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"STAND PAT!" Hon. John L. McLaurin on the Issues of the Day. INVITED TO SPR'K. He Advises the Panners of the South to Stand Together and Thus Protect Their Interests and Tells How They Can Do If They Will Only "Stand Pat." The following ls the full text of a ?peech dellv ired by Hon. John L. Mc Liurin at Sumter last M-.nday ny lu vltatlon of the pebpi? of that county: Mr. Chairman and Fellow Cit-zens: I thank you for this invitation to address the people of Sumter county on the issues of <he day. It was her?1 that tho. memorable campaign of 1897 opened aud some of you remember when the t >wn bdl pealed out the hour, how John Irby dramatically turned and pointed his finger at mc. said, '"Yonder br-11 has Just tolled the death knell of John L McLaurln." and none present? will ever forget the scene that followed when 1 replied, "Hark from tho tooib a doleful sound." Well, I didn't die Just then, but the old bell hus since rung out a dirge for myself and mauy another, lt ls pretty hard on the corpse, but I am bound to admit as a genoral proposition funerals are a good thing, especially political funerals. You can't have too many of them In South Carolina. "Oh death where ls thy sting, oh grave where is thy victory," was not written for any politician that 1 ever knew, -Jior la there any hope held out to him of resurrection and life everlasting be yond the grave. There used to bc a young German named Welld who made his headquarters In Bennetts ville. I knew him pretty well. He hadn'd betin in this country long and Bpoke English very Imperfectly. Welld hada favorite horse named Zeb Yance. One cold morning he led Z 'b Vance out of the stable with a halter, and Zdb felt so good that he got to snort lng, rearing around and standing on his hind feet until Weil l gave the haltera sudden jerk ano Zib Yance fell over and catching his head under his body broke his neck. I met Wel d coming up the street, hlubbering and crying like his mother-in-law wa dead. I asked him what was the mar, ter, and tie said "Mclu Gott, Zit Vance, he feel so goot, he rear, nt jump, he fall down, he break tie's da n neck. Oh mein Gott, Z b Yance, hi dead, he dead as hell." That is about the way with the politician. He snort, he rear, he jump, and when he fal dowD, ho bri ak hisui;ckand when 'hi dead, he dead, he dead as hell." Fortunate is the man who can look back to the past without bitternes and vain regrets, and feel that lr: spite of sell, he has struck *ome blow for truth, done something for coun try, and planted home seed th it musi boar go'd fruit II . cm col?le htm self with the thoug t that unsounr seed do not live long anyway, and toat he ls always sure t<> harvest that crou Popular applause is e.;e p. it is i he property of any demagogue, big or little, who can successfully pandei to ti e passing wh:m or caprice, but to the man who has no higher aim 1 brings its o vu puns m nt, f.>r lt 1 as uncertain us the s.iit south wind S'ghing In the pi? e top,, changed In moment into a hurt ic me's blu.-t; it 1> like the wavy, treiru ou ll^ht of lin mo noean s, tippln? tue waters wit' silvor, and making loe dew-drip shine like diamonds. Toe Klrong. shining t-uu corni s oui, and show? only a muddy, stagnant jool, ni ed wit; hideous reptiles at d choked with p ,t sonous weeds und vines. Truth is the clear, bright, shlnlt g sun i f Go 1, blot! lng out toe sh idow.-, lighting up Hie dark places, and m;ik lng men and things stand out cl-ar and distinct as they are. The true phl'os plier is one who laughs at mun'.s frailties and weakues.se-, an i yet lovts him for that, little bit of Go l, in lb worst man, whicn redeems and sai.e titles human n ii ure. LOOK TUE TRUTH IN TH E FA CK. It is a pleasure to mn to addre-s a Htrictly non political body of my fel low citizens. It ls a gool thing for a rr an or peo plc to lo.'k the truth squarely in the face, see things as they are, not as pictured by vanity, ambition or a dis ordered Imagination. When Jehus Christ came on this earth, he nip not come with a mes sage to any particular race or religious creed, 1 ut proclaiming the tiuih io Jew and Gentile You cannot get at. a truth fiom a part san standpoint; truth is strictly non pail san; it is the property of i o one poll leal party or religious creed, lt ls there for them all. We live-In a day of combination and organiz ition. Every business In the United States is organized, except the cotton planter, and now In self-de fense, we are bein? forced to act In concert. Here Mr. McLaurln went over the ground covered in his speech in New Orleans, and drew an analogy between wheat and cotton. "STAND PAT." I do not believe lhere is any over production. If there were proper meth ods of distribution. The balance of the world is a consumer of i ur raw cotton and is therefore combined to pet our pio luct as cheap as possible You can only meet organization with organizat ion. All o'lier indiistle through combination lix the price of their products. This coat that I have on lay on the shelf of some mer chant's store until I paid Mis price f >r it, he llxed the price without consult ing me. The ho> f trust lix -ri the price of my rn? at, the coa' tru-?t of my fuel, the dour trust of mv bread, the coffee trust i f my coffee, and so on of everything that 1 us;. I may .sta ve, I may fre? z i < r go miked, bm I pay their price or go without. When I bring my product cot ti ? into town to sell, I do not tell the buyer what I will take as all these othi r industries do me. I humbly ask "'what will you give me for my ctt nV" The buyer hays "walt until Liver pool comes In," then he says 1 will give you six cents or whatever some man in Liverp >ol .-ays ls tue price. Gentlemen, do what all the .thers do; put yi ur cotton in a wa^ei ouse; don't, ask any bodv what they will give, but tell the world what yen will take. It ls in your own hands. All you have to do ls to "stand p t." Fellow citizens, lei us "stand pat" with the action of the New Orleans Convention. "Stand pat." "Lot lb be und or stood that from now hi'uojforth and forever we, tbe producers of the material that clothes tho world, intend to have a voice is (ixl g tbe prie J of tho pro ducts of our labor. KO ll El UN TRADE. I have said before aud say again that the univ permanent solution of the c itton prob.em Iii s in the exten sion of present mi tue creati n of nw .i aike's for o tronco n. There >s room in lids wo ld fur a ar?er crop thin eas ye bdeu produced. We are exporll g too mm h raw and too little m i uf ie ureri o tton. Tho cotton wo ?-s trace of the world ls in tbe ha d< nf thu uath ns i f b ie earth who p od: os no raw c tT? n aud who are. therefore the lUemies of high prie s. Tlteso nadO 'Sdo net wish to exten ' the demand for cotton g oods In such a way us b) stimulate a demand for raw colton a d therefore luereiseits price. They are fighting us at every paint. We control the raw cotton, my friends, hut we do not control the wo!H's trade to cotton goods. The U-JHOI S at s must cutrulthe cot ton trade of tbe wortd; nothing short of that will give you a fair prlco foi the p odu :ts of your labor. The export trade in cotton goods ls showing a steady Increase; because ol the great demand from China, lt has been the Kraust in its history foi thc past seven months, but it" la not because of any special effort on oui part The truth U that we were oe t'ie very e1^e of a cotton famine, anc the demand for goods ls so threat tbal Europe is unable to supply Its custom i rs, and the overflow has come to tbt United States. For seven months, ending in Jan uary, 1905, our exports were about 25 mllilou dollars against 12i million for thc sane p rlod In 1904. T?&Ti good, but lb didn't come from th? rltfht cause. It ouiy came because il could nob go anywhere else. Tin right policy is to put the wholecottoi traie on a stable basis. We do no want prices too high. This cripple the mills aud decreases consumptiui and re ac a on the producers. 1 be lleve our cotton ls worth ten cents ? peu id, 1 believe tbe world is willlni tr take goads on that basis, but thc wish to feel safe. You can't hav raw cotton one year 17 cents a poun aud the ucxt six cents, without dt moralizing Hie whole Indu-try. Ra' cotton ls a staple product. Amer can producers aud manufacture) must uni te to give it a staole, stat ; dard valu :, and work ti geiher to cot : tml the co.lou trade of the world 1 all of its branches I The general public has an 1 lea th? the United States is doin^ a wonde 1 (ul work in cotton mauufacturini Outouie of the development of tl 1 home mirk. t. our record ls one nob I '? be ashd,m?'d of. 1 in spite of the fact that we pr ' duce 75 per emt. of tue cotton, v - are the hmdloht exp irters am >ng tl i leading nad?os of the manufacture ' article. We do not compare wll ; Germany in exporting cotton good even the little country of S .vita .rial : \t .tllead of tiiis country so far as ll > value of cotton exports is concerned 1 Gentlemen, )jstli3.en at these fi ' ur s, r c n ly glvm out by the D partaient of Co nmerce, and reprint ' In the t)o.t n Manufacturer of Cha lot e, N. C.: 1 Tue to ul export* of cotton goo 1 for the whole w >rld list year ws G million dollar.-.; of tills th? Uuit ! States only teat abroad $22,5uU,0C lu omer words, last year we ma 75 per cent,, of tue raw cotton, b we only sold the world 4 percent, tue goods iteomu ced. But my fr?e (ls, that is n itali;. 1 icf.ually imparted about ?50 0C0,0 wi r.h ofc t m KO ds last year, near tud.o what we - X;.o tod. Ju t think of it-reexported la ye.ir 400 lillou doll irs worth of ra c itton. E tfland too^ her sharj ai a't< r c'. .tiiitiK' her own people se ?brea I for ab rut 3(50 million d lat ; Get m my 80 milli n; Franc S ?it zed i d and lither countr es nee y 2ou million more. T?ese peop b tiki i ti.elr cotton here freighted across t,.e tc a i and then s mt fif million dollars of ic back here and so it where llie cotton was grown, at profit, aller paying frelgnt and tar enano s. The ability of these foreli nations to control the cotton trade the wnrld ls ou J largely to the uuces lng iff rts of their respective ?over meuts iu developing an export trad TRANSri il IT AT IO N MONOPOLY. These ciuntrns control the oce? lram>poit>ation of the world, and the ls no factor in comm ree so pote as the control of transportation. Y> can let thc rai road* discriminate ev so little In favor of u'iorence or C lumbla and they can dry your tov tip. Your magnificent stores won close and grass grow lu your beaut?! streets. 'Die man who cintr?la transpt talion stands between the produc and the consumer. Ile not ot le vj s tribute upou the products, h ile can tum the stream of trade tl way or that at will. L-tst year only three per cent of o products went abroad in Americ ships. We pi.id a tribute to thc foreign bteamship lines of one milli dollars. Every dollar of this was ci ried abroad and distributed the: and no Industry contributed, as mu as tlie producers of raw cjtton. Y paid moro of that tribute thau a other class in tho United States. Abjut one half of all the agric. tural exports went from the Sou and this was ohlelly cotton. Sixty r. cent of the vessels ls shown by the ports of thc Treasury Departmt that came into South Atlantlo a Gulf ports entered In ballast, wh only six per cent that entered t North Atlantic ports came In balla That simply means that the vess c> ml g into Southern p:irts mt charge enough one way to pay t expelaos :if the voyage. That ad thu al freight came, out o" the m who grew that cotton. If you wr to know what a monoply of tran.sp tat! ii can do to hold markets etti f -r or against a country look ut I S iiit.h A mericm trade, a country ri^ at our very do r. That trade is ci trolled by England and Germai Thc American merc hant fia*: by 1 forelgu syst rm nf subsidies or subvi lions has be n driven from the lil .sens. A s tip lovts In S luth Amer with gonda for Mobile or Cnarle.sti Sine me-, there and unloads. One OIK m Ps consigns g >ods, we will i o Rio de Janet lo. The ship ln*t< if woliik' then-sails direct for Kurt and tuen back to R o, crossing 1 ocean twice com Dieting the circuit a triangle, and ? hus holding at a c advantage the American i xportor. eau find nu ncr us Instances In < consular n p ?its where tho Am ric go ds wert: taken < ff and Enroot t'0 -'s su ha Ituted so as to keep t South America trade under tt.o I preston that the only place to buy i cotton goods ls in Europa t The construction of tbs Isthmian i c mal is going to. remedy this to some t extent. i THE ISTHMIAN CA?AL. When God fashioned this country, < be run its great rivers and mountain ranges north aud south and placed its 1 natural gateways on the Smth At lantic and Gulf ooast. When man took aband in the development of the continent, he attempted to chango this and the greatest monopoly on i earth is our trans contfneutial railroad .iy.stem. It has for y tars beeu forcing freight east and west. Tue products from nur mills going to Ootna, instead of going tho uearetit routa to deep water, travel up the continent near ly a thousaud miles to one of these trans-continental lines and then aor. ss the contint nt 3U00 more before th* y reach a ship. You may be sure *har. tbe mau who grew that cotton pays .xis ^haro of the added freight. Tuts powerful monopoly bas always defeated every project look'ng to trie building of a merchant matine that would develop South Atlantic and Gulf ports, jost as lt postponed for ? third of a century the construction of an Isthmian canal. I do not believe that Congress has ever passed any measure of as great industrial impor tanco to the south as the canal bill and I do not believe that lt oould have been passed had it not bsen for the Spanish war. When that great warshta, the Ore gon, went ploughing down the--*?nast on her ten thousand nolle voyage arounrl the cape, it di monstrated to the whole country tho absoluto neo J ess!ty of the canal as a wajrjyww?uret and this will be wortfo^?*1iho Houth 20 times the oostot^J^ war. W.th thc oanal irjgf^fjrts and exports will move nJirJ?irand scu'.h. not east and wes*", ''and Charleston, Mobile, G alveston and New Orleans will be the gr, a-; distri buting points for the food and cloth supply of the world CHINA TRADE. What we need in our section before that time cjmes is to manufacture m ire of our cotton at hom'; au 1 sen1 the Mulshed ari ble abroad. SJ far our best markets have bien in Calna and lt is there we must look just now, for a market for the >-urpl as we should be satisfied with nolhlng less, but the wh ile w irld is our field. Coasi dering that ther9 arc four hundred million people in China who would undertake to put a limit to the amount of cotton goods wu c i Uuina alone can consume One ditlicultv iles in the lim ited information which we havj of China. Til . country ls so vast and the Interior BO dowe txolored ttvu . oven nov travelers return aud tell u. of great cities doing au enormous in ternal business, that are not even \ io wu on th J map. Since I was lu ? Now Orleans I have been receiving hitters from various p r;s of tin ? world telling of the great opponuoi ! ties that? are open to the Am -r cu : manufacturer. I was particularly I struok with a communication Com i firm doing business in the l\rsia I Gulf region telling me of the grea i demand that existed in that reglor i for cotton clot i. and Baying that hi dim was absolutely unable to get thi goods Tuat it was not so mu.Ui i question of price, as to kno v how ant I wiiere tn obtain the class and style o . woo 's d mandi d by the people of tba region How ca i there be overpro . duc"l n wtieu there arc millions c im i ormg for cotton go ds ready to pa i for them and yet uuable to ocKaii ttiem. ! I say that wo are confronted wit! . under distribution, u it over-produc tion. Of all the rulers of the world, no i one is showing n.ore sngi coy In i" lp i lng his ppopl ; th?n the B nperor WU ll m. Ile r-cogniz-s that the. gr. a content in this word is among th na lons for cimm -'cal supremacy [Ie is fostering and encouraging ; gr at German marchant marine am a ding and developing tue expor trade in every way that he can. Thu prt;sent trade in ti io Orient wa opened up at Hrs', by ttie Lyons am Blackburn ctmmlsslon, oue Frenen the other English. Our government lia s never hivuei us In the Orient, but now the N;\ Orl ans convention has requebr? Congress to create a commission fo tliat purpose. The President ha given me his personal assurance tba he will rec ?mmend such notion to tb next congress, and assist the cot'o Interests of the south in every wa tbat he can. THE PROMISED LAND. There ls no decadence in my forr cast of the future of the south. Go placed his time lock on these shori of ours, but lt ls opened now, and ou development, great as it ls, hs scarcely begun. Oars is the "pron ised land." the country favored li God and nature, with a monopoly < the only great agricultural piodui which ls used by civilized man everj where. It ls Inevitable, asioexorah as the laws of life and death, tl mills must come to the cotton. Thei are tbosa In the sound of my vole who will live to Kee the time wbc thc south will enjoy as complete monopoly in the manuf ?.cturo asst: now does In the production or ra cotton. When instead of ten cents, we wi draw from the balance of the worl 20, aO and 40 cents per pound for tl finished article, making the soul rich beyond our wildest dreams. When life's tierce hattie is don and I Und the rest that the grave iii ally gives to us all, I ask no prondi epitaph at the hands of my fellu man than, "ilesaw the light and d all he could to speed Its c ?ming " TIIK SOUTH TO SA VI! THE NATION. As a nation, follow citizens, v have developed a cmtlnent, creat:d vast national wealth and today tl United States stands as the mo potent factor of the world's progres The canter of the financial wor In ten years has been transfert* from the banks of the Hague, io tl banks of the Hudson, but fellow eil zens, other nations, too, have oceuoii t his proud position ? if weah h and I (luencc; nothing much reniai is of ll civilization of Greece and H'mesa the rent garments and whitened bon that mark the highway where th trod. They found it easy to orea wealth, we lind it easy to crea wealth, but thc pnrblem of Its Ju d s rlbutlon overwhelmed them Ul and its solution wi 1 tax to the utte most thu Christian virture and p tri. tlc courage of this republl Thc great is>.ues of this country i not lb; between the platforms of tl two great p lltlcal parties, the rr divisions arc tho rclatt >ns of lab and capital, the monopoly of pub! franchises for"- prlvitt glin, t transportation and kindred p-obletr On one extreme stand the trie, huge, grim and unridenting in th? greed; on the other stands organ I z labor, fierce, determined and sod k stlO. On ona stde a plutocracy, on ho other a s clalism. If this coun-' ?ountry is to be saved lb must be by he farmer's vote, and the well to do, nid?le et \ss <s holding the balance of K)W(>r and sticking to tbe principles ?pon which the government ls fou uri d There must be some power midway )etween tho e oxtro ue8,stroDg enough ,o hold the old ship to its constitu ilonal mooring*, or she will break in jleces upon th ? rooks on one side or oundei in tbe quicksands on tbe it'ier. I hav ? < little faitb In any political nrty; my f nth Iles in the manhood, ho exceptional manhood, of this re molle, which has always risen to ev >ry emergency. A political party ?pends half tie time building a plat 'orin to get in on, and then af or it is n. spends the other half dodging ia lu s trying to stay in. In the great industrial war dividing ?ob year more sharply the masses ind the clas es in the N irth and West, the South alone remains intact, iorene and confident. I have some times thought that in the wisdom of lori like Israel of old, the Suuth has JO sn h"ld in DO itlcal and Industrial nndage, to educate and prepare her Tor the great work of saving the re public of Washington 3ud of Jeff erson. 1 admire the people of other sec Lions, but I never go among them, without Instinctively feeling that bbc re isa certain fineness of liner, an ?xalted love of country, a reverence for religion and tho sanctity of home that ls peculiar to the men and wo "*?h of the Saut?. h ^*olid South with one-third o: jjmflelectoral yote ls without lntluenct md po-vcr in perf'cfclng national poll ules, but I think I can fee tho timi coming when she will hold tho bal anco of power, and become the rally Irg p Int for the cons rvatlve an; preservative forces in this nation. Before slavery cast its dark shadov over our land, the South give the na tlon iti presidents and shaped its pol Icios. Washington gave lt freedom Jefferson gave it the policy of expan sion, M.mr e, the 1 Monroe Doc urinb," the very foundation of iti for eign policy, Madison was introduce a tanti bill in the House at the ver hour when thc Senate was countln the votes which made George Wast lng ton its first President. Tue ti st t.riJT bill for protection t home industries was lntro iuc d b Lowndes, of Saith Cir dina, in 18K ar d advocated by Calhoun, Cl ev? and Clav, Daniel Webster and otht N w E gland Senators opposing lt. Expulsion, pr t' Ctlon aud theoarl policies of this trove nnoat were tl: p-i ducts of Southern genius ar statesminsbip G id sp ed the du when a non seat Ional patriotism, wi g'. ve our c uotry a b t ad non-partlsn statesmanship, wide i will again mal toe South the potent facto- In gui< lng ?bri shaping the destntes of tn repub'ic A SOUTHERN 51 AX FOR PRESIDENT lt is time for Lhii people to make p atf rm; the politicians have writu them long enough. Mike one ina cord witu t he commercial spirit of ti ag- ; that will app- al to every pati tio American citizon, North, Sout Ea t and West, who doesn't want pl :ut cracy on one side or asoolalb on the other, put a s -uthern rn.au i lt, not. because tie 1, a Southernlma out because bois a b'g^uroad-c ^ can, call lt demoi ra -y or wi at y pl .-.s-, I ti ll you that you can eb him, w 1?re >ou wi'l tail with a Wei ern socialist oran Eastern mor opoli on a pl.ufo m tinkered and di i or d up with a visw solely to cate ing votes. A ro LIT IC AL FRANKENSTEIN. Winn I was a hoy, I rernom' r adir g a tanteadlo story, of a gn G-rmiu sci ntlst, wno concoivei tl lie could cr ate life. He dug In t Kiave yards, sa? bv the dying a watched the lingering spark cspl cut up the bodies of the newly dr. <i d studied life aud death every shpe and firm, until he fina discovered the secret. Then he o Htructed a gr. at giant form in I likeness of man and gave life to t mass of Inanimate m %tter. It was monster: it had lise, cunning and 1 mense strength, but it had no soul, wandered the earth a fiend lncarn and lina ly tortured its creater deatb. L-t us not devel up a pol cal Krankenst in lo this country the shape of a pa^ty, that wi 1 murd throttle fr. e thought, free speech i lndepcudenc: of action and bec i m ister, not the servant, of its creat the people A representative is not responsl now to the people who elect him, is responsible bu a party. Ile can v for the most iniquitous measure the ealemar and say, "Oh, lt wai pirty measure," and tliat ls sulfide Let him advocate any measure or i cuss any doctrine and the i nly ar ment needed to forever damn b man and measure ls, "Hush, or yo split the party." Trust and socialism aro both outgrowth of a t ?o partisan spirit this country, for both parties w success before all else, aud eich Hirts with socialism for its votes, caters at the same time to the tn for their campaign contributions. ' only remedy is agitation and dis sion, freedom of thought and inrit>| dence of action on the part of the dividual voter. More thin 200 years ago, tho li ble men of Europe sought this ct nent humbly feeling that God had lt apart as a refuge for the down t den and oppressed. The common of the paople, your ancestors and n how bravely they fought and and proudly they died at Co-vpsns Kings Mountain, that the young public might live, a nation c msec to liberty and man's inalienable t ershlp of himself. Fellow cit zens-we aro in country free 'oday inna evt ry spi ot tyranny, save the fettors forge our own perverted wills. Ht) Tried 'Ihn. Col. Watterson ls telling the r ars of toe 0 ?ur 1er-J -urn.il vory lr anting stories of hfe In E ir .pe. Colonel feels c ntl tent, that the ports ab ?ut, p-r^ons making big al ogs at M ?nt>H Carlo are bas yarns. Toe genll<m*n conduc the gambling establishment an iiys, entirely too wise to permit Hiing of that sort. The State t,iie C donel speaks as one posses the air.horltv of experience. Ii M.iki P UM HI Rh. The State s.a...-,: ' li mose Coi irate 11 tgs whlcii have been rec? jy the governor could talk, wti tory of high hop s, o' heroic end jr and of final bitter d spair night tell. It would bc such a di is thc lite of BO brief a natter inver held."_ THE war In the East seems t ibout over, willi Russia coming lecondbest It is predicted that] will be concluded in six weeks. ?HFORCEMBHV OF LAW. C??r-jiu>"K Now VVorkin? Smoothly and Proapeois for Bettor Results, Ohlei Constable Hammet, in his quarterly'report tiled with the gover uor Wednesday, calls atteation to the fact that the enforcement of the law in this State ls progressing nicely ard that he hopes to have it enforced even oetter in a short timer Toe report is quite interesting and is as follows: "Governor D. 0. Hayward: "Dear Sir, Hereto attached I hand ye>u a report of the affairs of the con stabulary department for the lirai quarter of the present fiscal year. "Inasmuch us you are entirely fa miliar ?Ith occurrences affecting us which bave transpired during the quarter I deem lt unnecessary to offer comment, except to say that every diing ls working smooth?y, and I feel encouraged at the prospects of even a better enforcement of the law in the future. "Yours truly, *'U. B. Hammet, "Obief Constable." The report glv. s the expense of the constabluery for the months of De cember, January and February at $15,909 11. O'this the bupplerron tary accounts and the salaries of con stables form the greater part, Tbe seizures In value for the month are as follows: Whiskey-Decmber, $1,824; num ber of gallons, 1 210; January, $l, 303.50; gallons 009; February, $358. 12; gallons, 238. Beer-Dcce nbsr, value $44 00; riozen, 89 1 3; January, $32 91; dozen, 05 5 6; February, $29.08; doun, 58 1 0. In addition to the above them were Ise.zed 31 stills, 3 teams. 756 gallons of beer In kegs, which aro of no value. Thc convictions for December were 24; fines, $500; paid. $280; chaingang, 5. January convictions, 28; fines, $1, 175; paid, ?530; chaingang, 9. F'bru ary convictions. 27; tines, $1,282.50; ?paid, $442 59; ohainganu, 7. Tuere I are several appeals pending. THE COTTON CROP or I,nut Year AmouhtM to Over Thir teen Million Bales. The census bureau on Tuesday of last week i sued a bulletin s'iowinu the total cr ip-'f ottou ginned In 190-4 to be 13,597,782 biles. These figure* include limers and rcuad bales, am itie total is equivalent to 13,584,457 bah'H of 500 pounds. Toe summary of bales is as to.lo ?vs: Square bales. 13,103,447 R^U'id bales. 2' 7,151 Sua island cotton. lol 317 Limers. 211,942 Total running hales, in cluding linters. 13,745 8">7 Included in inls are 192.275 ruc t.'iug o.ih s, estimated by g inners ru mailling to be ginned. Toe total ru'iinng crop bales for 19u3 wai 10,309,553, The distribu?! >n of thc cotton crop, ..cco.'difg to character of bales auu cot;ou is as fellows: Square bahs, upiaud cot - ton, reported from gin -H^r?es. ... 13,103,447 Rjund bales, uphit d crop. 290 151 B,.ks of .sea lMand cotton. 1U4.317 L ute-s reported trom cot ton seed oil mills . 241,942 Tue figures from the various hiatus on the running bales are as follows: Alabama. 1,458 966 Arkaubas. 883 907 F.orida. 80 042 G-orgla. 1,900 151 Indian Territory. 470 984 K n as. 14 Kiutucky. 1 922 L luisiaoa_*... 1,105,466 Mississippi. 1,738 038 MlS?OUri. 48 447 Noitu Carolina. 743,404 Oklahoma. 341 497 South Carolina . 1,180 134 Tennessee. 316.790 Texas. 3,124,(577 Virginia. l7,2lt> FOJT MaSHJ.l) OFF. A Seriouu Accident Bel ?Uti Yoting Felder at Cro?ton. Mr. Belton Felder, son of Mr. Call well Felder, of Parl?is, m t with a very serious accident at Creston on la-,1 Thursday morning, which result ed lu his losing a foot, as lt bad to be amputated. For sometime Mr. Felder bad been cm ployed as flagman on the Atlantic Coast. Lloe Railway, and ran between Orangeburg aud l'regnall's. Ou last Thursd iy morning at Creston he went to shift a switch when his foot became fastened In that patt of the track known as a frog, and before be c mid release hlo^elf the cars roll ed back on him and emslie 1 bis leg at the ankle. Ile was badly bruised lu other parts of his body. He was taken up and carried to the depot and Dr. J. K. Fairey, who lives near Creston, was semi for. Dr. Fairey relieved the sulTeriug of tho wounded man and made him as comfortable as possible nuder tho circumstances. Dr. Fairey, .seeing that amputation was necessary, res ilvcd to bring the des perately injured young man to Or angem!^', where he could recieve medical assistance in amputating the injured foot. Dr. Fairey and his pa tient anived in thc city ou the train which arrived here at teven o'clock. Ile was taken to Dr. Lowman's Drug s'ore, in tue rc ir of which yening Fel der was marie as comfortable as he could be. Liter In the dav the foot was amputated just above the ankle by Drs. J. K Fairey, W. K. Low tuan and A. S. Hy nek. Young F. icier was then removed to i he residence of Mrs. Hughes, on Market street, where he now ls, getting on flor ly. 1>I adi of ?Jutes Vi ruo. A disoatc'i fron Amiens, France, says Ju et Vdr-ie died at 3 10 p. m , Frl.lay. Hts family was at hts bed .side. M. Verne ba l been su ject to c ironic diabetes bu? IL did noe- as sume a critical aspect until March 10. Sine- then he gradually failed and the end was hastened by a stroke of p ral)sis covering his right side until tho, tongue was a Hooted, Tho sick man retained cO!i.scioi<sness until shortly before bis deal i, his brain be lug thc l ist organ to fall. He calm ly foresaw death, called tho members of bis family to bis bed-dde and dis closed bis departure. Following the announcement of M. Verne's death telegrams were roceived from many quarters, including distinguished au thors. F u KM AN University, ls to have a Can.egie; library, lt w " offered on condition nat, th? m would cootrlbutc $2.*i,000 for * it; and a friend of the- as given thc amount. ; moD POSITIONS lathe Gov omino nt Servios Can Be Had by T laminations. Civil Ho rv I co Commission writes Con gressman Lover Concerning Cbaneeaof Southorn Applicants. Congressman Lever has received the following letter which will be of in tercst to ambitious young men throughout South Carolina and he saya if Uv se interested will write the commissioner at Washington full in ductions will be furnished: Bon. A. F. Le ver,, nouse o? Represen tatives. Sir: The commission bas tbe honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 22, in which you stace you notice announcements to tbe effect that tbe commission will hold exami nations at many points in the south for the purpose of securing eligi?les to lill vacancies as bookkeeper as they occur in the departmental service and Inquire whether there ls a probability of appointments being ma le from tbe South ol those who become eligible as the. result of sush examinai 1 jns. lu reply you are Informed that at present tlieie arc 23 States and terri tories which have received less than 100 peiceut. of thc proportionate snare of appointments made in the departments at Washington, D. C. Of these Stetes and territories South Can lina is number 23 The follow ing States of the south aud southwest are a's) lu this Hst: Alabama, Arkan sas, Florida, Georgia, Indian Territo ry, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, M souri, Ne* Maxien, North Carol i na, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. In order that the appointments in Washington may be distributed ns nearly as possible among the States according to population the commis sion deemed lt advisable to announce and hold especially in the Sta es which arc farthes.c lu arrears cxaucin L thins for clerk and bookkeeper in the departmental service. The buk kt eper examination will be held on April 2(J and tho cl- rk examination cn M iy 3. Announcements of these ix ami nations are. heie.vlth inclosed During the lis jal year ending June 30, 19o4, 108 appointments were randi [|(>". toe male clerk n gistar, 92 ap p na mcnts were made from ihe mr.le b okkeeper register, ano 207 appoint. - ments were made fr ra the mal? stenographer and typewriting rtgl.-s t r. lu Blllng vaMnc^s in tho depart ments ab Washington c-.riltici! lon ls ? ade fn m the registers of the S aty s a^.d territories which have received the lowest percentage of appoint, m nts in proportion tu tin ir p ipula tion; aud lt is believed that If re;*i dd iso' the Staten which sro farthest MI arrears will co.npe e in the exami nations for cl.-ik, bookkeeper, and stenographer and typewriter which arc h lng held this spring, lt will he possible for the com m lassoo m >re n arly to approximate and equal dis tribution ot appointments amon;r thc Stati s. The con mission will appre elate any assistance you can render In the Recuring of applicants for these examinations, esp* dally for meu ste rn graphers. Few c ills are made for w. m n under the clerk examinations A. manual of the examinations ls sent herewith. John C. Black, President. NEW TRIAL GRANTED ADiMS. DauKhtor or tho Deceased Swears | She Swore Falsely at Trial. A sp?cial dispatch from Walt3rbr.ro to Tiiu State says that ll. A Adams who was convicted t-vo years ago ot the murder of il. M. J^q ?es, was brought to Walli rboro Wedne. day night from Columbia, where he had h^en imprison d in the penitentiary since his recent arrest. His attorneys, Il iwcll & Gruber, presented a motion Thursday morning for a new trial, upon the grounds of after-di. covered evidence. Anldavits were presented from Mrs. Ruth Adams/daughter of di ceased and wife if defendant's brother, Hen Hughes, Mrs. Mary E. Adams and Mrs. E ?a I landridge in support of the motion. The atlidavit of Mrs. Ruth Adams was to the ehVct that her testimony given at the t tal of the caso was fa se, she having been induced to tes tify to the same by Martin Jaques and Hogan D-idd. Tho other atlldav its related to threats alleged to have been made by Henry Jaquea against Adams. This motion was resisted by Solici tor Davis, Grullo & Padgett and Peuri foy Urns After bearing the argu ments, Judge Townsend granted the motion and Adams will bc given a new trial. The eise will probably come up at the next term of court in July. ._ Hung H'm Xw.cc. At Pittsburg, Pa., two men were hanged.Thursday and the first unsuc cessful banging was recorded in Alle gheny c ninty. Ueno Dardata was banged tirst, aud his neck was broken. William J. Byers f-.illoived. The lo p of thc noose wai pulled away, pricipl tating him to til? ground. He w^g not badly hurt, the rope was again adjusted. This ti ?ne there wore no mihhaps. Death re tilted from stran gulation. Byers was convie ed of kllln g August. J. Layton at Turtle Cre k un June 3, 1901. IT- Implicated Layton's wife and Ji hn Mcwilliams. Tney were acquitted. Mcwilliams afterward married Mrs. Layton. Dar dala killed Thomas sinclair at Im porndon September 20. 1903, during a quarrel over a drink of wui.nkey and a dollar. Ailinn So. A man ls either a "fool or a physi cian at forty," and a w min becomes at hast a ''beauty doc;ur" tarly in ber fourth di eade. The Spartan Journal says this is all the remit of experience born cf suffering and fill mes If the iouog people, wou d look abend and take warning there would be less need for doctoring and tinker ing up as life advances; Health, strength and beauty are recklessly squandered In the twenties. Hull Swims Bast Klvor. A big gray bull running wild Wed nesday made a streak of excitement and panic across New York City from west to east on tho line of Forty second slr ot. He sprang Into public notice at Forty-second street and E ghth aveiiuo by knocking down a bicycle rider and he ended his per fnrmancen by Jumping into East river and swimming ont to a renf south of Blackwell's Island, where be was las soed and dragged away. Dr. Hathaway Can Cure You at Your Own Home. Write thiB Skillful Specialist About Your Trouble, He Will Give You His Export Opinion Free, Which Will Bo Worth More to You Than What Your Local Doctor. Will Charge $5 or $10 for. HIS SYSTEM OF HOME TREATMENT IS PERFECT. "No extra charge for medicines." '.No misleading statement or decep tive propositions al? lowed in my advise ment*." DR. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, Whoso Knowledge is fro o to tho Hick. Tf you ara fooling ill, ntid d > not know just what is the innttor with you, do not make tho mistake of cull inc on your lornl .doctor for consultation but Just simply write to Ur. J. Newton Hathaway. 88 I muan Bldg, Atlanta, Ga,, just how you h"ftor, and ho will coun sel mid advise you for nothing, while your homo doctor will charge you anywhere from SI lo $10, tor tho saiuo sorvico, lind again, Dr. Hathaway's advice is wortli ton times moro to you, for his wide experience In tho treatment of these diseases (.-."> years), enables him to nt once understand tho exact nature of your trouble. Ho will also sand you aSolf-Exami nation Blank and a valuable hook on your disease, ot which ho is tho author, free of charge. Ur. Hathaway's specialty is diseases of a chronic or lingering nature, and these he has successfully treated for over twenty-five years. The success I o luis mot with is some thing remarkable. He has roached tho He.id o' his profession and his lille of "lim recog nized authority oh Chronic Diseases" justly belongs to him. Not only luis he cured thous and of sufferers who call athis ollico for treat ment, but nearly every State in the Onion is represented on his list of cured patients whom he was allie to cure hy his method of home treatment. He has had special success in cur ing cases of longstanding and of a complicat ed nature, after several doctor-? had given them up as incurable, but wheth?r your case is of long standing or not, yon should at ouco seek tho advice of this great specialist. It will bo of great Umefli to you, even if you do not take treatment. He has a positive nnd permanent cure for diseases of in ?ii and womon sn ii as LOST MVNHOOD. STRICTO MR, VAKICOrEuE, NERVOUS DEBILITY, ENLARGED PROS TATE, RHEUMATISM, SPECIE- BLOOD POISON, KIDNEY AND BLADDER TROU BLE, HEART DISEASE, STOMACH AND HOWELL TROUBLE, DIABETES, BRIGHTS DISEASE, URINARY TROU BLE. ENLARGED PROSTVTE, FEMALE TROUBLE, WOMB TROUBLE, OVARIAN TROUBLE, LEUCORRHEA, ETC, and If you are alllictcd with any of these disease?, you should loso no timo in consulting this fi.mous specialist. His treatment for theso disoasos ls basod on over a quarter century of close study, and whoa ho onad discharges you as cured, you need have no fear that you will ever be trou bl d with your disenso again-his euros aro per manent. Dr. Hathaway is tho author of eight vulunlito medical books which should be in tho hands of every ono altlicted, or every head I of a f -mily, and ho will send tiny ono of thees hooks to you on receipt of your name and ?d ! dress. 1, dis oses of the throat and lungs; j 2, kidneys and urinary tract; 3, diseases of women;-I, skin, rectal, rheumatism; 5. blood poison; G. nervous debility and vital weakness; 7, stricture; 8, vnricocele. His book for men entitled '"Manliness, Vigor and Health," should bo in tho hands of ?very man. Write for it, it is free. If you do not suffer yourself send him tho name of gomo one that does. Do not forgot the addross. J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 83 Inman Bldg, I Atlanta. Ga. KILFYRE! KILFYRE ! ! KILFYRE 1 ! 1 That is exactly wbat lt is, iFir* itill ir > > m norata m evjry day at the State Fair showing Its fire fighting qualities. Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning property should have them. For sale by 00LUMBIA. SUPPLY GO. o' ii MI Hi ? < Th*? machiner? Mnpnlv bouse of the "tate THEGUINARD BRICK WORKS, I Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra Cotta Building Blocks, for g Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prepared to lill orders for thousands Q or millions. J m M FOR TOUR?fJRDERS U J -mi. ' OLUMBIAdUMBER & MFC CO GU?k ? cQtunBiA-s.c.;,ji - mommk 1 Whisko I Morphine I Clgaret 1 Alt Drug anti Tob?ceo Habit, Habit I Habit 1 . ^ habits. ^ Oared by Keeley Instit ute, of G. 132J Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Cob. imia, S. U. Confidential oorretpono sc oltd. southeastern Lime & Cement vu. CHARLESTON, S. C. Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing "RUBEROID." Write for prices. FERTILIZER BATES. ? QB9E6HB An Impartant Circular Issned by tho Itali Hoad Commission. Tho railro-d commission, as a re sult of a conference "Wednesday, 1B :-u.d an Important circularas regards rates on fertll'z3rs. The largest quaulitlts of fertilizer ls shipped dom Columbia and Charleston and the rates given below apply to car lots with 2,000 pounds to the ton. The minimum load to the car ta placed at 20,000 pounds. The rate ls Interesting in view of the f ict that the state fertilizar board Wednesday night decided to place In the hands of the solicitors a number of cases f jr prosecution for shortness in standard and weights. The rates are as follows, the figures representing the price per ton: 12 miles and under.8 0.80 20 miles and over 10. 1 10 30 miles and over 20. 1.20 40 miles and over 30. 1 30 50 miles and over 40. 1 40 00 miles and over ?50. 1.50 70 miles and over 00. I (>0 80 miles and over 70. 1.70 ?10 mi:e.s and over 80. 1.80 100 miles and over 00 . I 00 110 miles and over 100. 2 00 120 miles ano over 110. 2 Li 130 miles and over 120. 2.20 140 lillies and over 130. 2 30 150 miles and over 140 . 2.40 1?0 milts and over 1?0. 2.50 170 miles and over 160. 2 65 180 miles and over 170. 2.60 100 milts and over ?80. 2.70 200 miles and over 100_.... 2 75 210 milers and over 190. 2.75 220 milts and over 210. 2 75 230 miles and over 220 . 2 75 j 240 miles and over 230. 2 75 250 miles anti over 240. 2.75 21)0 miles and over 250. 2 75 270 miles and over 200 . 2.75 280 miles and over 270. 2 75 200 miles an t over 280. 2.75 300 miles and over 200. 2.75 310 miles and OVPT 300. 2.75 J. II. WHARTOS, Chairmau, B. L. CAUOIIMAN, J. II. EMILE, Commissioners. MUSIC. I Holli, B Pound. A dispatch from Rock Ledge, Fla., says the bodies of the four pers ms who were drowned last Friday night in the banana river were fouud Sunday. Three were found near the place where their h >at overturned; the fourth was some distance away. A. A. Baldwin's remains will bo buried thero. The others will be sent north Monday to tho following dominations: W. O. Moore and daughter Edith, to Hol yoke, Mass., Mrs. Henry G. Miller, to Amawalk, N. Y. Mr. Miller was so seriously lnjurod by his fight for life that he will be unable to accompany tbe remains of his wife. When you make up your o mind that home is not home g without a Piano or an Organ, BJ come here, or writ3 us, and 9 we will sell you the right g sort of an instrument. B Kusy terme, and full value. 2 o Address. S .MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, | S COLUMBIA, S. C. S PIANOS AND ORGANS. g THE SPECIALIST. Cures all diseases of men. Los manhood, syphilis (blood poison), gonorhoea, gleet, stricture, varioceele, hydrocele and all private diseases of men. Catarrh in ali forms cured quickly. Piles cured without opera tion or detention from business. Luder guarantee. Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard building, Augusta, Qa. Write for home treatment. Office hours: 0 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sunday's fla m. tn 2 p. m Thc Canning Business. Reduce your cotton acreage and in crease your income by putting Ina small canning plant. Large profits in canning all kinds of fruits, vegetables, berries, etc. A card to us will bring yoa desired informa tion. HANKY CANNER Co., Chapel Hill, N. C. LEARN TELEGRAPHY-' A-d R. R. AGENCY-We nho tran you for Tho U. . SlUNAL OJRP-?. Sooool ejitah lished 7 yo s. 0 ran boaid, low tul lon, .md Our Plan INSURES p- s Hon. Catii ans free. GA. TELEGRAPH COLLEGE. bonoio, Ga. Cannot ho I o mut. William A. Prendergast, formerly of Charleston, hut recently of Birm ingham, has suddenly disappeared at Dallas, Texas, where be went to take a position in a department store. The man has been mis dug since March 2, on which night he left bis boarding hons2 to mail a letter to a Charleston lady. Ho was to report to work on the following day and no trace of his whereabouts can be learned and his roiatlves and friends are fearful that he has been foully dealt with. The detectives and others bave been at work on the case, but the disappear ance is as complete as it was Budden and all efforts to locate him baye proven futllo. no was a fine sales man. He left there two years ago to engage in business in Birmingham. He was in good health and mental trouble cannot account for his sudden disappearance which has BO baili ul tho authorities. He was 35 years ot age, unmarried and a maa bf exempl ary habits.