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Mew Orleans, March 18?As * rs>
ssjM mi a hear) whsd an* rnfrj storm
whnoh hss raged In psrsjsos of Lovisl
ana, Msotowspi and Alaesms during
tUo beat M howra mnoh property has
hsjuss lasfrsyod, many persons have
boon lajttftd and at host one
kmseL
ht'sn rsported from
pailsh, LotitVana. and
Davis conntr. Mississippi,
?oh damage has hosn dons In
Uhf srslghhorhood of Flo ma ton, Ala
sstnsa. hy hoary rain*. Washout*
Shsssf the Has of the Leu'rville *
Khrhvtrc ralh^ad nor'.h of Mobil?
hare *?i lonsly delayed i rathe. All
and telephone wires In the
rial tod e> th> strrm have
acwetrated srd f stalls regarding
denn art In many In
?ach In t
first hi the fielt, thus making
It she harbinger cf the baseball sea
egRk It can be said without quallfi
eatffttu that. excellent as all of the
of the Reach Quid? have
? 1*00001 year*, the 1901 Reach
Is the best hand book of the
sjraod by this or any other
The ?portal distinction of
19*1 Oulds la. next to the test, the
quality of paper used and
nor and beauty of the en
fsrnlohed. ths world's c ha in?
serted b?dng ypeMaliy well
with splendid action *K.turcn.
* ' Guide for 1901
h) In all respects a first class hand
of the national game and a de
credit to the American League
ssst sn the publishers, the Reach
This to the aoveoth annual
of thd Reach Ouide as Die offi?
cial hand book of the American
fcsosxje. and the twenty-sixth consec?
utive year of Its publlcantlcn as a
book sf record and reference for thu
satire boos ball world*
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S UK MIKDIRKO MIS MOTHKR
SAt
afaa Cesiiensfa to n Moet
Slihrnlog Crime.
Fort Wayne. Ind., March 21?Qro
\m4 0 Blake und Orsal Reynolds, of
Anderson. Ird, were arrosUd to-day
on the charge of murdering Blake'?
mother yosterday at Andsrson. Blak*
mads a cor fewslr* after hi* arrest,
rmnltontlng Rsynolds. He said he
had been drinking wl?h Rt>nol6s and
and they both needed money. He
went home ?n<i entered, the kitchen
where his mother was cooking dinner,
according to the confession. Reynold*
standing guard outslle. Blake ssys
his mother accused him of drinking
and he wsnt Into an-.tli r room and
got a hammer. He returned, noise?
lessly, stole up behind hei and ?Iruck
ner on ths back of the head, she ft i.
Insensible. Slake ssys ho then open?
ed her d rrss *nd grubh*)1 s I Kg. fit
enod artund her .neck which contain?
ed money and jewelery.
While he w*? upv i'r? changing hi*
?clothes, Baske heard a rcnam. He
returned to the Rtthoen ni:d found
Reynold* standing owr hi- m>ther's
body, hsmrm r In hand. He says Rey?
nolds admits having struck her wh-n
she nvved. The two yung men then
came to Fort Wayne. t|K?nt the night
In carousing and wem ai tester ju?t
as they were about Is loard a tfajsj
for Michigan. Blake sav* he took
I ISO In money snd some dlum > >i
rings from his mother.
He rejects happiness who refu
all sacrifice.
tonte
?tied April, IMO.
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1M7 CITTON CROP.
CENSUS REORT ISSUED BY DE
PARTMENT . OP AGRICUL?
TURE.
A Toc? of 17.477 Glnnorle? Were In
Operation Dtuinjr the Year?Fig?
ures by States South Carolina's
Yield Wii 1,17\875 Bales.
Washington. March 20.?TT.? cen
eu* report issued today Shows that
the ontton crop grown In 1907 ag?
gregated ll.2gl.16S bales counting
round as half bales an* including lint -
|fers, and showed a total of 27.577 act?
ive ginneries for Id 07. This is
against 13.S05.265 bales in 1906. and
10.725.602 in 1965 The statistics in
elude 127.646 bales returned as
remaining to he ginned alter the
time of the Mar:h canvass. The to.
tal number of running biles as giv?
en Is equivalent to 11.302 8T2 of 500
pounds each.
The average grtss weight of the
'.Ale* for 1907 la 501.8 pound*. The
Item for the crop of 1907 are 10.798, ?
596 square bales, 196,149 round bules;
66,796 sea Island bales; Unters, 276.
600 bales.
The number of running rales by
States follows:
Alabama 1.126.',28. Arkansas 760.
168. Florida 67.616, Oeorgla 1 191,
900. Kansas 84, Kentucky 4,200. Lou?
isiana 676.888, Mississippi 1.444,107.
Missouri 86,997. Now Mexico 447,
North Carolina 648.517. Okla?
homa 864.106, South Carolina
l.l*,5,m. Tennessee 274,536,
Texas 8.871.784, Virginia 9,4*6, Ken?
tuckys total Includes Unters of es?
tablishments In Illinois and Virginia.
The Unters included 276,SCO bales for
if07. 228.064 for 1906 and 280.497
for 1905. Round bales are 1)8,C49
for 1907. 868.819 for 1906 and 198V
886 for 1906. 8? Island bales arc
86 493 for 1907. 6 7,540 for 1906, 112,
639 for 1906.
Average gross weight of the bales
for 1907, Including Unters as gl /en. is
against 610.9 for 1906; that of tho
round bales Is 946.1 pounds for 1907,
compared with 848.1 for 190?, and|
the sea Island 891.6 pounds for 1907,
compared with 887.8 for 1906.
PUTTING UP A KICK.
ButliMftt Men Don't Want Ort?ngebu\*;r.
to he Out of State I .ensue?Prom?
inent Citizen Talkt?Tllinks That
If the Proposition Is Put Before ttv;
Business Men They Will Come to
rtnv>.
Much astonishment was txpressod
when It was announced several day*
since that Orangeburg would proba?
bly not have a toam In the South Car?
olina Paso ball league. One prominent
buslnoss man said that while he was
not a b+seball crank, yet he liked tu
see a good game of ball; but especial?
ly did he like the advertising feature
of the matter. He said seeing the
name of a town in the newspapers
every day did an untold amount of
good; besides It bespoke enterprise.
We tv*ar tadked, he ssld, that our
directors lost abou: one hundred dollarl
each, laut oeafon; but was surprised
that th ?y should throw up the sponge
and beat a hasty retreat without even
giving :he business men of the city
a chance to say what they would
do.
This gentleman said holding meet?
ings and the Uke did not appeal lo the
soli led business men of the c ity, who
had no time to give to such matters;
but if the directors would figure out
what thty wanted and put up to the
business men without crnr r.'ng over
last year's misfortunes, wc would have
a ball t.?m In th? fl*ld.
The franchise Is already up; the
Idea then Is to make a eorrervatlw
estimate of the probable cost cf the
team above receipts and call up< n the
business men for It.
The board of directors could bi
made larger and thus the danger of
lost shared by many.
Another mutter. 25 cents :d mission
for adults and 10 cents for children
would bring as much or more money
than ist raised by higher admission.
Th? n f vj would have Ihe benefit of
larg* crowd* which would add geSl 60
th? occiHion. and In *.he tnd lei.d to
Urged crowds
Again, the hacks ihould be re?
quired ro carry pass-ngers to the
ground < for ten cents; or tlso they
shr.uld be denied admission to the
ground? and blacklisted People are
not going to pay 50 c.?nt* had: hire
.ind 25 or 35 cents admission.
)>ut In gage we cannot go ?n by
ag#a9tSOfl v. hy nor divide With Cam
len? L?t the twr t iwns put 8 team
In Jointly and dl\ide it between the
two. This would probably make us
pennant winner*. It Is time to do,
not to talk ?Orangeburg News.
\A Fear not?Let all the ends Thou A In
ER. 8. 0.. WEDNES]
SENATOR THURM ILL.
HE HAS BEEN QUITE SICK FOR
SEVERAL DAYS.
His Physicians Do Not Fear Anything
Immediately Serious From the
* Present Attack.
Columbia, March 21.?It was re
portd frcm Trenton, S. C, yesterday
that Sonator B. R. Tillman is quite
sick. It Is saldjhat he is not In an
alarmng condition; but that he will
not bo able to return to his duties for
some time. Dr. J. W. Babcock, su?
perintendent of the State Hospital for
the Insane, who went down to Tren?
ton to aee Senator Tillman, came back
last night and gave cut the following
statemanti,
"Senator Tillman was taken seri?
ously 111 Thursday night. He spoke
Monday In Washington and after two
days?at Clemson college he went to
his home at Trenton, complaining of
the heat That night he had an at?
tack, evidently due to hard work, and
the unusual heat, which produced
nervous trouble similar to that from
which he suffered three years ago
When ho consulted eminent specialists
in Philadelphia, who found no signs
of organic disease. After a short
rest t*ta senator was soon at his post
again.
In the, present attack the old
[symptomsJet ntimbnesj and tingling
of the 'eft side have returned, but
?h??p are lessening In the last 24
hours His "physic lans, Drs. Hunter
and Babcock, are agreed that there
are now no Indications of organic
trouble, and are hopeful that after a|
few days' rest the senator may be well
enough to return to his duties in
Washington."
Tillman Is Better.
Trenton, March 22.?Senator ^Till?
man lo reported to be better tonight.
His physician, Dr. T. J. Hunter, when
seen tonight, said that his patient was
doing vtry well. He said that the
cenator had passed a good night and
had rested well during the day. Ho
had also been able to retain his nour?
ishment. On the whole his condition
Is very satisfactory. Dr. Hunter
states that he expects that the sena?
tor will be able to be out again in a
few days
Till me ii Th Mr Spokesman.
The ?Mlestlal harmony which pre
va'.'s in Washington was illustrated In
a highly edifying way wheu Senator
Tillman thundered last In the senate
against the national administration.
Of tho 60 Republican senators, only
one dof *r.ded the administration from
the on^aughts o: the Scuih Caroli?
nian. The ethers paid close attention
to Mr. Tillman, but manifested no re?
sentment at his atti 'ks upon th-;
president. If the South Carolinian
ha<\ beer, the spokesman of the ma?
jority the attitude could scarcely
have been less tolerant, not to say less
approving. Mr. Tillman has the cour?
age to say what, it is intimated, Re?
publican senators would like to say,
but. for obvious reasons,, fear to say.'
The harmony existing between thv
South Carolina Democrat and the Re?
publican senators Is one of the most
extraordinary developments in the
last year of the present administra?
tion.?Baltimore Sun.
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FRUIT CROP UNINJURED.
Welcome N<ws Given Out by Director
Bauer.
Columbia, March 23.?Notwith?
standing the fact that snow fell in
North Carolina to a depth of more
than two Inches, and to a smaller
depth In several South Carolina towns,
the lowest temperature recorded in
Columbia during the cold snap which
descended upon the South Friday of
last week waa 33. There was a slight
frost here two mornings but nowhere
were there signs of ice.
In Atlanta the thertnometer regis?
tered below the freezing point and in
Raleigh, N. C, the lowest recorded
was ?.* degrees on Saturday. While
many overcoats were seen on tho
streets Saturday and a few yesterday,
at no time were they a necessity and
it may be said that Columbia escaped
the cold wave as compared with sur?
rounding eitle? and towns.
Mr. J. W. Bauer, director of the
Columbia weather bureau, stated last
night that no real damage had been
done fruit in this BSOtlOR as a result
of this cold spell. He is, of the opin?
ion that evtry little vegetation of any
kind III the Immediate vicinity of Co?
lumbia suffered at all, but where the
froCSJnf point he considers that rather
than being injured the fruit was bene?
fit id.
The most wasteful thing in this
world is s? Wish economy.
is" t at be thy Country'3, Thy < Jod's an
DAY. MARCH 25. 19
COLUMBIA MIN SUICIDES.
ATHOL H. MILLER TAKES POISON
AND THEN STARS HIMSELF.
Wan Staying nt Ihe lllllsboro Hotel
in Tannw, Fla.?Will be f'.r<night
llfMIIC.
Tampa. Fla. March 2b.? Athol H.
Miller, o representative '.he F. S.
I; oyster Guano company, .\oifolk, Va..
committed suicide ut tho Hillsboro
h.ttef, this city, early this morning,
tuUing about 100 grain* i?f morphine
and later stabbing himself three
limes near the heart with a six-inch
pearl-handled knife.
kWhen the discovery was made
this morning Miller ws still living, dy?
ing at 11.25. Two physicians worked
vainly to save his life.
Miller left two letters, one to his
wife at Carr.den,' S. C, his home, and
another to J. E. Black of the Prairie
Pebble Phosphate company at Mul?
berry. Fla. In the letter to his wife
Miller stated that he had no cause
for the suicide, but felt an uncon?
trollable Impulse which he could not
conquer.
The letter to Black related to busi?
ness matters.
Mlli?>r had been here two weeks
stopping at the Tampa Bay hoted un?
til yesterday.
Before coming to Tampa he spent
three weeks at the Prairie Pebble
Phosphate plant In the Interest of his
employers.
. Tho body is at the local undertak?
er's awaiting instruct lens from hi)
wife..
h% mlly and Friends Shocked.
Camd? n, March 20.?The news of
the de ith or Mr. Athol Miller was a
greet shock to the members of his
family and his friends here. Where he
was well known and very popular.
Mr. Miller man led Miss Margaret
Carrlson, a daughter of Mayor H. G.
Carrlson, In April 1901. Besides his
widow, who is residing here, he
leaves one son, about three y? ars old.
Arrangements have been made to
have the body mnt home, but it is
not yet known whether It will be
brought here or taken to Cilumbla for
interment.?The State.
WILL NOT RUN FOR SENATE.
Col Dargan Announces His Retire
ment from the Race.
__
From N?ws and Courier, March 19.
The News and Courier * received
last night the following card from
Col. John J. Dargan:
To the Editor of the News and Cou?
rier: I once believed I could do some
effective educational work by entering
the campa'gn for the United States
Senate; but I find the labor of build?
ing up a rural school grov? s apace and
now has reached the point where it
excludes the possibility of any goo<t
service in a political Aild. So hoping
for the election of some man to the
Senate who will be an ardent and
able advocate for the cause of Inter?
national federation and permanent
peace between all nations, and a de?
voted student of South Carolina
history bent on brlaging about a
prcper recognition by the nation of
the services rendered our common
country by men like John Laurcns
and Christopher Gadsden, glorlius pa?
triots, whose fame Is uow shamefully
neglected. I ask that my name bo
stricken from the list of Senatorial
candidates.
John J. Dargan.
Stateburg, S. C, March IS.
TORNADO AT PINEWOOD.
Several Small Building-* Flown Down
?No One Injured.
Flnewcod, March 23.?A small tor?
nado struck this town ?ast evening at
8.30 o'clock, coming from the south?
west. Several small buildings were
blown down and unroofed. A colored
Woman and several children were In
a small building when a severe blow
struck \he house and carried every?
thing a.vay except ths floor. No or.e
hurt
DISASTER IN JAlWNKSt; WATERS
ship nivl Bootes < f Ps**n>jrers sunk
In Collision.
Tokio, March 2 1 ?The Matsu Maru,
nn 800-ton ooast'lig steamer belong*
lug to the Yusen Kaisha line, was
sui.k In collision with the H?eyosh
Muru,. 696 tons, et 2.30 this morn?
ing, two miles ?ff Todhokke, near
Hakokale. The captain of the Mut u
Miaru, a majority of her 244 passen?
gers an l 44 of hei crew perished.
The Hldeyoshl Mum and another
steamer rescued the survlvcrs.
id Truth's."
THE TRUJ
08.
New Series
politics me paramount.
ROOSEVELT PROGRAMME IV
CLUDES EXTRA SESSION OF
CONGRESS.
Talk or Tariff Revision?Oilier Con.
cessions Will be Recommended
Adroit Move on the Tart of the Re?
publicans to Convince the Voters
For Another Lease of Oil Hal Life.
Washington, March 21. ? President
Roosevelt has determined mi a legis?
lative programme the enactment of
which will be urged upon congress
in a special message which he said
toc*ay will go In next week. Each of
the measures to te proposed involve*
perplexing difficulties and each will
have far reaching effect on the busi?
ness and economic condit'eas of the
counnry. The programme is the
pr duct of important conferences
through which the president has
been put in possession jf the vidws of
all Interests concerned. Likewise the
attitude of the lea iers in both
branches of congress has been made
knewn. The programme includes:
A declaration in favor of a revision
of ihc tariff in a special session to be
held afUr March 4, 19(19.
An amend-nent to the Sherman an
fi-rrust law so as to make important
concessions to the combinations of
b?>th labor and capital.
Limiting the power.} of certain
courts la the use of tho Injunction In
labor disputes.
Passing of an employer*.' liability
hill.
Passage cf the Aldrich financial
bill
The sipport of the business and
financial interests of the Middle West
was pledged to the president on thl*
programme following an extended
corfcrence held at the White House
last night. A most satisfactory con
fertneo was held at the president's of?
fices today with leaders of the two
houses of congress. Tne details of
last night's conferences were purpose?
ly withheld pending the morning con?
ference. At the conclusion cl the tat?
ter a statement was made public by
Secretary Loeb.
KILLS HERSELF AND RARES.
Woman Turns on Gas and
Cbgtptng a Crucifix.
Dies
Fall River , Mass.,March 22.?With
a crucifix clanped in her right hand
and with a rosary hanging from her
arm, Mrs. Flardia Terlen, aged 25
years and her 4-year old daughter,
Mary, and two-month-old boy, Joseph,
were found dead in the kitchen of
their home early to-day "Toy the wo?
man's husband, Joseph Terien. The
coroner eaid after an examination,
that the woman had killed herself and
the two children with illuminating
gas. Two gas jets and the cocks of
the gas stove lr^ the room were turned
on.
According to Mr. Tarien, he and his
wlte, with the children passed last
evening with friends, returning homo
at 1 o clock this morning He went
to ted ImmediatelN; t iking with him
their daughter, Mary and leaving his
wifo and the little boy in the kitchen.
Tarien sa'.d he was awakened this
morning by a choking sensation and
detected the odor of gas. His daught?
er, Mary, was not at his side. Going
to the kitchen he found his wife In a
chair, clasping a crucifix, while the
chll Iren were wraped in blankets ly?
ing at her feet. All three were dead.
Mrs. Tarien has been in good
health, but li is thoug.it that family
cat cs had u? balanced her mind.
CHINESE ARE INDIGNANT.
Monster Meetings Hel.l In Canton
Boycott Declared Against Japanese
Goods by Resolution.
Canton, March 22.?The greatest
Inc.'gnation prevails here against the
government for yielding to the Japa?
nese lemands in the Tatsu ''ase, it
being considered that the government's
act'on in this matter has brought di.?
groce upon this province. The #elf
govornment society of Canton organ?
ized several monsto-r Indignation meet?
ings, at which res >lut? ms were adopt?
ed that the anniversary of the reles *
of the Tatsu be observed as a day of
put lie inoumlrg. The i* )s>lutlons also
dtclarsd a boycott egit***t Japanese
gooda
Among the Fpeakers was a 12-year
old bo..* whose d'tclsmntion sgalnst
the Japanese caused the greatest en
thutlasm. A great number among
these w no had issembled thereupon
dlveste*! Ihemrclv*? of Japanese made
garmonl ?<, including cans at d hand?
kerchiefs, and made a huge bonnro
of thorn. One deal r In Japanese
gmds offeied to sacrinoe his entire
stock.
E SOUTHRON, Established Jane, ISM
-Vol. XXVII. \o 34
ANOTHER SENATOR DIES.
WILLIAM JAMES BAY AX PASSES
AWAY.
Young ?st Member of Sonate?Ife 1*
Seventh Member Upper House Has.
lx>st by Death Since M; reh 4, 1907.
Washington, Btarch 22 ?United
State Senator William James Bryan
of Florida died at Providence hospital
at S.30 o'clock this morning of typhoid
fever. It was only 73 days since he
| took his seat as the successor of the
! late Senator Stephen R. MaHcry, who
Idled Deo. 23, and 33 days of that tlmo
weie spent In hi* fight agaii.st dis?
ease. Several times during Mr. Bry?
an's lllruss his friends despaired of
his recovery, but as late, as last
night the rerort was given out that
his condition had taker, a turn for
the better. His death today, there?
fore, came as a surprise and .a distinct
shock. S
In physique Mr Bryxn was unfitted
to withstand a protracted ftver. He
was slight cf build .aid of nervous
temperament. He came to Washing?
ton early ir January fom the warn?
climate of Florida anJ from the day
of his arrival was far from well. Fi?
nally he was'compelled to give up
and was taken to Providence hospit?
al. During the last few days of his
illness he was attend el by ?p? ? ialists
from Johns Hopkins university hos?
pital, Baltimore.
In Mr. Bryan the senate loses tho
seventh member by death since tho
adjournment of the Fifty-ointh con?
gress on March 4. a yearns go. They
were the two late senators from Ala?
bama, Mr. Morgan and Mi. Pettus;
Mr. Maiiory of Florida Mr. Latimer
of South Carolina, Mr. Proctor of Ver?
mont, Mr. Wythe of Maryland and MrN
Bryan. Curiously tho last two were*
the oldest and the youngest members
of the body. Mr. Wythe was H4 years
old and Mr. Biyan less than 5-2.
TOBACCO FARMERS TERRORIZED
Many of Then Are Leaving Kentucky
?Conditions Getting Worse.
Lexington, Ky., March 22 ?Because
of warning letters and visits from
night riders many farmers in nearly
all of the *2 counties in the white
burly tobacco region are destroying:
their tobacco beds, and at the present
time fewer than one-third ol the nor?
mal number have been started. In
many counties huge signs have been
erected on buildings and in high",
places nearby declaring the Intention \
of the farmer not to raise a crop this;
season. Realizing the difficulty of
making a living for their families its
case the decision to raise no tobacco
is adhered to many tenant farmers arc i
prcparng to move to other States,, (
while many farm owners have placed-*
their property on the market with the f
avowed purpose of leaving Kentucky. -
The murder of Farmer Hedges,, in
Nicholas county, yesterday, and the
raids In Woodford and other counties
last week have Increased the alarm.
In announcing their determination to
go elsewhere the tenants declare that
it will be impossible to subsist from
the proceeds of crops Df hen.p, wheat
and corn.
In the neighborhood of Mount
Sterling many farmers have received
threatening letters With whk-h were
matches, powder and poison, and
armed guards have been placed at
threatened rolnts. Conditions through?
out the Statt arc declared to be worse
now than at any time sine*- tne to?
bacco war bt gan.
PROGRESSIVE LYNCHBURG.
A Growing Town Organises a Cham?
ber of Conimeree.
Lynchburg. March It.?Pursuant to
notice, the citizens of this town as?
sembled in the K. of P. hall Thursday
evening last for the purpose of or- .
ganizing a body to be known as the
Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce, to
promote and further the interests of
tliis town and infuse new life In the
growth of the town. Wc need enter?
prise t<? Stimulate and awaken us
from our Rip Van Winkle sleep, and
Ulli move will no doubt have a whole
some effect, especially so. judging
from the interest manifested the other
night. The meeting was large and
enthusiastic, resulting in tho election,
of T. x. Gnfttn as president; Walton
J. M?Leod. vice president; board of
directors: O. w. Frlotsen. J. A.
Thomas, J. A. Hlckwxn, J. T McNeil.
D. P. Dennis, J. W. Phillips. G. W.
St<?!<es and B. E. Timmons, secretary
and troasnrer for board of directors.
The man who Ha* the courage to
tell the truth mwially him the bravery
ti defend it