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PALMUTO AIfAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS O' STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ra Wide Range-What is Going ( in Cur S.ate. General Cotton Market. Galves~ton firn.... .... .... - 1 New Orlears steady.... ..11 \lobile steady............10 15-10 Ch warle s ci ium ..... .... ....-1 Wilmiiton firm.. .......1 - Nrfolk finr... .............11 5-1 1airmore nominal..........11 5S New York dull..............11.25 Bo,.stn dull.... .... .... .... 11.25 Houston easy.... .... ......11 :1 Au::usta steady.... .... ....11 :-1( -lemphis steady.... .... ....11 1-2 St. Lo steady.... .... .... 11 1-2 LLouiisville firm. . . ... ....... -2 Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent lthey rives qjuoted to wagons: ,od -middling............... Strict middling............... 11iddling... ............ .... Sinins.. .. ..'.... ..... 1-2 to 9 1-2 Baltimore Produce Market. liadmore, Oct. 22.-Flour steady, unctehanged. \Veat firmer; spot contract 75 1-4 t- 75 1-2; No. 2. red Western 80 to sO 1-2; Oct. 75 1-4 to 75 1-2. Corn firm; spot 52 5-S: Oct. 52 3-S 4t) 52 5-8; Southern white corn 54 Io 56. Oats puiet; No. 2. white 38 3-4 to ::9 1-4; No. 3, white :;7 3-4 to 38 1-4: Nt. 2, mixed 37 to :37 1-2. Rtye firm; No. 2. Western export 6i; to 67; No. 2. Western domestic 72 to 73. Butter steady and inchanged; !a;ney imitation 21 to 22: do cream erlv 27 to 2S: store nacked 16 1-2 to IS legs firm 24-. *hees active and unihanged; large 1: 5-8; medium 13 7-8: small 14 1-S. Want t, Secede From Berkeley County. Goveror- Heyward has been asked order an election to determine whether ur not 33,square miles of the coIlnty of Berkeley shall not be an neVxed to Dorcelster county. A peti ion was p)resentedi to his excellency andt states that the citizens of Ber~ keley, in the~ section desiring to secede hiave comiplied wit ball of the conlsti ttional requirements. that Berkeley county will not have its population reduced below 15.00(0. that. the lines do not run through anyi incorporated town or city and that the remaining area. of Berkeley is over 300 square u ilecs, all of which is required under tio constitution. No act ion has been ::aken on the matter vet., but. it is understood that the people wish to vote on it at the general election. andt asoon as the governor returns he( will consider the petition. Militia Officers Elected. Laurnes. Special.-At a meeting of: he members of the' newly formed militia camnpanty here. Mir. Oscar WA. Habb was elected captain: 3ir. W. 11. Richey, Jr.. first lieutenamt: Mr. R. l-:. Babb, second lieutenant : Dr. Isa dtirc Schayer. surge'(on. Othier 4t1i er 'wil be named Jler. The coim htany is to be known as'thle Trayhamn Guards'' in honor or J1. H. Trayha~m, who has been ye ry active in getting tip the compoany. Fell From Steeple. Union, Special.-Uharlie~ Jones. a negro carponter. ft! from a church steeple 53 feet high and was instant lv. killed late Thursday afternoon in :i distant section of the county. Ik had~ just put the finishing touches to Inhe job, when. stepingz on the plat Iform he. plunged downward, his nteck being broken. His body was brought here ltor burial. Oil Refinery Chartered. The secretary of state has charter edl the Carolina Cot ton Oil and Re tiinery company of' this city. Mention was made a few days agzo of the~ or :aizat ion of this enterpl rise, which has been formied todevelop thle refin ngof cotton seed produlicts int this State. The ohlices' of thle company will b2 in Columbia and( a retiniery iin 4 harieston. formerlyv use d by the South Atlantic oil cotmpany. will he* mu inoperation. Mr. F'red G. Brown it Anderson is president : J. T. Ste ve"s of Kershaw is vice presidemt: .. J1. La wton of Ha rtsville. secretary. anud B. IF. Tavlor is treasurer. . .Mr. J. ?TFloyd Injured. .Johnston. Special.-Mr. .J. T. F'loyd section foreman of the' Southern rail way at this place, huappened to a pe tuliar accident. While attending to -his duties on the traeg between here and Wards. As the afternoon pas .eniger tramn was passmz1 some one threw off a piece of ice strikimr him .rn the leg below the knee. The wound us painful. but Mr. Floyd is at work .e his crutches. To Meet Fair Week. Anderson. Special.--The following deleg'ates were eleelted from the county tthe State Farmers' union to be held iColumbia dturin: fair wek Dele .zates at Large-J. Y. Longii. J. C. Har mtJhson. H .Smes .W .1. P. Glenni. S. A. B3urriss. T. H. iMwris. .1. WV. Rothrock. WV. L. John som nd B. Harriss. WANT IT[MIZED R[PORTS~ Much Valuable Information Scught By Railroad Commission. coinmibia. Special.-The railroad 2 blian;-S Ii h al;e hI' e r orf I ,. vh e m p :: b e x:' 1ur i e s d etf in fnvl. ali in'oonati u'il 1Y ' tainl rain suri in'odiI'u relport5 will be item ii iti'he :imud ret of1 ie tnuni sin. Of lilkt have also beeI set o he raiflrad Iopaies for r)port on, the 1S411Impro( 111'In Iad' durig *t1 . Ow ned inir 1 he ear-: 1'irebase. thle (It-jd4I ereeted. treles bii and rails !aid. This is the first yesa r a report of thlik kind ha been att(mnip)tvd and much I valujable informrnatio n ]lu-reto44or e niot Fire at Wiliston. Williston. pei.-ca. m. T.n Phillips lost his residine by fire f Tlm urs4aV mtorniig. A Inatm)er of ie f:unilv was awakened at : o'clock by 1 the embers of the roof falling on the e'ling abOve her bead. She then a alarmed the otther people in the house. They barely !tad time to escape and i savedl practically not Ihing. There was I insurance on the building amount ngi ii to S1500. It is not known what in- t. surance was placed on 1he furiture. wlii(chi was a total loss. t Clemson-V. P. I. Game. b Clemson. Special-Spartahug will r in all probability send over to Clem- t son college a large delegation to the 1: Clemson-v. P. T. game. which is sched uled for Saturday. There are many Clemson alumni in the city and not a t few who have ittended V. P. 1. Tli game i. expetel by the Spartaiburg enithusiasts to be the higiest order aild will draw a good attendance from this eliy. Fatal Type of Malarial Fever. Williston. Special. - Mr. .i. M. t .rubbs. a higily respeeted cithi En of the Tinkers Creek section was buriedl i! t he famiily cemetery. He is slip pos-zed to have been the vietim of. a pe- r enliarly fatal type of. malarial fever. t On Saturday li was in his aecustom- t ed health. but was taken withi a chil! t anld Iapsed illto a sIate 41i 4 lu3 -m 111 e which lie ieve. recovered.v Cotton Fire Near Carlisle. c ('arlisle. Special.-From 35 to4 :50 bleZIs or cottoni. most)5 of which'i blon'gti ed to the~ Dixie Cotton comphiany ofi 1hist place. were almolst lotallv jsroved by fire Suni day mo'rning shor~ y after 9 o'clock ati Herblert, a small 'tationi on1 thle Soulbhern ahoilt1 seven mTiles5 be 1l4w here. Tlie cat 144il. wlInlh was 'lin a platform near thle railroad. w:' foitld 1(4 he eni lire soonli a ter tl0e oinll g~ trtai i lll ('r)1 Couluiba p:45e' * ad~i it is thoiu&.t siark ;ro~m the en' ine ceausedl it. Criminal Reports Coming In. Co) lmiaf. Sp--iaI.-Th1e attone 41IQ geeral is beginning to receiveth cr.iial reports froiri the clerks of cort for the year,3190(. As many of the co4tuties stil1 imtre ano4thetr term of ou rt it will impo114 ssihie to0 pirepa)re ay i.uma ry l some inn1 te iniI Decemnber The replort s inclu tde thle imtmbe'r ofi trials. thle cotnvict ions anid thte crimies coi~tte.d ini pm 'outieS and the 1to als are interesting for comnpanisons withI the pre'vious year. Cotton Damaged in York. heavy frosts have caused great dal2- I age to the cotton erop' as well as ntear- i ly all vegetation. Reports of danmg~ea come from aill sectijons of York counti t. In wakn throtugh thte co4tton fields t' leav es appear~ dead and4 t hey crush ini the hand like burned paper. Sawmill Burned Near Kershaw. Keishiaw. Specia .-A sawmill o4wn- 1 ed by Mr. A. Rollins. locate'd aboutt 13) miles fromt town. was dest roved by fire last Sttorday nighlt. 31 is I 1iposed1 to4 be the work of~ incendiary. ( Ie liss is Several huntdred doilars.r Ncw Bank for Gaffney. (affniev. S. ( .. Specia!.-It is ru mored thiat Galfney is in the near~ fu ture to have antither ban~k. The de tails have not been announcled biut theI gentlemien who are at the head of the new enterprise are amply able to opetn a strong institution41. Great Impetus to Trade. Georgetowni. Speeihll.-The monthly I pay roll of the Atlantic Coast Lumbert Corporation was distributed among itst immense fore~ of hands Saturday. :1g gregatinlg ini the neighborhood of $60. 000. This large s:nn of hard cash gives a grat impetus to trade in the city andl throughout this entire section. The other mills pay weekly. and thieir~ pay rolls average s ometintg over $1,00 per week for each mill crew. Increased Dispensary Sales. Chester. Speial.-The- net profits from sales at the county dispensary for September amount to $1.622. an increase of 30 per cent over the sales of the previous year. This increase is I tot because Chester people are drink ig more lignor, but comes from York1 atd Lancaster. Adelaide Ristori. the famous trag edienne o1. a genteration ago, died in Rme. i DISASTROUS FILE he Town of Seneca, S. C., is Almost Wiped Out ENSATIONAL REPORT OF ORIGIN Oneensus of Opinion is That Burn ijg Was Inspired by Negro Presi dent of College Which Was Recent ly Dynamited. Greeniville. S-. -. Spielal.-As~ a re di oft the r'in-e troubtiles at Sen ewa. It town is is asihes being the work. is claimed.: 1_ 1'ie.lu 3 0 0 'ekin~g reveng for th dl~iani ne Sn-er oleethere la Zt Sa1tuLlr ay night. The chief consirnor in ih trouble ppears to have been onie Rev. J. F. illiams, president of the dynamited llege. which wIis supported by ortlier'n white people The fire broke om at one fi'clock ednesdav moriniig aId bLurned rap 1lv constuningr almost the entire busi ess part of the town. which has a opalation of something like 2.000. No fire-fighting apparatus - a1s vailable and the citizens were power ss to stop the flames. As a last resort dynamite was used nd by this method a few houses were wved. Mr. F. . MeKinney, superinten ent of the Seneca Cotton Mills, who ives in Greenville. brought the first ews of the burning of the town to is city on No. 36. He was an eye itness to the conflagration and says is the consensus of opinion there iat the town was fierd by the negroes. Among the buildngs burned are oth hotels; Mrs. M. W. Coleman's esidence; two store rooms adjoining xe hotels and a hardware store bad damaged. The fire was out at four o'clock. The hotel people were all saved. The fire started in the basement of be Oconee Inn. Everything is quiet though feeling still shown by the negroes. No arrests have been made. The roperty loss at Seneca is estimated t $1.50.000 with $50.00 insurance. No causalties are reported though oth hotels were burned together with he bliniess portion of the town. Temperance Hosts Assemble. Boston, Mass.. Special.-From far way Japan and Australia and from lore than 50 other countries in both lie eastern and western hemispheres. hoisands of women interested in the emperance reform haw(- come to this ity to participat. in %,be triennia! orld'.s convention of the Women's bristIian Temperanice Un ion, which pened here. The convention will con ine through the remdinedr of this reek and following Sunday, coming to close on Sunday night. In addi ion to the business sessions mant mublic meetings have beent a rrangedl t which -prominent women temper nec workers from this country and brond will deliver addresses. The onvention proper aind the principle dditional mneetinzs will be held in rmont Temple. The principal fea ure of the convention will be a "wel ome'' banquet in Tremont Temple. n the absence of the President of he world's union. Lady Henry Somer et. the presiding officer at the busi tess sessions will be Mrs. Lillian M. E'. Stevens, president of the Natioiial V. C. T. *U. and vice-president at aree of the World's body. A Total of $12,000,000. adna Cuba. By Cable.-Major ,dreported to Gov4'ernor Mogoon hat he had finished eount ing the 'unds in the Cuban treasurv and otnd iat they totalled a little more han $12.000.000. mostly American old. Books balanced exactly. Didn't Poison His Wife. Tom's River. N. J., Special.-After trial lasting about 10) days. Dr. rank L. Brouwer. indlicted for the 2urder of his wife, by poison. was euitted. The jury brought in a erdict of "not guilty'' inside of an our. The court room was crowded then Judge Hendrickson ascended 1h4 bench to hear the finiding. A Child Fatally Burned. Asheville. N. C'.. Special-News was >roughit here by Dr. IL A. Harris, of le burning to death of the little laughter of Mr'. and Mrs. Wesley ~dmunnds, near Hlomersville. in Fiat 'reek township. and the serious if ot fatal injuries sustained by the nother in attempting to save her kild from dheath. Dru. Harris says lhat Mrs. Edmunds is in a critiecal ondition and that should she survive he will be maimed for life; that eeral finger's were terribly burned s to necessitate amputation and that rer injuries about the face and neck vl leave sears. President Sends Flowers. Washington. Special. -- President roosevelt sent the following telegram o Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, expressing he sympathy of Mrs. Roosevelt and timself over the death of Mrs. Jeffer on Davis: "Pray acecept the most sincere sym athy of Mrs. Roosevelt and myself." The President and Mrs. Roosevelt Lso have sent flowers for the funer 1 of Mrs. Davis. fine Lives ILost in Nicaraguan Hurri cane. New Orleans, Special.-Nine lives vere lost in the hurricane which wept the eastern coast of Nicaragua ast Saturday according to advices re eived here. The loss of life was in he village of Pearl Lagoon, which s reported to hri:e been entirely de troyed. The full extent of the dam e is not yet known. The hurricane ~overed an area ofseveral hundred DEAD BY HUNDREDS Great Storm Seriously Wrecks Gulf Cities GREAT DESTRUCTION REPORTED Coral Formation Near Line to be Followed by Flagler Railroad Ex tension Across Straits to Key West is Scene of Terrible Loss of Life, ,Tidal Wave Sweeping the Islet Clear of Inhabitants and Killing 25 Out of 100 Persons on Steamer St. Lucie, of Tampa. Miami, Fla., Special.-The report of the lozs of the steamer St. Lucie. Captain Bravo commanding, has proven true. One of the extension steamers arrived in port, bringing 60 wounded. who were taken to the hospita!. It is said there are 22S dead bodies. which will be brought up. It is believed now that a portion of the Florida Fish & Produce Com pany's fleet were drowned. Managet Adams sent one one of their boats to look for the men and on their re turn they reported no signs of the fleet. The fishing nets were found strewn upon the shore.. All 250 Islands Lost. Captain Bravo says that he anchor ed on the lee side of Elliott's Key, 25 miles south of Miami. and that soon after a tidal wave engulfed the island. He says there were 250 resi dents on the island. all of whom were lost. The St. Lucie was crushed by the same wave and of the one hund red persons on board 25 were killed. Captain Bravo was seriously injured. The St. Lucie's home port was Tampa, Fla. She was built in Wil mington, Del., in 1855, and was of 105 net tonnage, 122 feet long, 24 in breadth and over four feet depth. She was usually manned by a crew of 13. The St. Lucie had formerly been inl service an New Haven. Details were lacking. Fort Pierce, Fla.. Special-The con ductor on train No. 9S, just in from Miami, reports terrible destruction there by the hurricane. Fully 100 houses were blown down and the city is in a demoralized condition. The handsome churches of the Episcopal and Methbdist denominations -were bothIi blown down. The concrete jail was leaning with danger of turning over and the prisoners had to be re moved1. The car sheds are down and the top was blown off the Peninsu lar & Occidental steamer sheds. A two-story brick building. occupied as a saloon, completely collapsed. Hurricane Hits East Florida. St. Augustine, Fla.. Special.-Fre quent messages have been received at the wireless telegraph station here giving the progress of a severe hurri cane which swept from Cuba to the lower east coast of Florida. Early Thursday morning the storm was re ported in the vicinity of Havana, do ing great damage'there, but details are lacking. Later the storm reached Key West, blowing down small houses and .trees, being particularly severe along the water front. As the day wore on the storm reached Jupiter, where it is stated the wind blew 70 miles an hour. Wires are down south of Jupiter and no wireless report has been received from the Miami district. The storm is fast moving in this direc tion. Residents on Anastasia Island have been warned and some of them have moved over to this city. $750,000 Iron Ore Deal in Alabama. Barminham, Ala., Special.-It is learned here that the Republican Iron and Steel Company as purchased a big tract of ore lands on Red Moun tain, west of Birmingham, from Mark L. Potter, of Brooklyn, N. Y. The property is rich in hematite. The con sideration was something like $750.000 Investigating Condition of Murphy Branch. Asheville, N. C., Special.-As a re sult of complaints of poor service from people residing along the Mur phy line of the Southern Railway, Corporation Commissioner Rogers passed through Asheville for Murphy for the purpose of making a thorough investigation of existing affairs on the Murphy line. The complaints from people on the Murphy line have been forwarded to the corporation com mission and it was decided that inves tigation of conditions should be made. Desparate Criminal Escapes. Chester, S. C., Special.-Alex Gil lam, colored, a notorious thief and all-round crook, who was serving a ten years' sentence -on the county chain gang, made his escape late Mon day afternoon. Guard S. H. Wylie, who has had charge of the squad, fired at the fleeing negro, but missed, and as he was alone and unable to leave the other convicts, Gilliam made good his escape. Supervisor Darby has offered a reward of $50 for the capture of the negro. A Terriffc Storm. Norfolk, Va., Special.-With a wind blowing between 35 and 40 miles an hour and seas rolling almost moun tain high at times, no sailing vessels and but few steamships were ventur ing outside the Virginia Capes. p to noon no tidings had been receiv ed in Norfolk from the .lost whale back barge Birkshire, with her im prilled r1ver fURTH[R TORNADO WORKS L One of 49 Survivors of an East Coast Railway House Boat Describes Termble Experience During Storm When Boat Turned Over Thrice, Bach Tine Rei:cing the Numbe-r of the Living. abolng the key n tei! : h:-rowi: tde of death :w-l <b-o ru<!(-,1j 4ild : i: 1;14 StOrnm of1 llil-ilyd1. WV. P'.Ibshuy iieniern A r-e of' h, woriwk otn Loig Kcy. whio n.~iiireltuly escap~ed dea:thi. ar rived here on1 ti. Rnsiu steamer Jeneaong othier survivor~ resctted. lie say's hlose 1)1Un No.4. oI whithit Were 150 men. was strucw'k by the storm at 5 o cleck 'IiTirsday m1r11 ing and wis diriven ontt into tie Gult ex throuli Tawk's Channel. At 1; en o'clock the hotuse )(at began to br eak si up. and as the great wave- lit her R men. singly and in bunches t aw (r ihree, would be washed into tlhe sea A and drowned. Sonie went below for a protection, but wenh 11Cop f) the C boat was carried away the waves ni rushed and the boat soon went to d( pieces, .30 or 40 of* the Ineigl crushed inl the collapse, the others b( grabbing timbers to save them from bi drowning. Engineer Dusenbury w*'w in the hold. but succeeded in getting a log, and floated until Friday niglt. when he was rescued. On on1e piece of timebr 16 men 'were clingiug and a' were hanging to another. Tihe side of the house boat was erowded with tb men. It turned over- three times, each time reducing the number. The Russian steamer Jennie sig-ht- Of ed the wreckage and succeeded it res- w cuinir the 49 men who were brought here. Three other sieamers with as searchlights vere picking up -dead and living when the Jennuie left the scene. There was another house boat with e 150 men on board at Long Key. Wi heh bc Mr. Dusenbury thiuk. was also svept C to sea. There were in all 10 boats at Long Key. mortar mixers. dredges and other boats engaged in the work. C The survivors were furnished 0ood al and clothing from the East Coast to Railway commissary here and were tU given medical attention. The exten- C sion work of the railway along ihe y keys was not damaged. f s Burton Starts For. Jail. E Abilene. Kan.. Special - Jeseph P alph Burton. formerly United State; Senator from Kansas. whose sentence a to serve six months in the county ,jail at Ironto. Mo.. recently was e utheld by thme United States Supreme cE (curt, left his home for' St. Louis a: where. on Moiay morning. he will he surrender to the D)istrict Court pre- G pared to go to jail. He was accomn- el panied by Mrs. Burton and their h adopted daughter, who wvill live in cm Ironton (luring Mr. Burton's incar- . ceration. Sunduay evening' numterous towsmen called oni Mr. Burton to bid ti him good-bye. Hie seemed thoroughly I cheerful and laughingly said to a re- C orter: "l've paid my laundry bill and looked after somel oilier small ti matters. but I don 't suppose that pl would interest the publie.'' d< Sunk by Mine, 180 Drowning. d London. By Cable.-A dispatch re- . eived he-re 'from Valdivostock byt Lods agency~ says the Russianu wooden coatingl steamer .Warjagina strck a floating mine and founderedte on Oct. 20. Some of her passengers and crew were saved, but 180 per~- , sons were drowned. Another mes sage received by a news agency says two hund red passengers perished on l board the Warjagin, only one beingn saved. Hurried From Gadsden. Gadsden, Ala.. Special-John Mose o: cy, the negro arrested charged with i1 the murder of Engineer Joe Cobb at a the steel plant. Sunday. was hurried 0 to Anniston. Threats of lynchim were beard all day. Cobb was very* popular here and in Alabama City, where he lived. Thme engineer was b brained with a hammar. t Sulphur Water Floods Town. 't San Salvador. By Cable.-Tele- C graphic communication with interier points has been restored and news cf 1 the disaster wrought by the terri~e storm which has swept over the coun- I try is being received. Over 100 per I sons have been drowned in Catepeu- j pue. A~ vast quantity of sulphur water was thrown out of the Chulo volcano and inundated the to)wn .of t Panhinaleo. killing most of the in habitants. Fromi othier points also reors of terrible devastation aree coming in. Confligation Visits New Zealand. Wellington. New Zeailand. By Cable -The biggest confligationi in the his tory of the eit-; occurred early Sun day. The Union Banik was com pletely destroyed by flames, and the j new building of the Bank of New 1 South Wales was gutted. The Com mercial and Trocadero Hotels and several insuranc1e a nd othcr businss houses also were dest roved. Battle a Bloody Draw. Philadelphia. Special.-Terry Mc Govern and Young Corbett fought a hard six-round bout at the National Atheletie Club. When the gong an nounced the close of the battle, there was little to choose between the fight cirs. The fightt was one of the blood ist ever witnessed in this city. -There was no decision. Secretary Shaw spoke at Lanaes er, Pa. outlining Republican policies. HAS BORROWE Liff High Levy For 1905 Brought Much Money In-High Valuation Will Bring in More. The St.ii of Siih 'ar4olina Will in ni1any ~C~~~Vi$ ~(~ il inl ne v--ar t n1:1t 1eis i nu are eCon traciti aiA einot be met by the tax mowy rece'ived. Up to this year the full amiunt hzi: had to be obtained 4 frorm hauiks in the North. but this time only $325.000 was borrowed, -which neans a considerable saving in The reduction can be partly account ed for by the raise in the tax levy in 1905 which was the money used this year. For the present year the levy was put back at its former fig ure and until the returns from the audito.4 commence to come in it was 2 thought that next year would mean that the State would have to go back to the old way and borrow the full amount in 1907. The returns. however, indicate an ainoeuA aytjl a sn8Lzl suomzoua of property and when all the counties are heard from there are indications & that business may be conducted on a eash basis next year. Twogreturns received by the comptrolled general showed increases;. of 12 snd 15 per cent. respectively. The total valuation in Lexington of all property for 1905 was $4,194, 605 and for 1906 is $4,818,954, a gain of $624,289. In Aiken county, where the assess ments have always, been-high,-,the.4al nation of property in 1905 was $9, 126,'40 and for 1906, $10,262,842, a gain of $1.136,10S. Other counties have shown gains fully as great, especially in tliePee Dee section of the State, where, it is said, the land has always beei -lac at a low valuation; up to the resent year. The fact that the State'did not provide a flexible -levy as- advocated by the comptroller general, prevented even fuller returns. but the start has been made in the -right direction, and there is a general desire on the part. of county auditors to abide by the: resolutions adopted- at their conven tion here last year, when it was de-' eided to rigidly enforce the law. Re turns are not yet-- made- at..the-full value, but it is thought that with changes recommended in the tax laws this can eventually -be wdone and all property epualized.-Columbia State. True Bill 'Returned. Greenville, Special.-Ih 'the United States court here a true bill was found on an indictment charging Sherif Jennings of Pickens with allowing certain federal prisoners to -escape from his jail. The caise will not be tried at this term. It is poite out by the sheriff's friends that he did not actually allow 'his prisoners .to escape. but gave them the -freedoni of the jail premises, which, the courts; have decided, can be construeted as4 an "escape. 'i The practice of treat ing petty federal offenders pretty much as free people has been common in the upper counties in past years, it is said, but Judge Brawley is do ing his best to -bring about 'a' change. Sheriff Limehouse Suspended. The law requires thae Governor to remove from office any sheriff indict ed by' a grand jury for malfeasance in office without waiting on the result.4 of the trial, and in the case of Sher iff Limehouse, of Dorchester, indict ed this week by his grand jury ~for allowing a negroo -0be taken~ from him and hanged, this will be done. The Governor is merely waiting ^to be officially notified of the indictment - befora ssuing the, -ordern removing Lunehonse. Three Negro Women ,Drowned Beaufort, S. C., Special-A small ferryboat plyindi betu'een Beaufort and Ladies' Island, swamped during - the storm with six meif~aidfer-M women, all negroes, on board. Three women were drowned. A skiff from a pilot boat anchored in the stream, C in charge of Tom Washington, ane gro sailor, rescued the other passeng ers at considerable risk. Child Drinks Carbolic Acid. Itichmond, Speciak-Fi~e-year-old Charlie Howard, son of Mr..and Mrs. Henry C. Howard, West Leigh street, & drank two ounces of carbolic acid ' thinking it was his whooping cough medicine. Dr. R. Lester Hudgins, o. the City Hospital, said there is lit- -1 tie chance of his recovery. The coug~h medicine and the acid in bottles very much- alike; had :beei left on a-table~ n the sitting room. Mrs. Howard left the boy alone in the room with the medicine. A few minutes after leaving she heard the boy groaning , and found him 'writhing upon the floor. -- By Wire and Cable. Receiving $5,000 ieward fhr-the cap ture of Paul 0. Stensland, the Chica go Tribune turned it over to theobank which Stensland wrecked. The nature of the "niysteious paper' "in the Weightman will has not been disclosed. The case of the Standard Oil! Corn pany was argued and is expected to -o to the jury. The French submarine, boat Lutin, while conducting plungingL experi-.r ments, went down in 130 fe'et of water - and the .15 men aboard 'believed to -K have perished. The sentry who shot and killed a girl prisoner in St. Petersburg be cause she looked out of'a window has been rewarded and commended as an example of faithfulness to duty. Mail ad-vices from Hongkong show the loss of 10e in the recent typhoon to have been 10,000, among them 24 Europeans, while the property dam age is put at $20,000,000. ;AM P. JONES DEAD lost Widely Known American Preacher and Lecturer EATHI FROM HEART FAILURE oted Revivalist and Lecturer Dies of Heart Disease in Sleeper at Early Hour While Passing Through Ar kansas en Route to Cartersville, Ga., to Attend Family Reunion on His 59th Birthday-Complained of Nausea, Drank a Glass of Hot Wa ter and Fell Back, Dying-Wife and Daughters With Him. Liuie liock. Ark.. Special.-The ev. Sam P. Jones, the well-known angelist, of Cartersville, Ga., died .rly Monday of heart disease in a 2eping car on train No. 4 of the )ek Island Railroad near Perry, rk. Mr. Jones had been conducting most successful revival at Oklahoma tv. I. T.. and left there Sunday git for his home in Georgia. He sired to attend a family reunion it ing the 59th anniversary of his rth. Mrs. Jones and his two daughters, rs. Annie Pyron and Miss Julia >es. were with him when he passed Mav. Mr. Jones arose from his berth in e sleeper about 5 o'clock and com ained of nausea. He drank a glass hot wa:er and immediately after ards collapsed. Rev. Walt. Holeomb. who had been sociated with Mr. Jones for a num r of years. took the dying man in s arms and in a few minutes the -anelist reathed his last. The >dy was embalmed and was sent to Life of Mr. Jones. Rev. Sam P. Jones was born in jambers county, Ala.. Oct. 16, 1887, id was reared in Cartersville, Bar w county, Ga., where be resided at e time of his death. His father, ptain John J. Jones, was a law r of note in Georgia, distinguished r his intelligence and integrity, ial qualities and consistent piety. e prepared his son for the legal ofession, which he entered in early anhood with the fairest prospects' id promises ,of success. After a life of wildness and social eesses his father's death-bed be ime the scene of his refor'aation d -in October, 1872. ini atlanta, Ga., Swas received on trial in the North e' gia conference of the M. E. mureh. South. Thlis step astonished s friends, who did not believe he uld ever succeed in the ministry. is first appointment was the 'Van ert circuit, in Barto and Polk coun es, Ga., which he served three years. 1S76 he was sent to Desoto cir ut, where he remained two years. In 188C he was appointed- agent of 1 North Georgia Conference Or dan' Home, when the home was un er great financial embarrassment. :e not only relieved the home from abt and, saved it from financial ruin it raised money and erected addi onal buildings, put the institution pon a career of greater usefulness 2d prosperity. Since that time he has been engag i in evangelistic work, having held ~vivals in all parts of America, from rashington to San Francisco and om the Lakes to the Gulf. His wer over men was marvellous and is power over vast assemblies phe menal. He despised the mere arts E oratory, but possessed the elo ence of earnestness and action, the re and glow of passion, the surprises E thought, which, expressed in the uguage of the shop and the field nd illustrated by the common facts life, made him the most sensation preacher who ever stood in an Am rian pulpit. It is safe to say that no other man iAmerica was more popularly nown and extensively recognized aan Sam Jones. For thirty-five ears he has been constantly before he American people, speaking nall ver the country. He was known far nd wide, and was just as successful i his efforts in one part of the md as any other. There was no limit to his energies. fe would speak in one state one av and in another the next. He ra~versed the entire country in his As an evangelist he was successful nd had the power to attract men by he sheer force of his personality. As a public speaker he was even none successful. He was able to ommand a monumental salary. On he American stage he held a unique Ositionl which has never been ap roached. He was witty, sarcastic md denunciatory, and yet his most >itter satire was relished even by hose at whom it was aimed. He vas perefctly understandable and one but he could denounce in terms ;o bold and so unmistakable the pre railing evils of the day and the par tiular individuals engaged in any nholy traffie. His death will cause universal sad 49 Terroists Captured . Warsaw, Russia, By Cable.-The >olice discovered the headquarters of in elaborate organized band of terror sts and captured 4,9 members of the >nd who are charged with having ~omitteed many morders and rob eies. It is alleged that the band riginally delivered the proceeds of :heir crimes to local Socialists organ zations, but, becoming dissatisfied vith the payment receiv~ed, subse uently carr-ie'd on a business of their