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RACE DISTURBANCE Steminor JEffort to Wipe Out An Entire f\m # FIVE KILLED SINCE THURSDAY A Pi?ntcr and his Manager Attacked in the'r Store and Killed by Two Negroes, One of Whom was Taken From Jail and Lynched and the Other Shot Down While Attempting A Second Murder. Greenville, Miss., Special.?As the result of a ight which occurred on the Sims & Williams plantation at Trail I.^ke, Mis:*., thirty miles east of here, Thursday night, John Sims and his manager, named Cato, were killed by negroes, and three of the negroes have been killed also. The country is in a state of intense excitement, and it is feared further trouble may ensue between the whites and blacks. The slrughter started about 10 o'clock, when Sims and Cato were shot down in their store by a negro named *Sam Clark. Sims was engaged in checking up his cash, when Clark came in. Before he -ould make any kind of move Clark raised a Winchester and fired, the shot taking effect, first in the back. and then breaking the collar-bone. He died instantly. Clark immediately turned on Cato, the manager, who was in another part of the store, and shot him in the right aide, the ball coming out on the left side. Cato staggared out to the back of the store, and as he reached the door a negro convict guard named Van Horn, who was in waiting, struck him over the head with a rifle. Cato died ai 7 o'c lock this morning, and the phy-} sician gives it as his opinion that the hlow over the head caused his death. News of the tragedy was immediately sent to Greenville, and Sheriff John Crouch, with a posse, went to the scene. The negroes. Van Horn and Clark, had made their escape before the posse arrival, but the trial of Van Horn was found and he was tracked about a I quarter of a mile into the woods. Here another negro convict guard named Mavfleld interfered with the posse, and he was shot down in his tracks. Van Horn was captured and taken to Lelar.d. fourteen miles distant, "where he was placed in jail. He remained in \ jail all night under a strong guard, and at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning he was taken out and lynched by a mob. While the sherifT and posse were "busy with Van Horn the other negro, Sam Clark, returned to the Sims store with the intention, it is supposed, of killing Buck Williams the other partner; the book-keeper, named Crow, who was also at work and cchers. Crow, however, after the previous w.- shooting, had armed himself and a negro who worked about the place named Ar.ron Fuller. When Clark made his appearance he was shot and killed by botl^ Crow and Fuller. It 1st believed at Trail Lake that the shooting is the outcome of a meeting held in tire vicinity of Trail Lake by a negro secret society, and that the negroes involved were picked out to <2c the killing. American Champion Wins. London. Special.?In the first round of the amateur golf championship contest at Sandwich, Walter J. Travis, the American champion, beat H. H. Hilton, the fornjer British champion by Ave up aDd four to play, tnus reacmng the semi-finals. Travis and E. D. Blackwell will meet in the final tomorrow. Two New Fever Cases. Vera Cruz, Special.?One new case of yellow fever has been reported here and the patient has been isolated. Another nev.- case is that of a man just arrived from San Francisco. He also has been isolated in the hospital. The local health authorities continue their campaign of house-to-house visitation and disinfection. Car Strike at Houston. ?^ Houston, Texas. Suecial.?Not a eireet car was moved in Houston Thursday. The company has asked the mayor for protection and announces that an attempt will be made tomorrow to put the system in operation. The striking union men held meetings today at which it was agreed that there should be absolutely no violence or intimidation. The company has directed that the strike-breakers, who have been Jr. readiness for several days, be at* once dispatched to Houston, and they are expected soon. Arrangements have been perfected to house and feed the rew men in the car barns. Tobacco Factory Shuts Down. Richmond, Special.?The Cameron & Cameron Tobacco Company shut down "Wednesday, it is announced. The shutdown, however, will throw 150 or more operatives out of work, it is said, most Df these having already found employment elsewhere in the city. The legal transfer of the plant will go Into effect it iB understood, but what disposal will be made of it by the British American Tobacco Company, its purchasers, is at present not known. DEATH 0F2?AJ. LONDON Weil-Known and Popular Citizen of Rock Hill Passes to the Great Beyond. Rock Hill. Special!?Major John R. I ondon. one of Rock Hill's oldest and best beloved citizens, died at his home cn Chatham alenue on Wednesday evening shortly after 11 o'clock, after an illness extending over a period of several months. Some time ago Maj. London became afflicted with enlargement of the liver, but though suffering acutely continued in more or less active life. About three weeks ago he went to Baltimore to seek relief but was interned that nothing could be done. Returning home, his decline was rapid until the end. JoW R. London was 71 years of age and a native of North Carolina. Going north in early manhood, he was in Boston when the Civil war broke out. Coming home, he offered his services to the south and was assigned to engineering work. The railroad between Greensboro and Danville was built by h;m/ He left the service at the end of the war with the rank of major. Settling in this neighborhood in February, 1866, he was from that time on closely - * " * 'C- ? ? ? ?/v??An A V? r? n cr i dentine a wun every uiu vcuicm un,.~B for its object the upbuilding and uplifting of the community. He was one cf the first of Rock Hill's mayors. When' the Standard, now the Highland Park, cotton mills were erected about 15 years ago Major London wa3 elected president of the company and continued to hold that office until the mills changed when the Globe became the Victoria mills, erected about the same time, he wa? also president, the two operations being.run under one management. Later when the Globe become the Victoria he was again made president. an office he held until the time of his death. Major London was married in 1865 to Miss Rhodes of Greensboro, N. C., who survives him. Besides his widow, he leaves three brothers, Frank London of Atlanta. H. A. and W. L. London of Pittsboro. N. C.. and three sisters, Mrs. Horton of Pittsboro. N. C.. Mrs. Mary C. Jones of Wiiliston, S. C., and Mrs. Snowdon of Jasksonville, Fla. The funeral was held Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock from the Episcopal church, in the building of which he was largely instrumental and in which for 40 years he served with faithfulness and earnest zeal. Thirty-One Graduates. Spartanburg, Special.?The closing exercises of the Spartanburg Graded Schools were held in the Converse street school building last week, at which time diplomas were given to * ? i?1-1 31 graduates, and an aaaress, unci and suitable to the occasion, was spoken by the Rev. W. A. Rogers, D. D. Dr. Rogers chose as his subject "High Ideals," and in a concise, practical manner he told the pupils of the value of ideals and the importance of a thorough preparation and equipment for life. Diplomas were delivered by Secretary H. E. Ravenel, of the board of trustees of the schools, to the following: Olin Hammond, Helen Greenewald, Viola Ladshaw, Nell Burnett, Dora Ezell, May Bateman, Rosa Sprott, Mary Anderson, May Gentry, Mattie Harney, Lois Nott, Eva Pike. Bessie Woodward, Charlie Brown, Alexander Copeland, Geneva Hart, Francis Tarboux, Lewell Lynch, May Foster, Bertha Rudisail, Lucius Jennings, Pretto Halyard, Annie Callahan, John Lee Hydrick, Yates Smith, Margaret Cunningham, Gertrude Blowers, Texie Naney, Ernestine Clark, Sybil Smith, May Hodges. Thomas Jenkins Found. Spartanburg. Special.?Thomas Jenkins. the white farmer who so mysteriously disappeared Monday evening at Union, was found in an old, unused house, about a mile from that town. When discovered, he was crazed from the effects of morphine or liquor. It is thought that it must have been the former, as some of it was found on the floor near his head. He had never used the drug before, as he does not remember When or how he got to such an out-of-the-way place. Jenkins became somewhat mnro rational several hours after he was found. He was taken by his friends to his home, on Enoree river, and the doctors think he will recover entirely within the next few days, when possibly the circumstances surrounding his disappearance will be cleared up. Accidentally Shot. Anderson. Special.?By the accidental discharge of a parlor rifle in the hands of his younger brother last week, little Ralph Edwards, six years of age, was shot through the head and fatally wounded. It is not thought that he will Jive through the night. The child is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Edwards, of Monterey, Mexico.! Mrs. Edwards and family are spending the summer here with Mrs. Edward's mother, Mrs. Mary Brown, but Mr. Edwards is in Mexico. The family is one of the oldest in the city and the news of the accident shocked ' every one. First Line Occupied. London, By Cable.?The Rome correspondent of The Daily News telegraphs: "A Tokio dispatch to The Giomale d'ltalia says that the Japanese occupied the first line of the outer fortifications of Port Arthur after overcoming a feeble resistance. "The correspondent at Tokio of a news agency says that four divisions of Japanese troops have occupied Kwanl Tung heights on which they emplacedl heavy artillery dominating Port Ar-1 thur. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION ACTS. Assessment of Property Shows a Substantial Increase. The State board of equalization has concluded its labors and has announced the assessments upon cotton mill property in this State. The total shov/s an increase of $3,200,000 over last year. The increased income of the -State on the 5 mill levy will be abcut $16,000. The total .amount of taxable mill property as lepresented in the assessments of 1903 was *34.557,066. The increase is due to the building of new mills and to the fact that there were reductions at Clifton and Pacolet 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 following assessments made: Abbeville County?Abbeville cotton mills, $533,130. Aiken County?Clear Water, $300,000; Langley Manufacturing company, $700,000; Aiken, $360,000; Graniteville, $840,000; Warren, $505,000. Anderson County?Anderson cotton mills, $750,000; Cox Manufacturing company, $105,000; Crr cotton mills, $400,000; Riverside, $110,500; H. C. Townsend, $25,00.0; Coronaca, $15,000; Toxaway, $155,000; Conneross, $5,000; Gluck mill, $167,800; Pendleton cotton mills, $20,000; Pendleton Manufacturing company, $50,000; Belton mills, $630,000; Brogan mills, $167,000; Chin n/"\lo 7 T. Ti-kr? VT onn f o otnrir cr 4uvia, viuu,iuu, x iuauuiav.iui 1115 company, $1,500,000; Piedmont Manufacturing company, $1,280,000; Wiliiamston mills, $200,000. Bamberg County?Bamberg cotton mills, $70,000. Cherokee County?Cherokee Falls Manufacturing company, $250,000; Gaffney Carpet company, $41,840; Gafney Manufacturing company, $729,800; Limestone, $127,000; Vulcanized Fibre company, $7,500. Chester County?Eureka cotton mills, $150,000; Springstein mills, $216,667; Wylie mills, $160,00; Monetta, $163,510. Clarendon County?Manning Hosiery mills, $5,500. Darlington County?Darlington Manufacturing company, $450,000; Hartsville cotton mill, $201,210. Edgefield county?Edgefield Manufacturing company, $125,000. Fairfield County?Fairfle)fl cotton mills, $188,800. # Greenville County?Batesville Cotton Mill company, $20,000; Brandon, $258,-, 115; Fork Shoals, $47,500; Fountain Inn, $50,000; American Spinning company, $600,000; Carolina mills, $25,000; F. W. Poe Manufacturing company, $625,000; Huguenot mills, $100,000; Mills Manufacturing company (95 per cent.), $359,855; Monaghan, $536,700; McGhee Manufacturing company, $60,000; Reedy River, $160,985; Union Bleaching and F. company, $180,000; Wcodside cotton mills, $80,000; Franklin mills, $50,000; Pelham mills, $175,893; Piedmont Manufacturing company (see Anderson county). Greenwood County?Ninety-Six cotton mill, $61,760;- Glendale, $350,000; Greenwood cotton mills, $188,750. Kershaw County?Camden cotton mills. $145,000; DeKalb cotton mills, $155,000. Lancaster County?Lancaster cotton mills $726,267. Laurens County?Lydia cotton mills, $40,000; Banna cotton mills, $110,000; I mlllo fW>- VOottc i jit 111 cuq l/vltuu hi mo, yuwtijvvv f v ? m i, vw cotton mills, $155,430; Clinton cotton mills, $172,500. Lexington County?Lexington Manufacturing company, $50,000; Middleburg mills, $81,200; Saxe Gotha, $70,000. Marion County?Maple, $85,000; Dil- ' Ion cotton mills, $98,300; Hamer, $73,- . 800; Ashby cotton mills, $30,00; Dillon Hosiery mills (sold out and removed). Marlboro County?Octarora mills, $17,500; Marlboro cotton mills, $760,- ' 400. Newberry County?Glen Lowry Manufacturing company, $500,000; Molahan, $235,000; Newberry cotton mills, $470.0000. Oconee County?Courtney Manufac- ( turing company, $350,000; Seneca cot- < ton mills, $240,000; Walhalla cotton 1 mills, $120,000; Cheswell, $14<f00O. Orangeburg County?Orange mills, . $50,000; Orange Mfg. Co., $200,000. j Pickens County?Easley cotton mills, $345,255 Norris cotton mills, $265,681; 1 Liberty cotton mills, $113,500; Glen- | wood, $207,000; Issaquena, $34,240. ! Richland County?Capital City, $100,- J 000; Columbia Mills company, $668,- : 000; Granby, $800,000; Olympia, $1,750,- j 000; Palmetto, $56,250; Richland, $450,000. Sumter County?Sumter cotton mills, $35,000. Spartanburg County ? Arkwrignt mills $210,000; Clifton Mfg. Co., $900,- < 000; Cowpens Mfg. Co., $60,000; Mary Louise, $26,600; Drayton, $120,785; En- j oree, $620,000; Tyger mills (10 per cent.), $68,500; Fingerville, $50,000; the D. E. Converse Co., $500,000; Victor ( Mfg. Co.. $437,500; Inman mills (95 per ( cent.), $287,650; Blue Ridge Mfg. Co., ? ^ iiu\ / $96,250; Pelbam mms (see ureeuvmcj, * $19,110; Pacolet Mfg. Co., $500,000; Beaumont, $100,000; Saxon mills, $294,000; Spartan mills. $1,300,000; Tucapau, $495,650; Whitney, $385,000; Woodruff, $195,000; Apalache, $315,000; Arcadia, $129,115. Union County?Buffalo Cotton Mills, $300,000; Jonesville Mfg. Co.. $150,700; Aetna cotton mills, $138,750; Lockhart cotton mills. $563,000; Excelsior knitting mills. $149,500; Monarch cotton mills, $350,000; Union cotton mills, $1,- 5 089,100. York County?Bowling Green knit- < ting mills, $15,000; Clover cotton mills, $225,000; Fort Mill Mfg. Co.. $121,400; i Millfort mill, $61,720; Arcade cotton ' mills, (90 per cent.), $120,805; Highland < Park Mfg. Co., $187,500; Manchaster cotton mills. $231,325; Victoria. $72,- i 000; Tavora, $50,000; York (65 per cent.), $172,500; Chicora, $60,000; Few- J ell waste mills. $2,500. OIL MILLS ASSESSED. The assessment made on oil mills k last year was adopted for this year with the following changes: Aiken Industrial company, $31,200, 60 per cent. $3# ,000. < South Carolina Cotton Oil company < at Greenville, $4S,200. 1 Southern Cotton Oil company at Greenville. $9,680. < Dillon Oil company (burned), $5,400. ; Cowpens Cotton Oil company, $20,- { 000, 60 per cent. $12,000, rebuilt. Rich Hill, $18,000. 60 per cent. $10,- , 800, capital increased. NEW MILLS ASSESSED. J Cotton Oil company. Denmark, $22,- ] 000; 60 per cent $12,000. \ 1 Broadway Oil company, Beiton. $22,000: $13,200. Cliarendon Oil company, St. Paul. $16,000: $9,600. Independent Cotton Oil company, Timmonsville. $11,000; $6,600. Timmonsville Oil mill, $29,000; $17,400. Cameron Oil company, $20,000; $12,000. Rowesrtlle. $20,000: $12,000. Wilkinsville. $15,000; $9,000. Prosperity. $20,000; $12,000. Walterboro Oil cotnpany, $25,000; $15,000. Golclville Oil company. $12,000; $7.200. Seaboard Oil company, $32,000; $19,200. Townville Oil company, $16,000; $9,600. Lee County Manufacturing company, $25,000; $15,000.* Westminster, $20,000; $12,000. Fort Motte, $20,000; $12,000. Donnalds Cotton Oil company, $15,- | 000; $9,000. Jonesville, $20,000; $12,000. Williamsburg, $30,000; $18,000. Pauline Cotton Oil company, $20,000; $12,000. FERTILIZER PLANTS. The assessments on fertilizer fac-, tories were not changed, the following report having been adopted: We recommend that all assessments stand same as last year. While we find many of the assessments reduced we see no reason for same, as we have no information at our command to warrant same: Anderson Fertilzer company, Ander- ! son county, $60,000. Virginia-Carolina Chemical comVirginia-Carolina Chemical company. Beaufort county, $105,000, Ashepoo Fertilizer company, Charleston county, $78,000. Etiwan Fertilzer company, Charleston county, $45,120. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company (Atlantic works), Charleston county. $118,200| Virginia-Carolina Chemical company (Berkeley works), Charleston county. $56,868. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company (Imperial works), Charleston county, $110,910. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company (Standard works), Charleston county. $180,810. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company (Stono works), Charleston county. $122,235. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company (Wando works), Charleston county, $61,488, Read Phosphate company, Charleston county, $32,649. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, Cherokee county, $32,982. Georgia Chemical works, Colleton county, $11,421. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, Dorchester county, $54,000. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company. Greenville county, $80,955. Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, Richland county, $75,000. F. S. Royster Guano company, Richland county, $45,180. Spartanburg Fertilizer company, Spartapburg county, $70,000. Total, $1,553,47. G. A. R. Service. Savannah, Ga., Special.?Federal i memorial day was quietly celebrated by members of the Winfield Scott Hancock Post G. A. R. There are only forty-two graves of Union soldiers In the cemeteries of this city. These were strewn with flowers and decorated with flags, but no fixed services were held. The Navy Department has been uaable to find the so-called "lost island of the Pacific." 1 Jlust Fife Pledges. Gen Willie Jones, State chairman, falls attention to the prospective canlidates to the fact hat the campaign incident to the Democratic primary will commence officially on the 21st of fune. All entries must be sent to him jy noon of the 20th or the aspirants will not be ligible. This rule will bo idhered to strictly. The pledges to ibide by the result of the primary must >e sent to him on the day named. The :andidates for State offices, for solictor and for Congress come under this Tile. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Senator Chauneey M. Depew is a lirector of seventy-four companies. Grand Duke Frederick of Meckienwrg-Strelitz, died, aged eighty-four. Mrs. McClellan, wife of the Mayor )f New York, is most unassuming and fares nothing for society. Mine. Emma Mantc Babnigg, a nice famous operatic singer, lias just 11 a/1 in Viormn nt thp of picrhtv. Kins*Victor Emanuel of Italy created <ir Thomas Llpton r Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Ltaly. Dr. Claude Pleree. fn behalf of the [Tnited States, has taken charge of he supervision of the quarantine reguaiions of Panama.. Coventor William II. Hunt, who is dill in office, and Governor William H. raft, now Secretary of War, were lassmate.. at Yale. The King of Denmark lias a very ra limbic collection of bird's eggs, .viiieh includes specimens of nearly very kind in existence. Pear-Admiral Philip II. Cooper, U. \ N? Commander-in-Chief of the \siatio station, has asked to be llaecd on the retired list. L. Brum.se:), former Minister of the Interior of Denmark, lias arrived in Jan Francisco from the Orient, on lis tour around the world. Cainillc Pelletan. French Minister )f Marine, and M. Tissier, President >f the Cabinet, were chums at colege, and are close friends now. Captain James Hall, who died revnfly at East Baintree, Mass., at the ige of ninety-one, was one of the old;st sea captains in New England, Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesnan, is described as an indefatigable -eader of European and American lit?rature. He reads Germau, French, . English and Chinese. t PALMETTO CROP BULLETIN A Favorable Week for Cultivation, bid Too Dry for Growth. The week ending 8 a. m., May 30th, had a mean temperature of 7 degrees which is 2 above normal, due to highei day and night temperatures. The extremes were a maximum of 96 al Blackville on the 28th, and a minimum of 52 at Greenville on the 24th. There was an excess of bright sunshine, and the winds were generally light to fresh and westerly during the first part, southerly during the middle, and easterly at the close of the week. Th? relative humidity was exceedingly low during the greater part. Light' rains occurred on the 27th over the eastern parts, amounting to slightly more than a trace at a few places only, and copious showers during the night of the 29th in Lexington, Edgefield, Saluda, Laurens, Union and Spartanburg counties, the amounts ranging from trace to over an inch. This rain occurred after the correspondents reports had been mailed, and will materially improve the conditions set forth by them. The drought is unI -.11 a - m IV - rii.i. relieved over ine rest or me oitiie. uud correspondent reports the records have been kept. In many places wells hav failed, and streams have dried; in most places the effects of the drought are coflned to the various crops which are suffering severely. | Farm work made uninterrupted progress. with cultivation active and thorough, and all field crops clean of grass and weeds. Except in the driest sections where corn has become withered and yellow, there is an improvement in its condition, although it continues small fof the season. Late plantings and re* plantings have not come up to stands, while worms continue destructive, and stands are broken as a rule, although good stand reports are more numerous than heretofore. Old corn has received its second cultivation. The hot weather caused a noticeable improvement in the color and growth of cotton, but the continued dry weather has ben detrimental by preventing Its coming up on clay and red lands? both first and replantings. The I plants are small for the season. Chopping has been finished in many places. Cultivation has been thorough, and ( fields are remarkably clean. Sea Isl- < and cotton is in poor condition on ac- 1 count of the severe drought that pre- 1 vails along the coast. \ Oats are ripening ih all sections untf J harvest is well under way. The crop ii good in a few places, fair in many, and j a failure in some. Wheat is an average < crop; some has been cut Peach ship ments arei lgnt, out increasing. rTuiu are plentiful in most sections; berriet need rain to ripen them. Pastures, gar* | dens and truck generally are badly j parched. Melons are backward. The j ground is too dry to set sweet potato i slips. , Aged Lady Attacked. Manning, Special.?A negro about i? < years old by the name of Eddie Nelson i was committed to jail Saturday for committing a murderous assault with ^ a pine stiQk upon Mrs. Setzer, an aged s white lady who lives on the edge of town. Mrs. Setzer was out in her little corn field near a piece of woods back of the house replanting corn, when this ( young negro slipped out of the woods < and up behind her, striking her a se- t vere blow on the head with the stick, < which he had broken in the woods. Mrs. ? Setzer was knocked almost senseless, ? but she recognized him sufficiently well 1 as he ran to describe mm,'and this boy, ( answering the description almost ex- J actly, was caught at a house near by, t about a half hour arterwaras. a smau boy also says that he saw this boy running in the woods. This piece of woods is a favorite rendezvous for card play- , lng negroes, and it Is supposed this t young chap had a motive of revenge 1 against the old lady for reporting that i negroes played cards there. It is not j supposed that hehad worse intentions, c as he ran as soon as be struck the J blow, ^ Motion Overruled. ] Waluda, Special.?Another effort was ( made Saturday by Thrailkills' attor- a nevs to get an order to have the body i of B. B. Burton, slain at Monetta, ex- ? burned "for the purpose of searching 1 for a bullet." This time the motion i was heard by Mr. Jacob Gipson, cor- 1 aner of Saluda county, who held the 1 inquest Counsel for the State took the position that the coroner had no jurisdic- ( lion because under the law a second 1 inquisition over the same body could c not be held until the first was set f aside. This view was adopted by the s coroner and the proceedings dismissed, c To Establish Cannery. c Beaufort, Special.?Maggeoni & Co., t of Savannah, have leased the old cot- j ton compres? and old grain elevator % sites in Port Royal for the purpose of c building and establishing an oyster j canning factory. They expect to can oysters and other things. The work of' building wlsarves, factory houses, etc., 3 will begin immediately. The plant will 3 give employment to about 450 hands * during the oyster season and will do a c $100,000 busitfesa each season, s ; K % -: ' , wis. i .' . - U'. ^ PALMETTO POINTS GIVEN IN BRIEF J The State Campaign. The sub-committee appoint^^^^^^|^^| range a schedule for the paign met in the office of State chairman, at Natioinal hank week. the meetings and the assess^^^^^^^^^^^f candidates were decided a former to attendance^^^^^^^^Hpr meetings by candidates .$ opposition. The > '<m are: For candidates jM, for lieutenant governo^^^^^^pad- p jutant general, $25; f?^^^HpState ^ offices, $37.50; for c^HB^^SO; for I solicitor, $25. The itinerary as ^^pped ont by the committee is as foflws: Sumter, Tuesda^Pune 21st Manning, Wedip3day, June 22nd. Monk's Cornej? Thursday. June 23rd. 3SSM Georgetown, Friday, June 24th. Kingstree, Saturday, June 25th. Pnnnrow HT mcrlow TilnA Ofith vvu n a, j t x avouu^ t u uuv ?wu? - ,,,, Marion, Wednesday, June 29th. Florence Thursday, June 30th. Darlington, Friday, July 1st Bennettsville, Saturday, July 2nd. * \ Bishopville, Tuesday, July 5th. Chesterfield, Wednesday, July 6th. Camden, Thursday, July 7th. Lancaster, Friday, July 8th. ."^S Yorkville, Saturday, July. 9th. Union, Tuesday, July 12th. Spartanburg, Wednesday, July 13th. Gaffney, Thursday, July 14th. Greenville, Friday, July 15th. Pickens, Saturday, July 16th. Walhalla, Tuesday, July 19th. Anderson, Wednesday, July 20th. Abbeville, Thursday, July 21st. , Greenwood, Friday, July 22nd. < Laurens, Saturday, July 23rd. Newberry, Monday, July 25th. Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 26th. Bamberg, Wednesday, July 27th. - '2M St. George, Thursday, July 28th. Charleston, Friday, July 29th. Walterboro, Saturday, July 30th. :] Beaufort, Tuesday, August 2nd. Hampton, Wednesday, August 3rd. Barnwell, Friday, August 5th. Aiken, Saturday, August 6th. Edgefield, Monday, August 8th. Saluda, Tuesday, August 9th. Lexington, Wednesday, August 10th. v Chester, Thursday, August 11th. . . ^ Winnsboro, Friday, August 12th. Columbia, Saturday, August 13th. Although the candidates for the * ... State offices have until June 20th in which to file their pledge with the jfjl chairman of the executive committee, .-j? Sen. Willie Jones, several have already formally entered by sending their pledges accompanied by the money. ' A.mong these are Col. John T. Sloan of w Columbia for lieutenant governor, Capt. || R. H. Jennings of Columbia for State ^ial :reasurer, Hon, George S Legare of Charleston for congressman from the Irst district, and several candidates for solicitor. i'cjgH ftr#?nviile Road Chartered The secretary of state recently char:ered the Greenville and Knorvllle rail- ;; road, having a capital of $25,000. The oad runs through Greenville connty * a ind Hugh H. Price of Greenville Is president; William H. Patterson, vice president and treasurer, and D. C. Peterson .secretary. The last two are Atanta capitalists. In the original application for a charter it was stated lAaCL l 10 passenger trains should be run but J he secretary of state struck out this * clause as the railroad commision\has / \ he power to say whether or not they ihall be operated. Mr. Byrnes Commissioned. Mr. James F. Byrnps of Aiken offi- .? cial court stenographer of the second circuity has been reappointed for a erm of four years. Under the opinion )? the attorney general that court ;. 1> stenographers must receive their com- nissions from the governor, Mr. Byrnes . ^ ipplied for his papers and they will bo orwarded to him. Mr. Byrnes, who is ;ne of the most competent stenographers In the State,\ as well as an affa- ' -s cle gentleman, was nominated for coninuance by Judge James Aldrich. 't? Palmetto Gleanings. Clifford Female seminary commencement at Union, closed last week with || he graduation of four young ladios vho for the past four years have been ' preparing for thi3 event. In addition o awarding diplomas a short musical crogramme was rendered by the stulents, after which Rev. A. G. Wardlaw made an appropriate talk to the class. fben Dr. B. G. Clifford awarded the iiplomas. The State has received from Mr. A. * *. Banks, superintendent of the Lan- ^ .aster schools, a check for $10.01, which . 5 vas contributed to the Hampton monnnent fund by the children of that ichool. This is a fitting testimonial 3 rom the boys and girls who were loved - ;^| ;o well by Gen. Hampton, and it is toped that he has been remembered "3 >y the children of other schools . hroughout South Carolina. A special from Spartanburg says: A'hile swinging from a ladder on the nd of a box car which was being slow- 1 y carried along by a yard engine to ouple up with some other cars about 10 yards away, Berry Fowler, colored, a witchman, met his death in the yarids ' >f the C. & W. C. railroad. A Saluda special to the Columbia State says: Willis Daniel, colored, was ihot and instantly killed by Wister An- v .-j Irews, also colored, at Reedy Branch, l negro church, near Wards in this .ounty. None of the details has been ? earned, though It is said bad blood has txisted between the slayer and slain for i long time. The first shot of the An- . % Irews negro fled wide of the mark, but he second entered Daniel's head, prolucing death instantly. Coroner Gib- 4 on has been summoned to hold an in-MB