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A CRUEL CIRL
Eloped With and Married Her
Own Mother's Husband.
THE PITIABLE STORY
As Told by the Outraged Wife in the
New York Courts in Her Plea for
a Divorce from Her Cruel and
Unnutural Husband Who
Married Daughter.
No m=dern instance is comparable
to the case of Mrs. Bruce Crane No.
2, who ousted her own mothers's af
fections out of the heart of her own
stepfather, whose first wife was Mrs.
Crane No. 1-the new bride's own
mtber-and eloped with him.
Bruce Crane has ju:st married his
divorced wife's d;.ughter, co-respond
ent in this ignoble case.
Where may ce find a situatiCn
and a complication more heartless?
Mrs. Bruce Crane, who was Mrs.
Jeanne Burchard Brainerd before she
became Mrs. Bruce Crane, had two
darghters when she intrusted herself
and her widowhtod into the hands o1
Mr. Bruce Crane, then a struzgling
and afterward, while she was his wife
-matured into one of the most dis
tinguished landscape painters in the
whole United States.
When the se cond Mrs. 3 uce Crane's
own mother was in the slough of des
pond and was cast into prison, she
did not visit her own mother. But
she kept on keeping hou':e for her fa
mous stepfather, Bruce Crane.
When, after the first Mrs. Bruce
Crane, who had g'ven up all monet,
and everything she bad in life to give
up, and when her daughter took the
side of the artist father against her
own mother, she did not even visit
her own mother in her dire extremity.
When the first Mrs. Bruce CranE
was haled before a magistrate in a
police court in Greater New York
her own daughter who has succeeded
to her own mother's "nama and
fame," let her be locke d up in a cJll
like any commen, ordinary unfortu
nate without comirg to the rescue
and now after all tue agony of spirit
the first Mrs. Bruce Crane has gone
through--goaded so by desperation
that she even had to beg-as a dnal
release from all her intense misery
that she must name he r own daugt ter
as the co respondent of her bustand,
hisstepdaughter and natural guardian
of the child to whom she had intrust
ed him, her portion is that of intense
shame. She has seen all her hopes
blasted, all her life rained, and
all the field of her existence ungar
nered by the unnatural conduct of her
daughter who has stolen as ay from
her own mother the heart of her
mother's husbar-d.
~CHAPTER II.
A woman had been found iri New
York leaning against an iron railing
in Eighth avenue, between, Fifty
sixth and Fifty-seventh streets, in
'the evening. It was in December,
when it was bleak, cold, dismal. L
was just ten days before Cnoristmas,
to', when the whole city is suppoed
to be alive to the most glorious spirit
of Christianity: "Peace on earth, good
will to men."
She was helpless. She could barely
mcan out her name and her adaress.
"Oh Bruce, oh Bruce," she kept on
mcaning, as if there were an ache in
her throat and a break in her heart.
"oh, send for Bruce. or my little
Annie."
Omeier O'Leary, of the West Forty
seventh street police station, found
her. With the quick instinct of his
profession he knew at once that she
was a getnlewcman in a most deplor
able situation. He pondered a mo
ment.
"Where is your home, Madame.
Do you want to go home?"
"Home, Home-yes, no, oh yes,
take me ht me! No, dont, don't"
There was a cut over one one of her
eyes, which might have been the re
sult of a fall, and the officer called for
an ambulance and took her to the
Ecosevelt Hospital. Finaliy, after
her mina had quickened a little bit
with warmth atter her exposure, ste
gave her name and addre.4s;
"Mrs. Bruce Crane, No. 95 Fif th
avenue."
Her husband was notified. She sent
for her daughter AnnIe. T be daughter
sent no response. The husband made
no effort to come to her rescue.
So she had t/obe taken like any
common unfortunate to the station
house. Even after another notifica
tion Bruce Crane did not ball her out,
nor did his stepdaughter hasten to her
succor.
Can one imagine a more heartkss or
crueller ordeal than this, which hap
pened the next morning in the York
'ille Police Court?
She was arraigned in court early be
fore Magistrate Carne, who happenc d
to be sitting. Alone with all the or
dinary "drunks" and "thugs" and
"riff raff" of a great city Policeman
O'Leary produc, d his prisoner. There,
was that innate something in her
bearing, her carriage, her dignity,
that instantly compelled all eyes to
locus on her, for Mrs. Bruce Crane
has always been a handsome woman.
Scarcely anybody could believe his
eyes 'when the conventional charge
was made-" a vagrant and intoxicat
ed." Poor woman, what made her
so?
Then, and only then, did Bruce
Crane appear.
She was gowned in a smart frcck ofI
clc-se-fitting gray cloth. Her splendid
blond hair under her little tcque took
all the glints of the sun that stole into
the dingy, ill-smelling place.
He and she stood facing each other.
She gave him one lo'ok. She said
nothing. He turned his head away
and in answer to the question of the
Magistrate. ''What do you wish
done?" He said with calm, cold and
precise deliberation:
"I think she had better be put
under retraint for awhbile. I have tried
in every way to reform her. I have,
sent her to various asylum?s and sani
tariums. I have placed her with
friends of the family and with private
physicians but it has all been of no
avail. I have pleaded with her for
the sake of our chi'dren"
' Then the storm in the henrt of
Mrs. Crane broke: "Our children!"
she echoed in an zmpassioned out
burst; "why are they not here ? Where:
is my Annie, my child-not yours,
not ours, but my own. Oh, rey God,
wy dce she not come to helD me now
- r oq, when I mosL need a daugter
'1 think my wife necs a physi
cian's ministration =core," broke in
Mr. Crane, sill with tVe most steady
calm. Mr. Crane tridled with his mus
tache.
The situation was pitire: the at
mosphere was teCse'
1-1 r
Oh, Bruce, Bruce. wnat are you
dcing?" Suie turned and throwirg her
arms about his neck, kissed him again
and again.
He tricd to break away from her
grasn and her passionate appeal.
"Where is my daughter? D n't
seperate Ls; for God's sake don't'
The answer came as if slit from ice:
"You cai~not go back to your cnil
dren."
"Don't say that after all I have
done for you. Oh, Bruce, let me go I
back to my children, my babies. Th-y
need their mothar. What are you
doing?" she suddenly cried out hy'ter
ically. "Are you stealing their live
from me?"
"Don't severate us fOr the lore of!
our untou chiid; don't do it; don't
do it. You used Lo love m.e-you
know you did. If 1 ave t:-ansgre1sed,
you know why and wtat made me, do
it. I am distraught, besides my sel.
Take me back to you, to shield her
g einst herself, and-you.
"Oh, Bruce, Bruce. I plead to you,
Bruce," she ke.pt on imploring. "I
plead to you as I have never pie.dsd
befre and never will plead again.. No
matter what I have d rne recently. c
foriive me for Annie's sake, whom
you say you love like lour own
daughter.
"You know, too," she went on in
the anguish of her scu', "that I am
weak- and worn out with nursing you
through typhcid and am not yet over
the effec-s of my own typhoid, which C
I got during my vigil for your own
welfare. You know I bave given ycu
all, all my money, all my love, all my
hopes, all my life."
At this crisis even the stolid calm
of the brilliant land;cape painter
seemed -o forsake him. Tears stood
in bis e3 es. His immediate emotion
everwhe med him. He was about t.1
gasp out-when in a second's silene
in the whcle fierce outburst there wa
an in ter-uption. There fell from the
xcuth of the Magistrate himsel;
these clear cut words:
"Sir," said Magistrate Crane, ad.
dressing Bruce Crane, "you have a
stern and, perhaps, a harsh duty to
per:orm. You must face it like a
man. You must do it for Ier sak
and for -he sake of your children and
yourself." Then turning to Mrs.
I Crane, he said: "1 will dce iu yo
onfly temporarily until o n u ro v.
Mrs. Craue, weak aLd exhauted,
almost f ell to the fi-or. Brace Crane
sneaked hurriedly away.
It was at this epoch in his lire that
Bruce Crane created a painting and
called it "Suarise." Imaginative
friends have declared that when this
strong picture was creatcd they saw'
in it the mot:ve of an idea to deptic.
bs who'e soul at that time.
The long strctch of the dreary,
wearisome marsh was to typify-to
his own, intense self -his own weari
ness and dreariness with his own
wife.
The dull, cold, gray foreground was
his own heart; the overlyir g snow and
the bleak hills was his wife's shadow
on his lifc; the rising sun, aglew in
the far-away heavens was bis wife's
daughter-the one bright, hopeful
spot.
CHAPTER It.
It was after several most painful [
episodes that Mis. Bruce Crane got
desperate. She had given Bruce Cra.ne
her love, she had given him her.
money, s.he was a brilliant art critic
herself, and she had impelled him by
her own incentive and wifely help on,
the road to becoming one of the most
successful and distinguished painters
of American landscape.
Then there came the little rift in
the lute that was impossible to be
avoided.- ht e w
Mrs. Crane discoveredthteron
child was accepting the attentions of
her own husband.
She was utterly discarded and forced
to watch this utmost degeneracy.
It had been uttered in the art
world, where Bruce Crane and his
wife moved at that time, that Mrs.
Bruce Crane murmured:
"I almost wish now that she had
died before she was born." Mr. 3rt.ce
Crane afterward: "It's evers hi ng a
or suicide for me."c
Mrs. Crane kept up her methodical 5
Impulse. "He seems so fond of my c
own daughter. Hie does not seem to t
care for me," his own wife."i
Imagine Mr. Bruce Crane reading t
into two women's heart at the same f
time-especially when one belonged i
to his wife and the other belonged to t
his own wife's daughter. And then 3
came next, for or against divorce, a j
most ignoble plea, as one may look at r
it. It has been saId that the mother c
favored the dihsolution, to save her a
own daughter natme.
Anyt ay, it was asked by the mother ij
of her own child, against her own hus- t
ba.d. The stepdaughter was cores
pendent in the piteous case. Today
the daughter Is acclaimed Bruce
Crane's wife. A d her own mother? b
Well, her own Imother-she who 0
brcught her into the world-is th'e 3
outcast divorced wife of the man wbo a
is living with the daughter in the 9
pale of the law as his own, particular s
spouse.1
CHlAPTER Iv.
"My troubles with my husband be
gan," she' has confessed, "when I first3
dscovered his relations with try y
dagter. I must tell the whole
naked truth. I upbraided both of
them, but they b'th denied my
charges. I know what I was t.alkir'g
about, and my own little girl-the
little girl I had brought into the
world- said to nie, 'Why, mamma,
you must be mad. You are crazy.' r
"'Yes,' said Mrs. Crane, my own r
husbndi, chiming in, 'ycu must be S
crazy.' I had had enough sorrow to si
make me so.
"After that my life with Mr. Crane d
and my little daughter Annie became si
a veritable interno on earth for me. rr
He began to persecute and n~g me in i
every way possible t~. think Cf. O:h,
can't one imagine the torture I was I
going through-and always: He I t
aided and abbetted by my own daugh I
ter, my own offspring:
"So it went on and on, He began
to persecute me in every way. He U
struck me even and knocked me down2 jt
when I remonstrated agaim.t the aw
rul life we were living amorg our- S:
selves. There secms to me nothing f
like it even in the Greek tragedies. tU
"I was nervous, upset, unstrungi. ti
may one wonder? 5:
"So I was c.j.>ld into a sanitarium
to forget.
"To f >rget what? n
"Tha; toth my husband and my h
Saughter swore that I was willing to t
- thr.and tiat my husband and he
y daughtr were masquerading as
r. ani Mx,. R:c'ard 13. Warner
ad consorting from one hotel and
om one home to another home and
aother hotel.
" I had been mortified, chagrined,
.ruck to the heart as with a dagger.
.nd when I called my daugnter to an
3counting, as I thonght I had the
.ght in motherhood, she ain stab
ed me by savirg: 'On, Ma, you're
razy, ycu know. Why tor-ent Mr.
rane so? He has the real artistic
,mperament, like I have. Yiou don't
riderstand Lim. Why not go away
gain now and have a long r st?1
It was then stung to t ie inner
3ost quick of my soul, tha i I began
:y smit for civorce rgainst Bruce
:rane, naming my own dntghter as
o-respondent, M.Ly GA foregive I
bem, they know not w!at they
,id."-New York Americar.
THE COTION QUESTION
)ebated in the House bj Johnson
and Other Congressinen.
During the debate on the army ap
>ropriation bill in the bouse Wednas
!ay Mr. Johnson (S. C.) made a shirt
peech on the cotton que:.tion. He
allad attention to what he said -as
, systematic effort, unfortunat :ly
uccessful, to bear down the. price of
otton, and asserted that there -as
Lo justification for such a brutal cz m
>aign of drcaption and misrepres :n
ation. 'I know," he said, "there
.re some kid glove gentry in New
Cork who would not know a c'tton
>atch from a pea patch, who are un
ertaking to tell the world that the
outhern farmer can make cotton at
4 cents." If he had the power, he
aid, be would have every man who
,ambied in cotton on the New York
)ttcn Exbarge and who said that
otton ouId be produced at 4J cents
o down and with his own naked
iands pull the bell cord of a mule and
nake coten at that pice.
Mr. Douglass (N. Y.), interjected
;he remark that most of the men
peculating on the Nea York ex
,hange were soathern men, which
aused Mr. Johnson to declare that
vbether they were southern men or
iot, they were enemies tf southern
ieople and of good morals everywhere.
'he pe p.E of the south we:e holding
:tt:.n which they had no more idea
>f parting with at the preaent price
,han the owners of United States
))nds had of sellirg them at 25 cents
,a the dolar. He predicted that be
ore Septe'ber 1, 1905, thousands of
pindles in the United Sm.ates and
b:oad would be idle because o! their
nability t: get cotton to spin.
Mr. Johnson argued that it would
>e perfectLy right for the southern
otton growers to -gree among them
rlves to a reduction of the cotton
.rep to the (xtent of 50 per cent.
Kr. Slaydcn (Texas) said that a cur
ilment of the cotton crop in this
ountry would only enccurage the
freater production of it in other
ountrics. He warned the southern
nembers that they should not be de
uded by the idea that the south pos
essed the only climate or soil which
ould produce cotton profitably.
Still Fighting.
A special from Manila says an en
~agement which took pltce on Janu
~ry 8, with refractory Moros on the
slana of Jolo, Lieut. Ja~nes J. Sewell
nd one private of the Fourteenth
Javalry were killed and second Lieut.
10y W. Ashbrook, of the Seventeenth
.nfantry, Capt. HalsteadDorey of tke
ourth infantry, Second L ieut. R. 0.
Iichardson, of the Fourteenth cavalry
~nd three privates were wounded.
Phe action was in connEction with
he capture of a fort held by the Moro
utlaws which Maj >r ScotD, governor
f the island, had attempt ed to secure
y peaceful means several months
,go. Recently while attempting to se
ure recruits on the lsl md kinaly
neans' ruen by liajor Scott were mis
aken by surrouinding Moros and
rouble brewing necessitat ed forcible
.ction. The M,.ro leader h:is been kill
d and the fort has been distroyed.
Loerican troops were assi sted by the
-unboat Qaires in commaid of Lient.
Vallter. Lieutenant R~chardson is
rm 2harleston, S. C.
A Horrible Tragedy.
At Chicago on Wednesday. With
pistol and razor, John Miller, a.
ock, killed his wife and in ant
aughter Annie, fatally v'oundet an
ther daughter, Martha, two ar I a
alf years old, and then, after sb >ot
:g himself through the breast, cut
is own throat. The unconst ous
orms of the Miller family were f< und
a their home by the police who had
een summoned by neighbors. Mrs.
liller di on the way to tbe hospital.
[er younger child was dead before
emoval by the polict. The older
bild survived only a sbort time after
rriving at the hospital. Miller will
robably die. Drunken rage is be
eyed by the police to have cautei
die tragedy.
Family and Servant Snffocated.
William T. Mason, a lawyer, and
is family, consisting of wife and two
rlidren, Edlen, four years old, and
[arion, ix months, with a servant,
.nnie Welils, lost their lives in a fire
'hich pLrtially destroyed the brown
tone dwelling occupied by them at
33 west One Hundred and Thirtieth
neet New York early Su'zday morn
ig. The whoile family appears to have
een suffo~ated. The charred bodies of
[rs. Mason, the servaut and four
ear old c lil~d were found in the closet'
nder the roof scuttle thr ugh which
2ey are suppciscd to have been at
impting, to escape. The bodies of
Er. Maso~n and the youngest child
'rc in a bedroom.
One Robber Killed.
Two n:asked men attempted to
)b Abraham, James and Sarah
tar'z, in Hanover township, Pa.,
a~turday night and o::e of them was
lot and instantly killed by William
:Henry, employed as guard. The
sad man's companion ecaped but is
lought to have been injnred. Six
onths ago the L~acz bome. which is
a remote district, was robbed sev
al times, the rubbers subjecting the
~o brothers and sister t) brutal
eatment.
Finds a Jag of Cold.
Charles Smith, a wealthy farmer of
nion Tcwnship, Ohaic, has found a
g of gold, hidden by Byrum Seward
dore bis death, thirty years ago.
nith Thursday bought the Seward
rm and Friday began taring down!
~e old hc u e. When the chimney was
rown over the jog, containing about
00, was found in a curuer.
A Cr -:AO alde~ m- is alleg( d to
Lwe kicked a would-be-b'-iber out of
s cdice. The Atlanta Constitution1
Inks that the amonnt must have
DISPENSARY REPORT.
The rirecto s Eubmt a Stat' ment of
the Years Business.
The Total Profits Do Not Yet Reacb
the One Millon Dol
lare Mark.
The annual report of the board of
directors of the State dispensary was
given to the governor and made pub
lic Thursday. The report itself merely
summarizers the figures of th! year'1
business, whiFh are set forth Li detal
in accompanying exuibits. The report
follows:
To His Excellency, D. C. Heyward.
Governor o: South Carolina, Colum
bia, S. C.
Sir: We have the honor to submit
herewith a statement of the businesi
done by the State and county dispen
series during- the fiscal year ending
November 30th, 1904, to be transmit
ted by your excellency to the genaral
assembly of South Carolina.
By referri:2g to the several state
ments attached hereto you ilil fiad
that the totall cost of liquors, wines,
beer, etc., purchased during toe year
amounts to $2,316,242.67 ar d that-:
the total sales (ex-Iusive of "fresh
beer") amounts to $3 374,786 43.
The net earnings for accour t of the
schfol fund for the fiscal year, which
have been placed to its credit, am,-unt
to $171,377.73.
The proffts that bave accrued to,
and equally divided between, the
counties and towns, amount $603,
998 22, making the total earnings for
the year for the school fu-.d, counties
and teovfns 8775,375 95, which is an in
crease over earnings of last year of
$136,893.60.
We have paid to the State treasur
er since December ht, 1903 (-.he be
ginning of our fiscal year), on account
of the school fund the sum of $304,
338 94, which reduces the school fund
to $400,000 00 as required by law.
During year we have disposed of a
large amount of "hard stock" (which
has been accumulating for several
years), at a fair pr:fit, and hore that
within a short time we will have
nething on hand except "live" or
marketable stock.
We are very much gratiflei to re
port that the bu3iness of the disptn
sary has been conducted with harmony
and success in all its departments,
which will be sbovn by the attached
statements, and the reports of the
legislative examining committee and
and expert accountants, apvointed to
examine the books and records for the
past fiscal year.
You will also note that the vo'!me
of business has increasd, but this we
attribute to a more rigid enforcement
of the law rather than to an increased
consumption of liquors, etc.
In conclusion, we court your most
careful -inquiry into all the details of
the dispensary management, and are
ready to furidish any data y ou may
desire.
All of which Is respectfully submit
ted.
H. H EVANS,
Chairman,
L. W. BoYEIN,
JCHN BELL TOWELL,
State Board of Directors
G. H. Charles, Clerk.
The annual statements of the pro
fits of the dispensary paid to the
counties and the profits of the whole
sale dispensary paid to the scbool fund
were also completed Taursiay and
show an interesting increase. The
statement i?s as follows:
Abbeville.......... .8 13.595 64
Aiken......... ....... 14,872 '35
Anderson......-.........27.698 37
Bamberg....:...........11,260 -30
Birnwel............. 19,940 21
Beaufort................ 9.436 96
Berkeley-....... ........ 8,662 77
Charleston-..............55,342 L6
Cherokee......... ...... 10,279 78
Chester...-.............13,324 532
Chesternield......-.......9,146 28
Clarendon.-.......-.....12.502 635
Colleton..............10409 01
Darlingt-on...-...-......17,220 64
Dorchester...............7,639 P2
Edgefield........... .... 6 671 73
Fairfield................ 6 254 47
Florence.............. 23,203 15
Georgetown............ 20,349 5.'
Greenville........ ....... 7,017 38
Hampton................6486 69
Horry.......-...-....... 5,732 51
Kershaw.....-..........-~4 088 37
Lancaster................-2,368 44
Laurens.........-.......1,608 '59
Lee. .... ..............=2523 32
Lexington................3,376 99
Marion....... ..........-:0.788 S6
Newberry......... ...... .3.J04 18]
Oonee......... ........ 8 206 88 i
O rangeburg.............. 0,835 40
Pickens......... ........ 4 621 49
Rchland.............. 44,771 32
Saluda....-......-. -.-.... 3 437 81
Sumter...... ......- .... 26.555 75 1
Spartanburg............. 25,874 26!
Union.........-.. ...... 16 568 23
Williamsburg............ 11,680 18
York.......... ..-....... 6,140 24 1
Total. ............. $603,998 22
Net profit of State dispen
sary for fiscal year end
ing November 30, 1904,
placed to the credit of
theschool fand.......$171377 731
Grand total.. ..... . 775 375 95
Total net profits of 19C4.. 775,375 95
Total net profits of 1903.. 638,482 35
Increase of net profits of
1904 over 1903.-....-.--.$136,893 60
Total amount to consuma
mers..............83374786 43
Paid school
fund fiscal
year-..-.....185.663 17
Paid schoot
fund since
Dec.1.1904
to date...118,675 77
i 'otal school fund....8304,338 94
'otal amount accruing to
town and county during
tiscal year.-....--.--..--.8603,998 22
Due school fund Deci 1903.8132,961 21
Since then to date we havye
paId the above and also
the amount accruing to
shool fund during the
fscal year..-.-....-.-..171,377 73
Bryan Backs Teddy. -a
William J. Bryan, in an address to t;
ihe Indiana legislature Thursday, fol- Lh
owed up his commendati-u of Presi- ta
lent Roosevelt made at Lafayette. o:
peakng on the president's recomn- p
nendations of railroad legislature, w
Bryan said: "I hope every Democrat ei
n the senate and house will support '1
he president to the utmost and I say F
n advance I shall recommend the de- ji
eat of every Democrat for renomina- ti
.ion who des not stand by the presi- al
leut in his dfort to bring about these b1
enmmnatns."w
HOESBICK CAUET
anged Him.i to . Tree in Ab
ville, N. C.
At A NLv'e, N. C., the body of 0
L Whittaker of Paragon, Ind., a
udent at Bingham Militja-y acad
my, was found Wed-ieeday hanging
rom a tree in Victoria woods. The
ercnar's jury returned a verdict that
he dEceased came to his death by
iuicidal bangiog. Whittaker, vho.
Pas 22 years old, came to the Bing
)am Military academy ten days ago.
ince his arrival here the sciool
Ltherities stat 3 Whlttaker suffered
!rom home s'ckness and I cis thought
:bat he committed the deed while an
3cr its inflauence.
He left the Echool Tuesday ni.ght
without permission and according to
witnesses, was seen pacing the plat
lorm of the railway station late Tues
'ay night. A te legram was received
Wednesday eveaing from J. C. Wait
aker of Paragon, Ind., father of the
lead boy, directing that the body of
ais son be shipped bome at once. The
remains have been embalmed and will
)e piaced on the train Wednesday
2ight.
The suicide of young Whittaker
was planned with winute care and
xecued in a methodical manner.
The place seiested by the boy for eod
ng his life is a thickly wooded spot
31ose to a trail leading from tie Vic
oria read to the tracks of the South
-rn railway and s-::mi 200iyards fron
Lhe Victoria inn. The rope was of
aew cotton and ee-y precaution
taken by the intended snicide to pre
ent any miscarriage of his plans.
Upan reaching the spot he selected a
I small white o-k tree. Wnittaker
removed his ;ollar and tie and placed
bhem near the base of t2e tree. The
rope was then doubled and a noose
fornd and placed about his Deck.
fle climbed the tree and after adjust
ig the noose and tying one end of
the rope to a limb, thrust his bands
into his pockets and jumped, dislocat
irg his neck. When taken down by
the shcriff Wednesday morning the
body was cold and stiff.
OFFIUIAL PROGRAM
Of the Cotton Growers Convention
Which Mcete in New Orleane.
A special t) The Telegraph from
onticello, Gi., says that President
Jordan of the Southern Cotton Grow
ers' Protective association has an
nournced the official programme of the
S .uthern Interstate Cotton conven
tion which will be held at New Or
leans January 24 29. The organiza
tion will be called to order by Mr. Jor
dan. Hon. M. J. Sanders, president
of the New Orleans Progressive
union, and Mayor Martin Behrraan
will deliver addres e3 of welcom 3, to
which response will be made by Hon.
J. P. pe Browa of Hawkinsville. Ga.,
chairman of the railroad commission
of Georgia, and Walter Clarke,
Clarksdale, Miss., State v'ce president
of the Southern Cotton Growers' Pro
tective association.
The first day committees will be
appointed on resolutions, regardlng
cotton acreage and fertilization, State
bureaus of statistics, organization of
producers, warehouse system, bank
ing, State exchanges and the present
crop ard surplus. There wI 1 be a gen
eral discussion of the present situk
tion.
The second day there will be, among
otiher features, addresses by Hon. B
K. Suma erwell, of New York, J. H
Dargan of Atla~nta, M. H. Thomas of
Dallas, Tex., L W. Parker of Green
v~lle, S. C., L P. Hillyer of Macon.
Ga , N. C. Murray cf Kingston, Trex.,
and B. D. Smnich of Magnoslia, S. C
The report of the cocamittees *ill
also be receive I.
On the thirn day there will be ad.
dresses by Hon. R~ R P..;oe of Mont
gomery, Ala., president Association
of Southern C~mmissioners of Agricul
ture; T. B. Parker of Raleigh, N. C..
R. E. Smith cf Sherman, Tex., and
F. M. Mier &: New Orleans.
Railroad raves of one fare plus 25
cents have been granted from all
points in the scuth for delegates and
members of their families. President
Jordan urges all delegates to reach
New Orleans not later than 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning, January 24, to re
port at once at the assembly hail of
the Prcgressive union.
The State says William Wessinger,
mn employe at the State dispensary,
was carried to the Columbia hospital
Wednesda~y night with the cheek bone
md lower jaw boce on one side of his
ace brol en. He was also in a partial
ty unconscous corndition. The manner
in which Wessinge: met with his in
jury is something~ of a mystery. He
aves at 300 Elmwood avenue and
Wednesday morning he started for the
lispensary to begin work at the usual
ime. 'Later on be staggered back to
si house bruised and bleeding and
ntirely unconscious. He was carried
:o Dr. Gibbs' '.fflce where his wounds
ere dressed and he was removed to
,he home of his mother. Mrs. Harriet
Wessinger, at 1108 Hugher street
lAst night it was dt cided to place him
n the hcspital. The ambulance was
lummoned and the removal was made
ith safety. The wcuided man is in a
ery serious condltion and the result
if his irj~iries is uncertain.
A Woma~n to Hang.
The State says: "Gov. Bell of Ver
nont is a marvel among governors.
I has refused all appeals for the par
Ion of a wan who is sentenced to
le hanged in that State next month
,nd caiLmy declares that he will per
nit the decrees of the court to have
heir way. The woman, a Mrs. Ro
er, is under s-.ntence for the mur
tr of her husband, the date tixed for
he ex-.cution beiing Feb. 5th. Not in
0 years has a woman been hanged in
fermot. U.nder the laws of that
ate Is seems .that the right to re
ew the sentences of the court is
ested in the legislature as well as
he executive and the legislature hay
ag failed to act at its last sessions the
1vernor proposes to let the law take
:-s course. There is very strong santi
2nt against banging a woman and
v. Bell will not have an easy t-ime
f it for the next few weeks."
Act of a Brute.
A dispatch from St. Peterburg says
story of almost unprecedented cruel
on the part of a Russian general
as reached there. While a review of
coops was in progress in the province
I Tounia onlookers crowded in, ham
ering the drill. General Tschtyrkin,
-no wais reviewing the troops, beecime
araged and rcde into a group of chil
ren, slashing at them with a sword.
our children were killed and ten in-.
lrei. Toe crowd was desperate at
i cold blooded murder of children
d tried to get hold of the general,f
at he ordered troops to charge them
th baonets. r
ADVICE TO FARMERSI
From a Book Farmer Who Never
Planted an A cre.
He Believes that Organized :Efrort
Amaong the Cotton Farmers
Will Raise the Price
When Vie cotton crop of 1904 was
being plaLted the farmers looked for
ward to realizing 10 cents a pound for
the crop, or thereabouts. It is quite
evident frr-m the large portion of the
crop now heldiback from market that
there was little apprehension in the
minds of the holders that the drop in
the market below 10 cents Cwas -any
thing but a temporary situation.
They thoi:ght that there would soon
be a reaction, and were not prepared
for the r .gular descent, and finally
the decided plunge that followed the
November government report.
While the present condition of.the
market is serious and discouraging,
perhaps Vie most serious problem is
yet in th.- future the prospects for
the next ,-rop. We believe-.the*.farm
ers who have sold part of their last
year's crop could stand the present
pric s to: the remnant still in their
hands and would let the same go to
sale, if assured in regard to the mar
ket for the ?resent year's pro.pective
crop. W nat should be done to cause
a reaction and give assurance of pay
ing prices next fall, is the vital ques
tion now awaiting an answer. It is
evident t iat the bull influence Is not
yet confident enough, and strong
enough in that confidence, to effect
any considerable advance in prices.
After considering the various
schemes and plans for bringing about
a reactio-a that will carry prices to 9
or 10 cents, it seems obvious that all
plans will foil that do not include a
settled determination on the part of
cotton growers to very materially
imit the area of the next crop. Such
determination should take solid tan
gible shape and not end in mere talk
and viva voce resolutions. The cot
ton men who handle the crop, the
manufacturers who work it up, and
all concerned in the trade, must have
substantial reason to believe that the
farmers are going to do what they
are ready to swear they will do. We
believe if such substantial, unques
tionable assurance be carried home to
their convictions the price would im
mediately c mmence to advance. But
the danger to be feared in cass the
marktt shall again be quoted at 9 or
10 cents before planting time, needs
but to be merely hinted at.
The farmers seem to be in earnest
this time in their purpose to cut down
the area. Each' one is anxious for
every other one to cut the area, and is
willing to join in the cutting. Now,
how are the farmers-acting together
to convince the cotton world that
they "mean business," that they are
determined, in good faiLh, to limit
the coming area in cotton more than
three-fourths of the area of last year?
We believe the reduction should be
greater than .5 per cent, not less than
33 per cent. Indeed we are not sure
that one-half the area of last year
will not yield more money next fall
than any larger proportion.
At a reduction of 25 per cent it
would be a comparatively easy thing
to reproduce the total output of last
year by throwing out the outlying
poorer soils and concentrating skill,
labor and- fertilizers on the smaller
area. The very much more liberal
use of fertiFzers last year was more
largely 'responsible for the big crop
than anything else within the farm
ers' control. The good seasons pro
bably had more to do with it than
fertilizers, and seasons and liberal
fertilizing together were far more
itfloental than the increased area
compared with previous years. And
yet some may think it inconsistent
and unwise not to insist on a greatly
diminished use of fertilizers as well as
a reduced area. Why not hope for,
pray for bad seasons, far storms and
droughts and blight and ravaging In
sect enemies?
It wo aid be just as sensible to ad
vise the farmers to use old worn out
implements, to buy cheap, weakly
mukcs, to plant inferior seed, etc.
Such a policy would surely reduce the
cotttn crop, but it would also increase
the cost of producing cotton. What
the far ner should do is to largely
diminish the area, say 40 or 50 per
cent on the acreage, plant only good
land, fertilize liberally and make a
better yield per acre, thus reducing
the cost- of production while at the
same timie reducing the total amount
produce I, and widening the mnargin
between the cost of production and
the mar ret price on bo.tha sides. The
strengtl. of this contention is largely
in the fact that any farmer can adopt
the policy without waiting for the
co-operation of any other farmer.
Another strong feature is that such
a policy is always in order-at all
times and in all places. It is the fund
amental principle that underlies
scientifc, intensive farming. Every
farmer should adopt it, and when
every farmer shall adopt it, all will
have done so, and the cotton mille
nium will have come and the "coun
try will be saved." It'isto be added
that ths is no new "gospel of good
farming." It Is the "old, old story"
that has been preached by many for
years and years and practiced by not
a few, to their profit, prosperity and
present serenity. it fits intb the
policy and practice of "diversified
farming, " of which we have heard so
often and so vaLguely; it makes such a
policy practicable and profitable and
is .indispensable to its complete suc
cess and assured permanence. Many
farmers in this county have tried it
and profited by it. Why can't all our
farmers do the same is what puzzles
the book farmer.
Why He Goes Home,
The Russian War Osce explains
that the reason for Lieut. Gen Stoes
el giving his parole and returning to
Russia instead of remaining at the
ead of the heroic troops who formed
the garrison of Port Arthur and shar
ing their fate as a prisoner of war in
Japan, is that it is incumbent upon
im to bring a detailed report of the
lefense of the fortress to the emperor.
Rear Admiral Dochiusky, who Is sen
[or naval offi er, will bring the naval
report. The arrangements for Gen.
Stoessel's route home are not com
pleted. At the war offce It Is said
hat the general will undoubtedly
ome straight to St. Petersburg, his
irst duty being to report to the em
>eror. As soon as his route through
LRtissa is determined upon prepara
ions will be made to give him a it
ing reception.
CL.AYTON and Jeff Donnelly, bro
hers, were almost torn to pieces on
~aturday by the explosion of dyne.
nite with which they were killing
is in Wautaga river, near Butler,
Penn. Bot~a '~ere made blind and
ne of t hem !nst both hands.f
A Forgotten Law.
One of the many laws of the state
that has fallen Into disuse Is that re
lating to the care and preservation of
trees along the highways. Section
459 of the code reads as follows:
"Whoever shall wilfully or wantonly
cat down or kill any tree growing
within ten feet of any rcad which may
be laid out, altered or mended by
authority of the county supervisor of
any county, which shall, by directio n
of the highway surveyor in charge of
such road, have been left standing as
convenient for shade to the said r.'ad,
for each tree so cut down or killed
shall be fined twenty-five dollars at
ary court of competent jurisdictior-"
If this law were enforced we wold
sofn have beautiful highways in every
section of every county in the sta-e.
And besides, the shade would make
travelirg on the highways more pleas
ant in summer. and the trees would
protect the roads fro-n washing in the
wint-r. It seems a great pity that
this law is not enforced.
A Greenwuod Boy lissing.
Frank Giles, the 14 year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. F. Glas; of Green
wood, ran away from home Wednes
day afternoon and no trace of him has
been found. -The boy attended school
Wedne'sday, received notice that he
would be reported to his parents foi
some little offense. Ir is sipposed that
this was the cause of his leaving. His
parents are great exe.ci:ied over his
disappearance. Chief of Police Mac
Millan has mailed out descriptions of
the boy. - He is an intelligent boy, 14
years old, height five feet six, weight
120 pounds, black hair, lisps in talk
ing. Wore brown mixed suit, knee
pants, be may seek Employment in
railroad shops.
Date of Inauguration.
Gov. Heyward stated Informally
Friday night that the inauguration
would take place on Wedr.esday, the
25th of January. He bad been in
formed unofficially that the legisla
ture would consult his wishes, and
that Is the date most suitable to him
self. Gov. Heyward has had great
demands upon him recently, the pre
paration of his message and the part
lie took in the cwntennial exercises in
connection with the heavy routine of
his cffice, and for tnat reason the in
auguration will be held later than
usual.
Another Mill Closed.
"it is a little disturbing," says the
Springfield, Mass., Republican-"this
passing of the old and well known
Boott cotton mills Into liquAdation on
acconnt of southern competition, for
one thing." Our contemporary then
goes on to say that the mill's failure
does not mean that New England , 'is
gradually to be forced out of the cot
ton manufacturing business, but it
does mean that we must have more
open markets outside of the United
States."
A Hint.
It Is Interesting to find In "Cotton
Facts," published by Mr. Alfred B.
Shepperson of New York. this declar
ation by the author: "Texas,'Okla
homa, Arkansas and the Indian Ter
rirtory undoubtedly offer far more in
viting field for the investment 01
European capital for the productior
of cotton" than "Eurepean schemes
for the cultivation of cotton in
Africa, the West 'Indies and other
newly tried sections."
THE criminal statistics furnished In
the attorney general's report make a
better showing for the State during
past year than for the previous one.
The number of homicides was slight
ly less, but any Improvement in that
line is a subject for cngratulation.
Out of 202 such cases there were 99
acquittals. Of course all of these
m-ay have been justified, but we agree
with the Columbia Record that it will
be generally admitted that the juries
are too much Inclined to avoid intlict
ing the extreme penalty of the law.
A few hangings, and thtere has been
abundant opportunity for them,
would do much In further reducing
the number of such crimes in this
state.
EACH year shows a ;further deca
dence of the phosphate Industry in the
state. Tne revenue at one time
amounted to over $200,000, while for
the last year It was only $9, 723 01.
Ooly two companies are ergaged In
the business and the output has fallen
off in abcut the same prol~ortion a=
the revenue. The Columbia Record
says the supply Is prob~ablyexhausted,
but the main cause of the trouble was
the discovery of equally as good rock
at various places coutside of the Estate
which could be mined cheaper.
IMMIGEATIoN C.mmisloner Wat
son has made his report, which Is an
interesting one, to the general as sem
bly. In the short time the ofilce has
been In operation he has accomplished
a great deal. The first fruits of nis
work are& already apparent; but the
most that has been done, or could be
done up to this time, has been in
laying the groundwork. So far he has
bronght 156 immigrants Into the
State.
CoxorwmALTm's Attorney Mack
ey of Alexandria, Va., who has been
prosecuting gamblers vigorously,
charges that an emissary of the gamb
ling dens has tried to bribe him, offer
ing him a monetary consideration
and election to the state legislature if
he would abandon his prosecution
against the gambling rooms.
A truck and fruit growers associa
tion has been organiz d at St. Mat
thews with Dr. A. R. Able, presi
dent; F. W. Symmes, vice president;
and Walter Spigener secretary and
reasurer. A c ommittee was appoint
ed to visit and urge upon the farmers
generally the importarca cf diversifica
ion and the possible profits thereof.
The State gives this good advice:
"Reduce cotton acreage one-fourth,
work one-fourth harder and with
twice the Intelligence of last year and
here will be no cause fs r lorg faces In
he south. The south needs plenty of
provisions, bacon, beef, corn, peas,
ay and potatoes, and 10-cent cotton.
n the meantime hold cotton."
Thomas Scandone, a contractor in
he Pon Pon mines in Colleton coun
y, was arrested by a United States
narshal on Friday on the charge of
eonage, the complainants being a
umber of his fellow Italians, who
~scaped from the mines and walked to
)arleston.
Jeff Robinson, colored, in attempt
ng to board a train at Kingsville on
aturday had both feet crusbed and
is legs were amputated at Sumter,
e having been) cirried there for sur
~Ical treatment.
A hoop burst on a big cask in th3
tiband distillery on Thursday and
3,000 worW~ of liu~r ran out. The
lo, was fooded a fin de.e I
CAUGHT AT LAST.
From a Mansion to a Cell After
Six Year's Chase.
PASSED AS RICH MAN.
C. Lawton Work, Who Swindled fiu=
dreds of People in the Ciry of
Philadelphia, and Led Detec
tive Squad Around the
World to New York.
C. Lawton Work, who Jbas beeii
wanted in PFLiladelphia since 1899:_
for swiniling hundreds of poor people
out of half a million dollars in a get
rich- quick scheme, was arrested in
his magnificently furnished apart
ments, at N o. 237 West End avenue
New York, Saturd.ay night and taken
to Pollee Headqarters, where, in de
fault of bail, he was put In a -cell to
await a bearing beore United States
Commissioner Stields.
The arrest of Work was brought
about after he had been. pursued
around the world. - Detectives fol
]owed him to A ustralis, Africa, India,
Europe. and finally lost track of him.
Everywhere be went, It is .alleged,
tie left a trail of lavish expenditures,
and be always managed through his
generous outlays to keep ahead of the
detectives.
I cntly information reached his
dupes in Philadelp:ia that Work was
living in,lavish style in New York.
Detective Sergeant Farley -finally lo.
cated the man in a fashionableWest
End avenue apartment house, where;
with his wife, Work occupied a. suite
of rooms, eliborately furnished, that
comprised coe entire fi or.
As soon as Farley located .Work'
Post Oife Inspector Holdea,.of Phlia
delphia, came to New York with a
copy of the indictment found against
Work in 1899, and went before Uited:
Statcs Commissioner - Shields for al'
wrrrant.
Work was taken completely by. sur- -
prise. There was a violent scene when
te was told he must accompany theL
officers to Mulberry street, but 'h
told his wifenotto worry and wa
driven to Police Headquarters. Ar
rived there, he sent for Louis Lowen
stein, his attorner, and the tiwo were
in consultation for some time. Mr.
Lowenstein finally leaving t- hunt upi-f
ball for his cilent.
It was discovered, however, that
Commissioner Shields had gone home,.
and all efforts to secure ball had :to ben
abandoned. Mr. Work refused to make#
any statement. Mr. Lowenstein, when
asked about the case, said:
'I simply know that Mr. Work hasP
been arrested under an old Indictment
which charges him with having been.
engaged in a get rich quick afair1i.
Philadelphia in 1899. Itis nonsense toi
say that he has been chased all orve
the world, He has been In New York~
here all the time."
"Living under his own name?". was
asked.
"Yes," replied Mr. Lowenstein,
"and engaged In business."
The c ty direc'ory. falls to give the.
name of any C. Liwton Work.
Mr. Work is forty years old, tall,,
lightocomplexioned and of distinguish-.
ed appearaince. He wears a. heavy
b'ond mustache and gold eyeglasss.
Up to the time that he left- Philadiel
phia, he was very prominently ident!
fled in yachting circles there.
.-Peculiar Dleath.
A specli from Spartanburg to Thie
State - says. Tom Smith, colored,
mit with a tragic death -Tuesdes
morning while engaged in w~alling the
well on Mr. Lip Wood's premieg
near Pacolet station. Some of the-n
woramen on the ground were lowser
ing a massive bucket, filled withrocksi
to Smith, who was working in thA..
well, some 25 or 30 feet below. Sudd
denly the hoops of the over-ladent
bucket gave way and 'the entirecon-- ;
tents fell on the unfortunate'inan's
head, crushing his skull. Death was
almost instantaneous.
Facdons Pight.
A special from Whitesburg, r
says: At Bolman, in that county,.ei
factions, led respectively byW
Boarck and Henry, Holcomb, have inm,~
and -the two men named were killet
ns well as Joseph Holcomb. Bufordt
Roarckc was proba~bly mortally wounal
ed. The trouble originated -in th'M
murder of one of the Boarcks jidh
ago. The t wo factions have been arm
ed and in readiness for a meeting fcr
several weeks
*JNo. C. Perry, who waylaid al
killed his neighbor Joe Wills a fewd
months ago In Saluda cor;.aty, -f-r
which there were threats of lynching
at the time, 'was granted ball ozi
Thursday by Chief Justice Pope i
the sum of 82,000. Too little bal re
quired. _________ -
Mrss Mariel Bryam,, a Cbicago heir- -
ess and be: uty, was found dead inb hr
room en W ednesday with a bullet ho'
in her neck. Tne coroner's jury fonri
that her d eath was caused by the ac
cidental discharge of a pistol that she
was cleaning preparatory to a hunting
trip in California.
ENOtreH men can be- found for 86
a month to do the hard and dangeroLn
work of the life-saving stations, which
no congressmen could be Induced ta
touch for 85,000 a year says the Phila
delphia Times. Yet the congress
men are alway talking about ho-q
poorly paid th. y are, and want araise
BRAN mada an address to the
Jackson Club of Memphis, Tennessee
on Saturday night on the subject
'Watchman What of the Night."
The president of the club introduced
him as the next president of the coon
try. We sincerely hope that that olay
president is a prophet.
TaE Chicago Post says: "It wou'l
be only pcetic justice if the gayer.s
ment should beat the paper trust to O
pulp." So it would, but we ws.I
wager a last year's crow's nest thai
the government will not interfr
with the paper or any other trust.
They paid for Roosevelt's election. -
A BILL has been introduced in tie -
North Carolina legislature to rep- I
all divorce laws and re-enact the la e
of twenty-one years ago which p:~'r
mitted divorce or-ly for adultery.
FOUR invitations were received by
the president on Friday from citi ;
inviting him to visit them, three of
ihem bein~g southern cities-Kood
rille, Tenn., Birmingham, Ala., a..d
rusk-egee. A la.