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THE PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS .BANK. AUGUSTA, GA] Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. . Li. C. HATS?, President, CHAS. C. Ho WABD,< Cashier. mm OF AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. FRANK ?? t ORD. Cttfctor., CAPITAL; - - S?00,000 ? Sar pins & Profits. 9140,000 Wp sh?11 be pleased to hs YO 70a open ?a 'account with thia Uaak. Cistoaeis ead i correspondents issnred of ?very c?irCam^ 1 ?ccommoditioQ possible, nader ci>n*ax-? VOI .70. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1905. NO. 35. COTTON LEAK FOUND Termination of a Great Scandai in the Agricultural Department BOW A FEW BROKERS GOT NEWS Secretary Wilson Makes Public an Official Report Stating That Edward S. Holmes Communicated Advance Information Through L. C. Van Riper to Theodore^. Price and Other New York Operators. Washington, Special.-As the result of the investigation by secret service agents into the charges made by Rich ard Cheatham, secretary of the Cotton Planters' Association, that information had been given to cotton brokers in New York by some person or persons in the Bureau of Statistics of the De partment of Agriculture, Secretary Wil son made public an official report in which he states that Edwin S. Holmes, the assistant statistican, has been guil ty of "juggling" the official report. The report says it has been found that Mr. Holmes communicated advance infor mation to L. C. Riper, a New York broker, and that a Mr. 'Hass, of New York, who, Mr. Van Riper said, acted as a go-btween in conveying information from Holmes to other New York brokers, including Theodore Price. Steps have'been taken by Secretary Wilson to prevent any further leakage bf the Department, figures, and an en tire re-organization of the Bureau of Statistics and manner of preparing monthly crop reports has been outlined by him. The papers in connection with the investigation were referred to the United States attorney for the District of Columbia and he has reported that, in his opinion, a criminal prosecution will not lie against Holmes. Holmes has been dismissed from the service of the Department. BROKER VAN RIPER WITNESS. According to the report, Wilson Judd, of New York, formerly in the employ of L. C. Van Riper, induced the latter to tell of his connections with Holmes and then communicated the informa tion to Mr. Cheatham. Van Riper became the principal wit ness in the investigation conducted by the secret service and said he was in duced to communicate the fact that ad vanced information was being given out by Holmes because he had heard that Holmes and his associates had intended to try to manipulate the June cotton report. Having this information as a foundation, the secret service agents . interviewed numerous persons who had meen mentioned by Judd and Van Riper, as well as gathering a mass of \correspondence, including many letters written by Holmes to Van Riper and others. The report made to Secretary Wilson and the Secretary's comments, together with the details of the new plan of conducting the Bureau of Sta tistics, makes more than four thousand words. It reviews thc- entire investi gation, beginning with the charges that were laid before Secretary Wilson by Mr. Cheatham several weeks ago. Just That Way. If an editor makes a mistake, says the Factotum, he has to apologize for it, but if the doctor mages one for it. but if the doctor makes one there is a lav/ suit, swearing and the smell of sulphur, but the doctor makes one there is a funeral, cut flowers and a smell of varnish. The doctor can use a word a yard long without knowing what it means, but if the editor uses it he has to spell it. If the doctor goes to see another man's wife he charges for the visit, but if the editor goes to see another man's wife he gets a charge of buck shot. When a doctor gets drunk it is a case of "overcome by heat," and if he dies it is heart failure. When an editor gets drunk it is a case of too much booze, and if he dies it is a case bf . delirium tremens. Any old medical college can make a doctor You can't make an editor. He has to oe born.-Ex. \ News of the Day. The body of Secretary Hay was in terred at Cleveland-with simple cere monies, the President being one of those present. The Rabinical convention continued its sessions at Cleveland. Interesting addresses were delivered before several departments of the Na tional Educational Convention at As bury Park. Two Illinois banks, of which C. J. Devlin, the Topeka (Kan.) capitalist, was president, have closed. Refugees fleeing frpm the yellow fever scourge on the Isthmus of Pana rra arrived at New York/and paint conditions in the Canal Zon^very dark iy. A man who registered us a son of August Belmont was arrested in Color ado Springs for alleged forger}-. In New York he was declared an impostor. The Kniaz Potemkins, with her crew of mutineers on board, has arrived at Theodosia, Crimea, and raised the standard of rebellion. She is reported to have been seen in several other places. Sixty of the mutineers of *he Pobie donosetz have been imprisoned, and it is thought all will be shot. Ru?::-?a now seems anxious to con clude peace and particularly eager to conclude an armistice, fearing that another bad defeat would threaten the safety ox the Empire. 1 Cossacks fired on workmen at the Potilcff worksj and bounded a number of themr Servicea in memory of Secretary Hay were hera at St. Paul's Cathedral, in London. The dignitaries sent to receive the body of Paul Jones were dined by Pre mier and Mme. Rouvier. H. H. Rogers testified in Boston in the suit of George Wharton Pepper, re ceiver of the Bay State Gas Company, against him. Additional mutinous demonstrations have been made among the Russian ships at Cronstadt. It is estimated that during the rioting at Odessa 6,000 persons were killed and nearly $10,000,C00 worth of property was destroyed. It is stated that neither Norway nor Sweden is making preparations for war. , George E. Lorenz, convicted of com plicity in. the- Postoffice conspiracy, v?as faken to prison. FUNERAL OF MR. HAY Simple But Impressive Ceremony Marked the Burial of the Dead Statesman. Cleveland, Ohio, Special.-The fun eral of Secretary Hay took place here on Wednesday. The body of the dead statesman did not lie in state, owing to the express wish of Mrs. Hay and the family. The ceremonies were im pressive, but simple. The President and party were in attend?nce, as also a large outpouring of citizens. A Proclamation by the President Oyster Bay, L. I., Special.-President Roosevelt has prepared the formal proclamation announcing the death of^ John Hay, Secretary of State, as fol lows: "A proclamation by the President of the United States: "John Hay, Secretary of State of the United States, died July 1. His death, a crushing sorrow to his friends, is to the President of this country a nat ional bereavement, and in addition' it is a serious loss to mankind, for to him it was given to stand as a leader in the effort to better world conditions by striving to advance the cause of international peace and justice. "He entered the public service as the trusted and intimate companion of Abraham Lincoln, and for well night forty years he served his country with loyal devotion and high ability in many positions of honor and trust; and finally he crowned his life work by serving as Secretary of State with such farsightedness of the future and such loyalty to lofty ideas, as to con fer lasting benefits not only upon our own country, but upon all the nations of the earth. As a suitable expression of national mourning, I direct that the diplomatic representatives of the United States in all foreign countries display the 'flags over their embas sies and legations at half-mast for ten days; that for a like period the flag of the United States be displayed at half-mast at all forts and military posts and at all naval stations and on all vessels of the United States. "I further order that on the day of the funeral, the Executive Department in city of Washington be closed, and that on all the public buildings throughout the United States the nat ional flag be displayed at half-mast. "Done at the city of Washington, this third day of July, A. D., 1905, and of the independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty ninth. "THEODROE ROOSEVELT." ' "By the President: Herbt D. Price, Acting Secretary of State." President Announces Peace Commis sioners. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Special.-Official announcement was made by President Roosevelt of the names of the Russian and Japanese envoys to the Washing ton peace conference. The character and ability of the men selected by both bel ligerents is an earnest of the desire of their respective government to con clude, if possible, the tragedy enacted in the far East. The plenipotentiaries are: Russian, Ambassador Muravieff, for merly Minister of Justice and now am bassador to It ly, and Baron Rosen, recently appointed as ambassador to the United States to succeed Count Cassini. Japanese, Baron Komura, Minister Foreign Affairs, and Kogoro Takahira, minister to the United Stai.es. By direction of the President, Sec retary Loeb made the formal an nouncement in the following state ment: PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT. "The President announces that the Russian and Japanese governments have notified him that they have ap pointed the plenipotentiaries to meet here (Washington) as soon after the first of August as possible. The two Russian plenipotentiaries are Ambas sador Muravieff, formerly Minister of Justice and now ambassador at Rome, and Ambassador Rosen. The Japanese plenipotentiaries are Baron Komura, now Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister Takahira. "It is possible that each side may send one or more additional represen tatives. The plenipotentiaries of both Russia and Japan will be entrusted with full power to negotiate and con clude a treaty of peace, subject, of course, to ratification by their respect ive home governments." Sons of Veterans Elect Officers. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-At the seventeenth annual convention of Ala bama and Tennessee United Sons of Confederate Veterans, held here July 4th, the following officers were elected: Commander, W. P. Saunders, Knox ville, Tenn.; vice commander, Frank Felks, Birmingham; deputy vice com mander, Charles A. Brake. Birming ham; secretary, M. D. Freidman, Bir mingham; treasurer, Valentine Gilb, Jr., Birmingham. Threw Himself Under Train. Columbia, S. C., Special- News was received here of the suicide at New Castle, Ky., of Mr. John A. Hen drix, formerly a resident of this city, where he was very popular. The message stated that he threw himself ander a moving train. He had be come short, to a. small extent, in hi? accounts with a special agent of a bonding company here, representing the Bell Telephone company. Mr. Hendrix, was. until recently, a clerk in W. D. Lever's slice store herc. Uf to a few month's ago he was correct in his habits. Covington Not Guilty. Little Rock, Ark., Special.-A ver dict of not guilty was returned by the jury in the trial of State Senator A. W. Covington on a charge of accept ing a bribe of $6,000 on the bill appro priating $800,000 for the completion of the new State capitol. The jury had been out since Saturday night at 11.30 o'clock. After the verdict was an nounced the prosecution entered a nolle prose qui in the ' remaining charge against Senator Covington of accepting a bribe of $100 and a gold watch for his vote on the district court bill. Army Ordered to Mobilize. Stockholm, By Cable.-The Asso ciated Press is in a position to state that an order for the mobilization of the Swedish army has been issued and that a proclamation to this effect will probably be issued within a week. The mobilization is intended as a means of giving added force to any proposal for settlement which the special com mittee appointed by the Riksdag may make to t?io Norwegian Sterling. MUTINY NOW OVER The Last Act In Tragedy of Russian Rebe! Warship BLOOD-STAINED SHIP i S OCCUPIED Russian |Admiral Arrives With His Fleet and Takes Over the Posses sion of the Kniaz Potemkine From the Rounmanian Authorities. Kustenji, Roumania, By Cable.-Ad ,mirai Kruger boarded and took pos session of the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkine, King Charles of Roumania having sent instructions to the commander of the Roumanian squadron that the vessel be delivered to the Russian authorities without raising difficulties. The torpedo boat which accompan ied the Kniaz Potemkine, however* left for Odessa without surrendering, declaring that she had not mutinied, but that the Kniaz Potemkine had forced her to follow. Admiral Kruger arrived with his squadron Sunday morning, and after exchanging the customary salutes, in timated that he had come to arrange for the transfer of the Kniaz Potem kine. Admiral Kolinsky, commander of the Roumanian squadron, boarded the Russian battleship Tchesme and informed Admiral Kruger that King Charles had ordered him to turn the vessel over to the Russian admiral. The formalities of the transfer were complete this afternoon, and Admiral Kruger boarded the Kniaz Potemkine. The press representative inspected the Kniaz Potemkine after the with drawal of the Roumanian guard. De-' spite the efforts of the Roumanians to get things in ship-shape, everything aboard the battleship was still in a state of wildest disorder. The officers' cabins were stripped of everything of any value, and blood stains were ev erywhere. There was sufficient am munition aboard the Kniaz Potemkine to have enabled the mutineers to make a desperate resistance. It is said that during the last few days the vessel was navigated by two engineers and an officer with revolvers at their heads. All of the sailors wished to surren der with the exception of Matuschen ko, the leader of the mutiny, who re sisted for some time, and wanted to blow up the ship. Seven officers were prisoners aboard the Kniaz Potemkine. They were in a pitiable condition from ill treatment. They declare that Matuschenko him self killed ten officers of the battle ship. All the papers and books belonging to the vessel were destroyed. it appears that the decision to sur render the Kniaz Potemkine was made when it became evident that no other vessels would join in the mutiny. Thc crew of the battleship seemed to be unaware of the surrender of the Georgi Pobiedonosetz and expected that she also was coming to Kustenji to capitulate to Roumania. Twenty married sailors from the Kniaz Potemkine have applied to the Russian consul here to be sent back to Russia. The crew of torpedo boat No. 2GS were given half an hour in which to surrender or leave port. A considerable number of the crew of thc Kniaz Potemkine surrendered to the Russian squadron, alleging that they had acted under compulsion. The coal supply of the mutinous bat tleship was nearly exhausted, but there was plenty of food on board. A Russian priest, after the transfer, held a service of purification on board the Kniaz Potemkine, sprinkling the vessel and her flags with holy water. Admiral Kruger's squadron, which brought a crew for the Kniaz Potem kine, sailed with her for Russia. Race Riot I" New York. New York, Special.-Two persons were shot, one probably fatally, in a fight between mobs of whites and ne groes in West Sixteenth street Sun day. The trouble began when Henry Hart, a colored man, was attacked in the street by a number of white boys, who accused him of interfering with a ball game. Hart fled, pursued by a mob of whites hurling stones, bricks and other missies, and reached the tenement house where he lived. After arming himself with a revolver, Hart ran down stairs and began firing into the crowd, one of the shots striking James Hunter in the side. Eight Blown to Atoms. Harrisburg, Pa., Special. - Eight men were blown to pieces and two others were injured by the premature explosion of a big blast of rock pow der on the Pennsylvania Railroad im provement near the Cumberland at 7.30 o'clock Sunday morning. Thc ac cident occurred directly across the Susquehanna river from the scene of the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck on May ll, in which 23 persons were killed and many othess injured. \ Two to Be Hanged. The State supreme court passed on the case of Fletcher Byrd and Palmer Chriswel! and the action of the lower court was sustained. This means that the case will be remanded to the lower court in order that sentence of death may again be passed upon the negroes, charged with the murder of Magistrate Cox near Fountain Inn last year. The magistrate tried to stop the negroes, who had illicit whiskey in their buggy, and they fired upon him with fatal results. Cleveland Not to Retire. New York, Special.-In relation to a report that Grover Cleveland was con templating retiring from the trustee ship of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, Mr. Cleveland authorizes the following statement: "Nothing has occurred thus far to dissatisfy me in the least and the idea of retiring from the trusteeship has never entered my minc." AIRING STATE HOUSE MATTER Suit of State of South Carolina Against Architects For Faulty Construction of Repairs on State Capitol Comes Up For Trial at Columbia. Columbia Special to Charlotte Observer. ? The civil suit which will be begun by the State in the Circuit Court here for $200,000 damages against the con tracting firm of Mcllvane, Unkefer & Company and Architect Frank P. Mil burn, for faulty construction in remod eling the State capitol, will attract much attention throughout the State. Governor Heyward and a number of other prominent men have been sum moned as witnesses and it is expected that some sensational evidence will be "brought out. In the opinion of experts twice as much money as was necessary to com plete the building and put it in perfect condition has already been expended, although the work is not yet complete.. The scandals, following an exposure of the affair, involving certain prominent politicians belonging to the State house commission, which accepted the work and released those responsible from their bonds, caused the matter to bo the subject of a number of heated d? li?tes in the last several Legislature. So heated, in fact, 'did the debates be come, that, at times, it looked as if personal violence would result. The new State house commission's architest, Mr. C. C. Wilson, declared that the new dome was faulty in construction and liable to fall in with disastrous re sults, its supports being insufficient. Governor Heyward employed the gov ernment's leading expert, Mr. Kert Berle, who came here and passed upon the dome. For the most part he sided with Mr. Milburn, though the commis sion loyally adhered to the contentions of its own expert. After the architect and contractors were paid for their work to complete the building, a subsequent Legislature found it necessahy to appropriate $145, 000 more to complete the repairs. A large amount of this has already been expended, in a new heating plant and in permanent work. The principal point of difference now, and the one whbh will receive the most attention in the trial, is as to whether a new roof should be added to take the place of thc one thc contractors put on under Architect Milburn. The new commission has the plans and specifica tions for a new roof all ready for ' awarding the contracts, and will let these contracts, as soon as the result of the trial is known. The new roof will be of terra cotta. The failure of the million-dollar In dependent Cotton Oil Company and the resultant failure of the $200,000 Darl ington Trust Company, will cause much suffering in and near Darlington, where a large amount of the stock was held. It is understood'that a controlling'in terest in both concerns were held in Darlington and neighboring counties. In a number of cases the holding amounted to .as little as $50 to $3,000; but-' these represented the savings of years. It is stated that a number pf the larger stockholders, are endorsers on the company's .notes to a large;..ex tent. However, the statement is confi dently made that no other business en terprises of that section are involved, and there are those who believe that both concerns will get on their feet again. About $100,000 worth of the stock was helu in Charleston. At one time the concern's headquarters were in Charleston, with Morris Israel, of that city, as its president. The head quarters were moved to Darlington, but again transferred to Charleston, but finally went back to Darlington on in terests there acquiring control. The affairs of the two concerns will be thoroughly investigated by the re ceivers, whick Judge Watts appointed Saturday. Messrs. L. E. Williamson and E. C. Lide have been appointed re ceivers for the trust company, and Mr. Bright Williamson for the oil com pany. - Thc complaint in the oil company cases alleges indebtedness aggregating $520,000. The complaint urging the ap pointment of a receiver says: "The Independent Cotton Oil Com pany owns eight oil mills, with ware houses and other appurtenances, num erous ginneries, tank cars, live stock and applicance, has valuable contracts outstanding, is employing a large num ber of hands, and has on hand large valuable stocks of raw material and manufactured product, and it would be disastrous to the business of the said company and to its stockholders and creditors for its Operations to be sus pended." Americans in Mexico Celebrate. Mexico City, Special-The Fourth of July was celebrated by the Ameri can colony. Robert Barret read the Declaration of Independence and Am bassador Conger delivered a patriotic address. President Diaz was enter tained by the Society of the American Colony at lunch and made a brief ad dress, paying a tribute to the United States. He was cheered lustily. New Enterprises. The secretary of state last week is sued a charter to the Lynch-Letton company of this city, ? which has bought the drayage business conduct ed for many years by Mr. T. S. Har per. The capital stock is $10,000. The Evening Post Publishing com pany of Charleston has increased its capitalization from $10,000 to $15,000. A commission was issued the Benev olent and Endowment, association of Columbia, a concern for the insurance cf negroes. The M. L. Sullivan company of An derson was given a charter lo conduct a mercantile business, capital stock $5,000. South Carolina Items. A farmer's institute, under the di rection of Clemson college, will be ! held at Moore Spring, near Duncans, Friday, July 21. The following pro fessors will make addresses on prac tical subjects: Prof. Klein of the [ veterinary department of Clemson, Prof. D. W. Daniel of the industrial department. Prof. C. C. Chambliss of the entomology department, and Prof. C. L. Newman of Clemson will discuss agriculture from the scientific stand point. Thc South Carolina board of Medi cal Examiners held its first annual meeting June 13, 14, 15, 1905. At this meeting there were 66 applicants for license to practice medicine in this State. Of these 44 passed and 22 failed. This is quite a large percent age of failures. Telegraphic Briefs. Harry Copenhaver was killed by a live wire in tho telephone exchange at Martinsburg. I The county superintendents' of ! schools completed their conference at Charlottesville, -? ? - Noble Profession Highly Praised By $u ? ? - President Roosevelt .PRAISES HIVES OF SACRIFICE -. Addressing 12,000 Delegates, the Chief Executive Declares That the Teach ing Profession Makes the Whole World its Debtor. -. \ Asbury Park, N. J., Special.-A crowd of thirty thousand persons which turned out to welcome- Presi dent Roosevelt Friday, the closing day of the National Educational Associa tion convention, the most impressive of all the great educational meetings. The duties of the rich was the sub ject matter of the speech, which the President delivered to the educators. Although this was the last day of ,the convention, the President found 12,000 delegates, nearly all school teachers, waiting to hear his speech, which was made in Ocean Grove Audi torium, t Several pretty receptions marked .ihe trip from thc depot to the auditor ium. Outside the depot the Indian -band from Carlisle School was in wait ing and fell into linc immediately be fore the President's carriage. As the carriage turned into Main street it passed a wagon filled with negroes, Who began to cheer. In response, the President waved his hand at the de lighted negroes. When thc President entered thc au ditorium, thousands mounted chairs and cheered him. As soon as quiet had been restored, b?; began to speak. -r His address was filled with good sug gestions and bright thoughts. It was attentively listened to by the throng present, and marked an important point in the proceedings of the great meeting. In closing Mr. Roosevelt said: "Thrice fortunate are you to whom it is given to lead lives of resolute en deavor for the achievements of lofty ideals, and furthermore, to instill, both by your lives and by your teachings, these ideals into the minds of those who in the next generation will, as the men and women of that genera tion, determine thc position which this nation will hold in thc history of mankind." i 25,000 Teachers Attend. ! Asbury Park, N. Y., Special-The forty-fourth annual session of the National Educational Association at Asbury Park is being attended by 25, 000 teachers, and thousands of visitors who are here to look in upon the great meetings being held daily in Ocean Grove Auditorium. ii ROOT SUCCEEDS HAY. -I 7. ' ... Unofficial But Definite Announcement Indicates His Selection. ' New York, Special.-It can be defi nitely stated that President Roosevelt has offered the position of Secretary of State to Elihu Root and that Mr. Root has accepted. Oyster Bay, L. I., Special.-While no ?official confirmation is obtainable here of thc announcement that Elihu Root has accepted President Roosevelt's proffer of the Secretaryship of State in succession to John Hay, it can be said that the President will authorize a- statement to be made regarding the matter. The precise nature of the state ment is not known. Mr. Root boarded the President's special train at Jersey City, just before it left for Cleveland, at 5:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. ^WWJe^tj^&^members of the Presi dent's cabinetsjretired to their apart ments on the train at an early hour Tuesday night, the'Pi^sideiT^^ajjd^J^ Root remained in conference for several hours. Then it was that the President broached the subject of Mr. Root's re turn to the cabinet. All phases of the situation were considered carefully. On the return journey, their confer ence, interrupted by the mission on which they had gone to Cleveland, was resumed. His acceptance of the prof fer announced in New York is believed to be without reservation at all dif ficult to overcome. Junior Endeavors' Rally. Baltimore, Special.-The second days' session of the 22d international Christian Endeavor Convention was presided over by Rev. George B. Stewart, of Auburn, N. J. An impres sive prayer was offered by Rev. Ralph W. Brokaw, of Utica, N. Y. William Shaw, of Boston, delivered an ad dress upon "What Christian Endeav ors Have Done." The afternoon session of the con vention was devoted to a "junior and intermediate rally," presided over by Rev. Dr. Ira Landrith, president of Belmont College, Nashville, ?Tenn. Jordan's Advice Causes Slump. New York, Special.-A statement at tributed to President Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Association, in oppo sition to the abnormally high prices for cotton is supposed to have affected the colton market and caused a decline of 16 points, October selling at 10.62 at noon; December at 10:66, and Jan uary at 10:77! The market opened an average of 5 to 7 points down. Pres ident Jordan in his statement advised the farmers to sell at 10 cents. Child Killed by Lightning. Sunset, Tex., Special.-During a storm, Essie, the ten-year-old daugh ter of Rev. St. John, has been in stantly killed by lightning while stand ing in a yard with her father and other children of the family. The re mainder of the group were severely shocked by the bolt and it is report ed tha.t all of them were stricken blind by the flash of electricity. The family, reside six miles east of Sunset. Counterfeiters Released. Atlanta, Ga.. Special.-William L. Kendig and William M. Jacobs, the two Philadelphia counterfeiters have left this city for Philadelphia, after being released from the Federal peni tentiary here. Their sentences were commuted to present service by Pres ident Roosevelt on tjte ground that the sentences were excessive. The President pardoned William L. Kendig and William M. Jacobs convict ed counterfeiters.' 0ccurrence3 of Interest In Various Parts of the State. Geneal Cotton Market. . , Middling Galveston, firm . 10 7-8 New Orleans, firm.io 3-4 Savannah, quiet . 10 1-2 Norfolk, steady. 10 3-4 Baltimore, nominal . 11.00 New York, quiet .11.10 Boston, quiet. n.io Philadelphia, steady .. . 11.35 Houston, steady . 10 3-4 Augusta, firm . 10 5 Memphis, firm. 10 11-16 St. Louis, firm . 10 3-4 Louisville, firm . 10 S-4 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling . 10 5-16 Good middling . 10 1-4 Strict middling. 10 1-4 Middling . 10 1 Tinges . 8 1-2 to 9 3-4 Stains . 7 1-2 to 9.00 Died After a Quarrel. Lucknow, Special.-Mr. W. J. Rollins died instantly Thursday at 12 o.'clock, death resulting from heart failure. It seems that the cause was from a dis pute between he and Dr. L. H. Peebles, magistrate, while working on a ditch in the street. Some of ' the citizens agreed to clean the ditch, and Rollins was overseeing the work. Peebles de cided he wuuld help and secured a hoe and worked with the rest of the crowd. Some time, about an hour before they quit, Peebles made a suggestion as to how he thought the ditch should be dug ard asked Rollins to hand him the shovel, which Rollins did, Peebles showing Rollins his idea of how the ditch should be dug. Rollins said that he would not have it that way, and that it should be finished as started. Peebles got offended at Rollins for the manner in which he spoke and left Without further words. About 12:00 o'clock Rollins started for a bucket or water at a well at> which he and all usc out of, and was obliged to pass Pee bles house. Peebles was on his porch and Rollins stopped and told Peebles he had come to tell him about the ditch and commenced to exulain himself, in the way he spoke to Peebles. Peebles, being mad already, ordered him to get away from his place. Rollins was standing on the sidewalk, talking to Peebles. Then Rollins went to the well talking back to Peebles, but did not curse, while Peebles used strong language to him. When at the well but a few minutes Rollins fell and died instantly. Rollins leaves a wife and many friends to survive him. Palmetto Items. Columbia, Special-Dispensary In spector C. L. Brown is looking for $1,000 he lost, or was robbed of be tween here and Charleston, where he went recently to look after Dispenser S. S. Matthews, who was behind .in. accounts to this amount and who squared himself with the State dis pensary people by turning over this sum in cash to Mr. Brown, who gave his receipt. Mr. Brown did not dis cover his loss till he reache Colum bia. He reported to Commissioner Tatum that he had lost the money, but just how, he was at a loss to dis cover. The law as to suing on an in spector's bond seems to be defective and there was some rub here, but Commissioner Tatum insisted that the State should not be made to lose and Mr. Brown saw the force of the ar gument and made up the amount and paid it over to the State dispensary. Brown has been suspended. He says be did not drink on his way here and does not see how any one could have taken the money from his per son. Columbia, Special. - Long-distance 'phone messages from JHpj^mce and ' Darlington ?ea-firm thc ru?TorT7??TT*snt here of the failure of two big concern?, at the latter place. Thc one is tho Inde pendent Cotton Oil Company, capital ized at $1,000,000, and operating half a dozen branch plants in Hartsville, Tlm mpnsviile; in Williamsburg county, and elsewhere, and the other is the Darling ton Trust Company, which has author ized capital of $200,000, of which $120, 000 has been paid in. The trust concern conducted a bank in Darlington, whose doors were closed. Negro Found Dead. Florence, Special.-About 8 o'clock Thursday morning a negro man was found dead on the railroad near the old tobacco factory here. How he came to his death is a mystery. It was thought at first that he came to his death by being run over by a train, but the bruises on his body are not sufficient to show that. Still some think he did. He was identified as Frank Henderson, and his home is said to be at Henderson ville, N. C., but he has been here and in this section of the State for several months. For the past few clays he has been working at the poor farra as a painter. Bucket Shop For Union. Union Special.-It is understood that in all probability another bucket shop will be opened in Union this fali. Last week the Western Union Tele graph company had a lineman here to look into conditions. He said it wat probable that there would be a mar ket wire established just for cotton business, the wire to come from Spar tanburg to Union, thence to Carlisle. Whitmire and Clinton. The work of construction will likely be?;n soon. A Child Burned to Death. Eiloree Special-Last Monday nighl about ll o'clock one of the tenant houses on Mr. P. L. Cannon's plact near Vance was destroyed by fire. The occupants, Jennie Owens and her tw< children were asleep when the fire was discovered. The mother escaper and one of the children perished ir the flames while the other was badi? burned. The origin of thc fire anc full particulars connot be learned Coroner Rickenbaker of Orangeburj has been notified and is on his waj j to the scene of the accident Negro Killed at Celebration. Florence, Special.-At a big negro Fourth of July picnic at Mars Bluff, about six miles from here, a difficulty arose between two negroes, Sam Wind ham and Crockett Davis, and us a re- ? suit, Sam Windham is dead and Crock ett Davis is shot through the thigh. The trouble arose over a negro woman. Both negroes were drinking. Several negro men were mixed up in the af fair, but none got in?o trouble except tue two mentioned, I SOUTfl CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Conditions For Past Week as Given Out by the Department. The section director for the South Carolina section of the Department of Agriculture issue the following bulle tin: The week endin j Monday, July 3rd, had nearly a normal mean tem perature, it having been very high at the beginning of the week, with a mnx imum of 59 degrees at Blackville on June 27th, and was comparatively cool during the middle of the week with a minimum of 61 at Allendale on June 29th. There was more than an aver age amount of cloudiness. The winds were mostly easterly and drying. Copious rains fell in the Savannah valley counties and along the southern coast; excessive rains in the extreme western and northwestern counties. The co-operative observer at Walhalla reported over thirteen inches for the week: Scattered showers, generally light occurred in the central, eastern and northeastern counties, where the drought has only been partially re lieved. Lands were washed and bot 'tom lands flooded in Oconee. Pickcns and parts of Greenville, Anderson and Barnwell counties; in ali other sections the -ainfali was wholly beneficial. Cotton improved in general appear ance, although it has not attained normal size except in a few scattered localities. The cotton crop is uneven and irregular in size, .rrowth and fruit age, though it is blooming normally over practically the whole State. There are fewer complaints of deterioration, lice and shedding than last week. In the dry sections, some plants are blooming to the top. Sea island cotton continues small, though generally healthy. There is little, if any improvement, in the early planted corn, which con tinues unpromising; later plantings have improved in color and growth, but are still beiug seriously injured by j chinch bugs in places. Wheat threshing is under way and the yields are very" poor. Rice is do ing well. Tobacco is being cured; the crop is poor and shows the bad effects of drought. Peas are being sown ex tensively. Pastures and gardens are parched, except vhere the recent rains have partially revived them. Water melons arc being marketed. Sweet po tota slips are being set out since.the rains .and where set out earlier are do ing well. The general crop outlook is more promising than heretofore, but is still poor where a moisture is defi cient, which includes about half the State. J. W. BAUER, Section -Director. Slayer of Seven Women Escapes Americus, Ga., Special.-The whole sale shooting and killing of seven ne gro women here at the hands of War ren Hicks, a black desperado, still creates the greatest excitement in the neighborhood of the tragedy. . 1 Wagons FTJRJNTI Large Shipments of the beRt n just received. Our stock of fa is complete. A Large stock. always on hand. All calli ly responded to. All goo gin of profit. Call to sc money. . _ GEO. 3P Johnston, W. J. Ruth MANUFACT AND DEA Cement, Plaster, Hair, Ready Roofing* ar Write Us I Corner Reynolds anc Augusta, . THIS SPACE I The Leading Groee ARRINGT< COMP 839 I gj&~\V. F. S AMPI, H. H. SCOTT, JR., of ?d? an4 want to see y?u. The county "is appalled at the horri ble deed. Tho county commissioners met and requested Governor Terrell to offer ? reward for the murderer's cap ture, the commissioners making such an offer on behalf of the county. Hicks was chased ten hours by offi cers, but is still at large. Ship Yards Strike Spreads. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The strike of the Nevsky shipyard, which began Monday, became general Tuesday morning. Between 5,000 and 6,000 strikers held av meeting in the court yard of the works. Speeches detail ing the men's grievances were deliver ed and subsequently the men attempted to form a procession. Thereupon the authorities requisitioned 800 Cossacks, who dispersed the men by the free use of their whips.^ There is "marked ex citement in labor circles. Leaflets are being cast broadcast detailing the re-., cents events at Lodz and Odessa. Telegraphic Briefs. President Roosevelt is at Cambridge, participating in the jubilee of his class at Harvard. The Yaqui Indians, the Apaches of , Mexico, are on a raiding tour in -the co Qtry along the San Miguel river, and have killed at least 12 ranchers, be sides several women and children. T. ?. Deveny was, at Fairmont, awarded judgment for $40,000 in his case against James D. Cook. President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the University of California, speaking at the Darmouth College commence ment, expressed a poor opinion of the wealthy class in isolation from hu manity. Leading members of the New York bar are more or less in sympathy with the viows of Secretary Taft on the ad ministration of criminal law. John F. Wallace, who "resigned a3 chief engineer of the Panama canal and a member of the commission, has ac cepted a $60,000 position with a New York corporation. Graeme Stewart, several times a candidate for Mayor- of Chicago on the Republican ticket and prominent in the business life of the Western city, is dead. Party Moves Onward. Washington, Special.-Wm. H. Taft, Secretary of War, accompanied by a distinguished party, including mem bers of both houses of Congress, army officials, the daughter of the President, Miss Alice Roosevelt, and others, be gan their journey to the Philippine Is lands at 5:30 o'clock Friday after noon. The party embarked in two special cars on the regular train over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. Odds and Ends. The man who does not fear, failure seldom has to face.it. _Never is happiness more clear thaii when~lounjied on clean-heartedness. A nice thingrabout marfymg^money is everybody envies you so much more than you do yourself. Chairman Morton accepted the res ignation cf James Hazeu Hydeetad ignation of James W. Alexander as President, and of James Har.en Hyde as first vice-president of the Equit able Life Assurance Society . Buggies TTXRE: lakes of wagons and buggies ruiture and house furnishing? d CASKETS. 5 for'bur Hearse prompt ds soldorr4i small mar ie me, I wirrilYfc .you South Carolina, erford & Co. 'URERS OF LLER IN Fire Brick, Fire Clay, id other Material. 7ov Prices. 1 Washington Streets, Georgia S TAKEN BY rs of Augusta^ Ga,, DN BROS. ANY, Broad E of Saluda County and iefjeld County are with us