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. ^ otJlLfcflt j " ^ ! Described by a Reformed Yegg- 1 man in His Testimony AGAINST HIS PALS, He Say? that South Carolina is an Easy Proposition for Professional Bur* glars. Says Cracking Safes in this State Is Just Like Finding Money. "South Carolina's the easiest State to operate In," said John McCarthy, alias John O. Dandrell, the reformed yeggman, who lias been given a short respite from the Vermont State periltehtiary to come to Charleston as a States witness to testify in the safe blowlc\f>iifid postofflce robbery cases hu4Ts?etik in the United States circuit the remark being made In prefacing a description of the manner in which the yrgg nen do their work. During the past three or four years there have been made robberies of , safes and vaults in postotllcts and ' banks in South Carolina, and McCarthy was probably telling the truth, when he made the plain and candid statement, the corroboration of the many witnesses to his testimony in the robbery oases, during the past u/nolr hnvlni/ shnuin H\o? ?/.?v ?? II VI If* V vilb IOIVI l*Jed yeggman can tell the truth and really seems desirous of making a clean breast of his past and starting life anew. McCarthy has operated In many States in the Union, including the distant California, Mexico, Art /. ma, as well t s the States along the Atlantic seaboard, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont, his robbery of a bank at New fane, in the last named State a few months ago, result!i g In his conviction and a sentence of a term of seven years In the pentiary at Windsor. His testimony on this point is certainly competent, and It m ght be better classed as "expert" testimony. The statement that South Carolina Is an easy maik?"it's just like tiud ing money," as McCarthy went on to explain?Is not through any kick of eillclcncy In the (are of postolllces and bank vaults In this Siate, but became of the sparsely settled condition com paratively speaking, and the "open character of the country," which enables the yepgmen to easily make their escape, alter a "j ?b," as the op eratlon of breakh g ai d robbing safes is termed. In the more thickly settled communities of the North and West, the robbeis run greater chances r\t urreut u uiwl uihan t hno hnrl ??r* a?uh V? Ui ?VOVWt WIIV4 "1IUI1 VII UUU Ull Danjf | mark they n&tuially work it,and tills In why there have been so many safes blown and robbed In South Carolina during the past few years, and It fur ther accounts for eleven men no* serving terms in the Federal prison ai Atlanta, sent up by Po-doMce lnspec tor Gregory and the other lynx-eyed detectives of the Postoltlce Deptrt ment, with the certainty that the number will be increased by several more convicts, as a result of the present term of the circuit court. "The iirst thing we do when we reach our base of operations," sail McCarthy, "is to secure a Cram's map, giving the names and location of banks in our vicinity, for wo alway?. try to proceed intelligently in our woik, and the banks are more invlt lug than postotllces. A job is usually done by four men, although some times there may be three, but four at least faqjfrjpostmeeessary for a success ful operation. When we secure the map, we study the railroad time ta bles and the general topograpical fea tures of the immediate section. We select the bank and one or more of t iia irann uiill ttf\ 'oAr mfr.iurr' t r\ e oa niu 51*115 fsu ovviuwii g tvy nuc uuai the job can be safely pulled olT. The police protection of the town Is invts Heated, and attention Is given to the movements of trains and general avenues of escape, as well as a place where we may safely meet before beginning work. A man will go Into the bank or post< tllce to have a bill ohanged that he might survey the lo cation of things and as the 'scouting' is a most Important part of the job, it Is always carefully attended to, "~~^?4K)me times two or three days being devotB^to this work. The scout returns to the base, and acquaints the party of his Investigation, and if his report is favorable, a time is then iixed for the job and arrangements made accordingly. "The preparations of the nltro glycerine is a matter of the first concern, of oourae, and let me fay r ght here, It makes a man awfully sick to handle It, even carrying it in a grip. Tho fumes will turn a man's stomach, and some times make him sick for two or three days. On account of its dangerous nature, we can't buy it, and we are forced to extract it from dynamite, which we usually steal from a quarry or magazine, near the has? of opeeratlons. We never start out j^b wltto^ess than a pint of the ?' explore, tpr we need a least a quarter or a half pint for a Job. We take about ten sticks, six inches long and a half Incta'in diameter, crumble it in a piece of olotb, and then place it suspended in a can of warm water. We keep constantly renew the warm wa ter. which gives the operation the name of 'cooking the soup.' As the gl}oerlne comes out of the dynamite. It being heavier than the watei, it drops to the bottom of the can, and when we have suftlclcntly extracted the glycerine, we draw < (T the water from above the explosive by means of ^mana 8yrlnKe' The glycerine is then strained for we have to get out all that ot du8t? in <>?der to make It thene eriD hapdhng and abo for belter from fha*"8' whftn we UHe on a 8a'ehavo ah? ? man w11* oarry the bottle of v ^Purine and the tools, which consist ant a',,A few c^es of *oap. drills and 1m domtf nt8' but Kenerally speaking, we t?,n ' not ladon ?ur8?lvt>8 w,t,i tools, for ?ve always find a blacksmith's shop, or a railroad section house at s me dnt d mvenient to the job, which we "^Ere^k open and get the brace, sledge ? hammer and a few ohbels or crowbars to prize the outside door of the . bank or post< fflce and then to operate ' with on the b^nk or vault. wn "In going to the place we all do not T go together. One or two will make nomsome other point nearby, that the susRepplolons of the oonductor and train Irrlaorew may not be exolted. We drop pasi'oflf the train as near t< gether, howin t ever, as we oan and then we make the tur; point of rendezvous, generally In the and woods at some point already agreed leglslaion. Much of our success depends years, dm eluding the railroad people and glon wrn authorities and this is not easy, .mnio inviT W6CK. VX>1. V/. when a train la In charge of such"* \ man as Conductor Blanobard, to whom \ Is more due than any other person 1 that t'ie bank at St. George was not i robbed, as was testified In oourt a few < days ago. wide awake conductor j will come near to putting off our Job at any time. "The time of operating Is between midnight and 2 o'clock In the morn- ; lug.? We time ourselves to begin work about 12 o'oiock. Well, the first thing we do, upon coming from uuder oover ?and by tbe way, we don't bother to dlgulse ourselves with false beards and i all that sort of thing, usually held In , the public miud?is to take a stroll through the streets about the bank or postofilce. We look carefully. It may ( be necessary to catch a watchman, gag him and tie him up, but wa chman like to sleep when everything gets quiet, and things are quiet In the average country town at midnight. We get the tools, and If our keys (lo not fit the locks we then break open the door aud reach the safe or vault. Two men stay on the outside to watch, while the other two, with an electric flash light, or dark lautero, get to work on the safe. The Importance of the men on the outside Is shown by the break ers waiting on their signal for the blowing cf the safe. When the holes have been drilled and prepared for blowing it Is the men on the outside who give the slguol for the act, on the prluclpal that If any bus plolous movement of an officer or uoigobor has been noted, the noise of the explosion may be deferred until things again become quiet. The report of glycerine Is sharp and quick noise which especially commends its use, for hardly does It take place than it Is all over and if it should be heard by anybody In the neighborhood, they soon turn over in their beds and go back to sleep, believing that they dreamt of the report. "A safe Is a 'pete' In the parlance of yeggman. The two men on the In Idc get down on their knees b -fore It and begin work. They thoroughly soap the crevices of the outside dour, and then begin to drill the hole for the cotton, saturated with the glycerine. Tue hole Is drilled between the com-i binatlon and the handle, close to the 3omblnatlon, first with a quarter Inc Jrlll, then, with a five-eight and next with a half-inch drill. Into this hole, Is placed the saturated cotton, con accted with a cap and fuse, which uri neld in place with soap which als leadens the sound. Then, everything Is ready for the signal from the out. dde. It Is given and the exploslor Lakes place in the lock box on the in dde, breaking the lock and sometimes forcing the roor off the hinges. The >peratlou of blowing the safe rcq i . just a certain amount, for a too heav ler charge of glycerine might km ck ( yf the handle and jim the door ano ;-ive trouble. Once the outside door is < IT then the yeggman turn tuelr attention to the inside sheet no r, wtiici Is called the 'kelster' in the languag jf the safe blowers. This is the hard ast door to op.m, and the blowers an some time-i at their wits ends to gei on the inside. A hole Is drilled an the explosive Is Inserted. Another ex plosion takes place, and probably onl> one sheet of metal c >mes off. A boh Is loosened or kuocke I out of place and Into this opening another charge jf glycerine is inserted, and this op eration is continued until the d tor Is tinally dowu and the cash drawer 1 nfll d. "The work of blowing a safe re quires about an hour and a half ami immediately at Its conclusion the gang makes t IT as soon as possitle. W? 'strike acro-s country' unless a convenient freight train passes, nev r, however, dividing the booty until da" light on the next mornli g Some time we have to bury the treasure, or a part of It, and the tools having to bhidden some times, too. When we take the train we never ride more than about twenty live miles, when we then strike across country, putting urther distance between us and our pursuers. In hurrying the tool bag or treasure, we always carefully select < he place, making it easy of finding upon our return. "Dodging bloodhounds is done by attaching a small piece of cloth, sat urated with the oil of mustard to the heels of our shoes. We used to use vat-eline with i( doform, but the trouble about this drug is that we could not get the smell off our clothes when we wanted to do so, so the oil of mustard Is now us d to advantage. In dodging officers'we have a merry time of It some times being often forced to face the music. It all depends upon the character of the man or men at the head of the p: sse." McCarthy could not help but smile as he thought of some town marshals who have stood In doorways when tired upon, and uoon theyrggmen getting out of the way of harm, then firing their guns in the air, making great profession of earnestness and vlgilanoe to hold their Jobs. McCarthy can tell some interesting thing* of what town officers have failed to do, but this is not his business, or in ounuuuu at* bins Lime. There are many other interesting things that McCarthy can tell and did tell to a reporter of Tne Even'ng Post, which would make good newspaper stories, but he is now trying to live down his past and the story of his adventures in many States, with their thrilling episodes and such sidelights as heoan oast upon them, are left unrepor ed at this time. McCarthy has reformed. lie has hopes of making a useful citizen out of himself one of these days. He has been assigned to the shoe manufactory department of his prison, a trade whioh he may follow when he bids farewell to the pris on walls. McCarthy will spend a part of his time In prison, writing a story of his adventures, whioh will be printed in book form, and from the publio interest which attaches to the business of blowing and robbing safes, the book ought to take well In South Carolina The term of seven years is a good long while to spend behind walls of gran ite, but McCarthy seems perfectly resigned to his fate. He is determined to be a better man in the fu'ure, and < having broken off with his associates he is certain to amount to some thing in his remaining days. He is a strong, well built man of twenty five years of age, and *he will leave tho prison at an age when bis faculties ought to be well developed, and ready to en- i gnge in an bonest and honorable vocation, as his whole purpose shows it- < self now. Ills first robbery was at i Norfolk, In July, 1898, and bis last has been committed. McCarthy Is a native of Philadelphia. The names by whioh he is known are his hobo names. He can 1 not say now where he will finally start life anew, but he is bent upon doing better, and he has no fears or doubts that he will succeed in his purpose. J He fears no assault by the men upon whom he has voluntarily turned State's evldenoe, and in this he prob- 1 ably oounts upon the government 1 VU|fl< VUI? M???? 1" About ttic Outlook, jutting msioruioi ?A>ooujy..ww? ' <he prison walls, and trusting tbat ^rey too might make a similar determination to lead a better life and be 1 :ome useful citizens upon being again flven their liberty.?Charleston Post. theTaddist words. / lt?T. Dr. Hlllle' Opinion of Remarks ol Young Rockefeller. In the course of his sermon In Ply 1 mouth church, Brooklyn, recently, 8 the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwlght Hlllis ? referred to the gift of $100,000 made ( by John D. Rockefeller to the Ameri t can Hoard of Foreign Missions, and to \ Mr. Rjokefeller's son. lie said in ( part: \ "The saddest words that have been i written in this generation were spoken ( before Brown university by a young i man who is to inherit one of the l greatest fortunes in this country, t They were spoken in defense of the I trusts. Listen to them: 'The Amerl- | can Beauty rose can be produced in all i Its spleudor only by sacrificing the i early buds that grow up around it.' f The rose has 1,000 buds and in order to produce the American Beauty the t gardener goes around it with a knife 1 and snips 900 in order that all the < strength of the beauty may be forced i Into or.e bloom. In his ec nomlc | argument this young man tells the i working classes brutally that 000 < small business men must be snuffed i out of existence In order that his i American beauty, the trust, may be I produced. Listen to Christ: 'Let the ; strong hear the burdens of the weak;' and again: 'Give and It shall be given unto you.' ' These words in defense of the trusts are the most heartbreaking i things In tire literature lo those who i know what is g ring to come in the < future. Can you wonder that after that, when a man gives gifts, wo have iro gratitude to return?" K UN DEED TTJSARSOIf WEATHER. , Cold Days in Georgia and South Car- 1 olina For a Century Pant. The following Interesting clipping 'n in an old tile, of the Augusta Chronicle sl o<s the cold days in Georgia 1 ind South Carolina for the past one ' undred years. It will be read with 1 Interest: 1 On I ( l-rxi- IrilL J I ? W ioui?ftiucu in may. 1 1810 ?The cold summer. 1 1818?Great drought, cotton U2 cts. per pound. ' 1827-28- Mild winter. Leaves and trn not killed. ' 1830?Great drought. ! 1835?February 7, the cold Satur 1 i ly. ' 1840?"Harrison freshet" in May. ' 1844?Another cold summer. 1849?Great sleet April 15th, kills ! jot ton and corn. 1851?January 21, seond coldest ( day known lu the south. 5 1855?Fine crop year. Hot summer. I860?Largest c >tton crop to that 1 ate. Hot summer. I 1862?Great fruit crop i 1864?Cold summer, no fruits. l 1866 ?II it summer, no fruit. 1867?Great crop and great decline I in p ic s. t 1875- March 20, great cyclone. < 1880?December 30, temperature at I /. ro in Middle Georgia. 1882?Largest oat crop evor made lu Ge rgia; corn and cotton crop 1881 Long fall drought, nearly i three months. 1886?January 8 14, Intense old; Savannah river at Augusta sol.d'.y frozen. i 1887 Hot summer; temperature at < 100 in June and July and heavy rains i 1888- Wet summer; poorest crop 1 year In many years; no fruit; great i freshest in Augusta; September 10th, i /ilgher than ever known. < 1889 ?Frost In upper Georgia, June < 1st, and abnormally cool In southern i parts; drought in May greatly retards crops; much cotton not up June 1C; great peach crop, tlrst In several years. IteileotionB OTA Bachelor. A girl never underestimates the Imnnrhonna f ^ J -0 " -jm|/v> vmiiv/o uii 11iu wurin ui LlilCS, matinees and bonbons. , When a man retires from business to take life easy, he has to get up all J the earlier to pull ills son out of bed. There is something about a wo man's hat that makes a man feel sym < pathy for the Inventor of Hying ma- i chines. You can always convince a woman that it Is more becoming for her to 1 wear her hair the way she does than 1 it would be for anyboJy else. When you hear a man praising his neighbors it's doughnuts to fudge he wants to sell his house. Nothing gives a woman's religion such a jolt as the suggestion that she got the husband heaven really intend- : ed for her. i Now the summer girl will soon begin to freeze on to the reckless youth ' who has a mania for squandering his 1 coin for ice cream. 1 Killed the HhorifT. , Sheriff J. M. Poag of Tate county, t Miss., was shot and killed Wednesday j by eight masked men, names unknown, . who entered the jail and made an in | effectual attempt to liberate James > White, a white prisoner who is to be < placed on trial on a charge of murder. ( One of the invaders was wounded, y They gained an entrance to the jail t before Sheriff Poag was aware of it i Poag ordered them to leave; when f they refused to do so he tired, wound ( ing one man. The others fired on the i sheriff, two bullet* taking effect, one parsing the left lung. Tne men then left, taking their wounded Companion with them. Sheriff Poag died an hour fi later. Pour of the men were arreatod ? later. s Died While Hpoakiiig. ' At Atlanta, Oa., Washington fi D ssauof Macon, one of the most pro- | mlnent members of the Georgia bar, t died Wednesday while addressing the t supreme court of the State. The cause c of the death was apoplexy, which re- a suited fatally within 10 minutes after t he was attacked. Mr. Dessau was t born in Macon in July, 1852. He was t graduated from the University of g Georgia in 1870 and began at once the t study of his profession. He was presl- E dent of the Georgia Bar association H In 1892, a member of the electoral collection In 1883, and was a delegate as large from Georgia to the national Democratic convention in 1888. r Two Minors Found Dead. A special from Gadsden, Ala , says j two miners, Bob Heald and Horace r Williams, were found deatftb a coal t mine near Atalla Wednesday. Fifteen s miners left the mine Tuesday night on E account of bad air, but the two went v back to Investigate and did not re- r turn. It is not known whether they f died from black damp or beoause hot j air was pumped Into the mine. c Uf., n?,.A ...no in tott'K the fl rst l ^ i-k JL ..A ______ 'o Cottoa Farmers to Reduoe Their t Cotton Acreage, knd Have ThemulTM and All Other 0 Business Men from Bank< j ruptey Nest Fall. ? t The recent government report estl- q nating the total ootton yield of laat t reason at 13,597,782 bales should for- ^ sver dissipate any furtive delusions m part of large or small planters t ihat they can play fast and loose with t jhelr restriction determination and * lepend on fate and Sully or any other ? 'actor to beat off a return of the low r price era next fall, says the Atlanta a J institution. Unless we are greatly r mistaken in its gauging of the situa- c hlou, the agricultural interests of the a louth will grasp the full meaning of i bids ominous report and cling to the programme outlined by their state t tnd general organizations as the one i jure rock of safety for the coming t leason. c It is extremely probable that the 1 total crop of 1904 05 will touch four ( teen million bales, with all of the cot- I ton not yet in sight or otherwise unaccounted for. Of this sum a large t proportion will beonsumed, part of i it at fair prices and part at prices i compelled by the bears in the time of | market distress. A large percentage < yf the current crop will likewise be i held over and added to next year's yield, if the present tenacity of the ; farmers continues. 1 If, therefore, the south duplicates < this spring the acreage of last spring, i little imagination Is required to fore- 1 see that calamitous consequence. To ! a degree, of course, the bumper crop of last year was due to abnormal oil- ; matlc conditions, which will hardly be i repeated in their entirety during the i impending season. It is a matter of plain logic, however, to anticipate an- i other overwhelming yield, should i there be no restriction in the 1904 i acreage, even though the meteorolog- | ical conditions of the two seasons j were at radical variance. I For the S3uthcrn farmers to go to i market next fall with a thirteen or even a twelve million bale crop, to < which must be added the one or two i millions admittedly to be carried over, < will be to precipitate, at the very beginning of the marketing season, the disastrous prices which prevailed last i December. Indeed, with unscrupulous i speculators armed by the middle of i lune with the knowledge that tlier?> has been no perceptible decrease in aereige, and wltli the anticipated glut i In the market from the present hold Ing movement, it would be by no means surprising or unnatural if they were able to hammer down prices to a new low-water mark. It is neid ess to enlarge on the meaning of sucn a 3\t;>strophe to every state In the louth. Right now in the thick of the planting season, when they have It In their power to dictate the autumn prices for their product more surely than the most ingenious clique of speculators, they must divest themselves of the fatal delusl >n that somehow, by snnj , unfathomable, mysterious ntcromau- ! cy, they can produce an overwhelming crop and obtain for it the prices paid for a smaller one. , The case is one of plain self-pr. ser vation, the confronting of a proven b mdition, not a casuistio theory. Whether from speculative jugglery, the bona tide laws of supply and de raand or any other agency, the pertintnt, Inescapable fact stands out that a crop even approaching the dimen dons of thecneof last year means low prices and nonnrnnanh SlunOo? tn the farmers and the cotton states generally. This being the case, It is not only the duty, but the Interest, of every cotton farmer t,o reduce his acreage radically, Hinging tinally from him the temptation to do otherwise, Low prices for one planter mean low prices for all, a fact that should secure the universal observation of the restriction propaganda. We have no intention of assuming the hysterical pose of the alarmist. Hut, in common with the most obscure farmer, we cannot view with relish the possibility of a repetition of the old, haggard, low-price years, with private and public ere lit prostrato in many localities, business stagnant and development at a standstill. Yet, in our sincere Judgment, that is one of the risks contingent on the production of another record-breaking crop next year. We cannot believe that the southern farmers, bearing in mind these nightmare possibilities, will deliberately elect to exohange for them the comparative ease and atliuenoo of the last three years. Fatal (Saloon Brawl. Hoy Joyce, a bartender, was killed and John Doyle, one of the proprietors and a waiter, namod Weston, were Injured seriously Thursday in a saloon brawl, on West Thlrty-tirst street, New York. A party of men and women became disorderly and were refused service. They refused to leave and the waiter removed the table. One of the men drew a knlef and began cutting right and left lovce received Injuries, whloh q licky proved mortal. Seventy-tlve persons were In the place. Among those who escaped was the man who did the cutting. William F. Qulncy, one of .he proprietors, and four waiters were irrcsted. All declare they used no weapons, and acted in self defence. The party causing the trouble was Him posed of eight women and two nen who drank champagne freely. ltaoe War In Kaniaa. c A dispatch from Coffeyville, Kan., a iayn a race war has been narrowly \ iverted here as the result of an as e lault by a negro upon Mrs. John Grif- ? 1th (white), wife of a machinist. In d intlclpatlon of a clash the Mayor Is lued a proclamation ordering all citizens to disarm and many special of icers were sworn in. Negroes have >een arming to prevent the lynching v >f any Innocent negro. Wednesday I a\ attempt to disarm a number of f tlacks resulted In a dozen revolvers t icing leveled.at Chief of Police Smith's C lead. Other negroes rushed to the li cene, but a body of whites stopped o hem with leveled rities. There were c nany arrests. Toe negro who asaulted Mrs. Griffith is still at large. Killed in a Ktot. r Five hundred shots were fired and a ' lumber of men were wounded in a : lot, which resulted in the death of }. iwo miners, Silas Haukinen and John j Sokdahl. at Hlbblng, Minn., Wed- i lesday. The riot followed a strike of niners at the Hull and Rust mines, vho were refused an advance of '25o a n lay. When the night crew went to d vork a body of strikers armed with I tiles fired. The miners returned the a Ire. This surprised the strikers who t led, leaving Hanklnen and Eokdahl i f lead on the ground. I a I ka nn5 ? a ft I r??i >nlv Ten LlTed Longer Than Mr. H Cleveland After Leaving Office. Only ten men who have held the dice of president reaohed or sur>assed Mr. Cleveland's present age of t 8; only six exceeded it by so much as en years, and none exceeded It by [Ulte 20 years. Only ten presidents lave survived their retirement from dice longer than Mr. Cleveland, and our of these lived to a great age. vj Washington, who survived hU re- ?' Irement less than three years, M bought himself an old man when he b' vas tlrst made president at the age of >7. John Adams survived his retirenent a quarter of a century, and his on, John Qulncy, who outlived his etirement nearly 20 years, was the ai >uly president who had nearly asoon- P iplcuous a public career after occupy- cl ng the presidency as before. 01 Monroe's six years after his retire nent from office were pa>sed In com a jaratlve obscurity as a resident of )> ihis city, and his dying hou b were 1 imblttercd by scandalous accusations N n connection with Jackson's seizure 'l )f Spanish forts in Florida during the k Irst Seminole war. a Polk outlived his retirement less a ihan a year, and there is every reason n 10 suppose that had Arthur compassed als ambition of an election to the 3 presidency in 1884 he would have died b jarly In his term, for he outlived his a retirement less than two years. P Tyler, who outlived his retirement n 20 years, emerged from obscurity near ? the end of his life to preside over the d vain peace convention on the eve of k the Civil war. He afterward served t in the oongress of the Coufcderate * States. Buchanan lived more than seven years after his retirement and took a the opportunity to write what was in I affect a defense of his administration ,] Jefferson and Jackson were the only ^ presidents who exercised a really pow 1 arful intluenoe over party councils af- M ter their permanent retirement from 1 public office, though Vau Buren was 0 an active politician as long as he had 1 hope of renomlnatlon at tne hands of ^ any party. 1 Johnson was the only retired presl- 3 dent to enter the United States sen- * ats and the younger Adams was the r only one to serve in the house of representatives. v Cleveland and Harrison have been ' the only retired presidents to be con- H spicuously successful In private busl * ness. It Is not generally known that f Mr. Cleveland still serves as con->ult 1 lag counsel in law cases, In which his experience In the office of president c may be supposed to have given him 11 .....l.l _ ??IIU....I > >vuuiAi ijuauliOMbiuiis an an aoviser. ' 11 in fees in such cases are large, as were tno^e of Mr. Harrison as a legal advher and a lecturer on constltu tional law ?New York Sun. WH x? fcULLY SAYS. The Cotton KIiik Uivrs Wise /\<lvlco to Southern Planters. "To the Uotton Growersof the South. "If you wish to win your battle and obtain a fair price for your Cotton you roust reduce your acreage very considerably. "You have surprised the world by the manner in which you have held your cotton. "Surprise it again by cutting down your cotton acreage. "Do not be led astray by the pres ent steadlreis of prices. "Three causes have contributed to bring about this rise of more thau one cent a pound. "First: The urgent demand arising from an unprecedented consumption "Scond: Your ourage and wisdom In making the buyer meet your terms. "Third: The belief that you would out your acreage to such au extent that the supplies from this crop and the growtli of 1905 Ofi would make a ? 1 - ? ? ? ? * * uv/uiuigioiai ur jp nu larger tnun LUC I world needs. ' The first two causes lose their force the moment It Is known that ^ there is a prospect for a moderately , large crop next year. ? "Even if the mills take 12,000,000 | bales during the current season, this i would leave a carry over-of 1,500,000 > bales. Hence the necessity of a 3 smaller crop this year. f "Do not let any rise in prices between now and the end of the planting season deter you from reducing your acreage. a "Such an advance would he merely f anticipating that you were making ? the decrease which your friends have c advised you to make. c "If the June report of the govern- t ment shows that you have failed to u make sufilclent reduction the only 1 persons who would l>e gainers by the v advance would be the speculators who e *ell out their futures at a profit. c "The price of the ootton you pro- t luce will be regulated by the actual, r aot the expected, reduction. v "Don't depend on your neighbor to p lo the reducing. n "In this matter of acreage reduc- d tJon bear in mind three suggestions: s "Don't rely on bid weather to out o lown the size of the crop. vi "Don't put a large acreage into l ;otton simply because lb is too late b ,o plant corn or other dlversliled tl rops e "It would be far better to let part fj >f ycur land lie idle than to run the isk of raisin# a crop so largo as to nake possible another period of low>rioed cotton. "I am making this appeal to you ^ iccause I regard the next- few weeks s. 3 critical to the south and because 1 s", >elieve that every man who is inter- ol sted in the welfare of the south V hould urge the importance of a re- II luced acreage. ',r "Daniel J. Sully." D Woman a Huloido. The body of Mrs. Grace Loomis, /ho claimed to be the wife of Charles i'tomh, said to be a millionaire, was ouud Thursday fn a half-flilled bath ub in a fashionable boarding house in Inicago. Frequent threats that she ntended to kill herself leave no doubt f suicide. Domestic trouble was the ause. ; A Tried and True Friend. One Minute Cough Cure contains tot an atom of any harmful drug, and t has been curing Coughs, Colds, Iroup and Whooping Cough so long hat it has proven itself to be a tried nd true friend to the many who use f Sold by )r. E. Norton. s The making of shoes for dogs has A low developed into quite a big inustry and is especially flourishing in I jabrador. The dogs attached to I ledges travel at a great speed over I he rough ice and some protection I or the feet is necessary. The shoes I re made of sealskin. J WJ UI?J WU?U4?? f .WMV w I _J| kD>? direct which is uow stationed i tho rVtnwuv and PirilWftV T*Oa(l ilt I ave Million! of Dollars on Deposit in their Vaults. U he County Hai Ten Banks, All of ^ Which Are Doing Well and Makinic Klonry. The quarterly statesments of the ? irlous banks of the city and oouuty ' Orang< burg for the quarter ending arch 31, allowing the quarter of ustness on that day, gives an inter iting insight into the financial coudlon of Oraugeburg Couuty. There arc four banks in the city of rangeburg as follows: Bank of Or ugeburg, E I Isto Savings Bank, l'eo le's Bank and Farmers' and Mer Hants'Hark. These four banks have a ~ unbilled capital of $210,000, and a unbilled surplus of net earnings of bout $125,000 additional, which may e classed as & part of tlio capital 'liese four banks had on deposit on larch 31, In r und figures, three* uarters of a million dollars. Toother the combined capital surplus nd deposits of the banks of the city 1 ggregate considerably more than a a 1 tlioii dollars. There are six other banks in the H mailer towns of the county, ten J anks in all in Orangeburg County, ^ nd independent of capital and sur- v lus there was about a quarter of a t all 1 ion dollars on deposit in these, .a uislde banks of the county on the i ate of the statement. The aggre r ate amount on deposit in.tlie various s en banks of O.angeburg County uow ^ oota up very clohe to a million dol- ars. All of the banks of the county sii iw , steady ir.c ea^e In amount of do >oslts, earnings and volume of busi teas. The greater number of these lauks liave been organized within the I last few years, and all are prosperous ' aid successful. In business circles It s recognized that the business aim auditions of the bauksof a cumminly rellect the general welfare and ! lusiness conditions of that oommunl- ; ,y. The sliowing above Is taken at a eason of tlie year when there is gen irallv a minimum rattier than a maxinum amount of money in the county LMie best showing tinanclally, as .is veil known, can be made during the all and winter months. Ten years igo or ev n live years ago nothing Hut die above showing could be mad.* I rom the s.atements of the banks of Ha nnim t v The business growth of Orangeburg illy, as wi ll as Its growth in building> i md population, during recent years lave been enormous, and the busiiess conditions of the city, which is /he c mnty seat and business centre of Ails large and fertile c mnty, n 11 c*.s i general advancement and pro.->peri jy for the entire county that is notling less than remarkable. Orange iurg County has had little outside 5>pital to come In to build up Its iownsand Cvimmunltles is the work of Aie native citizens and home capital tlmost entirely. () angeburg County Is almost exjlusively an ap ricultural section and ihe towns are almost c nil rely depenient upon agriculture for their sup port. Tols fact is worthy of consid iration, and there are few lar^e man lfacturlng establishments In the jounty to accomplish h!g things or landle large sums of money. It Is irue that there are a few successful factoriei in the c mnty, two succosh ful cotton mills In the city, but the cumber Is exceedingly small for a j mty of the size and wealth of Or ingeburg County. Tills county is a fair illustration of what is being done all over the South, ind the North and Eist may well <eep their eyes on the South for the lext decade. Greater things are yet In the making all over the South, and Aiere Is no liner Held in the entire southern country for the Investment )t capital and launching of business mterprlses than the county of Orange jurg and the city of Orangeburg. Won a Nnm>s of PaiiH'. DeWitt's Little Early Uisers. the amous little pills, have been made fanous by their certain yet harmless ind gentle action upon the bowels and iver. Tliey have no equal for biliousicss. constipation, etc. They do not veaken the stomach, gripe, or make 'ou feel sick. Once used always preerred. They strengthen. Sold bv Dr E. Norton. Mclj&iiriii lilt Hard. In the United States Circuit Court i it Charleston on Wednesday a verdict ! or 111,039 28 was found against ex Senator John L McLiurin in the suit if the International Trust company, j if Baltimore, on a promissory note, i he verdict being found by the jury i ipon the Instructions of the court. i ["he suit grows out of the Industrial j entures In which the ex-senator , ngaged, upon the termination of his j areor in congress. As president of i ho Brunswick and Birmingham ralload and vice president of the Brunswick and Western Construction com 2 any, Mr. McLaurln gave his personal I otes to the trust company, being In- J orsed, however, by Frank A. Um edt, who appears to have been one \ f the promoters of the prcjjct, in Milch the ex senator was connected. 2 'he Industrial concerns seem to have < cen more on paper than in fact, but f he notes of Mr. McLaurln were valid. vcn if the industrial projects were a mar#. Tli? Name 1h lloWltl. PeWitt.'s Witch Haz#l Salve cools, I xithes and heals cuts, burns, boils, ruises, piles and all skin diseases. v E. Zickefoose. Adolpli, W. Va., iys: "My little daughter had white veiling so bad that piece after piece f bone worked out of her leg. I)c- A ntt's Witch 1 la/el Salve cured her." ,, l is ihe mosl wonderful healing salve " i the world. Beware of counterfeits If. )ld by rr r. E Norton 4 1 f The Old Standai Grove's T has sGood t?he t>es over One and a He of merit, appeal t>o To Cur Take Laxative Brom Seven MiHion boxes sold In post 12 moi fhlske I Morphine I Clgarot fablt, I Habit I Habit Cured by Keeley 1 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Oqlui se oitd. I s The Guinard 1 2 COIwUMB ii Manufacturers Hrlck, Fire Proof' o Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pre < l or millions. < KILFYREr~Kn]FYffi That is exactly what It is. aFn day at the State Fair showing its lln Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Ml property should have them. For sal COLOMBIA SI Columbia, H O. The mat Forget Ab< in Your stoui*ofi. If your digestion is bad the vital oralis of your body are not fed and noursh d as they should be. They grow vcak and invite disease. Kodol Dyslepsla cure digests what you cat, ures indigestion ..nd all stomach roubles. You forget you have a stom,ch from the very day you begin takng it. This is because it gets a rest? ecupcratcs and gradually grows so trong and healt hy that It troub es ou no more. Sold by Jr. E. Norton. a rij |^i jBSPl Thedford's Black-Draught come# I I nearer regulating tho entire system 8g I and keeping the body in health than I any other medicine made. It is I I always ready in any emergency to treat ailmenta that are frequent in I any family, such aa indigestion. I biliousness. colds, diarrhoea, and I stomach acnes. Thedford's Black-Draught Is the standard, never-failing remedy for stomach, bowel, liver and kidney troubles. It is a cure for the domestic ills which so frequently summon the doctor. It is as good for children aa it is for grown persons. A doso of this medicine every day will soon cure the most obstinate cAse of dyspepsia or constipation, and when taken aa directed brings quick relief. DAjrntx*, Inn., Dee. 23,1903. Thedford's Black-Draught has been oar family doctor for Ave years and wo want no other. When any of u? fool badly wo , taks a dose and aro all right In twelvo hnnrt. Wo bare spent lots of money for doctor bills, but gel along Just as well with Black-Draught. IllA jjt BAD 15U. Ask your dealer for a package of Thedford's Black-Draught and If he docs not keep it send33c. to The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. and a package will be mailed to you. .1 Dt 1 H - I DeWITT^S WITCH HAZEL SALVE. THt ORIGINAL. A Well Known Cure for PQes. Cures obstinate sores, chapped hands, ooaama, akin diseases. M akes burns and scalds painless. We could not Improve the quality If paid double the price. The best salve that experience earn preduoe er that money caa buy. Cures Piles Permanently DeWltt's Is the original and only pure and genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look (or the name Da WITT on every box. All others are oounterfelt. raerAssD ?v I. O. DeWITT A CO.. CHICAQO. Dr. E. Norton. Com ay-Seashore R R DAILY BCBXDUL*. L? Vfrtte Baiutb 1 h .a kt Oonway 7:40 a..a U? OaowAy 0:00 A. a kt Xylite ft?h 0:46 a. a Li? Myrtle Bo&oh 1:10 p a lr OoQVAy 1:11 p. a Li? Omvaf 6:10 p. a 4r Xyrt e Beeush 0:10 p. a |t?0?0?t?000M0?i?as01f? MUSIC. i When you make up your 2 mind that home Is not homo A ( | without a Piano or an Organ. come here, or write us, ana 1 9 we will sell you the right S | sort of an instrument. I Kaey terniH, ?n<l full value. , r a ciuress. f MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, 3 COLUMBIA, S. C. |! PIANOS AND ORGANS. i J III! LEARN TELEGRAPHY nd R. R. AGENCY?Wo also tra'n you for he U. 8. SIGNAL CORPS. Sohool ostahshod 17 yosrs. Chean board, low tuition, id Our Plan INSURES p sitlon. Catalogue ??. OA. TELEGRAPH COLLEGE. Senoia, Ga. rd asteless CI t? 25 years. Aver tlf Million bottles. > you ? No Cure, a Ten Cent Package of GROVE'S BLAC e a Cold in Om O Quinine Tablets, jet f itha. This signature, > wmMBMemmmmmmmammammmam | All Drug and Tobacco | llabiu. nwtitule, of H. C. x\bta, H. U. Confidential correspond a Brick Works, IA c. j rerra Cotta Building Blocks, for 2 pared to till orders for thousands etr^njyrfnt ^ re Killer. I)5 u)ncratlOQ eve 3 lighting qualities. .asiiiki. 11, Ginnery and any on-vw* , e by u *er the upJPPLY 00.. eitizons. In perjhinory Supply ho; CU8tomore every MEN-Wi. m th? paBt' wo DR. HATHAY (II I r? ?* your Till A. Freemau, \ Canhier. * t Ho has boon TreJT of Men for Tvrei*- 9 M J lis Reputation J'jKtahlishcu A VALUABLE BOOK FRJSuj/ Dtt. HATHAWAY. Whose Knowledge is Tree to th SLk. Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, of All uta, I ho g <tat specialist in the treatment of diseases of men, wants to hear from ever* niHii who reads this announcement, who is afIHctod with any private disease, and let hiin o plain to them his new system of curing this elites of disease, which cures in half tho time required by the old method. I)r. Hathaway has been tenting diseasos of men for more han a quarter century, and he is continually originating and perfecting new method* by which he tan cure the alllictod. lie has cured patients scattered all over this country, whom lie has never seen, whose diseases he was able to cure by a system which ho has for curing the alllictod at a distance, and if you are suffaring from any disease peculiar to voui sex, or any other disease of a chronic or ling ring nature, siinli mm Sii r!..inr.? v..i- VI f ? >>vi ivvMitif 1 HI iruut'll', Jiorvoiih Do ilily, Lessor Manhood, lilood l'liison (Syphilis), Kidney and 111 older Complaints, Rheumatism, Diseases of the Heart, Stomach and Diver, etc., you should immediately writo this grout specialist, and lot him explain to you just what is the luitnro of your trouble and just what to do for relief, lie will counsel andadviso you for nothing?advice that i? based on 2.r> years of actual experience. A great many men mako the mistake of their lives by placing their cases with their local physician, for the average practitioner no matter how competent he may be, has not had the experience necessary to successfully treat such delicate diseases. What you need, and wliat you will l>e compelled to resort to il you over get cured, is skillful, scientific treatment, administered byan export specialist whom you know is coin; etent 'o treat you. Dr. liu haway has been established in Atlanta1" or nearly H years, nnd his reputation is known to all. Ilo has built up the largest practice in this country by dealing honestly with the people. You tako 110 risk whatover in doaling with him ?you can alv/nys feel assured of a "square deal." You cannot expect to go through life afllicted with a disease that you know will eve..tualIv lead you to a possible death, so write Dr. Hathaway a lotter right now, telling him just how you sutler, and he will immediately send you his opinion of your case, accompanied by a valuable hook 011 your disease, all of which is absoiute'y fro?. Have no hesitancy in writing him. The permanent addressis J- MAY TON HATHAWAY, M. D., 88 Inman lildg., Atlanta, Da. A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper who call or write for treatment within the next 30 days I will cure them oi the following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison). GONOK11 E, GLEET, STRICTURE, VA RICOCELE, RUPTURE, CATAKRII and all CHRONIC DISEASES, of both sexes. Diseases of women cured without operation. PILES cured under guarantee without the knife or any tying or burning operation. Consultations, Examination, Advice Free. T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M. D., THE SPECIALIST. Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard ihiil. ing, Augusta, Ga. N. IL Catarrh of worst form cured juickly at home. The Canning Business. Reduce your cotton acreage an I injrease your income by putting in a unall canning plant. Large profits in canning all kinds of 'rilits. VCVCDhloa Iwiprlno ntn A ? . * ivd) V/lAy? i\ V/iirU X) us will bring you desired Inform** ,ion. Hanky Cannkii Co., Chapel.Hill, N 0. ? (rxfVf\ BANK DEPOSIT ^Railroad Farft Pale 500 >mi PHKR Courses C/f'ered ' > lelCost Writ .And rft *????? 0? KUWHBHMMHOMMIIIIH ^ bill Tonic I age annual sales! Does t*his record I No Pay. 50c. I :k root liver pills. j _ Ji 5 Day 1 V/ f/ cm every I box, 25c* I