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RED RUNS] Terrible State Of Affa of The Czar' MEN, WOMEN AND CfiILDREN SHOT The Revolt of the Striking Workmen I in the Russian Capital Culminates in a Deadly Conflict With the Troops One Detachment of the Infantry Re fuses to Fire on the Strikers, Throw ing Down Its Arms. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The re volt of striking workmen culminated Sunday In a bloody conflict with the troops. At 9:30 o'clock p. in., it was believed that 1500 people had been killed or wounded, but all estimates for the present must be accepted with caution. Popular rumor sa:-s that many thousands have fallen. The city at 9:30 was quiet. Troops are bivou acked around 'camp fires here and there in the streets. One detachment of infantry refused to fire on the peo ple and laid down their arms, but Uh lans and Cossacks attacked those the infantry would not. Firing continues on the Vassiliostroy. It is rumored that the workmen there have seized a aynamite factory and also that 30,000 or 40,000 armed strikers from Kolpino, 16 miles distant, are marching on St. Petersburg. MIDLLE CLASSES FAVOt WORK MEN. Barricades erected on the island of yassili Ostrov late Sunday night were destroyed by troops almost immediate ly, with the loss of 30 workmen killed. The sympathy of the middle class is with the workmen. If Father Gopon, the master mind the movement, aimed at open revo tion, he managed the affair like a nius to break the faith of the people the "Little Father," who, they were vinced. and whom Father Gopon taught them, would right their. ongs and redress their grievances. rky, the Russian novelist, expressed e opinion that Sunday's work will reak 'this faith of the people in the mperor. He said: MEANS REVOLUTION. "This day inaugurated revolution in ussia. The Emperor's prestige will e itevocably shattered by the shed ing of innocent blood. He has alien tet-rimself forever from his people. pon taught the workmen to believe that an appeal direct to the "Little ather" would be heeded. They have een undeceived. Gopon is now con inced that peaceful means have failed dthat the only remedy is force. The rst blood has been shed, but more ill follow. It is now the pe:>ple gainst the oppressors, and the battle ill be fought to the bitter end." ESPERATE STRRET FIGHTING. The military authorities had a firm! ip on every artery in the city. At areak, guards, regiments, cavalry ed every bridgo across the frozen eva, the network of canals which in-i er^ the city, and the gates ing from .the industrial see on; while in the palace square, t -the storm center, were marched dragoons, infantry, and! Cossacks of the guard. Barred from the bridges and gates, men, women! and children crossed the frozen river and canals cn the ice by twos and threes, hurrying to the palace square, where they were sure the Emperor would be to hear them. The street approaches to-the square were cleared by volleys and Cossack charges. Men and women, infuriated to frenzy by the loss of loved ones, cursed the soldiers while they retreate-1. Men har rangued the crowds, telling them that the Emperor had foiled them and that the time had come to act. Men began' to build barricades in the Nevsky pros-I pect and at other points, using any material that came to hand and e en choppIng down telegraph poles. Mr. Croker Killed. Ormond, Fla., Special-Frank Croker of New York, son of Richard Croker, the former Tammany chief, was seri ously injured on the beach shortly be fore 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Mr. Croker was in his racer, an 80-horse power machine, with his mechanician, Raoul, and was going a 40-second a mile a clip. His machine turned over andle was thr-own to the ground, sus taining injuries from which he died Sunday. Live Items of News. It will be several weeks before the new rules and regulations for the steamboat inspection service will go into effect. The Board of Supervising Inspectcrs will meet in Washington to day. Thomas K. Kiedringhaus was elect edl United States Senator by the Mis souri Legislature. and many other Sen ators were chosen, including Hale, in. ' Maine: Aldrich, in Rhode Island; Bulkely, in Connecticut; Depew, in New York: KnoCx in Pennsylvania; SBeveridige and Hemenway, in Indiana; *Burkett, in Nebraska; Clapp in Minne sota and others. Gov. Preston Lea, of Delaware, was inaugurated at Dover, Del. E. C. Stokes was inaugurated Gover nor of New Jersey at Trenton, and ad vocated improveing corporation laws there. Rev. I. N. W. Irvine filed a suit for slander in Philadelphia against Bishi op Ethelbert Talbot, who was attend ing a meeting of the church committee on Sunday school instruction: The 'cruiser, Maryland will have speed trials January 23. president Samuel Woolner, of the Union of American~ Hebrew Congrega tions, in his message to the nineteenth' biennial meeting in Chicago, prophesied the downfall of Russian autocracy. Fire destrOod the Athenaeum and other buildings ii Ne2w Orleans, causing $100,000 damap STrial of the 'uit of John R. Platt, who seeks to r-over more than $600. 000 obtained from him by Hannah El a lias, a negress. began in New York. Handwriting experts testified in the Mabel Page murd.er trial at Cam bridge. Mass. USSIAN RIOT irs Existing in Capital s Dominions Fighting meantime continued at va rious places, soldiers volleying and charging the mob. Tie whole city was-in a state of panic. Women were running through the streets seeking lost members of their families. Sev eral barricades were carried by the trcops. Towards 8 o'clock in the evening the crowds, exhausted, began to dis perse, leaving the military in posses sion. As they retreated up the Nev sky Prospect, the workmen put out all the lights. The little chapel at the Narva gate was wrecked. WITTE MAY BE DICTATOR. On the Kaminostov all the lights were extinguished and an officer was found and mobbed. A general was killed on the Nicholas bridge and a dozen officers were stripped of their epaulets and deprived of their sa ords. It is rumored that M. Witte will be ap pointed dictator, but the report is not confirmed. The authorities, while they seem to realize the magniture of the crir; with which the dynasty and au to' cy are confronted on account of e .ts, apparently are paralyzed for a m nent. MUST END THE WAR. A' -iicial statement was promised - night,.at which hour it was an iwvnced that it had been postponed. Intense indignation is bound to be aroused all over Russia. The workmen and revolutionists expect news from Moscow and other big centers, where the troops are not of the same class as the guards regiments of St. Peters burg. A member of the Emperor's house hold is quoted as saying that this con flict will end ,he war with Japan. and that Russia wi!l have a constitution, or Emperor Nicholas will lose his head. The Warsaw & Baltic Railroad is reported to have been torn up for a n.le and a half, but the damage is said to have been repaired. There are rumors of trouble in Fin land and disaffection of the troops. WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT. With darkness it was feared the mob might try to.loot and pillage and even burn, but beyond the breaking of a few windows in the Nevsky prospect and the pillaging of fruit shops, little disorder was reportrd. Most of the theatres were close , but at the Peo ple's Palace. which was open, Liberals attempted to harange the audience, proposing, but at the close the audi ence testified to their sympathy with the workmen. In the meantime the strike leaders met and decided to con tinue the struggle with arms. No day was fixed for the demonstration. The strikers are so excited, however, that trouble is expected. At a big meeting the following mes sage from M. Gorky, the novelist, was read: GORKY'S INCENDIARY MESSAGE. "Beloved associates: We have no mperor. Innocent blood lies between him and the people. Now begins the peoles struggle for freedom. May it prosper. My blessing upon you all. Would I might be with you; but I have much to do." A workman who was introduced to. speak in Fatb'er Gopon's name made a fiery speech. He appealed to Lib erals to furnish arms. The meeting adopted a letter denouncing the offi cers and regiments that fired on the workmen and another letter extoiling the Moscow regiment, which refused to fire. Revolt in Circassia. Victoria, British Columbia, By Cable. --Capt. Orlan Cullen, representative of the Imperial Marine Association of Tokio, received a cablegram from Cone stantinople to the effect that 1,500 Circassians had revolted and killed the Russian guard, numbering 200. at Savini, in the Caucasus, and that Rus sians and Turks in large numbers were crossing the frontier into the Caucasus. Valuable Laces in Chadwick Home. Cleveland, 0., Special.-United States Customs Collector Leach has found valuable laces belonging to Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick in the Chadwick home on Euclid avenue. Mr. Leach is going to learn whether duty has been paid on the articles, all of which -have been imported. They are said to be worth at least $10,000, and a charge of smug gling will be preferred if duty has not been paid. Steamer Sinks a Sloop. Elizabeth City, N. C., Special.-The Old Dominion steamer Ocracoke sunk the sloop Bay, which had aboard a pleasure party, including several wo mn. The Ocracoke was bound here fom Newbern. Mr. Lem Champan. a member of the pleasure party, was knocked overboard, but was picked up by the crew of the steamer, which brought all on the sloop to this city in safety. Telegraphic Briefs. Russia. it is reported, has threatened to invade China unless alleged dis erimination in favor of the Japanese ceases. The verdict in the case of Deputy abriel Syveton. who was found dead in Paris, was that he met death by suicide. The cultivation of the olive is in creasing constantly, though slowly, in Spain. The area devoted to olives in creased from 2,673,666 acres in 1901 to 2.683,550 acres in 1902 and 2,690.%3Z acres in 1903. The oil yield per acre last year was 32 gallons. or 13.8 gallons moe than the yield of 1902-1903. 3 gal lons more than the yield of 1901-1902 and 2 gallons more than the average. An av.alanche of rock at Naesdal, Norway, caused the death of 59 per sons. The new Danish Cabinet proposes universal suffrage in communal elec tions. The Duchess of Mariborough (who was Consuelo Vanderbilt) inherited a love for the ouaint melodies of the ld Southern plantation darkies, and sice her residt.nec in England she ~as ren-lcred them so effectively that they hav3 onzome all th-. rage in the f, mihes of the n'bility. The Duchess f Westminster has taken them up, nti so has Princess Henry of Pless. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS What Is Being Done By the Palmet to Lawmakers. The House finished all business on the calendar and adjourned until noon Friday, a recess being taken in honor of the birthday of Gen. Robcrt E. Lee. The greater part of the day's session A as fccupied in presenting new bills, fC in number, and in receiving com n ittee reports, 14 being favorable and 9 unfavorable. Th:s shows that the committecs are doing something. Mr. Beamguard introduced a concur rent resolution to provide for the ap pointment of the zegular committee to make quarterly examination of the books of the State treasurer, comptrol ler general, secretary of state and the sinking fund commission. The res olution was passed and sent to the Senate. The following resolution, introduced by Mr. J. B. Watson, was agreed to and sent to the Senate: "Be it re solved, etc., That the Senators and rep -resentatives of this State in the Con gress of the United States be request ed to procure by Federal legislation or otherwise the prompt transmission by mail to each cotton ginner in this State a compleL. copy of all ginners' 'ieports in this State to the agricultural department of the general govern ment as soon as the same is received by said department," etc. The House agreed to Mr. Haskell's resolution to extend to the Daughters of the Confederacy and certain other ladies the use of the hall of the House of Representatives Thursday at noon for the purpose of presenting a por trait of General Micah Jenkins. Second Reading Bills. The following bills were given sec ond reading: Mr. Colcock's bill to dispose of fin ally all moneys in the State treasury known as the "Direct Tax Fund." The bill provides in part: "That all claims on the funds in the State Treasury known as 'Direct Tax Funds,' for pen alty and interest colle::ted from citi zens of the former parishes of St. He lena and S. Lukes, now a part of Beaufort county, on account of direct tax by the United States, must be presented for payment before the first day of March, anno domini 1905, or be forever barred." Mr. Stoll's bill to amend the charter of the town of Kingstree. Mr. Prince's bill relative to the elec tion of professors at the Citadel by the board of visitors. Mr. Sinkler's bill "granting to the United States the title of this State to, an- the jurisdiction of the State over, certain lands on Sullivan's Island, in Charleson county, for military pur poses." Bill to amend the law fixing travel ing expenses of county superintend ents of education in Abbeville, Marl boro and York counties. Third Reading Bills. Mr. Whaley's to permit the construe tion of a permanent dam across Goose Creek. Mr. McColl's to permit the town of Clio to issue $10,000 in bonds for the erection of another school house. Newberry delegation's bill to change the school law for the city of Newberry so that there will be five trustees in stead of 11, and that they shall be elected for a definite term Instead o1 holding a life tenure. Mr. Morgan's bill relative to ap pointment of foreman of petit jury. Bills From the Senate. The following came over from the Senate and were read the first time: Senator Mauldin's bill to authorize the Governor to app)oint a commission to examine into the financial condition of Greenville county. The resolution providing for an in. T estigation of the dispensary. Senator Raysor's bill to authorize school district No. 52 in Orangeburg county to issue bonds. in the Senate. Nothing was done in the senate Wed nesday further than the introduction of bills. The body adjourned until noon Thursday. Senator Earle introduced two bille affecting railroads, one to require rail roads p,ractically to abolish grade crossings by the use of undercuts and2 bridges, the other limiting the time o1 work of employes operating trains, This latter bill allows employes tc work only 12 hours at a time, and ther rot to work again until after eight hours of rest except in cases wher trains are p"evented by casualty from reaching the destination on schedule time. Senator E. S. Blease introduced a bill to prohibit employment in the leg isature or engrossing departmaent of any persons related to any member or officer of the legislature or any State officer. Senator Butler introduced a bill which is practically "anti-graft" is substance. It is intended to punish the corrupt g. -ing, offering, promising anc receiving gif.ts and gratuities anc provides that whoever corruptly gives offers or promises to an agent any gft or gratuity whatever, with inten' to Influence his action in relation tc his principal's, employer's or master's business, or any agent, employe or ser vant who corruptly requests or aceepts a gift or promise to make a gift bene ficial to himself; or any agent, employ( or servant who, being authorized tc procure materials, supplies or other ar tiles by purchase or contract for his principal, receives directly or indirectly for himself or another, a commission dsount or bonus from the person whc makes suc'h sale or contract, shall b( punished by a fine of not more thar $00. or by such fine and imprisonmeni for not more than one year. THIRD READING. The following 'bils v:ere given thirc redng: Senatoir Ras'sor-Joiat resolution re lating to adjaernment of the general assembly. Senator Raysor-Joint resolution re lating to filling vacancies in the su preme court and inferior tribunals. Senator Hough-To fix the salarie: of the sheriffs in1 this State. Senator McGowan-To amend the charter ofthe Presbyterian College o South Carolina. SECOND READING. The following bills were given sec ond reading: Senator Blake-To authorize Patriel Calhoun, Augustine T. Smythe ant Granville Beal to construct a dan across the Savannah river. Senator W. E. Johnen-To amnene the code relating to general election; as to apply the provisions thereof t< primary elections in this State. Senator Warren-To provide for the holding of the summer term of cour o common pleas for Hampton county Senator Brice-To amend an act en titled "An act to provide for the char te fees for domestic building and loai associations.' Senator Hay-To amend the code re hating to change of venue. Senator Bivins-To amend the cod< fixing the time for holding the court: for Dorchester. genator Ravsor-TO define and pre scribe the manner of "showing com pliance with the requirements of the constitution" to governor prior to the ordering an election as to the creation of a new county. Senator McLeod- Including Lee county in certain provisions relating to supervisor's powers. NEW BILLS. The following new bills were intro duced: S nator Jivens-To amend the law relating to magistrates and consta b!es. Senator Hood-To abolish days of grace on notes and other papers. Senator Wells-To make the act reg ulating relief departments of railways a general law for all corporations. Senator McIver-To have Chester field and Marlboro purchase the Che raw bridge across the Great Pee Dee river. Senator Hood-Relating to jury fees. Senator Butler-To punish corrupt giving, etc. Senator Earle-To require railroads to abolish grade crossings. Senator Earle-To limit the hours of work of railway employes operating trains. Senator Brice-Relating to transfer of persons from school districts. Senator Mauldin.-Giving authority to corporations intending to furnish water and light power to condemn lands. Senator E. S.: Blease-To prevent the employment of certain persons in the legislature, or in the engrossing de partment. Senator Earle-Relating to survival of actions. Senator C. L. Blease-Ratifying and extending the charter and power of the Parr Shoals Power company. Senator Manning-Relating to the payment of annual license fees by cor porations. (This bill corrects an er rcr.) Senator Marshall-To prevent r.ny one except the State electrician from interfering with the new heating sys, tcm of the State house. , Senator Blake-Incorporating the board of trustees of the A. R. P. synod of the South. ELECTIONS. A concurrent resolution introduced by Senator Warren was adopted to hold the following elections on Thursday, January 26: Two circuit jujdges, to suc ceed Judges Ernest Gary and D. A. Townsend; a superintendent of the pen itentiary, to succeed Capt. D. J. Grif fith; three members of the board of directors of the penitentiary, to suc ced John G.. Mobley, A. K. Sanders and M. O. Rowland; one trustee of the eclored college at Orangeburg, to suc ceed Cole L. Blease, resigned. The Dispensary. The dispensary law seems to be the chief subject of interest In the Senate. Not content with the other two bills that have been introduced, . Senator Brice has put in still another. This is not an investigating bill, but seeks to change the law, and is along the line of the celebrated "Brice" local option bill introduced by the Senator from York in 1904. It substitutes for the present sec tion 7, the following: "Sec. 7. There may be one or more county dispensers appointed for each county, the place of business of each to be designated by the county board of control, but thie State board of con trol must give consent before more than one dispenser can be appointed in any county, and where the county board designates a location for a dis pensary, 20 days' public notice of which shall be given, it shall be com petent for a majority of the qualifie4 voters of the township In which the dispensary is to be located to prevent its location in such township by sign ing a petition or petitions to the county board requesting that no dispensary be established in the township. Any incorporated city or town may secure the establishment of a dispensary or dispensaries within its limits in the following manner: Upon the petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters cf such town or city, as shown by the registration books of the same, an Ielection, either upon the Question of the establishment or removral of dis pensaries therein being filed with the intendant or mayor of such town or city, he shall order an election submit ting the question - of 'dispensary' or 'no dispensary' to the qualified voters of such town or city, which election shall be conducted as other special elections, by managers appointed by the town or city council, and if a ma jcrity o/ the ballots cast be found and declared to be for a dispensary, then a dispensary may be established in said town or city, but if a majority or the ballots be found to be against wne dispensary, then no dispensary shall be established therein, and any dispensary already established shall be closed. Elections under this sec~ tion cannot be held oftener than every four years. "No dispensary shall be established in any county, town or city wherein the sale of alcoholic liquors was pro hibited prior to July 1st, 1893, except as herein permitted. Provided, That where dispensaries have been estab lished in such county, town or city, they shall remain established until re moved or closed as permitted in this act. Provided, a dispensary shall not be established in any town or munici pality without a majority vote of such town or municipality in favor of such establishment." Barring the introduction of new bilis, there was nothing of deep or lasting interest ini the proceedings of either the House or the Senate Tuesday, both of which held short sessions. The Senate occupied its time dis cussing the Blease dispensary investi* gation resolution and passed it with amendments extending the scope of the investigation to practically every detail of the system from -its inception to the present. The commission is tc meet as often as it sees fit, and is not required to report until the next meet. ing of tile Legislature. Among the new House bills this morning was one by Mr. Boyd, mak ing ordinary promissory notes invalid if presented for discount at any other bank than that on which they art drawn. Mr. Fishburn introduced a bill re quiring marriage licenses. The couplk is to get a certificate from the clerli of the court, giving their names, ages and places of residence and setting forth that there is no Impediment This they are to present to the per son performing the ceremony, who is to return the paper to the clerk witl: the endorsement that the ceremony has been performed. Marriages contracted in ather way are not to be recog nie smarriages. Mr. Kershaw had a bill to amenc the law as to cock-fighting so as tc prohibit engaging in or attending i fight anywhere. The law now forbids this within two miles of an incorporat c d institution of learniug. Cousins Marry in Germany. Among the marriages recorded ih Ber!. last year there were 121 o blood-relations; 100 of these weri marrie., of cousins. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling ........... 7 1-2 Good middling ............... 7 1-4 Strict middling .............. 7 1-8 Middling .................... 7 Tinges ................. 6 to 6 3-4 Stains ................... 5 to 5 7-8 General Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston, steady ............ 7 1-16 New Orleans, steady .......... 6 7-8 Mobile, steady ............... 6 7-8 Savannah, steady .............. 7.00 Charleston, firm .............. 6 7-8 Baltimore, nominal ............. 7.25 New York, dull ............... 7.25 Boston, quiet ................. 7.25 Philadelphia, quiet ............- 7-r The Good Roads Association. Columbia, Special.-The South Caro lina Good Roads Association assem bled in annual session at the court house last week. The following were the delegates present and the counties from which they came: Abbeville, Supervisor G. W. Nickles. J. C. Lomax, and J. R. Blake; Ander son, Supervisor S. O. Jackson, J. W. Ashley, J. R. Watson, John K. Wood, J. A. Hall, A. C. Latimer, M. P. Trib ble, M. L. Bonham and M. Perrin; Berkeley. Supervisor J. H. Harvey, and J. W. B. Breland; Charleston, Supervisor Wm. P. Cantwell, T. W. Bacot and Earle Sloan; Chesterfield, Supervisor Smith Oliver; Clarendon, - Supervisor T. C. Owens; R. E. Mc Faddin; Darlington, C. O. McCullough; Dorchester, Supervisor H. H. Gross; " Florence. Supervisor James B. Mc Bride, W. R. Langston, W. B. Gause: Greenwood. Supervisor J. M. Major, J. B. McCants, R. L. Lyon; Horry, Supervisor J. L. Boyd, E. F. Todd, W. L. Mishoe; Kershaw, Supervisor J. M. Sowell, D. M. Bethune: Lan caster. Supervisor, M. C. Gardner; Marion, Supervisor J. P. Stackhouse, J. C. Sellers; Orangeburg, Supervisor Olin M. Dantzler, T. D. A. Livingston, J. A. Banks; Richland, Supervisor W. D. Starling, P. J. Garrick, L. Rabon, Wm. Douglass, N. Rawlinson. W. H. Sligh, F. H. Hyatt- Spartanburg, Su pervisor D. M. Mifes, M. F. Turner, W. T. Brown; Union, Supervisor T. J. Bedenbaugh, R. L. McNally, James P. Vinson; Williamsburg, Supervisor John J. Graham; York, Supervisor Thomas W. Boyd; Barnwell, Super visor J. B. Morris; Marlboro, Super visor M. E. Coward; Laurens, Super visor H. r. Humbert. President F. H. Hyatt called the meeting to order. The proceedings were opened by prayer by the Rev. J. W. Daniel. Mayor Gibbes, on be half of the city, welcomed the dele gates. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: F. H. Hyatt, president: Earl Sloan, secretary; O. M. Dantzler, treasurer. President Hyatt read his report for last year. which is full of interest. A learned and highly appreciated address on the subject of improved roads in Canada. the United Staes and Mexico was delivered by Dr. C. M. Niles. Gov. Heyward sent a message ex pressing regrets at his absence, caused by temprorary illness, but pledges his 'warmest sympathies and most earnest efforts in the interests of the South "arolna Good Roads Association. State Bar Association. The first session of the twelfth an .ual meeting of the South Carolina Bar Association was caUed to order in the hall of the house of representatives by the president, Mr. H. J. Hayns worth, of Greenville. The opening ad. dress was delivered by the president upon the subject, "Lynch law in South Carolina." The address was most in teresting and instructive and was lis tened to with marked attention. On motion, the Association requested that it be published in the papers of the State, and it will also be published among the proceedings of the Asso cation. The following new members of the Association were elected: Messrs. J. Wright Nash, Thos. S. Sease, W. A. Holman, D. J. Baker, John R. Cloy. W. S. Smith, W. H. Welis, T. 3. Mauldin, J. Harry Foster, Lawrence Orr Patterson, Z. T. Ker shaw, W. P. Conyers, C. P. Sanders. Camden's New Court House. Camden, Special.-The contract for the building or the new court house for this county was awarded to T. C. Thompson & Bro. of Birmingham, Ala. The firm's bid was between $31,000 and $32,000, that being the lowest bid out of seven. The exact bid was not obtainable tonight. Work will com mence at once. To Meet at Marion. Marion, Special.-The f,a-mers of the county have determined to organ ize for the purpose of reducing cotton acreage. A call.. signed by some of the most prominent farmers of Marn on, has been published in the county papers, requesting all cotton planters to meet at their respective voting precincts next Friday, organize and elct delegates to a cotton growers' meeting to be held at the court house next Monday to form a cotton growers county association. The purpose of the association will be mainly to re cuce the amount of cotton produced Iby a reduction of the acreagae and of the amount of commercial fertilizers used. South Carolina Items. Frank Leslie Morrell, age fifteen years, died at his home at Wellford Tuesday afternoon. He was operated on last Thursday for appendicitis| and it was thought that he would re cover. Complications set in and he soon passed away. Leslie Morreil was the son of Henry Morrell. He was popular in his county and gave promise of developing into a good and useful citizen. His many friends are grieved to learn of his death. Railroad From Wards to Saluda. Wards, Special.-Thie railroad com mission, accompanied by Supt. H. A. Williams, of the Southern Railway. visited Wards for the purpose of look ing into the matter of building a new passenger station at this place. Plans were agreed upon. and it was stated by Mr. Williams that the work wouldt commence at an early date. It is learned from a very reliable railroad official that the contract for building the railroad from Wards to Saluda has been given out and work will be, gin on the grading within 60 days,e