Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-- M " 1. ' The Press and Banner T MBv W. W, and W. R. Bradley, * __ HUGH WILSON, Editor. ' ' hi v " = hi ABBEVILLE, 8. C. w 1 v *#-Pobll8taed every Wednesdp ??. 82 a h wonf In oHronno Wednesday, June 7, 1905. 8i D Prosperous Enterprise. tl The Abbeville warehouse, while a benefar. t! tlon to the owners of cotton, Is also a good Investment Jor the stockholders In that enter Q prise. It 1b a pleasure to know that our ,e planters are learning the advantages of an w Institution of this kind. The dullest of their o number seem to have learned that storing ? cotton under an oak tree is expensive economy. They have also learned that the shrinkage in weight when stored under a woodshed, or in a boarded woodhouse, incurs a loss in weight greater than the cost of putting their oottoD in a warehouse where the ci weights are maintained. While a majority A of oar cotton planters may not need the mon- p ey which their cotton would bring, yet it is ai true that quite a number of them desire ad- a vances on the cotton which they may for any reason, desire to bold. In a warehouse the ti cotton is insured against fire, and money caD c< be had on a receipt issued by a warehouse, a As lone as cotton 1b stored under an oafe ?< tree It Is more difficult to borrow money on it It. And then the trouble of turning It over d after every rain Is to be considered. If It Is r< not so turned tbe blued Btaple will all be on ti on* side. a It has been said that the building of eleva- w tort for the storing of corn has prevented tbe ?] great fluctuations In prices that previously b .. V prevailed. If this be true of corn, may It not oi be true of cotton, If we have sufficient ware- gi house rooms. a But we have digressed. We started out tcf H talk of the Abbeville warehouse and Its won- ci derful success. We learn that the annua) oi meeting of tbe stockholders of this lnstitu- P tlon occurred last week, and we are told that the report of Its workings was most Batlsfactory to all ooncerned. Ab we understand: 8I A dividend of ten per cen t. was declared, and tbe salary of tbe manager was raised. Tblt J' after paying for the new building which was 8' put up a year ago. All debts have been set- t< J. v tied, leaving an undivided balance of $400 In tt the treasury. al The original Btock, $6,000, bought tbe lot, ai nnisnea one division and half finished 11 another. Slnoe the warehouse has been in W business the unfinished division has been el completed, and the new division has been paid for out of the earnings, with a $400 - balance in the treasury. This success beats the record of any Institution in this part of the country. b( The business which has been accorded to p, this warehouse shows the trend of;publlc e. sentiment In the matter of storing cotton, ? and is so asBurlnp that the stockholders bavt l( directed the officers to build another ware- ^ house to meet next fall the possible lncreas- b, ' ; ed demand for storage room. The usefulness of the warehouse Hit acknowledged by all, and the possible increase of lutare business is anticipated by the b| order to inorease the facilities. a| 11 would seem that no Investment haB paid r{ better than the lnvertment in this ware- Q| house, in a town where croakers and va- Q| grants would decry all Investments in Abbevllle, " it Time Worae Than Wasted. t X The superintendent of schools In Illinois r< puts in his official papers for the Instruction b; of the children of that State, the old charge*- n agfclnBi. the South of cruelty to Federal prls- ai oners at Ander8onvllie. That was mean. The Georgia State Superintendent of Edu- w cation tries to prove that the cruelty at Ad/ derBonvllle was not greater than the cruelty to Confederate prisoners in Northern prisons. That was foolish. ;. ' ?c The war is over, and nearly, or quite, all 01 St the perpetrators of these cruelties, which need w not be denied, have gone to their reward; and ol even 11 they were all living today their inhu- w manlty to helpless prisoners, did not and doet> ai not reflect the sentiment of the people on w either side?North or South. hi It is idle to deny that the prisoners on either side underwent great privations and Buffer- fo ed cruel hardships. Is It la true that the death rate in both the B Northern and the Southern prisons Is a dis- ol grace to the American people. tb Personally, the Press and Banner is ashamed of the treatment accorded to Federal prls- 01 oners at Andersonville. We recall no act of the Confederate government which we think approached the Inhumanity exercised to- J ward tbe Federal prisoners In that stockade. Bat it is unspeakably mean of the Illinois Superintendent of Education to try to create tbe impression upon tbe children of bis State that tbls cruelty was a representative act of either tbe people or tbe government of tbe ? South. It is out of tbe question for anybody to convince tbe people of tbls day and time that tbe Federal prisoners received the same S rations and tbe same medical attention that were given to tbe Confederate soldiers. Tbe Confederate government bad not tbe ol medical supplies wblcb were required for ai either. As we at,derstand, tbe South desired w to send these prlsr ners home because of tbe s] lack of rations and medicine, but tbe Federal Is government refused to exchange prisoners b and refused to avail itself of tbe offered op- S puriuuuy iu euro jor lueir own people WDO were prisoners Id our bands. S But It is useless to try to opportlon the 8( blame. It 1b mean to revive bitter memories tc as to tbe treatment of soldiers on either side. C and it Is unbecoming In a brave aDd cblvalrio tl people to be always wblnlng about tbe treatment wblob Jeff Davis received. u Q y New Depot. ?1 And now tbe talk Is, tbat Abbeville may 9 have a new depot for tbe Southern Railway. As we understand tbe situation, It Is In about ^ this way: Tbe railroad folk, in tbe city of Washington, are ready to build tbe new depot, and will do so as soon as tbe local agent and tbe authorities at Wash- ?? ington can agree as to tbe cite and the cbarao- F ter of the building to be erected. Mr. Brown . thinks tbe city council would give a lot near ? tbe guard boose, for a passenger depot wblcb would be very near to tbe public square, and be of great advantage to tbe trayellDg pub- , 11c. Tbe track could be extended up and ? along tbe spring branch, or on Branch street 19 Id case tbe proposition to move tbe passen- i?4 ger depot up town should fail, we understand . the idea of the local agent Is, to build a house , which should Include a passenger and a I1 freight depot under one roof, on the l<j land now owned by tbe Railroad, tbe existing . buildings lobe torn away after the new ar- lc rangemeDta are perfected. . The old depot 1b the first depot that the road ;8 bnllt in this town. It has been standing for ^ fifty years, and while it is yet a strong and g substantial structure it Is not quite up to tbe ^ requlrments of a progressive city. All of our &( people will be glad to see a Dew and up to- q daiestructure either on the railroad property or on the property of the town, near the guard house, and it Is hoped that the authorities may unite or agree on tome action looking to the welfare of all. Even If onr efficient local agent who hai served the company and this people so well for many ^ years, should fail to get all that he wants, or gi may think that this community needc, we ?< hope that he will consent to accept the best that the company may offer. Any- p, thing Is better than the present accommodation* * he I'roAb er Worse TMnn the Vajcranl. We see that various enterprising comrnuIties are seeking immigrants. Being of an jcommodating disposition Abbeville would 3 glad to contribute two small colonies to le first ambitious towns that shall srek our , elp In Increasing their population. We ive a small number in two classes all of bom we would be glad to be rid. ki First.?All those who see uo good In Abbellle, and who tbink that nothing succeeds ere. Second.?All the loafing, lazy, good forothlng citizens who toll not neither do they ?in, but, like leeches, live on others. The second class may be tolerated by good atured people but to exercise patience with 36 first class requires a much Isrger draft on 36 Christian graces. Qi While the second class are simply negative ulsances, the first class to whicb reference 01 I had, are positive enemies to the town in blcn they live, and a decent regard for their Ca wn self-respect Bhould Induce them to move cl , and get out of the town where they de $1 jrve to be held In small respect. The Sumter Herald has this to say ol h( Croakers." kl ' Quit"croaking and talk up your town. II m our lown dees not suit you move out to >me other place. Il you Imagine the cilj innot get along without you and your of ambasted kicking, just get straddle ol the t-v oss ties, say farewell, and see if Chief ol u oilce Bradford will ask Judge Hurst to issue HI u injunction to keep you from getting foi way." No croaker, as far as we are Informed, con ibutes anything by money, energy or ensuraglng words to any enterprise. All he in do is to abuse the town in which he lives, nri to Inlnre the neighbors who tolerate the . ltolerable nuisance of bis presence. A 9f lan that talks against bis borne town and fuses to give aid and encouragement to iose who are struggling for the welfare of V1 I], should lock himself In a dark room here he could not be seen by his mQre re- H sectable neighbors. Vagrants do no other fij arm than to live on the labor of h( ihers. As between a croaker and the va- ed rant, give us the vagrant. The vagrant ba6 o ambition to bother anybody, and is wll- fii ng to let the world wag as It will, but the Jc roak3r stands ready to scotch all the wheels r progress and to find fault with every p| ropositlon to balld up the town. He is pre- fri imptious in trying to chill the ardor and je energy of his more patriotic and public ilrlted neighbors. In placing him on the chalogang great inistlce has been done to the vagrant while the reater public enemy, the croaker, is allowed re > go at liberty on the streets of the town op mt he would defile. Vagrants do compartively little harm, but croakers ruin a town, of ad respectable people ought to ask them to ou lovd on. Their proper place is on our chain- pa ing. or else they should seek citizenship leewhere. Pi m ti< ail Mr. WellH' Sew Book. Rev. P. B. Wells has just bad published a be Dok entitled, "The English Bible." The pur- ra ose of the work is to give a survey of the at sternal history of the Bible. No attempt If iaae 10 explain me aocirinesoi tae oioie or ^ > Interpret the holy text. The book 1* lerely meant to show how the Scriptures jy nve come down to as, to traoe the holy text irough all of Its Intricate windings down to le present time. It Is not Intended for iholars who have access to large libraries, ^ at rather for men who have not the time d opportunities for Investigation and ssearch and are yet Interested In the history 'a r the eacred canon. As such, It Is admirably ^ dapted to the purpose for which it was Inmdtd. th The author haB spared no pains or expense i the compilation of this volume, as a elm- sa le perusal of the work will at once Indicate. 8U he diagrams illustrating the sources for the pi (covery of the New Testament and the He- dl rew Texts, together with the tabular statetents alone, must have required no small ed mount of labor. flf The author may Justly be proud of the ork. a, ? pi In the last issue of the paper there wan >me comment on the attempt to purge the late Pension Rolls ; and some criticism of su bat we thought a disposition to oppress the d soldier whote record was perhaps notal- w ays the best. The article was based on an Hole in the Columbia Record from which e Inferred that the Comptroller General id taken the Initiative in this matter. We are glad however, upon being belter lnrmed, to state that the Comptroller General only ex officio a member of the Pension P( oard which is composed of himself and four w d soldiers, and that he did not even vote on is measuere passed by the Board. It was bis duty to publish and execute tbe der, as Instructed. . t- ca EMIGRATION AGENTS VISIT " LANDS AROUND CHARLESTON. , x Till Visit Columbia Today and Then Report Their llndins* to the New York Agents. pecial to The State. Charleston, June 2.?B. Wilentshik :a dC. Weintroab, the representatives cc f theRussian Jewish societies, who f rrived here yesterday from New York *0 ith State Commissioner Watson, ai 3ent today making inquiries about jtj inds in this vicinity, with a view of m ringing out agricultural colonies. re everal cities in the suburbs were visit- y, 3. Tbey left here this afternoon for a( ummerville, where they will inspect >me land, continuing their passage V( >morrow to Columbia again joining 8a ol. Watson, wbo is to show them some re acts in the upper part of the State. tj. Messrs. Wilentshik and Weintroab 'ill return to Charleston about the liddle of next week, to sail for New ork, where they will make a report . a the result of their investigations. 9 n their return to Charleston, Mr. tontague Triest of the Hebrew, society hich has been in correspondnce with ei le New York societies with a view of sttling some of the people who have ^ ed from northern Russia to this- ^ luntry, in this section, will have fur- . ler information for them, and per- I? aps sufficient inducements will be ~ eld forth to the Russians to make their , otne in South Carolina. ? - .. . - iit The immigrants desire land lots oi X) acres, which they would like to pur- E' aase at about $70 an acre. While there plenty of land in this immediate a iction, especially in the areas recently rained and reclaimed for agriculture, ieir owners will not sell it for anything ke the pricestated, and this fact haud:aps the Charleston promoters in their "forts to induce the flow ofimmigrat>n in this direction. It is understood that there are ten imilies now waiting on tne represenitives to make their reports, who ed and ready to sail immediately for Si onth Carolina and settle in this state, w; lis contingent to be followed by others at >on after. Jc ol. Watson reports the office which he P< pened in New York city to be doing a m ood work in the scheme of the promo- ca on of immigration to South Carolina. R G< A fresh shipment of glassware in again. 'e are selling lots of glassware?the high ist ade and the low price tell tbe story. Dar? tje >n'u Sand 10 cents store. We offer the best grade Chamber in a large ^ ze for 28 cents each. They are white and retty shapes. Dargan's 5 and 10 cents store. RuBBBean Corn Core makes .rough rqjujs ? mooth lor sale at?Speed's Drug Store. ' u I GENERAL NEWS. Chicago's teamsters strike contiuuly without hope of peace ami riotiug creased. Tiirlirp Frn.nf.is (J. Ran do) oh was w ?r>~ - - * lied at Montgomery, Ala., by his usin, John Randolph. Mayor Weaver lias won in the Phillelphia gas fight, the gas company iving withdrawn its cfler to lease. Dr. W. W. Landrum has declined ie presidency of Mercer University ie Baptist institution in Georgia. Gessler Rosseau, who sent an inferil n achiue to the steamship Umbria vo years ago, began a tern: in pris). Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia reilled advertisments forbids for street eaning In 1906, involving about ,000,000. The destruction of the disorderly >uses in Warsaw by an organization oown as the Bund continued until artial law was declared. Secretary Shaw told the business men Topeka, Kan., and the bankers of es Moines, Iowa, that the governentwasnotin danger of becoming inkrupt. Burglars held up Mrs. Helen S. ease, the former populist agitator in ew York and robbed her of money id jewels to the value of $500. Siegfried Roebling, the 14-year old >y whe has been, missing from his ther's home in Asheville, N. C\, fcr veralMays has beeii found in Knoxlle Tenn., The Old Dominion Line Steamship !l. .... I?nfltir tILlJillUli |JUl Uttlh 1UIU iiwnuiQ aiiu jhting a fire in the hold for five >urs. The fire was then extinguishI. President Roosevelt received the st Brazilian ambassador, Senor Jose >aquin A. Nabucco de Aranjo. It i9 proposed to increase the reach duties on silk, as a crisis conants the industry in France. Senator Elkins says the-senate comittee will not attempt to frame a te bill for several monthB to come. A number of small engagements are ported from Tokio, showing that the tposing armies aie in close touch. Mayor Weaver has taken possession the two offices, whose occupants he isted and the supreme court will iss over the issue. The Southern Assem 3ly of the resbyterian Church refused to ?-anc>n the project to establish a univerty at Atlanta. The report that Vladivostok had en isolated by the cutting of the ilroad and the telegraph lines was iown to be erroneous. Count Andrassy had a conference itb Einporer Francis Joseph on the nngarian situation, but failed utterto unravel the tangle. Bothwell Pulford, an Illinois milinaire, .who feared tbat be would be cused of murder, shot himself to iatb at his home' in Sacanna, 111. Rev. C. T. VValber, D. D., of Augus, Ga., in a commencement sermon Id the students of Tusbegee that ieymusttbink more about earthly lings and less about heaven. Ada Rowe, an Atlanta girl of 19, id to be beautiful, tried to commit licide by drinkinglaudnum and will obably recover. Unrequited love ove her to the deed. The military secretary has returoI 223 of the captured Confederate igs. The University of Pennsylvania varded $12,000 in scholarships and izes. Premier Balfour fixed May 30 for le debate on the proposed vote of cenire. Thousands of dollars damage as done by a hailstorm in the vicin-1 y of Dublin, Ga. Postmaster General Cortelyou made i address to the national convention postmasters. Walker Cutts, a prominent and >pular young man, was drowned bile surf bathing at Tybee Island. The Presbyterian General Assembly i Winona Lake, Ind., decided to ,eet next year at Des Moines, Iowa. Very little rioting occurred in Chivgo as a result of the teamsters' rike and troops were not called for. TWO COTTON REPORTS aw the ((ueHtion it, Which One in Right? Atlanta, June 3?Owing to a differ>/>n nf ontmn nor nnnf in tha onuorn. JW VI OVWU J/VI WO W AU VMV hV/ v M ent report, issued yesterday and lutbern Cotton Association report, aued May 31, on the reduction in the >tton acreage, the Southern Cotton isociation has taken action looking i a verification of the two reports id has called on the government for 3 sources of information and the tanner of the final tabulation of its port. Secretary Cheatam of the 3iitbern Cotton Association today idressed a letter to Statistican John .Hyde, at Washington, requesting jrificatiou of the two reports, and ,ying that the cotton association was ady to furnish the government with le list of its 17,500 reporters. Dying of Famine , in its torments, like dying of conimption. The progrets of consumpon, (rom tbe beginning to the very id, is a long torture, both to victim id friends. "When I had consumpou in its first stage," writes Wm. yers, of Cearfoss, Md., "after trying ft'erent medicines and a good doctor, i vam, 1 at last tooK ur. iving s i\ew i-covery, which quickly and perctly cured me." Prompt relief and ire cure for coughs, colds, sore throat, onchitis, etc. Positively prevents leumonia. Guaranteed at P. B. peed's drug store, pric-i 50c and $1.00 bottle. Trial bottle free. . STATUES OF RUSSIANS. rand Army Po*t SiartN Movements to Honor Alexander II. aud <*ortorhitkoff. Mount Carrol, 111., June 1.?ImpressI U.. nrnininno Hnnn Ihu IlnitcH 1 UJ' II 1C DCI V JUCO V-4U V VUV v_/ U A vvv* ;ates by Russlaat the time of the civil ar as specifically shown by letter read the memorial exercises here by Col. J >hn 8. Cooper, of Chicago, the Nasa )St jNo. ?(), U. A. It., siantsu a jluuvc3nt for the erection at the national pital of .statues of Alexander II..of uesia and his graud chancellor, WtchakofT. The letter read was that sent by rinceGortchakoff to the Russian min;er at Washington after the first bat!of Bull Iluu, when other nations jre hostile to the Union. to to Milford's ror Llquozone. )o to Milford'a for Poinperian Oreara. ' '' , .. . .. . ... ... Haddcn's Special Sale to be continued from day to day. i _____ Every Lady Should See ; The grent bargains in White and Colored Linen * which we are ollerxng at 15, 20 and 25 eta. per yard. Dou't fail to 9ee the i Great Bargains in Lawns, Muslins and Organdies. A fine line of Black Dress Goods at less than first cost on sale this week. White Duck, BKack and Tan Oxfords at reduced prices. We cordially invite the ladies to examine our 9tock and we will give them the greatest bargain ever had in any of the above lines. EMBROIDERIES, LACES and TRIMMINGS ? at reduced prices for this week. Call and see them. R. m. HADDON & CO. THREE Immense Lines of JJrummers ? Samples JUST EECEIVED BY \ A.M. SmithS Co., means that 75c will purchase a full dollar's worth of goods. These shipments consist of ^ Men's Underwear, Ladies Muslin and Knit Underwear, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery In great variety for men, women and children. Corsets, Fans From cheapest to the best. Gloves, Veils, Belts, Combs of every description. Skirts and Underskirts, Ladies Neckwear in greater variety than was ever shown by any bouse in this vicinity. Towels, Men's Negligee and Night Shirts, Suspenders, Umbrellas, Parasols and hundreds of other things going at New York wholesale prices. But why mention all this when the simple announcement of the arrival of these Great Bargains should suffice to olinAnr/1 Lniroi>a tn mil* fitni'P. urillg Hil L OUi C H U MUJ Vio vv vm and our experience for the past few years has taught us that this notice is all that is necessary. A.n.Smith&Co. i M Huge Tank. 44 I A A ^ArNT-All It was a huge task, to undertake the ' ^ |Uj IflMlllH cure of such a bad case of kidney disI III IliXlliI ea9ei 88 t^at ?f C. F. Collier, of Chero1,111/ II ill III/1 kee, la., but Electric Bitters .did it. A v V V 1.J.VM vv i He writes: "My kidneys were so far gone, I could not sit on a chair withto mttti ottputr*Tri out a cushion; and suffered from XilJlj l. 1 LiVLili u rlronilfnl hnr>Lrnr>hp hpurtnr'hp. and de *ttr,t7't,t tit at? "ip pression. In Uectric Bitters, howUx IMIOJlXiJ-i W.K!vEj ever, I found a cure, and by them was restored to perfect health. I recom mend thi? great tonic medicine to all with weak kidneys, liver or stomjust opened up a line ok |ach. Guaranteed by F. B. Speed, this celebrated wake. druggist; price 50c. Lasts a Life Time. ? TOTill Worar ToynieVi Do you need a churn '! The elegant white W 1X1 11 ever XdXUlollt glazed churns we are showing are the goods ? foryoutobuy. Easy to keep clean. Dar? iieautltul Oliver,. gan's 5 and 10 cents store. Lota of 5 and 10 cents hardware at Dargan's, biggest at a dime th&n you sometimes - buy 25 Abbeville Hardware Co. JceDW- ' General \ow? Xot?i. I A ministry composed of extreme adicals has been formed in Servia. a There are no siirns of a settlement fa jf the Chicago teamsters' strike. fi The United States supreme court h has upheld the New York franchise it Lax law. as The state agricultural aeparimeni 11 reports the North Caroliua cotton tl acreage as reduced 21 per cent. d The navy department has inaugur- a ated a new policy, which will tend to h put younger men in command of ves- fi Bels. . U The secession of Norway from ii Sweden has heel) announced. An en- a tirely separate government will be es- ci tablished. The German Navy League adopted t< a resolution favoring the replacing of c< second-rate warships*, with first class T battleships. a An understanding has been reached c which will enable the Wabash to si share in the great steel tonnage of the fj Pittsburg district. C Emperor William will show special w attention to the Prince and Princess si ArisuKwa, of Japan, who are to attend a the wedding of the Crown Prince. o A man named Neighbors at Chat- c tauooga, Tenn., killed his two sisters and wounded his mother and another b woman and his brother-in-law. He t was arrested. A Wisconsin chemist has produced a liquid, oi which one drop will make a glass of beer simply by mixing it with water. I The funeral of Baron Alphonse de v Kottiecnild was neia ai rarm. -King Alpbonso of Spain waa given J a generous reception in Paris. Armenians are being massacred by 8 Tartars in Nakicheian, government * of Erivan, Transcaucasia. c Rev. Sam P. Jones is holding a religious meeting in Knoxville, Tenn. Great fervor is being manifested Mrs. Delia Ahern, a bride was drowned as she bade her guests good- a bye after the wedding celebration. ^ Don Francisco Silvelia, one of e Spain's foremost statemen and ora- <, tors and several times premion, is s dead. a Count Stefan Keglevich, of Hung- t ry, was killed in a duel with Kar ^ Heuez a mtmberof the chamber of a deputies. I A junket to the arid lands of the West is being arranged for the United f States senate and house committees ( on irrigation and arid lands. t It was announced after a confer- ? ence in New York that the express" ( companies whose teamsters' in Chicago are on strike will not recede. j The organization republican 'leaders s iu Philadelphia, who were determin- , ad to jam the lease of the city gas- , works through surrendered uncondi- ( tionally to Mayor Weaver. , The supreme court ordered that ( Frederick A. Hyde and Henry P. Dimond indicted for conspiracy to de- ( fraud the government out of valuable | land in Oregon and California, be , brought to Washington for trial in a ? court of the District of Columbia. Emperor William of Germany closed the Reichstag. , A cloud burst near Americuay Ga., J did great damage to crops. Senator Bacon of Georgia called on King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. 1 Rt. Hon. William Court Grelly, speaker.of tbe bouse of commons, bairesigned owing to bad health. I Nicholas Biddle was a witness re- i garding Mr. Loomis's connection with j tbe Mercador claim in Venezuela. i 0. D. Carpenter and bis son, Earle | Carpenter, were acquitted of the mur- i ter of A. M. Kale at Dall, N. C. J Tbe Southern Cotton Association reports that tbe cotton acreage ha9 < been cut 18 per cent. i Tbe Bowen charge against Loomis j are still being investigated by Secre- | tary Taft. I Secretary Shaw says he is not at all < worried by the 135,000,000 deficit in | tbe national treasury. Twenty persons were injured in a collision on tbe Third avenue elevated railroad in New York. The governor of Mississippi so'd 2,575 bales of cotton belonging to the , state for 7.65. , Judge Morris, in a letter to tbe | president, intimates that he will re- j sip n at an early date. Fre9h efforts are being made to j have Russia modify her maxium duties on American imports. The Cumberland . Presbyterian Church has been unanimously votea intoUhe Northern General Assembly. Wall Btreet brokers are preparing to transfer their offices to Jersey City to escape payment of the stamp tax. ] Mililia has been called out in tbe ; island of Maui, Hawaii, where many Japanese plantation laborers are on strike. Albion W. Tourgee, American consul at Bordeaux, France, and well i known as an author, is dead, aged 67 i years. 1 The Venezuela Tribunal of First In- I stance annulled tbe contract of the < New Yorb and Bermudez Asphalt i^uuipauj*. An insane negro killed one white man and injured seven others at Ow- ) ensboro, I{y, He then barricaded J himself in a house and defied arrest. Eleven insurgents and SO Turks are reported to have been killed in a light between Graeco-MacadoDia bands and < Turkish troops in Macedonia. The itnerstate commerce commission has entered upon a vigorous defense before the senate committee which is considering railway rate ' regulation. ( A decision is expected this week in ' the case of the 6tate of South Carolina against the United States for the re- ' turn of the money paid for dispensary j licenses. ' It is said that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is suffering from nervous dyspepsia, the ailment that for a long time affected his father, and that he will continue the rest cure. | Emperor Nicholas has directed Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch to organize a special commission to prepare for a council of national defense. The Servian cabinet has resigned, j Nearly 750,000 persons have died of j plague in India this year._ The Bapti3t Publication society oe- , gan its annual meeting in St. Louis, i Six men were killed by the explosion of a locomotive at Columbus, * Ohio. Eight persons were injured in the wreck of the "Dixie Flyer" near Nashville, Tenn. Greece is to be warned against j supporting Grecian bands now ac- j tive in southern Macedonia, t Dora Arnett shot and fatally wounded her husband, Dudley Arnett, who ( was beatnig her. f ' * /* Jr?_ Churcn appoiuieu a wuiiijiucc >u .investigate alleged errors in Maryland, school histories. I 3fo Secret Abontlt. t It is no secret that for Cuts, Burns, f Ulcers, Fever Sores, ji>ore Eyes, Boils, e etc., nothing is so ertecuve as .duck- Jen's Arnica Salve. "It didn't take * long to cure a bad sore I had, and is 1 all O. K. for sore eyes," writes D. L. Gregory, of Hope, Tax. 2oc at P. B. Speed's drug store. a . Sanluck Farmer. Once upon a time not five days ago, certain Santuck farmer went out to irm. When he reached his cotton tld, where, only a short time before, e had planted his seed, now a howl- . )g wilderness of Crab grass met bis uouished vision. It is said that so ixuriant was the jungle of crab grass lat the farmer could not tell in what irpflt.inn th? mw? wpnt! And after | hasty survey of the spectacle and on faring the sonorous uotes of a bull og in an adjoining pond, he fled In ?rror and trepidation from tbe field, hmaging that be bad heard the lighty roar of a Bengal tiger from the rah grasB jungle. If the above is true it is almost equal > tbe mysterious disapearance <? a ertaiu farmer living below Abbevi'le. 'his poor man, it is said, is wauderiug round in a 25 acre field, totaly lost in rabgras*! And what makes It more ' ad is that be cannot be rescued by his unily who are afraid to approach tbe Irab grass wilderness for fear they too ?iil be swallowed up. They can only taud on tbe outer edge of tbe jongle nd listen to the heart rending cquaMs f the poor hombre as he yells franti-, ally for help. There is a rumor that another man as been lost in a similar way on Li tle River. - '4 A Bad Scare. Some day you will get a bad scare,: yheo you feel attain in your bowels, j nd fear appendicitis. Safety lies in 1 )r. King's New Life Pills, a sure cure or all bowel ai d btomach diseases, uch as headache, biliousness; costive iess, etc. Guaranteed at P. B. Speed'fj ) Irug store, only 25c. Try them. i > Mon ill rftrnllnattA^kfL New York, May 24 ?C. J. C Wyna.rden, a commiepioner sent abroad by be government, and prominent citizns of South Carolina to secure imuai;rant8 to proposed new settlement for . phich a minion acres have been set I .part in that state, sailed for Europe oday in tbe steamer Potsdam. He will risit Germany,Holland and Belgium, md will distribute literature explain- ' ng tbe enclosure. Mr. Wyngaarden said before sailing bat tbe land bad been purchased in Columbia county by the governor und lis associates, that it was very fertile, .'} ind that good cotton and other crops \ :ould be raised upon it. It was proposed also, hesafd, toestab- i isb factories th? re. Negroes, he added, I leemed unable to achieve satisfactory I esu ta as agriculturists, and this prompted tbe invitation to foreigners, fcn effort will be made to secure iimnigrants suitable for farming or fac:ory work. ' As they arrive they will J be taken in ( ;barge by_Davi4 Van Wych a mem- | jerof the Hobokec Doara oi neaitn,ana will be shipped to Sonth Carolina by steamer. LIGHTING FEOM CLEAR SKI. Followed by Thnnier and HfudMkct for Revldentoof Indiana Town. Indianapolis, Jane 3.?Although ;bere was do indication of rain and not a cloud in the, sky at Milfortjk, , Bartho'omew county, early today, heie was a distinct flash of lightning, followed almost instantly by a dull peal of thundur, which was heard by: ill the villagers. Immediately after the flash nearly everybody in tbe town was taken with . i sick beadacbe, as they called it. For several hours no one was exempt from tbe feeling of sickness. None of Lhe residents can explain the phenomenon. Some of them affected did not fully recover till this afternoon. Content. The fountain of content must spring jp in the mind, and he who has so little knowledge of buman^nature as to ek happiness by changing anything t?ut bis own disposition will waste bis life in fruitless efforts and multiply the griefs which he purposes to re* move.?Johnson. . m ? Watch Talbert. Orangeburg Times. You just watch your "Uncle Jasp" pull tbe wool over tbe eyes of the prohibiditionists aud get* them to nominate him for governor. PnlrlaL At aDy rate, the result of the vote H against the dispensary in Pickens, as H in Cherokee, shows that tha best ais- fl pensary system is a step towards pro- H hibition. Heretofore this has been H ienied by anti-dispensaryite. mK The preachers who are objecting to B| the acceptance by the church of John H D. Rockefeller's $100,000 gift to mis- H Bious should remember that an old Kg negro preacher once said, "I'd take ! money fum de debbil ef I could git It, B? fer I could spend it better dan, de H iebbil could." H TheJBamberg Times is abont correct H when 'it says that if the church mem- Hj aers, that is. those whose names are jn the church book9, and the people HE tvbo are hghtiDg the dispensary, N would stop patronizing this iDstituion it would be doomed and no eleo* HSa ;ion would have to be held to deoide it, either. E8B AMoTa Outom. H Oconee Enterprise: Somehow the H| Deople always say what they think HB - iLl..!.! JJ n jave madia lor miuKiug uisagiccauic n Lhings. BK N?nr JiHliire'iiIIeArt. HH Warren Co. Reporter: We are feel- BH ng good. PleQty spring chicken*, Ufij ine gardens, cherry pies, watermelous HS airly on the way, blackbi rries nearly ipe and picnics galore, so who can IB jlame us when we say we are feeling Good People. KM Sumter Item: The Kansas City fourual points to a fact that is worth MB naking note of in connection with 01 Glider Haggard's admonition of "backHU o the soil." Tbe fact referred to is^H that while farmers compose 50 per HI cent, of our population, they commit^B ?nly 2 per cent of our crimes. mB Telling the Tratb. jW Middle Ga. Farmer: New York^B ierald?" What would happen if all he people told tbe truth for twenty-HH our hours?" Well, a good many fun-^H xals would happen, for one thingH9 \ugusta Chronicle. And while the^H uuerals were in progress, a few of ua^H might leave town. Wooden^ ware In profusion at Dargan'a^^S IJU iv; n IU4 Oi