The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, November 30, 1900, Image 1
ESTABI1[SHED 1865, NEWBERRY, S, C., IRDYMOEBB ;( )( vv ~ Ti
IGNG COTION.
sipoecha )liveied isororo tho Coiton oro
ere Association by 11Hoko niith.
The following from Hoke Smith'
speech before the cotton grower:
association in Macon is taken fror
the Atlanta News:
"The cotton crop will this yea
bring a not cash profit to the plant
era of this section larger than eve
before. It will do more. It wil
furnish a volume of money for in
vestment belonging to the people o
seven States and two territories
which should give wealth and strengtl
to every line of busineFs and maki
possible the growth of many noede
manufacturing enterprises that wil
use the varied raw materials to b:
found in the South.
"Ton cents cotton has come, nol
only to benefit the planter, but t(
stimulate the development of mater
ial resources not yet handled ank
made productive.
"Daring the past one hundre
j ears the cotton crop was sold foi
$15,000,000,000. The United State.
has received from the export of cot
ton during this same period$1 1,000,
000,000.
"Our lint cotton, in addition to it:
enormous sale abroad, has also fur
nished the raw material for the man
ufacturing industries that have en
riched the New England States. I
is today furnishing the raw materia
for the already prosperous and rap
idly growing mills of the South, an(
it promises to our people from man
ufacturing alone a return as greal
in the future as that heretofore ob
taeind in Now England. How en
couraging is this prosp-ct! We car
fully realize it when we remembei
that $00,000,000 of values are added
annually to American lint cotton by
its manufacture abroad.
"The manufactories of the world
used fiftj years ago 2,500,000 bale(
of cotton. Last year they used ar
amount variously estimated at fron
10,000,000 to 18,000,000 of bales,
The enormous increase demandec
for the fabrics made out of lint cot.
ton placed the consumption of cotton
goods far ahead of cotton's three riv
als.
"The rivals are wool, flax and
silk. If we seek the reason for th(
success which has attended the in.
creased use of cotton goods we car
readily find it. The price at whicE
lint cotton has been sold, coupled
with the development of machinery
suited for its manufacture, has led
to the production of cotton goods am
warm as those made from wool, am
cool as those made from flax, and
more beautiful than those made fron:
silk.
"While cotton today brings 1(
cents, it has only been three yearm
since the crop was selling at 5 eeni
a ound. What are the elementm
whic have caused tnis variance in
price?P The three natural rivals of
cotton have had but little effect, be.
cause at 10 cents a pound for lint
*cot.tpn, wool, flax and silk cannot be
~produced to make successftul compe
~tition. Recognizing the laws of de.
mnand and supply, we must see thai
the depreciation in the prices ,of cot.
ton has been due to a production ol
the staple in excess of the demanc
for manufactured goods. A knowl.
edge of the supply of cotton and oJ
the demand for cotton goods foi
consumption will enable the pro.
ducer to tell at the time of the yea,
when cotton is picked the price al
which lint cotton should sell
Another cause which has facilitated
the depreciat ion of prices at th:
time cotton left the hands of the
'planter has been the unbusiness-like
'plan of selling cotton.
"More than 70 per cent. of thi
cotton which is used in the great cot.
ton mills of the world, is raised ir
our section. The nmils run during
twelve months. They need the cot
ton as much in July as they do ir
December. The plan of selling ha:
disregarded the time of consump
tion. Instead of handling the croj
so that it would be sold from monti
to month .during the year, as th
mills required it for use, it has beer
the pract[ee of the plar.ters in th
South to rush their cotton on th
market during the period limited t
two months, fofcing its purchaso b,
speculators, rather than holding th
crop until the consumers or mil
ownors came after it.
"I ai thankful to say that east 0
the Mississippi river during the l)pre
ont year the planters have been in
r atrmed as to the extent of the ero]
and its to the world's demand fo
r their cotton. Realizing that it wa
worth at least 10 cents a pound o
- more, they have declined to sell i
C for less. They havo received 1R
cents for what they have sold.
"By the co operation of the mor
chants and the hankers they hav
been enabled, so soon as the buyer
succeeoded in depressing the price, t<
take their cotton off the market, an<
as a rcsult they today see the pric(
of cotton going back to the figure
at which it sold during the month o
September, and I have no doubt th(
balance of the cotton crop thus caret
for by our farmers will bring then
over 10 cents a pound. This price
however, could hardly have been re
alized had the farmers raised 1,000,.
000 bales of cotton. Then with i
surplus of cotton in sight the buy
ers might have afforded to wait unti
the sellers were compelled to disposw
of the crop, and when the supply o
cotton, 'whether raised from foreign
fields or from our own, exceeds the
volume which the mills can manu
facture, or exceeds the volume,
when manufactured, the mills car
sell, then a depreciation of price
must necessarily follow, and ou:
planters will find that they have de
creased their income by incrensing
their labors, and that they have re
ceived a less return for a largc
amount of cotton than they wouli
have received had the crop been
much smaller.
"There are, therefore,-three ques
tions of vital importai-oe which af
foot the price of next year's cottor
crop. They are, How much will tb<
mills of the world consume in 1902
How much lint cotton will the bal
ance of the world produce for other
domestic consumption in 1901? Hoiv
much will we produce in the Souti
in 1901 ?"
Mr. Smith took up the history o
cotton culture and discussed it in at
interesting way.
In 1802, representatives of thirty
five counties 'inet to discuss menA
ures by which the loss of the Ameri
can crop could be supplied, and i
great stimulus was given to cottor
culture in India, Egypt, Africa anI
Brazil. In two years the suppliei
from these countries were greatlh
increased, but soon after the wai
the South regained control of th<
market.
India, he said, is the greatest pro
ducer of cotton next to tihe Southerr
States. The crop in 1899 amounted
to 3,000,000 bales, while that ol
Egypt was 050,000 hales. Sinc<
1880, Russia has given attention t<:
the cultivation of cotton in Turko
stan from American seed, and the
crop haa reached 300,000 bales. 1r
1895 Japan produced 75,000 hales
In 1895 Brazil raised 300,009 balei
and exported 150,000. It is esti
mated that the lands of Brazil couli
produce>40,000,000 inAes annually
China exports a small amount o1
cotton to Japan.
Mr. Smith argued that climatic
conditions gave the Southern Statem
an advantage over other countries ir
the production of cotton, but calloi
attention to the efforts made by
other countries to .develop the in
dustry, particularly in India and
E~gypt, and the German experimeni
in Africa. He said the consumptior
of cotton goods had increased 70(
per cent, in fifty years and predicted
a demand of 80,000,000 bales ir
twenty-five years.
He said the state department o:
agriculture should be diligenit in col
looting information about cotton tc
the end tbat before planting tb(
Ifarmers may know tihe probabh
world's demand.
One of the best pointe- made b3
IMr. Smith was this:
"Only when cotton is ma4e a sur
plus crop is the producer safe
against the vicissitudes of the mar
ket. Only when the farmers pro
duco their own sipplies. ii tihere an
y assurince that the priceo of cotton
a will not Ie depressed by an over
I produc.ion in our section.
"Thie imo.it prosiperoui period of
f the South, its greatest. growth in ag
- ricnitiuro for iny ton years, was from
- 1850 to 1800. )nrinjg t.bat lriotl
tlo fairil lands of tho South inl
r Crelased in valuo $I,00(),(00,(), and
3 they were valued in 180) at $2,o)t)0,
r 000,000.
I1 1860 he yield was in th
) South:
C5rn -.-.-..........38, 153,(00 bu.
Wheat ............ .-1,800,000 bu.
3 Valuo of slaughtered
3 animals. .. .. .. . . ..$84,4 47,0(1
in the remaindor of the count rY:
I Corn.............72,1 U7,000 t,x.
Wheat ............ 125,200,000 b .
i Value of slaughtered
r animls ........... . 128,42 ,17000
"In 1800 the value of assessed
I property in the United Stites wais
$12,000,000,000, find of this tho
South bad $5,000,000,O0. At Ihis
time, also, 3 per cont. of the entire
banking capital of the country was
in the South.
"I present those figures to show
that while the cotton crop is unri
valed in the opportunity which it
furnishes for the creation of wealth,,
the highest when they have raisod
more corn and more wheat, and
slaugutored more animals than their
own consumption required, and
when, as shown froni the hanking
capital then existing, (1iversified
products were the rule of the hour.'
He closed by showing how mano
facturers would flourish and rebo )Is
and churches would be strengthened
by the inauguration of a hog aid
hominy era.
AUENTS OF SEABOARD IVrY TIIOUS
AN3 ISOIT.
E. 1). Lukenbl, Stationed at Fernantinl1,
Has "iolud out' a itarrrel
of Conipanly Fund.
Atlanto, Nov. 27.-A special to
The J.>urial from Portsmouth, Va.,
says:
Vice Preradent E. St.. John, of the
Seadoard Air Line, stated today that
E. D. Lukenbill, former agent of the
Seaboard Air Line at Fernandina,
Fli., was short in his accounts $50,
000.
Atlanta, Nov. 27.-A special from
Fernandina, Fla., says:
"E. D. Lukonbill who resigned the
position of agent hore of Seaboard
Air Lino some days ago is believed
by railroad people to he short in his
accounts with the road1. Experts are
checking over bis books. R ailroad offi
cials say they have noe *io least idea
of the amount short. ieakenbill and
his friends say they will make a sot
tiemient with the railroad wvhen it is
ascertained what amount is short."
Another dispatch announces the
arrest of the agent.
ICASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of La %
BOYS ON THlE F~AiM.
The farm has given to the world
some of its most usefuol men and wo
men, of the kind that the world has
great Deed of today. By reason of
their separation from the haunts and
dens of iniquity and vice they erect
ed1 characters that were firm, strong
and uncompromis ing. By reason of
hard physical labor in the open,
fresh air they acquired rugged and
strong constitutions needed for en
durance in the conflicts in which
they ouggaged. And by reason of the
hard battles fought and difficulties
overcome in the attainment of know
ledge they acquired a development
of intellect that was both dlesirables
and commendable. What are the boys
and girls on the farm, who are en.
joying superior advantages, doing to
day to im prove their condition ? A re
they making the very beat use of the
means which cheap hooks and
papers and the long winter '3venings
afford to adorn their minds' tnd
make them more useful...
FLAIO,P' IN 'l:NNsvr,.ANUA.
11-14vy ICRiII14 %1-n4 DP-kIrn'lt w1 T rren
llownthi aies
Pit t sbu rg, Nov. 27-After tlirvo
days of ilcessait rain, a o100(o lin
f)rocednted for this sealson of the
y(mr, and quito m111Ixpected inl itn
fury, swept down the M1onongahelt
and Allegheney rivers last iight. In
their ma1d 14 rush tle waters ru1ined
h illdred-is of tilousdilms of dolilars
worth of proipert , vaiused the loss
of at. Ieast tivree livfes, temporan rI V
throw out of emp10oyil-it, thlollsinids;
of workmen by the forced stip-1
sion of numy industriail vMfablishi
ments ilining thi biali'4 of b1oth
streams and rendered iundriedts of
famllilics hoime11liss.
Thm lov Ihmids inl Pittshurg, Alle
gheny, 8ou:h Pittsburg, Sharpshurg
and McKev.sport are inundatevd and
nearly overy plant. fronting 1te Nwo
rivers has beui forced to shit dow.
iiundreds of familios in theso di
tricts have vitivi hervi driven fr< m
their homes or are living in th i i
per Iloors and using skiff.s. Ti e
wvere many narrow v4scajes from
(rowninjg d( u(11ring tlie night ajndI SOV
Orail 111311 are rp4'orted( to t le pO1licO
ats missing, besides those known to
havo boon druwuiied.
WAR RitEVENUO i AMPS.
Not Nt-cesenry for DOCul M43mary Eici111C
0 --"
Atlanta, Gat., November 27.-Tie
supreme court of Georgia rondereda n
important decision to-diy affecting
not only the war stamp tax, but in
volving question of Stitto rights.
The point involved was w%-hietlier
or not a loaso conitract, which did not
hear the sweciail sitamp reqnirm 1)
Act of Congres!4, is admissible as
evidence. The supromo Court ruled
that Congress, while it has the right
to levy taxos through a Stamp Act,
such as was passed by Congass, has
not the right to prescribe rules of
evidence for Stato Courts, which
would be cancelled if a document not
bearing a Federal stamp was donield
admission as ovidence.
The Court, in the decision rond
ored by Choif Justico Simmons, goes
on to say that under our. system of
government the Stato retained all
powers of sovereignty which were
not granted to the Federal Govern
mont by tho Constitution.
MIS A[.UOV rs ''1URIE"
Smo Racenily Dlicov(red L(itters Correet a
Pel,ultar Litera,ry F'ailany.
Some unpublished letters of Miss
Louisa M. Alcott, recently brought
to light, effectually correct a popu1.
lar fallacy as to the original of
"Laurie," in the famous "Little Wo
mau." Ladisi a, a Polish boy, always
has been thought to have beeni
Laurie's prototype, but those lot ter-s
prove that it to be a mistake. Alfred
WVhitmnan, a Kansas man, whlo wvas
Miss Alcott's playmate at Concord, is
in fact, the Laur-io of her delightful
story, and to him Miss Alcott wvrote
some of the most charming, revealing
letters that ever came from her ponJ.
Mr. WVhitmnan has just edited these
missives for publication in The Lad
ies' H ome Journal.
WVAs TAKEN FOR A HURJOLAIR AND
sHOT1 IN TIlE Ii EAt',
,J. Harry Fos,iti r, EAtI., of Lancster Han4. ai
Narrowv Esacal,e--Wou,ntleti by Is Broth -
cr, Carl A. Foster.
(Speial to The State.)
Lancastor, Nov. 27.-A sad accid -
ent, which came very near being a
fratricide, happened horo at an early
hour Sunday morning. J. Harry
Foster, 1&.q , a young attorney at
law, residing at Korshaw, this coun
ty, in company with Mr. Marion S.
Witherspoon, left Korshawv, twenty
miles'distant, for Lancaster, to visit
their parents at this place. TJhey
reached Lancaster about mnidnight,.
Myr. Fostor's family were not exp)ect
ing him, end all had retired for the
night. On reaching the house, 'he
went on up stairs into the room oc
cupied1 by his brothers Carl A. Fos.
ter and Ralph Foster. Seeing his
brothers both asloop, lhe weont into
his own rooms, but having no matchep,
ho returned to the room nocnnpi
by his brot lors, ai d prociliig iat -
ches from his brother's pockot, Went
back to his rooml) and lit his lamup.
Whilo revalling at t-tter ho heard at
noiso inl thIe )a1sag1 andIti stepping to
tho dloor, poopmd out(. A-; ho did sc,
th wls at repolt of it gun, itiand
Mr. Fostur rct,ivvtd ia part of the
dischargo inl his face. It seeis that
MrII, Carl- A. F-oster had becoimo
thoroughly Illoud whm'e his brother.
was inl 1ho room. th" hist tionl, and
bei ngi t,able i) s-o d ist inet lv, t bioght.
it was a burglar inl t 1- houIs. \lii
his brother lIft thil romlkIl hutl his
brothor ialph bo( got up tand load
odl tin old gunl With (1uck h,>ot aind
slug andl went out iito the passagto
to lIint the siipposed burglar. Whten
oil inl Ilit passagv, Mr. J. I arry Fos.
ter bmard theml) a11l thinking tivy
wor burglar-,, crackde his door and
pec-prd m. As ho thId 1o. M)Fr. ( .
\P(jhter fir'd ait him. Fortunlately
t,11y, t.w\o shot, took Tfect-striking
him tho forobhead anld glan1eving
r''n1d; the rekmaimliltr ef tht load
w-veit into door nar his hod. As
soonl its the mi,;stako wits discovered
Mr. C. A. Fostor rushed to the rtlief
of his blother. Th wholu iffir
sts-vils to havo boonl it "comnedy of
1rr,or1s," b:it caio dangerous nar
beVing at milst lam1n11ttable tralgPdy-,
Mr. lFost'lr's wvolids, vIiilit ,ail[fill.
alro nlot da ni"V1,011.
TilE IRL I1. iii( 10; 1901 ALMAN AW.
Whievatever maiy be said of the
sciontific caluses upon Which tho lRov.
Ir I ;ks base his early forecast 'of
storm tid weat.her, it is a reimrkablo
fact, that 8pocific war-ning of every
great storm, 1lootI, vold wIlvo anid
droughiti, havii bten plainly printed in
his now famousAlmamac for Inatly
years. Th latost startling proof of
this ftCt was the (lostrtction of Gil.
vestou, Texas, on tho very day
named by Prof. Hicks in his 19 00 Al
m1anac, as 0110 of disastor by storm
along the gulfcoasts. Tho 190[ AIi
nauc, by far the finest, most complete
and beautiful yet published, is now
ready. This romai kable book of ner
200 pages, splendidly illustrated
with charts and half tono engravings,
goes as a preminu to overy subscribor
who pays oni( dollar it year for
Prof. Hicks' journal, WoiD AND
WoiKs. Tho Almnac, alone is sont
prepaid for only 25c. Order from
WoRn AN D Woas Publishiig Coml -
pany, 2201 Locust Street, St. Louis,
Mo.
ThJ i t d (( ) t l atter 1l'an,
(New Yorkr Sun.)
In morning gray Along the st reel,
I hear thie Ltampi tf manny feet.,
A\nd hear L,he friendly hanil;
"Good morn ing, Joh u;' "Good moirn Iing,
As oni they Itudge to shop) 0or mill
With JLIt,e dinner pail. \
With lit tic dinner palIs thie go,
Th roughi mu d and3( rin, Lihro ugh silush
and snow,
Wearing in manly way,
\Vearinig as Icings wear ingly crown,
The tollecr's garb of hIlie tor brown
For very kinugs are t.hey.
WhIo, brave of soul wit h chieerful face,
A re faith ful in tie lowest place,
ThIiat duLy callIs themr 1.,
W ho for Lthe homne, t,he weatrs, I he w ife,
Griow gray withI carle anld stern withi
st.rife,
Kecep ig the' ir heart beats true.
Such mecn-(o bless t)(3,bemn-cities needi
Men great In t'iought and strong in
deed,
Knowing no0 wordlik 11cc'fail."'
Then dIof 30our halt what time you
mneeL
TIhe mn who ca(rries dlow.n the street,
Thiat littLie din ner* paliI.
literary Noteni.
RtudyardKI(ipliing's now novel,'KJ im,'
will begiig in theo Docember issue of
Mepluro's Maigazine. Tis is a title
of life in Indiat, anrd in it the literary
genius11 gives a priofoundt st,udy of
Oriental life. T1his is tihe author's
rmstorpiece, andt it fuilfils in its larg
er scope atll the promise of hisa earlier
and shorter works.
One of tile most extraordinary,
yet permanent, suiccesses of contem
porary lit.eratuiro was that mardo by
Anthony Hopo in the "'Dolly Dialo
gues." Armerica andl( England alikIe
rejoiced in tihe refired anrd subItle)
humiror, the cleei insight, the perva
sive human intees of ths ovra
tions. IMcCluro's Mla.mizino for Do.
combor will cont ain the first in a sories
of "aore Dolly Dialogios,'" in wihich
ill tte charn of tiho earlier vork is
Continued,
lcCirv's Magazino for Dcim r
will vonltainl Iis intimialuto lecollt of
tho fall of Richimloild and tho flight.
of tho Corodorato Cabinet, at the
closo of tho Civil War. This artiilo
is from tite poln of Stephn -it. Mol -
lory, whlo, asso veretay o tim Navy
in tho Colfe<derato AdniniAration,
siaroi iii t sI less of t hose iast days.
Tho narrative gives a pictutro strong
anid I ru o(f ti closing sconto in tho
South's tragedy.
Victioll of remarktble interest will
ho ablindant in Ale('Nilre's Magazinm
for. Dcem0b"r, with illist ratons by
tHil bVISt artists. Inl aidditiOnl to th0
istahnlent of "Kiml ," by IUtidyard
Kipling, for which the aithor's fathor,
Lockwood Hipling, and Edlwinl Lord
Wieks coll(ribuit-o drawings, thero a ro
short stories of lifot along tle Inl
dianls, in tIe Latink Qutiarr of Paris,
in Sitiml, stories of the rail, anld of the
Kinldorgartes, by Illailin (1arland,
F'rank It. Sponrmn i, and Josphinilo
Dodgo Daskai, with drawilngs by II.
). Nichols, 11. . Walcott, anld Jay
lilamhidge, whilo "Mloro Dolly Di
alogus," by Ath 0iyHope, will bo
illustrated by H. C. Christy.
Th S. S. McCuro Co
I I I o-155 Fast 2-t h St reol, Now Yorl.
C7 A.& rS TC T. T .
Hears tho l11 Kil You llao Always Boughl
Bignaturo
Ar
I I IC.\''I) ('1) r3 r 10N AFF.1) I I I I,.,S,
A Vorrk Con1y Fatrtie \liin a 8itc ror
Damhuagvs Aguil it ton l( i t ComnA,aly
tin sp of 11e'tltiony thmat tIho 11in1
weru cibple ami liarm4tAtA for
C:attII
(Special to NOws and Couri-r.)
Yorkville, N'ovember 2(1.--Tio
last jury caso in Court of Com
mon 1Pleas wlats that of Edgor Poag
againlst tho Charlot to Oil and For
tilizor Company. It was action for
(ama1111gos aillegod to ha1vO b0011 UH.
tained by tho plaintifT on account of
uniound cotton seed hulls sold by
tho dofendent. I'laiitiff clailied
that lie received tho Ills l ont Friday
inl a itatod colndition, fod ho sam10
to hii cattlo onl Sattirday aund that onl
Monday sone 1of his cattlu died. 11o
charged tho donth of ,ito cattlo totho
heated 11111s. T1hete WIas testl[imon1y
to show (itat tho rojocted hulls woro
bouglit by neighbors, who sesd them
for bied'intg. Tho l. neighbors found
t hat thle cattleI were ouating tho htullui
sto used1 andti thon they fed thte hulls
regularly wit hout harmfCul results.
Mr. Ol)iver of thte oil company,
testified that hulls coul 1)0 heatd(,
wore scorched( and( fod withiout injury.
But the fact that tho calttl() died andiu
death1 wvas, ini all probability, (1u1 to
the( hulls wvas sulliciont for tho juty
which rendered a verdict for the
plmntitili in te 811n (of $190. Tho
lintifi's claim was for $23().
fears theo The Kind You have AlwasBoh
SiguaturoBuhi
ThecItou()t(Jts of to Doeomnbet
Migazina Nnmiber (If ThoO( at, lookaro
vairiod. Amont~ig thei spocial a trticlest
wvil be fotunrd I to fifth intstallmeint ot'
the. au1tob)iograpJhty or Booker TI
Washiungton, callod, ''Up F'rom Sila
very ;" the fintd inst atlInoet of Mr'.
HamOnilton WV. MabliO'st "William
Shakesponre ; IPont , IDrami,at ist and1
Man~i,"' whicht has ntow been pu)blished
by t ho M%acmillants in) ftumpjtuIous
hook formli; elaborato articles roview
intg the alest books of t he seaoson in
11thlopartmtents of art, biography
and1( fiction, wit h manty portrait illus:~
tr'ationis; and1(, mrost priominot of all,
a seriosi of brief art iclos by such men
as Jamtes JBryce, Henry van D)yke,
Ed(waLrd 1'yerott IHal, President
Haodley, of Yaule, aned half? a (dozen
o! ters, giving th'eir oinin in reply
to tho qjuestion " What Are (to Great
est Books of the century 'i" ($3 a y ear,
Thie Outlook Company, 278 Fourth
Avenue, Now York.)
7 4 A . L -1 '.A x 1
U" E NFERtENCH IN UnIeSTERC.
'iolliinary -''l4t1-g Vi810rEny - TIn
Vormnal st N n to tFl,rgnT -iy
(Sveeal to) News 1111(1 Courier.)
(hester, Novenber )7.----Souith
Carolina Confreico will conveno
on to mrrow morning at 9
o'clock, 3isil op I argrovo camo in
yesterday afternoon ovor ti Sea.
board Air Line and this morning had
ihe preiiding eldors in secret con
cllate with11 himuself, looking into 11ho
iitorot af Mothodismll inl the Stato.
The ClasSV4 for the soveral years
mot this mornig for their exatnina.
tioni. Ther aro five classes of pro.
mwmmg young men, who mot their
committeos to-day. Every one who
joins the Metolidist Conforonce must
pass thoios four examiinations, one
each year. Thore aro six young man
is the graduating class this year.
This afternoon the donieNtic mii
sion board of the Soth Carolina
ConferentcO held its annual melQ-eting
in the church. A great many gravo
(uestionis wror up for its docision.
Therm vas comploto harmony
throughout. and a considerable 11m1
provoent. in mission flolds among
us.
To night, the iistorical Society
hold its annual meoting. The Roe.
E. 0. Wat-s-n, of ('larleston, deliver
Oil a thought'full, helpful and highly
appreciativo lecture to the body.
Thoso meeting aro becoming more
and inure interosting. Several me
montoes and relics were donated to
tho socioty wh-ich are intoresting and
valuiablo.
'very train briigs new dologates
aind by to-night the great majority
W,li have arrived. Chostor has
opoicid her homes and all is smiles.
Turkeys and the far- famed "chicken"
are shaking in their shoes, and tho
busy housewife is dispensing good
things to theso honored guests.
AN ANAtIIlisr vi.ox,
TO MUtI1R19 M'KINLV.
In Iepart4d to the Ponlo of IlIobokcn.
The Writer of Warnihng Minowi to the
Police.
New York, Nov. 27.--The polico
of Ho0bolkon, N. d., have received a
lotter alleging t ho existence of a plot
to assissinato President McKinley.
The writer of the lotter gave in his
com]munication the name of the al
leging the existence of a plot to as
sasHinato President McKinley. The
writer of the lotter gave in his con
mnunication thre name of the alleged
chief conspirator, wvhich the police
ref use io miake public ut thin timo.
The lot ter, which in illegibly sign.
ed, in an follows:
"Sir: H aying almost thoroughly
aissured miynelf of an aniarchjist plot
against his excellency, McKinley, I
considler it my duty to advise you of
the name of erne who is more than
suspected of being a leader, whose
name in found in the enolosed slip,
lie is a fugitive from justice and a
danigorous man, having been eon
victodl soveral times, and on the
last occalsion being sentenced to five
years' implrisoinmont for an anarchist
"My statement can be verified on
appealing to the p)rofoet of police at
Paris France. In the course of the
p)ast year he had concealed with him
a man naimod Francois, the author cf
an anarchist attempt at Scranton,
where he mortally wvounded an agent
of the pl)Oico."
The writer of this letter, the police
say, has been located, and his ator y
will be invest igated.
nEcmmETi nrEHyle IN THEn D)ARK.
WVashiington, Nov. 27.--Chief W il
hie of the seret service division said
that tihe government had no infor
mation whatever on the subjet.
Train (oe, into Itivar.
Beaver, Pa., Nov. 27.--Late to
night a Cleveland and Pittsburg flyer
wvent into the Ohio river at this
place. Three Cleveland men, Engi
neer Couchoous, Firoman Allen and
Express Messenger Casey were
killed. Nineteen others are reported
dead aind the entire train is said to
be in the river.