CAVE IT AWAY. How Mr. and Mrs, Bryan Dis tributed thc Bennett Fund. GIVEN TO COLLEGES. The South Carolina College Got Pour Hundred Dollars of thc Fund. Other Colleges in "tito South ) _ Were Also Given a Share of the Fund, Now that the Bennett estate is finally settled Mr. Bryan submits the following statoment to the publio: In the aprlug of 11)00 Mr. Philo S. Bennett.ilivlng at Now naven, donn., and engaged lu tho moroantlle business In tho city of Now York, visited Ne braska and asked.'Mr, Bryan to assist him lu preparing certain paragraphs of his will (all tho other provisions be ing copied from a former will.) Tho paragraphs reforrcd to were: First, for a library at Salem, 111? (It provid ed fora bequest of $1,500 to which Mr. Bryan was to add 81,500.) Second $1.0,000 to establish a fund at twenty five colleges, to be selected by Mr. Bry an, the annual proceeds to bo used for a prize to encourage a study of tho principles of free government. Third, $10,000 to be?dislribnted among col leges, to be soleoted by Mr. Bryan, the annual income to lie usod to aid poor boya to obtain an education. Fourth, $10,000 to bo distributed among colleges, to be selected by Mrs. Bryan, the annual income to bo used to assist poor girls and obtain au edu cation. Fifth, $50,000 to Mrs. Ben nett, in trust for a purpose sot forth in a sealed letter deposited with thu will. Tais sauiod letter directed Mrs. Bennett to pay Ibo ame tint to Mr. Bryan (Mr. Bennett proposed lt as a direct bequest but at thc request of Mr. Bryan it v/as given to Mis. Ben nett in trust, because Its acceptance was conditional.) Tho sealed letter directed Mr. Brynn to distrlbuto the $50,000 among educational and charit able institutions in case he refused to aocept it for himself and family. Tho residuary legates contested tho titree $10,000 Horns and thc $50,000 item. Tho court confirmed tho $10,000 items but on tccliuioal grounds held that the $50,000 bequest was inoperative. The readers of Thc Commoner have already been informed of tho main facts, namely, that the widow and other relatives were bountifully pro vided for; that thc testator's intention was never questioned and that tho charge of undue inlluenoO was with drawn; and that Mr. Bryan announc ed in tito beginning that he would not accept the bequest without the con sent of tho whlow, but that ho felt in honor buund to insist upon the dis tribution of tho $50,000 as directed by Mr. Bennett. Mr. Bryan was thus drawn into a contest in which he had but a remote and contingent pecuniary interest, if In fact bc had any al all, but which he could not In conscience abandon. Tho contest cost him a little more than fifteen hundred dollars for attor ney's feos and court costs, beside.1: travelling expenses and loss of time. In submitting his report as execu tor ho Claimed One customary fee $2, 500, explaining that the amount would not be used by him for himself, but would bc spent in completing the plant made by Mr. Bennett. The fee was allowecLby tiro probate court and was used as follows: Fourteen hundred and eighty-nine dollars and forty-three cents was used to pay that part of the Inheritance tax which was not covered by interest, so that tlie $1,600 library fund, and the three $JO,OOU funds might be used in. full. Throo hundred and fifty dpV'f?rs was given to the city of Sal^vi^as an endownmont for thc libra^y^Mr. Bry an besides giving $l..r.ji?^to the Salem library gives thoW?e, worth consider, ably more tlia>r*l3G0.) Two hundred dollars lm^frjeen deposited with Mr. SloaUjJ^rvBei-.iv-t'ssurviving partner. toji(*fy for a bust of Mr. Bennett for ?^*$ho Salem library. Tho balance, $-lti<), 6*7 less tho cost uf hiing reports, will be paid to Kev. Alexander Irvine, Mr. Bennett's pastor, to bc used by him in the education of his sons. The throe $10,000 funds havo been distributed as follows: IUSNNKTT riUZli FUND. Four hundred dollars each to tho following collet/ e : Delaware Colli ge, Newark, Del. Bowdoln College, Brunswick Me. A. and M. College of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. Harvard University, Cambridge, "Mass. Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H. University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tenn. St. John's C l!< ge, Annapolis, Md. University) f Ldaho, Moscow, idaho. University ol Montana, Missoula; Mont. University of Ulah, Salt Dalco City, Utah. University of Washington, Soattlo, Wash. University of South Dakota, Vcr million, S. D. University of California, Bcrkeloy, Cal. Nevada state University, Reno Nev. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo, South Carolina College, Columbia, S. C. Cornell University, ithaca, N. Y. University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt. University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. Valo Unitorsity, New Haven, Conn, Brown University, I'rovldcnco, lt. I. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, Ni I?. University of Pennsylvania, Phila delphia, BA. Princeton University, Princeton, N. J. Eaota college is to invest tho amount rcccUed and usc tho annual Income for a prize for tho host essay discuss ing thc principios of free government. Mr. Bryan had already established similar prizes In nineteen states and thc twenty-live colleges selected for tim Bennett prize were selected rrom other states so that every stato but one now contain? a collogo giving such a prize? MR, BRYAN'S l'UNO KOK ?WIYM. .. .^ Tho fund for tho aid of poor boys desiring a college education was dis tributed by Mr. Bryan as follow* : Ono thousand dollars to Illinois GoUege, Jacksonville, 111., ami 1760 caoh to Park College, Parkville, Mo., and College of William & Mary, WU llamBburg, Ya. Also 9500 to oaoh of the following oolleges: Doane College, Crete, Neb. Howard College, Fs?t Lake, (Near Birmingham, Ala.) Hendrix College, Conway, Ark * Tuskogee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Konyon College, Gambier, O? Mask?agvm Collage, Ne*.? Oonooidi Ohio. St. Olaf College, Northilold, Minn. Hillsdale College, Conway, Ark. University of the South, Sewanee Tenn. Trinity University, Waxahaohio, Texas. Ripon College, Ripon, Win, Nazaroth College, Muskogee, I. T. Hope College, Holland, Mtob. Butler College, Indianapolis, Ind. Sutherland College, Sutherland,Fla. MUS. MKYAN'B FUND FOU OIRL8. The fund for the aid of poor girls desiring to obtain a college education was distributed by Mrs. Bryan as fol lows: $500 to each of tho following colleges: Georgia Normal and Industrial Col lege, Milledgeville, Ga. Eureka College, Euroka, 111. Hastings College, Hastings, Neb. Wesloyau University, Buohanuon, W. Va. Henry Kendall College, Muskogoe, I. T. Williamsburg Institute, Williams, burg, Ky. Wesleyan University, University Placo, Neb. Baylor University, Waco, Tex. Iowa College, Grinnoll, Ia. Tulane University of Loulsana, Now Orleans, La. State Nora* al and Industrial Col lege, Greens! oro, N. C. Hiram Golk go, Hiram, O. Kingfisher College Kingfisher^. T. Academy of the Visitation, Dubu - que, Ia. Williams Industrial College, Llttlo Rock, Ark. Ewing College, Ewing, 111. Bethany Colloge, Llndsborg, Kan. University cf Arizona,Tucson,Ariz. University Of New Mexico, Albu querquc, N. M. The Mississippi Industrial Instituto and Collage, Columbus, Miss. As the boys who aro helped by the fund are to r o tu ru the money to tho college as soon after leaving oollego as they can convlently do so and as the money when so returned ls to bo advanced to others the aid extended will corstantly inorease. Tho girls aided are askod to do tho same, but it not required of them. In distributing thc prize fund pre ference was given to state universities except where thc state coutalned sumo college of grtater Importanoe. In distributing the funds for the aid of poor boys and girls preference was generally given to the smaller colleges tho Bamc amount of money going father among these colleges. All the principal d?nominations were recognized in the distribution a little partiality being showu tho Congregational colleges because Mr. Hen nett attendod the Oougregatlonal church. Two colored schools wore included and one of the other colleges has a considerable number of Indians en rolled among Its students. The var ious funds were so distributed that In at IcaRt ono college in ovory state and territory botweon tho two oceans a permanent Kennett fund will perpet uate tho name and reoall the gene rosity of Philo Sherman Bennett. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan of course re ceived no compensation for dlstrlbu ting theRc funds but they are richly rewarded for the llttlo they have boon able to do by the consciousness that they have aided a friend to maka i a valuable contribution to his own and subsequent generations. The i Bennett oaso has given Mr. Bryan a great deal of annoyance and some ol the republican papers have malicious , ly misrepresented the facts but it ia over and the money scoured lus-e.d.uca> . tkinal purposes will prove a ooutlnu lng blessing to thousands of boys and girls, while tho annoyance will soon lio forgotten. FATALITIES ON THE RAILROAD. Moro Killed and Injured this Yom Than lust Your. Accident bulletin No. 10, which has just been Issued by the intorstate commerce commission, giving the number of rail-road accidents in the United States for the months of April May and Juue, 1905, shows that dur bin that quarter there were ll pass engers and 221 employes killed and 1,25:1 passengers and 1,511 employes injured In train accidents. Other ac cidents to passengers and employes not thc result of collisions or derail ments bring thc total number of cas ualties up to H.OOi) (88? killed and 13,783 Injured). This bullotin completes tho publica tion of tho record of accidents for the year ended June HO, 1006, which in the total number shows an increase of lt killed and 4,123 injured among passengers and employes aa compared with thonumbor reported for the year ended June 30, 100-1. The increase In thc number killed is wholly among pa.ssongors, there being a decrease of 100 In the number of employes killed. An Increase of 11 7 In thc number of passengers killed makes an Increase of ll In thc total killed of both passengers and employ es aa above stated. Of thc Increased number Injured 1,063 were passengers aud 2,100 woro employes. In coupling accidents, which occur wholly to em ployes, the total number of deaths, 213 ls 35 lesa than for the year preced ing, and thenumbor of injuries 3,441 ls 331 less. An advance compilation made from annual reports of railroad companies, which however, la not complete, Indi cates that thc number of men employ ed on railroads on June 30, 1005, was about 9 por cent, greater than on June 30, 1004;_ llryan Al not II TOKO, At Tokio William J. Bryan was presented at a reception in honor of Admiral Togo. The mayor introduc ed Mr. Bryan to tho Admiral. An exchango of cordial sentiment:! follow ed. The Admiral was dollghted at tlio unexpeotod prosonco of Mr. Bryan lt transpired that Togo did not an chor oven once in live months from tho timo of the big naval battle of August 10, 1004, till the Russian bat tleship Sevastopol was torpedood in tho last days of Decombor. A Feat in Wiroloes.l Tho Cape Honry naval wireless sta tion established a record Thursday night in taking a message from the steamship Grown Princo, 450 miles from tho oapo. Tho ship was off Boone island on the coast of Maine when tho message '.vas sent. Tho operator at Fort Henry could hoar distinctly every dash and dot. END OF TOUR Tile President Visits New Or. leans and Sails for Home. A C?OWD SO LARGE Gathers la Front of the City Hall That lt WM H Impossible for thc Military and Civic Parade to Pass in Review of the President. President Roosevelt, accompanied by Seorotary Loeb and Surgoon Gem eral Rlxey, arrived at Now Orleans by special train from Memphis at nine o'clock Thursday morning. A reception oommibtcn, headed hy May or Martin Hehrman, recoived tho president at tho station. An enor mous crowd was assembled in front of tho station when the presldont ar rived and recoived him with enthusi astic ohoers, whioh oontluucd until the carriages, hearing the president and other members of the party as well as tho membors of tho reooptluu committee, had vanished from sight down Canal street. Detaohuaouts of mouutod state troops formed tho military escort of tho president. At tho end of nine streuous hours of varied entortalnmont lu New Or leans, dosing a pleasant trip through tho South, Presldont Roosevelt at ?:.'10 Thursday night hoarded tho light house tender Magnolia and began his return journey to Washington. No newspaper representativo ac companied the President on tho boat and he will be out of touch with tho world throughout the night, by day light tomorrow is expeoted to bring nows of his successful tranfer to tho armorod orulser West Virginia, which lies at anchor off tho mouth of the Mississippi Klvor to receive him and carry him on towards the Capital. For lour days tho President will be off American soil, but by wireless tolcgraphy lt ls promised he will bc in communication with tho shore. The President's stay in New Or leans was made a testimonial of popu lar esteem and of grateful recognition for the service which ho rendered tho city In its struggle against yellow fever. The densely crowded streets, tho elaborate decorations, the wild ap ple mo that greeted the President along the route of thc parade, the en thusiasm with which his address to tho mulitude in Lafayette Square was received and the remarkable demon - stration in his honor at the luncheon, mado the day repleto with cordial welcome to thc nations Chief Lxeou tivo. Tho President was compelled to abandone one public address before he had gotten well started on lt. It was contemplated that tho military and civic parade should pass in review before the President at the City Hall, but the crowd which gathered at this point was so trcmondrous that neith er the police nor tho troops wore ablo to move it, and the President, fore seeing a possible paulo, linally gave up thc attempt to speak and loft the platform. Tho orowd Jammed Char 1 les street all tho way from Poydras 1 street to Ninth street, and lt spread 1 over Lafayette Square almost from St. Charles street to Camp street. 1 Probably 60,000 persona wero gather ; ed in and around tho stand from which tho President was to have de livered the address. When tho Presl 1 cu?r\t decided to abandon his effort, he shouted to the throng to go home and be good oitlzens and dlsapperod Into the mayor's parlors well nigh ex i hausted. He said that tho reception was the greatest that he had since he had started on his trip. Tho demonstration at thc luncheon was Hoarcely less exuberant. When ' the President entered the superbly decorated dining hall the (?25 ban queters roso and gave way to frantic oheers. Every reference of Governor Blanchard, Mayor Hehrman and Presi dent Sanders, of the Progressive Union, to the guest brought forth a perfect storm of cheering, and whoo thc President rose he had great didi cully In speaking. Every thought ho uttered was thc signal for an extra ordinary exhibition of enthusiasm, and as hhs speech dealt almost entire ly'wlth local subjects, and had special reference to thc tight against yellow fever, the banquet devolopod Into un ceasing laudation of tho President while he was on lils fcot. An lmmon.se orowd packed Gravier and St. Charles streets as thc dinner ended, and the apporancc of tho President on thc way to the river, provoked thunderous applause. As the Magnolia left thc landing a Presi dential salute was lired, while thc din o? hundreds of stoam whistles mingled with tho lusty oheorlng of acres of people who had collected on thc wharf. From the moment of his arrival, carly In the forenoon, until ho said farewell from the deck of the Mag nolia at night, the Presldont was con stan tly in thc limelight. Thc crowd ed programme gave him no opportu nity for rost, but ho expressed koon enjoyment of his visit. Nowhere did the President seo the slightest evi dence of tho oxlstancc of yellow fever, but he saw on every hand Immense gathering? of cordial and contented people. Drunken Oonduotor, At Savannah Ga., E. A. Moore, a street car conductor Thursday after noon In an altercation with a passen ger, drew a heavy revolver and tired throo shots, the li rut shot went wild the second struck and kiPerl Mrs. F. E. Whoeler, and third went through thc thigh of C. li. Secklngor, the passenger Involved In thc altercation. Mrs. Whcolor was sitting on her front steps. Tho bullet severed her Jugu lar vein. Mrs. Jane E. Fairchild? jumped from the car, as did the other passengers when tho shooting began. Mrs. Ealrchllds sustained a broken shoulder from her fall. Moore was arrested. It ls alleged ho was drink ing. A Ooml Town. Wadsworth, Nov., was onco a lively railroad town with about 4,000 Inhab itants, but now it ls only a collooblon i of desorted shacks. These houses are overrun with wild cats, for when thc bown was desertod about 100 oats woro loft behind, and thoy havo In ercasod raploly and heeded tho call of tho wild, PABMERS FBIBND. The Partridge Destroyes Many Noxl 0118 Weed? and Inieots. Their KboaW Be Fcoteoted by the k Farmers, as They Destroy Many ihiui;? Injurious to Crops. Tho department of Agriculture has Issued an interesting bulletin on the quails of the United States that tends to oorreot some popular errors regard ing "liob White," and ls a strong plea for his preservation as an alley of the farmer. There aro half a dozen vari eties of quail in the United States, tho handsomest being those of the Southwest and the Paolflo slope, where they are slate bluo in color and hand somely orestod. Hut the prlnolpal in terest in this best known of all game birds ls that lt ls a valuable asset of the farmor and helpful rather than destructive to tho growing orops. A thorough study of the bird lias been made by the department without finding any evidence tbat lt is harm ful to orops. It eats principally nox ious weed seeds and bugs injurious to the orops. It doos not troublo either tho sprouting grain, as do tho crows and blackbirds, and does not feed on the standing crops or forage among the stacks. When lt docs eat grain lt ls only what ii gleans from the har vested Holds. It prefers weeds and docs not eat wheat and oom if it oan got sumach, ragweod and bay berries. A oloso calculation was mado by tho department of the numbor of Hob Whites in Virginia and North Caro lina, tho total approximating ?154,820. It is known from a long sorlcs of ex periments that tho oraw of the bird holds about half an ounce, of which fully 50 por cent is weed seed. At this rato from Septombor I to April 30 Un Virginia and North Oarolina alone, the birds eat 3,341 tons of wood soeds. Among tho iuseots on which the birds habitually food are tho Hock Mountain locust, in Colorado potato bug, the boll weevil, the cut worm, the army worm and two sorts of cot ton worms. Tho ohioks are evon more highly insectivorous than tho old birds. Thc department urges all land own ers to realize tho value of the Bob White, lt says that with proper man agement some farms of 500 to 1,000 acres would yield moro revenue from Bob Whites than from poultry. It ls estimated that between 300,000 and 400,000 sportsmen go out from the cit ies every fall to hunt the Bob White, and this, of course, means a big reve nue, meit of which goes to the farm ers. Paradoxical as it may seem, sports men exercise a powerful influence In protecting the birds. Many big pre serves are maintained where tho quail are used only for held trials for dogs and are either not shot at all or shot under very dose restrictions. Some clubs maintain preserves of 20,000 to 50,000 acres, and many sportsmen have their own preserves exclusively for dog trials. The demand for livo quail for this purpose is steadily increasing, and thorc would be a good revenue if the Bob White could be bred lu oaptivity on any extensive scale. This has been tried ai;d has proved diflloult, but the birds can bo protected from their na tural enemies, snakes, skuukp, owis, hawks and oats, and they can be fed. Eyery fews years, on tt irreuce of unusually severe winter, i heavy snows which cover tho fi supply, great numbers of Bob Wb T.rlsh, and sometimes in the uv< u rn part of its range the bird becomes almost ex tinct. This unnecessary liss of life could be largoly prevented if land own ers and others interested would scat ter a little grain In suitable places. This is done in some localities, as at Sandy Spring, Md., where H. H. Mill er drives ovor thc snow covered ODUU try scattering grain for thc starving quail. Thc practice is worthy of gen eral adoption. It ls necessary only while the ground is snow-bound and especially after sleet storm. Thc game laws in the sevoral States very greatly, and in some States vary from county to county; but tho de partment advises all Stutes to limit their open season to one month. Tiie Department of Agriculture ob tained three pairs of Bob Whites from Kansas, which after live month's oap tivity aro almost as wdld as wheu first caged, and show no signs of mating. Experiments In the domestication of Bob Whites aro well worth trying, however, becauso of tho demand from clubs and individuals for live birds to restock their grounds. So great has bcoome the demand in recent years that lt ls estimated that 200,000 birds would be required annually to lill it. During the spring of 1003 thc demand far excocded the supply, oven at $5 a d(Z3n, and sometimes at twice that ligure. Tiie bulletin gives an interesting tablo of tho birds' food made from the average of many analyses. It shows that tiie cliiof part of thc Bolt Whites' diet is animal and vcgetablo matter of wlilch the farmer ls glad to bo rid, whilo the damage that can bo traced to him is absolutely negligible. Tri.Hoy Aoohlont. A dispatch from Now York says a runaway street car on tho now WU llamburg suspension bridgo-across thc Kn-st river Thursday caused injury to twenty-ll vc persons, two probably fa tally. For a thousand feet down tho incline on the Manhattan approach of tiie bridge a Christopher streot cir ran with brakes out of order until it lilt and demolished a standing Fourteenth streetcar, in which wore seventy-live passengers. In tho latter car most of tiie injuries occurred, it waa ten min utes before thc broked roof, sides and door of this car could bc taken off from thc last passengor, who was burled under the wreokage. John Holden, motorman of tho Christopher street car, and George Bryld, an omploycoof tho Western Kleotrlo Company, suff ered fractured skulls and arc not ex pected to livo. Fireman Killed. Seeking to escape death 'rora scald ing .steam pouring from a burstod areli pipe, Frank Dix, a negro tiro man on engine No.212, Jumped or fell from the cab Thursday morning at 3:20 a. m. about fourteen milos out of Charleston on thc Atlantic Coast Dino railroad, and was dashed to his death at the side of the track. Tiie chest of tho fl re man was crushed and his ribs smashed by tho impact of lils bo dy striking tho ditch bottom from thc Hying engine. Engineer Moyors saved himself from Injury by leaping through a window of thc cab onto the boiler of tho cnglno._ Will Visit Us. Secretary of War Bonaparto has promised to visit Charleston somo time in November or December, on the (.ocasi?n of tho presentation of a ?liver sor vico to tho cruiser "Charles? ton" by the olty of CharlestouJ CAMPAIGN AGAINST ?USSAC By tho mtohlDRf Mill Lr.w ?nd Or* tier IiOKg/ue, Tho K. ich ? MK? Mi fl Law and Order League has started upon its campaign against the makers ot and dealors in '.tussac" whiskey In that locality. At thc lim?, meeting at Burkaloo academy on Saturday, Oct. 14, a oom* mlttee was appointed to admonish thone v/ho were known to be engaged in tho Illegal business. This com mltteo wont to work Immediately and it ls understood that, so far, the re sults of thoir efforts are thoroughly satisfactory. The Becoud mooting was held on Saturday last and lt was dcoidod to extend the work throughout tho Shaws Fork section, about 10 miles below Aikon. It has boon said that there aro not moro than threo whlto men in that vicinity who are not en gagod, either directly or Indirectly in the making and selling of "tussac." And most of theso people own lino farms and comfortable homes. Of course this estimate may bo slightly in error, and thero may bc more citizens of thc Shaws Fork seo tlon who aro not engaged in the "tus sao" business than that seotion is credited with having. At any rato, tho Kltohlngs Mill longue is going to lind out who's who. The movement is of course arousing somo resentment but vnry little opon hostilltlty, The members of the loaguo havo resolved to disregard all tics and to uso their best efforts tosuppress the evil. The com mltteo appointed at the first meeting to draft resolutions pro- 1 sented tho following, which wero un animously adopted by tho meetlug of Saturday: "Thc object ot this organization ls 1 to stamp out lawlessness of all forms and especially tho Illicit manufacture and salo of whiskey. "Whereas it is commonly roportcd that whliikcy is hoing manufactured and sold In this community contrary to law, and this body condoms this as ono of tho worst forms of lawless - ness and liablo to bring shamo and dlsgraoo upon many of- our most pro mising young men; therofore bo it re solved: "First, That wo enter our protest against this evil and work for Its sup pression in an active way. "Second, That wc earnestly admon ish all persons engaged In this unlaw ful business to discontinue samo ab once and save this club the necessity of proceeding against them. "Third, That all persons who do not heed the admonition of this club will bc dealt with according to law. "Fourth, That we pledge ourselves regardless of ties of friendship or other ties to usc our best eff orts to sup press the evil and promise olucers of tho law our most cordial support and assistance in the disoharge of their duties. "Fifth, That we instruot the secre tary to send copy of these resolutions to any ono who is reported to this club as being engaged in the illegal manuftcture or sale of whiskey. "Sixth, That we ask tho county pa pers to publish and other papers to please copy." Daily mid Wookly Nowepnaora. Tho Commoner says few avocations offer a larger Hold for usefulness than Journalism and few aro moro broad oning. Like the lawyer the journal ist ls constantly engaged In intellect ual combats and his wita aro sharp ened by tho keenness of his adversary. The journalist deals with every ques tion that affects humanity and is trained to look upon all sides of a subjeot. Tho business side of jour nalism offers large rewards for recog nized capacity: the reportorial Bide ls furnishing mental discipline as well as remuneration to an army of young men and the editorial department ls still moro fascinating where the edi tor ls permitted to write what he thinks. But nothing is more pliable than to soc a strong mind grinding out editorials whioh offend against thc conscience of the writer. No one should consent to write against his conviction. Thc greatest trouble with tho large dallies ls that they arc huge business enterprises and the policy of such papers on political questions is too often controlled by thc counting room. As nearly all thc great dallies arc published by cor porations?; the public ls often ignor ant of the real ownor and sometimes those who desire to exploit thc pub lic take advantage of this fact and secure control of papers for tho pur pose of advancing their enterprises. Thc weeklies reeiulre lese expensive plauts, and a much larger proportion of them are edited by fehe owners. For tho reason that lt speaks thc con victions of one who cm be Indentl lied, and lias back of it a character and a conscience thc wookly exerts far greater political influence, in pro portion to its circulation, than thc Impersonal daily. It is likely that thc daily will become more and more exclusively a newspaper, leaving thc tho editorial discussion of politloal discussion of political question!, to the weeklies which are edited by their owners. ?ii i MM Alice's (Jilin. If the president's daughter doslres to keep all thc costly presents present ted to her trip abroad she will likely have to have the help of congress. In no Other way will she bo able to got them In duty free, unless she will do nate them to some national institu tion. The law makes no oxocptlons in favor of the president or members of lils family; consequently whon Miss Roosevelt arrives at San Fran cisco sbo will have to the custom oftl* dals tho value of all the articles she brings with her. If they are r'i'ly worth as muoh as reported, $400,01 >, Miss Roosevelt could not afford to p ./ the duty, willoh amouat to as mm i as her fathers salary for one year. A Dynamite OutrAgO, A charge of dynamite, exploded In thc doorway of thc grocery ?toro of Antonio Garbalvo, at 13 Stanton street, on tho ICasfc Sido, New York, early Wednesday morning, wrecked tho lowor half of the front of tho buil ding, shattered windows In the tene ments above and threw Into a panic hundreds of tenants In tho neighbor hood. No ono waa acriousiy injured. Tho outrago ls believed to have boon dlrooted agalnsa Garbalvo, who with his two sisters, occupies Hying rooms at tho rear of the store. Garbalvo a week ago rccolvcd a Blaok Hand let tor domanding $1,000 (JU.Milli IiOtt. Tho appoaronco of a negro football player at a table in a Chicago hotel caused tho hotel to loso olght fami lies who wore boarding there. The management of tho hotol oxerolsed thc right of choosing thoir guests and thc boarders ovorolsod the right of ohoosing their asaoolates, A SLICK THICK Bald to Huyo Boen Worked on A Farmer In Union. A dispatch irom Union to the Char* leaton Post sayB is current here about a well known farmer of Burnt Facto ry, a remote se buggy direct to consumor nt wholesale prico. We save drummer's bills and put it lit I advertising. You save tho local dealers profit. GOLDEN EAflLE B?GQY CO., Atlanta. 0?. j COTTON GINNER SAND MACHINERY OWNERS. Writ? for Prices on the Following Babbit Couplings Quakes Lubricators Drills Guage Cooks Oil Cups Belt, Rubber Hacksaws Oil Cans Belt, leather Ejeotrrs Eittings Injectors Pipe Files Lace Leather, Backing all kinds, Shafting, Co1 .(.rs for Shafting and anything else in machinery supplies. Columbia Supply Co.. ...? Columbia, S. C. Belt. Gaudy Drill Pxeas Hammers I J Pulleys * 5 THE GUINARD BRICK WORKS, 5 OOJLvUJVIIlIA ?3. O. ? Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof Terra Gotta Building Block or ? Flue linings and Drain Tilo. Prepared to fill orders for thou ands ? or millions. ^.?.B?B?vB?B??e????????BOljC)t^^aBBB?BBtB?ilBB?BBM#B-> ATTEMPTED ASSAULT. Mon Who Attempted Annuli on Liady Muy Do llold-UpH. Dan Slocum, tho member of the gang of feather renovators arrested for attempting to assault a Miss Pad gott near Columbia recently, waived preliminary before a magistrate, and Slocum was sent to jail in default of bail. Ile has employed no attorney so far. No evidence was given, and it ls difficult to get at the details of the alleged assault. It appears from what can be learn ed of the alTair that Slocum and three of lils companions found Miss Padgett alone at her father's home, and that Slocum grabbed her, when shoscream ed. Tho strangers vanished and the neighborhood was soon out searohing for them but it was a sheriff's officer who cau/ht them. Slocum's pals are being held as sus pects. They all olaim to be working for the National Renovator Company of Chloago, and cannot be run In for vagrancy. Rut lt is thought that some light might be thrown on the series of hold ups the oity has witnessed the past few weeks by holding them. Tuesday night A. F. Funderburk, a well known furniture dealer, saw a woll dressed white man standing under some trees near Trinity church, ap parently walting for bim as he ap proached. Ile oalled to the man, who gave no answer. He asked a negro nearby for a revolver and the man under tho trees taking Hight Mr. Fun derburk and tho negro gave chase. In a short time half a dozen police officers lind arrived, but the fugitivo had es caped through a vacant lot. But this is not an unusual lnoidont. Some pro minent Columbians have been subjec ted to this sort of thing almost every night for thc past three weeks. There aro many wild stories going over the town about these hold-ups One is that a few nights ago a well known Columbian being held up shot the hold up man severely, and that thc supposed thug bas turned out to be himself a prominent Columbian, and that bis wounds are being cared for in secret, the matter hoing bushed up on acoount of his name. Of course, there Is nothing In the story but wind, but in the nature of it it will not down. Another, in willoh there is ju?t about as muoh truth, carries tho mem ory of graft and hold-up, This story is to the effect that the hold-up genius operating about Columbia has gotten hold of Digeneso and taken his lantern away from him tho hold-up occuring n the shadow of the state dispensary walls. Parted by Mlnoo Pie. Mince pie has separated Charles and Margaret Lagor. Thc work be gun by tile plc was completed in the divorce court, before .ludge Mack Saturday. Thc Lagors were married in 1U0O in Ruf falo. Tne bride was 18 years old. 1 could bake good pies, too declared tho wife, but once I fail ed- - jus? once. I mado a mince p'o and forgot some ingredients. Charles tasted lt., and began an awful sputter lng. Then he swore*. I talked back and be jumped up and struck mo in thc face. Tho court gave her a div orce. T/io Guvornor Invited. Gov. Hey ward has received a press ing invitation from T. J. Anderson, general passenger agent of the Pacific railroad to join a party of thirty prominent capitalists manufacture and professional men from tito north and the south In a hunting and li diing ex cursion along thc gulf coast of Texas. Tlie governor is fond of hunttrg and the Invitation ls a tempting one, but Ito will hardly he able to accept. Foul Play. At Asbury Park, N. J. four negroes were burned to death in a lire that destroyed the shanty of Harvey G. Spivey Friday night. The orogln of the Uro is a mystery. Two of tho dead are young girls and when the bodies were taken from tho ruins it was found their sku'ls had been crushed. Thc fact has glvon rise to ugly rumors which the coroner is in vestigating. Died Playing I'noaa. News has beon rcoelvoa from the Philippines of the death of Thomas 10. Moss at Manila, a veteran of the civil war and at ono time attorney gcnoral of Kentucky. Ile died playing ohess with his son-in-law, captain Wheat, who is ohlef of tho telegraph division of the Philippine constabu lary, Moss was born at Greensboro, N. C., in 183?. It- !s hard to believe that * ?i*t.y-flvft dollar buggy oan bo bought for 140.00 and with it a sob of $12.50 harnoss at $4.00. Yet it is true. Soo Goldon Eaglo Ruggy Co., advertisement in this ?>;t ?-.or. Proof: Your money back if every statement we make is not absolutely true. G. K. Buggy Co. WEAK MEN, 1 CAN RESTORE YOU TO PERFECT S j MANHOOD. I Have Boon Successfully Trctlng Diseases of Men lor iirt Years and My Method of Treatment As sures You a 'Positive, Per in anent Onro. I can positively rosto.r wonk mon thoir loBt vitality and nil I want is nn opportunity to convinco yon that I cn~. 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My method of troaomomt is tho result of all thoso years of oloso study and lt is to-day recognized by tho medical profession as tho most thorough and scioutiflo troatmont for mon. 1 have had groat success in euring th? nlllicdod at a distance, hy tho aid of a cora* pleto system of solf-examination blanks I caa diagnose a caso ftt a distance and if you aro in this condition, or if you BU flor from any other disease of a chronic nature, writo mo. D.inot look fora euro in tho many widely advertised "roady-ronno" medicines, freo treatments from fake medical companies, otc, etc., for will not nly iiovor bo cured but. you will booomo worse, ii addition to losing tho money you havo ?pent. My charges aro very_ reasonable, and no ? nun should hesitate writing mo on this ?uv "count. 1 havo been established Ju Atlanta for many years ind my r?putation as a skillful .specialist is known to all. ho suro to writo ino for my book for men, entitled "Manli ness, Vigor artd Health" it is absolutely froo for the asking. Address J. Nowton Hathaway, M. 1)., 88 Inman Uldg., Atlanta, Qa. - - ORGANS - - of the best puality $45 np Upright Pianos From $225 up. Write Us for catalogues and tormo. Malone's Music House, 1432 Main Street Almost op p?sito Masonic Temple COLUMBIA, S. 0. i>ni mt IMK Cannai Profootcd. President John S. Shaw and the board of directors of the Lake Erle und Ohio Uiver Ship Canal Company, accompanied by a number of engineers and other advisors, started from Pitts burg, Pa. ^Friday on a two days' trip to examine tho two routes proposed for a ship oanal connecting the Erle Lake with the Ohio ri vor. At Ash ta bula, Ohio, tho Pittsburg party will he. Joined by tho oiYluora qf. th? Ohio and Pennsylvania Ship canal Comp any, of which Joseph H. Cassidy, of Cleveland, ls president, and the two organizations will continue the trip to gether. One of tho two routes ls from Ashtabula, Ohio, to Pittsburg, the other from Erlo to Pittsburg. EaCh route ls about 106 miles long, and tho cost of either would be about $30,000,* 000. Presidont Shaw ia of the opinion that the work oould bo completed and the canal opened to traillo in the sum mer of li)JL_ ; . of a lotend? Mrs. :. W. Moore, wife Of a well known and prosperous m?chant on Poachtreo road, near Atlanta, was as saulted by a negro Thursday morning. Tlie track hounds have been following tho ne^ro all day, but at a late hour Thursday night he had not been oap? tured. The county police continue the ftentoh ann" a large pOS8? at>d *?\ trinV? bers of tho county pollco force $111 take up tito hunt. Thoro is consider able excitement in the community, whore tho crime occurred, and lt ia feared toe nogro wlll lie lynched If caught*.Mr* Moore has ?fteren $200 reward for. tho capturo of Ute nejrmj/