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m THE DISPENSARY. ? _ ? Tue ?eaond Part of Senator Tillman'? , Speeoh at Gaffney. J 8AY8 LAW MUST BE ENFORCED.< And BvtwvHtH Some Cbaiijcop In It ' Which HO" Thinka Aro Es sential to Its Proper Enforcement. Last week wo published Senator Tillman's defense of the Dispensary Law as set forth in bis speech at Gaffney, and this week we publish - tueooncluding part of the same speech, in which he suggested certain changes ia tbs law, which we know will be read with interest by our readers. On this point Senator Ti'lman said: I have a deep intere?t In the dis pensary law; first because lt gave mc, as Governor, more troublo than anything 1 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 close every bar in South Carolina aud would go tbe limit to see the law enforced and the penalty imposed, and 1 Bd. There have been men who were BO Bttle and contemptible, so lost to all sense of decency,* without a scintilla of evidence, that they have charged me with lining my pockets, and I kuow my fellow citizens have uever given any credit to lt, for they have elected me to the Seuate twice since these slanders were started. But the situation in the State now is certain ly one that is most unsatisfactory. The law, as it was written, I tried to enforce. I bad the law written, as far as I could convert the Legislature to my ideas, as I deemed best, and the first session afte.- it went into ef fect in 18931 we amended it. As sion as I left the Governor's olllce hardly three or six months bad elapsed be fore they chat ged lt. They took the system out of the control of the State board, composed of the Governor, At ^|torney General and Comptroller Geu eJr&B. and they put tile power of d rel?ting, controlling and purchasing vjjViskey in charge of the State board, apj|ointed by the Governor. That theW have changed twice, and now thc Sti4te board is elected by the G moral AssSPbV- 1 would not have come bereott^to give you my opinion, and I want to "fthor with roy frien is to take this law amtinry lu 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 fur prc fit*. They say, and it is bcin>: whispered everywhere, that certain members of the board had nothing when they were appointed, but that j now they have plenty. Another mau j had a mortgage on everything he had when he was appointed, but thc othei day he died and left his family a lol of money. They do not spare even the dead in their vile slanders. Whj is this situatior? Because tho Legis* lature has put it in H eir power. A man is elected on a salary of $400 as; member of tuc board of control, ant it is said makes $25 OOO or $30,000 per year. Mind you, claiming for my sei I that I was honest In every particular; that I bought whiskey as best 1 could and never touch any of the State's money, I give these men who are in i charge ?tue credit of beiug just a honest as I .vas, and those men who charged 1112 with being dishonest arc charging the men now with being dis honest, and that because thc se men can get rebates, that they have got ten them, If the question ls as to whether it is now possible, I say o? course it is. As long as the present system ni puichasing whiskey by the month is continued and as long as there are a dozen men going every month to scli these goods, as long as there is a lot of whiskey pi'el up which dte?jnot come up to the pr lof, which cannot be sold, yen will hear stories that this man or that man is making great sums of money out of it. Tney charged me with having stolen b: cause 1 could have st.t len. The rea son they charged me is because they could have stolen If they [had had the chance. When the dispcusary law was ll'st enacted we had to buy on credit to 000, and we had to buy cn credit to do business. Fifty thousand dollars would not have bougbt enough wbls key to nave given each of Hie men or South Carolina a drink apiece. lam ready to quit the defence of the his penrary law when j ou can say truth fully, it is a political machine, lt was not a political machine in inj hands. The governing board used to be the Governor, the Comptroller Gcneraland the Attorney General, but they said, we must not allow that to g'> on, be cause that puts tco much power in the hands of the Governor. 1 tried t > eb force this law and 1 sternly repressed any ei?ort to mix in pul it.cs. J never hiid any countable with me on n y cam palgn when I ran for tilt- Senate. One or two did start out, but 1 'cuss f them oat, ran them back and told them to attend to their duties as con stables. No man should bi* alleweil to have the appintmeut of commissioner unless he lias a clean rtcDrd and only Buch men have had it so far as 1 know. The salary of the State liquor commis, stoner has been ir creased i rom ii, 800 to 82,000 or $3,000, and ho is rt quired to give a bond of $75,000. I think it is to insure the faithful discharge of his duties, but the commissi! ncr ls not al lowed to have anything to do with the whiskey until it is bought and he merely keeps the books and attends to the business details. My idea, and 1 have spoken privately 11 the G >v ru r once or twice, wai to make a contract by the year with men who have hon esty and character and who distil their own liquor and let them furnish the State of South Carolina with all we require for Hie year, and let thi commissioners examine it and see if it is of the proper grade. If yen don't truj;t 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, pu! any set of men In charge who can com mand thc confidence anil respect cf tue whole peop'e, bub take the disp ti sary out of politics and stop Hie vile slanders that arc destroying all confi dence. You can hear turin 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 hy buying your yearly supply from some, great linn which will furnish Hie State cer tain grades of whiskeys and that these whiskeys may be pure, let lt give bond for $500,000 that they will come up to the standard in the contract. You can put as many men on that board as you please. If you can't trust the present board, put on a Supreme Court Jus. A s Ace, or all of them, put ou auybody ] iud get a board above suspicion. When [ was in charp/e I bad four grades of whiskey, 1X, 2X.3X and 4X.Thoy had | the Palmetto tree on lt. These g ody, .roody people, many of them advocates of license, have gone on first and stat 3d lt was a disgrace to have the State's smblem on the bottle. There was no ohance for the local dispenser to make money, as the bottles were all alike, but they charge now that the agents of these several linns go around to the local dispensaries and tay, 'every time you sell a case of our gooos we will give you Hf ty cents. ' so they charge that local dispensers are teing bought by salesmrn. If they used the 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 lind iifty brands of whiskey. Some the dispensers will push if he is fretting a commission. We can stop it. 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 annual contract to order it out as they need it and liav lair nothing mere than the four X's. If the hoard cannot send out any Indi vidual brand and all whiskeys are sold as an X, it would be in possible for the local dispenser to push a certain brand. The money coming from the dispen sary I think it is jos?, as clean as auy money. 1 diger wit h some p;ople, still 1 have my opiidon. I believe the State dispensary can be put under such con trol as will Inspire contidrnce in the honesty of its adminstratlon. We have the i i1 ii to govern ourselves and we will give ouis.lves just as good gov cr?ment as we have sense enough lo do. You are highest of all political power in South Carolina, and if you don't chose goori, clean men you are responsil le and the blame is on you Now 1 w?nt to apologize for having trespassed so loug, but it is a great subject; it ls one which canuot be dis cus.-.ed ligotly or llippantly, hut fair and square, clean and truthful, arid il I have gi vin you any light 1 am glad of it. Mr. Otts: "What about the bee) dispensarle! ??" Senator Tillman: "1 have novel seen any law for a be^r dispensai y. J never had any beer dlspcnsuy when ; control'ed it. 1 rio rr t tee any lav for running beer cl spensarics as the; do. Any Other questions? I ma; have left out something." Mr Otts: "If you reduce the prie of liquor one-half would that not re duce the pr lit ?" Senator Tillman: "I told you did not advocate the dispensary sys t?m fur the money In it and I len lithe State took the mon >po.y, ou J of it thc State would make money an make its pi oo'o more sober. That why I advocated it, but here 1 hav trot to let this tn i u ist r (.lie Rev. I 0 Hickson, baptist minister) talk, will say, if you sdi iiqu r at cost .viii bj two quarts instead of one fi a dollar, and that much more dl'inl ing atid drunkenness." "Tho ti e !>f request l ooks whic 1 h ive bern allowed lo full Into disu: ny the Stitts bo.tr 1 are a very ImpO ant part of tho di^pmsary macbh cry. Tney strvc as a check to pr vent tiie dispenser from selling liq :c to per.it ns who cannot lawfully buy 1 habitual drunkards, minors, etc, an the/ also prevent Ilia talc of retilk bottles. Every package shipped to local dispensary must he. acc>untc for to the inspectors, and if tales ha\ been made to any port?n without 1? having signed the request, the d ;petH. r is liable lintier the 1 nv to di tnitsal. L5 is astonishing that tl grand juries in the various count Ii ?ave taken' no note "f this pal pah dis bed tenes of the law. Audit ijually astonishing that thc Sta b ?ard hrs allowed lt. They have ti. soiewed the thing from one end to 'I ther and mighty near turned it 1> os in sein? eouuties they have reque: hcoks and in others they have not. "1 thank you. fellow citizens, fi your courtesies. If I hive clone yo any good I am glud. If I have dot you any harm, 1 am sorry." The Rev. F. C. Hickson: "I hoi you ell will not tri?." Senator Tillman: "I gave it I him and let him give it to me." Rev. Mr. Hickson: ' 1 do not kno of any set jf honest men who are wil lng to boudie liquor. 1 don't bdie> the<e men can lie found, as he sail Von take things as they are and m us you wish, l have found, asa matti of tact, that the very li. st people I South Carolina are not willing t?'.ei cay:: in t be whiskey business." M Hickson referred to the board buyic r.'! ooo.ooo worth of ubi-key. Senator Tillman: "If the peop want to buy 000,000 worth of will key, how arc you going to keep tho from buying it?" Mr. Hickson suggested that bono: men were hard to ibid who would m np with the dispensary; Senator Tillman: "Is not that a tertlng a gr??t deal of authority ni norabty ror y ti tn s ty that outsit .f sour ranks of prohibitionists the) s no man wno ls honest, euought I loki the job of commissioner?" The Rev. Mr. Hickson for haifa tour n plied to Hie arguments < ?enator Tillman, and then the mee n ? adjourned. Ki Hod i>y Italiana. One American, named Dean, i Massachusetts, armed with a SLVI diopter, fought a bloody battle ( Friday against a score of frenzh Italian laborers iii a swamp one mi ?ast of the village of Egypt, ne Rochester, N. Y. Dean was foremi if a gani,' of laborers on the trucks die electric railway, and tho Italia laving a grievance ngainst him ?i racked him with stilletos. Ile kill )uc Italian, mortally svounckd a .titer, wounded several others ai Icu fell fatally wounded bimst from a hundred Btllletto cuts. Barn Lt II en ed The l am a url stables of Ge: r, Ferguson In Lancaster county we >urned down on Monday night; wi sight bahs bf cotton, four mules ai i horse and a large quantity of c.? md foririt r and farming Implement i'uere was no Insurance, and t irigin of the lire is not known. LtUHpitl ll. Thu governor has respited Aar Williams, colored, who was to bai Friday at Camden for rape. Soi ?f the best people of the section Ahicli the alleged erinn was coi nilled lia vc: asked the govt rnor nvestigate thc case liceause they lot believe the negro ought to mug. _ Mules Hui ned. Word reached Greenville Saturd ;f thc lo.ssof IO fine mules In a ba ire at Dor aids Wednesday nlgl The mules were the pioperty of 1 I. Dunn. The estimated loss ls t: ;iven, and the cause of thc Ure ls u mown. HOME CIRCLE COLUMN Jrude Thoughts ai They Fe.U From th? Editorial Pen. PLEASANT EVENING BEVERIE?. \ Column Dodloated to Tired Mot ber? sis They Join tho Homo Circle at Even ing Tide. "YOU MIGHT H?VR TIIAID, Ol'' I was hard at work in my study Whence 1 heard a gent?o Uip, "Como int" mid in came my Josie, Tearful from sumo misluin. ?tid 1 know that sho was longing To bo cuddled in my lap. "I bruithod my finger orful, Anu pa pu, it doth ocho so!" "Well, woll, runaway to mamma, For I can't help it, Jo," Eho raised her tear-wot lnshes "1'apn, you might havo thuid 'Ol" Tho Btudy-door closed softly And I witB loft alono With nolhiug to hindor my writing Hut tho thought of a tender lone, So loving und so reproachful 'Twould tuivo touched a houri of stone. And I sat and looked at my paper, liutBomo how 1 could 'twrito And there broke on mo in stlouco Tho dawn of a clearer light; The touch of tliatacliing Unger lind given ino my sight. Have a tender word, my brothers, For tho lilt o troiihtes and pain?, It wa? not beneath our Muster, It is fur above our guinn; It will hasten tho heavenly kingdom, When only lovo remains. * * # The thief who steals your per%oe of mind ls ineauer than tho one who steals your property. * Teach, your Kiri how to c lok, and If sbe does u >t thauk you somebody V son will thank you for her. iso one can so in-ipire a man to uo ble purposes as a nobie woman, and rip one, so thoroughly degrade a man as a wife of unworthy tendencies. * * * e icc H KT SOCIKTIEB. What ls the moral effect of Free Masonry. Odd Fellowship, Knights of Labi ir and the numerous secret, socie iles upon the home? .Solomon, the wise man, raid: "Discover not a Beeret ti another," and he had good reasons for laying such an injunction, for in his time, as at the present, there were people too much disposed to tell ?.all they knew. One half the trouble In every community, comes from the fact that' so many people have not lite ci paciby to keep their mouths shut. We havo two ears bur, only on? tongue which is suggestive of the fact that we should hear more than we boll. By thc powor of a secret divulged, faull lies, c!iu ches, n Ighborboods and even nations Hy apart. H> th : p Wor of a -.eoret kept, great charities, reform i tory movements and christian enter prises may b ; advanced, lt ls an ofter, discussed qoesbio i whether associa tions that do nut have their work with close'1 do irs. and aimil tocir m:mb TS with pi-s words, and groot eich tither .vith a secret grin ate righi or wiong. Our answer is that it depend entirely upon the object", for walo i they m -tit. If lb Is to pass the hours in revelry and obs cene talk, or to plot trouble to the state, then w,e say with an em pnasls that lt is wrong. Hut where the object is Lhe improvement of the mind, the enlargement of the heart, the defense of the government, theu vve say with just as much emphasis that they are a blessing. Tnere is no need that those who plan for right over wrong should publish to the world their intentions. Secretary of plot and execution arc wring only when tlic oiiject and ends are nefar ious. Every family ls a secret society, every business firm and every tank ing institu? ion. The men who have no capacity to keep a secret are unlit for positions of trusts anywhere. Se cret societies have done inoulculahle good. One society gave for the relief of their sick in 1W7Ii, in this country $1,41(0,274. Some of the secret soci eties havo poared a very heaven of sunshine and benediction into the home of sufferiug. Some of them ar-: four dod in-?delity to-good citizenship and the bible. Christ has given us a rule by which we may judge, not onlj ail individuals, hut all secret societies. "Hy their fruits ye shall know them." Had societies make bad tn eu. Good societies make good men. A bad man will not stay in a good society and a good man will not st ty in a had soci ely: Test these societies by two or three rules. Their Influence on home. That wife soon lc ses her influence over uer husband who looks upon all even ing absence as an assault on domestic ity. That wife who becomes jealous of her husband's attention to art, or literature, or religion, ur charity I breaking her own sc;ptre of conjugal power. Hut. let no man Baerl lice h ?me ifc to secret society life, as some do Some men are as genial as angels at ?be sjciety norn and as ugly as sin at lome. JEALOUSLY. How fortunate it ls that there i not a jealous person among our large 'amily of reader-;. Wa do P it know if one; do you? Such b lug the cus we can severely cen; ure these jealous people that are to be found in ni >st ill oilier communities. Tue tirstboj ?vcr born was jealous, if you remem ber Cain took a rough stick and killed dis brother Ahei because lie was jeal ais. Tile sacrifice of Abel had bein iccepted while Caius was rejected, lealousy is simply a grief we experi ence on account of thc superiority of itiiers. Their superiority intalcnb, weall li,beauty, virtue.or social or poll ?leal recognition. It is the shad w of ?Liier people's success which clouds mr lives, lb ls tho thunder of i ur ; Igbbor's popularity winch sours the nilli of human kindness in us. lt ls die father and motlier of half Hie voes and crimes of the lunn .n rac. lt ls Jealousy that k& ps all Europe listurbed. Nations j ai. us of Ger nany, of England, or Russia. Jeal tus of eacii other and all jealous of \merloa. Wnat a scene of jealousy va bad In this country when l'resl lent G.irlield was dying. Faithful ihyslclans sacrlticed their practice ind tiealth in fidelity to that death: ied Hector Hliss, Hamilton, and \gnew wont through anxieties and ,olls such as few of UH can realize, tut they did not please thc rest of .he medlc.il world. The doctors In thargo could do not liing right or pleas ng to the other doctors. Jealousy iVhen you hear a man or woman loused, drive In on tho defendant's Ide. Watch for excelle i ces others ather than for defcots, morning gio les Instead of night-shade, If some mo is more beautiful than you, thank iud that you have not so many perils f vanity to contend with. If some me has more wealth tbau you, jtrhUnk 3od that you havo not so gtjeat a stewardship to answer for. ir some mo gets a higher office lu church or state you can thank God there fue not so many to wish for the hasten ing of your obsequies. If you are assailed by Jealousy take lt as e. com pliment, for people are never Jealous of a failure. Substitute for Jealousy un elevating emulation. Seeing others good, let us try to'do better. Seeing others industrious let us work more hours. Life is .short at tho longest let it all be Ulled up with helpfulness for others, work and sympathy for each other's misfortunes,- and our arms full of white mantles to cover up the mistakes 'and failures of otb. ors. Surely this world !s large cao?gb for you and all your rivals. God bas 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 is room for straightforward successes. THE E. F. D. CARRIERS. President Hayden of the State Asso elation IPBUCS au Address. Tresldent Hayden of tho South Carolina State Association of Rural Carriers has issued tho following ad dress to the rural free delivery car riers of the State: Attcutlon, Rural Carriers: The South Carolina State Associa tlon of Rural Carriers was organizad about six months ago and ls receiving applications for membership every week. It has been accepted as : member of the national associate, n. This association is expressly fo the carriers of this State and we need you for a member, and you cannot af ford to be on the outside, as you must receieve benefits from being a mem ber. If possible organize your county and become a ir ember of the State asso elation. The officers will give you their brst help to do this, and if you wish will stnd 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. Toe national and State associations are do ing great things toward getting an Increase in pay for all carriers at the next session of congress. I Whatever amount Is given us wiil I ba the direct ret,u:fc 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 lt. Tu is oeing ?he cse, we are making you the foll wing ode : In counties where there is no association, Carriers may become individual members of the State association by paying the regu lar dues in advance. Send $1 to the State sicretary and this will be cred Ited to your county when it btcames organized. Send SI to State Secretary Hi E Rolen, IN ceses, S. C., who will send you a membership card and a receipt. We, the carriers of South Carolina, must have a pt ide In keeping our Slate in thc front rank. This can-, not bo done unless you come io, sc let us hear from you now. The next State meeting will be held iu Columbia on the 24th of Novem ber. Come to our meeting and learn something of our organization. Let ail organizad counties send their repre sentatives with their State ai.'c? na tional dues. Krona the present outlook we are going ta have a splendid mteting. Can't you help us to make it a rous lpg o~e? Very respectfully yours, Donald C. Hayden, State President. Oraugoburg, Nov. 2. Cotton Ginned. The last of the census bulletins giv ing the returns of its agents on cot *on ginned for the present year up to October 18th last, was issued at noon Thursday, lt shows the total num ber of running bales to hz 6,500,137 as against 3,839,728 running bales for last year. Counting the round bales included in these totals as half bales the balance for 1004 is i educed to 0,417,884. Tile total number of ruu ning bales ginned to October 18 in 1902 was 5,925,872. The reports from the various cottou pro hieing States for the present year follow: Alabama 094,780 bales; Arkansas237, 7 71 i : Florida 40,642; Georgia 1,056, i?7'.': Indian Territory 181,3lt?; Ken lu.ky 284; Louisiana 3t?2.758; Missis sippi 561,704; Missouri 10,021; North Carolina 309,097; Oklahoma 100,2.'"7; South Carolina 029,857; Tennessee 79 688; Texas 2.201 003; Virginia 5,145. Tho total number of ginneries In operation was 28,110. Up to Oc tober 18 In lOO.'t, 37.ti per cent, of the total ort p had been ginned as com paied with 53.5 per cent, in l!)02 Phis report will be followed by four others, showing the quantity of Cit ion i*limed from the growth of 1904 to November 14, to Dr ember 15, to January 16, and to the end of the eason. l'tirjutcrH Killed. Three thousand Poles marched through the streets of Czestoohowa, Ftushlan Poland, Wednesday as a pro test against the mobilization. The jl.ief of police and gendarmes ordered Hie parade;s to disperse but th'.-y re fused to do so and continued to sing Polish songs. A detachment of Infan try tl en charged the mob with bay mots with the result that six persons wire killed and 20 were wounded. Thu llill'oronoe. The Wilmington Star says: "Tom Watson is denouncing the Hon. Wil lam Jennings Bryan for supporting ludge Parker. Colonel Bryan ls open y making a light for thc candidate vhom he wants elected,'while Wat ion, under the pretence that bo 1s a sandidato himself, is bushwhacking or Boosevelt. That ls the difference letween a statesman like Bryan and a poltroon like Wats in. Killt d by n Woman. William Morrow, a noted desperado, las been shot and killed at Burnsvllle, \\ C., by Mrs. John Phillips, a young parried woman. Morrow was infa'.u ited with Mrs. Phillips, but his ad vances were repulsed, and Friday she ired the charges In two barrels of a hotgun at him when he renewed ids idvances. Morrow is said to have oinraitted several murders. SooruH Perish. A hundred persons were drowned friday night by the sinning of the 'renell steamer Gironde after having icen in collision with the French '.earner Asohiafllo, near Herbilllon, wonty-three miles from Bona Algeria. ?be Gironde left Bona with 110 pas eugers of whom one hundred were Algerian natives. IABKET COTTO* CROP BLOWLY. ippeal from .Souther i Cotton Grow ers Protective Association. . At the annual session of the South rn Cotton Growers' Protective asso iation, held at the world's lair rounds in St. Lou's, Sept. 26, 1904, rhero several hundred progressive otton planters were present, repre entlng every cotton growing State-In ho south, the following resolution vas introduced and unanimously >asf ed: "Resolved hy tho Southern Cotton ?rowers' association in conventron at. ?t. Louis, Mo., Sept. 20, 1904, That ve urge as fully as it is in our power ,o do so that every cotton producer in ibo south phice a minimum price of .0 cents per pound on all cotton to be iercafter marketed this season; that io cotton of middling grade be offered 'or sale if tire market at any time, lucio tire fluctuating li lluercis of (peculation, fall below tho price of 10 :ents per pound; that each and every jroducer is urg.d to. market Iiis crop LS slowly as possible, b.l'eviug fiat if ,he crop is. marketed slowly through he months of October and Novembe ;he price of cotton can be maintained it 12 cents per pound, Its true value it the p-e..ent time, during the bal ince of the season. "Y?ur committee further recT needs that this association insis> rpon tlie better handling of oottou to die end that our cottoa when prepared 'ur market rray be placed in more ac" septable, merchantable condition, thereby eliminating as far as possibl nany of the abuses to which the sta pie 13 now subjected." Up to tlie present time the cotton producers from North Car ?lina to tile Brazos river, Tex., have generalis ?tood ?irm by holding a part of their cotton a.id refus*ng to throw it. upon the market nt prices under 10 cent? per pound. With the most dot' r mined (ITotts on the part of thc bear speculators and other combinations formed td depress prices the market lias only been forced down 50 points below our minimum price, during tho month In which most of the farmer Obligations fall due, and an unprcce dented si as m for gathering and ginn ing the crop. The glnners' report is sued Oct. 25th indicated that a little more than ? 000,000 bales of the pres ent crop bad bean ginned, while Sic rotary (lester's report for the Hame time indicated that only about 2 ODO. 000 hales had bee? marketed, showing that nore than,"60 per cent, of the crop was being held in thc hands o! the jr. ducers. ir on'y 5,000,ooo and a quarter hales had been ginned opt i Oct. '15, it UJUSL bc clear to every farmer that the high estimates placed upon this crop by the bear eiem? nt of speculators will never material /.1. They are using the same devices adopted last year to b eik the nerve of the producers. Note their ligures tit last year compared with the facts: Mr. Theodore Price, on Sept, 2S, li)0'{ 1 sued a circular estimating the crop for l?J0:t to be ll,H l,S?>r> bales. A. J. Huston, the palace cur statioia? of Liverpool, Eag., on (Jct 2s>, 1903, fig ured the crop at 11,250,400 bales. Neil bros. of England estimated thu crop.(in Nov. 24, 19?3 at 11,000,000 biles, and ll. (J. Gorst of Liverpool on the same dute Issued an e;tima*e Using the yie'.d at 11.430,000 bale-; Now let UT look at tlie estimates ,of dlsintereated parties: Tue United Staten department of ng.lculture, on Deo. 3, liio:i, issu? d its estimate tis lng the yield at 9,962 039 hales. Tho southern States' c mmtssiocer of agri culture in convention at M?ntgomt ry, Ala., Oct. 9, mo:;, estimated the crop at 10,471,000 balas. No v let us .Bee what ?as the actual ci op. We find twit Hie actual ct remerciai crop of 1?03 04 amounted to 10 011,374 bales. Note the com paris n of bear estimate? and government estimates.' The United States department of ngrlohl ture was under the actual ligurcs only 4U.OO0 bales. The commissioners ot agriculture - overestimated tlie crop 400,000 hales, while Mr. .Theodore Price mis.'ed it 1,734,000 bale.v and the rest of the he ir clement a I the wny f;om a mill ?n to a million and a half bales.' Mr. Trice is pursuing the same cours?: tili s season aud calling upon the fatmarsevery where to dump taelr cotton on the market, so as V> depress prkes and let Mr. ''Bear" Price coin his millions at Hie expense of hundreds of thousands Of producers In tho south; The recent est imate of the south em commissioners of agriculture in conventiou at H uon R gue, La., Qa. tuber 22ad, ligured the crop for this season at IO 171,000 bales. Mr. Theo dore* Price and other bear speculators tigure the crop nt 12,000,000 baies. Tho commissioners of agriculture overestimated the crop loo.ooo balee, last ye ir, and the indications are that their present estimate is not so far? ?A rong. Even if the crop should reach 11,000,000 bales the world wants avery bale of it and the spinners are better able to pay high prices this season than las!, because yarns have idvanosd 3 cents per pound this sca con and a heavy demand for cotton ?onrts "t'X'stflV I therefore call.upon the producers throughout the st utii to stand tinu ind refuse lo sell their colton at pres ?nt prices. Heavy receipes ci press tho market. The. speculators have ?old millions of bales tor a future de livery and tiny want to buy that cot ton for less money than the staple ls ictualiy worth. The producers should lemand from 11 t. > 12 cents for thc ?alance of tho crop. They are in position to force prices up hy s< liing jhe staple slowly. Debts have beeil Mild r.s a rule, and lucre ls no longer ibsolute necessity of rushing our cot ,ou OD the market. Tlie merchants and bankers of the louth should encourage slow selling leeanne Hie prosperity of the pr ?due ?rs makei prosperity certain in all iiher avenues of trade, lathe south. iVe will pot make a humper crop: nistof the staple has hce.n gathered iud ginned. Let us detorminc t<> tandllrmly together tho balance of ibis season and force the bear specula iOrs lo c iver. Tho present price of .otton is t io low. a ni 1 urge every iroduccr to reiuso to sell until ilie narkot prop-rly read-justs itself. lave im fear that cotton will ho worth ess in tho, fu'ure than now. Those ?rho hold will get better prices when he speculators are forced to pay it. L'hc producers are now standing linn mt tlie speculate rs and spinners I io pe o break their nerve and causa a gen ral rush on tho markets in the near uturo Let us prove to the world hat southern farmers can assert and nantabi their rights in the face of he sirontfcst combinations ever or anlz d to depress the price of cotton. *ay no attention to the bumper crop Bt!matos and let the buyers of our tapio understand that tlie balance f this crop can only be purchased at rices between 10 and 12 cents pur ound. Store your cotton at homo ff m indar good cover and keep it safe 'rom the weather. If money ls needed store a part of four cotton In local warehouses and ise the receipts as collateral to borrow xoney from your local banks. Don't jell any cotton at present prices mere y to follow the old pinn of selling. By ?olding your cotton the advance in prices later will pay a heavy interest m the Investment, when no Interest ?viii be secured if you sell now and de posit the money in bank. Inane your .-otton, whether stored at'home or in i warehou ?"?-, and take no risk*;, where risks are likely to be incurred. Let assail this orop for at least ?7(0,000, 300, and put general prosperity a av ne ?he fanners or the south. Very respectfully, liar vie Jordan, President Southern Cotton Growers' Protective Association. A HUMAN MONSTER. Most Revolting Career in ihe Annal? I ol Crime in Germany. ) A dispatch from Berlin, Germany, says the Hamburg "baby farmer," Elizabeth Wiese, has been found guil ty of thc murder of live Infants and a long series of other grave crimes. In accordance with German law she ha been sentenced live times to death, one-; for each murder. For perjury and forgery she was sentenced to six years' penal servitude. Another cu rious pen iant, to her sentence was the loss of honor for the remainder of her natural life. The details of the trial were revolting In the extreme, proving the woman to be a monster of Iniquity. The story of ber cireer is one of the raOi.t revolting in tho criminal annals f the empire. It appeared from the vidence giveu at the trial that she was boru in Hanover, In 1859, her maiden name t.emg Berke Held. After a somewhat, checkered career inlier native province, where several prose cutions and Imprisonments for illegal operations and Imposture had render ed itimpo sib'.e for her to c irry on her calling of mid wife, she moved to Hamburg, renting an expensive rtsl dence in one of the fashionable thor oughfares. Here she established her self as a professional foster-mother. Her m 'tho 1 of procedure was to In sert in both German ann foreign pa pers prominent advertisements, in which the adoption of children boru out of wedlock wa. prc miser! in return for a si' (ile monetary payment. These notices brought lier many eli ents from the fashionable, as well as from the humble ranks of society. For instance, iL is stated that for taking over a child whose parents I heio' ged bo the highest circles of the town of llanover she received a f.:c of *l,000 ia addition to ?200 as hush money. At the same imo she inserted in the p ipers other advertisements to the et?-ct that a "young and beautiful trill" appealed to n; ble-minded gi ni K m- n for temper ary assistance, and forced her own ill?gitimit? daughter, Paula, into im proper relationships with the men Abo replied to those thinly-veiled en tlc'incuts. She visit :d London, ano ihe names of persons saki to bared dent io the EoglHb metropolis werr nentipned in the course of the tra ju-t clo-ccl. it was fur;her alleged against ber, though on this count she bas been ac quitted, that she attempted to oolson her husband, who found her proceed ings not to bis liking. One of tho chil dren adopted by her is said to have b en the child of un English womat! of fl t?o. Of the children whom shr was paid to take tl.oso wlio.se a^e mide the prccjtdlug profitable were corrupted. Others she poisoned with morphine, throwing their bodies into the Elbe, or burning them In her kitchen liroplac?. The crime t f in fanticida was brought horne to her h. n J fewer thin the spec flo eases, and now far that humber was from cooi pletlng' the gruesome tale of her inl [i) i ties there is no means of knowing. i dramatic feature of the trial was the appearance of the woman's hus liuiid and d^u^h'er as witnesses against ber. TH?S ?Kll i'd. A I' LAST. flit' Japanese ?Vd mit tho Loua of their B< Ht Battleship. : A dispatch from Paris says Hie As st elated Press wus put in a positiou Thursday to state p si lively that tts dispitches from Clieefoo, Port Arthur and Tokio last .lune to the elicet that tho Japanese battleship Yashima had been sunk by a minc i if Dalny, which dispatchs were denied by ihe Japan ese authorities at the tim >, have been confirmed. The Japan so govern ment has notified foreign govern ments i i' tin> 1 .ss of the ship. The uumber of men who went down with the vessel is not known, but ls believ ed to have been small. The otliclal details show that the Yashima struck a Russian mine and later attempted bo make Dalny harbor, but this prov ed impossible and she sink in deep water. The*lois of the Yashima has been Concealed by the Japanese, though the Russian authorities have believed for jjme time that the rep Tts that the oattleship had been destroyed were ?orrect. It is important, since it ls now liscl ised that Japan lias only four node rn battleships rem lining. The Yashima was one of the lin.st tattlcships of Hie Japanese navy, lier iisplecmcnt was 12,300 tons, ab.iut i.lie sixa of the American battle."hip Main-, and she had a speed of ly iiiots. Tlie Russian squadron at Port Vrthur includes live modern battle .hips, more or less damaged, and Vice Admiral Rojetvensky's command, which Is now enroule from the I tal tic .0 tho har Hist, also numbers live lattlesbips. .'In view of the Inferiority if the Japanese in battleships, their irmored cruiser strength is Important, hey being greatly superior to the viissian In this respect. About Board Bill. At St. Louis, Mo., a quarrel over a cceipt for tho payment of a board dil resulted in the killing Wednes day of Hayden Y. L ring, manager of hie Li ring hotel near the exposition :nninds by Norman M. Vaughan, nanager of the Elks Publishing com lany. Vaughan tired several shots at joring, all of which took effect, and ie dropped dial. Tho shooting was /itnested by Vaughan's thirteen year Id sister, Oma, who stood near Lor ng, it is said, beseeching lier brother ot to lire. Vaughan quickly left the otel, boarded a street car, and went own town, whero he was arrested on bo street, after having talked for an i< ur with several friends to whom he id not mention the shooting. raughan refused to make a statc ?eut other than to say that he had red in solf-defenso. A OR TUITION REFUNDED BOOK-KEEPING, SHORTHAND AND TELEGRAPHY I WRITE US. KILFYRE! KILFYR That ls exactly what lt ls. a V day at the State Fair showing- lu tir Every Farmer, OH Mill, Saw Ml property should have them. For sal COLUMBIA SI Coluirxbia, 8,-O The max "tyE ARE FOR YOU COLUMBIA LUI COLUKl THE GUINARD COJwUMB Building and Re-Prcs ed Brick. Sp Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepa for millions. Southeastern Lim CHARLES! Building Material of all kii "lUJBEROID." Whiskey I Morphine | Clgareb Habit, I Habit | Habit Cured by Keeley J 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Ooh one" "Vlllritnd X-line Oeurier Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Pa Carolina. Portland Came Uirl'ri Budy Mutllntcd. The dead body of Miss Rosa Butts, aged -3 years, a white servant girl of the city, was found Friday In the su burbs of South Mirshall, Mo., in a pasture. The girl had evidently been murdered. Her throat hal been cut wit h a sharp stick, a piece of which still remained in the llesh; ber left ear had been cutfr\ofl and there was a bullet hole in her head. There was evidence that the girl had made a struggle for life. A cigarette near the body and blooly tracks leading *way from thc spot are the oniy tan gible dues. MK-s Butts was last seen late Wcdnesda) night last, with two young men, one of wh? m her sbtei can recogn'ze. Neither ot the m2o have beeu located. A man living uear where the body was found re ports having heard screams on Wcd ?esday Dight, but no search for tbe girl was started until Friday. Storm Mt. pi lr.lr.inl. A letter dated Oct. 20, received from Georgetown, Grand Cayman, gives| details of the storm which swept ov. r j that Island about two weeks ago. Toe shconer Albatross has not been hea-d from since the storm. The people as sure: lng from the riire>.t poverty. There is nota p lur.d of foodstuff in h-i whole islaud for tale aud huadreds of p rsons have nothing to eat. T.ie British steamer B n Chine, Smltb master, Is ashore on the reefs on th? | east end bi the island. She was bound | from Port-au-Spain to Gulfp >rt, Miss. She has a hole in h r bottom and has I been bilged and will probably be a ti . tal loss. The sloop Cold tish Is also re ported lost. A Karat Accident. At Q liney Mass., two workman were killed, two o hers seriously and several slightly Inj ired by tin sud len slipping from the block of the b'.g steel barge, being built for the Stan dard Oil company at the yards of the Fore River Suipbuildmg company Wednesday. The dead are: Louis Crump, id&^le, 3-1 years of age, of Newport News. William Johnson, married, 35 years old, of Camden, N. J. Crump and Johnson were both calkers and with the others injured were at work on the barge. Men at work on the barge say ttiey were'mak I lng te&t preparatory to launching when oue of the "shores" gave way under the strain. Two Killed lu ttruek. As a result of a wreck ou a branch . inc of the Atlanta, Ru xville and Northern railroad rear Ball Ground Cherokee couuty, Ga., late Friday two men are dead and several oil ers seri ously inj ired. Thc dead: Jame3 P. Harrison of Ball Ground; A. C. Gad dls of Ball Ground. Thc 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 he was he*d of thc James P. Harrison Print ing company. Details of the accident are meagre, but it seems that a mar ble train ran oil a trestle into a pond. Whether the men were killed by drowning or otherwise is not known Kfolkintc KttKBhullH. Melt some tallow and with it paint on the shell of an egg, making letters, numbers, profiles or any outline which your fancy may suggest, then Immerse the egg lu stronge vinegar. After the lapse of a few hours whatever is cov ered with the Hues of tallow will p-o j -ct slightly, the vinegar's acetic acid having dissolved away the unprotect ed surface. By palntii g with a line brush au intricate scroll or vine pat tern, carrying it all an ind Hie egg, tbe result is very pretty, giving the llect of carved ivory. Horses Drowned. At New York the ferry boat Colim ?la of the Wall street line was run into and sunk Friday by the Norwich liner City of Lowell. There were about l?O passengers and seventeen te?tnson board the Columbia at the time of the accident. All the pa;s?:g.rs wen: taken elf safely, but eight or ten horses were drowned. There was a heavy fog on the river at the time ol the collision. He Wau MiHtaken. Over sixty years ago Spencer T. Hancock of Manchester, Vt., was In oad health thought he was going to He and named the persons ho desired io ac? as his pallbearers. Last Sunday oe celebrated his eighty-first birth lay. All the original pallbearers are lead and he has now picked out a new 1st. Horrible Accident. At Leesville recently while butchrc ng was going on Mr. L. P. Stead nan's little 3 yaar-old cnild fell into i tub of bolling water and.died fro he effects of thc scald Thursday norning. arne's Business College UOUSTA, GEORGIA El! KILFYRE ! 1 ! Ire Killer. Demonstration every Q fighting qualities; ll. Ginnery and any ono owning o by JPPLYCO.. shinery Supply house of the State BRICK WORKS, IA, S.O. eclal Shapes to order. Fire Proof red to till orders for thousands or e & Cement Co. ?ON, S. C. ids. High Grade Roofing Write for prices. I Ail:Drug and Tobacco I Habits. Lsie=?titnt:<e, of ??. C imbla, S. O. Confidential oorreapond it, Plaster, per, Car lots, Biuall lots, write, nt Go., Charleston, 8. C. Women's Diseases, How I Cure Them: BOOK SENT FKEE ON REQUEST, SPE CIAL MEDICAL LETTER ALSO FREE. Every sick woman who earnestly desires to recover her health should write rae, dosoriblng how she sulTors, and I will point out to hor a simple means wf ,"-i niuuont cure. At any fate Recognized as the oldest established end Moat RulluWe Special* it will not cost anything to And out how I pro pose lo cure your tliscitse, so i urgo that you write mo Without delay. Thousands of sick woiuon have cured themselves up in tb?3 way. Out ot* the ripeness ol' tsventy-flvo years ex perience as a specialist, I have dovelopod an entirely n w system o' curing chrorto d?its?iie? und it adapts itself especially wjil to tho cure of diseases ?if women, to whica I hare given special study all ri?) lil.', I will imdoisUuid your ease, and understanding it, I will rotuli ly lind the moans of.cure. If tho general run of doctors have failed, if jMitent medicines Ihn*, seein cheap, hut are really costly in Ute end have dolieron no go<>d, then I am moro than certain that 1 will care you, forstubborn casca are the ones I want to hear from, I will euro you Hf ty per cent quicker thau by? tho old method, and give yon such a treatment aa will not only euro your disease, but build you up thoroughly and make you tee! bettor in every way. 1 want especially to hoar from women who have trouble with the womb, ovaries or ner vous systoui, who sutler from leucorrhea and raeiiatru?l dliilculties, disorders of tho blood, weak heart, headache, neuralgia vertigo, stomach trouble, rhouiuatism, skin affections, kidney troubles, any disease of tho throat, iuugs or urinary organs. To snell as those, I will guarantee speedy and complete recovery by my new original method. At any nile, y<?ii should investigate this m..tier fur ther, and if you will writo mo regarding your self, I will study your cuso and rop-irt to you fully how to be cured. All this will cost you nothing. I will als J inclose u booklet of my own writing poing into al i thu BJM rial diseases of woiuon with symptoms, cause? Un'd"~e?eots^ free of charge. You are at no expense what>" ever, so if yon really w.oit to be cured and not lie ii weakling all your lifo, I expect; to hear from you soon. Nly privato address ia J. Newton Hathaway, M. IX, 88 fnrnnn Illdg., 22$ S. Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Trv o> write ino today. We? Sell PIANOS AND ORGANS, 9 -And Lots of Them- ? 1 WE SEL THE BEST MAKES. g . Our prices are about ten per . 2 cent under Northern prices. ? t Efory Pi&no or Organ wo seit B is fully warranted by the makers, ta . and bucked 4up by us. Writo us at * J once; for catalogue, prices and g terms. . /MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, " . COLUMBIA, S. C. ?.?.?..BdieBSISIflVMMMtt CHARLES C. LESLIE WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FISH ANIKQYSTERS, 8 and 20 Market Street, Kuirleston, S. O. Consignments of Coimtry^d'roduce aro Ro api>cttully Solicited. Poultry, EggB?""st? Fisli packed in barrels and boxes for country trade n spiw.ialty. Mullet! Mullet! Mullet! and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water tish and oysters, if you are dealing in Fresb Fish or intend to deal In them write for prices and send your ordrs to TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. C. or COLUMBIA FISH & ICE CO Columbia S. C. Wo ship only fresb caught fish and our prices are as low they can be sold at. Write us. Try us and be convinced. BANK DEPOSIT $5,00 \? Railroad Faro Paid. SOO - PRKK Courses Oflared. E9SHEBHGBBBHBI Board st Cost. Write Quick ?EORGIA-ALABAMA BUSIN ESS COttEQE.Mtcon.Ga. KoXHif.S ir. lu G. P. Sawyer and M. R. Prlnca, ?hain gaug overseers tried at Edge ield on thc charge of beating convlot ?Vide Hartley to death, were ac ?uttted on Wednesday, tho Jury re gaining out only ten minutes.