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Capacity of the Brair &P Or. Frederick Peterson. =THORITIES dicr as to t o receive the impressio- . captity of the average braiD 'believed thatr- there c, ratime: It is pretty well tion distinct from . la the b-itif a eitre of conserva now ncthing oP4t '-ZPz!re of perception-, We of course eeto r t V !e nature of tht ~relatien of brain re r%-% End conservation, but we do know that 1-' ka relaticn. The latest researihes (Hammer 4L4 Thomson) show that the number of cells in the I-ne t=e s'nine billicn two hundred million. All stimuli, ex Xe e4 e senses) or internal (through processes), must leave ese cells, chemical, physical, or dynamic. These stimuli a sorts of percepts; words and sounds heard; things and eb- ets felt, tasted, smelled; sensations perceived in our own - Ougbs pushimng upward into consciousness. And a little reflection how i:lmzerable suic iprints mast be in the course of a sing!c wi c reading the resident of a city must receive an incalculable Stn ine;ssins upon his brain every 24 hours. The reading centre of 0ec~necues a cOmparative small area in the back of the left hemis . :d coaseqcently must possess a very small portion of the fnino 1) "- c nIer"ed to above. We can only guess at the number, but a fair e 'wu'd be :about a twentieth, or say five hundred millions which a 4 eme or CO 7ears would allow us about 25,000 cells daily for the per '50'nand COnsErvatn- of -words and sentences read. These figures may Wve sCie vazue, but at any rate thev emphasize- a very important QTd '&at is that our brain capacity is limited and that we should be 2z:t:;; 4c7s we daily squander.-Colliers' Weekly. A#Private Estate of a T Million Acres By C. F. Carter. P thie Tcccnt acquisition of a tract of 170,000 acres Snta Gertrudes Ranch, in southwest Texas, already repu - - +~ Igd to be the largest estate in the world owned by a pri -ate tndividual. was increased to the immense proportions a of 2000 square mHes, or 1,280,000 acres. As an aid to the lu 4 ocMpre-ensSon of these dimensions some comparisons may k VF" be found useful. The area of Rhode Island, excluzive of the waters of Narrangansett Bay, comprise G73.920 acres or r- 'atO more than cne-half the area of Santa Gertrudes Rranch. The : 3r E ,izwe, excusive of water, is 1,254,000 acres or 25,00 acres smaller RLsn er Gaudes. - Texas constitutes one-eleventh of the area of the Zz.~ S=rs; -et I the Lone Star State were to be cut up into ranches the iMn C &T.at Gertrades there would only be land enough to make 132. r: Gtertmdas Ranch was founded in 1853 by Captain Richard King, a .e m ssipp River pilot, who, with his friend Captain Miffin Kenedy, lzi r1 e= f t e transport service on the Rio Grande which supplied Gen l r mazny during the Mexican war. Captain King's ambition was to : :Ae L=rest and best cor.ducted ranch in Texas; but he died twenty re-3 zp. sler acumulatig 830,000 acres. The property was left to his 2ime. H. 3- King, who turned the entire management over to her -so-'.r:. R.3. Kleberg, a lawyer, who was born and brought up within 150 Le vZ Le rnch. Under Mr. Keberg's management the acreage has been :emn Efty percent.--Harper's Weekly. The Cheerful Man ty 0. . Marden. Eg ,.zfl man is pre-eminently a useful man. T-e cheerfel man sees that everywhere the good outbal :-athe had, and that every evil has its compensating A habit of cheerfulness enables one to transmute ap ::rent mcisfortunes into real blessings. Hfe who has formed a habit of looking at the bright side ef things, has r great advantage over the chronic dyspctic who sees no goad in anything. ~ s'~er-iimzns thouht sculptures his face into beauty and touches Es _ xzo 't g;rate 2. s Uncol.n's chezr-fulness and sense of humor that enabled him to sr:x1 maa t erible i-cad of the civil war. . we s o&rCIl and cccitented all nature smiles with us; the air is e.JaM. &shs clearer, the earth has a brighter green, the trees have a :fs:ge. rhe Sowers .are rore frag-ant, the birds sing more sweetly e sn. mn a.nd the stars are more beautiful. 3.1e ttcught and gcd actio;n claim a natural alliance with good cheer. Em.-e&2 chteer"falncss is found in great souls, self-poised and confider.t de -enam Nesx.e-aided powers. Gxsn - c.ctness is the g-eat preventive of humanity's ills. 42d e::e:yad fear are the great enemies of hupan life and sheu-ld be :3stcd -as we resist thre plague. Cheerfulness is their antidote. Wme:ct chreerf-iess there can be no healthy action, physical, mer.tal or r --L&: tjs tte nr.cJ. atos phet-c of cur being.-Success. *GzamIk of the Telephone in Thirty Years .To +% g- ce:tral:" was first heard in 187S. Today the exenanges - re nmbered by the thousand, the telephones by the mlil-.on. ~ * '.r:is.us nrtries, unknown thirty years ago. but now -ecress ef e-mployment to many thousands of workers, depend entirciy cn the telephone fcr support. Numerous factories +_____ nlug kead sheathing, dynamros, motors, generators, bat - r+ tCaz.s. Cile e'!uipmen,5 cables, and many other appliances. r+-w- -..-en.d have to <iose dcwn and thus throw their operatives -k'. ad _.:_e_ if the telei;hone bell should cease to ring. The Bell - s c ev< U.. perrscns a.nd, it may be added, pay them well. *-- . Me 2:r-yes have fsmilies to mintainl; others support their pa ne hethr a::d si.tters. It is safe to say that 200,000 people -*- phone for their daily bread. These figures may be supple ~ ~e. ju-~ram <f te'ephcnes in ure, (5,098.000), by the number of miles g ~-s tn the Bell lines, and by the number cof conversat.ions ~ etc5cag conveyed in 19'05. 'Ilhe network of wire connects ~~ ~ chies, town-s. villages and hamlets. czs~ growth as these statistics show would imply not only ~ appre~iat:u of the telephone, but would also suggest - ens more skillfui cperators, and better service. There would ,~ ~- '. such sggestion. Electr:cal science has undergone rad:ca] rr e-e !S7W. Telepheny has raised the utilnvation of electricity to p ~ rsfessic- Of ce'rse such advances .have not been won with. c 'a.u-::s were spent in experiment and investigation before a -~~*. Com ictaio by the first telephone was limited to a - 7 et Ncw, conversation can be carried on by persons 1,000 , x- Ya.zrow cz:g-distance lines will span the continent; and the ~ ~ ae~phony wi i be a commonplace of mercantile routine. ~~-x-e d mney- had toecllaborate for years before they could work the esto-n and Omaha to taIle together.-Fro:n the "Thirtieth c 4 Creat Invention," in S:ribner. Iaa in Water. The Bismnarck Family. -ry,tr:- re;idez3c at the St. Maur IHerbert Bismarck haa none of hi Ca e the utite bills posted in father's bright wit in conversation 4m sne: bythe Prefecture of the but had his overhearing temper an< me:a d the attenton of the pub- his mother's violent irascibility. Sh ~rc 2.e4 gr of driahing water. Is hid the disp,osition of the Frank is: -$- mm.tha the Seine, before it women as exemplified in Fredegorda a eg.fs.czis23.00 microbes but held in check by modern co-nd: c- omeza~ ae, afterward num- ditions. Bismarck in anger was a: GM-0: thr. above Lycns there terrible as a ferocious mastiff. She - .+ dre KiMe 75 znicrobes, and be- far from restraining him, kept on say -zp- ddR- ab:yve Berlin there are ing, "Good dlog; tss-s-ss. Go at hir -e Spree -C3G(A a:d below above 97,- .(or at her): good dog; tss-s-Es," o -.~r7~- .-t -tt Paii tanta:nount werds. A SPECIAL MESSAGE The President Transmits lis Views on Porto Rico THINKS FUTURE IS PROMISING Teachers, 30th American and Native, Endeavor to Train Students in Mind and in Citizenship-Insular Police td Porto Rican Regiment Should be Perpetuated-Full Am erican Citizenship Should be Con ferred Upon Natives - Markcd Progress Made Under Present ,ccv ..ernor Toward Self-Government Electio-ns This Year Were Abso lutely Orderly and Unaccompanied by Any Disturbance. Washin,ton, Special.-The Presi dent's message to Congress giving the result of his recent observations in Porto Rico and making recommenda tions concerning the government of that island was delivered to the Sen ate. It was read at length and re ceived careful attention. The mes sage was as follows: The President's Message. To the Senate and House of Repres entatives: On November 21 I visited the is land of Porto Rico, landing at Ponce, crossing by the old Spanish road by Cayey to San Juan, and returning next morning over the new American road L.o Arecibo to Ponce; the scenery was wonderfully beautiful, especially among the mountains of the interior, which constitute a ver itable tropic Switzerland. I could not embark at San Juan because the har .bor has not been dredged out and can not receive an American battle ship. I do not think this fact credit- 1 able to us as a nation, and I ear] estly hope that immediate provision will be made for dredging San Juan harbor. I doubt whether our people as a whole realize the beauty and fertility of Porto Rico, and the progress that has been made under its admirable government. We have just cause for pride in the character of our rep resentatives who have administered the tropic islands which came under our flag as a result of the war with Spain; and of no one of them is this Xore true than of Porto Rico. It would be impossible to wish a more faithful, a more efficient and a more disinterestcd public service than that now being rendered in the island of [Porto Rico by those in control of the insular government. I stopped at a dozen towns all told, and one of the notable features in 'every town was the gathering of the school children. The work that has ~ ~been done in Porto Rico for education has been noteworthy. The main em phasis, as is eminently wise and proper. has been put upon primary education; but in addition to this there is a normal school, an agri eultural schiool, three industria-l and three high schools. Every effort ist being made to secure not only the benefits of elementatry education to all the Porto Ricans of the next generation, but also as far as means 1 will permit to train them so that the industrial, agricultural and comamer eial opportunities of the island can be utilized to the best possible ad vantage. It was evident at a glance t that the tesehers, both Americanst and native Porto Ricans, were de voted to their work, took the great est pride in it, and were endeavoring to t-rain their pupils, not only int mind, but in what counts for far :nore thgn mind in citizenship, that in chairaeter Troops in the Island. I was vets; much struck by the ex eellent charaeter both of the insular police and of the Porto Rican regi- t ment. They are both of them bodies that reflect credit upon the American administration of the island. The m sular police are under the local P-orto Rican government. The Porto Rican regiment of troops5 must be appro priated for by .Congress. I tern estly hope that this body will b:: kept permanent. There should certainly & troops in the island, and it is wise that these troops shouki be them selves native Porto Ricans. It woull be from every standpoint a mistake not to perpetuate tis regiment. In traversing the island even the most cursory sprey leaves the be holder struck w-ith the evidient rapid growth in t1ie culture both of the su.rnr cane and tobaceo. The fruit industry is also gro winig. Last year wvas the most prosperous year that. the islan-d has ever known before or since the American occupation. Thei total exports and imports of the island was $45,000,000 as aginst $18, 000.000 in 1901. This is the largest in flhe island 's history. Prior to the American occupation the greatest trade for anyv one year was that of 1896, when it reached nearly $23, 000,000. Last year. theref.ore, there was double the trade that there was in the most prosperous year under the Spanish regime. There were 210.273 tons of sugar exported last year. of the value of $14.1S6.319; $3, 555.163 of tobaceo, and 28.290.22 pounds of coffee of the value of $3, 4S1.102. Unfortunately, what used to be Po>rto Rico 's prime crop-oYee has not shared this prosperity. It has never recovered from the dia aster of the hurriesne, and moreover, 3 the benefit of throwving open our .market to it has not compensated fo-r I the loss inflicted by the closing of the 3markets to it abroad. I call y-our at 1tention to the accompanying memo rial on this .ubject of the board of - trade of San Juan, and I earnestly hope that some measure will be taken for the benefit of the excellent and1 high grade Porto Rican coffee. In addition to delegations from the board of trade and chamber of comn merce of San Juan. I also received WOMAN_ CONVICTED4 Mrs. Birdsong Gt; Verdict of Manslaughter. la FAVORABLE VERDICT EXPECTED SeAtor McLaurin, Uncle of th ti befendant, Was Telegra,phed Por f ImmediatelY Aftet the tidiug , Was Announed to Make 'Motion e for New Tra=.-Priends 'Were So h Sure of Favaable V rdict That h Mrs. Birdso; Was Alone in Court When ReVtrt Was Announced- t Defendet Spends Iight at Hotel Under Surveillane Instead of in JaiL a ltzelhurst. MIiss., Special-4., ez Angle BirdeZg was found guilty of MiSlaughtv for killing Dr. Thomas a Butler aR4 was recomdended to the s mercy of the county court. I After the verdict, while the de. endant sat crying with a young , abik. in her arns a depu.y approach- - d %o take her tW jail. When he 4irz A the child from its mother 4ae W ittle one sobbed i, fear, "M ma, m on't let him hate me." So sure -had Mrs. Bhong's friends ben of a favoraW 'verdic'. P1 that she was nearly a-om in the l ourt room vhen the .jut entered, ven her l,band beig -ibsc.nt. Mrs. Bkdsong was -ret compelled S-mai in jail, but sent the nigh't ander '9tirveillance ! a hotel. Her mele. Cnited Sten Senator Me Laur, who had 'left Hazelhuirs-t. vas telegraphod 'for to return and i ndW a motion 'fd a new trial. whidh bc ,hp defense 1miounced will be dor.. th The court "d not pass senten:x. th te mini-dti penalty for man- fr liaughtcr -i 'this state is a :fine of it '100. Y( Mrs. Bt1song, 22 years of .a, and ar L membAr of a leading Missssippi 1n amily, in November, 1905, she, and th illed Dr. Thomas Butler, also 'o romir,ntly related. She -*2eged Sc hat he had boasted of illicit rela- in ions with her and that his 'hoasts vere untrue. The zragedy oorred t n Monticello, Miss, sa th Total Bales Ginned 12,54,;000. tr Washington, Special.----te crop ed eportin; board of the biu of sta- d istics of the Department of Agri- th ulture from the -eports of the cor- st espondents and Agents of the bureau TI a conjuncti 'with the recent report th y the burau of census of the quan- i ity of cotn ginned, estimates that bo be total production of cotton in the an nited States for year 1906-0~7 will mount to $;e1,726,000 pounds (not p~ eluding inters). equivalent to 12.- C( 4G. 000 ba.s of 500 pounds gross Sa The -atimated production in 500 ound !bales by States is a sfollows: lo; Vi:rginia, 13,000; North Carolina, th: 3a%.?0; South Carolina. S75.000; kil 7ergia, 1,57S,000; Florida, 54,000; sii labama, 1,252,000; Mississippi. 1,- .in 14.000; Louisiana, 930,000; Texas, sh, ,944.000; .Arkanusas. 791.000; Ten- Re essee, 26.000; Missouri. 43,000; o klahoma, 3S0; Indian Territory, fet 05.000. to Kilpatrickr to Replace Sumner. thi Washington, Special.-The army th ransport Kilpat-ick,. which arrived i t Newport News. Va.. will be used ta a the Cuban transport service in D lace of the Sumner. This action pe as determined upon by the quarter- of nster genueral of the army because fri f the fact that the Kilpatrick is a an ore commodious vessel than either fa e Sumner or the transport Meade. on he two latter vessels will be put out se f commission as soon as the Kilpat- thi ick has been made ready for her new bo ervce. . pa A Eeated DE.sion Eeld. Guthrie. Okla., Special.-The con titutional convention had a heateie iscussion as to whether the Supreme e ~eing should be designated as the The Supreme Ruler of the *Uui- bi erse," or "God Almighty." Pet- b tions from different mligious sects t nd one from athnesists were present- i d, asking that there be no vigorousth isrimiation in the lanage of thele onstitution.Sc Year's Coinage Falls Off. Washington, Special.-The annual eport of George E. Rob,erts, director Cc f the Mint was filed. It shows that me he coinage was less during the last re! ear than for several years previous, ide ~wing, chiefly, to the exhbaustion of A~ ;ilver bullion. The total of domestic tai ,oinage vas 167.371,035 pieces of the CO ralue of $60.2163,747 of this $3,00j2r eg )97 was in gold coin, .$4,016,36S, was ca] ubsidiary silver eoins, $,302.397 hi! wa in five-eent riekels and $895,884 an 'as in broze G*oOOt PieCAes. Tea on Comnmercial Scale. Charleston, S. C., Special.-Mar eting was begun of the first crop of ar merican tea grown on a commercial sh ;cale. Twelve thousand pounds have tIC cen raised on a plantation in Collc- re :on county, a few miles from Charles- iCe ton. For several years tea has been eh narketed from Pinehurst, the gov. an. ~rnment e::perimenltal garden at Sum- of nerville. but the product marketed ha s the first of a purely commerciala enture. Geo. Burnham, Jr., Guilty. New York. Special.-George Burn-- h am, Jr., a vice president and genera] ho ounsel of the Mutual Reserve Lif h nsurance Company was convicted ofT lareny of $7,500 of the company 1 funds. .The prosecution and convie- G tion of Burnham was an outgrowtih K f the investigation of i:isurance com canics in this State by a i:gislative I ommittee a year ago. The length of your life you eanr.oi,n derine,n bnt ias worth you mnus.t. Federation of g o. Lui from the Coffee Grg A eiation. Qwes.tIon 'o. bCitize.r.hip. Thefv i a ikiattcr to which I wish to call your special attention, and that ii the desirability of conferring rull American citizenship upon the people of Porto Rico. I most earn astly hope that this will be done. I .an not see how any harlu fah pos ;ibly result from it% and it rtems to ne a matter of right anc justice to :he people of Porto Rwo. They are oyal, they sre gad to be under our lag, they are ihking rapid progresa along the path of orderly libMy. Surely we should show our appfecia tion of them, our pride in what they ave done, and our pleasure in ex enadin< recognition for wat has thus bll Cone, 'Oy grzntig them full American citit1hip. Under the wise adminisfration of he present progress has been riade in he difficult matter of granting to th: people of the island the larpest meas are of self-goverr:ment that can with afety be given at tht present time. [t would have been a very serious nistakes to have gone any facier than ie have already gone in this direc ion. The Porto R.ans have com lete and absolute autonomy in all heir municip,l governments, the on y power over them possessed by the nsular government being that of re noving corrupt or incompetent mu iicipal officials. This power has iev6r been. exercised save on te :learest proof of corruption or 4 ompetence-such as to jeopatlize ;he interests of the people of tL is and; and under such circun-0tnces t has been fearlessly used 'o the mmense benefit of the peop. It is iot a power with. which k would be afe, for the sake of the 4'land itself, ;o dispense at present. The lower louse is absolutely :ve, while the ipper House is apointive. This cheme is working well; no injustice: f any kind resu-ts from it, ond reat benefit to the island, and it; hould certainly not be changed dtl his time. The machinery of 'theP, 'lections is administered entirely by he Porto Rican people themselos, he Governor and council keeping -en y such supervision as is neoeezry a order to insure an ordcril clec ion. Any protest as to 4ectoral rauds is settled in the court,. Here gain it would not be saft- to make ny change in the presnt system. 'he elections this year were absolut y orderly, unaccompanied by any isturbance; and no protest has been aade against the management of the lections, although threfe contests are t hreatened, where the majorities rere very small and error was claim d; the contests, of course, to be set led in the courts. In short, the I overnor and council are co-operat- t 2g with all of the mos enlightened t nd most patriotic of the people of 1 'orto Rico in educating the citizens f this island in the principles of or-i erly liberty. They are providing a overnment based upon each citizen 's N elf-respect, and the mutual respect f all citizens; that is, based upon a igid observance of the prineiples of* stice and honesty. It has not been asy to instil into the mninds of peo- i4 le unaccustomed to the exercise of reedom, the two basic principles of 1' ur American system; the principle 1 bat the majorit.y must rule, and the rinciple that the minority has rights( hich must not be disregarded or ramed upon. Yet real proga'ss as been. made in having these prin iples accepted as elemecntag~, as the oundations of successful self-;overn.. lent. I transmit hierewvith the report of Le Governor of Peto Rioo, sent to be President though the Secretary f State.r All the insular governments should e placed -in one bureau, either inr be Department of War or the De-t artment of State. It is a mnistake ot so to arrange our handling ofc bose islands at Washington as to ber ble to take advantage of the ex rience gained iji one, when dealing -ithi the problem~s that from time to ime arise in another, In conclusion let me express n. dmiration for the werk done by the ~cngress when it enacted the law nder which the island is now being dministered. After seeing the is id personally, and after five years' xperience in connection with its ad inistration. it is but fair to those rho devised this law to say that it ould be well-nigh impossible to ave devised any other which in the etual working wo.uld hav'e accom ilished better results. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. 'he White House, December 21, 19003. Writing Business Letters. "I know," said a business man of wide experience, "how crowded with ' ~tudies the schools are now, and I ;hould be loath to recommend the in roduction of any new ones. But I lo wish sometimes that the boys and lrls who are giving time to so many ittle fads could be induced to give nore to the art of writing letters." He did not refer to the mere art of writing correct English or the art f writing an interesting personal let :er, says The Keystone, b-ut to the preparation of really good business letters, in which the matter at hand should be treated not only clearly tnd concisely, but also courteously. Ihe need he mentioned is one w'cich s felt by thousands of business nen and may well claim the atten ion of young people who look for ward to business life. The ability to write intelligently is not rare, but he capacity to write in such a way L to produce a pleasant personal feel ng for, the house one represents is xtremely rare. Many writers fail in :he matter of co-urtesy-either in way of constant omi-ssion of articles and constant abbreviation or in neg'ect .ng to give the other man the bene it of the doubt. "'Never allow your rst letter, in a case of difference. to be harsh or discouarteous." said a business man to one of his clerks. 'No matter how much you think the man has injurei us, give him the benefit ot the doubt. Assume that he bas made a mistake rather than that ae ha misrnresented." OPt OR S. RIVRS elegates All 4Rtsted in Work in Soth-Co*Vssman Burton Likes ColumbiA, Col.Imbia, Special-Mr. L. B. Doz r, who was a delegate from Colum a to the rivers and harbors congress id last week in Washington, return i Saturday. Mr. Dozier is an On usiastic believer in river veation -om Columbia to Georgetown and he .voted his entire time to the sesions id in visiting members of thg riv s and harbors committee of t;at )use. As a rtsult of rece.rt efforts predicts that Columbi,% will get ev fthing wanted and t6at Congress an Lever will intoduce a bill for e appropriatiot at an early date. "Our session was a successful one om eve;y sAndpoint," said Mr. P 'er. "It is practitally certain at ObluwN wilt get a government E >propriation for dredging and deep, ing tlk Cor.garee rver. "I tlkzd to Cagressman Burto a out his trip dkwn the river Iasi D meer, He re=embered it all right tink anybo4ly would have remem red that trig But Mr. Burton was so Impresse with the possibilities F inland uvigation in South Care ia and 1* did'nt let delt.ys and awk ard ;a.eidents prevt him from akiuga few notes that I believe will t ot bnefit to Colum14a, 8 "1; are not yet ready to make F ibliz the amount asked for by Co mli% and Georgetown for the river s >ik-1 b;-t we fe,l satisfied with our 9' "Did you see the president ?' was 0v ked Mr. Dozier. I t< "I did not,' he replied. "At the ne of the reception Mr. Motgan of wrgetown and myself were busy th members of the rivers and har- q rs committee. Secretary Clark of C e Chamber of Commerce went up to h: e White House as a representative is em this city but we did not think tc well for all of us to go at once. v )u see it might gi--e the president ei exaggerated idea of Columbia's ir portance. B-t I am satisfied that m e convention did a great deal of s od especially in the South, and the m uthern delegates took a very prom- fi< mnt part in the proceedings." w In an interview published in The m ate recently Congressman Lever a, id that he would introduce a bill in 3r e house for river work in this dis- st Let. About $25,000 a year -is'need for about three years for the edge work and about $75,000 for e completion of the work already irted near the government dam. a, tis will enable boats to come up to tl foot of Senate street as was orig- o illy planned. The rivers and har- tc rs bill will pass congress this year re d it will be good news to Co"um. h< ins to know that there will be a b ragraph in the appropriation for 'lumbia. .____ g w Flies to Pieces With Fearful Re - sult. Dillon, Special.-James Morrisoni. rger at J. F. Ray's saw mill about e ree miles~ from Dillon was instantly tb led Friday afternoon by a most igular accident. Having just come from the woods. he went under the ed to receive some memoranda from .y for further work in his line. Both a them were standing within a fewa ~t of .the butting saw when it went pieces, a part of which striking rrison squarely in front, severed a hand from the arm and opened upt of entire chest cavity, exposing tha B: igs and heart. Death was instan- W. leous. Mr. Ray came at once to p( Hlon and reported the facts. He ap. ax ared to be in a most terrible state ce nervous agitation, his own escapd re m death being most miraculous fa d besides which looking into the ye e of the big stalwart lumberman pi ya few inches awar- suddenly to lit the extended hand drop off and ca whole front of the poor victim's th~ :ly torn open was a spectacle ap- W fling to the stoutest:heart. W: Outlet for S. A. L? Charleston, Special.-It is rumor in railroad circles here that the nt uitherni Railway and the Seaboard MI r Line have come to an agreement w which the former will turn over a line to Charleston. formerly the lo South Carolina Railroad. enablin.g or Seaboard Air Line to enter Char- at ton, which has been planned for ve ne time. d Clarenden Cotton Growers. Mlanning. Special.-The Clarendos unty Cotton Growers' Association Y< :t Saturday at the court house in wv ponse to a call made through Pres- C< int Hodge by the Southern Cotton w; sociation. A number of represen- th ive citizens from all sections of the b mnty were present. and seemed to b( quite enthusiastuc over the .work la the association. President Hodge Iad led the meeting to order and made th annual report of the work done th d the conditizns existing in this ge Short Crop Now Apparent. Fort Motte. Special-The farmers. now beginning to realize how very rt the cotton crop is in this see- I 3 n. 0: farmer assures your cor ~pondent Mxat he will fall short at Of st 400 bales frora last yer Mer- 1T ants report very: poor collections ib d trade very small for this season the year. One farmer says that 2 d it not been for the beef cattle D d hogs he raised this year he would tE ;-e uct been able to pay out. W The Bank of Fort Motte. Fort Motte, Special.-The stork Iders of the Bank of Fort Motta id their annual meeting on the 7th. e following directors were elected p r the ensuiing year: Robert Lide, J1. ( Maynard. Geo. W. Fairey. M. D. t ~lier, W. B. Trezerant. Thos. T- t in. John A. Peterkin. G. W. Wil-| ~d. and H. H. Cauthen.iv The board of directors elected Mr. I ~bert Lide, president: J. G. May- b rdl. vice president, and H. H. Cau- h 1ALMEIIO AffAIR. )ccurrences of iterest fron All Over South Carolina. 1ANY IEMS Of STAR NEWS SBatch bf le Paragraphs Cover. ing & Wide Range-What is Goin OhI in Our State. Tri-County Fair Asociation. Batesburg, Special.-A very en itsiastie meeting was held, the pur ose of which was to set in motion 2e Tri-County Fair Association ofz atesburg. The meeting was calle der by Dr. W. P. Timmerman,. & W. Watson and Barrett Jones. ere elected president and secretary rotem, respectively. The following! :ard of directors was elected witIe ie understanding that the number ight be later increased to 15; J rank Kneece, A. C. Jones, W. W iatson, J. W. Dreher, E. L. Hartley, r ohn Bell Towill. M. E. Rutland, J.J. awl and J. Walter McCarthy. From. iese the following officers were elect i: M. E. Rutland, president; J., rank Kneece, vice president; J.. Wal r McCarthy,,secretary;.W. W. Wat n, treasurer, and J. Walter Dreher. meral manager. The associatiod roposes to be capitalized at $5,00* ith the privilege of increasing same. $S,000. Two Rural Stations Proposed. Laurens. 9pecial.-Upon the re iest of Postmaster George S. MeL ravy, the postoffice department has id Postoffice Inspector Roberts, who. working in this section at presente visit the Laurens and Watts mill lage, the former 'ocated within the ty limits, the latter a mile beyondi ith the view of establishing rural' ail stations at these points. The inK: ection was made this week. Post aster McCravy visited both mill of es with the inspector. Mr. Roberts as pleased with the prospects of aking these postal improvemints, id it is understood that he has ree amended the establishment of both ations. Auto Explodes and Injures Two. Columbia, Special.-The boilers of. t automobile exploded, blowing lit Malcolm Richard, the four-year-' d son of Mr. J. E. Richad, high in the air, breaking his left thight and ndering him unconscious for many >urs. Mr. Harry Richard, an older 'other, who had been driving the achine, was thrown violently to the ound and stunned. The machine s torn literally into fragment.,: .rts of it being thrown on the roof, 'the house next door and others be.~ g hurled far into the,air and lodg in trees higher than the roof o~ e house and the yard in which the :plosion occurred was strewn with rts of the machine. The shock of e explosion was felt three blocks ray and the denomination was heard far as Main street. An Eight Per Cent Dividend. Batesburg, Special.-At a meeting the directors of the First National mnk held on Tuesday afternoon, it is decided to pay a dividend of S r cent to the stockholders. This aount will be paid out about De..: mber 31st. The bank has made -a markable record in spite of the et that this has been a "tight" ar with farmers. The undivide4i ofits for the year show a total ofa tle more then 20 per cent of the pital invested. After payine- -out e dividend of 8 per cent, a nice sum. 11 be left to augment the surplus,. ich is already $6,000. Killed by Falling Limb. Marion, Special.-A negro lab>orer Emed Kennedy, an employe of the aion County Lumber Company, is accidentally killed by a limb from falling tree while at work cutting rs about a mile from Marion. Con er Lassiter was promptly notikd d held an inquest over the body, the rdict of the jury being that his ath was the result of an accident. Shop Girl Had Exciting Time. Columbia, Special.-Miss Elizabeth pp, one of the young ladies who. rks at the candy counter of the >bb "Five and Ten Cent Store," is held up on Laurel street, near e Shields Foundry, Monday night -a negro man, who took her pocket >ok and several dollars. The young dy was on her way home, unattend .when the negro approached her in e dark and, seizing her by the arm, rew her to the ground, and after tting possession of her pocket book-a caped in the darkness. Drowned in a Washtub. Greenwood, Special.-The little 5 ar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. R. Ellis, who live 10 miles south here, was drowned in a washtub. 1e little child elimbedI up in a wheel rrow standing by the tub and fell the tub of water. She was there, Sminutes before being discovered. r. Ward, the nearest physician, was, lephoned for, but the little child' as dead before he could get there. Gov. Ansel will Preside. Greenville, Special. - Gov.-eleet -nsel hs accepte~d an invitation t< reside over the meeting of the Red 'ross society to be held in Charles >n Jan. 26, at which meeting Secre. arv of War Taft and many othe2 rominent public men of Washingtor ' ill take part. Mr. A. C. Kaughman resident of the-- South Carolina ranch 'of the society, spend a day ere and extended the invitation t