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MW' 'v-;- ♦‘ : *,-''- , v rt ., f .gd^c- tMn*; - ' - * r j&%td£&r* ■ ■ « ■ .A, ' L. XXYII. BOARD OF ASSESSORS. ,'/-■ BARNWELL, S. C. THURSDAY JUNE 9, lOOL NO 36 Ortr Thm Villioa Doll an Incmst in Mill Value* ADDXD MVIUJI TO TEX tTATX. Will B« Another Meeting on 14th Of ThU Month to Aafllt An^. Complaint* Wbteh May Be Made. The State board of equalization baa concluded Ita labors and has announc ed the assessments upon cotton mill property in this State. The total shows an increase of $3,200,000 over last year. The increased income of the State on the 5 mill levy will be about $10,000. , v The total amount of taxable mill property aa represented In the assess ments of 1003 was $34,557,765 and for the current year $31,762,066. The increase is due to the building of new nf hfio mills and to the fact that there were ueDl ' •° ,F ' WW - reductions at Clifton and Paoolet last year. The board will meet on the 14th to audit any complaints. The report of the committee on cotton mills was adopted and the ft)i~ Ibwiiig assessments made: Abbeville County—Abbeville cotton mills, $533,130. Aiken County—Clear Water, $300,- 000; Langley Manufacturing Com- $700,000; Aiken, $360,000; GrahTteville, $840,000, Warren, $505,- 000. Anderson County—Anderson cotton milk, $750,000; Cox Manufacturing company, $105,000; Orr cotton mills, $400,000; Riverside, $110,500nS. C. Townsend, $25,000 Oogmcca, $15,000; ’■ Ttoxaway, $156,000; Conneross, $5,000; Qluck mill, $167,800; Pendleton cot- tod mills, $20,00; Pendleton Manufac turing company, $50,000; ~ Belton mills, $63<f,000; Brogan mills, 1167’- 000; Chiquola, $160,735; Pelzer Manu facturing company, $1,500,000; Pied mont Manufacturing company, $1,- 280,000; WTlllamston mills, $200,000. Bamberg County—Bamberg cotton mills, $70,000. v — Cherokee County—Cherokee Falls Manufacturing company,. $250,000; Gaffney Carpet company, $41,840; Gaffney Manufacturing - company, * $720,800; Limestone, $127,000; Vul canized Fibre company, $7,500. Chester County—Eureka ootton . milk, $150,000; Sprlngstein mills, ~ $216,667; Wylie mlUs, $160,000; Mon- v ,$tta, $163,510. 7 Clarendon County—Manning Hos iery mills, $5,500. Colleton ' County—Colleton ootton milk, $71,300. w ~ , Darlington County. — Darlington Manufacturing company, $450,000; Hartaville ootton mill. $201,210. Edgefield County—Edgefield Manu facturing company, $125,000. Fairfield County—Fairfield cotton milk, $188,800. Greenville County—Batesville CjV ton Mill company, $20,000; Brandon, $258,115; Fork Shoals, $47,500; Foun- 1 tain Inn, $50,000; American Spin ning company, $6C0,000; Carolina milk, $25,000; F. W. Foe Manufao- , turlng company, $625,000; Huguenot mills, $10O,000j4»Mills Manufacturing — company (06 per cent.), $359,855; JtonaghaiLr. $536,700; McGhee Manu- i facturiug company, 60,000; Reedy River, 160,985; Union Bleaching and F. company, 180,000; Woodslde oot ton milk, $80,000; Franklin miUs. $50,000; Pelham milk,75.893; Piedmont Manufacturing company (see Anderson county.) Greenwood County—Ninety-Six cot- /iton mill, $61,760; Glendale, $350,000; Greenwood cotton mills, $188,750. Kershaw County—Camden ootton mills, $145,000; DeKalb cotton mills, $155,000. Lancaster County—Lancaster cot-' ton milk, $726,267. 4 Laurens County—Lydia cotton milk, $40,000; Banna ootton mills, $110,000; Laurens Cotton mills, $525,- s 000; Watts ootton mills, $155,430; •1,300,000; Tucapui, $495,650; Whit ney," $385,000; Woodruff, $195,000; Apuacbe, $315,000; Arcadia, 129,115. Union County—Buffalo ootton mills, $300,000 Jonesville Mfg. Co., $150,700; Aetna ootton milk, $138,750; Look hart ootton milk, $563,000; Excelsior knitting milk, $149,500; Monarch cot* too mills, $350,000; Union ootton milk, $1,089,100... _ - York County—Bowling Green knit ting mills, $18,000; Clover ootton mills, $225,000; Fort Mill Mfg. Co., •121,400; Millfort mill, $61,720; Arc ade ootton mills (90 per cent.,) $120,- 305; Highland Park Mfg. Co., $187,- 500; Manchester cotton mills, $231.- 325; victoria $72,000; Tavora, $50,- 000; York (65 per cent.,) $172,500; Cblcora, $60,000; Fewell waste mills $2,500. OIL MILLS ASSESSED The assessment made on oil mills last year was adopted for this year With the following changes:' Aiken Industrial company, $31,200 60 per cent. $18,17$. Darlington, oil mill, $65,000, 60 per ••Aft AAA ‘ ' JAPAEX8X CUT TO PIXCX8. U ie bei company at South Carolina Ootton Oil at Greenville, $48,200. Southern Cotton OH company Greeuvlile, $9,680. Dillon Oil company (burned), $5,- 400. . Cowpens Cotton Oil company, $20,- 000, 60 per cents $12,000,rebuilt. Rich Hill, $18,000, 60 per cent 10,'' 800, capital increased. NEW MILLS ASSESSED. Cotton Oil company, Denmark, $20,- 000;’60 per cant. ,$12,000. Broadway O’l company, Belton, •22,000; $13,200^ Clarendon Oil company, St. Paul, • 16,000; $9,600. Independent Cotton Oil company, Tlmmonsvllle, 11,000; $6,600. TimtaonsvilleOil mill, $29,000; $17,- 40Ct^ _ Cameron Oil ooibp*ny, $20,000; $12, 000. Rcwesville, $20,000; $12, Wtlklosville, $15,000; $9,000. . Prosperity, $20,000; $ 12 000, Walterboro Oil company, $25,000; $15,000. Goldville Oil company, $12,000; $7,- 200. i •„ Seaboard Oil company, $32,000; $19,- 200. Townville Oil company, $16,000; •9,600. , Lee County Manufacturing com pany, $25,000; $15,000. Westminster. $20,000; $12,000. ' Fort Motte, $20,00(M12,000. -■'X' ■ CoMacJu Bore Down on Them*In a , charge. Japanese lost 200 killed and a her of horses in the fight at Va- genfuohu Wednesday. The Russians opened fire at 8 o’clock In the morn ing and after two hours and a half long range fifing the Japanese under Gen. Akkiama prepared to charge and crush the force^ which had been bar- rassing them lor twenty-one days. In the meantime Gen. Samsonoff was approaching Vagen'uchu with a strong force of cavalry. It -was a sight worth seeing when at the word of command, the Russian squadrous formed and rushed like" a. whirlwind across the terrible cut ujj> country; clearing away all obstacles, tbe bat teries at the same time trotting along the frightful roads. Having passed the railroad station, the troops came under the fire of tbe Japanese ma chine guns, but withdrew without suffering much loss. ~ The fourth shd sixth, companies of the E ghth Siberian Cossacks furious ly Charged the Japanese cavalry with lances, attacking both flanks. In a feW-minutes they literally cut the whole squadron into pieces. - This was the first time lances were used and they struck terror to the enemy. In some cases the lances pierced the riders through and wounded their horses.- Some of the lances oojld not be withdrawn from the bodies into which they bad entered. Tbe Japanese in fantry, numbering four battalions of 300 men to a company, and eight squadrons of cavalry attempted to ad vance, but the Russian batteries open ed and soon the slope up which tbe enemy was advancing was covered with black spots and the enemy was forced to scatter and retire. The Jap- ese cavalry-were wonderfully dash- fng,' cbsrgtng with shouts upon the Russians, who met and scatered them. A Cossack who bad lost his JancS and sword wrenched a sword from v a Japanese officer and cutqffMie officer’s bead. The Cossacks picked up - boots YEMAN S HALL. One of the Old Coloiiai Houses Lower Carolina. SITUATED 0E OLD G00B1 CRXXX. Secret PaaMge* of the Old Man sion, Which I* Now (Jolng to Rnina. Said to Be . In the busy rush of our own times, surrounded by all the conveniences and luxuries, it is like reading a romance of another age, when we pause and consider.the lives of those who preceded us in the days when this land was us uneventful peace, and yet like us, they hac( their cares and anxieties, and perhapeoften greater trials. They went more slowly, hut they had a hard battle to wage in reclaiming the wilderness. I will Invite my readers to go back with me about a century and a half and take a peep at the home and home life of one of tbe stately and busy dames of that period. On the banks of Goose Creek there still stands the ruins of an old man sion built about tbe year 1694'by Sir John Yemans, and sold by him to Thomas Smith, Landgrave of South Carolina. Tbe house was of brick, remarkable for their small size, and as an evidence that these peoples’ lives were not altogether passed in peace, the bouse was fortified aga'nst tbe attacksj^ Indians. The walls of the basement and of the first story were provided with loopholes, and an under ground vaulted passage led to the creek, where boats were concealed, so that in case the house waa-fired the family could make their escape. Between the ceiling and floor of one of tbe rooms was arranged a small secret chamber, access to which was bad through a trap door concealed in a closet on the second floor. The house was entered from the front, the door leading into a large ball, from whidh led doomloGo other rooncs. We are told by one who wrote of this old house many years agb, that v . „ t twelve miles, mounted a horse And carrying a bag made of cow-skin, with tbe hair Inside to prevent scratching of the book. Madame S lived to a good old age, and lies In tbe family burying ground nearby the now deserted and rutiled mansion. She died lb 1777, and a quaint story Is told, bow she still haunted the scenes of her busy yiia. • ■ - - J , ■ A governess was employed in the family many years after; one Sunday morning she stole away to her cbam- Haunted. her and indulged In the very naughty pleasure of reading a novel called . TheTurklshSpy.” Deeply interest ed in tbe thrilling tale, she heard foot steps approaching, the chamber door opened noiselessly, and an old lady of bengin countenance appeard, dressed ^ ^ in a brown silk gown, with white young. 'Their quiet,-aa44o ®U6llu._ksrchlef-r-pinned Across her atful lives, seem so full of breast, aid wearing a close cap. The governess supposing her to be a visi tor, atose^and offered her a seat; the figure advanced, pointed to the open novel, and passed silently on Into an other room where she disappeared. Tbe description^ of the figure, and ts dress corresponded to the appear ance of Madame 8—r 1 — no one else lad seen her, and thus tbe spirit of the stern “dissenter 1 ’ had comeback ix) rebuke the desecration of the Sabbath in her old home. FrOm that time we are told tbe governess was more particular In her selection of unday reading and we suppose, con fined herself to tracts and other re gions works.—-J. I. W. In Charleston Post. >! ■ . f which had been taken off by the waUg of . thte ball were painted in in t 0 K r ^ r ,£ 0f * Clll ^ te 1 ' t l he ' landscape and tiny gilded cherubs and flourished them on their lances as anpwul th* tropies. Tbe Japanese used the Boer trick of displaying dummies .but the Cossacks .dW not waste a shot on r* . them. Gen. 8a«ssonoff highly praised Donnald CotUmA)il company,,$15,- the ^ **4 CUnton'ootton mills, $.172 500. ^7 Lexington- Ccunty —I^e xinj'.t o n. .ty, $122,235, 000; $9,000. 1 Jonesvllle, $20,000; $12,000. Williamsburg, $30,000; $18,000. Pauline Cotton Oil company, $20,- 000; $12,000. / Pickens, $20,000; $12,000. FERTILIZER PLANTS. The assessments on fertilizer facto ries were not changed, tbe follwing re port baving.been adopted: > We recommend that all assessments staad same as last year. While we find many of tbe assessments reduced we see no reason for same, as we have no Information at our command to warrant same: Anderson Fertilizer company, An derson county, $60,000. - " rr '.' Vlrginla-Carollna Chemical com pany, Beaufort county, $105,000. Ashepoo Fertilizer company, Char leston county, $78,000. Eli wan Fertilizer company, Charles ton county, $45,120. Ylrginla-Carollna Chemical com pany (Atlantic works), Charleston county, $118,200. Yirglnia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Ubkxjrfc^works), .Charleston county, $166,656. r Ylrginia-Caroiina Chemical com pany (Berkeley works), Charleston county, $56,868. 7^- Yirginia Carolina Chemical * com pany (Imperial works), Charleston county, $110,910. Yirginla-Caro'.ina Chemical com pany (Standard works), Charleston county, $180,810. Yirglnia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Stono works), Charleston couo- practice of the Russian gunners^ DROUGHT XHTIRXLY RELIEVED. “*5 Manufacturing company, $50,000; Middleburg mills, $81,200; Saxe Gotha, $70,000. v Marion County—Maple, $85,000; Dillon cotton mills, $98,300; Hamer, $73,800; Ashby cotton mills, $30,000; Dillon Hosiery mills (sold out and re moved.) Marlboro County—Octarora mills, •17,500; Marlboro ootton mills, $760,- 400. Newberry .County—Glen Lowry Manufacturing company, $500,000; Molaban, $235,000; Newberry, cotton mills, $470,000. Oconee County—Courtney Manufac turing company, $350,000; Seneca cot ton mills, $240,000; Walhalla .cotton mills, $120,000; Cbeswellr $140,000. Orangeburg Count)—Orange mills, •60,000; Orange Mfg. Co., $200,000. Pickens County—Easley cotton mills, $345,255; Norris cotton mills, $266,681; Liberty ootton mills, $113,- 500; Glenwood, $207,000; Issaquena, H $34,240. :—-—■—— —-—T - Richland County—Capital City, $100,000; Columbia Mills company, $668,000;Granbyf $800,000; Olymphia, $1,750,000; Palmetto, $56,250; Rich land, $450,000. Sumter County—Sumter cotton mills, $35,000. Spartanburg County—Arkwright mills, $210,000; Clifton Mfg. Co., $9Q0,000; Cowpens Mfg. Co., $60,000; Yirglnia-Carolina Chemical com pany (Wando works), Charleston coun ty, $61,488. Read Prosphate company, Charles ton county, $41,649. Yirglnia-Carolina Chemical com pany, Cherokee county, $32,982. .Georgia Chemical works^ Colleton county, $111,421. , :i Yirglnia-Carolina Chemical com pany, Dorchester county, $54,000. Ylrginia-Caroiina Chemical com pany, Greenville oounty, $80,955. Yirglnia-Carolina Chemical com pany, Richland oounty, $75,000. v F, S. Royster Guano company, Rich land county, $45,180. Spartanburg Fertilizer company, Spartanburg county, $7,000. Total, $1,553,474. " ,i f Goes to Creditors. — The State says Mrs. R. H. Plant, the widow of the Macon banker who lately committed suicide, has refused to accept any portion of tbe $760,000 la life insurance payable to her hus band’s estate; every cent will go to his creditors. This completes a heroic story of self-sacrifice. Plant, it Is practically certain, killed himself for the benefit of his Insured creditors, and now bis wife refuses even that part of the estate to which she is by law entitled. The wisdom of both the husband’s and the wife’s sets may Gentle, Generon*, Soaking Rains Fall * • Throughout Entire State. . .. Section Director Bauer had thenre- freshing and cheerful annoqnt to make Wednesday that the reports showed that the drought had been completely s.qd-'delightfully relieved In all parts of tbe State and in a fashion that left no room for a desire for the thing to have been otherwise than In tbe way it was done. The rains were general over tbe State, and tbe^ eastern pjtrt,'which bad i>et h suffering most, got half an loch, with 2.42 inches In Florence and~-DarHng- ton counties. Some sections had re ceived moire than they needed, but the rSlfiA wfere “gentle” everywhere, and consequently no damage was done. Asked to estimate what damage in dollars the drought had done, Mr. Bauer said that be had nothing on which to base an Intelligent estimate. In his'opinion, however, relief oaibe before there was any matertaf damage to tbe staple money crops, with the exception of trucking interests on the coast, where the dry weather has re duced the yields from 25 to 60 per cent, below normaf. Corn and cotton have plenty of time in which to recuperate. In fact tbe drought has possibly been more bene ficial to these crops than otherwise, since the relief came In the form of gentle ratns, which soaked thoroughly , for this reason: The natural tendency of growing plants Is to seek moisture. If this 1$ not found above the eairtb tbe growth Is toward a bigger rootage, and while there is apparently no growth In dry weather the plants are busy gaining a wide earth feeding, The ge»Ue rains penetrating deeply, the upper growth and development are the more rapid when relief tloea comes. Tbe rains of this week have not washed out the commercial ferti lizers, but have tended to make them soluble. The rains which relived the dry spell of last May were of the wash ing variety, and tbe result was that practically all the fertilizers were washed away. dscape an< spread their Rrlngs above tbe arahes of the panels A bqge fireplace stood in.one corner, decorated with Dutch tiles, Representing scriptural scenes. .Pitfing to (Lh^back of this b stalrvfoy led to tbe upper rooms; boles were plerced at intervals in tbe wall, so that If an entrance was forced into the hall the defenders could fire upon the enemy. 4 r Almost within a stone’s throw of thA house is the family burying ground, where sleep several genera tlon^of those who Inhabitated the ion. Ift^y L0iii*cr$2M00; DraytonJI 120,- baquettioned but itsstam fbrtttude, 786; Snores, $620,000; Tyger mills (10 D€T8r ’ par cent.,) $68,500; Fingerrille, $50,- 000; the D. E. Converse Oo., $500,- 000; Yiotor Mfg. Oo.. $437,500; Inman mills (95 per cent.,) $287,650; Bine Ridge hosiery mills, $30,000; Valley Jills Mfg. Oo., $96,250; Pelham mills (sis Greenville,) $19,110; Plootot Mfg. On., $600,000; BoauMBt, •tOQ.QMr Bilk, 8fw«a> Bilk, i Overturned. Twelve persons were hurt near den, N. J., early Thursday morning trolley car Uverturned and rolled do an embankment on the tine running from Oamden to Trenton. Three were Injured and were taken to bas in Philadelphia and they may We gather ffom-«w^|to old jpeerds* that It was customary in those days (1740), to remain upon the plantation all the year round, and there are some letters written to friends in Charles ton inviting them to come Into the country in July and August, to escape the heat of the city. Now let us take a look into the busy home life of the mistress of this old mansion, Madame S , was left a widow with a large family of children and step-children; she proved herself most efficient manager, and was aid ed by a worthy man, Mr. Elertbn, who appears to have filled tbe posi tion of schoolmaster, and general factotum of the establishment. He kept a journal of everything that transpired, and it is from this old re cord that we gain an insight into the daily life of tbe plantation. To quote some of these entries will give a bet ter idea of this life than I could de scribe, and so I will use his own words: “January 20, 1740.—Madam went to Mr. Sam Waring's and remained until 24tf). “January 25th she rented Back River Plantation to Peter llusklns, 27th went to church with Mr. Archer Smith, 30th, sold seven cords of wood and killed hogs. February 20th—Settled with Mad am for the year. She paid balance In my favor. “March ,J7th—Miss Betsey Smith and her niece Nancy Waring, came from Goose Creek from Nancy’s uncle who sent her to me to school, and to live with her step-grandmother, Mad ame S i - “May 14th—John and Archer S, came to school. “May 28th—Received letter from Capt Grange to appear and muster on an alarm. * “Thirty-seven negroes taken un and Stole the Money. A loss of from $30,000 to $60,000 through the embezzlement of its funds by a trusted employe, Douglass M. Smith, is admitted by the officers of the National Tradesmen* bank of New Haven, Const The exact loss Is not yet known. Smith, who was pay ing and receiving teller of the bank, has acknowledged voluntarily that he embezzled about $30,000 and the grea ter part of it. If not all, within the past eight or nine months. A Bad Case. Louis Republic says a writing in the Medical Re view lays that many women whom he observes at the theater are ‘‘hebet- udinous.” Unless the author of the allegation is a psychologist possessing propensities for spontaneous action In the subconscious mind, arriving at conclusions by a process of ratiocina tion characteristic of phrenologists, bis own ease may be diagnosed $* dio- ttonarlomanla. mjgi -carried before Hr- Colleton ;-keptgifard all night th sundry places; this after noon came from muster field, and wen again at night after setting patrbls. “July 12th—Madame went to Mr; Ralph Izard’s to pay her tax; it amounted to £138. - “July 23—Madame and Miss Betsey went to hear Mr. Whitfield preach and tbe dog, Jowler, died.” V 1 These are only a few of tbe entries In this queer old record, and go to show how busy were the lives lived by these people. Mr. Elerton was very careful in his notes, recording the negro Insurrection of 1740 as well as the fact that “the dog Jowler died,” and that he had fin ished the “potter cellar.” Madame was kept busy with her household affairs, she went In person to pay her taxes, attended tfi toe schooling sf her children, end those o: 1 her relatives. She was a “dissenter,” for she went often t& near the noted Mr. Whitfield preach. With it $11 she found leisure for reading, for we are told that a negro boy was sent at In tervals to Dorohestar for books from the circulating library, Ha went $bopt 1YXRYB0DY GOT DIAM0WDS. A FOOL WITH MONET. L Rich Old Vsw York bysW. - A BIeody Fight. ■. 11 • "J . »- M i '*)■ At Knoxville, Tenn., says a bloody i gbt occurred at midnight in a res taurant on Central street. As a re sult one man is dead and two others are mortally wounded. Constables G. 0. Gamble and T. W. McCarty were eating when Lumand Wash Mil- er, negroes, came into tbe p’ace and ordered something to eat. McCarty X)ld the negroes to wait until they lad finished. A war of words fol- owed. Thaw WastL Hiller struck at Constable Gamble with a knife and tbe trouble started. Lum Miller was shot through the bead by Gamble and rilled, but not until he had shot Gam ble through the abdomen and twice In the right .leg. Wash Hiller was shot through the right arm and in the chest Ijy a llegro named Cooky who was trying to hit Constable McCarty. Cook escaped. -Tile two wounded men are at the hospital and can live but a few hours at most. Gamble has n an afficer for. several years tot Himself Dead. C. L. Saylor office manager for the Armour Packing Company at SbUlb Omaha, Nth., committed suicide at lanscomb park Thursday by shoot- ng himself through the head, act was committed an hour before tbe Jme set for Mr. Saylor’s departure for an Ohio sanitarium, where he was going for treatment of hlii nervous sys tem. He had been a sufferer from nervous prostration for nearly a year, said to have been the result of over* work. During tbe afternoon Saylor ad made all preparations fot his east ern trip and started for a stroll In the tark before starting to the train. An iour later his sop walked through the park and discovered his father lying near a path in a pool «f blood. Saylor was prominent in business and profes slonal clubs has been connected with the Armour plant since Its construc tion several years ago. He wa£ 48 years of age and leaves a widow and four children. covered to South Ameri« is a natural ghe wa8 tbe 0 f one Mathew C. Mysterious Murders. «• Soldiers at Fort Ethan Allen which is located near Burlington, Vt., are panic stricken by three mysterious murders that have been committed on men in tbe ranks and tbe fourth sav agd attack upon an infantryman who is now dying from stab wounds. All of the details of tbe murders have been kept secret by officers, who are in communication with General Cor bin. lie (a expected at tbe Fort to take personal charge of the Inquiry. Homes are barricaded and men of tbe district go heavily armed at night. The names of the murdered men are kept Secret and nothing but the bare facts are obtainable. Tbe first mur der was three weeks ago Thursday Tbe fact that all tbe victims were soldiers leads to tbe belief that the bloody deeds are tbe work-of a deser ter who Is crazy. Died of Starvation. Henry Miles, a colored man resid? ing at Blythe, Ga., died Tuesday night of last week at the home of friends at 812 Campbell street, after a lingering illness inflicted! at his own hands on Jfily 4, 1903, MileS.Tbn ' the date mentioned, thr^b_mtetake^ ^ank In^t^HodRion that thfttigh a com plication of diseases, -gradually ally grew worse until It closed entires ly up Tuesday, and Dr. Goodrich who was In attendance, was unable to give him any nourishment. It was deemed necessary to hold an inquest Wednesday, and the body received pauper’s burial Wednesday afternoon ■ The Weevil Rater. Dr. Cook says the $nt he has dls- Express Traltf Atowers Village With Preclou* Gems. A special to tbe New York Times from Raleigh, N. G, says: News has MM been received here that Lucama, TRAGEDY RECALLED little town near this city, has been in a state of ferment for tbe past week. On Monday a passenger train was wrecked near toe station and several cars were destroyed by fire, among them the express car. After the fire #as put out men, women and children began to pick about in the ashes. One man found a small object which proved to be a small diamond worth $600. Immedi ately it became known that there were diamonds in the ashes crowd* flocked to the scene of the wreck.. Tbe night before tbe news was gen erally known the man who made the discovery revisited the scene, carrying a number eff empty sacks. He filled sifting them be uncovered diamonds to tbe value of $18,000, the railroad people are of tbe opinion that the value of the stones still unaccounted for Is more than double that of those already found. * * The railroad later placed a guard around the wreck. The railroad has hot been requested to pay for the diamonds, nor nas the express com pany. It is believed they were stolen goods being expressed to some point South, and that the shippers are afraid to make known their identity. Several lawsuits have grown out of the finds. The owner of tbe loir says that the diamonds belong to him un- ess tbe railroad demands them for tbe real owner. A negro found one gem valued at a thousand dbllars. be owner of the land on which the wreck occurred sued him for the pos session of the diamond, but the negro won. Hannah Milas, About luent New 'Yorker . Was Mur-, dared, the Woman tu the Case. A dispatch from New York says tbe murder several months ago of Andrew Green, known as the father of Greater New York and one of New York’s most prominent nubile men, was re called Wednesday when salt was brought by John R. Platt against Hannah Ellas, $ mulatto, to recover certain real estate and money in , banks, held in her name. Mr. Gran’s - murderer, a negro named Williams, raid bis victim bad Interfered to separate him (Williams) and Hannah Ellas. Williams was declared Insane and sent to an asylum. He bad an noyed Mr. Green for some time and Mr. Green had said be never saw the woman Williams referred to. It developed after the murder that Hannah Elias had become wealthy and occupld a costly residence In Cen tral park, west Mr. Platt In his suit asks the court to hold that Hannah Ellas bolds prop erty is trustee for him on the ground that the money paid for tbe grounds and, premises were procured from him by “fraud, duress, coerdoh and black mail wlthontsny consideration.’' In tbe papers filed, Mr. Platt says that be is npward of 83 yean old, a retired merchant, In-feeble health and a wid ower. He says that be. first met Hannah Ellas prior to January, 189$; that she represented herself to be a single woman of Spanish blood, but that he discovered afterwards that enemy of the cotton boll weevil, de* stroying the pest before it reaches the cotton bolls. Dr. Cook bellevesthat f the ant can be acclimated in tbe United States it will put ah end to the weevil. Secretary Wilson cabled lim to bring him some of the ants iome with him. They will be placed n the Texas cotton fields, and It is hoped that they will thrive In this country. If they live through the winter they will be brought further north and introduced to a colder cli mate. Secretary Wilson has had a special bulletin printed. Ft says: “If the cotton ant can survive a long dry seasoh and perhaps chid Weather _ in the table-lands of Guatemala it gif might easily learn to hibernate in xas, as hw' the boll weevil. Tire ant 1s-4puch better abler to protect itaelf agalnst frost, since it excavates a nest three or more feet into the ground. To take worker ants to Texas will be evidently a matter, but to secure queens an tablish permanent colonies may re quire considerable time and experi ment. Tbe insect does not do the east injury to the ootton or to any other plant, so faf^es has been ascer tained, and it can be handled with mpunity.” The Augusta Chronicle “the anti-bcll-weevtl ant may yet prove the salvation of the Texas -cotton fields, and tbe energetic, as well as.tbe sluggish, be called upon to consider her way;*, since It pays.” We hope it will.. e *• Davis. Tbe papers go on to say that soon after Mr. Piatt formed her ac quaintance she told him that he had gained her love. . Mr. Platt says that these protesta tions of love were a scheme on her part to enable her to coerce and black mail him Into giving her Urge sums of money. According to the papers filed,-Mrs. Ellas said her husband was a negro-end that her husband threat ened to > do the plaintiff bodily barm and expose him. The plaintiff states that he paid Mrs Elias $685,- 000 at different Moms between the years 1896 sod 1904. It is further alleged that Mrs. Ellas told the plain tiff that ah* could not obtain a divorce unless her husband reoeived'~$8,000 and. that as a result of threat made by her he paid that sum of money and she obtained the dlnnue. This amount be,.alleges, never was paid to the husband, and that during tbe year 1897 he was ooerced Into paying tbe husband, who in tbe meant!are had been.divorced, the sum of 816,000 not to press a threatened suit. ■HillMaillHHHl Battle With a Hawk. Freeman Lane, a wealthy^ farmer, eighty years old, bad a fierce battle with a huge hawk In bis woods near Sayville, L. L r Wednesday, while strolling In a pine wood. When near a pine In which there was a hawks' nest one of the birds swooped down upon the old man, struck him square ly In the face and knocked him down ten feet in a golly. The hawk con tinued scratching his face, and for a long time the old man Uy as dead. Lane rallied hla remaining strength, crawled out of the wood and home. His face was badly tornby-fG 00 the bird’s talons and be was suffering from.* severe shook. V- * Philippine Martyrs. 1 Maj. Gen. Ainsworth, tbe military secretary, Thursday received from Gen. Wade, commanding tbe division of tbe Philippines, a cable report of the rocent attack upon American troops in Mindanao. The following is ah extract from the dispatch: “Maj. Gen.. Wood returned May 30th from an expedition to Lake Ltgu- asan. The remains of officers and men killed iu action May 8bb were brought to Cottabato and interred. All’s out fit, a small aggregation of outUws, are now in hiding and wth be panned, captured and destroyed. No disturb ances whatever in Cottabato valley. Following is a complete list of casual ties among enlisted men May 8th: “Killed: George Wacbteri Ewing Quillen, Benjamin B. Nolde, Elbert W. Osborn, Martin Einert, Amos J. Gilliam, Owen Hughes, William Luit- jens, John O’Oonnore, Leonard C Smith, Wm. A. Wallam, Charlie Cole, Frank G. Meredith, last name having transferred from Company E, 17th in fantry. “Wounded: Thomas H. Beckett, George B. Humphreys, Henry D. Sbaddeau, John L. Barnhouse w Francis M. Davis, John F. Delongs. All wounded doing well. “These men belonged to Company ,^4 7 th jnfantry. ^ . Found Hla Dead Body. The dead body of Herman S. Pettl- bone, 31 years old, a son of former Congressman A. H. Petti bone of Ten nessee, was found In a hotel in Wash ington Thusday. Soma drugs of a mix ture of aconite and morphine were found In a glass on tbe bureau bT"the room indicated that the man had com mitted suicide and the coroner gave a certificate to that effect, Pettibone bad been (lead some hours when found. His father, who Is qow at Huntsville, Ala., was notltted. Young Pettibone had been despondent. — * -• Accident At Spartanburg from a ladder on the end of which was being showly carried by a yard engine to couple up with some other oars about $0 yards away, Berry Fowler, colored, a switch man, met bis death in the yards of tbs C. A W. C. railroad Wednesday morn ing at 7.30 o’clock. He was midway the ladder and was exchanging greet ings with two negro women walking near the track when his hat blew off, causing him to turn his head around and at the same time lean further away from tbe oar. Just then the box oar passed along where a mall ear stood on a parallel track aud the bead of the switchboard came in ab rupt contact wlth the Iron appendage on the outside of the mall oar which Is used In handling bags and pooohea. Tbe man fell to tbe ground and In a few minutes was dead. Concussion of the brain vaaoaused. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was th*t the death was aocldedtal and wm not the result of the set of any person or persons.— The State. Aura Destroy Weevils. A dispatch from San Antonia, Texas, says Jose Ossslano, former county collector, who has several hun dred acres of cotton in that oounty, Is the bearer of good tidings concerning the work of red ants. Mr. Osaslano’s fields, less than a month ago, 'mn alive with boU weevils. Today ha said there is not a live weevil tn his fields. The rows are strewn with dead weevils, which the busy little rad ants are carrying away by tbouMnda. Mr. Casslano says a dose inspeotk* failed to show a single live weevil on a cotton plant anywhere In his fields. The ahta are on the plants and the rows between In countless thousands. They seem to have completed the slaughter of the weevils and are now engaged In carrying the corpses away, probably to be stored for food. In- Foand Dead In Room. John C. Cole, representing an surance company of New York, found dead in his room in a hotel at Birmingham, Ala., Thursday night. He wm a well known man having oo- reached cupled a prominent government puak In Washington tor a number of yean. He Nved In Portsmouth, O., and has idititM there. ' ~ Charged With i | At Winchester, Va., five George, Charles, Raymond and ter Carver, brothers, and Edgar Car ter, were arrested Thursday aftereoon near there in coimeotioB with the dis appearance of tbe Ashby Pugh, who been murdered. were committed to jail without and the others were hundred dollars bonds each. bM caused the greatest the country. Monday wm beaten hr be went to the blood from o It if believed Georg* and