Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V 1 - .•' 1+ * '*■■ ; ^ ' ■ >'... * ■ TO THB FiSMm UT PHKUSEXT HWITB 1- TO TSB COTTON QRO WEK». Thetpwu’tto^.m't’ogth ite ngth^ NKNATOR TIL] MAN of the itat'atloat pooiUoo of oofctob, OJiilAlUa JiUimAU To «f odooo tho Cottoa Aon p oad loin Thotir Cwn Fo d Crrpa J * This Toot. * 1 Mr. E. D. Smith, orftnli r for tbr f 1 ' Southern Ootton Aaeoolotlon nod proddent of tho South Oorolioo d ?l» Ion, hu glToo out tho following otote* moQ^: “This M tho lint tlSTThitTljon toon Ohio to bo out olndi mr nturo from tho Wart. X nm find to report from Louisian*, Arknosao and Tazs* a Tory A mrlthlng o mdltlon of tiie as aootaUoo. Wherever I hate been and spoken tho people hare readily grasp ed tho id«a that this Is a simple ou*i- doos proposition and that the powci to oontrol their orop lies entirely with in their own bands. “Throughout tho State of ToX* there Is tiiite ns much entbu»latin and determination as there is In any other State In the Onion. They did not hold their ontton Mother Staws have donet practically because some of their lei den, not Ool. Peters, ad vised them sgalntt pledging their e itton for 15 oenu a pound, on the eon Mary sdvleed thi m to Mil it as loqg-aa they could get 11 cents per pound middling. The oonsiquenor was that Texas sold her orop. v “The oondltlons for this State f >r another year, so far u my observation and oplonion are t > be depandnd upon, an tbeM: La.t year the spring was bought the surp'ut. and from now oe they will reap the nward of high prices Instead of those' whom It would moot benefit. “Surely after eo many sons, the people of tho South will learu their strength and not allow themselves lo be m\de strvante of the mst* tiling speoolau ra “We will celebrate another Jubilee bis year. I slnoerely hope tbit ss nany will rjile* as did last yea > when we celebrated the 10 cent vie tory. ' To all the octton growen of the itate let me make this p’ea: If you have not reduced yrur acreage, and if rou have alrttdy prepared It for sot- too, let me beg you aa a buKlness pro position, as a good mum proposition, bo reduce your ootton acreage now, sod IrotMsa your corn and food crop*, supply yourselves with more bogs and cattle and reap the nward of prospejr “MAKES YOU WELL ALL OVER. AS SEEN TBftOpQH TBE EYES OP | A HKPUBlilO iN. yc~ '*■ Ai A Prophet He reorise That the| Blind Money Worshippers • Wont fee. The Hew Turk Press, wbleh b strongly B publican la Its eentlnrenti, says "the eternal principle cf < qua tty. “Hold your spit oottor!” EILVOriOH Of A0K1AO1. What • New York Buslnc so cold and wet that it was im possible JO *1 u to plant corn and oats In Msioi an April. In this State of Tt xas If oorn and oats an not planted In March and * April It Is useless to plsut them at all. for the reason that the excessive hot, dry winds of June end July practical ly destroy the^eorn atd blight tlw oats. Henoa, m said before, the spring was so backward that the time for oorn and oats planting had put before any plsnttug ccu'd be done. The ooneequenoe wu that u oDiton could be planted m late u July and •till make a fairly good yield, the grain lands of T xm were planted b. cotton iMt year. TjIs year, the* two months, February and Marth, being Ideal for putting In email grab and ojrn, the farmer*, having on ao count of last year's failure id be buj^ - lug eurn now Mil lie apt to Increase their grain orop for this year. Be sides this, In eutern and pens ral T xas there will be a large voluntary reduc tion for various reasons, principal!.- among which Is the organ s vtlon o the Southern Ootton asw oia-ioa ana the practical good mcm of these wh w'U adhere to Its terohmgs. ' 1 a northern Texu there will be poeslbl) an inoreaM In acreage princi pally through the opening up of new lands. “In ArkansM I find, much to my astonishment, that State saying the least and doing the most, so far as standing by the association is con* oerned. They not only have not sold their ootton but have provided tbem- aelvM with warehouse faoiliUM and ample means, and are not going to sell it until It reaches the price for which t ey have pledged to bold. I saw no Indications throughout this State that there would beany practical increase of acreage, hut a determination on the part cf those to whom I xjpoke. And from the general Impretsloi gathered from this State, I think that a greater amount of determine tion will be practiced this year than ever btfo e. “In Lou!elsna V e. oondiypijs are such that no one e»n predict; what the outcome may be. Fjr the first time last year the boll wmvII got in his dt- mason, Louisiana mid* practically no crop; neither hM she mad* sny •ays About l*. 1 Superintendent William V. King, of the Hew York Ootton Exchange hu addreiMd the Sontbern Cotton Association on the subj ot of over- production. HIs letter says in part: “In my opinion the coming plant ing season will prove to be the most trying if not the mist critical In tho experleroe of the ootton growers of the South. Trying, because there are msny who believe 10 or 10 1-2 cents will prove so sericui a tempta tton to the plsnta< loo that he will put every available acre lo ootton. This opinion Is not confined to this section of the country alone, but ir ndorted by many of the good people if the South, not pointers of ootton, I am glad to say. It will Indeed prove a critical season for tbe planter and for tbe entire South should tbe mptatlon to over plant In ootton oe carried out. Toe years if splendid work of your association, together with that of others who have co oper ated, will be swept away, and a con dition of servitude for tho plante. will bo re-enacted with its consequent six or sever cents for CDtton. This Is not an extreme p!c are. It is certain to occur uoless the p enters stand sol Idly together and for their own pro* tcotlon diversify the pUntlng put ting in a moderate acreage only in ootton. If ihe planters will not pre set themselves In a matter of sue' vUal later tat, to whom can they look - »• ‘ * OTUtai, OOLMth. b„, «ir atd ooniumer. To sum up tbe matter, tbe sltustion for weal or for woe, for seven oents or for twelve oeute, Is entirely In the hands of the planter. In a brief interval of time kbe world will know whether he lias roven false to hi mself or hu had the courage and manliness to reslat tbe temptation which now threatens to wrest from him the control of the situation." THXOAMI LAW. tbe Stauf Dju’t ISeeni to Undent and New Aet. The OolnmbU Bsoyrd of the 21st oorn c op. “The pries of ootton Is unusually high. The prospect before them of having to buy an entire year's tup ply, with tho knowledge that their land will make oorn, and on account of the boll weevil, the deposition •eerna to be rather (Q Increase their -IGWwUppif.fifrOp; “These are three StatM that I o jv* ered in my absence and where I work ed night and day. I have not for one momsnt lost faith In tbe movement; and in the ultimate v'udioation of the stand that we have taken. Those who have spot oof on who hake resolutely beld lt In the fern of all organised ef fort to force them to sell at other than their figaim have a brighter instant said “a party of. about fifty Oolumbla sportsmen organised to make a trip to Fort Mott) last week to shoot bird*, apparently unmindful of tbe faot that the last legislature amended the game law so as to pro vide for arcloesd seasjn from the, 1st if Me o~iinstead of from the 1st of April, as heretofore. A similar mlsun ders* ending seems to prevail‘through out the etam. A state c fflo.r's seers tary reoalv»d an lavltatton Welnes day from a Yorkvllls party to go cu for a hunt “before the mmoj,” but be wired his regrets, saying tas season had already olosed. Toe new game law provldM: . — "it shall not be lawful for any per son tn^his state between the 1st day of March and the ISJb day of N'vem- ter, except In the counties of Baan- fort, Hampton, Doreneeter, Colleton, Charleston. Barnwell, Berk ley, Aiken -Oconee, Ldxington, Fairfield, Saluda Georgetown and 0 arendon, wherein tbe time shall be between tbe lit diy of April and the l<t diy of November In any year hereafter, to oatoh, kill, or Injure, or to pursue with suoh in tent, any wild turkey, partridge, quill, woodo ek, Monvotlan or other paean- ant, or at any time within flye years from Maroh the firet, 1900, to sell, of far, at expo- law sals, ship nr -Tpnrt prospect of victory today than ever for sale, or to pot hunt, net, trap, or 'i 1 : before, “The glnners’ report of Haters, ms blend oottoo, the amount of ootton which should have been reported in last year's orop, and tbe d ffereuce in the we'ghts of bslM this year and iMt all deducted from the total, will make the crop practically 10 000,000 hales. With tbe world's consumption re quiring at leut 12,000.000 bake out of the present crop, by tbe first day of September next the condition of the tplUMie can easily ha figured out and the statutieal report of ootton easily appreciated “The prospects are that we will be gin the fir*} of next year with praetl oelly tbe stock depleted, and If the termer* will but exercise good common sense and reduos their acreage in oot ton, increasing their food products, there will be no need t6 hold cotton Mother season for any length of time, hecauM the world will bo clamorous for it from the beginning. “It hM been of great benefit to me to be eble to point to Booth Carolina M standing wholly by bar pledge. It It no idle boast, nor Is It said In the spirit cf a boMt, but itthpr to show responsibility that is upon us, I declare that the eyes ot the ootton growing StatM are upoo South Osrollna this year will what she does largely ££.ol*. fbU U I nao«»A~ (before closing this Inter far sightedness of some the mills had re ent ootbpo to oat of thrmarket tor a Steers took advantage to frifteMd. and on the maike!. by fir* light to oa'eh, kill or Irjire, or to punue with such Intent, any of the birds hamed In this Motion; nor shall any person or persons destroy or rob the neats of any said birds. And any person so doiog shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon eoBvIetloo therefore shall be fin ed not more than twenty dollars or be Imprisoned not more than thirty days Provided, That nothing In this act shall prevent tho importation for sale of any said birds. Provided, further, That the own handling, pomcesloo, oontrol or ownership of any of the said birds sold, offered or exposed for sale, or shipped or exported, shall be prime faole evidence of a violation of this act, and the harden of proof shell be of proof shall be upon any pers on so handling, possessing, controlling or owning any of the Mid birds, to show that they were Imported from another sfote or territory.” i pportuulty for men Is the ot J et fo> which Senator Tillman contends It his report to the United StatM senate on the railroad rate bill. Arsumem In support of that demand we do oo< behold the ranting demagogue of olo armed with pltoofork and blustering a blasphemous tirade. This Ben Till man Is'lhe oool logician, tbe calm con troversialist who wrltM an earnest, dispassionate and unanswerable brief for oontr >1 by the American people of the high wajs that should be their own. Ben Tillman of the wool hat Slips outbf the mind’s eye; in hit plso** loorgf/Aftatfsmanllke figure. “Toe fate that intrusts tbe repre- sentaUve of a discredited minority with the leadership of a momentous legislative battle, on whose outcome the fortunes of both majority and dt- moorsoy are staked, reveals to u* the shining worth of this hum in dia mond in the rough. Oalef wonder oi his performance Is that tbe rallroac crew In the senate, being resolved t amavsinate tbe tquer* deal program and having rellr qulshed the msjoritys duty lo the minority lo- order the better to ply their knives should have appointed ss obtef mourner a very in tony to make the stones cry out in mutiny. Senator Tillman, once the meet rampant of rad cals, iff rs here a plan it which the younger generation will live tamarvel for Its moderation. We have here the moet f re> z ed of the Bryan agitators preaching thi dic- trlne of conservatism as the only es espe from political and ste al revolu tion. The breaking down of party Hum in tbe senate on this issue In the strange manner be describes, Is only one of tbe unprecedented features of the struggle between people and priv ilege. In the new slignuient of forces we see on tbe sldq of radicalism, pas sionately urglrg immediate govern ment ownership dr outright socialism, man heretofore known for their m<lc In .tstenoe un caution.—On the other j s de, pleading for the minimum of ef fective government supervision, ate the “middle-of-the-road” non-com pro pitchforks, he “burn your-cltles” horde of two Iroendliry campaigns. Y ur genuine o:ei ivitlvcs of today, tbe leaden wbc stand for reasonable redress or existing wrongs as against these drastic and o>nvul*tvt remedial to *bieh the people would repair as their alternative, are the Tillmans aod Bryans, and even the Tom Watsons, of yesterday. “There Is not a line In the Tillman program to whlob . the supporters of ths Roosevelt Republican policy oat- DO r > rubscrlbe. “Rsaaonable returns to railroads, aod only on actual oapi* and not on oceans of wa- •ii “v^MACIDb Mom right to thwiMt of tho ditoMo, swoops N«tuf»way. PurelyvaMtabla,non-alcoholic,itisyattho 212” ?' cmmAvI modlclnaa, and at tha aama tlm.r.iu .trethallvar.tonaa up tha atomaeh and builda upthaantire aystam. RHEUMACIDE la.tha only remady that curaa rhaumatUm to stay cured. MOST POWERFUL BLOOD PURIFIER & WORLD. / ^-2 CET^ AT THE JQthis FROM THF IHSiDj* CURES DISEASE BY REMIWN6 THE CAUSE. RHEUMACIDE has curod thousands of cases after all other rtmadles and famous doctors had failed. Austin Perce I le, of Salem, Ya., spent 9200in medicines and htin- dreds of dollars for physicians* feas, and at last he was cured* a d0I «n bottlas of Rheumacide. O. Dietrich, of 2120 Ramsay street, Baltimore, says it has "made him a now man. Mrs. S. A. Combes. 114 S. Oilmor street, Baltimore, says It cleansed her blood, took away her pains, and made her "feel like a new woman.** Your druggist and recommends Rheumacide. sells After Noted Doctors Failed. .Hptp It a ca*e cured by RHEUMA- Yo fork special- ~ Hu R. Huchea ClDE after notpd-New ' lata had (ailed. Mr. W. writes from Atkins. Va.: ‘Four bottles of RHEUMACIDE have entirely cured me of a lont* standinp case of rheumatism and r reatly improved my general health. waa a total wreck, having had rheu matism for twenty years. 1 spent sev eral weeks and much money trying specialists in New York, but RHEU MACIDE is tha only cur* I have found When I began to use it I weighed 140 pounds. Now I weigh MO CURES AFTER ALL OTHERS FAIL. «.«. Sample bottle and booklet free if you send flvs Milts for postage to y pounds, my normal weight. W. R. HUGHES.’ Bobbitt Chemical Company, *<***«“• START TO GET WELLTODAY irrl*. ••aBfca ■“.vsau. A LUCKY MAN, FALLS ONE EUNDKED FEET AND LANDS SAFE AND Self ND Blanco's Umbrella Acts as a Parachute Wh»n He Ta Blown from Pal- laadMi load of provisions from there to bis home, at the old N mesuob mlno Toe dU- LymiiiCV'irMwawi isviaTmi but always ai til Invested, V*rohlblU< bltlcn of railroads from creating the freight io competition with their shippers laaddltion to oar rting It. “Out flraatlou of the long-mod and long u Qballcuged power of the Intexr state Uommeroe C mm last rebate criml- m mission to abolish extortionate rstM. "Prison stripse naU. 4 *To theM Just provisions Klue things need to be added. Nothing oan b: tsktn away without continuing the orusl h J ut'ci which railroads Tho New York American says one of tbe most remarkable tricks over played by a gale of wind was perpet rated by the blustering March storm Thursday night when it bbw a man over the PalisadM, where there Is a sheer drop of one hundred feet, bun ed him up by his umbrella until he had floated down the greater part of tbe distance, and then dropped to the ground, where be was found scratob- ed and bruised but without a bone broken. Salvator Blaneo was the sufferer from the prank of the storm. He 11 vm on &i vor avouno, io Cliff ddo Park about fotir miles north of Hoboken. Blaooo was returning to his , home Wednesday evening, protecting him self from the sleet and rain with an old fashioned, wooden-handled um brella of large slza t As was bis cus tom, he wm walking along the path oIom to tbt'brow of tbe Palisades, when a strong gust of wind oaught the umbrella and almost wrenched It m his grasp. . . ^. Forgetting any possibility Df pens nal danger, Blanoo held on tightly to tbe handle t f bis umbrella, while the force of the gate dragged him to tbe CHASID BY W0LYX3. J Early Cabbage Plants Guaranteed to Satisfy Purchaser ^ A Night Traveler Attacked by (he Hungry Blasts. ■ ■'v ./■ - ■■■ *'-■ ‘ A dISpaotb from Oitonagon, Mi oh., stys George Biggs, o iaied by a largo paok of hungry wolv s had a thrilling experience In the wills of Csrp Lika township. .He wa*.baullng a lies through a praotloslly uabrokSb forest Night overtpok him before he hid covered more than, half the diataooe. He cootlnued on his J turaey, and he tween 9 and 10 o’olccx he was startled by the howling of wolves olose at hand. He had no weapons wl&n him He urged his horses to a faster gait, but as the road is up a heavy grade, progress was slow at best Biggs had only gone a short dis tance farther when he not'c d twenty- five or tbUty of the animals emerge from the brush Into the roadway Just behind him. On the front of his conveyance was a lantern with a re flector. Mr. Blggt sc zid this and turned the strong light upon the wolves. It frightened idem and they slunk back Into tbe shadows of the woods. But they soon became bold er and commenced dosing in upon ! r EARLY JCRSEV WAKEFIELD i K " 1 < SHORT ertMMEO CHARLESTON SUCCESSION AUOUSTA LARGE TVPS TRUCKER ~ WAKEFIELP’ TS* Sarilv* Vto> A tlnte tatar Oabbege Grow* Second BnHiMt Bend Variety * PRICE: inloUoll l»4u.att1.Mv«ru. > Slaeu.alSIXSa«ru. l Wia.aadeMr,at|I.Sipara. pr O.«. JCOUMC'U pnMMSuaSMSMMesr" ' Guarantee p fl 0 • to any caatomer Crown In the open leld, on Seneonat Vrowtny tha knrdlaat planta that oaa react in tha Intertar of the Intertar of the Sonthai oh. They wilt atand aavara ooli i Two to Three waaka aooner upon SatM^uiy planta for their ofopa. ^ ~ , taedal Wrtaa Cat UlnawataC raralapa. aStfT.WM. C GERATY.SSl^, AA A.AA.A. AAAA AAA.A WWWW “ “ “ “ —w—MMDfeDBieee, | The Guinabd Bjhck Works, I M. O. Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Tsrra Jotta Sillliag'Shyk v - Flue linings end Drain Tils. Prepared to fill orders for thou andr or million*. > —————ePSDSDhrtSDSHS—W—MJI SUa»rtoU, W « u£, U 1 ^ tl ’ * nd * . p , r , lost his balanoe end a puff of wind car- ““‘ ouo ‘ “With bis single prophetic eys this ohtmpioo of American freedom from economic shacklM ein decry tbe discs ter that tbe blind and blundering knaves will not see. Standing almost solitary In thrt wilderness of strata gems and spoils, with LdnColn-lIke simplicity and TU.’man-'lke fearless- oe»s he utte s his Impressive forecast of the doom the Amerie n Judgment holds over "the traitors and of the wreck American wrath will make of their odious a, stem- “Tne cltlzjQ who ’s not -struck b' foe import.5f the Tillman message mlssM tbe meaning of the prologue to tbe most stirring drama since the War ot the BtateA-- -- - T - ■ - Ths wind was blowing straight over the river and Blanoo wm carried clear of tho cliff i, wb *n the wind got be neath the umbrella, converting It Into a parachute, and Blanoo began to float gently downward. For a Apace of several seoonda the gradual drop continued, the strong ribs and oloth of tbe umbrella holding against the weight of the mao. Blanoo was within twenty feet of the ground in tbe leeward of the cHff when a slant of wind struck the umbrella, lurnlug It inside out and collapsing It completely m a support. / Blatoo shot downward. Bit tic luck that had sustained him thus far did notdesirt him, and he fall Into a ley, The wolves droppsl behind and the Much hurried tbe jaded hones into one of the old mins buildings, and, dosing ths doors as securely as poo Bible, passed the night there. The robes which were left In tne sleigh were found In shreds In the mornijifo, and the snow round the bul ding 'was packed solid by the animals In their sndssvor to gam entraaoL Echoes ot the Storm. Four selling vessels lay wrecked on tho Virginia and Morth Oarollna coasts Thursday. Tbese vessels are tho three-masted schooner Raymond T. MauU, Oapt. Hlgble, from Georgia to Philadelphia, which lies beached do Gull shoals, H. a, south of-Hat- tens; tho three ssastsd sohoonsr Hat- land W. Houston, Oapt Gaskins, from How York lo Beaufort, N. O, which lies water-logged at Battens Inlet; tbe firtt sh sailing ship Qlyd*, C*pt. JJvans, frost ths South for New York end Calcutta, which la stranded south of Oapt Hattera<, and the four- WMisd soboonsrfilarfcy T. Hayward, Capt. Urioori, which wm hsaohed lu •Ids of Gaps Hsnrj following her oolU- rion with ths Osmta sSsamsr Ban Mlitsl. Fey Small Bills. There Is far too much negligence everywhere shout the small amounti of money. It not uofr quently hap pens that men will have a small , amount charged when the? have suf• lolent money In their pockets to pay it, and subjeet tha ereditor to the trouble of sendlrg It for oolleetlon when he needs it, taking the chanoes of learnlrg that the debtor Is .sway rom his place of business of from dome aod perhaps subjecting him to the Imputation of being .in a needless lurry for payment. More attontion » this point, and Mpeotally by those to whom the payment la Immaterial, who oan pay at one time as well as another, would be a rest Improve ment on the present mode of many persona In doing buslnem. The prompt payment of small bills Is a matter of more Importance than Is generally attached to It. At A Baa Woman. Biyvllls, Lt, charged with poisoning bar husband with strych nine, in order to be free of martial ties and to marry a younger man, Mrs Bettis R White, 18 years old, of oomely appearance, hM been convict ed of manelsugnter In ths district ocurt here before Judge W. J. / Gray, who sentenced tbe woman to A term I of fifieou years In the penitentiary. The most sensational feature of th* j trial, whloh lasted a wsik, was lbs tMtlunny of Mrs. Miry Busett, of RtyvlUe, elder daughter of Mrs. •Vhita, who Identified ths hand writ- log of her mother lo numerous billst doux alleged to have been sent bv Mia Walts to guitxsdUook, St years I old, her alleged aooomplloe In tbs poi son sonspinsj. nap of bushes on the shore below, Jolting, bruising and scratching him aeverely, but doing him no serious In jury. 1. As som u Blanco fouud his voice he yelled for assistance. He wm founi among th* bushes, still clinging to the wreck of his umbrella When he told of bis drop from the ollff above those wb) had found him hastened to eall an aabulanoe, belie v ng that tbe man’s body mast be crushed so that lit oould not 11 vs. When th* surgeon from St. Mary's Hospital Id Hoboken arrlv d be couli find no Indlcatloo/'Of serious Injury, but he took the man to the hospital. There Blaooo was found to be suffdi- log more from fright and shook than anything else, and he was kept over night. Tbe surgeons believe that Blaooo oan look back with more calm ness on his terrifying experience and with bis nerves restored he can re turn to his family. The umbrella hM been penerved for Blanoo. BlwoUea Horses Bnrned. At Greenville four blood horses <.*- longing to O. R. Taylor were roasted alive In fire which destroyed bis stablM at an early honr Thursday morning. Oj* bone resoued will probably die. Mr. Taylor la in Georgia and therefore It Is Impossi ble to obtain the actual loss, but it Is approximated at S2 000,' with tbe Iom of Che stablM 11,000 extra. Tbe ani mals lost have won Mveral pris s at fain. Tbe firs is kuppossl to have originated from the bur it log of a barrel of lime which became damp. A negro asleep In a room adjoining the stablM awoke In time to r pen ths stall doors and to lead out three borsM, one of which ran back Into tbs flames aod was killed. tkeir prey. - Mr. Biggs resl'z d that be was In a despefate plight. I a the slelgbuwes a tin pall with hay and UkingMt, to th* rear of thi davayaao) hs applied a match. The flames Ojwed the anl was kept burning ths sami tima the male. Ths tire brightly, and at team was lashed and urged ouward. Tbe wolves were kept in ch ot for a time, but they gradually cam* closer and closer; advancing along the ■idee of tha sleigh. ~"Thv~ supply o{ hay wu givln* out. Mr. Bt{gi In desperation tore open a box cf canned good* and somm*noed hurl ng cans at them with some effect, checking their progress for the third time. Just m he wm about to give up the struggle a small clearing was entered. .Six Congressman J. A. Bel* wu tbe speaker at a b'g banquet at Grand R p'.ds tin other night, at which wo men wsreadmitted to hear the spee ches. Mr. Bade apoUp'z d for tbs non-appearance of Rpresentatlv* Weston, of lodlana, wbo be said wu detained at borne because of “family matters." “I want It distinctly un derstood,” said Mr. Bide, “that ql- der the Rooky It administration the national bird hu been charged from the csgle to the sto'k. The eagle may scream, but the stork di-llytrs COTTON QINNERS AND MACHINERY OWNERS. Write for Prices or the PoUowlsg Couplings Guages Lubricators Guage Cocks Oil Cups Belt, .Rubber 1 Cans Belt, leather Ejectors Files Babbit Couplings Guages Lubricators Belt.Gaady Drills Guage Cocks Oil Cups Belt, .Rubber DriU^NM Hack Saws.. Oil Cans Belt, leather Ejectors Hammers Fittings _ Injectors Pipe Files , Pulleys Lace Leather, Packing all kinds, Shafting, Collars for Shafting and, anything else in machinery supplies. Colsmbia Sspply Co.. • • • • Cohubia. S. C. Snow Bo and. ■ ■ A dispatch from Durango, says after being snow bound igBLi Goto., for 12 days on the lo'tv summit of Cuabrcp Pass, at tbe crest of the San Juin range, 50 miles from the town, a Denver aod Rio Grande containing 60 pasMngtrs Thursday arrived In Alamosa in tbs San Luis valley^ The train left Durango on 10 and became stalled that night. Snow emtinued falll g day after day until It lay on the level higher than the smoke Stack of th* locomotive. Rill road employes oar- Valuable Medical vied provisions to ths imprisoned ■engers by otlmbfng the mountain on snow those, and the passengers were made u comfortable as possible; 0»ing to tbe high altitude,atveral passengers became sick. A rotary xnOw pfow-pi Wednesday night and today tbe train ran to AlmosA Gsn. Wood will be knovn In his tory as tbe butcher of helpless womso sod children. Coughs. the goods. I never posed as an Adonis. 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