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COTTON. XXON ASSOCIATION KIO AOHAKTUU And Institute Ware Houses, Which J Will ?nable Every Man to j ' Hold His Cotton. "Mt. 10. D. Smith, president ot the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Asso elation, thinks the reoont Blrmlng ham Con vontlon was the rest yet held by the Southern Cotton Assoola Mon, Indeed, ht ls enthusiastic over the work accomplished and the plans outlined there, which he regards as ot tho greatest importance 'One ot the greatest drawbacks un der whtoh the organization has be?n working," he says, "was that under our presen!? plan Che mau outside of the organizion ready got more bete fit from tho efforts and saorlttoe ot the mon inside than the men inside gol themselves. We also recopn'ze that? tho cotton that burt the market wa the oototon encumbered with debt, whioh had to be sold regardless o' what tho pr.ee was, to mees deb a that was upon it. Now, the question wts how oould we devise a plan by whloh we oould offer speoial inducements to the owners and growers of ootton tc Join tho organization, and to show how lt would bo of personal benefit to him rather than be outside. Next, how to formulate a practical businta. plan by whloh the poor follow who owed money against hts ootton. ana was forced to realize on lt, to meet his obligation, auld bo helped by cu organizion to hold without dams ge to himself, and receive the benefits ot the organization. "Both of those mattera weio glveu tho most oarnest atteutlou, and we bollovo that wo have found tho solo tlon of oaoh. In tho first plaoe, we havo ordered a properly constituted oommittoo to secure at once our ohar tor, ma'<lug us a legal organization; and under this bharter, we want every county lu tho ojtton growing states to moot and organize their holding companies; open books of subscription for tho purpose of raising, if possible, at least 15 per bale on all ootton grown in that oounty; to eleot a board of dlreotors and president, who shall seleot some man, either from among their number or otherwise, who shall beoomo the buying and seil lng agont for that organization, who shall negotlato all loans; who shall have supervision of all ware housing, and to whom can be given th? power of attorney to dispose of the cotton placed under his supervision. lu other words, he ls to become the agent of that division to receive cotton, to BU per viso the buying of what cotton the organization buys, to procure ad?quate ware house room and, with tho na Monal oifioors and local oftioers of sim liar oounty divisions throughout tho South tp negotiate loans on whatever ootton is held by him upon which loans;are requested. "Under this plan a member of the Southern Cotton Association oau oarry his ootton to the local company, turn it over into their hands, reoelvo a cer tificate of ownership, and give to this company the power to sell that oot ton, provided lt ls not sold before a prloo agreed upon by the national or ganization. This prioe, If enough ouuutles in the South enter into lb, shall be made net to the grower. If, for instance, the prioe agreed upon ls iou a pound, middling, and I oarry my cotton to my looal organization and they ware house lt, insure it, and store lt, a price will be fixed upon that cotton BU tilden tly above the IO cents to pay for the Insurance and storage and tho expenses attached such as salaries of oilloers, interest on money, etc-and the buyer pays this. <\ "There was an enthusiastic adop I tlon of this plan, and a oareful study / of it will reveal the force of lt. We .were, assured that there was sutllolont capital, both at nome and elsewhere, to finance ?ll the ootton that needed finauolng, provided we concentrate lt in such form &J to make lt available for finanolng- Again these looal com panies will report dally or weekly to the State office how many baloB, the grades, and whatever information ls necessary, and the mills and the buy hrs, when they desire ootton, can como to our State oilloials, plaoe their order for the number of bales and - . , gradss that they want, and these or ders will be placed with our looal ware house, and the ootton will be deliver ed to the purchaser dlreot by us. "This will eliminate the present great army of looal buyers, brokers and mill mon and put us in a position to tlx and maintain a stable prioe, and onablo the mills to plaoe orders with v those who havo tho aotual stuff, and have it In suoh Bhapo and in suoh le gal status that thoy oan place their orders for twelvt months ahead for the aotual ootton ^ our ware houses. "Mill men tell me-and I have no right to doubt their I wotd-that they would welcome suoh a plan as the above. Instead of having to go to brokers and speculators and plaoe their ordors, as they do now, and be dopendont upon the rise and fall of the market, as controlled by these speoulators, for their ootton, they would rather oomo and buy their oot ton direct from the man who owns lt and let our organization store it and insure lb and oharge Interest on lt, nut have a Uxed carrying charge for eaoh month. They would not then be at the moroy of the present system, under which they nevor know ono day what their next day's purohaso is go ing to oost them. I have boon assur ed and have no reason bo doubt it that mills making a oortalu quality of goods to-day oould pay ninon higher prices than they are now paving and also mako monoy. But In view of the faot that they have no guarantee what ootton will do from day to day, in order to moot tho contingency of the market, they are forced to buy their cotton as ohoaply as possible In order to have os large a margin as possible to meob the violent fluctua tlons of tho trade. This plan will on* able tho poor man to get the same rato of Interest as the well-to-do; to got tho same ware house facilities; to got the same prioe as the best poatod, and will also furnish sutllolont capital to take up what ootton la floating on tho market from day to day at a prioe less than tho minimum prloo sot by tho Association." AB early as posslblo pamphlets will be printed setting forth tho dotalls moro perfeotly and particularly than this article has done, and eaoh county will be asked to perfeot Its organiza tlon as soon as possible, so as to get ready for the balance of this crop, If posslblo, and certainly to bo In a posh l ion for noxt year's orop. lu a word, the plan proposes that the maker of the ootton shall be che last and final seller of the ootton, and that the buy , "mmtm\mtuMvmMKwmiaK*mM*cnwp!imxwwwn!mtrfV9 r ol the ootton, titer ?prloo hm sen tlxed, shall pay tb? expenses in* urred ID oarrying out from month to nonth this organization. This is i io&blng more nor 1MS than the simple ?? of business nV?se.TV?rd now in thu ale of etery artiolo of commerce Have lotton. Th* mau who buys a pair ot 1 iocs, paye tbe freight, pays the olerk lire, pays tho insurance on tho ?toro, pays the expenses of the business plus the dlvlnend of the owner. The man who buys a pound of cotton, deduota tho freight, dort not? tho olork hire, rteduota the inoldcntal expenses and make? the man who soils lt bear all tbe expenses of handling lt. Mo that tho ootton growing to dav, under our pxoaont system, pays tho ex porno bills on ivory thing be buys, SB welt ai on everything ho KOIIU. Thia Just simply reverses that order, and makos him only pay the exponaos of what he buys and foxoea the other man to pay the expenses of what he buys from un. There ls not a single mill man, to whom I have outlined the plan, but wbat has agreed that it is tho proper I principle, and that they wc oome the above, and will oo operate with ua in seeing lt established. Hoke Smith, governor-eleot of Goor gla, Hey ward, of South Carol inn, and Comer, ot Alabama, were preaout and ?ave tho association their endorse ment, BankerB, merchants, manufao* turora, as well as northern capitalists wore also presont pledging their aid and support. The right against the New York Exchange- was endorsed entr-usiastl callv, and aa tho result, a fow days ago the grade eommlttee of the New Yjrk Exchange modi lied their grad ing, and now require splnuable ootton as tonders on contracts. Also thoy have widened the difference between ppots and futures; proving that the ono ia pu rel v a ?rambling Bohemo and any old prioo will do for tibiuo pi.por chalk, but when they promise to de liver the spot artlolo thoy have got tu quote a p:ica In keeping with thc baokhouo of th? Southern fat mer, which ls from 101 to 111 cents. This ls the result of the work of tho South ern Ootton Assooiatlon. We begin a new year with moro wis dom, with moro experience, with more determination, with brighter hopes, and a more assured future fer our or ganization than ever before. All the old unicorn of the Natlona Association, says tho soorotary, wen reolootod. (j ul to a bonslderabh amount of money was raised for tin liquidation of past Indebtedness; ano if the counties will but rally to thi support of the organization sufficient ly to lin anco it from now on, no mai can oaloulate what may be acoom plished In the next twelve months. We *ro asking every legislature t pass a law requiring the ginnery ii the several states that raise oottor to take out a small license, and to r< quire them under law to report to tb state government undor their sigu? ture, the total number of bales git ned by them up to each dato report?e Also a committee was appointed to t to Washington and to urge upon tl national congress a bill requiring tl secretary of agriculture to publish ft each state the name, ocoupatlon ai poitoilloe of eaoh reporter from thi state who reports on auroage and coi ditton of orops from month to mont These names to bo furnished in par phlet form to tho agricultural dopai mont eaoh month as the reports coe lu. Alao to require the census buiei to give the name and poBto?loe eaoh glnner reporting and the numb of baloB reported by said ginnor. Tb will enable each and every state know whether or not the reporter oorreot, and to know whether or n those reporting on aoreago and cone tlon of orops are qualified to ma! auoh report. We have gained the air and thc co fldenoe of the entire world; and I wise conservative, consistent aotl< and earnest determination to aol our problem, we are going to solve I In this connection the convention w of tho opinion that tho lien law, now operative, was a serious ohook the perfecting of our work. Aud hope that every farmer roading th article will write to his represent tlves in Oolumbia, giving thoir opl ion on this very Important matte and asking that such legislation sin be enacted at this Beuton as to r move this barrier to the oonbrol of tl ootton orup by the owners of tho ou ton. I pledge tho people of the stato a other year of tho very hts?) work thi I amoapablo of; and, if my health r mains good, to keep In tcuoh wit them for our mutual lntore t, and tl solution of our groat problem. I hope that the press of tho sta will from time to time express ltse upon this great quentlon and give 1 powerful influence in aiding us to r tain our present prosperity. Thi ?uroly can be of incalculable boncllt is, if they will but onlist themseivc niter in supporting whatovor pla: shat they think wise, and in giving i ?heir advice and the benoni of thc thoughts and study along pr actio ines. The state offloials stand roady to i nto the several oountics and lot ?hat assistance they may In brlngii ihe counties into line. E. ?. SMITH. Aftor tho Uli Trust, Senator Tillman has aunounc that he ls preparing bills intended jorreot the discriminations ai nonopoliBtio praotloes of the Sta lard OH Oompany asrovoalod by t atestest report of tho Interstate ooi neroo commission. One of tho c sots sought to be obtained wl!l ihe separation of pipo linos from < iroduolng concerns. Sonator Tdlma Senator Balley, and other demoora irlert to havo this provision incorpt ited in the rate bill last year. Tn lucceeded in bringing tho Stande 311 Company under the rcgulati )ower of the commission to tho ( lent of declaring its pipe lines oo: non oarrlers under the law. Th a tor an amendment by Senat lal ley was adopted, whioh pro vlei that common carrier should not pi luce the commodities whioh tb isrriod. This provision, if lt b emalned In the sot, would hs livorced the Standard's business tn ts carrying business. After a hi ight in the cuni:renoo tho provis! oparating the operation of prudi ng from trauuporting was limit o the railroads, leaving the Stand? ree to retain its own pipo lines. T epublicans, led by Senator Aldrh ito responsible for the chango. No he commission linds tho law is vorklng woll, just because thia oxot ion was made in favor of tho Star rd, and Senator Tillman proposes enew thc light. Ft rt ooo Klliotl7~~ Near Morlln, Germany, fifteen p ana wore overwhelmed by a sin valanohe on Thursday. Eight be is of vlotlms have been roon ven 'hirty oattlo wore killed in ;he ssi til of snow. o?ittiN OE ramm vni :m ; MOMB OF TUMBI VA nv. FROS? so 17 B, iany of Them Have Been Known ? andUiedfor Thousands * of Years. i The prlnolpal fruits of tho earth, z ?hough long known, have boon so 8 ?banged by ou IM vat Um that the orig- c nal ancestors would not recognize. * their descendants. The peach 1B sup . posed to be a native of tho hill conn- J try of Ohina and was doubtless oulbl- ( vated thero at a porlod so remote that it antedates history. The apple, t moBt widely distributed of all fruit, ! is said by solenoe to have desoended 1 from the Siberian arab whloh grew wild over large parts of Asia, Europe and northern Afrloa. It is a far ory from our Jonathans, Bel...J weirs and Greenings to this sour little denizen of the steppes, but like many other things JU Garth, lnoludlng man, it has uo reason to be proud of its anoostor. It was brought from ABla into Greece after hating been cultivated for many centuries, and the Romans obtained it from the Greeks, as they did many other good things. In later ages lt spread throughout the world, but thrives best in the oooler parts of tho temperate zones. It does not grow in the troplos but ls at its best in oor tain sections of the Mississippi Yal ley. It ls not only the best but the most famous of fruits. Though the Gardon of IO den story, BO far aB the apple is concerned, is somewhat fanci ful, it has been the mean? of greatly extending the fame of this fruit. When Julius Caesar invaded longland, some years before the Christian ora, he gave tho barbarians then inhabit ing that island thoir ilrst taste of ap ples and older, io ver si nco then lt has boen a staple in the British Isles and of course bas been muoh improved by cultivation during the two thousand oonturies that have sucoeedod Its in troduction. Thero was a speolal reason that cairned the apple to become popular throughout the oountrles of Northern IOurope. The prevailing religion was that of the Druids, who vrorBhippod tho mistletoe, and as this par?sito was found ohlotly on oaks and applo trees, these beoamo objects of great venera tion and oare to tho devotees of this stiango superstition. The priests and priestesses of tho Druids said prayers and saug devotional songs to these trees and believed they had the pow sr of granting favors. They were right, too, so far as the apple cree is oonccrnod, for what groater blessing has boen oonferrcd upon men, then or now, than the lusoious, health giving fruit that falls from their boughs? A traoe of thU old Druid veneration for the apple tree still remains in certain parts of longland, where the farmers on stated oooaslons salute the trees and beg ?.hem for good crops. Thoy UH a wassail bowl with older and put in lt a pleoo of toast then pour some of the older ou tho roots, hang the toast in tho most barron branches, after whloh all Join hands around and danoo as they sang: Here's lo thee, old apple tree, Whence thou may'st bud, and wheoco thou may'st blow, And whence thou may'st bear apples enow, Hats full! caps full! Bushels and sacksfull! Huzza! The pear, whloh in solentlOo horti culture is nearly alliod to the applo, seems to hove been tbo most dlihoulb of the fruits to educate up from bar bArlsm to cultivation. The tree on whloh lt grew waB originally oovored with sharp thorns, whloh it took many oonturies cf cultivation to dim inuto, and the fruit was praotioally worthless. 10ven as lato SB the ilrst ooutury of our era Pliny, tho Bemm naturalist, though ho doscribes many varioties known to him, deolares that "all pears whatsover are but a heavy moat, unless they are woll bolled or baked." This shows what improve ments havo taken plaoe to bring uato tho Bartlets and other luscious varie ties that lill our markets to day. How ovor, lt was a cultivated fruit during remote ages of antiquity and is bhought to have been li rat developed In Oenbral Asia, lb is mentioned in Homer's writings and beoamo oommon In Syria, Egypt and Greeoe, being taken from tho lattor country to Italy md thence to Brittan. Virgil, tho popular Hornau poet, returns thanks ,n Cato for a gift of pears of whloh, b seems, these people had thirty-six varieties. Figs and grapes aro also lexy ancient fruits, mentioned in tho larliosb wriblngs of the Asiatlos SB well is tho Greeks and Homans. All those ind othor fruits, of oourse, were orig nally wild and it does not appear that my fruit has over boen of muoh valuo n its wild sbate. But for cultivation md tho endless pains of bhousands of lonburlcs of careful horbloulturlsts, hese luxuries, which oonbrlbute so nuoh bo the happiness of man, would io unknown. They furnish espoolally brong proof of what ol vii!/sutton has lone for the raoo and show how tho vorld has boen made so much more vor thy of habitation by invention and oluntlllo experimentation, aidod by ndustrlous farmers and professional rult-growors. MhotOIrl lu Foot, Girls bsd better booarcful how thoy :o with i hito) toablng young mon. .eaohtroe street, Augusta, Ga., was reably excited Wednesday afternoon ty tho sound of a pistol, shot tired rom tho- pocket of Lester Davis, a trlnter, bho buhot entering the foob f Miss Gcrtrudo Clark, a stonogra thor, with whom he was walking, brightened, ho ran away. The young ndy's Injuries aro slight. Davis was oylug with the gun In his peckot, ho dlsoharge being aooldental, rJnooitrt Huioldn. iodward P. Hippie, a brr thor 0f the ato Frank K. Hippie, who ended his !fo la?t summer af tor wrecking the teal Estate Trust company, of Pillia elphia, of whloh he wss tho prest cut, committed autoide at his homo 'rlday by shooting himself. One of Ir. Hippie's fri?nos said that Mr, Ilpplo worried a groat " dosi ovor 'rank Hippie's part in the trust oom any failure, but ho did not think ho ras in any way involved In that orash. Kllloil tho MAt'slml, Friday night Will Bolton, of thens, Ga., shot and instantly killed 'Ira Hammonds, marshal at Statham, a. Bolton was drinking and Ham muds was trying to get him to go ?mo when he shot tho marshal iroiigh tho hearb, Bolton made his loape. _ Kind words aro legal tender where ran gold coln ls counterfeit. Uy Urlnjt on Worse Trouble Thun Boxer, That condition* .'ti tho famine dla- ! riot of Obi na, where thou sand a of na Ives are dying and millions ?re ?near loath from starvation and dleeaie, nay lead to auarohy and ? general elgn of terror, menacing foreign mis lonarles and oltlzons and greatly ?rippling oommoroe with thia ooun iry, is made plain to this government I n startling reports Just received at) ?he State department from Counsel General Rodgers, at Shanghai, and Jouneel Haynes, at Danking. That officials of this government) ire greatly perturbed by these re ports there ls no attorn pt to hide, and lt is considered as probable within the next few days the president may reel himself oalled upon to issue teoond proclamation appealing to the1 people of the United State? to con tribute to the 15,000,000 starving peo ple in the flooded and desolate dis tricts ot the interior provinces j Of ] thia American branoh relief, although ? previously it seemed tbat they were doing all within their power to rush food and clothing to the devastateu territory. Until .vow, relief has been sought in a spirit of humanity to alle viate suffering; from now on, aside! from this motive, it will be bought as | a diplomatic movo to remedy condi tions that might lead to even worse developments than the Boxer up-rls lng. . . Last winter officials of this and Eu ropean governments were alarmed over tho boyoott situation and lt has boen genorally oonoeded that serious disturbances as an outgrowth of that movomont were only prevented by the prompt steps of this country tn send ing a squadron of warships to the1 Chinese ooast and two additional reg iments of Infantry troops to the Philippines. There ls no attempt to conceal the fear that tho present con ditions because of tho famine in which womon are selling their babies fora mouthful of food, or throwing them into streams and themselves oommlttlqg suloido, may easily lead to a most dangerous situation. In view of this, while the Ked Orois prooeods to raise all money and food possible to stave off starvation, it ls expectod that the State department will enter into the matter thoroughly, and that otner governments will bo consulted within the next few days, with a view to oonoerted aotton in case of a orisls. The army and navy will bo expected to stand as ready for possibluo emesgenoies as they did last winter. ONI^?RI?HT LIK.K. m.. punditry Dlrootor? to Ho Hitulotl, Ovor tho OonlB. In the senate Thursday night H. B. Carlisle, chairman of the Judlotary committee, to whioh was referred the report of the spoolal oommlttee ap pointed to investigate the affairs of tho State dispensary, presented the following concurrent resolution, which was adopted without a dissenting vote: "Bo lt resolved by the senate, v tho house of representatives conon tr lng, That in our opinion the directors of the State dispensary havo violated tho law in the purchase of liquors and are liable to removal by the governor and prosecution ; tbat it be referred to the governor to take suoh aotion as he may deem necessary and proper in the premises; and that a copy of tills res olution be transmitted to his excel lency the governor, with a oopy nf the testimony taken by the legislative oommlttee on the affairs of the State dispensary, together with their roport thereon." The following sonators compose the committee whioh reported tho above resolution: H. B. Carlisle, ohalrman; LeGrand G. Waiko*, T. M. "RayBor, B\ P. McGowan, G. II. Bates, W. H. Wells, J. lt. Earle, W. N. Graydon, T. Yanoey Williams, Huger Slnkler, P. W. Haynes, J. C. Otts, T. ?, Rog ers. Attorney General Lyon was soon by a representative of Tho State imme diately aftor tho resolution wan adop ted by tho senate and isked for an expression. "Ido not care tc make auy public expression," said Mr. Lyon, "until the matter is placed he fore tho governor and he takes aomo notion. 1 won't object to talking at bhe proper time." Governor Ansel was informed of the senate's aotton at 11. .'(0 o'olook last night but would nako no statement. COTTON DI8BABEB. v Af attor That Farmers Aro Vitally lntorobtotl In, Practical investigations upon the llseaaeu of the ootton plant in South karolina have been started at the South Carolina Agricultural Experi neut Station, and those investiga ilona oan bo materially aided by the io oporatlou of tho cotton groworu in he State. During tho oomlog season peel mons of diseased ootton plants, ire earnostly soliolted from urowors vho will send with the specialen? the ollowlng Information: 1. When planted? 2, When were dlso&sort platitsltlrvt ibnervedv :i. Do you lind Hoe or red apldorsou he under sido of tho leave? of tho dante which appoar diseased, and ?/lien wore they Hist obsorvod ? 4, What kind of fertilizer was. unod formula); when applied; and how ouch per aovo. 6. Do you Hud tho boll-worm dol.ug mich damage? When did it first asn ear? i 0. What crops were grown ?nfttho ?nd the throe proceeding years? 8. Is tho soil red day, yellow olay, lpe day, or a sandy day ; loam, sandy i jam, or ohlefly Band; If bbl?ok?i aolln ot tom land or upland? 8. Has the weather boen dry or' alny and is the orop growing^ vigor usly or ls it unhealthy? D. Has tho particular troublo re orted been observed in previous years nd are the affected areas in orroular r Irregular patehos, or is it scattered ore and there over the field? Address all communications and peoimens relating to this subject to ho Botanist, Olomson College, S. O. Killed Himself. D. W. Ford, a well known resldonfo r Richland, Va., and a relative df nited States Judge Waddfll of the' \storn district of Virginia, commit-' id suicide by shooting himself Thurs ly in bis room at the Southern lintel \ i Elizabeth, N. O Ford, \*h/>ae fath-j . ls wealthy, loft money and tetr.-i rama and lettora of InuUuotlone. \ HOUSE SET ON FIRE Y ATTEMPT AT 1NOKN MIAKY ?KM AT BIM< !N<U ? M?,I> ? - Jonie Fiend Attempt? to Burn Town tho Beeiden oe, ot Marshal Holloway. j Tuesday morning at 3 o'olook the handsome now two story d wolli pg ot" Mri L. B, Phillips at Springaeld together with tho entire oontents was ! humed: It is thought tho house was liol,on lire by some Hand. Town Marshal Henry W. Holloway, who was seriously wounded by Wm. Zn Fleming In an attempt to arrest 1 Fleming at Sprlngilold January 16, with his wife and little children, oo oupled rooms on the top floor, and lt j looks like some midnight assassin , was attempting to burn him as he ? lay, as it were, ohalned to his bed. < Thone who first saw the fire affirm ' that the dwelling was saturated with 1 koroseno oil and the oil was yet burn* ] lng on the ground and base of the 1 ohlmney when they got to the Aro. There is a grim determination on the I part of tho ol ti/DUS that the por po- 1 trators shall be brought to speedy Jun-11 tioe. Fortunately tho fire, whloh had 11 boon lighted with kerosene, was dla covered in time and extinguished, and the wounded otlloer was taken to Co lumbla. The following statement from J. W. Jumper, intendant of the town, caused the governor to offer a reward for tho 1 mendlary. "I beg to Inform you that there was a Uro at Springfield Tuesday morning at .1 o'olook whloh destroyed tho house of L. -K.'Phillips. lt ls thought by everybody that the act was inoondl arlsm, I also bog to inform you that tho barn of L. B. tulmer has also been burned, and I think that was au aot ot Incendiarism. Tho dispensary and two H tores wore burned tho 21st | of last November, and I roHpeotfully ask your excellency to offer a suitable reward for those burnings." It will be remembered that the shooting affray whloh resulted In the serious wounding of three persons took piaoe when Marshall Holloway arrest ed Flem trig-who is an itinoraut pho tographer traveling out of Brooklyn and a companion with whom he had beoomo Intoxicated. Floming shot tho marshal and a citizen deputized to as slst him and was himsolf shot in tho thigh by the marshal, as the latter was falling. -After tho ?hooting, which Fleming says took plaoe at a time when he was BO drunk as to be uuoon BOIOUS of his aotions, Fleming was placed tn the Orangeburg oounty jail, at Orangebur?. He appealed through a frleud to floor?tary H. Si Fox, ot Congaroo aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles, asking for assistance and representing himself as a mombor of the Brooklyn aerie. Mr. Fox communicated with the Brooklyn aerie and upon receipt of instructions from thero to do everything in his power for Fleming, rotained an at tornoy, Mr. W. Boyd Evans, and through him Becured a court order for Fleming's removal to the State Hos pltal for tho Insane, on the ground that the Orangeburg lall was no plaoe foi a man so grievously hurt. Subsequently Fleming was again moved, this time to tho hospital of the state penitentiary, because the insane asylum proved boo orowdod to afford faollities for adequate treat mont. He is now at the penitentiary hospital, and making a good recovery. It is said that if tho Brooklyn EiglcB do not drop the caso, applioaMon will bo made for an ordoradmitting Flem ing to ball as mum. as he shall havo becomo strong enough to leave tho hospital. Marshal Holloway ls thoroughly In dignant over the attempt to doBtroy his home this morning, and feels suro that the incendiary meant the flames to wipe out his whole family, as well as the dwelling in whloh they wera asleep, unsuspecting, Ho de nies most positively statements from Fleming "in the press that he had often takon drinks With Floming and that Fleming had begun carrying a pistol at hlB suggestion. TKIBD. TO LYNCH ii ROKO Anrt Otlior Neurona Out Their I1O*<1H llntlly Hu m pod, At Pittsburg, Pa., C. A. Jackson, a negro, bhoding from many wounds on tho head, ls' looked up In tho con trai pollco station following an excit ing and almost successful attempt to lynch him Wednesday night by a 'crowd of sevoral hundred persons in i tho.heart of the business dlstriot. A 1 number,of unknown negroes who tiled to protect Jaokson wero roughly handled by the mob. Several women who were caught hi tho orush wero taken to their homes suffering from nervous shook. The trouble'startod when a nows boy asked the negro to buy a paper. ! Jaokson shoved him roughly into tho <atreot. Tho boy threw a stone and struck Jackson on tho hoad, and tho negro choked tho boy. In a moment several mon caught the negro and bo gan to beat him. Some ono cried "lyhch the nigger" and hundreds of men and boys rushed upon Jackson. Canes, .atones, rolled up newspapers and lists were tho chief weapons used by tho mob. Several other negroes endeavored to proteot Jaokson. ^Im mediately there wero or los of "lynoh them1' and * "kill tho niggers." The Infuriated mob caught sevoral of the negroes and bumped their heads against tho stone buildings. Jackson, blooding and his clothes almost torn off, was temporarily for gotten, and heran down Fifth ave nue. Sbmobody cried "the nigger's osoaplng" and seyeral hundred per sons took up thc ohaue. Down Fifth avenuo to Liberty avenue, two blookfi, and then down Liberty avenuo to Fifth, tho chase continued. Just be &'>w Fifth street Jackson ran Into the anov? of several policemen* The otu o^nr hurried Jaokson Into au alloy arni attempted to hold baok too orowd with their alght stloks. They were fast losing ground, howover, when a foroe of olty i'vernon from a nearby engine house carno to their aid. The police ami firemen guarded the en tranoo td the altey until the patrol wagon, loaded with officers, responded to a riot call. The crowd was scat tered by tho frsvi use .of night stloks sud Jaokson was AkV^.to the central itatlon ?iud lookea.up orY'aXQbargo of Bsprdorlj ^ouduoti s ,b When a man doy, his ^est he ly. pretty safo in depei/dw upou Cod v ' lo the reit. fy BOABBD THE ORBW. Bu?y Sholl Wont VoO Nour a I -Itt Io 11 BtOAUit)!'. The low lino of the target drawn 'J y tho army post steamar down the harleston harbor Wednesday after- n oon was out by a 10 Jnoh pr ojeo til J o iBt aa smoothly aa if a knife had a eon used, but, fortunately, the tum i ttle government boat and her crew 1 rare not hit, and the only damage t one waa In the repair of the hauser f nd the soare that the men on the t loat experienced, t The tiring of the big guns is figured i 0 a "mathematical nicety, the ?tlloers r md soldiers Bay in telling of the fine < arget work of the artillerymen at i fort Moultrie and else whore, but the < )lg projectiles will go wrong some- I ilmes. The .master of the govern nent tug tendered his resignation , several years ago, when he was order id to rake the target in tow. It was < x)Q much like suloide, and he was : tgainst solf-destruction, he eaid, and, rather than oxpoao himself to a stray projectile, he gave up bis loo. He did lot trust the man behind tho gun as much as the soldiers trusted them iel ves < The seafarer was not afraid sf taking his obanoes with the sea and wind, but he objootod to belo? shot at. He thought that the little raft behind'tho tug was too small and the length of the rope was not great enough. It looked to him as If tho whole business-tug, master and orew-woroinoluded lu the target and he gaye up a good job. This decision ls taid . to have been readied when a prolootilo onoe crossed the bow of bis boat, and master and orow bold thoir breath and lost a beat of their hearts. At all evonts, tho target was out loose by the 10 inoh projootllo, weigh ing nearly a thousand pounds, tired from Fort Jasper. The joh was noatly done, but this was no oxooptlon to the Une soores whioh woro made in the heavy dring of the afternoon, whioh could be faintly heard in the oity and moro perceptibly felt in tho tremor of many houses and the ratt'ing of win dow sashes, as tho big guns would boich forth regular service charges. Often a tube ls Inserted in tho guns ani smaller charges med, allowances being made for the small oharge and hghtor projectiles In arriving at tho drills, but, once or twioe a yoar, ser vice charges are used, as would be done in case of war lu repelling an hostile ileet, and those are tbe loads of powder and projectiles which wers used yesterday afternoon and to day. The tiring shook up things at a lively rate on Sullivan's island, smash ing tho glasses and doing some other damage, but this is the penalty that attaohes to the seashoro resorts ad joining tho army posts, and the Sulli van's Island people have beoome ac customed to this littlo shaking up now and again. With Prophotlo Kyo. Nearly forty years ago Hon. ll. II. Hill, of Georgia, in a speech ut At lanta, referred lo (?en. Robert E. Lee in Hie following words ol' classic beauty: "No people, ancient or modern, can look with more pride to the verdict which history will be compelled Lo ren der upon the'merits and characters of our two chief leaders-the one in the military and the other in Hie civil ser vice. Most?other leaders are great be cause of fortunate results and heroes because of success. Davis and Lee,be cause of qualities in themselves, are great in Hie face of fortune, arid he roes in s M i tc of defeat. "When the future historian shall come Lo survey the character of Lee, lie will lind it rising like a huge moun tain above tlie undulating plain of bu inanity, and he must lilt his eyes high toward Heaven to catch its summit. Ile possessed every virtue of other great commanders without their vices. He was a foe without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. Iii! was a public officer without vices; a private cilizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile. Ile was Cesar, without his tyranny; Napoleon, without Iiis selfishness, and Washington, without Ids reward, ile was obed le ni to authority as ascrvan , and royal in authority as a line 1<in^ lle was gentle as a woman in llle modest and pure asa virgin in thought; watchful asa Roman vestal in duty; submissive to law as Sociales, and grand in hallie as Achilles!" When i.Hering these words nearly forty years ago Senator Hill must have been looking willi prophetic eye to thc recent celebration of Hie centennial of thc birthday of Gen. Lee. All and more than what he prophecied' about Gen. Lee was re-echoed by the lion. Ohas? francis Adams, of Massachu setts, in Iiis great speech at Lexing ton,'.Va., on Hie occasion above referr ed to. Mr. Adams, an ex-Union sol dier, put Cen. Lee upon a higher pin acle of fame even than Mr. Hill, the Confederate soldier, forty y< ara before prophecied lie would occupy. No prophet of old over uttered a truer prophecy than the gifted Hill did when he said that "when the future historian shall come lo survey tbe character of Lee, be will lind it rising like a huge mountain above the undu lating plain of humanity, and be must lift Iiis eye high toward Heaven Lo c?tob Hs summit." Drain ljo?k8. It's hard to make your boy bellovo tho stories of your early struggles. A reoeipt for the pew rout ls not a pass through the heavenly portals. Men who fear death aro those whe are always looking backwards. Some pooplo inako no bones about the skeletons in thoir closets. Now if it had only boen a groen persimmon that Eve plucked! When doubt enters tho door faith files out of the window. Those who walk by faith aro noyer alono. lt takes a real sleety day to make a man realizo his advancing years. Some men mistake moral dyspepsia for sanotlQoatlon. Agitation ls the deadliest foo of stagnation. Tho door of hope has no blocks, bolts or bars. Straight voting ofton makes orook cd politics. Sunday piety ls not an antidote of week day depravity. Trouhlo will double when worried about, ?BF1HDB TEX DIBFIHP?RY. A r? tot hov" Who Thinks lt l'rotccis \ lioy tiona, to the Editor of The State: I have boon reading lately a ?rea? nany admonitions from your tren bant pen abjuring the legislature to ] bolish the so oallod outrage of South | Jaro) I na selling liquor to tte citizens n an important matter bf this kim' he mote of preludios should be taken rom the editorial eye, ai d the* edi* ,orlal tongue of tho loading papera of ho State should acknowledge that, ihough th? dlapeusary drlgloatts with mr "strenuous" senator, yet it 1% not )U that account to be re J ??tod. "It ?eedB must that evil come"-tho o vi )f liquor-and lt ls well that it pomes o its present shape of the dispensary, where, with wise legislation, lt can br kept under oontrol. That the ma sblnery of the system runs badly ls no reason to abolish it, when regulation will put lt !n good shape. If South Oarollna will countenance tho sale of liquor, it. is surely no less a disgraoe to receive the high license aalcoi blood money than it ls to icoolvo thc pr oil ts from a well regulated du. pen saryl lt ls simply a distinction with out a difference. If prohibition that uerotofore an lmp< unible phase of lui man existence-were tho measure urged on our legislstors, 1 would hold my peaoo, but it seems that nono arc particularly anxious to brirg on th? millennium. At any rate, wo can i ay for the dispensary that thore is noth ing alarming about the evil smelling exoept to those who have already ac quired the liquor habit, and oven these oan be helped if our solons will tako measures to havo their papei laws enforced, Tho saloon, on the contrary, ls at* traotlve and weloomes' every tish that e?mes to its not, be lt whale or suekor, With its alluring pictures, seductive tobacco, hot oysters and other orea ture comforts, it lt useless to promise "that tho saloon will be hedged arounc with laws to safeguard our boys am homes. If the dispensary bas fallet greatly in proteo)! ve measures, hov muoh greater will be the fal.ure of thi naloon whon urged on by individua r?piolty. Years ago when tho sa loons were in full blast, it was unwlsi for a woman to go unproteotee through tho country, as she WOM)4 bi possibly Hablo to insult. After thi dispensary came in, howovor, thellttli gambling, drinking groups by thi roadside dispersed, thu country wayi beoame quiet and women and ohlldrei could travel with Impunity. I havi no political axe to grind, for I am t woman and 1 have the courage of m; oonvlctlom. I have four sons, gooi boys, full of life and hope, and just a the orltioal age when youth seek knowledge and ImblbeB lt, be it gooi or 111, If you give us the saloon you giv our boys death, physioal and spiritual and wo, the mothers, will ory aloin and thore will be none to save for thi evil, once aooomplished, ls as deop a hell, and wide spreading as eternity Tho saloou onoe established,, ou dearest right is challenged-the ilgh to keep our boys pure and olean-am their birthright of lnnooonoe IB in dan ger of boing barterod for liquor. Let us put an end to all this high bred lifting of hands in horror at th degradation of South Carolina con trolling the liquor traillo. Who ls bet ter titted to control suoh a terrlbl evil than a body of mon supposed to b animated by a legislative prudenc and desire f jr the welfare ot the pee pie? Certainly suoh a feeling doc not inspiro tho saloon keeper, for h ls tired only by a desire to Hil his ovl pookets. Do not be so anxious fer tho idl name of "honor of State.'' "Thc mere word's a slave, Engraved on every tomb; on ever grave A lying trophy; arid oft is dumb, When dust elamn'd oblivion is th tomb I Of honor'd bones indeed." South Carolina ls all right 1 She 1 not going to tumble down like a bous of cards at every ohlldlsh breath. Q baok to primary principies and safe guard your sous and daughters an they In their turu wll! see tln\t ou State ls not diagraood. A MOTH KU. AT this time it seems that bucko shops In Hoot h Carolina will soon lb things of thc past. Numbers of lilli have been Introduced in both house looking to-their destruction, and i the opponents get together on a bil they will go as they did In Georgi! and North Carolina. Tine Legislature should Uo what 1 is going to do with the liquor qucstloi and got at something else. We Have One 25 horoo powor Talbott, second ly boon overhauled. This Engine a grout bargain for unyone who ia i We are headquarters for anything prompt attention will be given to al o*ro. Write us when you aro in th to got pourricos before placing yoi Columbia Supply Co., CABBAG I have bad sove ?ltd nil Ot'ior kimi: ready lor shipmen Jersey NYakoflelds s'OnR, t lioso belli rif need mick tat j? will nunn! sovoro t. 1? $1.00 por 1,000, Wo lirivo special Lo.v I3x| All plivntH will U ship.iod O, 0. I), milers yoi will haVo ni? prompt ?ind pomonal uttontlor trial ordor. I guanxntco RiUisfnction. Addrc B. J. DONALDSON, - lEarlyabWgeP^uGui v. . ?>* lARLVJERSBV CHARUOYOrt WUCC WAKEFIELD LARGE TYPB >. Th? K?r)Io?t WAKEFIELD Tho Kl Gubbata Grow? fiooond Earl (oat Hoad PRICE? I niola of t to4 m. al $1.60 perm., 5 to I r,aa YOUNG'S ISLAND, a. c M> rtnavantoA 1 Ruarantoo Planta to glvo pnr V.?U<iraiUCC pilco tb nny ountomor who ll < Brown In tho opon Sold, on Soaoonut or Sou KrowlnK WtO honiton1., plnntft IBM Oftn bo irrfl fdsot In tho interior of tho Hontliorn Htftton March. Thoy will atand novoro cold without bute? THO to Throo wooka sooner than ir ye t?inoii. _ Oaatopiera aro the Market G tho South. Their profit doponda upon thom 1 ?haie my plants for their oropa. I ntflo grow ev foll lino ot othor Plants And to Planta) Applo, I'oaoh, Pear, Plum, Ohe How Donelly IMioiuiiMt?m Houri Onnio? On. Those pains you fool wi KUI you arlso In tho i norn i ug-aching pallin tho Joints, shooting pains in thc nins oles arc sl;?ns of waining., They aro (langer signals, evidences ol' a deep? seated trouble that If not removed may affect thc entire system and cause chronic disenso, or If tho causo ls not rem' ved, they may develop sud denly into.the deadly Rheumatism of the Heart, which kills like lightning, -liettor get rid of Ibo cause at once. Rheumatism and its kindred diseases' arc caused by the accumulation of poisonous acids In tho blood. Uubrihig wita oils or liniments will not cure it; lt is an Interna', disease, and eau bc conquered only hy an Internal remedy, Tliore Is Just one complete cuve ~ RIIICUMACIDK. K11 jiu M A< U>K neutral izes thc poisonous acids, sweeps all tho dangerous germs out of thc blood and "makes you well all over," Rjucu MACIDK?UHK8 because It ls tho only remedy that "gets at tho joints from thornside.".. Mr. W. R. Hughes, of Atkins, Va., writes: "Four bottles of I?HKUMAOIDK have entirely cured me Qi a long standing case of Rheumatism, and greatly im proved, my general health. I was a total wreck, having had rheumatism for twenty years. I spent several weeks and much money trying spe cialists In Nbw York, but RIIKUMA. (,UI>;<; is Hie only cure 1 have found. When I began to uso it 1 weighed Uo pounds. Now 1 weigh 180 pounds, my normal weight." A i-vKii tlie house O?" repr?sent?t! vos Voted to incroQ.se the congressmen's salaries Hf ty percent, the congressmen' eased back into their scats and en tirely neglected to increase thc pay ot all government employes on exactly tlie same grounds upon which they In creased their own. The element of sci li si mess in it ls too discernible, to requiue |bho magic lantern artist to .all attention to it in tho picture. res? BANkl)?POS?? - WotwWwir 8??' PBBB COVUSMM j Uo.ir.lr.tCoil. V/rillM iiORQitVAueaMasusiNEstetHue&iteeMwfku $5,000 S? Pianos and Organs At Factory Prices. Write us at once for our speoial plan of payments on a Piano or Organ. If you bay olthorinstrument through us, von get a standard make, one that will last a life-time. Write Malones Music House, Columbia S.O., for catalogs, prices & -ros I I i. Kiwomm?.", M. a! Cradoate Dirt mouth Hcd. uti l9g?USt.Ei?Pru,KHkb. M?d.Soci?ty. h. HemW SUU Med. So., 6ott4 <<Bi?nb,?le. V-,\nmn?i i II? --i Are You Sick? If You Have a Disease For Which You Are Uuable tojFlud a'.Oure Wi tto,- Us. Wo Have Deon Remarkably Successful lu Ourlug Deep Boated and Stubborn casos. If you haye any di Boase of a ohronio bh nro, uo"mnttor tow roany dootors ? have failod to oure you or how much othor treatment you have tnkon, wo want you to write us a lottor. We aro Bpoclallata with over 20 years oxperionoe, having boon located In At lanta tor nearly 18 years, whore wo nave established a reputation for cur ing our patients which wo believe is second to nono lu this country. Our standing both profoHBionally and Ilium wully, 18 Ot tho very highest, and you can consult lia with perfeot confUleiioo Wo do not rosort to olnplrap mothods to i.oem o pntinut?, but oonduet' our practice in a ut alghforward manlier. Our Speciality is chronic disoosos of both roon and wo men-ouch as Norvous Debility, (nervous; exhaustion, norvous prostration, lost vital ity, oto., Kidnoy and ?laddor Diseases, Stricture, Rheumatism, Varlcocolo, CntaTrh of tho dilTorenl orinan?, Spooitlo Ulood Poison, Stomach, Bowel, I.lvor and Heart Diseases, Piles, Fistula, EnfargodPiostate, diseases peculiar to women, qto,, cte. Wo invite ovory nllltoU'd person to con suit imf foo. Semi for oxnimnatloil blank. Aftor you havo received those, together with our export opinion of your case, and you aro not ontlrely satisfied, both ns to our roliiihility and ability to oura your disease, you will uotovon bo ei; pooled to tokotroat moiit. Wo Do Not Doal In Putout Mnilloln^H. All nocossary modlolnos aro preparad in our own private laboratory to suit tho conditions of each individual cuso, without oxtra charge. M my coses curablo by our homo treatment pinn. ' Kv pert opinion of your CIIKU floe. Write.foi examination blanh. Addrons na as follows: DU HATHAWAY tt, CO., 88..?, Inman Huildiug, Atlanta, Ga. 5 For Sale hand engine in stook willoh has recent > in in li rut-class condition and will b? n the market for such n size engine. ( in tho way o? machinery supplies, und 1 inquirios and orders entrusted to oa< e market for anything, and bo soire ir urde? elsewhere. Columbia, S. C. ?E PLANTS FOR SALE rah yearn ex podenco In growing cabbage plant n i of vogofiblo plants fur tho trude. And now havo L ( eot plants and Cabbage plur.tr as folIOWSS twirly I, Largo Typo Wnkctlolds, and llondorson ;Suooe*: 'tho I HI known iel al.lo vari? ties to nil expo lola, These i buiU n-o grown m t in opon air and old without injiity. Pr ?to $1.00 per 1,000. Ibg lots miss ratos on vogolnblo plants fi om this point, i prefer .lauding rooney wiih orders. Your o?dets i. wiion In'no?d of vogotable plant* gtvo nuS ii ins all orders to '. . 1 ' -.- . r - MEGGETTS S. Cv ?fa irant??d te Satisfy Puft&aser ff r ?R88I0N AUGUSTA 6H0RT OTtMMtO - - A vTRUOKER v FLAT DUTCH ultoatFlai A llttlo later Largo?? and I/Men! Variety ? ?han Suoooatlon Cabbage 3 m. at $1.25 per m., IO m. and over, at $1.00 per m. > Special Hxprcss Rate on Plants la Very Low? nhaaor natlsfaotlon. pr will rofnnd tho pnrohaaa illaaattsflori nt omi or ncn.son. Thor.o ninuU are th Carolina, In a climr.to Hint Ia Juut aultod i? wu tn tito united Statca. Thone plants can oe ilurlopt tho months of January, Felrnarr, and i bolnflnJoreO, and will maturo a hoad ot Oab*i ru grew your own plants tn bo? bod? and eoMt ardencra near the Interior towna and eltlaa et caving Karly Oabbagotroxt that reason they pur* Fruit Treoa, auch ft? ?trawberty.and Sweet Po? tty and Aprloot Treoa, Kia ?u?h?? enc'. Qrape ?t ? fi.fi^AXy? You?o'i StAJitxt.jal?| .1