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The Marlboro 9 Democrat, "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR DIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATIIS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. xxX BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1905. NO BONDS LOOTED. Purloined From thc Stale Treas ury and Resold. BY THE BONI) CLEBK Mr. Daniel Z inmennaii, Tor Whose Ar rest a Warrant lias Been Issued, but he Could not be Found. The Defalcation Will be Made Good. The Columbia State says there wai a great deal of astonishment in Col umbla late Tuesday afternoon of last week when it wss learned that thc State treasury had hst $1 tl 500 by or ror or by criminality. Whon it wai learned that a warrant had been is sued by a magistrate aud had teer, lodged with the sheriff for execution, oharglng that Mr. Danie) Zimmer mat ls guilty of a breach of trust with fraudelent intent, theio was evei greater fcurprlse, and much regret was expressed because a name as yot untarnished had boen connected with suoh an i l?3nso, justly or wrongfully. Mr. Zimmerman i.ad been the bone clerk lu tho etlloe of tue Sta . i r us urer, and held that position fi a .891 until 1001. lb was during that yur lod that the fraudulent coourei were found after a great deal 01 , vestlgatlon. The speoitio charge that when bounds were brought In 1? be exohanged for stocks, oue or mon bonds would bo extracted from bbc package and Instead of hoing cancell ed would bo sold and ari ld bond OJ bonds of prior cato wool ; be ting up from tho vaults and sub.n u I In the bundles for cancellation M tn <<? I a cursory examination ib would ai p that all of the bondi in that pack.., were properly cancelled. In this way a bond anda cor ti float?, of stock would both be In tho bauds Of innocent parties and the State pay ing interest on both and obligated to pay the principal ut Hie expiration of the time specllhd-and of a reality tho bond had been redeemed by the State, the stock having been in ex change therefor. If a trick it was, lt r< quired nerve to carry it through for tuc occurencee covered a poriol of several 3 oars. Mr. Zimmerman's friends, and they are multiple, persist h\ declaring their boilup in.. ittuocer.a^, andb"expeot at tho proper time to soe him v . nd I cat ed boforo the law in the courts. Mr. Zimmerman has been lucked upon as a man in rather straightened circum stances, and lt is helli ved by n any to bo impossible for him bo have evered up suoh a shortage. There aro two tiling 'v? len have made some of Mi: /. u uti man's friends wonder. First is mo fact that he repeatedly dooli oed io appear at the oillce of bbc State treasurer and olear his name of the odium which was sure to bi attached to an unex plained publican m of thc facts. The Other is thab yesterday before the warrautcould bo issuod, Mr Z namer man, who probt b y was apprised ol what was about to transpire, walked out of tho back door ot the ctlicj of Mr. S. L. Miller wl.or-: bc was cm ployed lu a clerical capacity ai d dis appeaved. Ile has nub been seen since. Eveuif Mr. Zimmerman is the Vc tim of circumstances, it it. ii lite, evi dent that thc transa.! lons c nd nm have been conducted without the as sl8tanco of an outside party, ll id a employe of the State ti oaf u ry pioseub ed a bond for sale, tho pro p, clive purchaser would have neel.ned, fm the incident would have been susplo ious and the pm elias r woiil i waul nothing but ''gilt odg d" Investment Evidently there waa a br. leer, 'lo Hud that man is now the ol j ot of the State ofiiolals interested. Thc lu no cent holdois iii bbc bonds will bc ask ed through whom they secured thc negotiable instruments. No innocent holder will lose anything for tin bonds will ho again rei \ med for cas i, although once before tin.y have been redeemed In stocks. While the loss is not so large, lt shows how, even in the most jealously guarded system of business, error and sometimes wrong may oroep in. DlSl'AKITY NOT IC Kl) UK KOKK. r As far back as two years ago, Mr. S. T: Carter bookkeeper In the chloe of thc State treasurer, called lo the attention cf the ways and mcaus com mittee the (act that there was some thing wrong with thc lotetest paid on stocks and the cou pom paid on hoods. What this trouble was no one at that timo could teli, althougu it was seen that the State was actually paying moro interest than was mathemati cally proper, At that time no intent was fiiispcoted or thu matter cooli) have been aired. Mr. Carter had been called before tho ways and moansc immlttee to tes tify in regard to thc p;tlt ion of Mr. Geo. H. Cornelson, of Orangeburg, who stated that his brother, who had lived in Australia had died, leaving $10,000 in Eolith Corolina bonds, which could not he found, lt was wh.lc lookii g into tho Oornelsou mat terthat Mr. Carter Hist had his at tentlon attracted lo thc disparity In in thc Interest accounts. TJ About a month or six weeks ago Capt. Jennings received a letter from some ladles in Charleston io reference to some bonds In their posse s lion, and In looking up tho record with refer ence to these bonds lt was found that there had been substitution. This was tho lirst intimation the State treasurer had of tho transactions whloh aro now suspotedcf being iraudulcnb. ile saw biub tbc ontrles wore in the handwriting of Mr. Zim merman, and yet thinking that lb was a olerioal error, bob phoned to Mr. Zimmerman to como to the State treasurer's dil2e. Mr. Zir.-;merman Stated fch&t he WOUld be lhere timi afternoon ab 4 o'clock. Two days elapsed and as bo had not seen Mr. Zimmerman tho Stato treasurer ?gain 'phoned to h's house and Mr. Zmmer man stated that? he hod teen unwell but would be there the next) morning at 10 o'olock, SUSPICION FIUBT AHOUSKO, Mr. Zimmerman failed to keep tint cng8gomont Capt. Jennings feared that tho extent of the error, as he thought it n i {ht not be known to Mr. Z aimer man, and he wrote a letter nuler dato of September 18th asklDg Mr. Zimmerman to call and explain a matter of considerable impartante to Mr. Zimmerman and to tho ellice. After some dolay Mr. Z mmcrman drove up to the cast door of the State capitol and called for Mr. S. T. Car tor, and informed Mr. Carter that lt would bo of no uso for him to make au examination of the entry which bad attriotxd attention as lt had been made BO long ago that be could not explain it. Subsequently Mr. Z mrcermau ap peared in thc corridor of the capitol building and explained to Capt. Jon lings that it would not be worth while for him to try to oxp'aln the uatter as ho had no recollection of lt. This excited tho suspicion of tho poo ile in tho ( Ul ie aud Capt. Jennings m merl lately noll tied tho 0 mptrollcr general and demanded a searching In? .'estimation of the books in which the eoords wore kept. TU 10 COMPTKOLItBIl's llKl'OKT Comptroller O moral Jones yeater lay submitted to Capt. Jennings the chowing report made after a very carolling eximinatlon: "In your letter direc:ed to me as omptroller general, dated Octoler 7, ou state that there appears to be an rr. gularlty In the matter of tho ex bango of a certain Brown coupon ?ond, and the amount covere d into a trek certificate. That the State ap icurs to have lost tho amount of this lond and the interest at 4 1 2 por ent. for several years. You ask Mia* , as comptroller genoral, under Fec lon 072, vdunio 1, of tho code of 1002 rake a full investigation of the status ? thc State's securities as therein rc ulred. 'Tn cmformltv with tho above ro ulremeut, 1 have personally exam In d, with tho help of S. T. Carter, lookkceper, and J. Fuller Lyon, bond ;lerk, all the securl y transactions of he State from January 1st, 1804, to 'ate. From February 2nd, 1805 to Vlay 23id, 1001,1 find a number ol raudulent transactions, aggregating (12,500; or in other words, the.^i ransaotlous have inorcased thc State'? landed debt to that extent, togethei vith 13,003.76 Interest paid thereon caking a total of $10.403 75. "Tho iicms going to make up the arlous transactions are fully itemizer nd hereto appeuded. The examina lon reveals the fae? that tho bone ilerk during that period lu wine hese transactions appear upon the looks, has falsified oe erased thc mun K>ra ut certain bonds fcurrondored fo ixobango and has abstracted bond irevlously cancelled and has submit cd the same at a later date for suet ninds surrendered, and has evidently s showu by the interest accjuut pu he bonds so erased as u icancel'ed oi he market." "This is olearly shown by thc fae bat all transact ions during this perla ppcar in thc hand writing of the sam loud ederk. lt seems that tho bom lerk In the State breani'er's ollie las charge of all bond transactions.' When ho had received the repor nd the Itemized statement from th omptroller general, Capt. Jennlng or warded these to the attorney ger ral's ellice with a request to bo ac ist d as to the mode of procedure Mt ..ertiy P. You mans, the assistant at orney general, replied in the followln otm : "1 am in reosipt of yours t oday enclosing copy of yours of OJ it.er 7th to lion. A. W. Jones, corni railer general, and lils reply to yo if this date. You ask that 1 lnstrue on as to your duties In the premiso: f, (if your own knowledge, you kuov r if from information obtained froi libers you believe or If as a concluslo rom circumstances you have a jul a use to believe and do believe th? bc bond clerk referred to has comm! ed thc olfenso charged in the correi ondence, it is ye ur duty to procee ii thc criminal courts against tl aid bond clerk. Civil procecdlni viii be a matter for further consldc ?ion." WAKKANT SWORN OUT. When thus advised, Capt. Jennln .skid thc attorney general to mal mt thc warrant for the arrest of M '. mmcrman. Tho warrant charg )reach eif trust with fraudulent Into ,nd larceny of State bonds with ti iiirpoKC of devoting tho proceeds ils own personal uso. to his affidavit upon which the wr ant was issued, Treasurer Jonuin celtes the transactions narr ?tod dr. J nos anti concludes: "That at all these dates one Dan Ammerman was the bookkeeper in t itlloo of the State trcasuror and i ?ccladv entrusted by tho three tre? irc.rsof the State named above lu si session, with tho performance of t luties of thc treasurer In the surre 1er of Brown coupon bonds and the ?naneoof stock certificates Inoxchan ihorefore, "That in connection with tin iransactlons, lionels surrendered a vhloh should have been cancelh lave been abstracted from tho St. State treasury and substituted at ater elate for suoh bonds surrotidci ind tho numbers of certain hoi lave, this deponent ls lnfoimod a OOlieVCS, been alteret in tile wrltl thereof to tho prejudice of and w the Intent to defraud thc State. "That this dcfcnelant la Inform has just oausc to believe and d believe that the said Daniel Zimrr man has been guilty of tho offer above set forth; has in so doing ci mltted a broach of tr Ult with fru? lent Intention, has stolen tho b ? aforesaid the property of thc St! has unlawfully Increased thc Sta bonded debt, to tho extent of $12 besides $:i,08.> 75 interest; that 1 rJeponont, Wm. T. Bates, Wm. Tl m merman, A W. 'ones, J. Ft: Ly em, S. T. Carter, aro material 1 nesoes to prove the same. When tho examination was first i eluded, no ovldonce of frantin transactions during Capt. Jenni administrations had he*n dlsoove but by a careful revision it was fo that there was ono such in April, 1 two months after Capt. Jennings o into Olli co. Tho full statement of tho items discovered ls given elsewhere Ono cf thc80 was on Jan. 15, 1001, J ist four days before Dr. Tlmmerman turned the oilloe over to Or pb. Jen nings. MU S?IMMKHMAN'8 UISAPPKAltANOK There was sumo delay In tho prep eratlon of tho warrant and Dr. lutes and Dr. Tlmmerman, the two f raaer State treasurers, who still ha?n a vory sympathetic regard for Mr. Zimmer man, drove out to his house to pre pare him for what was coming and to make a linal appeal to him to clear up the mattor if lt lay within his power to do so. When they arrived at Mr. Zimmerman's homo about noon they were informed that ho was at tho In florance cilles of Mr. S L. Miller. They drove without delay to the o ill oe of Mr. Miller and wore Informad that Mr. Z m merman had Just left. That was ahout 1 o'clock and it was not until 4 o'ciook that tho warrant was placid in thc Lauds of Sheriff Cole man. As soon as the warrant bad beeu sworn out, the nows was made \ ubllo, and Mr. Z'mmcrmau's friends r.s well as the otliccrs of the law wore :?11 on the lookout for him, but ho has not been seen since the time or about the Mme he left Mr Miller's cllluo. lilt TI MM IS UM AN UAttD HIT. Io ho some time hofore lt oan be told L?iQltelyln whoso administra tlous those ill .Irs occurred, but at present it appears that the liabilities will bo about as follows: W. T C Hates.$ 1,200 W. H. Tlmmerman. 10,690 Ll. II. Jennings. 1.400 Total.$12,100 To th'.o of course must bo added the Interest which will Increase the total amount lost hy the S^ate of South Carolina and to bo reoovercd on tho bonds, $3,002 It ls al lex J that tho frau'lulen t en tries were mace In this wist : A party having bonds might prefer stocks lu exchange. Tho papers would bo pro scuted and tho transfer made. Then Instead of cancelling the bond the clerk in charge, apparently, w> uld take out one of the bouda when there would be a largo paokage and at sc mo convenient dstc would put it on tue market as If lt were a negotiable In strument instead of a bond whose val idlty had been wiped out by the ex change. The bonds of the State are payable to bearer, jmt as a bauk note or other currency, and the stccks are payable to order only. The Interest on the bonds ls the name as the Interest on the stocks, b it the coupons ou the bocd3 may be presented by any one whereas the in terest on tho stocks ls sent in checks to parties in whose name the stocks ire made out unless the Soate treas urer has been not. lied of the transfer of the stocks. For that reason many people prefer stockB to bonds and there are issued sometimes as many as 1?? 360 stook oertlllcates In a year. HOW IT COULD IIAV1C UBBN DONK. To show how easily this kind of transaction might have been made vithout discovery tx jept by accident, obere aro on tho books of thc S?ate treasurer bonds of this Issue alone valued at $3,374,000 and stccks valued at $2 220,000. Since the date of the issue of those bonds there have been issued 4,04 4 bonds of the denomina lion ot $1.0C0 and 2,131 bonds of thc denomination of ??f>00. Many of these bot d? have been exchanged for stocks ano therefore lt will be apparent that fraudulent transactions might have oct ur red as thc employes of the treas urer's dh ce are considered above sus picton and tho hoods are not counted. lt ls said that when a pack ige of bonds would be returned in exchange for stocks lt would he very easy to can cel nine of the bonds and substitute for the touth a cancelled bond whio'.i had boon taken up sovcral years be fore. The legislative Investigating committee would count merely the bonds as units without impacting chem, and If the number correspond id willi thc number reported exchanged for st.oks within the year, there would be no suspicion of tho fact that one of the bonds exchanged, for Instance In 1806, had been substituted for a bond exchanged in 1000 and that the latter had been taken from the pack agc and had been sold. The State woulr' therefore be paying interest on thc bond which should have boen oan celled as woll as upon tho stock certi ficate which had boen lbsued In place uf thc bond. As Mr. '/, r.merman was charged with tm Custody of the bonds, as he the exchanged bonds "cancelled" and was the one responsible for marking as thc entries on the books wore In lils handwriting lt ls easy to connect him with the fraudulent > ?chango. Ills many friends hope that there will I be sumo way in which thc natter can bo cloarcd up and Mr. Z'mmorman prove that he was not guilty of the I serious offenses charged. I Mr. Z1.m mor mau surrendered on I Wednesday and gave bond for seven teen thousand dollars for his appear ance at court. Killed Two. John Price a young drug clerk, had a battle with a band of Italians at '.'aw 1'aw Md., and Frank Fleco and G Dalcssandroare dead, and Clemen to Itonollco ls said to bo dying at the hospital. Pries had had trouble with one of the italians sis weeks ago, and Wodncsday tho men insulted him Pr ?CO knocked knocked him down, whereupon a dozen Italians, with drawn revolvers and slilottos, drove I him from tho train ftt OkOBOkO. Price hld In tho rear when tho train pulled out, and. reaching Paw Paw, ho got a revolver and opened lire. Thc Italians returned tho Uro but IVIce wan unharmpd. Ho ls lu jail. Timi MuitltH it. The M ikado tells his SUtJaotS that ho is perfectly satisfied with tho terms of tho peace treaty and that ls enough for thelli. Hut tho minister of wuJ has taken tho precaution to forbid dlsouhslon os tho matter In the army, under heavy penalties. Imper ial virtues arc all right, but the hea vy hand nf authority is not to bc (Ic plsed. Killed tty Oars, John Tomer was instantly killed at Lumber, Florenco county on Monday afternoon by being caught between two log cars willie the train was in motion on the tram road of Williams it McKlthans company, of which ho was an employe THE SCHEME, And How lt Was Worked by the Bond Clerk. SU?RENDERKD BOJW, Instead of Being Cancelled as the Law i Provides, Were Sold by Somebody Connected With the Treasur ers Office as Will be Seen by thc Below. Following is Oomptrollor Genera .Iones' It?rai/, jd statement covering ox amlnatiouof bond transaotlonsof State treasurer's tilico trausaotlous of 1st, 1894, to date: OJ Fab. 2 id, 1895, E M. Moreland surrendered for exohango bonds Nos. 744. 745,74b" and 747 for $500 eaoh, which wero exchanged and included in stook cortllliatos Nos. 512, 543 and 544 issued in tho name of John Grim hall. The bonds appear upon the reoords to havo been surrendered and exohang od for stook ccrtitloatos, but appear a 8ecoud timo as follows, to wit: April 22nd, 1899, Charles Logan surrender ed for exchange bonds Nos. 740, and 747 for 85J0 eaoh whloh were exclnng ed and included in stook oertitloate No. 947, Issued in the name of Ohas Logan. May 23rd, 1901, E. M Miroland, surrendered for exchango bonds Nos. 744 and 745 for $500 eaoh, whloh were exchanged and lnoluded in stook ocr till ate No. 1074 issuod in the name of Mattie R Riggs, trusteo, and N J 1975. issued in the name of Ii. M. Mot eland. Deo. 3rd, 1895, E. M. Moreland sur rendered for exohauge bonds Nos, 725 and 726 for $500 each, which were ex changed and inoluded lu stock certifi cate No. G38, issued in tho name cf Ohas. S. Bennett. The above bonds appear agiin upon the reoords as folioWB: May 28, 1890 D. Chappolman, attornoy, surrendered for exchange bonds NOB. 725 and 720 for $500 eaoh, wh.ch wore exchanged and inoluded in stock oertitloate No. 708, Issued in the namo of tho Ger man-American Trust and Saving* hank. Jan. 15rtt, 1890, E M. Moreland sur rendered for einh?nge bond No 1173 for $1,000, whloh was exchanged aud included In stook certificate No. 642, Issued in tho namo of A. B. Murray. The abovo bond appears again upon tho records as follow*: Jan. 20th, 1898, lt. M. Marshall & Bro., surrendered for exchange bond No. 1173 for $1,000, which was exchanged and inoluded in stock cjrtllicates Nos. 863, 804 and 865, isiued in the namo of M. E. White, et al. Jan. 24th, 1896, E. M. Moreland surrendered for exchange bond No. 361 for $01)0, which was exchanged and inoluded in stock certificate No. 619, issued in thc name of A. B. Murray. Thc above bond appears a second ohne upon tho record as follows: Jan. 26, 1898, lt. M. Marshall & Bro., sur rendered for exchaugo bund No. 301 for $500, willoh was exchanged and Included In stock certificates Ne>s. 863 864, and 865, Issued in the name of M. E White, et. al. April 9bh, 1890, Henry P. Williams, cashier, i urrendered for exchange b >nd No. 1916 for $1,000; whloh was ex changed and Inoluded in stuck certill cate No. 687, issu id In the name of Carolina Savings bank. The abovo appears a second time upon the records as follows: Jan. 5th, 1899, E. M. Moreland surrendered for exonange bond No. 1916 for $1,000, which was exchanged and included in stock cortilicAte No. 934, issued in thc name of A. B. Murray. April li di, 1896, Wm. A. Nichol son & Son surrendered for oxenange bond No. 8?4 for $1,000, which was i x'changod and included in stock oer tllicates Nos. 68? and 689, issued In the name of Wm. A. Nicholson & Son. The above bond appears a second time upon tho records as follows. Oot. 14th, 18*9, Dwight Hughes surren dered for exchange bond No. 984 for $1,000, whloh wasexohanged arni in cluded in stock oertilieito No. 974, is sued in tho name of Mattie 10 Higgs, cxeox. et. al. and No. 975 In the name of Frank F Whilden. April 17tb, 1896, Wm. A. Nichol son & Son surrendered for exchange bonds Nos. 283 284 and. 1044 for $500 each, whloh wore exchanged and In cluded In stock certificate Nos. 088 and 090, issued In tho name of Vm. A. Nlcholaoii & Son The abovo bonds appoar a second timo upon tho records as follows: Keb. 10&h, 1897, Henry W. Frost & Co., surrendered for exchange bond No. 283 for $500, which wau exch:;::,? ed and included In stock cerUilcate No. 766, issued lu the name of Henry W. Frost Sc Co. Jan. 26Mi, 1898, it. M. Marshall & Bro., surrendered for exchange bond No. 284 for $500, which was exchang ed and Included in steck oertilloato N;-8. 683, 684 and 685, issued in the namo of M. IC White ot. ai. Jan. 14th, 1901, lt. M. Marshall & Pre)., surrendered for oxchango bond No. 1944 for $500, whloh wa? exohang ed and included tn stock certificate Nc, 1058, Issued In thc name of Riob ard J, Morrl?. Oct. 8ih, 1890, W. A. Olark, presi dent, surrendered for eiohaoge bond No. 2552 for $1,000, which was ex changed and Inoluded in stock certifi cate No. ?39, issuod in tho name of the South Carolina Loan ?Sc, Trust 0?>. Tho abovo bond appears a second tim? upon tho records as follows: Feb. .loth, 1897, ?lonry W. Frost Sf Go., surrendered for exohango bond No 2652 for $1,000, which was ex Gauged and Included In stock certificate No. 700, Issued In the name of Henry W. Frost & Oo. Oot. 12th, 1890 Wm. A. Nichols-u surrendered for exchange bond No. 1890 for $1,000, which was exohang"d and iuoluded in stook cerblflhate NJ. 742, issued in tho name of Wm. A. Nloholson. Th? above bond appears a second time upon the records as follows: Fjb 10,h, 1897, Henry W. Frosts Co., surrendered for exchange tond No. 1890 for $1,000, which was exchanged and included in stock oertl?oate No. 700, is ued In the name of Hen y W Frosty Co. Jni/lSih, 1897, Heury W. Frost & Co., Surrendered for exohange bona No. 2835 for $1,00), whloh was ex changed1 and included in stock cortifl uate No. 703, Issued In the nam? of Honry W. Frost & Co. The above bond appears a second time upon the records as follows: Feb. 10th, 1900, IC M. Moroland surrender ed for exo'iange bond No. 2325 for$I, 000, which was exchanged and includ ed in stook oertl floate No 1,000, Issu od in tflhe name of A Ii Murray. Mar^h 15th, 1897, Honry W. Frost & Co./surrendered for exchange bond No. 5'i for $500, which was exchanged and included in stock certificate No. 770, Issued In tho name of Henry W. Frost & Co. Tboi above bond appears a oeoond time upon the records as follows. Jan. 20,h, g898, R M. Marshall & Bro., mrrendered for exohango bond No 50 for'?500, whloh was oxchanged and Inoludodln stook ocrtllicUes Nos. 803 804 and 805, Issued in tho name of M. E. Wijito et. al. Oot 19th, 1897, Caas. Logan surren deree) exchange bond No. 1447 for $500,^hioh was exchanged and Includ ed In^tock oortlfloato No. 837 Issued in thommo of Cuas. L igan. Thoi above bond appears a second time irpon tho reoords aa follows: Jan. 20th, 11808, R. M. Marshall & Bro., surrendered for exchange bond No. 1447 for $500, whloh wai exchanged and In i-hided In stock certificates Nos. 803, 8ft4, and 805, issued In tho name of M. fe. -White et. al. ?- - JuU??$2id, 1898, Henry P. Archer surre?Bfered for exohango bond No. I035?y $500, whloh was exjhanged and ?i-pk oartllloatc N J. 91 :i, issued In that MU a of Henry P. Atelier. Thr j oovo bond appears a nco nd tim?T >n the reoords as follows: Jan. lltb Ol, lt. M. Marshall & Bro., surrt red for exohange bond No. 1035 8600, which waa exchanged aud'. t certificat N 3. 1068, issued <n V ma of Rlohard J. Morris. ff *? ' HOLD YOUR COTTON. Fourtoui It masons Why tho Farinoro HhnuUl Do Ho. Thel following circular from Mr J. E. Wannamaker, President of the O :angehurg County Cotton Associa tion will be read with Interest. Farmers, hold your cotton for high er priooK l Because it is worth ll couts or morel Beomse lt ls bound to sell at much higher figures! B'.?cause the man who makes the cotton should help to make the price! B.cause trade is broad and strong, and record breaking as to textiles! Beoause the mills aro making mon ey on basis of 11 cents and 12 cents cottoi 1 Beoiuse the world nocdslevory balo, %nd will takelt greedily at ll cmta if we would hold tlrml Beoause wo are no longer slaves to tho north, but free people with our banks full of money, and the merchants aud bankers at our backs! Because wo live In a rooord-b) eak ing ago, and the present ootton crop, whloh has matured and opened unus ally early, will be found to bo very short, when tho world wide and un precedented demand for cotton goods ii considered! Became the farmer needs the mon ey, and deserves lt more than tho sp( dilator ! Because money don't buy as much now as formerlj ! Beoause everything the farmer buys ha? gone up hi pries, why not cotton! Because the Southern Cotton asso latlon has fixed tho price for good cotton at 11 conts, and this associa tion ls lighting ourbattle, and has put millions of del ara in tho pockets of southern people ! Because we should be true to south ern manhood and the southland! Because If we show the whlto feath er and soil, we will felt Uko kicking ourselves out of sight when cotton Is selling at 11 oonts to 12 1-2 per pound! S .and pat for 11 cents! J. E. Wannamakor, President Orangoburg Cotton Associa tion. Ho Mount If The Anderson Intelligencer says: "OJV. Hey ward's eloctlon to tho presi dency of a large warehouse company emphasizes hts statement made Homo time ago that ho would retire from politics at the end of his present term as govornor. His tenure of thoexecu tlvc ellice has boen marked by a com mendable firmness In dealing with rlltfloult publie quesMons,ahd there ?re thousands of people over tho State who will receive his announcement with regret. His administration bas been a suooesful one, and on more than ono occasion ho has displayed an admira ble spirit In enforcing the laws of the commonwealth in tho faco of an un friendly public sentiment." dov. HoyWArd In Allantr. dov" Hey ward was tho guest at At lanta of Gov. Terrell on Friday and Saturday last upon tho ocoaslon of President Itoosev.lts visit to Atlanta, ile was presontod to tho prosldont by Georgia';. C'lloi executive and had a prominent part In the reception accor ded tho distinguished visitor. Gov ornor Heyward recently advised Gov ornor Torrell of bis purposo to visit Atlanta to confer about the disputed boundary line between Georgia and South Carolina, and at the Invitation of Governor Terrell ho agrood to re main over !n Atlanta and moot Pres ide nt Rjosovolt. AT OLD HOME. President Roosevelt Visits the Home of his Mother at TOWN OF BOS WILT , GA Thc President Started on his Southern Tour on Last Wednesday Prom Washington, and Is Royally Received Everywhere Ile Has Stopped. Made Several Speeches. President Roosevelt began his Southern tour on hist Wednesday morning Ia the partv were Mrs. Roosevelt, ?Secretary William Loeb, Jr., Dr. P. M Rlxoy, Burgoon gorural of the navy, John A. M 1 henry, of Louisiana, a member of the Presi dent's regiment of Rjugh Riders, John C. Greenway, of Michigan, John S. Elliott, commissioner of tlie Inter ior for Porto Rio11 M. ?. Latta, and John L. McGrew, stenographers; Henry A. Strohmaycr, photographer; Col. L. S. Brown, general agent of tho Southern Illilwa} ; representa tlve3 of the three press assoolatlons, two secret service cithers and a corps of messsenge-rs. Tue Hf St stop was mide at F;oder lcksburg, Va., where the party was greeted by a large orowd. The next stop was afc Ashland, Va , where again the president was heartily wel comed by a rousing crowd. At both places tho president made short speeches from the rear of his car. At Riohmond, Va., he was received with great pomp and ceremony by the citizens; tho streets were literally orowded with people, who seemed o - tormlned that lt dimond would do her full share towards entertain1' >, thc President and miking him feel a home in the South. Ile made a i p c complimenting thc Confederate t?o< 1er very highly. IN NOKTU OAUOMNA The llrst stop tho President made In North Carolina was at Raleigh, whore he was royally entertained Thousands of people met the train and tho greatest enthusiasm prevail ed. At Charlotte an immcusa orowd wore at tho depot when tho train ar rived. The orowd was so great that fully 10,000 were donled the privilege of hearing him. He created the wild est enthusiasm by reforring to the Meoklenburg Daolantlon of ludepeu detoi, Mrs. Stonewall Jaokion, who lives hero, and Lieut. William E Shlpp, a monument of whom he pas sed en route to the park. MUKT8 MRS. STONEWALL .1 ACKSON, Tne feature of his stay here was his meeting with the widow ot Stone wall Jackson. Mrs. Jackson lives lu a stone's throw of thc station and she was present there when the train nul led In as tho head of a company o' ladles appolutod hy Mayor McNinc ? to receive Mrs. Roosevelt. When he was Introduced betook her hand and remained talking for fully live mlnu tes. "Mrs Jackson, you do not know how glad I am to meet you. What! the widow of the groat Stone wall Jackson. Why lt is worth the wholo trip down here to have the chance to shake your hand." He re ferred to her grand ion, Jackson Christian, whom he appointed to a cadetshlp at West Point. Ile ls a mighty tine fellow, Mrs. Jackson; a mighty line fellow, by J.?ve." uKAoiiKs ATLANTA. Thc President's visit to Atlanta Friday was a marked tvont In the history of tho Slate of Georgia. He was greeted on his arrival by her most distinguished citizens and through the day on every hand were shouted words of wolojme that left no room for doubt of their slnoerlfcy. Theoity was In gala attire ana busl ness was praotoilly suspended that all mlgnfe greet tho distinguished guest. South Carolina, In the person of Gov. Hcyward, added Its welcome to the south In no in certain tones Numerous extra trains brought their burdens of Georgians from thc sur rounding country and cities, adding tothecltlzm attendance and lt was estimated that not less than 100,000 persons saw and welcomed the president. HI? MOTlUCU's IIOMIC. President Roosevelt Friday carried out his long cherished plan of visiting tho home of h's mother-Roswell, Ga. Ono of lils reasons for coming south was that he might see the old homo stead where his mother spent her girlhood and which sho left a happy bride. That the visit was fraught with many tender recollections was evident, and as his c irrlagc drove a way from the old Bulluoh mansion where lils mobber lived and married, the president murmured to Mrs. Roosevelt, "I can hardly 1 ave boro. ' Thc president roached Roswell at 1 HO o'clock Friday morning and va = j lined hero by Senator and Mrs. Clay, who woro his guests at breakfast. Ile then or. t ?.reel a carriage and was driv oli to tho mauslon. This linc old homestead ls now theproorty of J. I). Wing, a lumber merchant of this seo Mon, who lives in lt with his slstor, Mrs. Wood, tho post master at Ros well. WKI.coMKl) HY A STUDENT, From the homostcad the president was driven to tho town park, where a stand had boon erected from which he delivered an address. Ho was wol o.imod to Roswell by Charles M. Reed, a student of Mercer university, who In tho course of a well chosen address, said the only reason ho could sec for tho selection of himself tn deliver thl8 wolcomo was beoause of tho president's woll known fondness for having young mon identified with publlo nlTilrs. Senator A. S. Clay Introduced tho pres ident, who was enthusiastically greet ed as ho arose to spoak. Ile said: "Sonator, ar.dyou, my frlonds, whom lt is hard for mo not to oall my neigh bors, for 1 feel as If you were: " You oan havo po Idea of how much lt means to me to carno back to Eos well, to tlie home of my rn thor and my muther's people, and to Bee the .pot which I already know HO well from what my mother and my aunts told me. lt bas been exactly as if I were rc-vlsltirg some old place of my childhood. It has meant very muoh to mo to be lutroduoed by Senator Clay. Senator Olay bas been altogether too kind in what he eald about me. N nv I am going to say nothing whatever but the bare faots ab< ut Senator Olay, aud thete facts amount to this: If tbe average man I bad to deal with rv public life po messed Senator Clay's Urn, devotlou to what he deems right my task would bo so easy that lt would not be worth mentioning. I havo goi e to Senator Clay for advice and counsel and help ever since I have beea lu Washington, junia* 1 went to Senator Cookrell of Missouri while ho was in the senate, with thooertalnty that al; I had to do a o convince him that what ho w nt.dd mo was right-1 oould not always oonvlnco him-but If I did conv ..ce him that was tho end of it-ho went that way. ms KAKLiesr RECOLLECTIONS. ' O i my friends, I hardly like to say how deeply my iiearb is moved b> curring back boro among you. Among the earliest recollections I have aa a child ls hoaring from my mother and my aunt, Miss Annie Bulloch as she was theo, about Roswell; of how tht Pratts and Kings and Dan woodya aud bul lochst carno here first to settle, about the old homestead, thc house on the hill, about thc C.iattahoocho, about all kinds and sorts of Incidents that would not Interest you, but Inter ested mc a great dial when I was a child. "I wish I could spend hours here to look all through and see the different places M? ul, which I have hoard all kinds o? Incidents. All those anecdotes1 looking back now. I cm see, taught me an onormous amount, perhaps ali the more because they wero not lu tended toteaoo anything. I think per haps we are very apt to learm most when neither we nor the people talk ing DO us intend to teach anything. If anybody starts to teach us something NO are a little apt to resent lt and as lume a rather repellent attitude. All v oso stories of tho lifo of those dayh taught me what a real home life, a '.;a-l neighbor lifo, was and should bo. Looking back now at what I learned jim ugh the stories of the ohlldhood of my mother, my aunts, my uncles, 1 "an understand why the boys and girls of Boswell of that timo grew up to be men and women who wore go -d ser vants of the comixitinity, who wert good husbands, g >od fathers, gooo wives and mothers; how it was thal they learned to d > their duty aright 1 In peaoe aud lu war also. "It has been my very great good fortuno to have the right to olalm that my blood, ls half southern and hall uartheni, and I wooli deny the right ( ny man here to toel a greater prJde In the deeds of every southerner than I feel. Of the children, the brother* and sisters of my motlier who wore born and brought up In that house ou tho lilli there, my two uncles after wards entered tho Confecierato ser vci and served in the Confederate navy. Oao, the younger mau, served ou thc Alabama as the youngest otb cer aboard lier. Ho was captain of une of her broadside 32 pounders In her li lal tight and when at the very end the Alabama was sinking and the K earsarge passed under lier stern and caine up along the side that had not been engaged hitherto, my uncle, Irv lng balloon, shifted his guu from one side to the other and fired the two last snots tired from the Alabama. A PROUD KINSHIP. "Jas. linnwood Itu hock was an ad mlral in the Confed?rate setvlcc. O. all the peoplo I have ever mot he was the ono that carno nearest to that beautiful creation of Thaokery-Col. Nowcome. Men and women don't you think that 1 have the ancestral right bo claim a proud kinship with those who showed their devotion to duty as they saw the duty, whethei tliey wore tuc gray or whether they wore the blue? All Amer loans who are worthy tho name feel an equal pride in tho valor of those who fought on ono side or the other, provided only that e?tc:i did with aU his might and soul VH\ mind fps duty as lt was given him o sec his duty." The pre?, dent nt xt was driven to the old Presbyterian ohuioh In willoh his grandfather, James Bullock, was once a leading member. Mr. BullOOh dropped dead in this church while I teaching a Sunday school class in 1840, and among those present in the church tod ly wero throe members of that class who wero present ut tht time. Tiie venerable pastor of the church, R-.y. Dr. W. E. Bakor, offer ed prayer und tho president and Mrs. Roosevelt 'dion shook hands with a number of tho townspeople, many of whom had known the prosldont's mother. On the way to the train tho president stopped for a moment at tho home of Dr. Baker, where he met tlie pastor's wife, who was one of his mother's bri *h sm aids. In the escort, which oonduoted the president from lils train to thc dlffor ent points he visited, was Warren K Crockett, who was a member of Col. Roosevelt's rcKlinout during the Span ish war. Tho recoptlon of tho presi dent at tlie old home of his mother was a cordial ono. Tho people greot od him both as president and as thc son of ono cf their neighbors. Many were Mio kind references to his moth er from thoso who know her and many wero the expressions of good will toward her distinguished son. Plie presidents train left for Atlanta shortly qefore 10 o'clock. A Itartt .lah.' The Newberry O oser vt r says farm ors will have to protect their farms and their labor from the blind tiger. They tun do lt, but lt will require very positivo and determined action. Herein ls one of tho great bcntlts of noighb irho id control, whie'.i can be secured by the organization of law sad order leagues in the soveral seiiool districts. lim iu d to Dentil. A negro child was burned to death on Thursday In York county, havlug boon loft alone in tito houso while its parents wero out cotton-ploklns. And two Others in tho same county were burned o death under similar circumstances on Saturday. A SAD TALE Of the Sea Told by Two Survt vors of a Shipwreck, BEATEN TO PIECES Off the Coital of South Carolina, Sk Members of a Schooners Crew Pound Qravea In the Deep, After Many Days of Most Terrible Suffering. A story of a North Atlantic ship wreck, lu which eight seamen suffer ed so fearfully from exposure, hunger and thirst that six of them either died outright, wore washed away, or crazed by their fearful experience, throw themselves into>he Bea, was told by tho two survivors of the coasting Bohooner Van Name and King, of Now Haven, Gonn, which ?vas beaten to pleoes by a gale off the South Carolina coast on October 6Dh. The two men w.io lived through the five days and were rescued by the sohoonor Stillman F. Kelly, whioh arrived at boston, Mass., on Tuesday of last week, are Wm. Thomas and Wm. G. Warner, both about 29 years old, six feet three Inches tall, and nail from Antigua, British West In dies. Toe six who, one loy one, suc cumbed, were Capt. Wm. A. Max woll, of Now Jersey, Mate E. A. Cbase, homo unknown; engineer, a German, name unknown; colored steward, name unknown; colored sea men, Wm. Grizeil and Alfred Arthur, both of Jamaica. Tho Van Name and King, whioh aa* been plying up and down the coast slnoe 1880, left Onarleston, S. C., for New Yjrk on Oot. 3, with a oargo of hard pine. Two days later. ?he ran into a heavy gale and af tel* wallu wing a? ait lu the great seas for several hours sprang a leak. The pump. were started, but within a short time the engine room was flood ed and the pumpa choked. At t? o'clock ou tho morning of Oct. 0, with her hold nearly full ot water, >;ho little schooner was hove down on her beam ends. The orew clamored up on the weather side and lashed themselves to bulwarks. There they remained washed by the seas that h -oleo moro!lowly OYor them all day F/lday. That night the storm inereased in fury and ono great wave orashed ab >ard, breaking both legs of Seaman Arthur and sweepiug Grlzell from his i a st-, ninga. Arthur's companions could do nothing to ease his suffer ugs, but when on Saturday the lonooner turned completely over they managed to out his lashings and drag ulm on a picoe of the after house, lt wa* several hours before they were all huddkd together on their little raft. . That night Arthur died in the arms 3f Capt. Muwell and his body was d opped ovorboard. Sunday brought a ray of hopo, when a oraf t was sight ed but the gloom shut In again as she passed by without heeding the little group of seaman who wore frantically dgnaillng her. That night the waves abdded and a little ratn fell whioh ?vas eagerly caught In a tarpaulin and brought some slight rollef. lt was only temporary and not long ifto Male Chase's mind gave way en tirely and the oraft was again light ened when he jumped Into the sea, Tee next victim was Capt. Maxwell who on Monday forenoon became vio lently Insane and followed his mate's example of .sols- destruction as a relief to his sufferings. The spectacle of two mon throwing themselves into the sea proved too muoh for the Ger man ongineer and a few hours later ne, too, leaped to his death. The last victim was the colored steward, who died Monday night and whose body was consigned to the wat urs by the two remaining seaman. He il of oame 12 hours later when the ?iohoonor Stillman F. Kelly, bound up tho coast from Od>lon, G;orgia, to this port, sighted the little oraft and hove to alougsido. Both Thomas and Warnor had to . be taken off la slings, and for two days were unablo to move. The rescue took place off Gape Lookout. Tue Kelly arrived thia afternoon but the seamen wero still too exhausted to land._^_ A. Dynamite Outrage, A c \argc of dynamite, exploded lr. tho doorway of the grocery store ef Antonio Girbalvo, at 13 Stanton street, on tho Eist Side, New York, early Wednesday morning, wrecked the lower hali of the front of the buil ding, shattorod windows in the tene ments abovo and threw into a panic bund reds of tenants In the ueighbor nood. No ono was seriously tn j urod. Too outrage is boilovod to have boen di rooted agalusa Garbalvo, who with nis two sisters, occupies Hying rooms at thc rear of the store. Garbalvo a week ago rf odved a Blaok Hand let ter demanding $1,000?_ 1)led?t lils l*o?t. Felix King, son of a wealthy New York man.diod Wednesday night at tho Marino hospital ab Memphis Tenn King was a Mississippi river pi lot and was strickon while at the whcol of the government steamer Parker. Ho leaves a wife and son herc In poverty, though hi? widowed mother and a married sister In New York and two brothers In Dotroet are said to bo wealthy. Out off from his own aots, King rofused to Inform them of ivis wants and was tended and bu* ried by tho government he served. His wife hopes to find the New York address of his relatives. Mutinous Htokors. Thirty-three firemen oi the white tar lino steamer Oceanic were arrested upon tho arrival of the vessel at Liver pool, oharged with oomblnlng to r* iuHo to obey the masters command, have boon sontenocd to seven days lm? prlsonment