In the deoalrgu ; who does tbe d ied
of a highwayman with air of a salat.”
Mr. Simmons said that the work
ings and dangers of great corporations
«nd multi mIHonaire enterprise have
not been and are not as fully under
stood as tbelr advantages. He belley
ed that tbelr dirk side sboull be in
vestigated and set out as lucidly and
forcibly as their bright side. He re
ferred to the growth of the Socialist
movement, as shown by tbe latft pres-
tdentlal flections, as due largely to
tbe fact, be eald, that the miss as'see
great fortuiea accumulated by dis
honest means and when so aocuoou’a-
ted. combined to some other Individu
al enterprise. He believed, however,
that the situation was not without
bqpe. as tbe very foot that tbe ooua
try has awakened to tbe conditions,
aud that fearless and able man are or
fanixliig and leading a campaign
against dishonesty are grounds fox
hop* that a far-reaching remedial pro
cess has already begun.
BOMJt MUJM GRAFT.
Cotton Bales Ginned.
Thh census bureau has Issued 1
bulletin showing the quanlty of cot
too ginned from tbe growth of 19IS
to September 25, to ha 2.358,031
bales. The report Is ion* of a series
whtob will he Issued regularly until
tbe completion of tbe ginning of the
onpot 1905. Be ports by States are;
Ajahama, 230.308; Arkansas, 9,253;
Florida, lfi,804: Georgia, 600,212; In,
dlaa Territory, 14,695; Louisiana, 44-
794; Mississippi. 98,617; Mln urt,
154; North Carolina, 121,243; Okla-
? boms, 8,826; South Carolina, 326,882;
Tennessee, 3 255; Texas, 777,446;.yir
finis, 393 Two round bales are
counted as one square bale. The num
ber of round bales included Is 78,199.
Maa*ted Body Poand.
T. Welsh, of Johnson City, Tenn.,
was found toad to the pit of the ele
vator shaft at the Bodmann Tobacco
Warehouse on Front Street Cincinnati,
OklOb Thursday. His chest was crushed
and it appeared as though he had been
kUb* jt the elevator descending on
- tom. Hctnose of whet were said to be
dreamstences the coroner
fibs polios ate investigating on
ff Wist tbs nan
and than placed In fibs ele
vator pit to avoid eosptoion.
3 on Bond.
J. R. Move,
WlB Moore and Hugh
wlfitt tbo murder of
PsnUeton 11 Hones
ver to tourfi
Hlohlond County 8nld to Huve boat
Fifty Tbouannd Dollar*.
The committee appointed to loves
tlgate tbe financial affairs of R oh
land county Thursday submltud Its
report to Gov. Heyward, aa was re
quired by tbe set of tbe legislature
According to tbe report of tbat corn-
mlttee the oounty has lost 150,000 by
tbe maladministration or the misman
agement' of the affairs of the office;
The report, itself is sensational in tbe
extreme In the very calmness In wblob
it it stated, but tbe recommendatlona
made by the committee occasioned
great surprise, for tbe committee baa
suggested tbat tbe former feuparvlsor,
S. H. Owens; tbe former olerk of jthe
oounty board of c mm sdoners, Oapt.
0. M. Douglass; a member of tbat
board, J. E Harmon, and two other
parties be arrested on criminal charg
es In short, it Is claimed that the
oounty has lost 960,000 by fraud.
The chargee are tbat warrants for
pav of parties alleged to have done
work for the oounty were Issued when
those parties had never done such
work, and that by forgery their sig
natures were placed on the papers as
If tbe parties had received the money,
when in fact toe money was paid to
some other person, presumably Capt.
Douglas«, There are varlcus other
charges in tbe statement given to the
press by tbe committee, but those are
the most damaging.
It Is also alleged tbat pay vouchers
properly approved were used as the
model from which to forge tbe signa
tures of tbe members of the oounty
board In approving claims. Tbe cor
rectly signed voucher would be laid
upon top of a blank voucher and by
means of carbon paper tbe signatures
would be traced slightly upon the
blsnk voucher, The signature on this
blank would then bo retraced In Ink
and the paper filled out, the money
going, preaumably, to Capt Douglass.
Got Off Litftbr.
The president of one insurance
company borrows 9100,000 from Mr
McCall’s company at the Interest rate
of 1 1 2 per cent, per annum; then
Mr. McCall borrows 175,000 from tb*
other president’s company, at tbe
same rat*. Of course, both compan
ies loet money, but why complain?
Tbe Columbia State says the policy
holdrrs should commend these gentle
men for their moderation; they might
have taken toe mbhey and made the
companies pay them tbe interest.
More Graft.
The investigating oomaittoe in
Greenville oounty, of which Avery
Patton la chairman, continue to find
things. They have found where a
magistrate was paid 16 months salary
in 1902 and 19 months salary In 1904
They have also found toe oounty
chargad with 9440 for mulct bought
from a autoin dealer who says ho did
not sell to* mules to the oounty.
Their Immediate Duty is to Crgan'si
end Stick Together.
They Should Perfect Local Orffuuls-
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•tlon la Every County in
the Cotton Belt.
The following oommunloUlon,
which w* take from the Progressive
Farmer and Cotton Plant of Raleigh,
N. 0., we commend to the considers
atlon of our far men:
Messra. Editors: Is the farmer a
•elfish, conceited being who thinks he
can go It alone without the help of
his neighbors?
No, I think that is not the case; I
think the great army of turners have
not yet considered what a power In
tbe land they would be If In some way
they oould combine their strength and
sot In concert.
When N ibemlah oonoelved toe Idea
of rebuilding tbe ruined wall of Jeru
salem he did not undertake the re
building alone. You remember how be
said, “Gome and let us buildup the
wall of Jerusalem that we be no more
a reprcaob;” and tbe people gave ans
wer, saying, “Let us arise up and
build.” So they strengthened their
hands fur tbelr good work. They were
laughed at by Sanb«llat, Tobiah and
others, but this laugh of sorn did not
stop the work. . _ *
Now I wish every ootton grower
would lay tbit paper down, get the
Book and read all about bow tbe wall
was rebuilt—not only ootton growers,
but every other farmer also read
about this great undertaking, tbat
you may get the Idea tbat it was tbe
work of tbe Individual man helping
bla neighbor that was the power and
tbe strength and the sucosm in the
work.
Oae other ease I will oall attention
to. Do you remember the story you
read In the old school book where tbe
mother bird came to tbe neet In thel
wheat field to find the little birds al
excited because the farmer and his
sons were heard to say their neighbors
would cut the wheat to morrow? The
wise old bird said: “Birdies, you are
safe; tbe wheat will not be cut.”
Again, tbe next day she found the
little ones more exotted. Tne farmer
bad been near to the nest and said to
his sons: “Our neighbors did not
come, but to morrow we will get our
relatives to cut this wheat.” Was the-
wheat cut by toe kin folks? No, but
when the little birds told tbe motner
that tbe former bad been cut tbe third
time, and said: “My neighbors and re
latlves have not come; I will o it tbe
wheat myself,”—then tbe old bird
s&id: “Children, we must move; too
wheat will be t ut.”
Firmer, you must bo tbe man to or
gaalx* a branch of tbe Coitun Grow
ers Association In your neighborhood.
Mr. Harvie Jordan, Mr. Cunlngbam
nor any other man Is g Ing to do it
for you; and pray tell me why you
should wait for any ont? You seewbat
has already resulted from the awk
ward, unwleldly, unmanaged asaocla
tlon, so why do yuu not go to your
neighbors, tell them they must get
their shoulder to tbe wheel? Every
time you see a forme'*, spring this
subject of organization at him—ask
bim If he thinks be can paddle along
alone when all tbe other Industries
are getting Into Hue with toe aim of
bettering their conditions, and tbat
only toe farmer Is trying to “go It”
alone. ^ J
Dear reader, you are tbe man to dT
this s anting. You are as much inter
ested and will be as much benefited at-
any one. so why should jot wait to
begin? Get right out and tat k e the
first farmer you meet, t'tTl hTm "your
township will bold a meeting ai a
certain place at a certain time, make
him pre mise to be there, and promise
also to bring with him at least tore*
-other men. Hurry up now and let
North Carolina get into line with
other cotton states. Toe ootton grow
ers of North Carolina must organize
fully this fall. We must be in shape to
keep ourselves informed as to crop
conditions, extent of crop, and fair
price to receive for crop
Reader, If you do not understand
this Cotton Growers’ Association It
Is time for you to wake up and learn
about it. Tbe quickest way for you
to obtain this learning is to atals
your neighbors Into holding a meet'
Ing, write to Sroretary T. B. Parker
for constitution of township organlz
ation, read tbia at your meeting and
elect officers at onoe.
That’s tbe way to do it, and you
are the man to do it.
Your wheat won’t be cut If you
wait for your neighbor.
_ „ C. 0. Moons
Mecklenburg Co., N. C.
Average Condition of Ootton.
The crop estimating board of the
bureau of statistics of tbe depart
meut of agriculture in its bulletin Is
sued Tuesday, reports tbat ths aver
age condition of condition of ootton
on September 25 was 71 2, as com
pared with 72.1 on August 26, 1905
75 8 on September 15, 19J4, 65 1 on
September 25, 1603, and a ten year
average of 66.1 The following table
shows the condition of the ootton
crop by States on September 25, with
tbe ten-year averages;
Stpt. 23.
Ten-Year
1935.
Average.
Texas
61
Georgia
..76
70
Alabama. .
Mississippi
...70
67
...68
67
South Carolina..
.. .74
69
Arkansas
^72
66
Louisiana
...69
68
North Carolina..
...77\
70
Indian Territory.
...78
70
Tennessee
...79
71
Oklahoma
...80
71
Florida ...
...76
Missouri
...81
/ 78
Virginia
...77
74
Killed by Fall.
Saturday night week, James Epps,
a colored lad shoot 18 years old,
while out hunting with several others
near Shiloh, In Lxe county, attempt
ed to climb a tree In which the dogs
had treed a possum, and after he had
aeoeoded to a considerable height, by
some means lest his bold, fell to the
goound and brokv hla neek. He lived
only a few minutet
HOLD YOUR COTTON.
AnTJrfeat Jppeal to the Farmers,
B
• Merchants aid Bankers'
lodfoatloma That Urowers Are Not
Pattlrn Their Prod act oa Mark
et In Some Sections.
The following appeal to tbe far
mers, merchants and bankers of the
State is made b> the president of the
Southern Ootton AMoclatlon, Mr. E.
D. Smith.:
To tbe Farmers, Merchants and Bank
ers of South Carolina:.
Id view of the present decline In
tbe price of ootton 1 consider It my
duty to make an appeal to the farm
ers to hold their onton off the mar-'
ket. I ask that the merchants and
bankers assist them In ddng this.
The merchants by not pressing them,
and tbe bankers by lending them suffl
dent money on tbelr ootton to enable
them to meet tbe obligations that
oannot be deferred.
The price fixed by toe executive
committee at Asheville at 11 cents
may seem to some rather high, but
when toe New Orleans convention
fixed ootton at 10 oents the difference
between the current pries at that
time and 10 cents was veey much
greater than tbe current price now
and 11 cents. You will recall tbat
ootton when the New Orleans oon
ventlon assembled was under seven,
about six and a half. By. standing
together, by unity of setion, by a lit
tle sacrifice and patriotism, the S >uth-
ern Ootton Association forced the
oonsu nor to pay to the producer more
than 10 oents. Have you thought
what that difference in price meant
to the individual anl tbe south? Tbe
grower has a right to fix the prlpa of
bis product, and can fix it TT’He wIIT
stand by tbsl assjcl&tion, which Is
making a gallant, fight tp keep the
speculators from getting cotton at
their own price.
Let every farmer withdraw his cot
ton fn m the market. This will check
tbe receipts, and the market will be
obliged to ad vanoec If you have to
sellj try to find some man wbo will
buy it and retire It from the market.
There are plenty of men In each conn
ty of scffl Ment means and patriotism
to do this.
In spite of the report olrou’ated by
the bears and tbelr allied Interest wbo
are Uylng to depress the prloe of your
ootton, we are reliably Informed
throughout the southern states,
through the in fiuence of the Southern
Cottou association, that tbe farmers
are bolding their ootton eff toe mar
ket. Let us stand by our southern
brothers in this great fight. It means
the financial emancipation of our oe
lov> d southland.
In a word tbe situation resolves it
self Into a clear, clean-cut battle be
t •ixt tbe former and toe speculator.
Had the government report been bull
Ish and o editions reported such as to
warrant an advance In tbe future mar
ket, It would have been claimed tbat
conditions warranted or brought about
toe minimum price for whlon we are
contending. As it is tbe government
has brought out another ridloqjous
timite as to condition, and toe bears
are confidently predicting a large crop,
therefore if tbe formers gtnd mer
chants will now bold off their ootton-
sbsolutely bold it off—the spinners
must have tbelr supplies and coming
into the market will quickly raise the
price to tbat of our minimum. This
seems almost another providential op
portunity Ike last year to test our
ability to control the market. Let
every man soe to it that be will ab
solutely withhold his cotton for 30
dajs. E. D. Smith,
President S. G. Dlv. S. G. Association.
A Bole T licit.
In the city of New-York in broad
daylight and with hundreds of people
on the stree t, Louis Brown a negro,
made an attempt to rob a~ Malden
Line jewelery store of 12,000 worth
of diamonds Tnurtdiy. His attempt
was frustrated by Oscar Windorff, a
clerk, wbo grappled with tbe would
be thief, and who was stabbed by tbe
negro during the fight. Brown lea
carrier for Jcwelery Salesmen, and
he entered the store of Gross A
Beguin, and asked to see seme jewel
ery. Windorff noticed tbe negro put
a tray of jewels under his ooat and
be immediately seized him. -Brown
drew a knife and slashed toe clerk un
til he |n&lly got free. A gehase pf
several blocks followed, Bnwh swing
ing right and left with bis weapon as
be rushed through the crowd. He
was finally captured by a policeman,
who be attempted unsuccessfully to
.stab. W indr off was not seriously
injured.
Fight With Burfttara.
In an attempt to capture two burg
lars on Hartford bridge In Hartford,
Conn., early Friday morning, Police
man Hayes was shot through tbe
breast and band and Officer Oowley
was grazed by a bullet. Tne burglars
had dynamited a safe In tbe store of
Howe A Son, Glastonbury, eight miles
from Hartsord. The noise of the ex
plosion awakened persons, wbo saw
the burglars drive away In a wagon.
Tae Hartford polios were notified by
telephone, and Hayes and Oowley were
detailed at toe bridge to apprehend
tbe burglars. When the latter and
police met, tbe burglars abandoned
the wagon and ran away. The police
gave obase and a running! fight fe
suited in a dozen shots twlng fired
The burglars escaped through tbe
woods. A posse is bunting them.
Toe deserted wagon contained a full
set of burglars’ tools and a quantity
Of dfnamlte.
Exploded • Bomb.
A bomb filled with dynamite and a
quantity of Inflammable oil, was
thrown at the rear of a crowded tene-
nfent bouse at E ghth avenue and
One Hundred and Forty third street,
New York, Friday. More than a
score of sleeping persons were hurled
Trom thetr brdi by the explosion and
two were carried from the house un-
conscious. Within a minute after
the explosion toe flames bad nearly
enveloped Mm rear walls of ten tene
ment houto. Tbe polios believe tost
“black hand” Italian a—amine threw
tbe bomb. Toe object of too attack
was toe rear door of an Italian barber
shop on toe ground floor.
luxno TO DBATH.
A New York Tenemant Fir* 3lAfm«
Three Children.
In Itow York Muse o ilWren were
burned to deatb, their parents ret
sued and token in a dying oonditk n
to St. Mary’s hospital. Five other
tenants s*nt to hospitals stff ring
from burns and two fireman hurt Id a
fire In a four-story list bourn In Reid
avenue, late Thursday night
Other incident* of toe lire were tbe
birth of a child while toe mother was
being removed from toe burning build
ing and an aooldent wbleb wr<.ektd
Fire Chief Oroker’s automobile, and
in-Vvhieh tbe obief narrowly escayed
serious accident
Tbe fire U believed to be Incendiary.
The hsHwaysof the auildlng were
fi led with iUmea aud smoke and every
occupant of the building was asleep
when the fizmes were discovered by
William Tease and James Nugget,
fireman, wbo were off duty.
They found a ladder la the back
yard, and after climbing np toe fire
escapee, awoke the tenants by break
ing into their apartments.
At tbe top floor tbe fif$ had spread
meet rapidly.
The two rescuers were compelled to
carry Mrs. Jo eph Hanleln, cne of
the tenants of that fl x>r, down the
fire cseape. Ingoing so the ladder at
the bottom br< ke add tbe woman fell
on Tease, injuring him strlouny.
Mr. and Mrs. Donnelly, wbooocu
pled the other part of the upper fl tor,
were afterward found unoonsoloae on
the floor of tbelr rooms, wbere they
tried to reach a window and failed.
They were brought out, but the
firemen did not know that their
three chiIdreni were asleep in their
beds until tbelr burned bodies were
found later. . ^
Other occupants of the tullding
were swung from tbe windows acrufs
those of an adjoining building or wire
dror ped Into the arms of men below
and when tbe fire department arrived
the building was afire from top to
bOt' 0.3.
M r Rose Moses was carried on e
mat *ss across tbe street wbere she
gave birth to a bey.
Fireman Christopher Leavy was
knocked from a ladder by a stream of
water and suffered concussion of the
brain.
While hurrying to the fire, Chief
Groker’e automobile was upset and
the obief thrown out and badly shak*
•u up.
Jeremiah D.nnelly and his wife,
are suffering from hiving inhaled
flames or tmoke and are not likely to
recover. » ' ^ J’ ■ *
Helplea* .Co Save Him.
At New York notwithstanding a
desperate strugg e of his wife and son
to hold h m by tha feet after be bad
fainted and toppled over tbs sill of an
open window, GenogeF. Krapp. ctsh
ler of, tbe C wper Exchange Bank, fell
to tha st eet from the fourth floor of
bis home at No 2< 9 West 97th street
today and was killed. Mrs. Krapp
sod her eon, Herbert, saw Mr. Krapp
wbo was In 111 health, suddenly fall
over backwards. B >th mother aud
son jumped to the window in time tr
•elzj the falling ^man by the fee’
They held him ssfely for a few see
oads, tcreamlng for help, but the ax
slstanee was alow in ooirl^g, and Mr.
Krapp’s weight begwr to slip awav
from bis rescuers. Tbe realixUlonof
this terrible fact caused tbe wife’s
strength to leave her completely and
the son, with bis motber helpless at
bis side, compelled to bold his father
alone, was too light for his father’s
superior weight. Exhausted and on
the point ofbelcg d*at g ‘d over the
wk'd m sill hi nose f, the boy lost bis
grip and Mr. Kraop fell to toe strait
He died soon afterwards.
Had L f Her.
A Canadian fsrm r, noted for his
absent miadedness, »e 16 to town one
day and tr&nasoied bis business with
tbe utmost precision- He started
back; »jn bis way honre, boaever, with
the firm convictlor that he bad for
gotten someth* g—what it was be
oould not nci-fl, try how he would.
As he net* j home the conviction in
creased a/ three times be stopped
his b . se E-* 1 went carefully through
hi pcckell;jk la a vain endeavor to
.isoover whit he had forgetten. In
due course b 3 reached home, and was
met hy his daughter, who looked at
him lurorlse, and exclaimed, v Why
father, wbere have you left mother?’
MlMlnft From Home.
Nothing has been heard of Edward
Beeman, a bookkeeper of a lumber
concern near Charleston, who dlsep
neared from there about three weeks
ago. His dkappearace is a mystery
He Is known to have- bad - about 9300
oh bis person when ba left ther* and
it Is thought he boarded a train and
is some distance from Charleston,
probably at or en route to Oregon
where be has relatives, He baa 1
wife and one child. He was mirrled
sb;ut a year ago
a.uou»ta:, oa v. •
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At Philadelphia William Hi Kil
patrick, the Philadelphia agent of
tbe Northwestern Mutual Life In
surance company, of Milwaukee, was
found dead Tuesday morning In the
bathroom of his apartments with a
bullet wound In bis bead. He had
shot himself sometime during the
night. Mr. Kilpatrick had b^en In
ill health for some time, and tbat Is
supposed to have been the cause of
his suicide.
Votsd It Oat.
An election was held In York coun
ty Tuesday en the question of remov
ing tbe dispensary at Yorkvllle, the
only one lb tbe county. Eight hun
dred and thirty seven votes were poll
ed, 706 being against tbe dispensary,
and 131 In favor of Its retention
Yorkvllle is the. borne of Senator
Brice, author of toe law under which
dispensaries are being voted 1 out fiof
toavartous counties lathe itate. .
Boat Lost.
Major General Got bln, cabling to
tbe war department regarding the re*
03nt typhoon In Manila, says tbat all
of toe offiosrt and six passengers on
ward tbeLsytc, tbe government coast
guard boat, were lost. Tbe dispatch
adds that temporary shelter pests at
alx points were destroyed.
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ill Pool Hm Million* tor tbe Par-
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A dispatch from New O leans tajs
thst Frank B. Hayne. tbe noted cot
ton bull operator returning to New
Orleans after a three month’s absence
on tbe floor of the New York ootten
exchange, declared that the l.u'l pod
now operating to ralsr^b® f
ootten is the richest pool ever organ
!z;d In America and is amply alls to
do what it has set out to accomidito
Hayne’s statements regarding th<
pod have broken the mystery sur
rounding tbe new agkreg*Uf n wlkh
experts to put ootton ou toe top no ch.
Heretofore the greatest secrecy has
been maintained regarding ev< jy oe
tall of the po.'h personnel a: d tno\e-
ments aud even Mr. Hayne was n n
ready to give the whole matter to tbe
public.
Hz stated, however, that the pad
was not Ojtnposed of southern men.
•.though many New Orleans men, he
declared are very bullish on cott n
Mr. Hayne would not admit nor deny
that he was in the pool himself, but
stated tbit his ideas were in line with
the ideas of those in tbe derl, wbl h
wax tosnmTOrTf toeap at ttfg pres
ent price, and tbat during no m nth
of tbe coming year will tha staple
sell for lees than 10 oents \
Hsyqe estlmit s tbe crop at lo\
500,000 bales. The d msnd^he says
will be enormous. Hayne il very suc
cessful ootton man, having made mil
lions of dollars in a very short time
by bis deals In ootton. What he says
on. the subject of ootton has great
weight in New Orleans, where he is
well known. He thinks ootton cheap
at ten cents.
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Harv'e Jordan, and R'chard Cheat
bam, secretary of toe Southern Cotton
Association, arrived in New Y >.k on
Saturday and have since that lien:
been In oloee com ui tall on wlih the c i-
pltalists who are interested in the 1,-
000,000 bale purchasing syndicate p o-
j ot. John Martin, agent of tbe Farm
ers’ Union, Is also In New York, sod
is Interested in the same matter
Although tbe plan was not formally
presented at tbe Aiheviile meetiig,
Mr. Jordan has b en in constant com
munlcation with those interested since
tbat time. He would have been in New
York before bad it not been that bis
msny duties detained him In the
South.
The project seems to meet with the
hearty approval of All those wbo are
Interested In a higher price to the cot
ton producers for bis staple, and k it
said tbat the New York capitalists
who are interested in the matter ban
tbelr money ready and are wiHtog to
at once put up 91,000,000 if it is de
sired to bind themielves to carry out
tbelr part of to* project.
Mr. Jordan is very confident tha'.
tbe farmers will hold for 11 cents any
way, but thinks that this purchase
syndicate would insure an ll-cant
minimum price, '
The jplan, as.has been explained be
fore;Ja an agreement between a syn
dicate and toe Southern Ootton Asso
elation and tbe Farmers* Union, by
which tbe syndloate agrees to buy 1,-
000,000 bales of ootton at mlnixux
price of 11 cents a pound. The aseocla
tlon will obtain tbe cotton from Its
members, each man selling only a part
of his crop to tbe syndicate, and hold
ing the rest for tbe minimum prl 'c.
Tbe project, wblch is a most elabo
rate one in its details, and which
would make the syndicate the biggest
and most powerful spot ootton factor
in the world, has been submlted to
some of tbe leading financiers and
bankers of New York and approved
by them. It is expected tbat an im
port ant announcement will be made
iu the matter in a few days. . ^
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•appended.
Govenor Hevward Wednesday morn
ing, on a report filed by toe comp
troller general, suspended Dr. J. T.
Pattlson, county treasurer of E Ige
field oounty. The report filed by the
comptroller general ard bis experts
charged tbat the treasure? was some
thing over 94.000 short In his accounts
After suspending Patterson the gov
ernor notified the senator from tbat
oounty and the oounty auditor of that
DR. HATITSrWAY,
Evpiyoffitctsd reader of tjs p'V.’W tv Invit
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ist, ou any disease, absolutely without charge.
This nr eat *pecuilist has had over twenty five
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bound to eiTect a perm •nent'eure. Ry the aid
of his sys em of home treatment, he places at
the dis-xtsa 1 of every sufferer his advanced
methods of treatment, of w.Joh e is the orig
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ftio Trmb Hurts. '
Tbe Burlington News says the edi
tor of s*n Indiana paper became tired
of being called a liar so be announced
thvt be would tell the truth In tbe fiu-
tu e. Tbe fir it issue thereafter ouzi-
talced tbe following:
"John Bonin, tbe lazleit merchant
la town, made a trip to Be lvllle Tues
day. ■’
“John Coyle, cur groceryman, la do
ing a poor business. Ills storaia dirty,
duhty and noxiously odoriferous. How
can he expect to do much?"
“Rev. Styx preao'ir'd foat Saturday
night on charity.' The sermon was
punk.” , .
“Diye Sonkcy died at his home in
this place. Tne doctor gave It out as
heart failure. Tbe fact la, he was
drunk, and whiskey li what killed
him.”
"Married.—Miss Sylv a Rhodes and
James Ccnban, last Saturday evening
at tbe Baptist parsonage. The bride
la Ajery ordinary town girl wht does’t
know any more tjian a jTck*rabblt
oounfcy, requesting the latter to look
after'tbe book, until tbe WrgatlM
oould meet eed aeleot a inocefiior. I mother three dije In h.r life She la
Got off Liftht.
Columbus W. Walker was
ed at OovlngUn, Ga., on Monday
wife-murder and, the Jury baring re
commended him to mercy, waa sen
tenced to the penitentiary for life.
not a beauty by anv m. &rs, and hap a
gait like a fat duok. TbegreomMs
convict - *en known as an n p to .daw loaferT
of He’s l>een living eff the old folks kll
bis life and don’t amount to shocks.
They will have a bard I fe. 4 - ;
The paper had no wooer reached
the public than a committee was sent
(o him bearing a petition asking him
A Calitobnia paper lays bad water
kllla as many people aa bad whiskey to continue In" the good old way, and
does. Tbat may be ao, bat then we itated that they believed him to be a
don’t have to pay for the water. 1 1 rutoful and he neet man. s