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h~S A 3LL 1'i t.&~ TU S D AYV M AY 2 6 190 8*rw c E K,$.0A Y A LATIMER'S GOOD ROADS PLAN. Expense of Road Improvement Should be Borne One-half by the Federal Govern ment and One-half by County and Stale. Atlanta Constitition. Senator Latimer, of South Caro lina, has at tines eie i criticised foi what his critics have considered hiE advocacy of practical means ani measures too liberal to comport with the ideas of Democracy which these critics hold. Because he loses n< opportunity to secure appropriation or other benefits for his State sorm of the mien who were candidatea against him for the Unitod State Senatorship charged him with being headed tow:rd the lieptiblican caui -t1ho route taken by his Senatorial pro%tesor, Senator MoLaurin. That these criticisms hmd no effet. upon Smith Corolina )eoiets was ovi denced by Seuiator Latimer's trium phant victory in t.he Democratic pri maries. . He now expects to be criti. cised by some people for the ad. vanced stand he has taken in favoi of Federal aid in building a systen of good roads throughout the coun, try, but the prospect of criticism has no terrors for him. Senator Latimer passed through Atlanta on his return from St. Louis where he was one of the leadinf speakers at the annual Convention 01 the National Good Hoads Associa tion. He has spent several day. here as the guest of his kinsman George M. Brown. The newtpapern of St. Louis, in their accounts of the Good Roads Convention, say thal S.-nator Latimer made one of the distinct hits. In a controversy with Governor Cummings, of Iowa, he iE credited with having "cleaned up' that doughty political warrior of thE West; and from all accounts the re ception given the Carolinian waE fully as pronounced as that giver President. Roosevelt. And all on account of his strong advocacy of a specific plan for pro moting the good roads moveroent plan which appealed to his audienc( as both effective and practical. Other speakers who had precedec him had pictured the necessity o better roads throughout the agricul tural sections of the country, am had painted glowmg word picture of the boeefits which would certainl follow such development. Ther Was 1Iot i diw-'entiig voict-inded there could he 0nonv-upon this prop ositiou. But thore was nothing nov ini it. Every delegate to the Con vention had long been. convinced o Sthe Ilweessityv for better rcads and( c the great benijiits t hey wonuld be t the locailin iss b rough which they pas arid to t he country at large. To b told these t hings over againu, even b IPresiden' Rto'osvlt, cretedi, there fore, o. ,' mild enthusiasm; br * when thI Senaut or from Sont h Carc lina cameii out. boldly ini favor of p lani which seemed both practici V and possib)le t he Convenitson gav lim a grneat ovation0?. Briefly stated, the ina advocate isfrthe Federal Glovenment t bear oine half I hs expen-e of roa holsinug. the i't am; Legisisti or1e 01m futs'h,.; an the~ loca he(int ow "The peho:i pract icale anid I II sure it woubt brin!g t chebest piossibj resnilis,'" sid Sn aior Lat ituor,i disenissng it. "Afte It01 had ttline my ide Ps to t ho St . Lois, Conivem tion Governor Ciiummin gs uindertoc to cri ticiise t he plani on the gronui that it wae paternalistie(, but. in tI short time allotted to mue for reply think 1 shet tered1 his uargumnio prett.y effectively. At least the Col ventioni seemeid to thI;ink so. It perhaps natuiral t hat I lbe first imipre sion1 this suiggei.t ion mlakea is 'h it is pattnatl ist ic to1 a degree tb would seemi to bar D)emocratic su p)ort , but evoen a shorit aiinalysis of will convince anybhody that it is plan which shuoulud receive thle au port of everybody hionaetly desiroi of helping the poople antd 11he (cou try. "'1 am uiot disp 'sed to bo a narrc construictioniist in poiliticsn. I am n one of those whol air" always seeki reasons for not. doing things. V havn had men in Congress from t 8outh who woulit not dotand their fair share of ippropriations because they were opposod to 14t1 miystom by which the reveLtues of the Govern meat were raised, but Latimor is not one of that sort. I do uot ask that my State be given its share. I do mand it; andso long 'as I am in public life I shall continue to do wand it. "That, however, is not what I started to say. Tho good roads move ment is neither a matter of a single Stat- nor is it sectional, except in so far that the greater ned for road improvement is in the agricultural States of tho South itid West. I favor the setting apart in the nation. al treasury of a good roads fund, not, to be used in indiscrimiinato road buildiag, but. to be used in co opera t ioi with tho State and local govern ment. on the principle of helping those who help th,rneolveo. "The roads of the country are the great highways of internal com merce. The Federal Government has undertaken the are of the har bors and the navigable rivers, because these are highways of commerce, and has in the past given mostt liberal aid to the construction of transcontinen tal railroads: In the same way it can contribute to the perfection of the country roads upon which a very large per cdnt of the products of the country have in the first instance to be hauled, and there is every reason why this aid should, in my judgment, bo extended. "We have appropriated $3,000,000 in a lump sum for road bmilding in the Philippine Islands, principally, we are told, in order to give worl to the people. If this is dono for the Filipinos why should it not he done for our own people? However, while that might be legitimate argument, we do not base our advocacy of Federal aid upon any such grounde. We contend that it wouh-1 he not only wise policy on the part of the govern ment, which is the representative of all the people, to spend a portion of the Government funds to which all the people contribute in aiding the development of the highways upon which is transported such a great per cent, of the products of the country, but that this would be good busineis. "Statistics show that it costs three hundred millions of dollars more to transport the farm products of the country over the dirt. roads than it does over the railroads. The average cost per ton for the trans-portation of products over dirt roads is 25~ cento per mile, white the cost over proper ly macsdamized roads is from 5 to 8 cents per mile. An adeqnate system of good roads would save large sums to the producers, would mean greater prodluctions and greater profits, groatly3 increase the value of farm tlands and in consequence would, through this increase in tax valua Stions, sooni reimburse the States aind Icountwai' for their ontlay, and at the esame timue by inc~reasinig the earning capac'ity ot the ligrieniItunrad prodne El ing classes would great I) increase their power of consmaiiiptiotn anmd ini this5 wvay would increase th, mmnp ort a tions so that 1 i h Fedetliral (io)vern -ment would, in t rn, b.e repaid for its otlaiy. As a simiph, bnssiness prpoiion it is a good (oie. n d"But b)eyond thIiis: Tfhe ( i . rn ment has rightly tunderit akeon to ('arry k the mails to t he hiomesQ of the1( pOople al in the rural sect ions as well as to t hi honos of those l ivinig ini cit ies anti Itowna. Now the Governmenmt an 5nouncles that it will nuot estabIl1i51 .rural routes except wh"re the roade aare good. The Governm ent i dIi rectly interested, t herefore, in hav t. ing a proper anid degnaste system o t, well constructqed roads iin all paris o .the con try). It is the Govern menit's it. duty to further this 'vork iii eve'ry a way possible. ."When Governor Uumin:gs ar is gtu(d that this plan is patternauilist ie 'a contended it wait cert atily n o imore paternalistic than is appropriating fo w the meintteniance and imnprovenen ot of the water highways of commenirce ig and certainly not, nearly so paternal le istic as outright appropriations fo Si road building in the Philippino sololy for the purpose of giving the Filippinos work. And when he spoke of the posiibilities of friction between the Federal and Stato gov erntuents I asked' to be cited to a single instance of clash between 'the Federal and State governmeats, or officials, over the control of the rivers of the country. "These objoections are not, in my opinion, wor thy of serious considera tion. The argument is all on the side of Federal and State co-opera tion. It may require some time to bring the people around to the sup port of this plan. But 1 believe they will come to it. There is no other way in which the whole people -and the contry---would be as greatly benotitted as by a system of good roads, and I hAl'ieve the plan I aivocate is the most practical way to secure that desired end." BANK FAILURE IN GREENWOOD. The City Bank Suspends Payment, to the Great Surprise of the Directors and the Public. Greenwood, May 20.-The City Bank, of (ihis place, supedipe.d to.-day. The news was as astounding as it was unexpected. The first. intima tion of the sumpensionl was the post. ing of tho following notice on the front door: "Combination of circusnitances, coupled with unusually heavy dv minds on us, absolitely forces the O/ity Bank to suspoml. Credilors aid dopositors vill be paid in fill, but it will take tim'le. (S4gned:) "J. F. Davis, President." The directors holdi a mocling at 2 o'clock this afternoon wAd called a meeting of the stockholders, to be held on Monday morning at. 10 o'clock They also stated that the depositors an( creditors would he paid in full. The following directcirs issued the call: W. H. Baily3-, 'l. S. Kugh, of Loronaca; E. S Tinskt,y, Hodges; J. S. Marse and J. F. Davis. The bank's attorney, F. Baron Grier, also stated that creditors and depositors would positively be paid in full. The (ity Bank was the second bank in age in the county. Its first president. was the late D. A. P. Jor dan. The incumbent president, J. F. Davis, was cashier at its organiza. tion. The ot her officors are: hommas f. Watson, cashior; Allie Williams, bookkeeper, and Alphens Watson, assistant bookkeeper. The only reason given for the sus. pension is that. thle bank haed sus tainred losses recently uind the presi dot wvas not willing to obligate the bank further. Th'le suspensionr was a surprise to the directors ats well as to the general public. GRBAT FLOOD IN OKLAHOMA. Oklahoma City And Vicihitty Deluged With Rafit. Terr-ible Thunder anid Lightnrnlg. Dallas, To'xas, May 24.-A special to the News from Oiklahomaiz City, O. T1., says: Ol Iah.onm Cityv and vicinity wvore visited on Sat urday night and Sunda mornn l)b the heaviest rajinfall nodee moLst severe electrical stormi knrowni in thi' history of the city3. \lany er (iont s thouetghit Lthat the e*ity w(onhtl expeienLce~ a tornlado, and( the.y sp,eneIt thi- iighit ini the catves. All to da-n iiight more thanr half t he cityv h a been un der wvat er, and1( ini some(: inistanes water- is thurea fleteh,; in hiousese. It requ ires biots to, tranesport I be woman ande chiildroni throuigh t he st rets to higher and d ryor lanid. The baseimenits undte r mniy -if the big who)lesale hlouses acr. floodede, thle wvater in somre catses be1ig ten feet. deepQ. IL is estimnal d that the total loss fronm the flood wtillI reach $100,000. Tle n1 the electriic rail way is suis Pieihded e'i i'econl,t of I hoi powevir houise behig nuder wateor. All trains inito this city,' e'xcep t t he( Sanitai l'e', i a reported west onl thle Choct aw. T.hie Can adian1 Riv~er at thiis poinut is overi a6 (piter of a mile wie, with a four foot' rise ini sight. It is repj orteed t h a 'Hsveral f(' people in I ihe bottom1s1 'oi d niot escapeti the floeod ande were' r <lrrwnedI. ThIiis report, howveveri, S :'li innnit he verifned KID SLOAN. ti A Noted Tramp and Victim of Drugs, Partially Cured, Dying in Charlotte - Dr. Stagg's Good Offices. ti Charlotte Observer, May 10. a Kid Sloan is dying in it. Peter's h Rospital. To a few people this state mont will impor't nothing, but a ma. e0 jority of the rosidents know Kid, by P sight at least. Tiny, stoop-shouldered, NN imaciated, lie was the quainttest. ligure It in the place and the most original. Hle looked like iio other man, thought tl liko no othei mnani, and he gazed out. I 0pon the world as a droll ispectator I itiml d row conli:ionis I hit wou ld have V made a very liunian and interesting M book. I K id plityed onily at small, unlitupor- d taunt part in ifo, anid yet, despite his b lick of force, ho strongly imipressed I his itdividualitN n pon evory ian ho b mlot. With his intuitive knowledge b of human nature, his shrowd porcep- r tion of the charactors and motives of C 111011 Itid lis torso itphorisis which t were meaty wvith intelligenco and C philosophy, Kid Sloan might, have H boen a imian of prominence or renown, b if he had been cradled to a bigger V social spheiro. f But he is dying close to the soil d without being particularly dirty. m He is passing as a worn out printer t of the old school- a nervous atom V that fed nerves overmuch. His life atands for a flgrant misuso of op. v portunities, and yet. it was a whim- d sicald til brilliant piece of nirth that c will livo forever in kinIdly imemory. t 0avid Wilson Sloan wt born in r Stianloy county ihoit 38 years ago. V At, the age of S) years he was placed N in the Oxford orphan asylum. I t. chafed under the rules and regala I tions of the institution, and ran away, walking to the hoie of his aunt, atc Concord, ai distance of about 200 i milom. The dimimutivo litflo follow( wias then knownit as Pat. Maguire. A I few days after his roturn hoie he I dropped into the otiico of the Con- I cord Sun, then being run by Mr. Wade H. Harris. Pai or "Kid," as he was afterward known, wanted I 'something to do.' Mr. Harris "iearnod him the boxes" and he quick ly developed into a swift compositor. Later onl he got above workitg for $2 a week and part. of that in store orders, and cut out for Washington, whore he got it job in the governiont, printing oflice. Ho mado from $30 to -0t a wook, but hore he became tangled with Wine, womi1en and opium, and thern began his wand(erings ovei the face of the earth. Work at his t.radle was to be had alny anmd every whe, e for the asking. Somt iimes he could name his own price for his services. [he abund ainee of money at times and Kid inlto excesses aind, according to his own statement , he tasted of all the sweets the wvorld afflordedt. Hie drank wvhis key and everything else that he camne across. Curiosity led himl to indulge in almost every st imulant known, i ncludin g op)iumi smoking, the use of c(ocaino anid kindred dIrugs. Hei travelled t housand(s of milles on freight t rains, carrying wvith 1him1 a hypiodermii ienodle andiu a bottle of cocai no, w hi ch ho rised inmcessant ly. l"inllyII it becameiit a problem with him11 t(o tind a sounid pilace upon01 which to u.se his nieed le. Duirintg al1l this timte, how eve r, hie no e. 1 quit work inig altogether, lie would( (10 a few ho0u1rs of laboir at. each to, wn wichd he visitd andtze buy inore cocaine. Whien ho ranl out of tile drug and1( co'uld get no 1oney to buy)3 more he resorted to mfgenticlns schomies. lle svonld go to a groeur, for instane and ask fo .r ine ptat'', seen inig wvhichl he would visit every at oredo town with thle Slano regniesi, andtm finailly aollI his accumuhnund11( at (A for inoneyV withI which to buy tile much nooed(l( (cocain11. It wvas whIlili- 0 in rli pera nas0 depor. abh- ua phy)l3sicl comhlt ion asti is goen o'al ly dolseribe as0( bt'einig I lnzariis's5 lot th at S luaui wvis taiktenit o) aliospit al by a phiysiciani who dlesirred to test the me'rits of' a "ceuro.'' The result wats that in timeIt a nousil whose acqjuinmt anices. had1 never ox pected to see live aniot her y~ ear was freed from h is cocanot habit and( madli(e to all appearanlces sound and well, It was rmally a iedtical triumph of the highest degree iat a man soafiicted should beenrod. 'it he wias cured, and for eight or mit years since Sloan was compara vely healthy, and during this period moderate amount of whiskey was is only stimulant. Sloan was one of the most original baracters imaginable. He coinod brases of his own, and even in his orst condition he would iti tract ttontion by his conversation. Among the experiences he now and -en related to his friends was one bout an attewpt to commit suicide. 'ecoming despondent in Chicago, hen his cocaine habit was at its orst, ho resolved to drown himself. [o jumped into the lake soon after ark, but being tin excellent swimmer e found that he could not stay down. Le dived to the bottom n-.any titnes, ut would always coie to the surface 4fore the breath loft hem. Finally he isolved to swim out. so far ivith lie onld not got back. After being in ib water for some time he began to ool off and when a good way from horo and his strongth began to leavo im Sloan changed his mind. He a1s fooling better than he had felt o,r some time and be did not want to io. He turned and started for the hore. "I wade it," said he, "but here was so littl margin that there Ias no fun in it." None of the many experiences ;hieb Sloan went through seemed to o him more good in the tellingthan nie which lie said occurred in a Texas own. He had ben working in a Jighboring cit) for some time id vas in pretty good circumnstancef when he arrived at the place in ques. ion. There he found a small show woman and 350 snakes of assorted izes. The outfit wias in trouble be. aise the Texas sheriff was demand. ig $25 tax from the Texas Snke 4ueen upon the pain of closing up wr performance. Being of a sy mpa. At,t.ic dispositioi, Kid, learning- th .w's in the case, arranged for tfh tuthorities to attach the 350 snake id allow the Queen to give her per 'ormance until she raised mone miough to pay the tax. Sloan lef vown in a short time, with the Snaki .4een doing only a moderate busi AOHH. "I never saw her again unti ibout a year later, down hore a Raleigh," said he. "I went intoi inake show there and she recognize4 me. I walked up to the stand wher she wits handling a big python an spoke to her. She was gli-d to se mue and after recalling our mneetin mi the Texas town, she laughed on, said: 'WVhat do yon suppose ths Texas sheriff did with my 350O snakes I left the wvhole ouittit on his hands I have often wondered myself whi a county would (10 with a varie assortmnent of 350 snakes left on ii htands under mortgage." "One of the closest calls I ovea hai in my life," stud Sloan, "wvas with circus. I went to sleep beside tib tiger's cage. lie waked up beoi I (lid, tand if his toe nails had boe a half inch longer I wvould htm nooded0( a wVooden overcoat instead < aL new suit of clothes." Sloan was knowr in prninting ci (,les in every sttt ini the unioni ar wasi ge[nerally wvell thout, of recent years lhe had lived ini Chaurlot.t where he worked stead(ily. In ft< it wats only when out of ta job lii he could be seen on the streets, at then lie appeared like a fish out water. Like his cocaine habits, q'uit the roald "for keeops" and w appetarently well sat isfied wvhen work. For four or live years "'Kid" asi t.he Rev. Dr. John WV. Stagg we strong friends, and it. was throni the mfluence of D)r. Stagg t.ht Sloi oblamoid aned retaiuned regular or ploymnenit on the Presbytorian Stan< atrd. The reekninmg Bohe'mianu,iiam "'Kid" touched a tender 01pot in D St agg, whose life has not always bet aL b)ed of roses aund who never fonr timo so pressing thaut he could n< dlevote hours to the counsel arnd tui of his fast friend. Dr. St agg kept prtetty firm hand on "'Kid'' and1( a wtays mlade an.u boro ic effort to into verie when the printer's excess t hrotatened to cost himn his life: wish I conld hauve boon wit h hi before his ltast spree got 8(o bad,'" ea D)r. St.agg last night. "But it is t< lato now. Hie was the strangest ar most. internating mani I ever met." A DBADLY SPORT. Fatal Accidents In First Stage of The Great Automobile Race From Paris to Madrid. Pari-, May 2.1. - The first mtago in the Paris-51adrid iutomobile race, fromI Visailles to Bordeaux, 343 Iile, WaS tinisid at noon to dly, when Louis Renault ildashod at a fu. rious pace into Bordoaux, having made a record run of 8 hours, 27 minutom. An hour lator M. Glabriel arrived, with i a still bottor record of 8 hours, 7 minutes. It is estimated from the time made thit these auto mobiles covored sixty-two miles tu hour on the road outside tho cities. These victories, howeveor, woro cloud d by a hories of avviditis, hiviig in olme llamo fit. tkisi, it fiatil ri-stilt. At leaist, two carm werle wreiked, aid Marcel Rotmiult, the wmnr of the Paris-Vieni rae lat p1m ; Lorritie Barrows, a very well known autoio filist, and Hoientilt's ebatilflour, were seriously, it is holil-ved, ftialls ili jnred, whilo Barrows's chifufetir was killed. Moroover, nll linvonlfiIrmed report says i soritis avelent oc curred nour Aigoleme, in whichi tIe two occllpauits of IIi fititonlol ile, the owner of whieh im not yet kiown, weo seriously itijred and two sow tators were killed. Ti n miber of aecideits halts not e dal aY great murpriso ill viowof tho numbil,-r of cn testt its ill tile raeM , an1d th11e great spoed anIld power of thliei 11ain111s. Durinig tho aftfernoonl word o)f nv cidents birga t, 'irrio mi ll cit't a Clould over ilh, I'voill. A 1,1h1pitch from .3ordoax amouned, that. I br raille liirows. id itl it a shoekig ai1idolit n ll. Litrl)111-1o, sovmtitemn miles fron ljonIeanx, it gqUtrer to 2 this afternoon. I.t-F IiST TO SAVE A 10M. It lippeirs that Mr. Barrows had tried to avoidi a dog wilich was cros il,g the trackl, anld Is muonkster viar, No. 5 iti rae, mirmik a it rte with terrific force. His cillfour" was killed outright. litrrows hiielf n as pickod up1 unconitIHVs, buit still breathing, and w-as Itliken I0 a hot-I pitil, where his coll(litioll was de clared to bit cril ieal. llis car Was (daisled to piecos. Shortly afterward nlows camei thad Muareel 10,1naul( had boon overturned inl at dep dik-h e Bi(osie l te rot(l noniur Coiuche, 21 milIo from 'oietieri, tind that Ie was danl gorously injurod. The Automnobile (11l1b o4f BO(11ux re:oived a tdispitch at -1 o'clock sliy V ig Rienaulnt was l I'i unesiNCou andil , ii was feared,-dyin. Alany lessoN~ abriekdowni (antr, casaliese are re-ti ,oported. ~ 11ipace ariing frot~miiN pint11 I tookngre th ouseliI whli o he list 0i fa11 tatis and1 kcidlntd. T ms d\ terrib occurre nwar liadnnoval,ri it a, mie rmCatrs hr ci It N. 1.~ dri d b hi. Porltelr, wa1 .IlIovertund t ae (i railroad Irsin am11 tn too fir. Th 11bau1111tfounracauighf atndeVrnath kioterN autoriel i eea brnedlI tolt death,r whil tal woe ohlir ii An lfura badly inju. r S d b; r. acci. ien to is luOfiOto tar n ieaA dgoriult'. Ant wooiaitel asin ii her( in te ~ eib ro of Ahlis wasru o veri by oneXltlhi ei of th 8c8p:ie car t Mr. iStd and(ilIu hmiU i ch uffu w wr ~o vfrirt repote htl ft) have toe kli i lled,tuare otil haie ra e i utt omai i terit ollddwihaoty.ar i id ditch mitolr Mig I n. I I l wr. I Sit C re wasncght undertOt(I te macin, hi) )h race chaven)f 1 Clutr was h redto, asd udnsianc of 30Io fot, nd fhad i hron killed comprin e ontst.ein r THE ELKS' NATIONAL HOME. It Wfis Dedicated at Bedford City, Va., Last Week. Roanoke, Va, May 21.-The Elks' National home at Bedford City, Va., was dediented today in the presence of fully 5,000 people, who came from all sections of the country. The speikers of the occasion included soie of the mnost distinguished men in the order, amuong them boing Gov. Andrew Jackson Montague of Virginia, United States Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia, Frederick Wardo, the tragedian; George P. Cronrk, grand exaltetd ruler, Omaha, aid Jos. 1'. Fanning, Indianapoils. l'ho oratoi of the day was by Meado D. Detwilor of 11 rrisburg, Pa. Af ter the dedication exercises 3,500 people were fed in a r . 4 ;r old Virginia barbeeo lithe home, which is now open for tho agedi anid indigent Elks of the United States, will accommodate 250 guests. The huilding, which was 0origially suiinwr hotel, is of Nelson county granito and was erected at a cost of $90,000. The Elks have spent about $40,000 in renovating and furnishing the home. SERIOUS FOR THE SOUTHERN. A Suit lIrought to Annul ithe Lease of the Old S. C. it. it. ('harlestori, Alay 22.--A suit has boon brought. inito the State court which praciticily looks to the an ,nuiling of the lease of t, South Carolina and (leorgia railroad by the Southorn. Thie suit is brought for Johii Cart. of Onangeburg, by J. H-. Iryan and Miller & Whaley of Chiar loston. The com1plaint alleges that tIe lease by the Southern of the U'n froi Coluimbia to Hamburg, part. of the old South Carolina and Geor. gift, violates the clauso in tihe State constitution prohibiting the leasing of it road 1) a corpetitor. Mr. Cart asks to recover $ 100 por day from thei dato of thi Southern's lease, a sum amounting to nearly $150,000. If rocived the ioniey would be di. vitid ht wooi Mr. Cart anid the State of South Carolina. The suit is oio of tIhe greatest possible conse ieo to the poplo of Charleston alld of thosu ro,idirig in tie section 1hrougi which the Souti Carolina alld Gorgia road rius. MADE $70,000 PROFIT. Granilteville Mill Recalizes Big Monrey by ClosIng Downr. Augusta, (Ga., May 22-A rather unliqueo situat ion has developed in the GIrarnitevilIcle Manufacturing Com-r panyr~. Thlris large cot tori mill is located 18 miiles from Augusta in Carolinai, bit lhts its executive oflice here. President '.' I. H ickmiarr closed a deail for the sarlu of ihis stock of cot tonamuning :o3,500 bales, arid ligures out. a pIrotit of $70,000 by soulbag is rawV miaterial anid closing dow h iis mnill for tire summrn ', as 'omliparedt wi th o peraitinrg the mill andI( conv~ert inrg tihe cotton into cloth at pr esent pricos. Whlile, the mrili is closedi the opera tives4 will corntinure 01n thet pay roll at hlt payV. Pres rit H ickmai rn will alsor uliza the' cloliing down of tIre mlill to makte u4omIEI imaportant im.. hr hiniery. a .lUtMPEI) OiT lilt00KI.YN BRIDGE. I)Delberate Sunicic Of air Uniknownr Marn 4. Sunday. ' New York, Maty 2 1. -An unrknown manti, sit tinrg in ain open car crousimg .Brooklyn bridge todaty, surddenly a filiighrted wheil thon n,ar was in thre I- middlule of the centre span andi, rni 11ning to theu sido of tire bridge, jump *' ed into the river. Hie threw his hat hin tihe faco of a Oromran who fried to seize him as ire stoodi poisedl on the hi ohfe of the trestle work nd then dived head first, hroldinig a lighted )cigar between his teethr. His body rose to tIhe surfarce imediately after Sthe plunge andr( was carried away by the crrrnt