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\ VOL. XV. thFqueenTs dead. JJ Victoria's Long Life and Eventfill Reign Ended KINO EDWARD THE SEVEN TH. The Last Sad Scenes Around the Bedside of England's Grand and Well-Beloved uueen. Queen Viotorit is doad and Edward VIL, reigns. The greatest ovoot in tho memory of this generation, tho most stupendous ohango in existing conditions that oould possibly be imagined, has taken plaoe quiotly, almost gontly, upon tho annivorsary of tho death of Queon Victoria's father, the Duke of Kent. The end of this oareer, never t quailed by any woman in the world's history, eame in a simply furnished room in Osborne house at Cowes, Isle of Wight, on Tuesday evening of last wook. This most respcotcd of all women, living or dead, lay in a great four-posted bed and made a shrunken atom, whoso aged face and figure wero a cruel mockery of tho fair girl who in 1837 began to rule over England. Around her were gathered almost every descendant of hor line. wen wiima in Tiew oi nor uyiag eyes thero huDg a portrait of tho prinoo oonsort. It was ho who designed tho room and overy part of tho oastlo. In oaroely audible words tho whito haired bishop of Winohester prayed besido her, as ho had often prayed with his toveroign, for ho was her chaplain at Windsor. With bowed heads tho iui perious ruler of tho German empire and tho man who now is king of Kug land, tho woman who has succeeded to the titlo of queen, tho princes and princesses and ttioso of lets than royal designation, listonod to tho bishop's ceaseless prayer. Six o'olook passed. Tho bishop eon tinuod his intcroossion. Oao of the younger ohildron asked a quostioo in a hrill childish troblo and was immediately silonood. Tho womon of tho royal family sobbed faintly and tho _ % rr? i men inumea uneasily. Till END. At cxaotly 6.30 Sir James Reid held up his hand, ana (ho people in tho room knew that England had lost her quoen. The bishop pronounced the bencdiotion. The queen passed away quite peaceful ly. She suffered do pain. Thoso who were now mourners went to thoir rooms. A few minutes later the iDevitablo clement of materialism stepped into this pathetic obapter of international history, for the oourt ladies went busily to work ordering their mourning from London. The wheels of the world were jarred when the announcement oamo, but in this palaoe at Osborne everything pursued the usual oourse. Down in the kitohen they were cooking a hugo dinner for an assemblage, the like of wbioh has seldom been known in Eog land, and the dinner preparations pro oceded just as if nothing had happened. The body of Q teen Victoria was em balmcd and will probably bo taken to Windsor Saturday. lllft TllOUQTVULNlSa An inoident characteristic of tho queen's solioitude for others ooourred two days ago, when in ono of tho intervales of oonsoiousnesB, she summoned strength to suggest to her dressers, who bad been acting as nursos, to take tho opportunity of getting some fresh air. Monday afternoon she asked that her little Pomeranian spauiel bo brought to her b> dside. It was feared that the queen war dying ab^ul tt o'olook in the morning and earriages were sent to Osborne oot (ago and tho reotory to bring all tho prinees and princesses and tho bishop of Winchester to her bedside. It seemed then very near the end, but, when things looked the worst, tho quoin had one of tho rallies duo to her wonderful constitution, opened her eyes and reoognised the Prmoe of Wales, the Princess and Emperor William. She asked to seoone of her faithful sor vants, a member of tho household. Ho hastened to the room, but before ho got there the queon had passed into a fitful sleep. I Four o'olook marked the boginning of the end. Again tho family were summom d and this time the relapse was not followed by reaovcry. The Prino* of Wales was very muoh affooted when the dootors at last informed him that his mother had breathed her last. XMPKROR AND KINO. Emperor William, himself deeply affected, did his best to minister com fort to his sorrow-strioken undo, whose new dignity ho was the first to aof ? knowledge. From all parts of the world ? there are still ponriog into Cowes messages of oondolonoe. They eame from erowned headd, millionaires, tradesmen and paupeis and are variously addressed to the Prince of Wales and the king of England. Emperor William's arrangements are not settled. His yaoht will arrive here today (Wedneid*)), but it is believed that he will not depart until after the funeral. Several other royal person gee are likely to be present at the funeral, whioh probably will be a ceremony never to be cgualied in this century. mi LAST DATS. The reerrd of the last days of the reign of Vietoria is not easy to tell. The correspondent of the Associated Press was the only correspondent ad mined to the 0*Lerne house and his interview with Sir. Anther Jehn Biggs, .1 . rfljjftlfe# private secretary to tho late qu?oo, was tho only official statouiont that had been given out For sevoral works tho quern had boon failing. On Monday week sh" sumuiond Lord Roberts and asked him some very scarohiog ques ti< ns regarding tho war in South Af* rioa. O r 'Fuesdav she wont for a drivo, uui was vtsiDiy anootca. uq woanes day aho suffered a paralytic stroke, accompanied by intense physioal weakness. It wan her first illness in all her 81 years ard she would not admit it. Then her condition grow so serious that, against her wishes, the farailv w?re summoned. When tley arrived h< r reason had prsof'oilly hucoomh d to paralysis and weakness. Tho events of tho lest few days aro well knowa. TIIK QUEEN IS DEAD At the lodgo gatos tho watchers waited nervously. Suddenly along tho drivo from tho house oauio a horseman who cried "Tho quoon is dead" a? ho dashed through tho crowds. I.ONU LIVE TUK KING. Then down tho lillsido rushed a myriad of messengers. Soon tho surrounding country know that a king rult d over Great Britian. Tho looal inhabitants walked as if in a dream through tho strocts of Oowes, but thoy did not hesitate to stop and drink tho health of tho now monaroh. IIAll. TUB NEW KINO. T 1 PI J - _ .1 T --J/II uuiu \jk trcnuuu, mo now mora \;n?ra bcrUin, with Prinoo Christian'of 8ohloswig Hoi stein and (he Duko of Argyle, arrived ai Osborno Wonesday afu moon. It in tho lord chamberlain who, with tho Archbishop of Canterbury, announces to a new monarch his accession to tho throne. At tho officos of tho lord chamberlain, at St. .James palaco, of tho city rtmombrano r, guild hall, and at tho ooliego of Aera'ds, tho effijials woro busy today, ovou boforo tho doath of tho quoen was announocd, preparing for tho formalities which will attond tho proclaiming of a now rulor of tho United Kingdom and India. All tho anoiont garottes, oourt circulars and other papers whioh desonbo tho ceremonial of 1837, had been taken fr >m tho libraries that tho officials may familiarise themselves with tho forms of pageantry whereby a sovereign is prooiaimcd. Tho oity rcmcmbranocr said today: t?T. ? i IIJ 1 .1 * it win ocptn ion mo picasuro ot tho new monaioh to deo'do how far tho aooiont oustoms will bo modified lo buit modern methods, but in a country whero prcoodmts aro so firmly adoored to as Eugland, it may bo anticipated that wo shall follow olotoly on tho aots whioh prevailed when tho queen asoondod tho throne. The privy ooun oil, whioh is a voy largo body, wiil moot at onoo at St. Janios palace. Tho form of proclamation will declare that 'Wo,' cto 'with one voioo and oon sont of tho tODguo ami hoart, dcolare aid proo'aimtho high mighty Prinoo Albert Edward,' etc., 'who, by tho death of tho monaroh, has beoomo our oulylawfsl and rightful liege,' cto. Costly Fire In Mnllini Monday morning abjut half past ono o'elook the people of MulliDg* wtro awakened by tho furious ringii g of tho warehouso bells, and loud orios of firo, and were horrified to fiud that a whole block situated in tho heart of tho busi i ess portion of tho town was in flames M< n and ladies, ioj, rushed to tho aceno and all united in tr>iag to savo a por tioo, at least, of tho oontonts of iho s ores, but very littlo of tho goods were saved. The lota was very heavy, five store-* boing oompletoly wiped out. The total loss is estimated at about $6 000, 000. Dr. F. A Smith, two houses, $700, insurance $.M)0; atook $1,000, insuranoe I $7'i0. Smith B.os. Hore house, $600, no insurance. A. J. Prosit r, $400, covorcd by inauranoo. M. B. Laieiter, store hou^e, $500,no insuratoo. Edwards storo house $600, no in., W. D. Edwards stook $100, no inauranoo. Werbbling& Co. btjck $700, no insuranoo. Ellison Smith, storo house, $8(J0, no insuranoo. E 0- Lowmao, siook damaged by moving, $2o0. E. C. Bothca, stook damaged by nrnviDg, $100. Tborewero several dwellings only a short distaioj from tho firo aad mu ih alarm was felt by the cooipants, but fortunately nonoof them oaught fire. It is understood that most cf tho etoies will be rebuilt of briok. The 8tate_. ' Atlanta Still Ahead. J. T. Peterson has askod tho polioo to fiad his son, Alonzo Paterson, a 13year-old boy who disappeared from his homo in Atlanta last Thursday* Mr. Patterson behoves his boy has been kidnapped. Tho family of Bass Frazor, who is behoved to have been kidnap ped two weeks ago from the Qeorgta Technological sohool, hasgivan up hope of ever Booing him again. Frazer's brother, who Lft his heuuo in Alabama today, has no idea that the $500 in gold wbioh he paid a negro who promised to restoro tho student to his family, will ever bo rooovered. Tho polioe aro at work on both oases. Lynching in Louisiana. A Midden, La., tpooial says; Thurs n..i.~. - * " ? vjjiiuo, m HKium oa (DO V 10KSburg, Shreveport and Paoifie railroad, about ten miles from hore, a joung negro named Larkiogton attempted assault on the wife of a young farmer named Kldon Walker. Ha beoamo frightened and ran away boforo ao complishing his purpoee and while be* ing brought *o tho Minden Jail was overtaken and shot to picees by a orowd of men. Wants to Know. Tbe Rapublioans in the Sonata will be glad when Senator Pottigrew retires from ?h?t body, ahioh will on the 4th of Maroh next. In the Sonate on Thursday he introduced a resolution calling upon the seoretary of war f ir in formation as to whethor A. Mabioi, a oitisen of the Philippine islands, has been deport? d to Quam or to any other plaoe as a politioal refugee. he ?pi CONWAY DISPENSARY LAW" Amended 80 That Moat of ths Profits W?ll Qo. TO COUNTIES AND TOWNS. inn Mouse ot Kepresentatlves Peases Several Other Important Acts. The Proceeding In Detail. Tho House disposed of considerable business on Wodofs<lay. Thero was quito an unexpected skirmish over Mr. 0. rf. H ibinson's bill to araond tho aot incorporating Clomson Col 10 ire. Tho bill provided that tho incorporation of Cleuison College should not abrogato tho ohartrrs of tho towns of Calhoun and Jontr.il. After somo discussion tho bill passed when amonded ao that no dispensary will ever bo established at Calhoun. There was a long fight ovor Mr. Lido's bill to provem tho sale of goods, wares or merchandise within ono ruilo of any oatnp ground or place of holdiag religious exorcises outside of an inoor pora od town or oity. Mr. Lide explained thst the real purpose of tho bill is to keop blind tigers away from rdigious oainp meetings. They oomo thcro in tho guise of innooont traders, soiling lomonado, oto. Aftor somo 00a sidcraDIo discussion the bill passod its acond reading. Tho priooipal provisions of the bill aro that it shall bo unlawful for any itinerant trador or tradesman other than established deal era of tho community to offer for salo any goods, wares or uierohaudiso within ono half mile <f any oamp ground, or othor plaoe of religious meetings whilo tho mooting* aro in progress outside an incorporated town o* oity, oxoopt with tt o permission of tho trustee* or othor beard of managomoiit of suoh mooting, provided that nothing in this aet shall apply to venders of fruits and vogoia bl< s and other farm products. Tho following p.881 d socoad reading without auy d sousoon Mr. MoQowan'H bill to malco it a misdemeanor to destroy personal prop erty. Tho law as it now stands pro eots horses, oows, she'p. etc. Tho author applies existing law moro gon orally. Mr. Btoit's bill to confer the degroo of bachelor of soicncos upon g^aduaton of the South Carolina Military academy. etc. lho law as it n?i <t last year read "cadets" instead of grad aates. Also Mr. MoOowan's bill to require any courts of this Stato to recoivo as evidonoo tho laws and ordinances of ! any town or oity in this Slate, when the name shall bo certified to by the olerk orothcr offio<r of tho towa oroity under tho seal of tho municipal oor portiion whorein such laws and ordinances aro or were or foroo. Tho third of Mr. McGowan's bills to pais seoond roaiing Thursday was that to authorise and empower oitiea, towns, townships, school districts, special fchool distiiots and oountics to issue negotiable coupon bonds for tho rofunding or paymont, in wholo or part, of aoy valid bonded indebtodnoss heretofore or hereaftor contracted, oto. Mr. MoGowan explained that thore is one law now giving theso privileges to oertain cities and oountics He wanted to incorporate tho provisions into a general statute. Th? fight of the day whioh presented amusing feature* was ovor Capt. J. H. Brook*' bill to provide for a capitation dog tax. This is a mattor whioh has ever been rogarded lightly by some people, but it beoomes moro and more Horious each year. A similar bill has been presented every year for several sessions and each time the author ha* been laughed at. Cap. Brooks stated if any odium to attacked to tho introduction of such a measure, he was willing to endure it, in behalf of his constituency in ordor to 4protoots the sheep raising industry in Bouth Carolina. The bill was killod by a narrow margin, and it is probable that Capt. Dean's bill on tho same subject has gained strength from the strong backing cxhibted by Capt. Brooks' bill. Afl TO LIQUOB raoFITS. Tho last fight of the day was on Mr. Guntor's bill to apportion the net profits derivod from the sale of liquor. Mr. Guator made a lengthy talk upon the featuro of the bill, ana explained it very olearly. Mr. Croft also favored the bill. Mr. Efird inquired if its provisions would be constitutional. Mr. Croft explained that thoy would. Mr. de Leach of York nnantinAAd hi* | opposition to the bill. Mr. Eflrd? Have yon toy dispensaries in Yoikooonty? Mr. do Loaoh?Thank Qod we hare not. Mr. Efirl?I can then understand why yoa oppose the bill. Mr. do Loaoh then explained the attitude of York eonoty to the dispensary. There nevt r had been bat one dispenssry in iho eoanty aod it was at a town of 12 male adalt inhabitants, and eyen that dispensary has been abolish ed. The bill seeks to foroe counties i like York to adopt the dispensary ays tern. Mr. Croft asked suavely why the peo- j pie of York, so honorable aod pure,ate., I were opposed to the sale of liquor and jot wero williog to take that oonot>r? j share of publio sohool funds from liquor profits. Mr de Loaoh answered that the dispensary is a 8ta?e and not n looal institution. This bill is promoted by no noble motive. It is an outrageous en deavor to foree upon the people of York and other suoh oounties the adoption of an ebntxioms system by holding ent m il ; . S. C., THURSDAY, dl the tempting bait of profit. He eulogised tho proplo of York as a progressiva and noble proplo. ^ Mr Prineo wanted to know if tho pcoplo of 1 ork wero all that Mr. do Loaoh had pictured thorn?fighting tho avful traffic in liquor?why should they touch tho filthy luoro earning from its rale? Ho warmly rofutod tho ohango of ignoblo motive. (Mr. do Loaoh disolaimod using tho word 1g nnhln.t Mr Prinna ition itnuUriitt broadly that ho was not tho man to ioroo tho sale of liquor upon any poo plo. But, if tbis traffic is to be kopt up, should not thoao oouotica which dcbauoh themselves, if debauohory it bo, ieooivo tho prioo of tho father's do* b?uohory to build up tho character of thoir ohillron? Andorson county had for years bcoti pouring moaoy into tho dispensary coffers, merely to seo it parool? (1 anting counties which con tributod nothing. Ho astrood with Mr Croft that thot-o oounties whioh are put to the troublo and cxponso of policing tho dispensary system should got tho lion's sharo. Tho bill with all tho oo amittee amendments then passed sooocd reading. Tho bill providos that on and after April 1st, 2 per-oont of raid not profits are to go to tho Stato. to bo dis tribu cd as now provided try law; 43 ptrcent. of tho said not profits to go to rho several towns and oities in whioh tho dispensaries arc looatod, and 53 por cent, to go to tho several oounties in which tho dispensaries aro located. Tho oouoty oouimisionorn in oaoh of tho various counties in which disponsarics aro located, shall apportion tho not profits coming to eaoh ounty, as provided by this aot, in tho following inannor: That not loss than 10 por oent. of 6aid profits to bo applied to tho Rohoo's of oounly, and tho remainder of Raid pro* fitH to bo diutribu od for tho uses and bcncGts of said county, as tho county board of commissioner* may sco fit. . Big Firo in Montreal. O 10 of tho most disastrous fires from whtoh Montreal hai over suffered began at 8 o'oiook Wednesday night, and not* withstanding tho t fl >rta of tho entire fi o department the pr<gross of the flames was not chcokrd until 1 o'oiook fhursday morning. By that time it had dost roved property valued at between $2 fiOO.OUO and $1,000,000 and ttcii Dim uuiuiug, III IUJU tut) appoarhuoo was that tho fi ronton h?v i at last got it under control. Included in iho property burned is tho splonid board of trado building whtoh oost ovor half a million dollars, With ovor a huudrod tenants and half a dum largo firim and two scores of smallor eincerus. Tho weather was oold and the firemon wcro greatly hampered in i his rocpeot. Outside of tho board of trado building thoro was not a modern struoturo ainorg those burned. '1 he narrow ntreots, antiquated buildings and tho iuflainable nature of tho stocks they oonlaiuvdmadoa combination whijh tho doparimont was powerless to overcome L'ho firo practically burnod until it oamo to opon spaoo which gave an opportunity for effective work. For a timo it looked as if tho flames would | spread along (Jommisioner street to the grand tffioo building in tho oourse of I KT ? * citfauu tuoro. ^umoroaa orowas 01 pooplo Jiuum^d the narrow stroots and the police oould not oantrol thorn. Women faintod and thoir olothes woro I torn and a few wore slightly injured in !rushes for safety. Tho most soothing, healing and antiaoptio application aver devised is Do Witt's Wuoh llazel Halve. It rolieves at onoe and oures piles, soros, ecsoma aud skin diseases. Beware of imitations. Dr. S. Norton. Disgraceful cSeues. A street tight betweon womon, led on one side by Mrs Carrie Nation, tho taloon wreokor,with a following of W. C. T. U. "women, and on the othor side by Mrs. Jo n Bohillmg, wife of the maaagor of a seloon that was wrecked, backed by a desin wo non who ohainpioued saloons, was enacted at Kaier I priho, Km, Thursday. All parties were arrested, but later wore released. A woman, heaviiy veiled, raioed blow after btow upon Mrs. Nation with a horse whip. Men who wtre drawn to ths scone, offered no aid to either side. Quiet was restored only when the polioe luiorfcrod. A request was made for a oo-warrant for Mrs. Carrio Nation last night, bat nono war issued today, "i am going to finish my work," said Mrs. Nation dott-rmioe lly; and today tho ohiof of police swoio in a dozen extra poioo. In Abilene, where Mrs. Nation threatens to inako hor ntxt onslaught, tho saloon keepers have stationed guards at thoir plaoos. This season there is a largo doath rate amoDg ohildron from oroup and lung troubles. Prompt aotion will save the little ones from these terrible diseases. We know of nothing so certain to give instant relief asOno Minute Cough Cure. It can also bo relied uoon in irrinn and all throat and lungs troubles of adults. Pleasant to take. Dr. K. Norton. Spanish Methods. It seems that -the Amorioans are teaching the Filipinos Tory xnuoh the asms as the Spanish did the Oub?ns. Adispatoh from Manila says Goo. MoArthur has ordered adoisn or more natives to be taken on board the Solans, preparatory to their deportation. They are oh anted with being iusurgent absttorn and agitators who swore allegianoe to the United States for the purpose of facilitating revolutionary operations. Pepsinpreparations often fail to relievo indigestion because they oan digest only album nous foods. Therein one preparation that digests all olasses of food, aud that is Kodol Dyspepsia. Cure. It oares the worst oases jt indigestion and gives instant relief, for it digests what you sat. Dr. 8. Norton. * ' TOT* - . V:-'-W : V' '!A VNUAIiY 3f, 1901. THE 'COTTON v7UX Some Further Facts About This'* Plant Disease HO H TO PREVENT IT. Fact? About a New Emmy of Cotton That all Who Plant the 8t?p'? Ought to Know. A few weeks ago wo published Bomo faots concerning tho cotton wilt, and this week we published somo additional | faots ooncorniDg this now cnotuy to tho cotton plant: pit?v?>rnTn mr.vhurm. In tho ootton wilt, as in many other plant disoases, certain provoutive or palliativo measures, based on onr knowlodgo of tho way tho disease | spreads, aro very important. Thoao aro < as follows: 1. Rotation of Oops.?Land onoo in fpnlnH villi lliiu ilisnmA nniiAr Iiaaii , frocd from it. It in important, thoro- , foro, that enoh land should not bo planted for sovoral years to ultra or any varioty of cotton aubjcot to this diseano. Tho length of timo thn fungus will livo in tho soil is not yot dolor minod, but four yoars' rest has proved suffioiont in several eases. Other, orops, as oot n, cowpcas, oaobage, water | melon, oto.?may, it is b?hovod, bo plantoi on this land with safety. Tho greatest spread of tho wilt discaso is by tho dircot growth of tho fuogus through tho soil from diseased to healthy aroas. On this aooount an aroa considerably larger than that on whioh tho plants aro wilted shjuld bo inoludod , in this rotation. 2 Homovalof Disoasod Plants?Another important nouroos of infootion is tho diseased plants thcinsolvos Tho fungus produoes on tho dead stems and roots great numbers of sporos, whioh aro oatriod to other plajcs iu a variety of ways All di>oasod plaQtH should bo pulled and burnod as booh as discover ed, so as to prevent the dispersion of .k_ e.. i.: -1. ?: 11 c - -11 ? iiiu i uu^ui ojiuiuti wutuu win uuaiiy cover thorn. 3 Avoidanco of Spread by Cattle, Toole, Kio.? rho writer's observations id various places in South Carolina dur ing tho pant two years lead biin to ho liivo that oattlo grating in tho Gelds spread tho diseaio. They should not be allowed to pa?s freely froui infected areas to healthy Golds, and would bo hotter not to paaiuro auoh infected ftjlds. Tools should bo oarcfully cleaned aftor cultivating tho disoasod land. To innuro oompluto destruction of the eporos of tho wilt fuogus, auih tools should be nooured olean and then waahed with a '2 per oont solution of formalin or a 5 per ocnt oarboLio acid solution. 4 Caro of tho Compost Heap.?Tho fungus is somotimcs introduocd into the | barnyard aud compost hoap, ao that tho manure booomcs a souroo of genera! infeotion to healthy Holds. The utmost oaro should bo takon to keop disoasod plants out of tho manure, and if thoro arc any indications that such plants have found thoir way into tho manure, all suoh manure and oompost should bo used on land whoro cotton will nover bo planted. Thero is no objection to tho uso of stable manuro which docs not contain the spores of tho ootton wilt fungus, but ezperionoo has shown that in tho oase of tho olosoly allied watormolon wilt fungus a barnyard onoo infeoted will romain so for many years, and that all manure takon out of it will bo likely to spread tho disease. Tho same is probably true of the ootton wilt funftus. The most onoouraging results havo como from the endeavor of tho department to dud a raoe of ootton which oan be grown on the infootod lauds. There are always somo plants in ovcry field whioh resist the aiseaso to a grator or less extent, and it frequently happens that of two plants in tho samo hill, equally evposed to infeotion, ouo will dio and tho other live to tho end of (ho season. All dogroes of rosiatanoo may be found, from plants nearly killod by tho wilt disease to those entiroly healthy. Tho latter are oomparativoly uncommon, howovor. Different raoos of ootton vary considerably in thoir susooptibiiity to the wilt dieeaso. This was shown by an expoii ment carried out by the department on the farm of Mr. H. L. Galloway, at Dillon. 8. C. It will bo soon that some of the best kinds are among thoso most injured by this discaso; but thero were one or more plants iu each raoe that entirely withstood the diaoaso, and the seed from these has been saved with tho intention of seouring valuable resistant strains by cross breeding them. Tho ability of oertain ootton plants to grow on infeoted land is duo to the faot that the wilt fuogus is nuable to onter their principal root system and not to any laok of infeotioo. This has boon determined by miorosopio examination. That infeotion of these plants has roally taken plaoe may be demonstiated by an examination of their roots for tho littla tufts of rootlets whioh mark tho location of infections. The roos of plants taken from the row of Jannovitoh cotton were attaoked by tho fun gas in over a hundred places, as found by actual eount, jet in no ease did the para?ite penetrate as far as the main atem, while plants of king ootton in the adjoining row were completely overcome. As determined by numerous mioroseopio examinations eaeh little tufi of roots marks a point attacked by the fungat, so that there oan be no doubl of the thoroughness of the infection and, furthermore, no doubt thatsucb plant* are actually resistant to the fun gas. ) > V It in evident that auoh an cffoot an, tho funwus haa produced horo uiuat injure liio plaat considerably and this wan found to bo tho oaae. Tho average height of planta grown on the infected land wan twenty-throo inobon, whilo j./aotn on adjoining land very slightly iuft ,?0(^ Krow forty two inohoa high. 8uoh W'J'>ry aa thia would of oourae greatly ? borton tho orop, but tho indi oationa aro' *hat fl0?d >olcotod from tbo uioit vigorou** p ant? will bo more ro sistant than /Q0 average. i no Dost plants in our plots on tho infooted land wore orarly equal tothosn grown on healthy la.xd and also showed a ema'ler numhor of rt.X't tufts. In tins oonncotion the most important question is whoihsr this i|ualily of rehistanoo t> disease is jransin'hsib'e through tho Rood to suoaoo^inf goner* tions. An experiment designed to Bottle this point proved a remarkable fiuoions It was carried out by Mr tt'.iatf L. Hirers, of Jaiuos Island, 8. 0 , whosolootod a healthy plant of sea island cotton that grow in a badly blightod Hold in 1899 The soed from this rosutant plant was saved and planted in a single row through a field that had boon infected with the wilt disoaso fcr several yoars, Tho adj lining rows were planted with soed from his main srop, grown on nooinfootod laud. Tho wilt disoaso made almost a clean swcop through tho ordi nary ootton, 95 per oont of tho plants i being killed, whilo in tho row plantod wiiu hoi d from tho resistant plant not asingloplant was killed by tho wilt disease. These plants wcro vigorous and proIduotivo. Tho dwarfing noted in Egyptian aad upland ootton grown bv the writer on infootcd land at Dillon, 8. (J , was not so marked horo. Tho quality ot tho lint good, though not cqu?l to tho crop from whioh tho rolootion waa rnado. It ia bolicTod, howovor, that by continued cross breeding and aolootion i in nuooeoding ycara the quality of the evtton may bo improvod without loss of 'renatttnoo to tho wilt disoase. Work long thia lino haa already boon started in a email way by tho department, which it is hopod may bo enlarged. it lias been shown that muoh oan be aooo mpltshcd ia tho control of tho wilt disaaftn of cotton by simply selecting seed from resistant plants. It is vory probable that bettor results will bo obtained by cross brio ling thoso rosistaut iudividuttl-i, for in this way tho resistant qualities of two pl.\nts will be oombiuod and there will be added the iuorotsed vigor whioh usually oomo< from Grossing On tho other hand, il ' tho flowers of a resistant ootton plani ! alwvii LI La f v t i 11 w n A L w rtnl Inn Ksnnohl . nnuuiu uo luiuimcu i?/ |>uiivu 1/1 uu^u iby insects from a disoassd plant, ai i way easily happen in the field, plant grown from tho resulting seeds wil vcty likely bo leas resistant than if the] Shad boon fcrliltsod by pollen fiocu an other rtw atant plant. On this aooount in the selection of resistant raoca, it wil ! he desirable to aroas by hand as manj i flowers as possible in order to inoreaai khe chances of success. In connection with the work of th< dopartmonta largo number of orosso bottvoon rosistant plants have alroad; boots made. It has boon our aim to so oure toeistaot claims from our oonmoi raoos by cross fertilising plants of th samo race, and at tho same timo to in oroaso the produotiwoneis and improv tho quality by sclooting the best plant of oaoh sort for brooding. Tho faot that tho Egyptian cotton aro rosistant to tho wilt diuoaso had le to tho attempt to produce a resistan along staple upland cotton, by hybridii ' ing resistant plants -of tno eomnoa up land races with the Egyptian ootboc It is very denirablo th.xt everyone wh undertakes the breeding of rosifltan ookton should at the same time pa groat attcut'on to scouring a more pr< , duotivo raoo and a finer quality < staple. oonclusiow. There as a great promise of a ?u< oesaful aococdy for the ootton wilt du ease in eeleotion of seeds fr>m health plants growing on infooted soils an by continuing to seleot and oross brce tho most resistant plants in snooeedin jwropawitha viow both to reststane > adod quality ?f staple. It would be woll in the ease of u\ laud onion te start with a raoo like th Jackson, whioh is alroady highly r< aietant, and improve and fix tho qualit by careful orons breeding and selection In pi sous where this olustor type < cotton is nndeairuble a rosistant strsi iof the sorts oommonly onltivated oa probably bo obtained by cross breedin and selection. It is hardly to lo ci jt [Oontinuod on page 4 j ! - V Sfc/vvai^ Xa^ 4< Write for our elegant Il-T cal A -wo -can gave you m+nry In the p ^ *and the cflay lerma ' of jroyrwe ^ iHOtory or through oui'/efctviur i ? tumty you cannot affoM to pan. ^ manufacturers. '/liertiare, a" L '^couatruc iou ta unnecessary. If -can offer moat Itboral tfmu. wait StWING M^CHINf: COfc! For eale by FpWey MereaQti 1 '' * * '" "' ' " " f-fp?m DR-IO steet fi&l JL (Ttdhlng Costs ooly 25 cei I; NO. 27 "hie commoner!" Th? Qr?at Tribuns of th? PaopU Exjain th? Nimi APCAKt rno tut Purpssws and Ideals ot the Dime* cratlc Leaders Journalistic Enterprises Told In the First Itvue. A dispatch from Linoolo, Nebraska, says the first nunbor of "The Commoner," the wookly paper published by William J. Bryan, a as iwmod Wedoesday afternoon. It is a neat-appearing hoot typograhieally. Tho following ia tho salutatory: TUB COMKONIEL Wobstor defiaos a oommoner as "one of tho ontnmon people." Tho name has boon solootcd for this paper because Tho Commoner will endeavor to aid tho oommon pooplo in tho protootion of thoir rights, tho advancement of their intorosts and tho realiittion of their aspirations. It is not necessary to apologise for the uso of * term wmoh distinguishes iho groat body of tho population from tho comparativoloy fow who, for one reason or anothor, withdraw thornsolves from sympathetic connection with their follows. Among tho Groeks "hoi polloi" was used to dosoribe the many, whilo among the Romans the word "plobs" was employed for tha name purpose. Those appellations, like "tho common pooplo," have been as! Butnod with prido by those to whom they wero applied, while thoy have been ased as terms of reproaoh by thoso who eoantcd themselves among tho aristooratio classes. Within reoent ( yoars there has boon a growing tendency in somo quarters to dononaoe as ' domagogic any rofcroooe to, or praise ' of, tho oommon pooplo. Oao editor in a lato issuo of his paper takos exjoption to tho phrases and ' says: ' " This expression is an ill chosen one t and should havo no lodgmont in the ( VuO*b jlary of an Amorioan patriot and f statonman. If wo sought its origin, we L would look for it in that specious demt agoyy whioh has evolved the profea( aioDal politician, arrayed oouatry s against town?tho farmer and hia sons I and daughter* agalast tho business and professional men and thoir aona and _ daughters?capital against labor, and built up against neighbors the impref| nablo barriers of prejudice and hale." This quotation is reproduced because ' it fairly represents the views of those who oriticiae the expression. It has, 9 however, an eminently respectable ori* f gin. In the same ohapter in whioh Christ oondensod man's duty to his fel_ lows into the eommandmont: "Thou n shall lovs thy neighbor as thyself," in o the ssme ehaptor in whioh he denounced those who devour widowa* 0 honsoa and for a pretense make long H prayers?in this same chapter it is said <f Him, "The oommon people hoard B Him gladly." ^ No higher oomplimont was ever paid t to any olass. 1 Tho term, "tho common people," la properly used to describo the large ma" j >rity of the people?those who earn ' thoir living and give to society a fair t return for tho bonefks bestowed by sooioty?those who in their daily lire* roeogoiaa the ties whioh bind together ^ tho mass of the people who have a oommon lot and a oommon hope. Sometimes they are called "the middle olasses" beoauio paupers and orimiaala 3* are excluded on the one hand, while on '* the other hand some exclude themv U- .1 uu # BQIVDV UVUIHI1Q U1 WClibU Uf |/U 1U1UQ W ^ pride 0/ birth. The oommon people d form the indasurioas, intelligent end K patriotic element of oar popaletion; 0 they produce the nation's wealth in time of poaoe end fight the nation's >" battles in time of war. They are self0 reliant and independent; they ask of 5* government nothing bat jaslioe and y will not be satibftid with less. They > are not seeking to get their hands into >f other people's pockets, bat ere eontenl 0 if they can keep other people's head* n oat of their pokets. & The common peoplo do not constitute l' an exoalsiee society?they are not of [Oontinsed on ptge 4 ] ttW MMRTllt I Ucal Changa (rt Marketing Methods i s Applied to Sewing Machines. <> glrwil plan under which you can obtain {I we and Jpettcr value in the purchase of < > tbiuous ^White" Sewing Machine than I * w offered. < 1 .aJogue sod detailed particulars. How j \ tuvhaae of a high-grade sewing machine nt we can offer, either direct from < ?u Jvnircd agents. 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