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THE BATESBURG ADV OC ATE. VOL 1, BATESBURG. S. G, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30. 1901. NO 3 ? ?l """" J _ ~ ' ~ ~ ~ " - ??????? - ? THE QUEEN IS DEAD. Victoria's Long Life and Eventful Reign Ended. KINQ EDWARD THE SEVENTH. The Last Sad Scenes Around the Bedside of England's Grand and Well-Beloved Queen. Qieen Victoria it deed and Klward Vll, reigns. The greatest event in the memory of this generation, tho most stupendous chaogo in existing condi lions that ooald possibly be imagined, has taken place quietly, almost gently, upon the anniversary of tho death o< Sueen Victoria's lather, the Duko of ant. The end of this oarcer, nevt r c quailed by any woman in tho world's history, eamo in a simply famished room in OaDorne house at I'owts, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday evening of last week. This most reapcoted of all women, living or dead, lay in a great four-posted bed and made a shrunken atom, whoso aged faoe and hgute were a nruol mockery oi the fair girl who in 1837 began to rule OYer Kogland. Arouuu her were gaih ered almost every descendant of her line. Well within in view of her dyiag eyes there hung a portrait of tho prmc< eonson. It was he who designed thi room and every part of the castlu. lt< soaroely auaible words the white haired bishop of Winchester prayed be side her, as he had often prayed witr. his sovereign, for ho was her chaplaio at Windsor. With bowed heads the im periods ru cr of tho German on (lire and the man who now is kiDg of fijg land, the woman who has succeedva to the titlo of queen, the princes ana prinocRscs and iiioao of less than royal designation, listened to the bishop's oeaseless prayer. Six o'olook passed. The bishop con tinued his intercession. One of the younger ohildren asked a question in a shrill childish treble and was imined istely siIODOcd. Tho women of the royal family sobbed faintly and the men shuffled uneasily. TUB END. At exaotly 6.3U 8ir James lteid held up his hand, auu tho people in tho ruuiu knew that Euglatid bad lobt htr queen Tho bishop prunouootd the benediction. The queen passed away quite peace!ul 1 tJ i ax J rr% i _ _ t ij. ou? suuerca do patu. inosc wi.o were now iuouraerB went to their rooms A few minute* later the inevitable cle- I meat of materialism stepped into this pathetio etiapte* of ioteruaiiODal his tory, for the court ladica went busily to ordering thoir mourning from lhe^TTrUi.'lt 0-f {*(5" IvorhTwcro jarred" when the announoement caoio, out in this palace at Osborne everythiog pur ued the usual com bo. Djwq iu the kitchen they were eooking a huge dm ner for an assemblage, the like of wbioh has seldom been known In Kug land, and the dinner preparations pro oeeaed just as if nothing had happened. The buoy of Qiecn Victoria was em balmtd and wul probably be taken to Windsor Saturday. BIB TUOUHTFCLNK8S. An incident charaotrristio of the I queen's boiiouudc lor others occurred two days ago, when in ono of the intervales of consciousness, Bhesummoneu tiength to suggest to her dressers, who bad been acting as nurses, to take the opportunity of getting some frisb air. Monday afternoon sno asked that her little Pomeranian spaniel be brought to her bidside. it was ftared ihat the queen wat dy ing abuut 9 o'clock to the taoroing and carriages were sent to Oiboruu cot tago and the reotory to bring all the princes and princetseo and the bishop of Winohestrr to htr bedside. 1. seemed then Very near the end, but, When things looked the worst, the queen bad one ot iho rallies due to hex Wonderful oonstitu.ion, opened heroes and recognised the friuoe ot V\ *ies the Princess and Emperor William. She asked to see one of tier faithful ser I Vanis, a member of the hou ehotd- 11 hastened to the room, hut before he got there the queen Lad passed into a bifui sleep. Pour o clock marked the beginning of the end. A^ain the fatuity were turn OiODtd and this time the relapse was not followed oy recovery. 1 he Prinoi Of Wales was Very xnuoti affect* d wh o toe doctors at last tnioruicd him mat his mother had breathed her last. empsrok and kino. Espiror Wil.iaui, himself deeply afieoted, did his best to minister com fort to his sorro* stricken udcIj, who.-e new dignity he w..s the first to acknowledge. Fitm ail pans of tho wor d there ate stlit pouring into Cowes men sages of oondolence. f'hey catno fr. m crowned heads, millionaires, tradesmen and paupets and are varto Jsly addresfcd to the Prince of Wales and the king of England. Kwptroi William's arrangements arc not aeitltd 11 i? yacht will arrive 1 cro today (Wednerd*)), but it iabtluvea thai he will nut depart until after the funeral. Several other royal jer?on ages are like.y to be pre.icnt at the itinera), which probably wi!l be a ceremony n?vor to be equalled in this oontmrjr. THK LAST DA" The recrrd of the last days of the reign of Vietorir is not easy to tell. The eorreapondeat of tne A?noeiat< d Preaa was the only correspondent ad mitisd to the 0?torn* hooae and hia in tervicw with Hir. Auikur John Kigr* private aecro ary to tt.o Inio quven, w?s the only effioia! statemont that hud been given out Pur several weeks the queen had been failing. On Monday week she snmmond Ljrd Huberts and aeked him lorne very aearohiog qu?a ticna regarding the war in Scuth Af rioa. O j Taoadav she wont for a drivo, bat was v sib'y affected. Oa Wednes day she suffered a paralvtie stroke, accompanied by intenae physical weak aess. It waa her first illne-s in all ber 81 years aid she would not admit it. Then her condition grew so serious that, against her wishiS, the family Were summoned. When tkey arrived bar rsason ha* praetieally suoeombed to paralysis and weakness. The events of the last few d?ys are well known. TIIK QUKEN 18 DEAD At tho lodge gates iho watchers waited servouBly. Suddenly along the drive from the house eamo a horseman who oricd "The queen is dead" as he dashed throngh the orowds. LONG LIVE THE KING. Then down the Lillsido rushed a myriad of messengers. Soon the sur roundiog country know that a kiog ruhd over Groat Britian. The looal inhab t?nts walked as if in a dream through tho streets of Ojwpb, but they did not hesitate to stop and drink the health of the now monatoh. IIAIL TUM NEW KINS. Lord Cltrendon, tho new Lord Cham beruin. with i'tinoo Chtiuian of Soh lee wig ilulHtom and the Dako of A<-g) le, arr.Vtd a Osbirue Wenesoaj af u ruoon. It is the loru chamberlain who, with the Archbishop of Oaotsrbury, announces iu ? new wuuarou uis atcer&iou to ido throte. At tho officoa of the lord ohambprlain, at St. James palaoo, of the city r< membra? o r, uui d hall, and at the ooiiige ?f Aera ds, the iffiiials were bu?y t d?y, even beforj the caath of ihe quo>n w?s announced, preparing for thy Io n a hub whioh will attend ihe proclaim ug of a dow ruler of the United Kiogeom and India. All the ancient yazcttcs. court oiroulars and other papers which describe the oeremorial of 1837, had been takon fr m iho libraries that the officials ma> lamiliar.z > themselves with the forms of pairtaotry whereby a sovereign is proclaimed. The city remembrancer saui today: "It will depend on the pleasuro of tho new me natch to decide how far the aooient customs will bo modified to -uit modern methods, but in a oountry where precodi nts are sc firmly adnerod 10 a? England, it may bo anticipated that wo ahail follow closely on the acts which prevailed when the queen abounded tho throne. The privy ooun eil, which is a vry largo body, will meet at once at St Jamos palace. The torui of proclamation will dcolarn that We,' etc 'wiih one voico and oon sent of tho tongue and heart, declare a d prco aim tho high mighty Prince Albert Edward,' etc., 'who, by the death of tho monarch, has become our only lawful and rightful liege,'etc. A Possible Scrap. The attitude of tho government of Venezuela towards the lPrmudiZ Aiphait company ( American) is hostilo, tor ihe reason that the eonocssions recently accorded by the govcrnmont have b eu given to the pcopto in touch with ihe government and who would like to r. sell thorn 10 tho Uermuiis ompany. The govern iaout having refused to grant the n quest of the American minis.er, who demanded a suspension of action on tho part of the new ooncos siouials in taking possession of their trains, slraintd relations botween Veuizuela and tho U.ited Stales csulted ay^ja^>?f^8Bels are expected to return to La i ii i i if "1i \ Venezuelan gorernmcnT employs foroe 10 take possession of the a-phatl lake, it is believed the Uuiiod Sta es aux l iary cruisor Scorpion wnl land an arrntd force. The auttuloof tho Veiosu dans towards Americans is hostile. (Jj ti o 15ih of ibis month tho Venczu elan troops in tho Hoyo barraiks at (lumnAK nuif nif lr? l???4 tKntvn UJIUUCI, ttio lieutenant ojlonei and several men and thee tl ;d m vanoui directions. Two hundred and ten of trio men wore reoap lured- There was no fighting in the town and exact emus ot mo mutiny is not known. No accurate detais are obtainable rogar-ring the sinking of the British sloop Maria Teresa by tin Ven-zuelau gunboat Miranda. It is suppose i i ho U?na Teresa was on her wa> 1 roiii the British island of Trinidad, wnh a cargo ot arms intended for the Vcn? sacian nvjlu ionisls a d that she 1 was met by trie Miranda whioh, wishing io take possession of her, fired upon the Maria i'eresa a id by so doing Bet her en fire ?" w> im ?hn tacik. liig Fire iu Montreal. O >o ut it c uiost disastrous tins from which M> .real ha- cv<.r .-utfoied began at 8 o'o eok Wcone-day n-gnt, and notwithstanding ihu iff iris oi me entiic fi o department the pn gross of ttie Ha ties Was not ?.h<ok-d until 1 o'clock inuisday morning. By that time it hail deniroveii property valued at between f- uUO.UUO and $ l,Ul)U,UUO and was suit oarulug, ill >ucti mo appearance was that the fi.omou 1i?Tj at last got it uudir control, inc.u ltd in ihe property hurucil la the spiouid boarj of trade bu idiug wbroh cost over half a mil.ion dollars, w.tti over a hundred ten an is an i hall a d>z u large firm-, and two scores of smaller fljncerus. Flie weather was cold and the firemen were greatly hampered in this respect. Ouisido of the beard of ir?do building there was not a modern structure auioi g thoso burnt d. i ho narrow str uts, an q lated bUhdngs and the iiiflamablc n*i ure of ihe stooks they contaiute uiauc a oombieatlou which the di par ment was po*?ric*s to overcomo I ho fiie p: a rtieaily burned until it came to open spauo which gave an op per.unity for tflo.ivu work. For a time it looked as il the flames would spread along Commisio acr sit ot to the gia id i ffice ouilding in ihe oonrse of cr? o iou there. Numerous crowds of pet p.e jimm.d the narrow sircots and ihe ptlioo could not eamrol them. Women fainted and their eloihes were torn ami a few were slightly ujarad in rushes for saft iy. T\:? f..i ti jL/ingrauoiui coene*. A street hgnt bttwocn women, lrd on ouo n.do by Mrs Oarno Na.ioi. thu taio ?n wrcoker, wiih a f (llowiug of W (J. 1'. U. -women, and on tho other side b> Mrs. .Jo n &ohill>ng, wife of the manager of a moiooq that was wracked, backed t>y a di z?o fouto who on%?i lio.ied raioons, was cuaeitd at Enter pruo, Km, Tbvr.day. All parties were a:r.at*d, but later were released A woman, beavi y veiled, raioid blow aftrp.o* Ujoa Mm, Nation with a hi r. e whip. .Men who wiro drawn to tha aceae, offered no aid to aither aide. Qnet. waa r?stor< d only whoa the police interfered. A request wai n.ada for a oo warrant for Mrs. Carrie Nation last night, but none w a i laiued today. "I am kOingto finish my work," said Mra. Nation d?-t* ruiii a ily; and today tho chief of police awote in a dozen extra po ijo. In Ahilcno, where Mra. Nation threatens to make her nrxt on alaufht, the :aluon kuejera Lave stationed guards at their plaoea. i DISPENSARY LAW i Amended 80 That Most of ths Profits W.ll Qo. TO COUNTIES AND TOWNS. The House of Representatives Passes Several Other Important Acts. The Proceeding In Detail. The House disposed of considerable business oa Wednesday. There ?as quite an nnezpsoied skirmish over Mr. (J hi. tt ?bio?oe's bill to amend the aot incorporating Otemson 0 d'ere. The hill provided that the incorporation of Ulcmsnn Oollove ahonld not ahrooato the chart* rs of the towns of Calhoun | and Jootr<tl Af'or some discussion tho bill parsed when amended ao that no dispensary will ever be established J at Calhoun I There was a Ion; fight over Mr. ( Lide'n bill to prevent the salo of goods, i w?res or morehatdiso within one mile of any oamp ground or place of holding religious exercises ontsids of an inoor pora ed town or eity. Mr. Lide ex- , il.tt.sd that the real purpose of the bill 's to keep blind tigers away from religious oamp meetings. They oomo th< r<? in the guise of innooent traders, sol ing lemonade, etc. After some eonsid' rahlo discussion tbe bid pa?sed its seo tod reading. The priaoipal provisions of tbe bill aro that it shall be unlawful for any itinerant trader or tradesman other than established deal ers of tho community to offer for s&lo any goods, wares or merchandise within one half mile <f any eamp ground, or other plane of religions meetings while tho meetings aro in progress outside ao incorporated town er city, exoept with tr e permission of tho trustees or other brard of management of auoh moeting, provided that nothing in this act shall apply to votdcrs of fruits and vcgeia bl< s and other farm produots. The following p.sard sccood reading without any discussion: Mr. McGowan's bill to make it a mUdcmnanor to destroy personal prop erty. The law as it now stands protects hors's, oows, she>p, oto. Tho author applioa existing law more generally. Mr. Bieit's bill to coafer the degree of bachelor of soienoes upon graduates of the South Carolina Military aoademy, eto. lhe law as it was pam-.d last year read "cadets" instead of grad uates. Also Mr. MoGowan's bill to require any eourts of this State to reoeive as evidenoe the laws and ordinances of any town or oity in this Slats, whan ihe same shall bs certified to by the clerk or other offioar of the towa oroity under ?-^l (he municipal oor^.. ^wfJtTou wherein suorPMHMI|^Hroanoes are or were or force.^^^^^r The third of Mr. McGowan'a bills* pass second reaiing Thursday was that to authorise and empsaar eitirs, towns, townships, school distriots, special tehool distiiota and oouaiiea to lHf-tH negotiable ooapoo bonds for (bo 1 refunding or payment, ia whole or 1 I art, of any valid bonded indebtedness 1 heretofore or hereafter oontraoted, eto. ( Mr. McGowan explained that there 1 ia one law now giving these privileges to oertain oitiea and counties Ho t wanted to incorporate the jroviaiona 1 into a general statute. l The fight of the day whioh presented ; amusing feature* was over Capt J. H. i Brooks' bill to provide for a eapitatioa < dog tax. This is a matter whioh has i ever been regarded lightly by somo i people, but it beeomes more and more i -erious each year. A similar bill hai i bean presented every ya*r for several I tersions and ioh time the author ha< i been laugl ei at. Cap. Bro >ks stated if any odium he attack'd to tha < introduction of suoh a meiSare, he was i willing to endure It, io behalf of his i oon-tiiueioy in order to proteots the sheep raising industry ia South Carolina. i The btli was killed by a narrow martin, and it ispr>bab!e that Capt. Dean s bill on (he aame subj iot has gained strength from the strong backing cxhioied by Capt B o. k*'bill. AS TO LIQUOR PROFITS. The last fitfht of iho day was on Mr. Ountcr's bill to apportion tho net profits derived from the salo of liquor. Mr. Quuter made a lengthy talk upoo the feaiuro of the bill, and explaned it v? ry clearly. Mr Croft also favored the bill. Mr. KSrd inquired if ita provisions would bo constitutional. Mr. Croft explained ih?t ihcy wou'd Mr de L>ach of York announoed his opposition to the bill. Mr Eird? Havo you any dispensa rios in Y<ukoounty? Mr. do Ljaoh?Thank Qod we have not. Mr. Efirl?I ean then understand why you oppose the bill. Mr. de L >aoh then explained the at nf T,??V RAnntn J w? ? *? ? wuuiij tv H O UinjIOH" sary. There nov, r hai been bntooe dispensary in ihn sjunty and it was at a town of 12 male adult inhabitants, and even that di?pansary has been abolishrd. The bill seeks to fores counties like York to adopt the dispensery ays ten. Mr. Oroft asked saavely why (he peoplo of York, so honorable and pare,etc., wero opposed to the sale of liqaor and yet were williog to lake that county's share of public eohooi funds from liquor profits. M>. de Loaoh answered that the die pensary is a Sta'e and not a local institution. Th e bill is promoted by no noble motive. It is an outregeou* endeavor to foroe upon the people of York and other such counties the adoption of aa ebaexions system by holding eut in* tempting bait or profit. Ho eulogil d the people of York ae i progressive and noble people. Mr. Prinoe wanted to know if the people of lurk were all that Mr. d* Loaeh had pietared them ? fighting the aefal traffic in liquor?whj ahoald thej toaoh the filthy laore earning from ite tale? He warmly refated the ohange of ignoble motive. (Mr. de Loaoh dteelaimed uaing the word if noble.) Mr Prinee then declared broadly that he wae net the man to toroe the tale of liquor apoa any people. Bat, if this trafij is to be kept ap, ahoald aot thee* eowatie* wkiob debauoh themselves, if debauchery il be, receive the price of the father's debtuohery to build up the oharaoter ol their ohildren? Anderson oounty had for years been pouring money into th? dispensary coffers, merely to see il parceled ameng counties which eon tribnted nothing. He asreed with Mr Croft that tho?e counties whioh are put to the trouble aod expense of polioinc the dispensary system should Set the lion's share. The bill with all the eo emitter amendments then passed seootd reading. The bill provides that on aod after April 1st, 2 per-oent of said net profits are to go te the State, to be dis tribu ed as now provided oy law; 43 rtar nnnt. of thn and iiat urnflta tn on to rhe several towns inu cities in which he dispensaries arc located, aod 53 per sent. to go to the several ooootivs in which the dispensaries are located rhe ooanty commisinner* in eaoh of the carious couotira in which dispensarlos ire lcoittd, shall apportion the net pro* its coming to each eiunty, as providod 5y tbi-t act, in the following manner: rhat not less than 10 per cent, of said yrohis to be apt bed to the sohoo's of sonoiy, and the remainder of said proits to bo distribu ad for the uses and leoefits of raid county, as the eonniy >oard of oomnrssionrr-t may see fit. THE CHILD L&BOKB1LL. I Majority of the Benata Committee Against It. In tho senate Friady three reports rcro t-nbmittod from ?ho oommittee en mmmcroe and manafaomres on the :h'Id labor bill. Tho majority of the kmnmee, consisting of Senators Sul ivan, Birnwoll, Brown, Sarratt, 8tanand, Dean and Gaines, simply made in unfavorable report. Senators May iell, Glonn and Canghman submitted i subsume bill, whtob is as follows: A bill to prevent children under 12 mars of age from working in ths fao.ories, mines and trxula mannfaotnr* ng establishments of this State aider loodttions therein stated, and to pro* nd j punishment for violations of this tot. and for other purposes. He it enaoted by tho general asscm)ly of the State of South Carolina: Sootion 1 That from and after the irst day of May, 1901. no child nndcr .he ag < of 12 years shall bo emp.oyod n any factory, mino or textile mana'actui ing establishment of this State; ind that from and after the first day >f May, 1902 no child ander the age >0 11 shall bo employed many factory, .ory, mine or textile staoliahment of .his State; that from and after the first lay of May 1903, no ohtid under the age <f 12 years shall he employed in any aa ory, mino or textile ea.ablishmont >f this State; and that after May 1, L9ol, doc iiid a hall be allowed to wotk tor than 8 o'clock at night or baioro > a. m. Seo. 2. That from and after the first lay of Jann?ry, 1902, no ohild noaer he ago of 15 years sl^llbeemployed a any factory, mine or textile esiafr ishmont of this State unless said ohild >r its parent shall make satisfactory , 'iof mat the said chili baa, during he ? at 12 months, attended tome pubic school at least for months; and thai or this pm posses the certificate of the eaohcr or the record of the aohool there said ohi.d attended shall by rrioiu facie proof that said obild has so lomplted with the provisions of this tot. 8eo. 3. That every ownor, superinc^-doni, manager or over*?or of any 'aoiory, mino or textile mannfaoinrng establishment, and any other per too in charge thereof or oonncoud .herewith, who shall emi>loy any snoh still 1 contrary to the provisions of mis act, shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and for every sueh offense shall, upon oonviotion thoroif. bo tiaed not lets than $111 nor more than $50, or be imprisoned not longer than 30 days, at the discretion of the OjurL Seo 4 Tnat auy parent, guardian or any other person having under hie or her ooulrot any child, Who consents, suffers or permits the employment ol his or her child or word auuer the ages as above provided, or who koowiugl) or wi.fally inis:oprosenis the age of tujh child or ward to any of the per suns named in section 3 of this act, it trier to obtain employment for suon ohiid or ward, shall be tleumed gutitj of a misdemeanor, and lor every tud offcUbO shall, upon oonviotion thereof, be fined not less than $'i, not more thai $50. or be imprisoned not longor thai 3U days ut t ho discretion of the court. be j. 5 Tnat all acts and parts o acts iu ooiifliot with tue provisions o! this aot be, and the same aro hereby ropealed. 8 O Mayfiyld, J. L. Glenn, 14. L. Caugnman. Bonator Henderson, for timself, sub milted a report that the bill do pass with tho following amendment: "Siruo out section four and in liei thcroof insert tho following: "boo. 4. Tnat any widow who shal furnish to any of tho porsonn named ii section 2 of this aot aa affidavit, dnl; sworn to buy her btfore sumo office oompetont to tako tho tame, to lh< off jot that she is actually dependent for support upon the earnings of hi child or children, shall be permittei to obtain cmp:o)mont for said eh?ld o ohiidren from said persons; that tin filing of said affidavit shall be a fnl Justification for saoh smploymcnt; am any widow who shall wilfully awea falsely to any fact in said affidayi shall bo indictable for perjury as pro idod by law." Senators Maj field, Caughman am Qlonn also submitted a minority re port, whioh is in the form of a sabsti tato bill. Let Them Say. ' Oar Washington correspondence, says the Savannah News, "Yesterda; mentioned that in the matter of th Harlan confirmation Senators Morgai of Alabama, MeLiarin of Sooth Jaro lina and Sullivan of Missiesippi votet with the Republicans, 'as they hav beoa in the habit of doing on all parol; administration questions.' Ssoato M rgan is s fix ure ta the senate; Sea atov MoLanria's term has yet tire year to ron; Set ator Snilivan will retire 01 March 3 next. Serator Morgan me; Beveling with the R-pobliaans in orde to advaoo his pet sohems of the Nits ra^nt canal. Hot why shaald the othe twe Domoorata vote '.gainst their part; on 'all purely administration areas ares?"' y ! TOE COTTON WILT. r i i Soma Further Facta About This Plant Diaaaaa MO* TO PREVENT IT. i i Pac's Abiut a Ntw Enamy of [ Cot'on That all Who Plant tha Stap'a Ought to Know. A few weeks ego we published some feats eonoarniag the cotton wilt, and this week we pabliahed some additional 1 faets concerning this aew enemy to the oottcn plant: rKBTBTTTT* IfKAKTOB?. In the oottoD wilt, as in many other plant diBC?s?s, oertatn provooti?e or pa'liative meatures, based on oar knowledge of the way the disease a I reads, aro very important. These are a* fallows: 1. Rotation of Crops ?Landonoe in footed with this disease has never been freed from it. It is important, there fore, that anoh land ahoald not bo planted for several years to okra oraoy variety of ootton snbject to this disease. The length of lime tho fangas will live in the soil is not yet deter minod, bat foar years' rest has proved sufficient in several cases. Other crops, as oorn, cowpeas, caobage, water melon, oto ?may, it is boheved, be planted on this land with safety. The greatest spread of tho wilt dis caso is by tho direot growth of the fungus through the soil from diseased to healthy areas. On this aocount an area considerably larger than that on which the plants are wilted should be iueluded in this rotation. 2 Removal of Diseased Plants.?Au other important sonroes of infection is the diseased plants themsolvos. The fungns produces on tho dead stems and roots great numbers of spores, which are carried to other plaoes in a variety ot ways. All diseased plants should be pulled and burned as soon as discover cd, so as to prevent the d'^persion of tho fungus spores whioh will finally ooverthem. 8 Avoidance of^Spread by Oattle, Tools, Bio.?The writer's observations in various plaoes in South Carolina dur ing the paat two years lead him to he Have that oattle (taxing in the fields spread the disease. They should not be allowed to pass freely from infeoted areas to healthy fields, and would bs bettor not to pasture SECil jgf?otcd_ fields. Toole should be earefully cleaned after oultivatioj the diseased land. To insure oomplBts destruction of the spores of the wilt fungus, sn>h tools shonld be seoured clean sod then washed with a 2 per o??nt solution of f Jl Pi jIP 71 fc E r,ir Ofreirfrrita--B0id solution. 4. Oare of the Compost Heap.?The fungus is sometimes introduced into the barnyard and compost heap, so that the manure beoomes a source of general infection to healthy fields. The utmost oare should be taken to keep diseased plants out of tho manure, and if there aro any indications that 6uoh plants have found their way into tho manure, all sueh manure and oompost should be used on land where ootton will never 1- - _l a. J do piaatea. There is no objection to tbe use of stable manure which does not oontain the spores of the ootton wilt fangua, bat experienoo has shown that in tho oa?e of the olosely allied watermelon wilt fungus a barnyard onoo infected will remaia so for many years, and that 1 all manure taken ont of it will be like ly to spread the disease. Toe same is probably true of the eotton wilt fun gas. The most encouraging results have oome from the endeavor of the depart 1 men* to fiad a race of eoltou whioh oan be grown on the infeoted lands. Thorn arc always some plants in every field 1 whioh resist the oiueasd to a grater or ' less extent, and it frt quemly hapions that of two plants in the same hill, equally exposed to infeotion. one will 1 die and the othar live to the end of the 1 season. All degrees of resistance may ' be found, from plaats nearly ktllod by 1 the wilt disease to those ontiroly ' healthy. The latter aro comparatively 1 uncommon, however. 1 D.fferent raoes of ootton vary cont'd. crably in their susceptibility to tho wilt disease This was shown by an txpoii mcot oarried out by *ho department on ' the farm of Mr. H. L. Galloway, at Dillon. 8. G. It will bo seen that some of the best kinds are among those most injured by this disease^ bat thore wero ono or more plants to cajh raoo that entirely * withstood tho disease, and the seod from these has been saved with tho in 1 tontion of scouring valuable resistant strains by orcas breeding them. ' The ability of certain eotton plants to 1 grow on infeoted land is duo to tho faot F that tho wilt faogus is ausblo to enter r their prineipal root system and not to 0 any laok of infrotion. This has boon 1 determined by mioroaoplo examination. T That infeotion of these plants has real * ly taken plaoe may be dcmonstiatod by r an examination of their roots for the ? little tufts of rootlets whioh mark the j looatioa of infeationi. Tho roo.s of * plants taken from tho row of Jannor wituK UAtlAfl *sra aitaok a/1 Kw fnn . ?w??vh n vi w n???v*vu V/ ?>UU I UU 1 gas ia ?T?r a hundred p'.eeee, u f^aad * by eotail eount, yet in no one did ihe parents peietrale as far aa the main ' aiem, while planteof king cotton ia the * adjeioing row were completely over * tone. Aa determined by numerous mieroseople examinations each little taft of roota aarke a point attacked by the faogaa, ao that there can be no doubt " of tae thoroughness of the infeetioa y and, furthermore, no doubt that each e plaatc are aetaaily reaiataot ta the funn gan. It ia afideat that aaoh an cffeet as, i the fungus haa produced Lore aaat iae Jure the plant eonaiderably aad this f was feaad to ba the eaaa. The average r height af plaata grown an tka iafeeted * lean was twenty-three iaehea, waila s plaata aa adjoiaiag lead very slightly a isfeetad grew forty two iaebes high. f 8uoh iajnry aa this would of course r greatly shorten the crop, bat the indi i- eatians are that aeed selected from the r moat vigoreua plaata will be more ref eistant than the average. The beat i- plants in our experimental plots on the iafeeted laud war* a early equal tetboee grown on healthy land and also show* a smaller number of root tufts. In Ibis connection t he most importai question is whether tbu q lality of r bistanoo to disease is transm'ssib through tho seed to succeeding goner tioos. An experiment d. signed to sett this point proved a nmirkable s?.e*es It was oarried out by Mr Elias L Re era, of James Island, 8. 0 , * ho select* a healthy (dant of sea island eotton thi grew in a badly blighted field in 189! The soed from this resistant plant wt saved and planted in a single ro through a field that had been lnftote with the wilt disease for several year The adj fining rows were planted wit seed from his main crop, grown on not infeoted land. The wilt disease mad almost a clean sweep through the ord nsry cotton, 95 per cent of tho plaol being killed, while in the row plantc with set d Irom the resistant plant n< a single plant was killed by the wil disease. These plants were vigorous and pri duoriva. The dwarfing noted ia E y] tian aad upland ootton grown bv tfc writer on infected land at DiIIod, 8. 0 was not so marked here. The qualit of iha lint good, though not equal t the orop from whioh the relcotion wi m-do It is belicvod. however, that b continued oross brooding and seleotio in saooreding years tho quality of th cotton may be improved without loss < resistance to tho wilt disease. Wor along this line has already been starte in a small way by the department wbioh it is hoped may be enlarged. It haH been shown that much can b accomplished la the control of the wii disease of ootion by simply selcetin seed from rosiBtant plan's. It is vor probable that better results will be ot tained by oross breeding those resists! individuals, for in this way the resit tant qualities of two plants will b combined and there will be added th increased vigor whioh usually oomc from e. jssing On the other hand, i tho flowers of a resistant eotton plac should bo fertilised by pollen brongh by inseots from a diseascl plant, a may easily happen in the Sold, plant grown from the resulting seeds wil Very likely be less resistant than if the had been fertilized by polloa fiom ac other rr b slant plant. On this acoonm in tho selection of resistant races, it wil bo desirable ?. } cross by hand as man flowers as possible in order to inoreas the ehanoes of suooess. In connection wuk the work of th department a large number of orosse between resistant plants have alread been made. It ha< been our aim to s< euro resistant claim* from our eeatrno raoea by eroas fertilising plants af ih same race, and at the same time to ic crease the produstivcn?s? and improt the quality by aeleoting the best plant ^eaoh tori for breeding. The oUor are resistant to tho wilt diseaJu-iiii? to the attempt to produoe a resistat long staple upland ootton, by bvbridii mg resistant plants of tne eommon uj land raoos with the Egyptian oottoi U is-Tcry de-i **>' everyone wh undertakes the breeding of resistai ootion should at the same time pa great attenlon to scouring a more pr< ouciivo race and a finer qaality i staple. CONCLUSION. There is s great (romisc of a su ocssful remedy for the ooiton wilt di caio ia selection of seeds fr m health plants growing on infected soils at by continuing to select and cross brc< tile most resistant plants in saooeedir crops with a view both to resistant and quality of staple. It wonld bo well in the oaso of u land ou.ton to start with a raco like it Jackson, which is already highly r sis aot, and improve and fix tho qaalil by larefttl cross breeding aad seleotioi In plaoes wturo tbi? cluster type cotton ia undesirable a Tea stant stra ol the sorts commonly cultivated 01 probably bo obtained by criss brecdii and selection. It is hardly to te e ptcud that this process will reanlt i? r;cotly immune race tho first yci K/oq though much of the cotton b Ootne diseased, tho selection should continued each succeeding year unl tho qualny ot reaisiauce is fixed. lu the ease of tho sea island ootto where length and fine quality of slap are essential, the process of select)' and breeding should be the same 11 sistanco to disease man bo tho prima requisite, and from tho resistant plan those bearing the finest lint may selected. The Egyptian oottoos will probab prove of the greatest value when croi od with our upland raoes so as to a< the vigor and quality of the former tbe productiveness of the latter. It hoped that tho department will be at to extend its work along this promisi line. In adlition to seleotion<for resistan all practicable preventive measni should bo applied. Rotation of crops oven mo.e important on those infect soils than on healthy oriea. for the ea tiaual growing of cotton on theso Ian will tueroa9o the amount of disease ai decrease the rraistanoe of the ootton. Prompt destruction of diseased plat is also very important. Every c ffi should be made to avoid the infeo.ion healthy fields by animals, tools, wa water from diseased fields, disea* plants, lufeeted compost, etc. Aa i ready siatad, land oaee infected wi this disaas# remains infected far aa i kaewa perted. Indians Uprising. A dispatch from Muskogee, Iadl Territory, says the (Jreek optiting growing to dangerou* propoitioi Marshal Renaett has just received telegram i o u ttr eio*, 1. aneoac ieg thai 600 arin?d Creeks, statist two miles iront ikere are preptring st'aok the tewn, aid pleading for pi eeiion from the marshal. Dieaffeot Chotaws have a nan.her of Cre Stakes taoag them and they ha keea qsistly orgatizirg aad arming I some <ime. They thmiselrea eall Ch< taw Beaked It is stated that t Snakes have plsnatd to destroy i the railreade is their nation by burn! bridges aed sestion heases on a pi eeaeerted night They have depos Gee. Dake aed issued an order to i eitiiens to eease leasing or reetiog whites. The first offense they w pneiah wilh BO lashes, they ety; ei will he ent off for tho seoond sod des for the third. They have orgtnis and have leaders in svsry Choot oonntr and tlaim to have a mem berth of 3,600. :d Costly Fire In MullinsMonday morning ab jut half past ono at o'olook the people of Mullingj wire 0- awakened by the furious riogi g of the , o warehouse bells, and loud oriesoffire, a and wero horrified to find that a whole le blick snua ed in the heart of the busia teas portion of the town was in flames, r- Men and ladies, too, rushed to tho scene id and all united in tr>iag to save a por ' ?t tioo, at least, of the oontenta of the 9 s ores, but very little of the goods were is eared. The lots was very heavy, fire ' w store* being completely wiped out. The >d total loss is estimated et about (6 000, ODD. Dr. F. A. Smith, two bouses, $700, h insarano* $*>00; atook $1,000, lnsuraaoe 1- $7<>0. Smith Bros, atore home, $600, no le insurance A. J. Pios?ir. $400, coveri ed by insuraooe. M. B La waiter, store in hou-o, $500,no insurer oe. Edwards , d store house $600, no in., W. D. Edwards ( )t stook $100, no insuraooe. Werbbling& \ It (Jo. tt.ck $700, no insnraoee. fiiliaoo Smith, more house, ISUO, no insurance. > R 0 Lowidid. b ook damaged oyrnov? ing, $2o0. E. 0. Bcihta, stook damagle td oy moving, $100 There were several , dwellings only a short disiaces from y toe fire aad mash alarm was felt by the 0 tcojpams, but fortunately noneof them is oaught fire, it is understood that most y if the stores will be rebuilt of brick, n The 8iate_. ^ McKinley's Empire, k We move on apaoo in lmperlsllsm. d From tho deportation ef Filipinos from t, Manila in eenseqaeoes of their alleged "disloyally" to a government basing >o no olaims upon their loyalty it is an It easy sup to the deportation of^Amerig otns who dare to eritioias details of y imperial administration in the Fnilip> pines. A Minnesota man, formerly a it volunteer soldier from that State, who i- dared as editor of a marine journal in e Manila to bring a obarge of wrongdoing e ajaiost an cffiier ol tout port has been in imprisoned by Geu.yMaoArihur and if ordered to be deported from McKmley's it island empire. This man might have it been tried by a military eonrt and if >9 proven gnilty of libel, punished by fine is and imprisonment. Tnat would have < 11 been justice under the forms of law, < y even if military law. But instead he i- is deponed without trial?not on the i, ground that he primed a libel, but bell cause he insisted that what he bad alrca S dy printed was true and he rofused to e prom se that he would make no more such uritioisms of the unitary aduiiuutrae tioa. Ho is ousted as "a dangerous inis cendiary and a menace to the military y situation." How long will our people h tolerate this sort of brutal and lawless n tyranny? Eren Russia has ceased to e deport political offenders to Siberia. 1 The State. Localized Concubinage. "The taw ot marriage and divorce as is it prevails hers is nothing less ihsn d legalised oonnubiage. 1 am not an but I do say that our present i- divoreriafTKiV^Messarily result in > the OeDaaemenl of pubrro Jtorals. 1 i. should amend the law ao as io ansoiute divores only for infile.it/ an^T" it impoienoy," This 19 the recommends iy tion of Juige John Gibbons, made m a ) letter to Chief Justice Boggs of tho )f supreme oourt of illiuois, whioh he made pubuo Friday. Tho juige, urging tho enactment of a new la#, writes e> fur.her: ' It is the Mecca of all the miamated portion of the human lamiiy iu seek eoiaoe in froo love, if a mau 1 j becomes dioeau&hed with his wife or a 10 g , I L 1- 1 >d ni,u 1'iuici suuiuvr to oer quboalq i ' hero, he or bhe applied lor a uivoroe i ^ wiinout much danger of ltd being re- 1 iused. "It the legislature bhuuid not ' Do prepared to go aa laraa I buggest it < P" oagut to Do inane a misdemeanor for 1 J0 iDo guilty party to reuiarry either id 1 c" ibid Stale or elsewhere wnuin a certain number of years of the granting of the ' a; uivoroe." ( of ? , in HeiaaMaaon. i 10 Masons everywhere in ine world tako 1 3S more than ordinary intcreat in the *o- ! z cession to the tnroas of Kcglaud of Al- 1 10 b.irt Kdward, who is onr of the moat iT- *0110001 members or toe order in tne ? vtolid, being Uiand Master of Masond 1 . la England, cootland, Ireland and "ll Wales, Uiaud Prior ot Knights Touipiar in England and Grand Patron of 1' AkOieiit vni Ao.cp ei tie jtush Hue of ''c Freemasonry, being a tntriy third del)n grc? Mason. King Eiward, as Grand ,J Master of Ma*on in England, Las a r> representative ''oo?r the Grand Lodge oi duUth Carolina,'' whose seat is in Charleston, in the personal of Mayoi J. Adger iimyth, himself a past Grand ly Master of South Carolina Masons, is May or Smyth has represented the Grand dd Lorge ol Kugland lor many years and to aa tuoh ho Wears on ociemonial ocoais aioLH a very haud&omc jewel oommitt>le ed to hiui by the present King of Eaog gland ad deaignation of his authority. ?Cuarlesion fosu Atlanta Still Ahead. OB is J. T. Peterson has asked the palioe cd to Hod hie son, Alonto P?tjrson, a 13m year-old buy who disappeared from his ds home in Atlanta last Thursday. A).r. ad Paitjrbon believes hit boy hat boon kidnapped. 'J Jae family of Bats Prater, its wno is behoved to have b?ea kidnap >ti ped two weeks ago from the Uuorgia of IVohoological school, hasg.voo op hope sh of ever steing him again. Fiat'.r't ed brolhor, who left Lis heme in Alabama si today, has no idea that tkt $503 in gold ih whioii he paid a negro who promised in- to restore the tiadeat to hit family, will cv?r be reeovared. The polite aie at work oa both eases. Brigands to Be Shot. ig A few niehts ago a band of brigands is an assaait oa tae House oeoapiod k qr Joha Meliekersea, aa Anaerieaa, ia |Q. tso village af Baa Saboetiaaite, aoar ft(j Gaad?l-j *ra, M?x oo. Meliekersea ret0 iisicd tb# attask sod was killed, bis P0. body beiag haoksd ta pieoea with e(j laaahetes. Kveryihiag of aalae in lbs hoase w?# 'cirried off Tba outlaws Te w?re pnrsuad ia'.o the moaataiea by a ior foree of rttralea and ntvsral af Ibem ,0 Ka?a joat boon eTortakeo and eaptared. j10 Tke prisoners will be takaa tatheseane k|| af tke aaardor and skat. Will Be Mowed, ed The Charleston Post nays th j Testa all Oeitoa Mill, whioh for mora thaa a te year has been operated io Charleston by ill negro labor, will within the near fuir< mie bo moved to New Holland Springs, th near OeiniTille, Ga , and will be oper ed ated by white help, under the manageaw raont af the Paoolet Manufacturing up Company, whiah aompany owns tka Vaata Mills is "THE COMMONER." Hie Great Tribune of the Peop'e Explain theZName. BPEAKS FOR THE MASSES. 'urposes and Idaala of the Democratic Leaders Journalistic / Enterprises Told In the First liuis. jg A dispatch from Ltxeolo, Nebraska, \ lays the first nuabsr of 'The Uommo>er," th? weekly paper published by Villi am J. Pryao, was issued W.dneslay afterqooo. it is a neat-appearing iheet ty pograhisally. The following is he aalatatory: tn* cnsnfonia. Webster defines a commoner as "one >f the oommoa people." The name has >oen selected for this paper because The Commoner will endeavor to aid he oommon people in the protection of heir rights, the advancement of their nteresrs and the realisation of their aspirations. It is not neeessary to apologies for he nse of a term wh*oh distinguishes he great body of the population from he oomparativcley few who, for one eason or another, withdraw themelves from sympathetic connection nth their fellows. Among the Greeks 'hoi polloi" was used to describe the nany, while among tho Romans the rord "plebs" was employed for the ante purpose. These appellations, like 'the oommon people." have been asnmod with pride by those to whom hey were applied, while they have iecn used as terms of reproaoh by hose who oo-.nud themselves among he aristoeratie classes. Within reoent ^ ears there has been a growing tenency in some quarters to denounce as iemagogio any reference to, or praise f, the oommon people. One editor in a late issue of his paper akes exception to the phrases and ays: "This expression is an ill-ohosen ono ,nd should hkvvo no lcdgment in the r('Oabuiary of an American patriot and taiesman. If we sought its origin, we rouldlook for it in thst specious demagogy which hat evolvtd the profeatonal polttieisa, amyed country gainst town?the farmer and his eons nd daughters agsiaat the business and irofesstonal men and their ?nn? and laughter*?capital against labor, and milt up against neighbor* the irnpreglable barriers of prejudice and hate." This quotation is reproduced because t fairly represent* the views of those ho oriticizi the expression, it has, lowever, an eminently respectable orijia. Ia the same ohapter ia which Jhiist condensed man's duty to his felows into the ibait he same ehapter in which he delounocd those who devour widows' louses and for a pretense make long irayors ?in this sima chapter it is said f ilim, 'The common people heard dim gladly." No higher compliment was ever paid ,0 any class. The term, "the oommon poople," ia oroperly used to describe the largo majority of the people?those who earn iheir living and give to society a fair return for the baaed* bestowed by looiety?those who in their daily live* recognise the ties whioh bind together Lhe mass of the people who have a 3omor.cn lot and a common hops. Sometimes they are called "the midilu glasses" because paupers and criminals are excluded on tho one hand, while on lhe oiher hand so no exilule themselves beoau 10 of wea'th or position or prido of bitth. Tue common people form the industrious, ioie.ligont and patriotic element of our population; they proinee tha nation's wealth ia time of petoe and fight tho nation's battles in time of war. They are selfreliant and independent; they ask of government nothing but justice and will not bo saiitfi;d with less. They are not seeking to ret their hands into other people's pockets, but are oontent if they can keep other people's hands out of their pokets. Tho oommon people do not constitute an exoolsive society?they are not of the four hundred; and ono can beooma _ j a member if ho is willing to contribute by brain or musole to the nation's strength and greatness. Daly those are barred?and they are barred bv their own ohoioc?who imagine themselves ma-ie of a superior kind of clay and Who deny the equality of all before the Uv A rich miD, who has honestly soquired his wealth and who id not afraid to intraat its eare to laws made by his fdllowH, oan count himself among the oommoD people, while a poor into is not really not one of ihjm if he fa?ns before a plutocrat and has n> higher ambition than to bo a oourtier or a syoophaut. The Commoner will be satii-fiid if. by fidelity to the oooamon people, it proves lis right to the uamo which it has chosen. Mishiiig Boy Found. A dispatch from Oarrolltcn, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal s?ys on New Year's day Oii?, the fourteen-year old on of 0. M. Word, disappeared from homo, near Victory. The boy had when ho disappeared fit). He was last aeon in company with a Negro man at a tore in Victory, whne the bey was making purobate*. Tho distressed father has been searching wherever he oould Sod the slightest olew, but without auocess, until the horrible disioyory was made that the hndy of the ursaing boy was in MoDauiel's pond at V.otory. The wator was turned off the pond and the body was found at 4 o'clock Thursday after* noon. A suit of blooiy clothes thai the boy bad worn haa also been found. Hie throat was out. The Negro man, Ike Williams, who was seen with the boy at Viotory, was airesttd at Bowden and is now in jail at Carrol.ton. He was hrohght here Thursday night by Sheriff Merrell. The man was at work at. II -A n -J ? un iud ouuaga ?< ojwaen ana denies all knowledge of the boy's disappoafanoe. It is said that there wcro throats of lynching, but 8her.ll Merrell arrived without inoident. Lkj Williams, the prisoner, is about twenty-one years old.