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'Woman S1 . . . 0 PC By Laura Clay N THE eulogy of Fr + ------ on the occasion of t + in Statuary hall at 1 + +er of all mothers, t1 +:~. lover, Frances E. NN + piness of her sister, * - .$ her gifts and all thi + . blest mother was y( Why should sw Frances Willard? She was above all idea. When Jesus answered the wo him, he said: "Yea, rather blessed v keep it." There is, t % something than to be even the most exalted mot function, and such a function cannot I dowed with intelligence and soul. I the orator, instead of the name of F: Washington or Phillips Brooks and st er than he:" Perhaps this extravagant praise cause the question of "race suicide" ib danger of race suicide at all, it is n< which is so humble that it aspires t( the world, and takes no thought of th tistics show where the dangers lie -v vne-blf the childrea die before they: The noble understanding of Fran er heart, apprehended and taught tt ciently elevated to be capable of rear be possessed of the self-respect to desi them to seek out and secure better c than those that now prevaiL She b in the laws in those words of hers, c her statue: "I charge you give them highway those whom they have so lo "Our Ur rVague Loyalty," C For Othe By Dr. Talcott William HE Frenchman, wh( honor of his native ure, and glows wit] T German speaks ,of 1 that respect for .pa absent from -the G mind of the Briton 1 born, to a great exti spirit of a great wc speaks of Uncle Sam. If he has any is a very mild one. Any idea ,of pat probablpy no one ever thought .of .an one. W-e think of Uncle Sam -as :a ben( affection for his nephews and nri;ces hustle for themselves.. He .gives us river and harbor bills, to make water intended that it should-but in gene him for guidance and support,.and th< mediate and unquestioning obedience Along with this feeling for Unc nephews and nieces, and a readiness exhibit a capacity to hustle for them - point where there is a serious .doubt. receive. ~'Wath . By Bishi CCORDING to the te believe that wealth of beauty, material you think back to member many of y what seemed to be now, some of them and you find yours If you are heir to a great estate many are inclined to believe. You a -wealth for the good of others. I do .I of interests. The great danger of all wealthy < that they will become exclusive. T] monopoly for the rich. There are tw The other makes use of the law of was once pastor of such a church. sexton once ordered from the buildin; ing in one of the pews. When I rem we permit it, they will soon be prayi: open door and a welcome for all. Le wishes. Woman's I I ~ By Queen AMext ++++ M UEENS must do all i for the exalted pos + +~ occupy. It should * i seem, to comfort th + +i and sweetest part1 .g wish to play any o ,+++++ In the troublou ,,,~g~ possible not to be masses, which isi me, if the social problem ever can be ness of women, by m'utual love and a tice and charity. Your talk, as men. i peace in every nation, peace betweer I was educated in the school of a I have tried. like him, always :o prea trusted warlike preparations, of whic this accumulated material of soldie: frightfuml war that will throw humanit universal Father in heaven. He Was Attached to It. Gilbert had been "exposed" to scar iatina, andI as he seemed listless and feverish, his mother sent for the famn ily doctor. "'Now, my little m~an." the doctor said. pleasantly. when he had fel: Gil bert's pulse. "iet me see your tongue. Gilbert put out the tip of his tngue. "No, no," said tihe doctor, "put it right out-clear out." Gilbert shook his head feebly, and tears gachered in his ey-es. "I can't get it clear way out. doc hood From the iffragist int of View ances E. Willard by Senator Beveridge, he unveiling of the Illinois statue of her he nation's capital, he says: "The moth ic sister of all wives, to every child the illard sacrificed her own life to the hap . For, after all, she knew that, with all halo of her God-sent mission, the hum t greater far than she." h an estimate of herself be imputed to a Christian. and this is not a Christian man who blessed the mother who bore - they that hear the word of God and possible for womanhood more blessed aer. For mere motherhood is a physical ie the highest achievement of a being en -ow clearly this would have appeared if 7ances Willard, had used that of George id: "The humblest father was yet great of the "humblest mother" was given be : now so much discussed. But if there is >t from a deficiency of that motherhood > little more than to bring children into e conditions which surround them. Sta hen they tell such a dreary fact as that Mtain the age of five years. :es Willard. illumined by her great moth at the world needs a womanhood suffi ing children in health and virtue; and to re their share of political power to enable nditions in which to rear their children sought for mothers the boon of a voice hosen to be inscribed on the pedestal of power to protect along life's treacherous ed-" !cle Sam" r ompared with Feeling - Countries. n -caned upon to repond to the toast in land. pictures to himself a feminine fig enthusiasm for La Belle France. The Js fatherland with mingled affection and ternal authority which is never entirely rman conception of government., The .urns to his mother country with the love mt, of .a wonderful reign animated by the man. But the American-the American feeling of :affection for this abstraction it ernal authority is even more slight, and American administration mothering any volent relative who has a mild feeling of , hut, like other uncles, expects them to a Christmas present .once in a while flow in some places where nature never 7a1 he doesn't expect any one to look to Slast thing he would expect would be im le Sam goes a cousi-nty feeling for his to welcome new cousins, provided they selves, though we have now come to the is to howv mnany new .cousins .it is wise to isa Trust . op Potter. achings of the New Testament, we must ,whether it be given to us in the form wealth or genius, is merely .a trust. Ii, t.he days of your childhood you will re our schoolmates who started in life on an equal footing. As you think of them ave succeeded while cthers have failed, lf unable to explain the reason. That a bled these people to succeed is a gift. you are not free from responsibility, as re merely a steward, and must use your ort men that we should hare community rrganizations, whether religious or not, is at they will bar the poor and create a c kindsof churches. One is open to all. :clusion as well as that of inclusion. 1 When I was rector of Gr.ce church the a poorly dressed woman who was pray ons::rated with him, he replied: "Why, if ig all over the place." I want to see an t a. man worship in his shirtsleeves if he %est and weetest Part ndra, of England.4 in their power to prepare their children tions which they will be called upon to be their task, however difficult it may afflicted and unhappy. That is the best hey can play, and for myself I have ;ao s times in which we are living it is im affected by the dissatisfaction of the a many ways natural enough. Believe solved, it will be by reason of the gocod common reverence for tihe right for jtus 3of war. but we women speak of peaca .all nations. king wh'o was before ail Things just. and ch love and charity. I have always mis a nations seem never to tiri-. Some daiy -s and guns will burst into flanmes in a y inl' mourningr on earth and grieve our Lesson of Memorial Day. It is well that on one day in t~2e year the high example of the Ujnion soldier should be held up before our people. Love of country consists in service rather than in profession. Public good must ever he preferred to private good. And sumr y when sc many Americans were willing to give all that they had for the country, we of to-day ought at least to be willing to forego mere personal advanitage when it can only be won at the ex~ense of the land which we all love. This is the lesson of Memorial day, and it is -~ tat ye greativ nded te learn-. '10 BUILD UP SCUPPERNON TRADE' An Effort Will Be Made to Create a New Market For These Grapes. Colun'sia Cor. Charlotte Observer: Commissioner Watson's efforts to find f. market for South Carolina s.up pernongs as initial step toward devel cping the scuppernong industry on a larg( scale. this State growing the fin est type of these grapes in the world, from thei mountains to the seaboard has just resulted in an order for the first car load from a big champagne and Y;ine-imaking concern at Hermann. Mo. "Of course, on the success of the marketing of this first car load." said (-inis V7er Watson to The Observer correspondent. "largely dEpends the fo tuire o- the industry. and it is of the highest i:npcrtance to get the fruit to its destination in good shape. But I have no fear of thc results. The finest ....in tho world are grown right here in South Carolina, and the <:rop can be produced in great abunidance ar.ywhere in either the coast. middle or Piedmont sections. I the fruit can be gotten to market in good condition splendid prices can be obtained. I have every reason to be This first car is to be made up from two well known South Carolina vine yards. and if the experiment proves successful Commissioner Watson ex pects to see a general revival and ex tension of the industry. Scuppernong growing has never been an extensive industrv in this State. though the fruit grows luxuriantly almost anywhere in the State. Since the dispensary law vent into effect. forbidding the manu facture and sale of wine. the few pay ing vineyards that existed then have been allowed to run down to a great extent. The Missouri people intend to use the South Carolina scuppernong as a basic grape in the manufacture of champagne. and if the hopes of the manufactures are realized to even any reasonable extent a market will be promptly opened for all that South Carolina can grow. and it is expected that the success of the experiment in this State will promptly result in an extension of the grape industry into North Carolina and Georgia, particu larly fine scuppernongs being growing in North Carolina. where. it is said, there is one vineyard whose ramifica tions covers nearly ten acres. One of the largest and most prolific scuppernong vineyards in the State is that near Columbia, now the property of LieuL Gov. John T. Sloan. Up to 1891 this was operated with great suc cess by Mr. 2. M. Stevber. but with the coming of the dispensary he had to abandon the business. The Seaboard now splits the plantation in twain. In Darlington county there are a number of large and productive vines. as there are elsewhere throughout the State. brt there are few vineyards now. The sdippernong grape was introduced into Aiken county over fifty years ago by Dr. J. C. W. McDonald. who plant ed several large vineyards. but his busi ness was practically wiped out by the Civil War. There are m-ny handsome single vines at dwellings in that coun ty. however, the inrgest in the State being that at Mr. A. .T. Seigler's place. eight miles from Aiken court house, near Croft station. Commissioner Watson has a grati fying report from his Belgium and Holland special representative. Mr.C J. C. van Wyngaarten. who went over the first of the summer with stereopti con and literature to give lectures. He writes from The Hague that he has sue eeceded in arousing-'a lively interest and is ecoming to America in a few weeks to prepare for the, coming of the immi gas.Commissiontr Watson has ap pointe?d a spet 1:l representative at The Hegue in the aerson cf Oscar P. Schu Ier, and Mr. F. WV. Grauert will sail in a v'ery few days on the Hamburg Amnerir-an I.ine for extensive work in For Better 'Phone Rates. *Columia. Speciai.-A t a recent meet ig (of the railroad commission, Maj. John H. Earile intr-oduced a resolution inviting the repr'esentatives of all in dependent telephone lines in the State. as well as the repr'esentatives of the Bell 'omnpany. to appear before the e comission en the 1st day of August to give their views on certain matters. The principal reason for issuing this smrmons is to get the charge of $2.50 per annumn per 'phone whenever they make connection with the Bell comn p anys long distance line. Fifteen Injured in Collision, Portsmouth. N. H.. Special.-Fifteen persons were injured, eleven o' them seriously, and three of them probably fatally, in a cellision between two eec tric cars on the line of the Portsmouth elctric Railway, near this city, early Sunday evening. The cars crashed to gether on a steep gi ade and while rounding a curve, neither motorman seeing the other car in time to pie vent a c'ollsion. Spartanburg Postoffice. Spartanburg, Special. - There is much interest being taken by local contractors in the Federal building which will be erected in this ci:y and which will cost $60,000. The sealed bids will be opened by the government architect. James Knox Taylor. on July 26th. and the contract awarded. So far there have been 16 bids submittea and these come from all over the country, this city included. One bid is from New York, another from Wash ington, still another from Richmond. one from Greensboro. on efrom Green ville, and so on. The plans and speci fications call for a modern postioffico building, one story, with basement. Death of Mr. Thompson. Rock Hill. Special.-Mr. Jack Tiomn" son son of Prof. J. WV. Thompson. di' at the family home here Salt.ur nig ht of fever. after a brief illness. Inew.s of his death brought a shoe k the friends of the family. The rems w be taken to Abbeville for inr me .n~ It was known that the youth wI s:f .gfrom fever and it w;as thought tha hi. was recove:ing. Just before msi teath 2 ewever. there was a s iddeni (cange fo the worse an:l. despite every effort, lie s:c1cmbed. PromneCnt Florida Man Cornvicted of P-nsacola.I Fla. Spr~ ia!.-John 13. Iizens0 o' *r' nnty~.'h;, has s'ry~i 'as? a"mb: tf; eilre. hi I, B. T.\~ Nai au e .Attor ney gaenteo tri mton .for IN SOUTHCAR LINA Occurrences of Interest in' VariLIs Parte of the State., Geneal Cotton Market. Galveston. quiet ...... .... .... New Orleans. quiet ............105 M obile. dull ...................... S Savannah. quiet .............. Charleston, quiet ................ Norfolk, steady ................. 1 Baltimcre. noninal ........ .. New York. quiet ............ 1 Boston. quiet ....................-1 Philadelphia, quiet ........ .. 1.25 Houston, easy .......... ......10 1 Augusta. steady .............. I....1 Memphis. steady ........ .... 1 1 St. Louis. quiet ...... ...... Louisville, firm ............... Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent priced paid to wagons: Strict good middling .............!I Good middling .... .... Strict middling ...............10Y Middling ........ .......... Tinges .... ...... ..... o Stains ...... ........ ........7 to 8 A Sensatonal Report Currlent. A Darlington special to the Charlotte Observer of Saturday. gives the fol lowing strange story: "I don't know what went with the money." confessed the attorney for Robert Keith Dargan. the man whom a coroner's jury pronounced a suicide on July 11th. "We havE not been able to discover rauch but debts. Ir does not seem that he had $100 wikn be died." This whole section of South Ca'rolina is under intense excitement over the report that the supposed suicide is not (lead at all and that the alleged awful tragedy of July 10th was a farce. They say that a man who was connected with the'Independent Cotton Oil Com pany and who is now in France, e'ar vied the money away with him. The Company was capitalized at $1.000.000 and was supposed to be worth imore. it was a tremendous concern. The im posing sign. hung above the first stair landing to its offices. read: "General Offices the Darlingtop Oil Company. Anson Oil and Ice Company. Chesterfield County Oil Company. the Marion Oil Mill Company. Manning Oil and Illuminating Company. Farmers' Cotton Oil Company. Robert Keith Dargan. General Manater." Mr. Dargan has been general mana ger for years. The by-laws. adqpted by the directors, gave him virtually un limited power. and nobody knew much about the business except himself.: At each successive meeting of the direr tors, even at their late meeting in Jrne. they adopted resolutions affirming and re-affirmin'g their complete confidence in Dargan. The stockholders thought the big combination immensely pros perous on account of the handsome dividends they received-dividends. It is said, which invaded the capital stock. This history, together with the re port that Dargan went fo Paris two years ago and had a waxen image made of himself, and another that his broth er. Pegram, had been for several years studying hypnotism and occult arts in the North: the fact that the coro ner did not go in with his jury to view the corpse and the rumor that he said after the buriai that he could not swear that Dargan was dead: that W. F. Dair gan ordered 'out of- tihe mansion two men who had come with the jury to see the body: that the grave was bricked and cemented: that there was a gener al effort to avcid publicity on the night of the tragedy, and other rumors and reports too numerous to recount. cn stitute the basis for the widespread suspcion that it was a put-up 300. So frantic has gossip grown that a te-! ephone mecssage went abroad that the grave had been opened arid found empty. The coroner tells me that en the night of the 10th, when he got to the office where the deed was done, he found the front door and partition doer loked. In the back room were Pegram Dargan. Dr. Edwards and the dead man. The dead man's jaws werc tied with a towel to prevent his moutn from falling open. He was sitting in an easy chair with his feet upon a book case. Dr. Edwards said that he was dead when first examined by him. Both W. F. and Pcgram Dargan asked the coroner if he recognized the corpse. ani he replied that he did, and that it was Rober't Keith Dargan. They told Mm that they' did not want a crowd >collect or any publicity, and hle agreed that they might remove the corpse to the mansion. When they were taking it up to bear it to the car riage at the door, the coroner offered to assist them. but Pegram objected. The coroner thrust an arm under the body anyhow while they were lifting it into the carriage . It had not yet. he said, grown cold. This was the last time the coroner saw the dead man. "If I had the authority." he said. "I would have the grave opened. "It's the shortest way to stop all this talk.'' Must Serve His Sentence. The State supreme court last week handed down a decisi'n in the case of the State against John Reeder. charged with murder. The accused was tried for having shot and killed HoIw ard Stevens in the city of Newberry on the 14th of June. 1904. The case was tried before James Y. Culbreth, special judge, and the accused was ednvicted and, upon recomnmendation to mercy. was given a life sentence. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and an ap peal was taken. The supreme court yes terday handed down its decision su~s taming the lcower court, and the con1 vi'ted man will be brought to the State prison to serve his sentence. 30 Years For Attempted Assault. Sumter. S. C.. Special.-Jesse Nelson. the negro v~ho wps5 arrested Monday for an attempted :erim'inal assault ont a white woman Suinday. was found guilty and give'n the extreme limit of the law. Z,0 years, besides the un'oxpired part of a sentenc'e f:-om which he es caped recently for another crime. The :il lasted the cntir'e day and Nelson was represented bi' counsel. Nelson was hid in the woods Mcnday by his captors and kept in concelment until the judge promniscd an immediate trial. To Meet in Spartanburg. The commnission authorized by the general assembly last winter in regard to te wonrkin: of the di'*Cnsary ys em met in Columbia and" "'moccs to make at~ augements for th" 'irs' 'f t.Ae (pen sessicas ut which -'imo".ri be taken. All oC f mear o com nmissor. we :snt snti a done atgecptan !SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN' Conditions For Past Week as Given Out by the Department. Columbia, S. C., July IS.-The week ending ' monday, July 17th, was slightly cooler than normal. The temperature extremes were a maximum of 94 at Al lendale on the 10th. and a minimum of 65 at Greenville on the 11th and 14th. The temperature conditions were fa vorable. There -were a number of damaging high winds, especially in Greenville and neighboring counties, accompanying thunder storms. There was an excess of cloudiness over the entire State. With an exception of a deficienoy In the central counties where there were numerous showers but little rain, the precipitation for the week was copious and in many places excessive, ranging from one to over five inches. In the extreme western and places in the northeastern counties lands were wash ed and bottom lands flooded. The rain fall was heavy along the coast and ex cessive in Beauforrt county. Over the greater part of the State the numerous showers and the cloudy weather kept the ground too wet to work, and delayed the laying-by of field crops. Some fields of corn and cotton have again become grassy and are in urgent need of cultivation. Cotton grew very fast in all sections, but did not fruit in proportion. The plants have generally attained normal growth and in many places have grown too large, but, with the exception of Hampton county, where the rains caus ed the plants to turn yellow, they have a good, healthy color, but are soft and sappy. There are some complaints of shedding squares, and of black-root and rust on- sandy lands, and of dam age from insects, but on the whole a general .improvement is noted. The crops need fair weather. Some bottom land corn was damag ed, otherwise there was a general im provement in the condition of corn. especially of late plantings. Tobacco curing is general; late tobacco made rapid growth, but the crop promises to be short. June rice is receiving its first cultivation. Gardens improved. Peas doing well. Peaches rotting. Pastures have improved. Cane grow ing well. Watermelons generally plen tiful and shipments heavy. J. W. BAUER. Section Director. A Big Scandal Developing. Columbia, Special.-The special In vestigating committee appointed by the last Legislature to inquire into the finances of Greenville county, with special regard to the supervisor's of fice, is rapidly developing a sensation of .large proportions. Following the arrest, on Saturday as he was about to board a train for North Carolina, of young Arthur Speegle, son of the ex-supervisor, whose books arc said to show various forms cf criminal ir regularities, on a warrant sworn out by Chairman Avery Patton, of the in vestigating committee, charging young Speegle with obtaining money under false pretenses by fraudulently draw ing more salary than the act entitled him to, Governor Heywvard has receiv ed a request from the committee for requisition papers for the father, Mr. J. E. Speegle, who is at Henderson ville, where he is said to be in a dy ing condition. The committee did not mention any particular charges against J. E. Speegle. The Governor was merely informed that the requisition was desired in connection with the investigation. Young Speegle has been released on a bond of $1,000. Half a dozen other arrests of promin ent people are expcted to follow at Greenville this week. A storm of local politics has been raging about t1'a supervisor's office for some time. At the last election the friends of the defeated candidate, Walker, who was counted out in the primary, and in whose behalf neither the State executive committee nor the courts would interfere, went into the general election, after Senator Till man had taken a hand in the matter and advised them not to do so, and elected Walker on the independent ticket Speegle's friends claim that the work of the committee is largely inspired by politics and that he will be able to satisfactorily explain every thing and account for all moneys. In Ithe meantime the committee is pro ceeding. to unearth things. A liveryman called upon to explain why he was given $1.145 for a certain job, showed his books to prove that he had received only' $340. The com mittee is looking for the $805, and is also trying to find out the wherefore of an employe of the county receiving pay, at $20 per month, for 19 months in 1902 and 18 months in 1904. The committee is also trying to find out why 40 bushels of corn meal a month was charged to the county alms house. whereas the present supervisor only uses 15 bushels at this place; why Blacksmith J. Rowley Smith. son of a well-konwn pozitician, was paid $1.6S9 for 750 pairs of shackles and how it was a county physician got in $2.000 worth of services to a gang of 20 men in the course of a year. riTaken to Columbia. ~lumrbia, Special.-Sheriff Epper gof Sumter county. arrived in Co bcia Sunday night with Jim Faylor, C)-year-old negro boy, in custody. negro is charged with attempting kfinai a assault upon Mi1ss Wilson a he Betts lumber, mill about three 0s from Sumter, and was brought Sand placed in the penitentiary safe keeping. p Expected Lynching Averted. dlumbia. Special.-Governor Hey I received a telegram from Sumter s-ng that there was danger of a i aing there, that the mob searching y usailIant of Mi1ss Wilson. at Betts' lill,~1 hAd captured a suspect. e earlias satisfied, was the guilty comflolhat the sheriff had gone to Foley't suspect named John Tay oubt tgthere for safe-keeping. ase Cq-to lynching at Sumter. as McLAURIN ON TlE DISPENSARY Ex-Senator Scores The State Liquor Institution in Strong Terms. Columbia State. A great meeting was held at Dillon Tuesday. It was a farmers' meeting, and was addressed by several promi nent speakers, who discussed the questions of the day. At length the dispensary came in for a share of in teresting talk. This was occasioned by the reply of former Senator McLaurin to some questions which were submitted to him during the course of his speech. It was understood by some that the meeting was to be held under the aus pices and in the interests of the South crn Cotton Association, with politics entirely eliminated. This rule had been adhered to by Mr. R. P. Hamer and Senator R. I. Manning, the two first speakers The Dispensary. Former Senator McLaurin had spok en for about ten minutes, following these lines also, when a gentleman from the audience approached the plat form and handed- the speaker a paper. Having finished his sentence, Mr. Me Laurin rea-1 the paper, then read it to the auCience, and the paper in ques tion was as follows: "Senator: At our committee meeting yesterday we decided we were all of one acord on the cotton question, hav ing read much on the subject and hav ing many able speakers who will fol low you here today. For that reason we decided that we would remind you that the burning question of the hour with us is and will be for the immedi ate future; dispensary or no dispen sary, and if you have no serious ob jections we would like to hear your views on the subject. What do ,you think of tlie dispensary laws as it is writ on the statute books of this State, and as it has been, is, and probtbly will be, as long as it is a law, executed by those in authority?" Nigned: W. T Bethea, W. M. Hamer, E. L. Moore, E. R. Hamer, Wade Stack house. Mr. M-cLaurin said that he had been charged by some as being a- politician, and this subject was one that politi cians are now dodging pretty skill fully, but that he had stayed in Wash ington long enough to get above that. He had never failed to expressed his opinion upon any-public question, and if they wanted to hear -him discuss the di?pensary law he would do so. The crowd at once vociferously sig nalized a desire for this very thing, and the speaker warmed up so in stantaneously that he began by say ing: "If you'll excuse me, I'll shed a collar." Collar and tie at once came off, and all the forces at the speaker's command were brought to bear upon the subject. Mr. McLaurin, in un measured terms, condemned the entire system, from its very beginning. He had no good word for it, but condemn ed it as a reproach upon the State, a reproach that time could not efface. He paid sarcastic reference to -"the sage- of Trenton and his quiet dairy farm," and d'rew a parallel from Louis XV and his guillotine to "our 'grand monarch' whose destruction is before him." The chairman called time on the speaker twice, but amid great ap plause he was asked to continue. The second time he was called the crowd again shouted for him to continue and when Mr..,F. H. Weston gave him five minutes of his time and Mr. F. H. Hyatt followed with a similar state ment,, the speaker continued amid re newed cheers and applause. Farmers Rally at Aiken. Aiken. Special.-Ther'e will be a meeting of the Cotton Growers' Asso ciation of Aiken county at the court louse next Saturday'at 11 o'clock. All the Aiken county clubs are invited to tttend and every citizen, no matter what his calling may be, who is inter ested in the prosperity of the South, is invited to attend and join the as sociation, the cost of doing so being only 25 cents per annum. The matter of h'.ilding a cotton warehouse in Ai ken will be discussed and it is believed that the plans for doing so will be perfected. If this warehouse can be buit, it will greatly reduce the chances of a repetition of the losses recently sustained by the farmers of Aiken county. Other matters of vital interest to the people will be discuss ed. Mr. W. W. Woolsey, president of the association, extends a cordial in vitation to all and hopes that every farmer in Aiken county will be pres ent. It is hoped that President Jordan and others will address the meeting. .Wofford's New Building. Spartanburg, Special.-Work on the new building, which will be an ex tension of the Wofford College Fitting school, has begun- This will be a very attractive and substantial struc ture, two stories high, of brick, con taining five clzss rooms and an as sembly hall. The old building will be used as a dormitory. The attendance of the fitting school for thle past sev eral sessiois has been so decidedly increased as to necessitate more room, and the college authorities wise ly decided to have adequate facilities furnished by erecting the new build ing. Cotton Warehouse Companies. A charter was issued to the Dillon Storage Company, which is capitalized at $3.000. R. P. Stackhouse is presi dent and Wade Stackhouse secretary and treasurer. The purpose of the company- is to store cotton. Another orgab~atic-n having the same purpose is the Orangeburg Warehouse Comi pany. capitalized at $C.000. This comn pan:. was chartered yesterday, the of ficers being J. S. Harby. pr-esident. and Robert Lide, secretar-y and treasurer. Negro Baby's Death. Aik'en. Special.-A negro boy baby was found dead here Tuesday morning. It is thought that its death was caused from ill treatment or criminal neglect. It. was a month old and had whooping (cgh for about a week. its nmother wsariested and iriedi about twvo weks ago for dleserting her child in Lngley. She was cleared of the ch'arge and forced to bring the chld .i2ck to Aiken. A cor'oner's inquest <I!! be held here. at whiich it will be decided w.hcther the child came to its deathi by fcuti play or from, natur-al ORDER CLEAN SWEEP Statistical Department Will Ucdergo Thorough Reorganization DAYS TAKES CHARGE OF BUREAU Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Given a Free Hand to Cleanse the Bureac of Statistics of the Stigma 'Left by the Cotton Leak Scandal. Washington, Special.-Assistant Sec retary of Agriculture Willet N. Hays has taken hold of the affairs of the Bureau of Statistics, with instructions from Secretary Wilson, approved by President Roosevelt, to cleanse the bu reau of the stigma left by the cotton leak scandal. His authorit is unlim ited. He has been told that he may have whatever clerical force he needs and if there are any employes whose services he thinks should be dispensed with, they will be discharged. It is regarded as extremely likely there will be a complete reorganization of the force employed in the statistical de partment as well as a thorough re vision of tie orders governing the monthly crop reperts, the latter hav ing already been outlined in a circular e issued by Secretary Wilson. In that regard Secretary Wilson said that hereafter if there are accusations againist the integrity of the bureau it must be directed against himself or Assistant Secretary Hays, as he has, no intention of allowing any other person access to information that might be used in stock jobbing. Mr. Hays probably will be in charge of the bureau unL1 after Congress as sembles, as it is believed that a compe tent man to take the place of Mr. Hyde, who resigned recently as chief statis tician cannot be had for the salary paid by the government, $3,0-0 a year. Con gress will be asked to increase the sal ary and it is the intention of Secretary Wilson to place in charge of the office a man whose ability has been estab lished, but one who has no connection with statistical bureaus attached to stock brokerage offices. Whoever is appointed will first be approved by the President. A rumor has been circulated that when Congress assembles a movement will be started to have the crop gath ering bureaus transferred to the De partment of Commerce and Labor in order to insure a more complete reor ganization. Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, a warm personal friend of Secretary Wilson. is slated 'for the chairmanship of the Senate committee on agrie,:'.iure. He has made a study of the methods of crop reporting and it is known that he is opposed unalterably to any change of the character suggested. Many Deaths From Heat. New York, Special.-While the rec ord of deaths and prostrations greatly exceeded that of TIuesday. there was a distinct diminution Wednesday in the temperature prevailing throughout the eastern section of the country. Al though the mid-day heat was every where terrific, it was' broken by scat tered thunderstorms, 'many of a very violent character, and towards eveniny the temperature fell rapidly, until nor mal summer conditions were reached.. In New York the highest temperature recorded was 95, one degree lower than' that of Tuesday. when the highest record of the season was reached. Phil adelphia reported a slightly higher maximum range and in other cities thc& highest point Tuesday was not touched, while everywhere a sharp fall was no ticed, beginning early in the afternoon. Following are the maximum tempera tures and the deaths and prostrations from the effects of the heat.. City. Max. Tem. Deaths. Pros. New York ... 95 75 167 Philadelphia .. ..95.8 10 40' Baltimore.... 92.2 4 9 Washington .. . .92 1 14 Boston ... .....-94 1 25. Pittsburg .... ...87 5 3 Buffalo... .....76 - -- The culminative effect of the con- I tinued torridity of these days was pain fully evident in the enormous increase of the number of deaths in New York. While the death roll of Tuesday was only 26, that of Wednesday reached the appalling total of 75, being nearly half of those prostrated. This was almost entirely due to collapse of young chil dren and aged persons, whose exhaust ed vitality was unequal to the straim of further suffering. Tragedy at Rome, Georgia. Rome, Ga., Special.-George Wright, city passenger and ticket agent here, for the Southern -Railway, was shot and killed by Vince T. Sanford. San ford refuses to talk and the cause of the tragedy is not known. Mrs. Wright is prostrated. She was ill yesterday and the killing of her husband, it is feared, will cause her death. The grand jury, which has. been in session, 'returned a true bil, charging murder to Sanford. Acting under advice of his attorneys, Sanford continues silent. The only statient he has made is: "He has ruined my home and I have killed him.. I would don the same thing agaim. Win. A. Day Becomes Comptroller. New York. Special.-Chairman Paul Morton. of the Equitable Life Assur ance Society, summiarily removed a& comptroller T. D. Jordan and appointed in his stead William A. Day, Assistant Attorney General of the United States. Chairman Morton gave out a statement in which he said: "-The reason for Mr. Jordans removal was his refusal to fur nish me information regarding import ant transactions of the society which I am investigating." Five Miners Killed. Des Moines, Iowa, Special.-Five miners were literally blown to piecel by the explosion of 25 pounds of dynas mite in a storage powder house at tbh West Riverside coal mine, two mile: west of the city. The dead are: Charles Brow~n, Luke Miller, Harr3 Belknap, Delt Vance, George Arro wood. Heads. arms and legs v:.'re scattered a~round for a distan~c ecf -,0u feet. N4 ne knew cf the exploiun un-.!! thi la- <hif came to work.