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CAPERS ON DECK. He Bosses the Republicans from Start to finish in STATE OOINVJH.N TiON. He Makes Dun Chairman Who Makes a Red Hot Sprech, A Ino-in* Senator Tlllmar, and Says thc Day fer the Down Trodden Nigro ls nt Hand The Republican l?tate Convention met in Columbia cn Wodocsday, E H. L> as, co or jd, was elected Chair man over John lt Talbert, whlto. Aside f.om the usual resolutions, another feature of th? convention was the adoption of a rule requiring regis ?ration or at least pr^.p^r apt-lieatlo* for suoh, as a prei\q dalto to voling Resolutions were adopted onngratu latlng the oountry on continued pn s perlty under Republican ad minist! a tion, commending tue wok of bott; branches of congress and "our patri otic" president. Chairman D?as, after Oalllng Uv convention to order, ru Mle a red hot speech, in which bo said tho oonven tion might, if lt so desired, tv m?nate a State ticket. Other business of Hie convention, nc said, was tho reorgani zation of the Slate executive commit tee. Deas warmed up as ho prece? d ed, raising bis voice to a loud pitch, and deolared that if tho gutting to Hight of oueof tho greatest p ?wera on earth by the Japanese, a colored race, was not encouragement und hope for tho negro, ho had water lu bis veins. "Today ls the time for the down trod len to climb," he shouted. Tbl; declaration was greeted *ith applause. He paid his compliments to Senat r Tillman and the dispensary, asserting that every man who lias touche! the "rotten dispensary, evan the distin guished Democrat lo State chairman, had como out dirty " He said tin primary system was a curs? ; formerly the best element could keep down the worst, but such wau not the caso now Ho said that the negro was no longer plowing "one } aller mule," but thal many were now operating BIX and eight-mule farms others were bank ers, real estate agents, merchants, etc "Colored men tiou't waut to rule," said Deas. He deolared that the State was .?on trolled by tho "under strata of white society." Ele Bald "a certain charat.tM ' had been appoint ed collector of Internal revenue ana that he "would die und ?u to hell bo fore he would serve under him." no said ho told tiie leaders In Washing ton that unless tue nomination was withdrawn all tho negroes lu South Carolina would voie the D?mocratie tloket. L. .W. C. li! ah ck acted as secret try and W. F, Myers assistant secretary of the convention. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL, The convention was oalled to ordei in tho colored Mast ive hall on A sse ir. bly street at 1 15 o'ol ok Wedin sda) afternoon, after considerable delay, caused by log roiling among the ven ous leaders. The txpeotf d tight between IO. II Deas and L. W. C. lllalook for tot State chairmanship did not material |Z3, but it develop, cl that the rea! oontest was between t^e faction headed by National Committeemin John (J. Capers, ex district attorney and another lcd by District At to mo j Ernest F. Cochran, both of whom put forward candidates for St,ato ohalr man, Capers supporting D as, who was elected over John lt. Ti :<ott, by a vote of 88 tu 2d. Ju s lomo latratlng that Capers dominated tue c< uven tion and hts friends v?cro In' ab?olutt control. Another-feature of tho conventlor waa the adoption of a roi ) ivhlob ex dudes everybody Lom tin i arty c un oils, from precincts on np, who ls n registered or has not made proper ap plication for registration. On motion of Capers, K. R. Tel bert was then (looted \IOJ c au mat by acclamation and by the sn tion L. W. C. li ul. ok and .1 10. W d son were elected mo nib rs st nug i 61 tho State cxecutivo com r.ttteo. T > Other membora of this con n., ce art as fol lowe: U'lIK STATIS ?0MM1TTKK First diKtrlot-C. M. IO gil li, W. F. Myers, U H. Jenkin.!. Second distrlot W S. Dixon, G. A Hied, IO. J. Dickt rs..n, Third distriot- J W. Tolbert, ii. B. Hendrix, John Scott. Fourth district- W. T. Smith, H. F. Means, J. W. Dawkins. Fifth distriol W. E Boykin, G io. Watts, W. M. Goodwin. Sixth district- J. lt. Levy, J. A. Baxter, J a?. Thorpe. Seventh dist ric Ablal Lathrop, J. H. Gjodwiu, lt ll Lllohards n, At large. IO H. Deas, lt K. Tol bert, Jr., L, W. C. liialock, Ww J. 10 Wilson. Following is ? ?1st of the countj ohairmen: Abbeville, ll ll Toll) rt, Jr.; Aiken, lt bert li ferr]; Auder son, J. V,. Adams; llambulg. D. I) Jeter, Jr ; Barnwell, \V. ,->, Jhxoi ; Beaufort, Samuoi Green; Harlech v, I S. Edwards; Charleston, T L Grant; Ohorokoe, W. M Goodwyn; Ch ster, A. Davh; Ohe8terli?'ld,C. A. M o A hin ter; Clarendon, S. M. Walker; Coho ton, D. W* Robinson; Darlington John T. Itafra; D irchesl r L\ IL Plnkney; JO getield, Paris Slmkln*; Fall Hold, 1. S. By K : Pion W . ( RIBO; Georgetown, J. A. ?axto ; Greenville, J. A. lirler;Greenwood. J W. Tolbert ; ll impton, ; Morry G. G Singletot j Kershaw, \v. io u >y. kin; Lancast r; J, 1> Dye; Laurens, P. s. buber ; Lhe, J .dui lt. Snail ; Lexington, W, A Smith; Marion, lt 10. Moor?; Martbor , IO J. Sawye,' ; Ne .berry, .).(;. Young; Ojoneo, A C. Merrick; o angobnrg, A, D, W?>? Bfcnr: Plokons, W n Ghastlu; Rich; land, L. G, Soott; Saluda, J M Jones Spartanburg, lt. P, Ridgerf; Sumter, R. ii. Richardson; Union, J V sar to ; Williamsburg, Jas. Thorpe; York, George A. Watts Alt ir addressing the delegates In f; hcatod speech In whloh ho book a ll m. at Senator TH'In au, thc dlsp UK rj and the Democratic primary Chairman D.:as announced tho var ous committees, aft.!' whloh th? c ventlon tock a recess. Toe reo s was not had, however, with opposition, ti.e ohalrman desiring ti hear from thc delegates as to thc propriety i f put th i ut ;i State tick et, saying "1 see a i umber of ) oung men surcharged with -pooches." TUM ri.ATloUM. John G. Capara vat appoln'td Ohalrman ot the committee on pb.t form and resolutions, whioU made the I following ropor? : Tho Uni >n it-'publican party of .Smith Carolina In convention aBBom bled In the city of Columbia on tb!* HUidayof August, 1000, congratu lates tho o.untry, In lt? entirety, up cn tbs prevailing peace and plenty which blesses ua all and upon tbe prosperity, lojalty and patriotism o? our people. "Wo rejoloe In the real'zjttion cf tbe great strength and power of the U.iltcd S'ates, and lix tho lotty dip nlty and lt li jon ce of our nation in all international alUlrB. The attitude of our country In these rcspeots if duo, In largo meat ure, to the pon ?tructlvo statesmanship and alert leg itdutive Ul Ats of tbe Republicans h both branches of congress, always aid ed and often guided by our vorsatile, Industrious und patrlotlo president, whoso splendid administration wi mest cordially ondorso. "With just party pride wo direol attention to the faot In this oonvon non, that sluoe tho year 1892 tho Re publican party bas triumphed in six general okctlous for congress and 11 turee elootlons for president, and that from north.o? tho Mason*D ion linc ?md east of tho Ml??;ifdppt river thore ia not a singlo D^mccrat?S senator in tbe irty-ulnoth oougress and lu faot live Bjpublloan senators from the combined Southern Slates of Dela wiro, Went Virginia and Missouri. "Such ll publican membership In our national legislativo halls carries gravo responsibilities, but the part> In power bravely and wb-ely at-3uines tt*i legifilaUve burdens a'd delights In Its successful efforts for all classes of A mei lean people. "lu our Stace affairs, and In faot .iltla fuw exceptions in the State af fairs of moat of thc Southern States, wo ci jjy a fair share of this general prosperity, bm. wo ?xrcri:::c3 a dis tinct db.cour&gement In mailors political as they ?IT'.ot the political rights nd privilege!* ut thee among in who wish to lend our tuarts and oallots to Hie groat cuno of insuring a c nitlnuai:ce of the administration of tho affairs of our country by the Republican party. This curtailment ot politlc.il rights 13 primarily due to tho unfair and discriminating admin istratlon of election laws of our State by e.very i Ulcer of lt down to tho BU pi rvhsors of registration iu Hie several ucunties, who are themselves more responsible for the discrimination than all of tho other adverse forces combined. In this connection we urge t. t-t thia convention adopt some measure which will establish a State registration board with a Stale chair man and secretary and a chairman *ud secretary for each county In the .St;-.to. These t Mers to be appointed Oj '.he Stale chairman wltu instr uc duns va to the lull responsibility of ibelr i llloes and tho haul work er kiied up JU them if they faithfully c rry out tbe duties Involved. In this way only eau we force our rights '?pon tho Dem oratio supervisors of registration and managers of elec tions, or at least lay a foundation for .1 contest, when federal electii us are involved, which would be sustained Oy congress lu pausing upon contested cases. "We declare our lirm adherence to tho principles and platform ot thc R$ pu'ohoan party ac chose prluolples and that platform were adopted and pro iLulgated by thc Republican national e. invention at Ooioago In J me, 1904.11 blVvTE BANK*. Tho ??.!,). liixmutnor'ti stAtcmont C(?nooi*niiiK Them. The abatement as Issued by State Hank Examiner Hollinan, upon thc report8 of the 103 State and private b-inks, is as follows: The statement follows: HH80UUOKS. Loans and discounts. ..$34,444,344 S3 Demand loam. 2.230 600 r>0 Ovi rdrafts . 678,007 22 bonds and Hincks own ed by thc bank. 3,592 230 88 Banking hon ie. 513,787 01 Kiuniuiroand tlxUires. 280,U88 71 () her real estate. 2(50,725 8U Due from banka and bankers. 3 940,523 70 Jurrenoy. 847 838 98 li dd . 110.598 40 ... vat, nicki a and pen nies . 376,952 70 (J .eeks and cash Items. 374,003 58 lOccbangca for the oloarlng house. 28,441 28 Molal.847,584.209 71 Ll A 111 UTI KS. Capital stock paid in.. *7 467.420 40 ?? ll rpi US fund. 1.397,000 90 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid. 2,214,695 78 Du ; to hanks and bank? ?IS. . 780,821 54 pue unpaid dividends.. 22,428 66 individual doposliHsub j jct to check.. . 2(i 475 6 )9 39 ) maud certificates_ 741 2-19 50 Fimo certificates. 2 614 129 48 Jen Hied oheoks. 16 315 53 'dallier's cheeki'. . 47.886 56 "Joles and billa dls o m .ted Bills payable, lncludlng0tlme oertl catoa representing borrowed money. 3,880,120 38 Total.147,584.209 71 Ooiulition of Cotton (.'ron. Tho following table shows the cen I lion of tho c itton crop on July 26 or tfds year with respcoti vc ten-year .vorago: .tate July 25, 10-year 1900. average. 'ir/inla. 83 86 I, Carolina ... 75 85 i, Carolina. 72 83 leorgla. 74 84 'lorida. 72 85 alabama. 88 83 IlHSlSHlppI.so 81 . ai isl ana.8.8 82 '? x ix. 80 80 ifkauias. 89 82 e.iin ssee. 88 85 I hiSOU ri. 95 80 Iklahoroa. 92 86 nd. Ter. 85 88 Jolted States 82 9 82 4 These arc tho llguresof the govern lent agricultural bureau, and we bc evo that they are padded. We have 0 ' Onfidonco In old man Wilson and is gang, audit, ls our opinion thai lie OOttOO planter will never get a mare deal from that bureau until hilson and bis honchrnen aro kicked u?,_._ ii .hood ol'ifni,500 in Gold, M-fi. M ifcild? Foote of Frederlok wu, o, was Thursday rubbed ol 3 500 Ingold coln, which she had lr hiing In her house. Mrs. Foote dre? io money from a bank to pu robase ie farm on which sho lived, and tin >bb r/ whH oom milted while sho wat 1 Moimi Vernon scouring tho deod. Cleaned Up "Jockey Corners" and Made Things Better. TAH AED JPMTHERS Used by ft Whole Town on Fo'ur Women and One Man Out In M'chigan Be? cause They Would Not lb li M vc Themselves After Being Warned. "I've run 'J okey Cornors' for thlr cy years, and I'm going to keep on ?unnlng it Just about as I ploase," mid old George Simpson, Ol vii War veteran, when other fanners of the vicinity of Fowlorvlllo, Mloh., sug gesterf osrtaln reforms for tho gjod of thc community. Thereupon tho protesting farmers held oounc'l with their wives, and shortly "J jokoy Corners" was the moonlit Boouo of ono cf those weird and semi savago ooromonies which seldom occur except in romote rural neighborhoods. Ie this instar C3 the bustling town of Fowler v.ile ls closely iden tilled with the afUlr. As a result, V-Jteran George Simp son Ja "ram pat g In1 " around threaten ing lu avy damage suits against half a d- z-:n young farmers, while his house keeper ono young woman guest and his former wife, who dwelt nearby, aro lu the oare c f doctors whoso o Uef task ls to overcome thc effects of a recent coat of tar and feathers. Tills ls ono of those c&scs where thu law was u labia to m^ka up Its mind that> tts majesty had been ? ff oded. Accordingly the law was appealed to in valu to "olean up" "Jockey Cor uers." Old George Simpson's remark quot ed above was well calculated to strengthen neighborhood suspicions tba*; bite convivial doings at bis house were prejudicial to tho Interests of strict morality at "Jockey Corners .' Tue veteran Is about Sixty-live years old and quite a stubb /ru character. A f,'w years ago Simpson and his wife were divorced. The. ?am? pro ceedings divided the Simpson proper ty, a house and thirteen acres cf land falling to t to s'iare of tho \v,fe, while Sim po ou reallied the homestead and twenty sores. Tl.Is homestead ls al the Juncture of t'?o highways, and, owh g to the general sporting procliv ities of old George Simpson, o:tmc to bo known as "Jockey Corners." Divorced persons are not c C?.T-HJ popular around about ''Jookoy Cor nera." W;;en tho divorced Simpson promptly engaged ?,s his housekeeper Mr?. Coia IO ?lott, herself recently di vorced, his popularity, an i hors alsj, experienced a Still further decline. 'With growing resentment th neighbor farmers and their wlvjs d.'s cursed various anecdotes tending tu throw unfavorable re?eotione upon the character of Mrs Elliott. O.ioof tbes< tales undoubtedly ind its au - share ir. her subsiti emt humiliation, On tho day Mrs. Elliott left ber husband she sssid Co ha >e gone Into thc oomileld w lore he was at work aud, tossing her youngest child upon a sheck of oom he had Just cut, re marked: "There's your bra< ; take iV and thereupon left tho premires, never to rel urn. In the discussion cf these and otho tak'3 lt was usual for these fermer?, and their wives to speculate upon the occasion for the prolonged visit of ? rather handsome young woman-M hs Hassle O.iyor, cf Gowen, Mich.-at Simpson's house. When, recently Miss Oliver waa j lined there by am ttier girl from the same place-a very young and delicate-looking girl noned Glayds M rimons-the spi eulatlont took an indignant tone-es pedal ly with the farmers wives-which boded 111 for the "Boss of Jockey Comors " lu fact, lt was only three cbiys after Miss Em mona's arrival that the Mau ling crisis occurred. All nay there was suppressed cx jltement at a dc/.m farmhouses where the lulluence of "JuckoyCor iers" was felt. Several of the young jr men visited each other casually. lOnferring willi each other mysterious y while pretending to be examining ?ach other's live stock. In the afternoon the news was car led about that Simpson and Mrs. El lott, hin housekeeper, had driven into own, but would oe back In tho carl> vening. They had left the two young vomon at homo, lt was further slgnl icantlv mentioned that the formel firs. Simpson was at home in her own ioime a short distance away across the lelds. On the road to Fowlervllle, a short ilstanco from the Simpson house, here ls a grove whi re a umall stream i orosstd hy a wooden bridge. When orscs and vehicles cross this bridge here is always a clattnrlng on tlx. jote planks that can bo heart, for a unrtef of a mile. Soon after dusk a farmer driving H gut wagon in wlilch there were sev rai bundles and something covaree dth a horse blanket turned his horse lieut I y into the gro/e by thc brldgr nd hitched lt to a tree. Presently lu ras j dncd by two moro who had ar Iverl on foot. Then carne others mgly and In palra. All disappeared mong the trocs and made no nols?. :iat could be audible to any one ir ie road. They busied themselves In taking ril?les fruin tho light wagon and In nwraplng Die contouts of the buc les. Suddenly the mon In the giove has med their mysterloim preparation , ir there fell upon their ears the dat jr of wrgi'ii wheels on the bridge It was Simpson driving home fron iwp. Iljsidc him was the hon-okeep r, Mrs. E.liott, and on the rear icu as a young man of snob high stand ig In the community ?iat his name as been mentioned only In whispers id only among those who kn iw him Tlie Simpson team was tired ano as pr< needing at a walk. Just as tin agon rolled eff thc bridge thc nigh arne snorted and shied. "GiddapI" sivid Simpson. T ie ni xi/ instant both horsos wert lorting, but tho wagon was at a andatill lu tho road. Two men witt icir beads and shoulders swathed in bite, with holes through which tildi /es gleamed, were at tho horses' bri les, while a d< zen others, similarly isgulsed surrounded the wagon. Mrs I Ho tb scroamed Simpson lasbod or.', ^vagoly with his whip. The yo?pK an on thc rear soat j imped ovejf^he agon's tatuoard, duded the^?11"8 rotchod out to capture hi#i ?Ld ned dowji tho road, cio-plng in tho gloom, / "Get out!" commanded tho leader ot tbeiwhlte oapi. Tw housekeeper obeyed, trembling with fear, and was soizad by one ot the whlto oaps. "You'll suffer ?or this," and Simp son, lashing out with hil whip again li's wblp was tom iron, his grasp A dozxn banda reached up and tore bim from his seat and Hung him to the ground. The Simpson team wa? hltobed to a tree beside the road. The woman was half carried into the grove. It required tho united strength of half tho party of white oipB to follow with oho struggling, wiry old '.'Boss of J cokey Gornors. " When Simpson finally suooumbed ind sat sullenly quiet on the ground tour other white caps suddenly ap peared two half oarrying two fright .med girls-MILS Ch i vcr and Miss Baa mons-while tho other two escorted the former Mrs. Simpson. At sight of tho slender, verv youth ful and delloato looking MIBS Emmons tho leaders of the white caps with drew to a little distance and oonversed earnestly. Ou their return to the main group they whispered to one of thc older members of the party, who took the young girl silently by the ?rand and lid her away lo was afterward learnt d that this farmer carried out hi? instructions to Immediately escort Miss Elamons baok to hor home at G ?wen. The "Boss of Jockey Gorners" and tho women in the hands of the white caps wero uot long left in doubt about the fate that awaited thom. Neirty hung a kettle over a fire of dry branoh es and in lt bubbled a dark, vlsoid sub .tattoo whose smell left uo doubt as to Ito charaotcr. It was ordinary bulldors' tar. "You H?ndeP shrieked the former Mrs Simpson to tho men who wore tearing oil hor upper garments, while others were half stripping Simpson and other women. "1 know now why you stole my pillows. But I'll die tiru ! 1 Tile white caD answer was lu the form of thick splashos of warm tar over the ourkod shouldors of all tho 7lctlm9. Tue wo mau shrieked for merov, but were not spired. Mrs. Elliott soratoh nd aad bio so furlou ly at first that sim was dip pad in tue stream to coo! the ardor of her resistance, and then was treated to an ox i ra thick ooat of t>.r. Simpson struggled and swore, bhrea'enlng all sorts ot diro things, white receiving his coat, UH ono of the whlto capj sia.pj-.ed him in tho face with his tarrel brush. After that he .va? silent from neo<-~8lty. When tho tar kettle wa? empty and tho victims wore thoroughly coated with t o sticky substance. Mrs. Simp s n's pillows were ripped opeo and their ll lily contents sprinkled thlokly iver ?,11 tho tar-c iv^rod shoulders. Toward the la?u; of the oerem ?ny the white o:<p? thro?/ dhorebtou tu the winds. Tiley charged Simpson with his alleged c ff ? noes, naming the wo nen as his confederates. N >t satis tied with tho costume of tar aud feathers, they klokod Bind over' thc unfortunates. Tuon, as though;fren zied by the spirit of cruelty whioh ru OJ them, they began orying oui| for f u th r vengoanos. 1 L t's ride thom on a rall," said one. \ "Lvnoh the:) IV exolalmed anoj \t? "Tlo thom to tho tailboard/*' - wagon ano let me drag them "thro n the town," said auother. But at last wiser counsels prov 1 od. The miserable ob! ots of their vengeance were dragcrod into the road by tho white oaps and ordered to "Shiddi !" which they did-and the av. ug^rs of tho honor of "J ;okey Loo ners" sepal Ated ani disappeared. Probably only those who havo been un'ortuna'.e enough to be vlotimsof a tar and feathers ceremony appreciate the serious consequences of suoh treat ment. Iii more than ono case tho re sult has been death. Tho coat of tar, whioh hermetically seals tho pores of the skin, can be removed only by the persistent use of thc right ohemlcals. In the meantime, thc victim suffers from a racing fever, willoh can be cou trjlloi only by restoring tho skin to I br? normal ondltlon. When the entire body has been coated with tar the danger ls pro portionately groater. In this oase, happily for the victims, only tho up per put of the body was so coated. The former Mrs. Slmps-m wont home and endeavored to removo the tar with kerosene, whioh only made lt worse. Siie managed to got to law lerville that night, where dootorstook hur In hand Two days later: though still in a miserable plight, she was able to travel to the homo of her sou at Kir ming ton. Miss Oliver is belleveved to hav3 re plaood her dress waist over tho tar coat and to have gone as speedily as possible to her home at Gowen. Tho action of Simpson and his housekeeper was moro radloal and bel Igerent. When the la<t of tho white caps had disappeared they reseated themselves In the Simpson wagon and hove to Howell, the county soat There, after obtaining medical atten tion, they called on Sheriff Pratt and Prosecuting Attorney Green. They weicslok and demoted, but ihey made formal complaints against l?verai of the ".Jockey Gorners" farm ers Later Simpson Hind damage suits vgalnst four or ti ve of his neighbors, loraaudlng ito ooo In each oase. But publlo opinion In the neighbor hood ls strong for tho white oaps whoevfi they may be. ICvsry 'Jtr^cr 'or miles around wears an air of Inno lonee while svarmly commending theil lotion. TJin women folk, willie lam .ntlng the scandal of lt all, deolan hat the measures takou were neoes ary, inasmuch as lt seemed Impossible o take any legal action against tht llb ged off meiers. N it only has Simpson employee1 nom'nent attorneys of Lansing, th capital of the State, to prosecuto hi ;l vii suits, hut he has made a person A appeal to tl c Governor for the ar est and punishment of his essa I lan y Vnd there tho mattor stands. Who If here who will supply the necessary vldence to-onvlot, and who besides ho victims themselves will sufficient y identify the defendants as tho men vho actually participated lu tho tat ,nd feathers ceremony P I?'or tJie present, at loast, the ob IOXIOUS establishment at "Jcokev Gor icrs" is broken np, Simpson coon pic s ils houso alono, the housokoeper hav ng left his omploy. To lOxploit Cuban I?UMOH. The Cuban Investing Oorporatbn if New York, whioh will oonduot K ?encral agricultural and manufaotnr ng business In Cuba, has boen Inoor roratod with f capital of iii,000,000 l'he directors Of record Include IO. C j'osburgh, ll. M. Korr, L W. Sholton, J. II Kayler, W. W. Doy, Jr., Nor b)k, Va.; lt. J. Gamp, Franklin, Va. ind C. T. Ladsou, Atlanta, Ga. k COTTON ASSOCIATION ITS VAL.UK lOTUE PLiANTlSKS O V THE SOU CU. Two Crops ol 25,000,000 Baie* liar- < kotad ?t?n ? vorc.ge Of Ten j and Ono Half Cents. I The value of the Southern Cotton j AB8( olatlon to tho cotton planters of j tho South is apparent from tho follow , lng statemont: , s In the two vears ending September , 1st, 10C6, two orops of cotton, aggro vating praotloally 25,000,000 bales, , will havo been marketed at an aver* j ?Ko prloo to Southern produoers of nearly 10 1 2 oents per pound. In the two years ending Sontombor 1st, 1898, 22,600,000 halos of cotton '. were produoed and marked at an aver ago prloo of 6 1-8 oents. ? This Inoro um in price ls an aggre gate of about $550,000,000, and ls very largely tho work of the Southern Got- , ton Association. In comparison with ( inch an achievement the cost of main taining Its organization is but Inti uitesmul, and lt enters upon the oom- , lng cotton season with tho greatest coutldcuce in tho ultimate realization , of ita purpose, namoly: fair prices for , tho produot of Southern labor; the ? avoidance of over production of cot- , ton; and the protection of the South In Its Ood-glvon privileges of furnish ing tho world with the ohcapest cloth ing over known at prices whioh will . rnpay tho Southern farmers for their , arduen* toil and tho trained Intellh , genco employed In produoing lt. Tue .Southern Cotton Asooolatlon has made its mistakes and has had its enemies to light. Thc mistakes have not, however, boon important, aa shown by thc result, and its enemies have for tho most part admitted Its power and have beon foroed ultimate ly to align themselves with its pur poses. The 1st of September, 1900, will Qnd tho world absolutely bare of cot tun. Tue visible supply will bo the smallest on record. The 25.000 000 bales if ootton with which tho South has supplied civilization during the oast two years aro all consumed. Tho United States Department of Agri culture estimates that it will require 1 42,000,000 bales of cotton to adequate ly clothe the world's population, and the progrias of civilization is rapidly advancing the world's population to a point at whioh it will require to be adequately clothed. I Whatever the Biza bf tho coming ootton orop, there ls no reason why lt should be Bold at anything else than tue average price obtained for the last orop, through the i ff jr ts of the S mill ern Cotton Association, namely: ll 3 4 cents and 12 cents a pound. In terested and self-oou8tttuted author!* tios have nf late boen endeavoring to * ram pedo Southern holders and pro du ;rra of ootton into the belief that th coming orop was likely to ho an abnormally largo ono, produoed from an aoerage very much In excess of any previously planted. This disposition .seems to have penetrated even into the Cr ip Estimating Board of the United States Government, who ap parently have not as yet fully eman cipated themselves from the mala droit lnilueuce which resulted In the scandal whioh tho t il -rts of the Southern Cotton Association last year disclosed. , ..That tho ootton or?n fox* tho season* of ?900 7 ls likely to bo superabundant or even'a large one, the Southern Cot ton Association docs not believe. Its reports irora its thousands o' members and correspondents throughout tho entire cotton heit indicate that the tnoreasc in average over last yoar is only 2 52 per cont,., and the scarcity Of labor; the latoness of development, the excessive rains in many section? and drought In tho region weBt of thc Mississippi Valley foreshadow any thing bub a full yield for tho season commencing September 1st next. The published opinion if 150 mern bera of thc New York, liverpool anti Southern Cotton lOxouangrs ls that a crop of about ll 000 000 halos will be worth during tim coming season 13 :i7 cents per pound, and those pro duoera who part with their product for less than this ti/ure are needlessly curtailing tho hard-earned pr* lits of their toil and depreciating tho value cf their fellow-producera' crop It ls not tho purpose of the South ern Colton Association to advanur ootton to an exorbitant price, nor one not Justified by conditions, ll ls UH purpose to keep its constituency lu tho South fully informed as to thc mtlook and crop primp. C?S, and to She cud that it may have tho best possible information upon this subject, 'or the purpose of more Intelligently .caching r. corred ^'inclusion and to oe accurately informed as to condl Jona at the Associ?t on meeting to bi mid at Hot Spring, Ark., Sjpt. 5ch, uuti, lt req tests every Southern cot ion planter to whose oye this may lomo to lill out at onoe, detach the .ccompanylng blank and enoloso lt in tn envelop and mall to The Southern Jotton Association, Atlanta, Qa. C. C. Muore, President North Caro Ina Division Southern Cotton Asso iatlon. K. D. Smith, President South Oaro Ina Division. M. L. Johnson, President Georgia Jlvlslon. W. Ll. Seymour, President Alabama )l vision. Walter Clarke, President MlaslHSlpp' )l vision. T. C. Long, President Tennessee ) ? v l&lon. P. M. Potbs, President Louisiana Mvislon. B. H. Hurnott, President Arkansas Hvlsion, lt. T. Milner, President Tcxar Hviston. L. Ii. Irvin, President Oklahoma MvJaion. Har vie Jordan, President. Richard Cheatham, S cretary. feadquartera S utliem Cotton AHHO olatlon, Atlanta, GA., Joly 16, luon The undorolgi.ed harvested for M> :ason ending Septomber 1st, 1900 .bales o' cotton frox. jres T ie unioralgned expects to harvest >r tho season en ling Scptembor 1st, >07.halos of ootton from. .. . ?res planted. ame. est Ollloe. bate. ! usin?es. ounty. ate.'.., Served Him iti?ht. When the Bteamer li on ry M. Stan y was two miles from GallioplllB, Ulo, a negro euterod tho oahln of a oman passongor and attempted to as uilthor. He was discovered and drlv ? over the side of the boat by the ip tain, and was drowned. ?3LL TO SIS DSATIX Prom tlie Di/./-y Height of Fir? j Thousand Foot. Pitifully traglo was the ending of she careel of Wiiiiam Johnson, bal- | loonist and parachute juno par, of Lit tle Falls, N. Y., Wochposday, after anon, while making bis first ascen sion in a fiorka ho br.tl been engaged bo make as the feature of a street fair In that olty. He began bis flight at J ii few moments past two o'clock, i itartlDg f om a vacant lot. After at ( baining a height af 6.000 feet, at a point thin Bide of tho G.df Bridge, , about a quarter rollo from his start- . lng point, he out bis two parachutes j louie from the balloon, ,. The ll rat out was splendidly made and Johnson began to descend grace- * fully, but the seoond parachute to which the trapeze was attaohed, did ( not open at full length, one portion being "lopsided." Because of the ? lack of air roshitauoi Johnson then descended rapidly. Ile allghtd in the t Kreat web of tho Western Union j wires that skirt the New York Cen bral traoks on the north Bide near the , Qu'.f Bridge x j He bounded upon the wires ? fow ( seconds and then he dropped to thc rooks below, a distance of <. b ut bf ly , Teot, rolled off to auother ledge of ( rocks a?^d fell to tho roadbed of thc . Now Yjrk Central, about seventy- ( live feet from tho top of the wires. When ploked up bo was unconsoled and died in thc hospital about 3 30 o'clock. Tho balloon and the tlrst par achute released sailed a short dlstauoe to tho eastward and fill into thc burnt rooks owned by tho John Floree Q larry Company, of Now York City lt ls found upon tuspeotlon that a ring In the paraohuto had brokon and a rope out which prevented tho par aohute from opining fully. This do feot probably would havo been dlaoov ercd had Johnston Imp. cu cl the bal loon Direfully before going i p. FIVE JAPS KILLED Anti OiliorB Arrt Htotl r?jr Unlawfully Killin? Fur S ?IH. Further details of the killing of live Japanese Poachers lu tho Pr 1 bil. ff Is lands la curtained in a special to Tire Now York Her dd, date? Dutch Har our, Alatka, July 20, willoh sa>s: Five J ?poose wt r J shot and killed or the Island of St. Paul of the Pilbil ff <roup, by order ot an agent Of the Dopar?.meut ot Cummeroo and L'.bor, an July 17, as a result of a raid by four Japanese sohooners on seal rook srles. Tho ri v mue cutter MeCollouch readied hero today from St. PAUI with twelve prisoi. er, two seriously wouuded, who wero turned over to Deputy Marsoal Harmon. Tue raiders wore discovered lying iieur the northeast point of St. Paul >y UAtlvo lookouts ot tue Nortu Amor can Commeroial Company. Thc mid ri refused to surrender when commanded and tried to make off with .heir bo ty lu small boats, several of willoh were drawn npon the shore : An agent theu ordered tho gu^.rd of ixtlves to open lire. Tho Japanese of tered no resistance being wlitiout Urb irms. Three of tho raiders foll deao on the beaoh, a fourth was seen to oe thrown overboard i.'jm one of the joats that escaped, and a fifth body irlfoed ashore later In another boat. Tiie men had killed nicr? ?&?d 200 icals mauy of thom OOWB. Tnoso who ?soaped oarrled away about 120 skins Tho raid ls oollev jd to have boen a jonoert^d t ff ort by the Janauobc. who lavo been haugh g around the island 'or months, and giving tho reveue mttors muo i trouble. Thu Newspaper. There sectm to bo a feeling among i corlalu class of business min thal i newspaper has no right to make noney. Why not? lt ls the n o t ex i?tlng business in tho world' the most ;rylng in ovary way, It means long lours and the greatest ciro in lt con luot. Tho newspaper has tho entire mbllo to deal with. It 1B criticised on ?very hand, lt has to deal with all ?ranks In a community, and to do this uoccsrifully requires Jujgrnont and )atienao. It has power, and that >ower, to the oredlt of j ournallsm ls marly always wielded for the public ;ood. No question of vital conoorn o the people falls to lind a strong upport from the paper, and this too vlthout remunerath n. The publisher pends his money to furthor these ?r. j-'ots and the community never ives a thought to ihe matter of cost o him. Io ls not paid out of tho tubbo pocket. The howspaper want very concern to prosper. Why houd not this good will bo mutual? ?o make a profit a newspaper must lave living rates for both paper and dvortlslng Npaco. Jt HHO JAIIM'M'H Son. Jesse James was tho mast noted utlaw in lils day, and thc story of hie did deeds, together with tho account f his murder, has been read by mil ons of youngsters. At Kansas City a aw days ago, the son of the bandit, oaring the same name, won li rat heu rs In a class of 37. and he is now a iwycr. a quiet, ordorly young man, dth no bud or vicious habits, and dth tho ono desire of hoing looked pon as an upright and honorable cit , n. Ho was highly oompl'mcnted nd commended for his excellent ex mlnatlon In law before the S ate )ard, and in the court he won the rst case In which ho appeared. IP ^fended a prisoner charged with bur ary. Tho story of tho son's aohleve ont ought to ho printed for tho ben i of tho youngsters, lt might show icm what tin) son of a dishonored Hier can do when he ls actuated by ie right motives and principles. Mutiny Among MurineH. Five marines aro In double chairs t coard t :e receiving ship Lincas r at tho League island navy yard id ten sailors aro under arrest as Hu suit of a mu il ny on M mday night wbioh two of the nr.u'.lnets wert dly li Jured. Tho men had smug ?tl beor into thc yard and while un r tho influence of intoxicants at mp'ed to leavo the yarri,and attack tho corporal.!. Alum whls le ire sounded and tho men of thc moaatcr iiulokly responded. A gen il tight ensued during which sov il shots wero llrotl. Burnott, ono of o rlngleadors, bas his throat cut ter nearly an hour of lighting the itlneers wero subdued and the prln >ah? wore plaoed under arrest. l<Uvo(inildron lluniotl. In a Uro which destroyed the home Dr. Goo. L Miller, of South Ona , during Wednesday night live ohll on oJ Thomas O Daniel were burn to doath. Their ages ranged from roo to thlrtcon years. Mrs. O'Dan ia In a precarious oonditlon as a mit from burns sustained In her cf rts to save he. ohlldren. BB YAN THE M4?S JENATOli TlL.Li>JAN THINKS HM ?io Thinks ii 0030volt Wants the Re publican STtm'?atioa Sui Would ba Beaten. A dispatch from St. Louis to Thc Nows and Courier says Ualted State? ?enator B. R Tillamar, of Scu'h karolina, spent several hours in that ?ty Filday whilo walting for a train ;o Yolk, Neb, where he ls to deliver i Chautauqua address The Senator ias hia famous pitchfork with him md wi s ready and eager to thrust the dues luto ono Th?odore Roosevelt on illght provocation. Speaking of the approaching Presl lentlal ctmpalgn, Senator Tl lmau laid: "Ruosovelt ls a candidate for ibo nomination and he will be ?or. ly lisappolnted if the Ropubllcans dc tot force it upon him Ho is just toling for the (la:e ajan aid IB ldlug every possiole m. AUS to turn ?he sentiment toward him and make .tie Ropublio ina force bim to aooept ?he nomi ration ag in. "1 think Bryan wi 1 ur queitl^atTy JO tho Demcoratio nomi e f r P JBI lent aLd has excellent ohanoe- t> win, ind if he can't beat Roosevelt bi jan't btat embody. He is to lay f r ?tronger than he bas ever been v.Ttt Dbe American people and there ID ioaiOv ly any discord in the D joioora io party. This leaves the party with a splendid chanoo to eleot its jandidalo at the n xt elcotlun. "If Bryan and Roosevelt are nomi anted by their respective par'JOB, 1 tyllovo Bryan will be eh oUd, for a y mp arisen between the obaracters of fie two men is so greatly in favor of B yan that the American pub'lo cn r adlly soo tho dlfforenoe and vote for Bryan. Ha is popular, oons^rvatlvk ani is one of the ablest. men in Amer ica today. Ills personal popularity lb greater than that of any other mao [iud with bis views on tho Important ropl03 of tho country he outolasses lt .?8?>v3lt. IlDwovor, I cannot say much against the character of Roose vdt, only that lie culls too many good roon Uara. Tho tariff q ?estlon will br )ne of the principal Issues of the next jampalgn." WILL BUY 8ILV15R. Uoolo SAIU'B First Purohaso in ? hi? torn YOUTH. For the first time in 13 years the government announced its purpose to jutohaae silver for oolnage purposes. Penders are invited at the ( ill oe of the llrecbor of the mint in this olty or Wednesday, oho 15th inst., up to 1 p ii., and every Wednesday thereafter intll further notice. Thoso tenders are >n be for delivery at tho Philadelphia, Sf JW Orleans or Denver mint, settle mut to be on the New York basis, of mill?n guaranteed 099 due. The treas ?ry reserves the right to rcjrot al) .enders or aooept suoh part of any icnrler as may suit its convenience. It s undo sb .od that anticipating that ts reappearance as a purobaser might cmporarily di.turb the naaiket uodu y, the treasury has obtained control if oonsidor&ble amounts tot future de Iverv, so that it is in a position to Irop out cf the market for several aonths if desirable. The average xe [ drement8 of the treasury through ut tho year will not exceed 100.000 unces pat week and lt viii be the pol oy of tho department, while keeping a easona^le amount in hand to so dis rlbuto h's purohasss throughout the ear that lbs demands will bo uniform nd not an element of uncertainty In he market. The government has been out of he market for the purchase of sliver ince 1893 except as the agents of the * lilippino government in the pur hasc of a little over thirteen and one ?alf million ounoes ousting $7,376,996 r au average of 0 51 1 2 Tho lowest price for silver was ouched on Deo 3 1902, when the .loo on the L indon market was qulvalent to $0.178 por Une ounoi ; ho avorago for last year on the Lon ou market was Ol oonts per ounce nd for the month of July last 60 ants per ounce. " Anti? tam" on tho Avon. The battle of Antietam "without s mistakes" was refoughton August Lb on the banks of tho Avon as part f the maneuvers of the British army, nd was won by sheer force of num ers by the side representing tho forthern army. No largor foroo evor jsembled on Salisbury plain than ap sared for this occasion, fer the sham fittlo. The umpire was Lieutenant oneral lin Hamilton, and among lose present wero Minister of War aldano and John Burns, president of ie local government board. About >,000 troops were engaged. Major moral Franklyn, commanding 20, )0 volunteers, represented tre orthern army, and Brigadier Gane d Alllnby, with 10,000 regulars, the ?uthern army. Tho operations last I for four hours. At-lo* For AlrloKiiH. A dlspatoh from London says lt is lng suggested that tho negro preaoh s who have been advocating an hioplan propaganda on "Africa for it Africans" should be deported from ?nth t frca. Th J government has it taken any aotlon, and it isa ii les )U whether lt will. Tho agitation a ust the preachers has been rt vi ved tile reeont trouble at Oipo Town, r which they aro hold by oertaln ?ndon papera to bo partially rosp in do. They have made no soorot of elr mission to SniMi Afriey advis ? the nativos to use their efforts to aire blaok nuprom&ov .n that part the world. Until.y VtountloU. In tho red light dlstriot of Green le Friday night GK). Burbage, a ung man about town, was seriously 1 .j up with an axe by a Greek fruit * lier about a woman. Graeuvlllo ls { Iry oountv. ^ Insurance At Al T. S. Scaso, President. PALME ITO MUTUAL PIRP Rpartanbui ^ home fhelinsuranco company that .nagemont Capablo and Conservativo. Write for particulars. We Have Fi io 25 lioreo power Talbott, socond lin been overhauled, This Engibo ie jrent bargain for anyone who is in t Wo aro headquarters for anything ii >mpt attention will bo given to all ir .o. Write us when you are in the i get our prices before placing your < Celnmbla Supply.Ce,, ? > K'atttfcd ? fe'loft'lD* {?und Pweng?ra who fcrrlved ho. N?W York August 2, on the Glyde Hoe steamship Arapaho*, from Charleston and Jacksonville, told a tale cf a fl ml Inti island, wb'oh vern I" partly borne out by s^s ship's h g Tho Arfcpa?me "' -"i" a day cUv. of Glarleaton on July St *?.?&& or? Ui? b?ge ox tht> S reauo* about twenty ?niles south west by iou th of th? Diamond Shoals llvht .hip, when ats 30 a m., the officer in charge of tho dook ?aw a gr up of about a*dry;,n treos on itt starboard bow. They were about a milo away and a, p??r~d to bo a varie* ty of bambvO. They stood out of the water about twenty feet, The theory was that the roots of the trees were Intertwined and that thoy had been dislodged by a storm and sent adrift From the Arapahoe's deck the trees really resembled a ? mall Island. Hut non by ?JIK?I ottos. That itu alarming percentage of young men lu the cition of the South sre ui.flt to enter the army, owing to olgarette stroking, late hours and other bed habits, is the statement of Lieut. B unett, recruiting officer. MEN'S PISPASES Should Bc Treated Only By An Expert Speclallst. Do Not ?iinw Yourself io be Pxperhnentcd Upon bv Incompe tent Doctors We Treat end Cure These Diseases By Skillful Scientific Treatment. D??OH&Q8 pt-enlim- to mon aro very difficult to trentnud emly nu export specialist should bo on trust od with their treatment. Wo mvo boon Studying and treating theso ?Rouses for over 20 ears, and huvo built ipa ro p u t a t i o n which wo boliovo is second to nono in his country. Our pinn for treats ?nu men at a dis tunee lins mot with groat sue co? fi, and no matt or whore you reside, you can so euro our export sor vicos.nnd too, with out great cost. J. X1VU0X ll MIUWAY, M. IV GraduUc Dari mouth Red, Cd U??IUI.Ei.Prt>,K. Mkb, Mcd.Soel?ty. tx. Member SUte Med. 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