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GUATEMALAN ANTS. The Texas Cotton Planters Object to the Boll Weevil's Foe. TEX CAUSE OF THE OPPOSITION Thor Suspeot lt May Prove ? Greater Pest Than tbe Weevil Devastating the Cotton Fields. The proposed use of the "kalep" 01 Guatemalan ant to exterminate the Mexican cotton boll weevil is arousing great Interest in the south. Tbe cot ton crop will Boon be ready to pick, and its size depends on tbe extent of the ravages of the boll weevil. There fore the matter affects not the south alone, but every user of cotton goods. The pest is likely to grow worse and cause greater damage every year un less some way ts found to check Its ravages. In spite of two boll weevil conventions, the organization of boll weevil commissions in Texas, Louisi ana and Mississippi, the liberal sums appropriated by these states and by tbe Federal government for fighting tbe boll weevils, and the $50,000 prize for a remedy offered by the Texas legislature, no method of getting rid of tbe destructive pest bas been found. At best it bas been possible to make certain suggestions whereby, at great expense and labor, tbeamountof dam age caused by the weevil ls reduced. From the start a vague hope bas been expressed that some other insect would be found that would kill off the weevil. Is the "kalep" to be tne deliverer? The entomological bureau and the agricultural department bay it ls and ask for a chance to prove it. The have gone to considerable ex pense to search the world over for an enemy to the weevil, and declare that they have atlast found it in the Guatemalan ant. They stand ready to make war upon the cotton eater, but the cotton people hesitate to com mit the ants to their fields. Tbe planters are like tbe European powers in the Russo-Japanese war who wanted to see the Japanese whip thc Russians, but were afraid of the complications the war would lead tn i. ni rvooeson we have a road presen I and th/; uso.?.le.i^ave been hog n> give . ' norse secured man for ber ally in the war with the stag. Admitting that the "kalep" will do all that ls ex pected of it, may not the ant Itself prove a more daugerous peril than the weevil? This ls the question the plant ers are asking. This has led to a very gfinpr.ai dis cussion in the southern prtss of American and other Improvements on nature and the results that have fol lowed. The strongest argument in favor of the "kalep" ls the success of tbe department of agriculture in the Importation of ladybugs from Aus tralia as a cure or antidote for the San Jose scale. The latter peat had seriously in fected the California orange crop, in vaded Texas and was making its way toward the orange groves of Louisana and Florida, wben its ruinous course in the south was stopped by the Aus tralian ladybug. The experiment was a complete success, and no one has yet a bad word for the Australian vis itor. On the other hand, Senator Balley, of Texas, Ross Olark, of Lavaca, the leader lu the light against Importini; Central American Insects and turning them loose on the community, and many other planters cite other expe riences against the proposed experi ment. They call attention to the Importa tion of English sparrows for the pur pese of getting rid of tho worms and bugs in New York and to their spread all over the country, abandoning their insectivorous habits, driving out na tive birds and becoming very trouble some themselves and great destroyers of fruit. The mongoose, imported Into Ja maica to kill off the rats which Injured the sugar cane, performed that work successfully, but has since become ten times the nuisance the rats were, for a'ter killing off the rats lt took to eating spring chlckeus. Similarly, thc English rabbits imported into Aus tralia have proved one of the greatest curses of that island continent. The Importation of water hyacinths -which came from the same country as the "kalep"-has cost the south millions of dollars and put the Feder al government to considerable expense to get rid of Its growths, which have rendered most of the Gulf streams un navigable. Similarly, Bermuda grass, Imported from the West Indies, has Increased the cost of cultivation in t he south '0 per cent, and cocoa grass has also added to the trouble and expense of the farmers. Two of the most troublesome plants to southern fanners were actually im ported by the United States depart ment of agriculture and scattered through the south before their danger ous character was discovered. The lirst and worst of these was Johnson grass, which was recommended to the farmers as an excellent forage plant. Johnson grass grows with a rapidity that is startling and lt cannot be erad icated. You may dig lt up or burn it, but you cannot get rid of it. The leg islatures of both Texas and Louisiana prophit its imp u tation, and the quar antine against it is us stringent as against smallpox. The United States department of agriculture also recommended Japa nese bamboo as likely to thrive In the south, and offered samples of it to southern farmers. They planted lt. There ls no question about its thriv ing. Mr. Clark, who is leading the fight against the Guatemalan ant, is one of the men who planted tile bamboo. It I grew so fast that, he and his neighbors became alarmed, as lt threatened to cover the whoh plantation. When he tried to g< t nd of it he could not, until he built a lavee around his bam boo patch and kept it saturated with crude Beaumont oil. Either the plant nourishes better In this country than in Japan, or the Japanese know some way to holding the growth In check which the depart ment of agriculture forget to get. Bamboo may make very good baskets, Mr. Clark says, but the south is not prepared Just yet to abandon cotton and all its other crops and contine Its energies to basnet making. With these facts before them, the Texas farmers and their friends have not only Hooded the department of agriculture at Washington with In quiries and protests, but also anounc ed their intention to tight the kalep in the courts to the last ditch. An in junction has already been secured from the Texas district court at Houston, directed against Dr. Co:>k and other employes of the department of agti culture, prohibiting them from Intro ducing into Texas the Guatemalan ant. The injunction recites that it la pro posed to bring In thia ant and turn lt loc-soat the United States government experiment station at Victoria, Tex. They say the ant would spread to all parts ot tbe State, would become 60 numerous in time so to prove an in tolerable pest, would sting the labor ers In the Held and then would ren der it impossible to pick cotton, ulti mately destroying the cotton crop and all other vegetation. Tbe Injunction bas delayed the opening of the Kalep-Weevll war. The ants will spend some time in New Orleans, until the department of agri culture decides what to do. Tbe collection of these ants cost several months of hard work in Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. Tbe insect bas no scientific name, bub is known to the natives or Indians as the kalep. It is red, and about twice the si/,J of an ordinary ant. Dr. Gook has some 5,000 ants, or forty colonies, including a number of queens. They are now in li rat class condition, active and full of light, and eager to be allowed to attack their enemy. Dr. Cook denies all tbe charges made against the ants. The are in sectivorous, he says, and will not hurt cotton-and the Mexican boll weevil is their dearest foe. The weevil stands no show with tiie Guatemalan kalep. The latter stings the weevil, producing paralysis, and then carries Its viciim to its dwelling house, where the weevil ls torn to pieces or pub in cold storage for tbe winter. Four ants to each stalk of cotton will keep it wholly free from weevils. So effective bas the warfare of the kalep proved that it has already completely destroyed the weevil in Vera Paz and other departments which In Inhabits. Tue boll weevil, after practically de stroying the cotton crop of Mexico, In vaded Texas on the north and Guate mala on tbe south, lt seemed to sweep everything before it until lt reached the country of the kaleps. The latter have turned the tables on lt and are pursuing it fiercely and remorselessly. As for the argument presented by Mr. Clark that it would render cottoa picking impossible by stinging the negroes on their bare feet, Dr. Cook calls attention to tbe fact that thc . incumbent, "^ves "eve^ wfr shoes: . i f never su tiered from aut E&fbljs? It is admitted that thens may be limitations in the effective work ol' the kalep. lt lives ina porous saudy soil, like that of Texas, but it is by no means certain that it would lind life so agreeable in the rieb but damp soil of the alluvial lands of the Mississippi, where cotton reaches Its nighest development. All these facts and arguments have not convinced the anti-ant men. E /en if we admit, say they, that the kalep will do all that is expected of it and kill ol? the weevils, on what is it going to feed after the weevil are ex hausted? Thc South is already pretty well overrun with ants, which have latter ly Increased In numbers, owing pos sibly to the destruction of insect-eat ing birds. The ordinary American ants, ted and black, are themselves ef fectual as destroyers of other insects, and indeed arc known to kill boll weevil; but in spite of their good ser vice In thia respect they are recognized as a nuioance and injurious to the farmer, and their celts are ploughed up and destroyed whenever they are come across, if their numbers are swollen by importation of larger and fiercer ants, the planters will find it almost impossible to keep the ants under control. in tine, is it not a dangerous experi ment, they ask, becaues we are Buller ing from one inseot pest, to import another? It depends upon the settle ments of these questions whether the courts will allow the great Kalep Weevil tight to come oil in Texas this summer. Krain Licaks. The broader the smile the shorter the task. Everything is for the best, even the worst of lt. A smile will go a mile wbilea frown is going a furlong. The "sanest fourth" was whore lt rained the hardest. Ever notice how long the days is when you start lt ol? grumbling? We'd like to go tisbing just once when only the little tish got away. it Isa waste of time to pray for what you want unless you really need it. The man who never makes mistakes ls the man who never undertakes any thing. When a mau begins to wonder if he lojks as old as he really is, it. is a sign that he does. The writers of the best old songs are dead. The writers of some of the new ones ought to be. The man who never ate watermelon ?ave with a fork has an awfully good time coming to him. The men who talk loudest about the necessity of war are generally the men who stay at home and linauce lt. We v. !'. probably never have enough money to enable us to set aside a hero fund, and even if we do have enough we wouldn't do lt. We'll set aside a fund to reward the girls who can hake better bread than their mothers.- -The Commoner._ Handled Them Well. A special from Danville, Va., says ludge Aiken Wednesday appointed a 3pccial grand jury composed ol' pro minent citizens for the purpose of in vestigating the attempt of the mob Tuesday night to take the prisoner, Roy Seals, who is in jail charged with Lhe killing of Flagman Annes of the Southern railway. Daniel Talley, JUC of the leaders of the mob, charged in the olllcers guarding the jail, but trhe men composing the mob quailed jefore the determined stand taken by die police. Talley dashed against ibe oflicer.s alone and was captured ind disarmed. Ile was afterwards 'eleased by order of Mayor Wooding, vho states that he made the order chinking it would probably have a rood effect on the mob. The mayor was apprised of the fact hilt the mob was assembling by a vornan. Thc woman carno to the lome of thc mayor at midnight after ,he executive had prepared to retire. Ie granted her au interview and was old tho plans of the mob leaders. The woman Is the wife of one of the nob leaders. The mayor would not IIsclo.se her name. lCdward Deaton Convicted. A special from Yorkvllle to the ?tate says the case of W. Edward )eaton and Mary Deaton, charged yith having killed J. Lawrence Pat erson at Kort Mill last May, was lvun to the jury about 2 o'clock Frl ay afternoon. After being out about wo hours they rendered the following erdict: "Edward Deaton guilty and ecom mended to the mercy of the ourt; Maaton not guilty." REFORMATION OF DEMOCRACY, Mr. Bryan Tells of the Things He Fa vors ?ind Thone He Doesn't. W. J. Bryan's plan (or the reforma tion ot the Democracy waa given pub licity Thursday. In lt Mr. Bryan fa vors radical changes, but advocates tho election of Judge Parker for pres ident as a good beginning. Ile de clares fur State ownership of railroads, goveruornment control of telegraphs and abolishment of private monopoly and favors the Income tax and election ef federal judges by tbe people. Mr. Bryan saya in part: / "I have heretofore refused to take a position upon tbe question of gov ernment ownership of railroads, first, because I bad )not until recently studied the subject, and second, be cause the question bad not been reach ed. Recent events bave convinced me tbat tiie time ks now ripe for the pre sentation of tbls question. Consoli dation after consolidation bas 'taken place until a few men now control tbe railroad traillo of the country and defy both the legislative and executive power of tiie nation. I invite the Dem ocrats, tiierefore, to consider a plau for the government ovmership and operation of the railroads. STATU OWNERSHIP OK ROADS. "The plan usually suggested is for the purchase of these roads by tbe fed eral government. Tibs plan, it seems to i e, is more objectionable than a plan which Involves tbe ownership and operation of these roads by tbe several States. To put the railroads into tbe bands of tbe federal government would mean au enormous centralization of power. It would give to the federal government a largely increased inllu ence over the citizen and tbe citizen's affairs and such centralization ls nob at all necessary. Thc several States can own and operate tho railroads within their borders just as effectively as it can be done by the federal gov ernment and If it is done by the States, the objectjc? based upon the fear of centralization is entirely an swered. A board composed of repre sentatives from tbe various States could deal with the joint tratllc of the various lines. Willie the Democratic party in the ?ation is advocating government own ership of railroads, tbe Democratic party in Hie cities should upou tbe same theory espouse the cause of mun icipal ownerships ol' municipal fran chises. GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPU. "We have also reached a time when tbe pos to Qi ce department should em beatle a telegraph system as well as a mail system. "The telegraph lines do not reach as many people as tbe railroads do and while tiie abuses to private ownership have not been SD opan and notorious, yet there ls no reason why their nation should not do what other nations are doing in this respect. "The Democratic party bas in two campaigns stood for an income tax. Tbe plank was omitted this year be cause tiie men in control of the party thought it would jeopardize success in the eastern States. This objection may bave weight when tbe appeal is made to a particular section and to the wealthy men of that section, but it canuot have weight when the party goes forth, as lt must ultimately do, to appeal to the masses. "The contest above outlined must be made whether tbe party win3 in November or nob. If Mr. Parker is elected bis administration will rid us of imperialism and of the threat of a race Ifsue.and give us greater freedom in tiie taking up of economic ques tions." CARGO OF OIL ON FIRE. ThrilliiiK Experiences ol'the Crew ol' The British Ship Crecdinor. A special from Woodsbole, Mass., says Capt. John Humphries of the British ship Creedmoor, and crew were landed here Thursday, having escaped from their vessel which was ?urned olT fire island Wednesday. The crew of the Creedmoor num aered 18 men besides the captain. The mon lost everything. They left uhc ship in ber own boats and were picked up soon afterwards by a pass ng schooner which transferred them .0 a tug off Martha's Vineyard early Wednesday. Capt. Humphries and the rescued nembers of the crew of tbe Creedmoor irrived in New York city Thursday ?vening. The Creedmoor, which left ibis port on Monday with a cargo of >U,000 gallons of naphtha, gasolene ind benzine for Liverpool, according .o tiie story of the captain and crew, vas . oout 40 miles east of Fire island ?n Wednesday evening when lire broke mt on tbe poop deck just forward of ,bc main saloon. When the alarm was given Capt. iumpbries put the vessel about while ,he members of the crew under Mate A. M. Adams were doing their best o bold the Hames in check. The iresenee of the lire was made known >y an explosion which was quickly ollowed by otbcis. At first the water poured on the ?lazing poop deck had noellect. After iliout an hour's work the crew seem d to have the tire in check, and at bat time the Creedmoor was making or New York at good speed. A little .fter 10 p. m. the lire made its ap learance again In the poop deck secj iou of tbe vessel and this time the ;asolene bad become ignited and it vas expected that the oil-laden ship vould blow up at any moment. Despite the deperate situation, Capt. Iumphires and his crew sought asce nd time to hold the tire bi check, tut tile streams of water only t ended o carry the lire to other parts of the hip and in a few minutes the strug le was abandoned. The lifeboat and the sh'p's yawl /ere lowered. The lookout on the orecastle, a Portuguese sailor named larc, was called with the other mem ers of the crew, but lie did not rea pond. He was called again. Then a leaned over the side of the fore astle and appeared bo be helpless rith terror. In a few minutes tiie nip was wrecked from stem to stern y a series of heavy explosions. Members ol Mol> Arrested. A special from Danville Friday says /Icker Armes, Solomon Hutchings, iT. Bal flagland, Frank Childrens and william Harris, participants In thc ?te attempt to force tho city jail fol ie purpose Of wreaking vengence pou a negro charged witn murder, ere Friday arrested and the tirst iree bailed In the sum of $20U each ir their appearance before the ayor's court on Tusday next. Chll "088 and Harris '.vent to jail In de ni t of bond. THE STRIKE SETTLE'.). Strikers Are to bo Taken Back to Work At Once. \ A special from Chicago Wednesday says: The strike of paoklng bouso om ploy cs begun nine days ago and which has demoralized, the packing industry throughout the country, was settled Wednesday at a conference between representatives of th' pack ers, the officials of the meat "utters union and representatives of all the allied trades employed at tho stock yards. The whole controversy will be submitted to a board of arbitra tion, both sides agreeing to abide by whatever decision this board may reacb. Fending tbe deolsion of the arbitration board the men will be taken back to work as rapidly' as possible by the packers and lt 1B agreed by the packers that all the old employes are to be reinstated within 4? days from the date work is resumed. If any of the former em ployes are still unemployed at the expiration of that time such persons are to bave the privilege of .submit - ting their cases to the arbitration board for settlement. The strikers will return to work as soon a3 they can be not!lied of the peaceable ad justment of the trouble, and lt is ex pected that by Friday morning every thing will be in normal shape at all the plants in the ditferent cities where the employes were on strike. Half au hour after the decision bad been reached to arbitrate, M. J. Donnelly, the striko leader, had secured com munication by long distance telephone with tho leaders of the strikers in outside cities and bad notified them that a satisfactory settlement bad been reacbed and directed the strikers to return to work as soon as possible. TI IK A LI.l KD CRAFT; The settlement of the difilculty by ?ubitratlon ?vas brought about by the allied craft at the stock yards, who would have become involved in the eontroveisy bad it continued much longer. The representatives of these unions, which represent about 14,000 men, got togetber and sent a final ttppeal to the packers asking for a three sided conference between the packers, the strikers aud themselves in a final effort to get- both sides oi the controversy together again and ar range some sort of agreement which would prevent thc strike spreading to the affiliated unions. This appeal of the allied trade unions received a favorable response from the packers md Wednesday's conference Was the result. Tile agreement reached at Wednes day night conference is practically the. same as the proposition made last Saturday to the pickers by Mr. Don nelly. The only difference is that in Saturday's communication Mr. Don nelly insisted that the strikers be all taken back to work within seven days. This the packers refused, although they agreed to accapt every demand made by Mr. Donnelly. When tlie men return to work it will be under exactly the same condi tions as prevailed before the strike was declared, with the exception that the question of a wage scale will be decided by arbitration. As many of the old employes as can be readied by the officials of the un|ou Will be notified to return to w V All the strikers who appear atr ? ants, will be put to work as f aet- as ^oS.dble and it is believed that all the estab-; iisbments will be running with full forces. ' ;'. " - ; ? ,i Si $20,000,000 TO BOOST COTTON. Southern Cotton Corporation ia Formed in New ITork. A special to thc Atlanta Constitu tion from New York says: instead of Daniel J. Sully being made the president of the new company known is the Southern Cotton Corporation with a capital of $20,000,000, to im prove cotton culture and method of making the staple, that post will be jceupied by Colonel S. P. B. Morse, r'/bo was a partner In . the firm of Daniel J. Sully & Co. The articles of incorporation of this ?ompany were filed at Trenton, lt viii have a capital ol' 820,000,000, of which S?,000,000 will be prefered and (15,000,000 cemmon stock. The par .?allie of the preferred is 8100 a shire, jut the par value of the common, vb ich will he taken largely In tho louth, will be only 820 per share. The decision to place Colonel Morse n this position was made by the inancial backers of the concern be cause of the fact that as the bead of ,be trafilo department of tho South on Pacific railroad, stationed in New Irleans, he was very prominent in the educational campaign which resulted n the diversifying of the southern ;rops. The company controls the Whit nan square bale press, which is an inproved mechanism for baling and guning cotton. It will compress as thoroughly as the present round bale iut will not meet with such opposition s was encountered by those who In roduced the round baling process, iecause of the less likelihood of lire, his new bale has already been called be "underwriter's bale." A comprehensive were house sys em will also be established, which kill enable growers to bold their col on If they so desire, Instead of sell ng in the glut ted market in the early eason. Thc board of directors will ie announced in u fow days. The irincipal otllce of the company will be ii that city, with branches In various outbern cities. Found Treasure Ship. News from Tacoma says that Capt. 'inch, manager of the Neptune Sal age Company, bas heated the wreck ft he Canadian steamship islander, diieh sank in Alaska in August, bree years ago, carrying down nearly 00 passengers and crew, besides half million of Klondike treasure. Finch ucceeded by use of a big steel diving age invented by Capt. YY. M. Smith, f Milwaukeee. He expects to raise tie islander or recover tho treasure oxes and valuables aboard ber. lOstl lates of the amount of gold in the urser's charge and in the state rooms f passengers run from 8400,000 to 700,000. * No Race Equality, During the -discussion of South frican affairs in the house of corn ions In London Thursday, Joseph bpmberlain, doonding tho introduc on of Chinese, labor Into the Trans? iii, contended that white la irers would not work side by side 1th black laborers on equal terms and ? thought thc white men were right, e added: "As the dominant race, if B admitted equality with Inferior ces we would lose the power which .ve us our dominance." I ABUSED FARMERS. Booaevelt on Becord as Saying They Are a Base Bet. j HE EXPECTS FARMEBS'^ VOTES. But All Heir- Respecting Farmers Should Vote for Judge Parker, Who Honors Their No ble Calling. Should the Democratic party go up to victory In November next fate will show herself ip Ironical mood in this year, Roosevelt will meet defeat at the hands of one of that class of our American'citizenry which be holds as the -basest In the land, for Alton Brooks Parker, Democratic nominee for President, is a small farmer both .by hirth and predilection, and one of his special delights ls breeding line cattle on the 90-acre farm, his home at Psopus, N. Y. Surely the ramie rs of no section of this broad land will consider for a moment the possibility of doing augbt which will tend to continue in power the.man who hus expressed such mer ciless contempt for the farmers and laborers of our country. Hon. Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina, during the last s.ssion of Congress, speaking on the subject of Mr.' Roosevelt's estimation of various classes of American citizens, said: "After attributing to the cowboys of the west a moral depravity of which no cowboy has been guilty within a a half century and against which 1 protest; after declaring that they wer,e 'brutally dissipated,' that 'when druuk on villainous whiskey they cut mad antics, ride hordes in saloons tiring their pistols right and left,' etc., in his Ranch Life and Hunting Trail (pp'9.and 10) he adds: "They are much better fellows and pleasanter companions than small farmers or agricultural laborers; nor are the mechanics and workmen of a great city to be mentioned in the same breath.' In a speech made by him In New York In October, 189(1, at a 'sound money' meeting in the Wool Ex change, reported iu the New York Journal October 28, 1SUU, Mr. R tess* yelt said: "Mr. Bryan.and his adherents have appealed to the basest set in the land, the farmers.' Search the world over, rausack his tory from the beginning and you will look in vain to find another who has in any way maligned the farmers of his. o wu country. lt ls u marcel that any party should oller as a candi date for the Tresidency a man who has so viciously traduced the character of the best type of our citizenship, the American farmer." lt will he the part cf wisdom f jr our farmers of the North, South, K st and West to weigh well what the chances for an administration of the government for the best interests of our agricultural population are likely to ba in the hands of ;a man iwho has expressed openly and on various occa sions both in writing and speech such unmistakable contempt for the char acter and lives of those farmers upon whose votes, it ls claimed, he is large ly depending, for his continuation in power. Surely there is no farmer in these United States who will not In his turn regard with contempt the character 'or the mari who since his earlbst man^ hood has fought and striven for pub lic otllce and has lived up n public money, money- gabbe red into state and federal treasury in large part as a result of the unceasing toll of the great class of farmers whom he .so thoroughly despfs s. ! Surely again lt will give th?se same farmers the very greatest satisfaction to show Mr. Roosevelt in November next that while he may not despise them quite so intensely as not to take a play for their votes, they do regard him as so utterly unfit for the Presidential of fice" that they will cast those votes f ir a man of their own, a man who while performing the duties of Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals in the great State of^ "New Yprk is yet living the simple 'ahd'digniti?d life of a farmer, himself the pioduct of several gener ations of small, hardworking farmers, it was doubtless this simple and hard ly life which bred.in Judge Parker the courage to send to St. Louis that telegram which, he well knew might causer Ttbe withdrawal pf .his. nomi ndtioti' for President, by the Demo cratic Convention. That Mr. Roosevelt has not chang ed his opinion of the lack of wisdom or even good sense possessed by the farmers of the country ls very evident since it Is constantly asserted In Re publican papers that it is to the rural districts that he is looking for the majority ol the votes which are to give him four years longer occupancy of the White House! He made a big play for the labor vote last summer when he rushed In to the anthracite coal strike but he doubtless knows now as well as do thc labor leaders themselves that there ls an organized, opposition against him in several of the largest branches of the Labor Union, and consequently he is looking away from the cities to the rural districts where reside the men whom he luis designated as "the basest in the land." Will they In November next honor with their votes this man? Will t hey vote to continue in the President's chair a man whose Brat act af ter reaching the White House almost was to lind fault, with the dwellng which had been amply mag nificent for former . and wiser Presi dents, and not only to lind fault but to proceed to tear out and destroy the beautifully simple and historic interior of the nation's White IIouso weeks before Congress, alone holding the power to authorize such changes, had given Its permission or authorized tho use of public money for that purpose. Moro than $(?00,000 he spent in extravagant and destructive remodel ling of that which can never be re placed. That done he required twice as many servants to run the palace from whose front door always hither to open to all citizens of this free country, the "common people" are now turned away and directed to a newly provided low side entrance while foreign diplomats and personal friends of the Roosevelt family," the four hundred" only are admitted hy the broad portico whose door from the time of Adams to that of McKin ley stood open for rich and poor alike. The small army of servants now paid by the government to keep this royal Dstahllshment in order has lately been Increased by the addition of a naval jlllcer whose sole duty ls to raise and lower the Hag which floats over the private entrance. Well might the Democratic plat form declare for a return to a JelTer ?onian simplicity in the manner of He of our public officials. THAT SHOCKING; CRIME. Inquest loto the Morder of Kitt Bookbart, Near Kutawrllle. ? special to the State from Orange burg says the Inquest over the dead body of Kitt Bookbart, which was found in the Santee river at Fergu son, near lin taw ville, was held Thurs day by Magistrate Jeff D. Wiggins at Eutawville. Solicitor P. T. Hilde brand, at the request of the gover nor, went down the day before and at tended the inquest, assisting in ques tioning the witnesses-and bringing out Important testimony. Solicitor Hildebrand bas associated with him in the investigation of this matter tbe law linn of Messrs. Raysor & Summers of this city, and Mr. A. W. Summers of that lirm attended the inquest along with Solicitor Hilde brand, and he will give personal at tention to tbe development of the case and the prosecution of such parties as may be implicated by the ptoceedings. Eutawville is located on the Preg nali branch of the Atlantic Coast Line in the upper portion of berkeley county, and not many miles from the lower boundary of Orangeburg county. There are tho best of people down there, and it is learned here that tbe best sentiment of that community heartily condemn the killing of Hie negro and is anxious for the guilty parties to be uncovered aud brought to justice. From the testimony it Is very evi dent that tbe parties responsible ? -r tbe death and mutillation of the ne gro are deserving cf the severest con demnation of the public, the severest punishment under the law. lt is thought that the matter will bc brought to light in due time, and the proper autbc ritles are working to this end. It is understood that there was a very large gathering tf negrees at Eutawvil.e Thursday on account o' the ioquest, but they were not de monstrative and conducted themselves in an orderly manner. The inquest was adjourned to some future date bo be agreed upon later between the magistrate and the so licitor. The jury of inquest was a representative body of white men; and they will not render their verdict un til all of the test I m ny pcssible uas been brought out. Such witnesses as were on ? hand or could be secured v,ere examined Thursday,' but there are other wit nesses to be examined at a later date. The jury was composed of Messrs. II. G. Causey, foreman; P. (). Martin, L. N. Shingler, L. Gourdin, J. W. Mur ray, D. D. Sweetman, W. Ii. Jackson, Nella Jenkins, J. F. Wetheford. E. M. Gaillard, li. P. Winter and T. S. Gelzer. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. Si'ctiun Director Hnuer'8 Itenort for the Pant Week. The following is Section Director bauer's report in full for the last week : The week ending 8 a. m., July lbtb, bas a mean temperature of 80 degrees wbicb is slightly below normal. The departures below normal were greater on tbe coast than In the interior. The extremes were a minimum of GO at Greenville on the nth, and a maxi mum of 98 at Blackville on the 15th, lhere were no destructive high winds. The relative humidity was about nor mal over the entire State. The sun shine was slightly deficient. There were quite general showers on the 12th, abd again on the lobb, hut they were local and partial in charac ter, with many places that had no rain. The relative wet an I dry areas remain about the same as last week, with complaint of too much rain in Chesterfield, Marlboro and Marion counties, and of iucreased severity of the droughty conditions in the middle and upper Savannah valley counties, extending into the interior over Green wcod. Newberry and Laurens counties, with mauy smaller areas lu the central counties that are suffering for rain. Rain would be very benelicial over the western half of the State, in which division wells and streams are very low, and water for stock is scarce. Laying by crops is general and t'.ie work Is well advanced, except that stubble land corn and cotton on red clay lands continue to he cultivated. The condition of old corn is critical in the dry sections, and the prospec tive yields will be materially lessened unless rain comes soon. Late planted corn continues promising. The cotton crop Buffered from au ex cess of moisture in the extreme north eastern counties, and from drought in the western ones, hut as a whole con tinues very promising. It has attained seasonable size in the eastern half of the State and remains under-sized over the western half. There are a few re ports of toa large a weed. Cotton is blooming and fruiting well In all sec tions aud many full grown bolls have been noted. Irs:cts infest fields in Greenville, Dickens and Spartanburg counties, wbild wilt and blackroot or black rust have been noted in Green ville and Orangeburg counties. Con siderable cotton has been laid by in general clean condition. Sea island cotton ls becoming somewhat grassy, and is blooming freely. Tobacco curing is now general; thc crop Ss a tine one. Bice is beading, anti is In need of more fresh water; June rice is doing fairly well lu the Georgetown district. Melons are bear ing well and .shipments are heavy. Minor crops vary in condition accord ing to the moisture supply, and range fruin excellent to very poor. Plaintiff Got a Verdict. A special from Columbia saysa ver dict of $870 was rendered against tile Atlantic Coast Line Thursday after noon by the jury in the suit brought by E. L. Richardson against that company. The suit was interesting and tlie original omplaint asked for for $5,000. The bearing of thc evi dence consumed nearly all day Wed nesday and the argument took part of tho time Thursday morning. Rail road men took considerable interest in the proceedings, because it concerned the sale of a ticket to a point at which the train on which Richardson was riding did not stop. It seems that several months ago Mr. Richard son bought a ticket to^ Latta and the rule was that change should be made it Florence for tho train which stjpp id at that place. However, the plain tiff was put olT at Pee Dee, which is ibout eight miles this side of Latta, iccause the train on which lie was iding made no stem, although bis Jcket read for that station. Suit was lied for $5,000 and then the point vas raised that thc train should have ttopped at thc stallen, although there vere orders to the csnstrary. The verdict and the whole case will un toubtedly end In the supreme court, LS the counsel for the railroad, Messrs iarron and Ray, have already given lotice of a motion for a new trial. The Skylaad Hon? 28 Mlles west of Asheville, N. 0. CLYDE, N.C. jutuue 2,700 feet. Building Large andiComfort able. Ideal'?Locat len. Scenery tba Sky." No place la the Mountains better nilled .for reut ?nd recreati^. Pigeon, iii ver Beetloo. W. K. Woodall, Proprietor. RATES: $5.00 to ?7.00 per week, 2 in a room. Single Rooms f 8.00 to $f,l. Special rates to parties or families for Season. "The , - ? wOHIMIUl /J0 A1 Osborne's Business College jTC?mCWA AUGUSTA, GEORGIA itcwemfeed. OR TUITION REFUNDED BOOK-KtFpiNO. SHORTHAND AND TEtEORAPHY WRITE US 1854. COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 1994. An institution for the higher education of young women. Classified as a College. University plan of studies. Strong faculty. Literary, Muslo A rt. Expression departments are under thoroughly competent and experienced teachers. Cist ern water. Heated by hot-water. Health record unsurpassed Great advancement in Music department. For catalogue address the President, W. W. DANIEL, Columbia, S. C. WHAT DOSS IT COST? Write to us and wa will be glad to giro you prices that will interest you on PAINTS; OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, etc. What is Calci mo? COLEMAN-BALLr-MARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO. 367 King Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. 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Curriculum Includes twenty-three lecture courses, each followed by a thorough revl3W quia: seven laboratory courses, and three hours of hospital work dally. New building elaborately equipped with modern apparatus and appliances.Expenses moderate. AddreBs J. billard Jacobs, M. D., Secretary, 635 South Market St., Nashville, Tenn. Whiskey Morphine I Cigaret I AlhDrugand Tobacco Habit, I Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley Institute, of ?5. 1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspond ence solicited. IVX^CIIIANTE^Y SUPPI^IISS. Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting, Packing, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, In jectors, Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. of good 1 m. second band black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA vSUPPLT 00., Columbia, S. O. The machinery Supply house of the stat?. 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The Hale Street baptist church was completely demol ished; a paint shop of the Central railroad completely wrecked; small jottage on Hale street complete wreck; the rr of of a carpenter shop of Mie Georgia railroad blown away; end A bouse on Lincoln street crushed in oy falling tree; grand stand at base oall park complete wreck. J. K. Morris was fatally Injured; Wm. Against Child Labor. An organization to be known as "The National Child Labor Commit tee" has been formed in New York and at the first meeting to complete the organization and elect officers lt was announced that the commmittee liad secured as Its general secretary Samuel McCune Lindsay, commission er of education in Porto Rico. Among" those Interested in the new organiza tion are Jane Adams, Felix Adler, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, A. J. Cassatt, j Grover Cleveland, Cardinal James i Gibbons, bishop David H. Greer, Adolph S. Debs, Hoke Smith and Senator Tillman. In speaking of the irown, bead gashed and ear gone; J. j work of the committee, Mr. Lindsay V. Livingston, Wm. McCarty, J. K. 'said; "The National Child Labor Committee desires, wherever its co operation is requested, to investigate the conditions under which children are engaged in gainful occupations in all parts of the country, and to help create a healthy public sentiment in favor of giving every child tho best possible chance to make the most of its life." Vf Jalboun and W. H. Fenly slightly in ured; all employes of the Central .abroad. Sophia Turner was slightly uirt in nale street bouse. Killed l>yaTrain, A special to The State from Tlm nonsvilte says a fast through vegeta te freight which passed there about i o'clock Sunday morning struck and tilled a negro man, Robt. Walters, lbout half a mile beyond the town limits. The negro was sitting on the track and is supposed to have boen lu i drunken stupor. He lived about a nile and a half from town and had all if his bundles of groceries with bim which he had purchased the evening oefore. He had evidently spent the light In town spreeing and was on bis ,vay home. The train was running it a rapid rate and going downgrade, naklng it impossible for the engineer ,o stop bis train in time to save the uifortunate man's life. Kills His Wile's Father. A special to the Journal and Trib une from Jonesboro, Tenn., says that Robert Keys h?.s been shot and killed by his son-in-law, Joe Martin, at the Keys horne twelve miles from Jones boro. No details are obtainable. Keys was a prosperous fanner. Both fami lies are prominent. Committed Suicide. Edgar E. Tawes, secretary ot the ?oard of trade and Business Men's as ociation and a prominent citizen of Norfolk, Va., commltthd suicide Frl ay night at his summer home at )cean View. He readied home early rom the city and went to his., room, lauding In the presence of his 12 ear-old son,Dawes placed a pistol In is mouth and pulled the trigger. He ras Instantly killed. No calis? for bis ct can bc learned. Killed His Wife. Dick Teele, a yening white farmer f Carroll county, Ga., shot and killed is wife near Graham, Ala., Friday, le slipped up to the window of her lotbor's borne and shot ber as sbc it at work. He claimed to believe er unfaithful to him. Posses were rganized for tho pursuit cf Teele. le lied into Georgia. A posse pur ling bim found and surrounded bim ear Roopville Tuesday afternoon, lather than surrender Teele shot iraself, and his dead body waa se ared by his pursuers. Throe MimilifO Bales Burned. A tire .tarted Thursday in the cot ton which bad been discharged on the quay at bremen haven, by the Atlantian from New Orleans. The Hames were subdued but 300 bales of the cotton were damaged by fire and water. If you are no? wf ?. want to ki.-.* luy. '.rr tb a li o ut. you/ trouble, sena tor my free bool: le tr nnd sell examination bianka. No. 1, Nervous Debili ty (SexUsd V eakneaa), No. a. Vancocele, No 3,Stricture, No.4,Kid ney and madder Oom plaints. No. 6, Dlueaae of Women, No. ?, Tbr Poison King (Blood Poison?, No. 7, Ca tarrh. These book? should be In the hand" of avery person afflict ed, rvs Dr. Hathaway, the author, is recos nixed as the best au thorlty and expert In the United States on i DR. H ITU AW AY. the?e diseases. Writ? or seud for the book y?u want to-day, and li wilt be sent you free, scaled. Address J. N?^. \on Hathaway. M D *% 28 Inman Building, 221 S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga.