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* James Miller, a Brave Confeder- r ' t ate Soldier, Shot to Death t a D BY FEDERAL TROOPS [ Oo the Order of Qeneral Shernian la Re- J iallstlon, as He Claimed. Qcner- " al Wade Hampton's Threat to Shoot Two for One Saved Several Others. 1 To the Editor of The Sunday News: \ The mention made about the shooting , of Jas Miller, a Confederate soldier, ( by Federal troops, In retaliation, , which appeared on Saturday, April 22, \ has brought to my mind most vividly . the sad Incident, having seen a drawing of lota to decide who should be ( hot. It was generally understood by | all of us who were prisoners at the | time under Sherman, that it was { , through Gen. Sherman's order that it was done, and as a revenge for the a) , leged killing by one of Hampton's cav \ airy of a Federal prisoner. As prison ere we were, of caurse, kept in ignor- . anoe of what really did transpire to , cause or bring about this retaliation and I cannot, therefore, assort posl- . fivolir fhef * 1? 1 viivijr vuau OUUU YYUS LI 115 rCUl C3U81' ' th&t led to the retaliation, but that ( the retaliation did take place and that , the noble and brave J as Miller was < shot to death to satisfy the revenge t of a relentless foe are facts tbat can be , proven without a doubt by the few of | uh that arc still living and who were , participants In that fatal drawing, and In what was perhaps the first and. the last shameful incident of the klr.tl , during the struggle for Southern Inde pendence, and that there might have been a repetition of such a co vardly , and shameful act there is no doubt, , had it not been, as we wore informed. , that Gen Hampton notified Sherman that for every Confederate pilvato shot by him, Sherman, he, Hampton, would cause to be shot for same two , Federal officers. Whether or not this was the cause of stopping It I can't say, at any rate there was no more retaliation with us. Although we were continually threatened with it It was in the month of February, 1865, and it was cold, UUuX oold, be ing the severest winter experienced In years. About 100 of us were prisoners, a few Georgians and Tennesseeans, the balance South Carolinians. Some were oaptured on the way b vck to their commands, while others were still at homo on sick or wounded furlough and unable to make good their escape. TlAvw r\# 1 R ? w/1 id u ^ u 3 ? ? "? ui i<j auu iu, **ihj nan responaea ?* ' to the last call of their country, were among the prisoners. Old men too were ruthlessly taken from their homes and made to share the exposure, starvation, ar.d cruelties of those loop woary marches. We were prisoners captured by Oen. Blair's corps, (Japt. Burns and Lieut. MoKee having charge of us, and 1 must say that of all tho brutes and tyrants that could be in human form that man Burns was surely one to exocll them all There whs no sympathy In his heart for any of us and any order that he could givo that would tend to increase our wants and sufferings seemed to be ids delight to lu? inflict. Of Lieut. McKee wc all thought ^ well, for while lie was powerless to The make us comfortablo or to alleviate thlni our wants and sufferings, lie never did whlcl aQythlng to increase them, and had always a kind word, he was a Western ",v r, man and a true type of a gentleman, not m. MaJ?r Waterhouse, too, of the 17th trii . ?rrJirP8 artillery, had always words of . i|t?.,n;for us and often visited the bull wood fatigue of all day march Tho unfortunate Jrint'ccl cruelties to -- rtfsk*ubjected. He was a fine specimen of a man and was big hearted. Our marches were on an average of 25 miles a day, and under the most trying circumstances, as I have stated. The weather was bitter cold and most of us half clad and >.hn*n. and In this condition we were forced, like cattle, through swamps, over corduroy roads and new roads, cutout by the pioneer corps, shivering with c>?ld, the blood running from our feet, half starved, sick and weakened by disease, run away by vermin. Daily we trudg ed along, only to he down at night with little tire, no covering to protect us from the rain and sleet, with the pangs of hunger gnawing at our very existence. Our rations were scant, and oonsisted of a little meal and about 3 , hardtacks per day, occasionally a small ivo bltof^jgM^at. We only ate twice a ."JILW1L * 2 supper, there be. day? Q for dinner, Breakfast was lory0hurriedly gotten, and half cook ed, in whatever utensil we were for- i tunate enough to posse s. To add to i our misery the guards were of the most i cruel character and it was a common i occurence for them to use their biyonets, indicting slight, but painful i wounds upon toe persons of many wt.o | from sheer exhaustion were unable to i keep up. Many fell by the wayside. I never to rise again. One old man, 1 i remember, by tbe name of Wolfe, from i Orangeburg County, was among the 1 number. He was dragged from the line in a dying condition, aud left by fctye roadside. Many were sbot on the Hue. Jack Strlbbling, who was 1 among the number that drew lots, one uigub, poor jeuow, in a delirious con dltlon, brought about, by starvation and sickness, wandered boo near the 1 dead line and was sbot. ' Of the destruction of property that { marked Sherman's march through 1 South Carolina, so much has been al 1 ready written that I will say but lit ( tie more. Plantations, with their fine ! dwelling, barns, mills and fencing, were all laid in ashes, even orchards were destroyed, the very heavens along 1 the route being Illuminated for miles 1 and miles nightly, nothing but the ( _ chimneys being left standing as mon f w&e uments in memory of his revengeful . to saot. It was a scene that beggars dea scrlptlon; horses, mules, cattle and ! e hogs, the whole country was left a . 1 wilderness as oomplete as his numerous pillagers, vandals and incendiaries K could make it. Every day brought its ? miseries and sufferings during those long and continuous marches until we _ reached Newborn, on the coast of i North Carolina where we remained a , few days, quartered in the jail yard. , We were then divided Into two batch* es and sent on transports, some to . , Point Lookout, Md., and others to Fortress Monroe, to be subjected to further sufferings. t Your Lancaster correspondent gives r the execution of the vlotlm as having r ? taken place near Lynob's River, and ti 0 so It might have been, but acoording ti to my reoolleotlon It took place after li a w 01 ah Clt WK. ?U Uit^o SgUb. i3U ny as far aa I know under suoh try- i ag clroumftances, and If there was, here certainly has been no publioalon of If that I've seen or heard of, nd I -am only sorry that I did not aake a note of the olroumstanoes ears back while nay memory was still ( resh and perfect in the recollection of he outrage. There were about twenty of us seBcted to go through this retalilatlon >rdeal, and It appeared that it was lunationally ordered that those selected hould be South Carolinians, as follows, rlz: James Miller, Chesterlleld Couu?y; Samuel Wood, liarnwell County; lames B. Patrick, Charleston; Butler Phelps, Orangeburg County; George [Iazelhurst, Charleston; Jack Strlblng, Edge'ield County; Charles Soanon, Charleston; Tom O'Batman, Barnveil County; Godfrey Mag wood, Char eston; Has com Corborno,?; and 1 ihlnk Dr. Stewart, of Beaufort. The )thers, South Carolinans, 1 cannot re nember. Out of the number poor Miler was the victim upon whom venfeanco was wreaked. The following are those thatsurvlvid, reached home, lived Home years and lave since died, except Jack Strbl allng. who was killed on the dead line is before mentioned, viz: Samuel Wood, Tom O'Bannon, Godfrey Mag >vood, Bascom Corborne. Those still ivlng are: Butler Phelps, James B. Patrick, Charles Scanlou, George Ha '.elhurst, Dr. Stewart. I can't say whether living or not. Notable among the prisoners bedeles Dr. Stewart were: Dr. Albert Taber, brother of the editor of the old Charleston Mercury, and Major Manning, son of Ex Governor Manning. The two last named were brought In <ome time after the retaliation, If 1 rnmpmhrtr rlcrht.lv Thntr ot.au with nu however, was short; their ranks of tllce, we suppose, obtaining for them bi tter considerations. There had been a steady, old and drizzling rain all day and we were Ihltiklug of the many long miles to tramp before night would come to give us rest, whim suddenly a hault was ordered. (I think between the hours of 2 and :i.) The place selected for the bull pen and camp was an oak ridge to the left of a public road. At the footof the ridge and winding along the edge of a bay or swamp was a settle ment road which Joined the public road We had notsottli d down good, trying to rest our weary bom s on the cold and wet ground, congratulating ourselves on the unusually short marc' of the day, when an oflloer, (rank of lieutenant, bis name we could never learn, appeared and from a paper in his band commenced calling out the names of these he had reoorded, about twenty altogether. As each one an swered to Ills name be was ordered In line, and under a strong guard we were all then marched out to tho settlement road and down It for a dls sance of about two hundred yards. At this point thtfre was In waiting a squad of about twelve, (Infantry,) in com mand of a sergeant. At the command given one of the squad, with hat In hand, covered with a red handkerchief, took a pr.sitlou In front of us. We were then ordered one after the other to draw from this hat a slip c f paper, all blanks except one, which had some mark, which when drawn, would do terminc the one to be shot. As each one drew his slip of paper It was handed to this sergeant, who looked at It and then ordered you back in line. About a dozen or so had drawn when It came Millor's turn. He drew and handed It to this sergeant, but the poor fellow was not ordered Id lino, as had lieen our good fortune, but was detained and put In charge of this squad. We were then ordered about face and with sad heart, we left poor Miller as we marched back to the bull pen. It was then sleeting heavily and we were trying to build such tires as we could to keep from freezing to death, when a volley rung out on the air and which told too well the fate of poor Miller. He had been shot, yes, murdered. Miller was a tine specimen of a man, standing perhaps six feet in hh stockings, of tine physique, with regular features, and wore a black beard He was the senior of the majority of us, being, I should Judge, between 30 and 35 years of age. I never knew pe s itively, but It was said that he had a wife and children. In conclusion, let me say that as it has fallen to my lot out of the few of us that arc left to write this, perhaps the saddest episode of the civil war. 1 have done so truthfully and to tht best of my memory; and, too, that It may be handed down to our children, and our children's ohlldren, that they may know of the sacritioe made in vindication of our right and honor and In defence of our beautiful and beloyed Southland, hut the span of forty \ears has wrought many changes to the world; we have shown that we are as brave and good in peace as we were stubborn and unconquerable In war, our wrongs can never be forgotten, but are forgiven, the bitterness of feeling hnfi uh rlio/1 Anf n in * l-? ~ uu >uu uidu iruu, aim iu lillt! liin^Ui?e of the eloquent Terrell, of Georgia, we are a regenerated, reunited, fin indissoluble people, and under one Hag are striving together for the common good of all, and for the advancement of this great and grand RepubI to. B. Frank Ford, Company D. 2nd, S. (J. Regt, S. T. No 69 Ray streot, Charleston, 8. C., May 10th, 1905 Tho Fort Motto Short?Kfl. J. N. Oroswell has been elected dls petiser at Fort Motte and the dlspedsary nt that place has been reopenjd after having been closed for several weeks. The State says Bozzard, the Tormer dispenser, was shurt in his ac jounts about $2,500, although the anlual report of tho dispensary shows ts business for an entire year to have jeen but about $10,000. The shortage was discovered by lnspeotor Nichols, who found the nlnco fillorl wlt.h nnnn*., r ;ases whtoh had been nailed up and ippearently had never been opened, rhe inspectors who visited the place jefore must have accepted empty cases or packages, for it is hardly probable or such a large quantity of liquor to jave been lost sight of between inpcotlon. The dispenser who had this ihortage was indemnified by a surety >ond and it is probable that the State vill be reimbursed for the entire loss. There have been two convictions unler the orlmlnal law for shortages In lispensaries, the celebrated case from 1 Clngstree and the Floltzclaw case from Jreenville. There is another pending, he Sullivan case In Laurens. Fo matter how great one's mlsfor- 1 une hope will spring up amid the I uins. Some bright fiower will be found I ooted among the fallen pillars. Where 1 he jackal prowls through the night S he dove seeks her food in the morn- j ig. t flUf He Says All Depends on the Cot- K ton of the South. Jj 11 t TELLS THE FARMERS S 0 '? - h t Tha* If It Waa Not lor Their Cotton the c 1 c Progress of the World Would Come r a to a Standstill, and that They 1 o Will Prosper Because His v c Reward Is Sure. Daniel Sully, tho cotton king, do- t llvered tho following stirring address v to the tlftb annual convention of tie y Georgia Industrial Association In At- e lanta last week: t "Eioept for your cotton, the Indus u trial progress of the world would s cease. For years others have tried to > keep prices so low as to let them man- 1! ufacture the goods and thus bo the I only ones to proooed In all parts of o the world nations have spent millions r to be indepcudent of you who livo In o tlds fortunate part of the globe. Hut o you have the farmers. You have the i land. You have the sunshine that li the other countries of the world have > not. The farmer who raises cotton 8 has seen one year of sunshine. He will never see the darkness again." v These words wore uttered Tuesday t nJ ght by Daniel J.Sully, commercial f seer of the south, oottou expert and t friend of all those who live fiom the s Carolluas to where Texas stops with r the Rio Grande. Interested listeners f heard him, comprising both members <j of the Georgia Industrial Association r and others. Carnegie library conven- t tlort hall was crowded, and when with c the testimony and tlmelv comment c afforded by Congressman Lon Living a ston and others was added to the ad- r dress of the evening, the occasion was t a memorable one. c Appreciation of the speaker and en r thuslastlc commendatlou of his words reached high tldo when, with the c'ose of Mr. Sully's talk, Colonel Liv log.ston said: "Mr. Sully won't tell you, but 1 will, and I know what I say, that ex cept for treachery on the Inside, his failure would never have occurred. At that time the south ought to have sunt $ 1,000,000 or more to her staunch friend. In fact, I'm In favor of It yet. It would have been the cheap est and the wisest money the south has ever spent.'' Mr. Sully, promoter of 17 cents cotton, and though possessed of an accent broad as the plaza of the new depot, and with a generous rolling of "r's," suoh as is only practiced where the corn pone and joggling board gives way to the Johnny cake and seesaw, more genuinely loved and cherished In Dixie, held his every hearer with a prevailing quiet, broken only by the jangle of passing trolleys. Difficult It is to report his words. A rapid conversationalist, on Tuesday night his every sentence was weighed and disposed of In a way suggestiug careful study. Now and again he would ap parently, In spite of himself, give way to the enthusiasm which he found difficult to control. It was this constant repression of his feelings and the earnestness and c invlction which he put Into his every statement tha< makes impossible the translation oi his magnetic and convincing person allty Into type that knows neither the force of emphasis nor the strenuous neRs of gestures, such as given by "Hull" Sully, who could never be mis taken as an exponent of the so caller. I ~ 1 ~ II niLuyit; uitJ. DAN SULLY 18 A MIXKlt. ] Much of his talk dealt with fact?- ( and tigures, and yet even these bloon less propositions were ma(h of great human Interest. This Dan Sully? | Dan in spite of the fact that he wa he single wearer of evening clothes? In spite of a typical Harvard drawl, is still a mixer among the m m wit 1 sample staples yet sticking 10 suits 1 but once removed from overalls &i d jumper. Old soldiers at the c >nclu slon of his address, ids second addre for every one present would hav* ' more of him, rose up and called h name, and with ttie adjournment crowding around him muoti as do ve* ? erans press for the meeting of the ( commander at reunions, fearing a coming year with Its ravages of tunc. And Mr. Sully, well he gave tho ? evidences of a strong man, quiet evi ' deuces but appreciative to the last ut grte. Among other thing, Mr. Sully said: "For this privilege of appearing b- - ' fore you of the south, I thank you. < It Is in this territory that all of th? world's cotton supply is grown. Yes. there is a patch in Egypt. This 1 not the American cottou. As for all other attempts to raise the cotton < which lives in the sunshine of this lo oality, they arc mere subterfuges 1 England, Germany, France and other c world powers have spent millions.in trying to beoome through their colo- ti nlcs and possessions independent of 1 America. England has finally decided to throw away all of her India cotton, 1 the one great promise in the British possessions. "At 8 cents a pound, wc are told c that the farmer gets over and above his expenses S200. Statistics show ^ that in the south there are 1,500,000 '. farmers, with a nt ta..u u? *? t! f -? W J IVIV* vi iwtl Uliail l/CIl I bales to the farmer, and of this amount less than one-half a bale to 0 the acre. The world today would not ? and could not advance one step without cotton. This Is the fact with j* which you must face the proposition. It is estimated that In the whole 0 world there are 1,500,000 oonsumcrs \ of cotton. The nearer to civilization, ? the moro cotton is used. And they want you to produce this cotton, p wbioh no one else can produce, at ? poverty prloes. Are we going to al- ;? low some profits to the oreatlve abil . ities of the farmer? j.J "all dki'knds on cotton." 8 "You of the south with your cot- oi ton hold the balance of power of every other Industry in every and all parts of the civilized world. All depends on cotton. Do you suppose for one min- v ute that the millions made In cotton c' would amount to anything except for g the farmer? To oompare the profit p of the farmers to those who make b profits after reoelvlng this raw ootton h Is to compare one spear of the ootton 1 plant to one red tree trunk In the ai forests of California. And shall we tl listen to that vile, atrooious Insult T that thU is to the honor of the United rf States, as well as to you growers of tl the south? With prices of 16, 17 and w 20 cents for cotton to the farmers, b< fou spinners will be benefiting your sc lolves and other people throughout dl Impost raw ludusrnti cuaif cdfey <Jku et to manufacture. < "All Europe today bu determined bat Amerloan Industrial progress has one far enough. They mean to stop t. How? Except for your cotton heir industry would oease. By low rices for raw material for many years hey, by manufaoture, have been the nly ones to make progress. But you lave seen the light, and In the future here will never be any return to darkless. The cotton farmers bave be 1 ome educated and tbcy mean to de < lve the same profit that you spinners , ,nd I derive. This means much to ] he whole oountry, for every dollar , ver and above the cost of production , vhich the farmer receives for otton , cans that the people of the United ( itates are benefactors. I "First to be considered In thisqueslon is the barriers which are in your vay. First of all, E gland for fifb> ears has asked spinners for funds for xpcrlo eats in the cultivation of coton, that she might be Independent if you growers and spiuners of the outh But what did the duke of larlborough say a short time ago? ^ot this old song for independence, lo asked for funds for further expertoents, that England might have coton when America uses 100 per cent f all tho cotton sho grows. That is >ue of the most important statements a years. All you of the south need s to realize that in twenty-five years tmcrica will be taking care of from 5 to 90 per cent of the total supply. "For the second barrier Germany, vho states sho will soon make the iresent tax on every American manuacturcd import 50 per cent greater ban at present. Are we going to tand it? No. We must tax Ger nan imports enough to raise a fund or a subsidy bill for the purchase of >ur own ships. Hadn't we better aise our tarill 200 per cent and let his tax go for the building of strips to arry our trade into Germany and her clonics in subsidized ships of our own Kid beat this game which Germany is low playing? Are you going to re ualn passive now that she has thrown lown the gauntlet with this tax on aw cottou? lit _ 1IAVK CON KltONTKD THOUBLK8." "You who have raised cotton have onfronted more troubles than all >thers, and you will continue to have ,hem, for the rest of the world does lot want you to get this tremendous lower intoycur own hands. It is ,rue that we have Increased from 15 >r 20 per cent to 40 per cent In the way of manufacturing, but we now jonsume 50 per cent. Where does ,hat other 10 per cent come In? It :ome8 In from other countries with their subsidized ships. 1 sinoerely lope that you will take the stand that we can subsidize our own ships, ind that with the control of the world's market, which is yours by ight, raise the present $1 500,000,000 to live, eight or ten billions, and see n every harbor ships bearing your produce, sailing not under false colors, aut under the stars and stripes. Do you realize that at no distant day there is a beautiful country where a rreat orchard Is blooming and soon will be ready for the picking of the fruit? This fruit would be glad to lave you piek It, but you must have your own baskets and the prices which you believe right and necessary for the picking." A motion of thanks from Jack J. Spalding, of Atlanta, found every one present rising In compliment to Mr Sully. Then Colonel Livingston was Milled upon and gave a review of the usiery 01 cotcoQ arid its growers, with llmself as one. lie favored some ware house plan that the growers night noi have to sell immediately, >ut could store their cotton In such a way as to have some c? rtiticate or other plan of makh g the stored cotton a collateral. Very soon, he coutended, ivery bale would be used in the mills )f the south. Now the south was on ier fret ready to tight for her rights, Hid she will get her share. SULLY FAVORS WAKK HOUSES. Mr. Sully was again called on to talk on the ware house plan. lit favored some plan that would, with he storage, give the farmer so am i rtiticate that would be taken as a illateral. ' From the time the cot jOn leaves th.e farmer's hands," h 5 intinued, "to tho time it is placed n the hands of the spinners, you a^e f dng to have obstacles. The world i ?es not want you to have ware louses. Theso would throw the pow< < uto your hinds. For two months 1 l ive workid on this ware house mater. I found It absolutely Impossible 0 get the north to capitalize ware louses. You must do it, gentlemen if the south. It means much to tin armers. It means much to the spin iers, merchants, bankers?everybody. The cost is so small compared wlti he amount that is lost by the farm irs in damage and insurance that thi aving of this loss would mean tin milding of enough ware houses t< tore 8,000,000 bales. Store but 10 ier cent uf the entire supply and you an control the whole world." Later Mr. Sully answered a number if questions regarding cotton, and .mong the speakers extending thanks or the address was Dudley M lughes, of Macon. Killed hjr 1*1 my mate. A dispatch from Marion to The itate says Miss Clinnie, the 13 yeardd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Imith, was accidentally shot in tb? ireast with a shotgun at 5 o'clock Triday afternoon. She with several ther children, some of whom had the un, were playing on the lawn at the lome of Dr. R. B. Utley, when tht ccldent ocourred. There are varyng rumors as to which one of the hildren had the gun, when the shot v&s tired, and your correspondent ould not ascertain definitely, but It 1 thought to have been Herbert Orisinl, son of Mr. H. Crispin!, who re enwy move mere rrom New York, ^he child died from the wound at .30 o'clock Friday night. She was a right and popular little girl, and here are expressions of grief and ympathy for the family to be heard q all sides. Nevnr ISinelt Powder. Capt. Walter Thorn, a Olvil war ] eteran, of Brooklyn, N. Y., has de- 1 lined to serve on the staff of the rand marshal at the Grand Army 1 arade on Decoration day, May 30th, 1 ecftuse ex Confederates have been 1 lvlted to Join In the parade. Oapt. 1 'horn refers to them as "ex-rebels", 1 nd expreescs the fear that "the unlinking orowd will lionize them." 1 'he Newberry Observer says the only 1 'iilVy strange thing about this is that 1 ic oaptain is spoken of as "a Olvil 1 ar veteran", it would be safe to 1 it that he was a war sutler or some rt of oamp follower?not a real sol- 1 et. 1 , for Five Yea'?. By the Cenaua Office. Orangeburg ' in County Letda the State Number of Balea. The following table, compiled by jhe United States Census Office, shows the quantity of cotton ginned from the 3rops grown in 1004, 1903, 1902, 1901 tnd 1900 by counties in South Car* Una. Aooordlng to table eaoh bale is equivalent to five hundred pounds. I will be seen that Orangeburg County itan^s at the head of the list as pro luolng more cotton than any oounty in the State: Abbeville County. 1904 34 840 190 3 25,467 190 2 26.467 190 1 26.9: 8 1900 20,325 Aiken County. 190 4 35 274 190 3 19 761 190 2 24 853 1091 23 950 190 0 24 547 Anderson County. 190 4 64 189 190 3 43 567 190 2 46 870 190 1 38.523 190 0 34.329 Bamberg County. 190 4 24.167 190 3 14,457 190 2 15,643 190 1 12 694 190 0 14,267 Barnwell County. 190 4 48,266 190 3 30 349 190 2 30.355. 190 1 26,643 1900 33,869 Beaufort Ocunty. 190 4 6,618 1 IW1'} n x ?3,4 190 2 6 730 15)01 3,721 190 0 2,871 Berkeley County. 1904 17,481 190 3 11 610 15)02 14,542 15)01 9 453 15)00 9.952 Charleston. 190 4 7,677 15)03 (1,076 1902 7,271 190 1 4,229 190 0 4,703 Cheroke County. 1904 13,704 190 3 9 247 15)02 10,817 190 1 7,483 1900 7,121 Chester County. 190 4 f 25,116 190 3 18 252 190 2 21,767 15)01 15,274 190 0 19,448 Chester Held County. 15)04 14,992 15)03 13,092 15)02 13,508 190 1 8,288 15)00 11,417 Clarendon County. 190 4 35,971 15)03 23,620 15)02 27,363 1901 20,236 15)00 20,991 Colleton County. 1904 14,180 15)03 9,044 15)02 11,638 190 1 8,721 19( 0 8,417 Darlington County. 15)04 31,428 190 3 22,719 190 2 27,146 15)01 25,540 190 0 27,669 Dorchester County. 15)04 9,657 190 3 6,342 15)02 8,250 190 1 5,726 1900 5,95)7 Edge lie Id County. 1904 26,023 1903 20,373 ion?> I 190 1 . 19,977 190 0 18,816 F&irtlld County. 1904 27,111 190 3 18,581 190 2 23,474 190 1 17,851 190 0 21,491 Florence County. , 190 4 28,928 190 3 19,099 190 2 20,750 190 1 14,224 190 0 16,652 Georgetown County. 190 4 2,319 190 3 1 928 190 2 1,024 190 1 1,150 190 0 1,303 Orceini 11c County. 190 4 36,168 190 3 25,044 1902 31,873 190 1 22,705 1900 21,911 Greenwood County. 190 4 28,917 190 3 23,558 190 2 27.214 190 1 26,651 190 0 21,282 Hampton County. 190 4 19,227 190 3 11,013 190 2 12,637 190 1 11,336 190 0 12,083 Horry County. 190 4 9,622 190 3 6,156 190 2 6,208 190 1 6,007 190 0 5,530 Kershaw County. 190 4 19,542 190 3 14,306 190 2 18,775 190 1 13,842 190 0 16,949 Lancaster County. 190 4 20,665 190 3 17,252 190 2 19,748 190 1 12,923 190 0 17,713 Laurens County. 1904 40,877 190 3 30,962 190 2 36 411 190 1 32,457 1900 2; 31 1 Lea County.* 190 4 36,560 190 3 22,487 ' 90 2 26,319 1 90 1 I 90 0 1 Lenlngton County. 904 18,112 90 3 13 394 1 90 2 14,540 ' 90 1 11,557 1 900 12,781 Marlon County. 90 4 43 893 1 90 3 33,42611 ftor 39.6821 190 3 37,300 190 2 40,321 190 1 23.114 190 0 36,108 Newberry County. 1904 30 868 1903 27 697 1902 31.800 190 1 22 474 1900 19,040 Ooonee County. 190 4 15.113 1903 8 864 1902 12 250 1901. 10 181 190 0 0 586 Orang burg County. 190 4 84 890 190 3 46 964 1902 08 807 190 1 50 690 190 0 49 7i>0 Pickens Oonnty. 190 4 15.O02 1903. 9 203 1902 13 193 190 1 7,938 190 0 8,433 Richland County. 1904 16.150 190 3 7,997 190 2 13 594 190 1 9,651 190 0 11,663 Saluda County. 190 4 21,450 190 3 15 553 190 2 10,751 190 1 13 409 190 0 11,490 Spartanburg County. 190 4 55 535 190 3 36 580 190 2 42.930 190 1 20.298 190 0 29,077 Sumter County.* 190 4 40,468 190 3 22,160 190 2 30 318 190 1 33,920 190 0 45,809 Union County. 190 4 18,711 190 3 14,788 190 2 10 950 190 1 11,517 190 0 13,985 Williamsburg County. 190 4 20,134 190 3 19,989 1902 20,800 190 1 13,498 190 0 18,047 York County. 1904 36,930 190 3 26,251 190 2 30,129 190 1 22,651 1900 25,489 Lee County organized from parts of Darllnurton and Kunr lnr rVmnt lua Total Crop in State. 1904 1,147,371) 1003 787,425 1902 925,400 1901 748,720 1900 748,720 Htrl?tly Uonulnf, Most of the patent medicine testimonials are probably genuine The following notice recently appeared in the Atchison (Kan.) Globe: "Joe Tack, a well-known engineer, running on the Missouri Paci lie between.Wichita and Kiowa, lately appeared in a big one, with a picture, and when he was in liis oltlce to-day, we asked him about it. He says lie had tcrritic pains in his stomach, and thought he had cancer. His druggist recommended Kodol and lie says it cured 111 n. He recommended it toothers who were also cured." Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and cures all stomach troubles. Sold by Dr. E. Norton IP?lif Trainmen Killed. Eight trainmen were killed and four persons were injured Thursday in h head-on collision between Illinois Can tral freight trains south of Echols. Ky. The dead: 11 English, enginr er; Doj Turney, conduct r; Hen English, conductor, Charles St. Clair, tin man; Ko.ter Bell, lireman; Cordtn Smiti brakeman; George Mollis, brakeman; Matt 0*en. The. injured: Jam^ Jranshaw. stockman; EJ Craney, C> umbus, O.do; Gus Eallloger, Cinch natl, travelling salesman; Wallace Y ites, engineer. Hot Wct'hor Piles, Persons alllicted with Piles should I be careful at this eason of the year. Hot weather and bad drinking water contribute to the conditions v blch make idles more painful and dangerous. Do Witt's Witch Hazel Salve stops the pain, draws out the soreness ana cures. Get the genuine bearing the name of E. C. DeVVitt & Co. Dr. E. Norton. A Boy Drowned. O ily Kerr was drowned Wednesday afternoon while he and two of his frieDds were playing In Little Hickory oreek, near Shelby. Only was 12 year.* of ngs, and a very bright boy. He was the second son of Lee Kerr, who 1 the superintendent of Belmont cotton mills. The funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon from the homt by Kev. W. It Mlnter. The body was laid bo rest In the Shelby cemetery. There 1h a DlfTorenee. The dllTerence between Kennedy's Laxative Ilo.iey and Tar and all other Cough Syrups is that it moves the bowels, thusexpelllng a cold from the system. This relaxes the nerve-tissues and by Its healing and soothing effect on the throat and lungs the cough is relieved?cured entirely. Kennedy's is the original Laxative Honey and Tar. ltcontains no opiates. Coot! alike for young and old. Sold by Dr. S. Norton. An Infuriated Bull. More than twenty shots from policemen's revolvers were required bo end bhe life of an Infurlabed bull In bhe streebs of Greenvlllo Tuesday afternoon. The animal gored a horse severely, and brampled on several people. Ib was being driven bhrough bhe sbrecbs wlbh a halter, when it became enraged ab bhe orowd, and began to oii&rge right and left. Breaking away lb crashed inbo a horse and afber being pulled away dashed down Washington sbreeb. Here lb was meb by a bull dog which brought the race bo a finish, bv fastening to thn infnrior.o/1 , ? n ? iuuvu animal's nose. Several hundred people colleoted and watched the fight The bull and dog were both oovered with blood when the former was made fast to fence and the dog choked off. Hv this time the bull had become so unmanageable that Chief of Police Breoknell ordered it trilled on the spot. Tub Washington Post is authority for the statement that the ten bankers in the Oido penitentiary are being kept apart from the ether convlots, although it Is not explained whether this Is a courtesy to the bankers or a matter of protection for the other convicts. Headquarters for EVERYTHING All kinds of Injectors, Luorlc.itors Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil Mills an Large stock of Well Rumps and Cy COLUMBIA S Oolrmb;a s*. O The mi v" >ia , \v s 5 TUB Guinakd COlvf ^11 1 Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proo! I Flue liuifgs aud Drain Tile. Pi or millions. bob* sk lorphln 0Vart 't iy Hah (Jiiu'J Kcelc v 1 2 ad> >r>- * <s ' ch< s A i BuaB. > OF fcdU&LlZ \ I'lON \Vill Met t in OoliinilOn fi? Ahhchh the Cotton Mill*. A very Important meeth g of the State board of equalization lias l>cen called for this \\e?-k and the comp roller general has untitle 1 all of the members to be pre ent. The meet lug is for the purp. so of fixing t1 e as css incuts of cotton mills aid other Indus tries of this nature. Below Is theollichtl list of the members as Issued by the board: Abbeville?J. E. L~max. Aiken- James L. (I ilnby. Anderson?J E Gatvln. Bamberg?S. I). Guess. Barnwell?J. C. Orlfllu. B aufort?W. F Marscher. Berkeley?J. St Clair White. Charleston? Morris Israel. /it, i- - ~ rn %r t t s. * \ * - i \JI IW I IIKI W L. i>l . ljl I) 11J >1111. Chester?J G L White. che-.t r field?I). M. H&rrentine. Clarendon?A. J. Rlchbourg. Colleton?B. G. Price. Darlington?K. W. Cannon. Dorchester?C. M. Garvin. Edgefield?R. A. Cochran i Faritield?Thomas W Taylor. Florence?Alex McT&ggert. 1 Georgetown?L. S. Enrich. Greenville?W. D Garrison. ' Greenwood?It M Hays. Hampton?J. II. M Ken/do. Horry?J. 1*. Dorham. Kershaw?J. M Sowcll. Lancaster?W J. Cunningham. , Laurens?It P. Adair. , Lee?J. J. Shaw i Lexington?F. II Hendrix. > Marlon?Lott It. Itodgers. 1 Marlboro--J. J. Lane. Newberry?II. II. Folk. Oconee?A. Zimmerman. Orangeburg?It M ClulTy. Pickens?P. C Frlcks. ltlohland?ProbiblyJ. A. Meelze. Saluda?II. G. Cruuob. Spartanburg ? W. W. Murphy. Sumter?H. J. McLaurm. Union?It. G. Hill, Williamsburg?W. It. Funk. Y'>rk J. F:;t'k Ash". ' Millions Mill was getting bloated, And his tongue was muchly coated. Patent "tonics" wouldn't cure him, ' Companies would not insure him. All 11is friends were badly frighten. Hut their spirits soon were light m.d For Hill said and they believed him EARLY RISER pills relieved him. Dr E. Norton. I THE BIST I MEnirmc I IjraurAViiAA. | ro* WOMEN I If yon we nervous and tired ont I oontinually yon could have no | clearer warning of the approach I of serious female trouble. Do not wait until you Buffer uu- I bearable pain boforeyou Book t.raat- H mant. You need Wine of Cardui I now ju?t a* much as if the trouble |g were more doveloped aud tba tor- I taring pains of disordered men- |fl struaFlou, bearing down pains, I leucorrhoea, backache and nead- I ache wero driving you to the un- I failing relief that Wine of Cardui I has brought hundreds of thousands Q of women and will bring you. Wine of Cardui will drive ont I all trace of weakness and banish I nervous spells, headache and back- H ache and prevout the symptoms I from quickly developing into dan- I gerous troubles that will be hard I to check. Secure a $1.00 bottle of I Wine of Cardui today. If your I dealer does not keep it, send the I money to tho Ladies' Advisory I Dept., The Chattanooga Medieine Rj Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn., and tho H meuicine will ho sent you. WINEsfl CARDUI WITCH HAZEL SALVE THE ORIGINAL. A W?n Known Cur? for Pflet. Cure# ebetlnate eeres, ehaeped hands, eeMmi, skia diseases. Makes burns and eoalds painless. We eeuld not tmpreve the quality u paid deuble the prtoe. The beet ealve that experleaee eaa predsee er that eaeoej caa buy. Cures Piles Permanently DeWHI'a la the erlrlnal and enly pure and eautee Witch HiMlSii**t ? - - -? ? ? % * w?vn ivi the ??m? DoWITT on evory box. All others IN MMt*r(?lt. ritMIIO IT n. m. ??WITT A CO.. CHICAOOw Dr. ?. Conti-Suihort R R DAILY 0OB1DULB. Lt X/rtte Bm*h 7 t .? It OOnwrnj.,,.. 7:40 A.m Lt Qul?V t:M o. m am kjtuo bomb i:ii %. ? Lt Kfrtla Baton ,l:SOp A At qm+%f ?. m Lt 0mwnr 0:t0 p. m JLM Ijrt o Batch 0:10 p. m v , j -. v 1m -.'>?? '^1 ^ . ?i> *>'** in MACHINERY SUPPLIES. . Pipe, Valves, Fl'tings, (I any one in Machinery business, itnders. Get our price. UPPLY CO.. whinery Hup ply house of the State . n.. moHMcavm HklClfWORKS, i d U A < pv \ f TerraV^s'i^-^ locks, f e pared U'^ UND, flTm>w tmmmmmmr iVEY, Cashier. COLLINS, Asst. Carhikb. ; always striven for the up> rent of her citizens. In perig to our customers erory ?^vising. ^ received iu the past, Cash i eRjg* Sq< M ill A. 1' reejnHLh's Most N' Cashier. Ml CounTJ "\T JMpvrcr on A ii} iV X y Charge Experience. \ aluaM^wTctokH Free? Writ? for Them. IHl HATHAWAY, llrcoK'<l/'<) oh (lin Olde?t Establish* <<(! and "VinHt Il^llabln Hpnotmllat. livery alllictcd render of this paper la Invited to consult Dr. J. Nowton Hathaway of Atlanta, tin, the Sooth's iron ltoliable Spe ialist, on any disease, absolutely without charge. This treat specialist has had over twenty live years of expo'ience in the study and treat* u eat of diseases of a chronio or lingering naL rc, and wo unhesitatingly say tha there is no case, no matter how severe, that he cannot thoroughly understand from tho very first, and prepare the correct troa'mont, which is hound to elVeo.t a permanent cure. By Uie aid of his sys em of home treatment, he places at tho disposal <?f every sufferer his advanced methods of treatment, of which o is tho o iginntor, uomatter whoro ho or she resides. I Ki;i; >1 llDICAh ADVICE If you sulfur from any disoaso of a chronio natme, such as Nervous Debility, Stricture, Vatic > ele, Blood Poison, Kidney or Bla der Trouble, Diseases of the Heart, Diverorst'imach, Throat and Dung Trouble, Dost Manhood, Hydrocele, Urina-y Disordels, Skin Diseases. Rheumatism, Catarrh or private diseases of en, sm h as (Beet, etc., and diseases pe uliar to women, etc., etc., do not n ake tire mistake at consulting your homo doctor, who will charge you anywhere from 1 to $25 for conDilation alono, hut sit down and write to fir, Hathaway. Ho will counsel and advise you without one cent of charge, lie is the recognized authority on lie so dtstases in this country, ami you can, therefore, appro late th? vain I is opinion of y ur case would to to you. 11<> has been established in Atlanta for ye rs mid years, ami his reputation is not quailed b> any other physici n. Have no hesitancy in riling him. He will also send y< u a valualile book on your disease, all charges prepaid. V are esperiall v invited to writo for his hook f r men, entitled, "Manliness, Vigor and 11< alth." Be sure to writo this great specialist about your disease today. His business is conducted in an honest, straightforward manner, and you i'iiii always fool assured of "a square deal." The address is J. NliWTON HA THAWAY, M. D., KK Ininnii Bldg., Atlanta, (la. A Proposition of Interest To all readers of this paper, who call or write for t reatment within tiie next, do days I will cure them of the following diseases for ONE-HALF my usual charge: LOST MANHOOD, SYPHILIS (blood poison), GO NORM E, GLEET, STRICTURE, VA RICOCELE. RUPTURE, CATARRH and all CHRONIC DISEASES, of liotlt sexes. Diseases of women cured without operation. PILES cured under guarantee without the knife or any tying or burning operation. Consultations, Examination, Advico Free. T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M. D., TUB SPECIALIST Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard Building, Augusta, Ga. N. 11. Catarrh nf mnmi ? ??> ..... v nvmu 1U1IU uurcu quickly at home. Pianos |> > Organs. | i , | You want the Best. We have 8 a exactly what you want. Don't 5 wait to feci exactly ready. We I ! can make you able. Our prices 8 s are LOW--our termsare EASY. 8 W rite us at once for catalogues, X prices and terms. Address I MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, ? J COLUMBIA, S. C. A <trr nnn bank deposit Railroad r?ra Paid 601 ^ ' P ft K K Coursaa Offarad. fjmNMRBBMHH Board at Coat wrttaQiSd ;E0RC,l A-ALABAMA BUSINESS C0LLC6C.MacoS.ttM LEARN TELEORAPHY And R. K, AOKKCY?Wo also train f'on for TlieU. H. SIGNAL COUPS. School o<tabliahod 17 years. Choao board, ltWr tuition, and Our Plan INSURES position. CatHl>*no freo. OA. TELEGRAPH COLLEGE. Sonoia, Ga. An Awful Ortine. Saturday night, between 10 o'c'ook and daylight, Frank M. Holbrook, aged 05, and his wife, who ran a little store in the country, four miles from Watklnsvllle, Ga., were murdered and to the crime of murder In the oas) of the old woman was added a more horrible crime. The oouple had been brained with an axe. Their b.idlee were found on the back porch of their hOUSO this momlncr Th# ?? . *?iv outire Uf)UQty Is aroused, and summary action may be taken If the guilty parties are found. / '' %?*.