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CtBfolidated Alf. 2,1881 r MttrtMi Every Wfxtae?tay, ?BT? KTtM PWUtNim COMPANY SUMTBR. U. a advance. i Insertion.tl.Oi t Insertion.60 for three months, or l made At reduced rates, untoattons which eub lateeeets will be charged O ON THE KLIXTIOX. ti Free to Two la Wall Street. f Odds la the election betting In Wall Hoot went from S to 1 on Taft yester? day fa ? to S and I to 1. In the face of the order prohibttilng any open bet - made ander ooeei*. Chaster money, which, aa waa told a) tan Herald Sunday, haa been flnd lUg Ma war Into the at root In large found takers In moderate sums at even money. The stamp in the odds on Taff, that ruled at 5 to l since any election msaay at all waa brought into night, emjlaalsd to the part President Ii playing In the campaign, It oeaag argued In the financial dis? trict that he Will Injure the Taft pros? pects ay the course he la pursuing. la addition to this, the reports from Wuirawnstsaa States given out by ATraalt sf. Hitchcock yesterday were araot iahen as promising. Considerably sac a ay Is being posted on the of the State light than on the One of the largest tots made since the opening of the Stats campaign was reported mot night at the Wal ILrf-Aetoeia. A. B. Hudson, said to have aeon anting fog John W. Ostes. wagJHig^ W.aot with Richard H. (MOad"> Dogsjett that Chanlsr would ho eleetsd. Mr. Doggott betting $10. 000 that Hughes would have a second w H was estimated that In the last row days. In ths brokerage offices in and near ths WaUiorf-Astoria, more than llOO.ooo haw bean wagered \l odds of six to flvs In favor of Chanler. e-?et. T. Herald. Sept. St. AVIATOR GIVE* HIS VIEWS Chanute Hays Three Men ukl be tarried In Machine*. low Tora. Oct. 1.?Octave Cha the avaitor, has returned to New from Washington and Is making ?rnsnts for the contests to be .Morris Park for prises offered Mr. Chsnuts was a close ob the flights made at by Orvllle Wright and When the deplorable accident lammed to ths Wright ma ehcas. "la the seamgutic world the sc cldent has alroW been forgotten in sofar as It exerfLjiy detrimental in ftasnco upon th mogrena of the sci enoe." said Mr. 't^ute "Such un accident would nflOva^ppen |n jUHt that manner once In %flte tjme. The principles of aviation are In no wlae affected and the only sfoxt of It will hO to make for greater tar?- In the meOhanlsm and construct^ Qf tnt. machlns." Mr. Chanute said that h% believed iful aeroplane of the future should be one capable of hot?og at Wast three paseengsrs. "For anas or aaval purposes,'' hs said, "It wo%j.i seem that three men are Indispensable ?one to operate the machine, one to make observations and one to com munloate Important Information. Thla would be done by means of flagging or wireloes telegraphy. Of course, an aeroplane could hardly receive wir?? lees messages, but I think message* might readily be sent from one and the outfit would not add much to the weight of the machine." the COTTON PIRK AT KKKHII \\V About IM Bale* of Cotton iuull> imanagtHl?HulMUw AN? HunVr*. stershaw. Oct. 4.?At 4 o'clock thla morning ono of ths cotton warehouses it this place was discovered to be on fire and before the fire company could get control of the flames about 160 bales of cotton was badly damaged, as was also the building. The bulk of ths cotton damaged, as well ss the building, was the property of the Ker shaw Mercantile A Banking com pany. The origin of ths fire Is not known. hod April, IM*. ?Be Just as SUMl TIFT MM ME m OPPOSES PRE-ELECTION RE? PORTS ON CAMPAIGN FUNDS. Upholds HooaevcltH Stand?Relieves That People Slwr.ilcl be Told ot Contributions After Election Is Over. Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 30.?Accepting the challenge of William J. Bryan right In the home city of the Nebras kan, William H. Taft tonight not only endorsed President Roosevelt's posi? tion on the question of the publicity of campaign contributions, but de? fended it with arguments to estab? lish that position as sound from the standpoint of the public good and to ?how that the position was one sim? ply for preelection effect. Mr. Taft made 11 speeches In Ne? braska today before reaching Lincoln, and five speeches In Lincoln to? night. Excursion trains came to Lin? coln from many places and the city was alive with bands and marching clubs. The main meeting tonight was held at the Auditorium. It was here that the candidate paid his respects to Mr. Bryan regarding campaign contribu? tions. When the Taft special reached Lin? coln at 4 o'clock, the candidate was switched out to Havelock to the re? pair shops of the Burlington system, and there he delivered his address on labor. He wss brought back to Lincoln und escorted to the State university, a here he gave a short talk. A concert and general jubilation on the capltol grounds were the next features, snd then the candidate was Aken to the Auditorium, where Mr. raft made one of his characteristic Alks to ths women. Mr. Taft had intended In the big meeting tonight at the Auditorium to reply to the challenge from Mr. Bryan mneernlng campaign contributions. Se became so engrossed, however, on >ther topics, that he made only Incl lental references to this phase of the campaign and made Answer to the challenge In a formal statement, which tie tonight gave to the press. Mr. Taft's statement on campaign contributions follows: "Mr. Bryan challenges me to take the same position that President Roosevelt takes with reference to the time when publicity should be made f campaign contributions, and I ac? cept the challenge. I take exactly the tame position that the president takes. [ have always been In favor of a law which will require publicity of both contributions and expenditures Imme? diately after election. Mr. Bryan leems to favor the publication of con? tributions before election, but post? pones the publication of expeditures until after that time. I confess I see no reason why, If contributions are to be published before election, ex? penditures should not also be publish? ed. I think that the character of ex? penditures is quit - as Important as the character and source of the con? tributions. "I don't know of any election law, either In this country or abroad, nrhlch requires the publication of con? tributions or expenditures before the election. The law of Nebraska on this subject only requires the publi? cation of contributions and expendi? tures after the election. This was the law which the Democratic man? agers in 1904 in Nebraska so flagrant? ly violated by falling to return the receipt of $15.000 from Mr. Thomas P. Ryan. The nost drastic law in this country on the subject Is that of Sew York, which also makes the time of the publication after the election. The proper object of a publicity law hi to prevent the use of money for bribery and other Improper purposes ?U elections and to enable the law of? ficers of the government and the pub? lic to determine whether the contri? butions made were properly expended for legitimate purposes. The require? ment that the names of and amounts of the persons contributing should also be shown is for the purpose of enabling the public und the prosecut? ing officers of the government to judge whether subsequent official ac? tion has been Improperly affected In favor of the contributors by the suc? cessful candidate. Thin can nil be ac? complished by publication after the election. "The chief objection to the publi? cation of contributions before the election Is that It makes certain that In the heat of controversy the mo? tives of those who contribute to pay the legitimate expenses of the cam? paign will be misconstrued, perverted and misrepresented. "After the election Is over and the expenditures and contributions are htiutti d Fear not~-Lct all the ends Thon Alu 'ER. 8. O.. WEDNES published, the temptation to misrep? resent the motives of the donors will largely be minimized and the public may then arrive at a Just conclusion Wtta respect to the matter. "The known publicity to be given to contributions after the election will greatly reduce the probability that a contribution will be made for the pur? pose of seeking privileges or favors at the hands of the candidate, and tends to secure purity of motives In the making of such contributions. Mr. Bryan looks rather to the publi? cation of such contribution for platform purposes and ? references rather than to the main purpose of a publicity law, which is to secure the public against bribery in elections and the Improper Influencing of offi? cial action." COTTON CONDITION DECLINES. Average Is 71.1, Against 78.1 Last Month and 66.5 Last Year. New York, Sept. 30.?The Journal of Commerce will tomorrow publish its monthly report on the condition of cotton of the average date of Septem? ber 24, as determined by 1,576 special reports from correspondents. It will give the condition 71.1, against 78.1 a month ago, a deterioration of 7 points. This compares with 66.5 last year, 71.9 in 1906, and 69.4 in 1905. The decline is not an unusual one for September, the year 1907 showing a drop of 7.4 points, 1906 a drop of 5.7 points, and 1904 a drop of 7.5, 1903 a drop of 11.8 and 1902 a drop of 6.3 points. Since the commencement of theee reports In the year 1901, condition has only once exceeded the present figure, namely, in 1906, when It was 71.9. The general expectations of a large crop, however, must be considered modified, unless exceptionally favor? able weather should prevail for the remainder of the season. Drought and high temperatures have been the general causes of deterioration, added to which boll weevils and boll worms have been active In Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. Texas has been more fortunate than other States, the loss for the month showing only 3.0 points. Georgia declines 4.6, so that the two largest producing States suf? fered the least. Excessive falling off occurred in the following States: North Carolina 12.6 points, Missis? sippi 10.3 points, Louisiana 13 points, Arkansas 13.6 points, Tennessee 15.5 points and Missouri 17.2 points. In South Carolina the decline was 7.2, Florida 0.8, Alabama 7.5 and in Okla? homa 5 points. BARN WELL COUNTY MAN SHOT. Chester Kennedy Seriously Wounded by Marvin Holland at Dun barton. Barnwell, Oct. 4.?News reached here today of a shooting affray at Dunbarton early this morning. The principals are Marlon Holland^ and Chester Kennedy, both young men, and they belong to prominent families in that section. There had been some misunder? standing between the two men, Hol? land and Kennedy. This morning Just before the arrival of the Atlantic Cojjst Line train Kennedy went over to the depot. In a few minutes Hol? land arrived, it is said, with a shot? gun and pistol. Seeing Kennedy, he Is alleged to have told him that he was going to kill him, and opened fire on him, shooting him five times, at least four of the ballls tuklng effect. About this time the train arrived and Kennedy's friends started to take him out of the depot and put him on the train. Holland then threatened the life of all who tried to put Kennedy on the train. After about twenty minutes, however, Kennedy was got? ten on the train and carried to Au? gusta. He is In a critical condition, and is not expected to live. May Try J. S. Parnell, Darlington, October 4. ?The Court of General Seesslon for Darlington County will open Monday morning, Judge Earnest Gary, presiding. There are five homicide cases to be tried among them the case of the State against J. S. Parnell, charged with killing Robert Randolph last March. Governor Ansel has offered a re? ward of $100 for the apprehension of Dr. H. J. Weeks, who Is wanted in Spartanburg on the charge of bigamy. It will be recalled that Dr. Weekv, whose home wus In Granltevllle, Al? ken County, left there with the avow? ed purpose of going West, but instead went to Spartanburg, where he was married to a young lady, Miss Sarah Smith, and a warrant was taken out for him charging bigamy, as he has a wife and family In Alken County. He Is described as six feet high, 36 years old, weighs 140 to 160 pounds. and i ist at be thy Country's, Thy God's on DAY. OCTOBER 7, 1 PRESIDENT TO TAKE STUMP. THAT IS THE INFORMATION RE? CEIVED AT THE BRYAN HOME. Advice? Receivrd At Lincoln, Nebras? ka, From Trustworthy Persons in the East That Mr. Roosevelt is Plann tng to Make Six Speeches In Course of Trip Across the Conti? nent. Fairview, Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 4.? That President Roosevelt fully Intends to take the stump in favor of the can? didacy of Mr. Taft was the informa? tion received at Fairview today from the East. It was said that the ad? vices came from persons on whom reliance could he placed, and were to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt is plan? ning to make at least six speeches in jthe course of a trip from the Atlantic i to the Pacific, the concluding speech to be delivered at San Francisco with* numerous short speeches en route. Mr. Bryan, however, refused to make any comment on the subject. In order to devote still further at? tention to Iowa, the Democratic can? didate tonight announced a change in his plans in connection with a trip to ; Chicago, where on the night of Octo? ber 7, he is to meet Mr. Taft at n banquet. Instead of leaving here Tuesday afternoon and going direct to Chicago as had been arranged, Mr. Bryan will start to morrow night for Des Molnes, whence he will on Tues? day proceed to Perry, Tama and Ce? dar Rapids, and deliver set speeches, and from the rear platform of the train en route he probably will make several short talks. The trip to Chi? cago will be made Tuesday night. Al? though it has not been definitely set? tled, it is now planned that Mr. Bryan will speak in St. Louis Friday even? ing and then re-enter Kansas on Sat? urday for a full day in that State, re? turning to Lincoln on Sunday. It also Is likely that before making his final trip into the Middle West and the East he will spend a day or two In campaigning in Nebraska. Fairvlew was quiet today. In the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Bryan drove to the homes of several sick friends, and later the Democratic candidate called at the Hotel Lincoln and held a brief conference with Senator Gone, who was about to to leave for St. Jo? seph, Mo. Tomorrow evening Mr. Bryan will go out to Havelock, where are situ? ated the shops of the Burlington Rail? road, and address the employees. Mr. Taft a few days ago spoke at the same place. BABY CRUSHED BY A BEAR. .Arizona Pleasure Park Scene of a Terrible Tradgedy. Tucson, Ariz., October 4.?A terrible tragedy was enacted at Elysian Grove, a pleasure park, when an im? mense black bear escaped from a cage today and charged a throng of visitors. The animal, which had been raised is captivity from a cub, had been in the habit of drinking soda pop at the bar and when he escaped he went there. He was driven away twice by the attendants, who attempt Od to drive it into its cage. The beast became enraged and charged the crowd. The wife of a Southern Pa? cific employee, Buss Laird, ran with a go-cart containing an infant. The bear pursued and snatched the infant and crushed it to death before its mother's eyes. It was attacking the woman when a shot from a police? man's revolver stopped it. The by? standers opened a fusllade and killed the bear with a score of bullets. The beast has been closely confined since a week ago, when it attacked a small boy. A petition has been field with the Governor for the pardon of Daniel Zimmerman, the aged Confederate soldier, who was sent to the Peniten? tiary last year for purloining bonds from the office of the State Treasurer, where he was for years employed as bond clerk. Mr. Zimmerman mad'* a confession in open Court when ar? raigned, and it was on his testimony that his alleged confederate, Mr. T. J. Gibson, was convicted. The Con? federate Veterans at their recent re? union In Greenville, adopted a resolu? tion asking for his pardon and the pe? tition has since been put in shape and Is now before the Governor for ac? tion. Henry Matthews, colored, a blind man of Charleston, assaulted Samuol Brown, also colored, with an axe be? cause the latter refused him admis? sion to his home. Few of use believe in luck unles? we happen to be lucky. d Troth*!.** THE TRTJI 908. New Ser BULGARIA DEFIES TURKEY. PHIXCE FERDINAND DECLARES HIS INDEPENDENCE. Balkan State * ft or Years of Waiting Now Ready to Fight Turkey?Aus? tria Also Takes a Hand in the Bal? kan Disturbance??General War Ap? prehended. London, Oct. 4.?Events which threaten to change the political face of Europe are crystalizing with light? ning rapidity. Almost over night the horizon of the Near East, which seem? ed gradually to be assuming a peace? ful appearance, has become crowded with war clouds. News has reached here from sev? eral sources that two definite strokes are impending which cannot fail to bring matters to a crisis and perhaps force an immediate war. One is the proclamation by Prince Ferdinand of the indenpendence of Bulgaria, which Will Include Roumelia, taking for him? self the title of "czar." The other is an announcement of Austria-Hungary of the practical annexation of the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina as appanages o fthe Austro-Hungarian I crown. I Each action will be equivalent to the tearing up of the treaty of Ber? lin, while Prince Ferdinand's course seems almost certain to precipitate a war between Bulgaria and Turkey. Before these possibilities, the quarrel over the East Roumellan section of I the Orient railway sinks into insignlfl- I cance. Both armies are reported to I be quietly and swiftly mobilizing near I the borders. Bulgaria is said to be buying up munitions and horses on an I extensive scale. The Bulgarians have faith in their I army, which has reached a high state I of efficiency, although it is perhaps I lacking In officers, and the war, for which Bulgaria has long been sus-1 pected of preparing, could be fought with more advantt^ge for her now I than when the Turkish government had time to reorganize Its forces,! which have become enervated by the I corruption and neglect of the old I regime. The emperor of Austria, it is un- I derstood, has dispatched a letter to I the president of France setting forth his intentions reagrdlng Bosnia and I Herzegovina, although the contents I of the letter are kept secret, and he I Is sending similar notes to other pow- I ers. It seems incredible that Emperor Francis Joseph, who always has been I a scrupulous observer of forms, should I reveal his plans to the rulers of ether nations before he has communicated I them to his own parliament. One I explanation is that the letter was I not Intended for delivery until Tues- I day, when an identical note would be presented to the other powers. While Austria's action with regard I to the two provinces may not tech-1 nically be called annexation, it is said 1 It will amount to that, whatever it I may be called. Apparently the em- I peror is determined that the destiny I of these provinces shall be Austrian, I not Turkish. For 30 years they have I been administered by Austria-Hun- I gary, but they have always remained I theoretically Turkish territory and I Austria pledged that her adminlstra- I tion should not derogate Turkish I rights. English public opinion is with Tur- I key in the Bulgarian dispute, as all I the powers except Austria seem to I be, and It remains to be seen what I the English attitude wll be toward annexation If that becomes a fact. Austria is suspected of encouraging 1 the recent Bulgarian-Turkish trouble I j for her own interests, but the British I J government has made proposals to I the two countries looking to the set:-I tlement of the railway case, under I which the other powers have agreed I to give support to the plan which con templates the temporary restoration! of the railway to Turkey "to save her 1 face" and then transference of the company to the Bulgarian govern-1 ment. The English press expresses sur- j prise that Austria and Bulgaria should plot against Turkey and ask If the great powers will submit to having ob? stacles placed in the way of the re? generation of Turkey. J Governor Ansel will take the stump for Bryan and Kern In the East the latter part of this month. The nation? al committee has requested him to jcome to New York city by the 15th. and from there go out on a tour of speech-making, but Jthe Governor has written that he will be unable to get away by that date, and requesting that he be assigned for work the last week or ten days of the month. & SOUTHRON, Established Jane, ISO* ies?Vol. XXT1II. Soa^<> BRYAN SPEAKS IN HI SPOKE FIFTEEN TIMES TO IM? MENSE CROWDS.' Says He Doesn't Know Whether He J* Running Against One Man or Two and Declares that the Presi? dent Has Degraded his Office by Using it as a Party Asset. Creston, Iowa, September 30.?Tra? versing the southeastern and southern portions of Iowa all day in an ordinary coach, W. J. Bryan tonight concluded* his. whirlwind speaking tour of more than three weeks at this place, where a big open-air meeting has held. No greater demonstrations have been ac? corded Mr. Bryan anywhere than in Iowa. When he took a late train for Lincoln he had delivered during the day fifteen speeches to immense crowds, that manifested the greatest interest in what he had to say. In all of these talks he devoted him? self principally to a discussion of the platforms of the two parties withi special reference to publicity of cam? paign contributions, election of Sen? ators by direct vote and the tariff. He was unsparing in his attacks on> the President and Mr. Taft. He spe? cifically answered at Oskalooga and? Knoxville Mr. Taft's recent speeches, regarding the source of the campaign* funds of the respective parties, but more particularly the one in which* Mr. Taft stated that the Democratic candidate had "done nothing but talk,"* while he himself had been puting his> Idesas into practice in administrative ways. Ovation at Muscathse. Muscatine, Iowa, September J0.? Traveling toward Lincoln on the last day of his present tour of more than three weeks, W. J. Bryan today got av great ovation here. At the station peo? ple swarmed around his car and loudly cheered him. Addressing them brief? ly, the Democratic candidate scored the Republicans for admitting the ex? istence of great abuses and not cor? recting them. They had ignored the-' laboring man, he said; they had kept up a high protective tariff, had failed? to prosecute to any extent the trusts* and were afraid to advocate the pub? licity of the campaign contributions, before election, in order to shield*' those who had been buying legislation I by furnishing money to elect men to' office. Once again he denounced the President for participating in the campaign, and, if anything, in eveo stronger terms than heretofore. "There is another issue of this cam? paign," he said, "and that is whether I am running against one man or two I started out to run against Mr. Taft on the ground that they had picked ax man big enough and able to defend himself. Now I find that the Presi? dent comes in and takes the lead in. the fight. I don't object to it, but I do believe It is degradation of the of? fice of the President to make that of? fice which belongs to all the people,, a party asset in the hands of one* party. I admit that the American' people have a right to elect their of? ficials without dication from Washing? ton, and I ask the President, after h"?? has nominated Mr. Taft, to stand aside and let us fight it out before the American people on our platforms!"* BONDING COMPANY Sl'MMONEDV Commissioner McMtastcr Seeks to* Ha\c Action Explained. Columbia. Oct. 2.?Insurance Com*? missioner McMaster has summoned the American Bonding Company, the exclusive bonding concern for em? ployes of the Southern railway, |0> show cause here on October 30 why its license to do business in this State should not be revoked for cancelling, the bond of Charles D. Miller, the Southern's agent at Fort Mill, for the seeming purpose of punishing him for testifying against the company iw ? recent case at Laurens which arose when Miller was auditor for the Co? lumbia, Newberry and Laurens road. Miller says that the bond compa? ny's representative threatened to pua lsh him then and now refuses to give any reason for cancelling his bond*. The company also refused to giv* the commissioner any reasons, but denier it was the purpose to punish him for' testifying. Darlington Plant SohL Darlington. October 4.?The SoutrV Atlantic Oil Company, Dr. H. L. Kwtry president, has sold the oil mill, gin? nery, etc.. at this place to a local or? ganisation, headed *>y Senator D. T McKelthan. Dr. Klrby will remain* av Darlington and continue to look after the other plants belonging to the* South Atlantic OH Company.