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mm BAHBLERS WOBHiEQ. The Appeal to the Courts to Set tie the Corner in July Oats Without Precedent. Chicago, July 3L?Judge Chytras today modified the injunction issued yesterday restraining the Chicago board of trade and the board of trade operators James A. Patten, Carring ton, Patten & Co., and Bartlett, Fra zie r & Co., from conducting a corner in July standard oats, by restraining the defendants from asking the presi dent of the board of trade to endorse down margins deposited by the com plainants, Waite, Thornburn & Com pany, to secure 55,000 bushels of short sales. The court held session before the opening hour of the board of trade in order that a decision might be arriv ed at before business was begun. So important, however, did the court con sider the precedent of the case that the motion for a dissolution of the temporary injunction was not consid ered and the case will come up for further adjudication next week*. The effect of the action of the court is for the time being to protect the complainants against any alleged cor oner and is construed as working against the bull clique of operators on the board There was practically no effect on business in oats from the injunction. The assurance by Judge Cbytraus that ordinary business could be done by the "defendants and other members of the board of trade acted as a check against any early violent fluctuations* A notice wasjposted on change inter preting the court action as afdismissal of the injunction against th? board of trade, and stating that all business could proceed as usual, save in the matter of closing, out _deals. with Waits, Thorburn & Co. "The matter was considered held in abeyance. Speculators on the board wore all j inclined to comment unfavorably upon the appeal to the courts. The big bulls said if such a precedent was es tablished there would be nothing but. jshort selling. If prices went down de liveries would be made, but if the price went against the sellers there would be nothing to prevent them -defaulting.on their contracts. Appa rently intimidated by the possibilities of. having to answer to the court if fictitious prices were pumped into July oats all speculators allowed the manipulated July options in all grains to die with a flash in the pan. July oats were sold freely, bulls and many of the shorts covered 'bringing a clos ing price 1 cent up at 6? cents. The famous July corn deal ended in a slump of 3 cents and closed at 56 cents. July wheat was delivered free ly and prices slumped sharply, losing at one time 6 cents. The close was 5% cents down 69% cents. Other deliv eries were weaker but not .markedly -so. FOOD FOR REFLECTION. "We have lived in the South as long as we can on the bounties of na ture, and have reached the point at which w? must study science, iearn the arts, use our material resources and accumulate wealth, or else fall behind and go down." So says Presidente. Dabney, of the University of Ten nessee. This is a satement worthy of our most earnest consideration, says ;the Textile Excelsior. Who can say that the natural resources of the South do not surpass those of any other untry? What will w? do with them is the question. How long will our hundreds of turbulent streams dash on their course through the land, carry ing to waste a vast store of energy! When will our little hills and moun tains be made to give up their hidden treasures, and what of a more advanc ed manufacture of King Cotton? The South has done well, but must do more to endure. Yes> we have the favors of nature, but how useless they are without the knowledge and skill to accept them in the fullest mari ner, Geological Survey. A party working in the employ of .the rJ. S. Geological Survey is en camped in the woods to the rear of Mr. J. F. McMaster's. This party consists of Mr. Osar Jones, chief, and Messrs Newman and Aldrich, assist ants. They are completing the topo graphical survey commenced by the national government last winter, men tion of the former survey having been made at the time. This survey cov ers all the territory between 34 and 34}? degrees north latitude, and 81 and SIVo degrees west longitude. The map t s made up will sow the elevation of aE he towns and principal ? country jxnnts, aH the public and private roads, (the distinction between good and bad ones as made in other States not being used as all in this county rank high in the latter kind), all residences, postoffices, churches, streams, wooded lands, etc. Such a map is of incalculable benefit to the promoters of all railroad enterprises, etc.. Later a soil survey will be made, and it is hoped that this will prove of great commercial benefit to thia sec tion.?Winnsboro News and Herald. i.llllH 1 ? I ITI II The Hon. John Alexander Dowie, "Elijah II," of Zion City, Illinois, has made a new prohibition and taboo. He has commanded that no mules be brought into his domain. "Remove that barren monstrosity where the peo ple of God can not see it," be cries: "I will have no mules in Zion City." Only asses and jackasses are welcome that empire of the Second Elijah.? Tew York Sun. A Young Lady's Life Saved at Panama, Colombia, by Chamberlain's ^ Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Pr. Chas. H. Utter, a prominent physi cian, of Panama, Colombia, in a recent let ter staces : "Last March I had as a patient a young lady sixteen years of age, who had a very bad attack of dysentery. Everything I prescribed for her proved ineffectual and ehe was growing worse every hour. Her parents were sure she would die. She had become so weak that she could not turn over in bed. What to do at this critical moment was a study for me, I thought of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and as a last resort prescribed it. The most wonderful result w?is effected. Within eight hours she was feeling much better ; inside of three days she was upon her feet and at the end of one week was en tirely well." For sale by Dr. A. J, China. TBE CeTTOM BULES SAVE BEEN OH?KSEO. A Conference Between Railroads and Shippers Results in Three Marked Changes?Farm ers" Profit. An agreement has been entered into between the railroads and the South I eastern Cotton Bayers' Association I for the coming cotton season which 1 will mean a saving of at least $750,000 to the farmers of Georgia alone, and about the same amount to those of j Alabama* At a conference held in New York Thursday between the executive com mittees of the Southeastern Freight Association and the Southeastern Cot ton Buyers' Association it was agreed by the railroads to moderate their former compress payments, to abol ish almost entirely concentration charges for inland points and to allow shippers- to route cotton as they pleased. The cotton men are jubilant over the concessions made by the railroad company and from now on it is believ ed that harmony instead of friction will exist between the two associa tions. Some time ago the railroads notified the compress men that only six cents the hundred pounds would be paid for compressing cotton and no assurance was given about the concen tration charges which were amounting to from one to three cents the hun dred pounds and the cotton shippers were thinking that they would have to allow the railroads to ship their cotton as they desired. But at the conference the railroads agreed to pay six per cent the hun dred pounds for compressing cotton in Georgia, which cotton was to be ship ped to either North or South Carolina and that in Alabama the price to be paid for compressing should be seven and one-half cents the hundred pounds where the cotton- was to be shipped to either of the1 Carolinas. The railroads also agreed that where cotton was to be exported or shipped to the New England states they would pay seven and one-half cents the hundred pounds for such cotton compressed in Georgia and eight and one-half cents the hun dred for such cotton compressed in Alabama. Before the cotton to be shipped from Georgia was not to be compressed, that is where it had to go to the Carolinas* and only six cents was to have been paid when it was to be exported or shipped to New Eng land. The concentration charges which have heretofore been from one to three cents tbe hundred pounds will practi cally be abolished. \ The railroads also agreed to allow the shippers to route their own cot ton. Last year the railroads routed all of the cotton shipped. The roads reserved the right however, to route the cotton when the shippers had no preference. "The agreement is for the coming cotton season and will go into effect as soon as the first shipments are made. -? _* Rabbi Jacob Joseph. Chief Babbi Jacob Joseph, head of the orthodox Jews in the United States, whose funeral caused a riot in New York on Wednesday, was call ed to that city by eighteen of the largest orthodox synagogues in 1SS7, from Wilna, Russia, where he had ac quired renown as a preacher. His ar rival in New York was looked upon as one of the most important events in the history of orthodox Judaism in America. His sermons were attended by crowds of enthusiasts; he was named chief rabbi, and all the Jewish butcher shops, where meat was pre pared according to the laws of Moses and the Talmud, were placed under his supervision. The new rabbi was easily the profoundest Talmudic schol ar in America and this, added to his sincere piety and affectionate, gentle nature, endeared him to all those who clung to the older forms of the faith. Rabbi Joseph had not been in New York many months before he found himself confronted with conditions which disturbed his peace of mind and made him wonder whether he would ever feel at home in the turbulent American city. The same sermons that evoked admiration of the old peo ple in Wilna were criticised, even ridiculed. Some of the people left the synagogue in the midd|e of his ser mons. They had been two or three years in America. They had heard speakers, read newspapers; After he became a hopeless invalid there was nothing but sympathy and love for Rabbi Joseph. Hon. Tom Watson's beautiful and crisp bunch of $1,000 is still hanging invitingly before the eyes of- Candi dates Latimer and Evans of South Carolina, and all that either has to do is to prove that either Latimer or the late Dr. Stokes, and not Mr. Watson, is the originator of the rural free de livery system. So far neither Lati mer nor Evans has so much as whis pered "free delivery" since Watson hung up his money.?Savannah News. Chicago, July 30.? The ban of the courts has been placed on the corner in July oats. On the application of one of the firms heavily "short" in the July-option ; a temporary restrain ing order was granted today by Judge Cbytr?us in the superior court, pro hibiting James A. Patten and asso ciates from continuing a corner in new July oats: and from bidding up the price of the cereal or calling for fcther margins. This is the first time in the history of the Chicago board of trade that dealers who were short have resorted to the courts to assist them in a dilemma like the present and the iniunction came as a decided surpris*. A Oure for Cholera Infantum. "Last May," says Mrs. Curtis Baker, of Bookwalter. Ohio, "an infant child of our neighbor's was suffering from choiera iu faatum. The doctor had given uj> nil hopes ol recovery. I took a bottie of Chamber Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to the house, teilin? them I felt sure it would do good if used according to direc tions. In two days' time the child had fully recovered, and is now (nearly a ye?r since) a vigorous, healthy girl. I have 1 recommended this Remedy frequently and have never known it to fail in any single instance." For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Detective stories of all kinds at H. G. Osteen ? Co's book store. EARTHQUAKE IH GALIFOBNIi. Town of Los Alamos a Com plete Wreck. The Area of Disturbance is Smali, But the Shocks ars Terrific in Force. San Luis Obispo, Cala., July 31.? ? strip of country 15 miles long by four miles wide, rent with gaping fissures and dotted with hills and knolls that sprung up during the night as if by magic, a village in ruins and hundreds of people fleeing for their lives, are the results of last nights' seismic disturbance in the val ley of Los Alamos, in the northern part of Santa Barbara county. N During the last four days that sec tion of the country has been shaken by a series of earthbuakes that is not precedent in the history of tradition to the Pacific coast, and the continu ance of the disturbances and the in creasing severity of the shocks have so terrorized the inhabitants that they are leaving for other parts as rapidly as possible, and even now the village is almost entirely deserted. The disturbances began Sunday even ing with a shock which caused several thousand dollars damage to property in the village and the sugar country, being more severe and more disastrous in the vicinty of Western Union Oil company's oil wells on Carriaga ranch. The shock was followed by a number of disturbances less severe and less disastrous, continuing through the remainder of Sunday night and Monday. On Tuesday night, beginning at 11 o'clock, there was another series of seven shocks, all of which were light. In action these disturbances resembled the wayes in a pond of water. The most severe shock of the entire series occurred at 11.30 o'clock this morning. Hills were shaken and twisted to their foundations and the valleys trembled and rolled like the surface of the ocean. Great fissures were run deep in the earth ; hills and knolls appear- ' ed in level valleys, springs of water ap peared in places that had been dry and the general topography of the valley was greatly changed in many respects. The disturbance had no general direc tion, but was what is known as a "twister." It was preceded by a rumbling like that of distant thunder, which increased until the earth began to rise and twist and the hills began to tremble. With the first warning 3onnd of the approaching disaster the terror strick en people rushed into the streets and sought places of safety in vacant lots and roaas, while many fled toward the neighboring hills. The first vibra tions were similar to the preceding disturbance in direction and effect, but they were immediately followed by the most terrific shock ever experi enced in this section of the State. The earth trembled, rolled and twisted until it was impossible for people to stand erect, and terror stricken inhabitants crouched togeth er in the darkness fearful that the earth beneath them might open and swallow them. The terror inspired by the rumbling and trembling of the earth was increased by the sound of falling buildings which gave some idea of the terrible destruction that was being wrought. When the most seri ous shocks had passed and the, rumb ling sounds had died away the people gathered in groups about the ruins of their homes and places of business and when they saw the extent of. the damage many . of them, fearful of a repetition of this experience, immediately started on foot or by any conveyance that could be had for places where the pre vious shocks had been less severe. In the darkness of the night it was impossible to determine the full ex tent of damage wrought, but with the dawn of day the stricken village had the appearance of the ruins of a city long deserted. A church had been lowered to the ground and not one brick of the building was left stand ing. Chimneys toppled over, frame buildings had been wrenched apart and thrown from their, foundations telegraph and telephone wires had been broken and there was not a build ing in town that had not been dam aged more or less seriously. In store buildings that were totally destroyed the merchandise was thrown from shelves and everything breakable was destroyed ; not a pane o? glass was left in any window in town and in those frame cottages and dwellings that were left standing stoves were over turned and crockery and glassware were destroyed. A conservative estimate of the loss to property in the village is $30,000 and this amount probably will greatly be increased by the damage in the sur rounding country. The extent of the most severe portion of the disturbance is 11 miles long by four miles wide, but'the shock was felt throughout Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. At the Western Union oil wells on the Carriaga ranch, two tanks were wrecked and much other damage done. The disturbances continued through out the day at intervals of two hours but none of the shocks was severe. The people have deserted the village, every conveyance bad been taken and the passenger and freight trains that have left here since the severe shock of last night have been loaded with people fleeing for safty. Since the first disturbance on Sunday night there have been more than 70 distinct shocks and those who have been keep ing records have now given up, as ?he disturbances have become almost con tinuous. Henrj L. Shattuck, of Shellsburg, Iowa, was cured of a stomach trouble with which he had been afflicted for years, by four boxes of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. He previously tried many other remedies and a number of physicians with out relief. For sale by Dr. A. J. China. Bingharnpton, N. Y., July 30.?The band wagon which was conveying the Ilion baseball team to Suburban park today was struck at the Broad street crossing in Lestershire by Erie train No. 2 and the driver instantly killed and six others injured, one seriously. Both horses were instantly killed. The old line insurance companies in tbe southeastern tariff association have combined to fight the Greensboro, N. C. companies because they would not advance their rates. EARTHQUAKE EXAGGERATED. Stories Sent Out From Califor nia Highly Colored. San Francisco, Aug. 1.?A repre sentative of the Associated Press, who was sent from here to Los Alamos, wires that the stories sent from there about the recent earthquakes have been greatly exaggerated. He reports that, while there have been mimerons earthquakes since last Sunday, the damage has been comparatively slight and the people have been needlessy alarmed. John H. Con way, who has made a life study of the geology of the coun try, believes that the disturbances in no way are due to volcanic Sictivity, but occasioned by local conditions. His theory is that the earthquakes are occasioned by subsidence caused by the action of the subterranean gases and oils in which the region is known to abound. It has been known for years that gas was being generated beneath the earth's surface in the vicinity of Los Alamos. The best physic?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Easy to take. Pleasant in effect. For sale by Dr. A. J. China^ The Travesty Upon a Solution. The quarterly report of the legisla tive committee appointed to examine the books and report upon the finan cial condition of the State dispensary has been madejpublic in the last few days. It contains much food for thought in these days when the flippant decla ration that ' ' the dispensary is the best solution of the liquor problem" ?has become the slogan of a campaign ?in South Carolina, in which all are agreed to sustain the present domi nating influence of an institution that is hourly sapping the temperance sen timent in the State and making it all the harder to inculcate correct doc trines in the generations to come upon the liquor traffic. The dispensary is undermining this sentiment and up rooting these doctrines under the plea that the State must control the traffic for the benefit of the public schools. A greater farce was never enacted, and a greater cheat and delusion was never practiced upon any people. The quarterly report contains state ments of the assets and liabilities, profit and loss, receipts, disbursements and cash on hand. These items are clearly stated and aptly arranged, so that he who runs may read, but the trouble is that so many are rt.nning after the dispensary and its supposed influence that they do not take the time to read and examine the figures. To begin with, the report shows that the net profit for the quarter, which has been placed to the credit of the school fund, is the beggarly sum of $15,?>12.47, and further that the dis pensary is now owing the school fund the munificent sum of $607,810.57. The indebtedness is admitted, and yet the payment fcr the quarter is a little more than 2*4 per cent, upon the debt, or about 10 per cent, interest for the year. "What has become of the money due to the schools? The report shows that the dispensary has on hand in Co lumbia and at the various county depositories for liquor an amount of stock said to be worth $608,421.50, al most identical with the sum due to the school fund. The situation is sim ply that the alleged sum due the schools is being used as operative capi tal to carry on the business, ami the people are placated with the idea, that the dispensary is giving substantial aid to the school system, when the fact is that this overdue fund ?3 only on paper and cannot be collected with out the dispensary goes out of busi ness. There are no other available as sets with which to liquidate the in debtedness, and the concern won Id be insolvent if the debt was paid. Other liabilities are set down in the report at $168,699.61, against which there is cash on hand $53,887.08, which leaves a deficit in debt-paying assets of $115,811.53. Such a showing by company or corporation would demand the appointment of a receiver to mar shal the assets and pay. the debts, and that is what the people of South Caro lina will some day require of the dis pensary. Aside from the promotion of libuor drinking as a social evil, the State is evidently engaged in an un profitable business venture, and the sooner it retiresffrom the occupation of liquor selling the quicker will it recover from the damage being done to its reputation and sound judgment. Another feature that is discreditable from a business point of view is; the expense account. Excluding labor, salaries, per diem and mileage, print ing, postage, &c., the expenses for tbe quarter reached $60,000 out of a business whose total receipts were $445,510.62. The other items of ex pense, including constabulary amount to $26.588.74 or a total expenditure of $86,588.74 for che quarter. Nearly twenty per cent, of the gross receipts are consumed in operating the plant, and it is no wonder that the net profits are so insignificant in comparison with other lines of business. The con cern is loaded down with curent ex penses from which there is no relief. The public is kept in ignorance of many features of the business, and while we are crying out for publicity with reference to trusts and mono polies, as a remedy for admitted evils in great combinations of capital, the State is fostering an institution that does not give out any information as to prices, grades, quality of goods, and the firms with which it is dealing. A self-perpetnating and secret mono poly hiding behind the phrase, "The dispensary is the best solution o:: the liquor problem.?Greenville Moun taineer. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. li;? 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