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Ste PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANS. Augusta, GtL. ttTMOITBCSS OVER 81,000,000 fij ili?111 a i H ni fi 111 II II * ACCOUNTS SOLICITED LC. HAYNE* PB..? roam. Chas. TioTfard, Ci VOL. 72. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14,1907. STHE NATIONAL BANK J ? AUGUSTA, GA. L. 0, HAYNE, President CAPITAL. . . . .$250,000 ?urplas and Profits: 150,000 Weih.ll bo planed to hmjnn nulli ?? nilBll i-Witb Ul?Bank. Cualomeraand oorrr?;o"^uu ?* i ?Or?d ?f 8Ter? com '^oT ?ixl MOamffMUtfOSpOMt- , ble und.rcowcnraUTe, maseru E?aklni nio.hodj i I ?-111111 n i I I 1111111 NO. 39. f BiaiMHiiiiiiiimi i itu 'Palmetto JI The News of South Care ?iiiiiitinmiiiiiiiii m > Good Roads Convention. Sj>artanburg ,Speciah -The annual convention of the Good Roads Asso ciation of South Carolina met here in the courthouse. The morning sessions were devoted to the discussions of questions on good roads while the aft ernoon part of the programme was given over to the inspection of good roacls machinery and giving practical demonstration. There -were present quite a number of/suprvisors and commissioners fro various parts of the State, Greenville, - Chester, Ab beville, Laurens. Marlboro, Lexington Richland, Manning, Greenwood, An dersen, Union, Cherokee and other counties being well represented. Ad dresses were made by Governor Ansel F. H. Hyattt, J. W. Nash and Prcsi ' dent E. D. Smith of the South "Caro lina Cotton Growers' Association. All of the speakers pointed out thc neces sity of the counties' building good roads. In speaking on this subject J Governor Ansel declared that money spent in building permanent high ways is a good investment and the good results will be felt for genera tions to come. He congratulated Spartanbuxg ,on its fine streets and sidewalks ?nd expressed the hope that the people would vote an issue of $200,006 for building good roads throughout the county. Messrs. Nash Smith and Hyatt made excellent talk? on improving the highways. Mr. Nash spoke in support of a bill he had . passed at the last session of the Leg islature providing for an election to vote on issuing bonds in the sum of $200,000 for building good roads in this r county. There is some opposi tion ih'eertain sections of the county to voting the bonds and Mr. Nash in a most convincing manner ans wered all<objections to the question? The election will be held August 20th. Complete Rural Service For Laurens. Complete rural delivery service has been ordered established in Laurens county, South Carolina, effective September 1, 1907. Tbe'service will consist"of 25 rout?s of which none are hew. Routes amended: Clinton. -No. 3; Graycouit, NQS. 1 and 2; No.- 3 by transfer of No. 1 from Lanford Station, No. 4 by transfer of No. 2 from Almit. Lanford Station,. No. 2 renumbered No. 1. jUurensf Nos, 2, 3 and 4. :STo. 6 by transfer of No. 1 from Alma; Owings, Nos. 1 and 2. Princeton, No. L Routes not changed: Barnsdale, No. 1; Clin ton," Nos. 1 and 2;; Cross Hill, Nor 1; Laurens, Nos. 1 and 5; Mountville, Nos. l and 2; Princeton, No. 2; Ren no, No. lj Waterloo, Nos. 1 and 2. . j . . Mill Site Secured. Gaffney, Special.-The st?ckholde of the Merrimac Mills at the last meeting appointed a committee to se lect a suitable site upon which to lo cate the .structure. That committee, in company with two engineers', sel ected a tract of land belonging to the Gaffney Land & Investment Co., just north of the eity, and adjoining the grounds of the Globe Mills. Work will commence on the buildings just as soon as the material can be got on the ground. It is the purpose of the management to have the mills in op eration by the first of next January Given Fifteen Years. Union, Special. -The jury in the case of Arthur -Davis, negro, charged with the murder of Clarence Gist, of this S tat ey at Carlisle on the night of May 23 returned a verdict of man slaughter. Davis was immediately sontenced to fifteen years in the peni tentiary at hard labor. Gang of Carbreakera Held. Marlon, Special.-As a result bf good work by Agent S. C. Bannister of Pee Dee and Atlantic Coast Line Special Agents Wheeler of Florence, Musselwhite' of Wilmington and Koop man of Florence a regularly organized gang of carbreakers has been unearth ed at Pee Dee. Several of the gang were placed in jail here. Goods in cars passing Pee Dee have been mys teriously disappearing for some time, and Agent Bannister suspected that there was an organized gang commit ting the robberies. Baptists Meet in Greenville. Greenville, Special.-Very attrac tive announcements have been sent out concerning the South Carolina Baptist assembly to be held in Green ville, Aug., 12-16. The assembly is called together by the Sunday school committee of thc State mission board and is a summer gathering of Chris tian workers. Among the number of interesting addresses to be delivered is one by Governor Ansel. The meet ing will doubtless be largely attended. Struck Down By Lightning and In stantly Soiled, Keidsville, Special.-While en route te his home five miles north of Reids ville Mr. Green Craddock was struck by lightning and instantly killed. He and Mr. W. B. Williams took shelter nader a barn during the severe elec trical storm. Mr. Williams was badly shocked and burned about the face, b it soon regained consciousness and villi recover. Mr. Craddock's age is niont 50 years and he leaves a wife atid eight children. 11 ii ni min? m mini i Affairs )!tna in Condensed Form |j an i nu i m iniiiiiinm i Celebration at Pendleton;. Pendleton,. Special.-Historic Pen dleton was the scene of a most joyous celebration last week, and fully 5,000 persons gathered from every section of the old Pendleton district. The oc casion was the 91st anniversary, of tba Pendleton Farmers' society^ It was in 1815 that the farmers in this dia-j trict, which then comprised Anderson and Pickens counties, realized that a great good could be accomplished oy organizing and many prominent plan ters, among them being_John-C. Cal houn, formed the celebrated'- society which has been one of* mitch '.impor tance during all of ihese years. u It was in 1815 that the old-Pendleton district was dissolved1-and that .Ander son and Pickens counties were estab lisher*. A c??rt house was being buiit that year for the district at Pendle ton, but when thc general assembly "abolished the district, work on con struction on the building was discon tinued. It was then that the fanners' society purchased the uncompleted building and completed it for a meet ing place. Governor Am-el and other well known speakers were present and addressed the attentive audience. The occasion was one .of great interest and was thoroughly enjoyed. The Sumter Monument. Sumter, Special.-r-The programnir for the exercises at the unveiling" ol the monument to "Gen. Thomas Sum ter, at Stat?sburg, Aug. 14, is as fol lows: Procession forms in the grove in front of the General Sumter Memor ial academy. Procession moves to tomb of .Gen Sumter, United States Artillery "bai?l United States troops and State miii tia in the lead. Monument unveiled by Mrs. J. H. Haynsworth and Miss Beatrice Sum- j ter, daughters of Mr. Thomas S. Sum- j ter. Procession then returns to the grove. Address by Gov. M. F. Ansel of South Carolina. Address by ex-Governor A. J. Mon tague of Virginia^ , Address by Hon. H. A. M. Smith of Charleston-. An educational meeting will be hold after the unveiling ceremonies in the academy at which addresses will bc made by Miss Mary Nance,- Prof. E S. Dreher and Dr. D. B. Johnson.. The meeting will be presided over by Hoiy| O. B. Martin, State superintendent of-education. losses rn Lexington Fire; . Lexington,- ;.-Spe^^Tl?? losses- ?*t I the fire which occurred here last week are approximately as follows: Jesse Hallinan, two-story dwelling and about half contents and'-' st ore room adojining, $1,500, without insur ance. Mrs. Hallinan, stock of millinery and. dress goods, $600, no'.insurance: Dr. John "W. Sandel, stock of ?1r,??? and medicine, $1,500 with $1,000 in-, swanee. Samuel B. George, the Sande! drug | store and an adjoining dwelling,, $!,?? 000 with no insurance. The cause of the fire is yet unknown I but it was discovered in-the rear of the George dwelling, occupied hy a Mr. Smith, who was away at the time having gone to a nearby house after his sapper where he spent-the night. The dwelling owned by Roof & Barre Lumber company was damaged several hundred dollars, as also the Kaufman house, occupied by Auditor Dent but as to these two they wera fully insured. Murder and Arson. Clio, .Special.-Afc a preliminary hearing before J. .?. Calhoun, Esq.. John Millan colored was heloTor tbs court of general sessions on the charge or murder and arson in connection with the-late liver}- stable fire her? in which two persons were bumed to death and a number- of horses perish ed. ' . -: Marion's New Railroad. I Marion, Special.-The Marion & s Southern railroad has acquired over [ half of its right of way into the to\#j the largest part of it being given with out any charge whatever by the own ers of the Jones property, north of teh Atlantic-Coast -Line railroad. The owners of this property take the vies ' that the railroad will be an advantage to them. The tracks of the Marion & Southern will connect with" those of the Raleigh & Charl?stori and it is probable that these two roads will usc the same depot.- The construction is advancing rapidly and trains will he in operation within a few months. Thief Killed by Policeman. Philadelphia, Special.-Attempting to escape arrest for stealing brass firings from the foundry where he wa*3 employed, Edward Pierce, 50 years old, was shot and killed by Policeman W. W. Stevenson. Pierce was carry ing a bag when he was halted by the policeman. He started'to run and the policeman fired two shots, the second killing the fleeing man instantly. New Record for Firemen. Wilmington, Special.-At the in"..*:-. state firemen's tournament here in connection with the 20th annual'con vention of the North Carolina State Firemen's association, "W. R. "Wom ble Hook and Ladder Company o? Raleigh lowered the world's record by two-fifths of a second, running 3C? yards on a regulation truck, taking off a 30-foot ladder and sending a mali 1? the top and returning the ladder to the truck in 42 seconds. . Telegraphers in Chicago Waft Out By Hundreds BUSINESS SERIOUSLY CRIPPLED Resolution Adopted in Meeting of Strikers That Every Operator io the . City Holding a Card Shall be Called Out-Postal Men Demand 25 Per Cent Increase, 8-Hour Day and Recognition of Union With Ulti mate Aim of Aiding Western Union Strikers. ___ Chicago, Ul., Special.-The 600 op erators of the Postal Telegraph Com pany struck Friday night at 6 o'clock. This, with-the 1,100 men out front the .offices of - the- Western Union" throughout the city, makes 1)600 rUCil j UoW On strike in Chicago. ' At a meeting of the operators held in the afternoon' a resolution was unanimously passed dedaring that every operator in tile city having a union caril should be called out. A short time after the meeting hod dissolved demands were presented to the officials of tho Postal company asking for an increase of 25 per cent in wages, tn 8-hour day and recognition of the union. If these were not passed, upon the strike was 1 to follow. It was the g?neral feeling among tho operators that ;the -de-" mands could not bc granted at once and the move was evidently intended to bring about the strike at the pres ent time in order to aid the "West ern Union -men if the demands were not.'granted. Under the working of the order all the operators working for brokers and commission housed will be called out in the morning and business generally will -be badly handicapped. It was said by some of the opera-, lore who were present in the meeting that the intention of the union wa.? to cripple the telegraph facilitites of Chicago in. every direction, and to do it so completely that uublic senti ment would be brought to bear heavi ly oh the two telegraph, companies, and in this manner force a settlement between them and the operators. The strike ^at the Chicago, office'of. the Postal company was-attended by nb sign of disorder. When a whistle was blown, the. operators rose, frbiu j their keys with a" cheer and "walked' i out.. . There was not the slightest ?evidence of ill-feeling on either sid?1.. The men after reachiag the street ! gave repeated cheers and then dis persed. ^The strike throughout the day has been m?i'k*?oT~1jy absence 6? trouble bf any kind. Chief of Police Shh> py informed thc'leaders in the after noon that he would not allow any picketing or violence, and he was in formed that none was intended, and* that every effort would be made to keep the men peaceable. The general situation throughout the West became more serious as the day lengthened. j . When the strike of the Postal em- j ployes, Chicago is left with about 35 commercial telegraphers, who are en deavoring to transmit thc business ?of both telegraph companies, whereas under normal conditions frUW TJiOO i:"n are necessary to do the work it; Chicaeo. Other Western Union offices which became involved in the trouble to gether with the number of- men who quit work are: Salt Lake City, 36; Helena, 40; Kansas City, 330; Dallas, 105; Fort Worth, Tex^ 40j Colorado. Springs, 10; Denver, 83; New Orleans, 60. Pour Dead;-Three Badly Hurt. Dalton, Ga., Specal.-Four persons are dead and three seriously injured as the result of a head-on collision be tween a southbound local fright and an extra freight train on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, one mile north? of this place at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Dr. -J. P. Ensor Dead. Columbia, S. C., Special.-Dr. J. F. Ensor, for the past ten :years post master at Columbia, superintendent of the State Hospital'for the Insane during reconstruction, former chief surveyor of thc port of Charleston and for several years deputy collec tor of internal revenue, died at his home here Friday afternoon in his 72d year. He was a native of Mary land and served six years in the Fed eral army in the war between the States as surgeon. He came here iu 1868 and served as medical purvey or for the Freedman's bureau in this State. Georgia Capitalist Dead in Hotel. Atlanta, Ga., Special-Halcombt Bacon, of Albany, Ga., aged 35, capi talist and prominent business man. was found dead at the Aragon Hotel here and on a table at his bedside were bottles partly, filled, labelled chloral hydrate, bromide and, bromi dia. Appearances indicate that ""hc had been dead many hours. The re sult of the inquest has not been an nounced. Western Union Operators Strike Los Angeles, Cal., Special.-Follov ing the refusal of the Western Unior Telegraph Co., officers to reinstate a discharged operator, "nearly 7( members of Los Angeles local Com mercial Telegraphers of America walked out of the operating depart ment-at 5:30 o'clock Thursday after noon At'6:30 o'clock there were fits men working at the keys, while i block away more than 50 operator were holding a meeting to decide or \uture action. GRE AT STRIKE SPREAlf ?fflcers of Telegraphers' Union ?J planning to Oarry Strike to A Parts of United States and Cana*! -Some 4,000 Men Are Now pxrt i 60 Cities Prom Ohio to Oaliforni Chicago, Special- With some A OOO telegraphers on strike in aboi 50 cities from Ohio to California, au encouraged by their success in li ami ering telegraph facilities, of both eon mendal telegraph companies in Chi? ago, where all but leased wiro me are out, officers of the Coramerch Telegraphers' Union are planning t carry the strike to all parts of "tb United States and Canada. Instructions were telegraphed' b National Secretary Russell to anio telegraphers in New York and otb? cities, where they are still.at yprl to "sr their monev and awaiti: or ders." A telegram was sent to Pr?siden Small, of the Telegraphers'.' "Efjiio who is in San Francisco, urgin^i? to taite the first train to Chicago t look af tey ?he situation as it is^b'&ar nounced intention of the mei^-iqB?ri gineer the strike from ChieagQ^^f/; The' telegraph companies arerr? paring to meet the issue, an&.;dewir that they wilUfight to ? finish: .-.pie . declare they have been tempoi^&v with the union for months ?nd?b? 1 they will hold uo farther^K?^otia^on with the representative's "of thc on strike. Cots have been ?iis||fe< in the buildings of both compagnie in Chicago foi thc accommodarS$|#> strike-breakers and other pr??jia tions for a biter struggle areijojMfc Cities Affected by Strike^JE' According to information i-?&H|? in Chicago Saturday'night tbejfl already affected outside of CaB and thc total of strikers are : IS Chicago-Western Union 'gH Houston-Western Union, 30fi9| Kansas City-Western Unio^B Topeka-West am Union, 8 3 ' Oklahoma City-Western H - Pueblo-Western Union, 8;8 New Orleans-Western UniJHH Nashville-Western Um?riBj Memphis-Western UnioSB Postal, 50. Dallas-Western Union, lOHfl Meridian-Western Uiii?JBB Jackson,'Miss-Western ifi :" Minneapolis-Western UnJjffl Milwaukee-Western UmM St. Louis-Western UnioSBBo; Helena, Mont.-Western U^Bp"4? ; Colorado ' Springs-Westcrj^Jnion, Denver-Western Union, 75; Post tal, Fort Worth, Tex.-Western Union. 40; Postal,-. El Paso-Western Union, 35 ; Post al,-. St. Paul-Western Union, 100: Postal,-. ? Los Angeles-Western Union, 50 ; Postal,-. Fargo-Western Union, 10; Postai, Omaha-Western Union, 60; Post al, 25. Sioux Citv-Western Union, 25; Postal,-. Knoxville-western Union, 55 ; Postal,-. . Birmintrhara-Western Union, 35: Postal, 65. Jackson, Miss.-Western Union,-. Postal, 5. Augusta--Westerr Union,- ; Post al, 25. "We are filling vacancies as rapidly as possible," said T. P. Cook, general superintendent of the Western Union and we are in better position than we expected to be. We will not dei! with any representatives of the strik ers, as this company only treats wirb its own employes. When the men quit work, they ceased t<~ be employes of the Western Union and our relations with them are at an end. There will be no union recognition/' "Will you let President Gompers of the American Federation of La bor, should he come to Chicago and offer his services?" -Mr. Cook was asked. ... '1 We. .will not, ' ' was' the empbat ic answer. W. I. Capen, superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company in Chic ago, said his company was making b5tter progress than he had antici pated. "A number of our employes have already returned to work,"- he de clared and others have signified then intention of returning." National Secretary Russell, of " th?. Telegraphers.' Union, said : "We arc highly pleased with tho situation, and no matter what sort of assertions thc telegraph officers may make, the fact remains, they are not doing any business. They have a few chiefs and inexperienced telegraphers at work, but as far as the company's being able to handle thc public business is concerned, they are merely trying: to mislead the pub lic. We know for an actual fact in Chicago there arc not 50 operatois who are working for the commercial companies, where under normal con ditions thc number amounts to 1,550. We are in this fight to 9tay, and w^ most have recognition, dr our unpn might as well go out of business." Thc developments Sunday in th* great strike of thc telegraphers were not such as to warrant optimism." Practically all union commercial oper ators arc now out, and all tho large cities are crippled. Thc snecial wire men and tho press operators arc pre paring to join i'i thc walkout, and ij)e tie up will lilieiv; be complete. Nothing ?coms lo p mil to any settle-, aient: \ \ ' ? : - . ?te ' v? Eoglend Building Largest War Vessel Ever Planned UNITED STATES TO-BETTER THAT Washington Naval Circles Excited Over Report That Keel is About to he Laid Down New Ship to Be of No Less Than 30,000 Tons Dis placement, and Design is Believed to Include Many Novelties, Includ ing Assembling of Three Guns in Each Turret. Washington, Special,-Naval cir cles are agitated over a report which reaches Washington that the British admiralty is about to lay down tho keel f?r ? giant ship that will be 50 ? p"er Cent greater in tonnage than tb3 redoubtable ' *? Dreadnought. ' ' It U difficult to secure any iuformatioa respecting' the plans for this ship, anil it is said that the British govern ment s agian proceeding, as it did in the case of thc Dreadnought, to build the vessel behind closed gates. Even tually, of course, the man character istics of war vessels built under the^e conditions become known, but thc British government feels that it ls amply repaid for the trouble it take? to build the ship secretly, by tho fact that the British navy is thereby kept at least two years ahead of any other navy in point of design, a most valuable consideration In these days, when a battleship is fre quently obsolete in the course of five years after going into commission. It is understood that the new ship is to be of no less than 30,000 ton= displacement, against 20,000 tons of the Dreadnought, but aside from the mere matter of superior size, the de sign is believed to include many nov elties some based on the experience .of the Dreadnought. Such a one, for instance, is understood to be the con templated assembling of tfiree guns in each turret, so that if the new shih is equalled with the six turrets, she will carry no less than 18- guns in her main battery. The calibre of lb? guns, however, will, it is believed, re main at 12 inches, thc present stand ard. . * ** The report of the British plan has caus?d some of the bolder designers to proceed to greater length and to propose the laying dovFh of a battle ship of 40,000 tons displacement, placing the Americau navy clearly in .the lead. Naval designers are be lieved to be willing to undertake tho construction of such a ship. It would costn? "Tess thaii $20^)00,000, but in view of the predaminancc it would give to America as a naval power it is argued by the advocates of the proposition that such a ship would be an economical investment by tend ing to ensure peace. 100 Additional Union Mechanics Join Building Trades Strike. Washington, Special.-Acting O:J orders from the executive officers of their unions 100 more union med?an les joined the building trades strike here Saturday. According to the la bor leaders ?very building under con struction, where non-union mechanics were employed, is now tied up and nearly 30.0 men have quit work. The employers' association cliams that that it has been able to fill the places of all the strikers with the exception of bricklayers. The union men de clare that the strike will be extended next Monday. Officers Raid Connterfieter's Den. Uniontown, Pa., Special.-In a raid on an alleged counterfeiter's den at Smithfield, several men were arrested a large number of moulds captured and a big quantity of spurious coins found concealed about the place. The men were all foreigners. It is claim ed that the plant has been in opera tion several weeks, as the neighbo/ bee non a still hunt for the counter feit money. The authorities have been on a still hunt fo rthe counter feiters for some time and believe ail implicated Have been captured. Mr.rtin A. Knapp Weds Miss Nellie Maynard Gardner. New York, Special. -Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the inter-State commerce commission and Mrs. Nel lie Maynard Gardner, daughter of the late George L. Maynard, of Syracuse, were married at the Hotel Manhatttn, in this city in the presence of a few family friends by Bishop Edward C. Andrews, of the Methodist Church. Bomb Labratory in School. Moscow, By Cable. - The police searched the imperial technical school and discovered the central revolution ary l.iborukiy for manufacturing bombs of a new pattern and tremen dous explosive powder, regular sup plies of which were being shipped to -'various interior points. The police seized a number of bombs, GOO time fuse appliances, and some forbidden' 'itcraturc and arrested twenty maic rod female students of the schools/ Lumber Company to Build Railroad. Mount Sterling, Ky., Special. Clearfield Lumber Company, of Clear field, Pa., closed a deal for 30,000 acres of Walnut, oak and poplar tim ber lands in Morgan county for $100. 000. It is announced that the com pany will extend, a line of railroad 18 miles up Rush branch and wiil spend $1,000,000 in approvements. But It Required Official Count to'Settle Mississippi Primary VARDAMAN ACCEPTS RESUL'f State Executive Committee Meets <a1 Jackson and Declares Result of United States Senatorial SC ont est, Friends of . Var daman. Seconding Motion to Declare Williams Nomi nee After Short Caucus Between Two Factions. Jackson, Miss., Special.-The Dem ocratic State executive committee met at noon Thursday and declared Con gressman John Sharp Williams the Sarty nominee for thc United States enate. The canvass of the returns showed a majority of C-1S votes for Wiilianis the totals being as follows: Wilhams 59,496; Vardaman 53,843. ?here will bc no contest over thc result. After a short caucus between thc two factions it was finally agreed to accept the semi-official returns a? furnished Secretan' of State Power from the various counties and which show, that Mr. Williams has a ma jority of 648 votes. This motion to declare Mr. Williams the nominee wr.s seconded by the friends of Governor Vardaman. Thc committee then formally declared Mr. Williams nom inated os United States Senator. This is considered the final settlement of the celebrated contest. Governor Vairioman conceded tho nomination ofiMr. Williams by sen li the following note to the committee: "The Democratic party, through its executive committee, has declared Mr. Williams thc nominee and I ac cept the arbitration of that tribunal without a tinge of resentment or re gret tar anything done or said bytmj friends for me during thc campaign. "I am for the nominee ?nd hope that he will make thc people of Mis sissippi a great United Slates Sena tor. 1 have made the campaign upon living important and pertinent princi ples and while I have lost the nomi nation, I am .thoroughly convinced that the large majority of the white members of this State agree with my views upon public questions, and I shall continue to fighf. for those prin ciples as earnestly in the future as i have in the. past. "No man was ever blessed by mora loyal' and' more faithful hands than those who favored my fortunes in this contest. I want- them to feel as I do, that we have not been de feated, but that the victory is only postponed, for a season. I have been a candidate several times in my lifo, and lost the fight, but never have ? felt the sting of defeat, and I am net defeated today.*' ? All Memphis Will March. Memphis, -.Special.-The Executive Committee of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways Association, local branch, hold a meeting last week and appointed chairmen for the various committees to take charge of-the big convention. One of the chief features of the convention will be the mam moth parado which will take place on the day thc President and the Gov ernors arrive. Gen. George W. Gor don, a Confederate General and mem ber of Congress from this district, will be chairman of this committee. The parade will be led by mountel police officers, followed by Company A and other Confederate companies, members of thc United Commercial Travelers from several States, mem bers of the Lakes to.the Gulf Deep Waterways Association, and chair men of committees in carriages, prominent business men and club members and companies of the State militia. It is planned by those inter ested to make thc parade one of the features of the big convention. Big Fire in Baltimore. Baltimore, Special.-Fire Thursday destroyed the gigantic grain elevator of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway, with a loss to the building alone of $175,000. No estimate of thc loss t > the contents of thc building is yet ob tainable. Many firemen had narrow escapes. T atar fire started m the big stables of the Baltimore Transfer Company, spreading to the cjair fac tor}' of Hechinger Brothers. Tho flames spread rapidly and it is feared both buildings have been entirely con sumed. True Bill Against Kline. Beaufort, N. C., Special.-Soon af I - ^ er the opening of Federal Court Judge Purnell announced that the foreman of the grand jury had re turned a true bill of indictment for1 peonage against E. A. Kline. Attor ney Clark, for defense, stated that he understood the bill contained 9fi counts. Counsel for the defense ask ed the privilege of examining the bill to embh thorn to'prepare their de fense, i ? Liner City of Panama Sinks the, Steamer Alliance. $ Portland, Ore., Special- Thcr Pore-" land & San Francisco liner' City'?-f Panama chroutc from Portland" with a full list of passengers" collided with arid sank the steamer Alliance from Coos bay, for Portbind, with passen gers and freight. The colllision oc curred in a fog. near tho mouth of thc Williamet te'river. The passengers-of the Alliance were brought to Port land. -J ' Priest Kills Hotel Man. Pittsburg, Special.-Ludwiz Sezc giel, said to be an unattached Polish priest, of Chicago, walked into n South Side hotel at lill Carson street and without warning, it is said whip ped out a 38-calibrc revolver and open ed fire upon thc two proprietors, twin brothers named Steven and Andrew Starzynski. Steven died within an hour and Andrew may not recover. The cause of the shooting is unknown. PROMINENT PEOPLE. . Secretary Root is said to be "fte most inaccessible man In Washing ton. Ferdinand of Bulgaria is the only sovereign in Europe who speaks Yid dish. The oldest member of the Institute of France 13 M. Rousse, who is in rn;? ninety-first year. Secretary Taft says that he is an ticipating with much pleasure his vis it to the Philippines. Abbe Currant, in Paris, has hit upon the scheme of giving a lottery I ticket to every person who attends ! mass, good for a drawing of provi sions. The King of Siam is a practical ex emplar of neptolsm. His one broth er and twenty half-brothers fill all the important administrative and- ex ecutive posts in the government. -Nearly all the sovereigns of Eu rope have essayed painting as an amusement, and King Edward of England and the Kaiser have been more than ordinarily successful with the brush. . King Carlos of Portgu gal, however, is by univers,., consent the ablest artist among crowned heads. The-statue of Parnell, the Irish leader,'has arrived at Liverpool from Rome, where it was cast from the model executed by Mri Augustus St. .Gaudens, H. F. R. A., the distin guished Irish-American sculptor, t . be erected in Dublin's principal thor oughfare, O'Connell street -8 better known as Sackville street. Augustus St. Gaudens, noted sculp tor, who died in his home In Corn ish, N. H., w?s born in Dublin, Ire-i land, March 1, 1848. Be was brought | to America by his parents when he 1 was only six weeks old, and after a | very indifferent education in the 1 primary schools of New York he was ! apprenticed to a cameo cutter at the 1 age of. thirteen. N KU'S Y GLEANINGS. Estimates of damage caused "by the cyclone at Kurrachi, India, are between $3,000,000 and $6,0 0 070 0 0. Canadian - Government erperts 'es t?mate that $64,000,000 - worth of gold; remains in the districts of the Yukon. High Point, "N. J., voted down* Mr. Andrew Carnegie's proposition-to give that town $15,000 for a public library^* 7_Vr"! ; The farmers of the Southwest are making a strenuous effort this year to combine ;in a demand 'for higher prices for their cotton.. Cases of-death from hunger are so commong New York City that only jthose attended by peculiar circum stances receive mention. Julius Leek, a New-York City po liceman, swamv.two miles through the waters cf Hell\Gate, towing a. boat which contained\hree men. , The American^ delegates were pr' id at The Hague Peace Confer- * ?or taking the initiative In whaC tvasvconsJdered the?first real work for peace. According"to au expert, the State Df Pennsylvania was charged'$1,500,- * ?0O too much for $2,000,000 worth of metal furnishings for the Capitol building. Ex-Judge Roger A. Pryor pointed jut tho possible public danger that ' Iles in the piesent .stem empower ing a president tv. fill the Federal ?ourts with his own judges. Judge - Pryor contended that, judges should be elected. 'Saying she wanted ?g see how it ? would seem to-watch tue blood stop in the ends of her fingers and the nails turn blue, Carrie Mattison, a farmer's daughter, took strychnine md die.d, :witbin au hour in Sioux C\ty, Iowa*. " " ; American^ tourists . fill - the 'hotels" ' ?? Paris to oyerflowlnc. i l? g Hl^Z* C. Spring I? Ready. 11 IL FOR MEN'S AND BOTS' CLOTHES, HATS, SHOES AND FURNISHINGS, FOR LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS ODD SKIRTS, AND S.HIKT WAISTS When in Augusta make our store your head quarters. The J. Willie Levy Co., 866 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. 11 ? hear ? Sheep Sneeze or a Lion Roar? One is start ling and the' bth?r terrifying. But to the contrary, 1 want to , SOOTHE YOUR NERVES and inake you feel as though life is still worth living. Get a 3Vlo3re:r Buggy for yourself and best girl and a 1 STUDEBAKER WAGON for the farm and you are fixed . for many years of Solid Comfort. Harness, Saddlery, Belting, Bte ?sepii nu pay 729- BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. For FIRE INS Go to see W. H. HARLIN? - : j- ? ? Before insuring elsewhere.. We represent the Best Old Line Companies "y .' ;- . >' ? H ARUNQ, ABT. 'AtWhe Farmers Bank of Edgefteld, SC. ons Buggies FT?RN?TTJRE. Large Shipments of the beet makes of wagons and buggies s lust received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing* ; is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. always on hanj. 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. x\ vr*y r* g ?"fri T f GEO. F\ ?COBB. Johnston, . ,. South Carolina,