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iDVINTURI OF Tiff RED QRCLI (Continued.) "This is serious, Watson," he cried. "Thora 4o onmo /lovllfrv coiner forWBl'd! "Why should such a message stop in iBuch a "way? I should put Scotland Tard In touch with this business?and yet. It Is too pressing for us to leave." "Shall I go for the police?" "We must define the situation a lit tie more clearly. It may bear some more Innocent Interpretation. Come, WatBon, let us go across ourselves and see what we can make of It" As we walked rapidly down Howe street I glanced back at the building which we had left. There, dimly out lined at the top window, I could see the shadow of a head, a woman's head, gazing tensely, rigidly, out Into the night, waiting with breathless sus pense for the renewal of that inter rupted message. At the doorway of the Howe street flats a man, muffled in a cravat and great-coat, was lean ing against the railing. He started as the hall-light fell upon our faces. "Holmes!" he cried. "Why, Gregson!" said my compan ion, as he shook hands with the Scot land Yard detective. "Journeys end with lovers' meetings. What brings J VU Utiv ? "The same reasona that bring yon, "What Brings You Here?" 1 expect," said Gregson. "How you got on to it I can't imagine." "Different threads, but leading up to the same tangle. I've been taking the signals." "Signals ?" "Yes, from that window. They broke off In the middle. We came over to see the reason. But since It Is safe In your hands I see no object In continuing the business." "Wait a bit!" pried Gregson, eager ly. "IH do you this Justice, Mr. Holmes, that I was never in a case that I didn't feel stronger for having you on my side. There's only the one exit to these flats, so we have him safe." "Who Is he?" "Well, well, we score over you for onoe, Mr. Holmes. You must give us best this time." He struck his stick sharply upon the ground, on which a cabman, his whip in his hand, sauntered over from a four-wheeler which stood on the far side of the street "May I introduce you to Mr. Sherlock Holmes?" he said to the cab man. "This is Mr. Leverton of Pink erton's American agency." "The hero of the Long Island Cave mystery?" said Holmes. "Sir, I am pleased to meet you." The American, a quiet, businesslike young man, with a clean-shaven, hatchet face, flushed up at the words of commendation. "I am on the trail of my life now, Mr. Holmes," said he. "If I can get Gorgiano?" "What! Gorgiano of the Red Cir cle?" "Oh, he has a European fame, has he? Well, we've learned all about him in America. We know he is at the bottom of fifty murders, and yet we have nothing positive we can take him on. I tracked him over from New York, and I've been close to him for a week in. London, waiting some ex cuse to get my hand on his collar. Mr. Gregson and I ran him to ground in that big tenement house, and there's only the one door, so he can't slip us. There's three folk come out since he went in, but I'll swear he wasn't one of them." "Mr. Holmes talks of signals," said Gregson. "I expect, as usual, he knows a good deal that we don't." In a few clear words Holmes ex plained the situation as It had ap peared to us. The American struck his hands together with vexation. "He's on to us!" he cried. "Why do you think so?" "Well, It figures out that way, does It not? Here he is, sending out mes sages to an accomplice?there are sev eral of his gang In London. Then sud denly, just as by your own account he was telling them that there was dan ger, he broke short off. What could it mean except that from the window he had suddenly either caught sight of us in the street, or in some way come to understand how close the danger was, and that he must act right away if he was to avoid it? What do you suggest, Mr. Holmea?" niscaiccs of 1IR10CJC IOIMS trGomnLoylc MODS by YLBarncs "Tnat we go up at once and see for ourselves." "But we have no warrant for his arrest." "He is In unoccupied premises un der suspicious circumstances," said Clr^arrann to onnri OTiniljrh fO T the moment When we have him by the heels we can see If New York can't help us to keep him. I'll take the responsibility of arresting him now." Our official detectives may blunder in the matter of Intelligence, but nev er In that of courage. Gregson climbed the stair to arrest this desperate mur derer with the Bame absolutely quiet and businesslike bearing with which he would have ascended the official staircase of Scotland Yard. The Pinkerton man had tried to push paBt him, but Gregson had firmly elbowed him back. London dangers were the privilege of the London force. The door of the left-hand flat upon the third landing was standing ajar. Gneeson Dushed It open. Within all was absolute silence and darkness. I struck a match, and lit the detective's lantern. As I did so, and as the flick er steadied into a flame, we all gave a gasp of surprise. On the deal boards of the carpetless floor there was outlined a fresh track of blood. The red steps pointed towards us, and led away from an inner room, the door of which was closed. Gregson flung It open and held his light full blaze In front of him> whilst we all peered eagerly over his shoulders. In the middle of the floor of the empty room was huddled the figure of an enormous man, his clean-shaven, swarthy face grotesquely horrible in its contortion, and his head encircled by a ghastly crimson halo of blood, lying in a broad wet circle upon the white woodwork., His knees were drawn un. his hands thrown out In agony, and from the center of his broad,- brown, upturned throat there projected the white haft of a knife driven blade-deep into his body. Giant as he was, the man must have gone down like a pole-axed ox before that terrific blow. Beside his right hand a most formidable horn-handled, two edged dagger lay upon the floor, and near It a black kid glove. "By George! it's Black Gorglano himself!" cried the American detect ive. "Some one has got ahead of us this time." "Here Is the candle in the window, Mr. Holmes," said Gregson. "Why, whatever are you doing?" Holmes had stepped across, had lit the candle, and was passing it back wards and forwards across the win dow-panes. Then he peered into the darkness, blew the candle out, and threw It on the floor. "I rather think that will be helpful." said fie. Jtie came over ana stooa in deep thought, while the two profes sionals were examining the body. "You say that three people came out from the flat while you were waiting downstairs," said he, at last. "Did you observe them closely?" "Yes, I did." "Was there a fellow about thirty, black-bearded, dark, of middle size?" "Yes; he was the last to pass me." "That is your man, I fancy. I can give you his description, and we have The Red Steps Pointed Toward Us. a very excellent outline of his foot mark. That should be enough for you." Parish Split ii French and Germans of Metz at War Over the Proper Sound of "U." The proper method of pronouncing Latin has long been a matter of con troversy among the learned, but It la startling to find an entire parish dis organized by the question. This is the case in the parish of St Alax imin's, In Metz. The older clergy of Alsace-Lorraine were brought up under French influ ence, and are accustomed to pro nounce the church Latin with the soft French "u." The younger generation has been taught In the schools to pro nounce the "u" full, according to the German and Italian manner. Yesterday the choir of St. Maxlmln s pronounced the Latin of the pieces sung at mass in the German way. The parish priest, an old man, solemnly rebuked them, and they shut up their music books and left the church, i Probably the clergyman found the new pronunciation grated on his ears, and his outburst was due to the sensi tiveness of a scholar. "Not much, Mr. Holmes, among the millions of London." "Perhaps not. That Is why I thought It best to summon this lady to your aid." We all turned round at the words. There, framed In the, doorway, was a tall and beautiful woman?the mys terious lodger of Bloomsbury. Slowly she advanced, her faoe pale and drawn with a frightful apprehension, her eyes fixed and staring, her terri fied gaze riveted upon the dark figure on the floor. "You have killed him!" she mut tered. "Oh, Dlo mlo, you have killed him!" Then I heard a Budden sharp Intake of her breath, and she spfang Into the air with a cry of Joy. Round 3 J wAAm nVio annoH ViAl* UliU ruuuu LiiO luurn oirc uuuwu, hands clapping, her dark eyes gleam ing with delighted wonder, and a thou sand pretty Italian exclamations pour ing from her lips. It was terrible and amazing to see such a woman so con vulsed with Joy at such a sight. Sud denly she stopped and gazed at us all with a questioning stare. "But you! You are police, are you not? You have killed Giuseppe Gor- | glano. Is It not so?" "We are police, madam." She looked round Into the shadows j1 of the room. "But where, then, Is Gennaro?" she asked. "He is my husband, Gennaro j Lucca. I am Emilia Lucca, and we ,1 are both from New York. Where Is Grsnnaro ? He called me tnis momem "By George, It's Black Gorgiano Hlnv self," Cried the American Detective. from this window, and I ran with all m.v speed." "It was I who called," said Holmes. "You! How could you call?" i "Your cipher was not difficult, madam. Your presence here was de sirable. I knew that I had only to; flash 'Vienl' and you would surely | come." The beautiful Italian looked with awe at my companion. "I do not understand how you know i these things," she said. "Giuseppe Gorglano?how did he?" She paused, and then suddenly her face .lit up with pride and delight "Now I see , it! My Gennaro! My splendid, beau-1 tlful Gennaro, who has guarded me safe from all harm, he did it, with his own strong hand he killed the mon ster! Oh, Gennaro, how wonderful , you are! What woman could ever be worthy of such a man?" "Well, Mrs. Lucca," said the prosaic Gregson, laying his hand upon the lady's sleeve with as little sentiment as If she were a Nottlng Hill hooll gan, "I am not very clear yet who you are or what you are; but you've said ' enough to make It clear that we shall want you at the Yard." / (TO BE CONTINUED.) Dust In High Altitudes. In his just-completed work on the "Existence and Efforts of Aerial Dcst on the LiOnt Blanc Glaciers," M. Val- j lot, the proprietor of the observatories on the mountain, states that during 1 his lnaestlgations In 1911, when he spent some weeks on the summit ol Mdnt Blanc, he noticed many white butterflies and wasps, which did not seem at all affected by the high alti- ' tude. They had probably been blown upwards by strong air currents, and hovered over the glaciers In spite of the great cold, as If they were In the valley. M. Valbot also states that there Is a certain amount of dust in the high aerial regions which is con tinually falling upon the Alpine gla? ciers. Great Writer Not Sensitive, The Late Henry Labouchere, though he was an exponent of personal jour nalism (the "I" appearing everywhere in Truth instead of the editorial "we"), was never punctilious about having his "copy" edited by his sub ordinates. "It has always appeared "11 A vnlrlnrr S\t I to me," lie said, "tuai me uiamu6 an article requires two persons, one to write It, another to cut It down?and generally to cut out what the first man most admires." The parishioners, however, are not scholars, and are now divided Into two camps?those who maintain that, as Metz is now a German city, the church Latin should be sung In the | German way, and those who hold that the choir Is doing the work of Ger man officials and attempting to de stroy French Influence.?New YorH Tribune. Latin w?nlr fnr Faeh " No one of my fellows can dc tha> j special work for me which 1 have j come Into the world to do; he may | do a higher work, but he cannot do I my work. I cannot hand over my work i to him, any more than I can hand over my responsibilities or my gifts. I must do ... my work. I may do little or I may do much. That matters not. It must be my own work.?Ruskln. Nation's Water Power. In the United States It Is said tbw there are water powers available rep resenting 37,000,000 horsepower, of which only one-sixth is developed. ' > : y-j / i'. BADLY DEPLETED THE MANY CHANGES IN THE HOUSE ARE DUE TO THE RE CENT PRIMARY. OF JUDICIARY FIVE RETURN Thirteen Members of the Ways and : Means Committee Including the | rkalman Will R> &ha?nf Ppnm th? Next State Legislature. Columbia.?The next general assem bly will see many changes in the per- ' sonnel of the two most important committees of the house of represen tatives, the committee on judiciary and on ways and means. Only five of the 22 no/embers of the committee on Judiciary were returned to the house, while 11 of the 24 members of the commitee on ways and means were reseated in the, recent primary. During the last session of the gen eral assembly, the judiciary commit tee was frequently called upon to de cide important questions raised by the various vetoes of the governor and a two-thirds majority of the mem bers of the house generally followed the recommendations of this impor tant committee. Under the leader ship of its chairman. Lowndes J. Erowning, of Union, the committee on ways and means at the last ses sion, not only made up the current budget, but prepared several impor tant bills, which the general assembly passed relating to the state's fi nances, the refunding bonds measure and the bonding of the property of the state hospital for the insanse for $1,000,000, which will be voted on in the general election on November 5. The five members of the commit teo on judiciary who were returned to the house are: A. Vander Horst, chairman, Charleston; A. G. Brice, Chester; W. F. Stevenson, Chester field; G. S. Mower, Newberry; Pringle T. Youmans, Richland, and J. J. Evans, Marlboro. Two members of the committee on judiciaries, T. B. Fraser of Sumter, and F. B. Gary of Abbeville, were elected associate justice and circuit judge, respectively, but the last gen eral assembly. Postpone Aiken County Fair. The Aiken county fair, scheduled to have been held in October, has been postponed until next spring, and in connection with the spYing race meet, which generally attracts a large num ber of people to Aikeiv, will be held in March. This action was decided upon by the fair association at a re cent meeting, when officers of the as sociation reported their inability to se cure the proper attractions for the fair this fall. It Is understood that other ooonoioHftro in fjpvpral nnunties In this section have been experienc ing the same difficulty in securing at tractions. South .Carolina New Enterprises. The secretary of state has granted a charter to the Beaufort Warehouse Company, with a capital of $5,000. The officers are C. C. Townsend, presi dent; H. S. Townsend, vice-president, and A. E. Davis, secretary and treas urer. The Fairfax Hardware and Supply Company has been commis sioned with a capital of $10,000. The petitioners are C. Dowling and J. F. Dowling. The Neeses Gin Stock Company, or weeses nas Deen com missioned with a capital stock of $5, 000. Large Crowd to Attend tSate Fair. The state fair this year, which opens October 28 and closes Novem ber 1, promises to bring to Columbia what will probably be the largest crowd that has ever attended a fair of the South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society. J. A. Banks, pres ident, J. M. Canton, secretary, and the various officials of the association have not been saying much, but have been hard at work perfecting plans with the people of the state for a exhibtion. Death Sentence Is Sustained. The sentence of death imposed on Sam Boozer, after being convicted of the murder of James S. Gilliam in the summer term of the court of gen eral sessions of Newberry county for 1911, was sustained In an opinion handed down by the supreme court. An appeal was made claiming error in the charge of the trial judge. The appeal was dismissed in the opinion written by Associate Justice C. A. Woods, and a new date was ordered to be set for the execution. Associate Justice T.,B. Fraser dissented. Carman*' Demonstration Institute. C. L. McManus, farm- demonstrator of Lancaster county, and W. B. El lilt. of Winnsboro, district demonstra tor, held an institute wth the farmers of the Jones Cross Roads section of Lanraster county. This meeting which was well attended, was called primar ily for the purpose of discussing the importance and advisability of sowing green cover crops and grass and clov er crops. An interesting and profit able discussion and exchange of ideas concerning crops in general was par ticipated in. May Have Poltical Significance. Dr. Butler, secretary of the Confed erate state infirmary, has requested the resignation of E. F. Jones, stew ard at the institution. It is alleged that the request for the resignation has a political significance. Mr. Jones claims that the secretary gave no reason for his desire for him to re sign; but, on the contrary praised his service. The veterans of the institu tion have drafted a strong petition I that they have presented to the board j to retfcln the services of Mr. Jones. | - J'-'S iTgood outlook fob cotton The Head of South Carolina Farmers' Union Predicts a 15-Cent Prloe For the Crop. Columbia.?The following statement has been issued by President Dabbs, of the State Farmers' Union: To the Farmers of South Carolina: Never before that I can recall have we had better prospects of good prices for cotton. Sixty days ago cotton 3old for 13 1-2 cents at interior points. A.11 of a sudden "without rhyme or reason," the market broke and It continued to go down unitl 10 1-2 cents was reached in the local mar kets. Not having the desired effect 01 stampeding me iarmers im-v n uu in the past, we see it steadily going up. Each day the "wise-acres" say it will break tomorrow. Each day they say that Liverpool should come down 9ix or seven points. Each day sees the report that Manchester continues to buy at higher prices than can be paid on this side. What does it all mean? If it means anything it means that cotton is in demand; that organiza tion is telling, or that there is fear of it; that the farmers, the merchants and the bankers need but to pull to gether and we will see 15-cent cotton for two-thirds of the crop. It also means that they are working together more closely than ever before. Mar ket slowly and the price is ours. We rejoice in the activity displayed in organizing chambers of commerce in the towns and cities of the South. We rejoice in such boosters' trips as Richmond, Va., just pulled off and as Sumter will pull off In a few months. We rejoice at the hopeful letters from the various counties of South Carolina that look to thorough organization of the Farmers'-Union in them. Yes, we will organize. When each county has 'ts strong Fanners' Union and each town its aggressive chamber of com merce all working in harmony, then we will see a State Farmers' Union and a state chamber of commerce building a greater South Carolina. . E. W. DABBS, President. S. C. Farmers' Union. Farming Interests in The State. Men of the first rank In farming will take part in the course of lec tures on agriculture arranged by Mr. David R. Coker, of Hartsville, and Dean A. C. Moore, of the University of South Carolina, during the present session. The first lecture occurred on September 30, by Col. E. J. Wat son, commissioner of agriculture. Ev ery man has been selected with great care, and each one will make a dis tinct contribution to the treatment of farming interests in South Carolina. If these lectures, after delivery, should be bound in a book, It would consti tute the best body of thought per haps available on farming in thle state. The object of this course Is not to teach agriculture, but to keep the whole student body sympathetic with country life. W. C. T. U. Convention Ends. The state convention of the W. C T. U. concluded its business delibera tions and adjourned after a special service in the First Baptist church. Anderson, at which Mrs. Mary Karris Armour, national temperance leader, was the principal speaker. Salfoda was selected as the next meeting place, the time to be determined la tor Thp election of officers resulted: Mrs. Joseph Sprott, of Manning, pres ident; Mrs. C. A. Waters, of Pickens corresponding E2Ci;etary; Mrs. T. R Denny, of Johnson, recording secre tary; Mrs. Chas. P. Robinson, oi Chapin, treasurer; Mrs. D. H. Traxler. of Greenville, and Mrs. Bleckley, oi Anderson, delegates to the national convention in Portland, Ore., in Octo ber. South Carolina Progressives. The Progressive party will meet in Columbia on Friday, October 4, to or ganize in South Carolina, name the electoral ticket, which will be placed in the field and to consider the advis ability of nominating a full state tick et to contest with the Democratic nominees in the general election in November. R. Sherwood Dunn, of Aiken, is acting in the capacity oi "launcher" for the new party and is said to be the national committeeman from this state. Three Escape From Chester Jail. Henry Huey, the desperate negro who engaged in a pistol duel at Corn well with Constable Will McNeal sev eral months ago when the latter at tempted to arrest him for shooting and raising a general disturbance on board one of the Southern Railway's trains and was captured at Gastonia a few weeks ago, made his escape from the county jail, accompanied by Charlie Carter and Nathaniel Alexan der, also colored. Carter was await ing trial on the charge of enticing la bor and Alexander for larceny. Orangeburg Fair Association. Secretary J. M. Hughes, of the Or angebrug county fair association, has announced that he has succeeded in - . _ - J J ? 4-U * A flon securing reauueu raies un mc -numi tlc Coast Line for the week of the county fair, and that he is confident of getting similar rates on the South ern. An effort is also being made to have a special train operated on the Atlantic Coast Line between Preg nails and Orangeburg daily during the fair. This will enable a large number of people from this section to attend the fair more conveniently. South Carolina Primary Probe. The sub-committee of the state Democratic executive committee spent the past week investigating the alleg ed' irregularities of the first primary election in Spartanburg Greenville and Anderson, listening to the report of (he county committees and sifting evidence presented. The net result of the investigation so far is that about 1,000 votes cast in these three counties have been questioned, not all of them charged with being fraudulent, how,ever. 10 VOTE ON BONOS! THE RAISING OF MONEY FOR THE NEW STATE HOSPITAL TO BE DECIDED ON. GENERAL ELECTION MATTER The People of South Carolina Will Approved-Loan Made For the Car rying on of the Work at "Stat* Park." Columbia,?The qualified electors of South Carolina will vote in the gen- 1 eral election on November 5 on the ' question of the issuance of $1,000,000 ' in bonds to relieve the congested con- | ditions at the state hospital for the j insane. The resolution of the last general assembly provides for the | election so that funds may be secured I to carry out the work that has been 1 started at "State Park." The proper ty of the old asylum plant will be placed as a security for the bonds. The asylum commission has upon the authority of the general assembly r./MrAWn 1 thniiaonH uunuwcu ocrciat uuuuivu dollars from the sinking fund com mission and this fund must be return ed. Unless the bond issue carries then an extra appropriation will have to be made by the next general as sembly to refund the loan to the sink ing fund commission. The notices for the election on the bonds have been sent out by Secretary of State McCown tp the state elec tion managers and tickets will be pro vided. Matterc of Interest To Mllltla. Columbia.?Several matters of in terest to the militia were announced from the office of Adjutant General Moore. To the position on the mili tary board made vacant by the resig nation of Major John G. Richards the governor appointed Col. Oscar W. Babb. The military board now con-* fiistR of the eovernor., adjutant gen eral. Brig. Gen. Wilie Jones, Col. Ju lius E. Cogswell and CoJ. Oscar W. Babb. First Lieut. H. G. Galloway, of Hartsville, Company C, 2rd Regiment, tendered his resignation, which was accepted, the reason being that Mr. Galloway has moved his residence to Macon, Ga. Henry A. Tlencken was appointed lieutenant, junior grade, 2d division, naval militia. John A. Bull winkle was named lieutenant, junior grade, 1st division, naval militia. Ed. H. Pinckney was named lieutenant adjutant, executive pfflcer, naval bta> talion. i Exhibit to Road Congress. Columbia.?The state department of agriculture will send a comprehensive road exhibit to. the annual meeting of the American Road Congress and affiliated organizations to be held at Atlantic City during the week of Sep tember 30. The exhibit will be one of the most complete ever prepared in this state, and w.ill be returned to Columbia in time for the state fair. The exhibit will be in charge of an expert road man. A large map of South Carolina, 14 by 11 feet, has been painted and the various high ways- will be marked on this map by the charts of the roads in the state that have been surveyed by Com missioner Watson. SeveraF thousand copies of the good roads books recent ly issued by the -department will be distributed among the delegates at tending the convention. Fourth Primary For Marlboro. ' Bennettsville.?The fourth primary is necessary to decide the nominee for clerk of court for Marlboro county. In the second primary the returns of the managers gave Tom C. Hamer a majority of three over Julian Mc Laurln. The county executive com mittee recounted the entire ballot and declared a tie vote. In the third pri mary the managers gave Hamer a ma jority of two. Again the executive committee recounted and tabulated a tie vote. The committee met and passed upon a number of challenged votes and recounted the entire bal lot. It was announced that each can didate had received 1,129 votes. Negro Industrial School. Barnwell.?It is announced author itatively that a negro industrial school will be located here in the near future. A movement looking to the establishment of such a school has been on foot for several years, but it was only until recently that It became a certainty. The school will be established and maintained by the churches of Bethlehem Baptist as sociation of Barnwell and Bamberg counties. Barnwell was selected be cause of the attitude of the white cit izens towards negro education. County Executive Committee Meets. Conway. ? The county executive A - - -* - -no -I- 11_. J committee met ana omuiauy ucuaicu E. J. Sherwood the nominee in the third primary for the second place in the house, his majority over his opponent, W. D. Lawrimore, being 217. The total vote of the county was 2,471. Mr. Sherwood wins a remark able victory, he having come to this county only a few years ago from Dillon, and his opponent being a na tive and an ardent supporter of Gov. Blease, who carried this county over whelmingly in the first primary. Disastrous Fire in Orangeburg. Branchville.?Information . was re ceived in Branchville of the burning of the planing mill and box factory I of the Santee River Cypress Lumber Company, at Ferguson on the eastern edge of Orangeburg county. The fire occurred several days ago and the origin is unknown. The loss is estimated at more than $50,000. By hard work the several hundreds of employees of the company saved the saw mill and the lumber stored in the kilns and lumber yard? WuOdsd*. ? FROM ALL OVER THE STATE) Short Paragraphs of State New# That Have Been Gotten Together With Care by the Editor. Orangeburg.?Charlton W. Sawyer, )f the comptroller general's office of Columbia, w.as In the city for the pur pose of making a settlement in this lounty between the. county auditor md county treasurer. The books of :his couny were all found to be in proper shape and the officials were jomplitoented. . 1 St Matthews.?St. Matthews has had her ups and downs, as a cotton? market, and there have been seasons' when the farmers felt that they were not getting their dues/as compared with neighboring towns. This? fall, however, everybody is happy over the' situation and no man brings his cot ton here who does not go away feel-' ing that he has reached the top. Donalds.?The South Carolina pres bytery, meeting at Donalds,^ decided; In favor of the removal of ' <3hicora college from Greenville to Lauras,,, which has made an offer for the col lege. The vote was 13 to 8. Two oth^i er presbyteries, Piedmont and Peej Dee, have already acted on this ques-' tion, both voting to retain the college at Greenville. Gaffney.?The biggest distillery even set In Gherokee county was raided re cently by Deputy Sheriffs Watkins andi Lockhart. The raid was made 14' miles from Gaffney, near Kings Greek Station. The birdB had flown; bat over 1,000 gallons of beer waa pour ed out by the officers. One of the of ficers stated that the distillery was the largest he had ever seen. ? Dillon.?The Dillon schools hare had the most auspicious opening in y the history of the schools. The en rollment is larger and there Is excel lent school spirit among both teach ers and pupils. The handsome new building which has been in the course of construction for some time will! soon be ready for occupancy and all are looking forward to the day when it shall be turned over. Rock Hill.?Cotton continues to come to town, despite the recent rain. However, the rain has materially checked the picking and it is believed that the crop has been damaged con- . 'J, siderably by the rainfall. In the victn- . ity of Rock Hill, however, the rainfalj was not so heavy, but in adjoining counties the fall was considerable and it is stated that a good deal of ripe cotton was beaten from tW bolls. V Columbia. ? The South Carolina ; ^ Plant Breeder association will be or ganized at a meeting of farmers here ' in the state library at 6 o'clock on the afternoon of October 30. The i. r call for the meeting of the farmers has been issued by R. J. Watson, coja missioner of agriculture, and J. Swin- V . ~ ; ton Whaley, M. Eugene Fant and A. W. Brabham, well known farmers of - the state. ' /; Aiken.x-At the meeting of the Aik en Municipal club, when preparations -ir;! were made for the primary electibn to nominate a mayor and six alder- >' men, it was provided that at the elec tion, which will be held on the first Monday in November, a commissioner : -i of public works shall also be nomi* _ nated. This is a new city office to be created, and its addition will make the municipal election this year all the more interesting. \ Fort Mill.?The fall meeting of Beth- \ el presbytery, held in Fort Mill Pree bvterian church, has adjourned. The next meeting will be held in Rock Hill some time next spring. The principal . business before the presbytery was the consideration o{ the removal of Chicora college from Greenville to y' Laurens. After a spirited discussion, which took up most of one session, the presbytery voted to retain th? college at Greenville. Rock Hill.?But little interest is be ing taken 'here in the investigation into the primary frauds. It is the gen eral concensus / of opinion that the committee will Tbe powerless to make anything like a thorough investigation of the matter before the November election, it having been demonstrated that it would take several weeks to thoroughly check and counter check the various poll lists in a single county, in order to secure the names of those who voted fraudulently. Columbia. ? Commissioner Watson, of the department of agriculture, is anxious to. have the addresses of any people in this state who are operating either large or moderate size henner ies. He wishes this information for the purpose of furnishing it to certain reliable parties in New York, Spartanburg.?Addressing the Spar tanburg County Medical society, Dr. Philip E. Garrison, past assistant sur geon of the United States navy, and a member of the Thompson-McFadden pellagra commission, said that the be lief that insects had something to do with the disease was growing. Columbia.?Alexander Rowland has resigned as private secretary to the governor and W. F. Blackburn, the stenographer, was named to take his place. The resignation will become effective on October 1. Columbia.?The old state dispensary building on Gervais street will be sohdi at public auction at a date to be as signed by the sinking fund commis Tli/i forme for tflA niirrthftRfi will" 01UU. AUG VWA IMU X ? be fixed by the commission and the lowest price considered will be $100, 000. The building was advertised (or sale several months ago and no bid ders appeared. Lexington. ? Dispensaries for the waging of a vigorous fight on the hookworm disease in this county will be astablished at the following points In the county, according to information received from Dr. L. A. Riser, assist ant director of rural sanitation under the Rockefeller commission, be ginning at Lexington on Saturday, October 5; Tuesdays, Irmo, Dr. Math is' office; Wednesdays, Pelion, Dr. Kneece's office; Thursdays, Batesburg, in rear of Citizens bank; Steadmans, school house; Saturdays, Lexington, court house.