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Cure for By the The YO1NG i an writ country, that the that he would ',e some -cure" for I am not a ph I cannot resist t1 the young man in people around ab way. To be alone in a great city is marrow of the bones! Yes, I know what it means, for And what help is there for on terrible loneliness to be conquered? To begin with. one must keep I come to remain in the city if it, is work that he is trying to do. Let him dedicate himself to tht the object in view, and toil like a i remembering the all-important fact but to be successful in the accompl Incidentally read, reread and i cus Aurelius, put into English by den,' by Henry D. Thoi-eau. These books will help you to Ie Z.may say, in passing, that, wb if he would live, and work, and wih for the companionship he cannot f Pitiful is the state of him who: thrive when circumstances blockad be self-sustaining. when the exiger supreme test of greatness. We are made for one another, in:a big city it is not necessary tha At first one is necessarily a s mever to pick up an acquaintance, I Look around. Speak, -nd some cut the hand, and some other hand Humanity. down at bottom, is and in the city, as in the country, star. Be worthy of friendship. and at to the morning, a friend will meet American. { nothing By W HE other evening illustrated by ste ally the speaker i far from the eart of years to reach It seemed to ment to those wh lift their fellows To be sure., when the ut most of philanthropic .appears that. those in darkness points the way to their own greate But at such times think of ti were only to send light upon this and sparkled, yet we of this plant wasted? If the light of that~star should years for the last flicker of It to rei So, if it takes years for the 1ig the inner vision of mankind, do not on the world long after you have c< As in the material uriverse,z philanthropic endeavor every thout thing somewhere at some time.-B "In the Din a Mone Conscien C Better By Former Presi From an Address HIS occasion is fu hE~IEII~the success and gi linE of the moral, inte Young Men's Oh and serves to rei )~ place upon the t1i ured by immediat As we view th and trade advantages we are apt ti and good citizenship are left behind the -dust and turmoil and the inst holding is own. We hear the din a not always certain that in the mu< 1s pleading for better things. Iti in whiich we today take part shoul more fully know that moral achiev success in taking an inventory of As a serious-minded people. co ing -upon us in .the solution of th a reverent people-not merely by This is not to say we should be a with free institutions and with ec no other .country offers, we should pie in the world. In the complex relationships oi live dutifully to himself alone. often wrong judgment or prejudice controversies. It is absolutely cert where more or less easy of discove fair dealing which when found shc disappointing to see civilized men, moral considerations involved in a and greed. It is not worth while to blink at we -can gain a hint that nations call der strong temptation to backslide t slaughter to count for a people's gre glorious deeds. There is one effec1 d1anger, and that is the sincere acce the honor, the love of peace, the de and inviolable good faith which grc spirit. No stream runs higher thai ple will be no better than the pe recognized as guides of national con command their house servants. Reflections of a Bachelor. Some womeni have more intelliger than they don't seem to have. It's mighty exciting the way so wcmen dress above the waist as they didn't. There is hardly anything more citing than to be foed by a that you a:re fooliuz. Women may. dress for the benelt men. but their cX~h' 2treseo: tied Mect hv ohr women. Lonelinesso.t mas B. Gregory. s to say that i is noz long in from the solitud of the great city is killing him. and grealy obliged to me if I woud sugges the "loneliness that is making his life a ysician. either to the body or the mind, but te temptation to have just a few words with question, and through him with such other out here as may be suffering in a similar to be thoroughly alone-alone to the very I have been through it. e under 'such circumstances? How is the )usy. Presumably the stranger in the city, possible, has some object before him, some t work, let him devote his entire energy to eaxer, holding his mind down to his :ask, that he is in the city not to be lonesome, ishment of the purpose for whiel he came nwardly digest' the "Meditations" of Mar Long, and that niceless little book. "Wal arn how to depend on yourself. ether in the country or the city, one must, i out at last. be able to draw upon himsell nd withcut. bas no world within where he may live and e him from things external. To be able tc cies of the occasion demand it, is the one for friendship, for comradeship, and even t one should walk alone. tranger, but it does not follow that he iF hat he is to remain a stranger forever. other human voice will answer you; reach . will give you the friendly grip. the same in the country and in the city; heart responds to heart and star answers the grape conies to the vine and the lighi vu somewhere along the way.-New Yorb is Wasted is Brooks. I attended a private lecture on .stronomy, reopticon views of the heavens. Incident nentioned the fact that a certain star is so . that it takes a ray of its light thousands us. me this was a little sermon of encourage .o are tempted to cease their efforts to up and make this world brighter and better there are times when the mind despairs; effort seems to bring no results; when il Lre determined :--t to see the light tha1 r happiness. ie tiny looking star. Suppose its missior earth! For thousands of years it glowed t could rot see it. But were these year! o out today it would still take thousands oi tch us. ht of your shining example to penetrate tc despair. It will continue to shed itself up ?ased to walk among your fellow!;. othing is wasted, so in the realn of true ht, every word, every act counts for some rookyn Eagle. ~nd Shouting for SGetting, SPleads for T hings" ient Grover Cleveland, before the Y. M. C. A.) 11 of irnspiration for those who delight in owth of a good cause. The contemplation lectual and educational results which the istian Association of Philadelphia ha! life of fifty years is a cure for pessimisnm state our belief that the value our people ings to be desired is no; altogether meas e returns in money. e unprecedented American rush :for wealth~ give entrance to the fear that patriotism in the -ace. We do not always see through rumentality of civic righteousness is still nd shouting of money getting. and we are 1st of i; all the steady voice of conscience s well, therefore, that occasions like that d be appointed to the end that we should ements should be added to the phienomenal our cc-untry's valuable possessi ons. ascious of the immense responsibility rest e problem of popular rule, we should be [ip-erv ce. but ruggdly, strongly reverent, sad andI gloomy people. On the contrary, uality of rights and opportunities which be the most cheerful and light-hearted peo American life not one of us ca live and llashing' interests change condi-idns, and brings us face to face with disputes and an that in every such case there is some ry a factor of morality and of justice and uld sol ve the trouble. It is in every way as well as civilized nations. evading the controversy and taking counsel .f passion the fact that without going far from home ed civilized and even Christian ar a liable un o barbaric standards which permct war and atness and reckon ruthless conquest among ive andl constant preventive against such ptane as gutilance to national behavior of votion to jot. and truth, the forbearance w out of ;evno-e civilization and Christian its soure.. d a government by the peo ,ple make it. If these qualities are to be ciuct und~er our plan of rule, tbe people must Jets and Flashes. 'e alk isn't so cheap when money talks. me Mlatrimonial ties are not the only ties Stha bind. Th smaller the man the harder he ex. trEito get c'ven. ;Ir No voman knows the scret of being able to' keep a recret. :'A flriend wrm 1:novws your scret * LW s a mortgage on your peace of iE IUME Sla,-OL Superinten dent Martin Annources the Corps of Teachers TER M WILL BE IELD AT CLEMSON Catalogue Will Be Issucd in a Few Days and From This Every Detai! Can be Learned. State Superintendent of Educatior 0. B. Martin. who is the superintend ent of the State Summer school, has announced that the faculty of the State Summer school, which is to b( held at Clemson college. June 21st t( July 19th. In addition to this facult3 of instructors there will be provide( a special series of evening lecture and entertainments, which will be an nounced later. The faculty is as fo' lows: Administrative board: Superintend Ent 0. B. Martin. State superintenden of education; associate. P. H. Meli president of Clemson collcge: assistant W. H. Barton. chief clerk in depart ment of education; stenographer, Mis! Irene Platt. FACULTY. Superintendent. Lawson B. Evans Augusta city schools, supervision Superintendent E. L. Hughes, Green lvile city schools. illustrated geogra phy; Dr. James P. Kinard, Winthro college. grammar; Prof. T. Gilber Pearson. North Carolina Normal &- In dustrial college, nature study arid bir< life; Dr. D. R. Augsburg, superviso: drawing, Oakland, Cal.(assistants to b announcedi: Dr. A. L. Manchester Converse college, music; Prof. A. C Moore. South Carolina college, physio graphy; Supt. S. H. Edmunds. Sumte city schools, composition and rhetoric Prof. D. W. Daniels. Clemson college English and American literature Supt. T. C. Walton, Anderson cit: schools, psychology and history of ed ucation: Prof. M. E. Earle, Furman un Iversity. algebra and geometry; Prof P. T. Brodie. Clemson college, arithme tic, trigonometry, analytic geometr: and calculus; Prof. Riggs, of Clemsol college. mechanic arts; Dr. Haven Met calf. Clemson college, botany ant school gardening: Dr. J. L. Mani Floreuce city schools, pedagogy ant school management. Prof. A. G Rembert. Wofford college, Latin; Pro] C. C. Newman. Clemson college. hor ticulture; Prof. W. C. Smith. Nort] Carolina Normal and Industrial cOl lege. American and general history Supt. W. E. Dendy, Pickens gradei schools, civics; Miss Mary F. Wick liffe, Winthrop college, manual train ing: Miss Elizabeth E. Lumpkin, Win throp college, reading and elocution Miss Katherine Pasch. Missouri Nor mal school. applied manual training ii manual work: Miss Margaret Puryeai Augusta city schools, primary meth ods: Miss Minnie McFeat. Winthro college, child study and kindergartei work: Miss Catherine Mulligan, Win throp college, domestic science. President P. H. Mell and the specia committee of the Clemson faculty ap pointed to advise and assist with th summer school arrangements, are giv ing careful thought and wise effort to the plans for the comfort and pleas ure of the teachers who attend th summer sc'hool. The Clemson boari 0f trustees made a special appropria tion to prct the college building an dormitories in excellent shape for th reception of the teachers. Just as soo as the session closes the rooms an halls will be thoroughly cleansed an rendvated. Thc horticultural deparT m'ent has been planting vegetables an fiowrs esnecially for the summe school an careful foresight is bein exercised inl ordler to provide the bes Linary adivan'tages. Arra.ngemnents ar b .eing male f'or several side trips in th vicinity of Clemson college. The tee er s w ill have onsporturnity to v.isit Johb C. Calhoun's home, whimh is on th campus. andI also the home of .John Ew ing Calhoun. his father. whirh is near *by. They will also visit Old Ston. church. where Calhoun worshipped and wvher'e Governor Pickens and othe *distin;;uished mcn are buried. For Rutledge. Pendleton and other histor~ ic piaces are not far away. and excur sions will be run to Tallulah Falls ar. elsewhere. The catalogue, with full announce ments of the suxmmer school, and ap plication blanks, wil be issued fror the office of the -State superintendeni of education within the next few day:: This catalogue will contain the infor mation which will be especially valua ble at this time. The dormitories. al the public buildings and the boardini department of Clemson college will b at the service of the teachers who as semble here for the summer school About 500 teachers can be accommo dated. The dormitories are supplia. with everything necessar.' and the a.u thorities will endeavor in every wa: to add to the comfort of the peoplh Each one who wishes a room in th college wil lso state in the proper plac on the application blanks furnishes them by the superintendent of educa tion. President Mell will inform al applicants concerning questions rela tive to board and lodging. The dormi itories will be open for the summe school students on the evening of Jun 20th, and dinner .will be served a: that day, and on the 19th of .Tuly, th day for the school to close. Board fo the session, single beds, two in a roonr will he fourteen per mionth. When stu dents are forced to leave before th end, a refund will be made. Charge for a shorter time will be at the rat of $l per day, or $5 per week. Visitors who come to inspect th school will be boarded at the sam rate if there is room for them, or the: will be aided in securing board an pleasant accommodations. All college conveniences and appoint ments will be at the disposal of th teachers. The campus contains abo'u 200 acres, with good bicycle paths. bas each dormitory there are hot and col baths. The dormitories will accormmo date about 500 teachers, two in a roort In the college building there are ove 40 lare lecture rooms and laborato ries. The auditorium will seat abou 1.000 p~eopLle. There are three socite: halls suitable for smaller gatherings The chemical and physical laboratc ries are supplied with water, gas an, apparatus for thorough work in thies departments. Excellent facilities fo teaching drawing in sky-lighted room are at the command of the teachers In equipment for wod and iron work ing. the college cannot be surpassed i the South. A large farm belongs to th college which will be used for sup1ply ing the table during the summe school. The State Teachers' association wil meet at Clemson enilege. JTune 29th ar :2th. An unusually strong prorar has Ibeen ;prpred l the m: ir committCe of that asso:iaton. Tb lowest nossible rail m'ad razes will l scure-.1 both for t'he summer sc a the tcacers' associatou., PAL'REE T TO CR3? BULLE iN Ionditions a-s OUtlind y Departmei'n of Agricul'urc. The week ending 8 a. m., Monday ;:he 10th, began with high tnip.:ra :ures and fair weather. Showery con litions with rain, hail. sleet and snow lurries prevailed from 4th to the th nclusive. The hail did some damagc to tobacco and strawberries in thz northwestern countries. The sle nd snow were confined to the western lnd central counties and did very lit le damage. The snow occurred in 'he western and central counties but was not general, and it melted as it 'ell. The rainfall varied from less than ialf an inch to over an inch. and was ;ery well distributed and beneficial to rrowing vegetation and put the soil into excellent condition for cultiva ion; it was heavey enough to stop >lowing over the western counties, )ut scarcely interferred with farm vork in other sections. The frost on the 7th was general wer the State to within about six miles of the coast. It was killing >ver the western counties where the ninimum temperature fell to about 10 below freezing, and generally light n all other sections. Tenaer garden ;egetables, such as beans, and toma :oes were more or less injured, and :orn was nipped in the western coun S.ies, although the damage was slight Ls there was but little up. Fruit i. n full blooom in -:.he. extreme west rn counties and the frosts was in ;laces, quite damaging, but elsewhere t is not believed that fruit was ma :erially injured, except figs in places ind possibly peaches. Farmwork is well advanced gener illy, though backward in some ser, ions where labor .s scarce. Corn planting is nearly finished in :he eastern and central counties where nost of it is up to fairly good stands; n the western counties planting is xell under way on uplands. Cotton >lanting has been begun in the east. rn parts and will be begun in the estern ones next week. Some cotton s already up. Tobacco plants arE ;mall in Marion and they were slight y injured by the hail which fell in ;ections. Rice planting is making rap 'd progress in the Colleton district and 1as not begun in the Georgetown dis :ricts where the proposed acreage wil) >e smaller than usual. Some sweel potatoes have been planted in thE southwestern counties. The small grain crops are generally loing well and look promising, bul .n some sections the oats crop is poor; rye is heading. Pastures afford good grazing In the coast counties. Gar lens vary greatly, being poor in places and backward, while in others early vegetables are on the market. Trueli 2 vas damaged slightly by the frost, es Ipecially strawberries and beans anc - ucumbers. Strawberries, lettuce ant :-adishes are- hing; marketed.-J. W Baurer, Section Director. The Library For Furman. [Dr. Edwin M. Poteat, president of - Furman university at Greenville. states :hat the plans for the new librar~v >uilding given by Mr. Carnegie to Fr -nan university have been accepted rhey were made by Mr. F~. E. Perkins > f New York city. Mir. Perkins was for i number of years a student of archi tecture in Paris. end was for a time . lecturer in his subject to the Univer . ity of Pennsylvania. He is the authox 2f the plans accord ng to which the fur :her development of the University o] -Pennsylvania will be directed. He has - enlt to Greenville. in an oak frame 2. . by 18 inches. a beautiful sketch in wa - er colors of t:he propoposed building in elevation the style is renaissance. in a brick and granite treatment. Largt -windows give abundant ligh:. Aside from a little carving in the cornice and at the entrance, the design is very sim ple indeed. Storm Visits President's, Camp. -Lawton, Okla.. Special.-A repori Monday from Frederick, Okla., says that a severe wind storm crossed th< Pasteur reserve there Sunday night partially wrecking some tents and caus - Ing other minor damage. No one was injured. A late message fron Fredericir - 3tates that only a light rainstorm pre railed in the vicinity of the President's camp. It was unaccompaniedi by wind and no damage was done' Lawyers Meeting Brcl.<en Up. St. Petersburg, B3y Cable.-The firsi Pan-Russian Congress of Attorneys - took place today in the hall cf thE rImper:al Economic Society. Thern were 180 delegates present. The po Slice, however, entered the hal and Sdispersed the delegates, as the meet ing had not been authorized to assem ble. Before the police actually inter fered. the congress adopted resolutionu Sprovi'iing for the formation of an as Ssociat:on to foster special and profes sionial intercourse and to strive foi the political freedom of Russia on th< basis of a democratic association SThe resolutions were passed 'imid tre ~mendous enthusiasm. Baptist Union Accepts Gift. SBoston, Special.-An offer from Joht tD. I~ockefeller to give a second $100,00i Sto t'ie American Baptist Missionar: IUnira was received at the headquarter! of tnat organization in this city. 01 Sat :day, the union received a checi for n100,000 from Rockefeller. thi at::nt representing Mr. Rockefeller': customary annual donation to the Bap tist society, to be used for the purpos' of conducting the missionary work ii foreign fields. The contribution was ac ! cepted. On Scriptural Grounds Only. Norfolk. Va., Special.-A; the Apri meeting of the Inter-Denominationa IMinisterial U-nion of Tidewater. Vir ginia. Monday. the committee rc'entl: Io pplinted by the union on th d (ivore 1qutestion recommnd(ed that the law Io' i irginia' be so chanced hat diorme eue on such groun:is.I The un'(in ferredl action onl the report until nex E.L EHO AFFAI!o" Many Ncwsy Items Gathered From all Sections. General Cotton Market. Galveston. easy.. .........-7 916 New Orleans. steady.. .. .. ....7 5-8 Mobile. easy.. ............... 1 Savannah. dlll.. .. .. .. . Charleston. dlull.. ............. Wilmington. steady............. Ncrfolk. quiet.. .. .. ...........4 Baltimore. nominal.... .. .......7S New York. quiet.. .. .. .. ......7.S5 Boston. quiet.. ............. Philadelphia, quiet.. .. .. .. .... 1 Houston. easy.. .. .. .. .- ----71-2 Augusta. steady.... .. .. .......79-16 Memphis, stcady . . ..7 9-16 St. Louis,. quiet.. ..........7 5-S Louisville. firm.. . . .... 7 7-S Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling... .. .. .. 5-S Good middling.. .. ..........71-2 Strict middling.. ............73-S Middlin .... .. .. .. .. ..........7 -8 inges.. .. ..........61.2 to 7.00 Stains.. .............51-4 to 61-4 Five Buildings Destroyed. Cheraw. .S C.. Special.-At 12.50 this morning fire broke out in an old building on Market street occupied by negroes as a shoe ' shop. a clothes cleaning shop. barber shop and a gro cery store. The fire spread rapidly, The store of T. J. Ballard, white, was i next to catch, then two other small buildings occupied by negroes caught. These buildings were totally destroyed The office building of the Cheraw Live Stoek Company was also burned, af ter being torn down in an effort to stop the fire. The debris caught fire and vas burned, but being dowu en abled the bucket brigade to get in ef fective work on the large stable build ing. These stables repeatedly caught tire but by hard work were finally saved. The buildings burned were all wood. The loss is comparatively small. The Live Stock Company's loss is covered by insurance, also the building in which the fire originated. There was no insurance on the other buildings or stocks. Ballard's loss was greatest, mostly on account of damage to goods. This block will be rebuilt with brick buildings. Rain all day Saturday soaked the old buildings, and helped keep the fire from spreading. While regrettting the loss, all feel re lieved that this row is at last cleaned out. Had the wind been blowing from the south the entire business portion of the town would have likely been wiped out. May Sue on Old Bonds. Columbia, S. C.. Special.-A letter which Attorney General Gunter's of fice received Saturday from the New Hampshire Attorney General, notifying him that New Hanmpshire held $30,000 of old South Carolina "conversion" bonds, dated January 1. 1869, under a will from one of its citizens, Benja min Thompson. who directed they be uscd for an agricultural college, and demandin~g immediate payment. is looked upon as meaning that the State of New Hampshire is preparing to bring just such a suit against this State as w-as recently brought by South Dakota against North Carolina. The South Dakota case was success ful. but these North Carolina bonds were hacked up by a mortgage on the State's railroad: whereas there is no security in the case of this State. Mr. Gunter has replied by asking for the number of the bonds and giving the numbers of valid bonds of that date. The good bonds of that date, which a Democratic administration of 1880 funded at 50 per cent. of their face, with 6 per cent. consols were in ex change for other bonds surrendered and on file in the State Treasurer's office. Flagman Killed. Florence. S. C.. Special.-A bead-on collision between a light engine run nling as an extra and a phosphate train occurred on the Atlantic Coast Line at a point seven miles south of Ash ley Junction, between Charleston and Savannah. in which Flagman Hill, of the light engine, was killed. Full de tails have not been obtained, but it is understood that the light engine was being brought from Savannah to Flor ence. Marion Parr Hanged. Columbia, Special-Marion Parr was hanged '" a..day. With wonderful composure and fortitude the man who mnur-dered Clarence Shealey met his fate. There was nothing of the sen sational about the hanging, except for the morbid crowds that were massed in the street in front of the jail and around the fences. Parr's neck was broken, and it is not probable that he had any sensation whatever. His fun eral was held on Sunday afternoon. The case was famous, on account of his being the first white man hanged in the State within the past twelve years. South Caroline Growers Anxious. Charleston. S. C., Special.-With a drop of fully 20 degrees recorded since morning, truck farmers in this vicinity are anxiously counting hours and hop ing that the brisk northwest winds - may keep up. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are invested in truck in this section, and hundreds of acres of peas, beans, lettuce, asparagus, cucumbers, and other vegetables are in danger. The local weather bureau has issued frost warnings, predicting a fall to 40 degrees. To Oppose Turpentine Trust. Hattiesburg, Miss.. Special.-Turpen tine operators in Alabama. M.ississippi, Louisiana and Texas will hold a confer ence here next Wednesday to discuss the naval stores situation and~ devise means to se -ure and maintain the beCst prices for the products. It is said the ineeting is called to formi an organinz' tinop~ng the so- (alled turtpentinv' trust. an:1 to arr-ange for- the haud!!n: of naal stores by. a corporation1 r p res-e-n"ting the pr-oducers direct. A sim ilr mo;-n was recently. launenci by' the Atlantic coast operators at a ianter Told Carefim Scry and Was Contradicted Little in ratarial Facts by Suczecdir.g witnesacs. D Columbia. Special.-The inq cest h: he case of Rebeeca Planter. the neg o woman fourxi some days ago in thi iver near the Broad river bridge. was eld Tuesday night in the court I ouse. There was the usual lenghy mount of testimony and although onic of it was easily obtained because G f the intelligence of the witnesses, iLe remainder was tangled up in a hroud of hesitation and stupidity. 'ew facts were really developed but his was not the fault of Coroner Valker. for he carefully and painsta :ingly and without impatience cross xamined the densest of the witness S. The jury retired about 11 o'clock nd were out but a short time before her returned a verdict that the dead roian came to her death at the hands if unknown r .rties. The woman's tusband, who has been in jail under uspicion since Saturday, will be re eased today. The Testimony. E It was the opinion of Dr. L. A. Grif ith, who conducted the autopsy. that d he woman was strangled to death, tot drowned. This he was led to be- 0 ieve by the fact *hat there was no c ater or mud in tne lungs. Dr. Grif- r th said that there were no marks of sternal violence, but had there been zev would have been masked by the g act that the body was so badly de- - I omposed that the skin was loose and tl dipping. ( ne thing which he noticed P uring the i to- ;y was that the hyoid one. which ocated just about the S egion of the ollar button, had be- t< tome detached from the trachea. This nay have been done if the woman vas choked to death. but may halv een caused by the effect of the water r n the body. k Some little delay occurred while the si ain witness, Henry Planter, was be ng brought to the court house. He tnally appeared in the custody of IR railer Meadows. Planter izi quite an r( rdinary looking negro, but was quite alm and self possessed from the time hat his handcuffs were unlocked un- e: il he completed his testimony. t] Planter went carefully and slowly, S1 ut with little hesitation, through a realth of testimony, describing exact y where he had been from Saturday ci fternoon until he met the sheriff on ednesday morning, when he was ar ested. Planter says that he met the heriff and was told to come to his t! ffice next morning. Arriving there n te was arrested. His inquiries included a visit to po ice headquarters with the woman's ather. According to Planter's story 0 uis search for his wife after she did ot appear at their home on Saturday 0 aight, April 1, was thorough. If he n an be believed,. he visited almost ev ry place wherb he could find a clue., t He gave without difficulty the names f the people 'he had seen and those 7 whose homes he had visited during l the interval, until he had the fact of t Lis wife's disappearance published, t visiting The State office on Tuesday F ollowing the nigu. she had first been absent. Planter's tale was a pretty straight e, and he was not materially contra icted by the witnesses who followed. im. However, several assertions > ere made which were significant, a nd some which were not alluded to o: n his own statement. Col. John C. d askell was at the inquest to see that lanter received fair treatment. C William Perry, father of the woman ui as examined first. The salient por- e tion of his testimony was his assertion t hat when Henry Planter had told him on Sunday morning of his child's isappearance he felt that something tl ~ust have happened to her. His im- ~ nlicit faith in his daughter's habits and virtue led him to this belief. 1e testified that Planter told him uesday morring that his daughter as undoubtedly dead, and further, that at his solicitation Planter went ith him to police headciuarters. Perry semed to imply that the domestic re lations of the Planters were not al- v ays smooth.d The first new statement injected in the testimony was the statement made >v', David Grant. whose home Planter r had visited early Sunday morning d hile searching for his wife. In a curse of conversation Planter told him that Anderson Strand had threat med to kill his wife and he believed she was dead.t A very intelligent witness was the I small negro girl. Maggie Perry. who testified that Planter came to her home on Saturday night and after ask ing for his wife he had taken the key o his home and a kerosene can. She said that this was the front door key, while Planter had been positive that t was the back door key. She said f< that she had been at the Planter home 3 n Saturday afternoon when both were tl there, and had heard Henry ask his wife to ride out to Ridgewood park C with him. a: David Grant is one of the men whom ti Planter had visited Sunday morning tl while looking for his wife; and Rosa Perkins is Planter's sister, at whose home he spent some time since the disappearance. ti oung Multry lives at the home where Planter came to get ~ the key and oil can. He and his wife, Bebecca Multry, testified, and so did S Elsie Adams, an aunt of the dead e oman. The latter was a particularly good witness and worthy of note in her testimony was the fact that Plan ter had not been to visit her in five nl years until he came Sunday to ask tl if his wife was there. Win. Coultry, well known as a hack driver, testified that when Planter came to his house on Sunday, April 1, t e told him that threats had been made to kill his wife. He also said. according to Coultry, that he asked C his wife to go to Ridgewood, hoping ~ it would pacify her after a row they 0 had had. Anderson Stroud, a negro laborer with stains of whitewash on his shoes, had heard quarrels between the Plant ers but this was two months ago. He E saw Rebecca Planter about dark on C eitner Friday or Saturday afternoon.- a He said that although living next thef Planters he had never had any diffi-I culty with either. Sheri& Coleman testified that when Rebece a Planter's body was found her ~ skirts were turned up and pinned s around her neck. He also testified that ~ Planter made half a dozen statements to him but Col. Haskell objected to this on the ground of incompetency. Mr. E. L.. Mattison of Van Meter's mndertaking establishment corroborat ed the sheriff. I From the testimony of Dr. Griimth T and Mr. Mattison it seems ver pob le that the woman was strangled to deah and Sheriff Coleman's testimony teout her clothing strenghens the be let that she was murdc'red. Perhaps. her husnand miay, have commnitted the rime and he is undoubteily a sly vr:. There was some :rris that h. jary: did not hold !!im for' inrs ::ration. This would not no~cssariiv ean an in~dictme~nt for mutrd-r Lt ~ simpy away o fnd ot te ?au. MINOR SUJMISllt isconnected Fighting Reported in Neighborhood of flostile Armies HIE RUSSIANS OFF COCHIN-CHINA erman Steamer Reports Seeing Bat tieships and Six Cruisers in Kam ranh Bay, Raising Interesting Sup position That Rojestvensky Has Di vided His Squadron-China Instructs Governors of Southern Provinces Not to Permit Breaches of Neutrality -No Confirmation of Reported Small Engagement. tondon, By Cable.-There is as yet o news of a naval battle in the far ast or of the whereabouts of the ri- . al fleets. The Hong Kong correspon ent of the Daily Mail sends a rumor f a small engagement, but there is no >nfirmation of this report. Details garding the Russian ships in Kam inh Bay, Cochin-China, are tco mea re to be instructive. According to the aily Mail's Singapore correspondent, ie North German Lloyd steamer rinz Heinrich saw five battleships and x cruisers in the bay, but dispatches > others of the London morning news apers are not so precise. The presence of the Russian squad n' off the Annam coast is raising een interest here, in view of the pos bility of their infringement of Chi ese neutrality and the. gkihood of .ojesvensky having to split his squad n. The Morning Post's correspondent t Shanghai telegraphs that China has istructed the Governors of the South rn provinces to maintain strict neu 'ality, in the view of the Russian ips sheltering there. Tokio, By Cable.-The following offi Al announcement was made today: The force advancing north from ingking. driving the enemy before 1em occupied Yengcheng, thirty-eight diles north of Singking,. at 1 o'clock a the afternoon of April 14. "A detachment of the same force, co perating with the cavalry, occupied 'achiatzu, at 6 o'clock of the evening f the same day. The enemy's force ear Pachialzu consisted of seven so ilas of cavalry and one battery of ar llery. "They first retreated north towards inecheng, then came back to Pach alzu. Finding it occupied they were irown into great confusion and re eated in great disorder over Peling ass, two miles north of Pachialzu. "Th'ere is no change elsewhere." Expects Fight Soon. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-There is o information from Vice Admiral RO istvensky's squadron, but the admir Ity wcould not be surprised, to learn, f skirmishing between scout ships to ay or tomorrow, and the inauguration f torpedo boat warfare soon is not nexpected. The naval organ here xpresses the opinion that Togo wa ken completely by surprise when ojestvensky suddenly appeared at be entrance of the China Sea, and is ow concentrating his widely scatter d fleet near the Pescadores, where it ;believed a sea fight will probably ccur. Georgia Fruit in Danger. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.-Atlanta and icinity experienced a considerable rop in temperature last night and >day, and although there is no official port on the damage or likelihood of amage to vegetables and fruits, the -eather bureau being closed Sunday, onsiderable apprehension is felt by ruit and truck farmers. Reports from ie surrounding country indicate a kelihood of frost tonight, in which vent considerable damage will b.e one. Snow in Tennessee. iashville, Tenn., Special.-At eight 'clock Sunday morning a light snow all here, the thermometer standing at 7. Reports from central portions of 1e State show similar conditions. At lasgow, Ky., the tops of buildings ad fences were white, the snow con nuing for more than an hour. The 1ermometer is 42. Won't Take Lynchers Alive. Mempris. Tenn., Special.-A special *om Senatobia, Miss., says that the pencer broth'ers and William Stilt, arged with being members of the ob that shot and killed Sheriff Poag, re barricaded in a cane brake twenty illes from town, and have sent worl aat they will not be taken alive. A trge posse has gone to the cane brake * rith the intention of capturing the aree men. J. H. Thomason, who has confessed having led the mob to the .iail, is n the verge of nervous collapse. He a prominent citizen and holds the iice of county supervisor. Meets Artic Ice. Halifax, N. S., Special.-The steam r Jupiter encountered much drift ice fr the Newfoundland coast Sunday, nd as her bow plates were dented 'om an encounter with the Arctic fice, rhile on her recent passage from iverpool to St. Johns, the captain kirted along the edge of the ice very lowly. Some of the rivets are started S nd there is considerable water in the >repeak. Postoffice Robbers Sentenced. Charleston, S. C., Special.-In the nited States Court * 4ay, the three ien recently convicted of conspiracy > rob, and robbing the postoffice at atta, S. C., were sentenced. Rudolph abens got three years: James John on, alias Murphy, seven years, and ohn King five years. all at bard labor 1 the Federal prison at Atlanta. The enen Jcovnonl was longer on , econrt cf his Sk of guiity to lar enyV of go-:ernment funds at Enoree, .C. Notice of~ appeal to the Court f Appeais was given by the attorney