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mM? DIVORCES QM,n,M In Georgia Valid In South Carolina, AN INTERESTING CASE Tried and Decided io a Lexington Couti* tv Court. William Westmoreland, Who Waa Divorced In Georgia, Convicted of Adultery by a Petit Jury. A oise of unusually Interest watt tried and deoidod in the court ot gen eral session at Lexington on Thurs day, The Columbia State pays tho final decision of the supremo court In the oase may ail ot tho validity of several marriages in South Carolina, where one or the other part ies io lt. obtained a dlvoroo in tho Stato of Georgia. In I87G William Westmoreland, a well to-do merchant, farmer and post master at Samaria, lu this county, married Miss Maisey Duffey, also of this county. Soven children wero the result of tho union. In 1800 ho applied to tho superior court cf Augusta, Ga., for a d voroe on the ground that in ^92 lila wife, Maisey Westmoreland, hud deserted him and was still deserting him. A copy of his petition was served upon his wife, who did not oppose the pro ceediugs. On the duding of the jury in the di voroe proceedings, .ludgo E. H. Gal loway, judge of the superior court of Richmond county, Georgia, ordered and decreed, "that tho said William Westmoreland and the said Maisey Westmoreland be., and they ai o hero by, totally divorced from each other." And it waa ordered "that they each be privileged to marry again without any restraint imposed by their said marriage to each other." Two years after this dooroo was granted William Westmoreland mar ried again and went to housekeeping with his bride, nee Miss Adora Bur gess, in the community of l is South Carolina home. Tlnee obildren are the result of this secend marrkge. And now come tho neighbors of that vicinity, in which Westmoreland ha? Jived with his second wife for six years, and indict him for adultorouslj living with her! His ti lal today result ed ina verdlot of guilty, and Ju igt Gage imposed a sentence on West moreland of four months on the chain gang, or pay a flue of $400. Tho ?esull of this verdlot 1H far reaching, and not only aif?cts Westmoreland himself, and his second wife, but practically stigmatizes the children of this sec end marriage as I astards. The supremo court will have sev eral very Interesting q icbtions to set tle In this,case. This ls tho first time, on the crlm i t al rice (1 ll i o i.)ti, a cese ot th kind,lum arisen, and for that reason it will be well to gi w. the main legal features of tho proceedings, as the ii nal status of thc erse will establish a.precedent, and the declaration of the supreme court of S: u h Carolina will lay down the law more? oleail} with reference to this mau er of com Ity between the .Slates and juri.sdic tlon of the person. As a deft use to tho charge against him Westmoreland, through Ins couti Bel, offered the decree of divorce granted him hy tho superior courl of Augusta, separating him from hbi first wife and also the marriage license ho obtained from the ordinary court of Augusta and the marriage cerclti cato of the justice of peace who united him lo the hely lxncV; or matrimony to Miss Adi.;--, BurgeSB, his ?eec id wife. * The State's position was Uva.1 the divorce Westmoreland obtained in Georgia was no good for the reason, ai tho solicitor oontendijd, that thc courts of Georgia had no jurisdiction over "Westmoreland, aa he was noi. a citizen of Georgia, but of South Caro lina. And to substantiate this con tention evidence was introduced to show that Westmoteland's claim to citizenship as a Georgsan only went to the extent of hlh renting a room In Augusta, which ho only occasionally occupied, once or twice a month, when he would make a fl> i og vi .it to Augusta, and that he had never a bandoned his;South Carolina citizen ship; that a temporary absence from the State does not ohange tho rosl dence or domlclo of a person. There was a good deal of evidenoe introduced tending to provo that Westmoreland never pormamontly abandoned or Intended to abondon lils South Carolina residence and therefore, could nut be said to have been a citizen of Augusta. The prin cipal fight In the case was on tho point of jurisdiction and whether or not thc Judgment of a foreign court was binding upon tho court of trial now sitting on the case. (>:i those points Judgo Gage charged the jury In substance as follows: "Did tho defendant. Westmoreland go to Georgia with an honest purpose, an .' nest heart, 5.0 make Georgia his mo, to acquire a residence in Georgia, to he a Georgian? If he did. and while a resident there, Gcor gla gave him a divorce, then the di vorce binds and ought to protect him in thia prosecution; hut the law Is the e-isonce of common senne and justice, lt ls net a trlok. I?'or a man to ac qulro a rcsldenoo in a place he must, not only put his body there for a timo, but he must have the purpose in his heart to have.that place as his rcsldenoo. Did the defendant go to Georgia with, an, honest purpose to mako his homo in G: orgia and having Georgia for his residence ? If he did then tho court had jurisdiction of his cause. But if ho went to Georgia for a tomporary purpose, for no purpose to acquire a residence there, but to get a divorce there and come back into South Carolina claiming a di vor oe, then the court of Georgia never had j u ?dsd loti on of the cause. If ho acquired a residence in South Caro lina a temporary change of lt would not abandon thc residence ho once acquired," Tho jury, after deliberating about two hcurs.rendered a verdict of guilty. WIM Ho llUDK. At Wilmington, N. C., Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer, two of tho throo mutineer sailors from the Harry A. Borwind, v/cro found guilty ofmurdoron the high ?eas in the federal court and were sentoiicod to be hung, WHY THEY WERE KILLED, The MlMlonav??s 'Stlt? to B op tue? Worablp of Ido?a. The muasaore at the Aro rr Joan Presbyterian mission at Lienohau on October 28, when llvo person H were killed and two Beverly wounded by a mob o? Uhlnarnon was caused by the potion o? two members ci tao mission the daughter of Dr. Maohlo aud a deaconess, in endeavoring to dissuade a number of Chinese worshippers from i flaring prayors to au idol. Tho two wouicu oro said to have seized tho imago which tho Chinamen wore worshipping and refused to returu lt. The mob destroyed all the Amorioan i ol Kith nary establishments and sub j-?oted the missionaries to many out rages. Tho bodies of live persons who v.ere killed were thrown into tho river. Six Fronoh priosts living in tho vloinlty wore not harmed. Thoro is no 'ear of further trouble In Lien ohau. A Chinese mandarin dlspatoh ed soldiers to the scene as soon as ho heard of tho trouble, but they arrived to lat) to savo tho missionaries. It ls also stated that tho mob was anger ed at a request by Dr. Machio that a temporary theatre which had boon oreotid near the American mission hospital, should bo romoved. The mob found a skeleton In tho mission ia striction room and oar ried lt in the procession through tho town, exhibit ing it as an Instance of tho foreigner's treatment of tho Chinese. Tne re quest of Dr. Maohle for tho removal of tho theatre was on nooouut of the uniac that was made during tho per forms.nccs. Tho missionaries took refugi from tho mob in a oavern, but were pursued and all killed excepting Dr. Maohlo and Miss Patterson, who escaped to tho yamen. Coat Tor ttl?, l*ro*ohor. This lively account of a scolal func tion at Paw Paw. Mo., comos from a h cal paper; "Tho ladloBOf theMoth odist Kdscopal Churoh held a Ano timo at Mrs. Sink's house, whioh 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 frei z lng his weary bones. Tho ledies sorved tho cream bub Deacon Dalley was in charge. "Bo hoggish folks" he called now and then. "Eat all you eau so's the preacher oan be warm t)ils winter." Many young fellows brought their giris, and one did even worse than that by fetching a com plete jag to tho festival. Ills name shall not ho mentioned as ho spent 30 cents for ice cream, eating lt all fervently ; and we bet it didn't go wt U with that bot zo. But what mattet? Seven dollars and i)0 eeuts was realized from the affray, enough to buy I'roacher Hicks a Hue overcoat and leave il 90 for sooki and other things. Cotton Ginned. The census buroau issued a bulle tin Wednesday showing that up to Nov. 1, 15,48:1,010 bales |of cotton had bein ginned in thin county. Hound hales arc ci outed as half bales. The figures are the result of telegraphic reports made by agents of tho census bureau from all thc cotton growing Btate<. Owing to the fact that no report was made on Nov. I, 1004, comparative Statistics aro not avail able. The last pr v.ons report for Mic present year, showii g results to Ostoher, 18, last g ive 4,1)10,728 bales The figures, according to today's bulletin, for tho various States areas Lllow/i: Alabama 815,457, Arkan sas 211,113, Florida 18,218, Georgia 1,302 390, r-dian Territory 135,782, Kentucky :< "> Louisiana 231,240, Mississippi 610 077, Missouri 14 181, N->rt'i OueJIna 438,821, Oklahoma 144.639, Suth Carolina 822,140, Temwsae 100.247, T. xas 1,002,243 and Virginia 7,47!?. ljifjht oil A Murder. At Now York further light on the recent mysterious murder of Jacob IL Thompson-, ex mange editor of the Ti mei, was obtained by the police y/ednesrlay when Mamie Gibson, the negress who knew the colored bell boy, lllohnrd Hannibal, who died Tuesday nlghl while under suspicion of com mittlng the murder, was arraigned in court Wednesday she said that Hanni bal told her that If she was ever ques tions! about the murder sho must say that Hannibal spent tho night of jfhompson'8 death at her houso. Ile was i ot there that night, the girl tes tlliod. Sho said that, the hell hoy told her tmt ire did not murder Th'mp son lut that he ought to have been murdered because of the small tips he gave. The colored girl was arraigned in ennootion with Hannibal's death, as thc bell boy wis found with his throat out after ho had quarreled with her and wounded her recently. HIH Annotions Hurt, At Buffalo, N. Y., Rina Wallace Hopi er |s the defendant in a suit for breach of promise, brought by James (J. Morton, who says ho ls an actor. He aiserts that Mrs. Hopper asked him to marry her and ho accepted. Ho then called lier to ful 111 lier propo sal, hut that she refused. The papers in the e.isc were Hied Wednesday and asked for $10,000 to satisfy Morton's mental and iinanclal Injury. Tho actress denies all his assertions oxoept that she did frequently Lilted him why ho did not get married. His in variable reply was that no ono would have him. Tho Davin Monument. Ground wa? brokon at Richmond, Va., Wednesday for tho monument to Jefferson Davis, to be sreoted by tho United Daughters of tho Confed eracy and to cost $50,000. Mrs. 8. T. McCullough, of Stauton, Va., chairmen of the monumontoommlttco presided at tho ceremonies, which were almplo in tho extremo, and wit nessed practically by tho members of tho building committeo only. The unveiling ceremonies ore iixed for 1907 and are expected to bc very elah orate, thc whole south participating through prominent representatives. Hui ned to Death. At Elizabeth, N. J., Thomas Galla gher was burled under live coals and ournod to death- He crawled into an ash pit under tho railroad track? of tho Port Reading yard ard went to sloop thero. An engine bucked down to this pit carly Wednesday and stopping directly ovor tho spot where Gallagher lay asleep, dumped buming coals and red hot ashes upon him in such quantities that thc sleeping man was completely covered. I ? mt un Ai III. Mr. Ralph Baer, of Spartanl urg while operating a corn shredding ma chine on tho farm of J. H. Gosnoll at CaiOptOii Tuesday, mot v/lth an ac Oldent which cost him Ids right arm. In somo manner his arm was caught in tho maohlnory and terribly lacerat ed, which resulted In thc amputation of tho member. Dr. IL R. Blaok por formed tho op?ration. MONEY NEEDED. Treasurer Wyatt fpppalt to the Pub lio for Fi anoial Help Southern Cotton Ataociattou Ha? Done Much fop tho South and Dosorvcs Support. To tho Eiltor of the State: I am Just In reoelpb of a lotter from ono of our uijst prominent farmers in South Carolina whioh reads as fol lows: To The Southern Cotton Assoolatlou, Columbia, S. O. Gentlemen: Made yesterday first sale of thia year's cotton a lot of 200 bales ab ll 1 3 oonts per pound. I j congratulate tho association and here with onolose a oieok for a part of the one-eighth, $50 to help on the good oause. 1 am Vory respcotfu'ly, R. M. PROuKS. Kollook, S. O. I wHh Mr. Editor, Just at this timo to say that the Southern CoUon as soolablon bas reached a point In Its p:ogr ss that lb will requ're a groot dial of knowledge and tact to steer tho old boat on for time to come. I, as Its treasurer of the South Carolina division, am in touoh with every sec tion of this Stato as well as other southern states. As I have said be fore, lt will require a great deal of money to porfoot this organization. What tho association has accomplish ed up to this timo ls simply marvel ous and the world stands aghast and ls saying nov* : "What will ho the out come of this organIzUlon?" I1', very civilized nation has its eyes turned upon the soubh, though that is not surprising when wo realiso thc fact that the few southern States produoe at least 75 per cont of tho clothing of tho world. If tho asB( elation wlbh a 14,000,000 bale orop staring us In tho taco when tkey claimed that 11,000.000 was all that tho world could consume, could place cotton from 6 couts to 10 1 2 cents per pound, thou when cotton droppod below 10 cents the association came to the from and said - "Farmers, hold your cotton for ll ci nts and you will get lt," ought lt not be sufficient evidence to evory "doubting Thomas" that thc association oan, will and has accomplished a great deal for the south, and I do not liest tato bo predlot that this ls only tho beginning in one sense of tho organization. I have Implicit contldenco In our ^ v pie and as soon as they real zi the fact what this association Is doing for them, they will not heslttates to put their time and money Into tho work and when they do that, wo will then nave thc strongest organization ever organized by man, especially when they realiza the facb bhab If we con trol a staple which produces from year to year $000,000,000 to $700,000, 000, then we can begin to realize what a stupendous undertaking, and noone can predlot the outcome or the untold amount of wealth that will accomu lato In our southern land. When wo onoo suocecd In get ting the cotton growers and the cot ton manugaotures to stand h?ud In hand with a mutual understanding as to what price shall bo in o.der to do away with fluctuations and have a staplo pr;co, then those of tu liv;, to see lt, and 1 beleivo lt ls lu the near future when audi a condition will ex ist you will see every cotton pitch lu b'i3 south double lu value, veu will seo nev/ homes take the place of oki ones, you will soo now church, s, behool nouses and coliegOS springing up every where and wc will be the richest and most properem people on earth. Now, Mr. Editor, what I want to soe la our farni.v?, merchants, bla kers and bhoso o? ovary av .cition lo thc south to tak i an Interest in thin movement and small contributions i f each will complete the org.u.J/. -Alon and will not aft cb any other legiti mate line of business and by so doing as I have said, wo will be the most Independent people OU earth. Wo expect bu ii. va a in-ietlu,,' of tho county presid ?nt ? ai the Southern Cot ton associate n ? ill JO tom oirow and hope that we vvlll have a good attend ance. Please allow mi tj th ink yo.i as well as bheother nawsp^pors of the Stato at larg- f ir tire hearty support and coop?rai io t\iat y ii have render ed us In this movement and 1 wish to siy in behalf of tho farmers that they appreciate it very mnch, too. E. II. HYATT, Treasurer SJUUI Carolina Division. Columbia, S. C. Found Dontl. Helen Hope, who was marrlod on Wednesday night to Randolph C. Johnson at Perqulmans N. C., was found dead In tior bridal chamber Thursday with a pistol In her hand and a dull3t wound In her head. Johnson was lying across the hod with three bullets In his head and body. John Bon had 1< ved Miss Hope Bince her early childhood. lie was 28 years old, and she but 17. Aftor the wed ding Wednesday night a large supper and dance followed and about mid night the couple drove to tao home the groom had proparcd. Their non appearance about the house In the morning caused Inquiry and when the door of the bridal chamber was brok en the woman was found lying In a pool f blood before her dresser with a pistol In her hand and her brains ot zing fr jin the wound In her head. Johnson's wounds wero In the loft breast, the left temple and a grazing wound on the oheck. Either of the llrst two would have proved fatal No motive for the tradegy can bo. learned. A ?Mtt OAHU. A dlspatoh from Kort Mill to Tho State says: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammonds arc prostrated wltb grief over the death Wednesday afternoon of their 2-year old daughter, who died fr< m the alioota of on ounce of carbol ic acid. Mr. Ham monds was prepar ing to move and In packing up bis household goods came across a bottle of carbolic acid, which ho throw throrgh an open window Into thc yard. Ills li!,tlc daughter, playing in the yard, saw tho bottle fall anil picking it up, drank lt. Her parents soon discovered that something was wrong with hor and summoned physicians. Inspifceof all the efforts of frionds and physicians thc little girl died In leas than an hour. Dropped 1)?SAU. A man believed to he H. E. Gart roll of Dodge, Walker county, Georgia, dropped dead on ono of tho prlnolpal Streets of Klrmlngham, Ala , Thurs day. In his pockets was a letter ad dressed to "H. IC Gartrcll." Memphis Tenn., and signed ' Slstor Mary." It w,is written from Dodge. Ho also nad $124.05 lu cash on his person. Ile acorns to havo boon In bad health. The Cotton f*ltu?Aon. Slowly but surely tho whole cotton world ls coming to reoogulze the Im mense significance of organization among tba farrars ot the Southern J SUWs, ??ya a writer ?wm Kew Or leans in tb? Charleston Fwat. Th? writer goes on to say that 'hero have , been many organisations ot farmers in days fcvyne by but not until the present year was such a movement over attempted albng practical lines, nonce, not until 1005 were practloal reBults over attained. Tho organiza tion referred to Is the Southern Cot ton Association, j Viewed from old standpoints, tho < situation today lu remarkable In many ? ways, principally because the specu lator has been very largely eliminated 1 as tho dominating price unking fac tor. This has been brought about solely through the logical eficot ot the < intelligent marketing of the orop by , tho 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 as In tho days-when the farmer's first thought was the dlspo sitlon of his crop to the first comer who had the cash to buy lt with. This ls all just as it should be and will Inevitably work wonders in tl io upbuilding of tho cotton growing States, provided tho farmers do not got side-tracked or over do the thing. There is now no reason to foar the development of other cotton growing fields in other parts of the world, but should the healthy growth of the worlds spinning and weavlug industry bo oheoKcd by the American farmer tlie development work of tho British Cotton-Growing Assoolatlon will ro celvo an immonso impetus. Tho praotloal course for the South is beyond a doubt, tho raising of ample cotton each year, the marketing of that cotton slowly and to tho best possiblo advantage, tho diversifica tion of crops, tho raising of all farm supplies possible, and tho avoiding ol all such schemes as proposed by Mr. Sully for the oornerlng of the cotton market and the gambling In cotton futures. In spite of the fact that hedge sell ing usually depresses tho pries of tho speculative market in the fall of the year, thc intelligent marking of spot cotton this season has exerted such a powerful In il uenoo on the trade generally that both spots and hptlons have advanced nearly two cents a p und. As to tho futuro of the staple, cau tious operators as a rule now agree that with tho worlds trade In manu factured goods at high wator mark no very sorious Inroads In the price are likoly before new crop considera tions next spring begin to affect tho views of operators and spinners and not then unless new crop prospeots are all br'ght. Mcanwhilo there ls an excellent prospect of shortage in the botter grades of cotten, and a tendency among spotmen to hold such grades for wider differences, or to hold suoh cotten out in small lots as an Induce ment to buyers of the low grades. Motion ft Curvo. Five persons were killed, 10 serious ly injured and a score hurt in a head on collision between a passenger train and a coal train on tho Doi&waro, Lackawanna & Western railroad near Ha dock's creak, In Pennsyl ila, Wednesday afternoon. All of tl 'Hi ed were trainmen. The injur to the passengers were caused by t ter rille torco of the trains oor.._t ?o get her, the engine on thc pasaongor i rain being forced almost through the br. g gage car. Thc passenger train dashed Into the frleght on a sharp ai vc. The passenger train was run? nit g at the rate of about 36 miles an nour. It is said that tho freight crew I mlsroad tho orders and instead of' walting on a fkllng for tho passenger train came out on the main track. Ge used Htm to Suloiclo. Alarmed by receipt of a letter upon willoh was drawn a skull and cross bones, Howard Owen, a prominent business man of Vienna, Ga., took his lifo on Wednesday. He had boon marrlei Just one month. His wife, heating the report of thc pistol, ran In and threw a buokod of wator on him to quench the lire whloh was burning his clothing. Mr. Owen was held rp and robbed Monday night Novj ii. Wednesday morning ho found his pistol whloh the robbers had taken from him under the doorstep. After going to his place of business he found In the mall tho skull and orossbones letter with the words, ''Preparo to meet thy God." Owen immediately went home and kl Held himself. An Old Negro's OiHoovory. An old negro who has a forty-acre farm on Choctaw oreek, near Sher man, Tex., claims that he makes a bale of cotton to tho acre every year by topping tlie cotton stalks in the dark ot August moon. Tho topping ls said to oau80 tho plant to spread and to put an a heavier frultago on the lower branches, If lt be established that his u-iiformly go d yield ls main ly due to summer pruning, this hum ble ?Hier of the soil on Choctaw crock has made as Important a discovery in cotton planting as that made in cotton spinning hy the mill oporatlve who fonnd out for himself tiiat the thread carno smoother and easier by wetting the raw cotton before spinning. Hiiwor Blown Un. An explosion of gas in tho sewer running under Pennsylvania avenue, Allegheny, Pa., betwenn Sedgwiok and Manhattan streets Wednesday broke hundreds of windows and toro up pavemontson Pennsylvania avenue for a distance of two squares. No one was Injured. Tho explosion causod much excitement lu the vicinity, and the report was plainly heard a milo away. All tho windows in an elcotric car on Fulton street, some distance away, were broken, and tho passen gers were in a panic, several being making a hasty exit from tho oar. How thc gas was ignited ls not known. lOftgto look ?i Child. While a peasant woman who was carrying her baby, aged two years, was roturning home to a hamlet near Courmayer, Switzerland, ?ho was at tacked by an enormous eaglo which attempted to snatch away tho ohiid. The hird though beaton off, return ed lo the attack again and again, and llnaJly succeeded In carrying off the child. Tho mother, who rec jived many wounds and had her olothes torn, hurried homo and in a short time seventy-five men headed by tho priest, climbed the neighboring moun tains in search Df tho eaglo and the child. No tr?:Oc of either was dis c.worcd, and tho soarco haB sinco been abandoned. Some folks buy books to put monoy in their heads; othors buy clothes and put money on their backs. IHCK FROM T? X .\8. Prei^dent smith Says tho Froipeot Sve?y where iu Sucouragleg. rho Report of Crop Conditions ls ?mea by tho Southern Cotton Association is Vory RucourajilnR The Columbia State says Mr. E. D Smith, field agent of the Southern Ootton Assoolatlon was in Columbia last week and was elated over the 3ottono militions. He Bald: "I am Just back from a tour of tho West where I have beon in tho in torost of the Southern Cotton asso. oiation, to meat the excoutivo com mittee of tho Texas division. In At lanta I wasjoiued by President Jor dan and we together went via Vicks burg and Shreveport. This carried us through Mississippi, Louisiana and a part o? Texas. Throughout Missis slppt the ootton orop ls certainly as "hort or shorter than has been report ed. Tho frost aud worms, so far as our obsei v \tlon went, have complete ly destroyed all prospect of anything like a crop from the late cotton or top crop of tho old cotton. "From Vicksburg to Shreveport, between which two points iBthe delta of the Mississippi and Red rivers and unquestionably the finest cotton lands uf the world, there will not bo made moro than 45 to 50 per cent, of last years yield. Noar Monroo, Li., where ls tho very oreara of the don a, there ls practically no cotton at all. Thous ands of acres have been abandoned and thousands l.avo been only parti ally tended, with a not result that tho Louisiana crop ls practically a failure. "At Shcvoport, where wo missed oonneotion and had to He over for six hours, wo had an opportunity of in tervlowlng cotton men and business mon and they confirmed the impres sion that wo had received from cur own observation. From ??heveport tc Dallas we went through a portion ol tho best cotton lands of Tc xis and the same oondlton obtained through out this porticn of the Stale. A' Dallas tho State fair was in progr?s* and repr?sentatives of evey conuty ir the State, also tho members of tht exeoutlve committee, were present. "The \'act8. as stated by these dlf ferent parties, aro to tho . if ct thal in tho eastern, central and norther! portions of Texas tho orop was fron 30 to 36 per ocnt. short of last year In western Texas, where tho bo weevil is most numerous, lils ravagei have not been so great this year as ? conBcquenoo tho western T xas croi is H s good or bettor than last year's but it must be understood that thh means a restricted aroa and tho pro dilution per aero does not exceed more than one half crop this yeer as com parod with the same territory with out the weevil. I think it would bc a conservative estimate to plat o the shortage In Texas alone at 1 200,000 bales. From Tana wo returned via Texarkana and Memphis. "This took us through tho entire State of Arkansas where we had am ple opportunity of seeing the crop lc that State and practically the same per cent, of shortage was cvldcut. Tho frost in Arkansas seems to h&Vt been more destructive than in anj other State wi'h the exception ol northern Georgia. "From my observation of tho croi in ovory State, for I h&v J visited al save (florida, the estimate i.sued bj tho Southern Cotton a.-s;clatioi making thc crop for this year 9,444, 000 bales as ginned (whioh does nol include of course, Untere) is a con servative ono. .'Certainly we havo succeeded al last in convincing tho world of btu shortness of this orop, hence the pric< tlxed at Asheville has been reached 1 do not feel that I have the right t( advise the farmers to hold beyonc this price, but lt is my opinion thal we will see much higher prices in nhl immediate future and even though 1] cents has been roached, it will not b( wisdom ou the part ot tho farmers t( rush the cotton to market, for th< reason that it might have a tendency to depress prices temporarily. I thlnl that those who will hold the.r cot ton and market lt slowly from nov on will be amply rewarded as those who have loyally stood for tho ll cents minimum. "I congratulate tho State and tin south on its winning another victory Surely by this timo every ono wll recognize the work accomplished bj thc cotton aasoolatlon and will b( willing to give it their support. It li useless to attempt any argument t( prove thc part wc havo played lr maintaining the prica of cotton. Wi havo gained every point we set out U gain and havo accomplished our ob ject, whioh is to provo to thc work that we can and will control southon crop in the interest of the southerr cotton growers. On aocount of larg? recolpts from weak holders throwing their cotton on tho market, brcauso o: the pressure of debt, tho boars wen able through their great leader to de press the price of cotton durlug th< months of September and October and even to frighten some whoso faitl was not as strong an lt should be, bul now that tho position Js securely lr our hands, 1 think slmplo JusUoe de I mands that we hold tho balan?a ol our crop until those who took ad .an tage of the weakness of our posh lor in O ot Ober and September shall bc mado to pay back all that they gfclnec hy this advantago, as well as a gooc profit on tho annoyance they causee us. " I havo perfected a plan of organ tlon for collecting funds whioh I want to put Into operation not later than the middle of next week. I will Issue a c.kll to all county presidents tc moot mc In my ofiloe on Friday, the 10th, to re?oive instructions and tc put Into immediate operation these plans. "1 hope thc o linty presidents whe ROO this dil and who may not receive a personal letter In time, will meet In tho UH so of tho Southern Cotton assoolatlon, skyscraper building, Col umbia, S. O , at 12 o'clock, Friday, so that wo may bcg'n a thorough and systematic campaign of tho Stato, Let every provident bo present at this 1B a matter of vital Importance at this junoture. In conclusion 1 wish to say that there ls absolutos no factor now apparont to oause any un aslneis to thoso who have spot cotton. We hate won the light and thoso of ns who have been Instrumen tal In winning it suroiy ought to on joy the boat moasuro of benefit from our fight and our victory." A friend to whom you havo told se orots holds a drat mortgago on >oui poaceof mind which lie many foroolose any timo by disclosing. PERUNA CAPIU&ED Right Bottloi of (ho Putout Modiolus T?kou at Co is tr At. Th? Columbia B o ord says the ll rat seizure of patent mediolnes under the recent order of Chief Godstaolo Ham mstii ??as made We^u??day ??l Ce?tra? willoh lg in the prohibition county ot | Piokons. Hore eight bottles of Peruna were takon by Ohiof Oureton and lils ! men and a report of this was wade to Mr. Hammatt. The se ?ure was made from J, E.I Brown, a merchandise dealer ia that town and lt ls said that a vigorous campaign ls going tobe waged against the thirty odd medtoines that have boon outlawed for sale in this state without prescriptions. Ju^t what the outcome of this will be ls not known yet, but it ls said that a rep* resentativo of tho Proprietary Asso ciation of America wlil he here in a day or so for a conference with tho constabulary department. The asso ciation is composed of practically all of tho manufacturers of tho o.umttj and they play a prominent part in the miking of medioluo laws of tho vari nus states. Tio drugght hr;ro are drowsing the recnt order generally a? d Pj ls safe to say that lt will bi obeyed. N > trouble it; anticipated in most of thc larger towns and cities as a matter of fact aod it ls only in the prohibition communities that a close watch will have to bo kept. 1 J is regarded as rather p- collar that Pickers county, willoh has ooly recently voted out the dispensary and whero tho constables were only a few days ordered baok, should bo tho tlrst to roport a violation of the order. Tho spirit proof or Poru?a whtoh wi,s set/.id is g:v.:ii in tho ( ll)Mal report of tho S'.a;e Chemist as fifty two per cent. Chlnr*n iliut*ltiy. Dr. Maohle, tho American mhsi n ary whoesosped massacre, at Ltene ohow, gives horrifying details of the atn cities committed on tho American wjrucn Wu en tue disturbances com menced tho mob seiz d Miss Chestnut 11 and Mrs. Maohle and exposed them to public view In a Chinese t( ni plc. Amy Machio, the doctor's ten-vear-old child. , I was carried 11? and Hung aliv>. into the , I river. The rioters Btrlpped Miss Chest nut naked and Hung her Into the riv r. While the two were struggling in ?he water three Chi na men speared them with ti ld nts, Miss Chcitnut's b dy and Amy Maohle's head were ? I piero d. Mrs M cl lo appealed to tte rloteos, but tho mob stoned hov brains I out, stripped her body and thing lt < into tho ri ver. Toe mob then captur k. ed Mr. and Mrs. l'.alrt, s'-ripped them nak.d, rxo^sed th ni Tor fifteen mlnu te1*, clubb'ug P r.le to death In his wife's presence and subsequently kill ed Mrs. Peale In the same brutal fash ion. A Common Hcnmi Kulin*;. Tl e president has a way of doing things that must be caleula cd to well nigh take away the breath of the red stickier at Washington. Reoeut ly he author!/.'.d au amendment to thc civil service rubs providing that here af 1er a cabinet officer shall have power summarily lo remove; without a hearing, any civil sor vice omploye in his department who has been gull ty of misc induct, or who ls Inefficient In the performance of his duties. Heretofore unworthy employes have |bee.n known to take ,advantage of their civil service statin to hold their } Jib, and have defied r.hoir superiors ; Tnis ruling nf the president will put a st op to that sort of thing. Poss! bly the president m>y h!>.vo strained j ins authority a little b at hU action ls based ca common seas s any way. [, IOinpctisoiB iif ?.tl. ? At Spartanb irg tho grand j irv hi ) sessions cnirt Wodn'jsday roturncc truo bills as to J. P. ThaokstOO, .J. J Bishop, L ll ( diing, II. T. Forgusor. and J. W. Hunemacn, charged witt violating the dispensary 'aw. K .ch ol these defendants is a dispenser, foin conducting beer dispel Barles and ont -Ferguson operating liquor dlspen sary No. 1 No re ,ion has yot been tuken as to Chas. Smith, former chair ' I man cf the county bo;: rd of control i\'A ll. Landford, member of theboard, .1. W. Harmon, Pquor c?r.pemer, ant W. N. Avant of the board of control Their cases will probably bo pa9.sed or by the grand Jury Thursday. Tao dis pinners against whom true bills have been returned may he tried at thc present term of court. Murder and t-iuiuUlo. j At Washington, after tiring two i shots at lils wife, one of which pene 1 tratcd her breast, thc other the ab domen, Washington .1 Q tlggle, early Wednesday morning hoot 1 imsoh in the head and died almost instantly . Qulggle was private secretary te Theos. E\ Walsh the C.llorada mining 1 millionaire. Mrs. Q Mk'gie I? In f critical condition and may not survive, Tho couple were secretly nurrhd less \ I than two months awo In Boston. Nc cause ls given for tho shooting. No Uno in the World. An Indianapolis Iud.desponent he oause ho folt that ho bad outlived his usefulness Capt. .James G. Wright eighty live years old killed hlmsell Wednesday by shooting himself In thc heal. Wright had been a steamboat oaptain on boats plying tho O tlo and Mlsslsslpl rivers. Ho was a man ol means having be.on at different tlmet M a hanker at Madison Ind. and For! Worth Tex. Down in Massachusetts a woonan has been taking up a collection amoila her friends for tho purpose of raising money onough to secure a divorce, i If tho man in the caso doesn't fed > oheap we may be safe in conclu ling that the lady dese/vjs her freonom. , The value of last y oar's ogg orop . was three millions of dollars. All the gold mines In the world yield a little > over half as much The South ls the > best place In the United Statce for poultry raising. The long summers and mild ?vinters make it an easy matter to keep chickens in good con dition. Thc moment a woman's heart bo giusto gotsour and cmbltterfd the i wrinkles orop out ready for hu3lness. s I lor face is as crinkled as a papor lamp shade, and If site, ev dr looks sweet, and ycungagaln lt is heoauso shebas learned to keep her hoarb sunny. Rural mall oirriers havo received orders from headquarters to reftiRe to tako unstamped mail from tho boxer. Horotoforo patrons have dropped un stamped mall tn the h xas; also depos ited pennies for tho postage Here after Biioh methods will not ho per mitted, and stamps must he proourcd from thc carrier or elsewhere and be properly ofilxod by the patron to In sure the service doslrod,. Bookkeeping^ ' Shorthand, Tyi>e guaranteed courue 20 weeks. Sing! band, 8 mos. 12 calls for graduates i matul. Write. I THE GUINARD ? COIvUMB x Manufacturer* Brick, Flrr Proof & Flue linings and Pram Tile. Pre ? or millions. COTTON QINNBR 5VN) V Write for Prices on Babbit Couplings Quugcs Drills Cungo Cocks Oil Cups Hack Saws Oil Cans Belt, leat Fittings Injectors Pipe Lace Leather, Packing all kinds, Shaft! else in m ach li Columbia Supply Co., - - 1S KOORA CS OAP IV &K OHIO. Thny lOIcotod All Htnto OUloorB ami in? Kif'glslature. John M. Pattison, Damoorat will be thc next governor of Ohio, and his party associates on tho state tiokei have alto b?en elected. Both houses of the legislature will be democratic the last hope of the republicans van iBhiug with the report thu.t tile Ham ilton c u ty delegation was Bolidly d' m< oratio. Chairman. Curter, of the Democrat io State C ?mmltteo, after reading dispatches from tho oountv ohalr?nau throughout tho state, said: The indications are that Pattison ls eleoted by from 40 0:JO to 50,000 ex co< ding my estimate considerably. We carried both houses of tho legislv ture and will bave tho largest me j <r> ity there wc have over had. Ile said he would give out a regular statement later In the day. At that ' h ur Chairman Dick was not at repub lican headquarters, and in his abscr.ee no li ;urcs would bo given out, but his earlier claims that II rrlck was elect ed were still maintained. The republican countlos throughout the state show enormous republican, losses and the democrats have gained . almost everywhere. Billi ohalrmen have sent m osages to tho county chairmen urglug prompt reporting of result -, and eaoo hoped to have deft nate figures during tho mornlrgV Tao governor has b ?.on running away ahead of his ticket almost all over the state. The reverse was expected, owiog to the factional tight agalntt his reoleotion. What llovB Cont. Some ono has Ugure d out that the average boy who ls dependent upon his parents for a livelihood until he reaches the ago of 21 y cars, c <8ts them $4,000. Upon this basis of caleula 1 tlon a brood for instance, six boys, will represent an outlay of $2-1,000 by tho time they leave the homo roost, j The question naturally arises, do^s it pay to raise boys, and aro there no other crops that would be more profi table! If a boy turns ou}>to be cigar otto fiend with a laugh that would make the wild untutored donkey feel perfectly at homo In his society, and with an untrammeled and uncorq jer ablo desire to avoid work it is sate to nay the parents might have invested to better advantages. But If the boy groA-s up with the lesson well loamed that wealth and success grow oi ly ob t ashes by the sweat of the brow, tl e ! parents need not begrudge whatever 1 they have spent on him, for ho will . bo a source of increasing joy and pride 1 to their hearts when they grow old [ and their hands tremble and their legs [ wabble and their steps are si ;w and r faltering. They will then havo two 1 strong arms to lean upon. ! Out> ,< Noar GaU'iioy. A dispatch from Gaffney to The i State sayu a petition ls being clrcu , lated in that city asking for signers I for the purpose of forwarding it to tho governor of South Carolina with i a request that he off-ir a reward for the apprehension of the parties that ? tired into the house of Wash Lips ; comb, a negro living near Gaffney, Wednesday night. Wash Lipscomb ls a respectable, hard working negro. He thinks that about a dozen shots 1 wore tired through both sides of his house, in an ( l?jrt it is said, to draw . Wash from the inside. No one was , injured by tho shooting. In addition j to shooting with shot guns around the pren i ses, the marauders by tho use j of axes, knives or some other kind of . an instrument cut a buggy belonging , to tlie negro entirely to pieces. The buggy was a new one and was entirely eut up, being a c impletc wreck. Tho . potltlon had no lack of kignora and lt ls probable that the reward will bo ( Hared. It is thought that the shoot ing and cutting must have been done by quito a number. > Itoll Weevil Pest HproatlinK ; Thc Louisiana state crop pest com mission teportsthab tho Mexican boll 1 woovll has just been reported at Bay ou Chlcot, St. Landry, noarly the cen 1 tre of tho state, showing that lt has mov?d forty miles eastward in Louis 1 ana tills summer. The tight against ' tho weevil In Louisiana has so far ac complished little, although the most ! strenuous pol loy is pursued and no , goods likely to oarry boll weevil are ! admitted from an Infected to an un infected portion of tho stato. The I commission also roports against tho Marston process of getting rid of Gio weevils by tho uso of paris green, which claimed tiro $60,000 pr;zo offer ? ed by Texas fra means of ohecking : the boll weovils, and declaring that i tho remedy not only did no ^ ood, but i actually tended to Increase thc num ber of weevils. Fatal Aooidoiit. James flt. A. Brooks, a well known manufacturer of Philadelphia was killed; Miohaol G. Price, a buslnoss associate was sorlously Injured, arid their wives wero painfully hurt In an automobile a.oldont Thursday near Absccon, N. J., about 60 milos from Philadelphia. Tno accident was oausod by a tiro slipping ell' ono of the rear vinni i of their automohilo while they ver.) riding at high speed. A Bargain. Ono Golden Eaglo Buggy $06.00 quality; ono exoallent set harness, quality ?12.50, total ri.60, sold with out dealers profits dlrcot to you at $5:1 00. You can got tho same goods through your dcalor at $77 60, but why? Sec our adv., lu this papor. Goldon Eaglo Buggy Co, CA9 ?i* A. -writing, English branches, e couran of either Business or ?hert in about 20 days. Can't supply de BRICKWORKS,;! Torra'cotta Building Rlock>r ! ! pared to lill orders for thou ands ] \ LVJ.ilJU*/ OWNERS. the Following Lubricators Reit, Gandy Rolt, Rubber Lilli Press; her Ejectors Hammers Files Pulleys lng, Collars for Shafting and anything lory supplies. - ? Columbia, S. C. GOOD MEWS. 3oienoo At ??afct Dleoovora A Heal Oure for Rheumatism. After years of experiment a new scientific remedy has been found that ? not only relieves, but absolutely cures Rheumatism and kindred dieases, to stay cured Rheumatism is caused hy an excess of poisonous acids in tho blood. The now discovery RIIEU MACIDIC, though purely vegotab blc, and acting through nature's chan nels, neutralizes these acids and sweeps all po is ions and harmful germs out of thc blood. At the same time it tones up the stomach and regulates thc liver and kidneyp. RHEUM ACIDIC therefore, cures the dis sise permanently,because it re^ moves the cause. It has cured hun dreds of cases aftoi tlio most noted doctors and hospitals have failed. ItllEUMACTDIC cured James Wilkes, of Dillon, S. C., after he had been held in bed by rheumatism for three years and his feet were drawn up al most to his back. This ls only ono of thc many marvelous cures RIIEU M ACIDIC has already performed, itu EU M ACIDE 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 tho leading druggists in this place sell and recoin mend RHEUM AGI DB). Honest Treatment for Weak Discouraged men. Do Not Throw Your Money Away on Worthless Treatments, But Write to Dr. Hathaway, tho South's Most Export Specialist, Who Can Bo Depended Upon to Cure You. 25 Yearn Experience. MEDICAL BOOKS PiU3. Wirte fir f n If yon aro a man 8 J flor lng from unnatural discharges, emissions, prematuro discharge, or from a completo loss of your manhood, do not throw your monoy away on tho many worth less treatments from fake medical companies, "institutes," otc., hut alt right down ann write to Dr. J. Nowton I'- away, 88 finnan Hld?., Atlanta, Gu. This physician has perfected a method of treatment after over 25 years of ox porionco that will positively rest oro any weak, wornout, discouraged man lo a typo of porfoot manhood, whothor tho patient is young, old or niiddlo-ngo?. Ready made medicines cannot possit) y euro this condition, hut well and ovory ouse requires specially prepared treat ment administered by au expert ph j stolon who Is competent to understand just what your caso requires. Tho vast oxporionco of Dr. I lat han n y has given liim a knowledge of thia condition in men not possessed hy uny othor physician; and ovory mau in this oonditiou !.lu.nhl write him without dolay. Everything ls kept stritoly confidential, and all medi cines, which aro preparod lu his own labora tory, aro sent in plain p.ickages. During tho years ainl years ho lins boon established in At lanta ho has conduced his business in an honest? straightforward maimer, and his repu tation is known to all. Ho will s md to eooh sufferer his book for mon, entitled '.Manli ness, Vigor aud Health." Ho also cures all other disoasoH of mon such os Strioturo, Va? rlcocolo, Gleet, otc, and if you aro aflliotod write him for a book on your disoaso. Ho baa a iiumlH-r of thom. Have no hesitancy in wrfing him. Tho ad- ess is J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. 1)., f i Inman Hldg, Atlan ta, Ga. BUGGY LOGIC. To sell buggies to dealers cost bug gy manufaoturors abc ut $2.50 per job for drummers. Tue consumer pays the bill. To sell direct by this adv. to tho consumer costs about tho samo money and the cmsumor pays the bill. But who gets thc dealer's profils when. there ls no dealer in the deal? Answer: You're the man. Gjlden Eiglo Rug Rlos, $(J5.00 retail value, to you direct under guaranteo, $10.00. You're pleas ed or your money back. A tip: Buy with eaoh Golden Eagle Buggy a 912 60 sot of harness at $4 00. They cost your dealer more. Tno. doublo purohase saves you $2;) 00 and seoures an outfit whloh will look elegant to begin with and last with the very best. Send for dosorlptive catalog No. 20. GCLDEN EAGLE BUGGY Co., _ Atlanta, Ga. Four Mon Killed, The press houso of the Phoenix . powder works at. Phoonixville, Illi nois, exploddd Wednesday afternoon killing four men, several others were injured. - - ORGANS - . of tho host puality $45 up Upright Pianos From $225 up. Write Us for cataloguoo and terina; ?, Malone's Music House, ?J ti oot Almost opposito MrtBoni? Tcbiplo. COLUMBIA, S. O. ..4M