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m '?t VOL. XXXll <?X>0 TH, 0??AT MBKBT?, INPIB? O?B IOY?LP AJfD MAB30OU? LIVE! Itt THT Bpd?BB?ION HAPPT OB OtJB D??THB QLOBIQTTB liff TOT OATT?*." BB!NNETT8VILliH5, S. C" FRIDA?. JANUARY ll. 1907. ISSUES ADDRESS Mr. Ii. D? Smith Discusses thc Cotton Situation Fully. PKOPOSES A KEMEDY. tie Says All Are Fighting Hie Producer, JUC! Timi Therefore the Farmers, Having a Monopoly Should Offer a Concerted Resistance. To the People of South Carolina! Wo have Just passod through per haps tho most peculiar year in the growing of ootton and are passim* through now an equally strange one In the marketing of lt. I0.\st of th? Mississippi an unprecedented aoasor In the growing of ootton wast ezperl enoed, This section suffored two of tho so verest storms that over vlsltod the ootton bolt. A froso, earlier by three or four weeks than ever visited the belt and with more disastrous rcBults. West of the Mlssisaipil the growing season was perhaps above tho average? the gathering soason fairly good; the yield promising to bo in this seotlon phenominally large. In the oarllcr sinners' reports these conditions and their results Boomed to bo borne out. In the later glnners' report, to the surprise of every one interested In th* ootton business, the yield in the fros and storm strloken section was sui prislnglv largo and in a like propor tion the return from the favored sec tion was correspondingly small. In addition to these surprising ac disturbing facts, tho Now York ex ohangos mot and widened tho dlffe enoe in the value of grades so mun so that tho better grades of cotton i. nlaoe of commanding the ordinary dil ferenoe of 18 to l-l per oenfe. pre mium have advanced from 126 to a.? high as 175 points difference. A mai having spot ootton, under these con dillons had no praotloal idea of wha bis ootton was worth. In addition to this tho board prie or the future market, whloh lu forme years Indicated the value of ootton d< livered in New York and in Now ? .V/ leane hauls middling, now has no rola ^u;v^whatever- to any such relative '.-.wno. To-day. for instauoe, January the abut mouth, is quoted In Nov York at u.47 basis middling, wbli? middling spoi obtton.ln tho samt market is quoted at io,75, and th? Sam? grado ur'up?u uOi^uu would leaci Hy bring 10.75 or m~ie on our looa ^.market. AU this confusion ls the re sult of the disturbing faotor of tbi farmers, tho producers of spot ootton demanding tho value of their produot Heretofore tho price of ootton wat fixed arbitrarily by tho New York ex change and tho value of middling oot ton and other grades was determiner hy deduoting tho carrying ohargo from here to New York fio.H tho Nev. York quotations. To-day the valut of spot ootton in the South ls doter mined entirely by the dlspooltion o the farmer to sell. In the last few months I havo vlsli ed moat of the ootton growing States and I found throughout the Sjubi that there ls among tho masses ci growers a clearer knowledge of tin general situation and a more praotloa con caption of what ls uecossary t meet the conditions for tho benoiit o the produoer of ootton, and a oleare> Idea of the common laws of busluot! Involved In the transaction of produo tion and sale, supply and demand and this ls surely working a revolutlo; In tho oocton business, lt is ollmi natlng to a largo extent the effeot ol gambling in futures on the value ol spot ootton and ls rapidly di vor o'nj the gambling faotor from the logitl mate trade in thc actual stuff. Another element whloh ls tond In K to bring about this result is tho fac> /Ir^ that the unprecedented demand foi ootton goods through the world is en abling the mills to contract for thoii output on a basts where they oan pa> a remuneiatlvo price for cotton anc ottll deolaro a large dividend for the., stockholders. Too Southorn mil1, also having the advantage of poBltioi can pay more for tho ootton attheli ?doors than mills not so favorably sib uated. Tho rapid inoroaso in the con sumption of raw cotton i ?owing tc the lnorease of spindles. The rapid lnorease of spindles In thc South and the consequent inoroaso ii the consumption of raw ootton b> Southorn mills have ronderod thom a potent faotor in making it possible to maintain a higher goneral average for the prloo of ootton. Lot no one, bow ever, be deoclvod by these condltlom In thinking that those olroumstanoet alone will solve the great problem that confronts tho Southern people. Tin cotton exohauges, thc ootton brokera, the ootton spinners mint of neoesslt) depend upon the margin of dI Heretic? betwoon what tho cotton ls originally bought at and what they ultimately Boll it at for their profit. Therefore, to sum up tho wholo Blt uatlon, lt resolves itself into this ono oondltlon: That tho producer of oot ton is the one out of whom must corni all the prc fits that are mtdo by ovor> other Individual w*io handles lils prod uot. In other words, if tho ultimate salo of his cotton in tho form of ra* material, or tho ilnlshcd product, wiows a net prollt of uno cent or four cents per pound above that which lu realized for it, he has gotten unooorr or four oenta, as tho oase may bo. letts than his produce ls worth. Now, every man, other than the produoer. who handles the ootton, handles lt to mako a prollt out of lt. The logloal situation ls to got ii from tho produoer as low aa possibW BO as to mako tho margin of profit b - tween him and the ultimate consump tion of his ootton as great as possible Therefore the buyers of ootton and the brokers and tho mills aro Booking to bear the prloe, while the produoer Of ootton must ralso tho prloe. H has the world by natural law arrayed against him; he has tho test brain ami capital om ployed against him, thoroughly understanding tho situa tlon, getting statlstlos, studying ooo dltlons. knowing juot v/hcn and how to oomblne their forces to strike .dm when he is weakest! and to take ad vantage of his Ignorance and his laok of means to control the situation. Now the work of the Southern Cotton association is to bring the producer of cotton in the South to a like undor standing of their side of the question, and oomblne their brain and oapital and to foroe the world to divide the prouts in ootton with the man who produces it. There ls no sentiment in this thing; it ls an entirely business fight between the, buyer and seller to main tain a profitable business. The South ern Ootton association, with this con dition olear in its mind, has done missionary work for two years, and tho sentiment seems to he right throughout the South to orystall'/.*) tho knowledge and oapital of the pro ducer Into a praotioal form for his benefit. This oalls for a considerable ohange and modification of plans, herotoforo adopted. At Birmingham there will be an entlro revision of our methods and modification of suoh of our plans as have been found partially praotioal np to the present and tho Introduc ion of those tbat ezparieuoo has taught us to be necessary. We all roallze tho blundors that havo been made, but we also realizo the absolut*) necessity for the oontlnued exist enoe of our organization. Though thoro ls not tho samo apparent enthusiasm, yet thoro is a deep and abiding de termination in every State in the South to continue the work until the problem is solved. The South will oontinue to grow ootton for an indefi nite length of timo. Tho desire of the grower to share in the profits wir. oontinue as long as cotton ls grown. And by a patient applica tion of brain and oapital, we will solve the problem. In conoluBlon, I want to urge every man who can possibly do so, to attend ibo Birmingham convention, and give Thatever aid heoan in helping to for rmlato the new plans of campaign for another year. Lat me give a word as to the condi tions in referonoe to the outlook for uhe price of ootton. Referring to tho *idening of dlffarehoos betwoon mid Ulng ootton and tho grades abovo and ho grades below mlddllug, I waut to vam the holders of spot ootton not 0 submit to any such an outrage. Che faot of the business is, beosuse >f the bad woathor and the conf luent lnoroaso in the amount of low {rade ootton does not warrant Buch a ilfrerenoo between the better grades ind the lower grades. The brokers and those who aro ac customed to soil to tlie mills certain (rades of ootton at a certain number )f poipts above quotations for tho ligh grade, and a oerta'n number of -.->?~t? v-^'-y./ r:.. M;.^ )t>wor giXidos, 'ound themselves unable to get mough of the higher grades to fill ?heir contracts, and consequently >he premium of these grades ws-s ad* /auood rapidly. And In ordor to ave themselves, the disoount on the owtr grades was made equally as reat in ordor to mako up on what ivor low grades they delivered for vhat thoy lost in their failure to de lver tho higher grades; and tho m\n vho is holding ootton ought not to ubmit to any such au outrago. If thoro ls suoh a tremendous imount of low grade cotton, and the .pinners cannot get enough high .rade optton to fill their oontract), -hoy should not bo allowed to dis ..cunt the lower grades to make up or their lose. L?t every holder of .otton domand for his low strict nlddling, good ordinary and ordinary v price reabonably rolatlve to that vhloh is offered for tho high grade?., tn other words, if middling ootton ls rorth ten oonts per pound, domand !) 3 l to u 7 8 for striot low, and from 1 0 to l 4 olf, aooording to tho gradee lolow this. It ls monstrous foi ttrlct midd lng cotton to be bringing 10 3-4 and ll cents, and striot low middling cotton bringing from 8 3 4 to 0 cents. Tho world will need al! /our low grades as well as your higt grades, Do not saorlfloe tne low bo cause thoy socmingly offer a piemluir on the high. E D. Smith. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 3, 1007. Govornmont And Privato lOntcrprlsoe As usual, the ponto nice departmem .eporti a doilolt, and the public ii busy guosslng whore the retrench mont ax will fall. It is 1 ain tha somebody must pay more for posts facilities than herotoforo or tho gai botweon reoeints and disbursement will oontinue to turn up eaoh year Tho proposal to increase rates of poe tage on seoond olass matter ls me with the argument that periodical stimulate lotter writing and are food ors for tho postal matter paying tirs olass rates. Tho Spartanburg Journa says a novelty of the situation ls th proposal of a privato party to tak over the ontlro postal sorvioo, and ru lt as a private enterprise. As figure out in detail tho soborno ls basod o tho thoory that the government hanc ling of tho postal business ls waBtc ful, tho department extravagant an graft oaten. Just at this time whe tt is sorlously proposed to inoroat tho aotlvltios of tho general goverr mont lt ls a matter of moment to ha\ tho business ability of this importar dopartment of publio sorviee challanj ed with the assertion that it could I run atone-half tho present cost to tl pooplo for postage. The farming oi of privileges in ordor to scouro in provomont is a loup into unoortantli and not to be thought of until aft othor mothoc'.s havo failed. Kurnell to I?f>?th. Tho Augusta Chronicle flftys Hug the two year-old son of Mr. and Mr J M. Glovor, who reside at 1013 K: met street dlod Wednesday afternoi at 3 o'olook from burns reoaived as result of his olothing having oaug Are. Tho little child went out on tl front poroh of his father's rosldon Woduesdav afternoon a little befo 8 o'olook and in somo way ho obtain a matoh. It was struok by tho oh! and his olothing was ignited. T blaze soon spread ovor tho win dress. Tho ohlld died almost by t time medical aid could bo summc ed. ?SO TH, OB?AT MBMTT, JMPIB? OOH ?OWLS AJTD MAMOOS ?VE? lit THT ?0 VOL. XXX 1\ BBNNETTSVIIXE. S. O., FRIDA* . J AN tTAR Y ll. 1907. ?B?8I0N HAVPT OB OVB DflATHB GLOBIOU? IV THT CAUSB." WBJBCK AND MURDEH ATTKMl'TNI) UV fc'OHMEllSOUTU KltN HAIIJWAY FIHKMAN. Diabolical Crime Was Frustrated by the Runaway Train Running; Into Two Engines. The passenger train that lett Branchville Friday evening, Dcoem ber 28, had a narrow esoapo from be* lng wreokcd by a runaway train sent out from Augusta by Royal Sego, a former fireman of the Southern Rail way, for that express purpose. It seems that Sego had some grudge against Eogineer Oliver Swing, who was running the engine attached to the p?S8ongor train, and in order to Injure him opened tho throttle of an engine in the railroad yard at Au gusta and started lt on Us errand of destruction, thereby lmperrilirjg tho lifo of every passenger as well as tho orew ot tho passenger train. Tho fol lowing account of the attempted orlme, whloh wo take from tho Au gusta Ohronlolo of last Friday, will bo road with intorest: Royal Sego, a white man atout 30 years old, was arrested yesterday by Constable Kolly and taken to Magis trate Nurnburger's oUloe, between 2.30 and 3 o'clock, charged with hav lug opened the throttle of tho engine which pulled the run away train out of tho Southern ooaoh yard last Fri day night and whloh was only pre vented from wrecking tho incoming passenger train by colliding with en gines 3045 and 1404 on Washington street, between Broad and Reynolds. Sego ls a former fireman of the Southern road, and ho olalms that the oompany owes him to the amount of S33.00. Ile was arrested on a warrant sworn out by tbo railroad company. Judgo W. H. Nurnburgor being the magistrate, the evidence warranting the issuance of tho paper having boon furnished by M. F. Boyott, an em ploye of tho road. Boyott states that a day or two ago Sego carno to him and stated that bc was guilty of opening tho throttle o? Southern engine No. 1752, tho ono whloh pulled tho train of two oars through tho heart of Augusta. Sego stated that if the two freight engines had not been on tho track at the time of tho collision, he would "suro have got Oliver Ewing." Oliver Ewing is tiro engineer who was pulling No. 17 last Friday night, the passenger train from Branchville, and whloh train would havo collided with the runaway engine and coaches, if lt had not been for tho presence of tho two freight en gines in the path of tho runaway. B.yctt also states that Sego en deavored to persuade him to assist in derailing another train, but he says that he refused to aooept the tedlov^ vlllbiious Invitation. ' Whuuthe au thorities of tho road heard of the statements whloh had been made to Boyott, and investigation was hold, and the arrest of 9ego was tho result. He was arraigned before Magistrate N?rnberger shortly after 3 o'olook, butin default of bond he wasoommit ted to jail. When making his statement to Judge Number, Sogo absolutely de nied that ho had made any statements whatever to Boyott, and vohomently olaimed that he was Innocent. Boyott says, on the contrarv, that Sogo oven went so f?r as to desoribe his manner ot starting the engino, saying that he s leaked upon ih? engineer'* side of the oab, pulled the throttle half way open, and then jumpod off. Ho thou ran into ono of the nearby trainmen's shacks, and tho suspicions of the man Inside were aroused, but ho paid no especial attention to the matter. Considering tho fact that tho ohargo ls one of the most serious whloh oan bo brought agalnet any man, it ls gcnorally thought that, in oase he is provon to be guilty, ho will rceolved a very heavy sontonoo. It lu said that Sego is at times slightly demented. Mcua?KU tit Hen.. There has been washes up on the boaoh at Castle Reek In tho north of Ireland, a bottle containing a mes sage from several members of tho orow of tho steamship Huronia, whloh disappeared in the spring of 1902, to the effdot that she was sink ir g fast. The message, however, gives no locution. This ls rho second time the Huronian has boon heard from sinoe she sailed from Glasgow on Ftb ruary ll, 1002, for St. J lins, N. S. The Huronian bolonges to tho Allen Uno. She was tlrst reported overdue in Marob, 1900, and when nothing had boen heard from hor by tho 1st of April, all hope for her was given up. In splto of this, however, tho British admiralty, at the request of the own ors, ordered tho cruiser Tiramos to soaroh for tho steamer, and in tho lat ter part of April tho oruisor Bellona was ordered to the North Atlantic to help tho Thames in this work. Tho search was kopt up b> these two oruisors until well Into Ma}, but no traooof thu Huronian was over found. A report from Montroal, dated June 17, said thal, on Juno 2, a bottle wa? picked up forty iivo milos east of Hal ifax, containing tho fellowing noto written on a scrap of paper: 1 'Stoamer Huronian turned over Suniay night in Atlantic Small boat, fourtcon of us." Caine Too Ij?to, Will Harvoy, a negro, was hanged at Marysville. Miss., Thursday three minutes boforo notloo that his nen ton co had been oommutted reaohod the shorilTof Issaquona County. Thurs day Harvey's attorney was notllled by Qovornor Vardaman that tho negro's sontenoo had been oommutted to im prisonment for Ufo. Ho hurriedly call ed up the Iasaqucna sheriff, bat the lattor did not reaoh tho telophone until throe minutes after the drop fell. Harvey was sontenoed to be banged for tho murder of a nogro nam* ed Boto Bromo, in March last. Wfttoiilng WhiHkoy Fight. A lotter to the Atlanta Journal Bays tho people of Columbus aro tak ing a great Interest in tho whlskoy light in Atlanta. They watoh tho re ports of the orogross of tho oontest very closely. Columbus pooplo, at least many of them, feel that lt will not be a groat wltllo before there will bo e fight on tho whiskey question in thlt olly. AIJOU J' A HIJANDMH MT A UTI! I) ABOUT HIM BY Oongro .au Blackburn, John Capers c ii .jme Other Kepublican in Watthington. A ??WRtoh from Haleigh, N. 0-, UR Y H G JV. Glenn announced Wednes day tb-,t he would leave for Greens boro to appear before the grand Jury which'.Yin be asked to Indict Con gressman Spencer E. Blaokbuoi of tho o?s'ht district on a oharge of orlmlnkl libel, "I have not been able Vocear from the solloltor of the district," said the governor. action follows charges made In a lu^.or from Blackburn sont out from Washington on Saturday last, lu wh'J? he stated to Congressman It. N. tfaokott, the Demoorat oleotod In the ?'ghth district, his grounds for oontestfing tho elootlon, alleging among'pther things that thero haci been tif oonspiraoy in wbioh Gov. Glenn (used his icilnenoo to sooure Racket's oleotion, and, as a mombor of tho ?tftto'8 text book commission, votod tfl put books of the Amerioan Hook company on the State Hst of public .sohool books, in roturn for willoh tho American Hook company contributed large sums of money to corrupt tho voters of the eighth con gressional district, whllo In roturn Hacket'- was to uso his influence to ba ve OJV. Glenn oleotcd United States senator to suooecd the preaoni aenatoj j from North Carolina, Lee S. Ovorm.Ai. In a card published today Hackett donies blackburn's charges. "I ?Hall proscoute Blackburn to I the f?u extent of the law," Gov. Glenn . 'Ul to the Associated Press "One ru" two things must be done. I must |a impeached or Blackburn must bv? sent to jail." This afternoon Congressman Black burn sW)t the following statement to Solloltor Brooks: ,ci?h# statement l i last Sunday morning's papers concerning a notice of my contest upon Mr. Hackett and tho revotions upon Gov. Glenn ls without? my authorization. My notl06 to him igned by myself will be anni dent fy publlo sorutlny. Thur far any slgrv.ture appearing In tho papers purporting tobe mine Isa forgery. In tho :.otloo pf my oonteBt willoh 1 bavo lashed there will be found no suggestion of corruption on the pari of Goy Glenn. Tho notice will ?p??B -,iyi ItS?if. (Slgne-h; " W. Spencer Blaokburn. " Tho'1 shin g ton correspondent of Tii /?(( l-l. RoenVw?* iUfcck. bm. one uepublioan representa tive fron North Carolina, reoontly defeated but contesting, ordered ar rested by Gov. Glenn on the oharge o' oriminal liblal in a statement publish ed in tho papers last Sunday, says he didn't Bay lt. Tho statement declared that Gov. Glonu had socurod the adoption of the books of the American Book oom* pany in return for oampa'gn contrib utions used for tho defeat ot Black burn. Blaokburn deolaros tho statemont a forgery und says ho will sue all papers which published it tor libel. Capt. John G, Capers, federal pie dispenser for South Carolina is Mr Hlaokburn's attorney in Washington. Mr. Blackburn:B seoretary gavo out tho statomcnt to tho newspaper cor respondents Saturday night and said lt had boon prepared in tho tilico of Cf.pt. Capers and that Mr. Blaokburn would himself that night mall it to North Carolina. Capt. Capers will not oonlirm or deny this. "I will say noth ing whatever about that statement," he says. Huspcotml of Murder. Fletcher Harris, George Stevens and Albort Adkins, three young whlto mon of lHnvillo, Va., have boen ar rested and placed in tho olty jail as f-uapeots In tho supposed murdor of J. M. Thomas, whose dead body was :ound lu a ravine near that olty on _uesday morning. The young men are said to havo been seen with Thom as late in the evening preceding thc Unding of tho dead body and although all of thom deny any knowledgo of the tragedy, circumstances peint strongly tn them as being oonneotod in some way with Thomas' death. M hot at J migo. At St, Louis, inoonsed at the recent decision in tho partition suit under her father's will, Miss llosa Woll attempted to assassinate Judgo Mc Donald, of the olroult oourt, Wodnos day. lier aim was unstoady and the bullet wont wild, passing dangerously near the Judge's head. After tho wo man had been ovorpowored and re moved to tho private oilloe of tho sheriff, Judge Mo Donald oalmly re sumed ho.dlng oourt. I'lrod Into Train. An employee of tho Mobile and Ohio railroad brought word that a southbound freight wes ll rod upon Thursday morning by six heavy armed negrees, at Shuqulak, not far from Soooba, Miss. Tho lantern was shot out of the conductor's hand. It waa still too dark to distinguish the faoes of the shooters. Tho train pulled out of the station without any attompt at retaliation on tho part of hs orew. II An KU Ho ruc! f, At B'imlngham, Ala., Mrs. Lou Howard, wife of a real estate agont, who IH na?d to have loft hoi some timi ago, committed suloldo this morning by hanging herself to tho hod post In her room with a leather strap. She had boen to tho stato asylum years bo foro aud was roputed to bo mentally unbalanced. Her brothor-in-law, W l'alleck, with whom sho livod, fount Iber hanging this norning. Unod Uno of Whiskey, Tho olty dispensary at Oolllo, Ga. was olosod about the first of last Sep tombor and the city had about 1701 i worth of whiskey left and the oounoi i ordered lt poured out. The ohiof o ? polios hauled it out of tho olty am i lourod it out on the ground. Tha i wa? a good way to dlsposo of th I whiskey. A WARM TIME. Atlanta's Mayor Scored by One of the Aldermen. ALL ABOUT WHISKEY. Tfie Alderman Said (he Mayor Waa Do ing as Dictated io by a Boas, and the Mayor Replies With Strong Epithet and the Lie Was Passed. v The Augusta Chroulole says proba bly nb moro sensational or raw meot lng o? a municipal body in tho state of Qoorgla was ovor held than that of the City Ocunoil of Atlanta on Tues day evening of last week, called tor tho purpose of investigating charg e made by Mayor Woodward r.galnst an unnamed member of tho body, on the Allegation of improporly reooiving re muneration from the liquor interests of the olty In connection with the re cont weeding out of whiskey lioenses. Both Councilman Key and the May or beoamo BO exceedingly raw in their scathing orltioism and so freely ban tered the word lie, that it finally be oamo so common as to pass unnoticed by the other members present.. The result of tbo investigation was a complote vindication of Councilman Key and absolute freedom of Conloil man Pomeroy from the rumored con neotlon suggested by certain newspa per publications, and a severe soath- ( lng of tho mayor. Counoil met as a oommlttee of the j whole ard Immediately took un the , oharges made by Mayor Woodward. , Tho mayor gained the lloor at tho out , set and, as ho had indioatcd in the \ publio print he would do, at onoe , namod Councilman Key as tho mern- j ber to whom he had rotor red. His talk was rather rambling throughout, , and his entire ohargo and tho inotdent statements wore based on a state , mont whloh he said had been made tc , him by a man by the name of Min , hinnett, who was formerly a saloon ( kooper here, but whose lloenso was , not renewod. He was also a member . of counoil at one time. Tho state- j mont, as allogod. was to the effect . that Councilman Key had been known ( by M i nb Innott to havo rooelved fees , from applicants for liquor licenses. , When called upon to substantiate , this Minhinnett denied absolutely ', that he had ever made such a state- t ment to the mayor, hence his oharges I ?.??>UI?V tu? ??^n?tiine? fell-ll at, antT * the body adopted a resolution vindl- j oating Mr. Key entirely. Another resolution was Introduced \ sevorely orltiolslng Mayor Woodward fi and censuring him for making suon . publlo oharges on suoh llimsy founds- ' tion and for bringing such matter \ Into counoil, but lt was tabled. 8 Immediately after Msyor Wood- [ ward's statement Mr. Key gained the j lloor under a question of personal ( privilege, and the words he used in oharaotorlzlng the mayor wore about > aa rough as ever uttered in suoh a j body. Ho tormod the mayor a dirty , liar, called him a flunky and said he , was under tho direction of a polltioat , boss. Mr. Key said he had received j absolutely no money from the retail liquor dealers of Atlanta during the recent investigation aud during the ? weeding out of ol: j actionable saloons. Ile frankly admitted that somo time { ago he had received a fee of $160 , from their association for drawing tholr constitution and by-laws, but , that was long before thoro was any I kind of liquor agitation, and purely in bis capaoity as a lawyer, that he bad never received another cont from thom or other liquor mon for any ! work lu a legal capacity or for any tning else. He said tho liquor dealers of tho olty had oomo to him during tho investigation and asked that ho take their sido of the case when the licenses wero being gono over and ho had emphatically refused to do so, stating that ho was a membor of ocun oil. He says they asked him to re commend ounsel and he flatly refused to do so, explaining that any suoh aot would lead to an lntluenco upon his vote, and he could not havo any con nection with tho matter except in the oapaoity of a counoil man Ho said he bad tried to bo a friend of tho mayor, and when ho flrBt v, nt into oouncil lt was with that intention; that ho was the mayor's friend up to a oertaln po rlod, but soon found that a frlondship between thom was Impossible Ho said sluoo ho Lad been in coanoil thoro was no aot of his of willoh ho was ashamed, and nono whloh he could be j ustly orltiolsed; that he would dofy tho ma>or or any other man to suc cessfully point to one; and that if tho mayor had wantod facts in this caso lio could easily havo gotton them by going to tho liquor association. Con tinuing ho said: "But that isn't it, ho hates me bo causo I nave advocated a policy against that diotatcd to him by his boss, and ho has shown it in counoil and in tho mayor's ohalr." "Hols ono of the most willing Hunkies tho olty of Atlanta has ever had In tho 1 mayor's ohalr-" Mayor Woodward here Interrupted with tho romark that the assortlon was "an Infamous Ito." Continuing Aldorman Koy said: "I do not propose to tako his slang any longer; ho ha? io ho called down," 1 Turning to tho mayor and speaking dirootly at him, Mr. itoy said: "I'll 1 toH you this, and I want you to oarry > tho message away with you. Your ' boss has been trying to assassinate my ' oharaotor; ho has tried it repeatedly, ' but ho can't do lt. He has been try 1 lng in evory way to Injure mo, but ho can't succeed. Tho only way he will ovor suoceed is to assassinate mo per serially. Ho might meet me on the , street and strike mo down. That will . do lt, but it's its tho only way." j He t\ren rovortod to the charges l made by the mayor, and said: T f brand lt an ln-ernal Ho, and I brand 1 tho man who uttered lt as a dirty, t vulgar liar. It is ono of the penalties o of a publlo servant that ho comes Into contaot with And ia forocd to associate with some people whom ho would othorwlBe not be brought In. oontaot. with; that he has to submit to mud slinging from them." Mayor Woodward again gained the floor and ia a strong rr j -?Inder denied that he had any boss or that he was influonoed as had been indicated by Mr. Key. He said he had nover, with one exception, thrown mud at any. body who had first thrown mud at him. The rotolution absolutely exhonor atlng both Mr. Key and Mr. Pomeroy and declaring the entire oonfldenoe or oounoil In their integrity was passed after the statements had boon made and several witnesses heard from. Tho resolution condo rn nid g Mayor Woodward was tabled by a vote of 9 to 8._ A ?BEAM OF HJKAVJSN. What It Moans to tho Storm XOBBOO. Weary fiand. Every enlightened soul who has never given the matter serious thought, has Borne conception, some ideal of heaven. There be many, to. whose imagination the representation appears dim, Intangible, immansur able, but an elysium of grandeur, rlohes and indolence. Humanity striving for the loy it longs to reaoh in the beyond, hopes to attain all things denied and sought for through out life. To the lonely, starving heart, hoaven means love, satisfying ineffable love. To the poor, weary and overburdened, freedom from toil and trouble, to the wayfarer, earth ward and without where to lay his head, the hope of homo with its com forts and delights. To the obsouro, but v deserving, tho "poor in Bpirit," recognition and the promise of reward riohly fulfilled. To the shepherd out on the bleak hillsides, Searohlng for lost ones, guiding them Into the kingdom, it ls the sheltered fold from whioh his dook shall never stray. To tho storm-tossed, soul-broken by cor row, and wrecked by hardship too ueavy to bo borne, hoaven means rest-one long, sweet, peaceful, ever lasting rest. What a balm for the weary and heavy-laden, what a cure for ills and eiUlcblons. People often wondor, and express concern about the heavenly home, and what it shall be like, but for mo, lays a deeply pious but terribly i ni ot 3d soul, I shall not oaro what abodes jthors maj ohooso amone tho glories )f the celestial olty, my own little re- 1 'ugo has long been prepared and is < ??walting me. Years ago, in a time ' f heart breaking anguish, I was ber- 1 nltted to behold it, as one may look ' jpo? a beautiful picture from afar ' md through years of iilllotion and in times of deepest trial, it come to mc ' i living reality, a solace, a Joy and a 1 dor lou? hope thfit ,ahall bp reidiwd 1 when tho gates are opened for mo. 1 lave no desire for the mansions of | learl and crystal, a marble palace, ' whose steps lead down to . golden 1 itreets, possess no charm s for mo. I ..oula not wish to dwell near the 1 (littering, Jeweled gates, whore 1 nultltudes throng the way. It may 1 e ms before I shall be permitted to 1 iee the great white throne, or to hear the sweet, gentle voioe of The Lamb if God. It takes an eternity to soe and en oy the beauties of heaven, and so in ?hat time of waiting and of prepara tion, I shall have a little, retreat whore my soul Bhall rest, fieo from iain, from toll and sorrow. It ls a tttlo, quiet nuuk, nestled within an irm of the lillis, that embraoo the {roon pastures. There ls no shelter sr roof, for none ls needed; the warmth of heavenly sunlight makes lt one long summer day. The other above ls is blue as sapphlro, and the verdure of the hills and valley soft and shimmorlng as the rarest velvet, strewn with myriad scented Howers 3f wondrous boauty and bloom,. In the distance echoes tho song ot birds, and the muslo of children's voices and above all hovers the pure Bpirit of peace and swoet repose. Into this litt e secluded valley I shall onter some day, when I havo oarned the heavenly rest. Then Indeed, will bo happiness and rejoicing, when the felicity so long desired shall be at tained. Thero will be no burdens, no heartaches, no tears, nothing but rest and poaoe forevermore. This, then, is my earthly consolation, my sustaining hope, dream of heaven. Uotcotivo ?hot. ll. D. Blaokburn, a deteotivs of the Louisville and Nashville railroad and former marshal of Warrior, Ala., was shot at that plaoe at midnight Wednesday night and ls dying in a hospital hore. Ho was on his way homo when ho was fired on from am bush and as he was wounded by both pistol bullets and buckshot from a shot gun lt ls evident that moro than ono man prrtiolpatod in the assassina tlon. The guilty parties are supposed to havo been negroes, who had a grudge against Blaokburn, and escap ed. Tho? Aro Known. lt is stated on good authority that tho investigation oonduoted v p As sistant Attorney General Purify at Brownsville, has revealed a olow that will load to the arrest and prouaole conviction of every negro soldier who partloipatod in the raid on Browns ville. Lem Ilaeves, a negro soldier, revealed the names of the two men m inning from his company at the time the sounl for arms was given at Fort Brown immediately after the outbreak,_ Died In Vita. At Delhi, N. Y,, three lives wore lost in a fire that destroyed the American Intel at that plaoo Sunday morning. Tho fire wan discovered in partmonts of Mr. Winter and hh wife on the third floor and by the time the firemen arrived tho struc ture was a mass of flames. O'Connor also occupied par tm Ant? on tho third floor. Tho other guests er caped by leaping from the windows In their night clothing._ Klllod by Mas. The entire family of George Devine at Winooski, Vt. i consisting of nix pbrsons, the father, mother and foin children, were killed during Sundas night by illuminating gas whloh en tered the house from a break in tyu street main through a sower pipe, Head-on CollisU n of P?sseng Trains on Rock Island IN Wfli?H MANY MK Many of ib? Vlct?nts Were PJuicsod- IA lite Wreckage and their Dodie's Were Cremated lo thc Pire Which Folio*. ed thc Dhaster; w Thirty-four persons, all Mextoans but two, wero lclllod and the bodies I3H of 30 Mexicans Were incinerated early Wednesday in a head-on oollislou of KWO passongor trains of tho Chicago, Kook Island and Paoiflo railroad near ?v* T Tolland, Kansas. Tho wreck OOOU?; rod wblld both trains were running on a our ve in a out where tho grade was . steep. A'.l tho killed were in the south bound train exoepb a tramp who Waa on tho baggage oar ou tho northbound train. Tbla tramp, a negro porter and a workman accompanying a gang of Mexican laborers wero tho only Americans killed so far as known, al though a passenger says that a woman and a ohtld wore burned in a tourist oar. There were 32 Mexicans and five Amorloans, composing a gang of rail road workora, in tho smoking oar of tho southbound train. Of these, .30 Mexicans wore burned in the wrook age and two died lator. Most of tho-injuries were duo to tho setting of the omerffouoy brakes. Most every passenger In tho southbound train was thrown to the car floor by the quick setting of tho brakes. Tho northbound train, was running 10 miles an bour up grado. The Mexicans w?ro pinioned under tho eoats and the doors were lammed so they could not get out. Ia tho ohalr oar, also, many passengers were bold down by tho seats. The train caught fire from tho gas tanks. Then carno tho orles for help among the Mexicans in the smoking ? sar and the people pinioned fast in tho shairoar. Bvery man or woman on tho train tiled to rosoue the unfortu nates, but the flames soon became ?'. coo hot to par mit of approaching tho sar.-' The injurod were removed froni tho ' 3hnir ears with less diniculty and pkrently all were rescued all vb from those oars. v/ilihsm:- Cane, ' oonauotor oi 'e'uo southbound train, has a broken collar bone and ls much bruised about tht raoe. Ho said: Tho train was Just pulling oloar of v tho Volland yards . and was. travelling ??bout 30 milos an hour, . J : dropped Into the front seat of the smoker and dozed. There were 3 i Mexicans sitting two In a seat baok of mo. also Link, an in terpreter, a foreman and live p. fares. 'Twas awakenod by tne setting of the brakes. I jumped head first out of the window and struck on my . ^ shoulder. "When I turned and looked ** the train I saw flames leaping 50 feethig-.x from the smoker. Tho foremost tourist slcopiug oar of tho southbound train also burned, buU \ ll the oooupants esoiped serious' in ury. John Lynes, 10 years old. telegraph perator at Tolland, who let the south bound train get by his station, whoro \ it was to pas r tho northbound train gave tho following statement before being taken to jail: .'I had been awake ali night and was sober. At about 4 or 6 o'olook this morning the train dispatcher gavo me four orders; one was for the south bound train to meet two trains at - Volland instead of at Alta Vista as previously arranged, The southbound train headed into a switch and lot ono : train pass, backed out of tho switoh and headed down tho main lino with out walting for the other train. I thought it was going to stop to tako water, as trains have been doing, but instead it went by at about io miles 'Ari hour. The southbound board was at 'danger,' aooording to the lever in the ctlioo, but the train did not stop, and I ran ont with my lantern, but with two swings across the trank it wont out. I thou ran to the pump homo, grabbing the pumper's lantern, waved a few times and lt also went out. I went back and told tho dis patoher that tho southbound train went by and we wai tod to seo if lt was going to como baok or hit the north bound train. I told, tho dlspatoher that I was oowing to Topeka and was tryiug to got there when arrested." i .? *. Fiillncl ?nd Hoboed. While on his wry from AUgheia to Aiken on Tuesday night Mr. Preston iCfglo was knooked from his buggy, ohooked. into unconsciousness and rob* bed by Gus Glover, a negro of tho lat ter place Mr..,Ergio was driving through the or.untrv alone and on roaching Robinson's pond, about tbreo miles from Aiken, some ono approach ed from the rear and before he dis covered the nf eson?o of the highway man Mr.' Ergio was felled to tho g-ound. The negro then robbed him of the money on hts person together with his watoh, knife and gloves. The highwayman wa? capture and J Mied. A V-OOV liXOUHO, Anthony Koooher, of Pittsburg, who ls in a orltloal condition from self inflicted wounds cn his threat and abdomen, made with a razor, said; "I trio;! to kill myself because I. was tir ed of kill myself bsoauea I wan tired ?of living in this kind of weather." Koooher ou (ht to have cairn South ?and his oame for suicide would have boen remov vi._ Fifty ll?reos lt?autod. A doz sn persons wero injured, 40 families wore nfode homeless, 2,ooo ?ersohs were driven temporarily from heir homos, 60 horses wore roasted to death and property valued at $200,? 000 was destroyed Tuesday in tho worst early morning fire Now York has oien In saan? montnfltf ' '