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The Marlboro . "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OU" DEATHS GLORIOUS ?EH THY CAUSE." VOL. XX)^ BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 0. 1905. NO. m >11 TAFT TALKS He Does Not Paint an Altogether Rosy Picture of THE PHILIPPINES Political Conditions In thc Islands Not Encouraging. An Outbreak of Lad ron ?sm Recently. Sentiment for Immediate Iudrpcndencc, ls Very Popular. In an interview with an Associated Press representative, Secretary of War W. H. Taft, who arrivai Wednesday ab San Francisco on the Korea from the Philippines, after describing var ious incidents of tho trip to Japan, re ferred to the political situation in the Philippines, saying: "The political situation in some re spects was r.ot R8 geed as lt ought to bo. A v ave of 'adronism has swept over the province of Cavilo, and it has been found necessary to suspend the writ of babers corpus in the province of Oavito ard Batan gas, ' he neighbor ing pro vinco. Tue sauu, ves true of Samar, hu? thc uso of breo- . i Samar and the use of thc supremo e< irt of the United State? and constul I ry in Cavltehas put an end to this b.:ess; however, th^re were two or three men responsible for tho keeping up of the ladronlsm, who had not been captured. Complaints were made against the constabulary and while many of them were unfounded, it wes probably true that a charme in the constabulary ought to be ( IT lided, and it ls now un dor consideration by the government. Thc distressing agricultural de pres sion, duo to the loss of 75 per cent, of the agricultural cattle, drought, lcoust and the cholera, as well as other caus es, will prolably not cease to bo for several vears. This naturally subjects the government to criticism because this alien government ls much more likely to be criticized for existing con ditions, however free from blame lu respeot to them, than a native govern ment. "Some of the younger mon of edu cation have been adveoatlug immed iate independence It, therefore, be came nccesst ry tostato with consider able emphasis the policy of thc admin istration cn this subject and to say that In tho ( pinion of the administra tion there was no possible hope for In dependence ( hort of a generation, be cause the people coi: ld not be titted for self government tn that time; In deed, it will prob.illy take a much longer period. "Tho party.consisted, as ls known, of Democratic as well as Republican senators and congressmen, and their interviews represent all sides of thc Philippine question, but, with a self restraint ano moderation which can not be too highly commended, lt was tacitly agreed between the members of the congressional party on both Bides that it would be most unwise for them to discuss before the Filipinos their dlfferercs of opinion, and therefore that any statement should be made by the representative of the administra tion as to the policy of political sd ministration. Hence the sight, wh?o i some of tho irreconcilable Filipino*! had hoped for, to vdt: A constante nu batbetwecu Republican and Democrat ic members, with the Filipino people as an audience, was not pr sen lcd, and 1 cannot express too emphatically my appreciation of t!.c p U: lotie stand which our Democratic brethren took in this matter in remitting a rhlTuslt n of difference of opinion to (.hu proper representatives In congress. "While the conditions lu the Philip pines are not as favorable as we would Uko to have them and probably will not be favorable until tho depressing conditions shall be fo lowed by a pros perous season, still progress is being made. Tue government is more i til clent ; in Undent men arc being elimi nated and tilinga are settling to busi ness. Economy is being practtc n more and more In the government. I'M ipinosare being introduced very rapid ly to tho placo of Americans and on tlic whole, in looking back over two years, decided steps forward have been taken. "Of tho questions which were open when we started on trip and In tho settlement of which il, was hoped tho trip might lend aid, one was tho establishment of J'-special tribunal for the hearing of di sputed questions in relation to possession of churches and rectories and cemeteries. I am glad to say that before we reached the Isl ands a satisfactory law had been en aotcd, which, lt ls hoped, will rapidly dispose of these eases. Thc lav/ refers the issues directly to tho supreme court. "There was also rornalning unset tled a question about the title to one half Of the friar lands those owned previously hythe Domlniolan ordur After a conference with tho represen* bat? ve? of the vendors, a satisfactory eompromiso was effected by which f good title to tho lands will be immed iately conveyed to tho government and possession given, as far as that posses sion ls lh the vendors, and thc differ ence as to price, a matter of sonic $200,000, will he loft to adjustment by arbitration. llorrlblo Acculent. ,A dispatch to the Augusta Cbronl de says Mrs. Q Oogburn, living abc uti ten miles from Johnston lilied a tin syrup can with hot tomatoes prcpar lng to can samo. After pushing on tlie top the contents exploded going into hor face, burning her to such an extent tas to Infi lob total blindness. One eye has already been taken out On account of the face being so swol len a thorough examination of thc other eye has not heon made yot, but ll is thought by attending physicians to bo out also. LOOK IOU ADVANCE 8ays Massongale, Who Gives Some Figures to Show Why A Furth? r I Om Iv Kino III Gotten ls B?ro to Como. TIIIM Year's Grrp burliest In Years. Tho following which we clip from tho Augusta Ohionic'.o will bo road with interest: NottWOOD, GA.,SoDt. 20-As Gro ver Cloveland onco said a "condition and not a theory nev/ confronts us." So thc writer says a condition and a theory confronts the whole world at this timo as regards tho cotton situa tion. The hulls and thc hears are actively engaged, the one to convince tho world of a she rt crop of cotton Thc other to convince, the world of a large crop, and on tho bull side 1 align my-elf. Not t-i in ply b cause lama Southern man and interested in my people's welter*, but because I lo lleve in a short crop of eotto.i for the ycais 11)05 00 and facts and conditions bear me out and not theories. From tho best of my knowledge and belief the crop of A mer kan co. ton, and when I say American cotton I moan cotton raised in t;;o Southern states, will not rer.ch over ben million one hundred and sixty ?Ive thousand bahs of live hundred pounds each. Wolle this ls one of thc eal ll st crops per haps on record it has been time and again demonstrated conclusively that au extremely early crop h not indica tlve of a large crop. Even if a large acreage was planted neither ia an ( x tremely late crop Indicativo of a large, crop, buta crop between thc two gen erally pans out best. BOM H CUeil' KU1UUKS. The crop of 1808 00 was the largest crop ever grown (uutil the crop of 1001-05) and that crop consisting of only 21,057,000 acres-and threw Into sight in September only 082,700 bales of cotton. Yob the lina! orop was 11, 2:15,000 bales, or ever a bale to two ! acres. That crop was not an cai ly nor a late crop, but between thc two. ' What we call an average dat e crop. 1 The cn p of 1800 and HMO was a very cirly crop, bringing Into sight in September 1 U0 700 bales,'' acreage planted 22,433,000, and yet only 9, .130,000 bales of cot'on were.produced The crop of looi and 1002 was a very late crop, only 713,408 bales coming into sight in Septembei ; an acreage of 27,87 1,000 and only 10,425,000 bales hiing produced. The Bumper orop of 1004 and 1005 was a medium date ctop, bringing Into sight 1 369,645 1 bales In September and producing 13, 054 020 bales from an acreage of 32, 303,690. So If yqu will take thc cot ? I ton record for two decades you will seo that the same results follow and tho 1 writer is of thc opinion that a million 1 and a quarter bales of cotton will show Its snowy bosom this September from au acreage of about 27,000,000, and ; if precedent is worth anything you 1 can look for a short crop. Tho world spinning a million and over bales per month will coutume a crop of 12 000,000 bales, and even ad milting that we have a visible supply of ovor 2i million bales, where In the name of all that's fair will you cuter 1 Into next season with any cotton in sight. It will bo shown that the world's trade ls the best forages. Dal ly and nightly the hum of tho factory spindles arc heard around tho world like England's drum boat. And the sun will soon not set upen a single foot of soil whero people arc not cloth- ' cd In cotton goods. 1 Tao Japanese and Hus .ian war is closed Japan, the victor over what was once considered lhe most power ful empire In tho world, both nations ! will rise Pnoonix-iike from their ashes, ' and follow along in tho march of com merdai prosperity, In Japan und i Russia cotton manufacturing will at ! c noe commence hy leaps and bum.ls t and In live years from this dato Ubina i will consume one hundred million do) lars of American manufactured ootton 1 gooda instead of twenty-live millions. ' And the watchword will t e eastward the course of cotton goods take, its 1 Hight. Clothing always follows ol vi- < llzitlon, rot olvili/itlon clothing, i fliese are pregnant words atul full of 1 potent meaning, That Japan, now a world po??cr, will civilly..-. China, ls beyond davil. And open door assured i lb China. Tillrty million bales of cotton will bring I2? cents, and another reason why ootton si-ab and will advance. I'he ROU them farm- r has Just learned thab he ls a power in the world. Tho : una! free del ivory system brings him in flawy contact wi h the winde world; he ls no longer a bower of wo id anil drawer of water, bub is today well ousted nh current events of tho day. ile has just learned his potoor-rirawn his wisdom frotu tho Now Orleans con vent lor. ne ress' ns if a fout teen million bale crop brings on an av. rage of 0 ce??s por pound, ten million should bring him i:ijc nts, and by the lirst day of March, 1000 middling cot ton v/ill sell In Augiibta at 131 couts. M ay bo sooner. Tue farmers aro pay ing their debts with it) CUMS cotton. ASSOOH as that is do io the balance will be stored away ard sheltt red, This crop will h.- the earlh st gath ered since "freedom." That's the way tho darkle reek ?ns. And 1 bore by extend, on the part of thc cotton association cf Georgia, an invitation to jack frost to come along, as you can do no luv m. Nota bloom ?Ince the. middle of August. 1 soe now a brighter day for thc south. I see tho wand of tho fairy wafted over my people, uttorlng these words: "Biholci, prosperity 1 givo you. Sorely have you stiff ?red and homo the burden of thc world, but peace and plonty shall illumine your pathway 13d cents colton in store for you. Respectfully, T. IC, MA8SKNQALK, wiiy.i.????! [tgAffo Pf*.eel A dispatch from Tokio says notwith standing the sllonoo of the government thc real fact ls disclosed that Japan made peace at Portsmouth In foar of a financial breakdown. The war provtd more costly than had been cal culated and thc rice and cereal oropi scorn fd doomed to fall uro. Six months morn of war would have meant very hard times. WHY THEY WON. A Lower Mortality in thc Japan ese Arni} from Disease THAN IN ANY ARMY That Has Ever Faced a Foe. They Had Very Nearly a Perfect Sanitary System and Well Uqulppcd Hos pitals in Which to Treat Their Sick Soldiers. M. J. Louts L. Seaman of New York waa tho central liguro Thursday at thu convention of Military Surgeons of thc United Statos, at Detroit, 111., when he made answer to tho criticisms of hts utterance made last Tuesday by Surgeon Charles F. Stokes of the Unit ed Statos navy und followed with a paper on "The Real Triumph of Ja oat?" or "Tho Cor.quest of tho Silent Foe," lu willoh ho rlterated many of lils forcer statements and lauded tho Japanese government for Its conduct of the sanitary and hygienic phase of tho late war. Dr. Seaman's paper was as follows: "Mr. President and Go?.Gemen: Thc success of Japan In thc recent cor Hieb with Russia was due preeminently to throe fundamental causes: First, thor ough preparation and organization for war -such preparation as was never made before; second, to the simple, non-irritating, and easily digested ra tions of the Japanese troops; and third, to thc brilliant part played hy thc members of tho medical profession In tho application o'" practical sanitation, the stamping out of preventable dis aases in the army, threby saving Its units for thc legitimate purposos of war -the smashing of tho enemy in the Held. "lt must never he forgotten that in every great campaign an army faces two enemies: First-, the armed for?as; the opposing foe; second, the far great er silent foe, disease. ' Of these enemies, the history of warfare for oontuiios has proven that the first kills 20 per cent, of tho total mortality lu the conflict, whilst tho secimd kills 80 per cont. This dread lui and unuece sary sacrldco of Ufo, es pecially in conllicts between the An glo-SRX'Ui race?, ls the most ghastly proposition of the age, and tho Japan RSC have gone a long way toward con quiring or eliminating it." Maj. Seaman cited tables of statis tics of battle records for 200 years snowing that there has rarely been a c-on fl lot In which at least four men have not perished of disease for one from bullets. He contidued: "Put tho crowning piece of Imbed li ty was reseived for our late war with Spain, where more than ten were need less?y sacrificed to ignorance and in 0'impetency for every one who died on thc tiring line or from bullets. Tills, to:>, in the short campaign of six weeks. "All of these statistics wore studied with the minutest care and r-j.all by the Japanese. Their authorities rec Ognlz id that, In order to be victorious over a foe like Russia, this great silent anemy that slaughters HO out of every 100 that fall must bo overcome. And the medical mon of thc army did lt." The speaker then sho wed the aol uni llguroa of klllad, wounded and sick in the J ipano.se army from February 100-i, to the end of April, 1905, which averaged nearly live deaths from bill ets for one from disease, or DOO per $ent. better than the average In his jory. Maj. Seaman says: "This record ls unparalleled and un ipproaohod and the medical mon of the army achieved lt." How this marvelous result was at tained, Maj Seaman said was a work if 10 years, beginning Immediately af ter tbe war with China, when Japan sse statesmen realizad Japan would again have to go to war bo preserve her Independence as a nation. The great amount of Illness likoly to appear ?a tho army was taken Into considera Lion and the steps for Its elimination were taken. "With this point always in view," Maj. Seaman c mtinued, "she sent her students all over tho world to study tho army nj stems in otlior lauds. Upon the declaration of w-ar she was pre pared to house, scientifically treat and tenderly caro for 26,000 sick and won ned in Japan alone. Twelve ses if main hospitals, cac i with from uno bo live attached branch hospitals, were scattered throughout the empire in the chief towns of the 12 military dis ?riots Into which the country ia divid ed. "The original 25,000 odd beds wi re rapidly Increased In number as the oampaigu progressed, hy thc erection of substantial, though exceedingly pain, pine buildings running parallel and SO constructed that euell was a unit housing loo p itlonts, but connect ing series by covered walks and run ways. Great elasticity was gained by this simple form of architecture, foi wards could he tacked on Indlllnitcly within thc limitations of the property area. "Ono and a half years after thc commencement of this war, or on the ti th of July, lUOf), the 12 groat mili tary homo hospitals possessed a nor mal capacity of f>8,263 available beds, on this same day, However, only one half of them wero In usn, or, bo bc ex aot, thcro were 28,.r>(>l patient? in hos pltol. The apparent hospital over preparedness suggests that the Japan? eso themselves failed to realize what marked successes would attend tho en forcement of their new code of mili tary hygiene and sanitation, as appli cd for the llrsb time in thc Held. "Whether the medical department prepared this Immense hospital sys tem for sick or wounded lu of little Importance; the fact, however, Vicing that when tho ghastly cortego from Mukden did arrive lu Japan in April thero was hospital room for overy dis ahled man of the thousands and thou sands, and Instant medioal attendance and caro and nursing ready and wait ing. "Tho pharmaceutical side of those military hospital? ls an auxiliary ma chino, working in porfeot harmony willi tho whoio. Llko tho field scr vloo, lt is indisputably respouslblo for all tho medical and surgical supplies, and issues them upon requisition of tho doctors and Burgeons. Besides this the dopartment is responsible for all sterilized milk, washing of band ?gos and rorolling, disinfection of bed ding, and tho making of chemical tests of urine. "IQ very hospital throughout Japan aud ovory bise and Hold hospital in Manchuria ha3lts bacteriological lab oratory. "Too much cannot bo said in en thusias'.i.'. commendation of this aldo of thc service. Undoubtedly tue pains taking reseal ohos have beeu tho mean? of saving thoui?ads of lives by fore stalling pcsslui ?pldeailcs, and sav ing individual I by prompt determl nation of tho trouble. No man suf fers from tcmpeialure but whose blood goes under the mlcio.scope. Malaria is malaria, and ty phoid ls typhoid In tho Japanese arm/. Diseases aro not guessed at, us they were in Cuba, thc Philippines and South Africa, where often for a full weer, tho physicians attempted to dlagncMO cases by sleight of hand and trick of eyo. "The limits of this paper do not admit of moro than tho merest refer ence to the splendid system of nani ta tton folioAod in tho Hold. SMIHCJ It to say that during the campaign ixiend lug (.vera yo?r and a half, with from 300,uuo to ooo.ooo boUii?rs undergoing the .severest hardships and privations of active service, lhere are in the Japanese army 30 mon out of cvory 100 who have never reported at SICK call; 30 men who never baw tho Inside of i\ hospital or were sick in quarters, a record absolutely unparalleled. The war !..v. ta?>;''' iii ii ) loshGus and de stroyed many Ulenia in matters mili tary, as In matters surgical. In surgi cal teohuiquo, or in thc after-treat mont of tho wounded and sick, the Japanese have taught the forciguor comparatively little, but in the field of sanitary science and dietetics they have demonstrated, what has never been done Lefore, that preventable diseases aro prevent able. "They have pres rv id their annies for tho legitimate pi rp ses for which armies arc enlisted; Lue killing or con quering of an open enemy in the field, instead of having four fifths of its mortality victims to tho silent foe. "lt id against this dreadful scourge, this needless saorltiee, that the Japan ese have ma le their hardest fight, and won thoir most signal victories-vio torios that will redound moro to their credit tuan even the expulsion of the Muscovite aggressor. "A dispatch* reaa' /ed la L?nSc September 21 from the Tokyo corres pondent of the London Stund?rd, g.v lng the statistics of tho war to tnat date, reports: " Killed, 40,ISO; died of wounds, lo,?.?70; died from sickness, 16,300.: Tuts peroenUigo of death to sieknes* was less than one-fourth of the total dead, whtob ls a 'Oeord not paralleled lu the annals of war. "When contemplating these mar velous figures, with what a ghastly and melancholy smile the hero pi Manila must rec ill his action in cen soring tho cablegram of the chief sur geon who had requested 50 adclitioua m dical ofiloers and 200 more nurse! when the hospital wards were over crowded, because such a dispatel would provo the falsity of his olaln that) ho had the situation well ir hat.d 1 Months afterwards the sur geons ano nurses were provided, bul not until the horrible condition wai Intensified, and taps had sounded tin rcquiom for many a poor boy who hat joined the greai majority, "Perhaps the same delight may so lace tho contemplative commander li tho Cuban campaign, when ho recall his famous order at Tampa, dlreotinj the unloading of a ship filled wU-i medical and ho ipi tal supplies for San tlago. and the substitution of a loa of mules Instead. "Or of another major general dur lng that war, who ou hoing waite upon by certain medical elli .sers wit a protest against thc use of certal water said, lu response to their Coir pla! it: 'When 1 want your advice, Will s nd for you; until l do, you ca alt- nd to your own business.' "Or oven if the then secretary ( war, who, when Inspootiug the cami a'j Montauk 1* iln;, with the presiden of LOU United States, said on lookin at a glass of water furnished til io oops of this inflicted camp, an which certain medical men had pr? nounced to contain g inns of diseasi 'Woy, it looks ali right to ni :.' ''Until tho line aud stair oilcers < thc American army ls taught tl necessity of sanitation, and tue med cal ( Ulcer ls g I von rank and author!! toonforco lt, our mr.dloal departmei must romain humiliating faiiur Its continuance under present oond blocs is no less than an cvldonce i national Imbecility." _ Battle Witli a Mimik. Tho Nev York American says li fishermen on Long Uland Sound we chased Wednesday by a big shar which viciously attacked their bo?i and gave thom desperate battle O t were used Ineffectively to heat cir ti ra vern.us ll sh, The light took place ? most opposite Captain's Island L'.gl house. The men heard a commotion the water and saw a long body wi head submerged coming toward t beats at a furious rate. Suddenly t head c uno ab ?ve water and tho fish men saw it wat? that of a big shai which showed lit roe-looking teeth. T monster seemed to bo mad from hi ger. Several ll.sh wore thrown ov board and thcuo the greedy, man-e lng lish devoured. Then lt made lin oi at the boats and tried to 2aps them, .lohn Smlthorscz fired two sin from a revolver at the shark, but l did not frighten ll, and the ?shcra had to row for their lives tn the l'i Chester short;, lighting their foe I entire way. The shark followed I boats until tho men had almost rca ed tho beach and then disappeared ciot <>rr Light. Columbus W. Walker was convl ed at Covington, (Ja., on Monday wlfc-mur 1er and, the jury having commended him to mer?y, was s I tonced lo tho penitentiary for lifo. > s PLAIN TALK. A New York baptist Minister Calls McCall a Thief mOM. HIS PULPIT. The Prcucher Taking for his Text, the Commandment, "Thou Shalt Not Steal," Said the Insurance Alan Had Violated That Com mand by his Act. The New York American says John A. ! McCall, president of tho New Yojjk Life Insurance Company, was scathingly assuiled from the pulpit uf tho;ltiverslde Baptist Church Sunday by Ita pastor, tho Hov. Dr. A. Lin coln Moore. AJ domand was made for the Im mediate resignation of Mr. McCall, andi Dr. Moore declared with passion ate earnestness that the brad of the New York Life had gris.ly violated the command ment ''Thou shalt not steal" in taking vast sums of the policy-holders money from tho treas ury bf the company and contributing theso funds for partisan pullticl purposes. Dr. Mooro took as his text Exodus, xx., 16: "Thou shalt not steal." lils entiro sermon was devoted to drawing the dis tl DOt lon between honesty and dishonesty. Ills unexpected attack upon the president of tho New York Lifo created a sensation in tire crowd ed church auditorium. "Wo all recognize," said the divine impressively, "the rights of property, bo that property great or small-tho \ widow's mlle or thc fortune of the greatest millionaire. This brings us to tho forgotten commandment, ' 'thou shalt not steal." "If you would always call stealing 1 stealing, and a thief a thief, there would be less stealing and fewer thieves. If an office boy steals ?niuo . from tho office In which he ls employ ed, ho ls prosecuted and sont to jail; ] but If the president of tho samo com pany Hinches a few hundreds of thous unds or millions of dollars from the corporation's fuads, he ls hailed as a Napoleon of liuancc and men will be 1 found to become apologists for his { notier a. "Thou shalt not il" 8auu.u ui! branded lu let ters i Aro In the ol?lco of ovary bank, und jil fe Insurance company of the land and In the heart of every mau who handles other people's money and property." Dr. Moore then electrified his hear irs by his scathing invective against President McCall, of the New York ! Lifo. lu doing so he quoted largely from an open letter that bc mailed to Mr. McCall on Saturday. "I have read the testimony of John A.. McCall, president of tho New York Life Insurance Company," said Dr. Moore, "and from reading that testimony I have concluded tuat he ?ias arrogated to himself tho power ind right to use thc investors' money vt his own discretion, unmindful of the fact that tho money so user! be longs to others. "Upon what othlcal grounds does this man base his right?" cried the inlnlstor. Serving th a tlduoiary ca pacity, as a tiuttoe and not ibe own ar, the testimony of Mr. MoOall, with Its unblushing confesi?n of misap propriation, misrepresentation, mis management and p ?sslb o speculation, reveals his manifest moral untltnoss for the responsible position that he holds, an office which be hus discredi ted and betrayed. Office ls a sacred truiit, and to betray that tru.^t ls the worst because tho meanest kind of stealing. "The actions of J.din A. McCall are lligrant violations of the tlrst principles of honesty ami arc utterly indefeslblo in law,ethics and huslnt s-i ".I unhesitatingly aillrm tuat his action In taking vast sums of :he poli cy holders money from thc treasury iii tho company without authority other than his own, and dovoting those sums to partisan political pur? oses, wat a gross violation of the comujandmont, "Thou Shalt Not Steal." "That money was stolon Just as surely as If lie had place l his ban i In tho policy holder's pockets and lil Shed lt from them." The minister then quoted the fol lowing verse, which t.i embodied In his lotter to President McCall: "In vain men call old notions fudge And bend tho conscience to their dealing; The KitfhthCommandment will not budge And stealing will continue stealing. "That money wrongfully takon, so rumor says, was undeubtedly employ ed ol tia r directly or Indirectly In prostituting the ballot and debauch lng Amerioancitizenship," continued Dr. Mo a-?, as he pounded his pulpit with emphatic earnestness. "Thus wrongdoing ia over .produc tive of wrongdoing, and the moral In lluence of such men as Mcdill and those associated with him lu tho man agement, or lather mismanagement of the New York Life lu.-airancc Com* pany, will Inevitably rosult In a dead ly, harvest Of Wrongdoing throughout our land. With many, a premium will bo placed upon dishonesty, and with others, business Integrity will become an empty name. "1 am convinced that tho testimony of Mr. McCall has proved his moral untltnoss for the responsible oillco of president of the New York Lifo, arni from this pulpit I ?iciuand that ho re sign. That r?siliation will bo In thc Interests of the company In particular and of morality in general. "1 am a small policy holder of tho Now York Life, ami lt ls my profound bollcf that John A. McCall ought to bo oom polled to restore tho funds ho has removed from tho coffers of the company, or ho ought to bo arrested and Incarcerated. "Thorolsan universal Inclination to steal, both among tho rloh as well as among tho poor. There are two sorts of stealing; personal and ctllcial. Under the tlrst hoad aro oataloguod unfair bargains, unfair wages, mis repros3nlatlou of goody, tho evasion of taxes, refusing to pay outlawed debts, idleness and dependence. Tho sluggard ls tho very prlnoo of thieves. "Quicial stealing is tho vory mean est sort of thievery, since it ooncerns tho stealing of other people's money. The revelations recently mado of the mismanagement and dishonest meth ods prevailing in tho big life insur ance companies havo astounded tins country. Men regarded as represent ir g ail that is best in tho business world, politics and finance have fallen like shattered idols. "Tho monopoly of any commodity cr a combination formed to put up the price of tho necessaries o' life is a flagrant form of stealing. Many monoplies are organizad robbery. Men determined to raiso or lower tho price of stocks or to water stocks on the declaration that the earnings Justify lt are tide vos. "New York may or may not bo a gay summer resort, but lt is certainly a watering placo. Wall Street ls lo oated uuder the sign of Arpiarlus, judging from the volume of water that Hows from lt. "Old fashioned honesty has boen supplanted hy ncw-fashlonod dlsbon est-y, and untru'.h has talc-in tho place of probity; but tho Ten Command ments of Jehovah will never be out grown, for the Decalogue must abHe as the stanch and Imperishable frame work of society." NOTfliNlFB?r VANDALISM. MonumontH Wrookotl in tho Catholic Ccinotorte? in W?HOOIIH?II. A dispatch from Milwaukee sayB tlie scries of raids on Catholic ceme teries in Northorn Wisconsin and up per Michigan has reached tuon a stage that every cemetery in tho en tire district lu whioh Catholics are burled is under guard. More than twenty cemeteries have been visited, and the eroses on monuments smash ed with sledge hammers, whilo wood en crosses on graves have boen torn up and piled in hoaps. So thorougly has the work been done that in sever al cemeteries the names of those bur led are lost. Bishop Fox, of tho Dlocosc of Green Bay. in an interview, says: 1 I believe if thc monument wreck er of the Catholic cemeteries in the GI reen Hay Diocese were to be fouud ho would be lynohed, BO insause have the people become over tho repeated lost orations. Their ?anger is at a white heat, and they will not bo likely bo treat with any leniency tho cul prit should he bc found. "We have absolutely no clue as to tho lndentlty of the person or persons ?ho are engaged In this wretched work. I believe, and 1 think til?, general impret-s'on that prevails among thinking people up there ls, that tho work ls that of some poor, fomented person." A reward of $500 is offered by thc Knights of Columbus for Information that will lead to the arrost of the monument wreckers who raided St. Joseph's and St. Anne's cemeteries and destroyed tombstones worth 44, 300 lu Esoanaba. An additional re ward of lt'?00 will be offered by St. Joseph's Cemetery Association. Alian V. Glasson, sn attomoy In Deon to, fouud In ids oilloe a paokagn >f pamphlets published In the lotet ?sts of the Seventh Day Adventist faith. On tho wrapper was written: Please study up the question of Sir - jay laws. You will sometime be cal led upon to defend religious liberty, which is fast being taken from us. Will call upon you soon. Thomas Gallagher, a traveling ped ler, of Battle Greek, Mich., was arrest ed In Gladstone, Mich., tonight. Ile denies any knowledge of the cemetery desecrations, but will bo hold titi ttl a full Investigation ls made. His ar rest followed the discovery made by the officers that the foot prluts of ono of thc members of the hand which wrecked monuments hero on Tues day night had a small patch on the bottom of Ibo shoe. A patch similar to that shown in tho footprints was found on ono of thc shoes worn by tim prlsioner. FJUAI Fight. A dispatch from Laurens to The 3tat0 sa?s John P. South was shot ?UKI instantly klllod at 10 O'olcok thursday at Boyd's mil', 12 miles west of the city, by Leavoll D. Wal ker. Walker surrendered and was brought to jail by Doxter Rlledge, acting constable. The men were neighbors and both indust rious young farmers. Lt is understood that they had a previous difficulty, and S nth, who was drinking, seoms to haye started out to renew thc difficulty. Aftor ru ining Mrs. Waiker from the house he proceeded to tho Geld, 200 yards distant, armed with a grass ho ;k, and told Walker that he pro posed to kill him. Walker managed to get out of tho way and ran to his house, where ho secured a gun and when South approached he shot South dead. South was unmarried. Walker ls a married man and has a family. Mach is about .'10 years of ago and both como from good families. They lived In thc Poplar Springs section of Laurens county. Miami ny IfourUuns' In a letter to President Roosevelt the lion. W. J. Bryan says; "You have the contest cf your life before you, and I desire to render you all the assistance in my powor. You have asked Congress to enact it law so en larging the powers of the interstate commerce commission ai to permit it to lix and enforce a reasonable freight rate. And the rall toad lobby was strong enough to stop In tho Senate tho bill passed by tho House. The railroad magnates expeot to block thc passago of the bill again. Stand by your gun?. You havo developed a roform eloment In ttio Republican party; you must load lt or suffer the humiliation of uoolng the leadership pass to so no ono else. Go forward. You owo lt to yourself, you owo lt to your part/, and more than all, you wno lt to your O?uut?y." LAST YEAR'S CROP. Some Interesting Figures Relativo to the Cotton Outp. t. Wllllamtou UU<H tim Largest Share of South Carolin a Cotton-Oon sumixlon by Mills. OJ Friday tho national department of agriculture gave out somo lntorest lng information relative to tho cotton of 1903 4. During the year 1899 aud 1900 then wero shipped from South Carolina a total of 405,328 balor; 1900 1901, 453, 214 bales; looi 1002, 423,090 biles; 1902 1903, 493 858 bales; 1903-1904, 477,007 bal , During tho year 1903 mo l th \ < a shlppod lino tho state 215 If :? ha? ,. During the ramo tl nu mill: rt J state bought 509,559 bales. The ...vi err p of tho htate for tht same time was 831 378 bales. So muoh of tho South Carolina orop ls takeu by its own mills and bhoso ol Georgia and North Carolina that the bulk of what remains ls distributed .brough few cou;m rob. 1 channels than the crops of somo other states. Wllmh gton gets a mucli larger share of tho South Carolina crop than an> other port, being 150 440 bales, but thc receipts for 1903 4 were 2,708 bales less than the oro vi ons year. Tho most notable change in port receipts occurs at Chr.rlcr.lon whore the d? c'eas'? amtu ?ted to 40 492 bales. 1899 1?Q0 Charleston reooived 98 881 bale: ; 1900 1901 s io received 97,410 bale*; 19J1 2 sheree Ived 93,937 bales; 1002 3 she received 128 072, and lu 1003 4 88,180 bales, lhere wen praotioally no silpments t:> Now Orleans in 1003-4 against 4,430 bales the previous years. Norfolk show a Kain of 20,491 hales from South Caro ?Ina, her ligures being for 1899 1900 10,109; 1000 1,48,077; 1001 2. 24,387; 19U2 3, 18,52!). aud 1903 4, 39 023. Savannah has ga land 0,000 from South Carolina, her ligures being, 1800 1900, 43 634; HMO 1 53 000; 1901 2, 3U.017; IVI03-4, 42,8.9. New Yo k has gained 791 hales, lier figures being 1899 1900, 1,370; 1000 1, 4,452; 1901 2, 031; J902 3, 0 402 1903 4, 7,250 Baltimore has Jost 894 bales, her fl? ores being, f?.r 1002 3, 1 012 bales, aud for 1003 4, 118 bales. Tuc shipments to Augusta increased 4 989 bales, her figures being for 1002 3,77,138, and for 1003 4, 82,127, and to Ncrth At lantic ports (via Georgetown) 1,110 bales. Tho Inland movement to domestic mills shovs the foll iwing ohauges; an Inoreaso of 3 100 bales to Nev/ B igland mills, and 800 lo Virginia mills, and a decrease of 5,084 b iles to North Caro lina mills and 1,480 bales to Georgi? mills. Tho t ot al ?movement from .the state in 1903 4 was 477,007 halos, or 10 851 bales less than in 1902 3, and ?he average movement for tho hv< years ls 402,025 bales. The average commoicial crop for tho same period ls 834,371 bales. The following is the number of bales shipped from tho principal points in South Carolina in 1003 4: Abbeville, 2,748; Aiken, 5 217; Allen dale, 3,281; Anderson, 7,810; Bam berg, 5,172; harnwell, 3,840; Ben nettsvlllo, 0.070; Bishopvllle, 10.572; Blackville, 4 7 lu; Branchville, 3,031; Camden, 4.050, Chester, 0.810, Clo. 7,124; Columbia, 03,177; Darlington, 0,300; Denmark, 0,810; 10lgr.il.kl, 6, 540: Greenville, 14,694; Greenwoo'; in,o77; Newberry, 17,131; Orangeburg 8,018; Sumter, 45 310; Spartanburg, 3,035; Yorkville, 0 30(5 In addition to tho abovo shlpmeut from raliway stations In S^uth Cari . lina there wore shipped by boats from coastwl e points in the state to Char lesion 14 815 hales, and from Savan nah river landings 047 bales to Au gusta and 1.218 to Savannah. There originated on plantations in Alkci and Kd^ofleld comities 17,088 babs. Ki,los iv.'.ot, of which were delivered at Augusta by wagon s, and 1,790 bales by canal boats. Fought a Snvku at Soa. A badly lacerated crew arrived at Now York Wednesday on the steamer ludrsmiyo, guarding a cargo of wild animais from Chinese and Japanese ports. S:x leopards and two Mg snakes caused most of tho injuries which were lrJhoted by the animals during an exalting voyage. Bisldes these animals the Iadrarnstyo started ort wibh an el? phant, six monkeys of a largo and Ravage Speoles and some smaller animas. Tho leopards from their c.:.'..'!; PUCO eded In lacerating the arms and lags of six sailors who at tempted to Led them 011 f ie rolling, p'.tohlhg ship. In thc Ko l sea, one of tho snakes, whioh weighed 200 p. und.;, and was twenty?three fcei long, escaped fro:n his oage and ci./.vied out upon the deck about dawn. During mo-t nf the forenoon che entire crow fought and rolled ab mc tho deck in a struggle to get the snake baok Into his cage. Tuey ? nal ly su. cceded. AttttuUu ol tho Spinners. C. W. McAra, president of tho Master Cotton Spinners' Association of Great Biltatn says tho spinners bad no quarrel with American cotton plant ers, had no desire to Interfere with their legitimate profits and had noch jection to the fluctuations brought about hy a small or a large yield. A? a matter of fact, tho grower would bo well rewarded In un ordinary season hy a return of 8 cents per pound. B> gambling operations, howover, the price had been advanced for several seasons to 14 cents per pound and higher, which meant an udvat.co on tho world's cn p of ?480,ooo,ooo. The \ rd ; i spinner, Mr. McAra adds, ls as badly handicapped as the Europ ean spinners, tin 0i?t Of the carriage of cotton to New longland millo being as great as the cost of carriage by sea to Lancashire Marlo a Haul. Burglars entered the banking houso of C. P. Bu molt & Sons at 101 Dorado, III,, oarly Thursday morning, wrockod the safe and carried away between ?8. 000 and ?10,000 in curcnoy and gold. A number of citizens wero awakened when the safo was blown open and tboy arrived at thc hank as tho robbers woro leaving. Too gave pursuit and several shots were oxohanged, hut no one was hit. Blood mounds havo boen - ..fr H?~ f?.?/t1r r\t 4.f>*A lM.wr.lnMn |IUV VU Vt4U VlUVtt ?J? ?UV MIUHUIl.li Bryan County Terrorized by a Desperado Named Simms, IS HEAVIL? ABMKD. Lar^c Section of One Georgia County Terrorized by Him. lie Makes Peo ple Conirlbute to His Needs.' Ile Has Already Killed ?| Two Men. A dlspatoh from Savannah, Qa., lays while Will E. Simms heavily armed, stoo l in pUin sight, a coro ner's Jury Wednesday found him guil ty of murder. E.labell is lu Bryan county, 24 niles from Savannah, and that vlolnl i ty ls In a state of terror because of tho acts ot Simms, a white desperado, I who has alroady killed two men, has notitled others that ho will kill them >n sight, and, who, for the last three weeks, has openly delia! tho officers Lot the stato and county, being, 1B ls 'said, sheltered and supplied with ammunition by relatives and openly levied contributions of food and money from various persons of the oominunl r,y, ouforolug compliance with his wishes at tho point of a Winchester. Wednesday, a coroner's jury delib erated on the death of a negro, tho latest vlotlm of Simms. Tho mur derer was so near the scene and so well posted as to tho proceedings that before a verdict had been reached, he had addressed au open letter to all who were against him, defying thom to do their worst, and inviting them to come in tho woods and look for him. Four works ago Simms shot and killed Julius Lanshurg, a froight train conductor on tho Seaboard Air Line, for no other reason, it is reported, than that Lanshurg had refused him pr mission to oome to Savannah on bis tralu. After this c lino ho dis appeared for a few divs, but did Dot leave tho vicinity of E laboll, meroly keeping cut of sight in the day time. Friday he ki)Ld an old nogro man and seriously wounded his son. He open ly admitted tho deed to some of his relatives, and gave ashla reason tho faot that the negro had told of the plaoe where Simms was in the habit of spending tho nights. lt was for his latest orime that Wednesday's Inquest was held. The man who gave the most damaging testimony against Simms immediate ly left tho vicinity, fearing the ven geance of tho murderer, aud numbers jf negroes likewise are Hoeing from tho country, bel?g in a state of abject fear that thf>y, too, may beoomo vic tims of Si jams' unerring riilo. A posse, led by tho sheriff, is searching Simms' haunts, with the intontion ot caking him dead or alivj, li ho can bo found. Simms is armed 'with a Wlnoheste* and two revolvers. Ile is a sure shot. Ho wai within sight of tito court house, whore tho icq test was held, but so great ls the terror his namo in spires that none would daro KO to cap ture him. At tho hearing, Shoriff James Par rish, upbraided thoso who have beenN -. giving food r.ud s miter to the outlaw A dispatch from Ellabtlle, Ga., / says that Will E. Sims, the desporadu who has terrorized Bryan couuty, Thursday afternoon paid tho penalty for killing Conduotor Julius Ltnds burg, of the Seaboard Air Line. Ho ls alleged, too, *o have killed Jamos Perry, a negro. SheriiT Parish and Deputes Gibson and Dukos of this county, followed Sims Into Liberty county this morn ing. They found him at the homo of a man named Parker, his father-in law. A child shouted the alarm to Sims as the officers approached, ar.d the outlaw sprang from tho be' In whloh he was ?looping soizol his rill 3. He Bred twice at Sheriff Parish, but missed. Sheriff Parish fired once and mis.ied, but Deputy Gibson's tlrttshot struck Sims and he went lo his knee. All tbrco officers continued to Ure rapidly, and Sims sank to the ground. Fourteen bullet wounds In his body were shown by an elimination. Sims killed Landsborg here because the o inductor would not let him lido to Savannah on his froight train. Perry was killed, lt is allogcd, because Sims had heard that tho negro had been carrying reports about him to tho oflbers. Thoro ls groa j belief in Bryan county that Sims is no longer allv? to threaten with death all who oppose him. ilroko Ills NcOk, A dispatch from Waterloo, S. G., to the Augusta .Chronlole says Mr. Van B. Roberson, a promlnont farmer of that place, was the vlotlm of a sad and at thc samo timo peouliar acci dent Mr. Roberson was helping some hands load some cotton at bia gin house when suddonly tho wagon moved elf, throwing him to tho ground on his head with terrlblo force. Mr. Roblnsou was ploked up und carried to his homo a few yards away, and lt was found that his neck was broken. Ho lived only a fow minutes. Ho was a confodcrato sold ier and esteemed by everyono. A wife and throe children ur^'v '''na. io.H I Kebber* A man named J. M. Massey, claim ing to ho from Atlanta, was convicted of vagrancy at Oil Ot?n on Saturday and aontenced to 30 days In Laurens jab or a fine of $60, He took tho days. Wneh searched a complote diagram of tho Hailey bank was found lu his pook ots- -leading to tho bollef that he is a bank-robber. Typhoon. A destructivo cypnoon swept over Manila on Monday, killing flvo per ons, injuring 200 and rendering 8,000 h^tvt rtl??>?