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OF AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. CAPITAL, - g250,00(? Surplus & Profits. $l40,000j Wc shall be pleased to have you open *nj T??with flip B^k-,C"^BJS?ftS?? corespondents ?sured of and accommodation, possible, under con.er-1 vative. tr.oAc.m Banking m?thode EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY JANUARY ll 190.1. NO. 3. GOV. LOWNDES DE, ""Former Chief t?ag?s1ra?e cf Mary jud Fasses Suddenly Away i " . ? ?. . ?.. fi? S?CCU.eS TO HEART FA?IJRE Former Maryland Executive, a fttor iii Many Financial 'and Indi r/ial Enterprises, Falls Ur.conjs ?bus While Dressing For Church ancles Before the Arrival of Physiciar, 5?P Cumberland, Md., Special.-Exhov ernor Lloyd Lowndes, cf Marland, .. died suddenly at his. home heregun day. MT. Lowndes appeared to be ? his ^^xisual gocd health and spatts fhen he arose this morning He left hj 0;. flee in the Second National Ban late Saturday, afternoon, went to his ome, and after dinner spent several l0urs lu the preparation cf an address(0 be delivered here at Bishop Parers wen. tietb. anniversary as bishop o the Maryland dioces ot the Probant Episcopal Church. He then a^ited '"" 'ihe* arrival from Clarksburg, J- ya;, of his eon, Richard T.- Lownde, who did not reach the house until pat mia_ .?'?igbt. - , ? .v-' rrh-e Governor retired at abut l a. m. He arose at 8:30, took a Xth and began to dress, preparatory tQ?^end ing church servicer A sudefo. fall attracted the attention ?f Mra Lown des, who was in the rrv>m. ?[e sum snoned assistance, and the un^nsci.cA?s aoiiii was placed upon the be- physi cians were hastily summoned ua WCre quickly at the bed3ide; "but?dath had ensued before their arrival/Dathjpas duo to heart failure. ; . . Mr. Lowndes vras born in. Cltt;SDurg, W. Va., Feb. "21;-1854.-He is survived by his widow, his brother. i%ard T. Lowndes, of Clarksburg, W.fra., five sons, Llyod Lowndes, Jr., ofjjumber land; Richard T., of Clarkft,rg, w. Va.; Charles of ColoradjjjEprings, Col.; Col. W. Bladden, of Mjfat Sav age, Md., ?;nd Tasker G. f Many Animals Burne, Rockingham, N. C., Speci;._^_\ fire occurred here early Saturda^ruorning livery stroyed es and of the slcken ?harjed he poor uldcring bout 2 it had e stables ot be eu ?ppalling in its nature. T ! ?:Btable of M. L. Hinson, was .together with ever thirty horses. All day th? atmosp town has been laden with ing odor of burning fleshes r? "'"and naif burned carcasses -animals lay among the ruins. The fire origin?te T" 'c'clock, "When first discov gaine ?1 such headway that in which it started could tered. , The building was fn immense wooden ' structure conaning the stables, wareroom and stoje 0f M. L. Hinson and A. W. Porter j& Co., and situated in that part of Wn known as "The Rockets." Mr. H?SOn does a large lire stock business kn? had on 3?and belonging to himseljand others 3S horses and mules, all ol which were burned to death. One lon?mule broke out in some way and escaied from the flames, out was burned badly that he had to he killed. Coast. Wrecks on British London, By Cable.-Strf-my weather ?till continues on the Irtish coasts, .mid several shipping Asualties are reported. The Gla^gowjEteamer Stel le Maris Maria ;ollidld Saturday night, seven miles .-off JHOIV Head, with the Spanish vest?]. ?ris. and both sank. The craws vere saved in the boats after drifting ai night. The Balfast schooner DispaCh collided T.ith. the Sunderland ste Iner Dinning ton off Ramsgate this horning. The Dispatch was towed in, Jut the other vessel is believed to h?^e SUnk with her crew cf ten men. ?everal other vessels were driven asH,rc at differ ' etit points, their crews jeing rescued . with ?reat difficulty. Great As?mblage at Hampton Road: Norfolk, Va., Special] States cruiser Newark, fense monitor Nevada" verted gunboat Scorpior urday for Hampton Rc great fleet assembling' of the Navy Paul Mc Dewey and other dist cers will arrive on Mon| review the fleet. There thirty warships of all] review which will be h] -The United ie coast de id the con ?ft here Sal to join the fre. Secretary jn, Admiral Iguished offi Jy morning to /ill be about .lasses in the Monday. Killed in a ??ne -' Concord, N. C., Special-Fred Leon ard, a young white n/an, was killed at the Miami Mine Thursday, shortly ??ter neon. Two pasing buckets in a' shaft became entangled at a shift about 250 feet from 1? surface and - Leonard went down t??e and correct the trouble. The res?f the story is unknown; ? From thhfi^shift he was thrown/cr fell, to thM bottom of the mine and there pickel up dead, his skull' being crushed. J-r/he body was L> turned 'tiver to an untft-taker and sent last night to Gold A], where the young man had a wi? and two child ren. He was about 2^-e-rs o? age. iWhite House Ci Washington, Speck conference regarding tiona pending befor? ; , hbld at the White ternoon. In addif? Roosevelt, the parti, ence were Speaker. . Allison, of Iowa; Island; Spooner, _,Elatt,;oLCohnecticut $ t 'tives.?ayne, of Ne? ? Pennsylyania;_Gros| ?-. 'tTaw?cy. of Minntso? Number of the j H Washington, Specif legation leceived the gram froin the ForeJ kio ur der dato of Nogi on Sunday rei livery of Russian ] officers and 23,491 officers and 229 ore so far. General Pock;. General Gojj| 'mirai Will mann pi -lo-Japan a? prison} important ?fUve ques Jongress was Saturday af \to President the cbnfer |on; Senators of iFtbode .-onsin, and teupresenta Dalzell, of )f. Ohio, ?and lers. ; . Japanese ling cable ice at To "General Lt. the de ,-ere 878 ;reof 44L CONGRESS IN SESSION AGAIN The Senate and Rouse Regularly at Wo??k?-What They are Doing. House Meets and Adjourns. When the Koueft f?-convened after ne hoHd&y V'ecess, Mr. Grosvernor, of 3h?o, submitted the report of the mer :hant marine commission, th?? minor ty being given .until Friday to sub nit their yiew&i The House adjourned inti! tomorrow out of respect to the liemory of the late Representative Ma loney, of Illinois. Subventions of five dollar.11, ;)er gross :on annually; subsides for the carry ng of mails from. Atlantic Coast and Suif of Mexico port's lb South and Cen tral Anr?r?c?. arid Cuba, and from Pa cific coast ports to Japan, "hine, the Phillippines, Mexir??-, Central America md the isthmus of Panama; a ton nage tax on foreign vessels entering United States perts; the creation of a laval volunteer of approtte?? on ships in foreign trade are provided for in the bill agreed upon by the joint mer chant marine commission. ; Senate Meet* Again. Upon re-t^TKiuhig after the holiday reces?-, tti? Senate plunged directly in to tho consideration of thc bill for the admission of two States ta ije compos ed of Arizona and NOW M?xico and Ok lahoma and ?tidi?'n Territory-. ? mo tion by Mr-. B&vC^dgc to take up the bill prevailed by a vote of 31 to 17. Mr. Keyburn, who renewed his ??ffCit to get up the puro fof.d bill, voted with the Democrats on roll call, but with th>> exception the Republicans voted solidly to proceed with the considera tion of the Statehood bill and the Dem ocrats solidly against that 'course. A motion .by Mr? Bate-, of Tennessee, to recommit Was Vrtt?d d'?wKt Kr. Nels.m spoke at lemtfK lb advocacy of the bilk M?. Bate, in making his motion, said it had beeh difficult to make. a "mi nority report, as m&tfig f# ink sittings of the cororditli? had been held when the Spfifete Whs in session, when mem bers Of the minority could not attend. He entered upon an argument against consolidation of tho f?u'r Terri tories into two 8tates-.r Referring to the proposed, Union of Arizona and New M?xico-, he said they "would make a State of.greate? area than is corn prisedv in ?.?? the New England States with New Zork, New Jersey, and Penn sylvania added. The only reason for the consolidation was found} he said, in the desire to pV?V&rii an increase of United states Senators. Mr-. Breckenridge said all the mem bers of the committee on Territories had beSn notified of the committee ?\neetingvs" and that ??fiure"tastend was' the fault of the individual mem bers! Mr. Bate admitted that due notice meetings had been given. "The wanted U3 to help make ? Quorum,1' he said, "but we did Mot come up with the ante-." The reference of the ven erabl? Senator to a popular game caused a smile around the chamber His motion was voted down-, 15 to 3 .. 'jule Senate adjourned. Senator Gard occupied the entire time Ol the Senate. He made an argu ment against the union of Arizona and New Mexico, on the ground that the people of the two Territories no not desire it. During the course of Mr, Bard's speech he was interrupted by Mr. Till man, who said he wanted to make an appeal for "white s?pr cy in Ari zona." To unite the lerritories would, he said, be like lng Florida with Cuba and to su ..LJt the white people of Arizona to the domination of Mexicans and "Greasers," which he op posed. Several bills of minor importance 'were passed during the day, and the Senate adjourned until Monday. Will Canvass Vote February 8. The joint statehood bill again occu pied the majority portion of the atten tion of the Senate, and Mr. Nelson com pleted his speech in support of it The omnibus claims bill was read in part, but no effort was made to se cure action upon it. Bills for the re organization of the medical corps of the army and regulating promotions of army officers employed in the ordi nance department were passed. A resolution reported by Mr. Bur rows from the committee on privileges and elections fixing 1 o'clock on' Wed nesday, February 8. for the canvass by the two Houses of Congress of the vote cast at the last presidential elec tion was agreed to. The ceremony will take place in the chamber of the House of Representatives. The Senate ad-* journed. No River and Harbor Bill. The prospects are that this session of Congress will not pass a rived and harbor bill. The committee on rivers and harbors has been considering a bill for some time with a view of mak ing an early report, but among the leaders in the House there is a dispo sition to let the bill go over for this session, on account of the condition of the Treasury. Cutting off a river and harbor bill would be in line with the determination of the House leaders to adhere to a policy of strict economy in government expenditures. Representative Maynard, of Virginia, in a bill proposed to increase the salary of the President to $75,000 a year, the Vice President to $15,000 and to give the President after his retirement from office an annual salary of $25,000 per annum for life. Congressional Notes. By a bill introduced by Representa tive Gillespie, of Texas, it is proposed that United States District judges shall have been residents of the district for at least five years prior to appointment and that they shall reside continuously within the district while on the bench, A. violation of the last provision is made a high misdemeanor. The House committee on agriculture authorized a report on the resolution calling on tho Secretary of Agriculture for information as to the data for the report on cotton acreage and produc tion. Crum Confirmed. Washington, Special.-The nomina tion of W. D. Crum, a negro, to be col lector for the port of Charleston, S. C., was confirmed by the Senate in execu tive session by a vote of 33 to 17. Crum has been nominated by the President ee times, and in addition to thesf THE SOUTH'S WEALTH Notable Increase Shown During The ?Past Pear A STEADY INFLUX OF CAP??AL The Remarkable Gain in Diversified Agriculture Notable-The Increase in the Taxable Value of Pfep?rry 40 Per Cent-As Great as the In-j crease in the Prec??din^ ?C Years: j Baltimore, Md.-, Special.-Th* Man ufacturers' Record presents this week the approximate figures of the assess ed valuation of the property in all the Southern States at tho beginning of 1905, Publishing A labte showing by j States a f?fcal 8M%ss6u valuation cf $4,510,1)25,257 in 1890, of $5,266,594,044 in 1900 and of $6,196,697,813 in 1904. Commenting upen thoso fly??*? Thc Ci?anufacttM'?rS' Record says: "These figures, subject in part to re vision-and, it is believed in the case cf two or three States. ?everfl] million dellars below wfiftt will Iii': shown by the fi'??l iet?lr?s on assessed values indicate the remarkably 'advance in material wealth in the South between 1900 and 1904. During that period, as shown by these fl-jur"-"-.", liiere was a gain of m?re than $9i.0,000.000, cr at an average rate of $230,000,000 a year. Thc magnitude of this increase is strikingly illustrated when compared with th? progress iii tlV? d?cade bo- j tween 1S9? and i90<>, -when the total increase ? a?sessed valuation was $755,000,000, or at the rate cf $75,000, 000 a year. It was during that, decade that the price of cotton fell to its low est pettit Since the war, but during the last four years there was a steady ad vance to the exaggerated speculative value-of the early part, of Iftsl-. year, it may not be p?sSibl? to G??nect with exactness this increase in the price ol cotton and the enhancement in the as sessed values of property in the South but-that higher prices do have a ma terlal bearing upon tho prosperier, goes without question-. "In studying th^q?estion, however, it should be bonj?fin mind that during that last few/years the increase in diversified ^Agriculture in the South has bee^^rmost as marked as tho in creasEgdarthe value of cotton, and ad d'edg^pls is the're?i?y wonderful in development. The remarkable j||||pfe from th? l?w flric?.?f cotton of SMH'&r s?y?il y??fs ago is hardly more ^rlking than is the increase in the pro duction of grain, fruits, vegetables and other, farm products. The total increase in the assessed value of prop erty in the South in the 20-year per iod from 1880 to 1900 was $2,310,000, 000;'or, in other words, in the last four years the gain in the taxable value in the South has been 40 per cent, as great as the total gain of the proceed ing 20 years. Bearing Oil the increase ip the as sessed value Of property, The Manu facturers' Record gives in detail statis tics showing the great development of diversified farming i? the South, which in connection with industrial develop ment bas been a potent factor in the enrichment of that section, and says: "By reason cf the short crop and high prices of cotton in 1903 and the large crop and lower prices in 1904, tmb world's attentior has been so close ly centered upon cotton that the re markable development in diversified agriculture throughout the South, now one of the most marked features of Southern farming operations, has been to a considerable extent overlooked. In ?>u3 the South produced such an exceptionally large grain crop that it was hardly to be expected that there would be a further increase in 1904, although there is practically no limit to the South's capabilities in the de velopment of diversified farming. In 1903 the production of corn showed an increase of 138,000,000 bushels over 1903. The aggregate production of corn in the South for the last two years was 1,300,000,000 bushels, against 900,000,00A bushels for the two preceding years .n increase in two years of nearly X).000,000 bushels. The total value of.the corn crop of the last two years was $720,000,000 against $566,000,000 for the two pro ceeding years, or a difference in favor of- the last two years of $154,000,000, which was added to tne wealth of the South by the increase in corn alone. There, was no material difference in the wheat production bpt the higher prices of wheat in 1904 made a differ ence of nearly $15,000,000 to.the South as compared with the wheat crop o"t" 1903 and a difference of $31.000,000 as compared with the wheat crop of 1902. The total value of corn, wheat, oates. Irish potatoes, rye and hay produced, in the South last year was $542,000,000 a gain of $36,000,000 compared with 1903 and of $140,000,000 compared with 1902. Outside of these crops and of cotton, the value of other farm pro ducts, including rice, sugar, tobacco, sweet potatoes, vegetables, fruits and live stock products, was about $550, 000,000, or a total value of Southern agriculture outside cf cotton in 1904 of about $1,092,000,000. The aggregate grain production in the South last year was 790,000.000 bushels, against .607,000,000 bushels in 1902. Rehearing in Rebate Case. Washington, Special-The inter-State commerce commission telegraphed President Ripley, of thc Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe Railroad, that it would give a rc-hearlng in Chicago of the Colorado Fuel & Iron case, prob ably on Friday or Saturday of next week, though possibly not until later. This is the case in which charges were made of granting rebates by the rail- . road to the Colorado company. No Bail For Nan Patterson. New York, Special.-Justice Green baum, of the New York State Supreme Court, denied the application of Nan Patterson for bail pending a new trial on the charge of the murder of Caesar Young. In denying the application Jus tice Greenbaum says that counsel for the prisoner made no effort to con ce the court that there is improb securlng a convij trial. As it S. C. COLLEGE CENTENNIAL dominent Men of Several States to Make Addresses-*Many Distinguish ed Men to fake Part in the Celebra tion, Columbia. SpeeiaJ'.-7-Thfi South C?ro'j aila College centenial was inaugurated Sunday under a perfect sky, in ideal ;emperature and with a large crowd )f visitors pre.=ent among them a num >er of hoted educator from .other States-. Tile exercises were o? ft W igious nature-, Centering ?bb?t twa ?x ?ellen! sbhn??s; the one iii the morli ng by the ReV: Dr, .t: Williarii Flynn, )f the college facility: arid M?| TO? In :h? evening by the Rev. Dr. John A. [lice, an alumnus of the college now ?iring in Alabama. Both sermons were delivered in the theatre, which was crowded io th? limit cf its Capa city frorH ?ftri?S tb pit. The Hoted First Regiment artillery band is up crom Charleston to furnish the music for the exercice?, which will continue through Monday and Tuesday. . j Among thc alumni and other visi I tors who had been assigned to hom?s i by the bureau of information up to 1 noon, w&r? the folla Wing: David Cut ting, Sumter: David '6M Edward Cok ? er, Darlington ; Chancellor Kirkland, Vanderbilt University; F. M. Roberts, i McBce; William "Cooper, Dr. Hain* ! ton Cooper, and A. T. Cooper, J. W., E. A., R. C., A. O. and Dr. Frank F Simpson and Dr. M. M. Kiriard, New berry; President Parker, Charleston Medical College; Prof. Henry Lewis Smith-, Davidson ?5ljfig?: Mr. Hender son, W?t?rbt>ro; J. B. Cleveland, Spar tanburg; Chancellor Wiggins. Univer sity cf the South; Miss Fannie Evans, Spartanburg; Judge W. H. Brawle'y, Charleston; Chief Justice Y. J. Pape. Theo. G. Barker, Charleston; Chancel lor Fulton, University of Mississippi; President Walter B. Hill, University jbf Georgia: President Brown Ayers, Ufo versiiy ot TOnu^GS! president An drew Raymond; Union College, New York; Maj. Marion Moise and L. fa. Moise, Sumter; J. D. MeCants, Sum ter; Vice Presiident Kilpatrick; Uni versity cf Georgia; Prof. John' W. Abercrombie, University of Alabama; Dr.-J. B. Hc-nneman, University of .the South! ?lohri H? Rorrigan. Atlanta; Prof. Frank .G?rtOr. .Williams O?? lege; Mas?:; J.uH?i^ Mitchell, Charly ton; James Simons, Charleston; ftp. and Mrs. Charles Augustine Smythe, Charleston; Prof. Frances P. Venable, U n iv e rs i ty^c f ^ N or th^Ca roi ina; Pre; <d: l?nd M: CpHegfe, Texas; Col. T. J. and P. V; Moore; President Andrew Sledd. University of Florida; C. E. Smith, William F. Smith. A. R. Craij; James A. McCullough, Greenville; Dr. J. H. McIntosh, Newberry; Col. As bury Coward, the Citadel; Dr. Hand son Randolph, Virginia; Prcis. Shivar and Beaty. Clemson College; Judge J. H. Hudson, BentiettsVltlej W. F. B.. E. C., J; R. and G. E: t??ynsworth, Sum ter; W. M. Hamer, Dillon; Dr. W. E. Pelham. Newberry; Dr. Henry Snyder, Wofford College; J. A. Rice. Green wood; Samuel McGowan, Spartanburg; Maj. J. L. Coker, Kartsville; President Mell. Clemson College; Prof. McLucas, Clemson College: W. A. Barber, New York; W. W. Ball, Charleston; Dr. B. A. Elzes; Solomon Kohn. Orangeburg; C. G. Sayre, President D. B. John son, Winthrop College; Prof Murray, Mercer Univers: ? .rof, Cyrus North rop, University. Minnesota; Capt. Iredell Jones. Ruck Hill; Dr. D. Fer guson,, Laurens; Capt. J. H. Brooks, Ninety-Six; Mn and Mrs. Bufort Atkinson. John W. and James T. Kin ard and E. Marion Rucker, Anderson; Prof. W. J. Neville, Presbyterian Col lege at Clinton; Prof. John L. Doug las. Dr. J. A. B. Scherer, Newberry College; Miss Mary Leonard, Winthrop College; Dr. J. H. Thornwell. E. Pres ton Earle, Fort Mills; R. B. Patterson, Prof. Charles J. Colcock, Porter Mili tary Academy, Charleston. The pro-gramme includes addresses by the Governor of South Carolina and oti.or prominent men. Secretary Morton Sails. Washington. Special.-The Dispatch boat Dolphin sailed from the navy yard with a distinguished party bound for Hampton Roads for the purpose of re viewing the vessels of the North Atlan tic fleet tomorrow, preparatory to their participation in the naval manoeuvres in the Carribean sea later in the win ter. The party includes Secretary Mor ton, Admiral Dewey and Captain Swift, of the general board, and Lieutenant Commanders F. L. Chapin and Spencer S. Wocd. Condition improved. Peoria, Ills., Special.-There was a noticeable improvement in thc condi tion of Bishop John L. Spaulding, the Roman Catholic prelate who was stricken with paralysis at his residence Friday afternoon. He has regained the use of his left arm and speaks with more freedom. Tne remainder of the left side of the body, however, he is nuable to use at all. Doctors Spauld ing and Slavin speak in a hopeful tone, but are watcning the patient closely for any sign of setback. V.. E. McBee Made Co-Receiver. Charleston. S. C., Special-In the United States Court Judge Brawley appointed V E. McBee, co-rereivcr with W. 1. Edwards, of the property of the Carolina Northern Railroad of State of South Carolina. A pre vious order in the Eastern distn'ct of North Carolina named the sainty,re ceivers, but thc order today givesflfcin control in tris state. Dwyer Wins Wrestling Mat< Atlanta, Special.-M. J. Dwyeii two out of three falls from Cl Locnhardt, of Newark, N. wrestling match at the Atlapfit letic Club. The first and third) won by Dwyer were catch-as-catj the second fall, won by Leon j was Grecco-Roman. CAROLINA AFFAIRS Many Newsy Item9 Gathered From all SgctiSTHS: General Cotton Market, Middling Galveston, steady .7 New Orleans, firm . 7 1-8 Mobile, quiet . 6 5-8 Savannah, easy . 6 3-4 Charleston, quiet.6 3-1 New York quiet . 7 1" Houston. Steady : i ; : ; t =.;?.i : : : i fi 7-S Memphis, steady 0 3-4 Louisville, find ::.:..:.....;.. 7 1-2 Charlotte; S?ttSr? Market; Those figures represent prices paid to wagons: Middling . 6 5-8 Tinges. 6 to G 1-8 Stains . 5 to 5 3-4 >?!:?.rtef" ?yi? F*?1 1904. Thc annual report cf the Secretary of State has h bent been completed and the figures regarding the fees received have been made available. The totals show that the amount of fees received for 1904 was slightly under that of 1903, when the total was $18,000. but this is" ex?lai?&l by the fact that the majority ?l? the ^f?nlpanig?? organised this year were sinai I ones with capi tal averaging $10.000. while the year previous there were many new cottor. mills and ether large corporations formed. The figures as prepared by Chief Clerk McCown aro as follows: 385 declarations .$ 962 ol' 31S charla's 795 00 401 elcemorisynary ch?rt?l'S 303 00. | 313 notaries public ;.:. : 1,017 25 3 commissi oners of deeds . : 9 75 Certificates :-::..:..:.: 53 50 Charter fees :.7,368 20 Foreign corporations . 400 00 Railroad charters and records 276 *fl Amendments . 68 50 Increase of capital . 2,976 90 Decrease and dissolutions . 20 Ol' ReneW?l? 384 00 Miscellaneous ;.;:..-.::. : 5 0U $4,5?7 70 These figures indicate that there was a marked advance in the incorpor ation of smaller indu stries of diversi fied interests, for the amount projected in cotton, mills was the smallest in a decade: Electric Railway For Union; Union, Special.-Union is io have a street o!oci,,)> railway system in the near future, thc city council having liberal franchisera JL. in gcr-d faith upon the construction of the track within the town limits on or before the first of July, 1906, end that the railway shall be completed and in operation within six months thereafter, unless restrained by in superable obstacles and that the fran chise io granted exclusively to L. G. Young and his associates" fd? the peri od of fifty years; This electric rail way will have the right to go through all the streets and avenues that are nowT or may hereafter be opened up and will run its lines to take in '.he Excelsior Knitting Mills on the south; ern suburbs and Monarch Cotton Mills on the eastern. Sudden Death in Spartanburg. Spartan burg, Special,-George YV. Campbell, aged about 43 years, a white plumber, died suddenly Wednesday night about midnight. From what could be gathered of the matter it seems that Campbell had been drink ing heavily of late, but he d'? not ap pear to be drunk. He attended a meeting of the Plumbers Union at which he was elected president. Later on in the nf?ht he took a walk. The body was carried to the undertakers* establishment cf Floyd ? Co., where the inquest was held. The verdict was that the deceased, George Camp bell's death, was due to natural causes. South Carolina Items. It is stated on good authority that the city of Union will some time dur hg this year have another national ? bank with a capital stock of $100,000. The promoters do not want their names mentioned until the plans for :he organization have been fully per iected. This will be the fourth bank it Union, which shows that the city ir still rapidly increasing iii popula tion and business. At a negro festival at Monticello, in Fairfield county, Sam Bell killed Ben Peay and broke Dave Peay's jawbone. Wylie Suba was shot in the back by a party unknown. Dr. Scott does not think he will die. Another negro whose name is unknown had his skull cracked. The Columbia Trust company Thurs day declared a semi-annual dividend of. 5 per cent, on the capitalization of $100,000. This company is the treas- | ure:- ot the street railway company, | and is closely allied with thc National Lean and Exchange bank, which has just declared a semi-annual dividend ot* 3 per cent. Mr. Boyd Taylor, a yoting white man who lived near Mars Bluff in Florence county, was found dead in the woods near his home. From what can be learned, he went out in the woods to haul a load of wood, and not coming home, search was made for him, and his -ox and cart were found and not far from the place his body was found. It is supposed he died from natural causes. Coroner Cooper, accompanied by Dr. N. W. Hicks, went out to hold ar. inquest, but the result of the coro ner's jury has not been learned yet. Shooting in Darlington. Darlington, Special.-There was a shooting in Pearl street last week. Willie Dixon, a notorious colored youth, shot Sylla Wright, colored, In the back. Sylla is dangerously wound ed, there being but little chance of her recovery. Dixon shot another wo man here several months ag?. Police SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON CROP Two Hundred Thousand Bales Not Yet Sold-lt ls Being Held For Higher Prices, and at Ten Cents a Pound W&uld Bring Ten Million " Pollars; Kl" in the Charleston,- (S, C.) views' aili! &?r; has this to say ?f ;he cotton crop of South' tj^ff?hhi: The New Year has dawned \\:llb prosperity and good feeling ail over South Carolina. The cotton situation s a s?rlou? one? hut fortunately the ;errible slump came after tho State lad gotten fully on its feet In a finan cial se?sc^aud iUH bt??k of the c?f.ton low being held is lu1 the hands? of trioda best able to hold it A repr?senta live of a large cotton buying firm was sent here from New York about ten lays ago, and he has persistently tried to buy CottOii, but in the ten days he iias not bought over two hundred bales. This shows thftt there is h<? disposition l.o sell and that ?he holders' dr) ???t bave to sell. Thc next question is: Is the cotton Here? It certainly is, and it is being held [or better prices, and those who hold it are ??:t going io sell nt present prices, simply b?c?usf! they do not have to. A close observer from ?r?ngebdrg County, the banner c??t?ii coi in ty o? this State, and the second largest cot ton producing county in the country, according to the census, has about 20, OOO bales on hand in the possession of the original producers. It ls estimated that Oran&Sbiirg ???hty raised this year $8,000.bales of Cottoft, ??d of this amount it is stated that 5,000 bales al'e now being li?ld in Amelia Township alone, and the reniaiaiiig fitt?eri cr twenty townships of Orangeburg Coun ty hold enough to a total of 20,000 bales in the hands of the producers in that county; It is this way in Aildcrsor), and In fact all tiver" the State. ? gentleman from Anderson Col??ty paid the other day that the cotton mills arc1 Riding cotton for farmers, and that in ad dition the ware houses over the State are w'dii /lli'sd .with cottorL It is estimated thrlt fu]ly. 200,000 bales of cotton arc being' lle'i:! iii Soiith Carolina, which at leo' cents ? fi?lifid. are worth 510,000,000. It is further stated that mnsLmf?h? cotton mills have bought PJ<||?ffrecIy Bfld have their supplies^^i^hand, with ??ovV .anees for gtflMasrn orders from the Vlany of .the cotton bought cotton when higher ths&i i Lis to- j $60,000 ?rir? ?t Greenville. Greenville, Special.-Starling at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning, fire de stroyed two tobacco warehouses, four prize houses and several smaller buildings, together with a half mil lion pounds of leaf tobacco. The total loss is fully ?G0,0O0; insurance $40,000. Thc origin tit the fire is unknown. The losers were*: R. Ai Tyson, E. H. Thomar, & Cb., Evan?;, Hodker" & Co.. C. Wi Harvey, Greenville Y/arehouso Company, R. F. Betts, J. E. Hughes & Company, R. O. Jeffrcss, S. M. Schultz, Thomas & Greene, T. B. FickJen Bail ey & Andrews, the Etivita Company. Stossel Cables the Emperor. Tokio, Special.-By permission of the Japanese General Stoessel sent a cable message to the Emperor of Russia. The mesage recites the fact that the Port Arthur commander was forced to surrender, announced tho terms granting the officer's parole and asks the Emperor to send his com mands. Col. McColl Dead. Bennettsville, Special.-Col. C. S. McColl, Senator and one of the most prominent citizens of Marlboro county, died here Saturday after a short ill ness. His death was a great shock to the entire community. Senator Scott, of West Virginia, says the government should own all buildings used for it for Federal pur poses, both in the United States and abroad. Tba Geological Survey announces that thc new gold fields ol Nevada promise to become among .he mose important. William McKean, of Baltimore, who leached Norfolk., declares lie was cap tured and held prisoner on a Chesa peake Bay oyster boat. In the Circuit Court at Mountain City, Tenn., Finley Preston was sen tenced to bc hanged for the second time. He was convicted of thc mur der of Liliie Shaw, a mulatto, and confessed that he cut her body in | pieces and then attempted to burn it. His case was reversed by the Supreme Court and sent back for trial with the result that he ha3 again been sen tenced. His attorneys will take anotn er appeal. Rev. Dr. Richard T. Wilson, of Rich mond, sustained a slight stroke of paralysis. The cruiser Chattanooga was given her speed trials off Newport, R. I. Telegraphic Briefs. Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick arrived in Cleveland, Ohio, and was released on bail to answer charges of aiding his wife in passing a forged check. Senator John H. Mitchell and Rep resentative Binger Hermann, who have been indicted in connection with the. Oregon land fraud, denounce this r.ction as a conspiracy. Rev. Ingram N. W. Irvine, it was understood, failed in his mission to Huntingdon, Pa., in that his "former parishioners there whose names ap pear on the presentment against Bish op Talbot, still repudiate their signa tures. Bribery of officials is alleged to have caused the cefeat of Governor Garvin, of Rhode Island. Lynchings in 1.904 were fewer than in any year since 1885, the numb One Carload Received, and more coming io, which includes the following HOLIDAY GOOD? Boys wa-0DS| Goat carts. Hobby Horses. ShovFlya Velocipede^ and Tricycle. A lar?j an 1 fin? assortmoot worth selling. Seven cases of Chase's fine plush aodtaavor ?robas from $1.25 to $25.00. Remember the Babcock vehicles". 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. (Duality considered they are tde CHEAPEST ORGANS made. Over fifty now in 5?ock. Terms accommodat ing. Write me before buying elsewhere. Othe? magnifi cent organ.o in appearance. nt Forty-Five Dollars, with, stool and box-. Freight paid J. A, Holland NINETY SIX, S. C. W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Augusta, THIS SPACE IS TAKEN BY Thc Leading Grocers of Augusta Gjj, ABBINGTON BROS. COMPANY, 839 Broad W. F. SAMPLE of Saluda County and FI. ll. SCOTT, JR., of Edgcfield County are with us and want to see you. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE. .Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing* is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. GEO. ??. COBB. Jo]inst QIK__South Carolina. Bargain Store. ; WE make our annual Fall bow to the Edgefield shop pers and request them call to see our mammoth stock when in Augusta. DRY GOODS: We have everythin from staple Domestics to Finest Goods, the prices and quality right MILLINERY; Our Milinery depar teen t is Ailed with the newest and styles. CLOTHING : Men's Boy's and Children's suits fr