Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mm mm unsteady. FMJCTrATED IN NARROW RANGE DRBPITE BULLISH REPORTS. Oup Entimate Very I/ow?One Hutu Tot* I Yield et 11,000.000 Halen? Trede Better Acmes the Water. New York. Aug. 30.?See-sawing within a moderate range, cotton prices have made no decided move, deeplte the lssMS?ce of several very bullish crop reports and the fact that temperatures in Texas have been extraordinarily high, up to 114 de greee. It has also been very hot elsewhere In the Southwest Okla? homa. Arkansas. Louisiana and even Ippl and Alabama have not tped. There are reports that the extraordinary heat may spread to the saatward. Marked crop deteriora? tion is reported In Texas. Several Statletlcana have put the condition of the whole crop at only ft to 70 per cent. One makes the total yield only 11.000 bales, even allowing 8.000, ?tt far Texas, which some others In seat hi too high. Some guesses on the ?rep, here given for what they are worth, gd as low as 11.000,000 bales. Trade has Improved across the water, especially et Manchester, where the demand has suddenly Increased. The New York stock decreased steadily. The consumption of American cotton this season Is expected by some ex? perienced cotton men and cloee stu? dents of conditions In the trade to be the largest ever known. They instanced the fact that there It a more confident feeling among the Merchants of all the great trading nations. Stocks of merchandise are believed to be comparatively low af? ter several years of cautious buying. The date for the next government report on cotton is cloee at hand. It can hardly fail to be bullish. If It Is 70 per cent. It will have to be com? pared with 7? e yeer ago, 79.7 two years ago, when the crop was only 11.S7I.000 bales and 72.1 In 1906 When It wee only ll.34 8.noo bales. Mr. Sully had five short crops in suc? cession to build his famous campaign of 1903- 04 upon and In most of those years the September condition was low, ranging from 14 in 1902 to 71.4 la 1901, although for an exception In 1904 ths September condition was for ?erne reason nut as high as 81.t. It did not prevent the crop In that year from being another failure, 10,011, 4>Oo bales. The Sully era saw crops Of only 9.499.000 to 10.798,000 bales with an acreage ranging from 24. 371.000 to 18.016.uOO acres as con? trasted with 99.000.000 and upwards during the last four years. There Is a larger acreage now to reckon upon bat the conditions have been had ac? cording to many reports for some time past that some very experienced people look for a yield of less than 19.000.000 bales which they consider would be practically a failure In view of the laoreesed acreage and the largely augmented consumption of American cotton. One explanation is that very many believe thet present prices can not ', ha sustained In the teeth of an ex? pected big orop movement early in the season about to open. Bull spec? ula! ion has received several severe eethacks within the lest few months. There are those who think that the damage to the crop Is exaggerated and even heat privately reported as high as 118 degrees In some parts of the Southwest has been In some respects beneflclsl. Such tempera? tures tend to kill the boll weevil. Moreover the minimum temperatures have in many cases been as low as 63 to 70 degrees. The future of prices hinges largely on the slxe of the crop movement and the attitude of the ?pinner If he buys heavily, bull spec? ulation may revive. Otherwlae it Is believed that prices may sag to a point which will encourage profes? sional operators snd the public to take hold again. Late In the week prices broke under liquidation by tired longs. There were reports of rain in Texas end more attention was paid to claim that the bull weevil wan being exterminated by the excess've heat, notably In the southern part of Texas. ?When the digestion Is all right, the action of the bowels regular there Is a natural craving and relish for food. When this Is lacking you may know that you need a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They strengthen the diges? tive organs, improve the appetite and regulate the bowels. Sold by W. W. gel 991 The live wire of the present Ad? ministration appears to be Franklin Harris Hltchcoek. the Postmaster Oeaeral.?Charleston News and Cou? rier. ?If vour liver Is sluggish and out of tone, und you feel dull, bilious, constipated, take a dose of Chamber? lain'* Stomach and Liver Tablets to right before retiring and you will feel all right In the morning. Sold by W. W. Slbert DEAD MAN'S BODY FOUND. Gruesome Find In Alken?Deceased Had Been In a Knife Duel. Alken. Aug. 20.?The swollen, par? tially decomposed body of Will Brooks, a white man. of Augusta. Ha., was today found in a cornfield, near Bath, with a wound in his left side, evidently Inflicted with a pocket knife. The man had been dead at least two days, It is thought. The body was found by some negroes In pass? ing. The body was drawn up and showed evidences of the deceased un? dergoing excruciating pain before death. Coroner Johnson was not in the city at the time of the finding of the body, having gone to hold an in? quest over the body of a negro la* borer, who was killed near San Bar Ferry, on the Savannah River, by the caving in of sand, and the in? quest has not yet been held. The magistrate at Bath had Mark Dun? can, white, taken In charge, and he will be held In the Alken jail pend? ing the Investigation of the death of Brooks. SUFFRAGETTES THROW BRICKS. Harry Secretary of War Haldcne With Missies Hurled Through Win? dows of Public Han. t - London. Aug. 20.?There were suf? fragette disturbances at several polit? ical meetings In the British Isles to? night. The women made determined efforts to Invade St Andrew's hall, Olasgow, and a crowd of their sym? pathisers came into violent conflict with the police, which resulted In riotous scenes. Several of the suf? fragettes wen arrested for throwing stones through the windows of the hall and other breaches of the peace. Secretary for War Haldene, while addressing a meeting at Liverpool this evening, was greatly disturbed by a number of suffragettes who took up a position on the roof of an adjacent building and showered bricks through the windows of the hall in which the meeting was be? ing held. Seven of the women were arrested. DISPENSARY CASKS SOON. Indicted Men to Be Tried at Colum bia In September. Columbia. Aug. 20.?The dispen? sary cases will come up at the Sep? tember term of Court, which con? venes the first Monday In September. Definite announcement was made to this effect today. A conference be? tween attorneys was held in the of? fice of Attorney Oeneral Lyon, who stated that he would Insist upon the trial of the cases. The first week's jury was drawn today, but the cases will hardly come up the first week. The following are under Indictment: John Black, L W. Boykln, James Farnum, John Bell Towlll, Joseph B. Wylie. J. M. Rawllnson, W. O. Tatum, M. A. Qodman and W. A. Byars. Much Interest attaches to the out? come of the cases. HEAT WAVE HURT COTTON. Reporte From Arkansas Fields Indi? cate Great Loss Through T^xcessive Warmth and Winds. Little Rock. Ark., Aug. 20.?Re? ports received In this city tonight from various points in the main cot? ton growing section of Arkansas in? dicate that the late heat wave which was accompanied by hot winds, has done Inestimable damage to the crop. Judge George L. Bassman, of this city, who has extensive cotton inter? est, made a personal Investigation of the situation today and he finds the crop has ben damaged at least b per cent, since last Monday. The damage Is due to the shedding of the bolls. He predicts a loss of one-third the total output unless rain falls within a week or 10 days. State Su? perintendent Pltcock of the peniten? tiary states that the State's crop on the State farm has been damaged 25 I per cent in 10 days. Dysentery Is a dangerous disease hut ein be cured. Chamberlain'^ Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme? dy has been successfully used in nine epidemics of dysentery. It has never been known to fall. It Is equally valuable for children and adults, and when reduced with water and sweet tned, It Is pleasant to take. Sold by W. W. Slbert There la no trade or Industry car? ried on In the Liege district that docs not possess Its Institution for train? ing hlghgrude workmen. Among these may be cited the schools for teaching horticulture, carpentry, plumbing, house painting, tailoring, stoiucutting, shocrnaklng, etc. ?For indigestion and all stomach trouble take FOley'l Orino laxative as It stimulates the. stomach and liver and regulates the hov els and will pos? itively cure habitual constipation, v. W. Slbert. GRAVE UNREST IN MEXICO. CIiANDESTINE MASONS PREPAR? ING FOR DEMONSTRATION. Political Fights Cause Great Anxiety. Though Government Has Situation Weil in Hand. Mexico City, Aug. 20.?A specialJ dispatch from Monterey to the Mexi? co Daily Record says: "Not a weapon of any kind could be bought here today. Half of the men of the town are carrying con? cealed weapons. Lodges of clades tine Masons who recognized Gen. Reyes as chief are preparing a de monstration at Alameda." Special dispatches from various parts of Northern Mexico to dif? ferent publications in this city, all say that the situation throughout that region is one of grave political un? rest. During the past two days troops have been moved to places where they will be most needed in case of serious disturbances. The government has the situation well in hand. The trouble centres about the per? sonalty of Gen. Bernardo Reyes, gov? ernor of the State of Nuexo Leon, and former minister of war. The an? ti-administration faction haa named Reyes as a candidate for the vice presidency in opposition to Vice Pres? ident Corral, who has been renomln ated by the administration party. Yesterday Reyes left his summer home for the ranch of a friend, i Simultaneously detachments of federal troops were sent to the moun I tains, and Reyes is said to be com? pletely surrounded by federal forces. This is believed to be put a precau? tionary movement on the part of the federal government. Today Is Reyes* birthday and his friends desired to make a big demon? stration. Gen. Trevino denied the use of military bands and prohibited the mammoth display of fireworks plan? ned. One of the most dangerous ele? ments of the situation, according to The Record dispatches, is the alleged called meeting of all the clandestine lodges of Masons throughout the Monterey section. It is claimed that these self-styled Masons have pledg? ed themselves to support Reyes. Gen. Diaz, president of the repub? lic, is a 33rd degree Mason of the rec? ognized branch of Masonry of Mexi? co. The special dispatches say that no general order has gone forth to pre? vent the sale of fire arms in Mon? terey, but that none are to be had at any price because the pawn shops and stores have sold out their entire stocks. z Reyes* Agent? at Work. Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 30.?It was asserted today by Chailes Velenzuela. a Mexican, that two agents of Gen. Bernardo Reyes ha/e been In Beau? mont for several days seeking recruits for the outthrow of President Diaz of Mexico. These agents, he said, wanted him to sign a paper pledging his services in the field on behalf of Reyes in the event the movement now Impending assumed a mere definite and con? certed aspect. Valenzuela declared that he did not sign the paper. More Troops Dispatched. El Paso, Tex., Aug. 20.?Dispatches today say that additional government troops are coming In to Saltillo to cope with any possible outbrake due to the present political agitation in Northern Mexico. ?Seared With a Hot Iron, or scalded by overturned kettle? cut with a knife?bruised by slam? med door?injured by gun or in any other way?the thing needed at once is Bucklen's Arnica Salve to subdue Inflammation and kill the pain. It's earth's supreme healer, infallible for Boils, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Eczema and Piles. 25c at Sibert's Drug Store. REAL DRY IN EDGEFIELD. Burglar* Enter Office of (High Sheriff and Take Liquor Contraband by Law. Edgefleld, Aug. 20.?The sheriff's office was broken into last night and four gallons of contraband liquor, recently seized by the officers, were stolen. Mr. Ouzts has offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of the guilty party or parties. There is no clue to who they are. 'Twas a Glorious Victory. ?There's rejoicing In Fedora, Tenn. A man's life has been saved, and now L r. King's New Discovery is the talk of the town for curing c. V. Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhages, "l could not work nor get about." he writes, "and the doctors did nie no good, but, After using Dr. King's New Discovery three weeks. I feel like a new man. and can do good work again.*' For weak, sore or diseased lungs, coughs and colds, hemorrhages, hay fever, la grlppe, asthma or any bronchial af? fection it stands unrivaled, Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Sold I and guaranteed by Sibert's Drug I Store. GKORGINAS LYNCH NEGRO. Take Ex-Conviet From the Sheriff Witliout 'lYouble?Accused of Bru? tal Crime. Fitzgerald, Ga., Aug. 20.?Henry Taylor, a negro ex-convict ^charged with assaulting a white woman Tues? day and then murdering her and her 'nfant, was this afternoon taken from e sheriff of Wilcox conty, between Lumpkin and McRae, *,nd lynched, according to reports reaching here tonight. The crime for which the negro was lynched by indignant citiaens was one of the most brutal ever recorded in the criminals annals of Georgia. The negro's victim and her 8 months-old baby were left at their home at Lumpkins Ferry Tuesday af? ternoon and that night when the hus? band and father returned from his work both his wife and baby were missing. A search revealed the fact that they were not at the house uf any neighbor. Soon their disappear? ance, with suspicion of foul play, was known throughout the neighborhood anc search for them was immediately commenced. Thursday afternoon the bodies were found in a small pond not a great ways from the woman's home. The woman had been as? saulted and then choked to death, while the baby's skull had been crushed. Henry Taylor had told of seeing the woman with her baby, go? ing in the direction of the pond In which their bodies were found. Sus? picion was immediately directed to? ward him on the finding of the bodies, but he had disappeared. Early today Taylor was arrested in Ben Hill county, near Lumpkins Fer? ry. He was taken In charge by the sheriff of WUcox county, who imme? diately started for Fitzgerald. Find? ing that his way was blocked by the presence of large numbers of aroused people, a circuitous route was taken. The citizens, however, learned of the change of plans, and, continually augmented by blood-thirsty men, the mob followed the trail of the sheriff and finally came upon him between Lumpkins Ferry and McRae and quick work was made of the negro. After being strung up to a tree, Tay? lor's body was filled with bullets. Taylor had only recently completed serving a chaingang sentence in this county. ATLANTA MAN KILLS HIS WIFE. Finds Woman in Pennsylvania and Shoots Her Dead in Office of Police Chief. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 20.?George F. Marlon, aged 52 years, of Atlanta, Ga., shot and instar.tly killed his common law wife In the office of the chief of police In thin city tonight. Marion and the deceased, who waft formerly Miss Francen Lee of Zion City, 111., had, It is alleged, been liv? ing together as husband and wife for I seven years. Marion, during the winter, was f theatrical advance agent, and a Pull? man car conductor curing the sum? mer. Several weeks ago, it is said, the woman ran away with another man, taking her child with her. Marion traced them to this city, and through the chief of police ar? ranged to meet his wife at pol!>:e headquarters tonight. When th-.;y met he kissed her and both appeared happy. Turning to Chief of Police Long, Marion asked the latter to step from the office for a few moments while l.e spoke to his wife in private. The chief thinking he was accom? plishing a kind act by bringing man and wife together, readily consented. As soon as he left the room, Marion asked his wife if she would return to Atlanta with him. She refused, whereupon he pulled a revolver and shot her dead. Marlon was sent to jail. ?Washington's Plague Spots lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground of malaria germs. These germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and gen? eral debility and bring suffering or death to thousands yearly. But Elec? tric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. "They are the best all-round tonic and cure for malaria I ever used,' writes R. M. James, of Louellen, S. C. They cure stomach, liver, kidney and blood troubles and will prevent Typhoid. Try them, 50c. Guaranteed by Si bert's Drug Store. It Ii a remarkable fact that during Calhoun county's existence of a year and a half, with Its dispensaries and bad booze, to beat the band, there has been only one homicide, and that committed by a hall witted negro with a baseball bat. ?He sure and take a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy with you when stalling on your trip this summer, it cannot he obtained on board the trains or steamers. Changes of water and climate often cause sudden at? tack! Of diarrhoea, and it is best to be prepared. Sold by W. \V. Sibert. FACTS AS TO THE INCOME TAX. No One Will Escape the Penalty Upon Thrift and Industry. Cincinnati Enquirer. In considering taxation in the Uni? ted States Democrats and Republi? cans alike agree that custom duties are an equitable source of revenue, if properly levied. Leaving aside the differences of opinion as to protec? tion, ther<> is a practical unanimity in the sentiment of the people as to the justice and fairness of tariff tax? ation. Under the schedules there are but very few Individuals that do not annually contribute to the support of the federal government. The greater the amonut of purchases of import? ed articles as they run in average dis? tribution, the greater the contribution to the government's revenues. Under this system in the majority of instances the well to do, who are usually the heaviest purchasers, pay more in proportion to their numbers than do those who are not in as easy financial circumstances. Individually, therefore, they pay, in the majority of Instances, more than those whose circumstances limit to a greater de? gree their* purchasing power. These same well to do people, comprising owners of real estate, owners of per? sonal property of every and all kinds, are the taxpayers of our cities, our counties, and our States. They in? clude the farmers, the merchants, the bankers, the capitalists, the in? ventors, the great body of the indus? trial workers of America, and the ac? tive business men of the country in general. In that list can be placed nearly every depositor in the banks of the country. These people pay all of the city taxes, all of the county taxes, all of the State taxes, much of the inter? nal revenue taxes, more than their Individual share of the tariff taxation, and now the federal government ask3 the right from States to levy direct federal taxes upon these citizens who already are burdened down with a multiplicity of taxation. The plea is that those who possess wealth escape taxation. Are not the municipalities, counties and States exacting from all that are able? Are not the assessors and the tax collec? tors full of activity? Ask the taxpay? ers of the municipalities, the coun? ties and the States and let them tell the story, and if remedy is required let them provide it, and not the fed? eral government. The federal government in its seek? ing power for direct taxation, is pro? viding a means for adding to the bur? dens of every one who already pays taxes to the municipalities, counties and States. Let every taxpayer in the union recognize the fact that if the legislature of the various States sur? render the right of direct taxation to the federal government by approving what is known as the income tax amendment, then there will be added still heavier and more grievous taxa? tion to that he already endures. It is bosh to talk of limiting the tax to incomes of $2,000 or $3,000 or $5, 000. Give the federal government the legal right to demand and collect this tax and not a man that earns in any capacity will escape from this penal? izing of thrift and industry. It is a vicious proposition. It is socialistic In its very inception. It puts a ban upon accumulation and classes those who own and possess as victims to plunder and deprivation under forms of law. Every taxpayer of the Union should oppose it actively and positively, for it is against his interests in many ways. Tlie Crime of Idleness. Idleness means trouble for any one. Its the same with a lazy liver. It causes constipation, headache, jaundice, sallow compexlion, pimples and blotches, loss of appetite, nausea, but Dr. King's New Life Pills soon banish liver troubles and build up your health. 25c at Sibert's Drug Store. The present population of Tacoma is about 115,000, which is three times as many Inhabitants as there were nine years ago. ?DeWitt's Little Early Risers, the pleasant, safe, sure, easy little liver pills. A salve you may always de? pend upon in any case where you need salve, is DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve?especially good for Piles. Sold by all druggists. If politics is to be eliminated from the census, a lot of statesmen will be left wondering what the census is for.?Philadelphia Ledger. ?In buying a cough medicine don't be afraid to get Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it, and relief is sure to follow. Espe? cially recommended for coughs, colds and whooping cough. Sold by VY. V\ ? Sib< rt. it lias been reported to the guard? ians atTuam, County Galway, Ireland, that oian named Ha Sty, whose &ge Is alleged to be 120 years, la living at <;;,!i(,,N in ;? cabin which has becomn unsafe, tad an effort is to be made to induce the hermit to go into the work house. PROHIBITION BILL PASSED. Drastic Measure Endorsed by tfcF* Alabama Senate. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 20.?The Fuller bill, the most drastic and tar reaching prohibition bill ever drawn in this State, was passed in the Sen? ate today by a vote of 23 to 6. The measure forbids the possessio? even of liquor except in private resi? dences, makes the accused party/ prove his own Innocence before any evidences against him is introduced*, makes the use of the word saloon at crime, bars the advertisement of liq? uors from bill boards and signs and holds that even the possession of a Federal liquor license Is absolute proof of guilt In selling intoxicants. The bill has a dozen other nearly as strong clauses and the only amend? ment made was the one striking eutr the clause forbidding the sale in the State of all newspapers or magaxmee which contained liquor advertise? ments. The bill was passed by the House last Week. Dun's Weekly Review. New York, Aug. 20.?R. G. Dun 4s Co.'s review of trade tomorrow will say: "Reports from the principal cities unite In confirming the revival fa trade. The prospect is that the vol? ume of business will, before long, at? tain such proportions that maximum capacity will be reached and labor be at a premium, "In the iron and steel trade this condition seems to be already in sight. "Railroads are enjoying such in? crease in business and such assur? ances of good crops that they are buying freely of steel rails and other supplies. "In the dry goods markets jobbing houses report a much better business than a year ago. "Orders for iron and steel are in? creasing so rapidly that mills and furnaces experience difficulty in making deliveries, and in some in? stances premiums are being paid for prompt shipment. "Additional .orders for shoes are not coming in very freely and shoe manufacturers do not look for much, business until the close of this month. The New England factories are pretty fully employed and have a good volume of business. Leather rules quiet. "Less favorable crop and weather news caused an advance In prices of I the leading farm staples." WTHEN HER BACK ACHES. A Woman Finds All Her Energy asxt Ambition Slipping Away. Sumter women know how the aches and pains that come when the kidneys fail make life a burden. Back? ache, hip pains, headaches, dixxy spells, distressing urinary troubles, alt tell of sick kidneys and warn you of the atealthy approach of diabetes, dropsy and Bright's disease. Doaa*a Kidney Pills permanently cure a? these disorders. Here's proof of it in a Sumter woman's words: Mrs. Louis Jeffords, 14 Owen St., Sumter, S. C, says: "I am pleased to say that Doan's Kiney Pills proved of great, benefit to me. I was a victim of kidney complaint for over two years. My kidneys were very weak and I had great trouble in controling the secretions. My back ached all the time and frequently I was so lame that I could scarcely dress myself. I at length read about Doan's Kidney Pills and finally procured a box at China's drug store. After using them, the backache and pains vanished, my kidneys became normal and I felt a great deal better in every way. I am Dlea3ed to give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit for this great change." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cent?. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's ?and take no other. No. sV Act ions Speak Louder Than Words. The Sunday school class was sing? ing "I want to be an , ngel." "Why don t you sing louder, Bobby?" "I'm. singing as loud as I feel," explained^ Bobby.?The Delineator. CURED HAY FEVER AND SUM? MER COLD. ?A. S. Nusbaum, Batesville, In? diana, writes: "Last year t suffered for three months with a summer cold so distressing that it interfered with my business. I had many of the symptoms of hay fever, and a doctor's prescription did not reach my case, and I took several medicines which seemed only to aggravate it. For? tunately I insisted upon having Fo key's Honey and Tar. It quickly cur? ed me. My wife has since used Fo ley's Honey and Tar with the same success." W. W. Sibert. Consul Alfred A. Winslow, of Val? paraiso, writes that according to the beet information obtainable there the exposition Of American products that was to have been held in Santiago during October and November. 1903. iihi been postponed until the spring ot 11)10. ?If you are all run down Koley's Kidney Remedy will help you. It strengthens the kidneys so they will eliminate the impurities from the blood that depress the nerves, and cause exhaustion, backache, rheuma? tism and urinary irregularities, which sap the vitality. Do not delay. Take Foley s Kidney Remedy at once. W, W. Sibert.