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THE PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. ?AtJOUSTA, GAI VO U 70. Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. I?. G. BATS?, President, OHAS. C. HOWAHD,? Cashier. OPPOSE REGULATION Southern Manufacturers On Record As Unfavorable to Interference RESOLUTIONS OF ATLANTA BODY ?Htw Hampshire Man Leads a Losing Fight-in -Committee Fop President Roosevelt's Programme, and the Convention Unanimously Stood Pat on the Existing Laws, Supplemented by Examination of Railroad Books. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-The National Manufacturers' Association on Wednes . day parsed resolutions upholding the "Stand taken by President Parry, against ; the exercise bv. the national govern ment of rate-making power for the rail -.. roads. "An. interesting fight on the railroad >ate question has been waged behind closed doors and in the hotel corridors ever since the convention began, and ' was hot settled until Wednesday after noon. Both +he executive and resolu tions committees held lengthy meet ings for the consideration supported the position bf President Parry, against the exercise by the government of the ; ratermaking power, taken by him in his annual address. E. B. Pike, of New Hampshire, chairman of the standing committee of the organization on inter state commerce, led the fight in behalf of the exercise of the rate-making power, presenting lengthy resolutions to that effect. This afternoon the reso lutions committee refused to endorse Mr.'Pike's position and presented a .resolution to the convention which was unanimously adopted" with, much ap plause, the advocates of the pending legislation before Congress not press ing their position in the open conven tion. The resolutions follow: .Resolved, That we favor the active enforcement by the legislative depart ment of the general government of all existing laws to prevent the giving or acceptance or rebates or special fav ors (through whatever device) to or by . favored shippers, and we call upon the .inter-State commerce commission to apply all the remedies at their disposal as provided by the original inter-State commerce act and thc Elkins act amending the same. Rseolved, That if the existing laws / for the detection and pnnishr ent of .the giving or acceptance of such re bates are insufficient or defective in . any respect, we favor the enactment of such further legislation as may be "necessary adequately to deal with the g evil and to secure this complete pre vention. : Resolved, That in order to carry into effect the provisions of the foregoing ^resolutions, Congress be asked that H provisions be made for the necessity I examination of the books of. the rail roads and corporations something af ffijter the manner of. the national bank in examinations, for the purpose of de fecting and eliminating special favors and discriminations against the small " and lessfav?raed shippehs,and also that - provision for adequate punishment be . provided for improper, disclosure of confidential information so .gained. Manufacturers Meet. Atlanta, Ga.. Special.-More than 300 bf the 3.000 members of the National Association of Manufacturers, accom panied by 100 ladies, assembled Tues day at the opening.of the tenth an nual meeting of the association.- Rep resentatives from almost every section of the country were present. The im portance of the gathering was indicat ed by the fact that the membership rep resents 'a large majority of the $13, 000,000,000 of invested. capital of the United States, and by -the additional fact that among the questions to he discussed during the three days' ses sion are inter-State commerce and re ciprocity. Statue to. General Forest. Memphis, Tenn., Special.-To the ac companiment of martial music and in the presence of thousands of citizens and visitors, the equestrian bronze" statue of Gen. Nathan B_ Forrest was unveiled Tuesday afternoon in the park that bears the Confederate gen eral's name. The- statue is the work of the Sculptor Niehus. It was cast in Paris. Declares Reports False. Berlin, By Cable-The Foreign Office, replying to an inquiry regarding the excitement at Tokio over the report that German troops had -occupied Hai chou, in the southern part of the Shan tung Pensinula, says the report is wholly incorrect and one of several re ports designed to make it appear that Germany is . attempting in Shantung ?what Russia did in Manchuria. The German government is doing nothing in Shantung outside of fulfilling her treaty agreement with China, which -fact has-been communicated to both the Washington ami . Tokio govern ments, - Two Touch Live Wires. '- Newport News, Va,, Special.-Earl Gilchrist, a telephone lineman, and * Ashley Harris were accidentally elec trocuted. Gilchrist was working on a pole when wires in his hand came in contact with a live wire and he swung from the pole dead. Harris was walk ing on Huntington avenue, when he picked up the end of a broken electric light wire, being instantly killed. Gil christ was a Lynchburg man. Harris was a son of former State Senator Harris, of Americus-, Ga. Both men were unmarried. Getting Ready For Industrial Parlia * ment. Washington, Special.-District Com missioner Henry L. West, who has been elected chairman of the executive committee of the Southern- Industrial . Parliament; Acting Secretary of Agri culture Wfllit N-. Hays, and Dr. Walter C. Murphy, of.this: city, .were in con ference arranging the programme of speakers for the parliaments whit be gins here May 23. Acceptances have been-received from, prominent men of Southern and Northern States. Buying Refrigerator Cars. Chicago, Special-The Rock Island ;Railroad Company has contracted for seventeen hundred refrigerator cars. The recent inquiry into private refrig erator car lines by the interstate com merce' commission .and the conditions revealed are said to be responsive,, which' Vilt inaugurate-Tts own refrig erator tervlc? in the, fruit and produce MANUFACTURERS ELECT OFFICERS Former President Parry Again Unani mously Elected. Atlanta, Special.-The tenth annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers came to a close shortly after noon Thursday, af ter. se lecting New York as the place for the convention ,for 1906. re-electing'D. M. Parry, of Indiana, as president, and ordering that the Association shall be incorporated under the laws of New York State/ Vice presidents, one from each State represented, were named by the States, tho vice-presi dents from the 12 States having thc largest membership in the association constituting, with the president and secretary, the executive committee. After re-electing F. H. Stillman, of New York, treasurer, the roll- of States for vice-presidents resuitctlv??s follows: Alabama, G. B. McCormick; Cali fornia,' H. D. Morton; Connecticut, A. H. Bullard; Delaware, G. R. Hoffech er; Georgia, David Woodward ;-Illi nois, Elliott Durand; Indiana, E. H. Dean; Kentucky, M. C. McNemicher; Louisiana, R. J. ? Words ; Mississippi, G. C. Draper; Michigan, B. T. Skinner; Missouri, M. J. Cleave; New Hamp shire, E. P. Pike; New Jersey, R. J. Jinkins.cn; New York, Ludwig Nissen; North Carolina, D. A. Tompkins; Ohio, Jchn Kirby, Jr.; Pennsylvania, D. C. Ripley; Rhode Island. P. -E. Hays; South Carolina, E. A. Smith; Tennes see, H. L. Chamberlain; Wisconsin, H. S. Smith; Iowa, G. R. Eastabrook. Thc vice-presidents who will consti tute the executive committee will be those from New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michi gan, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecti cut,- Wisconsin, Missouri and Tennes see.' . . ' Cry of "Thieves" in Council. Philadelphia, Special.-Amid scenes of disorder unprecedented in the an nals' of Philadelphia's legislative body, the city council? voted to lease the city's gas works to the United Gas Improvement Company, for a term of 75 years, or the total sum of $25,000, 000, the money to be paid in various amounts before the end of 1907. ' Council Chambers and committee rooms were crowded with excited citi zens, protesting against the lease. The 'climax was reached when the vote in common eouncil was announced after three hours of debate. The moment President Geo. McCurdy announced the vote, a great uproar was started in the gallery, which was crowded to the door."" From all over the gallery came hisses and cries of "Thieves!" The outburst was somewhat startling to the presiding officer, who made a vain effort to euell it. Depends on Rojestvensky. Tokio, By Cable.-The reported de parture of Vice Admiral Rojestven sky from Hon-Koe Bay northward re news the popular expectation of u naval action in the near future. It is believed that Admiral Rojestvensky, having filled his coal bunkers and re supplied his -fleet is now in a condition to assume the aggressive, if he so desires. . It is the opinion of some that Rojestvensky may make a demon stration in the vicinity of the islands of Formosa and the Pescadores^ and then enter the Pacific en route for VladVostock. This is, however, pure ly speculative. Everything depends upon Admiral Rojestvensky's plans, which,, while as yet undisclosed, may include an ?xtended stay in Southern waters. * The General Assembly. Winona, Ind., Special.-Two meet ings were held preliminary to the for mal opening of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. In the audience were Justice Harlan, of the United States Supreme Court, and Wm. Jennings Bryan., Justice Harlan is here to urge the construction of a Presbyterian cathedral at Washington. Mr. Bryan is here to attend the meet ing of the presidents of Presbyterian colleges.' He spoke at the foreign mission conference. Sudden Death From Drinking. Columbia, Special.-A white man about 28 years of age named Charles Christmas died very^suddenly at 140S Wayne street between 5 and 6 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Death is sup posed to have been due to alchohol poisoning, as the man was a hard drinker and was seen to drink a half pint of whiskey just before entering the house where h? lived and where his death occurred. He walked into the house and in a few minutes fell in a fit, and before medical aid could reach him he was dead. Coroner Walker was notified, and after view ing the remains had the body removed to the undertaking establishment of J. M. VanMetre. Dr. Plunkett Moderator. Fort Worth, Tex., Special.-Dr. J. E. Plunkett, of Augusta, Ga., was elected moderator by the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States. S. M. Neel, D. D.f the retiring moderator, delivered his farewell sermon at the -morning session. The afternoon session was devoted to committee reports and other routine work. The question of Union or closer relations with other Presbyterian bodies will come up at this meeting, and it is expected that an interesting debate will take place. Burglar Captured. Chillicothe, Ohio, Special-When Officers Weigand and Maughmer at tempted to arrest a colored burglar, the robber fatally shot Weigand and escaped, although Maughmer fired five shots without eft'?ct. *A posse finally captured the map, who appears tG be a half breed Indian and gives his name as Oscar Evans from Georgia. Telegraphic Briefs. The executive committee of the Pana ma Canal Commission has decided to buy ships as material for the canal in Europe If jthey can be purchased abroad more cheaply than in the United States. The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will meet in Washington on Thursday. Secretary of War Taft is conducting the inquiry Into the charges made by Minister Bowen and Assistant Secre* tory loomis against each other. RUSSIAN WAR BODY Establishment of a Permanent Council of Direction CZAR TAKES IMPORTANT STEP Existing Counsel of War Has .Proved * Unsatisfactory and Will Be Super seded by a New Body, with Grand Duke Nicholas Alphabetovitch' at Its Head. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The first step towards the institution ,of the long contemplated council of national defense, to co-ordinate the activities of the military and naval administra tions, has been taken in an imperial manifesto creating a special prelimin ary commission under the presidency of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaie vitch. The .manifesto is preceded by -a re script which Emperor Nicholas has addressed to the Grand Duke, in which his majesty says: "In order to insure the development of the empire's fighting force in a manner .corresponding to the needs and resources of the State, and uni formity in the duties of the Supreme naval and military administration, and also to harmonize them with those of other government institutions in ques tions affecting the safety of the state, I have deemed it necessary to estab lish a nermanent State Defense Coun cil. I charge the special commission, consisting of members appointed by me under the presidency of your im perial highness, to draw up according to my direct Suggestion a law relating to this institution." The rescript concludes with the ex pression of the conviction that the commission will carry out the task confided to it without delay, and with the care and undivided attention' which the high importance of the new institution demands. The formation of the council and the assumption by it of control of the war is expected to.ensue shortly, as the main details have already been worked out. The dispatch of Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch, who is designated as the president of the per manent State Defense Council, to Man churia, to assume direct command of the imperial forces there, has been several times .seriously considered, and he has served repeatedly of late as representative of the Emperor on commissions dealing with vital ques tions of the war. The existing council of war, which has proved unsatisfactory, will be su perseded by the new body. The step is an extremely important one, for which the events of the war in the Far East have shown the necessity, the two departments failing to work together to the best advantage, even when actuated by the most harmoni ous feelings, and friction has often been manifested. Many opportunities for helpful co-operation between the two arms of the service are constantly arising, and if Admiral Rojestvensky succeeds in reaching Vladivostock and shaking the Japanese mastery of the sea. the council will play a very weighty role. At the same time the council is created, not for the present war, but as a permanent organiza tion of the state, subordinating the War and Navy Departments, and even overshadowing the other ministries. It is understood the formation of the new council means -the definite abandonment of the plan of sending Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaievitch to the Far East to assume supreme command on land and sea. General Linevitch and Vice Admiral Birelieff will be left unhampered except as to the grand outlines of strategy. Arrested in New York. New York, Special.-Central office detectives, on the request of the White Plains chief of police, arrested Rich ird Young. 32 years of agep-a negro engineer, who is charged with murder by the chief of police of Gceenbay, Va., where he is alleged to have killed .\ndrew* Paiges, of that place. The au thorities of Greenbay traced him to White Plains and the police of the lat ter place to Nsw York. Four Killed. San Diego, Cal., Special.-W. P. Rob inson, a house-cleaner, ran ' amuck Monday, killing four persons, wound ing two others and then killing, him self. The dead are William Stewart, Mrs. Emma Stewart, H. W. Chase, Harry Doddridge, W. Robinson. Woun ded: Mrs. W. H. Doddridge. W. H. Doddridge was injured by falling out a window. At first Robinson was said to be crazed by liquor, but later it was said that he had threatened Doddridge for an alleged attempt to have Rob inson shanghaied when he was a sailor. It is said also that he expressed a dislike for the Stewarts. Six Bankers Indicted. Dallas, Tex., Special -The special Federal grand jury which was called at the request of United States At torney Wm. H. Atwell, adjourned to day, after returning six indictments against prominent West Texas bank ers. The indictments were turned ov er to the* United States Attorney, who refused to give the names for publica tion. Telegraphic Briefs. Earl Gilchrist and Ashby Harris were accidentally killed by live electric wires at New Purt News. Two men have been arrested at Nor folk, charged with forging the names of voters. Dr. W. S. Love, of Winchester, had a narrow escape from death ia a run away accident. A large number of distinguished men haye gathered at Winona Lake, Iud., to attend the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church, which beging its sessions today, 1 - V^?" AN IMPORTANT OPINION ^ ? -*?-'.'.'. ?% The Attorney-General Decided So Unsettled Questions. Attorney General Gunter recently rendered an opinion to the State hoa^d? of dispensary directors on three iufc portant questions involving beer dis^; pensaries, about which there has beenj much dispute throughout the State as.. to whether these dispensaries as^ ?t present conducted are not a violation of the dispensary law. It is expected that the State board will make an announce-, ment on the subject. The decision is all that the beer dispensary people c?uldi desire and will cause joy to them and; those who like their method of selling beer. The Attorney General finds that: it is legal for beer dispensers to bottle beer on theirj)remises, and that these dispensers may be paid in royalty, as is being done, instead of by salary, as is the case with .the regular dispen sers. But the.opinion declares in the out set: "In answering these questions .it is wei Ito observe that the same law gov-' ems the sale of beer by dispensers who are restricted to the sale of that bever age alone, commonly called beer dis pensers, as that which governs the sale of beer by a dispenser who sells beer, wines, liquo.s, etc. Neither has any latitude that does not attach to the other, and both are subject to the same regulations, restrictions, etc." Fail to Get Control of Mill. Columbia, Special.-A fight for the control of the Laurens Cotton Mill, of Laurens, S. C., reached a climax Friday afternoon during the progress of the stockholders'" meeting. When G. H. Milliken, representing the firm of Deer ing, Milliken & Company, of New York, selling agents for a number of cotton mills in this and other States, arose to nominate a ticket in opposition to tho present management, he and others of his friends were served with a restrain ing order issued some time ago by, Judge Klugh, which prevented' them from voting the stock they owned. They immediately left the meeting, which proceeded to re-elect President W. E. Lucas and his ticket. $5,000 Damages Awarded. Yorkville, Special.-The case of Waverly Fairman, against the Sea board Air Line Railroad, which has been in progress since Tuesday, was concluded Saturday afternoon, with a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000. Fairman was a postal clerk on the Seaboard train that fell through' Whisnant trestle, near Catawba-junc-^ ti on, last, September. He claimed to. haye been seriously raptured as the re sult, of the fall, and wanted $20,000. He was represented by Atkinson % Bord, of Atlanta, and G. W. S. Hart, York ville. The defendant company was rep resented by J. L. Glenn, of Chester; W. F. Stevenson, of Cheraw, and W. B. McCaw, of Yorkville. The verdict is supposed to have been based on the al leged unsound condition of the piling that supported the trestle. Train Demolishes Auto. Columbia, Special.-A Southern Railway freight, shifting backwards in the yards, collided with an automo bile crossing the tracks at Green street at a high rate of speed Friday afternoon, with the result that two of the boxes were derailed and capsized and the auto was ditched, caught fire from an explosion of its gasoline tank and was burned to a crisp. The occupants, Messrs. J. Talley Harth and Luther Garren, of the elec trical supply firm of Harth & Garren, escaped by jumping from their ma chine. Both were painfully bruised. They blame the accident on the fact that there was no watchman at the crossing. G. A. R. Member the Orator. New York, Special.-More than 250 Confederate veterns and a large num ber of Grand Army men visited Mont Hope Cemetery and decorated the graves of Confederate soldiers. Services were held by the Confederate camp of New York. The services were conducted by Commander Edward Owen, and the oration was delivered by Gen. George B. Loud, of the ?nited States Hancock Post, G. A. R. This is the first time in the history of the Confederate post that the oration in their memormial day has been delivered by a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Bomb Exploded in Pocket. Warsaw, May 18.-A workman who was trying to avqid the observation of two detectives on Miodowa street at noon stumbled on the curb of a side walk and a bomb which he was carry ing in his pocket exploded, killing the workman, both detectives and some persons who were passing by. It is be lieved the bomb was iniended for Governor General Maximovitch, who was expected to pass the spot on his way to the cathedral to attend ser vices of the Czar's birthday. Fatal Shooting at Singing. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-State's Church, a few. miles from Cordova, Walker county, Georgia, was the scene of a shooting affray Sunday morning between Oscar and O. Brasfleld, on one side, and Thomas Collier and.Charles Milligan, on the other. Both Collier and Milligan were fatally injured, while the Brasfielcts are in a precarious con dition. An all-day singing was in prog ress. President of Cox College Dead. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-A Constitution special from LeGrange, Ga., says: "Charles C. Cox, president of the Southern Female (Cox) College, of Col lege Park, Ga., died here Sunday night; A complication of diseases, which fin ally affected the heart, caused his death. The body will be burled in La Grange. As an educator and a man. Mr. Cox wag we J J knowrj in Georgia and the South, MORE ACUTE |e?rs Entertained That All Chicago May Suffer Upheaval ?ACE RIflT THE OPENING PHASE ^j?tr-ike of 2,400 Teamsters Employed ?^-by Lumbermen Is Inevitable and the ^Movement Wi!! Undoubtedly Spread ?pftia Affiited Industries. m-? -? . ? 7 ? . Chicago, ^Special-Sunday brought ?no changes in the attitude of either ^.side of the labor controversy now In progress in Chicago, and eveiything ,:|>"mday night points toward an exten ?on of the teamsters' strike during the .coming week. Officers of seven express companies, whose refusal to reinstate any of their font' ? employes caused the collapse of the settlement of the trouble Saturday night, still adhere to their-d?termination not to give em ployment to any of their former em ployes, and other firms involved in the ^difficulty declared that they would stand by the express companies in the fight. The Teamsters* union has taken Just as finn a stand as the employers, and it was said by President Shea Sat urday night that the union would not call off the strike until the empress companies came to terms. The first'spread of the strike ls ex pected Monday morning, when the Lumbermen's association, an organi zation employing 2,400 teamsters, is sues an order to their men to make de liveries to all business houses re gardless of whether or not thej' are involved in the strike. In anticipation of such an order, the teamsters met Sunday afternoon and voted to go on strike should any teamster be discharg ed for refusal to obey the order'of the Lumbermen's association. GENARAL UPHEVAL AT HAND. With non-union drivers making de liveries for lumbermen, the strike will undoubtedly spread to affiliated indus tries, as to union men employed on buildings will refuse to handle material delivered by non-union labor. Should this lumbermen's strike be called Mon day-and there is nothing now to in dicate how it can be averted-there seems to be nothing that can prevent an upheval throughout Chicago. : PRESIDENT GOMPERS ACTIVE. ; After talking over the situation with Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Barrett in ethe mayor's office Sunday, President .Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, withdrew from the conference to consult with President Shea, of the Teamsters' union. "I have been discussing the outlook with Mayor Dunne and Sheriff Bar rett," said Mr. Gompers. "They asked me to use my influence and to do ev erything I possibly could to prevent the extension of the strike. I told them I was willing to do everything I could in an advisory capacity to bring about peace." At the end of the conference Mayor Dunne said that its purpose had been to discover whether it was necessary to increase the police force Monday. He said: "Should there be an extension of the strike with a resumption of the rioting of two weeks ago. there is a probabil ity that troops will be called to main tain order." -Sheriff Barrett said that he would continue swearing in deputies and will make special efforts to increase their humber. Bill Posters to Meet In Jacksonville. ?Birmingham, Ala., Special.-The sixth annual convention of the South eastern Bill Posters' Association, which hjis been in session at the Hillman Ho tel for the past two days, adjourned shortly-after 5 o'clocirTuesday even ing. It was unanimously decided to hold the next annual meeting at Jackson ville, Fla. News of the Day. President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Railway, made an address on the dangers of paternalism before the National Association of Manufacturero? at Atlanta, Georgia. Governor Douglas, through whose in strumentality the Fall River strike was settled, decided against the claim of the operatives to an increase in salary. More than 2,500 laundry employes are on strike in Troy. N. Y. The General Convention of Baptlsta of America was organized in St. Louis, uniting the Baptist conventions of the North and South. The coroner's jury investigating the Pennsylvania railroad disaster of South Harrisburg exonerated the company. The President and Secretary "??ft re fuse to recede from their position on the Panama canal purchase. Dr. Jacob H. Hollander found thav, documents he had sent with his charger against Secretary Loomis were miss ing. It is said that Togo has elected to fight south of Formosa, and the belief prevails that the Japanese fleet is now in there. According to a dispatch from Saigon. Rojestvensky bore himself with a very defiant air and showed absolute disre gard of the discussions on the subject of neutrality. The reforms decreed for Poland and the Baltic provinces are represented as being of a sweeping character. The convention of the Virginia Dio cese of the Protestant Episcopal Church began in Charlottesville. A farewell dinner was given to Gen eral Porter, retiring Ambassador of the United States to France. The Japanese have seized two steam ships. A Cpxey army is organizing to ad vance "upon tho British Parliament. With a few scattered disturbances May Day passed in Russia without any loss of .life. A Japanese official declares Russian ships were in Indo-Chinese waters as late as Friday last. The State Department has notified Inmigration Inspector Braun that it T"JU give him'all proper projection In hiB troublo with the Hungarian author ities, IN SOUTH CAROLINA Occurrences of Interest In Various Parts of the "State. Geneal Cotton Market. Middling Galveston, steady.8 11-16 New Orleans, quiet.>.7% Mobile, steady.7% Savannah, quiet "..7% Wilmington, steady .7% Norfolk, firm .-8 . Baltimore, nominal.8% New York, quiet.8.20 Boston, quiet.S.2? Philadelphia, steady .8.45 Houston, steady.8 Augusta, steady.* ....8 Memphis, firm.8 St. Louis, steady .8 Louisville, firm .8 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling.7% Good middling.'.7 11-16 Strict middling....7% Middling.IVs. Tinges.7 to 7% Stains.6 to 6% State Board of Equiiization. A very important meeting of the State board of equiiization has been called for next week and the comp troller general has notified all of the members to be present. The meeting is for the purpose of fixing the assess ments of this nature. Below is the official list of the members as issued by the board: Abbeville-jj. E. Lomax. Aiken-James L. Quinby. Anderson-J. ?. Garvin. Bamberg-S. D. Guess. Barnwell-J. C. Griffin. Beaufort-W. F. Marscher. Berkeley-J. St. Clair White. Charleston-Morris Israel. Cherokee-T. M. Littlejohn. Chester-J. G. L. White. Chesterfield-D. M. Barrintine. Clarendon-A. J. Richbourg. Colleton-B. G. Price. Darlington-E. W. Cannon.' Dorchester-C. M. Garvin. Edgefield-R. A. .Cochran. Fairfield-Thomas W. Taylor. Florence-Alex. McTaggert. Georgetown-L. S. Ehrich. Greenvile-W. D. Garrison. Greenwood-R. M. Hays. . Hampton-J. H. McKenzie. Horry-J. P. Derham. Kershaw-J. M. Sewell. Lancaster-W. J. Cunningham. Laurens-R. P. Adair. Lee-J. J. Shaw. Lexington-F. H. Hendrix. Marion-Lott R. Rodgers. Marlboro-J. J. Lane. Newberry-H. H. Folk. Oconee-A. Zimmerman. Orangeburg-R. M. Claffy. Pickens-P. C. Fricks. Richland-Probably J. A. Meetze. Saluda-H. G. Crouch. Spartanburg-W. W. Murphy. Sumter-H. J. McLaurin. Union-R. G. Hill. Williamsburg-W. R. Funk. York-J. Frank Ash e. Perfecting 'the Statistics. Columbia, Special.-Secretary Arm strong, of the Southern Cotton Grow ers' Association, was here last week in conference with the officers of the South Carolina Association on a trip through the South perfecting and sys tematizing the statistics that are com ing here from the various States in order, to secure a more thorough and reliable general organization. He says the figures he has gathered so far show a membership of 1,270,000 already filed, 800,000 of which names are on record at the central office with postoffice ad dresses. He says that two-thirds of this membership represent farmers who have pledged a reduction of 25 per cent. Mr. Armstrong told of plans which had been perfected for a meeting of State presidents to be held in New Orieans--the .3Q.th of this month, when These presidents would rpport to Har vie Jordan as to the aerease in each State, and he said that the thorough manner in which these figures would be brought together would make the general report more reliable, self evi dent, than any government report had yet been. Step by step the report of acreage will come from precinct to township and thence to county and thence to State organization, three far mers and three others interested in manufacturing concerns makins; a re port from each precinct. This gen eral report at New Orleans will be made three days ahead of the govern ment report. The coming comparison of the two reports will be most inter esting. Bookkeeper Arrested. Spartanburg, Special.-William H. Zimmerman, bookkeeper and cashier of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company in this city was arrested here on a warrant sworn out by an inspector of the American Sure ty Company, of New York, on the charge of embezzling $125, which amount, it is said, will be materially increased when all the reports shall have been received from connecting ex changes. The accused waived prelim inary examination before Magistrate Kirby, who released him on bail to await the action of the grand jury in July next. Palmetto Items. Spartanburg, Special. -Lightning struck the finishing and packing room of the Lion Furniture Company Sat urday night, knocking oft' ? consider able portion of the weatherboarding. The bolt, followed the telephone wire to the machinery roora and scalped off a slight portion of that roofing. For tunately the plant was not set on fire and the damage was slight. An ice factory is now a certainty for Darlington. Mr. W. D. Coggeshall will own and operate this new enterprise. The plant is to have a daily capacity of fifteen tons. The work on the brick building was started last week. The building will be 70xS5 feet and will be ready for use by July 1st. The Royal Arcanum. Atlantic City, Special-The Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum opened Wednesday. The financial secretary reports the assets at $2,500,000, and a gain In membership of 25,000, mak ing a total of 315,000, SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The week ending Monday, May 15th, was considerably warmer than usual with the daily maximum temperatures ranging from 80 to 96, and the night temperatures from 65 to 75. There was considerable cloudiness, more than usual to the season, and there were damaging high winds locally in the northwestern and northeastern coun ties. With tlie exception of the soutkwest ern counties where the precipitation was generally light and where cultiva tion made rapid and favorable pro- ! gress, the week was very wet from Anderson county In the west along the North Carolfna border to Marlboro, as well as over the eastern portions gen erally, so that farmwork was further delayed and plowing or cultivating im practicable except on one or two days. Lands were badly washed and bottoms overflowed in the northern and east central counties. < The weather conditions were favor able for generation and growth, but all field crops are in need of culti vation and are foul with grass and weeds. Some renlanting has been done on account of the grass. Stands of both corn and cotton are uniformly, good, and the same applies to all crops except to rice in the Georgetown dis trict. Early coin ls growing nicely, and in many places has received its first working, but cut and bud worms are still damaging. It has been generally too wet to plant bottom lands to corn. Cotton planting continues over the western counties where this work has been greatly delayed by'the recent rains. Chopping is in progress in all sections and some fields have been cultivated. Fields are generally-foul, and in places stands are dying. Wheat improved in places though it is still rusting and being damaged by the fly in others. Oats are generally promising, with exceptions in the northwest where fall oats were'winter killed; spring oats are doing well. Early oats are ripening, and some have been cut in Georgetown. ? Fruit it all killed in the northwest, but in other sections a fair crop is promised, though peaches are dropping in places. Tobacco is doing well. Min or crops and gardens, truck and pas tures made rapid growth.-J. W. Bauer, Section Director. General Cotton Letter. | Cotton Crop Letter furnished by W. F. Klupp & Co.: The weather conditions since some time have been quite unfavorable for the Crop, on account of heavy rains having retarded farm work, in nearly all sections of the Cotton Belt. In North Texas, Tennessee, Arkan sas, Mississippi " and Louisiana, the acreage will be much more reduced than at first contemplated, on account of unsatisfactory weather for planting cotton, and scarcity of labor, and we believe over the whole the average re duction will be about 15 per cent, and the crop in all sections from two to four weeks late. The market haB been effected favor able recently, on account of continued unsatisfactory reports about the cr?? and scarcity of offerings of medium and better grades, and prices will continue "Wagons FURN] Large Shipments of the best i just received. Our stock of fi is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS ar always on hand. All call ly responded to. All gof gin of profit. Call to s money. OJECO. ]P Johnston, W. J. Ruth MANUFAC] AND DEI Cement, Plaster, Hair, Read)* Roofing a: Write Us ] Corner Reynolds an< Augusta, _ THIS SPACE : The Leading Groec ARRINGTi 839 : ggrW. F. SAM PL H. H. SCOTT, JR., of fri and wantto see you, very susceptibate to weather condi tions for some time to come; Palmetto Items. Bob Smalls, white, recently convict ed of killing a respectable and indus trious colored man, Frank Scott, was hanged at Darlington Friday. On the same gallows, Sam Marks, a negro, who killed Hillary Lanston, white, paid the penalty for his crime. Several weeks ago Mr.- P. S .Camp bell, of Marion county, was assaulted on tho public road and robbed of about $75 In cash. Since then the officere have been on the trail of the robbers, and Tuesday two men were taken to Marion and lodged in jail. At a pre liminary heaslng before Magistrat? D. J. Oliver, they were held for trial at the next term of court The men are Harvqy Bethea and Henry Walker, both negroes. Investigating Books. The committee appointed by , the last s?esioa,of the General Assembly to investigate the books of the Secre tary of State's office is here at work. While ' nothing~has been given out, it was rumored that-the committee found the books in better condition than was shown by the report of the other com mittee made iast year. The former committee inyeetigated the books of all the State's offices, but after a spicy time during the session of the General Assembly, the present committee was appointed. The members are Senators Butler, Douglas and Representatives Beamguard, Richards and Toole. They will be here several days. Sentenced For Conspiracy. Orangeburg, Special.-Judge Dantz l?r passed sentence Tuesday upon A. B. Amaker, J. B. Amaker and Cleveland Hooker, all white, and on William Jam ison and James McLeod, colored, who were convicted for conspiracy on Mon day, they having broken up a picnic by a prearranged plan. The testimony showed that immediately upon arriv ing on the picnic grounds, the negroes commenced singing ribald songs, and when ordered to desist, the white de fendants drew knives and a pistol, threatening to kill anyone interfering with the negroes. Drowned in Tub of Water. Columbia, Special.-The baby son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hlnnant, of Book mans, was drowned Tuesday morning by falling headfirst into a tub of water. The vessel had been placed on the ground under the eaves of the piazza to catch the dripping water, and it is supposed that the little fellow attempt ed to climb over the banisters and fell several feet t* the water. When found the child's body was lying across the rim of the tub with its head submerged New Enterprises. The Citizens' Insurance Company of Anderson, which will be capitalized at $10,000, received a commission from the Secretary of State.. The corporators are: G. C. Boleman, C. J: Brock, C, Harris, J. C. Cummings and others; The Blacksburg Land and improve ment Company has Increased its cap ital stock from $10,000 to $21,700. Compulsory education will becoEce gen eral in Cape Colony soon. Buggies [TURE nukes of wagons and buggies ?rniture and houeo furnishiugi Ld CASKETS, s for out Hearse prompt >ds sold on ~a--s*nall ra ce mc, I will sa* South Carolina, VLER IN Fire Brick, Fire Clay, nd other Material. For Prices. \ Washington Streets, Georgia IS TAKEN BY irs of Augusta Ghi... ON BROS. 'ANY, Broad ,E of Saluda County arid getitM County are with us