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ps? p THE COTTON CROP. The Census Office Makes Public Its Final Figures FROM THfe DINNERS REPORTS. Over Klovrn Million IlnleH (iimiotl During the I,ant Year. The (aiititeriCM anil the Oil Milla. The census ottice Tuesday made publie the tlnal figures of cotton produc tion obtained from the reports of cotton pinners. The quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1902, exclusive of linters, amounted to 11,078,882 running bales. Hales as pressed at the ginneries are equal to 10,030,945 bales of a 500-pound standard, or counting round bales as half bales 10,588,250. During the four years covered by the ginning reports of thccensus cilice the average crop, exlcusive of linlers, h:us been 9,902,277 bales of 500 pounds. Tin; crop of 1902 shows an increase of 728,088 bales over this average. While tin* crops of 1899 and 1901 show a decrease of 500,880 and 392,532 bales respectively. For the crop of 1902 there ha. been a general increase in all the States, both east and west of the Mississippi river, with the exception of Alabama and Texas. Drought in Alabama and thc!?oU weevil in Texas are responsible for the losses in those States. The report contains many interesting details concerning the variation of production in the various sections of the country. For instance, attention is called to the degree of compensation which has bien maintained for the past three crops between the divisions of the cotton licit as made by the Mississippi ri\e.r. East of the Slississippi production decreased in 1900 813,250 bales. This was more than offset by the increase west of the Mississippi river of 1,090,892 bales, or 25.7 percent. In 1902 the territory east of the Mississippi increased its produc tion in a manner which largely compensates for tlie material loss west of the river. The per cent, of the country's production grown in 11)02 east and west of 1 lie Mississippi was 53.6 and 4<>.4 respectively, against 47.2and 52.8 in 1900. To show the extent of the reduction in the cotton crop in Texas it is shown that whereas In 1900 that State produced 34 per cent, of the entire crop of the United States, or about one-quarter of the cotton supply of the world, in 1902 the Texas product was only a little over 23 per cent, of the entire product of this country. The States showing the most n Liveable Increases in production in 1902 are Arkansas. Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. The increase in A rkansas is remarkable, being 204,022 bales, Or more than 37 per cent, over the total receipts f"r the smallest crop -thai of 1899? and 157,2. 1. or over 19 per cent. o>er that of 190), the largest crop piior to that of 1902. There was al at a large increase in the product ioi. of Indian Territory and < >klahoma. The combined crops ?f these territories for 1902 were 545,382 bales, as compared with 215.591 bales for 1899, an increase of 329,791 bales, or 153 per cent. The figures ou the ginning industry show that there are 30,948 ginneries ill the United States. The avcmimi number of bales ginned per active establishment in Texas was .*>15:',, in Indian territory *55, and in Oklahoma 992, against 254 in Alabama, 292 in Georgia and 200 in North Carolina. This great diirerenee in the average number of bales of cotton handled per establishment is due to the extensive employment in the newer cotton producing States of modern methods of handling seed cotton and a more general employment of round bale presses. The values of the crop for 1902 is estimated at $.">01,KPT, 124, making it the second most valuable crop of the I'nited States, corn taking first rank and wheat third. The value of the raw cotton exports for 1902 is given at $290,051.si 9, giving that article the fiist place in value 111 American expi rts. The export price for 1002 was about 1 cent per pound less than that of 1901. The value of the cotton crop of 1902 in the States included in the Louisiana purchase Is given at $1 12,*85.01 I. or more than $5,000,000 more than the original price paid to France for that territory witli interest at 2 per cent, compounded to the present time. The rapid development 01 the cotton seed oil industry is represented as annually increasing the quantity of short cotton saved to t he commercial woild by the reginning of cotton seed for oil extraction. A canvass of 11lls industry has developed the fact that 520 cotton seed oil mills have been operated during the season of 1902-2 and that they have obtained from t tie reginning of seed of the growth ot 1902 linteis amounting to 190.222 hales of 50o pounds each Cotton bulletins are promised at more freuuent intervals in fiitm-n years The first report i.ext season ' will cover all cotton ginned of the grov<th of lltO.'f i;p to Sept. 1; the second to Oct. 1*: t he third to Nov. I*: thr fourth to Dec. lit; the fifth will l>e the final report, and will cover the t ?tal growth of the year. Where In He? L 1?. Copcland, postmaster at Itethune, a station on the Seaboard Air Line atjout ."??) miles from Columbia, disappeared from his home on April *29 and since that time nothing has been heard of him. Copeland left Hethune April 29, purchasing a railroad ticket to Camden. When the train rea died Camden he decided to come on to Columbia, paying the di(Terence In fare. lie was expected to return to his home on the same day' Tlie Door < 'lowed. The Washington J'ost says the United St ate? supreme court has I closed the '"door of hope" right in the' face of those Alabama negroes who i regarded the ballot as their inalicn able asset. ii :-v _y ?? MORE RAIft NEEDED. Crop Progressing Favorably But Warmer Weather la Needed. The following weekly crop bulletin was issued last week by Section I>1 rector Itauer: The mean temperature for the week ending * a. ra.. Monday, May 4ih, was about H5 decrees, which is 3 degrees ! below Dorinal. There were few warm days during the middle of the week. | but the ttrst and last days were unseasonably cool, and unfavorable for! the germination of planted seeds and the growth of young crops. The ground remains cold, and owing to the lack of rain, has become hard and crusted, this being especially true of bottom lands and clayey uplands. Fro6t occurred on the 2kth at a few northern points, but did no perceptible damage. There was quite a general rain on April 2?>, accompanied by hail in the northern counties falling to a depth of six. Inches at Hickory. This rainfall was beneficial, but was followed by drying winds, and the need of rain is again noted over a large portion of the state, more especially in the truck raising districts Showers occurred over the central and eastern counties on May :ird. the elTects of which will be noted in next week's correspond ence. The dry weather enabled farmwork to make rapid progress, and planting of the staple crops is nearly finished, except * hat some upland and almost all bottom land corn remains to be planted over the western tier of counties, and bottom lands in the central counties, though some have already been planted in the latter. i- arly corn is coming up generally, and much has received its first working, but stands average only fair, and are poor in localities, owing to the ravages of birds and worms, and to imperfect germination. Replanting is done extensively. The weather lias been too cool for favorable growth. Cotton planting is nearly finished and will he entirely finished the coming week if the weather remains favorable. but owing to the prevailing coolness germination is slow and some seed failed to germinate at all. Many such fields are being replanted. Some tields have fair stands and are being cultivated, but plants look sickly. Tobacco is almost all transplanted, but is making no perceptible growth. T?i,.r. It- In ?h., . .. i?iw 10 111 biiw oauiu Luiiuitiuu, nuiuu growth Is at a standstill. The Georgc| town districts are being sown at this time. In a few localities oats are promising, and while still poor, show some improvements, but correspondents rej port the oats crop generally unpromis| inn with probably half an average J yield. They are heading low. Wheat Is also poor, owing to rust and the hessian lly. Fruit continues promising although pear tress are beginning to blight in \arious localities and peaches to drop in Charleston county. 111 the same county a green louse is damaging white potatoes. llain and warmer weather would ire of great benellt to all crops. The XVenltli of 1 tie Worl<l. When the noted statistician Mulhali made his estimate of the world's wealth ten years ago, says the Spartanburg Journal, the t'nited States stood third in point of aggregate wealth. being exceeded by both Kngland and France, and was sixth in wealth per capita. Today the aggregate wealth of the I'nlted States is nearly as creat as that of the combined wealth of the two next richest countries, Kngland and France, both of which were richer than it a few years ago. According to figures lately compiled from apparently as reliable sources as UIV U11Z? L111* UlLtll WCtiilll OI me I'nited States was in H?02 $'.i4,ooo.000,000, or nearly one quarter of the accumulations of the whole world, while the wealth of Holland was $">0,000,000,000, that of France $48,000,000,000 and of Germany $40,000,000,000. In per capita wealth the I'nited States leads all the world except England and France. Our per capitals $1,235, while that of England is $1,442 and of France $1,257. Australia has $1,220. Denmark $1,105, Canada $uho and Holland $hts per person. Anions all the nations the percentage of debt to wealth is lowest in the Tinted States. The British debt per person is $80. the French $148, the German $55. the Russian $32. the Canadian $50. while the debt per person in the 'I'nited States is only $12. The total wealth of the world is given at $400,000,000,000. It will be seen that nearly all of it is concent rated in the great civilized powers, threefifths of it being in hands of the I'nited States, England, France and Germany. < ?n the other hand, the semi-civilized countries, like China and India, are growing poorer, being drained of much of their wealth by the countries where higher civilization prevails. I'ay I'pOr Marry. In the Argentine Republic they have solved to their own satisfaction the "bachelor problem"' by the simple method of making it cost an unmarried man as much money to live in mimarried bliss as it. would cost him to marry. A man is marriageable in Ar- I gentina when lie is twenty. If from that date and until he passes his twenty-eighth birthday lie wishes to remain single, he must pay $ "> a month to the state. For the next live years the tax increases 100 percent. Bet ween thirty-live and fifty, the bachelor is mulcted to the tune of $20 a month. From his fifteenth year to seventylive, $."U> a month is the tax, but having reached the seventy-fifth year, the tax is reduced to $10a year. After eighty, a man can remain single without paying anything. There is a j paragraph relating to widowers, who ! are given three years in which to i mourn, and pick a successor. It Is said that the new law works like a , charm. t'r in Indiana they whip young wo- | men on the bare back with barbed 1 wire lashes, but we presume they will still continue to tie shocked when some black brute is lynched down south for assaulting helpless women, j ?mnr: L00K8 LIKE WAR Rumin IImm K< lit n l.arger Force to Orrupy >1 hochiiiln. The state depart moot ban received , ottlclal continuation from Its agents In ! China or the Increase of tl ? Russian ' garrison In Neu Chwang. Manchuria, | and there is reason to believe, It President Roosevelt approves, that it is j preparing to take vigorous steps In l the matter. Secretary Hay is in communication wltli President K?s>sevelt in California and until the latter'* decision the secretary's course will pend. It is stated that the department has had its patience tried hy the course of the events in Manchuria and that it now contemplates a more radical step than any which lias heretofore marked the negotiations between the powers on this subject. The proposed step eontemplates joint action by Japan, England and the United States. The proceeding negotiations have been hampered by the inability of tills government to act jointly with other nations without violating its traditions, but it is now hinted that some plan of co-ope rat I in with England and Japan may lie devised that will have the effect of convincing the Russian government of the united determination of the three nations to insist, upon Russia's evacuation of Manchuria, while not actually committing I the United States to a formal alliance. This program is subject to the ap| proval of the president, if it is not looked upon with favor by him the ! state department may fall back on its [ former method of individual representations to Russia and ask another explanation of tlie happenings in Manchuria. In such event the Russian answer is already forecast by the officials here. Under the Russian representation to the powers the troops were to have ??eeii withdrawn from Neu Chwang just one month ago today. It is understood as a matter of fact. that a potion of the Russian fore was withdrawn from barracks in tin* pit tr tit tpnlc mitci/in It ie ?> v*vj v>? WUV>1 WUWIUV.. IC *.-> p I toll IllCli from 1'ekin advices that these troops have now returned to the city. However, It is pointed out that Russia employed a saving clause in the promise to withdraw from Manchuria, the language being. "Provided, however, that the action of othor powers shall not stand in tlie way." Russia, it is understood, now claims that this proviso was violated by Japan when she mobilized her licet and otherwise showed signs of military preparations which were construed as a menace to Russia. Accompanying the news of the reoccupation of Neu Chwang comes a warning from other agents in China that the Russian attitude is injuring the chances of the treaty which Mr Conger and Consul General Goodnow have been negotiating with China involving the opening to American trade of ttie ports of Tuku-bhan and Moukdeu in Manchuria. The latest advices are tiiat the treaty is already practically lost owing to Russian opposition. This fact is construed to give the t'nited States a direct interest of what is happening in Manchuria. A DEATH TRAP. The fdvcH of Nine Columt Men CriiNlied Out. Details reached Roanuke, Ya., Thursday morning of a fearful catastrophe which oecured last Wednesday evening in the east end of the West Kflfl I linnnl L i.Dvum uc 'Pnnnnl V<? > at Eggleston Springs, Giles county, on the Norfolk and Western railway, in which nine men were killed and live injured, three of them fatally, while two others were almost miraculously saved. Railroad contractors were engaged in double tracking the two tunnels at the point named. and it was to their operations that the accident happened, it seems that when the tunneling force had removed the earth and stone for the t racks at the point where the calamity occurcd. a huge slide of solid stone gave way on the mountain side and came down at an angle of about 45 degrees, striking the gang fairly and literally crushing the life out of nine men. This strata of solid rock was found, on examination, to tie connected only by clay seams, and when the foundation was removed the strata, some 50 feet long, came with tremendous force and without warning, catching the men in the death trap. One man was in a niche of the tunnel-way and was only grazed on the face and head and escaped with slight injuries, lie was removed without great difficulty. A second man, who stood on the outer edge of the slide, was only slightly hurt, hut three j others were more unfortunate and j so badly injured that is is feared they I will die. The bodies of the other nine men. some of whom are white, are under the mountain slide. A wreckilltr r and d..rei d.' " vt?i ?* *? *?* t i n -V nan iai\rji tint from Itndford, but so far have lieen < !' ( no avail. There is no likelihood that ; the bodies can be recovered soon, as the rock will have to be dynamited ( and removed by the bit. This is con- , sidered a most dangerous proposition as the length of the strata cannot be ascertained, and there is imminent danger of a second crash as soon as t he base is removed, and a consequent loss . of other lives. I ' i Sensational Arrest. I A dispatch from Walhalla to The ! State says lloyt Hayes was committed I 1 to jail here Tuesday charged with the murder of Ids wile, who was shot and . instantly killed on the morning (A , April 2d. John E. Mason, Esq , of . < hikway committed M r. Hayes upon an atlldavit of Mr. frame, the father of the wife of young Hayes. It was currently reported that Mrs. Hayes had < committed suicide and left a note say- t ing why she had done so. The arrest t of young Hayes has caused great t deal of excitement in the commu- * nity where all the persons live. The j 1 parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Hayes 1 are prominent families. t ~i . , . - : ? A Warning to Negr*:*. The New York Times says what lnoks very much like a substitute lor the slave pension scheme as a means o' tuiult.tr n<*tr'u ignorance Into money h is been rev a e I by a let'er recently received in William Pickens, the colored Yale student who delivered the notable contribution to the debate < ii llayli. The letter is from one L. N. Musgrovle of Sturtfis, Ky., and Us writer, as secretary of a society named the Sons of Freedom, purposes that lMckens take part in the organization and equipment of an army here for the purpose of capturing llnvtiand settiniz un there .*1 new government l?y Anglican negroes! And a must peculiar government. t<H?. it will be, if the plans outlined are carried out. While Republican in form, it is to be administered as a greate corporation, with every citizen a stockholder. All land titles and franchises are t<? vest in the State, and if this latest brand of Utopia produces any criminals they are to be set adrift in well provisioned boats to make heir way?if they can toother shores Agriculture and manufacturing are to be encouraged, schools estao ishc' and perfect liberty assurer" to to all, that is. who will obey the rules and do what they are told. In return for his cooperation Pickens is told that perhaps he will he made president of the society, and meanwhile he is to deliver lectures and raise money for the purchase of arms and battleships and the payment of salaries, including his own. This is certainly a noble scheme for some purposes. Somebody ought to investig itc the purpiwos, and until this is done we would advise our colored fellow-citizens to have nothing to do with the scheme, unless they are anxious to get buncoed out of their hard earned dollars. A Strange Case. A strange case in which a man's speech was restored by a tit of anger is reported by the Helena correspondent for the Chicago Inter-Ocean. According to this story, John Matt, for many years an employe of the Ureal Northern railroad, was s tricken with paralysis more than fifteen months ago. When he was able to walk again lie found to his sorrow that he could not utter a word, although he could hear distinctly. About two weeks ago he was taken ill and condlined to bis bed. For several days be hovered between life and death. One afternoon several friends called, and while they were present the doctor came upon the scene. Matt was In a semi-stupor and seemed unable to recognize even Ills most intimate friends and rela livus, ine condition ?>r nis health was discussed, and the visitors were unanimous in expressing the lielief that death was inevitable. When Matt heard this he rose from his pillow as if by magic and exclaimed in terms far more forcible than elegant that he was not a dead man, nor did he intend to die. Then, suddenly realizing that he had recovered his voice, he apologized proftisely for the abuse he had heaped upon his physician and triends and became lei vent in his thanks for their presence. "Had you not come," said lie, "and made me angry I do not believe i would have recovered my voice." From that monv??U his recovery I.as been rapid, and a few days lie will resume liis work. The Case of the l.eper. In the Savannah Morning News of recent date appeared an article from Washington, which stated "A curious case, Involving a leper soldier from the Philippines, is before the War Department, having been referred to the judge advocate general to determine in what manner the atliicted soldier shall receipt for his pay. The leper is an enlisted man. in the artilery, and at present is isolated on an island in South Carolina, near Savannah." As a matter of fact this leper patient is now. and has been for upwards of two months, at Port Screven, on Tyhee island, and the statement that the un fortunate man is isolated on an Island in South Carolina, near Savannah, is absolutely without foundation. This case lias been reported to the government anthorities at Washington for probably two months, during which time the man has remained at Fort Screven under treatment, and an analysis of his blood has demonstrated Ijcyond question that he is atllictcd with this loathsome malady. Fatal Kiinaway Accident. Mr. Morgan Shumaker, one of the oldest citizens of Orangeburg county, who lived al?out three miles from Klloree, was thrown from his bugg.v on Monday of last week and injured so badly that he died the same evening. Mr. Shumaker was entering Klloree in a buggy when his horse took fright from a train, which was leaving tin depot and ran away. The animal was thoroughly frightened and ran at great speed, in turning a corner the buggy was turned over and Mr. Shumaker fell with a great force on his face, lie was picked up and examination showed that his face was badly cut and his skull crushed. I?r. A. C. Baxter was called to see the unfortunate man, and ..fter awhile restored him to consciousness, lie was then removed to his home and lingered until Monday evening when he died. ; A colored woman who was in the buggy with Mr. Shumaker escaped with ii few slight bruises. Mr. Shumaker was a highly respected citizen and bis tragic, death is I'rcnt.lv rlnr?l.>r.>?l ?>? .. - n- - ?'V .? many who know the old gentleman. Ho was over eighty years of age. Served IIiin ltii;ht. A special from New Hern, N. C., .ays (Jeorge Vanu, a negro ex-convict, who had shot at a young white man amed Thomas Green here, was shot Co death on an excursion train here >y oil leers last night, lie was resistmg three officers and tired at Otllcer I>ixo;i, wounding him in the thigh.! lie then attempted to throw Otllcer | Luplon olf the train. A fusilade fol- 1 owed and the negro was instantly -c i lied. <'?lton Way I'|>. A dispatch from New Yord says unler dale of May >: "May cotton sold ,oday at 10. '7. Yesterday's highest joint was 10.08. May cotton eoninued to advance and at 11..'to was I noted at 10.75. In the afternoon day cotton soli! between 10.70 to o.7."? until Just before the close when here was a sale at 10.77. ?^ Mgmwp $ffl ' - i, . i > ..I-1 i - -mill THE A8SA88IN ARRESTED The Arr??t Aoo?mpn?h?>d hjr ?h" NherllT ami a Pn??? ofHeveu. I v i ! The capture of Curtis Jett. charged j | willi the assassination of .1. Ji. Marcum in Jackson, k'y., Monday, was1 accomplished without bloodshed early Sunday morning lib is now in the Clark county jail at Winchester. Hearing a warrant, which had been sworn out hy Sam Jett, uncle of the accused,' SherilT MeCord and a posse I of seven men left Winchester at midnight Saturday. Headline Jack| son's ferry. Hi miles distant, at 2.301 j a. ui., they left their busies and! crossed the Kentucky river to Midison county, in canoes. They proceeded on foot to the home of Mrs. A. Ilaggin, Jell's mother, two miles from the ferry. Six of tlie1 posse were stationed around the I dwelling and Sheriir McC ?rd and ; t Deputy Stoke)y approached the front door and knocked. Jett's mother answered and after some parley ad* I mittcd that Curtis was within. They were admitted and found Jett awake hut in bed. He shook hands with tlie sherilT and said he would give no trouble. Reaching under his pillow lie drew (gilliis pistol and turned it over to ids mother to keep. He | made no show of resistance and was landed in Jail at Winchester by day- i light. Jett's stepfather. A. Haggin, charges that when Jett r'ached Ids house Saturday night from Jackson he proceeded to draw ids pistol on liiin and ordered liltn to get out of the neigiiliorhooJ. Haggin went to Richmond and swi r.> out a warrant charging Jett with breach f the peace by assault with a pistol In the jail Monday Jett was com- inunieative on all matters save the killing of Marcum. "I'll get out of this all right," was the only statement t lie would make which could construed t as a reference to the charge. He said ;i he wanted to be tried in Rrcathitt s county. He was bitter in denouncing q his uncle who had him arrested and p said that the score would he evened t; up when he was at lilierty. When a asked aliout the statement that live n men would testify that he killed Mar- 0 cum, he sneered and said: M "What's that to you?" 1] To Sheriff McCord he was equally w non-communicative as to the Marcum j; tragedy. Jett Is 28 years or age, (j athletic In build, with deep set, keen t eyes and has bushy rod hair. That a ho submitted to arrest was an agree- ,j able surprise to the ottlcers. who feared t an encounter. Jett denied that lie drove Ills stepfather from home. He ? will be arraigned Tuesday and'It Is s supposed he will be transferred to the i] Jackson district for trial. t s Held l'or It.umom. r Col. Martin Krieson, worth several o million dollars and well known ii throughout thtr Southwest, has been a captured by the Yaqui Indians of n Sonora, Mexico, and held for $500,000 n ransom. Two weeks a^o he left ii Mexico City for Sonora, aTtar secur- t inn a concession for a lar^e tract of 1 agricultural and mineral lands on the v Yaqui river. While on his way to v his property he was captured by the ii Indians, who have since demanded a ransom for" his release. The Ameri- t can refused to pay the sum demanded, v and lie is still held by the rebels, c tleneral Lorenzo Torez and Colon .1 n Kosterlitsky, who are in command of n the Mexican military forces in Sonora, have been asked to rescue the captive. and tliey have set in motion two laiye detachments for that purpose. a Americins a Ion n the border desiring ' to aid in the pursuit have also been * asked to assist the troops. One rejri- ' ment ot troops will pursue the Indians ,s from t ic north and the oilier from '' the south, and Colonel Krieson is al- ( most certain to be rescued, unless he ' Is murdered. |f. iiclil <>it Suspicion. 1 At Los Angeles, (.'al., acting under "r i:istiuctiins from the secret service bureau at Washington, tin police J Thursday arrested a man who is sus- f pccted of being one of the four brothers of Czolgosz, the assassin of the v late President McKinley. Great a secrecy has been ma nlaincd about the arrest. N > charge lias been iodtred against him. the police si in ply a deiuioinn the man on suspicion un- f til after the president shall have left Los Angeles. It is said that Czol- f has been living in this city for several months b *imr . mpl >y ed in a tamale factory. His actions, it is t said, have not been out of the ordinary. !| A t^neer Cane. S A dispalr h from Appleton to The ^ State says a mule belonging to Mr. ' Henry Walker came to his death in an 0 unusual way two days ajro. He was Sl drawing a plow in the field when a 1 queen bee. piloting a vagrant swarm 1 of the industrious stingers, took a ' fancy to tiie ears of his muleship and alighted on the tip of one of these un- ' stable appendant s. The whole swarm followed the queen and was soon settled over the head of the unfortunate , animal. Ilis e(Torts to ftce himself ^ from the undesirable propinquity but n enraged the bees, winch, stung him to . such an extent that tie died. A Dcinocriilir Victory. C At Haltiinore the board of elections Cl supervisors recounted tlie ballots of 11 six of the -4 wards Thursday. No Si matt-rial change was shown from th- *! unotllcial returns of Tuesday's mu- j nicipal election which gave McLane. i Democrat. ">00 majority for mayor ? over Congressman Frank C. Wachter, Republican. On joint ballot the councils .vill stand 18 Democrats to l.'i Republicans, although several of the wards are very close, and the orti. eial count may change a vote or two Two >1cii Killed. At Moultrie, (la., Col. M. J. Farsail, solicitor of the city court, and Dr. Frank Daniel, physician for the j (Icorgia Northern railway, were killed : Thursday night by I)r. Daniel's motor j ; car colliding with a log train on the' f Georgia Northern. The gentlemen " had been Msbing and were returning to town in the motor car. A heavy w rain was driving in their faces and v' they lield an umbrella in front. l-'J Neither saw the log train, which was H backing. Six cars of the train were derailed. 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Fire Proof Tera Ct tta Flue Linings. Prepared to I'll orders for thousands or for n>iilions. j COLUMBIA LUMBER at MTG. GO. 1 I S S M noon fc. n nuno lu-rnn.. I?. UUII-IUO, in I UHIUK riPtlSM, MOULD- I ING AND LUMBER, ANY QUANTITY. I Columbia^. C. J I ??f 'I !? - Iitlllicx ?? __ A Chicago chemist has nude Heir- _ cresting discovery that " '> p^r e? lit. f 1 ^ I T L O ( AT 1 | he so called silk used inskitM blouses * * ' l/ly Ilv'1 1/ ud dress"s is nothing less ilcin tin. peaking to a reporter fur the Chicago f Al A T \ 'libttnv, this chemist said that "llie IjLV'V'I I-.\vX* raetiee of substituting tin for vegeable substance originated in Ger- Inexpensive to lay. mny. The vegetable matters were Easy to keep in repair. odetrimeut, though equal brilliancy Light and very durable. f color was not obtainable, and there Waterpro? f and ordorless. ras not the same sheen and 'feel" when ^'ot affected by change of temandled as that prndued by real silk, perature. rhich has the rustle so pleasing to Elastic. idles' ears. 'The practice of the anr^ Alkali-proof. ycr,' he explains, 'to whose hands Fire-resisting and oil-proof. he silk yarn is intrusted for dyeirg \ ermln will not attack It. nd weighting, is to boil it, and iu jo All ready to lay. olng he reduces every sixteen ouners Needs no painting or coating. o twelve, thus eliminating the nat- Will not deteriorate with age. iral gummy substances and the forign matter added for the purpose of ?WHITE FOR PRICES pinning. The twelve onces were then rought up to fourteen by the use of ^sOITII P A^TPR \' annic acid, etc. Today, by the sub- <j\j vj I I^rv.v titutlon of tiu, the twelve ounces are ^ -? ?*?*-?%??? aised to sixteen ounces, or even thirty I 1 \T 1- X- I P\IP\ 1 unces. 'The proportion of "weight- 1 J J * tig." is more than in black silk.' said <V\\i D A Y V manufacturer to whom this state- Y/OiVll Ai\ 1. rient was submitted. 'Frequently nly one-fourth of the woven material All classes building material, s real silk; the other three parts are ill aiul d VP.1 " This uilrlnH. . fill A RI.TISTOV 'Any woman can test for herself I j whether the silk she is buying is tin weighted. Let her hold some threads Brooklyn people about Carlton n a tlame, and the genuine will leave uvenue have decided that Dr. Morris in ash resembling that ol wool when Brooks, the colored pastor of a lurncd, with no traces of filament, jar>i,e negro church, has to move from rhile the tin weighted simply loses its uie house used as a parsonage. They olor and tenacity, each thread re- are getting very "uppity" in Brookaaining distinct in a thin wire j. ? jaUZe." llrcnniN Koost'velt's Defeat. Charles V. Barton, otherwise known BIGGEB.S HUCKLEBERRY s Earl Count Courtney the "Dream COKl>I AIv. >rophet," who eighty days before 'resident McKinley's assassination at toil riiK tulTalo came to Washington rrom Bowels and Children Teething, icattle to warn the President not to It is THE (?It EAT SOUTH EltN eave Washington, as he had dreamed REMEDY for the bowels. It is one >r ?n lmni>nrlt...r .1 - 1 nf 11>? mna* ' ! .... j/v ?,,h ui.Kintci tiuuaicillll^ . v. mv *k?vrov pivaaaiii auu uniCUCiUUS jr.* MeKinley, has dreamed that remedies for all summer complaints. 'resident Ko .srvi lt will l.p riereited At :i seiiSOn wlien violent attacks of resident ho .si \< it. will he ??-.eatcd j t u,w,.|s are so freouent, some speedy or re-electi..n by a New ^ork .suite , n.ljcf shou](| \K. ;ll han,i. The wearied democrat, writes 1 lie Washington | mother, losing sleep by nursing Hie lorresp.indent of The New York Sun. little one teething, should use this t is a matter of record that Rarton, medicine .bout September 1. I'.tOl. was com- FltOM HENRY W.tlRADY. lell.-d to leave the White House by The Constitution Editoral Rooms, lie policemen stationed there, as he r. ... At lanta, <?a., May 23,1887. ,as .ho,,*", to l,o a har.njoss hut a ,no\ing crank. Rarton said at the certificate on merits of any medicine, nue that he had dreamed that l'resi- hut I take pleasure in breaking my lent McKinley would be killed, and rule on this subject in behalf of your ppeared much atTected when no at- Riggers Huckleberry Cordial It !-,the ention was paid to his warning. The '***' medicine I have ever seen tor use 'Dream Prophet" has the following in the family. Fifty cents invested in osav in regard to the next election, a hot tic of this medicine, and put on a ?,._n - I ,i......,,,-,1 j shell convenient for use in the LeginOn April . I d.earned that I rcsi- njn|fof any bowel trouble, will otun lent I loose\eli would be defeated in j^ve life, and will save in almost any he next election and that a Demo- family ten time its cost in doctors' rat from New York would be elected, hills. 1 have a friend whose life, in my "his dream came to me under the opinion, was saved by the prompt use auie circumstances as others, audi of this cordial. It ought to lie in every now in my own mind that the next family in the land, especially at tills 'resident will lie a Democrat. I can ^'oson of the year. I take pleasure in ven name the man." Mart.... has thus lest ifying to it me. its. , ,. ? veiy t rulv vours. ome very remarkable views 011 cor HKNKY W (?l? \I'Y ain subjects, but be is evidently h or sale by all druggists. 2/ie to. f?c>c. horoughly sincere, or thinks he is. per bottle. le isa small, dark-haired in 111, about ? n~ years ohl and a ..atlveof Kentucky. Haltiwar.ger-Tayloi Drug Co , Ie is an employee of the g .vernm.-nt Tiik man (?r woman who cannot Ihey Say Aoout the Metal et. up a damage case these clays is Roof Paint, at h?'r slow. T.\ . iers ns in Atlanta, 111? I 1MJ I'PIt1 VI lananriwiie t.,c elottrlc railway. '''? * ' UIIB, B,I,AM 11 . '*:!, ooo each because they had to or ivci.i; sam :ii' 11,0 rain ^or a,car.. Wiite us for Circular that tella^tou ai r sues the company for ?..00 l?- what such people, as ause the* cai .ailed tostt p for him. American Window Glass Co. i consequence of which lie became w Maynard. Capt. C S. N i y. Acetylene Generator Co.. Standard Plate Glass Co.. P '. f- r,.. -{ y,j*| Q |T1 (I H have to say about this piece ot g , ?fs. VlUt ( ill! C3U1IIUII WSTBIBOTISO AOKXTS. xm, ?-.sss'w mm smpir a, j ^ ?4H>V to consult i?r iiMha-I 615 Plain St., Columbia. S. C. f MM 111! r .1 ?? the | ^ fSF /^lT:Te"V.?"":iLaronna rortland I ? - jf/ V"'* " r' ?*te in I /> . -- i *-? >i j i' > 1 r <a-e tn i anipn X i A UIIAHLKS I'OJJ .jjEfe..- hi'lwiirts.im l:f l?ih? | v. C Hit 111 V/U?, south Carolina. n'n.i i.U 'u'^'tVst'rifp i <?aK<'r's White I.ime. Cements, Fire ytj^ftf^WSPV illation. 11 ? c u rr s j Hricks, Terra ColUi Pipes. /. 1^. wlirro others fall; jv / ajB^Mwtpr experlmcntltifr tia | V\> V ' ;^-?naran'nnon t/nV I 'A VIC TH K STKKKT.1. .11 is too C* iia .aany. also sp.- . pcnsi vc in more ways than one for a i.r ii atii .* w at. n'l w.| >ephy?!' i an * i Rrowlntf. prosperous town to liave poor hen iipp?,--,nrv. which r.ooihrr ofllcp h?-. If streets. 11. i" 'Sts money to pave, hut .11 can Mot call. writ." f..r fr.-e liooUrM and w|m^ does it. Cost tO wade through iic-tlon 1 *nk- Mrntl.vi o.ur trouble, hv- . > tiiiny strictly . otifhtentiai j Newton mud and mi re six months of the year f nfhawnv. M. i>. I pave the streets hy all means as a matHS Ionian Hutiding 221 S. Hroad St i tor of convenience and economy. It la tlanta, (hi a good Investment in the end.