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I ' r* * :. '-r ___ MANY PERISH. Fearful Loss of Life in the Society Islands. HESIJLT OP A CYCLONl! It is Reported tbat at Least Ten Thousand PcopI; Were K lied and Millions of Dollars Worth of Property Was Wiped Out. A cablegram from Papeete, Tahiti, 6a>b tin meat diBtrue Ive eye.one ? \Tn 1" < V .snrt nn/snrl 4 fUrt C1 /iIAI ? 3 v iv,i i a^gi iciiwu iu uuu ti yuicty (.[1(1 Tuamotu Maud* occurred on February 7 and 8 The demago in Tahiti is estimated at $1,000,000 and presumabfl a slmlliar amount of property was destroyed on the Tuamotu islands. The oity of P*.p[ete wa^ inundated and about 76 buildings d stroyed, including the A aiei c u consulate and tlio Frenou government building The scbooner Papeete was submerged for an hour near Ansa, Tuamotu. Iler c* j.tain, Philip ll'ohaelll, estimated that the wates were 65 feet high. It was Irvpotible $o see 20 fret away. At 3 o'clock in tl day time the sailors nad to be lashed to uiu vetsei. m. jvarcam, a u renou resident at Fxharan, Tuamotu islands abandoned the plao in a euoull tuner after all the govtrnmeut buildings and dwelling houses #ni the Catholic church woro swept away. Many of the native* climbed In t?..?oanui tre.e ailcl others put out to at* In miall hcatH. The aehoor.er Ina, which \\aa anchored lu the lag on at Makemo, successfully rede out of the etorm. The c>clone, or hurricane, rei ohei the Telocity of 120 mllee an hour. It struck the lalinue *b mt midnight on February 7 and oontinued until about 4 o'clock on the n< xt afternoon. The island of Anaa, Tua notu group ia believed to have been the centre of the storm. At Ptpe^te about 7 o'clock on the evening if Feb. 7, the aea began to break heavily over tbo reef, tbe waves in t>-e harbor washing over the quay. There woe no perecptlble wind. Toward 10 o'clock peop.e dwelling in the vicinity of t.be water front were compelled i? abandon their homes, saving as a rule only a nnall portion of their bdonginge Toe merohauts and c'.erks went to the warehouses only to dit>c ver that It was q ilte impossible to save the goods ou the lower floors. An hour later high seas broke, cotrDletelv demol ahiruf the government blip aikI buildings, ben de causing great damage to the coal Mheds. The gnardiau of the arseDal, T lL r Alams an t Xpert swimmer, was 111 toe water for many hours aud assisted iu warning and res< utrg others. The villsgo of Taruna near th# arsenal, was com Dletely swept away. It consisted ol the mission buildii gs and hemes of native converts of the recognized bitter Day Saints mission, formerly ur.di r the olri ctlon of Capt. Joseph Uurtun of California. Tlie misbion house and a gnat muny hou&ca were carried < if to a distance of many hundreds of yards at d demolished. Of the church editicr not a vestige remains. A s-.Mh ment about an eigth of & mile distant, comprised of dwellings of several hut dried (Jooir Islanders (liritish subjects; wan comp.etely destroyed. Oue American name*"! Set thud, llvu g near ti.ar, com munity, had to t kc an adUoeut swamp, v h:ch became inundated, and he was compelled to battle with ihe waves for many hours. Further eaat cn the b* acn road ail the houses ware swept away for about half a mile. Abeut 8 o'clock In the morning the American consulaie. too oldest structure In Pipeete, having been built about 1881*, collapsed. la the absence of the American comul, his mother, Mrs. Doty, *upf rvlied the remi val of the archives, aided by several missionariis Mrs. Doiy was in serious Jet pnrdy several turns The rrcorr.s were temp.raily sr/?ejKl at the Litter Day Saints mission houve. M Dotty's family also aooepted their hospitaity. Beyond the American n,,ni.iiUto a nor. r. 1 OflVPrfim 'lit, V> 1111 vuuou in.g nv * vi a? p v - u. ... v, , clings, IncJud ng tbe treasury and store hemes, sustained great damrge. The San F are sco Evening Post says that trn thousand persons per ished during the storm ou Tahiti and a' ) iccnt ls.'a '.tit', arv. ral of wnlou lrs account sajs, have dbapp ar d I places th > dioaige at 95 000,000. These report.4 l ave rot been c nil in ed by the (tiljc r4 of the steamer Mailposa, which brought the news or the disaster from Papeete. Iviirm tf to l> ??tli. Miss Mauglc Sw;.riz, whoso homo wa* in Cv.lumbla, was the victim or a horrible death by tire at IC Ulans In Ii culand county huiaday. She was visiting near K ll.'^pu at toe time ano was out watch :ug a uumb.r if men burn ctf a right of way for a Ira n road. S? e was askod to ex inyuish.a Are in a turpi nt.ne box wbicls caught Arc near her and In throwing an apron iui; of cl It, V'-~ o' on* and i itvt loped her ai d set Are to her clothing. She ran icreamli g and b fore she could he overtaken ?he was dead. The b ?dy wus found In uurierbu*n a short distance away, not even her shoes being left. VICIOUS MOB T AK10 THK TOWN A M> FII HI-' VTEN TO KILiIj NKOHOKS. And Their Houses Sot on Fire Because a White Brakeman Had Been Hurt. Several days last week Sprlrgtleld, O i^o, was the scene of muoh disorder on account of the f hooting of a white brakeman named M. M. Davis by Preston Ladd and Edgar Dean, colored both of whom hail been plaood under arrest and beoause of threatened lynching hurried under cover of dark ue?& by tho authorities to Dayton, where they are n iw iafely lodged in jail. When the mob learned that ti e prisoners had bra 1 taken from SpringHold It went to that part of towu, known as tb? "Jungle," inhabited by colored people, and liegnn to burn and lcot dwelling houses and saloons. At least six dwellings were burned and the contents of one saloon h oteeri. A force of 76 members of local military Companies are guarding the scene where the mob holds sway. Mayor Todd shortly afier 9 o'clock a krd that c m ponies of the Toird gegiment, Ohio NaLlonal Guaid, be called out. The mob soon reached t o "Jungles" and batteed one houte to pieces with stones and posts usi d ca battering rams. A goDcra! lire alarm was sounded. The sounding of the gongs served to till the street with people and the feeling In the crowds r/as tense. The mob entered K mpBlklonn In PnlnmhU 'fruit w W VU4 V4 A-*-* k/IM OU1 WVU and quickly looted It. K impler and his wife fled, leaving tttir three little ohlldrwn asleep In a room over the saloon. The building *ei* riddled with bullcte end stoma end it wee only by men that a way wus forced through the mob and the children reeeued. After the pillaging of the eeloon drunkenness wee to added feature of the riot. At 11 o'c.cck members of the meb oroke. Loiough a eordon of police ank set lire to a bouse la the 'Jungles," which was quickly burned down. S^rgf-ant (Jreager, who h*d oharge of the tqsnd of police, waa hit on the head wit.i a brick and eerlcusly wounried. A r q ie*b was sent out 10 t>!dock for the X die mlltAry oompany. At midnight six houses, walch had tieen Area by the mob, were burning fie c ly and the police had apparently lustoouferol of the situation. Only six memberc of the heal militia res* ponded to the mayor'e oall and . the X mla o nopeuy, whleh waa expected Had noi arriyed. Sueriff Almoney wired Q iternor Fatteraoa the following: "Bend all possible troope and hold others in r Adlneae for tomorrow." ftergesat Cruager, the polioemau hit In the race with a brick, Is in a serious e n dltiou. The mob Is stoning and j tring the militiamen, ^ut a show ol bayonets has suffered so f \r to keep the .rioters ou the mote Tne rumor tuat out or rowu troop* arc mom ntc rily expected in having a quieting t fleet oa the mob The city authorities suoocsded at 12 15 o'clock Wednesday In a->*t moling (J^mpaoi)'s B. and C. of the third rig lment, O. N. G., which are nutluneo here. The total foroe i umbers aboui 75 meD. Thev are now on the of the tire and have pushed toe mob UdCk both way* in Columbia street, east from Water street and west from Foster street. Just as the troops arrived one m .re building was tired auc no efforts were made to save It, the police, tire men and the guard&m n are now directing their efforts to f jrcing the rioters back and sating ti e property tutaide of the doomeu tquare. i'he militia were assembled only In the nick of time, as the mob had been arou?ed to a frei z/ of rage and threatened to repeat the acnes of March 7, 1?J4, when R.chard I) xou was lynch co before the troops c< u d prevent It the p..lice will make no arrests in conn; oik n with the rioting. Davis, the brakeman, Is still a)iv< at a hospital, but there are no hope* of bU recovery. Two companies oi the Third regiment are on duty at the scene. company of the Ninth hatlaillon, negro troops, la held la read iucwi lo the armory. The burned district comprises less than a city block. The tu ldin^s v? re all cheap tenements. When the pr ilea and tire department were unable to^cope with the situation, Mayor To'dd called up the afjutantgeneral ou long dlsta ce telephone and asked assistance. Mayor Kief, r had Kreat difficulty in flatting t ( mllitlomrn to mpird to the call to assemble at the arm rv. ll?nt(va Tn< m?elTcn. A dlspaich from (Jolquit, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal say.'. the coroner has lust returned from Baboock. Ga.. wheie he went in response to a telegram from Capt. Jackson, captain of he oonvlct Cimp at Ba'cock, Oi The c >roner sa>s that he held Inquests over the bodies < f O. C. Tnomsen, white, and Dock Gillies, colored, born C' uvicis. From what trie oro states it seems that Thomson and Giice3 were playlrg, and Tnimior? r.hrew a rop^ around Gaines' neck in a playful way and threw the other end of the rope around a piece of shafting while it was running and the end got caught and began to wind the negro up. Thomson seeing it tried to get the ropj loose from the shafting and ho was caught It it and the rchuit was both parties lost t-h. ir Hv? s. Fitiy Siorii h. New York Is to have a skyscraper 50 stories in height, the top of wh e i will be erected at Broadw ny and Liberty street by the Singer Manufacturing company. BATTLE BE3IN8 Senator Tillman Opens Greatest Fight in Senate's History. WILL BE TO A FINISH. Senator Aid rick Gives Notice ef a Battle Rviyal Afatnet the Hfpbnra Rate Bill la the Presence ef Crowded Gaieties la the Senate. Last week in the Beaate chamber the ring was pitched for the great battle between the American people and the lallroado The following description of the opening of the battle, which was written for the New Yoik American by Julian Hawthorne, will be read with Interest. The public, says llawthorno, was present to the extent of the gallery accommodations, and nearly ev ry Senator was at his desk Nothing was done, however, further than that the oimhattnU bowed to eaoh other, and put on their gloves; the scoonds conferred as to^he rules that should govern the combat, and arrangmenis were mane for the printing and dissemination of the records of the prlrclpals up to this time. Ik 1 a -a ? I ?. < ? xa ib uu iciriuuu tun mv i^lll IB to be to a flnlnh, and will and with a knockout for one partj er the other. No more important event hao come up for decision in Ibe national prise ring during rcceat timee. In other language, Senator Tillman, In charge of the D Hirer Hepburn railroad rate bill, made the formal statement that the bill had b'.en rcoommendcd by the committee for paisage without amendment, and that he himself, as soon as he had sufficiently digested the subjrot, would present hisireport upon it In writing. Laying h'.s left hand on the pile of papers and volumes on his desk, he added that he wished ten thousand copies of the reports < f testimony and information gathered by the committer to be printed for the better Instruction of those Interested, In which proposal he was lupporled by Fjrakor and Allison, and, there being no objection, It was ?o ordered. ALDRICH'S NOTICB OF BATTLB. Senator Aldrtch then arose rery serious and with lcae ?Dior than usual In Ills face, though whether owing to emotion or to Insufficient breakfast, did not appear. He observed that in the orclnary course of thinks the bill wouid h&y.' emerged from committee with amendments, and tl at ho believed that all S nators except Forak* r, who objected to any legislation at all. desired the bill to be amended. Ei o pt f jr thes'' amendment s no obstruo tion to iucmrtdl&te consideration of the bill w< uld t>? ( ff rod oo his hide. Mr. McOumber aunou c-.d that lie had a subitl1 ute for the ? ntlre bill, i !i\h hit u. nt t n f .* A .^ Lr <>*>^4 ?.411 .vii iiv m ! u iu u ic7 u'jj? , au i rriu -pe*k oil laier; and then oti er busi nc'88 aupervenoa and the galleries were left with their rrouthn op n. One of the first, things that TJ11? m-iu said latt weak, when a*ked about the bill, *ai that he did riot regard It as a pa.r< 1 -an measure. Ia this be showed his sound >ci ?3, ana the Am* r lean p< ople will be found in haarty accord with h a attitude. Any senator or Representative who tries to plav polttio* with the rate bill will make toe mistake of his career. Toe people are In earnest; ttiay want to bi protected against the cranny, aggre->al u and Insolenoe of he railroads. They know that robberies and outr?g<s have b'en and lally are committed agiinst the property and rights of individuals by ra-lroads. They want to h.\ve these wrongs rlghti d, and they are not to be deterred from having them right ed by any special pleas aboot constltu tional limitations or legal technicalities. TH? P*OPLJC'S POCKKT8 PICKED. Tney know that their p oktte are being picked, arid they will resent any *ugge lion that it oto be legal to pick them. Nor wiil thev acoept a remedy which U remedial to the >e only, and by means of d? lays and c implications turns out to be no practical remedy at all. S >methlng must be done; it mustb'' d>ne at once, a d it must be eo done aa to be?eff ctiv^ f ?r the end in view. Tn&t is tire ultimatum. Democrat or R publican, House, Senator or Ex cuuve, may take tt e credit of it wnen it is done?mat is quite Immaterial to the people, hut vooever < ppog; s its doing?a ill more oowever temporarily prevents itd Ing?'is never liKely to find any ad equ >te c'rapen^at ion, either p rsonal or political, f >1 that act. Moreover, the act itself would be futile. Should the bill, owing to the machinations of the railroad gang, fill or be emascula'ed In this session, lb v111 not only be the cause o' woe to its adversaries, l u > It win bj brought up again Id a form, and with an emphasis, wbico ii likely to make its adversaries regret that they did not agree wl h th; piope while tuey were in the wyy with them. The American spirit Is not dead, thoug 1 it is buried deep under preoc oupatton, seltishutss and heedelessne&s, it comes 10 life when the provocation is adrqiati; and the proVvCitiou to-day is quite as a lequate as it y / i was when the thirteen Colonies rose against King George. TilR PEOPLE AUK READY TO KISK. Our people has all due respect?itrple respect?for rested Interests and for fair play. It may for a long time be hood winked by Intricacies of law and Illusions of special privilege, but onoe It bears a hint of subjection to a moneyed oligarchy It will rise In a menace aa formidable as the plague, and as Immitigable as death. Moreover, thla Issue, like many others, Is not one that will be forgot Un, nor can the people be distracted from It by other Issues. It Is a vital Imue to the welfare of them all, and will press upon all more Intolerably day by day. To delay Juatioe is to inflame resontmsnt and the oonscquwuoee of thai resentment, If unap* posted, may well appal the most bratee thief that sver wore broadcloth and cut off o< up ins. It !s well that Aldrlch and Foraker, sed ihetr asjotaplices In and out of C.mgieea, should be plaoed in a posltiou where their charaetcr and purpose aiu.t be revealed by their worda and acts. Thev thought to gain a strategic point by thrusting the bill Into Tillra/vn'u hands, because Tillman h&a *. 3 A 4 uocu iri'rwinutu &n an extremist, * dangerous man, unfit to be entrusted with a meiaurc effecting the welfare of the whole people. But, In truth, the 8' uth Carolinian la a statesman wboao oullbre luu not yet been measured. He can be fierce and passion a'e. but he holds himself In his own control, lie cm go forward at need like a cyclone, but he can also measure his steps and see ahead. 11 Ih hondty la above all shadow of suspicion; and of how many of his wile Rt.es can so much be said? He Is as simple, and as dangerous, as a twoedged sword. He is not educated in ti e hair splittings of the law, but he is theroughly grounded in Justice and equity. / m \ beht custodian ok t1ik hill. \ He ha*ee wrong, loves right, and fer.rs bo man; and these attribute^, together with an ample Intellectual endowment, render him, perhap*?, the very b> et cueiodtan of the bill that its beet friends?or the beet friends of a Just and adequate measure, rather?oould have piokcd out. If Mr. Aldrlch thought otherwise, he made a mistake. But the Hepburn bill in its present ship* is not a Just and adi quale measure, and the more it is stuuied, the m >re probable doee it seem that if It be sufficiently amended to fu fh th* real object of railroad legislation there will hardly be a olause of it left. Perhaps no one feels this more sensibly than Mr. Tillman. And certainly In that C4*e no one could be more li fl xlble than Mr. Tillman In lnsistirg that the requisite alterations, even though they result In an entirely new bill, shall be made. In Ite fl tal form, be what it may, it will go back from the Senate to the House ai d thence to the President. What will the President do with It? Should be venture to defeat, or to leave unsupported, a truly good measure for relief in m railroad oppression, u >thlng ia more certain than ttiat pu lie obloquy will overtake him. Much *i;i be urged on htm ab< ut "giving the railroads a square deal" and nut alienating in vestment of cap ltal in railway cmerprlae but there Ik no danger of our being left railroadless, or of railroad millionaires being omen to the poorhouso Let him keep IiIh eye blngle upon rbe right* and needs of the pe< p'e, and, in the long run?not such a very loug run. either?every limb and o gan of the body oorporate will partake of the benetits. 81 Oft Y OF A LUTTER VVh'ch Went Around iFie World in Mix Months, iioory m. JM'it iciner, or Anderson, S. 0., received a letter Sunday from , Cape Town, Africa. B?ck of the i rioelptof the letter is an interesting story. Last Augnst, while living in Greenville, Mr Fieidner read a news paper article telling of the < flleier.cy of the postal svsiem of the world, work ng in harmony with each other and determined to test the matter for Himself He ?'dreeeed a letter to himself at Cape T wo, Africa. The envelope bore the m quest to be forwarded to .Sidney, New South Wales, if not delivered at Cape Town, and if not delivered at Sidney to ho returned to Greenville. Toe letter was mailed on train No. . 11 at Greenville o.i August 10, and arted on Its long j >urney. It wr.s oeiveU at Cape T ) vn on Sjptembar 28, and was forwarded from there' to Mdney, reaohlng toe latter place on October 19 N >t being claimed at Sidney it washtaried back to Greenville. It reaohed Seattle, Washington February 24, ar>d was forwar ied from Greer v.He b ? Mr. Fieiduer's addro 8 In Anderson, reaching hira on February 25. T e letter had been travelings little ov? r six m inths, and hai been to a number ( f diff rent plac >s. Tneeiveiop bore several pstlllds stamps which w ro illegible, but was still intact and in good snapu. The cost of carrying tbeleiter on its long Journey was on y 16 ce its Mr. F eioin r has the satls'actlon of knowing that the p >stalsystem of tho world is a pretty clHclent instl? uot >u. f13 also hi s the satisfaction of knowI g that there Is n< bv d/ b/ the name i f Henry M. Fieidncr at Cape Town, Soutn Africa, or at Sidney, NewSjutu Wales. SWEPT BY WIND. One Hundred and Fifty Persons Are Reported Killed. MANY ARE NEGROES Several Blocks of Building* Completely Demolished, After Which the Wreckage Took Plrc. Urcat Demige to Wires and Other Property. A dispatch from Mobile says a private lot ? distance messago rccalved from Meridian, Miss., at u 40 p. m.. say* the flro is raging in the devastat ed district. Tho work of the rescuers is going bravely on, but owing to all lights being out lanterns and c&ndli s aro bring used at d the work is neces sary slow. It is thought thai 150 bodies aro in the wreokage. The union depot is one of the buildings blown away. Tho telegraph wir h are still down between Meridian, Mobile and oilier polnU. A largo number of persons are known to be killed and many are miss leg and unaccounted for at midnight. Among those known to be dead are: Mrs. E.la Singleton and granddaughter, Mackcy Slaughter, Claude Williams. P. T. Molnnls, conductor on the Mobile and Ohio railroad; Wil Ham Ii. Nelson, formerly city marshall. A morn? the wnimrti>H Charles K.mire, W. J. Woodside, T. H Brown, Ernest Bennett, Frank Woodruff, Will Y&rbrough and W. O. Morrison. Information has reached Mobile by telephone, all telegraph wire* boh g d )wn. that a destructive tornado visIfced Meridian, Miu., at fi 30 o'clook last evening, killing 21 white peraons and over a hundred negroea and darn *glng property to the extent of II,500,000. There were also scores seriously lr Jured bv being oaught in the wreckage of houses. The tornado oaught the city on the southweet and traveled to the northeast, expending Itself in two luburbs where many negroea were killed and Injured, a whole tenement diatrlot being wiped out. Two large wholeeale atorca, aeveral smajler ones, part of the principal hotel, the clcctrle lighting plant and all the small property between the Mobile and Ohio railroad and the business part of the city waa badly damaged. Twenty men were oaught in one restaurant and several were killed. Two stories of the Y. M. C. A. building were wrecked and other buildings suffered in the upper stories. The n? gro tenement district nortli of the city was demolished and the debris ciught lire, threatening a new danger out the local department, with the help of hundreds of cittz ns, ovi rcame t ils after a hard light. Thev were assisted by torrential rain following ; the tornado. The city is In darkness Hud the lull rxtent of thedlsasier will not be known until daylight. The known path of the storm w?c about ()U0 feet wide and one mile tn lmort-.h A long dhtanoe message to The Item from Meridian, Miss., says a cyclone accompanied by heavy r&ln struck that city this evening at (3.30 o'clock. The st trm centre was In the southern portion of the city and particularly hea-y along Front street, one of the principal buslnets streets of the town. Nearly every house on Front street It reported to have been d< mollshed. The Armour Paoklng plant fr m which this message was received by long distance, is the only building left standing and the roof qi this is gone. Fire broke out in the rulne and despite the heavy rain, the flames were burning fieroeiy when thla report was (lied. A i umber of bodh s are raport ed to be in the ruins and the rescuars are working by candle light. The city la in total darkness, the electric lighting plant having been put out of buslneee. The cyclone did severe damage at other points adjaoont to Meridian and ail trains entering Mer idan are delayed Indefinitely. The The Western Union Telesrranh eomn. any reported having Iohl 15 miles of wire and the Postal Telegraph com pany al >o wuff red great damage. Tne wires are down between Atlanta, Blrimgham, M 'cophis and other poinih' and It la impossible to secure communication with the stricken city A loog distance message to The Item from J. 1). Breaux, servloe man of the Cumoerlar d Telephone compa ny at- M ridian, Miss., gives complete details of the cyclone that struck Meridian at 0 30 o'clock Friday even log as follows. During a neavy rain storm at 0.30 o'clock a storm cloud developed in the soui.ii and moved on the city, striking Frint street, the buslnese centre, with full fore*. The wind was probably blowing 75 mllrs an hour. The cyciono passed over in about twomin utcs and during that period three or four wnole t quarea were devasted. A conservative estimate places the num ber of buildings blown down at beien 30 and 40. Among the heaviest losers are the Meyer & N ville Hardware company; i rom'Lwa; ?Sc (Jo., wholesale dry goods and groceries; .) weph II. M ore, wholesale dry goods and groceries; the New O cleans and Northwestern railroad freight depot and other buildings, the names of which are not obtainable at tbls hour. The Mobile and Ohio depot Is safe as well as the Southern hotel, but the Grand Avenue hotel was consld rably damaged, the quests iu the latter building eecanlng, and no one was injured. From ths business centra tho cyclone jumped to East Ena, where a number of residences were blown down and others badly damaged. Mr. Breaux states that the number of II veg lost Is small, probably not more than three or four persons. One of the victims, a oaan named Johnson, Is beamed In by the wreckage and at If o'clock Friday night he was reached by the rescuers, to whom ho sp >ko and begged them to hurry and extricate him. Several tires were started as a rosult of the eyolooo but the only one of serloui uwequencs was that in one of the oomprtfses. All tires were ex tinguished by 10 p. m. Mr Breaux reports all trains entering the oity on time. Wires of the telegraph compaules are still down. REbUOE AC&EAbE. A\l> DIVKKSIKY CHOI'S IS THE HOAI) TO BUGCI'MB FOU Our Southern Farmers, Who Are Now at the Crisis in the Cotton Situation. This Is the critical year with tho Southern ootton firmer. Tills Is the year that Is to decide whether he has sclf-coutrol enough to govern himself, or whether lack of self-control will again make him a slave of the speculators. The Issue hangs upon whether tho ootton yc'f^e is Increased beyond that of 1U05. If it U Increased, just In that proportion will prices decline. There la nothing surer than that. Or if proof were needed, let any ono examine the "Statistical View of the Cotton Situation" In the Manufacture era' Record of January 27oh by that unbiased authority, Col. Alfred R. S hep person, of New York. From Col. Shepperson's article we get these incontrovertible polntH: 1. The visible supply of ootton la materially larger n jw than a year ago. 2. E lgllah mills are likely to.uso less of our ootton this year. "In view of the rery much larger supply of E tst Indian cotton this season and the comparatively high prlcss of American o >tton (now five cents por pound above the price of a year ag )," says Col. Shepperson, "1 think European mills will use during the season 500,000 hales more of East Indian ootton than last season and 400,000 bales less of Amerioan cotton." 3. Japanese mills will also require lees American ootton this year. Half they use In the East Indian cotton, and they have alroady Imported a large stock of Amerioan ootton. Col. Shepperson thinks the Japanese demand will bo for 150,00) fewer bales than last year. 4. India with its increased crop will probably send 5)0,000 m >re bales to Europe than last season, and this also moans a lessoned demand for our Southern product. 5 Egypt also oars up with a materially increased crop?a tifth warning against a big Southern crop. 6 Most of tho new Mancnestery mills of which we have heard so much are for spinning tine yarns from Egyptian cotton?ind so do not call for the excepted increase from our Southern farms. 7. All in all then, Col Shepperson asserts that with a materlaly Increased supply of our cotton on hand, "the estimated consumption of Amerioan cotton by the world's mills this season will be only 11,308,000 ba'es, or i .lA AA<? l_ ? ? ? 1 * l. ? ? tuu.uuu U?1?S less LI1SI1 IdSL b0dSoU." In velw of these facts, and In view of the further fact that throughout the South there Is an unusual demand for guano and for mules, says the Progressive Farmer and Ootton Plant, It Is Indeed high time for the Southern farmers to call a halt and take their bearings. And there is no better way for them to work out of this dlfllculty than to come together in the Cotton Growers' Association, and resolve that the South with Its laurels of victory fresh ou Its brow, must not now commit financial suicide must not Increase the cotton acreage beyond that of 1905. Let crop diversification be the watchword. There is money in corn, tn peas, in fruits, in vegetables, In live stock. If we keep our cotton acreage where It". iu Q ri *v> a b r* n? t r> r\l I ao #/v? u jo u iii iikiivu nu^jj'n a iui uuirtoivcs and our neighbors from these other crops, the South will t-ojQ become the richest section of our country. If we go wild over cotton and repeat the blunder of 11)04, the mortgage and the crop lien will again return to haunt us and to mock us for our folly. O > to your Cotton Growers' meetings, organizi each township au:l c< unty as directed els^whore In this Issue, and prepare for the contest. The Soutnern farmers have shown that they have the mautiood and mettle to stand adversity. Toe next forty days will show whether they have the prudence and self-control of stand prosperity. Organize your township. Murder and Hutcido. At New York Thomas Dottman. shot and ki'led his brother-In-law, Thomas Fennen, during a quarrel over the death of Fcnnen's young wife, Dcttman's sister, whose body at the time of the shootiug lay awaiting burial In an a<Jj lining room. Dcitman then shot himself, dying instantly.