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s # * ? \ t Entered April '21$, 190.'} at Pickens, S. C., as second claim ninllrr, nuder art of Congress of Ma rob It, 1871). VOL XXXIII. PICKENS, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1904. NO 41 llftM P17A Ul nnnrn loL'M nfftrt nm t i* 1 u nun, uuu. ii. i/nuri DIED IN WASHINGTON. REPRESENTED THE SECOND DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. The End Came Thursday Morning?He Had Been III For Eight Weeks ? A Native of Newberry. Columbia, Special.?lion. (> ?> W. Croft, representative in tlu? national in.use t !' ivpri-sentu!ives from Hie S'con<l Distinct ul youth Car lina, <]ir<l at his hnh1oi:<'0 in Washington at 7:08 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. i r iS'f, hud been f-ulVcring from bl?W ]"isi i), with com ?1 ilions of stomach trouble and h M'l 1'aiiuro, <lu'? to u. pr< traded il!i,< t.s Mr. Croft's illi.ess dated back about eight werkf, when ho experienced Hilarn naius mnninr/ through Mm lvist; of (lie thumb. 31i^ niece ox-j niniited the hand and picked from : the thumb a minute pplintor. For a timo tho influmation decreased and Mr. Croft was able to attend to his duties at tho Capitol. However. it became acute again and 4-l.n ...l.rvl? ~ -IV- A 1 t?i\/ ? "w.u i ij^u v 2i i in ? up* !iiieuteuv Mr. Croft was u native of Newberry county, huviii? been burn D?:Cem')cr 20. 1S1G. Ilia early education was at the common schools ill Greonvillo. lie was at tho Citadel whon tlio c.uilotN of that. bisti-! tution were placed in the Conti?d-?j crate army and Mr. Ur> ft contin~! ued to pr?rve there until the close of the war. He subsequently studied law under 1>. F. Ferry, at Groonville, and: Waa ndmitt<jd to tin; bar in 18(51?,| an l in 187<> local <1 at Aiken wln-rc j hi has continuously nraetieed lr.si profusion. Mr. Croft served two terms in j tli.* li'iURC of rcpre^iiitativ* s of this i State and also served in the State I senate. Ho w<iH t\vic?> pi evident of the South Carolina I>u" Asto.'iu tion. Ho was elected to the Kiltyeighth Congress (the present Congress .) I Jo was a law partner of the Hon. Jus. H. Tillman ami was the lead ing cminr.ol for Mr. Tillman in his trial lor murder in the Liiling ot TCditor N. Ci. Gou/.iUm, in which ri.l M .? MM I....... ?f..u I'.tm-I Wi ?UI AM 1 . a t i I IJtllli n (to <V?AJ Ull I.V'J, Directed to Remain Neutral. Pre:-id<Mit |{ooi,cvf>lt, uftor h < inference wi:h Secretary <>f Stutf Hay, issued an executive Thursday, <>n the ob^omm e ?.t ih?> proclamation of tho neutrality <.(' the I'tiitc<l St.tli-s in the conflict bei\v(>( 11 ltuSM.i and Japan. All officials of tho government aro directed not only to ol'8<>rvt<1 the president'^ proclamation ofj neutrality, I>ut to i.b-.t;un from ic;?! ion or speech winch can legit imotJ.. i. v.. ? > .. J v?uu:vj II i iw viliiri combatant. The order :->ayn thore is n?? room in America for Old World jealouslos, and conclude.': "AH officials of government, civil? jnilitary and naval, are oxpocted to eo carry theinaelvi s as to trivH no r.aiif-e for 111 st nll'duo to the people of any foreign and friendly power, and with all mankind we are now in friendship." omi/UUH ilLLIMN MUCH IMPROVED. | SUBMITTED TO AN OPERATION ON THROAT AND IS DOING WELL. He Was Reported lo Be Dying? Sensational Rumors Spread Thursday Morning?Many Anxious Callers at E5ec!side. Washington, March 10.?Sonut ir Tillmnn s 111 Mili11? d to r.n rpt-r.i li >ii vr. !, 18 u <' .<! throat to.!;:;, ua! tonight is grout I y jeliovri!. Hoi.stlioiiiii ro'xiris woro ciivtihitc i ili'-i morning lh.il S(Miat'>f Tiliiiiau wuh dying and i???t. < xi' -cti <i I > surviv < i h<> day. It- .i I.'-...I v.. i . i i.'t 1 iivlll INMI) Will) i^form <1 th<? operation. author:*;* <l tiiv' following statement: '\S<;nat>r Tillman is not <lmgorously ill. Ho l? ts bonn suillering from a scvuro cold for moro than a week. Ilia throat 19 ulcc-rafr.ml niwl .iiu 'if l>!u I.. ...... ? ...... v Mia uniKiin >v ilb HO enlarged that an operation was deemed advisable. The operation was successfully performed today and the senator's condition is much improved.'' Absolute real is necessary for at least a week. At no time has bo had fever or sinkin? spells, as re ported, and by careful treatment he should bo ablo to go to his home at Edgefield within the next ten days, S^)v.it>rs Gorman, Depew, Blackburn, l'siiloy, Fairbanks, Spooner and many others "f Ilia nonat<>rial associates bivo bunn urecent and anxious callera tit Senator Tillman's rt'SK'i-iice ititvi 1 his illness. Senator Latimer and tho members of live South Carolina delegation have also c.tillcd to make daily inquiries as to bis condition, some of th? in taking turns remaining at ni.s ixitifeuJe at night. Kohlicrs Secure $1,600 !n North Carolina. \Vi!s >n, N. C., Special.?Kridtiy Mioi'i?in/JC ;?.t 2 o'clock .J"siiih Stuii> : e i i i's Htoro ufc K on ley, 17 miles from here, was dynamited. The door wjih blown iil'te :ii fuet, mul ?>1.(U.K.) WjiK secured. (ioorec Monro's j stor?> \?!>.s also ontored unci loo sale <ty11jimitot!. lmt no inonry was ?->one.I and nothing takon. 'i lu> : t'oolrf used w.-r > taken Irom a carpenter's c!.?sL iu tho vicinity, jT1 i'n u( ] ' two sfrWtj' m ;i in tlio to-,vn the day before, a I am I 10 yoarn weighing about 17and lot), irspee.tivoly. The lust named wui very tall and huldhca h d. It, h thought thov were sren 011 tIt morning freight, leaving town. The aathoritie.s are elcse 0:1 their track . Hoki Up a Confidence Man. Tlii-> story !;as {!> nny of familiarity, s.av.s a New York paper, but it ir (old an a fact, 111ou^'Ji no names are f.'ivcn: A gray hairod Western sheriff stood i>!i 111o corner <<t" Hroadvvay md Two- ty-thir 1 street last Thursday, when ft slick gentleman npnii??>.lw.rl l.i? Jw.Ni 1.:.. 1 1 u' ?i nun, nrivi wilt 1113 lltlll'l and exclaimed heartily: "By Jovo, how tiro you? It.'s ton yoara ago nince wo mot out WoBt, isn't it. ?" The ahoriff gripped tlio proiferod ^62voam^m,mK6cm55srzi(3ffl 1 ^8fc4i8i W : I GR] : * K ft f t J i \ j tTT^' J-"- ^vznr.fiI Veil C.O '1 111 nk(' < mi i (i > I Y A a l"'tj an | Dry Goods. J !At. a loss prieo than satisfaction of knowi bought and find any and get your money IOur Clothing bu good many lots of on down so low it you c it away till next Fall "When you come Bring tho wholu fami I H. If, S i (,, i (< 1 s i .JJXH u il/tm. .^iw^iMtAWOuctJcuAaiimrasiT ni Ti.'iTrr hand earnon' ly and roplied: "Lot's h I? h-o, Tho Wcit, is a pretty hi;j ]? i placrf. you can bo si fafctlo So nioro fpocitic.'' or "Ilanp; it !" replied tho slick nr g. ntii'nian. ''Can't hc.hu to locate ch the pineo to save my lifo." sn "All! 1 liu^'o it.. I know y^ur'th features wero t.-uniliar and I'll Wet that thi plac j I saw you in wan ar L"U(1 vill<>, whop; 1 helped lynch a of ' of a confidence th man." N' ' And ho suvini!. ho twirled tli ca ' duppor gentleman ar-und, kicked on him solemnly ncross the stic t, 1 i i and as a parting nhot said : nn "And <>nie t<? think of it, he fo< ' looked exactly s:s if ho mi;;ht have tin ! 1 111-111 I'hlli' till. 1,1*. 1 . K. I.. * ? . w . 'If '!? >?.?? I I, I i < li UlvailVf ) UiilUlU II1V ? ' it' lie didn't." to A Great Sioc!< Country. t.i Men who havo made a study o! ,. r ii *ir I tiio section* most fayornblo for , ... , in! stock raisin" ;tgroo that unusual opportunities and conditions can j || ho found in the Piedmont r? lm >n HM ui the South. Mr. lOdward Atkin on, tho noted economist, in ad XT 111 ' dressing tlu? .New England Cotton ; ^ M ami fact mors Association last si] full, called particular attention l(> ! tlio superior advantages of this section for sheep raising. IIo < said : tin "Every variety of long wool col ?KNYIL/LI?'S ^ cTTSpnp i o i rv . - iri>i%iu<u\m iiitull . . . < ... ?. i.* . ?? n - '/i. . ..rtmivt ?.tKM, yi.ur !: : I)of<?l*? U-mincc luunu?C"t>x; (1 get iin>> ihir.j; y.?u w unt iti , CEothin, Shoes, Hats any other *tore in (in-envillu and on<l ng af ter you g jt homo and examine what article not satisfactory. You can lV-lci oro something just as good. sinuss last Full was immense, and natun o or two Suits. All of tlie.se lots are no' an llnd your size it will pay you to buy i to Greenville, coiv:o right to ?TI'IIDI\ lv?Plenty ol room for the Chi dn n. Yours for bargains, \ T 0 0 P A S ? I Ql ITl f" f A uUiOIVanl uu.! oen vil] o's (J real est f pop can bo bred in tho hiah val ! pa van i /s and mountains (.I' tho Middh-Uho wo mill, while the Piedmont p!at>au, . tinned uplands extending from Virgii i i < oott->n. cuimI tin' fl-mUs ot tli'f App.iia- | light o a:n chain to M issnsippi, inelu 'All lie bi> i.iu> very ucntn* of in<r: tl c (ilie* w o! growing ol tin' world, ful >r-i "Soil, ti 11 <I conditi ,ns an I \v< -! all conducivo to thr? production "Tli I needs of sheep i 1 nlu111it iVoni nt:d el << -]> c li <li!- ':;S 's to which the iv !?/?.?> l'"" > I ?> > ?*n I>? ? ! | r| ..4-v: rii<* 1 thcro. Thoy uny ho i'ed :i <*!n*? the partially xhau9tod eotton C?i<*on\ ids, on lh<? refuse of the plant ' i ill ^ |. . I ;i1 d on the huge variety ?>1 ol her jj )i? bui table for sheep, renovating ^ e soil, doubling the cotton eropj $ <1 sliding the \\\>oI tviiil Million; i 1 \ii i ? both "This in u pas-ir.g phas*. I'lulor $ ?>' n htluenco of ex])i'i"iinO!it ? > - I >ii ' find under the h ;i< 1 >i>h:p < i' 'j 1 . is m Lo?:i;i?:ii' men, both white and < bcttc l.>r<id, tanning is becoming rap- J the y improved; ere 1 >ng fence laws a d d laws will be (Mil ircd by $ . .* ;} rich 1)1 ic opinion So that the time m \i i far distant when Kheep up-n |j ^ > cotton will he its ry :i part of the production ol .< A Wo tton the artificial l'ertih/.ertj $ m.:;.. \v are. | w,ius "In another generation I von- 3 ro to predict that the Southern * tton states, * * * will hold the i *7* ft! 1 > jji // . V M wnmq fa % \# M . .-v. , pi \v\ p to (. | 5 and |j have the K y??u have i it biiek ally left n jy v marked t uiid put A N T,8? J I tore. B i 2za&&i3?b sjjzjj rift! r^nnwnraurxa mwritcu *?? rni ?i%r? '?* -,ir miA oiifit production of wool of riil, coupled with Ih concontrol of tho ] roiluction of A11 this is writ I < !) i ;i t ho f la :ts lli at can h proved ) natural conditions atv \\ait10 canitnl in ampin, tin* >>nly now lucking arc inlc ! mmico d i d i rvjtol i: dsi->? ry. I a ft im ni'D sar t, < un u??ap uool from ili<- < ? ton ill l>o put lip in the ij:::rkot I ::tic ti) M it took (i> | : 'luce ip cott'-u 1?v fr. r !;,! ? illc Daily II< nil 1. V UMV:. .nWkM Vegetables ring good prices must h:wc size , . ,i_ .. - vcn?ij:?y-r I soi! ?$?&[ ri!y -^y^. I ?? C M#5# : in ^ *<* >' ; ^ O t v.-i'l rcn.l Olir liools, RivItifT fn" inf. r- , i i tlic suUjcct, to .tny fanner who for lln'.ri. , 1 RKHAN KALI WORKS, 1 lurk 9.< Naiunu Slrerl, or AOuutu, 41a. HrosilSt. '