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News of interest Gleaned Froi Arranged For .MORE TROUBLE AHEAD. The Seminole Receivers Enter Snit Against the Southern Life for $325,000. Alleging that the transaction was conceived any consummated in fraud of rights and interests of the stock holders in the Seminole Securities Company and that the officers of the Southern Life Insurance Company and its agents in the transaction had knowledge of fraud and participated and' benefited by it, conspiring and colluding with thc officers and agents of the Seminole Securities Company, and do damage to the irreparable hurt and injury of the Seminole Se curities Company, F. G. Thompkins and others as Receivers of the Sem inole Company have instituted suit in the United States Court here ask ing that the whole transaction be tween the Seminole Company and the "Southern Life Insurance Company be annulled and the Seminole Company reimbursed' the $325,000 paid to the Southern Life by the Seminole officers in the deal that has stirred sensa tion after sensation in North and South Carolina, the home of the Sem inole corporation fop the past few months. For Increase of School Term. . Representative Garr?s in the Legis lature received a good bit of con sideration on Wednesday. Mr. Garr?s explained that his bill provided that if any school with a> term of 20 weeks or less could through its friends, patrons or trus tees, raise an amount equal to one month's salary paid . the .teacher, a like amount would be given by thev State. The sum of $25,000 was ask ed for. The bill reads as follows : .'Section L That any public school in this State which has not money enough from the regular school funds to continue the session longer than five months may have the term ex tended in the following manner: Whenever the patrons raise sufficient funds by private subscription or local taxation to extend the term one month, said schopl shall receive sufficient aid to extend the term for another additional month: Provided,. That no one schopl shall receive more than $80 under' the provisions of this act in any one year. "Sec. 2. No application shall be considered unless approved by the district trustees of such school and the county superintendent of educa tion of the county in which said dis trict is locked;, and no funds shall be paid out by . the State superin tendent bf, education until the amount raised in the said school district shall have been deposited with the coun ty treasurer of such countv to the credit of the said school in the said sehool district; Provided, That rio school shall receive more than $80 under the term of this act. "Sec. 3. That the sum of $25,000 if. so much be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purpose of this act." Killed by Accident. Charleston, Special.-Mr. D. B. Peurifoy of Walterboro met his death Tuesday afternoon while hunt ing birds. Alarmed at his failure to appear for supper,'his sons, J. B. Peurifoy and D. B. Peurifoy, Jr., went in search of him and found him at the steps of the target gallery with the top of his head blown off. The left barrel of his gun was empty. Jt is supposed that he was resting and had moved the gun accidentally discharging it. ? Three Men Instantly Killed. Abbeville, Special.-Three . men were instantly killed when Seaboard Air Line freight trains Nos. 20 and 29 collided headon six miles north of here early Wednesday morning. The dead: Engineer Clyde Moore, Fireman L. H. Nickles and a colored brakeman. _ '.*." The trains were running at high speed when they met on a long tres tle at 1:30 Wednesday morning and both locomotives and ten cars were totally demolished. .J Legislature Acts. Columbia, S. C., Special.-The House of Representatives Thursday adopted without debate a resolution requesting South Carolina's repres entatives in Congress to do every thing in their power to prevent the confirmation of W. D. Crum, renomi nated by the President as Collector of the Port at Charleston. The resolu tion states that, in the opinion of the House ,the nomination is an tnwise oroceeding. Wreck on Seaboard. Spartanburg, Special.-Two frenr';t trains collided on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad near Greenwood Wed nesday, resulting in three, men being killed and several injured. The collision was head-on between the regular local and extra freight trains of the Seaboard Air Line and is alleged to have been caused by the engineer on the extra setting his watch one hour wrone. The engineer who made the mistake and his fire man jumped and saved their lives. Want Uniform Weight Cern. Columbia. Special.-At the meet ing of the Richland delegation Tues day representatives from the upper .part of the county asked that a law be passed requiring a uniform weight in corn. At present, it is stated, the weight and the measures do not agree and it is desired to change this for the^ benefit of the farmer. The dele gation has it under consideration. YA NEWS ITEMS ii Ali Sections of the Stdio, and Busy Readers FOE SOUTH- CAROLINA WAT2E WAY. Mr. Ellerbe's Request Meek Witt Favor.. All of the projects for surveys of rivers and harbors in South Caro lina asked for by the various mem bers and advocated in the committee by Representative Ellerbe have pas sed the rivers and harbors committee. -The bill as made up Tuesday contains the items for survey mentioned a few days ago and one important one be sides an authorization of a survey cf an inland water route from Beau fort, N. C., on down to Georgetown through the Waecamnw river. Ves sels which would come down the coast by the inland water route from Bos ton as far ats Georgetown would be able to take to the ocean again after having passed the dangerous Hatteras coast. The South Carolina end of th? general project has been particularly championed by Mr. Ellerbe. There is a provision in the bill also for Mingo creek and fer the Cooper river, Char leston. In a former dispatch Cooper should have been mentioned instead of "Coosaw,i for which there is no appropriation. ? Charged With Killing His Wife. ?Union, Special.-The celebrated case of W. T. Jones, charged with the murder of Iiis wife, Mrs. Marion Jones, has been begun. < Shortly after 10 o'clock the calling of witnesses in the Jones case be gan, and at 10:40 Jones, in the cus tody, of Deputy Sheriff J. G. Long, Jr., and accompanied by . his son, Harry Jones, was brought into court. He appeared to 'be quite at ease and in the best of health and at intervals while his counsel were conferring, read the daily papers. On account of the large array of witnesses, hut few spectators have been allowed in court, as the judge had given orders that the aisles must be kept cleared, which order was well enforced by Sheriff J. G. Long. At about 11:S20 the calling of the witnesses for the defense was con cluded by Mr.. V. E. DePass, who is now associated with the counsel for the defense, which as at present is Mr. James Munro, Townsend & Town send and Col. George Johnstone of Newberry. Five minutes later coun sel for both sides held a joint con sultation. In a few minutes the State counsel came out and then Jones had a conference with his at torneys, while the other side had a conference with the family connec tions of the deceased woman, It was shortly after 1 o'clock when Col. Geo. Johnstone made the motion to quash the indictment because it did not specify the kind of poison administered or - the nature of the bruises alleged to have been on Mrs. Jones' person. This motion, which was perhaps the feature of the m Ti ing session, and the preliminary skirmish in this great legal battle, was overruled by Judge Memminger. Dr. Jeter was the principal witness. He testified that Mrs. Jones came by her death from strychnine poison. Locating Post Office. Darlington, Special.-Maj. Fred Brackett, superintendent of the site division.of the treasury department, spent Monday in Darlington looking at the proposed sites for the new pos. office building, which the town is to Lave, and gathering the neces sary information on which to base his recommendations. There are several of these lots in different localities and private interests in and around them have been putting forth stren uous efforts in their favor, and await with interest the results. Forest Fire Near Aiken. Aiken, Special.-A forest fire of large extent has been raging north of Aiken. It is stated, several thousand acres of valuable timber lands have been burned over. Tho damage is not known, but will probably reach many thousand dollars. The fire originated on Saturday, when the wind was blowing a fierce gale, and soon got beyond all control. It is still burn ing, but not with such fury as Sat urday and Sunday. The fire is said to have originated through the care lessness of some unknown hunters. Four small houses .have been burned. /To Euild New Church. Aiken, Special.-Rev. J. B. Derrick of Augusta, pastor in charge of the Lutheran congregation of Aiken, Jias appointed a finance committee and a building commitee to erect at once a fine church building on the lot recent ly purchased for the purpose on Pen dleton street. The definite plans of the two committees have not yet been formed, but it is stated that a splen did church will be erected. A Killing at Walterhoro. Walterboro, Special.-An unfortu nate shooting scrape occurred at Mr. Boodle's, about four miles from town, on Monday night about. 9:30 o'clock. It seems that Hcrndon waylaid Hudson who discerned him crouch ed behind a stump when he called to them "Halt!-you, I am going to kill you." With this he came from behind the stump and caught Hudson, throwing his ann around his neck and attempted to cut him I with his knife. New Government of Aiken. Aiken, Special.-Tuesday the new board of county commissioners took their office and the new county gov ernment went into effect. Instead of being governed by a supervisor and two commissioners at heretofore, the affairs of the county will be in charge of a chief commissioner and four dis trict commissioners. THE S. G._LEG IS L ATURE Doings of Falsetto J^w^nakexo Told in Bref. ! In a session of 2J.-J.Vpura Tues day night the Senate voted down Senator Carlisle's bank bill. There was a concurrent ^solution, which was adopted, received' from the house, asking that the United States congress be urged to pass laws in regard to the whiskoy traffic in conformity with the State laws. A bill has been introduced in the senate by Senator Sullivan, which has attracted attention f?om a num ber of paint dealers throughout the country. It requires the careful ^labeling of paints showing the ingredients in their make up. The following passed their third reading: The following new bills were intro duced : Mr. Weston-A bill to provide foi* the payment 'of water . used in the public institutions and buildings of the Stare located in Columbia; a bill to regulate the assessment of muni cipal license taxes of insurance com panies; and a bill to amend an act relating to borrowing money by municipalities. Mr. Weston-A bill to enable cities of 10.000 inhabitants or more to fix the rates and charges for the supply of water, gas and electricity, fur nished by any firm, person or corpora tion to any such city and the in habitants thereof. Mr. Graydon's bill to fix the place of trial in all actions to recover the penalty fixed by statute for delay, loss or damage to freight by common carriers. MX Kelley-A bill to make it a misdemeanor to publish the name of any ?naid, woman or woman-child upon whom a rape or an assault with inifnt to ravish has been committed. Mr. Wharton's bill to incorporate the Greenville Female college. Upon the assembling of the house Mr. C. A. Smith presented resolu tions of respect to the memory of Representative T. t A. , Clarke, of Florence, who died Monday night. The resolutions expressed the pro found sorrow of the house and sym pathy with the family and ordered tho sergeant-at-arms to procure a suitable floral tribute and that a committee of five be sent to repre sent the house at the funeral. Messrs. Ayer. C. A. Smith, W. D. Biyan, Dingle and Bunch were appointed. The Senate on? Wednesday dis cussed tho question of ballot for as sociate justice and passed the follow ing: Senator Earle's bill as to pollution of water courses. Senator Montgomery's bill to amend the high school act. Senator Sullivan's bill to require public ginners and public warehouse companies to mark bales of cottou ginned or stored. ' The following new bills were offer ed: Mr. Lide-To amend section 1933, code of laws, 1902, volume 1, relating 'o incorporation of towns. Mr. Otts-To amend section 2G8, volume 1, code of laws, 1902, relat ing to returning property for taxa tion. t Mr. Carlisle-A bill relating to telephone charges. Mr. Bass-To repeal an act en titled "An act to amend an act, en titled, 'An act for thc further pro tection of partridges and quail,' ap proved 21 sc day of February, A. D 1900, by changing tho time and in cluding Mongolian pheasants and wild turkey, approved 21st day of February, 190S. Mr. Kass-To regulate the statis tics of leaf tobacco sold upon the floors of leaf tobacco warehouses of South Carolina. Mr. Graydon-A joint resolution proposing to amend section 22, ar ticle 5, of the constitution of the State of South Carolina, relating to jury trials. Thc House passed the following on their third reading: Mr. Richards-To repeal section 3059, volume 1, code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, relating to the lien law. Mr. Wheatley-To authorize the appointment of a commission to erect a causeway over the swamp on Coo sawhatchie river and build a bridge over said river. Mr. McCcll-To authorize the town of Clio to issue bonds in aid of the North Carolina and South Carolina railroad. Many bills of local nature were passed upon. The House held a night session at which the following actions wero taken: , Mr. K. P. Smith's bill, abolishing the department of agriculture, com merce and immigration, and Mr. Richards' bill, amending the act ere;1 ling the department, were made special orders. Without debate, Mr. Aycr's bill, requiring county treasurers to de posit funds in chartered banks, pas sed to third reading. Mr. Harmon of Newberry had the bill introduced by bis brother, Mr. Harmon of Richland, last year, for bidding the manufacture and sale of other than safety matches in South Carolina. Thc bill went to third reading, after some little debate, and an amendment providing that the law should go into effect in October. Mr. Manu's bill^ making it a mis demeanor for any baggage or ex press agent to wilfully damage or break open any baggage or express, went to third reading. The House also passed without de bate Mr. Brice's bill providing for the following additional chauges in the banking laws. "Every bank or banking institu tion receiving deposits shall at all Jiir.cs keep and have on hand as a re serve fund an amount equal to 15 per centum of its active deposits and 5 per centum of its savings deposits. "Every bank cr bankin0: institu tion -!::ill sot aside to its surplus ac cent! r not less than one-tenth of its annual net carninj-s each year until its surplus shall be equal to 25 per centum of its capital stock, and it shall be th? duty of the State hank examiner to enforce this and the pre ceding section." .Mr. Brice also had passed his bill limiting the time for recording mort gages to 20 days. The act would go' into effect in May. Mr. Cosgrove's bill, authorizing the insurance commissioner to .ap point fire department officials to in vestigate fires, also passed to third reading. Mr. Dixon's bill; naming the agents or collectors of fraternal societies as agents, in order to fix their respon sibility, passed. Some Sunday lunch laws then oc cupied the time of the House, and finally -went to third reading, being as follows: 'Section 1. That from and after the approval of this act no municipal corporation in this State shall have the right to pass any ordinance pro hibiting hotel and. restaurant keep ers or other persons from serving meals or lunches' to passengers on trains within the limits of such muni cipal corporation on Sunda-", and all such ordinances heretofore passed are hereby declared illegal and void." The Senate on Thursday took seven ballots for associate justice without effect. Among the new bills are the following: Mr. Croft-Relating to compen* sation allowed Confederate veterana for property furnished" to the Con federacy without pay. Mr. Christensen-To further- pro vide for winding up the affairs of the State dispensary and for the sale of the real estate heretofore used in conducting^the dispensary. Mr. Carlisle-To repeal sections ",J5 to 331, inclusive, of civil code vol ume 1, 1902, relating to tax un in comes. Mr. Otts-To submit State prohi bition and county dispensary to the qualified electors of the State at a ?pecial election. Mr. Griffin-Providing for the sale of infirmary for Confederate veterans and disposition of proceeds of said estate. The Houser killed the Rucker bill, which would prohibit any towns pass ing an ordinance against, the sale of lunches on Sunday. Killed the bill reducing the legal rate of interest to 6 per cent. Killed the bill for a commission to inquire into the advisability of the State going into thc phosphate business. ( Tho new bills offered embraced those ofMr. Bowman-To amend sec tion 1935, code of laws of South Car olina, 1902. volume 1, by ?dding a provision for forfeiture of charter of certain towns. Mr. Tobias-To amend an , act to incorporate certain religious and charitable societies. Mr. Wade-To amend an act to declare the law in reference to and to- retrutate i the manufacture, sale, use, .consumption of alcoholic liquors, so far as the same may relate to Aiken county. Mr. Dick-To amend section 1228, volume 1, co'de, 1902, by forbidding nepotism in employment of profes sors or other employes in State in stitutions of learning. Mr. McMahan-To amend section 192 of the criminal code of 1902, re lating to the breaking and entering of railroad cars. Mr. McMahan-To amend section 1989 of volume 1, code of laws, re lating to borrowing money by mu nicipalities'. Mr. Dixon-Conferring right of action against telegraph companies doing business in this State for in juries to person and property and for mental anguish. Mr. Foster-To fix thc liability of common carriers by railroads. Mr. Ayer-To require all rent notes, agreements and rent receipts to be recorded in office of register mesne convevance. The Senate on Friday passed the bill of Senator Otts as to costs in cases in the original jurisdiction of the supreme court, with an amend ment. Considered again Senator Appelt's measure to provide for the anoint ment of a commissioner to sell ri?? stock of goods of Clareudou county dispensary. Placed again upon the salendar Sentor Croft's resolution as to asso ciate justices. Among the new bills of importance were: 1 , Mr. Mauldin-To restrict the nm of taxes, collectd by municipal officers to the purpose for which levied and prescribed. Mr. Christensen-To provide cer tain conditions to be imposed upon insurance companies of like o ?a rac ter for the privilege of entering and do ing business in this State. Mr. Bass-Submitting the repml of these two certain acts, approved De comber 24, 1891. and December 22, 1892, respectively, and known as acts Nos. 938 and 272 and found in volume 20 at page 14SS and 21 at page 3G0, respectively. Mr. Mauldin-To require electric street railway companies to affix in closed vestibules to their cars. Mr. Mauldin-To require a product ion of State registration certificates and tax receipts to register for city or town elections. Mr. Otts-Concerning notaries pub lic who are stockholders, directors, of ficers or employes of banks or other corporations. Mr. Earle-Relating to actions for the recovery of personal property. Mr. Malker-To empower the compt roller general cf the State to make certain abatements in assessed value of certain rice lands in the county of Georgetown. New bills of general interest in the House were: Mr. Bodie-Relating to ponding water in any stream in this State. 7tfr. Cotbnm--Authorizing the gov ernor, State treasurer and comptroller sreneral to borrow money in anticipa tion of the collection of taxes to meet thc ordinary expenses of the State. - / Prohibition Question Brought Vp The Srsi 2-m of the probibiticu fight was Saturday fired in the State senate. Upon Senator Appelt's bill to impose a license of $5,000 upon liquor drummers the discussion as sumed wide proportions, reaching; out to the other prohibition questions be fore the legislature this year. "With barely a quorum present Senator Clifton of Sumter held the floor for nearly two hours, speaking- first upon the question of the bill and then upon the question to indefinitely postpone. Senator Kelley had succeeded in having his bill to repeal the lien law which has passed the house, made a special order for Wednesday after third reading bills. Senator Graydon had had his bill to regulate the charg es for carrying passengers on rail roads in this State made a special or der for Thursday. Senator Lide hud brought about the same result for his measure on State-wide prohibition or was about to do so when there arose a storm of protest against making any bill a special order. The great fight on this question arose on Senator Otts' bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, etc., of whiskeys, etc., known as the prohibition bill. It had been made a special order after a motion to table this motion had been lost, but after some more discussion Sena tor Hardin's motion to discharge all special orders prevailed and these bills are now at their regular places upon the calendar. The casus belli was Senator Ap pelt's bill to provide for a license of $5.000 in each county of the State for the conducting of the business of sol iciting whiskey orders. ., Sexitor Appelt explained the pro vision^ of his bill. Under the present law whiskey drummers can come in and solicite orders and are not licens ed. However, they can not sell the whiskey in this State nor can they de liver the goods here. Among the bills introduced were these of general interest: Mr. Walker-To amend section 2383 and 2384, code of laws, with ref erence to renunciation of dower. Mr. Weston-To amend section 948, code of laws of South Carolin?, vol ume 1. relating to the probate of deeds, beyond the limits of this tSate. In the House the folowing were among the bills introduced Snturdav: Mr. Ridgell-To pay to Wm. F. Bowe $171.85 for services rendered in connection with the State- house liti gation. Mr. Way-To amend an act entitled "An act to declare the law in refer ence to and to regulate the manufac ture, sale, and use of alcholic liquors and beverages." Mr. Nicholson-r-To amend sections 23S5 and 2384. code of laws of South Carolina, 1902. volume 1; with refer ence to renunciation of dower and the record thereof. The House put upon third reading numerous bills of the uncontested class and cleared the calendar of much of its burden. The following are a few of general interest: Senator Johnson-Allowing bene ficiary student of the Citadel to be relieved of the obligation to teach ?in certain cases. Mr. Carey-Allowing for testimony of female witnesses in assault cases. Senator Wharton - Incorporating the Thornweli orphanage board. Mr. McMahan-Fixing the charge for transcribing testimony by the stenographer of this circuit. Mr. Lawson-Amending tlic act for the protection of quail. Senator Wharton- Incorporating the Greenville Female College. General News in Brief. Charlottesville, Va., suffered from a disastrious fire on Friday, the 4th. The loss is estimated at $250,000. Subpoenas have been issued by Judge Landis for a new trial of the Standard Oil Co. Judge Landis be fore imposed a fine of $29.240,000 on the company which succeeded in get ting a new trial. It is proposed at this late day to gather the ashes of Major Pierre Charles L' Enfant, the French engi neer, and bury them at Arlington and to have a suitable monument in rec ognition of his services to Gen. Wash ington in planning the Capital City. Macon Has $40,000 Fire. Macon, Ga., Special.-Fire originat ing in a cottage on Wilder street in south Macon, Sunday morning at ll o'clock, driven by a stiff wind rapid ly spread to adjourning dwellings, re sulting in the complete destruction of twenty-six residences, the loss on buildings and pcrspnal property amounting to approximately $40,000. Bryan Denies tho Story. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-Wil liam Jennings Bryan reached Jackson ville at 7 o'clock Sunday morning from Deland and emphatically denies the story sent out regarding' the alleged automobile accident near Tar pon Springs, in which it was said that he was badly injured and under treat ment in a Tampa hotel. Tho Rice Supply Estimated. Houston, Tex., Special.-A. E. Groves, secretary of the Texas-Louisi ana Farmers' Association, has given out an estimate of the rice now held hy fat mers and by mills. According to hiss figures there are 300,000 sacks of clean and rough rice in Louisiana and 917,000 in Texas, of which latter 510,900 is rough. Mr. Groves esti mates that 300,000 sacks will be need ed for seed, leaving a total aavilable supply of 1,417,500 sacks. SPONGE OAKS' A good sponge cake served with sweet crom or a glass of milk Ls an excellent lunch for an Invalid. Sift together two cups of pastry flour, one teaspoonful cream of tartar anti a scant half teaspoonful of soda. Beat four eggs until light, add one-half cup cold water, a cup and a half powdered-v sugar, two tablespoonfuls lemon juice and the sifted flour. Beat light and bake In a very moderato oven.-New ?ork Telegram. R?TvV ANNA SHAW'S'VIEWS. The Rey. Anna .H. Shaw; writing of-the election in Denver.. Col, -says: "Conditions* were so srood that had any one told me anything: like the real truth I would not have believed it. It was so much better "^than I dreamed an election could be. "Not one man did I see intoxicat ed. All the saloons were closed front and back. The order was perfect Men and women fell in line every where without the slightest disorder. "In one polling place on ?Capitol' Hill the women voting formed 55 per cent, of the total vote, and the pro portion ranged from that to 37 per cent, in the residential and industrial parts of the city. In the slums out of 700 persons registered 100 were women, and only twenty of these voted. "More than half the voling placel were in sitting rooms or parlors of houses. The absence of excitement was marked and the sensation Was as of a Sunday or a Thanksgiving.''' THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, AUGUSTA. GA. L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK, President. Cashier CAPITAL $250,000.00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. The OoBiness of oar out-of-towu friends receives the same careful attention as that of our local deposito?. The Qcconnts of careful cons?. <atlve people solicited. M-M-M-I-I-I-'I-'M I II H"K-M ??M'-MII H-lf I II 111'H-H The Planter's Loan and Savings Bank Augusts, Ca. Pays Interest on Deposits, J* Accounts Solicited. L.C. HAYNf, CHAS. C. HOWARD, PREolDEM'. CASSIE h. 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