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SOME PL\1N FACTS. Why Cotton fchould bs Held for Higher Pricos. An Olllcial Ad(1r< ?n to ttio Farmorn From I'roHlrlont 10. I>. Smith--Utillty Will Bring buecetiB. The Southern Cotton association Is an organization of, by and ft r the people. It Is not for the few hut for the many, uot for the farmer alone hut for the merchant, professional man, mechanic and laborer, for every one who makes a living where cotton grows. The objects nought are manifold and far reaching; among them Is the establishment of system bcth in pro duotion and marketing, thereby oreat ing a condition conducive of fair and remunerative pries. To promote manufacturing where cottou grows, to the extent of our own peoplo sell ing the tinlshed product instead of sending two-thirds of our raw material out of the country. Hut the irnediate anxiety of the S C. A. is that cottou this year should bri g toe far 11 o^Uis pur pound, the price set by ine association. That the farmers are not getting this price is uo proof that the asso elation and other organizations made a mistake In estimating the value of cotton, but It does prove that the association is timely arid the work 1b was created to do is au imperative necessity. Its weakness is apparent rather tiian real; its success under the circumstances is phenomenal. Without its powerful iLllueuce cotton to-day would be selling at as low a price as at any time last year. Never iu the history of cotton hasten per cent surplus bleuded with a succeeding crop without the price running low till the farmer had sold out. We are weak in proportion as business men and farmers are unenllsted In our common cause, and we will grow in strength in proportion as the people in cotton growing communities unite with us in defense of our own rights and interests. We have allowed conditions to obtain that rohben 812 cotton counties annually of $200,000,000 that rightly belonged to t.hem, and the loss of two cents a pound this year means $100, 000,000 goue forever, leaving empty store buildings and paralyzed business to that extent. There are reasons why the farmers aie not getting 11 cents. The farmers always distinctly remember the experiences of the yeai before. Now two years the farmer sold on a raising market and after each saio he rcgrotieu uiat> M8 cuci not. imio lii<> cot ton a lfttle longer, and r?-aoiveu i.uc. to be caught that way ^aia. So last year to profit by his late experience, he was disposed to get his cotton gin ned and then not be in a hurry to sell. Then when the statiscical condition showed an immense surplus he was caught in the awful avalauche of fall ing prices; and he don't yet realiz.that last year prices were good for so long a time, simply because ho was a conseryat.ve Instead of a precipitate seller. Remembering the good prices during the early weeks last year and the trap that crippled him, hiS resolves to be the early bird, with tho result that at this year a greater per cent, of the crop is already inarketod thau i 1 any season of the past, and this blended with the shrunken skeleton of la-it year's surplus, In so short a lime forms a combination that would break down any market, wnat ever the concomitant conditions might be. Helping this condition the merchant needs his money and the farmer wants t.o pay as soon as possible and while ( ur bankers are willing to extend good papers and to grant further accommodations, yet merchant and farmer alike have had so many btitir lessons that they hesitate to drop a moderate certainty for a promising uncertainty. As things have always been, this position of merchant and farmer Is not unreasonable. Heretofore no concerted effort has obtained to make the owners ?a party to tne trade when our farm products are to be priced. Heretofore no thoroughly organized work has been done to get the iStatistlcal situation for the farmer's use In time to benefit the farming community. Heretofore no interested organiza i t.ion has been strong enough to iniluence market conditions to favor the farmers in time to benetit him. Heretofore all has been uncertain gu< ss work, but this year the statistical situation is well in hand. When the first bale this season looked back over the past year, it saw ii.ni i'j Ann nnn i*-~ 1 <-? * -1 limn i .),vmu,uuu U1 1 US urULWCTN natl been laid upon the shelf by the fatal hand of cousumpUon, it looked to the future and saw the dlease spreading in new and wider fields, through Japan, China, Russia and the world, Including the survivors fewer than 11,000,000 would be thrown out to fall before the dread destroyer who is eager and anxious to consume 2,000,000 more. Farmer, Is not $10 a bale worth looking after? Merchant, is not 50 per cent increase of business worth looking after? Are you not willing to help carry the financial burdens of an organization that has done so much for you and your own people? Are you not willing to help us carry on a greater work of usefulness in the futuie? To all our people let us say we are seriously in earnest; are sure of our promises, and confidently urge all to stand firm for 11 cent cotton. Merchant and ban*or stand by the fa;mer: Farmer, refuse to take less . * thsn?ll cents; when you unite to show the world you are In earnest, that you understand the situation, the market will quickly resp >ncl to your demand, for the spinners and speculators know the situation, and they know >. u could get 12 cents If yo" were ur H why arouse to demand it. Oh! Fartnt 1'^, Merchants, Hankers, lMitors and all ' . people of our cotton growing soul r. 1 * us stand together now a band of brothers and we can win this light; to loose out means humiliation, and "defeat" will mar ou*" banner. E. D. Smith, Preaidont S. c. Div, s. c. A. HOLD YOUtt COTTON. hiiirti'd) It -ahomh Wliy the KarmorH Should Do So. Toe following c'rcular from Mr ,1. 10. Wanna naker, President of the Orangeburg County Cotton Association will he rend with interest. Firmtrs, hold ) our cotton for higher pricei ! because it is worth 11 cents or more! H e iu o it O bound to soli at much higher tigure' ! H cause the man who makes tin cotton should help to make Hie prici ! H cause trade is broad and strong and record breaking as to texMleh! Hscause the mills are making mon cy on basis of 11 cents and 12 cauls cotton! B oiuse the world needs every bal and will take it greedily at 11 o:nts i we would hold lirm! Because we are no longer slaves t the north, but free people with ru banks full of money, and the mere cants and bankers at our baokh! Because we live in a record-b oak lng age, and the present cotton crop, which has matured and opened unu ally early, will be found to bo vcr short, when the world-wide and un precedented demand for c >tt m goodtIs eonsidered! Because the farmer needs the rcney, and deserves It more Laau I.a speculator! B cause money don't buy as noucl uow as formerly! Because everything the farmer buys has gone up in price, why nob cotton 1 IV cause the Southern Cotton assolatlon has fixed the pries for good cotton at 11 curbs, anrl this associa tiou is tlgutlng ourbattle, and has put millions of d< 1 ars In the packets of southern peopit! B: cause we should be true to southern manhood and the southland; Because if we show the white, feath! er and sell, we will felt like kicking ourselves out of sight when cotton Is semng at 11 cents to 12 1 2 per pound! S.aud pat for 11 ccnt.s! J. 10. Wannamaker, President Orangeburg Cott?n Associatlon. Kit lull Two. John Price a young drug clerk, had a hattle with a baud of Italians at Paw-Paw Md., and Frank Ficco and (J. D&lessandro are dead, and Clemento llonollee Is said to be dying at the hospital. Price had had trouble with one of the Italians sis weeks ago, and Wednesday the men Insulted himPrice knocked knocked him down, whereupon a dozen Italians, with drawn revolvers and stilettos, drove him from the train at Okonoko. Prioo hid In the rear when the train pulled out, and. reaching Paw Paw, he got a revolver and opened fire. The Italians returned the lire but Price was unharmed, lie Is In jail. iiiou ut uiu r?)di, Felix King, son of a wealthy New York man,died Wulnesc a/ night at the Marine hospital at Memphis Tenn King was a Mississippi river pilot and was stricken while at Mit wheel of the govorLDoont1 steamei Parker, lie leaves a wife and sor here in poverty, though bii widowtd mother and a married sister in New York and two brothers iu Detroet are said to be weabhv. Ct t oir from hit own acts, King refused to Inform til 'm of his wants and was tended and burled by the government he served. His wife hopes to llnd the New York address of his relatives. 1*1 tv TIh No. Churches will sing and ting "Rescue the Perishing," but when a member, young or old, makes a misstep and goes wrong, there Is very little atI t".r> rouonA rrt>n 1 - * - ? r ? .WWUV O-UU UOIlVlCllUy It* l)U push them deeper down, rather than resouc them. This Is especially true In regard to girls or women. They sing "rescue" but act "pushdown." In the case of men it is a little better, unless his failure is in his business. Then instead of praying for him they all prey on him. I>Ie<l Playing Chesfl. News has been received from the Philippines of the death of Thomas E Moss at Manila, a veteran of the civil war and at one time attorney general of Kentucky, ne died playing chess with his son-in-law, captain Wheat, who is chief of the telegraph division of the Philippine constabulary, Moes was born at Greensboro, N. U., in 1831). A Dynamite Outrage. A charge of dynamite, exploded in the doorway of the grocery store of Antonio Gaibalvo, at 13 Stanton 9treet, on the East Side, New York, early Wednesday morning, wrecked the lower half of the front of the building, shattered windows in the tenements above and threyv into a panic hundreds of tenants in the neighbor! hood. No one was seriously irjured. The outrage is believed to have been directed againsa Garba'vi. -,?ho with Ids two sisters, occupies living rooms at the rear of the store. G&rb&ivo a week ago ncdvrd a Black Hand letter demanding 81,000 HEALTH RESORT FALLACIES. It is no infrequent thing says a writer in Journal of Outdoor Life, of Suronuc Luke, N. Y., for physicians at health resorts to got /letters with passages in the in such as this: "The man has no money but is strong and fully able to work. Ho would like to get some light work out-of-doors and would even be willing to work for a time for his board." It is astonishing to see how sick a man can be and yet consider himself and be considered by others as "fully able to work." in soino instances In* has high lover and should be at rest in bed; but he and his friends think he could drive an express or delivery wagon or do some other "light" work. In most instances such light work is all that is necessary to insure for him long months (if convalescence from a few weeks or even days of over-exertion. There is no question but that every patient is better off, no matter bow slightly his lung may be affected, if ho can by any means whatsoever avoid working for the lirst two or throe months spent at a health resort. It is a curious thing, but when a patient does this, in the majority oi cases sonic avenue seems to op n by whicn he can obtain sulllolont means to enab'e hi in to remain idle a sullictent length of time to insure a restoration to a certain amount of lit alth. The darkest time is usually just before dawn and this seems to ho true of the ob: curity which overhangs many invalids. Another point which many seem to forget is the fact that, easy positions in all health resorts are quickly illled by those who are on the ground. It is no exaggeration to say that in the average health resort there are ten applicants for every position. A new coiner thinks, of course, he has little or no trouble, lie readily Imagines that all people in health resorts aro ill and much worse than himself and that lie alone is able to work. He little realizes that there are many already at. the health resort who have been there years and have boen trying to get n good, suitable position, and huvo been unable to do so. Where Titles Cause Trouble. Some dollars and much gratitude will be the portion of that writer who produces a standard brochure on how to properly address exalted persons lrom foreign lands as well as native olheials and dignitaries. Even men supposed to be well-informed frequently are embarrassed because they do not know the correct procedure. In Washington there are half a doaen different rules covering this matter, and much confusion. Present usage makes it correct to address the Chief executive as "Mr. President." All the Cabinet oflieers are called "Mr. Secretary," "Mr. Attorney General," or "Mr. Postmaster General," and the same holds true In regard to the Justices of the Supreme Court and the heads of the two legislative bodies. Ofllciully, the Ambassadors and Ministers are dubbed plain "Mr. Ambassador," or "Mr. Minister," though a few indivduals who like high-sounding appellations insist that "Your Excellency" is a more elegant and polite method of addressing the venerable members of the corps. When foreign princes visit this land of freedom the State Department mail is swarmed with, cries for help from Governors, Mayors of cities, and oven Irom private individuals who would like to extend hospitalities. But th most amusing appeal came to the Secretary of State when the Archbi hop of Canterbury and Mrs. Thomas Davidson were visiting this country. It emanated from a worn 11 of Boston, who represented a powerful church association which wanted to honor the helpmate of the prelate. Siie asked spectllcally how she should word her invitation and just what women would say ou being presented. "Some of our ladies maintain," went on the letter, "thai it would be correct to say 'Your Grace,' since she si arcs all her husband's honors Others assert that it should be Mrs. A1 cuius...-o. while a number agree with me. ihn; it will cover the entire premises * say 'I am honored to meet you, Madam Canterbury.' ". Negroes Using Cocaine. The police of Jackson attribute the recent outbreak of crime in that city and vicinity to tho Increased use of cocaine by negroes. Until a year ago the drug was unknown among them Its consumption has now reached dangerous proportions and its users have become idlers. They are indifferent to punishment. The authorities are discussing a crusade against the salo of the drug, and it is probable that some drastic measures may be put in force to prevent its use among the negroes. The crusade will probably be run In connection with the war of vagrants now being waged by the Police Department.?Npw YnrV WnrlH Passenger Coaches in England. Third-class passenger coaches in England used to bo coupled on next to the engine. The travelers caino on for terrible treatment when any accident occurred. At times the engine was driven tender first, in which case frozen hands could be warmed at its smokestack. Tho passengers were packed, seventy of thom, into a truck olghteen feet in length by seven and a half In width. There was no roof and not as a rule, proper protection at the sides. At tho beginning of 1904 telegraph lines in Spain had reached the following extensions: Overhead wires, 18,170 miles; underground cables, 05 miles; submarine cables. 2.044 miles. Public telephones Installed by private companies numbered 15,003. The public linos directed by tho government were ,'4 in numb**. \ ' ' Q! GREAT LAKES SWEPT By the Most Dirastrous Stcrm of Be oent Years. Ten Vessels Wri eked ami Many Lifei liOHt. Many i>lao<-H Are Not Yet Heard From. A dispa'oh from Chicago says th< storm which Friday night and iSatur day swept over northern Lake Miohi gau, Lake Huron and Lake Erie, one of the most severe in recent years As far asreiurns are obtained to night 10 vessels iiave been completely wrecked and 12 to 15 otl cs more oi less severely damaged. Twelve live: are known to have been lost, and a.* the on Southern Lake Huron anc Lake 10 ie is still biowmg fiercely to night it is feared that other losses boih of life and property, v111 be re ported within the next 24 bonis. Tl e b ats are as follows: Tug Frank Perry, sunk r IT Pool is lard, in the Chenetux grcup. Steamer Josephs. Fay, run ashort near Lloges C ty, Mich , and broken tc pier 8 by the wav. s: Mate Joseph S>ze, c rowned. Tho beat is owned ty M. A, Bn diey of Cleveland. Barge I). P. Rhode, in tow of thf steam r J. S. Fay, driven ashore near Sheboygan. M oil. Schooner Emma L. Neilsou, strand ed in Pretque Isle l,arbor; boat badly damaged but crew was savtd. Schooner Minnedosa foundered twr and a half miles til Harbor Beach in Lake Huron early today, carrkddowc entire crew of eight men. " <> - " muiiuvuci n uudUCUj USI1UFR AO IHllCc west of Erie, Pa. Schooner supposed to be either the Tasmania i r Ashland of the Corrigar Meet, sunk 2 1 2 rutic s southwest of the southeast shoal lightship on Like Erie, carried crew of eight men, ol whom nothing lias been heard. Schooner Sheldon beached and wrecked near Loraine, () Schooner Kingfisher, beaten to pieces olT Cleveland. Tug Waltxr Metea'f, sunk neat breakwater light, Cleveland. The M nuedosa, on which so far as known tonight the greatest loss of lift occurred, waN coming down from Fort vviiJlam, Carada, bound for some Lake Ontario po'nt with a corgo ol wheat. She was iu tow of the steam er Westmount, which was also towing the barge Melrose. The tow line broke during the storm and the Mel rose, and the Westmount were separa ted from the Minnedosa. They man aged to make harbor at Harbor Leach laro In the afternoon and reported that they bed seen the Minncdosa go do wn. She was In command of Cipt Philip?, who had his wife aboard. The names of the other members of the crew are not known. The boat was owned by the Montreal Transportation company of Montreal, Canada. The schooner Mautrnee struck a rock 18 miles west of Brie, Pa., earl} this mornli g and pourded by the ter rilic seas, con menced breaking up. The waves were so high that it was uL'pussioie 10 lauucn. MIkh AiIo(.''n UittB. If the president'a daighier desires to keep all the costly presents presentted to her trip abrt&d she will likely have to have the help of congress. In no othi r way will she be able to net them in duty free, unless she will donate them to some national Institution. The law makes no exceptions in favor of the president or members of his family; cccstquently when Miss Rocsevelt anives at San Francisco she will have to the custom (Hiciais the value of ail the articles she brings with her. If they rre ically worth as much as retorted, iMOO^OUO, Miss Roosevelt cot Id not affoid to pay the duty, v hich amcuntto as cntcb as her lathers t>alary for one. year. Frcnoli W#r Balloon#. The huge Lebaudy dirigible balloon, constructed utder the patronage of the war < fllce, at Tculan, France, has mpde its first successful ascent with seme chief engineers and a party of officers, who made an extensive ronnrJssarce rf ti o mJlite ry defe) ces fr >m Troul to Nancy, near the Go.min frontier. Toe distance covered wa. about thirty milts at a rate) of twenty tight 'miles per 1 cur. The officers made inspections of the forts and took photographs (f them, thus establishing the merits of dirigible ballons for war purposes A Hm?1 Jot). The Newberry Observe r saj s farmers will have to protect their farms and their labor from tte blind tiger. They C8D do it, but it will reouire very positive and deter mint d action. Herein is one of the great bcniits of nelghborl ood contiol, which can be secured by the organization of law and order leagues In the several tchoo) districts. That SultlfH It. The Mikado tells his tutjeets that he is perfectly satisfied with Hv terms of the jeace treaty arc tt :.t, I enough for theffl. Itut tie ton--to of w&i has taken ti e jrccau i<n i< forbid discussion cr tht iratler tr > army, under heavy tenuities. Imptv lal virtues are all i gi t, but <v? vy band of authority is rot ; > .. ? plaed. Muiinoiih s ( k ? Thirtythret lir n ? c ,\r ^ ' tar line steamer () a *>r upon the arri\al ( t lo L. pool, charged ^if . ? y fuse to obey i1 * ? 'f . r y have been senWi.-c t. a da prison ment ' MODERN 11 FOR GOLD His Method DiiTers I rom Those of Old Prospectors. DRILL USLD UN THE WORK Great Cost Sometimes Incurred in Projects Preliminary to Opening Mine?Chemical Laboratory Carried by Pack Animals?Maps Drawn on the Spot, j Thr ylt.'ld froru the gold mines has increased .00 per cent iu Uw>s than a decade. In seeking the reasons for f this truly demarkablu development r one is especially prominent?the groat * advance which kur> been made in the * methods followed by the modern gold ' seeker. The prospectors, says the Scientific American, have taken advan* tage of progress in geology, chemistry and other .sciences and have provided themselves with mechanical aids which are far superior to the crude implements employed by the metal hunters of the past. In the examination of rock for metal ) bearing ore, the sinistra of the Mexi leans and Spaniards lias been used extensively, especially in California j ami Oregon. This contrivance consists ol a vertical shaft or axis, which ' supports several wooden bars fastened at right angles to it. To the ends of the bars are attached heavy Hat stones, which, by the movement of the axis, revolve in a circular pit, a stream ' of water is turned upon them and the i arrastra placed in motion by animal i or water power. The ore is resolved into a slimy sediment by being ground i in the water and passes off through the sluiceway, which is provided with * rillles for catching the gold. The modern methods for searching ' for desposits of precious metal are so > radically different from those described that it may be said a revolution has taken place in prospecting in the United Slates. In the ltocky .Mountain region the formation has been pierced as far as 2,000 feet in the effort to ascertain the existence of a vein. I Among the mechanical appliances which have been of great assistance to the modern prospector is the drill, i With it he can make borings in a week where, if a shaft were sunk, a i year would be needed, if the forma- < tion is to be examined by a shaft, I however, the cost of sinking it is reduced to a minimum by means of ex- ? plosive cartridges, which are now I manufactured especially for such ser- 1 vice. Few expo lit ions of any size are sent out without an experienced geologist, who is usually provided with maps and other data giving the best infor- , mation available regarding the region to bo explored. Besides the geologist, the services of an expert chemist are also of great importance and a laboratory in miniature is contained in the packs carried by the animals. So complete is this portion of the equipment that a fairly correct (leld analysis can be made of the specimens secured by the use of the drill or by the other prospecting tools. If the outcropping of a nnnrtz vnin is: t\ Is^dvocurl r>nrmirh lb broken off to allow its character to be studied both from a geological and a chemical standpoint. After examining it in connection with the formation in the vicinity, the geologist is often able to indicate where the surface can be bored with 1 the possibility of reaching the ore bearing stratum at once. The value of the ore from the out- t cropping and that from the interior can be approximately determined by the chemist. To crush the ore is a slight undertaking, and with the lead * which he has brought along the material can be readily fused in a portable furnace. In fact, lie has the es1 sentinls for making a "dry assay" on ( a limited scale, for cupels are now made of such light weight that they can readily be carried on mulcback. In the outfit, of the modern prospector quicksilver lias become practically indlBpenslble. Its affinity for gold makes it a most valuable agent. Where the existence of placer gold is imagined, the introduction of mercury into the test washer soon solvo3 the problem and avoids the use of riffles and other crude appliances which were formerly dependent upon almost entirely. After crushing the specimens of test ore, the quicksilver can also ho used to ascertain the quantity of free gold among the particles. As the mercury can be eliminated by heating the composition to a sufficiently high temperature, it is now utilized in large quantities by the modern prospector, i Taking the ingot of load and of precious metal ho can easily oxidize tho lead by placing it in his cupel and heating the latter to the required temperature In an oven constructed of material which ho can obtain in tho vicinity. With his nitric acid he separates tho silver which may remain,, leaving tho gold only to he tested for its value. Tho proportion of tho gold I to n given quantity of oro can be do- I termined by his scales, but by using ms roucnsione or black basalt he ran , i dot ret the quality of the Rold by the ' color which this substance makes i when drawn over the surface of the metal. Herd cf Buffalo in Oklahoma. ' Ranch 101 in the Ponca ieservation purchased from a halfbroed In ' n , ' ;>???oula, Mon., a herd of 1 > .a 1 buffaloes and wil fJn ti ' ?edlng purposes. . I u J lu' ^OSt ltii i oh: 0 o ,a e i o! !. n v on t nv:h. It, is pure use. om j \ h? 7 11." an ? w) o \ goo nrr. r w <?n id 2. > point.js.? ' ?.aue< ' | AT THE LACROSSE GAME. Tom?Miss Holdtlte Is too reservoc! for me. Dick?I know. She's reserved for me By the Court Jester. Wolsey was saying: "Farewell, a lorg farewell to all my greatness." "I hop? It's not a Patti farewell,** added Henry VIII. with course humor. ?Houston Chronicle. In the Suburbs. ft "Here's a copy of the new time table," v "What's new obfuit It?" "The way it's folded." Too Opaque. "Bah Joe!" drawled the dude hoarder. "I certainly do admire the Newport set." "Excuse nie," said the.buffoon boarder. but before going further would you. please state whether you mean people :ieiis, or teeth?" CAUSE ASSIGNED. T | L / pri f r o I ^ ^ Miss Do Stylo?"Rosa and N; !1 da lot apeak as thoy pass by." Mr. De Swell?"Indeed! Who Is the lappy man?"?Philadelphia Tolo;raph. Strong. "Young man," whispered the old spellbinder, "there are some thing* ibout this campaign that will take ^onr breath away." "You don't say!" responded the poung man. "Are yo^ alluding to the i campaign cigar?" r- \ Where Money Talks. ^ "I flrn a poor man," bo began, "bat f the devotion of i>. trvj and loving icart goes for anything with you, I?** "Ob, it goes with nv , nl! right," int? rrupted the fvr but 'wa-tlcal maid, but I'm afraid it v. o* 't go with thg< jrocer and the butel r." NEVER TOUCHED THE WATERJ^^ First Hatht r?Does Mabel kne ^^HPr how to swim?" 1 Second Rather "No vou can't l?ar? lo vim in sand."?Philadelphia Tclo&raph. y .V The Absent Present "Absence makes the heart grow ? !"r" ntpftqant, I' t afi'oc . rs ll it's absence c.i pr< . ?Pittsburg I'rosa.