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} A DEATH PLUNGE S'* A Young H*w York Lawyer KlUed ”7 by Terrible Fall EVERY BONE BROKEN The I>ece«iMHl, Who Wns the Young est Son of Henry Watterson, es Through * Window ! j His Death on a Hoof One liuiidrt^l and Ten Fe«‘t IW-low. r New York, Not. ll.— Marvoy W, Watteraon. lawyer, "^oungw +<hi of Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, plunged to his death from the 19th floor of his office building at 37 Wall street late today. His body shot down ward for 110 feet and landed on •the roof of a 10-story building'ad joining. AltrioaCr every bone was broken, the head was crushed and death was practically Instantaneous. While there ^f^-e no eye-wituessVs to the tragedyrt^idently it was jhi tlrely accidental. Mr. A^attersoWy hatband overcooU wefe on his & desk. Presumably he had Htteinijfed to lower the window, 'ahft i*^VUner stumbled over ^the radiator, which was in front of the low hill, or los ing footing in some manner un known, pltchedj' forward and down to death on the' roof below. Mr. Watterson was 30 years < ola and married. He was Junior meni her of the law firm of Wing, Russell Sl Watterson. Shortly before 4 o'clock Mr. Wat terson left the office library, remark Ing that he was going home, and passed from the library through the office of F. R. Hagg, the managing *]erk. Into his private office, the door of whlck. closed and locked auto matically, as he entered. Uagg'wis the last* person to see the young lawyer alive. A few minutes later the superln tendent of the building rushed In and Informed Thomas Wing, senior member of the firm,, that he believ ed Mr Watterson had fallen from the window and looked down from the window The mangled form wa i aeon lying on the roof below. Th.’ BAPTIST WOMEN TO HAISK OVKK THIRTY-TWO ' THOUSAND DOLLARS^ — Which Amount Is to l»o KvpemJed In the Foreign and Hofue >lis- sion Fields. . . • • • V * ISSUES APPEAL Peopls of Cotton Belt Urged To Hold Cotton. BY FARMER’S UNION Charleston. Nov. 12. -Not content with the latge sum of $28,000 appor tioned yesterday for missionary work, the Woman's Hapiii-)—Mi-siim- ar> union at Its session tocb/ at tbe Cltadi Square Baptist church adopt- <>_d Up' riK-ouitneiidations of the ex ecutive coiimiiltee, which provided for the • raiaing—ol—(32,8 3u durl-ng- tho coming year, to be apportioned as follows: $ 1,330 for foreign mis sions; $ 1 1,000 for home missions';' $5,000 for State missions and Mir •*811111 of $2,500, which wilF be ralseu l>y the SiinlM'iiin bands and Order of Royal Ambassadors for wrrric'iti this endeavo#of the missionary union. It was also decided to coiitUiue the contributions to the endowment fund of-the Missionary training in st.itute at iiOiiisville, as w»ll as the fta^qiort to young women's i atpj the Order of Nexv Orleans Convention Adjourns After Making Urgent Plea That lliisiness People of the isouih Aid in the Movement for Better Prices for the /ioiith’s (ireatest Crop. '^Jkwadprli. TRe - mftkionary union adopted the recommendations of the executive committee unanimously, being of the opinion that the union will It* al)le to undertake and earn on successfully all that has been planned ahyig financial Ifnes. (jreenwodd was selected as th . Ntiw OrJsana, La., NOV. -4-3,—With a sllring appeal to every interest in a stirring appeal to every interest in the South agricultural, "financial holding cotton for higher prices; the joint conference committee gif he National Karim rs’ Union and jinaneial interests of New Orleans, adjourned today. The appeal is ad dressed to the,, people of the cotton belt and is as follows: , "We, the joint committee, of the National partners’ Union and of thv financial and conunercial interests of X7 Ne w ’Orleans, realizing that conh- VOTES HELD BACK SUSPICION OF FRA I'D IX* OHIO . y — AND INDIAN AT” Count in Various Congressional Dis- . tricta Also^Jtl^hl reasonable Tlnie. ELEVEN DEATHS ly For the Errors of Careless Railroad Employees. BOTTOM CONGRESS CONVENED AT MEMPHIS ON LAST TUESDAY. Uj^ for an l’n- Washington^ Nov. 10.— ? For ,gome reason or other the returns from, the various congressional districr have been coming exceedingly m iJence in cotton mar lias bf'en impaired, a market condltkins and the appr -' hension thereby engendered has caused more rapid marketing of cot- ’oti than has ever been known, and bell* ving that the tiokiing of cotton at the present time will permit the elected as tn healthy assimilation of temporary next place of meeting, t he .ttm e * dor b u n d a n c<> and restore normal body was removed to the Watterson home after the coroner had declared that the death of-Mr Watterson was due entirely to accident. A peculiar feature of the case was that Mr. Watterson's watch and cigarette caaa -La .one pocket and a pipe in another pocket were* not damaged by the fall. Mrs. Wattersen was prostrate 1 when Informed of her husband's tragic death. Mr. Wing said that Watterson had l>een a member of the firm about three years, two years after he was graduated from Columbia university law school. He, was sure he said, that death was acclik ntaly, since Watterson had no financial or do mestic troubles. , * Watterson was born and reared In lyouisvllle. Ky. When al»out 21 years old he came to New York an 1 entered Hre Columhla university law school. -During the time he was ;> student there he taught In a nigh' school:’ Shortly after becoming a member of the Wing. Russell & Watterson law flim be ran for assembly on the Tammany ticket In an upper W<*st- side district, but the district was strongly Republican and he was de feated. PATRICK WANTS TO DIE. Slayer of Rice Didn't Like' Comma- * • ■* tat ion of Sentence. New York. November 8.—To~’ar gue before the United State Su preme Court a mo’tion to advance the appeal to that Court In the case of Albert T. Patrick, convicted of the murder of William Marsh Rice in this city eight years ago. William L. McDonald, attorney for Patrick, left tonight for ..Washington. The motion Is expected to come up before the Supreme Court to morrow when Patrick s counsel says he will further ask the Suprme Court for a writ of haligas corpus for the production of Patrick in Washing ton In order that he may argue his case himself. ^ Patrick's appeal is to declare Il legal the commutation granted him by Governor Higgins whereby his sentence to die in the electric chair was changed to Imprisonment for life. Patrick made the point that life imprisonment was a much se verer sentence than that which con demned him to die. the convention to T»- determined an,I announced later by■the executive ,£ommltte.e. Among, the reports which were submitted and read was that of tfie committee on nominating d-legate; to the Worn Rif’s Missionary uni'ut auxiliary. The nominees were all declared elected as follows: At large, Mrs. Sojourner, Mrs Win go and Mrs. Quattlehaum; northern di vision, Mrs J. K. Vines, Mrs. II C Miller, Mrs 1, M. Hop r, Mrs. Cud-t -aud Mrs ('andet; southern division, Mrs. J. A Fixer, Mrs. Howard Jones. Mrs. Kunlpe Williams; -eastern di vision. Mrs. J. K. Me I,a urin, Mrs. I L. Coker, Jr. and Mrs. Camelli Napier; western division. Mrs C. K Hurts, Mr.'f >W. J Hatcher, Mrs C T. Jamison; central division, Mrs. <) E. Seart»orolifeh. Mrs. H. J Horton and Miss LillyMohley. State mlsmftis were Int* resting!) discussed by Dr. T. M Hailey and Mrs. If H. Wright, the latter'* rep resenting M missions In .South Car-, ollan. with her beadquaVti-rs " :;T Langley. _ Telegrams of greeting and good will weife ordered to be -sent to Mes C. K. Watson of the northern divi - ion; Mrs. Fannie K. S. Heck, presi dent of the Southern Women’s Mi- siouary union; former . presldem Mrs D. Chaplin, and former mem- lieFs of the central cohimitte", Mrs John ^ifout and Mrs. M L. Coker: After a prayer for State mission a collection was taken up for the work at Hock Hill. Miss Ix>u Tindal,presented an in teresting statement on. the wi>rk of tt».' Margaret home' aud Miss Isla McKenzie spoke on the training school. The report of the oidtuan committee was received and n* ferrod. The repnsentatlv s of church pn > lications were then heard as fid lows: Dr. H. S. Tiimmis. of The Courier; Miss A. L. Smathers. of The**W. M. U.; Mrs. Filz Landford. of The Journal, ami Ml SS C'lt*0 At taway. of The Home Field: . . An interesting eornTtninic^tion wa- n.ceived from Rev. Dr. C C ' Drown of Sumler. regarding assistance fifr agV-d ministers. The mi-sionary union decided to cp-operate in the movement. The morning session was oponeTl with a devotional «‘.\i rcise by Mrs. \\ If. Hunt . . The afternoon’ session was opened with exercises by Mrs. IRBY GETS THIRTY YEARS. Fof Attempting to Assault Yonng Lady Near Spartanburg. capjrtanburg, Nov. 11.—John Irtr-, colored, was convicted in the special term of court this morning on the charge of assault with Intent to rav ish upon the person of Mis* Leila Dempsey and was eentteneed by Judge Schumpert to 30 years at hard labor in the State penitentiary. r Irby was carried to Columbia this afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Beck- nell, who wa* escorted as far as Laurent by the Traynham Guards. \ ietuiuldg JioisA after spending' 21 hours In Sp^-tanburg helping the Hampton Guard* keep the peace and protect the negro Irby from mob violence. The trial , passed off quietly and there was no aigg of trouble at any time during the day. Irby was ar raigned at 11:45 and at 1:12 p. m Judge Schumpert paased sentence on him. The more you expect good fortune the more snrprlsed you would be to f*t It ^ open Eliza Hvdc. and then came a mission study m which some Interesting Chinese cu rious were exhibited among the col lections of the_jxunbeams. The most Interest ing business of the afternoon session was the eb-c tion of officers as follows: Presi dent. Mrs. I. W. Wingo; vice presi (kents, northern division, Mrs. C. K Waston; ■'spuTbern division. Mr- William Hay ties wyirttv: eastern di vision..Mrs. J. P Haatkuigbt :~trcstern division. Mrs. M. H. Ciinkscaies. and central division. Mrs. W. 11. Mobley, corresponding secretary, Mrs. A L Crutchfield;* recording secretary. Mrs. J. w. Quattlebaum. treasurer. Mrs. J. N. Cudd: band superintendent. Mrs. W if. Hatiher superintendent of young people'.- works. Miss Eliza Hyde; SHperlnteu dent youpg women's auxiliary, Mrs. A. L. CrutiM.eId.-aotd-iorrrt-rTmnrIt “ committee, Mrs. W B. Abbott, Mrs. Eliza Bomar, Mrs. Hannah Mont gomery, Mt^. Beverly Montgomery. Mr*. L; M-jioper. Mrs. I). A. Switzer and Mrs. W M. Whiteside. 'At the session tonight Rev. Dr. T. B. Ray of Richmond, secretary of foreign missions, dt livered an ad dress and the edercises word of gen eral interest. ^arAumber, of-ttv.*- deigeatus.. U'lt here tonight for their homes. Inti the bulk of the number will leav* tomorrow after a very successful ann pleasant session. * Savannah, Ga.. Nov. 10—Solomon Reilly, a negro boy of ten. and siin-ii for his years, was today convicted In the Superior Court of the mfird r of Mrs. Walter Torrence, at Pooler, Vlght tpiles from Savannah, and given a tffe sentence. The boy killed her with a shot gun while her little chlHren were by her side. conditions under which remunera tive prices may be obtain d, hereby earnestly appeal to every farmer, m. reliant and banker and other hold- *rs jitul owners of cotton, to hold nark, so far as they can, their present holdings im,!! not * 11 unless abso lutely cpntpeiled to do so, until th priee of cotton shall have reached a substantially increased figure. “We especially request all mor- chants and bankers of tlt>' cotton belt to exjend the obligation of tho eottoi) grower, when cajled upon to do so, fivr a reasonalde period,- apd to do all other tilings lit their pow to aid and encourage such growers and "hold ,rs of Cotton, believing, a: we do, that all the business .con ditipns of j he world, and especially of the cotton wdrld, steadily iwilnt toward better price.- than now obtain ed. ’ ' rWe believe that sjich concerted and deti rmimul action will loglcaHy, and In all prol'atdHty, increase Un present. Inadequate price paid for ■effUon."— , - rotnnilttees were named to in vestigate tile publir.ware hom* plan which calls for a quasi public-com mission, apiMifntei] by the State of Louisiana, to control the operation nf a large ware ho Use to be built, on tlk- liter front at New Orleans. Th proposed ware house Is designed to hold from l.r.no.dpO to 3,uoo.noo '•ale.* of cottort*—« ’ •Ti * .*' SIRHTI’N. ||Ji,\isELF. Tilling '1111 Hand at .\liderson (Vun- mits Suit ide. 9—T. A. SI ins, a weaver in the Anderson. Nov. aged thirty years rtfogon Mill, committed suicide In a ip^ttcli of woods near the mills just outside tlie city ^imltg this iftcrmHHi by firing a 32-calibre .pi.-tol >aH Ui iiis rigltt temple. Detfth re-' sulfed 25 minutes after the shot wvt fired. • - Sims moved to Anderson from 'Tort Mill some four years ag >. I’wo years ago he'married Miss M• ‘s- >l|' -H'intaysoii, daughter of Robert l-’ina'lyson. of .the Anderson Mill's, arnl iiis family troubles have been many. It is saitj that he drank con.-iderabiy at times and that-on account of iiis intemperance iiis wife has.left him several times. She left him last week ami he had been in toxicated for several days, so it is sa'id. He has not “Worked for four weeks, and*-it is supposed that re morse set* in, and caused the awfu act. * At four o’clock soibe persons wer» attraefed to the woods hy a - ptstoi dint Tltey fmyid Sims sitting against an oak/tree, with a bullet hole in his right temple. He was gasping for-breath, and was uiicon- sriuus." A'tJtspwT was diutliy Aincsi wjui ministered to him,.'but his life could not be saved. "The bullet lodged in the sfeull over the right eye, and the brains were scattere-' over bis body and the ground. SOME HEROIC WORK Surviving Passengers Prevent th<* * . • :. • Cremation of Victims of a Terrible complete, and from sonie dbughtfi'ii districts they have not cqjjie in at all; so‘that with all thevtablts be ing published in various newspapers purporting to show the exact membefshlp of the Sixfy-Tii sf cau- gre^s, there 'is no really reliable in formation at hand even now, over a week after the election. Dispatches from Washington- ant New York ifve lieen enumerating Kahn and Hays, Uepubliean niem- liers from California, re-elected for Instanc 0 . Mr. Kahn's secretary here has received a telegram from Kahn himself saying that. Toth he and Hays have been defeated. Yet tiof one single dispatch from California has announced the rcsuM. There H an impression here that the returns* have been held back to be fixed. There are several jnstanees of holding back returns in Indian i, Ohio and other State which were doubtful, but where the election machinery was in the hands of Re publicans, which are suspicious. There are those hereabouts famil iar with methods in Those StaT'-> when, the G. o! P.' has a bar’! of money who express a sorious doubt as to Indiana's giving /lar.-4w»lL-4.b democratic candidate/for gov rnor, I Northern a plurality of 1 (t.OpO- and Taft a scheduled to r«*ach here at 8:40 a. m and Fatal CollLssion on the New Orleans and Northwestern Railway^ Tracks at Little Woods. , N \v Orli’ans, Nov. 11.—It was a heavy price-in huipan flesh aad blood that paid for the errors of,railroad employe* when a' (?rcat Northern t“x- press crashed into the rear of a New Orleans & Northeastefti local passen ger train shortly before 9 o'clock this morning at Little Woods, a small sta tion on the Lake Pontchartrain, 12 «e miles north of Uj.is city. Eleven dead and many more in- juretl, some of t.hrrTn fiftaByr ls the record of the wreck, whicti was at- tended hy unusually gruesome scenes in the fog-bound swamps. To add to the horror of the situation the work of the surviving passengers prevent- •sl „ the cremation of those plnaed down in the debris. Ijetween Slidell and New Orleaai the (Ireal Northern trains run over tlie, tracks of the Neac^ OrleanLA North astern, A local train of th* Northeastern from Hattiesburg, dm* to arrive in NeW Orleans at 8:30 a. m . is followed by a fast Great train from Covington President of Southern Cotton Grow ers’ Association Makes Strong Plea for Better IVlces. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 10.—The Southern Cotton conference began here today. Gov. M. R. Patterson plurality of 15,0tHL Indiana is a notoriously corrupt This morning the Northeastern train was late and the difference State politically, and the Republicans i ,,f .minutes between the running poured several hundred thousatnl | of the trains was considerably re- dollars into it during the ejosin,: j .Riced. days of the election, and yet it has j When Engineer Blackman of th- not been fully determined fth th" • uVeat Northern train took the North- they bought up the selves or some of thi vot rs timm- election man-,; '•astern tracks at Slidell, he says, he was given the usual right cf way agers. And it is the same as t-> >igng] and proceeded toward New other States. A Republican newspaper man from Ohio said to me the other day that It was his belief that the Ohio re turns were held back because th the Republican leaders wa-re ashani ! Orleans at a 45-mile an hour cllp.^ \s the station at Little Wood*, was approached he discovered the North • •ast ru local, which suddenly loom • 'll Up out of the fog. Fireman McCarty leaped from the •d of iafts small majority and th..'^. engine. i,nt Blackman'ejrpplied hl» they would announce them at a 'tAk'-s and remained at the throttl time when they would not attract* w ),rw> the ponderous ■ locomtotlve so much attention. It- is still it plough d its way_through tha train matter of some considerable doubt ahead.? leaving behind it death and throughout the country wheth*/ destruction. Blackman crawled out Taft a majority iii.nimi w ,in, T-i. 1 ."" , mm.:n a'.i v umscativd. while hla Ire- or 25.flnn. And some doubt wheth Taft carried" Ohio at all, legitimate'!; ZACK McGEE. In Coumbia State. CHARLESTON \<>TE. Bookkeeper chi.ohoformed He, w HH In SeC Xml the Oflicc ' Fin on The first time a woman marrbw she calculates her future in sentiment: th^ second time she eatimates it in household duties. On e tjyi terious thing happened in this, city at half-past HJo'cloclc last night. At that hour fire was difcoverod«-4n the office of William Goldsmith, Jr , real estate agent in the Palmetto building on Main street. As the firemen entered the room a man was found lying on the floor with his head wrapped. He was hastily re moved. ami-nt was found that he was Mr. T. E. McCullough, 0 Mf. Gold smith's bookkeeper. Ho says that as he entered th-' office from a closet about 11 o’clock, some one threw a rag over his hea 1 and-Hiat was the last he knew until ii ~ me rag was chloroformed and it is very plain that the work was that of roldiers. The . flames,were extin- guish d with a little damage. Mr. McCullough was down posting .his books, and they were all out on the shelves, and the safe was open, ntr. .McCullough’s keys were taken frum his pocket, and tlmtf fa jiolice' have not been able- to find them. • The whole case is shrouded in mystery, but the general opinion is that robbers had chloroformed Mr. McCullough-* How the fire originate! is a mystery. The Ofcl City Gave Her Vote to tli • Democracy. Charleston, Nov. 11.—The vote of Charleston.cotinty in $ii'e*rec nt c-b- -] tion was officially tabulated yestet- day by the Federal and State boar I.- of election, each board n itself into a body of canvassers. The tabulation of the Federal re turns showed the following figures. For Cong/ess: The Hon. Georg* S. Legare, 1,808 votes; Priol ,u\ 217. -Presidentlal electors:*- n mtu-rat Ic, 1.S14; ReptiTiTIcanT Baxter. 3 12. Grant, 334; Powell. 344: ( aH'oth' s 347. Socialist, 20; Independent, man sustained painful injuries in lii.s leap. No one in the Great Northern ex- j pre.-s was seriously hurt, hut those i aboard the Northeastern train were ; not so fortunate. The nose of .the f dg. express engine tore Its way en tireiy through the two rear coaches- ; of the local and the crash of split ting—UuUmt was firjlbwed by thj gVnans cf those pinned down in the Mw reck age. i A little goldi*n-haired boy wared ! his hands piteously above his head unald fo-extri'eate himself from the | wreckage. A socre or more of men >'>iuc of them stained with their own Mood, made heroic effort to rescue the child, but in vain. This child 1 wa Willie Atfaway, 3-year-old son (of >1"S Afphtmse \ttaway of Slidell. II - litt!-- tody w;is takett out of the wreck several hours later, horribly mutilated, and placed beside those if of he's whose lives were sacrl- ticed In the catastrophe. , e—re spouses were made by E. S. Gay of Montgomery and Harvie Jordap of Atlanta, presldetrr of the Southern Cotton Growers’ association; Gov Nod of YlfnSTppT also « spoke. Harvie Jordan was made permanent chairman. In an interview Mr. Jor dan said the meeting would lie the most important conference o( cotton men ever held. Mr. Jordan said that It was indeed fitting that it should be assembjed in this the largesfMnterior cotton market In the world. "We have assembled," he contirf ued, "to Safeguard and protect the S eat staple crop of the- South from ^artificial and depressing influent** -Of federated interests which op.erab to the detriment of every businest interest in this section of America We face a serious condition and whether we will arise equal to tht emergency and protect‘our interest s a* men of brain and business sa gacity or indifferently accept the sit uation and parade before the world our voluntary weakness. Is the Isam which presents itself to this conven tion.*’ Mr. Jordan said. that raw cotton is the only great staple commodPy in the world today which is selling below the cost -of production, not withstanding the fact that it repre sents one of the world’s greatest n- cessiHes. "That this great staple should ever sell at a price to the cotton growers of less than 10 cents per pound Is a reflection upon the map hood and intelligence of the South ern people. "If the cotton gr^ers, bankers merchants and allied business inter ngta of the South wit! determine thai the price of cotton must and sha'i go back to 10 cents before the month of ^November passes, that price will tie protected, the financial future o f the South will be saved and not a spindle In the world will be injured.' Mr. Jordan condemned “night rid- Ing'l and urged that the convention give Its attention to the boll weevil menace. He also recommended th< formation of a chain, of warehouse: IMPORTANT DECISION Of United States Supreme Court on Mixed Schools. «,,, Washington, Nov. 9.—In deciding the case of Berea College versus tha State of Kentucky, favorably to the State, the supreme court?;, of,, the United States today held/hat a State of the union may constitutionally leg Is 1 a t e to p r e vent th e co- e d ucatlo n of the white and black races. The case was Instituted to test Ihe-valldlty of the State law of 1904, prohibiting white and black cbttdren from attending the same schools, the higher State court took the po sition that the white and black /aces Vtre naturally antagonistic and that the enforced separation of the chil dren of the two is in the line of the preservation of the peace. The opinion* of the supreme cou-t •was handed down by Judge Brewer and affirmed the finding of both the Kentucky circuit pourt and the-cou t of appeals. Justices Harlan and Day dissented. Justice Brewer’s opinion dealt entirely with corporations a? affected by the Kentucky statute, and did . not consider the question its applicability to individuals. - wherefrom receipts could lie issue) which would lie ac pled as collatera for short time loans by the leading financial Institutions in this country aud in Europe. Bishop Gaynor of the Episcopal diocese of Tennessee, also spoke COMMITS SUICIDE -There was 4ti» opposition ft) th** Democratic State and county, tick- • SENATOR TILLMAN SHOCKED. COLUMBIA FOt NDBY Bt RVED. Uannatk Was Knightly and Xoble- • Hourtefl Gentleman. Trenton, Nov. 10.—The I’art of Plant ol Gibhcs fdfuchincr) Company Destroyed^ Columbia, Nov. 9; The foiiudn of the Gibbes Machinery (Vwppau' was practically d stroved *by lit. this evening shortly after fi corre- -pondt nt of The News and Courier carried St u»f*Tt Tilt-man the news of Jtie sudden and tragic death of his formerl’-colleaeue, Senator Carmack.- oflot k - of Tennessee, today. He was very i ne origin of the tire is unknown. :t- much surpris'd and shocked and said the workmen had all left the build ing at 5 o'clock. President A. Sf. Glftbes. of th company, stated "tonight that h could not at this time give an esti mate of the loss. The prop.-rtv i- well Injured and the principal 1" ;s will he the interruption of I'l^iues- hy reason of the destrue-ion (7f tV patterns. in the foundry, *l(4s l.--ir s a busy season in the maohin tv 'rad-* and the company doing an extrusive business. ' * Cotton Seed Meitl for Milk. There is no question- tint that cot ton sped meal grows in popniafity as ItsJntrinsic value-becotm s known There is no foodstuff known that e.-Nm^-UA.—A- most- myr^ - '"'■HI. pl*A<' (fie yame an,mint Of fat on cattle withlnVjio short a time a> cotton seed mea^ (combined wit i cotton, seod^hnlls, and this fact is recogniz d wheresoever This feed i* used. When fed to dairy cows, or by the family that has hut a siagU* cow, its use increases the (pi.-xiitity of milk, Improves the color, and th * cr-eam therefrom rriak s richer and better butter, but while *ho cation of hulls need trot he limited at all, that of meal should no "be'ernoro than one-half t It *. quant i:y f<M fot- fattening purposes. * Sliot Young Xlajy. received here today of the serious wounding of W. W. White, hear Banks, yesterday evening by Mr Wadley, a farmer.. White eloped with Miss MJud WadLy yesterday, the couple coming to Troy to secure a license and marry. After the cei emony the couple started home and on the' road' hv fUe fatTieV of the girl, who Emptied the contcn’s of a shotgun Into the bridegroom. White will recover. , A woman will do a lot of cheeky thing* to improve her complexion. that Mr. Carmack was a knightly ,n l no’de-hearted gentleman, and that the South can ill spare such then at. this time. "His taking off in such a way and for such a cause is deplorable, nay, horible," said Senator Tillman, "and*without know ing anything ahwut Mrr* facts tho n.-wspapcr reports would indicate 'hat toy.was assassinated, being shot from behind and any one who knew him wyjild feel absolutely certain that^be-was nut riiimtng.—Altogelfi- r it is a lamentable affair.” Cottiyu^cetl Meal ns Fertilizer. Although cotton seed meal con tains considerable percentages of phosphate acid and potash, a large pfbportion of which has been shown to be readily available to plants, It is chiefly used as a source of nitrogen in ' fertilizers.- Storer states the • expe'ricnee has shown that cotton s ed meal is usually as good as fe>- tilizer ns regards its" nitrogen as either dried fish or flesh scrap, pro vided the land is not too dry.” Cot ton s ed meal ha's given excellent re sults. o-p eially In the Southern States,'as a fertilizer for sugar cane, cotton and font. It has also bee successfully substituted for barny'ard manure in the culture of tobacco. While cotton seed meal, as the above farts -show, has high value 'i1I17.?7?HTBWl.ilW^IV V-a’ a more rational practice in many case.* is to feed the meals to animals and apply the resulting ii(anure to the soil. Fronr 80 to 90 per certt .of the fertilizing materials of the meal will thus be recovered in the manure, and additional benefit will be »e- cur (1 in the prodiijeUpn of meat. Till 1 kT etc! Because Bryan Failed to be Elected President, Raleigh, Nov. 10.—H. L. Smith, joint station agent for the Norfolk and Southern and Raleigh ana Southport railroad, at Varlna, twenti miles from Raleigh, committed sui cide this ' morning by discharging both loads of a double-barrel shot gun into* his head. He had a striuj attach 1 d td^The - trigger to shoot. He left a note that he was per fectly sdnP, had contemplated suicide for some time hut could not bring himself to the point until now. 3i„.It if reported that he was des|>on- dent over Bryan's def at. He was 23 years old. He had been at the station eight months. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Shop by Mail—Our improved method giv s you a complete department store at your door. Large illus trated catalogue free for the ask ing. Address Dept. A. Dowda & Co., Box 302, Atlanta, Ga $500.00—For Jokes, stoi'ies, poems, ideas, -puzzles, given to reader* of our inter-jiting magazine. Partic ulars and three months subscrip tion 15c. H. Paul, 414 N. Calver, Baltimore, Md. Wanted to Buy—On<^ to five thous and bushels mixoa clay peas; will pive highest market price; must lie free from Whippoorwills. I. M. Pearlstine & ^Son, 201 and 203 East Bay St., Charleston. S. C. * 7 TEACHERS—TRUSTEES.' W> secure schools for teacher* *nd have many excellent vacancies. W* recommend teacher* - to ' trustees and sell school furniture of all kinds. Write. Southern Teach ers’ Agency, Columbia, 8. O. .For Sale—New Buick 20 h. p. four- ylinder Roadster; complete with top. gas lamps and generator; ex tra large tires; cost $1,050 d e ilvfred First check for $i,Q0JL Hurry! Hfher bargains touring cars aad E. A. Jenkins Hales gets IC in ru an bou ts. White Steamers. ■Moior-Oo.. Cotnmtita. 8. C. Agents for The White, Maxwell, Reo and Stoddard-Dayton. For Sale—Thoroughbred Berkshire pigs. Blltmore Stock, at $8 and ' $10 each. at Devonia Farm, Grenville. S C. Wanted—Live Wild Turk yji,. ALsj Squirrels, Tame Deer, Red tFdxe*, Partridges, Pheasants. Will Waterfowl, Etc. Dr. Cecil French, Naturalist, Washington, D. C. Wanted—To purchase timtjer from 500 acres up. any one having same write and give full particulars, to A M. Fell, Greenville. Pa. LH Me Shop for You—If you want street suit, wedding trousseau, evening or reception gown, let me send you my samples and esti mates. Can give any price gown the market affords. Simple and Inexpensive, or handsome and costly. Miss J. E JOSEPH. 1Q«« Franklin street, Ixtuisville, Ky. FOR SALE—Common building brick, red color, immediate delivery Price upon application. Camd** Pres* Brick Co., Camden, 8. C, WANTED—Pine logs bought foi fiAsh. For particulars address Press Lumber Co., Sumter, 8. C.. Buying a Piano or an Organ Is Not Hard when you come or write to us. Our Pianos and Organs are juiar- antefcd and up-to-date, aud at s^reas- Tbe New Orleans Cotton Exchange onahte price; 7 —*~ today passed resolutions calling upon The cases are beautiful, the In- Congress to reduce the present tar- side is made by the best and most iff on jute bagging used for bailing experienced men in their lines, to cotton. “TAX ON JUTE BAGGING UNJUST Cotton Exchange Savs it is Burden on Cotton Industry. New Orleans, La.. November 9.— This tax is a direct burden it is no wonder our pianos and organ* on cotton raising industry 1 of the thotr Gw«<*t t South for the benefit of a few manu facturers who are thus enabled to thrive at the expense of the mos* important class of agriculturist in this country,” declares the resolu tion. , — holds their sweet! tone a lifetime. Write us at once for catalog and special price and terms, stating pref erence piano or organ. MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Columbia, 8. C. Piano* and Organs. J OUTHERN OTATES OUPPLY UOVIPANY Machinery Supplies Plumbing Su ipplles PHONE 164. COLUMBIA. S C Gibbes "Portable'” s mm'* Latest Modal. A ‘TKIUMPH”e*m- pared w i (hold one*. Hard Waod Solid SteePrrack. Smoothest Action. Accurate Sawing. Perfect Equip, meat. Good! ® A money-maker Indeed. Quickly pays for It- ~ Gibbes Machinery Co., Sellars of “Gibbes Guaranteed Ma chinery,”—ail xiudg Box 1390, COLUMBIA, S. C. Next Week! Watch This Space. Farmers’ Dept. Agriculture. Bulletin, U. S. A man can get awful morbid over the political deprivity of the country if he doesn’t like the coffee his wife gi es him. , The American All-W rought Split Steel i'alleys. STANDARD DFMliflK* ■ The Pulley Thai All Want, * WE CARRY A LARGE STOCK. £»- carry a large stock of Wood Pulleys Shafting Hangers, Belting and anything eli you nught wish in this line. When y% £ m the marget, write us * COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY. Columbia, S. C, - . . —.