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THE PLANTER'S .LOAN AND SAVINGS' 'BANK. ?A??GUSTA, GA.| Fays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. Lv C. HAYRE, President. CRAB. C. HOWABD,' Cashier. VOU70, [OKAL BA] OF AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. L. C FAYNE. President. ^ ? FRANK Q. i ORD? Cashlgf > CAPITAL, - - -?250,000; Surplus <ft Profits. $140,000^ We shall be pleased to have 700 opea enj 'account with thin Baak. Cat comen aad{ correspondents assured of oT?rr so?tietjg and accommodation possible, cheer cO?Jai va ti ve, modern Bankin? methods. KDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY if), 1905. NO. 36; Russian Battleship Kna By Its Ri SCENE IN HARBOR OF ROUMANIA Mutinous Crew Opened the Vessel's Seacocks Before Leaving, and Ship Went to the Ocean's Bottom. The Russian battleship Kniaz Potem kine, which has been in the hands of a ' mutinous crew, that terrorized the peo ple of Odessa by demonstrations in that harbor; ami successfully standing off "the whole Russian -fleet was reported as being given up". This report was un bounded, however, as is indicated by thc fcPjwing dispatches: Turned on Seacocks, I Knstcnji, Roumania, By Cable.-The announcement that the battleship Kniaz Potemkine sailed with Rear Ad miral Kruger's squadron turns out to he incorrect. , Before leaving the Kniaz Potemkine ? the mutineers opened the seacocks an flooded her hold. She is now lying at the bottom, but it is expected will be refloated in time to leave for Sevasto pol soon. TORPEDO BOAT CREW TAKEN. ^Sevastopol, By Cabye.-The Russian torpedo boat No. 27, which declined to surrender to the Roumanian Govern ment with the Kniaz Potemkine, de claring that she had not mutinied, but had been forced to follow the muti nous battleship, has arrived here. The members of her crew were arrested and placed ca board the transport Prout. Tuesday was observed on board the fleet as a day of mourning for the offi cers and sailors slain during the mu tiny on board the Kniaz Potemkine. There will be requiems on all the ships. May Embarrass Roumania. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Rear-Ad miral Pisareffski reports to the Admi ralty that the engine room of the Kniaz Potemkine is full of water and it is presumed that the mutineers turn ed on the seacocks before leaving her. .'. Negotiations between Russia and "Roumania on the question of the sur render of the Kniaz Potemkine are in progress. Foreign Mi nis ter "Lamsdqrff and M. Rosseti-Solesco, the Roumanian Min ister at St. Petersburg, held a confer ence on the subject, but no decision v.-as .reached.' Russia is disposed to insist on the surrender of the men, not as political prisoners, to which Roumania would object, but as criminals guilty of murder and theft. There- were sev eral hundred thousand rubles on board ! the batleship, which the crew divided -when they left ihe ship. The Rouma nian Government is somewhat embar rassed by the fact that it promised the mutineers if they surrendered that they .would be treated as deserters. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Although 10 days have elapsed since Russia in formed President Roosevelt of her wil lingness to conclude an armistice pend ing the result of the Washington con ference, Japan, so far as known to the Russian Government, has not replied to the President's communication. "When the question of an armistice was first broached by the President, it is understood that Japan indicated that she would decline to agree to a sus pension of hostilities until the pleni News of the Day. ! Before leaving the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine the mutineers opened che seacocks and sunk her. The Russo-Japanese peace plenipo tentiaries will meet at the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard. In the British House of Lords Lord Roberts stated the British armed forces are absolutely unfitted and un prepared for war. The Franco-German agreement as to Morocco is regarded in Berlin as a' German diplomatic victory over both Great Britain and .France. A receiver was appointed for the People's United States Bank, of St. Louis, against which a fraud order had been issued by the postal authorities at Washington. Robert C. Hill, chief of the Bureau of Building Inspection, Philadelphia, was requested to resign. The International Convention of the Epworth League adopted resolutions protesting against the seating of Reed Smoot, the Morman elected to the United F^t*s Senate. f The formal hearing of charges against Judge Hooker began at a joint session of the New York Legislature. When John Moore, an apparently Crazy negro, terrorized the passengers on steamer at Cape Charles Police man Thomas shot him. g . Lightning exploded a shotgun within "six inches of Mrs. J. T. Lambert, of Norfolk county. The proposed joint d?bate between Martin and Montague at Manchester ?could not be arranged. Capt. George Whay, of Hampton, was badly burned by the explosion of a lamp. Lieut L. W. T. Waller at Norfolk 'defended his execution of natives of Samar. More evidence of how the Equitable Life Assurance Society was milked by those in authority was furnished by the testimony taken before Superin tendent Hendricks, and Chairman Mor ton announced that Second Vice-Presl ??S?VSage E. Tarbell would be re $*!ned. iz Potemkine Scuttled ?bel Crew potentiates met. Russia agreed in prin ciple to this as the basis for negotia tion. Since then tho Russian Govern ment feels it baB given ample proof of its desire to conclude peace and it is possible it may go a step farther. But the impression here is that now that the Japanese have made a descent on the Island of Sakhalin they are deter mined to get the island firmly in their grasp before the negotiations begin. This is an easy task, as the small Rus sian force on the island is in no posi tion to contest its occupation. In addition to marines and infantry the Japanese landed artillery and cav alry. The latter is moving rapidly north.- The presumption here is that the Russian troops will clear out without fighting, crossing to Alexandrovsk on the mainland. The Novosti says lt considers Sakha lin a second Alaska, worth $10,000,000, 000. It is possible, however, that Japan might agree, to suspend the hostilities in Manchuria, although the latest re ports from the front create a strong suspicion- that Filed Marshal Oyama is at last advancing for a decisive blow. Besides the peace plenipotentiaries there will be five delegates with the Russian peace mission,-including three secretaries, Prince Koudacheff, ex Sec retary of the Russian Legation at Tokio under Baron Rosen; M. Planch?n, who formerly was attached to the Chancel lery of Viceroy of the Far East, and M. Naboukoff, of .the Foreign Office. China, in the request which she pre ferred to Russia and Japan to be repre sented at the Washington conference, practically served on them notice that unless that privilege is accorded her she will refuse to be bound by the treaty so far as it affects Chinese territory. Russia is understood not to bc averse to the Ci?ese proposition, but Japan declined to agree to it. Japanese Loan in New York. New York, Special.-Of the $150,' 000,000 of the Imperial Japanese Gov ernment 4 1-2 per cent, bonds, second series, $50,000,000 have been taken by Kuhn, Loeb & Co., the National City Bank and the National Bank of Com merce, all of New Yorkt These bonds are similiar to,the previous issue of $150,000,000 and are secured both as to principal and interest by a charge upon, the annual net revenues of the-. Japanese Government tobacco mono poly, "subject only to the charge in favor of the prior loan of $150,000,000. . To Help Negro School. Boston, Special.-At a meeting ot the Industrial Union of America, West Indies and Canada, held in this city, the council voted to put the industrial jchool in Southern Pines, N. C., un der the direction of churche, of sev eral dig?rent denominations and to as sist the principal, Rev. James M. Hen derson, in raising an endowment of $500,000. The object of the school is to edu cate orphan and indigent negro chil dren of the South and to give them a thorough training in domestic and me chanical studies. Derelict Blown Up. Norfolk, Va., Special-The naval tug Hercules has blown up the wreck of tho schooner Clara E. Bergen, off the Carolina coast. The Bergen was run down by a. steamer several weeks ago, and since that time has been drifting almost submerged in the path of coastwise shipping. On account of tho dangerous nature of the derelict the Navy Department sent the Her cules out to destroy it. Telegraphic Briefs. There were 15 deaths directly due to the heat in New York. Mayor Helmbold, who resisted the placing of Caleb Powers in a special cell of the Newport (Ky.) Jail, was placed under bail to answer tho charge of con tempt of the Federal Court. General Funston's father was arrest ed because he fought when accused of inflammatory utterances. Cuban soldiers mutinied and mortal ly wounded their own captain in a riot. The Scott special from Los Angeles to Chicago badly smashed all previous railroad records for that distance. The American Institute of Instructors is holding its annual session in Port land, Maine. The International Harvester Com pany was sued by a former official for an accounting. Judge William J. Calhoun, of Chi cago, has been appointed a special com missioner by President Roosevelt to in vestigate affairs in Venezuela. Strenuous efforts are heir. ; made by the Baltimore delegation to capture the Elks' convention in 1907. Pointed Paragraphs. Time is of no value to a man who fails to use it. Possibly the popularity of air castles is due to the fact that they are not taxable. Some men never realize what hypo orites they are until death stares them in the face. When a girl declines to let a young man kiss her it is reasonably sure to make her angry if he lets it go at that. One way to make people like beer better than fchampagne would be Lo raise its price to $5 a bottle. A girl might as well be writing let ters to a man across the ocean as in an . automobile with him when he is driving It There is hardly anything worse than seasickness to a woman unless it is discontent over never having been to Europe. A woman likes to eat things because she has heard they would be good for her complexion if they didn't disagree with her tho way they do. THE S. C. PRESS ASSOCIATION The Editors Had a &?od Tim?) arid Much Business Was transacted; White Stone Springs, Special-The thirty-first annual meeting of the South Carolina Press assiciation is perhaps the largest in attendance in the history of the association. And in point of in terest it is second to no Other. Th? pa pers presented have been remarkable for their force, breadth of thought and patriotism. Mr Bingham's paper on "The Press and Morality" and Mr. Jordan's plain, practical talk on the business side of a country newspaper were the features Wednesday. Thursday Mrs. Virginia ?. Young and Col. Jas. T. Ba con painted bright sketches which were amusing and at times toucned a chord of patriotism and sympathy by their references to matters close to the heart of all South Carolinians. Rev. Dr. Ja cobs made an address of great power and Rev. Mr. Witsell read Mr. Brice's paper on ethics. At the night session Senator J. E. Purifoy read Senator Christensen's papers. The association was very much amused at the embarra??menf of CoU James T. Bacon when Mrs. Young made some bright sallies of wit at his expense, and when she told the asso ciation that she wanted to show them a new picture of the colonel the mern* bers were convulsed with laughter. But Mri? *roung hastened: to explain that .- ^autograph was not given to her by Col. Bacon. Mrs. Young's paper brought out the fact that while many South Carolina men have been distinguished / poets, authors and journalists yet they re ceived their inspiration from their mothers, intellectual women. She also gave the names of intellectual women Of South Carolina who had written. By the time she had concluded the asso ciation was ready to agree with her? that man is but secondary: Mrs. Young's beautiful references to the dead editor of The State made a profound impression, which provoked applause. Her tribute to Carlyle Mc Kinley also gave great satisfaction to his many friends and admirers, Mrs. Young was given a vote of thanks and was asked for a copy of her p?per to publish in the minutes. A very interesting paper was read by Mr. St. Elmo Massengale of Atlanta on the subject of the relation of the ad vertising agent to the newspaper pufc lisher. Mr. Massengale's paper will be published in the minutes. There were three places put in nomi nation for next year's session and the vote stood, White Stone 16, Isle of Palms 14, Harris Springs L The vot? was close. Mr. K?hn, of Bigham and Mr. Free man spoke in behalf of the Ise of Palms. Mr. Knight of Bamberg thought the change every years would be pleasing. Mr. DeCamp nominated White Stone. Mn Banks, Mr. Galloway and others spoke in favor of White Stone. THE OFEICERS. The following officers were elected: , E. H. AulI,..Newberry_Herald and News, president; William Banks, The State, first vice president; Dr. J. C. Mace, Marion Star, second vice presi dent; C. C. Langston, Anderson Intel ligencer, secrete y ; August Kohn, The News and Courier, treasurer; Rev. W. P. Jacobs, Our Monthly, chaplain; Ed H. DeCamp of Gaffney Ledger, C. M. Galloway of The State and W. W. Ball of The News and Courier, members of the executive committee. Mr. P. H. Fike, chairman of the committee on reports of officers, re ported with recommendations to the effect that the executive committee be empowered to select a permanent badge and that the minutes from the year 1888 to 1894 inclusive be collected and printed. This was adopted. At morning session, the first paper read was by Mr. P. H. Fike on the subject "Getting the News." This was followed by the paper by Mr. William Banks on the "Lights and Shadows of a Reporter's Life." These papers were ordered printed in the minutes. Mr. Fike is city editor of the Spartanburg Herald and his paper was full of inter est. The committee on the memorial on the lite of Mr. Carlyle McKinley re ported the following through Mr. Banks and on motion of Gen. R. R. Hemp hill the report was spread on the min utes: "Resolved, by the Press Association of South Carolina, That it is due to the memory of Carlyle McKinley that we inscribe upon our minutes a tribute to his memory, a memorial all too in adequate, for words cannot frame ex pression for the measure of usefulness of this man of giant soul. "Fearless reporter in the days of po litical fury, student, teacher and scholar of wonderful masterly mind, stored with only the choicest thoughts of the world's nest literature; editor of power, spirit, loyalty to country and love for all mankind; poet whore fu gitive verses, all too few, will rank him in ssntinent if not in fecundity with Kayne, Lanier and Timrod-it is to his memory that the Press association of South Carolina will pause at this moment from its sessions and will put upon record a declaration of faith in thc works and a declaration of rever ence for the spirit so tender and yet so true, so strong, and so brave. This we do, knowing that though nov a member cf the association, he had ten der sympathy for and keen human in terest in thc labors and in the welfare: of his fellow workers of the press." At tho afternoon session thc selec tion of a place of meeting was held and Mr. Hardwick's address was heard with great pleasure, thc association be ing assembled in the routunda.--Wil liam Boulrs in Columbia State. New Enterprices. The Secretary of State has chartered the Yorkvillc Hardware Company with a capital of $8,000. Tho officers aro W. I. Withers, president; W. 13. Moore, vice-presidc-nt, and George W. Brown, secretary and treasurer. A commission was issue:! td thc Anderson Farmers' Union Warehouse Company, which will have a capital of ?20,000 and the corporators are J. B. Douthitt and B. Harris. Co-operative cotton warehouses are being built al; over the State and n3?.r ly every day thc Secretary of 3t?.te re ceives notice of thc formation of a company of this kind. Last week ap plications were made for a commission for the Carlisle AVarehouse Company of Union county. The capita) is % 1.000 and R. G. Hill and W. E. hatchford are the petitioners. A commission was also issued to the Dillon Ice and Storage Company, b/iv ing $2.500 capital. C. T. O'Ferrail, Jr., T. L .Bass and W. T- Bethea are the petitioners. ORDERS ARE STRICT Ambassador Witte l?as Instructions From the Czar WILL NOT BS GIVEN MUCH REIN -? Foreign Office Official Denies Reports That Peace Terms Will Be Left Largely to the Russian Chief Pleni potentiary's Judgment-Instructions Cover 20 Pages and Are Positive on Many Points, Including Dismantling of Vladivostock-Russian Journal Thinks Europe Wants Russia to Help Curb Germany. . St, Petersburg, By Cable.-M. Witte speht an hour with Mr. Meyer, the American ambassador, at the Kleon michel Palace, discussing the forth coming peace conference. Before leaving for P?ri? next Wednesday, M. Witte will have still another audience with the Emperor. In the meantime he must pay a round of official visits to all the imperial ministers. M. Witte is expected to be the bearer of ? pesonal message from the Emperor to President Roosevelt. The press is authorized by Mr. Hart wig, director of the first department of the Foreign Office, to deny in the most categorical fashion, the report of the alleged contents of the instruct tions to M. Witte, published itt Paris by The Echo de Paris and elsewhere abroad. "Reports pretending to reveal the character of the instructions to the Russian plenipotentiaries are mere guess work,'* said M. Hartwig: "These instructions have been seen by only four persons, the Emperor, M. Witte, Foreign Minister Lamsdorf and my self. The Echo de Paris' report says they consist of five pages, whereas the fact is that they cover over twen ty pages. Tho paper says the instruc tions are very vague, while on the con trary they aro very detailed. On one point only, according to the Echo de Paris, are they absolutely specific, namely, as to the leveling of the forti fications of Vladivostok; but I can say to you that there are many oth ers," M. Hartwig also pronounces the sto ries that M. Muravieff's displacement was the result of intrigues by Foreign Ministe Lamsdorf to be pure inven tions; The Novosti says it believes that the desires of the anti-German coalition, which Great Britain is trying to engin eer, to restore Russia as a threat against German aggression, should be' a powerful diplomatic weapon id the hands of the Russian plenipotentiaries. "Europe wants to end the war," says the paper, "as Russia's preoccu pation in the Far East destroys the equilibrium. Austria is in danger, from Germany, which' seeks. a thor-^ 'oughfaro to "tho'Asie;? S in exchanges" for tho compensation i the Balkan peninsula. Germany : . pretensions now which she wr0uld have dream ed ot before the Russo ane?? war. It is evident from tnt >roccci inci dent that Europe wants ce in order that Russia may safegu; her against German aggression." Grand Army Commander Dead? Boise, Idaho, Special;-Gem W. W, Blackmar, command?r-in-chief of the G. A. R., died Sunday of intestinal ne phritis. His wife was with him during his illness. The body will he embalmed and taken to the home of the family in Boston. General Blackmar arrived here on July 10 on an inspection tour of Grand Army posts throughout the Northwest. He was ill when he ar rived, and gradually failed. The se riousness of his condition was kept from the public at the request of his wife. General Blackmar was born July 25, 1841; at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Calvary and subsequently joined the First West Virginia Cavalry. He served with dis tinction throughout thc war and at Five Forks was promoted on,the field by General Custer to the rank of cap tain. Work of Incendiary. Ptttsboro, N. C., Special.-The- store house and stock of goods belonging to James Sears, nine milos west of Pitts boro, wero burned Saturday night. The Uro is supposed to have boen of in cendiary origin. Tho owner was away at thc time and it is not known wheth er the houso was robbed before being set on fiie. It is reported that there was no insurance on the building or tho stock of goods. Jap Victory on Sakholin. Tokio, By Cable.-It is officially an nounced that the Russian center, hold ing Darline and vicinity, was attack ed July ll and offered stubborn re sistance. The attack was renewed at dawn of July 12, when the Japanese dislodged the Russians, driving them in the direction of Mauka. This vic tory assures the complete occupation of South Sakhalin by the Japanese. Eighty prisoners were taken by the Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant Maximta. Four field pieces, one ma chine gun and the ammunition ware houses were captured. Thc Japanese loss was about seventy men killed and wounded. Thc Russians lost about 160 men. Private Soldier Killed. Baltimore, Md., Special.-Private Patrick Cummings, of Company E, United States Engineer Corps, was murdered/^* Hayes Donaldson, of this city, at ? small landing place on Cur tis Creek, about 10 miles from this city, Sunday. Tho murderer escaped, though he had been left on the wharf for dead by Cummings' companions. Donaldson started tho disturbance by criticizing tho army. Two Killed in Wreck. Roanoke, Va., Special.-Two men were killed and four more injured in a head-on collision between two freight trains Sunday ono mile north of Mid vale. Va., on the Shenandoah division OL' tho Norfolk and Western Railway. Tho dead arc: E. S. Hite, of Vesuvius, Va., a brake man. john Dent, of Roanoke, fireman. It is not thought that the Moroccan question will be taken up by the spe cial commission until the fall. I ClOLIN? AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest In Various . '? Parts of the State. j Geneal Cotton Market. Galveston, steady .10% New prleans, steady.10}? Mobile, easy.10% Savannah, dull .10% Norfdlk, quiet .10% Baltimore, nominal.11-00 New-tfork, quiet .10.80 Boston, quiet.*..11.3fi Philadelphia, quiet.11-05 Houston, easy.11-00 Augusta, quiet.10% Memphis, quiet.10 13-16 St. Lpuis/huiet.10 13-16 Louisville, firm.10% ^Charlotte Cotton Market. Theke figures represent prices paid to Wagons: Strictigood middling .10% Good middling .10 5-16 Strict middling.101/4 Middling.10% Tinges . ..5% to 9% Stains],.7% to 9.00 I Died on Engine. Aiken, Special.-Mr. W. E. McCar ter was found dead on his engine at Bath Wednesday night about 7 o'clock. The ehgino was moving in thc direc tion of! the chalk beds, to which it ran, when Mr. McCarter was found. Some negroes saw the engine moving, and thinking that there was no one on it, jumped on and found Mr. McCarter lying on the floor dead with a slight bruise^-on his head. It is thought that his deith was caused by heart disease. The bruise on his head is supposed to have been caused by falling. Mr. McCarter was about 70 years of age, Ho was an engineer on the old Augusta, Columbia and Georgia railroad for a number of years, and only left it a few years ago to take charge" of an engine running from Bath to the kaolin beds, situated near there. He has been living at Bath for a number of years. He was a Confederate veteran and a member of the Barnard E. Bee camp at Aiken. He was also a prominent member of the Masonic lodge. y Tl ? Dargan Case. Columbia Special.-The coroner's jiiry ia" the case of R. Koith Dargan the former pr?sident of Sne Indepen dent Cotton Oil Cimpaflyi of Darling .ton, who committed suicide Monday, returned: a verdict that the deceased came to? his death by taking carbolic acid. l?.was developed at the inquest that Mrt- Pegram Dargan, the brother of the dead mad, Was in the room with the suicii?; when he took the poison and stayed with him until he died This.'brother was placed on the stand but^de<uined to make a statement, -sa^hgi';chat. the>note left by Dargan ^voulff^^ < - "waa read, and in it the dead man said that although he had mismanaged he -was not a coward, The physician who was called to the dead man's aid testified that Pegraro Dargan said that he bought the acid and saw his brother drink it. Pogram Dargan made no reference to this., however in his testimony. The parents of the suicide are ill suffering from shock. Charged With Assault 1 Spartanburg, Special-B. A. Lowe, a white Baptist minister living at Lolo, has taken out warrants for Robert Gossett, superintendent, *and Dan Moore, Ed. Tanner and Jack Gaines, operatives of the Valley Falls mill, charging them with assault and bat tery ojx.his person. The warrants were issued by' MagisffaTO-iKirby, of this city. Lowe alleges th ais jpn Julyj^iU Gossett struck him on the he1?T"Sever al times and subsequently on the same day the others encountered him on the highway. The trouble appears to have arisen from Lowe writing an official of the cotton mlil in Columbia that Gossett was not a fit person for the management of the mill. The case will be investigated in Magis trate Kirby's court. New Enterprises. The Secretary of State issued sever al charters and commissions Thurs day. The Colleton Cotton Warehouse Company received a commission. This concern will have a capital of $3,000 and will be located at Walterboro. The corporators are: W. B. Gruber, J. W. Hill and G. W. Wray. The Southern Realty and Invest ment Company is a Columbia concern, with T. C. Williams, F. H. Weston and J. P. Matthews as corporators. The capital will be ?50,000. The Sumter Colored Dry Goods Com pany received a commission, the capi tal being $5,000 and the corporators being R. H. Richardson, E. G. Jones: Z. E. Walker, M. J. Frederick and W. T. Andrews. The Lynchburg Mercantile Company received a charter, the capital being $5,000 and the officers being J. W. Tarrant, president; E. D. Smith, vice president, and J. F. McIntosh, Jr., sec retary and treasurer. Died While Plowing. Unicr'. Special.-A special from Cross i eys in this county says: A tragic deach occurred near here when Andrew Lamb, a farmer about 75 years old. dropped dead while plow ing alone in a field. His fall fright 1 ened the horse, which immediately ran home. The family, thinking some thing must be wrong, 3ent at once to investigate, and found the ol6 man, who had apparently been feeli; ^ well when leaving home, lying dead in his tracks. Could Call Them In. The State of South Carolina is re ceiving' good offers for its bonds each day. Few people are aware that the "Browns." may be called in in twenty years if the State so desires. The is sue of January 1, 1888, are known as South Carolina "Blues," and are for 40 years, due to mature in 1928. The browns, under act of December 22: 1892 (see page 24, vol. 1, statutes at large), are issued for 40 years also, but the State reserves the right to call them in in 20 years if it wishes, This would make them due in irfl3 in stead of -1933. TOBACCO STATISTICS The Government Will Withhold Them Pending Investigation TRUST AGENTS IN DEPARTMENTS Numerous Charges From Southern Sources Lead Secretary Wilson to Begin an Investigation in Deference to the Sentiment That the Depart ment's Figures Were Wholly Incor. rect-Special Agents Sent to Ken tucky and Tennessee - Statistics Partly Held Up Pending the Inquiry. Washington, Special.-Through the receipt of numerous communications from the South and statements in the press at various times that the statis tics of the Department of Agriculture on tobacco were being manipulated in the interest of the so-called tobacco trust, Secretary Wilson has begun an inquiry into the subject Pending the investigation, the publication of the tobacco statistics of the several dis tricts will be held up, although the regular monthly figures by States will be given out Monday next. It was stated at the Department that special agents have been sent to the dark tobacco districts of Tennessee and Kentucky for the purpose of veri fying or correcting the Department's figures. This action Mr. Hyde, the chief statistian, said, was in deference to the sentiment which had been en gendered that the Department's figures were wholly incorrect. Mr. Hyde has been given direct charge of the investi gation, which, it is expected, will be concluded within two or three weeks. -1 New Directors. New York, Special.-Twelve new di rectors were chosen, and the resigna tions of two old directors and one re cently elected were accepted by the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The directors who resigned were: General Louis Fitzgerald, former president of the Kercantilj Trust Company; Horace C. Deming, who is now president of that institution, and Frederick G. Bourne, who was ehosen at the last meeting of the board. The Mercantile Trust Com pany is controlled by the Equitable So ciety. The full list of the newly-elect ed directors follows: To fill vacancies in the term expir ing December 31, 1905, Wallace L. Pierce, of Boston; Daniel A. Tompkins, of Charlotte; Thomas S. Spratt, of Og densburg, N. Y.; Louis Stern, of New York; Frank S. Witherbee, . of New "'YorkY' For term to expire December 31, 1906; "Willlard F. McCook, of Philadelphia; Congressman Charles E. Littlefield, of Rockland, Me. For term to expire De cember 31, 1907: Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of the port of New York; D. Cady Herrick ,of Albany. For the term to expire December 31, 1908: Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University; Charles H. Zehn der, of Philadelphia. No Grudge Against Wilson. New York, Special.-President Wal ter C. Hubbard, of the New York Cot ton Exchange sent the following com munication to the Associated Press: "Permit me to ask you; very kindly to correct a misapprehension of the press in regard to my letter to Presi dent Roosevelt concerning the disclo sures in the Departemnt of^^AgrjLail^ "I have never writ^u^toSec^a^y" Wilson and my letter was not the se quel of any correspondence with him conducted by my brother, Samuel T. Hubbard, when president of the New York Cotton Exchange. "My note was prompted simply by the recent revelations and had for its purpose solely to make a clear state ment of the attitude of our exchange." Will Aid Investigation. Washington, Special. - Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, was in lengthy conference with District Attorney Beach and Mr. Moran, acting chief of the secret service division, regarding the recent cotton investigation. Mr. Cheatham proposes to remain here for some time, and will assist in the preparation of evidence upon which possible criminal prosecutions will be based. Telegraphic Briefs. M. Sergius Witto has been appointed chief peace plenipotentiary for Rus sia. It is stated a German Swedish alli ance is probable. In the House of Commons Premier Balfour stated no further negotiations had been bad regarding President Roosevelt's call for a second peace con ference at The Hague. Twenty-four leaders of thc Odessa riots were hanged. A violent scene occurred in tho French Chamber of Deputies during a debate on the Amnesty bill, which was killed. Premier Balfour stated in the House of Commons that conscription would not succeed in the British Army. District Attorney Jerome, of New York, has fomally asked for a copy of Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks' report on the Equitable Life Assurance Society investigation. Edwin S. Holmes, the dismissed Gov ernment statistician, is said to have left Washington. Statistics of manufacture in Mary land were made public by the Census Bureau. Former Assistant Attorney-General Jas. B. Beck upheld modern industrial ism in an address before the New York State Bankers' Association. The battleship division of the North Atlantic squadron, under Rear Admiral Evans, had a race at sea, the Missouri being first and the Maine last The Peary polar expedition is delayed by the lack of a surgeon, the one en gaged having withdrawn. Carroll D. Wright addressed the American Institute of Instructors on "The College of the Future;" predicting radical changes. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The week ending 8 a. m. of the 10th, had a mean temperature slightly in ex cess of the normal, although there was some complaint of too cool nights near the close of the week, from the western portions of the State. The extremes for the week were a maximum ot 100 de grees at Columbia on the 3rd, and a minimum of 62 degrees at Greenville on the 8th. There were destructive high winds in the western and central coun ties accompanying thunderstorms but the damage was confined to small areas. There was more than the usual amount of cloudiness, especially during the af ternoons, with mornings and nights generally clear. The average precipitation was some what in excess of the normal, with, however, many places in the east cen tral and northern counties that had lit tle or no rain and where the drought was intensified and is now very detri mental to all growing crops. In Oconee, Anderson, and parts of Pickens and the central Savannah valley counties there were very heavy rains that washed lands, flooded bottom lands and re tarded cultivation; over the greater portion of the State the rainfall was wholly beneficial, though scarcely suf ficient for the needs of crops. There was a general improvement in the condition of cotton, confined largely to clayed soils, while on sandy lands there was improvement in spots only. The plants have grown too fast in the western counties, and generally under sized elsewhere, though healthy. Rust has appeared in Anderson county, and "black root" In Clarendon. Sharp shooters have done considerable dam age in Anderson and Pickens counties. In sections where the rainfall has been deficient, and the plants are in conse quence small, they are blooming to the tops. In most places the plants are fruiting normally. The rains came too late to benefit old corn, which is poor in every part of the State, while young corn has become very promising, except on bottom lands, in a few counties, where what is left after the floods has become very grassy. Tobacco curing has made fair prog ress, but the crop is a light one. Rice is doing fairly well. A large acreage of cow-peas has been planted on wheat and oats stubble lands, and they have come up to good stands. Gardens are poor, in places ruined by the drought. Pastures have improved recently. Mel ons are plentiful. Peaches scarce ex cept where raised on a commercial scale-J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Ben Bennet at Liberty. Hampton, Special.-News came here early Monday morning announcing the fact that Ben Bennett, a white man convicted of wife murder and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary or on the chaingang, and Sam Jenkins, a ne gro s lng ar. ;fqur-:y: public! caped a larg~ shackles convicts , the. chaingang for kill rai^rorwhose sentence was ot?e penitentiary or on the. p ':Ot the county, have es ?scape was made by fiUng ug. They left with their on them. There -were nine at work neai Hickory Hill. Webb Thomas was the only guard in charge on this gang at tfze time. Romy Bowers, the other guan? having gone Wagons Lnrgf! Shipments of ' the lx;sl r just received. Our stock of fi: ia complete. i\ Largo stock. always on lied. Alf ly responded to. All goo gin of profit. Call to s< money. Johnston W. J. Ruth MANUFAC1 ' AND DE/ Cement, Plaster, Hair, Ready Roofing ar Write Us 1 Comer Reynolds a nc THIS SPACE I The Leading Groce ARRINGTi 839 ] \ F. SAMPL H. H. SCOTT, JR,, of Edi and want to see you. to his home on Saturday. Nothing was known of the escape until daylight this morning. Supervisor "nider will do his best to have .the convicts captured. It is thought that Bennett has gone to Savannah or Charleston. The State House Case. .' i Columbia, Special.-Col. Robert Ald rich of Barnwell and Mr. H. A. M. Smith of Charleston are here to repre sent the State of South Carolina in the prosecution of the case against the State house contractor and architect who are responsible for the dome on the capitol. The complaint charges con spiracy to defraud the State.and the suit is for $150,000 damages. It is prob able that the trial of the case will be very interesting. There is some feeling on both sides, as was evidenced on the floor of the general assembly on more than one occasion, and the attorneys ^n bith sides arc very determined men. ..j.r. T. Yancey Williams of Lancaster was also delegated to assist Col. Ald rich in prosecuting the case. A Large Deal. > Conway, Special.-Few larger deals have been made in Horry county than the transfer of the stock of the Conway Coast and Western railroad. As an nounced previously, the road -has changed hands, Messrs. James H. Chad bourn, Eugene P. Schulken and C. P. Bolles of Wilmington, N. C., being the purchasers of a majority of the stock. The directors is composed of Messrs, Chadbourn, F. A. Burroughs, C. P. Bolles, J3. G. Collins and E. P. Schul ken, with H. H. Chadbourne as presi dent and E. ?. Schulken secretary and treasurer. Insurance Co.'s Complain. 1 Odessa, By Cable-The authorities here have been informe1 that the Po temkine has sailed from Kusi.enji, Ron mania, for Sevastopol. . The question of insurance on proper ty lost by fire in the harbor during the recent disturbances is occasioning se rious disputes between the Russian and the foreign insurance companies. The foreign corporations declare they will mako claims against the Russian gov ernment. The claimnants number about 4C0 and the total losses are now esti mated at $20,000,000. Ship Lies in Harbor Bottom. Kustenji, Roumania, By Cable.-The. announcement that the battleship Kniaz Potemkine sailed with Rear Ad miral Kruger's squadron Monday even ing turns out to be incorrect. Before leaving the Kniak Potemkine the mu tineers opened the seacocks and flood ed her hold. She is now lying at the bottom, but, it is expected, will be re floated in time to leave for Sevastopol July 12. Serious Shooting Affair. * Union, Special.-Word?has,just;reach ed here of a very serious shooting af- - ?;r fair Iii. this "county, near Jonesville^"'-: . a negro church," ln~whlch one" Jim Glenn is fatally wounded and three other ne groes are seriously, but not necessarily ' fatally shot. The name of the negro who did the shooting could not be learned. He is still at large. Buggies TURE. nakeeof wagons and buglios i ru i tu re and houso furnifiliingi d CASKETS. s-^ef^r'i^^s.e prompt es sold on a sinajl mar 2c me, I will sav?^you South Carolina, erford & Co. LLER IN Fire Brick, Fire Clay, id other Material. ?ov Prices. 1 Washington Streets, Georgia S TAKEN BY TS of Augusta^ GK9 3N BROS. ANY, Broad. ,E of Saluda County and jefield County are with us