Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TO THE F Aft Hit-HP. *BAIi op PRESIDENT SMITIf TO THE COTTON GROWER?. To V educe the Cotton A ore ge end TPaiw 1 heir rwn Food Crops Thia Tear. Mr. 10. D. Sn*Kb, organic r for the Southern Cotton Association and president of the South Carolina dlvls lon. has given out the following state* mont: "Tnis ls tho Drab time that I have been ab'e ?o bo out slnco my return from the Wost. I tm glad to report from Loulsiaua, Arkansas and Texas avery fl ?urlshlng o mdltlon of thefts sooiation. Wherever 1 havo bi'en and spoken tho peoplo liavo readily grasp ed the Idea that tins ls a el co plo busi ness proposition ai;d trat the power to oonfcrol their orep Iles entirely with in their own hands. "Throughout the State of Txa< thore ls quite as muco, enthusiasm and determination as there is in any other Stato in the Union. They did not bold their cotton as other States have done; practically because so re of their 1er. dora, not Col. Peters, ad vised them against p'eigiug their o>tton for 15 cents a pound, on the contrary advised tb-.rn to st>ll it cs long as vhey could get ll cents p;.r pound middling. Too consequence wa? that Texas sold ber crop. "The conditions for this State for another year, so far as my observation and oplouion aro tu bc depended upon, are these: Last year the spring wus so cold and wet that lt was impossible to plant corn and oats in March and April. In this Stnto of T XHS If corn and oats aro not planted in Maro'i and April lt isuselci-sto plan , them at all, for the reason that the <xc;'S Ivo hot, dry winds of Juue and July practical ly destroy the corn atd blight the oats. Ilence, as said before, the spring was so baokward that the tl eoe for corn and oats planting liad past before any planting ccu.d be done. The consequence was that as co ?ton could be planted as late as July ar.d still make a fairly gcod yield, the gratD lands of T\ xas were planted in cotton last year. Tots year, these two mouths, February and Mari h, being ideal for pulling in small grab, and om, the farucer ;, having on ao count of last j ear's failure to bo bu?? lng corn now will be apt to i not oast! their grain orop for this year. Pe sides this, in eastern and central Tt xas there will bo a large voluntary reduc tion for various reasons, principally among which is the organ.zatlon ol the Southern Cotton ass^ca lon and the practioal good aense cf Ui-ao wi? will adhere to Its tellings. "In northern Texas there will be possibly an inorease in aere ?ge princi pally through the opening up of nev? lands. "In Arkansas I find, much to my astonishment, thal State saying thc least and doing tho most, so tar as standing by tue association ls con cerned. Tiley not only have not sold their cotton but have provided thea. sclvea with waiehouse facilillos and ampio m-?ans, and are not gel:.g to sell it until it roache s tho pr .ee f or which t ey have pledg- d to hold. I saw no indications thr u^hout tl is S ate that there would beany praotioj.1 1. Crease of acreage, but a determination on the part of those to woom I -poke. And from the g. neral improhSloi gathered fun? this State, I timk that a greater amount of determina' thin will be practiced this year tliat ever bsfo e. "In Louisiana the conditions aro such that no one can prt.olcf. what the outcome may be. For Hie first tin.?; last year the boll we.ovll got in his de structive work, aid, with the bu? season, Louisiana rn;.de practical^ no crop; neither lias bho made any oom orop. "Tue price of cotton ls unusually high. Tue prospect before them of having tej buy au entire year's eup ply, with the knowledge that their land wiil make om, and on account of tho boll weevil, tho disposition seems to be rattier to Increase their food mpply crop. "Theso are three States that I o v ered In my absence and where I work ed night and day. 1 have cot for e ne moment lost laith In the movomeni; and in the ultimate vindication of the stand that wc have taken. Those v?hi> have spot cot!cn who have resolutely held it in the face of all organize ! ef fort to force them to soil at other than their figures have a brighter prospect of vioiory today than evor before, "Theglnners' report of linters, soa Island cotton, thc amount of cotton which should have been re ported in j last year's crop, and the ? lTorehcu in \ tho weights o? bales this year and last ill deducted from the to;al, will make: the orop practically 10,OOO,OOO bales. With tho world's consumption re quiring at least 12,000,000 bales out of tho pr?tent orop, ty tho Hist day of September next the condition of the spinners can easily bi figured out and the statistical report uf cotton easily appreciated. "The prospects are that wo will be gin the ?rsi of m xl year with practi cally tho stock depleted, and If the farmers will butexciclso good common sense and reduce their acreage in cot ton, increasing their food products, there will bc no need to hold cotton another season for any length of time, because thc world will bo clamorous for it from thc beginning. "It has been of great benetit to me to be able to p jint to South Carolina as standing wholly by her pledge. It ls no Idle boast, inn' is il saiei io i in spirit of a boast, but rather to show tho responsibility that is ripon us, when 1 declare that the eyes of the other cotton growing Slates are upon us, and South Can lina this year will determine hy what she does largely tho fate of thc Southern Cotton Asso elation. "Ono word beforo closing this Inter view as to tho far sightedness < f se-me of our nc.i i)'n. Uoeauso Hie mills had bought sutl'oent cotton to enable them to stay out of tho market for a short while the bears tot k aelvantago of this and bf gan to hammer prices. A great many heo^mo fi Igtcned and threw their cotton on tho market. The speculators, realizing the str ngtli of the statistical position nf cotton, bought the surp ui, and 'rom now on they will reap the reward eif high prices instead nf those wnom ic would most benetit. "Surely after so many repeated les sons, tho people of thc South will learn their strength and not allow themselves to be mule servants of the gambling speculates. "We whl celebrate another Jubilee this year. 1 sincerely hope th it us many will rejoice as did last year when wo celebrated tho 10 cent vic* tory. '.To all theootrmi grow*"- of thc State let me make this plea: If you have not reduoed y< ur tort age, and if you have already prepared lt for cot ton, lat mo big you as a bupluess ?ro position, ai a good urine- prop cition, to reluce your cotton aoreago now, ?nd I oret<S3 your oom and food cropi?, supp'y yourselves, with moro hogs and oa'/tlo and reap the reward bf promt r it?. ? .'Hold your apo*. OrttO? !" HEOUOUON OJ? AO ll? AOS. What ? New York Business Jinn Bays Aft-.mt |% Superintendent William Y.King,' of tho Now York Cotton Exobangc has addressed tho Southern Cotton Assooiatlo. on tho subj ot of over production. lill letter says In part: "In rn; optulon tho coming plant in pr reason will provo to bo tho most trying If not tho most oritloal In the ex perice 09 of tho cotton growers of the South. Tr>!n.<, beet uso there MO many who believe 10 or 10 1-2 cents w?l-f?iove boserlcu*a tempta tton to tho plantation that he will put every available norn lu onttun. rhls opinion ls not coi fined to thir heotion of tho country alono, but ls endorsed by many of tho good people of the south, not planters of cotton, I am glad to say. It will indeed prove a critical season for tho plantel and for tho enilro South shot ld tlu temptation to over-plant in cotton ne curled out. The years of splendid w irk of your association, together with t hat of others who have coopei a.rcd, will be swept away, and a oon tl lt lon of servitude for the pan e. will be re enacted with its cons quftat six or Feven cents for O'Jtton. Tins ls pot an extreme p'.o uro. It is ceitaln to occur uuloss tub planters stand sol idly together and tor their own pre lection diversify tho planting, put ting ina moderate eon ago ouly in cotton. If the planters will not prc teot themselves lu a matter ( f soo vital interest, to whom can they look for help? Certainly not to ti e buy er aDd consumer. To sum up the matter, tho situation for weal or for woe, for seven cents or for twelve cents, is entirely in the hands of the planter. In a brief Interval of timi the world will know whether ho la^ roven f^lso to himself or han bari the courage and manliness to resist tho temptation whioh now th realem to wrest from him tho control of the situation." THE GAMS LAW. Many 1) m't Seem to U.ul< rstAml th? New Aor. The Columbia Record of the 21 v Instant said "a pirty of ahout Lf y Columbia sportsmen orgtmiz.d to makr a trip to FjrtM)tto last week to shoot bird*, apparently unmindful ol the fact that the last legislature Aine-jded the game law so as io pro vtde for a olosed season f com the 1 it of Ma oh instead of frjm tile 1st ot April, as heretofore. A similar misun aers anding seems to prevail through out ihe state. A state < tile '.r'a seore tary reoe.lv ed an invitation We i nos day from a Yo kvilie party t i g i cu forts hunt "before the season," bu;, no wired his regrets, saying tho Boaaon had ilready olosed. Tue new gamo law provides: ! "lt shall not be lav.ful for any per: son in this state between thc 1st da\ >f March and tho 15th day of Nf vern ier, exe pt In tho counthsof Beau fort. Hkncpton, D irohestor, Oolloton Charleston Barnwell. Berk ley, Aike> Oeonee, Lexington, Fairfield, Saluda Georgetown aud O arendon, wherelt tho limo shall ho between the lit d.i.) of April and the l^t d^y of November In any year hereafter, to catch, kill, .ir Injure, or to pursue with suoh in tuit, any wild turkey, partridge, quill, vuo.ic ck, Mongolian or other pueus ant, or at any time within tiyo years from March the ti rat, 1000, to sell, of '.er, or expose for sale, snip or export for sile, or to pot hunt, not, trap, or by tire llgnt to cate i, kill or ii J ita, or to pursue with such intent, any of tlie birds hamed In this section; nor shad any person or persons de.-.truy ui ruh fie nests of any 6aid birds. And any person so dol :g shall be deemtd gulltv of a misdemeanor, and upon con v.ellon thereforo si ?all be Bu ed not more tha^ twenty dollars or be Imprisoned not moro than thirty days Provided, That nothing in tills act shall prevent the importation for salo of any said hirds. Provided, further, That the own handling, possession, control or ownership of any of the said birds sold, offered or exposed for sale, or shipped or exportod, Bhall be prima f.tcle evidence of a violation of this act, and the bm don ol prouf shall tie of proof shall be upon any persnn so handling, possessing, controling or owning any of tho said birds, to show that they were Imported from another state or territory." .".now 'lido. A dispatch from Alamasa, Ooh, says not since the terrible snow slide and blocked^ of tho winter of 1884, when the Denver and Rio Grande branch road between Alamosa and Durango was impassable for week, has there been such trouble experienced In this region as at thc present time. No trains have arrived at Durango for seven days and every available man ls heir g taken to thc largo snow slide on Cumbres hill. S;x dead engines are snowed in between that placo and Du rango, also one of tho big rotary snow plows. A rotary snow plow was sent from Salina Tuesday, pushed by three engines. It has been snowing con tinuously for seven days in the moun tains west and south of Alamosa and tito oauyons aro full of snow and in 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 tu the snowed in train on Uumbres hill to keep the people there from starv ing. Kohof-H ol tho tttorm. Four sailing vessels lay wrecked on tho Vl'g'nla and North Carolina coasts Thursday. These vessels am tho three-masted sebo mer Raymond T. Maud, Capt. II lg hie, from Georgia to Philadelphia, which lies beached on Gull shoals, N. C., south of Ilat ter?fjt'ie three masted sohooner Har land W. Houston, Capt. Gamins, from New York to Boaufort, N. G., Whioh lies wttiei-ingged at Hatteras inlet; tho British sallmg ship Olydo, Cipo. IC vans, from the South for New YoTk and Calcutta;, which ls stranded south of Cape Hatteras, and the four masted trohooner Harry T. Hayward?,, Capt. Coloorri, which was boaohed ln sldo of Cap?. Henry following her colll s on with the German steamer San Miguel. 1 ?LIND TI?ER& A PROHIBITION MIM? AGENT CLAt-illl I I M THUM ^h* Fumbor in Each Cctinty That Have XT iud 8 i ate? Fev ernie licenses. A st1 fl correspondent of The ASEO olated Prohibition ri ess, who has made an investigation of the liquor tn UL. conditions in this State and a spacial study of thc biind tiger situa tion in Charleston makes an Investi gating report on "tho frultugeof law lessness and corruption in the wake of the Stato saloon syttHe says: "There arc 4SO F?deral tax receipts j of 'retails liquor desle?s* and 'retah dealers in malt liquors* now in foice In South Carolina. "Including these that have been voted out during the past year, thou *iro 107 regular and thlrty-dx bees dispensaries in t he State. This leaves a total cf 320 'blind tigers' lu tin State that hold a Federal tax rocelp for selling liquor. Thero are, there fore, nearly two and a half timos a many 'blind tigers' In the Stato at legal selling establishments. "These 143 dispensaries In the State represent but ninety-one towns aur1 cilios whore liq .or bas been legal): sold during the past year. In twenty if these plaoes, the people have voted out tho gr? gsbops, so that thero au now but sr vant) -ono lowns and cities where Intoxicants aro legally sold. "A most striking fact comes to tin sur fro* of this blind tiger sPuatior Of the 320 blind tigers of tho Stat? nly twenty nine are lo found In pro hlbltlon districts. Toe balauce of 297 are all located In dispensary towns and oltles. In this connection, lt ls Inter estlrg lo compare with the above, tin dispensary cities of the Stato and theh condition as to blind tigers. 1 Balow ls given a list of tho town* and cities of South Carolina wher. lhere are more Federal tax receipts h for?a than there aro dispensarles, oi have b? n dispensaries during the pas year. The number not ed as 'bl.nd tl gers' reprosen's the. exoess of tux re o.ipts ever ellspeusarles. Dispensary Cities: Blind Tigers Anderson. 2 Aiken. 6 IV auf ort. 4 braden. 2 O larleston and environs. 213 C. .u i b a. 22 Darlington. 3 IC lg. tl dd . 2 Fiore non. 1 fi lorgetowii. 1 Greenville. 0 Laurens. I IJ ho's Island. 18 Mou'trt ville. ? M u it P easiiht. 6 J 'angeburg. 2 Port lt jual. 5 N-wberry. 3 Spartauburg ........ 0 Sumter . l Summerville. 1 Union. 2 Total. 207 "The. oillclal records nf theo Ileo toi f Internal revenue and cf the Stat? dispcnia'y sliov tlurofore, that there wero- during 1004 more than tel Mmes as many blind tigers In tin ninety-one dispensary towns and cit los as in all the rest of the State com bined." While this may be true aa this coi respondent states, lr. is interesting ti note that ef the 297 blind tigers lo catod li the dlsp. ns.-.ry territory 230 ni thom aro located in Charleston. M ult rio ville, Mount Pleassut ano J inn's Island. The thr^e las:, namco places are near or adjacent to Charles ton, where the authorities, like tbo^t of Charleston, wink at the illicit sale of 1 qu or. It will be further noticeo that 48 of tbe 68 blind tl/ors that ar. left after deducting the 230 that a:e Incited lu Charleston ann v!o nlty ari located in C numbla, Audor.-.on, Dar llngton, E igetield, Greenville L u cns. Newberry, Spartauburg ano Huon, allot willoh place ? xe pt Co lUiLbia has votid out che chBi/enpary. This wi u d leave only 10 blind tiger* for th1' ell pen ary counties not Includ ing Charleston and vicinity and Co lumbla. Tnls ls not as b iel a showing as thc correspondent mikes out for thc dispensary counties, which are trying to enforoo the law. The cor espondent goes on to say: "Tho habitat of tho tax receipt blind tiger is ebb fly in the larger oltles. The rural moonshiner lights lt out with the deputy marshals as best ho can without giving up to the government tho price of tho tax re u dpt. In Columbia, the capital olty the tiger ls far loss arrogant than he was a few years ago. There arc now twenty-jwo blind tigers in Columbia, which pay the tax ri o dpt, most of tin m hoing located within pistol shot of tue oapltol building and lying in the territory between lt and the main S Mito dispensary building." Concerning Charleston, the point from which ho writes, the correspond ent says: "But it is in Charleston and envir ons that the blind tiger principally thrives. Hero he abides and does boniness with but Httlo serious Inter ference. "In 1902, in gathering somo evi dence for tho Department of Justice for use In the case of South Carolina vs. the IJ.dted StatcB Involving thc right of tho g ; vern ment to tax dis pensarles, which was affirmatively decided In the United Stale? Supreme Court last month, I had occasion to prepare a blind tiger map of Charles ton. This map shows the looatlon of 208 'blind tigers' in thc principal part of tho city. "I h&vejust completed a now map of the olty, which stiows 201 blind tigers In the same territory as they exLt today. As tho previous map was made during fie Charleston ex position, there were naturally a larger number of blind tigers than there aro now. ''A o unparlson of the two maps ? liOAS that the greater portion of the blind i ?g.lui of 1902 aro still In exis tence afiera period or four years.'* Ont < lum ii.> ni I lil tied. A dispa.ch from Tokyo to The Lon don Daily Telegraph says: "Advices fron TalhOkU (oapl'al of Formosa) stato that by tho ear tl ?quake on that. Island, in tho prefecture pf Kag! alone 1,400 house? were destroyed, 1,014 pesons billed and 005 uijurcd. "The war dopariuiont has i si ind tho follow ing: "One-half of Kvgl has been de stroyed. Tho garrison were marched outside, whero they are now oamplng. All tho soldiers aro safe. We am Bond ing them to Tainan. Trains between ivagi and Toroku have been stopped." ' SJiNATOR TILLMAN AB SMKNTHUOUOUTHM EYE?OF A HKPU??4?OAN. '.. nfl. . . . ' -w As A Prophet Fe I tories That the il lcd Money Worshippers Wont ?ee. The Now York Pre^s, willoh 1: strongly It publican in Its sent Irren ti, layi ''tho eternal prinotple cf qui) importunity for men is the ot j .OL fe wUioh Seuator Tillman onnt< cds ii lils report to the United States s< nat on tho railroad rate bill. Arguuaen in support of that demand wo do no tiebold tho ranting demagogue of ol? .mood with pitchfork and blustering \ blasphemous tirado. This Ben Till mau is the cool logician, the oaloo con troversialist who writes an earnest dispassionate and unanswerable brie' (or conti- l by the Amerloan pee pe ol '.ho highways that should bo tboi own. Ben Tillman of the woo) hal slips out of the mind's eye; In in; pluoo looms a statesmanlike tlguro. '"Tho fate that intrusts the rcpn sontatlvo of a discredited minorlt) -vii.ii the leadership of a momentou> legislative battle, on whoso ou tom obe fortunes of both majority and de nooraoy aro staked, reveals to u i th Uiiniug worth of this human dla nend In the rough. Oclof wonder c bis performance ls that tho rallroa ?row in the Benate, hoing resolved t issassinato the iquare deal prograr ind having relit q iishcd tho majorltii iuty to tho minority in order th better to ply tholr knivos should hav tppoittd as chief mourner a vor;. \ntony tu mako the stones ory out ll mutiny. ''Senator Tillman, once the most ?am pant of rad cals. < ?* rs herc a plat .(< which the younger generation wil l;ve to marvel for its moderation. Wt lave here tho most frei '/.'ed of tlu Bryan agitators preaching th) dic ,rlne of conservatism as tho only cs apo from political and scolal revolu lon. The breaking down of part\ linos in the senate on this Issuo lu tin ' itrange manner he describes, is onh me of the unprecedented features o* he strugglo between people and prlv i ene. In tho new alignment of force? vc see on the side of radicalism, pa: - lunately urging immediate govern* neut ownorshlp or outright socialism, mon heretofore known for their mil nsistence on caution. Oa the otho s do, pleading for thc minimum of ef ectivo government supervision, ar? 0 ie "miodle-of-the-road" non compro ulsers, the brandishes of pitchforks, he "burn-your-cltleb" horde of tw< 1 coridluv campaigns. Y ,u * genuine ' I S ?V?itlvcH of today, the lea iori vi c s;and for reasonable redress o x'.f.t?pg wrongs as agaiust thes Irastlo and c mvulslve remedies t hicli the people would repair as thel IbernaMve, aro the Tlilmans an> Uryans, and oven the Tom Watson*, if yesterday. "There ls not a linc in the Tillinai program to willoh tho supporters o .ho Roosevelt Republican policy oai o ' ; uh .cribo. "Reasonable returns to railroads but always and only ou actual cap. al Invested, and not on oceans of wa er. "Prob i ul Men of railroads fron I creating the freight in c'?mpetltloi wUh their shippers in addition tn oar ling lt. ?1 "(Jot Urination of the lc /;^.(\aed ant ing u '.challenged power cy ?he'Inter na to Commerce C. mmlsslo i to abolisl >xtoriionato rates. "Prison stripes for rebite orlar ?ais. "To these Just provisions som? things need to be added. Nothing jan tuki n away without continuing oho c:u8l ii j istlci which railroad.1 mi their creatures Standard oil, beef trust, coal trust and a hundred pri vate monopolies, aro enlllctlug dall) upon tho people. "With his single prophctio eye thh champion of A mer io in freedom from economic shackles oan deory the dlsas er that the blind and blundering knaves will not see. Standing almosi solitary In thct wilderness of strata gems and spoils, with Llucoln-llki simplicity and Till man-like fearless ncf-s he utters .ils Impressive forecast of the doom tho A merlo ?n Judgment nolds over tho traitors and of tht vp'ok Amerloan wrath will make of their odious s . stem. ''The citizen who ls not struok b tho Import of tho Tillman message misses tho meaning of the prologue to the most stirring drama since tho War of tho States. l??y SIIIAII Itlllu. There is far too muoh negligence > vjrywhere about the small amount> of money. It not unfn quoutly hap pens that men will havo a small amount charged when they have suf llclent money In their pockets to pay it, and subject the orcditor to the trouble of sending lt for collcotlou when he needs it, taking tho chances of learning that tho debtor ls away from his placo of business or from home 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 the payment is Immaterial, who oan pay at one time as well as another, would be a vast improve ment on the present mode of many persons in doing business. The prompt payment of small bills ls a matter of more importance than is generally attached to it. A HAU W?rnern. At Ray ville, LA., charged with poisoning her husband with strych nine, In order to bo free of martial ties and to marry a youngor man, Mrs Bottle B, White, 38 yours old, of comely appearance, has been convict ed of manslaughter In the district court hero before Judgo W. J. Gray, who sentenced tho woman to a term of Hf leon years in the penitentiary. Thc most sensational feature of tho trial, which lasted a wo de, was the testimony or Mis. Miry Bissett, of lUyville, older daughter of Mrs. whltn, who Idcntllled tho handwrit ing of her mother In numerous billot doux alleged to have beeu sent bv Mrs. Wnito to MiufredUook, 23 years old, he.- alleged acoomplico In tho pol on conspiracy._ Fori uno lo Truutt rile. At Hattlsburg, Miss., Thursday morning tho negro porter in tho Con ner Bros. shoo store was about to pltoh the sweepings of the store into tho reur alloy when Pohlman Nor wood readied down Into tho pile of rubbish and plokcd out an envelope from which he drew greonbaok, bank checks and other negotiable papers to the value of 831,08?. 12. The money and papers were tho proporty of Dr. J. Ai B Sykes of Iron Olby, Ga., who ?pent the early part of the week here und traveled on to Now Orleans be fore ho discovered that his fortune, carried in an envelope, was missing. "MAKES . RHEUMACIDE i all the germs and pol spots In the body arv Natured way. laurel) most powerful of cl? time regulates the liv up the entire system that cures rheumatlsi MOST POWERFUl CURES DISEASI RHEUMACIDE I other remedies and Percelle, ot Salem, Vs dreds of dollars for ph by half a dozen footi 2120 Ramsay street, man." Mrs. S. A. Con lt cleansed her blood After Noted Doctors Palled. Here ls a caso cured hy RHEUM ClDli ofter noted New York spec! Ists had failed. Mr. W. K. Hush Writes from Atkins. Vn. : "Four bottle? of RMKUMACIL have entirely cured me of a loi standing case of rheumatism a ?reatly Improved my general heall wasn total wreck, linville had rill mat ?MM for twenty years. 1 spent si erat weeks and much money tryi specialists in New York, but RITE M ACIDE is the only CITO I ha found. When I heyan to use it weighed 110 pounds. Now I weigh 1 I,?u"ds' m"0r?w. TOUGHES.' A LUCKY MAN, FAIiUS ONE HUNDRED FEET AND LANDS HAFK ANO SOUND Bianco's Umbrella Ac*s as a Parachute "Whon FoT8 Blown from Pal isades. The Now York American says one f the most romarkablo tricks ever played by a galo of wind was perpet 'Ued by tho blustering March storm Thursday night when lt blow a man i vcr the Palisades, whore there is a .leer drop of ono hundred feet, buoy d him up by bis umbrella until he tad ll lated down tho greater part of he distanoe, and then dropped to the ground, where he was found scratob d and bruised but without a bone broken. Salvator Blanoo was the sufferer from tho prank of the storm. He lives on River avenue, in Gilli dde Park ibout four miles north of Hoboken Illanco was returning to bis home Wednesday evening, protecting hini telf from the Bleet and rain with an lld fashioned, wooden-handled um brella of largo Biz9. As was his cus tom, he was walking along the path close to the brow of the Palisades, when a strong gust of wind caught the umbrella and almost wrenched it] from lils grasp. Forgetting any possibility Df porss nal danger, Blanco held on tightly to oho handle of his umbrella, while the force of the gale dragged him to the edge of the Palisadrs, ana then he lost his balanoo and a pul? of wind car ried him out into space. The wind was blowing straight over che river and Blanco was carried clear if the ell ITs, wli -n the wind got bo neath tho umbrella, converting it into a parachute, and Blanoo began to lloat gently downward. Ifor a space of several sccondR the gradual drop continuad, tho strong <ibs and cloth of the umbrella holding igalnst ti e weight of thu man. Blanco was within twenty feet of tho ground in the leeward of thc ch ff when a1 slant of wind struck the umbr?lla, turning it insldo out and collapsing lt completely as a support. Blanco shot downward. But the luck that had sustained him thus far did not desert him, and lie fell into a clump of hushes on tho shore below, jolting, bruising and soratohlng him severely, but doing him no serious in jury. As .".o'm as Blanco found his voice be yelled for assistance. Ho was foun 1 among the bushes, still dinging to tho wrcok of his umbrella. When he told of his drop from the clift above those wh ) had found him hastened to call an ambulance, believing that thc man's body must be crushed so that he could not li VJ. When the surgeon from St. Mary's Hospital In llobokeu arrival he could lind no Indication of sortous Injury, but ho took the man to tho hospital. There Bianco was found to bo suffer ing more from fright and shock than anything else, and he was kept ovor night. The surgeons believe that Blanco can look hack with mure calm ness on his terrifying rxperlence and with his nerves restored ho can re turn to his family. The. umbrella has been peraerved for Blanco. Blooded iim-min Barned, At Greenville four blood horses be longing to O. It. Taylor were roasted allvo In tiro which destroyed his stables at an carly hour Thursday morning. Oae horse roscued will probably die. Mr. Taylor ls in Georgia and thorefore it Is imposai hle to obtain tho fiot-nal loss, hut it ls approximated at ?2 OOO, wita tho loss of tho stables ?1,OOO extra. Tho ani mals lost havo won sevoral prlz. ?sat fairs. Tho lire ls supposed to havo originated from tho bursting of a barrel of limo which became damp. A nogro asleep In a room adjoining the stables awoke In time to opon tho stall doors and to load out threo horses, one of which ran baok Into tho Hames nnd was killed. Hillod lu Snow ?lido. A dispatch from Granito, Golo., mys an enormous snow slide carno Sown Thursday evening in tn.e Win Held and Gleer Greek mining district, killing, it is reported, at least half a Iczen men. Among tho dead is Harry Winoborn, tho pioneer prospec tor and raining man of Ghr.ffee - cnn ty. A relief party waa organised by Tames Ball and has gono to tue soeno )f the disaster. Tho news of tho dido was brought to *own hv a oour .r. YOU WELL goes right to the seat of thc sons out of the olood, cleans ? sets ail ?.rio organs to wori f vegetable, non-a?oohoiio, ii sansing medicines, and at t er, tones up the stomach ai . kHEUMACIDE is the onl) m to stay cured. , BLOOD PURIFIER THQ Y E BY REMOVING THE ias cured thousands of case: famous doctors had failed I., spent $200 in medicines ysicians' fees, and at last he v ties of Rheumacide. C. Die Baltimore, says it has "mai abes, 114 S. Cilmor street, Bs , took away her pains, and m like a new woman." Y and recommends Rheun I CURES AFTEF >E Sample bottle and mi for postage to th. I Bobbitt Chemical ve * START TO G THE SOUra'? DliAP. THIRTY THOUSAND CONFEDER ATES DIED IN PHI JON. Nearly Ten Thousand of Whom Are Buried in National Cem eteries The reoort app ointment of Col. William EUlotb of Co'umbla, as Com missioner to mirk tire graves of COL fjderate soldiers who died and were burled near Northern prisons during the war, reveals the fact that In 81) locAhllo-. there aro burled 30,102 Con federate prisoners of war, viz,, till o?r 455, eui! ted men 28,490, unknown 72(3 and oitizms 481. Many of these wore long a?o burled In trenches (as lu thc case of tho removal of tho Con federate remains from Fort Delaware and Pea Pa ch I ?land, Pa., to tho Finn's Point, N. J , national ceme tery) and it ia said that it will be al moit Impracticable to idmtify individ ual graves, notwithstanding the fact that the names of many of the per bons mav fv.it nd on rcoord. Approx imately 0,300 Confederates are buri ed lu national cemeteries. The contraot prloo for Headstones that are to be used lu the marking of Confederate graves will bo $2.13 eaoh, at the place of manufacture, ?nd it ts estimated that in round numbers $70, 000 will be required for the purchase of the stoner atone. To this must bu added $1 2f> cacti as tho cost of trans porting, handling and setting the btones. Aoeordlng to tho records of tho War Department, the following ls a com plete list of United States prisons used to oonline Confederate prisoners of war: Alton, III., Camp llutler, Pa., Camp Chase, Odo, Canap D u?!as, 111., Camp Morton, Ind., Elmira, N. Y., Fort Delaware, Del., Fort Mo 1 Henry, Md , Johnson's Lland, Ordo, Louisville, Kv., Fort LaFayette, New York baibor, Newport News, Va., Now Orloaus, La., Old Capital Prison, Washington, D C., Point Lookout, Md., Il ck Island, III., St. Louis, Mo., Ship Island, Miss., and Fjrb Warren, Hoston harbor, Mass. It will be noted that with the ex ception of thc prisoners in Louisville, Newport News, New Orleans and Fort McIIonry, all of them were located north of M ison and Dixon's line, the placo where most torturo was suf fered by Confederate troops, possibly being Camp Chase. At the Elmira prison thero were 2,118J deaths; all aro marked with tho exception of bb nit 62. At Fort Del aware thero wore 2 f>02 deaths, and of this number all have been herotofore markeri with the exception of 817. At the prison at Frederick, M i., 220 Con federate; died, and all out three have been marked. There were 3 410 Con federates who died at Point Lookout, Md., and of this numher 852 remain as vet unmarked. At Kook I dam , III., 1,022 died, and of this numb >r ail but 302 have been marked. In the 80 localities originally men tion* d there npp ar to lui ve been 720 unknown Confederates burled, bub there must he added a total of 20, 771, who diadas prisoners of war in the hands of F?deral authorities in other place*). Of this number the graves or 10,020 have been heretofore, -narked, leaving at this time, acced ing to tho Q gu ros at b o War Depart ment about 7,000 yet to be mai ked. j Thero aro known to be in existing national o^ro- tories 0,200 Cmfederatc ! dead, HO that more than two-thirds of tho Con federate prison dead aro burl ed In places other th in national <K>m ctories and presumably not under gev ornment control or receiving the caro of the government at this t.me. While it appears that about, 30 OOO Confederate soldiers died In Northern .orisons, tho statement is made hy the War Department that tho number of Federal soldiers dying In Confederate prisons reached 'i'? 570, alRO that whllo the Federal authorities held 220 000 Conferir rate prisoners, there wore held in tho South 220,400 Union soldlors. EOIII OlIOHtH Kill III (I. Tho business portion of the villago of Tustln. Osoeolo oounty, Mich., was destroyed by Aro which started In the hoted Compton from a d'fectivo fur nace. Ten guests eeoupod in night OlOtheS whiio four wore burnes! to flew Mi. The financial loss ls ?21.000. d> ff i\t\i\ BANK DEPOSI1 ttl^. . Bi I? I R.R, Faro Paid. Hotel l*kol WWSSMBBttSH?B?SME? Board at Cost. V/rUo Qiitc* BHORQU-AUBAMABU8INE?300LLKQB,Mt^Oa ALL OVER,'5 ? disease, sweeps up all the plagu? is ?Rai i i ?? is yet the he same nd builds r remedy WORLD. sells .Jl! s after all L Austin and hun? /as cured strich, of de him a new iltimore, says ade her "feel our druggist nacide. t ALL OTHERS f booklet free if you send fl? I Company, Proprietors, 1 iETWELLTOI Early Cabbage Plants Gua y EARLY JERSEY CHARLESTON 6UCC1 3 WAKEFIELD LARGE TYPE 9 ThoKnrllost WAKEFIELD Tho Ea ;!i Cabbage Grown Sooond EarUcnt Hoad1 0 PRICE: In lots ol 1 lo 4 m. ot $1.60 per m., B to 9 ? F. O. D. YOUNG'S ISLAND, S. C. My Z P.iiarintnn 1 fpmrantoo Planta to RIVO paro _ v iii.u.uiu (. pi i,.0 to any ountomor who In <1 < grown In tho opon Hold, on Hoacoaat of Bout S Krowlng tho hardlcnt planta that can lio ?fro) JJ roset in tho intorlor of tho Houthorn Staion < Maroh. They will ntand novoro oold without 0 page Two to Throe wooka sooner than If yo' f ramon. Q My Ijarflrost Onntomors aro tho Mnrkot Ol y tho Houth. Tholr profit doponda upou thom h ?~ ohaao my planta for their oropn. C I also prow a full lino of othonPlants nud .5 Tomato, KKK Plant and Popper Plantai Apr. < Troos, Fig: Baabes, andGrapo Vinoa. t Special term? to pertoni who make up club \X/JV/1 JJ erdenk Write for illustrated catalogue. . " 1V1? 5 THE GUINARD 9 Manufacturers Brick, Flro Proof S Flue linings and Drain Tile. Fn ? or millions. COTTON GINNERS AND A Write tor Prices ot Babbit Couplings Gu ages Drills Guage Cocks Oil Cups Hack Saws Oil Cans Belt, leal Fittings Injectors Pipe Lace Leather, Packing all kinds, Shaft else in machi Columbia Supply Co.. - . CHASED BY WOLVES. A. Night Travolor Attacked by tho Hungry Boasts. A dispaoth from Outotiagon, Mich., siys George Biggs, ohaied by a large paok of hungry wolves had a thrllllog experience in tho wilds of Carp Lake township, no was hauling a load of provisions from there to bis homo, at the old Nonesuoh mine. Tho dis tanoe ls twenty miles, and the way lies through a practically unbroken forest Night overtook him before he had covered moro than half thc dlstaooc. He continued on his journey, and hu tween 9 and 10 o'olcok ho was startled by the howling of wolvei close at hand. Ho had no weapons witn him. He urged his horses to a faster galt, but as tho road ls up a heavy grade, progress was slow at best Biggs had only gone a short dls tauoo farther when ho noticed twenty live or thhty of tho animals emerge from the brush in.,o the roadway Just behind him. Oo tho front of his conveyance was a lantern with a rt lleotor. Mr. Bigge seized this and turned the strong llgnt upon the wolves, lt frightened tuena and they sluuk baok into tho shadows of thc wouds. But tiley soon booamo bold er and commenced dosing in upon t> olr prey. Mr. Biggs realized that he was in a desperate plight. Ia the sleigh was a tin pail with hay aud taking lt to the rear of tho omveyauoo ho applied a match. Tue Hames cowed tho ani mais. The tire was kept burning brightly, and at the sam) timo thc team was lashed and urged onward. The wolves were kept In check for a time, but they gradually came closer and oleum , advanolng along tho sides of tho sleigh. Tho supply of hay was giving out. Mr. Bl .?gs In desperation toro open a box of canned goods, and sommonced hurling oausat them with some effect, oheoklng their progress for tho third timo, Just as ho was about to gi va up the Struggle a i>mill clearing was entered. Too wolves dropped behind and thc man hurried the Jaded horsos Into one of tho old mine buildings, and, dosing the doors as soouroly as pos slblo, passed tho night thoro. Tho robes which woro left in tho sleigh were found In shreds in tho morning, and tim snow round tn* bal ding was paokod solid by tho animals in their endeavor to gain entranoo. A finito or Orifan ?Tor You* ; To tho hoad of ovory fnniily who la timbi tiona for tho futuro and oduontlon of hin ohib dr??, wo liavo a Special Proposition to moko. No ortiolo in tho homo shows tho ovidonca o? culturo that does a Piano or Oigan. No ac complishment gives aa muoh ploaauro or in of na groat valuo in aftor lifo a? tho knowlodge of musio and tho ability to play woll. Our Small Pay mont Plat 8 mnkos ownor jhin of a high grado Piano or Organ easy. Just a fow dollars down and a small payment Mob month or ouarioriy or ooint-Annually and Uro instrument Is yours, Writ? us today for Catalogues and ol? Spoo lal Proposition of linsy Payments. Addres" ?alonu B Musi? Co., Columbia, S. O. ESSION AUOUSTA 8HORT STEMMED to TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH > ri [ont Flat A lit tlo later , Largest and Latost J /arloty " than Sucoeaalon OabboRO m. at $1.26 per m., 10 m. rind ovor, nt $1.00 por rn.-ja Special Express Rato on Plants la Vary Low. Q haner satisfaction, pr will roland tho r.urohase ? lartutlnUod at omi of season. Those plants aro ft h Carolina. ID a ollninto that ls just suited to r vu In tho united Statos. Thoso plants can bo fi turin? tho month? of Jnnnary, February, and L bolnir injurod, and will maturo a hoad ol Cab- J! a grow your own planta In hot bods and oold 9 u-donor? near the Interior towna and oltiea of M aving Early Cabbage) for that ronoon thoy pur* jj Fruit Tree?, auch a? fltrawberry, Sweot Potato, * do, Pouoh, Pear, Plum, Ohorry and Aprlooi C. GE.RATY, YOUNG'S ISLAND. S. C 3 P BRICK WORKS, J HA., o. f T^rra Jobt* Suililn^ t Dr f spared to fill orders for thou ands 2 UCHINERY OWNERS. i (he Following Lubricators Holt, Gandy Bolt, Rubber Drill Presa Liier Ejectors Hammers Files Pulleys lng, Collars for Shafting and. anything nery supplies. - - Columbia. S. C. Valuable Medical Books Sent Free. Dr. J. 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