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. Her Sealskin.! IBj FRANK H. SWEfcT. j! Copyrighted, 1907, by E. C. Parcel Is., j! Nt> one ever accused Mrs. Stone of being unduly sympathetic. Ten years' experience with a brutal husband and ten subsequent years of buffeting with the world had deprived her of that sentimental quality, If indeed she had ever possessed it She ,was admirably fitted to be what sue wits?neaa 01 uie Associated Charities of a large city. Impostors Who came fawning down the corridor dreaded this sharp eyed, thin lipped woman. What an expert cross examiner the years of insight and unbelief had made her! How difficult it was to have the telltale bottle or cover up the telltale odor when she descended on their abodes! She had driven away half the mendicants in town. The worthy ones whom she had made comfortable at home? they even were not grateful; they missed the noise and excitement of the street But Mrs. ktone was obdurate. If the police would not enforce the , begging ordinance, she would. If the really needy ones would stay at home, she would see that they were provided for; if they infested the street not a penny should they have from her, and she would see that they were arrested into the bargain. So the blind lavender men took to woodcarving, and they all grumbled and Were very unhappy. Otoe morning a woman in a bedraggled black gown and a veil with a hole that came Just over tne up 01 ner nose Blade her way into .Mrs. Stone's office. Mrs. Stone knew the type?husband, a laboring man, just dead; from three to six young children, not one of earning . age. "Be seated," said Mrs. Stone brusquely, but not unkindly, and her limp guest perched uncomfortably on the edge of the only chair, which was so' located tbaf every ray of cold gray light searched on* the lines in the visitor's face. "What can I do for you?" "I want work," said the woman. ."What kind?" ' "Any kind of work by the day." "Can you clean?" \ "Yes." "Wash well?" . /.- "Pretty welL" K-V.- "Cook?" v v , "Some-plain things." "ITm?cleaning would be best for you." t ' '-is Mrs. Stone noted these details in a . I 1 book, together with age, name, ad1mm. nnHvltr and then came down to - in a place like ours, and I'd thrash a ^ child within an Inch of its life who dared tell of it Fire's the worst I do ~ - -.dread fire. I wish I could insure it" Mrs. Stone was facing one of the problems of her career. , "I don't understand it at all," She i said, "why you should have spent your \ entire capital so wastefully and so uselessly? You have nothing to wear with the thing, and you come to a charitable association to get work for Ton." "I'll tell you," said the woman eagerly, her face lighting up. "I had want"' ( ed a sealskin all my life. I was a factory girl, and on my way home at |-: night I used to stop before the fur ?v shops and look in?all those lovely capes and things?I wanted them alL I'd have learned to sew fur and have worked in a fur shop if I'd have dared, but I was afraid I'd steal something. Then I married John, and there was nothing but hard work and babies. Sometimes I couldn't get out to look in a fur window for a week at a V !: f ' m more interesting details. "How long have yon lived here?" ? A UTAAlr " A n VVi>? { / Mrs. Stone raised her eyebrows. . ''Where did you come from?* . The woman mentioned a nearby :^7;- , towh. "Why did yon leave thera?" "My husband died." "How long ago?" V "About three weeks." "How many children have yon?" 7, N- "Five." "Ages, please." The oldest is ten." "Husband leave yon anything?" The woman hesitated. "Yes, a little," she said finally. "How much?" "Well, the society buried him and paid the doctor, and 1 had a little left" "How much?' came the remorseless f question. "About $300." "You have that?" "No, ma'am." "What did you do with it?" "I bought something." "Indeed!" Mrs. Stone's pencil was suspended in the air. "What?" "A sealskin sack." "A what?" Mrs. Stone almost shouted. The woman cast down her eyes. "A sealskin sack." she repeated almost inu audibly. " "Well. I declare!" Mrs. Stone said aloud. "A charwoman 'with a new $800 sealskin!'' she added to herself. "When do you propose to wear it," she went on to inquire?"to your work in the morning?" "Oh, no, ma'am," continued the woman, taking the question seriously. "I wouldn't wear it every day. On Sun$ days I'll wear it sometimes, if it's not too sunny and doesn't rain. They say - rain doesn't hurt 'em, but I wouldn't - ' take the chances?and sun fades 'em." "What good Is it to do you, then?' "Oh, I take^it out of its bag and Stroke it morning and night and be. tween whiles when I have time. There ' . ' Isn't much danger of its being stolen. > No one would suspect such a thing a ? time. Then John died." The woman's face was alight 'Three hundred dollars wouldn't buy much for six, but it would buy a sealskin. I wanted it all ; my life! I never had so much money at one time before?I couldn't help it? I just had to buy it I was never so , happy in my life as the night I wore It home, and I'm Just as happy with it now. I'd do it again. I'll work my fingers to the bone for my children. But I suppose you won't help me to get j work now!" 1 The woman had risen from the ] chair's ?jge. Mrs. Stone was medita- . tively tapping the desk with her pen- ^ ciL ( "Wait a minute," she said. Mrs. , Stone was thinking. She xjas remem- < I bering that two of her lady directors, I lately widowed, were seeking forget- ' fulness In Europe, the meager allow- ] ance granted by the stingy departed having been multiplied by a generous , court while the estates were being set- , tied. Mrs. Stone might not be sympa- ; thetic, but she was # logical and fair minded. "There's a janitorship vacant in a , school which I might get for you," ' she said. "It's $60 a month, and you ] could live well on that Are you strong , enough to do the work, and will you 1 do it well? Of course if you don't do < it well you'll simply be discharged, but ] I should dislike to recommend an in- j competent person." * ' "Put me on trial," said the woman eagerly. "Indeed, I'll do it well, and ] Jamie is old enough to help me some." < "Yery well," said Mrs. Stone. "Come < at 9 o'clock on Monday, and I'll see ] what can be done." 1 For several seconds after her visitor < had left Mrs. Stone sat silent before i her desk. Then she whirled about in ] her revolving chair to listen to the 1 next tale of woe. N j A month later one of her assistants j Bald to Her: i 'Tm afraid that woman for whom ? we secured the jalntress' place was an impostor, after all." ] "What makes yon think so?" aaked < Mrs. Stone. j "Well, anyhow, I don't think she's as poor as Ellen West, who wanted it" ] "She has five children to support," ( returned Mrs. Stone. "Ellen has only \ two, and she drinks." j \ "Yes," said the assistant "hut I j saw her in the park yesterday, and ] what do you think she had on?" ( "A sealskiirsack perhaps," said Mrs. ] Stone, not looking up from the figures t she was adding. ] "So you knew?' gasped the other. ( 'Tes, I knew." The assistant was bursting with cu- 5 riosity. She waited a moment . ] "Perhaps she has seen better days," < she ventured. , "I don't think so," said Mrs. Stone, ] "though it was a sort of inheritance." ( "Oh!" said the assistant "But it is ] very good and new. I thought per- j haps it was electric, but it wasn't I y should think she might sell it and get ] BomethiBr for the children." . "She might" said Mrs. Stone, "but I ] oha nHII Two. elpht nine. , UVu i lunii* ?uv ??4?m * ? v| ^ j teen, twenty-four?we've taken tn $240 ^ In does tills month. That's not bad." ' 1 EXPENSIVE APARTMENTS. Women Who Can't Rent Them, but Who Like to Inspect Them. ] The superintendent of an expensive J apartment building was telling his troubles. ' "It isn't showing apartments to those who really want one that makes me ' see the whole world through dark blue I glasses just now," said he. Tfs the aggravation of the people who go about ] Inspecting fine suits which they can- ] not possibly pay for. . "You wouldn't imagine how many 5 women have the mania unless you had { my job for awhile. Only yesterday a young married woman and her mother, j both smartly gowned, asked to see one of my six roonr suits, which rents for 1 $200 a month, and there's no kitchen in the apartment either. We serve I meals from the basement, at^$15 per week for each person. "Well, those women were here fully an hour. THey discussed the outlook from the various windows and the size ^ and plan bf the rooms and every little detail. They wanted to know if the (' front room would he done over in old' gold and brown to harmonize with a : certain set of furniture, and they ; measured the windows to see if their curtains would fit - ? - "Where 'baby' was to sleep bothered the young woman a whole heap. The nice sunny room she wanted for a nursery had only portieres between it and the drawing room, and another room opened into a court, while a third < had a draft blowing through it They < discussed this question for some ten < minutes, and when they finally decid- , ed that the kid should have a crib in the same room with its parents I be- ( gan to feel that the apartment was off ; my hands. - ] "Then they insisted upon seeing the < chef and went oyer the subject of , meals with him for another fifteen or twenty minutes, making him give all the menus served for a week back. After that they climbed to the top of the house to see the maids' r#oms, one of which goes with every apartment "Finally they stated that the apart-,( ment was the most satisfactory they j J had seen and that they would come i j horlr that AVAninc with thA vounff WO- I man's husband. They felt sure he would decide to take it 1 "As we came downstairs I stayed behind to lock the apartment which had been under inspection, and I suppose ! they thought I wasn't going any far- 1 ther, for as I caught up with them on the first flight I overheard the young ' woman saying: " 'Wouldn't It be swell to live like that, mamma, with all those delicious menus every day? When Jack gets | rich well do so, won't we? "?New ] York Press. ( . ' f WILL EXCLUDE JAPANESE SERIOUS NEGOTIATIONS NOW BEING PRESSD BY "UNCLE SAM." President Roosevelt Determined to Be Prepared for Anything That Might Happen. Washington, D. C., Jan. 10.?Se- j rious negotiations are pending be tween the United States and Japan respecting the immigration of Japanese to America. It can be said that President Roosevelt is "sitting ( on the lid" to prevent an anti-Japanese outbreak that might prove to be yery grave. Stories of friction between the ; United States afid Japan that recent- ; [y have originated in European capitals unfortunately have more foundation in fact than the government of the United States cares to admit. r- " ?JJ i- Aii?A-;? in me sending 01 me great auoiiut fleet to Pacific waters, President Roosevelt is providing against any , contingency that possibly may arise. . He proposes that the American shall : not be caught unawares by the wily ; Japanese as was Russia. If there is to" be "anything doing" in the Pacific, he intends that the American fleet shall be on the job, whether it be, in the words of Admiral Evans, "a feast, a frolic, or a fight." Tremeiidous pressure is being brought upon the president to inluce him to support a Japanese exclusion measure in Congress. In the past few days, several members xof the House of Representatives have iiscussed the subject with him, particularly Representatives Kahn and Hayes, of California. They and their constituents are directly in Doucn witn tne Japanese situation on the Pacific coast and they assert that it is becoming more and more icute every day. Extended negotiations are pending aetween this government and that >f Japan respecting the matter of immigration. Only a few days ago i very long cablegram Was received oy Secretary Root from Ambassador 3'Brien, at Tokio, with respect to the situation. That statement of the situation is not altogether satisfactory to the American governnent. An analysis of Ambassador , 3,Brien,s statement has indicated i to the American government that Japan is playing world politics, rather than being frank arid unequivocal. While the situation is regarded as serious, it is not believed that it will result in trouble. Pacific coast Conp*essmen, who have studied the sub- ] iect, do not anticipate that Japan is ikely to precipitate a war, taking this , question or any other as an excuse, because they do not believe that she j s financially able to institute a war ' vith the United States at this time. 3 Representative Hayes regards Ja- : ?an's attitude as a "bluff," and in- , sists that America could go to al nost any length in exclusion legisla- { ion without provoking hostilities vith the Oriental empire. ' { i A No Account Dog. , t A man in Missouri recently sued a \ railway company for damages for the \ ieath of a hound killed on the track. \ rhe company defended itself upon 1 ilj. #.11 ! .. one ioiiowmg pui^us. Said dog was chasing a rabbit up iefendant's track in violation of the ?ame laws. Said rabbit lived on defendant's ] right otway, and was therefore the 3 property of the defendant. Plaintiff's dog was a tresspasser, ; and was hunting on defendant's prop- ' erty without permission. < Said deceased was not much of a < log anyhow, or it could easily have kept put of the way of defendant's i trains. ' And having fully answered, de- , fendant prays to be discharged.? ' Youth's Companion. Ehrhardt Pythians. ."Ehrhardt, Jan. 7.?At a regular meeting of Ehrhardt lodge, No. 98, K. ofr., the following officers were < elected: T. D. Jones, C. C.; Conrad Hartz, V. C.; C. A^ Thomas, P.; J. H. Hartz, M. of W.; G. f. Sease, m. a.; Willie Hughes, I. G.; William Mc- < Kenzie, 0. G.; Jacob Hiers, M. of F.; I J. B. Ramsey, M. of E., and W. B. ! Moore, K. of R. and S. s _ i Negro Kills Army Officer. < Pensacola, Fla., Jan. 12.?Sergt. j Oscar Gatling, of the 20th company of coast artillery, was shot and killed ] at Fort Barancas / early to-day by j James Hart, a negro. Hart made his escape, but was later , captured. The negro had a grudge 1 against the sergeant. Sergt. Gatling . had been stationed at the fort for several years, and came here from ( Atlanta, where he has relatives. ?! m Horse to Carry Taft. Bloomington, III., Jan. 9.?A. ] T. Ewing, of McDonough county, 1 has sold his black saddle horse to a i Chicago firm which has been en- . gaged in the search for a% horse for the Secretary of War, William H. j Taft. The firm has been advertising for < a horse larcre enough to carry a man i weighing 300 pounds. The animal j was purchased a year ago in Mis- , souri by Mr. Ewing. It is six years ; old, weighs 1,420 pounds, stands six- j teen hands high ?hd is sound in ] every way. The horse cost Secretary Taft $1,000. Post office inspectors visited New berry last week, looking into the j matter of establishing a free deliv- i ery system for that city. i \ % ' > - . 1 . * * QUA! Bamberg County Dlspei Dispensary No. Sales L Bamberg, 1 $11 164 91 $: Bamberg, S. C. Denmark, 2 7 072 43 J Denmark, S. C. Olar, 3 4 125 33 ! Dlar, S. C. i Ehrhardt, 4 4 097 70 ! Ehrhardt, S. C. ) \ 4 Totals, $26 460 38 $11 ST A Unexpired Ins. Fur and I Bamberg, $ 65 91 $457 Si Denmark, 23 60 15 0( Olar, 43 04 50 0( Ehrhardt, 27 06 50 (X $159 61* $572 3i Cash in bank January 1st, CASH RECI To balance on hand October 1st, To Bamberg dispensary, , To Denmark dispensary, Alrt* JinnATioAim iu VkU uiou^noaijy To Ehrharat dispensary, To Garrett & Co., empty bottles, f ? I rHE STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, bamberg county. Personally appeared E. C. Hays, members of the Bamberg County Dispe ind severally sv^orn, deposes land says true and correct. ' i * y - i Sworn to and subscribed before me t E. L. Price, Notary Public for S. C. L.IST OF JPurchases made by the Bamberg Count W** T Anolion J&r Cr YT Ul< I ?M miion ui kn. Amount Kind JO bbls. X Corn 25 bbls. X Rye 25 bbls. X Cm L5 bbls. XX Gin 10 bbls. XX Corn s Paul Jones Distilling > bbls. XX Rye Gallagher & Burtor 5 bbls. XX Rye ^Peoples Distilling O 5 bbls. XXX Corn 2 bbls. Alcohol Roskam, Gerstley Co 20 cases Jps Old Saratoga 20 cases ps Old Saratoga 20 cases |ps H. A. Rogers 20 cases ps H. A. Rogers 20 cases qs H. A. Rogers Mver, Pitts & Co. 20 cases Jps Manhattan XXXX 20 cases ps Manhattan XXXX 20 cases qs Manhattan XXXX Ulman, Boykin & C 10 cases Jps My Maryland L0 cases ps My Maryland L0 cases qs My Maryland 20 cases fcps Oriole , 20 cases ps Oriole. The Cook & Bernhei 20 cases Jps Gold Lion Cocktails 20 cases ps Gold Lion Cocktails Mallard Distilling 20 cases $ps Red Lion Gin 20 cases ps Red Lion Gin Capital Brewing Co., JO bbls. Bohemian Beer Consumers B B Establisl L5 bbls. Budweiser Beer r- 1_VI_ T>..J ? LO UU1S. JJUUWCiDCi jjgci E. L. PRICE, Clerk of Board. County Dis] Negro Mob Lynches Negro. Charlotte, January 9.?A long distance telephone message from Selma, N. C.. reports the lynching at Pine Level, Johnston county, of a strange negro at the hands of a negro mob. The strange negro, purporting to be an advance agent of a "big I show," faked the negro residents I into what turned out to be one-man performance by the strange darky himself. Covering their heads with guano sacks, the mob entered the negro's boarding house early Tuesday morning, and took him forcibly to the woods. His body was found at daylight on the Southern Railway tracks. His*identity has not been established. To Refund Cotton Tax. . Washington, Jan. 10.?A bill to refund to the several States the cotton tax realized by the government under the cotton tax laws of 1862 and 1864 was introduced today by Mr. Thomas of North Carolina. The Kill rwmridos that the refund monevs IkSilA J^/A V V ??? ? .... w when paid shall be in trust by the separate States for reimbursement1 of the producers who originally paid the tax; the residue, after the lapse of two years, to be used as a public free school fund. States are prohibited from paying any reimbursement money to an assignee. Advice to mothers: Don't let your children waste away. Keep them strong and healthy during the winter with Bollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It is the greatest tonic for children. Pure and harmless: does the greatest good. 55c, tea or tablets. H. F. Hoover. 9 (- ! % k ? RTEREY STATEM nsary Board, Bamberg, S ocal Ex. Breakage Profits 283 02 $65 00 $4 107 61 314 82 46.80 2 624 14 248 55 27 50 1 413 24 200 29 23 95 1 360 22 tk r\A/% rtM r?o or OTi ETAET 01 IJ40 00 $J.OO 60 iAJO ax .ndin& of the county:dispens^ rix. Mdse. Assets. Total Assets. i $ 7 203 14 $ 772643 sfe ) 5 241 35 5 279 95 s ) 3 440 47 3 533 51 coi ) 3 204 31 3 281 37 wi I $19 089 27 . $19 821 26 . ffc , 1908, $10 618 60 Ru ' Ca $30 439 86 Cir . Th Me Ro Ja( Pr< sived ne $ 5,389 72 11164 91 7 072 43 4 125 33 Mi! 4 i?9 00 $31 969 09 ' S. Ro Coi Ric Ch! Ca] Wi ) ' Ga' \ Sta n T> rn L? ?j T A TUTo VT. JD. ViaytUU ttiiu o. ry. it aibci, uio nsary Board, who being each duly S.1 that the foregoing statement is Str E. C. HAYS, Chairman, J. ' G. B. CLAYTON, Secretary, Ba: J. A. WALKER. Pr< his 9th day of January, 1908. Ba] AWARDS y Dispensary Board, January 6, I9O8. in, Baltimore, Md. Cost Price Selling Price $ 1.39 20c Jp 35c p 60c q 1.40 20c Jp 35c p 60c q 1.40 v20c ip 35c p 60c q 1.49 25c ip 40c p 75c q 1.42 25c Jp 40c p 75cq Co., Louisville, Ky. $ 1.60 25c ip 40c p 75c q 1, Philadelphia, Pa. $ 1.60 25c ip 40c p 75c q )., Cincinnati, Ohio. . $ 1.50 30c Jp 45c p 80c q 2.70 30c Jp 50c p 95c q 1., Philadelphia, Pa. $ 15.25 50c Jp 14.50 85c p 11.00 30c Jp 10.00 " 60c p 9.00 $1.00 q , Baltimore, Md. $ 9.50 30c Jp 9.00 60c p 8.00 < , $1.00 q o., Baltimore, Md. $ 12.00 35c Jp 11.00 65c p 10.00 $1.10 q 13.50 40c Jp 12.50 75Cp: mer Co., New York. ' $ 10.00 30c Jp ' x 9.00 60c p ; Co., New York. $33.00 25c Jp 33.00 . * 50c p , Montgomery, Ala; $ 7.95 10c p iment, Charleston, S. C. $12.02 15c p 11.52 * 25c q E. C. HAYS, Chairman, J. A. WALKER, G. B. CLAYTON, Secretary, pensary Board for Bamberg County. ? Aiken Ready for the Knights. Aiken, Jan. 10.?Aiken has an important and interesting occasion ahead, when the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias, of South Carolina, meets here next May. There will be about 400 delegates in attendance, and the town will be put to its 1?1 A rv>AT>/* paces to utKe c<ut; uj. uicm. aiuuu^ them will be many of the most prominent men of the state. Arrangements have already been begun for their entertainment. The delegates will not necessarily be entertained by the citizens, as the grand lodge provides funds for all their expenses, but money will be needed to provide for the supper, and other incidental expenses. Two committees have been appointed to take charge of this matter. They are composed of Messrs. H. E. Gyles, James F. Byrnes and Dr. H. H. Wyman, Jr., and Messrs. R. G. Tarrant, J. L. McCarter and Rev. W. J. Synder. The citizens of Aiken look forward to the meeting with much pleasure. Strangled to Death. Jellico, Tenn., Jan. 11.?Walter Jones, 16 years old, met a strange death last night. He had climbed an electric pole. Falling a short distance, one of the iron steps on the iron pole so caught his clothing that he hung downward. In this position he was allowed to * i j v i_ :i _ _ l strangle to aeatn, wniie a large crowd of men and women stood about afraid to touch him, thinking he was charged with electricity. ENT C., January 1st, 1908* Gen. Ex. * Net Profits Divided $147148 County, $1054 45 City, 1054 45$pl School, 52728 $2 63618 ^f|| 966 81 County, $ 662 91 U? City, 662 93^^| School, 33147 $1 ftjgps 11 559 50 County, $ 341 50 J City, 341 50 'M School, 17074 :jJg $ 85374 536 01 Comity, $ 32960 City, 88??y?fl| School, V 164 88 .Jg ? 89.4 91 - : TH $3 533 80 $5 97141 j LIABILITIES ite Dispensary Commission, $ 4 216 66 Grabfelder & Co., 2 367 07 isumer's B. B. Establishment, 999 n. Lanahan & Son, 4 684 51, ||&H^ auss, Pritz & Co., 1 796 13 ' >-M Hard Distilling Co., ' 2 51910-^iM^ :hland Distilling Co., 915 47:\4^H rolina Glass Co., 73313 ^ ? icinnati Bot. Sup. Co., ? 28 75 e I. TragerCo., 585 00 v yer Pitts & Co., / ' 199140 3skam, Gerstley Co., \ 59500 ;k Cranston, 27800 , $21710 07:;|? >fits to be paid out, / 5 971 41 t gain, 2 758 38 , CASH PAID OUT . ^ 3cellaneous Accounts Credited $ 119 Ofc&Sfe ite Auditor's Expense, / 3156 '-.J, neral expense account, 3 502 22 :ial expense dispensaries, 1046 ^ ?^ ^ isumer's B. B. Establishment 11 Grabfelder & Co., 7558fy%%?M senegk Brewing Co., 348'75:'j^|'"; isumer's B. B. Establishment 664 84 ;,^PM :hland Distilling Co., 90198 attanooga Brewing Co., 141 25J^H rolina Class Co., 986 66&^sSffl n. Lanahan & Son, llagher & Burton, 29250 \ if ite Dispensary Commission,1 4 20000 ^? Hard Distilling Co., 690 00,1^9 Grabf elder & Co., 155214.' auss, Pritz & Co., ' 35600 > Wilson Gibbes, 157 iner Distilling C[o., , 12&$$ r,M :Xj )fits last quarter) 3 785, 4j|?:)J lance in banks, 1061860, REPORT OF COTTON GINNED. ?? '"^"3 Number of Bales Nearly 2,000,000 ? Less Than Last Year. Washington, Jan. 9.7-The census * bureau today issued a report show-' ;;ii| ing that the number of bales of cot-1 .t'58 ton ginned from the growth of 1907\ to Jan. 1,1908, was 9,955,427, aseoai^H pared with 11,741,039 last year, and./ '^ ^ 9,725,426 reported in l^.-TTife^| haloa a a Vialf Violoa * | UKa wlliilO 1UUUU JkHMVO WIJ IIW* MVUVW? I | ,^|? number of round bales included is 179,381 for 1908; 255,566 for 190^J1| and 263,581 for 1906. Sea island If eluded is 73,628 bales for 1908f 275 for 1907, and 98,942 for 1906i^s ^ The number of active ginneries i<&4 \ 1908 was 27,276. The distribution v;?j| of the sea island cotton for 1908 V* States is: Florida25,214; Georgia 37,^ JM 129; South Carolina 11,285. There were ginned 9,284,070 bales :*$j to Dec. 13 last. The number of bales\ J9| ginned to Jan. 1 in the various States ( and the number of active ginneries, Alabama 1,030,721 bales and 3,488 ginneries; Arkansas 627,725 bales and, jp 2,093 ginneries; Florida 50,136 bales and 244 ginneries; Georgia 1,725,273 ^ bales and 4,531 ginneries; Kentucky " 1,329 bales and two ginne^es; Louis- i iana 562,477 bales and 1,835 ginneries; Mississippi 1,288,444 bales and 3,495 ginneries; Missouri 26,644 bales and ''Smi 73 ginneries; New Mexico 93 bat? ^3 and two ginneries; North Carolina % 565,479 bales and ?,702 ginneries;< J| Oklahoma 745,796 bal 2s and 969 gin- -1 neries; South Carolint 1,065,690 bales and 3,167 ginneries; Tennessee 22^H^affl| 245 bales and 660 f inneries; Texas '? 2,092,735 bales and 3,968 ginneries; v;,i Virginia 7,640 bales and 99 ginneries^^^H Mechanics Lald.Off. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 10?At the Norfolk navy yard today 104 mechanics in the various departments A were laid off. This is" over 2,000 discharges recorded during the week. The reason given is want of funds with which to meet pay rolls. It is -M further declared that work is piling upattheyard. Too Many Children. Milleville, N. J., Jan. 9.--De- - |f| spondent because of his inability to v- r provide for his family, Joseph H. > Sheppard killed himself by firing a bullet into his brain. Sheppard complained often he had more children than he was able to ^ properly support and several times had threatened to commit suicide. This week a seventh child was added to the family %and the man became distracted. Good Negro Commits Suicide. Manning, Jan. 8.?William Herbe, ^ colored, ended nis me tnis morning , by shooting himself in the right * temple with a 32-calibre pistol. He was the trusted employee of' W. P. % Hawkins & Co., liverymen, aid en- -;' joyed the confidence of the entire community. The deceased left a note in his pocket which read as follows: "Mr. Hawkins, please send body to mother, at Newberry." It is safe to say that his employers cannot find his equal and his loss \ will be felt by all who knew him. .