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CONGRESS HA Past Session Has B Activity and Pu TIE PRESIDENT PL[ASED Closing Session Crowded With Hard Work.-The President Visited the Legislature Chambers. Washington. Special. - Both Houses of Congress adjourned at 10 o'clock Saturday night. For the first time in the history of the govern ment Congress adjourned on the day which close" the fiscal year. Other sessions had adjourned before and some after June 30, but the Fifty ninth Congress ended its first session on the day, when the government strikes its balances and closes its books. There were some interesting fea tures to mark the end, which fiinally came when there was less than a quo rum in either Eouse, as many senators and representatives relying on the be lief that the adjournment would come early in the day, made their arrange ments to ln theafternoon and they did not remain for the closing scenes. An error in The enrollment of the .sundry civil appropriation bill caused quite a flurry about the capitol. It was found by Secretary Root. in look. ing over the bill after it had been sighed by the President. that it con tained an appropriation of $3.000.000 for a site for a public building in Washinaton. a provision which had ben eliminated from two different bills. 'After some perplexity the error was corrected by a joint resolution. Roosevelt at the Capitol. President Roosevelt came to the capitol about 1 o'clock in anticipation .l - early adjournment. and when he found that there would be a de lav in order to secure the enrollment of the bills, which had to be passed. he took lunch in the capitol and in the afternoon visited the Conzression al library. Speaker Cannon rigidly carried out his initention of keeping back the ad journment resolutiei, until the bills were all passed and signed. and the hour for the end was it known un til a short time before the gavel fell with the announcement by Vice Pres-! ident Fairbanks in the senate and the speaker in the House, thait the, first session of the Fiftv-ninth Co' ~ress stood adjourned without day Both Senate and House met early but a long recess was necessary in th'e afternoon to enable the enrolling elerks to catch up to the bills thant had b enepassed. Teclosine .gedenes in the Senate ~ ora and without -interest. In the use there were the -usual hila rious performances consisting of amnusine speechen and songs which no eupied the time durintr the lone waits. antd members made the best of the hottest day of the season with mer r:ment. No Imperfect Business. No business of importance aside from completing the pending legisla tion was transaceted in either House (noring the day. The work neeomlished by the Con-: tress that arminated today is toldl by Speak":r C'annton to the Associeled Press He said: "In. y udgmrent the work done Shot Negro Intruder, Released. Danville. Special.-In the Mayor's -coud~ here Robert E. Morris, who shot and instantly killed an unknown nie gro who attempted to enter the b)ed room where his wife and daughter were sf'eeping Monday night, was ex onerated of all blame. The negro was buried Thursday. His identity~ was not established. Freight Wreck in Florida. I Ocala. Fla., Sp'cjil.-At 10 o'clock b Saturday ntight while a heavy freighit traini with tw'o engines was tryitng to mount a steep rade' on the Atlantic Coast line at Martin. nine miles north of Otc)ala, the traini broke ini r two and' the rear ear, were telescop ed by the' pushing eninei. The (.. a ductor (' r';.~p)t Si 8k ndl a nogrofl man. llame unknown. wer~e killed. Na en loadled ears were burnred and thew bodlies of the coI&ndutor andi~ tka:.:man were a!mnost eniitirelyv eremaed., No Pardon- For Buirton. - ion of A. lhndwiek Burton fo aar don :s re: :s"d. There is not linu' whatever in the applirntion itself for exeutivwe elmcyu('C. Considering the ofnsli te nris 'ner and htis mnyn~ Soifenses oft tis kind in t h past. h~e has been deat wi in ve rv len ic.. ly, anrd I sha~ ! not inte rfere with te pen: ;:y imp nd. Recent Cigarette Order. Lynel::hg, speia.-lt was :earn ed her' ti~ai th" memnbers of the an the' Br~otherhne ,-i of Fi remuen on S ADJOURNED 'en One of Unusual blic Importance anil te b-zisaion enacted in the ,es sion jiuS i - elosed, exceeds in impor tance for the best interests of all peo ple (I the republic, the work of any session during my 30 years of public life. "I have not time to make a com plete review of all the legislation. Suf tiee it to say th'at the legislation cov ering the appropriations and author izing of public expenditures has been most carefuy considered and wisely enacte-d. "The legislation commonly referr ed to as the rate legislation, the pure food bilis, the inspection feature of the agricultural bill. are all measures that affect the interests of all the people and while nothing perfect can be ernacted. I am satisfied thaht the operations of these laws will demon strate their wisdom. "And I believe if nothing else had been accomplished than the enact ment of these three measures, they rdone would be sufficient to make the Orst session of the Fifty-ninth Con gress a memorable one in the history of the republic." President Roosevelt on Work of Congress. Washington. Special.-President Roosevelt on the adjournment of Con gress, dictated a statement concern ing the work accomplished during the session just concluded. He says that the present Congress has done more oblstantive work along the lines of " real constructive statesmanship" than has been accomplished at any session of Congress with which the President is familiar. He says that men of genuine patriotism have a right to fel "a profound satisfac tion in the entire course of this Con ,ress. The ext of the President's state ment follows: In the session that just closed. the Conzress has done more substantive work for good than any Congress has done at any session since I became familiar with publie affairs. The lee islation has been along the lines ' of real constructive statesmanship of th'e most practical and efficient type. and bill after bill has been enacted into law which was of an importance so great that it is fair to say that the enactment of any one of them alone would have made the session memor able: such. for instance, as the rail road rate bill. the meat inspection meas~re, the pure food bill, the bill for free alcohol in the arts, the con sular reform bill. Panama canal leg islation. the joint statehood bill. and the naturalization bill. T certainly have no disposition to blink whait there is of evil in our social. indus trial or political life of today. hut it seems to me that the men of zen nine patriotism who venuinely wish well to their country have the rie'ht to feel a profoundl satisfaction in the entire course of this Conzress. T would not he afraid to compare its record with that of any previous ('on cress in onr history, not alone for the wisdom but for the dlisinitereste(' hihmidedness which has controlled its aetion. It is notewrorthk that not a single measm-e whichi the closcst srtinv could warrant -is in enlline of donhtful ropriet v ha< been enact ed : and on the other hand. no in flence of any kind has availe"d to prevent the enactment of the lints most vitnilly' necessary to the nation at this time.'" Meat Inspector's Bill. Washingt on. Spe(lal.-W hen the conf erenices on thet agicultural appro priat.~ion bill took a recess they pro fessedl that it appeared to b~e an im possible task to reach an agzreement on the meat inspection amendlment. Another attempt to reach an agree ment will. be madle. Dead and Injured in Wreck on Eng lish Railroad. Salisbury. Engi.. By Cable.-Driv ing at a madi paciie over the London Southiiwestern Railway the American Expesse carying 42 of the steamer New York 's pasenger's from Ply mothl to London. plung~ed from track *just after passing lhe stat ion here at 1 :57 o'eiiek Mlonday mnornin and angled -to deathI in~ its wvreekag.e 23. pr.isenger's who sailed from New York Juie 23. and tfour of the' tr:iinmen. Besides those to whom death come speed(ilyV. a d1ozeni personls weret imauir 'd sonie of them seriously. News By Cable. The first bat talIion of the Preobran jensky Regiment. of'Russia. has been disrac'ed by the Emperor for uphold inig the act ions of Parliament. A heavy rainstorm which dlid nmuch damage ca used lie canc'ellation of nost of' the a rrangemients made for German i-Roumnania n oil interests re graidually comnbining~ a.:ainst the Standard Oil Company. Ambassador and M1rs. Reid and M~r. Zind( Mrs. Lannworth were ieneCts at a' luncheoni given by t he Society of meric2Un WomCn in Lihol~do. Ten reg.iments of Chinese troops have.t go~ne to Central 31aneburia ti 011e ll dstura:evs inital to the OLe;-arture of theC .Japa::tse'. Th'ird. icy-Ptside:: Rtea. (of the 'enm.,vv'Jria !aibwoni. said the tun i:ls n>aer Ean'. ank ot ri-:i~! ;nl er aon INJUNCTION ASKED fOR Former County Auditor of Barnwell Takes Book Depository Case Into Court-The Complaint. Columbia. Special.-As a result of :he book contracts by the State board )f education and the decision of thhat joily ot establish a State depositoiy .n Columbia. a temporary restraimmn )rder' has be-en obtained froim Chief Justice Woods by Messrs. BelHlinger k Welch whicth will result in a hear n- on the legality of the action of board on July 11 and until that time no contracts can be signed and all of the school book busin, ss held up; The suit is brought by Messrs. Bel linger & Welch for Mr. W. H. Dun can. of Barwell, former auditor of that county. It is not known whom Mr. Duncan represents but it is thought that some book house might be interested in the fight. The com plaint presented to Associate Justice Woods at Marion states that the code provides for county depositories of books, except in some four or five ounties exempted by the act. The county board of education is requir ed to set asid- a certain amount of money ech year to purchase these books and a certain profit is allowed each depository. All bids for sup plying the State with books are sup posed to include the prices laid down at the various county depositories with no charge for shipping or dray age. The petition then continues: "Your petitioner is informed and believes and so alleges that since the late of the acceptance of the bid and the adoption of said books for the next succeeding five years as above mentioned, to wit: on the 26th day f June instant, the various publish ers or a majority thereof, whose bids had been accepted by the board, met and selected, as the manager of the the "central depository" in the city of Columbia. a retail book concern' of said city, and then and there agreed to give as compensation to said book coneern, for actirg as the said central depository,'10 per cent. f the gross price of all books to pass through the hands of said dealer or ipped to county depositories or in dividuals by its order, under its di rection or through said 'central dC pository." the said extra 10 per cent. being in addition to the net price of aid books as furnished to the county depositories, and the 10 per cent. al lowed said couniy depositories for their immediate remuneration and xpense. "'And your petitioner contends and harges that the amount so allowed to the central depository in an ad litional amount over and above the actual cost 'of the books which the law contemplates shall be charged to the patrons of the schools, and be ing charged solely for the .mainte ianee of thie cenitral (depository, is a iolation of the law in that it in -reases the nmpber of middlemen act ng wtbeeen the publisher and the ul imate purchaser, to the cost and dam ge of the latter., "Your petitioner respectfully con tends that' by the statutes of this tate the cost of the books to patrons f. the school shall be the net price received by the publishers plus the perentage allowed to the local coun :y depositories andl that it is unlawful and( beyond the power of the board to add, by any means whatsoever and 1specially by newvly created and ad litional agencies. any sum however 'mall to the cost cJf these hooks which th purchaser is required to pay.'' The point madie in the above is that ho publishers in their bids placed an adel(tional charge of 10 per cent. on he hooks and for this reason nonio f thP bids are leenl. JTustice Wood ill hear the arguments in the case m July 11 and a decision wil! he ren ered thereon as soon as nossible. [n the meantime, however, all of the ook contracts arc held up. ppropriations Mvade for South Car -olina. Washington, Special.-Among the tems agreerd to hy the eon f'erees on he public builinm bill arec thle fold owing : Southi (Car"ol ina: flreenvillec 80.000: Anderson $50,000: Chester 950.00: Greenwood 800.000;) Sumter 950.000; Aikeni $10.000. Items of State News. Column~ia. Special.--.Tulia Belmont u d I rene D~elrme. iinmat es of Ainnie [-I rduin's house ini the re'd light. dis iet., wvere acc'idei a I ly dro wned in ivhal is knownvm as llor'se creek. henm miles friom lhe city. Thme women ~tepped in to a hoeI uiver their heads oubil reach them. Willie Moore. E helI McQuariter's andl Mari'aret lamn toni. of the same hounse, re' in the prty. but thmey wer'e saved. thow.:h Mooret a ulnd 'Qeuartr h' I' ad narrow scapes. er. a wvell knowni y"ounug attorney of the city'. has bec~n apploin ted retferee ii bankruiptcy by Jundge Brawley to Kershaw. Special.-Mesinr-. JIohn TP. reen of Lancaster and Thos. .J. Kirkland aof Camden, represent ini lie pposition m to thle dh~ifsensiry at his place were here maaking~ arr'ange no ~nts to alppea Ir'eore .Juistice .1 oneS 1lat Lnesste r to ask f"or ain inju nct ion. Asks For Damages. (hv. Hieyward has reCceired the fol hiowiu letteri fr m P. L. Redamondm oi Wodtord. Oraneburg' county: '"J uess I was~ reporited for' selling li iuors and two'i '1'at constables ('ame1 down here an d broke . in my stoni while I was in Or m bumrg. andl left tie hole o pen~ and last mnmh thmere wa a lnt of :ny good '-'len iut. and~ I ra pr'J' im. I wn~ like t, -:i dannmn if there 'im a ;y piissibt PALMEHO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest from AN Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston, steady........11 1-1 New Orleans. steady.... .. .......1] Mobile, nominal.... .... ..10 5-8 Savannah, quiet.... .... ..10 11-16 Charleston, nominal.... .. .. - Wilmington. nominal.. .. .... Norfolk, quiet.. .. ........11 1 Baltimore, nominal.. .. .. ..11 1-S New York, quiet...... .. ....10.S' Boston, quiet........ ......10.80 Philadelphia. quiet ..........11.0. Houston, quiet...............11 Augista. steady .. ........11 1-4 Memphis, quiet...........10 34 St. Louis. quiet........ ...10 7 Cincinnati..................1 Louisvill.e. firm...... .. ....11 3-9 Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent the prices paid to wagons: Good middling.. .. .. .......11 1-S Strict middling.. .. .11 1-9 Middling........ ......11 1-S Godd middfing, tinged.. .........11 Stains.. ................ 9 to 1( DEATH Or COL. WATTS. Venerable Patriot Passes Away at Advanced Age. Laurens. Special.-Col. J. Wash Watts isdead. The end came Wed nesday morning between 4 and 5 o 'clock at his home near the town of Mountville, this county. Col. Watts was in his S7th year and his death was due principally to the infirmities of old age. His death removes one of the truest and best citizens from Laurens county and the State of South Carolina. The deceased is sur vived by seven children, among them being Mr. John D. W. Watts, one of the prominent farmers and citizens of the county, who lives at his fath er's old place near this city. Col. James Washington Watts was born August 30th, 1819, in Laurens county near the Newberry line. He was a son of James Watts, Jr., and Nancy Clark Williams, and a great grandson of Col. James Williams of Kings Mountain fame. He received his early education in the country schools and his classical training at the academy of Laurens. His health was not good and on this account he left school at the age of 16. Upon leaving school he went into business with his uncle, Col. John D. Williams, who was his guardian. -He combined the vocations of plant er and merchant. His title of colonel came from his connection with the militia cavalry. He was scarcely more than a boy when he received the title. During his long and checkered life Col. Watts held many positions of honor and trust. All of them were tilledl with credit to himself and profit to his country. He wvas honored with the public confidence not only in his own State but in Georgia durinf a residence there. He moved to that State in 1S52 and after a residence of three years he was urged to make the race for ordinary of Cass. now Bartow county, on the Democratic ticket against the Know Nothiang party. He was elected and held the office four years, declining re-election in 1859. Policeman King Acquitted. Aiken. Special.-The ease of Po liceman T. E. King, indicted for the murdler of Ellis Anerum, colored, was tried here, and without leaving their seats the jury found a verdict of not guilty. It was proved beyond a doubt that King killed the negro in self-defense. Cedar Spring's Institute. Spartaniburg. Special.-The closing exercises of the 58th vear of ('edar Springs Institute, the State school for the blind, dumb and deaf. were held last week. 'l'he school is situated at the tenninal of the macadamized road leading towa rd Glenn Springs, abouit six miles from this city. A larzre c'rowdl assembled to s eeandl hear lhe exercises by the pupils. A conii servat ive estimate places the number of visit ors at about 2.000, nearly half of whom were unable to get in thle Audiitorium. Fiv-e pupiils were awari ded dIiplomas. Houses Rocked, Chimnneys Pell. Cardiff. Wales, By Cable.-Violent earth shoeks were experie~nced throughout South WVales at 9:45 Wed niesday morning. Houses rocked, and nmany of the chleaper. ones were dam aged. Hundreds of chimneys fell. pictures were shakeni from the walik. o(cupatsiit of dwellings were thrown tlite ground, and people fled from hir homes. shrieking in panic. Thiere we.re no casualties so tar as is known. Meeting Postponed. M\any South Carolinians who will attend the meeting of the South Car olina society in Atlanta this year will be interested in the following from lhe Atlanta Journal: -The South Carolina society ban. quiet, which was to have been~ hel! on .June 28. has been p)ostpo~ned un til October in order that there mary be presenut a nmber of dlist in::uih. (.d Sotut h ('a rol inianus who othlerwi:se w.ould be ob!led to miss the fne WITH THE CAMPAIGNER Candidates For the State Offices Mak Their Formal Bow to the Public. Ail:en, Special.-The generous cit: zens of Aiken entertained the can paig; party. The meeting was hel in oie of Aiken's many beautift groves. A bi- crowd of Aiken cour ty's representative citizens gathere about the stand to listen to the speal ers. Hon. D. S. Henderson ealle the iieeting to order at 11 o'cloc and miade the address of welcome. H made a strong plea for close attentiot and for a clean campaign and primar, Messrs. Sullivan, Summersett, Wha1 ton, Cansler and Sellers spoke fir, as candidates for railroad commissior er. Few New Ideas. Meisrs. Ansel, Blease, Brunsor Edwards. A. C. Jones. Manning. M< Mahaa.and Sloan, candidates for Goi ernor. were all present. Few ne' ideas were introduced. Mr. Anse feels that the control of a county di! pensa.y by the grand jury would ir sure .onesty in the dispensary sy! tem. He wants long terms for tb common schools. Mr. Ansel conclui ed hi: address by telling the "Brotl er Crawford" story, whichk was greel ed with lively apolause. Mr. BleaE is strongly opposed to the county di! pensa:.-y system, suggested by M Ansel Mr. Blease claims to be th only consistent out-and-out disper sary candidate in the race. He allege that Mr. Manning's and Mr. Sloan' record in the Senate in voting on di5 pensary bills is inconsistent with thei present platforms. Mr. Blease be lieves the State dispensar- is bein condu:-tcd honestly under the preser set of officers. Mr. Brunson made strong speech based on moral ground: againt the present dispensary sy, tem, !fr. Brunson's platform is ", Righteous State and the Supremae of Law." Mr. Edwards says he is out not t fight tUe railroads, but to fight corrur tion. Mr. Edwards believes in th strenuous administration of law. H alleges the railroads have disgrace< the courts and the Legislature o South Carolina. He believes'that th Southern Railway does not deserv 3s much consideration as would au in vading army. Opposes Professional Politics. Mr. A. C. Jones made a warr speech advocating the principles o his platform. He wants an econon ieal. basiness-like administration: i is strorgly opposed to puttinz profes sional politicians in office. Many cat idates for the Legislature put them selves on record in regard to leadin issues of the day. Mr. Jones clair to be thie man who started the figh througl: a letter to the people whic has cansed many of the countiest vote out the dispensary under th Brice act. He claims that it is ur democratic for the State to engag in any :)usiness. Mr. Jones said tha last year the income from the die pensary for school purposes did nc amount to more than ten cents pe pupil of all the students enrolled i all the common schools of the Statt Mr. Jores says that there is a stant ing bet of $20 by a Greenville ma: that voa can never tell where h standsen any question. He says somn people s;ay Mr. Ansel is bow-legge because he has straddled the fene so long. He claims that Mr. Brunso has ntever been connected with an fight leading to voting out the die pensary; that Messrs. Manning an Sloan are running on the dispensar platforn. because of nopularity. M: Jones makes sport of Mr. McMahan State lif'e insurance plan. Mr. Mat ning was3 glad to see so many ladie present because of their refining an uplifting influence. Mr. Manning ha: tened or: to discuss the burning issu< the dispensary. He feels that the di: pensary has done away with th treating habit. He claims that he he nothinv to hide in his record in tli Senate on the dispensary questioc Mr. Manning voted for prohibitio in 1892 because his county. Sumte had voted a large majority for prohibition law, and so he felt it structed to vote for prohibition as th~ representative of his people. M Manning explained in detail what Il believes to be the strong safeguar of the Raysor-Manning bill. M Manning says he stands for fundi mental public honesty. Mr.McMaha claims thiat the Governor is a pai of the I)egislative machinery as I is nominated by a primary of the pe< ple, he has a tremendous power ove public opinion. Mr. MeMahan strongly in favor of a compulsor edneatiori law. Moderate at first. co' erine only the children between cc tain ges Mr. McMahan is advoca ing scho~ls of agrienilt ural and drt mestie science for every county v he State. lie feels it would help I solve the servant problem if negro( were Ira i ied industrially. Col. Sloan Explains. C'ol. Sl.oan says his vot inz aenin5 1heI( dignensarv.. ni 189~2 wvas consis en! with the fact that lhe was elee ed by the people of Riebland c'ount on at prohibit ion platform. He sa. hat a ftecr t he initrodnetion of ft: dlispensar.'- law. he came to believei it. becatsi he thcoueiht it a areat in provemien: over the ol harroomi sy: t em. He believes that everybodyi Col umbia h1as forot ten thle fact tI Mr. A. ( . Jlones ever lived in (Colun hin. HeI feels that if a man were ni' alIlowedl toha nce Ihis opin ions thi Iis friend 1Rh-ase could never 'et I heaven. Messrs. Ragan. Morrison and M< Cown spok~e as candidates for secr< tary of State. Mr. McCown is rum ning on ai strictly business platfort Of the candidates for attorney gec cral-Mes;rs. Lvon. Razsdale ~an Yonmns-only Mr.. Lyon. was pre: cut. lHe was glad to speak in county of a ('lean dispensary recor. lHe is no st raddler. but is unalterabl ppedto the State dispensary. E ia afraid t hat the Stnte will have 1 levy a spetial tax to pay the .$700.0( of rm. ,ow held ur. 1 Charges of Graft. He says that,.;the county dispensar; of Athens Georgia has not been fre e from charges of graft. Mr. Lyon i in favor of local self-government. H says J. W. Kelly & Co., of Chatta nooga .sold liquor to the dispensar; at $3.50 per gallon. and sold the sam d brand in the city of Chattanooga a I $1.75 per g-allon. He was given ver; careful attention. He has investigat i ed every man against iviiom there ha been an honest suspicion. (Applause. I Messrs. Jones and Walker spok as candidates for comptroller genera ' For adjutant and inspector genera 4 Col. Boyd and Haskell add -essed th crowd. Col. Haskell said A ken ough to have a military compa y and h t would work to that end it elected. At Lexington. Lexington. Special.-Thhe cam paign meeting Saturday varied from , the others this week in that there wa some little excitement in it, and i savored somewhat of the older days v when there was bitter antagonism I and attacks of personal nature. Mi J. W. Ragsdale made an acrid person al attack on Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, t which Mr. Lyon had but little oppor e tunity of replying, such were the ciz cumstances. - Mr. Jones mace a speech of merit - and Mr. McMahan advanced a ne3 e and ingenious idea that the State o South Carolina enter into the busi ness of manufacturing light wines in e stead of selling liquors. - The meeting was held at Lexingto s and was quite well attended. In th s court house at times, there was - crowd of about 300 people but at oti r er times the number dwindled t - about 75. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP! t Condition of South Carolina Crop F for Week Ending Monday, June 2, 1906, as Given Out by the De partment. e There was ample sunshine durin a the week, after two days of partl; cloudy weather, and the week wa e characterized by much higher tem peratures than the preceding one. - The mean temperature was slightl: above normal, and the extremes o: temperature ranged from a maximum of 97 degrees at Yemassee on the 19t] to a minimum of 59 degrees at Green e ville on the 19th and at Walhalla oi - the 20th and the 21st. Maximum temperatures of 90 degrees, or abovi , revailed over all but the extrem s no rhwestern part of the State dur t 'ng the second half of the week. Fres] h to brisk winds moderated the hea 0 perceptibly in many localities. - Widely scattered thunderstorm e prevailed on the first two and th t last three days, but the precipitatioi - was generally light, and many place thad no rain during the week. Th rsoil is well supplied with moistur .over the entire State, with localitie - where the surface soil is still ver; Swet from the excessive rainfall o e the p)reicding week. e A destructive hailstorm occurred il Sthe upper part of Greenville count; e on the 18th which is the only advers 'weather condition reported duiing th Yweek. d Big Company Organized. Union, Special.-The re-or s ganization of the Union-Buffalo Mill is now practically completed, with th s exception of a few tragy;ed edges d which are being gathered in now' sai, -President E. W. Robinson of the $7, ~000,000 corporation to a press r resentative, when he was here on Sal e urday. "It is probable that ther, s will be a meeting about July 6th o e the stockholders of the Buffalo Mill L. for the formal transfer of the stoec n into the Union-Buffalo Mills Co. Tha -is the date we have in mind and oi a' which we hope to have the meeting Sthough there may be something intet e vening to cause a slight delay. "A .to the Union Manufacturing an< ePower Company, which operates th Sbig power plant at Neals Shoals, will remain a separate corporatior We have now the proposition befor nthe commissioners of public work: n looking toward furnishing the city o 'nion with current for its lights an< esuch power as it may wish to sel: rWe hope to close the matter wit: rthem one way or the other very soor Confederate Veteran Committed Sui cide. Anderson, Special.-John WV. Mai tin of Fork township committed sui LI cide by shooting himself in the hea< 0 with a shot gun. Continued il S health produced mental derangemen and this was the cause assigned ft taking his own life. He was abou t 70 years of age and a Confederat -veteran. .He served throughout th~ -war, first in Orr's regiment and the in the Palmetto Sharpshooters. C Cotton Mill Men Confer. S Spartanburg, Special.-On but fe occasions have there been present a e the same time so many cotton mi *presidents as gathered here Frida afternoon for the purpose of holdin a general conference in the office c t~ -. 8. Montgomery, president of t~ SSpartan Mills. Nearly every cotta mill in the piedmont section was rey resented and many matters appertait -ing to the management and operatio -of cotton mills were discussed. 1Sumter's New Court House. 'Columbia. Special.-The contrat a for the new $SS5,000 court house Sumter, which was designed 1b a Messrs. Edwards & Walter of thi - eity. has been awarded to~ Mr. Moi: y Deleon of Atlanta. This is propbab. 'a the handsomest building of its kind 0 the State. the structure itself costir 10 $70,000 and the fittings and furnis. in:s costin 15.000 more. lil PARKS KILLING s Coroner's Inquest Held Saturday. e Remains of Mr. Parks Taken to ~ His Old Home. e Orangeburg. Special.-The death of t Mr. James T. Parks, which occurred from the wounds received in the pis s tol battle with Mr. Robert 1-. C var. ) has cast a shadow ol:funve:si sor e row over this entire community. Mr. Parks, in addition to his newspaier work. taught school at one time in t this county. He was for several years e one of the public cotton we ghers at this place. and had numerous friends all over the county. He was of a jo ~ vial disposition and easily made friends in this city. He has many t strong friends in this city. He was ; always considerate of others and it s was not characteristic of him to speak ill of any person. Covar's Condition. It is uiderstood that Mr. Covar has been suffering intensely from his wounds, and it is said that his right arm is paralyzed. He has not been f resting well at all. The doctors do - not consider his injuries as necessa rily dangerous. The Inquest. Coroner F. N. Rickenbaker impan eA a nelled a jury and the regular inquest was held according to law over the remains of Mr. Parks. The finding was in the following language: "The said J .T. Parks came to his death - by gunshot wounds in the bands of R. H. Covar.'" The jury of inquest was composed of the following bus iness men: Messrs. F. J. D. Felder, A. L. Dukes, E. R. F!.ulling, P. M. Smoak. R. B.' Keller, A. D. Ruple, J. X. Weeks, J. C. Pi-ke. R. D. Me Michael. A. W. Hoffman, J. W. Stack and J. L. Weeks. The Testimony. ' Mr. C. P. Brunson. sworn, says: 5 "On June 29, 1906, about 11 o'clock - a. m., I was driving up to the court house gate, at my office. Before get ting to the usual place of stopping, tMr A. M. Bozard came up and spoke to me, relating the death scene of his 2 wife. Just then I saw the deceased 2 J. T. Parks, walking out of the .ccurt - house. and at the same time Mr. R. H. Covar toward Russell street side of the court house on Church street. 2 I was looking at them. Just at the , gate they met. Mr. Parks gave Mr. * Covar a hand salute. Just then Mr. . Parks spoke to Mr. Covar and Mr. Covar replied. Just then Mr. Parks I struck (I presume) Mr. Covar. Just t happened Mr. Covar backed a little, both hands to his shirt s bosom: in the twinkling of an eye he (Covar) presented a pistol at Parks' body and fied and continued 2 firing. Then Parks kinder turned and s then drew a pistol and fired. Then e it was continual firing by both men. e Question. ''Did anyone else fire a. Spistol?'' - Answer. ''No one. T saw Mr. Co var's father with a pistol in his fhani-d, and saving to his'son. 'Kill him!' and eoin'r in the direction of' a his son and Parks. Parks was mov 7 ine back wards." * Mr. A. C. Lindstedt. sworn, says: e ''That on June 29. 1906. about I11 ~ 'eloek a. in.. T was comine down Church street by the court house ~nee. T saw Mr. Parks strike Mt. -Covar. Then instantly shooting oom smenece. Mr. Covar fired first. TheyI e ould not have been over eight or ten feet apart at the first shot. It could Snot have been more than a second - before rarnid firing by both parties. - . Parks and Covar. .Tust at tthe time - thev ceased firing and commenced tor e reload. I rushed to Mr. R. H. Covar f and disarmed him. Just as I looked s aronna Isawi Mr. Covar's father i coming nn hollowing. 'Rob~bie. stop! tston!' He was armed. T tried to 2 take the pistol away from him. He 7, said. ''Don't disarm me.' T said. 'Put it in your pocket .' Then he s nut it in his nocket and went off with I his son. I then turned Mr. Covar's e pistol over to the sheriff.' t Questtion by foreman: ''Would '. von know the pistol now if you saw A nswer: ''Yes. (Pistol presented.) It is the pistol: it was unbreached when I got it: had two loaded shells - in it: no empty shells in it.' Dr. A. S. Hydrick. being sworn. .says: ''That lie has this day exam ined .by dissection the body 'of J. T. Parks and finds on the body' of said J1. T. Parks three gunshot wounds. viz: first, one shot entering and frae inring the chin and passing out, the direction b~eing from right to left and [from above, downwards; the second. a gunshot wvound entering on the right - side of the body beh ween the ninth t and tenth ribs, in the axilaury line. e and passing through the bod.v wound ing in its passage the right lobe of the liver and the transverse colon, the point of entrance being five inches be low nipple. right side, and the point of exit six and one-half inches below v. nipple on left side: third, a wound t helow and to the right of the tumbel ll lieus, which was made by a snent hul2 y let and did not pass through abdom inali wall. There was about three f pints of blood in the abdominal cavi e tv. and evidence of general peritoni n tis. In myv judgment. the death of - aid J1. T. Parks was due to the wounds described abve' S During yesterday aftern->on. in spite of his intense suffering. Mr. Parks gare directions regarding the disno sition of his business affairs. and hie '1 made a will. There were some diree it tions that he desiredi to give ini re Y aard to his business mhat ters alnd hie IS appairently was in possessioni; lf hi' e mental facul ties tint i! a she~urt time be y for.e li dea th. He made nI :m::1e in mrtemi statemte:::. :as far as':has ho en