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CRsTWS AND TUXMiN. New ^ScimJWr Mao Come* Hack at the Senator. Mi W. T. Crews, editor of the Kewe-SUmlter. Qreenwood, has gtv ?n out a copy of hie *.ply to Senator Tlllmoo's letter arhlch was published some dare ago. The reply of Mr. Crews 1* In part, aa follows: "Oa mr first page will be found a letter from Senator Tillman to ths editor of the Newe-Sclmitsr. "In our sxtlcls of September to which Senator TUlman refers? Tlie Plot Against Blesse'?ths only manner iD which we connected ths Senator's nams with ths plot was where we said. " Whether on not Senator Tillman baa given these conspiring politicians any pegs) oa which to hang their po? litics* hopes, we don't knoe; but whether be did or not. ths aaU Bleaae politicians are trying to make Senator Tillman * old friends and supporters believe he did.' "Senator Tlllmau says that be thinks * unkind for us to lend our aelf to any suggestion or scheme that will weaksn the confidence In him or any o<f his old friends and support era. Now. we disclaim any Intention of doing anything of the kind, in aVed. so far from lending oureelt to an.' soda euggeetlons or political scheme in conversation with parties who suspected that Senator Till? man bad lent himself to the plot aad scheme now hacking Candidate Jones, and so accused him. we stoutly denied it. But the suspicion seemed to he general, that an un? equivocal denial from Senator Till? man was due hie old friends and supporter*, and to that eatent the object of our editorial has been accompli*!, cd. He says: The sub? ject of Jones' candidacy was not discussed d iring my visit to Rich sr.In etc. And further: ' 1 do not expect to take sides In the gover? nor * race next year.' ' Having so emphatically made de alal. ttie public will acquit the sen? ator <*< all suspicion, and as for our self, we never ' ~ a minute suspect? ed thnt Senator Tllimsn was a party to the plot, and so expressed oureelf to every one with whom we discuss? ed the matter. And In this connec? tion. It seems to us that Senator Tin? man's umbrage ousht not be against max but rather against those old-time antl-Tillman paper* who sought to create the Impression that he wa* favor* b> to and aiding In the scheme to have Jones supplant Blease as governor?and this, to?, right on the heels of the Senator's visit to Mr. Richards. "Senator Tillman seems to labor ander the Impression that somebody or other has suggested the 'scheme' to us and that we were lending our aelf to such suggestion. In harbor tog such suspicion, senator, you are am 'unkind' sc you accuse me of bo tag 'unkind' tn you. During all the yevr* that I have written and fought far you. 1 always wrote and spoke say own convi< tlons, not somebody ease's, and If I hav*> 'hatched a eaare s nest' in exposing that Jones Richards scheme.' I wan only fol? lowing s policy which 1 loyally prac? ticed in your behalf ever since you have be??n in public life?a 'mare's Boat' policy that you have never heretofore found fault with. and whether or not they were 'mare's Boats' you have only to n*k your politics I enemies who read the Lourenrvllle Herald when it was your e? ay heat champion. "Hut the burden of Senator T1II man s letter, however, doesn t seem to be so much, vindication of him? self fr>m such an assassin's blow' as It Is an effort to clear Mr. HftolV ard's political skirts, draining all Senator Tillman says, as to hi t ha\ - tog no connection with any plot aeainnr lilease u t \ > >i .i JOBS*' candidacy, that doesn't Richards and fem* from Ho- poli? tical eoeeptrarr with ?hu-n we conr.e. led 'to m The taffy fact that 'Richards has known all alontc that Senator Tlllman's candidacy for the ?enat ? r .1 entir-h <>n I condition of ihe senator * health was the moving spirtt th if BfBSBBtof Jones' VtoH ?nd hin BBd Kl? tmr?i? political rraine-up. Possibly the f??t iawn.d ?ii. .i them ?h?t Senator TtllMian iniicht not BttegSSthOfl If prow of th,- State, und N.-ws anil Courlrr asjf DtBOf S*f HTM hiiM-TiII man pap.r* ( ikitiK Cho-f .lusti . Joaes up. ind. in ?.ff?M t. if riot in so many wor.b. telling those of their own political faith that they roust stay out of the race?nor would a prohibition I indi'i . . i l... i,,l era I'm I Su< h ,?ppr-hennion on t h?t r port, senator a <>uld h i\. fectly natural ? h ? hae* so well that peg ipi.ro- ,-,| ,,f , >0| toton plan.' and Ugtl p IB, von kao* was de\is.-.i to sn out juHt each ? political condition a* now BOBfrOBtl us. and whhh is nought to ho used to the poltthal undolriK gf QotfOf BOf Rlease. the people 'g governor, und lo which you gave your aetffd Msi political influence to prevent Just such an unfair - I lion from being u>ed against John Evans, in the pri? mary of 18U<4. But for the Colleton plan, you know, the conservatives would nave negatived the votes of the reformers, in that primary, and It was considered 'good politics.' then, to adopt it. But now, when the same political tactics which made necessary the Colleton plan are reported to by BI ease's enemies, and 1 sound the alarm, it is 'un? kind' in me and I am accused of striking an assassin's blow.' Tet In such political extremity. Senator Tlllman calmly informs us that he Is hands off. Now, then. If conditions are such as we have stated?that Mr. Jones is the candidate of the news? paper ring and that of the Prohibi? tionists, Senator Tillman ought not to stand for it?even to the extent of being hands off." How YoeVs Famous Library. The Now York Public library Is Che moat oopjpssto Institution of the kind lit the world. Besides the usual circu? lating library and children's library these are*: lecture room and class room of the library sefcoot, exhibition room, eighty foot square, for the dis? play of biblk)*qnptitoal treasures* read tag rooms for out rout periodicals, hav? ing a cvpactty of TvOOO periodicals; tectmotogy rooms, tn which GOvOOO voi omee are ebervedx *wu rooms for the seAeuce eotlecOox*. tn which are shelved OCMXX) soJfcWBnl seteChtg to mathemat? ical and natural sciences; a library fot Che u? of the btmd? six study room* for special students and Investigators, special reading rooms for the consul tstion of the Slavonic. Jewish and alniflaT onOectiorjn, a reading room fot eoomcxk* and sociology, sberring about 20*000 wottnnesc pubfto docu meet room, which oootatns about 80.* ODO wotuxnea, eta. Capttare We Have Had. ft Is asserted sometimes that the United States has bad five capitals but the statement fs not correct. The United States has had but three cap lists?New York, Philadelphia snc Washington In Q? period preceding the sdoptioo of the cutietiCutluu nc place waa begatty cuustfloted a capttsl In a loose and uixSBrtal sense It is pos sfbte to describe as a capital any eft; which was the sent of guvenrmeut Taking the susstuus of the Continent n congress as estsjbJnmfng a seat of gov erument In rhe ftovuhifioti and th< confederation, the rofluwtng ctttet may hjoserj rant, as capitats: Phila detpbta. Baltimore? Lancaster* York. Princeton, Annapolis, Tsentuu and Itew Vorn, ftoe attic lee of coof odera Oon were pmsjufl by congress in Piiil aderphia, and the federal conveutJoc charged so pcerjsme a ODustJtutiou con? vened at theeoose place. lit a 1 mm*, a - * - Odooma ins vwnwrwtv **W* came through with hying cot ors," boasted Che middle ayud mac who had returned from his first visil to Europe. "Aixxxt the only serious mistake of the trip was mods by my wife* She droew Can dork tn a Paris shop to todlgnertfcai and despair by in advertently sohlng If the dress trim? mings she was looking at were traport od The glri osariy took her heed off. TmpoctedT She said. *Wher? fromf "^-New Y?kSmi. A Ottnp^e Twtst of the lyrist. *Tou enow .Ionen? who was reputed so rich? Weil he died the other day. and rhe only thing he toft wus an oW Dutrj ctock." **Wetl. therms one good thing shout ft?it wont be Qiocb trouble to wtn1 op hts estate*'' -Qened Heart Review As Asslefafs Dentist. Victim?6sy. dum ye. you've pulled the wrong tooth! Dentist?From the way you hollered I thought I had bold of the right oust but well call ft my mistake.-OrV-njjo IVfbuno. V^?slth asd \ATIsdon?. A man who Is worth more than f 1? 000,000 can get any commonplace re? mark accepted as an e^rfgrom,?ChJ eago Record-Herald. What a strange thing ts men and erbat a stranger Is woman!?Byron Goi Down. Jones (as the launch capslzesv? 1?I wish I had been a better man. Brown fwtth a gurgleV?I wish I had been s better swimmer ? Philadelphia Bui totln _ Success. ?'What is the key to success?'* The ability to moke people pay ** ?Tay for what tlfcw getr" "No; pny for what you tell them they are getting." M*rV of Noble Birth. In some parts of the east women of high caste wear hug<e bracelets, the ob|eet being to prove tl>?ir noble birth by in?.khi? them unable to do work of any ktnd Savage races delight in all klnda <if weird ornament, but it must b*' a high price to pay for beauty to wear two large bracelets attached to the ears for one cannot call them "arrlngs?and another through the cartilage <+f the nose. But most fre? quently they wear a mass of hoop* on their arms and regs and are fairly content with that Bright Child "l wlhl. i WM twins, ino*h< r, then half ot Be could do lesson . and half nouid elaj London Punch Best Point of Attack. It's no us* to tell a pretty girl eh* Is pretty, di - knew (hat long before fOO 61 ! The place to work It In with lUCCOSS Is where a girl inn't pretty.? New York Press. A GUMPSE OF YOURSELF. Get It by Reedrag ? Qoestpy Letter Yog Wrote Veers Age. Tnere ts nothing more liHerestlng than bo oume across urjexpeetedly on Intimate and gossipy letter that ana wrote ouoseif hen or fjfteen years ago. In reading stich a letter one ts looking at oneself from the outside. The proc? ess Is u good deal like looking out of the window and seeing oneself go past In the crowd. Tbu strange part of the matter Is that to reading such a docu? ment one Is generally filled with a sort of pity for the fellow who wrote tt He seems to have been rather oncer tain of himself. Be groped tor his tacts and hi* Ideas. EMdeutly he did not know ranch, lie was merely an Imperfect adumbration of Che admira? ble person who is now overtook los his correspondence, eh? That is lie first Impression. Dot presently one feels differently a boat tL Those half baked opinions may now have hardened into dogmas. We may now he cocksure of what once we onty surmised. But who ts so hopelessly wrong as the cocksure man? If the person one was fifteen years ago could eoutem plate objectively the person one Is now perhaps he would pity the pur? blind dogmatist more than we pity the groping experimentalist. ? New York Moil. SEE THE FIWWY SIDE. Use Your Sense of Humor Whew Dis? tressing Situ at ions Arise* Humor proves to he the saving clause of many a distressing situation. The trouble with most of us Is that we take our troubles altogether too seriously. We ? tail to see the funny side of things that for the moment concern us, dven though we are quick to grasp It when we are mere on? lookers. In the face of gathered clouds that seem to shut out the sunshine forever It Is not a had idea to remind ourselves that this old mother earth has been revolving on her axis for countless ages, that generations of men have come and gone for thousands of years and that the march of human progress has gone right along in the forward direction despite what seemed to he occasional setbacks. -Lough and the world laughs with you." There Is humor In nearly every situation If we can only see it from the right angle. Those of us who try to smile in adversity and think how much more laughable It would he if conditions were reversed at least feel less uncomfortable over It and take pleasure in looking forward to the time when the shoe will be on the other foot?Omaha Bee. The Road to Thrones? In the year 1710 a girl called Marie I tfAbbadie was hired as a servant In I an inn at Pierrefrtte. Prance She was the daughter of peasants named Dom? inique Habas and Marie d'Abbadio. A Beamais from the village of Boeilh. whose name was Jean de Saint-Jean, stayed in this Inn. saw the pretty maid, fell In love with ber and on May 30. 1710. wedded ber in the church at Asset. They had several daughters, the eldest of whom on Feb. 20, 1754. was married at Boeilh to Henri Bernsdotte. physician, son of Jean Bernadotte, master tailor, j Their son was Napoleon's Marshal j Bernndotte* who became king of 8we j den and whose great -grandsons and ! great-granddaughter are respectively j King Gustave V. of Sweden, King ; Uaakon VIL of Norway and the Queen of Denmark. Bedlam, How many people use the expression **a regular bedlam" without knowing bedlam's "where or what" Bedlam was the popular COfTOpUot) of Bethle? hem, the name of an insane asylum In London, first established In 1523. Owing to the prevalent Ignorance of that age. It was a place of chains and manacles and stocks and finally be? came so filthy and loathsome that no man could enter It It was rebuilt several times, but even as late as 1812 the institution was marked by its cruelty to inmates. The poor lunatics were chained and Hogged at certain stages of the moon's age. Trencher ous floors were arranged that, slipping suddenly, precipitated the unsuspect? ing ones into "baths of surprise." Two of a Kind. Convict No. 071 (ox-burglan leaned confidentially over to his companion, a new addition, and whispered: "What yer in for. sonny?" "Five years. And you?" "Same. I*tnehed a gold cup wot some one glvo as a prize in a race sn' the thing turn<?d out to ho on'y gilt arter all. WhttCher larfln' at?" Convict biJO (ex-company promoter)? no, he! I'm the chap who gave the cup!? London Tit-Bits. Telling Tslee. "That," said the professor. **is nn 1 Egyptian queen. She is at least 3.000 years old." "My!" exclaimed the girl with large fluffy hair. "I'll bet she'd be annoyed if she knew you were telling It ???Ex? change. Rubbing It In. Patient (angrily)?Tho sizo of your Mil makes my blood holL Doctor Then that will In) $20 mom for ster? ilizing your system. ? Boston Tran scr1i>t Laying the Snare, mTor whom Is she wearing block, her late husband 7" "No, for her next She knows she looks well in It"-Judge. There is a difference bfiWfsii l>dng busy and being Industrious. Try an ud. in ths Daily Item, and \\ it. h r?**ults. AIR CURRENTS. The Posose Thai Operate to ftftawe the Wmd Blow. In reference to air currents end the reasons why the wind Wows the as? tronomer royal of England explains that air consists of gaseous particKjs, all trying to get away from one an other, and that under certain condi? tions they can be compelled to come closer together by con traction or forced to fly further apart by expansion. A quart bottle, for example, holds twenty two groins of air at the temperature of TO degrees. If the bottle be coo4ed by surrounding it with tee the air In? side oontracta. When this occurs more sir rushes in through the bottle's neck The quart of air now weighs more than twenty-two grains. If the bot? tle be heated the air It contains ex? pands, to tiny particles fly further asunder, and many of them escape from the bottle altogether. There is stXD a quart of air, but it weighs much less than the original twenty-two grains. Now. consider the earth end the sea ander the influence of varying degrees of the suits heat Where the beat ts greatest Che air ts made lighter and expends* Where the heat Is least the air to UDexpanded and heavy. Both the hot and the cold air have wehzht. but the cold, being the heavier, is drawn more effectively down to the ground. In doing so it drives the lighter sir up out of Its way. Just as a tump of lead dropped into a paQ of water forces some of the water up? ward, tf the earth were equally warm at every part and continued at a con? stant temperature wind could not ex? ist It ?TOows" because of heat and gravitation. In other words, air mores from the place where Its weight or pressure to most toward the place whese its weight or pressure Is least. STORIES OF R0SSINL Mto Quad of Thirteen and Friday and ? Coincidence. Rossini had scant patience with amateur composers. One such once accompanied the manuscript of bis latest composition with a Stilton cheese, of which he knew Rossini to be fond. He hoped of coarse to have a letter praising his work. A letter came, but si) it said was: Thanks. 1 Ohe the cheese very much," When Rossini was rehearsing one of his operas in a small theater In Italy he no?oed that the born was out of tune. "Who ts Chat playing the horn tn such an unholy way?' he demanded "It is I." said a tremulous voice. ?Ah, tt to you, is it? Well, go right home.'* It was bis own father. Etosstnfs whimsicality extended even Co his birthday. Having been born on Feb. 20, in leap year, he had of course a birthday only once In four years, and when be was seventy-two he face? tiously invited his friends to celebrate his eighteenth birthday. Ail his life he had a dread of the number thirteen, as weil as of Fri? days. He never would Invite more than twelve to dinner, and once when he had fourteen he made sure of an ?nderetody who would, at a moment's notice, have been ready to come should one guest have missed. And, though this was a double superstition, be died on Friday. Nov. 13.?New York Sun. An Unforeseen Calamity. In his own mind Abel Saunders was a man marked out by destiny for mis? fortune^ In the minds of his neighbors it was a wonder that such a shiftless man got on as well as Abel did. When he appeared at the door of the resident who had ordered a dozen eggs the night before be unfolded a much rumpled paper and took from it four eggs. That*s all there Is left o' what I started with," ho said lugubriously. "If *t had been anybody bat me they'd 've got here all right But the four little holes that was in the bottom o' the bag?1 ariw 'em, but there wa'nt any one of 'em half big enough for an egg to come through?if they didn't all Join together when I was most over here! If I hadn't *ve been as spry as a man Ilk'? me has to learn to be I eouldnt have saved ye a single eggr? Youths Companion Gave the Tiger Mis Arm. The lato Sir Edward Bradford was a great figure in British official life, especially in the Indian service. Sir Edward was u splendid huntsman. Although possessing only one arm, he rode a most spirited horse. The occa? sion on which he lost his left arm fur? nishes an example of his presence of mind and tho cool bravery which were his characteristic traits. Ho was out tiger shooting in the jungle when knocked down by a tiger. Instead of struggling with the animal, ho per? mitted it to maul hts arm so as to let one of his party shoot it. Her Own Worst Worry. ??You say she worries herself un? necessarily over trifling things?" said one of two women who were speaking about tho ways of another. "Worries 7" was the answer. "Why, | she's more trouble to herself than J family of childrenP? New York Sun. | Easy. White?Unvo you any trouble in making both ends meet? Green?Not a bit The end of my money and the end of tho week always come at the same time.?Hanger's Bazar. AM the Details. Lawyer?Where did ho kiss you? She?On the mouth, sir. Lawyer?Oh, no! Whore wer? you? She?In his arms.?Variety Lifo. It is p. wise man who knows his own business, and it Ii n wiser man who thoroughly attends to it - Wayhmd. Mr Wilton Barrett, of Conway, is In the city f<>r a few days stay. ARABIAN COURTSHIP. S?JfW Seoreoy Eiwetaps the Wooing end Winnmg o# the Girt An Arab loves as none but an Arab can love, but ho la aim mightily excit? able and easily won. An Arab sees a gii/i hearing water oa brushwood and in a moment, almost at a glance. Is as madly In love as tf bt had passed years of courtship. Ho Chinks of notb lng eiso. cares and dxe&ms of nothing else but the girl he lover* and not in? frequently, if he is disappointed In his affection, he pines and dk& In order to commence his suit he sends for a member of the girfs tribe and, first Insuring his secrecy by e solemn oath, confesses his love and entreats his con ?d ant to errang? en trjeerview. The confidant goes to the girl, gives her a flower or a binde- ot grass end sayen ''Swear try him wtjo mode this ?ower | and us also that poo will not reveal j to any one that whfcab *> am about to ' unfold to you." If the girl wtD oot accept the pro? posal she will not tafea the oath, but nevertheless keeps the matter per pertly secret from eJL tf she is favor? ably disposed to the match she an ewers: "I swear by him who mode the flow? er you bold and us," and the place and time of meeting ere settled. These oaths are never broken, and It is not long before the ardent kwer becomes the happy husband. TOOK HIM AT KB WORD. He Wae Willing to Stargf for a Dollar, and He Did. It wea 8:3a and the theater was crowded. "What hare r??* left?" a prospective purchaser inquired of the treasurer. "How many., sir7" the treasurer asked. "Two** "I have two left in fhe twelfth row,** the treasurer said, taking the tickets from the rack, "They're the last two seats I have in the bouse*" "How much?" the other asked cau? tiously. Two dollars," was the reply. Two dollars P the patron repeated, "I can't stand for that" "Well, will you stand for a dollar?" the ticket dispenser Inquired. "Gladly," the other cried, scenting s bargain and laying a dollar on the ledge. The treasurer replaced the two tickets In his rack and handed out two others after placing the bill in his cash drawer. "There they are, sir," he said. "Flrst door to your right" The man and his friend hurried in? side and "stood" for a dollar. The wily treasurer, taking him at his word, had sold him two admission tickets,? Lippincotfs. History of the Sardine. The sardine has been honored with a history, the writer being no less a personage than a member of the So clete Academique of Nantes. The sar? dine in the early days was brought in in small boats. Then came a police ordinance In 1738 in the interest of the poorer classes against the monop? olist Owing to the police ordinance the sardine was a source of livelihood to the Bretons. Joseph Ctllhx whose name Is still revered in Nantes, first prepared the fish with oil. His ven? ture was a great success, and he had many Imitators, In 1835 there was something like a crisis in the sardine Industry. Millet, who was the chief eurer, had his factory Indicted as a nuisance, but the difficulty was over? come by removing it from the center of the town to the shore. Although the fame of the sardine was firmly established. It was only in lSoS that it received Its apotheosis. Then it was shown in the Paris exhibition.? London Globe, Something to Show. "Do you mean to tell me." demanded Mr. Sllllcus angrily, "that you actually ordered $10 worth of groceries of a to? tal stranger at prices less than any wholesale dealer can buy them and paid for them in advance?" "Yes, thafs what l said." replied his better half. "And you hadn't sense enough to see that It was a barefaced swindle!F roared Slllicus, "Well, your money*9 gone now, and you have nothing to show for it" "Why, yes. I have, John,** said his wife, "I have the mans receipt for the money."?Lippincotfs. A Big Job. ?That ts old Jed Wombat oar oldest inhabitant" "Why doesn't he get his whiskers trimmed?" "Well, he does start a dicker with the barber every winter, but they ain't never been able to reach no agreement yet"?Washington Herald. Hie Cure. "I have cured myself by learning to chew my food." "What have you cured yourself of?" The belief that if I remained away from tin? office for more than ten min? utes at lunch time everything would :r-? ??> the dickens."?Chicago Itecord aid Forgot His Tiret Aid." "But bow does she know that he dtK*m't love her?" "She fainted away the other evening, and l>e didn't kiss her before he hol? lered for help."?Houston Post As ? test Reeort Mother?I saw you kissing my dntigh tor. "Yes, but only out of desperation. I couldn't think of anything to say to her."?Fliegende Blatter. Mi. Hugh Belker. of Silver, spent Friday In the city. LICENSE ORDINANCE ADOPTED. Council Holdi Long if retina; and Had Much l>ihcu?>!doii Otcr Adoption of ordinance. City Conndl Thhrsday night held a very long and hard session over the license ordinance for 1912. which af? ter quite a number of changes had been made in it, was finally adopted. There are few changes mad.- from the ordinance of this year and these changes are more of arrangement than of anything else. One change made throughout the whole ordi? nance is the graduation of It accord? ing to law. The only other thing discussed by Council was the sweeping of the streets at night, and Mr. Booth was instructed to get a street sweeper for this purpose. The ordinance f<?r ltl2 is all ar? ranged in classed, the various kinds of businesses coming under classes suitable to them alone. The vari? ous classes are also arranged ac? cording to the amount of capital in? vested in the business and in the amount of business done during the year. The arrangement was so mad - that all of the big and small I business people would be treated alike. Some of the things on which dis? cussions were held were in regard to the license on publishers and job printers, on cotton buyers and re? ceivers, on telephone companies and exchanges and on railroads and a number of other occupations. The Mayor stated that he differed from the city attorney on a number of points in the framing of the license, but that he thought on the whole it was about as good as any that they could get. CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS Motion for a New Trial in McCoy Case?L T. Davis Found Not GeJlty. There was little done in the court of general sessions Thursday except th<? winding up of the I. T. Davis case and the beginning of the R. J?i. Bateman case. Aft<*r being out a short time the jury brought in a verdict of not guilty in the case against I. T. Davis. The case was one for disposing of crop under lien. A motion was entered on the min? utes of the court Thursday by Mr. Jennings for a new trial in the case against Allen McCoy, who was con? victed of murder, with recommenda I tion to mercy. Marriage License Record. A marriage license was granted Th?rs lay to Mr. Elias Wilson Wither spoon of Florence, and Miss Caro? line Elizabeth Winn of Sumter. A negro couple to secure a li? cense Thursday was James Daw-son, Jr., of Dalzell. and Wilhelmina Roach of Frovidence. The heavy receipts of cotton have made the work of the public cotton weichere much heavier than ever before and many who have cotton to weigh arc kept waiting in line for their turn on the plaform the greater part of the day. Friday, for instance, the public weighers hand? led 1,119 bales of cotton and some of the cotton wagons were In line for more than six hours before their cotton was weighed. It la a full day's work for two men to weigh this amount of cotton and the Weighers are doubtless exerting themselves to weigh the cotton as rapidly as pos? sible, but it is nevertheless a great hardship for the farmers have to wait all day to have the cotton Weighed and there la great cc m plaint.. The writer is not prepared to prescribe the remedy, but if it is possible steps should be taken to ln crease the number of scales and Weighers when there is so much cot? ton on the market. If the farmers want to sell their cotton in Suml.T it should be made easy for them to do so.. If the dissatisfaction over the congested condition at the cotton platform and the loss of time in hav? ing cotton weighed continues the market will pet the black eye and other townf get a black sys and othehr towns will pet the cotton that always would otherwise come here. There ought not to be any difficultly in arranging for two more assistant weichers on days when their Services are needed Thursday another electric arch was erected from the Lyric to Burns Hardware Co. and Friday morn? ing another one was put up from Levy A Moses to the Kearosj Drug company's store. in the Police Court There was only one case in th.? Police Court Saturday. J. I, Martin and Franz Tetcher wer?- charged with fighting. J. 1. Martin plead guilty and was lined 15.00, while Frani Teicher plead not guilty and was dicharged.