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?O THE FA?Mlv?^ AWBAIJ OF PRESIDENT SMITH TO THE COTTON GROWERS. To F educ? the Cotton A ore- ge and False 1 heir <'wn Vocd Crops This Tear. Mr. E. D. Brr 1th, organize for the Southern Cotton Association and president of the South Carolina dlvls lon. has given out tho following state ment: "Tills ls the first time that I havo peen ab'e ?o bo out Bluco my return from the West. I tm glad to report from Loutalaua, Arkansas and Texas a very ll ?urlshtug o nd lt lou of tk,o a. sooiatlon. Whcrevor I havo boen and spoken tho psoplo havo readily g rum ed the Idea that this I? a sie plo ou il - ness proposition ui:d ti at the power to control their orup Iles entirely with in their own hands. "Throughout the State of T x?.' there is quite as rouo i enthusiasm and determination aa there is in any other Stato lu the Union. They did not hold their cotton as other Slates have don.:; practically because so ^e of their lei dora, not Col. Paters, ad vised them against pegging their o>tton for 16 cents a poin.d, on tho contrary advised tlttm to sell lt as long as vb ey enid get ll cents per pound middling. Too cous.qutnce wa? that Texas sold ber crop. "The conditions fv.r this State f. r onothor year, so far as my observation and oplouion aro to be depended upon, are these: L-v. t year tho fcprlng was so cold ano wet that lt was Impossible to plant oom and oats in Maio i and April. In this Slate of T xas If corn and oats aro not planted In Marc i and April lt is useless to plan. them at all, for the reason that thc excessive hot, dry winds of June and July practical ly destroy the oom at-d blight the oats. Hence, as aald before, the spring was so baokward that the time for oom and oats planting had past before any planting ccu.d he done. The consequence was that as ooitcu could be planted as late as July ar.d still make a fairly gcod yield, the gratD lands of Texas were planted ir? cotton last year. Tais year, these two months, February and Mari h, being Ideal for putting in small grab; and om, the farmer*, having on ao count of last year's fahure to bo buj lng corn now will he apt to Increase their grain crop for this year. Be sides this, in eastern and cen ? ral T< xas there will bo a large voluntary reduc tion for various reasons, principan,, among whloh ls the organ.zition ol the Southern Cotton ass;;c a lon aur' the practloal good sense of tn.ac wu will adhere to Its te; O'IIUKS. "In northern Texas there will be possibly an Increase hi acres ge princi pally through the opening up of ne w lands. "In Arkansas I linn, much to my astonishment, that State bayiug the least and doing iho most., so ?ar as standing by tho association ls con cerned. They not only have not soid their cotton but have provide ! them selves with waiehouse facilities and ample means, and are not gol. g to sell it until lt reaches thc price for which fiey have pledg- d to hold. I saw no indications thr u^hout tl is S ate that there would beany praotloai Increase of acreage, IHU, a d?termin?t ion i n the part of those to woom I poke. And from the general lmpr?t?siou gathered frc m this Stale, I think that a greater amount of determina tion will be practiced this year that, ever bsfo e. "lu Louisiana the conditions an such that no one can prt.f?cr, whaVtht outoomo may be. I<\ir the lirsb time last year the boll weevil gob tn his de structive work, ard, with the bud season, Louisiana mi.de practical!} no crop; neither has bho made any oom orop. "Tue price of cotton ls unusually high. Tue prospect before them of having to buy au entire year's e.up ply, with the knowledge that their land will make oom, and un account of the boll weevil, the disposition seems to be rather to Increase their food iupp!y crop. "These are threo States that I o v crcd In my absence and where I work ed night and day. 1 have LOO for t ne moment lost lait h In the movement ; and in the ultimate vhulioitton of thc stand that we have taken. Those who have spot cotton who have r?solu .ely held it in the face of all organized ef fort to force them to soil at other than their ligures have a brighter prospect of vioiory today than ever before, "Theglnners* report of Unters, soa ls'and cotton, the amount of cotton which should have been rt ported in last year's crop, and the ? i?otehco lu the weights o? bales this year and last all deducted from the total, will make the crop practically 10,000,01)0 bales. With tho world's consumption re quiring at least 12,000,000 bales out of the pr?tent orop, by the ilrst day of September next ihe condition of the spinners can easily b^ fig tired out and thc statistical report of cotton oaslly appreciated. "The prospects aro that wo will bc gin the Urs? of ni xt year with practl cally tho stock depleted, and If the farmers will hutexeiclso good common sense and reduce their acreage in cot ton, luoreashig tholr food products, there will bo no need to hold cotton another season for any length of time, beoause the world will bc clamorous for it from the beginning. "It bas been of great benefit to me to be able to point to South Carolina as standing wholly by her pledge. It ls no idle boast, nor is it said in thc Bpirit of a boast, but lather to show tho responsibility that is npon us, when I declare that the eyes of the other cotton growing Slates aro upon us, and South Cart lina thia year will determine by what she docs largely the fate of thc Southern Cotton Asso dation. "Ono word before closing this inter view as to tho far sightedness cf some of our pet'p'o. Because thc mills had bought Huli'oent cotton to enable them to stay out of tho maiket for a Short while the bears took udvantago of this and bi gan to hammer prices, A great many became fr lg tened and threw their cotton on t ho market. Tho speou'atora, realizing the str ngt i Of the statistical position of cotton ? bought the surp ui. and from now on they will reap the roward of high prices Instead of thoso wnom lo would most benefit. "Suroly after so many repeated les sons, tho people of the South will learn their strength ard hot allow themselves io bo m uie servants of the gambling sp?culait rs. "We will cel?brate another Jubilee this year. I sincerely hopo th it MS many will rejoice as cl H hst year when wo celebrated tho 10 cent vic tory. '-??Ul_ . I 1 ? ? &1?-UJI-JU '.To all ih?ootfo?fi prowess H? iu? Stftta letme nii?it?i iiii.i pieas lt you havo uoti refluid y< ur i ori age, and if you have already prepared it for oot ton, let mo beg you an a busluess pro position, as a good senio proposition, to relnco your cotton acreage now, ?nd li oriifsj your oom and food croe?, supp y yourselves, with moro hogs and cardin and reap thc reward of piro mer Sty. "Hold your spot cottoi I" HEOUOTION Ol? AOJAOS. What ? N w York UualnoBH Mun Says Af>nut 1% Superintendent William Y. King, of tho Now York Cotton Exobnngc lias addressed tho Southern Cotton Association on tho subj ot of over production. Uh letter says In part: "Ju my oplulon tho coming plant ing season will provo to bo tho most tr>log If not the most critical in the experience of tho cotton growers of tho South. Trying, beciuso there aro many who believe 10 or 10 1-2 conta wlil-pxove bosericu>a tem pta lion to tho plantation that ho will put every available aero In oottun. rbis opinion ls not coi tlacd to thit boot ion of tho country alone, but ls .indorsed by many of tho good people of the South) not plxnters of cotton, I am glad to say. It will hided prove a orltical season for tho plant-1 and for tho entire South shot ld the tvmptatlon to over-plaut In cotton oe curled out. The years of splendid w;>rk of your association, together with ?hat of others who have co opei itcd, will bo swept away, and a con dition of servitude for the p'an .e. will be re-enaoted wit h its cons quent six or teven coots for cotton. Tins ls not un extreme p'.o uro. lt ls eel tain to occur unloss tue planters stand sol Idly together and for their own pro tection diversify tito planting, put. ting in a moderat e oort ago ouly in cotton. If ihe planters will not prc teot themselves lu a matter nf sub vital Interest, to whom can they look for help? Certainly not to the buy er and consumer. To sum up the matter, the situation for weal or for woe, for seven cents or for twelve cents, is enthely In the hands of the planter. In a brief interval of tim? thc world will know whether ho 1 as roven Li Iso to himself cr han had the courage and manliness to resist che temptation which now threaten.^ to wrest from him tho oontrol of the situation." THE GAMS LAW. Many D.m't Sec hi to U.uh miami tin New Aol. The Colombia, Record of thc 21s instant paid "a pirty of about Li y Columbia sportsmen organized to muk' a trip to Fort Motto last week t? shoot birds, apparently unmindful ol the fact that the last legislature sine oded the gamo Uw so as to pro vtde for a closed season f 'Oin the 1st of Ma ch Instead of frjm the 1st o* April, as heretofore. A similar mlsun ?i rs anni ii seems to prt.vi.ll tbrougl - out ohe state. A state o Wo ar's score tary received an Invitation Wei nos lay from a Yo kvilie party t i go cu forts hunt "before the se,iso ti," ba? no wired his regrets, saying ta ) season had il ready olosed. Tue new gamo law provides: "It shall not be lawful for any per son in tttls state between tho 1st da\ >f M^rch and tho i?uh day of Novem ber, except io tho couuthsof H'iu - 'ort, HAtrpton, D irohestor, Oolleton Charleston liarnwell. Hork ley, Alkei Oconee, Lexington, Fairfield, Saluda Grjufiioiown and C arendon, win rei; tho limo shall bo botween the 1 ;t dA> of April and the 1st d?y of November In any year hereafter, to catob, kill, or Injure, or to pursue with suoh in ttnl.any wild turkey, partridge, quill, vuo.ic ck, Mongolian or other puoat>? ant, or at any time within five years from March the first, 1000, to sell, of fer, or expose for sale, snip or export for s.ile, or to pot hunt, not, tran, or hy fire llgot to cate t, kill or li J mo, or to pursue with such intent, any of tho birds hamed in this section; nor shail any person or persons ele.-.troy ot rob toe nests of any said birds. And any person so dol g shall bo deemtd gullviv of a misdemeanor, and upon conv.ctlon therefore s??all be tin ed not more thai twenty dollars or bo Imprisoned not moro than thirty days Provided, That nothing in this act .shall prevent the Importation for salo of any said birds. Provided, further, Tnat the own handling, possession, control or ownership of any of thosald birds sold, offered or exposed for sale, or shipped or exportod, shall be prima facie evidence, of a violation of thin act, and tho binden ot pro. f shall be of proof shall bo upon any person so handling, possessing, controlling or owning any of tho said birds, to show that, they were Imported from another state or territory." Snow .Hilo. A dispatch from Alamasi, Ooh, says not since thc terrible snow slide and blook?de of thc winter of 1881, when the Denver and Rio Orando branch road between Alamosa and Durango was Impassable for week, has thore bnen scch trouble experienced In this region as at the present time. No trains have arrived at Durango for Hf v(n days and every available mau ls heit g taken to tho large snow slide on Cumbres hill. Six dead engines arc snowed tn between that place and Du ro ugo, also ono of the big rotary snow plows. A rotary snow plow was Bent from Salida Tuesday, pushed by three engines. It has been Bnowlng con tinuously for seven days In the moun tains west and south of Alamosa and the oanyons aro full of snow and lc many places the tops of tall trees are just visible. Coal and eatables have been sent from hero to tho working crews and goods are hoing taken to tho snowed tn train on Cumbres hill lo keep the peoplo thore from starv ing. Kchoi H ot ttm Ht nut. Four sailing vessels lay wrecked on tho Vhglnla and North Carolina coasts Thursday, These vessels are the three-masted st ho mer Raymond T. Maull, Capt: nigbie, from Georgia to Philadelphia, whioh lies boa ohed on Gull shoals, N. C., south of I hu. tenn ; t' e threo masted schooner Hat land W. Houston, Capt. Casktns, from New York to Beaufort, N. C , which lies water-logged at Hatteras inlet; thc llrltlsh salbng ship Clvde, Cipo. l?vans, from the South for New York and Calcutta, which ls stranded BOUl.hOf Cape Hatteras, and tho four masted tohoonet Harry T. Hayward, Cipb. Uol?Orrt, which wan beached in side of Capo. Henry following her colli s on with the Qerman btoamer San Miguel. r* ? 1 f"?'''J - ? ? - J ? 1 BLIND TIQEB& A PKOIUIU?TION MUM? AGUNT CIJACHII IL'S THEM 7 hi ?'umher in Fach Ccunly That Have V iud ?i?t?r rt?V onuo licenses. A st A* correspondent of The ASEO olated Prohibition Press, who bas made an Investigation of the liquor tu ill J conditions lu this State and a np.dal study of thc blind tiger situa tion in Charleston makos an investi gating report on ''the fruitage of law lessness and corruption in the wake of the Stato saloon systsru." Fie Bays: "There are 409 Fodoral tax receipts of 'retails liquor .lealeis' and 'retah dealers in malt liquors1 now in force in South Carolina. "Including these that have been voted out during the past year, there iro 107 regular and thirty-dx beci dispensaries tn the State. This leaves a total of 320 'blind tigers' lu tin State that hold a Federal tax receip for selling liquor. Thero a-,o, there hire, nearly two acd a half timos a many 'blind tigers' in tho State at legal selling establishments. "These 143 dlsponsarlcsin the State represent but ni net)-ono towns ant" cilios where liq ;or has been legall} sold during the past year. lu twenty of these plaoes, the people have voted out the grogshops, so that thero are now but st vantj-ono iowna and oltle.1 where intoxicant* aro legally sold. "A most striking ff.ot comes to th' Bur fe Oft of this bllud tiger sPuatlor-: Of the 320 blind tigers of the State nly twenty nine aTe to found in pro hthition districts. The balance of 297 are all located In dispensary towns and oitles. in this connection, it ls inter estirg to compare with the above, tb? dispensary cltlesof the Stato and theh condition as to blind tigers. .' Il?low is given a Hst of tho town? 'ind oltie8 of South Carolina wher> ibero are more Federal tax receipts h foies than there aro dispensaries, oi have b?vn dispensaries during the pas year. The number noted as 'bl.nd tl gers' represen?s the excess of tax re oelpts over dispensaries. Dispensary Cities: Blind Tigers Anderdon. 2 Aiken. 6 li-auf ort. 4 limden. 2 ?J larleston and environs. 21 3 C.'Ui.ba. 22 Darlington. 3 R ig? ll dd . 2 Florence. 1 ' J torgetown. l Greenville. 0 Laurens. l J tm's Island. 18 Mouttri ville. 3 M u :t P.easant. ? J'angeburg. 2 Port lt JJ al. 6 Newberry. 3 Spartanburg. 0 Sumter . 1 Summerville.. 1 Union. 2 Total. 297 "Tho otllclal records of theo llecwi f Internal revenue and of the Statt dispema*y?hov tlnrofore, that there were during 1904 moro than ter; times as many bllud tigers in thc ninety-one dispensary towns and cit ies as in all the rest of the State com bined." Wni'e this may be true as this cor respondent states, lt is interesting U note that (f the 297 blind tige rn lo caird Pr the dlsp< ns.^ry territory 239 of them aro located in Charleston M ultrieville, Mount Pleasant and J din's Island. The time las-; namco places are near or ad Jae-nt to Charles ton, where the authorities, like those of Charleston, wi uk at the Illicit sale of 1 qu ir. It will be further noticed that 48 o? the 58 blind tigers that an left after deducting the 239 that a:e Incited In Charleston ann vicinity ari located in C numbla, Ander.-.on, Dar llngton, E igetield, Greenville L u ens Newucrry, Spartanburg auci Union, ail of willoh place < xe pt Co hiiibia has voted out the d;spenpary. Thia wi u d leave only 10 blind tigers for the di peu ary counties not includ ing Charleston and vicinity and Co lumbla. Tais is not a'< bid a showing is tile correspondent nukes emt for tho dispensary counties, whioh are trying to enforce the law. The cor respondent goes on to say: "The habitat of the tax receipt blind tiger is clileily in the larger olden. The rural moonsh'ner tights lt out with the deputy marshals as heit lie can without giving up to the government tho price of tho tax re oelpt. In Columbia, the cipltal olly the tiger ls far less arrogant than he was a few years ago. There are now twentj-jwo blind tigers In Columbia, wldoh pay the tax re c.dpt, most of tin m being located within pistol shot of tue capitol building and lying In the territory between lt and the main Stato dispensary building." Concerning Charleston, tho point from which ho writes, thc correspond ent says: "But lt ls In Charleston and envir ons that the blind tiger principally thrives. Here he abides and does business with but little sorlous Inter fere'neo. "In 1902, In gathering somo evi dence for tho Department of Justice for use In the case eif South Carolina vs. the United States involving the right of the g ; vern ment to tax dis pensarles, willoh wan affirmatively decided In the United States Supreme Court last month, I had occasion te> prepare a blind tiger map of diaries ton. This map shows the location of 208 'blind tigers' in thc principal part of tho city. "I have just completed a new map of the city, which shows 201 blind tlgors in the sair.o territory as tiley exl.t today. As tho prevlems map was made during thc Charleston ex position, tlu-.ro were naturally a larger number of blind tigers than there are now. ''A c imparlson of the two maps 'hoAS that the greater portion of the blind tlgors of 1902 aro still in exis tence after ft period of feiur years.1' Ont. Ihousand nilled. A dispatch from Tokyo to Tho Lon don Dally Telegraph hays: "Advices fron Talhoku (capital of Formosa) state that by tho eartl ejuake on that island, In tho prefecture vt K?gl alone 1,400 houses woro destroyed, 1,014 pe sons killed and 095 injured, "The war department has INI mid the follow ing: "One-half of Kigl has been de stroyed. Tho garrison were marotied Outside, wliero thoy aro now camping. All tho soldiers aro safe. We are Bond ing them to Tainan. Trains between Kagl and Toroku have boon stoppod." ?KK?TOtt TILLMAN AB SEEN Til HOUGH TM 13 BYE9 0F A IlKFUBHOAN. . ' ?i ff ? - -w AB A Prophet Fe rcories 7 hat the Hind Money Werah inner? Wont ?.ee. The Now Yolk Preps, which I: strongly It puulloan lu Its senttrrontt, lays''tho eternal prlnofple cf qua pportuntby for men ls tho ol J: et fe whioh Senator Tillman cont cds i? nts report to the United States Senat en tho railroad rato bill. Argumou In support of that demand we do no behold tho ranting demagogue of ob inned with pitchfork and blustering i blasphemous tirado. This Ben Till mau ls tho cool logioian, the calm oon oroversiallst who writes an earnest dispassionate and unanswerable brie' (or contr l by the American pee p e ot ? im higi'winn that should bo the! own. Ben Tillman of the woo) hat slips out of tho mind's eye; in hi: .due?' looms a statesmanlike lb:uro. "Tho fate that intrusts the reprr sontatlvo of a discredited minority with the leadership of a momentout tegtslatl ve battle, on whoso outoom ohe fortuues of both majority and di - ficoracy are staked, reveals to ui tb? shining worth of this human di? nond in the rough. Un Inf wonder c his performance ls that tho railroa? irew in the senate, being resolved t assassinate the tquare deal prngrar ind having relit q ilBhcd tho majority: iuty to tho minority in order tb netter to ply their knives should hav ippolttd as chief mourner aver;. \ntony to mako the stones ory out it mutiny. ''Senator Tillman, once tho most -ampant of rad oals. ( ff rs herc a plat .t which the younger generation wil I;ve to marvel for its moderation. W? lave hero tho most froi '/.ed of thi Bryan agitators preaching th? dtc rlne of conservatism as tho only CH apa from political and scolal revalu ion. Tho breaking down of part: I: ruy; In tho senate on this Ifisuo lu tin itrange manner he describes, ls onh one of the unprecedented features o ;ue strugglo between people and priv ilege. In the new alignment of force* ve see on tho side of radicalism, pass ionately urging immediate govern? neut ownership or outright socialism, mon heretofore known fur their mil u-dstence on caution. On tho othei s de, pleading for tho minimum of el ectlvo government supervision, art .10 "miodle-of-the-road" non oompro oiserSi the brandlshors of pitchforks, he "burn ycur-cltles" hoi de of twt i condliry campaigus, Y."u* genuine ' ts i vat ives of torbay, the leaiert ?/kc stand for reasonable redress o stating wrongs as agaiust thos Irastlo and c mvulslve rimadles t idch the people would repair as thel Itsrnatlvo, aro tho Titlmans ano Bryans, and even tho Tom Watson*, >t yesterday. "Tliere ls not a linc in the Tillmai orogram to which tho supporters o iho Roosevelt Republican polioy cai - .0" i-ub.crlho. "Reasonable returns to railroads but always and only on actual cap. al invested, and not on oceans of wa .er. "Prohibitif n of railroads fron creating the freight in cfympetitloi with their shippers in addition to oar \ lng lt. ^ "Ooiilrmallon of the lc'ihtfj&A abe ong u lohallouged power cy tho Inter s'' ate Gommeroe C. mmlsslo i to abollsl ixtoriionate rates. "Prison btrlpes for rebite crlm:-1 >als. "To these. Just provisions som< things need to bo added. Nothing jan b3 taki n away without continuing Ohe oiusl li j iatfoa whlob railroad.' ind their creatures Standard oil, beef r.rust, coal trust aud a huudred pri vate monopolies, aro enlllcting daily upon the people. "With his single prophetlo eye thh champion nf Ameriotn freedom from economic sha; kies oan decry the clisas er that the blind and blundering knaves will not see. Standing almas! solitary lu th:?t wilderness of strata /eras and spoils, with Llucoln-Ukr simplicity and Tillman-llke fearless he utters his impressive forecast of the doom tho America Judgment bolds over tho traitors and of th? vreok American wrath will make of bhoir odious s:stem. "The cltlz:n who ls not struck b the Import of tho Tillman meHsagt misses thc meaning of tho prologue to tho most stirring drama slnoe tho War of tho States. P?y Bra ?I I UiliB. There is far too much negligence > vjrywhero about the small amount> of money, lt not unfrt quontly hap pens that men will havo a small amount charged when they have suf licient money In their pockets to pay it, and h ub j cot the oreditor to the trouble of sending lt for collcotlou when he needs lt, taking tho chances of learning that tho debtor ls sway from lils place of business or from homo and perhaps subjecting him to tho Imputation of being In a needless hurry for payment. More attention to this point, and especially by those to whom thc payment is immaterial, who can pay at ono time as well as another, would he a vast Improve ment on tlie present mode of many persons in doing ousincss. The prompt payment of small bills IB a matter of more Importance than ls generally attached to it. A Han Wont ?ii. At Bay ville, LA., charged with poisoning her husb.ind with strych nine, in order to bo free of martial ties and to marry a younger man, Mrs Bottle E, White, 38 yours old, of comely appearance has been convict ed of manslaughter tn tho dlstriot court hero before Judgo W. J. Gray, who sentenced thc woman to a term of tlfieon years In tho penitentiary. Thc most sensational feature of tho trial, which lasted a wojk, was tho testimony of Mts. Miry Bissett, of livyvillo, elder daughter of Mrs. white, who identified the hand writ* lug of her mother In numerous billet doux alleged to have been sent by Mrs. Walto to Manfred Gook, 23 years old, her alleged accompllco In tho pol on conspiracy._ For? un? In Tmah l'ilo. At Ilattlshurg, Miss., Thursday morning tho ntgro porter In tho G?n ner Bros. shoo store was about to pitoh the sweepings of the store Into thorcHr alloy when Pohlman Nor wood roached down Into tho pile of rubbish and ploked out an envelopo from which he drew greonbaok, bank checks and other negotiable papers tc the valuo of $31,08:1.12. Tho money and papers were the property of Dr. J. A. B Sykis of Iron Glt.y, Ga., who ?pout th? early purl u? tim week hero and traveled on to Now Orleans bo foro ho discovered that his fortune, carried in an onvolopo, was missing. "MAKES b? RHEUM ACIDE | all thc germs and pol; spots In th? body ar?.< Nature's way. Purely most powerful of cU time regulates the Uv up the entire system, that cures rheumatlsi MOST POWERFUL CURES DISEASI RHEUMAC1DE t other remedies and Percelle, of Saiem, Va dreds of dollars for ph by half a dozen botl 2120 Ramsay street, man." Mrs. S. A. Con it cleansed her blood After Noted Doctora Failed. Hero ls n case cured by R TI KUM CIUK niter noted New Yotkspcci 1st? had failed. Mr. W. K. Hugh Writes from Atkins. Va. : 'Tour bottles of RHKUMACIF have entirely cured me ot n loi standing case of rheumatism ni ?ready Improved my general lieali was n total wreck, linville had rlic matism for twenty years. I spent St cral weeks and much money tr vi specialists m New York, hut RUE MACIUK ls thc only euro 1 lia found. When I began to use it weighed MO potiuds. Now I weigh I pounds, my normal weight. _ .W. R. HUGHES.' A LUCKY MAN, FALLS ONE HUNDRED FKMT AND Ii ANDS HAKE AND SOUND Bianco's Umbrella Ac's as a Parachuto Wb.f?n FeTs Blown from Pal isades. The New York American says one f the most romarkablo tricks ever played by a ?alo of wind was perpet rated by thc blustering March storm Thursday night when lb bl?w a man J ver the Palisades, where there is a .mer drop of ono hundred feet, buoy d him up by his umbrella until he ?ad ll >a'jed down tho greater part of he distance, and then dropped to tho ground, whoro he was found scratoh d and bruised but without a bono broken. Salvator Blanco was the sufferer from tho prank of the storm. He lives on Hiver avenue, in Cliff dde Park ibout four miks north of Hoboken lilanoo was returning to bis home Wednesday evening, protecting hlm tolf from the sleet and rain with an dd fashioned, wooden-handled um ?fella of largo slza. As was his cus lom, he was walking along tho path close to the brow of the Palisades, when a strong gust of wind caught the umbrella and almost wrenched it I from his grasp. Forgetting any possibility Df perss nal dangt r, Blanco held on tightly to the handle of his umbrella, while the force of t he gale dragged him to the edge of the Pallsadis, ana then he lost his balance and a pull' of wind car ried him out into space. The wind was blowing straight ovor thc river and Blanco was carried clear if the elil?h wh n the wind got be oeath the umbrella, converting lt Into a parachute, aud Blanoo began to iloat gently downward. For a space of several second? the gradual tlrop continued, tho strong lbs and cloth of thc umbrella holding against the weight of the man. Blanco was within twenty feet of tho ground In the leeward of the chfT when a slant of wind struck the umbrella, '.urning it lnsldo out and collapsing it completely as a support. Blanco shot downward. But the luck that had sustained him thus far did not desert him, and he foll luto a clump of hushes on the shore below, jolting, bruising and scratching him severely, but doing him no serious In jury. As soon as Blanco found his voice he yelled for assistance. Ho was foun I among the bushes, still clinging to tho wreck of his umbrella. When he told of his drop from the cliff abovo tiloso wbohad found him hastened to call an ambulance, believing that the man's body must bo crushed so that he could not ll VJ. When thc surgeon frcm St. Mary's Hospital In Hoboken arrived ho could lind no Indication of serious injury, but ho took tho man to the hospital. There Bianco was found to ho suffjr Ing moro from fright and ?hock than anything else, and ho was kept over night. The surgeons believe that Blanco can look back with moro calm ness on Iiis terrifying exp?rience and with his nerves rostered he can re turn to his family. The umbrella hus been pcrherved for Blanco. IthintinU lloi'HiiB liurnotf. At Greenville four blood horses he imging to O. lt. Taylor were roasted alivo In tire which destroyed his stables at an early hour Thursday morning. One horse rescued will probably die. Mr. Taylor ls in Georgia and therefore it is imposa ble to obtain the notual loan, but it is approximated at $2 OOO, with tho loss of tho stables ?l.OUO extra. Tho ani mai:: lost bave won several pnz's at fairs. Tho lire ls supposed to havo originated from tho bursting of a barrel of Hmo wlilch became damp. A nogro asleep lu a room adjoining tho stables awoke in timo to opon tho stall doors and to load out three horses, one of which ran back Into tuc Hames and was killed. Kllloil In Nnow ttlido, A dispatch from Granito, Colo., says an enormous snow slide oamo down Thursday evening In the Win Hold and Clear Greek mining district, killing, lt Is reported, at least half a dozon min. Among the dead ls Harry Wlneborn, thc pioneer prospec tor and mining man of Cha (Tee coun ty. A rellof party wa3 organized by James Ball and iias gono to the soono of the disaster. Tho news of tho slldo waa brought to town by a cour ier. t Joes right to the scat of thc sons out of tho blood, cleans i sots aH the organs to worl "vegetable, non-ale >holic, it ?ansing medicines, and at 1 er. tones up the stomach ai . RHEUMACIDE is the onl) TI to stay cured. , BLOOD PURIFIER Vi?a 1 E BY REMOVING THE tas cured thousands of case famous doctors had faileci iM spent $200 in medicines yslcians' fees, and at last he v Jes of Rheumacide. C. Di? Baltimore, says it has "ma nbes, ?14 5. Giimor street, B< , took away her pains, and rr like a new woman.*' \ and recommends Rhcur \ CURES AFTEF )E Sample bottle and nd for postage to tit. I Bobbitt Chemical vo START TO G THE SOUra'd D i AP. Till KT Y THOUSAND C ON ? K DER ATES DIED IN rill SON. Nearly Ten Thousand of Whom Are Buried in National Cem eteries The re?oit appointment of Col. William Elliott of Co'umbla, as Com mlttioaer to mirk the graves of COL f derate soldiers who died and were buriel near Northern prisons during tho war, reveals the fact that in 80 ioeahlie-. there aro buried 30,152 Con federate prisoners of war, viz,, {.Ul cer 155, en!i tel men 28,41)0, unknown 720 and cltr/, ms 481. Many of these wore long a?o burled in trendies (as lu the case of the removal of the Con federate remains from Fort Delaware and Pea Pat oh Idand, Pa., to tho Finn's Point, N. J., national ceme tery) and lt ls said that lt will be al mo3t im i ractlcible to id mtlfy Individ ual graves, notwithstanding the faot that tho names of many of the per lions mav bo f-ur>d on rcoord. Approx lmately 0,300 Confederates are burl ed in national cemeteries. The contract price for Headstones that are to be used lu the marking of Confederate graves will be $2.13 eaoh, at the place of manufacture, and it is estimated that lu round numbers $70, 000 will be required for the purchase of the stones alone. To this must bo added $1 25 eacn as thc co.it of trans porting, handling and setting the stones. Aoeordlng to tho records of the War Department, the following ls a com pleto Hst of United States prisons used to coniino Confederate prisoners of war: Alton, Ul., Camp Butler, Pa., Camp Chase, O do, Cimp D u?las, lit , Camp Morton, Ind., Elmira, N. Y., Fort Delaware, Del., Fort Mc Ilenry, Md , Johnson's U land, Odo, Louisville, Kv., Fort LaFayette, New York haibjr, Newport News, Va., New Orleans, La., Old Capital Prison, Washington, D C., Point Lookout, Md., ll ck Island, III., S^. Louis, Mo., Ship Uland, Miss., and F.jrt Warren, Boston harbor, Mass. It will bc noted that with the ex ception of the prisoners in Louisville, Newport Ne .vs, New Orleans and Fort McIIenry, all of them were looated north of M ison and Dixon's line, the placo whore most torturo was suf fered by Confederate troops, possibly being Camp Chase. At the Elmira prison thoro were 2,1)80 deaths; all aro marked with tho exception of ab.>ut 52. At Fort Del aware there were 2 502 deaths, and of this number ail have been heretofore marked with the exception of 817. At the prison at Frederick, M 1., 220 Con f?d?raux died, and all but three have been marked. There were :t 440 Con federates who died at Point Lookout, Md., aiid of this number 8f>2 remain as vet unmarked. AtR^ck I land, III., 1,022 died, and of this number all but 302 havo been marked. IQ the 80 localities originally men tioned there app ar to have been 720 unknown Confederates buried, bur. there must be added a total of 20, 774, who (Had as p. Isoners of war In tue hands of Federal authorities In other places, Of this number the graves or 10,020 have been heretofore .marked, leaving at this time, ace >rd lng to the fl g uros at t o War Depart ment about 7,000 yet to bo marked. There are known to be in existing national e;m- terles 0,200 C >n fed erato dead, so that more than two-thirds of the Confederate prison dead aro buri ed in places other th in national cem eteries and presumably not undei gov ernment control or receiving tho caro of the government at this t.mo. While lt appears that about 30 000 Confederate soldiers died In Northern prisons, the statement is made by the War Department tii.it tho numb? of Kedoral soldiers dying in Confederate prisons reached 22 570, also tln>t while the Fed; ral aui h trutes held 220 000 Confederate prison rs, there were held In the South 226,400 Union soldlors. Foin Ou?)HtH Hun.cd. Thc business portion of the vlllago of Tuslin, O.sceolo county, Mich., was destroyed hy Ore which started in the hotel Compton from a d iectlvo fur nace Ten guests esos pod In night clothes whllo four were burned to denth. The flnanolal loss hH52^^ cb rs i\i\?\ u?N?i ptPOSi? cTir?*lM#lJ R. R. Faro P?td. Note? 1*ket v r.00 FRRKCOUHKIK) KSSBBQHBBHMBi Hoard?t Cost. V/rlto 0wick 6B0RQIA-ALABAMA BU8INE68 00LUQB, NUOOa. Qa i disease, sweeps up all the plague* k again 1? is yet the :he same nd builds f remedy WORLD. CAUSE. s after all I. Austin and nun gas cured strich, of de him a new* altimore, says lade her "feel rour druggist sells nacide. I ALL OTHERS F booklet free if you send flv I Company, EroprMond ?ETWELLTOI Early Cabbage Plants Guai EARLY JERSEY CHARLESTON SUCCI 2WAKEFIELD LARGE TYPE STho Uarlloal WAKEFIELD Tho Eel Cabbage Urown Second Karileat Head \ PRICE: Inlott of 1 to 4 m. at $1.60 per m., 6 to 9 j* F. O. II. YOUNG'S ISLAND, 8. C. My : Z ( , ,,,i,.o 1 ffuarantoo Plants to KIVO puro _ guarantee prloo to any ountomor who la (I < Rrown In tho opon Hold, on Hoacoant of flout C growing tho hardiest planta thnt cnn bo grov 2 roHot In tho Interior of tho Houthorn Btatos c K March. They will ataml aovero cold without 0 bago Two to Throo wooka auouor than If yoi frames. . . . ? ft My kargest Cuatomora aro tho Market Of rt tho Booth. Tliolr prout depende upon thom h ?? chano my planta for their orena. 51 al?o grow a full lino of othoriPlanta and 1 Tomato. Egg Plant and Pepper Plant?! App Trooa, Fig liuahoa, and O rapo Vinni. t Special terra, to perton. who nuke up club VY/ f\y| JJ erden. Wilie foi llluitrated ciulojue. . " *'*. .????????????.?.? 5 THE GUINARD J COLyUMM T Manufacturers Brlok. Fire Proof 2 Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pr< ? or millions. COTTON GINNERS AND JV Write for Prices OD Babbit Couplings Guages Drills Guage Cocks Oil Cups Hacksaws Oil (Jans Heit, loat Fittings Injectors Pipe Lace Leather, Packing all kinds, Shaftl else in mach ii Columbia Supply Co.. - - CHASED BY WOLVES. A. Night Travolor Attaukotl by the Hungry Lionets. A dispaoth from Outouagou, Mich., mys Qeorge Biggs, ohaied by a large paok of hungry wolves had a thrilling experience In tho wilds of Oirp Lake township. Ho was hauling a load of provisions from there to his homo, at the old Nonesuch mlae. The dis tanoe ls twenty miles, and the way lies through a practically unbroken forest Night overtook him before he had covered more than half tho distacoe. He continued on his Journey, and bo tweon 0 and 10 o'clock he was startled '? by the howling of wolves close at hand. He had no weapons witn him. Ho urged lils horses to a faster galt, but as the road ls up a heavy grade, progress was slow at best Biggs had ODIJ gone a short dl? tauoe farther when ho noticed twenty five or thUty of the animal?) emerge from tho brush Into the roadway Just behind him. Ou tho front of lils conveyance was a lantern with a rt 1 lleotor. Mr. Bigge seized this and J turned the stroug llgot upon the wolves, lt frightened inem and they slunk baok into the shadows of. the woods. Hut they soon booamo bold er and comnlcnocd dosing In upon t . olr proy. Mr. Biggs real Vd that he was In a ?esp?rate plight. Ia the sleigh was a tin pail wlbh hay and liking lt to the rear of tin o mveyano* ha applied a match. The Hames cowed tho aril 1 mais. The Uro was kept burning brightly, and at the sam i time the team was lashed and urgod onward. Tho wolves wore kepi in cht ok for a time, but they gradually oame closer and closer, advancing along tho : sides of tho sleigh. Tho supply of ?hay was giving out. Mr. Bljtfd in desperation toro open a box of canned goods, and sommonoed hurling oans at them with some effect, ohecklng their j progress for tho third time, I Just as ho was about to give up the struggle a hmill olearing was entered. Tao wolvoa dropped behind and the i man hurried tho jided horses Into j one of tho old mine buildings, and, dosing the doors as soouroly as pus slblo, passed tho night thoro. The robes which woro left In tho sleigh wero found In shreds in tho morning, and tho snow round tho bul ding was paokod solid by tho animals In their endeavor to gain entranoo. A. Pinito or Orffun l^or Yoir' ; To tho head of ovory family who ia timbi tiona for tho futuro and education of IIIH chil dren, wo havo a Special Proposition to mako. No article in (ho homo shows the evidonco of culturo that does a Piano or Organ, No ac complishment gives os much pleaauro or In of as groat val no In siter lifo na tho knowledge of mimic and tho anility to play well. Our .''.??.ill Payment Plat B makes owner ship of a high grado Plano or Organ easy. duet a fow dollars down and a small payment oaoh month or quarterly or nomi -annually and tho instrument Is yours, Writ? us today for Catalogues and ou? Spoo lal Proposition of Hauy Paymonte. Addroe" Malone's Muslo Go., Columbia, S. 0. ranteed to Satisfy Purchaser | :SSION AUGUSTA 8HORT STEMMED TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH lieut Flat Allttlolater Lsrgost and Latest H rarloty ' than Bucoosston Cabbago S m. at S1.2U per m., 10 m. nm! over, at$1.00 per nj. -jj. Special Express Rate on Plants la Vary Low. Q hasor aatlsfaotlon, pr will rofuml tho purchase " IUHIIIIHIKMI ut end of season. Tboso plunta aro rt h Carolina, in a ollniato that ls Just suited to r* ru In tho Unltod Statos. Thoso plants oan bo ai hu lin; tho months of January, February, and ,? belnic Injured, and will maturo a head or Cab- J i grew your own plants In hot bod? and cold 9 irdonors near the Interior towns and eitles of m avlii.; Early Oabbago; for that roasou they par- w ?rult Trees, auch as Strawberry, flweot Potato, P le, Pouch, Pour, Plum, Cherry and Apricot C. GERATY? YOUNO'? ISLAND. I.C ^ BRICK WORKS, I Terra Jobti Sail Hart ar f spared to fill ordersfor thou audi 2 IACHINERY OWNERS. i (he Following Lubricators Belt. Gandy Belt, Rubber Drill Presa dior Ejectors Hammers Files Pulleys lng, Collars for Shafting and. anything uery supplies. . - Columbia. S. C. Valuable Medical Books Sent Free. Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, Tho ou th's Most Export Specialist, Has a Number of Books, on Dif ferent Disoasos, Each Completo But In Plain Language, Which Ho Will Send Free Of Charge To Every Sufforor. Write For One Or Moro. - Dr. J. Nowton Hathway, of Atlan Qa,, who is recognized throughout tho Sc aa tho most export specialist in his lino ot oat moat, chromo diseases, has issuod a numl of very valuablo books on tho different dije eo lio treats, onoh Bebo rate, which ho will SOHO IO evory alllictod person writing him and without ono cent of charge. Writo for ono or moro, giving tho title. "Diseases of tho Urinary Tract," "Manliness; Vigor, Health." " Varicocole." "Stricture." "Heath." "Specific B^OOd Poison." [Syphilis] '.Disensos cf tho Throat and Lungs," "Women's Diseases." "Skin, Ractnl, Rheumatism." "Uloot." .'Nervous Exhaustion." (lost vitality] Tho last na mod hook -Nervous Exhaustion-. should bo in thu hands of every person who hor sick or well, rich or poor, lt is very intoroat ing, written in lnnguui;o ovory person oan readily understand. It "is tho most complote gotten out by any medical man in rocontyoars. These b .oks aro sent em iroly free, but if you wish ono you should send in nt ? nco. 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