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' I ' < _ *.? /W'V : ? CIVES FACTS. Senator Tillman Renews the Allegation He Made at Batesburg. i % ABOUT STATE BOARD Not Being Definite in their Advestlsements Calling for Bids, to Supply {tr ie With Whiskey. Newspapers Asked to Print this Article. To the Editor of The News and CouTier: At the Batrshurg meeting Saturday, September 23, 1 made the a'.a ement that the Siate hoard of control of the dispensary has violated trie law and been derelict, as they did not pur chase liquor uodfT a competitive i-ys tem of buying as required bv the sta tute. I further declared .that the system followed I! ,it p&ssiHp t,o sell to the State XX rye and XXX rye out of the same barrel that the board on its advertisement did uot describe what X, XX or XXX rye meant, ani /ho State was lert at the mercy of iua blcldf rs to deliver anything in the shape of whiskey with no guaran tec whatever as to the goods o ml. g up to the sample, for the reason that the chemist himself declared that he I .1 J _ 4 ? J - l ' .1 ? > . 1 - cuum ueieub ii'Hii etHcion, oui iuat lie cou'd not toll any tiling about the grade or quality. The Hun. John Hell Towlll very excitedly declared that my statement was "not so," ar,d, according to some of the newspaper reports, said posi tively "It was fa'se." Quite a heated coll quy ensued. Feeling so sure of my giound, for 1 had rqad the adver tlsement the weak before, J had not armocl myself wit h the proof, but 1 requested the reporter for the State ncspe.por, In whose columns 1 had read t he advestlsement, to send a copy of It to each of the Lexington and Sa luda papers with the requ st fcha* they publ sb It In or^er that the people of the two counties re in sonted at the meeting might 5ee for themselves whether Mr. Towlll had any right to dispute my word as be did. For some reason this has not b en done, and as thewld st publicity bar, been given to the Issue of velocity between Mr T 'will and myself 1 ask you to publish as much of the enc'osed advertisements as 1 I ave marked In pencil and it will be seen that I had warran* for every word 1 said, and Mr. To will Is convicted of donee ignorance of what Ills own board is doing, to 6ay the least of It (The part of adverti82ment referred to follows:) NOTICK TO LIQUOK DEAL.KR8. Olllce of State. B< ard of Directors of tihe South Carolina Dispensary, Ooiurn bla, S. C. August 14, 11)05. To Distillers and L quor Dealers: You are hereby requested tombnoit 1 bids and samples, In accordance with I the terms of the dispensary law, upon the various kinds and grades of Hq uora produced or handled by you, for v supplyinp the S u!h Carolina dlspen ' sary for the qu&rter?en<1lng November \ 30th, 1905 It Is to be understood that the directors of the dl pmsary | shall have the right to accept any \ -quantity of any article hid upon io be ordered shipped at our pleasure, with the right to supplement such orders I any time during quarter, according to j the needs of tbe Dispensary, the di I rectors retaining the right to rt iect all or any part of any bid. Ah It Is necessary to establish uniformity in values of grades donomin atcd as X's, the following scale must (be obsemd by bidders: The actual minimum of intrinsic value of IX rye must not be less than.... $1 50 Of XX rye not less than.. .. 1 (10 Of XXX r o not h'ss than 1 U) Of X Klu not lei a than 1 6u Of XX gin not le.-s than 1 60 Of X rum not Ions than 1 60 Of X corn not less than 1 47 Of XX corn not less than .. 1 5u Ana XX corn, ptach ar.d apole brandy must y.rade in value not h sb than 1 60 We also solicit bids on rye liquors 10 grade in value at $2/ $2 50 and $3 per gallon; corn, at$l 75 and $185 per gallon, and,malt at $2 aud $2 10 per gallon. Iiids and samples to be sent by express to S;afc} Treasurer, charges prepaid, on <r before September 12th, 1005 Chemical purity an1 proof must be guaranteed ore hundred. II. H. Evans, chairman, L. W Roy kin, John Bell Towill. There Is abao.utoly 110 check to guard against defrauding the State except the honesty (?) of the dealer, and I had a large witlskey distiller tell me once that al! men who handled whiskey had to be.wa'ched. X In this advertisement Is like X.tn the algebra, k .an unknown quantity except as to the | Jlmroof" or strength ofithe liquor and f 1 3 |y one familiar with the business rJkf Iws that tins Is no criterion what1f ?X of quantity of value. ' ^f'jectlou 557 of tb^ South Carolina NJe provides: J*And said ontroot shalloe award. J to the lowest lesponsible bidder, such quantities and kinds of llq Is as may be deemed necessary to I dispensary for the quarter." In the light of this advertisement, lan aggert that there ?i oompetion In in quality, only competition In loe, and the spirit of the law Is not fnplled with at all. It may be said V> that the samples that accompany the bids are a check on the bidder delivering something else, but this is an absurdity, as do man living can tell ( whether two samples of liquor are Identical simply by taste or by other means for that, matter. Yet liquor is a staple arttolo and the Government's bonded ware house afford a check and absolute protection against fraud, and liquor can be described In an advertisement as clearly as corn or bacon. I do not know how loDg this svstem of advertising h*s been la vogue, but whoever invented it has cer- 1 talnly put It in the power of the liquor dealers to defraud the State and ' foist off on the people immense quantity s f inferior and perhaps p nson- ' ous stuff No wonder there is such an { immense siock of "unsalable" or dead 1 stock whiskey on hand. I trust all newspapers in the State ' thai have copied Mr TowiP's irapu 1 dent denial of my statement will do me the Justice to copy this, and es- I peolally those papers of Lexington and Saluda c ?untles. B. R. Tillman. Treuton. S. C , October 2, 1905. 1 8AYtt THBY WILL WIN. l'ro?ld?'nt Jourdan Oat In Uivm Farinert* to Stand Finn. President liar vie Jordan, of the Cot ton association, Issues a circular, in i which he rejoices at what Is deemed assured success, and calls upon farm era not to weaken in the light. He aa^s: The Southern C)tton association, the Farmers' E lucational and Ceop erative uuion, the American Soctctv of Equity, the Farmers' alliance of W /M> I it f ? /> I ?1 ft % <-** * 4- 1 r?.-- #- *? 1 J.1UI U1 UU.'UUIHJ, IC^llD'.'UHIljj (13 do all of tbe leading farmers' organl zi ions in the South, have agreed on a minimum price of eleven cents per pound for this crop and every man Is ' expected to stand Arm with every bale that he can hold or llnance The banks have pLur.v of money bo advance on cotton. All tbe money that is needed can be easily secured We are now up against a hard tight, as the rec. nt government bureau re port has been considered as bearish and hasglv m the "bears" renewed hope and an additional weapon t" tight the market with. The whole South knows that the crop Is a short one, far s ort-er than Drat of last year, .and that the spinners will ne< d every pound that we can raise. Let the slog.jn be eleven cents from every hilltop v,nd valley throughout the. entire South. If the farmeis weaken the market will break and tl e cause we have fought s > hard to sua tain will be greatly j vjpard'z *d. Pay no attention to pap-r contracts or bearish literature tloudlng the country and stand tirm for your rights in the face of all obstacles and the light w.ll soon be whipped. As president of the Southern Cot ton association I ask the earnest and ac.tvo ou operation of Die entire Southern pross in oalllrg upon the farmers to stand iirm and refuse to give an inch of ground in the face of those who arc making such desperate < ITorts to depress the markets for ' purely speculative purposes. This U , a fight for the whole South anrl our future prosperity depends upon win u.ng the great struggle ih which we are now engaged. A 15 >lo T 'I tel. In the city of "New York in broad daylight and with hundreds of neople 1 on the street, Louis Brown a negro, < made an attempt to rob a Maiden Lane j iwelcry store of $2,000 worth 1 of diamonds Tnuri dxy. IJi* attempt was frustrated by Ojcar Wlndorff, a ' clerk, who grappled with the would be thief, and who was stabbed by the < negro during the light, Browa is a < carrier for Jjwelery Salesmen, and in) entered the atora of Gross & Boguln, and a?kerl to nee some jewel ery. Wjudoril noticed the negro put a tray of jewels under his coat and he immediately selzid him. Brown drew ak ?ife and slashed the clerk until he finally got free. A chase of , several blocks followed, Brown swinging right and left with his wespon as he rushed through the crowd. lie was finally captured by a policeman, who ho attempted unsuccessfully to , stah. Win'Ir.tT wnji not. haHoubIv inured. , Kxptodod m Bomb \ bomb tided with dynamite ami a quantity of inflammable oil, was cnrown at the rear of a crowded tene merit bouse at E ?hth avenue and One Hundred and Forty third street, 1 New York, Friday. More than a score of sleeping persons were buried from their beds by t.ho explosion and two were carried from the house un conscious. Within a minute after tiie expii sion the flames had nearly enveloped the rear walls of ten tenement house. The police believe that "black hand" Italian assassins threw ! the bomb. Tae object of the attack 1 was the rear coor of an Italian barber shop on the- ground fl 'or. Blown up by Mln-j. I Tbe coasting steamer Hsiesho, plying between Shanghai and Tien Tain, < struck and was totally destroyed by a < mine ninety miles south of the Snan- i tULg promontony Saturday morning. Fifteen persons on board the vessel were drowned e.mong them being Euglneers Miuchan and Mulr. < The foreign passer gers and a portion 1 of the ore v of the Hdesoo were res- I cued by two passing steamer. * Boat liOHt. Major General Coibln, cabling to , the war department regarding the ro cent typhoon in Manila, says that all of the cfflcirs and six passengers or board the Leyte, thegovernmentocast < guard boat, were lost. Tnc dispatch ' adds that temporary shelter posts at < six points were destroyed. i A DARING ROBBERY. Two Boys and Three Men Hold up a Bailroad Train. No On? Was Killed, bnt the Express ^ Messenger Was Herlously Injured by Explosion. One of the most daring bold ups in the history of railroad robbery took place at about Ave culles from Ballards In Washington Wednesday night. The selected by the bandits for 1 their operation was the Great North- J arn's Overland, one of the most popular < Mid richest trains in the west. This ] tr&iu lelt Seattle early Wednesday r evening and everything was running smoothly when a sudden halt and a terrible explosion shocked the passengers and crew. I Before the passengers could realize ( what had happened they were looking < down the barrels of two large pistols | held In the hands of a boy, while an- | other boy relieved them of every thiug r in the shape of valuables that they ; had about them. ( Tne very peculiar feature of the ; robbery was, however, that the two ( boys had n >o b :eu o lac^rii id In the planning of It at all, but had merely ( tak. n advaLt ige of the plans laid by , three men, that the hoys heard talK ing over the whole f tlalr. They were | villlanous young f..llows merely Lioboo | lug their way about the country when j this opportunity to be real bid was t presented to them and Immediately . taken advantage of by them. , The reil robbers were three men ! why devoted their time and attention . to Hie baggage and express cars which were dynamited and badiy wrecked, when the messengers refused to open the doors at the demand of tho men Toe boy s were captured immediately ifter the robbery aud gave a complete story of the IT dr. Tney said that buey had mounted toe "blind big to beat their way and found two men already on It When the traiu wrrived at liallards another man j lined the other two m n. This third man reported every tning to be ready for the hold up aud a general c jdversalion D' ok phci as to the ways and means. I?ne boys learning then for the lirst time of the intention t of the men iectded to enrich themselves at the same time. When one of the throe men crawled >ver the engine leader and c >mmandd the engineer to slop at the point if a pistol, the boys dropped (IT the. ollud baggage and made their way back to tho sleeping car. As soon as the explosion from the dynamiting of bne cars in front sounded and the pasieugers ?.ere in a panic the boys with the nerve of old bandits began their Forsay, v/hloh was successful as far as souring a lot of plunder was cnuoernd, but which ended In their capture Pnr I llrt InoV r?f nvnai-lon.m ! . ... i *1.-... IV vuw tuu? U? UAJ/OHOill/li 111 ^';UUIU|^ I iway. ] Tne throe men who dynamited the express c?r got the contents of the ( *a!e and made their escape, going In j in easterly direction. it ports from tlie scene of the rob j hery are m-agor as yet, owing to ciie fact that the telegraph wires wt-re ] blown down by the force of tne ex- i plosion No one is reported Wiled, , but the express messenger, Charles < Anderson, is reported badly injured, j Manager Waving of the Great North , em Is hopeful that the safe did not . contain a great deal of money, hut , whatever it did hold the robbers got ( It all. ; Erery effort Is being exerted at r.Ms time to overtake the robbers | The cr.Gh are unknown so far as th' descriptions givon by the boys are , concerned TO RAISE PaiCE OF COTTON. j i Bull Pool Hah MillionH for the Pur- i po80 Ha yn Hay no. A dispatch from New Orleans says that Frank B. Hayne, the noted cot- , ton bull operator returning to New < Orleans after a three month's absence 1 on the floor of the New York cotton exchange, declared that the bull pool now operating to raise the price of ' cotton Is the richest pool ever or^an 1 ized ill AmttrifAA anri la amni? #U nuijdj auto bU do what it. baa set out to accomplish. 1 llayne's statements regarding the pool hayo broken the mystery surrounding the new aggregation which oxperts to put cotton ou the top notch. ' Heretofore the greatest secrecy has beon maintained n gardlng every de j tall of tbe pools personnel ar d move- 1 meats and even Mr. Hay no was not ready to give the whole matter to the public. Ho stated, however, that the pool 1 was not composed of southern m n < although many New Orleans men, h? \ declared are very bullish on cotton. 1 Mr. Hayne would not admit nor deny i that he was in the pool himself, but ( stated that his ideas wore In line with I the ideas of those in the deal, which < was that cotton Is cheap at the pres ] ont. price, and that during no month i ?f the oming year will the stanle i *T m?11 for lean than 10 cent*. j Hayne estimates the crop at 10,- l 500,000 baits. The demand, he says will be enormous. Hayne is ver successful cotton man, having made millions of dollars in a very short time ' by his deals In cotton. What be says. \ on the subject of cotton has great weight in New Orleans, where he Is ' well known. He thinks cotton cheap ( at ten cents, < Got off bight. Oolumbus W. Walker was convict < ed at Oovlugten, Ga., on Monday of < wlfe-murier and, the jury having re* < commended him to meroy, was sen* i tenceh to the penitentiary for life. < HOLD YOUR COTTON. in Urgent Appeal to the Farmers, Merchants and Bankers. Indications That (Jrowera Arc Not Putting Their Product on Market In Some Sections. The following appeal to the farriers, merchants and bankers of the Hate Is made by the president of the Southern Cotton Association, Mr. E. D. Smith.: Fo the Farmers, Merohants and Hankers of South Carolina: lu view of the present decline in ibe price of ootton I consider it my iuty to make an appeal to the farmjrs to hold their ootton off tho martcet. 1 a&k that the merchants and cankers assist them in doing this. The meioiants by not pressing them, uid the bankers by lending them sufti jleut money on their cotton to enable them to meet the obligations that jannot be deferred. The price fixed by the executive :ommittee at Ashevllie at 11 cents may seem to some rather high, but when the New Orleans convention fixed cotton at 10 cents the difference oetween the current price at that time and 10 cents was veey much greater than the current price now ind 11 cents. You will recall that sotton when the New Orleans con mention assembled was under seven, ibout six and a half. Ity standing together, by unity of action, by a little sacrl tice and patriotism, the .S juthjrn Cotton Ass elation forced the tornu tier to pay to the producer more than 10 cents. Have you thought what that difference In prloe meant to the individual and the south? The grower has a right to tix the price of his product, and can tix It if he will ttaud bv thsl association, whlol is making a gallant 11 'ht to keep too <peculators from , Lting cotton a ihelr own price. Lot every farmo withdraw ids cotton from the mar'? t. This will check the rcc ipts, aud ^.ie market will be ibllged to ad vanco. If you have to jell, try to find some man who will Duy it and retire it from the market. There are plenty of men In each conn ;y of sufficient meaus and patriotism to do this. In spite of the report circulated by ihe bears and their allied interest who ire trying to depress the price of your votton, we are reliably Informed throughout the southern states, through the inlluence of the Southern Jotton stssoclatlon, that the farmers are holding their cotton olT the martet. Let us stand by our southern brothers In this great fitjht. It means the financial emancipation of our oe loved southland. lu a word the situation resolves lbself int? a clear, clean-cut buttle betwixt the farmer and the speculator. Had the government report been bull ish and c mdltlons reported Huch as to warrant an ad vanes in the future market, it would have been claimed that xmdttions warranted or brought about Lhe mlnioQUQQ price for which we are contending. Ah it is the government das brought out another ridiculouaestimate as to condition, and the bears ire confidently predicting a large crop, therefore if the farmers and merchants will now hold off their cottonibsolutely hold It oil?the spinners must have their supplies and coming Into the market will quickly raise the price to that of our minimum. This jscqqs almost another providential opportunity like last year to test our ability to control the market. Let every man see to it that he will absolutely withhold his cotton 'for 30 days. E. D. Smith, Presidents. C. Div. S. (J. Association. ii?i I.I A Canadian farmer, noted for Ids ibsent mindeduess, went to town one lay and transacted his business with the utmost precision He started back; on his way borro, however, with the linn conviction that he had for?Otten soraetld g?what It was he sould not rec 11, try how he would. As he nea^ a home the conviction In creased and three times lie stopped bis h . se and went carefully through hi pocketbook in a vain endeavor to isoover waat lie Had forgotten. In 3ue course he reached home, and wan met hy his daughter, who looked at him sufDrise, and exclaimed, ''Why, father, where have you left mother?" Hnds Kin Own At New York, William R. Travers, naull>nvr> tn in of 15 sin, sin o' the celebrated wit and Wall street iperator, William R. Travers, com mittod suicide Friday by shooting himself through the headiu his apart merits in Madison avenue, lhe suiside Is inexplicable, Mr Travers bo ng in the prime of life, In fair health md the possessor of a largo fortune. Mr. Travers married Miss Idly II ?.rrl nan, a sifter of Mr.i. W. K. Vauder oil, Jr. The couple separated three /ears ago, Mrs. Travels going to Paris no live. Oovenor flevward Wednesday nooning, on a report filed by the comptroller grnoral, suspended Dr. J. T. Pattison, county treasurer of Edge [iold county. The report fi.ed by the comptroller general and his experts charged that the treasurer was some thing over $4 000 short in his accounts. A/ter suspending Patterson the governor notified the senator from that county and the county auditor of that xcunfcy, rr questing the latter to look ifter the books until the delegation could meet and select a successor. INSANE MOTHER BrainsjJHer Seven Children and BurnsYTheir^Bodies. - m TOOK HER OWN LIFE. Mrs. Clarence Markham, of Cambridge, Illinois, was the Unfortuaate Creature. She Survived Long Enough to Make an^Awful Confession to Sheriff. Mrs. Olarenco Markham of Cambridge, Illinois, in a tit of temporary Insanity Monday kllle 1 herjseveu children with an axe, after ^vvhloh she placed their bodies on a bed. satur&t BAND OF YEOUMM fiaid to be Coming or Are in The State. Many Have Boon Sentenced Co Prison in This State for Robbing Banks anil Postollloes. A gang of yeggmen and safe blowers are reported to have descended In this direction and the police authorities generally over the state are maintained a sharp lookout for suspicious haraoters, several of whom have already been rounded up on general oharges of vagrancy, says the Charleston Post. The detective force of Charleston Is also exercising vigilance, but this city seems not to be the headquarters of the gang, as it was durlDg the exposition and several subsequent periods since the yeggmen lirst started their operations in South Carolina. If the gang is using Charleston as iheir base, they are keeping very quiet, but the reports Indicate that their base Is up the state, probably at Columbia, which place the Noland-McKlnloy gang, four of whom are now doing time in the federal prison at Atlanta, having been convicted In Charleston two years ago, made their base of operations. Detective Brennan is pro babty the best Informed of tho local fotce about the habits and ways of the yeggmen, having been associated with the poatcftlce Inspectors In the conviction of Edward Morgan, John King and Rudolph Ribens, a Charleston man, with their numerous aliases at the April term of tho Unit, ed States circuit court. The state authorities are being materially aided In their surveillance of the suspicious characters by the bright secret service men, who are endeavoring to rid this section of tho safe blowers who have been giving trouble for several years. Postotllce Inspectors Gregory, Pulsiphor and Maries are keeping a pretty close watch through South Carolina and lower North Carolina, while Inspector Bulla, of Virginia, vihowlth Inspector Gregory has done the larger share of the work of sending lip the yeggmen from this section, Is also operating with the Inspectors of this immediate section. Inspector Pulsipher, who is assigned to the section of tho state above Columbia, paid a Hying trip to CharInalnn u fum rlo ?? Vv.?* I.?? *1 ? lUOUVil Cft LKs TW UU/ d|^U| UUU IlCVll IIU Oil tUK I to say about his mission. Inspector Gregory has not been In Charleston for some weeks, having been giving some attention of the cases against John Fisher alias ''Connectlcy Shortly" and Charles O'Day, who are held by SherIluntcr at Lancaster for the robbery of Health Spring bank last spring. Inspector Gregory has a number of cases against Fisher, he being one of tho men indicted untried for the Latta Dostotllce robbery, for which Morgan, King and Ribens were convicted last April, and he also ha* a case against O'Day, who Is an equally notorious yegg man, for postoillce robberies in Virginia and North Oaroliua. The government has. however, yielded the men to 8herill Hunter for the South Carollnasiat.utes provide life Imprisonment, whereas the limit of the federal law Is only live years for burglarlv. and since the state seems to have a clear case, the Inspector would rather that the state put the men out of business for the rest of their days. The suspicious circumstances con nected with the arrest of several men recently through the state confirm the authorities of the presence of the safe blowers. Ooe of the characters arrested at Clinton a few days ago had hi his possession a diagram of the town, with the site of the bank mark ed and the contiguous streets, which is considered by the authorities as incriminating evidence against him. Thirteen men have been sent up in South Carolina during the past two and a half years for breaking postoffice safes and robbery of government funds and stamps, and a check has been placed upon the operation of the yeggs in this section which was most inviting at the start. Morgan, King and I tab? os were the last bunch to be convicted. Rabens case was appealed by his attorney, Mr. W Turner Logan and the case will be called this month before the court of appeals at Richmond, United States District Attorney Capers going to Richmond to represent the government. The yeggraan are the most dangerous class of criminals, and the punish ment of their pals seem to have but little deteraing force upon them and their operations can be controlled by only the striotest vigilance and prosecution. TVf >1 mrlcll ltn?l v fc'nnnH T. Welsh, of Johnson City, Tenn., was foun i dead in the pit of the elevator abaft at the Bod man n Tobacco Warehouse on Front StreetCincinnati, O 1I0, Thursday. 11 is chest was crushed and it appeared as though he had been killed by the elevator descending on him. Because of what were said to be suspicious clroumstances the coroner ar.d the polloe are investigating on tiie theory that the man was tirst murdered and then placed In the elevator pit to avoid suspicion. Many Liven Lohi, Tho governor general of the Philippines cabled the war department Wednesday morning that tive oftlce/s and one pes j hospital clerk and six past sengers, twenty-seven of the crew of the coast guard cutter Leyte were lcsby the wrecking of the vessel off Samar during the recent typhoon. ed it with ooal oil and not tiro to it. She then hacked her throat with knife and threw herself on the burning bed. Neighbors rescued her, but sho was so badly burned that she died noon after she had made a confession. The oldest child was nine years of age, the youugest, a baby in arms. Neighbors, attracted by the smoke of the burning dwelling, rushed to the rescuo and found Mrs, Markham covered with blood and badly burned. Ilaroly able to tell her story, she at tlrst declared the crime had been committed b/ a strange man, but later when the shorifr arrived she admitted that she had slain her ohlldro n one by one and attempted to deHtro y their babies and her own in the Are Soon afterward she died. Wheu the ruins of the homo had cooled, a co tirmation of her story was had In t finding of the charred corpses, each with its skull crushed. The Markhams lived apart from neighbors, tho husband being employed as a laborer on a nearby farm. lie was compelled to bo away from home during the day. Having noted his ...I ~ I * ? ' 1 ?ut5 auuuiK queeriy ior several weeKS he had kept the children, the oldest of wliom was but nlno years of age, out of school to bo with the mother. She was never kuown to exhibit violent tendencies previously. A BIO SYNDICATE. I'rcHldent Jordan and Hocrotary Cheatham Now in New York. Ilarvie JordaD, and Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton A&sociuiion, arrived in New York on Saturday and have since that time heen in close consultation with the capitalists who are interested in the 1,000,000 bale purchasing syndicate project. John Martin, agent of the Farmers' Union, is also In New York, and is interested in the same matter. Although the plan was not formally presented at the Asheville meeting, Mr. Jordan has been in constant communication with those Interested since that time. lie would have been In New York before bad it not been that his many duties detaiaed him in the South. The projoot seems to meet with the hearty approval of all those who are interested In a higher pries to the cotton producers for his staple, and it is said that the New York capitalists who are interested in the. matter have their money ready and are willing to at once put up $1,000,000 if it is desired to bind themselves to carry out their part of the project. Vf - .. ^ iuk< uuiuau in v?;ry CO'IUI'CUL inni the farmers will hold for 11 cent* anyway, but thinks that this purohase syndloato would Insure an 11-cent minimum price, The plan, as has been explaiaod before, Is an agreement between a syndicate and the Southern Cotton Association and the Farmers' Union, by which the syndicate agrees to buy 1,000,000 bales of cotton at minimum price of 11 cents a pound. The association will obtain the cotton from Its members, each man selling only a part of his crop to the syndicate, and holding the rest for the minimum price. The project, which Is a most elaborate one in its details, and which would make the syndicate the bitf/est and most powerful spot cotton factor in the world, has been submlted to some of the loading financiers and bankers of New York and approved by Itiem. It is expected that an Important announcement will be made In the matter In a few days. (Starved Him to Dnath. The county jail at Kansas City, Kansas, was surrouned Wednesday nitfht by men who Insist that Mrs. Hftllft Rli/trlna hor Saii<?ht-ni- ?i atfed 14 yearn, and her husband, Gjor^e liitfKlns, ^cJd by the coroner's Jury for the death of ttlggln's tt->carold Ron by a former wife, should be lynched That the little boy was starved and tortured to death is specifically charged by the coroner's jury. The boy's 2-year old sister was also n?i i/tll ii ? ?J i- - * * uiucujr uicawu anu is <11. UIC O'ilIIF< 01 death in a hospital. While Mrs, Riggin's own children were well fed and kindly treated the two step children, according to the evidence presented to the grand Jury, were literally starved. On Uund. John Marlon Ashley, J. R. Moore, John Moore, Will Moore and Hugh Howen, oharged with the murder of the negro Allea Pendleton at Hone* Path, have been bound over to oourfc In thejaum 17,000 each.