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? RESOXKCESOTER ?,000,000 ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^Ste^ _ %wyKw^wHWWW*_,_ JP__ ' ^^^^ ^^g^ss=?=== ? 7 ~ y0?% 7U _ ; . EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, fe906>_ NQ- 43. Government Plans Maturing for His Return S-c. -. ? -.- , . % z PRESIDENTS WARRANT (MAILED State Department Decides to Cable ; Authorization to Defaulting Bank er's Captors to Bring Hi mto Amer ica, andi Will Either. Order Taking ? Passage hy First Merchant Vessel or Waiting for Naval Refrigerating Ship Glacier. Washington, Special.-Shortly af ter Charles L. Binns, chief clerk of the State's attorney's office of Cook 'county, Illinois, appeared at-the State Department equipped with a full, set of extradition papers which had been sent along merely as a precautionary measure, because they will not be needed, in all probability to secure / thc return to this country of Bank er Stesland, under arrest at Tangier, idereeco. Ali. difficulties have dis apepared excepting the question of transportation, and that is now re garded as'" a minor matter. The De paztment'has decided to send by ca ble authorization to Assistaut State's Attorney Olsen and James Keely, a Chicago newspaper man, both of whom- are how in Tangier, to take Sr?nsl?nd into custody and fetch him to. America. ? Two courses ure open, one to place j" on tho first merchant ves ting ut Tangier on her way j United States, and the othei r wait the Arrival at that port of the Varal ref riera ting ship. Glacier, *h, : in about thi*ee weeks bu her way ho--ie ;o Xcw York. Naval officers aro never anxious to use their ships to convey prisoners, but if the State Department makes thc; request, of course it will be hon ored. Tn addtion to the cable author- ' iza rion, tho State Department .will send hy mail the president's warrant to Messrs. Olsen and Keely to take Sfcnslaud -Ino custody, which docu ment may be of service when the man arrives in jtfew York to thwart any legal efforts to secure his discharge by habeas corpus; The President ; himself has shown great interest in i his case, haviug re ceived many communication^ froth people in Chicago urging tire national government to do everything possible to secure, a* mompt return of Stens land for trial. The State Department has anticipated these requests and has ^notified 'Governor Deneen that the De partment id perfectly willing to fully repxeseut- the State of Ilinois in .this : maller rtniihthc fugitive is delivered' in Cook (.olinty. ' . < Wi?Hng and Anxious to Come. . Chicago, Speciah-Assistant State's ^Attorney Barbour received'a message^ -from Assistant State's Attorney Ol sen, pt Tn'ijgicr, requesting that the authorities at Washington permit Stensland to return without waiting for. the ?arrival "of legal documents. The prisoner was said to be willing and anxious to return to Chicago at once. ?? tee j ver Fetzer, of the Mil waukee Avenue Satte Bank. received - the following dispatch from Secretary Shaw, in AYashington: "Assistant Secretary of State con sulted the solicitor for che State De partment concerning the $12,000 de posited by Stensland. in the French Bank at Tangier. The solicitor sees no course open but for you to attach the fund according to law> and ac cording, to'the procedure.Controlling jndicial^qn?sf?ons affecting'the" French ; ?Bank at Tangier.'? Two Dashed to Death. New York, Speeral.^Paul Pietjan, a machinist aged 50, and Louis Zoe het, aged 26, a helper, fell five stories from a slinging scaffold through au elevator shaft on Broadway and ??2hd* ..street and were killed...... .... ' Cruiser Boston Floated, BclI?n^Ciam, Wash., Special.-The "United State cruiser Boston, damag ed September*13 on Pea Pod rock started for Bremerton navy yard un der, her own steam. The divers dis covered the leak in the Kuli.- It is wei! under trc bottom ant1 is four feet long. Ojie of the plates was broken and tends to overlap, making it diffi cult to stop thc flow of water. Oak um wrapped in canvas was inserted iii the crack, and this, was compressed with hydraulic jacks,? plates being placed on over this. The flow of wat er is so nearly checked that no fur ther damage i sfearcd. Aetna Ph?nix, y Mutual Benefit, Fidelity & Casualt; Title Guaranty & 1 American ?^ive Sto pany, H?rse an BRYAN WELCOMED HOME' One of the Largest Crowds in Ufr .cola's fiistory. 'Lincoln, Neb., Special-William J. Bryan returned to his home and the "home folks" welcomed him with every evidence jof approval and sab isfactio?. It was a neighborly wel come) planned as such, and carried j out as planned. It is doubtful whether Lincoln ever held a larger crowd than that which came to the city on Wednesday. It j was a half-holiday in the city and 6Y I cry train from over the State ?r> j rived-loaded downj bringing not only Nebraskan people, but many from near-by States. The city Was handsomely decorat ed. The non-partisan nature of thc reception was Emphasized in every way possible." Two hours before the time for the exercises at the capitol grounds, 35, 000 persons struggled for points of 1 vantage around the speaker's stand. Mi*. Bryan was escorted to the stand by Governor Mickey from his private speech of welcome, Mayor Brown said : . j "Before inrtoducing Governor Mickey who will extend the greetings of the State, Mn Bry?n, ?, as mayor, welcome you home ; not as a states man, not as a Democrat, but as thal dearest to us all, our beloved neigh bor." Governor Mickey spoke of the awakening of the public conscience tb civic righteousness, and in this con nection spoke of "bogus reformers." The crowd seemingly misinterpreting his thought, indulged in some hiss1 ing. As Governor Mickey concluded and M>\ Biyan arose, there. was renewd cheering and handclapping. Mr. Bry an Vegan by saying that in his travels he had learned that the Arabic lan guage contained 600 words meaning camel, and that since returning to the United "States he liad wished that thc American language contained ?a many words meaning "I thank you." He declared thc happiest part of thc long journey was the home-coming, aid then went into a general descrip tion of his travels. Following Mr, Bryah*S speech, a rec ption look place in thc capitol. There was a brilliant display of fire works on the State house grounds-. No Postoffice Clerk's Union. Savannah, Ga., Special.-Conclud ing the most successful session in its history, the seventh annual conven tion of the United Association of Postoffico 'Clerks adjourned Thurs ?a^?ftelWoon^(^n?eet*-?^t^e?r-: in Peroria, Ul. President, Frank T. Rogers, Chica go; first-vice president, Charles Kirk, Toledo, ?.; second vice president, J. Thurlow Barnett, New Orleans ; third vice president, C. H. Mitchell, Port land, Mc; secretary, William Gib bons, Scranton, Pa.; treasurer, John J. O'Brien, Posion, Mass.; sergeant ;at-arms, W. B. Hunt, Atlanta, Ga. . It was announced that the asso ciation would not become affiliated with the American Federation of La bor. The association took the stand that while the attitude toward the federation was most amicable, it would not be advisable to become af filiated with it. ' Jack - Sullivan of Seattle, intro duced u resolution for the establish ment QI a bureau of education and publicity to assist in the passage of the .classification bill now before Congress. The resolution was passed. Baltimore Has . 24-Hour National : Bank. Baltimore, Special.-Thc Third Na tional bank of this city last night in augurated twenty-four- hour banking facilities:- lt is "the first'National bank iii the country, to make, the change. . . ' . . . Two Negroes jBxpiat? Crimes. Pittsburg, Pa., Special-Cornelius Coombs and "Bud" Williams, ne groe, expiated their crimes' on the gallows this morning. Coombs was banged for the murder of Mrs. Eli zabeth- Dickerson, February 8, 1905. Williams, after killing his mother-in law, Mrs. Maggie Quincey at her home, September 16, 1905, followed his" brother-in-law into the home bf a neighbor, where he shot him twice. The murder of his mother-in-law- was one of thc most cold-blooded affairs recorded in the annals of Allcghany .county. ; v ... :. Ife. y Co,. Accident [rust Co., H?SM??. ck Insurance Com PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina MM ?TEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraph's Cover ing a Wide Range-What ia Going On in Our State. Columbia Cotton Market-. Columbia Sept. 10-The cotton mar ket was steady-. New crop eottori. : Low lniddlitig; ? ; .. ;.7 1-2 Strict low middling.8 Middling.S Middling...8 1-2 Strict middling., ?. i .- iv m -.8 ,3-4 Good middling-.. . v-M Charlotte Produce Market. Chickens-Spring.;v:12 to 25 Hens-per head.: :.-.. ..35 Duck's.25 Eggs.. .... .,.21 to 22 Rye.SO Corn.73 to 73 Cotton Seed...22 1-2 Oates-Feed.? ;-.47 1-2 M 50 Oates-Bfeed.. ;.55 to 57 1-2 Baltimore Produce Market. Baltimore, Md., Sept., 10.-Flom dull, unchanged. Wheat: Weak; spot contract 6fi 7-8 to 70; Southern, by sample. 50 to oe. , Coin i We?iK; spot 54 1-2 lo 5-S; . Southern white 5S to 59. Oats: Barely steady; No. 2 mixed 34 1-2 to 35. Rv?! Firm; No. 2 Western 63 tc 64. \ Butter: Steady and unchanged; fancy imitation 20 to 21; do creamery 25 to 26; do ladle 18 to 20; store packed 15 to 16. Eggs: Firm, 23. Cheese: Active and unchanged, 13 to 13 1-2. Negro 1?2 Years Old Attempts Maur der. St. George, Special.-Magistrate J: W. Cummings of H?rleyVi?e, cominis ted to .jail Friday Caes?t1 Sh?ppard; coteredjlriged 102 years, charged with attempts and threats to kill Mr. J: W. Infiiigor it respectable white citi zen of the Harley ville section of this county. This old negro has already served five terms in thc penitentiary for various offenses, including hos stealing. He has already expressed a willingness to be sent to the p?nit?h tiaryj and tipoii his return each time expresses hims?if as beiug. highly pleased withihis trip, and; on his way to jail Friday he told the constable in whose buggy he was riding, to please drive a little faster as he was anxious to get there, and that on his last trip he was made a (trustee) "trusty" at Clemson college, where he cooked and wailed on the "boys," Young Lady Accidentally Shot. Greenville, Special.-Miss Lucile Haddon; a beautiful yo?ng wohi?ii about 19 yedrs of age, daughter of Mrs. Sarah E.' Haddon, met death in a most shocking and tragic manner early Thursday afternoon. She was shot through the heart by the acci dental discharge ?? a pistol which evidently fell to the floor while she was removing several articles of clothing from a trunk. Miss Haddon had only a few minutes before return ed from shopping and while out she bought a bottle of gasoline to cleaen a skirt. She went to her room and a few moments later the report of a pistol was heard. When the mem bers of the family reached the room the young woman was lying on the floor gasping for breath. She never spoke. Advertising Columbia. -'Secretary of Hie Chamber* of Com merce E. B. /Clark has received so many applications for the "Condens ed Facts About Columbia," which the- chamber has been issuing, that about 2,000 copies have been distrib uted. The distribution has not been broadcast in a worthless sense, but has covered ten States and the pam phlets have been sent to bona-fide in quirers. The next advertising boole "Columbia as a Tourist Hotel Re sort;' has been prepared and will he issued shortly. Death of Mr. Parrott. Scranton, Special.-Mr. B. Parrott died Tuesday at his home, a few miles from town after several days' illness. He was about 73 years of age, and served faithfully in thc War Between the Sections. The remains were buri ed at High Hill cemetery with Mason ic, rites. A widow and several child ren survive him. New Enterprises. A charter was issued to the Madi son Lumber company of Madison, Oconee county, the capitalization to be $5,000, P. P. Sullivan is president, and treasurer and J. S. Rice, manager. A commission was issued to the cor porators of the Garren Electric com pany of Columbia, capitalization to be $10,000. Those interested are Luther .Garren, TJ. R., Brooks, Jr., and S. Ti Carter. A charter was issued to the McCor mick Land and Lumber company, with a capitalization of $100,000. J. E. Britt is president and treasurer and J. Q. Stillwell, secretary. The directors are the officers named and T. J. Britt, W. H. Britt, R. F. Mor ris, B. F. Mauldin, F. G. Brown, A. S. Farmer and R. E. Ligon. The Scott Lumber company of Sumter, with a capitalization of $250, 000, wa's given a charter. Alex Scott is president, F. R. Speese secretary And George Burchill treasurer, 1 SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS .Condition of South Carolina Crops For Week Ending Monday, Sept. 3, 1906, aa Given Out hy the De partment. Early in the week the weather was generally cloudy and sultry, hut the last three days had ample sunshine. The mean temperature was above normal) although there was no exces sive heat: TkB nights wer? compara tively cool during the middle of the week, but were again hot as the week ended. The State range of tempera ture was froiii a miaimum of 60 de grees at Liberty ar,d Walhalla on August 28th, maximum of 94 degrees at Blackville, Bowman and Summer ville oil August 3isi. Tile- tempera-; ture conditions were quite favorable.. Excessive precipiia I io1 ii was noted early in the week at widely separated; places, with thc heaviest rainfall iii the northwest and north central coun ties, while the central counties had: thc lightest rainfall. Heavy local; rains fell in Abbeville* Qrailg?burgr PickfiilS} Spartanburg; Yj>rk. and-. Union counties; Calhoun balls' r.e\ ceived 6.64 inches, Bowman 5.61 in-} ches, Liberty 3.54 inches, Spartan-, burg 6.52 inches, Yorkville 4.31 inr' ches. Rock Hill 5.38 inches, Sautuc.' 3.32 inches. Thewc heavy raine cover-? ed comparatively small areas and the: average pi'fecipitalibil was below not?' mal, ?lthough the S?U coutiiiue's io\ have ample moisture iii all parts ofj the State. Cotton Damage in York. Rock Hill, Special-There is no.' doubt of thc fact that the cotton crop; in this section lias bet?ii gr??tly dam aged by the excessive rains for "th. e. past week The wet w?ath?l* is caus ing the green bolls lo rot; especially those that are beginning td dpen. As sobn ?s th? bolls b?g-iii tb crack open they turn black ana great quantities of them are dropping off.. Mr. W. S. Thomasson, who lives near the city, was showing a hutbb?r of f?ll d?: Veiop?d and lhatiir?d bo?s . on the str??ts. that lie took from his-field. They had turned .bl?hte ..tiwi would have dropped off the stalk in a few more days. . Mr. Thomasson reports; that his entire crop is affected in tins, same way and the same reports*como from all other sections'of thc country. ?- ? Dies For Want of Medical Aid./ Anderson; Speeial.^-B?xter H?y??; th? little, boy who Iv?s r?fus?d medi cal attention by his ji?rerits on the ground that they could cure thir son by .divine healing, died here. The c?se. has . excited great indignation -in ; jiu? city. " Hayes is an irieh'e?ahVpr?a\:h'^-; He believes in thc doctrine of 'faith cure. -He refused to let a physician attend the. suffering boy, seeking to save him by means of prayer. The statute law-provides-no remedy fox cases of this kind, but prosecutions will probably follow, as it is believed that the common law' provides ade quate punishment under th? general h??d Of "neglect and illegal treat ment." Two White Men Arrested. Laurens, Special.-Will Kern and Jule Gillespie of Youngs township were landed in jail on a warrant sworn out by Mr. Sara Burnett, also of Youngs, charging the two men with grand larceny. Both the accus ed men are white and they are charg ed with stealing a mule and a buggy from Mr. Barnett-in . the upper part of the county last Sunday night, dur ing services. The men and team were captured near Hendersonvillc by a party of fox bunters. It is said that Kern and Gillespie showed fight when caught up with and sor, shots were fired. The sheriff was th the fox hunters and took 'chara. . thc men, who were brought to L ns. Drowned in Cata '-ia. Fort Mill, S. C., Speeiul.- Joseph Yaca, a Spaniard working at the Charlotte Brick Company's plant, was drowned in thc Catawba river there. He was sitting on a limb over the water fishing when the limb broke and precipitated him into the water. He was unable to swim. Four Ger mans were near in a boat and tried to rescue him, but his body has not been recovered yet. Hon. E. E. Allison Dead. Lancaster, Special.-Hon. R, E. Allison, the eldest member of the Lan caster bar, died at his residence at this place. Mr. Allison was. one- of the ablest civil lawyers in the State. He was born in York county, but has lived in Lancaster since-1S56. He was a member of tho legislature for sev eral terms in thc 80's. He was a consistent member of the. Methodist church, living -up to his profession, and was active in church work most of his life. He was highly esteemed by all who knew bini, and will be greatly missed. He was 76 years of age. '.. : Negro Ground to Pulp. Spartanburg, Special.-Elbert Ro land, a negro from Roebuck, was run over by a shifting engine in thc Charleston and Western Carolina railroad yards herc and was litrally ground to pieces. The man was mu tilated in such a manner as to make it a hard job lo collect his remains. He was ground beyond recognition as a human being and resembled a mass of sausage meat. Negro Shot and Killed. G reen vile, Special.-Jim Blassin game was shot and killed by Tom Whitmirc at the Southern passenger station in the heart of the city. Both negroes were employes of the South ern. Whitemire who was a cook for a train crew made his escape after the shooting. The fight was over a disreputable white woman. The au thorities nre now in search of Whit miro, : Southern Cotton Association i Fjxes Minimum Price CROP SHORTER THAN THOUGHT After Two Days' Deliberation Execu tive Committee Adepts Resolutions Declaring That Crop Has Greatly Deteriorated Since 'Aug.- 15 and Urging Ali Southern Interests to Stand For 10-Cent Cotton as a Permanent Minimum. ' ' ???-; j Hot Springs, Ark.. ?p?ciai-The ./executive committee of the Southern Cotton As'sotiiatibii h?te Friday after noon recommended to its members . atti! cotton1 growers Of the South that no cotton be sold during tile present Reason at Hess ?than 10 cents per pound. lu a resolution adopted by .'the committee^ it is stated that the crop" l? iii il ?tdtc; bf deterioration, and for that reason no ?sliihate- bf the Scrbp -was ii?ad?: f The resolution states however, that thc e?ihmJti?e is" Satis fied that the crop will not bc as large" as the current estimate. The placing : of thc minimum price at 10 cents was iii the hatitre of a victory for thc con servative eicineiil bf lh* filiation; . The resolution adopted by tlic com ihittec: which is jil thc.,shape of au address to thc publi?, f?ll?fsj "Inasmuch as we, the cotton grow ers of the South, know that there has been great deterioration in the cotton crop siuce August 15, and, "jWiiereas llie consensus df opinion ot '{li?. ifieftiberS of .this .committee is that the. d?t?rioration ld still going bli, we deem it unwise io make an ?stimate Ht. t?i'? trop at t)u5 time. "We are satisfied the crop vrill nt>i be as large as the. current estimate: I'We therefore suggest and urge upon all our members and producers throughout the South not to sell their cbttoii at a figure less than thc cost bf proctlibhoil; lsW? call ,tiiion all Southern iir . lerests, lo aid iii maintaining for all lilac this pi-ifc ns A minimum. We urge the necessity of marketing slow ly and only on an advancing market, and withdrawing all cotton from the market at every .decline." The committee took up thc charges .againstSecretaary Richard Cheatham j'Of. dealing in futures while ?ri officer of. the association. After ? spirited, i' debate; iii which J. ?\: Brown, of Nortli. Carbjin?,. led ih'e deposition, the committee decided lb gb iii exe cutive;, session, to consider the charges. Mr, Brown . then left the room. in ^vhich--,-the -(??mmittec.jwere meeting and auuounced thff&.lie ' had refused -to'sit in executive session on the mat ter. |2 . Mr. Brown has/maintained through "out the session tifat they should be " op?ii ?hrj not executive; ..Label Must State Contents. Washington, Sp?cial.-After num erous conferences between Secretary Wilson, Dr. Melvin, chief of the Bu reau of Animal Industry, and about 40 representatives of the various meat packing houses, fhe problems which have arisen over the question of labels which, under the law, must be put upon meat products, have been set tled to the satisfaction of all con cerned. What prabdbly was the Inst conference was held at tile Depart ment of Agriculture Thursday and the packers announced that they would prepare the labels by October 1, when the law goes into effect. Throughout the discussions, Secre tary Wilson stood for labels which would state exactly what thc pack ages contained, and this the packers finally have accepted, SYMPLIFIED SPELLING BOARD.' Have Names of 825 College Presi dents and Professors Agreeing to Use the 30? Reformed Words. New York, Special.-The simplified spelling board prior to August 1st re ceived the signatures of 525 college presidents, professors, instructors aiid university officers, who had agreed to use for 300 words as far as practica ble in their own correspondence. Illinois is next and Massachusetts lliiicl, California, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Conecticut, liudiaun, Kansas and Md. in thc order named. Foun'd Dead in Lake. Newark, Ohio, Special.-The find ing of the bodies of Nellie Dioboldt aged 17 and Harry Kelly, a glass worker aged 30, in Buckeye lake re veals a mysterious tragedy. . The couple went to thc lake Monday for labor day holiday. That was the last seen of them alive. There were ?vidence of a- struggle proceeding the tragedy. It is thought that per haps iii the struggle both were thrown from the boat and drowued. He's a Youngster at 99. Winsted, Conn., Special.-William C. Phelps, Winsted's oldest citizen, was 99 years old Thursday. He walk ed half a mile for exercise. Mr. Phelps can read thc newspapers with out the aid of glasses and he has done most of (he work in. his daugh ter's garden this summer. He has not lost a meal in eight years, and with the exception of a slight illness ten yc'ars ago. he has not had a doc tor in half a century. He writes 30C words daily lo his nieces in Ohio. Shot While at Supper. ,Moultrie, Ga., Special.-John A. Johnson, a protnient farmer of thc lower part of this country, and a former ^county commissioner, was as sassinated while sitting at his supper table surrounded hy Ids family. He was shot and instantly killed with a load of buckshot that look effect in Ins head and brain. The shot was fired through A hole in the phimnay, AFTER THE DIRECTORY State Banking Commissioner Berkey Appoints Two Experts-Accounts of Hippie aild Segal Overdrawn More Than $800,000 ?t Time's. . Philadelphia, Special.-To deter mine the responsibility of thc direc tors of tba wrecked Real Kstatc Trust Company, State Banking Cvrr.mission er Berkey came herc TLbvsday and appended as ?pee!? I rank examiners diaries M. Vellum and Meyer Gold smith/ expert registered ac.'.-nimtants, whol, with the consent of Receiver Karie, will :il unce l-iria a thorough csamirj?siion of the assets and liabili ties, cf thc defunct co.arn. Receiver Earle after couferencp with the directors of thc trust com pany, issued' a statement announcing that he hopes soon to re-open* the doors of thc bn.uk and that all de positors will he protec?c?. Sejd in Heavy Bail* Thc preliminary ?icaiing of Adolf Segal, the promoter; Wm. R North, treasurer, and Marshali S. Colling wood,- assistant treasure'-, of the Real Estflte TriK'f Company, took place and the three were h; ld in hcavv bail foi' ii-ifli. The evidence presented through n-itneises by District Attorney Bell at tho hearing of Segal, North and Collingwood disclosed tye methods by whiiifi S*gftl and Hippie wrecked the trust company. How Wreckers Worked. The i?ti? damaging testimony wai* to thc effect that holli Hippie and Segal had repeatedly overdrawn their accounts with the knowjedge of thc treasurer and assistant treasurer. These overdrafts wore carried as cash accounts. On the day Hippie died tilers' -frfls nu overdraft of $64? 000 against the president which was converted by Collingwood into n loan shoring Hippie's account to be ap parently slft?ight; These overdrafts of Hippie and^SegaJ rit ti??es amount ed to more thad $800,000. There was on deposit ifl the bank approxi mately $7j000,000 and ike Kins made to Sega! amounted to $5,300,200. Many of the securities which have since been found to bc insufltcient were bonds and stocks of the Segal enterprises iiitd weer approved per sonally by Hippie. Although Receiver Earle appeal's hopeful of opening the bank at an early date, many of thc creditors ex press some doubts as to his ability to do so? Many depositors who placed money in thc bank on Monday and Tuesday after the directors knew that it was insolvent were allowed to withdraw .their deposits. TABLET UNVEILED FOR' 'PEACE DAY." City Bells Rung at Sunrise, Neon and Sunset itt Honor of Peace Between Russia and Jap?m Portsmouth,'ri. ILV Special.-Thc1 treaty of Portsmouth Which' ended the war between Japan and Russia was signed here a year ago Thursday at 3.47 o'clock iii the afternoon and at the same, hour today a tablet was uneviled to perpetuate the memory of the event. The day was observed as "Peace Day" by the ringing of all the bells of the city at sunrise, noon and sunset. . Several hundred people gathered at "the navy yard in front of the general stores building in which the envoys met a year ago, and willi appropriate exercises, cel ebrated, the first anniversary. At the first gurt of the national salute, a tablet iu copper was unveil ed by Miss Margaret Edwards and Miss Margaret Parker, daughters of -Cniqmanders James R.. Edwards and James T. Parker of Portsmouth. The copper of which thc tablet is made uns alloyed with pieces of. Ja panases and Russian origin so that tho event might be perpetuated by mingled metals. Tfi3 inscription read: "In lilia building, at the invita tion cf Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United Stales, was held thc peace conference between envoys of Russia and Japan. On September 5, 1905, at 3:47 p. m., was signed thc treaty of "Portsmouth, which ended the wai' between the two countries." Peace Must Com?. Havana, By Cable-General Men ocal, commenting on the situation re marked that "Peace will be arranged or it will be imposed." He explain ed he did not mean peace would nec cssniily he imposed by force of arms but public opinion would compel the ?niai gen ts to submit lo the rcasonabc peace terms which thc veterans^arc if?ciing in order lo avoid further fighting. The Liberal leaders continue lo de mand far more than the moderates are willing to concede. In the mean while hostilities to all intents and purposes have ben suspended on both .sides. Two Earth Shocks in Hawaiian Group Honolulu, By Cable.-Two earth quake shocks arc reported from Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii, but it is stated that no damage was done. Af ter one of thc shocks hundreds of dead fish were thrown upon thc beach es. Apparently, they had been scald ed to death by a sub-marine eruption. The earthquakes weer not felt on Oa hu, the island on which Honolulu is situated. Quarantine and Immigration Conven tions Nov. 12. Nashville. Tenn., Special.-The Southern Quarantine and Imigration Convention will meet herc Nov. 32, 13 and 14. Governors of all Southern States signified their intention to he present, and a number of ministers of thc foreign countries are expected. Tho Southern Industrial Asocial ion will meet in conjunction With i he ci i* ..ra ii ti ne convention. Delegates to both meeting! sr* practically tho soft1?, 4% UNION SAVINGS BANK ?3" Q9 with resources of over Eight {Hundred Thousand dollars and a Board of Directors chosen from the most successful business men in the community, invites you to become .a depositor, prom ising you every courtesy. FOUR'PER CENT INTEREST paid on Savings accounts. Correspondence invited. W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALER IN ; Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. . Corner Reynolds and Wa ' ington Streets, Augusta, Georgia, Wagons Buggies FIJRISriTXJBE:. 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 smalk mar gin of profit. -Call to see me, I will sa^er.you money. GEO, JE?. OOJBB. Johnston, South tJarolina. A PERFECT DAIRY AND HORSE FEED. Feed it to your COW Feed it to your HORS? and "keep your eye on and watch the improvement the milk pail," in flesh and' hair. ? In roo lb. sacks at $1.35. Order now. Arrington Bros. & Co., Leading Grocers, . - Augusta, Georgia. For Fire and Life IN8URANC IfllGO TO SEEJgg QAUGHMAN & HARLINQ BEFORE INSURING ELSEWHERE. We represent the best Old-Line Companies. CAUGHMAN Q ?j ARLING - GENTS. AUGHMAN QC MARLING /\GENTS. The Insurance Agency of C. A. GRIFFIN & CO. Will protect you against loss by Fire, Death, Accidents, Sickness and Wind Storms. It will be a pleasure to serve you at all times and your business will be heartily appreciated. F. H. BARRETT, J. P. DOUGHTY, JR. W, K. KITCHEN. Special BARRETT & DOUGHTY, COTTON F ACT OR?. Liberal Advances Made on Prospective Crops and Consignments. FERTILIZERS Person al attention given all details. Correspondence solicited. 1 T44 Reynold Streef Augusta, Ga,