The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 23, 1904, Image 2

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goa The Democrat 65" "pO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR HEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OAUSP " VOL)(XIX. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904 TsTO 3ft A F?LL REPORT Of the Battle of Liao Yang Tells How Plans Failed AND CAUSED RUSSIAN DEFEAT General Kuropatkln .Teilt) ?I Hin Movement* anti lleireal lo Mukden. Blames General OrloO" 1'or Defeat. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the long expected repurt ol' Gen. Kuropatkin on Hie battle ol' Liao Yang has been received, lt is dated September ll and isas follows: "It is now possible, from details of the battles since August 2(1, in which various army corps particip?t ti. te) furnish ye ur majesty tbe following re port of operations: "On August 2(i the Manchurian army cccupii d three groups of posi tions, the lirst at l'ettsu and Anping on the left hank; the st o ir d at Lian diansian, in the centre, and the thiid at Anshatishan on the right Hank. The sn nie day the Japanese at su m> d the offensive along the vah?le front. At Liai diansian all their attacks were repulsed, and ou the left we re tained our principal posithn at Anp lng. After a desperate bettie the Japanese, however, succe* di d lu secur ing the position at l'ettsu, tims threatening the line of retieat of the corps along the Tau river. Simulta neously a turning movement by con siderable foicesof Japanese was ob served on the left Hank of our position at Ansbansban. -.. "Taking advantage of our position at Liacdiausian and Anping in older to gain time and inll'ct severe losses on the enemy, 1 withdrew all the army corps from advanced positions to Liao Yang. \ "In consexjuence of the mountain ous nature or lot the country un our front and the 'bad condition of the roads towards Che south, thc two days' march towaid'Liao Yang was ol the most difficult kind) and only the devotion of all the troops on the eas; front enabled it to be carried out lc good order. Only after incredible difllculties was it found possible tc drag all the guns without exc?ptica and all our baggage through thc passes. Some of the guns we re cir ried through the mountains by inf an try. Difficult as was the retreat through the passes ur.der pressure from the enemy, the march across tin open country was still more aiduous The left and center columns.succet dei in getting all their artillery and bag grge to Liao Yang. MARCHING DIFFICULT. "The march of the right column which was obliged to cress westwaie to', the railway, waere the country hue ?i\F?Xs? mn<itL.8e,vf;relK_fjrQm.iain3. wa? especially dillicult. Considera bU foices of the enemy followed the rea: guard, which maintained a stubbon resistance. The guns of one of tb? retiring batteries began to sink in tin mud. Every effort was made to savi them. Twenty-four horses wen . bitched to each piece, companies o infantry assltiug with ropes. Tl? horses ariel men, however, sunk s< deep it was necessary for the comrade! of the latter tu haul them uut. Gen Rutkovsky remained so ioug, cover lng the extrication of tlie guns that his force lost heavily, and the genera himself and Col. Raten, commanding the fourth regiment of East Siberian sharpshooters, were killed. Nut with standing all efforts, it was dually necessary to abandon the guns. "On August 29 the army concen trated at Liao Yang. ( ?ne c rps ti ok a position on tlie right hank of the Taitse riv?r, while another held the left* hank. - "On August 30 and 31 the J ap??ese attacked our a el var ce positions with great energy, but evt rywhere were re pulsed with enormous losses. There was desperate lighting on our left Hunk and centre, accompanied by a number of counter attacks, resulting in bayonet fighting and 1 was com pelled to reinforce tlie fighting line with special reserves and the general reserves. "During August3 1 it could clearly be seen that a considerable force ul Gen. Kuroki'sarmy had crossed tu the right bank of the Taitse river, < > whuj tu attacks on our left on August .it and 31 was to be supposed that t u main hedy of Kuroki'sarmy had beei told to turu tlie left (lank of our pi si Hon and attack our line of commun! .cations. In consequence 1 resol vet .to withdraw the advai ce troops ti ?the main position and concentrate ; large iroce against Kuioki and at tempt to hurl Iiis army back upon tin Taitse river. Only at certain point: was this carried out successfully. EVACUATION ( O.M.M i:.N< i'.J). "At nightfall, undisturbed by tin Japanese, we commenced the ?vacua tion of our advanced positions, wine! already had rendered great service ii weakening the enemy by enormou losses. Thanks to tlie sufficient nuin ber of bridges and tlie. manner ii which the roads leading to Hiern hc< been laid out, nil the troops destine to take the offensive were, safely ol the right bank of the river on th morning of September 1. The enem did not occupy our abandoned a dyane positions until the evening of Septem ?ber 1 when they opened au artiller tire upon Liao Yang. No trophies o \war fell into tho hai ds of the enemy "I adopted the following plan o .operations: Having crossed to tb right bank of the river the army lia taken upa position between Hie vii l?ge of the Sykwantun and height near the Yentai mines, which it wu intended to occupy with all our th tacbments composed of 13 battalion.1 Taking the po ii tion near Svkwantu as a pivot, it was intended that th army effect a movement to Hank t h Japanese positions, which extend Hom the Taitse river near the villag of Kwantun toward the Yentai col lerles. Offensive operations begai when all the troops bad taken u their allotted positions." "The night of September 1st, th commander of the corps on the righ Hank sent a dispatch stating that th Japanese having taken the offensiv and occupied the district northwest ward of our Sykwantun position inch waa of great importance to us Lue Russian raiment, holding tho dis trict; wau forced to retire and I was obliged to change my plans in order to retake the lost ground the following day. It ?as not until the evening ol September 2d that the entire mouu. tain village of Sykwantun was in our bauds. At Bret our attack did not succeed, but thc lighting was con tinued with unabated vigur, even af ter darkin s ; had set in. We repeat ed ly gained poshes.ion of the heights but were dually compelled to wltlit draw temporarily. Many of our de tachments became mixed up and ha the disorder unity nf command was rendered dilllcult. Leaders ol Indi vidual detachments, however, contin ued the attack time after time and at bust succectled in occupying the de sired position, thereby attaining the object of the operations of the right think. As soon as the left think in the vicinity of the Yentai mines on September 2 (OrlotTs detachment,) LCCUpitd the heights to the north ol the mines, hold ug a strong position facing south, he opened tire with two batteries and engaged the army In an artillery duel. Orlolf's right Hank was then four miles from the left Hank and thc remainder of the army. In older to aid our troops holding {.os tiens near Sykwautuu, Orlon" sent part ol his foie.-1 fi om the hills and at tack! d the enemy in thc direction or the village of Sakhumoon. This movement was ca-ried on lu com Heids, our men with a frontal anti (lank lire, and, losing their bearing lu thc corn Heids, began to retire. The troops remaining in the hills also re tired westward. ' Hy thc time Orlolf's detachment was within a mile anti a third ot our otber Torces, Orlctl himself was wounded, as was aiso Gen. Komin, who subsequently died. "After the evacuation of the posi tion which had been intended to serve as a base for our attack, tlie Japanese extended northward and occupied the whole range ol' hills and the Yentai mines. Samsouolf's sotnla of Cossacks dismounted and defend?.;', our pcsltiou with the utmost courage, but were gradually driven back. KNKMY'S STUON'O POSITION. "The enemy was now established In an extremely strong position on the hills, and it would have been too ha/, ardous for our left Hank to attack them, in view of tlie losses sustained in the previous live days. We there fore withdrew to the village of Tal enko, and 1 decided to retire to Muk den, the retreat being accomplish^ on September 7th. The evacuation of Liao Yang began and was con cluded the morning of September 4th. All our equipment was moved and there was no time to save commis sariat reservts, which was sulllcient to last the whole army eight days. These were all destroy? tl. The pon toon bridges were dismantled anti car ried ot! by the troops, while tempor ary pontoons w ere burned and the rail ^vtty-bridgc^-wnrcked.'^'T?e army ie tired in perfect order. The enemy attempted to pursue, but were re pulsed. "Precautions were taken on Sep tember .'5 and I to prevent a turning movement from tlie east. Tue Japa nese to the southward took no vigor ons initiative, hut lien. Kuroki as sumed the offensive to tlie eastward. Our detachments folding positions at Talienko sustained a fur ous night attack, which, was particularly desper ate on September ">. We retained our position, bul suffered heavy li sses one regiment, which bore the brunt of the light, losing in 500 killed or wounded. "Hy evening of September 5 the danger of a simultaneous attack on our front and left Hank had disappear ed. The removal f our artillery, transport and baggage trains was elf ec ted in the face of immense di 111 cullies, but was successfully conclud ed. Our retirement on Mukden on September 7 was covered by a strong rear fri?:>rd of cavalry. "Wc abandoned i.othingfrom Aug. ito up tn tbe time of our arrival at Mukden. Our engineers worked with the greatest devotit n. Throughout all the lighting they rendel ed invalu able service in making and repairing roads and assisting in the railway traille. t\ 1'cciiliar lOHcapc. Wiley Gibson, a youth being held in the Lee county jail at .louisville, Va., to await conveyance to thc pen at Richmond to serve a llvcyenrs' sen tence lor r.ibbciy, made good his escape by departing from thc prison ead io the tlrei-s and bonnet of bis aged mother, who had been leif alone with her si ii, that she might say good bye. Gibsons1 escape was discovered I when a fellow prisoner marking the 'departure of his mother went to the i .veiling robber's cell to comfort him, ; and otu re foin tl the aged mother dressed in tlie clothes her sun bad discarded. " Sellin? Seetl Cotton. The Attorney General is receiving;! ', ! large number of inquiries as to thc law of selling seed cotton. This matter ls " governed by each county, and many . of thc counties impose a license ol ! $300, so as to discourage the business. ? There is a general State law forbid ding the sale between sunset and sun ^! ri--e, which was passed to prevent the * stealing of seed colton by laborer. and selling it to merchants of shad) character The counties govern this .f matter thi nisei ves, and those desiring the information are referred to tin ' I count y law. ; An kvaugeligi Murdered. jj Sinon Thalh?lm, for a number ol -<41 years engagi d in evangelistic work was o urden d at hts borne Oil Wesl Antietam si not, Ilagerstown, Md, His lifeless body was found lying oi the Moor by his son-in-law and daugh ter, who had gone to see the old man His skull was crushed in and his heat frightfully battered. Robbery wa: the motive. Ile was seventy yean old. ? Burned to Death. Ki ve children were burned to deatl and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jessi Sapp, fatally injured at Rolly Adali county, Ky.. Thursday in a tire whlc) partly destroyed thc Sapp home. A? Sapp and his w ife aro not able to talk the cause ff thc tire cannot be learn ed. THE RACE PROBLEM. An Open Letter from Ex-Senator John L. McLauren. | IN WHICH HE DISCUSES IT. Attributes Must, ll Net All, Our j Troubles to (Jiving the Hal lot to the Negro Too Soon. Mr. Wm. R. Luke, Nashville, Tenn: . Dear Slr-Yours of August Jtfth to hand a:id contents noted. Your In quiry ls legitimate and one tu which you have a right to expect a reply. The nomination of Dr. Crum for collector of port at Charleston was not referred to me by the president, nor do I recall that 1 made any recommen dation as to tilling this office. My recollection ls that the presi dent withdrew the appoint ment when he found there was opposition, and, as t!ie matter at that time was purely local in its character, 1 am satisfied that had the contest been limited to the Hitless, etc., of the applicant Dr. Ci um would not have received the appointment, in the face of the al most unanimous objection of the busi ness interests of the city of Charles ton. The- color question, however, was squarely presented, and the president found himself io the position where to decline the appointment was to admit that thc color of the appli cant constituted au insuperable bar. What a striking illustration of thc ease with wi deli every trivial matter is converted into a race question. Tile otllce of Dr. Crum dwindled into insignificance beside the other issuse involved. lt seems to me that before long a crisis will be reached where the sub terfuges and expedients whieli have served in the past will he Ineffective and this race question .will have to be m?t and settled Bquarply on its merits The sooner tile butter; each day only adds to thc complications and dangers, 1'atienee, courage and self control arc the cardinal virtues of a Christian civilization, and when these are cast aside the social structure itself will fall. Yet we all know that yo long as one crime is committed lynching will occur, this to be follow ed, lt seems, by "Beloreday clubs," indiscriminate slaughter, the over turning of courtsand military. Lynch ing does not lessan the crime nor does the crime limit lynching. Tba great underlying questions belong to the realm of the spiritual, where moral principles have their birthplace aud home. Kx-Gov. Chamberlain in a very able paper says in effect that the lirst step ls for the negro leaders to begins a stem crusade against this crime and stamp it cut and that lynch law will disappear; he may be right, but there is a work for both racts to do and thm? muHb- bo aomo OG an non starting point and concerted action. Gov. Chamberlain is a striking ex ample of how certainly every intelli gent and honorable northerner who takes his residence south changes his views and becomes more extreme, if possible, than those to the "manner born." The danger ls in just what 1 refer to in the Crum case: no matter what happens the is ne is made one of race. A division on race or religion is the most cruel, deadly and dangerous that can divide men. The honest and high are held responsible for the crimes of the ignorant and degraded. An average citizen speaking to me last week of the Statesboro affair, where an entire white family we.e murdered without provocation and then burned by a, '"Bcforeday club*' said; "If one of my family were a victim, 1 wouldn't care who, 1 would simply go out and kill iirg/ers." When this sentiment is lolly cr>stal ked in both races you have all the material to make the records of the Sepoy insurrection and Indian warfare pale into insignificance. I cannot be lieve that all of this fever ol race hatred, suspicion and distrust can be laid at the door of any single crime, lt is too deep and widespread, nor c tn I think that the race question would be settled if such a crime were never again committed. The crime is an aggravation arid only one of the tlire effects ol' a third of a century's false doctrines and teaching. These dis orders are the symptoms, not the disease, just as the Hushed cheek and quickened puls.; only point lo I lie in ward fever that is consuming the pa tient. The roils of Un: disease lie amid the passions and erro s of the Reconstruction period when full citizenship was suddenly thrust upon a race of ?daves t ,tally unprepared for such great moral and polit ic il re sponsibllity. We are only gathering the second harvest fi oin the s cd then sown. Tiie lirtt harvest was in that sad day when the south to maintain its civilization had to ignore and defy tiie const itution of the United States. We are still struggling willi the near by effects of our Civil war and the heasy burden put upon both races is beyond their strength, for new conse quences are continually cropping up lu national life. 1 read with great interest a very thoughtful article by a Mr. Thomas [ of Ohio published lu The North I American Review, in which lui ad ! vocates the r'ieal Of certain porticos ( of the ReC0! miction amendments to , the ct astin ?ion. I do not know, but ', lt ls possible that we may hive yet to go back to lids question where Lin coln left lt and McKinley took if up, and as nearly as possible right eveiy , wrong. The constitutional restric tions of suffrage lu the States must ' bein harmony with spirit and b lt i ' of tiie constitution ot the United States; so long as they are not it gives 1 the entire machinery a sinister twitch. Then we can safely rest : upon thc tidy enduring foundation by making tiie true test of citizenship ' moral and intellectual worth, apply ' lng every restriction fairly and honest ly without regard to race or color. The race question would disappear from politics and when it disappears i there it will elsewhere, and not before. 3 The standard ol' citizenship would be r so high that? instead of the ballot oox i being regarded as a danger, lt would i become thc true safeguard of properly , and liberty. For 30 years, forced by - these conditions lu the south to vote aa a unit, there bas been no room for "DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL)?XIX. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1904 NO. 89 A PUOTEST ? gainst the Accepted Doubla Stand ard of Collegiate Conduo t, . BT DE. JAME8 H. CARLISLE. An Article That IO very Vomit: Man sinmM Head Whothor lie ls lil fullear or At Work. DaulubWebster looking back toan incident In bis 15th year (17!)7), when bis father was taking bim to a school six miles from the borne, writes: "Ou the .way my father Intimated to mu his iutentlon of sending me tocullrge. The very Idea thrilled my whole frame. Ile said he then lived for but his children and If 1 would do all I could fi r myself he would do what be could for mc. 1 remember that I was quite overcome and my head grew at/.zy. The thing appeared to me so high, and the expense and sacrilice lt was to cost my father so great, 1 could only press his har'Hand shed tears. Excellent, excellent parent! 1 cannot think nf. til iii even now, without turning a child again." Perhaps 100,000 young men may be in American CO'lfges this year. Let us speak to one ol them early in the session, "ls it ycur purpose bo be a gentleman while in college?" Per haps be ls at tirst, disposed to resent the question as an Insult. Hut give him a few moments lo collecte his thoughts, and he may give us a frank answer. "Ye?, of course, 1 expect to be a gentlemen, that Is, as much of a gen tleman as a student can be. You know some things are excused in a student and expected in him, that can not be done hy ordinary yoting men of our age. 1 expect to be a gentleman, minus the studcut, a gen* tletnain except in the tuiugs where my student character makes me fall short." Unfortunately lhere was a time Wheo, an answer like Ibis was natural. For generations a student was locked upon as a privileged wild animal, not subject to the written laws ot college, city or State, or to the equally important unwritten laws of relined.; or even civilized society. Col lege laws, at one time, seemed to recognise a peculiar college code. In thc 181 h century lines were imposed on An arican students. The grades of tine* and offense, seem strange to us now For playing cards a tine of live shillings might be imposed while one sbi ling and a half would do for playinj any game for money. "Goiug upon'tA6 top of the college was an of fense tiual in gravity, to drunken ness pVjlying. lt is not surprising, ibat tader a system like that, the collega'Soys bad rather a confused creeVd*morals and manners. W W&uVetJ not go back to the rules of thatxlay to learn what it Is to be a gentleman In college. We shall not try w give a full definition of the] word. We may safely take for granted, that truthfulness, honor and kind-1 ness lire included. Hoes the fact that j ayouny man has entered a college campus release bim from any of these traits? "I was a truthful boy and man until 1 enterered college. I ex pect to be truthful in vacation and after I leave college. Hut during the session time, some who meet nie offi cially must b2 satistied with a lillie lower standard in me." Will any student deliberately adopt a creed or a practice like this? Take the question of honor, cer tainly a wine, all-embracing word. Will the student claim the privil ge to play fast and loi.se with it while in college? "There are certain kinks of property, in the possession of certain people, which I will most sacredly re spect. There are other kinds of property which my ideas of honor and right allow me to handle without any sense of wroiitf or shame. " 11 may he extreme to say that a student who | will take an article from one person, will take any article from any person, wherever he can tlo so with safety. Hut lt is not extreme to that this same student has a very defective, color-blind conscience and sense of right. Take the trait of kindness. The| name of I'uilip Sydney is a household word in all lands where ibe Knglish language ls spoken. When a hoy at school, 12 years of age (I?OU), he wrote two letters to his father, one] in Latin, the other in French. Ile was rewarded by an answer in which were w se maxims, that helped to | lunn the boy's character and life. Here are two short sentences, worthy to he read and practiced by every Knglish-reading boy. 'He courteous of gesture and affable tu all, with diversity of reverence, according lol the dignity of Hie p rson. There ls nothing that wlnneth BO much with] so little cost." Docs the student of today approve this, with the reserva tion that this high standard must be revised to suit the public sentiment! of our campus? Let us suppose a case. A new student, on his way to college, stops for a night with a] young man already bi college. All that a sincere refined hospitality and courtesy can suggest is offered to the guest. The two go on to the college. In a few days or so the former host] joins with fellow students to annoy, mortify, harass and afflict his late] guest. If Hie re ls chivalry, honor, manliness or nobility here it is that I of thc Arabian host, who entertains! his wayfaring guests with all possible) politeness, bidding him farewell with] profound bows and repeated wishes] for a ^afc journey then hurrying by a direct path, waylays him and robs him nf all his money. "I expect to be ti gentleman, con siderate ami tender, except in my special relation as student." Can you let .down in your retine rueiit, courtesy, manners and morals, for four rich years of your life, and 1 then letup, with no permanent loss in character or reputation? Coarse ! fun, jokes that wound, may suggest a cnange In Sir Henry Sydney's maxim. Nothing does so much harm, cause.", so much suffering to one party, with so little real satisfaction to the other. It ls your duty and your privilege to be a gentleman plus thc student. When you came to college, most of your classmates went into the walks of business life, farms, stores, otllces. They are expeoted to show their gen tlemanly character In their spheres. You have some helps which they will not have. Your intercourse with men and books will enable you tn put into your character and life traits, tones, colors, graces beauties, which may not be In their reach. Will you, for the Meeting, unsatisfying amusement o? a thoughtless hour, lower your standard below theirs? Let us approach another student, with a still more important question. "Is it your purpose to lead a Christian life in coll?ge?" Here again, the frank student may give a quail lied answer. "Yes, of course, 1 expect to do tbis, but y JU know I am In a peculiar posi tion for a few years, lt is not possible for a student to be a consistent, all round Christian. His student associa tions make that impassible. I must of course, follow the orowd in some things, which ordinary church mem bers of my age could not do without loss of self respect and the respect of others. I expect to be a Christian minus the student. In this important parenthesis of four years in my life I must lower the type of piety which I intend to resume when I get my di ploma. An inconsistent, canipusmind ed Christian is all that 1 can aim at for a few years." This is certainly unfortunate. In these years when your piety and char acter might be taking their, perma nent shape, ali disturbing, enfeebling Influences should be avoided, lt is your duty and privilege to be a Chris tian plus the student. Your student relation, duties, associations should be wings to you, and not weights. Philips Brooks basa tine sermon ou "Tim Mind's Love for Cod," Here are some golden words: "Love Cod with all your m hld, because your mind, like all the rest of you, belongs to Him, and it is not right that you should give Him only a part, tu whom be longs the whole. When the procession of your p iwers goes up joyfully sing ing to worship in the temple, do not leave the uoblest of them all behind to cook tue diDncr and to tend the bouse. Give your Intelligence to God." Here ls one great mistake easily aud often made by students: "The tie that binds me to my fellow students is stronger than all the ties binding me to the college, the community, the church, my parents or my Maker." i This short creed is the idol, Ute phan tom of the campus den that has dis turbed the religious creed, poisoned the moral sense and wrecked the life of many a noble young fellow. To be a Christian gentleman plus the student will not make your college life barren or joyless, lt is an irrev erent, if not a blasphemous thought, that our Hevenly Father allows no en joyments to his young followers. A college campus is the place where gen tlemanly and Christian character may be found in full richness and com pleteness. It needs no wrong or ques tionable amusements to make a happy collegecourse, no hours spent In scenes that are to be recalled lu later lite with a blush or a tear. Take another sentence from Slr Henry Sydeney: "Give yourself to be merry, for you degenerate from your father, if you do not Und yourslf most able in will and body to do anything when you be most merry; but let your mirth be ever void of all scurrility and biting words to any man. For a wound given by a word is oftentimes harder to be cured than that given by the sword." Tu every student who may read these Unes, a merry, gentlemanly, christian, college life. Wotlord College. WEATHER AND~CRO~PS. Thc Condition ot*Cotton Not So Good :>.-. Last ltcport. The following is a report of the con dition of crops in the state for the past week, as compiled by Section Di rector ?saner: The week ending 8 a. m., September 12, had a mean temperature ol T l de grees, which ls ;i below normal, due to unusually cool Dights. The tem perature deficiency was greatest in the interior. The extremes were a minimum of ?7 at Florence on the Sith, and a maximum of un at Yemas see on the titi). Tile precipitation was excessive over most of the southern and eastern portions, and it was deficient in the northern and western ones. The rain fall was confined to the eaily part of the week, the hitter part having been general clear and dry. In the parts that had excessive rains Hie amounis ranged from about an inch to four in ches: the other parts .'rom less than an inch to no iain, the latter in Green ville county. l-'rom work was delayed early In the week by cloudy and rainy wether over a large part of the state, but it pro gressed rapidly during the latter por tion throughout the entire state. As the season advances, it is seen that the condition of early con is bet tee than heretofore reported, while late corn was slightly damaged by ex cessive rains in the extreme northeast; the crop as a wliold ls thc best In many years. Fodder pulling is practi cally finished except from very late corn. There are numerous reports of de terioration of cotton due to coutinued rust and suedding, and, in the eastern counties, from tlie ravages of caterpil ler, which have recently increased In numbers to a damaging extent. On clay lands, cotton has attained a too rank growth, causing some rotting of tlie lower bolls. Cotton is opening fast in the eastern and central coun ties, where picking bas mape good progress, while in tlie extreme north west lhere are but few bolls open and picking has only begun. Sea Wand cotton is in excellent condition and is heavily fruited. Tlie weather was favorable for hay ing during tlie latter part of the week and much grass was cut and cured In linc condition. The forage crops are uniformly good. Sweet potatoes are poor In places, but generally very pro mising. 1! ce harvest was interrupted by rain, but latterly made rapid pro gress; Hie late rice crop ls well head ed. Minor crops are, as a rule, very promising. * ls the third and last battle of Ma nassas the blue fellows, as in thc other two, got Hoked. Wearing a blue uni form on the battlefield of Manassas is to count defeat. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Sumo Important Faots and Some* thing About Doubtful States. The following are some facta of in terest In reference to the forthcoming presidential election: Total number of electoral votes. 470 Necessary to elect. ?39 Republicans are.sure of. 183 Republ:cins must secure. 56 Democrats sure of. 102 De mc c rats must secure. 77 The Doubtful States. Colorado with.'_ 5 Connecticut, with..'.. 7 Illinois, with. 27 Indiana, with. 15 Montana, with. 3 New York, with. 39 New Jerssy, with. 12 West Virginia, with. 7 Utah, with:. 3 Wiconsin, with. 13 Total. 131 - Before the campaign ls begun it is usually possible"to say just how many votes in the electoral college each party is sure of. Some states are safe ly Republican, others safely Demo cratic. Tl: ey never change. In others, the independent voter thrives A surly of the map shows that the Republicans have strong holds on the New England states. Their strength, however, begins in the Ohio valley ?and spreads westward. All the "white" states are Republican. Tue Democratic tide begins in the South ani sweeps northward and east ward. Its states are black. Scattered all over are the great de batable states, in which theindepend ent voter thrives and which are bat tie grounds of both big parties. This is tho subdivision: Republican. California. 10 Delaware. 3 Idaho. 3 Iowa.;. 13 Kansas.^10 Main.. 6 Massachusetts. 10 Michigan. 14 Minnesota. ll Nebraska. 8 New Hampshire. 4 Ohio. 23 Oregon. 4 Pennsylvania. 34 Rhode Island. 4 South Dakota. 4 Vermont. 4 Washington. 5 Wyoming . 3 Nortli Dakota. 4 Total.183 Democrats. AlLbama. ll Arkansas. 9 Florida. 5 Georgia. 13 'Kentucky,. .-. Louisiana. "9 Mississippi._ 10 Miss mri. 18 North Carolina.. . . 12 South Carolina.. 9 Tennessee. . 12 Texas. 18 Virginia. 12 Maryland. Nevada. 3 Total.162 Thus it stands that if Rcosevelt can carry Illinois, and one other de batable state he will be pretty apt to be elected, or if he carries Illinois and Wisconsin he will likely win in enough of the smaller debatable states to elect him. On the other side, Parker must carry New York, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Indiana or their equiva lent. He must carry both the Bast and the West. If he should carry New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and West Virginia lu the East, he would lack 12 votes, unless he carried some of the Western states. If he j should lose all these and carry Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin lie would lack 22 votes. The issue of both parties were made to suit tlie debatable states, and while the Republicans have slightly the best of it, the light is an open one. In assigning tlie dilferent states to the different columns, the experience [of provlous presidential years has been the guide. ( )nly where a state has been overwhelmingly and persistently Democratic or Republican has lt been assigned arbitrarily to either column. Thu Storm at WUmtiinton. Tlie northeastern or which warn ings were sent out by the weather bureau Tuesday night struck Wil uiington Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock, Tlie velocity or the wind was :i0 miles ah"hour, and by lu.40 a. m. a maximum . velocity or 45 miles had been reached. There was a tre mendous tide In Cape Fear river, aud the harbor was so rough that naviga tion was dangerous. The beaches were .swept by heavy tides, but no damage was done, lu the city ten tent shows or a carnival company were blown down' and damage done to tlie extent or $2,500. Two fisher men who went out at Wrightsvllle Beach are missing and it is probable that they were drowned. At Mount Olive Wayne county, 20 small dwell ing houses and two ginneries In the suburbs were blown down. The dam age is estimated at $25,000. Wolves Ate tho Hermit. The body or Elou Virgil, torn and eaton by wolves, has been found near Vivi, Okla., by a neighbor. Virgil was old and feeble, had wandered from his caye and had been missing for several days. He was a hermit To cultivate his intellect and com miine with nature, years ago he took up lils residence in a cave and lived on herbs and wild fruits. Lately lt was thought his reason was affected, but he resisted being removed from his cave. llepuMlcan Prosperity. Tho Pullman Car works, of Pullman 111., were shut down Thursday, and practically every ono of the company's 7,000 employes are Idle. The closing or the big car works at tho "Model City" came when the 1,500 workers in thc repair department were laid off. That had been the only branch of the plant in operation for some time. It ls Said high wages brough about the closing of the works. A FLORIDA FEUD, A Bailiff Chased Undar a House and Killed by a Mob. EIGHT MEN UNDER AEREST Pwo Murder? Have Resulted From Excursion Train How, in wbiob Two Men Were Cut to Death. Another chapter hos to be written n the sensational ocourences that lave marked the little town of Bar er Florida, during the past few days. Thursday night Ballin II. T. Thrift nade an effort to arrest the Altmans or the murder of Jackson Duncan and ames Riley on the train ladt Sunday- ? light, but he met with r,uch a warm eceptlon that he weut to his house ,nd gave up the attempted arrest, jater a crowd gathered at bis house ,nd wnon he came out he was tired ipon. He returned the fire and killed ine of the men, said to be a white nan na mad John Dowling. 1 Then Thrift, his gun being empty, an under1 the Louse to escape the irowd that was alter him but ho was mlled out and shot to death, his body >eing riddled with bullets. Reports rom Baxter stated that more trouble vas Imminent. Citizens asked that .he military be sent there to protect ;bem' and some have left the place ather than be mixed up in the bloody dot which seems Imminent. A message was sent to Valdosta, 3a., asking if a military compauy .ould be sent there . but tue ocal officers were at Camilla and asides that the trouble happened. / n Florida beyond the reach ot tbe ?eorgla authorities, lt is salt! that ,he dispute over the State Une ls one if the reasons the Altmans give as to vhy they did not want Thrift to ar est them. They have said all along hat they would not submit to arrest >y any but authorized officers. They laim that their crime was committed n Georgia, in a strip of territory ormed by a bend in the St. Mary's iver and they will not ba arrested by florida officials though they live In Florida. lt was understood that appeal had )een made to Gov. Jennings for ruili ary protection or aid in arresting the Utmans and the governor promised hat the militia would be sent there, baxter is policed by two companies of florida militia following tue killing ?f four men resulting from the feud >etween the Altmans and Duncans, ihortly before dark Sheriff Ilernddn ind his posse brought lu eight prisiiu rs alleged to be implicated In the dlling of Jackson Duncan, the negro ,nd Rufus Thrift. T/he men arrested ?re: alar tow Crews, Berry Crews. Rt! ??enr^iniey ~iroueuV ?n^^?s?^ "olin Eddy, Jesse Sapp and Homer Sddy. Some were arrested in Florida and thors lu Georoia. These men are trete heel out on the Hoar of a shanty estlng under the guard of the iuwanee Hilles of Live Oak, the Wil-. on battery of artillery and the sher H"s posse. There are 11 others of the ang. Men who were sent to see them tave just returned and report that hey have agreed to surrender them elves and will come in voluntarily and ive themselves up. if they do not iolate their pledges this places all of he gang in the custody of the otllcers, ?lth the exception of Jesse Altmau vho is still at large and his where? .bouts are unknown. He was seen in laxter Friday but disappeared shortly lefore the sherid arrived from Mc kenny. It is thought that he too will urrender when be linds that the ithers have taken that course. LIAOYANG LOOTED. Mimili um i;-, at Mercy of Three Differ ent Annice* Siillui-od Severely. The looting of Liaoyang has few parallels in the annals of warfare. Three armies on three different days lad possession of the city and engaged u acts of depredacicus. When the lapanese drove the Russians out the itusslan soldier.? realized that the jown must fall and forgot all discip line. They looted the town, sparing aelther Chiuese nor lOuropean simps, Jestroying what they could not carry iway. They wantonly destroyed jreat quantities of food stuffs and jther goods, ripping open bales, ba gi ind boxes with the ever-ready bayo net and scattering their contents over the streets. Much liquor was found and the soldiers becoming drunk, committed further excesses. 1 turing the Interim of the departure of tho Russians and the arrival of the Japa nese the Chinese soldiers and police ti dished the work tbr? Russians bigan, pilaglng the shop:, that were not found by the Russians. When the Japanese came they completed tho leotlng. They had been fighting fur five days without food except dry rice and broke louse on entering the town. The Japanese looted right and left. Tho shops having already sullered the Japanese turned their attention to the private houses. They wanted food principally but overlooked DO til ing. This was the tirst time in this war that the Japanese were guilty of looting a captured city, and their otllcers were much disturbed by the outbreak. When order was restored the Japanese soldiers were taken out of thc walled city and now aro not allowed inside witnout a special pass. The Russians burned great quanti ties of supplies. Food ip tuc Chinese city ls very scarce. Burned Hi? Wife. A horrible crime is reported from Cortes de ia Frantera, in the province of Malaga. Francisco P?rez Oetege, a man of bad antecedents, had mar ried a beautiful girl, although ber mother resisted lt. On the wedding day the mother committed suicide, because she would not see what slio thought was to be tho ruin of her daughter. A fow days after tho wed ding the torture of the young wife be gan, lt culminated in the husband putting his wife into an oven, tho the poor woman suffering a ihorrlble death,