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The 8tat? department of agriculture has bean for the past week flooded with aamples of the havoc that has been wrought and many farmers are seek? ing Information as to how conditions may be remedied The department has given Information to all letters as to how the disease may be eradi? cated. Various estimates of the Jam agee wrought have been made. A conservative estimate of the damage ka about 14.000.000. The county farm demonstration "gents have also sent many samples te Ira W. Williams, the State agent asaployed by the United States gov? ernment. After making an examination of several samples Mr. Williams has addressed the following letter to a well known farmer In Alken county: "The cotton bolls you sent me re? ceived. I thank you very much for sending them. The trouble, without doubt Is what you have seen written about, called anthracnose. There Is nothing you can do to prevent the er*eend of the dfsease this season. 0*r method of fighting the disease Is to select cotton seed from the fields where the disease has never appear? ed, as the germ will live In the seed from one year to another. If a field la affected It U best to rotate the crop, putting some other crop in the land for another year, as the germs will live on the stalks and burrs left la the fields, and therefore attack the Plant the next year. It also attacks some kinds o oatiSSJ more than oth? er a. The Cook cotton. I have found N subject to the disease, while Cleve? land big boll is largely resistant." Many letters of similar nature have be*n sent out to farmers redding in all secMons of the State. All experts are agreed U g a crop has been attacked there Is nothing that will save the crop for that year. The ro? tation of crops seems to be the only plan to eliminate the disease accord? ing to those who have made a study of It. Many of the farmers have been advised to plant corn and se? cure pure cotton seed not affected bf the disease for the next year. The appearance of the disease has caused much uneaslneis among many of the f armers. Many thought that the hall wert] had arrived. PATIENT KIM.S DOCTOR. \* \l ( ox shoots Dr. J. K. Rcwell of Atlanta llccauae Doctor Didn't Cure film. Atlan'.a. Sept. 20.?Armed with a revolver, a pair of brass knucks and BSJ open knife and awaiting his turn In the office of Dr. J. It. Sewell, 106 1-1 Whitehall street. W. M Cox. aged If Of Austcel. Oa., shortly after noon today shot and Instantly killed the physician Just as the latter was emerging from the operating room. i'o? then t?rm? 1 the pistol on himself and pulled tho trigger. i{> {? now at ihe Orady hospital with a fractured skull. Cox came to this city from his home In Austell this morning for the purpose. It Is said of visiting Dr. Sewell. whose patient he had been for several weeks. It Is understood that he had hasjj breeding for some time, because of fancied wrongs at the hands of ihe physician Mo has stated. It Ii said, that the physician promised to cure him of a chronic disease In return for $100. but Instead of get tins* better he had become worse. There were no witnesses to the shooting, although another patient who had Just left the phvsb bin's of? fice a few seconds nrevtouety heard the shots and upon running back found Dr. Sewell dying and Cog on conscious on the floor. iHh.Nl April. ISftO. 'Be Jo* tu 881. i\J GLA>MED_SIIERMM_IS AHEAD. s\^s MX.loRiTY ovillt R008E VKi/r is rirrv-MNi:. ?oui fimffffT Lsadsr, us Result or New York Vp-State Primaries Yes? terday, Claims Victory for Vice l*Tosldont as Temporary Chairman of State Republican ton vent ion at Saratogu?"My Policies Borrowed from Bryan." Albany, K, T., Sept. 20.?A clear majority of 59 votes for the selection of Vice President Sherman as tem? porary chairman of the New York State Republican Convention over Col. Roosevelt was claimed tonight by \Vm. Barnes, Jr., as a result of the Up-State primaries today. Mr. Bar? nes, who has been leading the fight of the "old guard," declared that the real contest at Saratoga will be In the committee on resolutions. This committee will consider the question of direct nominations. Mr. Barnes gave out this state? ment: I "The result of today's primaries ends the contest over the temporary chairman and gives Vice President Sherman a clear majority of 59 votes. Interest naturally centres in the per? sonal element but there are Involved In this situation two principles of great importance to the Republican party. The first may be called order? ly political management. Mr. Roose? velt was defeated In the State com? mittee by a vote of 20 to 15 and then Mr. Sherman was unanimously chos? en as the temporary presiding officer of the State Convention. To question that determination on the floor of the convention Is equivalent to bolt? ing a nomination. This Is known as 1 political welching, and had Mr. Roosevelt defeated Mr. Sherman in the State committee that would have been the end of that controversy^. Mr. Roosevelt has not acted as Mr. Sher? man would have done In questioning the unanimous action of the commit? tee. They are equal before the party. Mr. Roosevelt was no more superior than any other man. "Secondly, the real contest at Sara? toga will be* in the committee on res? olutions. There the party creed for two years will be determined whether the party is to be turned over to 'my policies,' borrowed from Bryan or to remain steadfast in the faith which has given victory in the past I have done what I could in the public press to warn Republicans of the Roosevelt danger, and at the primaries to se? cure delegates who will not rush madly to the worship of false god??. We have won." Sherman Defeated at Home. T'tica, N. Y.. Sept. 20.?Vice Presi? dent Sherman was defeated In his own election district by the "pro? gressive" Republicans with the pri? maries In Utlca today, though he car? ried the city by gaining delegates in a scant majority of the wards. Of the three assembly districts in <">netda ^onnty, Vice President Sher? man won the first, lost the second by an overwhelming vote, and will lose the third if the city of Roma fails to support him. Insurgents claim a \ i' tory. BLACK WELDER CASK MONDAY. T/C*ln#ttor Court to Try Former Chapln Bank President. I.-xington. Sept. 19.?At the be? ginning of the general sessions court today, Solicitor J. B. Timmerman an? nounced that the three cases resting against J. A. Blackwclder. of New berry, former president of and prime mover in the establishment of the Bank of Chapin. in this county, for violation of the State banking laws, would be railed for trial a week from today. next Monday, Mr. Timmer? man Mated that Black? ? hier had all along been represented by Governor Klect Cob? I.. Blease, but that he had r. < r ived a letter from Mr. Blease a few days ago stating that he bad withdrawn from the case, and ac clng that sufficient time be given for the accused to employ other counsel. Blackwelder is charged with bnr rowing money from the Bank of Chapln fof himself and for concerns in which he was directly interested, to tho amount of several thousand dollar*, without securing the consent of the board of directors. The case l< the first of the kind to be tried In this Stab-. State Hank Kxaminer Olles L, W1I sn, of Bpartanhurg, N the prosecu? tor, and It Is snhl that the ease will bo pushed to the l o t ditch by Mr. Wilson and the officers of (bo hank. The outcome, of course, win bo awaited with keen Interest by the bankers all over the State, If you haven't got a madvtom- in Georgia v..u needn't com?- around. ? Fear not?I jet all the and? Thoa Aiu MTB*. 4 ), sir jrdi DAHLMW HURLS DEFIANCE. Gubernatorial Candidate Says People Will Reject County option Ad \oi ate. Omaha. Neb., Sept. -0.?Mayor James C. Dahlman, Democratic can? didate for governor, tonight hurled defiance at William J. Bryan, who j gave out a statement that he would not support the mayor In the guber- I natorial campaign. Ihe mayor in his [ statement says: "The Slocum liquor law of our State has been on the statute books for 30 years. It gives each city, town and village the right to vote saloons in or out, which means local self-gov? ernment. County option, which Mr. ? Bryan is advocating, enlarges the j unit and takes from the people the; right of local self-government. "When the votes are counted No? vember 8, Mr. Bryan, county option lsts, and all the people who are try-' ing to force sumptuary laws on the] citizens of this State will find out thatj they have got hold of the wrong end of a red hot poker, because we will give them the biggest trimming which has been given in this or any( other State in several decades." GEN. OATES LEAVES $200,000. Also Directs Text of Inscription for $10,000 Monument. Montgomery. Sept. 19.?In his will, filed for probate today, Gen. William C. Oates, colonel In the Confederate army and general in the Spanish j American war, provides that a bronze j.statute, with Alabama marble pedes? tal be erected at his grave. It Is to be life size and is to cost not more than $10,000. His estate, valued at $200.000, Is left to his son, William C. Oates, Jr., and his widow. The dead man left also the text of the inscription that is to go on the monument, as follows: "Born In poverty, reared in adversity, without educational advantages, yet by hon? est individual efforts, he obtained a competency and the confidence of his fellow-men, while fairly lioeral to relatives and to the worthy poor. A devoted Confederate soldier, he gave bis right arm for the cause. He ac? cepted the result of the war without a murmur and 1898-99 he was a brigadier general of the United States volunteers In the war with Spain." I to YS' CORN FAIR. i _ Number of Exhibits Will be Made Then?Inducements are Offered. I Columbia. Sept. 20.?Ira W. Wil? liams has decided to hold the boys' I corn fair along with the corn exposi? tion. The Boys' corn clubs from the different counties and the boys who are members of the clubs will have the opportunity of contesting for special prizes offered, for the boys' Club members and also for all the prizes offered by the international i corn exposition. Jj. L?. Baker, local demonstration agent in T.ee county, will have charge of all the boy's exhibits at the fair. In addition to the prizes offered by the fair association and through the members of the boys' clcb, the mem i hers of the corn club who make 75 bushels per acre will be issued a j certificate of merit by J. V. Swear Ingen, secretary of the State board of education. He and the chairman of the board. Qov. M. F. Ansel, will sign this. The girls who raised corn are eli? gible to compute for the prizes of? fered the boys. Space will also be arranged for the girls' clubs In the 'different counties and for the glrV tomato clubs. Trizes will also be offered in this department. For those who expect to breed corn fur the prizes offered by the Corn Breeders' association, to he given to the year 1911, will need to select their seed corn this fall. Accordtng to the rules of the breeders' associa? tion the farmer denlring to enter the contest must select his seed corn, the twenty best ears, according to his own judgment. He should then se? lect the same number of ears to be used as a sub-standard, which should >>e of the average grown com or where there is an irregular stand In the Held, something that will not be of the best selection. Tim local agents of the farm dom onstratlon work Will select the sub standards for the men in the dif? ferent counties where they work if called on and when they have done tbi: and the breeder uses the ears se? lected by them as sub-standards, they will be eligible t<> ?-nter the con? test. \( i nrding to the Anderson Dally Mall, Ihe feminine hat this fall will be ' mure pi urn if er ous than ever." m't ai be thy Country ?. I'lij God's ?ir t 33?fE lUSi 31 19 SUPREME GRAND MIMAS. ROOSEVELT RAISED TO HEAD OF ORDER. The Storers Conic Hack With Docu? mentary Proof of Hough Rider's Inveracity and Calls Archbishop oh Witness. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 21.?The Republican tomorrow will print a letter from Mrs. Bellamy Storer, written in "France, September 6. re? viewing the controversy between the Storers and Mr. Roosevelt concern? ing the former presidents' alleged authorization of the former ambas? sador to Austria-Hungary to visit Pope Pius X and ask him as a favor to the president of the United States to make Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul a cardinal. Letters written by the archbishop in 1903 and 1904 hitherto unpub? lished are quoted by Mrs. Storer to show that at repeated interviews in the White House between the arch? bishop and president, Mr. Roosevelt acknowledged that he had commis? sioned Mr. Storer to act as his per? sonal envoy at the Vatican in behalf of the archbishop. Mr. Roosevelt has hitherto publicity denied that Mr. Storer was ever authorized to repre? sent him in this manner and the Ire? land letters, now published by Mrs. Storer, have the effect of making much sharper the issue of veracity between the Storers and the ex-pres l ident. [ Mrs. Storer's letter to The Repub? lican also seeks to prove on the test? imony of Archbishop Ireland that President Roosevelt promised to make MY. Storer United States Em bassador at Paris or London and there is still another letter alleged to have been written by Mr. Roosevelt to Mr .Storer just after the presi? dential election in 1896 in which Mr. Roosevelt, asked Mr. Storer to see President McKinley and urge him to appoint Mr. Roosevelt assistant sec? retary of the navy. The last letter seems to refute a recent assertion that Mr .Roosevelt never sought a public office except when he sought a presidential nomination in 1904. LYNCHING IN TAMPA. Squad of Armed Men Hangs Two Prominent Italians.. Tampa, Fla.. Sept. 20.?While be? ing transported to the county Jail to? night at 9 o'clock, Castenge Ficcarot ta and Angelo Albane>, two prominent Italians, who have made themselves conspielous in the cigar strike here, were taken from deputy sheriffs at Howard and Grand Central avenues, hurried to a heavily wooded tract nearby, and hanged to the same limb. Both men were arrested at o'clock In the evening by a deputy sheriff, charged with being accesso? ries to the shooting of J. D. Easter ling, the I ookkeeper of Busti'lo Iiro8. <fc Diaz, several days ago. Thev were locked up in the West Tampa barracks for a time and shortly after 9 o'clock taken out. placed in a hack and started towards the county jail in Tampa. They were accompanied by Deputy Sheriffs Evans and Bry? an. When the hack in which the four men were riding reached Howard and Grand Central avenues, a squad of armed men. estimated in number from 50 to 75, halted the party. The officers were told to got out, and the prisoners, handcuffed to each other, were then ordered to alight. As the two prisoners were marched off the officers hurried to the nearest telephone and sent a message to po? lice headquarters. When Police Chief Woodward ar? rived at the scene no one was In sight. Tie was greeted with the gruesome sight of two bodies swing? ing In the moonlight. FIRE IN MANNING. Destroys Half a Block and Regret Is Expressed That It Was Put Out. Manning. Sept. 10.?About half a block of small and old frame build* i Ings on West Boyce street were de i stroyed by flre last night. There were some half a dozen buildings, OCCUlped as repair shops, green groceries and colored restau? rants. Part of the property belonged to Mrs. M. E. Walker and part to the Leonard estate. The value of the buildings consisted mainly In the amount of rent they produced. There were general expressions of regret thai the fire department checked the progress of the flames before all the old shacks were de ptroyed, but there was anxiety for a while for the safety of more valuable property in the vicinity, including tb Baptist church across the street. The origin of the fire Is unknown. id Truth'*.** 10. TO REVISE PARTY RULES. Report Will be Made to Next State Democratic Convention to Elimi? nate Several Inconsistencies. Columbia, Sept. 21.?The rules of the State Democratic committee and the constitution will be revised and submitted to the next State conven? tion which meets in 1912 as the re? sult of a committee of six appointed yesterday by Wilie Jones, chairman of the Democracy. The appointment of the committee followed a resolu? tion adopted at the last meeting of ;he committee and Introduced by D, L. Slnkler of Charleston. The members of the committee .are Wilie Jones, chairman: D. L. Sln? kler, Charleston; D, H. Magill, Greenwood; J. E. Breazeale, Ander? son; J. W. Doar, Georgetown, and Robert Llde. Several inconsistencies in the rules and the constitution will be re? vised. GEORGIA SHOOTING SPREE. Two Farmers Kill Each Other While "Wives Look On. Pelham, Ga., Sept. 21.?Stopping their buggies when they met each other in the public road near here today, Charles T?te and John March ant, both prominent men of this county, fought a duel with pistols, both dropping to the ground dead af? ter half a dozen shots had been fired The wives of the men sat in the bug? gies while the fight was in progress and saw their husbands kill each other. T?te was a bridegroom of two months, and his bride was the widow of Frank Marchant, a brother of the man whom he killed and whc killed him today. The fight grew out of an old grudge, which at first was be? tween Mrs. Tate's first husband and her second husband, later, it Is said, being intensified between T?te and John Merchant, who opposed his sis? ter-in-law's marriage with T?te, and took up the old quarrel. When they met today Merchant -called Tat? to his bugtgy. The m?n exchanged hardly a word when the shooting began. T?te fired three times, every bullet finding its mark. While the bullets were cutting into his body. Merchant fired twice, one bullet striking Tate's hand and the other passing through his heart. The widows called aid and the bodies were removed. It was said Merchant lived a few minutes after be fell to the ground. Besides his wife he leaves two small children. The men lived four miles from this place, owned pood farms, were of promi? nent families and well respected in this section. STAND-PATTER BEATEN. Veteran Minnesota Congressman Seem* Defeated in Primary. St. Paul. Minn., Sept. 20.?Sixty nine out of 271 precincts give Ander? son 3.S00 and Tawner 3,200. Ander? son claims the nomination by 2,000. Tawner has gone to bed. St. Paul. "Minn., Sept. 20.?Early returns from the primary election held today indicate that Representa? tive James A Tawney, who has rep? resented the First Minnesota district since 1892 has been defeated for the nomination by Sidney Anderson, a progressive. The returns are incomplete, but in nearly all the precincts heard from Anderson was running far ahead. Tawney's managers stated late to? night that the outlook is discourag? ing. W. T. BROCK HAS RESIGNED. Gives No Reason for This Act?Gov. Ansel Accepts His Resignation. Columbia, Sept. 20.?Assistant Adjutant General William T. Brock, has resigned. Across his brief letter of resignation there is written an equally laconic acceptance by Gov? ernor Ansel. No reason is designed for this act on his part, but his resig? nation follows the endorsement by Governor Ansel of the report of the court of inquiry appointed at Col, Brock's request last spring to in? vestigate the Boyd-Brock controver? sy. The court found that Brock's expense account had not been pro? perly handled, but exonerated him of the charge of dishonesty. Gover? nor Ansel approved the finding Sep? tember 1, after keeping them in his desk for some weeks, and gave out the finding September 15. The Houston Post prints an edi? torial page story on "The Pursuit of l'.ail?"v." Laws, what's after him n < > w ? E SOUTHRON, Establishe Spfc i*ef - / Vol. XXX aO. 9. imp Amw j 4 v / REFUS? C SUPPORT DEMO C / CANDIDATE FOR Nj>v GOVERNOR. I>ei\ <4s Tliat County Option Belief is Sole Reason for Breaking Per? sonal and Political Friendship. Lincoln, Neb. Sept. 20.?In a state? ment in which he declares that the crusade which he feels impelled to wage against the liquor interests of the State and nation overshadows a personal and political friendship of 20 years, William J. Bryan, this even? ing announced that he had bolted the head of the Democratic State ticket in Nebraska and would not support James C. Dahlman for governor. Mr. Bryan says he regrets that he is com? pelled to take the stand he does?his first departure from political regu? larity?but says he feels it his duty to do so because of position taken by the Democratic nominee on the li? quor question. The statement, which is, in a way, in an apologetic tone, dots not indicate that Mr. Bryan will support thej candidate of any other party, but annouces that he Is a pre? judiced advocate of county option and the early closing saloon law, both of which he says are menaced by Mr. Dahlman's candidacy. The statement Is as follows: Will Support Others. "I am just leaving for Missouri and shall be absent practically all of the time for about a month campaigning in Missouri, Iowa Indiana and Illi? nois. After that I shall be at liberty to speak for Mr. Hitchcock, the Dem? cratic candidate for congress, and for the State ticket in Nebraska. "I regret speaking for the State ticket, however, I shall not be able to present any arguments In favor of the election of Mr. Dahlman. His position on the liquor question makes that impossible. I regret this ex? ceedingly, for he has been a political and personal friend for 20 years and it would give me pleasure to speak for him if I could endorse the policy for which he stands, but he has cho? sen* to make "the liquor question the paramount issue and makes his ap? peal on that Issue. Against Convention. "In spite of the fact that the last Democratic State convention voted down a declaration against county option by a vote of 638 to 202, he says that he will veto a county option bill if passed, and In spite of the fact that the State convention Indorsed the 8 o'clock closing law, by a vote of 710 to 162 be announces that ha will sign a bill repealing it if such a bill is passed. He is making his ap? peal on non-partisan lines with the liquor question as the sole basis His courage is to be commended. It is an honest way of making a campaign although it compels him to separate himself from friends who do not agree with him and to rely for sup? port mainly upon those Democrats and Republicans who take his view of the subject. May End Fight. "Possibly it Is just as well to have the issue clearly presented so that it may be settled this year Instead of two years hence. Troublesome as the question is now, it would be even more embarrassing if presented in 1912, when we have a presidential election on hand. If Mr. Dahlman is elected It will be a declaration by the voters of the State against county op? tion and against the 8 o'clock clos? ing law. If he is defeated it will be a declaration in favor of county op? tion and in favor of an 8 o'clock clos? ing law. In otber words the voters now have an opportunity to decide whether the State shall go backward or forward on the liquor question. To present arguments in favor of go? ing backward would not only contra? dict what I have already said on the subject, but would embarrass me in the fight I expect to make hereafter to save our party from the odium of being the representative of the liquor interests." INTERESTING RESOLUTION. Attempt to Oust Magistrate? Front the Primaries. Columbia. Sr>pt. 21.?A resolution t?> take the office of magistrate out of the primary system and make It appointive was defeated by the mo? tion being tabled at the meeting of the Stat^ Democratic executive com? mittee yesterday. It was shown that the matter of placing the magistrates In the pri? mary was left to the discretion of the county executive committees. The resolution asked that the next State convention take some action on the i , question. Charleston police seized ?n gallons of whiskey Tuesday morning.