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STRIKERS LOSE TO PACKERS The Contest is Finally Called Off by Butcher Leader, WAS A DISMAL FAILURE Men Out Two Months and Lose Fire Millions in * Wages-Expense to n. rAA AAA ' rauKcrs J/,:>UU,UUU. A Chicago special Bays: The stri'io of tho butcher workmen, which hap been on for the last two months, was otilcialiy declared off Thursday night by President Michael J. Donnelly, of tho Amalgamated Meat Cutters ana Butcher workmen of America. rnursaay morning Mr. Donnelly mlegraphed the members of the na-. tional executive committee asking their consent to an announcement of the end of the struggle, ami later }u the day, having received favorable answers from all, he declared thai the strike of the members of his organization would end at midnight. The strike of the members of tb?% a 111 Hated unions who quit work in sympathy with the butchers will also ofiicially bo callcd off. This was do- I eidod on at a mooting of the contral L?ody of the allied trades. Donnelly Admits Defeat. Donnelly said his nton wore defeated an,I that in order to save bis union from disruption lie would order lia men to return to work, no matter what e.ourse might be taken by other unions. Aa tbo other unions have no sflevancos of their own. but. bad gone on - ir.^j iA.j aiu i nv iMiinii i ;>, 1 lI'M'l! WHS nothing loft for thorn hut to follow ihe load of Mr. Donnelly, and they, too. decided to cnll off the strike as j far as they wore concerned. When the packers were advised that it had been decided to end the ! strike, they announced that they j would ?ive places as far as pos.uole | to the skilled men, but it was said it the same time that many of these men would he unable ;o x.ecttr* t behold plar.es, as in many casen the work was being performed iu a s.tti? factory j manner by men who had be mi secured,! silli'n Oio /.Mmmnni'dinoiii i.i" th*. I strike. Unskilled Men L=r.<? Out. ! is ?'xj,x cti'd that tin- majority <>: tlio unskilled n?t?n will be cnablo to secure their placet? agnin. !; v.;is the question of a wage scale for th! < class (if men that, brought a!i h,i th" strii ?. The packers refusing lo sign :;n u;r> < incut with any c lass other than skill < I workmen. During the strike approxiinaiely 7,?,. j ftOO*persons have been in volved in the struggle, which i.; est:mated ;i: ! /,rf x !iriv? c'oat tlio mon ahout ?!?jM"iO mii) in I wages, a?; against an ejihn.u <! los* (if $7,K0t).000 to tlie packets in loss of business and in increased expunse-s The greatest number of idle men :n Chicago during the strike was i!?>,t>ori, and the total in the country out.sido is estimated to be. about the :;nme. The original cause of the strike was a demand oy the Tiutebers' Union that the packers pay to the unskilled workmen 18 1-2 cents an hour. The pack i ra ri-filKfwl Jill flPl'i'PniHIlt hill kiYiM'CiI t i arbitrate I ho question. 8ARK00V1S IN OUTIAW CUSS. Sew York Magistrate Decides (hut Disorder in Drink Joints is !inf?ossil>t?\ rati1 Pool, at Nmv York, Mh 'aid down an unique .ruiiu.v in rase* <;! saloon brawls. Two negroes were brought before h!:n one having charged the other- with disorderly con duct and attempting li? <'111 ih<> plain tiir with .1 razor. Tun fish: occurred* ;u a saloon where tho negroes bad iioon drinking tego'hcr \\ h n was made known the magistrate ruled "A man cannot bo disorderly in a saloon," and dlssmiaed tlu< ease. Sick Headachc, "For several years my wife was troubled with what physicians called >-iok headache of a very severe character. Who doctored with several eminent physicians and at a great expense, only to grow worse until she was unable to do any kind of work'. About a year ago she began taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and today weighs more than she ever did before and is real well," says Mr. George E. Wright, of Now London, New York. For sale by Pick< ns Drug Co. tf Hill turn ihJSL t sr.u HI iT Ar 11/ I n i*vr in ti j ? ni/?i ai.ni vi f?/tn? Not a Lino of Information from Any Source Was Received Thursday. There was no linmediato news from the aeat of war either through the medium of pregg dispatches or from oill clal wources Thursday. Kuropatkln reported to St. Peters uurg, id a. ibicbi uiii w ouursuiiy ovenfng. that ho did not loso ft slnglo {fun InHiig retreat and that Kurokt Is on his right flank and Oku on Itis loft, \ * EDITORS GREET PARKER. Representatives of Many Democratic Newspapers Visit Nominee of Party at Rosemouat. r A special from Bsodiik m y mh' Md iters of upward of two hundred democratic newspapers, representing various parts of the country, visited Ilosemount Thursday to pay their respects and to confer with Judge L'arker. They wore received l>y the candidate and the visit was made the ocl casiou of tho llrst political speech ho ; had made in many years, hairing only j that ia which on August 10 he acc epted the nomination. It was a ?ay party which made the I trip from New York to Roaeinount. With memories of Wednesday night's j banquet, a delightful day. and an *rxi eellent program, including 11? ? meeting of their candidate, the democratic editors and their friends, to the number of 655, were in the mood for a holiday. Plans of campaign in various sections of the country were discussed generally. Beyond this there were few incidents. Tho nnrtv \c%ft V ? *??. ... v .vii. tv.n i '7i iv wu ii n;iic-ia 1 train over the New York Central ami arrived at Hyile Park within t\v? hours. At Hyde Park the editors went aboard the steamer St. John. The Seventh N"< w York regiment hand played continuously from tan time tho boat started. When the steamer reached Rosemoiml a lino was formed to march 10 Judge Parker's house. Josophus Itoniels, of Raleigh. X. C., chairman of tho committee en arrangements; (Charles \V. Knapp, of St Louis, and Colonel John I. Martin, sergeant at arms of the national committee, were in charge, i.t.l by the band tho delega iion iiiurcncH 10 nosoiiiount, where Mr. Daniels spoke briefly: "There are i>,10i) newspapers in the United Stales support lug Parker and Davis. Commissioned by many of them, by letter or telegram, nearly one-tenth of the whole number have come in person t<> this democratic Mecca to convey asurauees of earties', and enthu.sia.stie support. 1 have ! the pleasure and distinguislfd honor [ of presenting Charles \V. Kunpp. ot The St. I.ouis Republic, who will voice the sentiments oi the nitre independent and dentocr.it ie press ot Vmcrlca." Mr. Kuapp said in pari: 'Judge Parker: Wo bring you greeting from the democratic and in-, dependent press of the United States. Sharing your ardent devotion to those cl'-nial principles of rrutli and justice which !j'o:is* the name democracy. wo have come to touch hands with our chosen iea>ie;\ and in his presence r? gisti'i* our pledges of loyal feaUy to itie y:r<'f*i work of governmental reform. in which We expect to follow him 10 u glorious victor} next November." When Judge. Parker rose lo reply he wa.s welcomed with hearty cheers. He saui, nmon?; other things: "II in indeed a pleasure to welcome lo Rosonionni this body of representatives of th<> great American pre**, <?nc of the m'ghty forces in the upbuilding ami strengthening of a sturdy American citizenship. You liave been Tn conference to the end that your work in this campaign may be as effective as possible. Organized effort and concerted action always mcroase tho effectiveness of the common endeavor of many hands. The great papors are those which anticipate the careful juTTgment of the majority. Just as long as the press can discern and lead tho unhurried and well considered judgment of the people. so long will its power grow mighty and so long will it hold its piace in me irout rank or in** unraitering and vigorous march of national progress. TTiere aiv questions <>i great import, to he passed upon by the people in November, questions that, will he your duty, and therefore. I am sure, your pleasure as well. t<> present honestly and so oleany that the people will undt-rhUuid them." In the course of his remarks, Judge Parker dissected certain features or the republican platform. COI.LtGE BOYS JMAl)Gi;?\lf SIRIKF.. j Oemantl Restoration ot Privileges jnd Kit- | instdtement of Discharged Seniors. The State Aerlcultnra! an.i M. i lui'i. ! icrtl C'ol* at Kaleigh, N. is ia duugcr ot being disrupted l>y the threatened departure of over ISo :mt dents who have signed agreements to leave the eollego unless privileges recently taken away from the senior class are restored and four seniors, who woiM expelled, are reinstated. Work lias stopped an,I both faculty and stulent body are unyielding. RUSSIANS STIIL BAITING JEWS. Persecutions Reported in Southwest Soclion of the Czar's Domains, A St. Petersburg npecial says: Per aiatont report a are in circulation of serious anti-Jewish disturbances in sevoral of tho government# of southwcat Russia, bu( up to tho present time no particulars of (ho trouble are obtainable. / ; BACK TO WORK STRIKERS GO Many at Chicago Hasten to Cinch Their Old Places. ANTICIPATED THE VOTE While Matter of Declaring Strike Off Was Under Consideration, Over a Thousand Resume Work. A C li lea go special iiays: The b.?ginning of the end of Ihe stock yards strike i aiue early Tuesday morning, | when, According to the packers, more tlian l.yt.O strikers applied for their old jobs and wi re taken back. Many l;e|jan to seek work a few hours b More the time wet f:>; i meeting of tile Allied Trades (onierence, which, represeinipjj twenty-two trades, Involved in ihe t.iv.i <\ was, as seemed 1 to the L'( IK'i'.il Ini It <> I" aider ill" qucMtlon of submitting to the unions whether the strike should ! be railed oil' or not. TIk.t" was talk J among the strikers it. tit" yards about | "tonus of sotileniout." Ofllcials of j tho i>ac';itt..x oomprmies, however, do- j elated t'>i at 110 iritis of settlement had been t( a< IkmI, ti'itt e.riiiors appearing for their old plae ; would bo | reinstated without disci'.initiation, but ' no agiv tin nt. would !.? made with i tho union. Mcttln ;s 01' all local unions ittvoiv- ! ed had 1 o-.n called lor !*. day to j hear the result of tho decorations of j tho allied trades hoard. Iltti many of ; '.he men. who lmvn iw.i... !<!''? r.?.. *?.? .'.'I VlfellC I weeks. i'< -a rod to await their action, i 1 So it was that a thousand applied for 1 work. Kxpeeting that .il! would ha or.iercd l.y tluvr is 11 iiiii? to go hack they went in ahead of time, to make sure of 'heir places. After a long session, 'he conference board of the allied trades' council voted to submit the proposition for a settlement of the strike t.o the unions. According to the statement of Cass Smith, vice president, of the butchers' tho proposition upon which the unions are to pass provides for th<> calling i off of 'he strike. The men to be re* employed as soon as possible, tno skilled li'imls to receive the former , scalo of wages an:! the abandonment of the office of steward hy the unions. SfriUevs in the other packing centers? Mast St. Louis, Kansas City, St. j Joseph, Mo.. Omaha, Fort Worth, Sioux City and South St. I'aui?also assembled during the day by order of PresiJent Donueih for the purpo.-o of taking a referendum vote 'to do? | ciare the strike off. MURDfRF.lt HORRIBLY MtliLUUO. Mob Cuts OH Nctjro's ftirs, Slashes Body With Knive^ and l> it.iies lliin. YVIl I. 1 nt I r.. ...in .-win v.i.-s i iii Hum iii.s ucau, | witli sl.nhes down hih back, his arui almoJt s?-\ ored with huc-Us'm %, his body rmitilan-u. thni hang to a tree and rid lle.l with bullets?tins wis tho fate oi Wa.-di BruUfy at Hrunaon, Flu., the nesro who n:tirdore I Mrs. N. B. Marrov., last Friday. I lis ( upturt wa.; nnrie by Shed and Waller Howard, t .0 negroes, at tho | home of am;; hi r negro, Jim London, two miles north of l.evyvllle, just at I Bunsiot. Monday. I He wont 1 i'.'Tc for (lie purpose of trading a rhot'vm tor a revolver. When [ rli< y overpowered '.I'm, th<*y disarm1 ed him and 1. d I'.im hand and foot (I ml #l..ll ..I U : ' - > . ....v. 'i in..i i > :< iii'i.ijiiuora j of tho sett lemon;. The Harrow family woro noiI!lod. and tho news of h i ^ rapture spread until a iarv.o mob trppnared. with tho result mentioned. 1!ulloy confessed Ills guilt, stating tint IT > wint. lo tho Barrow residence >r tn^ purpose of criminally asiauitiu^ their daughter. At tlie time .V!r.i. Harrow was shot she held a baby a? h< r breast, and its escape seems miraculous. Iti PUBLICANS WIN l\ VtKWW. f!?ny C?irry Ween Mountain Stole bv In?Apeotediy Ltinyn f'lurulity. It ft ti rti s indicate ilv.i'. ihe Vermont republicans i'.i Tuesday'.-; state i>!<c Lion olc .ed the hf.nl of their ticKut by :i plurality equa! if not greater; than thit returned for \\i!iam \V. StleUtiey. when !i v. a.-i id* eted yovcrnor in 1000. Stirkney, however, roreived Mi" support of many gold democrats oud the republicans generally ('Id net U ok for more than 2S.00U plurality. Get Your Money's Worth. You get your money's worth when j I jw>. uuj tiiimii. n rjiuuiHiiii-ii *.^ii i ,1111 | ment. A full half pint bottle costs but 25 cents, and'you get your money back if not satisfied with rosults. Use I' in your family and on your stock. You'll not bd disappointed. tf I find nothing better for liver derangement and constipation than j Chamberlain's Stomach a?d Liver : Tablets.?Ij. F. Andrews, Des Moines, j j Iowa. For sale by I'lckens Drug Co. j DASH THROUGH MUKDEN." Commissary Trains of Kuropatkia arc ! Continuing on to Hirbiu and \ Army is Following. There was a dearth of war uows iioni ilio Orient Tuesday. It is admitted by I ho Russian war olliee at St. ' Petersburg that no telegrams what- ' ever wcro roceived from General Knropatkiu bearing Tuesday's date, the last message to the emperor from the general Lcmg date-.l Monday, Sept em | i)er 3, and briefly telling that the army J was advancing northward; that it had extricated it sell l'rom a dftttgerous position, and that there was constant cannonaJing of the rear guard. L'p 'o Tuesday night the situation may i>o summed up as follows: Tlio Russian forces are pushing on to Mukden, greatly impeded !>y heavy , roads and Hoods, conducting an orderly retreat, and followed step by .stop by :ho Japanese. Details of the ilgtit- i ing and of the exact position of Ui<i opposing armies are lacking. Tho report that. Kuropatkin's rear guard 'ias been annihilated and that 1 the Russian forces are hi danger of being surrounded is denied by tno Russian general staff. The Russian war office is entirely eonlldent that J the retreat is slowly but surely being | effected. From Tokio conies the otlicial report that the hulk <>f tho Russian forces Is still at. Yentai. Tho Japanese field marshal in an extended report of the tinhting Sunday. September 4, says that the Russians burned all the railroad bridges over the Tait.se river, and predicts that while the Japanese list, of casualties is not jet. completed .the losses will prove heavy. The heads of Kuropatkin's long commissary trains have ^ massed through Mukden and aro continuing northward. The attack <>n I'ort Arthur continues. The Chinese arriving at Cheloo say tho Russian garrison expects a general land and sea attack at nn> moment. MAFIAS SWARM IS LLON COUNTY. live "Before Day Clubs" Brought to Light in One Section of Morida. A Tallahassee, Kla., dispatch of Tuesday says: Sinco Saturday night's trouble, it luia been learned tliat there .arc five Before Hay Club^ in l.eon county. While it in said these were orjani/.cd last Christmas, there art' a number of persons who will make affidavit to the fact that these clubs have been Known in I.eon county for the past three years. It is remembered that about, three years ago a negro appeared in Richmond, Va? many averring that no came direct from Washington city, while in Richmond this negro made an incendiary speech, advising his race to (Jo all manner of mean things. He advised the organization of the "Before Day Club." This organixn ii-jii iu?j niuu' "> i)c national in its charactcr, and the work of organizing must have been first instituted in Florida, if thoy have existed three years in I.eon county. Five elui)f; are known to exist in the county?one at Tallahassee, Lake Hall. Lake Jackson, Dawkitis l'ond and the Meridian neighborhood. Theao fivo clubs may not it umber one hundred nvmbrrs a!! told, for ir is well known that tlrM" are many good nogroo.s throughout the county who are not in sviniiiitli v wiiii ti>? ... lion. They waul to live in peace anil qriiet. and will h.ivo nothing Lo .lo with it. There can he no doubt but that. Mr. JCpp a \v.is nntiii. r-'d by u member of thin orgjnizalion. .rid the people of . ;iio northern section of t}*>* eonv.'y ar<? greatly inetn > -I. ince it. has been i given out by a morn her of the Before i Day Club that many of ihe Ijr-.iL oiti- ; '/ens of t .1 at. s Mod have been .'-.elect- I ed as victim.-;. While some people nra nervous an.I excited about the mat- ] tnr. Ihe bravo j'.n<l determined hi d of I.eon county. \vlii> are in t!n habit of | settling such is.'ties when they come, Suicide Prevented. The startling announcement tha' preventive of suicide had been discovered will interest ninny. A run rlown system, oi despondency invariably precede, suicide and -something has bom found that will prevent that condition which makes suicide likely. At the first thought of self destruction, take lOlectric Hitters. It being a great tonic anil nervine, will strengthen tinnerves and build up the system. It's also a great Stomach. Liver and Ki?l uey regulator. Only f>Uc. Satisfaetion guaranteed by Pickens Drug Co. i tf j (WASHINGTON MISICIANS ON STRIKE. Theatrical Managers Refuse Their Request for nn Increase of Wages. Tlio Musicians' Union, nc Washing ton, have 'declared a general strike of tho member# of the orcliefltras ??f tho local theatres. Performances aro being giveM with improvised orchestras. Failure of the theatre manage to comply with a demand for a 2n per cent increase in pay was asBigned an the cause of the strike. MAD LYNCHERS SCARE TROOPS Prisoner Forcibly Tnlcn Fmm An. thorities and Swung to Limb. MOB DEFIED THE SOLDIERS Torch Applied to Jail and Its Defenders are Smoked Out--Statesboro Affair Duplicated. After ;* battle with "the militia iu which the soldlei-s were defeated, a mob took Horace Maples, a colored man, charged with the murder of John Waldroo, au aged white man, from the jail at Hnntsvllle, Ala., Wednesday night, and hanged him. The negro was arrested Wednesdaj morning and lodged iu jail. Feeling rau nigii against him, ami Acting Governor Cunningham ordered out troops to prevent a lynching. At nightfall a great crowd rv.shuU on the s; mi tries, disarmed i hem au'l then attacked the jail. 1 ;>mob ceeded in breaking into the ground lloor and tho troops and the ishorni' retreate 1 to the upper Hon. where iho negro w<is eonsine i. Tho loader.; of the uioh tli-.:n pro i?cui? k\> uuiiinji ui *.':y KitutKu oui tlio sheriff t:i'l tin? .so I flit rs. At 10:-J.", p. m.. lite Jail was fired in the ba-U nurt, burning rtercely, ;i dense muoIio treading through the upper slori'V. and ci-ils of M; Imiiding. Tho fire department was not allowed to approach within block of tinscene and wsu driven awav with 5 ?i: I lets. Tie i ionil ou the outui would no. allow any onu to enter or come out until th<> person of Horace Maples was sit: rendered to !lu> cr nvit. The sluvift' and his gturd.s woul.l :i )l givo in, but in some manner the negro got through a window and jumped into the crowd below. lie was rhnco/J ^n\rn n w*rw? '* ' I., c* iu|/?; liM un u cll'JMlIlM his neck and led back to the county court house. There was an imnionsu crowd on tins lawn. While Maples was confessing his crime and implicating a white man aud two more negroes, John H. Wallace and Solicitor Pettus delivered impassionat* addresses trying to dissuade 'he moh. They were hooted down in turn, put Jlnally, when Solicitor Pettus called on all who were in favor of the law taking its course to hold up tiisir hands, about, half in the big crowd of several thousand did so There was cheering for a moment, but the men with the rope pulled the iegro away, put the end of the rope over a limb and drew the victim up. Death ensued in a few moments. Tllininrr t I.? !? ? '" ' < *' Ax.??a..0 UM.H.IV ^11 Lil\Z J it I I L III* tod Slates District Judge Shelby issued an order for United Stales deputy marshals to protect United Stnies prisoners in the burning building and obtain names of all parties engaged 'n endangering the prisoners' lives. The grand jury specially empanel'd to investigate the NValdrop murder had reported a true bill against Horace Maples, charging murder in th<* first decree. The local militia company wis in the jail and Governor Cunningham had ordered more soldiers from Birmingham, Scottsboro and Decatur. Judge Speak*1 had also called a .->pc- i cial term of eourt to "try the negro, but . the has'e made by the legal author!- j ties did not allay ihe mob spirit 1 CHICAGO SCHOOL CHILDREN STRIKF. Tots Object to Teacher Heing Transferred end Stand Out for Her Return. A strike of upwards of 200 children wax declared at Hie Ixmgfellow school it Chicago Wednesday h.r.i'.Hc tho principal had been transferred since tho close of the last term. The ohII Iron say they will jot go to school until she comes back. PARIS HfARS SOMI M \VS. \ Correspondent ?t St. Petersburg Snvs fiulit is R<uiinn <it Mukden. The :5t. Petersburg correspondent 1.1 tl)o l.rlx) De Paris says in .. di>patch Wednesday: "A Rival battle is going on hefo| Milk.Ion. The First and Seventeenth j (orpK are engaged against CJenonl Km; roki. "ieneral Kuropatkin, with tno hulk of his iroops, is moving toward.-' Tiding." END OF BITTER FIGHT. " Two physicians had n long and stubborn fight with an abscess on my i right lung," writes J. F. Hughes, of DuPont, (?u., "and gave mo up. F.\ erybody thought my time had conn1. As a last resort I tried l>r. King's New Discovery for Consumption. The ben- | flit I received was striking and I was ' i>n my feet in a few days. Now I've | entirely regained my health." It eonfiuers all Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by Fiekens Drug Co. Prire, ">0c and *1.00. , Trial bottles free. tt' i Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys. Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. ? ' All til* hlnnrl ir* witti* Ka^.. ?.vVv> / vmi ?/vu/ \nrougn your kidneys once every three minutes. fThc kldnej'3 arc your blood purifiers, they filter out the waste or impurities in the blood. If they are sick or out of order, they fail to do their work. Pains, ach^s and rheumatism come from excess of uric acid in the blood, due to neglected kidney trouble. t Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady heart beats, and makes one feel as though they had heart trouble, because the heart is over-working in pumping thick, kidneypoisoned blood through veins and arteries. It used to be considered that only urinary trouble^ were to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all constitutional diseases have their beginning in kidney trouble. rfj If you are sick you can mak? nn miiioVo by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer'3 Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is soon realized. It stands the highest for its v/ondcrful onr?3 of the most distressing cases and ir. so^ld orbits merits sample bottle by mail nomo or swamp-Root free, also pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake, but remember name, 3-.vamp-Root. Dr. Kilmer's i o'"ainp-iv>oi. ana ine address, Bingham'.on, V., on every bottle. FLU REPORT OF SECRF.TARY KESlEtt. Cotton Crop ol t'.ie Past Season, Iliour|h .She. t, N\u!> Most Valuable Ever Grown. Secretary Hestor's annual report i was issued in full at New Orleans i Tuesday. Ho puts the cotton crop or ! J'JOS-o i ?' 10,011.071 bales, a dncreiu 1 of T1 IS.? under tlmi of 1SJ02-03. of | ti*!ft,30(i. under that of 1.9!) 1-02, aud of , :;7-J,Ol8 bul< h under that of 190U-01. He says that compared with las' I year ,111 1. utiil figures, Texas, inclnd in? liuli.sn T^rrtioiy, has increased 15.000 bales. The group known as other gulf states, consisting of Ironistma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee. Oklahoma, Utah and Kansas has lost .30,000 and the group of Atlantic states, Alabama, Georgia, Florida. North Carolina, South Carolina, KenI lucky and Virginia, has fallen off 332,000 bales. Mr. Hester's report on the cotton crop of tbe different statos Is given an ! fdlOWH III thniiUQiwfa Alabama, 1,000, against 1,050 la.-,t year. Arkansas, 705, against 1,000. Georgia, 1,325 against, 1,170. Loulsiina, 5-2 1, against S21. Mississippi, l,r!87, against l.ioi. North Carolina, 503. against 575. South Carolina. *2.">, against 950. | Tennessee, <*tc., 451 against r><>0. 'Lcxas and Indian 'territory, l!.S7i ag^ist 2,8."! 1. Total crop, 10,011. against 10,72*. He puts the aver * < cotnruereiat vahio <>f iho crop tit $!>1.38, again:--' $44.52 last, year, $51.01 the year before and $47.(' ! in 1000-01, and the tota! Taluo of ?til7,<501.543, against $430,770.282 but y?;ar and $43H,014,037 the year before. In reference to the totnl value, Mr. Hester says that, while tlio crop Is smaller by seven hundred and odd thousand bales than last year and is less by t '263,000 bales than the cr-jji of 1808-09, which was the largest ever marketed, it has brought, a bettor return 1n money values than any over produced in tho south. Is Consumption Curable? Yes! If Hydale's lOlixir is used in lime; before too much of the luiu* tissues is involved. This modern. cienuiie medicine removes nil morbid irritation and inflammation from the lungs to the surface and expels them from the system, li aids expectoration. heals the ulcerated surfaces. i< lieves the cough and makes breathing easy. Hydale's Elixir does not. dry the mucous surface and thus stop il: cough. Its action is just the opposit ?it stimulates and soothes. K kills the germs that cause chronic throat and lung disease and thus aids natur" to restore these organs to health. Tria! size 25 cents. l,arge si -c o centThe largo si/.c holds _ 1 J ,'ie. trial size. ti' LAYING fOK RrfOIJL DAY CLU3S. Citizens of I eon County, Florida, Have Vigilance Committee ot Work. The public meeting held at the court house in Tallahassee lias resulted 111 largely quieting ttte people of I .eon <onnt>. The whole county Is now co\ered by commissioners appointed by Mayor Moore, chairman of the meotitiK. and no trouble Is anticipated from any quarter. REI IEVFD 01 PAMNO ALIMONY. Man Kills Wile <ntd Suicides lo Kee;i I roni [ vpending Seven Dollars Per Week. Rather than pay his wife, from whom if1 had been separated, $7 a week as ordered by court, Josepli l?eg IlUi, (I ,'"1 ?' I ' ill I'lWjr 111 III*" ? ii t?al<; Hto~?? of Marshall Field & CI mipany, at Chicago shot ami killed !i>t aiul th'M c^inmltt'd suicide.