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m PLANTER'S JLO?S?NDL % SAVINGS $ J BANK, Augusta, Ga., PATS: r ON ACCOUNTS L. ?. HAYNE, PBSSIDHST. Chas. C, Howard, CASHCES. KESOTJKCES OY?B 51,000,000 i tili ii H mi j i iii ni ani y /m nt ff VOL. 71 EDGEfIELD, S. Ck WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, M)06. |THE NATIONAL BANK $ ?f AUGUSTA, GA. L. 0. HAYNE, President. FRANK G. FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL.:. $250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We Khali be pleased to har* y?u open an nccowf with this Bant. Custniucrnand corres;-or.d>ntaa* sored ot ererj courtesy a?J nrr-Trm-lnflnn nritM Mi bio under eons-rraiirt:, modrrn Banking- method*. ? ii III 11 t E 8 ll 1 I ft H# N0.36;' "rightful Collision on Seaboard Near Hamlet, N. C. 3RDERS WERE NOT DELIVERED Seaboard ' Air Line Passenger -Train No. ii and anvExtra Freight Train . .Come Together Witt - an Awful Crash in a Deep Cut One Mile From Hamlet. V; v > i Hamlet, N. C. Special.--Twenty or? lore .were killed and twenty-three | adly injured in a he?d-on collision^ etween a Seaboard Air Line Passcn er train and an extra freight one lille from herc Sunday night.. Nearly ll those kilied were colored passeu Th? kuowifdead'?re: '' "* Engineer F. B. Lewis, of the pas -euger train. ' : . : ! i H. S. Byrd, Baggage master. Fireman Tom,Hill^ colored,,oii . the ?asscngerV^rahi. vi Negjo* ..ii rem an luinc-. unknown? of hc freight probably 2.1 others unidentified. Kaiiruad men, citizens and thc pus* sengers who escaped injury, are work ing- heroically 'to recover the dead nrd injured' imprisoned in t he "w rock ie. ' '*"*'.""'' . 1 * '. Both the secqnd und., .fii's.t. class, ^caches were overturned and it is sad y agumented-before-thc work of the cscuers is completed. Thc rescuers can soo a ^ mininer of il?less foims-b^hc??iful light of ??^eT?il; &^*they?'jfre strong iaJfefuHy '^retrchr^ PoTtnuataff tW amps in the coaches were extinguish ed iu tbs crash and Are was not ad ded to "the koiT?i- of the catastrophe. 'ji'hus far the list of-the seriously injured reaches twenty-three-five white and eighteen colored. Others may be imprisoned ;in the overturned coaches. : ; : :. The engineer and fireman of the freight train jumped and?' escaped with a few bruises. The coach for colored people Was^completely demol ished and nearly everyone in il met, death.. Both locomotives were demol ished and the baggage cars.and coach es jumbljll.itoiethe? uf^a?fc. uiTstghj^y? mass.^THc5tra*k3'.ar? ?piled^lii?rh wjtlnj wrecks*^ wbt blocked* for'1 hours. ^.-?t-he. -.wrecks' oceuned^ abont-?" -50 ' o-'clock. Th? passenger, train, which ||f^Gt?rloltc'ajt 3fo'clock? was^?t?H je^i^ormers^and was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour. With out H??irning the.Trej.ghl. an extra fruit ^in;".)v^"ti;boiincl," flashe^L^lui?* tb|? ^fn-Si a? ? lia d?e p ' c u t ofie* m i 1 e'i?ro?i ?fbmlet, and the I wo trains cambeto-] sether with an,.a.wful. crash and roar. En^in'eov Lew is* amt* his ftvemaii" v&re instantly killed and death was almost as swift to the passei\?srs^!!i<?:thcte0l? ore?* coach. The desi ruction was com plete ;and rendered more horrible by tho cries and groans of the dying'. The dead and injured, will be con veyed tq ?t?ckm^u?nTas-"sitting asfa sneeial Van' be m'at? up anil thc- track bleared sufficiently. Messages have been sent to ?v?i-v'physi'cian in Ham let and Rockingham,, as- well as in the comity. . It is impossible aj^his/tiniepfr as-1 '.PI tain the name^^'thfi^a^aud] injured owing to thc-confusion -inci dent to thc catastrophe. Not all the ?Tend: have been identified, but if i's st -trd that the list will.reach 2i>. Thc tviicf dispatcher of the Seaboard ai Raleigh has ordered IS coffins from the ^undertaker at Rockingham. 5 ,?ThQ- blanic~for thc wreck fias, not I ij&? V*?ft. ^Thff <pa%?n|p.iMr?rn,4 it is said, had np orders lo, meet the freight, and it is the presumption that thc freight overlooked its' orders. One"| report ascribes Hie*cause o? the wreck to have been a lap order, stating that the passenger train had orders to meet the freight at Hamlet, - while ;the'.| freight's orders were to meet the. pas senger train at- R.ockini?baaki WHAT'S IN THE ; NAME. 'ii ->; The Social ReformeMls'your moth er at home, little" giri?" The Little Girl-N-o-o-w. Muvver's cone ter fight annuver H dy.-London Sketch. . ? Fire? Aetna Ph?nix; Mutual Benefit, 1 Fid#M-& Cajlalt ?2- o' Title Guaranty &--. ^liiiei-fcairliive St? pany CZAR TAKES HIS STAND Tfcjops Are ? Being MMscd at Great Centers-ItevoMionifitB AW ?Als? prepared' Tor Bm?rg?ii^' ? , . SK Petersburg, - By C?ble-.^Ah imperial ukase has <b??n ' promiflgat "ed dissolving parliament atid fixing thc time for -'the convocation ?? the ! newly elected assembly as March 5, 1907, j ; A secoud ukase places Uki Peters*, burg iu-?'st?te:'?f extraordinary se curity hythe declaration 'Of' a; hiiuor form of. martial laW; A large part of the. pro^nn?e"' bf Kiev, where, armed Uprisings .Ive.An ticipated -in consequence-of -the disso1 lutioii of. parliailic?tj. has "been placr ed under martial law. The conditions, for the new "elections will bc. publish1 ,ed later-. _?' ' r ? ?-hfe cihp?fcoV, ^cc^iiag?t?'' by his failuie lo' form a coalition ministry and- the distinctly revolutionary paths which parliament has choseii, has ap parently been persuaded lb risk (' ? .final ?pp??i from, parliament to th? i \J vi- />. fi <i ; ; people, or in other words, to dissolve . p?liameat-and- '-order" new1 ?lectio?nS on the basis, of universal,suf&.age? \ . ,Thursday the imperial ukase caus ing the. dissolution of parliament was signed, ^di-^>(H^i^'j!^day at a: filie I> momentous conference ou th? subject held at Peterhof. 'Exactly who was present cannot.btt l?ained, but it is understood that the grand dukes, Gen.-Trepoff ?nd^ther officials and one'br two ministers were at tlie palate* ^ . - - - -~ Evidently thc government is not bhntl tfrt&e fact that the^t?i?S?iii'l?on ?2l'v - ?-' *c??? '-"'^ 2*'t ?f parl?iftieiit win be acc'?mp?nied bv tremendous excitement, riots and bloodshed, if nothing worse. Troops arc being massed at St. Petersburg, Moscow and other centres, prepared to apply physical force and in addi tion lo the. guard regiments, which were hurriedly marched into the eapi" tal Thursday night? thc entire Twen ty-third division of infaulry arrived here Saturday from Pskov. This imposing military array is expected to-overawe the'masses-: The Social ists and the Group of Toil in parlia gheut h ay e^ prepare^ for an emergen :cy. Ther'dr?f-tedUn address foil is guanee to the country the lii?meul ?he. dissolution was. d?clarent,,_? ! Bloodshed on a large scale with' a ; dictatorship, in fhe^ackgioond is cori ^sideral to-'ber the inevitable sequel of the dissoip.iion of parliament, but the sup^rtcrs of a dissolution^daim that th? emperor ?atrst.?fake tfie. riskJar 4?uriig_3??i?it ?ew&elgyi?ons?iinay give different results and, in any e-rent, . tl;at i.t,i5. heller 1,0 fight than to jab .^?"Jy;iuoxndei- to ?the?evolutionary parliament; L-.-.M/".-"Yeruu.let^ formet- minister of agriculture and leader of the Con ? sm-aiive Centrists hi the. lower house, who several weeks ago vainly -tried,*, to form a coalition ministry, in con versation; ? with \tlie^correspondenti of the Associated Pre^s declared that jibe situation was extermely critical. ?He was without-hope thal a conflict-could, he . avoided. ,; i j "The stuation is so complicaled?> he ,?aidj;"?.'Huit it is impossible ?for' i&iyjban to predict the course of ?fu ture events, but I feel safe in. predict ing ovo things: 'first', .that Russia' will como to a constitutional basis; second, that there will. .bc. no .great revolutionary cataclycisiu in thc sense thal foicigncrs -aniicipalc.."' .. ?? Lightning. Strikes Depot;--, j . ' VcoH?n#Neo?! ^ce^lP^T-ne dtjpot and warehouse at Speed station,j on thc Norfolk & Carolina railroad, .was strnckj^y lightning and entirely de stroyed. A" considerable quantity^ of goods "was. burned. The Station, agent lost his trunk and clothes. The ?loss to the railroad company is estimated at .$3,000. The thunder storm passed Gv?ri.the .entire region throughout ?and lasted several hours. Mr. Newlih, a farmer living a mile or two from town hi?d-? valuable cow aud calf killed by lightning ?boiit the same hour of, the burning at Speed. . Russia lia's eighty-six** "g?n?ral jholi Ctoyjs in a year. , tffRfule ins. 1 *LJ* Occurrences of Interest From Ail (H er South Carolina MANY ?TEMS OF ST?T? NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going Oil i? Ou? State. General Golton Market: Galveston, liri";; t? ??.? New Orleans, easy:. :.U Mobile, quiet.: ;::..10 3-4 Savannah, steady. : ;: : . . : ..10 ?1-4 Wilmington, steady.; :. :: ..1" 3-4 ^orfoi'k," sict?yv; ..HM .Baltimore, nominal. : ;: : : : :11 .1-4 New York, qiiiei.. :?: u-U --tl Boston, quiet. . .. :. :: .'. .. . .U Philadelphia, quiet. : : .111-4 Houston, steady'.. ii ?i ? ? ? . .'. . Augusta, teady.: .ll 1-S Memphis,; .quiet, and - nominal.. LO 7-S SI. Louis, steady: : : : . : : : . . . -,H .Louisville, ?r?l i. . J i i. ..J .. .11 1-S Charlotte Cotton Market. These .prices represent the prices .paid to wagons:-. Good iniddhng.li-40 Strict middling.11.40 .Middling. .,., :': .: . ::::.:::..11.40 Good ' middling liiigcd M I I ... .Jll Stains.9@10 Mr. ?: & ?mitn Appeals td Growers . To Hold. Mr: K: ?: Siniili: president of thc Stale branch ot the Southern Colton Association has issued thc following statement": uDri iitcbuiifc bf lily sickness, 1 have been unable to keep in touch with the people of the State through the press. I'do not want anyone lo im agine that the work of the associa tion has in anywise lessened. "I take thin opportunity tn call thc attention of all the associations In the fact that from every Slate in the Union-there. comes reljtibie informa1 tion ?? material crop damage. There seems to be little prospect of a crop exceeding .11,000,000 bales. The world l?nsunied last year 12,500,000 bales;-the eonsuttlptibiT ttiiS year will probably reaoh 12,750,000 bales. Therefore, not only for thc remainder of this year, there will be practically no cotton in stock. If there ever wr?s a tim? when the Soiltli?hi Cotton As sociation, as an organization, could demonstrate its power, that time has arrived. |. A strenuous el?drt -should be-made lo keep the cotton from the marketa}tiring the months of Septem ber, October and November, for this is the time .when the mill men lay in their supplies at the lowest possi ble price. Because they recognize thal (his is debt paying time, and that the small farmer, the man .who needs the help and who needs every cent that his colton can be made lo bring, thal this is the time he will be forced to part with his crop. "The Southern Cotton Association should bend every effort this Septem ber as soon as thc" bUtlou begins to .come to the market, to usc its organ ized authority to keep every bale pos sible off of the market. "Year before last we began the year with . considerable stock carried over from the enormous 14,000,000 crop. This year we wilt begin the cotton' yeai= of .1906 and 1007.' with practically no old cotton on hand, and with the world demanding more colton than thc new colton can sup ply. ' 4'Therefore, 1 call every associa tion in the county, in Hie Stale, to meet at once and devise .ways and means by which in every county and township they can make arrangements to keep the colton off Hie market dur ing thc first of thc coli on season by all means available. "Thc prospect in South Carolina, .as,I know from personal observation, .is the..poorest for 10 years. "Thc country is being flooded with poor literature; every ingenuity known to the opposition is being used to depress the price of cotton" "Eternal vigilance is the price of all success, and simply because we ,have succeeded in gaining and main taining such a tine, price for cotton, let no man imagine that the opposi tion has weakened its force at all, but fighting more vigilantly than ever before.. "To .show you the.tremendous pow er of the association, for the firsl time in thc history of cotton, cot ton that is chalk and paper cotton which heretofore has controlled the price of spot cotton was 100 points lower'in'New York than the spot cot ton was in Columbia, S. .C. Which means that the gamblers and specula tors could run paper and chalk up and down to suit their fancy. Bul for one time in the history of thc coll?n grower he did not allow the spot cot ton to be influenced by any such gamb ling gymnastics. "My health is steadily improving, and I shall be glad to address mass meetings during the month of Au gust iu South Carolina. "Let every association be wide awake, up and doing; for the greatest part of our existence is now in our hands." Salary of Mayor. Anderson, Special.-Au election will be held on the "13th of August at the same time with the regular municipal election on the question of -increasing the mayor's salary from $400 lo $1,200. The mayor of the city tis; inadequately paid, and it is probable that the increase will he authorized by the voters, unless some > unexpected contingency arises to cause a part nf the voters to op pose it, . ON THE STATE CAMPAIGN Now and Then a Bit of Life is Inject ed Into the Speaking of the Can didates": The Conway Meeting; Coriway, Special:-The campign barty arrived herc Friday,- coming by way of Chadbourn, & C. The candidates were tiredj the crowd not i?rge diid thc s'peetfh?s ih? fanes with which thc public is already familiar. McMahan talked education and the rest di thc would-be governors did likewise. Nothing sensational occur red. Candidates' in Darlington. Darlington, Special.-The Stale campaign party spoke herc in the court house, wi I ii dui iti?r? than 200 voters present and there was a small er liuhiber when thc candidates for governor and attorney general con cluded: A few ladies were present for a ?hort while: .. A? ol' the candidate's We're' given ? good reception. Each gubernatorial .aspirant was heard attentively and each oho closed amid applause. Mr. Manning being thc only o?i? w'li? was greeted with applause: Messrs. Lyon and Ragsdale frere* Heard with much idtcrest. B?tli ^cre' applauded j some cries of "Hurrah for Lyon'* heilig heard while . he was. speaking. The Speeches rhade hy the candi J.'tt?s for governor were well put and show how many sides there arc to a question:' Youl' correspondent u'ei ?lot hear Lieutenant Gov. Sloan, tba first speak er, .and heard only .a part of .Mr. An lie!speech;. Mr.', Ansel, spoke clear ly and forcibly and was dire?t iii stat ing his position. He presented him self, his claims. The people are the masters, we are the people's servants. Mr.C ole L. Blease, who followed, was most explcit in stating his plat form. Which platform itt? Supported in a strong speech, which Was Well de livered: He. was iio ?oat;tail swing er; iiiit stood iioft ?s ? reforiii?r ?ven as he did in 1S00. Would beg no man for help and had no political boss. Mr. Blease was heard with interest j made an. impression, iipoii his audi ence, and closed with appi?us?. Mr. J. E. Branson made decidedly [ a good speech and received his share of applause. He characterized "th.e dipp?Hs?ry ?S tile greatest of ilex's oiM ncies,J and this question was the Duly difference of opinion among the ? candidates. He caused laughter by his- picture of the candidates' rrynig:' to patch up a worn out boiler, nam ing his workmen to whom were as signed parts in this work. He said if "church privileges'' were grant ed by (he board of control praper meetings would bc largely attended. There would he no delinquents among ! church memberships theil | tftatej foi'- . eigh and home missions would have' j surplus funds and all would go on cash. He pictured Mr. Manning ?s deacon, serving members qii Ih? . grounds adjacent not ??qived iii. th? ; building and "finally all would, go ' lo hell, including thc deacon with thc white apron. Mr. A. C. Jones spoke earnestly : and to thc point. He objects lo State house lobbyists as a nuisance and sarcastically and effectively scored , Senator .Tillman, the plain inference 1 being tliat he considered this indi vidual what your correspondent would terra a "field lobbyists." Referring to Hie members of thc general asseril lily whom Tillman has hopelessly and ' relentlessiy doomed to political anni hilation by his latest edit. Mr. Jones ( wauls to frame their pictures and ' preserve their names as au heritage for his children. He scored "dispen sary politiciaus" as a special varie- 1 ty of thc breed. "They tell 'things' : in his own county on Mr. Ansel,*' said Mr. Jones. One of these'things' ' referred to a $20 reward lo find where ! Mr. Ansel stood poltically and thc other 'thing' was that he was bow legged because he straddled the polit ical fence so much, with his ear to ' the ground between whiles." Mr. Blease, he said, was the only consist- 1 eut dispeusaryite in the race and yet he beat Mr. Blease n his own county on this question last year. Mr. Bran son, like Mr. Ansel, had changed his political views, turning prohibitionists to lake away a vote from Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones then made (he statement . that Mr. Manning would not he in the race were it not for the Raysor Manning bill, and Mr. Manning at oj.ee aro?c and rather warmly cor rected this. Mr. Jones believed it, he stated, and then referred' to Mr. Edwards' grievance against the Southern railway and lo the fact that McMahan, not satisfied with the dis pensary, actually wants thc State to 20 into oilier lines of business Mr. Maiming was next introduced, and cam? forward amid rounds of ap plause. After introductory remarks ho slated thal, he advocated no new system ot' laws. New conditions made changes necessary from time to time. He wanted business principles ap plied lo every State and county office in South Carolina, and this should bc the rule. He favored the contin ued proper maintenance of our com mon schools and higher educational institutions. He regretted that the dispensary was a burning question, hut it is. He discussed this clearly and forcbly, slating his views for minimizing and reducng evils. He could not, as an honest man, as a cit izen of South Carolina, and as a .fi.lher of boys-he could not afford lo be otherwise than he true to his convictions. May not bc on the pop ular side, may be wrong-or may be right.-hut must give his honest views For all to understand- Mr. Manning's speech was a-f.'cai*. dispassionate, forc ible exposition of his views, and he was heard most attentively, oonelwl (..ji with liberal applnuse, SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS I ; Condition of. South Carolin? j for Week Ending Monday, July 16', 1906; as Given Out by the De partni?fit. Lik?? the preceding weet,- ?? -cur- i .eut on? was d?ficient iri sunshine Few thunderstorms and no high winds iccurr?d. Both die' ?ver?g? tempera- ? ure and the average' precipitation vere, below nonnah although exces sive precipitation1 occurred in the cx reme-^northwestern, s?Uthern and :oast sections. The temperature range for Hie week ; vas fxpjn a minimum til QI degrees : it Grenville on the 10th to a maxi- , ?um 0$ 94 degrees at Conway on the ? )th. ijp'th the exception of one day vhen maximum temperatures of 00 ? iegrees|. or above",- were rio I ell over , ira^rloffly thc whole Stale',- the range ( ?f th?|maxinJuWi temp?ratures was 'rom wto 70 degrees,- except in thc iastern*portionj5 where the range was rom 72- te 77 degrees. Theraecipitation wa? generally he- | ow n?frnal, although frequent light ? howers^ Occurred * over the entire State^jid kept the soil amply sup- ? died .troth moisture, wiiii? ?he execs- ] ive cloudiness, and low temperatures , prevented the ground from drying , tut rapw.ly. Small streams overflow id theisb?ht?S ?? fl few localities, but he larlgr rivers .have Maintained heir sMg?s only slightly abot? theil' i ioimR?0?g?' readings. . ?|>The ?ax Asses&?eiit*? . Tn?' jttat? hoard of equalization rriday Adjourned to i?eet pgain at the ?all of^th? chairman,- Mr. R. G. Hill if Umeni At the next meeting the natter jof assessments on real estate viii be Considered. Pr?b?bly as many, as ten auditors lave ?o%jil? ty.?i\k? the, ir abstracts, to he comptroller general, ?iild iH? that ?eason the matter of assessments oii real estate could not be consldei-ed. rhe auditors are not to blame, for ] he chairman of thc board wired to ?ach delinquent and found that lhere vas a v#l?d nxt?ds? in each case. l^.i';?s?essmeitts ou cotton mills, ; :ei-ti??2e?? fii?rJi?i and c'o?t?n s?ed oil , nills w?r? adopted ? ji?'il. iil? reports )f the 'respective comiiiittees. The jommiit?'?? which rep?rled bil the raluaii^B tff th?'?e . in'ariufa?turing >ropert?ls w?f? a's' follows: Cotton.Mills: A. Zimmeririau, ?eo iee.;./Jj?P. Derham, Horry: Morris rsr??i;^0harleston; W. ?.. Murphy, Sp?ria^blurgj H. H. Folk; ile wherry; L tr^viinby. Aiken ; j. St. Claire RTiit^r^erkeley.; ;J.. F. Cox, Ander >Ou?^ L. lohn'son^'YOrk; J. A. Meetz, Rich land: J. J. Lane, Marlboro J.R. M. Cleveland. Greenville. Fertilizer Plants: E. W. Cannon, Darlington ? W. .J. Cunningham. Lan caster; A. J. Richbourg. Clarendon; R. A. Cochran, Edgeflcld; S. M. Ga vin, Dorchester; J. Berg, Beaufort. N. 5. McLe?dj Lee ; ft. M. Ciafly, Orange burg; g. I). Guess, Bamberg; J. J. jriffln, Ba rn Well; Cottonseed Oil 'Mills: J. H. Mc Kenzie, Hamplbit; H. ?. McLauriii, Sumter; M. Lipscomb, Cherokee; J. M. Sowell, Kershaw; B. G. Price; Alex. McTaggart, Florence; L. S. Erich, Georgetown: Thomas L. Tray lor, Fairfield; J. W. Allon Green wood; I?. P. Adair. Laurens; H. C. Croneh, Saluda; F. H. Hendrix, Lex ington; C. C. Fricks, Piokens; J. E. Lomax, Abbeville; D. M. Ballentino, Chesterfield. The assessments on fertilizer plants were increased from $3,074,548 to $3, 537,773, or an increase of $750,000. The colton seed oii mills were in creased from $2,791,430 lo $:?,02(i,S34, an increase of $235,398, principally iu new business enterprises. The cotton mills show an increase jf nearly 10 per cent., from $41,507. 294 to $46,137,609. The new concerns put on the tax books this year aro Jackson mills, $26,300; Ailing and Green Kuitting mills, $5,000; Royal Bay and Yarn company, $331,000; Globe Manufacturing company, $40, 000; Westminster Knitting mills, $15,000;American Press Cloth Com pany, $19,590 : Jordan Manufacturing company, $25,000; Neely Manufactur ing company, $60,000. Pressing Pardon Petitions. Governor Heyward, who has just returned from Virginia, finds some pressing pardon petitions on Iiis hands, there being half a dozen hang ings booked for early August. He has issued a call for a special meet ing of the pardon board to be held August 1st. The attorneys for Bob Smalls, the North Carolina white man sentenced to hang August 3rd, have been granted- a date for a hearing be fore the Governor July 24. The par done board has already passed ad versely upon this case. Bank of Maysville Closed by Exami ner. Maysville, Special.-Slate Bank Examiner Holleiuan closed the doors of Hie Bank ol' Mqyesville Saturday niffht pending an examination into its affairs.' It is not thought that there is any shortage, simply clerical errors in the account and probably a too lenient hand in lending out bank funds. It is hoped that the bank will soon be able to reopen its doors. News Items. Fighting is reported to have broken out between Salvadorean and Guate malan troops on the border between the two republics, the later being re pulsed. Ex-Judge Hargis and cx-Sherit? Callahan, on trial for the murder of Attorney Marcum in Kentucky, testi fied in their own behalf, but Callahan snrt'eved severely under c-vnss-ex.'inn'nn Hoy, Lives Snuffed Out By Sudden explosion BODIES TERRIBLY MUTILATED Explosion la the Dixon Minc in West Virginia Results Fatally to Five and Two Others May Die-Bodies Hor ribly Mutilated, " ' Blueficld,- W; Va., Special/-As a result of au explosion in the Dixon mine at Huger, in thc ertst end of the Tug river field, at 8 o'clock Thursday n?g?i?y Wallace Mitchell md four miners, Ernest ilotes, Pal lier Harris and Rohei t Harris, uf'oth jrs, find John Gilmore ure dead, and Bill douse au nd Langdon Whiteside w-ill die from burns and shock. Thc men were going on duly for the night and had started down the shaft iri a bucket. They had gone ibout half way down when the ex plosion occurred. The first five men Hamed wero blown out of the bucket and down i? {ha bottom of the shaft, where they were later picked up Their bodies were crushed almost to ? pulp. The explosion was caused by tho man having a gasoline lamp in the bucket, while descending thc light igniting an accumulation of gas. The safety lamp? are ordinarly used in entering and it not known why the" moil carried the gasoline lamp. Peace Treaty Signed, San 3vs4) Guatemala, By Cable. A treaty of peace between Guatemala, Sajador and Honduras was signed on board thc t-iiit^d Stales cruiser Mar blehead on the high sciiS, The News in Washington. Washington, Special.-The State Department was advised of the signing of thc Ur?bty of peace hy the repre sentatives of the belligerent republics aboard lh<! TV?arb?ehead, A cablegram was received fr??i Mr, Merry, the American minister to Salvador/ Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, announcing that a treaty of peace had been signed on board the Americif/I Warship, Killed By His tfncle. Columbia^ Spee'iHl.-By au acciden tal' discu?rg?'of a gun/ a- 12?T<?nr-oh:L . boy was instantly killed by Iiis ??ele in the count}-, ? miles from the .'city, on the Winnsboro road in thc Camp Ground neighborhood. The .name of thc lillie fellow who was the victim of the lamentable mishap was Sam Sharp, a prosperous fanner of that Section, and thc uncle, whose gun was discharged willi such deadly re sult, was J). T. Sharp. Mr. Sharp, the uncle, is only 22 years of ugo. A heart rending feature of thc tragedy was lhal the mollie!' of the boy was standing nearby when thc giilt was discharged and was a horrified witness of the entire affair. Struck by Lightning. Union, Special.-During an elec trical storm lightning struck the wire from thc power house at Neals Shoals, opening Lite circuit;; at Union ami Buffalo mills ami power plant. Work at Buffalo stopped about mic hour, and at Union about live hours. No serious damage was done. Horrible State of Affairs. ' Moscow. By Cable.-A landlord flee ing from Bobrov, in I he province of Voronesezh, where a peasant upris ing has taken palee arrived here and gives a frightful picture of devasta tion. He described the losses in the province as colossal. Thc troops are powerless to cope with thc peasants, who are marchiug in large bands, de stroying practically everything. Not more than one-tenth of Hie estates are spared. The movement was started by the refusals of the landlords to ad vance the wages to farm women. The ripening crops are not harvested. For Illicit Distilling. Washington, X . C.. Special.-Wil liam and James Sexton, of Jamesville, were brought lo 1 his city and lodged in iail. The chai ge against them was operating an illit distillery near Jamesville. This distillery is suppos ed to he the same one raided and captured by Reveuuc Collector T. C. Meekins, Jr.. ?i Aw weeks ago. 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