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' / ^ . CAMDEN, S. C., 'FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, l'JOIi. VOLUME XIV. Fllttor Event* of the W?k In a Briff Form. Olt No Special Concessions, The Secretariat recently gave ^Ut aa interview on tb? subject of bo clubs recently raided by the dis pensary constabulary and the worth of their charterts. Many peole have thought that because these clubs wer? chartered organizations they were thus protected. Mr. Gantt, in the course of ? conversation, clearly showed that no violator of the law ia ever protected by * charter. J' - "In view of a misapprehension In quarters," said Mr. Gantt, "I ?WoUld be gl^d to have the newspapers state the fact, aa from me, that a "Charter gives no Individual association or company the right to violate the law of the State. A corporation sim ply created a corporation of two or ^piore Individual#, and confers only the rights enumerated 1# the code, to wit: to hold their property in, common and {regulate their affairs as a unit. It Is - not the grant of a single right that an individual does not possess, and all corporations in the u State, whether chartered through mj? office or by the General Assemblly, are amenable to every law on the statute books. "When two or more persons file a declaration that they desire to form a social organization, it is not my duty to Inquire nor have I any means ot ascertaining whether they intend to violate the law; on the contrary it is my duty to take for granted that they, intend to obey the law." "Mr. Gajrtt, have you received, ,,ln your oSRal capacity any objections, to the Issuance of charters to these so called scolal clubs?" "No, I have not," answered the Sec retary of State. "Before any club or association win bo organized, published notice .must be given In the newspa pers, and there has*not been filed with the Secretary of State in several year a one word of protest against the or , sanitation of any club or similar asso - elation. "It Is the duty of the regular, officers . bt the law -to see that clubs art*! asso ciations, a* well as individuals, obey the law of the State. T jPatahetto Briefs. ? ?-- ... judgement of the circuit court In the ease of J. L. Carson, of Qreen vJlfe; vb. the Southern Railway com pany^baB- been affirmed by the su "ireme court. It will be remembered hat on AVjguat 18th, 1902, Mr. Carson's "lot (utQ was crushed between two , *i?tght cars at Converse. A novel fea ture of the suit was the joinder of the Infcw and conductor with the rail way company as defendants, thus 1 ig the . case for trial in the State <fe:J)wember 4th, 1902, a ver* ,.wae rendered for $6,500 against rafltoay company, and releasing the ' teer and conductor of any llabil ^"he supreme court, however, sus tained this verdict on appeal. Edward Mikell, a colored barber, MAtting himself up as good as any ? man and. pa8?Ln&_the preposition n an offensive way upon 3. A. Storer, alderman from Ward 12 in Charleston, was given a hard punch In the face by Mr. Storer, Monday morning whye the two were riding on a trolley car. Later jcell sought Mr. Storer at ] " ng street and attempted I discussion, drawing a knocked down, remain, unconscious for some time. Governor Heyward Tuesday com muted the sentence of John Pickens, of Richland county, who was sentenced to 12 monthfc. Pickens was sent up 'or stealing a bfcycle. The petition, signed by the prosecutor and county officials, Set forth that he was drunk, and picked up the bicycle Id the presence of wit nesses, rode ft short distance and fell off, having no intention of stealing the wheel. Judge Klough - and Solicitor Thurmond thought that he had been Li The Southern Kai i ways tresue Middle Tyg^r river between Welford end Duncan vas washed away Tues day, thus blocking traffic on the main line. Some. Ave miles south, extending a > few miles beyond, of Bennetteville, is dry streak? a strip of territory on whioh no rain has fallen for five weeks, and crops have been materiM ^?^ly damaged. With, this exception ' nhtk . have been pretty general through that county, and the crops are Indeed fine. ' " ^ The sewerage system In poiumma, la pftettcally completed <nd by the ?end of the week A it le expected that the contractors will turn over the work ~ to the city. Approximately the system has cost over $166, ooo. For aome time the system, or most of it, haa been in deration and many hare already con / B%etsd their property with the. aewer, At th# local United States army re . emlting office In Spartanburg -.since -rl*et jrrWay M out of ?, applicants ? been rejected by the officer*, a ip^?ewhat peculiar when It le only Ihltrtn spplleeet have nor-i [cAI qualities to be admitted The recruit! ng sergeant ~ * "?-cause'waswank new life waa infused Lire Stock Asociatton College Wednesday afleF km was perfected who wlU t?* to in Itfj circles SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS. tlie Reports Indicate (lood Develop < men! the Pa?t Week. Tho wook ending 8 a ,m. Monday, August 24, had a mean temperature of 78 degrece which is 2 degrees be low normal, due to lqw day tempera tures during the first four days that were entirely cloudy, humid md rainy. ^The I lint three days were clear and dry. '(here were local high winds in Oconee, Pickens, Anderson aud fair Held counties that did Bome damage, and there was a light hail dtorin in Oconee. Generally heavy,,' In places exces sive, rains occurred. 6ver the whole State during the first four days, with local amounta ranging from one Inch in tho western counties to over six inches in the southeastern counties. In places lands werfe "tfoadly washed and crops damaged, but where not ex cessive, the raius were beneficial on all crops except cotton. The averago amount for the State was 2.38 inches. The condition of young corn con tinues to improve, exoept on bottom lands that are too wot where corn is firing, Old corn is about ripe, nnd fod der is bt'iiiK puilthi from it In all sec tions. The rains damagad aome fod der while curing. The rains of the week were harm ful to cotton by causing increased shedding -of tuyiares and young bolls, and rust has appeared-, in nearly all sections. In places tho' rains caused too rank a growth of weed at the ex pense of .fruljtagq that was already on the stalks. These unfavorable con ditions were general, while cater pillars, BfiaFp^ahboters and bojl-' worms, a/ppeared locally, but have as yet caused small damage. Cotton is opening slowly in the eastern and central counties, and ha3 not begun to open in the western ones. Picking is as yet sporadic, Sea-island cotton continues to make seasonable im provement. Rice improved rapidly, and early rice is ripening. Harvest will begin next week. Sweet potatoes and cane are Improving steadily. Grasses for hay and pastures are making good growth. Turnips sowing continues un der favorable conditions for rapid germination.. There was too much rain for truck just coming up ? Eruitcon-? tinues In the extreme western coun ties. J. W. BAUER. Tu-ks Determined. Salonica, European Turkey, By Ca ble. ? An insurgent movement la afoot in tho village, of Salonica. It is fearfei that it threatens- Vodena (46 miles from here) and Salonica. Largo?banda are reported to have been organized by Bulgarians, who it is expected at a givvn signal, may resort to gOneral'iri ccndiarism. Thd Turkish population is resolved, should great disturbance o f cur, to exterminate Jh the Bulgarians In this city. Consequently a number of Bulgarian residents are leaving Salo nica. Killed By a Fall. Atlapta, Ga.; Special?Charles A. McCarthy, vice president o I the At lanta Cprnice and Roofing Company, of this city, was found dead Monday, at the bottom of the elevator shaft of the Winter & Leob Company, in Montgomery, Ala.^tie had fallen Into the shalt during the night. , ^ North Carolina'* First Bale. Morven, Special. ? The first bale of now North Carolina cotton was sold Jklonday to the HardlBon Company, by "j. J. and P. B. RatcllfT, of Morven. The grade wan strict middling, and brought 12 cents. The bale weighed C09 DOunds. ? ; ? A fliHsncre of Chri?tl'*n5. " ' Sofia, Spcclal. ? Travellers who arriv al here Monday evening Trom Adrlan ople state that a massacre of Chris tians occurred there Sunday morning. One version says ttye guns In one of the forts opened Are on an insurgent band which had attacked a military outpost. A panic followed inside the town and the Mahometan population fey upon the ChryAlans. 9* Will AMndon Steamer Llhe^ Bonton. Special. ? Owing to the cent storms in. Jamaica, the United Fruit Company has decided to abandon its line of fruit steamers into Charles ton S. C. The company will continue to maintain It# offices there, but will fill orders from its other seaboard di visions, and just as Moopjh the ibanana plantations have restored, the will be resumed^ pie Boston, Ja maica Shd Philadelphia and Jamaica lines' irif OWiBCTTCrhe opera ted.be^ cause of the mall contract, and there is sufficient fruit in Jamaica to make the continuance of steamers between these ports profitable. News Notes, ^ Professor Langiayr UutHfrw of-j the airship, states that It is intended to rteveiopjthe fiyiag marline for uae Id tdbboa ttae they ilentae Bome rtgki l urarsE |HHj A SPLENDID RACE Reliance Beat Shamrock Badly in the Saturday Event VICTORY WAS OVERWHELMING. - 0, Conditions Wtr# Favorobl* For iUne Raclni and the American ratht Showed High Qualities, New York, Special ? The internation al yacht races hove occupied a great^ deal of public attention. The first day's work, on Thursday 1 was a complete failure, owing to the dense fog and a lack of breeze. However the American craft shewed its ability to distance tbe challenger. . The conditions on Saturday were highly favorable tor fine work and the racing is thus given by the Associate Tress correspondent: In a splendid 12, to 16 knot breeze, over a windward and leeward course of 30 miles, the gallant sloop., Reliance Saturday bent Shamrock III in com manding style, in exacting nine min utes, actual time, or seven minutes and three seconds after deducting the one mlrifite and flfty-seven seconds which the defender concedes to Sir Thomas Liptpn's third challenger, on account of the sailing plan of the measure ments. - Th& natiCAl sharps, who had already msde up their minds on Thursday that the Reliance could take the measure of the challenger in any kind of weather, regard the day's test as conclusive, al though they n^rdly anticipated so overwhelming a victory. The race even dampened the ardor/ of Sir Thomas, who insisted, after/ Thursday's fluke, that his confidence in the beautiful craft designed by Fjlfe was greater than ever. Stjll, like a /true sportsman, he does not acknowledge defeat, and hooes for better luck next time. The signal' criticism he and his friends make of Saturday's race Is that the only shift of the wind which occurred was to the advantage of the defending yacht- Al this shift of the wlttd occur red on the windward beat, even grant ing that It accounted \pr Reliance's lead at the turn/ the tin** the 'Defender made on-the Twa-hoBao was morothaa ample to have given her the race. It must be conceded, however, that the Shamrock showed herself a wonderful boat in beating" to windward, perhaps the ablest craft in this respect that was ever sent across the Western ocean on a cup-hunting expedition. For 12 miles the single-stickers raced like a team of horses, and during that por tion of the duel the patriots made/no attempt to conceal their nervousness. The racing conditions werfe Ideal. A thin haze hung over the Jersey shore, obstructing the viear of the spectators grrtherM there, but out on the ocean ^race-course the sea was flooded with sunshine from a vault of fieckless blif& A long ocean swSH heaved up from the south, 'and VI 3-knot breeze, fresh and strengthening, blew out of the south west, throwing up fleeting white caps on the sparkling bosom of the ocern. The marine picture was superb.? - As the direction of the wind would have carried a windward course ffOfi* Sandy Hook lightship into the Jarrey shore, the committee was obliged to set the mark seven' -allies further out.' Th^p delayed the start about three quartera _of an hour, and prevented the massing of the excursion fleet, asusu al. In the form Of *-great marine nm phitheatre back of the starting line. In stead of being kept back by the reve nue cutters, rthey formed a column of hulls and stacks, extending three miles toward- the Jersey shore, the .yachts around the llge completing the shape of a flsh hook. The course, southwest, carried the yachts directly int^,the eye of the wind, to ? point off Asbury Park. From start to finish the defender had the best of the situation and the close was marked by much enthusiasm on the part of the immense throng of spectators. % Humbert* Convicted. Paris. By Cable. ? All the members of the Humbert family were fo^id guilty. The foreman of the jury an nounced that the verdict was affirma^ tlve concerning the questions of falsi* fieation and swindling^ and- negative upon the subsidiary questions. Tbe verdict considers extenuatipg condi tions. The court sentenced Madame Humbert and her husband each to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 100 francs. Emtle D'Aurfgnac was sen tenced to two years' imprisonment. Romain D'Aurfgnac was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. Madame4 and M. Humbert will undergo solitary confinement during their term of im prisonment. v? - ' Anrtlvrr*(?fv of Stat* of Franklin.. KnozvlUe, Special ? The 119th Anni versary of the orsanlz&tlOQ of the 8tate of Franklin vu celebrated at Jonnabo^,. SfcTtt?day. The attendance from the aecen tountica of Tennessee sna mnu Carolina, forming the State, wa a large. Speaker* of note were present from ell over the country, fhls Is tho first public observanoe of the kind. i _____ Fsmol Dlrcctora. Indianapolis, 3pecial.? The Na-~ tlonal Association of Funeral Directors elected v tha following officers; . Prni dent. Col. J. M. Connelly, of Charles tea. ft. C.; first Ties president. I_ M. IVeweD.tf Topeka, Xul; mcMUIT, n. M. Ktlpatrtek. of KJmwood, 11L. re* *H<*e4Kiree*nrer, C. A. Miller, of dm* WW. CW if y- uwie m" 'fliSth -t ??. ' ??a ? . ?? 2k5 j RELIANCE WON SECOND RACE. I llie Prospect* for Brave ShamrotU (irow Darker With Kvery tivent. The third genuiue race lu the 1903 cup series wan successfully run on Tuesday. The race wan close h* the following dispatch shows: Nw York, Special. ? In a glorious whole-sail breeze, over ,* triangular course ten miles to *' llog, the fleet footed cup defender Reliance again showed her heels to Sir Thomas Lip ton's challenger, taking the second race of the cup Berles of 1903 by the narrow margin of 1 minute and 19 see~ onds. It was as pretty and as hard fought a contest as has ever been sail ed off Sandy Hook, and had the wind I not fallen during the last ten minutes, the record for W?e course, 3 hours, 12 i minutes and 16 second*, made by Co lumbia two years ago, in her memora ble race against Shamrock II. .would have been broken. As It was Reliance sailed the 30 miles within 2 minutes and 39 seconds of' the record, which speaks wonders for her sneed in the wind that was blowing. ^The Reli ance's victory, narrow as it was, would have been 'eventttpnaller had not Cap tain WringeV fcHe skipper of the British ship, bungled^ at the start, sending his carft over the line 19 seconds after the last gun and handicapping her to that extent. At every point of sailing the defender'# superiority wafr demon sta ted. She gained 1 minute and 51 sec onds In wlndwardhworlj, 40 seconds on tJhe run to the second mark, and 45 seconds cn the close reach for home. Tnft Will Succeed Root. Oyster Bay, Specials?Secretary Root, under date of August 19, presented his resignation formally to the President. I The "resignation was accppted by the I'rcsldeuOvith the understanding that the Secretary continue at least until January 1. Governor General William H. Taft, of the Philippines, will suc cood Secretary Root, as Secretary of War. President Roosevelt authorized the following statement: "The Presi dent some months ago tendered the secretaryship of War to Judge T^jtand at that time it was Arranged that 'he ? would succeed Secretary Root. Secre tary Root will go out of office some time in January and Judge Taft will assume the duties of office shortly af terward." a X R. Off cers. San Francisco, Special. ? The Grand Army of the Republic selected Bos ton as the place In which tho en campment of 1904 will bo held and elected the following', officers: Com mandor-in-Cheif. Gen. 4^ohn C. Black, of Illinois; senior vice commander, Cdl. C. Mfrson Kmm of California; junior vice commander. Col. Harry Kessler, of Montana; aurgeon-in-rhkf, George X. Harmon, of oj)io; chrfplaln ! in-chief Wlnfleld Scott/ Arizona. Re poftsvof officers were made. That of Commander-in-Chief Thomas J. Stew art* advocatod a service pension of $12 a month? and expresses the (/pin Ion that the present Commissioner of Pensions la earnestly endeavoring to discharge the duties of -his office honestly, liberally and justly .but that he Is net able to satisfy all who make complaint. Lonjffehortmrn on Strike. Burnswick^ Ga., Special. ? On account of ft fitrtko by longshoremen here, the handling and shipping of lumfcer is ser iously crippled. Their demand is for an increase in tvageg of 2 cents an hour, which so far have been granted by one of the large shipping companies. Somo ships aro being loaded by Imported nod-union labor, but the unions are rapidly Increasing their ranks fr.om the Imported men. So far nearly 400 long shoremen are Involved in the strike, which threatens soon to tie up entirely the lumber shipping interests here. Effort to Avoid Frletlon. London. By Cable.? -Shipping circles here sho^v keen interest In the develop ments of the relations between the German and British Atlantic steam ship companies. The lines are making every effort to avoid friction and De icctor General Ballln, of the Hamburg American Line, who Is in London, said today that its policy waa to ip'aintain and promote the existing harmony. A Lyncher Convicted. *?4$aVille,*Ill., Special. ? -Wlnfleld in ker, wao formerly lived In the moun tains At Kentucky, was oonvlcted In the Circuit Court of assault to murder Sheriff Whitlock. Ha was sentenced to a term of from one to. 14 yfeafe. This ta the first conviction of ? member of f mob that attacked the Danville ?11 in the latter part of July, after havlnf) lynched the negro James Metealf, And : buried hie body.' Immediately- after the verdth^oday Harmon Magnott, a pain ter who waa publicly cirlilCiatirg the court officials, was arretted, charged with Inciting riot. Certificates Sold. Waahlngton, Special. ? Bids were opened ai ih?~~Baranr6r Titular xt fair*. War Department, for the pur chase of ft, 000.000 certificates of in dcbtedneaa for the Philippine ^overn maot. Harvey Plafc * Sons, of New York, Md tor nil or any nnwmnt at lM.fi. -&ie waa tie only *d tot tto i n^i nwni a& _ - - . ? m SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL Southern Coal Industry. Baltimore, Special. ? Commenting upon official figure^ tin ludlcatlug the gTOVth of the Southern coal trade, Mr. F. jk$. Waward, ihe well known coal au thority, nay a in last weeks laaue of the &taiuracturers' Record: 'The Chesapeake and Ohio for Juno this year shows 364,349 tuna aa against 190,041 tons in that month last year, while the Norfolk and Western shows t?45,226 touts for July, aa c^pipared with 564,468 tons for that month a year ago. Then there i8 the Southern which han dled during tho flrBt five months of thla year 1,666.428 tone of <*oal from the, Alabama and Tenneaaee districts. Last year the live monthH supplied 1,506 863 tons. The Alabama ? district supplied 1,165,681 tona in 1903, and the Tennes see field 510,742 tons. During the year 1902 the Alabama diatrict furnished tho Southern Railway tonnage during the firat five months of 960.399 tona of coal and Tenneaaee 565,454 torts. Tho Chesapeake and Ohio report for the year ahowa 15,658,879 net earnings, which ia a| decreaae from the previous year of lea8 than half a million, and yet there was a long strike at* coal and coke works along Ita line for a long period during the fiacal year. The Norfolk and Western shows $5,891,930, an increase of nearly ?! ,000,(M)0, be cause were no great trouble at mines along its fine. In a recent Interview Chief Mine 'Inspector J. W. Paul re marked that there 1b the largest coal development at the present time in the history of West Virginia and especially along the Kanawha. In that Bectlon there was a great amount of construc tion of railroads into tho various coal fields and the coal development In that section in the Immediate future will be such that the railroad facilities will not be able to move more than 75 per cent, of "the eapaeity of* the mines. 'About the Bame beneficial effcts/' says Mr. Paul, 'have resulted In towns; in j the southern portion of the State from ! the eoal development as have resulted to Clarksburg and Fairmont from the development pf the coal region." Referring to the operations of the Wabash as related to coal development Mr. Saward says: "The system will be gottlng coal out of the New RJver district before many mentis havfi waned. The W&bash has completed an extension of its West Virginia Central and Pittsburg divis ion jto Bayard, w. Va.\ on the outer edge of the New River jleid, and will begin the shipment of eoal from that field to Baltimore at once. "It Is stated by those familiar .with the situation in Alabama that tlie pro duction of coal for the whole year of 1903 will probably exceed tho 1902 ton-" nage, notwithstanding the loss of a month's mining operations. It Is be lieved that improvements made about the mines during the idleness, and the now mfnee which will be ready ftfr op erations in the next month or so, will so increase production that tocfore the fcnd of the year the loss , in tonnage will be more than raoge up, and the^ demand is said to bo great enough "to absorb all the -coal that can be turned out between now and Jan. 1st, ' The barge line of the 8outhem Railway which take* coal at Greenville, Miss., and ships It down the river New O: leanq, has resumed operations since the miners went back to work. Coal Is again being shipped from the Ala bama .fields to Tampico, Mexico, through the port of Pensaeola to which it is hauled by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. This is a well es tablished business, but was interrupt ed by the strike. The men surely acted wisely in going ^to work pending the arbitration proceedings. The Seaboard has not quite finished 4ta Alabama ex tension but is working hard at it and expects to have trains running into Birmingham by Jan. 1, 1904. In addi tion to the main lines which reach that j city there are othor smaller roads In the district which handle a great deal of coal and ore. The Birmingham .belt which .belongs to, the Frisco and whfch extends around the city in a promi extends around tho city is a promi nent factor in the freight traffic. Blr* mingham will soon have a direct route to Chicago by way of the Illinois Cen ?tral." InduMr'al Mlscellanv. The Weather Bureau's weekly sum mary of crop conditions says: 44 CqJ ton suffered materially from heavy rains and lack of sunshine over a large part of the central and oasteru districts of the cotton region, wherey iu la the pre vious week, rapid growth and, In some localities too much stalk, excessive shedding end rust are roorted. The plant, however, Is generally well fruit ed throughout the belt. In Texas the . boll weevil Is doing much damage, ex- | cept In the northern counties, and boll worms are more numerous and de structive. A little picking has been done throughout the southern portion of the belt, but this work Is not yet general. The condition of tobacco In Tennessee is exceptionally favorable, and a fair crop is promised in Kea~. j tucky, where an improvement is indi cated. A fair to gbod crop is being cut in Maryland /and Virginia. In Pennsylvania, though backward; tobac co has made fair progress, but I drought has wauwlally lessened Jts] ^condition la Ohio.'I The Tcxaa section of the w cat her bu reau baa issued a map showing the boll weevil district of the Texas district, and It is stated that the pest is doing great damage wherever present" The Had IS HI gold mine, in the su burbs of Charlotte, N ,C., baa been bought by a wealthy mining company and operations on a large scale have been begun. A big smelting plant will be erected. The Florence Cotton Mills, at Forest , Ttty, N. V., hare suspended for two \ seeks la order to install new machine ] 19ft Jl'ttflli GRAY'S AWARD Settlement of the Alining Trouble In j <, the Birmingham District. Birmingham, Special. ? The board of arbitration appointed to adjust mat ters In controversy between ctjal op erators and miners in the Birming ham district, made its award through its chairman. Judge Gray, of Pela ware, at a late hour. After recit ing the claima made by the minors and the operators, respectively, the report, uliftut 1,400 words In length, makes the following awards: Minimum and maximum rate of the sliding scale;' the rates per ton for mining coal on the- Pratt baslg .vary, a<^ cording to the selling price of pig Iron, 47 1-2 cents when pig Iron Is selling at $8 per ton, to 57 1-2 cents when iron !s selling at $11.50 per tou. The same proportionate increase is to be given on day wages for work in and about the mines, but no in crease is given by this award for nar row work. ? A semi-monthly payment of wages: I'^rom and after October 1, tho earn ings of day men shall be paid semi monthly and such commissary chocks or cf edits as tho operators may issue to their employes shall not be trans, ferable, but shall be redeemable in goods at tho respective commissaries upon which thejf are drawn only when presented by the employes to whom they h&ve been Issued or by some member of tholr families. Bates for narrow work: The total of the ma?l?num price ? on the Pratt basis ? to b<T paid for work In head ings, exclusive of air courses, shall bo $2.71 per yard In lle\r of *2.84 ? per yard, tho present rate; 0 rates for work In air courses to remain t?n the present bads, * On the subjoct of differential be- I tween machine a fid pick raining, tho board mak^s no conclusion, as InauJIl cient data have been presented on which to form ,a? intelligent award. Tho board suggests that a committee from fyoth sides be appointed to make experiments and fix a differential. v Minimum days of labor: Th* award on this subject provides for a system of fines to bo imposed for absence from work, except for sickness, or af ter notifying and obtaining the con sent of the mine foreman. An altera tion of mining Is a suspension for work for a fixed number of days. Men who do not Worit 20 days In any one month when the mine la in opera tion 20 days or more shall be fined '^1 or suspended the first six days in the following month, or be assigned to an other working place. -The- flftefe Im posed shall be collected through the company'*! officers and be paid to the secretary-treasurer of aistrlct 20 (Ala bama) of the United Mine Workers of America, on or before the 10th day of each month. It shall be optlonalwltli the operator to impose fines or suMr. jpend mine workers, or assign new places, In cases provided for above. Dlffontlal between Pratt and other mines: The. differential in the rate for mining <%al at the Jefferson mine and the Klmberly mine of the Central Coal Company shall be reduced two and one-half cents per ton. the yard age at the above mlnea to remain aa at present. Employment of boys under 14 years of age: A submission having been made by representatives of both aides to this controversy of the question, of. tho age at which boys may beem . ployed, it is hereby ^awarded' that on and after September"}, 1903, no boys Under tho ago of 14 years shall be em ployed or permitted in the mines by any .of tha mine ^operators who are parties to thlB arbitration. Shot to Death. ' Henderson, Tex., Special.? Jot San ders, a negro accused of having at tempted criminal assault oqpa young girl Saturday night, was shot to death Sunday by a posse of citizens which went to arrest him. Sanders was stand ing in his door when the men ap proached, holding a shot gun. He was struck by four loads of buckshot. Wants Sunday Lswi Enforced. Pcnsacola, Flo., Special? The Sunday league sent letters to the sheriff and mayor demanding a rigid enforcement of the Sabbath observance lawB, which have become gradually relaxed since their temporary enforcement a few months ago. The mayor replied that that the laws were, Stato statutes and (hat he had no authority for their en forcement. The sheriff refused to do arfythlng In the matter unless those who called for the enforcement of the laws would vs wear Noy? warrantafdr arrest of the offcQMrl.^ ^ Hor.nokc, Va., Special. ? John Hall was shot and fatally wounded b> A. B. 1 lodges at the latter'* home, near Cog gin sville, F anklln county Sunday n(cht, and died early Sunday morning. The men quarrelled and Hal) WM ?rr der?d to ?o away. He turned to re-enter tho house when Hoffgea fired on hlro with a shot-gun. the charge taking ef fect in the breaat. Hodges Is in jail at Rocky Mount. _ : ? - hi i i > i i ii Iv.'.l Work of Rofefeci*. Norfolk, Va., SpeeUL? yiva iatn bound M gagged the ntgty wafcc ?? man ft the Port Norfolk fewer tout* LIVE ITLMS OF NEWS. Mauy Mutters of (kneral Interest !? Short Paragraphs. Down in D'xle. >-f> Labor leaders who advocato the or sanizatton of tho nogro worktngrann of tl>e South say the movement will not Wtcnd to farm workers. Major C. H. Smith (Bill Arp), the noted Southern humorist. ia critically Hi at C&rteravlUe, Ga, Hooker T. Washington, of Tuskegee, Ala., addressed the Negro Uuslnea* Mtn's league at its annual convention at Nashville, Tenn., saying that the negro should bo grateful, to the white man for his freedom of opportunity. After being divorced 44 years, Honry Melville, of Illinois, aged 74. and Mrs. Margaret Brown, aged 76, were mar ried at Louisville, Ky. The decision of the Alabama Arbi tration Board made public by Judge George Gray at Birmingham, grantM a small increase In wagea to the miners. At The National Capital. Secretary Moody will recommend a? appropriation by Congress for the con struction of scout ships for the army. H.W. Robarts, who died In Washing, ton on Tuesday, figured prominently In the Hayes-THden Presidential con test. At The North. Th? chief event of the Grand Army National Encampment In San Pranct* eo was a parade of tho veterans. A meeting of farmers has been called to meet In Chicago on September'*# for the purpose of organising a national" j comblne.of producers of food product*^ the object being to maintain prices, ? The-4rish Catholic Benevolent- HnHw* of the United States and Canada began its thirty-fourth annual convention at Pittsburg. The trial 3f Stato Senator Wllllaior V i P. Sullivan, charged with soliciting * \ bribe of $4,500 was bengun at Jefferson City. Mo. Turks and Bulgarians each bUnn?r the other . for burning Macedonian villages. Henry Bratnober, an explorer, re ported at FVjrt Egbert, on the Yukon, Alaska, thift when he left the- Upper* ~ Tanano river 5 gold prospectors hadr died and 260 wdre starring. Hetxtf ' Behrens, of Baltlmoro, being amemgr the few rescued. Mrs. Bertha Hoda, wife of a PMU* : delphia textllo striker, triads to Mil*' ' her four children because they starving. Dr. Allen Thompson, #a physician of Troy. N. Y? comra aulcldc at Aabury P. throat ? The result of the Democratic contj-' ty convention In Ohio Indicates that ; . neither Tom L, Johnson nor John JK ?? . Zimmerman h*? enough pledged del** | gates to control. it le ?tete?Hbfee Wabaslt Ralh secured valuable terminal* in entrance into Cincinnati. ? Mi* Coral Quay, daughtw; to* $1 8. Quay, was sponsoL armored cruiser Pennsylvania, ed at Cramps* shipyard, Itdla Rev. P, J Haye*. secretary to j bishop Farley, wiM appointed cellor of the Arehdloee** ?f Nee to succeed Right Rev. (V H* C bishop-elect of Buffalo/ Rnfus Cantrell^r J ? ? bar. of Indlanai iyfv Two persons were] injured Ifi 'ft WTftcrj train full of Elks Wash. . . . . . F^m , Russia presented demands on' Tttr-"";' key growing out of the murder <Jt. her consul at Monastlr. Mai tr$ l<aborl argued in behalf of t&e Humberts at the fraud trials now ia progress In Paris, Pope Plus X.. In receiving CardinaT Martlnelli, complimented Cardinal Qfb bona. Wayne McVeagh, senior consul of the United States in tfch Venesoelan ar bitration. is in Paris gwaitfng the aa~v scmbling of the court at The Hagoe. - JtL li. rppnrlp.fi that a new fnyprtsflftC has already been selected to tike charge at Panama In the event of revo. ~jk lutlon. Pedro Alvarado, former laborer, wbe> acquired wealth estimated il ITflHIV 000, died at Paral, Mexico. " Baron von Thlelman Secretary of the German Baron von Stengel waa his stead. it 1? rumored that ? . Joseph will abdicate as gary. ?.... :