The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 01, 1904, Image 4

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With you we've seen a winter gc And heard tho robina sing; With you wo'vu fondly gazed upon " ino beuu??a o? ibo opriug. With you v/e'vo seen tho suminor como, lu all ita wealth of bloom, And with you wo bav? wandered througU The gardens of porfume. With you wo saw tho autumn tint The leaves in colora bright: _ And you wore with us ivnon the frost Spread wide its deadly blight. Anti when the wintor came again It round you still our friend, Though weary, faint, and tottering, And waiting tor tho end. Twelve months ago wo welcomed you, When you wore young and fair, But now your once stniigbt form Is bowea, And whitened bi your hair. The time has oomo for you to go, And wo can only sigh And shake your hand, and sadly say, "Goodby, Old Year, goodbyi Tho Now Year. A friend stands si tho door, _: In cithjis^rght closed hand Hiding neb gifts, threo hundredand threescore, Walting to stiow them dally o'er tho bind Even as Bood tho sower. ' ' Each drop ho treads lt in and passes by; lt cannot bo fruhtful titl.lt die. ' Oh, good New Year, we clasp This warm shut hand of thino! Looking forever with half-sigh, ?au crasp, That which from ours falls Uko dead tbigors twino; Ay, whothor floreo its grasp Has boen or gentle, having been, wo know That it waa blcosod: let tbp old year go. Oh, New Year, tnach us faithl Tho road of lifo LB hard: . When our foet bleed and scourging winds us scathe, Point thou to Him whoso vissage was moro marred Than any man's; who saith: .'Mako straight paths for your foot -and to tho opprest: ?.Como yo to roo, and I will give you rest. Yet hong some lamp-liko hopo Abovo tho unknown woy, Kind year, to glvo our spirits freer scopo And. our hands strength to work whilo lt is day. But if that way must slopo Tombword, oh, briiig before our fading eyes Tho lamp of life, tho hopo that novor dies. Comfort our sohls with love Lovo of all human kind; Love, special,?ci?se-in which iiko shelieij Divine. comprehend, _ _ ds, each in his BROOM CORN. lc Mutt o a Stead (Getter. wm-corn commands F?0 the ton. In some r Jarts of the"United States?three acres will produce this amount of standard broom corn, and when demand ex ceeds supply and prices go up many farmers are induced to put In a crop. brush, grown frequently as an experl m mt, inferior, there follows a marked ^leoline In market value. Then there i abandonment of the Industry, (gain the prices soar. tonditlon has led the depart "agriculture to make a careful r ; the possibilities and the re gents of broom-corn cultivation, ^result, the scientific advice tc who live where soil, and es vclimate, are adapted to tblf kplant a Held of acre, makestl^rT^..^ ^^-^parently a lucrative one even at the ordinary price, which is about>$80 a ton." From two to three ?months of good weather is all thut is needed to ma ture a crop. Any soil that will yield good grades of ordinary corn will pro duce the broom species, but the warm er climates of.the United States are best adapted to this crop. One bushel of good seed is sufficient to KOW twenty acres. Everything de pends on the quality of the seed sown, and therefore the government experts admonish farmers to test lt. Todo this it is not necessary to send it to a seed-testing laboratory, for one can be constructed and operated at home. The process is the acme of simplicity. Two dlnuer plates and a heavy piece of flannel cloth complete the labora tory equipment. One hundred seeds should be placed between the folds of the dampened cloth and set in one of the plates, th-thir other plate inverted over it, and the whole placed where the tem perature, in the daytime will be from 60 to 80 degrees, and at night not lauch^ below 50'degifce?. The good seed will begin to sprout in three or four days. k. be \ eic Bfeaj Stprms of Old England. England's recent hurricane was a teacup altair compared with is of historic record. In the year London alone 1,5U0 houses were down. In October, 1901, a great 2t of churches and 500 houses destroyed. In 1235 lt thundered fteen consecutive days. The [ful nights during which Crom splrlt passed has formed a Tor poets and partisans. And. pat storm that "o'er pale Brlt iissed" In November 1703-the rrible In British annals-also enduring record In poetry. It iage in London to the amount 0,000, ovor 8,000 people were in Hoods in various parts of ntry, twelve men-of-war with 10b men on board, went down of land, and the Eddystono ?ouse, along with Winstanley, 'entor, was swept away. Free On oe Moro. Siuox City, Ellsworth P. De Wednesday stepped from the e penitentiary a free man, after ving served a term o( fifteen years for the theft of two "cent postage stamps. His-case is the most remark able in the history of the western courts. Defranc was convicted In United States district court of Ne braska for holding up a mail car. Ile secured only postage stamps, was tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life. The matter waa brought to tho attention of President McKinley. He minuted tho sentence to fifteen years imprisonment. fclpyard Counsel Says Wall Street j HJftb Financiera Shout "All Stock Sold," Then They Go Out and Peddle lt. "1 told Baron Rogniat that it was a j general custom among high financiers in America when disposing of a bond issue first to announce the issue ::& great success, then to peddle th? bonds." The statement was made on the witness stand in New York by O. B. Alexander, head of the Jaw firm of Alexander & Green, general coun sel for the Shipyard Trust in the nearing of tho suit to make the re ceivtrship.of the United,StateB Ship building Company permanent. Mr. Alexander said he gave the informa tion to tho French millionaire in.ex planation of a message the Baron bad received from John W. Young, the formal promoter of tbe.trust, in which Young had said that the bond Issue was a success in America. BRIBE ron FRENCH PRESS. That the men responsible for the French underwriting understood not only American methods, but those In votfue in Europe was proved by Mr. Alexander's admission that $200,000 of the bonds bad been set aside to brlbo the Paris newspapers, fie was asked wbctber. he had uot seen the shipyard securities quoted above par. He refused to give satisfactory answer to that question. Mr. Alexander also testified to the efficacy of thc cable message which George W. Perkins ad mitted ho sent to the Paris house of Morgan, Harjes & Co., asking the bouse to give more cordial support to the bond issue. He said that under writers had received scant courtesy from Morgan, Harjes & Co. before that, but afterward they were treated more pleasantly when they called. He said that house had been designated as receiver of the underwriting money in a cable from New York, but he re fused to say who sent the cable. THE FRENCH KICKED. L Alexander said that Baron Calvet fib Rogniat had signed the underwrit ing agreement for a million in bonds and secured Bub-uuderwriting for $600,000. Mr. Alexander would not admit that he knew the Oppenheims in Paris were soliciting underwriting on com mission. They bad given him a great deal of information, however, in re gard to the underwriters, and one ol the Oppenhelms had accompanied bim to the Bank de lloma when he filed the securities. "I had an impression." he finallj said after repeated questions, "that Baron Rogniat bad been interested bj the Oppenheims, but there was noth ing definite said to me on the subject by anybody." ? Q. Did Rogniat comol?in of thc way he had been deceived by Young': A. Yes. Q. Did he say that Young tele graphed that tb? 'matter was a sue cess, aud be took Young's represeuta tlon of Colonel A. J. McCook? A. H? sain-that. - ....' -QI unlit of thcii 'JoilgaT Q. Did "ne say he understood thal all they now bad to do was to coiled their underwriting commission? A Yes. Q. Did you then say to him thai the word "success" did not mean th? sale of all the bonds, but the sale o such a number as encouraged thc Trust Company of the Republic t< feel that the rest would be sold it time? A. Yes, among big! finauoieis? A. I believe! it is. Qi "What did he say-to1 that state ment-did. he-express himself as sur prised? ' A. He didn't say anything on the subject. Q. That was the excuse you gave him for the French underwriters'/ A. It was a theory I advanced. Q. Did you tell him be had been made ridiculous lu the eyes of bis sub underwriters? A. Yes. Q. Did you ask him if a call was made on the underwriters, would be be prepared to pay his part? A. 1 did. HIS MEN WOULD "KICK." Q. Did be tell you he was afraid that some of his sub-underwaters, when he told the true situation to them, would kick? A. In substance, yes. Q. Did you tell bim you did not think that aileoted the legal relation of the transaction? A. Yes. Q. Did be say that legal relations were one thing and doing things courageously and in a businesslike raauner was another? A. "Accurate ly" would be more correct-otherwise the statement is correct. Q. Did you then discuss the pres ent prospects of thc combination and the character of the men in it? A. I did. Q. Did you give Iii m a line tribute In regard to the future of the com pany? A. I did, expressing my opin ion. Q. Hov were you able, in thc ab sence of any knowledge of the capital of the company, or its assets in money, its profits or debts, to enlighten any undersvriter? A. I knew in a gen eral way about the combination from John W. Young. Q. Did Baron Rogniat, before you got through, express himself as de lighted, and that he bad a good thing? A. Yes. Q. He never took the bonds up, did he? A. Yes, 82,1,000 of the $1,000,0U0. Q. That is the extent to which lie thought it was a good thing? A. Yes. Q. Attempts were made to induce bim to make good lils agreement? A. Yes. Q. Thc question of Importance to these underwriters was as to thc merits of the securities as well as the property. You spoke of the merits of the property in connection with tho merits of tho securities, did you not? A. I spoke well of the property, but not of the securities. Q. Did you say in the presence of Mr. Oppenheim to Mr. Young that bc must mako his peace with Rogniat and cat humble pie? A. I refuse to iinswer. ' EXCITED THE FREN () II. Q,: Did you tell them Mr. Morgan ?ad taken some of the bonds? A. I fold thc Oppenhelms of a rumor \ Mr. Morgan bad taken some of the Shipbuilding bonds, and tu?t greatly ^excited them-that ls, lt encouraged them. Q. lt assisted you in getting und?r wrltings? A. Well, they knew the Morgans. Q. What promise was made to too French press in regard to the under ' writings? A. 1 don't know. Q. l)o you know for what the Frenqh press was to get $200,000 of these bounds? A. I did hear that there had been a remittance made for I press purposes, but for what purpose I do not know. Q. Did you . ever learn that the securities of the United States Ship building Company were quoted in Now York at a premium? A. I decline to answer on the ground that lt was privileged. Q. How-was it privileged? A. I learned it In a privileged way. Q. Is lt not a fact that such "news" was sent to and published In the Paris' edition of a New York paper? A. I deollnc to answer. Q. Do you remember Baron Rognlat coming to you and saying be bad been *to see Harjes with a man who spoke English, and that Harjes told him there were no actual quotations in New York for .the Shipbuilding busi ness? A. Yes, that was about July 28. ~~Q. And about July 30 they began to talk well-about lt? A. I think it was said that those who went there were treated in a pleasant raauner. Q. Mr. Harjes showed you a cable j he received from New York about | July 30? A. He sent me a cable. The cablegram sent by Morgan & Company on July 28, bespeaking cor-, dial terms for thc Shipbuilding busi ness was shown to the witness who said it was the cable young-llarjcs had shown him. Q. Didn't, Harjes tell you he had been prejudiced against the whole affair by Young, knowing Young as be did. he thought the whole business bad. and didn't you in reply say you had not Introduced Young, that he was a mere promoter such as Mr. Mor gan constantly used in New York, and that Rognlat told you be would pay the entire call? A. Ile did say ho w?uKI-pay-tho entire call. I don't recall that I sahl Mr. Youug was such a promoter as-yoti name. These questlon\by Mr. Untermyer proved to be baseuNm suppressed let ters and cablegraras^betweeu New York and Paris. Mr.^Gutbrie ob jected to this method of gfeljting these matters before the public, \. Q. Did you say to Mr. HarjeVstbat you knew Young had made an ass himself-you didn't say that In the presence of Mr. Young, did you? A. I don't remember. Q. Didn't you say to Baron Oppen heim that you could get even a worse report of thc Shipbuilding Company than Seiigman had given if they would ask the Huntington Shipyards and other people angry at being left out what they thought about it? A. 1 may have said that, but do not re member to whom. 1 may have said it to Oppenheim. OVERTURES TO ITALIAN'S. Q. Did you know Alexander. Odero? A. Yes he represented a group of Italian underwriters. Q. Did Odero ask you to explain the "Republicus" telegram; saying the whole matter was a success, and did you tell bim what success meant according to the New York theory? A. 1 don't remember. Q. Do you recall an Interview with euvoyor,. R*.,-ir?'w?jjcii you told him that the entire million collar's oTu'Is son's underwriting ought to be paid, and you said that last week you bad people who would have taken up his underwriting, but you had allowed bim to remain because of his high character and positive statement^ At that time did you have a pej 0f^P persons ready to take a millh?at{on j derwrith.g? A. The inforr.c ed j have on that subject is jnjvlhnii01,lr,)T to get the no definite your investigation lead you believe that the Baron Rognlat was able to respond with 31,600,000? A. Rognlat convinced me that he had 8800,000. Q. Was he able to pay the entire underwriting? A. I think he could have paid it. Q. Shreyer, Jr., took a million of the underwriting. Did he have a million? A. No, I think not. Anything for Sensation. R. W. Gaston and Miss Belle Wof ford, of Woodruff, Sp.irtanburg coun ty, were married Wednesday after noon on the train between Woodruff and Spartanburg, by Rev. B. L. Wof ford, a cousin or the bride. They are members of prominent Woodruff fami lies, the groom being a merchant of that place, of considerable means. The bride is a member of the"old Wof ford family, related to Rev. Benjamin Wofford, founder of Wofford college. They stated that their only object In choosing this plan for their marriage was to have a unique and romantic affair. The couple left Thursday night for Atlanta, where they will spend several days before returning to Woodruff, where they will make their home. A CINCINNATI preacher ls going to have a parlor in his church building where courting couples may come and enjoy company ot one another-this in view of tlie fact that many girls arc so situated at their homes that they cannot receive company there. The idea ls a philanthropic one, and was doubtless conceived in the good ness of tho preacher's heart. Yet, lt Is a fact that young people who are courting do not like to have their af fairs advertised. Usually they may be depended upon to find some way in which to do their spooning with out having resources to a general court shop. SENATOR Hanna has been in New York and it is said that he has been informed that If Roosevelt is thc can didate there will be nothing doing so far as campaign contributions are con cerned, but If Hanna is the candidate gol-1 will How into the coffers like winer. The Columbia Record says ?It is said to be an open secret in Wash ington that Hanna wants thc nomina tion. Tie denies that he is a candi date, but he is expected to do that; but at thc same time it is said that he ls not practicing dodging nomina tion lightning should it strike his way. THE Washington Post, referring to the outrageous conduct of Chicago strikers In preventing the burial of tlie dead unless union dri vers were em ployed, says: "lLegitmate and worthy labor organizations will strengthen their cause by repudiating such organ izations as the Cnlcago livery drivers, and uniting In seeing that they re ceive the punishment that they so richly desbrvo for their unexampled laji" "sness." A STREET TRAGEDY. Dr. O. B. Sally Sliot by Dr. Josoi Durr In Augusto, Ga. '^ne Augusta Chronicle says Dr. b. B. Sally, a well kqown physician r? sidlug lu West End; was shot throuflh tho apex of the right lung Saturday afternoon shortly after 3 o'clock aid. dangerously wounded, by Dr. J. p Durr, also a physician residing in thit, section of the city. The scene of . the, shooting was at tho side gate of Br Sally's residence, at tho corner pf Greene and Mtlledcte streets. The side gate opens tm. to Millcdge street, Jdst back of the cast end of tne~rear piazza. The back yard, into whljjh tho gate leads is inclosed by a high, whitewashed fence. An ordinary man has to stand on tip-toes to ste over tho fence. It was Just at tills gate that Dr. Sally was shot. I When"Dr. Durr walked up to the gate Dr. Sally was on his rear piazta, baying just entered it from tho back yard. Dr. Durr looked over the fencej saw Dr. Sally, and called to him ?to come to tbe gate, that he had some thing to show him.' Dr. Sally de clares that not expecting any trouble with Dr. Durr and BO far as he knew having uo reason to expect apYi prcmptlyjinsweied the summon, ile went dow~h the steps and walked over to the gate. He opened the gate and Btepped Just outside of it, on to the sidewalk. He was bareheaded. As he stepped out Dt. Durr, with an oath, declared: "Now I've got you, dam you, and I'm going to kill you." Dr Sally advised Dr. Durr to go on and behave himself. Dr. Sally de clares that at this moment he recog nized for the first time that. Dr. Durr was under the inlluence of liquor. Dr. Durr again oursed Dr. Sally vilely and repeated his threats- Dr. Sally again asked him to go on, that he did not wls'u to have any trouble with him, or" any., other man. Dr. Durr then drew his pistol. Dr. Sally still thought that he could send the man off without further', trouble. "You G-d-s-b, I am Wolng to make you have trouble withjme," de clared Dr. Durr, according to . Dr. Sally and the other witnesses who were near enough to hear what passed, and leveled his pistol. Hts hand was unsteady and the pistol wabbled. With his left hand he held the right band steady as he Jpulle?l tho trigger. At tbe report ur. ?afaiiy staggered back to the gate, and a relative stand ing on the back porch rushed to bia side. Mrs. S^lly and her children, who _ iheard the shot, rushed out on the po^cl?^creiiming. Others in the neigli borhoodSftilckly gathered. Dr. Sally ima wi i?*0 tho hnnsn .anrl physicians telepbon^dA for. In a few minutes several wen5 ab the bedside of the wounded ma\P- Dr- Durr raade nc] effort to fire THlfc the one snot' Uc used a 38 calibreVSmith- Wesson. After firing the shot lAturned and started towards Broad street- Witnesses say he staggered and as^e seemed carchis, with the pistol, whiifc ne still ??ad in his hand, they gave Di"?a wiu> b,ert?: Fireman J. D. Willey1' stationed at Engine Co. No. corner ol Ellis and Milledge str/fts, less than a hundred yards from pe scene of thc shooting, started at?>s the street, in tending to inter^Pt Dr. Durr and stop him. Dvr- Dur,r Sf tenUon, and lefeUnghis pistol at Mr. Williamson, sa^' . ,Whf in tU^h-^ have you to def IS?g ? feffi linmmnn/.nfo^ed that he had U\" stopped and toldL9apt; ^araes. of En glue Co. No. 4,ri1|8hofc that fellow Dr. Sally, dao^ t1,ra-" tS?me ??< begged th!itay?7slt:lau be t?l?phon?e u^Zjx^gm?^Starncs rushed to thc ^HB^r passed on. Reach flwffaVi Durr turnee Tntlie mcir^H Bk>. telephon ed to the drugt,. , ?)r. J. P. Smith, and asked treHfin"olieemat! on the beat be uotilledi^^B ; ,r J. ll. Wilkins was standing nearv?^ was al so ofilcer Holtzlaw, who was ? not on duty. Thc two otllcers rushed towards t he scene of the shooting, going up Ellis street. When they reached the engine bouse they were notifie?!,that Dr. Durr had just turned down/Broad Street. They followed quickly, over taking Dr. Durr midway the square, in front of the old Welsh house. Ile made no resistance when haulted and willingly threw up his hands to be searched. He made ney statement further - than to say thanhe had shot Dr. Sally. The oillcers^ay he was drunk or under the influence of some thing, what they could not say. At the police barracks Dr. Durr re fused to make a statement to the newspaper reporters present. The ollicers on duty there, also declare that lie was either under the inlluence of liquor or a drug. For this reason they made no effort to talk to him ab^ut the shooting, and shortly after he was sent to jail, on tho charge of assault with intent to murder. So far as can be learned Dr. Durr made no statement to any one as to why he shot Dr. Sally. There is a report current in West End that sometime earlier in the day Dr. Dorr declared that it was bis Intention to shoot Dr. Sally, alleging that Dr. Sally had used underhand methods to injure him with lils patients, and to secure his dismissal as attending physi cian . Dr. Durr is said to have made such statements to a Mr. Ware and a Mr. Swearlngame. These gentlemen could not he located for a confirma tion of these reports. It was also gathered from Indefinite reports that the immediate cause of the shooting was the fact that Dr. Salley had been called in to attend a case in the Fuller family, who occupy a house owned by Dr. Durr and next door to Dr. Durr's home. Dr. Durr had either been informed or conceived the idea, so it is reported, that Dr. Sally used unfair methods to root him out as family physician. Beyond these reports, there ls no motive de veloped for the shooting. The bullet from Dr. Durr's pistol struck Dr. Sally Just above thc collar bone, and so near the median line that his collar button was struck and broken. Thc shot was at close range, and thc wound is powder marked. That one of the larger blood vessels of the neck was not struck, causing instantaneous death, is ?ooked upon as remarkable by thc attending phylsclans. As yet the bullet, has mt been located, and its exact range cannot be told. The outcome of the wound depends, of course, on the amount of internal injury done by thc bullet. It may bc hours before this can be definitely settled. Although suffering a great deal of pain, no unfavorable symptoms have appeared and the physicians nrc encouraged. The wound is a serious one, usually, and for this reason the progne-sis I. .-.uardr-.d. If some of the blood vesselu were injured and only the apex of tho lungs touched, Dr. Sally has a good chance to rocjver. There is even hope that the bur ,-'* was deflected by striking the coll bone and tbat it glanced entl around tbe deeper structures of neck, dolo;? little damage. Ever, thing possible ls being done for the injured man. Dr. Sally is one of the best known t physicians o? the city, and- highly re- p spected throughout the state. Ther.'j U ls general regret over the occurrence, c and a universal hope among the peo- a plo Of the city that he ls not seriously e wounded Ile ls one of tho city's most substantial citizens and a successful practitioner of medicine. Heia also i known as a quiet and peaceable man. t Dr. Sally lo married ami has several t children. They are greatly wrought ? up by tho shooting. s Trougbout ab of Saturday af ternoon and night leading citizens, both of I West End and other sections of the t city, called at the residence to learn 1 the particulars of the shooting and 1 latest as to the voanded man's condl-. i tlon. About the corner a morbid i crowd of the curious stood through out the remainder ?f the afternaon, discussing the details of the shooting. Tbe residence was guarded by a po liceman and only those wished by tbe family were permitted to euter the premises. At a late hour Saturday night Dr Sally was reported resting quietly and no unfavorable symptoms had devel oped. With the passage of eaob hour the physicians grow more hopeful that the wound is not or a fatal na turo. Dr. O. B. Salley ls a son of the late Dr. Nathan Salley, who use to live near Norway in this county. . He bas many friends in Orangeburg County, i Who will be pleased to learn that the j physicians attending bim are hopeful that the wound will not be fatal. PUBLICITY VEE REMEDY. ?-" (' |D. J. Sully & Co. Sargent a Novel Solution of'tho Cotton Problem. Daniel J. Sully & Co., well known bankers and brokers of New York, and Influential factors In the cotton mar ket, propose an entirely new abd novel scheme for improving the price of cotton goods. Their "plan .is to ed ucate the public up to the point of paying higher prices for goods, and in carrying on this campaign lt is pro posed .to spend $275,000 during the coming year. The proposers of this scheme offer io donate $ i 0,000 for this purpose, and they call on the cotton manufacturers of the United States to provide the remainder. Cotton mill men received lengthy letters from Daniel J. Sully & Co., giving the details of their proposed scheme and enclosing cnni?? of a pro spectus they are issuing. The prospectus submits that the real problem confronting the spinner is to re-awaken this temporarily stalled consuming power, the solution of which Hes in educating public sen timent by convincing the consumer that high-priced cotton bas come to stay, lt is stated that this is essential to an early resumption of normal trade activity. Accordingly it is held out to be the interest of the spinner to prompt ly take up the educational work. . The idea advanced by Messrs. Sully & Co. contemplates the establishment of a bureau of publicity for spreading publie knowledge of cotton as a high priced commodity. It ls proposed to operate through the following chan nels: L (l.) Semi-advertising "write-ups" i|?iA^^r,^si?.'-^-K>#r^*rrgOf -circulation and 'influence. (2.) Associated Press services of au thoritative personal interviews, and timely and pertinent information. (3.) Co-operative advertising (4.) Direct trade argument on the dealer. The argument is held out that, with the expenditure of so large a sum of money as $275,000 in one year, it would be possible to bring the pub lic to a true understanding of the exact condition of affairs in the cotton world. THE FIRST CHIRSTMAS * Prom the Gospel According to St. Imke, Chapter , Verso 7-20. And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him In swaddling clothes and laid bim in a mauger, be cause there was no room for them in the inn. And there was In the same country sheperds abiding in the Held, keep ing watch over their flock by nigh. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone Tound about them, and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them: "Fear uot.for.behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. "For unto you ls born this day in the city of Daid a Saviour, which ?3 Christ the Lord. "And this shall be a sign unto you, ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a man ger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." And it came to pass as the angels were gone away from them In heaven the shepherds said one to another: "Let us now go even unto Bethel hem and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us." And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe ljing in t ?e manger. And w an they had seen lt they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And they that heard lt wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorify ing and praising God forall the things hat they had heard and seen as it was told unto thom. COTTON passed the fourteen mark in speculation in New York last week. The Columbia Record says "we now expect to see in tho papers what a vast sum of money the farmers of the South have received from this risc in price, when as a>matter of fact practi cally all of the cotton has been out or their hands weeks ago. The high est prices seem always to come Just before the crop is picked or just after all of it is sold by the farmers. PnoFiissou Langley will continue to experiment wltL L?*"t -r'rsblp as tho newspapers give bim free adver tising. WK need a good merchant marine, but we don't need to subsidize a lot of rich ship owners. 'take ^r, ex rom lalnMtso,,. > tho same genWH Hff ,ran T; ougiess In this JllflWittf'ew >,carB Ince: Hore is the lette#* d *e boPe very farmer will read lt/ t You gave some noticfc > m/ P'an o control the sale and pW^ of cotton ? a recent, issue of yourAe.?01'' h? ,n; crested am I and ye/w> so fcariul hat my plan would n/> ?vork that bo ure I said anything>b<?ut it, I got orno farmers togetZfer. Prove lt, Chis proof of it I rlov' wish to give dong with thepUw AU attempts K) organize tho t/irm?X?**T P^eu :utlle, and I thl.yir one reasoTkJs that lhere was no ruc Uv>y for tbefanBST8 >n iny tf them./The best BtleklftgJ plaster lu ihn jworld is a dollar, as itf ??viii stick a Beautiful woman to a m'serable old .'(cuss" of. a man. It will itlck the farmers together, and ls the best s'ign, password and pledge un Sod's earthjT and is the basis, the spring and fInspiration of all effort, both Individual and corporate. . Therefor? if my plan makes money for the fariners they will stick. It is as follows! In place of each farmer carrying his cotton to his local market and Bellinjg lt ti? tho local store-keeper or exportfagent, let all In a neighbor combine themselves into an ograniza tlon ama pledge themseves to sell only through their agent. Every man who handles our cotton makes something out of lt, and the greater number who handle it the less there ls In lt lor the tp?n who sells lt. Thereiore, my plan-is to eliminate as many of these middlemen as possible and bring the farmer as near as possible to those who are the last to handle it. At Lynchburg, Sumter County, where I live and where I tried my plan we were able to get from one eighth to one-fourth cent per pound more than surrounding markets were giving. Our pledge was as follows: "'We, the undersigned, pledge our selves to sell our cotton through our agent." We then contributed enough to enable our agent to take the New York report and use the telegraph. Ffteen minutes from the time I went on the cotton platform we were able to get 3 8 of a cent per pound more than was offered us by the buyers In our town. It will be seen that by this plan our agent's business is to get all he can for our cotton, while it is the local buyer's business to get lt for as little as possible. Our agent can communicate with any expoilef, und having cotton in lots can command tho-best prices. Another great advant age Is that the farmer who has but one bale gets as much as the man who has one hundred. 1 acted as their agent this year at Lynchburg and each day the farmers would bring from 10 to*tj^pr 100 bales, j Hy careful weighing.J?Sjjt grading-i-\ soon built upa reputation -for fair dealing, and handling thc cotton in such lots got better prices than any market in that part of the country. The farmers gave me 25 cents per bale as a commission, and according to the prices which prevailed at the markets just live miles away on the same railroad aud nearer the seaport where odr cotton was shipped they made from $1.50 to $2 per bale by thc operation. So much for tho local plau. Now, I want, every shipping point in \ this State to have its farmers' selling agent. What is the use tor us to allow other men to make from $1.50 to $2 per bale on our cotton, when by a little effort and.concert of action we can save it. We make in South Caro lina about 800,000 bales of cotton annually. Hy saving $1 per bale would make $800,000, which would enable us to put a man in every seaport town within reach of this State. Tills would enable our local agents to have a correspondent at the water front who could deal directly with the exporters and handle the cotton from as many points as was most, convenient. This sea-port agent could be on the ground to see that we were protected in weights and grades. This last is one item where we are "dug up." . Our cotton is graded by those who wish to ma'ke money out of it and of course it ls graded as many points off as con science and circumstances allow t.iem to do. Now, Mr. Editor, I want to hear from as many farmers as possible as soon as possible, so that, if they ap prove my plan, we may get as many organizations as possible before anoth er season. The ligures proving our success could be given, but these 1 will reserve for a later letter. I want, to discuss this question of organiza tion with them. All the minute de tails as to handling the cash Tor cot ton, that ls as to the local agent get ting the cash to pay for cotton-the methods of sh i ppi ug, invoicing, etc., can be told later. In a word, I want us to get together and use the methods God had given to mankind to enrich them to enrich us. I want us to mix more brain with our muscle and enjoy the greater returns from the higher forms of business. One other item is- that we handle our cotton seed. What In the Dame of reason is the use for us to give some local mill agent, a merchant or some loafer $1.15 per ton to handle our cot ton seed, and when we exchange for meal$l per ton on meal, making $2.15 per ton on meal and seed Just to see some one balance the scales and we do the loading. Now, my plan ls to turn all this over to our selling agent and give him a certain per cent, and we Ljet the $1.15 or $2.15 as the case may be. I haven't time for more now, Mr. Editor, but do hop. ?hat this subject will be taken up an.i that we may be ible to do something for each other. lu another article I want to dlsuss the buying feature. E, D. SMITH. \ CririsimnH Curd Worth Milli.HIM. The most expensive Christmas card iver made was prepared by an Eng lish linn in Calcutta some years ago for the native ruler of Ilaroda, In the East Indies, and Intended as a gift for l European lady of rank with whom Lhe great man was In love. This card svas a foot io length by ten inches In ?vldth and of ilawless Ivory, to obtain ?vhlch over forty elephants were klll ?d. Four of the moit skillful carvors io be found were at work for six nonth8 on this magnificent present. When lt was tlnishcd the eyesight o? bree of them were injured and the ourth man became blind. Tho en graving and carving they did were the epresenting ol 10,000 of the stages of ixlstence of Buddha. The card was >rnamented around tho edges like a rame with forty-four diamonds of tho ?uroftt water, and each the size of a iazlenx.1. The cost was Estimated at lalf a mim^" pounds sterling. 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C., wero shot and killed jy. Town Marshal Thompson and a leputy while resisting arrest for dis? >rderly conduct. The offlcett were [Ired on, but escaped injury.