Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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5ftv/\ Young Man? Thi By Frederick Brelthut. young men hate advice I it which they have to swa J As things staud to-day B expected in school. We dc the home. But. he that as it may. without any knowledge o T't't' Society, realizing its weak manner, indulgently forgi that he is "sowing his wile Some few people, seeing where thin chap along by giving him advice. The which years of education should have il< The young man does not forgive s him. He realizes (unconsciously perhaps oothfng talk which he is invited to <11 the man who Is doing the advisiing is In Despite all this, we are going to give going to preach a success sermonette of We don't care whether you save ten 1c makes much differeuce. We don't en cess or not. We know it does not niak In these days of mammon worship man to look upon anything higher Than ] out with higher ideals than the attaint! as either a fool or a freak. It is that yoi But our words are feeble. Let us r had to say oa this topic. John Buskin's 'I have no patience with people wh youth* indulgently. I had infinitely rat the indulgence due to that. When a ma auy way be materially altered in his 1 with his fate, if he will; but what ex thought at the very time when every ei decisions? A youth thoughtless! when i depends on the chances, or the passion when the career of all his days depends youth thoughtless! when his every act i.< conduct, and every imagination a fount In any after years rather than now?th where a man may be nobly thoughtless?! he left to be done there." There Is little need be added to this. Young man. stick to your ideals!- Tr your friends think about tlicm. You k You can get away from their despis yourself. . X? doubt commerce is a great thing the useful always above the ideal is a Which are most harmful and pernicious. r J& Life by the CI _ HILE attending a recent ncnt physiciau directed J \ m7 under which most Ami l^T time, he remarked, in * * clock, by the call of a si read the paper on time, frequently in our hand, outside- engagements, business appolntm erhig the amount of time that will be : ment accordingly. Often we subdivide exactly how long we can discass a subj< This is no exaggeration of the Ameri as are compelled by the need of pbysica limits. We eat on time just as we trar typical American were to be depicted I would be perched on a stool at a "quid day meal in seven minutes at the outsid' Doubtless punctuality Is a virtue, things exactly on time has won for us, i trial success. But, carried to an extren Individual. The people whose nerves 1 to overwork are not often not so much tl of compressing every bit of work witl anyone try tLe experiment of doing a ? application, but without noticing by his tiuie be is consuming, and he will be an go off than when he is timing himself, task within a fixed number of minutes We- know a great deal more about s grandfathers knew. We have hunted serums. Diseases which wore once regi row know to be preventable and we tal All these discoveries and new remedies to promote longevity. Thfy have not < they might do s6 If they had a fair ch these devices for lengthening life we j iborten it One of tfifr most'wearing of detail! of onr work withfh exact time 11 The Eccentric fBy Helen Oldfield. ?BSERVERS may experi and the blunders of ge may even feel a secret i of the gods are in son tals, but nothing they n But the latitude al same blunder on the p level-headed and shrew thai- r\t msrrl!ti?t?. The usual explanation that they are true sometimes, is not always so, anil wb for tfce why and wherefore that men wl Into oharacter, men who rarely if ever u 6elect as their lieutenants, who choos remarkable for good judgment and sir ^ when ft comes to choosing the power lifetime. Neither Is accident a sufficient reas when a man has appointed an Incompe dishonest tashier. There must he sou Ing, **pulls the wool over men's eyos" cures the dearest Judgment. Ttiie something undoubtedly exists, things, perhaps caprice, that mental ii reason, but goes its own gait, unheodlt an impulse which with both sexes has : of a companion for life than upon any is one of the mysteries, but it does. an< casion it wakes up in unusual strength. Caprice, under the guise of fancied influences able men in all affairs, and and by the subtle attraction of sex it If this be the reason, caprice is the ca suspected and becomes patent only wh plainly known to every one. Next to this comes the headstrong which makes a man certain in his own liar iiTwl will llf? illlle to Sll Uuucioiauuo wv? ???v ? Opposition only confirms him in his men exhibit this propensity, n feeling ancient rule of chivalry which oblige tight t? the dontli in support of his beauty above all her sex. There is an inherent vanity in most and good sense, as to their own sou) world holds accuracy of judgment a sis choice of a wife is to be made this vanit s is For You. . When you consider the amount of illow, you can hardly blame them. , a l>oy is taught as much as can be mbt whether as much cau be said for the youth Is thrown upon the world f it. .Naturally. IIP UIUKes lUiBimxca. nesa in not preparing hini in a better ves the young man 011 the ground 1 oats." gs are wrong, try to help the young y hope in this way to do the work one. oeiety as readily as society forgives ) where the fault lies and resents the igest. Moreover, he often feels that 110 way superior to himself, advice. But. young tuau, we are not the usual order. , cents a day or not. We don't think re whether you make a worldly suee any difference. it is dangerous to try to get a young money. And the young man who sets lent of wealth is ordinarily regarded uug man we want to talk to. ather listen to what a powerful man words follow: 10 talk about the 'thoughtlessness of her hear of thoughtless old age ana n has done his work and nothing can Tate, let him forget his toil and jest case can you lind for wilfulness of *isis of future fortune hangs on your nil the happiness of his home forever s. of an hour! A youth thoughtless! on the opportunity of a moment! A i as a torch to the laid train of future ain of life or death! Be thoughtless ough, indeed, there is only one place iiis deathbed. No thinking should ever y to make them real, no matter what now your work better than they do. e, but you cauuot get away from But it is not everything. To place demoralizing influence, the results of ?New York Evening Journal. t jZ? lock. gathering of his profession, an eminotice afresh to the daily tension ?ricans do their work. We rise on the morning, whether by an alarm jrvant, or by habit, eat breakfast and a clock in every room, end a watch We then, on time, meet olficc and ents, consultations, always preeonsid* equired. and timing the next engage mis Time, ana nuie ujr uui n.ui^ iCt. icnu habit. Even such breaks in work 1 refreshment are brought within time tsact all our business on time. If the In his most characteristic attitude, it k luucli counter," consuming his mide. Doubtless also the practice of doing us a people, a large measure of imlusie. as it often is. it is wearing to the ireak down from exhaustion incident ae victims of overwork as of the habit tiin prearranged limits of time. Let liven piece of work steadily and with watch or a clock exactly how much aazed to find how much easier it will mid Kchpminc to brine the prescribed I. anitnry matters than our fathers and down microbes. We have concocted irded as visitations of Providence we :e suitable means of preventing them, ought to diminish the death rate and lone so, as a matter of fact: perhaps ance. The trouble is that along wirh ire adopting practices which tend to these is the habit of bringing all the mits. 7 iusband. ence varied emotions at the vagaries mius?regret. indignation, acorn: they satisfaction that, after all, the beloved le respects inferior to everyday inorlay do can excite surprise, lowed to genius does not cover the >nrt of those who are men of talent, d in every relation of life, except in carried away by infatuation, though en it is. It does not sufficiently account 10 pride themselves upon their Insight inke a mistake in the men whom they e their friends with discretion, men ong common sense, go so far astray next the throne, the one friend of a on. It is not held as a valid exer.se tent agent, a swindling attorney or a lething which, to quote the old saywhere women are concerned and oband is almost invariably one of two mpulse which takes no counsel with ig and blindly regardless of warning, ipparently more to do with the choice other occasion. Why it should do so 11 the reason may be that on such otl independence of opinion, frequently in marriage when reinforced by will : sometimes governs them altogether, use of many more marriages than i< icn the unsuitability is such as to be almost preposterous self-confidence conceit that if he fancies a woman he ape her to his wishes. opinion. Even sensible and practical as unreasonable in Its way as the (1 each true and doughty knight to ladylove's claims to pre-eminence in men. usually kept down by experience nd judgment upon points where the n of intellectual power, and when the y rises up full grown. i A BATCH OF NEWS. Many Items of latarast Crowded Into a Columa. *< .. " Parter's Discharge. Omaha, Special.?Fifty-two messengers of the Pacific Express Company, whose headquarters are in umana, reported for duty, as usual. One train came in from St. Louis without a messenger, but a man was supplied by the local manager. Manager Patterson stated that he had anticipate^ no trouble and that all of his men had expressed themselves as against a strike. A number of the express messengers reporting to the Omaha office were sent forth to take the strikers' places, and the company requested the porters to take cars of those leaders. The poroters refused to do so, on the ground that they were bonded as porters and not as messengers. Th? porters were at once discharged. All money, jewelry and other valuables, live stock and perishable property is being refused for shipment until the strike is settled. Typhoid Epidemics. Albany. N. Y? Special.?That summer vacations and winter trips to the South are fruitful sources of typhoid epidemics Is the belief expressed by fecretary Stuart, of the State health beard, in connection with an outbreak of typhoid in the town of Athens, Greene county. The local health board reported two cases In the family cf a farmer, whose name the board withholds. While but two cases have occurred there, 14 cases in other parts of the State are reported to be those who were this farmers boarders. It is the belief of the board experts that the periodical recurrence of typhoid twice in each year is traceable, that of the, spring to the winter vacations in the South; that of the fall to summer vacations at farms having contaminated water supply. Decision Not Reached. London, By Cable.?The Associated Press has the highest authority for saying that the announcement made by the Morning Advertiser, that the decision of the Alaskan boundary commission virtually concedes the American case, is entirely untrue. The commission, thus far, has reached no decision and no vote ha3 been taken, even in the private sessions, which would indicate Chief Justice Alverstone's position. It is quite true that the general trend of opinion among those connected with the tribunal, aside from the commissioners, ia that the ultimate decision will be in favor of America, but there is, as yet, not the slightest warrant for saying it has been reached. Divorced Persons Debarred. Wooster, Ohio, Special.?The Presbyterian Synod of Ohio has adopted resolutions declaring that "all our ministers are hereby enjoined to refuse to perform the marriage ceremony in the case of divorced persons, except such persons as have been HivorroH nnnn t+i a <rrminf1c nnrl fnr causes recognized a3 the Scriptural in the standards of our church." The Synod also adopted the report of the trustees of Wooster University recommending that an endowment fund of $1,000,000 for the school be raised. A deficit of $42,000 in the building fund of Wooster University was raised by pledges and subscriptions. Qlrl Students heroic. Chicago, Special.?During a fire that destroyed three residences in Irving Park, three children were rescued from death by girl students of Jefferson High School. Raymond Saunders, five years old. perished in the flames. The students were on their way to school, which is located two block from the scene of the Are. Learning that there were children in the houses several girls entered and bore the imprisoned children through thn dense smoke into the street. In the confusioD the Saunders boy was not found. Railroad Discussion. Louisville, Special.?Behind closed doors at the Gait House prominent traffic officials of trans-continental and southeastern roads are discussing a "cross continent and Gulf railroad," on which they could not agree last week. The meeting has developed into a fight on the part of the roads throughout the section bounded by the Ohio river on the north, and Missississippi on the west against the western trane-continental lines. Many factories in the South are closed, awaiting the result of the conference. Reports Denied. London. By Cable.?The Japanese government has ipsued a denial of the alarmist reports of the imminence of war with Russia, in a dispatch from Tokio, dateA Thursday, and sent to the Japanese ministers abroad. It says: "The negotiations concerning Manchuria and Corean questions are following their normal course and there is no reason to anticipate a rupture between Japan and Russia." Negroes Driven Out. Louisville, Special?A special to The Times from Paducah, Ky., says: "All the negro residents of the Kevil i! ? S 1 off TliaoHov secuou Oi. Ddimiu wuulj 1ui i night Since the shooting of Sunday night, in which Crockett Childress, white man, was fatally wounded, the white residents have been preparing to run the negroes out, and came to this city yesterday and procured weapons. The negroes heard of this and left.'' w TILLMAN ACQUITTED Slayer of Gonzales Pronounced Not Guiltv Bv Jury ~4 0 ~ m WERE OUT FOR NUMBER OF HOURS . Closing Scene in a Famous TrialJudge and Jurors Thanked? James H. Tillman Released. The first trouble between Tillman and Gdnzales begun in 1892, renewed during the Spanish American war in 1898, became violent in contest for Lieutenant Governor in 1900. The relations became absolutely strained in gubernatorial campaign in 1902. Tillman shot Gonzales January 15, 1902. Gonzales died Monday, January 18, 1903. Coroner's inquest brought in charge of murder against Tillman January 20, 1903. Application for bail made in Newberry in February 1903, was refused. July. 1903, term of court in Columbia trial was postponed on account of absence of witnesses. Chang of venue to Lexington county granted at same term of court Defendant arranged in Lexington September 21, 1903. Date of trial fixed for September 28, 1903. Tillman plead not guilty September 28, 1903. Jupry secured and taking of testimony begun September 28, 1903. Prosecution closed October 3, 1903. Defense begun, but court adjourned on account of legal public sales MonI day, October 5th. Another adjournment necessitated on account of illness of Juror Sharpe Tuesday, October 6tb. Defense begun its testimony Wednesday, October 7. 1903. Tillman on stand October 8th and 9th, 1903. Defense closed on afternoon October 9. 1903. Rebuttal witnesses for both sides heard October 10, 1903. Argument begun October 12. 1903. Jury charged October 14. 1903. Tillman acquitted October 15, 1903. Lexington, S. C., Special.?The trial of James H. Tillman for the murder of N. G. Gonzales, has come to an end. resulting in an acquittal. The jury before which he has been on trial since the 2Sth of September, Thursday brought in a verdict of not guilty, thus ending a judicial hearing which has engrossed the attention of the public of South Carolina as none ether has in a quarter of a century. The Jury was out for 24 hours before arriving at a verdict. Never was a C2se in South Carolina courts more vigorously contested than this. The solicitor was assisted in the prosecution by four other lawyers, while the accused was defended by seven lawyers, an exceptional array of ctounsel. More than a hundred witnesses gave testimony, about as many on one side as on the other, and nine lawyers argued before the jury. * * 1 fha I Not a sound nau eruautucu nuu> jury room when Judge Gary convened court at nine o'clock this morning to indicate that an agreement had been reached. Civil businetf was taken up, and more than an hour had elapsed before a knock was heard on the door leading into the Jury room. The bailiff announced that the jury desired to come into court, but the deep significance of the sound had already been appreciated and all eyes turned toward the the jury room. Judge Gary directed the bailiff to ascertain If an agreement had been reached, when the word came from within that the Jury was returning with a verdict. Except for the court officials, members of the local bar and the newspaper men who have followed the trial throughoat, the court room was practically deserted. Summonses was sent for the attorneys in the case, and the sheriff was directed to bring the accused into court The word soon spread up and down the street that the Jury was about to report, bringing in others. The Jurors filed in and took the seats they had occupied for so many days, but as all the attorneys had not arrived, there was a delay of a few moments before their decision was announced. The few minutes elapsing between the coming in of the Jury and the announcement 'of its verdict were anxious ones. The .defendant occupied his customary po sition among his lawyers, facing the jury. Not all the attorneys had come in when the court inquired if there would be any objection to having ':he verdict announced without waiting, calling attention to the strain so apparent throughont the room, no objection was offiered. "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict?" was the time-worn inquiry made by the clerk of the court, the foreman replying in the affirmative, and at the same time hading the verdict to the clerk. It took but an instant to read it and when the words "Not guilty" were read some of the rnenas ox iuc uacuuoui their feelings in a shout The previous admonition of the court did not prevent the demonstration. The motion of counsel for the defense for the dismissal of the defendant was immediately signed by Judge Gary, the solicitor assenting, when Mr. Tillman was at liberty to walk from the court room and go where he pleased. When the legal formalities had been gone through with, Mr. Tillman walked up to the bench and shook hands with the judge, after which he shook the hand of each of the jurors, 4?nd later was surrounded by his friends who extended their congratulations. He left the court room in company with his attorneys, but left them at the front door to go across the street 'to the jail, visiting th2t institution for the last time. Gathering up his effects at that place which had been his abode for many weeks, he bade it good-bye. He has been in custody since January 15. his application for bail Having oeeu refused. James H. Tillman, after his acquit, tal mado the following statement to the Associated Press: "I feel very grateful at the result of the verdict, but at no time did I apprehend any serious consequences. I, of course, deeply regret the death of Gonzales, but I was forced to do what I did. I have never apprehended conviction, for I felt I did no more than any man would have done under the same circumstances, and what I was compelled to | do. My position was fuliy stated in the testimony I gave on the stand. I did ask for change of venue, because I was convinced, on account of prejudice in Richland county, I could not get a fair and impartial trial in that county. I felt sure as soon as my case could be'presented to an impartial jury I would bo vindicated. The verdict justified the correctness of ray judgment of Lexington county, selected by the prosecution. Its people are lawabiding and have long been noted for the correctness of their verdicts, and have been praised by the press." Transporting Troops. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The Forign Office says it has no official con firmation or me reponeu aisemuars ment of Japanese troops at Ma-San Pho. Regarding Manchuria, the For eign Office states that the question is at present closed. Russia is now transporting 40,000 troops, nurses, physicians and ho&pital supplies to the far East. The present strength of the Russian army there is reliable reported to be 283,000 men. Officers detailed for duty in the Orient hare been forbidlen to take their wires. Third Advance In Oil. Lima, Special.?The third advance for the month was made in crude oil Tuesday, prices of Western oil going up 2 cents while 3 cents was added to quotations on Eastern products. The advance did not result in active selling, as producers look for still higher prices. Quotations are now Tlona, 1.83; Pennsylvania, 1.68; Corning. 1.48; New Castle, 1.55; North Lima, 1.26; South Lima and Inaiana, 1.21; White House, 1.38; Neodosha (Kans.), 1.26; Somer- * 1 01 . | r*. ? 4 Lfl, IVJf., i.il, nagiauu, J\/., fUl, Fever Situation. T^aredo, Texas, Special.?The official bulletin shows the following results of the yellow fever epidemic: New cases, 26; deaths, 6: total cases to date. 400: total deaths, 27. The deaths today were among the poorer classes of Mexicans. These were attributed to the cooler weather. Reports from Monterey state that, although the number of cases is diminishing, the situation is becoming more serious. The work of the marine hospital service is beginning to be apparent in the diminishing number of cases here. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Attorney-General Knox has returned to Washington from his vacation. The Czar of Russia will go to Rome to visit the King of Italy early iu November. Ex-Queen LilluokalanI is going to Washington to press her claims agaiu this winter. Colonel George B. McCIeilan can In noriirt nrno flliontlr lisli, German, French and Italian. Grover Cleveland visited Buffalo, N. 1"., to attend the funeral of W. S. Dispell, for thIrst time since 1891. Secretary Hay has returned to Washington, owing to pressure of foreign business in the State Department. Prime Minister Balfour has completed his Ca\>inet by admitting the new Marquis of Salisbury as Lord Privy Seal. King Leopold of Belgium is very proud of tho beauty of his hauds, and also of his beard, giving both the most exacting care. He Dever wears gloves. It is announced that President Plaza, of Eucador, intends to go to the United States soon. He will remain there long enough to. visit: the St. Louis Exposition. Cornelius Vanderbilt has been appointed an aide-de-camp on the staff of Governor Odeli, with rank of colonel. and will attend the Governor at All military functions. William B. Astor owes his fortune., to his Uncle Henry, who was once in business as a butcher on the Bowery, in New York City, and accumulated $500,000, which was well Invested in real estate in 1S4G. Mrs. Dwight L. Moody, widow of the famous evangelist, died at her home in East Nortbfleld, Mass., a few days ago. She was born in England about sixty years ago, where she has a sister now living. She married Mr. Moody about forty years ago, and they had three children, all of whom survive. . . The Soapbox Garden. There are gardens filled with flowers that are worth their weight In gold. There are gardens where the dainty blossoms bend, and nod, and blow In such glorious profusion that you never need be told That a good sited fortune has been spent upon each brilliant row. Tet I know a little garden that Is better than them allHidden in the city, where life's cross has not a crown? And the joy It brings its owner is a thing that's good to see: The little soapbox garden here in town! Jn an unpretentious coortyard it is growing day by day? A row of boxes, filled with earth, and placed against the wall? And the white cords that lead up from them seem cheerily to say To the struggling flowers, "We are here?climb up, you can not fall!" There'B a white faced little cripple who watches o'er the plants. And waters them, and sings to them, and pats the soft earth down. While his eyes glow with delight when each new leaf shows itself In his little soapbox garden here In town. It boasts no priceless blossoms, such as those we often see Displayed in rich surroundings. In tbs florist's window gay; But those straggly little flowers are as dear as they can be To one who lives his life apart and plays with them all day. And though the buds he gathers may be small and overfrail. Each one, I'm sure, will straighten out rioonpst kind of frown. For the little cripple proudly picks and gives his flowers away From his little soapbox garden here in town! ?Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Many a man has acquired a reputa don for generosity by Bpen^ng bor rowed money. / \ AN AWFUL CRIME Father, Crazed With Drink, Slays Bis Own Children ARRESTED AND LOCKED IN JAIL One ot the Most Fiendish Acts Ever Committed In the Old North State Occurred in Buncombe County. Asherille, N. C., Special.?'Transformed into a monster after a weeks' debauch, Dr. J. V. Jay, a pbysiciuu of prominence in the northern part of Buncombe county, Saturday drove his wife from home, brutally murdered his three children, and attempted to burn down his house. The man became violent Friday night, and after going home terribly abused his wife. Mrs. Jay had put the children to bed. and was endeavoring to quiet her husLand, when the man attacked her and drove her out of the house. She went to the home of Thomas Dillingham, not far from where she lived, and there spent the night. Returning to her home next morning she found her husband in a AAniyAw/Mtn Tho two n waa AVPT> U OUQClUUa iUU./U. A UV 1U?U < MW . . worse than before. Jaj was continually looking for his pistol, threatening to exterminate the whole family. Mrs. Jay, however, had taken possession of the revolver and hidden it from her husband. During the time that Jay was searching for the pistol, Mrs. Jay was engaged in preparing the morning meal, at intervals assisting the children to dress. When the children had been drfssed and Mrs. Jay had fiaaljy finished getting breakfast, the brute had worked himself into a frenzied mood. Failing in his search, for the pistol he had armed himself with & claw hammer, and with this chased Mrs. Jay around the house. The frightened wife, feeling that her own life and the lives of her children were In danger, went out of the frant door and started for the little grocery, wtyere there was a telephone to ask the neighbors for aid. and to notify the officers A9heville. As she reached the road she turned and saw her three children standing on the top step crying, and begging for her return. The mother stood for a moment in helpless agony, knowing that the lives of her children were in danger, and knowing also that she was of her own strength powerless to shield and protect them. Her indecision was of but a second's duration. Steeling her heart to the cries of her little ones, she turned and ran with all speed possible for the store. There she hastily told the story of the children's peril, and accompanied by several men who chanced to be at the place, hastened back to her home. The mother had been gone but a few moments, but in that brief space the demon had done his work, and as she entered her home a sight met her eyes such as words of no language can describe. Lying upon the porch with the blood oozing from their heads lay her three children. The two oldest were already dead, while the baby was barely breathing. The men who had accompanied Mrs. Jay tenderly gathered up the little lifeless bodies to place them in the house, but the door was fastened and Jay was called upon to open the door. This he refused to do, and declared he would kill the first one who entered. It was then thought that * J ' J niofnl anit hurt hnr p nau iuuuu luc - ricaded himself in the room, and tbfct death awaited the first one who entered. But this was not so. The man at that moment was preparing: for self- destruction. Without waiting another moment the men hurst in the door, and rs it swung open, instead of the crack of a pistol, the men were greeted with "Hello boys, come in. I am just'starting a fire to get warm by," Jay was found standing over a quantity of burning clothing that he had gathered and placed on the floor near the fireplace. The men rushed upon him and succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The man wae slightly burned, but not seriously. His elothing was covered with the blood of his children, as were his face and hands. Sheriff Reed was telephoned for, and the man was held until the sheriff arrived. Upon receiving word of the horrible tragedy tnis moramg onenu xvcea a*, once notified Coroner Hemphttt, and then left for Barnardsville. Sheriff Reed returned to Aaheville before dark with his prisoner who appeared to only half realize the terrible deed be had committed. He is now in jail here. When asked why he had killed his children Dr. Jay said he just could not help it after catching ^ight of their blood. All Asbcvuie is scocneu by the tragedy. Dr. Jay is brother of W. N. Jay, who for many years held a position as deputy clerk in tke office of register of deeds. Worst Storm In Years, St. John. N. B., Special.?Sines midnight the storm which developed Friday on the South Atlantis coast baa been raging here, the worst of the season. The wind reaehed 41 miles am hoar and 1% inches of rala fell. To. night it is elearing, but the wind blew 40 miles an hour. The three-masted schooner Edna, Captain Donovan, from Colombia Falls, lie., dragging her anchors during the high wind storm Friday night and drifted two miles towards the Red Head shore opposite the harbor. Distress signals were hoisted and the crew were lakem off by the life-boats and landed on f Partridge Island. Later the wlad-subsided and they were returned to their vessel. Nut Orow'M to fleet Atlanta, Ga., Special.?The National Nut-Growers' Association will hold its convention at New Orleans October 23 and 29. President G. M. Bacon, of DeWitt, Ga., has prepared an interesting programme, and the foremost authorities in the United States will discuss various topics connected with the culture of nuts. It is expected that Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson will be among the speakers.