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V COTTON BOOMED. SENSATION AI i KISIC IN THE MUCK OV THE STAlMiE. Now Cotton Kin:', Has Caused (lie Groat Southern Money Crop lo As sume Kinch Grouter Vaine. A dispatch rroin New York under dale ol' last Friday says in tho sen sational rise ia .Inly cot lon in Hie last few days, amounting to lim points or $9.50 u Pal?*, it has become known thet a new "Cotton King" luis risen la the Iluanttal world, one whose operations have played havoc with tho bears in the colton p|| .ind have assisted in cornering dir .inly ont ion. J. (,. Livermore's mime was on tho lips ol' every ono in I lie colon non ket Thursday ns the price of July, which lins boen steadily souring, shot up from $9.10 to |9;90, a gal ti ol' $2.50 a hal?. Aa the price ot' the Staple continued to mount, the four-stricken men who had sold July short contracts hogan to say thal the market foi* July col Ion was cornered mid thai ;i new Ma poleen of the ciiion market had nri.< en and was already beginning to die late ternis. Since April L'S, when July colton sohl al S.L'i) ce??s tl pound, ihe low? esl in live years, Mr. Livermore luis steadily ace u mu I ti tod contracts deliv erable liexl July, li ls now estimat ed thal he has miul? ii profit of 500 ona in tho lusl two weeks. Ho stands to make initiions more If his plans don'l miscarry, but ho says lhere is no pre-a ria aged deal, so fill' ns he knows, to corner July coll?n. Nevertheless, the cotton trade wa\< as excited as il was hi tho days O? Sully and the New Orleans crow.I headed hy NV. 1\ Itrowii, when similar coups were attempted and carried Un otigh successfully. "Who is Livermore'.'" was one of the ipiestioas generally asked. "Who are hts hacker-'.'" was another, which was collided with Iii?' report thal Theodore H. Price had po I ned forces ami was leading his aid io Mr. Liv ermore in ii plan of campaign. Mr. Livermore make Iiis headquar ters willi IC. 1*. Hutton .v. Co.. ai New street ami Exchange place. There he has a private otllce, He is almost boyish in appearance, looking younger than his :',0 years, which he says lie will roach on his noxl hirl Inlay. His youthful appear ance is accent Haled by his almost Ilaxon hair. One forgets his youth however, when ho discusses in a clear-cut and direri manner thc strength of Ids position in the cotton ma ru Ol. "I am not Creating ? corner ill ihe July cotton market," he siild. "The market has simply cornered Itself. The enormous advance lu thc last few days has beon'lho result of buy ing by persons who had sold coll?n thal they did not own, "! discovered Hie unreasonableness rd' the colton situation two or three weeks ago. wileri I saw that spot col loll ill tho South was selling about $ H) a hale higher (han in the option market in New York. I then bogan lo ac< ll hi ll lilt i! Jilly coll?n. Others did the same, 'rho old situation could hoi continue very liing and now there i- a scramble from lill solis of in terests, spot dealers, mills, spinners and shorts, td gol July colton. I never saw a nuirkoi corner Itssolf tis prettily as thi.-, July market has done. "I wain to go (Ul record as saying \ am liol numil!.'; a corner. I win m vcr ul tempi it Int he liest place I have no! gol enough mon v. I in (encl io leave tho financing bf corners to spot dealers ii they desire, They can gel iii?1 ihon?y' from tho hanks lo linain e hehyy accumulai ions, bili .*? peculators catino!. "Whatever, I am doing in Ihe July d? al I am doing alone, lt makes mo peevish i? l'l?aV I lie curren! reports that i have created this .?li ital letti in the July options. Th? remind me (if the .nay of (ho Hy Oil Hie cartwheel Which was raising a great dust while Hie Hy believed ii ?elf lo bo Hie c;oee ol' the clouds ihiit followed Un cart." "Ai" von aol afraid tho big coll?n merchants will hr Int.' cotton lip from I ko Soul li lind deliver ii In von Iii jilly, swampier the market ?" "Lol llioin do lt." WflS .Mr. Liver more's reidy. Elhgoriiig Ino licker tape, ho con! in ned . "I SOO lilli I t ?500 judes 6? spot cotton were sold ill M om ph b ?il M Ts cents a pound, li Coals . Ohujillhlg io tiring il No ?I h 111 addition, ami yoi OOitoil deliveeabio in J ul\ old in I his lltaekei I -da> ai only fi.0(1 cC'iits n p?uiid. .?There ii1 re only so.ono hales of va riable grades of codon in Nf w Yolk, h-i us say. and the shoo Interest may po lt00,(100 huies. Mills and spinners Have nhl boen Iii Hie in ark ol foe ni..lillis and Hude supplies IllO ex hausted IC ve li If one considers tin trude stagnation. Hip world needs a certain (impuni <> I < bitoih an il those iniiiviifoctiuitig interests have boon haying the colton Wheeo ii was Hie Cheapest rigid It?re in New York. They found thal hi MiO Sou Hi He-y Woll'ld have to pay $.10 a hale more than In NewYork, consequently sidii i,?i'i ho ll g ll I here. Prom whom did H,,, i,nv ? ? Ero 111 speculators, as a DRINK MORE WATER. MOST IMOOl'JilO DIUX K HNTIISHLY TOO lillTIJi. ll Should Ile Talton Chiefly Ile!wee? .Monis mid \o( While r.nting-(?Ive <lu> Willer Cure n Tr ht I. Ono ol' I ho most universal dtolctlc railings is to neglect to lake enough water lalo Hie system. When one toiis lo think ol' tho many f anet ion;; which waler has to perform in tho liody, Hie need of ;i large supply i realized. Tho uses of water in the liody may he summarized as follows: ll furnishes the Mood willi ;i (luid medium so that nourishment may he taken io all parts of the liody aird lin- wasio removed, and this causes -apid changes in tho tissues. H cnicrs in'io the composition ol all tissues of i lie hedy. li forms tho ?hier ingredient of .li Hie Holds of the liody and main laius their proper degree of dilution. I. It serves to dlstrlliule the heal of i he lu dy. . .. li reg?lales the temperature of tho body hy thc process of absorption : 111 vi evaporation. li is estimated thai waler com poses lihou! TO per ((ni of the entire body Weight, and il is an ali?os! universal solvent. its importance, therefore lo the system cannot ho overrated.. The tiihouhl of waler required by ii lioal-'h) individual in twenty-four houri is "n au average between sixty' live and seventy ounces. besides pion) twelily outicos taken in as an ingredient of solid food, thus muk hit; a lotti' of olghlv-tlVe ie ii*.het,\ on ncc.-. A great many peuple lending sed entnr.x lives lake lop lillie water, and also err in Iii!;lng it for th- i ios! par: vyhei, ealing. A certain amoitnl ii waler should form a part ol every ?neal, and particularly is il i)eeo.?siiry io i hose who have very activo di,;< s I ions lt assists Hie escape from Hie stomach of those substances m.nh' soluble by the action of tho .-.'.trie julee ?un? Hie churning effect of the stomach, and will oftentimes make digest ion comfortable when i; ollie. wise would bo attended with (lis tless. While sonic liquid should bo taken with the meals, the food* should not lie washed down, tor this interferes willi digestion (especially starch digest ion?, and may also canso 1 ho individual lo swallow morsels of food allogelhei loo large and resisting foi Hie stomach io inn inigo comfortably. 'I'lie proper time for laking Hie bulk oi fl ii tal is between liiehls, parr tieularly early in the morning before breakfast, and ai hight before retir ing, * ST i h < HMM: IN AN IAHI. Poison Intended for lion (?els Into Marlboro Home. ??.1rs, w. ll. Peters, of Hennolts ville. recoil My discovered among sonic . ...;ns which she had hoilglll one which I'dhhihio'd ?IryehhPie. In break IHM the DggS she noticed ililli il had a little hole in il and she. broke il in a SO per illo saucer. lier husband, Mr Wy il. Peters of lite Marlboro Drug Co. Dialyzed the mixture am) fount] thal it contain.MI enough stryeliiho lo kill {evora I people. Tho ogg eil mo i brough i he hands of ll. 11. Rogers ii Uro. lilli had been bought 1>> them from he conni r.s . They wore, (if cptirso, tuitiroly Ignoranl of thc whole' ina! 1er and I hough! that the egg was fresh and bough! it for snell, li is probable that the egg had Peen (Isod by Hie person who sold il for a do?; and that ? became mixed np ii; Hie n n ni tier of frosh eggs which wore brough! lo iowa and sold lo lt. I? Hogers & Uro lt is fortunate Ilial Mrs. Polers discovered tho mater in time, else there llltghl have been !. different tale to tell. . ANOTIU'.K ! 111!. IN AT LAN l'A, One Hundred ?nd Seventy-1*'I ve Horses Kurnell lo Dentil. One hundred and seventy-Pvc hor ses, two ol' Hiern show prize winner.-, and mill a block of buildings bumed with a hundred thousand dollar.-, loss: a I ll rea toned panic in a crowd ed theatre nearby, and half II dozen persons injured, none sorioUsl.s sum marizes a lire which Started Monday night in i lie business sect ion ol At lanta, and for an hour threatened lo biak'! a doti lier -sweep -han dbl lb Hames tho weel; before, which de si toyed a million ami a quarter (lol* dais' worth of property in another section m tho city, The block Iv? which Hie lire started was ni tide- lip cheifly of one story wooden and brick structures. The H.OIK S started ia the IModinoni Staines on Muriella slice!. was aol assisting him ill any way and iiiai he was ..conducting ills operations alone. Wall si reel hrs.! hogan to lallt ii hbo ii I i li? m w Na poleon i ns! > i a r when he was credited with having made S;:!,ann,nan in the fall of stocks COM'IOltlvM F OF (jOVIOKiNOltS At Washington Caine to an Faid on Last 1'Tldny. The hist conference of the Gov ernors of tho states of tho American Union ended ai Washington on Fri day. The rinnl accomplishment of the Conference which had been in progress al lite White House for Huco days, cannot lie foretold with mathematical precision. That tts immediate results are moro than .mple Is tho expression of the Pi >si clenl and the Govoruors who huvo part Icipatod. ibm. William Jennings Brynn was .mc of live citizens invited by Pr?si dent lo take part in the conference. All ol' Hie live were present except lix-Prosidonl Cleveland. The con fe r oneo Issued a declaration as to things in general and about the welfare ol' ?be country. President Roosevelt presided ai Hie last meeting til' the conference and look nn active pari in ils proceedings. At Hie close id' the conference he Irtrodticed Mr. Hryan, '.lie was most enthusiastically receiv ed by ile (Jo ve rn ors. .lr. Hryan acknowledged his ob ligations in President Roosevelt tur the.ophorlunit* in imrtlcipate in an historic event of the first magnitude, t hc ii cession already lind, lie said, wi.ali] help doline Hie sphere of na tion.;! and State control. Ile said he ? ... abms of any encroachment up on He rights of the State, but il was onlirely consisten! willi bis theory to believe lim' ii wa;; just as imperative Hui! Hie Honorai Government should discharge Ute dillies do I ega ted lo ii as il was ?bat Hie Slates should exer cise Hie powers reserved to them. '"There will he no 'twilight zone' bo IV. e- n Hie nation and ibo Slate." eon tinned Mr. Hryan, "iii which exploit ing interest:, can take refuge from both, and my observation is thal most of ibo coulent ions over the line between nation and Stale are trace aide to predatory corporations, which are trying lo shield themselves from deserved punishment or en deavoring io prevent needed restrain inj' ieglslhttop.;'' , * TKOl P.l.i: AT I'liliDlili Another Sensational Hold up and Itobbery Near (he Junction. Tlie Klorence Times says: Blake W. Godbold, station day pu ni per for A. C. I... was assn ulled and robbed about a mile from Pee Doc last l'ri dn> p. m. at ? o'clock. Godbold was on Hie Dillon road attending to his lamps when be was jerked backward over the track choukpd.4 Only a few hours before, ho If. i . drawn a mont li's wages, $30,00, which the assailant got. lb1 is described as being a tall, powerfully built negro, a scar on bis forehead and supposed le Lo named Witherspoon, a former workman of the Marion County Lum ber Company Three negroes were within a hundred yards (d' Godbold Put neil ber wont lo his assistance, it afterwards developed that (here was another negro Implicated who was hiding In Ibo hushes. Pursuit was given l>> the railroad mea, Capt. P.. Iv W'ale.v. Of the trestle force Ink ing Hu lead. Tlie negro has liol been lound yet. Ihoitgh ho ls sup posed i<> be stitt hiding near Pee lice A suspicious look in t,' negro was hold for identity bill God bolt! said ho was not Ute robber. Ile was freed and told lo leave Pee I ie,, ?a once. After wards ii was discovered that he was the man hiding Iii thc bushes. A plan .vas also on foot to rob S. .1. Wbhe: Hie night Walch ullin, but a little ho> (old While in time un bim to thwart (hem. This recalls tlie inyslorious case of C. li. Kale, for mer nicht watchman whose body was found almost lifeless on tho railroad I rack las! December. ; .\(.i:t> M W VI I i.Ml's st M nu:. Ti C. .Marlin, l ather ol O. II. Marlin. ? luinp'- into Point. Mr. Thomas c. Martin, fal her of Slate Sn pci iniemh nt ol KdtK at ion Ol IV. Marlin and Mr. P.. I". Martin, a lending Anderson all nne.v. made r,U unsuccessful hltpmpi ?a suicido hy drowning Salnrda> morning lie jumped into a small pond Oft Mrs. li Viii Murray's place in Ahdorson. and was discovered sooij aller lie had jumped. Ile was dragged lo th*1 Lank Pv MI. Hull Murray, who was al t raul ed io ibo -not. ?md medical at tention was quickly secured, re st ? i alive measures adopted and lita! bo was recovering f rom t lu- severe sina i; a? ibo Anderson hospital; Mr. Marti,i formerly lived lit Pick etts Cotnity amt foi several years has Peen living in (treesville. Some vve'elts ugo hi- < :?nie io Anderson ; nd lins lu on mah in;; bis homo vviMi his on. Mr. h. \>\ M arlin. .Ile is in bi. ? i.-iii ?elh year, und bas been in wrelched health tor some lime, and it is -aid (hld Iiis nervous system b ni ines! a wreck, 'this, il is i bongin. caused bim to (pake tin' rash attempt oil his life, A 11 ninan Mousier. Ai Montgomery, Ala., live children ot .tim ken hod) were burned to death Tuesday nlghl, and two (Ubers so bad ly lou md ?bal (liO.V Cannot recover. The crime is charged lu the falber, who, the mol her says, lock od the HE DID NOT SAY IT. SION Al OK TILLMAN'S V1KW OF UKOVFIl CLEVELAND. Says IL* Was Misquoted lu The News and Courloi'-Says Ile is For H ry ll ll, Who Will Ho Nominated. In reporting in The Nows and Cour ier an interview he had willi Senator T?linon lu Columbia on last Saturday Ml\ August Kohl) make the Senator say: "li tho Democrats could get a Cleveland, not Mr. Cleveland lu per .011. toil a man who stood for the same t liing, and could co m maud Hie support that Cleveland does, "it would lie a shame to lake the money' the way such a candidate would run away willi I lie race, and la? elected to the Presidency." Senat Ol' Tillman's Denial. Senator 'Ti11 man gave out a state ment in Washington on .Tuesday. Tin"! Senator said it was not his intention to say anything further on the snh jCCl ul politics before bis trip to Kli mpe, lilli being SO Widely misquoted in reference to Croser Cleveland he broke iii-; intentions on Tuesday and expressed himself freely. Ile said: "Yob may ?et all minds al rest as to my opinion ol' Cleveland by saying that ii bas not changed one iota -.inc.' my first speech in 'be senate denounc ing bim. I would rather the Demo cratic parly would now bo defeated than to be victorious with Cleveland or tiny other may like bim at its bead, ami I am quito sure (bat no maller what tin- condition ol' his heall h. should tie lie nominated hu would be beaten worse than Parker was. I am ai a loss to understand bow a man usually so accurate as Mr Ivo li ii is, should have so mis quoted me. "So far as i now recall i never mentioned Cleveland to him lite other day. I certainly did not say that un der an> circumstances 1 would favo his nomination oi the nomination of any mau like him. What I did say was thal Wall street would welcome one ot i ho obi plutocrats as tho Hom coralie nominee, preferring lo support such a soca I lcd Democrat than Taft, vvlid will be the Republican nominee, or Heyan, w ho will he the Democratic nominee, and (hal ii tho Democratic party could unite upon ono of Huso ICastcrn plutocrats, which it will o'" course not do, then Taft would ho easily defeated. "I am. ol' ?ourse, for Brynn as the nominee at Denver, and I am satis tied thal South Carolina's delegates will be for Bryan, hui l am opposed lo instructing them because our con vention ls not going to send men to Denver who can he bamboozled or bought ami instructions are Util?ceos sary "Now. having been goaded into this thing. I am going to loll you what I think n boil I this tempest in a tea pot about instructing tho delegation. Gonzales wants to make it appear Hiat be ls tim biggest Bryan man in ?be stale- -o that if Bryan is elected tiie editor of The State ian control the South Carolina patronage. "The i l'bubl? with I loinphlll is. thal he bas never be.'n aide lo SCO anything in Cleveland bill a demigod and be opposed Bryah in 1 *!..;. and ho hs ol tin- kind who never changes bis mind. I IcntpllH.I was in the wrong then and io support Bryan now might appear an admission Hint In- was wrong; That's the winde cause ol' the mighty racket over in st niel ion-." lil LLF.D HIMSFI I \ Convicted ( ashier l ound Dead Wheo Sought for liv au Officer. \\ inn be (Ina I ly succeeded in ef fect inc an entrance to the hal Heated residence ol John W. ll. delger, for Whose arrest and incarceration in jail In- (ind an order ol the Pnile.l states district cou rt, United states Marshal Liinghninnior found Geiger ib ul. Later Coroner Caral hors found a bullet wound in Hie roof of (leigo'r's mouth, and a :'. '.' ctn i lu e pis tol lay beside Hu? body. Geiger was the central llgurc of one of the most sousa! ional cases l hal has ever hi en t ried In a Pall i moro court, lie had I ?oe n cashier of I he ('anion National haul;, but re signed the position in January of hist year. As a result of investigation? of National Bank Kxiiluluer Hanna. lie was arrested on February lpn',, and his indictment by the Hutted states grand jury on I Cl li coi.nts proceeded his trial, of thc extensive misuse of tho funds of the bank he was convicted Oil live of Hie -17 counts Ile was sentenced bv Judge Morris lo servo (ive y en I'S in juli, (?olger's counsel appealed the case io the P n il ed Sinus district court (d' bim. Appeal v\ as talo n to t be Hulled ! Stales supreme court, lilli .Indee Mor ris decided (Iud ponding tao coull s decision (jeigel must begin io sci ve iii? sentence. Accordingly. Marshal Lu h ha m mer friday wein to the Gei ger residence, only lo lind Geiger dead by bis own band. DRAWS BIG CROWD OVICR ITFTIOION i HOI SAND PBO? Vhl? VISIT BAUN VARI) Where Hu? Viet lins of Mrs. Guinness Were Buried After They Hud Been Most .Mysteriously Murdered.* All roads la La|>arte, Ind.. Sunday lcd to the farm ot Mrs. Hello C?uin ness, alleged murderess of at least ten persons, whoso bodies have been unearthed in I he barn yard and now thought to have been burned to death with her three children In aliro that destroyed her farm house on April 2?S. Upwards of I ?,OOO sightseers visited the place of death before sun set ol' Ibo first Sabbath to pass since Hie news of the mystery transpired. .Nearly every able bodied resident of I,aporto went io tin; Guinness farm and railroads and trolley lines brought 4,000 non-residents to the city. Mayor harrow found it. necessary io Issue stringent orders that (he Sunday closing laws .should be strict ly enforce. Hoiols and restaurants wore overrun with patrons. Every conveyance In I,aporte was pressed Hilo servile in au attempt to provide transportation lo tho farm, which is a utile noil h ol' I,aporte. Hundreds were forced lo walk. There was noth ing in the alli'ude of the crowd to indicate thal they wore visiting a place whore gruesome Irogedies had taken piuco. Jokes and laughing comments wore heard on every side and exclamai ions ot joy from suc cessful relie huniers were numerous. Aloin; I he roadside w ore several lemonade stands and lunch wagons. At the vales we're venders of souvenir postal curds, and those bearing a 1 group picture of Mrs. Guinness and i three little ones, who mot death with her lound readiest salo. During tho rush lo I.apoiie in tho afternoon sev eral farm horses, heightened by au tomobiles, started to ron away. A buggy was upset. Mrs. Hen jamill /.anclar, ol' I.apollo, suffered ll brok en arm. Several pickpockets did a thriving business while the throng waited for homeward bound Hains. Investigation of the farm for more bodies halted Monday. The sheriffs and oilier O 111 CO IS wire forced to be come spoil a lois also. Several visi tors, however, were seeking informa lion concerning missing friends of relatives and some further Informa tion regarding tho possible Identity of the bodies oil the tarin resulted from their Inquirios. The most definite informal ion came from Olaf Lilldaho Of Chicago. He said thal hi.^ brother. Thomas, work ed for Mrs. Ou Inness three years ago, . and the last loller from Tilomas said ! i hal Thomas intended lo marry Mrs. dailiness. Olaf wrote t<? Mrs. Guin ness and she replied thal Thomas had gOliO lo St. Louis, and thal she luid no word from him. Olaf Lind ll bo \ has not heard hom Thomas since. Sherill' Sm tit/cr will continue bis in vestigations ai the Guinness farm, and the Moor ol' Ibo cellar may be (|ug no and additional excavations . may be made in the yard where len '.odies ha\e it I read \ boon unearthed. *, Tried Hie Jail b'irst. tidwnrd Siel,erl, ol' Heuevlfle, Ohio, rallier than pay a line of $ 10 and costs assessed on a charge of being drunk ami disorderly, declared lie would wink il out in the county workhouse. After spending one night i''- ?'? col! ho paid hie tili?-- Sic hert i.-, about sixty years old timi is worth over $110,000. Spent Millions Abroad. ll is estimated (hat American tour ists spent $10,000,000 in ICuropO In.d online? v SO MANY llave availed themselves of our Liber al Offer vi/., $L*> discount on $80and $1)0 Organs, we have concluded to renew (he oller for a short while so as to gol these excel loni organs introduced imo every county and locality in S. C. Only $'J50 first payment, S-O Nov. 1st. 1008, and balance Nov. 1st, HMM). These leons enable you lo buy this First-class Sweet Toiled Organ which will prove a Lusting Troitsure. Don't Delay bat Write al once for catalog and price list to hie old established M A MINK'S Ml SIC HIM SM, Pianos and Organs. Columbia, S. C. rn WI I have li.uf several years oilier kin.ls of vegetable pl Collard plan?, mui tomato I now have ready (or ?hi Radi K . .ey Wakefield*,Cha < e" ?loo). These l.i ini: thc he farmers. 'Ou se planta aie i will Stand severe cold withe Prier?! $1.(0 for SOO plan sand, 5,000 io "..ooo m 11.2$ p We have special low r.xpr, ordars will he &hlpp< i c. o. I would advise sending mot lurrilncf the c. (). D'?. SENATOR TILLMAN / ; 1 KAI MOD l'Oit Ii Ul M) I ?IO PROM DOH. TOX OX SATURDAY. Says We Have tho Republicans Heat en ami that Biyan Will Dc Elect ed in November. ? A special dispatch from Boston to tho Charleston Post says Senator Till man, in an interview just before ho stepped aboard the Caliopie, with ?r.yo. Tillman for a European trip, Satur day morning vsaid. referring to tho presidential election, "We have them licked. 'I'be other fellows arc lu a broken ?ind disgruntled stale." Regarding the outlook for tho com ing Presidential election tho Senator said: "I am going lo Europe tor IA reasons. One ls lo escape the llR iden! lal campaign, and the othoris ttl have u rest and a gnni time. I am tired and am going away to got back my health. | am going to Spain to see il they can cook garlic I he way I like it. Xo poking around for curiosities or beautiful paintings for mine." Mr. Tillman also in thc course of the interview likened Presid? i; Roos evelt to Caesar. "While Hie Pr?sident may be tho wisest man in ll" I'liltjud Slates today. I am not willing lo ac knowledge it." ho declared. M think there ?s no rear of Mr. Roose velt's being the next President. Wil liam Jennings Itryan is the man who will next occupy the White House." Accompanying the Senator ls his physician. Dr. .1. W. 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