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?THE [LOAN AND' RAVINGS f IANK. [?J^GUSTA, GA Pays Interest; . on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. lu ?. HATKK, .~; XPresident. CHAS. Cl HOWXR?>,S Cashier. Val.. 69. KDG1F?ELD, S, C., WlflESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1904. NO. 37. r^c\r Mar!*? In California. Russian Headquarters i After Desper *PE ?N REAR FORCED A RETREAT] urpkj Having ? Thrown a Strong Force Across the Taitse- River : Twenty Miles Above the City, Kuropatkln Decided,, to Concen trate His Whole Army on the Further Side, Abandoning Liao . Yang. 7 Thursday's news from the- seat of / Wr closed with the receipt pf two dis / - patches giving information of a most significant character as bearing on the domination of Manchuria at the close of the present campaign. The first came from the Associated Press correspondent at St Petersburg, filed there at 10:16 p. m., and said that General Kuropatkln had withdrawn his whole army to the right bank of the Taitse river so as to meet General ~" . Kuroki's flanking movement. The in ference from this dispatch, was .that Liao Yang had been evacuated, that city lying on the left bank of the . f' river. - Nothing to confirm this was received until several hours later, when a dis patch from tbs Associated Press cor espondent at St. Petersburg'dated Sep tember^, and timed at 1:26 Friday morning, said: "The news of the evacuation of Liao Yang and the with drawal of the Russian army to the right bank of the Taitse . river" had caused intense excitement and disap pointment. -'The same- dispatch points out with notable, lack of comment that the Jap anese took advantage of General Kuro patkin's withdrawal to occupy the city of Lido Yang. The second dispatch, which may have a significant bearing on the campaign, ; is that filed at Mukden at 9:27 p. m., Thursday, stating that the train ser vice between. Mukden and Liao Yang was interrupted. This may mean the cutting of railroad communication, which would deprive General Kuropat kln of an opportunity to retreat to his 3?/J,Kxnore/ northern base at Mukden. As pointed-out; in theist Petersburg dis ^patch'; the Mukden 'correspondent does . not Taention whether telegraphic com ':" m?n?bations pre open.\ .--?3./Petersburg, By Cable.-The news ??.*>? the evacuation of Liao Yang and the ; .- withdrawal; of the Russian army to the -;-;; Tight bank of the Taitse river, reached . only, a' small :section of ..the people of " St. Petersburg; at :a-late. ...hour, :and !uZ3SJr> ''poInt;we^w-*-?Fhe majority of the in-1 Inhabitants retired to rest-believing that; ? the Russian arms had again been suc cessful and. that the Japanese attacks had been repelled. Ugly-suspicions, however, had been rife during the day, owing to the absence of press telegrams from Liao Yang, leading to the belief that the communications had been cut . ; by General Kuroki. . . The following statement was obtain ed by the Associated Press from the War Office at 10 o'clock Thursday nigrt. ' "General Kuroki's army crossed in force to the right bank of the Taitse river, and it therefore became neces^ sary for the Russians to be in a posi tion to repel a blow in this direction. ?. ' "In view of this development in the ' operations, General Kuropatkin decided , to abandon his positions on the left -;. tank and to concentrate his whole . army on the other side of the river. . This position is the strongest both in ' character and in site. The great issue will .be finally decided there. MOTIVE FOR WITHDRAWAL. "By withdrawing, to this position the Russian army avoids the danger of be ing 'divided oy the. river, and enjoys . the" advantages of compactness. "Generar Kuropatkin's move, there fore, is not to be considered as a re ; treat' but rather as the carrying out of a well defined idea. Dr. Herran Dead. New . York, Special.-Dr.^.Thomas Herran, who represented Colombia at Washington for several years, up to the . time ?f the Panama incident died Wednesday ' at Liberty, New York. He had been ill for somo time and went to Liberty in the hope that a sojourn there would aid in the re storation of his health. Large Packing Plant Burned. Baltimore,.Special-The large pack ing plant of Street & Cockran, in this cltyt was totally destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at $125,000. The buildings, a large stock-of meats and 180 Ilse hoge, were entirely costumed. So quickly did the fire spread chat al though efforts were made to save the animals, none could be goten out. It was only with the greatest effort that the fire department was able to save the adjacent buildings from ?estru? tion.~Several firemen received injuries, j none serious. The fire was caused by : the exposition of ammonia tanks. - ? 300 Families Homeless. j St Johns, N. F., Special.-Forest j fires have destroyed the hamlet gf \ Little Bay and 300 families are home- i less. Two men have been drowned. . The steamer Prospero has embarked ; the\ women and children. The men ' are fighting the flames in an effort j to prevent the" destructive fires from . covering a wider area. The govern-j ment is providing food, shelter and 1 other assistance to the destitute. S.-:- v A Merchant's Trust. " Minneapolis, Minn., Special.-Joseph j N. Stripling, United States district at torney; for.-Florida, is here to secure evidence against & merchants' exchange formed in Jacksonville and alleged to "-act ..in contravention of the Sherman j ^^ferust act to control the retail traf . i c " of the city. Mr. Stripling is taking the testimony of the flour shippers ?fi?re'V :lK-t?fcbarged that the league J Bhuts out'?'llcompetition:and- prevents j wholesaler^, from: selling to any- mer- : chant oOrfcude of the organization. n Manchuria Occupied ate Fighting f The withdrawal of the Russians td the right bank involved the. abandon ment of Liao Yang, which is situated on the left balik. The Japanese took advantage of this to occupy the city, but the sternest part of the fighting is still before them unless General Ku ropatkin decides at the last hour to again fall back to the northward. It IS more likely, however, that he will decide to fight to a finish. The cards are all in his favor, it is believed, now that he has the Japanese divided by the river, thus effctually turning the tables upon his foe. "The determined pursuit by the Jap anese of the Russian outposts when General Kuropatkin gave the first order to withdraw, was probably due tb their anxiety to keep the Russians south of Liao Yang until General Kuropatkin should be. able to strike from the north east. General Kuropatkin, however, saw the trap and cleverly avoided it." Up to the hour of filing this dispatch the War Office has not given out the details of the fighting of September 1, but it is believed that this fighting ex ceeded in fierceness that of any pre vious day. CENSORS WITHHELD NEWS. The absence of press telegrams from Liao Yang on September 1 'aroused suspicion that changes of importance were proceeding which the military censors did not wish to be made known. A telegram from the Associated Press correspondent at Mukden, filed at 9:27 .on the evening of September 1, states that the train service be tween Mukden and Liao Yang has been interrupted, but the dispatch does not mention whether telegraphic commu nication are open. According to a dispatch from ?Liao Yang, General Kuroki made his first attempt to cross the Taitse river late in the evening under cover of a heavy bombardment of the extreme Russian left. The Japanese artillery, which had been firing uninterruptedly for 14 hours that day, ceased about 9 o'clock and then suddenly re-opened about ll o'clock to conceal Kuroki's prepara tions for crossing the river. These preparations necessitated the estab lishment of a pontoon bridge, as the river was not fordable lower down the stream. ' . JAPS CROSSED 20 MILES ABOVE. The efforts of the Japanese to cross the river on August 30, were not suc cessful, and General Kuroki ordered a portiou cf the army to ford it at , Sakankankwantun. Grneral Kuropat kin was unable to present the,passage of the river, owing to the distance from Liao Yang, about 20 miles, but for the ? same reason the Japanese were unable to bring the forces, which gained the right "bank immediately^ into action. : -K^rbpatklnjieard-of4he passaged- - Sak?niaailr^antun~ara ; tha'evening of August .31, and immed?-"' atelygave orders for his men to fall ' back upon the outer positions. This ' move is explained by the desire to col lect a strong force with which to re- , pel the flanking attack-. General Sakharoff, in a dispatch to the general staff dated today on yes terday's fighting says: "A portion of General Kuroki's force has crossed to the right bank of the Taitse river and Sakankankwantun. A division of infantry with cavalry and artillery crossed first and covered the advance of another detachment. After fording the river the Japanese ad vanced towards Liao Yang in two bodies, one due west and the other by the way of the Yontai mines. BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY. The Japanese left a number of dead. After each bayonet engagement our troops found time to dig pits in the fields of Chinese corn in front of some of our positions. These, in some cases, were completely filled with Japanese corpses. The enemy's losses must have been enormous. Ours have not yet been even approximately comput ed, but they are also large. A consid erable number of Japanese arms fell into our hands. "The night pased quietly. Up to 6 o'clock ttyis morning there has been no movement on either side. "Generai Kuroki is constructing a pontoon bt idge.'' Fight Was a Draw. Philadelphia, Special.-Frnkie Neil, of San Francisco, the bantam weight champion, and Tommy Murphy, of New York, went six rounds to a draw at the National Athletic Club. It was a terrific fight from beginning to end, and both men received some hard pun ishment. Neil, however, had slightly the better of the bout Fears German Invasion. Cape Town. By Cable.-Official in formation from British Central Afri ca says that the Congo Free State is constructing concealed forts of con siderable magnitude on the western shore of Lako Tanganyika, and that one of these forts, which is equipped with 20 guns, is within two hours of the German frontier. It is believed that the Belgians apprehend a German invasion. A number of natives who are German subjects ha*.\ aeon ex pelled from tho Congo Free State.. It is understood that negotiations re garding the matter arc now proceed ing botween Berlin and Brussels. Dynamite Exploded. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-Dyna mite was exp oded under the house of 'a negro preacher at Adamsvillc, near the coal mines operated by the Tut wiler Coal & Iron Company, Monday but no one was seriously hurt. Part of the house was demolished. The negro preacher is seid to have preached a sermon Sunday night advising the union men to return to work. Cabbage Snake Investigation. Nashville, Special.-Dr. Louis LeRoy, State Bacterologist, is pursuing his in vestigation of tho so-called cabbage snake. He. has discovered that the "snake" is not a snake at all but a worm, and believes from what ho has seen that if poison really exists in cab bage heads infected by tho worms that it is the result of decomposition in the vegetable caused by the worms pres ence. He wlU feed the leaves of infected cabbage to guinea pigs and observe the lesull, e. consignment of pigs having . been. ordered from Cincinnati for the purpose. ' ?flE SECOND DAY'S FIGHTING ?raphJc Description of Conflict Be tween Large Forces. Liao Yan,0;, By Cable.-The second day's hatti-. commenced at dawn. Tlie Russians made repeated bayonet ad vances on the road directly south of Liao Yang where the Japanese ap proached from Sanquaiship and Tao, shelling the position in the Russian lines until 4 in the afternoon, when the engagement, which was general throughout the south and southeast, narrowed to the main line. The Japa nese advance on the southeast was by way of the Feng-Wang-Cheng road. Immediately in front of Chiaofantun the Japanese stubbornly attempted to occupy a round-topped hill, which was literally shaved by Russian shells, making repeated attempts the entire day where apparently it was impossible for anything to live. The cannonading continued from this point to the vicin ity of Wangpaotai until this ?.vening, without apparent advantage to either side. The Japanese dropped shells with in two or three miles. of the railroad station and in the plain of Wentshu Mountain, which is the most important eminence around Liao Yang, but the Japanese abandoned aggression there on account of the reistance they met. There was cannon fire last night/'and this is expected nightly. The varied casualities here included one Russian war correspondent Wounded and also ?5 Chinese women from Chiafon. Tha day's developments show that the Rus sians are prepared for all emergencies. Siow rain began to fall at noon, grad ually transforming the plain into a wil derness through which the wounded, in carts anti walking, are tonight mak ing their way to the hospitals. Con sidering the scale of the day's opera tions, the number of Russian wounded is apparently small, while the Japanese losses are believed to be great, espe cially where they were repulsed on the south road. Chinese graves with trees are being levelled about Liao Yang in order not to interfere with the defene Developments are expected west ana northeast. The Japanese are using balloons to locate the Russian guns. One of the Russian correspondents of the Asso ciated Press points out that the Japa nese sent up a balloon shortly after daylight to the southeast of Liao Yang. The Japanese are reported to be us ing mortars to drop shells in the Rus sian positions. These are probahly the. high-angle-fire howitzers which were reported in action earlier in the week. l?-tcLigaid-hnwpjpc. triqf thf? fottMl?flaJ ara ri6'10nger^fe'nj?'ymg"the superiority iii artillery, which stood them in such good stead in the earlier months of the war. It was then hill fighting, and the Japanese mountain batteries, in which arms' the Russians were deficient, told with deadly effect. Now the contest is in a comparatively open country, where both the Rusian field guns and the Rnsssian cavalry- can come into more effective use. South Carolina Primaries. Charl&fton, S. C., Special.-Demo cratic primary elections were held throughout South Carolina Tuesday for State and county officers and members of Congress. Success in this primary eDsures success in the general election in November, as the Republicans make no nominations except possibly in some districts for Congress. The State offi cers nominated without opposition to day are: For Governor, D. C. Hey ward; Lieutenant Governor, John T. Sloan; Secretary of State, J. T. Gantt; Attor ney General, U. X. Gunter, Jr.;'State Treasurer, R. H. Jennings; Comptroller General, A. W. Jones; Superintendent of Education, O. B. Martin; Adjutant G?n?ral, J. D. Fro?c. Lowers Half-Mile Record. Lincoln; Neb., Special.-In an exhibi tion mile on the State Fair grounds track Wednesday afternoon, Dan Patch lowered the record for a half-mile track and clipped three-quarters of a second off his own best time for a half-mile track, made at Des Moines last week. Time by quarters, .32,1:04,1:35, 2:05%. Fifteen thousand people saw the per formance. A Mysterious Lynching. . Chicago, Special.-A dispatch to The Inter-Ocean from Weimer, Texas, says: "While incarcerated in jail, Oscar Lee Tucker, a 17-year-old negro, under ar rest for attempted rape, was mysteri ously lynched. The officials are unable to determined just when or how the act was committed. The cage had not been broken into, but Tucker had a 40-foot rope around hif= ueck and his head was drawn up to a hole in the cell about eight inches in width and not over four feet from the floor, used to pass food through to the prisoners. His feet were tied close to his body with cords. There is no clue to the perpetrators." State Brings Suit. Columbia, Special.-The summons in '.he matter of the State of South Caro lina against Frank P. Milburn and oth ers was filed Thursday with the sheriff of Richland county. The charges are very direct in their wording and the plaintiff asks for damages in the sum of $200,000 for the unsatisfactory man ner in which the State House was com pleted through the alleged "fraudulent and collusive agreement, to cheat and defraud the plaintiff." Fatal Battle of Feudists. Tazewell, Va., Special-Information leaches town of a most disastrous bat tle Monday night between the Whita ?cors and Altlzers at their homo on In dian creek, on the border of West Vir ginia, about 15 miles north of Taze well. As a result of the fight, Noah AI tiger is dead, Lee Whitaker seriously Injured, Bill Whitaker shot through and through with the chances of his re covery very meagre, and John Stanson, A sympathizer of the Altizers, seriously injured. The Whltakers and Altizera !iad been enemies for 30 years. This Agreed To Be The Only Means .'of Settling Strike BOYCOTT IS MADE ALL-INCLUSIVE An Extreme Step Taken by the Strike Leaders at Chicago, Indicating Their Intention to Fight to a Finish-All Packing Establishments Whatsoever Brought Under the Ban. Chicago, Special.-"A meat famine will be forced at all costs. It is the best weapon with which to fight tl6 trust packers, although it may not be welcomed by -the independents;'' In these words President Donnelly, of the butchers' national organization, de clared a boycott against all meat and announce^ that union men will quit in all packing establishments this af ternoon regardless of where live stock is secured. Donnelly's announcement was made at the conclusion of a meeting of the allied trades conference board. , The executive, board of the Retail Meat Dealers' Association of Chicago had just been in conference with Mr. Donnelly and his associates, having come to ask certain concessions for the independent packers and to seek au thority to attempt to bring about a meeting between the packers and representatives of the strikers. By ignoring these latest attempts at peace and adopting such an aggres sive step, the strike leaders demon strated the intention to make it a fight to a finish. Indications are that the five independent packers within the stockyards enclosure will join the big packers in their fight, while those out side will endeavor to continue op?ra tion with union crews. Within the y?rds the independents are obviously preparing for war, a wagon load of cots having been taken to one plant. The police record of the strike at the stockyards station to date reads: "As saults, 46; murders, 4; accidents, 97; removed to hospitals, 43." Fairbanks in Missouri. Kansas City, Mo., Special'.-Senator Charles W.' Fairbanks, formally opened the Republican campaign in Missouri Friday night. The day was devoted largely by Senator Fairbanks in a visit to Kansas ,City, Kansas, where he made a brief address. At a meeting' in Kan-r . cfrg, Cifir rpftyr.r;., -.^-.W.... JL '-~Tr " Senator' Fairbanks' availability as a Presidential candidate. It came from State Senator Cubbison, who presided over the meeting. He said that all that .had to be done now was to elect him to the vice presidency and then nominate and elect him President four years hence. Senator Fairbanks spoke in high terms of Roosevelt, saying that "among all the splendid men who had occupied the White House, none had manifested a higher purpose than President Roosevelt to secure the wel fare of the entire people of the coun try." Two Killed in Elevator Car. Chicago, Special.-Two people were killed and six seriously injured by the falling of an elevator in the store of Sears, Roebuck & Company Friday af ternoon. The passenger elevator ordi narily used in the building was out of repair and the freight elevator was used during the day by the customers and employes. While a load of passen gers was being carried up, the cable parted, allowing the elevator, with its load of ten people, to fall three stories. The conductor of the elevator Philip Caldwell, was instantly killed, and Mrs. Kate Hayes, 40 years old, was so badly hurt that she died this' evening in the hospital. Six others of the people who were in the elevator at the time of the accident were injured, but not fatally. An Evangelist a Torger. Roanoke, Special.-Rev. L. P. Mar tin, an evangelist, arrested here last Sunday, is badly wanted by the gov ernment for raising money orders. Postoffice Inspector M. W. Malone ar rived here from Washington and swore cut a warrant before United States Commissioner White against Martin. Malone says he has every reason to believe that Martin is guil ty of having raised a large number of money orders in 'Virginia during the last few months. Recently, in Phila delphia. Martin, it is alleged, made mero than $1,000 by this scheme. Malone has in his possession a num ber of the raised orders. Martin this eyening admitted his guilt. Negro Teamsters Strike. New Orleans.. Special.-A strike of the negro teamsters who haul cotton has gone into effect Friday. Not a baie of cotton was moved in the city yesterday and the efforts to bring about a compromise of the difference between the draymen and the team sters have failed. The teamsters pre sented a nev/ schedule for 1904-1905 in August, coupling it with conditions objectionable to the draymen. The teamsters declare they will not handle the team of any drayman who does not submit to the schedule.. A Waiting Market. Fall River, Mass., Special.-The weekly sales in the print cloth mar ket are estimated at from 100,000 to 125,000 pieces. A larger amount of goods was disposed of by the mills here during the week than has been the case for some time past, but out side of this the market is practically unchanged. Regulars aro selling at 3 cents and odd goods on that basis. The mills are not buying any cotton, preferring to walt for more favor able developments in both the mar ket for *'-e raw material and that of cloth. An Ultimatum. An ultimatum was issued by the mine operators to their men in con ference at Knoxville Thursday after noon. It was to accept a 7 per cent, reduction or quit. With that the op orators left the conference and the rainers went into a secret session to discuss the proposition. They d? not reach an agreement, but met again Friday. I ^SOU?K CAROLINA CROPS Rc??rt^on Conditions by the Depart nient of Agriculture. Th^week ending 8 a, m., August 29tb^3iad a mean temperature of 77 de greeg;jvhich is about 3 below normal, d??-tp moderately hot weather the first fourways and abnormally cooi weather dur?i?g^the last three. Th? extremes wcr.tva':minimum bi about 50 in the wes^fcii 'counties on the 23th, and a maximum of 99 at three p'.aces on the 23rd^r|d 24th. The sunshine was about normet although a number of .places I i opoj^d too much cloudiness for crops,', they^iaving had general cloudiness the .entire .week. A wintr?storm doing some damage to trees and crops occurred in Ooonp; county and a hail storm that did.iMle dara?g? in Marlboro county LoM?Hiigh winds did some damage in a/^rWvtpber places, but were confined to ve^/s .Jibareas. Th^pr?cipitation averaged above the npfnfsSjfor the week, and was exces Eiy?^q?ally in the western, eastern and southern counties. There was least pre cipitation in the central counties. A number of places reported the heaviest iain fail of the season on the 2Gth. Th? we??f^c amounts ranged from about half|aa inch to nearly four inches. In many^laces there has been too much rainJfor cotton, while in A few, the weekS-r?ihfaii w?s needed and was b?n?ficiai on ali crops. Farjnwork made rapid progress early In th^week,-but ??enerai rains during the jitter part bi >ught it to a stand Fa^orable reports on cora continue from jail sections, especially on late com .^hich is an exceptionally fine cropland which is practically made, .F?dd?t; pulling made rapid progress, but dgjasi;der?bie was damaged by the frenu|nt..r?ln?, Thejfe jiv?s no marked change in the condition of cotton although what changes;'took place wer? generally to ward {deterioration, owing to continued shedding, and to further spread of rust, both/^parently due to excessive mois ture."?n a few localities boll worms have- done considerable damage. In places-over the whole State, and al most generally over the western coun ties; aid on clay and red lands, the plar?ts^continue to bloom and fruit free?y0Early in the week, under the stimulus of the high temperature then prevailing, early varieties of cotton op?n?dlrapidly in the eastern, south ern and central counties and consider able'wiis picked in those sections, while in th?^v?stern counties there are as yet fcw;'o'jpe'n bolls, and^comparativelv f?-T ' JulLigjt?vm o: ver3r-.promisil .Early ric? i ting has beg? - nicely. The ric in the Georget been too muct potatoes and ga generally are d under way , but i ing to the frequ<? will be heavy vatn iavoraDie weatner for saving it. Fine Wheat Crop. Spartanburg, Special.-Mr. A. L Sellars, a farmer of the Pauline sec tion, has raiesd 148 bushels of wheat on eight acres of land. He made an inter esting-fertilizer experiment with this crop. On two acres he placed Staul? products only ?ind the remaining six I were fertilized by using 15 bushels of cotton seed and . 400 pounds of 4 per cent, acid to the acre. The six acres were al?o trear.ed "with 50 -pounds ol nitrate of soda in the spring. After having been planted in corn and peas prior to the wheat crop this land was turned, by a two-horse plow. The re sults as to the ?ix acres of commercial fertilizer and the two on which stable products were used were about equal in productiveness per acre, according to close observations made by Mr. Sellars. Russian General Killed. Liao Yang, By Cable.-The Russian army .has effected its retirement, with transport and artillery, on Liao Yang and is now In position awaiting the ad vancing Japanese. The progress of the Japanese has been rapid and determin ed, sparing of no sacrifice. In the at tack on the Siaolindzy position one Japanese battalion lost all its officers. Pis*ol Duel at Marion. Marion, Special.-As tho result of a duel with pistols, which occurred here Sunday af ternoon, Mr. John Yan cey, Jr., a prominent merchant of Marion, wac seriously wounded by Mr. C. M. Corpening, a brother-in-law. Three of Mr. Corpeniug's bullets took effect, one destroying the sight of Mr. Yancey's left eye and the other two entering the roof of his mouth. Accounts of the affair are conflicting. The men met in the road near Mr. Corpening's home and there tho shoot ing occurred. It is alleged that Mr. Yancey fired several timos before Mr. Corpening drew his weapon. The trouble is said to have grown out of a domestic affair. Brought Ninety-Five Dollars. Kingstreo, Special.-The first bale of new cotton placed on the market here was bought Saturday by Mr. W. T. Wilkins, one of the largest whole sale and retail merchants in the coun ty. Some time ago Mr. Wilkins made an offer of 15 cents a pound for the first bale produced on the market, and yesterday Mr. Hugh McCutchen claimed this prize offer wich a 635 pound bale!, for which he received $95.25. An Outlaw on the Rampage. Reidsvllle, Special.-Jack Dillard, the negro desperado who e?caped [rom the county jail several weeks ago, was seen on the public highway between Reidsvllle and Leaksville to day. He has lately been promincuous |y shooting al; different parties and ?as threatened the lives of several, ito has been outlawed by the county ,:i;thorities saft'l .olficers have been in structed to kill him on sight P?LME?1?0 MATTERS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. Results of the Primary. Not since tho primary system was instituted in this State have elections aroused so little interest as those of Tuesday, The railroad commlsslonersbip was the one State office contested, For this Mr. John G. Mohley, of Fairfield, leads; Mr. John H; Earle, of Greenville, is second and the incumbent, Mr, C. W. Garris, of Bamberg, is thifd in a field of six. I In the contested races for" congress in the Third and Fifth districts Messrs. Wyatt Aiken, ol Abbeville, and D. E. Finley of York, easily defeated their opponents .Messrs. J. H. McCalla," of Abbeville, and T. Y. Williams, of Lan caster! In th?. Second and Sixth districts, whor? ali the candidates ar? new m?tt and the incumbents aie not asking re election, second primaries will b? na* cessary. The uncommon lack of Interest in the election is shown by the incomplete ness of the returns received. The State's tables show 34,803 votos cast for railroad commissioner but the ag gregate votes reported from county elections is much larger. Even in such thickly settled counties as Anderson and others of the Piedmont it was dif ficult to obtain the vote for railroad commissioner although the votes for county officers were received with com parative promptness. The average manag?r at ? rural box simply did not bother to telephone into town results In the State election box; It will be observed that fol* the un contested places, Gov. Heyward, Lieut Gov. Sloan, Secretary of State Gantt, Adjt. and Inspector Gen. Frost, State Treasurer Jennings, Attorney General Gunter and Superintendent of Educa tion Martin received pracUcally the same number of votes, so that there was little or no "scratching/' betoken ing the good will which the administra tion enjoys. Mr. Mobley is 849 votes ahead of Mr. Earle and the latter lead3 Mr. Garr?a by 1,493 votes. It is possible that Mr. Garris Will overtake this lead but at this hour it does not appear probable. In a vote of 11,251 reported from the Fifth district Mr. Finley received 7,171 against 4,050 fdr Mr. Willitms. There were rio acute i?sues In this district and the contest was turned chiefly upon the ?popularity of the two gentlemen. The race in the Third on the contrary in volves, unusual issues. Mr. McCalla con ducted against Congress Aiken a cam paign of great energy. He made a upecial appeal to the mill operative vote and it is doubtful if in recent years any candidate for congress has made a more strenuous campaign. The overwhelming election of Mr. Aiken while an endorsement of his record is at the same time a sham rebuke tn nimous support that he had in Florence county. Mr. Ellerbe follows with 2,691, but as Mr. Norton has 2,333 and Mr. Dargan 1,828 it is anybody's race until the last ballot in the second primary Is counted. In the Second district the race will be between Messrs. Mayfield and Patter son. The former has 4,359 votes and the latter 4,349. This is too close to be comfortable for either. Two thousand and seventeen votes are reported for Mr. Williams. In the raca for solicitorships in the Second and Seventh circuits Messrs, Davis and Sease, the incumbents, win in a canter over their opponents. In the Fifth circuit the second race will be betwen Messrs. Timmenhan and Rerabert, Mr. Timmerman, however, having distanced all of his competi tors. Mr. Timmerman received 2,348 votes against 1,906 for the next man. The indications at 2:30 o'clock this morning were that Sheriff Martin had been re-elected in Charleston by a ma jority of 400 and these are likely to ba substantiated. Paraguayan Insurgents Gain a Suc cess. Buenos Ayres, By Cable.-The Para guayan revolutionists have captured Villa Concepci?n and 400 men with arms and ammunition. The revolu tionists now refuse all the terms of fered them by the governmnet. An attack on the capital i3 believed to be imminent. Argentina has refused to recognize the insurgents as bellig erents. Shot by Officer. Greenville, Special.-Frank Dial, a young negro, escaped from the chain gang and was shot this afternoon by Police Officer Goldsinith. Physicians say he is dangerously wounded. The officer ordered the negro to halt, whereupon Dial ran. The officer, af ter pursuing him a considerable dis tance and vainly ordering him to halt, fired on him at a distance of fifty feet. The negro fell and was taken to his home in the patrol wagon. Dr. Black says the bullet entered just left of the backbone, cutting a rib and lodging in the abdomen. The bullet has not been extracted and the physi cian says there is little hope of his recovery. Negro Loses His Leg. * Spartanburg, Special. - Solomon Roberts, a negro whose home is at Easley, while attempting to board a moving freight train at Wellford Thursday morning, slipped and fell under the box car, the wheel severing his left leg. He was in the act of grabbing the ladder at the rear end of the tar when his hold slipped and he fell; His leg was amputated below the knee. Senator Ragsdale Resigns. In a letter received Thursday State Senator J. W. Ragsdale, of Florence* writes Lieut. Gov. John T. Sloan un der date of July 15, 1904, as follows: "Please accept, my resignation as State Senator of Sou'Ii Carolina from Florence county to take effect on Dec ember 14, 1904. "At the request of the Democrats of Florence county, in convention assem bled,- I have announced myself a can didate for Congress from the Sixth Congressional district and my rsslg ! ration ?3 tendered as above for that : i=ason. Dr. Parkhurst l?uiaea me umae. The Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst goes to Switzerland every year for his summer holidays and climbs the Alps. He has many friends among the Swiss guides, whom he warmly admires. "Only once did I know one of these men fall in his duty," he said to a friend the other day. "I took him to guide me on. an ascent, and was much surprised that he did not insist on my carrying a big flask of brandy for the party, as the guides usually do. "But I soon found out the reason. He. was hopelessly drunk.already, and after he had staggerqcf.?fc^rnilc up the slope he sat down'oa^^i:, look ing utterly bewildered^j^ia "confessed that he didn't kno.w-Sm?f're he was or where to lead mellie'had,been over the ground a thousand-times, but I had to guide the guide home." A cask recently constricted for z California firm has put the famous tun of Heidelberg completely in the background. It is made cf California red wood throughout, and the selec tion of the timber and making re quired two years. Eleven out of every twelve tress s?lectcR were re jected as unsuitable. Two - entire trains of wagons were needed to con vey the selected timber to the vi n yard. 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