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VOL.70. ?DG?FiELD, S.O., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1905. ' NO. 31/ CZAR ASKING The Russian Monarch Continuing the H NM?IATIONS IN WASHINGTON j . Announcement pf Messages to Rus sian Ambassadors at Washington and Paris That Russia Wished to Know Japan's Terms, Followed by a CaJI of the Japanese Minister on the President, Aroused Washington ' Diplomats to a High Pitch of Ex pectancy. Washington, Special. - Preliminary peace negotiation between Russia and Japan are generally believed to be un der -wajr and it is conceded that Pres ident Roosevelt will in all probability act not as mediator, but as "the friend ly channel of communication." There is as yet no official confirmation that - Ttussia has accepted what Count Cas sini, in his cablegram to. Count Lams dorff last week described as "the offer of good will of the President," al though instructions to the ambassador are believed to have reached here late Wednesday night in a long cablegram received at the Russian embassy and which was laid before the ambassador after he had started to retire. After reading the dispatch the ambassador retired for the night at an hour ear lier than usual. All that can be au thoritatively said regarding this cable gram is that it concerned Count Cas sinis cablegram of last week. Immediately upon his return to his legation, after a long conference with ' the President, Mr. Takahira, the Jap anese minister, began the preparation of a dispatch to his government, upon wMoh he was occupied until quite late. At the White House up to a late hour it was declared that the important .cablegram from Mr. Meyer had not yet reached here. JAPANESE MINISTER CALLS. Diplomatic Washington was aroused to a. point of expectancy unequaled since the inception of the war in the - ' -?Far East by the news from St. Peters . Iburg of the Czar's wish to know Ja pan's terms of peace. The interest was heightened by a call which Mr. Taka ^ hira, the Japanese minister, made at ~ the White House by appointment dur .g^ lng the evening. He called shortly af ^ter~9 o'clock--and'-immediately ..went 1; , tnto conference with ;the President They ^remained' together about" twenty aninutes. When.the minister left he de .clinejl tb answer any questions about his call. The bulletin announcing the cabling of a message to the Russian ambassadors at Washington and Paris that Russia wished to know Japan's .terms of peace was immediately com municated to the diplomats most in terested. RUSSIAN EMBASSY BESEIGED. It was not long before the Russian . ?mbassey was besieged with callers, . . hut the ambassador was without ad vices on. the subject. The. President . had confided to the . ambassador, who called at the White House, that he expected Ambassador Meyer to be received at Tsarkoe-Selo. The instructions to Mr. Meyer did not provide for a formal tender of good of fices. While it is impossible to give their text, they may be correctly para phrased in these words: "Find out from, the Czar what we can do to assist an early peace." Much was left to the tact and diplomatic diB New Georgia Railroad. Dublin, Ga., Special.-The first an nual meeting of the stockholders of the newly organized Dublin and Southwes tern Railroad was held here Wednes ' day. The stockholders voted to consoli date, the Eastern extension with the ? ^Dublin and Southwestern proper, which was completed from Dublin to Rentz about six months ago. Master Plumbers in Session. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-About 600 members of the National Association of Master Plumbers of the United States from every part of the country gathered at the opening of the twenty third annual convention of the organ ization. The addresses of welcome were by Gol. AlberL Howell, Jr., for the State, in the absence of Gov. Ter rell; by Mayor James F. Woodward for the city, and by a representative of the local plumbers* association. A poem written by Frank L. Stanton for the occasion was read. The response was by President David Craig, of Bos ton, who presided. The meetings will continue until Thursday night. Brewers in Session. Atlantic City, N. J., Special-The an nual convention of the United States Brewers* Association began here Wed nesday. One of the chief aims of the meeting is to devise plans to ward off adverse legislation and place before the public all available material and argu ments designed to show "that, in the interest of true temperance, brewing should be encouraged by all legitimate and lawful means." Extra efforts will also be made to increase the member ship of the association. . . Monument to McKinley. Reading, Pa,, Special.-A monument, " erected to the memory of President .McKinley, was unveiled here in con fection with the State encampment of the G. A. R. President Roosevelt was invited to perform the ceremony, but it ?was found impossible for ?him to at tend. The unveiling was witnessed by .a large number of prominent men, sev eral of whom delivered addresses. A number , of distinguished veterans par gcipated in the ceremonies. Sees the Futility of opeless Struggle cretion o? Mr. Meyer as to the manner and words in ;which the friendly readi ness of this government in the present moment should be mad? known to the Czar. SAW CZAR AFTER REPORT. Care was also taken that Mr. Mey er's conference with "the. Czar should not occur until Counti?assini's report had reached Tsarkoe-Selo. It can be stated very emphatically that in trans mitting a faithful report of* what oc curred at the White House Jiast Fri day afternoon Count Cassinii '.empha sized the sympathetic and friendly frankness with which the President, speaking informally and personally, ex pressed his strong desire for peace. "Contact," remarked ..a European ambassador, "is,whit the-President haa been endeavoring tb.establish between Russia and Japan. To do this it was necessary to obtain-from one side or the other some expression favorabble to peace. Japan has refrained absolutely from giving any indication as to what her terms would be, on the ground that this would be interpreted by Russia as a sign of weaknesSi JAPAN'S ATTITUDE. j Whether upon receiving from Count Cassini an official expression that the Czar wishes to know the Mikado's peace terms the President will be able to obtain a statement on this sub ject from Japan, remains to be seen. Diplomats, however, recall the- state ment of Mr. Takahira some days ago to the effect that when Russia really wanted to know Japan's terms she could easily find them out without communicating directly with Tokio. It is declared on good authority that thus far no circular has been ad dressed to the American ambassadors abroad, but that their instructions have been informal, though dictated directly from the White House. Norway Leaves Sweden. Christiana, By Cable.-King Oscar's refusal to sanction the bill passed by the Storthing providing for a separate consular service for Norway culmin ated in the passage of a resolution by the Storthing declaring the dissolution of the union of Sweden and Norway and that the king had ceased to act as king of Norway. An address to the king was adopted, declaring that no ill feeling was en tertained against him, his dynasty, or the Swedish nation, and asking him to co-operate in the selection of a young prince of the house of Berna dotte, to occupy the throne of Nor way. , . ,v "Nprway^from^today is a fully inde^ pendent and sovereign State." This"is the "text" of the editorials in the Norwegian newspapers, and it re flects the-spirit yrith which the peo ple of Norway accept today's action of the' Storthing when it" proclaimed King Oscar no longer King of Norway. At its meeting this evening the Storthing adopted a proclamation to the Norwegian people in which is giv en a detailed account of the events preceding. Demonstration in Stockholm. Stockholm, By Cable.-The Norwe gian coupe de etal was arrested here by a great patriotic demonstration of loyalty and sympathy with King Os car. A great procession, accompanied by bands, went to Rosendal Castle, where the bands played the national anthem. In a few minutes the King and other members of the royal family appeared on a balcony of the castle and were enthusiastically cheered by the demonstrators, while a number of ladies .advanced from . the crowd and presented the King with a bouquet. Though greatly excited over the sit uation, the populace remains outward ly calm. King Oscar held a council this even ing at which the situation was con sidered. New Hanover Votes $50,000 Road Im * provements Bonds. Wilmington, Special.-Semi-official returns from all precincts in the county indicate that the election Wednesday upon the proposition to issue $50,000 bonds for continuing the permanent road improvement in New Hanover was carried for. roads by a majority of about 500. Only a light vote was polled, the issue not being in doubt. Only 26 votes were cast against the proposition. Grand- Chapter of Masons Elect Offi cers. Asheville, June 7.-At Wednesday's session of the grand chapter of Ma sons, officers for the ensuing year were elected. James D. Glenn, bro? ther of Governor Glenn, was chosen most eminent grand high priest' while the other officers selected were: Lat Williams, of Winston, right eminent deputy high priest; A. B. Andrews, Jr., of Raleigh, right eminent grand king; J. C. Baswell, of Enfield, right eminent grand scribe; Martin S. Wil lard, of Wilmington, right eminent treasurer, and James C. Munds, of Wilmington, right eminent grand sec retary. Receiver Asked For. Asheville, Special.-Henry H. Cum mings, of Augusta, Ga., petitioned Judg? J. C. Pritchard, of the United States Circuit Court,- to appoint a temporary receiver fer the South Car olina Sc Georgia Railroad, running be tween Charleston, S. C., and Augusta, Ga., operated by the Southern Rail way. Judge Pritchard declined to grant the petition, but did sign an order citing the Southern, to appear before him on June 26th and show cause why a receiver should not be appointed. Young Man Admits. Theft. Bennettsville, S. C., Special.-Last Thursday night the safe in the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad office at this plac? was entered "and ?5tf2.26 in checks and $208.50 in cash taken there from. Detective C. E. Wheeler was at once- placed in charge of the case. Soon suspicion rested upon A. T. Redd, a young employe of the office. Redd is telegraph operator and was learn ing office work without remuneration. He is only 19 years of age-and is from Mansfield, Ga j PRESIDENT IS STILL URGING PEACE I Text of Dispatches Through Diplo* I matic Channels to Russia and Japan is Made Public? Washington, Special-.-?n identical note, the text of which, by authority ?>f UV? President, was made public late Friday at the White House by Secre tary Loeb, has been forwarded to the Governments of Russia and Japan by President Roosevelt. In the interest of humanity the president urges the war ring nations to conclude peace. It is Suggested by the President that the ne gotiations be conducted "directly and exclusively" between, the belligerent nations. The note indicates the Pres ident's belief that an intermediary may not he necessary to effect conclusive negotiations, but likewise expresses the President's willingness to do all that he properly may to promote the pre liminary arrangements for a time and place of meeting of representatives of the Russian and Japanese Govern ments. The following is the substances of the despatches given out: "On June 8th the following despatch was sent by the President through dip lomatic channels to the Japanese and Russian Governments: " 'The President feels that the time has come, when in the interest of all mankind, he must endeavor to see if it is not possible to bring to an end the terrible and lamented conflict now being waged. With both Russia and Japan the United States has inherited ties .of friendship and good will. It hopes for the prosperity and welfare of each, and it feels that the progress of the world is set back by the war between these two great nations. The President accordingly urges the Rus sian and Japanese Governments not only for their own sakkes, but in the interest of the whole civilized world, to open direct negotiations for peace with one another. MORTON TO HEAD EQUITABLE. Retiring Secretary of the Navy Elect "ed on the Board. New York, Special.-Paul Morton, who retires from the secretaryship of the navy on July 1st, was elected chair man of the board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. His election marks the first and most im portant step in the re-organization of the society, and was followed by the tender of the resignations of President James W. Alexander, Vice President .James H. Hyde, Second Vice President Gage E. Tarbell, Third Vice President George T. Wilson, and Fourth Vice President William C. McIntyre. Mr. Morton, as explained by Senator Chauncey M. Depew, was the unani mous choice of the board of directors af the Equitabble, although the meeting was not altogether harmonious. The new chairman, to further quote Senator i>oew, did not consent to take office !1 he had received positive assuran >. .nat'he would have a "free hand as measures and men." Mr. Hyde "divested" himself of the majority control, but retains a substan tial interest in the society. All of the resignations submitted to th? meeting are subject to the pleas ure of Chairman Morton, and none has yet been accepted* Czar Thanks Rojestvensky. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Emperor Nicholas has cabled the following to Rojestvensky: "From my heart I thank you and all the officers of the squadron who have honorably done their duty for your un selfish work for Russia and for me. By the will of the Almighty, success was not destined to crown your endeavors, but your boundless bravery will alw -s be a source of pride to our country. "I wish you speedy recovery. M j God console you all. (Signed) "NICHOLAS." The peculiar wording of the message is attracting attention. The restriction ! of the Emperor's thanks to those hon orably doing their duty is fanning ugly talk regarding the surrender of ships and the conduct of some of the crews. The messages of Admiral Enquist and Captain Chagin of the Russian cruiser Almaz did not contain any intimation of misbehavior on the part of officers or crew. British Squadron Coming. Washington, Special.-The Navy De partment has been advised through tho British embassy of the intended visit to American waters this autumn of Prince Louis, of Battenburg1, with a squadron of British warships, consist ing, as understood her?, of four cruis ers. The squadron will visit New York and the Annapolis. From the latie;1 place the Prince is expected to como to Washington. While ?he Navy Depart ment is not advisee definitely of the date of the Prince's visit, it is under stood that it will take place some time in October. . Preparing Public For Peace Newa. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Thc gov ernment is plainly preparing the public for the announcement that" thc Em peror has decided to conclude peace and that the negotiations have begun by permitting the publication of ali the foreign dispatches bearing on the sub ject: It can be assumed that there will be no further bloodshed in Manchuria until the belligerents have decided whether it is now possible to agree on peace terms. A Physician Assassinated. Louisville, Ky., Special.-A special from Falmouth, Ky., says that Dr. Charles Edwards Courtney, a young physician, has been assassinated near the village of Neave. Courtney form ed ? partnership with Dr. William Karney, at Leithfield, two years ago. During the partnership. Dr. Karney was shot and killed. Since thc occur rence there has been a feud in the neighborhood. Negro Hanged in Arkansas. Desarc, Ark., Special.-John Frasier, a negro, was hanged here Thursday for murder of Webster Southerland, a time keeper on the Searcy & Desarc Railroad last November. Tho kilting was over a dispute about money : which Frasier claimed was due him. On the gallows he claimed that the shooting was accidental. Little Abatement in Trouble Between teamsters and Employers RIOTING IS RENEWED IN CHICAGO ---? Union Teamsters Gashes a Negro Driver's Head With an Axe, Cutting Off Several Fingers With a Second Stroke, and an Excited Negro Po liceman Shoots Into a Crowd With Fatal Result. Chicago, Special.-No proposals for peace came from either side to the teamsters' strike Saturday, and for the present the strike has settled dowu to a matter of endurance. John J. Parwell, Jr., in whose hands the em ployers have placed their case, as far as peace negotiations are concerned, said Saturday afternoon that no over tures would be made to the teamsters at any tima hereafter. The employers are willing, he said, to meet the men at any time, but no more proposals will be made to them. The Teamsters' Joint Council held a short meeting, at which terms of set tle-ent were considered, but nothing was done. John C. Driscoll, formerly secretary of the Team Owners' Association, who has been anxiously sought in connec tion with the suits brought against President Shea, of the Teamsters' Un ion, by George R. Thorne, who alleges criminal libel, has returned. President Shea declared that he was offered $10, 000 by Thorne, through Driscoll, to call a strike or. Sears, Roebuck & Co. Dris coll denied positively that he had any knowledge of the affair. He will ap pear before the grand jury Monday. Secretary Sincere, of the Employers' Association, declared that as far as do ing business was concerned, the strike is over. The employers have 2,300 teams in service and are doing almost a normal amount of traffic. Saturday evening, while Frederick Jones, a colored teamster, who was un loading some lumber at an uncom pleted building at West Eighteenth and Sangamon streets, a mob numbering 1,000 men. women and children, gather ed around him and commenced to throw stones and other missiles. Po licemen Benson and Schempster, who were guarding thc .agon, drew clubs and attempted to drive back the mob, both officers being struck several times with stones. While the trouble was at its height, John Hi nee, a union team ster, forced his way through the crowd and coming up to Jones when he was stooping over throwing off some lum ber, struck Jones over the head with an axe. cutting a gash in his scalp three inches long. A second stroke finished him. One other non-union workman was killed. Thanks the President. " St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Pi * s Russia's choice as the place for ? ,-n ing peace negotiations. If Japan in sists upon Manchuria or Washington, Russia doubtless will agree, but Paris is preferred and the Emperor already is prepared to issue instructions to M. Nelidoff, tho ambassador to France, io act as plenipotentiary to receive the Japanese conditions. The Russian government has com municated to the administration at Washington its consent to puublication of Russia's reply to President Roose velt's appeal, at the same time thank ing the President warmly for the friendly and lofty spirit in which it was conceived. It is now possible to give some addi tional interesting details of the extra ordinary council presided over by the Emperor, which met recently at Tsar koe-Selo, and at which the practical, although not the final decision was kiken to terminate the war if tho con ditions were not too onerous. Gen. Boyton's Successor. Washington, Special. - Secretary Taft has appointed Gen. Ezra A. Car man as chairman of the Chickamauga Military Park Association to succeed the late Gen. H. V. Boynton. General Carman was colonel of a New Jersey regiment during the civil war, and was breveted a brigadier general. Secret Service Agent Wounded. London, By Cable.-A dispatch to a news agency from Kieff, Russia, says an attempt was made Sunday afternoon to assassinate Lieutenant Colonel Spir idovitch, of the secret service police. The colonel was walking in the main street of the city, when an unknown man fired twice at his with a revolver. Both shots were effective and Spiridov itch was seriously wounded. His assail ant escaped. Auto Plunges Into River. Chicago, Special.-Three persons were drowned and two others escaped narrowly a like fate Saturday night when an automobile in which t. "? live were riding plunged into the CHicago river through the open draw of the Rush street bridge. The drowned: Jerome G. Kurtzman, manager for a chemical company; j Mrs. Jerome Kurtzman; W. A. Hart- J ley, manager for an automobile house. The rescued were: W. H. Hoops, Jr., manager for an automobile company and Mrs. Jeremiah Runyon, of New York City. Foreign Consul Murdered. ' Tangier, By Cable.-Moorish robbers entered the Austrian vice consulate at Maagan. on June G and murdered Vice Consul Madden, ? British subject, who also represented Denmark, and who had been established there for many years. They also fired at and wounded his wife. Thc assassins escaped. The Austrian and British authorities have' sent energetic protests to the Sultan's Foreign Minister. Future Kaiser Married. Berlin, By Cable.-Crown Prince Frederick William and Duchess Ceci lia, of Mecklenburg-Schwerin were married in the palace chapel Tuesday afternoon while the clocks on the plaza marked 5, and batteries here and in every' garrison town in Prussia and in every sea where German warships floated began firing a 21-gun salute at the same moment, in tliCchapel one Of the most distinguished assemblages that could be gathered in Europe saw the simple wedding service of the Lu theran Church. NORMAL COLLEGE REPORT The State Industrial and Norm?l Col. ,iege For Girls is Expanding Its Use fulness. The following leading facts are gleaned from President Johnson's an nual report of the work of Winthrop College: "Winthrop College closes its l?tli year in'-Rock Hill with these com mencement exercises tonight, it will be interesting to this large and repre sentative audience, I know, to have some account at this time of the work and growth of the college. "Up to 1895 the institution was con ducted in Columbia, from 1886 to 1892, as the Winthrop Training School for Teacher?,-and from 1892 to 1895 as Winthrop,;; Normal College, under the act creaf?ng the institution as now organized1; "At the time of the establishment of the Winthrop Training School for the training of women as teachers in 1886 nothing was being done by South Carolina for tile higher education and training-of lier daughters, although annual appropriations had been made by the Legislature for some 80 years for the higher education of her sons, nor w^s there an institution for the training of white teachers in North Carolina, Georgia or Florida. The founding of the schoool at that time was made possible by an appropriation from the Peabody board, made through : the interest and sympathy of its chair man, the Hon. Robert C. ' Winthrop, the orator and statesman, after whom the school was named in grateful rec ognition of the great services of him self and the Peabody board rendered to education in the South, sympatheti cally, unselfishly and unremittingly j during all the dark years after the Civil war, when the needs of our deso [ lated, impoverished, prostrate South land were great and urgent. "The school had a small beginning in 1886. lt opened with two teachers and 19 students in one room, and that was a borrowed room. Today it has 46 oificers, teachers and assistants, 481 students, not including the pupils in the practice school, and a plant costing over 8300,000. "The college closes this 10 years of its life at Rock Hill with much pro gress made and with a bright outlook i Cor the future. Its material equip ment, including buildings, grounds, furniture, machinery and apparatus, has been added to and greatly im proved; the courses of study have been developed and euri :hed ; the scholarship standards raised; the fac ulty increased from 23 officers and teachers to 46; the number of students increased from 325 to 481, the utmost capacity of the dormitory accommoda tions; very many communities in this State have been reached and benefited in their schools and homes; and the whole organization better adjusted to the work to be done and greatly im proved in many particulars. Few in stitutions have, enjoyed greater pros perity and growth in the same time. "T-?j? number of students applying for admission to the college has* stead ily increased each year. This last year the total number applying was 937-the greatest in the "history of the college. The enrollment in the school has been thoroughly representative of the people of South Carolina. A num ber of the students have always paid their own expenses. Over half of the students each year have stated that they would not have attended any other college than Winthrop. "The total number of matriculates in the College from the beginning, including, the new students of ".his year, is about 2,500. The total en rollment, including the full enrollment each year, is 4,437. "The college has emphasized more strongly each year teacher training and industrial work in accordance with its charter. There are 396 in the normal department this session an increase of 25 over last session. "The total enrollment in the differ ent departments from the beginning. including this session, is: Normal . 2,891 Literary . 581 Stenography and typewriting .. 389 Dressmaking, millinery and sew ing . 1.094 Cooking . '669 Floriculture . 24d Bookkeeping . 143 Drawing and designing .-1,365 "Many of these young women, though not completing the course heire, are yet doing acceptable work in teaching and in other lines of employ ment open to women in this State. We estimate that over 1.900 or 2,000 young women have been helped by the college to become better teachers, and that they are teaching a large per centage of the white children in the common schools of the State. It is gratifying to note that the demand for teachers trained here increases every year." Two Boys Cremated. Atlantic City, Special-The bodies of two boys who met a horrible death by cremation on the beach have been identified as those of Ordner J. Delan ey and William Jeffries, both of this city, aged 7 and 5 years respectively. The two boys were inseparable com panions. They had gone to a brush heap of pine trees on the beach front at New" Hampshire avenue, which trees were to be used to build a jetty. They dus a hole beneath the pile and crawled under. It is believed they bad matches, for soon thu brush was ablaze and before thc boys could crawl out they were cremated. Mrs. Roosevelt Visits the Wilmers in Virginia. Washington, Special.-Airs. "Roose velt will be entertained for several days by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilmer at their old Virginia home at Ra pi dan. She left Washington for her outing unaccompanied by any of her children. The visit is a repetition of ene several years ago when the Presi dent and Mr's. Roosevelt spent several days at the Wilmer home. May Import Cigarettes. Indianapolis, Ind.. Special.-Judge James.Leathers, of the Marion county Superior Court, decided in the case of thc State against W. W. Lowry, in dicted for smoking a cigarette, that the ant.i-cigare,tlc law passed by the last legislature is constitutional, ex cept wherein it may conflict with lin inter-State commerce law. Smokers ?nay ?nipprtcigarcttcs from nther States and smoke them, but it is hehl un lawful to sell or give them away. Mr. Lowry was discharged. The State will take an appeal in order to test the law. - . PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest In Various Parts of the St?t?, Geneal Cotton Market. Middling Galveston, Arm.%V2 New Orleans, firm.8 5-16 Mobile,' steady,.8% Savannah, steady.8 3-16 Charleston, qiiiet., .. .8.00 Wilmington, steady.8.00 Norfolk, steady.8% Baltimore, nominal.8% New York, quiet.8.55 Boston, quiet.8.55 Philadelphia, steady.8.80 Houston, steady.8 7-16 Augusta, quiet.8% Memphis, steady.SV2 St. Louis, quiet.8% Louisville, firm.8% Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good middling.8% Strict middling.8 Vi Middling.".SYs Tinges.7 to 7% Stains.6 to 7J/o State Board of Equilization. The State Board of Equalization ad journed Thursday night. Thursday the board listened to extended arguments on the matter of assessing the Colum bia canal and upon raising the assess ments of the mills in Chester. Mr. ,T. L. G. White, of Chester, fought for a dollar for dollar valuation on the mills there, but Mr. T. K. Elliott, of Winnsboro and Mr. A. G .Brice, of Chester, argued in behalf of the mills, and the assessments were reduced. In regard to the assessment of the Columbia canal, the following resolu tion was passed: "Whereas, article 7, chapter 14, of the code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, providing for the assessment for the purpose of taxation by the State Board of Equalization of canals pro viding power for rent or hire is not sufficiently broad to provide for the assessment by said board of indi viduals, firms or corporations provid ing power for rent or hire directly from the natural water powers, rivers and streams in the State; and, where as, such individuals, firms or corpora tions so engaged should be taxed upon the same basis as corporations furnish ing like power from canals: "Be it resolved by the State Board of equalization, That the General As sembly be memorialized to amend sec tion 30.0 of the code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, by striking out the words 'and canals providing power for rent or hire' and inserting in lieu there of the words, 'and all individuals, firms or corporations engaged in furnishing or providing for rent or hire power de rived from canals, water powers, riv ers and streams in the State, so that all individuals, firms or corporations engaged in furnishing power for rent or hire derived from water power in this State shall be assessed and taxed upon the same basis. Iviay Die From Norse's Kicks. Chester, Special.-A fearful, horrible and possibly fatal accident occurred here Thursday afternoon about 7:00 o'clock. Mr. P. G. McCorkle was driv ing with his wife and little boy out near the park and the horse very sud denly became frightened and got be yond control. He ran from the street across the hills near the park and threw the occupants out of the buggy. Mrs. McCorkle escaped with slight injury, but was fearfully shocked; little Billy was unhurt, but Mr. McCorkle sus tained several kicks in the face that the doctors think will prove fatal. He held to the lines and the horse kicked him twice, the blows landing just under the left eye, breaking the eye lid and cheek bone, and directly in the mouth and nose. He is terribly mangled and at this hour is unconscious. Drs. Cox and McConnell are attending him and everything in their power will be do-e to save the patient. Want Southern Railway Enjoined. Charlton, Special-Suit was filed in the United States Circuit Court on behalf of H. H. Cummings, of Augusta, asking that the Southern Railway be restrained from operating the South Carolina, and Georgia rail road, and that a receiver for the latter property be appointed, and the road sold at public auction. The suit is based upon the alleged conflict of the Southern Railway's operation of the South Carolina and Georgia with the anti-trust laws of the United States, it being held- that the operation of the road is in restraint of trade. The case will bo heard before Judge Pritch ard at Asheville June 20. Editor's Convention Elects. Guthrie. Okla., Special.-The annual session of thc National Editorial As sociation adjourned after electing these officers: President. John Dy mend, New Orleans; first vice presi dent, John E. Junkin, Sterling. Kan.; second vice president, Henry B. Var iier, Lexington, N. C.; corresponding secretary. W. A. Ashbrook, Johns town, Ohio; recording secretary, J. W. Cockrum, Oakland, Ind.; treasurer, J. Irvin Steel. Ashland, Pa. $500 For Howard College. Birmingham. Special. - President Montague, of Howard College, at East Lake, has just been notified hy Wil liam J. Bryan that Howard College will be given a fund of $500, the in come of which is to provide an an nual prize for the best essay on some economic subject. The money is to be taken from tho Philo S. Bennett fund, of which Mr. Bryan is trustee. Gen. A. P. Stewart Seriously 111. Chattanooga, Special.-General A. P. Stewart, ranking living officer of- thc Confederate army, is seriously ill at Borden Springs, Ala. Ho is the resi dent, member of the Chicamauga. Park commission and has had many honors shown him. He made a brilliant re I cord dutim; the civil war. He is over 8? yean; ol' age. ll is feared that he will not recover. People who most need advice usually have most to give away. PERSONAL GOSSIP Whistler is said to .nave had 100 sit tings tor one portrait. .Pho Champion club-wliirier is a man naaied Burrows, of Loudon. ' ?Samuel Bowles, a banker, will estab lish fl school of modeling in Rutland, Vt. diaries Lind io; Wood, second Vis count Halifax, will visit this country next Call. George S. Eigood. an English artist. ls said io be tue greatest living painter ol' gardens. Colonpi '-Bin* Sapp, a leading Kan sas Democrat; ls a descendant of a royal French bouse. Payne Whitney is encircling his Long Island estate with a $73,000 fence, within which deer are to be kept. Alderman Hamburger, of New York City, has been in office throe and a hair years and has married 0000 peo ple. . Mrs. Theodore P. Shonts. wife of the new chairman of the Panania Canal Commission, is a social favorite in Washington, D. C. Ramon Rivero, of Mexico, ploped in secession with four sisters, deserting each in turn. His mother-in-law has had him put in jail. Sir Robert Douglas has opened a magnificent exhibition of rare manu scripts in tile King's library of the British Museum, at London. Alexis Sergevit'.-h Suvoniu, editor of the Novoe Vremya. now seventy, has be?n for years the greatest figure in the Russian journalistic world. Archbishop Moeller, of Cincinnati; Ohio, has organized a choir of priests to render Gregorian music at the fun eral of all priests in his archdiocese. The late Guy Boothby, author of many novels, called himself a mechani cal author. De worked with the pho nograph, and rarely wrote a line .with pen or typewriter. Bulletin 32 ?f the Bureau of Sta tistics of the Department of Agricul ture devotes a page to an exhibit of our exports of farm products to the various countries of the world in 1901. What countries are our best customers is clearly shown, states the Baltimore Sun. Confining our atten tion to countries that buy $10,000,OOC worth from us, we see that Cuba takes $12,623,000; Denmark, $13,172,000; Spain, $12,699,000; British South Af rica, $10,661,000; Italy, $24,762,000; Canada, $27,550,000; Belgium, $35, 341,000; Netherlands, $50,999,000; France, $5.208,000; Germany, $144, 802,000; England, $496,401,000. Our Interest lies in the cultivation o? friendly relations with all nations, but particularly with those that buy most of us. The mother country seems to be our best friend, from the commercial point of view, but the fatherland comes next. The entire exportation of farm products in 1901 was $951,628,000; in 1903, $878,480,000. The Japanese Imperial Educational Rescript says: "Advance learning and regulate your pursuits, developing the intellectual faculties and perfect ing the virtues and useful elements In any emergency, exert yourself in the public service, and exhibit volun tarily your bravery." This exhorta tion hangs on the walls of every Jap anese schoolhouse and is read ia uni son aloud daily. Wagons F?EN1 Large Shipments of the beRt i just received. Our stock of fi is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS ar always on hand. All call ly responded to. All goc gin of profit. Call to s money. Johnston, W. J. Rutii MANUFAC: AND DE, Cement, Plaster, Hair, Ready Roofing a Write Us : Corner Reynolds an Augusta, THIS SPACE The Leading Groe< ARRINGT COMI 839 .W. F. SAM ri H. H. SCOTT, JR., of Eel and want to see you, LABOR WORLD. Si] of the miner, of the steel corpora tion in the nibbing (Minn.) district are closed. . The Sterling Colliery, at Shamokln, Pa., has resumed operation after an idleness of live months. The Cudahy . Company, .of ...South Omaha, Neb., has put 150 Japanese at work in its meat packing plant'1 T. C. Wheaton & Co.,.of Millville, J., will operate their glass factories day and night, instead of day alone. . An agreeraut has been signed be tween the Granite Cutters' Union and their employers, in Philadelphia, Pa. The "wages of 700 employes 'of _the Alan Wood Company, in Conshohpcken, Pa., have been advanced ten per cent. The State Master Plumbers, in con vention at Reading, Pa., chose as their President Sheldon S. White, of Pitts burg. The 'maria'gement of the American Cement Works, at Egypt, Pa., has come to au agreement with its striking em ployes. . Some bricklayers at West Chester, Pa., are acting as their own hddcar riers because the hodcarriers are on strike. . Nearly all the builders in Baltimore, Md., have granted the demand of car penters fdr an increase froiii $3 to I ?3.?0 a day. j Five hundred employes of the Amer I i?aii Can Company, at Davenport, Ind., 1 went on strike' for a twenty per cent, .wage increase. ? ~ ' The Amalgamated Glass Workers of America have agreed with the manu facturers on the question of operating j their plants in June. I! Striking soft coal miners at Bloss burg, Pa., wbo were evicted from the Moms Ruu Coal Company's houses, have been notified that the United Mine Workers will build houses for them that they may continue the strug gle, .. Chickens Flew Through Plate Glass. Frightened by the ringing of the village school bell, two prairie chick ens that had taken refuge in the tow er flew out as straight and swift as an arrow to the opposite side of the i street, where the leading bird with great velocity hit a heavy plate-glass store window and, going through, it like a bullet through a target, dropped dead on the floor, at a distance of twenty feet from the window, says a Wolsey, S. D., dispatch. The chicken went through the glass with sufficient force to? cut a hole .six inches in diameter. Its companion struck the side of the hole, making it larger and falling inside with the shattered pieces of glass. The second prairie chicken appar ently was not badly injured, for it I swiftly recovered itself and escaped through the hole which it had en tered. Candle Shot Through Board. Concerning the shooting of a can dle through a board, a; correspondent writes:. "We selected a .weather beaten pine-fence bgard as a target, and loaded the gun' with three drams of black powder, followed, by an or dinary 'st?arine' candle, which, fitted tightly. The candle passed through, making a clear-cut hole, and buried itself in the sand back of ihe target. The candle, while somewhat torn, was still far from shapeless." Buggies ."TURE- . Bakes of wagons and buggies lmiture and house furnishing? td GASKETS. s for our Hearse prompt es sold on a small mar ee me, I will save you '. COBB. South Carolina. lerford & Co. rURERS OF ?VLER IN Fire Brick, Fire Clay, nd other Material. For Prices. d Washington Streets, Georgia, IS TAKEN BY ?rs of Augusta G<%, ON BROS. >ANY, Broad ,K of Saluda County and gotield County are with us