Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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UOOD ADVICE. Mr.. Misson Tells Farmers to Market Their Cotton Slowly Aud Alien Planters Will Clot Good Vi ..es. Wants Figures on Oon sninptlon by thc Bplnnors. The fallowing letter which we ta ko from the Augusta Chronlole will bc read wltb interest: Dear Slr: The convention of tho Southoru Cotton Asscoiatlon, held lu Asheville, IN. C., on tho 6th, bas ad Journed, and passes down Into history aa a most Important meeting. While I was in hopos that this meeting would tlx twelvo coots as tho minimum prioc for cotton during this soason, willoh price, whon the slzo of tho orop ie taken into consideration, ls oheap, they thoughtdlfferently-sloven conti minimum was agreed upon aa tho oor reou figure, and so, from now on, eleven oents is tire minimum pries tc be demanded by all loyal farmers foi their cotton during this soason. When ten cents per pound was tixed last February by thc convention in New Orloans and demanded by tho farmora, all manner of fuu was made of the far mern,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 the farmers will prove loyal, and I bellevo they wi'l, you will see cotton selling from eleven cents per pound insido of two weeks. Don't rush your cotton on tho rnarkot too rapidly, fellow farmers. Mirket it slowly. 1 behove wo have the short est crop we have had in years. And, if 8Ufllolcnt labor can bo gotten, the orop In Georgia and .South Carolina will be gatluued by October first, and, from tho best Information 1 can get, the remainder of thc cotton belt ls in the same tlx. As soon as lt dawns on the spinnors and speculators how short this orcp is you will see a rush for thc for the staple, and up will go prlc:s. Keep your cotton, draw enough money on lt to pay your debts so as not to block the wheels of commerce and trade, pay your merohanbs, that they may In turn pay tho wholesale mer chants from who ui thoy bought the 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 lt. The rapid marketing of cotton during the last ten days ls re sponsible for the decline in price?; bo patient ; market slowly and you will make money by lt. 1 oxpect to see cotton sell for tltteen cents by Jan uary 15th; therefore In my judgment to rush cotton on thc markei means a loss of money to you; but as before advised, while demanding justice for yourselves accord justice to others; draw sullleient money on your cotton and pay your debts so that tho man you owe can pay his dobts and busi ness will go along smoothly. 1 no tice that tho census bureau ls out with a report of cotton ginned up to September 1st showing that 469 600 bales of the present crop was giunod up to said date. This ls a bad show lng for thc crop and demonstrates be yond question that the crop ls in poorer condition than rcccgn'zrd and claimed by experts. No such an amount of cotton would have been opened In August If the crop was In a healthy condition. More than half of tho cotton oponed in August was forced open by the dry, hot windi we had. Lots of the bolls were unma tured. Opened becausotho plant had lost all of its vitality. Suoh condi tions foreshadow a short season and a short crop. I expected to soo a full report . from Mr. North at this time. I expected to sec a report giving information on both sides of this question, but I am disappointed. Mr. North, it seoms, ignores the instructions cf congress and continue? co give all the informa Mon be can gi YO from the farmers' alelo of thc question, but remains mum as to information from tho spin ners sido. He gives us only a paittal report. If you will refer, Mr. E lltor, to the records of congress of dato January 16th. l?Of), you will lind thc following viz: "H :;ty-elghth congress, third session, Louse joint resolution No. 186, In tho senate of tho United States, January nth, 1005. "R;ad twice and referred to the committee on thecoMsus. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing and directing the director of tho census to collect anil publish additloiud statistics relating to cotton. "Resolve^, by tho senate and house of representativos of the United States of Amor?o* In congress assem bled: That the director of the cernais be, and he ls hereby authoii'/.jd and directed to collect and publish on the same date and at the same time he makos publication of ginuers1 report for cotton production provided for In section nine of "An act of congres; entitled an act to provide for a per manent eensus ellice. Approved March 6bb, n>02 " statistic? of the consumption of cotton, the surplus ot cotton he'd by the Manufacturers and thoquinltyof colton exported, thc statistics to bo i ll m mart zed as of Scp tomber 1st, each year, so as to show the cotton production and oonsump tien of the preceding year. Passed the house of representatives January 16th, iD0f>. Autest: A. MCDOWELL. From the above wo seo that Mr. Nor til is not only "authorized" but "directed" to giye this additional in foi motion, blithe, for ?orne unexplain ed reason falls to do so. His duties are made very plain. No discretion is loft him. Ile is "authorized and directed" to publish t his ad litlonal information, yet he does not do lt. We do not ob ject to the publication of Information on our side of thc question provldi cl it ls correct, anti provided further that we arc given the Information wh ch wo arc entitled to oxp?ot from Mr. North under the law to bo given at thc samo time. Hut wc do object to in formation c incoming one sido being given to tho world whilo information which we are entltlod to under the law, giving us sumo Insight Into the othor aide of thc question ls suppress ed. Wc are willing to accord justice to othor, and wo Intend to demand jus tice for ourselves. Will Mr. North please explain why he has not oom pl led with bis Instruc tions from the congress of the United States? Verv truly, R. M. MlXHON, Burned to Death. Tho summer home of William Thompson at Harmony Grove, N H., was burnod Tuesday morning. Two persons wcro burned to death. Tho victims are Mrs. Lidia Thurston and W. M. Thompson. Thc origin or tho tiro is a mystery. A FATAL FALL Through, tho Domo of tho Stato Capitol at Columbia. At, the State Ho:-se ia Columbia oa Tuesday ot last week while faul bbl lng his name on oue of the iron girders between the bases of the inner and cuter shells of the capitol dome, Wal roo H. Scruggs, Jr., tho fifteen year old son of a well known traveling clothing salesman, stepped into one of tho two foot squares of tho dilling proteoted only by tin, and fell forty foot headforemost on to the marblo floor of the outer lobby between tho two houses of tim legislature, dashing out his brains and killing himself in stantly. With him was a oompanlon, P. W. Bull, who had Just ilnished writing his namo in the adjoining pand. These two names and that of G. S. Rents aro sorlbled In largo whlto let ters all over that section of tho dome. When he fell through Scruggs was Just reaching tho ilist '-g" In his name, a long whlto mark extending down the girder in tho direction of the punoturcd square. This is a dangerous celling, but lt scorns impossible to prevent a miscel laneous assortment of people from streaming Into thc dome, though thlj accident will likely result In some ac tion being taken along this Hue- On the dav of tho adjournment of thu last legislature tho llttlo daughter of W. H. Moickton, a Columbia mer chant, fell shrough one of theso squares, but was saved by tho bal cony, and though she foll 26 feet she was uninjured. W. W. 1'rlco, now a well known Washington nowspapor correspondent several years auo whilo working on a Columbia newspaper fell partially through one of these squares while spying ou a political convention In session In the hall of the House of Representatives, Shot by n HurKlar. Burglars that have aroused tho vicinity of Greenwich, Conn., for the past few wc( 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 Stocd corporation, was hit by a bullet ll reel by a burglar and seriously if not fatally Jnjured. About 3 o'clock Wednesday morning Mis. Morrill's nurse was awakened by the flash of a burglar's lantern in her face. She screamed and her eries at tracted Mrs. Morrill ard as she cn tcred the rocm 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 made his escape. The police found that an entrance was effected by forcing thc front door. A mau claiming New York as his home was arrested. The police believe he ls tho burglar. lie gave his name as Joint llrown and said that he carno toGrecnwioh to call on a friend employed at the home of Mrs. Morrill. Dismissed. As a result of tho court martial proceedings against Commander Ber nard O. Scott, who several weeks ago ran the cruiser Detroit aground at Pueta Plata, Santo Domingo, that chicer has been dismissed from the servies, thc President having approv ed the proceedings, ilnd:ngs and sen tence of tho court. Among the speci fications ngainst Commander Scott was that of drunkeness, and lt w:-.s also alleged that he wa?" guilty of a number of indiscretions a*. Guatana mo, Cuba. Tho Def! ll although disabled by the lons of < no of her pro peller blades, was not seiliusty dam agod. Commander Scoot was appoint ed to the N.\ val Academy from Ala bama in June, 1870, and received his present commission of commander in August, ino:}._ (..m.i Softool System. A development of tho school sys tem In New York unheard of and un thought of u till ab.mt sixteen years ago ls the systom of free Iodines to adults. Theso free lec'.uroa were be gun lu six school houses In the winier of 1880. At tho prcsant time they are given In 1 10 centres In New York, tho majority of willoh are In school buildings. List year 4,666 lectures were attended by tho astounding total of 1,134,000 persons. Lectures on travel, history sociology, literature and art ara Illustrated bj storooptlcon views. Lectures In elect rici ty, phy sics, metallurgy, etc, are illustrated by experiments and lectures in murdo by vocal and instrumental selections. Paid A Just Penalty Henry W. Manseer, thc OtiwcgO county farmer band, who murdered pretty 12 year old Cora Sweet, wa*, executed in Audubon, N. Y., prison at 6:16 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mansers or 1 roe was tho most brutal nauseating in thc criminal history of Otwego county. His victim was a child of a well-to db farmer in the town of Soriba, a few milos from the city of O?wego. O.i }>l\y 28 Mxnsei i met thc girl on her way to Sunday schcol, lured her into the woodi and then killed ber by pounding her side Into a shapeless mass wi tn a stone. Kiln il by Cotton. A vory sad accident occured near Vanees on M nd sy wc k ?go, which re sulted in the death of Arthur, thc live-year-old son of Mr. Julius A. Mur ray. Mr. Murray's children were play ing In his cotton on about two bales of newly gat bored seed cotton. They had dug a hole in the midst of the pile of cotton, down to tho door, when Ar-1 thur got down Into lt, probably to m ike tho hole largor, when tho cotton fell on him, sulf loatlng him. Ho was gotten out as speedily as possible, and everything possible dono bo save him. All proved unavailing. Fur Snnkn Hilo, As Farmer Arthur L. Mitchell, of North Woodbury, Gonn., was cutting foe'd )r corn In a lowland lot a big roe! ? adder blt his loft wrist. Mr. Mltcholl toro tho reptile elf, ran for tho bouse and drank a quart of whiskey, which neighbors brought him. Ih suffered terribly all night, but the liquor ls having tho desired eilVct, physicians say, and ho may recover. Filootrooutod. At Waterbury, Conn., on Tuesday of last week one man was electrocuted and one is dying at a hospital and a third ls seriously burned as a result of coming Into contact with a llvo wire at tho Sohovillo manufacturing plant. Death from c ming In OOO tact with llvo electric wires are becoming almost an cvory day ocourronco, Hanged HI ms* If. Frederick Mercer, a negro 47 years old, hanged himself to a door knob In Brooklyn, N. Y., on Monday. Whoo found his bod/ was hi an almost hor izontal positon with his hoad only a foot from thc floor. SENSATIONAL STORY. Thirty-llyo American* Rtfported li-nt onToR-Vs Ship, A. dispatch ?rom New O/lear.s to tho Atlanta Constitution says from nformatlon noelved hero lt ls believ ed that a number of American gun ners went down in , the explosion which tank Admiral Togo's flagship, tho Mikas?, and at the same time threw light upon the cause for the remark! bl? marksmanship which do vasted tho Buvslau Baltic ilse! in tho battle ot the Sea of Japan. Joseph Morgan, of thisolty, broths/ of Charles Morgan, formerly gunner on Admiral Sampson's flagship, Ne? York, states thal ?he A mer loan gun ner J )lnod till Japanese navy and waa a member of the orew of the MI kaia. Guuuer Charlea Morgan ls said to b* ono of tho thirty-live Amorlcau man o'-warraen who deserted at Manila and Joined the Japanese navy. It nas he who tired the Amt Phot ak San J uau. Porto Rico, aud subssq lent ly obtained notoriety through AU mir ai Sampson's opposition to his recolv lug the rank of commissioned officer lu the United States navy. Morgan's skill aa a gunner wai cela brated lu tho navy, and his brother states that Captain Merrill, formerly stationed at the United States navy yard at New Orloaus, told,him bis brother deserted at Manila, and, with thirty-live comrades, joined the Jap aneso forces, receiving a salary of $5 00 a month, with a promise of a bonus at tho end of the year. Heretofore lt has boen claimed that thc J apa??se have om ployed no for cign nighters, and tho fact that Joseph Morgan has heard nothing from hi* brother for over a year, after a fomor regular correspondence, bears out tho belief that American gunners wero secured under bond of sccreoy. A B.iLI) ROBBER. A liuno 11 Ivliw r\y m on Uold-Up mill It .lined a Conch* A dir.path from Lounder, Wjomlng, says a typical Western stage robbery by a lone highwaymen too* place b j bwoon Mrersville and Rengls, on tho Rocky Mountain Stage Company's run, last week. Tue highwayman took all the valuables from the ex press box, robbed the mall sacks, and took tho cann from the three passengers and the driver down the brail, wi ,n I ni tr uot lons to keep going without louklng back on pain of bo lng shot. The stage with its three passongcrs was bowling along aa a good rate when suddenly the command to halt rang out and a masked roan arose from behind a boulder, two guns in his hands, covering the driver. With a curt remark that "tho first man who attempts to resist will bc shot, " tho highwayman forced the passen gers and drhcr to alight and range themselves with their backs to him and their hands above their heads. "If any man looks round I'll kill li!rn," said the robber. After bu?ylng himself a few minu tes with tho mail and express, the robber forced each man to step back of thc lined-up people and took their pocket books one at a time. He re fuse 1 wa .olios, but took all the pis tols In sight. All were ordered into the stage and went on their way. Itovoftls Awful H?;crots, A dis pat Oh from Kinat, N. D., says tho dead body of Charles Herzig, who left a written confession that ho was guilty of a murder committed near Youngstown, Ohio, over thirty years ago, has been found by a posso of seaiohors. Tlie body was hanging to a tree in a included ravine in the county of Wallace. Pinned to lils breast was a piece of wrapping paper, on which was written a confession of his orimo. Around lils neck was a shred of thin green stulT such as wo men use for fnee veils, lt is recaller! by a former Youngstown man there that Lizzie Grombacher wore such a voil when murdered and that part of lt wns used to st rangle lier. Tho piece foi nd about Herzig's neck ls supposed to be thc remainder of the veil, as lie showed such a piece to a fellow ranch man to whom ho told the story of lils or J mn, declaring that lie had kept lt all these years to use in anding his own lifo some day. found f-'onitiio. v An Iron pot cantaiulng $60,000 In gold coln, the newest of which was 116 years old, wai found on the farra of James Ul vern, near Chesterlleld, S. (J., by Tyler Teal, a white laborer, and Will Edwards, a negro, while en gaged recently in digging a dltoh, The p;it was carried to a point 2 miles away and burled near a creek bank. When, two days later tho th.dors went after the pot lt had mys beriouily disappeared. Tho negro charges the white man with having appropriated the money and hidden lt from Jilin, while Teal declares thc story is all a j ko and no pot was un earthed. Edward sticks to ids story and has produced proof of lu genuine ness. Datootlve J. I). Evans, who 1ms associated with him one of the b:st detectives In tho south, who were omploycd by the negro, and who have since been working on tho case, have secured evldercs confirming the. dlHC.iVory of the hidden, wealth, but thus f .tr no trace of the gold lias been found. Killed hy Blind lijara. A dispatch from Jackson, M'.si. says Governor Vardaman received a letter from District Attorney Brewer of thc eleventh dlatrict notifying him that a negro named Janies Wills, liv ing in tho interior of Tallahassee county was taken to tho woods by threo white men and shot to death, he was burned, Tba negro, it seems, had bought some whiskey from one or the white mon and afterwards in formed on him. The district attor noy asked the Kovernor to take action lu tho case. ]<'ront m tho North. Reports fr.?ii No>? England state that that fioctlon was visited hy frost Wednesday Dight. Much damage was done to crops. In Nev/ York state frost was reported in sevsral sections. At, Cane, l'a., and In northern Ver mont snow fell. The freezing point was readied at Concord, N. H., and Augusta, Maine. A high wind saved tho cranberry crop in tho Capo Cod district. Generous Woman. Mrs. Harriett Murohlson Beckwith has subscribed *i.\ooo toward tho fund raised by hennciasvlllc to induce tho Presbyterian college now at Clinton, 11 to looato at llonnettsvlllo. Sho isis the woman who presented thc town of Mennotlsvllie with a thirty thous and dollar schoolhouse a few years ago. I c BRYAN'8 BOOM ?TAltTS. .i.? / wm tho Uroat Dciuooratio header Doollno? tho Honor. "I want ?o make my uotdtlon per tootly clear, I want to say to you that ?ot only am I not announolng a oau Jldaoy, but I am not permitting a jaudldaoy." lu these words William Jennings Bryan adrnlnlsterod a oheok to trie anthuBiasm which, at the Jefferson olub banquet, given In Mr. Bryan's honor at Chicago, greeted the speech es advocating bis nomination for the third time for president. "lam notnow" said Bryan, "a can didate (or any ellice. I bavo never laid that I would never again bo a candidate for efl leo but I want to say now that .alic of candidacy for ofiloc donn not affect me as lt oboe did. I believe that my place In history will be determined not by what the poo pie are ablo to do for me but by what 1 am able to do fer the people (ap plauso ard cheers.) I think lt U now too soon to ohooso a candidate for president to make the race three years from now; lt ls too early to pledge onnud voy to any ono man. 1 .lust that boforo tho ti rue comes tc name a man for the next presidential race light may be thrown upon cur path tray and that a man may bo chosen who will be able to do for thc party more than I have been rvble to do. At tho banquet alluded to abDve Mayor Dunne, of Chicago, was cor dially greeted as he aroso to speak on "The Progress of Municipal Owner ship." Ho eulogized Bryan and pre dicted the ultimate triumph of the principal of municipal ownership. Ollie M. James, of Kentucky, brought out round after round of ap plauso by tho eulogy of Bryan and the plea for Demooratlo harmony with which he olosed a speech In which he daolared that Bryah had long ago declared in favor of crushing the trusts, reforming tho tariff anti bringing to arbitration all lnternatlou Ed disputes. ? In a brief address Judge J. B. Tar vin, of Covington, Ky., declared for Mr. Bryan as the standard bearer of Democracy In iuo8. Mr. Bryan then rose to speak, ne was greeted with an onthuslastio lemor.siratlon and it was some min. ates before tho applause subsided lufllolently to allow him to proceed, lie spoke on "Democracy vs Centrali zation.' i TOO MUCil WHISKEY In GortKln Patent Modlolnos to ho Sold Wimont Liioonso. A dispatch from Washington says the commissioner of internal rovouuo Thursday rendered a decision that will seriously affect a number of pv tent medicines composed largo'y or Distilled liquors. He has roversod a ruieing of his department made manj years ago and now decide* that the manufacturers of these medicines must take out license as roct'.llors aud liquor dealers and that druggists and ethers handling thom will have to pay tho usual retail liquor dealers' license. The commissioner, In a lotter of in itruotlon to collectors of Internal rove nue, says that thero aro a humber of compounds on the market going un der tho nama of m od lol no?--tl. '. oomposed chlelly of distilled spirits, without the addition of drugs or medicines In sn 111 dent quantities to ohaugc the character of the whiskey. While no statement ls marlo by thc commissioner as to the medicines that will he affected, lt is believed that several prominent and highly adver tised medicined will ba affected by the decision. In some instances the medicines have boen found to contain as high as 45 per cent, of alcohol, and there aro many on the market, lt ls said, that contain 25 percent, of alcohol. These medicines are said to have Immense sales In prohibition communities, lig ures collected in Massachusetts recent ly showing, lt ls said, that one much advertised compound with a high per centage of whiskey had been bought to the extent of 300,000bottles in one year In prohibition communities ot one New England Stato. ninny I'orHoiis I)ni>tlznU. Tho Greenville news says eighty nine persons were baptized In Green villo county Sunday and by only two minister?. The number of converted must be gratifying to thone gcod peo ple who are disturbed nowadays by statistics showing that even New York cannot he called a Christian L?lty, and many tither tilings equally alarming. Tho Kev. Jones presided at Kooree, where 17 persons, both men ind women, wore placed under thc waters of tho stream. At Reedy river, n the Union Bleaching company's reservoir, the Rev. Seago and an as sistant were also engaged in the good work, and no less than 12 young men ind women con fer sf. d tho faith there Sunday morning snd wore gently dip >ed beneath the clear, ecol waters of he stream, At both places hundreds it peoplo had gathered from miles iround and they must bav? been Im >resscd with what they saw. Such de nonstrations for the SH ko of religion ire not so frequent as they once were. Two such as tttoso of Sunday can bard y fall to stir up religious enthusiasm md bring about groat and lasting re ul Us. rtlxty tiijitrotl. Sixty passengers were Injured, nine eriously, by tho overturning of a railer attached to a traction car on he Homestead division of tho Pitts >urg, Pa., Hallway company near tho Henwood brldgo early Wednesday. Dbe accident was caused by the failure if the brakes to work. The car and ?railer were crowded to their fullest ia pac! ty. There ls a steep grado from bo Glenwood bridge to Hays J uko lon, where CMS hranoh off for sur ounding point?, and great caution ls ised by rnotormon. Tho brakes refus al to r.ct proporly Wednesday, bow yer, and thc oars descended thc grade vi ttl unusual speed. At Hays June ion there le a sharp curve. Tho first ar managed to round tho curve, but ho trailer, carrying 50 passengers, vas thrown from Cte track. A scene if almost indescribable confusion fol owed as the upset trailer was dragged .long a Considerable distanoo before ho motor car could ho stopped. Hvery mo of tho passengers wan bruised and njured. It is expected that all of tho njured will ultimately recover. ?Munt linn,' in ( linnell. Asnoolate Justlco Gary, to whom jawyer Boyd H vans applied in tho lope of keeping the Union dispensa Irs open pending his appeal to the upreme oourt, has sustained Judge Townsend. The caso can still go he ore tho full supremo court; but mean vhile tho dlsponrarlos must remain dosed, y STEEPED IN CHIME. A. Boy Goos to tho Penitentiary for ICIfChtecn Yoiyrn. Tiic Greenville Now? says toongi hie attorneys pleaded long and earnest ly for acquittal on tho ground that Mrs. Brothers had failed to Identify her assailant, lt took tho jury in th? general sessions court Wednesday lest than au hour to declare Rufus J?ok son, coloree1, guilty of attempted crim inal assault. The crime wa? committed in a cot ton field near Grove Station a yeai ?BO. Mrs. Brothors was picking oot ton at the time, aud though she suo ceeded lu shaking the negro off, ht made good his esoape and for sovora days the boy's whereabouts, for h* was only eighteen years old, were a mystery. It was not lon? boforo om piece of circumstantial ovldeno* after ?nether led to Jackson's arrest, anr. when tho deputy sheriff brought hin before Mrs. Brothers she identified bim most positively, and ho wa. brought to J.\il. A mouth or two later tho negro wa Admitted to ball by some magistrate and it was only a short time ago tba he lost one eye and oame ucar losing bis lifo in an attempt to cuter thc room of a negro woman in the night time. It is also said on reliable au thority that this same Rufus Jackson while out of Jill under bond wrote an Insulting note to a white woman In Laurens oouuty, aud also aokually as saultod a half-witted negro girl at the point of a pistol. These latter facts woro not allowed to oomo into the case for they had no connection with it, but they aro no secrets and yo a long way toward mak lng up Jackron's oharaoter. The sta lute llxos tho punishment for attempt ?d criminal assault at not moro than :$0 years in the penitentiary, and Judge Dantzler gave him tho full limit. Hoad Man at Holm. A doad man held tho wheel of tho schooner Unas. Lovy Woodbury dur lng several hours ol tho night of Au gust 8 ou her trip to Honolulu from Laysan Island. Ile was Japanese mern ber of the crow, and died clutohing tho wheel, lie was found still holding lt, and the vessel, though greatly dam aged by a hurricane, which is suppos ed to have caused his death from over exertion, readied port in safety. Cap tain Harris, who was In command, saya that lils vessel was swept along at the rate of nine knots an hour willi out a stitch of canvas on her. Ile gave up hope of saving her, and said good by to Captain Sohlemar, of Layson, who was a passenger. Bulwarks were knocked away to keep the decks clear of water and oil was poured on thc waves. Thc schooner ran for tl ve 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 hin place as steersman, and lie asked a companion to stand by bim for a time. No ons saw him dio. He was found dead and still' and boldlug the wheel as wheu alive. Ile had fallen forward, but his hands hold on, and tho vessel was holding lier course fair* ly well. HI); Match Fire. Tho Greenville Nows says Uro do abroyed a carload of matches at tho Southern railway depot at 3 o'olook Wednesday morning. The fire de partment had to bo called to put out the Hames which wero bursting through tho roof when some of the yard orow discovered what had hap pened. The car was standing nour the old freight depot at the time, but it was immediately coupled to an ori gine and rolled down the yard to (hs R?e?v river embankment, where tho tl re nun began to work with tho Mimes. For half an hour they pou rod a stream of water Into the hui sting matches before thc Hames wore entire ly out. The matches were a total loss and tho carload was valued at il,500. The damage to the car was considerable. Most Of tho roof and woodwork on one 'nd will have to be roplaced and the expense will roach $100. Wliy thc matches should have taken lire is not knowu. lt is sup posed that they wero jolted in some way and tho ll ames resulted. Fired Into tho Crowd, At Tl ills many Social Democrat! wore killed or wounded at 10 o'clock Tuesdiy night hi a cor.tl ?ct with Cos sacks at the town hall and many were trampled to death In a subsequent panic. Two thousand Social Demo crabs had forced an entrance Into tho town halli which was closed owing to the celebration of a religious holi day, the beheading of John the Bap tist. Revolutionary speeches were made and the chit f of police ordered the mooting to disperse. Part of those present obeyed but the remain der remained and some revolvers wero ll rod. A largo fore? of Cossacks drawn up outside the building thou llred a volley Into the crowd, time and timo again killing .'IO and wounding upwards of 70. In the disusing pan ic mar.y persons foll and were tram pled to death by their comrades and thc pursuing Cossacks, A Holy War. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says a linly war has been proclaimed In tlic Caucasian districts af Z?n stzur and Jcbralal, whore Tartars are massaorolng tho Armenians without a distinction of sex or ag >, Thc country ls swarming with bands of Tartars under thc leadership of their ohlefs. Many thousand of Tartar horsemen have crossed the Perso Ruoslan frontier and Joined the in surgents in destroying Armenian villages. At the village of Mlnkond, three hundrod Armenians were slaughtered. Dispatches say that mutilated children were thrown to the dogs and that thc few survivors wore forced to submit to Isiamism in order to save their lives. Murder Ami Niiioldn. A special from Tarpon Springs says at (l o'olook Wednesday evening O. fe. Paul, a well known contractor, walk^ cd into thc boarding house of Hiram Pent of that plao-j, ano as Mis wlfo came to meet him at the dining room Paul shot ber down with a double barreled shotgun and then ran into the back yard, shooting himself with tlic contents of thc other barro!. Paul was Instantly killed but his wife lived 10 minutes. Paul had been drinking hoavily, it ls said, for several weeks. No statements woro made by oither party as tn tho cause of tho Shooting. Nothing to H Ay, Tho stato board of control mot on Tuesday in Columbia. Thero was somo expectations that they would lo sco a statement in reply to Senator Tillman's charges, hut they say nov? ?-that tiiey will answer tho senator I whon thoy thins: lt is proper to do flo. SENTIMENT CHANGING. South Carolin? for Prohibition ?nd Bf ?I HO Turning A-Sfthist Ii. The Washington Post saya it ls a rather remarkable fact that, although lie nomocracy, as a national organ!/, itlon, has always neon opposed, to 'sumptuary laws," such as statutory prohibition of tho liquor tm ill ), the iiostaud the best kind of probl -dtlon s now found in tho fow States that tro solidly planted lu the Democratic columns. Tho Boston Globo notes with nterest that while Aluino is growing moro and moro uneasy about the sys ,em of prohibition, and getting readt for a campaign of resubmission to thc leoplo of tho whole question, Georgia iud South Oarollna uro oarnestly talk (ng prohibition. Thc Globo states that Already In Georgia 103 ocUDtios have io license, 28 have dispensaries, and (> :iavo high liomso. The effort now ls, nays the Globe, to have the legislature pr?vido a system of "Stite option" jndcr which the six counties en Jo? would b3 wip?d out. .Our Boston CJU temporary adds that: "lu South Carolina there ;sa re nark .b'.e movement to elmo up th* ilspensarles, and Senator Tillman p^ poses to leave tho question to the Democratic primary. Tuc prohibition sis in South Oarollna, as well as in lecrgla, are cst. tl .lent that their cause ?rill win if presented to the people. "At the samo time lt In curious that &he opponents of prohibition in Maine ind Kansas, where the system has ?leen tried, arcas co: lident that tho people aro ready to vote against a oon Mnuance of the present reg I mo as the Georgia and South Oaroltnan prohib? zionists aro that their case need? only to be presented to lind acceptance at tho hands of thc people." Tho Post ls in receipt of a very long and intensely earnest communication from a South Carolina Domoora J who, after applying to tho liquor trude In his State all thc epithets that used to be hurled at the rumscllcrs ard their places of business In Maine sixty years ago, closes by quoting this stanza from a song that was sung at temporalice, meetings In New longland by the grandparents of tho present genera tion: "Toll mo I bato the bowl? 11 ato is a feeble word; I loathe, abhor, my very soul, With strong disgust ls stilled When I ree, or hear, or tell Of tho dark beverage of helli" HIDDEN T?EA8U?JB la Found In Mlohlgan by Two Men ijxst Wotk. Excitement prevails at Northport owing to the reported finding of a troasureof $l?O,000, suppose to be the booty of two robbers who committed theft In Chicago about tho time of the great Uro. Last week two aged stranger', ap pearod in Northport and hired a boat to tako thom to North Fox Island, some miles In thc bay. Later they re turned to Northport and secured a quantity of supplies, lt was learned that tlicy woro provided with maps and charts. When tho strangers started to re turn to the Islaud lt is reported that Jay Spangel, a barber, and .Too Gag non a blacksmith, followed in a lauuoh and watched their movements. Soon after the man who oarrlod the strang ors to the island returned after tools. In the meantime it ls reported that Spangel and Gagnon located tho troa sure and got lt. Telephone communi cation with thc islanel was cut elf and the story as reported from Northport by ono of tho men is believed to be correct. In thc late GO's or carly 70\s a groat robbery took place In Chicago. Vi ls stated by some that the robbery took place during the groat Chlcag i lire. A large amount of money was stolon hy two men, who escaped by a small schoonor, but were pursued by OtllJors. They eluded the vigilauoo of their pursuers and after several days out sighted South Fox Island. It is believed they buried tho trea sure, on North Fox Island, then unin habited. A number of years afterward a mau in a Canadian prison died. But heforo he died ho Imparted Information of thc robborv and tho location of tho treas ure. While, lu prison he m ule a chart of thc island, showing tho exact loca tion of the gold. Before ho died he sent tho chart to his wife. Tho wid ow married again and to her husband confided tho secret. The husband did not believe tho story and tho chart was lost. In later years tho husband In mak lng a trip from Mackinaw to Traverse City pasicd tho Fox Islands and rolat ed the story of tho buried treasure to the sailors, lt ls believed that the sailors, who iioard tho story, in some way carno poesossod of the chart and that they Bought to unoarth the treas uro. Dononnoos Society, "Modem society ls as Corrupt as hell." The3c were tho words of Bishop Bowman, the vendable member of the lOvangolloal Association, who arose like a patriarch at the meeting of tho Ohio c-inference in Columbus, Onlo, Wed ncsday, In the midst of a boated dis cussion of tho tcmpcramv"! question and thc hold that the saloon and Oox clement lias on tho lt? pu I/Hean part.i of tho Slate. "Modern society isa. o ir rupt as boll.' Yes, 1 said I?; 1 will say lt again," declared the Bishop after ward. "1 mean hy that card play big boor drinking, gambling, dancing horse racing. These things aro the teachings of tho devil, arel what else, thou, than tho corruption of hell. 1 eion't moan exaoUy that all olasses of soolety are; corrupt, but what is popu larly tormed as sodomy whore thc wealthy and tho moderately wealthy follow tiio glare of amusements und spend their time In rleitous living when not engaged in making money to dis sipate. Hollo (lilla to Oo. A dispatch from Allentown. Pa., says deciding to spend $200 OOO in In? stalling girltss telephone plants horr ane! in li4/.loton, ti'O manaircmout ?f thc Codsoiidatcd Telephone company deprived moro than loo telephone girls of their Jobs. Thoy will be out as soon as tho now plants aro ready, December I. Tuc 00 girls gob so cross about it that many left instant ly and tho service is greatly imparcd. The dlroctors of tho ay nd I oa te say they aro sorry for tho girls, but they calculate On running each glrlless ex l?iiango at a saving of $20,000 a year. If tho trial plants aro as successful as lt is believed thoy will bo, thc girloss system will bo Installed lu tho anti rc Consolidated territory, willoh Includes Scranton, Wilkosbruro and thc teri other largost cities of Penn dy vania east Of tho Suseiuchanna rlv ar. Moro than 100 girls aro omployod In tho exchanges. Bookkeoping,*'?Shortbaud, Type guaranteed course 20 wecke. Sin#l baud, 8 mos.. 12 calls for ?raduatos i maud. Write. Machinery Supply H WE SELL E^ Headquarters for EVERYTHING 1 All kinds of Injeotors, Lubricators, Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil Mill? ami Largo stock of Well Pumps and Cyl ^ , ^ COLUMBIA S Oolitiiiljics., ?. o. Tho ma s THE GUINARD COIyUMB J Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof ?S Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pr v or millions. 'vhisko I Morpnlne I ?lgareb Ufcblti, I Habit Habit rCurcd by SiLirzvsl&y J 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box *?M oh so oltd. POISON IN OUR FOOD. Kills Do;;.:, lUbblta ?nd Other Ant ninia in Expart Tost. To demonstrate tho effect, of im pure foods on the human system, Professor Eugene Girard, one of the chief chemists of tho International Stewards Aisociatlon, which is in session at tho Hotel Rudolf, Atlantic City, startled the delegates and a targe number of tho outsiders by showing tho elTeots of a remarkable experiment ho has been making on animals fed with Impurities found in fL>cd sold throughcut the country. Prof Girard had on hand a oollec tlon of rabbit?, guiuea pigs and doga. Professor Girard extracted tho color lng mutter us.d in brea-ls'ulTs snd f?d a healthy New Foued'and don from day to day on tills subatamc, nvxing lt with his food. To day the dog is thin and emaciated and it will have to bo killed on Thursday. O'uher coloring matter that Pro fessor Girard fed to guinea pigs aud rabbits killed the animals lu a short time. Tuc tissues and every organ w?s found to bo poisloned and dis colored. Profesor Girard stated that the adulterations In the foods sold to- day arc having tho same ?T?ot on thous ands of persons. Thoro ls a big exhibit of pure and and impure foods lu the grotto of tho Hotel Rudolf, and Professor Girard explains the methods used In analy zing the various produc?s. Tho Stew ards' Assjolation has become so strong that many corporations dealing in food stu IT i make no attempt to place their goods on the market un less they aro first subjected to an anaylsis bylts chemists. BOU WD AND T0R1URBD, Won't t by Illinois Fm mors Badi j Treated by Tbree Bandits. A dispatch to tho Ohloago Racord llerald from Elgin, 111., sayB: Bound, gaged and torlursd by Are by three bandits xrtho sought to make them rovcal thc hiding plaoe of a trea 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, ave in a serions condition and it ls feared that the shock and injuries may prove fatal to Andrew, the elder of tho two brothers. Andrew, after the robbers had searched the houso and taken SHOO, managed to free himself from the thongs which bound him and started across thc helds to seouro help. The solos of his feet were blistered, how ever, and before he had gono far he fainted and foll Into a ditch, where he iay until after daylight. Finally he revived and made his way to a oheese factory, where he g&vo the alarm, but the bandits liad gained a start of sev eral hours and could not bo found. Tho bandits appeared Tuesday night and when refused admittance battered In the door and overpoworod tho old men after a brief striegle. They marched the houso, and duding only MOO, concluded that a larger sum wan concealed somewhere. They beat and rjhoked their victims and finally Ac piled lighted papers to the ?ole of their .'ect to mane them tell where thc sup posed troa'ure was hidden. After half an hour of excruciating torturo John Fohren fainted from pain Mid the robbers left. John was uncon scions when assistance arrived, but re vived and ls In a leas serious condition than his elder brother. Divides i lin Foo. W. J. Bryan has divided all of the fee allowed him for services as execu tor of the will of Pidi? S Bennett, according to a letter by him to a friend at ll ard ford among Interests iot personal. Ho was allowed 12,500 r.it, of which he had expended about ?800 to mcot tho inheritance tax, MOO for a bust of Mr. Bennett to be placed In thc Salem, III., Public Ll Drary and about $100 will bo sent to RbV. Alex\nder E. Irvine forthecdu ?allon of bia two sons. Tho rcmatnd .r went for lawyers' fees. Mr. Irvlno Xnduoted the funeral scrvlcos of Mr. Kennett and was his friend in lifo. Mum bo Nurubeirod? The postotllec department has is Hied an order which will go into of root on Septoiuboi SOfch requiring all rural houses to bo numbered the ?ame as tho houios In tho olty. The jrders stato that all of tho boxes must icar tho number Instead of the names >f occupante of thc houses to hotter 'acilltato tim rural dolivory work. The carriers have a certain routo to ;o every day, and ho goos tho samo ,vay ditly, and the ordar statc3 thal io will have io nurabor tho lirst box ni lils route "No. 1," and so on to ?dio cud of his route. -writing, English branches, "Pull o conree of either Business or Sherr in about 20 days. Can\supply do ouse for the State. VERYBODY. n MACHINERY SUPPLIES. Pipe, Valves, Fittings, any one In Maeblnory business. Inders. Got our price. ?PPLY 00., clanery Supply house of the ?tate PROtlQBOHeasi "~ -J'L_ BRICK WORKS" ?IA O. Terra Gotta Building Block or eparcd to ?11 orders for thou ands I All Drug ana Tobacco . I Habits. Lt*??t:it:iit.e, o? &t O. nubia, ti. (J. Conlldontlal oorrogponf.- ( Honest Treatment for Weak Discouraged men. Do Not Throw Your Money Away on Worthless Troatmonts, But Write to Dr. Hathaway, tho South's Most Expert Specialist, Who Can Bo Depended Upon to Cure You. 25 Years Experience. AtEDICAL BOOKS FREE, Wirte for Them. Tfyou aro a nmn s ;?Toring from nnnstural discharges, omissions, premature diso! Arg?, or from A completo loss ot your manhood, do not throw your monoy away on tho many worth less treatments from fako medical ooiunanlse, "institutes," otc, but sit right down Mid writ? to Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, 88 Inman Hld?, Atlanta Qa. This physician hos porfootodft method of treatment after ovor 25 years of ex porlo?ce that will positively restore any weak, wornout, discouraged mar. to a type of porfoot manhood, whether tho pationt is young, ol? or middlo-agod, Ready made medfoiiios cannot possit).y euro ttiis condition, hut each and ovory case requires specially prepared treat ment administered hy an expertphjsl?la? who is comp?tent to understand just wliat your cato requires. The vast oxporlonce of Dr. Hathaway has given him a knowledge of this condition in men not possessed by any othor physi"ian; and ever-, mau in this conditio? should write him without dolay. Everything is kept stritely confident lal. and ail medi cines, which aro prooarod in his own Ubora? tory, are sent in plain packages. During the years and years ho has boon established in-Afc lauta hn aaa. conducted business In aa honest, straightforward maimer, and his repu tation is known to all. Ho will fl?nd to each'' Buuel or his hook for mon, entitled '.Manli ness, Vigor and Health." Ho also eurea all other disease* of mon auch a? Strioturo. Va rioocolo, O loot, otc, and if you sro aJIUot??rL~ Wrlto him for a book on your disease. Ho ha? a number of th ?m. llave no hesitancy in writing him. Tho address is J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D., 88 Inman Bldg, Atlan ta, Ga. A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who call or write for treatment within tho next 30 days. I will cure them of tho following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison), GONO RH IO, G LICET, STRICTURE, VARI-" OOOELBj RUPTURE, CATARRH and all CHRONIC DISEASES, of both sexes. Diseases of women cured without operation. PILES curod undor guarantee without the knife et any tying or buming operation. Consultations, Examination, Adi* Free. T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M. D., TnE SPECIALIST. Rooms?421 and 422 Leonard Building, Augusta, Ga. N. B, Catarrh of worst'.form ourod luiokly at homo. Piano Removal Sale. Wc move about September l?th, tc No. 1432 Main Street, almost opposite Masonic Temple. We want to close out every PIANO and ORGAN in stock, and have marked down prlco an inducement. Write or call quickly If you de Biro a big bargain cither In a PIANO Ol ORGAN. For catalogues, prices and teims address: Malone's Music House Columbia, S. C. AftftBANK DEP?SI1 7. ?V!/'''Ai' v Railroad Aw* P?M toi ' I'll KK Courses iXf.r/vJ rimwstmi?&m ivvud?icosi wrijFaovw lt Wae Fab. Special Rofereo Boggs has made ils report to the supremo oourt in re tard to tho Plckens dispensary elee lon, in which ho shows tis afc more iban ono-fourth of tho voters signed ihe petition and that tho clcotloa W?S 'air. '