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Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. I*. C. BATHE, President, CHAS. C. Ho WABD,< Cashier. I THE PLANTER'S I?AN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA.| THE MATIOSAL BAN OF AUCUSTA. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. L. a KAYN?. President FRANK Q. i ORD, Cashier CAPITAL, - - ?250,0(Xtf Surplus & Profits. $140,000] We skull be pleased to have you open an' 'account with this Bank. Customers aad^ i correspondents assured of every courtesy^ and accommodation possible, under conier 1 vative. modern Banking methods. .VOL. 69. KDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30.1904. -_ .-,= NO. 40. JAPANESE MI Shows the Source of t Japanese WttOLE COUNTRY IS INTERESTED The Whole Country as One Man In its .Willingness to Sacrifice the Last Man and the Last Cent-Coming Diet Will Cheerfully Pasa a Budget Calling Fo.? $388,000,000-Ample ca pacity Being Shown to Finance the War Without Interfering With Eco nomic Relations-Foreign Trade Ac tually Gaining. Tokio, By Cable.-Discussing the j war and the domestic, fin?ncial and political conditions of Japan on the eve of the assembling of the Diet, with tho correspondent of the Asso ciated Press, Premier Kalsuria said: "To insure peace in the Orient and to safeguard our national existence, ls the aim and purpose of our empire, and no sacrifice shall bo too great for successfully effecting this purpose. Russia, besides violating her pledges in Manchuria, crowned her overbear ing and aggressive policy by extend ing her arms to the Korean peninsula. "We are highly solicitous to pre serve peace, but had no alternative save that of war, which was forced upon us. Throughout the negotia tions Russia showed a haughty and ^overbearing attitude, which, as -has lately been shown, w sainadequately li supported by military strength. Rus sia allowed herself to be deceived, ? and slighted our empire, for she nev er believed Japan would draw the ' sword of war. Then, after suffering repeated defeats on land and sea. Rus sia- perceived the mistake she had made, and, having discovered the seri . ousness of the situation, begau to take - adequate measures. The case was dif ferent with us. We were alive to . the seriousness of the situation and were prepared for exigencies. "Russia must see that the war can not be concluded by the issues of a few battles. With us. the war means life or death, and not one of our 45, 000,000 remains ignorant o? the vital issue ^at stake. We are prepared to *"*"sacrifice our last man or our last cent fer this war. "Thc delay in the decisive result of otuv^slese at Port Arthur gives Rus ; \sia~hcpe of being able to relieve the M -garrison, and for this purpose slr* re solved.to empty her naval defense at . home; while on land corps, after corps has been mobilized and sent . east ward. . / <;.-?... "The milit?ry and naval plan of ^C;.'Russia seems to center in the relief :"> of tPort' ArthuVj - and General Kuropatr JSP^'ATKOHIUW^ -T??" j>;j suited, iii his serious defeat, had -the relief cfNthe garrison as its sole ob ject: ..: The Russian Emperor's instruc tions tb"Kuropatkm not to retire be yond Mukden were designed to raise _. the_gloom that had been hanging over "the people of Russia since the defeat jr of Russian arms at the battle of Liao . Yan'g; and-Kuropatkin turned the aggressive, perhaps against his own Ajudgmc-.it. ?j* J. "Everything seems to hinge on the fall cf . Port Arthur, but I do not .-Tens?le myself with the thought that ? \?the-capture of the ill-fated fortress will bring thc war to a speedy termin ation. Its capture will give occasion - for-renewed plans of warfare by Rus . sia, and I am watching keenly for such new developments. "The domestic conditions of Japan, are highly satisfactory. The history of our Diet may be summed up by saying that from tho first it planted itself firmly in opposition to the gov ernment on financial questions. Af ter my appointment, friction became increasingly violent. The two great ?^ parties, the constitutionalists and the . progressiste?"neld a combined front 7 haropp?3ltr?h to my ininistry. Despite administrative reforms effected on their demand, we failed to satisfy them. They criticized our financial jneasurfs as excessive, and' refused to pass'the' bills. . Commander Leaves. \ Vladivostock, By Cable.-Rear Ad . ~mlr?l Haup, commander of the port for the last three years, has departed. Private advices from Port Arthur in dicate that the position there is not so desperate as it is reported abroad. The Japanese are represented to be repair ing the cruiser Kasuga and 10 torpedo boat destroyers. They have established a sub-naval base on the Elliott Islands, a short distance east of Port Arthur. ?,"? White House Functions. Washington, Special -The pfogram of receptions and dinners at the White House for the season of 1905 has been announced as follows: January 2, Monday, New Year, re ception, ll a. m. tb 1.30 p. m., Janu ary 5. Thursday, cabinet dinner, 8 p. m.; January 12, Thursday, diplomatic reception, 9 to 10:30 p. m; January 19, Thursday, diplomatic dinner 8 p. m.; January 26, Thursday, judicial recep tion. 9 to 10.30 p. m.; February 2, Thursday, Supreme Court dinner. 8 p. m.; February 9, Thursday, congres sional reception, 9 to 10:30 p. m.; February 1G, Thursday, army and navy reception 9 to 79:30 p. m. Well Known Attorney Dead. Laredo, "Tex., Special. - Redford Sharpe, Assistant United States at torney, .aged 32 years, died here Sun day of bronchial pneumonia. Mr. .Sharpe was a son of Dr. Redford Sharpe, deceased, a former surgeon of the navy. He was a graduate of the -yale Law School in the class of 1893. He was appointed to his position here by President McKinley in 1898 and re appointed in 1902. President at St. Louis. St. Louis, Special.-Never have more perfect conditions prevail ed since the opening of the World's Fair than those that marked the day which was devoted to a tour through . the exposition by President Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Alice j Roosevelt and members of the . President's party. It was strictly a" day of pleasure, and not the slight tost incident arose to mar the perfect Payment of tbs occasion, NISTER TALKS he Great Confidence in Finances. Judging by these conditions, serious collisions bclweeri the governed and governing were predicted, but when the war came, this friction Entirely ceased, and the House'of Representa tives, wrich once refused to pass a budget of $12.5,000,000 as excessive and unbearable, gave a ready and will ing assent to tbe first war budget of $288,000,000. "At this session of the diet, the gov ernment will be compelled to present a budget calling for $388,000.000, and indications are that it will be passed without the slightest difficulty. This happy phenomenon is attributable to the. characteristics of our people. "Before a great national problem our people unite, and friends and op ponents join hands for the accomplish ment of our national purposes. With the great problem of the war before them, the people of our nation have become as one man. Wo have no war party and no peace party, as Rus sia has, but, on the contrary, our na tion Is one, and united with a deter mination to fight to the last extremi ty." NORTH SEA AGREEMENT. London, By Cable-The Foreign Of fice has issued the following English transaction of the declaration signed at St. Petersburg by Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador, and Count Lamsdorff. the Russian Foreign Min uter: "His Britannic majesty's gov ernment and the imperial Russian gov ernment having agreed to entrust to an international commission of inquiry assembled conformably to Articles IX to XIV cf The Hague convention of July 29, 1899, for the Pacific settle ment of international disputes, the task of elucidating by means of an im partial and conscientious investiga tion the questions of fact connected with the incident which occurred du ring the night of October 21-22, 1904, in the North Sea (on which occasion the firing of guns on the Russian fleet caused the loss of a boat and the death of two persons belonging to a British fleet, as well as damaging to other boats of that fleet and injuries to the crews of some of those boats), the un dersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have agreed upon the folliw ing provisions: "Article I. The international commis sion of inquiry shall be composed of five members (commissioners) of whom t?o shall be officers of high rank in the British and imperial Russian navies, respectively. The governments of France and of the United ?tates shall each be requested to select of their naval officers of'high rank as a . mem ber of. the commission. The fifth shall be chosen as a member of the commis sion. The fifth member^h'ajl.be chosen hers above mentioned; in the event of no agreement being arrived at between the four commissioners as to the selec tion of the fifth member of the com mission, bis imperial and royal majes ty the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary will be Invited to select him. Each of the two high contracting parties shall likewise appoint a lee*1 assessor to advise the cominissi~_~.o, and an agent officially empowered to trike part in the labors of the commis sion. "Article II. The commission shall in quire into and to report on all circum stances relative to the North Sea in cident, and particularly on the ques tion as to where the responsibility lies and the degree of blame attaching to subjects of the two high contracting parties or to subjects of other countries in the event of their responsibility being established by the inquiry. "Article III. The commission shall settle the details of procedure which it will follow for the purpose of accom plishing the task wherewith it has been entrusted. "Article IV. The two high contract ing parties undertake to supply the commission, to the utmost of their abil ity, with all the means and facilities" necessary in order to enable it to ac quaint itself thoroughly with and ap preciate correctly the matters in dis pute. Alleged Defaulter For $6,000. Wiliamson, W. Va., Special.-Charg ed with being a defaulter in the sum cf $6,000, from the Norfolk &* Western Railroad, Richard Anderson, the agent al Canterbury, was arrested and is now in jail at Williamson. Anderson, who is of a prominent Virginia family, is alleged to have appropriated checks sent to him to pay off employes at the mines. Robbers Blow Up a Bank. Baltimore, Md., Special.-A special from La Plata, Charles county, Md., cays that a number of rr.en blew up and practically destroyed the building of the Southern Maryland Savings Bank early Thursday morning. They secured $3,000 in cash. Nitro-glycer ine is supposed to have been the ex plosive used. Tie robbers, after re curing the money, made their escape, but cut the telegraph and telephone wires before leaving the vicinity. The government lino from the proving grounds at the Indian Head to Wash ington was found to be in working order, and the police of Washington and Baltimore of the mutineers were wounded. Japanese on the Offensive. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The fol lowing dispatch has been received from General Kuropatkin: "On Nov. 26, the Japanese resumed the offensive and en deavored to envelop our left flank whilst advancing against our center. I have received no later reports." Gen eral Kuropatkin also describes the bayoneting of twenty /ap??ese belong ing to a patrol during a reconnaissance the night of Nov. 25. Assault Made Saturday. Tokio, By Cable.-Imperial head quarters has just Issued the following announcement: "The works for our attack having been nearly completed against Sung shu Mountain (Port Arthur), and the forts lying eastward therefrom, a gen eral assault was made on the after noon of November 26, but, owing to the enemy's stubborn resistance, our object has not yet been accomplished. "Tbe fighting still continues." A UNIQUE CASE DEVELOPED Governor Fears te Pardon Y?Ung M?ri Lest He Might Be Lynched. Columbia, Special-Hoyt Hayes, the young mountaineer, concerning whose commutation of the death sen tence ther? Was so muclh feeling en gendered throughout the State recent ly,, and which act of the Governor in spired a red-hot petition from Hayes county, Ocone?i asking the Governor to resign, presents'the unique situation unique for the State, at least- of a man being denied a pardon for fear of his being lynched. At least, it is the understanding among Hayes" friends that the Governor is sufficient ly well satisfied that the young man is innocent of the crime for which he was sentenced to hang, is convinced, as practically everybody else has studied the testimony and other rec ords in the case, but that she commit ted suicide, but it is urged that feel ing in certain parts of Oconee is still so strong against the young man that there would be grave danger of lynch ing If he were to return there nov/. Hayes expects and probably will get a full pardon within six months or a year, but hardly before that time. Up to ? few days ago he was not compelled to put on prison garb, and was not required to do hard labor. "But in order to allay dissatisfaction among the other prisoners, he has been put in stripes and is working along with other convicts in the knit ting mill. The Governor continues to get letters from various parts of the State commending his course in com muting Hayes' sentence. S. C. College Centennial. Columbia, Special-'South Carolina College, which now has the greatest attendance in its history, will celebrate on the 8th, 9th and 10 of January next the centennial of its first opening, which was on thc 10th of January, 1S05. Preparations are being made in Col umbia for a gathering of alumni and friends of the college from ali parts of the country, and an attractive pro gramme has been arranged for three days, .beginning with sermons on Sun day, the 8th-in the morning by the chaplain and in the evening by Rev. John A. Rice, a graduate of the class of 18S5 and now pastor cf the First Methodist church of Montgomery. Ala. While Tuesday, the 10th. will be the great day, the program for Monday will render that day of no less interest and significance. The exercises will open on Monday with brief addresses cf welcome by President Sloan, Gover nor Heyward and Mayor Gibbes, with responses by in/ited guests represent ing other educational institutions. On behalf of thc colleges within the State, Dr. Han-ison Randolph will make tae address. May Close Seminary. Columbia, Special.-The definite and final announcement. that the Atlanta plan to remove the Columbia Semi ..nar^?n?vUke^ : sity and combine them at Atlanta baa failed is followed by strong talk among South.-. Carolina Presbyterians of closing Columbia Seminary for a period of three or four years, begin ning with,the close of the session next spring, inf order to let the endowment, which amounts to $15,000 a year in crease in order to provide for another chair, and in the hope that the bad odors incident to controversies which have been hampering the institution will pass off completely enough to give the re-organized institution a good chance with the new faculty. The new proposition which President Walton's committee makes for the Georgia Synod for a conference in At lanta on the 24th of next January of representatives which the committee proceeds to name in its resolutions, of the Synods of Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Florida, Ala bama, Tennossess, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas, is therefore of special interest throughout this State. It was not al together unexpected. The Columbia Seminary faculty and those associated with them in their.trials in Synod will look with favor upon any reasonable proposition to make this institution aa integral part of a great seminary to be located at Atlanta and be the crowning complement of all of the the ological schools located in the States named. Where Are They At? The county board of control of Cherokee, through N. H. Littlejohn, chairman, has written to Governor Heyward to knew, what will become of the board after December 1st. AL the time the board will have disposed of all property on hand and the board will have nothing else to do. Governor Heyward has referred the matter to the attorney general and to the directors of the-State penitentiary. A Killing in Hampton. Gov. Heyward last week received from CoMmer R. M. Daley an official account of the killing of Will Graham by Jake Patterson. About five weeks ago the two negroes, in company with others, were driving in a cotton wag on. Tho witnesses testified at the in quest that they had heard no quar reling, and the first they knew of the homicidal purposes of Patterson was when they heard the report of the pistol. Graham was shot in the back, the ball striking thc spinal chord and causing death after five weeks. The witnesses say that there was no cause or provocation. Czar Honors Alexeiff. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-A letter from Emperor Nicholas to Admiral Alexieff is officially published, saying that in relieving Alexieff at his own request from commanding the army and navy in the far East the Emperor wishes to thank him for the skill and courage with which he discharged his arduous duties and as a testimonial for bis services creates him a cavalier, third rank, of the Imperial Order of St. George. Witnesses Fail to Appear. Macon, Ga., Special.-A special says that the case against the citizens at' Baxter, who were to be tried this week at McClenny, Fla., for killing Deputy Sheriff Thrift some time ago, was con tinued, as there were no witnesses pres ent. W. M. Duncan, father of Jack Dun can, who was "killed on the train, did not attempt to attend the court:. After the acquittal of the Alt mans at Folk ston, he lost interest tn the case and desired to have nothing more to do with lt, Judge Walls Issued attach-j wents against the missing, witnesses ? A DURHAM TRAGE!! --- Business Difficulties Lead Up to i; Fatal Shooting Affray -.- 4 V. fi. MURRAY KILLS HIS UNCLES Victim's Own Pistol Turned Against] Him After He Had Shot Slayer'?' Son-The Homicide the Outcome of' a Long and Bitter Business Rivalry -Both W. R. Murray, the Slayer^ And the Deceased Arc Prominently; Connected-Coroner to Hold an ln?J quest Thfs Morning-The Slayer itij Custody.. M Durham, N. C., Special-In a street-j duel Friday morning about 10 o'clock,1? J. S. Murray, a prominent citizen^ was killed by his nephew, W. R.' M?r-?; ray. The homicide occurred on Main-; stieet, in front of the place of huski ness of the deceased, and the killing^ was done with a pistol belonging uK thc deceased. After he had fired; three shots at his slayer, it was then? taken from him and the fatal shot fired. Ho lived but a few moments' after the last shot.. Friday night W. R. Murray; the' slayer of che deceased, who is himself a prominent business man, and identi-; fled with both the Elk and Masonic lodges, was in charge of the police; Thc tragedy is one that has shocked* the entire community.' Nothing has! so stirred Durham in recent years.. It came as the result of an ill feeling; of several years' standing. Both n\en| were engaged in the music business;, or.d this engendered the bad blood that led up to a fight several years ago, and( eventually to this tragedy. The full facts in the case, so far' as can be learned, are as follows: Frlv day morning, J. S. Murray, the de ceased, went out to deliver a piano. Ho suspicioned that his nephew and; business rival had sent a man to: watch him. A few minutes after his^' return two employees in the W. R.'^ Murray house, one his son, Earl, pass-/ ed tho store of the deceased. J. S? Murray came out, stopped them and*, engaged in conversation, in which he charged that they had followed him"; in placing an order. While this con versation was la progress W. ft. Muri; ray appeared on the scene and pushr. ing apart those who were in the quar%? rel made some remark about fight-; ing .a. person his own size. Thenxthdj that Joe Murray, the deceased, step! ped back and drew his gun, firing.: direcet ai. W. R. Murray. Then the two men closed in on each other and a total of four shots were fired. The last one was fatal to J. S. Murray. He was lcd back into his store and a mo? ment later he was dead. The slayer turned in the street and surrendered to Dr. N. M. Johnson, who ran up, turning ovor to him the pistol of the deceased with which the fatal shot waa fired. A few moments later he was taken in charge by Chief of Police Woodall and has been in his oifice ?ince that. time. In the duel J. S. Murray was killed, Earl Murray was shot .'.n the arm and W. R. Murray has a broken finger. It is thought that the first two shots were the ones that wounded Earl Mur ray, son of thc slayer. One of these shots past through his left wrist and the other 3truck the left hip and glanced. H<? is not in a serious condi tion. Thc prisoner has a broken fin ger on the left hand. He contends that this was broken in trying to get the pistol from the hands of the man who was trying to kill him. The fa tal bullet struck the left breast, ranged upward, severing tho artery from which he bled to death. Farmer Kills His Son. Kncxvile, Tenn., Special-.-In a dis pute over some farm work, Payne Hickman, a farmer residing in this county, killod his son, Walter, aged 21, striking him a blow on the head with a stick, 'which broke the young man's neck. The tragedy was witnessed by other members of the family. The young man is said to have been ad-, vancing on his father with a drawn knife,, wi m the latter struck him in self-defe; The alleged murderer was arrested. d brought to jail In this city. heir. ?able to furnish bond for $5,000. Cart--?-: st Dying in Georgia. Macon. Ga., Special.-A special from Cave Springs, Ga., says that Charles Neeland. the New York cartoonist, who has hc-en there for some time in search of health, is slowly sinking, and tho attending physicians have abandoned all hope. His wife and sis ter arc at his bedside. The cartoon ist's home is in Akron, Ohio, and when he has passed away, his remains v.Ill be shipped there for interment Russian Loan Concluded. London, Special.-In London finan cial circles'it is understood that nego tiations have practically been conclud ed for the issue in Berlin and Paris simultaneously in January of 5 per cent. Russian treasury bonds to the value of $260,000,000, for five or seven years, ihe price taking $100,000,000, and the same French bankers who made thc last loan taking $160,000,000. 4 Drowned in St. Ciair River. Port Huron, Mich., Special.-The rowboat of William Briggs, ferryman between this city and Sarnia, Ontario, overturned in a heavy sea while Briggs with six passengers, was rowing across the St. Clair river, and the following were drowned: ALFRED GREEN, engineer, St. Thomas. Ont. JOHN S. CHREENAN, fireman, St. Thomas. JOHN DACK, brakeman, St. Thomas JAMES CONNELL, bar keeper, Sar nia, Ont. ^aragrapha of Minor Importance ? Gathered From Many Sources. !' _ Through the South. j^The Lawson-McGhce library, with lljj.OOO volumes, was burned at Knox ville, Tenn. |fWashington Happenings. ?The United States Supreme Court Adjourned for two weeks. Commissioner of Pensions Eugene Ware has resigned, to take effect anuary 1. ih: Republican National Chairman Cor lifelyou is spending a few days jj^Vashington. Sj Archbishop Chapelle presented to *tnc President a verbal message of festeem- and good will from Pope ?Pius X. n I? Civil service regulations are to be ?extended to a number of tho employes of the Ishmian Canal Commissiou. , Negotionations were opened at Vi enna for a treaty of arbitration be tween the United States and Austria. In the North. Roosevelt's official plurality in Del aware was 1,354 and Lea's 2,752. The annual horse show, which marks the opening of New York's so cial season, began at Madison Square [Garden, that city. Wire communication, which was in terrupted over a vast area of the coun try by Sunday's storm, has been only partly restored. The Methodist Episcopal mission ary committc;, in session at Boston, Irontinuc-d making appropriations for missions, including ?50,000 for South ern whites. Gen. Alfred on Lownefeld, general Adjutant of Emperor William's mili [lary staff, and Major Count von jSchmetlow, imperial adjutant general, i who are lo represent the Kaiser at pthe unveiling of thc statue of Freder ick the Great in Washington, Novem ber 19, arrived in New York. Philip Weinseimer, former presi dent of the Building Trades Alliav.ee, [was sentenced for extortion to Sing ?Sfbg for 20 montas in New York. Tile Francois airship failed in a ;jrial at the World's Fair. .--Another brilliant gathering of social ie?ders'-attended -the New York ." Horse;?I peh?tof 'wheat hrcakf? Republican poll ?recent party victory. Foreign Affairs. Prince Fushimi, of Japan, arrived in Washington. Count Cassini declares that Russia will prosecute the war in the Far East until she wins. Signs nf an early resumption of fighting aloug the Shakhe river, Man churia, are numerous. Cardinal Moccnni died in Rome while a papal consistory was in pro gress. The Italian cabinet has made fur ther gains, according to the latest election returns from that country. It. is benevolently suggested by the Czar that the trouble caused by boys who climb upon the seating accommo dation of slow-going motor cars in crowded thoroughfares might be ef fectively removed by high-tension wire controlled by the driver. Hazel Harrison an IS-year-old Amer ican colored girl-the first negro ar tist who has ever appeared in Germany -made a successful debut as a piano soloist with Hie Philharmonic Orches tra in Berlin recently. She is a native of La Porte. Iud. I. F. Loree, former pre'sident of the j Rock Island system, proposes to go abroad. In Russia he will be the guest of Prince Hilkoff, head of thc railroads of thc Czar's kingdom. Two school boys at Lear, near thc Dutch frontier, put Hendrick B?sch, a companion, age 1?>, in a barrel half filled with treacle for cheating at pitch and-toss. They confesed what they had done and Hasch was found suf focated. Miscellaneous Matters. Manuel Garcia, the singer, is still living in London and on March 17 noxt ho will be 100 years old. Me is Hie only singer now living who took part In the first season of Italian opera in New York in 1825, singing the role of "Figaro" ki "Il Barbier," on thc evening of November 29. Thc Rev. J. E. Gilbert, secretary or the American Society of Religions Ed ucation, has been invited to attend tho first international congress of educa tion, to bo held in Liege, Belgium, next September. He will present a paper on thc moral and religious in struction of children in the family. I ,A Rio Janeiro dispatch says the re volt Lhere has been quelled. The Prussian Diet, it is expected, will pass bills providing for extensivo canals. A Third Attempt. Cincinnati, Special.-A third attempt to blow up thc plant of the Newport, Ky.. Brass and Iron Foundry with dy namite has been made, considerable damage being done to one of the buildings. Dynamite was found in a mold at the Eureka Foundry Tuesday. Soon afterwards warrants wei o issued for Edward Rauhausor. a molder's ap prentice, and for tis father, and for Joseph Hollowell. Christ Is moro lhan an exponent of truth; He ls an Impulse to truth. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. -- * COTTON MARKET. Galveston quiet.9 5-16 New Orleans, easy.9 3-16 Mobile, easy- .9 Savannah nominal.9 Vs Charleston, quiet..9 Wilmington, steady.9% Baltimore, nominal.9% New York, steady.9.70 Philadelphia, quiet.9.95 Houston, quiet.9.95 Augusta, quiet.9 3-16 Memphis, quiet.9v4 St. Louis, quiet.9V? Louisville, firm .... ,: .9% CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET These figures represnt prices paid to wagons: Good middling.9 Vs Strict middling.9% Middling...9Va Another Fire at Orphanage. Clinton, Special-At 6:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon the Thornwell orphanage seminary building caught fire from a defective flue and was burned to the ground. Workmen had just finished testing a new furnace and the building had been closed for the day. The fire was discovered ear ly but as tho town has not yet put in Its waterworks the efforts to put out the Hames were of no avail. The fire soon reached the 85-foot tower and became a hugo pillar of flame. Ef forts were then diverted to the pro tection of the McCormick, a dormi tory building on the orphanage cam pus* and the recitation hall of the Presbyterian college, both of which were threatened. Both buildings were adequately protected. The "Thorn well Seminary for Orphans." which was the name of the burned building, was dedicated in 1S83 by Gov. Hugh S. Thompson, whose death the people are now lamenting. The building was in process of construction for 18 months, during which period the la bor and I other bills were- promptly met at the end of each week, though at no time were the funds In hand sufficient to pay them a week in ad vance. This was the main education al structure oi! the institution and con tained, in addition to a large chapel, some six class rooms. The loss Is $8,000 with only S 1.00O of Insurance. It falls therefore as a heavy blow upon an institution which only a few days ago had a similar loss, from which it lind only partially recovered by dona tions. Iii the dining hall of the or phanage help is needed as never be fore. The flues from which it caught have been in almost daily use since 1883. The president of the orphan age has made it a practice to walk around the grounds each night be fore the retiring ..hour. The Thorn well orphanage has many friends. The Chester, ' Special. - The mutilated body of Mack Anderson, colored, was found Wednesday morning not far from his home, nine miles northwest ot' Chester. Anderson lived on Mr. II. ?. Brakefield's place and was about 28 years old. The coroner's investi gation shqws that he had been taken from his home Tuesday night some 140 yards and foully murdered and robbed of $50. A bloody axe and other evidences prove the murder to be a very atrocious -one. Anderson was known to have some money, which fact he unfortunately commu nicated to other negroes of the neigh borhood. Arthur Williams and Jim Sanders, both colored, were arrested on suspicion and lodged In jail today. Corouer Gladden is continuing his in vestigation, with the aid of a detec tive, and probably other arrests will bo made. Damage Suit Compromised. Greenwood, Special.-The damage suit for $65,000 against the Southern railway, brought by the family of the late James L. Andrews, has been com promised. The road offered to pay $10,000, and this amount has been accepted. The death of Mr. Andrews was unusually sad. He was one of the best known business men of Greenwood and at the time of his death was president of tb-e Durst Andrews company, a large wholesale and retail general merchandise con cern. He was stan'ilne In a car watching the un loar and while doing so . by a shifting engine was thrown out ground and sustain which he died a fei hospital in Augusta. Killed at C Clemson College, Sizemore, colored, u night from thc effee the head with a stiel Bill Grcenleaf, color between the two lo> day, the 19th of Nov tho head walter at I hotel, had sold "Bili; scales' livery stable, on which Bill still This caused bad fee James because he kc money and "dared" 1 to the stable. Jam knocked him in the has disappeared. Ja working, honest, hai was well thought of, Significance of ? Headquarters of th Before Port Arthur, possession of the Rih forts enables thc Jap sufficient force on it the eastern ridge of cute a sweeping mi the battery positions the western ridge of ' Three-Meter Hill, wt have not captured. Destructive Fire Macon, Ga.-The ? fire in the history occurred at an early ing. The amount ol given, but the three lng of R. O. Medlo wooden building of onc-slory brick bull T. E. Johnson, the i of the Medlock-Mcl were partially insure Une uarioaa ?teceivea, and mora com i?g in, which includes the following HO LTD AY GOODS. Boys wagons, Goat carts. Hobby Horses. Sbco-Flys Velocipede? and Tricycle. A large an 1 fine assortment worth selliugl Seven cases of Chase's fine plush aud b D av.) r] roben fmn $1.25 to $25.00. Remember the Babcock vehicles. H.H. CO SK ERY < Sole Agent. 749 AND 751 AUGUSTA, GA. Farrand Organs The Bese in the world. The Factory does three quarters of a million dollars worth of business a year. Quality considered they are tde CHEAPEST ORGANS made. Over fifty now in stock. Terms accommodat ing. Write me before buying elsewhere. Other magnifi cent organs in appearance at Forty-Five Dollars, with stool and box. Freight .paid J. A. Holland NINETY SJX, S.'C. W. J. Rutherford & Co. - MANUFACTURERS OF Il I f l AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. .Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets^ THIS SPACE IS TAKEN BY The Leading Grocers of Augusta Ga., ARRINGTON COMPANY. 839 Broad F. SAMPLE of Saluda County and H. rT SCOTT, JR., of Edgeiield County are with-us and want to see you. Wagons uggies 'FURNITURE Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stook of furniture aud house furnishing* is complete. A Large stock. 4 i