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^ i i ? ' ' rmiujonslkt' HHHgM^tocrSteal by Investors In |8f|B^^^jlllP^arts of the 81 n NORTH AND SOUTH. Bot Only Were the Reports Given Out Were Juggled Re Any Kind Btat a New Says. Bb have boen lost I V regarded in no K or gamblers, Bid, doctored GovB were framed up RRne crooked clerk, BPhulf a million dollars R^otton operator in New B?i than a hundred thou himself. " Btement was made to a ReKhe New York American last a New York cotton broker RRbeen hit badly at tltries in the Bthrough the weird crop reports Wf have been issued by the United Bates Agricultural Department, and declaration was corroborated by HRP^ several others gathered in a corner of the Waldorf-Astoria cafe Wednesday night, dusous8lng the sensational scandal in Washington. 11 mi - -* ' ^ f j. nes? crop reports, especially those ' dealing with cotton, have always been used by growers and manufacturers, as as well as by speculators, as the basis for their transactions," he continued. 1 "They havo always been regarded by ( the planters as above suspicion, and ' each report has always established the price of the white staple approximate- ( ly for the mouth following. 1 "It Is now known that these prices were as false as the reports themselves, r and the cotton growers of the South 21 have been made the victims of this * gang of sharpers for two years through ( the Instrumentality of a department M Intended solely to advance the Interests of the planters. "Deaths and suicides, as well as the loss of great fortunes, have followed 1 the operations of EdwlnS. Holmes, the Agricultural Department clerk, and the coterie of gamblers of whom he was the tool. ^ "It has-been shown that he delih v erately changed the actual figures In ^ the Government reports and made the 1 cotton market the plaything of these 1 gamblers, playing with loaded dice, 8 who not only knew in advance what ^ the reports would say, but caused g Holmes to juggle the ligures In the re- ( ports so as to make them say what I they wanted said, and led to the down- a fall of some of the strongest ootton c houses In the country." t The effeot of the revelations in connection with this scandal will be of n the most unpleasant sort. The Govern- a merit spends $200,000 a year collecting 1 the statistics, and the declaration that a - herdafter they will be safeguarded In t \ R ijrannnr tf. mobn 1 'L ' ' 1 _ V* ww umivg iCAAD IlllJJUJIfilUIC lb ' L regarded In Waif Street as a jest. c a Strong commercial influences will 1 , Jbe brought to hear upon the President 0 io order the prosecution of Holmes. ' ^ The Southern Cotton growers' Association Is preparing a case for crimt a nal action and will demand that it be t submitted to the Grand Jury. c Teat no attempt has been tnade to ^ proseoute Edwin S. Holmes, the clerk d responsible for the leak- in the ootton 11 reports, is regarded as incomprehensl- c ble in Now York, unless there is an 11 underlying explanation based upon an ( effort to save some'other official with ? a stronger political) pull. li It Is now known -that the cotton re port of last Monda^was the first that has been given out in that city In two years that was not Anticipated there ? Dy some one in collusion with the au- ? thorltics at Washington. r It is also known tltat these advance . advices regarding not only cotton reports, but wheat, corn and other crop (1 reports, went to a number of operators ftfrfew York. t There arc at least six decoy "inves- . tlgating departments" in Wall Street that never Investigate, and which have been esttfiisheil as blinds in order to g^ftlblo for the men in touch ! ^Vvl and clerkaof bis ilk to , give ?bC^Pance of respectability to . their operation. ^ 7 Whenever they have lAt the market . Just right, they announce that their agents throughout the Vmtire South . have sent them in reports which have tallied exaotly with those of the Government, even when, as now known, the Government reports have been doctored to favor a bear or a bull mar- p & ket. p It Is known that last Monday's re- o port was not tampered with, and it is a certain that no advance information ? regarding its contents reaohed New tl L York before noon. dl I As & result the cotton market Jump- pi I; ed 100 point* in five minutes. v>l & Something of technical knowledge Is al B required to understand this phase of nl ft dealing in the cotton market. Each Hfl f A COTTON BUYING TBU8T. be Greenville News Publishes an Interesting Article About It. I i thero a cotton buying trust In outh GarqllnaV The Greenville News xys. The full story of the cotton syndlate was not published on Friday lornlng, and as the other ohapters re forthcoming it shows that the armors are praotlcally fore 3d to take he bull by the horns and protect hemselves against the evils which ,re depressing the market. In the nterview Friday a man familiar with he methods of the mills stated that ,11 oompotition had been removed and hat the daily price was fixed by the >rch!dcnt of the syndicate, who hap >ened to be the president of a cotton nlll in Greenville. It might be well to says just here ,hat the things which have caused uoh bitter complaint from the farters are not confined to this city alone, Vnderson, .Spartanburg, Union, (Jo umbla, and in fact all mill centres of Morth and South Carolina, have to jattle with the same influence and dement. Georgia and Mississippi are rot In the clutches of the mill trust, tnd export houses, which are not permitted to buy in thi* state, can pur diase all they want in Georgia, for nstauce, and sell it to the Carolina mills. Hut they cannot buy direct 'rom the Carolina farmers, for It'they lo it means a boycott. There are probably a dozen cottoi brokers in Greenville. They represent ill of the leading houses from Now York to Texas, and they sell direct tc the mills. These brokers never handle iny aotual cotton. That is to say. they receive prloes every day, and i the manufacturers are satisfied with >ne limits, s*ies can be made. Tlier ,he cotton is shipped in the mills. If these brokers could go Into the ooal marke^ and buy cotton from tin 'armors It would mean higher pr'c s (reater competition, and thousandso' loll&rs to the planters at the end oi ;he year. Hut they cannot do it Why? Simply because this mill syn licatc has given notice that if any ex sort house attempts to buy lu ihe Jarolinas it cannot hope to sell to thi nills. There is an understanding arm igrccment between the spinners an< ,he exporters and as a result, practl sally all of the Carolina product It aved for home consumption. KILLED-BY OUTLAWS iVho Are Put to Death hater by a Ferauiux Poaae. C. S Calhoun of Kansas City, at Uchison, Topeka and Santa b"e rail vay detective, was shot and lnstanMj dlled at Cedarvale early Wcdncsdaj >y two outlaws, who were shot down Qf/.r I." * ' * ami L>/ n MUniU U1 Ul tl/.l'IlH All II6W1I1S even miles from Cedarvale, close t( lie Oklahoma State line. Oue of tlit lutlaws, Bd Madlgan of 1'onca Citv ). T., was killed instantly by thi >csse.' The other, William Chadburr if Wintield, Kan., was fatally woundd. The outlaws exchanged shots with lie posse. During the exchange J. M. Pope, a nerchant, was shot through the foot ,nd a woman named Malone was struck 11 the leg by a stray bullet. Madlgan ,nd Chadburn held up ar.d robbed six raveling men at the lircttun hotel at Vlntleld on Sunday night last and es aped. At Cedarvale Tuesday night )eteotive Calhoun encountered hot! f the outlaws on the street. Not be Dg positive of their identity. Calhoun secured the city marshal ,nd one of the traveling men who had teen robbed. All then started in a arriage in search of the outlaws Early Veduesday the party drove past the nun In asidestreet. The traveling man dentitled them, and the trio in the arriage were Just in the act of mak ng a stand when either Madigan or ihadburn opened lire. Calhoun hot through the heart and the out aws made their esoape temporarily. Murder and Hutoldo. At Atlantic City, N. J., a murder nd buiolde Wednesday afternoon uded the lives of Edward (). Dough y and Mela S. Clyde of Philadelphia >oughty, the murderer, was insanely eaious of the woman, and she in turn, eslroua of discarding him, stirred his erce Jealousy by taking a walk with nother man. Doughty met her on he street and upbraided her for be ug false. Drawing a revolver he hased her Into a crowded grocery tore at Haltio and North Carolina venues. She ran behind the counter nd tried to hide, but he followed and here sent several bullets into her rcast. She expired within a short ime. Doughty had a room in the ullding over the Btore and he at once rent upstairs and deliberately shot imsclf in the breast. He died intantly. Uctfi Ten TIiouhaim!. The State says the jury in the 'iokett case Friday awarded young 'ickett 110,000 damage for the loss f his right arm by being run over by Southern train at St. Matthews four ears ago. The case was tirst heard wo years ag> and a verdict was renered for 88,800, but the railroad apealed to the snnrpma n ,nrt. ^ li in i round of excessive damages. The ppeal was sustained and the case retanded for another hearing. The lit was first brought for $10,000 ao ^ldamages and $5,000 punitive dam Mh^^hls last time the amount $10,000, as no punasked for. It is ocnt of such a allowed by a much Inof Mlas Island carbollo liarorder aftersaid to gflBM<9g!Bara Dem588HlBKB^ ragBBn^^nDcm|^mBB^M^MM|^B^^Bacld WMTO^MMBBid B^BH^HSnBHBBHB^Br. HKHBHSMHRted HgnHHHHBNH|BPvrtbton8 AWFUL SCENE. Eight Men Were Blown Into Fragments by an Explosion. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT On the Pennsylvania Railroad Ne a New Cumberland, Pa., on Saturday Morning. The Body of One Man Picked Up Two Hundred Yards Away. Eight >uen were blown to pieces and two others injured by the premature explosion of a big blast of rock powder on the Pennsylvania raiiroad Improvements near New Cumberland, Pa., at 7:30 o'clock Saturday morning. The accident occurred directly across the Susquohanna river from the scene of the Pennsylvania railroad wreck on May 11, in which twenty-three persons were killed and many others injured. All the victims of Saturdayls disaster were employes of P. S. Kerbaugh & Co., incorporated, contractors, who are building the double tracks for the Pennsylvania railroad to connect with the Enola yards. The bodies of the men were terribly mauagled and particles of tlesh and bone were scattered for 200 yards from the scene of the explosion. The dead are: .1 VVIuaman nrrorl llf hu Huna v MtMWW II SUWhUUM) W^vv* LAAVJy VI J I IIV mite boss, 98 Front avenue, buffalo, N. Y. Arthur Green, colored, 23 years of i^e, steam driller, Ilarrisburg. Robert Thomson, colored, 23 years >ld steam drillers helper, Ilarrisburg. Frank Mullaoh, a Slav, 43 years dd. Three Italians and one Slav, known inly by numbers The Injured are: William Reed, colored, 20 years old, i steam driller, skull fractured and Injured internally. Reed Is at Harris burg hospital. G. C. Miller, 58 years old, of Ida vllle, Adams county, bruised abjul body, but not seriously. Not a trace of the two oolored men who were killed can be found and It Is ujpposed their bodies were blown Into the river, which is being dragged. Au 1. quest was held Saturday afternoon by Squire Ooble, of Lemoyne. The Jury rendered a verdict of prema aire explosion from an unknown cause ind no blame Is attached to the contractors, All the killed and injured were laborers aside from Wiseman, whose body was terribly mangled. What could be found of it was ldentllied by the fact that he dyed his hair. 11 is scalp and a portion of bis head were found on a bill, 200 yards from the blast. Wiseman has been with the Korbaugh company for tive years, and nad gone to the scene of the explosion to personally superintend the prepara tlons for what Is called a "big shot," u<. uv ui?u uuuuajr 111U1 (1111X . A "big shot" consists of a series of blasts, the holes having been drilled in a row, and the charges being set oil' simultaneously by an electric spark. Five of the holes had been tilled with powder and the men were on the sixth when the explosion oc curred. It Is supposed that a small stone had gotton Into the hole and that the Iron bar with which the men *ere "tamping" down the charge, caused a spark by scraping on the stone and that this ignited the powder. John SLietter, the tireman of a "dinky" engine, 150 foet away, was thrown to the ground by the force of the explosion and slightly injured by dying debris. Miller was sitting at the door of the shack were the men bunk, 200 feet from the blast, and was blown 20 feet and badly bruised One Italian escaped because a fel low workman had playfully snatched his hat and ran with it. The owner ran after the man with the hat and had just got out of the range of the explosion when it occurred. An Ital ian water boy, 12 years old, who was on his way to the men with a bucket of water, was hurled 50 feet. Every stitch of olothing was torn from his body. A leather belt containing 1312 in paper monev. sunnnspd t,n I _ ? , WW uviv/u^ UV/ one of the men, was picked up near tbe scene of the explosion. Pieces of flesh and bone were found fastened In the telegraph wires over the railroad tracks. The fragments of the bodies were placed in rough caskets after the coroner's Inquest, and they were burled Sunday. There were no buildings In the immediate vicinity of the explosion and there was no damage except for the destruction of a few telegraph poles and a large tool shed in a nearby, quarry, which was torn clear out and drawn fifteen feet toward the scene of the blast. The explosion shook the country for miles around and broke many wludows in Harrlsburg and towns aoross the river. Twelve hundred and fifty pounds of rock powder had been unloaded just before the explosion, but it was not disturbed. Burglar Shot. A dispatch from Macon, Ga., says: "Sellers Crumley, a negro, who was killed in a shooting affray near Oomulgee Park; was a noted burglar and was being searched for at the time of his death. He was charged with having entered several homes in Macon in the past month, and his death is considered a relief to the commnnito Charlie Jo * ?son, the negro who killed him used a revolver after Orumely had tired Into a street ear loaded with negroes. Orumely had disputed with Johnson and was attempting to end his life." To Put On Passenger Trains. The ratlaoad commissioner will make a formal inspection of the Union and Qlenn Springs railroad from Pride to the olty of Union. While making the Inspection they will go over to the big power plant at Neal Shoals where Ool, T. 0. Duncan and his associates have built a great dam across broad river and have one of the finest water powers in the south. The road has not promulgated a schedule for Its passenger trains, having waited for the roadbed to settle before Inaugurating passenger service. A. Bloody Fight. Three were killed and a number wounded is reported as a result of a THE BROWN SHORTAGE. ] Commissioner Tutum UItm Out * (J Statement About It. The follow I statement was made by Commissioner Tatum in regard to t the money lost by Dispensary Inspec- t tor Brown: r "Inspector 0. L. Brown was sent to f Charleston by me to do some detective work; be usually has b:en used by myself, as well as my predecessor, J for this kind of work when needed. While in Charleston performing these ' duties, Mr. S. S. Matthews, dispenser ( at Charleston, failed to remit to the ' state treasurer, as required by law. 1 had adopted a rule, which requires 1 each dispenser who falls to remit during the week to be visited and inspect- 1 ed, and under this rule Mr. Matthews ' statement was Bent Mr. Brown, he be- ' lug on the ground. The report of the * settlement shows that on the 12th day ' of June Mr. Brown made settlement with Mr. Matthews and found him ' short $1,(148.40, and received payment 5 of that amount. This report was re celved at this otllce on the 14th; same ' day Mr. Brown reported to me verb- ' ally his misfortuuc, stating that he had some other moneys In the loil pocketbook belonging to the state 1 along with some of his own. To set tie up Mr. Brown's account, we made up $1,824.87; Mr. Brown paid $242 00 Tills amount was made up by my 1 friends and myself, not a cent being contributed by any one not connected 1 with the institution; all voluntary; no J one being asked by me to contribute The question of bond did not enter 1 the matter at all, as I was advised by the assistant attorney general, inas- ( much as the law did not Impose the duty to collect such money on mo or the inspector, that neither my bond 1 nor Mr Brown's was liable for a cent 1 of the money. But the dispenser was 1 still liable on his bond. The law pro ' vides that dispensers remit directly 13 the state treasurer. His recolpt is 1 the only legal discharge for them. 1 "It was entirely a moral question with me. 1 did not propose that the 1 state lose anything during my admin ( Istration by myself, or appointees. 1 The custom has been ever since there has been an Inspector for him to col lect shortages, authorized by the 1 board, as records will show. 1 have however, since I found that they are ! not responsible under their bonds for * any moneys collected, issued the fol* ' lowing order, which records will also ' show: 1 " 'To Inspectors of the South Carolina j Dispensary: j " 4In making settlements with dis 1 ponsers where there is a difference in 1 favor of the state, do not accept that difference in money, tut require dispenser to make remlttancj to the state, treasurer, as required by law, either by pi stotllce order, express order, ex press, or certified check. " 'See that this is done and then ' give them credit upon the presents tlon of-the receipt from one of these sources that the amount has been forwarded to the state treasurer.' " , "W O. Tatum." PASS HIM AROUND. < \ Young llanoal Who Worked Colli in Ilia and Skipped' The Record says W. A. Morris Is the name of a smooth artiolo who worked Columbia last week, and a search Is now being made for him. Morris went to Columbia representing himself as an artist connected with Munsey's magazine. He claimed to be one of ability and was generally be lieved. Several of the prominent young men around the city took up with him and he was generally treated well. Requests were made once or twice for an exhibit of his skill as an artist, but he generally hau a way of dodging when the time came for a sketch. So rapidly did this young man work his game that In a short two days he made his tirst application for a loan and got It. Only one of his new acquaintances had suspicion that everytnlng was not all right and he tele graphed the Munsey people in New York. Toe following reply was received: ? ^ - ? A><?vc uu uno uu urtisis man nil men ( Morris Must be imposter." Morris must have had an Idea that he had j been found out, for he disappeared at ( once before the telegram could be ^ brought to his attention. Incidentally ( he neglected to settle a board bill and one or two other little matters that * had been termed lines of credit. All efforts to trace him have failed and Munsey has offered to bear all expense j of prosecution if he should be found. People everywhere should be on the lookout for this smooth article. Tho Itioo Crop. The government monthly crop re* 11 port shows that not all the reduction has been in cotton acreage. The acreage in rice is lessthan that of last year by about 172,000 acres or y 20 per cent, The condition of the 1 crop Is also below that of last year, i These facts are of vital interest to ? the rice planters of this section, who i have for the last two or three years i been forced to suffer the depression k in prices resulting from a tremendous ( increase in the yield of American g rice A reduction in acerage of 20 ( per cent should have its effeot upon g the prices of the cereal next fall.? The State.- 1 Rnriod hong Ako. A curious discovery has been made j in the course of some excavations ! that have been in progress In St. Martin de Re, in France. Theexoav ators unearthed trenches in whioh lay hkeletons which were presumably ' those of the citizens who fell fighting f there in defending the town against r, the English in 1027. Among the r skeletons was found a spherical iron t bomb containing a moist black powder, whioh was found to consist of a- c bout a third of nitre, a third carbon, and a tilth of tulphur, the remainder being iron oxide derived from the ? rusting of the ironshell. The Bonapate* f Interest is one of the great romance a of history?the romances of the Bona- 8 parte family?has been revived by the a appointment of Ohas Joseph Bonaparte J of Baltimore, as Secretary of the d Navy. Seoretary Bonaparte Is a grand ' nephew of great Napoleon. His 11 grandfather was Jerome Bonaparte, 3 and his grandmother was Miss Eliza- 8 beth Patterson, of Baltimore whom S Jerome married during a visit to * America in 1803 when his brother was First Consul of France. He Will Hang. o A speolal dispatch from Sumter to 0 The News and Courier says Monday h UEPOKT OF FBRT1LIZBR BOARD. Pho Statement Showing the Amount } ot Tax Tax Receipts. The State says at the meeting of he Clemson trustees the board of fer- i lllzer control submitted the following eport of the fertilizer department, or the year ending June 30th, 1905. As the annual tabular Information n full oannot be available, until bul< i etins covering the whole season's work ] s published, and all bills In the hands , >f the treasurer, this report is only >artlal. "The receipts from sale of fertilizer >ags amounts to 9120 027 45. "The board of fertilizer control conceding the Importance of having the 1 fertilize! tlscal year correspond with that of the college, ohanged the time to that the fertilizer year shall end aereaftcr on the 30th of June each vear. The secretary was therefore in- ! itructed to notify the manufacturers md dealers of fertilizers to send in for redemption in money all unused tags In their possession, by the 30th day of June. "In compliance with this notice, tags have been sent in amounting to 18,1(57.03, which have been redeemed. "liy dec noting this sum from the total, viz: 1127,027 82, we have left a balauceof 9118,469.82 from which the expense of inspection and analyses is to be deducted. Of this sum, the imoent of 920,805.50 was received from cotton seed meal tags, which is 910,230.75 in cxoess of last year, due to the tagging of all meil used for stocs rood, and which has hitherto been exempt by law. ' On account of the vastly Increased business in fertilizers, and the evident Importance of a closer and more rigid Inspection of fertilizers, the board Jeemed it advisable, In fact necessary, to double the force of inspectors. It was also found necessary to increase the wages of these inspectors, in order to get suitable men for the work. "In order to keep the people of the 8tate promptly informed as to the 1 luallty of fertilizers beinir sdd. the jnemical force was lustruced to Issue weekly bulletins of the analyses of fertilizers and mall them to the people of the State. "Toe board of trustees will readily tee that on account of these increased lemands the cost of inspection and analyses has been Increased considerably, and If -the demauds of the people ire met for full information as to the malysis of fertilizers during the coming season, and your committee believes they should be, the cost will still be more increased another year. "Respectfully submitted, "J. E Tindal, "Chairman Hoard Fertilizer Control." THREE ABOMINATIONS. That Should Not he Allowed to K main on Any Farm, There are three things on farms that aro abominations. The three are mean teams, rusty tools, and crooked rows. These three evi 1 s are the farmer's own fault. A iood team can bj had at any price. If you have a "run away" team you Have yourself to blame. They show their "raisin'." Treat them kindly ind they will treat you right. A team that you c?ntiot trust is not a team for the farm. Get rid of "runaway" Horses. Get llrst class tools and keep them In llrst class oondltlor. You have icon while out In the country a plow itc, a harrow there, and a cultiva b' r yonder, and mowers and binders in the shade of a tree. Won't there bo a happy time when the farmer who left his tools and machinery out In the weather starts .0 farm? Won't his old plow "shed" ihe soil rapidly? Won't his cultivator shovels work rmooth? Well I guess not? It will ^ake several days scouring and in jhat time he has lost more religion jhan he can get hack in a year's iime. Keep tools in the shelter. Some farmers make rows so crooked ihat they cannot follow them and ihey blame the team, the tools, "the >ld boy" and all things on earth exiept the man who laid off the rows. Straight rows tell the world the ove to farm and you love it enough M giye your b ist attention to keep ihe rows straight. Keep your rows m a bee line on a level piece of land )r comparatively so. If land has iierraces follow them. Three points more and 1 am done. , Qet a good team. Get good tools. Vlake straight rows and see how much ;asier it is to farm. INJURED IN WRECK- 1 ????? I Derailment of the Knglne of Freight Train Near Blaokville. The State says an engine on southbound freight No. 73 was derailed at Walker on the Southern railway four nilcs this side of Hlackvllle Saturday ifternoon and Ben Horace, a colored ireman, whose home Is In Columbia, was burled uuder the overturned enfine but escaped being orushed to ' leath by marvelous good fortune. He < tustained a cut which laid open one )f his elbows, and bruises of a less 1 >erlous nature on all parts of his body. < Engineer H. C. Wilson, who also 1 Ives In Columbia, was more fortunate md escaped with Blight injuries. The <rain was what is known In railroad >arlance as a double-header, that is 1 t was pulled by one engine and push- 1 >d by another. It was the rear en- 1 fine that was derailed. Horace was < arrled to Columbia Saturday night 1 ind was attended by Dr. F. D. Ken- 1 lall, the surgeon of the Southern. 1 The exact extent of the inluries could i iob be stated, but he Is not thought ' a be In & dangerous oonditlon. Go- < rlneer Wilson remained at the scene 1 if the accident. G Tte track was blocked and passen- 1 ;er trains Nos. 33 and 34 were detour- * id by way of Branohvllle. The South- H rn train No. 33 had left Columbia 1 or Savannah when the news of the t ccldent was received and It was ' topped at the first telegraph station t .nd brought back to Columbia and I hen sent around over the Charleston r livlslon to Branohvllle and thenoe to llackvllle. It was delayed about five tours. The northbound train No. 4 was brought around the wreok the 0 ame way and arrived in Columbia * aturday night at 0.40 o'clcok, which ^ ras less than three hours late. * n d u?u off Light, Q Thomas Dewey, the man who was 1< onvloted Saturday of embr/.z'lng a ver $100,000 from a North Carolina g ank has been given a sentence of six a IMMORTAL WOMEN Who Nobly Worked and Suffered for the Lost Cause. % Movement on the t*?rt of the People of the South to Kreot Monument to Thrin. The following resolutions were untnlmously adopted at the Louisville, j L905, Convention of the United Con- f tiderftte Veterans: p Whereas, at our reunion of 1009 our federation turned over to the sous the jacred duty of raising the funds for the memorial to the women of the Confederacy; and Whereas, In so doing we never relinquish our deep and abiding love for the cause, or our Intention to aid and assist it by every means In our power; and Whereas, we have clearly shown this by our appointment of a committee to co operate and by the work, which this committee and many other Veterans In all parts of the South, have done during the past year; and Whereas, It will c ver be our most earnest desire to see this tribute paid to our gloriiuB women and we are most anxious to further co operate with and give substantial aid t> our , Sons In the performance of this sacred duty: Therefore, he It Itesolved: 1. That each camp of the United Confederate Veterans, Immediately after the adjournment of this Con von tlon and the return home of Its delegates, shall appoint a committee to actively canvass Its respective com munlty|to raise fundsfor this memori 1 al to the women of the Confederacy, to which noble, worthy and just cause this federation has repeatedly and solemnly pledge Itself and Its com rades. 2. That In case any camp does no! take ftP.Mnn l - - ? uiju iLiuiilii oy up pointing this committee, It shall then become the duty of its commander to make appointment of such committee. If no action Is then taken by the commander any member of the camp who is enthused with that high sense of his duty to this holy cause and de aires to honor our (1 idllke women is urged to personally take chargoof the matter, secure the endorsement of his local camp or its etllcers and make such collections as lie can from his community. 3. That all funds collected under resolutions one and two shall lie deposited in some home bank?at Interest? to the credit of the chairman of the United Confederate Veterans'committee of co-operation, (d m. C. Irvine Walker, Charlestan, S. U.,) and that he shall be promptly advlsjd of such deposit. 4. That the above resolutions arc not Intended to be obligatory upon camps as have already taken Bimilar action or have already contributed to this fund $50?or more. 6. That each camp is urged to en deavor to raise from itsjcommunity, as its quota, at the very least, the sum of $50. 0. That all camps shall complete this work by January 1, 1906, and on that date, make a report of the results achieved, to the chairman of our committee of co-operation, Gen. (J. Irvine Walker, Charleston, S. C. 8UOQK3TKD INSCKIITION For the memorial to the women of the Southern Confederacy, to be erected under the auspices of the United Sons of Confederate Veteraut: To the Women of the Southern Con federacy whose loving ministrations Nursed the wounded to health, And soothed the last hours of the dying, Whose unselfish labo-s Supplied the wants of their defenders In the Held: Whose unwavering faith in our Cause, Shown ever a guiding star, Through the perils and disasters of war; Whose sublime fortitude Sustained them under every prlvatiou And all suffering; wnose iurai ouerlngs Are yearly laid upon the graves of those whom they still honor, and love; And Whose patriotism Will teach their children To emulate the deeds of their Confederate sires Hut who with a modesty excelled only Hy their worth Have ever discouraged This tribute to their noble vlrturea, GOD ULKHH TIIB MOTdKKS. The women of the Sou them Confederacy! Devoted, loyal, patriotic heroines! Let their sons and their daughters, Let their husbands and their brothers, Let every true Southerner, Testify to their undying respect and Love! ( now? J Hy raising a most splendid memorial \ 'ho these glorious women! ! Hy assisting the United Sons of Confederate Veterans j Who have taken up this most loving 5. Duty. | WIIKN? I Now?to-day?tomorrow?the next 1 lay?Forever?till the word is done. Contributions may be seut to James ' Mann, chairman, Norfolk, Va, or Gen. D. Irvine Walker, special representa Jve, Charleston, S. C. The Depopulation of Ireland. The emigration statistics for Ireland ( 'or the year 1904 furnish melancholy 'eading, in that they show how Ire- ' and continues to lose some of the best >f her population. Last year 30 902 latives of Ireland, a number equivaent to 8.3 p^r 1,000 of the population, eft their homes, the vast majority to (O to the United States or Canada. \ The total of 36,902 Is a slight falling )fT as compared with several recent 'ears, and Is indeed the smallest an fregate since 1898. But, unfortunate- s y, tbe outward (low has continued, g or since 1851 no fewer than 3,997,- i 13 of the Irish people have left their ? lattve land. A large proportion of n >hese are among the (lower of thflL^ ace, for it is almost an axiom in lrlsS^ listory that the energetic and ente^H >rlsing go, while the more helplesuE emain. jj Leaped to pit Oexih, One man was killed and number flEg ithers had narrow escapes from deatQjN iy a tire whioh gutted the doubl^H louses 21 and 29 Bast Forty fourtlJB treet, New York, Wednesday. ThjH lead are Arthur Nealy and his brottMg r, E. Tennyson Nealy, publisher saped from the fourth story wind^EHj ,nd dashed out his brains on lavement. With a rope mad4H|^| beets, John Frozler, an invevgiH iwered his wife to the ground s?|S|H jf^hencame down himself, imtM % a tjf^. * /- TV' ^BHH i Ss ?r ^HnHH v J^D|^^HM| .^BBHDBjBMBn^gB Hook k ov?k luarante.ed iand, 8 urns. jB i Kind. \V r'Jfl Mach^l^^^fl^B Hr;id?|iKii4B All k indsl Suppllesjfl ^uvil^ V fl H V^l y_. ?_ j-dTSeM Whlsko | Mor(fh^S Cured by ^^HBR J 13:9 Lady St. t'-Bj^^^H^^oli ? I h |!l Br Because tho liver is w neglected pcoplo suffer with constipation, biliousness, headaches and fevers. Colds attach H I the lungs and contagious diseases I take hold of the system. It is safo I I to say that if the liver were always I I kept in proper working order, I I illness would bo almost unknown. I Thodford's Black-Draught is so I successful in curing such sickness I I because it is without a rival ns a I I liver regulator. 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Ill.wapp. (lirlu High heeled shoes caused Mrs. Ivotie Wilson to trip and fall to the paveaent at Fifth and Howard streets, n San Francisco, Wednesday eve ilng. with the result that her left eg was broken just above the ankle. The G;p?r Motli. They have an Insect In Massachu- , etts which is threatening to eat the t Itate bare and clean of vegetation, t is called the Oypsy moth, and it , /as introduced a few years ago by a laturaltst who was experimenting I /1th silk-produoing bugs. He itabrted the eggs of a Gypsv moth from France and acoldently left a few of pern in a paper box on a ledgp out- 1 be of a window. The box blew a- < fcfr, the eggs doubtless hatohed and 1 fcnlHcheif resulting has coat Massa- J some hundreds of thousands 1 HSMfe already. msSfc ? i HMAht Htnmoir IJiulor Train. A A- Hendrix, formerly a H Columbia, S. 0., threw HHm^fcsr a moving train at New WcdncHday. 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