The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 23, 1904, Image 5

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Too Late. If I had told her in the spring The old, old story brieily, . When the sparrow and the robin be- 1 gan to sing, And tho sowing was over chlerty. But haste makes waste, and the story sweet, * I reasoned, will keep through the \ sowing, . t Till I croo the corn and sow th? wheat. ' And give them a chance for growing. J Had I even tole" toe tale In June, t When the V through the grass ( was blow..ig, , Instead of thinking it too soon, And waiting till after the sowing! ? Or had I hinted, out under t' stars, ? That I knew a story wortli hearing. ? Lingering to put up Hie pasture bars, | Nor waited to do the shtaring. , Now the barn is full, and so is the bin, " But I've grown wise without glory, i Since love is the crop not gathered in, For another fellow told lier the story. B^OBMTVVEPT^ Much Damage Done lu the Rastern Part of thc State. The storm of last Tuesday night and Wednesday did considerable damage in different part? of the State. At Georgetown on Tuesday night, 13th instant, the wind began to rise at about y o'clock, coming from the northeast lu gusts that increased in violence eacli hour accompanied by heavy showers of rain and attained a mamimum velocity of about 80 miles an hour near midnight. Towards morning the wind changed completely around, blowing strongly from the southwest. The storm came without warning fiom the weather bureau and the rice planters have suffered severely. A large part of the rice crop being cut down and lying in the fields. The damage to property in town will fcot up fully $10,000. MAMON si: KKK US O HEATLY. A dispatch from Marion to The State ou Wednesday says a terrible storm has been raging since last night. Houses are blown down, trees up rooted, telephonic and telegraphic communication is entirely suspended. Crops are ruined and the electric light wires are broken down In many places. Communication even by private conveyance is cut uti'. No fatalities have been reported, but pjrmation as to the extent of the ?mage in the county is very meagre. ? ii Y is Tc ii IN M,(IIII:.M:E. A dispatch on Wednesday to The State from Florence says a severe wind and rain storm struck this place last night about 12 o'clock and raged incessantly until 1 o'clock today. A great many shade trees in the city were blown down, several fences de molished and considerable damage done in breaking skylights and plate glass in show windows. Reports from the country say thad the cotton crop is badly damaged. The roads are blockaded witli trees and the tele phone wires are badly broken up. In the city trees were blown on several houses but none were damaged to a great extent. DAMAGE AT GOODWILL. As a result of high winds from early Tuesday night to ' o'clock with light rains until 0 O'CIOCK, crops are badly blown down as well as some fencing and trees at Goodwill. At one time thia morning it looked like the storm of 1893 would be repeated. Cotton fields are a queer sight, the wrong sides of the leaves turned up and cot ton not more than half as high as it was Tuesday, one row lapping over another. STORM AT LATTA. A heavy wind and rain storm began at Latta about midnight Tuesday and continued steadily until about - o'clock next afternoon. Colton that remained in the fields unpicked was damaged considerably. No other damage reported except Hie blowing down of shade trees. MANY LIVE? LOST. One ol'the Fiercest Storms on llcoord SweepH Admit ic Coast. A number of lives wert: lost, much property damaged and several ships were wrecked in the sturm which swept up the Atlantic coast Tuesday night and Wednesday, lt was one of the liercest September storms on record, thunder and lightning adding terror to a howling gale which swept drenching sheets of rain over sea and land. The greatest loss of life was near ? Wilmington, Del. The tug Israel VV. i Durham, with a crew of six men and four other men employees of Hie American Dredging company, was i Bwamped in the Delaware river early Wednesday during the height of the storm. Fight of the ten persons on ' the little craft were drowned. Halifax, N. S., is mourning a ?sf>0U,- ? 000 lire. While t.ds ?ire was not di- : rectly due to the storm, the Hames ' were fanned and driven forward by ? the high wind which prevailed. New York sn tiered comparatively little. Tlie wind and rain and light ning and thunder was terrific, but i little damage was done. Nineteen ( coal barges went adrift in Hie bay and their wreckage strews Hie shore from Hie battery to the narrows, but no i lives were lost. Several small vessels also went ashore on various parts of the coast near New York. Ope fa tality was reported in New York when a pieee of cast iron lire en-ape was blown from a building and struck Carl ilert/ner, killing him instantly. A fishing steamboat, Joseph Church, of Greeuport, N. Y., struck on Peaks Hill bar and was smashed lo pieces. Thc captain and crew of twenty-one men were saved. From Wilmington, Del., comes Hie news that great destruct ion was caused by the storm. Trees were uprooted, houses flooded and crops ruined. In Chesapeake Hay the storm was pai ticularly fierce, incoming steamers arriving at Baltimore report that never in their experience lias so severe gale swept down on them at this time of the year. One man was seen adrift in a small row boat in Chesapeake ' Hay, hut it was impossible to rescue ' him. Trivial Accident Caused Death. The Anderson Mail says Hie wile of ; David Dooley, Hie well-known colored l blacksmith, died Monday morning ? under very peculiar circumstances, 1 death resulting from blood poisoning < caused by a fish hone which penetrat ed her hand about two weeks ago. No attention was paid to the trivial ac cident at thc time Hie bone became , embedded in the flesh, but within a 1 few days the hand became very in Hammed, with the discoloration of j tho tissues surrounding the wound which accompanies blood poisoning. ! * BOTAN says he is ready to take the I stump for Parker. ii SHOULD UKIN G TEN CENTS. .'?nuera Uracil to Get Tbat Price or Hold Their Cotton. Hun. nari ve Jordan, one of the best mown fanners in tile United States, vho ls president of the Southern Cob on Growers Association and the National Farmers Congress, ls out in i strong interview, in which he urges ibo farmers of the south to bold their ?otton baok and not tluod the market with it. Ho says lt will mean higher prices, and better times. The Inter view ls of vital interest to merchants ind farmers throughout the south inri Mr, Jordan says if the plan can tie successfully worked out, lt will mean additional millions to the south's wealth within the next year ar two. Mr. Jordan's interview fol lows: "The rapid and continuous deteri oration of the cotton crop due to drouth, wilt, lr.seeks and fungus diseases lu the old states east of the Mississippi river, and heavy damap.es in Texas from storm, boll weevils aud boll worms render the situation very dilTcrent from what the outlook pre sented on the lirst day of August. "The late crop is virtually a failure whether we have frost before Novem ber or not. There are but few honest statisticians who would say that this crop will reach more than 11,000,000 bales of cotton. The estimate frcm the Texas people places the yield at 10,000,000 bales. Hut eveu If we harvest 11,000,000 bales there must necessarily be a shortage in mill stocks before we can plaut and culti vate another crop. S Dine of our largest mills in Georgia are actively buying their supplies at present prices for the next year's consumption, which indicates that Georgia spinners realize that we aie faced with another short erop and also that present prices for Mic raw material are not too high, Farmers who are. paying high prices for cotton pickers so as to get their cotton out to be ginned and thrown on the market quickly are doing more to depress prices right now than any body else. Gather the crop as rapidly possible, bub do not rush the staple too fast on the market. Store the seed cotton In outhouses or have lt ginned and hold it. "Let every producer determine that ten cents per pound shall be the mininum price ab which his cotton shall be sold. The mills can well alford to pay I - cents per pound for all middling grade cotton under exist lng c nidi Lions and if the market ls not rushed higher prices than those at present will soon tie ell r d. 1 can not fully emphasize the bign impor tance of moving the crop slowly to the markets this season. ".Sixty days later when thc situation of the crop is fully known bo the trade at home and abroad the demand for our cotton will be Intense and those who have the staple still in their con trol will receive its full value. Sell only enough cotton to meet Lhe press ing demands of the present ana if the balance ls held at home, store it un der good cover so as to protect the staple from the weather. "Those who need some money to meet maturing obligations in ( ?ctuber can store their cotton in local ware houses and use the receipts to secure loans from local banks. Your cotton has already been sold for future de livery by brokers and exporters who expect the markets to he deluged with thc rush of the staple as in past years. Check this rush and teach these speculators a lesson during the next sixty days. The cotton mills are quite willing to pay prices ranging between 10 and 12 cents per pound for this crop, and it will simply he a needless sacrifice to sell any cotton under ten cents per pound. "Stand steadfast for high prices this season and your position will be maintained. This crop should bring to the producers not less than $700, 000,000. Hold your cotton seed for higher prices and refuse to accept the present low prices offered by the rep resentatives of tile cotton seed oil mills. "Every ton of cotton seed is worth $I? as a fertilizer, and no farmer can alford to sell and deliver a ton of cot ton seed to the oil mill for less than $LS to *2u per ton. The present price of cotton seed is fully ?ti per ton too low. DEMOCRATIC GAINS. Lute I toi urns from Maine Show Qaliis lor That l'art v. A dispatch from Fortland, Maine, says returns f rom the small towns in [listant parts of the State and a care ful revision of last ligures place the Republican plurality In .Monday'sstate election at about 27,ooo. Returns from 450 cities, towns and plantations out of 550 give William T. Cobb, Republican, 75,054; Gyms \V. Davis, Demosrat, 50,158. Thc same places In 1000 gave Hill, Repub lican, 72,541; Lord, Democrat, 30,714. The Republican gain over. 1000 is now estimated at ."? per cent., the Democratic gain at 24 per cent. Next vein's, senate will probably stand 27 Republicans and four Demo crats, as against 2;i Republicans and 3ne Democrat in the last legislature, lt. is estimated that the house will be 121 Republicans anti thirty Demo crats. The last bouse stood Lil Re publicans and twenty Democrats. The heaviest Democratic gains were in Cumberland county where the par ty re-elected Fennell tis sheri ir, a sena tor and county commissioner. Chair man Simpson of the Republican state committee, telegraphed President Roosevelt that the party had carried the State by more than 2."?,000. President Roosevelt replied saying he was delighted with tile rt suit and congratulated Mr. Simpson and those who had worked with bim, most heartily. Every one knows that Roosevelt ls not delighted over the result, because the Republican ma jority of four years ago has fallen olf about seven thousand. Smothered in Cotton Pilo. Bryant Partin, the six-year-old son of Frank Partin, was smcshered to [ieath Tuesday while playing in a pile nf lint cotton in front of his father's home near Raleigh, N. C. The boy playfully dug a hole in the cotton and jinn perl in. i ie had not been missed it the house and his dead body was found hy his little sister, who was dig ging into the loose cotton. The child was found standing on lils head In the :enter of the pile of c itton. * 1 'armer.'. I ll Ht it ll I CH. Farmers' institutes will be held in December In the following counties: Har ion, Dorry, Florence, Williams )urg, Georgetown, Clarendon, Berke ey, Charleston, Dorchester, Orange mrg, Ramberg, Colleton, Beaufort, lampton and Ham well. Appllca ions for Institutes must be In by November 1. These applications must ?e signed by 15 farmers. * -, TO ELECT ROOSEVELT. The Trusts HAYO Subscribed Nearly j Bevon Million Dollars. Tbe New York American recently published a list of the leading eontrlb- i utors and amounts pledged to the Re p?uuc?u uatiunal campaign fund of ; 1*J04. According to the American near ly $2,000,000 has already been paid to the national committee. The remain der ls to be had on call. The list shows that J. P. Morgan ls the largest Individual subscriber, while the Standard Oil, Oas and Elec- 1 trie Trusts are the most -generous of I the corporation. The American says ? the ultimate plan is to collect $10, 000,000 more if necesary, as against 80,000,000 In 189? and about $5,000, 000 in 1900. These are the pledges: Standard Oil, , Gas and Eleciric, through William G. , Rockefeller, $1,000 000; J. Pierpont ' Morgan, $250,000; United States Steel Corporation, through Andrew Carne gie and H. C. Frick, $750,000; Ameri can Sugar Relining company, thruugh H. O. Havemeyer, $000,000; Consoli dated Tobacco, $500,000; Charles M. Schwab aud his allied interests, 80C0, 000; National Paper and branches, 8250,000; Pennsylvania, Reading and coal Trust, through A. J. Cass?t, $500,000; New York Central system, through the Vanderbilts, $250,000, other railways, $500,000; National Biscuit (cracker trust,) $200,000: American Wool, $200,000; National Lead, $200,000; manufacturers, through Messrs. D?lau and Dobson, $r)00,000; James Stillman and other bankers, $250,000; total so far pleged, $0,750,000. TheXAmerican adds: "The list of contributors and sums printed above comes from a source of the highest authority in the Republican party, a member of the great trusfs, a man of millions, who was induced to give the facts because of the rep >rts that it was "hard to raise money to elect Roosevelt." DINNER'S REPORT Ul) to September First ol'thc Present Cotton Crop. The cDtton report of the census bureau as issued Thursday shows a total of 390,414 commercial bales pressed at the ginneries, ginned from the growth of 1904, prior io Septem-1 ber 1, against a total of 17, "?^7 com mercial bales in the corresponding pe riod of last year. The report shows 7,5(i7 ginneries opera'ed thia season prior to September 1, while the num ber operated to the corresponding date in 1903 was 2.170. The report points out that in comparing the statistics of the two years due allowance must be made for the different conditions of Lhe two reasons. The total com mercial bales which would number but 374,821 if the round bales were cuunted as half l?ales, compose 358, 796 square bales, 31,187 round bales and 431 i ea island crop bales. The crop by states and territories follows: Alabama-20,450 commercial bales, total corresponding period hist year 1,314. Arkansas- 70 commercial bales, last year 17. 1 Florida-1,950 omniercial bales, last year 582. Georgia-03,193 commercial bales, last year 0,28:i. Indian Territory-1,055, last year 4. Louriana-5,570, last year 448. Mississippi--2,70.'t commercial bales, last year 384. North Carolina 134 commercial bales, last year 35. Oklahoma ?:t commercial l?ales, last year nene. South Carolina 4,215 l?ales last year 2.*. I. Tcnnes.se 2 commercial bales, last year 1. Texas 285,011 commercial bales, last year 0,701. No figures are given for Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri and Virginia. These statistics were collected through a canvass of the Individual ginneries of the cotton states hy OCT local special agents. The report will be followed by live others, showing tile quantity of cotton ginned from tiie growth of 1904 to Oetober \*. to November 14, to December 13 to .January lo, and the end of tile season. Tbe Uual report will give the quantity of cotton ginned during thc emile season and will include the quantity of linters obtained by the cotton seed oil mills I rom regaining cot ton seed of this year's growth. WIIAI ls the Mattei'V The Calveston News draws atten tion tq tim fact that Galveston is now the leading cotton port of the world, having last season taken lirst place from New Orleans with receipts of 2,406,032 against 2,000 .157 lor the Crescent City. Following in third place comes Savannah, with 1,108, l?t bales, which will doubtless he improv ed on fids season. Norfolk comes next with 47'.?,ti 12 bales, then Wil mington with 321,324, Mobile with 201,070, Charleston with 1 I7,^:>2, l'ennsacola with 121 308 and Bruns wick witli 92,780. What is the mat ter willi Charleston' According to the above ligares she is very much in the back ground in the matter of bandling cotton. Savannah handles over one million more bales of colton per year than she docs. Even Wil mington doubles her. There must lie something radically wrong some where, anet tho busineis men of Charleston should lind out what, it is and remedy it. Wc would all like to see Ll io good old city of Charleston take the place commercially that lier wealth and grographical position entitles her to. Let lier awake, put on new life ?md enter the lists against Savannah ?ind all other comers with ?i determination to win, and she will do it. Trouble Avoided. Several days ago .ianuis Horne, a leading merchant of Metcalf, Ga., re ceived an anonymous letter advising him thal. ho. bad been marked fur slaughter by a "Before Day Club."' The letter was followed at an early hour Friday morning by the firing of Horne's store. This was done with kerosene and was Hie work of Icendiar hs. Karly risers saw the lire and ex tinguished it with slight ?uss. The better class of people counselled a mass meeting. 'This was held. More negroes than whites were present. S. A. Roddenberry, mayor of Metcalf, and R. W. itranoh, presiding elder ol the colored Methodist church, spoke. The meeting seemed to clear the at mosphere and it is now thought that no trouble will follow. The negroes seem to be anxious to avoid trouble. Tlioy have submitted the books and by-laws of all lodges to the Inspection of the whites. SEVEN LIVES LOST Ind Six Others Seriously Injured in a New York Fire. ?EROIC RESCUES BY FIREMEN. UGH Sought tu Kno.'..:>o First hm j TIlurBt Back While Women und children Were Taken Ont. At New York seven persons were burned tu deatb and six others were injured seriously in a lire which parti ally destroyed a tenement building at. Nos. U8-70 First street early Tuesday. More than 20 families were asleep In the building and acts of bravery ac companied their rescue, which was | accomplished by tiremen and police lt was shortly after 2 o'clock when the alarm was given. Within the few moments that had elapsed the ilames were found to have gaiued Kreut headway from the tirstlloor and the neighborhood was in a panio of terror. Women and children were being dropped from the windows of thc lower doors and dozens of grown persons were fighting in the hallways to reach opeu air. A policeman clambered to the ro if of an adjoining building and by cling ing to the cornice with the smoke pouring into bis face, reached down to the windows of the fifth floor and rescured seven children who were I handed out by their parents. An otll cer winding a coat about his head, entered the building from below and rolled down the stairs the body of al half suffocated man. Three times the ouloer came back carrying two persons in bis arms. Then he fell, exhausted. Meantime, ladders had been run tu the top of Hie building and bremen, clambering up, rescued at least 2U tenement dwellers who were about;l.o jump. Men bought to reach the lire men first, but were thrust back while the women and children were taken out. One liremau although badly burned, took .even persons from a| single wiudow on the fourth floor. When the work of rescue had been completed and the flames had bceu brought under control, the tiremen hurriedly searched the crowded Hats and on the fourth llior, they found six members of the Konovitsch family dead. On top of the building an unidenti fied man was found dead. Police Capt. McDermott and the liremen who tirst readied the burning build ing, believed the lire was ol' incendiary origin. Their theory is borne out by thc statements of toe janitor of the building who says that au attempt! was made to set lire to the tenement ! last Thursday night. THE RURAL SUROOL LIBRARIES. Number ol' Ijihrraics Untarnished in (lie Difl'ereiil Counties. Tlie following list shows the num ber of rural libraries established this year and the number yet to be estab lished in each county in order to re ceive the benefit of the appropriation for IU04, under the Aull library ad Supt. Martin is anxious, now thal/ the county campaigns are over, ta: the county superintendents, t??cbejk and patrons of each county SQ btV'tiY themselves in order that none of this appropriation may be lost In an . county at the expiration of the time, Dec. :tlst, of this year. Fach count/ is entitled to 12 libraries under this, act and should by all means avail itself of Lliis rare opportunity of outside aid before it is too late. The list is: To be Rstab- estab lished, lished, Abbeville. 7 5 Aiken. ? .'I Anderson. ? 7 Hamberg. .'> !? Harn well. 7 :"> Beaufort. :t 9 Herkley. A il Chariest!m. 2 IO Cherokee. I 8 Chester. 7 ? Chesterfield. l il Clarendon. !? ..'? Colleton. ?'? ii Darlington. if .1 Dorchester.O 12 10 Igelieid. 12 0 Fan field.12 0 Fl? ?renee.12 0 Georgetown. I ll Greenville.12 0 (?reenwi >od.12 0 ( 11 am pt eui. fi 7 1 lorry. f> 7 Kershaw. 7 5 Lancaster. 7 fi Laurens.12 0 Lee. ? :i Lexington. f> 7 Marion. 4 8 Marlboro.12 o Newberry. u :t Dconee.lo 2 [ )rangeburg.12 .0 Dickens. f> 7 ?lchland. 12 o Saluda.ll 1 Spartanburg.12 0 Sumter. ii :f (J uion. li ii Williamsburg . . ;? !? York.12 0 Totals.:u?:i Ls?) (NtllnpHi! ol * Bridge. At Stillwater, Mich., the bridge icross Lake St. Croix, which is a half nile long, extending to the Wisconsin dde, caught lire late Thursday a Her mon. The lire created some e:oi> ino L ion and the tire apparatus in respond ng to the alarm was followed by the usual crowd of persons. The tire had io weakened one end of the spai ; of t.he rather ancient structure, that when the tire apparat us and tile crowd itteinptcd to cross it, it fell into the water, twenty feet below. About Lwenty persons were precipitated with thc wreckage into the water. Adolph Hoo, aged 22, and George Mc grath, aged ll?, were killed, and live ethers were seriously Injured. The linaiiciai icss was small. Caii?; h I III a (>lll?;. What is known as the "Mosquito lect" of boats owned and manned by larlng negro fishermen, went beyond die bar to the Black Fish hanks, out jf Bight of land, Wednesday morning. Three out of these boats and their frews of four men each have not been icard from 11 o'clock at night, i?nd ire almost certainly lost. One boat, 'The Pride," capsized and sunk and .lie captain, .lohn Wyllie, and lino others were drowned. Jos. Butler vas the only one of thc crew rescued, mother fishing boat having picked lim up. The squall which struck lie fishing boats is thc edge of a mall gnle tint has been sweeping up his coast all day. THE CHEESE INDUSTE." Several New Fae torlea to Be Eatab- ? Halted lu South Carolina. The Columb'a Record says lt I s likely that a number of creameries ^ will be established In the state as . a conference with the commissioner , of immigration by O. G. Voigt, of , Union, ls known. Mr. Yolght came , here from Illinois several years ago ( and bas been instrumental in estab lisblrg seven cheese factories In vari- * ous parts of the state. - Mr. Volgbt 1 is enthusiastic about the Industry for I this state and says that lt ls one of the best paying and. cheapest invest ments thought of. -Negotiations are 1 now in progress with a Virginia dairy man for the removal of his entire I dairy to this-state and an effort will ' be made to bring others here, es the : factorits lind great trouble in getting ; a sufficient quantity if milk. . A sample ol' the cheese was brought ? from Union Wednesday, and the qual ify ls so much better than the West- ? ern article that it readily sells for lifteen cents per pound against ab mt nine cents'f >.* the other. Mr. Voig'it says that the dairies here sell a much 1 b?lter supply of milk, and because of the superior pasture land* the cheese is correspondingly bitter. A cieese factory starts t IT with a capital t I' 1 about $1,500, and the work ls v?ry simple. As stated, the trouble, ls : to secure a sulliclent quantity of milk to keep the t'jotory running at tull capacity, and e-Leh it ls only running half time. The article linds a sale at ouce and the factory never has any stock on hand. Arrangements are being made with the next factory ts tablished to have put in an apparatus for making any kind of cheese. A BOLD RASCAL. An Allanta Lady Attacked hy a Neu ro in Broad Daylight. The residence of M. Benjamin, at White Hall and Fair streets, was the scene Thurs lay morning of a bold rob bery, when au unknown negro brute attacked Mrs. J. F. Robits-n, drag ged her about the house, and looted several of the sleeping rooms. The man escaped before assistance reached the r?sidence, but the police have a go id description of bim aud hope to elfect his capture before night. lt was about 11:00 o'clock when the negro rang i/ne door ben ao the Benja min residence. Mrs Benjamin and other members of the family were away from home at the time, having gone to the city to do some shopping. .Sirs. Robinson, who ls a governess in Hie family, was the only person In the house, sive Hie cjok, who was in th.; rear. Mrs. Robinson answered the ring of tlie bell. Thc negro confronted her and his actions were such as to arouse sus picions. Ls there any on at home?"' tusked the mau. Mrs. Robinson told him that several members of the family were in tlie house. Imping to frighten him ell', tut the negro bad evidently been watch ing the place and seen the members of the family go down town. "Well, I'll see who is at home," re plied the negro muttering an oath. At the .same time he caught Mrs. Robinson and pulled her in the house. Ile bandied her so roughtly that the _waist to the dress which she was wearing was ripped and torn to pieces. The negro dragged the help less women through the hall to the staircase, and pulled her up the stairs to the second Moor, where be lojted every room. The drawers were pulled from the dressers and their contents were scattered about the lloor. Mi tis in the looking for money. Much jewelry was thrown over the floor, and the negro got away witli a purse containing about $12. As a result of he r expi Hence with the negro, Mrs. Robinson is prostrat ed. Atlanta Journal. FEIGNED SICKNESS. Hut Was Convicted and Sont to the I'onntontiary. A special tiispatch to The State says an unusual incident transpired in .ses siens court Wednesday which will alford a break from the dull monotony of sitting under the stern dignity of Iiis honojc anti hearing the endless talks of'the lawyers, the hesitating, stammering statements of witne.-s s and the sonorous voice of the court crier. Arthur Salter, colored, w;us ar raigned for stealing live stock. That is, Salter was brought into the court room, .lust after fie had been placed in the criminal docket, lu fell down and gave vent to a number of gutter al, groaning sounds, at the same time twisting and writhing his lung, lank body. Judge Gary bad a physician summoned, who, after a careful ex amination, pronounced the negro to. be perfectly healthy. Salter refused to goby his diagnosis, however, and con tinued in a prostrate condition In the docket, at times groaning and howl ing. As the negro kept up his game, the judge s- lected the jury, and the etise wan tried. In the meanwhile Sal ter was removed from the docket to a bench where he lay flat on his back, feigning sickness. Ile was found guil ty. When the court asked for him to stand up he could not be moved by thc court olllcers and Judge Gary pro nounced sentence on the man as he lay on the hench. ''Your sentence is 18 months at hard labor on the roads of Spartanburg county this is six months additional, Salter, for your ex hibition this mourning," remarked his honor. Court olllcers had lo catch the negro by either arm anti forcibly carry him from the court room. A number ol'cases of minor importance were dis posed of. Has'a Maid Tinie. Consul Prolllt, at Pretoria, lias for .warded to tho state department a petition by a dozen American negroes In Transvaal) charging discrimination by the british government against tlie American negro. They allege that the .liberties once enjoyed under the Hoer government are now abrogatj ed. The petition says they are de barred fruin riding in second class ral I road coaches because of their color; that they are prohibited from walk ing on the sidewalk "for which we :re thrown about like chatties," that they arc not allowed to do busi ness because they are Americans and lastly, Uiey are told "that American natives must expect the same treat ment as Africans." Miss Helen Gould lias organized an attack on tlie boll weevil. She be lieves a bird brigade will exterminate thc pest.'. Secretary Wilson pins bis faith to a?nts. Meantime the weevil says tho Augusta Herald, ls sawing wood and paying nothing. WILL NEGROES DIE OUI? tuberculosis Said to be Increasing at au AlannlnK Kate. While the population of Augusta ls practically evenly divided between ?viiiles and blacks, the mortuary statistics of the city show that from two to three negroes die to every white person. The fact is causing considerable discussion since the re cent vital stallst ic ordinance bas been putin force and more complete records kept. The new ordinance went In forco August 22. So tar GB deaths have been recorded with Secretary Cald well. Of this number 48 were ne groes and 20 white people. An ex amin?t! u of tbe records for several years part show that this ratio is about corect, sometimes the records showing an Increased ratio. Monthly Sexton Calhoun reports from two to three limes as many interments as are made during tl ie same time in the two white cemeteries. When quest inned as to the probable reason fur the greater death rate among the negroes physicians declare that it ls due to the unsanitary condi tion of th ir homes, the poor atten tion giw n to the sick, carelessness in summoning medical aid to their sick, their oareslessness in exposiug them selves to diseases, and also to the fact that constitutionally they are the easy victims of a nun h. r of maladies. lt ls authoritatively declared by physicians that tuberculosis is increas ing among the negroes at an alarming rate. Tneyseem to have a predisposi tion to the disease, lt is also, a fact that this disease is one to which th< y more quickly succumb than white peo ple. While It oked u pon asa robutj race, pl y ?cally Strong, it is said tn bs I a fact tile course of tin; dieaied dis euse is much shorter when they are attacked, lt, is probably true that this is in part due tn the- unsanitary condition of their homes and the ex posed occupations they pursue. lt is also true that tbe birth rate among the race is on the decrease. Looked upon as a prolific race, this fact will cause considerable surprise among the laity. In the opinion uf many eminent students of medi cine, as the race is brought up to a higher state of civilization, the death rate will increase and the birtli rate decrease until the negro ls practically ex te rm i cated.-Augusta Chronic! e. WILL OPPOSE LEVER. The Itcpuhlicaiis to Pul Out a Candi date Soon. The Columbia Record says the Re publican congressional convention for the Seventh district will meet in Sumter on Saptembar 24th and this convention will, it is understood, place in nomination some one who can cap tire some votes. A delegate to the district convention stated that tills candidate would n it be Dan'/.'er, who had announced himself. Tne dele gates said that they were not running this candidate this titre for the con test money, which is $2,000, but he admitted that the m iney would be ac cepted if the Republican congress awarded it. It was positively stated, however, that if any candidate was put up it would not be Dantzler. There is a possibility that no candi date will be put in this district, and it is not known what will be done in the First district. A number have been mentioned as possibilities in the Seventh. Among these is F. C. Aldrich, of Lexington, a white man, and a li "publican of longstanding. Mr. Aldrich, however, is one of tlie electors and be would bave to resign that. If he bael the idea of running in his mind he did not menti' n lt when named as au elec tor. C. G. Scott, colored, of East over, is also mentioned as seeking the honor, as is J. H. Weston, also col ored, of the same place. The chair man of the Seventh district conven tion is J. H. Fordham, of ( ?rangeburg, and it is pretty well understood that any candidate named by him will go through. From what can be gathered it is evident Uiat there was considerable diseusssiou Thusday night which was not given tu the press. There is lit tle doubt that tlie G. ( >. I*, leaders in this state are preparing for a light, if not this time, two years hence, and they are counting on getting support from sources not heretofore given. SENATOR TILLMAN'S VIEWS. Talks Plainly About the Murder ol tbe lincho--. Family. In a letter to the Supreme Court Reporter Bryant of Lincoln, Senator Tillman of South Carolina speaks out very plainly about the crime that mused the Statesburo lynching. He says: "The act of the mob at Statesboro ls to be deplored, tait more deplorable ls tlie fact that a whole family of white people have been butchered, ?tamped out, by the two llen?is who were lynched and their accomplices. Tile more deplorable is tile condition In the Southern States which make inch a thing possible and which promises to make them of more fre inent ccourreiice in the future. Mobs are bad, but they are evi dence of the spirit of liberty. We of Lhe South have thrown uti the yoke if the black maj irity. We did it be o?use life lias ceased to lia worth liv ing in the terms and conditions which sxisted fin n i sos to i!s70. "Fiona ncessity we used forco and fraud to overcome the negro major ity. The negroes have the memory jf eight years of licence, and, In spired by the actions and utterances J? President Roosevelt, they have s'iven evidence only too plentiful of a hope and belief that their time will some again. Race antagonism and hatred grow apace. '"Tlie willies are resolved to govern it whatever cost, because experience lias shown that any other course means ruin. Negro equality is some thing that will not bo tolerated, and fit comes tu war the negroes will ie exterminated. Tho white people if the South are on the top and they will stay there." . Better Stay at Homo. The Anderson Mall relates the story if a citizen uf that county who sold ill lils lands, goods and chattels and noved West tn better his fortune. Ile utterly failed and will now como jack and start all over again. South Jarolina is as good a state as any in the union, and superior in some espects, for agricultural pursuits, md as Tho Mall says, a man whocan lut make success of it in t his state viii do no better anywhere else. ?FI!!!600" FOR MEN I will send free to any man simply upon Wa written request o coi>y of my ot-pairo boole on lost manhood, nervous debility, impotency, stricture, varlco?ele, enlargement of tho prostate, blood poison, and re? Hex diseases resulting from tho above, such os orup tlons of tho skin, rheumatism, urinary disorders, piles, rectal diseases, etc. It will tclt In plain ana i- siuiplo lumruutro all that you want? to know. It ls entertaining und Instructive and win open your eyes. J* ^1U show a simplo way ?f euro In your own nonie, privately and without tho publicityand ex neamSfa^l?oMotor^a^^ I hive been practic?? this sociality formero Sffft%M:efT^nSr%d have In roy vaults tho names of hundreds upon hundreds of men whom I Dave cured of theso <l souses after' they had written mo for thc book. In these 25 years I have developed a ?VK^ro of cure that Is entirely new and orielnal and differs widely from tho old methods. With it l ara enabled, tocuic men hf h al ? th et ii ! 1 ''. I n tv simple yet effective way. Write ^^gMg&IStgg? wav to set back your vitality and Etrcnktb. your munhood and health, no matter how old or _n..i i .pi 11 ?.iiinui hnaMMt.tinftt.imimtMvobii.Self Kxamlnatlon Ulnnlton j our disease so t other medical 1 envelope* Dread St. PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CLIIMTX>IM, S. O. HOARD, ROOM-RENT and TUITION for Collegiate Year foi $117.01). Next Session begins Sept. 22, 1!)04. UI' J gfej^For Catalogue or information address ""^ "a ft e WONDERFUL RECORD. -M Fourteen students of Osborne's Business College have flocoret? positions within last few days. Several ladies as stenographers and typewriters in both Georgia and South Carolina, and several young men as bookkeeper?, shorthand writers and bank clerks in different el ties. This college guarantees pof&? tion. . "Write them. . i Fine Watch Don't think that every one who hangs out a sign as a "watch maker" is competent to repair your lino watch. Repairers who uro fully competent are scarce. Wo do work only ono way,-tho l\ 1 l l ll O' best-wo can make any part of a watch, or a completo watch. lAA/L/CUl lli^. Qur pr-IC03 aro often no moro than you poy for inferior work. IVhen our chnrgo for work is $1.50 or over wo will pay express chargo one way. Send us vont watch, I*. H. Ii.YCHICHOTTK ?fe CO. Jewelers, 1424 Main St-, Columbia, S. 0. UPPIylE?S. Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Jlills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting, Packing, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, In jectors, Lubricators, etc. 10,0ao it. of good 1 in. second haad black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., Ooltiiil?>i?, s?i. C. The machinery Supply house of the Btate. Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material.of nil 1-inds. High Grade Roofing "HUBEROIi V Write for prices. Whiskey I Morphine I Clgaret AlliDrug and Tobacco Habit, I Habit | Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley Institute, of S3. (Q. 132? Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S, Q. Confidential correspond ent solicited. JLvitrxe Cement, JI-*l?M*r.or, Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small lota, write, Carolina. Portland Cement Co., Charleston, 8. C. A Word to Farmer?. What will fanners de with their cotton seed? ho they undeistand their value? livery 1,000 pounds of lint cotton yields one ton of S ied. The seed is worth one-seventh the price of cotton when thc latter sells at 10 cents. One ton of s>ed will yield: :u>0 lbs. (lo gillon-) of oil. 750 lbs. of meal. 40 lbs. of linters. ?00 lbs. of hulls. 20 lb*, of waste. Placing the crude oil at 25 cents a gallon and the other products at the market price, the mill gets $21.00 from the ton of seed. one ton of see l, titi bushels, con tains: 78 lbs. Of ammonia. Ill lbs. of phosyboric acid. 2:t lbs. of potash. Placing the plant food at Hie whole sale price, the ton of seed ls worth $11.12 to tlie farmer. Adding frelgl t and the retail prolita ton of s-ed would be equal in value to a commer cial fertilizer worth $1'? to $17. Consider i lie e ligues, (ai the farmer afford to h ol 1 bis seed tor 12 'o 15 cents a bushel? They are ?b Hi 24 cents, used as a fertilizer. If he ex changes seed fi r meal he should get 1,500 to 1 1500 pounds for a ton of seed. We do not advise any one to fell seed for cash. Exchange for me.il ace! put it back on the I ind. flubs have beer, retailing at $10 a ton recently and meal at $1 40 a hundred pounds. The prices will drop when the mills start. We advise farmers to hold twice, as many seed as will be needed to plant t heir next crop. Sell the bal ance provided they can get their price. If farmers will sell for cash to thc mills they should not take less than the fertilizer value. If they exchange for meal they should get at least l, .">U0 f .r a ton of seel. We commend the above fron the Greenville Moun taineer to the thoughtful considera tion of our farmers. Tho War News Lies. Somebody in Berlin as taken thc, trouble lo tabulate and analyse the statistics of tlie war news since thc struggle between Japan and Russia opened. The result appears lu the j lierlin issue of Lloyed's of recent date. Tlie compiler assumes that every telegram told the truth. Here, then, is tlie result, and figures don't He: Russia has lost 2S battleships like the Retvizan, ?18 of the Peropav lovsk type, 145 cruisers, 411 torpedo boat destroyers, 1,487 torpedo boats, with 03,000 soldiers killed, 80,500 wounded and 180,000 prisoners. Ja-j pan has lost 49 armored cruisers, 84 other civ.iser-;, tis destroyers and 549 torpedo boats, while her losses in men have been '.ts,ooo killed, bil,ooo wounded and 110,000 prisoners. Port Arthur, according to tlie same .authority, lias been twelve time at tacked, has been carried by storm once and has capitulated no less than six times/' Held Lp ny ii<i mi i i n. Rock Island train No. ll winch usually carries a large amount of money was held up near Let's, la., early Wednesday morning. The bag gago and express cars wore dynamit ed, the safe was blown up and all the contents were taken. Ofllcers from here arc In pursuit of thobmdlts who escapod on the engine which they stole, from the train. ?.?.?.?.??.?.?......?.?.?H ~WrG> S? ell ? . PIANOS AND ORGANS, ? -A nil Lots of Them- ? . WE SI3L. THE BEST MAKES. ? . Our prices are about ten pet 2 cent under Northern prices. . K-Vry Piano ur Organ we soll ? is fully warranted by the makers, . ?un? backed up by us. Write uu ut JJ once fur catalogue, priced .und S tonus. MALONF/S MUSIC HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water tish and oysters. If you are dealing in Fresh Fish or intend to deal in them write for prices and send you; ordrs.to TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. CV or COLUMBIA FISH ?St ICE CO Columbia S. C. We ship only fresh caught tish and our prices are as low they can be sold at. Write us. Try us and he convinced. $5,000 i CUARAK? / TEED j BY A BANK DEPOSIT Railroad Faro Paid. 500 FREE Courses Offered. Board at Cost. Write Quick OEORGIAAtABAMA BUSINESS COttEGE.Mocon.G?. Williamston Female College Will open in its now buildings at Greenwood, S. C. Tuesday, Supt. 27, l'JOI. Our well known advantages with .valuable additions. Send for cataluguo to Rev. Jno. 0. Wilson. Williamston, S .0 Lnrxirnfs^^^ WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, 8 mut 20 Market Street, Charleston, S. O. Consignments <>f .Country Produce aro Ro spect!illly Solicited. Poultry, t'iggs, &c. Fish pucked in barrels und boxes for country trade a specialty. Believes ia Divot COB. William Tell Tolson, one of the weal ch lest mea in Wolfe county, Ky., has just tiled suit for divorce from bis sixth wife. He alleges "incompatablll I ty, born of differences over Noi. 1, 2, and 4. No. 5 is dead, out lt is said I tl at even she figured in the strenuous j debates between the party of the first I part anti No. ti. Tolson is 51 years old and wits not married until he roached the a^e 61 thirty. All bis wives were regarded by the neighbors as estimable women, but only one ever sued him for divorce, and he helped her to get lt. The tithers were sued j by him and they helped him to untie the tangle. After the divorces had I been granted, his former wives and i Tolson svere great friends, and when I another wife would be taken the ex I wives wore invited and were present I at the ceremony and the subsequent feast. Tolson gave them what was regarded as an elegant home as their turns came as Mrs. Tolson, but lt did not take each wife and her husband long to weary of the bond, and with no bard Tooling the divorces followed. No children were ever boin to become entangled in the complication.. I Tim negro company tuat went from New Haven, Conn., to the Manassas manoeuvcra claim that they wet e stoned while waiting at the sta tion to return by members of the southern regiments.