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pH|E COTTON MEN E; Met In Annual Convention in Co lumbia Last Week. HAD GOOD MEETING. Much enthusiasm Waa ?Manifested1, and the I.itu Law and Bucket Shops Were Denounced, The Corn Congress and llnrvle Jor don Were (Indorsed. The South Carolina divinion of the Southern Gotten Association met In Columbia ou Wednesday ot last week-. The meeting wan attonded by dele gatos representing 20 counties. The interest manifested was ' encouraging and the attendance was evou Urger than had been expected. The following were present at the meeting: Andersen-M. A. Maha Hay. Barnwell-F. H. Orceoh, W. W. Moore, J. A. Jenkins, J. B. Morris, W. T. Waiker. Clarendon-O. 0. Soarborough, S. M. Haynesworth, E. D. Hodge. Darlington-ii. H. Rogers, A. M Coker, E. M. Williamson. Florence-J. W. MoCown, James B. McBride, T. A. Clarke. Greenville-R. Mays Oloveland, Marietta. Greenwood-W. J. Moore, J? M. Major. Lancaster-W. G. Hough, W. J. Cunningham. Lee-E D. Smith. Laurens-J. H. Wharton. Marlboro-T. S. E aus, W. W. Bruce, W. A. Rogers. Orangeburg-J. E. Wannamakor, J. A. Peterkin, J. M. Moss, J. R Fairey, N. N. Hayden, B. F. Kollor, W. W. Wannamakor. Rlohland-W. W, Ray, Riobard Singleton, F. H. Hyatt, F. H. Wes ton, Z. T. Lykos, W. H. Padgett, A. Patterson, R. S. McKenzie. W. J. Lykes/J. A. Byrd. Saluda-W. F. Whittle, W. W. Padgett, Ii. B. Binase, J. M. Forrest. Snartanhnrg-E. L. Archer, Ralph H. Smith. Union-J. W. Gregory. York-John L. Rainey, W. S. Wilkerson, C. E. Spencer. Williamsburg -W. D. Bryan. After organization the following odleers were elected: President- E. D. Smith of Florenoe. Vice President-E. L. Archer of Spartanburg. Secretary-Fi H. Weston, Colum bia. Treasurer-F. n. Hyatt, Columbia. Secretary Weston read the minutes of tho last meeting After these had been approved Mr. Hyatt made bis report as trnasurer. This was rofor red to an auditing committee. Mr. Hyatt stated that two counties an swered to the assessment this year. Others had ooutrlbuted liberally, some gave not at all. However, all salaries hud been paid and all ex penses met. Tho balanoo on hand is not enough to boast of and the ex ecutive committee needs money with whioh to push the work this year. There was a tight over eleot'.ng rep resentation on tho executive commit tee of the general association. Mr. Hyatt and Mr. E. D. Smith are ex olllolo members, for Mr. Hyatt ls the treasurer. After some discussion and several ballots Mr. E. L. Archer and Dr. W. W. Ray were eleoted. Mr. Smith made a strong argument in favor of tbe holding corporation. The farmers who will not come into the association need no proteo M on, and If they put their ootton on the market when tbo prices are below the association's minimum, this oot ton could be bought up to the extent of 2,000,000 bales and could be held, by along with tho ootton held by the and su?" tatton members, until their of her citizp*or prices should bo met. 5~ To do thiB would require a capitali zation of 8100,000,000, to be raised by members of the association subscrib ing to thc oapltal stock $5 per bale on every bale they propose to raise. There oould bo State and oojuty or ganizations, regularly oharterad, with regularly appointed buyers, etc. Mr. Smith denounced foroibly the aotlon of Secretary Shaw in withdraw ing $100,000,000 from circulation in the summer. This had unsettled the monoy situation generally, but forced Wall street down upon Southern loans-and tho ootton larmors had Buffered. Mr. Archer dlBRgroed with Mr. Smith. This holding corporation should be organized without connec tion with the association. Further more, he bclievo8 tho plan impractic able. Mr. Hyatt briefly expressed his op? position when he was oalled upon to speak, but ho stated that In Birming ham next week he will talk at length on "How to Flnanco the Cotton Crop," the subjeot assigned him by the committee. Mr. J. E. Wannamakor made * startling statement. OD a recent visit to Barnwoll he had bee i told that there are poopi. In that county who are living in squalor, with poor shelter for themselves, less for their shivering animal? and nono for thjri? farm implements. They buy their meat, even their oabbages and other vegetables. Why? Because they plant cotton, plant lt blindly without thought of tho future Ho supposes that the same conditions exist In many counties. 1 Ie opposes the "hold ing corporation," believing that it would bo better to build warehouses and to continue tho work of educat ing the farmers to tho appreciation of the need for diversltloatlon. Mr. MoBrlde took the vlow that the work suggested by Mr. Wanna makor lu that of Clemson oollogo or agricultural societies, and that the cotton association has a broader Held. It should promote organf/.ttlon and co-operation along the line suggest'''' hy Mr. Smith. opposion TO LIEN uw. After selecting tho delegation to the?Blrmingham convention, the con vention authorized Provident Smith to-nemo the members of tho execu tive oommlttee. Ho soleoted the fol lowing: E, Mciver Williamson of Darling ton. R. Mayes Oloveland of Marietta, Greenville county. B. F. Keller of Cameron, Orango burg county. Ri M. Pegues of Kollook, Chester field county. W. D. Bryan of Taft, Williams burg county. The following resolution was otter ed by MY. Grog on behalf of the Flor ecce oauuty deles Allon s "Resolved, That tho asisoolatlon appoint a oouamlttae to memorlaMzg ?.io g?ner?! nsnauioiy to iepva* (Tue law known ?a the lien law for sup plies." This waa voted on without discus sion as these are practical farmers aiiu knout wiixv tho Hw is. Taei? waa opposition, but tho motion pre vailed and the following were ap pointed by tho chair to memorialize tho legislature: Waltor Gregg of Florence, B, F. Keller of Cameron, W. M. Mobrlde of Florence. The follow i UK were elected dele gates to tho Birmingham convention: W. J. Cunningham, W. J. Moore, E D. Hodge, A. M. Cokor, w. W. Bruce, Dr. lt. H. Smith, J. W. MoOown, W. F. Whittle, J. A. Petorkin, o. E Spenoer, E. D. Smith. J. M. Major, Ri M. Baguen, E. M. Williamson. lt ls related that a distinguished Greonwood lawyer says that In his county gambling ls the highest form of or I me. It was a Greonwood dole gato, Mr. W. J. Moore, who lntroduo ed the following: "Resolved, by the South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton asso ciation, That ?.? oondeum and dis approve of the dealing In what ls oommoply known as 'futures,' being Injurious to tho morals of our peoole and entailing great iinanoial loss on them. "Resolved, further, That we ear nestly hope and believe the legisla ture of South Carolina will enaot ouch lawB 8B will prohibit exohanges and buokot shops from being operat ed in this State." This was adopted without discus sion. Mr. Smith offered the following resolutions, which were adopted: "Resolvod, That this convention recommend to the Birmingham con vention tho advisability of each county appointing a Belling <*nd finan cial agent, authorized in writing, Higned by the individual members, as ..?nhl agent tu sell tho ootton of the local asaoolntion at a prion not less than that agreed upon hy the national association, and to give said agent tho power to nogotiate loans, fix tho rate of interest, storage aud lnsur anoo charges. " This is avery important resolution, for it give? form and purpose and business objective to the association. The session on Wednesday night was an ex;orienoe meeting, at whloh the delegates oxohanged ideas mu tu??y helpful. A HUMAN MONSTER llofuaod Dooont Burial tor tho WI io Ho Haul AIIUBOCI. 10very ouoo In a while we run upon a brute clothed in a human form. A ?dispatch to the Augusta Ohronlolo from Washington, Ga., says tho de tails of tho tragio death from burn ing of Mrs, Charles Elliot near Aonla, in this county, twelve miles from I Washington, were brought to theolty Tuesday night by neighbors of thei i dead woman, who had come to Wash ington to get a collin and ongago a hearse altor the positive refusal of Charles K Hot to provide a decent bu rial for the remains of his wife, for whoso death ho was Indirectly respon sible. Tho horrible aooldent whloh cost the faithful young wife and mother hor life occurred* Wednesday night and death ended her sufferings Friday evening about 8 o'olook. For the faithfulness and loving devotion cf a young wife and mother on t o one hand and tho oruel indlfloronce and neglect of a husband and father on the other, the circumstances sur rounding this case are v ithout a par* allel in the history of Wilkes county. Whilo Oharlcs Elliot was oil on a drunken spree Wednesday night, Mrs. Elliott wrapped her four little child ren up as comfortably au possible for the night. After this was done there was not enough bod olotblng in tho house to proteot her own body from tho severe cold, so she wrapped the last bed quilt in the house about her and laid down in front of tho wood Uro to keep warm until ber husband's roturn. VVhllo down before tho fire asleep tho quilt which oovored her caught afire from a spark and produo ed horrlblo burns on the face and body of tho unfortunate woman. There was no ono living near enough in the] neighborhood to hear tho agonizing cries of Mrs. Elliot and her four ohil dren were too young to of?or hor any assistance, the oldest being j not 61 years old. In this condition, Mrs. Elliot re mained until the return of her hus band, In an intoxicated condition, about 4 o'olook in the morning of tho next day. Even after Mr. Elliot re turned and found his wife in suoh a 8oriouB condition he made no effort to seoure modloal attention for his wife. Late In the afternoon of tho day fol* lowing tho aooldent lomo of the neigh hors learned of the affair, and upon their own initiative tho best medloal attention that tho community afford c was scoured. Tho shock to; the young woman's system was too severe, however, and she succumbed to doath Friday, leav ing four children, the oldest of whom 1B 6 yoars and tho youngest four months. Daring tho whole time subsequent to his return to hi? home at 1 o'olook Thursday morning and tho time of his wife's death, Elliot manifested little concern in tho mattor and would sit In ono corner of the little room with an air of total unconoern whilo several neighbors and a physlolan wore working heroically to savo his wife's lifo. Ho made no effort to so coro provisions for his ohildren in tho meantime Fuel, provisions and cloth ing woro all furnished by the nolgh bors. Following the doath of Mrs. Elliot, Charles Elliot was asked ooncorning tho funeral arrangements, when the [coolly replied that ho had spout his last cent for two gallons of whiskey for Christmas and was not ablo to take oro of tho remains of his wife. "1 will attend to tho burial as soon as I got able," he is reported to have romarked, Taking tho ohildren in their own oaro and considering the brutal fath er io moro In tho matter, tho neigh bors of tho community have taken tho altair in their own hands ano have by privalo subscriptions among thomsel ves raised $25 for defraying tho burial expenses of Mrs. Elliot. The remains woro takon to her old home in Lin coln county Saturday for lntorncent at Llncolnton Saturday afternoon. Tho increasing number of railroad wrecks premises to dooroase the sup ply of "popular young ra 1 oad men.' Thc latest typewriting reocrd ls hald to be :i00 words por minute. Tho operator ls wo suppose a woman. HOW TO PLANT COEN. TUM WlIiMAMBON Pl,AN GIVEN IN A FMW WOK UH. The Formula Wfctoh May Hevolu tiertza A$rk.uU*?s ia 9,93th 0?? O' Una and Inrloh Farmern, We have published frequently the formula for the "Williamson plan" or the way devised by Mr. E. Molter Williamson, of Darlington, to make five ears of oom grow whore but one grew before. The formula aa given heretofore has been a little long. The following has been prepared for the Columbia State by Mr. James Horny Kloo, Jr., as the most oonolse form In wbioh lt oan be given: Break land In winter one-fourth deeper than oom mon; lay off in six foot rows, leaving five luoh balk. When time to plant break out balk with scooter, following In same fur row on this ridge. Ridge them with same plow, going deeper; run corn planter with Dixie plow, with wing taken off. Plant as early as possible, upually about the middle of March. Drop oom grainB every six inches. Use no fertilizer Give first working with harrow or any plow tbat will not cover plant. Second working with 10 or 12-inoh sweep on both sides of plant. Thin after this working. Com should not be worked again until sufficiently stunted, so that lt will never grow largo. When it is about 10 to 12 lnehes high put on fer tilizer. Mix 200 pounds ootton seed meal, 200 pounds aold phosphate, 400 pounds kalnlt. Put half In old swoop furrow, on both sides of every other middle. Cover by breaking out mid dle with turn plow. One week later treat tho other middle in the same way, fertilizer and all. In a few dava side oom In first middle with 10 Inoh swoop. Put all your nitrate of soda In this furrow, If less than 160 pounds ls unod; if more, pm half. Cover with one furrow or turn plow, then sow peas In middle broadcast, at rate of a bushel to the aero, and finish break ing out. Lay by early. More oom ls ruined by late plowing than by laok of plowing. No hoeing is neoossary and middle may bo kept olean until time to break out by harrowing. For 60 bushels to the aero leave stalks 16 inohes apart; for 76 bushels, 12 indies; for 100 bushels, 8 inohes apart. DJ not pull fodder; do uot out tops; let peas and pea vines die on land. Value in fertilizer to land ls worth mora than forage. Evory farmer In this oounty should give the plan a trial. A SCOLDING WIFE And * Woolton I,OK GIVOB Vat Ijnlioy Trouble? Patrick Lahey, of Sands street, Brooklyn, N. Y., has a wooden leg and troubles of his o itu. It isn't the leg that worries Lahey, lt is the use to , whtoh his wlfo puts it when ho un straps it. The man, who is well along lu years, told his woes to tho com plaint olerk in the Adams Stroet Court one day last weok. "I've been sleeping in lt for tho past four weeks," said he. "If you never slept with a wooden leg, never tried to turn over in b d or tuck the covers around your feet, you can't understand the troubles of a man try ing to rest with ono." "Why don't you take it off?" ask od the olerk. "Take it off," replied Lahey, "take it off I Man, do you think I'm as shy in my head as I am in my legs? It I take lt off she hides lt, and then when I want to go out 1 got to stay In. Sometimes I do ba hopping around the floor for three hours hunting un der the bed, behind the stove, in tho washtubs, and lu the top of olosots for my leg. "Tho last time I took it off. Fran ces (that's my wife's name), hld lt, and when I found it she tried to take lt from mo, and. threatened if she got lt again she'd use lt as a club to beat me. Kow there should be some law to prevent a woman making a man sleop with a falso limb or to prevent his wife beating him with it if he loaves it off." "Sure," said the clerk. "I'll give you a summons and you hand it to hor." "Hand it to hoi ? Man, do you think I'm orazyV Send it to her by a polloo man, and the biggest ono you have." Tbis being promised Lahey stump ed out. expressing the hope that the Court will arrange matters so that ho oan sloop in peaoo, and not in pieces. Captured Elliott Still. An llllolt still operated by an eight horse power steam engine, was de stroyed by State Constables Hayes, Hoy and Jenkins, In York County, Wednesday morning. The constables who made the raid are under Chief Fant, in charge of the Spartanburg division. The still had a oapaoity of eighty gallons per day, and was the finest of the kind ovor oapturod by tho officers. York is a prohibition oounty in name._ This gentle rein oomes at the right time. The water wagon for seyeral days will have other duties to per form. Whon the government decide? to in crease the salarios of its mall carriers it should not overlook Its female em ployes. Limberger oheeso ls satd to be a euro for tuberculosis. Some persons, however, may profer to dlo with con sumption. It has como. A solon11st says John D. Rookefollor is tho future Amorlcan typo. Get ready to shave your head and renounce the oyster. Carrie Nation says that hugging ls responsible for ail the immorality in Washington, D. C. A kind of cl rolo as lt were, that bas no end. The faot that Mr. Rookefollor is too poor to eat oysters reminds us that boob of these objects of publlo inter est aro notoriously bald. Tho faot that the Presldont missed three shots at a wild turkoy is not startling. But tho faot that his press agonc let tho item get into print ls interesting. Success seldom oomes to tho man who waits for lt, and then only In tho oaso of tho oafo employe A New York man while trying to Imitate Caruso dropped dead. A oase of monkeys perhaps. The auto enthusiast who frequently pays out his ooln for ropalrs may bo ?aid to Huffer from one kind of car thorlage. * HIVE IN AN AQU Af lUr?,. < ?..A V?y> of ?.alu? HOYT *. Mt?* . Hinty Bru (Vii>k?.l . Eh erybody In curious to se}) bees ac tually at work. Take a rectangular < glasa aquarium and place lt on a win dow elli, elevated slightly at the eldo non? the window. so thf when the .latter 1? raised an iueh ti., ?bees tnay pass In and out If doslr \ tho bees may be kept for some timi \ y conflue mont by raising the aquarium au Inch en blocks and using ?? strip! of wire screen cloth to prevent tho tyeea from ?sen plug. When confined the bees shojild be fed ! a sirup of equal parts of sugar au'd water. A frame or two of bees may be purchased for a trifling sum. Fut wlthlu this glass aquarium some rustic supports to represent projecting, undocnyed portions of tin? Inside of the hollow trunk. Keep all covered by au opaque cloth when not observing what ls going on wlthlu this glass hoe homo. Then the bees will be free to work and to adapt themselves to the envi ronment. They cnn suit their own ', fancy about attaching combs to the sticks; they may build diagonally or lu uuy other form that they may prefer, 1 and they may attach the comb to sidos or ends Just when and wkero they ? think lt ls necessary. In the art?llela] blves the combs are attached only at tho edgos, hut in nat ural conditions within the hoe tree or In Us counterpart, ns represented by the old fashioned box hive with opaque sides and In our transparent inverted aquarium, tho bees cun build combs and attach them lu any way that they see flt Ono of the moat Interesting objocts for study Is to note when Ute been think lt necessary to put out a side support from a long comb. They seem to believe that they are really within a hollow tree and that lt ls likely to be swayed by the gales. Of course when so swayed long combs laden with honey or with young bees would bc too much for tho unyielding rigidity of tlio upper part of tho combs. These, If they have no side stays, would bond, crack and be crashed against each other. Tho beos havo learned this and give the combs a tine support whenever lt Is necessary. They do this, lt is true to ! a certain extent, lu the regular eight or len frame hive, but not with tho naturalness with which they do-lt lu a large, unobstructed spaco. Not long ago a veteran beekeeper took a colony of boos from an attic, whoro they had boen for many years. "Well," said ho, "you should have seen the funny forms of those combs most Interesting thing I over saw. There was one pillur nlmoit round-a solid center right and several feet long -and these combs around tbat; the most fantastic tshnpo you ever saw."^ Suburbau 1,1 fe. M.vtmllni; < I.ml<>. A philanthropist said of a banker: "Brown ls n mean man. Ouco I made him slid) out, though. Listen. "Two laities, representatives of a children's fresh air fund-a noble charity-called on Brown nud asked him to contribute. He gave n dollar. With all his millions, he gave ?l ex actly. " 'It's all I can afford,' he whined. "My Office is in the same building as Brown's bunk, and a few minutos later tho two ladles came to me. When I saw Brown's name down for only a dollar I was mad. ".Ho soys It's all he can aff>?-d, eh?' I began. 'Woll, ladles, Just .lt hore a minute.' "And I called my head clerk, ascer tained my balance in Brown's bank, and wrote a check then and thero in the derk's name for $273',U'10--the en tire amount " 'Draw this nt once,' I said. "The clerk departed, and n minute or two later Brown himself rushed In breathlessly, the check In his bund. "'Harry,' he said, '.what 1B tho mean ing of this?' "I pointed to tho ladies' subscription list. " 'I have Just learned,' I said, 'that you could only afford to give a dollar lo the children's fresh air fund. This made me think that thlugs were look ing pretty fishy at tho bank. 1 decided I had bettor draw out' "Brown had to add two ciphers te his subscription before I would con sent to tear up the check." IMmueU'? Keen Banlneas IiiMtfttoi. When tho Hon. Mr. Ward wrote his novel "Tremaine," he was fearful of acknowledging himself the author, un til its fate should have been ascertain ed. He accordingly, the bettor to pre servo his Incognito, sent the manuscript copy by the wlfo of his attorney to Mr. Colburn. Tho work, although accepted, was not considered likely h> pay ex tremely well, and consequently a trifling sum was given for it. Contrary, however, to Mr. Colburn's expectations, lt ran to three editions. 'ilio Ingenious author of "Vivian Grey," then twenty-two years old, hav ing heard of the circumstances, deter mlnedlouselt to advuntago, audaccord Ingly having arranged his work for publication, he proceedod to find out tho honorable gentleman's fair messen ger. This lie quickly effected, and upon a promise of giving her ?20 Induced hor to be the bearer of his novel to the ?ame publisher. Tlie woman was Instantly recognized by Mr. Colburn os the samo person who brought him "Tremaine;" and rec ollecting tho great Bale of that novel, he leaped at the manuscript presonted to him with the utmost eogernese. It was quickly read, and a handsome sum glvon for tlie copyright. A short time, however, enabled Mr. Colburn to find out his error, but too late to remedy himself. Tho work wns not succ?s and a considerable sum wau let' publication. 'Ear_H Nearly I,ynohod Ulm. Timely police Interference only saved Frank Gallo, of South Boston, from lynching at the bandi of an an gry mob, whon ho was caught in the alleged aot of cutting off a little girl's braid in front of tho Theatre Comique, in his pockets were found five braid*, including ono that Margaret 10 Quin lan, aged 15, identified as hor own. A pair of koon shears wore also fcund. Gallo claims helsa barber and that ho carno by the braids honestly. Tho cry of "Jaok the Snipper" was takon up by the orowd on Tremont Row when the little girl found her bair was gone and tho mob cot in ohaso of Gallo. Patrolman Tighe hoard the uproar and arrestod the man after a hard light in tho mud and slush, the orowd lighting to get at his prisoner and beat him, Tho polioo beliovo Gallo ls the man who for a year past has been terrorizing young girls by snipping off their braids In tho midst of orowdn of shoppers. The story of Atlanta's rtoent co tin oil meeting reads as if Mr. Koosovelt himself might have boen proxont. STANDS BY HIM.! = j rexas Senator Speaks on the ! Foraker Resolution as to ' COLORED SOLDIERS Performance in Hie Brownsville Affair. Af 1er a Brief Response the Ohio i an AgreBs to Allow Matter to (in Over Until Mon day. Soon after th?,senate met today Senator Foraker's resolution provid ing for an Inquiry by the senate Into the dlsoharge of the negro troops of the Twenty* fifth infantry on aooount of the Brownsville, Tex., episode was laid before the enate and Senator (Ju lb or H on made an address on the subject. He eald that he would have kept quiet but for the faot that great injusttoe had been done the people of Brownsville. ' Mr. Cu Iberson said tbae the conduofc of the negro soldiers had been vory irritating to tba Brownsville people and especially so to the women. He related tbat on Aug. 4, last, the day before the "shooting up" of tbe town a orimlnal assault had been commit ted by one of the soldiers on tho wife of a reputable olt zon and said that no arrests had been made for the crime. Mr. Oulberson defended Capt. McDon ald of the Toxas Rangers, to whom Mr. Foraker had referred beoause of Maj. Blooksom's roforonoo to him nu a man who was ' 'so brave that he would not hesitate to ohargo hell with a buoket of water." Mr. Oulberson said that he knew Maj. Blooksom to be a gentleman. DKFENDICD TEDDY'S C0UK8K. In defending President Roosevelt for his dismissal of the troops Mr. Oulberson said the fact that the troops were negroes had nothing to do with their dlsoharge. Confusion as to tho legal questions Involved was, he said, responsible for the statement that tho president had no authority to make the dlsoharge. The president's consti tutional authority and the authority given him by tho article of war dear ly ocnercd tho case and made his ac tion legal, te declared. He contended that uisoharges for orimlnal offenses are also discharges made to effect pun ishment. Mr. Oulberson said that there was a distinction between "discharge without honor" and "a dishonorable discharge." In the former caso the president could exerolse his discretion as bo had done in this Instance, while a dishonorable disohare oould only oe made as the result of a oourtmartlal. He Instanced several cases to sustain his position. To e9tab lsh the motive aotuatlng tho negro soldiers in oreatlng tho al leged disturbances, Mr. Oulberson read resolutions reoontly adopted by negro oltizens of lljstoa, whloh admitted that the soldiers "shot up" tho town and s?id they "wero determined todo for themselves what the uniform of their country would not do-protect them from insults and punish at the same time tho authors of their mis ery." CAUSKD WAVK OK MKKRIMKNT, Dlsolaimlng any partisanship for the president, Mr. Oulborson oreated a wave of merrlmout by saying: "I have nothing to do with the presl dent in this matter. I oare nothing about him. My personal relations with him are about as cordial as those of the senator from Ohio" (Mr. Foraker), In all falrneiB, Mr. Oulberson Bald, the country ought to know that the report made to the president was ro liablo. After reading muoh of tho testi mony taken before the Brownsville grand jury, Mr. Oulberson drew tho conclusion that the faot that no In dlotme^t was returned was not an ev idence of tho weakness of the oase, but rather of the fairness of the peo ple of Brownsville, who did not wish to do Injustice to the innocent. The evidonoe, he oontendod, proved be yond doubt that the shooting was done ny tho nogro soldiers, but failed to identify tho guilty ones. no concluded his speech by a brief roferenoe to tho nogro question in goneral, saying lt had existed from the early history of tho country down to tho present time and still continu ed to bo the most important and the most dangerous question whioh con fronts the Amerloan pooplo. He refer ed to the growth of this quostlon lead ing to the Civil war wherein nearly a million white men lost their lives. Wednesday, ho said, tho condition of tho blaok raoe with its ages of slav ery, its ignorance and poverty, excited o deepest sympathy of tho great -jdy of the white people of tho South. STILL TH JO QKKATK8T PROBLUM, "But," ho eontlnued, "in spite of the past, with Its oonillots and saoriil oes, sorrows and destruction of lifo and property, this problom is still tho greatest with which wo havo to doab It Involves labor, eduoatlon, suffrage, soolal order, civil liberty self-govern mont and the Integrity of tho whlto raoo. The ond no man can seo. South erners feol dooply and profoundly on this race problom and its ultimate so lution. Senator Forakor at onoe took tho door, remark.ng that it belittled the present question to make it a vehiolo for discussing tho raco quostlon. He did not propose to discuss that ques tion or the morits of the Hrownsvlllo affair. Ho wanted his resolution adop tod, which would insure further in quiry, and hi? present purpose was but to defend himself regarding the orltioism ohargod against him for mentioning Capt. MoDonald. Commenting on Senator Oulborson's statement that Senator Forakor's speeoh two weeks ago had offended certain Texans and had roilooted par ticularly upon Capt. McDonald, tho Ohio senator said he did not know what McDonald resented unions it was tho torm "gentleman." CATT. MCDONALD'S HKBKNTMKNT. Mr. Foraker read from the Cincin nati IOnquirer au aooount of Capt. Mc Donald's resentment, oimmentlng freely as he progressod. Among other things, Senator Foraker said: "I don't know why Capt. McDonald would ohargo 'hell with ono buoket of water,' unless it was that he had no other me for tho buoket of water." 'Mr. Foraker oonoluded his remarks by putting tho intorvlows in Tho Reoord and asking for a voto on the resolution. Senator Oulberson replied briefly by saying tho country was to be fellol salea on the faot that the Ohio vena lor had turned bia attention to derla-1 lon of a captain of Texas Bangers. An amendment was offered hy Sen* ?tor i judge to contine the inquiry bj? bhe committee on military affairs to a Question of faot in regard to tte con duct of the negro aoldiers, in that it reoognlzed that the order waa issued by tuc pressai "tr: thc sssrcira o? bis constitutional authority as com mander- iu'Chief." This would have the effect of presenting an investiga tion of the constitutional questions Involved in the president's order dis missing the troops ' Mr. Lodge asked that the further discussion of the c question be postponed until Monday |c on account of his inability to speak to* day baoauso of a sore throat, Al though Mr. Foraker bad previously ob jected to deferring consideration of the resolution he at once consented to the postponement when Mr. Lodge plnood his request upon personal lt grounds. Upon motion of Senator!I Hale the resolution will be taken up on Monday noxt and pressed to a oem- < olu8lon. i The sonate then went into exeou- t tlve session and at 3.55 p. m, adjourn- 1 ed until Mondav. i DIED AT HIS POST, 1 Tho llorriblo Doath or Bravo lingi- I ? noor Maxwoll In Wreck. Tbere seems to be no end to the railroad wrecks. The Seaboard Air Line's fast mail No. 32, northbound t from Atlanta to Rlohmond, orashed Into a string of loaded freight oars at Peaohland, a flag station 10 miles east of Monroe, N. C., late Sunday night partially wrecking tho passen ger train and killing Engineer S. H Maxwell of Raleigh, N. 0. Bunning 50 miles an hour Engineer Maxwell sighted the freight train as bo rounded tho curve near Peaohland and with ooncorn only for tho passen gers, wheso lives wore in his caro, he j applied the emergonoy brakes in an effort to moderate the impending crash. The speed was reduood to 10 miles an hour wheu tho train struck and tho fireman jumped without bc lng hurt. Maxwell stuok to his post, was oaugbt between the engine and tender and slowly roasted to death in view of tho resouors, who strained every nerve to reaoh him. Helplessly pinned in an upright po sition with both feet In the il robo x, the brave man Uvoi four hours, fully oonsoious, talking oheorfully to the rescuers, his last words being a mee sage to his wlfo and ob i ld at Raleigh. No one elso was hurt. The horoio engineer was a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Maxwell, of Walhalla, S. O. He was a young man. Fort FiBhor's Anniversary. Fort Fisher's anniversary, January 15, may well be made tho oooasion of a reunion of tho blue and the gray survivors of the commands which participated. The battle was a not able one in many ways and had it oo ourrod at an oarlier period in the war lt would be moro oonsplouous in the pages of history. When tho post fell all eyos were centered upon tho fate of Poterburg and Richmond, whore Grant and L?o oontended for the mastery from Juno, 1304, to April, 1805. Tho Spartanburg Journal says in a strategic sonso Fort Fishor was an outpost of the Confederate Une on James Ri vor. It guarded tho prluol pal ohannel for the entry of foreign supphea to the Confederacy and also offered protcotlon to Leo's route of oommunloation with the south At lantio ooast. The Federal attaok was desperate In tho extreme and the Confederate dofense most horoio. Or angoburg County bore a gallant part In that horoio defense, The prlnolpal leader of the Con federate forces In the battle at Fort irisher, Colonel Limb, is still living. Several of the Federal generals sur vive, notably Gen. A. A. Ames, load er of a division-, Goo. N, M, Curtis, who led tho brigade whloh ll rat foroed the palisades, and Gan. Galusha Pen nypaoker. The naval bombardment of the fort was one of tho floroest on reoord. The fortress was constructed of sand and logs and proved so form ldablo against ship's Uro that tho plan was adopted as a model for students In military engineering. One of the thrilling incidents of tho battle was the ohargo of a Federal naval brigade along the sand beach up to the walls of tho fort. Admiral Robley D. Evans, then a subordinate oftloor, was a participant in this col umn. Many of tho soldiery In tho gar rison were North Carolinians, and lt ls slgnilioant of the growing spirit of tmlty among old foes that the public men of tho stato have baen foremost In inviting combatants of 18(15 to a fraternal handshake on the ruins of thia famous stronghold of the Oonfed fertoy. Tho Inoreaeod Coat ol' Ijivtntr. The St. Louis Globe- Demoorat says "Interviews with olty housewives brought out tho faots that nine-tenths of them aro struggling with tho prob lem of how to make a ton-dollar week ly income oove.r a twe'.vo dollar weekly expense. Tho oost of food, fuel, doth leg, rents, home furnishings, helps, and all itoms of household expense has Increased to such proportions that tho problem of making the earnings cover tho actual necessary outlay Is becoming a serious one In every com munity. It is claimed that tho uni formity uf the prluo scalo of all food products all over tho United Statos louds color to thc charge that there is a strict eg roe mont among corpora tions willoh handlo them. All kinds of tcstilo fabrics lin vu ad vaned 20 to 50 per cent In price during tho last livo years, and the statistics of thc department ol' labor and commoroe show an increase in tho cost of foods alone during the past ten years of 50 per oont. Tho Increase of ronts IQ at tributed to tho increased oost of labor and building material-not to increas ed values or real estato. It is shown hy the government's ligures that the oost cf baoon has advanced 43.5 per cent; potatoes, 43.1 per cent; eggs, 41 8 per cent; dry and plokled pork, 31.1 par cont; frosh pork, 30 per oont; fleur, 20,3 per oont, and oom meal 28. (J por cont. Those aro tho articles solootod by tho bureau of labor as the staples of a workingman's bill of Ure. The inoroaso In the prioo of baal has boen oven greater than the figures here given, and other items cf diet have inoreased accordingly.M lian lllni Down. Sheriff Oorley, of Lexington, has a- rostod John t? ooro, oolored, who ls wanted in North Carolina for killing a white man at Gaatonla. Tho negro tried to osoapo from Shorlff Oorley hy running aoroitft the toll bridge over Congaroe river into tho olty of Colum bia, "bub tho sheriff was too qulok for him, and the ncgio ls now In Lexing ton jail walting for a North Carolin*, officer, GETS A JftlSPITIS. C. rt. A?AM8 AOHANtW ?OR ' l'A HOON. f overnor Hey ward Gives Him a Kew 1 Is; se Until 2 la -vase Caa I Be Heard. H. A. Adams, the Waltorboro man* layer, whoa? oaae has ooouplod mor? lone In the courts than any other .apikal case in years, will not be bang? id Friday, aa bis death warrant ?tip dated. Governor Heyward Wednes lay respited him until February 22, it the request of the board of pardons, in order tbat late petitions la his fa /or, wbloh are now in the hands of ?he oourt officers, may be examined >y the board. The Columbia Booord says Messrs. 'lruber and Fishburne, the Walter* 3oro attorneys who have attraoted statewide attention by their bard Igbt for Adams' life, are confident ?bat when tho mombers of the pardon Doard shah ..ave given due considera tion to the petitions recently scoured n Adams' county they will reoora nojvd at least a commutation to Ute imprisonment-possibly a full pardon. The respite given their client Wed nesday, is due solely to their own Ig norance of the proc?dure of the exe mtive otil?os when the petitions are lied. The papers are first sent to the ludgo and the solloltor, that they may indorse upon the records their recom mendations as to tho disposition of the petition for pardon or commuta tion. Then the papers are filed In the 'xecutlvo offices until the board of pardons meets. Tho board has uniformly declined io oonsidor petitions wltbout expr?s dons from the trial judge and tho so loltor who proseoutod tho oase, and the governor has just as consistently refused to take action upon snob p?ti tions until they Bhall have passed through the hands of the board. The petitions and other papers In the Adams case did not reaoh the exeoutlve OUICOTB until Sunday. Following the usual custom, Gover nor Hey ward Immediately forwarded them to tho solloltor. The fatter be log out of the state, lt was impossible that he should examino the paper deolde upon his recommendation and return thom in time for the board ot pardons to take aotion In the ctso at tho mooting whloh convened Wednes day. Tho papers are still in tho solid tor's hands. In viow of these facts, and being dispesod to give the condemned man every ohanco, the board of pardons unanimously passed a resolution re questing Govornor Hoy ward to order Adams respited until February 22. Between that time and now lt is bop ed that the papers will have been re ceived in corred form and the final recommendation of the board deo'.dod upon. Former State Senator Peurlfoy was there Wednesday to appear before the board in opposition to the petitions, should these oome up. When inform ed ot the olroumstauoes ho said tbat ho would not obleot to a respite until tho papors could be had. In this case the aotion of Governor Heyward was slmlllar to that In the Henderson oase, whloh ls fresh In the public men.orv. I/ton Cannon 1'AUIO. At Toledo, Ohio, while the Bostook Animal Olrous was giving Its matinee performance at tho Coliseum building, Trainer narry Bay was attacked and seriously ir Jared by a lion named Ubarllo. The Hon, whloh had been performing, sprang upon him, bearing him to the door and immediately tho audlenoe wss panlo stricken. The beast grabbed Bay by the arm while on the floor and laid with his body over the trainer's prostrate form. Bay with his free arm picked up his revol ver whloh ho had dro ?ped on the floor wbeu he fell and tired several shots into tbe taos of tho enraged beast, who then let go of hie arm and sefzad tho man in the side. The two attend ants, Miller and Cunningham, sprang to the traps of the safety cage door and opened them, admitting into tue dens the othor Hons used in the aot. This caused the animal to release Bay, and two trainers named Gelland and Joy at once rushod into the arena and drovo elf the beast. An Obfoot IiOHion. Tho domooratio voto in Illinois in tuon waB 603,001. That was whoo the party stood for a positive and progressive demcoraoy. In 1002 Mr. Hopkins was chairman of the state committee and oonduoted the cam paign. The domooratio vote that year was only ?00,026. In 1004 Mr. Sulli van became a member of the national committee, and he and Mr. Hopkins controlled the state organ' zUion. That year the demooratlo vote fell to 327,000 notwithstanding the faot that lb was a presidential oampalgn. In 1000 Hopkins-Sullivan influence still controlled, and tho demooratlo vote fell to 271.084. Here was a falling ott of 231,071 In six years-a loss of al most fifty por oent. In the language of The Commoner "how long will lt take that sort of party management to build up a demooratlo party in the state of Illinois? ls lt not about time for the rank and tile of the party to bring tho Illinois organization into harmony with thc demooratlo voters V BIS., .'JL'UMII. i-.JJJllUJJULl'i.. I. LiiUL UIUJU'U'JiJltt?l?L We Have Ono 25 horse power Talbott, second li ly been overhau led. ThiB Engine i a groat bargain for anyone who is in Wo are headquarters for anything : prompt attention will be given to all care. Write u?wlien you aro in the to get pourrioee before plaoing your Columbia Supply . . j^Earty Cabbage Plants Guai ? ARLY JERSEY CHARLESTON 8UCCF. WAKEFIELD LAHOe TY PB ? Th? Karlie?? WAKEFIELD Tho Ear Cabbage-Grow? Second Harltoal Jlead V PRICE: InloUof 1 io4 m. nt $1.60 perm., D to 9i I r. O. ?*. YOUNG'S ISLAND, 8. C My 1 . 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Union Paolflo Overland Limited and Los Angolsa Tra?na Hoi. 2 ?ad 3, both bound foi Omaha, Keb., had a collision Monday night at Bruie Sta? tlon, twenty miles west of North Platte. The Los Aegeles train oraah* od into tho observation or.r In the rear of the Overland Limited. Twenty-five to thirty passengers were In the ob servation oar and one, E. W. Hastings, an aotor, of New York, was instantly killed. One passenger named Jen? nings was soaldod, George Burnham, dr., vloo presi dent of the Mutual Reservo Fund Life Insurance Company, was sentenced to two years in Sing Sing for larceny, Some people are so easter to get to orown woarnlng that they skip the cross bearing. Thore ls something wrong with the 1 father who oan sleep late Christmas morning. The Hamburg-A merioan tourist liner Prlrzessln Victoria Luise ran aground near Kingston, Jamaola, and her captain blew out his brains. JWMsV me ! $5,000S*NK0EP&" I. 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