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WANTS IT FREE Senator Tillman Against tho Lumbar T u:t i FAVORS FRrE TRADE I t k Ml Ikiildin^ IMaioi ial, and So 1 !>..< *11 1 1 - ' 1 ' , .... - ki hi in i.iuiiini I'll tin* | I ree I.iM?Senator Tillman Takes With Senator Ahirieh ami Talks Out Plainly. Senator Tillman took occasion In the Pnilod States Senate on Wednesday ?o define his position on the lumber schedule by voting to put all ' c.ia-sOs of lumber on * ho tree list, | iri-.i thus make building material as . I11, p as possible to the consumer. ^ Vic* -inphasized his opposition to the r b-.-r trust by \utiug Wednesday i i out and out free lumber sched- ' .!' In his letter from Washington' to The State Zaeh MctJeo, in speak- i 'I'll i i I' 'I'i 1 1 Hi t? V. ?* .. 11 iii.iit 3 ? i v u;r f[->. /? Iutuboi says: ' Ho voted some weeks ago against! the McCuniher amendment to put ' lumber on the free list. Following I the statement lie made several days thereafter that he did this because the Mi Cumber aineudnioiit did not I I include all d;is-i's ot lumlmr, he | stated on the t'oor ot the senate Wednesday that he had been await-I ing an opportunity to vote lor tree lumber wlen all grades of lumber) should he included. lie voted i We tnesday for an out and out free! 1 anber schedule. "This leaves Messrs. Hover and 101 erbe, tile two house members, who 1 v >:ed for tin- $i duly on lumber, I i.tau in the South Carolina delega-j tion. They will make no statement 1 far publication at this time, but they say they are willing to face their constituents on the subject at the proper time. "When the Dlngly hill passed, .senator Tillman voted for duty on rough lumber, stating at that time Mind if there was to be any stealing he wanted his share. This year hoi ho, announced that he has given up' that doctrine, as he has found that he does not get his share. Somebody else g?*ts it, and lie says in this ca-? they aro the big lumber syndicates whoso owners for tho most part live in some other States." A press dispatch says tho first, veto on the. lumber schedule in the % ,i, n I Ami n .? ~ . ..i..,. *%n^ on HII unioiwituent by Senator McOumbcr proposing the rate of $1 per 1,000 on sawed lumber instead of the $1.00 do ruled upon by the finance committee. The committee was sustained, I 1 to > ? From live beginning of t lie sos a/!? there tias been a decided contest er the lumber rate, and one of U'.? baldest fights made by the Northv. -s'fein senator lias been lor free niber. In the house the reformers succeeded 3n reducing the Dingley 1 w i ate from $2 to $ 1. insisting that the differentials on piane<l or finished lumber provided by the finance committee were unnecessarily high. Mr. McC umber offered an amendment reducing them 2 t 1-3 per cent and reducing the diCy on sawed lumber to $1.25 per 1.000 feet. Mr. Ahirleh had read a letter from i. Vermont sawmill owner showing | that the mills charged four times as o:uch to tongue and groove and plane a board on four sides as to plane it j 'jl onp side. .fui^ping quickly to his feet, Senator Tillman denied that such dif5 -ronce of cost could exist. "Anybody who has ever been in a n'.v mill," ho declared, "knows that." He vociferously chided the Rhode1 Island senator, who, lie insisted, was the whole senate," for not promptly parsing the tariff bill. As Mr. Aldrich protected that he wished to vote as soon as possible the South Carolina senator apologized for tilling up any time in debate, added: v\ nen i lie scnaior in axes a siatenu*nt like tluit I can not alt. hero liktan ass as 11' I agreed with it when I know It 1? not true." Mr. McCumber's amendment wad rejected SO to 4 9. The vote was then taken on the main proposition, the finance committee amendment placing a duty of M r>0 on sawed lumber with differentials on finished lumber. The committee won, 50 to 2 8. By amendments offered by Mr. Aidrich and adopted, the duty on claphoards was Increased from $1 to $1.50 per 1,000; on lath* from 2 0 to 25 cents per 1,000 and on shingles from 30 to TO cents. The entire schedule relating to doow and manufacturers of wood was then agreed to. Maken, Actor Insane. At" Worthington, Ind., this week. (Tuy Mercer, an actor starting in ' * "Or. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," became part iu one-night stands for two years and the strain had underminyears and the strain had underlined his reason. After his breakdown he continued to play the part off the stage. !atl: >v . v .. v ' v cji iom bagging. siioi'i.i) mo rsm> to imck tiik ami.kicax stai'li:. \o Other (WtOu in the World is I'urk'Nl iii .Into IA?r|?( American Cotton. 'i ho loiiowm^ article from iho pen of .Mr. liarvio Jordan, whom many of our n adora will remember as tho piesidmU of the Cotton Association, will he read with interest by e vol'V man W.I1.1 Iiolnic I ..... ...i?.kvo UIIU DL I JO lUf tou: i Since the days of the Farmers' Alliance when such a heroic etTort I w?is made to displace jute bagging wi'h the use of cot toil bagging Soul hei n farmer.s have pruycd that the time might yet conic when cotton hah s could he satisfactorily and ecouoinii ally covered with cotton cloth. Seventeen years have posed since the legions ol the Farmers' Alliance waged w ;vr with the juto trust, were I defeated and had to surrender again to the powerful control of the juto bagging monopoly. In looking back over the ditlieulties with which the cotton growers had to contend in that memorable contest to ascertain the weak points in the armor of the farmers which led to their defeat, it Is now openly admitted that 'lie trouble was with the bale and the arbitrary tare assessed against its covering, which gave the victory to the jute trust. The continued use of the largo, cumbersome plantation hale which must :i ?e.-satily be roughly hnndh d with hooks in transit from the ginn tv to tho spinner and tho deduction by the cotton trade of t> per out. or 110 pounds from the gross weight of the hales for tare, has mad'? it practically and economically impossible for tho farmers to use a bagging which could not stand rough usage and was heavy in weight. With tho introduction and adoption of local gin compression, which within the last year or two has been rende-ed practicable through tho invention of modern machinery, the use of cotton bagging as a covering for the new style hales will he made not only possible but preferable by both growers and spinners. In addition to this, the Liverpool and Manchester Cotton associations have recently passed resolutions lifting the embargo of the arbitrary six per cent deduction for tare, in so far as it relates to gin compressed cotton, and have agreed to buy till such cotton by actual net weight. The New England spinners have not only agreed to the action of the foreign associations, but will pay an extra premium to the farmers for gin compressed bales in order to offer additional Inducements to reform tho present, primitive and wasteful methods of hailing and handling American cotton. Tho twentieth century new stylo hale, which is now being compressed at many gin plants in tho South, is a neat 500-pound halo of cotton, of tho square type, carrying a density of 30 pounds to the | cubic foot, about one-third tho size of tho ordnary plantation bale, and ; which will load a car to its carrying capacity at the initial point of shipment, to bo billed direct to the manufacturer without loss of time or recompression in transit. All domestic and foreign spinners ate unanimous in their objection to the use of jute bagging as a cover-! in.g for American cotton. No other cotton in the world is covered with jute bagging except the cotton raised in this country. Jute bagging is not only heavy in weight, makes the taro and freight on same unnecesI Warily high and expensive to tho growers, but in taking such bagging off the bales at tho mills a considerI able amount of tho lint is detached from tho bales, which is either lost entirely or sold as waste at two cents p?*r pound. In addition to tho jute fibre mixes with the lint fibre and causes no end of trouble and material losses to the spinners of the lino yarns. It is now ] admitted by spinners generally that ! cotton bagging can be taken off the bales at the mills without any loss of lint; that the bagging can be decorticated with modern machinery now in use at tho mills, reconverted Into lint and woven back into yarns and cloth. This would give an additional value to coton bagging which would enable tho spinners to pay a rebate to the farmers for using cotton baggiug and thereby greatly reduce the cost of bagging to the cotton growers. A satisfactory bagging can be made from the cheap, low grado staples of cotton, and experiments are now being conducted along that lino by some of tho largest cotton mills in this country. The use of cotton bagging thoreforo as a covering for American cotton will Increase the demand for our cotton by home mills; reduce the present heavy tare and high freight rates; satisfy the do- j maud of the cotton growers and moot the wishes of the spinners. With the speedy adoption of local gin compression all of those reforms advocated by the growers, spinners, transportation companies and the totton trade generally will bo made possible, and the expensive end prim si<;i:d pkomits haid. Wliito (iirls Found With Chinumen, All ?Vit('s((h1. A patrol wuRon was driven up In front of Brooklyn police headquarters Wednesday ulUnnoon and Detectives Carberry and Doyle, aided by Patrolman Daly aud Detective 1 lines 1?* (1 out three well dres-ed w hi to girls and tliree Chinamen. They were all prisoners, and were the result of a ...? . (. . Ijt i r \ ami 1 loyle on 1 lit I.' iUtlry u 11 by a ' iiii,Lilian at 110 lloyt street, Hrooklyn, N. V. The sad case of Klsie Sigel had prompted the two detectives to extra efforts in the matter of the three girls, who were hrst noticed by the (jfiH'i in in :i fit i I'niii'li'v ^v,. \vi! ? vy?M? .x. H'linn %) KJII \% 1 1 loughby street. 'I ho girls were Rose I >* 111 h 11, aged t wenty-t wo; May Ronnott, aged nineteen, and Ruth Lafayette, aged seventeen. Tho three Chinese prisoners described themselves an Hong Koo, Lou Toy and Hong Tong, all of 1 4 G Hoyt street. Against one of tho moil there will b,> a grave charge made by the Lafayette girl, who is only seventeen years old. She was very much distressed over her arrest and fainted twice in the detectives' oflico at head quart ers while the lieutenant at the do:-k was taking the pedigrees of the prisoners. All of the gins were weeping but the Chinamen did not seem to worry, and maintained the expressionless stolidity characteristic of their race. They had nothing to say except to deny the charge that they had been consorting with tie* gitls. CATHOLIC I'll I l'NT DUOWXHI). l iil'oi'tunate Accident at South Leach, I I.>, ida. Roy. Father RucUley. of St. Augustine. Fin., was drowned at South Reach Wednesday afternoon while in surf linthini' i *. ?. nu^i\iv; , pother with Father Aloysius of St. Louis college, Jack Spencer, Eddie Frej her went to the beach at .'i o'clock and wore joined by Rev. Father Ray of Tampa. Rev. Father I hick ley ventured too far out in the surf and called for help, Rov. Father Ray going to his assistance. Together they battled with the waves until both became exhausted, when they separated. Jack Spencer went to Rev. Father Ray's assistance, pulling him ashore, and by this time Rev. Father Huckley had sunk from view. I>r. Huckley was ordained about one year ago and was a native of Irehind. He was In charge of the parish at Tallahassee, Fla., hut about three months ago was transferred to St. Augustine. The body was not recovered. Wants New Trial. Miss Lena Castanlo, of St. Louis, Mo., participated in a Virginia reel, and the United Railway company now wants the verdict for $12,000, obtained by her against the company, set aside and a new trial granted. Miss Castanle alleged that she was made permanently lame by falling off a street car In Septetnbor, 1007. The motion for a new trial was made when it was learned that Miss Castanlo had taken part in a dance, claiming that this would have been impossible had she been permanently lame. * Kindness lb-paid. localise of kindness shown to Harry Green, an aged Civil war pensioner, 15 years ago, Joseph It. Ch< esman. of Hurlington, N'. J., this week, received a bequest of $5,000. Green, who was very deaf, was employed as an expert shoe cutter 15 years ago, but because of his deafness bad few companions. Cheeseman, however, became bis frlond, and aided the old man in many Instances. Wifo Heater Slain. Frank Crawford, a farmer living near Solum, NT. C., was struck on the head and his skull crushed by an axe in the hands of his thirteenj year-old son Monday morning. Craw ford had his wife down and was beating her and the l>oy, not being abb to got him off without force, used the axo. The boy has been placed in jail at Sinithfleld. Hunuin Hlood for Idol. rfltA I'DaaA ~ O it.. ? "* - i no in iin' unmson isiood, formed In Perm, European Russia Is accused of making liuman sacri liees to oft'er to a red wooden idol ! which the members of the sect wor ship. Many persons have disappear ed recently and it is thought thai they have been sacrificed to furnist human blood to color the idol. Mutiny I/Cader Killed. Acirwding <o news received at Manilla Lieut. Noble, with a company of the Twenty-third constabulary, on June 18, struck part of the Davao mutineers and killed Sergt. Academia, leader of the mutiny. In the ensuing fight, Sergt. Hew son, of the American forces, who killed the mutiiHHir's chief, was wounded during a skirmish. itivo methods today employed In the baling and handling of American cotton will be numbered among the things of the past. HARVIE JORDAN. WRECKS SHIPS | The Mighty Lake S;iptriur Shews J ury Under a Gale I 5 WKAPPtaIN MYSTERY \re Many Losses ol* Ships au<l Strainships?Hi? \ rssrls Arc as Helpless as Smaller and Older Crafts on the Waters of the Createst of | Croat Lakes. I ..i ? < I uiini: I.ni|;i'l nil | JI?I \ JS HO laVOl'lIOS. 1 Gig modem vessels are as helpless i as older and smaller crafts when ! groat gales lash her waters. As long ago as 1SS2, vessel men declared that ships were getting so large on the Great Lakes that their chances of lessee or serious disaster wore remote. Hut the big and little, ancient "hookers" and the flnest and largest of the modem leviathans all look alike to the cold, beautiful rock ami forest brimmed inland sea. It is slow to anger, but Its fury i at times is irresistible. The salt water sailor who makes liis lirst trip I on Lake Superior in calm weather is j prone to sneer at its dangers, but once he has ridden out a northwest-! ! *rn gale and witnessed and felt the I great shouldering seas, which carry j the twi.-ting motion of the ocean, lie j is silenced. Lake Superior is now j 'ailed the "port of missing men" | with WhlteiLh point as "the grave- I yard of the lakes." The Ad<dla Shores is the latest vicj tim of the greatest of the Great | ' Lakes. Slio vanished from the sur- ! face with a crew of 1 f? men. That is till that is known and perhaps till that will be known. The other day | a paddle bearing an inscription, | "Adella Shores," was washed ashore J at Whitehall l'oint, indicating that | i the ship and its crew are some dis- i tanco from that point, but further than that the mystery of the dis- I aster is looked in the icy breast of I j tiie mighty lake. A sailor lashed | to a plank or to a spar may drift j ashore, but no man expects that the , incidents surrounding the foundering I of the craft will ever come to light. i i acre is something exceedingly 1 I tragic in the loss of any ship in any i circumstances, but when one goes j ' down with all hands on board and | I not a word comes to land to tell ! the manner of her vanishing it is a knife thrust for the loved ones who await the news with aching hearts and the hope that springs eternal, and the public is awed by the sublimity which surrounds such mournful events. Everything is left for the imagination, and one can only guess of the gallant light for life, the possible deeds of heroism and : of unavailing sacrifice. The body of a man was found on I the shore of Whit fish bay several J j days ago. Nothing remained whnreI by it might be identified, but from the location where it was discovered j the conclusion is drawn that it is j the body of one of the 2 4 members j I of the steamer Clemson, which went | j down a year ago. The t> cu<i..u?? I I and tho Cyprus, two of the largest j j and newest boats constructed for i Great Lake traffic, were claimed by 1 ; Lake Superior during the last two j years. Only one man escaped from i the Cyprus out of a crew of 2b. ! When the 100, ,r>00 and 600-footers were still a dream it was pro; dieted that soon lake disasters would j be a thing of the past, but ttie great| est loss of life that over occurred I on the inland seas was to tho passenger steamer Algoma, when 7 0 persons perished. The steamer Manistee went down in November, 188ft. The mystery of her loss has never been solved. On the memorable Nov. ' | 27, 1905, the Mataafa and the Ira ' H. Owen went down at Duluth and every man on both vessels was lost. Twenty-six years ago the steamer Winnipeg went down after being ' burned to the water's edge. And so the tale goes on and hundreds of other incidents might be recounted dating from tho time that the first Anglo-Saxon placed his paddle in the mighty inland sea. f WANTED IIIS COKN. A Georgetown Veteran Deserts the State Home. t Veteran R. A. Pat t orson, of i Georgetown. has deserted the soldiers' homo at Columbia and taken up with tho Poor houso for hotter treatment. He says ho didn't like the manager or tho management of . the home and is happy now. Manager Starling says Patterson left because he was not allowed to drink freely. He endorsed the discharge "I/oft to go whore he could drink corn liquor in peace and moro of it." Kxplosion on Tjannch. At Columbia an accident marred the launching of the gasoline launch "Nirvana" Friday afternoon. A match flame caused the explosion of vaporized gartnline and several of tho party in the boat were burned. DON'T SPEC INVEST Y \\ K OFF Kit KOH QUICK S loo acres i 1-2 to 2 milos from Clarendon, Columbus Co., N. C.. on I | tin* Chadbourn & Conway (A. C. j L.) II. II. All wood lainl timber j sold and t y? .nr.; longer to re- | move sarno. While the land, or part of it, has clay subsoil and would make all kind of crops, I would m>t advise iiii\ one to buy it for that purpose row. It would 1 be a good investment tor pasture and timber growth. It's tin* greatest Strawberry belt, and would produce berries. Price $2 per acre, or IHd at'it's? Mostly clea^-'d low land. About one mile from the propped terminus of Whitoville ( N. C.) It. It. Will make 2-| bale cotton . { It.. Wi 1! make 2-4 bale coltou and 20 bushels corn per acre without fertilizer, $ 1 f> per ticre for cleared .and $10 for uncleared. This land is easily worth $T>0 per acre, hut for the fact that if is subject to extreme high water, and one crop in every r> or 6 might be lost. It now haw tine crop. I This land in Columbus county and near the \V area maw river. i , 121 Acres in Cattail Hay. Coiutn-I buc Co.. X. C\, uncleared. This bay I I has about 1,500 acres land and about inn cleared. lias produced 7 5 bu. corn per acre. I >. J. Lewis, attorney at law. in White v il 1 p X C , has over ] no acres of | this hay in cultivation and would , give any information desired. Have been offered and refused 1 I The Hmernldn Stock Farm Situate on the south and west by Lake Kntire tract, fenced. The lands all the native and other grasses, pose would furnish pasturage for he admirably used as truck farm, farming. There are two dwellings, etc., on the place. Personal prop jack, one colt, 150 head of cattle, mower, reaper and binder, and ml with sale. Reason for selling, lu of old age. For price and further I IF vol' H \ \ I: A\Y PltOPKHTY FO list it with us. Xo charges unless Carolina Sa OKAXttKIl I aammaaammmmaamammvmi ammaammn n i biiii m i iniiiniai Southern States BUY KIM lYiacninery W<U?44di.''WA~&?<4? ?.* J>X.?cx!4u?Mr6 Plumb^n^ ?aK^MWi'.4U?i?i^,KauK^ CO L_U M E CLASSIFIED COLUMN , Wanted?To correspond with owuom having farms for sain cheap. Describe land and improvements. It. S. Fletcher, McGoll, S. 0. | 1 1 ... j A good worm powder for horses and mules. Safe and effective. Sent postpaid on receipt of 2 5c. T. K. Wannamaker, Cheraw, S. C. ' Wedding Invitations and announcements. Finest quality. Correct styles. Samples free. James If. Deliooff, Dept. G, Grand Kaplds, Mich. i ?. ' Manuscript of Novels, essays, plays, 1 poetry, etc., wanted for issue in book form. Address Broadway j rtiniisning uorapuny, 83G Broadj way, N. Y. ' Heal KstatP?If you have any proporty for sale list It with us. No charges unless salo is made. Carolina Sales Agency, Orangei burg, S. C. i ?? . . ; Hanging and Tlrs?dinners, farmers and merchants, save money by making contract with us now for fall delivery. Write without delay. Address, Bagging Factory. Itoykin, S. C. Why don't you work for Uncle HiunV Civil Service Manual, which prepares you *or the examination Three volumes (with maps), $3. express prepaid. Sims' Book Store, Orangeburg, S. C. Wanted?Hardwood lumber and logs. In lumber wo want poplur, ash, Cottonwood, gum and cypress. In logs wo want cedar, walnut and poplar. Prompt cash and Inspection at your point. Savannah Valley Lumber Company, Augusta, Oa. Don't Experiment mm* * > Use the old reliable roofing that th* lur* has been the stand- I ard for 16 years, 1% \J \J I COLUMBIA SUPPLY iULATE- .M.IO THlfl FOM.OWI.NCJ: $ I 00 for t!i?? timber. Timber y consisfs of line juniper, cypress, * pop'ar and ruih. Price $12.50 pel acre. ?.\eces Rood clay subsoil, small farm about '? or 8 acres cleared; buildihRs no Rood. About one min noin ino proposed terminus of Whitovllle ( X. C. I it. it., near Iteeves IVrry on the VYaccamaw river, in Columbus county. Price $ 750. 17 \rii-s \bmit (> cleared. in the corporate limits of the town of I.oris. S. C. Produces tine strawberries, tobuoco and otlier crops. Tliis Is f!in* trucking section and is fast developing In that direction. Some buildings but are very poor. This town is in Horry county on the A C. I,. It. It., which is now developing faster than most any section of the State. Price $1,250. TP \r res - Just outside corporate limits of I>>ris. S. C. Good clay subsoil, tine chance for drainage, all unimproved, enough timber aiul light wood to pay half the price ask ed. Price $1,250. One small house and lot in town of I.oris. S. C. Price $,500. _* StOI ' lli?ui>c ?? r, # I !..?. 1 r _ .. . - ^ ...... ...... Ill (I'M II <> 1 Loris, s ('. Host location in the town for business. Price $1,250 earh il in Lake County, Kla., and hounded (Jrilliu and the Oklawaha river, are well adapted to the growth of and if used exclusively for that pur1.000 bead of cattle. Lands could the land being suitable for general four tenant houses, hams, stables, erty, consisting of nine mares, one .'5 1 head of hogs, buggies, wagons, scellaneous farming implements go ability to look after place on account part iculars write. K SAliH. no matter where located, sale is made. Jes Agency 1 jiu;. s. a MwiaHPBwaaHHWBncwiMaifnMMMMrMMonMa Supply Cowip?Nr !IA. S. C * Teachers?Write for free booklet, "A Plan," showing how we help you get a better position. Thousands excellent vacancies open, paying 0 to $150 monthly. Schools supplied with teachers. Southern Teachers' Agency, Columbia, South Carolina. OKIIONTAIj KUCi COMPANY. 1 101 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md. Wo make you handsome and durable Hugs from your old wornout carpet, any size to lit a room or hall. Lot us send you a price list; Jub* write for one. ixxwl Mau in Box Oar. At Akron, Ohio, Wednesday the body of a well dressed man, about 4 0 years old, was found in a box car with the skull crushed and pockets rifled. Tlie car came from Hammond, Ind., Inst Thursday and the man was apparently from Chicago. On a slip of paper in his pocket was tho name of J. L. Olear. Announcement. This being our twenty-fifth year of uninterrupted success, we wish it to l>e our "Banner year." Our thousands of satisfied cuh lomerfl, and fair dealing, is bringing us new customers daily. If you ore contemplating the purchase of a piano or organ, write us at once for cotslogues, and for our >v ?I>eclftl proposition. MAI<ONK'S MTJSIC HOUSE, Columbia-, H. O. Struck by a Train. At Greenville Friday morning Thomas Jamison, a farmer from the DacuHvtllo section of Pickens county driving to mill two mules, was struck by a freight train on tho I Southern railway and suffered a fracture of the skull from which he will I probably die. One mulo was killed Jwf and tho other Injured. ? >7 Wcathcr-ProolJ iKUIU Fire-Resisting . ii. s. c?v. ?m. PJ1 I MLI Will not melt, rot, I I IV \9I crack or ruat. CO.. COLUMBIA, S. C.