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A CRUEL S?RL7 _ \ Ploped With and Married Her Own Mother's Husband. THE PITIABLE STOKY As Told by the Outraged Wife in the New York Courts in Her Plea for a Divorce from Her Cruel and Unnuiural Husband Who Married Daughter. Ho modern instance is comparable Av, the case of Mrs. Bruce Crane No. 2, who ousted ber own mo*r.ers's af fections out of the heart of her own stepfather, whose tlrst wife was Mrs Crane No. 1-Hie new bride's own mother-and eloped with bim. Bruce Crane lias just married lils divorced wife's daughter, co-respoud ent In this lgnol le ease. Whore may one find a situation and a complication more heartless? Mrs, Bruce Crane, who was Mrs. Jeanne Burchartl Brat nerd before she beeamo Mr?. Bruce Craue, bad two daughters when she lutrusted herself and uer widowhood into the bauds of Mr. Biuca Crane, then a struggling and afterward, while she was his wife -matured into one of the most dis tlnguished landscape painters in the whole United States. When the sc cc nd Mrs. Bruce Crane's own mother was in the slough of des pond aud was cast Into prison, she did not visit her own mother. But she kept on keeping house 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 lifo to give Mftna" when her daughter took the citing si?""6 artist father against her Mouumcnt,er\ ?ld ,not even vl?lt nd, on loo^hrer nher dire extremity. . r. ?ne Grst Mrs. Bruce Cram wasv|??icd before a magistrate In a p?lice court in Greater Now Yo:k her own daughter who bas succeeded to her own mother's "nr.mo and iame,:: iet "uer oe looted up in a cell like any common, ordinary un fort u nate without coming to the rescue and now after all the agony of spirit the flrst^Mrs. Bruce Crane bas gone through-gladed so hy desperation that she e'yeu had to bi g-aa a tlnal release from all her intense misery that she must name brr own daughter as the co respond-, nt of her husband, hlsstepdaughter and natural guardian of the child to wiicm she had.iutrust* ed him, ber portion is that of intense shame. She has seeu all her hopi s bl tated, all her life ruined, and ali the field of ber existence unbar bered by the unnatural conduct, of her daughter who has stolen away from her own mother the heart of her mother's husband. .CHAi'TEK ll. A woman had been found in New York leaning against nu Iron railing In Eighth avenue, between, Fifty sixth and Fifty-seventh streets, in the evening. It was lu December, wiien lt waa bleak, cold, dismal. It was just ten cays before Christmas, to\ when the whole eily la, Euppc?d to be alive to the most^?lorhirirs's?)TT?tr| of Christianity: "Ptjj^e on earth, good will to men " mo.a?rvy'^^^^PB?^u.d her ad. ress oh bruce," she kept on there di there were an ache In Qoiiifti&nd a break in her heart. a_j ;u.d for Bruce, or my little Officer O'Leary, of the West Forty seventh street polico station, found her. viWlth the quick Instinct of his profession be know at once that she wasja getulewc man in a most deplor able situation. Ile pi udertd a mo Where ls your heme, Madame. Do you want to go home?" "Home, Home-yis, no, oh yes, take me berne! No, don't, don't" There was a cut over ( tie one of her eyes, which might bave been the re sult of a fall, and ttie i Ulcer called for an ambulance and to >k her to the Roosevelt Hospital. Finally, after her mina had quickened a little blt with warmth arter her exposure, she gave her name and address; "Mrs. Bruce Crane, No. 95 Fifth avenue." " j "Y.nusl,and was notified. She sent "Vier daughter Annie. Thc daiiKhter snt no response. The husband made |D effort to come to her re?:cuo. ^So she had to he taken Uko any common unforumate to the station house. Even after another notifica tion Bruce Crane did not bail ber out, nor did his stepdaughte r hasten to lier succor. Can one Imagine a moro heartless or crueller ordeal than this, which hap pened tho next morning in the York ville Police Court? She was arra:g:ied in court early be fore Magistrate (Jame, who happened to be sitting. Alone with all the or dinary "drunks" and "thugs" and "riff-raff" of a great city Policeman O'Leary produced Ins prisoner. There was that innate something in her bearing, her carriage, her dignity, that instantly compelled all eyes to focus on her, for Mrs. Bruce Crane bas always been a handsome woman. Scarcely anybody could believe his eyes when the conventional chame was made-"a vagrant and Intoxicat ed." Poor woman, what made her so? Then, and only then, did Bruce Orane appear. She was uowncd In a smart freck of olose-fitting gray cloth. Her splendid b'ond hair under her little tcquo took all the glints of the hun that stole Into thc dingy, ill-smelling piace. Ile and she stood facing each other. She gave bim one look. She salo nothing. He turned bis bead away and in answer to the question of thc Magistrate. "What do you wish done?" He said with calm, cold and precise deliberation: "I think she bad better be put under retraint for awhile. I have tried In every way to reform her. I have sent her to various asylums and san! torlums. I have placed ber with friends of the fundy and with private physicians but lt bas all been of no avail. I have pleaded with lier for the sake of our children" Then the storm in the heart of Mrs. Crane broke: "Our children!" she echoed in an Impassioned out burst; "wliy aro they not here? Wi.ere ls my Annie, my child-not yours, net ours, but my own. Oh j my Cod, why does she not come to help mo now ' -row, when I moau need f% daughter's lovel" "I think my wife needs a physi cian's ministration more," broke in Mr.* Crace, still with the most steady calm. Mr. Crano trifled with bis mus taobe. The situation was pl ti o ole; the at mosphere was tense "Oh, Bruce, Bruce, what are you doing?" She turned and throwing her arms about his neok, kissed him again and again. , Ho tried to break away from her grasp and her passionate appeal. "Whero is my daughter? Don't seperato us; for God's sake don't!" The answer came as if slit from ice: "You cannot go back to your chil dren." . "Don't say that after all I have done for you. Oh, Bruce, let me go back to my ohildren, my babies. They need their mothar. What are you doing?" she suddenly cried out hyster ically. "Are you stealing their love from mt ?" "Don't seperate us for the love of our unborn child; don't do it; don't do lt. You used to love n.o-you know you did. Ii I bave transgressed, you know why and what made me dc lt. I am distraught, besides myself. Take me back to you, to shield hu rg.ilnst herself, and-you. "Ob, Bruce, Bruce, 1 plead to you, Bruce," she kept tu imploring. "J plead tu you as 1 have never plead ?d before and never will plead again. Nt matter what I have done recently forglvo me for Annie's sake, wborx you tay you love like your owr daughtt r. "You know, too," she went on it the anguish ot her s ti', "that I ari weak and worn out with nursing yot through typhoid aud am uot yet ovei the effuy.s ot my own typhoid, whlot I got during my vigil for your owr welfare You know I have given yci all, all my money, all my love, all m] bopes, nil my life." At tula orlsis even the stolid cain of the brilliant landscape paiute seemed to forsake him. Tears stool lu lils ryes. Ills immediate emotloi ?everwholmed him. He was ab JUC t gasp out-when In a second's sileuc In the whole tierce outburst theie wa au Interruption. There fell from th mouth of the Magistrate hlmsel these clear cut words: "Slr," said Magistrate Crane, ad dressing Bruce Crane, "you have stern and, perhaps, a harsh duty t periorm. You must face lt like n an. You must do lt for her sak anti for tho sake of your chimmo, UM yourself." Then turning to Mu Crauo, he said: "1 will detain yo only temporarily until ;o mo io*." Mrs. Crane, weak and exhausted almost fell to the tl or. B. u:e Crun sneaked hurriedly away. It was at this epoch lu bis lifo tba Bruce Crane created a painting an called lt -'Sunrise." Imaginativ friends have declaiecl t'iat when tb: Strung picture was created they sa in it th ? motive of an idea to depth b!s wbcle soul at that time. The long stretch of the drear] wear iso aie marsh was to typify-I bis own, Intense sell -his own wear ness aul dreariness with his ow wife. The cull, cold, gray foreground w; his own heart; the overly ?og snow au the bleak hills was lils wife's sh ul o on his lift ; the rising; sun, aglow I the far-away heavens was his wife daughter-the one bright, hopcfi spot. OHAPTKll til. It was after several most tain fi episodes that Mrs. Bruce Crane g( '4cs_?e?lttr Sth2 *had gi vt u Bruce Crat her love, she hU?- ?Iven him tu money, she was a briTilL?L^r?rrc7tf herself, and she bad impelled bim t her own Incentive and wifely help c the road to becoming one of th-- mo; successful and distinguished palnte; of American landscape. Then there came the little rift I the lute that was Impossible to I avoided. Mrs. Crane discovered that her ow child was accepting the attentions ( her own husband. She was utterly discarded and force to watch this utmost degeneracy. It lad been uttered In the a world, where Bruce Crane aud b wife moved at that time, that Mr Bruce Crano murmured: "I almost wish now fiat she hz died before she was born." Mr. Brui Crane afterward: "It's cvcr>thii; or sulc de for me." Mrs. Crane kept up ber mothodh Impulse. "He seems so fond of n own daughter. Ho does not seem 1 care for me," hhs own wife." Imagine Mr. Bruce Crane readl: Into two women's heart at the san time-especially when one belong? to bis wife and the other belonged bis ow i wife's daughter. And th? came next, for or against divorce, most ignoble pica, as one may look ? it. lt bas been said that thc moth favored the dissolution, to save h own daughter name Anyway, lt was asked by the moth of ber own child, against her own hu baid. The stepdaughter was core pender t In the piteous case. Todf the daughter is acclaimed Brm Crane's wife. A d ber own rnotbt Well, ber own mother-she wt bri ught ber into the world-ls tl outcast, divorced wile of the mau wi is living with the daughter in tl pale of the law as his own, particu! spouse. CHAPTER IV. "My troubles with my husband h gan," she bas confessed, "when I Ur discovered his relations with u daughter. I must tell the wbc naked truth. I upbraldod both them, but they b?th denied ii charges. 1 know what I was talkii about, and my own little girl-tl little (?lr) I had brought Into t! world-said to me, 'Why, matr.ni you must be mad. You are crazy.' " 'Yes,' said Mrs. Crane, my ov husband, chiming In, 'you most crazy.' I bad had enough sorrow make me so. "After that my life with Mr Cra and my little daughter Annio beear a verit? hie inferno on earth for ni Ho begin to porsecute and usg me every v ay possible to think of. O can't one imagine the torture I w going through arid always: 1 aided aodabbctted by my owudaug ter, iu> own offspring: "So lt went on and on. Ho beg, to persecute ma In eveiy way. I struck me even aud knocked me dov when J remonstrated against the a tul life we were living among ot sol voa. There soi ms to me nothli like lt even In the Creek trage: les. "1 was nervous, up.iet, unstruti may one wondei ? "So 1 was c.jjltd into a -anltarlii to forget. "To forget what? "That both my husband and r [laughter swore that I was willing 40 there-and that my husband a JL my daughter were masquerading aa 'Mr. and Mis. Riobard B, Warner and consorting from one notel and from one home to another home and another hotel. I*'l ?iad been mortified, ehagrlncd, struck to the heart as witt a dagger. And when I called my daughter to an accounting, as I thongtit 1 had the right in motherhood, sbe aualn stab bed me by Baying: 'Oh, M<i, you're orazy, you know. Why torment Mr. Crane so? He has the real artistic temperament, like I have. You d', n't understand him. Why not go av ay again now and have a long rest?'J "It was then stung to the ini er most quick of my soul, that I be? an my suit for divorce against B;uco Crane, naming my owu datghtei as co-respondent, May Qjd foregive thom, they know not what they did;"-New York American. THE COTTON QUESTION Debated in tho House by Johnson and Other CnuurciBmcn, During the debate on the army ap proprlation bill In the bouse Wednes day Mr. Johnson (S. C.) made a short speech on the cotton question. He called attention to what be said was a Bystematlo tffort, unfortunately successful, to bear down the price of cotton, and asserted that there was no justification for such a brutal cam paign of diceptlou and misrepresen tation. 'I know," he auld, "there arc some kid glove gentry in New York who would not know a cotton patch trota a pea patch, who are un dertaking to tell the world that the southern larmer can make cutton at 41 cents." If he bad the power, he 3ald, bc would have every man who gambled In cotton on the New York Cotton Exchange and who said that cotton cot.id We produced at 4 4 cents go down and with his own naked bands pull the boll cord of a mule and make cotton at that p'lce. Mr. Douglass (N. Y.), interjected the remark that most of the men .?peculating on the New York ex change were southern men, which caused Mr. Johnson to declare that whether they were southern men or not, they were enemies of southern people and of good morals every where. The people of the south wore holding oolton which they had no more Idea of parting '.v?t,h at tho pr^ ent p??ce than the owners of United States b -nils had of selling them at 25 cents on thc dollar. Ile predicted that be fore September 1, 1005, thousands of spindles in the United States and abroad would be Idle because of their Inability to get cotton to .pin. Mr. Johnson argued t ?at it would be perfectly right for the southern cotton growers to agrce among them selves to.^a reduction of the cotton crop to the fxient of ?.) per cent. Mr Slaydeu (Texns) said that a cur tailment of the cotton crop In this country would only ej^cour.tge the greater production of-fy in other countries. Ile warned t ie southern members that they should not bo de luded by the Idea that tho south pos scssed the only climate o .soil which could produce cotton prottab'.y. : Min Fightings A special from Manila says an en gagement which took plaje on danu ary 8, with refractory Moros on the isla uti of Jolo, Lieut, Jan es J. Sewell and one private of the Fourteenth Cavalry were killed and second 'Lieut. Hoy W? Ashbrook, of the Seventeenth Infantry, Capt. Halstead Dorey.c--"the Fourth infantry, Second jifiut. R. G. X4?oh?irds')n, of the Fourteenth ca airy and -it)fiife--^rifates wen won dcd. The acllon was in confection with tiie capture of a fort held by thc -toro outlaws which Maj ir Scoot, gov. rnor oC the lslaud, had atlemp:ed tos euro by peaceful means several moaths airo. Recently while attempting :o se em e recruits on the Island kincily means taken hy Major Scott were mis taken by surrounding Moros and trouble brewing necessitated forcible action. Thc Mt.ro leader lias been kill ed and the fort has beta distroyed. American troops were assisted by tho gunboat Quires In command of Lieut. Walker. Lieutenant Richardson ls from Charleston, S. C. A Horribles i r.-. dy. 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 years old, and then, after shoot ing him elf through the breast, cut lils own throat. Thu unconscious forms of the M dior family wore found In their borne by the police who had been summoned by ncighh ?rs. Mrs. Miller dit 1 on the way to tho hospital. Her younger child was dead before removal by the police. Tho older child survived only a s dort time after arriving :tt thc hospital. Miller will probably die. Drunken ruge is be lieved by tl.e police to nave can el the tragedy. I'?mii> und Servant Suffocated. William T. Mason, a lawyer, and lils family, rons'stlng of wife and two children, E len, four years old, and Marlon, six months, with a servant, Annie Wells, lost their lives In a tire which p trtlaily destroyed tho brown stone dwelling occupied 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 closet under the roof scuttle thr ugh which they are supposed to have been at tempting to escape. The bodies of Mr. Ma; on and the youngest child were in a bedroom. One llobber Killed. Two masked men attempted to rob Abraham, James and Sarah Lianz, In Hanover township, Fa., Saturday night and one ->f them was shot and instantly killed hy William McIIcnry, employed as ?ruare!. The dead mau'.', companion escaped but ls thought to have been injured. Six months atfo the Lian/, home, which ls in a remote district, was robbed sev eral times, the robbers sn .Jectlng the tv.o brothers and sister to brutal treal ment. lindi a.lu;: (d' Cold. Charles Smith, a weall ly farmer of Union Township, Ohio, bas found a jug of gt ld, hidden by Hyrum Seward .jclore his death, thirtj years ago. Smith Thursday bought the Seward farm and Friday began tearing down the old h n.e. When the ihimncy was thrown over thc Jug, containing about $2,000, was found in a cogner. A CHICAGO aldeim-m ls alleged to have kicked a would-bc-hrlbcr out of bis otllec. Thc Atlanta Constitution thinks that tue amount must have boen ridiculously small. DISPENKSABY REPO?T. The r ir ec t O) a ?ubmU a Statt mont of the Yean Ent?nese. Tho Total Piolita Do Not Yet itench tho One Million Dol lars Murk. The acnu il report of the toard cf directors of she State dlsponsiry was given to tbe governor and mc de pub lic Thursday. The report Itself merely summarizers tbe figures of tho year's business, whloh are set forth in detail in accompanying exulblts. TL e report follows: To His Excellenov, D. 0. Uoyward, Governor of South Carolina, Colum bia, S 0. Sir: We have the honor to submit herewith a statement ot tho business done by the State and county dispen saries during the fiscal year ending November 30th, 1904, to be transmit ted by your excellenoy to the general assembly of South (Jarollna. By referring to the several state ments attached hereto yt u will lind that the total cost of liquors, wlno3, beer, etc, purohased during the year amounts to $2,310,242.07 and that the total sales (oxjluslve of "fresh beer") amounts to 83 374,780 43. Tiie net earnings for aocouutof the s cht.ol fund for the fiscal year, which have been placed to its credit, amount to $171,377.73. The profits that have accrued tr?, and equally divided between, the counties and towns, amount 8003, 098 22, making the total earnings for the year for the school fu id, counties and towns $775,375 95, which ls an In crease over earnings of last year of $13(1,893.60. We lia ve paid to thc State treasur er since December 1st, 1903 ('he be ginning of our fi-ical year), on account of the school fund tho sum of $304, 338 94, which reduces.the school fund to $400,000 00 as required by law. During year we have disposed of a large amount of "hard stock" (which bas been accumulating for several years), at a fair profit, and hope that within a short time we will have nothing on hand except "live" or marketable stock. We are very much gratified to re port that the business of the disoen 8ary oas been conducted with harmony and success in all Its departments, which will besboffn by tho attached statements, and tho reports of the legislative examining committee and and expert accountants, appointed to examine the books and records for thc past fiscal year. You will also note that tho volume of business has Increased, hut this we attribute to a more rigid enlorcemcnl of the law lather than to an increased consumption of liquors, etc. In concl ision, we court your most careful icq llry Into all the details of the dispensary management, and are ready to furnish any data you may desire. All of which Is respectfully submit ted. *' H. H EVANS, Chairman. L. W. BOYKIK State tfutWof DiRctors. G. H. Charles, Glei k. Tbe annual statements of ,the pro fits ot the dlspj?osa'-y pu?d to tbe counties and the profits of the whele sale dlspentary paid to the school fund were also completed Tuuriiay and show an interesting incrcise. The I statement .s as follows: Abbeville.$ 13 595 64 Aiken. 14,872 05 Anderson. 27 098 87 Bimberg. 11.200 00 barnwell . 19 910 21 Beaufort. 9.430 96 Iknieley . 8,602 77 Ch ileston. 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 64 Dorchester. 7,639 (?2 Edgeticld. 0 67 1 73 Kai. field. 6 254 47 Florence.. 23.203 15 Georgetown. 20,349 5-' Greenville. 27,017 38 Hampton. 6.486 60 Hot ry. 5.732 51 Kershaw. . 14 088 37 Lancastor. 12,368 44 Laurens. ll,60S 69 Lee. 12 523 32 Lexington. 3,376 99 Marlon. 20.788 86 Newberry. 13.504 18 Oconee. 8 200 88 Oraugeburg. 30,835 40 Bickens. 4 621 49 Bichland. 44,77 1 32 Saluda. 3 437 81 Sumter. 20,555 75 Spartanburg. 25,874 26 Union. 10 508 23 Williamsburg. 11,080 18 York. 6,140 24 Total. $003,993 22 Net profit of State dispen sary for fiscal year end ing November 30, 1004, placed to thc credit of tho f.chool fund. 8171 377 73 Grand total.$775 375 95 Total net prolix of 1th 4.. 775,375 95 Total net profits of 1903.. 038,482 35 Increase of net profita of 1904 over 1903.$130,S93 ?0 Total amount to ojnsum mers.83.374.786 43 Paid school fund fiscal year.818? 003 17 Paid school fund since Deo. i 1904 to date. 113,075 77 . Total school fund.8304,338 94 Total amouut accruing to town and county during fiscal year.?603,993 22 Duosohool fund Deel 1903.8132,901 21 Since then to date we have paid the above and a'so thc amount accruing to school fund during the fiscal year. 8171,377 73 Bryan Bao kn Toddy. William J. Bryan, in an address to the Indiana legislature Thursday, fol lowed up his commendation of Presi dent ItDosivelt made nt Lafayette. Speaking on thu president's rent m mendations of railroad legislature, Bryan said: "I hope every Democrat in thc senate and liouso will support the "president to the utmost and I say In advance 1 shall recommend tho c:o feat of every Dcmcorat for renomina tion who does not stand by tho prcsl c out. in his effort to bring about these ^recomincndatknB." \ HOMESICK CADET Hanged Hituaclf tu ? Tree In Ash ville, N. O. At Ashvlle, N. C., the body of O A. Whittaker of Paragon, Ind , a student at Bingham Military acad emy, was found Wedte day hanging1 from a tree in Victoria woods. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that the deceased, came to his death by suicidal hanging. Whittaker, who was 22 years old, came to the Bing ham Military academy ten days ago Since his arrival hero the school authorities state Whittaker Buffered from home s okuess and it ls thought that he committed the deed while un der its Influence. Ho left the school Tuesday night without permission and according to witnesses, was seen paoing tho plat form of the railway Btatlon late Tues day night. A telegram was received Wednesday evening from J. C. Whit taker of Paragon, Ind.. father of the dead boy, directing that the body of his son be shipped home at once. Tho remains have beeu embalmed and .will be placed on the train Wedne-.day night. Tue 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 is a thickly wooded spot clo.-e to a trail leading from the V>o lor.a road to the tracks of the South ern railway and s. m-. 200 yardi from thc Victoria inn. Tho rope wns of new cotton and e e y precaution taken by the lutcuded' suicide to pre vent any miscarriage of his plans Upon reaching the spot he selected a a small white oak tree.- Wbtttuker removod his c ?Uar and .tie and p?uml, thc m near the base of tho tre0-^HH| ropo was then doubled and "SHH formed and placed about his^ffl He climbed the tree and after adjii^P lng the noose and tiing one end of tho rope to a Urah, thrust his hands Into bis pickets aod Jumped, dlslocat irg his neck. When taken down by the sheri F Wednesday morning the body was cold and stiff. OFFICIAL PROG HAM or tho Cotton Growers Convention Willoh Meets In New Orlt-an?. A spacial tj The Telegraph from Monticello, Gu, says that President Jordan of thc Southern Cjtton Grow ers' Protective association has an nounced the oflloial programme of the Southern Interstate Cotton conven tion which will bu held at New Or leans January 24 29. The organiza tion will be culled to order by Mr. Jor dan. Hon. M. J. Sanders, president of thc New Orleans Progressive union, and Mayor Martin Bihrtuau will deliver addresses of welcom?,to which rexpomo will be made by Hon. J. P. po Brow.i of Hawklosville, Ga., chairman of I be railroad cjmmisslon of Georgia, and Walter Clarke, Chirksdah-, Miss., State v c ; president of the S 'Uthem Cotton Growers' Pro tective associa tloo. Thc hist day committees will be appointed on resolutions, regarding cotton acreage and fertilization. State bureaus of statistics, organization of producers, warehouse system, bank ing, State exchanges and the present ?i/i?p tiC? a?rplua. There wi 1 be a gen eral dlssussloa of the present situa tion. The second day there will be, am.ng other features, addresses by lion. E K. Sumo erwell, of New York, J. H Darg.m of Atlanta, M.- H. Thomas of Dallas, Tex., L W. Parker of Green ville, S. C., L P. Hlllvei- of Mac u. Ga , N. C. Murray < f Kingston, Tex , and E. D. Smith of Magnolia, S. C The report, of the committees will ab o be rec? i ved. On the t hird day there will be ad dresses by Hon. R lt PMole of Mont gomery, Ala., president Association of Southern C immission ?rs of Agricul ture: T. B. Parker of Raleigh, N. C.. It. E. Smith nf Sherman, Tex., and F. M. Miller of New Orleans. Railroad rates of one fare plus 25 cents have neon granted from all points in the south for delegates ann members of their families. President Jordan. urges all delegates to reach New Orleans not later than 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, January 24, to re port at once at the assembly hall of the Pr -gresslve union. . Mysterious!) Iu|urcd. The State says William Wessluger, an employe at tho Stats dispensary, was carried to the Columbia hospital Wednesday night with-Hie cheek bone and lowe-r Jaw bone on one shie of bis face broken. Ile was also in a partial ly uncouscius condition. The manner In which Wessinger met with his In jury ls something of a mystery. He lives at .'IOU Elmwood avenue and Wednesday morning he started for the dispensary to begin work at tho usual time. Later on he staggered back to bid'house bruised and ' bleeding and entirely unconscious. Ho was carried to I>r. Gibbs' e llice wh;re his wounds Were dressed aud he was removed to the home of his mother. Mrs. Harriet Wessinyer. at 1108 Hugher street La^t night it was decided to place him in the hospital. Tuc ambulance was summoned and the removal was mado with safety. The wi uuded man ls iu a very serious condition-and the result of his ii juries ls uncertain. A Woman to Hang. The State says: "Gov. Boll of Ver mont is a marvel among governors He has refused all appoals for the par de n of a woman who is sentenced to he hanged la thal State next month and calmy declares that be will per ruit the decrees of the court to have their way. The woman, a Mrs. Ro gers, is under s> nlence for the mur der of her husband, the date lixed for the i x cution being Feb. 5th. Not In 70 years has a wo rn an. boon handed In Vermont. Under tho laws of that S ate ls seems that the right to re view tho sentences of the court ls vested In th; legislature as well as the executive and tue legislature hav ing failed to act at its lata sessions the governor propo.-aos to let the law take Its curse. There is very strong sonti mint against hanging a woman and Gov. Bell will not have an easy time of lt for the next few weeks." Aut ot n Itrute, A dispatch/from St. Peterburg says a story of almust unprecedented cruel ty on the part of a Russian general has roached there. While a review of troops was In preigress In the province of Touria onlookers crowded In, ham pering tho drill. General Tschtyrkln, who w,is reviewing the troops, becamo enraged and rudo into a group of chil dren, slashing at them with a sword. Four chlldrt-n were killed and ten in jure I. Tue crowd was desperate at tuo cold blooded murder of children and tried to get hold of tho general, hut he ordered troops to charge them with bayonets. ADVICE TO FARMERS From a Book Farmer Who Novor Planted an ?oro. Be Bell*.Yes .Hint .Organised 5Effort Among "io Cotton Farmers Will Baise tho Price When the cotton orop of 1904 was belo? planted the farmers looked for ward to realizing 10 cents a pound for the crop, or thereabout*. It is quite evident from the Innre portion of the orop now held i bao k fi om market that there was little apprehension in the minde of the holders that the drop in tbe market below 10 cents {was any thing but a temporary ?Situation. They thought that there would soon bea reaction, and were not prepared for the regular descent, aud finally the decided plunge that followed thc November government report. While tbe present condition of .the market is serious and discouraging, perhaps the most serious problem is yet in the future the prospect? for the t ext crop. We believe^the?farm ers who have sold part of their labt year's orop could stand the present prie s for tbe remit int Btlll in their hinds and would let tbe same go to sale, If assured in regard to the mar ket for the present year's prospective crop. What should be done tu cause a reaotlon and give assurance of pay ing prices next fall, Is -the vital ques tion now awaiting an answer, lt is evident that the bull iufrUtfnco is not yet confident enough, avd strong enough In that con?dence/-?o effect any considerable advance In pftlces. After considering the parlous ?sohemes and plans for brlnginjv about ?BB??:>n tkat w'll carry prtieea to 8 B^s, it seems obvious?* that all R?"1 that do not/inolude a sebtTerr^SJj^uation on/"the part of cition' growers" *?v very materially indi iii 2 area of tbe next crop. Such determination should take solid tan gible shape and not end in mere talk aud viva voce resolutions. The cot ton men who handle tbe crop, the manufacturers who woik lt up, and all concerned in the trade, must bave substantial reason to believe that the farmers are going to do what they are reaoy to swear they will do. We bulli.ve if such substantial, unques tionable assurance be carried home to their convictions the price would Im Oj?diat?ijr c iQ?tttenoe to advance. But the danger to be feared in os89 tbe market .-.hall again be quoted at 9 oi 10 cents before planting time, needs but to be merely hinted at. The farmers seom to be in earnest thia time in their purpose tocutdown the area. Each one ls anxious for every other one to cut the area, and is wi ling to join in tho outtlng. Now, bow are the farmers-acting together to cmvince tho colton world that they "mean business," that they are determined, in good faith, to limit the con ing 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 one-bait the area of last year will not. yield more money next fall than at y larger proportion. At a reduction of 25 per cent it would bo a comparatively easy thing to reproduce the total output of last year b ; throwing out the outlying poorer .oils and concentrating skill, labor und fertilizers on the smp.Utr area. The very much more liberal use of. fertilizers last year was more largely responsible for the big crop than at y thing else within the iarta erV control. The good seasons pro bably bad mnre to do with lt than fertilise TS, and seasons and liberal fertillzi ig together were far more lin jeni lal than the increased area eonipar-id with previous years. And yet some may tblnk it lue msist -nt and un /ise not to Insist on a greatly dlmlnls led use of fertilizers as well as a reduced area. Woy not hope for, pray for bad seasons, f r storms and droughts and blight and ravaging in sect euemies? lt would be Juttas sensible toad visa Iii i farmers to u-.e old worn out implements, ..to buy cheap, weakly mules, to plaiit inferior seed, etc. Such a pulley would surely reduce tbe Cotton crop, but it would also increase the cost of pruduclug calton. What tue farmer should do is to largely diminish the area, say 40 or 50 per cent on the acreage, plant only good I land, fertilize liberally and make a better yield per acre, thus reducing ibe cost of production while at the same time reducing the total amount produce.i, and widening the margin betweeu the cost of production and llie market price on both sides. The btrc?gth of this contention is largely In the fact 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, lt is the fund amental principle that underlies soient!lld, intensive farming. Every farmer should adopt it, and when every farmer shall adopt it, all will have done so, and the cotton mille nlum will have come and the "coun try viii be saved." It ls to bo added that t ils ls no now "gospel of good farming." lt is the ' old, old story" that bas been preached by many fer years and years and practiced by not a few, to their profit, prosperity and present serenity, lt lits into the policy and practice of "diversified farming," of which wo have beard BO often and so vaguely; it makes such a policy practicable and protltablc and ls Indispensable to its complete suc cess and asuired permanence. Many farmers In this county have tried lt and profited by it. Why can't all our farmers do the same ls what puzzles thc hook farmer. Why Ho UOCB Hom*;, The Russian War Ofllce explains that the reason for Lieut. Gen Stoes sel giving hts parolo and returning to Hussia initead of remaining at tbe head of the heroic troops who formed the garrison of Fort Arthur and shar ing their fate as a prisoner of war in Japan, is that it is lm umbent upon hinj to bring a detailed report of tho defense of the fortress to the emperor. Hear Admiral Doohinsky, who ls sen ior naval otb J er, will bring thc naval report. Tho arrangements for Gen. Strossel'8 route home aro not com pleted. At the war office it is said that tho general will undoubtedly como straight to St. Petersburg, his first duty being to report to the em peror. As soon as his route through Russia is determined upon prepara tions will be made to give him a Ut ting reception. CLAYTON and Jeff Donnelly, bro thers, were almost torn to pieces on Saturday by tbe explosion of dyna mite with whloh they were killing fish In Wautaga river, near Butler, Tonn, i'.ot'-i were made blind and one of them lost both handc. That ls exactly what lt ls, a Kl day at the State Fair showing it s tlr Every Farmer, Oil Mill,.Saw M. property should Lin ve them. For sa! COLUMBIA SI Columbia, B. O. The rn? Southeastern Lira CHARLES! Building Material of all kli "RUBEROID." 1 THE GUINARD COIvUMB Building and Re-Pressed Brlok. Spi Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepai for millions. Whlske I Morphine I Cigaret Habit, I JHabit | Habit Cured by ' Keele yr I 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Oolu m'u collei ted. A Forgotten L?w. Une ot the many laws of tbe state that bas fallen into disuse is that re lating to tho care and preservation of trees along the highways. Section 459 of the code reads as follows: "Whoever shall wilfully or wantonly I cit down or kill any tree growing within ten feet of anyroad wbich may be laid out, altered or mended by authority ot the county supervisor of any county, which shall, by direction of the highway surveyor in charge ot such road, have been left standing ai convenient for shade to the said road i f ir each tree so cut down or killed shall be tined twenty-five dollars at ?any court of competent jurisdiction-" lt tbis law were enforced we would [som have beautiful highways in every I section of every county 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 fro n washing in the winter. It seems a great pity that this law is not enforced. A Grocnwuutl Boy Mlsetn". 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 a.tended school Wedntsday, received notice that he would be reported to his parents for some little offense, lt is supposed tbat this was the cause of his leaving. His parents are great exercised over his disappearance. Chief of ,Px)lice Mac Millan has mailed out def-v Options of the boy". He ls an ihtercrf"miio coy ,-14 years old, height rive feet six, weight 120 pound?, blaok hair, lisps in talk ing. Wore brown mixed suit, knee pants, he may seek employment in railroad shops. Duti: or Inauguration. Gov. Hey ward stated Informally Friday night that the inauguration would take place on Wednesday, the 25th of January. He bad been in formed une niel al ly that the legisla ture would consult his wishes, and that is the date most suitable to him self. Gov. II ey ward bas had gre?.t demands upon him recently, the pre paration of his message and the part be to k in the e ntenni.il exercises in connection with the heavy routine of hi3Ctllce, and for tnat reasou the in auguration will bs held later than uiual. Another Mill Closed. ''lt is a little disturbing," Bays the Springfield, Mas)., Republican-"this passing of the old au i well known Boott cotton milis into liq lidatlon on account of southern competition, for' one thing." Our contemporary then g. es on to say that the mill's failure ; does not mean that New England ,'ls gradually to be forced out of the cot- ? ton manufacturing budness, but it, does mean that wo must have more open markets outside of the United States." It ls interesting to find in "Cotton Facts," published by Mr. Alfred B. Shepperson of New York, this declar ation by the author: "Texas, Okla homa, Arkansas and tho Indian Ter ritory undoubtedly offer far more in viting fi?ld for the investment of European cupltal for the production of cotton" than "European schemes j for the cultivation of cotton in Africa, the West Iodles aud other newly trled^ections." TUB criminal statistics furnished in the attorney general's report make a better showing for the State during past year than for the previous one. The number of homicides was slight ly less, but any Improvement In that lino is a subject for congratulation. Out of 202 scab, cases there wore 09 acquittals. Of coursa all of these may have been Justified, but we agree with the Columbia Record that it will be generally admitted that the juries are too much inclined to avoid inflict ing the extreme penalty of the law. A few hangings, and there bes been abundant opportunity for them, would do much in further reducing the number of such crimes in tills state. EACH year shows a further deca-! deuce of the phosphate Industry iu thc state. The revenue at ono time amounted to over $200,000, while for the last year lt was only $9,72:1.01. Only two companies are er gaged in the business and the output has fallen | off in about "the'&ame propose as j the revenue. The Columbia Record says the supply is probaoly?exhaustcd, but the main cause of the trouble was the discovery of equally as good rock at various places < utsfde of the state which could be mined cheaper. IMMIQKATION Commissioner Wat son bas made his report, which is an Interesting one, to the general assem* bly. In the short time the otilce bas been In operation he bas accomplished a great deal. The first fruits of nls work are already apparent; but the most that has been done, or could bc done up to tbis time, has been in laying the groundwork. So far he bas bronght 156 immigrants into the State. _ COMMONWEALTH'S Attorney Mack ey of Alexandria, Va., who has bein prosecuting gamblers vigorously, i charges that an emissary of the gamb-1 Ung dens has tried to bribe him, offer-. lug him a monetary consideration and eleotlon to the Btate legislature if ho would abandon his prosecution j against the gambling rooms. j e figh 111, t ? inti JPkYOO.. ?hinory Supply house of the e & Ce merit Co. ON, S. C. ida. High Grade Write for pricos. ?IA., o. acial Shapes lo order. Fire Proof red to Ali orders for thousands or AihDrug sad Tobaooo Habits: nsrtitirte, of $5?. mbia, a. O. C?nlldeatlai icerreipond Vital Weakness, Blood Poison and All Discharges. \m WRITE HIM AND HE WILE GIVE YOU THE MEANS TO CURE YOURSELF AT HOME PRIVATELY. Any gentleman reader of this paper liaving a private disease, such as Norvous Debility, Var icocele, Stricture, Spcciflo Blood Poison or any Uri.-! h il Dmcharg?3 should write Dr. J Recognized as the oldest established and Most Rellable.SDecial Newton Hathaway, of Atlanta for poxtiffidarS"" of his new system of curium these diseases io half ojf thq tim? required by tho old method. Ycti'apply it yourself at home, under the Doo tor's cl i roc I ?nus, and no ono but you and ha know anything about it. In a short time you find yourself well aud healthy and not a pain or sign cf di soiso anywhere. Ho cures Impotency in old mon, stops dis charges in a few days, dissolves Striotura without paint, and in the samo short time ef fects a marvoloas ch iago for tho better in all private diseases of men. By an original av* tem of answers, he cm toll exactly wh.it is U?? matter with you, and compound tho troatm?. * to cure. Ho sends it directly to your homo In a pla** package without mirks to indioato the con tents. Lot him send you his noivhoolrs onvor-. lug ?ae disensos of mea. Ho has four of thom -Diseases of tho Vital Orgins, Blood Poison ing, Stricture, Varicoce'e. His full address is Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 8S Inman Bldg. 22J S. Broad St. Atlanta, Qa. Writo for the ono yon waat. lt is freo, also a detailod letter - ?overing your case. It is a good way to find out if you ona be cured Mid at no cost to you; io write without dohiy, and a* tho doctor hus been prominent in the South for twenty-flvo yearn, you cnn rely on what ho soys. T. S. HOJXEYMAN, M.D., The Specialist. Oures all disaases of m<m. List manhood, syphilis (blood poison), gonorhoea, gleet, stricture, varlooeele, hydrocele and all private diseases of men. Catarrh in all forms oured quickly. Piles oured without opera tion or detention from busines?. U.ider guarantee. Rooms 421 an I 422 Leonard building, Augusta, G .. Write for home treatment. Offl e hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sunday's 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. 8 O I Make Borne Happy. | I Good Music Will Do This. ? ? You want a sweot-toned Piano, J* J or yon msy prefer a tine Organ. 5 5 We represent the Htnndard M 9 M?k' rx. Our prices and terras X ? will nppoal to you. Civil on orad- Q 9 ' dress ? S ABALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, 2 8 lu Opera House Block, % COLUMBIA. S. C. I .?.HKHItlNMHINNISCO GUARA? / TEED BY A ?fc K AAA BANK DEPOSIT M^vjravrvrvF Railroad Faro Paid. 500 7_FJRKK Courses Offared. QHHB9HB B:.irdatCost. WrltoOu'-k 3EORQU-ALABAMABUSINESSCOLLEGE.Uacoa.Ca PAO tiona r'inht. A tpecial frcm Whitesburg, Ky , says: At Holman, In that county, itu 1 factions, lcd respectively by \\. Roarck ard Henry Holcomb, have n et and the two men named were kille 1 as well as Joseph Holcomb. Bufo I Roarck was probably mortally woun-i nd. The trouble originated In t i murder of one of the Roarcks yea i ago. The two factions have been arm erl and in readiness for a meeting for several weeks_ BRYAN mada an address--"t?HJ4o_. Jackson Club Of Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday night on the subject 'Watcher, an What- of the Night." The president of tho club Introduce! him as thc. next president of the coun try. We sincerely hope that that club president Is a prophet. TnE Chicago Post says: "It wou' \ be only poetlo justice if the (rover - ment should beat the paper trust to i pu'p.bo lt would, but we w i wayor a last year's crow'8 nest tluts the government will >iot in te rf ^ with the paper or any other, tru??,. They paid for Roonovelt's election. A Bl LL has boen introduced in fia North Carolina legislature to rep I ill divorc?; laws iud reenact the lu ? )f twenty-one years ago which p r? mlttcd divorce only for adultery. FOUR invitations were received hy the president on Friday from cit i \ Inviting him to visit thom, three of them being southern cities-Kt;r<< rllle, Tenn., Birmingham, Ala., a.d ruskeegee, Ala. .... /