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ESTIMATES CROP I GOVERNMENT REPORT FOR SEASON OF 1913-1914 LOWER THAN LAST YEAR Federal Estimate of the (Growing I Crop Reaches 1:1,(177,000 lhiles?I Total Production for South Caro-1 lina Estimated at 1,330,000 Hales I ?Texan Crop Short. The American cotton crop for the! season of 19 13-14 will amount to I 13.07 7,000 bales of 500 pounds, (not including lintors), according to the flrst estimate made by tho govern-1 ment this yoar through tho crop reporting board, bureau of statistics,! department of agriculture, and announced Friday afternoon. This compares with 1 3,703,42 1 bales of 500 pounds, exclusive of lintors, pro-1 duced last year, when the total crop, inclusive of lintors, was 14,313,000 bales of 500 pounds: 15,692,701 J bales in 1911, which, including lintors. amounted to 16,250,276 bales; I 11,608.616 bales in 1910, which, in-| eluding lintors, amounted to 1 2,005.-1 GS8 bales; 1 0.004,949 hales in 1909, which, in el 11 d 1?) f llntnra *~l |-> iviu, UIIKMIIIII'II v?? 10.3 15,382 bales; 13,241,709 bales In 1903, which, including lintors. amounted to 13,587,306 bales, and 11.1 07,1 79 bales In 1907, which, including linters, amounted to 1 1,375. 40! bales. The average of the crops of 1 907-1 1 was 1 2,33 1,047 bales, exclusive of linters. The average total production, exclusive of linters, for the five years from 1 907 to 1911 was 12,331,047 bales. The value of the crop, including seed, for the same period averaged $303,4 00,000, while the 1912 crop, lint and seed, was valued at $920,030,000, the value of the lint being $792,240,000; the 1911 record crop, $859,840,000, the lint being valued at $732,420,000, and the 1910 crop, $963,1 80,000, the most valuable ever produced, tho value of the lint being $820,320,000. Tho estimated production, exclusive of linters and stated in 500 ponud bales, by states, with compariaons, and the aggregato value of the crop, with lint'ors and seed, follow: Virginia?Total production, 25,000 bales, compared with 2 4,398 bales last year and 15,270 bales, the average of 1 907-1 1. The value of the cqpp, with seed, last year was $ I,670,000. North Varolina?Total production, 7 65,000 hales, compared with 865,6 53 bales last year and 72 6,968 bales, tlio average of 1907-11. The value of the crop, with seed, last year was $58,980,000. South Carolina?Total production, 1,330,000 bales, compared with 1 ,1 82,128 bales last year and 1,240,399 bales the average of 1 707-11. The valuo of the crop, with seed, last year was $80,880,000. Georgia?Total production, 2,275,H 0 H l\q Inu onni no rn/1 with 1 77H Fl 4 ft bales last year and 2,017,371 bales, the average of 1 007-1 1. The valuo of the crop, with seed, last year wag $121,8 00,000. Florida?Total production, 68,000 bales, compared with 52,7 60 hales last year and 61,64 6 balos, the average of 1 907-1 1. The value of the crop, with seed, last yoar was $4,190,000. Alabama?Total production, 1,51.0,000 bales, compared with 1,342,275 hales last year and 1,278,709 hales, the average of 1 907-1 1. The value of the crop, with seed, last year was $90,280,000. Mississippi?Total production, 1 ,19 5,000 bales, compared with 1,04 6,418 balos last year and 1,33 4,71 2 balos, the average of 1 907-1 1. Tho value of the crop, with seed, last yoar was $71,720,000. Louisiana?Total production 400,000 bales, compared with 792,098 bales last year and 405,84 4 balos, tho average of 1 907-1 1. The value of the crop, with seed, last year was 9K 970 one y t* *t , tt i v/ , \/ \j v/ . Texas?Total production 3,030,000 bales, compared with 4,880.2 10 bales last year and 3,188.662 bales, the average of 1907-11. The value of the crop, v ith seed last year was $321,430,000. Arkansas -Total production, 900,0 00 bales, compared wi:h , '2,('98 bales last year and 8i?6.329 bales, the averago of 100'' 1 '. The value of the crop, with seed, last year was $53,630.000. Tennessee ?Total production. 31." 000 bales, compared with 276.54 6 bales last year and 329,007 bales, the averago of 1007-1 I. The value of the crop with seed, last year was $1 8,930,000. Missouri?Total production, 66,000 bales, compared with 55,691 bales last year and 59,946 bales, the average of 1907-11. Tbo value of the crop, with seed, last year was $3,800,000. Oklahoma?Total production 820,000 bales, compared with 1,021,250 bales last year and 808.640 bales, the average of 1 907-1 1. The value of the crop, with seed, last year was $67,200.000. California?Total production, 18, 00 bales, compared with 9,000 bales l&at year. COTTON BEING GINNED -? ORANGEBURG LEADS COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. + Federal Figures Place Anderson and Spartanburg in Next Places for ( innings Up to I>oc?tnl>er 1. Cotton ginned In South Carolina during tho present season, prior to December 1, amounted to 1,160,815 bales, or 1 19,126 bales more than for tho same period last year, according to figures given out by tho United Statos census bureau in announcing tho ginning by counties up to December 1. Orangeburg countv again leads, with 67,23 6 bales, Anderson coming next with 60,807 bales, and Spartanburg third with 58,473. T.ie three counties ginning tho smallest number of bales to December 1 are: Georgetown, 3.0S0; Jasper, 5,599, and Beaufort, 6,218. Ginning by counties, counting round as half bales, and not including linters, follows: County. 1913. 1912. Abbeville.. .. 27,103 24,756 Aiken 42,032 32,268 Anderson .. .. 60,807 46,588 Bamberg .. .. 2 4,092 17.051 Barnwell .. .. 4 9,8 11 3 8,03 9 Beaufort .. .. 0,2 18 1,4 70 Berkeley .. .. 11,082 9,394 Calhoun .. .. 23,044 1 7,989 Charleston. .. 11,217 0,628 Cherokee .... 10,145 12,109 Chester . . . . 26,905 27,787 Chesterfield . . 24,82 6 2 7 223 Clarendon.. .. 35,009 30,019 Colleton .. .. 10,935 1 2,503 Darlington. .. 31,072 35,930 Dillon 29,975 3 1,209 Dorchester. .. 1 1,772 1 1,244 Edgefield .. .. 27,972 24,1 04 Fairfield .. .. 20,74 1 22,484 Florence . . . . 37,427 33,352 Georgetown. .. 3,080 2,681 Greenville. . . . 34,000 27,328 Greenwood. .. 25,63 0 2 0,4 6 8 Hampton .. .. 10,937 1 2,555 Horry 7,730 7,950 Jasper 5,59 9 1,3 3 3 Kershaw .. .. 22,933 23,484 Lancaster . . .. 1 9,57 1 22,401 Laurens .. ... 3 0,04 2 31,61 1 Lee 32,2 10 30,501 Lexington. . .. 22,1 72 1 8,04 4 Marion 15,073 1 0,508 Marlboro .. .. 44,029 57,948 Newberry .... 32,299 29,1 9 1 Oconee 1 0,3 69 1 1,4 4 0 Orangeburg . . 67,330 50,807 Pickens 1 1,0 2 0 9,7 3 0 Richland .. .. 19,458 1 8,301 Saluda 21,5 60 21,1 29 Spartanburg .. 58,473 49,1 66 Sumter 35,2 40 3 1,114 Union 16,819 15,3 27 Williamsburg . 21,4 84 19,938 York 33,4 82 34,662 Total 1,1130,8 1 a 1,0 4 1,080 ? ? WILL MAKE TEST. + Barnwell to See Hall's Maturing Machine Tested. John B. Hall, of Philadelphia, inventor of Ilall's cotton maturing procoss, arrived in Barnwell Wednesday with a party of northern capitalists who are associated with him in marketing his invention. A model machine has been expressed to Barnwell and is now being erected at the Barnwell Oil Mill. A practical demonstration was made Thursday morning at which time two tests wore made one showing how much cotton will be saved on an acre by maturing frost bitten bolls. There will be a woighl test, the bolls being weighed beforf they are treated in the machine. Th seed cotton will bo woighod after it has been matured. Mr. Hall stated that a plant foi the manufacture of the machines will be located in tho near future. Stock In the company is to bo offered tc tho farmers and business men. Tlu results of the demonstration will be watched with groat interowt. CORN SHOCKS VALUABLE. Nebraska Robber Tildes $1,000 it Meld or a Farmer. Hugh M. Fins, 2 0 years old, arrested t wo days ago on suspicion of being the man who robbed the bank al Primrose, Neb., last Thursday, has confessed the crime, according tc Sheriff Shutton, of Greely county His confession is said to have Implicated Paul Carston, on whoso farm near Primrose tho officers found $3,700 of the $4,000 taken from the bank. Tho money was hidden in corr shocks. Carston was arrested. Lost a Good Friend. The South?the social, agricultural and commercial South?lost one of its hest friends whon President W \Kf ITInlnv r?f fh? SnnMinpn Ilallaov died lately In Washington. Hla faitl in the South and in all things Southern was almost without limit. He won confidence whererer ho wont His death is deeply regrettod. He was a native of Mississippi and was a magnificent man, whose place will be hard to fill. Owl Slaughters Flocks. Residents of Welser, Ind., are ex cited over ths depredations of a glanl owl. It has annihilated many flocki of chickens, killing 30 in a singh aiglit. MAKES THEM STOP AMERICAN ADMIRAL PROHIBITS BATTLE AT TAMPICO OFFERS TO OPEN FIRE I luerta's Men Held Position in Town Where They Were Protected by Shells Front (jiuiboat Bravo?'They Manage to llctuiit Town Until Fletcher's Mandate End Strife. Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander of the American naval forces in \J nxlpnx wntoru It'riil nr/lnroil Itio rebels and federals lighting at Tamplco to coaso firing, threatening to open upon thom with tho guns of tho gunboat Wheeling if his order was not obeyed. Both sides coinpliod with tho order. This information is containod in a dispatch received at Mexico City Friday night by Sir Lionel Carden, the British minister, from Hear Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock of tho British cruiser Berwick, which is lying off Tamplco. Tho federals hold the centre of tho town of Tampico and tho water front. Hoar Admiral Flotclior has ordered foreigners to take rofugo on board tho ship or to congregate on the water front, where they will be under tho protection of his guns. Two thousand federals at Tampico, protected by tho shells of tho gunboat Bravo more than by their own efforts, late Friday were waiting for a forward movement of the rebels or some other manoeuvre that might decide the fato of tho seaport. The fighting, which began two days ago, was then continuing. How many rebels are engaged In the attack on Tampico is not known but it is estimated that their number is at least twice that of tho federals, and their operations indicate that they expect more men from Victoria, capital of tho State of Tamaulipas, which lies half way between Tampico and Monterery to the north. The rebels, who are in possession of the railroad yards and shops and largo stores of material, have detached from their lines sufficient men to undertake repairing the railroad north and west from Tampico towards Victoria. Occasional shells fell In -the heart of Tamnico durlncr the dav and link Iota from ritles and machine guns wore numerous enough to make it advisable that, all residents not engaged in the conflict seek cover. The rebels hold the area between Tampioo nropor and the coast, Including Dona Cecilia and Abol Grande, where are located the storage oil tanks of the Waters-Pierce company, the Cowdray interests and the llsuarae company. The Waters-Pierce refinery is at Arbol Grande. The Codwrays also have a refinery there, but it is not yet in operation. According to reports the rebels . have not damaged any property, but the firing, especially that fror the i Bravo and a few federal cannon, en. dangers the tanks of the refinery of . the Waters-Pierce company. The I federals havo their positions in that , part of the city behind a triangle . formed by the Panuco river, which is - really the city's harbor, and the canal running into it botwoon the city and , the coast. Just below the mouth ot the canal, and above Dona Cecilia, ; lies the Bravo. > The rebels aro utilizing a hill about , 100 feet high In attempting to land shells on the Bravo, which, In turn la f r ir I w rr f r? ren/iAw ^V\ a! - 5 4 1 ^ ? -- ? ?u u Jinft VW ICIIUUI uim pwn IIMMI IJ I I . tenable. To the wont or roar of the I city tho federals have a defense In the Tanezi river, which also flows , into* the Panuco, a stream not easily , crossed. Trains entering Tampicc s from tho west do so over a drawbridge which the federals are koeping open. No rebels yet have appeared on that side of the city, to the wonderment of tho government observers. ' The track of this railroad has been respected, and two train loads ol refugees were taken out of the town Failure of tho rebels to throw out ol ; commission this line, which extends t to San Luis Potosi, beforo tho inaui guration of their attack, enabled the > government materially to strengthen . tho garrison of Tamplco. Three train loads of men wero run Into the i town from the west. Tho meagre Information available 5 indicates that tho federals at i Tamplco will bo able to do nothing more than resist the rebel attack. II it not believed likely that the 80C men the war office says left Vera . Cruz for Tamplco will be ablo to en j ter the town, as tho robols hold the banks of the river from tho coast farther In than Dona Cecelia. The i loss of life In the fighting at Tarn. . plco probably has not been great. ) Cans? Many Accidents. > Hobble skirts, aided by high heels i hare caused 138 accidents on Penn > aylvanla railroad trains In the last three months, according to statistic! !'"implied by the company. I ? .! Forty-six Lives Ix>st. t Forty-six lives wore lost Thursday i by the foundering of the Swedial s steamer Malmberget off Dodo, Nor way. WAS STILL IN THE JAIL WHEN <;o\ i:H\OK ui.i: \SI: TI'HNi:d him loosi:. Cuughnmn llud Not IIi'kiiii Scrvlny Sentence in flu* Penitentiary When Iteleused. A dispatch from Sumter says the reh use of T. lUrnic Ciuighinaii by Governor Please has been much discussed there on the street and there seems to he general dissatisfaction among the people that a parole should have been granted, especially so soon after the killing took place and before Caughman commenced to serve his sentence. Since his conviction in October, Caughman has been kept in tho county jail awaiting the result of an appeal to tho State Supreme Court for a new trial. Thursday night, when notified of his parole, Caughman requested permission to remain In Jail over night, as ho was without funds and had no place In town to which ho could go. Friday morning ho canto up Htroot, whero ho met and spoko to a number of friends and acquaintances, visited the barber shop and then returned to the jail; until time for his train to leave for his homo at Smithville, Fee county, about fifteen miles north of Sumter. Caughntan has never scented to realize tlio seriousness of the offence of which he was convicted and his demeanor changed little when he was told that lie had been granted Itis freedom. Ilatenian, who was killed by Caughntan, was a stanch Bloaso man, and many of his friends, it Is understood, who are also Rio a so partisans, deem the governor's action as unwarranted. In fact, one of them stated Friday that lie and several more ho knew of who had always voted for Blease in the past., would never do so again. Chief of Police John R. Sumter stated Friday morning, when asked if he had signed tIte petition for leniency for Caughntan said that, he most certainly had not. Mr. Thomas S. Sumter stated that lie had signed the petition out of friendship for a cousin of Caughntan's, but that it stated that Caughman was to be given his freedom after he had served n rnnsnnnhln time IJllVAN STDKSTKPS. Doesn't Let "Political Indiscretion" Kmlmrass Him. At the annual banquet of tho Philadelphia Sona of Delaware on Saturday night ex-Congressman Handy, of Delaware, introduced William J. Kryan as tho "next president of the United States." Mr. Bryan told tho diners that ho hoped they would not treasure up against Mr. Handy tho "political indiscretion" ho had just committed. "Ho means well," Mr. Bryan aid, "and it only Indicates how a habit ho learned 17 years ago has become fixed." *1 beliove tho tosatmaster is of the opinion of many others," Mr. Bryan continued, " that my highest ambition has been to become president of , the United States. That in not so. ( From my earliest manhood I have held a worthier and a higher ambi| tion. I have considered that office on, ly as a means to an end. I consider no one worthy to occupy that high office I who is not more interested in the , things that can bo accomplished than in the famo it brings. "I am happy, and I want you all to boliove me when I nay no, to nee | those things so near my heart being done by another; happier than if I were in that Dlace. I am haDDV to see , a nation of people change itn point of yiow and adopt those things which ( havo always been close to ray heart." , PHYSICIANS LICENSES. r Examiners Admit Eighteen Out of Forty-four. As a rosult of examinations held on November 11, 12 and 13 beforo the i Stato board of medical examiners the ' following are licensed to practice . medicine: I). A. Harrow, Uoxbury, Mass.; O. i Tj. P.urorton, Potersfield; W. I). Clutp polio Jr., Columbia; L. M. Daniels, ? Columbia; It. 13 Durham, Perry; It. i F. Flowe, Kannapolis, N. C.; Samuel > Frledheim, Hock Mill; B. H. Henry, > Clinton; Edmund Johnson Jr., Abbeville; A. T. King, Johnston; A. F. ? Mahoney, Ferguson; R. T. McCraw. : Oxford, Ala.; T. E. Mlllor Jr., Char; le9ton; W. C. Myers, Meldrlra, Ga.; : a. h. inpiii, clover; u. c. Hcott, Clioi R. S. Sharp, Sonooa; T. O. Sharpe, l Charlotto, N. C.; J. D. Smyser, Flor once. ) Homeopaths admitted are: O. T. t Lythcott, Charleston; J. A. Mason, ? Rishopvllle. Mary R. Herbert of Chester Is admitted to practice as an osteopath. Runted to IX*atli. Essie May Doygett, of Newberry, - was burned to death Monday aftert noon. Her parents, while in the yard 3 heard her scream and found her clothes afire. Yeggmen In Georgia. 7 The post office safe at Register. i fla., was blown open by yeggmen - Monday night. They secured $400 In cash. CURRENCY REFORM SENSTOR SMI1H PUTS INTO IT SOME NEtf FEATURES * FIGURES BACK REPORT Senator Molds Attention of the Kcii~ ate on t're<lit? and NwhIr of Commercial life in America?Increase of Production < >\ersFiadows Increase of Circulating Medium. Severely criticising the inadequacy of the present currency law, Senator Smith, in a speech in the Senate Thursday, held that K<dd and government bonds were at. present the only basis of issue; that prime commercial paper in addition to the gold and the government bonds, weis absolutely nocessary In view of the Increase of farm productions which amounted to 7X per cent, for the past decade, while that of the circulating medium was only 1 1 per capita for the past decade. The Senator strongly criticised the Republicans for not having enacted in their regime an adequate law by which the credits and the n?*eds of commercial life in America would at :ill times and under all circumstances he met by an adequate circulating medium. With a table piled high with statisticse, Senator Smith held the attention of the Senate, while he Injected now features into the currency debate. The Senator first called attention (o the cotton increase h> citing that in 1900 the value of the increase was more than double the value in ten years. The South Carolina Senator then road to the Semite a mass of figures whereby ho effectually and clearly pointed out that m addition to cotton all farm products, mining products, manufacturing products and commercial products had increased in varying amounts during the past 10 years, while the amount of increase of the circulating medium was hardly worth consideration. Senator Smith then cited figures to show the increased population and the actual increase of money during the past census period. From the data, he drew skilful comparisons to demonstrate on what "thin ice the American people were traveling." Comparing the amount of money in circulation in 1 8(?f? to the amount now in circulation and the value ol the crops of that year to those of tlu present year, Senator Smith said thai unless the amount of money was in creased to a sufficient, amount thai the commercial and farming interest: might conduct their business without inconvenience, ruin would confron the nation. The large amounts r,f money storee in the reserved centers, particularly in New York, Chicago and St. Louis which are used for speculating pur poses, was ueciarea unnecessary t< the classes and of harm to th< masses. The value of the incremen of railroads and their earnings wai discussed in detail. "The acutla products of America it wealth is outstripping beyond tin available circulating medium, evet where tse money is equitably diffus led, that is, if eaeh branch or divisioi of our industries were to get a pre (lata share according to the law o supply and demand of the circulatirif medium, on account of the inflexibtl | ity of the present banking and cur rcncy system, there is not a sufflcien amount of money to guarantee faitl and confidence to meet the cxpandinj trade; therefore, I want to state tha it is the duty of the government t< provide a safe and adequate law b; which the credits and the needs o agricultural and commercial life cai at all times and under all circum stances by an ample circulating me dlum. Senator Smith then commented 01 the safety of the proposed increas by stating: "Thirty-five per cent, o the loan secured by gold or by government bonds in addition to the I o< per cent, secured bv prime eonimer fin 1 paper Is certainly enough for an; reasonable man. It is necessary, fo the prosperity of the nation, that thl bill be passed." In concluding bis speech, Senato Smith cited the trials the farmer ex periences in the financing of his crop with the following: "As nature cai not be forced it takes nine month to produce a staple crop in America This means that the cost Incident ti production must wait nine month for liquidation. The value of th produce depends largely on a fore beyond the control of man? it cai never be calculated, discounted o foretold?this force consists of th seasons, and the uncertainty of th labor supply. The supply, if It b kent up to the demand, must be prop crly financed, so there will be an In ducement for Its increment." Oilld and Mother Burned. On Thursday while Mora Jacksor of Chesterfield, wan standing In fron of the great with her back to the fir and In some way her clothes wor Ignited ar.d before the fl?*e could h smothered bv her mother who. 1mm< dlatelv enveloped the child In he skirts, both mother and child wer burned. : NEGRO KILLS WHITE MA i ST.AIIS .MlMi OPKItATI VK TO | DIvATII WITH KNIFK. Tlio Negro Fl?l llut Wa,s Caught xiwl m Jailed and Mob Wantwl to Lynch | llini. At Anderson on Friday OUio Kinard. a white man, employed In tho ^ frame room of the Orr Cotton MIIIb, wan stabbed to death by Will White, j a negro, employed in the picker room 1 of tho same mills. Death was instan- 4 t a neons. Testimony adduced at. tho 1 innuest is to the effect that Klnard *1 had been drinking and that ho, in I company with two friends, met White * and asked him to accompany them to ? tho woods. Kinard is said to have ! teased the negro until the negro be- * car.ie angry, and without warning \ drew his knife and stabbed Kinard to ' the heart. White ran off, but was ? captured, and Is in tho county Jail. * About half past .9 o'clock Friday ? night between fifty and soxonty-flvo ! men gnthored 011 Church street, near ' the county Jail, while three of them. ? ncconling to report, went to tho Ja door and made demand on Hhori ? Ashley for Will White, the nogro wfc \ is charged with having stabbed t * rlnnlli OI1i? Iflri.. ?*1 .. .. 11 111 * m i i v/i iiv) i \ nidi u in. \ / i i (vi hi t ? Friday afternoon. The men, who, It * is claimed, were recognized by the ?i sheriff when he answered tho alarm J at the door, told the officer. It is said, i\ that they had come for White; that he (Sheriff Ashley) could make a big hlulT to convineo tho public that ho tried to save tho negro from thorn,^ and that tho crowd could then tako tho negro. Shei ill' Ashley replied forcibly, it is said, saying that thoro is no bluff in him, that he has sworn to protect the prisoners and that ho intended11* doing so with all his might. Ifo told thorn further that thoy wouldn't got the nogro unless thoy did so over his dead hodv. Tho throe men withdrew one of them remarking that tho^egt, would be back later that, night, it h said. Tho crowd dispersed soon afte It. was rumored thoro at 10 o'clo? that a crowd had gathered Just sotn of tho citv, but tho sheriff and h deputies did not give tiro story ai.' ' credence. The sheriff has tho jai well barricaded, having called h four of his deputies and two of th city policemen. They are well fort^n. | hod. ItomtHI) OF SA VINO'S. ce?p f Anderson Man Says Trio Followc Him Across Country. glrl Arrested for acting queerly whreVer ' lie alighted at Richmond, Va., c Thursday from a train from Waslwn ^ ington, 0. T. ICstes, of Anderson, to a story of having been followed frohonSan Francisco to Washington by |Jfo ' trio of men, who finally drugged hi ' and robbed him of liis savings of ni>arts years, amounting to more tnan JbU " Estes said ho was en route horfair, } from nine years spent in tho Phil ' pines, where ho had been doing s<? no t vieo witli tho United States coast tn bo * tillery, near Manilla, having enli ed at Fort Hunt, Virginia. h6lp i He had his money when ho rea<mt. 3 od San Francisco, but said later i met up with tho three men, who p - sisted in his drinking with . l When he camo to himsolf lie was ) a hotel, near the Mount Vernon p f tion, Washington. Kates claims thing A ho got off the train and acted likoiable - was going to commit suicide, in toum - der to be arrested, to avoid the nured t who wero on tho train with him. lent, i had $22 in cash and papers, wh?ay8l A showed he had been honorably <*on 8 t charged from service at Sao Fr^cze" > clsco. been y t t t have f NKAK TO DEATH. c, of tl has. * fo're Voting Florence Man is Said to II*uart al Taken Strychnine. eitYo n q Ueorgo McU.ee, of Florenco, 13 f young man of good appearance a man of supposedly good habit* , ( said to have attempted sulcido by soiling Monday morning. He de that lie had taken anything, mafire ^ friends claimed that he had trie V. strvchnino and wood alcohol almeon h 1 o'clock. A friend brought M<f >rmto his boardning house, and, ith is r reporting the case, summoned is the doctors. They wero with him Lew ' some time, and pumped his ston :1 and found that ho had taken t 3 strychnino. There is no positive cause as 1* H ed for this rash act. Ho told the (> tors that he owes $10 and tha 0 one cares whether he lives or m ri that it doesn't matter one way o other. Ho also stated that he 0 out of a Job and was despondency* e * * * 0 Rtole Money to Hay Drug. Confessing that he broke tnt? nn?t nfflpn nt If lntr??An Ho onH I ? ( f " ? W VV/kl | VJ l?l| ItllM about $75, taking it to buy a George A. Clark, about forty old, was Thursday sentenced to i teen months In the Atlanta pel ,t tlary. 6 ! __ n 1 Confederate Reunion. ? I e Gen. Rennett H. Young, comi ?- er-in-chlef of the United Confec >r Veterans, has named April 29, 8 e Mn 1 an the official days of tho^g reunion of the organisation. Chcsthe 'ill wonIthsUnd . 50c <