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TSE SORLEY COURT OF INQUIRY. Arguments to Begin on Monday Morning. Washington, Nov. 1.-The hands of the elongated antique timepiece which stands against the hall occupied by the Schley court of inquiry pointed 12.45 o'clock today, when * Judge Ad T?cate Lemly announced that he had no more witnesses to call, and when Mr. Raynor, following him, said that no witnesses would be summoned on behalf of Admiral Schley in surrebut tal. For a moment it appeared as if the now famous case was about to reach a sudden conclusion. But this delusion was soon dissipated by the announcement on the part of Captain "Lemly that he might ask to be allow? ed to bring in one more witness on Monday and also a statement from Mr. Raynor that Admiral Schley would {himself desire to return to the stand on Monday to correct errors in his -evidence as officially reported. There is probability that the admi? ral will consume considerable time in going over the printed record of what he said, and there also is an understanding that he will make some additions to his former statements. But it is not believed that beyond what he may have to say there will be much more testimony taken in the case. The only witness that the judge advocate still has in mind is Lieut. Strauss, and Captain Lemly said to day that if the lieutenant's attendance could be secured he would detain <. the court for a short time only. Captain Sigsbee also will return to the stand Monday to make a correction in the testimony given yesterday by him. These details completed, the argu? ment of counsel will be begun, and then counsel and the public will with? draw and leave the court to its delibe? rations. The task before the court is not a light one, and it may be weeks before the final verdict will be reach? ed. How long the court may take to consider the evidence is entirely problematical The members of the tribunal are evidently preparing to devote considerable time to the con? sideration of the testimony, for they ?ave taken rooms in the city for that purpose. The testimony covers 1,600 .printed pages and the court sat 36 days in listening to it. With the addi? tions yet to be made in the way of j arguments and documents the record ? probably will run over 1,700 pages. Admiral Schley was in the court room half an hour before the proceed? ings began, but he announced that he would not be able to undertake the correction of his testimony before nert Monday. "There were five whole days of it," he said,"and to go over it and make the necessary corrections is not a light task." It is probable that he will have something to say concerning his interview on May 18th with Admiral Sampson relative to which Captain Chadwick spoke yester? day. Today's witnesses were Syl? vester Scovel, a former news? paper correspondent who saw service in the Cuban campaign : lieut. Hood, who commanded the Hawk during the Spanish war,' and also a number of officers who were ^ heard yesterday and who returned to the stand to correct testimony. The court held only one session and ad? journed over . until Monday. The attendance upon? the court today was the smallest since the sessions began. The court wassixminut.es late-in entering the hall today, titis being the first time that absolute prompt ' ness has not been observed. Judge Advocate Lemly announced that coun? sel had agreed on the order of the speeches in closing the case, subject to the sanction of the court. Mr. Hanna is to open for the department. He will be followed by Captain Parker and Mr. Raynor for Admiral Schley, and Judge Advocate Lemly will cel?se for the department Admiral Dewey announced that this arrangement was satisfactory to the court Captain Lemly then brought up ths ccestion of the character of the argu? aient to be made, saying :J ""I would like for my own informa? tion to ask the instructions of the court as to whether or not we are ex? pected in the closing argument to con fine ourselves to the evidence and to *he scope of the precept as defined by the court. I mean the arguments &oth of counsel for the applicant and Isy my associate and myself." Mr. Raynor: "We have to confine ourselves to the evidence but I do not want to be entirely restricted. We cannot allude to any facts that are not ia the evidence, but we will in mak? ing our allusion do it very respectfully and within proper bounds." Capt. Lemly: "I think that should -be the general scope of the argument. The court has defined the scope of the "precept, but of course we could not undertake and the court won't under? take to restrict ourselves entirely, I assume, in stating just exactly the words and the manner and so on. That .would be a question which at the time they would have to say whether it was proper or not." Mr. Raynor: "Of course, in making aa argument we won't pretend to ?fer to anything not in the# record. We are bound by that, but I*do not want to have any more restrictions placed upon my argument than I would have in any other court. I want the constitutional right to argue this case within proper bounds and with great respect to everybody concerned, bat to make criticimss as they appear proper to me or to make comment. If I should find for instance, that I be? lieved a witness has not told the truth, I should not hesitate to say so." Capt Lemly: "That is right" Admiral Dewey: "There won't be any trouble about that Until we come to the bridge we will not cross it" Arguments Begun in Schley Case. Washington, Nov. 4.-The Schley court of inquiry reached the argument stage at the beginning of the afternoon session today. The morning sitting was devoted to listening to Admiral Schley and Capt. Sigsbee, in making corrections of their testimony, which had been given previously and the in? troduction by Judge Advocate Lemly of numerous documents bearing upon different phases of the inquiry. Admi? ral Schley did not make material ad? ditions to his previous statements, but devoted himself largely to the clear? ing up of ambiguous points in his evidence. An effort was made to in? troduce two new witnesses, who were expected to give testimony in Admiral i Schley's behalf concerning _ the con I troversy as to what information Capt. Sigsbee communicated to Admiral Schley when he arrived off Santiago ! in May, 1898. One of these witnesses I was Frank B. Richards and the other George Lynch, both of New York and both newspaper correspondents who were on duty in Cuba and in Cuban waters during the war with Spain. Mr. Lynch was on the press boat Somers* N. Smith, and Mr. Richardson the Premier. They were to have testi? fied concerning the meeting of those vessels with the St. Paul of which Sigsbee was in command. The court, however, decided not to hear them. The opening speech of the argument in the case was made in behalf of the government bv E. P. Hanna, assistant to the judge advocate. He began his presentation of the case a few minutes after the court convened at 2 o'clock, and when the court adjourned two hours later, he had not covered more than half of the ground involved in the coritroversy. ii^- ? ? -- Boers Strike Heavy Blow. London, Nov. 2.-Lord Kitchener has reported to the war office a disas? ter to the British near Bethel, east? ern Transvaal, in which two guns were lost, several officers killed or wounded, and 54 men were killed and 160 wounded. The following is the text of Lord Kitchener's dispatch dated Pretoria, Nov. 1: "I have just heard of a severe at? tack made on the rear guard of Col. Benson's column when about 20 miles northwest of Bethel near Brokenlaagte during a thick mist. "The strength of the enemy is re? ported to have been 1,000. They rush? ed two guns with the rear guard, but it is uncertain whether they were able to move them. "I fear our casualsties were heavy. Col. Benson was wounded, but not serverely. A relieving column will reach him this morning." Later, Lord Kitchener telegraphed as follows: "Col. Barter, who marched from the constabulary line yesterday, reach? ed Benson's column early this morning (Friday) unopposed. He reports that Col. Benson died of his wounds. "The other casulties are the follow? ing: "Killed-Col. E. Guinness, Major F. D. Murrav, Capts. M. W. Lindsay and F. T. Thorold, Lieuts. E^V. I. Brooke and R. E. Shepherd, and Sec- ; oral Lieut. A. J. Corlett. Died of his wounds-Capt. Evre Lloyd." Lord Kitchener then gives the names of 13 other officers who were wounded, most of them severely, and announces that 54 non-commissioned officers and men were killed and 160 wounded, j I adding that four of the latter have since died of their wounds. The dispatch then says : "I assume ?that the guns have been recovered and the enemy has with? drawn, but I have no further details. "I deeply regret the loss of Col. Benson and the officers and men who fell with him. In Benson the service loses a most gallant and capable offi? cer who invariably led his column . with marked success and judgment. "The fighting was at very close" quarters and maintained with great determination by both sides. The enemy suffered heavily, but I have not vet recived a reliable estimate. "The Boers retired east." Building a Great Navy. Washington, Nov. 1.-Over and above the four warships for which con? gress directed him to prepare plans, as a basis for appropriation at the next j session, Secretary Long has before i him the recommendations of the ! I board of naval construction, looking to the authorization by congress for the building of 40 more naval vessels of all classes from battleships down to tug? boats. The plans for the two armored cruisers and two battleships, projected by congress last session, already have been prepared, and look to the con? struction of about 16,000 ton battle? ships and 14,000 ton cruisers. The battleships and cruisers additional to these which the construction board proposes probably will be of about the same size and general type. New York, Oct 30.- The apple fam? ine which dealers has been predicting ! for several months is now an assured j factv says The Tribune. Ever since the unfavorable apple weather in the spring buyers and growers have antici? pated a short crop and now local deal? ers announce that the situation is even worse than anticipated. One dealer is quoted as estimating the crop at 23,000,000 barrels, as against 48,000, 000 last year and 70,000,000 barrels the year previous. Carterville, Ga., Nov. 1.-Will Jackson, a negro, was legally hanged here today for assault. Nearly 2,000 people winessed the execution. Tobin Hanson, in Montreal, mur? dered a boy for money and when he got only fifty cents got so mad at himself and his luck he went to a po? lice station, told what he did and gave himself up. The police found the body of the boy at the place des? ignated by the murderer. He was the son of a weil known coffee merchant. -Wilmington Star. The Chinese government has decided to recall Wu Ting Fang, their minis? ter to this country. The financial loss of the Pan-Ameri? can Exposition is about 83,000,000. It is reported that an unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate the Dowager Empress of China. The S. C. Marshalship. Special to The State. Charleston, Nov. 1.-Col. R. M. Wallace collector of the port, is be? ing, mentioned for United States mar? shal, to succeed Capt. Lawson D. Melton. It is said that the appoint? ment is likely to be made in the next few weeks to take effect immediately. Capt. Melton's term does not expire until next. April. Col. Wallace was asked about the rumor connecting his name with the office today, and he said that he would take the office, if it was offered to him. The salary of the office which Col. Wallace now holds yields about $1,500 a year, while the marshalship pays $4,500. Col. Wallace, consented to take his present office, it is said, only upon the solicitation of many friends, and it is not commensurate with Col. Wallace's standing in his party. THE COTTON SITUATION. From Atlanta Journal. The present statistical position of cotton is today stronger than it has I been in several years, yet the price be ! ing paid to the producer is $E> per bale less than for the same period last year. For three weeks the market has been successfully hammered down by the bear element, solely upon the deluge of cotton put upon the market by the producers. Each day's quota? tion of the spot market shows a gradual depression in price based entirely and alone upon heavy receipts. The iarmres have deliberate? ly placed ia the hands of the bear ele? ment every weapon needful to force prices dow:a, and have actively cooper? ated with that element by putting the staple on the market and accepting whatever price has been offered. This is the whole situation in a nutshell and will continue to repeat itself so long as the farmers follow the pres? ent system of selling. It is true, each and every man has the right to dispose of Iiis products as he pleases, and if he is satisfied with a price offer? ed him whether it be fair or other? wise, there is no power which can con? trol his action in the matter. On the other .hand, however, there are impera? tive duties which every man owes to his family and his country. It should therefore be the obvious duty of every cotton producer to recognize the first fundamental law of nature, self-pre? servation, to study every phase of the situation surrounding the supply, de? mand and price of his money crop, and then adopt such intelligent and busi? ness like system of disposing of that crop so as io make it command in the open markets of the country a fair and legitimate price. There, are thousands cf farmers in the south who earnestly desire to do this, but they are powerless to acomplish the ends sought when the large majority sell their staple at the bidding of others. One year ago the cotton market was absolutely controlled and dictated by the farmers under conditions which were much harder to control than those which confront ns this season. The entire situation was controlled by holding back the cotton from the mar? ket, which forced the buyers to offer the highest price paid in years, and the market was held strong and un? broken until the Texas farmers began to deluge the ports and interior towns west of the Mississippi with heavy receipts made possible by enormous sales during a short period of time. The result cf holding cotton last sea? son and selli ng slowly forced the pay? ment of the largest amount of money for that crop ever received for any pre? vious crop in the history of the south. The crop of last year, though it was a million bales less than the big crop made in 189$ nevertheless brought to the producers 75 per cent in value more or nearly twice as much money. In other words the bumper crop of 1893 which was sold at the dictation of the buyers brought $21L.000,000 less than the crop of last season, al? though we made a million more bales in 1898, than we did in 1900. In the first instance^ the spinners made the price which was below the cost of pro? duction to the farmer, and the fann? ers sold it regardless of the price "of? fered, while in 1900 the farmers took a strong and positive stand for higher prices and secured a profit on the crop. These are facts which cannot be denied. It presents a fair illustration of the plain business proposition, that if we quietly accept the spinners' price there will be no profit left to the producer. The spinners will in every instance look solely to their own in? terests. If the spinners can buy our cotton at present or lower prices, it would be an absurdity to presume that they would voluntarily advance prices no matter what the true value of the staple might be. THE PRESENT CROP. It has been notoriously advertised all over the south for the past three months that the present crop could not be as large as the one gathered last season. From September 1, 1900, to February 15, 1901, the average price for middling cotton in New York was 10c per poound. This season, owing to the heavy rush of the staple on the market since the crop began to move,. we find the New York market quoted at 8% cents on this date, October 26. Although the crop opened up nearly three weeks late over the belt this season the reoipts have been so heavy as to about catch up with the receipts of last year up to the present time. Note that lasi; week the receipts were enormous and ran up to 425,000 bales. Another week or two of selling like the past and our receipts will outstrip those of last year and prices will continue to sag down. The crop is short, but it seems as if the farmers are anxious to get it out and market it all at once. There have already come out a num? ber of estimates on the probable yield of the crop this season. Nearly all the statisticians in this country figure the maximum yield all the way from 9,500,000 to IC, 200,000. It is only from Europe that we have estimates placing the probable yield at 11,000,000 and over. Mr. Boston, who figures for the European spinners, anticipates a large yield, and it has been rumored recent? ly that Mr. Neil would issue a bearish circular. All the reports from Texas, Indian Territory and Oklahoma indi? cate a loss of a million bales on the crop this season for that section as compared with last season. Arkansas is said to be short 200,000 bales, and Tennessee 65,000 bales. This would indicate a shortage of 1,250,000 bales, and the other states east of the Missis? sippi must make up that shortage in order to have this crop equal to that of last year. It is generally under stood that aside from Mississippi none of the old states will produce much more than they did last year, some of them not as much. Hence the ques? tion naturally arises, where is a big crop to conn1 from? We all realize that there is but little or no top crop in any of the states, and that in nearly all-sections th:* crop is fully matured and opened. Many fields have already been picked clean, and the gathering of the crop ls rapidly drawing to a closed. Messrs. Scott cfc Stringfellow, of Richmond, Va., have recently is? sued a circular estimating the yield of the present crop at 9,771,5SS bales, their estimate being based on the gov? ernment report issued October 1, 1901. In their figures they give an increase to the following named states over the crop of last vear: North Carolina, 137,580 bales: South Carolina, 234, 123: Georgia, 303,848: Mississippi, 231,157; Louisiana, 104,712. Total in crease 1,071,420 bales for the stat named. They also figure a decrease in the f< lowing states: Florida, 16,853: Al bama, 6,000; Tennessee, 62,512: Tex* 1,317,088: Arkansas,- 120,472: Indi, Territory, Oklahoma and others, 20.' 907. Total decrease for the stat named, 1,724,832 bales. Deducting the increase from the d crease we have, according to their esl mate, a net decrease from last yea crop of 653,412 bales, which deduct from the crop of 1900, which was 1( 425,000, leaves a yield of 9,771,5 bales for the present crop. My own judgment is that they ha made the increase in the old states t< much, and figured too low on tl actual decrease in the trans-Mississip section. My opinion is that the cn will reach *10,000,000 bales' judgii from all the information had up 1 date. Whether or not the crop can be < will be increased in Texas by a t( crop if frost is much longer delayed put but little faith in. COTTON FAMINE IN PROSPECT Mr. Ellison, the statistician for ti European spinners on consumptio] has made the statement recently th? the world will require not less tha 11,500,000 bales of Amerian cotton du ing the next 12 months to meet th demand of consumers. There was bi little or no good cotton on hand at tl opening of the present season carrie over in stock from the crop of la? year hence if Mr. Ellision is corree and he usuallv is, and our crop do< not yield mor? than 10,000,000 bale! ! there will be"a big cotton famine ne: ! year unless trade conditions should ge j decidedly worse than they now are. Quoting from one of my New Yor correspondents, whose letter was r< ceived on October 26, reviewing th cotton situation, he says: "The futur market in New YTork has been ur mercifully hammered the last te days by Philadelphia spot people i conjunction with others for no othe reason, the writer believes, than t weaken the faith of holders in th south in their staple. Unless all ra ports coming into our office are wi] fully and basely exaggerated, whic? we do not believe to be the case, thi crop of cotton will possibly be th smallest which has been made sine '96. In this case cotton should bring instead of 7% cents, 12*0 cents. W will have next summer, unless trad conditions are miserable or we shouli have international wars or some grea calamity should overtake us, tb greatest cotton famine we have eve seen in this country or in Europe The people who handle the actual cot ton are using every endeavor to get th< farmers' production for nothing thi: year, and while I do not know hov you can prevent it, you should certain ly use your utmost endeavor to induct farmers and merchants to hold th< remainder of their crop for at leas a legitimate price, which would cer tainly not be less than 10 cents per pound, and the writer believes thai it would bring much more later on. "The market here is being sold no^ on big receipts in the south, also or the theory that cotton is making ever} day as fast as it did in August, anc that should we not have frost for three weeks longer this will be a bumpei crop. Of course, this is ridiculous, ai we know, but it is hard to convinci people who know nothing of the staple of what are actual facts. With all oi your airing last summer of the rules of this exchange, they have not beer changed." There is considerable truth in the letter quoted, as every farmer south who is posetd on the situation must admit. I have all the season contend? ed that if we could get ten cents last season we were certainly entitled tc it this season. The stock of cotton in New York at present is quite low, and if the farm? ers and merchants should now hold the balance of the crop and insist upon better prices we could control the market in less than 30 days. If the farmers will read the daily market re? ports in their papers they will see that the only factor which has enabled the buyers to depress prices this fall has been heavy receipts. Cotton has not been bought on a bsais of value, but solely on the power to.. dictate prices ,on an overcrowded m?rket during a short period of time. We must study the situation more, have more concert j of action and gradually demand what is our due. Harvie Jordan. Asylum Nurses Charged With Murder. Chicago, Nov. 3.-Two female j nurses at the asylum for the insane at Dunning, 111., will tomorrow be for? mally charged by Secretary Follett W. J Bull of the Civil Service Reform as? sociation of having caused the death of two patients in the asyslum, Kate Nedudo and Kate Kurkowski. The charge"will be made that the nurses deliberately withheld food from the patients, sometimes giving them nothing at all and for weeks nothing but breakfast and tea. It will also be charged that medicines provided for the patients were not administered to them. The motive to be assinegd in the charges is that the patients were especially obnoxious to ?the nurses and that their course was prompted by a desire so to weaken the patients that they would become ill and be sent to a ward for the sick, thus relieving the nurses of the care of them. Hodgenville, Ky., Cet. 31.-A mob of 50 or 75 citizens came down upon this little town about 2 this morning and took from the jail Silas Esters, a negro charged with forcing Granville Ward, a 15 year old boy of near Upton, to commit a crime, and strung him to the court house steps. Aldershot, Eng., Oct. 31.-It is un? derstood that as a result of the conclu? sion arrived at by the cabinet Mon? day, every available effective infantry? man here will be sent to the front in South Africa between now and Christ? mas. The departure of the cavalry brigade fronvt herr, orders to which effect were received here last night, the troop being instructed to start for South Africa about* the middle, of November, will leave only a single regiment of regular cavalry, the twenty first Lancers, in the United Kingdom. Price Arthur of Connan<rh who is a second lieutenant in the Seventh. "Queen's Own, " Hussars, goes with his regiment to South Africa. -? . ? ? . -- Washington, Nov. 2.-The president has reapointed J. F. Ensor postmaster at Columbia, S. C. ?J ftflffillJ^j: MINISTERS DISCUSS MUNICIPAL CAMPAIGN. The Maladministration of City Officials Discussed From the Pulpits. New York, Nov. 3.-The feature of the local political campaign today was the active part taken in it by the pastors of the churches. Thirty-one pastors, cslergymen and two leaders of independent church societies adver? tised themselves to speak on the issues of the election and all these clergy? men took for their subjects the alleged maladministration of the present city officers. Rabbi Schulman, the one Jewish priest whose sermon was re? ported,) urged on his hearers the sup? port of the fusion ticket because of tho revelations concerning vice in the tenement districts. All the Protestant pastors reported, except two, talked for the fusion tick? et, asserting that vice and unsanitary conditions existed and a change was needed. The exceptions were Dr. David G. Wylie of the Scotch Presby? terian church and the Rev. Van De Water of St. Andrew's Episcopal church, who advised their congrega? tions to examine the two tickets close? ly and vote for the best men on them. Henry Frank of the Metropolitan*In? dependent church, advised his hearers to vote "against bosses whether they came from this city or Tioga county." The Rev. Father J. Ducey of St. Leo's Roman Catholic church was alone in those reported who spoke on the election for the Shepard side. I One of the features of the fusion combination has been the work of the women's campaign committees. A re? port issued today says this committee had distributed several hundred thou? sand copies in English and German of a amphlet purporting to be an expose of vice in the city. Democrats also had a woman's campaign committee ac? tively at work during the canvass, but I no report j of its labors has yet appear? ed. While the fusion campaign practi? cally closed last night a few meetings have been scheduled for Monday and Monday night. Senator Depew is down for a speech during: the day at a meeting to last from noon until 5 p. m. The Democratic campaign was car? ried on with vigor tonight, the party leaders having engaged five theatres, and from the stages of these the ora? tors cheered their supporters with words of coming victory. The Democrats intend to carry the work up to the last moment, and to day have not changed their forecast, which is that Mr. Shepard will re? ceive a majqritv in the greater citv of about 50,000." Robert C. Morris of the Republican county committee today repeated his assertion of Saturday that Mr. Low's majority would be 70,000 in Greater New York. Census Officer Issues Interesting Report. Washington, Nov. 1.-The census report on school, milita and voting ages for all States and territories shows the following summary for the country as a whole : Persons of school age, five to twentv years, 26,110,788 of whom 24,897,130 are native born, 22,490,211 are white and 13,086,160 are males: males of militia age 16,360,363, of whom 13, 132,280 are native born and 14,495,396 are white: and males of voting age 21,329,819, of whom 16,227,285 are na? tive born and .19,036,143 are white. Of the total number of males, 21 years of age and over, 2.326,295 are illiter? ate. Of the 16,227,285 native born males, 21 years and over, 1,706,293 are illiterate, and of the 5,102,534 foreign born, 620,002 are illiterate. Native white males of voting age who are of foreign parentage show a relative in? crease in their proportion since 1890, while the colored males of voting age have increased throughout the north? ern and western sections, with a few exceptions like California, where .there, has been large .decrease in . Chi? nese population. In many southern States, especially Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Louisi? ana, the colored element of yoting age shows a decreased proportion. For? eign white males of voting age show an increased proportion in all New Englanud except Vermont. There has been a relative decrease in all of the remaining States and territories except New Jersey. A little over 28 per cent, of the entire alien population of the country is illiterate. This is notably so in Louisiana, where they constitute nearly one-half cf the aliens. The statistics show that the average number of persons to each potential voter range from 3.1 to 3.5 in the north Atlantic Statse ; 3.4 to 33.6 in the north central States : 4 to 44. per? sons in the south central States; 3.3 to 4.7 in the south Atlantic States.: 2.4 to 4.1 in the western States, and 1.7 to 1.9 in Alaska and Hawaii. Something the Matter With Wu. Pekin, JV^ 2..-Yesterday the recall of Wu Ting .Tang, the Chinese minis? ter at Washington, was decided upon. He will be offered, it is announced a subordinate post in the foreign office beneath his abilities, which it is be- i j lieved he will not accept. Li Hung Chang's interpreter, j Tseng, adopted son of the Marquis j Tseng, is a prominent candidate for ? the Washington mission. He is 30 i vears of age and was educated in Eng ! "land. Change Te Yi has been appointed minister in London. He is 55 years of age and was formerly interpreter at j the Chinese legations in London and j Berlin. He is a progressive. Jumped on a Ten Penny Rail. The little daughter of Mr J N Powell jumped on an inverted rake made of ten ! penny nails,*and thrust one nail entirely through her foot and a second one half way through. Chamberlain's Pain Balm was promptly applied and five minutes later the pain had disappeared and no more suffering was experienced. In three days the cuild was wearing her shoe as usual and with absolutely no discomfort. Mr Powell is a well known merchant of Forkland, Va. Pain Balm is an antiseptic and heals such injuries without maturation and in one-third the time required by the usual treatment. For sale by Dr |J! China. JEREMIAH J. BRAMLEY EXCOMMUNICATED, He Defies Chancellor Barry. Chicago, Nov. 3.-There was an in? tensely dramatic scene in Sholyname chatedral today, when in the presence of fully 1,000 parishioners, Jeremiah J. Crowley, the excommunicated Koman Catholic priest, was publicly humiliated by order of the authorities of the church. Father Crowley had entered the church unobserved, passing up the centre aisle, and had taken a seat almost under the pulpit. Solemn high mass was being celebrated at the i time. When the presence of Father Crowley became known Rev. Francis J. Barry, chancellor of the arch dio? cese of Chicago, was hurriedly sent for. Upon entering the cathedral he went to the seat where the excommu? nicated clergyman was kneeling and ordered him to leave ^the church. Father Crowley refused to go, saying " put me out if you dare. " The strain was intense, and one woman in the congregation fainted. There was no resort to force, howev? er. Chancellor Barry signalled to a man in the choir and the sound of the organ ceased and the singing of the choir was hushed. The priests in the altar stopped the solemn service at the end of the "Gloria" and walked to the benches and laid aside their golden vestments. The altar boys marched out of the sanctuary through a side door, and the priests, clad in their cassocks, followed. The next moment the hundreds of incandescent lights in the arches were extinguished and the candle lights on the altar were put out. The strain was broken when Chan? cellor Barry appeared in the pulpit and said : "Owing to the presence in this sa? cred edifice of an excommunicated priest, the solemn high mass has been suspended. We will proceed with a low mass. ' ' No sermon was delivered, however, . and the mass was at an end before the congregation was calm again. The parishioners lingered around the ca? thedral and watched the deposed priest as he hurried away. None spoke, to him. In a statement issued tonight Father Crowley insisted that it had been his desire to avoid involving any of his brother priests in contesting the order depriving him of his privilege of worshipping in Catholic churches and that, accordingly, he had attended the church of Archbishop Feehan's own parish, which is the cathedral. He announced that he should continue to attend the services of the Roman. Catholic church. , Roundlap Bale. Under its new management the bus? iness of the American Cotton Compa? ny is being vigorously pushed. The Southern farmer is fast coming to see that his interests and those of the American Cotton Company lie in the same direction. Every unnecessary expense in marketing - cotton is that; much taken out of the farmer's pock? ets, and every dollar he saves by hav? ing his cotton put ?p in roundlap bales is that much added to his profits. The American Cotton Com? pany's interest lies in enabling the presses it builds to bale as much cot? ton as possible. In order to secure this result it is essentiall that cotton?, growers shall continue to find advan? tage in the use of these presses. There is no requirement that a single bale of cotton be sold to the American Cotton Company. Roundlap bales, with all of their advantages, can be bought in open competition by any responsible buyer and handled through to the mills, but whenever the ordi? nary cotton buyer declines to purchase roundlap bales on this basis the American Cotton Company . stands; ready to buy them. The farmer who hauls his seed cot? ton to a roundlap gin may retain as: complete control over it as if he took it to an old-style ginnery. He can sell his cotton with or without the seed, or he can have it custom ginned (sell? ing or keeping the seed) and hold his roundlap bales until he is ready to sell, witb the assurance that they are always salable at the full market value of roundlap cotton. The American Cotton Company makes liberal ad? vances on held roundlap bales.-Dis? patch. _ _ A Memorable and Sumptuous Expositions The Enquirer, The Commercial, Tribune ana other leading papers, both German and English, of Cincinnati, . are prolific in their praises of this new and most impressive of all specta? cles, which, at an expense that would seem fabulous, the enterprising mana? ger of the John Robinson's 10 Big Shows Combined produce this year in? connection with their myriad other attractions. There is no sense so vivid, so lasting and so conclusive as the sense of seeing, and however studiously we may search the .Scrip? tures or ether sacred history, the ideas that we may receive concerning: the patriarchs and sages, and the other scenes, incidents and events con? sequent to their time, can be but fractionary and imperfect. To have reproduced those personages and events and have placed sceneographic effect before you: to hear Solomonri re-utter his wise and prophetic words ; to see in person Sheba's illustrious Queen : and the pomp and circum? stance of her surroundings: to view the great Temple of Solomon, not by description, but by actual inspection r to witness personally the sumptuous and resplendent festivals of the great Solomon's court-these are the inesti? mable privileges which the John Robinson 10 Big Combined Shows accords its patrons in connection with the great circus, the menagerie, and the royal Roman hippodrome. The spectacle of Solomon, his Temple, and the Queen of Sheba, will be exhibited at Sumter Friday, November 8. London, Nov. 2.-It is announced in a dispatch to a news agency from St. Petersburvg that scores of fishing boats were wrecked and that 170 men were drowned during a recent storm of Lake Baikal. Have you ever seen a collection of Perry pictures? Call at H. G. Osteen &, Co's book store and inspect the . large and beautiful lot just opened. Oct. 30-4t C