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THE eHRONieLE. VOLUME XVII. CAMDKN. S. C.. KIlIDAV.y I'KV 20. lSKMi. NO. 28. faur Members of family Are Butchered in Their Beds MRE SET TO DESOLATED HOME Ike Lycriy, His Wife and Two Vhild ren Mudered as They Slept in Their Home by Unknown Hands.. Sever al Negroes Arrysted for the Crime. \ (J N. V\, Kpecial.-?~One of l lie most hfrvrible trage dies i; i the history of How -au county occurred \jicar Bar be i'f> .fraction, about 40 miles from this oUtv Baturdav morning. Between <In* hours of i mill 2 o'clcok an un known j.i.sou (ir persons entered the home ( I' Ike Lyorly, a well known farmer. while its occupants were asleep, hilliiifj Mr. Lycriy. his wife .and I wo <if the youngest children and fatally wounding the third. The parents and the threa children Mere asleep in the front room on the first iloor, there being two elder -daughter* sleeping' up stairs, who were unmolested and were awakened by the smoke, from below. The girls -descended the stairs to awaken their J'athei mot her. On reaching their r?ioin they beheld their father and mother and three youngest children | lying on the bed, their heads were j ?erushed and theiiv fines badly <1 is iigurtd. y The two oldofT daughters, Marv and Addie. aged /H and 1<> respectively, mana^'/d to/carry the deadr-bodies ( from the h/nisc and extinguish the flames. they ran to the near est neighbor, \Y. 13. Barbers, and told the story of the awful tragedy. There being no officers of the law at this place, K. It. Mnlliken. train dispatch ?cr tin duty :it that hour, was notitied and promptly wired the news to the ?sheriff at Salisbury, who started at ?once to the sc.'tie with bloodhounds and a posse of armed men. Blood hounds were also sent t'rom.AYinstou Salem to assist in the pursuit of the guilty. Mr. Lyerly was a highly respected ?citizen and well eo.n nee ted and it is inconceivable that any one should have anything against him or his fam ily. Three negro men ami a negro wo man? (teorge Krwin. Jack DillingTUtm and Mitchel 0-rnham and his wife? have been arrested and put in jail ?at Salisbury, .on suspicion of compli city in the ea5??. Kxeitemen! is intense in the neigh borhood and there is talk of lynching, if the criminal's are caught. Charged With the Crime. ? Charlotte, Special.?Sheriff Julian of liowau county brought to this city for safe keeping, Ncnl Gillespie, his, son, John (iillespie, .lack Dillingham and- ^'il'e. George* Krvin and Henry Lee, colored, charged with the mur der of Isaac Lyerly, his wife and two children near Barber's Junction. There was nothing to indicate n lynch ingr at Salisbury, but the Sheriff thought best to move the prisoners. The coroner's jurv fastened the crime Upon all the prisoners. Negroes Mado Threats. MYl Matt I.. .Webb, a whit? man who had worked with Nease Gilles pie, a large mulatto.-about 40 years old, reported that he bad h<'ai*d the negro ust the following language: "Old man Lyerly can cut that wheat and thrash it but he will never eat it or get the money for'it," This recalled something that Mr. J. G. Lyerly, a son be a former, wife, had heard his father say. Nease Gil- I lespie, who is a saw mill hand for Air. John IVIIinjjer, moved into one of Mr. Isaac Lyerly's cabins last fall. He, his son and step-son agreed to | work si much laud if they took the house. A section of wheat was laid otf. The <iillcspies sowed part of this, "but finding that they could get plenty work P.I good wages did not sow the entire lot. This, not being ac cording to contract, worried Mr. Lyer ly, who spoke to Nease and was, in turn, cursed. Finally, howeve, the *nntter was settled by Mr. Dillingcr, the saw mill owner, agreeing to pay house rent for Gillespie. Nothing more was heard of the wheal until j some time Ago, when it had been cut h\ Mr. L.vcrly, who was preparing to have it thrashed. Monday Nease Gillespie went down to Mr. Lyerly's house and asked him what he was going to do with the wheat. " Why, I atrf going to thrash it and i:sc it," aaid Mr. Lyerly. "You Kill not," decl.nodNease. j Hot words followed and mi\ Lyerly ordered the'negro out of the yard. It was here Gillespie ?o'u hi* landlord that he would\l?iUJ>im or die in the attempt, if hr* used the wheat without giving liim a sh ire of it. It.was After this that Nease told Mr. Webtffhnf Mf. Lyerly might ent the wheat, hut ho would never or w?ll it. Gillespie had been very in - colont to Mr. Lyorly. ? TIlC (M'OW 11 \\ llicll gathered ill tin' Lyerlv home heard nl illi?? threat of (? i 11?? -?|?j?? ami went I?? Ins home to it iv>t him. Tin* m'ftro had j^uif i<? his work, a mile ?m more mv?v, hut his wife became frightened and rati t?? tlu' home ot Mr. Dick Files, a fafiuor, and begged him to protect her. saving that she would ho hanged lor killing the Lverlys when she had nothing to do with it. Said Gillespie Knew of the Crime. "I don't know nothing about it. but my husband docs," said Gilles pie's wife. N?nr the home of Uillespie was a trow lily burnt spot, where a straw bed And other things had Hred since daylight. Those who graveled in the charred place found pieces of cloth ing, and a s|x?onful of scortched blood. Some paces from the house a bloody shirt, which had been boiled, and was still wet, was discovered in a weed patch. These bits of evi dence, when put together, make an interesting and convincing story. Gillespie's wife was hysterical and wild. She talked two ways, but the officers believe that, slic gave her hus band away to Mr. Files, Gillespie is described as a fussy jiegro. One of the ladies told the officers of a conversation that their father had with Dillingham, one of his hands. lie hail been after Dillingham for being trilling when J he negro told him that he was going to leave and go to work at the saw mill. Mr. Lyerlv answered: ''Yes, if you go there and work five days right straight along 1 will set you up." This seemed to rile Dillingham, for'he told some one that, except for the reason that he lived on the <>1 <1 man's place, lie would have given him a cursing. Friday Mrs. Lyerlv had trouble with Dillingham's wife, who was tak en to task for leaving dirty water in a wash tub, which had been loan ed to hot-. The negrcss became mad ami abusive. Those who were looking for mo tives thought that Jack Dillingham and his wife should be arretted. Attack On Rowan Jail. Salisbury, N. C., Speoial.?On Sat urday night, just before midnight, a desperate attack by a leaderless mob was made upon the jail here with the ipiVrpose of dealing summary pun ishment to the alleged murderers of the Barbel's" Junction family."""The officers allowed two committees of the lynchers to go through the jail ami see for themselves that the prisoners (^ad been removed to Charlotte. Then the mob dispersed. . ^ Assault by Would-Be jobber. Wilmington, Special.?A negro lurkiug about the premises, evidently lient on robbery, assaulted young Leo Lacy upon going to his home on upper Market street and beat and choked him into insensibility when he came forward with a stone to drive the black mah'off. The young man's father, later coining to the house, fottnd his son unconscious in the front yard. The negro has not been arrest ed. His identity is not known. TIIK LAHOH WORLD. The laborites in England are to have a daily paper, to be called the Majority. . , ? > : Some 15 0 Yiddish coots have started a union on the cast side of New York City. ? * * The A. F, of L. is working on lines to organize the express messengers of all the railroads. ered that the men wore overalls with out. the union label. They sot them and work proceeded. The eight-hour law of Michigan has been declared valid by lliw 3u preim\ Court of that State. Stonecutters of Sherman, Texas, have made application for a charter from the national headquarters. Recently sixty bricklayers seceded from Chicago Union No. 21 and started their own union, but have been unable to get a charter. Brtcklayers working on a garment factory addition at Oskaloosa, Iowa, wore made to quit work because the girls employed in the factory discov Sky Pilots' Union No. 1 has bet'n formed in Chicago. Preachers? No; halloonists. There are about sixty in that city and they want to hold up wages. National Tube Company at Lorain, Ohio, will more than double iis blast furnace capacity nt Its local plant, giving employment to several hun dred more men. President Roosevelt, appointed Charles Karle solicitor for the De partment of Commerce and Labor, to succeed Edwin VV. Sims, now United States District. Attorney at Chicago. Kansas City carpenters have adopt ed a new scalo of fifty-five cents an hour for foremen, an Increase of seven and a half cents, and forty-five cents for journeymen, an increase of I Ave cents. ? , FRUIT GROWN ON SOT). The weU-known Texas horticultur ist, Mr. H. M. Stringfellow, has com municated to Farm and Ranch some interesting facts about the keeirtng qualities cf peaches grown in sod or chard*. . He sent peaches from Texas to Richmond, Va., Rochester, N. Y., and Harrisburg, Pa., where they ar rived in per feel cumiiUou without re frigeration. He also shipped pears grown on sod land la car load lots to Chicago without refrigeration and the pear* arrived there in perfect condi tion. Mr. -fltringfellow argues that much of - the poor ,keeping quality of fruits and disposition to winterkill or fujure, by drouth, etc., is due to the ynittvatlon IttaBMHgBfc . South American Republics Are All Involved in War 0 .. ? ALL AMERICAN INTERESTS SAFE Third Country Enters the , Fray in Central America, Gfving Guatemala Two Oppononts and Increasing the Probability That - Nicaragua and Even Costa Rica May Also Become Involved?Invasion of Honduras Territory by Guatemalan Troops in Pursuit of Salvadorean# Motive for Step?Cabrera's Overthrow Desired Throughout Central America. Panama, By Cable. -A tclegnun re ceived here from Sun Salvador says that Honduras declaimed war against Guatemala. According to this satuc message, tlie following proclamation has been circulated in Salvador: . "General Bouilla, commanding the Salvadorean army, has repelled the Guatemalan forces at Metapon, in Salvador, ten miles east of the Guate inalan frontier. The victorious army of Salvador retained the positions captured from the enemy." The declaration of war by Hon duras against Guatemala brings u third State actively into tho Central American trouble, which has been progressing with more or less severe lighting and bloodshed for a month or more. Honduras and Salvador are now arrayed Against their neighbor on the west. Nicaragua and Costa Kica arc., the only * wo countries still passive and it has been said that the former is about to take part in the lighting. Up to the present Honduras has seemingly taken no part in the diJli culty between her neighbors. Be *cnt reports, however, declared her terri tory had been invaded by Guatemalan troop* in pursuit of fugitives from the army of ticueral Bugulado, the Salvadorean commander, who was killed in the lighting at .Jicaro. The present trouble in Central Am erica has been brewing for a long time. For the past live years the revolutionists have been planning, in triguing and preparing for the over throw of President Cabrera, and in their efforts to this end they have not failed to apj>eal for support to cer tain elements in Honduras and Salva dor, working on the national jealous ies of the tirst place among the sever al States forming Central America.1*3 President Cabrera has been harsh ly criticised by his enemies. They declare he rules with extreme depot ism and that no man's life is safe under his administration and thai the country morally and economically is going to the doss under his unwise and ill-advised course. On the other hand- President Cab rera has declared that tliis revolution ary movement is inconsequential and that the government would promptly put it down. President Cabrera's term of office in fact expired in U)0f>. He has in sisted, however, in holding office. Washington, Special.?The State Department has no information con cerning the declaration of war by Honduras against Guatemala, but no surprise is manifested, as I he fron tier of Honduras is in the disturbed district. That no advices have been received on the subject is not surpris ing, as the United States representa tive to the country itlsn represents Guatemala and lives in the latter country. While the United Stales has consular offices in Honduras, they may not liml it easy to eomuiunicate with the American minister in Guate mala orjwith the Stale Department. Special Term of Court. Halcivh. N. C.. Special.?Col. Ar lington. private secretary to Gover nor Glenn, who is absent in Atlantic City, ordered a special term of Howan county Superior Court for the trial of the alleged murderers of Isaac I.y erlv and members of his family ni Barber's .Junction, early last Satur day morning, duly .'10th is the day set. .Indue B. F. Long will preside. " I Killed in a Pillow Fight. Philadelphia, '"Special.?--1 >eath re sulted from a pillow fight in the ward for nervous patients in the Philadelphia Hospital. Samuel K. Young, aged :>ti years, ami Theodore Home, aged ">7 years, inmates, who were not on friendly terms, engaged in a ti>fht with pillows and Youmr was knocked down. In falling his head struck one of the iron cots ami he died almost instantly. Home has been placed" under surveillance and will be given a hearing when his con dition warrants his rcmovel from the hospital. Sentence Confirmed. Philadelphia. P* , Special.- The United StatesY^urt of Appeals affirm td the sentence of five years impris onment for Itenry I/ear, former presi dent of the Dolyestown, Pa,y-National ban kfor abstracting its funds. Geo. P. Brock, former casliir< and brother in-law of I/-ar was also convicted and d i n g. CAMPAIGN MEETINGS ARt DULL Now and Then a Bit of Life is Inject ed Into the SpuakitiK of the Can didates. At Manning. Manning, S|>eeial. Tin* candidates lor Stale ollico^ r?|><?ki* lien' <? 11 Tlmis day to a small but atentive audience. The >.|M?eches were about tin- same as itt other places. .1. \V, Kagxdalc tie dared that the newspapers deal in dirty lies."' There was some discus vi??tt as to the authorship ?>t tin* llav sor-Mauning hill introduced into the last session <>t ? I??? Ici-daturc. Man nine ami Lyon hciv hcartil\ applaud ed. At Georgetown. Georgetown, Special.?The earn t>aign party had * a lair turnout of voters here Saturday to listen to about the usual speeches. Prohibition Aplause. Although the county is a dispensary one, the prohibitionist got some ap* plnuse. Sir. Joel'E. Hrunson said that all of tin' candidates except Mr. lilease admitted l He corruption in the dispensary and all 'proposed a compro niise. It was a debauch ??t the morals of the grand'old State ami au admit* ted shame. County by County. Candidate A. C. .lones said that while a prohibitionist lie believed in voting the dispensary out county by county. He said he had produced proof of the dishonesty in the dispen sary ami any member of the Stiite board of directcors receiving a cent over $40(1 per year stole it. Mr. liichard I. Manning, who was well received, facored no radical < changes except those necessary by changed conditions. W'nile apie<iat* ing the evils of Ihpior hv recognized that prohibition was a failure, lie took off his hat to Mr. Hrunson ami his work and would aid in it. but the matter would not be. settled that way in our time. The profits of (Seorge town amounted to about and the necessary evil might as well bo made to yield this to the State. After Ansel. Two of the other candidates pro ceeded to have fun with Mr. Ansel. Mr. John J. McMalian said he was an "as you like it" candidate and stood f7>r nothing definite.* He wanted to put the best men in dis|H?nsnry ollices and gradually eliminate the alcohol and build up a temperance people. To fully carry out his theories he wanted the State to manufacture as well as sell the stuff, vile as it was. The people should not vote for a man who could not give us prohibition. Col. John T. Sloan said that lum ber was one of the principal indus tries of Georgetown, but that even though enough was furnished to build a fence around the world it could not he made tall enough to keep Ansel off it or climbing up nml straddling. Col. Sloan believed the dispensary, with improvements, could solve the liquor problem. Mr. M. F, Ansel got back a this op ponents by saying that he would come off the fence when elected governor. He explained his eountv dispepsarv county prohibition idea. Kingstree Meeting. lvingstrep, Special.?At 10:30 o'clock Monday morning the cam paign'was called to order in the .court house by Senator Asburv Williams, The crowd numbered about f)W0. Con gressman .1. Kllerbe was the llrst speaker. He gave a brief l?ut inter esting account of his work in secur ing pensions for Mexican war vete rans ami an increase of rural rotjH rri rne sixrh congressional district, lie also gave an account of- bis work for pure seed and accurate crop reports. Mr. ,lv Kra/.ier Lyon, candidate for Attorney (iciuyal, fears tbc |?eople might have to be taxed to pay llie debts of the State dispensary, llis speech was loudly cheered. His op ponent. Mr. Wagsdale, declared that Mr. Lyon is not running to hurt the dispensary or t?? punish the grafters, but to yet the $1,000 salary of I lie .>1 lice. Loud elieers tilled llie coin! room at uie close of ?.lr. Kagsdalc's n-marks. Mr. (r. L. Walker was (he only candidate for Attorney Genera! present. (?en. .lones was kept away on business, <'o|s. Itovd and Ha>kcll h?d the usual bout over the adjutant general's ollice. Mr. Sullivan claims that the freight rates on the nccessi < of life, dry goods and food stulVs, are higher than in Georgia and North Carolina. Spat Ovor Free-Pass Allegation. Mr. Summerset, thinks the pecflde ought to look foy practical result from tlie raihoad comlnissioit only | when they elect a practical railroad man himself. Mr. Cansler feels that the present commission is lame in the head. Messrs. Wharton and Cansler j had a warm spat over alleged freu passes. Mr. Cansler claiming that CoJ. Wharton had offered the rural Iree i delivery delegates free passes and the colonel disowning the same. Mr. Sel ler^ believes that Williamsburg, how | evefr, or some oilier |o?v county, | should have a member on tho railroad rommifWinn. Mr. Edwards, as uj^al, criticised the railroads and the eoWrts. I'nder Mr. Manning's plan there would be a radical change in the pur chase of liquor. Tt would practically I abolish the board of control, do away I with tho purchase of ease goods ami I j*ut into tli^ liaflds^ofLlhc.-tiavAiiior tKe*Appointment of * fomurttlfe to X make tin' awards publicly i<l I!i<> pur chase o| I 11 ?? year's S11111 \ <>l Illinois, lo In* ordered <?ut as needed t r?? 111 the ?ovornmeiit bonded warehouses. Mi MeMahan feels that, should the ?I?-? pensary l?e insolvent, iin alleged b> Us enemies, llie people would It.' iiinl ish to abolish it forthwith ami |ea\e a blot oil (lie it 11 a 11*-i a I It i^l <?r> ? ? I South Carolina, lie looks upon the position of dispenser a> honorable because of its tremendous re>ponstl)ii ities ami its public necessity. Dispensary Not Insolvent. Col. Sloan sa\> the tide sc.-nicd to lie turning 'a his I as of. lie wants tlt?* tobacco growers of Williamsburg county to smoke Col. Ansel olT his India rubbe platform. According to Col. Sloan, theiv is not a word of tiutli in the rumor that the Stale dis pensary is insolvent. lie not only feels for the Confederate soldier, bnt fought with him in Virginia. He believes he lias done more for the State in |>eace ami in war than the wliolf* shooting-inateli of Ins op ponnents. Loud hurrah's rang through the hall as Col. Ansel arose to speak. Mr. Ansel laid great stress on drainage, good loads ami the praelieahilitv of the eounty dispensary under the con trol of the grand jury. He was loud ly eheered at the close of his speech. He thanked the people for their ova tion to hiin. Mr. Hlea.se said the DO per cent, of children, spoken of by Col. Ansel as being educated in (lie common schools, includes the negro children educated in the Slate. He is dead against using the while man's money for the education of the negro, lie alleges that Col. Sloan's record in (lie Senate Inis alawys been consist ently against the dispensary. Mr. I?lea so believes that drainage can only be obtained through Cougro>*?ujuLn Kl lorbe. lie feels that, if lie is not elected (ioveruor, no other dispensary candidate will he. An Effective Argument. Mr. Brunson was received with en thusiastic cheers. He is pleasantly connected with Kingstree, having served on her hoard of education with some of her most prominent citizens. Mr. Brunson held a bottle of liquor for the |H'oplc to see and said, "This is the platform of the live dispensa | ry candidates." lie then called up a little boy, put his hand on him and said, "This is my platform. 1 stand for the protection of youth of this land." It was u very impressive ob ject lesson. Mr. Brunson says so great is the corrupting influence of li fjuor that ho would not believe?either Mr. Mc.Mahnn or Mr. Manning on his oath after either one had been em ployed in a liquor distillery live years. 11 i? words were greeted with though fill applause. Messr.s Kagan, Mc t'owaii and Morrivon, camlidates for Secretary of State, finished the day's ?speaking. J,). The Campaign Schedule. Following is the schedule of the Slate campuign for the rest of the lime: Conway, Friday, July 20. Darlington, Saturday, July 21. HishopvilUv Tfi^djjVA July 24. ncnnettsvi1leyVV(|(i^iS<1jvy! .July . ChesterlioM, n'hurs(lay, July 2(i. Camden, Friday, July 27. Lancaster, Saturday, July 28. Winnshoro, Monday, Any. (i. Chester, Tuesday, Any. 7. Yorville, Wednesday, Aug. S. Gatfney, Thursday, Any. 0. Q Spartanburg, Friday, Any. 10. I'liion, Saturday, Aug. 11. Newberry, Tuesday, Aug. 14. (ireenwood, Wednesday, Aug. 1 i>. Abeville, Thursday, Aug. I(i. Anderson, Friday, Aug. 17. Walhalla, Saturday, Any. 18. Pickens, Monday, Any. 20. Greenville, Wednesday, Aug. 22. News Items. Fit:hiiiiv is reported to tyive broken out between Salvadorean and Guale iiijihtn troop* on the border between the two republics, the later being re pulsed. Fx-Judge Harris and ex-Sheriff Callahan. on ? i*?n! for the murder of Attorney Mareutn in Kentucky, testi lied in their own behalf, but Callahan snlVered severely under eross-examinu tion. ^ 9 Donation of $100,000. Berkeley. Cal., Special.?Wishing t?> honor the memory of John W. Mackay, Jr.. his .brother Clarence 11. Mackav and his mother have donated $100,000 to the Fniversitv of Cali fornia for the establishment of'a pro fes>orship of eleetiical engineering. The'?annual income from the money will be applied to the pax incut of the professor's salary and expenses and maintenance of the department, the oi ic'uial of the fund to !??? kept iutact in perpetuity. Assault by Would-Bc Robber. Wilmington, Special.?A negro h'.rkitig about ? lot- premise*, evidently bent on lxdjberv, assaulted young Leo I/iH-y upon going to his home on upper Market street and beat and choked him into insensibility when he came, .torwnrd willf a stone to drive the jblack man olY. The young man's fMhcr, later coming to the hotisov found his iH>n iinemiayioijLa in the yarJT The negro has not been arrest" ?J. His identity ?s not known. Pi* ?*?- , $> ?* " PALMET10 CROP BULLETIN Condition of South Carolina CropH lor Week Ending Monday, July 16, 1906, at* Given Out by the De partment. Like the preceding week, the cur* ii*ni one was deficient iii sunshine. Lew i hhlit 1<*rsii*i ins ami n?> high winds occurred. Moth tin1 average tempera ture and the average precipilation wen1 below normal, although execs sivo precipitation oeeurred in the ex t reuse, northwestern, southern and ??<nisi sect ions. The temperature rauye for the week \\its from a minimum of til decrees at (ireeinille on the 10th to u niaxi inuui of !M degrees at Conway on the !Mh. With the except ion of one day when maxinium temperatures of !>(( degrees, or ahove# were noted over praetieallx the whole Stale, the range of the nuixinmm Irmperat ures was I it>111 til to 70 degrees, except in the eastern portions where the railjte was from 72 to 77 degrees. The preeipitatiou was generally be low normal, although frequent light showers oeeurred over the entire State and kept the soil amply sup plied with moisture, while the exces sive eloudiness, and low temperatures prevented the ground from drying ?ut rapidly. Small streams overflow | ed their banks in a few localities, but ih?' larger rivers have maintained | their stages only slightly above their | normal jiug1' readings. The Tax Assessment#. The State hoard <? 1' cqualiza! ion Friday adjourned to meet again at tlio call ??!" tin* chairman, Mr. K. (!. ilill ?]' 1'nioii. At the next meeting tin1 mailer of assessments <>n real estate v\ ill lie considered. Probably as many as leu auditors have not yet mailed their abstracts to tlio coni|?troller general, and for that reason the matter of assessments on real estate con hi not he considered. The auditors are not to hlame, for the chairman of tin* hoard wired to each delinquent and found that there was a valid excuse in each ease. The assessments on cotton mills, fertilizer plants and cotton seed oil mills were adopted upon the reports of the respective committees. The committees which reported on the valuation of these manufacturing projH'rties were as follows: Cotton Mills: A. Zimmerman, Oco nee; ,J. |\ Durham, Horry; Morris Israel, Charleston; W. H. Murphy, Spartanburg*; H. 11. Folk, Newberry; L. Quinby, Aiken; J. St. Claire White, Berkeley; .1. F. Cox, Ander son; J. L. (J. White, Chester; I'. h. Johnson, York; J. A. Meetz, Hich Innd: ,1. .1. Lane, Marlboro; H. M. C!? veland, Greenville. Fertiliser Plants: K, W. Cannon, Darlington; W./J. Cunningham, Lan easter; A. ,J. pichhoui^', Clarendon; R. A. Cochran, Edgefield; S. M. Gd vin, Dorchester; ,1. Berg, Beaufort, N. S. McLeod, Lee; It. M. ('I a fly, Orange burg; S. D. Guess, Bamberg; ,1. J. Orillin, Barnwell. Cotton Seed Oil Mills: ,T. TT. Mc Kenzie, Hampton; II. ,1. Md,aurin, Sumter; M. Lipscomb, Cherokee; J. M. Sowell,?-Kershaw: B. (1. I'riee; Alex. McTaggart, Florence; L. S. Erich, Georgetown; Thomas J,, 'fVny lor, Fairfhd<l; .1. W. Alton Green wood, li. P. Adair, Laurens; 11. C. Crouch, Saluda; F. II. llendrix, Lex ington; C. C. Fricks, Pickens; J. 10. Lomax, Abbeville; D. M. Ballentine, i Chesterlleld. The assessments on fertilizer plants were increased from $!{,07-1,A4M to $.1, S.'l7.77."i, or an increase of $7o0,000. The col Ion seed oil mills were in creased from $2,701, l.'IO to $.'{,020,8.'l4, an increase of $'J.''{OS, principally in new huxiness enterprises. The Cotton mills show an increase or neariv io per cent., from $41,o07, 201 to $40,1 .'17,!?!>!>. The iiew concerns put on the tax hooks this year are .Tnckson mills, $2f?,'l00; Ailing and Green Knitting mills. $.">,01)0; Royal Bay and Yarn company, $.'{.'{1,000; Globe Manufacltiring company, $40, 1)00; Westminster Knitting' mills, $1.*>,000'.American Press Cloth Com pany, $10,."?00; Jordan Manufacturing company, $2~>,000; Neely Manufactur ing company, $00,000. Pressing Pardon Petitions. Governor Hevward. who has just returned from Virginia, tinds some pressing pardon petitions on his hands, there beiiig hal? a dozen haner ings booked for early Angusf. He, has issued a call for a special meet ing of the pardon board to be hold August 1st. The attorneys for Bob Smalls, the North Carolina white man sentenced to hatrg August 3rd, have been granted a dale for a hearing He fore the Governor July 24. The par done board, has already passed ad versely upon this case. Bank of Mays villa f!lo?#d by E rami ner. Mavsville, Special.?State Bank Examiner TTollcman closed the dw>rs of the Bank of Msvcsvillc Saturday night pendinsr an examination into its Affairs. It in not thought that Ihore is any shortage, simpl# clerical errors in the account and probably a too lenient hand -iu?landing?*?*?<? funds. It is hoped that the hank will soon bk sble to reopen its doors. Occurrences of Interest From Ail Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Pamgraphfl Cover ing a Wido Range?What is Going Ou in Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston, steady 11 1-1(1 New Orleans, quiet and easy..11 l'-8 Mobile, steady 10 3-4 Savannah, steady 10 3-4 Wilmington, linn 10 .'{-4 Norfolk, steady 11 1-8 Norfolk, nominal 11 1-8 Naw York, steady. 10.80 Boston, quiet 10,80 IMiiladclphin, steady 11.05 Houston, steady /II Augusta, steady 11 1-8 Memphis, quiet 10 7-8 St. Louis, steady 10 1 10 Louisville, linn 11 1-8 Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent the prices paid to wagons: Good middling.... / 11.115 Strict middling 11.35 Middling 11.35 Good middling, tinged 11 Stains 0 to 10 The State Board Will Pay Claims. The directors of the State dispen sary have decided to pay all of the outstanding claims which shall he re ported to be just. In determining tho justice of the claims the board will bo governed by the advice of the spe cial attorney, Mr. ,L'j?,. McDonald. There are said to be $075,000 in these unpaid claims and in a lot of in stances the liquor has been sold. The board decided to pay at once these claims. ?n wliicb. the liquor has* been disposed of. If\here is not monoy enough in the State treasury to meet the claims, the deposits are to be aj> plied on a pro rata basis tn settle the claims for whttfluvy already sold. In addition to this, Mr. J. K. McDonald, the special attorney, will investigate the other claims to see if some or all are just. Upon 4tis report the other claims will be paid or suspended. The board was busy Tuesday with the ease of J. II. Doseher, manager'of the Ger mania Brewery of Charleston. Doseh er has been selling his own beer ami also Wiedeuor beer. The point Nwas raised that his is but a brewer's per mit and not a retailer's. ..After con siderable discussion the matter was referred to the Charleston county board for a further report. New R. F. D. Routes in South Caro lina. The monthly report of the superin tendent of rural fieo- delitary ofi^ the postofllce department shows thojt dur ing the month of Juno 133 uewft. F. 1). routes were put into operation in South Curoliua, distributed among the various congressional districts as fol- . lows: First district, 7; Second dis trict, 5; third district, 13; Fourth district, 11; Fifth district. 34; 'Sixth district, 3; Seventh district, 20. There were in all during this month 1,211 petitions filed for routes iVi South Car- ,' olina; f>40 of these were aeted on ad versely, and 03 are still ?pending. ? ' There wore no routes discontinued in the State. Killed Near Columbia. Columbia, Special.?A rear-end col lision between two freight trains on the high trestle of tho Seaboard Air Line entering this city from the south occurrcd at a few miuutes before aoop Wednvsdny in which Conductor W. Ill ' Suend of the first section was fatallv injured, and Flagman Burgo ney, also-of the first section, was ser iously but less dangerously hurt. Two passenger coachefc, which were being deadheaded over the road, and the ca boose of the front train wero thrown from the trestle to the ground, 40 feet below, and w?/e so demolished that most of the woodwork was re duced to splinters. Boy Caught by Belt and % piously Hurt. \ Columbia, Special.?A young boy, employed in the Columbia mills as a - sweeper, was seriously injured and came within a hair's breadth of a horrible death, by being caught in a belt and]' hurled against the ceiling. The boy's name is Willie Latham. 11 is left shoulder is fraetured and hia. left knee is dislocated and fractured. Immediately after the aeeident the boy was takeu to the Taylor l^ane hos pita! and was considered to be iO a favorable condition later. N-jre Hnt- Killed hj Taim. Newberry, ' Special.?Tom Baxter, colored,- uas ?killed - -fey? freight train No. 71. Iwa aules here at 6 o'clock noon. Baxter, -who. -_4k~ dumb, was walking in the ^ the traek with an u*abreUa?p he was killed. The engipcy^ i grade, blew the whistle bell, but the negro ' wii V