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4 ATLANTA CUBANS ISSUE ADDRESS Local Colony Appeals to Congress for the Cause of Liberty. SOME PERTINENT FACTS CITED Authors Think United States Should Aid the Insurgents. IT WOULD BE COWARDLY T 9 REFUSE The War for Independence Carefully Reviewed and Spain is Given a Red Hot Roast. The Cuban delegation in Atlanta has just Issued an address to the numbers of con gress on the Cuban war for indepcnden- e, giving an interesting outline of Spain's sjttitude toward the Island and what should Wo the attitude of the United States to ward Spain. The local colony, consisting of some of the most prominent Cubans in this coun try, are indignant that this government has not as yet taken any decaled aft.on to prevent bloodshed and forth,- sake of liberty In Cuba. They give vent to their sentiments in unmistakably terms, and rail upon the government to take itnmc ilfate steps toward the abolition of Span ish dominition and tyranny in the island. /The document, which lias been got. out in pamphlet form, Ims been mailed to I'm members of congress, and may have s one | material influence in hastening legislation I along this line. It is entitl' d, "Cuba and the United States, or Some Pertinent Facts Concerning the Struggle tor lii'-L-y •: i<l ence.” The following extracts show the charac ter of the addr, ss: T -is a mos t decisive moment In Amer ican history. The statesmanship of Amer icans, tile power and the right of the United States to interfere in nil American questions, involving principles ol humani ty and liberty, are to be brought to a t< st. ■'The. precedent to be established In this controversy with Spain is one ol no litt.v importance. The world sha 1 know wh' Il er tii..- great country will submit to b ng duped or overma idled by the crafty nicks, unmeaning threats and de. , lying arts of Spanish statesmen, who ate work ng as siduously to turn tne posit ion of th*. United States from one of a protector of tn.' w ill and til*' oppressed into an ally, snppor. and guardian o, Spanish Sovereignty ove an American country, j>: y-dally am, eoai r■' ' . l.y a ptirt of the Unit* d Stat . < ma has heel abused to ilr.iost, a been abso 'it. ly depopulated ..y bloody p o ceedlngs ami inhuman starvai o.i to su *h an extent that among civilized n.i ion.- Spain is . heady classed as the t'uikey oi western Europe. "A mom-iary change of government on the part of Spain, ami Up mid 1 ng ami lardy granting oi. a deceiving and rid. u lous form of , o-< al.ed autonomy to coi n try previously desolated, an.l to the p «» , .* who tire so heroically st rung Ing for im.l pen 1. *:. •<*, cannot alter .'a.■ ■ har o ter ol ta pen ! ng question, nor modify the atiltu l" of th,' United state-, r abject oil y to Us high 11 ■ pel ■ wI nity. to th conveni* nee of Spain lit : i,e ;m --po rr ■ . her tangled i. • tern..l .affairs. "Th U i ' wool ■ I • them- H-’v.s it untrue t" t'u ir digr.ttietl, long-es tabll bed policy ol g ving moral and mate rial support to tlie oj.prm: .<1 p< ople in Am* 'f this governr "itt Were to r - m.'in indifferent to ti.e rmi'i: of the i.o i tes Spall, and i ba. or f slot In taking any livoribl, r. -olui on, th''.' would allow the co;.; mi.'tb' t of an *-,d- ' less sacr.'i'-e of lium.i.. i'.V"S and the total I destruction of a neighboring con 1:1 ry ; <r. j worse y*u. I: < ap.'d by i'pani-ii state-m. n- i ship they w* r • to be, mn- Sp..!a - all s. I helping nor to d"prlw :!i- nigglin ' (Tl- 1 baa.- „( ti-.- Im o.is Io ear;;- t 'or in- I . htl . a . .' ■ e .i. ■. 1 .■. a' i European nation to r*'* ..r.qu.r ami k-ep In i ■ . m Am ri country that for fifty year bten rnak : too! aln . nJ i ■ iep et iv tile thirteen original Amer Tan lolmilt". no .v d.-v.-'.-ip. J ii, ■ i the I■ •. ■ 11' -',t'i : Unit 1 States. ■'There can bo no ques'icn as to th. tig-t ~f «'i;t*;* to aeh'.'.-. her ind. p'-mb n<re. T> doubt of ft involves a want of sense or o. rir.e'ples; or may lur h< " more si ov. the !'>•■ ling of ■ !ti hi,'-- or tic influen.'*' of unworthy TnoUvcs. Ev n those members of congrewho bar.' uc.oi as if th' y w> exercising powe--• of at o - lie'.' for Sp 'in. hav ■at lea t e.'.'uro dfa ir sympathy toward Cuba, only dissenting nom the almost unanimous sentino a. of the genera! asmnml.- as to the eon.ltl •: to be observed by the U lit d ' :■ ■ b< - portunit'y and‘form n whi, h tim gov, rn ’...■e. . :■ congress was to take a d Ault '■Therefore. If the se.-t'ment of l>m na tion . : ■ irg< n favor of < b,’ • ith'l • - . populm. c lags, g v mor form of both eonbll •in and ■' noc it ■ pat s. It oily r m in i for the ;v>: i m at to *'X. ' will . f the : n e . tying it Into dcllntte action. “And. strange as it might se< m, th * Uni ted ■ .■ it ; to have the mors', r leave t* p;,'v. mid tie y ■ "::i’s s;.'V. 1 from in, :• r vi >1 .<• . No! r-a I aid •Im nl; tel" ! in v. aa. th- y aim t«» h- Spa?!: -, pr.vat • nffa rs. as f there v.*e •• not t n itl ••mi <nn th it prompts and fore s us ' ■ V ■ • sere in any no ri.ittrr how ir. ’m t' <»r pr - va’< it rr. : £rht bn, ,n which .ri o r vio lence, a transgr<'-s : .on aga rs; the .aw . a ' ' unmol sted by keeping others from inter fering with his de d. would b io k ,1 upon or thought of with a fe< lii g of de, pid or of b tter C'-.ntcmpt le. ;■! eon- • divldm Is ■ the sm til cir of tneii ne ; h- , I ors or fell, ell i;'.. ns, am,’,'. ... '.-(.I t, | n itiop '.at 1 rg • in th' W'd- r cop -of th" r j ir'i itional duties and 1- hit n-;. '■' 1 i minded, selfish peop’e, who instead of 1 e- i ing moved by the call of ■ oi,- • h .■ ■ or t e I re-gor-c ■ l aving contributed to the pro longation of such barbarous, cruel and i 1 human deeds -is have b, n pr.m ' I , ub i by Sp.ilT still think that '' latter ought to be allowed to try tie < e t O"' a new scheme in her eiTorts to submit an! ffi mm ErELTd S£r.®,£- W^: ; -J v | Arc You Bearing a Secret Burden Because O ’4 of Sexuai Weakness. /./'*"' ?F YOU ARE. THEN ACCEPT "'H’3 V 'j* G A COURSE OF MEDICINE SENT ABSOLUTELY I ======= 153 T MAJJe=== ' J n/I^r£“A^ er v7o f SS. L! i" ‘'dI"l ! i? ! % :' r^r^ Jh»X. cents for postage and packing, and >ur eminent physician* will prepare foi y< ■ ■ ou ■ ,a o r treatment for liber,.' I->• i:>< u method.’, :•.■< wi ll a.* our remarkable quick cures. V7e have Cured cases tL.i. Lava bafit'Jd otLvrs. Failure imp -i tiible by our meth jo. \ 5T COSTS YO’J TO Tf?Y ST i Frocraatication is dangerous. Du not neglect your case. \V rite us uoday id strict (onila .nce. PEYSICLINS’ INSTITUTE. 1976 K»ic Tompie, CHISACO, ILL. keep in bondage the people whom she was determined to starve and exterminate if she could not conquer them. To forget or to postpone the unparalled sufferings ■ f the poor, defenseless people of Cuba in behalf of and in consideration of the stronger party, as if nothing had passed, and as if .it were honorable to help her In a deceitful scheme which, if accepted, would onh 1 ad to a reproduction of the existing troubl-s in a no distant future, would be mean and shameful and unworthy a man endow ed by the Creator with the sense of justice and of honor and the feelings of sympathy toward, his suffering fellow-beings. “The United Stales cannot honorably n"t as if they' wore the guardians and pro tectors of Spain against an American coun try which the latte- has. abu e.l be; ond description, .and whose pacific country peo ple have been almost exterminated by h nor can thev submit or adapt their own American republican police to suit, the con venience of monarchia! Spain. The tme for experiments has already passed, hav ing been left far behind. Spain is In her self something' of the past, and until re generated cannot keep up in the concert of modern nations. “The United States cannot yield, without disgrace to themselves, to Spanish preten sions; nor can they be unfaithful to th ir trust and duty' In regard to an American country ar.d to their own interests.” LOST HIS JOB AND SWEETHEART. Dissipated Clerk in Nashville Com mits Suici-’e by Taking- Poison. Nashville, Tenn.. November 29. Unable to retain any' poslt'on because oi his dissipated habits and discarded by th<» woman to whom he was engaged for tin same reason, E. If. Uartwright, a well known clerk, committed suicide. 'The first information of the suicide was given by Cartwright himself in a letter to a local paper. In v.Tin h he declared bis in tention ami stated the reason therefor. Cartwright was twenty-six years old, and had been married, but bis wife se cured a divorce because of his dissolute habits. lie was a victim both of the morphine ami avli’sky habits, and only a few days ago l.;i.'. been discharged by his iast em ployer. lie was engaged to marry Miss .Maggie Byion, but her father indue.d hei I to break the engagement. Yesterday as- I ternoon Cartwright wrote letters to the I newspapers Informing them of ids inten tion and also to an undertaker asking him to take charge of his remains. lie told hl< r latives of his intention, but they din no' t ike him seriously. 'flu's morning, however, his body was found in the yard void an.l stiff, ami bis features greatly distorted, snowing lie h oi died ill agony from the poison lie had taken. ♦ WANT IMMIGRATION CONTINUED Central Trades and Labor Union Places Itself on Record in Resolution. St. Louis. Mo., November 29.- Uy a. vote of -11 to .’0 the d"l gat's io the Central Trades and Labor Union placed themselves or. record as b-.-lng <><<]>«-. <1 to further re striction of immigr.'iti.in. The question was discussed for over three hours. A resolution was passed which seis forth tii it tho restriction of immigration is in direct contradiction to the progr ssive spirit of the age and is a reactionary a;- tempt to check the p ogr.' sive movement of the wage earners of all count: i‘..-s. The > solution further held that Immis rll ion is not responsible for the condition of wage workers in this or any other e ,entry, an.l tn... ti> Industrial at.d comm. .ii . risis from v.lti'-ii this coti-icy 1, ~ b".-:-. sufi' t'- Ing for S' t . r.'ii years has i>-en Hie re. ult of , ''onomie conditions which n ..y. in t!,.> i r future, cause a m w and mor serious Industrial am! commerciil crisi . res■,r-.l|. ■a of immigra t i m. A not ifs 11 ion of the pro -■ dim s will bo s>nt to the he idqmi rt .-rs ol' tile Amirl.an F< derat ion of Labor. THREE trusts will combine. Cracker Companies Will Consol! ate Their Interests, It Is Said. I Sr. uis, Dcccnib* rl. The Lie pu : . l.c. will I say io’.in<rrow: “At h-i’ mouths of dis istrous cut rate war ’ b- tv/ecn the. three L<g' cracker irus'v. a i tr. ity of pence h is been sig’.od .-.nd a gon » .it’ eousf lida Jon agro, d tjj.tu!. 'i'h-> stock of : American BL-ouiit Comparr . th< ,v Biscuit <’o:n;u!i.y and t!:« I'nib-d Si.H"S Comp.iny will be ped. d nnd a r.« v company with a capital st >•. 1: of JO') ; < ,rmcd. “S:. Ixmis people are particularly ir.: r csted in the devclopm«*nt of th< troub 11 belw. the great ;iw 1 eo; por <tions, as two of the largest cr o k- ,• bikerb's in (he 3«. . ■ are th<- Tior.ipr Bakery Company mid tb<* |d-mt of the Ahinv’.vni-J/mv* C- mpauy. both of whi« h ar ■ inclmh d ir: th • .\m* Bis cuit. Company, tin? m.»sf p-w- :f i! o; the thr»>.* eombin.’t’o is which bro/,- for ■\«t i! u■i r ; f-ontroll'd the baking bu ■ir <d’ the ; I n’f.'d Si It'S. ’Tip- d< al is row in prozr as and it is : . xp< tel thnt within th- n< x: 1w- ntv d *vs , . .m i.’idati.-n u ill h tv.- K . n eff <•’< d.” I EXTRA session of le.gisl?.ture Successor to Senafo’’ Harvs, of iciT.ies sce, Will Seen Be Elected. Cl. Ut momm, Tv".r . D" ~ r fSr - c : r.l i leidhig .'ittornvy fi'un N hvilh', who is het" i.: ttc:i'l'inee on the f- .|. r.,1 c.mrt, suited tomelit t mt he had it from .11- 1'.1..:nx A. ll irri.' U ‘ Cv . rmir T: ■ or would call an extra s, s don of the I ;;is!.:t"ir . ami that the ,1* den of :: mtc <-. or to th" I "'" S. t r iHrrv would be j 1 !,...'.'.. . . tmi X,' u!:!i a -.'.ould I," .1 . :im: d tor the : I . 0.1 :im*. :• ~"!l of til" p: s 'lit !■ g|.-- I■: v Imd b, ■ n ma.l. . ami th..; he would , '......1 they coi tainlj h id th > effe it ol stiri i a the p lie ,1 Ulin, :;>•!« re in tins ci'.v at .1 I? ' '"” i ’ l! ll Itn it'it est Cuban Swordsmen. W 1 " *.•;• "I, n. T. ... !!.•>, r 2 Asp - j . i l from Milford. I). 1., to Toe lii 11 . cry I I Evt 1 ng, s>y s that Sa vu e Bi d< tb <k, a : . . ,1 burn, r, all, mpud to Kill his lam.- ily last Monday .■•>■ ning. 1: ■•!. : iM. k return...l to hi ■ ..bin about 10 o . look ami ;*;tlu to bis wil, : •■1 1. i-.e Just 1 urn. ,1 to it- ti'." kind of swt'.l tbit th- Cabans u.se. Now 1 want all <>t you t.. stand up.” In ..rd-r to in him. Mi" ai.d tit- . ', 1 I di'eu arose, wiwii a" ti".l their Imnd. with I ;, piv ■ «>f cord, which lie fastened to the rruters. Obtaining a corn Kr.if ■. wlrcli lie i found in an :•!jdidng !»• comm• tie.-.l ; < Utting hh'. f imiiy, liilliiting some dread -1 fill w-iinds. The son summoned a physa-iau :>nd noti fied 1 . m x t qt '■ kl rch ~I for t ■ • -1 ilant, but a.■ yet I-.:,.; i".t been found. Th" eond lion ■!' Mrs. I'ilderb ick and the children is serious. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1897. TARHEEL DEMOCRATS STAND PAT Platform Declares for Bryan and the Creed Adopted at Chicago. Chattanooga, December 3.—A Times spe cial from Raleigh, N. C., states that the democratic state committee was i 1 ses sion there and Issued an address io the voters of the state declaring frat the dem ocratic party is the party oi tho peoi • . re affirming the Chicago and state pint Terms of last year, declaring that tVilliam J. Bry an is the great leader of the par'y, re nouncing republican misrule and mvit ng ail populists to unite with the dtnicc" nU in regaining control of the state. The sentiment that tin? demoasi'S must make a straight tignt and that t'.r le must be no fusion was overwin luoig. ALABAMA METHODISTS ini'ET. Conference Will Investigate Charges Preferred Against a Minister. Birmingham, Ala., December 3.—(Special.) At i 1 " session of tile North Alabama, con ference of Hie Methodist. Episcopal church, south, it xt’iis decided today to give It v. J. li. Andrews a trial, charges having Imen filed agtihi; t him. Dr. .1. \V. Shoemaker, of Decatur, who was charged with attending a circus, made a. statement to tile conference and his char acter was passed. Dr. Z. A. Parker addressed tho conference in tii- Interest of the Athens Female col lege. Next Year in Huntsville. Florence, Ala., December I. (Specbii.) • At today's session of the No.tb A aba 111 1 conference of the Methodist EpD* op il church, south, here Huntsville was so e"t<’rt as the next place of meeting. 'i'lie committee in the ease of Rev. J. B. Andrews report,'*! an error in th*' Indict ment ami the ei.-e was referred to t i same committee of Investigation. Mr. An drews is colporteur for the .Method s. P ili- T.s ling house tor tile North Alabtmi con feri ne,*. The charges which were pr ferre 1 by Dr. Anson West, presiding < l.l*-r, al.eg • that two years ago wh le engage 1 in evin ge.istie work Amir-ws left his w fe on a -of her alleged infidelity and that on - year ago he left his duties and went >0 Nashville to accept a. posti.ot, as co 'pone ir ami that he is now living with ins wife aga it:. Tlie Tuscaloosa Female college, through It, v. J. D. Simpson, report, I tin ,nr di luent of Iti.X pupils. (Jood reports 110 m vari ous districts were received. Dr. Anson W, st, of Decatur; Dr. J. XV. N< wnian. of Birmingimm, ami Ilan 1 "! lier. of Fayette, were vlecti'd as delegates to the genera! conference. BRISTOL IRON FUP-NACE SOLD. The Purchasers Will Put the Plant to Work in a Short Time. Bristol Tenn., December 3.—The sale of tlie Bristol iron furnace to th ? I'< m* Iron C 'inpiiny I -' i'2;*,".'o .10-s n >l. *•tu t scot v. iiat tiie furnace really !>r ught, or in vaneo es the s.iie I'm pur eg ■■,-mpany bought claims against ti e properly t< tlie amount of ?.55,0H9. ’Xim furnace and a ppu ;•*.* "in *;•? »s, 1: ciuding ore, cake, e*,al and l.r.i.sto.ie n tie g: mu*:, is estimate*! to I*** worth tlpxvard of C'O.UHI. 'i'lie l ompany expects to t tit tile '.vrraee in op, ration soon. MARTIN THORN IS SENTENCED. Ho Will Be Electrocuted in January for Murder of Guldensuppe. ~ ■ ?(* w York. lii. -mil* r •M:i’*lin Thorn, or Tore* swisky. eoaviete,! on Monday of the murder *>f \\ .lli-m <luldensupps*. was today sentcni'‘ *i to elect ."*»'ut*’<l in tne w**k in .gaining J intriry In, I*9''. Whin '1 liorn «•;:.■ brought into court in Long Js'and City, b- stepp-d as bri. k.y, ; walking lieiW'en tw • ofiieers, :m 1- Imd don- on tile days when h" was on trail, lie preserved the s.ime ■ -ilni, imperturbable expression of count, min*'*.' tliat !,** had w rn at i v. ry crisis in Hi*' working out of ids fate during tin* tri.,* and w.i-n, as a pr* Iminary to the passing <>: .I'li.'m'e of <!•.•.nil, .Just:*'. Xiaddox put the ctl.-oiimry qt.imtoii" '.,> him. lie respond'd promptly, ci'li, ilm’y and with no otittvar*, evidence of emotion. ■’.'.l,'.- 1 . me.” said tile til, ■ r. 'I- Tor,- sv. I. ky. I v. ,s born in <;> rm.iny an.l | am tliir;. -liv, years old. I am a b;rl> r; imve never been in pri on before. I was brought up in t'i ■ ,a l:;::o is ii-iief of tb it' min , ( '.it In■ I ’■ ■ church 1 ■ 1 r. and w. 1.-. Mv f.itib.r is living. I aninnot mar ried " EDITOR AGNUS IS INDICTED. The Baltimore American Publisher Is Charge ! with Criminal Libel. it .n;.*-. . ‘ .*•." ml*,"- ■; >. I 'n't. .1 H: u-s S *,ator ih o.g" L. Welii-m on this morn - . ti .1 , m.— ntm*"!'. .is 'lm <i neral i'■ - l.\ A Ulis. ■■l.l' !' • ■ r min ,1 !!l>, !. and It Is mi l. r.- ood that elv;l stilt.- will fol'ow. Hom X' tms is tin pi.blis]„ r <,f Tn.. !"( ■ tint.', American. ..ml Cm on is 1•* : ftorl il from Th, V/ if hington Post is cit, d and pronoimm <1 true. | Tile 1 ,st's editorial, v deli is r. ~*i!. ' ’1- in; ton with furthering tii- min.li-l - y of mor i."WV'. a '*, mi.* •<1 I'""- I StatCf S< : Gorman by s 1 ing to iniln- e". " the Ila mb Os th- 1, gi. latur,- bv : '■ ■ ; ■' .1 . ~11'" .' *, o.' wlm ii X..IS pilhll.s’.. , 1.1 r ib- h< .d: ig 'The Dis race \’. , ami ' .■* r h s -a ithdi >w il the grand .mm' ‘ *' I 'i V Agni'i.s r-mp lv furnished bail I-, . -.m of '! ■■ i" was no ar- r *S e n tor W< Ilington d< cltncd to discuss the -nit which '•■* ivi .■ it* ■ ''l "■'■'"■ G eral Agnus. ■ xe< pt to say ti, -i he int, ndeo 1, .g It ' ivil Cgamst G* iivr.,l Agnus ami 'i'lie American. MANY CONTESTS FILED. V.': sliington, D""* inb. r 3—'i'lie ei-rk of the ho',; ■ Is :.- re.-, ".i d not. -' ■■ of twenty cuiite.-is io !*e mail" in tlie next ho*'.-,'. 'I h,' list will be pr, .seated to the house on Monday next, ami so far as it altects the fouthirn states is as follows: ,'-.. . I*..i Alabama ,' rict '■'■ H. < lark, rational democrat, \s. J. i'. Stallings, <1 111- 'i ' lid Alabama G. I- Comer, mil .m il C* inoerat, vs. Henry D. Ci.i ■ ton. *1 n -"r 1 . Fourth Alalxjmn VV. I-'. Mdr ‘ . - vs. i Loina.s 1 1-wman. democrat. Fifth Al tbama L. (loo< 1 win, populist, vs. V* i . ; in Bremer, d, moer it. Delaware mt large) G. S. Willis, union republican, vs. '.. Irving Handy, dei Third KenVieky District W. Comr.y Uuril. r, republ. an. VS. .!. L. Rhea, demo ' F : t Louisian 1 I list rl :t At niand H mai rei-üblicnn, and Jos* ph Gazin, labo , vs. Adolph Mv, r. Third Mississippi Dialri.*t-•<’. J- Jor.es, r< publican, vs. T. (( 'atchlngs. m mocra:. Eirst South I'-iiolimi D str"-t ■>'. W. Murray, republican, vs. . *-- Eli-ott, democrat. S. eoiul South Carolina. District D. <*. Chaiti, I*l. r. publican, vs. XV. Jasper Talbert, democrat. Sev, ntli South t'arolimt District- 'l'iiom 's i:. Johnstone, republican, vs. J. Williams Stokes. *b moerat. Eleventh Tcnmss' e District— J* sinh Pat terson, gold <iein*"er;;t*. xs. 1,. W . Carmack, democrat. Second Virginia District- R. A. Wise, re -1 >iiiiii l ‘an, vs. i’i am A. 1 ouug. democrat. Fourth Virginia District—R. T. Thorp, lepnbliean. vs Sidt’-y P. Ep< », d/moei'at. I-' fill Virginia I > strict- J. R. Broom, re publican, vs. C. X. Swanson, democrat. The Wheat Acreage. Adairsvill, . Ga.. December 6.—(Special.) 'l'lie old < lotlii'alooga valley, noted for ami wide as tlie last wheat growing sec tion 'll Georgia, w il th,, next harve-t out do herself. Hundreds of acres are now get ting giei n. The acreage has been im-r, '*s ed during tl)e recent advance in the price. CHAMPION FARMER IN CHEROKEE The Work Which Has Been Accomplished by Mr. John F. Rusk. METHODS IN COTTON CULTURE Result of a Wide Range of Agricul tural Reading. ACRES CF TERRACED HILLSIDES. Planted It in Cotton and Realized $350 in Crop—An Object Lesson for Farmers. Canton, Ga., November 29.—(Special.)— Ch* r.,1; e county Ims several farmers within its bounds who are leaders among their fellows. »’>n<* <>f tiles.* is .Mr. J-din F. Rusk, who fixes on Little river, near .Modesto, in the southeastern part of ".lie county, has this year s-t a. worthy ixample io his n-lghbors in tlie matt* r of cotton culture. Tn th** pi "porailo i of his lands, in planting. In. f'.'rUli:"lii,;. in cultix a tlon, in harvesting ami mark. tlng he leads, others follow. lie is a. son of tlie late Hom J. E. Rusk who represent" d ,!,<■ thii f«- .lintli s*rri toria! district in tin- t -m-ral ■■■ - aibly of !S'd-S7. .Mr. Rusk is u r-ader ami ciese student of agricu'ii trial papers ami literature. He reads The Constitution’s pages to farm- r.. ■. - ■'. v ■' ' ■ ■’/ JOHN F. RITSK. ers w*'. kly will; much interest, ami also tin* imt'ti.ly 1 tt"i.' and answers to in quir, rs from Commissioner N sbitt, as will as tin bu I let i: :. ; >'l Irun t hi- * xiieriim t, t *ta ... by i Bedding. As ~ r< suit he has gained muc.i v.iluaole information ami pill io pi'a-'.a ..I '■ st as :■ a , xp rini' nt, som, et' th* . -.; made by difi ’ nt writers, and b;, nut with gt'alilyilig suc c, . thel'lTem. This year lie planted a t* ti-aere ti rraeod hillside in e-uto > ami * ultivated same m - < i.ruing to dii* from tlie experiment . ia:io:i. li'oai w'lieii he ! s.s marketed t*'u bal, s of each t an av< rage of I, < .'tits per p.'m.d, am! sold 210 bushels of seed ill !' bushel, i ceiving theri'fore about ■ ■ from this tcn-acro . ; ' . X . ' ' . ' . I'' Id ■■■'■ > fin lx* a ;1.-.id, *. .. *■ I -‘. 11' ■1 a lik" 1 i • 11., -A . n ill ■ i'.- side "I the river from ,l whi; a in .* term'd out ami yield " 1.. I . I . no": v r, but Mr. Rusk ■ work ' terra, d tlie land ae *'<**•,iitig to li s , wn idf.as and tile result is stiii" I .c o'-. Wh-n tli*‘ fact is eomml , .1 Hi lt i'l I' ll O' !' s. V.. I. originally very . , . , -i. :-* :: 11 ■ " * th** i: -d Ink. :: i l, in terra' ";:, the yi"ld I mart ami " aj ai>p ar to tho . , . I met ■ | •■. . - rel, ystem m .. th, . . i aver.ig, of one 1.. of 'ii. -. to ' i<* " n-'i'i's of hills: '. Inml is *..>.;.!*.! J. But in this in- . . .. *■. . 1 ■ ■’ lm!es off oi’ . -ven and a half a* 1 -s - I -!■ ep hi.ls.d" . Mr. Itil it. in XX' '■ * '. P" ' 1:;[ I King s im- I'lmV' d e,:ttc*i s,-, d. witit h ha*.l Ir en tlior oiqiblv ' .-eil at tl'<‘ exii-rinmnt station, *.\mi'.,' Kiwis ami J.wk mi's wer- run side - Busk wat i.'d the expeliment tiler,* and carefully read th* report: tnade on * : ame, pro. nr.-d his seed fr.-ni the stn t",a .a'" ‘i. ; ■ rm; m-1 Io s* ,* v lint Ik* ,1 in- witit a. -top on a ten-acre hillside. He is thoroui ' ■ lied with his exi r iim nl i nd x'. ill make still further exp, ri m< n's next :■ ■ ar. a h< : not only b< n< - iited in tii way. but believes i<■ • rs a i 1 friends .. favor :, , ■ ■. them w bat may be done. in pre) "ring tin- land for his crop tills v. '.i- la ma<’.' tii* t* rraees .*-■.> that all tlie rain which I il would is* retained on th" I 'wl awl no: wash or br, ak over ami dam :*iv land b-l'iv ! then plant, d ar.d eoit ... .1 '!■*• land urn!- r dir -I'tiOn of using exclusively st Me I -,'iu: .. a- *1 t\ • tiliz, r mail, on tho Dv tnixh • ■ •'I m< al and pot sb. Ihe st ible manure was put in the furrotys i <1 th.n lst d upon. In the md" < uY and fi m 301)' to 500 pounds of ■ . *..:•• ■ illz* I - put in p< r acr ■. tlii-njmt in and in due fi aithy talk ti it grey and brought forth mm Ii fruit imd* r lb. < if. ful. iiit-lli; .nt , vat on of Ms. Rusk and his help. The tn '■:>•' ■' I’.' ■ w* .ks ■ arli. r th in oli". r crops In t at I**< alim. an.l the bolls w*'*** so !:irg.* ami "talks full that mor.' of : . ■ ■■' pi- i : i a <lay than . other v: ri< ties. ": ■ li - v. I. tter, t >o, h< cett br night a hjh< r a : !’ .n"'*.l'! >1 "r'-'m ■':' t-"|X ./n't./p.'r i-imm-L Mr r k howev, r sol* t*d al out twenty bu of seed fr the • n acres which !,.* wdl u■" 'cms.-'lf mxt ; it ami llu x can not t . 1,.nl J 5 p* r Im !'■ I. S*-. .1 .'oiton I g, erall cm fdered odo well wl n it x ieids one- third lint, but mis of Xi,' Rusk . -op :i 'I dm t > pounds of Hnt ns the - * d art v< ry small ind is ea !.x 1! .i Mr. Ruf k b< lloves l ii" 's Improved , otton s. . I to 1,.. ;p, 'Willy ad ,pt* d t*. this nd hl • ' ■ ■ ' t w ar with tills t-ti-a-’i,. rlv, r I iff . .itlsti* s him that money ,in be m tdo on cotton even at 6 X," Rii-k 'o' m.’l ■ a specialty of c itton. I reps. corn, wheat, ~ a : p*.as, etc., also ihow a con -. ng vi-!,I ,",n.l Unit ’ • puts mm-h thought, in- ■ ffort in Hi*- prep i t's 1 ""I- piantim', harvesting. * 11. a o .'ii".' ". ) hogs . :i"b .-.ml t*. .l-- ; i ■ s. > - only m m in < ■ . rri ■ ■' ■' bug P n floor, d w th I- i, ! i- ; >" ' r. m : Icil.ly clean ami odot ess < I is ten fit e, h< aithy t' that will n, t him 3.0 b) ■ bor who also ,1. . ...;. .it; irnpr, ting ills lauds ,"d i, . ■ . ~ndit nil of th" farmers l.v m iking t- ■ ■ . and .:■ '-rim,' s wi:!> ~ vi. w of get ting the b< in th** < iltivation of ■ ' ’ _ ' two men * Are You Bilious? TIKtEISr T7S3 “.Best .Tjiver Pill Made.” I "r- ons’ Pills i ■ 11 :-,'i tv *■ . ■tol eu ..ness aii'l sic.; headache, 1 11>,.*><■Ii'oa.j.iiiiiiii'li" yi'Xpelaltimpiirlti J •ui the t>l,M,<l. iieliratc woa»"i lili'l relief from ■ in-sh, in. five fl.'"- I’aniplilet fri <’. I. S. JOHNSON ft < O„ 22 Oust, ni House St.,Boston. A- Originated ir r c :-, bv the late Dr. A. Joiinson, I uiiilv I’livsiei u. 'its merit and excellence have l.iti•:•;*•.I *•■ < dv t >r n< irly a century. All win, use it. no- miia;-,- ! at its great power. J. is safe, soothing, satisfying; so say sick, sensitive suffer. -; I x t urn al and lix it RNAI. II cures ev rv lorin , l inflammation. Pleasant t t *.ke dropped on sugar. Cures colds, croup, coughs, cr itiq,:;. burns, bruises, till soreness. ix.rm'iri’ih'in f mv year * tlnive used Johnson’s A:, nl’ in- ii' ini* lii u:y family. Iri val,! it <m,{ ~'■ tlie l>< -t and sab *. family nw,Heines; used us <lir*-ctod. li.te-'.il and lixtcr-iil in all cases. <l. il. Ingalls, D-... 2nd ll.ipt. Ch., Bangor, Me. Bev 1 for our New Book Treatment for Diseases, rhe Porter's Signature and Dirertiono on ererjr bottlw :.l lie a I l"-e.' !'■ ■-.: '• i.t*. Six hotties. »2.« 1. S. JO) I >... I.'N o L'.'..>. u. loiu House St., Buston,.Matt. working together, comparing notes and ex periments and ideas tor preparing land, planting, etc., have already been the means of benefiting themselves awl others. This neighbor is James Isham Brown, and he and his crops also deserve special m. ntion. Truly the man who makes two b’aik.s of grass grow where only one grew before Is a benefactor of his race. STICKING DUTY ON SUGAR. Netherlands Product Will Have to Pay at the Ports. Washington, December 2.—The secretary of the treasury today decided that tins Netherlands government pays a bounty on all raw and relined sugars exported Irom that country, and hence, under tlie new tariff act, ail sugars from the Netherlands entering the United States is subject to a discriminaTlng duty equal to tb" export bounty paid. The exact rat*’ of this coun tervailing duty has not yet been definitely ascertained. Imt It is said it will approach 48 cents per hundred pounds on raw sugar and a slight advance on these figures on i e fined. It is known that the secretary has also come to tii*? conclusion that the Belgian government pays an export bounty on sugar, and a decision to this efleet may be * xpeet, ,1 in a short, taw*. Tlie additional duties will apply from Sept* mi>, r 22d, last, tlie date of th** circular instructing collectors to suspend i quid i tion of these sugar entries pending ;i final de termination of the que.-.t ion. The amount of raw sugar imported from the Nether lands dur ng tin- last year was over 55.000,- <**,o pounds, of which about 25..'< l fiJ"'O was not above No. IG Dutch standard, and <12,- 7(n*JKX) above that number. Tlie sugar im ports from Belgium during the last year a qgr, "at,M over 12.'i.()00.0<>0 p"li:i*l.-:. of wllieh n< arly 121,nOO,<XI<) was Isdow No. 19. MINISTER OF WAR RESIGNS. Entire Italian Cabinet May Give Up Portfolios. Rome, December s.—General I’ellieux, minister of war. in consequence of the act inn of parliament in itmewling the bill dealing with army appropriations against his advice, lias t< ndered his resig nation. King Humbert, the Marquis di Rudini, the premier, and the other niernlars of the cabinet urge General I’ellieux to re consider liis action, but he refuses to do so. in view of this it is expected that tho ent.re cabinet will i. .-ign awl Unit tlie Marquis di Rudini will reconstruct tlie ministry. Thu pre.-ent Italian ministry is consti tuted as follows; I’resident of the Council and Minister of tlw Inter..,r M ,rqu s .Xnionio <li Rudini. .Xiinist* r of i-or, ;gn Alfairs-.Marquis Emi lio Visconti \'<-no.-".ia. Minister of the Treasury—Professor Luigi Luzza ttl. Minister of Finance—Signor Ascanlo 1 ir.i iii-.i. .Minister of Justice awl of Eeclesiasta’al Afl alls -Professor I.new Emanuele Glan tur, o. Minister of Mar-General Lui 1 “"ll : *-i".x. Minister of Marin, Admiral Benedetto Rr n. Inspector General of Naval Engineering •in*l Minis-;,:- of Comni*'r,*e. Inlustry and Agricu.. tin’ Conte Fraw.-'ver> G uie*-.ir.l I:ii. Minister of I’ulilic 1"; truetion- < onto t'o.l ronehi. M nister of Public Works—Giul'o Pr'nc'ti. i ,*ihi-;n, I>• cem’ier 5. Tb*- Romo et rre spondent of Tho Morning Post says: “The cabinet has resigned. Gow ral Pel lieux’s action is regar<ic*J as a political move to make it possible for ;m* Marquis di Rudini to sect r< , un mimous mlnlstry. The ministers of iinance, justle** and pub lic works in the retiring cabinet will not appear in ils swees.--., 204 MILES IN 286 MINUTES. Union Pacific Makes Another Dash Over the Rails. Omahn. N- b.. December "..—Celebrating its n< w birth, tlie Union Pacific b is taken two more falls out of Father Tim*-, awl b'u: ""t a. pace for fast running that will likely stand in Tlw xw-st for som<- time. I.tst Tuesday tin* fast mail made a 520- mil- run at the rate of sixty-two and a half miles an hour, with .a hundred-m lo d ish as th,- rat" of 68.2 miles an hour. Y-st.-rday tin- same train ran forty-two miles, from K, arney to Grand Island, in thirty-six minutes, or s venty mil' s an hour. The 261 miles .from Sydney to Grand Island, v.-iw trad.* in 23S minutes, an av* r age of 65.6 miles an hour. To.i.ay a. special train was run from Julesburg to C .uticil Bluffs, 294 miles, in 256 Tiiinut•■■■•!. Th" ax rage six ■ d for the actual running time was 63.6 miles an hour. PRAIRIE FIEF. SWEPT COUNTRY. The Farmers Had Exciting* Night and Foug'ht Lika Demons. Guthrie, 1. '!'., December 5. Las': night a *! *. '.roti i . i ■ llr< Gu hri coun- ty. w!>*" ■ it f* 'I 111 th- -liy ;• ■ a s ord was fa: i . I by a Hi'-:w. ■ w nil. Tin* tire st.irted : r !;.*' n- . tw ir I 1 :" county ilw-. awl swept with iivhtnlr.g sp «•<!. It was an i'ii ". night otnong tiw i' ni.i crs. wh*, fought 110 *i inons to presort , tii. r * tops, tiw women and children as- Tl .* ea-yon" running t ■.<! an.l wist along Trail <r, . k lii ally Stepp <1 th*- fir**, but only aft, r s, riou.s prop, rty loss an i b on entailed. Many tal< -of narrow . scapes tire told. Hundred Thousand Dollar Fire. Tulsa, I. T.. I:• ."'n.bcr s.—l' ir.* orlgtnat . • . ■ ral m, rd it di tor, Price Zit Gillette th tft, moon, destroyed ..v.f H'o.'K.'t' worth Ol prop 0n.",- 1 ■rs ar.* I'r. 1 .’. S ott. Lyn.'ll Mer* until.* <’ ' "Uy. i'..- Tais,'. Banking Company, th. Commercial hotel. DAWES TREATY IS DEFEATED. CUickasa’.v Indians Declined To Rati fy by Big Majority. Houston. Tex., Deeemb* r 5. A special from Ardmore. I. T., s.iy> eontplei.. r,- turns ai" in from tlw popular vote of tlw , . 1W citiz he Daw ■ ■re ity, s’.,.wlrig hat only 2*2 votes w. r- |>ol!e.|. \,f tP.'x opp-sed nt' float;.>n. which e, f t ted th nt ‘ ■ ure so tar as the Ch .k --asnw nation is cow med, by a majority ol Hi. Morgan Made a Model Dummy. Il i *".'’. W. V.,.. iiecemt'C" Jo'.n .Mo - gan, who was to be banged December Hili,, played a sharp tr'ck on tlie j.i.ler I:*.* e last night by walking'out of j ii! and t iking to the woods. A short time ago lie .-'old a confession for $25. With tile mo ey h ■ bought a new suit of clothes to wear on tne gallows. Last night he nun! • a dummy of his old suit and put it to b* .l in his cel . Donning his new suit he climbed on t ,p of the cell and lay there til! it was loclie 1 for the night. Then be ,s. aped awl v.'a ; not missed till this morning. A reward of $560 is offeie*! for his arrest ills crime, the murder of Mrs. Green, h r son and daughter, was committed Novem ber 3,1. just a month ago, near Grass L.ck county. Bloodhounds are on his trail. Masked Men Try to Rob Train. St. Louis, December 2.—A special to The Post-Dispatch from Sin Antonio, Tex., says advices were receive*! there this morning of an attempt to hold up and rob a passenger train on the Mexican National road, near Monterey, Mexico, by nine inask' ,1 and well armed Mexicans. The passengers m ule reslstmi*.".* and the outlaw :s were unstie* essful. They are be ing pursued by soldiers and if caught will be shot. Sherman Shot from Ambush. Chattanooga, Tenn., December 2.--A. spe cial to The Times from Mossy Creek, Tenn., says that Frank Sherman, a prominent citizen of that place, was shot from am bush last night and instantly kill*,!, and his son Cecil was mortally wounded . The son wits wounded in tlie arm, sh* al- I der and side. Bloodhounds were put -pen the trail of the miTf'dcrers. J I , Hih I/. THIS I OMWTY Is j'.'.ii *">■' ra B Bit iJOfiaE’S ©WaiiW kj '/ - if rent v.’ith an wi/rrr’L’j RM fflOGf-rSc fora licit, noi\ r \ Ly s j / _L 4 Steff GNfy HftT 9 W 86.66??-*" ” '*"H M N-vtnw "v* I i flhl.il'n ‘Agents in New- LoealiHe*.. „ Belts El Ym,■ c/'uY”- ’ ■ r'K3 tliefollov iiiediscaseH. t., rJ *>f..ur i.,n’i"*--.-' I-.;*'.' we oifrn'-Ho," «J-;** v.,11 f'X’-N x.’ftei!sn«fi»<ll It Unit) u'wul ,-iiher ■ :v. -nt >llorl. "" u t-.gctw.e- K;'- : 4 1 llnn r, t |. o B*.lt v-.-nro -.uf'-r inly ■ 1 5 J [•?-'J J iralelhH. It is the lust B( It we r anus utur'; -u f *'■ * • • > k Z; .” r them unto • ; ' ■ 1 Ls■ ■ i • • f?' 'Fn, I ,.'’" ! ii'.7-' F. J e ''i r '. '"" -V *■ :: e'"- ■ ■ i". ■ ntjr>pcpn!n I ~i' *. »»tl><*in»:*y '■ tin.*.u;:,lJX'luti. wall'll,." [fj BEAUHC WITH L’S. tv,, do ii. i ask .<>' ?’«<! a»;> rionry hi nihnrtt*. I uh i t ono . f jl..sr* i| XV';.I.".'. ' vji’i A’erro«s»»oßS ' 1 , . .T ' 9 i : j ( ' • *'■" , . • 1 Fftrfeoeele :' . . . kd Tfirw-f TreriMes WE HAVE K3W QSTOE9 70!j AN CPPfiST»' C? YOW Hfw 1 ... I .r : N'.b'<*p?,'.s*.' J( e«« “JbE.'i'i.t'u'.n'J/thiuiE X'. l " /■■•"’‘w 'I 'o' .Yes’rot!.*, lability tins ■■ boas OTTI’ OTT'X* CPO'tTX-’OINr f H Sa. taas PvEGTnic Br.LT Trsjss 60.. &;-■ Jfbu»« in tin- Hock i i 2-114 DEAN2ORH ST.. C'!!SAGO, ILL., H.S.A. 'i / E-V «J»<l £imbi» r i. ■-> - l 1 ' l■ r. 3 tio-in-n" Ili; .1 v-I l.no'.'--. »•>.',;>-V rnj"; a'. J-.* "’ "1 111 lyealHir-HSCti ill ", '..■■■ 1 " ,My ' ■ ; i our 1;< It, > m i. ;• r j-'. nnv B iiik in ( ii< •>!'■■. ;• H,.'‘ni" v’■ ’■ "•■ ■' '—ft 1 • ■•* • Ul--. Wu> luvou.'* • -M’r 1 !'•«’:.!.•] <•? nul r!..- .<: ; i • -V- _ SHOULD ORGANIZE; SO SAYS CULVER Alabama’s Cemniissioaer of Agriculiura to tho Farmers. ISSUES AN ADDRESS TO THEM State Nerds a live. Working Agricul- tural Society. CALLS FOR A CONVENTS AT TEE CAPITAL Politics Must E-* Ignored at It end Nothing Done but for the Better ment of the Planters. A! *n! ifomr ry. Ala., Decemi* r (Spe cial.)-I lon. I. F. Culv"r, commiisslener of ,ig, .*.ll*, *.' <JI ,-X, , uai, ,1 is .r.-u* *i the fol lOVVifig lllipoi l till tiic rTirin' I’h .<:.•! I, J• i <_ ‘ l l ■XI .■ . 111., ;■■ ...' :■' •:' ■ ago lucre >"■■- • a i.X". woiKn.g ..gi ■ ai .il -~w ew.... w nh'il w .ix 01. g: U *" ~* .''• U" l.u ... i's ol lie. : ."Ji.eg 1W * Aibica ■ , tne ■ "V ’* ' ‘.“Ta 7’ ’ o/ ',l. ' si., .u.'-l in <u not be t iU'in .al' il uel" . Im," is ii..u*i.y a. -s a"’ U'"' U:leul .. ,L a W. ', u.,ai.'.,*•■ ■' "- ■ " e\*r lOoKing to lue -ttl, ~t , w.'i,. ~| , . .. .: . : interest -. auu * noxV OI m op. uia.l *t 1 *-°r Al nu t 1., ,rs to ink, tills suujei t in intnu ai.d i-\. ;t t‘i',,l t .U' lui SIWH' w hich i . >'J u.Ui'll .t, , „.. elijvel o' ibl* 1* i:* r s to git-- ,-enie i...suns wny the Ala..im.i f.u m- s aim ,aiiU owners mwnil orgjuuze Uiein , . m a society Un Illis 1....■ I. •urn 1 ii,'.- carei ui cons.U'. i.tt.ou oi et...iy eit.zen wno uas an interest in agn- CUUUI'.'. . ": <>r several years we have been luretil to sei! our cutioil at it price lower tii.in tn i of protiuciion, and t s clear to , . . pel o;i tnat our coif Irani tins cfep; it v." persist in tai;’ i SUU .da, policy we will soon lie in a stale ut baiiKl'Uptey. Do not tne lessons ot Hi*' . past i- us that we • annul a, .. f " 8111 l ' ' ' . eia. un. If . then wny in>i organize tne titan: Agi'iculilli.il rio iety'.' in... il. r can tnese matters and come to sun.,' Wise solution; s.-p irately w*- i a'l ,i-> m.i'.inz, ■ind will i-uiiuul", m tn pat.i i tr.Hl.i, ; l**r so long a i in-, it w*■ can organize tin: I rntei's and land uxvi;. rs xxe 1.. sure* that we can be of great assist an. to ll.' in; We can *1 -cuss ti e best m ■ o,ls of improving the soils witn i< i ence to .ndivtuual couttties and precincts; we can find ou which oi our lands are ...... I . in, • . iel.l with ■> .'■■ ■ • ■ ' '*; ■■ •I ... tint, is at hand wh< n the farm r mu st >■". ,' . neg.* ol all otl*. r crops; lie mu.-1 give vegetables n and fruits? We must iinpro ■' | our omes. and our pus lie r, ad ; w< mu it .du tie our ■ i dren. bui unb ss ■■■■ *1 ver- J sify our crops am rals, soti eth ng of what I and compare not. ■. so to sp k ind r< late sm':'e.‘s^f , ;t ,1 :?;i! -.T' / - of ourseh i wha . wl 11 we . nt* r into I this work w th the d( t< nninutlon to better ' "••T./'.u'eonmfisb these things and many j mor, t"i m* ntion *l. we invite the h< art y eo-.qs rat on of not only ex. ry f mmer In > the stub', but •x. I'.-r-on, 1.. I, ■ I r.vy.".'. I merchant, physician or editor, if h, owns . Imd tnd 1 s nt, rested In tl all subie.ts agriculture. ”We r<. ognize in th" pr. ss power to push this matter to successful comple tfoi . a .*1 xi ". respectfully . ill upon : uin to .'.ss.-t us by giving* publicity to all arti cles upon tlie st:'.,i. .*t ai d ur;: ng th. ,r farmers not to n.■<:!. .*t the malt.-r, but to gv< ft careful co: shier it on ••We want live or six represent i tive m*n from . icli county in the state to m. us a' the e ipitol in Montgom. rx on \x . dm* dav. t'-e 12th day of January. IV*:. fort 1..- purpos. of oi .he s-tat, and P< f- : Plans forth, org m ■ u of .'Oiintles .11 "I pr- --Incts. W. will ..sl; t1,,. i robate lu.lg* * of each county to .■.*---• In II," sei. .-lion of tbese .!■ I -g it.", I et us ,■ >mc I r. as m. n looking <> ily to tl b. term.-iit es the farmers, 'gm,ring |.li:i..,| oph ■ -. and w, v. 11 i. ve. a grea vic tory. Very r< .-pvt fii.li' "I. F. d "A t'l't. "Cornmlssionct- of \grieulture.*' Mob Is Hunting for W '.rd. Buford. Ga.. December 2. (Sp ■■ ":i I.) <'har!"X Ward, a white man, yesterday as saulted the daughter of Enoch Mashburn, two miles north of Cum ming. M mhburn and his wife left home yester day for Cmnnrng. They passed W. rd on the road. Ward went to Mashburn's house. (Tbs from tlie girl and her little s st, r brought some neighbors to their rescue, and when assistance came Ward fled. Negro Woman Usss a Knife. Americus, Ga., December 2.—(Special.)— The young son of Charlts L. Ansley, ag. d eleven years, wits assaulted by negro woman today an*' tabbed in the back with a p.".il*"’ T'.. .i* was returning from : . li »d win n tne woman pushed him from the s.dew.il!;. The child struck at her. when .-in* cut l.im in tho back and ran. Th*' wound is not se rious. Tin* police captured and .'.tiled the boy's assailant. I GUANTITY IF NOT PxtlCSj ' Farmers of Sumter Have a Big Co - j ton Crop. Am* r’cits, Ga., Dec* mber s.—(Sp -ei il —*[ l-‘a :i: -,l ■. ■!; part of the stat are ing up in the quantity of c* tton what ii.-;.' I.ix-. lost by low pries, at le.'iwj 1 to sonn* extent. The t*'l’ crop is I :te b ' in tn'in.v y. 'irs, and on s un** pl int u I ■ ■■'■■*, I will yi. Id as mu. h as the main or both 'i*., i crop. Peking is still g 'lng on in ni.":x' l ! pla,,'S. and the staple c 'tn* ;■ in at th** rntei i< f about l"'i !■ '.!• ? per day. So far this • j ' son tl..- war<--lious- s h*’re have ree-'iv d| 27,650 bates, while at least 2(1,000 bales ad t t '.ci.il b ..X ■ eom" ,lir."'tly to the pr- , from outside points, while the total re i celpts f ir the X'-ar will reach 50.0"0 bal F.irm rs in t'i’. :,etl"n will i-uri i'l I'.i" i <".:*< n e .-n M rril'lx' ano h< r x, ’ I believing that thot-'in is 'he only r. m ■!" , : . low pri, A 1 , i ' ng, ■ " ■ ‘ 1 . Ing | !::'it.'l till ami more aitei.’i i" : v' I be g'V*-n to grain and food .-r ips,. TO DOUBLE THEIR CAPACIT Z- Huntsville Cotton Hills Obliged '.’o ( Have More Spindles. | Huntsville, Al t.. I mb r —(Sp,*<- : : - | ’l'ii" annout'cement * is made list n! it it two co ■ IndU .I . of WSI 11 a. . ■ ■ vide will arrange :o d*,ul". th dr uiitpu . I Tlie XX ,st Hiitili ill" Reund. B.d* . .." I pr- .1-1, I. ■:• ,r ■ il. ■ .1 : ::• Am • •". *1 '' ' : ,inn ;. i ny. b i .. 1 >'• adbn I d m : • < •.: < than the .. .'■ i rs expect* i t > bn du 1 I tl: - entire season an*! th* capacity o: t plant will b ■ doubled. Tim capacity xv: ; then be 12", Ini' s a. day. The Coons .. I, i I'l.'.tt cotton l:l.II. * "ip ,<ivi' <2” O I.p'*'!i\ , V. ill ' ..'ill tills II.on! :1 th" .1" ' i.'ll o' *iV. ' ling hoim.-s f,*r th* me*>mmo<l.'it!on < f ■ ■ ' bl" til,- number of entpl When tm i are * ompli t d th." mill will bo oper ited b :.i i night and day. Negro Woman lies Revenge. St. Lou s. D* e"Hib* r I.—The o.d a I “murder w.ll out.” stands a good emu • of being put to the test. William S nun-, a nt'gro, gav* hi’ m tr< ss a si V'. re b. nting ami she had b. m, arrestud. When plac d on the stand court she eri'.l: "Th,- hands tli.it beat m - are s;ain* <1 With !•! o,l.” She declared that Simms had mt:: I- a sleeping man m N"W Orbans, and that '.v.'.s w ".itt 4 in (.'art iiage. Mo., for I * irgia Sinims collapsid when she made ■ charges. i lie records show ne is win , 1 in < .irthag, . as th..- woman charged. I *..-■: .'■> will be made .-.-.X->-riling I ■' : a; - : .1 murder in Nev." ()i.'l'-.,ns. i Negro Cuts Duncan’a Throat. Thomas. I’ie Ga.. Dec* mber I. (Sj > Jami s Duncan, from Ta 11 iha s.-'e*-. gol * a. fight tvitii aiv gto Ii :' tliis at: i oxer a hors,* swap, ami the mgr." Duncan’s litre it from *ut to , :*r. op the windpipe and severing several ■■ -, , bui di-l n-n , tit the .jugular vein. ; I >r. Ta ■. lor. wh the 1 j cov, r. ’I lie n gr'o vas at r< st, d an, I now m ja 1. Juror Arrested for Theft. I Huntsx '.I. . Xia.. D. c< mt --r .!. (<"• ■ ) ■Ti; ' He is charm .1 with st, ~1 ng a <ow fr . ; .. t. .1, ,al wuii oil!. :al. 11 s bro it, .! ; Tlu-.l't. of Monrov.a, is Implicated. : i ■ a in jaib- Farmer Kills a Negro. itlrmiii' :.,m. Ala., Nov. mb, r X | c ..i t ■ Th ■ .--il. raid from .. Alt ~ says t hat William Ellis, a pl im n I farmer living mar li-i.-. took , | Intimaci with Ellis's daughter Is th. , leg, 4 cause. Oppose Railroad Pooling Law. ir Tii h* id lids .if:, '.: v.m- d* .1. I , ■■■.. :;*;./•'? poo!ln ‘ f law now - r,d ! St. us w.-te taken wilt- ii pr. mb',' to but the forerunners of a most bitter 11 when congress t ikes the matter up. Ex-Congressman Woomer Dead. Lebanon. 1',.. November 29. Ex C t gressman Ephraim M. Wo. nwr .1' .' t' - aft, rnoon after a brl, f Illness of Brlgh ■> <1 ■■ ■ . aged fiftj year DANIEL WILL SUCCEED HIMSET.V Richmond. Va.. - nib. r Th. <1 ■n- - er;,tie iegiilatlve caucus tonight n.nntmi: 1 Hen. John W. Daniel to succeed hans. ! it. the United States senate. New Crate Factory for Adairsville A<l tirsville. Ga., De, '.-mber 5- trip.-, , ) A.;a tsvill,- Is to have another crate a 1 I busk, t factory, th, being tlx,* second, as . has b. en in operation for two v, .its pa own. I by Ah'. .1 B. Gardner. Mr A Xi ('■■x will immediately buy a full pl. mt .;' m iiini ry for m il; eg crates and bn-dc, ■> tor packing p< aches ar.d berr.s; also , tell lot of wood working machinery f r II ' -slug lamb. r. making molding anil 11 * like. Th.- capacity of the new fm-torv ea - [ h° ■' ited, as Mr. Cox has not yet bought Ins machinery. Moore Is Declared Guilty. Lincoln, Neb.. November 29.—Eugeni Mo..re, ex auditor of stale, charge.! w.'!l the embezzlement of $23,000, was this i - terno.m d. clare.l guilty as charged Sen tence was deferred.