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A GRUEL llRL I i-loped With and Married Her Own Mother's Husband. THE PITIABLE STORY Ai Told by tbe Outraged Wife in the New York Courts in Her Plea fer a Divorce from Her Cruel and Unnutural Husband Who Married Daughter. No modern Instance is comparable | 4? the case of Mrs. Bruce Crane Nu. 2, who ousted ber own mothers's af fections out of the heart of her own stepfather, whose first wife was Mrs. Crane No. 1-the new bride's own mother-and eloped with him. Bruce Crane lias just married his divorced wife's daughter, co-respond ent in this ignoble case. Where may one find a situation and a complication more heartless? Mrs. Bruce Crane, who was Mrs. Jeanue Burchard Brainerd before she became Mri. Bruce Crane, bad two daughters when she intrusted herself and her widowhood hito the bands of Mr. Biuoe Crane, then a struggling and afterward, while she was his wife -matured Into one of the most dis tinguished landscape painters In the | whole United States. When the secend Mrs. Bruce Crane's j own mother was In tho slough of des pond and was cast Into prison, she I did not visit her own mother. Bot she kept on keeping hou-.e for her fa- ! mous stepfather, Bruce Crane. When, after tho first Mrs. Bruce -Crane, who had given up ad money, -<d everything she bad in life to give] Mfind when ber daughter took tbe c i ti n ? s i? ne art'st father against ber MonSracnher' shf Jw ?ot cyen vl,t8,t nd, on loop^er ?ber dire extremity. >v .' Jv t..-ne first Mrs. Bruce Cram; wasv^?a?ed before a magistrate in a p?lice court in Greater New Yo:k h'er.own daughter who has succeeded to her own mother's "nr. mo and fame," let ber be looked up in a ceil like any common, ordiuarj unfortu nate without coming to the rescue and now ofter all the agony of spirit the flrstvMrs. Bruce Crane bas gone through-7g^oaded so by desperation that she dyen bad to brg- as a tinal release from all her intense misery that she must camr her own daughter as the co-respondent of ber husOand, hisstepdauRbter and natural guardian of the child t>? whom she had intrust" ed him, her portion ls that of Intense shame. She has seen all ber hops s bl isted, all 1er life ruined, and alt the field of her txisteucc ungar nercd by the unnatural conduct of her daughter who has stolen away from her own mother the heart of her mother's husband. [CHAPTER ll. A woman had been found in New York leaning against au iron railing In Eighth avenue, between, Fifty sixth and Fifty-seventh streets, in the evening, lt was lu December, when it was bleak, cold, dismal. Ii was just ten days beiore Christmas, to, when the whole city is t-.uppr.ed to be alive to the most^^mrh\is-^p?Tiir of Christianity : "Pejte on earth, good will to men."" she cuild barely ie and ber address, oh Bruce," she kept on .If tiiere were an ache In 'count- and a break In her heart. ?Bufanda; 0 ?or ^ruce> ?r mv little Au-iie.'" Officer O'Leary, of the West Forty seventh street police station, found her.#Wlth the quick instinct of his profession he knew at once that she wasj? getulewi ra;ui in a most cleplor abl? situation. Ile pi udertd a mo ment. W" "Where is your home Madame. " Do you want to go bonn;?" "Home, Hone-yis, no, oh yes, take me heme! No, don't, don't" There was a cut over ono one of her eyes, wbicli might Have been the re suit of a fall, and the i Ulcer called f.li an ambulance and took her to the Roosevelt Hospital. Finally, after her mino had quickened a little bit with warmth arter ber c-srosure, she gave her na me iud address; "Mrs. Bruce Craue, Nu. 95 Fifth nm avende." "j husband was notified. She sent \jer daughter Annie. The daughter ant no response. Thu husband made effort to come to ber rescue. ?So she had to be taken like any cr ni mon unfortunate to the station house. Even after another notifica tion Bruce Crane did not bail her out, nor did his stepdaughter bastea to her succor. Can one Imagine a more heartless or crueller ordeal than this, which hap pened the next morning in the York ville Police Court,? Shu was arra.gned In com t early be fore Magistrate Carne, who happened to be sitting. Alone with all the or dinary ' drunks" and '"thugs" and "riff-ra tl " of ? great city Policeman O'Leary produced his prisoner. There .was that innate something In her bearing, her carriage, ber dignity, that instantly compelled all eyes to focus on her, for Mrs. Bruce Crane has always been a handsome woman. Scarcely anybody could hebe ve his eyes when tho conventional charge was made-"a vagrant and Intoxicat ed." Poor woman, what made ber so? Then, and only then, did Bruoe Grane appear. She was gowned In a smart freck of dose-titting gray cloth. ULT splendid b'ond hair under ber little ti (jue took all thc glints of the sun that stole tuto the dln?y, 111-smclllng piacc. He and she stood facing each other. She gave bim one look. She salo nothing. Ile turned his bead away and in answer to the question of thc Magistrate. "What do you wish done?" He said with calm, cold and preciso deliberation: "I think she had better bc put under retraint for awhile. 1 ba ve tried In every way to reform her. 1 have Bent her to various asylums and sani tariums. I have placed her with friends of the family and with private physicians but lt lias all been of no avail. I have pleaded with ber for the sake of our chl.dicu" Thon the storm in the heart of Mrs. Crane broke: 'Our children I she echoed In an impassioned out burst; "why aro they not hen ? Where ls my Annie, my child-not yours, ntt ourB, but oiy own. Oh, my Cod, why does bhe not come to help mo now -row, when I moat need a daughter's level" "I think my wife needs a physi cian's ministration moro," broke in Mr.* Crace, still with the most steady calm. Mr. Crane trifled with hiB mus taohe. The situation was pl ti s ole; the at mosphere was tense "Oh, Bruce, Bruce, what are you doing?" She turned and throwing hex arms about his neck, kissed him again and again. . Ile tried to break away from bei grasp uud her passionate appeal. "Where is my daughter? Don't seperate us; for God's sake don't!" The answer carno as if slit from ice "You cannot go back to your cull dren." . "Don't say that after all I hav< done for you. Oh, Bruce, let me g< back to my children, my babies. Thc* ueed their mothar. What are yoi doing?" she suddenly cried outhystt r ically. "Are you stealing their luv? from mi ?" "Don't seperate us for the love o our unborn child; duu't do it; don' do it. You used to love n e-yoi know you did. If I bave transgressed you know why and what made me di it. I am distraught, besides myself Take me back to you, to shield he rgainst herself, and-you. "Ob, Bruce, Bruce, 1 plead to you Bruce," she kept tu imploring. " plead to you as I have never plead M before and never will plead again. N matter what I have done recently forgive me for Annie's sake, whor you say you love like your ow daughte r. "You know, too," she went on i the anguish ot her sou', "that I at weak and worn out with nursing yo througl" typhoid and am not yet ove the effects ot my own typhoid, whio I got curing my vigil for your ow welfare. You know I have given ye all, all my money, all my love, all m hopes, all my life." At bois crisis even the stolid cali of the brilliant landscape painte seemed to remake him. Tears stol lu his eyes. Ills immediate emetic everwheimed him. Ile was ab .ut t gasp out-wheu In a second's silen< lu the whole tierce outburst theta wi au Interruption. Thero fell from tl mcuth of the Magistrate hlmsc these clear cut words: '"Slr," said Magistrate Crane, a< dressing Bruce Crane, "you have stern and, perhaps, a harsh duty per.omi. You must face lt like n an. You must do it for ber sal and for the sake of your children ai yourself." Then turning to Mr Crauo, he said: ''1 will detain yt only temporarily until .0 ?no rev." Mrs. Crane, weak and exhaust? ahnest fell to the tl or. BiUCO Crai sneaked hurriedly away. It waa at this epoch in his Ufo tb Bruce traue created a painting ai called lt "Sirirlse." Imaglnatl friends have declared that when tl Strong picture was created they er In lb tin motive of au Idea to deptl h's wbe le soul at that time. The long stretch of the dreai wearisome marsh was to typify his own, Intense setf -his own wta ness ar_d dreariness with his os wife. The dull, cold, gray foreground w his own heart; the overlying .-.now a tho. bleak hills was lils wife's shad? on his hf?-; the rising, sun, aglow the far-away heavens was his wif I daughter-the one bright, hope! spot. UUA1TKK ai. It was after several most tain episodes that Mrs Bruce Crane u ?^e^fie^fjCT^Siit^hiid given Bruce Cn her love, she fi&?- given him 1 money, she was a br?ThLUt^rrT^rt herself, and abe had impelled him her own incentive and wifely help the rond to becoming one ofHhe me successful oiid distinguished palnti of American landscape. Then there came the little rift the lute that was Impossible to avoided. Mrs. Cnme discovered that her O' child was accepting the attentions her own husband. She was utterly discarded and fore to watch this utmost degeneracy. lb bad been uttered in the < world, where Bruce Crane aud I wife moved at that time, that M Bruce ('ratio murmured: "1 almost wish now that she h died before she was born." Mr. Bri Crane afterward: "It's everythl or sulc'de for me." Mrs. Crane kept up ber method! Impulse. "De seems so fond of 1 own daughter, lie does not seem care for me," his own wife." Imagine Mr. Bruce Crane readl Into two women's heart at the sa time-especially when one behan to his wife and tho other belonged his ow 1 wife's daughter. And tl came next, for or against divorce most ignoble ploa, aa one may look lt. It has been sahl that the mot! favored the dissolution, to save 1 own daughter name Anyway, it wits asked by the tnotl of her own child, against her own h haul. The stepdaughter was cot peridot t In Hie piteous case. Toe the daughter is acclaimed Bri Urane'} wife. A tl her own moth Well, her own mother-she vi br? ught ber into the world-ls I outcast, divorced wile of the mau w ls living with the daughter In 1 pale of the law as his own, partied spouse. CUA1TKR IV. 'My troubles with my husband gan," she has confessed, "when I ti dh covered his relations with daughter. I must tell the wli naked truth. 1 upbraided both them, but they b^th denied charges. 1 know what I was talk ibout, and my own little girl - .II Ge girl 1 bad brought Into world-said to me, 'Why, marni ?rou must be mad. You are crazy. " 'Yrs,' said Mrs. Crane, my c ltisban 1, chiming in, 'you must ;razy.' I bad had moughsjnow nuke me so. "Aftar that my life with Mr Cr; md m; little daughter Annie been i veril; ble Inferno on earth for 1 le begin to persecute and mg rn? ivery v ay possible U> think of. < :an't one imagine the torture I 1 toing through-and always: lided aodabbettcd by my owndau e r, my own offspring: "So lt went on and on. Ho bei o persecute me In every way. truck me even and knocked me- de vheu 1 remonstrated against the 1 ul life we were living among ( ul ves. There .stu. ms to mo notb ike it even In the Greek trager les "I was nervous, upnot, unstru nay one wonder? "So I was c .j iled into a taultarl o forgot. "To forget what? "That both my husband and laughter swore that I was wliiini 0 there -and that my husband my daughter were masquerading as 'Mr. and Mts. Riobard B. Warner and consorting from one uotel and from one home to auother home and another hotel. "1 had been mortified, chagrined, struck ? ) the heart as witt a dagger. And when I called my daughter to an accounting, as I thonght 1 had the right in motherhood, she nualn stab bed me by Baying: 'Oh, M.i, you're orazy, you know. Why torment Mr. Crane so? He has the real artlstlo temperament, like 1 have. You d< n't understand bim. Why not go av ay again now and have a long reBt?'J "It was then stung to the int er most quick of my soul, that I be; an my suit for divorce against B.?co Crane, naming my own datghtei as co-respondent, May God foregive thom, they know not what thoy did;"-New York American. THE COT ION QUESTION Di bated in Hu: House hy Johnson and oilier Congressmen. During the debate on the army ap proprlation bill lu the house Wednes day Mr. Johnson (S. C.) rr ade a short speech on the cotton question. He called attention to what he said was a systematic tfort, unfortunately successful, to bear down the price of cotton, and asserted that there was no justification for such a brutal cam paign of deception and misrepresen tation. T know," he said, "there are some kid glove gentry in New York who would not know u cotton patch trori a pea patch, who are un dertaking to tell the world that the southern larmer can make cotton at 41 cents." If be bad the power, he 3a!d, bc would have every man who gambled la cotton on the New York Cotton Exchange and who said that cotton coi.ld be produced at 4? cents go down and with his own uaked hands pull the bell cord of a mule and make cotton at that pr Ice. Mr. Douglass (N. Y.), Interjected thc remark that most of the men speculating on the New York ox change were southern men, which caused Mr. Johnson to declare that whether they were southern men or not, they were enemies of southern people audof good morals every where. The people of the south were holding cotton which they had no more Idea of parting with at the pr?tent price enan the uwucra of Gutted States bonds had of sell lr g them at 25 cents on the dollar. Ile predicted that be fore September 1, 1005, thousands of spindles in the United States and abroad would be Idle because ot tholr Inability to get cotton to .pin. Mr. Johnson argued t:?at lt would be perfectly right for the southern cotton growers to agree a nong them selves tp,?oa reduction of the cotton crop to the exient of 5.) per cent. Mr Slaydeu (Texas) said that a cur tailment of the cotton trop in this country would only encourage thc greater production off^t in other countries. He warned tie* southern members that they should not bo de luded by the Idea that the south pos sessed the only climate o * soll which could produce cctton prottab'.y. ( timi i".?htm?. A special from Manila says an en gagement which took pla:e on Janu ary 8, with refractory Moros on the island of Jolo, Lieut. Jaa es J. Sewell and one private of the Fourteenth Cavalry were killed and second Lieut. Roy W. Ashbrook, of thc Seventeenth Infantry, Capt. Halstead ?orcyj? .Kthe Fourth Infantry, Second jieut. R. C. .JjLiehardson.'of the Fo.urftesnth ca airy and - lUxfie-^riv?tes wer > wou ded. The action was In connection with the capture of a fort held by thc .toro outlaws which Maj >r Scoot, govi rnor Ot the island, had attempted tos cure by peaceful means several mo J tbs aiio. Recently while attotipting to se cure recruits on the Island klnaly means taken by Major Scott were mis taken hy surrounding Moros and trouble brewing necessitated forcible action. The Mero leadi r has been kill ed ar.d the fort bas been dlstroyed. American troops were assisted by the gunboat Quires In command of Lieut. Walker. Lieutenant Richardson ls from Charleston, S. 0. A Horrible Tragedy. At Chicago on Wednesday. With a pistol and razor, John Miller, a cook, killed his wife and infant daughter Annie, fatally wounded an o her daughter, Martha, two and a half year., old, and then, after shoot ing him elf through the breast, cut bis own throat. Tho unconscious forms of the Miller family wore found In their home by the police who had been sum moued by neighbors. Mrs. Miller dit 1 on the way to tho hospital. Her younger chliel was dead bofore removal by the police. Tho older child survived only a saort time after arriving at the hospital. Miller will probably die. Drunken rage ls be lieved bj ti e police to have eau el the tragedy. KAIIIII} und Borvant Suffocated. William T. Ma*on, a lawyer, and his family, consisting of wife and two children, Bien, four years old, and Marlon, six months, with a servant, Annie Wells, lost their lives In a tire which ptrtlaily destroyed tho brown stone dwelling (-coupled by them at 133 west One Hundred and Thirtieth street New York early Sunday morn ing. The whole family appears to have been suffocated. The charred bodies of Mrs. Mason, the servant and four year old child were, found in the ( lose!, uuder the roof scuttle thr ugh which they are supposed to h ive been at tempting to escape. The bodies of Mr. Ma: on and the youngest child were in a bedroom. One Kebber Killed. Two masked men attempted to rob Abraham, James and Sarah Llanz, In Hanover township, l'a , Saturday night and one Of them was shot and instantly killed by William McIIcnry, employed as guard. The dead man's ci mpanion et caped but hs thought to have been injured. Six .yionthsag > the Liar /, home, which ls in a remote district, was robbed sev eral times, the robbers su ejecting the two brothers and sister to brutal treat mont. Pinda ? Ju? ol' Cold. Charles Smith, a woaltiy farmer of Union Township, Onie, bas found a jug of gold, bidden by Byrum Seward oelore hhs death, thirt} years ago. Smith Thursday bought the Soward farm and Friday began t:aring down the old h u-e. When the >l)l roney was thrown over thc Jug, containing about $2,000, was found in a corner. A Cine.-Aoo aide, m tn ls alleged to have kicked a would-be-hrlber out of his otlloe. The Atlanta Constitution thinks that the amount munt have boeu ridiculously small. DISPENSARY REPO?T. The rireotoit Submit a Statement of the Yean Butiness. The Total Pi-ofltB Do Not Yet Reach tho Ono Million Dol lars Marie. The titmuil report of the t>oard of cl i rectoi s of :he State dlsponsiry was given to tbe governor and me de pub lic Thursday. The report itsel! merely summarizers the figures of tho year's business, which are set forth In detail in accompanying exulblts. TLe repoi t follows: To His Excellenov, D. O. Hoyward, Governor of South Carolina, Colum bia, S C. ?Sir: We have tho honor to submit herewith a statement of tho business done by the State and couuty dlspen sarlcs during the fiscal year ending November 30th, 1904, to be transmit ted by your excellency to the general assembly of South Carolina. Hy referring to the several state ments attached hereto yt u will find that tho total cost of liquors, wines, beer, etc., purchased during the year amounts to $2,316,242.67 and that the total sales (ox Musi ve of "fresh beer") amounts to $3 374,786 43. Tho net earnings for account of the i oin.ol fund for the fiscal year, which have been placed to its credit, amount to 8171,377.73. The profits that have accrued to, and equally divided between, the counties and towns, amount 1003, 098 22, making the total earnings for the year for the school fu id, counties and towns $775,376 95, which is an In crease over earnings of last year of $130,893.00. Wc have paid to the State treasur er since December 1st, 1003 ('he he ginning of our fi-seal year), on account ot the school fund tho Bum of $304, 338 94, which reduces the behool fund to $400,000 00 as required by law. During year we have disposed of largo amount ot "hard stock" (which bas been accumulating for several years), at a fair pr ?fit, and hope that within a short time we will have nothing on hand except "live" or marketable stock. We are very much gratified to re port that the bujlness of the dispen sary bas been conducted with harmony ?Tiu SUCCCSH m an ita Qcp?VouQ?u?.S, which will be sho.vn by tho attached statements, and the reports of the legislative examining committee and and expert accountants, appointed to examine tho books and records for the past fiscal year. You will also note that tho volume of business bas increased, but this we attribute to a more rigid eolorcemcnt of the law lather than to an increased consumption of liquor:;, etc. In concl ision, we court your most careful inquiry into all the details of the dispensary management, and are rciady to furnish any data >ou may desire. All of wi Ich is respectfully submit ted. li. II EVANS, Chairman. L. W. BOYJtlN ^ State imfCrot Doctors. G. H. Charles, Clerk. \ The ahn aal statements of itbe pro fits ot the dispensary VA\ to the counties and the profits of the whole I sale dispensary paid to the school fund were also completed Tnurjday and ?show an interesting increase. The I statement s as follows: Abbeville.$ 13 595 04 Aiken. 14,872 65 Anderson. 27 698 87 Rimberg. 11.260 60 BArnwell . 19 940 21 Heaufort. 9.436 96 Iterkeley . 8,662 77 Charleston. 55,342 16 Cherokee. 10,279 78 Chester. 13,324 52 Chesterfield. 9,146 28 Clarendon. 12,502 65 Colleton. 10.409 01 Darlington. 17,220 6? Dorchester. 7,639 62 Edgetlcld. 6 671 73 Fairfield. 6 254 47 Florence. 23.203 15 Georgetown. 20,349 5 Greenville. 27,017 38 Hampton. 6.486 69 Horry. 5,732 51 Kershaw. . 14.088- 37 Lancaster. 12,368 4 i Laurens. 11,608 69 Dee. 12 523 32 Lexington. 3,376 99 Marlon. 20,788 86 Newberry. 13 504 18 Oconee. 8 206 88 Orangeburg. 30,835 4o Pickens. 4 621 49 Richland. 44,771 32 Saluda. 3 437 81 Sumter. 26,555 75 Spartanburg. 25,874 26 Union. 16 568 23 Williamsburg. 11,680 18 York. 6,140 24 Total. $003,993 22 Net profit of State dispen sary for fiscal year end ing Novomber 30, 1904. placed to thc credit of thetchool fund. $171 377 73 Grand total.$775 37.*) 95 Total net profus of 19t4.. 775,375 95 Total net profits of 1903.. 638,482 36 Increase of net profits of 1904 over 1903.$136,893 60 Total amount to ojnsum mers.$3.374, 7M? 43 Paid school fund fiscal year.118? 663 17 Paid school fund since Deo. 1 1904 to date. 1 18,675 77 . Total school fund.$304,338 94 Total am.mut acjrulng to town and county during fiscal year.t603,998 22 Du>schcol fund Deel 10o3.$132,961 21 Since then to date we have paid the above and a!so the amount accruing to school fund during tho fiscal year.$171,377 73 Ilryan Ilaoka Toiltlr. William J. Hryan, hi an address to the Indlaua legislature Thursday, fol lowed up bia commendation of Presi dent Roosevelt made at Lafayette. Speaking on thu president's reccm mendations of rali Mad legislature, Hryan said: "I hope every Democrat lu the senate and house will support the, "president to the utmost and I say In ijkdvance I shall recommend the lie fest of evi ry Demcorat fur renomlnu t ion who does not stand by the presl r-eiit In bia effort to bring about tbeso reoommcudatkns." \ HOMESICK CADET HmiKCtl Himself tu A- Tree lu Ash ? ville. N. O. At Asbv'lle, N. C., tbe body of O A. Whittaker of Paragon, Ind , a student at Bingham Military acad emy, was found Wedre day hanging from a tree in Victoria woods. The coroner's jury returned a verdiot that the deceased, came to his death by suicidal banging. Whittaker, who was 22 years old, came to the Bing ham Military academy ton days ago Since his arrival hero the school authorities state Whittaker Kufferod from home s ck ness and it is thought that ho committed the deed while un der Its in Hue nee. Ho left tho school Tuesday night without permission and according to witnesses, was seen pacing the plat form of the railwaystation late Tues day night. A "telegram was received Wednesday evening from J. C. W-ilt taker of Paragon, Ind.. father of the dead boy, directing that the body of his son be shipped home at once. The remains have beeu embalmed and .will be placod ou the trulu Wednesday night. Tne suicide of young Whittaker was planned with minute care and execu'ed in a methodical manner. The place selected by the boy for end ing his life ls a thickly wooded spot cloie to a trail leading from the Vic loria road to the track* o? the South ern railway and sume 200 yardi from tho Victoria inn. The rope was of new cotton nnd e e y precaution taken by the lutended' suicide to pre vent any miscarriage of his plans Up ni reaching the spot he selected a a small white o.ik tree... Wulttaker removed his cellar and .tie and phee^d them near tho base of tho troo. rope was then doubled and rj? formed nnd placed about his^^BH Ile climbed the tree and after acTju^P lng the no?se and t}lng one end of the rope to a Urah, thrust his hands Into his pickets and Jumped, dislocat Irg his neck. When taken down by the sherill Wednesday mornlug the body was cold and stiff. OFFICIAL PROG tl A M or tho Cotton Growers Convention Whloti Meets In New Orleans. A spacial to The Telegraph from Monticello, G\., says that President Jordan of the Southern Cotton Grow ers' Protective association has au nounced the official programme of the S .uthcrn Interstate Cutten conven tion which will b i held at New Or leans January 24 29. The organiza tion will be called to older by Mr. Jor dan. Hon. M. J. Sanders, president of thc New Orleans Progressive union, and Mayor Martin Bebriuan wi.1 deliver addres es of welcom to wliich responso will be made by Hon. J. 1'. pe Brow.i of ilawklnsville. Ga., chairman of the railroad cjmmisslon of Georgia, and Walter Clarke, Clarksdale, Miss., State V'C? president of the S >uthe:n Cotton Gro wers' Pro tective association; The hist day committees will be appointed on resolutions, regarding cotton acreage.and fertilization. State bureaus of Bbatistlcs, organization of producers, warehouse system, bank . "g, State exchanges and the present oiop (fe? surplus. There ni 1 bo a gen eral discussion of the present situa tion. The second day there will be, am.ng other features, addresses by IIou. E K. Sum i orwell, of New York, J. II Darg.n of Atlanta, M- H- Thomas of Dallas, Tex., L W. Parker of Green ville, S. C., L P. Hillyer of Mac u. Ga , N. C. Murray i f Kingston, Tex , and E. D. Smith of Magnolia, S. C Thc report, of the committees will abo be iecelvod. On the third day tlwre will be. ad dresses by Hun. R It P?o!e of Mont gomery, Ala., president Association of Southern C immisfiloriers of Agricul ture; T. B. Parker of Raleigh, N. C.. R. E. Smith of Sherman, Tex , and P. M. M;ller of New Orleans. Railroad rates of one fare plus 25 cents have necu granted from all points in ihe south for delegates and m?.mb;rs ot their families. President Jordan, urges all delegates to reach New Orleans not hiter than 10 o'clock Tuesday molding, January 24, to re port at once at the assembly hall of bbc Progressive union. My htciloiiHl) Ie lured. The State says William Wessiuger, I xn employe at the Stats dispensary, wus carried to the Columbia hospital Wednesday night with the cheek bone md lower Jaw hune on ono side of his face broken. Ile was also In a partial ly unc:msc>us condition. The manner In which Wesslnger met with his In I'iry is something of a mystery. He lives at .'JOO Elmwood avenue ahd Wednesday morning he started for the dispensary to begin work at the usual Lime. Later on he staggered back to ils house bruised and 'bleeding and ;n tl rely unconscious. Ele was carried o Dr. Gibbs' ellice wh?re hi? -wounds .Vere dressed and he was removed to ihe home of his mother. Mrs. Harriet SVessinper, at 1108 Hugher street Last night it svas rkcided to placo him n the hospital. Toe ambulance was m m moned and the removal was made ?vith safety. The wtuurled man ls lu a i'cry serious condition and the result ii his it j'iri' s ls uncertain. A Woman io Hang. Tho State says: "Gov. Bell of Ver nont is a marvel among governors ?Ie has refused all appeals for the par len of a woman who ls .sentenced to ie hanged In that Slate next month iud calmy declares that he will per nit the decrees of tho court to have .heir way. The woman, a Mrs. Bo rers, ls under sentence for the m?r ier of her husband, the date tixed for ,he tx etalon being Fob. 5th. Not In 0 yeats bas a woman.boen banned In burmont. Under the laws of that 5 a*;e ls seems that the rignt to re de w tho sentences of the court is rested In thu l?gislature as well as .he executive and the legislature hav ug failed to act at its la*t sessions the governor proposes to let the law take ts curse. There is very strong souti nt nt against banging a woman and ?ov. Hell will not have an easy time if lt for the next few weeks." Act ol n Unite. A dispatch/from St. Peterhurg says , story of almost unprecedented cruel y on the part of a Russian general las reached there. While a review of roops was In progress In the province f 'Pouria onlookers crowded In, ham loring the drill. General Tschtyrkln, rho was reviewing the troops, became nraged and rude into a group of dni ren, slashing at them with a sword, ''our children were killed and ten in ure I. Tue crowd was desperate at no cold blooded murder of children nd trie ! to get bold of tho general, ut he ordered troops to charge them pith bayuuets. ADVICE TO FARMERS From a Book Farmer Who Hover Planted an ?ore. He Betlcvea Itbut Organized ^Effort Amona: the Cotton Farmers Will Raise tia o Price When the cotton orop of 1904 was heine planted the farmers looked for ward to realising 10 cents a pound for tho crop, or thoreau mts. lt ls quite evident from the large portion of the orop now heldibaok fi om market that there was little apprehension In the minds of the holders that the drop lo the market below 10 cents |was any thing but a temporary ?situation, j They thought that there would soon bea reaction, and were not prepared for the regular descent, and finally the decided plunge that followed the November government report. _ While the present condition of .the market is seiious and discouraging, perhaps the most serious problem is yet in the future the prospect? for the i ext crop. We belie ve".the??farm ers who have sold part of their labt year'B crop could stand the present prie s for the remnant still in their hands and would let the same go to sale, If insured in regard to the mar ket for the present year's prospective crop. Whot should be done to oau3e a reaction and give '.assurance of pay ing prices next fall, is^the vital ques tion now awaiting an aaiBwer. lt is evident that the bull lnnUjenco is not yet confident enough, iftpd strong enough in that con?dence?>?o effect any coonlderable advance in railc*8 After considering the ?various jiphemes and plans for brlDginp about m?BhTjtloi] that will carry prftea to ? ?At>s, it seems obvlou?? that ali IHB ?J1 that do not/ include a !i?l!t!erffH^j|sjrjation oublie part of cotton' growers' W -very materially imlt th2 area of the next crop. Such determination should take solid tan gible shape and not end in mere talk and viva voce resolutions. The cot ton men who handle the crop, the minufaoturers who work it up, and ail concerned in the trade, must have substantial reason to believe that the farmers are going to do what they are ready to swear they will do. We hull, ve if such substantial, unques tionable assurance be carried home to their convictions the price would Im mediately c jmmenee to advance. But the danger to be feared In C?S? the market hhal! again hs quoted at- 9 O! 10 cents before planting time, need.-, but to bs merely hinted at. The farmers seom to bo in earnest this time in their purpose to out down the area. Each one is aLxlous for every other one to cut the area, and is willing to join in the cutting. Now, how arc. the farmers-acting together to o m vince the cotton world that they "mean business" that they are determined, in good faith, to limit tlie con lng area in cotton more than three-fourths of the area of last year? We believe the reduction should be greater than 35 per cent, not less than 33 per cent. Indeed we are not sure that OLe-half the area of last year will uot yield more money next fall than at y larger proportion. At a reduction of 25 per cont it would he a comparatively easy thing to reproduce the total output of last year b/ throwing out the outlying poorer tolls and concentrating skill, labor and fertilizers on the smaller area. The very much more liberal use of lertllizers last year was more largely responsible for the big crop than at y thing else within the farta erh' control. The good seasons pro bably bad thnre to do with lt than fertilizers, and seasons and liberal fertil?zi ag together were far more h il jenn al than the ii cru.sd aroa compared with previous years. And yet some may think it Ino.insist mt and un /ise not to insist on a greatly dimlnls led use of fertilizers as well as a reduced area. Wny not hope for, pray for bad seasons, f r storms and droughts and blight und ravaging In sect enemies? It would be ju-it us sensible to ad vise th; farmers to use old worn out implements, ,to" buy cheap, weakly mules, to plant Inferior seed, etc. Such a policy would surely reduc? the cotton crop, but lt would also increase tlie cost of producing CJttou. What the farmer should do is to largely diminish the area, say 40 or 50 per cent on the acreage, plant only good land, fertilize liberally and make a better yield per acre, thus reducing the cost of production while at the same time reducing the total amount produced, and widening the margin between the cost of production and the market price on both sides. The strength of this contention is largely in the faot that any farmer can adopt the policy without walting for the co operation of any other farmer. Another strong feature is that such a policy is always in order-at all times and in all places. It ls the fund amental principle that underlies HCientiiic, intensive farming. Every farmer should adopt lt, and when every farmer shall adopt it, all will have done so, and the cotton mille nlum will have como and the "coun try will be saved." It ls to bo added that tais is no now "gospel of good farming." It ls the ' old, old story" that has been preached by many fer years and years and practiced by not a few, to their profit, prosperity and present serenity, lt tits into the policy and practice of "diversified iarmiug, " of which wo have beard so often and so vaguely; it makes such a policy practicable and profitable and is Indispensable to its complete tuc cess and as-ured permanence. Many farmers lu this county have tried lt and profited by lt. Why can't all our farmers do the same is what puzzles the book farmer. Why Ho Goes Home, The Russian War Ofllce explains that tlie reason for Lieut. Gen Stoes sel giving his parole and returning to Russia initead of remaining at the head of the heroic troops who formed the garrison of Port Arthur and shar ing their fate as a prisoner of war in Japan, is that lt ls int umbent upon him to bring a detailed report of the defense of the foi tress to the emperor. Rear Admiral Ducbinsky, who is sen ior naval oflljer, will bring the naval report. Tho arrangements for Gen. Stoes'.el's route home are not com pleted. At the war ofllce it is said that tho general will undoubtedly come straight to St. Petersburg, his first duty being to report to tho em poror. As soon as his route through Russia ls determined upon prepara tions will be made to give him a tit ting reception. CLAYTON and Jeff Donnelly, bro thers, were almost torn to pieces on Saturday by tho explosion of dyna mite with which they were killing fish in Wautaga river, noar Butler, Tonn. Bot!* were made blind and Due of them lost both hands. That ls exactly what it is. a Pl day at the State Fair showing its di Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M property should have them. For sa! COLUMBIA SI Columbia, 8. o. Tho ma< Southeastern Lira CHARLES! Building Material of all kii "RUBEROIJX" i THE GUINARD COL/UMB Building and Re-Prcs-cd Brick. Spi Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepai for millions. Whlske^^r^M^?iphl^ Habit, I Babit | Hablo Cured by ' ICeelejr I 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Oolu in-o solicited. A Forgotten Law. : of the many lawB cf the state that bas fallen into disuse ls that re lating to the care and preservation of trers along the highways. Section 459 of the code reads as follows: "Whoever shall wilfully or wantonly cat down or kill any tree growing within ten feet of anyroad which may bo laid out, altered or mended by authority of the county supervisor of any county, which shall, by direction of the highway surveyor in charge of such road, have been left standing as convenient for Bbade to the said road, f ir each tree so cut down or killed shall be fined twenty-five dollar.-, at any court of coxpetent Jurisdiction-" If this law were enforced we would som have beautiful highways in every section of every couuty in the state. And besides, the shade would make traveling on the highways more pleas ant in summer, and the trees would protect the roads fron washing in the winter. It seems a great pity that this law is not enforced. A Greenwood Boy Allhhin.-. Frank Giles, the 14 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. F. Giles or Green wood, ran away from home Wednes day afternoon and no trace of him has been found. The boy attended school Wednesday, received notice that he would be reported to his parents for some little offense, lt is Eupposcd that this was the cause of his leaving. His parents are great exercised over his disappearance. Chief of police Mac Millan has mailed out dep. \ptlous of the boy". He is an ln?&rrr??rW-D0yo33 years old, height five feet six, weight 120 pounds, black hair, lisps in talk ing. Wore brown mixed suit, knee pants, he may seek employment in railroad shops. Dato oT Inauguration. Gov. Heyward stated informally Friday night that the inauguration would take place on Wednesday, the 25th of January. He had been in formed unofficially, that the legisla ture would consult his wishes, and that is the dato most suitable to him self. Gov. Heyward has had gre?.t demands upon bim recently, the pre paration of his message and the pan he to k in the c:ntennial exercises in connection with the ht avy routine of hisctlice, and for tnat reason the in auguration will ba held later than usual. Another Mill Closed. "lt is a little disturbing," says the Springfield, Masi., Republican-"this passing of the old and well known hoott cotton milis into liq ildatlon on acount of southern comp?tition, for j fi one thing." O.ir contemporary then j 1 g. es on to say that the mill's failure; t does not mean that New England ,':s < gradually to bc forced out of the cot-11 ton manufacturing business, but it J does mean that we must have more ^ open markets outside of the United States." A Hint. It is interesting to find In "Cotton!, Facts," published by Mr. Alfred B. ! I Shepperson of New York, this declar ation hythe author: "Texas, Okla homa, Arkansas and tho Indian Ter ritory undoubtedly offer far more In viting fi dd for the investment of J European capital for the production!? of cotton'" than "European schemes ? for the cultivation of cotton injf Africa, the West Indies and other newly tried sections.'1 THE criminal statistics furnished In the attorney general's report make ali better showing for the Slate during ? < past year than for the previous ono. ?. The number of homicides was slight- j ' ly less, but any Improvement in that lino is a subjeot for congratulation. I i Out of 202 EUOh cases there were 99 ' acquittals. Of course all of these ( may have been Justified, but we agree ?, with the Columbia Record that it will he generally admitted that the juries Q are too much inclined to avoid inflict-! lng the extreme penalty of the law. A few hangings, and there bas been abundant opportunity for them, would do much in further reducing)*! the number of such crimes in this sta to. EACH year shows a further deca dence Of the phosphate Industry in thc state. Tho revenue at one time amounted to over $200,000, while for the last year lt was only $9,723.01. Only two companies are ergaged in the business and tho output has fallen j." off in about "the Mae propotUuh as I the revenue. The Columbia Record J says the supply is probably'.exhaustcd, j o but tho malu cause of the trouble was| ' tho discovery of equally as good rock ; 1 at various places i utslde of the state which could be mined cheaper. IMMIGRATION Commissioner Wat son has made bis report, which is an interesting one, to the general aascnv bly. In the short time the office has ri been In operation he has accomplished a great deal. The first fruits of nls work are already apparent; but the most that has been done, or could he done up to this time, has been In laying tbe groundwork. So far be bas bronght 160 immigrants Into thc S tato. COMMONWEALTH'S Attorney Mack ey of Alexandria, Va., who has bein m prosecuting gamblers vigorously, i charges that an emissary of tho gamb-1 ling dens has tried to bribe him, offor- ti lng him a monetary consideration |r and elecllon to thc state legislature If t.j ho would abandon his prosecution v| against the gambling rooms. j -p IO DV JPFLYGO.. shinory Supply house of the St e & Cement Co. ON, 8. G. ids. High Grade Koolin? iVrite for prions, IA, ?. O. ?olal Shapes bo order, ? Fire Proof red to fill orders for thousands or A li Drug and Tobacco Ilabits: netitute, of ?>CX mb!a, S. 0. Cinildenblal correspond Vital Weakness, Blood Poison and All Discharges:! 5YRITE HIM AND MK Wt IX Ol VE YOTJ THE MEANS TO CORE YOURSELF AT HOME PRIVATELY. 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The two factions have been arm . ;i and in readiuess for a meeting for everal weeks PUYAN mada an arWXfif^t?M?? ackson Club of Memphis, Tennessee, n Saturday night on the subjict 'Watchman What of the Night." ?he president of tho club introduce ! Ini as thc next president of the cou v ry, We sincerely hope that that club (resident ls a prophet. Tnn Chicago Post says: "It wou' 1 ic only poetlo justice If the go ver - lent should beat tho paper trust to i u)p. " So it would, bub we w l rauer a last year's crow's nest UM ie government will not Inter/ ? Ith the paper or any other, tru-c. 'hey paid for Roosevelt's election. A RILL has boen introducedjn t"e orth Carolina legislature to rep l 1 divorc- laws iud re-enaot the lu i ' twenty-one years ago which p r itbed divorce only for adultery. FOUR invitations were received hy ie president on Friday from elli \ ivlting him to visit, them, three or lem being sot-thcrn cities--Konz ile, Tenn., Birmingham, Ala., a.d uskeegee, Al?.