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HOLY JROLLERS*. Blasphemous Wretch Shot Dead by Jhe Brother o! His PBBTTIKST VICTIM, Then thc Deluded (i'ri Kills Her Own Brother, and the People of Ore> ? goo Have Arl ten to Break Up the hurlons Religious Sect. Tho "Holy Rollers," religious dupes ot the most Infamous oroature In the shape ot a man that over used religion as a cloak for his evil designs upon women aud young girls, are at last scattered and disillusioned. John Oreflldld, their diabolloal prophet, shot dead by the brother of lils latest and fairest young vlotlm; tho avenger promptly acquitted by )uc:ge and jury and proclaimed a hero throughout the State of Oregon and about to bo pros entod with a modal by popular Bub sorlption when his life was sacrificed at the hands of tho crazed sister whom ho avenged-these are tho lnorodibly tragio events which have shocked thc now prophetess "Holy Hollers" Into a realization of tholr folly. They know that If they permit their delusions to return, that if they continuo their grotesque practices, the thoroughly aroused people of Ore gon will scatter them to tho four winds. In the midst of his debaueh eries, which hls?dupos excused In their prophet, Johu OrelUold had plauuoei au awful saorltlce as a means of fur ther strengthening his divine pr?ten tions among his followers Upon that altar in the "snored" grovo near Cor vallis, Ore., upon whioh, at bis com maud, his followers had given to the flames their most valuable goods, their dogs and cats and other domes tic pete, he had ordered the turning alive of au Infant child. Everything was ordered ready. The planB for this diabolic sacrilioe of in nocent babyhood wero all prepared, It was to be the beginning of tho great est glorification of this boast of a man. The baby was seleoted and being ten derly nurtured for the orgy. The"Holy Rollers" were all ohosen for tho howl ing and dancing and general devil ment. Hut for Just retribution, of which an outraged and resolute broth er of his girl victim was the instru mont, by this time that infant sacri fice would have boom mado amid flames and satantio frothing. In all the history of the rise and fall of religious seots, none has been organized and dominated by so self seeking, oruel and libidinous a scoun drel as this same John On til'dd. In order to have tho fullest warrant with his disciples for his iniquities, he first deolared himself to bo John the Bap tist born again, and to that charac ter wont cn adding divine attributes until hlB followers looked upon him as tho Saviour reincarnated. When he deolared in a recent eommuniou sor vloo that tho bread his dupes were eating was actually tho flesh of hiB body, and thc wine they were drink ing tho rory blood from bl?? veins, tholr sut j ligation was complete. Af uer that he knew that any atroolty, any licence, and hideous blasphemy he might commit would have tholr full and enthusiastic sanction. In this newspaper three years ago the grotesque ceremonies of the Holy Rollers were fully exploited in connec tion with tho interrupted purpose of tholr prophet to make a human sao rlfloe, tho victim marked for this aw ful fate being a beautiful young girl named Matilda Johnson. Up to that time the only living sacrifices had been pot dogs and oath and other ani mais treasured by his followers. These people had already made themselves suoh a nuisance to the people of Cor vallis with their frenzlad shouting and their contortions as they rolled over tho floor with demoniac actions at their meetings-together with the bad influence of all this upon tho suscep tible women and girls of tho neigh borhood-that thc prophet had been obliged to run away till tho excite ment died down. His return was the occasion for frantic rejoicings. Cref flold rose in tho midst of his people and said: "God bade me return. Human be ings cannot harm us. " The effeot of this declaration was electrical. The altar in the grove was prepared f<,r saorltioe and thc wood was lighted. Baok of the altar, with arms tossed wildly above his head, tho prophet shouted: "Subjugate all lustful de sires. All that has price contamina tes the spirit and hinders communion with God." Thereupon, the frenzied dupes oast tholr personal belongings into tho flames. Jewels, money, cloth lui'-, furniture and animal pets were saoriflced. Little girls threw their dolls into tho Ure. A pretty young woman sacrificed her mirror, thc em blem of her worldly vanity. Boys gave tholr most oherished toys. O. V. Hurt, a well-to do merchant, of Corvallis, with his entire family, joined the "Holy Ushers," abandon ing his business. His name was en tered on tho "Holy lt .dis" kept In the sanctuary, a tent in the grove, within which lt was profanation for any but the prophet to set his foot. But when it was noised about that Oreflleld was preparing for a human saoriiloo, and that Miss Matilda Johnson was mark ed for that horrible fate, tho sane _en of tho neighborhood revolteo. They brought and proved snob charg es against Creitlold thal, he was sent to the penitentiary for two years. Tho "Holy Rollers" regarded him as a martyr, and held their organiza tion togcthor pending their leader's release. When Cretlleld got out of prison it was soon apparent that he was going to make tho most of his crown of martyrdom. Ills dopen were rcvly to believe anything ho told them. Tho basest part of the man's nature now oame to the HU rf acc. He proclaimed himself the Savior, but aH lt was ordainod that he would one day die like ordinary man lt was necessary that there bc a Utting Mitccssor. Il - preached with shameless and Incredi ble hardihood that tho futuro piophet would bc, like Jesus of Nazareth, norn of a virgin. When tnat virgin ap poarod among lils followers lie would recognize and proclaim her. In splto Of tho outrageous profanity of this declaration it drove many young wo men and mere girls imo a religions frenzy. They left tholr hom s and Joined the 'Holy Rollors." Soon tho events wore linking into a chain of evinitablo tragedy, Amoug the young ?tris who came moor the ovil lnfluonoe of Orefllold .vere Either Mitchell aud her married lister, who h&d left their home in Portland. On,-to 'oin the "Holy holloT." Tnoir fanaticism waa oom p?eto. CrMll?ld, now known to be a degenerate of a type without a parall el, hud his wicked will with both of them, and they gloried In their altua Mon. Rumors of their Bisters plight brought their three brothers-G orge, Perry and Fred Mitchell-from Pott laud toreclaim thom. G.orge, the eldest, waa twenty-five, while Fred, tho youngest, was only a boy of seven teen. While thc brothers tried to get their sisters to go borne with them Oreffleld boldly proolalmed that Esth or MUcholl was indeed the virgin whom tho Almighty had ordained to b o one the mother of his successor. Learning that their sisters were both victims of the worst passions of the prophets, and that they wero now infatuated, beyond redemption-com pletely ore zid-Goorgo Mltohell bold ly doolared that he would averse them. Ho said he would kill Oreflleld on Bight. Upon hearing this throat tho prophet slipped away in the night to Seattlo, Wash., taking his chief tool, his wlfo and Either Mliobell with bl in. ni cl lng in a house In an obscuro part of the city, he gavo him self up to the worst excesses. In the midst of bis orgies he sent messages to bis followers at Corvallis that on his return, whioh would bo soon, he would carry out God's oommand to of f jr up a humau ac. hl03. This would ma k tho summit of his clovatlon as a true prophet, and thenceforth his pooplo would bo free from persecution and would absorb all other roliglous scots. For this saori (ice they must obtain a male infant Whon George Mltohell and his broth ers followed Orcilleld to Seattlo on their mls?lon of veugcauoo the "Holy Rollers" were In a frenzy of zeal to carry out their loader's awful com mand. For a week George Mltoholl walked tho streets of Seattle with his baud on his rovo v^r. OJO day ho met Ore nield faoo to face, and without a word sent a bullet crashing through his brain. Ho stood calmly bosldo tho body of the prophet till tho polloc oamc and took him to jail. Never was there a more oom pl etc vindication of the crime of murder than resulted from that brief trial. Neither the sisters nor thc widow ol thc piophot appearod lu court. When Dither was asked to testify for ber brother who had avenged her, Bbc evinced only tho utmost hatred for him. The elder Mltoholl bad arrived to do what he amid for his son. Now that ho was free, father and tho three sons went lu search of Esther. All met at tho house where the widow o? Oreffleld, and Esther were living. Esther submitted to a partial recon ciliation. She agreed to go homo with them. Oa tho following day all went tc the station to take the train for Port land. Whllo walting for tho trail] they sat together on a bench lu thc walting roora. The train rolled op tc tho station. Esther motioned tc George to go llrst and look for seats She was next behlud him. As George lifted his foot to the oar step, Estel Mltohell drew a rovolver from bei skirts, placed the muzzle within a fevi inches of her brother's head, pnllec the trigger and he rolled dead at bei feet. The murderess of her brothel was immediately arrested. As she wat hoing taken away, her two living brothers, Perry and Fred, sat on s station benoh weeping lu eaoh other'i arms. This is the story Esther Mit cliell told In her cell: Mrs. (Jrelllold and 1 talked over th* matter of killing George. Tho ono thal had tho best c ianoo was to do lt. Mrs, Oiellldd bought the gun We were at the room about 4 o'clock this afternoon and I thought I would have a bettei chance to do lt than Mrs. Ore til aid, af my brothor wantod to see me and be lieved that he would think nothing about my going to the dopot. Then Mrs. Orcilleld gave me tho gun and I was to do it. We agreed that it must be done as soon as possible. 1 took the gun yesterday and my brother Fred walked with me down to tho depot when ray father went away. "They wanted me to seo George then, and 1 did not want to, because 1 could not got tho gun unwrapped. I liad the gun wrapped up and conceal ed, and 1 rofused to see George. When I went home 1 took the gun and plas ed it under the mattress. Then 1 took lt out about noon Tuesday and kept it with me. My brother Fred was up to ray room to-day and said that Perry and George were going to Portland Tuesday. 1 went to tho depot and saw Perry get his ticket. At last I saw George and 1 shook hands with him and 1 was walking to the door with him. He and Perry were walking Jn front aud Fred and I were walking be hind. At that timo I had tho gun in my coat. 1 was walking to the door and Ocortro was in front of me. "That was the ohanoo I wantod and 1 shot him. My brother Fred grab bed mc and I sat down on his lap and put my arras about his neok. I sat there and the otllcors oame. 1 Intend ed to follow him to Portland If I did not get a chance at him there. I do not regret the shooting; 1 am glad I did lt. 1 am not insane, nor do I pro pose to try to esoape punishment George Mitchell murdered a holy man. He hlmsolf was a defiled one. I have ful li 1 lcd my mission, and I am satisii cd." Later the widow of Ortlllcld signed with Esther Mitchell a Joint state ment to the ctlcot that they had con spired together to kill Esther's broth or. That both thc woman and the girl aro Insane lt is hardly posslblo to doubt. Yet sentiment against them in that region so Infosted with "Holy Kollors" in so strong that it seems not Improbable that both may go to the gallows. Hut. theso tragedies will provo to be tho deathblow to this horrible scot, which had no other cause of being than to pander to the voices of Its prophet. Orctlleld loaves no leader strong enough to combat public resentment-and there is no fear now thu\j any Infant lifo ?s men aced by thc deceased prohob's plans to mako a human saurilico. Tried to ANHUIIII WotuAn, When tho steamer Henry M. Stan ley waB WodnoB:lay two miles from Galliopolls, O., a negro entered tho cabin of a woman passenger and at tempted to assault her. He was dis covered and driven over tho sido of tin; boat by thc captain. As no trace could afterward bu found of thoncgio it is believed that ho was drowned. Hoy lloro DrowiiH With Mlator. Whllo a brother and slstor named Slierks, agod sovontoen and eighteen years, were bathing in L\ke Erlo, oh* Point Abino, Tuesday, they wero drowned. The slstor was hoing tar ried out by the undertow whon tho boy went to her assistance. Their bod los havo not been recovorod. CAUGHT BY SH AUK. MAN . ANC A BOY BIT BV A MONSTER. Another Man Takes a Ride on the Back of a . Dolphin. The uh ar lenton Post says last week a party ot railroad men from the Southern railway went down to Cole's Island, a small strip of land near Klawah Island, for. n marooning trip. They took Doteotlve John Hogau along with them for safety, but not withstanding this precaution the ma rooners met with numerous adventur es, some of whloh oame near resulting seriously. On Friday afternoon Capt. M. P. Danner, genoral yardmaster of tho Noa thorn, took a small raft bateau and paddled out into tho ?reek, whloh runs along the shore of Cole's Islaud, and commenced to fish. Do had caught a few whiting when suddenly something seized his line and Capt. Danner was dragged with terrille foroo over the side of his bateau into the water. An enormous porpoise had sc'zt? bis bait and In swimming away had pulled tho fisherman Into the oreek. These fish are noted for tholr groat strength and it ls not to ho wondorod at that Capt. Danner was dragged out of his boat whon ho kopt clinging to tho line. Capt. Danner Immediately called for help and Mr. FrJMz Dlers, a oar in spector for tho Southern, who was Ushlng in a boat nearby, sprang to his assistance. It was a peculiar coincidence, but just as Mr. Diers jumped from his boat into the stream the porpoise darted under him. It was very large and Mr Dlers landed p'ump rn h's back. Tho Bight wai aighly ludicrous. Mr. Diors scooted along at a fast clip through the water seated on tho back of tho por poise, whose body could bo plainly seen. Had the occasion been less serious, tho spectators would have been re minded of the story of Arion, tho fa mons old Crock musician. According to thc logends of the andonis, Arion was on a voyage to Corinth when tho Avoriclous seamen determined to slay him, but the god Apollo warned him In a dream. So he played on his lute and a number of dolphins, or porpjis es, oharmod by tho sweet mu?io, assembled round the vcssol. Arion leaped on tho back of one of them and was carried safely to Corinth. Mr. Diera, however, was not desir ous of proving the delights of por poke t.'.'iiibportatlon. He had no idea ol mp.klng a Journey on thc back of a dolphin, so ho slid Into the water a* soon as he could collect ld., faculties. Capt. Danner, during this time, was in a dangerous condition. He was al most drowned when help carno to him and it waB with the greatest dilllculty that he was taken from che water and revived. He is still quite unwell and unable to bo at his work. Tho day before, Thursday, witness ed another adventure that almost terminated seriously. Bor j ?.min Hernandez, a 15 year old boy, the son of the owner of Colo's Island, Mr. Robert F. Hernandez, W>?S swimming In tho oreek alone. M; Charles EL Milligan was lishing from a wharf tnat ls used as a ri vor lauding for sjaall craft. Suddenly Mr. Milligan heard young Hernanoi z shout "Shark 1 shark! Save mel' He jumped in the water for the boy and the shark turned from the lad and made for him. The Jaws of the monster said to bc about twclvo feet long, came together at Mr. Milligan's foot, taking elf a toe and some iljsh. The Injuries to benjamin Hernandez were moro serious. Tho shark had bitten tho boy, taking off two large plebes of bis right limb, in the oalf of his lower leg and in his thigh. Capt. Danner, Mr. Dlers, Mr. Bren nan and a number of others oame to the assistance of the two and got them on the beach. Dr. Fripp was summoned and the wounds dressed. The injuries to Hernandez aro of such naturo that he will ho laid up In bed for a number of weeks and lu all pro bability will lose the use of his limb. Touohod Live Wiro. At Sumpter Mr. J . J. Harby was shocked very much by a live electric wire Tuesday evening and Mr. Eu t gene Moses met with a similar aool ?dent in trying to relieve Mr. narby. Two wires wore orossed In rear < f Mr. C F. MoFaddlns yard oauslng a blaze. Mr. Harby was investigating the troublo whon ho notloed a wire on tho ground In an adjacent yard, and believing lt was dead he grasped it to remove it, when tho current whizzed allover him, throwing him to thc ground, and ho could not turn loose. Mr. Moses attempted to knook with a stick the wire loose from Mr. Hurby's hand, when he was knocked bolpless himself. Mr. Harby was sevoroly bur ned about the hands, legs and back. Holes as largo as a dollar wei*? burn in his clothing. Fortunately lb was not from a direct current, but from tho transformer, else both of thom would have mot death. An rUcotlon Kow. At Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday J. G. Wellington, a saloon keepor, waskilkd. W. J, Cooke, a judge of election is fatally wounded anda third man leas sorlously lnjurod in a light at a polling plaooi a few minutes afte the closing of the polls for the elec tion of county ollljcrs. B. E. Conn, the third mau wounded was another judge of e ootion. He was not ser iously hurt. The troublo arose over the oounky oleotlon, which was hold Thursday. Wellington Insisted on be ing present at tho count of the bal lots and In an argament, Wellington ls said to have drawn a revolver and begun shooting. Acourdlng to tho s cory told to the police, Conn rushed out of the polling place, secured a shotgun and began llrlng. Tho tlrst shot fairly riddled Wellington with buckshot. Wellington kopt on llrlng until he dropped and whon tho smoke of battle cleared away, Cooko was found on tho floor desperately wound od, a buhot from Wellington's icvol vcr having pierced hiB sido. Syrian Loner. G sorgo ltossctt, the Syrian leper whose movements have been watched for the last few wooks arrlvod In Barksvlllc, W. Va. Wednesday and his travels were brought suddenly to a halt when tho Baltimore and Ohio oillo?als refused to allow him to rido on that division of tho road. Nnicro li. il lou by a Train, An unknown negro man was killed by an outgoing frolght train in the Southern*yards Wednesday morning about 8 o'olook at Atlanta, Ga. The nogro fell from a oar, tho wheels pass ing ovtr bis left leg abovo the ankle. No one knew anything of the dead man, A 001T0N HARVESTER. A Now l?r?o?H8 of lMckhiK OottOM HM Kleon invented. The following artlolo appearing in the weeks Issue of the Manufacturers' He cord, as a special from St- Louis, will be of interest to tho cotton grow* eis of the South: To moot tho constantly growing de mand for greater. economy of labor in harvesting cotton, the American Cot ton Separator co , bf St. Louis, Mo., L. D. Kingsland proBldont, through its ifonoral manager, Mr. W. A. Pat terson, has Invented, sooured patents and built maohlnes upon the prinolple of saving of the cotton orop on the same basis as wheat and other cereals have been saved for years. AU grain, as ovorybody, knows, ls separated from its natural hull by wheat or oom separators, and the Inquiry first start* ed in Mr. Patterson's mind was, Why not separate cotton from Its hull by a similar method? From this Idea has been developed a cotton separated, and tho Amorloau Ootton Separator Co., of St. Louis, Mo., IB now prepar ed to give to the planter or the ginnor a maohine that will accomplit-u thin work. This metbod of securing the ootiov orop from the time tho boll first open? until the last boll of half uurlpo op< n cd cotton af tor frost has st nick lt if? to gather or snap from tbe stalk thc boll, deliver it into a wagon, or. car, take lt to the cotvou separator, which mick i the ootton from tbe wagon or oar and passes it through the machine and separates the boll from tbo lint. In tho process praotioally demonstrat ed by tbe ootton separator not only otTccllvo work bas been dono, but it lb espeoially tffeotlvo after the frost has struck it, as lt raises the qualtity of tills cotton at least oue grade, and in s mo instances has raised it two grades. It is believed that it will bo admitted by all cotton-raisers thats man, woman or oblld oan euther oi saap tho bolls frc m tho stem two or three timos as much weight during a day as can be picked in the ordinary ?vay. It ls also a woll known fact that it ri quires nimble lingers to pick o .tton rapidly and successfully, and even then moro or less oottou ls left in tho boll. By the new method an old man or woman, as well as a child of 12 or 14 years old, eau pluck the boll and oottou from the otom. The Soutb, like all tho world, is be ginning to bo seriously affected with labor troubles, and during the ootton p'oking season often lb is dltllcult to reen re a Rutilaient number of hands to properly and quickly take oare of the deve'opod orop. E/en though a plaut er bas been fortunato euougli to ob tain a requisite number of hands for lils crop, bo is moro or less annoyed by th* ir failure to constantly a1.tend io the duty he has employed them for. This is not only exasperating, but is detrimental in thc ox&reme to tiiie savin* of the product of his year's effort lu the planting and developing of Jits cop. It is e?t ir ed that it re quires throe men to pick tho cotton raised by one. With the no-v metbod lt is claimed that t-he man that r il-ies thc c op can pluok or gather it, rtnd that the separator will put his cotton in a hotter condition for ginning ttau ls now done by the ordinary way of picking. u*> 1 It ls estimated that at least 2.( ), OOO bales of cition are lost through out the S uth overy year, know as frostbitten cotton and tsoaotercu OU ton left In tho field unpicked by tlie ploker. Witti the Amerloaa Cottbu Separator all of this cotton oan bb saved, it is olalmcd, thereby giving tho planter the full fruit of his lalor and to the South millions of dollars that otherwise would bo lost. It is an acknowledged fact that tbe cotton boll possesses a nutritious oharaoter similar to that possessed by tbo seed. This oan bo util.zed after having pass ed through the separator by grinding it up and feeding to oattlc, which ls an additional great saving claimed by tlie American Cotton Separator. This cotton separator usos a series of saws operated by a pnoumatlo system DAMAGING HAIL STORM. Crops ltuinod on tho I.DBH Fulla J lr.-.vi ly and Owiicru. A dispatch from Epworth to Thc Stat? says Wednesday morning about sj o'olook this community was com pletely swept by a torrlble hailstorm, nothing at all being left on the land. Even the treos woro robbed of most of the foliage and all fruits and vegeta bles are KOUO. Today tho Holds arc as olean and barron as tho public road. Ouo can not conceive of any thing MU terrible. It can not be de scribed. The hall stricken district IH about four miles long and from ono to ono and one-half to two miles across. There aro many peoplo loft In vory, very dostitute circumstances, without any provisions, no work to do and nothing for the horses and cat tlo. Tho loss is estimated at ?20,000. Many of those families need help and need it now. Any one wishing to contribute to the storm sufferers will kindly send contributions to the Ep worth Supply oompany and lt will be given to the most needy ones. Ep worth is in Greenwood County. Tho State says O JV. Hoy ward has bad a call for help made upon him, and although his sympathies have been very muoh touched he bas no contingent fund with which to help tho sufferers. Enterprising oltlzons Of the State have started hall storm In sn rance companies, two of them bo lng operated successfully and they have paid out a lot of money thia yoar to pooplo who have suffered. Tho letter willoh Gov. Hoy ward ro od vod is in part as follows: "On Wednesday last our commun! ty was visited by an awful hail storm that ruined overythlng. Tho crops are totally destroyed. I have hoard old men say they have nevor soon anything Uko lt. Tho orops of out ton, corn, peas --In fact everything aro completely wiped away. Our people nood help badly. There ls a (Mfferenco between this and most oil mates. In most oases the loss is at least partly ooverod by lnsuranco, but in this Instance tbero ia nothing to be recovered. Tho suffororsaro with out anything to eonvort Into raonoy, with willoh to pay off their year's supplios, or to buy anything to Uvo on until they begin another orop. "Tho orops of about io plows have been destroyed and many outlying Heids havo boon laid wasto. I con sider ?400 bo tho plow a conservative cati mato of tho loss on cotton alone, whioh makes ?10,000 for this small aroa."_ noy or 14 ? Hulolde. Pooauso his mother sjoldad him, Jo soph Molo tro, of Paton, N. M. aged fourtoon, oommlttod sulolde by drink ing oarbolio acid. 1 / j V ' 1 tl THE COTTON CROP. AUGUST lUCPOHT OW THU ?QUIt ' KAI. Or COMMKHi K Indicates That the Two Carolina??, 1 Goorgir/aAd Florida Eas Had Too Much Bain. Tho AuKUBt reporto of tho New York Journal of Commerce, whloh was published In that journal yester day, shows conditions to be 31.7 oom pared with 82 7 for the previous montb, a deoline of one point against a 5 8 point deoline last year. For the cor responding month In 1905 the condi tion was 75 4; in 1004 it wat 84 4, and in 1903 lt wau 77. Tho present report ls based upon 1,350 replies, bearing an average date of July 24. Georgia and Florida show radical declines, being 7 and 5 5 points, respectively, while N jrth and South Carolina, Alabama and Arkansas show comparatively slight deterioration. To offset these declino? Mississippi Improved 1.7 points; Loutsianna, 18 points; Tosas, 1 3 point? ; Tenr.csaa?, 1.05; Indian Territory, 4.9, and Okla homa 3 0 points. Practically thu whole cause for deterioration has been insignificant. North Carolina ls now 78,4. against 80 on January 1; South Carolina is 72 4, against 70 2; Georgia, 75.3, against 82 3; Florina, 714, against 77; Alabama, 81, against 810; Mississippi, 87 1, against 8 5.3; Lou's lanna, 88 0, against 84 8; Texas, 85 2 against 83 8; Arkansas, 84, against 94 7; Tonnessco, 84.9, against 80; In dian Territory, 85 0, against 82; Okla homa, 82 0, against 80. With the exooption of the Caro linas, Qeorgla and Florida, woather oonditlons have been generally very favorable. The excessive and wide spread rain In those States has prc vented ploughing, allowing grass to grow heavy and f jroaing growth of stalk at thc expense of fruitage. low lunds have buff ?red most, and especi ally where poorly drained, but c'.ear weather, If not too late, will greatly repair this setbaok. All other States, with few exocptlons, have about held their own, and some have shown im provement, notably Texas, thc Terri tories, Louisiana and Tennessee In tho other States copious rains have boen bcnellolal rather than harmful and tho prospects are gener ally very bright. Tho plant, though [?mall, is strong and healthy, and fruiting well. Insects have done little, or no damage In tho entire belt, bu? fear cf Injury by the boll weevils ls getting somewhat common in Texas *nd L misiana. Since tho average date ot thOMO rcpopts tains h&vo not done any sorlous damage and temper atures bava not been high, which many correspondents' feared aftor so much rain. Many districts report a late season. Too crop is vory largely laid by and August 1st to tho 16ch will probably see the end. Complaints o' tcarclty of labor are comparatively few._ BJ58CUJS A BAN HONED SABES. UooiotY In Columbi* to (/'uro lor IlolpIoHB Infants. The News and Courier of Friday prints a special from Columbia which says: Thanks to rcoent revelations hy the Salvation Army as to tho pres ence among negroes hero of many white children abandoned by their parentB, there was a meeting in the parlors of tho Columbia Hotel Thurs day evening for txe purpose of organ Iz ng a society whose objeot shall bc lue rescue of those needy white child ren who oannot now for ono reason or another, bc received lu tho regular or phanages. All interested In saving such child rou to useful manhood and woman, hood were asked to be present. Mr W. B. Streeter, a representative of tho National Children's Home So oioty, of which Dr. Charles Hender son, of the University of Chicago, met those interested at this gathering and explained In detail tho plan of opera tion. How great is the neod for suoh an organization, not only tn tho city, but in tho oountry distrlots few people outside of police and orphanage cir oles real!/). Tao regular orphanages may receive only tho children of re %pectable parents; yot among the ue groes and tho "red light" element of every city, as recent Investigations by the Salvation Army here have shown, there are dozens of children, o*puble of development Into useful men aud women, born in shame aud cast oil as Impediments b> their unnatural pa rents. Tho sooloty is non-sectarian and ls supported solely by voluntary gifts, lt seeks the oo-operation of all good citizens. Its child-plaoing department, per haps thc most important, certainly tho department most needed for Co lumbia's present conditions, operates somewhat as follows: It receives homolcss children, aftor careful con sideration of caoh OH.sc; solccts horner on recommendation of tho looal au thorities, after a visit by an experi enced agent; supervises children, aftor placement, by oorrcBpondonoo and by visit from o Ulcers of tho sooiety; em ploys a State superintendent to be friend, rocelve, plaoo and visit chil dren, also collectors; transfors chil dren from tho homos tirst selected, if necessary. The sooloty goos about its work in praotloal ways. lt? Ur-otloiiH ol'a Kftoliolor. Is the experience you havo acquired worth what it com? Even a man who is color blind knows when ho ls feeling blue. Nine-tenths of a man's so called dignity ls nothing but bl vii. Falling In lovo is onsy, but climb ing out again aye thore's the rub. Once in a groat while tho votors get careless and elect au honest min. A patont medicino testimonial oc casionally thrustsgreatucss on a small mau. What a man would oall "ontbusl aim," as applied to himsolf ho dubs "guan," in others._ Our WlitMkov Tux. To provo that tho dispensary hod deoroased tho consumption of liquor in South Carolina, Mr. Weston, can didate for tho Sen?to in Uiohland County, quoted fron tho Ugures of tho last United St ates oonsus, whloh Showed that tho avorago annual drink bill of the people of the entlro United Statos was 917.33 per capita, whilo foi South Carolina ii was only 92 98. llliutl UK ora. The Mayor of Nowtorry had four negioes up before him Wednesday for riinnlug blind tigers. Thoy plead guilty and thoy were lined from 925 to 9100 eaon. If this ls kept up Nowborry will got rid of har blind ti gers. DEMANDS THE PKOOF. Qen. Witto Jonoa Oulla Col. Ju lin O. ( HetjkoU Down. Out on tho Richland oounty stump Thursday In tho battle between oan- , didates (or the state senate, John O. Haskell and F. H. Weston the latter got to twitting the former In the argument over tho solvenoy of the state. dispensary with the faot that Qen. Wilie Jones, presldont of the Palmetto Bank, brigadier general of the State militia, ohalrmau of tue state democracy, had endorsed the uuanolal statoment recently issued by Commissioner Tatum to show the solvency of the Institution. Ool. Haskell retorted that Um. Jones was no Qod Almighty running tho affairs of Richland and that the general'? own brother-in-law had startod the report that the reoent remodelling of Qen. Jones' handsome residence was paid forby Sam La?aban. Thursday Qen. Jonas gave out the following as a copy of a letter sent Colonel Haskell: Gol. John 0. Haskell: Columbia, S. C. Sir: In your speech of August lat, at Sllgb's The State quotes you as using tho following languago in reply to a question from your opponent for senator from Rlohland county: "Th r bave been rummors hy his brother-in law that Lauahan repaired his house. ' ' In wbioh you had reference to me. I havo four brbtbers-ln law, ono of them is dead. I demand that you ?Ive mc tho name of tho brother-in law referred to. As to the rumor, I pronounce it absolutely false. Respectfully, Wilie Jones. In reply to this Col. Haskell Friday morning sent tho following to Qon. Jones: Wilie Jonos, Esq., Palmotto hank. Dear Slr: Yours of this inst, just reoolved. I did uso the language, you quote, bub it was in reply toa llrect question put to me(uostun Justitiabl:) by Mr. Weston who first named you. I said what you quote, but added that while I know nothing, you had boen distinctly charged by Mrs. Jonos' brothor, Willie Caldwell, with having had a large amountspeut on repairs and alterations of your house paid by La?aban. 1 hid brard of this charge repeatedly aud heard him mako lt openly on Main street Just tu front of Mlot's druif store while 1 was passing by. 1 forget who he was talking to but beard him Bay lt openly to lils comyanions, of whom there were several. 1 greatly regret having had to make tue statement 1 did; as 1 said, 1 had no knowledge of the facts, but Mr. Weston's very lm proper question forced mo to lt. 1 went on to say that I go to you for guidance in neither polities nor mor ais. I greutly regret thc whole occur rence as 1 alwayB dislike personalities but 1 feel that 1 am not responsible but that Mr. Weston ls. Truly yours, Olgner1) John c. Haskell. Friday night Gun, Jones sent the following reply: Col. John C. Haskell, Columbia, S C. Dear Slr: Your favor of this ds.te to hand, in whioh you say that you beard my brnther-in law, William II. Caldwell of California, make the state ment that Lauahau paid for the re pairs on my house. William H. Caldwell loft Columbia ahont the 20tb . f D oomber, 1800 for Texas, and has nevor boen east of the Mississippi river since. Hi is now a resident of California. My house was repaired two years aftor he left Columbia, by W. J. May, oon tractor, and bc will swear t.bat when he repa'red tho house William H. Caldwell had left for the West. Now, Colonel, bow it is possible for William II. Caldwell to have made the statement to you whon he. lias not been in this ol tv for 10 yean, y lt matters not who said that La?a ban paid for the repair? on my house, ft ls au absolute falsehood. Respectfully, Wilie Jones. Killed by Hlr*y Shot. At Obe Foo, China, Lieutenant Clarence England, navigating ctlloor of the Uulled States cruiser Chatta nooga, was wounded at about noon Friday by a ribo bullet fired by a member of the crew of the French armored cruiser Dupetlt Thouars, and died at 0 o'olock Saturday even lng. Tho Chattanooga, with L'cut enant England on the bridge, was proceeding from tho harbor to the target range, just outside, anri ?us passing tho French squadron, which was anchored near the Amorlcan squadron and was engaged in small arms praotlco. The Chattanooga, aftor several bullets had struok on tho ship, signalled to tho French men to caso firing, but boforo this was accomplished Lieutenant Eng land was struck in the back, at the base of tho spine, probably by a rico ohct bullet, willoh left his body under tho arm._ Mot lt MiXOtl. It wasn't a Missouri editor but a printer's devil who was gob-g through his first experience in "making up" forms. The papor was late and the boy got the ?allevs mixed. Thc ii rsi part of an obituary notice of a penu rious oltl'/.-.-n had boen dumped in the forms, and tho next handful! of type came olT a galley describing a recent fire. H read Uko this: "Tho pall boarers lowered the body to the grave and as lt w&s consigned to the llames tho re wnro few if any regrets. For tho old wreck had boen an eyosoro to tlio town for years. Of oourso there was Individual loss, but that was ful ly covered by insurance." The widow thinks the editor wroto tho obituary that way because tho lamented part ner of her joys and sorrows owed him live years' subscription. A Now INiHtal I .-AW? Complaint ls mado to the Depart ment tbat rural carriers, at tho ro qucst of patrons of their routes, oall at express otil?os for packages of mail ablo matter and deliver same outside of thc malls to thc patrons and rcolve small fee? for the service, and tho following prohibitory order bas been issued: "Poalmastcra at rural de livery olllccs aro directed to inform rural carriers that tboy m Ult not oarry, as express matter, for biro or as a favor, any articlo weighing four pounds or under, willoh is mallabie, and oarrlors will inform their patrons that auch packages can only bo de livered by them aftei the required postago has boen bill zed to suoh packages." _ Titos. JO. Miller, president of tho State Colored college ?it Orangoburg, denios tho report that he hus boon making political speeches in behalf Of Henry (May Kvann, who in tho Ropublioan candidato for govornor of Tonnosaoo. CLAIMS THE BB I OK JP HIS VOUCH ?HVffiH- POUT Y , YFiiVHS HI; i'A ii vi ION. < \ War Story That Beads like it Wm Taken Ont of a Ptory Book. A special from Atlanta to the Augusta Ohroulole says people at the , terminal station Thursday noticed ar aged man, feeble lu body, gray, heel tating in walk and manner, leave a north a orgia train. lld pasbed through the city, staring at tho bus) streets and tall skyscrapers In perfect wonderment. II) seemed afraid, ami 2)d, out of placo, myst!Hod. On I lr qulry it was found that the aged passenger had but a few days ago carno from a living death. Ile bad past oompletid a term of thirty nine years' service in a northern peciten tiary. no was on his way to Garters ville, where he went to lind the wlft ho ufo ovor forty years ago, to go anr light for his country; a wife *ho har taken him to he dead, and had mar ried again and oonstriored herself no a second widow. The aged man was Anderson Pitt mun, formerly of Hebersham county, this State, lu 1803 then a youm man, ho kissed hi? young wlfo good bye, and, j lning a lt O??I company, went avtay to light the battles of tri South, b'or months regular totten reached the young woman from hoi fond husbsnd. Finally, ono day, they ceased to ai rive. The battle of Ohickamauga har! beon fought a fow days before, and Pittman's regiment bad been onr against whioh Shorman had throwr his brigades Many brave Southern ers were left on the Hold. But that is history. Pittman's wife believed that he had died with others. But she waited, and grieved and longed 113r ?vldow's woods were doon ed lr uadness, and the years rolled by. The husband came not nor wrote. Ono day a uoighbor wooed and won her. Surely Anderson was dead, shr thought, and married again. She lived happily several years and ont day her now husband, a man by thc name of Whitton, was killed by a man who accused him of informing the authorities of his Illicit distilling operations. But Andersen was not dead. H. was among tboso taken prisoner b) the northern hordes, and was sent p wiy to a northern hell house of con ?lucnient. One day near the timi whin he should bavo beon exchanged be resented the mistreatment of a prison < Hider and killed him. .He was taken away Into civil court and tried. Little wonder ls there wheu tho prejudices of the time are considered that he ever escaped with his lifo. But life confinement was his portion. To a penitentiary he was sent to servo his sentence. The right of communication with loved ones and friends was denied. Thirty-nine long years be spent be hind prison bars, knowing nothing of the mighty progress his section had made In tho meantime. One day. Uko the Feabrt of the Marsholsca of old, bis release oame, and he found himself out In a cold, strange world, with most of his life behind him, His thoughts turned homeward, and back to the "Hills of Hebersham and to tho Valleys of Hall" he oame. Ho arrived there a few days ago, the modern type of Rip V in Winkle startling all the native*, few of whom remembered him. II f u ul that hi; wife was in Cartorsvlllo, and an old friend of his former captain assisted him lu reaching that place. There, lt ls stated, he found blt wife connected with the family of General Granger. She didn't know nim, though he oalled her by tin name of old, but In tone softened by the enforced lisp of prison life. How ever, she recognized him by a wart on the forehad, and the two who had parted in the halcyon days of youth mot in the autumn ot old age, and will spend tho remainder of theil lives as God first intended thov should, man and wifo. And here let us draw tho curtain. Hoy Drowned. While bathing, with a launoh party n tl e Nc rtb River, c ff Dyokman Btreet Wednesday Fritz Holston, sixteen years old, cf No. 600 Eist O.ie Hun dred and Porty first Bt?eet, Nsw York dived c IT tho boat in twelve feet of ???ter und did not come up. It is sup posed that ho struck the bottom was stunned and drowned. His body was not recovered._ Aloro Timit Kvor. The Newberry Observer in report ing Mr. T. J. Harmon's speech who is a candidate, for the legislature, says ho "announced himself In favor of tho dispensary. Said more liquor ls being drunk now in Newberry county from blind tigers than was drunk in tho days of barrooms oi the dispon Bary; that every express ollloo has be oome a ba. rom, and the exoressoora pany is gottlng rich. THE people of tho North will Homi er or later learn much, very much, about tho nogro, but thoy must not class all of them with tho fiend who murdered that family near Cannona btiry, Pa. That is tho kind of a no gro that gots lynched in tho South, and thoro aro plonty of good negroes hore who aro always ready to help got him out of tho way, as ho is just as much an enemy of tho good negro as he is of the white man. IT ls now explained that Secretary Taft was sent, to North Carolina, be cause those "Blackburn people" had been endorsing at some of their coun ty conventions vice-President Fair banks as successor to President Roose velt. Thc question' is has Taft stopped tho revolt. W.H. 11 RARST will ho tho noxt governor of Now York, and ho will nu.ko a good ono too. Insurance At i T. S. Soase, Presidont. PALMETTO MUTUAL HRI ?partanbi A homo llrellnsurance company that Management Capable and Conservative Write for particulars. We Have I Ono 25 liorso power Talbott, second 1 Iv beon overhauled. This Engine i a groat bargain for anyone who is in Wo aro hoadquartorn for anything prompt attention will bo given to oil caro. Write u8 when you are in the to get our prices before placing your Columbia Supply.C?., ? - Will Our? tho K?ll?, Tue Florence Tlmea says: "Q/ura a novel eight greeter! the eyes 01 Flt r ; ntlne* thia morning as they beheld lovera) neuro womanunder guard bow ing the streets and clearing" the side walks cf grass. We believe lt ie the first time anythirg like this method j has ever been attempted, certainly lu South Carolina. Mayor Brown says ?bat lt is the only way to stop vag rancy and orlme among these Immoral wooren. Heretofore they have been . * a?A.,-d by tb0 clt* *ud dW nat olnd lt but from the oounfl of their outtored ourees this mornln?, it /ould appear that there ls a stronous bj ot lon to the new method. Sover il more were up before the mayor to lay ard were given a Blmllar sen tence." i J. MW IOS H UHlWU, H. D. Gravante Part mou th led. Col legetSM.Ei.Prci.M, Hkb. Mid.Society. Ii. Memb?r tut? Ked. 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