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USING PERUVIAN GUANO. Farmers Who Hare Used lt Find it Valuabk and Economie*!. The News and Courier says "with forty-two hundred tons of Peruvian guano aboard, the British steamship Condor, Capt Anderson, arrived In port recently and is now discharging her cargo at the South Carolina Term inal wharf at th? foot of Columbus street. As fast as the fertllzer ls taken fruin the hold ic is packed in labelled sacks and made road y for shipment to the interior anu to the agriculturists along the coast. The cargo ls consign ed to order, though lt belongs to 0. Mortimer & Co. This shipment ls the first of a series which will be received during the win ter, a vessel bearing seventy-five hun dred tons being due here next month. Ot 1er shipments will be made to C. Mortimore & Co as is deemed neces sary to supply the demand, which has been steadily growing as the farmers become better acquainted with its vir tue s as a fertilizer. That public atten tion is being rapidly awakened to the fact that genuine Peruvian guano can be bought in that city is made evident by the fact that farmers in the inter ior are asking for information regard ing the fertilizer and Friday a party of representative farmers from Or angeburg County were in the city to personally examine the cargo and sat ibfy themselves as to its eUlcacy. The party consisted of Messrs G. L. Salley, clerk of Court; T. W. Zeigler, N. N. Hayden, T. lt. McCants, J. G. Smith, C. A. Stroman, A. D. Fair, F. I. Gates and L. G. Way. A party fr? m Chesterfield County and a party from Marlon County have signified their in tention of coming to the city at an early date to look at the guano. The gentlemen from Orangeburg Frid?y said that they were satisfied that it was the genuine article. "Several days will be necessary to unload the cargo of the Condor as the men below are unable to labar for any great length of time on account of the penetrating odor of ammonia. In spite of the fact that wind sails are provid ed, the men were unable to stay in the hold Friday and only one hatchway was utilized. The hot humid weather renders the ordor of ammonia pecu liarly suffocating. "The Condor came direct from Lobes de Tierra, au island about fifty miles off the coast of Peru. These guano deposits are found on the rocky islands and in gullies and ravines along the coast. They must have been for a very long time the solitudes of a vast number of sea birds, such as penguins, pelicans, gannets, alba . tross, shags, petrels, and gulls, as well as of seals and ssa lions. These Is lands, from which the guano is taken, are their living and breeding places as well as their cemeteries, where the birds lived and died, and the accumu lation consists, not only of the slowly putrefying excrements of innumerable sea fowl, but of their carcasses as well. Many of these mummified car casses have been found in the cargool the Condor and dozens of petri tie" eggs have been unearthed by the picks of the laborers in the hold. That the guano consist, In a measure, of these decomposed carcasses would appear from the average composition of good guano as compared with thc composition of more recent accumula tion of pure excreta. "At first thougnt one might ima gine that heavy rains would wash the accumulation into the sea, but when lb is remembered that rain never fai s on certain sections of the coast ot Peru it is readily seen that the exereta remains undisturbed by nature. In speaking of this phase ol the subject, a famous professor has observed: "It is the dryness of the climate which has permitted the guano to accumulate on these coasts. When we reach a region which from local causes, the dews are heavier, and the rains more frequent, the accumulation ceases; cold water dis solves at least three-fifths of the guano in the state in which it reaches us. A single day of English rain would dissolve and carry into the sea a considerable portion of one of the largest accumulations; a single year of English weather would cause many of them tu entirely disappear." "The rapidity with which the ex creta of thc sea fowls accumulates is almost inconceivable to the minds of dwellers in this section of the country, and one single example may serve to give one se;me adequate conception of the rapid accumulation. A small torren rooky isle, Smith's Island, oil the coast of Peru, was laid bare by ships twenty-five years ago, and lt was thought that lt would be useless lo visit tue isle again until fifty or a hundred years elapsed. Recently a vessel anchored olf Smith Island anel it was found that more than '??>, uno tons had accumulated in the twenty-five years." Tne following description of the formation of guano, written by one who has passed a considerable time at the deposits, may not be uninterest ing: "Tlie deposits of Lobos de Afuera having remained unworked for some years and the birds having become re assured, they returned to their edel haunts. I paid my tirst visit to these islands during March of l?TU. The pelicans were then assembled together at a deposit already partially formed, and on the surface of it they were hatching and rearing their young. The nests, consisting of a circle of sea weed and odds and ends, appeared to have been constructed more with the view of indicating the limit of each property, or of preventing the eggs rrom rolling down into the sea, than of forming comfortable receptacles for newlyhateued chicks. They were situated side by side, close to each other; so much so, In fact that when any eine of the paient birds moved from its sitting posture it was sure to incommode one or other of its neigh bors. Most of the eggs were hatched, and the great concern of the pelican mothers and fathers morn and noon, was to provide their offsprings with tbe necessary nourishment-fish, of course. At tirst, the little ones were too weak to get out of what appeared charmed circles, and there they re mained eating und depositing the live long day. As they gained in strength, however, they began to move about, Dut limited their peregrinations te? thc deposit on which they had bcon hatched, unconsciously facilitating, in this manner, the work of t he load ing companies. The young birds, if approached while gorging, throw up what their enormous beaks mollien ip ][<"ily contain. One young bird, of South cl1001,1(1 not ,,v? vomitefl UP in mv M ?i .. /?e live large herrings. I left .u fe ed w.t. |n Jn and re*turnjn(i |n spi tting, unfitt game ypar j gU]] found putting mo in bed.S|rd? parad|I1|f ab(jutl and nobe and Neuralgin ?.", thl8 tbati tbc breed euro wo promp ly." tenrj3 over some two Hold liy Bonnells/ ? takes Into account the { foregoing foots-the size of the birds, 1 their habits of gorging themselves all < Jay long with highly nitrogenous food, and their confining themselves > to limited areas, it is not difficult to conceive that? where thousands and tens of thousands of them aro con cerned, considerable deposits must accumulate after the lapse of years." A shipment of this Peruvian guano was received last year and the farm ers who tried it were much pleased with the results and from the present nutlnntr th? shipment will be fold la a short time. C. Mortimer & Co., are the sole importers of the guano for this country. * PR0GRE8B OF FREEMASONRY. Tho Order Has JBvor Been Attended br Fill th, Hope and Charity. Freemasonry, says the Atlanta Journal, like every other good thing, had a small beginning. It may he compared to the mustard beed which is the least of all seeds but when it attains its growth it becomes a great tree in whose branches the fowls of the air may lodge. Not fowls but the mightiest men of cen uries have "lodged" In the tree of Masonry. The origin of M .sonry is ldd in the remote depths of antiquity. Some say it began in Egypt, the cradle of civilization. '"Deep in those solitary woods, Where oft tho genii of the Hoods Danced round thc cradle of their Nile, And hailed tho new born giant's sm I le." Others say it began in ancient Greece, and from there was carried by emigrants iuto Asia Minor. Certain lt is there were Free Ma sons in ancient Tyre at the time ol the building of Solomon's temple, the widow's son being tho grand master who went to Jerusalem and aided King Solomon in the building of that most sublime structure over dedicated to religion. This was operative Ma sonry, a sort of ancient labor union whicli enabled the workmen to jour ney from place lo place and be recog nized by signs, thus obtaining protec tion and receiving better pay for the support of their families. Many ol' the finest building* in the orient anti also In Europe were built by these "union workers," the ancient Free Masons, so called because the craft was exempt from certain tines and penalties and other restrictions placed on the non-organized workmen. Many individuals of highest prom- j lnence, among them Henry the Sixth, aud also Henry the Seventh, joined lbs order, wl.o were not re quired io iabor, bub were sort of honorary membeis. Specula ive Ma sonry may be said to have begun in 1(514 by Elias Ashmole, in Landon, and that is thc form of Masonry which exists at this day, opeiative Masonry being a thing of thc past, speculative Masonry au organization kept up by signs and symbols teach ing the most exalted principles known to the ages, bas gone into almost all lands until there aro in the world to day about tifteen thousand lodges, and one million, live hundred thous and members. When lt is remembered that these are all picked men, there being rio women or children, no young mell iu their non-age, nor old men in their dotage, knaves, or fools, it will be seen what a splemdid body of men the Ma sons are. And they have achieved their wonderful progress uot by self praise, electioneering or playing be fore the grand stand of the country, out by the secret, quiet but powerful exhibition of their principles in the hearts and lives of their members. Mas.onry may tu ce in pared to a ma jestic river-broad and deep noise less, but mighty, enriching and re freshing whatever it touches, and re celvlrig its tributaries from Hie volun tary actions of t hose who wished t< enjoy its privileges and i?ist upon its i oso m. Masonry has ever leen attended by the graces of faith, hope and chari ty, these three, while the greatest of these is charity, for "faith may be lost insight, hope ends in fruition, but charity extends beyond the grave into the boundless realm of eternity.'' But this charity does not consist merely in giving money to thc poor. While it does not necessarily em brace that love to God which is essen tial to the salvation ol the soul, it insists on many duties that go l and In hand with those commended to us in the Bible, lt teaches in an especial and beautiful sense Hie brotherhood of men. lt bids us to bc kind and generous bo all, and especially to those banded together In this order. It docs not conflict with our duties to ourselves, our family or our God. It does not take the place of religion, as so many ailinn. I have never meta Mason who thought be could be saved by merely connecting himself with this venerable brotherhood. Many of the best Christians 1 have ever known have been Masons aud the true Mason ever honors and revers the name of God. There was a time In Europe when Masonry became unpopular, because it was charged that Mas?'is plotted secretly against Hie government. Wretched, monatchlal and oppressive as the governments were, that was not strange. But t he Masons today submit, themselves to the p iwers that be, and never band together for politi cal and seditious purposes. Neither does Masonry seek, as some have maintained, to injure the church, but ls rather an ally to that most sacred of all tho institutions of the earth. Masonry, like Christianity, teaches the essential equality of all men; not the social or political equab ly which is a heresy of the Declaration of Independence, but that all aie en titled lo life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Mast nary teaches that whatever may be thc adventitious circumstan ces surrounding men there are two places whore they are equal, thc lodge and the grave; and Hie symbolic teach ings of Masonry on life, death and immortality are beautiful beyond de scription, and mike impressions on the mind which aro simply inefface able. It bas been said that the only argu ment against Christianity is the in consistent lives of many of those who profess lt. The same is true of Masonry. Tho Mason shou'd b:? a man 1 whose doctrine and whoso li fe coinci dent gi ve lucid proof that be is honest In thc sacred cause," tor any cause ls sacred when tho doctrine of God ls taught as lt is In the lodge, lt is a d?ame to see a Mason coarse, profane, Intemperate. His name is a blot on tibe fair escutcheon bf this noble )rdor. And Masonry tries to correct jhese things, lu a village where 1 mee 1I'"K1 so many of the mern je.rs of the lodge became disorder y that the lodge disbanded Its nemhersliip, destroyed its roll, and in the ruins of tho old was formed a icw and prosperous lodge, every mein er of which was pledged to consls :cncv. Of bow many disorderly :hurches can this be said? Masonry has been opposed, de nounced, "exposed," and yet it con tinues to grow by the force of Its own Inherent excellent powers till many of the greatest names of all history are found upon its rolls. You had as well think of damming up the Mississippi river with bulrush es as to think of stopping tho ( nward How of Masonry with the puny obsta-1 oles placed In its way. .'Would you stop the flowing river. Thinking it would cease to How? Onward it must How forever; Better teach lt where to go." In Masonry, as In everything elie, America is going ahead. More than one-half of the lodges in the world are in America, though the Qrst lodge in this country was not constituted until 1730. About 50 years ago American Masons established a lodge in Jerusa lem, almost on the site of Solomon's temple. Wonderful America.-At lanta Journal._ Terrible lOxperionco at Sun. Capt. Frank Lighten, a collector for the Smithsonian institute, Wash ington, was brought into Illloxl, Miss., Wednesday night from Chendeleur island, Miss., sound, where he bad been a castaway since Thursday night last. Capt. Ligbtou was out in his sloop lloro, looking for specimens and was some miles in the open gult when he encountered a terrille gale in which bis sloop was overturned and he was thrown into the sea to battle for his life agaiust a gulf storm. Ile suc ceeded in reaching a skilT which he was towing and then tried to reach a schooner about a mlle out to sta but the weather and sea were too rough and he made for Cbandckur Island, which he reached after an all-bight light with tbc waves. Hear 1 I -il ColllBion. A rear-end coi;.sion occurred Thurs day morning about 7 o'cl< ck in thc suburbs of Charleston near the li vt mile post, in which train No. 41 ol the Atlantic Coast Line, bound foi Augusta via Yemassee, ran into tin "Florida Limited,'' causing the deatt of Fireman Sam Davis, colored, of thc Augusta train, seriously injuring Flagman G. ll. Lamb of the "Limit ed," and slightly Injuring and bruis lng several of the train crew and pas sengers. among whom was a son o Second Division Superintendent Djn barn, whote special e*ar was badlj damaged. The mail cir of tin "Limited"' was wrecked and apart o thc mail buried undtr the wreck. / heavy tog which was prevailing at tin time was the cause of the collision. Klin ii i i jv nil KlllC?il?. Dr. Thos. Hogg, the wealthiest mai in Haleigh, N. C., and widely knowi throughout the state and the cutir ?toutb, was instantly killed Frida] morning by a shifting engine in th yards of tbc S. aboard railroad in tha city. His body was cut in two by th engine. His mind had been unbalanc ed for a year past, partly cine to ol age, aud he wanden d into the rail road yards-witl-.ont the knowledge o h's family. lld was M yeais old. li was prominent in public life prior t the civil war, and took a leading par in building the old Raleigh and Gai ti n railroad, now a part of the Sor board system. "lt War a Ij/uly." The Augusta Chronicle says Repn sentative Livingston of Georgia ri peats a story that was told him by physician on duty at a hospital i Atlanta. One day there emtered th hospital u young colored woman badi bitten in the neck just back of th ear. Thc doctor who dressed th wound said to thc patient: "It pe: plexos mo to determine just what soi i-f an animal bit you. This wound to j small to have been made by horse and too large lo have been ii dieted by a dog or a cat " The colo .'d woman grinned. "Silo', doctor, wasn't any animai dat bit mc; it wi a lady, sah!" A Wanilnjt The Newberry Observer 'says tl family of Mr. Mossie Livingston < near l'cmaria carno near being burnt up un Thursday night, the 1.7 h ii stant. About o'clock M r.s. LivingstC awoke and discovered a light in an a? joining room. The family hurried t the tire, and found a bureau, whic Contained nearly all their (di.thing, i a light blaze. With bani work tue Iii was put out. This is said to to lie til work cf rats and matchee, and shoul be a caution to all to keep matclu where fats can't get to them. Ti; family lost the greater part of the clothing. Killed i>> His witt-. At 'ackson, Ky., .lames hate! who was recently acquitted at Moor Sterling of the charge of perjury, I the Cynthlana trial of .lettand Whit for Fie murder of Attorney Marcum was shot and instantly killed Frida by his recently divorced wife. II was trying to enter her house who she tired on him. Munter nutt Suicide. Ll uis F. Carmichael, a carpenter ( years of age, of Winston Salem, > C., shot and killed bis wife, aged 5< on Monday, then cut the throat of h 12 year-old sop-daughter and comm i ted suicide willi a raz.ir and pistol. J was all because bis wife relused t live with bim._ Body Fourni. Frances Parkhurst, the missin student at Ferry Hall, in Lake Foresl 111., is dead. The girl's body w; found Friday in the lake, after an e: tended search, participated in I hundreds of suburban residents an soldiers irom Fort Sheridan. All ii dlcations point to suicide. Four Suicides. Four suicides took place in Ne Orleans on Tuesday: Vincent I'la: ellas took carbolic acid; Maud Ma, quarreled with ber lover and drowne herself; Louis Heller stabbed bl nisei and Kugenii Philsperc, a negro, too carbolic acid. O an Ksploded . An explosion of natural gas at tb reducing station at thc Bast <>.ii (?as company's plant, Clevelanc Ohio, destroyed thc station and fata ly injured two nu n and severely ii jared a third. Olli,dals of the con: pany believe someone tampered wit the machinery. Four Mon Killed. Five men supposed to have bec tramps were struck by a train on tb lt. ?t- o. Railroad at Catoeton, Mo Thursday morning and four of tbei were killed. The tilth, who is no' ?it a local hospital, ls not expected t live. Killed Their Mother. Mrs. Minerva Greer, a wi-'ow c if ty years, was shot and killed a ier homo in Scott county, Virginia -unday afternoon by one of ber sons tobert or Grover. Fach accuses tb ither. They wore both drinking. ASSAULTED A BROKER Ami Robbed Vlotltn to Get Money to Splurge Ou. At New York in the arrest of a young man who calla himself Thomas H. Price, and a murderous as-ault upon a detective sergeant, In which the latter was severely stabbed twice, it developed Thursday that A. Z. Leubbers, and insurance broker, was a few days ago assaulted, robbed and left unconscious in a launch on the Hudson river. The assault and robbery of Mr. Leubbers was committed, ac cording to a confession which the police claim bas been made by Pi ice, for the sole purpose of gettlDg money which the latter had to have to con tinue to live in extravagance and fashion. Price, who is a man of athle tic build, only 22, well dressed, with every trace of re (?nenien t and educa tion, was desperate and threatened to end his life at the ti : st opportunity, tlie police sergeant said. According io tho stor> told by the police, the assault and robbery of Mr. Leubbers was brought about by an ad vertisement in a New York newspaper ottering to sell a naptha launch. Wheu a well mannered young man called on the insurance broker at Iiis home and represented that he wanted to buy a naptha launch, tho broker went with him to show hiua that it was In work lug order. Ttie two boarded the boa' and set out tor a run about the river. While he talked the young man held a large Iron wrench in Ids hand. Sud denly, according to the story told the police, he leaned forward and dealt the broker a hard blow on the head, felling him unconscious to the bottom of tlie boat. With the beat in the middle of the stream, it is aliened that Price stripped Mr. Leubbers of his clothes and his jewelry. Ile even changed clothing with the unconsci ous man, and then steered the launch to the shore, alighted and pushed the boat out into the stream. Mr. Leubbers was rescued and tow ed to shore, and the story ol' bis tis sault and robbery was told the po lice. When Pri?e was arrested Thurs day thc prisoner made a violent at tack upon his captor and other otllcers were called before he was subdued and taken to the police station. In the struggle Price used a lead pencil as a weapon and lnllicted two severe stab wounds in the detective's neck. Girl Shoplifters. At Charleston four girls about the age of ten years were caught in the attempt to steal several rings from a well known jewelry store Friday after noon. They had asked to look at the rings and the tray was placed before them. They inquired the prias and tinally decided that they would not purchase. As they walked out of the stoic the clerk discovered that several of the rings were missing aud gave chase to them. They each had one of the stolen rings on their lingers and admitted theft. They handed the rings to the clerk and were per mitted to pass on. No prosecution bas yet resulted. A Careless Miner. Carrying a naked lamp into one of the old workings of Mount Jesseup col liery, near Peckvi'.le, Pa., Wednesday, Paul Skovera caused an implosion ot gas which caught a dozjm men at woik in the shaft, resulting in the death of himself and Johjj Manoski, and the serious burnip of nine others. Five of the latter are so bad ly injured that their recovery is doubtful. The explosion was terri tic, hurling the men along tile gangway and enveloping them in the Hames that followed the explosion. Great excitement was caused, the first re ports having a di lien men ki led. All the injured were sent to hospitals here. _ Till mun io Speak. Announc3inent is made at Demo eratic national headquai Lera at New York that Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, will speak in West Viiginla October 24 and 27; Indiana, October 2N to 29; Connecticut October 31 and November 1; New Jersey November 2 and 3, and Maryland November 5. General J. B. Weaver, of lo?a, will speak in Indiana October 3 and subse quent dates. David B. Hill will speak at Mansfield, O., October, 20. Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, will speak in Missouri and Linois he giuning t )et ober 3d. Young White Mun Killed. - Karl Kullin, an 18-year-old white hoy, of Wlnstou-Sa'em, was killed at Tuoraasville, N. C., shortly after midnight Thursday night while in the act of burglarizing tlie store of J. Kinney N. Co., dealers in groceries. Kinney, who was sleeping in the store and hearing Bullio making his way into tlie store, tired a load of NO. 8 shot into his breast. Bullin ran a few steps and fell, where he was found Friday morning dead. The body was sent to his parents at Winston-S.ilem. Policeman Kilto Another. At Savannah, Ga., l'olicemen Zip pered and Goodwin of the union depot squad quarrelled Thursday about how drummers around the depot should tie treated hy the polic2. A fight en sued between the policemen, In the course of which /.ipperrr was shot and killed hy Goodwin. Thc coroner's jury held an ic quest and pronounced ihe homicide tu he murder. Good was lucked up in jail pending further legal action. Trainmen Killed. Au eastbound freight train tm the Grand Trunk railway crashed Into another freight train near Eastwood, Ont., Wednesday. A number of cars were demolished and Engineers Kirkland and Meron, Conductor Palls and Brakeman Benedict were killed. Fireman Cameron was so badly scalded that his life ls despaired of. An open switch is said to have Leen tile cause of the accident. Queer Verdict. The commission appointed to In vestigate the troulile between Dr. L. G. Broughton of Atlanta anti Chief of Police Westbrook of Albany, Ga., found the chief guilty of drinking while tm duty and visiting and loiter ing In saloons, and tined f>0. They also found him guilty of assaulting the minister, but said he was justified by the provocation. Work of a Fiend. Somebody put a dynamite bomb on the steps of the residence of J. C. Mayben, president of thc Sloss-Shef tield Iron company, Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday night and lighted the fuso. A neighbor saw It and at great risk extinguished it. Itace Hint. Two negroes were killed and three fatally wounded in a race riot that took place near Lynchburg, lfi miles from Memphis, Tenn., on Monday. The trouble started over the division of tho crop on the plantation of J. J. \ Johnson. ! f October Weather. The Columbia weather bureau.has Issued the statistics for the month of > October for the past 17 years: The mean or nbrmal temperature ls 04 degrees. The warmest mouth was that of 1900, wiob an average of 08 degrees. The coldest month was that of 1801, with an v verage of 00 degrees. The highest temperature was ?2 de grees on October 8lh, 1805. The lowest temperature was 32 degrees on October 29, 1801." The earliest date on which first "killing" frcst occurred In autumn, October 19, 1890. The average date on which first "killing" frost occurred in autumn, Novemher 8th. The average date on which last "killing" frost occurred In spring, March 23rd. The lastest date on which last "killing" frost occurred In spring, April 10, 1899. . The average precipitation (rain or melted soow) for the month is 2.39 inches. The average number of days with .01 of au inch or more ls 7. The greatest montly precipitation was 7.43 inches iu 1887. The least month ly precipitation was 0.27 indies in 1892. The greatest amount of pre cipitation ri cai ded in any 24 consecu tive hours was 3.19 lucius on Octo ber 8 9th, 1894. There has never been snow in October. The greatest amount of snowfall recorded in any 24 consecutive hours (record extend ing to wiuter of 1884-85) was none. The average number of clear days is 10; partly cloudy clays, 8; e'oiuly days, 7. The prcvallicg wind has been from the northeast. The aver age hourly velocity of the wind ls 8 miles per hour. The big st veloci y of the wind was 40 miles from the north on October lot i, 1903. l'a ( ni Accident. A special from Y aldorta, Ga , says the young son of George C.- Carter, a farmer living about three miles west of Lake Park, lost his life in a most peculiar mariner yesterday. The hoy who was ll years old was playing around an old-fashioned steelyard, med for weighing cotton and othei farm proluets and, in some unes plained manner, caught himself or the hook at. the end of the beam, ant was strangled to death. Lt is sup posed that the boys were trying ti weigh themselves on the steel yard but the younger child was unable tc give an intelligent account of the af fair. He ran crying to his motile and when she reached the scene slr found the older boy hanging by hil shirt collar to the hook on the end o the beam, h's feet dangling a fe\ Inches above the ll K?r. She hurried! released him and sent fer a physician but life Tfss extinct Bryan To Spcuk lu I ml ian a. William Jennings Bryan will apta in Indiana from Oct. 12 to 22 ariel th democrat c state committee is plat nilly: to make bis appearance an in portant ft-ctor in the whirlwind t close the campaign in this state Th committe expects to gat thirty speed es from Mr. Bryan in ti n days. Th state committee received the follow ing telegram from T. Taggart, natior al chairman. "Have arranged ft Bryan to speak in Indiana from < h:t 12 to 22 inclusive. Have arrann menus made accordingly.'1 Chair ma Byan of the speakers' bureau is s work on Bryan's Itinerary. The onl date lixed so far is for the l\ru ba becue, on Oe. 12. Negroes Bounced. At Richmond, Va., all the negi messengers in the employ of the Wes ern Cnion Telegraph Company ha\ been'discharged and their places tille with white boys. A year ago tl company was employing white me scngers, but their pay was reduce and all of them went on strike. The places were promptly lilied by n groes at reduced wages, immediate a great outcry was ra's d by the p trims of the Iii e, and tho compan su tiered a partial boye ll. Tue eon pa i iv. however, cecidetl to give tl negroes a thorough tiial. This hi now bceu done, and they are pr riounccd worthless for the purpose. ti rover in hpeak. A Democratic mass meeting will 1 held in Madison Sijuare Garden Ne York city abjut the middle of Oct lier, at which it U Hie intention have as speakers former Preside li rover Cleveland, arid a number the foremost Democrats of the c.'iu try. The date has not been tix< definitely beyond agreeing that tl meeting shall be some time bet wc< October 15 and JO. ll his health w permit thc former president will pi side. The speakers are to be tilcha Olney, of Massachusetts; John < Carlisle, of K n'.u ky: Patrick A. Ci lins, ol' Boston, and Martin W. Litt, ton, of Brooklyn. Pound in a < 'Unroll. A dispatch from Athens, Ga., the Aygusta Chronic'e says Thursd afternoon the body of 15 b Bray, cotton mill operative, was found tl e Met bet hst church at tr?ncete where he had committed suicide l laking the contents of a two-oun bottle of laudanum. Bray had be working at the c rd mill, but li lately gone to Conyers to work in mill there. His Wife would not go Conyers willi bim. When she to him she would not go, he told her would kill himself. She did not I lleve it, but he went over to t church, crawled inside and took t fatal dose. Shut HIlllHOll*. At Charleston William C. Ilorlbte a well known young man of promi ent family, committed suicide Frid afternoon by shooting himself in t hiad with a pistol at his residence Rutledge avenue. Ilorlbeck had be in poor health recently and it thought that, in a moment of te: porary aberration of the mind he co mit ted the rash act. Tm: suicide said, however, to have been very c libjrately planned, Ilorlbeck usint hand mirror to better direct the bi let int i his brain. Ilorlbeck was al.) in thc house. A Private Sanitarium. Dr. |j, G. Coi lie! t, for so long at t head of t he Kee ley Institute In Scm Carolina, and of late connected wi i he original Inst itute al Dw ight, I has rei u rued to South Carolina anti i iahlishcd al Greenville a SanitUrh for the t real mon t of nervous el?seas ami thc drug anti liquor habite. I friends and Former patients know tli his ability is unquestioned; add as is enabled to give this service at a me reasonable cost than is usually pa many allliclcd with these maladifs ; availing themselves of the bbncllt be derived there. Mullet! bullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Wat tish and oysters. If you are dealing Fresh Fish or Intend to <!. *;tl In th? write for prices and senti vourordrs TERRY FISH < it >.. < Ibar?eston, S. or COLUMBIA FISH fc [?JE ( Columbia S. C. We ship only frc caught tish and our prides are as lt they can be sold at. VV rite us. T us and be convinced. / ^ \ HISTORIC GROUND. rho Unveil In? of a Monument at Cat? tie Creek Camp Groin ti. Few know except those nearby Lhat for nearly 70 years this ancient encampment hos been in existence. Recently from foundation to turret stone it was destroyed by tire, but like the ancient Phoenix, it bas arisen from Its ashes, and neither by trum pet nor by song has this been herald ed to the world. Ridiculous say some, for who cares to know anything con ceiting a psalm-singing race away yonder in the bock woods. But stop, neighbor, and look a little into their antecedents. The presont inhabitants of South Carolina are of no mongrel breed, sired in obscurity and crouch ing at the feet of royalty and begging a smile from nobles. They can ?ay with the Ufth Henry, "But if it be sin to c vet honor 1 am the most offend ing soul alive." Their fathers were of the Arnold Wllkenrled sort, who to make way for liberty swept a circle of sharp pointed spears iuto his own heart. "Make way for liberty," lie cried, Make way for liberty, mid died. They fought with Marlon und fed on roots aud berries (if nothing better could be had) and died under the llisblrg sabers of Tarleton from their lo\e of liberty. Wm. Thomson, sheriff of Orange burg in tbe dark days of " '70" with bis r'.llemen kept back the British am'd the sand dunes of Sullivan's Is land. And many an old veteran still lingers to tell of brave deeds and striken held of later cunllict, and your own poet, Tlmrod, sighs: ".Stoup angels hillier fruin the skies, Tlieru is no holier ?pot Than when- itl!f cut ed valor lies. Itv mourning beauty crowned." A psalm-singing raes, say you? Via, Verily, such were Cromwells ironsides, the royal armies were but US chaff before them. And such ever have been the drawing inspirai, cm from heaven. Inferior natures backed by higher ever increase in b-ave reso lution. The dog by your side illustrat es this fully, and your own soul tea li es you that one with GJCI is a majori ty.' Kipling't Recces-ional well says: "Tile t ? i ill 1111 and the shouting dies - The captains anil the kings depart - Still glands Th i no ancient Sacrifico, Ml humble illili ll conti ile heart. Lord tied of Ibis s, lie with us yet, best WO forget -lest we forgot." Excuse this long exordium, we only intended to tell t f the unveiling of a monumsut to the memory of Henry Bingham, the first Methodist pnach t er, dyirg in 1788 and buried ?n Caro lina. Tho oi ly record of h:m is that ii tbe ''General Minutes'' by Frances Asbury, a man dealing in no clap-trap or nonsense, dead to human praise and ci veting only Gad's. Here it is, in a few lines: HUNKY IUNUIIAM. "A native of Virginia, four years a laborer in tbe vineyard; serious, faith ful, zeal ms, hu ubi ? and teachable; and during a part of the last year more than commonly successful, fer vent in exhortation in bis last sick ness and redgued In death." Say more than that, will you, of any of the heroes of Battle Abbey uuder William tue Coueiueror. At the close of an address by Dr. A. M. Chreitz'.e-g of Columbia on Suur jday, September 24th. and singing by the choir of the old s u?r, "Am I a Soldier of the Cross," tbe old st living member of the South Carolina confer* ince, Methodist Episcopal Chucb South, unveiled a neat monument made at the Kp wort h Maible works. Tue scevi'ces dost d by a short and ex cellent address by Dr. .1. C. Kilgo of Trinity c liege, North Carolina. A very large number witnesse I the un veiling. The Methodist contingent of the great army of Jesus Chris', is made up ecclesiastically of lo brigadas of minis ters and 80,000 members in South Carolina. Tney make no boast of her ald ty, simply pur.-uh g duty to bring in the reign of Him wl o is King of kings and Lord of lords. And t,hey claim k'lisbip and purpose with all i calling Jesus D ud. The Orangeburg district, one of the 10, ls under the supervision of Rev. Mariou Dargan, who resides in the city of Orange? burg. There are 17 or more charges with the same number of preachers there'll. Mr. lurgan was educated at Vanderbilt university and ls well imal.lied foi his ellice-aman of af fairs and largely deserving. All force to be successful must be under master ful leadership with approval and lov ing confidence in tho-e who are led. These qualities meet in the Orange? burg brigade. A glance at the past for nearly 2, OHO years shows a little progress In this round world o' otrs. A most cour - ly circle made up of such royalty as King Agrippa, the most noble Festus and the princely Bernice, met In Judea to settle some huge matter of their own. What cared they for the prisoner Paul left in bonds by the gorgeous Felix. "Against whom," said the most noble Festus, "they brought no arms tt ion of such things ILS I sup posed; but had carta lu questions against bim of their own superstition and of ono Jesus, which was dial, whom Paul atbrmed to be alive." "Alive?'' Truly your most excellent majesty. Millions live who would die for Him. For Cod hath given H:m a rame above every name, before which every kneee should bow and tongue confess that Ile is Lord to the glory of C!. d, the Father. Respectfully, A. M. Chreltzberg. Gold Mine Discovered. The Columbia Record says Mr. P. J. Bucker's brother, who lives in the upper p irtion of Oraugeburg county, is visiting in tho city, and lie brings tho report of the discovery of a gold mine in that section of tho county, which naturally has created much ex citement amongst the inhabitants. Ho says an Englishman made the dis covery, and while it is not known bow the mine will "plan out," there are great expectations, and Mr. Rocker reports farmers are already valuing their land at from $100 to $200 an aero. No transfers on real estate at these ligures are reported, but the boom ls on. ace riling bo Mr. Rucker. Defended Hit* Mother. A special from Austin, Ark., says John King, a farmer living near here, Is lying at the point of death from a gunshot wound at the hands of his son, Walter, who is 17 years old. It ls claimed King was abusing his wife when Walter took his mother's part and told his father repeatedly to cease his abuse. Toe ungereel father ls said not to have heeded the warning given by Ids son, and the letter seized a shotgun and tired, the load entering King's neck. Young King has been irrestcd. \ rell Me How You Suffer I Will Send the/ Cure. f\n Original System of Curing the Chronic Diseases of Mon and Wo???nj No Matter WJiere They Reside, by the Famous Old Southern Speciul:st of a Quarter of a Century Exporienco. SIGHT MEDICAL HOOKS FREE TO THE SICK; SEND^FOR THE ONE YOU WANT. Recognized as the Oldest Established and Most Reliable Specialist. Alter 25 years of net i ve prnctivo, laboratory e xperiini nt mid scientific Bindy, 1, i >r. J. Now lun 1 lui lui win, lippeiir bufornyouustho ori,;ina tiir of ii new system nf etiring disease, compris ing iiutuworihv disco vol ?es tluit have ii hear ing on every form of din mic disease of both sexes mid which have already dono milch tn revolutionize thc old-style practice di' medi cine as followed by must doctors. Hy this now system I um enabled to cure diseuse 50 per cent quicker than was heretofore thought possible: 1 um enabled to cure diseases that other doctors have given up as incumbi?; 1 am better able by this new system to locate tho cause of the disease, better llh'.o to compound a tri'a'ment that will banish it, lu-tler nulo to so vitalize the treatnteni Hutt ii will not on y cnn? the disease bul all complications as well and nive you purer blood, stronger musel?s, steadier nerves, bettor app?tit**, sounder sleep , ::?nre perfect f;:::ct:.::::i; heart, stomach and kidneys. I bave this BystOlU to such a , point of perfection thal 1 ein accomplish tho euro . quai y as thoroughly hy correspond--nco us when the patient comes to my ellice, und in proof of this 1 um pre pi red to send you copies of letters from people who were cured ill this way. What I want you to do right now is to s?nd mo a description of how you suffer so that I can havo tinto to compound a treatment to cure you. Nut only this bul 1 will study your letter carefully ?iud write von ti letter from u Bposlalist's ex eri-Miced staudnoin' us to what your diseise really is and also meloso ono nf ?ny bookl-us gp n . into tho detn ls of th? sub ject. I want t'? hear nt once fron men und women who suffer from any d sease of tho generative organs, of tho generative organs, iront any genito-nrinary disease from any dis ease of the lungs, throat, heart, stomach, liver, blood, kidney*, rheumatism, bladder, womb or ovarian t rouble", var?emele, stricture, urinary . li-orders, enlargement of tho prostate, snecilio blood poison.and so forth, ?s for these I hayo a positive euro and want you to know about it. . I -have written eight interesting medical booka on the subject of how I euro disOase und willoh toll all about the disease, as follows: I. Diseases of tho Vital Organ?: 2. Throat and Lung Trouble-*; a. Foina o Diseis?s (now edition); 4. Stricture; .">, Varie co'o; lt, Blood Poison (iud tai I); 7, Kidney, Bladder. Khcu j, Nervous deb'lit v and Weaknesses oi Men (enlargei new edition). I will Bend you any ono or moro of these books upon request accirdi-g to Hie disease you have and also a symptom or question blank. I Live no hesi tancy whatever in writing me for thurn as they aro free to bo given away to suffer-rs Ad dress mo J; Newton Hathaway, M. D., SS lu man Hld,'. 22| S. Broad St. Atlanta, Ga. Please write tn nie us s iou as y ni possibly eau as L want to he ir from ill of yon without d lay, kn ?wing full wdl tba; I have a euro for vmr vory disease. PRESBYTERIAN J OF SOUTH CAROLINA, CLIIMTOIM S. C. Collegiate Year foi HOARD, ROOM-RENT and TUITION for $ 117..00. Next Session begins Sept. 22, 1904. For Catalogue or information address eO&OERFUa. RECORD. Fourteen student? of Osborne'? Business College have secured potation* within lani few days. Several ladies aa Stenographen ?nd typewriters in both Georgia and South Carolina, and orroral yoong men as bookkeepers, shorthand writers and bi fiftrat* dtite. ?kio collegs {osnatsoj pastV 55$ UA-?J:-?JL,1 HTLfS Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries, Belting, Packing, Shafting, Bangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, In jectors, Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. of good 1 in. second band black pipe for sale. Write COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., Colvnix?>?i?-, S3. O. Tho machinery Supply house of the state. WE AW LOOKING ' FOR YOUR ORDERS " COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFC CO. COLUMBIA S C. Fine Watch Repairing. Don't think that ever y one who hangs out a sign as a 1 maker" is competent to repair your flue watch. Kepairert'*'; ure fully competent are scarce. We do work only one way,-..1.'.'', best-we can iiiuko any part of a wa tell, or a complete watX'??, Our prices are often no more than you puy for inferior wor?? "\ When our charge for work is 21.50 or over we will pay express charge ono way. Send us your watch, P. H LAOHICHOTTK J? CO. Jewelers, 1124 Main St., Columbia, S. 0. CHARLESTON, 5. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing "RUBEROID." Write for prices. \V?dsltey ? ^orpl?u? T^JigjueiT^ i A?TLnTug^iu^Tl^^ Babit, nabit Habit | Habits. .Curod by Keeley Institute, of i. C. 1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S. G. Confidential oorrespond i'ii e solicited. ivtine cement, J^ltxesiLer-, Terra Gotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Uar lots, small lots, write, Carolina. Fortland Cement Go.. Oh&rlefitoa. 8 O. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, fi and 20 Market Street, Charleston, S. C. Consignments of Country Produce ?re Re ipcctlufly Solicited. Poultry, Biggs, &c. Fish packed In barrels and boxes for country i rudo ii specialty. y . CHARA* / TEED BY A $5,000 RANK DEPOSIT Kailroad Far? Paid. 500 Y KKK Courses Offered. B ard ot Cost. Wrltai iEORGIA-ALADAMA COSINESS COLLEGE.M aeon.Ga, .\ ?..?<:! ii ul ci i . Sam Dearin md, a prominent citi on of Kingston, Tenn., was assassl lated by an unknown person with a hotgun at nine o'clock i n Monday i ght while walking along the street mar the courthouse. Town M ar.-. I J al Al ti rd croll. The town marshall, II. C. Cash t f Hive Springs, Tenn., was murdered thursday night by William West, sm if a druggist ai that place. Cash ras on his way to an cnti rtalnment vlth bis son six years old when West topped out from a corner and tired our shot at cash, killing him Instant er. Great indignation was caused, io reason ls known. ! PIANOS AND ORGANS, | -And Lots of Them ? WF; SEL THE BEST A1AKES. - Our prices are about ten per ? ! cent under Northern prices. 2 , K cry Piano or Oritn.ii wo soil {> I is fully warrantt>d by the milken:, t'J ? ami backed np l>y us. Write us nt . J once for catalogue, prices j\ml J J terms. MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, . ? COLUMBIA, S. C. ioE?oe?aaaoBa>H?BeB??e6?ee* A lind Follow. George Tilley, a young married man living fifteen miles from Raleigh, N. C., fatally wounied his m)ther-in law, Mri. Lowry, on Sunday and then shot his wife In tba breast, and fled. COL. W. L. 10 ving, one of the wealthiest and most influential citi zens of Vincennes, Ind. who has al ways been a Republican, has declared for Parker. He says: "I cannot sup port Roosevelt and bis methods, and will vjte for the dignified and states manlike Judge Parker in whom I re pose the utmost confidence as to abili ty and hlglvmlnded Integrity and con servatism." Tula announcement says a dispatch f'OTi Vincennes has spread consternation in the rtpubllcm ranks as it is calculated to have much weight with thc Indepeu?ent voters of southern Indiana.