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FARMERS TRUST. A Speech on the Subject by lixSenator McLaurin. ITS WORTH READING. Me Presented Mis Views in u Way I Which Attracted Not a Utile Attention, and Me was Applauded Frequently by Mis Hearers. We publish below Dx-Senator McI.aurli s sueeuh heforo thn Cotton I Farmers Convention 11.. Columbia last week: "Ju.^tafew years ago," he said, "the fanners of Kansas and Nebraska were burnlr g grain to reduco a sur plus, as v-e have heard recently of burning cotton In Georgia and T.xas. For ihe few years past the crops In the west have been the largest on record and yet wheat la today rolling at marly $1 20. t he equivalent of 12 1 2 cent cotton, wli.io oats, corn, baric/, rye and all other foodstuffs arc prop rtionate'y h'gh. There Is a strlk ng analogy between wheat and cott< u; they are the two great agrleulti rul export crops of the United Stat s; more and m <re, the civilized wort Is looking to our country fur focd md clothing. "1 in Interest ing and instructive in this rids to tind out why it Is that the ' 'heat farmer has h en able for the |ast year to hold prices so hlgl alrov the Eurupean parity. 1 haven't mad? the comparison In some time, but not- long ago I did and while the Kurcpean farmers were getting about 80 c< nts, the American farmer was receiving about $1 per bushel. Right 8c:o.Ls the border in Canada, wheat was.'elllng for much less than It wain Michigan. The wheat farmers knov tnat sooner or later Europeon supplies will bo exhausted and thoy must draw on tie Unlitd {States. Mak.tig due allowance for war, which always makes provisions higher would not answer the question, for that would mean that European price-, should be higher than in the United States. "A s lortage In tire American cr p of 75,000,000 bushels from last year is not sulliclt ut explanation. T1 e groat jornpetitor of cotton Is wool, and Ir.i lo journals speak of the almost comple e failure (if the wool p of Austra.la, and It seems to me that under the ordinary law of supply and demand this should he a factor h tixtng the intrinsic value of co.tjn. but we, fail to sec the effect. "Na'.uro has given the cottori planter a great ah vantage over the wheal grower While the sjuth enjoys an almost complete monopoly in the productlot of ootti n, wheat Is produced all ovei tl e world, from the Arctic to lower temperate zones. "There is but one answer to the problem, the wheat farmer is organ ized and has learned the lesson of how to mat ago his affairs on the business piit elples that govern the other industries of tnc world. ,;A few years ago they were singing him to sleep with that same old song 'overproduction,' coined by selfish greed to enable the prlvilrged few to rob the many. He was pointed, atyou are, to the laws of supply and demand?another law of God that has been prostituted and made to turn the products of honest labor into tire coffers of those 'who toll not, neither do they spin.' "The wheat farmers of the west re piled to these doctrinaires. 'Away with your devil's gospel of greed: wi do not believe it. Rvery grain of our whpat, is p. itiMiimnii ahp.Ii voar nnrl wot wo hear of famine in J reland, India, England and Russia; the wail of the hungry poor of New York, London and Paiis reaches our tars There are bread rlolfl elsewhere, while we burn corn and feed wheat t< cattle. Your economic theory is all a lie, for you tell these millions that they starve because thoro is no bread, while you tell us that we starve because of its vtry abundance.' That is Just what is being told the cotton farmer today. As 'lorn Watson said at New Orleans: 'If we make no crop, it is ruin: if we make a crop, it is ruin, too.' It is the devil, fellow citizens, not God, who promulgated the creed, 'You can and you can't, you will and you won't you re damned if you do and you are dami ed if you don't.' "\'hat did the wheat farmers dc ? Thej first e rg$n zed. They built ware louses all over the west. When the farmers o n store their wheat they g?t a certificate for this, anr. they raigoto any bank and draw their money on it whenever needed He n edn't force his wheat on the market until the price is an induce merit. Tire trade J urnals told us a year and a half ago that the farmers had passed tire word ar.iundtbat the> wanted arrd intended to have $1 per bushel for their wheat, and in spite of the combined efforts of the speculator! more than a year aero wheat went to #1 a bushel. For a few weeks they fo ced the price under 90 conts. but the farmers simply refused to sell and today its equivalent In cotton would te 12 12 cents a pound. Even in the far c IT Argentine they have taken t le cue, and lixed upon NO cents as the prce they demand for wheat, and at t ve:y shipping point there is a warehouse where wheat is stored until It brings the price. Fellow citizens, cotton is tli only product In the world where the price is lixed entirely by the ptrcha er. and the man who mukes i he ui. icle has no voice in it. You haul a h ai of cotton Into town, you go o a buyer; lie says, 'Walt till Liverpr ol comes in.' In a few minutes It is chalked up on the blackboard, and you are told what ycu must tike. Gentlemen, this coat I have or stayed on some merchant's shelf until 1 paid his price for it. He told n- e what he would take and I either 1 ad to pay his price or go without. "The coal trust, the meat trust, all tlx the price of their products and they keen them until they get that prtoe. Ycu may starve, you may freeze, you n ay go naked, but you must pay their price or g > without. "All that the New Orleans plan means is that we, the producers of the material that clothes the world, Intend now and henceforth and forever to have a voice in tlxlng the price of the pruducts^nf our labor. cotton that had been soli for couhuoapilon and exported to l.urope was^ b ?rrowed, relmported Into this coun- P try and dumped on the market, used agalu and again, until Sully was , broken and prlcea given a blow from which they have never recovered. "The laws of supply and demand! What chance have you to take advantage of the lawsof supply and demand when the g ivernmcnt Itself dlscrimi- > nates against your produot, when the wheat farmer is given 25 cents a i bushel protection against wheat from Canada and the Argentine and cotton can be brought here free of duty and used to depress the price of your pro duct? Cotton Is the only groat3taple product not protected. Wheat gets ,25, corn 16, barley, oats, rye and ( eocrylhlug else'.have thrown ar und ( it the fostering carc of the govern- , ment, while cotton Is left to shift for Itself, and It is our fault. If wc had had a duty of 5 cents a poui d on cotton Imports, Sully, Brown aid Ilayne could have held the market until It would have declined materially under ( the It llueiicc of a large crop and this crop would have averaged yi u 10 cent, a pound. i "The laws of supply and demand, indeed! How much good a e they to you when the agricultural department spends $1,000 000 a year collect j lng accurate statistics on acreage and conditions and before you ever get a chance to market a bale the whole consuming world kr.ows to almost & pound what you will make. What chance did you have last fall after the L) cember report; In a few h- urs cotton was below the ccst of production. "Wherever they can the btnelib of the laws of supply and demand are absolut ly denied the cotton farmer, while others glory in their bonetlcence. Fellow clt/.eos, the New Orleans con ventlon calls upon you to organize for self preservation. I have heard the I neor, 'Oh you can't yet tbo farmers to unite, ti e thing will fail.' To these I reply the fa triers of the west, are rgaoized; they control the situation, and the southern cotton planter, iu patriotism, Intelligence, patient endurance, self contiol and courage, Is the p^er of any man, anywhere in this wide world. ? (Oheers.) "Will you seize the opportunity 01 will you trample upderfootthe ad van 'ages given you by GovJ^aod natureV Let us b'gin, 1< t us organlz* for tbe monopoly given us by God In the production of raw cotton; It is the first step toward that 'itnc wh n within our b >rders we shall spin all t.hc cotton made and exporting nettling but tbe linishcd products make the s< u li rich beyond our wildest dreams. There is a tierce battle going on foi commercial supremacy. This will not stop with the addition of a cant or two to the price of cottor; tture are issues of gieater moment, it Is a light fur the supremacy of the south in the groat industrial war now being waged in tills world. Tbe ivatchlires are lighted oil the hilltops and the bugle has sounded the call to arms; the tramp of the legions may be heard from the Gape Fear oo the Hlo Grand. "The convention at New Orleam thre w dawn the gauge of 1 attle ai.d tbe captains of the tens an' hundre Is are mustering israt l'S nosis "I warn you that the light will he long, hard and bitter; If wo full it means the world's contempt for a people who could not use God given 'PportunlUes. If we succeed, O, men, and the sons of men, who followed the stany crossover the hills of Vir gtnla and amid the swamps of the Mississippi, who rejoiced with .lackson at Hull Hun and wept with Lee at Appomattox, It moans, (), L>rd God of battles, that thou hast reversed thy verdict at Gettysburg and Appomattox, it means victory, victory Tor the south without the shedding of a widow's tear or the loss of a single drop of human blood. "Fellow citizens, the issue was made at New Orleans, it Is Dixie avenue against Wall street! The man who falters and hesitates Is the man who would make a few paltry dollars, by increasing his acreage at the expense of his patriotic neighbor, is a oward and a traitor to his .own section and peop'e. (Cheers.) "The New Orleans convention found itself confronted by two propositions. ' First, to take care of the present surplus of 2,000,000 hales. "Second, to curtail the acreage of the current year. "Tuird, to find new markets by 1007, so as to put our Industry on a stable basis and prevent a recurrence of present conditions. "For the 2,000,000 bales of cotton a pi ol has been formed wiih ample capital to back it. If trusts are to be the order of the day, we will cease to be the only victim, and wo will have a cotton trust, too; not a seciet, dark lantern arrangement, but a trust formed for self protection, In broad open day, by the representatives of 25 000,000 people in 20 States of this union, producing the crop upon which the whole world relics for clothing material. "Tills Is the most g'gantic ccmbl nation ever droamcil of. What the result will bo no man can tell. "One tiling Is sure, If you carry It out like every other trust It will be elective. Refuse to sell your cotton, , but Instead deposit It In a warehouse and draw your money at the banking , agencies established by the cotton trust, and In addition reduce your acreage; it means that the men who form this pool will have the consumers and hear speculators at their mercy, and you can dictate prices for the next crop. Whether the povcr would bo abused or not Is another question; but 1 do say, that it make-i you for the time the complete masters of the cotton world, and that you will have to be consulted about the price of your product. No one will tell you what he will give, but will anxiously Inquire what you will take for your cotton. "I say further, fellow citizens, that conditions which force a whole people to at tempt the organization of a trust, which, like every other trust, has for i its objeot the overturning < f the na- i tural law of supply and demand, brands as something false and wrong the political and Industrial conditions under which its occurs. It presents a problem that cries out for solution along reasonable, natural lines. The J statesman who denies It Is a fraud. , the political economist who shirks It ( is a hypocrite, and the Christian who ( passes It by Is a traitor to his Ood ( and country. As to whether such a j gigantic trust, with its millions of members,Ucan succeed, and its effect j on public Interests, constitute problems too deep for mo. There is no 1 other solution offered for the Immediate situation, aad it Is your duty and my duty to stand by the New Or- i leans convention, and organize every If H iIiih km n in i ? ft there when the lung roll sounds, or prove false to all of her tr&dlt oris. 1 thought and sal 1 at the convention that the permanent solution of the cjttou problem wjuld come from tlnd t log wider markets for cotton goods. No Intelligent and concert*.d action has ever been made on large scale In this direction. "Among tho 400,000,000 people of China we cau fi 1 rid a ready market at reasonable prices for all the surplus cotton the world can produce, lo has been tlgured out that the world can use 42 600,000 bahs of cotton. "There Is another thing that Is being done on a constantly Increasing scale, ihe Chinese are Imp irtiug yarns from this feountry and weaving It Into cloth on their hand looms, like tho e our great grandmothers us"d hack In slavery days. What a tl Id there Is here among these people, rich with the stored up weilth of centuries The cotton plant In China !s a little stunted thing, wit i almost no Staple; they can raise too many other cr p of greater value 'or them to make cotton Sell them our cotton goods direct and bring hi ck their eampnor. hemp, spices anc teas. I derived most of my inform atlon ab ut China frdm Minister Wu. and ho said the south would tind its salvation In the China markets, and he should certain ly know. Mr. McLaurln called attention to tho fact that while tho merchaut dies t ic prico on his wares and refuses to sell until he gets a price satla'sctory. the cotton farmer must take whatever price Is c tiered, lie Is the only olasi In the world offering a c unmodlty for sale who has absolutely nothing to do with the tixlng of the price of that commodity. In 1898 when there was a surplus crop, one 11 rm opened a new market n China and disposed of 20.000,000 'vorlli of manufactured goods, lie hi.d b cd a member of tin committee to visit the president and to ani>n!il tn minuriiio Il?? hn.l ( WW ' VI'VI. 1 IV ' H4VJ ntl II the president Monday and had received assurance ibat Mr Roosevelt would 1(1 ve the we'ght of his oflloo to pro moting the interests of the greatest industry In the world. He dec'arcd that the representatives at Washing ton get far away from tht ir p ople sometimes until the people spank them and teach them bRter manners. This being taken as a philosophical and go d natured acknowledgment of his iwu political errors, was greeted with laughter and applause. For /he reason that the representatives g tso far away, he argued, they should lie admonished by Just such an orgai zitlon as this. In c nc'udlng Mr. McLaurln spoke as f t ws hi refceenco to tan IT rovisl< u: "Why should t le wheat farmer use free twine to wrap ills p/otccted wheat, while tho cotton farmer uses protected bagging to wrap ilis free c it.ten? ' He showed how the south Is discriminated agilnst in tin tariff. Eisteru monopo ists have schemed cunningly to plunder the south. Ninety pjr ce.it. of tho Imports which are admitted b > competition in this conn try arc competing with products of the south. "Lot us demand that In the com Ing revision of the tarltY our represen titives see that the south *.ets her share of all that is going, that we are recognized as an Integral part of this union, ready to share Its burden* and if need be light its battles, but de manding In return a full share of all the heuctits of national life. "Let us orgau'/.9 but keep our or ganlzatlon out of pilitics. Let the watchword be "measures not men." I have no con tide nee in help coming from any p ditlcal party now in existence, until we are strong enough to force it from any party that may happen to be In piwer. A man never gets justice until be is strong enough to force It with a 'big stick.' "The great questions with which we are confronted have no place in the little c ibvis, factions an! caucus 08 of political parties, for there petty jealousies and sclfllsh ambition ever outweigh the country's good. "In conclusion, fellow clt'/.jns, I give you this sen Jment, God bless South Carolina; If she is right I am with her; If she it wrong, 'bono of my bone, flesh of t ly It sh, Gud bless her still I am with her.' " CHEATED A SENSATION. A New York CoiiKi-CHtmian I>aren the Houho to Hxpel Him. Hefore a big vot; was taken in the house on the shipbuilding bill Wednesday. Mr. Itaker of New York, created a sensation by i fferlng the following resolution. "That while this house viev/a with horror the bellbente destruction of human life, at all times and under all circumstances, yet It declares as reprehensible at was the murder of Grand Duke Serglus it was not more wanton than the massacre perpetrated "by the Uuislan government on Jan un; **iit* i tnuusiuus or unarmed men, women and childicn were butch ered in cold blood; and that it regards i lie murder of those helpless, unof fending men, women and children as one of the moat dastardly crimes ever perpetrated; that, In refusing to ex 1 press the horror of the people of this country at that fearful tune, while asserting that both the American government and the people view the killing of Grand Duke Sergiun with ah norrence, the president lias not and does not voice the real sentiment of the people of the United States " In an excited manner Mr Ilaker asserted that ho had been told that if lie Introduced the resolution, a motion would be made to expel him from the house. Bushing down the atsle and waving the resolution in his hand, he deposit d it In a be x provided for such measures, and deticd any one to make a motion to expel him. ' Make It now!" he shouted. "Fixpel! expel! expc-l! 1 tell you to introduce your motion to r xpeli!" Previous to this Mr. Pakcr i ad provoked c mslderable dlssention by condemning the president's action in sending a message of condolence to Emperor Nloholas. Wants to I mi iliulgo. A dispatch from Washington says H< presentative Lever tiled with the president Wednesday the app (cation of Col. John C. Haskell to be one of Lbe judges of railroad court to be created when the railroad rate bill be comes law, If it ever does. The application mentions that Col. Haskell is a brother- in-law of Wade Hampton and personal friend of Hugh Thompson, who was many years a friend of the president Oo<><1 lor WofTord. The election of Oeo. E. Prince makes tivo of the oiroult judges in South Carolina graduates or Wotfoid aVliTc tXid A COTTON PICKER, j* t A Successful Machine brought to At- * . tention of Qovernment. t P The Apparatus Wan Tentc?l Near n P Montgomery, Alabama. 1'lie j il Tt'Hla Fully Ucterltiod. A dispatch from Washington says " reports reaching the department of ag- ^ rloulture indicate that a cotton picktrig machine which will real'y pick cotton has been invented and lias stood I a practical test. The patent otfloe is ; 0 tilled with designs of ootton picking I machines that liave bjeu tiled la tbe past, 1 ut no entirely s&tisfac'o y re- a suits h ive ever been attained. Last j year a 1 apparatus designed bv O. A. j Lowry, wiio invented the rount bale glnnliH machine, was brought 10 the attend )n of the bureau of plant In w dustry >f the department of aerlculture, a id the chief of that otllcc, Pro- t fes;or B. T. Calloway, arranged to h liave tl e operations of the dev ce In f spected by J. F. Duggar, director of j the AU.bima experiment station, and C. II .illlngsley, an agent of t le department. The tests were m ido near Montg' irery. Mr. BilMngsley's *fport lias reached Professor Calloway and lias been found to contain many points of inteie t. It is as follows: ^ "Bri'tlv slnt.rrt th<> irachinc slsts of a frame on fcur wheels, wo of j a which are llanged traction or drive ^ wheels: a f< i r horsepower gasoline j engine which drives the sup j porting wheel by means of sp ocket chain (onnect ns, tin cirrylng the v entire 1 lachlnt forward at a rat e which is unit r the c ntrol of the operator. ^ The en :lr>e als drives the mechanhm t which cirrles 1 he picking belts. The a essential part >f the machine is the s picking arms. There are elg'it of these one for each hand of the four j operators, who ride on the machine j| fgr the purpose of directing these pick * ^ itig arms. Last, there is an engineer j to guide tlie machine and four men or boys (preferably t>oys) to point th tips ^ of these picking arms at the open bolls as the machine moves past the plant, j 1 Kich picking arm may be likeued (| to small tin trough closed on the sid> s j an 1 bottom and open on the top. This f trough is about 2 1-4 Inches wide and 0 about the same deep. In its botton v runs an bndless belt of cloth and rub- c t?er 2 inches wide and thickly studden with metal tacks bent upwaid, something like the cards used In making t abs of wool and cotton, Ttiese tacks f do the picking, tho contact of even a t few libers being sutllclent to draw the a entire contents of an open boll against c the belt; which carries the seed cotton 1 up 4 f l into a reeeptae'e. This belt d t ravels at the rate of 360 feet p< r minute. The lower end of the trough ha- s no sides or bottom, tl us exposing s about 3 Indies of the underside of the I studded belt, as well as its lower end \ and upi>er s do. Tills permits the pick h Ir g of a boll either from above or from I beiow or even makes possible the pick li ing of cotton from the ground. 1 tried c the handling of the arms and fi u id p them so light, movable and nicely bal- c a need as to m ike the guiding of that a an easy task. c "With cotton stems as brittle as I those used In testing the machine, a tl small proportion of bolls break ofT and e both bur s and seed cotton start up t the endless belt. Most of these burrs v are knocked oft and thrown out by a n uuse smau roner ana uy a series < f t wire p us in the sides of the trough d and about half an Inch above the out- t er surface of the tucks or teeth of the I picking belt. An effective brush re- J mo\es the seed cotton fr< m the endless v belt very thoroughly d "I consider the principles on which I the machine operates c >rreot and t practical. In a few features It is in t an experimental stage. The cotton grower will demand the following requirements of a cotton picker. "1. ''horoughness of work; that is, c the picking of a large percentage of r the tot. il seed cotton in the Held leav t log Utile adhering to the plant or cn a the ground. a "2 A product in p'cked seed cot- w ion, no , excess! vely trashy or co italn- c ing mu ih trash beyond the poss bllity [ of removal of clearing machinery at 1 the gin. a "'3 Durability of construction, with a such s mpliclty and llghtuess as to * bring ts c iSt within reach without ( much expense for interest on ti e in ^ vestme it. 0 "4. E ronomioal operation; not re- * quiring excessive labor or fuel, and no 1 great d igrce of technical skill on the ' part of th6 chief aperator. "5. The capacity toplckrruck more v lyuji iyu |'(;i i iky tllilll LUUIU UO f ICKCO j ^ by Held hands i qual in number 10 the Jl crow re juired for the machine. u The condlLl >ns under wh'ch the ^ test wore mad ) are described by Mr 0 Bibingsley as 1 illows: "Cot xm p'ar :,s: Entirely dead, nrar ly allcf the 1 aves dropped; picked S once before an I now only about three n and ont half b Us to the plant. The t plants wore sm .11, about 20 or 22 inch c eft hlgl , in 4-i'oot rows, thick in the a drill, poorly t llnned so there were f many plants together in many oases, vi The variety was Peterkln, which has a very small bolls, and. in tins case, I contained a larjre percentage of im b mature frosted bolls only partially t opened. t "Soil: Sandy or sandy loam, qu'te ii dry, In which the machine moved b easily. I n places crab grass was thick b ly entangled with theopsn cotton, but t this condition did not prevent satis- w factory work, although increasing the a trash. K "To test the thorruuhncss of the t< work, samples were taken of all the o UOoH n/\f Ac 1 nff " ? ?? ? * nwu vuuivu iciv uii|;ititi;u Ur UII WH' Q ground on a definite number of plants, h This was done wl ere the machine had is operated, and, fur comparison, where w the usual hand picking had been done. G I found by ccmparisan that about two II to two and one*half as much cotton a was left behind by the machine as by c, the hand pickers. I estimate the amount of trash as, perhaps, double that left by a careful picker, hub I heard one man say that he had had tl hands tx) get as much trash as the n macuine. 1 think this trash would Ir all be rem ved by the gin. It Is tco C early to judge as to the wearing qual- d 1 ties of the machine. The weight of tl the maohino, exoept for the engine ts and wheels, Is slight. c< "The cost of operation Is summed 11 up in the statement that four boys C can do the picking and one man can b< guide the machine. I think the labor d< could be had at $2 per day, or, at the C most, 92 60 per day. The oost of the f( gasoline would be slight. I found that L the machine movod almost exaotly 333 r< feet per hour, Including the time lost ai in turning and removing cotton fr< m U the receptacles. As It picks one entire w row under the,maohine and tws halffoi rea covered in cue hour was nearly ue-iifih of au acre. It Is possible for he mivohlne to l>e operated faster hau it was wheu 1 Inspected It. Durug the test sevt rul counts showed hat each y ov was gathering more hau 100 bnlls per minute, or about I found of seed cotton for each toy per Qinubo, or 00 pounds per hour, or 240 founds of see 1 cotton per hour for he machir e. This Is estimating that t would require 100 bolls to make a >ound, \ ut t' ore are many varieties 0 or "5 bolls of which will give a 1 uud." The department of agriculture, of curse, has no int. re t In the matter, >eyoud Its general desire to do everyhltig in lis power to uid ttie farmers f the country. k Ive Muit slain. At l'ottsvllle, l'a., Saturday, live aen wore killed and thirteen li jared n an acci lent on N >. 2, slope of No. c tilery, of th > Lylfcle operation, by fall of top rook whi'.e a gunboat loidd with eighteen men on their way to rork was s,0,1kr down tiie shaft. Three f Iho k lied were foreigners, while he other two were American*. The odles w? ro not brought to tho sur ace until noon. ?he dead: v I Henry 14. Moo e. Daniel Degan. Sylvest? r Pellock. Poter Mostofhkye. (ioorge Kutler. Two of the loj ind were removed to he Pi ttsvillo hospital and although hey aro I adly crushed ah *ut the body nd legs, thi ir In. urle.s are not thought > be fatal. The others were out and rulsed ai d suffered from other minor uJurPs. The tilp proceeding the one on idlie.h the U. m fMirriirt tho ~V ? *? , ioat" kti' cker down some timbers on lie east. rack. The car containing ' he men struck the disarranged propt. nd tore others from the top of the haft, ca isiiig a fall of rook. The reiter fart of the lock fell on the i urward end of the car, crushing the Ife outo' the tlve men seated there ieveral n n lumped from the "gunioat" when they heard the timbers tvlug away and escaped almest cer aln death. , M'chael Degan, who was but slight- 1 y Iri ired, was found lying by the side < f his brother, Daniel, who was killed, le said that his br. ther did not die : or several minutes after the fall oc urred and thai he sp. kc to him and vas answered, while both were weight- i d down with tons of r< ck. Tliv VViiKi'H ?>I Sin. A terrible tragedy was enacted v ew days ago in the olllee of a magisrate at Jacksonvl le, Fla. Here Is the , ,wful story as conveyed by an AssoIated Press di pitch: Mrs Joseph H. '"reeman lies mortally wounded, her aughter, Miss Miy Brown, is dead ,nd City Detective YV. B. Cahooo is eriousy wounded as a result of a hooting atT.ay In the court room of . L. Karris, justice of the peace, Vcdtiesday morning. Mrs. Freeman iid brought a tio n against ().vcti K joadholdt/., charging him with ruin ng her daughter. The parties of tin ase had gone to the court room pre tared f ir trouble. According to wit icsses of the tragedy, Mrs. Freeman ttracted Loadhold"/.'s attention by alltrg his name and tited at him. lis reply was prompt aud deadly. He Ired live times and every shot took ITect Mrs. Fret man was shot four imra in me urease ana ner (laughter, ' vho had tired once, was shot in tile ' couth and instantly killed. Dotec- ' ive Caho >n, wh > was attempting to ] lisirm Loadholdtz, was shot In the i ?ack, evidently by one of the women. | joadhnldtz was arrested and is In Jail. OS' pl? Brown, brotlier of the girl who 1 vas killed, arrived on the scene Immellately after the shooting and was ncked up for a time by order of Jus- ^ Ice Farrls to prevent further trouble, , tut was soon after released. I lt> wKrd For A lUnoal. Notwithstanding the faot that so nany people have been victimized by ascals pretending to be representing loriodlculs fur which they take sub- 1 criptlonsat q ilte a reduced rate?hut , .lways payab.e ii advance?a sharper , :ot in Iris wurk iiere recently and se- , ured the names of many subscribers , o The Saturday Evening Post, pub- ( Ished by the Curtis company of Phil- , .de'pbia. This is a standard family , ,nd 11 reside paper, and It requires ilt- , le solicitation get subscriptions. ( )nc of th sa vict imized here wrofcr to i lie company, and Wednesday received , d the following answer: "The man i vho secured your subscription is an mposter, for whose arrest we have of h ered 51 reward ol $25. lie has no au- . horlty w hatever to act for us, and , ve are doing everything in our power | o secure his apprehension. If you can 1 n anyway la the future cooperate with , s in securing h's conviction we will e glad to turn over to you the reward f 126.?The State. A Mi .hIiik Bridegroom, A dlspi.tch from Florence to The J late say* last Thursday morning a ' Tan nam iH h i u.i ? ? v. M?. llbll Ull K SI I'tt'lll) I hero from K ternary, Georgetown a ounly, aod registered with his wife f t Hi rry's hotel. Ballenberger bought , rora Mrs. Boucheit the next day 144 [ rorth of clothing and gave In payment check cn the Georgetown bank. Mrs. louchelt found out that Mr. Billenergcr had no money In the George own bank, an1 he was made to re- j urn the goods, and Mr. Berry, hear- r ig of this asked them to leavo their r carding place. B illenberger has not \ een heard of since. His wife was left \ here in the city at the mercy of those y rho would help her. The city council's r ttentlon being called to the matter, ^ ave her money to pay her way back v 0 Georgetown, her home. The son c f tne miS'lng man was thero Thurs ^ ay looking for him, but so far has t eard nothing of him. Ballenberger ^ 1 said to be a very go -d man by those q 'ho know him, and has lived near [ eorgetown for a number of years. le had been married married there nd was on his bridal trip when he line to Florence. u Getting llncanv, t n a mspatoh rrom Charleston says c Here is sine uneasiness among the a umerous Republican ottfceholders K 1 Charleston and elsewhere In South t arollna on aceount of the latest or- r cr of President Roosevelt notifying * ae cfllceholders that they can not retin their federal commissions If they p jcupy political positions. Many of- p ceholders are atfeoted, chtctly State f hatrman Dcas, whom many memers of his party have been trying to epose for some time. Collectors rum of Charleston, Small of B au- / >rt ar.d other tfllolals are affected, t Ustrlct Attorney Capers' position as / iferee and adviser to the president n ad members of the national commit- J K* comes In & different class and he n ill not be involved In the operation b f the civil service regulations whloh n -- to h# In Sonth/lnr. f The Old Standfl Grove's 1 has sGood t>he t*e? over One and a H of merit* appeal t>( Enclosed wit*h every bottl'* < [ To Cui I Take Laxative Brora I Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 vac TERM OF SIXTY YLAKS In Prison Major C&rriii,*ton of UottikIm for HtcttlliiK. Major Frank Da L. Oarrlngtou, who a as been given the remarkable sen tenco of sixty years and tive davs by a co .rt In Manila, is a native of Gior<la, and was appointed to ll e military academy from Georgia on i he 1st o' September, 1874. Ho lu s served throughout 1 is service as at. c Ulcer In the First Infantry, with the i xe ption of the perl d of the Spanish var, when tie was HeuUna it colonel of the 8th Jallfornla Infantry He was assigned for dutj In com mand of the battalion oi Filipino scouts at the St. I. mis e (position After reaching St. Louis oh .rgos wen j Hied against him, and he w; s received from duty there and < r.ierc d hack to 1 the Philippines for trial. Major (Jar rington was entrusted with certaiu funds to be expended in the c lice' i n of certain poslt'ons of the Philippine exhibit. Wnlle on a transport en route to this country w Lh bis scouts an auditor discovered the alleged short ' ago. Ah s'.ated In the dbp itches, Major Oarrington made practically no defense, his attorneys contenting themselves with raisli gthe quest ion ol jurisdiction and otli r technical points, and the result was his conviction on live different ounts, for each of which ho was sentenced to twelve years and one day. The trial was not bv c urt martial. but was under the civil law of the Is lands, which Is built on the old Spanish law. Toe heavy sentence is said by i rtlcla's of the insular bureau to bo in keeping with the policy of the Island courts to be particularly hard upon Americans convicted of crime, for moral effect upon the Filipino*. As Major Carrlngtou is now f>0 years old the chances for his living out a sen tence of sixty years cannot be. said lo be particularly gcoti, even hi the sal ubrlous surroundings in which Rhlbid prison Is situated. (Jire Your Stomach a Item. Your food must be proper y digested and assimilated to he of any value to you. If your stomach is weak or diseased take Kodol Dyspepsia (lure. It digests what you eat and gives the stomach a rest, enabling it to recupei[ite, take on new life and grow strong again. Kodol cures sour stomach, gas. bloating, heart palnilat ion and all digestive disorders. L. A. Super, of 1.11Lie Rock, Ky., writes us: "We feel that Kodol I >yspepsia Cure deserves all i he commendation that can lie given it, as it saved t he iif?- of <>ur lit t le girl when she was three years old. She is now six and we have kept it for her constantly, hut of course she only takes it now when anything disagrees with her." Sold by Dr. E. Norton Uootllu in Court. At Ilutler, Mo., while C urlos Kel- . ly, ex oqcmber of tho St. Louis house '] if delegates, was testifying Friday In 1 tihe trial of C larles K 'at/, there was i i great stir at tho door of tho court > room caused by tho entrance of tive 1 detectives and the local express agent with the package containing the 8<>0, K?0 boodle fund. O ie dete< lve oar- ' rled a shotgun. Tne monej was produced while the lawyers aid detec jives crowned about. Tlie i.otes weie <aken out andc u itcd before the(jury. Kratz, the defendant, suddenly b; ;ame pale and it was necessary to asdst him to Jud^e Denton's private room, he lost co isclou-ness. Toe trial .vas delayed for more than a half hour aefore Kratz ag iln en'ered I 10 room lie trembled nntlcebaly as h > walked ,0 his acoustomed seat. The SunHtilnoiil' :-tprl'ig The Salve tha' cures with out a scar s be Witt's Witch Hazel Sa ve (Juts, durns, Moils, Bruises and Mi es dixap>ear beiore the use of this salve as mow l>efore the sunshine > f spring, diss II. M. M id die ton, Th< bes. ill., lays: "I was seiiously alliic id with a ever sore that was very pall ful. HeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured me iu ess than a week." Get the genuine, told by Dr. K. Norton. CoimnltH Kulolilo. At Georgetown on Monday nUht of ast week a sailor, Arthur L. H ire by tame, a mere boy of 22 years, com nlttod su'clde with ciloroform on >oard the schooner Edgar (J Ross in rVlnyah bay. From appearance", 'OuriK Hare belongs to people of ne,ins and refinement. lie was well Ircssed and possessed an excellent vardrobe. He was the pet and life! if the crew. Letters containing en-' learin? terms In excellent composition and handwriting were found on lis person from his father in Tor into, lanada, and bis sweetheart, a Mhs tortha Hayes of Uhlcago. That rick 11 nx 1.1 thft Throat. One minute after taking one Minite (Joutrht Cure that t icklinir in; ti?n ? ... I hroat Is gone. It a;'Ls In the throat lot the stomach. Harmless good for I hlldren. A. L. SpofTord, post mast <i " t Chester, Mich., says: "Our little v? Irl was unconscious from strangulaion during a sudden and terible attack of croup. Three doses of )ne Minute Cough Cure half an hour part spcedilv cured her. I cannot raise One Minute Cough Cure too much for what it has done in our famlr." It always gives relief. Sold by )r. E. Norton. ^ Don't litkfl fhetn. A man named Nick Britton, near iloolu, tired on an Automobile conalning Judge Benet and L .wyer P. l, Wilcox. He protested against automobiles traveling the road. B. A.j^ enklns of Sumter the driver of the machine, dismounted and argued and p luffed Britton into allowing the automobile and Its party to p:ss without ird asteless CI >t> 23 years. Avei aif Million bottles. > you ? No Cure a Ten Ce.U Package of GROVE'S BLA re a Cold in On to Quinine Tablets. , >nths. This signature,^- Jgra entertaining and Instructive wV ? way of euro In your own ho \ /\ ponso of u local doctor or druggist v .^ j vii..11 .> mhiiik i ?ji iv tniiury ami ior?7/ hundreds of men whom I bavoci yr^ for the hook. In these 2."> years I I r new and original and differs wide to euro men in half the lime, in a simple yet tt way to tret back >our Vitality anrl strength. V worn you are, and so thoroughly that you will i arc affected 1 will enclose lx'stdes theO-l-piuro Ix that I ean inaUonstudy of yourcaseand reix>rt books that i will sotidto mon freoon recol i m i ritO mo today sure. UK. J. NBWTON HATH 88 Inman Building 22 1-2 S( : The Guinard 2 COIvITMB Z Manufacturers Brick. Fire Proof o Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pr< or millions. Southeastern Liin CHARLES! Building Material oi' all kii "KUBEROID." KILFYRE! KILFYR That Is exactly what it Is, abb day at the State Fair showing its lir Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M property should have them. For sa COLUMBIA SI Columbia, S. O. The ma Whiaico | Morplilne I Clgaret Habit, I Habit | Habit Curod by Kcele y J 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 15) Golu ?nee solicited. lICHorvod Popularity. To cure Constlpat'on and Liver troubles by gently moving the bowels tnd acting as a tonic lo the liver, take Little Early Risers. These Famous Little Fills are mild, pleasant and harnless, but elTectlvc and sure. Their miversal use for many years is a strong guarantee of their popularity and wselulness. Sold by Dr. E. Norton. I Take * I WINEor I CARDIII I AT HOME | | Are you a sufferer? Mas your doctor been unsuc* Wouldn't you prefer to treat fi yourself?AT HOME? Nearly 1,.r>00,000 women havo I bought Wine of Cardui from I 1L-!- J ' ? * 1un:ir uruggisia and have cured B themselves at home, of such B troubles as periodical, bearing H down and ovarian pains, leucor- I rhrra, barrenness, nervousness, dizziness, nausea and despond- I onoy, caused by female weakness. I 1 'l'hcse are not easy cases, f , Wine of Cardui cures when the jA doctor can't. I Wine of Cardui does not irtf- I ' tale llio organs. There is no T^ai* H in tho treatment, itisasootning i tonic of healing herbs, free from B < strong and drastio drugs. It is H , successful because it cures in a I . natural way. Wine of Cardui can bo bought B t from your druggist at (1.00 a B ( bottlo and you can begin this I treatment today. \Vill you try it? B' ( I caftes requiring special directions. js5 addr*".*, giving symptoms, Tho I.odlo* M , A(t?isor y Itapt., The Chattanooga I Medlclno Co., Chattanooga, Tonn. t TiTwoo^ ' I Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY. S. C. .-FRRDStalyry \ Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWA Y, S. C 1 Vb.^CARBROUGH~ ' CONWAY, S. C., A '.Ulin / LAW. hill Tonic -age annual sales Does t?his record s , No Pay. 50c. \ 1 ! a f\/tx7 Cures CrIP C Jm^U In Two Days. fa, on every I /<?jc7s?r?s-?.^> box. 25fLA . . :wHr* w'4 ust a copy of iny Cl-pturo book on lost y, rous debility, impotency, stricture, 'J| .moment of the prostate. blood pois?.iijjf Mr diseases resulting from tlio above, suct^k-, ~ s of tho sic in, rheumatism, urinary disorderly i, rectal diseases, etc. It will tell In plain and ,>le lancuaire nil that you want to know. It la and will open your ey s. It will show a simple me, privately and without the publicity nncl ex. I bavo been practicing this speciality formoro have In my vault's the names of hundreds upon tred of theso diseases sifter they had written mo have developed a system of euro that is entirely ly from tho old methods. WlthJj,! am enabled froj \ < way. . Wr.n me and I v flfrdiow you tho <>\X- manhood and bea th. no nuiYter how old or daycurcd forever If oiwlll mention lmw you toknSelf Examination Itlankon jour disease so to j-ou f ree of eliarj.'i'. ; have eiit htot her medico* name nd address, tna alnitiuuuiarked euveioPfe AW A V, >ulh Broad street, At.rnta, (ia. Brick Works, i IA S. O. TerraVottu Building Blocks, lor 2 pared to till orders lor thousan Is ? ie & Cement ' o on, a. c. lids. Hitflt Grade ttoofliR Write tor prices. E!! KILFYRE!!! ro iCMl >r. O 11 i ior iu > i every e fighting qualities, ill, Ginnery and auy one owning le by OPPLY 00.. ohinery Supply house of tho State i f\n urnjf aaa rooaooc | Habits, ^iiwtltulc, of H L. mbin, fci. 0. Confidential corre*p?. 11* it MUSIC. | 2 When you mal^e up your & mind that home is not ho lie I wit hout 1M mo or m Organ, 2 come heio, or write us, and J we will sell you the %jy.ht m sort of an instrument. Kanjr torniH, m?| full vidiio, g Address. 8 2 MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, S S COUJMIMA. S. C. 1 PIANOS AND OKUANS. g ?m ? ? tn 11 T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M D.t THE SPECIALIST. Cures all diseases of men. Los manhood, syphl la (blood poison), gono*hoea, gleet, stricture, var;noeele, hydr >cele and al private diseases of men Catarrh In all faVms curo4 quickly. Pilei cured without operation or dete ltii.n from biHln*ss. tJ idrr guarantee. Rjoms 4:il and 122 Leonard building, Augusta, (la. Wrlv) for bo me treatment. Ofllce hourn: 9 a. m, to 7 p. m. Sunday's !) a. m. to 2 p. m. De WITT'S Wi 1CH HAZEL SALVE, XI** ORIGINAL 4 ><7 A Well Known Cure fdrfllti. 4 "urea obstinate aores, chapped hands, eoterna, akin diseases. Makes burns andacalda >alnlesa. Wa could not Improve the quality ( paid doubla the prica. The best salve hat experience oan produce er that oieoey :ao buy. Cures Piles Permanently DeWitt's Is the original and only pure end janulne Witch Hazel Salve made. Look (or he name DeWlTT on every box. All othecs ire counterfeit. rasrAsso ?v *. a. Da WITT A CO..CHICAGO. Dr. K Norton. jonway-Seashore R R DAILY SCHEDULE. si Myrtle Beach 7 a .n* it Conway 7:40 a. .m j? C >nway 9:<J0 a. m it Myrtle Beaoh 9:45 a. m j? Myrtle Beaoh 1:30 p m k.r Conway 2:15 p. m iV Conway 5 30 p. tn ir Myrtle Beaoh 0:10 p. m W'/EariTRlMM/ Th^gfamoui little plil% "*| " nwii