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THE DISPENSARY. Tho Second Fart of Senator Tillman's - ' Speech at Gaffney. SAYS LAW MUST BE INFORCET) And BtiKRcatB Some Changos in lc Which Ho~ Thinks Aro Es sential to Its Proper Enforcement. Last week we published Senator Tillman's defense of the Dispensary Law as set forth in his speech at Gaffney, and this week we publish theooncluding part of the same speech, in which he suggested certain changes lu the law, which we know will be read with interest by our readers. On this point Senator Ti'dman said: I have a deep interest in the dis pensary law; first because it gave mc, as Governor, more trouble than anything I have bad anything to do with. The whole responsibility was on me to enforce the law as it was on the statute books, and I pledged myself that I would dose every bar in South Carolina and would go the limit to see the law enforced and the penalty imposed, and 1 did. There have been men who were so little and contemptible, so lost to all sense of decency,' without a scintilla of evidence, that they have charged me with lining my pockets, and 1 know my fellow citlzms have never given any credit to it. for they have elected me lo the Senate twice since these slanders were started. But the situation in the State now ls certain ly one that is most unsatisfactory! The law, as it was written, I tried to enforce. I had the law written, as far as I could convert the L' gislature to my ideas, as I deemed b; st. and the first session after it went into ef fect in 1803, we amended it. As s ion as I left the Governor's office hardly three or six months had elapsed be fore they char ged it. They took the system out of tuc control of the Slate board, composed of the Governor, At rney General and Comptroller Gen ci\al, and they pot the power bf d' Ltlng, controlling and purchasing key in charge oi the State board, apjloiuted by the Governor. That hey have changed twice, and now the State loird is elected by the General Assembly. I would not have, come here bttt.to give you my opinion, and I want to labor with ray friends to take this law and key-it up, and have the machine run as a temperance rather than as a money-making ma chine. It was never Intended to be a machine for money-making or for prc fit. They say, and it is being whispered everywhere, that certain members of the board had nothing when they were appointed, but that now they have plenty. Another mau had a mortgage on everything he had wbeu he was appointed, but the otho! day lie died and left his family a lot of money. They do not spire even the dead in their vile slanders. Wir, is this situatior? Because the Legis lature has put it in tt eir power. A mau is elected on a salary of $400 as ; member of the board of control, ano it is said makes *H? OOO or $30,000 per year. Mibd you, claiming for mytiell that I way honest in every particular; that I bought whiskey as best 1 cou lo and never touch any of thc State's money, I give these men who are in charge ?the credit of brdug iust as honest as I was, and those men who charged 1113 with being dishonest are charging the men now with being dis honest, and that because these men can get rebates, that they have got ten them, If the question is as to whether lt is now possible, I say o' course it is. As long as the present system of purchasing whiskey by the month is continued and as lung as there are a dozen men going every month to sell these goods, as long as there is a lot of whiskey pile 1 up which di e^? not come un to the pr .of, which cannot be sold, you will hear stories that this mau or that man is making great sums of mor.ey out of it. They obarged me with having stolen b> cause I could have stolen. The rea son they charged me is because they could have stolen if they thad had the chance. When the dispensary law was first enacted we had io buy on credit to OOO, and we had to buy cn credit to do business. Fifty thousand dollars would nut have bought enoiuli whls key to nave given each of the men of South Carolina a drink apiece. lam ready to quit the defence of Hie bis penrary law when you can say truth indy, it ls a political machine. Ii was not a political machine lu my hands. The governing board used to be the Governor, the Comptroller General and the Attorney General, but they said, we must nut allow that to go on, be cause that puts too much power in the hands bf the Governor. 1 tried tb en force this law and I sternly repressed any effort to mix in pol it'cs. 1 never had any constable with me ?m n y cam paign when 1 ran for the Se?ale. < tue or two did start out, but 1 'cussed' them out, ran them back and told them to attend t o their dut les us con stables. Nu man should be allowed to have the appintment of commissioner unless he has a clean record and only such men have had lt so far as 1 know. The salary of the Slate liquor commis, sioner has been increased from * 1,800 to 82,000 or $11,000, and he is required to give a bond of $'75,000. 1 think it ls to insure the faithful discharge of his duties, but the commission r is not al lowed to have anything to do willi the whiskey until it is bought and he merely keeps thc hooks and attends tu the business details. My idea, and J have spoken privately to the Gov rn r once or twice, wa; to make a contrail by the year with men who have hoi esly and character and who distil their own liquor and let them furnish the State of South Carolina with all we require for the year, and let tho commissioners examine it and see if It is of the proper grade. If you don't trust the Governor, Attorney Gener al, Comptroller Generaland the other State officers, If they are not enough, put anybody on whom you can trust. Put my friend, Mr. Hickson, on, pu1 any set of men in charge who can com - mund the confidence and respect of the whole people, but take the dispen sary out of politics and stop the vile slanders that are destroying all confi dence. You can hear them continually say ing this man is getting rich and that rebates are paid to commissioners for buying their goods. 1 have shown you that this can be stopped by buying your yearly supply from some great firm which will furnish the State cer tain grados of whiskeys and that, the.s? whiskeys may be pure, let lt give bond for 8000,000 that they will come up to the standard In the contract. You can putas many men on that hoard ?us you please. If you can't tru-.t, the present board, put on a Supreme Court Jus. Y tice, or all of them, put on anybody and get a board above suspicion.- When I was in charge I bad four grades of whiskey, IX, 2X, 3Xand 4X. They had the Palmetto tree on lt. These g ody, goody people, many of thom advocates of license, have gone on first and stat ed it was a disgrace to have the Slate's emblem on the bottle. There was no chance for the local dispenser to make money, as the bottles were all alike, but they charge now that the agents of these several firms go around to the local dispensaries and tay, 'every time you sell a case of our goods we will give you fifty cents. ' EO they charge that local dispensers are teiug bought by salesmen. If they used tho four State's brands, you could see once more that all whiskey would be as much alike as black dried peas and that would pre vent any local dispenser from being corrupted. Y<>u go into a dispensary, you will find fifty brands of whiskey. Some the dispensers will push if he is getting a commission. We can stop lt. I have pointed out how it should be done. We can stop any rebates or com missions to any State board of control who will make au anuu~l contract to order it out as they need lt and hav ing nothing mere than the four X's. If the bO:irti cannot seud out any indi vidual brand and all whiskeys are sold as an X, lt would bein possible forth? local dispenser to push a certain brand. The money coming from the dispon sary I think it is jus', as clean as any money. 1 differ with some prople, st 11 1 have my opinion. I believe the State dispensary cm bc put under such cou trol as will inspire confidence in th? honesty of its administration. Wc ha vt the light to govern ourselves and w< will give ourselves just as good gov eminent as we have sense enough t( do. You are highest of all pol?tica power in South Carolina, and If yoi don't chose goori, clean men you an responsible and the blame is on you Now 1 w?int to apologize for havlui trespasser! so long, but it is a grea subject; it is one which cannot be dis cus.-ed bg'itly or flippantly, but fal and square, clean and truthful, aud I l have given you any light 1 am glai of it Mr. Ott : "What about thc bee dispensarle::?" Senator Tillman: "1 hove neve seen any law for a beer dispensary, never had any beer dispensary when controlled it. 1 do rr t see any la' for running beer d'speusarlos as the do. Any liber questions? I ma nave left out something." Mr Otis: "If you reduce the prk of liquor one-half would that not r< duce Lim pr fit ?" Senator Tillman: "I told you did not advocate tire dispensary sy t"m for tlie money In Hand I len If the State took the monopmy, o of it tlie Stale would make money ai make its pi op'o more sober. That why 1 advocated it, but herc 1 ha got to let tins minist r ( he Rev. C. Hickson, baptist minister) talk, will s ty, if you sell liqii r at cost .viii be two quarts instead of one 1 a dollar, and that much more di in mg and drunkenui S?." "The u e of request l ooks whi ! hive been allowed io fall into dise by the State ho.ri are a very i npt ant part of the dispensary machi cry. They serve as a chock to pi voiit the tlispenser from se'ling liq : co persons who cannot lawfully buy 'lauitoal drunkard nloors, etc, a tho/ also prevent tni hale of retill bottles. Every package shipped tr local dispensary must be account for to the inspectors, and if sales ba been n ade to any person without I having signed the request, the tr ?penser is iiable under Che hw to d missal. IS is astonishing that t grand juries in the various count ave taken' no rv.te of tills palpa' dis obedlenca of the law. Audit equally astonishing that the SU board has allowed it. They have i screwed the tiring from one end to i thor and mighty near turned it l< o In stint counties they have reqtn bf oks and In others they have not. "1 thank you, fellow citizens, i your courtesies. If I have doney any good i am glad. If I have do you any harm, 1 am sorry." The Rev. F. 0. Hickson: ''1 hu you all will not go. " Senator Tillman: "I gave lt him and let him give ?t to mc." Rev. Mr. Hickson: ' I Innot km of any set of honest men w ho arc wi lng tn handle liquor. I ri n't. balle these men can he found, as lie sa; You lake things as '.hey arc and ri as you w ish. I have found, asa matl of fact, th u til? very hist people South Carolina are not williug to.c gage in tho whiskey busliio s." N Hickson referred to the board buyi $3 (?cO.oo? worth of whiskey. Senator Tillman: "If the pcoi want to buy $3,000,000 worth of wh key, how are you going to keep tb? from buying it ?" Mr. Hickson suggested that hom men were hare' to lind who would n up with the dispensary. Senator Tillman: ''ls not that : seri h g a great, dca i of authority a morality Tor y u to say that nuts! of your ranks of prohibitionists thc is no man who ls honest euought hold tho job of commissioner?" Tlie Rev. Mr. Hickson for half iiour replied to Hie arguments Senator Tillman, and then the me lng adjourned. Killed ny Italian*. One American, named Dean, Massachusetts, armed with a sev shooter, fought a bloody battle Friday against a score of fren/. Dalian laborers lu a swamp one ix east of the village of Egy.it, ni Rochester, N. Y. l> an was i >reu of a gang of laborers on the tracks the electric railway, ?ind the Italii having a grievance against him Lacked him with B tl Ile tos. He lei 1 one Italian, mortally wounded other, wounded several others r Mien fell fatally wounded him; from a hundred stillet to cuts. Ila en lin rue 1 Tho barn and stables of He i Ferguson Iii Lancaster county w burned down on Monday night, w eight bah s of cotton, four mules i a horse and a large quantity of c. and fodder and fanning implen.ei Tuere was no Insurance, and origin of Lire lire Is not known. Ur .nit. il. The governor has rt spited Aa Williams, colored, who was to Iii Friday at Camden for rape. Se of thc best people of Hie section which Hie alleged crime was ct mitted lia ve asked the govi rnof investigate the case because they not believe the negro ought to hung. M ules Burned. Word reached Greenville Satur if the loss of lo tine mules In a h lire at Dor aids Wednesday nig I bu mules were the pioperty Of R, Dunn. Tho estimated loss ls fi von, and tho cause of the fire ls tnown. HOME CIRCLE COLUMN Crude .Vhougats as They Fall From the Editorial Fen. PLEASANT EVENING REVERIE?. v Column Dodloated to Tired Mother? a? They Join tho Homo Circle at Even? Ins Tldo. "you iiiauT HAVE TnAin, ol-' I waa Imrd at verk in zsy study Whence I hm rd a gontlo tap, _ "Cunio inl" mid in camp my Jusie, Toartul from sumo uiishnp. And I knew Unit sho was longing To bo cuddled in my lap. "I bruithod my flngor or ful, Ano. papa, it doth ache BO!" "Well, well, run away to mamma, Kor I can't help it, Jo," Eho raised her tear-wot lashes "Papa, you rui?ht lmvo thuid 'Ot" Tho study-door closed softly And I was left nlono With nothing to htndor my writing Hut tho thought of tv (ender tone, So loving and so reproachful 'Twould have touched a heart of stone. And I sat ?nd looked at my paper. Hut some how I could 't writ o And there hroko on me in silwuco Tho dawn of a clearer light; Tho touch bf tl?at aching (luger Ha l given mu my sight. Have a tender word, my brothers, For tho lilt o troutilcs and pains, It wa? not, beneath our linster, It is far above our gains; It will hasten tho heavenly kingdom, Where only love remains. The thief who steals your peace o' mind is meaner than the ono who I steals your property. * Teach your girl how to ciok, and If I she does n >t thauk you somebody's son will thank you for her. * No one can so iu-ipire a man to no< hie purposes as a noble woman, and no one, so thoroughly degrade a man as a wife of unworthy tendencies. E KC lt KT SOCIKTIKS. What ls the moral effect of Free Masonry. Odd Fellowship, Kulglits of Lah ir and the numerous secret .socie ties upon the home? Solomon, the wisc man, Faid: "Discover notas- cret ti another," and lie had cood reasons tor laying such an injunction, fur in lils time, as at the present, there wore people too much disposed to tc:l .ail ?hoy knew. One half thc trouble in every community, comes fn m tin; fact t.har, ;,0 many people "nave UOi lim iii pacity to keep their mouths shut. We have two ears but only one tongue which is suggestive Of the fact that we should li jar more than we til. Bj thc power of a secret dlvu'gcd, .'ami hies, c iu ches, ii ighbar hoods and even nations liv apart. M. th p wer of a -.ecret k^.pt, great oharlLles, reform i fory movements and christian cuter prises may b; advance:!, lt is an ofter, disomsed ipiesh'.o 1 whether associa tions that do nut h ive their work with closed do >rs. a-jd admit t'ieir m.-nib TS with pi-s words, and greet each oi lier .viLli a secret grin are right or wtong. Our answer is that it depend nit Ircly upon the object for wilie 1 they in -ct. If it ls to pass the buurs in revelry and obscene talk, or to plot trouble to the state, then we say with an cm pnusls that it ls wrong. Rut where the object is the Improvement of the mind, the enlargement of the heart, the defense of the government, theu we say with just as much emphasis that they are a blessing. There is no need tnat those who plau foi right over wrong should publish to the world their Intentions. Secretary ol plot and execution are wring only when thc object and ends are nefar ious. Every family ls a secret society, every business Brm ard every tank ing institution. The men who have no capacity to keep a secret are unlit for positions of trusts anywhere. Se cret s icieties have done Incalculable good. One society gave for the relief of their sick in 1873, in this count ry 11,490,274. Some of the secret soci eties have poared a very heaven of sunshine and benediction into thc home of suffering. Some of tiiem are founded Inf'* dlty to-good citizenship and the bible. Christ has given us ;i rule by which we may judge, not onlj all individuals, but all secret societies. "Ry their fruits ye shall know tin ni." Had societies make bad men. Good societies make gi od men. A bad man will not stay in a good society and a good man will not stay in a had s ic: ety: Test these societies by two or tb ree rules. Their Influence on borne. That wife soon h ses lier influence over uer husband who looks upon ?ill even ing absence as an ass.iult on domestic ity. Tnat wife who becomes jealous of her husband's attention to art, or literature, or religion, or charity i breaking her own sceptre of conjugal P iwcr. Rut let no man sacrifice h.mae ,ife to secret society life, as some do Some mea are as genial as angels ai the siciety room and as ugly as sin al home. JEALOUSLY. How fortunate it is that there i not a jealous person among our larg' family of readers. We do n it know of one; do you? Such b lug the eas we can severely ceiiMire these j. alous people that are to be found in m ist ail oilier communities. Tue lirst boj ever born was jealous. If you remem ber Cain took a rough stick and killed his brother Abel because lie was je ii nus. Tlie sacrifice ?'f Abel bad been accepted while Cain's was rejected. Jealousy ls simply a grief we experi ence on account of the superiority cf libers. Their superiority Intalcnt, wealth,beauty,virtue,or social or poli tical recognition, ll i-, the .shad w of other people's success which e-lou'is our lives, lt is Hie thunder of eur neighbor's popularity winch sours the milk of human kindness in UK. lt ls the father and mother of half the woes and crimes of the hum in ruc-, lt-ls jealousy that ket ps all Europe disturbed. Nations j al us of t. il many, of England, of Russia. .Ral nus of eacii other and all jcdovis of America. What a seen:: of jealousy we bad In this country when Presi dent Garfield was dying. Faithful physicians sacrliiced their practice and health in lidelity to that death bcd Doctor Bliss, Hamilton, and Agnew went through anxieties and toils such as few of us can realize. But they did not pleaso the rest of the medical world. The doiitors In charge could do nothing right or pleas ing to tlie other doctors. Jealousy When you hear a man or woman abused, drive in on Hie d?fendant s side. Watch for excellences i thors rather than for defto'.s, morning g"lo rles instead or nlght-shado. ir some ono is more beautiful than you, thank clod that you have not so many porils t>f vanity to contend with, if somo me has more wealth than you, ?od that you have not so ?neat a ttewardshlp to answer for. IfUome ? mo gets a higher office In church or Hate you can thank God there are lot so many to wish for the hasten og ot your obsequies. K you are f is-ailed by jealousy take it as a com pliment, for people are never Jealous jf a failure. Substitute for Jealousy 1 in elevating emulation. Seeing others 1 i?ood, let us try to'do better. Seeing t athera industrious let us work more , hours. Lifo is .nbort at the longest; , let it all ba tilled up with helpfulness for others, work and sympathy for each other's misfortunes,- and our arru* full nf white mantles to cover up the mistakes -and failures of oth ers. Surely this world ls large enough for you and all your rivals. God has given you a work to do. Go ahead and do it. Mind your own business. In all circles, in all kinds of business, in all professions there ls room for straightforward successes. THE E. F. D. CARRIERS. President Hayden of tho State Asso ciation ISHUCU au Address. President Hayden of the South Carolina State Association of Rural Carriers has issued tho following ad dress to the rural free delivery car d?is of the State: Attention, Rural Carriers: The South Carolina State Associa tion of Rural Carriers was orgauizsd about six months ago and is receiving applications for membership every week. Ic has been accepted as a member of the national assooiatk n. This association ls expressly for the carriers ol this State and we need you for a member, and you cannot af ford to be on the outside, as you must receicve beuedts from being a mem ber. If possible orgaulzeyour county and become a member of the State asso ciation. Tiie olllcers will give you their bfst help to do this, and If you wish will send an organizer to you for that purpose. We want to make the Palmetto State one of the strongest lu the south, and we cannot do this without you as one of the members. Tuc national and State associations are do ing great things toward getting an increase in pay for all carriers at the next session of congress. Whatever amount ls given us wiri 1)3 the direct result of the efforts of the association. You do not want somebody else to pay your share In this work and you reap the benefit and pay nothing towards it. Tills being ?be Oise, we are making you the foll wing offe : In counties where there is no association, carriers may become individual members of the Slate association by plying the regu lar dues in advance. Send $1 to the State secretary and this will be cred ited to your county when lt bicjmes organized. Send $1 to State Secretary H. E Rjlcn, Weeses, S. C., who will send you a membership card and a receipt. We, thc carriers of South Carolina, must have a pude in keeping cur State in tho front rank. This can-, not be done unless you come ii, sc let us hear from you now. Tue next State meeting will be held lu Columbia on the 24th of Novem ber. Come to our meeting a?d learn something of our organization. Let all organized counties send their repre sentatives with their State a.ii- na tional dues. Prom the present outlook v.v are going ts have a splendid mtettng. Can't you help us to make it a rous lng o~e? Very respectfully yours, Donald C. Hayden, State President. Orangeburg, Nov. 2. Cotton dinned. The last of thc census bulletins giv ing the returns of its agents on cot .on ginned for the present year up to Octjbar IStti last, was Issued at noon Thursday, lt shows the total num ber of running bales to be 0,500,137 as against 3,839,728 running bales for last year. Counting the round halts included In these totals as half bales the balance for 1004 is i educed to 0,417,884. The total number of run ning bales ginned to October 18 in 1902 was 5,?)25,S72. The reports I rom the various cotton producing States for the present year follow: Alabama 094,780 bales; Arkansas237, 7 7??; Florida 40,042; Georgia 1,056, (179; Indian Territory 181,310; Ken tucky 284; Louisiana 392,758; Missis sippi 5(11,704; Missouri 10,021; North Carolina 309 097; Oklahoma 100,237; South Carolina 629,857; Tenues?ec 79,088; Texas 2.201 603; Virginia 5,145. Tho total number of ginneries in operation was 28,110. Up to Oc tober 18 in 15)03, 37.0 per cent, or tho total cr- p had been ginned as com pared with 53.5 per cent. In 1902. This report will be followed by four jthers, showing the quantity of cot ton M inned from the growth of 1904 Lu N ?vember li, to Decsmber 15, to I.inuary 16, and to the end of the c:isnn. l'atyulerH Killed. Three thousand Poles marched through the streets of Czestochowa, Russian Poland, Wednesday as a pro est against the mobilization. The jhlef of police and gendarmes ordered jhe pur ?dei s to disperse but they re used to do M> aud continued t-> sing Polish s ings. A detachment of Infan try tl en charged thc mob with bay mets with Hie result that six persons v.re killed and 20 were wounded. Tho DiIVeronoe. The Wilmington Star says: "Tom iYatson is denouncing the Hon. Wil lam Jennings Bryan fur supporting Iud ge Parker. Col.mci Bryan ls opt-n y making a light for the candidate vhom he wants elected, while Wat en, under tho pretence that lie 1s a and id ate himself, ls bushwhacking or Roosevelt. That is tho difference iel ween a statesman like Bryan and a io!troon like Wats in. Kill-, d by n Woman. William Morrow, a noted desperado, las been shot and killed at Burns ville, \\ C., by Mrs. John Phillips, a young narrled woman. Morrow was infatu ted with Mrs. Phillips, hut his ad anees were repulsed, and Friday shu ired the charges in two barrels of a hotgun at him when he renewed his dvanccs. Morrow is said to have ommltted several murders. Seo.-en i'll Iti ll. A hundred persons were drowned 'riday night by the sinking of tiie Tench steamer Gironde after having ecu In collision with the French '.earner AschlahTo, near Herbllllon, wenty-three miles from Bona Algeria, .'ne Gironde left Rona with 110 pas eng'ers of whom one hundred were ilgcrian natives. ? i \ ^.Jil t?ARKET COTTON CROP SLOWLY. Ippoal from Souther i Cotton Grow era Proteotive Association. . . At the annual session of the South ern Cotton Glower*' Protective asso dation, held at the world's fair| j rounds In St. Lou's, Sept. 20, 1904, where several hundred progressive ! :otton planters were present, repre senting every cotton growing State in bbc south, tho following resolution waB Introduced aud unanimously passed: "Resolved by tho Southern Cotton Growers' association in convent'on at I St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 2b\ 1004, Tbat| we urge as fully as it is in our power to do so that every cotton producer in tbe south place a minimum price of I 10 cents per pound on all cotton to be hereafter marketed this season: that | no cotton of middling grade be offered for sale if the market at atty time, due to the fluctuating ii lluet'Cis of I speculation, fall below the price of 10 cents per pound; that each and every producer is urg.d to. market Iiis crop! as slowly as possible, believing fiat If the crop is. marketed slowly through tlie months of October and November the price of cotton can be maintainer! at 12 cents per pound, its true value at the present time, during thc bal ano/? of the season. "Your committee further rec 'tn mends that this association insist upon the better handling of cotton to the end that our cotton when prepared for market may be placed lu Oiore ad ceptable, merchantable condition, thereby eliminating as far as po&sibli many of the abuses to which the sta pie 13 now subjectoi " Up to the present time the cotton producers from North Carolina to Mle Brazos river, Tex., have generali) stood Arm by holding a part of their cotton and refusing to throw lt upon the market nt prices under 10 cent? per pound. With the most det< r mined efforts on the part of the bear speculators and other combinations formed to depress prices the market bas only been forced down 50 points below our minimum [ rice, during thc month In which most of the farmer obligations fall due, and an un prece dented season for gath"ring and ginn ing the crop. The glanera' report, is sue! Oct. 25th indicated that a little | more than f> 000,000 bales of the pres ent crop had be.m ginned, while S-.C rotary [lester's report fur the sam ? time indicated that only about 2 000. 0*10 bales hart been marketed, showing that nore than 00 per cent. Of tl if I crop was being held in t he hand* o!. the i r. dimers. If only 5,000,000 and ja quarter bales had been (/inned up t ? Oct. 15, it must bi clear to every fanner that the high estimates placed upon this crop by the bear eiemi nt of speculators will never material z\ They are using the same devices adopted last year to b oak the nerve I of the producers. Note their ligures f f last year compared with the facts: Mr. Theodore Price, on Sept; 2S, 190:i i sued a circula .- estimating the crop for 1903 to be 11,141,655 bales.' A. J. Huston, the palace car staticlah ol Liverpool, Eng., on Oct iib, 190a, Hg ured the crop at 11,250,-000 bales. NeilUros.br England estimated thi crop.ou Nov. 24. 1903 at 11,000,000 bales, and H. C. Uorst of Liverpool on the name dale Issued an estima1 ? lixlng the yie'.d at 11.430,000 bales Now letti? look at the estimates of disinterested parties: Tno Uuited States department of agiJeulture, on Dec. 3, 1003, issued its estimate fix ing the yield at 9,902 03!? bales. The1 southern Stites' c< th th issi irer of agri culture in convention at Montgomery, Ala., Oot. 9j 1903, estimated the crop at 10,471,000 bal?s. No-v let us .set: what was the actual ciop. We lind t lat the actual c. ranercial crop of 1003 04 amounted tb 10 011,374 bales. Note the com paris u of bear estimate* and government estimates.' The United States department of agrien! ture was under the ac.ml Ugures only 40,000 bales. The commissioners of agriculture . overestimated the crop 400,000 balts, while Mr. Theodore Price mis- erl it 1,734,000 bales,-and the rest of the bear element ad the way f:o;n a million to a million and a half bales.' Mr. Price is pursuing the. same course this season and callina upon the farmarsevery where to dump tueir cotton on the market so as tv> depress prk?s and let Mr. ''Mear' Price coin hi.s millions at the expense of hundreds of thousands bf'-producers In the south! Tbe recent estimate of the south ern commissioners of agriculture in conventional Huon R gue, La., O. tuber 22ad, ligured the crop for this season at 10,171,000 babs. Mr. Theo dore* Price and otlier bear speculators ligure the crop at i2,ooo,ooo bales. The commissioners of agriculture overestimated tho crop 400,000 baled las J year, and the ind leal ions are that their, present est i malo is not so far wrong. Eveo if tbe crop sbmild reach 11,000,000 bales the world wants every bale of lt and the .spinners are better able to pay high prices this season than last, beciuse yarns have advance! 3 cents per pound this sea son and a heavy demand for cotton ?omls ] x's ts'." I therefore calLjupon the producers throughout the si uLii to stand linn, and refuse to sell their cotton at pr?s ent prices. Heavy receipts d press tho market. The. speculators have iolrt millions of bales tor a future de livery and they want to buy that cot ton for le s money than the staple is Actually worth. The producers should Jemand from ll to 12 cents for the balance of the crop. They are in position to fore;: prices np by si Ming Dbe staple slowly. Debts have been paid as a rule, and tnere is no longer ibsolute necessity of rushing our cot ion on the market. The merchants and bankers of the louth should encourage slow selling leeanne tho prosperity of the produc ?rs make; prosperity certain In all ithcr avenues of trade lathe south. We will I.O'J make a bumper crop; n; st of the staple bas been gathered ind ginned. Let us detormino t<> .'and (irmly together tho balance of ihis season and force tbe bear specula tors to cover. Toe present price of cotton is too low, and I urne every uoduccr lo refuse to sell until the narket properly read-justs Itself, lave no fear that cotton will bo worth ess in the fiP.ure than now. Thj.se vho hold will get better prices when he speculators are forced to pay it. Hie producers are now standing linn mt the speculate rs and spinners hope o break t heir nerve and cause a gen ial rush on tho markets in tho near uturo Lot us prove to the world hat sont in ni farmers can assert and oa'ntain their rights in the face of he strongest combinations ever or :an!/. d to depress the prlco of cotton, .ay no attention to the bumper crop s tl mates and let the buyers of our tapio understand that thc balance if this crop can utily bo purchased at ?rices botweon 10 and 12 cents per lound. Store your cotton at homo ? loder good cover and keep lt safe rom the weather. If money ls needed store a part of j .?our cotton In local warehouses and ' .'so the receipts as collateral to borrow Money from your local banks. . Don't leil any cotton at present prices mere y to follow the old pinn of selling. By loki lug your cotton the advance in i prices later will pay a heavy internst >n the Investment, when no lute^est .viii bo secured if you sell now aod de posit the money in bank, lu un e your ; jotton, whether stored at'home or In i, warehouse, and take no risks, where risks are likely to be incurred. Let assail this orop for at least $700,000, 300, and put general prosperity amt sg the farmers of the south. Very respectfully, Harvie Jordan, President Southern Cotton Growers' Protective Association. ? HUMAN MONSTER. Most Korol tine Oareor in tho A?nala! of Crime In Gonuany. ) A dispatch from Berlin, Germany, says the Hamburg "baby farmer," Elizabeth Wiese, bosbcon found guil ty of thc mulder of live Infants and a long series of other grave, crimes. In accordance with German law she ha been sentenced live times to death, once for each murder. For perjury . and forgery the was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Another cu rious pen hint to her sentence was the lo^s of honor for the remainder of her natural life. The details of the trial were revolting In the extr-me. proving the woman to be a monster of iniquity. The story of ber career is one of thc mor.t revolting in tho oriin'u.il annals f the empire. It appeared from the vidence given at the trial that sh? was born In Hanover, in 1S59, her maiden name being liyrkc Held. After a somewhat, checkered career in her native province, where several prose cutions and imprisonments for illegal operations and Imposture had render ed Itimpo sible for liertocirry on her calling of mid wife, she moved to Hamburg, renting an expensive rtsl dence in one of the fa-diionable thor oughfares. Here she established her self as a professional foster-mother. Her m ?thol of procedure was to In ?.crt lo both (iorman ann foreign pa pers prominent advertisements, in which the adoption of children born out of wedlock wa? pr< m i sid In return for a id" gie monetary payment. These notices brought lier many ell ! euts from the fashionable, as well as "rom tho humble rank; of r.ccicty. For instance, it is stated that for taking over a child whf.se parents helo* ged to the login st circles of the town of Hanover sbe received a fee of $1,000 lu addition to .?iioO as hush money. At the same line she Inserted in the p ipers other advertisements to toe eO>ct that a "young and beautiful ghi" appealed to n. hie-minded g< ntl. ni- n for temper ary assistance, aod forced her own ill?gitimit? daughter, Paula, into im pr >per relationships with the men .Abo replied to those thinly-veiled en tic mcuts. She visit -d London, ano i be names of persons said to beresi dent in tlie E ighth metropolis we'i nentloned in the course of the tr:a ju-I clo-ed. lt. was furrher alleged against her. though on this count she has been ac quitted, thar, sba attempted to colson her husband, who found her proceed ings not to bis liking. One of the chi) dren adopted by her is said to have b en the child of an K lgll.Oi woman offltle. Of the children whom she was paid to take those whose age made thc proceeding profitable were corrupted. Others she poisoned with morphine, throwing their bodies into the Ein'-. (,r burning them in her kitchen fireplace. Tho crime < f in fanticide was broug.it home to her lu n i fewer thin live spec-tic eases, and .how fir that number was from com pleting the gruesome tale of her Ini quities there is no means of knowing. A dramatic feature of the trial was the appearance of the woman's hus band and daughter as witnesses against her. Tllli THU Iii Al LAST. tho Japanese Admit tim Loas of their li? nt Battleship. . A dispatch from.Parls says the As st dated Press was put in a position Thursday to state p silively that its dispitches from 'dice foo, Port Arthur and Tokio last June to the tlicet that the Japanese battleship Yashima had been sunk by a mine i tr Dal ny, which dispatchs were denied by Mle Japan ese authorities at the Um}, have been confirmed. The Japan se govern 1 lent has not i tied loreign govern ments cf the loss of the ship. The number of men who went down with the vessel is not known, bul ls bel lev er) to have been small. The ollieial details show that thc Vashima struck a Russian mine and later attempted to make Dalny harbor, but this prov ed Impossible and she sink in deep water. The4 lons of the Yashima has been concealed by the Japanese, though the Russian authorities have believed for some time that the rep Tts that the battleship had been destroyed were sorrect. It is important, since lt is now lisclosed that Japan has only four modern battleships rem lining. The Yashima was one of the llnest battleships of the Japanese navy. Her displacement was J2,300 tons, ab nit the si/.: of the American battleship Main-, and she had a speed of 19 knots. The Russian squadron at l\irt \rthur includes tive modern battle ships, more or less damaged, and Vice Admiral Itojetvensky's command, which is now cumule from tho l?altlc .0 the Far Fist, also numbers five mttleshlps. .'In view of the Inferiority if tlie Japanese lu battleships, their irmorcd cruiser strength ls important, hey being greatly superior to the Russian In t his respect. About Board Hill. At St. Louis, Mo., a quarrel overa ( cai pt for the payment of a board lill resulted In tho killing Wedncs lay of Hayden Y. L Ting, manager of he Loring hotel near oho. exposition [rounds by Norman M. Vaughan, nanagcr ot the Elks Publishing com >any. Vaughan tired several shots at .coring, all of which took ctlect, and ie dropped charl. The shooting was vitnessed by Vaughan's thirteen year Id sister, ilma, who stood near Lor ng, it is said, beseeching her brother iot to lire. Vaughan quickly left the lotel, boarded a street car, and went own town, whero bc was arrested on he street, after having talked for an K ur with several friends lo whom he id not mention the shooting. ,'augban refused to make a statc nent other than to say that he had rod In aclf-defcnso. BOOK-KEEPING. SHORTHAND C> I AND TELEGRAPHY 1 WRITE US KILFYRB! KILFYB That ls exactly what lt ls. a ? day at the State Fair showing it* Hr Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M property should have them. For sa! COLUMBIA SI Columbia, 8,-O Thema? THE GUINARD COIvUMB Building and Re-Pres ed Brick. Sp Terra Cot! a Flue Linings. Prepa for millions. Southeastern Lim CHARLES! Building Material of all ku "RTJBEROID." WlBskeT^I >MorphhiTnS^*ga^S' Habit, Habit | Habit Cured by Keeley J 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 15) Cob ptio? v?Uf?lt??rt iviiixe Oe iii et Terra Cotta Pipe, Rooting Pa Carolina. Portland Came: Glri'ri Body Mutilatrd. The dead body of Miss Rosa Butts, aged 23 years, a white servant girl of the city, was found Friday In the su burbs of South M irshall, Mo., in a pasture. The girl had evidently been murdered. Her throat had been cut with a Ehirp stick, a piree of which still remained In the Mesh; her left oar had been cut-off and there was a bullet iKdc in her head. There was evidence that the girl bad made a struggle for life. A cigarette tear the body and bluoiy tracks leading i way from the spot are the only tan gible clues. Miss Butts was last seen late Wednesday night last, with two young men, one of wht m her sit-tei can recogn'ze. Neither ot the mon have been located. A man living uear where the body was found re ports having heard scre-ims on Wed nesday night, but no search for the girl was started until Friday. timmi .iwcui l-.ir.mi. A letter dated Oct. 20, received from Georgetown, Grand Cayman, gives details of the storm which swept ov. r that island about t.vo weeks ago. Tue shconer Albatross bas njt baeu hea'd from since the storm. The people arc sufre:lng from the dirent pjverty. There is nota p >ur,d of foodstuff in he whole i-ilaud for sale a^d hundreds of p rsons have nolhicg *o eut. T.ie British steamer B u Chino, Smith master, IB asfior? on the reefs on "the east end of the island. She was b -und from Port-au-Spain to Gulfp irt, Miss. She has a hole In h r bottom and has been bilged aud will prcbibly he a tc tal less. The sloop Gold tish ls also re ported lost. A Km.ii Accident. At Qliney Mass., two workmen were killed, two o hers seriously aud several slightly inj ired by th) sud len slipping Iroin the block uf the big steel barge, being built for tho Stan dard Oil company at the yards ot the Fore River Snipbuildmg company Wednesday. The dead are: Louis Crump, single, 34 years of age, of Newport News. William Johnson, married, 35 years old, of Camden, N. J\ Crump aud Johnsen were bota calkers and with tlie others lojurel were at work on tlie barge. Men at work on the barge say they were'raak lng tet>t preparatory to launching when one of the "shores" gave way under the strain. 1 wu Killed lu Vt reek. As a result of a wreck ou a branch . ine of the Atlanta, Rn xv.lle and Northern railroad rear Ball Ground Cherokee county, Ga., late Friday two men are dead and several others ser' ously Inj ired. The dead: James P. Harrison of Ball Ground; A. C. Gad dis of Ball Ground. Tlie known in jured are: Y. T. Thomas, H. T. In lngram and Peter Jordan, colored. Mr. Harrison was well known in At lanta, where for many years lie was head of the James P. Harrison Print ing company. Details of the accident are meagre, but lt seems that a mar ble train ran off a trestle into a pond. Whether thc men were killed by drowning or otherwise Is ne-t known . IO'OtiiiiK Ky^Htit-llM. Melt somo tallow and with it paint Dn the shell of an egg, making letters, ?umbers, profiles or any outline which your fancy may suggest, then Immerse the egg in stronge vinegar. After the lapse of a few hours whatever is cov jred with thc lines of tallow will p-o I ?ct slightly, the vinegar's acetic acid laving dissolved away the unprotect id surface. By palutir g with a Que j rush an Intricate scroll or vine pat :ern, carrying it all an had the egg, ibo result is very pretty, giving the ITect of carved Ivory. Horses Drowned. At New York thc ferry boatColun - ila of the Wall street line was run nlo and sunk Friday by the Norwich iner C:ty of Lowell. There were about 50 passengers and seventeen te uns on loard tlie Columbia at the time of the incident. All the pa-s?i g rs wen. aken ell safely, but eight or ten ?orses were drowned. Ttiere was a leavy f ig on the river at tho time of he collision. Ho Was Mistnkon. Over Bixty years ago Spencer T. Iancock of Manchester, Vt., was In iad health thought he was going to ie and named the persons he desired o aci as his pallbearers. Last Sunday e celebrated his eighty-first birth ay. All the original pallbearers are ead and he has now picked out a new st. Um l ion- Aooidont. At Leesville recently while butchre lg was going on Mr. L. P. Sfcead lan's little 3-yaar-old cnlld fell Into tub of bolling water and died fro he effects of thc scald Thursday ?orning. arne's Business College UGUSTA, GEORGIA /i El! KILFYB? !!! 'ire Killer. Demonstration every o fighting qualities. Hi, Ginnery anti any one owning le by JfPLYCO.. ?hinery Supply house of the Stato BRICK WORKS, IA, ecial Shapes to order. Fire Proof red to till orders for thousands or e & Cement U*. ow, s. c. ads. High Grade Roofing Write for prices. AU Drug ami Tob?ceo Habits. Lne^titute, o? ??. C. nubla, S. G. Confidential oorrespond it, JPla.?ter*, per, Car lots, small lots, write, nt Go., Charleston, 8. C. Women's Diseases, How I Cure Them: BOOK SENT FREE ON REQUEST, SPE CIAL MEDICAL LETTER ALSO FREE. Every sick woman who earnestly dc?lroa to recover her health should write me, describing how she suiters, mid I will point out to her ft sin.ul., nwvtllH ?.f mirmmioril OUiS. At Biiy ?Titt* Recognized as the oldest established ~i ;.:i.\ M LHV L!.-.-liable ?pootal, it will not cost anything to flndouthow I pro pose lo cure your diseuse, so 1 urge that you Writs mo without delny. Thousands of sick woman bave cured themselves up in tbi3 way. Out of ibo ripeness ot' twenty-five years ex perience us ii specialist, I liavo dovolopod uti entirely n w system o> curing chronio di toases und it adapts itself especially well to the cure o? diseases of women, to which J. havo given special study all my life, 1 will tmdoistnntl your case, and understanding it, 1 will readily ?Iud the means of.cure. If tho general run of doctors have failed, if patent medicines that scotti cheap, Ina uro really costly in tlie end hnve done Von no good, then I am moro than ceriain tliat I will cure you, for stubborn cases are thu ones I want t-> hear from, I will euro you llfLy per cent quicker than by, tho old method, and give you auch a treatment as will not only cure your disease, but build you up thoroughly and make you feel botter in every way. I '.'.ant especially to hoar from women who liavo trouble with the womb, ovaries or ner vous bystotn, who stifler from leucorrhea. and menstrual diiiiculiics, disorders of tho blood, weak heart, headache, nouralgin vertigo, stomach trouble, rheumatism, skin affections, kidney troubles, nny disease of tho throat, lungs or urinary organs. To su?h as those, i will guarantee speedy and completo recovery by Div now original method. At any rate, you should investigate this matter fur ther, and il' you will write ma regarding your self, I will study your casa and rop-irt to you tully how tn be cured. AU this wilt cost you nothing. 1 will als j inclose a booklet of myowu writing going into ali the special diseases of women with symptoms, causes tmd'-eQocts, free of charge. Von are at nu expenso what ever, so if you really w.iiit to bo cured and not l)0 a weakling all your lifo, I expect to hear from you s ?on. My privato address ia J. Newton Hathaway, M. I)., 88 Inman llldg., 2A S. llroad St., Atlanta, Ga. Trv ti write me today. I we Sell ? PIANOS AND ORGANS, -And Lots of Them WE SEL THE BEST MAKES. Our prices are about ten per cent under Northern prices. K very Piano or Organ wo sell is fully warranted hy the rankers, and backed kup by us. Write ua at once, for entalegue, p ri COS and terms. MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. CHARLES C. LESLIE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, 8 and 20 Market Street, (Wrloston, S. C. Consignments of Country'Produce are Ite ipootlully Solicited. Poultry, Eggs', &or Fish packed in barrels and boxea for oountry :radc a specialty. Mulletl Mullet! Mullet! md all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water ish and oysters. If you are dealing in e'resh Fish or Intend to deal In them virile for prices and send your ordrs to TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. ir COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO jolumbla S. C. Wc ship only fresh taught fish and our prices are as low hoy can be sold at. Write us. Try is and be convinced. Pr v . GUARAN* TECO . Br A RANK DEPOSIT Railroad Fard Paid. SOO FR.KK Courses Offered. BoardatCoit. WrltoQuick EQRGIA-ALAOSMA CUSIN ESS COl.tEGE.Mac&rt.Ga Nothing In lt. G. P. Sawyer and M. It. Prlnoa, hain gang overseers tried at Edge ield on thc charge of boating convict Vado Hartley to death, were ac? [uittcd on Wednesday, the jury ro aalnlng out only ten minutes,