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m?^r~ + v r - . > %;? 'C-.-'.. "; _ r * _ ' 1 ;;j. ' ' ? : 3 V ? r~-"A~rtUS Burke*s Astounding Biological { *~~~-Discovery-~~ J I By Dr. C. IV. Saleeby. S | |i HERE has recently been made, at the Caventlisli Labora- | Ttory, Cambridge, a discovery so sensational, so subversive , of the orthodox scientific belief of the last thirty years, and j yet so welcome to the man of science, that it in an y == billty marks the opening of an epoch in biology as signal as that which was marked by the publication of the Origin of Species in 1S58. And the one piece of work, small in aci <7 i J tual extent though it may be, and totally distinct in princiciple, is the complement of the other. The last touch of 'sensationalism" is added to this amazing discovery by the fact that it depends upon the properties of radium, which seems destined to have its say in all sublunary affairs without exception. Mr. J. B. Burke, who was studying the chemical act!r? of radium on organic matter, at the Cavendish Laboratory, where radi.,.*i has already been studied to the signal glory of contemporary physical i ..omistry. found that when a few aains of radium chloride or radium bromide were sprinkled upon the surface of beef gelatin, the whole being subjected to the most efficient processes of sterilization, such as no known form of living matter can survive, there appeared in the tubes thus treated, but not in the "control" tubes, similar in all respects save for the addition of the radium, a growth which any bacteriologist would have pronounced to be due to bacteria: this in tubes which had been subjected to a temperature of 130 degrees C. under high pressure for half an hour! If anything was out of the question it was that this growth was bacterial. However, crystals grow, and this mi^t j be a hitherto unknown kind of crystal, due to the action of radio-activity ^ oa beef gelatin. The next step was plainly to examine a portion of the growth under the i microscope. A magnification of about twelve or fifteen hundred diameters | was used, and the growth was seen to consist of exceedingly small rounded bodies, containing a somewhat darker structure in the centre. The only 1 known crystal, they resembled was a form in which calcium carbonate occasionally occurs; but these bodies were mauy times smaller than any such crystals; the structure they contained looked exactly like the nucleus of a living cell, such as is not seen in these crystals of carbonate of lime; examina- , tion with the polariscope showed that these bodies had none of the characters which crystals display on such examination by special kinds of light. Thus there was abundant evidence to negative the view that they were crystalsevidence that would suffice even were there not positive evidence the most astounding in proof of the view that they were something else.?Harper's Weekly. I ? Mix Cheerfulness With ? f Your Breakfast ? By the Late Mary A. Livermore. i" ! HAVE sometimes thought that breakfast should be stricken J jf,~' , ?. J | from the list of family meals, and be served to the individI < uals of the household in the privacy of their rooms, so fro| 11 quently does it become a joyless feast. Vnless the greatest care be taken.-the breakfast table becomes a veritable * i IIMfOll dump, where each o*ie unloads the grievances of the night, tfrji ' ? One has not "slept a wink;" another was scared by a "horX ribie" dream: a third "nearly died" from an aching tooth; a fourth is dismal because of a depressing nightmare, and so i' jPon. If to these enlivening details be added a doleful disarray of dress, tousled fhalr, aad a sour disapproval of the weather, the news, and the food, the most appetizing breakfast will pall on the taste, and the day will be badly begun. More important than the matter of cooking is It that the family gather around the table cheeHul. joyous and in abounding good spirits. Good digestion waits on those who season their food with laughter and fun, and if we have cares and worries, it is wise to let them wait until after the matutinal H* " meal. (True courtesy is only the application of the Golden Rule to our social sconduct. "A noble and attractive ev^rv-day bearing comes of goodness, unselfishness, sincerity and refinement, and these are bred in years, not in mo ments." They are not the result of an instinct or an inspiration. They come * of a noble character, that cannot be reached until after many struggles and conflicts.?Success. >i A" i. i , | A New National Holiday j | - - Suggested -- ? \ ^ By William F. Weick. ?. T appears rather strange to me that not one of the forty* ? five commonwealths in our republic has ever considered the T + date of the framing of the Constitution of the United States I ' x ?* America at Philadelphia as worth commemoration by the enactment of a legal holiday. Some of the states observe I tttttMIt* holidays local in significance and not recognized by their I nearest neighbors. It is plain that Sept. 17, 17S7, was second only in importance in our history to July 4, 1776., ir the Declaration of Independence is the corner-stone of a glorious republic, the Federal Constitution is the completed edifice of a magnificent Union. Without the Constitution the Declaration becomes of. little ' value.. The 17th day of September should be observed with patriotic von ration. The great instrument of nationality, for the preservation of which hundreds of thousands of our loyal citizens gavp their lives, ceased to be an ex. perimeni aftgr nearly eighty years of test and strain. It has meant far k more since 1865 than before the final overthrow of the doctrine of state rights, and it will mean still more to us with each coming year. Intelligent citizens ought to be perfectly familiar not enly with its spirit, but with every section and clause. It certainly is well worth an hour's time on every anniversary of fts adoption by the members of the constitutional convention to 6tudy it carefully and weigh just how near our governmlsit at Washington comes to respecting its imperative provisions.?Harper's Weekly. r " .. The .. | Territorial Expansion 1 J of the United States.. t i By Professor John Bassett Moore. i ? 3 conventionalized in the annual messages of presidents to ? Congress, the American people are uisnnguisnea cnieny uv + 2 their peaceful disposition and their freedom from territorial * ambitions. Nevertheless, in spite of these quiet propensi2 / * ties, it fallen to their lot, since they forcibly achieved J T their independence, to have had four foreign wars, three general and one limited, and the greatest civil war in his tory, and to have acquired a territorial domain almost five times as great as the respectable endowment with which they began their national career, lu reality, to the founders of the American republic the question of territorial expansion did not present itself as a matte^ of speculation, or even of choice. There was not a single European power hav'ng posssesssions in America that did not lay claim to more territory than It ih effectively occupied, nor was, th?re a single one whose claims were, not ^tfted by tpme other power; and these contests were interwoven with the monopolistic struggle then in progress for colonial commerce and navigation. ?Harper's Magazine. ; % Could Flop His Own Eggs. It Looked Like a Drug Store. J. Si Anderson of South Natick was The captain of one of the Boston at one! time buying grain in Dakota, harbor tugboats, while traveling toHe stripped at a hotel in one of the ward Boston one night, was compelled small qut-of-the-way towns and or- to place a green man on watch, with dered fried eggs for his supper. The instructions to call him if he saw anywaitress brought them to him fried thing in their course. The captain only on one side. ? was aroused from his slumbers byMr. Anderson said to her: "I wish the new man shouting, as he started L ' you would please take these out and for the deck. I turn thei." "Well," replied the watcher, "it WiU) &j>ert toss of her head she re- have a green light and a rid loighL f plied: "Op, Sop 'em over yourself." and sure I think it's a drug ahtore.1 - t '1 DEATH OF COL. MOSES The Death of a Prominent Legislator and Citizen. Sumter, Special. ? Mr. Altmont Moses died at 4 o'clock Friday morning: at the Sumter hospital. He was taken there over two weeks neo. Foi two mouths he lias been in declining health and those near hint saw the end approaching:. All that medical science and skill, ample attention of loved ones could do could not stay the hand of death. It is said that the immediate cause of his death was pneumonia. committe from the house of rep resent a tivcs lias been appointed to attend the funeral by Speaker M. L. Sraiih. Al;:nout Moses was bofn in Sumter. in 1S47. t tie son of Montgomery Mu<es. jude.e of seventh judicial cireuit of South Carolina from 1*71 to 1ST"). Attended schools of Sumter when a boy. In 18(12 attended State Military Aeadamy, Columbia, and a few muiiths later learned telegraphy He was in the telegraphic branch of the Conlederate service iii North Carolina. In lStiti he continued this business, after that troinjr into mercantile bu>ine<s as clerk, then prtner. finally by himself. In connection with mercantile business he added life and fir" insurance agency ile was elected member of city council in 1S83 and twice reelected, servinsr three terms. In ISSti he was elected to tl.e house of representatives and reelected in 1S8S and 18i)0. lie was a^ain sent to the legislature in libit) and reelected ever since, lie was delegate to National Democratic convention in 1SSS and !f>04 and many times delegate to State .conventions, the first time when he had just reached aire of majority. Mr. Moses married in January, 1871 Octavia C. Cohen, daughter of Marx E. CoTien of Clmrleston and granddaughter of Isaac Harby, deceased, olso of Charleston.* Seven children were born to them, six of whom are livimr: Kalherine Herbert A, Emile 4'.. Aimida A. and Henry M. Mr. Moses was a, devoted husband and lovinjr father. As a citizen he fulfilled every obligation, as a public servant his record is above reproach, as a friend irenerou# and true, his deeds of charity are remembered by every one who loves a noble heart and an unselfish nature. Father Kills His Son. ^ Anderson, rspecial.?L. .J. Jordan, a negro who lives on South Faut street, killed his son. West ley Jordan, a youth about 10 years old, with a broom stick. The boy had been unruly and the father started to chastise him using a bi-ooin stick for that purpose. fie struck the boy a sharp blow across the head and the bov sank into a chair and soon became unconscious and died in a few minutes. Jordan sent for a physician and was working over his son's body, trying to revive him when the physician arrived. The physician says that death resulted from a Uemorraiiage of the brain, which was caused by the blow, \ Notorious Blind Tiger Killed. (ireer. Special.?Friday morning at 10 o'clock Chief of Police .M. 1), Littletield shot ami killed Lewis Browton. colored, suspected of selling blind tiirer liquor. Chief Littletield went to (Ireentown. a negro settlement, to arrest Brewlon. lie found him in a negro house, arrested him and was leading him out of the house when the negro brew his gun. The chief was quick enough for him ami both began linng about the same time. Five shots wmc exchanged, Hrewtoii tiring thrci of these. The negro ran out. Jiring as he went and fell dead within 10( yards of the house. A Bam Burned. Darlington. Special.?A barn owner by Mr. Albert Parrott. clerk of courl of this county, was burned here last week. At the time it was burned tin building was rented by another part) and was tilled with hay and some corn The building itself was worth $20( and there was $100 insurance. Near by buildings were saved from tin flames only by a hard effort. New Railroad w Horry County. , The Eddy Lakewdud^Northern Railroad company has been chartered. Tin capitalization is $200,000. Directors Norman W. Jones, president: W. M Burgan, treasurer: J. W. Little, vicepresident; George Officer, secretary B. B. Scarboro, general counsel. Tin road will be of standard gauge. 'X miles in length, with Marion an Kddv Lake as the terminal jxiints. Somt time ago another road was started b\ independent people to connect Manor and Conway, hut there is some t 'k ar to the effect that the road will ilfit b? built. The Election in Edgefield. Edgefield. Special.?Thirteen out oi 19 boxes in the county heard iron: give a majority of more than two tc one against the dispensary. The boxes still to be heard from are small and will not affect the l-osult. Over 70C votes have been poled while the registeriiur voting strength of the county if abort 1.600 or 1,800. So far. out oi tlio / beard from two precincts gave a t/iinrirv for the disnensarv - J - - 1 . \ % A Negro Shot. Holly Hill, Special.?On Mondav night of last week some darkies, who were engaged in gambling in a small house on the edge of town, trot into a quarrel, which resulted in the shoot in? of one of theru. Pomp Jenkins by name, a well known, turbulent negro. He was left helpless in the hut by Royal Ribinson, who shot him. and a negro named Waring, who was in the row. Jenkins called for help and at a late hour was taken to his home badly hurt. It is thought his leg will have to be amputated. / ? V'V " ' PAlMfTTO AFFAIRS= Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS ? ? A Batch of Live Paragraphs Covering a Wide Range?What is Qoing On in Onr State. That Hissing at Winthop. Columbia, Special.?0. B. Martin, State Superintendent of Education, received from Winthrop College the following: resolutions which is in part cxplanitorv: 44 Whereas, we, the stu' dents of Wmthrop College, liave heard <>f the disrespect shown certain members of the board of trustees by a few students of the college because of flic decision of the board not to .give i Chrictraas holiday, therefore, be it yesolved, that we, in meeting assem. bled, do hereby condemn unqualifiedly such expressions of discontent and express our 1 egret that any student f should have so far forgotten what was ! due to herself, to the college, and to ; tl? trustees as to have acted in such J fanner. Resolved, further. That f.i:s resolution be communicated to the president of the college with the repucst that .1 copy be scut to each member of the board to whom the disrespect was shown." The resolution amused Mr. Martin a little, for he had not. so far as he knows, been the re. seipent of any discourteous treatment , at the hands of the Winthrop stuf dents. A rumor reached here several , days ago to the effect that Senator Tillman and other trustees had been hissed at Winthrop but the members of the board who reside in Columbia ' and were present at the meeting when questioned about it entered denial. The resolution formally adopted by the students of Winthrop indicates, that there must have been some intended discourtesy offered to some of the members of t lie boa id or the con, demnatorv resolutions would not have been necessary. An Engineer Killed. i Aiken, Special.?W. J. Tennant, eni ginoer on the naiTow gauge railroad running from Hath to the McXamec ; chalk beds in this county, was shot by r Richard Allen, night watchman at the mines, on Monday evening, and Tennant died about 1 o'clock. Coroner Owens held an inquest over the remains and as a result the jury of 12 men decided that the deceased came 1 to his death from gunshot wounds at , the handh of Richard Allen. Mr. , Tennant was about do years old. strong and muscular, and leaves a wife- and one son and a baby six months old. Mr. Allen is a grav-hair1 ed man 81 years of age and has one . daughter and four sons. Both parties , to the tredegy were highly respected citizens of that section. Little Girl Burned. . OafTnev, Special.?News of a liorri( ble accident has just reached this city. A little daughter of Mr. Judd Allison was frightfully burned at home, about three miles from the citv. From what fheagre details at hand it is learned that the mother left the little one to go to the well a shoit distance from the house. On returning she met tie child in flames. The condition of tke child is serious, 1 Colored Woman Killed. 1 Spartanburg. Special.?Xicey . Tinsi ev, colored, died from the effects of 1 pistol shot wound received at the her home on Mr. J. \Y. Cndd's. near ' Tuck's bridge, three miles from the 1 city. The woman lived with Kd Tinsi ley, colored, his two young sisters and ; two young brothers. An inquest was ' held over her remains and the verdict ! of the jury was that she"came to her ' death from a gunshot wound, inflicted either accidentally or with suicidal intent. The weapon used was a 32caliUre pistol. There was no evidence I to show that she was at difference ^ with any of the family. The State Hospital. Columbia. Special?Senitor J. R. Brooks and Representatives L. B. Ethj eridge of Aiken and J. \V. Kawlinson of Richland have been making a for, mal examination of the books of the . State Hospital for the Insane. The committee held a joint meetin.tr with the board of regents and discussed * recommendations to the legislature for appropriations. There are 1..100 ? people within the walls of the State . hospital. Commutation of Sentence. Columbia. Special.?On rocomtnen? da lion of Chief Constable U. B. Ham> met and his clerk, Mr. A. R. Culy. Miles Fair of Richland county has ye> . ceived a commutation of his sentence. 1 Fair was fined $100 or .10 days in ? jail by Magistrate Moorman, of this ' ctiy, for violation of the dispensary law. He announced that he could pay $7") and would do so if the Governor would commute his sentence, which b( I-. .. , 12lib uuuc. ^ I " , A Horseback Rid* of 800 Miles. The mcit wonderful straightaway I ride ever made by a man was the gal" ) lop of Francis Xavier Aubrey?ci-de- j vant Canadian voyageur, and a fam. ous any express rider?from Santa > Fe, X. M., to Independence, Mo., in 1853?S00 miles in five days, thirteen ! hours. In 1852 he had covered the i same distance in a little over eight days, and his record was on the wagr er of $1000 that he "could do it in an even eight." In the whole distance t he did not stop to rest and changed horses short of every 100 or '200 miles, i [ He was a stocky French Canadian, 1 light-hearted, genial, adventurous, ab- ? solutely fearless. ,For some time he i was an overland freighter, and he al[ so made the enormously difficult and ( dangerous drive of a flock of sheep i I from New Mexico to California, across * , the deserts of the Colorado. He was I I killed In Santa Fe.?McClure's Maga? rine. 4 ftODiM WANTS CODNTY SEAT Plan to Form New County From Laurens, Greenville and Spartanburg Territory. Laurens, Special.?For several months the citizens of Fountain Inn and vicinity have been agitating the creation of a new county, the territory to be taken from .the counties of fjvnnnville T/jmv*>ns_ and Soartanburg with Fountain Inn as the county seat. To get the required area, 400 square miles, for the formation of a new county, it is proposed to take ISO square miles from Greenville county, ISO from Laurens and 40 from Spartanburg. Fountain Inn is located on the Greenville and Laurens railroad, just aerrss the line in Greenville county an.I has a population of 1,000 souls, a cotton mill, bank, a number of mercantile establishments, splendid schools and churches, and is surrounded by one of the finest farming sections in the entire Piedmont belt. A committee comjxised of seven of the leading citizens of the place lias the matter in hand. Mr. John* R. Hellams, of Dials, this county, lias been engaged to make the survey, which will be begun next Monday. It will probably require a little more than a month to complete the survey. The Cherokee Fanners. Gaffney.' Special.?The Cherokee County Cotton Association met Saturday in the court house here. The most important action to be taken by the association was the election of officors for the coming year and the election of delegates to the State convention in Columbia. Messrs. II. C. Sarratt, W. Sam Lipscomb and A. F. Goforth were elected delegates to the State convention to be held in Columbia in January. The following officers were elected for next year: President, R. S. Sarratt; vice-president, W. Sam Lipscomb; secretary, Milton Yassey; treasurer, J. V. Saratt. The association is now in a flourishing condition and at this time is experiencing a wonderful growth. The interest now being manfcsted in it and its work can probably be aeounted for as having been greatly helped by the speeches of Messrs. E. D. Smith and Harvie Jordan, who spoke to a great assemblage in the court houso here recently. At a meeting of the directors of the National bank in the office of the president recently the regular semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent, was declared payable to the shareholders January 1st. Fifteen Hundred ?ales Held in Eastern York. Rock Hill, Special.?The Farmers' Association of Eastern York held its annual meeting in the rooms of the Cemmercial Club Saturday afternoon with good attendance and splendid enthusiasm. The first business taken up was the election of officers, those chosen being Mr. F. C. Whitner, president. and Mr. E. E. Poag. secretary . rod treasurer. Messrs. John Steele, M. B. Williams and I). B. Leslie were chosen delegates to the county coi>vention to be held in Yorkville next Saturday and Mr. F. H. Barber was elected a member of the county executive committee. It was reported that pledges to hold cotton for the 15 cent mark had been signed until about 1,500 bales had been so pledged. The warehouse at Rock Hill now contains ? i AAA t 1 ' almost j/uu oaies. ?vi jj ltuvd pvi pound the value of cotton held in this community approximates $112,500. Oldest and Youngest. Chester, Special.?Chester jail has now among its inmates perhaps the oldest and youngest prisoners in the State?a woman 75 years old and a hoy less than 0 years; both are charged with the highest crime known to law?murder. Death of Mr. J. S. Amos. Spartanburg, Special?Jos. S. Amos a prominent and esteemed citizen died at his home in this city of pneumonia. His widow and nine children survive him. The* deceased was a native of the county and had livfed in the city for the past 16 years. He was actively engaged in business and was identified with the church work Barn and Live Stock Bnmed. Yorkville, Special?The large threestory barn of Glenn & Allison at their model farm on Fishing Creek, four miles east of Yorkville, was destroyed hv tire about 11 o'clock Saturday night. The manager and others passed there an hour previous but saw no signs of lire. The origin is unknwn. Six mules, 1 horse, 40 head of cattle, 28 hogs, 500 bushels of corn, two voars' sunplv of forage, a fine lot of agricultural machinery and implements were burned. The loss is estimated at $7,000 or $3,000 with insurance of $.">00 on building only. Y. W. C. A. Convention. Charleston, Special.?Another busy day vns held at the convention of the Young Women's Christian association of South and Nmth Carolina. The sum of $1,400 was pledged by delegates lor special work, and a number of other matters were disposed of relating to the extrnsi ?t: of the work and other routine affairs. "The Bible hour*' and the several special address es were given close attentiui. 0 Two Confederates Pass Away. Chester, Special.?Saturday marked the passing away of two Confederate veterans of this county, William D. Clark, aged 76 years, and William Trussell, 82 years of age. The former served one year in the Sixth regiment, South Carolina Volunteer infantry, the remainder of jhe war in calvary service; the other in the First regiment of artijlery, commanded by Col. Rhett. Both were hruried at noon Sunday. Mr. Clark at New Hope Methodic church; Mr. Trussell at Woodward Baptist ehurch. MINOR ITEMS OF NEWS' Items of Foreign and Domestic News Gathered For Bitty Readers. In the South. Miss Susan Williamson died at Warronton at the age of 104 years. The Franklin School building, at Parkersburg, W. Ya.. was burned, and citizens believe it was set afire. North Carolina is preparing to send a car load of agricultural exhibits to New England and other Northern States. William Gallagher, wlft) claims he was held a prisonei* on a Chespeak bay oyst&r boat, reached Richmond in care of a Uni'ed States deputy marshal. Color-?! Altamont Moses, an* leading politician and prominent legislator of South Carolina, died at his home on FrWay. A AAiiCara m.p ll??? llPPIl Pilllcil bp tween the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association and the Southern Cotton Growers' Association to be held at Charlotte. X. C. Fire destroyed a large portion of the business section of Wavne, W. Va. Capt. William J. Tyler, yardmaster of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad at Staunton, was struck by the yard engine, his left arm being crashed off near the shoulder. National Affairs. Scnitor Depew sent in his resignation as director of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, and the investigation before the Armstrong committee went on. ' Secretary Root and Senator Lodge presented plans for 'the complete reorganization of the diplomatic and consular service. In the Senate 820 bills were introduced, including a large number of important measures. At the North. There are rumors of possible criminal action following the completion of the insurance iuquery in New York. An unfounded rumor that the First National Bank of York, Pa., had failed started a ran on the institution. Gov. Robert F. Le Follette was O 1 elected I mteo Mates oenuor oy me Legislature of Wesconsin.. Mrs. Ira Barry, who defied the , authorities of Girriard, Kan., to re- 1 move her from a railway car, which she defended with a pistol for five days, was captured by strategy. Foreign Affairs. While it is generally admitted that Premier Witte is rapidly losing his influence, it is believed'that he may yet extricate the Government by a grand coup. In the German Reichstag the Secretary of the Admiralty stated thai more and larger cruisers are needed to protect that country's growing foreign trade. . All of Col. William F. Cody's horses were killed at Marseilles, France, to allay a fear ampng farmers of the spread of glanders. Field Marshal Oyama was accorded an ovation upon his return to Tokio. it is stated that in order to avoid anarchy, martial law must be declared in Russia. Sir Henry Camphell-Baimennan, the Liberal leader, accepted the task of forming a new British cabinet. Turkey has agreed to yield in principal to the demands of the powers for financial reforms in Macedonia. The Irish Nationalist Convention assembled in Dublin and resolutions demanding an Irish legislative assembly were unanimously adopted. According to reix>rls of special commissioners sent by a relief committee. Jewish massacres occurred in 171 towns, not to mention many small places. Miscellaneous. Lord Roberts is expected to command the delegation from the British army which will attend the Jamestown Exposition. Charles A. Pcahodv will be elected president of the Mutual Life insurance Company. A strike of the students of the Pennsylvania State College was ended hv a comuromise. Not less than four mysterious assaults or deaths was called to the attention of the New York police Thurs-' da\. Eleven men lost their lives when the steamer Lunenburg struck on tho rocks in Amhearst harbor, near Cape Brenton. Two workmen were killed and many injured by the collapse of the Charing: Cross (IiOiulon) station roof. Albert T. Patrick, convicted of the murder of William Marsh Rice, was sentenced to be electrocuted in the week of January 22. The German census gives the population of Berlin as 2,033,900. Rumored Depew Has Resigned. New York, Special.?A rumor has gained circulation that Cnauncev M. Depew had resigned from the t'nited States Senate. When questioned con eerning the rumor, the Senator said, " I am tired of ranking denials of unpleasant questions, and am resolved not to talk further to newspapers. I will <leny nothing nor will i afiinn anything. I have learned a lesson from the past." Receiver for Railroads. .. Cincittnatti, Special.?An application for the appointment of a receiver for the Cineinnatti, Hamilton & Dayton Railway and the Pere Marquetle Railroad was filed in the United States Circuit Court here by Lawrence Maxwell, Jr.. circuit Judge Lorton immediately began hearing the application and appointed Attcney General Jud.^n Harmon as receiver for both roads. Insolvency is admitted. , harvie Jordan Issues Letter t# Cotton Growers ^ NORMAL PRODUCTION AND PRICE ? President Harvie Jordan Issues Cir- , cnlar to Planters Stating Tlut $ Re-1--X1 f? it-- T> * TJ.tj.l.t. auction i rum tuo xtcbcu* juo?uuw ed 27,000,000 Acres Will Not Bo Asked, But That the Association Urgently Insists on No Increase. wv-?? . ,.t <&|8 Atlanta, Ga., Special.-^PresidentHarvic Jordan, of the Southern Cot*-? %y$i* ton Association, issued the following - ? V letter'to the fanners of the ?v>uth re_ ^ yarding a reduction in cotton acreage. . for lOOt). The letter says iti part: >ja| "The Southern Cotton Association t will not ask the fanners of the Southto reduce the cotton acreage for 1906 less than that planted in llA)f>. Tile association docs ask and insist with all the force at its command, however, that the acreage planted in cotton fs throughout the belt in 1905 be not in- . L* creased during the planting season a?. <1 1900. Let the watchword of every Southern farmer be "diversification- ' and through that agency produce an H abundance of food supplies to maintain each fann. "The preseilt estimated twenty- -i-Jj seven million acres planted in cotton is sufficient under normal conditions to produce enough eotton to moot the demand for the American staple. Any ^5 material increase in the cotton acreage j for 191)0 v. ill tend to stagnate the eot-^ 'J ton market and depress prices below' ril their legitimate value. The legitime# law of supply and demand is the only -j! true medium of regulating fair and iegitimate prices for our great staph? ' ^ product." President Jordan closes the letter . with a strong appeal to the farmers to plant an abundance of small grairt,f; corn and side crops and urges them to raise more hay, cattle and hogs, % that the farmers may become seji'-sua? taining. Ramay Acquitted of Murder. Manassas. Special.?A. J. Ramev, on trial here for two days JTtoSjgml with thonurder of Lueiau/Beave*^ f last August, was acquitted.' Beavers," I coomorl tn Ko Kolf oro7fl^ drink, made an attack 011 the family, * of a neighbor, who called in RameyV>j assistance. Beavers followed Ramej^3 home, where, Ramey claimed, hjerV4| killed Beavers in self-defense. Tl? ' f! commonwealth's attorney was as- ?Jsa sisted at the trial by A. B. NieoL.of . Alexandria, and J. J. Da vies, of'ManS assas. The defense was represented B by John M. Johnson, of Alexandria; fl Thomas P. Lion and Robert A. Hutch B ison, of Manassas; B Senator Mitchell Dead, d S Portland, Ore.* Special.?"Unit fl States Senator John H. -'tyr^^P at the Good Samaritan Hospital, in j this city, *at 11:40 o'clock Fridf^^l forenoon, death resulting from com- .?$? plications which followed the rcmovaT of four teeth at a dental office Thora-.r^? day morning. A hemorrhage of un- * >.? usual severity followed rlie removal . /j.: of the teeth and, despite the appli- '.yJ cation ol the most powerl01 styptK? ij knowtj to dental science, the flow / of blood could not be stayed. '> Coal Famine in Norfolk. & Norfolk, Special.?Norfolk is thy?i? r?js ened with a soft-coal famine. There > is plenty of hard coal, but there are 'iJI coastwise vessels, including: tho schooner Thomas W. Lawsou, having a capacity of 100,000 tons, waitingcargoes at the Norfdlk aud Western piers, here. There is no steam coal > at the city piers. In addition t<> .-a these, there are six big baiges, two .->! or three three-masttfd schooners aud 1 several large steamers off the pier. $ Leaky Schooner Puts Into Charleston. J Charleston, S. . C., Special.?The< schooner James D. Dewell, Captain .. j Hammond, lumber-laden from Satilla river, Ga., bound for New York'pn&?j in for harbor, bavin# sprung a leak Friday night off Frying Pan Slyala. : : She met the gale and high seas off Frying Pan and strained her beams. -She will be repaired here and prdceed , J on her voyage. Store Building Wrecked. Sahida, Special.?A furious wiud *3 has been sweeping over the mountain* ' in this section Sunday and consider- '4$* able damage will likely result. One j store building here filled with general ;M merchandise was blown down and* 3* M vacant storehouse hoved front its foundation. The former belonged to *.\w5 Mr. T. C. Fonuer and the stock was ^/S ir.ivtli nil/,lit W (UK) Tlio In<z? (in ?)i? roods is probably $500, while, the \ building, which was a large new strue- '">>? tare, is a total wreck. The vacant . house is the property of Mrs. Conner . \ and is damaged about $25. Towboats Caught in Storm. $jj Hawsville, Ky., Special.?The tow- I boats Harry Brown and. Raymond . Horner with tows of coal for New Orleans were caught in a severe wind * 5 storm and the Brown lost 27 batigin while the Horner lost seven. Eaen barge contained 'Jd,UOU busbels or ? coal. The coal was valued at $120,000 and the barges at $64,000. No lives were lost. Tlie boats are owned by ^ the Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company|Of T^ttsbmg* : ?i " M Found in N. C. Papers. Richmond, Va., Special.?The State * library here is in receipt from London ^ of a cdVnplete record of the Virginia .y House of Burgesses for 1776 which y# was published in the trade*papers of North Carolina instead of those of Virginia, and thus remained nndiscoy ered for many years. It completes the records of the House of Burgesses and . contains the proceedings of a heretofore unkown session of the Burgesses. '. $ The record is one of the ptmost bis- j torical Value. I Ifeii' niiViinn' "if X* 5. ' i ^