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k GRAFT TRIALr Begins in Columbia With the Case Against James Farnom HOW WYLIE WAS CAUGHT The Coaliier of the (l?e*tcr Ihink Marked a One Hundred Bill Ten tiered llcnry Samuels in l ujintui of Draft ami it Wiw Ket urncd for IK-posit by Wylie. The trial of the alleged dispensary grafters commenced in Columbia Tuesday morning. The lirst case called was that of J nines Furnum, which was somewhat sensutiona.. Declaring that out of idle curiosity ho had marked one of the hundrel dollar bills tendered Henry Samuela, in payment of a draft September 15, 1 906, and that this bill was returned for deposit by J. B. Wylie, along with bills to the amount of $1,120, Kobert Gage, cashier of the Commercial Bank, of Chester, witness for the State in the case, sprang the first sensation of the alleged graft trials in the Court of Sessions. The State announced before calling Mr. Gage to the stand that it would connect this testimony with the accused. This transaction is 111 tine wim m?charge in the indictment that the defendant sent Samuels the draft for $1,120 to be paid to J. H. Wylle, who was then a member of the State board of control. The testimony of Mr. Gage was the most important of the opening day's happenings in the case of the State against Farnum. Robert Gage, cashier of the Commercial Hank of Chester, was put on the stand by the State, and made a good witness. He recalled cashing a draft on September 15, 1006, for Henry Samuels. The ledger showing the transaction was produced, and after objection by defence that ground had not been laid for introduction of secondary evidence, Mr. Gage was allowed to testify to what he knew. He stated that he gave Mr. Samuels $1,125 for the draft. "What did Mr. Samuels do with It?" asked' Mr. Abney. "He gave part of it to Mr, Wylie. * / "How do you know that?" "Out of idle curiosity, I marked a $100 bill, the lower bill of the $100 bills I gave him." The package I got from the safe contained ten nunareu dollar bills. I had a red pen behind my ear. I marked the lower bill. That afternoon or the following day, Mr. Wylie deposited $1,02 0 with me. The marked bill wan in the number." Mr. Gage was asked what made him take this course, and he replied that he had had an argument, about the matter, and that he thought Mr. Wylle was getting something, but J this testimony was ruled out. TI1KY BUNCOED HIM. A Maryland Farmer I,osrs Big Sum in an Old Gnnve. William A. Moffett, a prosperous Maryland farmer, is out $5,000, the victim of the Spanish hidden treasure swindle, which has been operated for many years, lie is at his home, near Hanover, having ju<-t returned ^ from Spain, bewailing his fate and seeking some plan whereby he may recover his lost money. Mr. Moffatt some seven weeks ago received a letter bearing the postmark of Madrid, Spain. The writer elaimod to he a Russian nobleman, who had robbed the bank of which lie was president and fled to Spain. The money was hidden in a satchel. While in Spain the Russian was arrested for political reasons and thrown into prison at Madrid. Suspecting that he was in danger of being arrested, ho had previously hidden the satchel. The letter proposed that Mr. Moffatt come to Spain with as much money as he could raise to secure his release and the recovery of the money, one. half of which was promised him for his goodness. Gathering all the ready cash he could lay hands on and borrowing from a few friends, who were taken into the secret, Mr. Moffatt. journeyed to Boston and thence to Europe. This was six weeks ago. * What happened after he arrived in Madrid Ik not known, as Mr. Moffatt refuses to tell. Ho handed *2.S00 over to tho man dsignated In tho lot tor, and never Haw him avain. After waiting in vain for some days, ho realized that ho had boon swindled, and set out for home. Jump* the Track. Near Huntington, W. Va., one man woe killed and four others injured, t one probably fatally, when a Chesapeake & Ohio, engine Jumped the track and turned over into a ditch j *** Friday. Engineer G. W. Ferry died shortly after being taken to the hospital. * Victims of the Storm. With the list of dead from the tropical hurricane well above 100 every indication points to a much > larcrer increase of the number of ^ those who per4"* - / v\ \Z & Mk \ J DR COOK CROSS-EXAMINED THK POLE FINDER SUBMITS TO < GRUELLING INTERVIEW. Forty Newspaper Men Fire AH Kind* ' of QucNtioiiN at the Explorer, but Uiui Answer Tliem All. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, seeking rest and seclusion with his family , after the boisterous welcome of Tuesday, denied himself to inter..I....... I 1? 1 1? I i ? it.-w o ?v ruiicmm) itliu reiilitlllOU 111 his suit at the \VoU!<>rf-Astorta. t in Now York, until Into Wednesday j afternoon, when he submitted cheer- t fully to one c f the severest cross t examinations since he announce I his : disoovery of the North l*o'-.\ rho j I ordeal of the interview, which was i j conducted by forty newspaper ropre- i sentatives, including several from ' foreign newspapers, proved at least i that he was not afraid to meet the | public. Incidentally the city of Now \ York officially recognized bis achieve- i ment Wednesday when the board ot < aldermen passed a resolution, commemorating bis discovery and pro- < viding for a public welcome at the < City Hall. The date of the recep- 1 tion will be announced later. i As the questions asked were put | by laymen they did not go deeply , fnto the scientific aspect of the ex- , peditlon. Hut Dr. Cook was ready , to answer anything pertinent to the , Issue. j The most interesting phase of the , Interview was reached when Dr. . Cook was asked If he would object . to showing his diary. Ho immodi- ( ately consented, and after retiring to his room, returned with a small t octavo note book, which be showed , ,freely to all. It was a thin book, containing 17fi pages, each of which , was filled with fifty or sixty linos f of pencilled writing of the most ( minute character. , i no dook no saw, contained con!,siderably nioro than one hundred thousand words, while he has besides other hooka embracing his observations nnd other data. Interviews Severe. The Interviews were rather severe in regard to details, but nothing indicated that the Polar travellers memory was at fault even in the most minute particulars. Some times when a petty question indicated ignorance, he smiled with good humored sympathy at the lack of technical knowledge displayed. Not once did he refuse to reply, .except wnen the name of Commander Peary was broached. Even then he said that he had always and did .now pnnsi/lor r>? ? ^ . V ?% I jr (1 n II in I I 1'liU , I but controversial subjects in connection with his rival he avoided en- * tirelv. saying that they could wait. When requested to say what had 1 occurred at his meeting with Harry ' Whitney, the New Haven sportsman, ho said he pi oferreil to lot ' Whitney tell his own s?ory, as Whit- ( nov was quite unbiased. His rea- ' ^ons in imposing secrecy on Whitney, on Prltchard, Commander Peary's 1 cabin hoy, and the Kale linos, were ' prompted by his desire to be the 1 first to tell the world his discovery. J Tie had done the work, he said, and was entitle to relate how it had been carried out. Some of the Questions Asked. Some of the more important questions put to T>r. Cook during the interview, nnd his replies thereto, follows: Q. Did anything over occur in the life of yourself and Mr. Peary i that would create an enmity or bitterness between you? 1 A. Nothing that I know of. Q. Would you be willing to meet < Pearv in a debate when he gets > here? I A. As far as I am concerned the j Peary incident is closed. Mr. Pearv 1 is not the dictator of my affairs, and 1 T do not care to say anything further about him. Q. Did you know Mr. Whitney i when you met him on your return to Ktah? I A. No: he introduced himself. ' Q. Wli.it caused you to have su??h j confidence in Mr. Whitney that you entrusted your instruments to him? A. I know him by name, and circumstances that aroso while 1 was wiili him justified niv confidence. I gave him the inatrumen s to bring hi-*k because I thought tliev would be le-s liable to injury on board his vessel than if i took them across glaciers and rough ic<;-covered country. Q. What Is your opinion ?,f the story to'd by the negro Monro i c?f the informntlon he obtained from your two Eskimos? A. Wei!, tne Eskimos were ho in J down by me not to teli anyon * where they had beet.. 1 should like you to iiavr Henson neu. Mid cross- ji.estion him yourself. Hen.-ou's testimony t i3 unuroiy rounded on hearsay, i Q. Knowing that o ship was com- p ing North this summer for Whitney, | why did you not wait for that sh'p v and come direct to New York in- p stead of going to South Greenland and sailing from there to Co pen- c hagen? r A. I know that the Danish Gov- H eminent ship would get me home be- t fore Whitney's ship. c . v In her outfit the average summer t girl likes to have a manly looking v suitor two. c The steeple climber says he seems n to be a sort of bellboy. o SMALL COTTON CROP UIVK8 Till? FAKMKR A C1IAXCK roll GOOD PROFITS. W. It. Thompson, r^. of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Discusses the Outlook Interestingly. Mr. \V. n. Thompson, president i >f the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, ! las sent out a most Interesting let- | or on the cotton outlook. He says ho record of the lt'Ofi crop will constitute an important chapter in coton history. A moderate crop cerninly, a dangerously short crop probibly, and a wholly inadequate crop lossildv, is coming to meet a demand .vhich could be satisfied only by the greatest crop that was ever grown. Phis conjunction of an overwhelming need with insufficient supplies is | 'raught with tremendous posstbtli( I or for profit or loss of profit to he producer and of menace to the cotton iudustry. Whether the iHsue f.otn this crisis ihall be fortunate or unfortunate, whether the producer shall realize liis rightful profit, or shall fail to use or misuse his present advan- , (age, and whether the spinning in- j lustry shall go through this year of shortage with the minimum of inconvenience f>r the maximum of j lemoralization, will depend upon one Important particular, namely: the j listrihution of the crop. With the producer and those who help him j ibides the power to regulate the distribution and to shape the result It is a large advantage thus possessed and a grave responsibility bus entailed. If the power is em>loyed unwisely, or wasted in spasno.lie efforts to "squeeze" the buy i<?? .1 in '-w,1? :1111n<-u price. not > nulv will the producer fail to realize ho maximum of the present benefit, >ut ho will help to rripple the nnani fact u ring industry and curtail its tnpuoity for future consumption. If the power is loft unused, and ho producer, dazzled by the present unexpectedly high prices, rushes his otton to market, ho will inaugurate i movement which suDsequent proluce can not arrest, and n* ill reneat the time-old mistakes of selling the bulk of his crop at the time vhon the price is at the lowest of he year. If the power is employed visoly, the producer will distribute he supply of cotton as evenly as noKHible over the year, and thus rea i7.e lor his entire crop the highest irire thnt an eager demand can pay, md at the^same time keep the delinnd presently active and keen for ut nre supplies. In other and more fruitful years when th<? yield has been pr?\it and the demand relatively small, it he 'armer has been compelled to accept lor his crop whatever he could get. Dvcn though the return was lev* han the cost of production. When J he complained at his lot, he has j been reminded by opulent philosophers, that price is regulated by the law of supply and demand, and that if he made more cotton than was needed, he must hear the burden. In this suggestion there is truth. Hut a good rule must work both ways. The law of supply and demand must be permitted to work for the farmer as well as against him. If he lias to accept a low price when bo makes too rnM<h. he should re immvo n correspondingly high pric<? when ho makes too little. If tho RonsunuT profits >?y over-production tho farmer should profit "'by ovcr[lemnnd. There is no divine right in tho consumer to always make the profit, nor is there any justice in the apparently generally entertained expectation that the producer must always sustain the loss. If it should so fall out that the spinner has to pay f/>r the raw iiaterin) a price so high that his mason will be unprofitable, it is to >e regretted, but the misfortune is to greater than that of the farmer vho has to sell for the cost of proI net Ion. If such loss is to be susained this year it should not fall lpon the farmer; nor will it fall f he will but exercise the same prulence in selling his crop that he uses II buying his clothes. He buys his lothos when he needs them and has he price; he should sell his cotton vhen the other man needs it, and ins the price. Efforts have been made to adance prices by covenants to wirhlold cotton from the market until n agreed figure should he reached, ""hose etforts have not been successtil, although they have had the ef oct at time of restricting offerings md to some extent relieving the irofeure. But there are in this plan wo fundamental defects. The first s, that it can not be fully nccomdishcd, and the second is, that if t could be fully accomplished, it rould automatically defeat its own mrpose. The farmer can not hold all his otton from the start; but if he ould and prices were forced to the tipulated figure, at that instant here would be such an avalanche if cotton for sale, that the reaction I rouId be a> swift as the advance was odious. But there is a way by rhlch the desired result may be ac- ; omplished. There is a system of narketlng the crop which is not inly feasible, but which would ac ? compllsh Its equitable purpose unerringly and without fall. By this system of marketing:, the law of supply and demaud would. In unhampered operation, fix the price. The spinner would pay, and the farmer would receive, the natural value of the crop. It is good not only for this year, but for all years. Plans based upon general agreements have failed because, In the first place, it has not been possible to secure the convenant of all planters, and, in the second place, because self-interests placed a premium upon the breaking of the agreement. The plan in view is not dependent upon covenant or agreement, but is self-executory, tlie main spring oi us operation being selfinterest. It will prollt the men who use it. even though others do not use it. it is simple, hut effective, and is this: Let the producer of cotton market ten per cent of his crop each month for ten months. An instant of reflection will convince any thoughtful man that whether the crop so marketed he large or small, and whether a hundred planters or a hundred thousand employ the method, the j result will he better than if the crop was sold at once, or the attempt made to hold it all. If the plan is good for one planter, it i* good for all, j and if all, or any great number of planters adopt it, the problem of marketing the crop is solved. Hut it will be objected to by some | that the farmers' needs are too pressing and that he cannot meet his obj ligation bv selling ten per cent of Ibis crop in September, ten per cent in October and so on. Alone and unaided he can come nearer doing I this now than he could heretofore, because he has made this crop on a more economical basis than ever before and owes less. After this year it will be easier still, because he has himself largely made his staple supplies for another year and because in the near future he will have a great central public warehouse in which he will be able to borrow money at a very low rate of interest. Hut even now the farmer Is not alone in the tight. Every banker and merchant and landowner in the South is, or should be, with him. If the cotton crop could be marketed evenly through ten months, instead of unevenly in three or four, bank stocks would enhance In value, the merchants business would expand and become more protltable; lands would yield more in rental and in sales, and the Routh would receive each year the addition of many millions of dollars to its wealth. DANfiKHH OF WESTERN CORN. Its l"se May be the Cause of Pellagra in the South. The Augusta Herald very wisely sums up the matter of Western corn and its results as a food for man and beast. The Herald says it is not in corn that donger lurks, but in Western corn. The reason for this is clear. Western corn does not fully mature before the season ends. Frost falls upon it before I the kernels are hardened and the cob is dry. In this condition It is gathered and housed or stacked. It then goes through a process of fermentation which produces the chemical changes that convert a healthy food for nan or beast into a subtle poison. Fed to horses it gives them blind daggers and thousands of horses and mules are killed by It every vear. Eaten by men it produces pellagra. Fortunately a simple preventative will avoid all risks in this matter. That is to use only Southern grown corn either for making corn breed or to feed to the hoists. And an Atlanta case; may show that grits ground In the North should also be excluded. Let our farmers ponder this matter, and raise corn enough for all our needs. Pellagra is hecoming entirely too frequent In the South. * SHOOTS IMS KINSMAN'. A Man Probably Fatally Wounded His llrother-in-ljuw. D. P. Fields, one of the wealthiest planters of Fmnnuel county, is dying at his home at Adrian, Ga., while his brother-in-law, M. J. Webb, is | a prisoner in the jail as the result j of a fight between the two men in an open field near Adrian Friday night. The two men jointly owned a farm and disputed over the division of the crop. At first they fought with fists hut Webb ended the trouble by drawing his pistol and shoot- j ing hl*> kinsman through the head. Fields dropped unconscious to the ground. While Webb, it is said, declared his intention not to submit to arrest. He was not taken into custody. Fields' brother is sheriff of Emanuel county. * Went up With Wright. Mrs. Von Tllldebrand, wife of 1 Capt. Von Tllldebrand, of Rerl'u. j wont up with Orvlllo Wright (he ; othor day in his aeroplane. Crown Prlnoo Freder'ck an 1 the Crown were present, and Mrr. V n liihi-brand was loudly applauded after tho . fliuhi. whioh lasted eleven a id on<- ! half minutes. 4 I - . .. - -- ?'tni'Mfc LOOKS LIKE MURDER IN CASK OF A TOl lUhTS BODV FOl'ND IN SAM I* IT. Sus|kt(hI Party, Former llarbcr ut Kosemary, lias KmcuihhI?I'olioj' Are Kxt'ivlNi'd Over the Mystery. A dispatch from Georgetown says I the mystery concerning the identity j of the white man who was found boating in tin1 Sunipit Itiver fomc three weeks ago, has had some light thrown upon it by a letter received by C'npt. Hale, of the Clyde Steami ship Navalioe, from a Mrs. Morrhon, i of Newark, N. J., who states that a j man answering the description of the man who wa?* found, had acconipa, tiled herself and companion from ! Wilmington, N. C., to Georgetown, ion tho picainer. Her companion waH a veteran of | the civil war, a member of the crew of the Harvest Moon, of Farragut's fleet, which was blown up by a torpedo and stink in Win.vah Hay. The old soldier made the trip to Georgetown for the purpose of viewing the remains of the old ship, a portion of which Is still above water, a monu 1 ment to the failure of the Federal I gunboats to enter Georgetown har; ll(?r. The party went to Georgetown, 'spent the while the ship was in port 1 in \iewing the sights, and together expected to return North. The j stranger did not show nn nimar/i the steamer when she sailed, but a man named Hiram Newman, who J stated that ho had formerly heon a | barber at Rosemary, took passage I for New York, telling the captain that the missing man had spent the previous night with him, and sent word that ho was not ready to leave; that he would Join the ship at. Wilmington. It is reported now that there were some suspicious circumstances attending the case. The neck of the drowned man was swollen abnormally, and there were purple marks about the throat that might denote possible strangulation. On hoard the ?hip it was noticed that the man carried a small wallet with money in it. Ho was known to have had at loaHt $G0 upon his person. Onlv n few pennies were found upon the person of the wronged man; therefore. It is possible that th(*rv?n was robbed and murdered, and the l>odj thrown overboard. At the coroner's inquest a thorough examination was not made is 'o whether death occurred by drowning or not, l et the verdict wop that the deceased came to his death ?v drowning. It is furrier stated by the captain of the s'eamer, llurfroughs, that on the Wednesday night preceding tlm departure of the Clyde steamer he heard lnurl vni/^.o . - ? '/f ' ' d tlUVI cursing from a row boat in the river, with sounds of an evident struggle among the occupants. He supposed it to bo a midnight revel of a boat-1 load of sailors, and paid no particular at tent ion. The satchell belonging to the missing man is in possession of the Clyde Line ofllrials. There is nothing in it to assist in the identification of the party except a memorandum book I inscribed as follows: "From Agnes , W. Johnson. 236 Thirt v-ninf h ?tr*.ni to my Undo Albert." A program of some celebration in Philadelphia was also found thoroin. The name of tho missing man was not mentioned In Mrs. Morrison's letter. HOMIUIDK IV AIKKN (XH'NTY. White Alan blows Out Drains ol* Anottier at Johnstown. The twelfth homicide to occur in Aiken county this year occurred In Johnstown, a suburb of Hath, Tuesday ni^iit, when Horace Jones was shot and instantly killed by Watt i Delong, both white men. Delong | and a son have been placed in the i Aiken jail, pending the investigat ion by t he coroner. Delong says that Monday nigh' i iiis children were attending a night school In Johnstown and that he had been watching a corn field, which he believed tome one had been stealing from, and bad gone by the schoo. j for the children to take them home. ; Previous to this, he said, he had a fuss with Jones. While he was waiting at the school, some one told him that Jones was at the outside wai* ing for him to come out to kill him, and advised him not to go out of the door. At the oIohp of the school, he avers that ho took the children and went out of the hack door. Just as ho had gotten outside the building Joni" came around the corner and struck him with a brickbat, whereupon Dolong pulled his pistol and shot him once, the ball taking effect in Jones' head, and literally blowing bis brains j out. Dolong surrendered to the of- j fleers and was carried to Aiken. Dolong is said to be a peaceable man. Jones' reputation is wild not to bo good. On this occasion ho is said to have boon under the Influ cnco of liquor. The original fnsa Is said to have started about DolongV daughter, and Jones Is sal 1 to have told parties that he would 1*111 Dolong. I The family tree sometimes bears, I pretty poor fruit. I THE GULFCTORM Has Do.jc Great Damage in New OvIeaM and Other Cities and Towns LOSS OF LIFE IS FEARED Dome of Now State Capitol JackNOU Wrecked liiwl OI<l II - '"I" ? > IIIWC ed?Fury of I ho lliirric.-me Unabated?Great IhiiuUK*' hour in N?*?v (Mlmio?Shipping SulVe red. Central Tuesday night in Mississippi anil sweeping north at the rate of two hundred milm a da... tho hurricane which devastated the Gulf coast and loft a trail of v/.eek and ruin through tour Stales, inn tin nod on ith course with unabated fury. Of the ruin that it has wroug.it. no oue can give an estimate. ?n New Orleans alone live aro kno.wi | to he dead and a million doliara wnl not repair the damage to tie: beautiful Orescent City. It is said that the plate glass alone will lost. $100,onO to replace. From the little and aristocratic maimer colonies on the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf const come . /ague tales of frightful devastation and fears that many lives has been I lost. The wealthy summer tourisls who own pleasure craft- sire wont to spi lid much time upon them, and it is possible that maii.v have heiui lost. Hiloxi, the Mecca of the wealthy, is still isolated, and what its fate is 5s ?till clouded in mystery. Jackson, Miss., the. cap'ta! of the Hlate, s cut off to coast, noints. The dome of the new ccpitol at fackson was wrecked and the oVd uipitol unroofed. The streets were a tangle of live wires, and the fallen trees and debris ni:wl.. t >? ? ww.w > ?? >?ways impassable. At Viokshurg two vessels were sunken and a third was driven ashore. Their passengers were rescued. One vessel lies across the channel and has blocked navigation. In the pretty harbors of F'ascagouia and Hay St. Isotiis, many slip* are empty and the torn mooring* tell' of the fury of the wind and wave. Hath houses, pavilions, yacht slip* and pleasure resorts that were nightty brilliantly illuminated and the rendeiavous for those who sought relaxation and amusement upon the famous Gulf coast are washed awnjr and not a timber remains to mark their locations. And the story in it* hideous entirety has not yet been completed. The only route of mosj-agoa to New Orleans was hy an improvised service via ltnttiesburg, arranged hy the I rress, which organization had fsecured a telephone line into Now Orleans and was ahlo to relay by telegraph to Atlanta. TIMKIiY IIOJTS TO lit'NTIOftH.. Tlw l^aw of Trespass and Some Hunting Suggestions, Already the hunters are looNii'.^ around for dogs and rubbing uf> their guns. According to the law, and person hunting, fishing or roaming over the lands of another without permission in a trespasser. Ignorance it; no excuse. The plea only aggravates the offense. If farmers want birds killed, they will no doubt invite some of their gunning friends to do it when the season opens. Do not hunt on lands of others without permission. Never carry a loaded gun while riding In a boggy or other vehicle. When the day's hunting is over, take out the cartridges. If birds are abundant, do I not kill them all at once. There was a good citizen of another county that was fond of hunting. lie estimated the number of birds actually needed by the family lor their dinner. When he bagged that number not another one would be shot, even if one attempted to bite him. If you get permission to hont oil If you get permission to hunt on lands of another, turn over a fair the land. Common politeness and good breeding demand that courtesy. Do not kill all you can and sneak oft without saving a word to any of the family. If a farmer notifies yon that he wishes no shooting On bis premises do not "sass" him, but ;rsk his pardon, act the gentleman and get off in such a good humor that you will have bis resepct. Slain by Fellow Ouivict. Charlie I.okey, a convict on the Tift County, Oeorgia, chain gang, was killed with one blow Tuesday morning, while seated at the breakfast table, by Albert White, a fellow convict. Humming a tune. White had walked quickly up behind I.okey. He hold behind his back the hickory cross har of a wagon. When he reached his victim ho raif^ ed the har, took good aim and brought It down with all his might, l.okey was killed instantly. White had no chance to escape atterwards The Whirling Dervish doesn't hrve to have h's wheel when he wants to go out for a little spin. . . r - - -