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-low +#The- Yellow Peri-r Only One Hope for Continued White Supremacy. By Bernard P. Shippray. ++++++++0@ USSIA has richly deserved the puinishment she has received, a+ and her reverses on land and sea are but the natural fruk * of the corruption, insolence and insincerity of her govern ment Nevertheless, Japan's tiiumph is anything but a cause for congratulation and elation among the rullg.na tions of the earth. It has brought appreciaboly nearer the end of the white man's world iule, and it points to the time when the yellow races will doninate the seas and lands that we of white skins have so long looked on as ours. In variably, with Japanese influence predominant in Asia. China will be organized on modern industrial lines. Her vast natural resources, her teem ing population of industrious. capable workers will be developed in competi ton with the nations of Europe and the Americas. Under the guidance of the Japanese, China's millions of inhabitants in three generations will solve the problem of the onen door by producing such manufactures as the country needs. Importation will stop because home manufactured goods. of a quality equaling the best made in other countries, will supply the home markets. Cost of manufacturing will be lower in China than in any other country. Soon she will have a saiplus to dispose of, and the outlet for that surplus she will seek in Europe and on this continent. If the law of supply and demand is not hindered in its operation by leg islative enactments directed against Chinese goods, Chinese manufacturers will un-derseU us in our own markets. Our manufacturing suprenacy-that is, England's, Germany's, France's, America's-will be not only lost, but our manufacturers will be forced to close :their mills and their employes will be without means of obtaining a livelihood, unless they can sink to the level of the ChInese. On the other hand, if protective- -measures are adopted in self-defence, they will ultimately result in war-.a war of the Japanese-Chinese against the 'white nations of the world. :Such -a war, with the Japanese-Chinese forces animated .by the spirit that :animates the Japanese of today, conducted as Japan has -coducted the present -war. .and with the opposing forces managed as the armies of. all other nations are managed now, could end only in com Plete :success for the yellow allies. There is but one rift in the clouds. With increasing knowledge of west ern nations, Japan may adopt western vices of public administration. Graft. corruption. favoritism. cheap politics may weaken her now splendid system of honor, truth and patriotism. 'Under such circumstances, the whites would have -a fair chance to wir. .Otherwise,:the whites are lost. .. Tired Out.A By Kaie Thorn. TERYBODY has :the :same complaint Everybody .is :tired out. No energy, .no.ambiticn, no life, no anything. It is a luxury to meet with a person who does not say anything about his .liver, or his nerves, or his catarrh, or grip, or spo-:ted .fever, and the age his grandmother died at. Women -especially are tired out. You can't find one who has energy enough to make her husband a -shirt, or tend her baby without a nursemaid, but:there are a great many with enduranae enough left a> take -care of a couple & lapdogs and a poll par rott. When we look :around us,. and-see how things are managed, and how the lives -of our friends are ordered, we.are not surprised that vitality is a thing of the past. It is a dreadfully .tough .job to live nowadays., and do it as our friends expect us to do it. The wife and mother of a family.must keep herself young. and she must dye her hair when it turns gray, and pull cut the hairs on her upper lip when they threaten to develop into .a moustache, and she must paint, and powder, and crimp, and wear tight shoes.-and tight corsets, and flounces, and ruffles, and plaitings,.and fiummydiddles,,and she must dress her children fit for the ballroom every day, because Mrs. .Judge Cushing dresses hers n .that way; and she must have a large house full-of fine furniture and artistic decorations, and she must paint .roses, and all the daughters must paint roses,.and do Ken sington stitch, .and make sunflower -tidies, and ottomans, and screens, and things ;by the score,.to be set up in everybody's way, and a nuisance generally. And there must be .a tconservatory,;and .an aviary, and some gold .fishes, and several pots~af.ferns-to keep in order:and stumble ovrer, and all the boys must haive voclocipedes, and rocking horses, and pointer dogs to sea to; and the grown -girls must have organs, and pianos and saddle horses and aurtonmobiles. and new dresses .for every ball, and new jewelry for every party. And there must be dinners, and .teas, .and garden parties, and -tennis par ties, and company every evening, and a trip to Saratoga or Long Branch- and the mountains every summer, anda'trip to Florida ever~y winter; and -a trip to Europe :sandwiched .between, every <two or three years, and new outfits .tor .everything. No ,wonder people are tired. No wonder nerves are not what-they-u.sed to be. No wander 'we .die before we live -out half our days. A-: a :nation, we are rushing ourselves to death trying to be happy and fashionabale. We rush along at high pressure. We have just as many balls and parties to get through with this -week; just as many .trips and excursions to make This month: And so many things -to be got rcady for each occasion! "Things' :are :the curse of modern existence! Why is it :that we must have new things :to go esomewhere when one has already so many clothes -that she knows not -what -to do with them? Why -should sensible women act as if the whole fate ,of the universe depended on 'how many rows of shirring they had -in an overskirt? Life is all hurry. We hurry through one thing to get to another. We want to crowd -all we can into our .lifetime. We turn right into day., and dance and fiirt away the hours for sleep,:and we drink wines and strong tea and coffee., "tto brace-up our nerves," and -we eat late suppers, and we 'live i-a hot rooms, 'and -we use -poisonous face powder, and wear murderous corsets, and shoes which give us untold agony; .and 'ye die at thirty-five or forty, and -our friends put -up tombstones with symbols -of broken lilies, etc., and inserip tions which :signify that "God called us"--when, instead, if the truth were told, our ton'bstones should :bear the legend. "Died of too m-uch dancing, .toe :much dissipa.tion,,and .too .mach fashiom."--.Nw York Weekly. T Let The ChiLd Alone By The iRev. Merle St Crcix Wright. *:.!.!.'<.:-+4 WE -the children more active -accomplisha>.nts-dancing. + +~ hoF ek :idin-, gynasitrm 'work, swimming, he said .I think that a child who assaciates closely wi'~h the noble +. +E 1horse cannot go-tL wrong. 4. 0 Praine, not bh-.me, is the great agent that helps children to -grow. :For chikiren are al .heroes, and there is nothing +-++<-+<+ they will :not do tilat you 'beiieve .or expect them to do. I ~~ '~woUndn't :lea-~k a 'child's wili :for ,anything, nor take the bloum from its natare. There us -nothing in the -world like real nahire of a child. And wparents rometimes attempt to break the will of the -chid when thney themselves are oqnt of temper -anti -punish without cause. Instead fney should keep their heads col and thbi~r .reason calm if ,the child needs -purnishment. 'The pimishmnent shtnd fit -tne child,;and not ft-e irime. Study your child. K It riay be imaginative.. j~g may .be sensrlive. It mzy -do ~& mischievens thing 5 just f-or aM.ange. In that -case how can yau punish .it by aniy set of hard and \ fast rules. .Always nake -the -chbd undenmr~and just -why -it 3.s being -sutished. I consider that to bring up oera child udght be eind~ an art, but to -bring un many must h.- a handiezft. -Children get licked and -whipped and :round ed into shapr amoe:ig other thildren. They get independence in this way,:arid that is really the e:-:perience ,.6 the w orld. it-eems to me you can't let achijid too miuch alone. Frceedom. companionship. fellowiship. love- hose are wrhat childiren need. By trust ing and believing in them you can brir g about the' thtings in tiem that you dcsire to see. It seems to me that the~ lesson henveee pa-ent a~nd child is oiw- of reciprocity-that ~eh g rows throtgh the other. Anid I bell'i-e that the cadren :~ave more rights against parents than the parents ha-r against the child(ren. Two Fisher Cats Caught. f ~ WAIN TZ G. W. Streeter of Bolton caug~ht n ~ ~ ~ ~ gr rbetwl traps in the Bolton SMountains rcent~' a'--'n- ly eo'~ ie two fisher eats, animals rarei 3 Oeer.. lOX in this part of the coumry~. ---.'aes If heanul The animals have he-ads wich r- ~~ ~ ~ a. l semble that of a bear. Tihey weha- a:v-theoehdt about ten pounds each. They- pcosa: -- I~i- ~n a fneblak urwhch s -~~~--- - ---Ths oe ~eth-gir prole willa ~dr. Straietd. it does. IninIahaverenfug-y cious and w-ill puz up) a grod !! t-hr St. Albaus 31esenger.- _ TW TRE it i xZcr ~v~7~s o~t~e Hutbyn-Whichi half is it i at does onen't know how the other h i lives. P~b~e :~a:~tU ~ ~~- tWifey-Taboutbetter half .frAnswers. AlTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION ti Attorney General Gunter Has Given An Opinion. P There has been a good deal of talk 5 in parts of the State about certain de- t fects in the Brice law. s Mr. W. F. Clayton. of Florence. is one of these who asked the attorney C general for information on the matter a of ordering elections. -Mr. Clayton's P object evidently is not to befuddle the U matter, but to get definite instructions 11 upon which to act, for he is the chair- c man of the board qf commissioners of a election for Florence county. Senator e J. S. Brice and the supervisors of New. b berry and Union counties have asked questions which are answered in the reply of the attorney general. Mr. Gunter holds that the elections should be held under the general elec tion law and should be managed ac- a cordingly. As there may be man 0 counties interested in this matter, the opinion is published in its entirety s N that counties may follow the sugges- + tions and not have the question o- I technicalities raised tco late to remedy s the matter. Following is the letter o-2 n Mr. Gunter to Mr. Clayton: N Columbia, S. C., July 28. 1905. 9 Mr. W. F. Clayton, Chairman Board of p Commissioners of Election. I Florenuce, S. C. g Dear Sir: You request to be advise I c whether under the act authorizing . a vote upon "dispensary" or "no disper. sary" what are your duties as chair- t man of the board of commissioners cf p election under the direction of the pro- it vision that such eleceion "shall be con- V ducted as other special elections," and t stating further, "I am unable to find t( any general law upon thes ubject of e special elections. The designation of P an election as special carries with it 11 the idea of a special act, and or e i special act is not authority for a'i other: hence I am constrained to view t the law as defective, and to such E.n u extent does this defect go that if a: makes it inoperative. But of that I t have no contest. I want to know if any duty devolved upon the county t. board 'of election commissioners in case an election is held in Floren e e county upon the dispensary questicn. If our boprd is to appoint managers of t election I want to know it so that we may do our duty. I further desire to e know if it devolves upon our board t to pxrepare for the election, who is to a pay for the election and what rate of ti pay is necessary. I cannot conceive how the State is liable as it is in a general election for managers' p:ly, neither can I see any authority .:or the county to pay those managers. rior can I see any authority unler the see tion for the supervisor to appoint man agers. I would, therefore, 1LKe your early .oninion unon tie two proposi- s tions submitted so that the cou-Ity board of election commissioners can do their duty, if any duty they have 0 in this case of elections." I quote your letter of inquiry exten sively. as the questions and state- 0 ments -will probably add light to the P matter, and take the liberty of reply ing herein to communications fiom the county supervisors of Union and i1 Newberry counties, and to Hon. J. S. f Brice. of Yorkville, asking construc tion of certain features of the statute. lt as this reply covers the questions. c I am riot unmindful of the fact -:hat t there is a case now pending before the a Supreme Court involving, as I under stand it, questions propounded here. i and were there only one c~ounty affect- E ed andl that county before the cotirt I 2 should not attempt to anticipate the r court; but as every other count.y in c the State has a right to invoke this particular law at once I do not deem b it impertinent to give the beneft of my views to the administrative of- s ficers of the law who are entitled top the same, there being no abinding obli-v gation to accept them. By an act approved Feb. 25, 1904, ,n (p. 485, .acts 1905) "any county may h seure the establishment of a diupen- 3 sary or dispensaries or the removal e of a dispensary 0:: dispensaries n ithin t its limits in the following mar.ner: Upon the petition of one-fourth of the qualified -voters of each county for ant election upon either the question of 3 the establishment or the removal ofb dispensaries therein being filed with the county supervisor of each ecunty, he shall order an election, submitting Ithe question of 'dispensary' or 'no dlis-t pensary' to the qualified voters 01 sucht Icounty. which shall be conduced as1i other special elections," etc. a By the rnanda:e of the general as sembly it is evident that the only way for a county to vote in or vote out Idispensaries is by an election conduct ed as other special elections. The question then resolves itself in:o the proposition,. Does our law provi:le for e 'other special elections. and if so how are they to be conducted? It "other s special election&" are provided for it is clear that such a prov'isioni must be jg followed . Sction 205 of the eivil code of 1902 Iprovides "'general elections for -:ederal IState and county officers in this State sall be held on the first Tuesday fol lowing the first Monday in November, h 1896, and in every second year there aftr, and at such voting places as has been or may be established by law: ! and all general or' special elections 1 held pursuant to the constitution of 'the State shall be regulated and con- i ducted according tO the rules, prin cipes and provisions hereinafter pre scribe-i1." This is the only general provision for .the conduct of special elections tha 1 have been able to find, and itr is found in chapter 10. entiitiel. "The Manner of Conducting Elections and Returning Votes." That the elections provided for by Ithe 1904 act- are "special" seems to me to be clar. and the suggestion that conducted as "ether special electionisC 'efers to .elections under- a specixal act is I think, without mer it, for lie _term "special eetion" as used here is to s contraistinlguishi such elections from b L IgeneraJ elections. each being a g~enera! class with a differert applicauOn. while throse relections under t. spcela ' ac't are for specified localities and se. limited pufporc-. Tat 9uch ani election in quesUn [ must :Y- ndl is he'l:1 pursuant to, in entuon" as required scerms to m evident. for the 'onstittionl in article 8.~ seon ". dirts that in th'e - f assembIy shai! hat. -he righ- to pro hibit the sale- of ako,,clIe liqors' and may lieense persons to sell liu ors 1n1f dr u1chi rules as it deems~ rp:-r o: a- authorize ecrtai:.' p''li hrfi.1r. in ,' naii o th Stat aohol i on could be held otherwise than pur iant to the constitution unless there ere unconstitutional provisions. whic'h not suggested. The cases in 54 S. C. of Segars vs. arrott. p. 1. and State vs. Moore. p. 16. in reference to special elections en ie formation of new counties and anging county lines are in point and istain this view. In the case of Hunter vs. Senn. 61 S. ., p. 44. wbich involved the validity of n election upon the question of "dis ensary" or "no dispensary" in the >wn of Prosperity, the supreme court eld that because the ballots did not )nform to the statutory requirements s to the size, ecolor, etc., that such an lection was not thereby invalidated: ut this conclusion was based mani stly upon the fact that. this was a mu icipal election to be governed by ie ordinance of the town on that sub t. for the report of t'ie referee says: My attention has not been called to ny statute regulating the size, shape r color of ballots in municipal elec ons. general or special and that the uestion as to such was imma-:erial, -hich was sustained by the court in ie following language: "There is no LW which condemns the course pur ied by the electors at this special mu icipal election.' " Had this been a unty election then ne:essarily the law overning elections in a county must revail. which is none other than the LW governing an election to fill the eneral election laws of the State. This se fortifies the view expressed bove. From an examination of the various xt books, encyclopaedias, State re orts, etc . there is abundant author y for the view that where authority )r a spezial election fails to provide ie machinery. recourse should be had ) the geieral election law accepting ther this view or the interpretation laced upon our election laws as here tbefore expressed the law, the result thrs same. I am, therefore, of the opinicon that ie supervisor ordering an election ader the 1904 act (commonly known the "Brice act") should direct the ime to t'he commissioners of election, iat the requirements as to the size of le bellots, time of opening and closing ie polls, eligibility of voter, and all the*: requirements governing a general lection should be complied with. It follows from this conclusion that ie expenses of the election axe to be tet just as the expenses of a general .ection as governed by action 222 of ie code. If there are no funds avail le it becomes a matter for legisla ve consideration. Respectfully, U. X. GUNTER, Jr.. Attorney General. NEWSY GLEANINGS. The Government is going to bulild rty-two schoolhouses in the ?anaua yne. Portsmouth, England. has passed an -dinance for the suppression of cock :owing. A French torpedo boat has been sent at to engage in battle vitn the por Dise along the coast of Brittany. The Kaiser has adlded to the German rmy bands trurnpeters provided with istruments three feet in length. made -om Suth African antelope's horns. Professor Reickenbach is said to ave p-:oved that thirty persons in I00 in sec, in th:e da:'k, colored rays from ie human 'body and flashes from a On five different chbarges of commit g breaches of the New Zealand hops and Offices act, :i Christehurch sbonger and restaurant keeper was S.iy~ fined ?5 10s., with ?7 1-'s. Two earts. fhll of bread, dIrawn by orses, were utilized to supply the uests at ai gigantic wedding feast at erignac, in Brittanxy, at whlich 1000) ersons were present. anxd seventeen -hole oxen were consumed. A retired ermy lieutenant hans bc.en rest d at Naiupiin. Greeec. owing to [. Delannis. the Premier. would be ssassinated on JTune 13. which was I actual date of the crime. Professor N. A. Cobb, of Spencer, [ass., who bas beeri in the emlloy of e Australian colonia! mov'i~ee't in 'ew South WVales. has been engaged y Secretary Wilson to push scientific irming ini the Hawaiian Islands. In order that: le may faimiliarize imself with the work of railroaid men, I Rev, Dwight E., Potter, pastor of 1 Union Street Presbyterian Church, 1Oakland, Cal.. has gone to work as i oiler in the railroad yards of his NATIONAL GAME.. Dick Cooley (Am.) has made but one ror in forty-four games. Dundon. of Chicago (Am.), made but x misplays in fifty games. Seymour (Nat.) has hit safely in i teen games in succession. Chicago (Nat.) fans have finally for otteni Fred Pfeffer. JTohnny Evers 'he Boston Nationals have scored swer runs than any other major ;gue team. Fred. Mitchell (Nat.) has thus far r'formed in five different positionis >r Brooklyn. Mertes (Nat.) hit safely fourteen mues in the last eight games of the 'estern trip. When not working in a game the oston (Nat.) pitchers practice control a the turnstile. Jimmy Williams (Am.) has made four 'isp~lays in fifty games. and not One in .cnty games. Maloney tNat.) turned down by three ao league clubs. has been averiag ig three steals to a game lately. The New York American League lub has bought Catcher Livingston 'om the Wheeling Club for $800. Crawford and Hiekman have again wapped positions. Crawford going ack to Detroit's (Am.) tirst base. Bob Emixslie (Nat.) seems to be the ist unfortunate of umpires in the ntater of being injured by foul tips. There is not at man of the entire Cin nati (Nat.i sextet of pite'her's who as a record of conisective' wins this Froi standing on his toes at short rd. Elberfeld (Am.) ha s hiardenedl a 't of leg muscles tha:t keep his heels T' the ground at all times. President Hart. of (Chic'ago. (Nat.) sures that his club lost's from~i $tI0 to [1)* eve'y year'01 onihlls that are ear' ei away in the spectators' pockets. SAD. 'I have loved andl lost," sighed the tan in black suspender's. "Hov. sad!" said the synmathetic -ind. "You loved the beautitul ir and lost her ?" "No, mar'ried her, and ever since I tvo lost all loose change T jeft in A ilORRIBLE DEATH Young Man Swallowed Alive By a Hungry Shark WAS CAUGiT NEAR BEAUFORT, N.C. Sutton Davis, 16 Years Old, Carried Away by a Large Shark, Which At tacked the Boy While He Was Wad ing in the Water at Davis' Shore. Beaufort. N. C., Special.-A most horrible and shocking occurrence took place at Davis' Shore, about ten miles east of Beaufort, Saturday afternoon, when Sutton Davis. a 16-year-old lad, while wading and playing in the water, was suddenly attacked and eaten by a very large shark. Young Davis was in water about waist deep when suddenly the shark approached him, threw him in the air, caught him as he struck the water, pulled him under and disappeared in the deep water with the boy. Thor ough search has been made, but no particle of his body has been found. Those who were with the boy were terribly frightened and could not help him. The occurrence has thrown a feel ing of horror over our town. The citizens and the guests of the commu nity, particularly the children, have enjoyed the fine dives and invigor ating swimming matches which they daily participated in. A large number of sharks have been noticed in the waters here for two weeks, but no one felt much anxiety on account of the presence of the ter rible monsters. 'A large quantity of fat-backs have been caught this month and a quantity of refuse matter has been thrown back into the water from the factories, and sharks have come in to feast on it. It is the first time a person has been molested by a shark in these waters in nearly 50 years. Five Killed by Lightning. New York, Special.-During a thun des storm of terrific intensity which passed over New York S'inday after won five persons were struck by lightning and instantly killed and nine were seriously injured at the Parkway Baths, Coney Island. At the same time five men were killed and three were prostrated at Gravesend Beach. Those killed: George Dunwoodie, of Buffalo. .Jacob Frankel, Manhattan. Robert F. Wasch, Bronx Borough. Charles Bennerle, Brooklyn. Henry Ransweiler. j Brooklyn. Frank Bennerle, Brooklyn. The injured: David Wilts, James J. Dunne, Tina Christiansen, Harry Krohn. Clara 'rieil, Mary L. Curley, Isaac Raff and wife, Amelia Schone, William Rans 'eiler, John Apple, Daniel McCauley, all of Brooklyn. Express Office Robbed. Palatka, Fla., (Special.)--The safe of the Southern Express Company here ivas opened by burglars between 3 and 4 o'clock Sunday morning and currency to the amount of about $2,000 was taken. Mr. Graves. the agent, who sleeps in the office, was bound hand and foot by the robbers and his keys secured. The safe .was opened by com bination. The cash dirawer was rified, one of the keys taken from Graves unlocking it. Checks, money orders and everything but the cash were cast aside. Aged Man Hanged. Butte. Mont.. Special.-Miles Fuller was hanged for the murder of Henry J. Gallahan, October 24. 1904. Fuller is over '70 years of age, and he presented a pathetic figure as he walke-i from the jail to the gallows. He has attempted to commit suicide several times, and three death watches were placed over him.' By Wire and Cable. English doctors had an unexpected entertainment when they visik.d Dr. Prugen in the course of a trip to Paris. When he had shown them his museum he ushered them into his op erating room, where he performed eight important operations. including one for appendicitis, in two hours and a half. An ice factory for Southern Pines is projected. The treaty signed by 12 European countries intended to suppress the white slave traffic has, gone intE ef For attempting to bring a strike to a peaceful ending, George Prescott. walking delegate for the National Teamsters' Union, was shot, probably fatally. The four men who were thought tO have been drowned late Saturday by the sinking of the yacht Narkeeta in the Delaware Bay, near Lewes. Del.. have arrived at Bower's Beach, a few miles from Lewes. Thirteen Savannah druggists have been arrested and bound over to court for selling cocaine. Buddy Ryan won from George Peter son in the twentieth round of their Seven persons were killed and 54 in jured so tar this year by automobiles in Chicago. Figures show an appaling increase over las: year's record of one killed and seventy-three injured. Fred. E. Carlton. suspected of mur der and other crimecs and held in New York. has been fcqund to have married a widow in Troy. Ala., whom he rob bed anid deserted. Thomas F. Ryan has made an agree ment, it is said. to sell thc Equitable Life Assurance Society stock bought by him within two years for $2,500.00'0 aad 4 per cent. interest. Mr. lilliard Pegeuw. son of .Major R. E P(geus. of Cht-raw. S. C. kille-d a r't-tl-nake on their plantanion during 'he past wck. The snak~e had1 19 rai ties- and button. Mr. Pegen? Was p~ing through a field and h'' dlo ucu''e up h. hae w-as coiled redy fr a :-r1ike. Tus i:- I: de --ges. :a! n- wn corted from thi se'ctionr fol SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The South Carolina section of the De partment of Agriculture issues the fol iowing official bulletin of weather and :rop conditions for the past week: The week ending Monday, July 24th, had a mean temperature about 2 de grees per day above normal. The ex remes were a maximum of 100 de grees at Blackville and Florence on the 20th and a minimum of 61 degrees at Charleston on the 19th and at Green ville on the 20th. it was somewhat -ooler at the close of the week. The sunshine was normal, or slightly above, and was highly benificial. There were a few local high -inds, but no serious damage was done. There was practically no rain over the eastern half of the State; in the ?entral counties there were numerous local showers, some of which were heavy; there were also scattered light showers over the western counties. What rain fell was highly beneficial, as it occurred in localities that needed it. Over the greater portion of the central and southern counties the ground has become very dry and rain is needed. Where the rainfall was heavy last'week crops did exceptionally well, but where it was light last week and none fell this week, crops suffered and general ly deteriorated cotton by wilting under the high temperature, and rusting, turning yellow and shedding; corn by firing and wilting. Cultivation made fair progress and over a large portion Gf the State crops have been laid by although this work will not be com pleted for several weeks. Cotton continued to make rapid growth generally and has too a large weed and too little fruit over the greater portion, while a number of re ports indicate that growth has stop ped, and that th.e plants are blooming to the tom, There are fewer reports of damage from insects. and more of rust and shedding and of plants turning yel low. Cotton is beginning to open in lower Barnwell county. There is a general improvement in both old and late corn, although the former is too nearly ripe to be greatly benefited by the recent rains. Fodder pulling has begun. Some old corn "fired" to the ears. Bottom lands that were flooded are recovering slow ly. The heat and insectb have injured growing tobacco. Selecting and curing are active. Peas for forage are prcmis ing. Rice is beginning to head in the Colleton district; June rice being cul tivated in the Georgetown district. Pas tvres excellent. Peaches a.e fairly plen tiful but many are rotting on the trees. LeConte pears are ripening. Sweet po tatoes and cane are doing well. Proposed New Lines. Bennettsville, S. C., Special.-The talk which your correspondent heard during his recent trip across the State and a few days stays at White Stone Springs was not confined to newspa pers and polities. The industrial prog ress and p'rosperity of South Carolina. especially in the Pee Dee section. were topics of general discussion. The ques tion of railroad building and boat transportation along the Pee Dee is receiving not a little attention. One of the important projected rail roads is from Dillon to Gibson, con necting there with a branch of the Seaboard to Hamlet. The promoters of this enterprise say that the road will be built. It is stated that Dillon has subscribed $10,000. Little Rock $10, 000. Clio $5,000 and McColl $10,000 for this road. It will pass through the best section of Marlboro and Marion counties, and its promoters expect it to pay good dividends, besides enhanc Sig the value of the already valuable property along the line. Th Lenettsville and Cheraw road is also preparing to make an extension. A meeting of the stockholders has been Icalled to increase the capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000. The direction of the extension has not been deter mined upon. It will probably go south ward by Blenheim or Drake. Mr. Matheson and the other financiers who are back -of this road have Southport as their objective point, and hope to reach that splendid port in the not distant future. Quarantines Againat New Orleans. Havana, By Cable.-On account of the existence of yellow fever at New Orleans. quarantine has been declar ed against that port. The Southern IPacific line steamer Excelsior, which is due here Monday. has sixty young women students from Texas College on board. The officials say that they will be required to remain on the yes sel or ,to undergo the usual five days' detention at the quarantine station. Colonel Lamont Dead. Poughkeep.sie, N. Y., Special.-Col. Daniel Lamont, Secretary of War under President Cleveland, died at 9:15 Sun day evening at his county residence, at MbroDuchess county, N. Y., after a brief illness. Heart failure was the cause of death. Col. and Mrs. Lamont were out driving this afternoon and Col. Lamont appeared to be enjoying the best of health. After dinner he comn plainedl of feeling ill and Dr. Stewart, of New York. who is a guest at the hou~se, immediately went to his aid. The physician diagnosed the case as an at tack of heart failure and in spite of the heroic treatment. Mr. Lamont passed away within half an hour. Caught Wi'.h the Goods' on H im. Greenville. Special.-Constable Alt om returned to the city Monday after noon from the upper section of , the county where he appeared before Mag istrate Southern as a witness against Harve Cox, indicted for violation of the dispensary law. During the trial a witness named Jesse Brooks. colored, .was placed on the stand. Constable. lAltom noticed a very full hip pocket on ~the witness, who was discovered to have a pint of blockade liquor on his pcrson. Total Dead Now 58. San Diego. Cal.. Special.-All men connected with the United States gun boat Bennington at the time of the fa ta! boiler explosion in San Diego hiar bor have been accounted for. Explo raucn of the vesse!'s hold continues as it is rapidly emnptied -of water. The summnfry of the situation low is: Dead. ~5S: wounlded. 46; uninjured. 92: deserted. I. Total number of crew be. fore accident. 197. C. A .M':mper was found alive and uninjured, blotting ut any missino- list. CAROLINA AFFAIR Many Newsy Items Gatered From all Sections. General Cotton Market. Galveston. quiet ..............10.15-16 New Orleans. easy ................10% Mobile. steady ....................10% Savannah. quiet ..................104 Charleston, nominal ...... ......10% Norfolk. quiet ....................10%$ Baltimore, nominal ...............11 New York, quiet .................11-0' 'Boston. quiet ....................11.05 Philadelphia. steady ........... 11.20 Houston, quiet .................104 Augusta, steady ...............10.13-16 Memphis, quiet ............ ......10% St. Louis. quiet ...................107s Lousiville, firm ..................10%. Charlotte Cotton Mlarket. These figures represent pria-s raid t. wagons: Strict good middling ..............10% Good middling ...................10%4 Strict middling ..................10% Middling ....................10% Tinges ................8Z to 9% Stains ...... ........ ........7 to S i STATE FARMER'S INST:TUTE - To be Held at Clemson Colege, Au gust 8th to 11th, 1905. PROGRAM. TUESDAY, AUGUST Sth. 8 p. m. Address of Welcome and Primary Exercises. Address by Senator B. R. Tillman on "Raising Hogs." WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9th. 10 a. m. Address by Prof. W. J. Spillman, United States Department of Agri culture. Subject: "Diversification cf Farm ing in the South." 2 p. m. Experience Meeting. 8 p. m. Address by J. A. Everett, Indianap olis, Ind. Subject: "How to Solve the Farm ers' Problems." THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th. 10 a. m. Address by Dr. S. J. Summers. Subject: "Farming in South Caro lina as an Opening for Young Men. Who Will Use Brains and Are Not Afraid of Work." 2 p. m. Experience Meeting. 8 p. m. Address by John Hamilton, Farm ers' Institute Specialist, United States Department of Agriculture. Subject: "The new Agriculture."' .FRIDAY, AUGUST 11th. 10 a. m. Address by M. V. Richards. Indus trial Agent Southern Railway. Subject: "Farmers' Interest in Im migration." Miss Catherine Mulligan. of Win throp College, will give a course in Domestic Science during the institute. NOTE. Ample provision will be made by the authorities of the college to assist the visitors in examining the college, sta tion and all the interests belonging. to Clemson Agricultural College. Lodging will be furnished free to the capacity of the institution. Apply for tickets at the entrance to the barracks, where your name will be registered and a bed .furnished, if possible. Meal tickets can be secu-ed for 25 , eents each.. More Lights For Greenwood. Greenwood. Special. - Superintend ent A. J. Sproles has received a ship ment of new material for the electri~ light plant. The plant is owned by the city and is one of the best in the State. It was found that the old one was inadequate to meet the demands f the subscribers and a new outfit was purchased recently, consisting of the latest and most approved electric ynamos and generators. About 40 ' ew and improved street lamps ivill e placed in various parts of the city n addition to those already stationed. Petitions For Pardons. Governor Heyward last week re eived a petition for pardcn for Susan nab Malachi, of Marlboro county, who was convicted a few weeks ago on the, harge of arson and was sentenced to serve a term or five years in prison. Another petition for pardon was in behalf of W. Zeke Brown, of Williams burg county, who was convicted lastj' mocnth on the charge of violating the dispensary law' and was sentenced to, pay a fine of $100. Implicated George Gilliam. Newberry, Special.--The coroner's ury, holding an inquest over the body f Charles Gillam, colored, who was shot from ambush cn last Thursday ight, brought in a verdict that the de eased came to his death from a gun shot wound at tne hands of Horace Sheppard, alias George Gillam. This egro was captured by Sheriff Buford aturday in the Silver Street section. He killed another negro five years ago in the eastern part of Laurens ounty and had never been captured ntil the sheriff arrested him. It was not known at the time that orace Sheppard was guilty of the irst murder. Lexington Depct Plundered. Lexington. Special.-About 2 o'clock hursday morning robbers broke into he depot here and plundered the ex ress packages, opening drawers and esks and broke into the freight room. Boozer Strothers, colored, a back driv-1 r, happened to be passing, and seeing. he light under a door and being near rain time, went to the door and swung t open. Two pistol shots were fired nto him at close range and close to ether. He was badly wone and s in a serious condition. Farmers' Institute at Elgin. Lancaster, Special.-The farmers' nstitute at Elgin took place Tuesday, ccording to the programme previous y arranged. and was a decided suc ess in every way. Prof. W. S. Mor rison. Co!. M. 13. H-ardin and Prof. . N. Harper, of Clemson College and Cngrssman E. D. Finley. were the peakers frem abroad and .3r. George ? . .Tones. seretary cf the Lancaster Cunty Cotton Gro-.vers' Association,