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THE PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS 'BANK. ?AUGUSTA. GA. Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. Li. C. EAYNE, President, CHAS. C. Ho ?VAKB. Cashier. VOL. 69. THE NATIONAL BAM * OF AUGUSTA' President. Cashier.' CAPITAL $25Q,000. Surplus ) Undivided Profits, j 9125,000 * Oar New Vault contains 410 Safty-Lock Boxes, which we offer to our patrons and the public at three to ten ?o??xj's per annum. NO. 38. I Doa Chewed UD TWO Dozen Bibles;. PRESIDENT'S LETTER Mr. Roosevelt Writes The Committee Defining Iiis Position HE ASSUMES -A FIRM ATTITUDE The President Says lt Ss Difficult to Find Out From the Utterances cf "Our Opponents" What Are the ' Real Issues Upon Which They Pro Pose to Wage Their Campaign. The following is the substitute of President Roosevelt's letter of accept ance, which is quite a lengthy docu ment; Oyster Bay, N: YM Sept. 12, 1904-. Hon. .J. G. Cannon,. Chairman of the Notification Committee. My Dear Sir: I accept the nomina tion for the presidency tendered me by the Republican national convention, and cordially approve the platform adopted by it. In writing this letter there are certain points upon which I desire to lay especial stress. " It is'difficult to find out from the ut terances of our opponents what are the real issues-upon which they propose to "wage this campaign. It is not unfair to say that, having abandoned most of the .principles upon which they have in sisted during the last eight years, .they now seem at a loss, both as to what.it is that, they really believe, and as to how firmly they shall assert their belief in anything. In fact," it ia doubtful if they venture resolutely to press a sin gle issue; as soon as they raise one they shrink from it and ssek to explain it away. Such an attitude is the prob ably inevitable result cf the effort to improvise convictions; for when th??-' improvised; it is naturaL^^hey should be held in a_J-??t^r?Tve manner. The jjaxty novrfri control of the gov ernment is troubled by no such diffi culties. We do not have to guess at our own convictions, and then correct the guess if it spcms unpopular. The prin ciples which we profess are those in which we believe with heart and soul and strength. Men may differ from us; ;;? but they cannot accuse us of shiftiness or Insincerity, The policies we have .pursued are those which we earnestly hold ns essential to the national wel fare and repute. Our actions speak even . louder than our words for the faith that is in us. We bas? our appeal upon . what we L^ve done and rt re doing, upon pur record~of administration and legis lation during the last seven- years, in ! ?^bfg?:-i?j^jj^?-r*gfi complete- eoE#?i~e4 ' the government. We Intend in the fu ture to carry on the government in the : same'way that we have carried it on in the r)ast . A party whose members are radically at variance on most vital issues, and if united at all, are only united on issues where their attitude threatens wide spread disaster to the whole country, cannot be trusted to govern in any matter. 'A party which, with facile eas;-, changes all its convictions before election cannot be trusted to adhere with tenacity to any principle after election. A party fit to govern must have convictions. In 1896 the Republi can party came into power/ and in 1900 it retained power on certain definite pledges, each of which was scrupulously fulfiled. But in addition to meeting and solving the problems which were issues in these campaigns, it also be came necessary to meet other problems which arose after election; and it is no small part of our claim to public confi dence that these were solved with the same success that had attended the so lution of those concerning which the battles at the polls were fought. In other words, our governmental effi ciency proved equal not only to the task that were anticipated, .but to doing each unanticipated task as it arose. When the contest of 1896 was decided the question of the war with Spain was not an issue. When the contest of 1900 was decided, the shape which the isth mian canal question ultimately took could not have been foreseen. But the same qualities which enabl?d those re sponsible for making and administer ing the laws of Washington to deal suc cessfully with the tariff and the cur rency, enabled them also to deal with the Spanish war; and the same quali ties which enabled them to act wisely in the Philippines, and in Cuba, also en abled them to do their duty as regards the problems connected with the trusts, and to secure the building of the isth mian canal. We are content to rest our case before the American people upon the fact that to adherence to a lofty ideal we have added proved govern mental efficiency. Therefore, our pro mises may surely he trusted as regards any issue that is now before thc people and we may equally be trusted to deal with any problem which may hereafter arise. MISREPRESENTATION OF REPUB LICAN POLICIES. So well has the work been done that our opponent'? do not venture to recite the facts about our policies or acts, and then oppose them. They attack them only when they have first misrepresen ted them; for a truthful recital would leave r.o room for adverse comment. Panama offers an instance in point. Our opponents can criticise what we did in Panama only on condition of misstating what was done. The admin istration behaved throughout not only with good faith, but with extraordinary patience and large generosity towards those with whom it dealt. It:was also mindful of American interests. It act ed in strict compliance with the law passed by Congress. Had not Panama been promptly recognized, and the transit across the isthmus kept open, in accordance with our treaty rights and oblieations. there would have ensued endless guerrilla warfare and possibly foreign complications if while all chance of building the canal would have been deferred, certainly for years, perhaps for a generation or more. - Criticism ol the action in this matter is simply criticism of the only possible action which could have secured the building ' of the canal; as well as the peace and quiet which we were, by treaty, bound "td "preserve along the .line of transit across the Isthmus. The service ren dered this country in securing the per '-%pQtual . right to construct, maintain, ^operate, and defend the canal was so ""tat that our opponents do not v?n eto raise the* Issue ?in etraigatfor ?s-ard fashion; for if se raised there would be no issue-. The beneficent re sult.wa? tue exercise by the President of th? powers vested in him, and in him alone by the constitution; the power to recognize foreign governments by en tering into diplomatic relations with j tnem, and the power to make treaties which, when ratified by th? S?n?t?, be comes under the constitution part of the supr?me law of the land. Neither tn this nor in any other matter has there been the slightest failure to live np to the constitution in letter and in spirit. But the constitution must be observed positively as well as negative ly. . The President's duty is to serve the country in accordance with th? consti tution; and ? should be derelict inmy duty If I used a false construction of th? constitution as a shield for weak ness and timidity, or as an excuse for governmental impotence; Many other objections of Democrats to the R?publican policies are cited and a?swered in the same straij. the President touches upon the question of capital and labor, claiming that his administration has done every thing possible to assume harmony be tween these forces. On the subject of Civil Service he says in part: Our opponents hav? now declared themselves in favor of the civil service law, the repeal bf which they demand e din 1900 and in 1896. if consistent, they should have, gone one step further and congratulated the country upon the way in which the civil service law is now administered, and the way in which the classified service has been extended. The exceptions from exami nations are fewer by far than ever be fore, and are confined to individual cases, where the application of the rules would be impracticable, unwise of un necessary. The administration of the great body of the classified civil service is free from politics, and appointments and removals have been put upon a .business basis. Statistics show that there is little difference between the tenure of the Federal classified em ployes and that of the employes of pri-1 vate business corporations. J.<esstll*.-? 1 per cent of the classified emi>^" over 70 years of age.an^ JJeJ*T the service v*&Zp^^&?2r and efficient-^***1^ tlie merit system was of^rrr^emost needed was ?i the Phil -Tppine Islands; and a civij/service law of very advanced type has there been put into operation and scrupulously ob served. Without one exception every appointment in the Philippines has been made in accordance with the strictest standard of fitness, and with out heed to any other consideration. The Tariff and Reciprocity are both ?ouched upon at considerable length, in the usual forceful style of Mr. Roose velt. The Philippines come in for a lengthy discussion,-claiming that the administration policy is the correct one. Governmental expenses are . dis cussed, and the claim made that the present expenses are economical, and a good balance has been kept in the treasury. . The letter closes with the following: Our appeal is made to all good citi zens who hold the honor and the inter est of'the, nation close to their hearts.. gr?ai, issues wMcrrar? ^r-'stakerj and upon which I have touched, and more than which I have touched, for they involve much "that comes home to the individual well-being of our peopl?. Under conditions as they actually are, good Americans should refuse, to to change the national policy. We, who are responsible for the administration and legislation under which this coun try, during the last seven years, has grown so greatly in well-being at home and in honorable repute among the na tions of the earth abroad, do not stand inertly upon this record, do not use this record as an excuse for failure of effort to meet new conditions. On the contrary, we treat the record of what we have done in the past as incitement to do even better in the future. We be lieve that the progress that we have made may be taken as a measure of the progress we shall continue to make if the people again entrust the govern ment of the nation to our hands. We do not stand still. We press steadily for ward toward the goal of moral and ma terial well-being of our own people, of just and fearless dealing toward all other peoples, in the interest not mere ly of this country, but of mankind. There is not a policy, foreign or domes tic, which we are now carrying but, which it would not be disastrous to reverse or abandon. If our opponents should come in and should not reverse our policies, then they would be brand ed with the brand of broken faith, of false promise, of insincerity in word and deed; and no man can work to the edvantage of the nation with such" a brand clinging to him. If, on the other hand, they should come and reverse any or all of our policies, by just* so much would the nation as a whole be damaged. Alike as lawmakers and as administrators of the law we have en deavored to do our duty in the interest of the people as a whole. We make our appeal to no class and to no section, but to all good citizens, in whatever part of the land tbey dwell, and what ever may be their occupation or world ly condition. We "have striven both for civic righteousness and for national greatness; and we have faith to believe that our hands will be upheld by all who feel love of country and trust in to e uplifting of mankind. We stand for enforcement of the law and for obedi ence to the law; our government is a government of orderly liberty equally alien to tyranny and to anarchy; and its foundation stone is the observance of the law, alike by the people and by the public servants. We hold ever be fore us qs the all-important end of policy and administration the reign of peace at home and throughout the world; of peace, which comes only by doing justice. Thirst-Allaying Summer Drink. "I believe I im the inventor of one of the best summer drinks that was ever invented," Lewis Godlove ?ells me. "It is not an intoxicating drink, either, but one that hardly a blue rib I boner would balk at. "What are the component parts of the beverage? Iced tea, sugar and a little claret. Not enough claret to make even a single mental wheel un steady if one drank a barrelful of the stuff within the compass of a single . hour. The proportions I use are three parts tea to one part claret, with just enough sugar added to make it swept to the taste. This amount-~win; of course, vary_with diffe'rent people. There isn't a single beverage on the market that I haven't tasted-these summer drinks, I mean, that are pre pared to quench and not aggravate the thirst-but I insist that for cooling and. thirst-allaying qualities none can equal my claret tea."-St. Louis Globe Democrat. Bandit Raisuli is too busy maktes chilla cease themselves up and down the Sultan of Morocco's spine to g9 on the lecture platform. I Coming to the Assistai Fellows RUSSIA INCREASES Sends ? Number of Other Fighting Craft Zone-Activ? Operati| Vicinity of Mukden tirely Suspended-Vic? Said to Have R?sign?e What little news was day from the Manchuria! war indicates the almost! pension of active operati<| Russians and Japanese; patch from Mukden was nil respondent of the Assoc! Sunday evening. It said t| quiet in that region and standing was that the mi the Japanese had retired tc the railroad, about 10 mil* ot" Liao Yang. Kuropatkin| ports that there was no iii lirday, except small patrol A dispatch received in Lon St. Peters br rg gives ? re Viceroy Alexi?ff has resigned tic fleet, rumor regarding w from time to time occupied reports, sailed Sunday from and it is officially announce T ^ . . ." ? -i-^traation is the " _-rftr St. Petersburg dispatches Tpdicate active preparations to greatly increase the Russian fighting force. The story from Port Arthur is one of bom bardment. Prayer for Russian ArmSi St Petersburg, By Cable-The Offi cial Messenger publishes the following resolution which adopted by the Holy Synod: "By virtue of an imperial ukase to the effect that during the present trials of our dear country more ardent pray ers should be offered for the victory of the Russian troops who are wor shippers of Christ, over a cruel ene my, full of guile, the Holy Synod pro nounces the time ripe for special pray ers to be offered in all of the churches iii the Empire ,on Sundays and holi days after mass, beseeching that heav enly aid should be sent to the Russian army, which is sacrificing itself for its faith, its Emperor and its country, for long life for the victorious troops and for the repose of the souls of the war .ricrs-who-fallr"1-" ? -~---.-rrrr-: Ihe following prayer has been spe cially ordained: "Although unworthy, we implore Tb?e, who are strong in battle for aid and humbly beseech Thee to accept our weapons in Thy cause, to give thy Christ loving army victory and to permit it to subdue the enemy. Send from on high Thy hand and touch the hearts of the enemy so that they shall make supplication to Thee, the God of Peace who loves His creatures. Strengthen us with Thy might. Defender of the orthodox faith, send Thy arrows to confound the ene my. Strike them as with lightning and give them into che hands of Thy faithful troops. Thou who harkened to Mosej, bless th i Emperor's doings, multiply His glory-and confirm his Em pire. By Try almighty hand preserve his army. Send Thy angel to fortify his troops and give them salvation. Send peace upon us. May Thy invisible finger defend Thy servants, show them the right path, forgive them their sins and bestow upon them the crown of glory. Grant the Emperor peaceful life and well-being, the fulfillment of his desires and a conquest of his enemies." The prayer also appeals to the Vir gin and concludes by beseeching eter nal rest for the dead, and for all these who have laid down their lives for their faith, and their country. Many Japs Killed. Washington, Special.-A dispatch from Tokio which reached the Japan ese legation Saturday placed the to tal casualties on the Japanese side at tho battle of Liao Yang at 17.53?I officers and men killed and wounded. Of these the army of right (Kuroki's) lost 4,86G. The centre (Oku's) 4,992 and the left (Nodzu's) 7,681. The number of officers killed was 136 and the number wounded 464. Eight People Drowned. Philadelphia, Special.-The Dela ware river steamer Columbia, on its way from this city to Bristol, Pa., Sunday night crashed into a steam launch about 10 miles north of here, grinding it to pieces and causing the drowning of 8 of the dozen iccupants of the small boat. All of . ie party ?were Philadelphians. The dead are: Joseph Fortescue, owner ot the launch; Wade Auday. Thomas Duffy. Thomas Corvesier, Anna Young, Joseph Pfromer, Mrs. Joseph Ft'romer, Engineer James Briggs. All Quiet at Mukden. Mukden, By Cable.-All is quiet in this region. It has upnderstood thu.. the main force of the Japanese has retired to Yentai. A solemn servie* was held here for the repose of the souls of those killed in action. It was attended by the entire staff and garrison. A few distant shots were' heard during the ceremony, but this did not disturb the solemnity of the service. The weather is threatening and more rain is expected. Fired Jail to Get Negro. Huntsville, Ala., Special.-After set ting fire to the jail and smoking out the prisoner while the fire departmeni was held at bay with guns, and the sheriff, his deputies and the soldiers outwitted, a mob estimated at. over 2,000 perBons lynched Horace Maples, the negro accused of murdering John Waldrop, by stringing him to a tree on the court hou*o lawn. This action of the mob was taken notwithstand ing strong protests made by Sclicit:-: Erle Pqttus and H. Wallace, Jr., tn stirring speeches, in which law a0 order vere plead for eloquently. left for them but to. follow the lead of Mr. Donnelly, and they, too, de cided to call off the strike, as far as they were concerned. Cotton Crop Letteri Messrs. W. F. Klumpp & Co,, of New Orleans, furnish the following statement of the condition for the past week: Weather conditions since the past fortnight have been unfavorable, and private advices, with few exceptions, report the crop to have deteriorated to a large extent over the entire belt, particularly in Texas. There are numerous complaints of shedding and rust, and insects ravag ing the crop in many sect" %;is of Mis sissippi and Louisiana, while the boll 'worms and boll weevil are- reported? to have done great damage in many portions of Texas, the latter being more numerous than in past seasons and infecting many new localities. -v The crop situation at present is very" uncertain;~and it will"' be'-sorn?^? time before an approximate idea can: be formed as to the ultimate yield, and considering the deterioration in August, we believe the Government Bureau Report of the condition up to the 25th August rather too good, how ever, the crop has deteriorated mater ially since the Government Report was compiled, and any further deteriora tion is likely to cause a rapid advance In prices. Dwelling Dynamited. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-At 3:30 Tuesday morning a residence occu pied by two negro women, Sallie Gar ney and Ella Jenkins, in an eastern suburb of this city, was blown up by dynamite. The two women were a sleep in bed in the front room, and be neath this part of the house the dyna mite was placed. While the room was torn to pieces and the bed demolished the two women escaped unhurt. Sallie Garney stated to the police that she had been told by a neighbor that a man had been seen in her yard about 8 o'clock. She also said that some time ago she found poison in her food and that all the food in her house was poisoned at the time. The police have a clue and will prob ably soon make an arrest. Investigating Lynching. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-Acting Governor Cunningham wrote Circuit Judge Speak at Huntsville, directing that he convene a special grand jury to investigate the lynching of Maples. He also called on Sheriff Rogers for a full report of the lynching. A third letter was written to Captain R. T. Hay, in charge of the militia, asking- him to ex plain why the mob was not deterred .from its purpose, from whom Captain Hay got his orders", and to what extent he exercised the authority vested in him. Race War in Georgia Town. Macon, Ga., Special.-Specials to The Telegraph say that at Pavo, Ga., a clash between whites and blacks is Im minent. The whites are alleged ".by the negroes to have burned a hall in which a "Before Day Club" was sup posed to meet. The negroes have or ganized in armed bands outside the town and sent challenges to the whites, who are sleeping on their guns in anti cipation of an attack. Moultrie has been called on for assistance and the militia is ready to go at a moment's notice. Two Killed in Freight Wreck. Birmingham, Ala., Special-Two men were killed and another seriously wounded in a freight WFeck on the Southern Railway between Dodge wood and Wilton on the Birmingham & Selma division Friday afternoon. The dead: W. H. Cherry, engineer, and Will Ivey, brakeman. Dangerously wounded: N. L. Snow, white, fireman. A Great Race. New York, Special.-Beldame, the great three-year-old filly, won the Sep tember stakes, one mile and three fur longs, at Sheepshead Bay. She made practically all the running and won with ease. Ort Wells was decisively beaton, finishing a bad third. Grazial !io finished second. In the opinion of many horsemen, Beldame's easy victory places her In a class by herself.. Supreme Grand Lodge. Beulah. Miss., Special.-The national convention of the Golden Rule Supreme Grand Lodge began here Wednesday There is a representative delegation from all the lodges comprised in the Supreme Grand Lodge. si?n; trucks, wrenched loose from the bottom of .the cr.rs, are scattered agound; about the only part or'parcel o?'the railroad equipment remaining intact are the two red lanterns swing Ipg.from the rear of the Pullman. ;. There werfe many th?orie? advanced rial to the cause of the accident?, lhe railroad men fell in line With the opin ion of Mr. George S. Fitzwater, chief d?tective of the Seaboard Air Line, that the colhpse of the bridge and the tear ing looso of the right hand rails, were the result of the work of some mali cious person or persons. Mr. Fitzwater itibwed six spikes and several, angle bjars which he picked up near the wrack and said that they bore che marks of having been tampered with. Upon this theory, it was concluded that the pas i?hger train had struck weakened spots rid the lower half of the bridge. A speed Ct 40 miles an hour had enabled the tirain to carry itself almost over the Sijttk?ng structure, but the rails had widened; the Pullman, which did not quite clear the chasm, acted as a draw tiack,. the engine careened, tearing from their'"fastenings the rails on the ?rtght'hand side going south, .causing ffisel train to be hurled over the -em jftgrrf^eur^Wha L moi.r^e-thor o-oouM bc fdr"anyone to bring about such slaugh ter, and who the guilty persons might be, neither Mr. Fitzwater, nor the other railroad men attempted to explain. A close examination of the rails, ties, road-bed and bridge was not produc tive bf much light on the subject: all appeared to be sound and solid. The rails on the side where the train top pled to destruction were twisted to an arc shape. The track is not in a curve in the vicinity; it stretches straight way for perhaps a mile. THE DEAD AND WOUNDED. ! The killed are: I ENGINEER E. Y. BARKSDALE, Ab beville, S. C. FIREMAN ED ROBERTS, (colored) Atlanta, Ga. MRS. T. F. BLACK, of Ohio. MRS. T. S. MCMANUS, of Wilming ton. The injured : MRS. JAMES CLAY, Oakland, Tenn., fractured jaw. T. C. JEROME; Atlanta, Ga., slightly bruised. MRS. T. C. JEROME, Atlanta, Ga., shoulder and head injured. DR. EDWARD BANKS, Athens, Ga., back Injured. MRS. SIDNEY HERBERT, Maitland, Fla., foot amputated; may die. MRS. JEROME SILVER, Atlanta, bruised. G. W. HINSON, Lenox, Ga., jaw in jured. .TOM MITCHELL, colored, brake man, Abbeville, S. C., head and shoul ders injured. 0. S. COLEMAN, Bon Air, Va., arm dislocated, head and chest injured. PINK CARPENTER. Monroe, porter, head and body injured. V. S. ELERBY, Atlanta, Ga., colored, Pullman porter. J. G. CARPENTER, Atlanta, Ga.. Pullman conductor. G. . H. MEARES, Monroe, engineer; bruised and wounded on the head. J. J. DUNCAN, Abbeville, brakeman, badly wounded on the head and shoul ders. H. H. CHAPMAN, Abbeville, S. C.. conductor; head seriously hurt. G. H. DAVIS, Atlanta, Ga., express messenger. W. FAIRMAN, Atlanta, Ga., mail clerk. B. F. WEST, Mo?roe, conductor; slightly injured. F. C. TOPLEMAN, Henderson. TOM JEFFERSON, fireman for No. G46; bruised on the head and shoulder. F. C. TOPLEMAN, address unknown. T. C. HORTON, address unknown. T. F, BLACK, Ohio; Norfolk and Western Railroad telegrapher. ROBERT SIEGLE, address unknown. MOLLIE GRIFFIN, Tuskegee, Ala. A number of colored laborers afro were slightly hurt. Suit Against Steamship Company. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-In a suit for $20,000 damages in the United States Court against the Clyde Steam ship Company for alleged negligence and carelessness resulting in the death of J. It. Kirkpatrick, the administrator of the estate of the deceased asked for warrants of arrest againstWm. P.Clyde and B. F. Clyde, of New York, owners of the Clyde Steamship Company. As they are out of the jurisdiction of the court, attachments against the property of the company will be issued. Small Treasury Balance. Jackson. Miss.. Special.-The State ol Mississippi has in its treasury $1.56 anc there is no relief in sight. Much doubl ls expressed in financial circles whether a firm of New York and Chicago bank ers, who recently purchased a Statt bond issue of $500.000 will pa* foi them, and the banks of the State seem ingly are unwilling to advance monej for immediate use. No payments o tr;es are due for 30 days and a pro pesed srecial session of the Legielaturi rJbuld not bring relief within tha period, s rlcus ap of ?eron i gin, Ilinty, pany, j. loude V lt in at buded John from jested londs :0U; . and nose cart i Dr. j back and im. the pday of of ress of Ithe re ?s that door, and entered without difficulty. The bur glars used as a light to guide them in thoir selection of booty, a lantern from the switch on' the spur line of the Southern, near the Saxon mill?. There are no clues as to the robbers. In the court of common pleas at Charleston, alimony proceedings have been beguiii by Mrs.\ Eliza Cooley against her husband, asking also foi an order of separation, alleging that her husband has ill treated her. Judge Dantzler has referred the case to Master Mitchell to take the testi mony. The couple were married in 1892 and the alleged cruel treatment cid not begin until 1901. The defend ant is alleged to be worth $20,000. Commissioner Watson Tuesday took up with the Southern railway the matter of the better development of tile trucking industry in the coun try between Columbi'; and Charleston. It is proposed to find out the extent of the refrigerator car service and thc schedules that can be obtained' all along the line, following out the policy of the Coast Line in the devel opment, of the trucking industry in Horry county. _At_ Charleston Levy Manigault waa "com mltf^'?^JaiJrTuG^ay^jrz?c^nc^ O'Donnell for the killing of John Lad son,, another negro, Monday night at Grant Park, to await trial at the No vember term of the court of general sessions. The old plea of self-defense was entered by the defendant, al though the murdered man is said not to have had a weapon or means of attack of any kind upon him. On account of the determined oppo siti?n to the establishment of a dis pensary at Shandon, Richland county, those who were back of the idea have given it up and will not present a petition to thc county board. The opposition had petitions to file with both the State and county boards the minute the others were filed. A movement has been started to re i move the remains of Gen. Robert An derson, the Revolutionary hero in honor of whom Anderson county was named, interred in the old stone church yard near Pendleton. His re mains now lie in a neglected grave on the plantation which he owned at the time of his death. The State of South Carolina has been sued for $192.50 by an Abbeville man 'for constabulary seizures. No tico was received by the attorney general Tuesday morning of the filing cf 'he suit, which is for the return ol two mules, a wagon and two sets ol harness. Mrs. Georges Hodges, member ol a well known Spartanburg family, fell backwards down a flight of steps ot her father's home Tuesday and was seriously injured. George Burton, probably the best I known negro drayman in Greenwood was run over and kf'ied by an engine and tender on tho Charleston and Western Carolina railroad at thal place Tuesday night at 9 o'clock. Mr. John K. Aull, formerly editoi of The Evening Telegram, Newberry has accepted a responsible positioi with the News and Courier at Charles ton, and has gone to that city. Wedgefield and the surrounding country was visited by a severe elec trie storm Tuesday p. m. During th< storm lightning struck a tree in Mr A. S. Fludd'? lot, and killed two fin* mules and five hogs. Charlie Brundrick, a young farme: residing near Little Mountain, New berry county, committed suicide lat? Sunday evening by drinking the con tents of a vial of laudanum. No caus* can be ascribed for his rash act. Hi left a wife. Judicial Magistrate Memminger, o Charleston, refused a motion for ha beas corpus in be'.;ilf of a negrc John Hutson, charged Avith burglary The motion was made by a negro law yer, Twine. Tho motion was refusei on the ground of the lack of jurisdic tion. Hon. O. B. Martin, State Superin tendent of Education, will leave nex Monday for St. Louis to attend th' International Educational Conference This will bc a large gathering of th' ?ending educators of the country. Mr. L. R. Williamson has been aj pointed magistrate at Providence Sumter county, to succeed the late E C. Folk, who was killed in a difficult; with the supervisor of Sumter countj '.he appointment was made on th recommendation of the Sumter legis laiive delegation. An inquiry has been received b Commlasicnor Watson from a pro: pecttvc investor in copper mining a to the resources of this State. Th investor is now in Pennsylvania an uj Interested in mining in North Cai olina and Georgia, A year or so agro, when President Roosevelt was making a trip through th? West, each town he passed through made some demonstration in honor ol' the event The citizens of one town, where the train schedule compelled the President to remain eight or nine hours, decided to make a holiday of it when Mr. Roosevelt ar rived. They arranged a series of speeches, horse races, rope throwing, and broncho busting. The best talent of the countryside was on hand, and each contributed his share of the en tertainment. One of the cowboys was mounted on an especially Ill-tempered beast. He caught the President's fancy on account of his daring and ability. After doing his "stunt" he was intro duced to the chief executive, who complimented him on his horseman ship, and inquired: "Do you ride all the time?" Every one within hearing roared when the plainsman replied, "No, I stop for meals." A dos with an appetite for sacred things chewed up. twenty-four Bibles: in Morton Chapel Methodist Episcopal church in Jeffersonville, and George Yester was forced lately to purchase a new outfit for his Bible class. Children's day was observed at the chapel, and during the exercises a dog followed one of the children into the place of worship. When the meeting; closed the canine was asleep and the sexton locked the doors, not knowing of its existence. The building re mained closed until the next day, and when the sexton opened the door, the dog was occupying the pulpit, sound asleep. ' Pieces of paper were scattered Jdl over the auditorium and an investiga tion showed that twenty-four Bibles, belonging to George Yester's class had been torn into fragments. The jani tor is of a religious turn of mlnd^but he came near forgetting that fact and - was on the point of saying things when he remembered where he was. Louisville Herald Farrand Organs The Bese in the world. 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