The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, November 17, 1905, Image 6
Qhfctin?d Ml Georgia Valid Mi
South Carolina.
AN INTERESTING CASE
Tried and Decided in a Lexington Coun
ty Court. William Westmoreland,
Who Was Divorced In Georgia,
Convicted of Adultery by
a Petit Jury.
A o UKI of unusually interest wa?
tried and decided in tho oourt of gen
eral session at Lexington on Thurs
day_, The Columbia State says the
final deoislon of thc supremo court in
the ease may alf ot tho validity ol
several marriages in South Carolina,
where one or the other parties to it
obtained a divorce In tho Stato ol
Georgia,
In 1875 William Westmoreland, a
well-to-do merchant, farmor arid pre
master at Samaria, in this, county,
married Miss Malaoy Duffey, also o?
this county. Soven children wero thc
result of the union.
In 1800 ho applied to tho superlOi
court cf Augusta, Ga., for a d vorcc
on the ground that in 1802 his wife,
Maisey Westmoreland, had deserted
him and was still deserting him. A
copy of his petition was soivad upon
his wife, who did not oppose the pro
oeediogs.
On the Hading of thc jury In tho di
voroe proceedings, Judge IO. H. Gal
loway, judgo of tho superior court of
Richmond county, Georgia, ordered
and deoreed, "that tho said William
Westmoreland and the said Maisey
Westmoreland bo., and they ai o hero
by, totally divorced from oaeli other."
And it was ordered "that they each
be privileged tn marry again without
any restraint imponed by their salo
marriage to each other."
Two years aftor this decree was
granted William Westmoreland mar
ried again and went to housekeeping
with his bride, noe Miss Adora Rur
gess, in the community of I is South
Carolina home. Three eli lidien are
the result of this second mar rb ge.
And now come the neighbors of that
vicinity, in whtoh Westmoreland has
lived with bis second wife for six
years, and indict him for adulterousl)
living with her I Ills ti lal today result
ed ina verdlot of guilty, and Jul//.
Gage Imposed a sentence on West
moreland of four months on tito chain
gang, or pay a lino of $400. The result
of this verdlot ls far reaching, and not
only al??cts Westmoreland himself,
and his second wife, but practical!}
stigmatizes tho children of this sec
end marriage as t astards.
The supreme court will have sev
oral very interesting questions to set
tie In this. case.
This is tho first time, on the erlm
i 19) MC ( ( J il i 111 J ti. a case ot tl
kind,han arisen, and for that reasoi
it will be well to gi v.i the malu lega
features of the proceedings, as the ii
nal status of thc ouse will cstablisli
a.precedent, ?nd the declaration o*
the supremo court, of S u h Carolina
will lay down the law moro cleat li
with reference to this matter of com
ity between ibo States and jurlsdic
tlon of thc person.
As a defense to the charge against
him Westmoreland, through his couti
sel, offered the decree ol divorce:
granted him by the superior court
of Augusta, separating Iii m from his
first wifo and also the marriage license,
he obtained from the ordinary court
of Augusta and tho marriage cortili
cato of the just loo of peace wiro
united bim in the hely bi IKY/, of
matrimony to M!ss Ad/jsa; ?urgcfn,
bi? second wife. -e'
The State's* i??sitlon w\s thal tho
oTvo/iiib ^Westmoreland obtained ii?
"Georgia was no good for the reason, at'
tho solicitor contended, that thc
courts of Georgia had no Jurisdiction
over Westmoreland, as he was not tv
Citizen of Georgia, but of South Caro
lina. And to substantiate this con
tention evidence was Introduced to
show that Westrnoteland's claim tc
citizenship as a Georgsau only wont
to the extent of his renting a room lu
Augusta, which he only occasionally
occupied, once or twice a month,
when he would muko ;i flying vldt ti
Augusta, and that be had nevor a
bandoued his..Sout h Carolina citizen
ship; that a temporary absence frorrl
the State does not ohange the rosi
dence or domiclo of a person.
There was a good doal of evidence
iutroduood tending to provo that
Westmoreland never pcrmamentl}
abandoned or Intonded bo aboudot
his South Carolina residence ant
thoroforo, could not bo said to havt
been a citizen of Augusta. Tho prin
clpal light In tlie case was on tin
point of jurisdiction and whether on
not the Judgment of a foreign courl
was bluding uoon tho court of triai
now sitting on the case. On those
points Judgo Gago charged tho jury
in substanca as follows:
"Did the defendant Westmoreland
go to Georgia with an honest purpose,
an honest heart, t,o make Georgin
his homo, to acquire ;.. residence lu
Georgia, to bo a Georgian? rf ho
did. and while a resident there, Geor
gla gavo him a divorce, then the di
vorce binds and ought to protect him
in this prosecution ; but the law ls the
essence of common sonso and justino,
it ls net a trick. For a man to ac
quire a residenco in a place lie must
not only put his body thorc for a
timo, buthe must have the purpose
in his hoart to have that place as his
residence. Did the defendant go to
Georgia with an, honest purpose to
mako his home in G . orgia and having
Georgia for his residence V If he did
thon tho court had jurisdiction o? ids
cause. Rub If he weit to Georgia for
a tomporary purpose, for no purpose
toacqulro a residenco there, but to
get a di vorce there and come back
into South Oar ol Ina claiming a Mvor
oe, thon the court of Georgia never
had Jurisdiction of tho cause. If ho
acquired a residence in South Caro
lina a temporary change of it would
not abandon thc resid? noe ho once
acquired."
Tho jury, after deliberating about
two hours,rendered a verdict of guilty.
Will Ito Hung.
At Wilmington, N. C., Arthur
Adams ano; Robert Sawyer, two or
tho throo mutineer nullor J from the
narry A. Her ?Ind, v/cro found guilty
cf murder on the high seas in the
federal oourt and were Kentuucod to
be hung,
WHY THEY WJ8?B KILLED.
Tao MlMtouarTea Ti ir il to fi op the
Worship of Idola.
The mass&ore nb the American
Presbyterian mission at liter, ch au on
Ootober 28, when five persons were
killed and two Beverly wounded by a
mib of Chinamen was caused by the
action of two members of the mission
tho daughter of Dr. Machio and a
deaconess, In endeavoring to dissuade
a number o? Chinese worshippors
from ( flaring prayers to an idol. The
two wemcuare slid to have adzed tho
image which the Chinamen were
wor8hlpplug and refused to return lt.
The mob destroyed ali the American
misBlcnary establishments and sub
J oted the missionaries to many out
rages. The bodies of Uve persons
who v ere klllodworo thrown into tho
river. Six Frenob prlosts living In
tho vicinity were not harmed. Thore
ls no 'car of further trouble In Lion
ohau. AChlncss mandarin dispatch
! ed soldiers to tho scene as soon as he
heard of the troublo, but they arrived
to lat) to savo the missionaries. It
lu also stated that tho mob was angor
i cd at a request by Dr. Machle that a
? temporary theatre which had boon
! erected near the American mission
hospital, should bo romoved. The
mob found a skeleton in the mission
j inatrtoblen room and carried ?b in the
' procession through tho town, exhibit ?
lng lb as an Instance of the foreigner's
i treatment of tho Chinese. Tire re
quest of Dr. Machle for tho removal
of tire theatre was on account of thc
noise that was made during tho per
formances. Tho missionaries took
refuge from the mob in a cavern, but
v/ere pursued ard all killed excepting
: Dr. Machio and Miss Patterson, who
escaped to tho yamen.
Coat l'or tho l*re?ohor.
Thia lively account of a social func
tlon ab Paw Paw. Mo., comos from a
k cal paper; "Tho ladles of theMobh
odist ICMscopal Church held a One
time at Mra. Sink's house, which was
a nico thing in every way. It was
an ice fcream sociable to buy the
pastor an overcoat so that he may
plod along this winter without ire? z
lng his weary bones. Tho ladies
sorved tho cream bub Descon Dalley
was in charge. "Bo hoggish folks "
he called now and then. "JBab all you
cnn so's tho preacher can bo warra
tils winter." Many young fellows
brought their giris, and ono did even
worse than that by fetching a com
plete jag to the festival. Ills name
shall not be mentioned as ho spent
30 cents for Ice cream, eating it all
ferventl) ; and we bet lb didn't go w<!l
with that botze. But what mattet V
Seven dollars and 'JO cents was realized
from the a IT ray, enough to buy
I'roachcr Hicks a hoe overcoat and
leave $1 00 for sock j and other
things.
Cotton Ginned,
The census bureau issued a bulle
tin Wednesday showing that up to
Nov. 1, 6,483,040 bales |of cotton had
- boen ginned in till? county. Round
bales are c( noted aa half hales. Tho
figures are tho result of telegraphic
report? made by ngents of the census
bureau from all tho cottou growing
states. Owing to the faob that no
report was made on Nov. I, 1904,
comparative statistics aro not avail
able. The last pr vous report foi
1 the present year, showii g results tc
1 Oetober, 18, last gave 4.5)10,728 bales
1 The ligures, according to today's
bulletin, for tho various States are as
1 fillow^: Alabama 815,457, Arkan
sas 211,113, Florida 48,218, Georgia
? 1,302 390, Indian Territory 135,782,
Kentucky .T'?> Louisiana 231,249,
Mississippi. 510 077, Missouri 14 181,
N.'rt'i C;..(),h;a 438,821, Oklahoma
144,839, S^uth Carolina 822,140,
Tenoessae ioo?247, IVxas 1,092,243
and Virginia 7,47!>.
ijij^nt on A Murder.
At Nov/ York further light on thc
recent mysterious murder of Jacob H.
Thompson^ ex mange editor of the
Tlme?, "was obtained by tho police
Jfr'ednesday when Mamie Gibson, the
negr?K8 who knew the colored bell hoy,
RlChhrd Hannibal, who died Tuesday
night while under suspicion of com
mitting the murder, was arraigned in
court Wednesday she said that Hanni
bal told her that If she was ever quos
lionel about tho murder sho must say
that Hannibal spent tho night of
Thompson's death at her houso. Ile
was rot there that night, tho girl tes
tlliod. She aald that tho hell hoy told
, bert ia!, ho did not murder Th'mp
, son lut that ho ought to have been
murdered because of the small tips he
' gave. Tho colored girl was arraigned
, in c nneotlon with Hannibal's death,
as tho bell boy WJLS found with his
, throat cut after ho had quarreled with
ber and wounded her recently.
Ilia Afflictions Hurt,
1 At Buffalo, N. Y., Rina Wallace
Hopper ls tho defendant In a suit for
, breach of promise, brought by James
(i. Morton, who says ho is an actor.
' Ho aiserts that Mrs. Hopper asked
( him to marry her and he accepted.
I Ile then called her to ful lil her propo
( sal, but that she refused. Thc papers
In the caso were Hied Wednesday and
; asked for $10,000 to satisfy Morton's
! mental and financial injury. Tho
actress denies all his assertions except
f that ?he did frequently asked him
, why ho did not get married. His in
' variable reply was that no ono would
have him.
The Davis Monument.
Ground was broken at Richmond,
Va., Wednesday for tho monument
to .J efferson Davis, to he erected by
tho United Daughters of tho Confed
eracy and to coat $60,000. Mrs. S.
T. McCullough, of Stanton, Va.,
chairmen of thc monumontoommittce
presided at tho ceremonies, which
wore 8lmpio In the extremo, and wit
nessed practically by tho members of
tho building commltteo only. The
unveiling ceremonies are iixed for
1007 and are expeoted to be very ela!)
orate, tho whole soutli participating
through prominent representatives.
limned to Death.
At Elizabeth, N. J., Thomas Galla
gher w.t.-, hurled under ii vc coals and
ourned to death- Hocrawlod into an
ash pit under tho railroad traoks of
the Port Reading yard and went to
Bleep there. An engine hacked down
to this pit carly Wednesday and
slopping directly ovor tho spot where.
Gallagher lay asleep, dumped burning
coals and red hob ashes upon him in
Hiioh quantities that tho sleeping man
waa completely covered.
Iiinii an Ai MI.
Mr. Ralph Daer, of Spartan! urg
while operating a corn shredding ma
chine on tho farm of J. H. Connell at,
(Jamptcii Tuesday, mot with an ac
cident which cost bim his right arm.
In some mannor his arm was caught
lu tho machinery and terribly lacerat
ed, which resulted in thc amputation
of the member. Dr. ll, R. Blaok por
formod the op?ration.
MONEY NEEDED.
Treasurer Vyatt f pp?ah to tho Pub
I lo for Fi uncial Help
Southern Cotton. Awoo'atlon Has
Done Muoh fojr the South and
DeMOswa Support.
To tho Elltor of the State:
I am just in reoelpt of a letter from
-mo of our m ost prominent farmers in
South Oaroliua whioh reads :n fol
lows:
To The Southern Cotton Association,
Columbia, S. 0.
Gentlemen: Made yesterday first
sale of this year's cotton a lot of
200 bales at ll 1 3 cents per pound. I
congratulate tho association and here
with onolose a creek for a part of tho
one-eighth, $50 to help on the good
cause. 1 am
Very respcotfu'ly,
lt. M. Psomes.
Kollook, S. 0.
I wish Mr. Editor, Just at this time
to say that the Southern Cotton as
sociation bas reached a point in Its
P'ogr ss that it will requ're a great
deal of kuowledgo and tuet to steer
tho old boat on for time to come. I,
as its treasurer of the South Carolina
division, am in touch with ovory seo
ukin of this State as well as othoi
southern states. As I have said be
fore, it will require a great deal ol
money to perfoot this organization.
What tho association has accomplish
ed up to this timo ls simply marvel
ous and the world stands aghast and
is saying now: "What will bo the
out como of this organization?"
Evory civilized nation has its oyet
turned upon the south, though that
ls not surprising when wo realise thc
foot that the few southern States
produce at least 75 per cont of the
clothing of the world.
If the ass'clatiou with a 14,000,00C
bale orop staring us in tho face whet
tkey claimed that 11,000.000 was al
that tho world could consume, coule
place cotton from 0 conts to 10 I S
cents per pound, then when cottor
dropped below 10 cents tho aasoclatloi
oameto the front, and salo; "Farmers
hold your cotton for ll cents and yoi
will got it," ought it not be sulllcleni
evidence to evory "doubting Thomas'
thao tlie association oan, will and liai
accomplished a great deal for tin
Boutb, and I do not hesltato to predloi
that this is only the beginning in om
sense of tho organization.
I have implicit confidence in oui
,< v plo aud as soon as they real za thi
fact what this association is doing foi
them, they will not heslttates to pul
their time and money into tho worh
and when thoy do that, wo will ther
have thc strongest organization evei
organized by man, especially whet
they reuli/. ) the faot that if wc con
trol a staple which produces fron
year to year $000,000,000 to $700,000,
000, then we can begin to realize wliai
a stupendous undertaking, and no om
eau predict the outcome or the unt?le
amount of wealth that will aocomu
late in our southern land.
When wo once succeed in get
ting tlie cotton growers and the cot
ton maiiugaotures to stand bund ii
hand with a mutual understanding ai
to what pi ice shall boin oder to d<
i away with fluctuations and have t
staplo price, then those of m liv., ti
i see lt, and 1 helelvo H is in tho nea
i future when sujh a condition will ex
ist you will sou every cotton patch li
i du south double in value, you wil
soe new homes take the plaoo of ok
eues, you will seo now church.s, tchoo
houses and colleges springing up over/
. where and we will be tho richest ane
most properem people on earth.
1 Now, Mr. Filter, what I want t<
soe ls our farm.v?, unroll an ts, inn
kcrs and those "f ovary av cvtion h
the south to tnko an Interest In thi
1 movoment and small contributions i
each will complete the organ!/.-.Hoi
and will not aft* ct any other icglti
mato linc of business aud by so doini
1 as I have said, wo will be tlie mos
independent pt-op'e on earth.
Wo expect to ht va u tneetiug of thi
county prosid ?nts at tho Southern Co
ton assooiath n ? tilJC tomorrow am
hope that we will have a good attend
ance.
Please allow m > ti th ink you a?
well as the other nowsp?pers of th*
State at largo fir tlj9 hearty nuppcri
and cooperatio that y ?u have renier
ed us in this movoment and 1 wis!
to say hi behalf of tho farmers thal
they appreciate it vory much, too.
F. II. HYATT,
Treasurer Sjuth Carolina Division
{ Columbia, S. C.
i Found Hoad.
Helen nope, who was married or
Wednesday night to Rindolph C
Johnson at Perqulmans N. c., wai
, found dead In her bridal ch umbel
Thursday with a pistol In her hand ant
a dullab wound in her head. Johnson
was lying across the bod with three
bullets in his head and body. John
son had li vod Miss Hope since hoi
carly childhood. Ho was 28 yean
old, and she but 17. After tlie wed
' ding Wednesday night a large suppei
and dance followed and about .aid
night tho couple drovo to the home
' the groom had prepared. Their non
appearance about the house In thc
morning caused inquiry and when the
door of tho bridal chamber waa brok
en the woman was found lying ina
pool f blood beforo her dresser wltli
a pistol in her hand and her brains
oozing fr jin tho wound In her head.
Johnson's wounds were in tlie left
breast, tho left temple and a grazing
wound on tho cheek. Either of thc
first two would havo proved fatal
No motive for the tradegy can ho.
learned.
A B?d Oase.
A dispatoh from Fort Mill to The
State says: Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hammonds aro prostrated with grief
over tlie death Wednesday afternoon
of tholr 2-year-old daughter, who died
fr< m the alioota of on ounce of carbol
ic acid. Mr. Hammonds was prepar
ing to move and in paoking up lils
household goods came across a bottle
of oavbolic acid, which ho throw
throrgh an open window into the yard.
His little daughter, playing In the
yard, saw tho bottle fall and picking
it up, elrank it. Her parents soon
discovered that something was wrong
with her and summoned physicians,
lnspltoof all tho efforts of friends
and physicians thc little girl died in
less than an hour.
l)roi>|H)d iii ?
A man believed to bo B, E. Cart
roll of Dodge, Walker county, Georgia,
dropped dead on one of tho principal
streets of Birmingham, Ala., Thurs
day. In his pockets was a lotter ad
dressed to "B. E Gartroll." Memphis
Tenn., and signed "Slstor Mary." lt
was written from Dodgo. Ile also
nae! $124.05 in cash on his person. Ho
seems to havo boon in bad health.
'Aim Cotton Situation.
Slowly but ?uroly tb o whole cotton
world la coming to recognize the im*
menee significance of organization
?si?b? tba farmers of the Southern
States, says a writer from New Qr
leans in the Charleston Post. The
writer goes on to say that ''here have
been many organizations ot farmers
In days gone by but not until the
present year was such a movement
ever attempted, albng practical linea,
nonce, uot until 1005 were practical
results over attained. The organ. x
tlon referred to is the Southern Cot
ton Association,
Viewed from old standpoints, the
?ttuation today 1B remarkable In many
ways, principally because the specu
lator bas been very largely eliminated
as tho dominating price unking fac
tor This has been brought about
solely through the logical efloot of the
intelligent markoting of the orop by
the farmers themselves, the conse
quent pressure on the spinners, and
the natural fear that in future raw
cotton supplies will not be so easily
obtainable aa in the days -when the
farmer's first thought was the dlspo
sh,lon of his crop to the first comer
who had the cash to buy lt with.
This is all just as it should be and
will inevitably work wonders in tho
upbuilding of the cotton-growing
States, provided the farmers do not
get side-traoked or over do the thing.
There ls now no reason to fear the
development of other cotton growing
fields,in other parts of tho world, but
should tho healthy growth of the
worlds spinning and woaving industry
be ohecKcd by the American farmer
the development work of tho British
Colton-Growing Association will re
ceive an immense Impetus.
Tho praotioal courso for the South
ls beyond a doubt, tho raising of ample
cotton each year, the marketing of
that cotton slowly and to tho best
possible advantage, the diversifica
tion of crops, tho raising of all farm
I supplies possible, aDd tho avoiding ot
i all such sobornes as proposod by Mr.
1 Sully for thc cornering of tho cotton
1 market and tho gambling in cotton
I futures.
! In spite of the fact that hedge se.ll
! lug usually depresses the prlc^ of the
( speculative market in the fall of the
1 year, the Intelligent/ piarkAt.ing ol
I, spot, cotton this se;'son has exerted
> such a powerful influence on the trade
j Koncrally that both spots and hptlons
; have advanced nearly two oents a
b p und.
As to the future of the staple, cau
tious operators as a rulo now agree
r that with tho worlds trade in manu
3 facturcd goods at high water mark
r no very sorlous Inroads in the price
t are likoly boforo new crop considera
: tlons next spring begin to affect thc
x views of operators and spinners and
r not then unless new crop prospeott
! are all bright.
Meanwhile there is an exoollent
i prospeot of shortage in tho bottei
. grades of cotton, and a tendency
H among spotmen to hold such grades
j for wider di IT trences, or to hold suoh
I cotton out in small lots as an indue-i
. mont to buyers of the low grades.
Motion a Curvo.
Five persons were killed, 10 serious
, ly injured and a score hurt in a head
3 on collision between a passenger train
3 and a coal train on tho Delftware,
^ Lackawanna & Western railroa' near
, [lu .look's cre?k, in Pennsyl ila,
r Wednesday afternoon. All of tl 'ill?
ed weiro trainmen. Tho Injur tc
the passengers were oatiBed by t ter
1 ri tlc torce of the trains oor...u oo
I got her, the onglne ou the pasBongoi
1 ? ruin being forced almost through the
baggage oar. The passenger train
^ dashed Into the frieght on a sharp
i u vc, The passenger train was run
nil g at the rate of about 35 miles ac
nour. It ls said that the freight crow
misread tho orders and instead ol
walting on a siding for tho passengei
, tram came out on tho main track.
I G s used Ulm to Sulolclo.
Alarmed by receipt of a letter upor
* which WHS drawn a skull and cross
6 bones, Howard Owen, a prominent
hus mess man of Vienna, Ga., tool
J his Ufe i ii Wednesday. Ile had boer
1 marriel just one month. His wife
bearing tho report of the pistol, rar
In and threw a buokod of water or
him t ) quench the tire whloh wa!
* huming his clothing. Mr. Owen wai
held rp and robbed Monday n1ght N JV
6 ti. Wednesday morning ho found hh
pistol which the robbors had taker.
1 from him under the doorstep. Aftei
J k'Oing to his plaoe of business he founc
In thc mail tho skull and orossbone*
letter with the words, "Prepare tc
* meet thy God." Owen Immediately
went home and kl Held himself.
Au Olli Ncgro'ii DiHCovory.
1 An old negro who has a forty-acre
* farm on Choctaw orcek, near Sher
* man, Tex., claims that he makes a
r bab; of cotton to tho acre evory yeai
' by topping tho cotton stalks in the
1 dark of August moon. The topping
i ls said to cause tho plant to spread
and to put an a heavier f ruitago on the
1 lower branches, If lt he established
* that his u ilformly good yield ls main
ly due to summer pruning, this hum
ble tiller of the soil on Choctaw crook
has made as Important a discovery In
! cotton planting as that made In cotton
spinning hy tho mill operative who
! found out for himself that the thread
1 carno smoother and eanier hy wetting
' the raw cotton before spinning.
i Bower Blown Up.
An explosion of gas in tho sewer
running under Pennsylvania avonue,
> Allegheny, Pa., betwenn Sedgwick
and Manhattan streots Wednesday
; broke hundreds of windows and toro
up pavemontson Pennsylvania avenue
for a distance of two squares. No one
was Injured. The explosion caused
much excitement iu the vicinity, and
tho report was plainly heard a mlle
1 away. All the windews in au eleotrlo
1 car on Fulton street, some dis banoo
it way, were broken, and tho passen
gers wore In a pr.nle, several being
making a hasty exit, from tho car.
How the gas was Ignited !s not
known.
K-r.m look ? Child.
While a poasant woman who was
carrying hor baby, aged two years,
was roturnlng home to a hamlot near
Courmayer, Switzerland, ?ho was at
tacked by an enormous eaglo which
attempted to snatch away tho ohlld.
The bird though beaton off, return
; od %o thc attack again and again, and
Anally succeeded In carrying off tho
child. Tho mother, who ret;jived
many wounds and had her olothes
torn, hurried homo and in a short
time seventy-live men headed by the
priest, ollmbed thc neighboring moun
tain;-! in SeatOh O' thu trn^'iu and tho
child. Nu trace of clthor was dls
c.worcd, and tho search has slnco been
abandoned.
Somo folks buy books to put money
in their heads; othors buy olothes and
put money on their baoks.
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BICK FROM T?X?B.
President ?mita Say? the Frospeot
Everywhere U Encouraging.
The Kr port of Crop Conditions Ie
snod bj tb? ;Soathern Ootton
Agao???cti?>n fe Yoyy
Riioonr?ftlrift'
Tho Columbia Stato says Mr. E. D
Smith, field agent of the Southern
Cotton Association was in Columbia
hist week and was elated over the
ootton eruditions. He said:
"I am Just back from a tour of tho
West where I have beon In tho In
terest of the Southern Ootton aaso.
elation, to meet tho executive com
mittee of tho Toxas division. In At
lanta I was Joined by President Jor
dan and we together went via Vicks
burg and Shreveport. This oarrled
us through Mississippi, Louisiana and
a part of Texas. Throughout Missis
si pp! tho ootton orop is certainly as
"hurt or shorter than has been report
ed. Tho frost and worms, BO far as
our obseiv vtlon wont, have completo
ly destroyed all prospeot of anything
like a orop from the late cotton or top
crop of tho old cotton.
,:From Vicksburg to Shreveport,
between whioh two points ls tho delta
of tho Mississippi and Red rivers and
unquestionably tho finest ootton lands
of the world, there will not bo mado
moro than 46 to 50 per cent, of last
years y told. Noar Monroe, Lt., whore
is the very cream of the delta, there
is practically no cotton at all. Thous
ands of aores have bceu abai doned
and thc usands have beon only parti
ally tended, with a not result that
tho Louisiana orop is practically a
failure.
"At Shoveport, where wo missed
connection and had to He over for six
hours, wo had an opportunity of In
tcrvlowlng ootton men and business
men and they confirmed the impres
sion that wo had received from tur
own observation. From Shoveport to
' Dallas we went through a portion of
' tho best cotton lands of Ti xis nod
the same oondlton obtained through
out this portieu of the Stale. A'
i Dallas tho Stato fair was in progress
t and representatives of evey oonuty in
? tho Stato, also tho members of the
exeoutlve committee, were present.
"Tho facts, as stated by these dlf
> fereut parties, aro to tho . IT ct that
in tho eastern, central and northern
: portions of Toxas the orop was from
30 to 35 per cent, short of last year.
In western Texas, where tho bo 1
> weevil is most numerous, his ravages
I have not been so great this year as a
i consequence the western T xas crop
is as good or better than last year's,
; but lt must be understood that this
? means a restricted area and tho pro
1 ductlon per acre does not exceed more
thau one half crop this yeer as com
i parod with tho samo territory with
out the weevil. I think it would be
a conservative est?malo to place tho
shortago in Texas alono at 1 200,000
bales. From TUM WO returned via
Texarkana and Memphis.
"This took us through tho entire
i Stato of Arkansas where we had am
ple opportunity of seeing the crop in
. that State and practically tho same
per cent, of shortage was evident.
Tho frost in Arkansas "?ems to bava
i been more destructive than in any
other State wi'h the exooptlon of
northern Georgia.
"From my observation of tho crop
i in ovory State, for I ha VJ visited all
save (florida, tho estimate hsued by
? tho Southern Cotton a.-s .elation
making the crop for this year 9,444,
i 000 bales as ginned (which does not
f include of course, linters) ls a eok
[ seryativo ono.
f "Certainly we have succeeded at
last in convincing tho world of tho
shortness of this orop, hence tho prico
fixed at Asheville lias been reached.
i I do not feel that I have the right to
. advise the farmers to hold beyond
; this prloe, but it Is ray opinion that
: wo will see much higher prices In the
i immediate future and even though ll
, cents has been reached, it will not be
i wisdom on the part of tho farmers to
i rush the cotton to market, for the
i reason that it might have a tendency
\ to depress prices temporarily. I think
J that those who will hold the.r cot
\ ton and market li slowly from now
i on will bo amply rewarded as those
. who have loyally stood for tho ll
I cents minimum.
i "I congratulate tho State and tho
i south on its winning another victory.
? Surely by this timo every ono will
recognize the work accomplished by
thc cotton association and will be
willing to give it their support, lt is
. useless to attempt any argument to
prove thc part we have played In
, maintaining the prico of cotton. We
. liavo gained every point we set out to
i gain and have accomplished our ob'
: ject, whioh ls to prove to the world
that we can and will control southern
i crop in the interest of tho southern
cotton growers. On account of large
rceoipts from weak holders throwing
their ootton on the market, broauso of
tho pressure of debt, tho boars were
ablo through their great leader to de
press tho price of ootton during the
months of September and Ootober,
and even to frighten some whose faith
was not as strong as lt should be, but
now that tho position is securely in
our hands, 1 think simplo justice de
mands that wc hold tho balan?a of
our orop until those who took od /an
tage of tho weakness of our posit lon
In Ootober and September shall be
mado to pay baok all that they gained
by this advantage, as woll as a good
profit on tho annoyance thoy caused
us.
" I havo porfected a plan of organ
tlon for collecting funds whioh I want
to put into operation not later than
tho middle of next week. I will Issue
a edi to all county presidents to
moot mc in my oflloe on Friday, tho
10th, to receive instructions and to
put Into lmmcdlato operation these
plans.
"I hopo thc 0 unty presidents who
seo bl. is call and who may not rcoelvo
a personal letter in time, will meet
in bhe cillao of tho Southern Cotton
assoolation, skyscraper building, Col
umbia, S. O , at 12 o'clock, lrlday,
so that wo may begin a thorough and
systematic campaign of tho State,
Let every president ho present as
thin is a matter of vital importance
at this Junoturo. lu conclusion I
wish to say that thero ls absolutely
no factor now apparent to oause any
un aslneis to those who havo spot
cotton. Wo have won the fight and
those of us who have been instrumen
tal in winning lt surely ought to en
joy the best mcasuro of benefit from
our fight and our victory."
A friend to whom you havo told se
er ota holds a tl rs t mortgage on your
poaceof mind whioh ho many foroolose
any time by disolosing,
PERVNA OAPXUBED
Right Bottles of tho ratent Medicino .
Talton nt Centrat,
Tho Columbia B oard says the H mt
ieJzure of patent medicines under the
recent order of Chief Co M ab lo Ham
mott was mado Wednesday at Centra)
whioh is In the prohibition oounty of
Piokens. Here eight bottles of Poru?a
were takon by Ohlof Cureton and his
mon and a report of this waa made to
Mr. Hammett.
The sc zure was made from J, E.
Brown, a merchandise dealer in that
town and it is said that a vigorous
oampaign ls going to be waged against
the thirty odd medicines that have
been outlawed for Kale in this state
without prescriptions. Just what
the outcome of this will be ls not
known yet, but it ls said that a rep*
resentat-lvc of thc Propri?t? i y Asso
ciation of America will bo hore lo a
day or s? for a conference with tho
constabulary department. The asso
ciation is composed of practically all
of the manufacturers o"T tho ojuntry
and. they play a prominent part lu the
miking of medloiuo laws of tho vari
ous states.
T io druggist hor^ are discussing
the recnt order genera'ly a? d Pi is
safe to say that it will bj obeyed. N >
trouble l? antic!pated In teost of the
larger towns and cities as a matter of
fact and lt li only In tho prohibition
communities that a close watch will
have to be kept.
1 J ls regarded as rather p callar
that Pickers county, whioh lias only
recently voted out the dispensary and
where tho constables wero only a few
days ordered baok, should be tho llrst
to report a violation ot the order.
Tho spirit proof of Paruna whioh wi,s
sei/.)d is K'.VJII in the (ill dal report
of tho S'.ace Chemist as fifty two per
cent.
Ohinopo II- nt i- li i y.
Dr. Machio, tho American mBsi u
ory who escaped n.assaorc at Llene
ohow, gives horrifying details of tho
atr< cities committed on the American
women When tue disturbances com
menced the mob se!/, d Miss Chestnut
and Mrs. Michie sod exposed them to
public view In a Chinese t( nude. Amy
Machio, the doctor's ten-vear-old child.
was carried i IT and Hung alive into the
river. The rioters stripped Miss Chest
nut naked and Hung her into thc riv r.
While tho two were struggling in
?he water three Chinamen spearod
them with ti ld .its, Miss Chestnut's
b dy RUO! Amy Maohle's head were
piero d. Mrs M e. lo appea^d to tte
rlote's, bot the mob stonod lier brains
out, strip j ed her body and ll nug it
into the ri vor. Toe mob then captur
ed Mr. and Mrs. P.ala, 8'-ripped them
nak.d, exoosed th tn Cor fifteen rahm
te", clubbing Peale to death In his
wife's presence and subsequently kill
ed Mrs. Pjalc In tho same brutal fash
ion.
A Common Sonso Huting.
Ti e president has a way of doing
things that must be caleula cd to
well nigh take away tho breath of thc
red stickler at Washington. Recent
ly he authority an amendment to
the elv? service rubs providing that
here af ver a cabinet ohT:or shall have
power summarily to remove, without
a hearing, any civil sorvlce employe
In his department who has been gull
ty of misconduct, or who is Inefficient
in the performance of his duties.
Heretofore unworthy employes have
been known to take ad vaut age of
their civil service Stattl i to ?mid their
J )b. and have di lled r.helr superiors
Pols ruling nf the president will put
a stop to thatRort of thing, Possi
bly the presldm' m>y have strained
Ins authority a little but hU action
is based on oommon tons? an?
wcy.
I )l(-)>!-llM,)> H 111 I ? U ?ll.
At Spartanb irg the g ra od j irv in
sessions ourt Wednesday returned
true hills as to J. P. ThaokstOO, J. J.
Bishop, L It (diing, H. T. Ferguson
and J. W. llunemann, charged with
violating the dispensary 'aw. IO .ch of
these defendants is a dispenser, four
conducting beer dispensaries and one
--Ferguson-operating liquor dispen
sary No. 1 No revlon has yet been
tuleen as to (Jims. Smith, former chair
man (?f the county bo-: rd of control,
Z H. Landford, member of tho board,
?J. W. Harmon, l'quor dispenser, and
W. N. Avant of the board of coutrol
Their cases will probably be passed on
by tile grand jury Thursday. Tue dis
pansers against whom true bills have
been returned may ho tried at the
present term of ourt.
Murder ami Muioldo.
At Washington, after firing two
shots at his wife, one of which pene
i trated her breast, the other tho ab
domen, Washington J Q liggle, oarly
Wednesday morning snot himself
In thc head and died almost instantly.
Quiggle was private S(cretary to
'Phos. F, Walsh the Colorada mining
millionaire. Mrs. t? liggle Is In a
critical condition and may not survive.
The couple were secretly m.trrUd less
than two months ago in Boston. No
cause is given for tho shooting.
No UNO in tho World.
An Indianapolis Iud.despnncnt he
oause ho felt that he had outlived
his usefulness Capt. James G. Wright
olghty live years old killed himself
Wednesday by shooting himself In the
heal. Wright had been a stoamboat
captain on boats plying tho O do and
Mlsslssipl rivers. Ho v.as a man of
means having been at different times
a hanker at Madison Ind. and Fort
Worth Tex.
Down In Massachusetts a woolan
haB been taking upa collection among
hor friends for tho purpose of raising
money enough to secure a dlvoroo.
If tho man In the oise doesn't fe-1
ohcap wo may ba safe in oonohi ling
that the lady deserves her freenom.
Tlie val no of last your's ogg orop
was three millions of dollars. All the
gold mines In the. world yield a little
over half as much Thc South ls the
best placo In the United Statee for
poultry raising. The long summers
and mild .vinters make lt an easy
matter to keep chickens In good con
dition.
The moment a woman's heart bo
giusto gotsour and embittorfd tho
wrinkles orop ont ready for business.
Hor faco ls as crinkled as a paper lamp
aliado, and If she over looks sweet,
and young again lt is hooauso shebas
learned to keep her hoart sunny.
Rural mall oirrlers havo received
ordors from headquarters to rofuso to
take unstamped mall from the hnxe.p,
Ilorotoforo patrons have dropped un
stamped mall In tho h xas; also depos
ited pennies for tho postage. Here
ofter such mothods will not bo per
mltted, and stamps must bo proourcd
from tho oarrlor or elsewhere and bo
properly oillxed by the patron to in
sure the service doslrod,.
AUOU?
Bookkeeping," Shorthand, Tyj
guaranteed course 20 weeku. (Bittj
band, 8 mos. 12 calls for graduate*
maud. Write.
: THE GUINAKD
COLLUM!
v Manufacturera Brick, Pire Proc
& lHue linings and Drain Tile. P
* 0/ millions.
COTTON (1INNER SVN)
Write for Prices c
Babbit Couplings Qu ages
Dillis Guage Cooks OH Cup
Hacksaws Oil Cans Belt,.lei
Fittings Injectors Pipe
Lace Leather, racking all kinds, Shal
else In mac!
Columbia Supply Co., -
) E MOCEA CB OAP ' U EUB OHIO.
Thoy IGlcctoil AU 8 tato Offloow
ami Ibo IjrK<Bl*turo.
John M. Pattison, Democrat will be
the next governor of Ohio, and h .8
party associates on tho state tlokei
have aLo b'cn elected. Both housei
of the leglslut ure will be d?mocratie
ihe last hope of tho republicans van
Ishlng with the report that the Ham
ilton e u ty delegation was solldlj
d' mcoratlc. Chalrma' Garber, of thc
Democrat to State C ?mmltteo, aftei
reading dispatches from tho oountv
chairman throughout tho state,
sahl:
Toe Indications a^e that Pattison it
elected by from 40 0;)0 to 50,000 rx
cording my estimate considerably,
We carried both houses cf tho legisli
turo and will have tho largest me j >r
Hy there wc have ever had.
He said he would give out a r?gulai
statement later in the day. At thal
h ur Chairman Dick was not atrepub
Hean headquarters, and In his absei ci
no figures would bo given out, but hil
earlier claims that II rrlok was elect
cd were still maintained.
Thc republican counties throughout
the stato show enormous ropubllcat
losses and the democrats have gai nee
almost cvary whore. B)th chalrmer
haye sent massages to tho count]
chairmen urging prompt reporting o
result ., and caoh hoped to have det\
nate tlgures during tho mornlrg
Tao governor bxs bien running awa;
ahead of bis ticket almost all over th
state. The reverso was expected
owlog to the factional light agaiut
hiB reelection.
What liovH Cona.
Somo ono has Ugure d out that th
average boy who ls dependent upoi
his parents for a livelihood until hi
reaches tho agc of 21 y ears, c >spi then
$4,000. Upon this basis of caleula
tlon a brood for instance, six boys
will represent an outlay of $24,000 b]
tho time they leave tho homo roost
The question naturally arises, do^s li
pay to raise boys, and are there m
other crops that would be more p?ofl
table ! If a boy turns eu i ?to be cigar
ette fiend with a laugh that woulc
make tho wild untutored donkey fee
I perfectly at home In his society, anr
with an untrammeled and unconiaer
able desire to avoid work lt is bare t<
say the parents might have investee
to better advantages. But if the bo;
groA's up with the lesson well loarnei
that web 1th and success grow oi ly or
l ushes by the sweat of the brow, ttl
parents need not begrudge whatcve
they have spent on him, for ho wil
bo a source of increasing joy and prldi
to tholr hearts when they grow oh
and tholr hands Crombie and tneirleg
wabble and their steps are si jw am
faltering. They will then hayo tw<
strong arms to loan upon.
Outrage Nour Gufl'noy.
A dispatch from Gairney to Tb
Stato says a petition is being circu
lated in that city asking for signer
for tho purpose of forwarding it t
tho governor of South Carolina wltl
a request that ho dior a reward fo
the apprehension of the parties tba
llrcd Into the house of Wash Lips
comb, a negro living noar GatTney
Wednesday night. Wash Lipscomi
is a respectable, hard working negro
He thinks that about a dozen shot
wore fired through both sides of bli
house, in an ( 1?Kt lt is said, to draw
W;<sh from the inside. No one wai
injured by tho (?hooting. In add i biol
to shooting with shot guns around thi
pren tees, the marauders by tho use
of axes, knives or some other kind o
an Instrumentcut a buggy belongil
to the negro entirely to pieces. Pin
buggy was a new one and was entire!]
out up, being a C ;-.opletc wreck. The
potltlon had no lack of signers and it
is probable that the reward will b(
< Hared, lt ls thought that the sbojt
lng and cutting must have been dom
by quite a number.
Holl Weevil P< HI Spreading
The Louisiana state crop pest com
mission leports that tho Mexican bol
woevil has just been reported at Bay
on Chi cot, St. Landry, nearly the cen
tro of tho state, showing that it hai
mov ul forty miles eastward in Louis
ana this summer. The light agalns
the weevil tn Louisiana has so far ac
eompllshed little, although tho mos
strenuous po!loy ls pursued and ni
goods likely to oarry boll weevil an
admitted from an Infected tc- an un
Infected portion of the state. Th?
commiHslon also reports against tin
Marston procoss of getting rid o
the weevils by tho use of paris greon
which claimed tho $f>0,000 prize offer
el by Texas fra means of checking
ibo boll weovll8, and declaring tha
i he remedy not only did no > ood, bu
actually tended to lnoroaso thc num
ber of weevils.
Fatal Accident.
James II. A. Brooks, a well knowi
manufacturer of Th 11 ad ol ph I a wa
killed; Miobael G. Price, a businos;
associato was seriously injured, anc
their vvlves wcro painfully hurt in ar
automobile a.oldcnt Thursday neai
Absccon, N. J.,aboutf>0 milos iron
Philadelphia. Tno aocldont wai
oaused by a tiro slipping elf ono of tin
rear who'd1 of tholr automobile while
thoy ver 3 i. Mng at higti speed.
A RargAtn.
Ono Golden ICaglo Buggy $05. (K
qualify; ono excellent set harness,
quality $12.50, total 77.50, sold wltlv
out dealers profits dlrcot to you al
$M 1)0. You oan got tho same goodi
through your dealer at $77 60, bul
why? See our adv., in this papor
Goldon Eaglo Buggy 00.
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Files Pulleys
rting, Collars for Shafting and anything
ilnery supplies.
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GOOD NEWS.
Moionoo nt Lsuat DUoiivora a ' lloal
Guro for Itheuruatlsm.
After years of experiment a new
scientific remedy has been found that
not only relieves, but absolutely cures
Rheumatism and kindred dieases, to
slay cured Rheumatism is caused
by an excess of poisonous acids in tho
h'ood. Thc now discovery RHEU
MACIDIC, though purely vegetab
le, and acting through nature's chan
nels, neutralizes these acids and
sweeps all poisions and harmful germs
out of thc blood. At the same time
it tones up the stomach and regulates
thc liver and kidneys.
1U1EUMACIDE therefore, cures
the dis ase permanently,because it re-?
moves the causo. It has cuiol hun
dreds of cases af toi the most noted
doctors and hospitals have failed.
RHEUMAGTDE cured James Wilkes,
of Dillon, S. C., after he had been -
held in bcd by rheumatism for turee
years and his feet were drawn up al
most to his hack. This is only one of
thc many marvelous cures RIIEU
MACIDIC has already performed. '
RHEUMAOIDE is curing many cases
of Rheumatism, {Sciatica, lumbago,
gout, kidney trouble, Indigestion and
constipation, right in this community
today.
Because lt has cured so many others
we believe it will cure you. All the
1 leading druggists in this place soil and
f recommend RHEUMAOIDB.
. Honest Treatment for
oj Weak Discouraged men.
J. Do Not Tli J ow Your Money Away on
Worthless Treatments* But Write
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If you nro a man a: dering from unnatural
discharges, omissions, prematuro disobnrgo, or
from a complote loss of your manhood, do not
throw your monoy away on tho many worth
less treatments from fako medical companies,
"institutos," otc, hut nit right down and wrlto
to Dr. J. Nowtoil Hathaway, 88 lnmaiiBldg.,
Atlanta, Qa. This physician hius perfected a
method of treatment after over 2.r, years of ex
perience that will positively restore any weak,
wornont, discouraged man to a typo of perfect
manhood, whether tho patient is young, old or
middle-aged. Roadj made medicines c:\nuot
possib y euro this condition, hut each and
?very case requires specially prepared treat
ment administered hy an expert physician who
ls oooipetont'to understand just wliat your
cuso requires. The vast oxporionco of Dr.
Hathaway has given him a knowledge of this
condition in men not possessed by uny other
pliysi->inn; and every man in this condition
should writ? him without dolay. Everything
ls kept stately confidential, and all medi
cines, which oro preparod in his own labora
tory, are sent in plain p.iokagos. During tho
years and years ho has hoon established in At
lanta he noa condo:tod his business in an
honest, strai ?htforward manner, and hia repu
tation is known to nil. Ho will sind to each
sufferer his book for men, entitled '.Manli
ness, Vigor and Health." Ho also euros all
othor diseivsoi of men such ns Htrioturo, Va?
rioocole, Gleet, etc., and if you aro aflliotod
\s rite him for a hook on your disenso. Ho
baa a number of thom. Have no hesitancy In
Ai ling him. Tao address is J. NKWiON
HATHAWAY, M. D., 88 Inman Bldg, AtlaD
ta. Ga.
BUWHUOGRT
To sell buggies to dealers cost bug
gy manufacturers abt ut $2.50 per job
for drnmmera. Tue cmsumer paya the
bill. To sell direct hy this adv. to thc
consumer coats about tho samo money
and tho consumer pays the bill. Bub
who gets thc dealer's profils when,
there la no dealer in the doal? Answer:
You're the man. Golden Etgle Bug
Ries, $(15.00 rotall valu?, to you direot
under guaranteo, 8-19.00. You're pleas
ed or your money baok. A tip: Buy
withenoh Golden Eaglo Buggy a 812 50
aet of harness at 84 00. They cost your
dealer more. Tao. double purohase
saves you 823 00 and soon rcs an outfit
which will look elegant to begin with
and last with thc very best. Send for
deaorlptivo catalog No. 20.
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Four Mon Ktllotl.
The press houso of the Phoenix,
powder works at Phoonlxvllle, Illi
nois, cxplodad Wednesday afternoon
killing four men, several others were
injured
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