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i f-Vi kf»dS6 , 2C. U not far dlatan In tha opiniaa of jnminant a!r ] , &pal canMp *f oiir wmary electioa lota»ta-.Ua Tnitad States, BmJsi : ■Mmf; of the fPhm'0 till ^£<>pf®w$ty ns ind the actiyitlee of'caan'difitite* yfith t eorruptioa fund are the^ two pria- :ipal caneep ef oiir m^mary electio ; ' te'mhl#., J'.i i ; / >1/ !•> i if iii an. tot i i i! ■) ll l >H i ? ! '!') Y; !> Hij ) ' 'Fftlipf ;l ‘ >v /.■> >i of <*rei*t p^p^fftio^fpd; statemeat shortly afterward* i , hy Geprge ff/ Saken/an almost equally dotninaat flsarh ta American flaance, that he eooa would take st(ni!ar Wej- tion, gare Wall street generally k thrill that^aUhost hj-Q^ght iJjMUM °* the stock |»xc>^q^p te a, ^a-lt ) Whil.e U probably, ) la.. t^ue that many pfominento WnVers tad Infort- mation foreshadoWths' thls^ m^metl- . ! ttiub lAove toward ending i intprlocki- r ing directorates, f the public anf /brokets had'lny arivahea fknoWied-te of what 'Was 1 taking * pllaoe* Id ’the Inner councils 1 of the’greatest of alii ^ AtnCTldanl houses of finance. When ever telephone and ticker flash.ed thh ne.ws, jibout (.he street groups of men gathered to discuss whgt was tno^ll- absorbiiig topic. _ _ ' Mr. Morgan, departing from big firm’s traditional policy of sU^ocd, • made a public statement, announcing ^Itje withdrawal 1 of five members 6{ j;. Morgan & Co ^rom direcforslilpe it ‘rj; twenty-seven cori>erations and this in- . tetitfon to withdraw from more. He said,: 1 , '■’Ain a^P^rent change !n,,publip aetitlttient In regard to directdrshipB seems now; to warr,aut ua in seeking to resign ijrom BQmo ff fhese cqmheii- tions. Indped, It may the change in sen J ‘ subject, fliat we rfhail bo in a better poaltfdn tb serve such properties and thefr sbcurlty : holdprs tf we are no^ directors. We haye already resigned from the companies mentioned and we expect from time to time toiwith draw from/other boands upon which we feel there la npi: special obligation to remain.’' 1 Ceorge F. Baker followed MV. Mor gan's lead and in resppnse to a ques tion whether he Jn^ended^tp follow thef example of the Morgan firm, said be intended to get out of as many conlpanies as would let him. 1 "There fs not the Slightest doubt in my mind that the announcement made, by J. P. Morgan & Co., is only, the forerunner of many simiUr an nouncements that will be made- In the near future, and from my poitijt of view the effect will be wholesome and far-reaching.' Only a few dayp ago the, American Telegraph and Tel ephone ,company showed that it wart In^syJtipathy with the spirit of tlie times' by 'annouficlng that it would stirfender coiittol df the Western Union Telegraph corppany., and Fri day’s announcement is Just 'another indication that Our pig meh appre^ elate that a ‘public be pleased’ policy Is better than the old ‘public he damned’ idea,*’ "' The companies' to which Mr. Mor gan referped, from whose heap'd —-- members - of tire firm' have • altoarty submitted thbir resignations as direc tors, are: If l f • * f| J. P. ^Torgan—New York central nnd Hudson River Railroad coim pa’ny: west Share Railroad company; > Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway: Michigan Ceotral Railroad company; New York, Chicago and St Louis Railroad; Cleveland, Cincin nati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; Central New England Rail way;’ New-.York, Westchester and Boston Railway; Ttarlem River and Port Chester Railroad; MllhWiok company; , company.; ,company;: ^hodp Island copipany; f,/Rutland Railway company; Hartford ianfl .r.onnectioht Western Railway company; New York, ’ On tat* io and WeSfern /Railway; Western Uniqn 'c^.intra^y r ,. . ,i| ■ ,i, > j ’',/y Otl}cr' ‘ip^mbj^s.- of tjie, fifm, b^te retired from these gompaniestY /i Charles Steele—Jersey Centrpl Rallroid.cbmpanyj,''UtfitAd States ., r gtppl ctypc^atioin,, <)f j , ’• t :Mfi iPl ! r>avlsor-+-<Ameitican'^ TSile- ‘ is ha lame to the ballot box aad when bribery was resented, it was sasy to detect the dishonest voter and lia^ ^of :iK 'P', 1 the temptation to rote dishonestly piorej^ba* 'Vfjwatf not 1 *) Wirong. Jihe.protein now Is to change the lew so 'as to berry OHt t he same pri- maJiJt’#!«•) gader new copdltfop*.. It) Is the same old ship, bet sailing itormier seas, and needing a stouter keel and tighter calking. come down to It the neoeqearr ,changes are simple apd feib', ndr they are necessary as the keel,i^n «hip. - Lr-fo-t M Some say the constitution and rsles of the party are all right and that It is in the execution of them that the fault lies. ' r"T- Both need reform. But execution is a broken reed unless it-is'support ed \yfsqbiyr i*w*r >”• -/ y < JQ j , ^ When Factionalism Rages. ’{The very fppn^a-tioa stbiie of our SP|te Democratic organization rests pn^.saud. As long as all fs q > uiet,n j o Irfcrm is done. Rut as so<ki as ' the sttjrms and.-forrfcnts 'of .factiobiallSih: and of brF begt upon hies. ^1’he club. .pfe^Mngs jhelif • in ^pril, •fi the foundation stones, ’fhey rest: ,* t . — — it^ery .and peed begin to the fpundation, it crum- party constitutions ^nd rules. These are as sand because vt^iey do not safeguard tpe mernbersiilp rolls off Ithe clubs. . , /Any one, ^Wlthduf regard ‘to'Oti tS ^pailty- or resblence, cah vpt, tu |a _n f _ *1 club meeting. You caft vote in t^i^sp. 1 N6w Haven Navlghtlon New England Steamship > WH*.’i • .3 ; i : .up.' tf,’ , Pqrter—"?^nker»’ .I'Pnupt ! .dompany; G’tnuranty Trust company • o'of Nous’York.H: | i : imh| , Thottifts! W. Lafmin'tW'esflhg- ^ousqj Eledtrlt and Vaouiacttir{ng .eoifipany; Utah ^dpper qojppany,; Ab- l,, tori Trust company; Rankers’ •ompany. .:,” li 74L4L Trust l.x j .lid b' Shot While Hunting. While ’.♦’VUttlng (near Gaffnty ■j Tuesday, afternoon, Oland . Feyden p.-#. jrtdmfiBori,' Of nbar thjit -nhiee,’ ^ere wonfiijiid liy tlie’'«di- dedtal dlsihhfge of 'a' shotguh In a I ' bbit.’ Thfel! ,! Wtttin<fa dl% b<rt i Bdrt6 , u8. of sto •exprebB And' *»l» i nrtll«4‘,l {1 ‘ 1 1* -I&Cf Jp x 'iii imI rtf ilbiii»«a«m''1A |i /-■•o I Swww' M Spartanburg. < ' >» gnpw fe^l m Spkrtihbiifg '•!-' •if blfwir..,”l rmimoT .K".T J O'* arp cViilv-meetings even.' if. you are’ not du^lified to vote in the primary. design in garnet can pack th$ club rol^s, and thereby control meetings, oolinty conventions and the State con vpiitlon, county' eiecutive cotnmittees and tire- State executive committees, and nahae the managers at the ballpt box. / __ * j : Here are two instance|; the ‘first oecnred in one of the largest voting dountles In the State, and thfe otner in one of the smallest. Rushing a Club; Meeting. The chhlrman/ ohe’i of the best known knd highly esteemed citizens <>f South C^rolinh, and ah able law yer, was calling his club pieeting to order. It waa the uightr of the reg-^niuda Island, ular biennial ^reorganizhfion. Parti sanship was running^ high, but this particular club hail, ’ahv/iys been so largely a unit, that it wa^ presumed that-there would bfe fio/dorttest In tho meeting. But the opposition was fighting for every advantage'no mat ter iiow desperate the chance of-sue* cess. . A crowd of men entered the room claiming the right, of member ship. Consternation" reigned among the old idertibers. Thore Was np use to appeal to the party rules or consti tution, or to the State laws. .They re- ‘qulffd only that a man- be white, 2} and ia Democrat. ^ Under the party, rules ha might oe a lorSrgner, resi dent of Georgiy, or of another part qf the State ,or a new cpruer of'ono g_ay’* rqsiqepce ip th^ precinct and yet he a quaUfted qlub mepiber. This Crowd, included a 'ng.fnhdr of men'who appeared tb be utter sttdng- ers in thp prefcinct. Their dejbhntl of be recognised as members was ac companied with threats. W*hile some bfThe old members de layed proceedinlg by motions and dis cussions, others left the hall ahd has tily gathered up stay-at-home tnem- bers from all over the prednet. These rushed to thq meeting and whe^i thp vote'for organisatfbft Was taken they 'saved the day by a small margin,- The men who were used In this at- temi t to^rufh the jhieo^ing vfere gflpi*- w'art s iound to be temporary’ resi-> dent 5 ah-d somQ. were, foreigners.; But! v'lixdi flgh lle^s ojf ^tre,-oldest ftl'ujj' | Whero .Ihq/atteifiot taiiod .in ‘this jnsti nce’lt Ids ‘oftdn succeded id‘thai s,cpuEty. ’ ‘ r Captiir^n^*,<?nnt)t4,’ Mbre t^an tyro years ago* a piem amd that within a few years a regull schedule wITT be eetablished ai maintalaed bet wees New Yor^i ai London nnd between Farl^l 'ana f Petersburg! Tb^’^et/1 f fours as ti tims to srees the Atlantic-by dir^ routsTbetwWnHiV tlrb ikrkeet cltlef in ’Jh* w^, ( n|/1/) I ms undeV atsaospherj©’ cnnd^4o|»A( fSeir stantly extending radius ef tight a i the teekslidi ttia'siery ‘At the air preeeat day, jalrmea .-are cited as coursgln^ the 1 be'ltdr that ths epo making flight will be attempted made in the next 12 months. Glenn^lf. Curties has designed! j* craft In which le declares the tiglili •aeross the Atlantic will become a plmyle matter. -Him eraft will cyst about $20,000 and can be made renjdy by spring, df the money is rbrthnrt'na.-( ing.' • . | ; i > ‘ ' /\ .1 ‘‘When France is feady I - fnd A’esdyi,” Shye Adolprf Rdrgoud. ^ *, Claude, ( ;^raha|u-'ywivts, anglie^ aviator, aserts he (s hastening/^ej ^Jirglidne-ifbV/a flighi; fetores of -jpth-l er i^oypjnppjt aflator* fre eageV'^oi the opportunity to be the irst' ttj lords* tlie Attarirte 'snd I assert it* <|sn he done, if Ifp; proppf machine ( is constructed. ,, , 'Rroadly 1 ‘sdeak’ing’, 'airmen stite dlficuliy the;tong flight is tUrhe^ fold. Hie.maflhiu^, fh# jnan, and kh route. ^ TU|> njen are .ready. tT,hi jnachine can hb built a^d the A>utd Is OieiB^ WuMdereh.' 11 '• N . ; . 'W'heth.eT the flight will be frinl past or, west-tc^ east-Is not knoi depending ;<)ri 'the aeaao'n tlji f/. ><u uidx^b.tw k> il : I ii.-i . iUl-Cduil -'not-Mi'id I idM?e, ; Gmtnmm- , 'Whitmi is 'ftet ' iViUmtMvh ,1! Cli—#e McroUey n* Wikiow ,Qf»- Mijers Tliai 1 AsWr«i : rtV Rebel tA*d- I mm ']«'<[ r, h*'inr > t) i yU'i ''; 11 n i: t f t :(u!t A*e MmM Make ..Meet Mens, i, j WpI ;>rfl ovoif// -wn-v e aw ->:r-nl t wol|l liiil (A .• v.iuivi /if-) ,-|kI i>I Id ToHu >sV/ Sepr .WFffTRf _ Sjtfwrt vjiiilqy 4> -iiMlulM yjqj' JtU.-7 -.{ b.«.» vHto-imbf .. Medfasi L 4ueeoa, ,repUf misdlohir from' the eoh^i'ee*,'' ! retsrhed ■ Mow'd ay , froth MtaUa iwiAh-Y the.} Aealsnptlen.^,«kM plritrtifkre ni'ote r frl»fi<Ht'tfi'Aardk t'hd A pier leans thnn they ever wer*'»»4 own, depending’on the aek^fn when 'tt‘ Is atteAptea/ The northern r«Bts\ ii tjora 1 Belle Tsle./off Newfoundland,! td Greenland. Iceland, th.ft. Hfthttdei knd. to London. Three other ^outen hi v4 their base at Belle Isle fcnd t ir- minate la Ireland, England *nd France./ Ondi route starts at Ci pe Race with, first stop at Flores, I sc op d, at Map. Miguel and landing at Lisbon, 0p»inV. Sable Island ind Clape HktttT’as’afe the starting poi it$ ^6f, the'\other two routed, both of w\hjjih land' ayFloyes dnd San Mig lei and then at Lisbon. Tha Cape Hitf teras Toute Includes a stop OP B;r|- ' f : tiire^ki4b. , cdflf%r4PbV / at l 'hftght With ( <u*3, ) 1 lL , l fc rBW*dl»'t!#ilehn i tiaP 'tfiel -dwdyl end rapid deyelepnaept of flyih^ goVernAieiit' idfieikl* thei'e haVe seo- ehl^eej.jtheir Jnereaslpg f stabil|M r ttefi down ae'Unother pehofi eif pk- ie'r the mh'st olilWlt and wnrled tledt! I Whiting! lop /Uueknal vtdPvAtopf- saeats In Mexico. Any change ip. the VelatieXs hdVwpeoi the |Uailed! 94etes anil Mepieo.' u»ex hpiie^e,! reuet .faj low eepaf teApn by„?ep i o^er ef, thp M^xicap, fpftiops ,,,,,. It ha,,Hep, hijUCvUhy durjpg his (\ x /r;.’J ,nd has arrived at, certain conclusions Vhst srs’ hot! entirely riashurtfng ps to'tl^e hbuitV of'tlie Cotiifltiit'liAali'dt feadhrs to edtahlfsh a stAblrt hnd sat- Isfactbry govdmmeit 1 In thii eyeht Huerta Vehireir. |, Tt Is beUerdd : at Washington thnt the bonferenoei on .hoard the cruiser Ohester'related it* fiarti to the conditiens that might, arise in Mexico, following the end of the iVcrnipibling’’’ process and th,e elimination of Huerta. , ' ( 1 Stats department officials have l>ten giving; tlrought to the treatn)ent likely to he recorded Ijo.rpign credi tors snd Otljer t claiinanU ' pgilnst Mexicp by the victorious ConijtUu-j tionalists, parf1cular|y in view of the prochamatifm of Gen! (Jarfahka. early) In 1 the Vebelltdn. of'hib intention tR repudiate all InanS tnade tb th! Huerta governiketit> «v ' 1 Some of the money loaned to thej Huerta government came from ti United,States-,’biftC-ttlfe larger portic was oontributsd by - European flnad-l ciers. Conseqwfntly, on* necessity oil some preliminary und'ersWiding ben tWeeh 1 the TThlted fetatee 1 And- tl '^he probable ' sPecessors tb the present regime Already has beMu considered^ with the purpose of prebentinp dan gerous -claslles with the /European governments and. also ho protect thej rights of American claimants. . 1 Preparations by ,the navy for th,P mid-winter Manoeuvres In Weft -diaa waters have led ,to tlj* renewal that ;tkpy ,pj>«, ( loo# ltd,, tM,[ Slates gevernmeat. as wejl as to Its represen'tsilfUe iVi the PlilnlpplheA its thblW rehl henWrabtotts.' Mr. ^neian Meat to, the 'PhilUMtoef wU#.,^x T SBl «"!» Fhnilifkhtos 'fuB y’ two 1 mrtntbs ' hefhre It-lwft/ tfet Island/’ -tojdi UMi ,9««aop» ‘‘and daring that time kl 0 that Amerieaa sap ernment dvails itself medaato ; afi »tp repouThto. .kjto v lWp*’ •olmJttod tb tho He wee isoasaslttop op rivets antl lrttrborfiltt advoopc* •(ftfc* pe^diW'blft'^ da/Hatoadlatfl-akvfmt ed to thp Men .fob 1 ptofeaftagr* fsmfia, ms ki4^001- ><i 'I i-* ' ( fti4 l wah>fbt, l tA<b**’tr». m trtofd^U^i !RlkkdhH Rd hold, mt. fo^ A’aV'ftr BdsofMna foua trtoe Hops ofilfiadlara -iPl feaUfftiMR,! TRIED TO KILL HIM. Daylight Assassination if. Attempted S/ /'! \ \ v “ -.While llraair/ Williams; superin tendent of the Lancaster county chain gang, w-as driving In his buggy along one of the public highways qev- eral jdsys i ago (Inspecting work /re cently done by the gang/ he was fifed upon at. close range by an unkndwn negro man'w ho, riding a bay horsej, fbahed upon Williams unsten anf aliei fiiing two «ho|s at Ijimjn succession darted into th^ woods near the rQadsidq. 'One of t’hq balls wjenl through Ayiilfams! hat. 1 Williain^ horbe becAihe frigiUehed'and ran [for some diptan'ce dow-n the ’road beforf he coiild be ^ftpeked. ’riils b'oMjati- tenipt in broad daylight upon one of Lancaster’s public roadf ttf asstesi- nate Superintendent AViUiams while in performance of 'his official duty will be thoroughly Investigated. SHOOTING AT MALLORY. L > / . ' ptvfne afm) Telegraph Companv; Astbrlbenof tte Suie pxecu|ivA ceiqfiiiUte« f A.*® 0 /Tl-iMj compbhy; 'Gu^rauty, ^Tf bbtipwdd 'hi* highjyosiRoa ia the party<[ ^ ' 3 ^ v . few Veekrf, the N otheV one'' bdni; negro, who is still suffering with her owf councils to a pkdded club roll. This successful ruse at the same time gave the control of the party in thO"cotnr r WJ:iuiLd * ®-ble to be out, iy to his^politleal.fsction. ^ * :• | The cbuBfiy. wa* pretty evenWgidiV ylded. One club conceived, tbs Jdea. of putting on its rolls the namis of 1 nost of the members of its rival dub. They fty#ed s 4etagaty»Tt<>,rth* ounty convetotltii'blrfbiiloiyfhb-kfvA- en club list. mention Jut It was enough. They elected heir own ftfgapization and threw out h^rptpprs, hj;-, uo.'J jn r i - Under the, rules they couldn’t be topped, 'fkp go^4^e[ c4n Lgaln and skillful manipulators can let away with It every ttape.-, * If you have examine tfie •ecprda. You can find a hundred ex- imples/.An^ ieVliapa. fotae td V^ai <k dub I n6ir ef/maVmk'kes rfp a cine «U-«C-A4fifi aad yet oan ahow only l Mail Carrier Bounds Is Shot by (His t > ' _ ’ J I i , . Substitute. s n I ,' ; A seflou's shooting affray occurtred at Mailoyyi la be (Chifistitiaf Eye night. Mafion bf. Bounds, i ruraj carrier on Route J, was Bhotjby Vernpn I ail- yham, 6ubsUt.ute'^arriap,ttn fbq at mb ropiej Eo’h mouc wepe jdrihklng, R is spiff. gpd/H.jpiaUcg-ed' that- Bon ids botan (he /Shoeting, byt-hit no' < nq. FUrliam, It sterns,' fired fhree shpt^, fw’o trfkthg elTecf in th'ejhip /pnd jnfe peftefratang the -pbdomen, causin ; k er'omrd tioni! ^-hlch MBounfis qieff of,reports that .several battlephi^k ol thh Atlanijlc fleet, w!h}cb iqade tbq European Cffqie, are’tb’be 1 dis^dtcfH ed to lufexicari waters’. ’ ' 1 ' ' : '" i At : tfie uafy department 1 it - was said the original platis made' fdrt tit- Imhn'oedvres rernftlned ! ua i chabg«d',lex cept- as tlie^> have - been nbcesaarilji modified by the diverBion of so large a pdt-tloni of the fleet to patrol dut.V on. ,t)ie Mfttiqaji /Coast,- It Is fraoJely admitted, however, that the ships .41 Cyleibra, Porto RL90, pr Gupnt^napio C/ijba, would, he n^uch ippre avaUabR has iserosssd snd thg affairs of tno tiu'at'fy, idfli polftldiiV ahd 1 eodifott’le, Jkavs booa growing better. *' ' !( / “Tke yoliey of Presidant Wlleon as outlined delivered to the Filipino people by Gov. Harri son Yak nSeC •with’ the eAtli-uelAktid Ap- pthyaL of .|th4> poopJe. especlflfy) thp mn, .giving , tv- PaHves control both brasches of the PbililiiptTfe' . _ IslatWri. 1 No 'vlhbiitoaVe ramrtvaf; bob any polltlbM aBpointment rtf lAraerl- icaa ofldalS: has, been; im^d*. ; , T.ljP few .ebanges among tbe chiefs of, bureaus have been made'in furthey-; thee’ of Uhls polley of fhe { pstoont arimihieftratlon lm the Island*!. , The! ‘FfUpjnizatWB* ,of the service hat been promised' to the Fitlpinbs the former tfdm'lntott-atidrt »tih doV Harrleon ia> JuSt - redeemingu that! -pledge., ,Tbt cj.vjl senrice r^gyl^tlonai enacted by tpe fprmqr administration! are bethk strWUy adhefed to.. I l *- "tyie* effect jtt new 0oWcy dh ,h«*in«^a. hasi been ifood.’l One, imme diate benefit had, bep^ the . IpjprpwH piegjt ,of tlie r/elatlona between Flli- pinois and'Americans 4o fhA’f f nokr tbahe is co-operatlott' among them! nttt only/.la governmental afajrs bpt In huaipaM. al0P- Goy. Harrl*on baa already gained the love of the Ffli-1 pino people and he is received In every -place -with enthtmlesm such as no ioIh#ar, huwjau beln0 ,*yer. anjoyed before. Acting upon his recommen dations the • Phllll'pplhe 1 leglsiatnrte has ( introduced administrative changes which have r’esUlteAiln the skvlng of several mlRibn ptoofi> (a peso ts half a. dollar,) lq tb* (C^arh- raent expenses, as well as increased “ ‘ > —, :JL.7. 4 ^ i j-.if -Tit - t HISTORY OF COTTON. 1 , | tdaRufa 1 (■-'-'thaifi 5 a Cr they ordered to Vera Gruz of any ofh4f ‘Mexican port thO' tftdmient 1 the 'Statq departibdnt ’called for thdar. • ' 1 The 'principal function of th^ Am^rlcajr miiijtqry foroe, on tlpj ^lexli rqn border at present ts plmost, purej 1^ hUm^itUaVlffn; the soltliers arq succoring Hto Mexican gfck . ajfff wounded though, pX-cour'ae, Incldanj- taliv, enforcingi neutrality- law*. Re*- porta from the battlefield of OJihaga and Nuevo Laredo tend 1 to greatly minimize the first reports of loss of lifq, thoUgh they indicate the fight!- ing has been severe. -', nor, indrtpendisat of ths L Mlkplt- ' ! '! • '-I-I-U :..! ■>(.': f Mr. Bush assertsd, hotrewssrpiHiat the United States, “if alive to Its op- #por$aRltiss, , r,^4(I n^thi^ fo f^r and • that ths nation should hasten lo the rescue of the South by meeting the control of flV Mtselaef^pi as a na- MHnat problem.' - He addecl that layee PtPt*(Cth n fff r the ^llUTlal lands In tke Mississippi delta would add 1T,- b'o’o.tlWscyeS of fenilh 1 durtnsf Arto; whose ; nqUlvntloai la eotton, /sugar • cgpa,,pr , .dlyersiftad crop*-▼puld.yield many mtirloinref dpliars annually!' ,/ ' 1 InVestigalloft ' of the -life history and hablth of the/panasllefi,Qfi Ujq |toV top bOjll weeyll in a .more thorough and comprehensive way than ever be fore is proposed by SeqrsSlaTyi fhttto- ttmu i Hk whnts -more ;fi^i>da^appro priated with whicb.to employ, qffpfirta on this-work tu order to-,ppderthh.tk ."ociminupity, ( toppi;im4*V’ ‘ tog the (boll) wepyll.,. i/p. to now .tlcally all the efftfris of tfie fie ment qL agricuHura, hath bfe4A ebh- flned to aaslstlng lAdjVldtilil plahhaW. aasistinr I ffotki/M • frotiVd'be'i T^is e r,L TrotHd 'bh aetotad te a' SHOTS UAUfiK ifEATH. ast 1 1 » Tf^rin^ry Vofe^./A^ \ Many a delegate has sat In a d tt idne^ntion representing a griyi- yard. In I ttfe^ flist/ftiBth W-y ithnoe, 'we havh! UifitJtiQdjQf .carrying a, club againstiiia .wtiH'.-iki 1)14 |Bec^hfl>' 4dlYng clum h - creases Its power. . Variations-.of these two met Yhri | , ) ., I-TW^-I ■„ , - , / ’ j Man Dios From Wouad Received • ■ ■ : r 1/,; 11 I’pt . ■ n Some Weeks Ago. ‘ ' 1 ,7 -'Vi - - ’ J ; • t 4 Near Lowryytlle, ,In the southern part of York county, on the morning of December-22, Dave Montgomery quarrelled 1 with Franl^ add' 7 Eflgki’ Ho.use, ahqyt. s.onie woqd-ipnd w struck wMb a surk b4 EdMrHbui First Mentioned as Growing* la India - -i ; » • V-rt--. . , ni | . ,. !(,,-/ 2,500 Tears A^o. "The-history-of icqttpn cpltpre-h interesting.. The cott!|fi plant has an ancient history, having' been tried-, Upu,eff aajheJpfg gppwp in Ii^dig nyora than 2,5,6o years ago. 'it was tnerq uibd' for ^he mrinWfacture 1 bf doth-! tog, which wari (said by thei earljj Greek historian, Herodotus, “to ,b.q of better quality and finer fiber than that ot tho’Siiepp”. Anff.ty hlpjac-j (fount of the plant he used the very same terni as iq'tioi4 rii/fillbd to U'bjj the Germans; rtotnelyi ! , ‘t^ e 0i weol.'i j ‘‘The cotton plant was growing the American continent at.the time ot ith disCevesy by Goiu.ni torn, ^ndi pot-j ton cloth ,hqs beem found In the aa-j cient tomha of the Incas ot-Peru'. The first efforts f6 f^rdU' cottom ^fri 'the United States were made in Vlrglnlg aborit thb yeaf 1621. 1 Itf-efghi bags of coitoh were-ahliiped to Enjg-, land, and in a few years the trade Ip-i creased to 84,000 bales. In the year 1861 the exports were J,841vp0C| bales, and yet, large a* tltese figures appeared, the exportA kept gtoririri^ iri volume so tha£ for the year ending August 31, 1909, theSe aibounted tff 8.566,342-bales-, - the crop- la this country being 13,587,300 bajes. (The crop, of the: w-orjd for the same poriqd wap over/ 18,0,0q,00y6 halfta Oi/ SO.O pound* egch. ,, 4 Of tpe, four, .pta- .plpq for dothfng—obt.ton,, sll^.jwoolj itstrlpped bf thsfibll weefil, ths (Mffsrwnt i In' 4h4 dontrof eX;the ifbSvlL ikk- ing of the squhres of the cettoa plant, encourage merit -of the para si rise, ,0a- stfuotibn of ths «»(tsn plsats- Ik..<]k# •eld and in dgtarmjnipg whpr« fhs emciottcy of , pask .fikW greaapd by, sqms, vgrlaUp^ ,pp; new propeto. ,,, ;i ’., . ^,)f,^.,^|.,. yt '! , RotatUto, it} -props.: phtoin the system of handliag ppttoh anp plant ing the cotton ij'.toer apart have Help ed Iri 'this'flgM l, 4ilmtoM ! th«' , wbdv}l, WhHh-'lia4 cflusod'-ndMlinusi of ffoUars Of -loss, but it* salats still cop^nue ftjvd ao" varieties of option are im mune ' ' ‘ > -'I ! I -I MI-HI -MvO ' ' -n° i^- 1 .* i.i-i o.'itii'i LftVmVlttD Krtil/H TENANT, i <» * >7 ol --ni' 1 LL.I^ It (*.-ii .7 -(iiit n I ; was going (to, kiffl somebody.As h-- was attempting-to secure;.hlg.,pistol Frank H0UB0 drew his and shat him. Montgomery died last Sunday-larid 1 accordance 1 ' with the verdtet'^thi House ncKroes .were jail to await trial. —r—— Fpll COT ,-iUiLl rrrrt! i TYsfiu, to *atf / Wj’inipd, tp tb* (4410* without violating thp .letter _ The legislature has pagsed law$;to £9p&h vHfiiH -fl^rclrig the -rules. B * r has peen like driving nails into n planks—they don’t hold. RI -'-A — LsctaUtofj T ’ " *•** ■ 1 : — ■ x*-; Beneath Miss Mildred!ZimmerittAtf/ dkilgli- ter of Oristave .Zimmermah;! brie© a famous d|U shot, Tuesdagfrjfpjntbf 011 the edge ,cjf a eubway! ptotfoswi at New York, :fell on the track tnjlfronjt of the yoririg rniln. ,1:' ! ilU .7 rrrrr B^dLh _ wl'l Piglol4 Ahe DhngeroUg While Attempting to ’‘brsak^, hlk plstoLMoritday at Dillon Thrid -Salheb r rgi was shot‘hy the accidental dl^bhkr ofthe Arierihbn'." 1 zniitiux 1IA * !W Ttiorjirui t liter id : ytril-l I Owe Nesam KIHs Anoth«9r< I ., ^ ,» t,'*”* YtnWl. il til blackstflth. tpf Uni$aa, Art. Klml L -.vU^v, mMs blfiAPssM. rb-iL-D l>ales‘ mh/tufactured. Into cloth] iftg ritaierjaf, the present high-wate mark 'showk 1 rtve¥-‘l 7,’6otj,(1hO' 'baW Witti oSed!’ 'Kttd •yeti' ahf tl»4 editor) MV. -ErtVarfl Atblosofck, haji •■thtdfl- lesd -than -ori^half of -th|e pebplsnoj the world ihre-'ifoUy supplied wRli oSUlonig<ipda..y,r,-h-,; m., nl, -ii ’’-It<<ls reasonable to; assume-tbaf th«demand win,sotstlnee tola^rtosp, an4 aUltoWKh thfre wlUtheft.psJlural Jpcrwto.ffn (hfresfifii ^d| pr/pdupf^il following^igb pslcesj ,lt ^ehppv^ ^ WrWW tfww, tp »4f?iS¥ard J ow-u jl n t erpsts b y In cr ea^ng 1 on each acre by mtentlve mstnoda 0 c/Atire/‘ 1 ‘ nTr “• ""’l hi | V , - * - - : -'‘1 r ’- it '-> ll*-) TLotfe Btui(llt r <9et« 92,ii<io. , ‘^‘fdh/ Undtt copcfeklka 'hlinaMf hhbanl ah' expfriss bar bn' the 'Soutti- bfW M Uhi(*lllc li rhilrbaiti, ! krib<tked lirtik 1 ! '* 'titesSrtti gdr 1 rind dseriped 1 vkitt«'pact- ru- age tontktotog Ib.fliib, 1 1 *i.’/ ll > li ti [ it V*( *MfO tlti JtorcsMd Aft**/ iioqg,. yha—■ Search for Frank HoehSf,"* yo bank clerk, ehTgad with- smbenh W*»» pf $46,440 44 ZpppraheUn, toWv •fded- Tpa^.wRk .hif, gp* 'rtol la New Y«nL _ RimT ol Christmas Fatality That ' 1 Near Chm'den. ii •»/.»-,tlTiw ttff) ) 11 ■m -I III ,V ,, | , HI), , I , , )^y -f atoll tv /Of | the C^stma* season reported at Cairid6n w4*'the killing bf r ftbrirty tao-getw, aked ahobt $6 >etot, hy G. : (T. .RAKhV, 'hgbt/tftorty /. ,6(1, vyhick/happep^d op ^lacfl of the .latter about nine miles eacn 6f Uhtridrin; TUtlt^dhr bl^ht. ’ leitotd that Rogers had been drinking,-aad l>ejpg, a -tenant ,90, tke j^-e, of, Ba^ey, _ the.wife of the dead man nad 'sent for Uike'X' to ,aid' hfeF, tidt Roger* tvhs 'UfiPbly. Dakpr weht to the hohie and iff Ja sajd Reger* attotpPtod to styiot him with a gun. Baker suc ceeded In getting the gun away frotn him, 'and Rogers Contlnned to-'ad vance' npdn: him Witb A chair, whan Baker struck B 0 fi4 r> oyer, the head wjth, the barrel of the gun, inflicting wpunda from whi’bh he died shortly after the blow vtas-dealt.'i 1 Iii./ : ' ' •' «» - i| f-n-i ( , / -Fathto »t Many CJtildsep. I,,, ,| I A -Gaffney,, dlspatph ,»ayp, GWofrto epupty ; hpld, ,tl}P /ptord, ^. parent age. regardless of color, which fact is efifctolMltea 1 by , lti^ri*flgSittrttt''l4t i! tke death of Abe Smith, a- u^ll kOown and respected Gaffney aegro. Aba W* w 1° be aq actual fact that he was tb« fitheT o^ torty-th'teoi children-,»• !t'-U</t(| **»i I wtonriii I'l-I )'» . : and-U.,Oliver Iselln ,Jr.. all of npw Yriric, Pitld 1 lindk'Skt'ntdkj. 1 abVt^a't- 'ttigi-tSbdi tor' VMaUost wf-itba fitdta 'game lUSsp^y^npRug -symout .Itof- .resldent , licenses, apcordlpg to * etateinsnl made hy !^ X. Klrihardddi, chtef' g^ame warden" of BoWth Ostfi- •itfla. 'rtt rtti.r 11 --rt rr** 7ivrfrmrrr pit— *-ilufiF* ID Itlll 'fell wSb a ffrephaca fit her hem* -tlfifiv Cowpena Monday morning aM-'toto burned 40 death.) -Thsrp Waa nuMtody ah '' ”1 'Oj m ill Jail Ua iWMsL •rtfiuxyv $i Jansea L, poisiaek, .fig 7emra *ld. white, waa arrested at Chari ’ a , Thursday charged with k d dnined hiawiiai"r itT/Xdtoi J; ifP^f^Yti*-1 bun t *W W