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pr , That Shows The ^o! the Evil in ~~ f ? J^lTlil)'STATES. A FATA* Stands Alone as the ?'n the Union that Does nctcfn People JFD,toc?? AmoB* Her nr., I I" A ^ a?d ^hc *8 P*"OUd and Hrty x . ont. ~ ,t w.1 * t5rn 4rtl,DK flKurea have reoontly N .EjAoI dished In reference to the a of orlme In this country, no leading magazines printed vatlstical tables showing the inv Acts '/* murders and homicides In United States from year to year. I j. xiXW Inoreased from 1,200 In 1881 to 10,6^2 In 1890. The number of this class>of horrible orlmes was nearly nine tlfi^a as large In 1890 as It was fifteen yekfs before. There had been a steady Indfease year by year. Since then there nfca been a small decrease. There were 8,076 homicides in 1903? even times as many as twenty years ago. With the Increase in the number of murders there has been a corresponding Increase In the number of suicides In this country. In 1881, there were only 006 suloide: In 1903 there were 8,697?more than fourteen times as many. Every year, with only two or three exceptions, the number has been greater than the year before. There has been a similar Increase In the number of divorces. Before the Civil War the number of divorces was very small. A divorce case was the occasion for columns in the secular papers. In some of the States there was no provision for divorce. In others it oould be obtained only by application to the Legislature. But lax laws have been enacted, and this evil has been fostered until now there are probably twenty or thirty thousand divorces granted every year; that many families destroyed; that many homes ruined, under the forms of law every year, In this country. During the thirty-two years from 1869 to 1901 less than three hundred divorces were granted In the Dominion of Canada. During the same porlod, nearly seven hundred thousand ... divorces were granted In the United States. The population of the United States is about fifteen times as great as that of Canada, but the number of divorces has been not fifteen times as large, nor a hundred times as largo, but more than two thousand times as !arge In the United States as in Canada! Two thousand times as many j lMn-Xamllle8 have been destroyed by this Otrl) fmA fhAiioan/^ vfii| WW uuvu^auu uiiuia an many 1 children deprived of the comforts and blessings of a he me, in cur country as in the s'ster nation on the North. The evil has been rapidly increasing for a generation, more rapidly in the Northern than in the Southern States but at a rate that gives grave cause for apprehension. There is not one .of the Southern States, with the ex ception of Virginia and North and * South Carolina, but grants more dl vorces every year than Lngland and Wales united with their thirty-three million population; and in the Northern States, Michigan furnishes six times as many, Ohio eight times as many, and Indiana ten times as many divorces in any/given period as Eng. Wnl/w combined. The Increase lb a few of the States '10 has been as follows: The number of divorces granted, inoreased in New Hampshire from 136 in 18(17 to 436 In 1809. Ohio from 901 In 18G7 to 3,217 in 1900. Indiana from 1,096 In 1867 to 4,699 In 1900. Pennsylvania from 676 in 1867 to 2,889 in 1886. Illinois from 1,071 in 1867 to 2,606 In IGBfl au x uu\Ji Alabama from 78 Id 1867 to G62 In 1886. Arkansas from 121 In 1807 to 046 In 1886. Kentucky from 292 In 1867 to 757 In 1886. Mississippi from 49 In 1807 to 504 Til 1886. North Carolina from 21 In 1807 to 163 In 1886. Tennessee from 287 in 1807 to 801 In 1880. Texas from 91 In 1807 to 1,320 In 1886. Virginia from 90 In 1867 to 238 in 1886. In eight States reporting statistics, the proportion of divorces to marriage In 1002, was as follows: In Massachusetts 1 divorce to 10 marriages. Michigan 1 divorce to 11 marriages. Vermont 1 divorce to 10 marriages. Ohio 1 divorce to 8.8 marriages, i New Hampshire 1 divorce to 8 3 ***-Arriagos. Rhode Island 1 divorce to 8 marries. ^Indiana 1 divorce to 7.6 marriages. \KmIna 1 Hlvnirna ts\ C mcrrlam a Id these States there has been a rapid inorease in the number of divorces duilng the decade, and this is probably true of the country at large. South Carolina is the only State l that does not allow divorces. She ' has no divorce law, and will not allow them for any cause. Suoh are some of the facts In refer* enoe to the oondltlon of our country ?a fearful prevalence of murder, suloides and divorces -and an In # crease from year to year in the number of each which, if not ohecked, Israelii be ruinous in its effects. The ,nd remedy will come when the consclen ,y (oesoitne people are aroused, and a ioloPQbllc sentiment is created that will ronrtrlr# and eoforoe better laws than we n thoe'have. There are about twentyr five different grounds upon which a < m ditoroe is granted in one or another States. In forty-eight out of belibe fifty one States and Territories , i "assertion by one party or the other , for six months or a year or a longer , period Is a good ground for divorce. | One of our exchanges tells of the fol- , lowing incident 1 , "A member of the Philadelphia Bar , Association was recently consulted by ) T- v> woman who asked how long it would i take to obtain a divorce. He Informed , her that in the present state of the i calendar he thought that ten months j would bo sufficient. 1 'Impossible, said she. 'I wish to L> be married again tonight.'" lav., "Recently another lawyer was ask- . Augusts he could not hurry a'ong the i brewer, ay idecree, ss preparations i ' ?.% * her second marriage, and that unless the decree were signed It would be very Inconvenient (or her, as the supper for a second wedding had been ordered." And suoh Is the state of public sentiment when these women have obtained a legal separation, there are ministers who will sanction and endorse there action as right by marrying them again, there arc thousands In and out of the Church who will recognize them as respectable. Their social standing In many communities would not be compromised. The great truth Is lost sight o^ by the present age, that marriage Is not an institution created by the State. It was ordained of Ood In the Garden of Kden. The law of Its perpetuity was laid down and enforced by Christ. Legislatures have no powe* to add to or modify God's laws., Only on the ground named in tho Bible can the marriage relation be dissolved without violating the laws of God. Another great truth Is that there is far more involved In the granting of a divorce than the comfort or happiness of the husband and the wife. The divorce of the parents Is often the ruin of the children. It deprives them of the father's eare, or of the mother's love, and Its effect on them Is harm ful. But the evil Is greater than this. Lhstroy the family, and you sweep away one of the props on which both Church and State rest. It Is .a step, a long step, in the direction of auarchy. Society can survive the destruction of the State, but it cannot survive the destruction of the family. The Church can survive the destruction of the State, but it cannot survive the destruct on of the family. The family Is the unit, and It is the foundation of society, and of the Church and of the State. Destroy the family, aud serious injury is Inflicted on all that Is good. ir the Church would refuse to recognize &e in good standing those who had been unlawfully divorced?if ministers of the gospel would refuse to marry them?If public sentiment would emphasize their reproach, this great evil would be checked. We call it an evil. Is it not a crime? And ought not the civil law so to regard it? If it be a felony for a burglar to rob a homo of a hundred dollars, lb it not a more serious otTense for one of both of those whose duty it so to pro teot and guard it, to prove false to their trust and destroy it? Should not the civil court take cognizance of the fact that whenever a family is destroyed, somebody has committed a serious ofTeusd in causing its destruc tlon? Should it not at the time of granting the divorce, decide also who is the party whose fault makes it necessary, and indict a penalty on the offender commensurate with the offense? We think the tide is turning, and that there is some improvement in the morals of the land. There are not quite as many homicides now as there were eight years ago. There are aim ' smyptoms of Improvement in the matter of divorces in the last live or ten years. And there is increasing spiritual power in the churches. With the outpouring of the Holy Spirit th t many are praying for, will come a change that will correct many existing evils, and It Is rrom this source that the remedy Is to be expected. A SIKANGJ4 UAbE. A Hard warn Store Found In a Young Man's .Stomach. A dispatch from Jackson, Miss., says four years ago a young man, 19 years of age, was snt from Jones county to the asylum and placed in charge of l)r. Buohauan. He set mod to he broken down and suffering from iome strange malady, a wasting kind of disease. In cour.se of time the hos pltal authorities began to treat him for consumption. It was noticed that he had a mania for eating piaster olf the walls of the building, wherefore he was confined in one of the wards. A few nights since he ate a hearty supper and retired, but in a short while called for water. The water was supplied, and half an hour later the attendant went, after the bucket and found the man dead. An autopsy was held and the physi clans found: Six brass wrenches, such as used on water faucets; ten brass and Iron screws, eight iron and brass nuts, eight iron and brass washers, ten pieces of bent wire, seventy-five Iron and steel nails, some three inches long; fifty-three brass pins, five keys, forty nine pieces of tin, one 10 cent piece, one penny, one glass bottle stopper, and a miscellaneous collection of bits of glass, which semed to have been chewed up. There were also enough collar buttons and buttons of other varieties to have stocked a haberdasher's store, rocks, pebbles, crockery and other articles too uuraer- I ous to mention, and all of which was < encased in plaster and cement. 1 The case is the most remaikable that has ever developed In the state < of Mississippi, and the physicians have preserved the stomach to be ex biblted at the medical societies. During his stay of 4 years at the asylum ! the patient did not seem to suffer any pain. The Old Ilattlo FUrh. Governor Heyward has received a letter from a member of the Eleventh South Carolina volunteers, liagood's brigade in reference to a eaptured ilag of the company, which will be among those to be returned to the state by the war department. The wi Iter as a survivor asks that the Hag be presented to the remaining survivors of the company, wh(se ranks, he says, are being rapidly depleted by death. It has not been decided what will be done with the state Hags when they are received, but the supposition has been that they would le retained by the state as historical relics. Until their disposition is decided Governor Heyward cannot reply definitely to several requests of a similar oharac ter he has received. ? Murder end Mutolde. h Mrs. Isaao A brains, aged 60 years, was beaten to death, and Mrs. Sadie Chatham, aged 30 years, her daugh- j, ter, was fatally injured by the younger c woman's husband, John E. Chatham, t 36 years old, a prominent druggist of ^ Chester, Pa. After murderously as- 2 vaulting the women, Chatham at- a tempted to kill bis one year old child, p ind then shot himself in the head ? with a revolver, dying later at a hos- (j pltal. The baby's head was grazed 0 by a bullet and one of its ears was a badly laeerated, but the little one is n not seriously hurt. The weapon used by Chatham upon his wife and mother In-law was a hammer. 1 C A Fatal Jump. ^ Jno. E. MoCracken of Conway a lumped from an Atlantic Coast Line f< brain near St. Stephens on Monday h night of last week and was killed. It tl In not known why he jumped. n v : a A BRIGHT 'OUTLOOK - i For the 8noceu oi the Fouthern Farmer* Cotton Aiaociation. p c C President Hmlth Bay* the Farmer* ^ t and Business Men Generally Will j Stand lioyally to the Movement. The Columbia State says Mr. E. D. Smith, fijld agent ot the Southern Cotton association, was in Columbia Tuesday of last week after a week's campaigning in Georgia. He visited Augusta, Columbus and Macon in Georgia and Opelika, Ala., where he spoke* to a crowd. Monday he spent at Union and twice addressed crowds whloh overflowed the court house?farmers in the morning aud business men at night. They all e xpressed deep Interest and be is satisfied that Union will contribute liberally to the support of the movement. In an interview with Mr. Smith, he said to a reporter of The State: "As a result of my trip I am more enthusiastic than ever over the prospeot of success. Every State In the cotton belt east of the Mississippi river is hard at work perfecting its organization, getting tho pledges signed, collecting funds to defray the expenses cf the local and general organizations. "All olasses of business are co-opcratlng enthusiastically: "1 find that South Carolina has the proper spirit, but it is not general enough. I want to call upon every county, where It has not been done, uu uau a, meeting immediately or the i executive committee and appoint an organizer for the county at large ami two men from each township as j pledge takers, the organizer to tlx . dates at once where he may meet the , people of the township to Instruct J them as to the gem ml purposes of the ( organization; the pledge takors to , visit every farm and secure the pledges , of those who have not yet signed, and to take the names of those who are not signing and to push this work vigorously from now until the time for planting. . "If time permitted I would write a personal letter to the presidents of the 1 several counties In the States, but as 1 ray time is ho taken up and the time } for action is so short, 1 have to use the newspapers to reach the people In time ? "There is a general Impression abroad that the west Is not standing 1 by the organization, hut has turned J Its cotton loose. According to Infor- ; mation received from the best sources available to us, these receipts indl- * cate co'ton shipped to the ports to be \ compressed and warehoused and not ' for sale. "There Is a movement in every ' State to prepare for taking care of < the cotton locally by building warehouses according to the standard < warehouse system. These warehouses ' will not cost more thau $1,260 to < $1,500 If the waie room is sufficiently ' large to hold from 1,000 to 1,200 ' bales. 1 "Water by a system of forced < pumps and tanks can be secured, and i the maximum rate of insurance can ' be had on this cotton so stored at 50 1 cents per $100 worth. The different < States are taking up this question and < are rapidly perfecting ample room for 1 taking care of their cotton locally 1 through this system. This Is our i ultimate salvation. '< "The wheat growers of the west I never won their light until they had j completed their system of organizing, placed their wheat In them and secured loans to meet their pressing needs, < and sold to the world at large their i wheat whenever the purchasing world ' was forced to give them the price that r they demanded. > "I hope that every county in the ' State, and every locality shipping from 1,000 bales and above, will take I this matter up at once and begin to ' place themselves In a position where 1 they can store their cotton, and rapid- < ly borrow money at the lowcat rate of 1 Interest; and where they can secure ' ttie lowest rate of insurance, and * hence make themselves Independent s of the fluctuations of the market and * possibly so to dispose of their cotton t as the world demands it at the price * they demand. 1 "I wish to state again before c!os- 1 ing this interview that I hope thau * all those who feel so disposed as well t as those appointed by the organlza- * tlon, will take the field, and for the f next 20 days urge upon the farmers the absolute necessity of reducing acreage, and curtailing fertilizers. For their encouragement I will state c that in Alabama a general State or- c ganizer has been appointed at a salary !? of $2,500 per year. lie is aotlvely engaged iu visiting every county of his State with the co-operation of the ? commissioner of agriculture and the v president of the State association as j well as the county organizer. "In Mississippi Gov. Vardaman, Senator Noel and other prominent j, men have taken the tield and are urg- n Ing the work forward. ^ "The newspapers of this State are Q rendering valuable assistance, and we , ire sure that they will oonttnue to t lo so. "Friday the'Holding company' will meet In New Orleans for the purpose ? )? perfecting the final arrangements ,| )y which the spot cotton of those who . iare to contribute can be taken In the >ool; and efforts will be made to con ,rol as far as possible the market for , uch cotton as cannot be held, and K vill not be pooled, but forced upon ? rhe market. ( "Everything now depends upon the ,j armers to stand by their pledges; the nerchants, bankers and corporations f]| ,re doing their part. It remains alone or the farmers to do theirs. If they * ail In this they need not expect nor ni llill tl.n.. -> Ul .... i/iiu; iinTD KI UUIIU bUHVK l/UO &NA18 ' ft nee of the world at large again to lelp them In time of need." a) Marled to Oerth. While seven men were being hoisted n( a the carriage in the Clear Spring ** olllery at west Pittsburg Thursday b* he rope broke and the men were & urled to the bottom, a distanoe of 68 50 feet. All were killed, lmmeditely after the aooldent a rescuing ?|| arty was organized, with J. L Coke, l* eneral manager of the Clear Spring loal company, in charge. The bodies f the seven men were found in a heap m t the bottom of the shaft horribly < langled. Hanged for Mnrdsr. tO At Borne, Qa , Bob Sutherland and ge kmrtney Baker, negroes, were hanged m< Wednesday for murder. Both negroes he lade lengthy speeches from the scaf- of )!d, admitting their guilt. Suther- te ind killed two negroes and wounded 01 hree others at a dance last Christ- po ias. Baker killed his wife. oh GETS GOOD PLACE ( 'rcaident Hoo?eT?lt Appoints Dcui* X oral District Attorney, President Roosevelt has offered the dace of district attorney for the lorthern distrlot of Georgia to F. ? barter Tate, late Democratic con* ;ressman from the ninth Georgia dlsriot. The place pays 95,000 a year, dr. Tate was in conference with the resident Wednesday morning and it a understood that he aceepted the v ipp< intment. E. A. Angler is dts , iflct attorney now, but his term will t loon expire and Mr. Tate will assume f he duties of the office then. v No Southern appointment made j lince Roosevelt has been in the white louse will be more surprising to south- r )rn people than this, unless it Is the c ippotnlmeut of Judge Thomas G. t I ones, a staunch Democrat, as feder- t kl judge for northen distrlot of Ala- c jama. The two appointments are very nuoh on the same order as both the j ippolntecs belong to the Democratic > party and the president pursued the ( lame non-partisan policy In selecting >aoh. The appointment of Mr. Tate, like ' ill at of Judge Jones, shows the presl- j lent in a favorable attitude towards } tihe south, since the selection uti- , loubtedly will meet with tlie cordial , ipproval of those whom it affeots. In the fitness of Mr. Tate for the j position and in the non party spirit in which the appointments is made the { president has struck a cord that will ( most assuredly find a hearty reception In ttic whole south as well as in the ( Rate of Georgia. It has been known ( In official circles, here for somo time fiat the president desired to have the , government in some way retain the , lervices of Mr. Tate whom he regards ( is one of the ablest public servants in | Washington life. It has been the ^ Roosevelt policy to keep an eye out , Tor good men retlreing from congress j ind as soon as it became known last , pear that Mr. Tate had been defeat- , jo ny Mr. Hell Tor renomlnatlon In his ] llstrlct, the president took up the ' natter of sel< cting a place which ( night prove acceptable to him. Sto?lliiK> Pure aiul Hlmplo. Hy a vote of nluety to eighty the National House of Representatives on , Friday voted Itself and the senate j M90 000 mileage for the extra session i >f congress held In November, 1903, 1 ind perpetrated what Is described by j eadlng members of congress as "petty i jheft," but what Is stealing, pure and | ilmple. Mileage is allowed to mem- < jers of congres at the rate of twenty 1 ;ents a mile going to Washington and l eturning home. They are supoosed 1 y> get this mileage for each session. The extra session of congress, held In < L903, ended the same moment the reg I ?u'ar session begun. There was no 1 nterlm and none of the members who l roted himself mileage actually took 1 i-he Journey. The members did not 1 jven leave their seats. ' When an effort was made to put an ' sxtra mileage bill through at the tlrst 5 regular session, the newspapers dis- 1 ju sod the matter so severely that ' the movement became unpopular, and 1 when the bill was called up a mem- I ber called for the yeas and nays, and 1 there was a stampede to the cloak 1 room. Practically no member was 1 willing to step Into the open and vote * Tor the grab. When Mr. Sherman Dflertd his amendment to the general ' it tlclency bill In committee of the ( whole, It was opp wed by Mr. Underwot d, of Alabama, who was mainly 1 n sponsible for deb ating It a year I (go. He was assisted by Mr. Little- ( Held, of Maine; Mr. Dearm ?nd. of 1 Missouri, and Mr. Baker, of New s York. ( Mr. Underwood said that If this s intendment passed the members * would be collecting twenty cents a 1 nlle for a trip they had never taken. * They had not left the capital city and 1 tot even the floor of the house. Mr. ' llaker denounced the amendment as a 1 'grab," and taunted the Republicans 1 jy declaring no Republican would dare 1 ;o defend the steal. This brought i Mr. Sherman to his feet, with the ieclaration that the amendment had 1 )een adjudged right and proper by * wo eminent members of the house, c icting as speaker, on previous occa- N ilons. A vote was taken by tellers * ind the amendment was passed by 69 c x) 49. Mr. Underwood called for the 1 tyes and noes when the bill was re * >orted to the house, and the amend- ( nent was sustained by a vote of 90 to * 50." We have not seen the vote on a he steal, but we feel satisfied that % io member from this State voted f or It. c Cotton KatliuftteH. ( The Idea of issuing semi-monthly e otton estimates, instead of monthly ti 8tlmates, by the agricultural depart- L nent, has again been rejected by the c tepubllcan majority In the national v louse of representatives. The senate f ommlttee was favorable to the fi lange, but the house members, at c he instance chiefly of Statistician h lyde, of the agricultural department, b /orked its death. h Mr. Hyde's chief objection to the s isuancc of semi-monthly cotton cstl- if aates, it appears, is the fact that b hey will cost the government some aoney, wherers the data upon which cl he present guesses are based is ob- F ained free from volunteers. That, f he has not been misquoted, is his rofessed reason for not wishing for a hange. The Atlanta Journal voices " he sentiments of every right think- b ig man when it says: tx "But suppose it does cost the gov- ol rnment money to maintain a depend- t< ble system of collecting information, ei verythlng useful must be paid for. P' /e don't exactly follow the argument fc f the statist iclan to the effect that K< he present system costs nothing, for N irtalnly it takes up the time of the fr ^tmrbinerib oicrKH even to make n< mssos at the crop. But even if It w >sts the government nothing. It has la roved itself to be a mighty expensive cr rstem to the planters on numerous T sessions, and an exceedingly unroll- ar ale system always. o* "If the department cannot get the Is ;cessary money to maintain a ays nc im that Is worth something, It would is ) better not to lasueestimates at all. wl jrtalnly in that manner the inter- th ts of the cotton planters would not st 5 injured, and the department ofti- ly als would not have to suffer under 1U le general belief that they Insist on to le retention of the system of monthestimates In the Interests of the arket gamblers.'' Dorteljrou lteaigna Chairmanship. to George B. Oortelyou Wednesday wi ok the oath of office as postmaster Ft meral. At the conclusion of the cere- T1 ony he announoed that in a few days fr< > will retire from the chairmanship th the Republican national oommlt- ba e. He will be succeeded by Vioe dr talrman Harry S. New, of Indiana- Oa lis, who will beoome the acting An airman of the oommlttee. cn X1TT0N WAREHOUSES lecommended to K? Erected in All Communities. 'Mr? Proof Houses Will Enable the Farmer? to Plaoe Cotton in Negotiable Form. At a meeting of the committee oo rarehouses of the South Carolina dlIslou of the Southern Cotton aasoclaIon held in Columbia Tuesday, the ollowlng resolution was adopted inanlmously, on motion of Capt. W. B. Burnett of Spartanburg: "That it Is the sense of this comnittee that we recommend to every ommunlty in South Carolina where >he necessity for warehouses exist to mild these warehouses through their iwn efforts or by outside assistance if referred, or if possible to attain .hem at a cost of from $800 to $1,200 vith a storage capacity, respectively >f from 500 to 1,000 bales of cotton." The Columbia State says this Is iractlcally a "call to arms," for wlth)ut warehouses it will be wellnigb mp sslble for the farmers to win, md to ktep won, the tight which ihey dow have well In hand. The narket Is now showlug the effect of .ho tight the farmers have been makng to hold their cot to i for better >rlces. Advices from Liverpool are the effect that Eugllsh manufacturers are organizing to protect them(elves against 15 cent cotton, for they jonlldently expect the market to goto that tlguro. At very generous esti mates thcro were 12,000,000 bales 'aised In tlie south last year, and notwlthsthandlug the cry of "overpro iuotlon" this is said to be 1,000 ooo oalts short of what the demand will oe, for the Egyptian crop is reported v failure and the India crop will be lttle better. If such is the case, md these are the advices which the jotton association has received from luthentic sources, all the cotton farmers of the southern States must io Is to hold what they have. It was developed at the meeting that If the farmers In dllferent com munitles iu the State will take the proper amount of Interest in building warehouses, it will be possible to make irrangements whereby the funds subscribed locally will be augmentsd by the same amount by capitalists who ire interested in tills great movement. The entire committee was present, M? ssrs. E. W. Robertson, Columbia; Leroy Springs, Lancaster; W. E. Burnett, Spartanburg; B. liar rls, Pendleton; T. B. Stackhouse, 1)11on; L. W. You mans, Kairfax. Mr. Stackbouse and others of the jommitt' C expressed the belief that there would be many warehouses yult, and that the movement should ne started at once in order to get the pulldings ready for occupancy by the time the new crop comis in. Archi tects and contractors were consulted is to the cost of erecting warehouses ind the information ncived was very satisfactory, for It showed that the cost is not prohibitive, and that ilmost uny community which has the progressive spirit can raise enough money to build a warehouse which will accommodate all the cotton 'alsed iu that neighborhood, or at cast all of the surplus cottou. On motion cf Col. Leroy Springs of r.QnoQatA* ?*? - uiltllVlVOULi 1 UUU 1U1 luwmg was udjpl;d unanimously: "That we urge upon the farmers jhe Importance of storing their cotton promptly on being ginned in thestan1ard warehouses where they can get negotiable warehouse receipts, thus laving it from loss in weight and lamage and putting it in negotiable ihape so that they will not be forced ;o sell only at their own pleasure, as t has been demonstrated by the ac ion of the New Orleans convention -hat reasonable prices can be maintained irrespective of the size of ,ho crop by the judicious marceting of the cotton, which can only no accomplished by the effective varehouse system." Mr. E. 1). Smith, president of the Hate division of the cotton assocla-ion, was present by invitation and >ffercd the following suggestion, which vas adopted in the form of a resolu -lon: "That any information as to -onstruction or outside assistance can )C obtained by communicating with j he Columbia otllee of the Southern Cotton association. That a copy of -hese resolutions be tiled In this office md that a copy he given to the press vlth the request that all county pa>ers publish them." Mr. E Q. Seibels, as an insurance xpert, told the committee, bv Invlta ion, what requirements will be necssary to make a warehouse wellnlgh ireproof and an acceptable risk. Mr. I C. Wilson stated, as an architect ailed in by invitation, that thcae warehouses could be built 40 by IOC eet with grave) roof and best pattern or $1,200, the sprinkler system to ost about 25 peroent. more. Such a louse would have a capacity of 1,000 ales. A 500-bale capacity wareouse could be built for $800. If forage for any more than 1,000 bales \ required separate warehouses should e built. Mr. E. W. Robertson was elected hairman of the committee and Mr. '. H. Weston secretary. Monnxltc in Greenville County, Monazite in large quantities has een discovered in the creeks and ranches around Lennerman in Grove twnsbip, Greenville county, and tons f the mineral is being taken out aud isted. The analys s by reliable min-aloglsts show a vory large per cent, ure monazite iu tbc samples sent ir analytical purposes, and a trace of 1 )ld is found In every sample. A 1 ow York concern has secured rights , Om mOSt, of thn lonH v><v iuuu unur;in III I;Ilttt | jlnhborhood to mine the mineral j herever traces are found, and the nd owners get 15 a ton for the ude ore when taken from the mine, his royalty is paid for unmined ore. ' id It will thus be seen the land vner where any quantity is secured extremely fortunate, as he Is pot to ] > expense whatever, and the mineral j found only in branches and marshes j here the land is unlit for oultiva- j an. Monazlte is worth In a refined j ate ab< ut 11,000 a ton, and is large- t used In the manufacture of arc ] ;ht8, In combination with carbons j r wicks. Four Killed. j By the breaking of a cable In the irewsburg coal mine, near Charlesn, W. Va., Wednesday, four miners i ire killed and ten seriously hurt. . >ur of the injured will probably die " iree cars were conveying miners )m work when a cable parted and e oars were precipitated to the se of the mountain, sixteen hum ed feet, with lightning rapidity. >rs and tipple were badly wrecked d a number of miners frightfully ashed. TEe Old Stando Grove's T has st>ood the te: over One and a Hi of merit, appeal t>c 1 Enclosed with every bottle is INTERESTING DATA. Copulation of Kaoh State When Admitted to the Union. Does population make a state? What are the great essentials of statehood? These are the questions, which, according to the Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, are being discussed in the senate. Tills correspondent says that the population of each of the original thirteen colonhs when the union was formed was as follows: Connecticut, 237,946; D daware, 59 096; Georgia, 82,648; Maryland, 319,728; Massachu setts, 378 787; New Hampshire, 141,845; New Jersey, 184,139; New York, 340,120; North Carolina, 393,751; ' Pennsylvania, 434,373; Rhode Island, 68,825; South Carolina, 24,073; Virginia, 747,610. The population of other territories at the time they became states and the dates of - their admission to the union was as foil >ws: ' Vermont, March 4, 1791, 85,425; Kentucky, March 4, 1794, 73,677; Tennessee, ' May, 1796, 60,000; Oiilo, November, 29, 1802, 42 366, Louisiana, April 12, 1812, 76.606; Indiana, Deo. 11, 1816. 24 520-. MlftKlHHlnnl in imi ? 148; Illinois, Dec. 3, 1818, 63,211: Alabama, Deo. 14. 1810, 127,001; Maine, March 15, 1820. 298,336; Mis ?ourl, August 10, 1821, 00,586; Ar kansas, June 16, 1830, 62 240; Mlchl Kan, Jan. 20, 1837, 160,000; Fioridh March 3, 1845, 72,000; Iowa, Deo 28, 1846, 153,000; Wisconsin, March 3 < 1848, 300 000; California, Sept. 9, 1850, 92 627; Minnesota, May 11,1858. 172,053; Texas, March 1, 1845, 150,- , 000; Oregon, Feb. 12, 1859, 62,466 Kansas, April 13, 1859, 107,206; Wes! , Virginia, Jan. 19, 1863, 110,000; Nevada, Oct. 31, 1864, 42 191; Nc- | braska, March 1, 1867, 123 993; Colo rado, July 4, 1876, 135,000; North Dakota, June 2, 1889, 182 719; S >uth Dakota, June 2, 1889 328 808; Mon tana, Nov. 8, 1889, 132,159; Washington, Nov 11, 1889, 340.390; Idaho, July 3, 1890, 82,386; Wyoming, July II, 1890, 60,703; Utah, July 4, 1896, 276,746." Night Prowling Thieves. Croup and Whooping Cough come like a thief in the night, stealing in to fasten the fangs of mortal disease upon the children as they peacefully sleep in tlieir little bods. Kennedy's Laxative lloney and Tar, the new discovery for Coughs and Colds, will drive out these death-dealing demons before the doetor can arrive. It protects the lives and health of the little ones. Contains no opiates. Keep it handy I Dr. E. Norton. 1 An Old Woman. "Aunt" Charity, a colored woman reputed to bo llOjears old, died in Uuion county on Sunday of last week. She had belonged to the Worthy family for generations, and her age is pretty well authenticated. ( Ilv t Im Tout n Knu I The pills that act sis a tonic, and 1 not as a darstic purge. arc I)e Witt's Little Early Risers. They cure Head- i ache, Constipation, Hilliousness, etc. Early Risers are small, easy to take and easy to act?a safe pill. Mack Hamilton, hotel clerk at Vallay City, N.I)., says: "Two bottles cured me of chronic constipation." Sold by Dr. K. Norton. Fatal Hot -I Ftro. At Island Falls, Me., fire late Friday night destroyed the Woodsmen's hotel. The three year-old daughter of Luther Hall, proprL'^or, was burn ed to death and three others are believed to be lost. Hall, the father was so badly burned In trying to save his child that he is not expected to recover. A DoHtruoMTi) I'lro. To draw the fire out of a burn, or heal a cut without leaving a scar, use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A specific for piles. Get the genuine. J. L. Tucker, editor of the Harmonizer, Centre, Ala, writes: "I have used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve in my family for Piles, cuts and burns. It is the best salve on the market. Every family should keep it on hand." Sold by Dr. K. Norton. IMoanmnt aiul HarmlcHn. Don't drug the stomach to cure a cough. One Minute Cough Cure cuts the mucus, draws the Inflammation out of the t hroat, lungs and bronchial tubes, heals, soothes and cures. A quick cure for Croup and Whooping Cough. Sold by Dr. K. Norton FSED. SmvEr Attorney and Counsellor at Law, conwajtjl^C LEARN TELEGRAPHY And R. R. AGENCY?We alto t a!n you for TheU. ?. SIGNAL COUPS. School o,t-.blitdiod 17 yo?rs. Cm*ad board, low tui ion, and Our Plan INSURES p sition. Cat-.l >gue ftco. OA. TELEGRAPH COLLEGIA. Boaoia, Ga. The Canning Business. " Reduce your cotton acreage, and Increase your Income by putting In a jj small canning plant. I Large protlts In canning all kinds of * fruits, vegetables, berries, etc. A card to us will hrlrur vnn rlnoirorl Infarmn - O / X4V/.TII V\4 HUVIIUtt" Lion. Hanky Oannku Co., Chapel Hill, N. C. f Conw ay-Seashore R RN DAILY 80BXDULK. ^ Li Myrtle Beaeh 1 a .a It Conway 7:40 a..m c' Lt Conway 9:60 a. m *J Ir Myrtla Beaeh 9:46 a. m Pf hi Myrtle Beach 1:30 p m th ir Conway 1:16 p. m 0? L?v (Xmway 6:10 p. m p ir Myrt e Beach 6:10 p. m v RIBTscarbroi]^ s COJTWAY, S. O., " ITTORNBY AT LAW [ To Cur I Take Laxative Brom< - ? 1 ?? . ird asteless CI ?t> 25 years. Avei alf Million bottles. > you ? No Cure t a Ten Cent Package of GROVE'S BLA ! The Guinard COlvlIMU X Manufacturers Hrlck, Fire Proof X Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prt or millions. SSmMULFYi That is exactly what it *i. aFi day at the State Fair showing its tir Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M property should have them. For sa COLUMBIA SI CoUimbla. ^ O Th? ma Southeastern Lira CHARLES"! Building Material of all kii "KUBEROID." 1 tiisko | Morphine | (Jlgaret 'ablt, I Habit | Habit Cured by Keeley I 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Oolu ?noe solicited. liolp ttio TenknlH, ? The Southern Cutton association of [*eori/la nnuprl ? n u .intiAn <? > n-_ , M *xu UUVIVII IU lllt'll convention last week In wblch all landlords are "earnestly requested U contract with their tenants for a reluctlon of 25 per cent In the amount f lint cotton charged as rent, per1 plow, and agree to take the difference In rent between reduction in lint cotton and total amount charged in corn, peas wheat, oats or other farm products; provi led said tenants sign the pledge to reduce acreage and guano 25 per cent for 1905." In commenting n this resolution the Atlanta Journal very truly says "it Is more to the advantage of the owner to get a smaler quantity of cotton, as rent, for whloh he can get good pridfcs, than a larger quantity which will bring scarcely anything in the market. If this resolution is religiously ac ed upon throughout the cotton country, It will also result in that other great desideratum, a diversity of crops. In a great degree the success of the program mapped out hy the cotton asFO elation depends upon the co-operation of the landlords. They can not only use their Influence toward obtaining a reduction of the crop, but they can a'so make It possible for the renters to hold their cotton for good prices, thereby contributing to their own prosperity quite as much rs to that of their renters." We ommend the action of the Georgia convention to all landlords. The plan suggested Is the only one on which the renters can assist in the great tight to maintain a living price for cotton. | Mies. AgnesWestl?y | | 816 Wei Is 9tr??t 1 Marlnetts.Wl* J I 816 Wells Street, Marinkttii, Wis., Sept. 28,4908. H f was nil run down from nervous ness and overwork and had to resign I : my position and tako a rest. I I found that I was not gaining ray I strength and health as fast as 1 B ooula wish, and as your Wine of M Cardul was rocommendod as such a H good medicine for the ills of our sex, I bought a bottlo and began usim? it. 1 was satisfied with the results from the use of the first bottlo, and took three more and then H , found I was restored to good health I , and strength and able to tako up my work with renowed vigor. I H 1 consider it a fine tonio and excellent far worn-out, nervous condition, and am pleased to endorse it. , AGNKS WESTLET, ? S*o*jr, North Wlsoonaln IIolUiul Society. H , Secure a $1.00 bottle of Wine of I ; Cardui and a 28c. package of I I Thedford's Black-Draught today. H wiwe^oTTardui I ! OeWITT'S j WITCH HAZEL '< 5 ALVE,: THE ORIGINAL. i W$D Known Cure for Pflet. 1 araa abattnata wot**. shappad hands, ?o> \ IIH. rtla dlUMI Makas burnt and aoalda I dnlaas. Wa oould not Improvs tha quality f paid doubts tha piioa. Tha bast ?alva % at sxpsrlscoa oaa produoa or that mono/ d a buy. J ures Piles Permanently ! DaWltt'a la tho ortrlnal and only pura and 9 mutna Witch HazslSalvs mada. Look for f a nama Da WITT on avery box. All otbsc* q a oauatarfelt. raarAiiaDrr B. O. Da WITT A CO.* CHICAGO. I Dr. K. N >rbon. i e a Cold in One 5 Quinine Tablets. f tha. This signature, ^ ' / a lill Tonic age annual sales! Does t>his record E , No Pay. 50c. I CK ROOT LIVER MLLS. J 1, . 1 . , i Brick WorksT! I . o Terra *Cotta building blocks, for spared to till orders for thousands ? % > ei! kilfyre:te"or" re Killer. 1); u ) Htratlolrces e fighting qualities. Ill, Olunory and any orv%|v; -< ? le by \y ^ 1JPPLY CO.- i rdiinerv Supply liouw* o e & Cement Co. ON, 8. C. ids. High Grade Roofing Write for prices. A. 11 Drug and Tobaooo Habits. Institute, of O imbla, S. V. Centidentlal oorrespon MENnWDITR TO ? . .a4i 1 fi >\? > M V/ l)R. 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Ho haa cured patients scattered all over this country, whom lie has never seen, whose diseases he waa able to cure by a system which he has for curing the altlicted at a distance, and if you are suffering from any disease peculiar to your sex, or any other disease of a chronic or lingering nature, such as Stricture, Varicocele, Norvoiih Do ility, Lessor Manhood, Blood Poiaoa (Syphilis), Kidney and Bladder Complaints, Ithouniatism, Diseases of tho Heart ami Liver, etc., you should immediately writ* this great specialist, and lot hiin oxplain to you iust what is tho rature of your trouble and just what to do for roliof. lie will ooun- ^ Bel and advise you for nothing?advice that is baaed on 25 years of actual experience. A great many men make the mistake of their lives by plucing their cases with their local physician, for tho averago practitioner no matter how competent ho may be, has not had tho experience necessary to successfully treat such delicate diseases. 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