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GOOD ADVICE. Mr, Missen Tells Farmers to Market Their Cotton Slowly And Alion Plantors Wai Oct Good Prlooa. Wanta Flsuroa on COM aumptlon by tho Hnlnnora. The following letter willoh we take from the Augusta Uh ron lelo will bo read with interest: Dear Sir: The oonventlon of the Southern Cotton Association, held In Asheville, N. C., on tho Otb, has ad journed, and passes down Into history as a mest Important meeting. While I was In hopes that this meeting would fix twelve cents aa tho minimum prloo for cotton during this season, which prloo, whon the size of the crop in taken Into consideration, ls cheap, they thought differently-eleven oonU minimum was agreed upon as the cor rect UK uro, and so, from now on, eleven cents ls tho minimum price to be demanded by all loyal farmers for their cotton during this season. When ton cents per pound was lixed last February by tho convention in Now Orloans and demanded by tho farmers, all manner of fun was made of the far mers,and their association,by tho Wall Street gang,but not so now;tboy know by experience what tho farmers mean and how well thoy will carry out their agreements. If tho farmers will provo loyal, and I believe they will, you will see cotton selling from cleveu cents per pound Inside of two wee ki. Don't rush your cotton on tho markot too rapidly, fellow farmers. M%rket lt slowly. I believe we have the short est crop we have had in years. And, if sufllolont lalor can bo gotten, the orop in Georgia and South Oarollua will be gathered by October 6r?t, and, from the best Information 1 can get, the remainder of the cotton belt is In the same lix. As soon as lt dawns on the spinners and speculators how short this crop ls you will sec a rush for thc for the staple, and up will go prices. Keep your cotton, draw enough money on it to pay your debts so as not to block thc wheels of commerce and trade, pay your merchants, that they may in turn pay the wholesale mer chants from who tn thoy bought thc goods sold you. When you do this no one has a right to question your right to hold your cotton and demand a fair price for it. The rapid marketing ot cotton during thc last ten days is re sponsible for tho decline in prlcci; bo patient: market slowly and you will make money by lt. 1 oxpeot to see cotton sell for tifteen cents by Jan uary 15th; therefore in my judgment to rush cotton on the markci means a loss of money to you; but as before advised, while demanding justice for yourselves accord Justice to others; draw sulllclent money on your cotton aud pay your debts so that tho man you owe can pay his dobts and busi ness will go along smoothly. 1 no tice that thc census bureau is out with a report of cotton ginned up to September 1st showing that 469 5U0 bales of the present crop was ginned up to said date. This is a bid show lng for the crop and demonstrates be yond question that the crop ls In poorer condition than recognized and Claimed by experts. No such an amount of cotton would have been opened in August If the crop was lu a healthy condition. More than half of the cotton opened in August was forced open by thc dry, hot windi we had. Lots of the bolls were unma bured. Opened bccauHotho plant had lost all of its vitality. Such condi tions foreshadow a short season and a short crop. I expected to seo a full report - from Mr. North at this time. 1 expected to see a report giving Information on both sides of this question, but I am disappointed. Mr. North, it seems, ignores the Instructions of congress and continuos to give all the informa tion be can gl ve from the iarmers' side of the question, but remains mum as to information from tho spin ners side. He gives us only a partial report. If you will refer, Mr. E lltor, to the records of congress of date January 10th. 1905, you will Hud the following viz: "Fifty*eighth congress, third session, House Joint resolution No. 185, In the senate of tho United States, January nth, 1005. "Iliad twice and referred to the committee on tho census. JOINT R?SOLUTION Authorizing and direotlng the dlreotor of the census to collect and publish additional statistics relating to cotton. "Roaolved, by tho senate and house of representatives of the United States of America lu congress assem bled: That the director of the census be, and he ls hereby authorized and directed to collect and publish on tho same date and at the same time he makes publication of glnners' report for cotton production provided for In section nine of "An act of congress en ti th d an act to provide for a per manent census olnee. Approved March 6'?b, 11)02 " Statistics of the consumption of cotton, the surplus of cotton hold by tho Manufacturers and tho (ju '.nity of colton exported, the statistics to be i umtnarlzod as of Sep tcmbor 1st, each year, so as to show the cotton production and consump ?ion of the prec eding year. Passed the house of representatives January Kith, 1905. Autest: A, MCDOWELL. From tho abo/e wo seo that Mr. North ls not only "authorized." but "dlreoted" to give this additional lo formation, buthe, for some unexplain ed reason falls Lo do so. lils dulles are made v^ry plain. No dlsciotlon is lofn him. Ho ls "authorized and directed" topubliNh this ad lltlonal information, yet he docs not do it. We do not Ob? Joct to the publication of information on our :;idc cf the question provldtd it is correot, and provided further that we arc given the information wh ch we are entitled to expect from Mr. North under the law lo bo given at thc same time. Hut we do object to in formation concerning one side being given to tho world while Information which we aro entitled to under the law, giving us some insight into thc othor side of tho question ls suppress ed. We are willing to accord justice to othor, and wo intend to demand Jus tice for ourselves. Will Mr. North please explain v*hy he luis not Oom piled with bis instruc tions from the congress of the United Staten? Very truly, lt. M. MlXSOM. Burned to Doath. Tho Hummor homo of William Thompson at Harmony Grove, N. H., was bumed Tuesday morning. Two persons wero burned to death. Tho victims are Mrs. Lidia Thurston and W. M. Thompson. Thc origin of the tiro ia a mystery. ? FATAL FALL Through tho Domo ol tho StfttO Capitol M? Columbia. At tho State House In Columbia on Tuesday of last woek while scribbling his name on ono of tho i?ou girders botweon tho bases of the inner and cuter sheila of the capitol domo, Wat ron H. SoiiiiTgs, Jr., tho fifteen year old son of a well known traveling clothing salesman, stepped into ono of tho two foot squares of the dilling protcotcdouly by tin, and foll forty feet headforemost cn to the marblo floor of tho outer lobby betweon tho two houses of the legislature, dashing out his brains and killing himself in stantly. >> Witn him waa a oompanlon, P. W. Hull, who had Just llnlshed writing his namo in the adjoining pantl. Theao two names and that of C. S. Rents aro Horlbled in largo white let ters all over that scotlon of thc dome. When lie foll through Soruggs was just reaohlDg tho litst ''-g" in bis name, a long white mark extending down the girder in the dlreotion of the punoturcd square. This is a dangerous celling, but it seems impossible to prevent a mlscel laneous assortment of people from streaming Into tho dome, though this accident will likely result in Homo au Mon being taken along this Hue- On the dav of tho adjournment of tho last legislature tho little daughter of W. H. Monck ton, a Columbia mer chant, fell Borough one of these squares, hut was saved by tho bal oouy, and though she foll 26 feet sho was uninjured. W. W. l'ric?, now a woll known Washington newspaper correspondent several years auo while working on a Columbia newspaper foll partially through ono of thei:o squares whllo spying on a political convention In session lu the hall of the House of Representatives, Shot hy it ivukv.hw. Burglars that havo aroused tln> vicinity of Greenwich, Conn., for the past few wei ks reached a climax Wednesday morning, when Mrs. A. C. Morrill, daughter of E. C. Converse, chairman of tho finance committee of the United States Stool corporation, was hit by a bullet Jired by a burglar and seriously if not fatally j nj (ired. About 3 o'clock Wednesday morning Mis. Morrlll's nurse was awakened bj thc Hash of a burglar's lantern In her face. She screamed and her cries at traotorl Mrs. Morrill ard as site cn tcred the roc m tho burglar tired, tho bullet striking her In tho chin, glano lng down, landing In the shoulder. Thc burglar also beat the nurse over the head and shoulders with his re volver. After the shooting he ms.de hl3 escape. The police found that an entra?e?, was effected by forcing thc frontdoor. A man claiming Now York as his home was arrested. Thc police believe he ls tho burglar. He gave bis name as J ohn Brown and said that he came to Greenwich to call on a friend employed at tho home of Mrs. Merrill. Dismissed, As a result of tho court martial proceedings against Commander Bur nard O. Scott, who several weoks ai,o ran the cruiser Detroit aground at Pueta Piala, Santo Domingo, that otlleer has been dismlis?-d from the sorvioe, the President having appruv ed the proceedings, findings and sen tence of tho oort. Among the speci fications pgainst Commander Scott was that of druukencss, and it w;-.s also alleged that ho wai r/ullty of a number of lodi .erotlon". t'- Guatana mo, Cuba. Tho Deti it although dis ?bloc: by the lo^s of < nc uf lier pro peller blades, wai not Sitiiusly dam HRed. Commander Scobt was appoint ed to the N.\val Academy fr.un Ala bama In June, 1870, and received his present commission of commander in AugtHt, liiOll._ Good Bohool Syatom, A development of the school sys tem In New York unheard of and un thought of u till about slxteon years ago ls the systom of free lectuies to adults. These free lcc'.uros were be gun in six school housos in the winter of 1880. At the present time they arc given in 140 contres in Now York, the majority of which are in school buildings. Lnst year 4,065 lecture5; were attended by t'.o astounding total of 1,134,000 persons. Lectures on travel, history sociology, literature and art are Illustrated by stcrooptloon views. Lcotures in electricity, phy sics, metallurgy, etc, are illustrated by experiments and lectures In mude by vocal and Instrumental selections. Paid A Just Penalty Henry W. Mansoer, thc O?wego county farmer hand, who murdered pretty 12 year old Cora Sweet, wa*, executed in Audubon, N. Y., prison at <i:lf> o'clock Tuesday morning. Mt?users o< hue was the most brutal nauseating In tho criminal history of Oiwego County. His victim was a child of a well?to do farmer in thc town of Seri ba, ti few milos from thc city of Oiwego. On M^y 2S Minsen met, thc girl on her way to Sunday schcol, lured her Into tho wood* and then killed her by pounding hor side Into a shapeless msss witn a stone. Kiih (1 hy Cotton. A very Bad acotdent occured near Vauooson Monday wei k ago, which re sulted in the death of Arthur, tho iivc-yoar-old so.i of Mr. Julius A. Mur ray. Mr. Murray's children were play ing In bia cotton on about two bales of newly gal bored seod cotton. They had dug a hole in the ml 1st of the pile of cotton, down to the ll.?or, when Ar thur got down Into lt, probably to make the hole larger, when the cotton fell on him, HU ir mating him. He was gotten out as sp edi I y as possible, a.ul everything p i s ble done io savo him. All proved unavailing, for Nnako Hito. As Farmer Arthur L. Mitcholl, of North WfOdbury, Conn., was cutting f odd ar corn in a lowland lot a big rod udder blt his loft wrist. Mr. Mitchell tore the reptile off, ran for tho llOUSu and drank a quart of whiskey, which neighbors brought him. Ho suffered terribly all night, but the liquor having the desired eil -ct, physician) say, and ho may recover, KIcci i oontoo, At Waterbury, Conn., on Tuesday of last week one man was electrocuted and one ls dying at a hospital ard a third is seriously burnod as a result of coming Into contact with a live wire at tho Sohovlllo manu fact ming plant. Death from coming In contact with live electric wires are becoming almost an every day ocourroi oe, Hanged Hi 1118?If, broderick Mercer, a negro 47 yoarr, aid, hanged himself to a door knob lu Brooklyn, N. Y., on Monday. When found his body was in an almost hor izontal posit ou with his hoad only a loot from the floor, SENSATIONAL STOBY. Thirty-Ufo Amerloans lt- por toil L-nt Ott TOKO'? Ship. A dispatch from New Orleans to tho Atlanta Constitution says from n formation woeived nor o iv iw behov ed that a number or American gun ners went down lu . the explosion which sank Admiral Togo's flagship, the Mikasa, and at the same time threw light upon the cause for the remarkable marksmanship which de vasted tho Russian hallie lise! in thc battle ot the Sea of Japan. Joseph Morgan, of this city, brother of Charles Morgan, formerly gunnel on Admiral Sampson's flagship. Nen York, states that the Amor lo MI gun ner J ii nod th? Japanese navy and wai a member of the oren of the Mikasa. Gunner Charles Morgan is said to ta ono bf the thirty-rivi American man o'-warmen who deserted at Manila and J dned the Japanese navy. It nas he who tired the flrat shot al San Juan. Porto Rico, and sutuaq lent ly obtained notoriety through AU mir al Sampson's opposition to his receiv ing the rank of commissioned offloei in tho United States navy. Morgan's skill as a gunner was cela bratcd In tho navy, and his brothel states that Captaiq Merrill, former!? stationed at the Unltod States navy yard at New Orleans, told,him bli brother deserted at Manila, and, with thirty- tlvo comrades, Joined the Jap anese foroes, receiving a salary of $6 00 a month, with a promise of a honor at tho eud of the year. Heretofore it has boon olaimcd thal the Japanese have employed no for eign (lighters, and tho fact that Josepli Morgan has heard nothing from bli brother for over a year, nftor a fomoi regular correspondance, bears out the belief that American gunners were secured meier bond of secrecy. A B.)L0 ROBBER. A LiOne 111,-.; hw rv y limn Hold-Up and lt. a Coach* A dlsp&th from Lounder, Wyoming, says a typical Western stage robbery by a lone highwaymen too* plaoa bs tween Myersvllle and Bengls, on tho Rocky Mountain Stage Company's run, last week. Tue highwayman took all the valuables from tho ox pre^s box, robbed the mall s&oks, and took tho cash from the throe passengers and the driver down the brail, \?i Instructions to keep going without) looking back on pain of bo lng shot. The stage with Its three passengers was bowling along aa a good rate wheu suddenly the command to halt rang out and a masked man arose from bolilud a boulder, two guns in his hands, covering the driver. With a curb remark that "the first man Who attempts to resist will bc shot," tho highwayman forced the passen gers and driver to alight and rangs themselves with their baoks to him and their hands above their heads. "If any mau looks round I'll kill him," said the robber. After busying hiiniielfa few minu tes with tho mall and express, the robber forced each roan to step bach of thc Hued-up people and took theil pocket books one at a time. He re fused wa?ciios, but took all the pis tols In sight. All wero ordered lute Clio stago and went on their way. KoTcala AwAil Secrets, A dispatch from Kinat, N. I)., says tho dead body of Charles Herzig, whe left a wribten oonfetslon that he wai guilty of a murder committed neai Youngstown, Ohio, over thirty yean ago, lias boen found by a posse ol soar clio rs. The body was hanging ti a tree in a secluded ravine In thc county of Wallace. Tinned to blt breast was a piece of wrapping paper on which was written a confession o: his orime. Around his neck v/as i shred of thin green stulT such as wo men usc for face veils, lt ls recalle: by a former Youngstown man then that Llzz'.e Grombaoher wore such a veil when murdered and that part ol lt v.-f-.-i used to strangle her. Tho piece fot nd about Herzlg's neck ls supposed to be the remainder of the veil, as ht showed such a piece to a fellow ranch man to whom ho told the story of hit orlmo, declaring that he had kept lt all these years to use In ending lib own lifo some day. Found Fortune, ^ An iron pot cantalning $60,000 in gold coln, tho newest of whloh wa? 1 16 years old, was found on the farm of James Rivera, near Chesterfield, S. C., by Tyler Teal, a white laborer, and Will Edwards, a negro, while en gaged recently in digging a ditch. Tue pot was carried to a point 2 miles away and burled near a creek bardi. When, two days later tho finders went after tho pot lt had mys teriously disappeared. Tho negro charges the white man with having appropriated the money and hidden lt from him, while Teal d?clares thc story Is i-.ll a j kc and no pot was un earthed. Ed ward sticks to lils story ind has produced proof of iU genuine* ness, Deteotive J. D. Evans, who bxs associated with him one of the b;st detectives In the south, who were &m ployed by the negro, and who have duce been working on tho Case, have secured evllere* eon firming'the iiscijvory of thc hidden, wealth, but thus f xr no trace of the gold has been found. Klllod by Blind ?lgers. A dispatch from Jackson, M'.si. says Governor Vardaman received a letter from Dlstriot Attorney Brewer of thc eleventh district notifying him that a negro na m od Janies Wills, liv ing in tho interior of Tallahassee county was taken to thc woods by throe white mun and shot to death, he was burned. Tba negro, lt seems, had bought some whlakoy from ono of the white men and afterwards In formed on him. Tho district attor ney asked the governor to take action In tho case. Front at tho Nnrth. Reports from Now England state that that sootion was visited hy frost Wednesday night. Much clam Age was done to crops. In New York state frost was reported In several sections. At lane, Pa., and lu northern Ver mont snow fell. The freezing point was reached atConoord, N. II., and Augusta) Maine. A high wind saved thc cranberry orop In the Capo Cod district. Qonorous Woman. Mrs. Harriott Murchison Beckwith has subscribed *2o,ooo toward tho fund raised by Benncttsvllle to induce tho Presbyterian college now at Clinton, to locate at Bonnebtsvlllo. She ls the woman who presented thc town if Bcnnotts'vlllo with a thirty thous and dollar schoolhouse a few years *KO. BRYAN'S BOOM STAHTB. Hat tbo Groat Dcmnoratlo Leader Ueollnea tho Honor. "I want to make my position per fectly clear, I want to say to you that not only am I not announcing a oan dlctacy, but I awi not permitting a oandldaoy." lu these nords William Jennings Hi yon administered a chook to thc enthusiasm which, at the Jefferson club banquet, given in Kr. Bryan's honor at Chicago, greeted the speech es advocating his nomlnatiou for the tblrd time for president. "1 am not now" said Bryan, "a oan. dldate for any offioe. I have never ?aid that I would never again bo a oandldato for office but I want to say now that talk of candidacy for office docs not affect me as lt once did. I believe that my place in history will be determined not by wbat the peo ple are ablo to do for me but by what I am ablo to do fer the people (np plauso and cheers.) I think it U now too soon to ohooso a oandldato for president to make tho race three years from now; lt is too early to pledge ourselves to any one man. 1 buist, thai, boforo the time comes tc uamo a man for the nexl presidential race light may be thrown upon cur pathway and that a man may bc chosen who will V)? able to du for thc party more than I have been able to do. At tho banquet alluded to abavo Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, was cor dially greeted as he aroso to spoak on "The Progress of Municipal Owner ship." He eulogized Bryan and pre dicted tho ultimate triumph of thc principal of municipal ownership. Ollie M. James, ot Kentuoky, brought out round after round of ap plauso by tho eulogy of Bryan and the plea for Democratic harmony with which he closed a tpeeoh In which he declared that Bryan had long ago dsclarod in favor of crushing the trusts, reforming the tariff and bringing to arbitration all Internation al disputes. ?In a briof address Judgo J. B. Tar vin, of Covington, Ky., declared for Mr. Bryan as the standard bearer of Dcmooracy In 1U08; Mr. Bryan then rose to speak. Ile was greeted with an enthusiastic demonstration and it was some min utes before tho applause subsided sufficiently to allow him to proceed. He spoke on "Demooraoy vs Centrali zation. \ TOO MUCH WHISKEY In Certain Patent Modlolnoa to ho Sold Without Liloonao. A dispatch from Washington says the commissioner of internal revenue Thursday rendered a decision that will seriously affect a number of pa tent modlolne* oompoaod Jarge'y of distilled liquors He hat reversed a rulelng of his department made many years ago and now d?cid?e that the manufacturers of these medicines must take out license as rectifiers and i Hil nor dealers and that druggists and others handling thom will have to pay the usual retail liquor dealers' license. i Thc commissioner, in a letter of in structlon to collectors of iuternal rcve nue, says that thero are a number of compounds on the market going un der tho name of medicine* -'.tl - I composed chiefly of distilled spirits, without the addition of drugs or medicines in suffijient quantities to ohauge the oharacter of the whiskey. J While no statement ls made by the 1 commissioner as to the medicines that . will bo affected, lt ls believed that : several prominent and highly advor I th.od medicines will bu alficted by the r decision. ) In same Instances the medicines J have been found to contain as high as 1 4f> per cent, of alcohol, and there aro . many on the market, lt ls said, that ' contain 25 per cent, of alcohol. These L medicines are said to have Immonse sales in prohibition communities, flg 1 ures collected in ftfasiaohusetts recant J ly showing, lt is said, that one much 1 advertised compound with a high per r centage of whiskey hud been bought ! to the oxtent of 300,000 bottles In one ' year in prohibition communities of ! one New England Stato. ? Many l'm-Hons Haptizful. Tlie Greenville news says eighty I nine persons were baptized In Green ville county Sunday and by only two ministers. The number of convertod must be gratifying tc those gcod peo 1 pie who are disturbed nowadays by 1 statistics .showing that even New 1 York cannot bo called a Christian city, and many other things equally alarming. Tho Kev. Jones presided at Kooree, where 47 persons, both men and women, wore placed uuder thc waters of the stream. At Reedy river, in thc Union Bleaching company's reservoir, tire Rev. Seago and an as sistant were also engaged In the good work, arid no lens than 12 young men and women confessed tho faith there Sunday morning and wore gently dip ped beneath tho clear, cool waters of the stroam. At both placea hundreds of people had gathered from miles around and they must, have been Im pressed with what they saw. Such de monstratlons for the si?ko of religion are not so frequent as they once were,. Two such as those Of Sunday can hard ly fall to stir up rollglons enthusiasm and bring about great and lasting ro flllltS. sixty Injured. Sixty passengers were injured, nine seriously, by tho overturning of a trailer attached to a traction car on the Homestead division of tho Pitts? burg, l'a., Railway company near tho (Henwood bridgo eavlj Wcdneiday. The accident was causeo y the failure of thc brakes tn work. Tho oar and trailer wr.ro crowded to their fullest capacity. There ls a steep grado from the Glenwood bridge to Hays June tion, where o&rs branch off for sur rounding pointe, and great caution 1? used by motormen. Tho brakes refus ed to r.ct properly Wednesday, how over, and thc oars descended the grade with unusual speed. At Hays Junc tion thero ls a sharp curve. Tho first car managed to round tho curvo, but tho trailer, carrying 60 passengers, was thrown from thc track. A scene of almost Indescribable confusion fol lowed as tho upset trailer was dragged along a considerable dlstanoo before tho motor car could bo stopped. IOvcry one of tho passengers was bruised and Injured. It ls expected that all of tho Injured will ultimately recover. M uni Remain tiionmi. Associate Justlco Gary, to whom Lawyer Boyd Evans applied in tho hopo of keeping tho Union dispensa ries open pending his appeal to the supreme ourt, has sustained Judge Townsend. The case oan still go be ? . .. ? .>._t..vt< t\l.f mAAMa luiii int' tun huiacuiawuiu, um, lui/un whilo tho dlsponrarles must remain closed. 1 8TSSPSD IN ORIMB. A Doy Gong to tho Penitentiary for lOlghtocn Yojyrn. Tho Oreenville Nows says though his attornoys pleaded long and earnest ly for acquittal on the ground that Mrs. mothers had failed to identify her assailant, it took tho jury in th? general sessions court Wednesday lest than an hour to declare Ruf us Jack son, colorer?, guilty of attempted orlm inal assault. The crime wat committod In a oct ton Held near Grove Station a yest ago. Mrs. Brothers was ploklng oot ton at the time, and though sho suo ceeded In shaking tho negro off, ht made good his esoape and for sovora days the boy's whereabouts, for h* WM only eighteen yoara old, wero a mystery. It WM not long before om piece of circumstantial evldenu* afte another led to Jackson's arrest, anr. when tho deputy sheriff brought hin beforo Mrs. Rrothera she identifi?e him most positively, and ho wa brought to Jail. A month or two later the negro wa Admitted to bail by some magistrate and it was only a short time ago tba he lost one eyo and oame near losing lils lifo in au attempt to ontor thc room of a negro woman in the night time. It is also said on roliable au thority that this same Rufus Jaokson while out of Jail uuder bond wrote an insulting note to a white woman In Laurens oouuty, and also aotually as saultod a half-witted negro girl at the point of a pistol. These latter facts woro not allowee1 to oomo into tho case for they had no conueotion with lt, but they aro no secreta and go a long way toward mak lng up Jackron's oharaotor. The sta vuto llxos tho punlshmont for attempt Ad criminal asiault at not more than 30 years in the penitentiary, and Judge Dani/der gave him the full limit. Doad Alan at Holm. A dead man held tho wheel of tho schooner Chas. Lovy Woodbury dur lng several hours of the night of Au gust 8 on her trip to Honolulu from Laysan Island. He was Japanese mern beroi the crew, aud died clutohlng tho wheel, lie was found still holding lt, and the vessel, though greatly dam aged by a hurrioane, which ls suppos ed to have caused his death from over exertion, reached port In safety. Cap tain Harris, who was in command, says that lils vessel was swept along tho rate of niue knots an hour with out a stitch of canvas on her. He gave ip hope of saving her, and said good by to Oaptaiu Sohlemar, of Ltyson, who was a passenger. Hnlwarks were knocked ?away to keep the decks clear of water and oil was poured on the waves. Tho schooner ran for live days and nights helpless in the gale with out the captain being able to take an observation by either sun, moon or stars. Tho Japanese who died com plained of feeling sick when ho took his place as steersman, and he asked compaulon to stand by him for a time. No one saw him dio. Ho was found dead and stiif and holding the wheel as when alive. He had fallen forward, but his hands hold on, and tho vessel was holding her course fair* ly well. lilK Hatch Flro. Tho Greenville News says Aro do j abroyed a carload of matches at the Southern railway depot at 3 o'olook Wednesday morning. The Are de partment had to bo called to put out the flames whloh were bursting through the roof when some of the yard crow discovered what had hap pened. The car was standing near tho old freight depot at the time, but lt was immediately coupled to an on gine and rolled down the yard to fha Reedy river embankment, whore the fireman began to work with tho llames. For half an hour they poured a stream of water Into the bm sting matches before tho flames wero ontlre ly out. The matches were a total loss and tho carload was valued at 11,600. The damage to the car was considerable. Most c f the roof and woodwork on one *nd will have to be roplaced and the expense will reach $100. Why the matches should have taken tiro is not known, lt is sup posad that they wero jolted in some way and tho flames resulted. Fired Into tim Crowd. At Tlflls many Social DftmocraU were killed or wounded at 10 o'clock TuescUy night In a conflict with Cos sacks at the town hall and miuy were trampled to death in a subsequent panic. Two thousand Social Demo crats had forced an entrance Into tho town ball, which was closed owing to the celebration of a religious boll ? day, the beheading of John the Rap I tist, Revolutionary speeches were made and thc chit f of police ordered thc meeting to disperse. Part of those present obeyed but the remain der remained and some revolvers wero tired. A large fores of OossacK? I drawn up outside the building then fired a volley Into the crowd, time and time again killing .'io and wounding upwards of 70. In the disusing pau lo many per.-o is foll and were tram pled to death by their comrades and the pursuing Cossacks, A Holy War. A dispatch from St. Petersburg j says a holy war has been proclaimed in thc Oauoaslan districts af /.an si zur and Jebraial, whore Tartars are massaorolng the Armonians without a distinction of sex or age. Tho country is swarming with bauds of Tartars under the leadership of their ohlefs. Many thousand of Tartar horsemen have crossed tho Torso Russian frontier and Joined tho in surgents in destroying Armenian villages. At the village nf Mlnkond, three hundred Armenians were [slaughtered. Dispatches say that mutilated children wero thrown to tho dogs and thal the few survivors wero forced to submit to Jsiamlsm In ! order to save their lives. Murder And Huioldo. A special from Tarpon Springs says at o o'clock Wednosday evening G. K Paul, a well kno-rvn contractor, walk cd Into the boarding house of Hiram Font of that plac?, and as bin wife came to moet him at tho dining roon Paul shot her down with a double barrolcd shotgun and then ran into tho back yard, shooting himself wit! tho contents of thc other barrel. Pan. was Instantly killed but his wife lived 10 minutes. Paul had been drinking hoavlly, lt ls said, for several weeks. No statements wore made by olther party as to the. cause of the shoot,lng. Nothing to Hay, Tho state board of control mob on Tuesday in Columbia. There was some expectations that they would is sue a statement In reply bu Senator Tillman's charges, but they say now -that they will answer tho senator when tlicy think lt is propor to do so. SENTIMENT CHANGING. [>utli Carolin? for Prohibition ?nd Aluino Turning Against lt. Tho Washington Posb says it ts a ither remarkable faot that, although tie Damooraoy, as a uatlonal orgini/. Lion, has always bijou OI'PHM, to sumptuary laws," suoh as statutory rohlbition of tho liquor traQH the mst and tho best kind of prohibition i now found in tbo tow .States that ro solidly planted lu the Democratic ' alumns. Tho Boston Globe notes with iterest that while Mstno is growing ?oro and moro uneasy about tbe sys em of prohibition, and getting readv ir a oampa)gn of resubmission to btu eoplo of tho whole quoition, Georgia ud South Oarolina aro oarnestly talk ng prohibition. The Globe states that lrcady in Georgia 103 ceunlios have o license, 28 have dispensaries, and 0 lave high liomso. The effort now ls, ays the Globe, to have the legislatur? irovido a Bystem of "Stite option" inder which the six counties en Jo.? rouid ba wip?.d out. -Our Boston cjn emporary adds that: "In South Carolina there sa rc nark d/o movement to close up the ispensaries, and Senator Tillman pro irises to loa ve tho question to tho )emooratlc primary. The prohibition 's in Soutli Carolina, as well as in lecrgla, are cor. li Jen t that their cause rill win if presented to the people. "At the samo time lt ls curious that he opponents of prohibition in Maine nd Kansas, where the system has teen tried, aro as co: tidont that the icoplo aro ready to vote against a cen inuauco of tho present regime as the leorgia and South Cirolinau prohib? ionlsts aro that their caso needs only obs presented to lind acceptance at ho hands of thc people. " Tho Post IB In receipt of a very long nd intensely earnest commu ifc*tlon rom a South Carolina Democrat who, fter applying to tho liquor trade in iis State all the epithets that used to io hurled at the rumsellers and their ?laces of buslne;s in Maine sixty years go, closes by quoting this stanza from , song that was sung at temperance nectlngs in New longland by the randparents of Hie present genera ion: "Tell mo I hate the bowl? Hate is a feeble word; I loathe, abhor, my very soul, With strong disgust ls stilled When 1 pee, or hear, or tell Of tho dark beverage of hell!" HIDDEN TRSASUIlii H Found in niiolilKAit hy Two Mon Iixst Wotk. Excitement prevails at Northport iwlng to the reported finding of a roasureof $150,000, suppose, to be the lOOty of two robbers who committed heft in Chicago about thc time of the rcat Ure. Last week two aged str?ngen ap eared in Northport and hired a boa! o take them to North Fox Island, [imo miles in thc b.\y. Dater thc7 re urned to Northport and secured a uantlty of supplies, lt was learned hat they were provided witli maps nd charts. When tho strangers started to re urn to thc islaud it is reported that ay Spaugel, a barber, and Joe Gag ion a blacksmith, followed in a launch nd watched their movemonts. Soon fter the man who oarriod the strang rs to tho island returned after tools. In the meantime it ls reported that Ipaugel an l Gagnon located the. troa ure and got it. Telephone commun! atiou with thc Island was cut cir and he story as reporte 1 from Novihport ?y ono of the men is believed to be orrcct. In thc late (?O's or carly 70's a great obbery took place in Chicago, lo ls tated by some that thc robbery took dace during tho grout Ohlcag > lire. A arge amount of money was stolon by wo men, who escaped hy a small chooncr, but wore pur.uicd by Olli36rs. LMicy eluded thc vl^i'anc-s of their uirsuers and niter several days out ightcd South Fox Island. lt is believed they burled tho trea uro on North Fox Island, then uniu labited. A number of years afterward a mau n a Canadian prison died. But beforo LC died he Imparted information of the obborv and the location of the truas iro. While in prison nc m ule, a chart f thc Island, showing tho oxnct loca lon of the gold. Before he died ho ent the chart to his wife. Tho wid iw married again and to her husband onfided the secret. Thc husband did lot believe tho story and tho chart vas lost. In later years tho husband lu mak ng a trip from Mackinaw to Travels?; 'Ity passed thc Fox lalands and rolat d the story of tho buried treasure to he sailors, lt ls believed that thc allons, who heard tho st? ry, tn some vay carno poesossed of tho chart and hat tiley sought to unearth the treas ire. DonotinoOH Hncioiy, "Modern society Is as corrupt as 10II." These wera :hc words of Bishop tow man, the veuerable member of the ivangolloal Association, who arose Uki patriarch at the mentir.', of the. Ohio .inference In Columbus, Onlo, Wed csdaj, In the midst of a heated dls usslon of tho temperan'.;^, question nd thc hold that tho saloon and Oox lemont has on tho Republican parti f tho State. "Mod rn society !sa-i cor upt as boll.' Yes, 1 said i>; 1 will say i again." declared Ibo Bishop after ward. "1 mean by that card playing, eer drinking, gambling, dancing orso racing. Those- things aro the cachings of tho devil, aid what else, lien, than tho corruption of boll. 1 on't moan exaotly Mint all classes of icloty arc corrupt, but what is popu larly tormed as sodomy whore thc -calthy and tho moderately wealthy illow the glare of amusements and pend their time In riotous living when ot engaged in making money to dis ?pate. liol IO (ili'lii to (io. A dispatch from Aliento?/''. Pa., lys deciding to spend $20.0 OOO in hi balling glrltss telephone plants h?re nd In ID/.loton, ti'O management Of He Oodsolldated Telephone company eprived moro than 100 tolo phone Iris of their Jobs. They will bo out. s soon as tiio new plants aro ready, >econibor I, Tux 00 girls gob so ross about lt that many left instant f and thcsorvlce is greatly Imparcd. 'he directors of tho syndicate say ney aro sorry for the girls, hut they Uoulate on running caen girllossex iso go At a saving of $20 OOO a year, f tho trial plants aro as successful ? it is believed they will bo, thc Irless system will bo Installod in tho itiro Consolidated territory, which loludos Scranton, Wtb.osbarro and ic ten other largost cities of Penn y vania east of the Susquohaima riv :. Moro than 100 girls aro omployod 1 the oxohanges. AUGUST Bookkeeping," Shorthand, Type-1 guaranteed course 20 weeks. Single I lionel 8 mos. 12 calle for graduates i) 1 mond. Write. Machinery Supply Ht " , WE SELL EV Headquarters for EVERYTHING ir All kinds of Injectors, Lubricators. I Supplies for Saw Mills, OH Mill? and Large stock of Woll Pumps and Oylii ^ M COLUMBIA SI Oolumbict, 8.0. Thomar 5 THE GUINARD x Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof ' ? Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pro 2 or millions. OR eiii?iN(te0*e?e)4e?tt#e?e?>O'?x0)i Vhlsko I Morpnlne I Olgarob ?ablt, I Habit Habit : Cured by DLtc?eXey A 132? Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75\ oh;] so citd. POISON IN OUR FOOD. Kills Dogs, lUhhlta and Other Ani main in Exp art Toat. To demonstrate tho effect of im pure foods on the human system, Professor Eugene Girard, ono of the chief chemists of tho International Stewards Association, which ls in session at tho Hotel Rudoir, Atlantlo Glty, startled the delegates and a large number of tho outsiders by showing the effeots of a remarkable experiment ho lins been making on animals fed with Impurities found in focd sold throughout the country. Prof Girard had on hand a codec Mon of rabbits, guiuea pigs and doga. Professor Girard extracted tho color lng matter used in breadB'ulIs snd fed a healthy New FoUnd'and dog from day to day on this substance, rn*xing lt with lils food. To day the dog is thin and emaciated and it will have to ba killed on Thursday. Donor coloring matter that Pro fessor Girard fed to guinea pigs and rabbits killed tho animals in a short time. Tne tissues and every organ was fi und to ho poisioned and dis colored. Profesor Girard stated that the adulterations lu the foods sold to-day are having tho same Ufjot on thous auds of persons. There ls a big exhibit of pure and and impute foods iu the grotto of the Hotel Rudolf, and Professor Girard explains tho methods used In analy zing the various produc?s. Tho Stew ards' Association has become so strong that many corporations dealing in food stuff i make no attompt to place their goods on the market un less they aro fl.-st subjected to an anaylsls bylts chemists. BOUND AND TORIURBD, Wealthy Dlinois Fat mora Badly Treated hy Three Ilandlta. A dispatch to tho Ohioago Racord Hera'd from Elgin, 111., says: Bound, gaged and torlur?d by Ure by three bandits who sought to make them roveal the hiding place of atrea sure they thought concealed In the house, Andrew and John Fohren, old and wealthy farmors living near Spring L'.ke, twelvo miles north of there, are lu a serious condition and lt ls feared that the shock and injuries may prove fatal to Andrew, the older of the two brothers. Andrew, after the robbers had searched the houie and taken SMO, managed to free himself from the thongs which bound him and started across the fields to secure help. The soles of his feet were blistered, how ever, and before he liad gone far he f linted and fell into a ditch, where he iay until after daylight. Finally he revived and made his way to a cheese factory, where he gave the alarm, but the bandits had gained a start of sev eral hairs and could not bc found. Tlic bandits appeared Tuesday night and when refuced admittance battered in the door and overpowered thc old men after a brief struggle. Thoy ?3arched tho house, and Anding only ??ti?, concluded that a larger sum was concealed somewhere. They beat and choked their victims and finally ap piled lighted papers to the solo of their f??t to masc them tell where the sup posed treasure was hidden. After half an hour of excruciating torture John Fohren fainted from pain and tho robbers left. John was unoon scions when assistance arrived, but re vived and ls In a less serious condition biran lils elder brother. Divides lita Foo. W. J. Bryan lias divided all of the fee allowed him for ser7icesas execu tor of the will i f Pidi? S Bonnott, according to a letter by him to a friend at Halliford among Interests not poisonal. He was allowed $2,500 Out of which ho had expended about isuo to meet tho Inheritance tax, +.Si)0 for a bust of Mr. Bennett tobe placed in the Salem, 111., Public Ll brary and about $-100 will bo sent to lt?v. Alex\nder E, Irviuo for tho edu cation Of his two sons. Tho remaind er went for lawyers' fees. Mr. Irvlno rouluottd thc funeral services of Mr. Bennett and was his friend in lifo. Munt he Numbered. The post?nico dcpartmotit has ls sued an ordor willoh will go into of .'oct on Soptembor 30th requiring all rural houses to bo numbered thc samo as tho homos In thc olty. The orders stato that all of tho boxes must hear tho number instead or tire names of occupants of tho housos to hotter facilitate thc rural delivery work. Tiie carriers have a certain roubo to go every day, and ho goes tho samo way dally, and tho order states that lie will have t.o number tho first' box [ on his route "No. 1," and so on to tho end of lils routo. writing, Eu ?lieh branches, "Full ' course of either Business or Shert i about 20 days. Can\supply de rose for tbe State. ERYBODY. i MACHINERY SUPPLIES. Mpo, Valves, Eittings, any ono in Machinery business. Uders. Got our price. IPH.Y 00., ilunory Supply hones of the Stato BUICK WORK'S! IA ?, O. Terra Cotta Building Blook or pared to fill orders for thou ands I All Druinand Tobacco . I Habits, txwt^fciit.e, of CX tub!*, t?. (J. Confidential corroaponf . Honest Treatment for ?Veak Discouraged men. )o Not Throw Your stoney Away on Worthless Ti ca tinenta, But Write to Dr. Hathaway, tho South's Most Expert Specialist, Who Can Bo Depended 1EMCAL BOOKS FREE, Wirte for Them. If yo? uro ft man H :fToring from unnatural lihclmrges, omission?, prematura dlsolarge, or rom ft complote losa of your mn M limul, do not trow your money away on tho many worth oss treatments from f?ko medical companies, institutes," otc, hut oil right down tina writ? o Dr. J. Nowton Hathaway, 88 Inman Bloc? Ltlanta. Cia. Thia physician hos porfeotoda nothod of treatment aftor ovor 25 year? of ex lorio?co that will positively rostoro any woak, k'ornout, disoouragod man to a typo of porfeot lunhnod, whether tho patient is voting, old or niddlo-agn?. Ready made mod foi noa cannot mssib.y euro thin condition, hut oaoh and >vorj caso requires spoeially prepared treatr neut administered by an export ph) alolan who s compotent to undorstand just wluat your jaso requires. The vast experience of Dr. Hathaway has given li i m a knowledge of this Kondition in men not possessed by any othor physician; and every mau in Uni condition jhould write him Without dolay. Everything is kept stritoly confidential, and all modl sinos. which aro prewired in his own labora tory, nro sent, in plain packages. During tho years and years he ha* been established in At lanta he has ; conducted Iii? boniness in an tonest, atrai/ lit forward manner, and his repu- ? cition is known to all. Ho will Sand to each sufferer his book for mon, ontitlod ''Manll ?eas, Vigor and Health." Ho also cures all )thor di soaso* of mon inch' aa Stricture. Va icocolo, CSloet, otc, anil if you aro nllUotod- ' vrito him for a book on your disease He tas a nunibei of thuin. Ilavo no hesitaney in vriling him. Tho ad .'ross is J. NEWTON 1 ATIIAWAY, M. D., 88 Inman Bldg, Atlnn n, Ga. A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who jail or write for treatment within the ?ext 30 days. 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Coal Writ* CHM lt Was Pali. Special Reforc? Boggs has made ls report to the supremo ooqrt In re ard to tho Bickens dls^nnary elec? lon, In which ho shows tl?, at more han one-fourth of the vobuhi signori he petition and that tho eleotlon waa ?lr, '