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THE [PLANTER'S ;IOAN AND [SAVINGS ?BANK. [AUGUSTA. GA "Xi erest \ 08it8. i Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. h. C. HATNK, President. CHAS. C. HOWABD,< Cashier. VOL. 69 5 ! THE NATIONAL BANK * , OF AUGUSTA' J i L. CJHAYNE, FRANK G. FORD. J ! President. Casbier.\ I CAPITAL $250,000. i , Surplus ) \ ? Undivided Profits. $125,000 * k Our New Vault contains 410 Safty-Lock T Boxes, which we offer to our patrons and ^ 1 thc public at three to teu dollars per annum. M NO. 10. Kill Distinguished Party From the North Greeted by Prominent Southerners SOME SPLENDID SPEECHES MADE Meeting at Columbia Open? With a Cordial Address of Welcome by Gov ernor Heyward, Followed by the An ?ua| Address of Mr. Robert C. Og? den. President of the Conference. Columbia, S.; a. SpeciaL-The Con ference for ' Education in the South opened its eighth annual session here Wednesday, with a -large attendance of leading educators from both North and South present. 'The Ogden traiu, containing a party of - ladies and gentlemen from New York, Boston, Washington and other Northern cities,. arrived at 3:10 p. m., and the visitors are being entertained - an various homes in the city to which they have been invited. The-' party 4 lumbers ninety-five, being educators, literary men and women and business men interested in education. They came in on a special of ten Pullman cars, chartered by Mr. Robert C. Og den, of New York. The memoers of the party are his guests for a nineteen day trip to different points in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. During their stay in Columbia, they as well as the many hundreds of other .visitors^--maihly "from the Southern States, are guests of the city of Co lumbia, A party consisting of the may . or of the city, the State Superintend ent of Education, Editor Gonzales, of The Columbia State, two professors of the South Carolina College and several other prominent citizens of Columbia, met the party at Hamlet, N. C? and'es corted it into the State. Every train coming into the city brings from all parts of the^South visitors to the con ference. The conference opened its first ses sion here with an address of welcome by Governor rx C. Heyward. The Governor said in part: GOVERNOR HEYWARD'S SPEECH. "Today throughout the entire South the schoolhouse bell is ringing. It nings from the university on the hill ?nd it rings from the little school house by the roadside, and to you teachers who are present at this con ference from'our sister States of the South and from every portion of our own State, ? wish to say that in wel coming you I must also congratulate you upon the great work you have done. I believe that you have ac complished more during the past forty years along educational lines than has ever been accomplished by any peo "pie, in the same length of .time. No people have ever. worked so well or v under the same conditions, and ; in ; your . work you -haye . been accorded' 30yal-;snpp?rt^y?iyo?r\people. " Ih-'t?eir. ^^?tf;0>l;p?V^ " prosperity 'the tax-payers of the South have shown a willingness. and a de sire^o'staS^?ms?lv?s "to support the' schools, not only for their own children ~the white, children of .the South-r but also for the children of anotder . and dependent race. Though often misunderstood, they have never let their hearts fail them; they have never Hooked backward, but always forward, .and today .we can see in university and in college, in graded school and in common school, in better teachers and longer terms, a happy and prosperous people-aye. in smiling fields and grow - lng cities, the result of their courage and determination. "In welcoming you to South CaFolini I welcome you to a State which has always had a deep interest in the cause in which you are enlisted. With us, the modern schoolhouse stands, beside the college of a century. From the earliest history of our State our peo ple have prized learning and cultiva tion. Before the Revolution, South Carolina sent her sons to Oxford and to Cambridge. Shortly after the Revo lution we began to build colleges and to establish public schools. . The "first library in America to be supported "ini . any degree at the public^expense was" that established inv-Charleston in 1689. IMPORTANCE OF ?DUCATION REA LIZED. "I am sure, however, it needs no ar jgument to convince you that the imp?t tance of education in its highest sense has ever been realized by our people. The facts that I have just, cited that before we had colleges of our own we sent our sons abroad, and the further fact that almost within sound of our voices stands South Carolina College over 100 years old-these will show the spirit that animated our ancestors. "As to what we are doing today for the sons and daughters of. South Caro lina, I; have but to point you to the number of colleges ot o^.. State, and to our growing system of graded and public schools. The State supports ?Winthrop College-for Womens andJ South Carolina College, the Citadel and' Clemson for young men, and also a State college for negroes. In addition to this, each religious denomination supports one or more colleges which are doing excellent work. There are j also many private: colleges,, several of which are well endowed. Contributing to these is. our system of graded and common schools. Our State constitu tion requires that the General Assem-, bly shall provide for a liberal system of free public schools for children be tween the ages of 6 and 20 years, and the constitution imposes an annual tax exceeding one-half of our entire State tax for general purposes. With ns the fight to allow school districts to levy a special tax has already been won; it is incorporated in the organic law of the State, and we are now extend ing the battle lines to the various dis tricts, 400 of which have already exer cised this prerogative. New. victories are constantly being gained along this line, and within the next few years "we confidently hope to greatly enlarge our army of educational progress. '^During the past year we built 175 . school houses,; and we improved and equipped many more. These buildings ranged in cost from, $300 to- $40,000 apiece, and in 'this equipment are in cluded -SOO-: libraries. Two ' thousand an<f frve^huhdrea" of our teachers last year attended, summer schools^u order to better equipthemselves for their great work. It will require no prophet, my friends, to predict that, should we beJigairi so. fortunate within the?next few years as to welcome you within the confines of. thisv State, your eyes .Witt behold vast improvement in our educational jand - industrial aff ai rs. "Pardon me for this apparent digres-. sion^ which I hope will prove tb you the interest we feel in you and in your ?worlc; 2 ?et ' me give you some added welcome to our State and to our cap- j ffei city. In tharne of; .thereat jaus?. which brings you here; In th? aame of every school and eollege. In .he State; in the name of thos? high interests which it is your mission to serve; in behalf of the people of our 3tato> and especially in behalf of the people of our capital city, I welcome rou, ladies and gentlemen, to South Carolina." At the conclusion of the Governor's iddress of welcome the adh??? ad iress of Mr-. R?bfcrl G. ?gden, presi lent of th? conference, was delivered. PRESIDENT OGDEN'S-ADDRESS In the opening Mr. Ogden spoke at some length bf the.objects and history )f the conference.;- Although this con ference, he said, has no ???cation body )f authority, it yet has' a- very ? de>rp community of interest with the South on Educational Board, the General Sducation Boa?d, and in a lesser de cree with the board of trustees of the Peabody fund, and the board vi trus tees of the Slater fund. These several Doards are so thoroughly co-ordinated md sympathetic that every facility created by any is at the command of 2ach and the commonage of aim is so perfect that waste hy duplication or competition is impossible. The work )f these hoards and funds having been Driefly dealt with, the speaker spoke jf what had been accomplished; It is the leadership pf the child that we fol low here, he said, inspiring this great company more tha^ curiosity, possible ?ntertainment. or, social fellowship-is :he .interest* pf the child;" And it was lust the preparaci?n of this pervasive influence that awaited the advent of :he new movement for educati m which was unfolded in the triple all.ance of :he conference and the two hoards. This movement came at the psycho logical moment. . Throughout this Southland, isolated and lonely, many able, thoughtful, well informed and solitary souls were brooding over the needy conditions of certain localities with which experience-;has -madevthem painfully familiar. And with the per ception of need was associated a con scious helplessness and vague, indef inite hopefulness, or was this condi tion of mind solely confined to the iso lated and obscure? Men of large pub li s affairs, women .socially - prominen t, were beith' equally,- anxious and sadly doubtful. Here a. voice had been raised, there a little local effort had been started, and beyond this the pro phets wrere beginning both persuasion and provision. Then followed the awakening of the earnest and anxious thinkers. A strength of association was promptly created. Symptoms of many sorts indicated the educational epiphany that has commanded the ad miration and respect of educators throughout tho land, the encourage ment of progressive citizens, the in terest of statesmen. Certain facts may be briefly outlined. PROGRESS 07 LOCAL TAXATION. Local ta-ation for education has made great progress, notably in Ala bama. South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. The constitution of the State of Georgia has been so amended as to facilitate local taxation for schools. The increase of public appropriations both tornT ch States an1* - ' '-1 ha? tha; quf an* teri ed . ter. the proved, and compensation increased to meet the longer term and better service. Laws against nepotism in education have been passed and thus a beginning has been made in the removal of a corrupt and debasing influence upon education. This is an incident in the divorce of public education from poli tics-an end most devoutly to be de sired. Perhaps the most encouraging single element of progress is found in the formation cf local and State or ganizations of citizens and educators ror the promotion of public interest in education.~ In .the. cities of Virginia h'rge audiences of thc best people have been assembled by the commis sion to wait upon the teachings of men whose souls are awake to the needs of the children and whose tongues have been touched with the holy fire from the altar of public ser vice. Such, meetings have been hold ^is?wn?c"ff.-:with;-.-sttccess and power. I Edt Virginia's leadership is exception .al in persistence and thoroughness. . No doubtful curiosity of suspicion lurks in the background ; no academic seclusion, no intellectual superiority, no cloistered-.exclusiveness now di vides'Jiigher from popular education in the; South. - ' Other prominent educators made splendid addresses. The meeting yiras Ja?~ eminent success in every partial l?r. Second Day's Session. The second day's session of thc great educational conference was .marked by exceptionally, strong ad dresses by notable speakers. - At the Superintendents' Conference the State Superintendents of tho .fol lowing States "were present: South Carolina, North Carolina/ Georgia. Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and Ar ^kansas. .Jlach of these spoke on dif ferent phases of the recent progress of 'education in the Southern States. Columbia, S. C., Special.-The Con ference for Education in the South closed its sessions here Friday, and the conference adjourned subject to the call of the executive committee. At the morning session of the confer ence, Mr. Robert C. Ogden, of New York, was unanimously chosen presi dent; Chas. B. Aycock, former governoi of Nor.th Carolina, was chosen vice president. The following executive committee was elected to serve the en suing year: . S. C. -Mitchell, Virginia; Sydney J. Bowie,- Alabama; R. R. Cousins, Tex as; Clarence H. Poe, North Carolina; D. G. Caldwell, Louisiana; C. P. Gibson Georgia; R. H. Jesse, Missouri; Dr. I. ?. Jenkins, Kentucky; S. A. Mynders Tennessee; J. H...aiineman, Arkansas; D. B. Johnson, South Carolina. The other officers of the conference elected were: Secretary, B. J. Bald win, Alabama; treasurer, W. A. Blair Winstoh-Salem, N. C. The following resolution adopted bj the Association of Southern States Su perintendents'of Education, at its meet ing on April- 2&; is given-out for thc first time: .-. ? "Resolved" that the Association ol Southern- - State > Superintendents' o? Public .Instruction.'desires to express its appreciation of the valuable wort of the 'Southern Educational Board,"it co-operation with-.the.educational/au thprlties-of the States,, and of-, the, spirit in which the work has been done for the past three years; and also tc express, gratification at.the provisior for the continuance of this co-opera tive work." - All the Southern States are represent ed' except Tennessee, Mississippi and' Virginia. Mtv Ogden, .-in &,brief and expressive speech, then pronounced the CQuferenc? adjourn_eck> s j SPECIAL IS WRECKED Ogden Party Thoroughly Shaken Uj in Fatal Collusion THE LIST OF DEAD AND WOUNDEE Rounding a Curve In the Yard Limit* ot the Southern Railway at Green ville, S. C., the Train Bearing the President of the Conference for Edu cation and His 1?O Guests Crushes Into the Rear of a Freight. Greesnvile, s. C.. Special.-While ' rounding a curve in the yard limits ol the Southern railway at Greenville and running at an estimated speed ol 50 miles, an hour, the special Pullmac train-bearing Robert C. Ogden and IOC members of the' Southern Conference ? for Education, crashed into the reai end of a freight at 7:55 oclock this morning; killing four persons' and in juring a score, of. others. None of Mr. Ogden's guests were killed. The dead are: Charles M. Cope, white, brakeman of the special, Columbia, S. C. John Little, W. W. Cummings and J. F. Hayne, negro employes on thc dining car St. James. The injured are: Prof. Henry W. Farnham, Yale Uni versity; arm broken and cut on head: and Mrs. Henry W. Farnham, badly bruised about head and arms. St. Clair McKelway, editor of The Brooklyn Eagle, bruised on back and shoulder. Dr. Julius D. Dreher, former presi dent of Roanoke college, cut on the head. Robert M. Ogden, secretary to Pres ident Ogden, cut on hand and head bruised. Mrs. J. G. Thorpe. Cambridge, Mass., cut and bruised on head. Bishop W. N. McVickac, of Provi dence, R. I., bruised-. James Hunter, engineer on special, leg and arm broken. Walter Kershaw, electrician on spec ial, ear and head cut. Conductor Edward Acker, bruised. John F. McCoy, agent Pennsylvania railroad, gash on head. R. Shull, negro cook on St. James, cut on arm. George Williams, waiter on diner Waldorf, bruised. ^-:-. r.aii* r lil j Ul <_rvi \ - car* ou A. ? v*. ~. -_ My impression is that the case is ? bad one and needs drastic treatment. "ROBT. C. OGDEN." Governor Heyward replied as fol lows: "Robert C. Ogden, Greenville, S. C.: I have referred your telegram to the railroad commission, who will imme diately investigate wreck. Coroner's inquest will be held by county author ities." Making Investigation. Greenville; Special.-Prof. Farnar, of Yale University, and Mrs. Farnar, who were injured in the wreck of the Ogden speciai, are both resting easily in a sanitarium here. It has not been decided when hey will be able to trav el, but the attending physicians say not before Tuesday.. Electrician Ker shaw, also injured in the wreck and detained here, is doing well. Assistant ' General. Superintendent H. Baker and Division Superintendent McManus, of the Southern, are here, and an investigation of. the cause of the accident is being held behind closed doors. Sixteen Killed in Texas Storm. Laredo, Tex., May 1.-Later deatils from the tornado, which struck this city Friday evening indicate that first reports in circulation here were by no means exaggerated, either as to the number.vOfvlives lost or the.financial damage resulting. Scores of people were injured and are being attended by the various physicians. It-' will be impossible to state tho number of the injured, but it is not belived that may deaths will result from injuries. The number killed is sixteen in this city. Sentence Commuted. a I St. Petersburg, By Cable.-An im perial reSw.ipt summons Count Voron tzoff-Dashkoff, viceroy in the Caucas us, to the council of the empire and appoints him a member of tho council of ministers, and charges Baron Noble, Secretary of State, to represent the viceroy in the council's declarations. A rescript commutes the sentences of the officers concerned in the incident of the firing during the ceremony of theblessing of the waters of the Nevo. Russians Sighted. Hong Kong, By Cable.-The steamer Stettin, which has arrived here, sight ed from thirty to forty vessels of the Russian Second Pacific Squadron in Hongkohe Bay, Annam, (about fifty miles north of Kamranh Bay,) Thurs day afternoon. Two cruisers, which had their decks stacked with coal, signalled the Stettin to stop, and ques tioned her. - The fleet was preparing for sea. St. Paul Globe Suspends. . St. Paul, Special.-The St. Paul Globe; after Sunday's edition, will sus pend ,.business. The Globe was the only/Democratic morning daily in Minnesota, and it was the recognized oigan of its party both in State and in municipal affairs. The reason an nounced by the paper for its suspen sion was that, in spite of its large circulation, it was not properly patron^ -ized by advertisers, . TO PENSION PROFESSORS. Muniflcient Gift of Andrew Carnegi For The Purpose of Assisting Needy Ex-Teachers. New York, Special.-A gift of $10, 000,000 by Andrew Carnegie to provide annuities for college professors who are not able to continue in active service, sv?s announced by Frank A; V?nderlip, vice pr?sident of the National City Bank, of New York. Professors in the United States, Canada and Newfound land will share in the distribution of ihe income of the fund. United States 3teel Corporation 5 per cent, first mortgage bonds for $10,000,000 have been transferred to a board of trus tees, and steps will be taken at once to organize a corporation to receive the donation. Dr. Pritchett, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Techno logy, and Mr. Vanderlip have been se lected by Mr. Carnegie to obtain data on the subject, to be presented at the first meeting of the board of trustees, which will take place on November 15th. The bonds have a par value of $11,000,0.00 and will produce an annual income of $500,000. The corporation which is being formed will be styled 'the Carnegie Foundation." Mr. Carnegie's secretary has sent a letter to the press, giving the forego ing information and inclosing a letter from Mr. Carnegie, dated April 18th, which says, in part: "I have reached the conclusion that the least rewarded of all professions is that of the teacher in our higher edu- I cational institutions. . New Lork city generously, and very wisely, provides retiring pensions for teachers in her public schools and also for her police men. Very few, indeed, of our col leges are able to do so. The conse quences are grievous. Able men hesi tate to adopt teaching as a career, and many old professors, whose places should be occupied by younger men, cannot be retired." Mr. Carnegie says that the fund will apply to universities, colleges and technical schools "without regard to race, sex, creed or color;" but not to institutions supported by State or colonial governments. Another class excluded is sectarian institutions. "On ly such as are under control cf a sect, or require trustees, or a majority there of, or officers, faculty or students to belong to any specified sect, or which impose any theological test, are to be excluded." Mr. Carnegie specifies the dulies of the trustees, and concludes with the hope that "this fund may do much for the cause of higher education and to remove a source of deep and con stant anxiety to the poorest paid, and fyet one of the highest, of all profes sions.'^ Among those named as trustees are Presidents Edwin B. Craiehea(L_of-Tiu_ auait, uear mg Run, Friday night. The mine ls owned by the Rochester and -Pittsburg Coal and Iron Co. The night shift was small or there would have been more fatalities. Every man who was in the mine at the time of the explosion, except one, was kill ed. Three bodies have been recover ed. The men were English speaking and resided at Eleanora., a small min ing village two miles from the shaft. Great College For Tennessee. Columbia, Special.-Wyckliffe Rose, dean of the Peabody college at Nash ville, made thc announcement here that the $S00,000 required of Tennessee, had been raised to match the $1,000,000 the Peabody board voted on the 24th of last January for the establishment of a teachers' college at Nashville, on the condition that Tennessee raise $800,000. Of this amount. $250,000 comes from the State and $50,000 from Davidson coun ty, the home of the proposed college, which will be the largest teachers' school in the South. In addition to the $1,800,000 thus available for the institution, J. P. Morgan has made an offer of $250,000, provided a similar amount is raised. Visible Supply of Cotton. New Orleans, Special.-Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visi ble supply of cotton, issued Friday, shows the total visible to be 4,141,621 bales, against 4,798,989 bales last week and 2,931,311 bales last year, Of this, the total of American cotton is 2,911, 621 bales, against 2,944,989 bales last week and 836,311 bales last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, 'Brazil, India, etc., 1,230,000 bales, against 1,235.000 bales last week and 1,095,000 bales last year. Of the world's visible supply of cot ton, there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe 1,996,000 bales, against 1,CC8,000 bales last year. Peonage Case Dismissed. Jacksonville, Fla., Special.-Judge Locke, of the Federal Court, issued an order sustaining a demurrer to an indictment against John W. Bennet and Richard Bennet, of Bradford coun ty, who were indicted on the charge of holding Maggie Williams in peonage July 1, 1903. All parties are white, and the Bennets prominent citizens. Judge Locke's order virtually dismisses the case. This is the only case of alleged peonage ever brought in Florida. Death on N. & W. Train. Roanoke, Special.-Captain Thomas Alderson, an extensive planter, of Dev il's Lake, N. D" died suddenly on a Norfolk & Western train west of Roan oke Friday night. He left here for his home, apparently in good health. He was a native of Pennsylvania, and dur ing the region of the "Molly Maguires" in 1875-76, he was chief of detectives for the coal operators around Potts ville, Pa. Later he came to Virginia, and was prominent in coal mining. The remains will be interred in Roanoke. $250,000 Saw Mill. White Springs, Fla., Special.-The saw mill of R. J. and B. F. Camp, one of the largest concerns of the kind in Florida, was burned here Thursday, with the dry kiln, veneering mill, com missary and 2,000,000 feet of lumber. The fire spread to the neighboring houses and several of them were de stroyed. The loss will reach at least $250,000. Sir Thomas Lipton Uias invaded Paris. He has opened, a store, in the ?Place de l'Op?ra, PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest In Various Parts of the State, CHARLOTTE COTTON MARKET. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict gocd middling ._ 7 1-4 G??od middling . 7 1-4 Strict iniddling . 7 1-4 Tinges . 6 to 6 3-4 Stains^.-. 5.00 to 6.00 GENERAL COTTON MARKET. Middling. Galveston, quiet. 7 3-8 NT?w ?rleans, firm . 7 316 Mobile-, steady . 7 1-S Savannah, steady. 7 1-8 Charleston, quiet .7 Norfolk, steady . 7 3-8 Baltimore, nominal . 7 1-2 New York, quiet.7.55 Boston, quiet . 7.55 Philadelphia, steady."-. 7.80 Houston, steady . 7 1-4 Augusta, steady . 7 5-16 Memphis, steady . 7 3-8 St. Liuis, quiet ...". 7 7-8 Louisville, firm.7 5-8 Union Schools. Union; Special-"The indications are :hat ithe enrollment of pupils in the ;rade|^schools of Union will this year 3xceed|;by far the enrollment of last jrear,''|said Superintendent Jeffries to i pre^s representative one day this (veek^'."In fact, i Deluding the night ichoojsll have reason to believe that :he enrollment, will probably reach )ver? $000. As it now is, Union holds :he,:r0ord in South Carolina for the lumbar of children who atteud school ,n proportion to the population. Last Fear-'the enrollment was 1,883 from a population which numbers about 10, )00,:iwnich includes Monarch and Aetna, Dut^doesn't count in Buffalo. "Accord ng io?the national superintendent's di rectoijy received this week, I se-*, that :here*?are but three other places in 3outhf Carolina that have a larger en rollment than Union, namely, Charles :?n?|p?; with about 60,000 population; Dolum'bia 2,833, with about 35,000 in habitants, and in Spartanburg, which I belief claims some 15,000 people, the mrbjfcnent is 2,29s. The figures show .:h?t:?n?jn had 33 more enrolled than ?ad'XJreenville, 103 more than Ander son,-:and 343 more than Sumter, the Dth?'rltowns of the State falling far be low#iiese figures. I have not examined the'd?recto/y very carefully yet, but an examination showed last year that the record-held by Union for the proportion Dfjher population of those who were seolcing an education through her com mon?jschools was not excelled by any 5the'r?'town in the United States. About ."??i^night schools, I find that the at tendance on them is even better than luring the day, and now is something rh or Pithan 200. The work is verv PTI moua. Aue uuiji person injured was John Campbell, aged 20, an operative of Union cotton mills, who was badly bruised about the forehead and hurt intern?lly by the falling walls. The greatest damage was done to the spin uing room on the fourth floor of Union mill No. 2, the southern end of which was blown in for over 100 feet and a big strip of the roof torn off. The many children working there only escaped with their lives by fleeing when they saw the windows beginning to fall in. Eight spinning frames were Injured. The damage is estimated at $5,000. The Beer Dispensaries. The dispensary directors have not yet decided upon their action in re gard to the beer dispensaries. The questions submitted to the attorney general, and upon which an opinion will be given some time this week, are as follows: 1. Whether the State board can, un der the law. give each beer dispenser . a royal instead of a fixed compen i-ation? 2. Whether bottling plants are ille gal? 3. What constitutes drinking on tile "premises?" Fire at Union. Union, Special.-Within twenty-four hours after the storm of Wednesday afternoon struck the city and laid low $10,000 worth of property, Union was again visited by a destructive fire, which started in the stables of Craw ford. Aycock and Deaver, completely destroying the stables, with five other buildings adjoining, and but for ?i change o? wind $50.000 worth of prop erty would have been swept away. The total loss is estimated at $5,000, with some ineurance. The fire originated in thft second story of the stables among hay and other inflammable feed and within two minutes, had spread over the entire building. This is the third destructive fire the city has passed through this year, the total loss of all three heing near $100,000. Had His Skull Fractured. Pickens, Special.-W. R. Taylor, town marshal at Calhoun, was danger ously and probably fatally injured at Calhoun Thursday afternoon. He was in the discharge of his duty, trying to arrest a young man by the name of Barker who is said to have been drink ing. While the arrest: was being made, Spinks Barker, father of the young man, ran up and struck the marshal cn the head with a hoe, fracturing the skull. Died at Lamar. Lamar, Special.-Mr. Mitchell Rey nolds died here on the 20th after sev eral days illness. He was about 79 years old and a veteran of the War Between the Sections. The remains were interred In Newman Swamp cem etery Friday afternoon in the presence of a large crowd. Mr. Reynolds was a prominent farmer and leaves a large family connection. A man who used glue to thicken the gravy in the meat pies he sold at Old ham, England, is now serving a three months' sentence in I he jail there. . Just before General de Sonnar, an Italian Senator, expired on April 8, he had himself dressed in his general's uniform, and all his medals and dec orations. Then he called for a glass of champagne and. with his relatives gathered around his couch, drank to "The King's health and the prosperity of Italy." London's new county hall, on the banks of the Thames, will cover 5.6 PALMETTO CROP CONDITIONS Weather and Crop Conditions as View ed by the Department. The week ending Monday morning, April 24th, averaged much cooler than usual, especitlly during the first three days, with slow rising temperatures until Saturday when a maximum above 80 degrees was recorded id the south eastern counties. The lowest for thfl week was 28 at Greenville on the 18th. The week closed with temperatures considerably below normal. There were general showers and thunderstorms on the 21st, with hail in the central counties, but the rainfall was very light in the extreme western and the southeastern counties, where the need of rain is indicated. There was no damage by hail. Full reports on the damage to fruit, vegetables and field crops by the freeze and frost of the 17th and 18th, indicate severe and extensive injury to peaches, ' anples, plums and other fruits in the western counties, especial ly on low lands where the destruction was practically total; in the central counties and in the commercial peach raising districts the damage was se rious, but not total destruction at any point; while in the eastern and south eastern counties the damage to fruit was slight. Garden truck was largely destroyed in all sections, except in the coast truck regions, where the damage was not material, although thin ice was noted within about tsventy miles of the coast. Corn that was up was nearly all cut .to the ground, but only a small proportion of it will need to hr. re planted. A few reports indicate that wheat and oacs were injured. The large majority reports both grains all right and still promising. Tobacco that was set out was only slightly dam aged Watermelons, cucumbers and like field crops were practically all de stroyed and will be replanted. Many of the correspondents state that it is too early to determine the extent of the damage to peaches as tue fruit is dropping rapidly. ' The weather was generally favorable for farm work and rapid progress was made in cotton planting. It was too cold for favorable germination and growth. Corn looks yellow and sick ly. Early corn is being cultivated; cut worms are numerous in many places. Transplanting tobacco was de layed by the cool weather, but towards the close of the week made fair prog ress. Cotton planting is nearly fin ished in the eastern part of the State and about half finished in the west ern part, where the season is later than usual. J. W. BAUER, Section Director. Prominent Man Arrested. Laurens. Suecial.-As t.hp. result nf u-annies, A. a. ^univan and .W. D. Glenn, on a war rant issued by Magistrate Campbell charging Baldwin with being a mem ber of the alleged mob that killed the negro. The deputies arrived here some time after midnight and committsd Baldwin to jail. He is now in the custody of the sheriff. Application for bail will be made in Columbia by Col. J. W. Ferguson, of the law firm of Ferguson and Featherstone, who have been employed to represent the ac cused. According to thc evidence given at the inquest, a party of men went to McDaniels house late Saturday night and attempted to enter the negro's house through the door, which some member of the crowd opened by un locking with a key in his possession. Instantly the crowd was fired upon by McDaniel; who used a shotgun. The fire was promptly returned with fatal effect. The negro was shot only ono time, thc charge taking effect in the right side. He lived about an hour. After shooting the old man the crowd went upstairs and took McDaniel's two single daughters, Mary Jane and Evi lina. from the house to a nearby wood, where a severe whipping was given each of the women. Five Housebreakers Arrested. Greenville, Special.-Five men com posing a gang of housebreakers, giv ing their names as Walter Sheldon, Earle C. Hurdts. Samuel Levy, T. G. Barber and John Patera, were arrest ed by two police officers. The men, who are charged with burglarizing the Touchstone residence 'at Westminster Sunday night, were found cleverly con cealed in a car of lumber on a siding In the Southern yards. South Carolina Items. W. J. Harley, who shot the negro at Harleyville on Monday, has not been arrested and his whereabouts are not known. The negro, so far as known, still lives. Hampton Zeigler, of Bamberg, who was shot Saturday night by Marion Black, diet! Monday morning. At the post mortem it was found that the bullet had pierced the intestines in three places. No motive for the kill ing developed at the inquest. Both men were drinking at the time of the shooting. Zeigler's dying statement was that there had been no quarrel and he did not know why Black had shot him. The people of Kershaw community were aroused by another alarm of fire at the cotton platform Thursday after noon about 4 o'clock. About 30 bales of cotton on the platform near the cot ton warehouse where the fire occurred some days ago were considerably dam aged. Owing to the promtness and thor oughness of the fire department, the fire was prevented from being commu nicated to the warehouse and to other cotton on the platform. The fire is thought to have originated from the southbound freight train, which had just passed. Charged with Lynching. Chester, S. C., Special.-Messrs. Stewart W. Heath, John T. Stevens, Stephen Welsh and S. Frank Hough, of Kershaw, were arrested here Tues day night by Sheriff Peden on war rants charging them with participat ing in the lynching of the white man, John Morrison, at. Kershaw last Octo ber. The party was detained at the Nicholson Hotel until this morning, when they left for Chester in charge of Deputy Sheriff Carroll. Two white men and a negro were committed to jail in Lancaster county, Saturday, cm the same charge. . FOR THE SEWING ROOM. The Very best dressmakers always begin at the bottom of a bodice when they sew on hooks and eyes, and work toward the top or neck, and they also keep a continuous thread, instead of fastening it at each hook and eye. lt is better practice to alternate the books and eyes wherever practicable, since they are sure to remain more securely fastened than when arranged each kind on one side. A good many amateur dressmakers use the hook and eye tape that can be bought all ready for use, but the best dress makers in particular work, prefer the sew on the hooks and eyes by hand. Always finish off your sleeves be fore sewing them in; overcast or bind the seams and carefully press them open if necessary, also adjust the ..rimmings and finish the sleeves off at the wrists, then the bodice will not get wrinkled and soiled from over much handling. Before finishing the sleeves, however they must be care-* fully fitted to the arm, and the proper length noted; the bodice must be en tirely completed before the sleeves and stock are permanently fastened to place.-Ladies' World. Iron was discovered in Virginia (the first metal found in America) in 1715 Rare violin as a roy. The discovery was made by.R. *1T. Somers of Berkeley, Cal., that a "via lin found by him in his garret among some lumber and given to : bis little son for a plaything bears Steiner's authentic signature and is supposedly of great value. * ' "":. * ; " The violin was used "Dy "an italian"* who worked on a milk'ranch "'formerly operated by Somers...i^yvthe^italian< it wa.? Mt on the place when he went East. " . ' t .".t '.'.-< ?t The violin was-.turned'over to the little Somers boy for a sand shovel. He used it for a day, without injur ing the instrument materially, ?and then its value wasv.discovered by-a university student...' The violin was taken to^San Fran cisco and there pronounced-a genuine Steiner.-New York Herald. America's Godfather. Pa? ilmile o< Signotui* of Amerigo V?spuea Signature of Amerigo Vespucci, ?rom whom America gets its name: BABCOCK'S FI llKS Whitman's Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Blankets Etc. The finest line of Trunks, Satchels^ Traveling Bags and suit cases In the city. 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