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SKS0UKCES OTES ?1,< ;?a,.;,,g i *>?} 3 ? g a a i t HUI M II VOL, 72. EDOEFIELD, S. CM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1907 fi HE NATIONAL BANK $ If AUGUSTA, GA. L. C. HAYNE, Pnodest. FBANK G. FOED, CasMiff. CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We that I be pie used to bare yon opt? so MuiecM _ with this Batik. Cuitocr.or.and corrfj^txlcct?** 4? T rared of every enurteey and tccomeiedaOoa pw? 4* Y ole nader cen*cnratl?e. modem BeaJtlBf ac We At ? *H?VW?> i i it t M HI I B 11 li I? NO. 30 Twenty-One People Are Swept Away in Flood MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED Thousands of Acres of Growing Crops Ruined - Cloudburst .Canses .Big Creek to Submerge Gradyville and Vicinitjr, "Waters Leaping From Creek Bed and Taking New Courso Witli Force of a Tidal Wave. Louisville, Ky., Special. -Twenty one persons dead, thc village devasted and severaL thousand acres of grow crops ruined are the havoc - wrought by a cloudburst that caused Big creek to submerge Gradyville, Ky., and vi cinity .All the dead are residents of Gradyyill?-and, although.-reports are meagre, it is believed that no further fatalities will be reported fron* the surrounding country. The dead: MRS. L. C. NELL,. wife of State Senator Nell. FOUR CHILDREN of Senator and Mrs. L C. Nell. MRS. LUMH1LL. ONE CHILD of Mrs. Lumhill. , ? MRS. CARL WILMERE. DAUGHTER OF Mrs. Wilmore. GRANDDAUGHTER of Mrs. Wil mere. MRS. HARTFIELD MOSS. SIX CHILDREN of Mrs. Moss. MRS. J. W. KELTNER. ONE, CHILD of Mrs. Keltner. MISS MARY MOSS. The disaster was due to the erratic behavior of Big Creek which was al ready swollen by recent rains. Wh-m the cloudburst precipitated three inches of rain in an hour on Grady ville and vicinity the creek leaped from its bed and took a new course with the force of a tidal wave. Inhabitants of Gradyville were nearly all in bed when the foaming waters struck the - town, carrying away six residences, a mill. and a large number-of small houses. Near ly all the victims were drowned, but four v,ere crushed by the collapse, of dwelings. State Senator Nell, who is a physi cian owes his escape from the fate that overtook his family to tho fact that he was several miles away in the hills, sitting np with a patient. When the news of the disaster reach ed Columbia, Ky., the nearest town ol any size,,several hundred citizens de* parted for the scene with wrecking appliances, food and clothing. All the physicians available went along. They found, the residents of the de vasted village dazed and helpless, but by-nightfall all the relief possible had been Afforded. Several persons were injured, but none of these will die. Gradyville is a village of 175 in habitants in Adair couuty, six miles from Columbia and IS miles from ih* nearest railroad station. Chicago, Special. - Dispatches from various places in Sontheim Illi nois, Indiana and 'Kentucky tell of severe storms of tornado severity which have caused some loss of life . and Ihe destruction of muchh prop erty. Early Saturday the town of New Minden, UL, 25 miles southeast of St. Louis, w'as visited by a tornado which killed four persons and injured a score of others. At Gradyville, a cloudburst is said to, have caused the loss of from 10 to 15 lives, and washed away eight resi dences. At York. Ul., Saturday 25 or oO houses were destroyed and a number of people are said to have been killed Because of the loss of telegraph wires, .exact details are ?not available. The storm is said to have been es pecially severe in southern Idiana and at Farmersburg and Sullivan much damage was done by wind and. rain. Duquoin, 111., was also visited ai night by the same storm that caused the destruction at work. . A number of houses were blown down, but no lives were lost. 59 Fer Cent in Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Special. -Commis sioner of Agriculture Blakeslce gave out a bulletin showing crop condi tions on June 3, and estimating the average condition of the cotton on that date at 59 per cent, against the government estimate of 65 per cent. The difference is attributed to the con siderable bad weather between Miy 31 and June 3, the dates on which the data was compiled. Blacksdale esti mates the cotton acreage at S3 per cent, and the corn acreage at 99 per cent, orVibout norrual. The average condition of the corn crop if placed at 69 .per cent. Krupp Company Sues Gen. Crozier. Washington, Special. -. Suit wa? begun here in the supreme court oi the District of Columbia in the nam? of . the Krupp Manufacturing Com pany of Essen, Germany, against Gen eral William Crozier, chief of the bureau of 'ordinance of the war dc partmentt charging an infringement of the company's patent on recoil gur brakes and asking for au accounting New York* Quarantine Against Ha vana. New <York, Special. - The quaran tine against passengers arriving fron Havanna went into operation, and a! a result 34 steerage passengers on I'm stesimev Monterey were sent to the de tcn:ion hospital for observation. Tin suspects were found to have abner ma!ly high temperatures ' when then were examined by the health officer If no Eerious disease develops tho; will bo released Monday. ?lif JUNE CO??ON RtTrCi? Acreage and Condition of tue South's J&reat Staple-Comparison With Former Seasons. New York, Special.-The Journal af Commerce has published its June cotton report coverirfg acreage and 2ont?ition. Thc report has been de layed one week, owing to the ^back wardness of planting. About 1,800 correspondents have been heard from, the average date of replies . being May 30lh, as at that date planting was still incomplete and the' replies indicated an increase in acreage of 1.2 per centi This is less than ex* pected in view of the high price ef cotton, and less than the best infor mation suggested a month ag*0; So much cotton has been ploughed up and replanted that it is still too early to ascertain the facts a? to acreage with satisfactory reliability. When im planting is finished it is quite possible that the, above increase in acreage will be augumentcd. Reports' of the condition are e?eed ingly poor, the replies indicating a condition of 96 per cent., compared with 82 per cent m 1906 and 77.4 pet cent in 1905. This is 1.5 per cent low er than the Jane government report which placed the condition at 70.5 per cent., the lowest condition ot re cord at this season. Too low tem peratures and too much precipitation were the causes . of low condition. While a late season is not always & bad season, good weather is much needed to improve the condition and the prospects are that there will be a good demand for all the crops at profitable prices to the growers. Comparing with last year's acreage North Carolina's figures show 103J per cent., South Carolina 127 per cent., Georgia 101 per cent., Folrida 102.1 per cent., Alabama 97.2 .per cent., Mississippi 95 per cent., Texas 1?6.6 per cent., Arkansas 97.6 per .cent., Tennessee- 97.1 per cent., Mis souri 89.9 per cent., Indian Territory 103 per cent., Oklahoma JL16 per cent. As already stated, the total acreage is 1.2 per cent over that planted last year. So far as the figures of condi tion are concerned, North Crolina is 80.2 against 76 last June; South Carolina, 77 against S1.6: Georgia, 75.1 gainst 85.7; Florida, S?.9, against S4.1; Alabama 61.,6 against 79.3; Mississippi 66.4, against 80.1; Louis iana 65 against 87.3; Texas 68, against 84.8; Arkansas 69.6, aaginst 81; Ten nessee, 71.7, against 72; Missouri 77, against 76; Indian Territory 70.6, against 79.6; Oklahoma 71.-4, against 86.3. The average condition of the entire cotton belt is 69.0 against 82.1 a year ago. The season averaak are nearly a month late arid mauy^ correspondents refrain from committing themselves tu close estimates until the croo has ad vanced to further maturity. Much of thc seed has not yet sprouted, but where stands have been obtained they are generally poor. In regard to the condition the-presistonce of unfavoi able weather has discouraged plant ers, a feeling -which is reflected in the wide distribution of reports describ ing the outlook as the "worst in an experience of 40 to 50 years." There is not an unusual scarcity of labor and grassy fields are by no means general. , Two Amendments are 'Offered. Norfolk, Sp?cial.-Tho supreme assembly of thc*' uniform f rank, Knights of Pythias, convened in an- . nual session at Jamestown exposition. Two amendements were offered nt the opening session, one changing the style of the uni?orm, bringing it nearer to the standard of the" United States army, and another' providing for a revision with radical- changes in drill regulations. These were re ferred to. proper committees. Both :amendments are favored and probably will pass at this session. Methodist Missionary Beaten. London, By Cable. - A special dis patch received here from Hong:. Kong says that Mr. J. Pollard,.a Methodist Missionary at Chao-Tung-Fu has bern mercilessly beaten by the Chinese. His lung was pierced by a weapon. The missionaries are flocking into, Khoi districts. Bradford Seeks Pardon. Washington, Special.-The depart ment of justice has received an appli cation, for pardon from. James L. Bradford, a'wealthy New Orleans lumberman who was convicted some time ago of land fraud in the New Orleans district. The department will ask for reports from the United States attorney and the trial judge, and until these are received no f?r ther action will be takn here. The future course of the department will depend upon these reports.' Baseball Heroes Stop Great Plant. Steubenville. Ohio., Special.-r-The Acme glass v/orks here are idle and 1,300 men are walking the streets just because some of the men at the works laid off to welcome Needham and Bates, "of the Boston Nationals, who arrived in town. Some of, the night men laid, off and crippled the work's and many of the day men. were miss ing and it was decided to shut down altogether. . Raise Railroad Assessment. Jackson, Miss, Special.-The Mis sissippi Railway commission, sitting as a board of equalization, increased the assessment of the property of common carriers two and a quarter million dollars, making the total as sessment about $48,000,000. The The heaviest increase was on the Mo bile, Jackson and Kansas City lino, amounting to about one million. The Cumberland Telephone._Company was ?IBO increased a quarter pf a million. of Cc Id-Bloodcd Crimes MURDER PLANNED BY HAYWOOD -* Assassination of Former Governor Stuenenberg, He Declares, Was . Plotted by the Man on Trial, Moy er, Pettibone and Himself, Financ ed by Haywood and Executed by Himself After Failure of Attempt in Which Jake Simpkins Had. Par ticipated: -?-.-/ Boise, ?dahoj Special-Harry Or chard crowded his admissions of grave crime when continuing his case against William D; Haywood, he mad? a fl?tailed Confession of the "murder of Frank Stuenenberg by an infernal machine that directly opens the way for his own conviction and execution. for the mortal. offense. He swore that the assassination of Stu enenberg was first suggested by Hay wood, was plotted- by-Haywood, Moy er, Pettibone and homself, was fianc ed by Haywood and was executed by himself after the failure of an at tempt in which Jack Simpkins had participated: Orchard lifted the total of his own murdered victims to 18, detailed thc circumstances, under which he tried to murder former Governor Peabody, Judge Goodard, Judge Gabbart, Gen. Sherman Bell, Dave Moffat and Frank Herne. Incidentally he confessed to a plan to kidnap the child of one of his former associates. Hunt for Stuenenberg. Then under cross-examination by the defense Orchard confessed guilt of the sordid social crimes of de serting his youhg child and wife in Ontario, fleeing to British Columbia with Hattie Simpson, the wife of an other mau, aud committing bigamy by marrying a third woman at Cripple Creek. Through the shockihg details of murder plots, stories of social bomb-making and tales of manhunts with sawed-off. shotguns and infernal machines as weapons, thc witness went on, in the same quiet off-hand manner thst marked his demeanor the day before. t His voice dropped to a lower key as the pitiful story o? ihe long hunt for Stuenenberg nar rowed down to the last day and ha told of the race from the hotel to the house of his victim walking into the de?th trap and the meeting in the evening: gloom as the victim walk ed unconsciously to his doom. Through it all he winced but once, and'that was when the defense made him name his six sisters and his one brother and give their residences in Ontario and New York. State Gets Full Story. The~defense fought the story with a multiplicity of objections and suc ceeded in heading off an. attempt to tell the story of the murder of Ar thur CoDins at .Telluride and tempo rarity shut out the contents of a tele gr??r? received and a telegram sent uy orchard after his arrest. Except for this the State managed to get in its story intact. The State began its corroboration of Orchard's crimson tale by produc ing the lead casing of the Peabody bomb. Orchard identified it, swore that he brought it from Cajvyon City to Denver and then on to Wallace, where he gave it to a man named Cunningham. It was thrown into the river, and the State promises later to prove its recover}'. Haywood and his.kinfolk listened quietly to the long recital and about their first show of feeling was one of amusement when Attorney Richard son beo-an his onslaught and brought out Orchard's domestic crimes. There was the same precautions and the same armed guards to protect Orchard and the same court room scenes except that among the spec tators the women to men were two to one. There was another rush for admittance and the doors of the court had to be closed at both sessions. Orchard finished his direct ex.ami nafion at 2:35 o'clock and the cross examination only reached to the Coer d'Alene days of 1S99, when the court rose. "Night Raiders." Scrape Several Dozen Kentucky Tobacco Beds. Henderson, Ky., Special.-A report received here states that several do zen tobacco beds near Jordan Springs, Ky., were scraped Friday night. The plants destroyed would have been suf ficient to set out seevral hundred acres in tobacco. The work is sup posed to have been done by ''night raiders. '? _ Death of a Bride. Knoxville, Special. - /Miss Nellie Ruth Lyon, daughter of J. B. Lyon a well-known newspaper man of Greeno ville, Tenn., died at her home there within twenty-four hours after her marriage to Ellis E. Crabtree of Vir ginia, a student for thc ministry in one of the Boston theological semin aries. Some time ago they had ar ranged their wedding ari'I, although the bride was ill, her condition was not considered alarming at all. Thc wedding was performed, she grew rapidly worse and died. Dead in Bed With Gas Turned on in Room. Washington, Special.-Arthur Lu dewitzhe, of New Orleans, a Confed erate veteran, formerly of the Louis ana ''Tigers," who came here from the Richmond reunion for a few days visit, was found dead in bed in a local hotel with the gas turned on in his room. The police believe Ludenwitzhe turned the gas on by accident, A POOR COTTON OUTLOOK Letter Prom Texas and Elsewhere Produced-The Warehouse Plans. President E. D. Smith of the South -j Carolina Cotton Association has is sued a statement to the public in which he says that the outlook seems 4i? be fot a short "crop. Letters nie I giv^i^&oni Texas and Tennessee t j s?pporTt?s statement, which will L-e of interestto\the entire South. The statemenri^s follows : "Having written teethe State pres idents as to the condition of the crop and .the outlook, I want tb. give to the public a few of the replies that have coin? t? me from men whose stand ing ih their Community ?ttSats their . integrity; therefore, what they say may be reli?d upon; "From Henderson, Texas, J.I S \ Hickey, president of thhe First Nat ional bank, writes under date af. May 27, as follows: 'The outlook in\Texas is sorry indeed for cotton. EasPTcx \ as has reduced her acreage fully '10 per cent., and many farmers are Ttill plowing up cotton and planting pp?s and corn; many have planted tbVee times and still have a sorry sfajud. Thc boll weevil is hore in great num bers,'aHd* many farmers have fio hop^s of m?ki?g any Cotton at dil. So ?ou can see why they ar? t?pld?ting|:in something else. Middle ?exas-H?he blaekland district - has nearly^a'l been replanted, and the croo wih\ be necessarily late. I talked with scjtae farmers from Ellis county last Thurs day and they told me they, had? lo plant the second time, and are |uot done planting y?t, F?rther wes? iu Mitchel, Coieinan. Taylor and Tpm Green and that whole section, hpve had no rain since December, and con sequently could not plant com op cot ton. If they make atiy in that section it is yet to be planted. South Texas was forced to replant, and, as a'con sequence, the crop is late, with much complaint of boll weevil-are punc turing the squares_on ali early cotton. Farmers told me Saturday that on early planting they find three or four rto the stalk. So the general outlook in Texas is really bad.' .] "T. C.' Long, from Jackson, Tenu., under date of May 28, writes in part as follows: '-The outlook for a cotton crop in Texas is extremely bad. The entire crop was plantod over, and it is not yet up? Under very favorable conditions w? may raise ? half crop. This morniv* mercury down to 40 de grees and frost visible* You can draw your own conclusions.' ? "These two letters are.in.^keepiwg with those from Mississippi, Arkansas Louisana and Alabama, South Caro lina, North Carolina and a portion of Georgia seem to be best off while the outlook in these States is certainly below anything like an average crop. The public will bear in mind that this is the 1st of. June. And since the writing of these letters quoted torren tial rains have covered the entire cot ton belt .We have been struggling for three years to get the situation in our hands. It seems as if Providence has given us the opportunity to real ize our hope. From the present out look and from the principles involv ed it does seem as if the fanners aud merchants would refrain from selling cotton for fall delivery at a price which neither the outlook of a crop nor the present price of manufactur ed goods warrants. So far as the Sou thern Cotton Association in its rc?a lion to the cotton world is concerned the majority of us do not propose te take advantage of a cotton famine and the disastrous scarcity of cotton to force the price to unwarrantable heights; no more than we propose when seasons are propitious and thc supply is over-abundant to allow tho price to be disastrously depressed. As I have often said before I want this to be a square deal. I want our share of the profits that we are en titled to in being the source of sup ply for the world's fiber. Th* Warehouse Situation. . . "Last week I was at St. Matthews, and found that their warehouse is practically completed, and Orange burg county is still in lino, doing her duty. On Aug. G they will have a meeting of all the counties to go into the question of preparing for the com ing crop in detail. I shall be present at this meeting and hope every farm er in Orangeburg county and every busiucss man that can possibly be present will be there, so that we can start unitedly in our cooperation with the other counties of tl|3 South. "From York county C. E. Spencer sends me ? sopy of their application for charter or their warehouse and holding co. my. If space permit ted I wouh ke to give to the public his entire munication as to the progress of work. "We ha' n hand a number of books of mbership certificates, bearing the sei 1 of the association and gotten up in attractive form, which I hope thc presidents of the different counties will supply themselves with, so as to furnish each member paying his dues a certificate, and keeping a. list of their names. "I liope every county in the State will continue an active campaign of organization along the line of organi zation including every business intei est, because every business interest is to be benefited by our success and adversely affected by our failure." "E. D. Smith." Representative in Florida Legislature Dies of Typhoid Fever. Tallahassee, Fla., Special. -Repre sentative John R. Dudley died this morning and his body was taken to his home at Plant City, in Hillsbor ough countj'. Mr. Dudley was seized with typhoid fever shortly after the convening of Ihc^LegisIature and his seat was vacant during thc term. The remains were accompanied by- an es cort composed of members of the House. TRAIN TAKES PLUNGE Hurled Suddenly Down a 15 foot Embankment MANY PASSENGERS ARE HURT -._ Two Passenger Coaches, Mail and Baggage Cats Leave the Track ?e?ef Train ' Bearing Physicians and Citizens Sent From Lebanon to Scene of Wreck, Black Branch, Tenn. Nashville, Tenn., Special.-Going at a speed of between 20 and 30 miles ?ti hdur, Southern passenger train No. % leaving Nashville at 40:30 a. m., pl?bged off a l?-foot embankment at ?iack Branch, near Lebanon, Tenn., 33 miles east of Nashville, shortly after ll o'clock Wednesday morning, injuring some 57 persons out of a to tSl of 08 on board. Among the more seriously itijur?d ares Mrs. J. T. Jeniugs, Lebanon, Tenn., both arms broken, skid) fractured and cut above both eyes, may recover; Mrs. Sarah Lawrence, Nashville, seriously cut about I he face and head, fractured skull, dangerous; A, R. Hart, Johnson City, Tenn.-, side and hoad bruised and cul ; William Jahierson Auburn, Ky., in ternally injured; J. F. Beatty, Nash ville, severe cuts on headr arm badly mashed; J. W. Dodd, Nashville, scalp wound; Mrs. It. P. Maddox, Nash ville, broken hip, serious; Joseph Jones, Monterey, Tenn., internal in juries; Miss Patty Hassell, Difficult. Tenn.j.j.rrjurics in back, serious. Many others were more or less seriously in jured. C?ufle Yet in Doubt. Two passenger coaches, the mail and baggage cars left the track. One report says the wreck was caused by spreading rails, and another that the front trucks of thc tender of the en gine jumped Ihe track and threw the baggage coaches off. The first intimation the passengers had was a bumping, jolting sensation and the moment the two coaches shot from the rails and turned over ott their sides dorm thc embankment. Immediately on the report of the wr?ek ^bemg received at Lebanon, a relief train was dispatched from that town to the -scene, all the physicians in Lebanon and a number of citi zens going to render such assitanee as was possible. The train made a quick run to the scene and the work of relief and at tending to the needs of the wounded was commenced, every assistance pos sible beiug rendered. The wounded who live in Nashville were placed apon the regular train for this city. As soon as the news of the wreck was reecived in Nashville the South ern officials rushed a relief trian io Black Branch. When the relief train arrived here at 3:20 o'clock every ambulance in the city stood in waiting to receive the victims and rush them to hospitals* for prompt medical nt* tention. Conductor F. A. Dean, of Hani man, Tenn., who was in charge of the train, although severely cut and bruised bout the head and face, on both hands and on thc right forearm, stuck to his post and came back to Nashville with the train. He did not seem to know just what had caused the accident. Lumbermen Elect Officers. Norfolk, Special. -> The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, which met in annual convention at the Exposition held a meeting at Hotel Chamberlin, Old Point Comfort and elected the following officers: President, William Irvine, of Chip pewa Falls, Wis.; vice-president, lt. A. Long, of Kansas City; treasurer, J. A. Freeman, of St. Loins; secre tary, George K. Smith, of St. Louis. Mineapolis was chosen as the next place of meeting and the convention adjourned 6ine die. Big Fire at Asheville, N. C. Asheville, N. C., Snecial.-The Hans-Reese tanery is fluming. Thc fire broke out shortly after midnight and threatens to destroy the entire plant,'which is said to be the finest of the kind in the South. At 12:50 the hair-house had been consumed a.id flames making headway toward the main building, which is 400 feet long and is used as the tanning house. The origin of the fire is unknown. About $85,000 is said to be involved. Quarantine Against Cuba. Havana, By Cable.-As a result ot the'recent declaration of a quarantine against Cuba by the Southern States, arrangements were made that all persons not immune to fever bourtl to the United States be interned in mosquito-proof quarters at the quar intine station at Triseornia for five days, at the expiration of which time they will recieve certificates permit ting them to land in the United States. Oregon Furniture Dealers Indicted. Portland, Ore., Special.-In the United States District Court here in dictments were returned against ISO furniture dealers in Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and Colifornia, for alleged violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The list includes nearly every manufacturer and jobber in thc States named and a large number of retail dealers, . Late JVetx/^ In Brief ?A MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST Justice Brewer, of vi;e Uni States Supreme Court, was the com mencement orator at Trinity College Durham, N. C. The trial of Moyer, Haywood Pettibone* for the alleged murder Gov. Stunenberg, was begun in earn est tit Boise, Idaho. Harry Orchar being the first witness to testify the State. John G. Capers, of South Carolina who was appointed commissioner of internal revenue ad interim, took th oath of office and immediately enter ed upon the discharge of his duties. Japanese Consul Uyeuo says that he knows nothing of any .conten? plated suit for damages against tin city of San Francisco, growing out of the recent trouble in a Japanese rc* taurant on Folsom street. The strike of thc French seamen has been declared off and work is to be resumed. Premier Campbell-Banncrman for merally informed thc House of Com mons that the Irish kill would be dropped and outlined several other measures .tc? bc introduced. Great Britain wants to negotiate a tariff .arrangement with the United States like that concluded with Ger many. King Edward held his third leve? of the seson. Thc questions of State's rights and the Stat? Department's duty may he raised in the Glen Echo-diplomat's case. England, our best customer, is seek ing tariff concessions, but under thc Dingley law cannot get them. Reports of renewed antiAmerican feeling in Japan cause- worry iu Washington. The beautiful memorial to Presi dent Davis, of the Confederacy, was unveiled at Richmond, and the Con federate reunion was brought to an end. ' George P. Decker, a<?ciit for the United States Express Company at Old Point Comfort, who was short in his accounts, looted the safe and set lire to the Federal pier. The telegraphers of the Western Union have petitioned Helen Gould, Mrs. Russell Sage and other large stockholders for redress of grievances. Five thousand miners in India ia have been ordered to strike. The sentence of Greene and Gaynor, convicted.of gross frauds in connect ion with Charleston harbor work, was upheld by the Federal Court of Ap peals. Gen. Thomas H. Rtiger , United Slates Armony (retired) died at his home in Stamford, Conn. , Louis Albert was arrested in New York on the charge of marrying eight women. The striking New York longshore men .have compromised orf an increase in pay of 5 cents an hour and will re turn to work. E. II. Harriman blames the attacks on railroads here for the failure of the Union Pacific to negotiate a $50, 000,000 loan successfully in Europe. Thc wages of 200,000 cotton mill workers in Northern New England have been raised. Mrs. Griscom, wife of Ambassador Lloyd G. Griscom, presented him with a son in Rome. Lightning struck a balloon during the Italian array Maneuvers, the gas bag burst and the aeronaut fell 700 feet, receiving fatal injuries. Whiskey interests arc making up a case to test Attorney-General Bona parte's labelling decision. Tkfough District Attorney Rose, the Federal Government threatens to prosecute Mayor- Garrett and Mar shal Collins, of Glen Echo, Md., for inlcrforring with diplomats who vio late automobile speed laws. Many important events are sched uled nt the Jamestown Exposition this week.' James Lytle, of Parkersburg, Vir ginia, is reported to have married a Japanese girl in Kobe. President Monroe once sent a vig orous message to Congress taking a stand exactly opposite to President Roosevelt's view of Federal control of roads in the States. Williamton (Del.) Republicaas elected nearly all candidates on their ticket. Only one man out of five of a party which sailed from Brooklyn, N. Y., Friday on an auxiliary yatch was saved. One of the speakers of the Tuber culosis Conference in Atlantic City declared factory inspection by Fed eral and State governments was nec essary to stamp out the disease. The alumni address at the State University at Chapel Hill was deliver ed by Maj. Chas. M. Stedman, and was pronounced a masterlly effort. A Philadelphia vwman asserts that Southern Negroes arc hiring out tis servants in the North to rob homes systematically. Governor Warfield and William J. Bryan received ovations from thc Confederate veterans on arriving in Richmond. Anti-Race Track Law Knocked Out. Memphis, Tenn. Special. - Judge Palmer of the criminal court of Shel by county held in a test case that tho anti-race track gambling bill passed by the recent legislature was uncon stitutional, because the caption con tains more than one subject. The race horse "owners ave jubliant, asserting that the decision will permit racing in Nashville and Memphis in the fall as the case can not reach the supreme court for several monthsi Hot Weather Refuge. The Rev. E. W. Webber, a Maine minister, who was located for a while in a Georgia town as pastor of a Universalist ohurch, occasionally re lates this story: He was talking with William Dod son, ex-president of the Georgia Sen ate: "I suppose you feel the heal great ly down here in the sunin-.er, don't you?" queried Mr. Webber, of the Southern man. "Well, It does get pretty warm here sometimes," admitted Mr. Dodson, "but every time I feel too warm I think of the visit I once . made to Boston, and it sends the cold shivers all over me."-Boston Record. SINGLE-BLESSEDNESS CLUB Fifteen girls at the University of Wisconsin have associated themselves In what they call a single-blessed ness club. The penalty for getting married is $500 and a club dinner; for dancing with a man, 25 cents; for ?walking with a man, 30 cents; for receiving flowers or any other gift from a man, 50 cents-. 'Tm sure it will be a success," says President Hedwig E. Fed?rale, "becauso we have a lixed purpose in view. "Once I belonged to a similar organization of ten girls, who were pledged to celibacy, but now three of them aro married and five are engaged. But we had no fixed purpose in* that sr> ciety.-Hartford Courier. Spring Oixtfix I? Ready. FOR MEN'S ANDBOYS' CLOTHES, HATS, SHOES AND FURNISHINGS, ^ FOR LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS ODD SKIRTS, AND SHIRT WAISTS When in Augusta make our store your head quarters. 11 The J. Willie Levy Co., 866 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. X>icl Yon Ever hear a Sheep Sneeze or a Lion Roar? One is start ling and the other terrifying. But to the contrary, 1 want to < SOOTHE YOUR NERVES and make you feel as though life is still worth living. Get a for yourself and best girl and a . for the farm and you are fixed for many-years of Solid Comfort. Harness, Saddlery, Belting, Etc ? vay 729 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. For FHIE INSURANCE \ Go to see W.H. HARLING Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the Best Oki Line Companies, W. H. HARLING, AGT. At The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, SC. The Insurance. Agency of C. A. GRIFFIN & CO. Will protect you against loss by Fire, Death, Accidents, Sickness and Windstorms. It will be a pleasure to serve you at all times and your business will be heartily appreciated. Wagons Buggies FURTsTITURE Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies Just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing! is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. always on hand. All calls for* our Hearse prompt* ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. _ OEX>. I*. Johnston, South Carolina,