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THE [PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS ?BANK. [AUGUSTA, G A4 Pays Intent OB Deposits. Accounts Solicited. Ii. C. BLiYWB, President, C HAS. C. HOWABD, Cashier, YO i .69. EDGEFIELD, S, C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14.1904. OF AUGUSTA. ? AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ? . C- l-'AYNE. President- ,. 0 PRANK G. r ORD. Cashier. ? CAPITAL, - - $250,0005 Surplus & Profits. $140,000j . We ?nail te pleaser1 tb have you open ?"V account with ihU Bank. CoVtoraer.i and*? I correspondent mjurcJ cf ever* courtesy^ and ru'coinaiodatioa possible, under censer-^ vativo. modern Bar. Vi o ir method*. NO. 51, TBE PRESIDENT'S .ANNUAL MESSAGE Usual Document Read io Both Houses Of Congress BIS SUGGESTIONS ON LEGISLATION J Thc President Makes Strong Recom- j mendations Concerning Capital and tabor, foreign Affairs, Army and | Navy, Commerce and Other Subjects That Will Come, Before Congress. .Following is tho substance of the an- ! ' nual message of President Roosevelt, j read ia both Hoases of Congress: To the Senate and House of ft?pre- I senlatives: * The Nation continues ito enjoy note- ! VTorthy prosperity. Such nrvj^perity is of course primarily due vo'the high In dividual average of our citizenship, ! *?kea together with our great 'natural -?ees; ' but an important factor -ein Is tho working of our long -ontinued governmental policies. The people have emphatically expressed. their approval of the principles Uudcr lying these policies, and their desire that these principles be kept substan tially unchanged, although of course applied in progressive spirit to meet changing conditions. CAUTION AGAINST EXTRAVA GANCE* The enlargement of scope ci . the functions cf .the National Cover nment I required by our development as a na tion involve?, bf course, increase ol expense; aid the period of prosperity through v?hich the country is passing justifier expenditures" for permanent imnrovementments far greater than tf^uld be wise Ja hard times. Battle ships and forts, publie buildings, and improved waterways are investments which should be made When Tve have the money; but abundant revenues *?nd a large surplus (Siwavs invite extr?.a gaace, and constant care should be ? , taken to guard against unnecessary in crease of the ordinary expenses of gov ernment. The cost of doing Government business should bc regulated with the same rigid scrutiny as thc cost of doing a private business. CAPITAL AND LABOR. In the vast and comnlicated meehan- j Jsni of our modern civilized life the ! dominant note is the note of industrial- ? - ism; ^nd thc relatious of capital and j labor, and especially of organized capi- i tai and organized labor, to each other ! . and to the public nt large come second j in importance only te the intimate questions-, of family, life. Our peculiar -Corm of go^rhment, with its sham division'ot1 authority betwe?n. the Na~ - tton--aml-the-several States, has been ? on. tho whole far more advantageous to our development than a more strongly ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ adequate I . legislation tho new problems presented - by the total change in industrial coadi . lions on this contineat'during the last half century. Ia actual : practice it has yroved exceeding:/ difficult, and in many casen Impossble, lo get unanimity of wise action among the various States j cu tb-'ese subjects. From the very uature pf thc case this is especially true of the laws affecting the employment of capi tal ia'huge masses. EMPLOYERS' ^LIABILITY LAW. The subject cf liability of employ ors comes in for a lengthy paragraph : of the message. It is argued that persons or corporations using labor should use every means possible to protect employees. PREVENTION OF RAILROAD ACCI DENTS. - The ever-increasing casually list j upon our railroads is a matter of grave publi? concern, and urgently calls for action by the Congress. In the matter j of speed and comfort of railway travel ; vcr railroads give at least as good scr- j vice a* those of any other nation, ~*i? ' there is no reason why this service ! 6hott]d not also be as safe as human in genuity can make it. Many of our lead ing roads have been foremost in the adoption of the most approved safe guards for thc protection-of travelers and rmployces, yet the list of clearly j avoidable accidents continues unduly j large. The passage of a law requiring the adoption of a blocksignal system has been proposed to the Congress. I earnestly concur in that recommenda tion, and would also point out to the Congress the urgent need of legislation in the interest of the public safety lim iting the hours of labor for railroad employees ia traia service upon rail roads engaged in interstate commerce, and providing that only trained and experienced persons be employed in po sitions of responsibility cor nected with , the operation:of tra?as. Of course noth - lng caa ever prevent accidents caused by human weakness or misconduct; and there should be drastic punish ment, for any raliroaod employee, ?whether, officer or mau, who .by issu ance of wrong orders or by disobedi ence of orders causes disaster. The law of 1901, requiring interstate rail roads to make monthly reports of all accidents to pasengcrs and employees on duty, should also bc amended so as to empower the Government lo make a personal investigation, through proper officers, of all accidents involving loss of life which seem to require investiga tion, with a reqpirement that the re sult of such investigation bc made ? public. UNIONS OF GOVERNMENT EM PLOYEES. . On the subject of organized labor the President declares that all people have a perfect right to organize for their protection, but that the Govern ment cannot discriminate against non union laborers. BUREAU OF LABOR. Much caa be done by the Government ia labor matters merely by giving pub licity to certain conditions. The Bureau of Labor has done excellent work of this kind in many different directions. 1 shall shortly lay before you in a spe . cial mesagc the full report of the in vestigation of the Bureau of Labor into the Colorado mluing strike, as this v 4s a a strike in which certain very evil / ' torces, which are more or lesa at work ?verywhere under ? he conditions ot ' x-odern industrialism, became start lingly prominent. It is greatly to be r/isbed that the Department of Cora rnerce and Labor, through the ".abor Bureau, should compile and arrange for ihe Congress a list of the labor laws of .he various States, and should be given - ?he means to investigate and report to '"'he Congress ?pon the labor conditions bi the-manufacturing and mining rc -?ons tbrousbo-.it thc country; bolh as lo wa'ges. ss to' hours of labor, as to . "th" labor of women and children,.aud P-~to the effect in thc various, labor - -enters ot immigration from abroadVIn .bis investigation especial attention . , >oulQ be paid to 'he conditions of child l?bor an?l child-labor ?egislalit *.n the seYBl'?? States. CORPORATIONS - When we come to deai with gre corporations the need for tho Gover: ment to act directly is far greater tin in the case of labor, because gt'eal cb porations can become such only by bl gaging ia interstate commerce, ai interstate commerce is peculiarly t! field of thc General Government. It au absurdity to expect to eliminate, tl abuse?, Ut great corporations by sta Action. It is difficult, te b'? patient wil in argument that such matte: fchotihi bo left to the States, becaui ???re than one State pursues th*), polk of creating on easy tti;ms corporator which ave never operated .within tbs Stats at all, but in other. States wh'bi laws they ignore. .Tbe fJ?u?nal Goi ?rnment alone Catt deal adequately wit these great corporations. To try,tb d?? with them in an intern ocr?te, destru? Uve, otlv demagogic spirit would, in a prob? tili ty, mean that nothing whal ever would be accomplished, and, wit absolute certainty, that 15 ?nytbjn wcro^accomplished it,would bc Of, liarniftil nature. Tho ?m?ricah.p?'?p? aecd to continue to shbw the very qua Ities tha't l?iey have shown-that i moderation, good sense, thc eajrhest fl< sire to avoid doing, any da?i??gl, ah vet thc quiet ?tifc?hnuation to protect step by jsiep, without halt and witboi hurry, in climnating or at least in mir baizing whatever of mischief cr of ev! there is to interstate commerce ju th conduct cf great cbrpcratiohs. Thc are acting iii no spirit of hostility t wealth. eHh'O-jr individual or corporate They are not against thc rich mah ati more than against the jroorjnan. Di the contrary> they are friendlralik'e to ward rich man and toward poor mar provided only that each acts in ? spin of justice and decency toward his fel lews. Great corporations arc ucees sary, and only men of great and siugu tar mental power can manage sud corporations successfully, ??d tuc? a\en must haye great rewards-. ?u these Corporations should be managet with due regard to the interest of tb< public as a whole. Where this, can b< ?one under the present l?ws It mus be done. Where these laws come shori others should be enacted to supplemeni them. AGRICULTURE. The Department of Agriculture .li?? s,roAvn into an educational iostitutioi with a faculty of two thousand special ists rn?kihg research into all thc scien ces of production. Thc Congress appro priates, directly and indirectly, sis millions of dollars annually to carry on this work. It reaches every State and Territory in thc Union and the islands .?) fthe sea lately come under our ilag. Cooperation is had with the S'atc cx rerimeut stations, and with many other institutions and individuals. The world is carefully searched for new varieties Df grains, fruits, grasses, vegetables. trees, and shrubs', suitable to various localities iu our country: and marked benefit to cur producers has resulicd."' PENSIONS. The veterans of the Civil War have a. claim upon the nation such as no other body of ont citizens possess. Tho Pension Bn?eau has never in Its history been/managed in a more sat isfactory manner than is new th? case. . ' ?' Ich Roads the ' tricentennial celebra tion of the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, with which the history of what has now become the United States really begins. ? commend this to your favorable consideration. It is an event of prime historic significance in which all the people of thc United States should foci, aud should show, great and general interest. POSTAL SERVICE. In the Postofiice Department the service has iucrcased in efficiency, and conditions as to revenue and ex penditure continue satisfactory. The increase of revenue during the year was 19,358,181.10, o>; 6.9 per cent, thc total receipts amounting to $143,382, 624.34. The expenditures' were $102, 362,116.70, an increase of about 9 per cent over the previous year, being thus $8,979.492.36 in excess of the current revenue. Included in th -se expenditures was a total appropriation of $12,956,637.35 for the continuation and extension of the r.tral free-deliv ery service, which was an. increase of $4,902.237.35 over the amount ex pended for this pur nose in thc pre ce, lng fiscal year. Large as this ex penditure has been tho beneficent re sults attained in extending the free distribution of mails lu tho residents of rural districts have justified the wisdom of tho outlay. Statistics brought down to the 1st of October, 1904, show that on that date there were 27,138 rural routes established, serging approximately 12,000,000 of peoplo in rural districts remote from postoffices, and that there were pend ing at that time 3,859 petitions for thc establishment of now rural routes. Unquestionably some part of thc gen eral increase in receipts is due to thc increased postal facilities which the rural service has afforded. The reve nues have, also been aided greatly by .amendments iu the classification of mail matter, and thc curtailment of abuses of the -'second-class "mailing privilege. The average increase iu tho volume of mail matter for the period beginning with 7902 and end ing June, 1S05 (that pc rtion for 1905 being estimated), is 4l'.47 per cent, as compared with 25.46 per cent for the period immediately preceding, and 15.92 for the four-year period im mediately preceding that. CURRENCY. Thc attention of Congress should be especially given to the currency ques tion, and that the standing committees on the matter in the two Houses charged with the duty, take up the matter of our currency and sec wheth er it is net possible to secure an agreement in the business world for hetterins: the system: the committees should consider the question of retire ment of the greenbacks and the prob lem of securing iu our currency such elasticity as is consistent with safety. Every silver dollar should be made by law redeemable in gold at the option of the holder. MERCHANT MARINE. I especially commend to ymir at tention the encouragement of our mer 'chant marine by appropriate legisla tion. ORIENTAL MARKETS. ' The growing importance of the Ori ent as a field for American exports drew from my predecessor, President McKinley, an urgent request for its sp?cial consideration by the Con gress. In his messago of 1S98 he slated: "In this relation, as showing tho peculiar volume and value of our trade with China and the peculiarly favora bio conditions which exist for their expansion In the normal course of trade, I rcfe rto thc communication ! addressed to the Speaker of tho House of Representatives by rho Sec retary of the Treasury on the 14th of last Juue, with its accompanying lotter of the Secretary of State, recommend ing an appr?pr?p>.ib? foi* ? coi?niisslo? tb study th? industrial, and commer cial conditions in the Chinese Empire, and to. report as to the opportunities for and th'? Obstacles to the enlarge' ???n'c bf markets ih China for the raw products and manufactures of the United States. Action was not taken thereon during the last session. I cordially urge .that tho recommenda tion receive at, your hands the coil sjderatte? which, its importance and timeliness merit." ALASKA; The mt'ss?gt? makes a number of suggestions on Alaska, the treat ment.of the, natives and other matters affecting the welfare of thc territory, lt is also recommended that Alaska he given a delegate in Congress; T!-ih ?N D? A Nb. It is recommended that better treat ment be accorded these wards of the nation, and that every encouragement possible he extended them to occome moive industrio'.^ and self-r^ptforUn?; CONSULAR SERVICE. It is recommended that the consular service be f?is?d to the nighest degreo o? efccIeHcy by ?clecubg men who are familiar with trade conditions and who know something of the language of the country to which they are ac credited. CITY OF WASHINGTON. . 'hie President recommends that tho city bc thoroughly deaned lip. so Ih?t it bb .made iii f?ct ? ncrfect Amer ican city, free from contagious and evil influences. TH fe ?R?tiYi Within Ibe last three ' years the United States has set an example in disarmament where disarmament was proper. By law our Army is fixed at a maximum of one hundred thousand Fittd d minimum of sixty thousand men. When there was insurrection in tho Philippines we kept thc army at the maximum. Peace came in the Philip pines., and. now bur Army hat? bien re duced to the minimum at which it is .possible to keep it with due regard to its efficiency. The guns now mounted require twenty-eight thousand men, if thc coast fortifications arc W bc ade quately .ih'??hed. Relatively to the Nation, it is not now so large as the pr" -ree of New York or Chicago relatively to thc population of either dey. We need more officers; there are not enough lo perform the regular army work. It is very important that the officers of the Army ?lid?lti be a> etistomed to handle their men in masses, as it is.also important that tho National Guard of the several State3 should be accustomed tb actual field map^u>e4iug^JesjK!cialiy iii connection with the regulars, 'sj^or this reason we are to be congratulated, upon tho suc cess of the field maneuvers at Manas sas last fall, nianeuver'Svjn which a larger number of Regulars and Na tional Guard took part thai; was ever before assembled together in time of peace. No other civilized nation has, relatively to its population, such a diminutive Army as ours; abd while the army is so small we dre not to bo excused if we fail to keep it at a very high grade of proficiency. It must be inci??sar.?l?r--iu^>^*^n'J: theJdanda rdjfor. th?" enlisted men should be kept very high, while at the same tim? the sef> vice should bis made as attractive as possible; ?hd the standard for the offi ccis should be kept even higher Tyhich. as regards the unper ranks, can best be done by introducing some system of selection and rejection into thc promotions. We shall be able, in the event of some sudden emergency, j to put into the field one first-class army corps, which should be, as a i whole, at least the equal of any body of troops of like number belonging to any other nation. Great progress has been made in protecting our coasts by adequate fortifications with sufficient guns. We should, however, pay much more heed ! than at present to the development of ? an extensive system of floating minos for use in di our more important har bors. These mines have been proved to be a most formidable safeguard against hostile fleets. THE NAVY. On thc subject of thc navy Mr. Roosevelt declares that it is ncees: sary for us to keep our navy up to thc most effective standard, and makes a number of recommendations. THE PHIL1 PPJNES. Thc Philippine Islands have been brought by thc fortunes of war under our control, and wc must discharge cur obligations to the inhabitants in a becoming manner. In concluding this s'ubject thc message says: Every measure taken concerning the islands should be taken, primarily with a view to their advantage. We should cretainly give them lower tariff rates on their exports to the United States; if this is not done it will bc a wrong to extend our shipping laws to them. I earnestly hope for the immediate en actment into law of thc legislation now pending to encourage American capital to seek investment in the is lands in railroads, in factories, in plan tations, and in lumbering and mining. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White House. Dec. 5. 1004. Investigation Ordered. Elyria, Ohio, Special-Judge Wash burn has called a special grand jury at thc direction of Prosecutor Leo Slroup, of Lorain county, to inquire into the Oberlin Bank failure. Tho jury will ? be drawn Thursday. An effort will bc made to discover if any crimes were committed which come within thc jurisdiction of thc court. Oberlin is in Lorain county. It is reported that the action of Prosecutor Stroup wan ta>?.n upon the request or complaint of Andrew Carnegie. This report, however, cannot be confirme?. Sub poenas have been issued for President Beckwith and Cashier Spear, of the closed bank, to appear before thc grand jury to testify. Eank President Acquitted. Beaumont, Texas., Special.-The jury iu thc case of former President J. P. Withers, et thc American National Bank, of Beaumont, charged with the misappropriation of $38.000 ot' thc funds of the haul-:, returned a verdict of not guilty. There were fifteeu counts iu the indictment covering five different transactions. Ile was acquitted on all counts. No Battle Imminent. Mukden, By Cable.-Everything now indicates that thc prospect of an im mediate encounter on a large scale has passed. During thc ii^litinj; be low Tsinkihitchcn, the Russian loss was 25 men killed and 123 wounded, including two officers. Seventeen : Japanese prisoner?: wore taken, ont; cf j whom committed suicide. J A F?ERV rRAGEDV Faififjy Murdered arid M\? Wer? Burned in Ml?kg ICCWiltd ?Nftl??i?AR?Of ??WN ??iKrr?d Remains o? M.u. B. ?; Milgfiefj His Wife and Two Daughters Found in thc Smoking Ruins of Their Hom? ?ri thft Center of Trenton, S. C. ? lullet Thi;S?gh tn? Matf:g H?arJ, and thc Skulls of the Women Crush ed-Robbery the Supposed Motive- ;j Governor Heyward Offers a Reward Augusta, Special;-? special {o' The" JhronKlc fr?re Edgefi?ld says: , "Thc most iiidcous.br ali hurnan hor wit uccurrel] ?il Tr?tttdii Thursday light, equal in horror to the Statesboro iftair, if the general accepted theory be' TUC that the victims were first mur Jerccl before the liou.se was fired. At* ? o'clock this morning DIP. residence ba VIr: ia. ?. Hughes, centrally localed In? he town, tfatj discovered ??.firrj; Neigh Dors rushed thS ?ce'iie. but the fire' ml progressed so far that ?ntralicc tor :hc house was impossible. At once in-^l jniry was made as to the .whereabouts \t the inmates, it being thought .that':' :ney .had made their escap? ih their u'ght clothes. As soon as the fire hadij lied down sufficiently, a fearful scene net the eyes of the beholders. There, iay the charred and almost unrecog nizable bodies tit th1: ciitlre family, con-jj ??sting of Mr. Hughes, his wife, Eva,;' ind two young daughters, Emmie, tged 19. and Hattie, 14 years of age.1 Mr. Hughes' body lay just below whereV was situated fte door leading, from his? ;oom to the hall, with a builet hble: ihrough the upper part of his head. A pistol with one empty chamber lay,: near by. Part of his charred clothes were on his person., sho.wing that he was dressed at the time h? met deaths The body of his wife was on the bed. ?piings, while those of the young ladies were similarly situated. The skulls ot ;hesc three were crushed as if hit with;, ai; axe or some blunt instrument. Their, bodies when fourni occupied a most nal'! taral position, with nothing td indicate i struggle, showing that, they had been struck and done, to death, while asleep'. The news spread like wildfire and soon the on tir? surrounding cbuntry was o?' the sc?ii?c ;. "Under the direction of Soliciotr Thurmond, a coroner's jury was im paneled, but as yet no testimony har; been taken, it being thought best to await further developments, lt was said three tracks were discovered leading from the field up to the rear of the house; The county blood hounds were secured and put on the train, but this effort has av?iled nothing; The horror is veiled in mystery. Every ?xternal evidence goes to show that the family, were all killed before the house was rlrE?^??ne^ftarivliiLthR. hoiiKftj?ga lered for the purpose.of robbery; that upon being discovered; the r?bbers ac complished the murders and fired the house. Excitement runs high, but noth ing rash will bc done. Upon the request of Solicitor Thurmond, Governor Hey wnrd has offered a reward for the ap prehension of thc guilty parties. Japs Prepared to Spend the Winter, General Qku's Headquarters, via Pusan. By Cable.-Delayed in Trans mission.}-In the villages near the actual Japanese linc houses are be ing repaired and built, scores of well? are being dug. villages are being de nuded of trees, a-> quantities of fuel arc being prepare Every indication points to the int? on to remain in thc present line lng the winter. The cold weather ot affecting ?the Japanese, althougl c temperature has already fallen a few degrees below zero. There few sick men. Bank Ro?oed. Enid. Okla.. Special-The Farmers' Stale Bank, of Lambert, has been rob bed by three men, who dynamited th<_: safe, obtaining ?3,000 as their booty. While two robbers were inside, thc (hird guarded them, holding the horses. The robbers escaped, making for Hie Gloss mountains. A posse is ih pursuit. No More Assaults. Tokio, By Cable.-In disabling the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, preelud ing thc possibility of its being able lo reenforce the Russian second Paci fic (Bailie) squadron, thc Japanese have accomplished the main object ol thc desperate assaults against the fortress which they have been making for thc past three months. There ls now a strong probability that, while continuing the siege they will avoid losses of thc magnitude already at tending their efforts, and instead of assaulting, will rely on starving oui tho garrison until it is finally cap tured. Reward Offered. Macon, Ga.. Special.-A reward ol $300 and expenses has been offered fur the capture of .Maro S. Potter, the defaulting and fugitive cashier of the bank at Davisboro, Ga., where he it alleged to-be more than $20,000 short in his accounts. The reward is offered by the officiais of the bank. Potter is only 22 years old. weighs 2?? pounds and has light hair and blue eyes. He is very popular, and his friends express surprise at his action. Fatal Quarrel of Farmers. Macon, Ga., Special.-A special tc Thc Telegraph from Hawkinsville.. Ga., says that Themas Tharp was killed by D. W. Reid ou the plantation of a Mr. Jordan Tuesday night iu a quarrel. Reid claims that he was torced to shoot in self-defense. The siayer has surrendered, and is now incarcerated in thc county jail. A good man may stand ou dangerous rocks like a lighthouse, but he must uot sail amongst them or he will bo a wreck. New Japanese Fortifications. Washington, Special.-Mr. Griscom. tho American minister at Tokio, has cabled thc Stain Department that Mr. Fisher, the American vico consul al Nagasaki, reports that all shipping tins been warned lo keep 20 miles away from Pescadores, an island ofi tho west coast of Formosa, and thal il is reported that fortifications ?re being coiislfueled at Seoul. IN SOUTH CAROLINA Marty Newsy Items Gathered Frdi? ali Sections. Will Order "Calhoun" Election. At a Jato hour Thursday night Gov. Hcyward announced that he' had tfeoid ed to order an election for the new county Hf "Calhoun';" which is to he taken if established fruiii t'?o counties of Edgefie.id, Abbeville and Greenwood Tho county seat of Calhoun will bc McCormick. Gov. Heyward issued s stat?niSfH ns ?o I he election Friday It will be heit! cn the fir?? Y?esdny ir January, which is the third. The State board of health held a meeting lastweck to consider thc prop osition made by thc federal govern ment iii regard to turning over thc quarantine stations how (/rider <fte control tb the government.- The gov ernment proposes t? maintain the sta tipns at its own expense' ?.?<d equlr. them without cost to South Carolina. After a full discussion it was decided to refer thc matter to thc attorney gen eral,- who will draft a bill so that thc gener?! assembly may give ita conscnl to thc plari. This wJil decide the mat ter finally. Met Peculiar Death; Edgefield, Special-Air. T. Bi Bailey, a son-in-law of thc late Hon. G. X) Tillman, met with a tragic death lasl week wkUc out hunting. He shot 8 squirrel which lodged in thc limb of a tree. Mr. Bailey climbed the tree foi the purpose of getting thc squirrel! and fell, striking the ground and crush ing hie ??fttill: ?He hailed a companion just before failing .fiat lie was siclt and it is thought he waa s?t??d with apoplexy, which caused him to looseu his hold, on thc tree; He lived al ClarksviHe aiid ,w?s ? prominent cit izen of the county. Palmetto Items. Facts and information brought out at thc annual meeting of the State board of health Bh'iW that thc email pox situation is rapidly glowing mofe serious throiignout the State. Tli? mortality percentage has been mor.: than trebled since thc first or Janu ary; and there arc cases now Iii prac tically every county ip' the State. Thc situation is at pre??ri? pSiHletjlarly se rious in Georgetown and McCo?. Jil the lower part of the State. Seere tary Evans reported that the mortali ty has increased to ?5 1-2 per cent., since the fire-t of January, as against a highest previous record of one pei cent. The virulence of the disease is also rapidly .liicre?siiig ih the North ern Stat?s, the mortality in some be ing as high as 20 per cent. So far !^th?q_ve?L_ the secretary reports 1,322 cases and -juoc^iw;.,-.......J..-_LV , ???a caces the pr?viens year. The Marl boro County Medical Society has pe titioned both the Governor and the State board of health to quarantine the town of McColl, in that county Secretary Evans reported to thc board flu's morning that when he wa: at McColl about two weeks ago. he saw two men at work in the knitting mill in the seventh day of eruption He warned the authorities then thal thc town would soon be full of the disease, but the physicians disagree ing as .to thc dagnosis. nothing was done tb prevent the spread of thc in fection. Thc board is without authori ty, to order a place quarantined uti legs there arc instructions to that effect from the Governor, but the secretary was directed to call the attention ol thc town authorities to the fact that the State law compels them to adopt preventive measures against the spread of an infectious disease. In the matter ot lite quarantine, stations at Charleston. Georgetown, Beaufort, Port Royal and Helena, thc board de cided lo memorialize- the next Legis lature to give thc board the authori ty to transfer by lease cr sale these stations to the Federal government, the State to be relieved of the ex: pense of keeping them up, bul to re tain a supervision over them, as waa done in the case of thc Florida sta tions. Thc South Ciirolillu stations are worth in the aggregate about ?75, 000. The annual report of Winthrop col lege was received Thursday by trus tees and turned uver to thc State su perintendent of education. Most of the facts and figures in the report have already been published and are famil iar to thc public. The cost of the college last year was ?>64.CS9.63 and the receipts were$t>5,<J91.GS. Thc col lege next year uill ask for a State ap propriation of $57,435.75. Edwards, the alleged Eutawville lyncher, who has turned State's evi dence, gave important testimony at the hearing before Magistrate McCoy at George's. Edwards was brought iu by a penitentiary guard and immedi ately after giving his testimony, left the place in a buggy. His evidence resulted in Andrew Mr.rtin. Eastons, Piney Martin and Police Ulah Palmer being held for trial. Thc prisoners will at once apply for bail. Edwards said that Butler and Piney Martin were not present at the drowning of thc negro Bockhardt, but he impli cated Piney Martin, who had ucl been arrested. According to Edwards, Eastons, Palmer and thc Martins tied the bar of iron to Bock hard t's body and rowed him out into thc stream and threw him overboard Charters and Commissions. A commissionwas issued to the Parr Shoals Power company of Newberry. capitalized at ?r>0\000. The Incorpo rators are H. L. Parr.Z. F. Wright, W. G. Houseat, C. HT. Cannon, and W. Iv. Stigh of Newberry and A. L. Scott of Greenville. The City Drug company of Green ville received a commission. Thc ia corporators arc J. H. Austin of Rock Hill and G. P. Neal of Greeuwood. The capital is ?C,000; The secretary of slate last week authorized an amendmr-nl. to the char tor of the Benuettsville and Cberaw Railway company. Tho company will now extend its line from thc. town of Bennettsvilc in a southerly direction to some point on the Carolina and Nor thern railway and Merrill'/! inlet on tbs Atlantic Coast. A commission was also issued fu thc Wood-Meiider.lir.il company of Greer.-.. This concern will soil wagons, buggies herses, etc., and has a capital of $2, 000. Thc -corporators are .1. T. Wood, T. fl. Mcndenliall, 1.. A. Stone, .1. V. Smith and Frank Burgess. CHARGE VAST MOB Russian Officiais Strike a Hard Fi^hi Willi Enemies of Nie Government WILD SCim IN ST, PETERSBURG ?r??t Anti-Government Demonstra tion arid Measures Taken to Sup press l? Caused Excitement Un equaled Sirica th? Riots of 1901 - Previous Wa rnings in News papers Only Served to Swell ih? ?rpwd of Students, Workmen and V?t/'/rg Wrtrmn. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-A po pd Ja* j nnti-govcrnmcnt demonstration, thc participants in which included large ?uihfef? of students of both sexes, be gan at raidtl'ay guiidajr In the Nevsky pr?speet and lasfeJ ?h?Wl two hours. rlur?(.ire;ls of police and mounted gen darmes, wild irere hidden iu thc court yard of the public building*, emerged and suddenly charged thc crowd at full gallop, driving the demonstrators in headlong confusion and screaming with terror upon the sidewalks and into ad jacent streets. This led lo serious en couiltei-K. 50 parsons being more or less scver?ly irij?ir?>'j, Large numbers were arrested; Not since the riots of i?Oh *hen Cos sacks, stretched across the NavSkl pros pect from building IQ building, charged down the boulevard frdia life Moscow station to thc Neva, has the Russian espial lived through such a day of excitement as !bK Tho authorities last night got wind of ?h? L-t?* anti-govern ment demonstration planned f0r today j by thc Social Democratic party to' d? I mafid an immediate end of the war and j the convocation of a naiional assem bly arid this evening in every paper in blaek-fac? type was an explicit warning to the people, ai their peril, to desist from congregating in the Nev ski pr?^pftet near the Kassau Cathe i dral. At thc sam? ?imo extesive prepar ations were made to q?e.U any disturb' ance. The police on the Nev'dk? pros pect were increased six limes over and J the devora i ks, or bowse porters, wera i manduiierf In ?cont of their rc.*jr,ectiv? I buildings. Half ii daze? fuiuadrons of j J mounted gendarmes t?er*j massed in t the .'-"ar of the" Gasean Cathedral, and J battalions Ot r?s'?rv? police were sta ? Honed in several court, yards out ?f ? ! sight. Minister of the luieYltfr Sviato- . pnik-Mirsky gave strict orcic:.?. how- ! ever, that ne- C?ssacks should he used and the chief of police issued cxplici'.J directions lo avoid harsh measures nb- j less it should become absolutely i?ecs- j sary, The newspaper warning, however, by giving liotice lo those not apprised of th? prospect of a deoionntratiou, de feated the very object of which they whole population of this vast city to the broad throughfare; and long be fore the hour fixed, despite thc plead ing of the police, who Iiiera?iy lined the sidewalks, the throngs on thc pave ments were si) d?n;0 thai movcmeill. I was almost impossible, frliilo thc snow- j covered boulevard was blacii ^ith a tangled mass of sleighs. fiiicJ moally with thc curious. In throngs oil thc sidewalks, were practically thc whole student body ol' the capital, including many young women, who have alway? been prominent lb Russia iii revolu tionary movements, and aire thousands of workmen belonging to thc Social Labor parly. Towards I o'clock (lie i workmen" and students seemed - to j swarm toward th* corner of tho Hotel Europe, opposite the Gasean Cathedral. The police, recognizing that t ii c ??ritical j moment was approaching, tried in Vain ? to keep back the human tide. Then, when there was not a single mounted policeman in sight, on thc mike of 1 o'clock, from the heart of the thickly wedged erOwd a. blodd red flag, like a jct or flame, suddenly shot up: lt was the signal. Older flags appeared Hi the ? crowd, waving frantically overhead; i and they were greeted with a hoarse 10.1(1: "Down with autocracy." The stu dents surged Itito the .^'rcet. singing the -'Marseillaise/' while indecent j<pecta lors. seeking to extricate themselves Crowded into doorways and hugged walls. Dismounted police made a sin fflfi ?I lum ni lo fori;? their wat- into Hie crowd to wrest tho flags from the de monstrators, but thc students and workmen, armed with sticks, stood close aiid heat hack their assailants. Then, like a flash, frdni behind the Kasean Cathedral, came a squadron or gendarmie. The doors of adjoining court yards were "thrown back, and battalions of police came out. A dou ble squadron charged the Ib.hk ol' the demonstrators with drawn sabres. Five other squadrons circled thc mob. cut tine ibroush Hu: friur-s of Benclalors. who gladly Ecurricd to cover. The main wedge of the demonstrators stood fast only a moment or two. There was a shari) rallie of cudgels and sabres, though the wounds showed thal tho police si tuck principally with the Hat of Ihcir sabres. Thc wemen wore especially fierce in their resis tance. Many wyn: struck and tram pled, and blood streamed down lucir f^ces. While Hie mob stood, those tillhin mana sod to (brow hundreds of revo lutionary proclamations over thc heads of their fellows. The police urged their horses fiercely mio the crowd, driving those who resisted into thc court yards, the lietel Europe and thc Catholic Church. The intense ex citement lasted about len minutes; af ter which mounted squadrons of Ibo gendarmerie nat roi lcd the streets., and the policemen devoted themselves to keeping the crowd nuning. Considering the sharp light thc riot ers had isp, the police acted hu manely willi the crowd, avoiding bru tality and roughness in keeping thc throng moving, ami showing really more considera lion than the pe I i cc el many cities would nuder similar circumstances. In the meantime those cen Hued m thc court yardi.:, who wore recognized as agitators, were arrested, but oth ers vere allowed to go quietly home, tuc wounded lit'*l baying their injur ies dressed. Minor Matters. Lena Tucker, ?? colored woman. Sit years old. was bunted io death in thc Colonga Old Kolks" J lome, while Nancy Wilson. 70 years oh?, sat hy. loo feeble lo aid her. The two old ? women were hovering nv<?r a-slove! j enc sillo o? which was i?'d hoi. On Monday higl*Amba$sadur Cnoa?c presented Capt. R. S. Scott, corum-amier o; ibo British Antarctic exnloi nig steamer Discovery, with Ih? Pkiiadc:. ?.bia Geographical PoriolyV. medal ai Albert Mall, London. One Carload Received, aDtl more coining in, which includes the following HOLIDAY GOOD?. Boys wagous, Goat carts. Hobby Horses. ShoD-Flvj Velocipedes and Tricycle. A large au I (ins assortaient worth selling. Seven cases ot* Chase's line plush aud baa ver] robes fnni $1.23 to $25.00. Renaeaiber tho Babcock vehicles. H. H. 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