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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. %
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'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.
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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