University of South Carolina Libraries
'THE [PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS IBANK. ?AUGUSTA, GA.! VOL.69. Pays Interest on Deposits. Account* Solicited. Ii. G. ELIT?B, President. CHAS. 0. HOWABS^' Cashier. EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEI?SDAY, APRIL 20, 1904. THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA' FRANK G. FORD, Cashier.' CAPITAL $250.000. Surplus ) ?, Uudivided Profits. I $125,000 NO. 17, m He Chose thc Tombe. Torpedo Boat . Destroyers Execute Good Work .ONE LOSS FOLLOWS ANOTHER The Russians Seem to Be Still ?jetting Worsted in the Eastern Struggle-The Latest Mews? ' St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Rear Ad - mirai Prince Ouktomsky wired from Port Arthur Thursday that the Be? strieshini, one of the Russian torpedo - boat destroyers, sent out during the night to reconnoitre, became separated trom the rest of the fleet, owing to the 'bad weather prevailing, was surround ed hy Japanese torpedo boat destroyer? and was sunk in the fight. Five men were saved. Admiral Ouktomsky adds: "I have taken command provision ally of the fleet since the disaster to the Petropavlovsk;" "During some manoeuvering of the battleship squadron a small mine was exploded under her. the Pobieda. She was able to regain port by herself. No one on board her was killed or wound ed." The Pobieda is a battleship of 12,674 tons displacement and of 14,500 horse .power. She Is 401% feet long, has 71% feet beam and draws 26 feet of wa ?. ter and ls heavily armored with steel. She was completed in 1901. has a com plement of 732 men,, her. estimated speed is 18 knots. The steel armor of the battleship varies in thickness from 4 to 9% Inches atong her belt. The armament of the Pobieda consists of four 10-inch guns, eleven 6-inch guns, - sixteen 3-inch guns, ten 1.8-inch guns ?nd .seventeen -1.4-inch guns. She has six torpedo- tubes. .-; Russia Again Plunged in Grief. ! The official bulletin conveying the intelligence of the loss of another tor pedo boat destroyer and the accidentai . crippling of another battleship was al most as severe a blow as the loss of the Petropavlovsk yesterday and ' "plunged the whole town anew Into grief., The Russian word in the text of the official dispatch describing the accident to the Pobeida means either ."mine*' or "torpedo." but the qualify- | lng verb indicates something moving ? toward the ship. This dispatch puts j * an-end . to the idea prevailing here ? that there had been an engagement ? following the idisaster to the Petro pavlovsk. '& '.; ; Forty-five officers and. men perished * on board the torpedo boat destroyer E.ezstrashini. Newspaper Man Goes Down. SS-?ws" ?i spat ch. has" como from Port Ar r^hur,r -"although' several newsp?per cor respondents are there. Vassili Verestch %'gin, the ; Russian painter, was Vice Admiral Makaroff's guest on the Petropavlovsk. It is reported that he was lost with the ship. Nicholas T. Kravtchenko, the well known Russian literary man. who was acting as correspondent for the Asso ciated Press at Port Arthur, it is be lieved, went down with the Petrop J>. - avlovsk. Telegrams to him remain un . answered. The Petropavlovsk Struck a Mine, j Che Foo, By Cable.-It has been learned from Japanese sources here that -the attack on the Russian Port1 Arthur fleet Wednesday morning was j planned and put into effect in the fol- ! lowing manner: At daylight the . Japanese torpedo i boats made a demonstration before the ! port and at the same time laid mines across the water entrance to the har bor. They then retired and joined the main squadron. The squadron then i advanced and as it drew near the Rus- : sian ships were seen coming out. The ! battleship Petropavlovsk struck one cf ? " the -mines laid by the Japanese torpedo - boats and was destroyed. Four Injured By Explosion. - Baltimore. Special.-^Information just . received here.reports the explosion of a locomotive near Marriottsville. on .the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. It is . said that the conductor, a fireman and two brakemen and the engineer are reported-to be seriously injured. Am ' bu lan co s have been summoned to meet . a relief train at Camden station co jk^take the injured to the City Hospital. -:-:-. ' -., Work of Sharpshooters. .St Petersburg, By Cable-General Kuropatkin, In a dispatch to the Em peror bearing Tuesday's date, says that General Krasnalinski, on the night of April 8th, ordered a detachment of sharp shooters to cross to the left bank of the Yalu opposite Wiju. The sharp shooters landed on the island of S?mallnd and surprised a patrol of fifty Japanese scouts just as the latter were approaching the east side of the island in three boats. The Russians al lowed the Japanese to land and then fired on them. Nearly all the Japanese were shot, bayoneted or drowned and their boats sunk. The Russians sus tained no losses. A Double Tragedy. Water Valley. Miss.. Special. - A double tragedy occurred near this town Thursday. Ed. Gammon, a young far ? mer, had made arrangements to elope with Miss Fanny Kimsey. when her I father, Jake Kimsey, appeared on the scene. Gammon shot and killed him. The daughter endeavored to ' escape, :.{hut Gammon shot her and then made "ibis escape. A posse is in pursuit. Jewelers Fleeced, Knoxville, Special.-Money order Talsers who have worked at Birmlng * am. Asheville and Atlanta fleeced two ocal jewelers.-here. Some shrewd for ger is believed to be using two negroes 'as his- tools. Going to jewelry stores "tie negroes bought cheap watches and offered In' payment money orders for $50' each. These were taken by the Jewelers and the difference paid In cashi At the postofflce it was found hat . they, had., been raised, from 50 Q?? The- work is excellent and is l?aS5cl5?"0*f""d?t'?cU?n. I?NANESE WAI .japan's Statement. Washington, Special.-The Japanese legation received the following cable gram, dated Tokio, April 16: "Admiral Togo reports that the combined fleet* as previously planned, commenced on April 11th the eighth attack on Port Arthuii\ tho f?urth and the iifth destroyer flotilla and the fourteenth torpedo flotilla and the Koryomaru reached the mouth Of Port Arthur at midnight of the ?2tn, and effected tbs kyi?g of mines at several points outside the port, defying the enemy's searchlights. The second de stroyer flotilla discovered at dawn of the 13th. one Russian destroyer trying to enter the harbor, and after ten min utes' attack, sunk her. Another Rus sian destroyer was discovered coming from the direction of Laotishan and was attacked, but she managed to flee into the harbor. On our side no casual ties, except two seamen on the Ik? zuchi slightly wounded. There was no time.to rescue the enemy's drowning crew as the Bayan approached. The third fleet reached outside of Port Ar thur at 8 a. m., when the Bayan came out and opened fire. Immediately af terward the Novik, Askold. Diana, Pet ropavlovsk, Pobieda and Poltava came out and made an offensive attack. Our third fleet, hardily answering, en ticed the enemy fifteen miles south east of the port, when our first fleet, informed through wireless telegraphy from the third, fleet, suddenly appeared before the enemy and attacked them. While the enemy was trying to regain the port, a battleship struck r-.ines laid by us the previous evening, and sunk at 10:32 a. m. Although the ship was observed to be sinking, she finally man aged to regain the port. Our third fleet suffered no damage, and the ene my's damage, besides that above men tioned, is probably slight also. Our first fleet did not reach firing distances. Our fleets at 1 p. m., prepared for an other attack. They re-sailed April 14 toward Port Arthur. The second, the fourth and fifth destroyer flotillas and the ninth torpedo flotilla also join ed us at 3 a. m., and at 7 a. m. No enemy's ships were found outside of the port. Our first fleet arrived at the port at 9 a. m.. and discovered three mines laid by the enemy and destroy ! ers. The Kasagu and Nissin were dis 1 patched to the west of Laotishan, and made indirect bombardment for two hours, lt being their first action. The new forts on Laotishan were finally silenced. Our forces retired at 1:30 p. m." Petropavlovsk Was Torpedoed. London, By Cable.-No further news from Japanese sources concerning the Port Arthurriisasters'jiasTeaehed Lon- + prlon^^^ The Daily Mail's .Chee Foo corre spondent declares that advices from both Russian and Japanese sources in dicate that the battleship Petropa vlovsk was torpedoed. By a pretence of an attack on the harbor by the enemy, Admiral Makaroff, says the correspondent, was enticed outside of the Japanese torpedo boats, which crept behind him and awaited his return, and dealt the blow a3 he was nearing the harbor on the return.'. i Character of the Petropavlovsk. I St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The Pe : tropavlovsk, which had twice prevloua I ly been reported damaged by Japanese attacks on Port Arthur^** was a first class battleship of 10,960 tons displace ment and 14,213 indicated horse-power. She was 267 ^ feet long, had 69 feet boam and her armored belt was of about 16 inches of steel, with 10 inches of steel armor on her turrets. Her ar mament consisted of 4 12-inch, 12 6 ii.ch, 34 smaller guns and 6 torpedo tubes. The complement of the Petro pavlovsk, when fully manned, was 700 men. She was built at St. Petersburg and was completed in 1898. How He Was Saved. . St. Petersburg, Special.-It ls con firmed that the Grand Duke Curll's in juries consist of burns on the neck and legs. A private dispatch to his father reports that the wounded officer is bet ter. A life buoy was thrown to the Grand Duke by which he sustained himself in the water untU y ced up by one of the boats which were lowered from the other warships. The Pope Visits St. Peters. Rome, By Cable-For the first time since his coronation the Pope went. Monday to St. Peter's to say mass in celebration of the thirteenth centennial of St. Gregory the Great. The immense basilica of St. Peter's was filled, more than 70,000 people being present. The Pope was in the' best pf health. He appeared in the Sedia Gestatorio, although the mo tion of this chair, carried on the shoulders of bearers) makes him ill. On his express recommendation the audience refrained from applause or crying out, contenting themselves with the waving of handkerchiefs. Senator Dietrich Not Guilty. Washington. Special.-Senator Diet roch. of Nebraska, bas been declared by a special committee of Congress to be not guilty of any violation of the statues of the United States or of any corrupt or unworthy conduct relating either to the appointment of Jacob Fisher as . postmaster at Hastings, Neb., or. the leasing of thc building In that city to the United States for a postoffice. : Togo Sinks a Russian Battleship. Tokio, By Cable.-A brief report from Read Admiral Urlu, of Wednes day's fighting off Port Arthur, reached the Navy Department this afternoon. It says Vice Admiral Togo's fleet at - tacked Port Arthur in the morning and succeeded - in sinking a battleship of tue Ptropavlovsk class and one tor pedo boat destroyer. The Japanese sus tpined-.no losses. One Japanese was wounded. Don't put off the sure thing of today for tbs uncertainty of tomorrow. CARNEGIE'S HERO FUND Gives Five Million Dollar? to Reward Bravery. Pittsburg, Special.-It was made known here Friday that Andrew Car negie has created a fund of $5,000,000 for the benefit of "the dependents of those losing their lives in heroic effort to save their fellow men br fdr thfc he roes themselves if Injured only." Pro vision Is also made for medals to be given in commemoration of heroic acts. The endowment IS tb. be known ?s the n?r? fund and consists of $5,000, 000 of first collater 5 per cent, bonds of the United States Steel Corporation. The trust is placed In the hands of a commission of which Cha?. L-. Tayl?r is chairman. The Scheme was coinceived hy Mr. Carnegie Immediately after the Hardwick mine disaster, when he sum moned to New York Chas. L. Taylor, chairman, and F. Wilmot, manager, of the Andrew Carnegie relief fund, to discuss with them blahs f?r tho re lief of th? sufferers from this catastro phe, in a letter to the hero fund com mittee, Mr. Carnegie outlines the gen oral scheme of the fund which, in his own words, is "to place those following peaceful vacation who have been in jured in heroic effort to save human life in somewhat better positions pecu niarily than before, Until again able to work; In case of death, the widow and children br other dependents, to be provided for-the widow until she is re-married and the children until they reach a self-supporting age. For ex 'ceptional children, exceptional ?rants may be also made to heroes ..- he roines, as the commission think advis able-each case to be the judge on its merits. It is provided that tto^graut is to b? continued unless it be soberly and properly used, and th?. recipient re mains respectable, well-behaved mem bers'of the community. A medal shall be given to the hero, widow or next of kin, which shall recite the heroic deed it commemorates. The medal shall be given for the heroic act, even if the deer be uninjured, and also a sum of money should the commission deem such gift desirable. The field embraced by the fund is the United States and Canada, abd the waters thereof. "The sea is thc scene of many herbie acts," says Mr. Carnegie's letter, "and nc action more heroic than that of doc tors and nurses volunteering their ser vices in the case of epidemics. Rail road employes are remarkable for he roism. Whenever heroism is displayed by-man or woman, in saving human life, the fund applies." ,_ ' Official Version, St. Petersburg, By Cable;-The Asso ciated Press has obtained what is practically the official version of the . sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur,.and it.clears up to a great:extent the mysterious features of is as'fotlows: ? "Retiring before the advance of a su perior" japanese fleet, which was not fighting its progress, the Russian squadron approached the entrance to the harbor. It was shortly after 8 o'clock in the morning, and most of the officers and crew were.at. breakfast on tho flagship. Vice Admiral Makarof? was eating breakfast in his cabin and the ward room was crowded with offi cers surrounding the tables. On the bridge Grand Duke Cyril, his friend, Lieut. Von Kobe. Capt. Jakovleff. com manding the vessel, and two other of ficers were on watch, examining vhe narrow entrance preparatory to enter ing lt "At about Z o'clock there was a ter rific explosion of the boilers, followed a few seconds later by a detonation from the well-stored magazines. Huge gaps were torn in the hull of the ship and the water rushed in. The center of gravity having gone, the ship rolled on her side and sank. "All information'tends to prove that a raine was responsible for the de struction of the battleship. "The scene below will never be de scribed, as, so far as is known, not a single person between decks succeeded in escaping. The hot steam which scalded the men on deck indicated what must have been the character of the daath met by those in the engine room. The men. on deck were thrown in all directions, those falling into the water swimming and grasping the wreckage, to which some of them were able to cling. "The remainder of the squadron im mediately stopped and lowered small boats, and the torpedo boats steamed as quickly as possible to the rescue of the survivors. The escape of Grand Duke Cyril and Lieut Von Kobe was nothing short of miraculous. The force of the explosion sent Grand Duke Cyril flying across the bridge, and the base of his skull struck on an Iron stancn ion. Fortunately he did not lose con sciousness! Believing that the ship was about to sink, he clambered nastily down its side and boldly plunged into the water. He succeedde in reaching a piece of wreckage, to which he clung jaVBM eqi ui SBA a?inrj pnBjQ aqj, about twenty minut?s before he was picked up by a torpedo boat. Lieut. Von Kobe was also found swimming and was picked up. Capt. Jacovlefc was thrown against a stanchion with such force that he was killed. "Grand Duke Cyril's Injuries were severe. Besides receiving a blow'on th? neck, his legs were burned and he suffered a serious shock. He was taken immediately to a hospital, where his injuries were attended to. He will re main there for three days, and then will be brought to St. Petersburg. The Deserted Cottage, What do I see BS I stand. In the sun shine, alone, Thc door ajar in my hand, my foot on the threshold stone? What do I hear in the wind, whispering under the eaves? What do I hope to find-blossom, or fall en leaves? Here, where the dulled, dim square of a winde v. long since blind. Registers, unaware, the desoluate void behind; Here, where a tangled rose, trailing across 'the latch. Tenderly clings and grows up to the crumbling thatch. Nay! but I see. but I hear, all that the . years .have wrought. Laughter and smile, and tear; intimate Jest and thought; Voices of those long dead, footsteps of those afar. Words that were left unsaid, kisses no time cnn mar. If I should venture In, I, from the thresh old stone. Say. should I find thc thin ghost of my youth alono? Grasping at Joys long fled, would not the silence be Sinister, mocking, grim--crushingly near to me? Whisper thv S?KIIP. O wind, Roses, thy door defend; I, on tho road of Life, I will gu on-to tho end. All that wc hold we lose, all that wo give Is given: We ehall find our own Beyond, and the rinding will be-Heaven. * -Pall Mall Gazette. 29 MEN ARE DEAD A Charge cf Powder Ignites Setting Off 1,600 Pounds -? NAVAL DISASTER AT PENSACOLA The Presence of Mind and Prompt Action of Captain Cowies Saves the S ?vp. Pensacola, Fla., Special.-While on the target range Wednesday after noon 1?600 pounds of powder exploded on tile battleship Missouri, killing five officers and twenty-four men and injuring a number of others, two of whom will die. The Missouri was on the target range with the Texas and Brooklyn at practice abolit hoon, when a charge of powder in the twelve-Inch left hand gun exploded, ignited from gas es, and dropping below, ignited four charges of powder in the handling room, end all exploded, and only one man of the entire turret abd handling crew survives; But for th? prompl and efficient work of Capt; Cowlc3 in closing the handling room and maga zine, one of the magazines would have exploded and the ship would have been destroyed. Capt. Cowies, completely overcome with the dis aster, referred all newspaper men to Li'iiit. Hammer, the ordinance officer The latter gave out a statement of the explosion and Its probable cause. According to him, about ?b?n, after the first pointer of the after twelve inch piece had fired his string und the second pointer had fired the third shot of his string, the charge ignited.. The fourth shot was being loaded and from all indications, the first half of the charge had been ram med home and the second section was being rammed home, when gases from the shot previously fired, or pop tious of the cloth cov?r; ignited th? powder; The breech was open and a dull thud gave notice of something unusual. No loud report was made, but the flames were seen to leap from every portion of the turret. A few seconds later.another explosion, more fierce, occurred. This was In the handling room below, where , 1,600 pounds of powder, or four charges, ready to be hoisted above, had ig nited! Pire quarters were sounded,' and every man of the ship responded, eager to go into the turrets and res cue Ihr crew. Capt. Cowies gave his commands, and but for his pres ence of mind, together with the offi cers, of the ship, the Missouri would- ! have gone down. The.second exp?o-; sion occurred near one of the maga- : ?2j?g?| - aiid. ; so^hpt^was-.- ?ie^flx?: i thjvj^. The . brass-w?rk T?f the;-magazine was : melted. Smoko arid the fume3 of the burned powder made. it almost im possible either to enter the turret ci handling room, but officers and men. with handkerchiefs over their faces, mad.-} offerts to rescue the men Inside. Leading the rescuing party was Capt. Cowies (the officers endeavored to keep him from going below, as men fell unconscious as they entered, and had 'to be pulled cut by their com rades); but, unheeding their advice, the commanding officer rushed below, followdd by Liout. Hammer, the ordi nance officer, und Lieut. Cleveland Davis. Capt. Cowies caught up a dying blue-Jacket tc his arma and transferred him to the deck. The blue-jacket, with two others from the handling room, had crawled partly from their place of duty when they had been overcome. Before the fumes of the buming powder had left the turret, officers and men were In, lifting out the dying and dead ; men. Three minutes after the explo sion all were on deck and the sur geons from tho Missouri, Texas and Brooklyn were attending to those not dead. The twenty-five men of the turrel were found lying In a heap. They had started for the exit when the first explosion occurred and had just reached there when the more terrible explosion in the handling room had occurred, which burned and strangel them to death. Lieut. Dav idson, the officer in charge of the tur ret, had evidently, given some com mand to the men, as he was on top of the heap of men, having fallen there after he had allowed them to pass him to get out o? the turret. The bodies were hardly recognizable, the terrible and quick fire having burnt the clothing from the bodies of the men, and the flesh hung from them in shreds. The faces were mutilated by the smoke and flames. Only one man was breathing when the turret crew was rescued, and he died a moment after he t..ched deck. The dead: Lieut. W. C. Davidson, In charge of the twelve-Inch turret; Ensign E. A. Weikert U. S. M. C.; Lieut. Thomas Ward, Jr., division officer; J. K. Pederson, boatswain mate, second class; W. Bougard, or dinary seaman; J. Blexaputlan, Cox swain Charles Rice, Seaman J. C. Hardy, apprentice, second class; K. J. Kivlin; Seaman J. Gadris; Ordin ary Seaman J. F. Rolands; Electri cian (second class) H. B. Franks, Coxswain J. P. Starr, Ordinary Sea man J. i'J Nunn, Seaman N. S?der, Seaman C. H. Meyer. Ordinary Sea man P. R. Castler. Apprentice (sec ond class) R. H. Allison. Ordinary' Seaman R. C. Tobin, Ordinary Sea man J. J. Mulligan, Landsman J. W. Cole, Ordinauce Sergeant A. Smith, Gunner's Mate (first class) W. S. Shipman, Private Marine P. J. Brown, Chief Gunner's Mate J. F. Kennedy, Ordinary Seaman J. M. Roach. The injured are: J. E. Knight sea man, may recover; J. T. Donnelly, ordinary seaman, dying; R. Starr, sea man, will recover; F. C. Schaub, ap prentice, second class, will recover, and a man supposed to be O. B. Moe, apprentice, second class, dying. The Burr Papers. Richmond, Va., Special.-The Fed eral Department of Justice has made application to the courte here to make use of the original papers In the trial of Aaron Burr and lils associate, Blen nerhassett, in the celebrated case in which they were charged with treason lu 1807. An official ls in the city for the purpose or securing the papers, and only awaits an order of court, which has been prepared and will be signed lomorrow, authorizing their transfer. The papers are to he made part of sh historical exhibit by the government rt the St. Louis Exposition, JiMMlGRATiON CIRCULAR How?o Procure the Beat Cl cs? Foreigners for South Carolina. CorpmiBSioner of Immigration. V* son h^s.-prepared two circulars for < trlb?t?qn among the people of Statelgiying information as to h the'?$^ assist in. the work of his partait; Th? first Is to land own desiring: tb sell tracts for ??ttlerai and ^?. second is to cbniinercial ganiz&tfbns and real estate agents the-towns. .Mr&Watson says that he is coi dent^rere will be no difficulty at lu securing settlers, in as large nu hers ..fifi may he desired, if suita land in. sufficient large tracts can secure& To get this land at reas< abler|prices is his first problem, is fomhis purpose that he has issu his-f^t" circular, as follows: Circular, No. 1. To t||pLarid Owners Of South Cn Immediately upon assuming the < ties ^ commissioner of agricultu commerce and immigration, realizi 'Vt?! fully^Ehe necessity for speedy acti lookii&.fo the highest development the ? |s~taty:s agricultural jilter* through investigations iii th? east the n^fhods employed hy the diff?re Statjesiof the Union in securing t best;:||pes of immigrants now ent< ing t^United States in greater nu bers!:?an ever before in the countr: histoi^i I have been fortunate pursiung' these Investigations and making ?rahg?m?iits whereby we c? sec'tir?.-clxc?ilerit labor arid settle upo'ii|jvery much the sairie iiagid tbose|? States which have be reap?ip ~ the harvest resulth fromm?.purchasing settlers, tl Intensified methods of farmii empted by the' foreign labon and -Ifie consequent building up wastefplaces and increase of taxab prbp?^ty; ttrid increase of prodticth and^altii; Th?.-offtce -now needs to be advisi at ronfre of the location of availab l?ndsSand needs further to know ii mediately the wants of the farme of thtoState complaining of the lack intelffeent f?Vm labor. We need knoi^ialso of the location and vail of undevoloped water powet clav<&eds. mineral deposits, and ha1 the pKneis list them upon the regist in th^offlce with prices at which th< -will HH*?1. W? need tb know lik?wii of av?dlable large tracts suitable fl thef^^atl?n of successful colonies. Itf^act creating this departmei r'eq.i?j?s the commissioner to act wit ^?ti^j^i'?s the agent of the citizens the?'(io?ate who . wi sh to meet .the e ' ces?!-'''' "Vpehses of bringing delira1) 3aa.; igi^'iSs^ iand?, ariel" directs him to secure tho: who desire to purchase homes, b conic citizeus of the State and hui; up the agricultural interests. Tr act fur?her provides: 'That he (tr. commissioner) shall al*o. ?op.ect-iro! the T?rai?rs and land owners of tl State and Hst Information as tb land stating th* number of acres, loeatio: the tei-ms upon which they may L bought, leased or shared to desirab! settlers; that a land registry shall 1: kept:, and in connection therewitl from time to time, publication sha be made," descriptive of such liste agricultural, mineral, forest and true! ing lands and factory sites as ma be offered to the department for sal or share, which publication shall b in attractive form, setting forth th county, township, number of acre: names and addresses of owners, an such other information as may b helpful in placing inquiring honn seekers in communication with lan owners." To this end several forms of blank have been prepared, and will be fui nished all land owners and farmer upon application to this office. The are: First. For those wishing desirabl farm labor. Second. For those wishing tenan settlers. Third. For there wishing shar settlers. Fourth. For those wishing to offe lands to purchasing settlers and largi tractB for colonization purposes, a well as to offer water powers, kaolii beds, mines, etc. For the information of the land own ers it is stated that the prevaillnj custom In securing farm laborers am even purchasers from among those whe come across the Atlantic to thes< shores, no matter what amount thej bring with them, is for those who wan' them to prepay their passage, and In cidental expenses of transfer at Nev York, the steamship lines furnishinj tickets, before departure, through tc destination. This is considered ai earnest of the good faith of the peo ple among whom the settler Is to live and saves much trouble at the port ol entry. Of course the refund of the amount thus advanced is secured. Al the present exceptionally low ratei prevail over all trans-Atlantic lines For the movement of settlers from the east the office has made gratifying arrangements. At present like ar rangements are being made for move ment of settlers from the northwest and other portions of the country. I would earnestly warn all land own ers of the danger of naming excessive prices for land. Inducements must be offered to secure the most desirable settlers and this is particularly true in thc case of the Initial movement to turn the tide of desirable settlers to a territory heretofore unknown to them. One successful plan of combining in vestments and Interested labor that is being used in some of the northwestern States may fae well employed here. If a farmer, for instance, has 2,000 acres cf land and is able under present con ditions to cultivate only a portion of it. be cut3 his tract in half, retaining the half he prefers. The' other he divides into 50 acre farms. Then he offers to the thrifty settler a title to one of those 50 acre tracts at the end of a term of years, the settler paying for it with so many days labor each month on the land owner's adjoining plantation. In this way the settler of small rneans hut great energy is given an incentive to secure toast results, and in a short time Hie land owner's 1.000 acres is producing for him more than the 2,000 acre tract did. In the end the whole 2.000 acre tract is made to blos som and a community of thrifty citi zens is established, increasing taxable values and benefiting the State at large. A large area in South Carolina might be brought into productiveness by the adoption of this plan. E. J. WATSON, Commissioner. j PALMETTO POINTS I GIVEN IN BRIEF i ? Wildcat Insurance. The old trouble of wildcat Insurance I companies is breaking out again and I the cdmptroiler general ls preparing a ! black list of the companies who have I not coo'iplied with the State laws. Some of the companies are not neces sarily "wildcats," as that usually im plies capitalization of many thousand dollars on paper and a paid up stock amounting to perhaps $25. Tho com paniow to be blacklisted, however, have riot paid the Stats -insurance fee of $10 per annum. Suit cartn?t be j brought against a party selling a po licy if this license is not paid. Many persons throughout the State are con stantly victimized by fakirs and lose the money paid as premimums. If an adjuster for an unlicensed concern at tempts to do business nc is Manta to arrest. v ! New Enterprises. The secretary of State lust week granted fin eleemosynary charter to the Horse Gi'eek Valley Hospital asso ciation. The corporators arc Jas. L. Quinby of Granitevilie, president; R. H. Chadwick of Langley, vice presi dent; G. W. Etheridge of Warrenville, secretary and treasurer; W. E. Giles cf Granitevilie. Wm. H. Mills of North Angosta and L. M. Brown of Langley, trustees. A commission Wits ?eut to the Marion Naval Stores company, capi talized af. .$10,000. The organizers of this company ar?: M- C> Woods and John Wilcox. A commission was also issued to the Bradley Cotton Oil company of Brad ' ley, in Greenwood courty The eapi ; ta) ls $15,000 and the corporators are: B H. Bryson. M. D,. J. Livy Watson and J. S. Steide. ?ut of Politics. ~ Chief-Hammet has issued the follow ing communication to the dispensary employes: "To Division Chiefs: Your parti cular attention is hereby calle-l to cir cular Nt). G issued July 29tb, 190.7. for bidding State constables taking part in politics, either State cr local, which order must oe strictly enforced. "Please communicate this at once to all your men/'' The order already quoted refers di rectly to this of July 29, 1903: "To Division Chiefs: You are here by, directed to instruct the constables operating in. your division to take no ^T^Mrj^nj?i^^T "ocal .politics, in? as' much ?s 5 indi ?iotioh^y^^t?Rrof^ fleer will generally be misconstrued and will result in injury to the enforce ment of the dispensary law and to the public service generally." Laurens, Special.-At an early hour Thursdav morning Jane Fields, an old colored woman of this city, while pre paring breakfast had her clothing to take fire from the stove and before aid could be given she was badly burned her clothing being almost entirely burned. In the pocket of her dress the had $70 in currency and a few dol lars In silver. The bills of course were burned and the silver blackened. Her bodily injurios are not as serious per haps as her financial loss. Killed By Kick of Hor*e. Newberry, S. C.. Special-A colored boy 6 years of age, the son of Green wood Washington, a well-known hack man of Newberry, was killed Tuesday afternoon by a horse. The hoy was standing near the horse, which was j drinking water at the time. Without I any warning the horse pranced around j and kicked the boy full in the chest, j death resulting in a short while. Palmetto Briefs. The superintendent's office at the State penitentiary is bPing torn down preparatory to the erection of the new administration building. The offices are located temporarily in the build ing now used as guard quarters. The new administration building will con tain offices and armory on the first floor, and guards' quarters on the sec ond floor. Col. Sandy Cohen has been engaged to travel thc State In the Interest of the coming reunion of the United Confederate Vet erans and endeavor .to secure as large an attendance as possible for the reunion. Thc town council of Conway has de cided to accept the offer of a lot from Col. D. A. Spivey for the purpose of building a town hall. The only condi tion attached to his offer v:as that a building shouid be erected at a cost of not less than $5,000 and that it should be used for public purposes. This is a public-spirited act on the part of Col. Spirey and has been appreciated by the community. Conway is grati fied at the prospect of having a town hall 1n the near future that will be a credit to the town. Pickens is to have a new graded school building. Sinr. the organiza tion of a graded school in the town four years ago, the school has out grown its present cramped quarters. Thc trustees and Hie people cf the town generally have realized for some time the need of a better building and equipment. At the session of the last legislature a Mil was passed giving the town permission to levy bonds to thc extent of $0.000 for school purposes. With the sale of the old .school build ing and lot and other funds, the town will invest about $10.000 in a new building. Thc damage suit for $25.000. insti tuted against the Southern Railway at Greenville, by Mrs. E. S. Waite, for the death of her husband, was com promised last week, the railroad agree ing to pay Mrs. Waite $7,750 and all costs. Hon. Frank P. McGowan, oi Lau rens, former representative in thc lower house of the general assembly, has announced his candidacy for the State Senate. Sparenburg is to have a new pas nenger depot, the best in fho State, o.v rept. the one at Columbia; FORGERIES WORKS OF ART. Splendid Imitation of Bank Notes Mads In Copenhagen. ? singular feat in the forgery of bank notes has jost been accomplish ed in Copenhagen. Denmark, but with results that ultimately brought the authors to disaster in a most ludi crous way. Wftfc flo' spparatus^better than a small lithographs press, and one or two most imperfect nth! primi tive tools, a lithographer had succeed ed in producing 10,000 notes of 10 kroner, each so perfect that only stu pidity prevented a great suscess. The police quite refused to believe that notes So perfect had been produced .with means so inadequate, but the lithographer, touched in his artistic pride, asked for his press, and going to work In his cell, soon demonstrated that it is possible to be at once a knave and a fine artist. And now in Copenhagen the strange spectacle is witnessed of forged bank notes for 10 kroner, Wo^th nothing as money, sell ing freely among connoisseurs tor 30 kroner, as beautiful. specimens of lithographers' work. Bishop E. S. Lines of Newark, while a guest of the Church club of this city, told this story to illustrate, as he said, the effort on the part of the clergy to keep the bishops humble. "I was over to New York the other day"," said the bishop, "and met on the street a young clergyman whom I had known in New England some time ago-a most estimable young man, but one who is inclined to take life very seriously. 'How do you do, J said I. T am very glad to see you. Where are you located now?' " 'I am in the Tombs,' replied J-. " 'How fortunate it is that they let you out for a day so that I could have the pleasure of seeing you.' "'Oh, not exactly that, you know. I had the choice of tho chaplaincy of the Tombs or a parish in Newark, and I chose the Tombs.' "-New York Times. Guide for the Angels. When a Russian dies he is buried with a paper in his hands. On this is written his Christian name, as well as a prayer for his soul. HERE IS A TRIO. NOT EXCELLED, NOT EVEN EQUALLED, M A SU RY'S HOUSE PAINTS. BABCOCK' ? FINE CARRIAGES MO BUGGIES' HEADLEY & FARMERS' bags, trunks and suit cases. No risk or experiment in buying either of these lines. THOUSANDS are using them. H. H. COSKERY, Selling Agent 7+9-751, BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Farrand ? . Organs The Bese in the world. The Factory does three quarters of a. million dollars worth of business a year. Ouality considered they are tde~CHEAPEST ORGANS made. ' ; Over fifty st?ckv^ - Ter rn s^ne?o ?pg. ? Write me before elsewhere. Other m agni cent organs in appearance at Forty-Five Dollars, witli stool and box. Freight paid J. A, Holland NINETY SIX, S. Cr--1 now "Wagons ggies FURNITURE i Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishings is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. O-ICCX JE Johnston, South Carolina, W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets, Augusta, Georgia FIRE I nsurance,HEALTH Insurance, ACCIDENT Insurance, Fidelity and Indemnity Bonds of all description issued. Your Business solicited. ",. GRIFFIN & MIMS C. A . li BIFFIN. 2fi. J. MlMB Office Over May & May's Store?