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FACM A ClllSIS. The Invasion of the Boll Weevil Is a Beal Menaco TO TB3 C?TION OF THE SOUTH. ' ./What EeorotAij ofAflrlcuHuro.xWn'' son Says About' thereat In '' Ul? Annual Report to Congress. In his seventh annual report to'Cofl; gress Seoretary of Agriculture "Wilson . deals at sc cac length; with a subject of ;?:'/Mn?lderable;: interest to the cotton planters" of the; South. Here is what he says: . THE) COTTON BOLI. WEEVIL. . v The continued spread pf the cotton . boll w?evii? and the danger- threaten lng the most important industry of tho south by the direct prospect that it will soon reach all portions of the cotton belt, resulted In the. appropria - tlon'by congress of ?20,000 for-'?'con ? tluuatloo? and enlargement of the work of'the division wlth\that pest. This .work was under the direct charge In Texas of Mr. W. D. Hunter, who was aided by a number of assist ants. The funds at the disposal of the di vision enabled it for - the first :tlme to ; conduct experiments with thc cultu ral methods of controlling the pest on a large scale. This was accomplished by entering into contract with two representative large planters tn typt cal situations* in Texas. By the terms of these contracts- the planters agreed to cultivate, care for, and in every way- manage the crop exactly in accordance with the directions of the agent in charge. In this manner the division was given practically com : plete charge .of 325 acres, but without the trouble and expense of renting the land and working the crop, These experiments were located at Calvert, in the Brazos valley, the most seri ously infested portion of the territory at present, and at Victoria, in the ex treme southern .portion of the State, where the existence of volunteer cot ton furnishes the weevils with food very early in the season, thus adding an important feature to the problem that does not occur elsewhere. At Victoria Qeld laboratory was fit ted up, where a thorough study was made of every feature or the life his tory of the weevil. The matter of parasites and the possibility of- con trolling thc pest by their artificial propagation, which has always ap pealed strongly to many planters, re ceived- especial attention. In pur suance of this feature of the investi gation the agent in charge made a trip to Mexico, where the government al commission that had been created for the study of the weevil problem hos especially concerned itself with the propagation of a mite (Pedicu loldes ventrlco'sus), which, at least under certain conditions, has been . found to destroy the larvae of the " pest. The agent made a study of the methods pursued in the laboratory of the commission at Cuernavaca, and through the courtesy bf Prof. A. L Herrera, the head of the commission, he was enabled to bring back to Texas a large., number of cultures. These . . parasites'^yer?'distributed from toe laboratory at^Victorla. The work is being contt"fvned this season, but the indications vre that climatic condl Mons will ai Vys rend??- *- ">"?nable ^"HuT^?xaS '"it?'vei-u?w.v.- .. ..u> ma; . have been obtained in Mexico. The concluding portion of Secretary Wilson's report deals with the CRISIS IN- COTTON PRODUCTION. The . invasion of the cotton boll I weevil'bas been a special menace to our cotton crop, and has done more | than anything else to awaken wide spread apprehension 08 to Mic future of this most important crop. The . _ boll weevil first appeared in the State of Texas in 1894, and from ? bat time on has been under observa tin1: and in vestigation by the department through, its division of entomology. It was not until 1902, however, that I this branoh of the department was | able to undertake anything like thor ough and systematic work in the mat ter of studying this very destructive enemy of cotton. In 1903 the scope of the work was further enlarged an appropriation of 820,000 being made in the division of entomology for the in vestigations. Aside from the work the bureau of plant industry has, during the past year, been carrying ! on considerable work with a view to| securing, if possible, early and resist ant varieties by breeding and selec tion; and hos been conducting nome | more or less general experiments hi the matter of crop diversification at special points in Texas. It has also been engaged in distributing a consid erable quantity of cotton seed of early maturing and promising sorts. The work ot the division of ento mology has shown conclusively the I value of good cultural methods, the I planting of early-maturing varieties, and the destruction of wee vii-infested material, this conclusion having been reached only through the careful and detailed, studies of the life history and habits of the insect. The demon stration work along these lines, which I the division carried on the past year, hos been exceedingly promising, as it I has been shown that cotton can be grown in remunerative 'quantity, des- ; pite tne presence of the weevil. Not withstanding what has been accom plished i>7 the department, however, the fact regains that thc boll weevil is constant!.' spreading north and east, and it ?1 probably only a ques tion of time wLcn it will reach all the cotton growing' States. Thus the! country is confronted with a very grave problem, os the invasion of ibis insect must necessarily mean a com plete revolution In'present agricultu ral methods. During a recent visit | to some of the southern States con siderable time was spent In tho weevil infested district, and from the facts| gathered in this way I am convinced that energetio measures must bc ] adopted to meet the present emergen cy. After thoroughly canvassing the j situation with representative men in congress and with others, I am of the) opinion that a cotton investigation fund should be appropriated and set | aside for immediate usc in connection with this most serious problem. In order to make thc work comprehen sive and thoroughly effective, I am of I the opinion that a sum of not less ) than 8500,000 should be made imme diately available for tnis purpose, the same to be expended under the dlrcc ' tion of the secretary o? agriculture, in suoh manner os will give the most immediate practical results. As to the problems which might be han dled the department with such a BU ?ti available, i'would respectfully call at tention to the following: RECOMMENDATIONS. hit It would seem highly important that some action be taken looking to '. 4~f?<f-?/"> i> tb&fcti?ekH^ radio outbreaks of the weevil lb tb? territory immediately adjacent .to tb>t'now Infested. This could -liest b? accomplished by .the Vbrff anlz?tlon of ia C u'pa ot competent'ent?m?logl?ta and could be carried ou in . cd-opera tlon with the? State 'author! ties. .Tn! order tb make - this work thoroughly effeotiveit swill be necessary for the; State.interested to en?bt?propor l?gis lation:Thhr ia : a .matter that could bo. handled and guided by tboso in authority;: worklng./.under^^tbe^dir?c tlon bf tho secretary of agriculture/- ;.' v;2i-'. Demonstration Work to Show trie Value - of^ Improved 'Cultural Methods by Which Farmers Can Pro duce Fall Crops : In Spite Of thei'Wee vll.-^Thls is theI most promising, field for immediate .relief? and owlpg.to the faot that the weevil 1B SO far con IIned to Texas, the work here outlined would necessarily bo limited moro or less tb this Sute, although regl?os io adjacent territory should also have such; investigations carried on in them in order that the people may be come ^enlightened in advance of the insect's - ravages. The". object and scope ' of " the work" would be to show by actual demonstration ex periments the value of better cultural methods, the?v?biebf early maturing varieties, and the value of and neces sity for compl?te and thorough de struction of all Infested material. To carry out this work thoroughly and effectively would. requrie a. corps ' of men. familiar, with cultural condi tions, and who have the knowledge and ability to dlreot the necessary specific work-that might be ordered by thc secretary of agriculture. Leg islation would be required in this case,' also, to enforce the destruction of infested ?material; but. under pro per organization, this could be brought about; * 3. Work HaVing for Its Object the Production of. New, . Early and Im proved Varieties of Cotton.-The value of early varieties has been de monstrated, but most of them have serious drawbacks In that they are poor yielders and the llntdrops out easily during storms. "These matters may be corrected by proper breeding and selection, and one of the Impor tant problems would haye for Its ob ject the taking up of this work on a systematic scale, to the end of secur ing sorts which would not only be early, but would be storm proof and resistant. :. 4. Studies of Cotton Diseases. While tbe boll weevil is mainly In the public eye at present, the fact re mains that other serious pests of cot toa cause great losses annually. It is natural to attribute all losses at the -present time to the in sect in ' question, whether thesi losses be from other insects, diseases Hoods, droughts or whatever source. Reliable studies indicate that the lost in Texas alone from the so-called roo rot disease will, in all probability, ag gregate several millions of dollars an nually. This and other diseases shoulc be thoroughly studied, and correctlvi measures should be adopted. 6. Cotton Insects.-What is said o cotton diseases is also true of cot Un insects (especially of the boll worm other than the boll weeull. Thesi should all receive careful attention and practical experiments should b carried on with a "view to lessenini the injury caused by them. 6. Introduction of New Crops. - The urgent necessity for the intrc duction of other crops which will tak the place .of cotton can not be to strongly emphasized. . Cotton, c course, should be grown, but the Um ls evidently-at hand when a concerte effort should be made to bring abou a change in southern agricultura conditions in the direction of greate diversification. This is ' recognize now as a vital question in tbe south In many sections already the/yield o cotton is barely profitable, so that when the reduction due to the bo' weevil and other pests is taken int account, it will be necessary to abar don cotton growing altogether; whil the decreased yield in the best dis tricts of the cotton growing section renders it more important that othe crops should bc grown. Such crop as alfalfa, sorghum, Kafir corn, an cereals of various sorts should all rc eel ve attention, not only for silage pastures and winter forage generali} but for green manures as well. 7. Studies and Experiments in Cor nection with Methods for the Destru? tiomand Control of the Boll Weev and Other Cotton Insects.-It woul seem highly important that the go^ ero men t should take cognizance of th many devices which are being place on the market for combating tb weevil and other insects. This necessary, as much for positive ; negative results. Hundreds ot di vices and nostrums are offered to th public, and people are led to spec money for them. The governraei should be in position to detcrmin once for all, the value or nonvalue i such devices, and thus be able to d finitely and positively advise on ? matters of this kind. Aside tro tins, the government should take tl matter of mechanical devices und thorough consideration, and shou encourage, by the utilization mechanical experts, the constructli and use of everythlug which giv promise of practical value. 8. Studies of Enemies of the Insc -While the studies of the enemies the insect have had, so far, no prue cal result, there is no doubt that tl work should be continued and evei thing in the nature of encrai whether they be predaceous or pai sitie insects, birds, fungus parasli or others, should receive careful att< tion. 0. Securing and Distributing SE of Cotton Known to bave Spec Value for Earliness and Ability Resist the Weevil-Systematic actl sbould be taken In tbe matter securing from every source avalla! seed of promising varieties a thoroughly testing them In t weevil-infested district. In addlti to this there sbould be a ' systems endeavor to bring together desira varltics from all available sources advance trials in the sections wh the Insect ls likely soon to make Invasion. _J 10. General Propaganda-Un this bead there should bo organize competent corps of efficient work? who could, with the cooperation of agricultural colleges, farmers' in tutes, State boards of agriculture ; all such organized bodies, bring to attention of planters everywhere latest results as to methods of mt lng the present emergency. TO CARRY ON Tl I IC WORK. To carry out the foregoing work fccl.ually, lt is believed that the 1 results will be secured by a sepat organization. It will be seen t the two branches of the departtn primarily Interested In this mal are the bureau of plant Industry! the division pf entomology; and tl olllcers and men would be in to effect the proper o? ' ? t?^d?rect? tibo tnpal ?! !f?^t^r?B; brr tho work,.. I ^b^?i^e^'f?r^WpMU?U' : ^recommend' that if tho" amoiiht'al- : ready montioped bfrset aside aa%cot-i 1 tori invesslgatlori tuha,tb? secretary of isrrloulture ba authorised''to take'such ?tepa in the; (perfectingof < a '-proped *; argauization forbaridllng: the: work '?s I in his judgment, may be best. Ow- " lng to the very nature bf tho inves- ;? Ligations and the fact that they will ; Involve most thorough -and far-reaob>. lng scientific wofk, the management af the gener?i.plaris must necessarily rest wita the 'department.: ., lt ia :bq-j lleved that the work.can b'o strength sued; by securing the advlco and .a* aper?tion of one or two thoroughly J practical men in the Scated most di- ' rectly interested, viz; . Louisiana and j Texas. The Beoretary ot agriculture, however, should have full authority bo organize tbe work for the sole ob |ect of securing, ;aa already indicated, 1 t he moat Immediate practical results. ; In order, to more effectually handle the problems which must necessarily Tall to the work of the division of eu boinology, I bave already recommed 3?d in my estimates.t&at.thls impor- ; bant j branch ot the -department be made a bureau. The work that it has done in the past, especially in thc Held in question, certainly justifies , this action; and I most earnestly re- '? commend .that thia matter be" given 1 primary consideration in connection with the entire problem, lt is very desirable, furthermore, that, the full-: est cooperation be effected by the de- ' partment with the experiment sta tion Vin the respective States, where tba u>ore important work will be con ducted. This especially true of Texas, where tbe agricultural college ls doing everything in its power to aid in the matter, but where lt is.more or less handicapped by laok.of proper faclll-: ' ties and funds. . Tbe fund recommended to be set aside for the purpose mentioned and used in accordance with the plans out lined will give the department such liberty bf action as the exigencies or the case demand. An Industry which brings to the country an annual in come of something of $500,000,000 is threatened, and the time is at band for energetic action. I again, there fore, most earnestly renew my recom-. mendations for the means . and authority to carry out the plans as herein set forth. Respectfully submitted, James Wilson, . Secretary. Washington, D. C., Na v. 28. 1903. TEE WORKING GIRL; A Savannah Minister Pays Her a Ililli and Deeervcd Tribute. Ttev. Robt. Van Devent?r, a Bap tist minister of Savannah Ga., recent ly preached a sermon on, "The Work ing Girls of the South." He paid a tribute to the army of girls and young women who earn their living, express ed bis sympathy for thom, and deal ing witb their trials and temptations. His text: "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all,!' from Proverbs, thirty-first chap ter and thirty-first verse, was applied to the Southern working-girl of today who, persevering the traditions of ber ancestors, retaining -all the - charms ; and .graces of womanhood and com manding the respect of those who bave the highest regard for the memory of women of the old South who did not work, goes . forth into the world of trade and commerce to.assume duties which have heretofore fallen to the lot of men, and performing them to ? bhe absolute satisfaction of her em- ' ployment. "I maintain that the working-wo ? men Of the South excel them all," said Rev. Mr. Van Deventer. "Southern women have always merited the ad miration they have; taken the place of husbands and brothers at ionic while the men fought back the memy, and have divided their sub it?neo with the despoiler, in times of trouble they have been strong, but the Southern working-girl of today, iescended from ancestors who lived lives of ease and luxury, officiate in ??heir several capacities with dignity ibat ia patriotism to nerve them for jbeir tasks in the hutnjltum business world, yet they work self sarifielngly ind without a murmur." The minister impresjed upon his ?ongregatlo?, among which were a arge number of those of whom he was ?peaking, the essen ti al it, y of ambition ind economy. " Work! ag-glrls should ilways look up to something higher ind develop their talents in order that jbey may be competent to fill higher placea when the opportunity to step ilgher presents itself." "Without am bition," he declared, "to be icontent yo remain in the present positions meir Uves become as narrow as the jonfinements of the offices in which ibey work. "The strength of religion ls above ill essential," he declared. "The life, t,he pathway of the working-girl ls beset with temptations, of a peculiar nature, temptations that are strong er tban are presented to the man who works because in the way in which some people consider tbe girl who finds it necessary to go out and earn ber daily bread. It 1B dangerous for ber to rely upon her own strength of will power. But with ambition," he concluded, "and economic, upheld and strengthened by religion the working girl of the South has a brilliant future." Forgot Himsolf. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says after the second act in "Romeo and Juliet," the play pre sented by tbe Simvelle Co., Wednes day night at the opera house, during curtains, a quarrel arose between L. M. Mortie," who essayed the role of Romeo and Miss Louise Clarke, thc Juliet of the troupe. Spartanburg theatregoers were subjected to .hear ing the use of profane language on the stage, and behind bl JO scene, thc same emanating from the enraged Romeo. This is the first instance of the kind ever recorded here. Several policemen went bebind the scenes and snowman?ed peace soon reigned su preme. The quarrel was due to Ro meo accusing Juliet of cutting him off in his lines. Killed by Hamnlo Medicine. The Cherokee News says ono day last week a representative of proprie tary medicine came to town and dis tributed samples of bis medicine, lie gave out some at tho Limestone mills. Some of the samples went into the home of W. M. Oabiness. Mr. Cabl nesa bad two six months old twins who were sick. lie gave them each a dose of the medicine about nine o'clock on y/ednesday night and' then went to bed. When be waked up next morning be found both children cold and stiff in death. They were afflicted with the hives. Tho a filleted ?^ygvgUh^^ympathy of a host A T?AIN Wfi?CK fa the Terrific Explosion ot a| ? Naphtha Tank Car AND SETS FIRE TO A TOWN rho Explosion Shatters Several Build ItiRS, Overturned Stoves and ' v . Started Swift Piro a. . Streams bf P?rea. ? ?f town "waa fired, aYwhole' traln o? tsars destroyed, two hien wore killed, a score were more or less injured, two perhaps fatally; and ?railroad system waa blocked Thursday shortly after nbonYby a collision or two freight brains, followed by the terrific exp?o-1 sieh of h naphtha tank car at Dover, Del. 1 The following is" a list ot .the dead ind .Injured: DEAD-Breakeman Edward J. Roaob, of Georgetown; infant- child 31ed pf heart Bhock. INJ un ED -On the train, Conductor C. J. Hall, of Wilmington; Engineer ?.-:'\V; Sheppard,*. Wilmington; Fire man John Barker" Wilmington. Ci ti sons Injured-Mrs. W. Morris, serious ly; Mrs. Edward Jones, Mrs. Cleo Cox, Mrs. E. K. Todd, Dr.- H. C. Johnson, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. C. \V. Parker, Mrs. John W. Boswlck, Charles An drew's, Mrs. Jones, Mrs.. Mandy [lowell^ "Asbury Morris, ' Edw'ard | Lynch. A long train or freight cars was ! standing on the main track of UK Delaware Division of the Pennsyl-! vania Railroad In the town of Green- ! wood, a place of about 1,000 inhab- ' Itants. Directly in front of the caboose, or last car, of the stationary train was a tank car tilled with naphtha.' Another heavy freight, running forty miles an hour, crashed ?tito the j ear of the train at rest, and then came the roar of an explosion which was heard for th'rty miles. The sudden blast shattered every window in Greenwood, and then there were the creaking and crashing of timbers and shrieks of wounded or dying men about the train. Fifteen cars were piled in a mass of wreck age, and the locomotive of the second freight was sunk in a bole fifteen feet deep. KIKE SPREADS TO TOWN. I Before the panlc-stlcken , inhabi tants of the place had recovered from the shock, which many of them at first thought was an earthquake, a new danger menaced them. Streams of blazing oil extended from thc wreck and set fire to nearby bouses, while other houses partially wrecked by the force o? tu? explosion caught fire from overturned stoves. ' In many instances a small blaze, which, under ordinary circumstances, could have been quickly extinguished, was'permitted, because of the general panic and confusion, to gain unusual I headway. In this manner tho Green-1 wood Hotel and the Publio School house were almost totally destroyed, and other buildings badly injured and partially burned were the Methodist I Episcopal Church, the Greenwood' Grammar School, the Sattertield stores, the post office, an3 the Penn sylvania .Railroad station, and : the residences of Dr. H. C. Johnson, L. Owens, Frank Porter, John Wiley and I C. W. Ammerman. V ? | THE CALL FOn AID. . Self-possessed railroad. .*^w -i':' ky. workmen, who took'their nandi", and hrave citizens set to work' to restoro j order out of the chaos, first by rigging a special telegraph wire and summon ing railroad workmen from every where, together with all the physi cians within reach. It being evident that thc railroad tracks could not- be cleared at once, a special .train was | made up at Harrington and hurried to the scene with a number of doctors Dn board. HAD HIM EJECTED. A. Labor Leader Refused an And ir euee by Speaker Gannon. Speaker Cannon, resenting what he deemed an insult from Herman J. Schultels, chairman of the national legislative committee of the Knights | of Labor, summarily ordered Mr. Schultels from the speaker's room at the capitol Friday with the parting Injunction to the labor leader never lo darken bis door again. Mr. Schultels made his first call upon the speaker several days ago with the demand that Representative Llvernash of San Francisco be made sharman of the committee on labor and that Representative Wynne of the same city bo made a member of that committee. As both of these men are members of the minority Mr. Gannon explained to Mr. Schultels that their committee assignments j would depend upou the recommenda tion of Representative Williams, the j minority tloor leader, but that lt would be impossible to make Mr. Livernash chairman of the committee, as no chairmanship would go to the minority. When Mr. Schultels appeared be fore thc speaker he announced in what was taken by that official to be an offensive manner that the labor I committee had been ''packed." Ile renewed his demand that Mr. Liver- ? nash be assigned to this committee, announcing that he had defeated Mr. Cannon for election to thc Fifty-sec ond congress and that unless this re quest in this instance was accorded, he would go into thc speaker's district I in the next campaign. Mr. Schultels! did not have time to finish telling thc j speaker what he would do to him at that time, as Mr. Cannon at this point gave his peremptory order for the man's ejection from the room, stating as he did so that there was no chance of the committee's being "packed" by Mr. Schultels. Drowned in thcjCoiiK?* A cablegram received at Nashville, Tenn., announced thc death of II. C. Staymenter, an American missionary and the drowning of 23 of the native crew by the capsizing of a boat on the Congo river in Central Africa. Toe boat was the "Lapsley" and was the missionary craft of the Southern Presbyteriau church. On it wero Mr. Staymenter and Motte Martin of Alex andria, Va., who left the United States on August 1 and went as mis sionaries into thc Interior of Congo Free State. The boat capsized bet ween Leopoldville and Lueho, and Staymenter went down with 23 of the crew. Martin was saved. Tho Kopo Broke. Eleven coal miners were killed Fri rlay at the Gasson-Laquasse mln&at Montegene, Belgium, through'tho breaking of the rope by which a ' cage was being hauled up. The men were precipitated to the bottom of the pit tod their bodies were horribly man ged. SE AMOUNT OF COTIO? GIHNBD. No Comparative Htatemont for this Month, but Evidently a pecrea?o. .Tho United department? of commerce and i?bpfi, has sent out "the following statement of cotton glpned up to November. 14th: . No. of No. of Balfe: Ginneries. United States. . . .7,070,437 S 29,600 Alabama .._ 743,638 - 3,797 Arkansas ........ 400.393 2,408 Florida.39,144 Ti: 204 Georgia:.:. H92 053 4,913 Indian Territory.! ^172,973 485 Kansasi. ...... Kentucky;. . 308 2 Louisiana..,:. 510,494 2,098 Mississippi. 929,890 4,107 Missouri. 22,294 70 North-Carolina,'.. 407,199 . 2,652 Oklahoma.-116,639 <;-? 227 South Carolina.. . 625,611 3,147 Tennessee .....'i. 163; 188. 755 Texas.. ...... 1,932,539 4,412 "Virginia. ?? 7,744 108 In explanation the chief statlcian says: "Tho above statistics of the quan tity of cotton ginned on November 14 were collected through a canvass of all the ginneries in the cotton States by 631 local special agents, who found that 29,500 ginneries had been ope rated tblB season up to and including November 14, and that these had ginned 7,070,437 commercial bales, or bales as pressed at the ginneries. Counting round bales as half bales, the number is 6,815,162.. In this rc port no account has been taken cf the quantity of linters obtained by tho cotton seed oil mills from reginuing cotton seed of this year's growth, but statistics of such cotton mills will be included In the final report for this season. "This report will be followed.by two others, Bhowlng the "-quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of this year to December, 13, 1903, and to January 10, 1904." THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL. Some Very Interesting Figures About Our Farm Products. Seoretary of Agriculture Wilson in his seventh annual report to congress reviews at length the production and exports of American agricultural pro ducts. The increase ic the exports of farm products for the half century ended 1901 was from 8147,000.003 to 8952,000,000-550 percent. The ex ports of farm products for the closing decade of the last century was over 8700,000,000, and for 1903 over $878, 000,000, an amount second only to that of i??i. Although the consumption of cot ton in t his country is greater than that of any other country In the world, yet in addition to supplying the home market, the south exported last year over three and a half billion pounds of cotton, worth 3317,000,000. Of grain and grain products, the export, exceeded io value $221,000,000, and in the supply of animal, meats, and meat products, the value of ex portation was 8211,000,000. Disoussing the balance of trade, the secretary shows that the favorable balance to the credit of this country ls due entirely to the farmers. The balance of trade In favor nf farm pro ducts during the last 14 years, no year excepted, aggregated 4,800 mil lion dollars. In pro lucts, other than th?se_?f the farm, during the same period, the balance of trade was ad verse to this country to the extent of $865,000,000. Our farmers not only conceited this immense obligation, but placed 3,940 million dollars to the credit of the nation when the books bf International exchange were balanc ed. He concludes that, "It is the farmers who have paid the foroign bondholders." Reviewing the magnitude of agri cultural porductlon, after giving the ligures of the most important crops, Mr. Wilson states that tbe value of all farm products, not fed to live stock, for 1903 considerably exceeded their value In the census year, when lt was given as 3,742 million dollars. According to the department's' In ventory of farm animals for January 1, 1903, the value of horses was over 81,000,000,000, and of mules, nearly 8200,000,000. The value of cattle of all kinds considerably exceeded 1,300 million dollars, of sheep, $168,000, 000. and of bogs, $365,000,000. He congratulates the country upon the better distribution of agricultural progress since 1890. The distribu tion of expansion, progress, and wel fare has been more general through out all sections of the country, espe cially In the south. Two Tugs Callide. Three lives were lost and one man was badly hurt Wednesday by a col lision between the tugs Idle Wild and Hercules off Ellis Island In New York harbor. Hans Peterson, Wm. Lasker and a man whose name has not been learned were drowned. John Stor berg, a boatman was cut about the head and bis left knee broken. He is tn a serious condition and unable to give any details aa to how the accl .dent occurred. The Hercules ls owned by the American Towboat company of Baltimore. The Idle Wild, which had ll men on board, was cut nearly in two and sank immediately. All save three of those on board were picked up by. the Hcrculess. The Hercules was not seriously Injured. Constables In a Fight. The Columbia State says Chief Con stable Hammett has been apprised of a battle between constables and the per sons at Babb's distillery, near Green ville. The report of C. L. Cureton, the chief constable, states in a terse way: "Wednesday, Dec. 2, I took ray force and went to the Lark regis tered distillery, known as the Tully Babb distill jry, about four miles from the- city, and while there we were fired on a number of times by Tully Babb, Joe Babb and others. They used Winchester rltles and breech loading double-barreled shotguns. Wc succeeded in arresting all concerned and captured their arms and ammuni tion after they had shot 30 or 40 rounds. The preliminary will be held on the 14th." Fooled the widow. Charging that she bad been de frauded of her entire fortune of $160, 000, Mrs. Mary A. Jex, of New York, widow of a former Wall Street opera tor secured a warrant* Thursday for thc arrest of a man said to bea prom inent real estate dealer. Pending the serving of the warrant the namo of the man bas not been made public. It ls charged that Mrs. Jex entrusted ber property to this man. whom she was engaged to marry, and that he appropriated lt to his own use. Tetero ls no grumbling about the hard times. Let us make the best of it and bope for better times next year. Tho Scou?tirel WM' Trailed tnt Caught by Blood Hounds. THE TJS.tTAL' OBIMB THE^ CAUSE. ; ; Details bf tho . Assault and Pas-salt; . dapture and ExecutlooSof tho Brutal Aesatlanlt of ; a Youri? Lady. Dorchester County has bad ber first . ltachlng, but lt won't be the last uni ? less the black brutes down there keep their bands.ott of \wbite. women. A: , brutal fiend made an assault' upon.a jj young lady, near Ross, a station about eight miles below Georges, on last Friday afternoon about three o'clock. . Before"nigh?, there was gathered lb the little towi. if Rosa a crowd of de termined citizens numbering about ' three hundred Jmen from thc adjacent towns' and county, bent upon tbe swift punishment of the dastardly fiend who bad attempted an assault upon a respectable young lady. For tunately, by the brave , fight of the | lady, who is a member of a promin ent family, tbe brute failed in bis diabolical purpose, but the lady'was badly bruised by bel?g choked. It seems that tbe young lady walked a short distance from ber borne to where they wero having some "farm work'done and, after getting there, fouud that the workmen bad . opt re turned and sbe dcolded to wait;and . lt was whilst she was walting there, fi practically in calling distance of her home, that the negro, John F?gle, . came upon her and undertook his das tardly work, but, being frightened by i her pitiful cries for help and bpr i struggles to free herself from bia 8 clutches around her throat, he ran td- c wards tho woods near by. ? Tbe report soon gained currency t and by night there was a posse of de- " termlned men scouring thewoods and \ swamps for the negro. The search 1 was fruitless, although several sus picious characters were caugbt and brought for identification before the young lady, none of whom answered the description. Until the midnight train from Charleston brought the ' blood bounds nothing could be done. 1 As su-in as the dows caught the trail \ they followed it Until lt brought them to the home of Fogle, and after a search was made for him tbere was found that ho had again escaped; so going back to the scene of the crime at the early hour of 4 o'clock Saturday morning, another traill was taken again, and this time as before tbe dogs carried the scent till they reached thc steps of the negro's bouse, sud . then' their shrill bowls and barks j broke out on the crisp morning, air and the posse knew that tbe fiend was caught. He was carried before the young woman, who immediately identified him, and then in a quiet and still manner, just as thc sun was peeping from over the eastern hills, Fogle paid the penalty for bis crime, sus pended In midair. Then tli?^boum of a hundred guns broke tue death-like 1 silence and announced the first lynch- " lng In Dorchester County. The body of John Fogle was left dangling from the limb ot one of the trees of the ; forest as a silent warning. 'Hui South Vindicated. In discussing the formation of-the Republic" of Panania the Springfield . Republican says: "So it bas come.to pass that a State may secede by telo- , graph in the morning, organize a government before noon secure recog nition in order to catch Ute afternoon editions and announce its ministers " plenipotentiary under scare heads in the evening extras. In the twinkling of an oye lias corae this strenuous mod ern miracle from the man on horse back at Washington. Hay ne, Cal- . lioun, ("Bob") Toombs, Yancey, Pres ton S. Brooks, Gideon Pillow, Briga- < dier Floyd, Vallandigham, Magoffin, 1 Joflbrson Davis, and all tho illustri- . ous line of ("secesh") and ("coppor- ? head") chivalry, you aro vindicated at last, Webster, John Quincy Adams, Sumner, Lincoln, Seward, Grant, Sherman and all the boys in blue, your idea is forty years out of date." Tlie South tried to teach the North this great lesson forty years ago, but the people of that section were so obtuse that they failed to take it in. But Teddy has succeeded better than tito South did. The logic of tlie Republican is sound. If the State of Panama has the right to se cede and form a Republic in 1903, the South had the right to clo BO in I860. We were confident that tho South would be vindicated, but wo did not expect the vindication to come so soon, nor from the quarter it has. Let us hoar no more about rob?is. This government has not only endorsed a rebellion, but it has actually used its navy to protect the rebels in their effort to set up a gov ernment in opposition to the mother country. All of which goos to provo that John G. Calhoun was a great statesman and a true defender of tho rights of men. We endorse the ac tion of Teddy in tlie Panama affair becauso it is a vindication of tho position of tlie South when it with drew from the Union. Tho Postal Steal. In tho publication of an abstract! of General Bristow's report, the country has an authentic record, supplemented by notes from Presi dent Roosevelt, of tho general cor ruption which has existed in tho Post Office Department for several yoars and under Republican ad ministrations. Hero is the rosult of tho investigations. Four oflieors of tho department havo resigned and thirteen have been removed. Forty six indictments havo hoon iuuhxh involving thirty-one persons, ton, pf whom wcro prominent iii the postal sorvico. Mr. Bristow esd/tioatos tho total amount obtained from tho government hy fhcao swindlers at about ?'J00,0Q?, hut admits that thia amii is small in comparison with tho losses involved in tho purohaso, at exorbitant rates, of usoless and un necessary supplies. In his review of tho report, tho Prcsidont praisos tho thoroughness of tho work dono hy tho investigators, agrees with tho advico to extend tho stati?to of limitations for a period of five years for officors who. hold positions of trusts under tho government, and oiuls with n dissertation cn tho ovils of corruption in., public life, tho equal guilt of bribe-giver anti bribe taker and eimilar, platitudes. He reu. E.?y lit cur? uaw, A alua'? bohle a? , Will ptobibtir 4o tire iotfc;'B?4 'ctie*rcqBto iii??* r7-**'^ ?.*,.(.?..?????;? ? tb? nptr*c^ o? thoiiit?H-iiint.ri . i la tb? ?ritenu It parlfiei the blood, telltrei the Inflt:?mill?n of thc kid-. ^e??, tb? eh tonic ,i;ooMlrMloa>nd the cartu h th? |ollov?v?ai? ? kSSfri '. 71???h-'*,,-?l.??LBi w?tb???.' w.Hi?fc py^i?;c;;fi so re?? ?ia : &KBHKUW?T^ .heV?icon.plrtelyt?teil?i . y W}W?CW*> ind declare, the feeU.Vrcarirounder".Md (l .njcioit.: try RHEUM AC<L)B ind be cured. i .? T * ? ? RBV. J. R. 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