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-<'> SLatle N~etevs' In 'Brief MINOR MATTERS Of INTEREST < P'<-it. tle wel-known sonth kai :; :inancir akd diamond a'd d kh. died in London. aged -3 The spirit of mutiny spread to the reitiment in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul, St. Petersburg. French Foreign Minister Bourgeols save a dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Longworth in Paris. - The Wabash Railroad is offering $6.180,000 equipment bonds in Par is. The United States is we'i repre sented at the International Congress 42f Architects in London. Dr. W. Starr Jordan in a lecture predicted more earthquakes for Cali iornia. A Wisconsin milliner named Nellie Ellison was found murdered in a Mi neapolis hotei. Miss Rose M. Satterfield and J. W. Gordon were drowned in the James river at Richmond. Ambas-ador Wrigh. presente(l a letter front President Roosevelt to the Emperor of Japan. The State Department is using all its influence to avert a war between Guatemala and San Slvador. John H. Chapman was elected pre ident (of the Baptist Young People's Union for the sixteenth time. According to report the walls of the Vaetician are uipafe and the Pope has changed his apartments. A young woman who registered at Goshen. Va., as Minnie Jones and ask ed for the best room in the house committed suicide. A sweeping inquiry into the grain trade and the alleged combination has beer begun by the Interstate. Com merce Commission. The trial of the Harjie divorce suit which may begin in PIttsburg is ex peeted to be a battle between hand writing experts. Judge Alton B. Parker replied to the speech of Secrets ry Taft at Greensboro, N. C., criticising some statements as incorrect. Curt Jett, when put -n the witness stand in the Hargis-Callahan case, ex onerated White and sail lie alone had killed Mareum. Several important w:itnesses have been located in the Thaw ease, and the slayer of Stanford White made a statement tc reporte:-s. Div-inity students in Persia have re 'vived in violent form the agitation for a constitutional system of govern ment. - Vice-Admiral Chounlknin was shot by an assassin at Sevast opol and, it is thought, willfde, the assailant escap Three eases of armed men attack ing officials with mone:y and robbing them o.f large sums are reported from Russia. The bow of the Hambiurg-American Line steamship Deutschland was bad ly damaged by collision with a pier at Dover, England. "Tom" Jones and Charles A. Woodruff were hanged from the same scaffold at Independence, Va., and Andrew L. Davenport w:as hanged at Newport News. All three were ne groes. The need of trade selools and spe cial care for backward and deficient children were discussed before the American Institute of Instruction, meeting in New Haven. Secretary Bonaparte gives half -the armor-plate contract to the Midfale Company, the lawest bicders, andjthe other half to the Carne.aie and Beth lehem Companies. the so-called "ar mor-plate trust." The Virginia Farmers' Institute at Roanoke was attended by nearly 1, 000 farmers, who declared their oppo sition to the International Harvester Company. A sweeping inquiry into the grain trade and the alleged combinations has been begun by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Amid tumultuous scene~s the French Chamber of Deputies made Alfred Dreyfus a major of artillery and Col onel Picquart a brigadier-general. At the suggestion of Russia the proposed visit of the British nleet to Cronstadt has been indefitely post poned. The will of Stanford White filed in New York, leaves his estate, the value of which is not revealed, to his widow, mother and brother. Alice Whiteman testitied at Park ersburg. W. Va.. against her mother, who is on trial for the killing of Alie Whitman's love'., Edward Deev er. Esther Mitchell. the l'i-year-old girl who kelled her brother because he had slain the man charged with accom piishing her ruin. declares she has no renrets. and that her act was commit ted as the result of an agreement with the widow of the ma~n killed by the brother. Germani grainr exchan:.'es have ad cressed~ to othe~r foreign~ chambe'rs of commen~ren a complaint of the classifi eation of An.meri'an gtrams. suggestmig action to reme~dy alleged bad condi According to) the '"stand pat'' op erators SI.000t miners in Ohio are out as the result of a little difference over wagtes. The State T2ax Department of West Tir-inia wi: l poe wi h all its iiht 1h effe ofn thc' Ba itmire and1 Ohio TlE PRELIMINARY TRIAL Attorneys Getting at the Truth in the Now Famous Lyerly Murder Case The Witnesses. Public interest in the now famous Lyerlv murder that oeenrrId ot Bar her's Junction now ee:itis in the trial tf4 the five egoes no' in Ihe Charlot,(. jail charged with the crime. The fir-t examination of witnesses for the State was held at Salisburv last SZal-nday, and the proceedings are given in substance as reported by Mr. H. E. C. Bryant, a staff corre spondent of the Charlotte Observer. Story of Murdered Man's Son. The first witness to make a state ment was Mr. J. G. Lyerly. a son of the murdered man and a halff broth er of the children. He said: "Jim Taylor, the boy who had been work ing for my father, told me of the murder about 4 o'clock in the morn ing. Taylor had spent the night at Mr. R. F. Cooke's. with Sam. I went with Mr. Pless Barber to the old home. Ed. Barber. Charlie Brown and Ed Carter were there when we ar tived. I think Mr. Matt. L. Webb w:s the first man on the premises after the girls left. He was accom companied by a Mr. Watson, a cattle 3ealer who occasionally with my fath er. Watson was on his way there that morning 1o get breakfast. "Soon after 1 arrived there those who had assembled thought it best to arrest Jack DiliinhLam, as the girls had said something about a quarrel that father an!d Jach: had had the biy before. The ne ;o had said some thnig about cursing father. "Whein we entert.d the house we foutln the front door- open, just as .Le girls had left it, whet. they start Ad fot Mr. Cooke's hcn-e. The bodies -f father and John were on the floor. Dr. Chenault and myself hunted for and found the money, about $175 that father kept in the house. Some f it was upstairs in a drawer, and remainder in the little rear room, near the kitchen. -'The house n which Nease Gilles pie lived is located about a quarter f a mile west of the Lyerly home. Jack Dillingham lived southwest, about 300 yards. "When we went up to father's home we saw a feather bed, a bureau irawer and a lamo in the front walk, where the girls had left them. The Lyerlys were all friendly. Father and his children were on the best of terms. "Last. Christmas I heard father say that he and Nease had had some words about their contract. Father had told Nease that he would have to work a crop, as he had promised to do, or get out of his house. Nease mursed him, an, in turn, was ordered >ut of the yard. Henry, old Fannie 3illepsie 's son, left and went to Mr. Leroy Powlass' to live. Nease con tinued to drive for Mr. John Penning er, a saw mill man.'' EMiss Mary Lyerly Makes a Statement. The next witness to take the stand was Miss Mary Lyerly, t-he oldest laughter, of Mr. Isaac Lyerly. She was dressed in black. Miss Lyerly is 18 years old, Las an attractive face, light chestnut hair and soft, attrac tive brown eyes. Her lips are thin and sensitive. She seems intelliigent and sprightly. After a most trying .veek she appeared fresh and composed vesterday. Her manner was of a quiet, modest but plucky maiden. She is neither backward nor brazen, but willing and ready. "I knew nothing after I retired about 9 o'clock,'' said Miss Lyerlv. "until Addie called me, declaring that the houise was on fire and that papa and mamma were dead. I was nearly suffocated. The house was full >f smoke. "When I went down I found Ad die at work.. She had already drag ged papa and John from the bed and was fighting the fire. I caught hold 3f papa and pulled him further out from the bed. We threw water on the bed and carried out the burning things. "I went over and felt mamma's face; it was cold. She was lying Ijust as she lay when she went to sleep. except that her feet were hang ing ouit. I saw -blood all over the pillow. I picked Alice, who was still alive, up in my arms and carried her nut into the yard. where we tried to bring her too. We could barely hear her breathe. Addie went baek up stairs and brought us some clothes. which we put on in the yard. We lien left for Mr. Cooke's. Addie lead ing Janie and I carrying Alice. Door and Window Open. "The front door and the window that opens into papa's room from the porch were open. The key was on the inside of the door. I always lock ?d the door at night but after papa went out and, on returning. forgot to turn the key. Any one could have eotten in thirough the window, with :>ut much effort. "Papa's axe lay rt the woodpile. for I saw~ it there the afternoon be fore. John and Alice had been cut ting wood. "When I went to bed papa was fast asleep. snoring. Mamma was dozine off. That was afew mitntes bef ore 9 o'clock. Addlie and I slept together. 1 heard no noise. "The lamp. which had a porcelain bowl, was nearly full of oil. It had been filled the Saturday before. I know that it was sitting on the bu reau and the butrner was on. When wo rse the lamp ':aa ont the hearth. ".John Gillepsie andl Henry Lee. son anid sten-soni of Nease. started a crop. They lived in the house with Nease and his wife. old Fannie. One day Fannie came down home and got after papa for. having Henry and his wife iec in with them. She was m:a heeatuse they slept on her beds. Sat urdav following. Nea::e came and ask ed fat her what was~ the trouble with: him and the bors. They had some -onversa;t'in and Nease cursed papa Cronford, who worked for us then, said that Nease declared that he would kill 'old Ike Lyerly.' Mr. Cranford told us about it the next morning. Nease was mad. Papa told him that he would have to sow the wheat or leave. "Mr. Crnaford went from here ito his home at Hildebraud. Nease was down there once o twice after that but I never heard any more until a few dafs before tihe tragedy. Nease came down a;d ask ed papa what he was going to do with the wheat. Papa told him 'thrash it.' "Della, Jack's wife, and mamma had trouble Friday morning about the soap suds in the tub. After mam ma left I went down to the spring and heard Della say: 'If she (mean ing mamma) had said three more i words I would have downed her.' "Jack and papa di not zet along together. Jack had been there just about a week. He told papa that he was going to work for :.ir. Penninger. Papa said, 'Well Jack, if --on -o there and work five days without laying off. I will treat.' 'I heard Jack sn- that he would not go to work for no man before 7 o'clock. "Mr. Jim Taylor. who had been working for us and sleepinz in the house. spent last Friday night with Sam Cooke. I was straining the milk when lie left. Sam Cooke had come over to onri house to brin- a grain cradle which his father had borrow -d that morning. .Taek w at the lot with Della who helned us to milk the cows. Jim Taylor. Sam Cooke and Jack left togethez. "oing down the path toward the nrin-. That morning .Taek had worked for Mr. Cooke and then he went down to Mr. Penninger and secured work." On being questioned by the law yeTs Miss Lyerly continued: "Papa kopt most of his money in the bureau unstairs. Nothing in the house was disturbed. Even Alice's little pocket book, which contained 25 cents, was left on the bureau by her bed. "We did not go by Jack Dilling ham's house, which was close to the path that leads to Mr. Cooke's. for we were afraid that Jack might hear us. We slipped by. fearing that he might kill us too. Sister Janie. who is 10. going on 11. said that she heard talking in Jack's house as we passed. I was then about 11:30 o'clock. We arrived at Mr. Cooke's -at 11:55." "A fire was burning slowly but steadily in the middle of the bed. The bureau drawer lay inverted upon the breast of John, who lay on his stomach. The drawer was burning. John's feet extended over the edge of the bed. "I pulled papa and John to the floor and called Mary. We worked in the dark. "After we had put out the fire I run upstairs and got some clothes for us. I did not see any light or hear any talk as we passed Jack's house.'' Miss Addie corroborated other statements made by her sister. On being interrogated she the made the f'ollowing additional declarations: "When I went down mama's face was covered with a pillow. One of her feet was on the floor. Little sister lay beside her on her back, just as she ha~d dJept. "Whden papa turned off the Gil lespie boys. Nease came down and asked him why lhe had (lone it. Papa told hii-a that they would not work the land, andI they had to get out. Nease was orderedl away and as lhe necat he, muttered something but I cotuld net understand what lie said. Mr. Crauford told uus that Nease was sayingr #hat he would kill 'old Ike Lxerlv.' "Jack' wife said that if mamma liad uttered three more wordls she would have downed her. "Della. that is Jack's wife, knew how we slept.'' Mr. Matt L. Webb, an illiterate white man drove a wagon for Mr. Penninger, stated that he and Nease had worked together-. In part lhe said: "Three weeks before the trag edy, in conversation with me, while loading lumber at Mr. Powlass', Nease brought up the subject of wheat. He declared that he thotught the crop would be pretty good this year. I told him 'yes.' Then lie said: "Well, old man Ike Lyerhy can cut mine but lie won't eat it, or get the money for it. I told Jones Thompson what Nease had said and he declared that Nease wasn 't dangerous.'' Little Henry Tells His Story. After the foregoing persons had had their say a small. bright faced, curlyv haired boy, with blue eyes, and pretty features came in. He car-ried a little white, soiled hat in his hand. IHis lips twitched nervotusly. and lhe seemed uneasy, lie looks more like his Angdo-Saxon father than he does his African mother. When asked who his father was lie called the name of a well-known white mani. "Dono like Nease Gillespie?' some one asked. "No, lie has been mean to me,'' was the quick reply. Solicitor Hammer- took Henry be tween his legs, pulled off his hat and pat ted him on the shoulders, saying: "'Boy. we're not going to hurt y-ou. Nobody wants to harm you. Now you must tell us all von know.' "Nease Gillespie beats me. lHe's my grand pa. He whipped me last Friday. Pa (meaning Nease) and John met Henry Lee and Jack at the braneh. this sidle of Mr. Ike's. Fri day night. That's what pa and .Johin said wvhen they came back. Pa said that lie didn 't care what they did wvi th him after lie had done wh1;a!t he wvantedl to do. Maw. 01(1 Fannie. ask ed paw where lie was going and he said1 'It's none of your business, but you-ll know when I come back.' She saidl no more. Paw and John came hack befor-e day. I was in bed with maw. "'When paw aand .John came in they set down by the fire and maw aisked paw where lie had been andi he said: 'TI e heen dlown to old Ike Lyerly 's. I went down there and kill ed them. I told you I was going to kill them, and so, by God, I did.' "It skeered maw nearly to death when paw said that. John didn 't say nothing. Jack and paw (lone it. Paw said that Jack's wife held the lamp. All met at the branch. Paw took his axe with him. I saw him get it. He washed it off at the braneb but there w, some blood left on the pole. le aid John said they washed it. We saw Ihe :e the next morninv 'naid there was ! speck of blood on it. Paw said he killed Mir. kc, ani .liss Gus sie (Mrs. Lyerly) and Jack killed John and Alice. "Maw never asked no more, for she was skeered. "Jack used Mr. Ike's axe. He and Mr. Ike fell out about a horse. Paw and Jobn said they set the bed a tire. "Before day paw put his old over alls with John's, in a bed tick of straw and burned them. He burned his shirts, too. We saw them burn ing them. They burned them be cause they had blood on them. Blood was all over the shirts and the over alls. "I left home early that morning and told Mr. Mann Walton that paw had killed Mr. Ike and Miss Gussie." "Do you know where you would .o if you were to tell a story. Ien ry?'' asked Solicitor Hammer. "Yes. sir, to the bad place," ans wvered Henry. "Who made you?" "The Lord,'' was the ready re ply. "Paw said they threw the lamp in the brier patch. I saw a church lamp at Jack's house the day ma and me went down there." The boy started when Mr. Ham mer called to some one in a loud voice, and said: "They are not going to hurt me are they?" He was assured by a number of his country acquaintances that he would be all right if he told the truth. "I saw the lamp on the mantel piece. Paw said that they threw it in a brier thicket." This little negro tells a most in teresting story. His words are full of meaning and the State must rely !largely on what he says to convict the negroes who are now imprisoned in the Charlotte jail. Henry is dis possed to tell too much but his story tallies. in the main. with the one lie told the day after the murder at the coroner's inquest. He is smart and "'ry bri-ht. If his story is true ease Giflesnie. John Henry. George Ervin and Jaek and his wife will ang. No half-vrown boy ever had more responsdbilitv resting upon him. Tt is a question of life or death. The testimony of the ne-ro women onottradicted that of the boy. inum her of witnesses are still in reserve for the Stto NEWSY GLEANINGS. Several battalions of Kuban Cos sacks have been disbanded. Cities in New Mexico and El Paso, Tex., were shaken by earthquake. An incipient mutiny occurred in the fortress of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Petersburg. Complaints of favoritism and in competency are being nmade against distributors of San Francisco relief funds. Three aldermen of New Rochelle, N. Y., surrendered and were held in hail to answer charges of attempted bribery. Conditions in Russia are apparent 17 growing worse; members of Par liament are campaigning among the peaCsants. The National Convention of Bill P -sters in session at Chicago barred from the billboards pictures of Satan in whatever form. Advices from Rio Janeiro said that the rebellion in Matto Grosso was practically over~ and that no further trouble was expected. The coroner's jury at Salisbury brought in a verdict that the wreck of the Plymouth express, on July 1, was due to -high seepd. B. F. Yoakum outlines the future of the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Raliway as the longest low grade line in the country. The Navy Department recom mends an international agreement requiring wireless telegraph systems to exchange messages at sea. Presi 1ent Roosevelt offered 2ie Marblehead as a neutral ground for peace negotiations between Guate mala, Salvador and Honduras. Counsel for both sides in the Harte divorce case were severel:' re buked by the trial judge for inject ing too much sensationalism into the trial. PRONDNNENT PEOPLE. Lyman J. Gage in a pubie state ment denies tha'. he has become a Theosophist. The celebration of Senator Platt's seventy-third birthday took place at Manhattan Beach. Captain Dreyfus was promoted to major and Colonel Picquart was re stored to his own former rank by vote of the French Chamber. J. G. Phelps Stokes, who has an nounced his conversion to Socialism, said he would not resign from corp orations or divide his property. The Bryan Reception Committee arranged for a triumnhant proces sion up Broadway, New York, with Mr. Bryan In the leading carriage. Dr. Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton University, has suffercd a hemorrhage of the left eye, and his physician has advised him to rest. G. H. Finch, M. P.. the "father of the House of Commons."~ represents the smallest county in England. He is seventy-one yeais of age and has represented Rutland since 1861. William Dean Hlowells is said to be most cordial and brotherly for any young writer to meet. He takes a keen intorest in everybody's work, and is full of helpful suggestions. More than ordinary interest at taches to the personality of Rt. Rev. Shaku Soyen. Next to the mikado, who is the head of the Japanese Church, Bishop Shaku Is the highest dignitary of the Buddhist religion in Japan. WV. D. Johnson, who has filled In the late labor Ministry of West Aus tralia the posts of Colonial Treas urer,.Minister of Public Works, Min ister of Water Supply and Acting Premier, is to resume his trade of carpenter at Kalgoorlie. )N TIl STAT CAMPA1GN Vow and Then a Bit of Life is Inject ed Into the Speaking of the Can didates. The Conway Meeting. Convway. Spec-ial.-The 4camipign Va~ a rrivedi br1r Fi(day. (oinglui )v ay of t ibotrn. N. C. The -aididates were iired. tihe erowd not arge' and the sp.eches the onles with rhici the public is already familiar. M1cMahan talked education andkShe -est of the would-be governors did ikewise. Nothing sensational occur ed. Candidates in Darlington. Darlington. Special.-The State ampaign party spoke here in the ourt house, with not more than 200 oters present and there was a small !r number when the candidates for overnor and attorn-y general con -luded. A few hdies were present :a sort while. All of the candidates were given L good reception. Each gubernatorial :spirant was heard attentively and Och one closed amid applause. Mr. anning being the only one wiho was reeted with applause. Messrs. Lyon mn- Ragsdale were heard with much aterest. Both were applauded; some !ries of "Hurrah for Lyon'" being :card while he was speaking. The speeches made by the candi 1,tes for governor were well put and how how many sides there are to a nestion. Your correspondent &d not hear iniitcnant Gov. Sloan, the first speak r, and heard only a part of Mr. An eel's speech. Mr. Ansel spoke clear y and forcibly and was direct in stat ng his position. He presented him elf, his claims. The people are the nasters. we are tli people's servants. Mr.C ole L. Blease. who followed, vas most expleit in stating his plat orm, which platform he supported n a strong speech, which was well de ivered. He was no coat-tail swing r, but stood now as a reformer even is he did in 1890. Would beg no man 'or help and had no political boss. r. Blease was heard with interest; r-ade an impression upon his audi nee, and closed with applause. Mr. J. E. Brunson made decidedly good speech and received his share f applause. He characterized "the lispensary as the greatest of hell's ia ncies'' and this question was the )nly difference of opinion among the -andidates. He caused laughter oy is picture of the candidates trying :o patch up a worn out boiler, nam ng his workmen to whom~ were as ;igned parts in this work. He said f "church privileges'' were grant d by the board of control praper neetings would be largely attended. here would be no delinquents among hurch memberships then; State, for ign and home missions would have urplus funds and all would go on ash. He pictured Mr. Manning as eacon, serving members on the trounds adjacent not allowed in the uilding and '"finally all would go :o hell, including the deacon with the hite apron. -Mr. A. C. JTones spoke earnestly ad to the point. He objects to State louse lobbyists as a nuisance and ~arastically and effectively scored enator Tillman. the plain inference eing that he considered this indi idual what your correspondent would berm a "field lobbyists.'' Referring ro the members of the sveneral assem bly whom Tillman has hopelessly and eden tlessly doomed to political a nni [ilation by his latest edit. Mr. Jones wants to frame their pictures and preserve their names as an heritage or his children. He scored "dispen sary politicians'' as a special varie t 'of the breed. "They tell 'things' bin his own county on Mr. Ansel."' said Mr.. Jones. One of these 'things' referred to a $20 reward to find where Mr. Ansel stood poltically and the other 'thing' was that he was bow legged because he straddled the polit ical fence so much, with his ear to the ground between whiles.''.. Mr. Blease, he said, was the only consist nt dispensaryite in the race and yet lie heat Mr. Blease n his own county on this question last year. Mr. Brun son. like Mr. Ansel, had changed his )ol itical views, turning prohihitionists to take away a vote from Mr. .Jones. Mr. ,Jones then made the statement that Mr. Manning would not be in the race were it not for the Raysor Manning bill, and Mr. Manning at mote arose and rather warmly cor reted this. Mr. Jones believed it, he stated. and then referred to Mr. Edwards' grievance against the Southern railway and to the fact that McMaan, not satisfied with the dis pensary, actually wants the State to go into other lines of business Mr. Manning was next introduced. anl en frrward amid rounds of ap p~use. A flt introdtuctory remarks he stated that he audvocated no new sstem of lawvs. New coniditionis madec eanes necessary from time to time. He wantedl business princ'iples ap ned to every State and county ofiee in South Carolinn. and t his should e the rule. He fa vored thle cont in e proper~ maintennce of our com mon schools and higher edutcational inst itult ions. Hre regrettedl that thle diLpnsry was a buringu gnestiotn. ut it is. lie discussed this clearly and t.orely. statingr his viw fot miunimzing and rednn evils. Hie could not, as an honest man. as a eit ie of South Carolina. and as a -,ther of boys-lie could not afford t. he otherwise than he trtue to hia .Inv ic tion-s. M.iy not he on the pop. uar - de, may he wrong-Or may b riht-but must give his honest view 11 al o uner~[and Mr. Manning5 -.i:-chl was3 a (:eari. dispassionate. fore. il expos.ition of his viewsV. and h< wa heard most attenttively, cotnclud SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crops for Week Ending Monday, July 16, 1906, as Given Out by tha De partment. Like the preceding week. the eur rent one was deficient in sunshine. Few thunderstorms and no high winds occurred. Both the average tempera ture and the average precipitation; were below normal. although exces si;e precipitation occurred in the ex treme northwestern, southern and coast sections. The temperature range for the week was from a minimum of 61 degrees at Greenville on the 10th to a maxi mum of 94 degrees at Conway on the 9th. With the exception of one day when maximum temperatures of 90 degrees, or above, were noted over practically the whole State, the range of the maximum temperatures was from 61 to 70 degrees. except in the eastern portions where the range was from 72 to 77 .degrees. The precipitation was generally be low normal, although frequent light showers occurred over the entire State and kept the soil amply sup plied with moisture, while the exces sive cloudiness, and low temperatures prevented the ground from drying' >ut rapidly. Small streams overflow ed their banks in a few localities, but the larger rivers have maintained their stages only slightly above their normal gage readings. The Tax Assessments. The State board of equalization Friday adjourned to meet again at the call of the chairman, Mr. R. G. Hill :f Union. At the next meeting Lhe matter of assessments on real estate will be considered. Probably as many as ten auditors have not yet mailed their abstracts to the comptroller general, and for that reason the matter of assessments on real estate could not be considered. The auditors are not to blame, for the chairman of the board wired to each delinquent and found that there was a valid excuse in each case. The assessments on cotton mills, fertilizer plants and cotton seed oil mills were adopted upon the reports of the respective committees. The committees which reported on the valuation of these manufacturing properties were as follows: Cotton Mills: A. Zimmerman, Oco nee; J. P. Derham, Horry; Morris Israel, Charleston; W. H. Murphy, Spartan',arg; H. H. Folk, Newberry; J. L. Quinby, Aiken; J. St. Claire White, Berkeley; J. F. Cox, Ander son; J. L . White, Chester; P. L. -Johnson, York; J. A. Meetz, Rich land: J. J. Lane, Marlboro; R. M. Cleveland, Greenville. Fertilize- Plants: E. W. Cannon, Darlington, W. J. Cunningham, Lan caster; A. J. Richbourg, Clarendon; R. A. Cochran, Edgefield; S. M. Ga vin, Dorchester; J. Berg, Beaufort, N. S. McLeod, Lee; R. M. Clafly, Orange burgt; S. D. Guess, Bamberg; J. J. Griffin. Barnwell. Cotton Seed Oil Mills: J. H.. Mc Kenzie, Hampton; H. J. McLaurin, Sumter; M. Lipscomb, Cherokee; 3. M. Sowell, Kershaw; B. G. Price; Alex. McTaggart, Florence'; L. S.' Erich, Georgetown; Thomas L.'Tray lor, Fairfield; J. W. Alton Green wood; R. P. Adair, Laurens; H. C. Crouch, Saluda: F. H. Hendrix. Lex ington; C. C. Fricks, Pickens: J. E. Lomax. Abbeville; D. M. Ballentine, Chesterfield. The assessments on fertilizer plants were increased from $3,074.548 to $3, S37.775. or an increase of $750.000. The cotton seed oil mills were in creased from $2.791.436 to $3.026.S34. an increase of $235.39S. principally in new business -enterprises. The cotton mi-Uls show an increase of nearly 10 per cent., from .$41,507. 294 to $46,137,699. The new concerns put on the tax books this year are Jackson mills. $26.300; Alling and Green Knitting mills. $5,000: Royal Bay and Yarn company. $331,000: Globe Manufacturing compny, $40, 000: Westminster Knitting mills. $15.000 :American Press Cloth Com pany. $19.590: Jordan Manufacturing company. $25,000: Neely Manufactur ing company,. $60.000. Pressing Pardon Petitions. Governor Hleyward. who has just returned from Virginia. finds some pressing pardon petitions on his hands, there being half a dozen hang ings booked for early August. He has issued a call for a special meet ing of the pardon board to be held August 1st. The attorneys for Bob Smalls, the North Carolina white man sentenced to hang August 3rd, have been granted a date for a hearing be fore the Governor July 24. The par done board has already possed ad versely upon this case. Bank of Maysville Closed by Exami ner. Maysvillec. Special.-State Bank Examiner Holleman closed the doors of the Bank of Mayesville Saturday night pending an examination into its affairs. It is not thought that there is any shortage, simply cleric-al errors in the account and probably a too lenient hand in lending out bank funds. It is hoped that the bank will soon be able to reopen its doors. News Items. Fightingt is reported to hav-e brokei: out b'etween Salvadorean and Guate malan troops on the border- betwecn the twvo reprblics, the l'ater being re pulsed. Ex-Judge Hargis and ex-Sheriff Callahan, on trial for the murder of Attorney Mareum in Kentucky. testi fied in their own behalf. but Callahan surfered severely under eross-examina PALMETO_ AffAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Rangc-WhzaZ is Going Cz in Our Stato. General Cotton Market. Galveston, firm............. New Orleans, easy.. ... ...... Mobile, quiet.... .. .. .....10 34 Savannah, steady.. ........1034 Wilmington. steady.. ......10 34 Norfolk, steady.. ........11 14 Baltimore, nominal.. .. .. ..11 1-4 New York, quiet.... .. .. .. ..11 Boston, quiet............. Philadelphia, quiet.. ......1114 Houston, steady.. ........... Augusta, teady.. ... ....1 18 Memphis, quiet and nominal..10 7-S St. Louis, steady........... Louisville,. firm............11 1-S Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent the prices paid to wagons: Good middling.... ..1.4 Strict middlin.......... ..11.40 Middlin.................11.40 Good middling, tinged .. ....... 11 Stainsl. .... ... .........19 1S Mr. E. D. Smith Appeals to Growers To Hold. Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the State branch of the Southern Cotton Association has issued the following statement: "On account of my sickness, I have been unable to keep in touch with the people of the State through the press. I do not want anyone to im agine that the work of the associa tion has in anywise lesseed. "I take this opportunity to call the attention of all the associations to the fact that from every State in the Union there comes reliable informa tion of material crop damage. There seems to be little prospect of a crop exceeding 11,000,000 bales. The world tonsumed last year 12,500,000 bales; the consumption this year will probably reach 1.2,750,000 bales. Therefore, not only for the. remainder of 'this year, there will be practically A cotton in stock. If there ever was a time when the Southern Cotton As sociation, as an organization, could demonstrate its power, that time has beemad to ee ittle propect oferoph metding 11,0000 months. heptm berld Octoberumed lastvembrr this000 bas the meumpin this yermillla inTheefre suppl fo the oestainder ble price eauhee thley rcietcat thi isotto aingk.I timere ever thash sal frmerwhe the Souhn hotnd the soton csan beraniztbin, couldt thisoistaeiswr that time has - ore tpared wit hsrnousepr.hol beTmae Soukethe Cotton Association shoul Obernd Novembefrt this Setem bster asm soon the cotto begns tay csmel fare the man ho sees orhen ielp aut ho noees every be pos sibl cofftof canhe maket rnta "Yeari theftime las wel beganore ye art with coniderabeop. kcrre soer frnometer eorous 14,ptem-0 brp hs oonar the willo begins te cotto tearket, 190 and 1907 organ ized withorte worl eeermandin more cotteo tha the marett ansp "Thearefore cll wer beassoche tion ithe continerabe staedt meto a of19 and v07, waith-n meacticaly whno ever contn hand, tonswith they canl madirngmoent ion thansto thee cotton seasn bup allheansre caille eyasca Tinihe prounety in Soth Starolina, mee tontrei engdlodeviwithan means literaturen every inguityn kownhip they oposinimakengments to dees the peo cotton. aktdr "Egthera irlofte isoton pieaob all succes, andiablye. auew "hTe propeect in gainin adolin-, tinthe poorest finrice years. ttn letnon iata the oppositini-eigue tion hares teed pitfce actton., bu"fgterngo vigilantl than piever "To sucow you simpl trenduse pw eraof thceed asoinainn, forth mairs timein tuh ahinetri of cotton.ot tno a gn that isthk n aer otoi wich heketooed has coirced athale pric fht ottogiat hn waeveroit To inhow yorktan etedospowo tro thass oliao, Sfor hirst tmen tha the gambers ofcond spcula tonrhs cruhape a'ndpae calkon ahic downetoforet tasironancy.ledtthe onerie i hitr of spot cotton ws10pit goweri hewdi nork tallo the spot cot ton toab influedbyan s.Ch gamb mansIthall the gambler addspecula oneetings din the oryofthe otton guste in Siout Calo ten poact tont bevfleyaciatin bc wimb awakn u ayndstinges.terats part ofoexhisteeily imowingu andIshalb'ldt"ddesms meibeges durng the moth of Au-s aut thin m Soti waoiththa. gu muicle eeyasition t e wsine incre.sping doing;afor' thear rms pat is iurdexistence pis nw it our hrads.'' heicrae v~lh AndIi~Z~ y h oerson pca.An election win eed con thnen 13thof Auut m~uiciapaletio o the votestion of robae tha h nres ilb