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CORRUPTION FUND To Debauch tho Ballot Only Hope Of Boone velts Managers. KBM ABE ABLE 8E0BBT CIBCOLAB Republican Defeat Represented as Belog Possible. Independent Vote and "Fickle Labor Blomont" MuBt Be Controlled. One week from next Tuesday eitber Alton B. Parker or Thedore Roost velt will be elected president of tho United Statis. If Georg3 B. Cortel you, official fat-fryer of the Republi can party, knows what he is talking about, lt 1B all over but the shouting, Roosevelt is as good as ekcted, and the votlrg on the 8 tb of No VOIE bei will be a mere matter of form. Mr. Roosevelt, so the official fat-fryer would have tbe public understand, will bave the jolliest kind of a walk over. Indeed he will have so many electoral votes that, like the old wo man in the shce, with her numeroub children he won't know what to do with them. But will Mr. Roosevelt have a mer ry, or any other kind of a walkover? Tom Watson, Mr. Roosevelt's side partner, who ls running a Republican annex, says he will. "The unspeak able Addlcks" agree with Walson. Former Senator Petter, of Kansas, described a few years ago by Republi can organs as "tho bewhiskered and lantern-jawed calamity howler," ls of the same opinion, and says so from the stump. Astrologers and palmists have been consulted and have added to this convincing array of evidence. And last, but by no moans least,, Elijah II, otherwise known as Dowlc. the Prophet, bas bad a vision which contlrms tbe predictions of Cortelyou and bi3 distinguished.' aids before mentioned. CAN THE PRESIDENCY HE I10UQIIT? Despite the apparont confidence dis played by these eminent conserva tives, Messis. Cortelyou, Watson, Ad dicks, Petter and Dowle, Roosevelt will not be elected, unless supporters of Parker and Davis in New York, Indiana, Connecticut, New Jersey, Wost Vliginia, Montana, Nevada, /"Colorado, Delaware, Wisconsin and Illinois prove to be less vigilant tban it ls believed they are, and will be uu til the close, of the polls. There is no doubt that the Republican managers have planned to buy the prtsideLcy. Evidence accumulates that they are preparing to use an enormous corrup tion fund in the purchase of the Moat ing vote in certain states. They have been accused openly of this intention by two bigh-olass independent news papers, the New York Times and the Brooklyn Eagle. The accusation ls supported by that sort of circumstan tial evidence which oftentimes is more convincing than direct evidence. That the disclosures made to the newspa pers named, and which have been ' published by them, and not denied by the Republican managers, are true no honest man doubts. The victims who furnished the Information are the heads ot large corporations which are not particularly Interested in the Republican campaign, being among the corporations which do not depend for business success upon the tariff or other class legislat'on. They were "sandbagged" and forced to give large sums of money tu tho re publican national committee, the In ference being that If they failed to do so they would ''hear something drop." -Mr. Cortelyou, it should be borne in mind, was formerly secretary of the department of commerce and labor, a department created ostensibly for the public beneilt, but actually managed in the personal and political Interest of Theodore Roosevelt in anticipation of his nomination for the presidency. Whether or not the infamous plan to buy the presidency for Roosevelt can be put through, depends upon the vlg llance. of the local committees and in dividual voters, who are earnestly supporting Parker and Davis. The Democratic national committee is in possession of evidence from every Btate In the union which convinces it that the clean, unpurcbasahle vote of the country which favors the election of the Dcmccratlo ticket ls at least a third larger than the like vote favor ing the Republican ticket. And the committee is convinced that the drift is with the Derxocrats at the present time. Parker and Davis will certaluly win the election if the wholesale de baunchery of the ballot contemplated by the Republican managers can be prevented. To this end the Democratic national committee, with powerful al i from Democratic and Independent tources, is bending its energies. It every Democratic voter will consider himself on guard to protect the purltj of the ballot, Parker and Davis wili make as great a sweep as did Cleve land and Stevenson In 1892. AN INFAMOUS REPUBLICAN CIRCULAR. The Republican corruptionlsts, with millions already in their campaign chest, are crying, begging, browbeat lng to get more. They have made a secret appeal to Wall street interests, which belles their professed confidence in a Roosevelt walkover, but indicates that they intend to raise every dollai possible and buy the presidency at any cost. A Wall street man who received one of these appeals from the headquarters of the Republican na tional committee, sent lt to a pcisonal friend, Prof. Henry Lc omis Nelson, a member of the faculty of Williams college. Prof. Nelson says of it: ''Its English ls the English that would b. ubed by a district captain or New York in bidding for votes in announc ing his annual picnic on East river From the beginning to the closing sentences, thc circular tills one with shanie that such a document should ls.ue from the headquarters of the great party which is now In power ID every department of the government, and which ls asking the government to maintain lt in power. The appeal is roado for those who have money, that they pay for the election of Mr. Roosevelt. "Tho circular says that the real campaign has not yet begun. It says furthur that the election depends upon the votes of men who are in dependent, and lt Is to win these votes that money ls needed. It significant ly declares that among the indopen dent?, upon whose votes 'all political contests depend?is 'the fickle lalor clement.' The 'great class not iden tified with any party' ls also mention ed INDEPENDENTS AND LABOR MEN SLANDERED. "Tho lndepent vote, including the 'fickle labor element,' ls according to this circular, to be obtained before success can be had. A great company of speakers, 'tons of literature,' and *t>U the outfit* of a campaign 'calls for a bioadgauged management and lots of money.' "Again alluding to tbe indepen dents it is stated: "Tnls latter class (men not identi fied with any party) was responsible for the election of Grover Cleveland in two national campaigns, a man of peculiar faults, utterly devoid of the qualities necessary to cope with tbe duties of the high office nf president of tho United States. T?is unmanly and contemptible slur ls made in a circular written and published in order to secure money to be expended for tho election of Theodore R osovelt. "Tho circular attributes tho great building operations in Ne v York to tbe Republican party's control Of the national government, and says that "if Judge Parker is elected those who now dwell in New York hotels will be driven to the tenement houses.' Tho writer of the circular further re marks: 'I know of a hundred con cerns in this country that would ra ther give $50,000 each than have a chango of party." "The circular then proceeds to deny tts own story of the prosperity which Oas followed tho administration and ocntrol of the Republican party, and tts author, assuming a confidential air, says: 'If you must know the truth, let me tell you that there ls danger ahead! "With Maryland and Kentucky out of the Republican column, with 50,000 men out of em ployment In Chicago, with the failure of crops in the Dakotas, with the odds against us In Montana, with an Inside fight on In New York (balf the Republicans ready to knife O Jell (sic), with a cotton mill slump in New England, with such conditions no Republican with large invest ments can afford to run auy risks.' "Again: 'Nut ono dollar of your money will be thrown away. It will bo your bread cast upon the waters, which shall bring you. not only good returns, but you shall have four years more of prosperity, because you will be protected!" Was there ever so shameless a promise made in behalf of a candidate fur president? lt is hero proclaimed that a return lu pmtit thread) and pt ote t:t lon (by the tariff and fr.-m the operations of thc anti trust law) will be paid back and given to campaign fund contribut rs, at the expense of the taxpayers. "Why not Lelp a good thing? Do it today! Do lt now! Hon. Cornelius N. Bliss is the treasurer of the Re publican National Committee, with i Aloe at No. 1 Madison avenue.' " These are the last words of this ex traordinary circular. Comment ls hardly necessary, hue again it is well to repeat the assertion of the Bro')lt lyn Ernie and New York TimcSi that ehe preisdoucy ls to I e purchased if lt can be, and to add that this circular appeal to monled men furnishes eyi deucc cf tho method to bc employed. True it ts, as Professor Nehon says: 'The Ri publican caaipaUu depends on money, not oh principle, t:ot on ar gument, but on money, and such vast suras aro asked for Lbat all Intelligent men know that the money ls not to go for legitimate expenses, but tor cor cuptlon, aud, furthermore, the cir cular bears evidence of the promise given that to contributors shall be furnished" bread" aud "protection" for the next ftur years. In the h story of all democracies, no such scandalous assault upon the Integrity of a people bas ever been made as that which Lite Republican leaders, with Mr. Roo.se | velt's Cortelyou at their head, are now making. A Splendid Gift. The Charleston Orphan house has become the recipient of a donation of $100,000, in bonds, 880,000 city Of Charleston 4 per cent, bouds and $14, 0U0 city of Columbia bonds, Mayor Rhett being officially notified Thurs day by Chairman G. W. Williams of tbe boat d of commissioners, but the name nf the donor was he'd private. Tbe money ls to ho known as "The W. Jefferson Bennett Fund" and the interest is to be used iu the mainten ance of thc Institution, lt is sup posed that the donor is Mr. A. li. Murray, a well known mottled man of Charleston, who married a daughter of Mr. Bennett, in who e nano tue fund bas bren created. Mr. Murray was an inmate of tbe orphan bouse, aud was adopted by Mr. Renuett. Mr. Bennett was a son of Gov. Bennett, and a prominent merchant and plan ter of Charleston. Ile w? s the foun der of the Bennett, rico mill of which Mr. Murray is now the president, lie was especially noted for his interest In education and charity, and was at onetime a meint er of tho board of commissioners of the orphan house. The Bennett Citv school is named foi him. H Ii i t ti Men Convicted. "We find Simon Miller and Russell McCormick guilty of manslaughter and Joseph Miller guilty of carrying an unlawful weapon." Such was thc verdict, of the jury rendered, at U o'clock Wednesday morning in the case of the state against the Miller boys and McCormick, charged with the killiiik' of the Truesdale negro at Long bridge in Saluda County In April last. Tbe case went to t':o jury at 4 o'clock Tuesday, who after re maining out for 17 hours returned their verdict. The defense put up a strong tight and the testimony put np by thora was contradictory at al most every mater.al point to that of the state. Tue plea of self-defense was luterp sed. How They Help. ?1 Him. In a speech at Greeocastle, Ind., Wm. J. Bryan said Indiana ne.(led the Democracy ai d the Democracy of the nation needed Indiana. Speaking of what he called the Republican ar gument that the silver and gold Dem ocrats could help Bryan by voting ogainst Judge Parker, Bryansald: "If you want to see how the Republicans want to help me, Just see how they helped me in the last two campaigns. They bought eve ry vote that c mid be bought; they coerced every voter that could be coerced and they nhs repre sented every argument that could be made In the country." bliot Wife unit Sen'. AL Mobile, Ala., Wednesday after noon as a result of a quarrel, Charles Harding shot his wife, Mahley Hard ing, three times and then turned thc pistol on himself, the bullet entering ?he base of the brain. In conveying Harding to tbe city hospital the ambulance was struck by a trolley car and wrecked, the driver being thrown out an i severely bruised. Harding and bis wife are fatally wounded, v. i-.i-i.n-.in in Doubt, Senator Jonn C. Spooner of Wiscon sin in discussing the Bepubllcan situ ation in his State, said last week in New York: "The conditions are mix ed, and lt la not certain that the elec toral ticket will bc carried for the Rc-f publicans. Much depends upon non-1 interference." THE TARE ON COTTON. The Cotton Bnyers ?nd the Farmer? Fall About lt. Far rt ors and cotton buyers ar? In terested In a recent order issued by cotton buyers In several o! the coun : ties concerning the way cotton should be baled and tied. The order stated that no cotton would be received with more than six yards of bagging un i six ties, and as many of the farmers had already exceeded this amount, a notice bas been Issued by Mr. K. W. Thompson, master of the Georgia State grange, as follows: ''The acepted weight of cotton ls about 500 pouuds per bale; the cus tomarily tare on ootton baled for market, fixed by foreign markets, is .06 cent. The Liverpool cottoi ex change, tbe Amsterdam Cobtou Brokers' ass- elation and the Bromeu ootton exchange admit that this tare allowance is correct. Now tbls will allow as tare fur an Amer'oan bale of cotton 30 pouuds. Six yards of bad ging we'ghs 12 pounds wben the usual brands of bagging are used. Toe Farmers and the Standard weighing from H to 2 pouuds to the yard, and six ties weigh 9 pounds, muk i g 21 pouuds actual weight. Thus it will be seen that the cotton exchange claim and tlx the pr'ce to cover ?50 pounds tare when in reality only 21 pounds actual weight of bagging and ties ls put on, when 0 yards of bagging and G ties are ustd, and, besides, the bagging is ri sold to the farmer for about throe-fourths the price of new bagging at:d the ties are spliced au1 resold for a little less than new tics. "Thus you will see that thc cotton exchanges and the manufacturers are annually robbing the farmers ot 9 pounds of cotton, besides getting back three-fourths of tbe orgtnal cost of tbe baggaingand ties. Now I con tend that li yards of bagging will not sufficiently cover a balo of cotton. Six var ls cover the top and bottom, while the sldrs ure left entirely un covered and exposed, and I would not advocate, neither would I advise, thc (armers to usc any surplus banging in covering their cottjn, but 1 do ear nestly advocate the use of a sullleieot quantity of bagging to completely over the bale, which ls absolutely uecessary for thc prot.ctlon of the cotton against exposure to dirt, trash and for fie dlmlnuatfon of lessen ng the danger by firo. "For such a couplets covering it will take at lea:,! J yards of bagging, which witn (i ties, we'ghs 27 pounds, boing three pounds less than foreign cotton exchanges deduct for tare, i.H. there is another phase of the question that 1 wish LO can your earnest attention to. lt is tbis: What right have these cotton buyers, c itton exchanges and cotton manufac turers to dictate to the farmers how wc shall wrap our cotton? We would nut, and do not, dictate lo those we buy from how tiny must wrap their pircels, and I most earnestly advice tbe farmers not to be dictated to In this matter. Tbe cotton woilJ fixes thc price that we must take, thc merchants lix the price tbat we must give and now come the cotton buyers dictating how we must wrap our cjt loi to suit them, adding the threat that if we do not do as they say they will rlo.k our cotton to suit them. "Fellow farmers, are you going to submit to such arrogance? 1 earnest ly aud urgently advise cur farmers not to submit. We have some rights. We have the numbers, the intluence and tho power, and if we assert our rights as we should our Influence and power will be felt. Let every commu nity at once call a meeting of far me ts and discuss this ma ter, and resolve to stand together as one mau and re s st tbis p oslaination of the colton buyer. Wrap your co tm up, hot using more than enough bagging to do this. CKler lt upon the marKet and if they don't want it hold, some body else will want it, and if you sell and a tingle pound ls ducked go to the nearest trial justice and sue ior cotton not paid for." The Cotton Outlook. S. F. B. Morse, the New York cot ton expert, advises tho planters to "stand arm and dictate the pi Ice." In a communication to the Manufactur ers' Record he says: "1 am reliably in formed that foreign cotton commit ment for October exceeds .'I,ooo,OOo bah s. Strenuous i (Torts will oe n ade to depress all future markets. Advise planters to stand firm and dictate price." To this warning of a bear cr,moina thin the Record also adds its testi mony, saying: "The Manufacturer?' Record has also learned from other sources that the speculators have Just io: med a very powerful combination to force prices down, and as every bale of this year's crop will be needed and can go Into consumption at a fair, not an extravagant price to the farmer, with protit to the spinners if the spin ners will work as bard to advance ot ton goods as many of thom have t.) de pr?ts the price of cotton, it ls in par tant that the cotton planter should get. tbe real value of lils crop." Tbe Atlauta Journal says "the warning of Mr. Morse and of the Re cord concerning a bear combination, reveals only the usual state of affairs. There always is a concerted eHurt to keep the prico down until nftcr the farmer bas parted with the greatei part of his crop. The nd vice to "stand firm and dictate the price" is good, as a general proposition, but it is easier for Mr. Morse, anti for us, to advise tbe planters to hold their cotton than it often ls for them to do KO. We should advise them to hold it as loi g as they can do so; but the length ol time which it can be held must neces sarily depend on the circumstances ol the individual holders. The advice is all right- the only trouble is that a great many svill Und lt pretty bard to follow. " A lil'.: ma Town Humed. A telegram from lion. J. W. Britt, mayor of Gordon, Ala., to Mayor Chappell of Columbus states that the entiro town has been desroyed by lire and asks for assistance. Gordon is a small town of about400 population on the Atlantic Coast Line railway and on the Chattahoochee river near Alaga, Ala., and just abova tho Flor.di line. It ls tbe shipping port fur a vast section of country and one of the most important ones In tho Chat tahooehee valley. L iss unknown, Miitlicrniul Hun Killed. A special from Athens, La., says: Mrs. Ike A. McGee, wife of a faun r, and her 10-year old ton, Ham, were killed Friday by an unknown person, who cut their throats. Fosses are cu! hunting for anegro who is supposed to have committed the crime. The shun IT has arrested a man named Cralghead, the ha f brother of Met lee. who was on Mic place at the time. Cralghead Is in the parish jail at Homer. A lynching ls feared. HOME CI?CLE COLUMN Crude Thought! as 1 hey Fall From the Editorial Fen PLEASANT EVEKING REVERIES. A. Column Dodioated to Tired Mothers as They Join the Homo Circle at iivou InK Tiilo. WHEN G lt AN DM A SHUTS UER EYES. Within tho chimney corner snug Dear grandma gently rocks. And knits hor daughter's baby boy A tiny pair of sock?. Hut sometimes grandma shuts hor cyos Ai ul sings tho softest lullabies. Across her fnco tho happy smiles All play ut hido and sock, And kiss tho fuint nnd faded roso That lingers on her cheek, While thoughtB too sweet for words ariso When dear grandma shuts hor eyes. .Yet, sometimes, pictures in lier foco Huve just a shndo of pain, As goldun April sunshine when lt mingles with the min; And then perchance ?ho softly sighs Does grandma when shu shuts hor eyes. Elie's growing younger every day, She's quito a child again; And thone sho know in girlhood's yours Sho speaks of now and then; And sweet old songs feebly trios Docs grandma when she shuts hor cyos. I used to wonder why hor oyes She closed, but not in sleep. The while thu smiles would all about lier wrinkled vissage creep; Hut I have guessed tho truth nt lost; She shuts her eyes to view tho post. * * # If we would get'the most out of life, wc most learn not only to look but to see. Thc sun is uot partial to the rainbow and the roie; he scatters his beauty everywhere, the only de fect is in our vision. * * A man ls no better than his wife will let him b?.. Oh wives of Am?ri ca, sway your sceptres of wifely inllu ence for God and ,:o ;d homes. Do net urge your husbands toaunex Naboth's vineyard to your palaces of success, whether right or wrong, lest the dogs that come out to destroy Nabotlv, come and also devour you. Right eousness will pay best lu life, will pay best in death, will pay best through all eternity. * In our efforts to have the mother of every household appreciate her lnllu mci over her children we are apt to forget the wife's intluence over the husband. In many households the In llueLCo upon the husband is the only home i ri Hunnen, for there are nc chil dren. lu a great multitude of the best and most Important and most talented families or the earth there have been no decendents. There is not a child or a grandchild, or any re mote decendent of Washington, Chas. Sumner, Shakespeare, Cooper, Pope, Addison, Isaac Newton, Goldsmith, Dryden, Moore, Lord Byrcn, Walter Scott or scores of others we could mention. Multitudes of the finest families of thc earth are extinct, as though they had done enough for the world by their genius or wit, ? or pa triotism, or Invention, and God with drew them. * ? ? TUE OLD HOMESTEAD. So surely as the years roll onward that home In which you now dwell will be gone, the property will be turned over Into other possessions you yourself will be in other relationships, and that home, which only a few years ago, was full of c ingratiation, will be extinguished. When that pe rio l comes you will look back to see what you did do or neglected to dc in the way of making home happy. If you did not sm otb thc path of your parents toward the tr mb; if you did not make their last days bright and happy; If you allowed jour youutrcr brother to go out into the world un hallowed by Christian and sisterly In fluences; if you allowed the younger sisters of your Home Cir de to come up without ret ling that thrre had been a most worthy example set them [on your part, there will be nothing but bitterness ot lamentation. That bit terness will be Increased by all the surroundings of that horns-, by every emir, bv every picture, by the old timo mantel ornaments, by every thing you can think of as conn c'.ei with that home. Young woman, have you anything to do In the way of making your father's home happy? Now ls the time to attend to it, or leave it forever undone. Time is Hying very quickly away. We sup pose you notice the wrinkles are gathering and accumulating on those kindly fices that have so long looked upon you; there 13 frcst In the locks; the foot ls not so firm In its slop as lt used to be, and they will soon be gone. The heaviest clod that ever falls on tho parent's cofllii-lld ls the memory of an ungrateful daugh ter. Oh, make their last days bright and beautiful. Dc not act as If they were In the way. Alter long years have passed and you go out to the grave where they sleep, you will lind growing all over the mound s>me tbing lovllor than cypress, something sweeter than the rose, more chaste than thc lilly, the bright and beauti ful memories of tilllal kindness per formed ero tho dying hand dropped on yen in benedick n and you closed the lids over the weary eyes of tho worn out pilgrim*. # # OUn OnAKDMOTnKR'S BIBLE. On one of tho shelvvs of our library, surrounded by volumes of all kinds, on various subjects ard lu various languages, i-tandsan old bcok, in its plain covering of brown paper, unpre posstssing to thc eye, and apparently out of place among the more preten tious volumes that stand by Its side. To ti o eje of the stranger it certainly bas neither beauty nor comlincss. Its covers arc worn; its leaves marred by long use; Its pages, once white, have become yellow with age;yet worn and old as it ls, to us it ls thc me st beau ti ful and most valuable book on our sin Ives, No other awakens such as si chit ons, or so appeals to all that is bjst and noblest within us. It ls, or rather it was, our grandmother's lil ble-companion ?f her best and boll i st hours, source of her unspeakble joy an consolat ion, lt was the light 10 her feet, and lamp to her path. It was constantly by her side and, as her steps tottered In thc advance pilgrim age of life, and her oyes grew dim with age, more and more precious to her became the well-worn cages. One mt ming, just as the stars were fading into the dawn of thc coming Sabbath, thc aged pilgrim pass-jd on heyoi d the morning, and entered into the rest of the eternal Sabbath-to look mun the face of Him of whom thc law and the prophots had spoken, md whom, not having seen, sho bael 11 ved. And now, no legacy is, to us, nore precious than that old Bible, i'ears have passed; but lt stands there >a its shelf, cloement as ever, witness of a beautiful life that ispnlabed. When sometime?, from the ?area and conflicto of external lite, we come back to the Btudy, weary of tho world and tired of men, that are so bard and selfish, and a world that ls so un feeling-and the strings of. the soul have become untuned and discordant,' we Beom to hear that book faying, as with the well remembered tones of a voice long ailont, "Let not y 'ur heart be troubled, for what is your life? It ls even as a vapor." Then our, trubied spirit t comes a calm; and tho little world that bad grown so great and so formidable, sinks into its place again. We are peaceful. We are strong, There is no neel to take down the volume from thc shelf, or to open it. A glance of the eye is sutllclent. Memory and the law ot association supply the rest. Yet the; e are ocea Bionswhenit is otherwise; h urs in life when some deep grief lias troblc d tho heart; soore da- ker, heavier cloud is over the spirit ai d over the dwe ! lng, and when lt ls a comfort to take down that old Bible and search Its pages. Then, for a time, tic latest editions, the original languages, tie notes and commentai 1 s, and all the critical apparatus which thc scholar gathers around him for the study of the scriptures are laid aside; and the plain old English Bible thal was our grandmotlu r's is taken from the shelf. AH AIKEN SENSATIONS Aa Alderman ol' tho City Charged With a Serious Crime. The committee frtm tho Aiken city council appointed to Investigate the charges against Alderman L. M. C. Oliveros and which implicated former Superintendent of Streets Wusloj Juhusou and the police force, hclds Its linal session at the city hall Tue .day morning and has submitted its report to council. At the meeting W. L Davl?, Esq , of the firm of Davis, Gunt;r & Gyles, attorneys, appeared in behalf cf Mr. Oliveros. Some effort was made to have the Investigation conducted in accordance with the rules of evidence as practiced in regular courts. Chair man Wessels stated that the matter in-hand was not a trial and ?di the committee wanted to learn was the truth. Former Supt. Johnson wai sworn and stated that he had collected mo-ey from thc policemen which lie intended bo give to Mr. O ?veros as a present for his tlTjrts in jolting the salaries of the men raised. He pain Mr. Oliveros thc money, $G0, lu front of L. Bradwcll's residence a day or two after th? salaries were ra's'd. Ut said he c. ntributi d $10 of the money himself, although" his salary was not raised.until later. At tlrst Mr. Johnson intimated that the money was a voluntary offering fri m thc policemen and himself, bul on ero s < xa i ination Mr. Jobns in ad mitted that Mr. (Uiver -s knew prior to the raise in .?-a'.aries that the m juey would be forthcoming. FoUceman J. S.* Black was sworn and said that he gave $10 to Coief Doby to give to Mr. Johnson for Mr Oliveros and later he gave $1 -io addi tional to make up a delici? in the annunt agreed upon because of the failure of oce of the men to bol l to his agreement. Immediately after tho conclusion of the Investigation a meeting of thc city council was called, tho committee .sub mitted thc following report: To the City Council of Aiken: The undersigrel committee to whom was referred thecommunfeatlcn of W. M. Meyer and the alli favit of J. M. Richarden? askirg 'eave to repon that they have taken t ho tcstiironj herewith reported and they r.com mend that lt and said communication bo handed by our attorneys b > S J!ic tor Davis, with thc rcqu-. st that bc take such immediate steps in tin court of sessions, as the gravity in tin case demands. (Signed) Respectfully, F. W. Wesse's, E. A. Sommer, Henry Busch. The following r?solu hu s offered by Alderman G. W. E. Th r op J wore adopted: Resolved. That thc report of the coronal', t- e to whom was referred t in communication of W. M. Meyer, at:.d the affidavit of .1. M. Richardson, bt received as information; and 'hat our attorneys, Messrs. Henderson, be rc 'quested to lian ! said report and testi mony to Mr. Solicitl r Davis, and re quest bim to proceed according to law thereon, and that they give Mr. Davis such information as they have in the matter. Resolved further, That any action of council as to the members of the police force In quos'ion beheld over till the-action of Solicitor Davis. Alderman Olivero* arose at this juueture and stated that he only wish ed to call attention to the fict thal the report of the c ?mmitlee and res olutionof council both seemed to have been prepared before theevider.ee was concluded and their action seemed to t;e pre determined. Thc paper arc now in thc hands of Solicitor Jas. F. Davis, and court now being in session here the mai ter will probably be referred to the grand jury at once. A Horrible Den th. At New York, acting on the impulse of the moment. Paul G iddard, a dis tinguished Frenchman, who has been ia this country but a siiort tim leap od from the new Williamsburg bridge to a horrlb'o death on the cobble htoaes of the streit below, lie did not go out over the rlvo.-, bul jumped to the street , a hundred feet b. low. His legs wore driven un loto bis body Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Sall Watoi tish and oysters. If.you are dealing io Fresh Fish or Intend to di al in them write for prices and send your 0 rel rs to TERRY FISH. Ct)., Charleston, S. c. or COLUMBIA FISH ICE CO Columbia S. C. Wc ship only fresh caught tish and our prices are as low they can be sold at. Write us. Try us and be convinced. itu- of i'hlrst. Became of the drought in Alabama planters and Btcck raisers ate in a serious plight. No iain has fallen since September 5, and in some pLcs wells and springs have run dry, necessitating the hauling of water for many miles almost daily to prevent cattle dying of thirst. billin;; Filipinos. A dispatch from Manila says a force unier Lieut. Pogge, of the constabu lary, has defeated a large number of Kal ajanes, In tho mountains of east ern Samar, Killing the notordus out law, Oyomo and iii Ly of bis followers Four Scholars I'orlshcd. At Shelboville, lil., tho Woulwotto. High School was destroyed by ll e Wednesday. Four children are known to have perished and others we: o In jured by Jumping from windows. APTER THE BOLL WEEVIL. Aontber Suggestion Aa to How to Dc nt roy tho Insects. Tlio destruction or lim! tat lon of the cotton Loll weevil ot the South ls tl e subject dlsoussed in a circular issu- d by the bureau of entomology of the. d?partaient of agriculture. The de struction of the dead stalks of tho plant d-irlog the fall months is the mothod advocated by the departm ut for the destruction of the pest. All other means of eradication, the de partment c jnclu les, are sim j. ly a-o" ' o this. An eatly crop ls a necessity, but many farmers are inelii ed to stop at th ls point and to lose sight of the fact that the stalks, with their loads or pests, must be destroyed if success is to crown the farmer's efforts. Tne circular ls from the pen of W. D. Hunter, entomologist In charge of cot ton koli weevil investigation, and Mr. Hunter gives four reasons Tor tho destruction of the plants in the fall. First, he sa;, s, fall destruction pre vents absolutely the development of a multitude ol weevils which would otherwise become adult within a few weeks of the tim? of hibernation. S cir.d, a proper manipulation will bring abi ut the destruction of a great many weevils which are already adult. Third, it. bas been shown conclusive ly that the only weevils which survive the winter are those which reach ma tu ky late in the season. Those ma turing are unable to survive the long poi i id of hibernation. Fourth, clearh g the fleld In tho fall makes it pess h e to practice fall plowing, which is not only the proper procedure in tiny system of c itton raising, but also greatly facilitates the early planllug of the crop t e fol lo wir g spring. The proper time for tho destruc tion of tue plants in the fall ls when ever the weevils have become so num erous that there is no prospect that any more otton will be made. There are two effective methods of removing the pla-its from the gro.ind. One of these, the method to be pre ferred, is lo cut the roots two or three Inches below the surface by the use ot an ordinary plow or lifter. The utber is pull tho s: alks by the use o' a lever with a toothed notch willoh grasps the bate of the p'ant. The lat ter process ts better when the plants have b en killed by frost. Wheo tboy are green or thc ground is dry lt is frequently a ditllcult mattpr to remove them willi these levers. The depart on ir's get eral recommendation, therefore, fs ilia' the plants should be plowed oct. After thc staks have become dry enough, they should be but nod. The p int may be ral ed that the burnii g of the plants lu the fall re moves valuable fertilizing constitu ents and that the continuance of the prac1 icc would reduce seriously the fen il:ty of the s ll. Mr. Hunter'.-; an swer to this is that the present gen eral practice ls to burn thc plants In the spting and that therefore the only additii nal diaft up.m the soil ls in the burning of many of the leaves and a portion of the root. Mr. limiter concludes his circular a. f Pow : "Concerted action in fall desti ucl ?on ls, of courte, desirable. The greatest hen tit will result only when while c mmt?nhies adopt the method. Hut no planter should hesi tate on account ot the iuoifference of his ne'ghbors. The fact that weevils move about little until the time when the bulk of tho crop <s safe svill assist, materially in saving one heir", though nearby ti Ids have not been .properly treated. Even under such clrcum static s the succession of the method will b i a powerful stimulus t .ward its general adoption the following sea TWO MANY RUsBANDS. l'hiiiktnK Hie First Dead a Woman Marries tho Second. - "What shall I d ? Doth these men are my husband-! Not that I love Jim the les-, but that l love Lump mere," s i J Mrs. Turner-Lowe, as in the pres ence of Magistrate J. W. Hates, of Jonesville, S. C., a few days ago, she brokenly risked the question and th n i ur.it into tears, the two men stand ing on e.ther side also weeping silent ly lt was a star!ling and unusual situ ut lou for any woman and any eua g ls nate too, for that matter to be In, and while be deliberated the woman told her story about as follows: She- was a Mks Evins from near lei eli Hill, and married Jim Turner several yeats ago. He left her. She heard he bad been killed by a soda fountain exploding. She mourned his demis3 for a year, then came Lump Lnvo and happiness into her life again. Lowe is 22 y ears old, Turner ab : ti L ;i;>, and ber ugo, which having beeu married tv. iee she docs not at terr pt to conceal, ls 2f>. Slie has boen married to Lowe for one year and b >tb of th. tn had work e 1 in thc spinning io .in of the Jolly ville Manufacturing Company fe-, seme time, but little stems tu be known of them. Then came Turner, who it seems I as no occupation, as it were from the dead, t ousternatlon prevailed, and thiee hearts that had beat as ene ached In a manner not to be des ribed. "What.shall I d >," she tearfully re peated. Anti Magistrate Hites, knowing that only in far Thibet was one wo llun permitted to have as ma iy bus bai ds as she liked, and ?hat that ountry had never been penetrated by lint three living persons and they were men. delivered blnistlf thus: 'ti l to North Condina. Cet a til vorce from Tur.icr, and ?ive thereafter with Lowe, for when marrying him you thought be was your only living bu band." When he hid spok-en Turner wont i nt on the street. There he was seen crying. Presently he called to the former Mrs. Turner. She went to him. Together they wept. Then she return ed and informed her sp. use No. 2 that bis j resencc was desired. When the two men met, it was not with angry words and blows. Their tear. mingled freely, one weeping for he had lost, the other-evidence fail to reveal the fact that it was for what he had gained- -it was out cf syn - palhy for his predecessor in mattois matrimonial. Hore tho story ends, so far as the Jonesville folk know, except that next morning Mrs. Lowe boarded the train with the supposed Intention of going to see her brother, reported to live near Hieb Hill, but an inquiry about ber of a well known person there, failed to produce any infornatlcn. Turner's whereabouts aro not now known. Lowe, the next day, St is said, left on a train bound lu the samo di recci?n, and ls (ploted as remarking: ''She's ray wife and Turner slmu't have her."-Atlanta Journal. < Fourteen students of Osb secured positions within the la stenographers and typewriter! Carolina, and several young ir .writers and bank clerks in diffi antees positions. Write then klLFYR?TnKttFT] That ls exactly what lt' ls, a day at the State rair showing- its 1 Every Farmer, Oil MM!, Saw 3 property'should have them. For s COLUMBIA S Columbia; S. O The mi Repairing. Fine Watch maker" is compel aro fully compete best-wo caa mal Our prioea aro i vVhon'onr charge for work la $1.50 or over wo v watch. P. II LACHIOHOTTE ?k < Whiskey I Morphine I Clgaret Habit, Habit | Habit Cured by Keeley 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Col cjvv^jio^tajt^^ L/ime Ceinei Terra Gotta Pipe, Roofing Ta Carolina. Portland Cerne ON WINKING A WOMAN. Herb rt Kelcey Innumerates Thir teen Ways of Courting . The New York Journal recently published a syrup shira of opinions ai to '"Thc Way to Win a Woman." Herbert Kelcey, who, with Etas Shan non, has j ist scored an enormous suc cess In "Taps," at the Lyric Theater, Bunges'ed the following thirteen method?: 1. He considerate of her In small things. Small things make up a wo man's life. 2. Remomber always that every where In the animal kingdom kind and not sex make; dlift renee in brain. 3. Need her and let her know it. Wemen understand best tbat lt ls more blessed to give than to neel ve. 4. Lot her feel before, au:l partic ularly after marriage, thai she is more important than your business. You wouldn't caro to be supplanted in her thoughts by c instant musing over that ill. 17 that slipped through her hands yesterday. 5. Hefore marriage kiss her as though she were your wifL-afterward kiss her as though she were your sweetheart. 0. Never abuso her ce nfl lenee. Her faith in you is capital, which you will have to invest many times. 7. Compel her respect R spect is the mother, and admit all JU the fa ther of love. j 8 Take an interest In her affairs. You would be burt if she te ok no In terest In yours. i). Dcvo'.e at least a quarter of lhe! thought to er.te rtalning her during a lifetime that you would devote to en tertaining her pretty sister half an hour. j 10. Don't "nag." Men nag as trudi as women, and vaccination, the slow > scraping away of the ? Hu, pains mere than the quick incision of the sur geon's knife. j 11. Remember that she ls the bet-' ter half of y urself and "to thine own self be true." 12. He generous, hot lavish. When she is your wife, she is your partner. Never compel her to ask for money. A woman feels dependence as much us a man wou'.d. 13. I have devoted as mich atten tion to thesulject of wir.niug the womau j ou have won as to winning the woman you haven't, lt ls more important to keep the love of your wife than 'o create love in the ol ject of your attentions. Eternal vigilance ts the p ice of eternal alfection. Nev? r sav to yours* If. "I've caught thc car." You may fall off. A Fatal Fiulir. At St. Lo ls ina disperate bittlo Friday between five detectives and three suspects, whem they were en deavoring to arrest, two detectives were killi d and one seriously injured and one of the suspee s was killed and two others badly wounded. The dead: John J Shea, dette1.iva. Alb -rt llo^e, suspt cr. Themis Dwyer, detie iva. The woun led: Janies Mcclusky, c"et( clive. C. C. Blair, fugitive. Harry H. Yango, fugitive. The fight ot e trrel in the f ont room of a house on Pine street and the in i wi oin the detectives so lght. t:> aires v.ere suspected f bdt g 'mp'i?atcd ii i train robbery at Centralia, III., : fiW weeks ago. Ti;e house had lu et under the police surveillance for s ev i ral days but Fi blay was thc first time that any ? f the suspt els wt re seen to enter or leave. Blair, noting the fact that Detective Shea had his revolver drawn, pu led his own gan and emp tied ii into the facts of the invaders. He shot six times without a pause. There were no miss li es and s > close , were the suspects and detectives that the powder freut the gun In BlalrV hand burned their clothes. To fsavn Sweetheart. At McKeesport, Pa., Jamos L. Cur ley, aged 21, a draught.man at the East Pittsburg works of thc Westing house Electric company, at a late nour Thusdav night gave up his life to save his sweetheart. Curley and a companion, num. d Myers, wore eseoiting Missis Wallers and Kesler to their homes, and wdiile crossing the] Baltimore and Olro track at Eleventh street, a sw tch engine suddenly lore down upon them. Curley g .ve the I alarm in time for Mr. Myers and Miss Kesler to reach safety, but lia and M ss Walters were a step or two behind tho first couple and Curley se i/, M? Miss Wallers and threw her bodily clear of tho track. Hefore he could recover his balance the engine cut him to pieces. Old Mon Fight. At Holyoke, Mass., Patrick Claug helay and William Gillawe, each 70 years old, roommates in the Bright side threw a chair at him and as he was about to pick up another Gillawe hit him over the head with a cane. A scuffle followed and tome men about the place separated them. Claughe !ay did not appear lo be tho worse for tho affair, but on go ng to bed he fell dead. Gillawe ls much affected over thc death of h's old friend, but says he struok in self-defense. L RECORD. orne's Business College hav?" st few days. Several ladies as 3 in both Georgia; and South ten as bookkeepers, shorthand arent cities The college guar i. - " :- ' Fire Killer. Demonstration every fire lighting qualities. ?III!, Ginnery and any one owning ale by IUPPLT 00., chinar/ Supply ItTwe if th.1? State .t every ono who bangs oat a sign aa a "watch eat to repair yonr fine watoh.. Repairers who .nt Bro scarce. Wo do work only one way,-tba te any part of n watch, or a completo watch, often no moro than you poy for Inferior work, rill pay oxer oas charco one way. Send ns your IO. Jewelers. 1424 Main SU Colnmbia, 8. 0. _ All Drugand Tobacco Habits. Institute, of C umbla, 8. O. Confidential eorreipond it, Plaster, iper, Car lots, small lots, write, int Co.. <7b*rloHton. 8 O. Vital Weakness, Blood Poison and_ AU Discharges. [WRITE HIM AND HE WILL GIVE TOO THE MEAN'S TO CURE YOURSELF AT HOME PRIVATELY. Any gentleman reader of this paper having a private disease, Bitch as Norvous Debility, Var Icocelo, Stricture, Specific Blood Poison or any Urwthal Discharges should write Dr. J. t Recognized as the oldest established and Most Reliable Special. Newton Hathaway of Atlanta for particulars of his new Festem of curing theso diseasos in halt' of tho timo required by tho old rui-thod. I You apply it yourself at homo, under tho Doc tor's directions, ami no ono but you and ho know anything about it. In n short time you lind yourself well and healthy and not a pain or sign of disease anywhere. Ile cures Imp?t, ney in old men, stops dis charges in n low days, dissolvos Stricture without pain, and in thu same short timo of fcuts a matvclous chango'.for tho bnttor in all privat o^jtnuflsQg of ??<"> -?."i-f -<rigi.?..i ... tem of ariawors7*So can tell exactly what is tho mutter with you, and conipauud tho treatment to cure. lin solids it (Prcctly to your homo in a plain package without nmrks to indicate the con tents Lot him send you his new books cover ing the diseases of men. Ho luis four of them -Dist uses of tho Vital OrgniiH, Blood Poison inc;, Stricture, Varicoco'e. His full address ia Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 88 Inman Bldg. 22J S. broad St. Aihintii, Ga. Write for tho ono you want, lt is free, also a-dotoiled lotter covering your case. It is a good way to find out if you ?ah Le eared wid at no cost to you; so writo without delny, and as tho doctor hos been prominent in tilt? South for twenty-five yea s, y?u can rely on what ho sayB. 1 fVVej ?ell ? PIANOS AND ORGANS, o -And Lots of Them S WE SEL THE BEST MAKES. g g Our prices are about ten per ?t-gjf. to cent under Northern prices. I?^ ? E -cry Piano or Organ wo sell . is fully warranted by tho mokers, jj and backed up by us. Writo us at ' 2 onco for catalogue, prices and jj terms. g MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, . COLUMBIA. S. C. uooonococoonocononc A Private fcanitariurnT Dr. L. G. Corbett, for so long at the head of the Keeley Institute in South Carolina, and of late connected with the original Institute at Dwight, Ul., hus returned to Sout h Carolina and es tablished at Greenville a Sanitarium for the treatment of nervous diseases, and the drug and liquor habits. His friends and tolmer patients know that his abilit y is unquestioned; and aa he 's enabled to give thisservice at a more reasonable cost than is usually paid, nany a 111 let ed with these maladies are ivailing themselves of thc* benefit to be derived there. CHARLES C. LESLIE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, 8 and -0 Market Street, Charleston, S. C. Consignments of Country Produco aro R*? spectrally Solicited. Poultry, Eggs, &c Fish packed in tarrols und boxes for country trado a specialty. CfcK AHA BANK DEPOSIT *4?Kjm\?\?\? Railroad Fara Paid. 500 * FBXE Courses Offered. HBKflflHHBJBnni Board at Cost. Wrlto Quick GEORGIA-ALABAMA BUSIN ESS COLLEGE.Macon.Ga. One Man ItlHod. At New York one man waa killed and numerous porsons narrowly escap e:l serious Injury In a collision on the Third avenue elevated. The dead man is Irving Lampbere, motorman on ene of the trains. He was pinned under tbe wreckage and died shortly after being removed. An engine and several cars were b?ing switched to thc express track when t hey ran into a train standing at 112th street. Iron work on the wrecked car came in con tact with tho third rail and caused a serious of explosions Uko a cannonade. Nt 11> lttot nt Circus. At Rrunswlck, Qa., there was a riot last week at the John Robinson olrcus grounds between negroes connected with the olrcus and local negroes. Fifteen or twenty shots wero fired and it is bolleved that several were in jured, but nothing definite can be as certained. Tho circus negroes fought with spike hammers, and it is stated that several or* thc local negroes were knocked out