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REDUCE ACREAGE And Curtail the Use of Commer cial Fertilizers is THE COTTON GEO WEES Remedy lor Low Prices nod Hard Times Among the Fanners o( tfie Sonth, Who Make thc Cotton as Set Ferih by the New Orleans Cotton Convention. By a unanimous voto at tbe close ol its tlrMi session Tuesday, January 24th, the Southern Interstate Cotton Convent! n. which met last week in New Orlecus by general agreement tbe largest and most reprc: sn tatt ve that bas gathered in the south, de clared that reduction cf acreage and commercial fertilizers is the pata mount ejuestlou to he considered at tho convention, and it must be settled before any other business is under" a ken- Eleven hundred ?iud thirty live delegates, representing tho 13 otto.'1 growing Sta*es and lerrttorirs, had registered when the convention was called tu order, livn that number did not represent the full strength of the convention. The forenoon and early afternoon were devoted to the compromising o' all differences that existe ! as to or ganization, tho central idea being that thc work of the convention should gp to the country with tho stamp of harmony and practical unanimity. The result was that, for mer Congressman Catering's name was withdrawn and a!! opposition to Mr. Harrie Jordan's selection ended. Washington Artiin rv hall, feating 2,000 people, was crowded to the doors whm the convention mit. As president of the Southern Cotton Growers' convention, Mr. Jordau called jt to order. He said In par: : "We a*e-all agreed upou four gen eral prop si lions: "l. We must tie up and take caro of the surplus of this crop and remove "> lt from thc markets or tbe country until next fall, and luid the balance of the er ip absolutely in ' ur poss: s sion until ti e pri?e advances to n r mal conditions. "2. We must redi ce the colt: u acreage End use of coo merdai fertili zers under cotton at least 2.". per cent, under that of 1904. "3. We must arrai go fur a gem rai system of bondi d w; rel o? s s undei local con .roi of the people Ihn ugho?t the south. "4. We must ai oi.ee i roccod t organize the producer.? of the south in eve ry cotton growing county on a business bash to carry hilo operatio i a permanent systi ir, of relief and t ru" teeth n for tl c future.'' TUK OKOAKl/.ATION. Judge Iv I'., t'eikiusof Pallas nom inated ftniit?r Lieut. Gov. Jester ot Texas foi temporary chairman a id he was unar imously elected, t: ncluding abrief but ciVeetne address, Gov. JeBter said: / "Two reforms must lie inaugurated by the southern farmers: "Diversification i1 crops il ?it will reduce the production of col on and better faeihtiis for the storage of cot ton that will give lower Insurance and interest and better pro! etion." J. A. H. Lovett of hi' ntsvihe, Ala. , Richard Cht atham of Mississipj i and J. II. Whyte cl .Neu Orleans were elected secretaries. On mo' ion of .1 A. Brown of North Carolina a committee on permatieut, organizat ion of one de>-*V(i:e hi m each State was named and pi ndlng its re port welc'rwYg addresses liv Mayor Bcinmar and President Sanders id the Progressive union were li ', ?ned i'. 1 There were responsos hy Waller Clark of Clarkesdale, Mis- , and .). Ptip? Brown? chairman of the Gci rgla rall road commission. Mr. Brown said it v.;>.s the number of bales which rej, ulaterj tile piice < f cotton and the trident price would not adva .ce until it v. ts known tl " the production this year wa tobo curtailed. Right milli iu bali -, * o .id be an ample eri p to raise t ins year. With th.' 4,000,000 id Burp us 111 Id on to, it would give precisely the crop the bears desire, ll- believed the| south could wldp in the present light. HAKIS CK KKPUKSKNTATION. W. I). Nesbitt nf Alabama presi nt ed the report of tho committee on permanent organization, lt provided for Harvie Jordan as president, fora vice presisent from cacti St.a:.e and for the three secretaries named hy the temporary org; ni/, it ion ll Axed ti e repr?sent?t ion un t in- h.-sis of one vote for every ion.nco ! nies i f c tton raised during mo:: 04, as follows: Alabama. 10: Arkansas 8; Florida 1: Georgia 14; Louisiana '.?: Mississippi 14: North Carolina 0; Si tl ii Carolina 0; Tennessee 8; Texas 20: Oklahoma 2; Missouri 1, and Indian Territory 3. , At its night session the convention listened for an hour to titi address by President A. Britt In of the Nev/ Or leans cot t n exchange. Mr. Brittin denied that low pri?es were in any sense chi1, to fut nie sales. L iw prices were clue to one ctus? and o :e cause only, tba. of over production. With the rem .val of that cause values would go ap with future regardli ss ni all the bound selloraof Europe, Africa or Ameri'-a. ? Let the acreage he reduced 2-"> per cent, and all the speculators on earth cannot keep cotton from going to 10 cents. Speaking of the growing con sumption of cotton, Mr. Brittin said 10,000,00) hales in three lo ;ive si ans the world would require a crop of 13, 000,000 hal ss and more. li d. i ring to the Importance of the preset i con ventlon, he said that any resolutions it might pass would amount to little if they were not. followed up willi earnest, s r.cero and dc ermined work. In the Rolutlon of tho problem con fronting lt, the in Rt sort us since t,i e War Between tho Sections, he said the c invention had iii i> si >. diet ? i' thc great exchange which he had me honor to reprosenb. WIM. SO?.VK TUK ['nOIlMCM. Firmly belie ving it to be the most importan:, step in tile solution of the cotton problem, the convention with out a dis e iting vote Wei n, si ay de clared In favor of a 25 per c nt. re duction lu acreage and an ?ffhal re duction In commeicia fcrtilUi r and backed tbataotion up with t- adop tlon of a comprehensive pian lo secure the support bf every farmer, big and little, in the cotton bait. An over whelming majority of thc delegates were present when the report was re ceived find acted upon. At the opening of the afternoon M> si- n Former Senator McLaurln of South Carolina spoke along the ?Ines of national protection for the cotton grower, saying that hereto! re the cotton plauter had been sacrificed to the doctrine of free raw materials, A reference to President Roc seveltfs friendliness to the south provoked a favorable demonstration on the part of the audience. For mor Lioi: t. Gov. Jester of Texas from the committee on "holding and tlnauciug the balance of the present crop" presented a report totting forth that each State and local section seems amply able to finance Its pres ent holdings. The committee . be lieves that the cotte n now In the bauds of the producer should remain on the fat in 01 be stored lu local ware houses protected against weather and | I said that the banka and commission I men evinced a willingness ..to aid in marketing the balance of the crop so as to hold in check any disposition to nish in cotton unduly and ,break the market. Hell af was expressed that 25 per cent, reduction In acreage and 25 per cent, reduotlon in fertilizers will solve the cotton problem. COMMITTEE OX ACREAGE. After the convention had voted an invitation to Capt. Richmond P. Hob son to speak, R. H. Jcuklns ef Texas was rec guized to read the report of the committee on acreage which the convention had voted to be of pa:a mount importance. The report follows: "To the IIou. Harvie Jordan, Chair* mau Interstate Cotton Growers' Convention: "We, your committee, o.i acreage and the use of f?rtil 7. ?ra, do rcom mend that acreage planted In cjtton in 1005 shall be 25 per cent, less ari in 1904 and that there shall be a re duction of 25 por cent, in the use ol commercial fertilizers In growling cotton. - "We recommend the following plat for the accomplishment of said rcduc tlon: ' "First: That the vice provident ol this association for each State shal call a meeting of all persons Interest ec in cotton on the llth clay of Februar] 1905, in the county stat of each coun ty not already organized, on tho. plat hereinafter-set out, at which meeting there shall bu olected a county chair m n and a pre duct chairman for cac1 school district or other sm ill po'.itlca subdivision of die coun y. "Second. That there shall be heh in each school district or other sroal political sub-division ol the coin ty 01 thc 18th day of F. bruary. 1905, at o'clock p. m , a met ting of all cit'zeo of said district or other small polili cal sub division who are interested ii the growing of cotton, wblcb meet lr; shall elect a committee of thr e 01 acreage and membership. "Third. At said precinct mectin the farmers and land owners presen shall bo asked to sun the folio win; agreement: THE AGREEMENT. "We the undersigned farmers c land owners, living lo ( clio d distric b;at or product) No.-* county < -, St tte of --, hereby plcd^ ( ur elves to reduce thc acreage plant ed by us in colt m and to r;ducc ot c msumpllon of f rtlllzer in growii; c .Hon as shown by the statements st opposite our nanes. "Fourth. That said c ni ntttee o acreage and membership shall immi diatcly canva-s said dislrie". and as all fat mers and land ownots In sal district who ?i not attend tald mei lng to sign said pledge, and .--aid c -n i ?..iiiee shall ?eturn said pledge to tL I chairman of said preeinc*. "Fifth. Said precinct chair ma I sba 1 preserve said pledges and thc shall Immediately report to tho cout ty chairman, showing the total nun t;er of acres p anted in cotr.on in sal precinct in I??04 and the total nun ber to be planted In 1005, the toti amount of f rilli/, sr used in growin cottpn in sal(J precinct and the tot; amount to bc used in said precinct i said years. "Sixth. The county chalrnia ,sball I m ?ned ately forward to tl Stato vice president of their respei live States a written statement Hhov lng thu total ?Him! er of acres plant:1 in cotton lo their respective counth In 10C4 and the total amount to I planted in 1005, and shall make like repart as to the fertilizer ust in said j ears. "Seventh. The vice president 1 each State, s mil immediately upc receiving the reports of the ccunl chal? men forward to the president Lins association a ieport showing tl number cf a*)res planted in cotton his State In the >ear 1004 and tl Hie ame ut of fertilizer us. d In sa year in growing calton and tl amount or cotton to be. planted ai fertilizer to be used in 1905. THE PRESIDENT'S WORK. "Eighth. The persideut o' the a sedation, upon receiving these r PL rta, shalt immediately tabulate tl same and send a copy Hereof t,i.e county chairmen In the dillere (..lit ton States and territories. "Ninth. If any county not 1 ready organized should fail to organ! the vice president of the State which said county ls situated sin causo said county to be or^anizid herein provldid and If any pr eel n should fall ti organize, the coun chairman of tl e county in which pt i ii cl ls situ?t', d shall cause such pi dnet to be organized as herein pr vi led. Tenth. It shall bo the forth duty of thc officers of this associ Hon to port tin names and address of such person;, who refuse to sign t agreement to reduce acreage for l?t together with the number of acres cotton planted by such persons 1904 and the number of acres th they will probably plant in 1 !>(.)"> ai to nuke a lido report as to fvrtll era " Martin V. 1.'alvin and Hart Mill of Georgia wanted tho report made special order for Friday, the latt expressing tho belief that the redi tlon might tu ve gone to the exte nf :t;i 1 li per cut., but T. E. Massr Kale of tho sanie State rallied the cc vant lon to Immediate consid?r?t! 10 the ground that this was the mi vlt.ai business that sould como bofe i io c invention and by an ovorwhcli ing vote the convention decided up i i in, ti nally adi ptcd the report wi t thunderous ayo and without asl s'le vote in the negative. Without transacting any otri business or listening to any of tho r aerson the programme the convc Aon recessed until night. ENDS ITS WOK KS. . With the unanimous adoption jhe plan reported by Its commit! for a permanent organization, head -y liai vie .Ionian of Georgia as pre lent and E S Peters of Tex ts as v president, tbe convention lina dosed its successful three days' s ?lon Thursday night. Commissioner of Agriculture R. Poole of Alabama presented thc port of the cern raitt en oh statist! approving the methods of the 1 tlonal G inners' association as quickest and most feasible way pf getting out reports. Fermer Senator MoLaurln of South Carolina presented the report of the committee on resolutions, heartily ap proving the reduction of aorcagc and fertilizers and urging "all owners of cotton to hold lo until the govern ment report on acreage shows to the world that southern cotton farmers stand solidly together; that they have oom plied with their agreement and demand the valui of their product." Tlfe following resolution was un animously, adopted and copies ordered sent to President Roosevelt and the sou ti lem senators: "WeJ'ierebj endorse the movement on foot to endow the interstate com merce commission with full and com plete control over alleged discrimina tion*! and abuses by railroads, with power to-enforce their Undings and request all southam senators and con gressmen to support and aid in the passage of this measure." At the afternoon session the com mittee on closer relations between manufacturers and producers made a report in the Int rest ot the elimina tion of the specu'ator In cotton. The committee Bald that the wide fltctua t li ns are alike disastrous to the maou facturer, making it Impossible for thc manufacturer to promulgate prices for cotton products based ou a uni form cost of the raw staple and f jr either the farmer or tho manufac turer to maintain bis prices. lr, was recommended then fore that a com mitteo consisting of one cotton pro ducer from each State be appointed to confer with mill ni >n asking that they j dn hands with tho producers in effecting a pian whereby the producer can sell his cotton direct to the manu facturer and thereby eliminate the speculator from the market. The re port was adopted. [.anMAMBsr 0:0 vxtz vn >>r The report of the committee on perrr anent organ-/.itlon followed. It provides forttie creation of the South ern Cotton ass elation embracing all the colt'ti producing S ates and lerri tories to regulate cotton production, cotton supply aud financing and espe clallj cotton marketing, using everj effort to secure broader markots ant to lit lit the production to the de naru at ie nunerati ve prices and to reduct to a minimum all expense of hand Hui; eotton and l-s products frot 1 tht time it leaves Ihr licld until it re iche: the consumer. Tuere arc to ha Statt and territorial, c doty and parish ant sub-c i vison associatif ns all related U thc i arent stem. Oilicera are to b elected once a year. Tbc tx-cutlve cimmittee o! tb irniD association is to consist cf 2 membeis apportioned as follows: Alabami, 3; Arkansas, 2; Kb rida l; Georgia, :t; Louisiana, 2; Missis sippi, :i; N irth Carolina, 2; Sohfcl Carolina, 2,Tinntssee, 1; Texas, c Oklahoma, l; Missouri, 1; lidia Territory,' 1. Ii oh State and territorial asnocla thin is to be composed cf one mc moe fr*-ni eacli cotton growing count / an is t.-elect representatives to the mal body. Bach v. ting -precinct is t havj two cotton producers in tb ceunty organization. The pretldeu and vice president of the Souther Cotton ass ciation are made ex-t Md members of its executive committci The committee recommenced Ilarvl Jordan for president and E S. Petei for vice piesider.t and provided a pr< visional ex cutlve committee. TI funds for the organiz vtlon and il operation are to be derived from In liai ion fees, annual dues anda char*, on each bale of cotton produc d hy 1 mr mheishlp. The report was unanimously adoi te l ar d Mr. Jordan expressed h thanks fer thc confidence in him. llEBOI/UTIONS ADOITBD. The following resolution was offe ,ed hy tiie resolution commlttt [through Ex-Senator McLaurln ar adopted: "That a special committee bo ai pointed by tills convention to cinfi with the president of the Unite Sta es, the secretary of agrlcultu and the manufacturers of cottt goods to obtain such concerted aetlt as will enlarge our trade ia cottt pn ducts tn fcreigh countries." J. A. brown cf North Carolin.?. 0 fered this resolution which was ado ted: "That tb? officers of this coi ven ti on will le reqtiind and instruc ed to Immediately formulate a plan pool 2,uno,OOO oales of tho preset cotton crop and retire the same unt after Oct. 1, 190p " A r?solutifn by E D. Smith South Carolina was pissed providlr for tiie appointment of an inspect hy each couuty in the interest of tl effective carrying out of the pledge reduce acreage. A resolution offered by J. A. lirov of North Carolina waa unanimous adopted thanking lion. S. N. 1 North for tho Information and com esy lie had extended to theconvenlii In furnishing the g inners' report 1 quested and expressing it as the d sire of the convention that tho gover ment r-. ports ou cotton statlsics shou be c intlnued. President Jordan named as the cot mitite to visit President Roosevelt the Interest of an enlargement o ' t ootton trade ex-Senator McLaurl I ihn M. Parkerjof New Orleans ai E. A.?he oft of Alabama. A resolution hy C. H. Jenkins Texa-i was adopted declaring th i 1 port if the committee of statist cs iot intended to crit icise tho wot k the I'ovornment bureaus, expreisli sonfirience In them and asking co /ress for appropriations to make, t icrvke mure efficient. A t.umber of telegrams from lan irs ard business men ?mi one from c Secretary Hoke Smith congratulate ?be convention on its work ant e grossing sympathy with it were *ea Tho convention then listened to ; iddre-s on diversification by it Smith of Sherman, Tex , and aft Dened lotion hy Rev. Mr. Sublet t South Ctrjlina lt finally adj turned. A Good mil. Til . following lilli introduced in t louse "by Mr. Cuiler, if lt bec im aw, will rob "old boss*' sales of 1 m >f their interest, and buyers of su ?li in ga of the intense mental plei su if.speen!:.t lng whether they had oe tuncoei or have buncoed some JO ls?.: ' That from and after the p; age of this act it shall be unlawl or any common carrier to offer I ale at audi n or otherwise any 1 icio or bundle of merchandise wb he same is sold for the collection hardoi or freight without first ope tig and exposing for eximlnatiou su ,niele or bundle. " fourteen Str.kora Killed. At Moscow, Russia, Weduesd ivenlng In a light betwet n striki iud the scHleis, fourteen perse vero killed. Tiie struggle follow in attempt of thu str liions to a&som n a publlo square S mic strik pulled revolvers, whereupon tho a liera openod tire and the strikers reated. Borne Thoughtful fl?gge s'.ions As to How te Giow 'Ihem Written by a Man Wjin; ?a? Spent . Many Years in Rafting Them for Market. f The writer of this article is the orig inator of tiie Cabbage growing indus try on the Carolina Coast/ I grew my first cabbage for mafkevio the year 1808; from a beginning of-one-hair acre, the business baS increased until at the present time there are over. 4, 000 acres of .cabbage grown>oaob: aea son in this territory. To grow a sub cesar ul crop the first and-rnost impor tant thing ls to secur?'p?auts that are grown from high grade Beed, as no amount of care, ferttkizer or cultiva* tien can make a good crop, if tbe plants used are grown from Inferior seed. You cannot judge from the ap' pearance of tho plant, aB all young cabbage plants look the same. Your safest plan 1B to purchase your plants from a resp mslble dealer who has been iu tho businoss a long time, and who has an established refutation. Tbe better class of seed growers seleot their stock very carefully, removing from the held all beads ot cabbage mt are not perfeot. Some seasons they bave to cut out two thirds or their plants and do not save tbclr seed from more than one tblrd. Seed selected lu this way will cost from $2, 50 to S3.00 per pound other seed growers allow their entire crop of cab bage to make seed, do not usc anj eare in the: selection of seed grown. TheteHeed will cost you frcm 40 to GO cents per pound. The cost of the seed is two thirds of the coat or growing cabbage plants, BO you can readily understand why a plant grower who pays $2 50 to $3.00 for his seed cannot sell you plants as cheap as the grower who buys Inferior seed at 40 to GO cents per pound. My thirty six years experience has proved to me that lt would pay me better to use high grade seed at a ccst of $10 00 per pound than to use Inferior seed ir I could get them rrec. Those who do not make a regular business of growing cabbage have been in the habit of settln<;out> p'anlfi in tho month of. Fe' rai-ry and March, think ng' that the p ants do not livedf set e irlier In the winter. This ls a mistake as a plant set in December or January under the prop er conditions will ive-Just as well and head much earlier The following in btructlons will give the proper method of setting. The doutta Carolina sea coast, on account o? locality, and cli matic conditions is admirably adapt ed to the growing of hardy open air plants. The piant growers sow their f :ed In thc open fields in tho la*e. fall I :om Oetoher 20th to November li th i. IPSO seed germinate quickly ond ! take a very rapid growth for a cou ole ( f weeks, by this time the nights start 0 get c dd. The growth of the plants i . checked, and usually abnut Deceoi I er 1st to 10th our frerzing weather I egina, when the plants stop growing ontirely. The cold weather has eau.1 ed lt to become tough ana hard, It is now in a dormant condition and willie main in thia condition until tie lat:er part of February or until the spriag weather opens up. In tbisconditicn plants will stand S??^M&Ult Injury. I have seen my planta'covered with Ice and sleet for several "days, with the thermometer down to 18 and not be injure at all, whtlo the same plants If they had been In a thrifty growing condition and full of sap would have been killed by a heavy freeze or' a slight frost, to avoid tho danger of hissing your plants you want to buy them while Uley are dormaut, the sooner you do this arter December 15th the better. ir you have it, select a piece or dark, mediumly l.,w, well drained land, break lt up as thoroughly as you can, then pulverize well with a gcod oiod breaker or harrows east and west, 30 inches apart, with a bud tongae plow. Make up your bed, by throwing two turrows together wi th-a single horse turn plow. Take your plants and set them 20 Inches apart on the south side of the bed, far enough down, that the top of the bed will be above tho plant, this ls done to keep the north and north west winds from twisting and' break ing the small plants. He sure to set the plants well down in the Boil, and see that the entire stem up to the first leaves ls in the ground. The earth should be well packed ?rjund the plant, lt Bhould be packed so Uren, that ir you* take your plant by the lear and pull the leaves would break' off before tho plant would pull out. It ls understood that you have used plants that are in a dormant condi tion. These plants should not be fertllizid at al!, until about two weeks before the regular spring weather opens up. The top of the plants will not grow during the winter, but the roots will Le growing all of the time. About the middle or last of February -or Bay two weeks before your regu lar spring weather starts, take a turn plow, or half shovel, and throw a fur row away from tho plants In eaoh al ternate row, run the furrow close to the plant, sow In this furrow fertlii ?.er at tho rato of i.OOO pounds to the acre, this fertilize.- should annalyzf 8 por cont, phosphoiic acid, "? per cer t. Ammonia, and ? per cent, potash. After you have put down the fertili ser, throw tile furrow back, with the lame plow, being sure to work t ie ilrt well uparoun' thc plant. About t,wo weeks afier this fertilizing, go Into tho furrow tint waa not worked cofore and do the same thing, then deep tho alleys wed cultivated, usi ig for this purpose a cultivator or dia mond toothed harlow. You-want to ioep the land front this time on, well mltivatcd and as well open as p sd ile, so that the sun and air can get in md warm up tho joli. The cabbage .( ots that have been growing all wln 1 r are now stn ag and will take up , c fertilizer rapid y, and thc plants * ll grow much fa.1 ter, and make y iu i head or cabbage t wo to three wee <s t oner than If you aad set tho platts i February or Mi.rch. This artie le i piles to tho growing cabbage In V r ; nla, North and South Carolina,. '> eorgla and all of thc Gulf Statts. 15 not forget that the success OD allure or the whole crop depends on 'our getting good plants rrom reliar tie seed. For this reason you should ?uy your plants from a responsible jrower who has been tn thc business i long time and has au established eputatlon. Yours very truly, . W. C. ?KKAHTY, . Young's Island,'S. C. Want Kff.nroin. >-'? A dispatch from Manila says lead rsof the baud of LabroncB, which re lently attacked the town of San Fran lo Malab tu, and captured the wlfo ind two children of ex-Gov. Trias, low demand ransom for the release of .heir captlyes. fi?LlTT???r ULA KUIBHELL. , Col. Kcitt^?lve? ? Method That .yyiU s ul y o tue Cotton Problem. ;t??* ! In a letter to Tho State Col.-Ellison S^Knltt, of Newberry, gives a rS^bxdti that will solve the cotton problem a Ad nia*"k"fe* the South'the richest spot bfj land on the globe. Here ls bis plan. Hoad lt ??Hnd?6ce. if you d?n't?3Lgree with him: **r - ***** The al'-absorbing qirstlon- for-fc-V.u tiou. ls how can we get rid of ?f cent c?tfon and make lb impossible for. lb 3ver to return aud distress our peo I pie? "?fitu will do it: Let every grower of cotton sow wheat, ry er oats and barley in ampUi quantity for home cousuinpt lon aud some tospare. W.aon thess ?rains ar/1, taken off the land.sow one bushel of peas ou euch acre to make p^a-vlne bay. ' When In bloom cut tile vines aud cure and house.tbfem for feel, to sell what ls uot 'n?c?ied on the farm when- the proper Unie comes. After thorongti - "preparation cf the laud plant ample acreage in corn to secure ?uough for liome consumption willi some to spare. Drop peas between the lillis of corn or sow them broadcast, one-half bushel to the acre, the last plowing to imiprove the land. Let each farmer ^eoure one or more mares and raise his mules and h..-raes Instead of buying them- Tile writer bad a half brother win raised eight mule's in niue years from ono inare. fie missed only one y^ar iu nine; Sner mau's army stole them all. Lot cadi farmer, be well stocked with hogs, sberiv4joa.'Ar cat'le and pjultry. Lit e^cUj farmer bc-aeJ/taup portlng aa r.ear as possible.' A??er eaoh grosor of oott ott has*-doue the ab. ve, let him plant all the colton tie can c ultivate well., rrake every p iund he can and sell it for -.dl-b-5"*-tfcrTK$kg8t, which will not bo less thar?'ro'ccfHs. If the growers of cotton will-fall in' lino and follow the advice given, the pacple of our souHdand will be the riebest aud happiest people cu earth in 10 years. ' ' . . lict every oni win has cotton on hand hold lc If he can. Ltt thus? who car. not hold sell dliec-, to our factories If .,t?my have to give it away, give it to bur own people., I was told a few days a?o by th(,"pVesid.en.t of a factory that he would give more for .lt .than anyone else. While a -large crope "vas made last ;:ifaztx,- tho -.writer does not believe there ls "more cotton In.existence than the factories will need. List >ekr^'bocausc of .he h'gh pric? of otbon, tho facto .rien ran on short lime, some of them olor-.ed down. Notwithstanding this there wus no cottcn at the ?-nd of the Kedson bo be had. Now every factory will run on full time and c ?tton Ls cheap at !? cents. The'abbye advice i* from i'cei who bas^gr?wrff'gathered and. sold ,52 orrpV.and made money ?very year. He never failed. 005T OF CATCHING LYNCHIjRt!. ..Oj ti* l?4?t' fi ' . ?'/?! ? J": ' ' ' - ' v ,:: UOP.ati '?"? j Gov. Ileyw?rd B?fcdtT: UKSpb'olni ftl?b riiK? nn the tfubleot, " . uyiitv.sf?. k ' Gov. Hey ward,. a& is well known, employed detectives.,^ work. gai th? case of the murdi rars dr *Keltt"l3opkJ ard who was killed and ptjtcheri?d' in a most revolting manner last fumrfter. This Is. better known as the1 IC?itaws ville lynching i'l&boughd.b.had ihc<ap> pearance of a brutal.ijnxiuder hy a.iew ratlier tlian an exc?.u'.ion by .a. mob. The expens? of 'tlil?' Jiiivnspikiatlon was borne " by Gov. iTcy'ward lil ernie1f as'lils cbrJtin-ge?t rund" had t.o:ii"ex hausted. Tuo'd^y. he-'s^ut to the general as em bl y the following special message in ro.r ird thereto: . Gentlcmt n of the General Assembly: ? I have found it nee? s mr y during the'pV?t year, in thc proper eriforce-j mont of the law, to ir.ake an.expendi ture to which 1 desire to call your sp?cial attention. j Owing to tiie Inadequacy' of the contingent . fund, and having no special fund at roy disposal, J .was under the necessity of personally.har rowing Li e sum of $1,807.27 in order to c mpleto the 'paj ment of detec tives employed for 1 be-purpose of bringing to justice persons guilty, of participating in lynchings.? I-give my-p.rsnhal note for tilt's 'amount, which amount will be due and ?b?y ab'.e on May 1st, next. ;. And. I re spr-ctf tilly "ask"XYi? provisions may .be made-for this payment- hy yi???- ttWTOr able body. ..JtejpecXfully, 4 P... .C. Eley ward, Governor. .??1 ; . In-Ooj>ljf Sljapo.- , [i The1 most bullish SSfc&f statistics s.o far .issued .thia y.ojyr bj?,the Ncwvpr ic?ijsV'cpt?on (exchange were those. J/i sued Saturday showing the .week I^rVl In slgBt'?nd receipts' and Bn?j^m'cn'? Up to noon on Saturday as compiled by Secret try Heater. .The ?cobthr? .that Chin ; into sight for the past week waa 15.1,002 bales eonlpajed with" 24?'3J^ bales,- tor:.|bp. sar^e,'.week last year, When lt.Is remembered that the crop this'.yea?'Is couch larger than th? one of ?ast""y??ir\'tl^ ls shown..,-Tb* stetojaicnt proves that the farmers are actually.iujwoll-as theore tically holding their cotton, crop. The statement of receipts show's that only 75,155 bales were rec-dved during the w'?l'k'-while 10!) Hdfi w^rc shipped -from the t nt Ire country: -'At tuts rate 'jp ru minent traders suy^tl at trio poi ts and country towns Will sot'n be drained aiitl Hie. farmord will haye the situation entirely in his ontrol. This is en couraging, and if the fanner will 're? duce hts acreage .and his guano bill and , con birnie to bold his tatton he will whip the fight ..'J'.he cotton being held will soon be needed and prices will advance; A Woman to tianjg.' . r iiAnl Tho Slate says:. "Gov. Hell of Ver mont is a marvel among governors Ile has refused all appenls-for-the par don of a woman who ts sentenced to he hfiuged In that State next lufitith and calmy declares that ho will .per mit tho decrees of the court, to have thc Xi Iway. Ti e worfl&h,.^ Mrs. . Rcra, Ls.uuder sentence'for tho n^ui der.of lier husband, tho date*'jlxod' \o . tb'e:txtcutlbn being Feb. 3th. N.'it \tc 70 yoars has a woman Inien- hanged i'n^' y>3r.mont. Under the f?ws bf thati Sta'jo- Is seems that. 4>Ue.right. - to..:j-(:V view tho aonteuc.ts. pt th? coartn-iw" vested, in the) leglsijitiire'as wall &L the executive and tl?? legls?ature.hay, lng failed to act at. Its last sessions the governor proposas to "let the iaw-'take, tts cnn rs?. . Thcte laivory strohgl?^ntr ment against barigi?R-.a-t'Vfor4tt-aii.;?a?-i'( t;.T Ifllliiil tojr Aceldeat:,.; : v Fourmon were -klllbd by a'eeldeav?t burhamV?^*mace? P?.. Thai men were employed at.the Durham Iron works. They woie operating a cinder train, which rrmi into a snow.drift; jumpod the track.,and went over an embank ment fifty feet high into the Dela ware river. I?ATRIHONXAL XLlQIfi?XITY. Many HoMons Ti>?t Prompt Men to '.Pop tho Ofae'stlon." ' " The reasons which prompt men to make offers of marriage to women are arj m m y and various as the naxfier ami 'kinds of women thus .honored. Not alone are the natural grao?s and 'CMrioB of femininity the fool of at traction*, .for tba average man. ?Ac quired accomplishments hiten oount for a great deal,, and lt fri quently Bappens tbat wenistt-aro eagerly de sired for qualltlcations.' wl^o.J, while .^tjoj gly appealing to those who de sire thurn, would oct In tho least ap peal to others occupying a diff ?rent point of view. " . *\V?? :? Tbese^very general and mot alto gether luminous retkobUns are sug gested by a news item which reaches ?.us from northern'New York of an avalanche of marriage offers which hos overwhelmed two estimable young women','.the.daughters of a farmers at Schuyler. They are not described as beautiful. So far as we are advised, they are not distinguished for acooui' 'pUshmen's of the kind which maka for social pre eminence. Perphapa they are not more amiable, more af fectionate, nor more practical In tLe general duties of housewifery than others. Their claim to distinction is that they "killed, cleaned, so lided, and? hunk'" two 300 pound bogs with out masculine assistance. Instantly an overpowering passion look possession of the heart of every eligible, bachelor within what may be called buggy radlu'sVTbe rural delivery carrier has had to provide himself with a wheelbarrow to tran-pirb the ' tiers of marriage \ which come by mall, and "the concourse of veblclci wbfcb^.Js strut:g aion)p the paternal fn'ntr tVi.-W-}. every day and evening suggests thafc.a cuntir>uou#.funfiral la in progress within. "Perhaps it Is. A great many na-cindi hopas of domestic ^happiness alon^strlctly bucolic line* ??iish jnjbfae family "settln' room" ?very'twenty-.'our hour-i, and encugb broken hearts are left, behind by de parting Bul tors to fertiiiz? thc tam ll - ?tholr fragments could be composted. The young wo nen aro ta'd to deoline, "firmly but kindly," tb? tilers of mar riage which are pressed upon them Irj may he thaT, their unique claim tt distinction pu's them in a class Wblcr makes lt an hr pertinence for the tult or to offer them the c ,rani mplace lift , of the farmer s wife, who can count i upon a hog k liing nob oftener ^thai I onc2 a year. Their sphere of sccla! i triumphs ohvi >usly lies in Cincinnati or Chicago._ ' EApi 'BIX fBEN WIVAB. | , - \.> Sovoral of Whom Ho Poisoned and Mai ried Oro. rs. A dispatch from Chlcrgo says that John Hoch; wiom the police allege to bea modern I^.uebeard, is an expoit chemist-, and miy possess knowledge tri^a.-secret, poison, is the declaration of Police Inspector Shlppy. Ttie in- pect? r says he has evidence . that'-ITboh wa> ?d rugir ist same years &S& bibri'-cbaiNOundtd many poldon*. Tho police nov as-'ert they have'evi dence that Bioob has had at least twelve wives In as many years. The Police also declare that be?ld:s the twelve wives who are living there were at least four who died. . " The poi Icu say they have evldenoa that H ch had live furnished (lats with a wife installed lu each at the sadie time. The (I its were furnished hy iustalment hoiis:s. ? Information of more alleged victims of the supposed Hluebeard, Jo'm Il co, has bet n given the pol'ce by .J din Prick, an employee ol the Nickle P ate railroad. Frick had reported tc tho police a rharg i that his sister, Mri. Mary Schultz, married Hoch, wi o then called himself Albiu* M?sch* ' borg, ab Argos-, Ind , in 1900. "'I am under the be! rf that my sister and her little girl were done away with. My sister had about 81 500 at the time of h r marriage," said Frick. Kdutivrs of six of flirteen wivet credited to Hoch, have, expressed thr h ?iii f to tho police that the s'x womer died from poison._ Murder aiMl -Suicido. A tragey in which four men lost . their.liv S'Ccirred In N giles Ari zjpa. " Jb"riday: " William ., Walters, e .gambler, entered the Palace saloon . owned by M.,M Conn, walked to a ! jijvker table, and without a word ol : martling,..drew a revolver and opened '. Are oh the dealer, known as ''Cow bo*" Johnson, tiring two ahota through . his head. Walters then . turned on Conn, the proprietor, who wad making his way toward the door, shooting him through the head and heart'. ' The ' murderer then turned . his w'?apbn toward the monto dealer, 5 shootii g him through the hack of the head. He "tired"a shot at George iieudja,.- a cattleman, which grazed : the latter's:face, and then turned the revolver.oh.: himself and sent a bullet through? his owu brain. All of the victim's-' died before being able to mike'statements. 'Walters had been .implbyod by C >nn, but had bein dis cha ged a few days before. Drowned by Tidal Wnvo. A cablegram, from Christians, Nor way, says-tlft?-nine persous perished is the result ol' an avalanche of rocks 4t.Naesd.al, north of Pargon, Sunday. A mass of rock was suddenly pr?cipi tait, d Into Lc mvaud lake from the oeighboring bills, causing an immense wave twe nty fe t high which swept the neighboring sh- ?res. Houses,people and cattle were swi pt away by the rush of water, and lt 1.? known that ilfty-nine persons perista d. Thus far only four oodles have bcun recovered. A great storm Wednesday stopped the relief work as tie s ?rro'u?dlng district, is unable to send help. Oe od if True. ..In tho city o." New York it is an noHncqdcthat open gambling has boen rwhojly.. stopped. Indeed, gamblers, bpcih br under cover, seem to have been put entirely put of business, lt wai g vast undertaking that Dis'riet Attorney. Jeron e entered upon aud lt s'iowed .almost impossible for him to suicepdt-.but he has again illustrated ti e Aruth of. tt >a saying that where there ls a will ibero isa way. : K.-.e,?. xn>u>f?n Jiouorcd. . ;;#mong the-.'S.'nators selected to be on the receptloo committee for the Inauguration o'* President ltoosovclt IfcSenatO^B. & Tillman of South ba'rb?h'!?\" "l b lu hot known whether ithe1 ^r^sid?i?t 'mado -the -selections himself or whether thev w?re made by lhdg?<rdler G eneral Wilson, chair mapjof:Vh*. Ina rgural coinmltteo. -Odtiviot od ot Mnt-dor. . ^At-G'reen villi on Thursday in tho court crr-troneralsesslons John B. Wal drop, a well-to-do farmer, was found guilty, qP Uie-ncurdor of. Samuel Mad dox, Snottier farmer. The verdlot ?was ?ecOmp?nlsd.'wltb a recommen dation to mercy. K?LFYHFi! KILFYS That is exactly what lt ls. af day at the State Fair showing; it) S Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw h property Bhould have them. For ai COLUMBIA S Coltwnbia, S O The mt Southeastern Lin - "CHARLES" Building Material df all kl "RUBBROID." THE GUINARD COIyUMI Building and Re-Pros*cd Brick. S Terra Gotta Flue pinings. Prep for millions. WhUke I Morphine I Glgaren Habit, Habit I Habit Cured by Iteelejr 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Co enoe .solicited. FLOATING DOWN STREAM. New Method or Getting- Boc?) Orel the State Lilue. Eleven barrels of illicit corn whis key arrived in Columbia Thursday, and their artlval form the last chap ter in an interesting and ck vcr piece of work done bv the dispensary con stables of this and the Sumter dis trie's. Information came to Division Chief Osborne of Columbia severa' da'yB ago that 12 barrels of North Caroliua corn whkkiy were being Moated down the Great Pee Dee river into this State. Constables P?gues and Harting of this division and Division Culef Grady and Uyg of Sumter went to Ohcrawon last Satur day to intercept and sez it. They found that the barrels, which had been roped together in tandi m, had become lodged In a fishery b?tlt in the river about two miles above Che raw and that seven of t ie barrels had broken .loose and floated on down to the town, where they wero taken out and held by thc sheriff s cbaitabU. No trace of the remaining liva bar rels could be found but the disp^nsiry con tables felt su e that they were somewhere in the river. They accord ingly hired a number of negr -63 aud sent them into the river on Sunday af tc moon near the place whe e they had been lodged in the fishery. The darkies, after wading and diving, lo cated four of the barrel-? under the water. They had been drawn down uoder the tncltnrd portion of the structure and held there by the f orce of the current. All of the fo ir were brought ashore but the fifth and hut,, barrel could not be found. All of the stuff is contraband and is unstamped. Etch of the biruk con tains ab ml JiO gallons and will bs seized by the iuternal revenue depart ment Tlie total amount seized is about 33,0 gallons. Although there are no marks on the turr?is to indicate who the owner ls, Chief Osborne is satisfied that tho owaer ls a wall known blind tiger keeper whom tibe constables always watch put of the corner of their eye3. The barrels were attached by a rop<? running through staples driven In eaoti eud of each barrel, thus keeping them in a line. Tney were put lu the river at a p.dnt in North Carolin! and floated down, hiing carried only by the current of the stream. This im prov s^d flotilla was coovoyed by per sons in canoes, who guarded and guid ed the treasurj -Co'umbla State. THE GOL'Z YLLS MONUMENT 1 Now Btung Built and Will Soon Bc Put Up. The following has been given The State wl?h the request to publish: . L The monument io be erected to thc memory of the late Naici.?o Genei Gonzales is now being built by thc 1 McNeel Marble company of Gaines ville, G J. The monument is'4 to be made of selected granite furn'sned by the Winnsboro Granite company. The monument will be of the follow ing dimensions: Full height from the ground 40 feet. A spire 25 feet in length and 2 feet 4 inches by. 2 feet 4 luches will rest upon the plinth. 3 by 3. Tbe.cap will be 4 feet 2 Inches by 4 feet 2 Inches, resting upon a die 4 feet 4 Inches by 4 feet 4 Inches and 4 feet high. Upon the several faces of this die will appear the Inscription to the deceased editor, all to be prepared by friends of the deceased. This die will rest upon a tin-t base 5 feet 4 Inches by 5 feet 4 inches by 2 feet. There will also be a second, third and fourth base of proper dimen sions, the fourth base being ll by ll by 2 f.-et and this fourth base will rest upon a sub-base which will be 20 feet square. The space witt in the sub-base outside of the fourth base will bo sot in gras?, which will present a mo^t pleasing appearance. A pen brush drawiDg of this monu ment has been furnished by tte con tractors and can now be seen in thc window ot theGjrzvles Book store, where the subscribers and other friends of the monument floata tion may see the same. Thc full cost of this monument has hot yet been raised and the committee ls still ro ceivlng subscriptions. Tue executive committee of the G?nz les Monument association requests all subscribers who have not yet paid their subscrip tions to make payment of same co Miss Jennie G. Gibbes, who has kindly con sented to collect for tho committee. Subscriptions can also bo paid to auy member of the committee. W. A. CLAUK. W. J. MUHIIAY, W. H. LY LBS, W. II. Ginnies, .V J. MCMAHAN, _ Comm! ttce. No Huokotshopa. A di; p itch from Raleigh, N. C., says the house commttte on judiciary of the general assembly by a unani mous tote Friday favorably reported a bill prohibiting "buckotshops" from operating In the Stato under Sue dr imprisonment in the discretion of the court. The bill reported oonforma to the Missouri law ami a letter from Gov. Folk oomrce jds lt as being ef fective and as not hurting legitimate Interests. _ Tn? South can stop growing cotton and thcu be-prosperous, but thc spin ners can't, stop their factories nor the world stop using cotton cloth without bringing ruin and disaster. ire iC Uar., DJ o,) iioradoa evjry re flghtlo? 4da'.ltlei. ' lill,- Ginnery and coy oue owning ale by. .- ? .,. . IjJJPFLYOO.; ioHifiery Supply l?i i?(?e of the State ie & Cement Co. TON, 8. G., Inds. High Gn de Roofing Write for; pr Io ?a. ?IA, S. c. , peolal Shaper to order. Fire Proof ared io till orders for thousands or All Dr M j: aud Tob?ceo Habits. JLnetitxrtes, of C lumbla, S.'-Q; Confidential correspond Women's Diseases, How I Cure Them. UOOK SENT F HICK ON REQUEST, SPS CI At MEDICAL LETTER ALSO ...FREE. Every. si:k worrjin-who earnestly deairos to rocoTer her health should writo me, describiug how'aho riflers, and I will p int out to bur a> simple m en na of pernmnent cure. At any rat? it will not coBt anything to And out how I pro pos? to cure ypur disease, so 1 urge that yoo. write me wi??ont delay. Thousands of^j?J^ women have cured themselves up in tW^r?y. Out of i ho ripeness of tweiity-tU^-y^rg ex. (torionco.M^a Ep?^?n^rt??^^hija^pv0fOpe(j ftn entirolya-w system or currrfS chronio di-eases md jt adapts itself especially well to the cure of d'seuM of woraon, to which I have given ap-cia! study all my lifo. I will understand your'ca*o, nijd tmderstanding it, I will readily (ind tho meaim of cure. If tho general run of doctors havo failed, if pitent medicines that ; s?em cheap, but nro really costly in the end have done you no god, then I am more than cor'ain that. I-will cure you, Torstubbom casca irrt C:6 ones I want to hear. from. I.'will euro you fifty per cent quicker than by tho old method, and give you such a treatment as will not only cure your disease, but build you up thoroughly und make you feel better in every way. 1 want especially t > hoar from women who hove trouble with ?io womb, ovaries or nor voiis system, who sulfur, from leuonrrhe* -. and menstrual dil'.icullfes, disorders or tho blood, weak heart, headache, neuralgia vortigo, stomach trouble, rheumatism, skin affections, kidney troubles, any disease pf the throat, lunga or urinary organs. To euch ca those, i will ; gua runt ?o speedy and completo recovery by my new rlginal inothud. At any rate, you pliouid invi ntigato this matter fur ther, and if you will >>-rite mo regarding your self, I will study you cos? and report to you fully how to ho euro '.. All this will coat you no?iing. I will also in :loso a booklet of my own writing toing into al tho special diseases of won.sn with syrnnU ins, caiiBcs and effects, freo of chnrgc. \ on aro at no oxpensc what ever, so if you reall r w..nt to bo cured and not be a weakling i ll your life, I expect to hear from you soon. My private address ts J. Newton Hatliawav M. D., 88 Inman Bldg, 22* S. Broad St., Atti uta, Qa. Trv to writo mo tochiy. THE SPl-l'JIALIST. . Cures all diseuses of men. Lost manhood, syphilis (blood poison), ponorhoea, gleet, .stricture, varloceele, hydrocele and ali private diseases of men. Catarrh in all forms cured quickly. Piles cured without opera tion or "detention from business. Under guarantee. Rioms 421 and. 422 Leonard building, Augusta, Qa. Write for home treatment. Office hours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sunday's fl a. m. to 2 p. m. ?Hake Home Happy. Good Music Will Do This. You want a sweet-toned Piano, or you may prefer a lino Organ. We represent tho Mt m.dani M?k?r*. Our prices and terms will appeal to you. Call on or ad MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, In Opera House Block, COLUMBIA, S. C. onoaouo'?on ? a ? ? ? ? ?.toe-:: ? . MM $3,000 GUARA? s* / TEED Cls BY A BANK DEPOSIT Railroad Fire Paid. 600 FflEK Courses Offored 5v^?5QEBEfHBHB3rS Board at Cost Writo Qutc* '^DRi'.ii.ai.ACAMA BUSiNESSCOLLEGE.Macoa.6a Good for Winthrop. A special dispatch fron Washing ton to the Columbia R.cord says lt is probablly that thc WinthiopTralnln^^ school, at Rock Hill, wid come lrvfo < a large* share of the Poahpdy fund, which ls to be distributed by the trustees within a short time. As is known the trustee* have decided to close the trust and to do so they will permanently distribute the fund. ITalf of ths $2,000,000 trustee fund has beeu given to tho Peabody Training s'.hoo'l at Nashville and the other ?1, 000,000 is to be distributed among a number of institutions. It is said on the best of authority that the Rick Hill institution will probably come lu for a larger part of the remaining II, 000,000 than any other institution in the country. Served Him Hight. Ten yoars at hard lubor in tho peni tentiary was the amtenco Imposed by . Judge Gage upon Joe Wade, who was tried and convicted upon the charge of wlfo beatlntf at the o'oslng session of court at Monck s Conner on Thurs day. In passing ? entonce upon Wade Judge Qa^'G took < ocasi?n to say -chat he waiai surry the ?atv did not provide ! proper punlshmei t for one who beat I his wife, that ho > uglit to be hanged instead of serving a penitentiary uen tence, bat hu wot ld do the best ho could by giving tt s prisoner ten ycart it bard labor.