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W0?DS OF WARNING The President o? a New York Bank Talks cut The Hlut'ory Ol tbu ll nunn Kopubllo M?y BJ Repeated Unless Gruft er? Are Ohcoked. Dishonesty in high places In the state, the judiciary and great Unan Oial Institutions and*oorporattons and palliation of suoh by tbo mosses gravo ly threaten the future of tho oouutry, aooordlng to views expressed Tours day by J. Edward Simmons, president. Of the Fourth National bank of New York., In an address before tho Mary land Banker's Association at Aunop oils, Md. He pointed to the lossons taught by the fall of tho ancient lt > man ropublio, tho rolgn of terror in France and tho disaster* whloh befell Russian arms in tho reocut conti it in tlio far east, all of which, he said, were due to palliated dishonesty. "1 hear vol?os from the east and voices from the wost," s*ld he, "lil boding volo??, from tho pulpit and tho divine, voices from the beilege and tho educv tor, volo s from tho benoh and the bar, voices from the prrss and Ita sag ts, tho voice of the president him Belf, denounoiug in ringing tones and deploring the universal spread of selfishness In its meanest and most re pulsive form-the form of dishonesty^ They bewail one universal carnival of dishonesty. Alas, those voices are not unconfirmed." He deplerod the conditions whloh have led men to tolerate thc terms ..graft" and .'grafters" and said he feared tho very uso of tho words was an Indication of men's tolerance of a thief aud his tra'Ie. Ho called upon tho members of the association to give their assistance in remedying acondl tlon which makes lt posslblo "for men wno pose as the salt of the earth and who condemn, without reserve, those who steal liffey dollars or forgo a check for a hu'.dred dollars, or accept a bribe, to themselves make millions by lying, by misrepresentation, by fraud and by bribery, without receiving punisnmont or even criticism, while the man who steals the paltry sum ls sent to Jill. Ho denounced the man of stainless private h fe, who, "in the interest of corporations, of the trust, of tho gas compauy, of the railroad company, of the insurance compauy, havo recou s? to every villUny damneo In the decalogue; who dues the deed of a highwayman with air of a saint." Mr. Simmons said that the *ork lugs and dangers of great corporations and multi millionaire enterprise have not been and aro not ar. fully under stood as their advantages. He bellev ed that their d irk side should be In vestigated and F.et out as lucidly and forcibly as their bright side. II? rc ferred to the growth of the Socialist movement, as shown by the last pres? ldentlal elections, as duo largely to the faot, he said, that the ma-.fius see great forUiies accumulated by dis honest means and when so accumula ted, combined to some oilier ii.div.du al enterprise. He believed, however, that the si tuition was not without hope, as the vory fact that the eui trv has awakened to the conditions, and that fearless and able men are or ganizlng and leading a campaign against dishonesty ate grounds foi hope that a far-reaching remedial pro oees has already begun. SOM?'M, JEU OK Ai l'. ?Molli; nd County Haid to il.-.vc Jct.; Fifty TiiuuuAiHl IJOIIAI-H. Tho commlttoe appointed to Inves tigate the lioanclai affairs of lt ch land couuty Thur day submlttt d itt report to G JV. Heyward, as was re quired by toe act of the legislature According to the report of that com mittee the county has lost $60,000 by the maladministration or thc miscnan agement of the affairs of the ellice The report itself is sensational In the extreme in the very calmness In wlilci it ?B stated, but the recommendations made by the committee occasioned great surprise, tor the committee ha suggested that tho former supervisor S. H. Owens; the former c'eik of tin county board of comm s .loi ers, Cipv ?. M. Douglass; a member of thai board, J. fi Harmon, and two ot';e parties be arrested on crlmioal charg es. In short, lt is claimed that tin county has lost SfiO.OUO by fraud. The charges arc that warrants for pay of parties alleged ti havo done work for t?m oouuuy were issued whee those parties had never done such work, and that by forgery their sig. natures were placed on the papers us if tho parties had received the money, when In fact tho money was paid to some other parson, presumably O?pt Dough s*. Tuere RIO vari u> other charges in tho statement given to the press by the committee, but those are the most damaging. lt ls also alleg( d that nay vouchers properly approved were u ?ed as the model from whloh to forge the signa tures of the members e>r the county board in approving claims. The cor rectly signed souoher would le hld upon top of a blank voucher and b , means of carbon paper the signatured wculd bo traced eligr.Uy upon the blank voucher, Tho signa-ure on this blank would then be retraced tn ink and the paper lided out, the mon oj going, presumably, toCipt 1). u/lass. (iot on' lilK'tr, Tho president of one Insurance company borrows 8100,000 from Mr. McCall's company at the Interest rate Of 1 1 2 por cent. p?r annum; then Mr. McCall borrows ?T5.000 from the other president's company, at the same rate. Of Course, both compan ies lost money, but why oom plain? Tho Columbia State says the policy holdrrs should commend these g ir le mon for their moderation; they might have takon the money and modi the companies pay them the interest. Moro Ur?ft. The Investigating c m nltteo In Greenville county, of which Avery Patton ls chairman, continuo to Und things. Tnoy have found where a magistrate was paid 16 months i alary in 1003 and io months salary lu 1004 Thoy havo also found tho county charged with $140 for mules bought from a certain dealer who says ho did not sell the mules to tho county. Suspended. Qovenor Hov wa rd Wednesday morn ing, on a report ill oe. by t'.o comp troller general, suspendo i Dr. J. T. Pattison, county treasurer of K lgc field county. The repon flied by the comptroller general ard his experts charged that thc treasurer was some thing over $4,000 short In his ucoounts. After suspending Paterson thc gov ernor notii'ed tho senator from that county and thc county auditor of that county, requesting the latter to look after tho books until tho delegation could meet and select a successor. FAID TO BB SHORT. Troasuror Whetaell, ol Dorchester County, I* Hu?i>nnd?d. The Columbia Evening U u ird says I another County Treasurer has been suspended by tho Goyornor. Friday morning, aotlng upon a roport tiled by the 01 mpbrollor general, J. M. Whet sell, o ouuty treasurer of Dorchester county, was suspended and tho offloo turned over to the county auditor un til tho ouunty delegation could rcoom mend a suco mor. It ls stated thab Mr. Whctsoll has been unfortunate in nts selection of au assistant and that ths faot that|)he bo >ks a.e .ut of bi! anee was duo to his ignorance and tho work of Ids clerk. However, the gov ernor. under the law had no jurisdlo tlon lu the matter, and under the law had to tako aotlcn. Tho following is tho letter wrltton by the comptroller general cn the matter: To Hts Excellency, Governor D. C Hey ward, Columbia, S. C, Dear Slr: I havo had an examina tion made of tho books and accounts of Mr. J. M. Whetsell, county treas ercr of Dorchester county, and lind from the roport of Messrs. E. B. Wil son, ohlef clerk, and M. F. luablnott, both expert accountants employed by tnis ellice, that the books and ao counts of the treasurer aro full of or . rors and omissions. County dalma wore paid beforo warrants were Issued by tho oouuty supervisor in violatlou of law. The books also contain ap - parent llotlttous entrles.as credits, lt appears that tho county treasurer is bert in ids cash bh6sum of $2,103.04, time being thc difference betweeu the amount of funds with whioh he ls properly chargeable, and thc amount of cash he has in hand. I, therefore, report tho matter to your excellency In order that you may tako such ao Mon as you may deem proper. Yours very truly, A W. JONICS, Compt. Gan. Tue following was then bent t :e county treasurer: J. M. Whetsell, County Treasurer, Dorchester County,St. George?., S. C. Dear Sh: It having beon cul dall y reported to me by the Hon. A. W Junes, comptroller genoral, under Late of Oct. 6 th* 1006, that you have ocen guilty of miscui duct ie ollloe, to wit: "That your books and accounts arc full of errors and om'.Sidonn; thai you have paid county o'.alms bsfor;. warrants were issued by county super visor; that your books' a>; c unity tre.isurcr, contains apparent lictiti'U!R enterics as creaks; and that you are .short. In your cash in thc bum of $2 104 01, tho d florene-} botweeu thc amounts of fuous of which you are properly c *argeablo to the am.u it of cash you have in hand, and tho evl dence beforo me being satisfactory cf those charges, therefore, I, D C. Hey ward, governor of tho State of South Cuolina, by v,rturo of the authority vested lu me, by sections 393 and 310 of Vol. 1, cole law;! S. C 1002, do hereby suspend you as county treas urer of L) irehestar oouuty, suoh sus pension being ? ll c Ive and of force of too date hereof es provided In the af ire laid smtloas of the ode. Given under n y hand this (Uh day of O:to ber, 10 '5 SAY i THtllY WILL WIN. I'i cnid ni Jourdan OJOIH i o n Farm ern to Bland Firm President TTa-vt: .Jordan, o' the Cot ton asaookt i u, h?ui03 a circular, in which ho v j ; n at what ii deemed assured BU ces and oalls upon farm ers not to weaken In the tight. He Mays: Tho Southern Cotton ass elation, the farmers' Educational and C )-cp erativo union, the American Soclct) of Equity, the Farmers' al la-ce of North Carolina, ref rrsjuting as lihej do all of tho leaning farnv.-rs' orgr.nl zatlona in tho South, bave agreed on a minimum price of eleven ort.ti per pound for this cvoo and every man ls expected to stand linn with every bait that he cati hold or ll nance. Thu ban kn have plenty of monoy tu a l vaneo on cotton. All the. na ney f ?at ls n edtd can bs easily 'sec ired. c arc n iw up against rt hard tight, as thc reoent govorument buro ui re port has boen considere 1 as liearisli and has given the "bears" renewed hopo and an additional woapon to fight the mai keb with. The whole South knows that the orop is a short one, far shorter than that of last year, and that ti n spinners will need every pound that we can raise. Let the slogan be eleven cents from every hilltop and valley throughout tim entire South. If bhe farmers weaken the market will break aud the cause wc have fought so hard to sus tain will bc. greatly joopard /.-d. Pay no attention to paper contracts or bearlnh literature Hooding theoountrj and stand linn for your rights In thc faoe of al) obit teles and the light v/ill soon lia whipped. A3 president of tho Southern Cv.it ton itsst.elation I ask the earnest and ctlv.) co operation of the entire Southern press In calling upon the farmers to stand linn and refuse to elvo an inch of ground In tho faco of those w :o are making such desperate ( Iforts to depress the markets for purely speculative purposes. This is i tUht for tho whole South and our future prosperity dapends upon win n.ng the great struggle in whioh we arc now engaged. l i/.lif With HiirKlars. In an attempt to capture two burg lars on Hartford bridge in Hartford, I Conn., early Friday morning, P dice man Hayes was shot through thc breast and hand and (hiker Cowloy was grazed by a bullet. Tho burglars had dynamited a safe in the store of Howe ?Si Son, Glastonbury, eight miles from Hartsord. The noise of tho ex plosion awakened persons, who saw Hie titiritara drive away In a wagon. Tue Hartford police wee nob!lied by telephone, and Hayesand Cowley wore, detailed at thc bridge to apprehend the burglars. When the latter and police met, tho burglars abandoned blie wagon and ran away. The police guve chase and p ~*:*\i?r:g ' .flit re suited in a dozen uhota being tired. The burilara escaped through the woods. A poss: ls hunting them. Tao deserted wagon contained a full sot of burglars' tools and a quantity of dynamite. Voted ii Our, AU olcctlon was held In York coun ty Tuesday on tho question of romov lng the dispensary at Yorkvlllo, thc only ono in the county. lOlght hun drcd and bhlrty seven votos wore poll ed, 70(1 being against tho dispensary, and 131 In favor of its rotenbion. Yorkville ls tho homo of Senator Brioc, author of tho law under whioh dispensaries are being voted outbOf the various counties in the state. COTTON tt?OWKRS. i heir iiuuied ate ?fluty ii to Organiza and Stick Tegother. They Should Porfoot Imoal Organlz* Atlon In ISyory (?minty lu tho Ontton Bolt. The following coinmuntoUlon, whloh we take from the Prog resal YO Farmer and Ootton Plant ot Raleigh, N. C., we commend to the consldora ation o? our farmer*: Messrs. Bilton: Is tho farmer al scltlsh, couoedted being who thinks ho oin go it alone without tho ht lp of his neighbors? No, I think that ls not the cane; think, tho great army of farmers haye not yet considered what a power in the land they would bo If In Homo way bbeyoould combl?e their strength and acb In cono?rt. When N-hemlah oonoelved the Idea of rebuilding the ruined wall of Jeru salem ho (I'd not uudsrtake thc re building alor - You remember how he said, "Como and let us build np tho wall of Jerusalom that wc be no more a reproach;" and the people gavo ans wer, saying, "Lab us arise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for tholr good work. They wero laughed at by Sanbtllat, Tobiah and others, but Mil.-, laugh of scorn did nob atop bbc work. Now I wish overy cotton grower would lay this paper down, got the Hook and road all about horr tho wall was rebuilt-not ouly ootton growers, but cv*''ry other fartuor also road about this great undertaking, that you may got bho Idra that lb was the work of the Individual man helping his nolghbor that was the power and tho strength and the success lo tho work. One other case I will call attention 'o. Do you remember tho awry you r<ad In the oh1, school book whore the mother bird oamo to tho nest. In the! wheat field to find tho little birds al oxolted bsoause tho farmer and his anns were heard to say their neighbors would cut tho whoab to morrow? Th? wise ( ld bird said: "lllrdlos, you are safe; tho whrab will nob bo out." Again, the next day she found tho little (mes moro - xoltod. The farmer had beon near to the nest and said bo his sons: "Our neighbors did not :omo, bub to morrow we will got our relatives to cut this wheat.'1 Was tho rrbrat CU'J by tho kin folk?? No, but when tho little bltds told the mot ncr that thc farmer had bei n out the third time, and said: "My neighbors and re lat? ves have not oar ; I will cat the whoat myself,"-then the old bird said: "Children, wo must move; th'; who tb will he cu')." Farmer, you must be the mm toor laolzo a branch of the Ootton Grow ls Association in your nolghborhcod. Mr. Ilarvio Jordii), Mr. Ounlngham nor any other man ls g lug to do ll for you; and pray tell mo why you should walt for any one? You see what oas already resulted from tho awk_ ward, uuwleldly, unmanaged associa lon, so why do you not go to your nti.bbors, tell them thoy must get their shoulder to the wheel? Every Mme you see a farmer, spring this subj-ob of organization at him-ask him if he thinks he oan paddle along alone when all the other Industries arc getting Into linc with the aim of bettering their conditions, and that only tho farmer is trying to "go lt" alone. Dear reider, you are the man to do this s arting. You are as much inter ested and v/ill be as much beuelltel as any one, so why should yot walt to begin? G ib ri^ho out and ta? kio the lirst firmer you meet, tell him your township will hold a meeting at a certain place at a certain time, make him pr< mise to b3 there, and promt.o also to bring with him at lest three other men. Hurry-up now and let North Carolina gat" Into lino with other cotton simes. Tue cotton grow ers of NpiCh Carolina must organizo fully ti^ts fall. Wo must be In shape to keo_r oursolvos Informed as to crop |<jondltionfi, extent of crop, and fair price to re -eive for crop. Unidor, if y< u do not understand this C >bton Growers' Association lt ls time for you to wake up and learn about lb. The quickest way for you to obtain this learning ls to taite j your neighbors Into bol ling a meet j lug, write to Sicretary T. lt. Parker for constitution of township organlz ation, road this ab your meeting and dect officers at onoe. That's tlie way to do it, and you are tho man to do it. Your wheat won't bo cut If you walt for your neighbor. C. O. Moonie. Mecklenburg Co., N. C. A y or AiCC Condition ol' Cotton. The crop esMmating board of the bureau of statistics of the depart menti of agriculture In Its bulletin ls B?<?d Tuesday, reports that the aver age condition of condition of cotton On September 26 was 71 2, as oom parod with 72.1 on August 26, I006j 75 8 on September 16, 1004, t5f> 1 on September 26, loo.'}, and a ten year average of titi. 1 Tho following tr.ble shows tho condition of bho cotton orop by States on S: ptember 26, with the ten-year average*; Sept. 25. Ten-Year 1006. Average. Texas.00 (il Georgia. 70 70 Alabama.70 (?7 Mississippi.OH 67 South Carolina.74 tilt Arkansas.72 t;t'> Louisiana.M> ti? North Carolina. 77 70 Indian Territory... .78 70 Tennessee.7u 71 Oklahoma.80 71 Florida.".(i 72 Missouri.81 7<i Virginia. 77 7 i Klllod in a Wrnok. In a collision between a Louisville and Nashville light engine and a Southern railway freight near Hoyles, Ala., Thursday, II, B. Abercrombie, of Villa Hloa, Ga., extra Urem an on tho Southern, was killed and M. Ful j guam, engineer, Hrakornan Davis and Fl rennin GlflSS of tito Southern and IO igloeor Jones and Conductor Stow - art of tho Louisville and Nashville were Injured. ______ Hung Him. Peter Smith, au Old neg-o. was hanged at Marshall, N. C., on Mon day for assaulting a young white girl. The exeoutlon was wltnesyd by 2,000 people. Smlbh protesto'"1 his Inno cenco to the last. ^..J Bowed Ulir MoL?iL A young man narr"'10'?, ?owell has been arrested by tl od Sbates authorities on tito jBfc__r_ f sending an obgcrtne postal Bfc0Ujii1 yKl malls to a young 1 MWj Hrtauburg. HOLD YOUR COTTON. Aa Threat Jppeai ?o tho Farmer?, Merohants and Bankers. IIHIIC at lon H That (J vow oro Ari? Not Putting Tholr Produot on Mark et In Homo Seotions. The following appeul to the far ruera, merchants and hankers of the Slate ls made by the president of the Southern Cotton Association, Mr. E. D. Smith.: To the Farmers, Merohants and Bank ers of Scuth Carolina: In view of the present deolino In the prloa of ootton I oonalder lt my duty to make au appeal to the farm ?rs to hold their ootfcou efl the mar kot. I atk that the merohants and bankers assist them In d ring this. The merohants by not pressing them, and tho bankers by londlug them sufll nient, money on tholr ootton to enable them to meot tho obligationa that o*nnot be deferred. I Tho price Axed by the executive nommltteo at Asheville at ll cents m&y seem to gomo rather high, but when tho Now Orleans oonventlon Axed cotton at IO cents tho difference hoi.ween tho current price at that timo and 10 cents v#as veey muoh grcator than the current price now and ll cents. You will recall that ootton when tho Now Orleans con vontion assembled was under seven about six and a half. By standing together, by unity of aotlon, by a lil tlo saorlfico and patriotism, the S ?uth ern Ootton Association forced the consumer to pay to tho producer more than 10 cents. Ilavo you though what that difference In prloo meant to the individual and the south? Thc grower has a right to tlx tho prloo of hhs product, anti can fix it If he wll stand by thsl association, whloh ie making a gallaut light to keep the speculators from getting cotton ai their own price. Lot every farnm withdraw his oot ton from tho market. This will oheok the receipts, and tho market will be obliged to ad vance. If you have to sell, try bi lind some man who will buy lt and retire lt from the market. There are plenty of men lu each conn ty of sufficient moana and patriotism to do this. IQ spite of tho report clrou'ated by the bears and their allied interest win aro trying to depress tho price of your cotton, wo aro reliably Informed throughout tho southern states, through the Infl uence of the Southern Cotton association, that tho farmers are holding their cation off the mar ket. Let us stand by our southern brothers in this groat fight. Di means the llnanc'al emancipation of our oe lovf d southland. In a word tho situation resolves It self Int ? a clear, clean-out battle bi twixt the farmer and the speculator. Had the government report been hull ish and cuditrions reported eu'?h aa to warrant an advance In the future mar ket, iti would have beon olftlmod that conditions warranted or brought aboul the minimum price for wh'oh we are contending. As it ls the ovemment has brought out another 1 iloulous es timate as to condition, and the bears are confidently prediotieg a large crop, therefore If the farmer.1 jd mer ohants wllI*now hw.."..,., Mt cotton absolutely hold lt off- e> spinners must havn their supplies t?/.d coming Into the market will q ?lokly rais* the price to that of our minimum. This seems almost another providential op portunity Uko last year to test cur ability to cjntrol the market. Let every mun see to lt that ho will ab solutely withhold his cotton for 30 days. E. D. SMITH, Presidents. 0. Div. S. ?. Asscc.ation. BURNED TO DEATH. t\ Now York Toneiiiont Viro JIAIIIIM Thrno Children. In New York threo children were burned to death, their parents res cued and taken In a dying condition to St. Mary's hospital. Five othei tenants sent to hospitals suff;rlrg from burns anti two llroman hurt In a ll e in a four-story flxt house In Raid avenue, la'o Thursday nl^ht. Other incidents of tho Bro were the birth of a child while the mothor was being removed from the burning build lng and an accident which wrecked Fire Chief (Jroker's automobile, and In whleh tho chief narrowly escayod serious accident. Tue lire Is behoved to be Incendiary. The hallways of thc aulldlng were Ulled with flames and smoko and every occupant of the building was asleep when the flames were discovered by William Tease and James Nugget, (Beman, who were off duty. They found a ladder In tho back yard, and after climbing up the lire escap s, awoke the tenants by broak lng Into their apartments. At the top floor the Uro had spread m< st rapidly. The two rescuers were compelled to carry Mrs. Joseph Hanleln, erie of tho tenants of that floor, down the lire eticapc. In doing so tho ladder at the bottom br< ko and tho woman fell on Teaso, injuring him seriously. Mr. and Mts. Donnelly, who ooou plod tito other part of the upper 11 ?or, were afterward found unoonsolOSS on tho fl ?or of their rooms, where they tried to reach a window and failed. Tiley were, brought out, but the ll remen did not know that thoir three children were asleep In their beds until their bumed bodies were found laler. O ber occupants of tho building were swung from tho windows aero; s tho.se of au adjoining building or were dropned Into tho arma of mon bMow ind when tho lire department arrived tho building was allre from top tn bottom. Mr.i. lt iso Mosos was carried on a mattress across the street whoro she gave hirth to a boy. Fireman Ohrlstophor Lsavy was knocked from a ladder by a stream of water and suffered concussion of tho brain. While hurrying to the lire, Chief (Jroker's automobile was upset and tho ohlef thrown out and badly shak on up. Jeromlah Donnelly and his wife, arc suffering from laving Inhaled flames or smoko and aro not likely to roe.ov.;r. Wa? lt Hat?? Strange noises being heard from be hind a ploture lu St. Anthony's ohurch In the village of Sourcolla, provlnooof Aquilla, Italy, tho parish priest re moved tho panol and dlsoovorcd a beautiful fresco, reprosontlng St. Francis of Assisi, evidently thc work of an old mastor. Most of his Hook cry "Mirado I" A few skeptics. "UatBl" WEATHER AND 0R0P3! l/ust II |>o?; ior tho UurcKU *or tfg| I Year luau d, 1 Tho wcathor bureau In ohargo ot* Seotlon Dlreotor Bauor Issued Wed ' nosday tho tlnal crop report for the year as follows: Tho week ending Monday, October 2nd, had a mean temperature about four dgreos above normal in tho oantral and western parts and about normal on tho coast. Tho extremes wore a maximum of 91 at Blackville on September 25th, and a minimum of 50 at Fi- renee and Groonvllloon September 28th. There was considerable cloudiness ovor the otstern pa?t, but almost continu?la feuashluo over tho western part*. Tuero wero no high winds or o'h.r conditions that wero damaging to crops or that iutorfered with farm work. With the oxo pvlon of traco cf rain ovor tho oastem half of tho state, the week wus without proolpltatlon. The drouth^ has b'carno Intensified over the central and western counths where tho ground ls too ha. el and dry for fall plowing and scedlug opera tlons, and when, In m my localities, water ls scarc3, with wells and small streams rapidly drying up. The weather ondltltns wero entirely fav orable for haying operations and fot gathering ojrn and cotton, There has boen no chango in condi tion of cotton, except that thero con tlnues to be some premature opening. Tue entire, crop has oponed Uuusu?! y fast aud picking will be finished ear Uer than usual wi.h continued favora* bio woather. In a few localities there is a small top orop. but for the crop In general, and on saudy lands In par ticular, tito top crop ls unimportant, .Mid the occuronce of either au early or a very lato killing frost will not vary tho yield materially. Tho aver age of the aotual liguros from a fu l re port on tho pnoontage of tho crop al ready picked, indicate that for the eastern division of the state 71 per cent. har.'lean picked; In tho central division 7(5 per cent., and in tho west ern dividion 51) per cent. Reports on sea-island Ind ic ito that ab ut 30 per cent has been plckod. At least two tbirds nf the unpicked cotton ls ready to pick, a d picking will be prac.leal ly finished, with continued favorable weather, by the end of October. All late food and f jrage crops arr suffi-ring for rain. Corn is being housed i i many facilities. Weather ideal for swing pea-vine h%y and fer haying generally, but has bien uuf.i vorable on truck along tho coast, and for bowing fall oats. A BIG SYNDICATE. President Jordan ?ml Sccrotary Choatham Now in Now Yolk. II arvie Jordan, and It'ohard Cheat ham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, arrived in New York ov Saturday and have since that tim? oeen lb closo consultation with the ca pltalists who are Interested In the 1, 000,000 bale purchasing syndloato pro j -cb. John Martin, agent of the Farm era' Union, iu also In Now York, and ls interested In the same matter. Although the plan was not formally presented at tho Asheville moeblng Mr. Jordan lins been lu constant edna -unlcation wicii those Interested since that timo. He would have been In ^ew Yoik before had lt not been that his mmy duties detained him lu the Sou ? h. The project seems to moot with the nearly approval of all those who are Interested In a higher price to the cot ton producers for his staple, and lt ls said that thc Now Yoik capitalists JV ho are. interested in tue matter have their money ready an I are willing to at once put up $1,000,000 if lt ls de drcd to bind themselves to carry oui their part of the pr j ^cb. Mr. Jordan is very confident that the farmers will hold for ll cents any way, hut, thinks that this purchase syndicate would Insure an 11-cent minimum price, The plan, as hss been explained be fore, is an agreement between a syn dicate and the Southern Cotton Asso elation and tho Farmers' Union, by wit ich tho syndicate agrees to buy 1, 000,000 bales of ottonat mlnl-rum price of 11 couts a pound. Tho associa don will obtain the cotton from lt* nvmberf, each man soiling only a part of his crop to the syntlloite, and hold lng the rest for the minimum price. The project, which Is a most elabo rate one In Its details, and which would make the syndicate tho biggest and most powerful spot cotton factor In tho world, has been submited to sumo cf tho leading financiers and bankers of New York and approvee". by them, lt ls expected that an lm portant announcement will bo made In the matter in a few days. TO RAI8E P?ICJB OF COTTON. itull Pool H?N Millions tor tho Pur* l> HO Hay? Ila} 11?. A dispatch from New Orleans sajs that Frank B. II ay ne, the noted cot ton bull operator returning to New Orleans after a three month's absence on the floor of the New York cotton exchange, declared that thc hull pool now operating to raise tho price of cotton is the r eheat pool over organ Izod in America, and ls amply able to do what it has set out to accomplish. llayne's statements regarding thc poul haye broken the mystery Bur rounding the new aggregation which experts to putOOttOQ on the top notch. Heretofore tho greatest seorecy has been maintained regarding every do tall of tho pools personnel arni move ments and fv?n Mr, I lay h?. was not ready to ?Ive the whole matter to the public. He stated, however, that the pool was not com tosed of southern men, although many New Orloans mon, he doolan tl, arc very bullish on cotton. Mr. Ilayno would not admit nor deny that he was In the pool himself, but statod that, bis ideas were in line with thc Ideas of those In tho deal, which was that cotton is e-hcap at tho pres ent prleo, and that during no month of tho coming year will tho staple sell for loss than 10 oonts. ilayno ostlmat's tho orop at 10, 500,000 bales. Tho demand, ho says will be enormous. Ilayno is very suc cessful cotton man, having mado mil lion;: of dolla;;: In a very short time hy his deals In cotton. What he says on the subject of ootton has great weight In New Orleans, where ho ls well known. He thinks ootton cheap at ten oonts. Cot oft' Ldglit. Columbus W. Walker was convict ed at Covington, Ga., on Monday of wlfc-mur.ler and, the jury having re commended him to mercy, waa sen tenced to tho penitentiary for lifo. L mi ) THE SHABBY BATHTUB/*. I* May I' ii ? 11 y no nimio JUrtocht, Vr??i mu? Inviting. Among tho crosses ninny housewives have to annoy them Is n butbtub of hu Invltiug appearance In a room that otb irwlso looks fresh and clean. The tar shed surface may rcfuso to become lit, no matter what cleaning mute aro employed. hohiK your own wforkmau you at u trifling expenso make tho tub desirable. Procure a small can of non paint of any light color de u can of enamel paint of the color and a good si ?/.ci jp, brush. Cut C'e?t or ten Inch pieces of yellow soap iu\fo bits and put lt over the fire to dlssol. '? lu a couple of quarts of wa ter. Flin the bathtub with bot water and UII;'O\Y lu a generous handful of powdered borax and tlie dissolved soap.. When the water becomes cool cnmigh to put the hands lu lt rjerub the surface with a brush, letting thc water run off us the work ts done. Again port ly All the tub with bot water and scrub lt with the brush and sand soap to make nure that all greasy particles have been removed. Then rinse It In clear hot water and thoroughly dry. Cover lt with two coatings of thc common paint, letting one thoroughly dry before putting on the second coat. Thou give It several coats of tho en amel paint, nils paint will dry more quickly than the other, and flic bath will no longer bo an unsightly object. Caro must be used not to run bot water Into tho bath nlono until tho paint bas hardened.-Philadelphia Lodger. ? B ( ( THE CARE OF HER GOWNS. \\ 'Jilin Womnn'n M< 'lioil I* Worthy ot uduc. Widely Cni>lc<5. A time ?aver ls the plan which a wo man who has much of her dressmaking done lu the house has evolved In the care of her gowns. She keeps all of ber waists for each gown If not th? whole gown itself in boxes. With tt she puts the little bunch of silk or scraps of lace ?nd ribbon that were left. Bli?; also puts In the particular bunch of niching that she bas selected for wearing with lt so that In ease of a fresh piece balng needed or any little change being thought of she has erery thlug nt hand ready when ehe tokos down the box. As may be Imagined, she is one wno i can odd a touch here ?nd make a chango there In ber collar or belt ar rangements, little Improvements which in true femlnlue fashion she often ninkos s few minutes before rho puts the dress on. for this and for any ac cident which happens to the gown the scraps already nt hand ore Invaluable. The same pinn nppllcs lu keeping tho veils which go with lt In the box with each hat, vrhero they have more room than In a common veil box and where Hie time ls saved which lt takes to got out two boxes.-Pittsburg Dispatch, DRESS HINTS. Don't wear big sleeves oud big hats If you nre short. Don't JutrTp Into your clothes ond ex pect to look dressed. Tight gloYcs will go on more easily If wanned before putting on thu bauds than If put ou wbeu cold. In sewing on buttons havo tho kuot cf the threud on the right side directly under thc button and soe if thu button does not stay on longer. Whatever muy be tho shape of ber foot a woman should bo particularly careful to be well shod, and tho ugUc* thc foot tho moro careful sb? ought to ho. Never have the top of tb? boots tight, as lt Interferes with the actlou of tho calf muscles, makes oue wulk badly and spoils the shape of the ankle. In making buttonholes In goods that fray eneby lt ls u great help to stitch twice around on the sowing machine before the hole ls cut, us a firmer foun dation ls secured and no fraying ro sults. Ph yd loni Training. A physician points out hi a contcra lornry that there ls not tho slightest need of girls to eugago in olaborate gymnastic exercises or to practico beauly culture !n order to obtain good complexions rid healthy physiques. The very best training for tho muscles ls to b? found in ordinary housework, and when th * body ls perfectly healthy tho skin will be cleared and th? eyes brightened, lit ls not given to all girls to be able to Indulge In outdoor sports, which ls, of com;'?, the Ideal way of getting exercise, but nil can perform simple household dutle?, and these, If done with op?n windows and Sn ? brisk way, will do far moro for those who perform them, says this doctor, than ordinary drilling. Tiic Tul* of thc- Mouth. It ls the mouth which tells tb? tale of a fretful und Irritable disposition. It ls this feature which acts us a glvo nwoy when a womuu wishes to oppear something that ?lie isn't. A woman may spend n small fortune In cosmetics and massage, but if she doesn't watch her mouth and keep lt sweet her mon ey Is wasted, for sh? cannot bo good looking. A perpetually smiling woman ls au offense ngalnst good tnsto, but a woman with u sweet, expressiv? mouth ls the loveliest thing In the world, but there ure very few of them. Th? luipt-OTcn Feminine l'l,r?lu.u?. Mrs. aunuurd declares that th? moti on! woman ls not athletic, but tti?t tho tall, finely developed young crea ture of the duy owes her appearance to the fact that she Ls no longer scourg ed by tuberculosis und that sk? ka? been brought up moro by ber mot?aec nial more In tho dining room lustend of by persons of lower class in rooms at the top of tho house.-London Post. Attltudo ol tho Spinner?. C. W. McAra, president of the Master Cotton Spinners' Association of Great Britain says tho ?pinners had DO quarrel with American cotton plant ers, had no deslro to Interioro with their legitimate prollts and had no ob jectlon to the fluctuations brought about by a small or a large yield. As1 a matter of fact, tho grower would be well rewarded in an ordinary season by a return of 8 cents per pound. Hy gambling operations, however, tho prlco had been advanced for sevoral seasons to 14 cents per pound and higher, which meant an advance on the world's crop of $180,000,000. The American spinner, Mr. McAra adds, 'i no hnrllu I,., ... o......... ; ffnfl TOllM?. oan Spinners, tho cost of tho carriage of cotton to New England mills being as groat as the cost of oarrlago by sea to Lancashire. Found l)flA(1. A negress, Rachael lhirkott, was found doad noar her homo at John ston. Coroner's inquest rendered s verdiot that death resulted from a broken nook, oauscd by unknown per sons. O R S B O .iver ?a u&'? Bookkeeping, V Shorthand, Type-\ maranteed course 20 weeks. Single tond, 8 mos. 12 colls for graduates ii mind. Write. Cotton G?ntiers asd 1 Write ua for prices on the following; Bf Ellars for Shafting, Couplings, Drills, D Juages, Guage Cooks, Hack Saws, Humir ators, OH (Jupa, Oil Cans, Packing, all k And anything oise In machinery suppl! COLUMBI \ S S TBEGUINARD ] ? Manufaoturors Brlok, Fire Proof '. S Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prei ? or millions. Make Oood Voter?. . In an address delivered bofore thou ands of peoplo at the LewlB and )larkexposition at Portland last wcok, i 3ov. Frank R. Gooding, Idaho's ohtcf c xecutlve, spoko enthusiastically of die equal suffrage situation lu Idaho. 'I^aho ls especially proud of the fact ihat wo have ?quil suffrage lu cur r.ate," he said. "I have always been ?n ardent believer in equality at the Dallot box. It was my good fortune >0 be one of tho co:nmmlttoe who iraftod tho ?rat resolution ever pre sented to tho people of Idaho through ibo Republican party, favoring equal iuffrago. As a result of thoso prom bos, the worn ?niof our state now en Joy the freedom of the ballot. ThiB ict ot Justioe has beon greatly ap preolatod by tho good women of Ida io, who have shown their apprecia tion by tho aotive Interest they have :aken in publiera flairs. Equal suffrage toe done a great deal to improve poll? loal conditions In Ihaho. Today no 1 .arty dares nominate a man for odlce vhose oharactor ls not olean, and who .ras not chown his appreciation of the i mme. There aro many other good Goings that ,might be said of equal iuffrago. But this, of itself, lt seem? GO me, is sufllcionb to commend it to j ill good citizens." This is the tcstl- \ jaony of a mau wno has seen woman j iuffrago tried. If woman suffrage la [ moh a good thing out in Idaho, why jj vould lt not be> good thing for South B "awl: na?_?j "Outrageons Oorriuuton," t Referring to "life insuranoa abu*. [ DS" the St, Louis Globe-Domoorat, a republican papor, says: t Every dollar of life Insurance profits A Improperly turned into tho pookots of ? Individuals, or secretly placed to in- j tluence selfish legislation, is a species i ot outrageous corruption, a robbery of J the many for the rapacious few. Thc ' timo to apply tho remedy is at the c moment of deteotion, and no one has s a right to ojmplaln if tho oure ls ?lern 1 lu its nature. ,v, That belog true, says the Common i er, what will the Globe-Demoorat say ! with respcot to the suggestion that > tho republican national committee y "put it baok?" The I muran oe inquiry > disclosed that one insurance company has contributed $160,000 to the repub- J Hean national campaign fund during tho last three presidental campaigns. \ This money belonged to tho policy- j holders, and was contributed without their consent. According to the Globe Democrat, these contributions to the republican oampaign fund amount to < "a spcoics of autrageous corruption, a j robbery of tho many for the rapaoious few." Of course, putting it back would bo a oure "stern in its nature" but, In tho language of tho Globe Demoorat "the time to apply the remedy ls at the moment of detection." One remedy is to provide publicity for all contributions to political funds, and the prohibition of such contribu tions 07 corporations. But "at the moment of dotection" the Qrst remedy Is "put it br ck." Tito WkRca Of Sin 1? Death. A traglo commentary on tho Inevit able consequences of Bin was furnish ed in the press of last week when a self confessed murderer of thhty years ago took his own Ufo at San Francis co, Cal., and loft a note telling of his orlmc and of tho punishment and exe cution of another man for tho deed he had oommitted. Thirty veara ago this human llend had rr ordered a young girl and esoaped dotcotlon. Ho caw another man condemned and executed and himself wont soot free. He went west, married and determined to for get the past and livo a decent life, but the memory of his crime haunted him; the constant fear of detection, tho ghostly thoughts of two souls sent into eternity by him tortured his mind. Settlors from his old Ohio home oame to his new homo, and for fear of dotcotlon ho ran away to Doath Valloy in California, thore to live in despair and Isolation until his own deed caused him to raise his hand against nlmself. This is as dramatio a picture of retribution and of the In exorable operation of the moral law of compensation as has cvor beon scon. It might form tho basis of a powerful tragedy (for tho stago or for /lotion, lt ropresents tho stern decrees of fate that pursue the man who sins. Thore ls no escape from lt, no avenue of relief; io thin g left but concession ind a free xmsclonco, nothing to do but to ?land aeforo ono's fellow-man, solf-confess ?il and In a true light, or oommlt sul 3lde, and "sulolde '? said Webster, "ls Confession." Why, bhon, asks the Den vor Hews, does not all of clvlllz ?1 mankind recognize this relentless leoreo of fate and escape the misery md remorso of &v ignominious lifo md death by resisting sin? The ques RN E'BF \?V, OA. vriting, ED ?lieh branches, Ful course of either Business or Short i about 20 days. 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DR, HATHAWAY, Kvery afflicted reader of (his paper In invlt* jd to consult Dr. J Newton IhiMmway of At antn, 0?., tiio South's mos, Holiablo'Spooiat si, on any disease, absolutely without cliArgo. rbis great specialist has bad over twenty- tlvo roars of expel lonee in tho study ?nd troat nont of diseases of a oh ronlo or llngoring ne uro, and wo unhesitatingly say Um thore is io caso, no matter how severe, thnt he cannot horoughly undorstnnd from tho very first, ,nd prepar? tho correct treal mont, which is lound to olToot a permanent euro. By the aid if his syaicm of homo treatment, ho placos at ho disposal of ovory sufferer his advanced nethods of treatmeut, ot' which o is tho orig nator, no matter whore ho ur sh? rosidoa. FREE! MEDICAL AD VICK. If you suffor from any disease of a chronlo inturo, euch as Norvouu Debility, Stricture, ir*atioooole, Blood Poison, Kidney or Uladdor ['rouble, Diseases of tho Heart, Livor orstbm oh? 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Ills store is dlrty^,.. lusty and noxiously odoriferous. H6w jan ho expcot to do muoh?" "Rev. Styx preaohrd last Saturday light on oharlty.1 The Bcrmon was punk. " "Dave Sonkoy died at his home in lilli place. Tho dcotor gave it out as leart fallaro. Tho fact is, he was. hunk, and whiskey ls what killed, dm." '.Married - MUs Sylvia Rhodes and fames Connan, last Saturday evening ;t tho Baptist parsonsgo. Tho bride? B a very ordinary town girl whx does't. mow any moro than a Jack-rabbit ?bout cooking, and never helped nor oother three days in her life. Sho i?; lot a boauty by any means, and has a ?alt Uko a fat dook. The groom ls. rcll known as an up to dato loafer, le's been living off tho uid folks all tis lifo and don't amount to shuoks.. ?hey will have a hard lifo. The paper had no sooner reached he publlo than a oommittoe wa?sent-, o him bearing a potltion aBklng him o continue in the good old way, and tatod that thoy behoved him to be a ruth ful and henest man. A CALIFORNIA paper lays bad water tills as roany poople as bad whiskoy loes. That may bo so, but then wo lon't have to pay for the water.