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Hnni r i Ii V11 i Iti? j H^Hssian and Japanese Represent tives Clasp Hands As Friends HB INTRODUCTION 8Y OLR PRES1DE.N Ceremony Unique in History Take Place on the Mayflower Off Oyste Bay and the President's Succes in Avoiding Questions of Prece HP flence Makes All Smooth?Japanes Arrived First and Were Presentee W Awaiting the Russians in the Cabi ?liny R.onura and oiant witt Shake Har.ds When Presented. f Oyster Eay. N. Y.. Special.?Histor was made Saturday in Oyster Ba> Russians and Japanese clasped hand and greeted one another with all ou ward evidence of cordial, y, and fo the first time since nations began t have relations one with onother. a: Executive ef a great power received th envoys of two belligerent countrie on a mission of pea?e. Presiden Roosevelt.cn ehalf of the Unite States and their people, extended foi mal greeting to the representatives c Russia and Japan, introduced th plenipotentiaries to one another, an entertained them at an elaborat ' luncheon, at which Russian and Jaj anese fraternized with one another a comrades rather than enemies. PRESIDENT'S NOTABLE TOAST. During the luncheon Presiden Roosevelt proposed a notable toast, i: which he expressed the earnest hop and prayer, in the interest not only o these two great powers, but of all civ i lTized mankind, that a just and last ing peace may speedily be conclude' between them." The occasion was impressive. It wa attended not by pomp and ceremonv but by a simplify and franknes; characteristic of the President and o the people of America. Due honor was paid the distinguish ed guests ox the President and of th country, and they were received wit! all the dignity to which their exalte* rank entitled them. The day was ideal. After the sui i-ul burned away the haze of earl; morning, the weather was glorious, i brisk breeze just tipped the waves o Long Island Sound with silver, tempei ing, at the same time, the heat of th* aun's rays. .CHIEF ENVOYS SHAKE HANDS. It was a notable scene as the di .rv tr -i - i J luiuuviTc x_>ai \Jil lYUIUura bLlLHJK LldQU with the giant Witte at the instance o the President of the United States. The greetings of the members c. th< two special missions were distinctl; formal, but not the slightest sugges tion of emnity was shown on eithe side. Neither by word nor by actioi did they Indicate, even by direction anything but the utmost cordiality. Careful to avoid any strain. Presi / dent Roosevelt, as soon as possibb after the introductions, suggested tha the party proceed to the main saloon where luncheon was in waiting. Thi x resident himself lev. the party, follow ?d in order by Mr. Wltte, Baron Komu ra. embassador Rosen and Ministei Takahira. Eten the formation of this little procession involved a delicat< diplomatic problem, but it was agree< that the President solved it admirably FOES LIKE FRIENDS. Although the luncheon was servec with the other guests standing, th< President escorted the four envoys t< chairs in one corner of the saioon, anc in half a minute, through tact and del icacy, the whole party was engaged it animated conversation over theii dishes. The conversation was general ly in French, as Mr. Witte speaks^ven L iiiue bngusn. baron Kosen and baroi I Komura chatted as if they had beei I life-long friends and Minister Taka I hira. at one time particularly commit ' nicative, entered into toe conversatioi with zest and interest. Before the Inncheon had proceedei far President Roosevelt rose from hi chair, and turning to the assemblage raised his hand for silence. In an ic slant there was a hush. Bowing to th< envoys, President Roosevelt said: ENVOYS APPROVE TOAST. .. "Gentlemen: I propose a toast ti which there will be no answer and t< which I have the honor to ask you t< drink in silence, standing. I drink t< the welfare and prosperity of the sot ereigns and the people of the tw< great nations whose representative have met one another on this ship. I is my most earnest hope and prayer in the interest 01 not only these twi great powers, but of all civilized mar kind, that a just and lasting peac may speeuiiy be concludeu betweet them." The toast was drunk, as the Pres dent requested, in profound silence but in tbe bum or conversation wmc followed little was heard but enthus astlc comment ui>on tue character c the President's expression. Mr. Witt and Baron Komura both cordiail thanked him. Japane?? Forces Over 400,000. Lidiapudz. Manchuria, By Cable.The Japanese have concentrated 1 Manchuria, in front of the Russia armies '430,000 Infantry, -with 1,60 . cannon. This is exclusive of the d< v*" tachment of General Hasegawj commander of the forces in Korei and a special detachment, the destin: tion of which is not known. Th weather is good and the roads ar drying up. Train Kills Three. P Huntington, W. Ya.. Special.?Th f Guyandotte Valley passenger train Fr riay had an unlucky run from Logai killing three men and injuring anotl er. Frank Adams was struck an killed by the train shortly after it lei Logan. Adams' rompanion was ser ously injured. John Ashan. an old mai was killed as the train reached Bai bouisville. He stood on the track i front of the train, thinking it ran o another track. While the iocomotiv was going to the round house in Hut tingtcn, George Zirkle was struck an killed. Governor Heyward, Pres. E. D. Smith, , [m i Dr. W. J. S?illman, Mr. E. J. Wat- R son and Mr. Hyatt Made Addresses Columbia, Speeial.?The meeting to 1 I promote the interes's of agriculture 1 ] Tuesday was as well attended as B j meetings usually are in ('o!uml>i:i. It | ( has always been 1 etna rka hie that j?eo- _ IS pie of this community are not niuelt T ; given to attending gatherings of val8 lions kinds, but there were about $30 people present and for over four hours they sat through the exercises. e interested in every word I. The last speech, that ot Mr. L. D. I n Smith. president of * lie South Cam- j lina Cotton Association, made a mark- ' e ed impression and although the crowd j had been talked at for over two hours j when he commenced, yet Mr. Smith 1 ^ y held them almost entranced for an I ^ f hour and a half, and even then they ; v< were not tired. ; ai s There was another speech which 1 hi l' made a marked impression, that of i u t Dr. W. J. Spillman, agrostologist of ! o the department of agriculture. Dr. | ^ a Spillman is a great friend of the south e and to the smith. Jiis remarks were ' full of heart interest in the welfare ei of the south and while he makes no m attempt at oratory, yet he has a mes- a ^ sage to bring and the story tells itsell fr r" in such a way that it goes directly to >f the thinking apparatus of his audi- w e tors. h) a Mr. Smith's purflcse was to tell the | e assembled farmers that they have a h monopoly, that they should control bi that monopoly by managing the mark- al eting and be free men. and that by R the inpouring of more capital to the d< south through better prices for cotton tt t there should be a more general difa fusion of education to nlhke the jk*oe pie stronger and the country better, j On the other hand Dr. Spilnian, by a holding u]> the ogre of the boll weevil endeavored to warn the fanners of against giving over their entire farm ac a to otton alone, for calamity may come, cc There were several good speeches m s made. Governor Hevward excelled r himself in the graceful manner in which he ojiened the meeting and Mr * W. A. Clark offered some very ! ai thoughtful suggestions in his address j of welcome. Mr. F. 11. Weston, see- i i- retary of the South Carolina Cotton 1 Ja e Association, gave an interesting dis- : h cussion of the cotton warehouse plan p( -1 and Mr. K. J. Watson, commissioner ^ of agriculture, immigration and com- ^ merce had an array of statistics which showed the advantages of South Car* olina as compared with the rest of a>L ^ the United States. The same money dr f invested in South Carolina that is cl: - invested in soil elsewhere would pro* so 9 duce results more remunerative. Mr. se Hyatt made a very thoughtful speech co in a few words, as others had said about all that he intended to say. As usual, he told some ance- 8 s dotes to aid in digest ins; the solid si! f facts which had been jiawficnted. ce Governor Hey ward bV invitation nc e called the meeting to order. He ad- po f dressed a few words of welcome to ho the farmers and others present. He pa felt very much like General Grant, ch r who was told by the little boy that he j as 1 could not go to Richmond, because Le? ^ ' was there; he could not go to Peters- as burg because A. P. Hill was there: he e could not go to heaven because Jack- CQ t son was there. There was only one i, other place for Grant to go?there Co 9 were no Confederates there. thi The til'st of the regular addresses op was made by Col. F. H. Weston, sec- of s retary of the South Carolia Cotton P'1 ; Growers' Association, whose subject bu \ was i' Cot ton Warehouses.*' l)r. W. J. Spilman folowed Mr. ^ Weston. The secret of the power of jja t his man over his audience is the fact pj that he speaks out from his heart that * which he feels and knows. It is a in; j talk of a successful specialist to i>eo- m< . pie whom he would have try new ev i ways to broaden the sphere and scope cl1 r of their work. vo Mr. Smith, who was then presented ^ ' by Governor Heyward, began one of at 1 ; the most remarkable speeches in the sjj 1 ! history of this movement, although he pe ' i showed the evidence of fatigue from hi< j | speaking in many places lately. He ab began by referring to the fact that al- mi 1 though "differsitication" is being tei s preached by the advocates of that ba creed, yet they do not tell us how to rf.! * market the stuff after it is produced. B He referred Dr. Spillmau to the eondi- ja tion of affairs at Chadbourne, X. C., where the fanners had diversified and pr o had prospered until this year when br 3 they had produced a little too much 3 and at the critical time there was no 3 transportation facilities. Then the fanners of Chadbourne dumped into M 0 the streams nearby thousands of doi- ry t lars worth of strawberries because in they could ot get them to market. ei! a From this he made the deduction that i- while it is a good thing to diversify e yet it is well to restrict the diversifi11 cation to the mere raising of enough re to supply the needs of one's own fam- ai ily. Put the rest into cotton judici- cr ^ ously. et i_ hi regard to the tardiness with th ,f which this movement has been coining ai e on, lie said that right after the war a' y there was no money in the south. The g( northern hanker loaned to the south em banker, the southern banker to the merchant, the merchant to the landlord and the landlord to the tenants. That was the chain which pull- te 11 ed the cotton out of the furows and nc n put it in the warehouses of the bank- vj 0 ere of the north. Warehouses for the jj, 5- purpose of aiding the farmers in hold- j n( i, ing their cotton would then have been gg i, of no use for the cotton already belonged t the northern banker who nc 8 pulled the cotton in. pc e When he took up this light with the lh 14,000,000 bale crop and with a sur- m plus of 3,000.000 bales, it did look like tr a fool's errand. Men walked around ie with a supercilious air and said he l_ vwas too visionary. They dealt in i'uJ( fares expecting the price to go down, l- and '-thank God." said he, "there ( d were enough farmers to stand loyal a fT and faithful to make that man out a er fool and he caught the devil and I H p* am glad of it." lie also paid his re- cc n si>eels to the farmer who pretended to b< he allied with his neighbors and then re -e began to sel out when the price hegan G l- to go up This than he deuouncedta fl< ^ fool and a traitor to the cause. ' c: LflfflMUSN ussian Envoy Makes Light of the Recent Japanese Victories ELATED ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK .ussia's Chief Plenipotentiary Declares That the Japanese Would Have to Advance Four Times as Much as They Have Done in Order to Reach Russia Proper, and That the Country's Power of Resistance Remains Great. New York, Special.?The Kaiser filhelm der Grosse, with Mr. Sergius r'itte, the senior Russian peace enoy, arrived in quarantine Wednesday fternoon. Mr. Witte was in good ealth. The ship had a good passage, le sea beinsr smooth. exeeDt on Sat rday and Monday, when it was a lite rough. On shipboard, Mr. Witte was genrally reticent when the subject of his lission was mentioned. However, to correspondent who accompanied him om Cherbourg, Mr. Witte said: "Almost everywhere in Europe, as ell as in America, not only Russia, ?r forces, her resources and her jwer of resistence, are not known, it the people are even mistaken xmt the true results of the war. The ussians have had reverses, but this jes not signify that they have lost le power which was known to the uscovite empire before the war; it ?es not mean that Russia has become negligable quantity nor that the ipanese have acquired by the result the recent victories such a suprem:y as to make the Russian empire nsider them a truly redoubtable ene y." Mr. Witte recognizes the good qualies of the Japanese military, naval id administrative organizations and >es not believe any other European ition would have been able to resist Lpan as Russia has done. All the foreign officers of the Eurofan armies, he said, who followed e war, were unanimous in affirming at the Russian troops, both soldiers id officers, fought with truly admir>le bravery, but they had to with aw on account of a combination of rcumstances with which their pernal valor could not contend. On the a the Russians found themselves nstantly in inferior conditions. The uadron of Rojestvensky was sent ;ainst Japan, not because the Rusms had much confidence in its suess, but because they could not re>unce from a military and moral tint of view any chance, no matter iw uncertain, of obtaining even a rtial victory. The Japanese, he deired, had not made such progress was generally believed; in fact, ey would have to advance four times much as they have done in the last tar and a half to reach Russia prop, in which case alone they might nsider themselves in a position to ipose the conditions of peace. Acrdlng to the Russian plenipotentiary, ose who do not know Russia well pose to the reasons the spectre the internal conditions of the emre, imagining all kinds of cataclysms, t even about this, he said, they i ?re mistaken. Mr. Witte did not wish discuss at this time the events in issia, affirming, however, that they ,ve not the character nor the gravr attributed to them. Mr. Witte indicated, notwithstaudI these views, that he does not ?an to say that he will not make ery possible effort towards the conlsion of peace, adding that he is farable to peace as a Russian and a man, having always worked to event war and understanding that present nearly the entire world de es the end of the conflict. He reated that he will honestly do all that 3 conscience may suggest to bring out, if possible, an agreement which iv be equally satisfactory to the inrests of Russia and Japan. After ving done this, no matter what the 3ults may be, Mr. Witte feels that he II have accomplished his duty. He lphaticaiiy denied having said that pan's peace terms were intolerable. } also denied positively that he had edicted that the conference would ool* nn in o v_ ** t\ u^i *** ** " " Another Ovation For Taft. Nagasaki, By Cable.?The steamer anchurig, having on board Secretaof War Taft and his party, includg Miss Alice Roosevelt, arrived here i route to Manila and the distinguish1 guests received another ovation ?ly lacking in importance to the one Tokio by the absence of the mem?rs of the imperial family. They were t, however, by the American consul j id local Japanese officials, while owds assembled at the wharf yellI "Benzai, benzai." The streets in ie vicinity of the dock were jammed id all the city was bright with decorions, conspicuous among which were ie flags of Japan and the United :ates. Japanese Make No Comment. New York, Special?At the headquarrs of the Japanese peace commission ) comment was made upon the interew with Mr. Witte. Aimer Sato, who is met all interviewers since the Japa?se delegation arrived in New York, Jd that Baron Komura would make ) statement at this time, and from a ;rsonal standpoint he (Sato) thought iat to make any statement or coment at all would be entering the conoversy prematurely. Kills His Cousin. London, Ky., Special.?News reached ;re by telephone that Nick Garrison, wealthy and well-known lumber dcal , shot and killed his cousin, Felix oskin, near Spring Creek, in Leslie rnnty. Hoskins was also a large lum;r merchant and prominent. The quar>1 arose because Hoskins had sued arrison for an alleged debt. Garrison ?d to the mountaius and made his esipe, ' DISCUSSES DtSPE!NSA#?^AT ttNGT Tillman Made Ko Direct Charge j Against the Administration Be Puts the Responsibility on Investi gating Committee. Edgefield, Special.?Senator Tillma spoke here Saturday to a large crowt i discussing the question of dispensar or Prohibition for more than tw i hours. The length of the speech pre l eludes our giving it in full, but th | leading points aro covered in the fol II' jui L. 3 1 TILLMAN'S SPEECH. Mr. Chairman. Indies and Fello> Citizens: It is six years since I hav had the pleasure of addressing a pub lie meeting in this my home count} On that occasion the issue was th same one which we have today. The people have passed on this ques tion five or six times and settled i by overwhelming majorities. That yea the aggregate vote for the two candi dates who were running as dispensar; candidates was 28.000 more than th prohibition candidate got. but titer are some people in South Carolina win have never been willing to submit t( the rule of the majority. They thin! they know more, that they are bette than the masses of the people, tha they have the right to dictate to then what they shall do. So here we havi again this same old bone of contentioi brought forward for politicians t< gnaw on. "THE PRICE OF SILENCE." I am here today to discuss this ques tion. Some have said it was imprope: and out of place for a United Slate! senator to meddle with local af^rs These men have felt aggrieved beca^( I will not consent to shut my mouth and close my eyes to the condition ii which I am as much interested as yoi are. and they have demanded of m< the price of silence. I ain't built thai way. Thank God I ain't built that way (Laughter and applause.) When I ge to cowardly to stand up in your midsi or anywhere else and speak the trutt as I see it and understand it then ] will have become too cowardly anc worthless to represent you anywhere. I know *1 shall make enemies. ] know many of my best friends are today lined up in antagonism to the liquor system which I devised. Because they have changed am I to surrender my conviction? I again say ] ain't built that way. The office of United States senator is a high and nobl? one. but the office is not worth the price which some men demand oi me. Therefore I am here in asnwer tc your invitation to tell you what 1 think, not to dictate? I know you arc not built that way, you do your own thinking, and not as I say. What is the issue? How shall we sell liqtyr or whether we shall sell it at all? Tlmt is the whole proposition stated in a brief sentence. There are three systems that have obtained in the State, not in the State as a whole, but in parts of the State: one is the license system, the old barroom system, the second is the dispensary system under which we are now working, and the third is prohibition. The ingenuity of man never devised any more than those three systems for the liquor control. Which one of those is the best? You have heard eloquent and strong arguments, facts and figures as they were presentel in favor of prohibition. I confess to you as between prohibition and the barrooms, saloons or tionists. But will prohibition prohibit? tionists. But will prohibition prohibt? 1 say no. These other genetlemec say yes. Let's give the facts. Here Senator Tillman gave statis tics from Maine and Kansas to show that more spirits are sold and drunk and more arrests are made for drunkenness in prohibition territory than in South Carolina, in proportion to prohibition.. My objection to prohibition is, we are not yet angeis. more the pity: I do not see any wings sprouting on anybody's shoulders: we are sinful numan beings, made by God Almighty in His wisdom with shortcomings and the weakness of man; we have our appetites, and it is in the nature of the beast to gratify that appetite for stimulants, and if he cannot get it lawfully he is going to get it some < -her way. There has always been and always will be a demand for liquor as a beverage, simply because man I1K6S me lasie aua icutrvL, nwc ut as a beverage, simply because man like the taste and its effect, not because he needs it as a medicine, but simply for his stomach's sake as Paul said to Timothy, and somebody will always be ready to supply it for the money. That being the case, I have tried to deal with this question as a true man and from a common-sense standpoint to treat men as I find them and not a* I would have them to ne, Uit to tr> ai. teach them to minimire and re duce the evil of whiskey drinking. 1 nave not indulged in liquor myself but I have seen it, some of my familj have suffered from it, I have seen its misery, the misery it causes; I have seen too much not to know that if we could destroy the formula of alcoho either from fermentation or anything else it would injure the medical pro fession in their business, deprive mer of the.r valuable stimulants in certaii diseases, but the sum of human miserj would be reduced. Hut the best thinf in my judgment as a practical man i: to treat men as they are and try t< teach them to restrain their appetite: as far as practical and minimize thi pvil nf linuor drinking, i ou have hear* a good deal about blood money. Sometimes I ge. awfully sick in th Senate when I hear a fellow get u and twaddle about what he know nothing of; when I hear preacher talking about the drinking of whiske; being blood money. I look back t the history of the world. 1 find that n< man, no preacher, priest or statet man ever dreamed of attempting t prohibit the use of liquor until abou 75 or 100 years ago, have not undei took until the last 80 years to sa that man should not drink or that i was a sin. I do not hesitate to say can find in the Biole a dozen or tw dozen texts recognizing the use c liquor to where you can find one whic discourages it or denounces it, Wher does the sin come in: The s.n does not rest upon the Bib! authority, it rests upon the preacher authority, and I object to any preacl er changing the Scripture to suit hi ' '..w. i.. . iiSit.... . 1 . 1 (J fanaticism and to make me swallow his religion. (Laughter and cheers.) l ou cannot show me in the Scriptures ,g except in one or two isolated cases where the use of wine is denounced as a sin. and I can show you a dozen 1 passages where it is spoken of otheri wise. When a man talks to me about blood money I put him down as an n ; abominable ass. I do not intend any1 i thing personal. I cannot see any pos' i sible excuse for any one to make such y 1 charge. 0 Some say you are going to vote the abominable dispensary out and sube stitute blessed prohibition. I don't care if you do, and sometimes I rather wish you would so you can get a dose of the physic for twelve months. Now. we come to high license; this v combination which we are facing toe day, the high license people, the prohibition people and the blind tigers, the same we have been fighting since q 1893. These people who are advocating high license, The State, of Colum! bia, the News and Courier and some t other papers, and some of our fellow r citizens, they are not ,n favor of pro nlbltion; they ten you so; they say, y I let's kill the dispensary, then you will e ! have prohibition, and then what?high e | license. The preachers are going one 0 j road, the prohibitionists are going an3 other road and the blind tigers are t traveling a third road; they are all r alert to kill the dispensary, and when t they kill it and it is gone, poor thing: a then what? There will be a fight 0 among the people to say whether it a shall be high license or prohibition, 3 and what will the dispensaryites do then? If we are so far and few between that there will be no hope of restoring the dispensary, I am going - to line up with my friend Talbert and r shout for prohibition. I will never consent by my vote and influence to 3 aid in the re-establishment of saloons in any county in South Carolina. i s Here followed a little spat between Mr. Talbert and the Senator, which, ' however, was soon quieted, and Till1 man continued. The substance of his i closing remarks was for a thorough ) purging of the dispensary system and I [or giving it anotner rair trial. Another Ovation For Taft. Nagasaki, By Cable.?The steamer t Manchuria, having on board Secrcta1 ry of War Taft and his party, includ[ ing Miss Alice Roosevelt, arrived here j en route to Manila and the distinguished guests received another ovation only lacking fn importance to the one at Tokio by the absence of the mem[ bers of the imperial family. They were ret, however, by the American consul 4 and local Japanese officials, while ' crowds assembled at the wharf yelled "Benzai, benzai." The streets in the vicinity of the dock were jammed [ and all the city was bright with decorations, conspicuous among which were* the flags of Japan and the United ' 1 States. ! _ Japanese Make No Comment. , New York, Special?At the headquarters of the Japanese peace commission ' no comment was made upon the interview with Mr. Witte. Aimer Sato, who has met all interviewers since the Japa. nese delegation arrived in New York, said that Baron Komura would make no statement at this time, and from a personal standpoint he (Sato) thought that to make any statement or comment at all would be entering the con troversy prematurely. Rapidly Enforced. Norfolk, Va., Special.?The quarantine against all vessels from Southern ports is being rigidly enforced by the Federal and State authorities at the Virginia Capes and in Hampton Roads. Every vessel entering the capes is held for a thorough examination by the United States Marine Hospital authorities. The British steamship . Othello, from Mobile, to Bordeaux and Havre, and the French steamer Longway, from Port Tampa, were held up, but later passed and came in for bunker coal. Poisoned Herself and Son. Baltimore, Special.?Mrs. Annie Whiteford is dead and her 5-year-old son is in a hospital suffering from the effects of cyanide of potassum. taken by the mother with suicidal intent and by her giving to the child with the expectation of ending his life also. A sister of the suicide was attracted by the screaming of the suffering infant and found him writhing in agony acros-s the body of his mother, who lived only a short time after being found. ' ?U#v kfian canorii. j .Mrs. wniieioru. wnw nua u-?m ed from her husband for several years. 1 | was a sufferer from melancholia. Russia to Issue New Loan. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The government has decided upon the issuance of another internal loan to the amount of $100,000,000, of which, however, only $75,000,000 may be issued at first. The loan will be practically of , the same nature and under the same ^ conditions as that of March last, and , will probably be issued in about a fortnight. The issue price of the Russian international loan of $100,000,000 ( floated last March was 96. The bonds of that loan bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum and are re' deemable ip 50 years. BALD HEADS ARE IMMUNE. [ Consumption and Smooth Cranium. Incompatible, Says Physician. > There are advantages accruing eve : from bald heads. It is pointed out by i a writer In a medical journal that bald | headed men never suffer from con' sumption, and that a tendency to baldness is an assurance that the dreaded j scourge will pass over him whose thatch grows thin. I At first glance it would seem ab3 surd to argue that a man's hair is 3 indicative of his immunity from 5 disease, but the writer who advances B this novel thec.-y declares that in the * five years during which, he seriously p added a record of his patients' hair p or lack of it his case cards have failed s to show a single instance of "bald" 3 being entered upon the card of a y consumptive. o He had under treatment more than o 700 cases, and he makes the further J" statement that in a census of more 0 than 5,000 tuberculosis cases he failed 1 to discover a single sufferer who was y bald- a, He makes no ?ort to explain his j theory upon medie^grounds, but simo ply offers the resulV of his observ,f tion for the benefitjf the profession, h and has invited l^^Trother physicians e to write him of any case of a bald headed consumptive coming under e their observation.?New York Herald. 's Seven of the greatest mountains have w never been climbed, , _ ' T ' SOUlfl CAROLINA CXOP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by ths Department Observer. The South Carolina section of the Department of Agriculture issues the following official bulletin of weather and crop conditions for the past week: The mean temperature for the week ; ending July 31st, was slightly below normal, although the departures averaged only about one degree per day. The extremes were a maximum cf 96? ac lemassee on tne zoin ana a minimum of 61? at Greenville on the 26th. There were several days with, high i winds in the northwestern and south j central counties which were damaging to certain crops, particularly cotton. Hail fell in a number of localities on the 28th but it did no material damage. The precipitation was excessive lo! cally in the central and eastern por: tiens, and was fairly copious over the ! eastern half of the State, but with nu: merous localities that had little or no rain; the southwestern counties had ' very little rain and in places the soil is exceedingly dry to the Injury of all vegetation; as a rule the moisture conj ditions were generally favorable. There I is an unusual diversity, however, in the ! amount of precipitation for different localities, which in turn has caused a i corresnondine diversity in the condi i tlon of all crops, ranging from very | Mod to very poor. 'WOver the greater portion of the State, ffarm work made favorable progress and nearly all crops have been laid by, although late corn and cotton continue to receive cultivation. Caterpillars have appeared in some of the coast counties, and a red spinder infests cotton in places while lice on cotton have not entirely disappeared. There are more numerous reports, than heretofore of serious shedding of cotton squares, young bolls, and leave s, caused by both excessive rains and drought, and in places by lice. Rust seems to*be spreading and in the north central counties it affects whole fields. Cotton is deterioraing most on sandy lands, and is doing well on clay lands, where it has a large weed, but in places Is not well fruited. A few localities report a marked improvement in cotton. Early corn is nearly ripe, and is not affected by the prevailing weather, while young corn made a marked improvement in all sections and has become promising. Tobacco curing is well under way, with the early crop poor, while late tobacco is much better. Rice is doing well. Sugar cane, sweet potatoes and gardens are doing well generally. Weather unfavorable for haying and fodder pulling in the coast counties, and considerable hay was damaged after cutting, by the heavy rains. Peas for forage are doing well. Some turnips have been sown.?J. W. Bauer, I OCI.UUU UUC^lUl. Discussed Dispensary. Parksville, Special.?Hon. W. Jasper Talbert and Former Solicitor J. W. Thurmond locked horns in a dispensary discussion Sunday. A union meeting was in progress at the historical Red Hill Baptist church, seven miles east of here. Col. Talbert and Dr. D. A. J. Bell were on the programme to speak upon the subject: "Is it an opportune time for the Christians of South Carolina to make a decided stand against strong drink as a beverage?" Both gentlemen were uncompromising in condemning the dispensary. The assembly was large and . the speakers stood in the pulpit. At the close of Dr. Bell's address, Mr. Thurmond advanced and delivered a very I earnest speech, advocating the dispensary. He declared that if it was rightly conducted it is the best solution of the liquor evil and that there would be open barrooms in South Carolina within two years if the prohibitionists should win their light. Tne wnoie situation was unique in the discussions held In religions assemblies. A number of prominent people were present and the interest grew intense. Yet there was no breach of religious decorum.?Y. M. I., in CoInmWs State. Auto and Trolley Crash. Camden, Special.?An automobile, in which John R. Valentine, a well known society man of Philadelphia, his wife and two friends, were riding, was struck by a trolley car here early Monday morning. Mrs. Valentine sustained a fracture of the collar-bone, and Mr. Valentine was cut and braised about the head and face. Mr. Valentine is a noted whip and Is master of the Radnor Hunt Club, of Bryn Mawr, near here. South Carolina Items. President Harvie Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, has asked Governor Heyward to appoint 100 delegates from this State to the annual meeting of the Farmers' National Congress, to be held in Richmond, September 12th to 22nd. The delegation will be appointed after consultation with the South Carolina division of the association The Election in Anderson. Anderson, (Special.)?Little interest is being taken in the race for the Legislature to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Geo. E Prince. The election has been ordered for the 22nd of August. Messrs. E. J. Kay and H. M. Prince have announced themselves as candidates. It is prob - Ml nnntnot able mat omers win emci mc within the next week. No campaign meetings were arranged by the executive committee, and unless something is injected into the race to enliven it a very light vote will be polled. As a result of a conference with Gorernor Heyward a delegation, consitlng of Assistant Attorney General Townsend, Attorney W. Boyd Evans and Congressman Lever, will go to Washington Thursday for the purpose of laying the matter of South Carolina Spanish-American war claims for pay of soldiers before the War Department. The amount involved is $30,000, due for the services of South Carolina soldiers from the time they arrived in Washington after the war until the time thoy were mustered out. . ! Occurrences of Interest in Various Parts of the State. CITIZENS HOLD MASS MEETING. ' I New Cotton Mill Proposition Discuss- 4 y ed?Electric Power May Be Secured i 4&1 ?To Advertise the City. j Greenwood, Special.?An enthusiastic mass meeting of the citizens of Greenwood was held here last week to consider a plan to secure new enterprises for the city. The gathering was a most renrescntativp nnp and it was held in the parlors of the Greenwood club. The matters discussed were more particularly in regard to negotiations with a prominent real estate firm of Philadelphia, who wrote the chamber of commerce in regard to the establishing of a new cotton mill in this city. The parties '-j inquiring want to know what inducements Greenwood offers for such enterprises, and the people of the city with their usual energy arc taking active steps towards securing it if it is to be gotten. , , The city offers many advantages , for such enterprises, and it is not unlikely that if a new mill is placed anywhere in this section it will be at Greenwood. THE HEAL SHOALS LINEPoles Are Now Up For Several Miles and Wires Will Soon be Strung. Union, Special.?In but a short while the electric line connecting Union with Neals Shoals will be com pleted. The poles are already up for > several miles this side of Neal's Shoals, and the holes have been dug as far as the Union cotton mills, and the force of workmen will rush the other poles up in short order, then the stringing of the heavy wire will }* begin. The power house at Neal's Shoals is being gotten in shape, and -jsj by the time that everything is completed about the dam, it should be 7* ready to begin operations, then the power that will operate the mills here, ' M beside which, it is hoped, will furnish current for other enterprises, will be on TAX SAID TO BE TOO HIGH. Charleston Oyster Canning Company May Suspend Business. Columbia, Special. ? According to a complaint received by Attorney General Gunter from the * Charleston Canning company the license or tax placed upon oysters is too high and the company is practically forced out of business. The law *1 ~ X- - 1 1 * itxjuuco a ittA ux iuiee ecu is a uusuei ' > of oysters and an annual tax of $400 on the factory in addition to the barge license. As a bushel of oysters ' j only produce abont two quarts of oysters shelled, it can be seen that much of the profit is taken away. The mat- 1? ter, however, will have to be settled by the county board of commissioners of Charleston, as it is not one for the attorney general. Success After Many Raids, Greenville, Special.?Chief Constable Hall, with four men, discovered ?" a moonshine distillery in a cave on the Reedy river four miles from Greenville. The still had been in operation for years and was owned by a man named McCarter. McCarter also owned a grist mill nearby. The flue which carried the smoke was run under-ground to his dwelling and then up the ehimney, thus making it almost impossible of detection. The place had often been raided but nothing was ever found. The officers received a straight tip and McCarter disappeared. ? Aaron Williams Free. Camden, Special.?Aaron Williams, who was last year convietedlbf rape and sentenced to death has been acquitted at the new trial granted him. The State witnesses refused to testify at the second trial. It was believed from the outset that Williams was innocent of the charge. Only Two Acquitted. Laurens, Special.?The summer / term of the court of general sessions was Q^ionrn^l lust WwlnPR/lftV- An unusually heavy docket was disposed of and it is a fact of much comment that out of the 18 or 20 cases tried only two got off with an acquittal. Ten negroes were tried on the charge of murder. Two of these were convicted of murder with a mercy recommendation while the rest were given verdicts of manslaughter. ' # Sold 750 Bales. ' "A Pickens, Special.?The largest lot of cotton ever sold by a planter in Pickens county was sold a few days ago by Mr. J. Samuel Wilson to Heath-Bruce-Morrow company of Pickens. Mr. Wilson sold 750 bales, a portion of two crops. The lot brought 10 1-2 cents round, aggregating nearly $40,000. Cow's Brave Defense of Fawn. During a heavy rainstorm Wednesday one of Mrs. Lawson's cows came home without her calf, only two days old. Yesterday the mother cow was grazing when there appeared a beautiful little fawn, chased by three , ? hounds. Thinking, perhaps, it was her lost calf, the cow went to its rescue, as the little fawn was nearly run down. In the struggle for the possession nf the fawn between the dogs and the cow two of the dogs were killed, while the third was so badly wounded it left the field of battlfl The cow brought tire fawn to the stable yard, and now tenderly cares for it. nursing it as if it were its real mother. It will be allowed to run at large and will be r^sed with the cattle.?Roxbury correspondence Rich* mod Times-Dispatch.