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F PINTER'S M-O?N AND SAVINGS BANK, PATS DITES SST * atHHPftACT? ACCOUNTS SOLICITED L. C. SAYNS, BSSSXSSKT. Chas. C Koward, ; CASH na. /RBSOtntCES OTES SI,OOO, OOO TBE NATIONAL BANK 0 AUGUSTA, QA? ?' h. 0. ELAYNE, President FEANK G. FOED, Cashier; ! CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 160,000 with thU Baak. C arto ann arid txnS?m?tS? ?urod of nverj councty tad ?cccmm/???iloapo?4-1 bia un dar oonaerratlTa, modern >?iiSS?BB J**H-<ji?iinuiiiim?iiii VOL. 72. EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1907. NO. 36. 'Palmetto ^Ths News of South Caro! Naval Constructor for Charles ton Yard. ?ar?eston, Special. - Naval Con ictor Julius A. Purer has sue led Contructor John A. Spilman thc Charleston navy yard, the lat I having been detached for special rn the construction of vessels at yards. Lieut. Furer comes tu lesion from the New York navy Lieut. Furer has been in the ice more than 10 years and he succeed Lieut. Spilman in the ?tion of construction work at the y?rd. All work of the construc and repair department comes the charge of the naval cous jtor.*" Lieut. Spilman has been ou at the navy yard for several iths, but the need of his sendee cit for ship building and he has lequently been detached and Lieut ?r sent here from the New York yard to succeed him. Speakers Failed to Arrive, [ewberry, SpcciaL - Qver 200 far of Newberry county were at the rt house in response to an an Incement hy Mr. T. C. Hunter, ddent of the Newberry County ton Growers' Association that ^srs. E. D. Smith, president of the Cotton Orowers' Association; [. Hyatt and F. H. Weston would Newberry on thc 15th inst, for [purpose of addressing the?--farniers r business men. of the county, ther of thc speakers put in an ?p ice and the crowd was disap ited. The meeting was held in [opera house and there was n large rd present. The following of wcre elected: R. T. C. Hunter, s?dertt; W. C. Brown, secretary; ?n Johnston, treasurer. Thc fol inf resolution was unanimously pted :' I'That the cotton association re is the decision of Judge Brawley the contract labor system as in Hous to the agricultural interests." The Kershaw Election, lumbia, Special. - The State rd of election canvassers met t > ider the matter of the election the dispensary question * in Ker aw county. A mass of papers was ibmitted and attorneys were present i present both sides but on account .' the absence of Attorney General roil and Comptroller General Jones - ?? decided to d?ier eonaideratiou id action Until the entire hoard cart T present, as this case will probably >a; precedent. The members of the >ard present had about arrived at a inclusion, but considered this a very aportant case and wished for tho d as a whole to go on record. State Health Board. : Columbia, Special. - The State iard of health met last week and Iked over a number of matters af ?cting"the health of thc State. Noth ig of particular importance was done IthougV there arc several matters up for future discussion. One of these thc proposition made to the Stanc dBrd of education at Chick Spriugs Suggesting the teaching of hygiene id health in the. public schools through-^suitable books and by lect ures. This is now before a special somrnittce of the board of education. frame up. Tho board unanimously indorsed the suggestion of the com ittee from the board of health. Abbeville Cotton Growers. - Abbeville, Special/- Messrs. E. D. Smith and F:;H. Weston of the South ern Cotton association spoke here to a very large crowd in the court house Much enthusiasm was shown $300 be ing subscribed to carry on the work of the association. Mr. Smith's speech was logical and to thc point and abounded as usual in wit and humor. Mr. I. A. Keller, president of the Abbeville county association presided Steamer For the Fee Dee. Georgetown, Special. - Messrs. W. M. Duval and Wm. Godfrey of Che raw were in Georgetown last wecic da representatives of the Cheraw stock holders of the Cheraw Georgetown Steamboat company, and they with th?: stockholders in Georgetown pur chased the Steamer Merchant from the Georgetown and Pee Dee Steam boat company, the purchase price be ing $15,000. This steamer has a net oaiTying capacity of 344 tons, and one great advantage of this steamer is that j she carries her immense freight on a very small draught of water. ! Phosphate Commission. Charleston, Special. - The South Carolina phosphate commission ex amined the phosphate mines about Charleston last week. The commis sion made a full examination of tho rock deposits, not having been here for the purpose in two years. Tho arrangements for the inspection were mady by Comptroller General Jones lasfc:week. The commissioners go lo Beaufort from here. Detectives Investigating Express Bob bery. Columbia, Special.-F. P. Demaio, of the Baltimore Pinkerton Detective Agency, and three route agents of the Southern Express Company have fcsen here for several days working on an. express robbery. Supt. O. M. Sadler, of the Southern Express Company, was here. No particulars can be learned, but no denial of a -recent robbery in this section is ml* -' ? ..... New Station For Florence. Florence, Special. - It is gratify ing to the people of Florence and vi cinity and will no doubt be of inter est to the traveling public in general to know that ground has been broken for the eerction of the handsome pas senger station, in the city, lt is un derstood that the removal of the di vision headquarters of the Atlantic Coast Line from Wilmington to Flor ence, which has been announced will take place on the 1st of August, will have the effect of giving Florence a handsomer and larger station than was at first planned. Petition in Circulation. Batesburg, Special. - A petition addressed to the second assistant post master general is being circulated in Batesburg and the towns along the Carolina Midland railroad, asking that better mail facilities be provided for the people along the line between Batesburg and Allendale. At present there is but one train each way on this road and it a mixed train. The mail is supplied to the various towns along the railroad in locked pouches, which of necessity is not satisfactory. Better mail and passenger facilities over this road have been in demand for many'years/ Promising Young Man Meets Untime ly Death. Florence, Special. - A horrible ac cident occurred at Winston by which a promising young man by the name of A. W. Price lost his life. Young Price had for some time been acting as assistant to the depot agent, tho' not in the employ of the railroad company, and it seems in delivering orders to the engineer or conductor, slipped under, or was in some way caught by, the wheels of the train and was crushed to death. He was the son of a widowed mother. . Shooting in Greenville. Greenville, Special. -.Isaac Griffin was shot and perhaps fatally wound ed Sunday afternoon by Butler Allen in the northern part of this county. The men are first cousins and are both under age. Allen came to the city and gave himself up to thc au thorities, but refused to discuss Ihe affair when seen at the county jail, other than to hint that he acted in self-defense. Both families are well known. Allen is a cousin of Walter Allen who is serving a life ^sentence for the murder of Hy Trammel in the same neighborhood some years ago. Died From Fright. WSW. " ?- ~ Anderson, Special. - Solicitor Boggs. arrived in the city and brought the news of tb.e rather unique death of Mr. M. B. Waters of Brevard, K C., who lost his life from fright near Pickens. It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Waters were driving out in the coun try when their horse became fright ened and was rearing upon it's hind feet. Mr. Waters became frightened on account of hi6 wife and collapsed dying eight minutes later. The horse did not run but fell back and injured Mrs. Waters slightly. Dispenser For Bamberg. Bamberg, Special. - The county board has appointed Mr. C. R. Clay ton of Ehrhardt as dispenser at that place to take the place of Mr. J. C. McKenzie, who died recently. . Mr. Clayton waa a member of the old county board when the dispensary was in the hands of the State. He is thc father of Mr. G. B. Clayton, who is a member of the present board. Teachers for Cameron School. Cameron, Special. - The trustees of the Cameron graded school have elected teachers for another term, as follows: Prof. A. T. Davis, of Ches terfield, principal; Miss Pearl Powell of Columbia, for the intermediate grade; Miss Marion M. Lykes of Ly kesland as primary teacher, and Miss Virginia Walker of Cameron has been re-elected as music teacher. All of the above are experienced teachers. Officers Elected and Dividend De clared. Spartanburg, Special. -The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cowpens Manufacturing Company held in this cit}' was most satisfac tory. President R. E. Brown was re elected as were all thc old members of the board of directors. A semi-an nual dividend of 3 1-2 per cent, was declared. President Brown reported that lho enlargement of the plant that has been completed and that th?) new machinery installed would be in operation within the next few days. Drowned While in Swiniming. Rock Hill, Special.- About 10 o'clock Wednesday night, while bath ing in a pond at the Arcade Mill in this city a ^ young white man named Alie}', 23 years of age was drowned He was a good swimmer and it is supposed that he was seized with cramps while in the water which was very cold. The water was drained off and the body *of the unfortunate young man has been recovered. Big Crop of Corn. Columbia, Special. - The greatest crop of corn in the history of South Carolina will be gam red this year, according to the reports that are com ing in. Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the South Carolina Cotton Grow ers' association ascribes this to the interest taken in the Williamson plan, and he thinks that those who follow ed the formula given by Mr. Mciver Williamson have made large yields and that their profits will be such as to justify tbeiy having taken advice SOUTHERN FINED $30,000 Tho Caso Against the Southern Rail Way at Raleigh Has a Sensational TenninatioD, a Fine of $30"000 Being Placed on the Road and a Nominal Ono on " Green, Who Pledges Himself to Sell No More Tickets at the Old Rate. Raleigh, N. C., Special.-The sen sational trial of ftbc Southern Rail way* Company and City Titckot Agent Green for. violating thc new State 2 1-4 cent' passenger rate lav/ which threatened an interference Federal court process to arrest the trial in the State court, terminat ed Friday evening in the State court with a verdict of frailty both as to the Southern and Agent Green and the imposing of a $30,000 fine on the Southern and a nominal fine on Agent Green who pledged himself not to further violate thc law Green was given the choice of abandoning' tbe sale of tickets and paying a nominal fine or standing out against the State court and receiving a sentence to prison and possibly to the cliaingang In choosing to pay a fine bc stated he felt he was guilty of no wrong; but lie had an aged and ill mother who could not understand the situat ion and, lest further resistance might embitter her life, he would not re sist further The understanding is that Green will bo given some other position with the Southern However, issues may end for thc South"- 11 at Asheville the case will proba. '<c carried right up to thc Un'< states Supreme Court and thc .?ill bc affidavits setting out that thc prosecution of the South ern's agent is as in Raleigh forcing their agents to leave their servie, thereby wrecking thu business of the company.' Southern counsel claim they score an advantage by Green's having been forced from their scrvico As to the fine of $30.000 the Southern has ten days in which to file notice of appeal. Fearful Storm Damage. Baltimore, Special.-A special tn The News from Grafton, W. Va, says that from three to five lives lost and a half a million dollars damage is thc result of a cloudburst and heavy rain storm between Grafton and Tunnelton. Among the dead arc Cludus Wolfe, of Evansville, and Frank Gibbons, of Newberg. More than half a million dollars damages resulted from cloudbursts, storms and floods at Newburg and along the Cheat river valley in Pres ton county. Houses were washed away, the main line of the Baltimo-.c & Ohio Railroad is out of commis sion and telegraph and telephone wi^ee--are- all-'down..... At. Fairrao??t. the Monongehala river is at a high stage and freight and other proper ty has been r?moved. At Kingwood, three milos of Baltimore fy Ohio Railroad track was washed awa v . Thc United Brethren Church, .it Evansville was overturned and swept down st ream. Coleman Morris, aged 30 years, a farmer of Bi? Isaac, this county, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. Hcaw rain at Wes ton caused thc highest waters along Polk Creek and the West Ford river into which it empties, near the tow a, since the flood of 1-SSS. All the bridges across Polk crock and other'property along thc crook and river were carried off in the flood. A number of residents had to use row boats to get to and from their homes. A sudden rise in thc Monongahela river during thc night wrecked the new bridge between Monessen and Ch?rlerlo. 'All the false work was swept away. The loss'is estimated at $100,000. Four Italians Convicted. Hahnville, La., Special.-Two com panies of militia were ordered herc to protect from threatened lynch ing thc four Italians convicted "with out capital punishment" of thc com plicity in thc murder of little Walter Lamana, of New Orleans, who was kidnapped and strangled about a .month airo. Thc verdict was return ed just before day after the jury had been out 45 minutes, finds Cam psiciano, Mrs. Campsi'ciano, Tony Costa and Frank Gendusa guilty without capital punishment. Abso lute silence greetd the foremans announcement. An hour after court adjourned it was reported that pre parations for a lynching is under way. A physician cf local promin ence gave out a statement declaring that "the good people of St. Charles repudiated thc verdict," and calling it a "prostitution of justice." Tho lynching report spread as far as New Orleans and thc local officials were apprehensive that a party might be made up in that city to aid in such an attempt. Abduction of Korean Empejor. * Seoul, Korea, By Cable-Emperor Ti Hyeung formcrally abdicated the Korean throne at ll o'clock Friday. In his parting address he expressed regret that national calamities had marked his forty-four-year reign. It is uncertain which of thr?e princes will succeed Ti Hyeung. Ln brilc, thc Crown Prince, has the strongest becking, while thc other two princes arc supported by many. John Jones Not Guilty. Monroe, Special.-Thc jury in the case of John Jones, on trial as one of the alleged lynchers of John V. Johnson, returned a verdict of not guilty, at 4:45 o'clock Friday after noon, after being out about half tm hour. Thc service periodical, "The? Navy," attacks thc constitution of American vessels, declares that the Pacific cruise is a blunder and that tho battleship fleet is in no condition to make the long trip. Crowded Excursion Train and freight Collide Head-On KORRINE SCENE OF SUFFERING Excursion Train From Iona to Di troit, liich., Crashes Into Freight Between Selma and Plymouth. Selma, Mich., Special.-Thirty-one people dead and more than seventy injured, many of them seriously, as the result of a head-on collision Sat urday between this village and Ply mouth, when a Pere Marquette excur sion train bound from Iona to Detroit crashed into a west-bound freight in a cut located at a sharp curve about a mile cast of Salem. v Following is the list of dead, all of whom with a single exception lived in Iona: ; Homer Smith, a boy. ' Albert Trautwine. John Taifel. Charles Hess. Herman Hess. Paul Hess. William Cornell. ? . . Don Rogers, Lowell, Mich; Dick Jones. Mrs. Abraham Eddy. Edward Gallagher. Frank Douse. L. K. Mcneil. Henry Reynolds, a Pere Marquette engineer. Charles McCauley, Sr. Alf Herbert. Edward Darling. Charles Broad, aged IS. James Vizard. William Stager. William Grams., William Gott. Mrs. August Richter. Fred Fitzgerald. Brakeman Ed. Corwin. Fireman Knowles. "William Evans. Frank Latham. Benjamin During. Charles Fenton, fireman of freight engine; Harry Williams; E. J. Pix ley, conductor passenger train. Charles Hermann and Paul Hess were brothers. James Vizard was a well-known minor league ball player who had played in the Central League and also at Omaha. William Stager '".d come to Iona recently from Kan . s City, where his mother now lives. ?vard Gallagher is the son of ap ex mayor of Iona. Henry Reynolds was a Pere Marquette engineer bound for Detroit on the excursion trian to take out his regular run. The passenger train of eleven cars, carrying the Pere Marquette shop employes of Iona and their famalies to the Michigan metroplis for their annual excursion, was run ning at high speed, probably 50 miles an- hour, down a steep grade. It : struck the lighter locomotive, of the^Treighr'tr?iif with such terriff?' force as to turn the freight engine completely around. The wrecked locomotive lay side.by^ side, both headed eastward. Only ft' few of the freight cars were smash ed and it was only a few hours' work to remove all traces of them from thc scene. But behind the two wrecked locomotives six cars of the passenger train lay piled in a hope less wreck. Four of the passenger coaches remained-on the track un damaged and were used to convey the dead and injured to Iona-; one coach was entirely undamaged, with on'v its forward trucks off the rails. Theso were the rear five cars. The two. coaches next ahead of these were telescoped. The next car forward stood almost on end after thc wreck, its forward end resting on the road bed and thc rear end high in thc air upon the two telescoped coaches that had been following it. Misunderstanding of orders was the cause of thc wreck. To Prevent Western Land Frauds. Washington, Special.-In a state ment issued Acting Secretary of thc Interior Woodniff says prompt action will be taken wherever cases of Me erai fencing of public lands are dis covered, but that inspectors and special land agents are especially oc cupied this summer with preventing fraudulent acquirement of public land. Denial From President Clowry. New York, Special.-When he learned that the striking telegraphers in a meeting at Oakland, Cal., had voted to refuse concessions offered by the Western Union Company, in cluding, it was stated, "a 23 per cent, increase in pay after the telegraphers were at work," President Robert C. Clowry, of the Western Union, said that he wished to unqalifiedly deny that any advance in salaries had been promised to the telegraphers. Wannamaker's Fine Stables Burn. Philadelphia, Pa., Special.-The magnificently equipped stables on John Wannamaker's country estate, Lyndcnhurst, near Jcnkintown, a sub urb, were destroyed by fire Sunday, entailing a loss estimated at $100,000, including valuable articles stored in tlie barn. Lyndcnhurst was destroy ed by fire February last, causing a loss of nearly $2,000,000.' Atlantic Liner Minnesotain Collision. London, By Cable.-The Atlantic transport line steamer Minnesota, Captain Laverock, which sailed from this port bound to Philadelphia, was in collision near the Nore light ves sel, in the Thames off Sherness, with the small Wilson line steamer Zara of Hull. The Minnesota receiv ed considerable damage and proceed id on her voyage, : ... . ORDERED IO ROADS Violations of North Carolina's Rate Law Meet Punishment ASHEVILLE JUDGE IMPLACABLE Police Justice Reynolds Springs a Sensation at Asheville, N. C., hy Committing the .Two Southern Rail way Agents to. the County Roads for a Month-"Don't Give the Federal Court an Opportunity to Interfere With the State Courts," the Judge's Instructions to the ? Sheriff. Asheville, N. C., Special,-Before Judge Spears Reynolds in the city police court District Pasenger Agent James H. Wood, of the Southern Railway, also a member of the board of aldermen of Asheville, and 0. C. Wilson, ticket Seller for the South ern at the local passenger station, were tried on a. charge of violating the new State rate law of 2 1-4 cents a mile for transportation, convicted and sentenced to the couuty chain gang for 30 days each. Harmon was the only witness. At the conslusion of his testimony Judge Reynolds announced that the State would rest. Judge Charles A. Moore, of counsel for thc Southern Railway, and representing the indicted agents, stated that he. desired to introduce no. witnesses. "Can you or^will you pay a fine?" The police justice directed the question to Mr. Wood, standing just in front of the bar, and apparently cool and indifferent to the result. T,idge Moore quickly requested* the police justice to address any question? to counsel. Again the question was put, this time-io Judge Moore, "Can you or will you pay a fine?" Judge Moore made reply that he would have to consider the matter. The police justice, saying that he re gretted t > do what he was about to, directed the clerk to make an entry that the defendants be sent to the roads for 30 days each. Judge Moore thereupon stated/ in open court that he intended to apply for a writ of habeas corpus and requested that the prisoners be allowed the cus tody of an officer. While Judge Moore was speaking thc police justice was writing. Pres ently he handed two slips of paper to Sheriff Hunter. The papers were commitments .for Mr. Wood and Mr. Wilson. "I trust," said the police justice, and handing the commitments to Sheriff Hunter, "that you will not give the Federal Court an oppor tunity to interfere with the State courts, which it has no right to do." Thc prisoners were then turned over to Sheriff Hunter. The sheriff, at the request of Judge Moore, ac companied the prisoners to thc^office of Moore hud Rollins. There was muchL intcj est?d''"speculation as io just/who' ; eqnrse Sheriff Hunter wourd..-nu... ether he would send the convicted agents direct to the . county .^cnaingang, some ten miles ???m the city, or hold the prisoner in custody awaiting action on a writ of habeas corpus. Released on Habeas Corpus. .Asheville, "N. C., Special.-District Passenger Agent Wood and Ticket Seller Wilson, under sentence of 30 days on the county chaingang by thc city police court for violating thc passenger rate law, were taken be fore Judge Pritchard on a writ of habeas corpus at ll o'clock Friday morning. J. G. Merriman asked for a continuance of the hearing until his father, James H. Merriman, spec ially employed by the State, could be present. Judge Pritchard grant ed the request and set the hearing for 2.30 in the afternoon, and re manded Wood and Wilson to the cus tody of thc deputy marshal. Bonds in the sum of $200 were allowed and the indicted agents were once more in thc enjoyment of their liberty. Two Fatally Shot, One Seriously Wounded in Pistol Duel. Lexington,, Ky., Special.-In a pistol fight that took place in a sa loon at Pound Gap, on the Kentucky Virginia line, two men were fatally shot and another seriously wounded. William Robinson and John Centers, between whom an old grudge existed, met, and Centers opened fire. Sever al shots were exchanged and Centers fell mortally wounded. Half au hour later "Babe" Stewart and Isaac Bentley met and began shooting Bentley was fatally and Steward seriously wounded. Big Fire in Texas Town. Chillicothe, Tex., Special.-Frie de stroyed a business block with toial loss of $150,000 and light insurance. The heaviest losers are G. R. Jones &Company, hardware; J. N. Fain, drug store; Ben F. Griffin, drug store; J. L. Watson, hotel; A. L. Howard & Company, grocers: J. F. Bryan, hotel, and Chillicothe Lumber Com pany. An Investigation Ordered. Savannah, Ga., Special.-Follow ing the burning of the steamer Allc ghany off Tybee the Department J? Commerce and Labor has ordered na immediate investigation. The fact that thc steamer caught fire and was lost within three hours after leaving her dock and the Jack of ability by the officers and crew to control the flames have given rise to the belief that there was mismanagement or negligence, either in thc loading of thc steamer, protection of the cargo or thc management of the fire. Tennessee Bank Short $39,000. Gallatin, Tenn., Special-The doors of the People's National Bank are closed pending an investigation of the condition of the bank. Some ir regularities were discovered several days ago and President Payne tele graphed to Washington for an ex aminer who is now auditing the books. A discrepancy of $39,000 has been found in the accounts. ! Late .AfefceM I In "Brief ? I MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREl Mr. Joseph Chonte made a r speech at The Hague in suppi the American position on nrbiti The Korean Cabinet'has rei and Tokio expects the Empei Seoul to abdicate. Dr. Karl Han, the former Wa: ton man accused of murder in E Baden, Germany, made admissic help expedite his trial. It is rumored that Anna ( former Countess Castellane, is gaged to Prince Elie dc Sagin. The suit of Alexander Gregor sued for damages because he been accused of theft, -was de against him. Kaid McLean, commander o: forces of the Sid tan of Mon escaped from Raisnli. The Empcior of Korea was J to abdicate, and thc end of this pire is thought to bc near. Thc trial of Di-. Karl Hau, foi ly of Washington, for murder o mother-in-law was begun at K rule. Thc board of inquiry is expecti report that the explosion on Georgia was caused by a "J back" from the eight-inch Burning powder fell into thc an nition handling room, threatening ship with destruction. Independent coal rainers, in a litiou to the Interstate Comm Commission seek to end the an cite coal combine. A tremendous crowd from II mond made Richmond Day nt ?Tai town Exposition a decided succ?s Alice Scruggs, a negro womar Richmond, was discovered to 1 conducted a school for thieves. Mr. John W. Britt, of Marins W. Ya., was killed in a runaway cident. Thc Summers Coal Company, ter known as the Robby Coal ? pany, with large holdings on Wheeling and Lake Eric railroad the Wabash, has just closed a c for the Carroll ton Coal Compar mine and holdings at Jug Run, n St. Claireville, W. Va., on the ) bash extension. A gigantic combination of ir pendent bakeries, including those Baltimore, is being formed in ? York with $30,000,000 to $40*,0( 000 capital to fight thc National I cuit company. The South Penn Oil Company lensing a number of farms in the oinity of Independence, Presl county, W. V., for thc purpose of veloping the field for oil and gas It cost Robert M. Ward, of W chester, $SS0.51 for the honor representing the Tenth district the Virginia Senate, and his defeal opponent. Judge F. S. Tavenncr, Woodstock,' $571.25, according figure just filed. > Judge Alton B. Parker, of N York made an address in support thc Conctilution before thc Noi Carolina Bar Association. Thc feeling in France is one disappointment with tho. tariff agr< meut with thc United States broug over by Ambassador Jusserand. Mr. Bonaparte states that thc i ccivcrship for thc Tobacco Trust only to compel it to comply with tl law. President James McCrea, ,of tl Pennsylvania Railroad, declared a cent law was Unfair to thc public ? well as the railroads. The Anson Couty lynchers are c trial at Monroe, N. C. The State in made out a strong case angiust the: so far. Nine men were killed and a lili number seriously burned by apo? der explosion on the battleship Geoi gio. Interstate railroad fares have bec reduced to two cents per mile by mo; of thc Northern and Western rail roads. Col. Charles G. Ayres has been oi dcrcd before a hoard to examine hi fitness for retirement from thc Unit cd States Army. Senator McEnory, of Louisana I quoted as offering to resign in favo: of John Sharp Williaams if thc lat ter fails of election to" the Unitec States Senate. Mrs. Preston Gibson daughter o J Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page and thc late Henry Field of Chicago is to sue for divorce. Thc Virginia Corporation Commis sion of Virginia was notified that thc injunction against the 2-ccnt rate or der was in effect. Max Lansburgh of Baltimore filed a suit at Charlatan, W. Va., -to re cover coal lands in McDowell county valued at $5,000,000. ' William D. Haywood on trial OJ the charge of murdering former Gov. ernor Steunenberg went on the stand in his own defense. The King and Queen of England were enthusiastically received in Ire land. The National Educational Associa tion declared Itself in favor of re formed spelling. Senator Larimer and Congressman' Burnett arc in Berlin studying tho emigration i)robicm. A street fight occured between William Cannon, a white man, and Aleck Baylor, colored, on thc street at Tunnclton, W. Va., Cannon has a bullet hole in his right side and Baylor one in his left side as a result of the duel. Cannon is in a hospital at Fairmont and may not recover. Baylor is in jail at Kingwood. Thc proposition of the annexation of the Congo by Belgium was taken up. Governor Hughes of New York will not, it is declared run ngnin for that office, ' _ , _ LACE FROM FIBRE. The women of Fayal, in the Azores, make a lace out of the fibres of the leaves of tho century plant, and it ii not less beautiful than costly. These women are the only makers of the lace left in the world today, and trav ellers stopping at Fayal on their South Atlantic voyage should not miss the opportunity of seeing these women at work. The peasants of Abissola once possessed the same art. They made of the century plant's leaves a beau tiful black lace, but it would not wash . Millionaire to Jail for 90 Days. Toronto, Ont., Special.-Herman Bartels, the millionaire brewer, who is wanted in Cayuga county, New York, on a charge of perjury, and who escaped from Sheriff Smith of Welland, on July 4th, and was recap tured, was brought into court to answer a charge of escaping from le gal custody. Bartels pleaded guilty and was sentenced to jail for 90 days, GARMENT HANGER. A new garment hanger is mada with a steel wire frame and webbing attachment. The wire is finished in copper, nickel or enamel, and will not injure the moat delicate fabrics. The garment rests cu the webbing when hung up, so that no marks or wrinkles apear no matter how long the garment remains on the hanger. This contrivance folds into a remark ably small space, so that several of them can be put lu an ordinary-sized pocket.-Washington Star. . Death List From Pleague in India. London, By Cable.-Returns of deaths from the plague in India show the appalling total of 1,060,007 for the. six months ending June 30. The monthly total is at present in creasing, however, the death roll for June being placed at 60,064. Thc total for tho first six months of 1907 already surpasses that for the entire 12 months of 1904, when ] ,022,000 persons died. This totftl is thc high est recorded previous to the present year. Idghtaing rires Huge Oil Tank. * Lima, O., Special.-In a terri?o electrical storm which swept thh county at noon Wednesday, lightning, fired one of the huge tanks of the Standard Oil Company. A quarter of a million barrels of petroleum were ignited and the city was at once en veloped in clouds of darkness, almost stifling. Cannons were brought into use to prevent a spread of the flames to other tanks nearby, there being millions of ban-els of crude oil in the immediate vicinity? News Notes. The Korean cabinet has been dis solved. The trial of the Anson count}', N. C., lynchers at Monroe, is progress ing slowly. Twenty indictments have been found by thc Roanoke, Ya., grand jury on account of the attacks on the Greek restaurants Saturday night. FOR MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHES, HATS, SHOES AND FURNISHINGS, FOR LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS ODD SKIRTS, AND SHIRT WAISTS When in Augusta make our store your head quarters. The J. Willie Levy Co., i 866 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. JD id You Eyer 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 inake you feel as though life is still worth living. Get a for yourself and best girl and a fi for the farm and you are fixed for many years of Solid Comfort. Harness, Saddlery, Belting, Etc 729 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA J For FIRE I Go to see W. H. HARLING Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the Best OM Line Companies, W. H. HARLING, A GT. At The Farmers Rank of Edgeficld, SC. 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