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1:1 PALMETTO I ;>,News Notes From All Parts off Carolinians Fined for Violating Cattle Quarantine law. Spartanbunr, Special. ? C!iar?rccl with violating cattle (pinrantitie laws, G. McHughe.v ami J. A. Hinrhev nf l/'berokee, K. F. I). No. 1, J. P. Pve rof Cherokee, R. F. I). No. 2, John Bonner of Spartanburg R. F. 1). No. 2, and Arthur Hampton of Inman, T R. F. D. No. 1, were arrested on warrants sworn out by the State veterinarian before Magistrate \V. E. Ezell several days ago. They pleaded ** ilty and wen sentenced to pay a Lr ie of $.">.40 each. J^AU of the parties concerned are t ""farmers who violated what is known as the "farmers' quarantine, law" ^ Dr. E. M. Nighbert. who is in charge of the local ollice of the bureau of ^ animal industry of the United States ' department of agriculture, in speaking of the arrest of the above named [ farmers, said that the department has for two years conducted an cdttr cational campaign in this countv and that the fanners have had ample onL portunity to learn of the operation of the quarantine laws Tvi?l> I k enec to cattle. Those who take the law in their own hands mav bo expected to he arrested ami lined. , ' Anderson Increases School Expenditures. Anderson. Special.?During tho year commem iiiir .lime 80. 11)05. and ending Juno 80. lt'Ot). the county of Anderson so. n; ?7s.2>7.80 on publit* schools. hcitur an increase of ?12^ 949.40 over that spent 011 the schools during the year before. The amount spent during the year he lore was $04,888.40. 1 taring the year ending June 80. 19<?9. the county spent lor all purposes. excepting tor sc hools and the amounts remitted to the State treasurer for State taxes. ?118,724.00. Of this amount ?70,187.42 was spent in the ncriod commencing Jwio 80. 1""S. and ending Deeemher 31. IfMi.S, being largely for repairs of damages wrought by the August flootl. The increase in the amount expended for the schools is probably due to the increased number of schools, the additional teachers employed and the special school taxes. Parker is Chosen President. Edgefield, Special.?The Heaver Dau mills was organized here Thursday. Lewis W. l'arker was elected president, J. ('. Sncppard, vice president.. B. E. Nicholson secretary and attorney and B. F. Zimmerman treasurer. The following were elected directors: B. F. Zimmerman. Lewis \Y. Parker. \Y. C. Cleveland, B. F. Taylor. J. C. Sheppanl, \Y. \Y. Adams, T. II. Rainsford and M. L. Marchant. All these gentlemen were present at the meeting. The company is capitalized at $200,000. The number of shares'-into which the capital is to he divided is to be 2,000 of the par value of $100 each. All of the stock has been taken up except 150 shares, which will be offered to parties throughout the county. The object is t<> secure local interest in tlic mill. It will soon lie in operation. Meets Horrible Death. Lancaster, Special.?Mr. A. C. Floe, met with a horrible death Monday afternoon. lie had just finished his day's work and was returning from the field to his home, when a negro passed ridimr a bicycle which frightened the mule Mr. Floe was riding. He was thrown and his ankle became entangled in tin ace-chains and he was dragged some distance to his home and around the yard and barn lot in the presence of his family who were unable to stop the frightened animal unt'l his head and body were badly torn and bruised. When he was rescued life was almost extinct and he died before ho could be car ried into the house. Return From Charleston. Aiken, Special.?The Aiken Rifles First company, coast artillery arrived in Aiken Tuesday from Charleston where they have been encamped with the artillery for their encampment. The boys report having had a big time, and they are much pleased with the kind reception they received at the hands of the Charleston volunteers. School For Farmers Begins in Winnsboro. Winnsboro, Special?The Farmers' extension school opened Monday morning in the court house by an exeel lent address by Prof. Burgess of Clemson College on the cow, the care ' of, feed, the milking and butter making. The next address was bv Mr. J. 1'. Campbell of the United States department of agriculture on the selection of seed showing how the indiserimininute use of seod caused the poor produce of grain and cotton, lie ?xplained that it was necessary to select the seed corn in the fields. To Improve Telephone Line. Yorkville, Special.?Generul Manager R. B. Hahington of the Piedmont Telephone company, an expert engineer from Atlanta, and the local manager, Mr. N. Craig McCorkie, are busy measuring and laying off the route through nil the streets for running the telephone lines in cables. The entire plant is to be rebuilt, with all the latest appliances, and Yorkville will have a system not excelled by any in the State. 1APPENINGS | the Sla.lc of Interest to South j! in Genera.! Made Good Settlement. Chester, Special. ? Comptroller General A. \Y. .Tones visited Chester oflicially Thursday and had annual settlement with the county auditor in his office, the county treasurer, county superintendent of education, county supervisor and foreman of the grand .jury being also present. The showing made was entirely satisfactory to the comptroller and called forth high commendation from that officer. The tyital State and eonnty tax foots up $!t0,2.~>4.81, of which was paid to the State. In addition, the poll tax brings in $4,">44 and the dog tax $1.41*2, showing the dog population of the county to be 2S4, an increase, or more honest return. Young Kan Charged With a Grave CrimeGafincy, Special.?(trover Hcnderj son. n young man who lives in the E.tells section of Cherokee county, ' was committed to jail Wednesday hv Magistrate Scruggs ot Morgan township, charged with an attempted criminal assault upon the person of a young inairud woman i:i the upppcr part of the county. The testimony adduced l>v the prose* ution ma Ices a strong case against the young fellow. but it is said that when the case coices to trial he will lie aide to prove an alibi. It is likely that the do- { fondant's attorneys will make an ; application for fail under u writ of | habeas corpus. I Red Shirts Will Ride. Anderson. Special.?Mavor .T. L. ' ' i Sherard lias received a letter from iorisirr State Scnutor .7. M. Gaines, oi Greenwood County, in which he says that arrangements are heinj; I made there to bring a party of tlmse who wore tin lied Shirts in the campaign of 18755 to Anderson on horsebail; to attend the Reunion. Tlinv will probably he .'50 or more in the party. An effort is being made to secure the tents necessary from the Adjutant and Inspector General of the State militia and probably parties from other sections of the State will camp out here during the Keunion, which is to be held on August J4tii and -J.->th. I Patterson and McCall Will be the Features. I Rod; Hill, Special.?Gov. Melcolm R. Patterson of Tennessee and Judge Samuel \Y. MeCall of Host on have accepted invitations to deliver inli1ri><!<<i>? !> iti? .I,,.!;,..,#..? ?i.~ i Kinsr's Mountain monument on Oc- j t ?'?<?? 7. This is uoinj; to be n irrent j affair. At Yorkville Tuesday a mon-i umont association was formed with' an executive committee consisting of! Col. Ashr.rv Coward, chairman, and Geo. II. O'Leary. Geo. \Y. S. Hart, \V. D. Crist and .1. Steele Hricc. Rally at St. Matthews. St. Matthews. Special.?A larce and enthusiastic audience greeted thej rally of Farmers' l'nion, Prohibition, and educational orators here Tues-1 day. Mr. B. F. Keller, a prominent. Cameron farmer, acted as chairman ! and introduced the following speak-' ers: I'nited States Senator Fd. 1 Smith and Prof. I). \Y. Daniels of j Clemson Collesre, on education; Mr. I Prnitt, president of the Farmers' i Union, and Dr. W. \Y. Hoy, of Kich- | land, on matters agricultural, and | l'rot. l link.scales, of WolTord Col- I I lege, on I'rihibition. Fatally Hurt Under Car. Spartanburg, Special. ? Henry Wyatt, a car inspector of the Southern railway, died at 11 o'clock Wednesday in the city hospital as the result of injuries received early Wednesday morning at the Spartanburg Junction. He was under a freight car making an inspection when an engiue struck the ear anil knocked it forward and over his body. Ho was a young man highly respected. Caterpillars Appear on the Sea Island. Charleston, Special.?Caterpillars have made their appearance on Edisto Island and to some extent on the other islands, and in consequence the cotton planters are much disturbed for fear of serious damage to the cumins nop wnoso prospects nave been particularly good up to this time. It is unnsua1 for the caterpillars to appear in an*' numbers until about September and at that time the plants and fruitage have made such progress that the inects can not make much harm. Refuses to Confirm Sale of Lanford ' Mill. Laurens, Special.?Referee in Bankruptcy John J. Earle, in a hearing here Tuesday, refused to confirm the sale of the Lanford mill, bankrupt, which was made here on Monday, August 2. The grounds for refusal to confirm were that, since the upset price had been fixed at $12,000 and that the stockholders and creditors were led to believe that this price would be had, and, aince it w&a sold for $8,000, the sale was invalid. THE _^3^S?S ( - . - ii " i ?jr->XaJ^T^Ojja? .^V?i ?Cartoon l SIX BABIES DIE A Reading Ccroncr tnvestiea' Incantations?Had Sum "Doctor" Not Only , But Started Reading, Pa.?Coroner Strasso busy procuring evidence In the c: of six infants, all of whom died wit twenty-four hours. It Is charged the Coroner that all six of the c dren were treated by "witch docto hut that the only tiring they v suffering from was summer c plaint. Coroner Strasser has ropoi tho matter to the District Attorney Reading has many "witch docto and there have been cases in cc time and again of persons who clarcd that neighbors "verhex them. No sooner does a child becom' in this section tlw.n the neighl rush in and declare the child is " hexed," and a "witch doctor," \ his incantations, is sought out. in the cases of the children i died while undergoing this treatn several were simply treated by eh ing mystic words while a red co iuiu ?cis passcu over too notiy. other cases a bag containing char; words was hung about the neck. Coroner said: "Many children dio every sum from summer complaint that do have nn attending physician. C investigation 1 find that the par are of the middle class, and si: GIJSI^OTSNE Qnly Fii'lccu Seconds Net Awes Paris.?The French mind hi pre-eminently logical it is difP.cul believe that it will not deman change in the method of carrying execution. The law demands they be publicly performed in a pu place. In practice no member of public, strictly speaking, saw i thing of the execut'on of Duchei the only eyewitnesses being ir>0 Ji nalists, a dozen mounted gendar and twenty policemen. The difficulty In finding a place the guillotine since the Roqu prison was pulled down has alv been proffered as an excuse for practical abolition of capital pun nicnt which Paris has enjoyed or fered for the last ten years. That difficulty docs not exist wrs s'n when the guillotine was erected at middle of the 300 yard wall of Prison de la Sante. It stood in the centre of four cfi nut trees belonging to the double of trees that border the Bou'ei Arago. Opposite this wall arc grounds of a huge unoccupied t vent, so that nothing overlooked spot. .The only drawback was I there is no door to the prison on Bide. Therefore the condemned n leaving by a door on Sante Btree right angles to the Boulevard Ari was driven some seventy yards al this street and then 160 yards to place of death. Some 12 00 trc were on doty, barring every r around the prison. Double and so times triple cordons both on foot on horseback fifty yards apart m It an assurance that nobody could proach except those possessing a lice pass. At about 3.45 Deibler's men be erecting the guillotine. Slier without the sound of a hammer, w out a spoken word of command b< given, it was put together by the 11 of a candle flickering in an old t lantern, and this was used even w Deibler wished to test the macl with a spirit level. Everything exact. In an hour's time one of executioner's assistants blew out candle. All was ready. The k was run up to the top of the fra but no test drop was made, so cc dent wns Deibler in his men and machine. It was now the dawn of a per Bummer day. As the sun rose it vealed the maroon colored "tlmbei Justice." Its position among the ti robbed it of much of its crude hor Shortly before 6 o'clock, when it full daylight, '.the prison van cs Souvenir of a Hot Tennis Rout at the White Hoi Washington. D. C. ? Night w has been begun on the addition b< built to the executive offices at White House. Three shift* are 1 working, and there will not be hour's let-up until the ad-litloc completed. In the old tennis co now being excavated, one of workmen found buried in the cla: a depth of four or live inches a tei ball. He pocketed it as a souve aylng aa he did bo: "I'll bet T1 dore drove that one into the groui TOLL. jai ~::'y:r5; .jJBP ' * ?y Maurice Kcttcn, in the New York World. S "WITCHES" CHANT. ting Deaths of Infants Treated by mer Complaint^Opcrations c+* Allowed Infants to Perish, Neighborhood Feud. r is their money calling in old women isca who make :i practice of 'powwowing' hin and using charmed words, by "What is more, these women deli 11- scribe the 'hex' to the parents, and rs." this is the cause of many of the neighrcre borhood feuds that are aired in court, nm- "The parents of these children in :ted ncarlj every case imagined that their offspring were suffering from witchrs." craft, and they immediately hustled v.trt them off to a hevc-nl <1r?re?r u lc de- about. 11 tilo that tin- authorities inves:od" tigate tho illegal practice that has existed so long in Ren up: and Berks ? ill County, and which is the fundamental jors reason for the many deaths, vr- "Parents are entirely too suporvlth stitious. In many cases they believe that their children have a spell cast that over them and instead cf consulting tent a regular physician go to a hexeral ant- doctor and procure either a hoodoo tton or a charm to drive away the evil. In "This charm or hag is worn on enroled tain parts of the child's body and is The kept there for a certain length of time. Certain passages of the Bible mer are repeated daily by one of the famnot ily to break the 'hoodoo,' and the pon powwow doctor calls daily and goes ents through funny stunts in an effort to lend chase out the imaginary spirits." REVISITS PARIS. :dcd to Kelicad a I*arrici?le-?An onic Scene. cing around the corner and up the bonlet to vard and stopped opposite the guillod a tine. Two men let down the back, out which formed steps from the vehicle, that Then down these came first the ibllc prison governor, then a priest and the then a liguro which might have been iny- Lazarus coming from tho grave at atn, Christ's command. It had its hands our- fastened behind its back and a loose mos cover in c :irir-?'in?r fm?, >>.. ? ....m l.i' Biiuuim-rs. [ The body wr.v naked except for a pair for j of linen trousers. ette Over the face hung a black veil, rays | thin enough to allow the features to the bo visible, for the Code enacts that ish- parricides must be taken to the scafsuf fold in bare feet and with veiled head, this Duchemin was twenty-eight years own old, but the livid* face might have the been that of a man any ape over the, sixty. It was the face of a man withi out consciousness or feeling of any est-] kind for whom assuredly the bitterline ness of death had already passed. \nrd Within fifteen seconds from the the time the prison van stopped the knife con- had fallen. This seems incredible, the one of the newspaper correspondents that took the time by a stop watch. In this those fifteen seconds Deibltr's aids mn. seized the cloak and veil, conducted t at the condemned man three paces beiRO, tween the van and the machine and ong laid him in place. The knife fel*. .nthe stantly and the body was pushed into >ops a basket. ?ad How such perfection can be atnc*e tained when the men have so little and practice on living subjects is little iade short of marvelous. The sneed enmaP* blned with the ovident insensibility of the doomed man robbed the spectacle of its horror. It had more re?an semblance to a clpver performance of 'tly, the disappearing lady act of the music halls than to a tragedy of death, dng yor those who were watching withtght jn three yards the work of setting up ime the dread machine in the darkness ]en and silence will remain a memory llne long after the recollection of the ac? tual execution has faded away. the I, njfe Calderon is Foreign Minister. rao Carlos Calderon assumed the Mininfl 's^ry of Foreign Affairs in the new the Gonzalez Valencia Cabinet, at Bogota, voiomma. it nart hern reported that feet Marco Fidel Suarez would be Foreign re. Minister. r of rees Two Dreadnoughts For Chile, ror. The Naval Council at Valparaiso, was Chile, has recommended the building ime of two ships of the Dreadnought type. "Crowned Heads Will Disappear use. in Ten Years," is Prediction, ork Chicago.?Near the close of his sing lecture on "The Rise and Fall of the the Polish Republic," at the opening of now the Lincoln Temperance Chautauqua an Assembly at Evanston. Colonel John i la Snbieski created a sensation among urt, his auditors by declaring: the "Ten years will see the end of the y at crowned heads of Europe.and. in t'neir nnls places will he men of nrincinle? like *nlr, Washington's, Lincoln's and Jeffertieo son s. Then will come the blessed ad.'\ day of liberty, peace and fraternity." - ? f WASHINGTONliES~j At an cxti'iulcil eonfereiiec I'rida: j ni^ht with Seeretnrv Nas^-I. of the Department of Poimneiee am! l?al>o-; I | I'astmaster (letieral 11 iteheuek ami c. Dana Durand, Direetor of t ,e Pens's. President Taft at Beverly. appro\ *d the hi?[H.intinent fit .'MO supervis rs nf the thirteenth eensus. The ist had been prepared here tor the President and the quuliiieutions "1 v rv man inquired into. There has been marked disoot ent unions some Southern Kepuhleans lover the deeision of the Presided to divide the census patronage '.'i the States ot the "solid South.' Pol. P'*eil I.yon, licpubliei.n national eommit teeman from 'l\ xas. who eaine to Beverly Friday t??d the President that he would la 11 have the State put in eliarue of ne ??upcrvisor?a rood Republican than to have to divide the eon. v-Monal distrii-ts with the Deim?ra!>. Colonel Lyon said t lie do hint ion of this poliey oil his iiari lieol voi.il for :i!l ol tin* Slutrs. < >kKt!:<Ito iloolaiv?l, hail Leon inoliulid with I' .nu, Kotilui k;. Ni rWi < :?>i i'l.i am! Missouri in ilu li.-t nl ii 'titlv il><uhitui Suilis that Ian! hoi a mi apart '1 :.s t lie ntl.or Soul hum S T1 - :i>!" a lull IIi1 ul h'. jia'.lii aii Mipi rviM : >. "II Oklahoma i- a Norihurti Siah." ik'riaml I'olom! l.yuii. "I am it: Invor ul n.uva:: Masm and luxon's liiitr still Im'i! it !>uu" h* 'o lot To\a> in." Ka?-!i ooii.-u- snporxi-or ill liavi :j truinomlous J;.-hi luivu ul omuaora tor.- mulor liiiu. Tho >r.por\ imu'.- ivil roooiko a .-alary < !' -t'J.' ' ami tlioii worl. will i \ioi.il uvoi oiul'l m to: liiuuihs. i lio States vvlnTo llu super n> are tin .?l<*iI o(|aallv Inline] tlio 1 temoerul > ami liepuhliunns av Virginia, South I'.irolimi. tl-niuui l'luraia, Alabama. .Mississippi, Ar k:ii!>as, Louisiana and Te\a.-. !n i:;n? ul tlio Stale.- supervisors an- appoint i d in i aI*11 oiiir_!v->iuiinl lostm-l I'resident Tall. it is said, lanl ilnw tin* : iu.-> ,(.*>|ii'?*iall\ in States wlier a division lias hccii made heiwee l>'ciii*it rats and Republicans. that si pervisors sliali nut In* active part sans and that nu ::11?*lnpt should h made to haild up |n>1 iIi?-;iI machine out of tin* census patrumiac. Tin* President appointed Charles J (Kerloek. ol I>ou;_*las. Ari;:., as I nil cd States marshal t>*r that T'*nitor\ Hi* also signed tin* commi-siniis c snau* sixtv-odd supervisors in dii'lVi out sections of tin* country and tli names of these appointees were mail pu'dic !<y Mr. Iturand at I lie eonelii siiui ot the eonfereiiee. i iii* list includes: Florida: First district. ll?nr\ \\ Kisimp (lit publican) ; seiond districl I., la suenr (ianiiirn (Republican) third district, Thonia.s l>a\id Wliiti (1 )i*ii. tie rat i. Alabama: First district, I.awrene \V. Locklin (Democrat); fourth di? triet ticorai* \V. I'arsons (Democrat) tilth district, William 1'. Cobb (Item ocrat t ; sixth district, Sin < on 1 Wriaht (l{cpulilira:i I; seventh dis triet. da.in s ,|. Curtis ( Republican I ee.In!; disiriet. Thomas 1'. Wood (We publican i ; ninth disiriet, .John 1 McKuirv (Wepahhi an). ITal'i jii 1.overly, talkci ovi r I lie 'uliiiu j-il uat ion for an in.n Sunday altcriionti will: farh.s tinrci: \ ? tin- island's minister to Wash inyton. Fmm mail 4 o'clock tli diplomat and tin* I'rt^idi'iit sat ii earnest coiivi'i'sntion on tin- verand; ol' the Tail coltaac. Mr. Yoloz <If lared alter the lonjr interview tlia lie liad found President Tuft doopl; interested in Ctilui and thorough!; acquainted v.illi tile ideals and ambit ions of the people. Mr. Yolez said h realized that forces were at work i tin hope of disintejrratiii'r the repul lie. Some of the American nowsps j?ers, he declared, had said unkiii t hilars ahont the Cuhan people whie were disheartenin?r and disconrayini hut he emphatically shook his hoa and said. "No, 110, 110." when aske if lie thought it ever would lie need sary for the I'nited States airuin t intervene to set the repuhlie's lious in order. In a letter addressed Sunday t Secretary Natrel, of the I>?i<nrlmen of Commerce and labor, l'residen Taft served notice thai any man ei; iraired in the taking of the thirtccnt census of the I'nited States who en : in:,... : ni p 111 |#"ini?n in j;:i\ w ii\ Will II dismissed c*!v from l li?* se? vice. ,\t iIn* same time aiMiouiicc incut was it ado of J lie appoint men of l.'M additional supervisors. Out side of nisliuv their votes t::? IVesi lent believes that census snperxisor and eiiunuraters should kt<i? cl.-nr o anything that siv?.> of politics, nat ional. State or local. ':> 11i- lcltlo President Tall orders that the Score Inry of Comnienc and l.r.hor and tli director of l!ic census end.odv in tli regulations irowrninjr the takinu o the census the rule as forcibly lni< down in his letter. Mr. Taft say; that in appointing census supervisor it has heen found neeessnrv to selec men recommended by Senators am Congressmen in their districts. 11< says ho realizes that this method o selection might easily he perverted t< political purposes, and it is to tnki 1 the census out of politics, so far a > the actual work is concernwl, that he has explicit 1\ expressed his desire as to the regulations. The census supervisor. jinnounced t'roru North Carolina ami South Carolina as follows: North Carolina?First district, Josiali C. Meekiti. Sr.; seeond, James M. Newhoru; tliird. II. Frank Brown; fourth. William Claudius Pearson; sixth. Irvine 15. Tucker: sevtuith, A. Turner Grant, Jr.; ninth. J. ^ates Killian. South Carolina ? First district, William J. Storen; second. George Watcrhouse; third. William Walker Russell; fifth. Robert Leruy Douglas. FINANCIER JAILED Donald L. Perrch Held in Default of $.r>0,000 Bail and Thereby Liangs a Tale of Tangled Finance Thraush , Which Somebody in Wall Strict Nipped F. Auruotus Heinz?. _ New York. S|.c. i.i!. ! id 1.. Now ^ ork. Special.? -Donald I.. I'a.'si-1. a'i ambition- young linamier, *'?om in a downtown note brnkev's "I,;,e. is in !,. Tombs m d?-?a dt of >'V<iun hail. ;Mi.| i|,.-r t.y ban-- ; tale tangled li: an. t rou_li ,ieli ^meliody iii \\ j.ii Sti v. t ntp* F. -illgustu- 1 i< it ..uc-tw ,?er king. l..| ,U.no;i. lYt - is | specitica'iv ? I 'iv \\ I-, a ' . .. i'i !iv I ul t. ><>. it'll, a |tit ohiaiir-, v the I sale <il l."?.l?ini - :n-< - ot < -ojijht j ?-<in ami J.min sliar? - ?*i i'avisj l'a!\ copper ? >\lni. an ua< lit iff it- in; p!a?-?<l wi'.i tin- Windsor Trnsi ?" iiijtjitt \. . t I!.:- <tv. a.- se? urity 11 i a h-a:i ! -"u.iiimi. Tin- stork was nit h-i'l liv the hai.k lint wa. t-i: uv- r t-. a dork [ t;:ia ;< r r !. ami at t - iti--r"a i.fih v? thrown . tin.- <-iiii> market Mill si-l-l I or aji;i'?i\iti.i i\ -.in.i-uO. IIi-a I * i j-si h o'ntiir >-l ,-ilal to i carry tli'miv!i -: -i-;:' ?' li\ t!m . stiii k wa.- ri-l;ai|ir.>li?nl l?\ tl.e tnst - company ere point - set !< la? cleared Uji. 1 Alter his nrri-st M->n-la\ nltinioon ? i rsc'i was arrni.rtnd lielorc a tnauwt?:it< ami. alter unsuccessful elTi rts ,j -! hi- lawyer tn have kail r.-laieil to -jH.miii. wa> ? ( ! ?!!it11?i to the Ton lis, alt honvh lii- counsel lat"?- proi-and a writ ?-t hakeas corpus returnaklu I Tuesday im-niiii.. Hi- examination 1 was s- t l'i.r Kri'lay. I I'i-'mt Attoriiev .1-rotne took ae! i,.i,..? . i. ? > - - i i m .1.1 mini iii" 11 rents n.iiv lir I'i neeonliiur !>> the police. lias been airested tv.iir In-!..11-, iiiii-i- lor '' ;-ji r\ oil i-!::s i _ < tutiili- h\ ivijiii-st ! Iiis lather. am! another in eonnee1 ii-it with takimr subsi-riptions lor * an iic fund. L?ot!i charires were tin pjn'il. ALABAMA A DRY STATE. Governor Comer Signs Carmichael ,4 Prohibition Bill, Which Makes the c State a P.egular Sahara Desert. Mont_-oiia ry. Ala.. Speeial.?Ciovernor Comer on Monday afternoon -icni-il tin- Cjirmii-hai-l pn hihition hill. I I ruler this act it is unlawful to si-11 or to stor.- any li'|iii<l? eontaininir tnori- than one-half of one- per rent ah-oliol. Tin* loekc-r dubs an- illegal (1 ainl the possession of a I'niti-il States int. tvi:tI revenue li?-i:;se shall in cnii. >iili iei! j.rin.a 1'ai-ie evidence i-l uuilt. ' Tnil;.. Alabama is ii dry state. The Kulh r hill, ami tin- 1'.aHani hill an- still p-mlimr in the House. They . an- n.ofi- rmii.; I than tin- t armiehael ' hill ami are designed to ;ii<l in the i tilon-eti.i hi of tin latter. Tin- Fuller hjl! prohibits any sort of liijuor advi :! -in_ ami throws everx safeguard I a nun ul I In- law. 'I'm- i'allanl hill provides lor tin- impeachment ol ofliri-rs who fail to p.it tin- law into diet. lath of these hills will be e ' passed. The i on!est over the bill subrr.ittiiiir to tin* people in November an " niiKiHiiiu nt to tin* constitution ext eluding lienors from Alabama for. over is under consideration. I loth sides to the contest I'laitn victory. y >- REPORT ON CROP CONDITIONS0 I n Conditions on August 1 Were in the i- Aggregate Slightly Higher Than on i- August 1. 1908. <1 Washington, Special.?Crop ronilih tions in tin* 1'nited States on August 1, 1909. were in the aggregate slight<1 lv higher than on August 1, 1908, anil il moderately hither than a 10-year i- average condition of all crops on Auo gust 1. In addition to the higher oonic (lition tin- acreage of cultivated crops is about 1 ti per cent greater titan last o year. So says a general review of it crop conditions issued Monday. Winit ter wheat, spring wheat, corn, oats, rye. I'nx and grapes were better than h last \ear and the 10-year average; barley and potatoes win- better than e the condition on August 1 last year, '* but slightiv below the average eon' flit ion. Tobaeeo and sweet potatoes ' were better than the average and lower than last vcjiv Inmnrtant :S - crops which Wi'rc h<dnw hoth last vear s and an average condition are cotton, -I ri?", hay. hrtckwlict ami apples. Co.. - ditions varv. hn\v?r?r, in different -jj r sci ! ions < t t!ic 1 ii'twl States. ' Two Negroes Wounded by Posse. '' Douglas. (la., Special.?As the re- 1 t suit ? I' a raiil hy a posse of white men i headed by Deputy Sheriff Fnrney, in ) * the southern part of the county Sun- ^ s day night, t ro negvoes were hadty |R t wounded and tec of then caused the 1 arrest on a warrant of Clifford A. * E* Part lot*. a member of the posse, a f charging assault with intent to mur- J 9 ( dcr. Nina negroes were captured anil -I p . one of the wounded may die. It it M ' s 1 charged the negroes were gambling, :