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M PLANTER'S J LOAN AND !: SAVINGS BANK. PAYS INTEREST? -"ONDBPOStTS* ACCOUNTS SOLICITED L. C. KAYNE, PBBSIBKKT. Chas. Ct Howard, + Aurista, Ga. j | CASHESB. ; KESornCER ?TEE 81,000,000 ?HIHinitlIlIll) Ht Ul ll* VOL. 71. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1906. ?THE NATIONAL BANK i ?f AUGUSTA, GA. L. 0. KAYNE, President. FRANS G. FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We ?hall be pleated to har? you ?pen an account I Tri th thu Bank. Customers and orres(>ondrnu u T sured uf ever; courtes; and accommadation poasl. T bte under conservative, tnodrrn Ban&lox oieinods i*f**if**f+i 11111 i i 111 ? i I M? NO. 32. ima Mpaaaafc WILL VISIT PANAMA President Roosevelt Decides to See for Himself WILL GET INFORMATION DIRECT Announcement is Made at 'White House That the Chief Executive Will Sail on One of Navy's Big Cruisers in Latter Part of October or Early November, to See Wheth er Dirt is flying-Will Confine Visit to American Zone. Washington, . Special .-Presiden t ^Roosevelt will visit the Isthmus oC Panama to make a p?rsonal investi gation ?? the work of construction ot' ?the Panama canal. This announcement was made ar the White House by Secretary Loeb after a conference with the PyeSi ; dent, lt is expected the President will leave Washington for Panama the latter part of next October or in the early days of November. He will be absent about three weeks. The trip probably will bc made on.ono of the fcij? cruisers of the navy, but what bessel will carry thc President and 1 his party is not yet known. ' None of the details of thc trip bas yet been worked out. Beyond the bare decision to make the trip, the President has reached practically no <coaclusions. lt is likely he witt bc I accompanied on t lie journey by Sec retaiy Taft and Chairman Shouts. o? the Panama canal coramibsion, but even this has not been determined definitely. Wants to See For Himself. - The President long has desired per l.soiially lo inspect the route of tho canal and to make himself personally familiar with the great undertaking ?ol' constructing the waterway. The ?doc?oion announced today, that he vTi! visit the American zone on thc Isthmus of Panama, was not reached hastily but has been under considera tion for a considerable time. It is the. expectation, that the President I will be able to spend at least a week [ ?on the canal zone, and in that time he will familiarize himself with the situation by a study of it .-it close j-A?go. He believes a personal visit >o thc canal, zone will enable him ru gather information that will be of immense advantage not. only to the canal work itself, but to Congress and to the American people. Above all, . it will enable him to handle with an absolute knowledge of the situation : : thc great problems which will con stantly bc arising in connection with .the work of caual construction and administration. $60,000 Factory Fire in Atlant?. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-Fire de stroyed the plants of thc Atlanta Spring Bed Company and the Atlan ta ?ron and Brass Bcd Company. The loss is estimated at $60,000, fully cov ered by insurance. At one time it was feared that the tank's of thc Standard Oil Company, which ad joins one of thc pian ts, would be ig nited, but quick work by the fire de part ment checked thc flames in that direction. Wages Raised at Fall River Fall River, Mass.. Special-The cotton manufacturers of this city have granted their operatives a 14 per cent, increase in wases. About 25,000 hands are ben'efitted. The new scale, which will take effect July. 2, is practically the same as that pre val?ais previous to July 1. 1904. As the other New England colton manu facturing cen lei's follow the load nf Fall River, as a rule, thc change is expected ultimately to effect all cot ton mill workers in this section. Dr. Denny Re-elected. Nashville, Special.-The book com mittee of the M. E. church South, met herc and re-elected Dr. Collins Den ny, of Nashville, secretary. Rev. J. M. Moore, of Dallas, Texas, was fleeter as editor of the Christian Advocate and . Rev. S. M. Goodbye was re-elected as assistant editor. Rev. L. F. Beatty was re elected assistant to the Sunday school editor. Plans have been prepared for the erection of a publishing house at Dallas, Texas, and the facilities of the publishing house in China will bc increased. Aetna ? Phenix, Mutual Benefit, |j Fidelity & Casualty Title Guaranty & 1 American Live Sto< pany, li or SC ail< iteai Estate B< SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crops for Week Ending Monday, June 18, 1906, as Given Out by th? De partment. There was some sunshine. on the Erst and on the *ast day, while the intervening1 daj-s v?ere cloudy with ?rcquent heavy rains. Fresh to brisk ?ostt?r?y winds px*evailed early in the week, and high winds, that at times reached gale velocity, accompanied by local thunderstorms and e?used much damage-. Thc temperature averaged between P??r and five degrees below noi'mal, owing: to unusually cool weather at the beginning of thc week: ?'h'? last day had about h?rnial t?inperature and suiishihev ?he deficiency hi teni peratttre W?s C?used principally by the absence of sunshine, as the night temperatures were about normal. The highest temperature for the week Avas 94 degrees at Greenville on the 13th. The precipitation wa? excessive )ver the entire State;. aiHa it was heaviest over thc central and east ern parts. Twenty-two stations re ported Weekly amounts of over five Uiehesv with ? maximum rainfall of ILS2 inches at Allendale. The aver age of all the rainfall reports receiv ed from places within thc State was 5.46 inches which is about 4.50 iW?hes in excess of the nOrmftl amount. In places small rivers and creeks over flowed Iheir banks causing local floods but thc water did not reach flood stages in thc large rivers. South C?xlifia's Recovery. . Ill compiling, last January, the as sessed values of properly in the Southern States, tho Baltimore Manu- j facturers' Record, iii Ihft ftbSOncO of official figures for Sb?th Carolina, not then Accessible, made an estimate of $219,000,000 for that State. The con-. servatism of the estimate is indicated1 by the fact that the Orncial figures now compiled are $220,224,505. An interesting feature of the returns of taxable property is the statement j that "while the law requires that j property should*be returned at 60 per | cent, of its actual y??ui?)" il i's bcliev- ; ed that the figur?is given 11 represent \ not more thnh 33 1-3 per cent, of the ? total taxable property bf (he State." On that basis Hie true value of property ?U South Carolina may bo estimated at more than $o'61.UUU,000, au amount greater by $113,000)000 ; than the true value of property itt ' 1S60 and more tbttit xtbiible that of 18S0. A comparison of the ligures of 1860, W'hen thc true value was $543, 138,754, with those 1880, when the true value was $322,000j000> reveals the immediate loss ?ttd Subsequent res toration of vSouth Carolina as a-result of the w?r, even eliminating the value ?i property in slaves, and the com parison of the figures of 1SS0 and 1905 exhibits the wonderful advance which South Carolina has m?dfc itt the past quarter of a century. In 1SS0 the time value of property. .-ro'J'i.OOO, 000, representing per capita wealth of $323. Thc true value of properly, $661,000,000, in 1905 represents a per capita wealth of about $460. South Carolina was one of the Southern Stales most devastated hy the war and most hampered by the developments of the subsequent 10 or 12 years. The progress which it has made since the burden Avas lilted strikingly illustrates the advance mada by the whole South, and the figures of the true value of its taxable prop erty suggest the error likely lo arise in making comparisons of assessed values in the South in 1S60 and in 1905 if it be not remembered that at the earlier date assessed values rep resented about 75 pei* cent, of true valu-vs and at this time they represent between 30 and 40 per ecol, of (rue values. Newberry College Degrees. Newberry, Special.-In the report of the commencement day exercises ac Newberry college on Wednesday last an error was made in the trans cription of the honorary degrees con ferred by the institution. The fol lowing is a corrected list: Rev. E. T. Horn. D. D., Reading Pa., LL. D.; Rev. J. G. Butler, D. D., Washington, D. C., LL. D.; Stanhope. Sams, Col umbia, S. C., Litt. D.; Rev. Dr. H. W. Eison, University of Ohio, Litt. D.; Rev. R. E. Campbell, New York, D. D. , ile. i Co,. Accident 'mst Co., Bonds* ik Insurance Gom el HiiBie Ins* THE CAMPAIGN OPENS Candidates Fer the State Offices Make Their Formal Bow to the Public. The State campaign opened at St. George on Wednesday! The candi dates fbr governor spoke first. The crowd was not large, but paid close attention. . . The position of thc eight candidates for governor on the liquor question are about ns divergent a's the four points of the compass; .Mn Man ning ?iicl Mr. McMahaii believe iu a reformed dispensary; Mr. Ansel iu county dispensaries; Senator Blease commends the institution as it is: Mn Joel 34;. BriifiSOil for prohi bition i M?L. A;. (>. Jones agrees with Mr. Branson; but pending .the h ni val.of the time fd? p^?liibiiiori bc is willing lb put up with thc Brice law, by voling the dispensary out of coun ty after county and destroying the State machine. Mr. W. A. Edwards of Saluda did not get in Ijmch on the liquor. fe?u% mit- he is.in favor of the R?y?or-Mannpig. Mr'. Ed wards is ii m?ii VvitH f. mission-he Avant? to nay the Southern railroad with subjugation. He has pending a suit against that corporation for merging competing Hues under its own management* He claims that Hie franchise bf.ilie .S'oiHu?rii roan in thos? pwp'eVlies should revert to thc Slate of South Carolina. The first speaker Avas Mr. M. F. An sel of Greenville, AVIIO thanked the people of South Caroling fpr ihc line j vote whir-li he r'?c?ive? four years ago; He had not been elected then but he had received such a flattering vote and had come so close to the line that he felt that he should make the race again-. _H>. Gomes' w'lii the I endorsement $r To pel" cent, of thc people of li is home section, the Pied mont country, the old Eighth circuit j in which for 12 years lis l?li'? prose cuted th? eVM libers. He first discussed the question of education. The common, schools should be given, the best, teachers, the j largest terms and the.?nost t-Ohiibrt able School houses, wft??h can af- j forded-. ..He also Hv?i?Y?s iii good roadsv K? Ayants, tb get the people in- j terested in building good vbadft 'He ' wants the fe'rl/ern? g^Vernment to send some o? "meir money doAvn lmrc to supplement our own monev and con vict labor. He wants tho govern ment to improve the Fnland water w?ys? hut lie is tiioiv .iii. favor bf r;ood rond*. . Tfie greatest tax the fari??r pays is Avear and tear on ve hicles and stock. If thc roads had been improved 50 years ago, what would this country btt t.?d?j". Af*, l?. til's liquor question he said that lie is opposed to the State, dis pensary! He'is in favor of thc coun try dispensary system. Thc counties are able to manage their affairs; The people of Dorchester sollitld .fe*? given, the viglit W saV ?xl'ctiv what they wa nh . Urbenville should not say Avhat Dorchester Avanls, nor should Dorchester say what Greenville Avant?. Let each county have thc right of option between county dis pensaries and prohibition; Tim noun? ty board could fpp?vi Iii the court. He i* opposed lb any plan which would provide for license or commis sions, for that would tend to push the sale of liquor. W. A. Edawrds was the Next Speaker He stated that he had discovered facts of a dangerous nature iii connec tion with the goVeVnmcl?t;. After cit ing the countUui ional provision Avhieh declares that railroad franchises shall be forfeited by companies b?yi'ng up competing line?-, ne called attention to the fact that in April, 1900, thc Southern railway had obtained con trol of 400 miles of competing lines that afforded competition al 2.'? of 25 points in thc State. Freights AW?re advanced as much as .100 per cen!, in some cases, he claimed. The viola tion of the anti-merger law appears to bc beyond dispute, he contends, and yet all clsses iu the courts except his own appear to have been dropped. His case did not get into court, after delays, until a special term in Aiken in April, 1903. At this term Judge W. C. Benet presided. Mn Edwards declared that he suspected something and upon examination he found that Judge Benet Avas even then of record as one of the Southern Railway's attorneys. Mr. Edwards charged that Judge. Benet declined to grant a continuance of the case until his attorneys faced Judge Benet with affidavits as to the judge's connection Avith the Southern railway. He declared the Southern railroad to be "a monster, a robber corpora tion, a blight, a foul, festering sore on thc political system.'' There Avas a great deal more on this linc. His time was up when he had concluded with but half ol' his speech. He urg ed thc people to elect legislators who would not belong to the railroads. Believes in thc Dispensray. Senator Cole L. Blease read his platform. It is the same, he said, which he had in 1900 when he Avas a candidate for the legislature. He declared that he had never ^varied from that platform, and he had been elected several limes to the legisla ture. When he said he Avas opposed to higher education of the negro, lhere was applause. He is in favor of the dispensary law and in favor of the absolute repeal of the Brice laAv. He said that God Almighty never intended negroes io he educat ed, and he claimed the credit, with Dr. Lowman of Orangeburg, for hav ing dAvindled thc appropriation to the colored State College from $10. 000 lo $5,000. He spoke al length on the subject and used a good many adjectives to describe the worthless ness of the educated negro of today. This excited applause. As to thc dispensary he. s.'iid thal of there should happen to bc corrup tion in thc Slate dispensary, how much more Avouid there he in 41 couli lies. . He opposed the Brice- Jaw be cause its author -said be wanted through it -to kill [lie dan.noble dis pensary." ile opposes the Mayson Manning bill, so-called; Where is thc dispensary corruption? Who for, four years been in charge of the dis pensary? Were they original dis pensary men ? He does not say there is corruption. He does not say there is. The governor bf the State has not been a dispensary man more than to say that it was the best solution if the liquor question. He criticised Gov. Hey ward as not being agres sively in favor of the dispensary. He is ready and willing to defend any attack on'the State dispensary, and if lile pe?pi?; Uf IM State don't jpprove of his views he will go btiek^ Lo Hie Stale senate for two more-year's and keep on defending it, for he will still behove ii; is riglih He ckid ?d thc opposition to the dispensary in thc. State campaign with having shifted i'rohl prohibition1 lb1 Ibbai op tion. Dispensary Roasted. Mr. Joel E. Brunson of Sumter was the next speaker in alphabetical or iel-, He declared the dispensary ques tion lo bc the ???d?ilg issu? because it involves more in tl?llar? luid cents and ii also ai???ls so closely tbe moral ivefare of the whole people. In reply to the claim that the dispensary helps to educate thc people he declared that education and culture do not safe guard thf?, people froril intempehince.^ He ploted fi-otii tile idst message bf Gov. J. G. Evans to the legislature in which he claimed that even if sale Df liquor brought trouble it would bring revenue to educate the people and thus to heal the wounds caused by ihi?mp?MheB: Mr. Brunson preeeeded to a strong arraignment of the dispensary's profit feature. He was vigorous and used telling similes. It requires the sale of $4|000}OQO oj: ii?iu'fv to. get T>S00,U?'? iii prolfls tot- State; cities and counties. Of this amount but $160.000 is the "educational .sKlve" to heal Mic $$??<ls as referred to by Gov. Evans. In other words out of every $4 paid for liquor only 16 cents is given back for educational salve and of that only 2 cents stays in the comity; lli? fest Jiei?g 3iHded ?motfg counties sotti'? of whom have htf dis pensaries..; .. . . . ...... , Mr, Jones for tocal Option: Mr'. A'. '?v 'joh?? '?2 dewberry, who has been a leader in the many fights against thc dispensary and took the stump in Newberry county lost sum mer ngttiilSt Sbilatdr Till man aiid. helped iii , driv ing tho iiU^pei^aiy ,bui; Hi that eonrityj followed Mr.. Edawrds. Mr. Jones' speech had grit and backbone in every line. He does not profess to be an orator, but he spe?ka force fully nr.ct giVei voiee^to his powerful, convictions. Hg. wifj|he out of the eamapign for sevrai daj^s, A1 iMflfcW?_ of il ?ness at home'. . .-/^ To Reform**D?spensary; ' Senator Ri I, Manning of ^Uniter, who w?ia'iir.xl; iiitrbdiiSeci; Stated iii? record for the last 14 years as a leg islator from Sumter county, and for eigth years.of that time as a senator. He may have made mistakes, these he frankly admits, for all are human, but he had always tried to apply the nile right to eyer.y aciiOli-.. . i'h?i educational, institutions arti growing and the tight against them is largely a. thing, of the past. The in stitutions, have grown and of course the appropriions have grown in or der to provide necessary accommoda tions, j He described the growth of pension appropriations from $50,000 to $230; 000. The unequal assessment of proper ty he declared to he a burning issue which he had not the time to discuss. There should be a strict business sys tem in the conduct of the government just as there is in business affairs. Mr McMahan. The address by Mr. .lohn J. Mc Malian was ir classic. I n statesman like thought it has been unsurpassed by any expression on the political stomp in this State in years, lt can not be reproduced even in part, as the theme would be marred in a con densed report. He inveighed against the tendency of people to disregard or to give too little regard to their rights and duties as citizens, lt is in periods of prosperity that the great dangers to governments creep in. People are then intent upon othei things than the public wea!. It is with shame that in these days of prosperity we note thc corruption, not in thc dispensary alone, but in country affairs as well. It is the duty of the people lo be vigilant. We should lie ashamed of connections which would have been intolerable even under a radical administration. The standard of integrity, of trait and of worth should be the same in public affairs as in private life ami yet too of len is thc excuse for z crime that it happened in politics. ?le stands in this campaign for UK same educational reforms for wirier. he fought in his lour year's service as Stale superintendent of educa tion. He advocates an experimental school farm in every county. The speeches of the candidates for thc other offices were well received. At Walterboro on Thursday the speaking was about the same as the day before. The crowd Avas small and the attention was ^ood. At Hampton. Hampton had the candidates on Saturday. The speeches were about at the previous meetings. So far hut little spirit has marked thc con test. Attorney General. Attorney General Leroy? F. You lnans was not present. Ex-Governor McSweeuey read letter from him. Mr. J. Eraser Lyon in a brief aud eloquent way imparted his views on thc corruption in the dispensary. He told of his investigation and of the graft hcjiad discovered. He closed bv saying he could point to numer ous instances, but time did not per mit him. Mr. Ragsdale announced himself by challenging Lyon to show where lie had ever made an itemized state li'fu! of his c-xpense account while scrying on the investigating conmiit-' tee, and- ?ccused him of holding two o-fices at the same time, and receiving doublt' pay, which was illegal. He said that Lyon bad said that he (Ragsdale) had entered the race as a decoy to get him out of the way for Gen. Youmans. He said that hef had offered lo withdraw if Lyon would, htit that Lyon declined to do sp. Mr. Lyon asked for permission to read some letters, which he hail re ceived .recently from Mr. J. T. Hay and T.-B. Fraser vindicating him for the charges ?llad? against bini hy Ragsdale: He stiitodlhat fie had fre rmently?paic? motley Out, of his own pockets defray his tiipeiises while altendip^to his duties as a member of the jr?^?stigating. committee. Mr. tVlru McLeod ahwmu'ced his candidacy 'for lieutenant governor. Mr. H. M. McCpwn, Mr. L. M. Ra gin ai?l. J. JD. M^n'isoi. announced their candidacy tor secretary of state: .-Col. Tribble was absent. The--mealing was concluded hy Mr. Hare and. Mi-. Toole, announcing their candidacy for congress from this dis trict: i GREAT FLOOD DAMAGE Low?t :8?ct?on of the State Suffering Heavily on Account of Excessive Rainfall. A special from Goodwill to the Col umbia. State of Monday gives this ad ditional report of damage done hy the excessive: r?iiif'.H? o'.f. the. past week: And it keeps on raining! Not. since the August storm of 1S93 have streams iu this section been as high as now; ' Church branch bridge that cleared tho wa ici' uuriilg liic' lici?vy rains pf .th? past fett years, lids Some of its sills washed but, avid ii impas sable. Mr. S. W. Raffield is there with a force of hands trying to repair it. Spring branch, near Mr. J. B. Warren's on the Story road., has float ed the bridge ?0 that lhere i? rib travel from that direction. For 10 years.-the writer has beeil n close ob server of the weather at tiiis place, and in all that time has never seen so much water 01. the land at one time with the possible exception of Ure 1903 stofiir. And it lias d? fuileii since Tdcsciay m'oniitrg: . Friday After noon between 4 and 5 o'clock it seem ed as if the deluge had come. In 20 "minutes, thc already full streams, had inercai'efl iii height betwepn six, inches and- a foot, covering land maries ?lia? were never before seen under water. like day hit missions. When any plowing can bc done even on the highest lands, it is impossible to predict, and bottoms will be too wet to plow for at least two weeks. Later: Church branch bridge is down and cannot be repair ed until the waler subsides; Bad "Wreck at Dariingt??; Darlington, Special.-The outgoing passenger train from Darlington to Hallsville was wrecked in the yards here Sunday at 9 o'clock. The entire train was derailed although no part of it was overturned; The cause of thc wreck was i. haif turned, snitch at the "Y," dud there ls evidence that the switch had been tampered with. A wrecking train was sent up form Florence and a special train was used to convey the passengers to Halls ville. None of the 20 passengers suf fered seriously, but the colored brake man was dangerously injured and is in great Buflereing. George DcWees Acquitted. Charleston, Speciat.-lu the court of general sessions George DeWees, formerly ticket agent of thc Southern railway, was acquitted of the charge of breach of trust. He was tried on thc count of having made away with ^300, but the Warrant of arrest charg ed him with having stolen $8,000. DeWees is a pretty well-known man and much interest centered in the case. The jury was a fairly intelli gent one. The case is the second of the kind lo occur here iu the past couple of years. Judge Turner Succeeds Judge Nichol, Leesburg, Special.-Judge Edward Spillman Turnor, of Warrenton, re cently elected Judge of the Twentj' fifth judicial circuit, composed of the counties of Loudoun, Fauquier and Rappahannock, succeeded Judge Chas. E. Nichol, of Manassas, Va., who has presided over thc courts of Loudoun since the elevation of Judge James Keith, of Warranton, to the Supremo Court of Appeals of Virginia. Judge Nichol will continue as judge of the Sixteenth circuit, composed of the counties of Fairfax, Prince William, Alexandria city and county. Barnwell, Special.-An enthusiastic gathering of thc business men of the city met the representatives of the railroad commissioners and the At lantic Coast Line and the Southern railroads herr? in thc opera house to lay before tfliem the necessity of the erection of a union depot at the junc tion of the said roads. All the busi ness men of the town entered into the spirit of thc meeting and did their best to convince* the railroad commis sioners that the depot was au urgent aecessity. News Notes. Thc four days* celebration of the semi-centennial of the first Republi can national convention began in Philadelphia. The chauffeur was killed in a col lision of an automobile in New York with another machine. St. Ann's parish. Middletown, Del is 20.1 years old. - ' Occurrences of interest From All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragra#fcs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State, Charlotte Cotton Market. Hese prices represent the proc?s paid to Wagons J Goori middini;-'. . .. ".111-8 Strict, middling..-.H1-8 middling.{.Hl-8 Good middling, tinged .ll Stains...... "lo 10 Ge????? Cotton Market. Galveston, steady.. .. * ? >? .111-16 "cw Orleans, easy.1015-16 Mobile, quiet.Wo-S Savannah, quiet.10 .'5-4 Cliari?St?Jl), quiet.10 ?l-l G Wilmington, s?e'rfdy,, .-.10 3-4 Norfolk, quiet.. .. .. .< ,./.lll-fl Baltimore, nominal.'11 1-S New York, steady,.10.90 Boston, quiet.10.00 Houston, steady.ll Pbifiiaei\Ma. steady.,.ll .Iii A ngnst a. St?My. . > mit, . .11.1.-3 Memphis, quiet.? . .v, ? <1Q 7-8 St. Louis, qt?ict.ll O? nein uni i-.r. ?leoificit-v for" Greenwood. Greenwood. S pec'U? I, - ?u j ie rin 1 on - dent A. J. Sproles is going tight ahead in the work of wiling places for thc installation of motors. The flay ciirrfe'hf. ls t?ojtf ou. being fur nished by the local Jil ri ni? i he idea being rjnt? ii good liarle or patron age will have Ucerl forked_ up by the time the current is reddy from (he plant on Savannah river. A large number of places in town, res idences and offices, are now using elec tric farts; Quite a number of mo tors have been pril?r?? tot mechanical offices, but although1 they have been shipped; nenie have as yet arrived. This day c?l'i'?lif (>t fY?ec?Heitv is a great thing, for Greenwood, it will prove in fact it has already provec?; quite an incentive to the socalled smallfv industries. Waterworks fof Samberg'. Baiab?rg; ftnecia?-At a mass meet ing ot' citizens ii ?ti! hore fhe city council was instructed to take proper stops towards establishing a water werkssA?c/ii cn' the principa;! streets of tl/SBwii with thc view ?.? extend ing gm few years. Propositions were |?tt?jfKted:..tar.,c.ngineers but none ac KHrokdeiuiitcly. " The "city is enthu for fire protection and the wprk o? installation will he begun as sooii <t? expedient.- Much dis cussion was held anil Mioi Meeting lasted over an hour. With work o ii electric light system already going on,. thc citizens have determined to continue improvements that will bene fit Iii?* toruirnniity? Solicitor Wants jfteteciive. A letter iu Qoverntfr lleyw?rd froid Solidi or T. S. Sease, ?liiigft the in telligence that he has released ih>. men who were arrested for the mur ed r of Moses Hughes, at Union, under a bond of $0,000 each. The crime occurred fl bout len day? ago and the body bf. Hughes Wds found in the river weighted down willi rocks. Soli citor Sense wants the governor io send a detective to Union to work up the case, as he says il is hard to se cure indictments on the facts as they now siaud. lt seems that the ne groes who know tho valuable evi dence arc terrified and thus cannot be \*.ot to testify truthfully for fear. State Newa Items. Samuel Webb, a lineman of the Consolidated Railway company of Charleston, was killed through the failing of a guy stub on which he was descending. The .bottom part ol' the pole was rollen and the line man's spurs were fast in Hie pole, making it impossible for him to avoid falling with -the pole. At a meeting of the court house commission for Horry county the bonds for the erection of a new court house and jail were sold to thc Se curity Trust company- of Spartan burg for $40,3S1.60 at only 4 1-2 per cent, interest. The purchasers pay the expenses of lithographing and printing. These bonds will be issued July 1. 1906, and be p.-fyable in New Vork eily on duly .1, 1926. The two next highest bids for 4 1-2 per cent, bonds were $40,3S0 and $40,317.(10. Mr. W. S. Glenn, president of the .Security Trust company, represented his company before the commission. Colton men from various parts of the Slate who have been asked for their opinion as to thc effect of the re cent rains on thc colton crop are al most unanimous in the opinion that the crop has been damaged in near ly every part of thc State and in some parts ol' North Carolina by thc recent heavy rains. The estimate of eth damage varies from .15 to 25 per cent. Governor Heyward publishes in the county papers offering a reward o'f ifloO for the arrest and conviction ol' Gus Lee, colored, who is charged with the killin?- of Lucius .1I???S. col ored, at a negro church near Chest OT on the 10th inst. Col. M. P. Tribble ca nd ida!-j for secretary ol' state is cun?ncd to his home in Anderson on account ol' ill ness. 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