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iKS ?O?N ARD SAVINGS vB?NK. ?A1?.GXJST?>,GA. Pays liv) Aecoaut Solicit L. C. B.? Prcai CHAS. G.: .. e i -Cl : v?k 70. IV \fc/V ??(4S ?i* v>. ipi Mi EPGEFIELD, S, C., WEDNESDAY , JANlS OF AUGUSTA. i AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ? L. C. PAYNE- President, ? FRANK G. . ORO. Cashier- ! CAPITAL, - - $250,000! ? Surplus & Profits. $140,000* We ?hall be pleased to have you open anf 'account with this Back. Cuito taara andi i correspondents assured of every courtesy^ and accommodation possible, under consar-j vatlve, modern Banking methods. % a. ultu thods NO. 2. [ iWiiilM) 'Coyernm?flf Officials. Claim Accui " j* For Cotton Figures :. BURLESON SIDES WITH BU I Director North^Sets Forth His tion. irv'a Letter. toftHie Texas !\ ber of Congress at Whose lystj the Provision Was Insterted ii Census Act Says the. Biireau not Compete With the i Pr?pj Ginners Association and That ulators' High-Estimate Would Prevail-Mr. Burieson ?xpr? His and Senator Baileys Coj Washington, Special.-Directo the Census North, in a lette? to H sentative Burieson. made public, ts^fi notice of the situation presented cotton statistics given out for publij tion Thursday-and expresses-his sy^T prise and concern at the recent aile? ' movement In the Southern States "?r.P" parently approved and augmented P? to ? ted x^e^-cotton^ growers, th?ms?l ves,' ' '* Btroy the "census'report's by "colicers refusal of the ginners to make retiufir" ? Director North asserts that a contij^". ?nee of the cotton ginning repprJ&Js imposslhle"without the systematic fiS9 ?j wholehearted co-operation of' the eHg ners of the .South. Immediately a^-_r ^.Jthe^receipt of the letter, Mr- Burier!*1, "ia member of the House censu? cornija tee, and the author cf the provi:'!0^ making appropriation for the gathe of cotton statistics, gave cut an iOL view in which he upholds the dirr j . In the work now being d^n^by' S?? bureau. The lett?r' is'^;-?pHbv/s:ft'v "WashingtOT^Be'c^US^'t?i ?'Hon. Albert S. ^Bn?lesOu-f HOUST-; m Representativea:^ "My Dear Sir^^r?em3::'prop-;f; to nom Invite your attentioit ta-certain ? .fc* alous conditions-^'which- cenfron' Census Office ih^feirryingout th?^?T visions of section^ 9 of the act v^ tablish a permanent. Census O^S^'the rectrng the periodical collective ? ?5 statistics of cotton production thr r* - the agency of the ginners. This ?' " vision was inserted in the law a' t2uJ! urgent request and that of ot"er Southern Representatives on th!, y that it was necessary for the tion cf 'the cotton producers c"zfi the, speculators and others ia*',T*ie? ?n depressing the price of tftteffSa for their own profit. It w?ij ??pJSr that enormous losses resulted 6 jy^f untrustworthy estimates - pw \ every year by speculators^an?1^^ of the Liverpool market anu3T??f.^y 1 and .fj?stworthy, tt{ iji|WJ , regarding ^He "sfze bf 2%..c JK^??r 1 ro'tecftne grower, -disarm M ,p T" tor and market manipulatofi"^per" t the law of supply and ? W- ACCURACY UNQ.?TES "Since the law was'pa: .has appropriated and th'fnice has disbursed more than $125,0i year in the.. -collection,- and disseiation of this information. The systfoas been gradually perfected un till has be come more nearly perfectlian any similar plan for obtaig ; exact knowledge of the size of i. agricul tural crop during the progs of har vesting. ? " ' "No complaint 'has heenade that the -census reports are a'acctrate; indeed, for a year or two p, we have been able to trace the erso closely that practically every bahas been accounted for. * "The statistics increase ralue ev ery year; for it becomes sible. by comparison of the- statisticsone year -with those "of the same , d in" pro ceeding-yeais^ to - judge : sl&e. pf. success!ve.??>crops^^ith :;88xcuracy never hef??e known:" or .aoximatedV, "The ginning reports "oie" Census' Office have crowded out : specula tive and interested estins referred to, and the single objfwhich $he Southern Representative^!rjii vi?w in: urging this legislati" has been successfully accomplishe GINNERS,' ;MOVE DEXQATED. % "In view "of these fact: have been surprised and oonserned the pres ent movement in the SdWn States, which is annarc:nt]v anmd and aug mented by the cotton- ver3 them-; selves, to destroy the msr rep?rt'sr by the concerted refus>f the gin-.[. ners to make the returypori wnich"' they are based. Thus|th ment has not seriousl work, but if it contin lt will necessarily de puring the coming yea; ^have been ''suddenly ?these, reports, un der tal-! 'v??maiii^of~?-the - e?t bigjhty? d^jjiic.?ntal .to-: EJF. Webber, preside, phis cotton exchange; cl?ring that? ?th?-; co the South n'av? -every t lushing" to gain by t tfi?y pufe^ejsjnanufi ^possession of infol beneficial.' -.. ?''My attenti :m has so-called 'National Association,' 'vhe pun stated to be 'to gat .reliable information 'amount of cotton pr of the,government r "pears'that 'this inf s?nrin 'code and th association' will be vulgerit/-' The inf highly desirable bu ls to .be restricted t and gin the cotton New Burej Washington, Sj Roosevelt has a ppr) Mfbore, of Philadej Bureau of Manufs p?j?ment of Commj M?ore is president Lejague of Republij .ipfenerly city treasj He bas accepted w?ljpsnter-Trpcn th? Bes ah??rche "firsf . Cornell Exp s Cornell (tJnivei tion has issued, tins'on grape received-by vin<| qua' County grapl Prof. vMark Verl tredt?v'of' grape JJ ? other, by Prof. -tie^grapc root %blosse^ j bud gnat! is a new enemy of ' covared by Prof. For "three-Tears vi been -studying sra? tjsyL ..Cpnirty WOKK AHEAD-OP LAWMAKERS >f rne Measures. That Will Engag? the ?ttentfoiv; of the Vawmakers-. The most imposant 'problems the lew Legislature, '-which' convenes oil ["ujej^day-pf?*hIB-rivsekr. : will' ' have to Bc^ve^iKbe iompuls?rx'ea^c?t?ba a?a tfi?'m?Tief.?f r?is?ng more revenue i)j taxes,fffiough.5-qfv,c6?fse the dispensary Situation', will hob \up in an entirety nev/ lieht and about Its head already the clouds af?.gatherlng for-a fino old gform. Thererare many o?iercmatters of fminor importance, but concerning which there is more or l?ss feeling, and altogether tue session&promisea to be austinusually.interesting and entertain ing one. Tw'o^thirdq ofetids Legislature ..is entirely new Woodland "s therefore 'largely very fresh from the people. Tfi? ?f uneipected>.theiiTis tp be expected, and, the end of (tie session may see some very^importaiit and far-reaching chan ges. In. the'statute law of tbe^StatBi -This is not what is known as-nn elec ?on-sessiorr<,-*bnt"thiff: Legislature .wi" ^nevertheless ?"nave several importa " : p?jUiqn'sV,tp .s?llJBy ballot. A nc . Speaker is to be chosen, but so far as is known Mr. MVL..Smith, oj! Camden, has no oppositipn-Io-r re-elec?o? to''this .position. T. -C."Hamer will ?isd b?-re elected clerk Of-the. House without op position,- it jr?bxm'ght. Mr. R. R. Hemphill will--be-opposed for clerk of the Senate by Dr. T. T. Sturkle, of Orangeburg. A new superintendent of the penitentiary is to be elected. D. J. Griffin wiil likely be re-elected without opposition, though it has been suggest ed that ho will be cfrpOSed-by Dr. Eu S'-ne^Jarnlg-an, of Marion-_"T\vo new judges ar? iq'-oe elei'ted;rl5y;this .!egis lat?r?;"th? t'?Vr??ffioi?Lu.dse D. A. Town send, of tii? severn th circuit, and Judge > Ba rust Gary-;of-th'ei-Sfth: circcJt?-exp ir ing this. year. Both ydll be candidates for re-election. Judge Townsend will have rivals in thc persons of Senator D. -E.. UydrJck, of Sparenburg, and Sena tor'F. PvMcGowan, cf Laurens. Judge G.apjgs^l^nents "will lc Senator Hay. of iCi?rs?rat^ and J. W. Yere, of Edge field.V Sever,iLco.lloge trustees and mern "bers''-of-'tn"?':ii???tcnti3ry board are to be-electee. - ? C?MP??sORy EDUCATION. A stron^?nt?'?.ent in favor of com pulsory .'?ducation as a complement to the child; labor law has been rapidly crystalizing'-?iroushout the State the" past.se'veral:mouths. Thc State pres?: generally has -xpressed itself in favor of-such a law, and that those who are the closest to the schcol problem want Vi is shown by the resolution recently adopted here by thc joint association of county and city school superintend ents. Governor Hey ward, who has zeal ously interested himself in thc educa tional problems of the State! favors a compulsory education'jaw. . Some effort may be made tp carry cut State Superintendent of Education Mar tin's recommendation to bring the Citidel here- and combine it with the .South, Carolina. College.as a basis of a "State University, but it is not thought .taat-4his-scheme -hasvmuch chance -of success. Though the South .- Carolina College wl't likely ne started* out cn a university career, by the Legislature j granting the trustees' recent request foi- ] ITU ' alluiLUJUcfl uiipiuiiriailua. Of ?TOr; for that purpose. AS TO TAXES. The State is face tp face with a se rious probblem with' regard to taxes. Nearly a million and a quarter is- re quired to meet thc present needs of thc State government, but though there is pow about $204,000,000 worth of prop erly on the books, a five mills levy does not seem to be sufficient. The.State is running .behind, the great bulk of the taxes not being collectible until the Bpring.' The State has so far borrowed ?500,000, and there will have, to be -treater revenue by about $200.000 if the State is to have any hope of getting back to cash basis. The quadrenniel assessment of real estate..will be made next;year,, and If this class of prop erty can begotten on a more equitable .basis there is. some hope of. getting all additional;.. - revenge -from this source. In ..t?ris; connection:, an effort will be made ^?O 'get a ?aw^'passed re quiring market value returns instead of returns on a 60 per cent, basis. By the present valuation there is in round numbers $100,000,000 worth of this class of property .in the State. Of course it is argued that'a market value return o? .this? property would ber unjust be cause of the ease with which personal property dodges the tax collector, and the fact that the constitution fixes 3 mills as a levy for school purposes ,1s also used against the advocates of a greater valuation, of real estate. But a menace to'"gdba ana nonest govern ment and has .a corrupting influence on politics in all departments of the ^'/r^?oT^ll'f,--?-?t, liol ""only^doeT ' isfitiition forbid a return to the sysLem...but there ls no general .id KO back'to'this, the prohibl fntiment having-^steadily gained In case-.the present, dispensary iis-wiped out it-is; difficult to -whether local -option-each knderrdlspensary regulations license, with" dispensary ?regu woutd takers place. Another ?hat ls. possible-- is the passage Iglnai Brice bill, which allows j to vote. .^Qftt.^dispensary lax to maintain prohibition >ut fojefeiti?g its'share in the ispens?ry school "fund. "Whoa county voted out its dispea 3uch a decisive majority there jling among the dispensary ut thc predictions that other rpiild be quick to fellow suit p.v? come from ??lse prophets board has indfeated. a wil j allow, a community to do ?its dispensary, ?ut this mat tip in an' injunction and the lek after next may deny the I's authority to do such a j suggestion from Senator that the sale of whiskey~b? to some responsible con ils'is'not likely to prove leide Near Greenville. S. C:, Special.-Samuel shot and instantly killed Sar* here by J. B. Waldrop. eem to have leased the and when Maddox .went 2ssion he found Waldrop Sren were Veil known an'd hite-.farmera.; /Waldrop the'sheriff. - . [ve souls feel they cannot ristm'as dinner until Ikey me -poor soul a suit of mer underwear, lt that the greater valua te enough additional -i allow the doing away. 1- school levies, which t every schcol district 'thc* real-estate owners than they are now' ;ain the schools. VSPENSARY.. ' ;0ne with the dispensar Irobiematical. The feel* aw .an.; stronger that "ItiOB Ifl COTTON GOES DOWN Takes The Worst Tumble Recorded iii Three Years SOUTHERN GROWERS GET UNEASY Prices Break Sharply on the Indica tion of the Census Bureau's Report That the Crop Would Exceed the Government's Estimat? - The Fig ures the Lowest in Three Years. .New York. Special.-The cotton imaTket 'broker30 to 35 points on the Census Bureau's ginners' report indi cating a crop in excess of the govcrn ?\nt's estimate. There was very ->avy trading on the decline. The wears contended that the ginners* re port probably forecasted a crop of nearly 13,000,000 bales: Following the-report prices; which bad shown weakness since the open ing, broke sharply, with January sell ing around 6.G6, March C.81 and May G.96, or a net decline of 22 to 25 points, and a break of practically $6.00 a bale in two week's tim?.. The market was very active during the afternoon with big short interests covering, while there was also .heavy liquidation and on every little bulge the bears seem- , ed disposed to withdraw their buying orders and sell more cotton. The low figures rcachedJn the slump are the lowest that cotton has reach ed in nearly three years. The Bureau Figures. Washington; Special.-The C sus Bureau "Wednesday issued a report, giving the quantity of cotton ginned in 737 counties up to December 13th last, to" have "been 11.9SG.G14 running bales, which is the equivalent of 11, 84S.113- commercial bales. The com mercial bales reported to tho same period for 1903 amounted to 8,747,069. ... In- arriving at the number of com mercial bales, round bales are counted as-half bales. The report to the same date last year-covered SI2 counties, as against 737,this" year. The report for the pres ent year covers the output of 29,057 ginneries, while 29.527 were included in the report for 1903. The product of thc different. States for this year, in running bales, reported to December 13th, is as follows: Alabama, 1,2SC,915; Arkansas, 709, 1SG; Florida. 75,283; Georgia. 1,795, 797; Indian Territory. 433,755; Kyii tucky, 1,252; Louisiana, S70.51S; Miss issippi, 1,405,458; Missouri, 36,444; N. Carolina, 057.195; Oklahoma, 291.041; South Carolina, 1.0S3.75G; Tennessee, 271,235; Texas 2,982,819; Virginia l-l, 9G0. Burning Their Cotton. Macon, Ca.. Special.-A sp?cial lo The Tclegraph,^o'm-^ ?. savp tho fariB^i^?>.in?r;chX?tsi'-?f-.. : Clay' CGjy^y^m't?t;^ G a i nQff;'2a"d;.'d?cided /to'. b urn their * sh ar e of twTnhrfrrwP^?^ A starter was made when a bon-fire was made of cotton on the streets of Fort Gaines. It. ir, not yet determined where it will stop. They have decided to set the pace and are moving deter minedly. A largo crowd paraded with wild whoops and yells and much spec tacular ceremony. The object is to show that the farmers arc ready to sacrifice a few bales for thc benefit of the masses. The fire is still burn ing and excitement is increasing. Cotton Buyer Suicides. Barnesville, Ga., Special.-J. E. Har rison, a prominent cotton buyer anJ brother of J. M. Harrison, of Forsythe. fatally shot himself at 4 o'clock this afternoon in bis room at the Magnolia Inn, the ball entering just above the right ear and lodging in the brain. Heavy losses on cotton contracts led lo the act. His rosse.; are estimated at about $25,000. He has been despondent for the past few days and this afternoon bought a pistol from a hardware store. Immediately thereafter, seeing the ligures giving the close of the market for Wednesday he went to his room and shot .himself. He was 45 years old and stood well among the people here. Besides the losses sustained he had considerable property and money lea, amounting to $12.000 or ?15,000. f ? '_ Eminent Scholars in Chicaax?** -" ?>. .. - ** '"'Chicago, M., Special.-Some cf the^ liosi eminent historians, political scientists and economists in the Uni ted Sfates are in attendance at the con von tion of the American Histori cal, tho American Economic and the American Political Science Associa lions which opened here at the Uni versity of Chicago. The programmes include several - joint sessions of the i.hrco associations. Among tho speak ers are President Harper, of Chicago University;--Prof. F. J. Gcognow, OL. Hie Political Science Association; Ai red T. Malian, tb ?:>. naval authority and others. - m ??_;_ New Orleans Excited. New Orleans,- Special.-With the reading' of th? ginners' report on the cotton exchange Wednesday cotton slumped 47 to 55 points. Extraordi nary excitement attended the break. The market was hammered with great energy. Ailier tho first excitement the mar ket, gr?w quieter, though the decline .was not arrested. January cotton went ? to 6.40, which is a decline of about 4 cents during the last three months. Odds and Eends. Queen Marghcrita, of Italy, has had a most magnificent railway carriage con structed for herself, which bas aroused great curiosity among her son's sub jects, who, it must bc confessed, are not accustomed to royal luxury- The LKing-is most simple in all bis ways and appointments; his carriages and horses, although of the best, are always of thc least conspicuous description, and thc same may be said of his motors, clothes, private apartments, etc., and the Queen, of course, follows suit. .Two Killed by Falling Tree. ..Macon, Ga., Special.-A special to .Thc Telegraph from EllijaVi Ga., says "that William Cantrell and Joe Chastino wcro killed and a brother of Chastine's seriously injured near Burnt Mountain by^* falling .tree. The tree was blown by a high1 wind across a small frame ho'use^in'w'hich the men were sitting at the time. WEST STORM SWEPT Heavy Snows and High Winds Cause Loss cf Life and Proper^ HALF THE CONTINENT INVOLVED Most Widespread Atmospheric Dis turbance in 15 Years Extends From Winnipeg, Canad?, to New Orleans, and From the Rocky Mountains to New York-Gale and Snow In the Northwest. Electric Storms iii the South and Fog in the East. Chicago, Special.-One of the most severe storms of recent years has been raging through the territory lying be tween the Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes since early Tuesda: ra ing and has caused much tro "ie to street car companies, railroads and tel egraphic companies. In its extent the storm was the most widespread of any during the last fif teen years. Counting the fog as a com ponent part of the storm, it stretched clear from the Rocky Mountains to New York abd from Winnipeg to New Orleans. The fatalities reported here as due to the storm are three men killed. They were: Alexander Stein :, a teamster, killed while unloading coal. A coal chute was blown from Its fastenings and struck him on the head, killing him instantly. Thomas Walsh, a laborer, was struck by a heavy board while quartering a new building. The board cut his head nearly off. Frank Kavanaugh was killed at Mun cie, Ind., by an oil derrick falling on him. At 10 o'clock Tuesday night the storm was reported as subsiding at' Kansas City and at other points on a north and South line from thaf>eity. In Chicago and east of here the storm w?s still raging with great viloclty, and was expected to continue through the night, the center of the storm being between Chicago and Cleveland. Reports from Kansas City were that the storm extended from Missouri as far south as Indian Territory and was accompanied throughout its entire length by high winds and snow. In tho Northwest the storm was even more violent. In St. Paul the snow commenced to fall carly Monday night and grow heavier all through the night, while the wind increased until it was blowing fifty miles an hour. Thc heavy snow and the gale worked havoc with the wires, and some passenger trains ] from the Pacific coast were reported) as twenty-four hours over due. The storm reached westward from St. Paul until it covered almost the entire Northwest. .,. In. the.-SOULU.,,conditions y/erje^mc "V,.'X'S *h'?/~'T>?^^ftSK oe?ng changea ro a* :xL?ayy^:?t^i&?\ which was preceded by thu''der- ant?"1 lightning and followed by:.higir:.wiii(1sv;.; Nashville. Louisville. New "Oriesh's.-' Montgomery and Memphis all reported exceedingly heavy rains, a rapidly . fall ing thermometer a url terrific winds. : In the Ohio river valley the first ; heavy rain in five months commenced ; failing carly in ti)c day and continued i throughout the night. The storm was | appreciated by the boatmen along thc j Ohio and its tributaries, for t'-.c fc-uige of water in these streams has of late been very low. The storm struck Chicago shortly af ter noon and increased with great rapidity until it had assumed hurri cane violence at 5:30 o'clock, when the wind tore through the downtown streets at the rate of 72 miles^an hour. lt fell awaj after that and by 7 o'clock had dropped to 50 miles an hour, where it remained throughout the night. In the evening the mercury dropped from 34 to ll. The late reports from Wisconsin are that the storm was the most severe experienced in that section of Hie country. Damage in the city of Madison is estimated at S100, 000. In Indiana the damage done by the storm was especially heavy in the oil fields, where fully five hundred derricks were blown down and all operations suspended. Loss on derricks aione In the neighborhood of Muncie, is placed at $200,000, and at $50,000 around Port land. Peculiar Pistol Accident. S^Atlanta, Special-Max Silverman. traVeNfng salesman for a Nev/ Yor? n0USe/\\sin thc Grady Hospital ben in a serious*seonditioii with the pape" wadding rroma\bbnk pistol cartridge in his righi lung. aVi? a result of bavins been accidentally sh>ftf? by Sol Grooc zinskw The accidents one of the most peculiar the ~ospit\l authorities have had to deal with forborne time. Thc pistol was fired at a elrose rang?, and so great, was the force o? the shel that, the wadding from the sHiell wert entirely through Silverman'sN^th^ck clothing tore through tho body ?rn>?" penetrated thc right lung. Physicians are not yet able to tell whether ttye wound will prove fatal. Dutch Wont Lend Naval Base. The Hague, By Cable.-The report that Holland will place Sabang in tfe Straits Settlement, 20 miles north pf Malacca, at the disposition of the Rus sian second Pacific squadron, as report ed from Tokio, in a dispatch to TJie London Times, is devoid of foundation. It is learned in official quarters that Holland will observe the same strict neutrality in her colonies as at home, and that neither Sabang nor any oth?r points in the Dutch Indies will he placed either directly or indirectly at the disposal cf the belligerents. "Tom Watson's Magazine." Albany, N. Y., Special.-Thomas E Watson, of Thompson. Ga., the candi date of the People's party for Prcsi-f dent at the last election, incorporat$! with the Secretary cf State a stock company called Tom Watson's Ma|; zinc, for the purpose of publishing n*d circulating a monthly literary per/<di; cal of that name. Thc corporation 's capitalized at 5125.000, divided' i-to 12.GOO shares. ' Company Asks Position. Washington. Special.-GeneroLJd'i1' son. chairman of tho'inru_|MM M" mittee. received a requ^? ~ . But. C. B. Ballard, in r0?'JMHB.v Bf111-' IC, Birmingham, Almas??.-.' ;THacc in the desires to ^represent! of Many, Newsy ?terns Gathered Fr all Sections. General Cotton Market. Middli Galveston, steady. New Orleans, easy. Mobile, firm._ Savannah, quiet . Charleston, quiet . Baltimore, nominal . New York, quiet. Boston, quiet . Philadelphia, quiet_,,_i... ? % Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices pai wagons: Middling. ;.... Tinges .GV2 S:ains .Gya to 6 - "?t? ; City School Superintendents.! Columbia,.. Special.-The second and .??st session of thc Association of the City School Superintendent-- was held iii the parlors of Hotel Jerome Wed nesday morning and the reading of papers and their discussions was re sumed at 9:30. ?The first topic considered was "Com "r?alsory Education;" The discussion vras opened, by Mr. ?\ C; Walton of Anderson, who made an earnest plea for compulsory education. ?.Inteiestlng discussions followed, the sentiment being in favor of compul fory education. j Mr. Nathan Toms of Darlington then read a thoughtful paper on "High j-Qiocl and College Coordination." The discussion that followed this poper brought out many valuable sug gestions with reference to this great and important question. ^'"The Necessity of Drill Work in ?fcatin," was the next subject on the programme. Thc discussion was ,opened by Mr. A. R. Banks of Lan- , caster, who argued forcibly in favor .of , i&atin in the High school and-Oj^thof -"o?ghi drill work in this subject! "Religious instructions in - P], Schools," was the next subject oi program rn em and was opcne&?^pL H. rf. Dreher in a timely riisjgmg^ : A great deal of interc3i^?as mani fested in statistics prepped n^affi? Drher to show the sad fact r&^tp?" children cf the secular schools*??%?$.f familiar with the Bible. Twenty questions were sub?hit||4$? one sect Inn of thc eifsii^>?t?^&i?* Columbia High schoxjl^bnslsi&g^23 girls and ll^ofsS^i>The resp?,*-0 Avere such a^^B'^'xai^^l^'^^ of a nrJ^Wv<pd]:r^ 'The answers giv?^^'*^||?y':f^ahces wore startling and ^pftTCtic on account of their ab sui'"'ty.^,Ti--^pij^g?rs were all marked r??d^-adcnJ^i:-.?;rage for the class 0^S*^*^|^?p^^t|iT.n 50 per cent. ;bu?<?Ql:~t?'pb?slbrdjdw. -\Followiiig are\ -tS?--.flaes't?bns-'wld^'l?li?? graded school ?0i \^^0jm?f^^^^ t : ir'N?nie'th^' wb^inlaYn on which the ark rested. :\ Why were the Egyptians afflicted with plagues? 3. Name five of the plagues? .1. What was thc Passover? 5. State- t?io circumstances under which the ten commandments were given to man. ii. How \v:is Jericho captured? 7. How did Absalom meet his death? S. Wh.it remarkable tiling happened at Belshazzar faun? !); Who wrote most of the Psalms? 1,0; Who wrote the Book of Pro verb.?? 11. Who went to heaven without dy ing? 12. Name the last Book of tho Old Testamen i ? 13! Is i i i o Cook of Mehrows ir. the Old or the New Testament? 1!. Naine live miracles recorded in Old Testament? 15. Five in the Nov.- Testament. 1U. What was Herod's greatest crime? 17. Hov.* was Saul of Tarsus con verted? IS. Who presided al the trial of Christ? 19. What was the transfiguration? 20. Have you read through the New Testament ? Elected bishop. Thc Rev. William T. Manning, vicar cf St. Anne's Church. Trinity Parish-, New York City, has been elected Bish op of the new Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg. Pa. He is forty years of age, is a native of England, a graduate of the University of the aouth, Sewanee, Tenn., and was form erly in charge of a Church in Nash ville. Tragedy at Cheraw. ChjysMK,-"Special.-Cheraw had a fa "t??T accident as its quota of Christmas casualties. Saturday night a number of persons were in the store of Mont gomery & Croxton. A party was stand ing in thc rear uf the store discussing thc danger of pistol carrying. Mr. L. B.. Croxton in a spirit of levity, it is sain, tn scare the crowd, pointed his pistol behind him and fired. A negro, man named Ben Perry, who was sit ting on a sack back of the group and who had not been noticed, began to complain. On examination it was found that he was shot through the stomach. Every attention was given to him, but he died on Sunday mom Capt. French's Death Accidental. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Special.-An in vestigating board of the seventh cav alry appointed by Colonel Pearson concluded tho investigation of the cause of death of Capt. Howard W. French, ?yvho was found dead with a bullet through his heart on Tuesday. While. th? hoard refused lo give oi?t its fmO ines until it is sent to the War Depart-^ mcnt, it is understood that accidental killing was thc verdict. Mews of the Day. The Government of Chili projects the building of a large rolling mill. Ad dress thc Ministerio dc Industrial y Obras Publicas, Chili. Tivy say in New fork chat Russell v...... ?3 aii?iii the uul? ri'-'ii mah of that -itv wiio hap liol in the pas! month or . !,<i-:i ; (:..:;?cjj for uvcrspeeding an auto O? ignoring ?io i ra fl ic regulations. Mr. ?n?c comes down-town about three times a week nowadays. Of late he has taken lo an auto, but it is no? thought probable that he will be beaten by the speed mania. of Port Arthur. The news that the Russian forces at Port Arthur have been reduced to such a strait that at last the heroic com mander has been forced to propose surrender followa upon a month of re v?, jes. The siege began almost with the firing of the first gun in the war, .now nearly ll months ago, and whefcj perhaps the greatest stronghold in the' world was garrisoned by 40,000 Russian, soldiers, supported by a formidable squadron of modern battleships,~crui(5~-| ers and torpedo boats. These . War ships have been destroyed or dlsp'^5^ until but a few torpedo boats ;?marn in the harbor. Th? &av|;ifi^^.rlatest accounts, had been redu?^jv;^^"011 15,000 men. On Deced^i^? (2?3~ Metre) Hill, was (?i^^?^16 Jap" anese. On Dez?mb%rs^Jjff?the ^*ast van fort<was*^p#Py them and the Rihlungi?i^^ December 29. From thertfoilrtof$||^i; of East Keek" wan ev.e?&|^|^%. listening to ward?<^^M^??^I^r on December J?wi?ntain fell into the jpels?egers and only a few the "H" fort, another Jbsltion was captured. lIppT?e report that the non-combatants Tot Port Arthur had been accorded asy lum behind Llao Tie Mountain may have been an indication that the Jap anese commander foresaw that the sur render of th? Russians within a very brief time was assured Think Fortress' Fall N??f, Tokio, Ey Cable.-Following the dramatic capture of Sungshu Moun tain Saturday morning^ the Japanese Sunday captured "H" fort and a recent ly constructed fort on Pan Lung Moun tain, which gives them possession of .the entire Hine between Rihlung Moun I tain and "H" fort by way of Pan Lung Mountain. Sirnpiiltaneously, the ex I treme Japanese right, p??8?ifis---r??t.h. along Pigeon Bay, captured the heights south of Housanyentao. A telegram received late Sunday from the beseiging army says: "Part of the center, dislodging the- enemy occupied 'H' fort at 7 o'clock this morning and also captured a new fort on Pan Lung Mountain. Thus the line between Rihlung Mountain and 'H' fort via fan Lung Mountain fell firm 1 ly into our hands. "Part of our right, which commenced a bombardment at 8 o'clock this morn ing and dislodged the enemy, who re sisted stubbornly, firmly occupied a height south cf -?Honsanyentao at 2 o'clock." News of the continuance of Japa nese successes at Port Arthur is re ceived with elation in Tokio. It ls known that the Japanese losses were comparatively light, lt is believed here that the Russian garrison is finally reaching its limits of strength, endur ance and numbers. Tho Emperor and Emperess held a brilliant New Year's ceremony at the palace Sunday. From early in the morning they received in audience Japanese statesmen and peers and naval and military officer !, who of fered their homages in order of pre cedence. Thc muro prominent officials received the diplomatic corps at 2 o'clock, p. m. Shot Out Boy's Zyes. Newport News. Special.-Fred West inghouse, the small boy who W?S p?'ot yesterday at. Oriana by tho.premature explosion of a gun "-?ich was bois-g loaded by a m^ro. will lose his eye sight as a result of the accident. The shot struck him full in ibo face, de stroying both eyes. Police Officer Shot. Charlotte, Special.-Rural Officer S. E. Cole, of Belmont Park, was killed Sunday afternoon at half-past 5 o'clock by a negro, Will Springs. The homicide was committed at the railroad crossing near Sugar Creek church and within 200 yards of Zion negro church. Mr. Cole's-son-in-law, Mr. H. B. Nabors, a ; machinist at Liddell's, was there and was shot also. How seriously he was wounded (Joes not yet appear; it seems though, that he is not much hurt. Mr. Cole was attempting the arrest of a negro for the larcet^ of a bicycle be longing to another negro. Chadwick Not Arrested. ?ew'^^W?- Special.-Dr. Leroy S. Chadw-ic^utisband of Cassie L. Chad wick ;*?ived in this country Satur day on>the steamship Pretoria, ran the gauntlet of big crowds which had wait ed for hours to see uim, was haled to Hoboken police headquarters and to thc recorder's court, and finally left for Cleveland, not as a prisoner, but a3 the guest of Sheriff Barry, who had come from Ohio with a warrant foi the doctor's arrest which he did not serve. Odds and Ends. Thoughtfulness doubles the value of a gift and often halves its cost There is nothing harder on the nerves or worse for the clothes than packing water on both shoulders. When God has buried your sins it la 'n to dig them up again, even thc it bc only to show them to yi Thc man who made thi of himself at to denounce une uanoacL Jtteceiveu, and more coming in, which includes the following HOLIDAY GOODS. Soys wagou3, Goat carts. Hobby Horses. Shoo-Flya Velocipedes and Tricycle. A large au i flue assortment worth selling. Seven cases of Chase's fine piush and baaver]rob93 from $1.25 td" $25.00. Remember the Babcock vehicles. Sole Agent. AUGUSTA, GA. Farrand Organs The B ese in the world. The Factory does three quarters of a million dollars worth of business a year. Quality consid?r?e! they are~A tde CHEAPEST ORGANS made. Over fifty now in . stock. Terms accommodat ing. Write me before buying elsewhere. Other magnifi cent organs in appearance at Forty-Five Dollars, with stool and box. Freight paid J. A. Holland NINETY SIX, S. C. W. J. RutherfoM & Co. MANUFACTURERS Q.F\ AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Cll Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. Corner Reynolds tmd Washington Streel Augusta, THIS SPACE IS TAKEN BY The Leading Grocers of Augusi ARRINGTON BRO! COMPANY, 839 Broad J^SfTW. F. SAMPLE of Saluda Cc H. H. SCOTT, JR., of Edgcfield County an and want to see you. Wagons FURNITUR, Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons just received. Our BtockoFfarm-k&&-a?-?-h&??Q' is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CAS! always on hand. All calls for our Hearse ly responded to. All goods sold on a smal gin ol'profit. Call to see me, I will sai money. O-ICO. IP. GOS Johnston,_South WE make our annual Fall bow to the Ed? pers and request them call to s< in Augusta. DRY GOODS; ^8 from staple Dome] Goods, the prices MILLINERY! ment is filled v? styles. ^ CLOTHING : 82.00 to SIS 00. also large si Walking suits. Great BargaS Finest line of Men's Pan? mr big values iii Blanke SHOES cannot be excel