Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BURGLAR SGIENGE Described by a Reformed Yegg man in His Testimony AGAINST HIS PALS, He Says that South Carolina is an Easy Proposition for Professional Bur* glars. Says Cracking Sates in this State Is Just Like Pinding Money. "South Carolina's the easiest State to operate in," said John McCarthy, alias John O. Dandrell, the reformed yeggman, who has been given a short respite from the Vermont State peni tentiary to come to Charlest on as a State's witness to testify in the safe blowlrg and postolllce robbery cases last week in the Uni ed States circuit court, the remark being made in pre facing a description of the manner in which the yr gg nen do their work. During the past three or four years there have been made robberies of safes and vaults in vos oin.M s and banks In South Carolina, and McCar thy was probably telling the truth, when he made the plain and candid statement, tbe corroboration of the many witnesses to his testimony In the robbery cases, during tho past week, having shown that tue refot ra ed yeggman can tell the truth and really seems desirous of making a clean breast of his past and starting life anew. McCarthy has operated in many States In the Union, including the distant California, Mexico, Ari zona, as well rs the States along the Atlantic seaboard, South Car dina, North Carolina, Virginia, M'.ssachu Betts, Rhode Island and Vi rmont, Lils robbery of a bank at Newline, In the last named State a few months ago, resulth g In his conviction and a sen tence ot a term of seven years in the pentiary at Windsor. Ills testimony on this point is certainly competent, and it m ght be better classed as ''ex pert" testimony. The statement that South Carolina is an easy mark-"lt's just like Und ing money," as McCarttiy went on to explain-is not through any lack of etlieiency lu the care of postotllces and bank vaults In this S:ate, but because of the sparsely settled condition com paratively speak h g, and the "open character of the country," which en ables the yepgeuen to easily make their escape, alter a "j >b," as the op eration of breaKh g and robbing safes is termed, lu the more thickly set tled communities of the North and West, the robbeis run greater chances of arrests, and when they lind an easy mark they naturally woik It.aud this is why there have been so many safes blown and robbed in South Carolina during the past few years, and lt fur ther accounts for eleven men no.v serving terms in the Federal prison at Atlanta, sent up hy Podolllce Inspec tor Gregory and the other lynx-eyed detectives of the Post?nico Dep irt ment, with tho certainty that the number will be increased by several more convicts, as a result of the pros ent term of the circuit court. "The first thing we do when we reach our base of operations," sail McCarthy, "is to secure a Cram's map, giving the names and location of banks in our vicinity, for we always try to proceed intelligently lu our woik, and the banks are more lnvit lng than post?nicos. A job is usually done by four men, although some times there may be three, bur, four at least is almost necessary for a success ful operation. When we secure the map, we study the railn ad time ta bles and the general topograpical fea tures of the immediate section. We select the bank and one or more of the gang will go 'scouting' to see that the job can be safely pulled ch". The police protection of tire town is invis tlgated, and attention ls given to the movements of trains ard general ave nues of cscare, as weil as a place where we rray safely meet before ba ghinicg woik. A man will go into the bank or pi st: Hie ? to have a bill changed that he m ght survey the lo cation of things ano as the '.?.conting' is a most important part of the j h, it is always cari fully attended to, some times two or three days being devoted to this work. The scout re turns to fie. 'as >, and acquaints the party of his ii vesligation, and if his report is favorable, a time ls th- ii fixed for the J ib and arrangements made accordingly. "Thc pre pat at ions of the nitro glycerine is a mailer of the ti rsl con cern, of course, and le" me : ay r ght here, lt males a mau awfully sick ?o handle it, evencurying in in a grip. The fun:es will turn a u au's stomach, and some tm es make lum sick foi two or three days. On account of Us dangerous nature, we can't buy it, and weare fore; d to extract it from dynamite, which we usually steal fr? m a quarry or magazine, near the bus: ofopeerations. "Wa neur start out on a j b with less ti a pint, of bbc explosive, r r we need a 1 as a quar ter or a half plot for a j', h. We .ak about ten sticks, six inches long and a half Inch In i iameter, crumble i in a piece ol cloth, and then place it M:S pmderi in a cm of w ini water. Wu keep constant ly renew tho warm wa ter. which giv.s the operation the name ? f'cooking iho soup.' As the glycerine comes out of ti e dynamite lt h ing heavier than tlie wat i, i drops to the b ittom of the can, and when we have solllclenlly extracted the glycerine, we draw t ll the water from ab ive the explosive by means of a syringe. Tue glycerine is then strained for we have to get rut ali particles of dust, in order to make it sa'erin handling ?ndalo for bciter results, when wc use on a safe. "One man will carry the bottle of glycerine and the to ls, which consist of a fe^v cakes of ioap, drills and im plimenlH, but gen rally speaking, wc do not ladeo tiurst Ives with tonis, for we always lind a blacksmith's shop, ora railroad section house at some point convenient to the job, which sve break open and get the. brace, sledge, hammer and a few chisels or crow bars to prize the outside door of the bank or post fti e and th? n to operate with on thc bink or vault. "in going to the place w.; ell do not go together. Ono or two will make some other point, nearby, that the sus picions of thc conductor and tram crew may not he excited. Wo drop off the train as near tego ther, how ever, as we can and then wc make thc point of rendezvous, generally in the woods at some point already agreed upon. Much of our success dep-nds upon eluding the railroad people and town authorities and this is not easy, rheo a train ls In charge of such a j ian as Conductor Blanchard, to whom t J more due than any other person 1 hat the bank at St. George was not i obbed, as was testified In court a few < lays ago. ? wide awake conductor j rill come near to putting oil our job ,t any time. 1 'The time of operating ls between nldnlght and 2 o'clock in the morn tig. We time ourselves to begin work .bout 12 o'clock. Well, the first thing ve do, upon coming from under cover -and by the way, we don't bother to liguise oiiuelvi a with false beards and ill that sort of thing, usually held In the publlo mind-ls to take a stroll through the streets about the bank or postofllce. We look carefully. It may be necessary tooatch a watchman, gag bim and tie him up, but wa ohmau like to sleep when everything gets quiet, and things are quiet in the aver age country town at midnight. We get the tools, and If our keys dj not fit tho locks wc then break open the do ir and reach the safe or vault. Two men stay on the outside to watch, while the other two, with an eleotrlc flash light, or dark lantern, get to work on the safe. Tue importance of the men DU the outside is shown by the break ers waiting on their signal for the blowing cf the safe. When the holes have been drilled and prepared for blowing it ls the men on the outside who give the slguol for tho act, on the principal that If any sus picious movement of an ollicor or neighbor has been noted, the noise of the explosion may be deferred until things again became quiet. The repon of glycerine ii sharp and quick noise which especially eomrueu?s Its use, for hardly does lt take place than it is all over and if it should be beard by anybody lu the neighborhood, they soon turn over in their b.'ds and go back to sleep, believing that they dreamt of the report. "A safe ls a'pete'in the parlance nf yeggman. The two men on the in Ide ?et down OD their knees before lt und begin work. They thoroughly soap the crevices of the outside door, and then begin to drill the hole for the otton, saturated witli the glycerine. Tue hole is drilled between the com bination and the handle, close to the combination, first with a quarter-luc'i i rill, then, wit'i a llvcelgiit and next with a half-inch drill. Into this hole, ls placed the saturated cotton, con uected with a o.ip and fuse, which ari held in place with s.iap which alst .leadens the souud. Then, everythinw ls roady for the signal from the out side, lt is given and the exploslor takes place in the lock box on the lu side, breaking the lock and sometime! forcing the coor off the lunges. Tm operation of blowing the safe require: just a coriaiu amount, for a too beav 1er charge of glycerine might knt.cl of the handle and jim the do jr ant ?ive trouble. Once the outside doo is i il then the yeggman turu their at tention to the inside sheet do >r, wbic! is ealle.i the 'ktister' in the languag of the site blowers. This is the lure1 est door to opiti, and the blowers ar some Limes at their wits ends to gc on the inside. A hole ls drilled an the explosive is Inserted. Another ci plosion takes plaae, and probably onl one sheet of metal cornea off. A bo is loosened or knocked out of plac and into this opening another chart ut glycerine ls inserted, and this oi eration is continued until the door finally down and the ca^h drawer rilli .d. '"Thc work of blowlug a safe r quires about an hour and a half, ar immediately at its conclusion tho gai makes off as soon as possible. VI 'strike across country' unless a co: veulent freight train pa?ses, neve however, dividing the booty until di light oa the next moriilcg Some tim we have to bury the treasure, or part of it, and the tools having to \ hidden some times, too. When \ take the train we never ride mo than about twenty-five miles, when \ then strike aero s country, puttii further dist: nco between us and o pursuers. In hurrying the tool bag treasure, we always careiully sele she place, miking it easy of iiudii upon our return. "Dodging bloodhounds ls done 1 attaching a small piece of cloth, sc urated. with tho t il of mu^tnrd to t beela . f our shoes. We usod to u vaseline with i doform, but the troul about this drug is that we could n get the smell off our clothes wh we wanted to do so, so the oil mustard is now us d to advantage, dodging ofllcers we have a merry tit of it some times bMng often forced face the music lb all depends up tho character ci the man or men the head of the p sse." McCarthy coul 1 not help but sm as he thought of some town mars' j who have stood in donrwa\s wh tiro l upon, und noon the yeggmen g ting out of the way of harm, ttl tiri; g their guns in the air, makl gnat- profession of earnests s-> a vigilance tn bold their jobs. M:Ci tiiy can tell some Interesting thb nt what town officers have failed do, but this Is n -t his hilliness, or : jil nat lon at this time. There are many other interest! things that McCarthy can teil and ( tell to a reporter ofT e Even*Dg Po which would ror ke good newtan .tories, but he is now trying to li iown his past and the story of 1 ld ventures in many States, with th brillo g ?pis- des and such sideligl is hec.iti cist upon them,-are left t repnr cd afc this time. McCarthy I re'ormcd. Ile has hopes o' makin] i>oful citizen out of himself one .fu se days. He bas been assigned ;hc Bboc manufactory department Us prison, a trade which he may f ow when he bids farewell to tile pi in wa l's. McCarthy will spend a part of : jimc In prison, writing a story of idventurcs, which will be printed look form, and from the public etest willoh attaches to the bus ii ?f blowing and robbing safes, the bc ?tight t ) take well in South Carol!i Tiie tertn of seven years ls a good lc vhlle to spend behind walls of gr; te, but McCarthy seems perfectly Igncd to his fate. Ho ls detcrmii o be a better man In the future, a laving broken off with his associa ie is certain to amount to some, th n bis remaining days. He is a stroi veli built man nf twenty Uve ye .f age, and .he. will leave tho prh it an age when bis faculties ouj o b >. well develop* d, and ready to iago in an honest and honorable atlon, as lils whole purpose shows elf now. Ills tirst robbery was s' .rfolk, in July, 18U8, and his 1 las been committed. McCarthy ls a native of Phllac thia. The names by which he mown aro his hobo names. Ile < lot say now where lie will ?nally st ife anew, but he is bent upon cb. metter, and bo has no fears or don hat he will succeed In his purpc Ie fears no assault by the. men U| vhem he bas voluntarily turi itate's evidence, and in this he pr biy counts upon the governm tutting his former accomplices behind he prison walls, and trusting that hey too might make a similar doter ninatlon to-lead a better life and be- "J some useful oitlzens upon being again riven their liberty.-Charleston Post. THE ?ADDBBT WO ED 3. ROY. Dr. Hillls' Opinion of Itemarka of YOUDK Rockefeller. In the course of his sermon in Ply- 1 mouth church, Brooklyn, recently, ! tba Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillls < referred to tbe gift of 9100,000 made t by John D. Rockefeller to tbe Amerl , san Board of Foreign Missions, and to - Mr. R joke feller's son. He said In , part: "The Baddost words that have been written lu thin generation were spoken < before Browu university by a young man who ls to inherit one of the greatest fortunes In tbis country, i They were spoken in defense of the trusts. Listen to thr m: 'The Ameri can Beauty rose can bc produced In all Its splendor only by sicrl?clng the early buds that grow up around ic.' The rose bas 1.000 hurls and in order to produce the American Beauty the ganlent-r g?es around lt with a knife and snips 999 in crder that all the strength of the beauty may be forced into o e uloom. In biB ec nomio argument this young mau tells the working classrs brutally that 99? small business men must bi snuffed out of existents In order that hi* American beauty, the trust, may be produced. Listen to Christ: 'Let the strong bear the burdens of the weak;' and aga'.n: 'Give and it shall be given unto ynu.' ' These words in defense of the trusts are the rrost heartbreaking things-in the literature to those who know what ls g >lng t) come In the fnture. Can you wonder that after that, when a man gives Rifts, we have no gratitude to return?" HUNDRED \ J A liri Oe* WEATHER. Cold Days in Georgia and South Car olina For a Century Past. The following interesting clipping frrrn an old tile of the Augusta Chron icle, sl.o rs the cold days in Georgia and South Carolina for the past one i undred years, lt will be read with Interest: 1804-Cotton killed In May. . 18Hi -The ccld summer. 1818-Great drought, cotton 32 cts. per p ?und. 1827-28-Mild winter. Leavos and cot t' n tint icH'ei. 1830-Gr^ao drought. 1835-February 7, tbe cold Satur day. 1840-' Harrison freshet" in May. 1844-Another told summer. 1849-Great sleet April 15th, kills cotton and corn. 1851- Jauuary 21, second coldest day known in the south. 1855-Fine crop year, riot summer. 1800-Largest cotton crop to that date. Hot summer. 1862-Great fruit crop. 1864-Cold summer, no fruit?. 18U6-Hob summer, no fruit. 18(57- Great crop aud great dedin? in p-lcs. 1875--March 20, great cyclone. 1880-December 30, temperature at zero in Middle Georgia, 1882-Largest oat crop ever made In Ge rgla; corn and cotton crop 1884-Lmg fall drought, nearly three months. 1886- January 8 14, lntecse cold; Savannah river at Augusta solidly frozen. 1887- Hot summer; temperature at 100 In June and July and heavy rains 1888- Wet summer; poorest crop yr-ar ia many years; no fruit; great freshest in Augusta; September 10th, high? r than ever known. 1889- Frost in upper Georgia, June 1st, and abnormally cool in southern parts; drought in Miy greally retards crops; much cotton not up June IC; great peach crop, first in several years. Kn icc i t<m H Of A Bachelor. A i.'i:l never unduresMmites the importance to tie world of titles matinees and bonbons. YYnen a man retin s from business to t?k' life easy, he ha3 bo get up ali the ear.ier to pull his son ont of bed. There is something about a wo m in's hat that makes a man foil sym pathy for the inventor of flying ma chines. You can always envince a woman that it ls m >re becoming for her to wear ber hair the way s ie does than it would h.; r >r any to ly else. When you bear a man praising his nelghbois lt's doughnuts to fudge he wants to sell his house. Nothing gives a woman's religion SUCH a jolt a. the suggestion that she got the husband heaven really intend ed for her. Now thc summ T girl will soon hu gill to freeze on to the reckless youth who hus a mani.-, for squandering his coln for Ice coan. Hili?tl ttio Sheriff. Sher'fl J. M. P.iag of Tate county, Miss., was sh >t and killed Wi cl lesday by eight ma->ki d men, names uukuowu, who entered the Jail and made an in ed e ual attempt to linerate James White, a white prisoner who ls to be placed on trial oh a charge of murder O ie of the Invaders was wounded. Trey gained an entrance to thn jail hefure Sheriff Poag was aware of it P.ag ordered them to leave; when they refused to do so he fired, wound lng one man. Thc others tired on the iherlff, two bullet* taking effect, one parsing the left lung. Toe men then left, t.tklng their wounded c mpanlon with them. Shrrlff Poig died an hour later. Four of the men were arrested later. Died While HpuakiiiK. At Atlanta, Ga., Washington Dessau of Macon, one of the most pro minont members of the Geo-gla bar, lied Wednesday while addressing the uipreme court of the State. The cause jf the death was apoplexy, which re ?ulted fatally within 10 minutes after ie was attacked. Mr. Dessau was jorn in M .icon in July, 1852. He was graduated fron the University of georgia In 1870 and began at once the iludy of his profession. He was pr?v ient of the Georgia Bar association n 1892, a member of the electoral collection in 1883, and was a delegate ts large from (ieorgla to the national Democratic convention In 1888. Two Minera Found Dead. A special from Gadsden, Ala , says ?V'o miners, Hob Hcald and Horace Williams, were found d.;ad In a coal nine near Atalla Wednesday. Fifteen niner.s left tho mino Tuesday night on iccount of bad air, but thc two went >ack to investigate and did not re urn. It is not known whether they lied from black damp or because hot dr was pumped Into tbe mine. A LAST APPEAL Co Colton Farmer? to Reduce- Their Cotton ? orcago, ind Hare Tuomsolvcu and All Other | Buslnoas Sien from Bank? ruptor Next.Fall. The recent government report esti mating the total cotton yield of last1 season at 13,597,782 bales should for ever dissipate any furtive delusions on part of large or small planters bbat they oan play fast and loose with their restriction determination and depend on fate and Sully or any other factor to beat off a return of the low price ora next fall, says the Atlanta j Constitution. Uniese we are greatly mistaken in its gauging of thc situa tion, the agricultural interests of the 1 south will grasp the full meaning of 1 this ominous report and ding to the programme outlined by their state i and general organizations as the one i sure rock of safety for the coming I B2ason. ? It is extremely probable that the I total orop of 1904 05 will touoh four < teen million bales, with allot the cot ton not >et in sk'ht or otherwise un accounted for. Of this yum a large proportion will bo c .-usumed, part of it at fair prices and part at prices I compelled by the bears in the time of market distress. A large percentage of the current crop will likewise bc held over aud added to next year's yield, if the present tenacity of the farmers continues. If, therefore, the south duplicit?s] this spring the aoreage of last spring, little imagination is required to fore see that calamitous consequence. To I a degree, of course, tho bumper crop | of last year was due to abnormal cli matic conditions, which will hardly bel repeated in their entirety during the | Impending season. It is a matter of plain logic, however, tu anticipate au other overwhelming yield, should there be no restriction in the 1904 acreage, even though the meteorolog ical conditions of the two seasons [ were at radical variance. For the southern farmers to go to market next fall with a thirteen or even a twelve million-bale crop, to which must be added the one or two millions admittedly to be carried over, will be to precipitate, at the very be ginning of the marketing season, the disastrous prices which prevailed last December. Indeed, with unscrupulous speculators armed by the middle of .Tune with the knowledge that tbere has been no perceptible decrease in acreage, and with the anticipated glut | in the market from the present hold lng movement, lt would be by no means surprising or unnatural if they I were able to hammer down prices lo a new low-water mark. It ls need'ess to enlarge on the meaning of such a cit;.strophe to every state in the south. Right now in tho thick of the plant-1 ing season, when they have it in their | power to dictate the autumn prices for their product more surely than the most ingenious clique of speculators, they must divest themselves of the fa tal delusion that somehow, by sein; unfathomable, mysterious necroman cy, they can produce an overwhelm ing crop and obtain for lt tho pilces paid for a smaller one. The case ls one of plain t>elf-prr ser vation, the confronting of a proven condition, not a casjutsi'p .theory. Whether from speculative jugglery, the bona tide laws of supply ind de maud or auy other agenoy, fcheipertln enb, inescapable fact stand.?? oj/u. that, a crop even approaching the dimeu' slons or the < ne of last year meats I low prices and consequent disaster to the farmers and the cotton states gen erally. This treing the case, lt ls not only the duty, but the interest, of every cotton farmer to reduce bis acre age radically, Hinging finally from him the temptation io t o otherwise, Low prices fur one planter mean low prices I for all, a fact that should .secure the | universal observation of the restric tion propaganda. We have no intention of assuming tho hysterical pese of the alarmist. Hut, tn common with the most ob scure farmer, we cannot view with re it-li the poss bl li ty of a repetition of the old, huggarri, low price years, with private und i ublic ere it prostrate In many loca'lties, businesss'agnant and l?velop neat at a standstill. Yet, in our hincere judgment, that is one ff) tue risks contingent on the produc tion of another record-breaking crop next year. Wc cannot believe that the s .uthoni farmers, bearing in mind these nightmare possibilities, will de bb irately elect to exouaugf for them the comparative ease and atlljeuce of the last three years. Fatal Saloon Brawl. Roy Jojce, a bar: endtr, was killed and John Doyle, one of the proprie tors and a walter, named Weston, were injured seriously Thursday In a saloon brawl, on West Tnirty-first street, New York. A party of men and women becime disorderly an'' were refused service. They refused to leave and the walter removed tho I table. One of the men drew a knlef and began cutting right and left Jovco received injuries, which q ?iok ly proved mortal. Seventy-five per sons were In the place. Among those who ese iped was the man who did the cutting. William F. Quiney, one of the proprietors, and four walters were arrested. All declare they used no weapons, and neted In self-defence. The party causing the trouble was composed of eigtit women and two men who drank champagne freely. Kaon War in Karmas. A dispatch from Coffey ville, Kan., says a race war has been narrowly averted here as the result of an as sault by a negro upon Mrs. John Grif fith (white), wife of a machinist. In anticipation of a dash the Mayor Is sued a pr< c'amation ordering all citi zens to disann, and many special of licers were sworn In. Negroes have been arming to prevent the lynching jf any innocent negro. Wednesday m attempt to dir-arm a number of alacks resulted in a dozen revolvers icing leveled.at Chief of Police Smith's lead. Other negroes rushed to the leone, but a body of whites stopped diem with leveled rifles. There were nany arrests. Tue negro who as laultcd Mrs. Griffith is still at largo. Killen in a Riot. Five hundred shots were fired and a lumber of men were wounded In a lot, which resulted in thc death of jwo miners, Ellas Hauklnen and John Eokdahl. at nibbing, Minn., Wed ?esday. Tho riot followed a strike of nlners at the Hull and Rust mines, vho were refusod an advance of 25o a lay. When the night crew went to vork a body of strikers armed with liles fired. The miners returned tho Ire. This surprised the strikers who led, leaving Hankinen and Eokdahl lead on tbe ground. KESIDE?1TS IN BSTIBEMBHT. i ni v Ten Iii voil Lioniser Than Mr. Cleveland Alter Lcavlnc Offlee. ^ Only ton men who have held the ?HiJO of president reached or sur lassed Mr. Cleveland's present age of 8; only Biz exceeded it by so much as i en years, and none exceeded lt by tuite 20 years. Only ten presidents live survived their retirement from lillee longer than Mr. Cleveland, and our of these lived to a great age. Washington, who survived bl) re tirement less than three years, ?bought himself an old man when be . vas first made president at tho age bf t ?7. John AdamB survived his retire nent a quarter of a century, and his on, John Quinoy, woo outlived bib etiroment nearly 20 years, waa the , ml y president who bad nearly as con- { iplouous a public career after oocupy OR tbo presidency -as before. j Monroe's six years after his retire ( nent from office were parsed In com- ( laxative obscurity as a resident of , ?bis city, and his dying hours were ;muittered by scandalous accusations l u connection with Jackson's selzur.t jf Spanish forts in Florida during the Irst Seminole war. Polk outlived his retirement less tihan a year, and there is every reason Lo supp 'se that bad Arthur compassed lils ambition of an eleotl >n to tho presidency in 1884 he would have died ?arly in bis term, for he outlived his retirement lesa than two years. Tyler, who outlived his retirement 20 years, emerged fiom obscurity near the end of his life to presido ovor the vain peace conven' lou on the eve of the Civil war. He afterward served lo tho cungro3s of the Confederate States. Buchanan lived more than seven years after his retirement and trok the cppurtunlty to write what was In effect a defense of his administration. Jefferson and Jackson were the only presidents who exercised a really pow erful Influence over party councils af ter their permanent retirement from public office, though Van Huron was an active politician as long as he had hope ot renomination at the hands of any party. Johnson was the only retired presi dent to enter th? United States sen ate, and the younger Adams was the only one to serve in the house of rep resentatives. Cleveland and Harrison have been the only retired presidents to be cous spicuously successful In private bust ness, lt Is not generally known that Mr. Cleveland still serves as consult ing counsel In law cases, In which his experience In tho ctllco of president may be supposed to have given him special qualilleations as au adviser. Ills fees in such cases aro large, as were thoie of Mr. Harrison as a legal adviser and a lecturer on oonstitu tiona! law.-ISow York Sun. WHAT ijTJLLY SAYS. Tho Cotton Kine Give8 Wino Advice to Southern Planters. "To the cotton Growers of the South. "If you wish to win your hattie and obtain a fair pries for your cot ton you must reduce your acreage very considerably. "You have surprised the world by the manuer in which you have beid your cotton. "Surprise it again by outtlng down your cotton acreage. "Do not bo led astray by the pres ent steadhea of prices. "Three caut.es have contributed to bring about this rise cf more than one cent a pouud. "First: The urgent demand aris ing from au unprecedented cousump t on "Second: Your courage and wis dom In making the buyer meet your termR. ' Third: The belief that you would cut your acreage to such an extent that the supplies ftom this crop and the growth of 1005 06 would n.ake a commet clal cr jp no larger than the worid needs. ' The Urst two causes losa their force the moment it ls known that there ls a prospect for a moderately larg* cr ip n xt year. "Even if the mills take 12,000,000 bale* during tue current season, this would leave a carry over-of 1,500 000 bales Hence the necessity of a smaller crup this year. 'Do not let any rise lu prices be tween now and the end ol the plant inu season deter you from reducing your acreage "Such an advance would be merely anticipating that you"" wert making the decrease which your friends have advled you to make. "If the June report of the govern ment shows that you have failed to make sufficient reduction the only persons who would he gainers by the advance would be the speculators who 3ell out their futures at a protifc. "Tho price of the cotton yi u pro duce will be regulated by the.uccual, not the expected, recuction. "Don't dep.>nd on your neighbor to do the reducing. "In this matter of acreage reduc tion bear In mind three suggestions: "Dou't rely ou bid weather to out down the size of the crop. "Don't put a larne acreage Into cotton Blmply because lt ls too late bo plant corn or other diversified ?topi. "lt would bo far better to let part of ycur land lie Idle than to run the risk of raising a crop so large as to aaake possible another period of low priced cotton. "lam making this appeal to you oeoauso I regard the next few weeks ts critical to thc south and beoanse I oelleve that every mau who ls Icter ??tcd in the welfare of the south ihould urge the Importance of a re luced acreage. "DANIEL J. SULLY." Wnmstii a Suicido. The body of Mrs. Grace Loomis, who claimed to bo the wife of Charles Lioomls, said to be a millionaire, was 'ound Thursday In a half-llllle:! hath Mb In a fashionable boarding house in Jhlcago. Frequent threats that she atended to kill herself leave no doubt )f suicido. Domestic trouble was thc sause. Rattler Showed Fight. An apparently dead four foot rat ilesnake which Joshua Ilutier of Pltts )urg, Pa., brought t? his home hore or tts skin and rattles thawed out and attacked hts child. Miner John Me dall?n killed the snake with a dub ust in time. Thc making of shoes for dogs has low developed Into quite a big In lustry and Is especially nourishing in jahrador. Tho dogs attaohed to ledges travel at a great speed over ho rough leo aud somo protection or the feet Is necessary. The shoes ixe made of sealskin. ORANGEB?fLG BANKS lave Million! of Dollars on Deposit in their Vaults. , i 1 i L'lio County Hu Ten Banks, AU ot ! W?ten Aro DoinR Well ?nd Making Money. . The quarterly Btatesments of the rarious banks of tbe city and county >f Orang? burg for tbe quarter ending Aaron 31, allowing tue quarter of justness on that day, ({ives an Inter ?sting Insight into the fluanolal condi tion of Orangeburg Uounty. Ther? are four banks in tbe olty of Drangeburg aa follows: BaukofOr mgeburg, Existo Savings Bank, Peo pie's Bank and Farmers' and Mer shants' Hank. These four b u,ks have a combined ca pl ul of $?10,000, and a oomblned surplus of net earnings of about 8125,000 additional, which may be classed as 9. part ot the capital These four banks had on deposit cn March 31, in r. und figures, tlir-e quarters of a million d liars. Tn gethbr the combined oapital surplus and deposits of tbe banks cf tbe city aggregate oouslderabiy more than a million dollars. T"ere are six other banks in the smaller towns of tbe county, ten banks in all in Orangeburg County, and independent of capital and sur plus there was abuut a quarter of a million dollars on depcslt in these outside banks of the county on tbe date of the statement. Tbe aggre gate amount on deposit in the various ten banks of O.angcburg County now foots up very olose to a million dol lars. All of the banks of the county show a Bteady Icc ease In amount of de posits, earnings and volume of bus! ness. The greater number' of ?bese banks have been organized within the past few years, and all are prosperous and successful. In business circles it is recognized that thc business and conditions of the banksof a communi ty relict che general welfare and business conditions of that c mmunl ty. .The showing above ls taken at a season of the year when there ls gen erally a minimum rather than a maxi mum amount of money in tho c.mnty. The best showing financially, as tls well known, can be made during tbe fall and winter months. Ten years ago or eve n live years ago nothing like the above showing could be mad J from the s:atcmeuts of the banks of the county. Thc business growth of Orangoburg city, as well as Its growth in building-, and population, during receut years have been enormous, and the busi ness conditions of the city, which is the c >unty seat and business centre of this large and fertile county, rt fido's a general advancement and prosperi ty for the entire county that is noth ing less than remarkable. Orange burg County bas had little outside capital to como In to build up Its towns and communities is the work of the native cit'z.ns and hume capital almost entirely. Oiangeburg County ls almost ex clusively an agricultural sec-lun and the towns are almost entirely depen dent upon agriculture for their sup port. Tnls fact is worthy of consid eratlon, and there are few larwe man ufacturing establishments lu the county to accomplish big things or handle large sums of money. It 1B true that there are a few successful factories in the county, two success ful cotton mills In tho city, but the number is exe edlogly small fer a o itity of the S?Z ? and wealth of Or angeburg County. ThiB county ls a fair illustration of what ls being done all r-vt r the South, and the North and E'st may well keep their eyes on V e S ?uth for the ?ext decade. Greater tilings are jet in the mokine all over the South, ann there is no Huer ii kl In the entire Southern country for the investment of capital and launching of business enterprises than the county of Orange burg and the city nf Orang?burg, A Hr minne and Durable Whitewash This is known as the governm nts whitewash, and no muter bow citen it appear:! lu print, there ii a!wa>s a call for Its rrapptaii? g. As ll must beap|jltt:d bott') any surface, lt should be made or kept lu a large kc; tie or portable furnace, in order to b at as wanted. It is claimed that about a plot of the mixture will cover a square yard upon the outside of a ht use, if properly applied and that it is suit able lor wood, bri :k or stone, answer ing os w-.dl as oil pain's,' and being much cheaper, and will retain Its brilliancy for >ea?s. Brushes large or sm-tll are to be used, according to the neatness of the job required. Coloring matter may be u->ed, varying the tint lng! to suit the taste. No "matter what quantity is desired, these are the prop rtlons in which the ingred ients are to be use.d. Half a bushel of go id, un-.la::ked lime; slack willi boll tng water, cover during tho process to keep the steam In; strain the liquid through a sieve Uno en ugh to retain all unslackcd lump*. Dlsa Ive a peck of clean barrel salt In a little water and add to the solution; boll to a thin paste :i pounds of rice (rice lljur would be batter) and stir into this boiling hot; one pound of nice glue, previous ly dissolved (to disolve tho glue, first soik until soft, then put into a vessel; Immerse tlilt ve sol In another one larger and full of boiling water, and boll until liquid) in water, and half pound or whiting. To this mixture add live gallons of bot water, stirring well; oover closely and let stand sev eral days. When so good a whitewash as this is claimed to be can be so cheaply made, lt is strange that any farm-holder will live or let bis stock live In dark dln^y quarters. Now is the time to begin in earnest to Improve the home. MoLaurin Hit Hard. In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston on Wednesday a verdict for $41,639.28 was found against, ex Senator John L. McLaurln in tl e suit of the International Trust company, of Baltimore, on a promissory note, the verdict being fe und by tho Jury upon the Instructions of the court. The suit grows cut of the Industrial ventures In wbloh the ex-senator engaged, upon the termination of his caroer in congress. As president of the Brunswick and Birmingham rail road and vice president of tho Bruns wick and Western Construction com patty, Mr. MoLaurin gave his personal notes to the trust company, being In dorsed, however, by Frank A. Urn s'edt, who appears to have been one of the promoters of the pre j >ct, in which the ex-senator was connected. The industrial concerns Boom to have been more on paper than In fact, but the notes of Mr. McLaurln were valid, aven If the Industrial projects woro a (allara. i KILFYBE! KILFYR) That is exactly what it is. a F ii day at tho State Fair showing its fin Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mi property should have them. For sal COLUMBIA SI rohimbia, BC The mat rVhlske I Morphine I Olgaret Tabit, I Habit I Habit Cured by Keeley 1 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Ooluu ?e citri. 1 THE GUINARD 1 COIvUMB v Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof ' Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pre or millions. *. FOR YOUR 0 ? .COLUMBIA LUHBE Jr .' COLUMBIA TH ti ll Oil AL FREE I)ELIVE liY How It Has Developed Hinco tho Sys tem Was Started. So successfully has tbe rural free de livery system operated in the United Statis, and so indispensable has the I service become, that lt has long ago passed the experimental stage, and is | now one of the everyday business fac tors of tbe country. Probably the next unusual step in this regard will be the extension of the service to Hawaii, Porti Rico, and the Philippine Islands. No route? have as yet been established in the insular possessions, although one pe tition from Honolulu, asking for thc establishment of a route from that city into Walba!i, was received and reported on adversely. Following are some facts in regard to this poupular service, made public ] a few days ago, which are very inter esting: More than 5,000 new rural routes were established in the various states and ter; i tori.-s during the ten months ended April 1, and over 1,000 addi tloual routes were authorized and will be put into operation within the next .sixty days. At this rate, it will be but a comparatively brief time before every rural c-mmunity in the country sutllclently populous to justify the service wi 1 have rural free delivery. Postmaster General Cortelyeu said re cently that the present policy of ex tension would be continued, and that there would be no change save that an effort toward economy would be made | wherever possible without curtailing the service. On April I there were 29, 090 rural routes in operation as against 24,568 en June 30, 1904. Petitions for addi tional routes to the number of 4,521 arc pending, and of these, 1,010 have been authorized and will be started within sixty days. illinois still leads in the number nf routes, having 2,450, as against 2.125 at the last report. Ohio has moved up into second place, with 2,101, as against 1,816. Iowa held second place ten months ago with 1,863, and now has 2,084 Indiana comes fourth, with 1,894, as against 1,658. The other states having a large.number of rouies are as follows: Pennsylvania, 1.679; "New York, 1,611; Mlohlgan, 1.594; M ss ou ri, 1,544; Kansas, 1,367; Wl.-onsln, 1,203; Tennessee. 1.231; Texas, 1,181, Minnesota, 1,141. Ne vada has but 1 route, New Mexico but | 3, and Wyoming but 5. The Ninth Iudiana district has I more rural ri ates than any other Con uressional dbtricr, having a total of 201. The Eighth Indiana distriot comes Be?opd, with 189_ CARE Pt R MOTHER. noy? and Oiric, In Her Old Arce. Don't Ncjgleoc lier. What can possibly be sadder than a mother neglected in her old age ? To think of all the pain, forrow, trouble and anxiety she endured for us, her many sleepless nights and ourdenerl days when she held in her arms the Utile feverish, fretful body who would allow no one else to hold lt to relieve her own weariness 1 Then when health again returned it was still a continual cry for "mama ! mama !" the livelong day ! And then to think that as the years pass the growing children will depend less and less on "mother" till Anally they c^ase a together to go to her for her c lunsel and care, aud think because she is growing old, fach d and wrinkled that she.does not care for love and tenderness as all other human beings do. They neglect to show her the small courtesies we feel due our younger friends, "because she will not notice th? m" or she ls "tco old fashioned to understand11 the up-to date politeness. To us at least lt is a heart breaking spectacle to bc' Id, for as "mother" grows older we should give her more instead of les-, of our love and tender care, and should honor her years and expe rlenee hy asking her advice even on trivial subj ot?, for she will then feel that she is still necessary to us and can have a snare in cur daily trials and joys as of yore, when she was all in all to us. Take my withered hands in yours, Children of my soul. Mother's heart is craving love, Mottler's growing old. See tile snows of many years Crown my furrowed brow. As I've loved and pet ed you, Love and pet me now. Lay your hands upon my head, Smooth ray whitened hair, I've been growing old the while You've been growing fair. I lia ve toiled and prayed for you Ask not why or how As I've loved ana petted you, Love and pet me now. Take my withered hands in yours, Children of my heart, Mol ber's growing old, your love Makes of life sweet part. Touch with ?oye my faded cheek, Kiss my anxious brow. As I've loved and petted you, Love and pet mc now. Take my wit hered hands in yours, Hold them close and strong. Cheer hie with a fond caress, 'Twill not be for long. Youth immortal soon will crown With its wreatli my brow. As 1 loved and petted you, Love and pct me now. Take my withered hands in yours, This your heart will prove ; If you owe me anything, Pay the debt in love. Pre s me in your strong young arms, Breathe a loving vow That as 1 loved and petted you You'll love and pct mo now. ?l EHFYRE!!I re Ktller. DJ a?mtrir.'.oo. every 3 fighting qualities. ll, Ginnery and any oneown'ng oby JPPLT?0.. ?hinery Supply house of the State I All Drugand Tobacto Habits. itetitute, of C: mb)a, B. O. Cont'dentisl cor;, ?pond BRICK WORKS, & IJLV, ?. o. S Terra Gotta Building Blocks, for f pared to fill orders for thousands * MEN??WRITE TO DR. HATHAWAY ABOUT YOUR CONDITION. He has heen Treating Diseases of Men for Twenty five Years. BUB Reputation is Firmly Established. A VALUABLE BOORTKEB. DH. HATHAWAY. Whose Knowledge is Free to th Sick. Dr. J. Now ton Hathway, of Atlanta, tho great specialist in tho treatment, ot diseases of men,'wauts to hear\lrom man who renda this nniionncenieo ilk-ted with liny private disease, O' plain to thom his now austera o\''jjhtff thia class of disease, whUh cures in half ibo tim? required by tho old rujthod. Dr. Hathaway ha , b. cn tenting diseases of mon for moro than a quarter century, and ho ia continually originating ai.ii perfecting now mothoda by winch he con cure tho altlictod. He has cured patients scattered uh ovor this country, -.< hom ho has never Boen, whose disease? he WAS able to cure by n system which ho noa for curing tho atllicted at a distance, and if you aro fiuf fering from any dis-am peculiar to your sex, or any other disease of a chronic or lingering nature, such no Stricture, Varicocele, -??orv ous De ility, Loss or Manhood, Blood Poison f Syphilis), Kidney and Bl idder Complaints, Rheumatism, Diseases of tho Heart, Stomach, and Liver, eta, you rho ni -t immediately. write this great specialist, and let him explain to yiiu just what ia tho raturo ot your trouVji?! . and just what to do for relief. He will coun sel andddviso you for nothing-advice that ia based on 25 years of actual experience. A f;reat many men moko, tho mistake of their ives by placing their casos with their local physician, for the avera;o practitioner no matter how competent ho may bo, has not had the experience necessary to successfully treat such doliente diseases. What you need, and what you will be compelled to resort to if yon ever got cured, is skillful, scientific treatment, - administered byan expertspo ialiBt whom you-. know is com- otent o treat you. Dr. Hatha way has been established in Atlanta**" or nearly la years, and his reputation is known to alf. He has built up tho largest practice in thia". country by dealing honestly with the people. You take no risk whatever in dealing with him -you con always fool assured of a "square deal." You cannot expect to go through life nfQiot od with a disease that you know will oventual b lead you to a pofciblo death, ao write Dr. Hathaway a lotter right now, telling him juat how you suffer, and he will immediately send you his opinion ?f your case, accompanied by a valuable book on your disease, all of which I ia ubsoiuto y frau. Have no hesitancy in writing him. The permanent addrossis J- NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D., 88 Inman Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who call or write for treatment within the next 30 days 1 will cure them of the following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison). GONO ItllE, GLEET, STRICTURE, VARI COCELE. RUPTURE, CATARRH and all CHRONIC DISEASES, of both sexes. Diseases of women cured without operation. PILKS cured under guarantee without the knife or any tying or burning operation. Consultations, Examination, Advice Free. T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M. D., TOE SPECIALIST. Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard Building, Augusta, Ga. N. B, Catarrh of worst form cured quickly at home. s MUSIC. I When you make up your mind that home is not home without a Piano or an Organ, come here, or write us, ana we will sell you the right sort of an instrument. Easy tormn, and fall val?o. Address. /YlALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, COLUMBIA, S. C. PIANOS AND ORGANS. .* H LEARN TELEGRAPHY And it. H. AGENCY-We also t'a'n yon for Tho U. s. SIGNAL C .iRP-?. School ertah li.shed 17 ye^ra. Ghean board, low tuition, and Our Plan INSURES p s'tion. CnUl <gna freo, GA. TELEGRAPH COLLEGE, Ronola. Ga? GUARAN TEED BY A fBANU DEPOSIT r.d Fur.-, t ala SOI . Ccmarrl Ottered A/?t?o }uic? . - e The Canning Business. Reduce your cotton acreage and in crease your Income by putting in a small canning plant. Large prouts in canning all kinds of fruits, vegetables, berries, etc. A card to us will bring you desired Informa tion. HANKY CANNKI? GO., Chapel Hill, N. 0.