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Sh, LOAM AND SAVINGS BAKIL ? Ajusfe. Ga.. &ES01TROXS OYEK 91,009,000 W-H-fr^HH WhH IB I lt 8 ll 111 * ON 3BPOSITS ACCOUNTS - SOLICITED L C. SA?'NE, PstSlDEKT. Chas. C. Reward, CARECKR. VO! .72 . firm? fi ri flatt L. G. EAYNE, President. FHANK G. FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL, a ii ..$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We ihj? [ ba p ie**od to hara 70a da? aa aeeoaat < with tala Baak. Cujrtomaraand correapasdeata aa- < tared of ?Terr eeurtwj and iajawtj??dHaBSi|aj?, bia under coajerratlre. mudera gynlrlay aetaodi , "?WM iinil i linn J i ii ?DGBFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, J906. NO. S. fffte Pires?dcr.t Transrats H?3 Views on Porto Rico THINKS FUTURE IS PROMISING lera, Both American and Hativc, | Endeavor to Train Students in ? Mind and in Citiaeiwhip-InsulaT Police and Porto Rican Regiment Should be Perpetuated-Pull Am- i erican' Citizenship Shonld bo Con ferred Upon- - Natives - Marked Progress Jlade Tinder Present Gov- j .ernor Toward \6*lf-Government Eteta^'?his Year Wens" Abso lutely Orderly and Unaccompanied 1/ Any Disturbance. Washington, Special.-Thc Presi dent's message to Congress giving th? suit of his recent observations in *orfto Rico and making recommenda (ions concerning the government of hat island was delivered to the Sen te. It was read at length and re aived careful attention/ The mes sage was as follows: .The President's Message. To the Senate and House of Repres entatives : On November-21 I visited the is land of Porto Rico, landing at Ponce, irossing by the^old Spanish road by ^ayey 7.0 San Juan, and returning iex4 morning over the new American road fro Arecibo ' to Ponce ; thc scenery was wonderfully beautiful, especially among the mountains of the interior, which constitute a vcr itable tropic Switzerland. I could not rmbark at San Juan, because the har >r has not been dredged out and jan not receive an American battle ship.t. I do not.think this fact credit able to" us as a nation, and I earn [estly hope that immediate provision Iw?l be made for dredging San Juan I harbor. I doubt whether our people as a ! whole realize the beauty and fertility of Porto. Rico, and the progress that been' made under its admirable government. * We have just cause foi ?ride in/the character of our rep resentatives who have administered e tropic islands which came under our flag as a result of the war with Spain; and of-'no one of them is this >-jore - true than of Porto. Rico. It would be impossible to wish a more faithful, a. more efficient anet a mora .disinterested public service than that now being rendered in the island of -^-orto Rico-by those in control of the insular government. I stopped.at- a* dozen towns al! told, nad. one o?; the- notable features .in every town was the "gathering- of the ?/' ^ehooljchil^ .t.Lat-has.i .??g^irapn?"in;'PVrtQ' Ricofor education j halKbV?n noteworthy. The marr cm "phasis, as: is eminently wise and proper,- has been put upon primary education;'but in addition to this ^thereris a normal ; school, an agri ; cultural school, three industrial and ?hree high schools.. Every effort is . being "made to secure not only the benefits of elementatry education to all the Porto Ricans of thc next generation, but also as far as means will permit to train them so that thc industrial, agricultural and commer cial opportunities of the island can be utilized to the best possible ad vantage. It was evident at a glance that. the..teachers, both Americans and native Porto Ricans, were de voted- to -their work, took the great est .pnoTe in it, and were endeavoring ,to train their pupils, not only in xnincl,jbut in what counts for far more than' mind in citizenship., that is in character. ?> : Troops , in the Island. I was very muoh: struck by the ex cellent character both of the insular police and of "the Porto Rican regi ment: ' They are both of them bodies that reflect credit upon the American administration of the island. The in sular police are under the. local Porto Rican government. The Porto Rican .regiment, of troops must he appro priated .for. by .Congress. I earn estly hope that this body will be kept permanent. There should certainly be troops in the island, and it is wis? that these troops should be them selves native Porto Ricans. It would be from every standpoint- a'mistake not to perpetuate this regiment. In .traversing the island even tho . most cursory survey leaves the be holder struck with the evident rapid growth , in the culture both of the sogar cane and tob?ceo. The fruit industry is also growing. Last year was the most prosperous year that the island has ever known before or . since the American occupation. The total exports and imports of the island was $45,000,000 as aginst $18, 000,000 in 1901. This is the largest in the island's history. Prior to the American occupation the greatest trade for any one year was that of 1896, when it reached nearly $23, 000,000. Last year, therefore, there was double the trade that there was in the most prosperous year under the. Spanish regime. There were 210,273 tons of sugar exported last vear, of the value of $14,186,319; $3, ?555,163 of tobacco, and 28,290,322 pounds of coffee of the value of $3, 481,102. Unfortunately, what used to Be Porto Rico's prim? cropr-coffee has not shared ?this -prosperity. It has never; recovered, from the dis-: aster of the hurricane, and moreover, the benefit 6f- throwing, open .our market^to it has not- compensated for 'the loss inflicted-by . the closing of the markets to it-abroad. I call your at tention to'the accompanying, memo ;?fia?^ent;tt?is subject of the board of "trade bf San Juan, and I earnestly "hope-that r jine measure will be "taken : for the" benefit of the ' excellent' and .. Iiiglr-grade' Port?; Rican coffee. -In. addition to'.delegations fromjthe ,l;r:>rd of frade .and chamber of*com merce of San-Juan, I also received delegations from the Porto Rican Federation of Labor, and from tba Coffee Growers' Association. Question cf Citizenship; There is a matter to which I wish to call your special attention, and that is the desirability of conferring full American citizenship upon tht people of Porto Rico. I most earn eastly hope that this will be done. I can not see how any harm can pos sibly result from it, and it seems to me a matter of right and justice to tho people of Porto Rico. They are loyal, they are glad t,o be under our ?flag, they are making rapid progresa along the path Of orderly liberty. Surely we should show our appr?cia tion of them, our pride in what they have done, and our pleasure iii ex tending recognition f?'r what has thus been don?, by grafting them full American citizenship. Under the "wise administration ot the/present progress has been made in the difficult matter bf granting to thc people of the island the largest meas ure of self-government that can with safety be given at the present time. It would have been a very .serious mistakes to have gone any faeter than we have already gone in this direc tion. The Porto Ricans., have com plete and absolute autonomy, in all their municipal governments, the on ly power over them possessed by the insular government being that of re moving corrupt er incompetent mu nicipal officials. This power ha? never been exercised Save on the clearest proof of corruption or in competence-such as to jeopardize the interests of the people of the is land; and under such circumstances it has been fearlessly used to the immense benefit of the people. It is not a power with which it would be safe, for the sake of the island iisd?, to dispense at present. The lower House is absolutely elective, while the upper House is appointive. This scheme is working well; no injustice of any kind results from it, and great benefit to the island, and it should certainly not be changed at this time. The machinery of the elections is administered entirely by ! the Porto Rican people themselves, the Governor: and council keeping on ly such supervision as ?s necessary in order to insure an orderly elec tion. Any protest as to electoral frauds is settled in the courts. Here again it would not be safe to make any change in the present system. The elections this year were absolute ly orderly, unaccompanied by any disturbance; and no protest has been made against the management of the elections, although three contests are threatened, where the majorities were very small and error was claim ed; the contests, of course, to be set tled in the courts. In short, the Governor and council are co-operat ing with all of the most enlightened and most patriotic of the people of Porto Rico in educating the citizens of this island in the principles of or derly libertyt They are providing a government based upon each -citizen V self-respect, and the'-mutual. respeot of all citizens; that is, based upon a rigid observance of the principles of justice and honesty. It has not been easy to instil into the minds of peo ple unaccustomed to the 'exercise of freedom," the two basic principles of our American system; the principle that the majority must rule, and thc principle that the minority has rights which must not be disregarded or trampled upon. Yet real progress has been ^made in having these prin ciples accepted as elementary, as the foundations of successful self-govern ment. I transmit herewith the report of the Governor of Porto Rico, sent to the President through the Secretary of State. All the insular governments should be placed' in one bureau, either iu the Department of Wai- or the De partment of State. It is a mistake not so to arrange our handling of these islands at "Washington as to be able to take advantage of the ex perience gained in one, when dealing with the problems that from time to time arise in another. In conclusion let me express my admiration for the work done by the Congress when it enacted the law under which the island is, now being administered. After seeing the is land personally, and after five years' experience in connection with its ad ministration, it is but fair to those who devised this law to say that it would be well-nigh impossible to have , devised any other which in the actual working would have accom plished better results. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House, December ll, 1906. Rob Bank in Broad Day. Odessa, By Cable.-One of the most daring robberies of recent times in south Russia was committed at the Peterburger International Bank this afternon, when a number of robbers escaped with $14,500, the entire cash of the bank. Half a dozen armed men appearec^ suddenly at the coun ter and ordered the clerks to throw up their hands and shot the police man on duty. They then rifled the cash drawers and ran off. Stranded Schooner Floated. Norfolk, Va., Special-Late Thurs day afternoon the tug Rescue, of the Merritt-Chapman Dry Dock & Wick ing Company, got a line to the strand ed schooner Ralph M. Heywood, asheor 14 miles south of Cape' Henry, and at 7:20 at night succeeded in floating the vessel. It is expected that the tug will arrive early Friday morn ing with the schooner in tow. Re ports are current to the effect that the vessel is not seriously. damaged. A Heated Discussion Held. Guthrie, Okla., Special.-The con stitutional convention had a heated discussion as to whether the Supreme Being should be designated as the "The Supreme Ruler of the Uni verse," or "God Almighty." Pet itions from different religious sects and one from athesists were present ed, asking that there be no vigorous discrimination in the language of the constitution, Congress Forces President to Revoke Spelling Order HOUSE HOLDS TO OLD SYSTEM Will Withdraw Order to Public Print er and Docuin?nt3 Hereafter Will . te Printed in Old-Fashioned Style -Resolution Adopted by the House Passed Without a Dissenting Vote -Considerations Governing Action of Committee_<^ ? - V ? Washington,- Special-Simplified spelling received a . fina? quietus in the House. ";The subject has been under more or*Jtess?c6ntinuous discus sion in the House and in committee ever since the convening of the pres ent session of Congress, but it was brought to a sudden termination by the adoption of a resolution favoring the return to the old standard of or thography, just before the House ad journed. It was understood that this action had been taken as the result of an interview with the President, in which he had said that if the House should go on record as against the new system he wou?.d abandon his effort in that direction. The House was prompt in meeting this condition and the resolution was adopted by a unanimous vote. The Resolution Adopted. Representative Landis, of thc joint committee on spelling, had a confer ence with, the President when the President said that he did not wish to have spelling overshadow matters of great importance and expressed a willingness to revoke his order for thc new spelling in case the House of Representatives should go on record as. opposed to the system. According ly late in the afternoon Mr. Landis introduced tho following resolution in the House: Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that hereafter in printing reports, docu ments, or other publications author ized by law, or by Congress or either branch thereof, or emanating from the executive departments,- their bu> reau or branches, and independent offices of the government, the Govern ment Printing Office should observe and adhere to the standard of orthog raphy prescribed in generally accept ed dictionaries of the English lan guage.' ' The measure was passed without a dissenting vote, although Mr. Gillett, of Massachusetts, who made a fight for simplified spelling before the House -committee on apropriations and has been regarded as the cham pion of the President's attitude, ex plained, that he did. not wish to give the.- impression that he .had -changed^ his mind. Mr." Gillett said that he saw the House was overwhelmingly against the innovation and conse quently he bowed to its will. The system of reform spelling was put into effect by the President dur ing the recess of Congress and all public documents supplied to the ex ecutive departments have been printed in the simplified way. The committc: on printing in its favorable report on the Landis resolution stated that the committee had been governed by the following considerations : "In the various reprints of the con stitution of the United States adher ence to the original spelling is found in the majority of cases." The spell ing in the original statutes reflects the forms of spelling in vogue at the time of their enactment. The various codifications of the statutes reflect thc spelling in vogue at the time of the adoption of such a condition. The last codification adopted was in 187S. The subsequent statutes now number 14 volumes, covering a period of 23 years. Each volume reflects the spell ing in vogue at the time of the enact ment of the statutes embraced there in. - "A new codification is about to be presented to Congress. Until Congres? shall see fit to order the printing of this proposed codification of the sta utes, embracing all the enactments of the- law-making power of the gov ernment now in force, in some form of spelling other than that generali} accepted by the people, it would ap pear to berthe part of wisdom for the government in all its branches, in the interest of simplicity and economy, ti adhere to_ a uniform system of spelling, and this system should be the one already most generally recog nized and accepted by the people. "If Congress shall adhere to tha form of spelling already in vogue as applied to the statutes, it would ap pear anomalous to employ some other form as applied to all of the prelimin ary stages of legislation, including the proceedings of ..-Congress, up tu the point where these proceedings aiv crystalized into law, and at this "point order a change ?in the orthography of the original statutes. Couple Found Dead in "Room. New York, Special.-A man about ,40 years of age, believed to be the Rev C. S. Quinn, pastor of St. Agnes church at Atlantic Highlands, N. J. and a young woman, thought to he Miss B. Kiley, als of Atlantic High lands, were foiind dead in a room on the top floor of an East 18th street boarding house. The room was filled with gas which had escaped from r. partially open jet in the room. The couple had been at the house since Wednesday evening. Made False Entries in Timber Land ' Purchase. New Orleans, Special.-Admission that he swore falsely in making en tries of a large Louisiana timber land purchase from the United States gov ernment, was made by John W. Smith, principal government witness in the conspiracy case against AVil liam A. and Fred P. Brewer, wealthy Michigan lumbermen, and Joseph Dunlap, - _ 1 A CONGRESS_AT WORK What Our National Lawmakers ?ire Doins From Day to Day Salaries Increased. By a vofc? of 106 to 188 the House of Representatives refused to increase from $5,00(1 to $7,500 *he salaries, of Senators, members add delegates; The House, however, by an over whelming Vote, increased the salaries of the Vice President, the Speaker of the House and members of the Pres= ident's cabinet to $12,000 each; In an ?nticip?tiori of the question of "increasing salaries coming before the House there was an exceedingly large membership and th? debate on the several amendments for increase, whieh were offered by Mr, LittaUer, of New York, to the legislative &p~ propriation bill, was followed with marked interest. After disposing of the salary question, the House passed the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Mr. Littauer, of New York, opened' the discussion by presenting aa amendment raising the salaries of the Vice President and the Speaker of the House to $12,000 per annum. He spoke of the dignity of the position of Speaker of the House and said that everybody recognized that the duties are arduous and that the pay is un equal. Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, op posed any further increase of salaries along the line of legislative and exec utive offices. He believed the salarie* of the minor clerks of the govern ment should be increased on account of the increased cost of living. Aftei several speeches the amend ment was adopted by a vote of 214 to 151, the opposition failing to se cure votes enough to call the ayes and noes. Having won a most substantial vic tory Mr. Littauer introduced another amendment as follows: "On and after March 4, 1907, the compensation of heads of executive departments, who are members of the President's cabinet shall be at the rate of $12,000 per annum each." Mr. Littauer held up a large pic ture of a president of a baseball asso ciation, whose salary had been in creased from $10,000 to $15,000 a year, and contrasted that with the salaries of the cabinet. The amend ment was adopted 204 to 60. Mr. Littauer who retires to private life with the close of the present Con gress, offered a provision raising the salaries of Senators and members pf Congress, delegates and the resident commissioner from Porto Rico to $7, 500 and on agreement the time for the increase to begin was fixed on March 4, 1909. Salaries May Be Increased. The House reached 'an agreement, under which it looks^as -if there would b.e .a .vote, on the .much^mooted-^es^ tioh of an increase in the salaries of members of Congress, cabinet officers, etc. Mr. Littauer sought to have the question taken up but Mr. Underwood objected at this stage of the proceed ing. He said, however, that he would agree to consideration at the conclu tion of the reading of the hill and when it shall be reported to the House from the committee of the whole. During the morning hour in the House several resolutions were pass ed, one aiming at the lumber trust and calling upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate the high prices now prevailing in lumber, and another calling upon the Secretary of the Interior for a de tailed description of the coal lands withdrawn from public entry since July 1, 1906. The House agreed to vote on the resolution increasing the salaries of Senators and Representatives to $7, 500 and making other increases in official Salaries, when the legislative bill is reported to the House from the committee of the whole. The resolution also fixes the sala ries of the Vice President and Speak er at $15,000, and of cabinet officers at $12,000. Senator Dubois on Mr. Smoot. The Senate listened to the second speech which has been made this ses sion against the continuance of Reed Smoot as a Senator from Utah. It was delivered by Senator DuBois, ol Idaho, who after reviewing in detail the working1 of the Mormon Churchj and Mi*. Smoot's prominent connec tion therewith, concluded with the charge that President Roosevlet has used the weight of his administration to assist the Republican-Mormon vote in. the last election. Rayner Talks. Much interest was manifested in the Senate in the position taken by Senator Rayner in his discussion ol the Japanese question. He contended that the inherent rights of a State could not be violated by treaty anj more than they could be volated bj Congress. To support this he cited many adjudicated cases before th( Supreme Court and arrayed long line* of eminent authorities. Mr. Raynei also gave the cases and the autori ties of the other side to the proposi tion. Smoot Should Get Ont. At the conclusion of the morning business in the Senate Senator Bur rows, chairman of the Senate com mittee on privileges and elections called up the resolution from thar committee declaring that Hon. Reed Smoot is not entitled to a seat as i Senator of the United States fron the State of Utah and addressed th? Senate on that subject. Charged With Assassination of Fath er-in Law. Columbus, Ga., Special. - Charlef Hardy was arrested near Chilpley this State, on the charge of having assassinated his father-in-law, Char les H. Brooks, several days ago. Har dy disappeared after a coroner's juiy fixed the ?rime upon him. Brook5 was a well-to-do farmer, a posse was formed and pursued and capture Reform Not Sufficient SECRETARY SHAW GIVES IDEAS Sec; $haw, Appears Be/ore House Oo??nittee on Banking and Curren , cyI ia Advocacy High Tax Credit Cnirracy Suggested Pive Per Cent, aa Desirable Bate. Washington^ Special. - Secretary Shaw appeared before th? House com mitted on. banking and currency in advocacy of a high taxed credit cur rency, suggesting 5 per cent, as a de jirable rate. He emphasized the need for .'greater elasticity in eurvency, ut expressed the opinion that the plan framed by the American Bankers' As sociation will not bring out sufficient to he very useful. Granting that the bankers' plan results in the issuance bf $^00,000^10 additional in national ban?.W>te*^Hr. Shaw said thatin^is opinion hot more than $20,000,000 wort?i- of these will be redeemed. Mir?-Shaw thought, the bankers' planj^wholly inadequate to meet ,the requirements of th? commercial ^i?rld and'siiid it was enciunbered with too much'fmachinery for the limited good results he feels it is capable, of ac complishing. He would not want to be regarded as an opponent of the measure suggested by the bankers be cause he felt that any "step toward relieving the demand for greater elas ticity at certain seasons of the year was ; desirable, but urqed that the committee strive to frame a more ef fective .measure. It was urged hy the Secretary that an effort should be made to make all ou^cdrrency elastic, rather than to impart elasticity to a certain amount of emergency currency. Un der the 'bankers' plan, he said, only the credit currency which goes into redemption. There would be no rea son why private banks should seek !> redemption of national bank notes and consequently they would maka ho effort to do so. In thc bankers' plan national banks are to. be permitted to issue $25,000 additional notes fdr every $100,000 of their capital at an interest rate of 2 l-3~per cent, and an additional $12, 500 with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. . Episcopalians Withdraw. .Norfolk, .Va., Special.-^-It develop^ ed. $M? theirEpiscopalians, ;as. a.. de_ nomination,, have- '-withdrawn"^Trom^ the proposed inter-denomination ?van gelistic campaign to b? conducted during the'. Jamestown Expositiou period. A meeting of the Virginia State Baptist, Presbyterian and Meth odist committees has been' called for December 18, when the local commit tees -of these denominations will dis cuss with the State representatives the situation as prescribed by the withdrawal of the Episcopalians. It is stated for the Episcopalians that their withdrawal was because of no disinclination to co-operate, hut be cause of the rather unsettled condi tions in two. of the leading Episco pal churches here, and further be cause it was not regarded that there was as great need for the evangelistic campaign as some thought. * For Ship Subsidy Measure. Washington, Special.-That Presi dent Roosevelt will send to Congress a special message advocating the pas sage as a ship subsidy measure at the present session, was stated by several members of the House. It was said that the President had declared that the recommendation in his annual message was misunderstood. In that message he said if it was found inex pedient to pass the Senate bill, a measure should be passed to provide for a few lines to South American ports. He did not mean to minimize ihe improtance of other features of the bill, it is said, and now purposes to correct any false impression that may have been gained by the House. Twelve Business Houses Burned and Their Contents Destroyed. Sharon, Ga., Special.-Sharon was Friday morning visited by a disaster ous fire. Twelve business houses and contents were totally consumed. There was a loss of $50.000, with insurance of $10,000. The fire started in the drug store of Dr. L. R. Brown. The flames spread rapidly, making a clean sweep of everything except two brick stores, the bank and the Georgia Rail road depot. Contract Has Been Awarded. Norfolk, Va., Special-The contract for the building to be erected at ths Jamestown Exposition by the Daugh ters of the Confederacy all over thc country, has been awarded. The building will cost $5,000 and will be a reproduction of "Beauvoir," the home of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, at Gulf port, Miss. Enrique C. Creel Mexican .Ambassa dor to United States. City of Mexico, Special.-It has been officially announced by the Mex ican government that Enrique C. Creel, Governor of the State of Chi huahua has been appointed Mexican ambassador to the United States. Senor Creel is of American descent sud' is one of the wealthiest and most progressive men of the republic. American Contractors to Ge! Panama Ganai Job MANY CHANGES IN CONTRACTS Many Changes Agreed to in Form of Contract for Construction. But Most Important is Announcement by Chairman Shoats That Only Proposals by American Firms Wil Be Received. g Washington, Spfcial.-Foreign con tractors are to ze barred from compe tition for the completionuof:t'he Pau ama Canal. Chairman Shonts, of the Isthmian Canal commission, made this announcement; Many changes have been agreed to in the form of contract to be entered into for the construction of the canal, but the most important is the limiting of proposals to American firms. The right will he reserved by the commis- j sion to reject all the bids submitted; in case none of them is satisfactory and the commission will then either j throw the competition open to for eign bidders or proceed with the work without contract. January 12 is the date set for the opening of proposals. A substantial reduction in the bond of the successful bidders was also made by the commission, in compli ance with the request of prospective bidders. The bond will be only $2, 000,000 and the total liability of the contractor is to be limited to the loss of percentage and premiums other wise payable to the contractor and $3,000,000 in addition. Chairman Shonts indicated other changes as follows: "To relieve the contractor from re sponsibility for the use of defective materials, or for the preparation foi use of the same, provided he has re quested the chief engineer in writing for the definite approyal of the ma terials, or the preparation for use thereof, and the chief engineer, after a reasonable time fails "to act upon such request. . "To provide for a later change in the estimated cost and time of c n-j structure, as originally agreed to by. the engineering-committee, in case the plans and specifications for the con struction of the canal shall be ma terially altered in any respect; or if it. shall be made, .to appear to the ..Pr?sident^ .of ^the/jPnited- States - that: the estimates are based ., on physieal data so erroneous as to affect the^? timated cost and time of construction or that the estimates have become substantially inequitable by reason of the intervention of an act of God or a public enemy; or for any other ma terial cause which shall not have been taken into account by the en gineering committee in makins1 their estimates, and for which the contrac tor is no responsible. "It was also provided that in case ruinate the contract, when the con tractor is not in default, the contrac tor shall be paid the cost of the work performed by him to date, and $250,000 in addition to such percent age as may have been earned by him upon such cost up to that time. "The responsibility of the contract or to the commissioner for all in juries or damages inflicted upon the plant, canal, or its auxiliary works, is limited to negligence of himself, or any of his employes, or subcon tractors, or the employes of such sub contractors." Six Men Blown to Shreds. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.--Sb men met instant deaths Saturday af ternoon in a dynamite explosion abou* 24 miles from Newport, Tenn., ano just across the State line fro North Carolina. .They were employed on reconstruction in building an exten sion to the Tennessee & North Caro lina Railroad. A load of dynamite fdr a blast exploded while being tampered, tearing six men into shreds au J seriously injuring a sev enth. Green and Gaynor Appeal. Macon, Ga., Special.-Thc appeal for a new trial in the Greene an.J. Gaynor case, now before* the Ignited States Circuit Court of Appeals, will be heard at New Orleans, on..January 6, 1907. They have been in jail here for several months pending appeal for a new trial. Gaynor suffers accutc. pains from asthma and locomotoi ataxia, and under advice of physic ians is permitted ..to-*"take rides into the country where fresh air and ex ercise seem to' give him relief. Both men are kep?. closely guarded withiu prison limits and not allowed liberties outside of prison rules. The women ci Bosnia have theil rtnnsi an.fi nwUz UttooacL Engines, Boilers, sus oms Complete Cotton. Saw, Grist, OH and fertilizer Kill Outfits, Gin, Pr?ts Cane Mill, and Shingle Outfits. Building. Eridge, Factory, Furio and Railroad Castings, Railroad, MU Machinists'apd Factory Supplies. Belting, Packing, Inleotors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files, Ollera, eto. We ca*t every day. Work IBO Hands. 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