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c hs* Fightt Have attte ap King fast as to the whereby lat land and the 2in of the reatened. recognize iu Korea, moves in ds treaty rights, under which she might gain x x^ontiol of the port of Fusan, tiie more northern harbors of Vladivostok and ' Port Arthur havlnK proved less serviceable than had been anticipated. (3.) Japan's seven year old grudge against Russia for outcastlng her from Port Arthur at the close of her con tost with Ohlha, and (also) Russia's fatal ignorance of Japan's prepared ness and her over-contidence In her own strength. DURATION. From February 6th, 1904 to June 11th, 1906 493 days. TEIK KK8ULT. (1 ) Japan has reacquired control of Korea, establishing a protectorate, and appointing an American, Durham White Stevens, as adviser to the emperor, Yi Ileui. (2 ) Japan has regained possession of Port Arthur and the Liaotung Peninsula, and of such of Manchura as will warrant its return to China, with ( "< pan doors" to the trade of the world. (3 ) International law has gained a clearer knowledge than has before been had of what constitutes "contraband of war," and to what lengths a naval olilcer may properly go in the "right of search." Roth of these advances have been made largely through the prompt diplomacy of Secretary of State Hay. (4 ) Russia certainly will not get on the P.icltic coast, the "ice-frco port" for which she has so long been looking. CIIKONOLOGY, 1903. July 28.--Opening jf diplomatic correspondence between Japan and Russia, relative to the Manchuria sltua YKAK 1904. f Diploma tic relations brokon cff. February 7. Japanese troops occupy M sampho, Korea. February 8.?Gun boat ' Korletz'' tires first shot of the war, otl Che mulpo. To?o attacks the Fort Arthur licet. February 9.?"Variag" and "Korl etz" sunk Japanese troops 1 md Chemulpo. February 10.?The Czar declares war. Japanese occupy Seoul. February 11.?The Mikado declares war. United States announces neutrality. A Japanese merchantman ^jiunk by Vladivostok licet. February 12. ? Russian mlne-transpor\? ''Yenesscl" sunk at Fort Arthur. February 28.?Skirmish at Flng Yang; first land action of the war. March 0.?Kamlmura bombards Vladivostok. March 8.?Makar< IT takes com mand at Fort Arthur. March 27.?Kuropatkln reaches Mukden. April 4.?Kuroki occupies WIJu, on the Yalu. April 13.?MakarolT goes down with the "Fetropavlovsk," during a sortie from Port Arthur. April 20.?Vladivostok Squadron sinks the transport ''Klnshu Maru." May 1.?Battle of the Yalu. f May 6.?Oku lands at Pitsewo. May 11.?Russians destroy and evacuate I)alny. May 14. ?Port Arthur isolated. May 15?Japanese battleship "Hat^sue' sink by a mine, and the cruiser MYoshlao' In collision. May 22 26.?Taking of Nan Shan IIUl. The tlrat of Port Arthur's defences. May .'10.?Japanese occupy Palny. June 14-15.?Rattle of Vafangow. June 15.?Vladivostok squadron bombards Wonsan, Korea, and sinks the transports Sado and Hitchachi. June 27.?Kurokl and Nodzu capture the Fcnshin, Ta and Motlen passes. June 30 31 of Ilaicherg. July 13-17.?Russian volunteer crul sers, St. Peterburg and Smolensk seize the British steamer Malacca and the German steamer Prince llelnrlch in the Red Sea. July 20 24.?Third raid of Vladivostok squadron. July 25.?Torpeda boat attack on Port Arthur lleet. July 26-30?Capture of Wolf Hill, Port. Arthur. July 31.?Japanese begin to advance upon Llao Lang. Battle of Yantze Pass. Count Keller killed. August 8.?Oku seizes New Cn&ng and Hatcheng. August 10.?Wlthoift killed during sortie from Port Arthur; the fleet dispersed and damaged. August 14.?Kamlmura defeats Vladivostok squadron; Rurik sunk. August 10 24,? First General as[ sault upon Port Arthur. ' August 26-September 4X?Battle of Llo Yang. , September 19 2l.? FortfCmropatkln t taken; commanding Part Arthur's r outer defences. October 1121.-?.Battle of Shake River. Ootober R ?Jwfcvensky satis from Ltbau with BaltlO squadron. |^^October20. - Armies go Into winter H^^^nber 30.?Storming of 203^Hhiu. ^Hvnher 6-10.?First Japanese Ore ^^^^LPort Arthur Ueet. A jj^^^^ker 18.?First prenaanent in Port Arthur main deImMr 28 31.?NokI takes Kek- s< Kis IggHpS^B'UK ybak 1905. plllpliB?Stoessel offers to surren 2.?Surrender of Port Ar- q SKiary 3.- Hojestvensky arrives ^ iff Madagascar. t( January 1011.- Cossack raid in lapanese rear penetrates to New ^ Jhang. Dl January 25*29 ?Battle of the Hun v [liver. (Sandepas.) * February 15. Third Paciiio 8<iuad- ^ on sails from Libau, under Nebga- , off. , February 24-March 12.?Battle of . Vlukden. March 1(5.?Hojestvensky satis east 'rom Madagascar. April 8.?Hojestvensky arrives off Singapore. May 2 5.?Vladivostok torpedo ? oats raid Japan's north coast. May 8.?Nebogatoff'ssquadron Joins . ttojesvensky. May 28 27.?Battle of Sea of Ja- 0 pan. May 28.?Cruiser Grombol seriously . lamaged by a mine near Vladivostok, r* June 3 ?Enquls with three cruisers reaches Manilla; vessels entered. June 9.?President Roosevelt opens iiplomatlo correspondence with the c lighting powers, looking for peace. June 11.?Russia and Japan pledge ^ themselves to peace parley. MOST IMPORTANT ACTIONS. Port Arthur and Chemulpo attacks. 2 ?(February 8 9) Togo and Urlu commanding the Japanese and Alex ^ ieff the Russians. Russia lost 2 ves- i selH and 7 disabled; the Japanese 2 i torpedo boats sunk. The victories ) gave Japan the command of the far t East waters. t Yalu River?(May 1 ) The Japan- i ese under Kurokl defeated the Rus- i sians under Zisselitch, thus opening i me way to me invasion or Mauchuria. i 71,500 men enyayed, the casualties | belny: 3,190 Russians, to 2,039 Jap- ] anese. ! Nanshan II111 and Klnchow.?(May | 22-20 ) This victory of the Japanese, I under Oku, cut I'ort Arthur olT from I the north. 1 10,000 men were engaged, | the casualties amounting to 1,704 < Russians and 2,300 Japanese. Fafanyow.?(May 14 15 ) Stackcl- ! bery's attempt to re enfojes the Fort Arthur garrison was defeated by Oku, the former losing 4,033 men and the latter 1,120. 120,000 men were en Rayed. Lion Yany.?(Auyust 20-Scpt. 4 ) The yeneral contilct between the two entire armies, Kuropatkin and Oyama commandlny In person. Of the 120,- 1 000 men enyayed, the Rusiian casual- ; ties are ytven at 22,050 and the Jap 1 anese at 17,639. The victory lay with Japan. Kuropatkln's retreat to Muk den was masterly. Shake River. ? (Ootober 11 21 ) A second contest between the same com- 1 manders and forces as at Llao Yany, 1 resulted In a virtual draw, thouyh the Russians were compelled to con tlnue their retreat. Total casualties: 82,747; 07,808 Russians and 15,879 Japanese. 1 203 Metre IIlll.?(November 3) The bloodiest of the conlilots wayed about Port Arthur, the Japanese victory I 1 ^ I ~ ,1 I H- 1. icnuiu); uucutiy w i/im inter surrender | of the town. The Russians lost In killed and wounded about 3,000 men; the Japanese fully live times as many. l'ort Arthur.?Isolated on May 14, 1004; surrender, January 2, 1905?a siege of 232 days. The garrison (43,032 men with 778 guns,) was commanded by Stcesscl; the attacking force (87,902 men with 008 guns,) t)y Nogl. From the 19th of August 31 dlstinot attacks were made and 3 sorties; the lighting was practically continuous. Total casualties have been given as: Russian 32,745; Japanese, 97,480. Russia surrendered 24,309 men, 540 guns, 82 670 shells, 127 tons of powder, 35 252 rifles, 2.206,800 . cartridges and 1,920 horses. The victory had cost Japan about $100,000,000, while the Russian financial loss, Including the value of the destroyed fleet, was not less than half again as < much. "Considered as a demonstra , tlon of the pitch to which human fortitude and valor may bo carried, the J siege of Port Arthur reflects the highest credit on both the defenders and ' assailants, and Is destined to rank In history among the most memorable feats of arms." ' IIun River, (Sandcpas)?(January ( 25 29.) Grlppenberg's brave, but fruit- 1 less attempt to turn the wing of Oyama's army cost him 12,000 men, with a loss to his enemy of but 5,000. ( 160,000 were engaged. Mukden.?fliVhrnn.ru 91 10 \ 1 The greatest of the land actions of 8 the war, Dyama and Kuropatkln 8 again facing eaeh other, with forces : of from 700,000 to 800,000, engaged along a front extending from 60 to 8 100 miles. Japan's casualties amounted to 41.222; those of Russia to nearly c 00,000. Oyama's "spoils" included T 60 guns, 200,000 shells, 60,000 rllles, J 25,000,000 rifle cartridges, 2,000 1 horses, 350,000 bushels of grain and 1 fodder, and 1,000,000 bread .rations. 8 "In the numbers engaged, in extent ^ of t.hft ttAlH In t.So HtimUnn ' - au V..V uumuu/ii U1 blic struggle, and In the magnitude of the 8 losses Mukden so far overshadows all ' previous battles of which we have definite information, from Marathon to Sedan, as to stand in a class by it* ' self. It gives Oyama rank as a strat- J" egist of the first order. It confirms 11 the impression that Kuropatkin, with ? his habit of preparing for retreat be* fore going into battle is not a great 1 commander; above all It proves the ' superiority of the Japanese soldier." 8 The Sea of Japan. ?(Mav 27 28.) c The annihilation of the combined ? fleets under Rojestvensky. (36 vessels of all classes, mounting 372 guns,) j by the Japaanese, all olasses, with an ' unknown number of torpedo boats, ? the whole mounting 330 guns, at a Jj cost to Russia of $73,500,000, and the ? gain to Japan of absolute command of the situation in the Far Fast. 6 battleships, 5 orulsers, 1 coast defence ? vessel, 2 special servloe boats, and 3 destroyers of the Russian fleet were ? sunk; and 2 battleships, 2 coast de- ' fenoe vessels and 1 destroyer were oaptured, along with 3,000 prisoners, t including Admiral Rojesvensky and { Ncbagatoff, 8,660 Russians were killed j or drowned, including Admiral Voel- t kersham. Japan accomplished this { PLANT ALFALFA. I Movement to Stimulate the Culti- 1 vation of Hay Crop. juth Carolina ARrioultural Hocloty C OfTars Premiums for Beat Yield { On Two and Flvo Acres. Ilulleton No. 103, Issued by Clemson 1 allege, gives & report of the success- t il cultivation of alfalfa during the i w?t four years, at Its Experiment Staon, near Charleston, and shows that a the bed four years old, the result * f last year's six outtlngs In equivalent < er acre were as follows: i Green. Dry. pril 19, first cutting .. 16,129 4,624 lay 24, seoondcutting ..14,518 2,536 une 27, third cutting ...10,740 2 680 < uly 26, fourthcuttlng .. 9.19L 2,262 .ug. 23, Ofthcutting ... 7 282 1,979 lot. 10, sixth cutting ... 3,635 1,414 Total 59,341 10,400 Or In dry hay, a little over 8 tons er acre. This plant, Introduced some ears since through California, is now elng largely grown through all the J 1_ .rw,o iiuvuv tt wvcin ouatun| miu in iifuo 'exas is reported to have planted 250,00 acres. It Is regarded as of so much imporance In that State that an associaIon has been formed called "the Texs State Alfalfa Growers' Association," i. E. Smith, of Sherman, is the resident, and E. H. I'eters, of Cal ert, is the secretary. Mr. Smith Is he largest grower of alfalfa In Texas, laving this year 1,200 acres under culivatlou, as shown in the report pub Ished in The News and Courier on :0th instant. It has been proved by the crops jrown at the Experiment Station that t can be grown in the State to advantage, as orops of the last three vears are now growing, as well as that )f 1900. The official returns show ;liat in 1903 the Importation in and through Charleston for the first seven months of Eastern and Western hay averaged In value over $10,000 per mouth, much of whioh will not compare with alfalfa hay for stock of all finds. The Agricultural Society of South Carolina has decided to offer a prize of one hundred ( 100) dollars for the best outturn of sound, dry, alfalfa hay on five acres, and fifty dollars for the best on one acre, cut and cured luring the year 1900. As the early fall is the best seasou for planting alfalfa in the South (about the last of September, aud as the laud requires thorough preparation before planting, as well as high ferti. /. .tion, the best means to accomplish this is to sow the land with cow peas with heavy application of fertilizers, which should be done at this time. All persons who desire to enter this competition should send their names and addresses to Mr. J. Backman Hhlsnlm 9.1 RrnnH okroot OV.??look^r. , -a IIV1VVU, V/l l? I 1C3UVU1 , S. C., secretary of the South Carolina Agricultural Society, who will furnish the address of the seed men from whom this Society has obtained seed, and also with ''Farmers' bulletin No. 31," of the United States department of agrlculcure, which gives full direction for the cultivation and saving of alfalfa. It should 1)6 noted that though alfalfa is delicate, and needs care during the lirst year, that once established on the land, It will con tlnue to vlvc heavy cn ps for many years without replanting. The secretary of the Agricultural Society will be pleased to furnish all details In connection with these premiums and the awarding of same Those who desire to compete must give their address, stating If they de sire to enter for the live or one acre competition. The premiums are of fered only for new crops to be planted In the fall of 1905. W. U. Ilinson, Thomas Pinckney, Samuel G. Stoney, Jas. S. Murdoch, J no. S. Ilolback, Theodore G barker, agricultural committee of the Agrlcul tural Society of South Carolina. 8TILL AT LARGE. ' rho Mutitnoua IlattlOBhlp in Btill Master ot tho Black Boa. A dispatch from Odessa under date if July 7 says tho Knlaz Potemkln, the mutinous Russian battleship, still occupies the centre of the stage here. The authorities are well informed ibout her movements and her ODera Lions at tbc various black sea ports Form the topic of continuous speoulaLion and comment in business and :t1icial circles. But as the opinion prevails here that she will not return :o menace Odessa the Odesslans view ler doings interestedly, but not soupled with any particular alarm. The fact that the Knlaz Potemkin s still at large, cruising in the Black lea, threatening ports and holding up iteamers and other craft is beginning .o bring oritlcism upon the naval au horlties, owing to their apparent ilowness and lack of energy In pursung and terminating her piratical tareer. The torpedo boats which it is eported are trailing the Kniaz Po,emkin have done nothing, although ihe whereabouts of the battleship has tever been a secret. The Black sea Is o small that she has never been out >f reach of the ileet whioh left Odessa tr^ J j ?-* 1 nruuiiBHuay ana wnion is popularly upp(S8(l to be following the renegade or the purpose of effecting her surrenler or sinking her. If the fleet is In earnest it oan caaiy meet the Knlaz Potemkin within a omparatlvely few hours. The belief s general, however, and there is genral confirmation of it, that the main llrtloulty oodfrontlng tbe fleet regardng the Knlaz Potemkin lies In the act that the crews of the ships are trongly disinclined to engage the nutlnous battleship. It is reported m good authority that their orews lave actually refused to attack her. n the meantime commerce on the hack sea is being slowly resumed and oastwlse and other steamers are clear- ( ng from Odessa on their former schelule. i Was It An Attraotlon? The Johnson News says: " A beauIful lady riding horseback astride ras one of the attractions In Johnston ! ast Friday morning. As she dashed , ip and down Main street on her snow- , vhite oharger, with head erect and ler feet firmly planted In the stir ups, all business oeased for awhile, den rushed to the doors and out on he street to oatch a glimpse of the airy-like object. The men gazed In i ostaoy and soliloquised: "How beau WEATHER AHD CEOFS. tain Very General, In Koine Place* U: Too Heavy. The following Is a report of orop M loiidltlons as compiled by Section Dlector Bauer: The week ending Monday, July 3d, lad a nearly normal mean tempera- m iure, It having been very high at the a, beginning of the week with a maxl- w mum of 99 degrees at Blackvllle on hc lune 27th, and was comparatively cool luring the middle of the week with a "j minimum of 01 degrees at Allendale on t? June 29th. There was more than au w average amount of cloudiness. The. S winds were mostly easterly and dry- n Ing. h Copious rains fell In the Savannah g valley counties and along the southern a coast; exoesslvo rains in the extreme si western and northwestern oounties. The co operative observer at Walhalla tl reported over thirteen Inches for the f< week. Scattered showers, generally V light, occurred In the central, eastern e and northeastern oounties where the tl drought has been only partially relLv- n ed. Lands were washed and bottom si lands Hooded In Oconee, Pickens and fi parts of Anderson, Greenville and a Barnwell counties; in all other sec 1 tlons the rainfall was wholly beueti cial.,.. P Cotton Improved in general appear- a anoe and growth, although it has not o attained normal size except in a few e scattered localities. The cotton crop v Is uneven and irregular in size, growth c and fruitage, though it Is blooming c normally over practically the whole state. There arc fewer complaints of n deterioration, lice and shedding than t last week. In the dry sections some J plants are blooming to the top Sea- 1 Island cotton continues small, though a generally healthy. I There is little If any, improvement h in early planter! oorn which continues e unpromising; later plantings have improved in color and growth, but are r still being seriously injured by worms 1 and recently by chinch bugs in places. 1 Wheat thrashing is under way aud I the yields are very poor, Rice is do- f ing well. Tobacco is being cured; the crop is poor and shows the bad elleots i of drought. Peas are being sown ex- 1 tensively. Pastures and gardens are * parched except where recent rains t have partially revived them. Water- t melons are being marketed. Sweet ' potato slips are being set out since ( the rains, and where set out earlier t are doing well. The general crop out- < look Is more promising than hereto- ' fore, tut is still poor where moisture ' Is deficient, which includes about half the state. I , CRIMINALS OF DEEPEST DYE. < _____ i Huob Were tho Parties Ijjnohcd by [ Mob at WatkliiHville. : Mr. S. W. Bailey, of Athens, Ga., , tells a thrilling story that throws i light on the character of some of the 1 parties that went to their death a few days since at the hands of the Watklnsvlllo mob. The story as told by Mr, Bailey indicates that these parties must have at the time of Its occur rcnce been planning jmt such a murder as in the case of Mr. and Mrs. Ilo'brooks. Mr. Bailey kept a store on the Scull Shoals road, a few miles from Watktnsvllle, and near the scene of the llolbrook tragedy. He moved from thereto Athens last January. One , night about four yeais ago Mr. Bailey says that four negroes came to his j store about ten o'clock and in the number were Rich and Lewis Robin- j son, two of the negroes who killed the | Holbrooke couple. His wife was in the store, and they , attempted in many ways to And out where she kept her money, by asking , her to change a twenty dollar bill. , She suspected danirer and eallnrl t.n her husband. The neKroes went out. t Mr. Bailey got his pistol and sat down , In the rear of the store. They came | back again, and saw him there and then left. , Last December, Just before Christ- , mas, a negro named Wiley Durham , came to the store about midnight and ] wanted Mr. Baiiey to get up and go ( into the store to sell him some artl- ] cles. He was told that it was too late | to open the store and that he could'nt j get what he wanted. He was accom- j pauled by another man, and when Mr. Bailey went to the window and looked i out he recognized that man as L jn J. f Aycock, the white man who was shot t to death by the mob a few nights t since In Watklnsvllle. Mr. Bailey had just Hold his farm t and was was getting ready to go to t Athens, and at that time he had the a money realized from the sale of his ^ farm In his house. c The negr j who was with Aycock at jj that time was one of the negroes at \ one trtme suspected of the Holbrook murder, bnt la|,er on released. Mr. Bailey Is satisfied that he would have had trouble had he opened his store at ^ that time. Young Man Mutoldea. The Columbia Record says "News n has been received here of the suicide \ of John A. Hendrix at New Castle, y Ky., Ilendrlx was a well known and () popular young Columbian and up to a r few months ago was correct in his h habits. He was formerly employed by W. D. Lever and from there went with the Bell Telephone oompany. A f( few weeks ago he ran away with a ~ small amount of money belonging to ^ the company and was not heard of un- * til a speolal agent of the bonding com* t( pany here Wednesday stated that w Hendrlx had killed himself by throw- t| ing himself under a moving train. t Hendrlx is well connected here and the news of his death will be received |f with universal regret." ri Hlavrry In Philippines. g In a bulletin issued by the bureau of labor In a report on labor in the H\ Philllpplnes It is stated that peonage 1 and serfdom are still quite general In 0 the Islands. It says: "Over forty-one a per oent of the employment is in ag- " rlculture and in these industries peon- P age and serfdom and slavery still ex- ^ 1st and tfage system is not really es- 81 tabllshed. Where wages are nominally paid they are often but another 11 method of oontlnulng the relationship a of peonage. a SuloldtKl In Jail. j( At Washington, Edward Green, a d negro, an inmate of the United States n District Jail, committed suicide by b hanging himself to the window bars In l^yeinoymeans of an handkerchief a H f| HELP IT ALONG. ?? || nique Plan ot Raising Fundi for Southern Cotton Aiiociation. V a .r. Hmith Talks ot Hohomo to Olte r Hon thorn Planter Complete Con- " trot of Cotton Market. t 0 At a meeting of the executive com- j( ilttce of the Southern Cotton assoct- g! Lion held in Memphis June 29th it t as decided to recommend to every as j Mjiation, State, oounty and township, ) erect warehouses at once wherever ^ ecessary. They further reootrmend g lat this be done by local capital if it e possible. This plan of erecting t arehouses will be taken up by every v tate in the cotton belt so that there c iay be a sutliolent number of ware- y ouses ready for cotton by fall to . uarantee organizing a mutual lnsuruce company. The play of this in ( nranee is as follows: j Eich warehouse is to become through c he mutual insurance plan security j sr every other warehouse belonging a or under the control of the South- 1 rn Cotton assxjlatiou. In this way lie insurance will be reduced to a J omlnal sum; and will guarantee aholute tire protection without being 1 orced to subscribe to all of the plans nd speo'ticatlons of the Southeastern ' ?ari(T association. The State says Mr. E. D. Smith, i resident of the State association and member of the executive committee r f tiie southern association, is of course nthuslastio over the plan Mr. Smith *as in the cltv Wednesday, having J ome down from Greenvillo. He talkd freely about the plan. "Hankers, merchants and business It Don of all vocations are solicited to ake stock In these warehouses," said ' dr. Smith. "This will solve the probetn of cheap storage and cheap insur,nce and will save to the farmers and mslness men of the south, themselves, dl the money that Is now paid to forilgn corporations for Insurance. "It will be Impassible for me to ' each each county In person, but 1 lope every county paper will copy this etter, and every organization buildng warehouses will notify this otllce is soon as It Is assured. "The Planters' Holding and Comnisslon company Is now ready for busness, and we hope that all farmers ind business men in the south will ake stock In this company, so that In sonjunctlon with our warehouses we nay have a fund from which money ;an be gotten at a low rate of Interest jo take up the surplus and distressed iotton If there be any such on the narket. To sum the whole matter jp, our plan Is this: "The cotton farmers and southern people will build their own warehouses, organizing each State, and get a jharter for doing a commission busl ness, and then every warehouse in the eutlre cotton belt carries its pro rata ihare of the risk of every other one, io that If no cotton Is burned our injurance will cast nothing; and taking a ten year average. If we can get enough warehouses built and enough cotton stored, the estimate Is that It will not exceed 5 cents p.r bale for In burance. The farmers themselves, having taken stock in the warehouses, will have their storage charges reduced to a. minimum In t.hat Mioir ...111 -- ?. v OtVVIV TTlll, If managed correctly, very nearly pay for their storage; and If sulllolent funds are pooled by the southern cotton grower and the southern people, and It is managed correctly, there will he a loan fund sutllclent to carry the weak and distressed cotton at a low rate of interest, thereby giving the south and the southern planter abso lute control of the marketing of his cotton. ' Tuis plan appeared tlie most feasible, and 1 think will appeal to the business judgment of everyone, and we hope that the warehouse feature will be pushed vigorously. "The Southern Cotton association also decided to ask every man, wo man and child la the south, who today feel that they are under obligation to the Southern Cotton association for the present rise in cotton, we ask them to contribute one nickle apiece. All South Carolinians who feel so dls posed and thluk they can atiord this much for this great southern cause, :an forward their nickle to Mr. F. H. Hyatt, treasurer of the Southern Cotton association, South Carolina division, Columbia, S. C. The association s in debt, and thinks that this is a list and equitable way of appealing jO the people for aid. "At Greenville Tuesday when this ippeal was made there was a prompt md generous response. We hope that ,hero will be a generous response from >he people at large. "I want once more to congratulate ,he people of my State add the south n general upon the magnificent achievement of the Southern Cotton issoclatlon. For once in the history if the south we seem to be in the sadHe; and my advice to the people at arge Is to sit steady and ride easy." DEFENDED HIS HOME. 1 Negro Shot Dead by a Young Man at Corclole. At Cordele, Ga., a negro whose lameis unknown, was killed recently y Gus Singletary, a white boy of 15 ears, who lives four miles southwest f Cordele. The circumstances were ather unusual. The negro oame to the I kTYlA flf MlO Slnr.lnk??..? ?v. wkv Miu^iciai/n. The family consists of two boys, one oung lady and a mother. He asked or matches. The man looked susplious and one of the boys told him to 1 0 to a negro house, about one mile i Istant, and get what he wanted. He i sft, but returned In about one hour, n fhioh was 1 o'clock Tuesday morn- ' ag, and said that he could not get 8 he matches. ' The hoy told him to leave the prem- a ;es and not return. This the intruder I efused to do and stated that he was a oing to enter the house. In the mean- t Ime the older boy of the two had \ barted out to get the negro, to whom c he unknown man was referred, In i rder that he might get ttie man c way. The negro saw him leave and it t 1 supposed he thought the ladles un- a rotected. He walked deliberately up d d the front door carrying a heavy C tick. t When he was about ten feet away c he younger boy threw the door open nd fired, one load of No. 7 soot from shotgun going almost through the eart of the man. The older boy hear- e ig the shot, ran to the scene with a F rawn pistol and finding the negro v Tithing in the death agony fired two o ullets through his abdomen. s Coroner Graham came Tuesday t fternoon in response to information o irnished by J. O. McK Inney, on whose d TUo Drldxe, This popular poem was first oalled The Bridge Over the Charles," by a author, Henry Wadsworth Longillow, (born 1807, died 1882 ) The Itle appears to have bee )me abbrevlted through his own habit of referlog to It, for greater convenlecc, as The Bridge." The bridge, which Is he subject of the poem was the old ne, known as West Boston bridge, )cated at the foot of Cambridge breet. ar d now in process of demoll- (/ Ion, to make way for a modern one. h n Longfellow's youth the bridge was ,, robably more generally a resort for ? loonltght rumlnators, comparatively peaking, than It has been of late ears, for then, the only means of ransportation to and from Boston vas a coach, and, as the fare was 25 ents, comparatively few people rode, til that Is known of the genesis of 'The Bridge" Is found In LoDgfelow's diary, where, under date of )stober 9, 1845, he records having inished It that forenoon, and again, , in October 17, mentions haviug finaly retouched It. stood on the bridge at inidnlnghb, As the clocks werestrlklng the hour, \nd the moon rose over the city, Behind the dark church tower. [ saw her bright reflection In the waters under me, .like a golden goblet falling And sinking into the sea. \nd as far as in the hazy distance 1 Of that lovely night in June, 1 The blaze of the (laming furnace Olearned redder than the moon. \mong the long, black rafters The wavering shadows lay \nd the current that came from the ocean iecmed to lift and bear them away; \s, sweeping and eddying through them, Rose the belated tide, And, streaming into the moonlight. 'J'lie seaweed Hooted wide. And like those waters rushing, Among the wooden piers, A Hood of thoughts came o'er me That tilled my eyes with tears. llovv often, O how often, In the days that had gone by, 1 had stood on that bridge at midnight And gazed on that wave and sky! How often, O how oficn, l had wished that the ebbing tide Would hear me away on its liosom O'er the ocean wild and wide! For my heart was hot and restless, And my life was full of care, And the burden laid upon me Seemed greater than 1 could hear. Hut now It, has fallen from me, It is buried in the sea; And only the sorrows of others Throws its shadow over me. Yet whenever I cross the river On its bridge with wooden piers. Like the odor of brine from the ocean, Comes the thought of other years. And I think how many thousands Of care-encumbered men. Each bearing his burden of sorrow, Have crossed tht bridge since then. I sec t he long procession Still passing to and fro, The young heart hot and restless And the old subdued and slow! And forever and forever, As long as the river Hows, As long as the heart ha* passions, As long as life has woes; The moon and its broken reflection And it shadows shall appear, As t he symbol of love in heaven, And its wavering image here. A Memory of June. Somewhere, a down the stream of Time, Amid tlie isles of June, 1 know, A d*?y is anchored, over which The sweetest winds of momory blow. The earth was vestured as a bride, In richcstBdics and brightest bloom; The plushing breeze that kissed her cheek Was slumberous with its rich perfume. White clouds sailed slowly o'er the deep Of heaven's blue, serenely still, And not a sound of discord broke The harmony of Nature's will. Yet, faint and far, through leafy aisles, Was heard the wood-bird's mellow call? The lappingsound of woodland stream, Or rippling laugh of waterfall. O, friend, who stood with me that day, Do you recall the matchless morn When, from the Leathcn tome, for us One white, red-lettered page was torn Hands clasping hands, heart spoke to heart, t In language all unknown 'til then, And from their Undine sleep our sou's A woke to dreams, how mad! llow vain! I know not what life holds for you? Our ways w^re parted long ago; And far, o'er pathless seas, our souls Have drifted with the ebb and flow Yours may have reached some sheltered bay And, anchored safe in sunny cove, Have long since ceased to think of me? Blest, by some happy, heartsome love. While I, the sport of idle waves, Toss still in Ocean's stormy strife; Par, far from rest and peace: for me, Love is the saddest thing in life. Yet, anchored In those "isles of bloom," That sweet June heyday lingers yet* \nd time, nor change, nor lapsing hours Can ever cause Its sun to set. ?IIKLKN WATTS MCVKY. . Bird's Chief Knemjr. Professor Clifton F. Tlodge, biologst at Clark University, lias oomo o\ t l irglng the extermination of all oats by , nunlcipalities, declaring they are the vorst existing enemy of bird life. This has become a matter of nationilconsequenoe," says Proffessor Hodge, t and demands the attention of cities, is well as of people in the country. I ' lave given much attention to this j lubleefc. and T am ?Annin??^ I _ m t ? W>? a* * ?M J wu T IUUCU | hat the oat Is the worst enemy the \ )lrd has. Not excepting the severities < >f winter, scourges of disease that i night prevail in bird families, and all ' tther enemies of bird life combined, he cat is the arch fiend of them all, | nd stands at the head of the list as a < lestroyer of bird life. We need the < German method of oat traps, like hose that In one year killed 80,000 >ats in Hamburg." Tho W?y of the World. "Print the grandest sermon that k vor fell from inspired lips and not Mill or cent, even of the professedly pldBgl vlll read it," says the Hampton ury, but print a detailed acooun^KBX ome female bunko game or a s<Hm| lonal divorce in high life, >nd ent. of the v<;ry eleot will n4| ffl live for the paper before brefl&|lH woop down on It llko a hungtf H ^^m^^jowl of orab soup, V h? uaranteed cou ami, & mos. PJ eall^B land. Writo. IB Machinery Headquarter* for All klnds/t&JLnjet^l Su ppllos' W Kavv^B LarKrc9fl| CoYttfl f Mat? Fhlfl or iS <i ? Whlsko Habit, 9 On rod WM 1329 Lady St/9 HP < 11 1 9 A Ijoiik Hontoroo. 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The Kxly boy was an onlooker and ill luck lias it that lie was standing right in the way when the Lipsehutz boy thing away ids bat in disgust The skull of the Exley boy was fractured " No (iaiiil)'lng. Governor Folk of Miss uri has instructed the sheriff to prevent gambling at the St. Louis racs track, and it is reported that in order to uphold the law the governor will send a o >mpany of mi it a to St. L uh. Because the liver is neglected people suffer xH ; with constipation, biliousness, headaches and fovers. Colds attack I the lungs and contagious diseases H I take hold of the system. It is safe I to say that if the liver wero always I ; I kept in proper working order, H I illness would no almost unknown. I j Thedford's Black-Draught is so I i I successful in curing such sickness I I because it is without a rival as a I | liver regulator. 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