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;; PLANTER'S ^S?WNGS- &^HAYNE;;? BANK. PwSHMiaiT. DAR*, , Chas. C, Howard, J X Augusta, Ga.. OABHD?U ACCOflftTS |4 1 l'l 11 IUI 111 111 111 jil HIB VOL. 71. EDG?f IELD, S, C., W?DN?SDA?, JULY 25, 3*906, :THE NATIONAL BANK J : jf AUGUSTA, G?. ? L. C. I&LYNE, President. F?ANK G. FORD, Cashier. % CAPITAL.: .$250,000 ' Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We ?hall be pleased to har? ynu opon an ?ceo*** with thli Bant. Cu-toiticrsand coi res; o;-.d-na a* sured of ererr courtetT o?J nccnir.m^lBtloa po?*- . bio under conservative, modr rc Banking mei hod*. M* ?K-r-i-Vi-S-rl il 111 ? H E111111 H*? ?3SrO';'36;' !9 KILLED IN WRECK rnghtr'ul Collision ow Seaboard Near Hamlet, N. C. [ORDERS WEM NOT DELIVERED [Seaboard : Air Line Passenger -Train No. 44 and aa'Estra Freight Train .Come Together Witt - an Awful Crash in a Deep Cut One Mile From Hamlet. ; '. ? J. Hamid, N. C. Spet?al.^Twenty br lore .were: killed ami twenty-three jadly injured iu a head-on collision3 fe tween a Seaboard Air Linc Phssen ?r train 'anil' ah extra freight one yUe from li ere Sunday night.. Nea rly 11 those killed were colored passen ;eriiJ \M fa i-i. \. h The' kuowif dead*arc: Engineer F. B. .Lewis, of the pas ?uger train. \\.-*? j\ j *\- [? H. S. Byrd, Baggage master. ? Fireman^ Tom Hill? colored,, of, the. ;assmige??trahu Keg^o .fireman narie? unknown; Di llie freight, .Probably' 25 others unidcntinudv Railroad men, citizens and Hie pas sengers who escaped injury, are work ing heroically 'io recover the dead nhl injured' imprisoned in the Xweck ige. '.--'".?'..*' ,c " .'. Both the secqndi and..".first, class, baches were overturned.and it is sad ly agumented before the -work of the [yseners is completed. The rescuers can soo a; number of fully J^iefrchr? Fortnuatefj? f~Wq amps in thc coaches Were wttulguisli d iu tho crash and lite was uot ad ca to "the honor of thc ea'taitrophe. Ui'hus far the list of-the-seriously injured reaches tweuty-three-five white and eighteen colored. Others may be imprisoned iu thc overturned coaches. . . ; - , . ; The engiuecr and fireman of the freight train jumped and./ escaped with a few .bruises. The coach for colored people was^complelely demol ished and nearly everyone in it met death.. Both locomotives were demol ished and the baggage cars.and coach .es jumblj^l.JogViher. iir^afe-. uirsigb$x: mass, ^Tfic'?fracks', are fHle$hi?h wftlvf wreck?^ W M. hc^lockei? gr* hour*. ??r?^reck,>*ic?cc?rrcd "^abcat- -7 ?IO ?31 -sp Tate of forty miies au hour. With out vgarnius the? frei^hI, an extra fruit ?^.r^ii|ry^t^bon?d,'; ?lashe^^?uid?'tb^ ^iT?i?iiidhe: tt?e.p"?ut (m?^mil?^ros*. t?bniler, and the two trains came"to gether with an,.awful crash and roar. Eii^ifl?ov Lewis'* a m? hi? fivemmr- v&re instantly killed and death was almost as swift to the passengers-"!n-M he' col* Wed coach. Thc desi ruction AVUS eom - p''etc'and rendered more 'horrible by the cries and groans of the dying. The dead and injured will bc con veyed tq f?u4k\iigliai)ir ?s->??t)Uj 5?S ;a special 'can' he mai? up and the* track Hemed sufficiently. Messages haA'e "heen sent io c'verv'physician in Ham let and Eockingham,. as AVCII as in tho county. . It is impossible at.;thi?rtime?tq. as-J; certain the ?iame?T 'of tne^?lKa?d r .injured oAving to thc .confusion iuei ?onl to (ho catastrophe Not all the cTcad; have been identified, but if i's sMM that the list will.reach 20. The "Vhicf dispatcher of the Seaboard ai Haleigh has ordered IS coffins from . the ..undertaker at Rockingham. I ,vFhe blame-^for thc Avrock fias, nat l 'T&?CA "The :pt?n|:ei^fi^ni,* il is said, had tip orders lo .meet the freight, and it is the presumption that . I he freight overlooked its orders. Oge report ascribes tlic*cause ol* thc wreck .to have been a lap order, stating that the passenger train had orders to meet the freight at Hamlet, . Avhilc ; the . freight's orders were to meet the. ?las ecnger train at Ro?kingbamU j)a WHAT'S IN THE;NAME. The Social Reformer-i-Is"your moth er at home, little" girl ?' The Little Girl-N-o-o-w. Muvver's gone ter fight annuver Hdy.^-iiondoh Sketch. . Aetna F?re? Ph?nix, Mutual Bene?it, Li Fidelttj?a Ca??ialtj Title Guaranty &-J ^^^Am?^fcairEv? St?l pany, e an CZAR TAKES HIS STAND Tfo.ops ^e ?Being.. Massed at Great Centers-Bevoltxtionists Alf* Ala* Prepared For Emergency .. . St, Petersburg? - By Cable?-An . imperial ukase has -b?e? ' promulgate "ed " dissolving parliament Hud 'fixing the time for'th?' convocation Ol , th? tiewly elected assembly as March 5, 1907, j I A second ukase placee Sh Pt?t?rs?. burg iu-a'st?te- df'extraordinary se curity hythe deeiftratibn^'of 'a -'niiiior lorni of. martial law.. ...;> Alarie part of the. profil?e : ?f Kiey, where, aimed; Uprisings .?re an ticipated in consef|ucnce-of-the disso lution of, parliaineiltj. h?s "been placr ed under martial law. The conditions, for the new elections will bc. publish1 ,ed later. ?j .fb? emperor, JdKe&?ag??' by bis failure to form a coalition ministry and- the distinctly vevoiuiiouary paths which parliament has chosen, has ap parently been persuaded tb risk ; ? final -appeal from, Mi-li?m?at tu th? people, or in other words, to dissolve paliament-and- --order" new ' "?lections: On the basis of universal.suj?li?gt?. . ^ Thursday the imperial ukase caus ing, the, dissolution of pafliamcilt was signed, and. j$a? ?rifort?d f???y at ft: fin?)j hiomenious conference ou th? subject held at Peterhofj 'Ex??tij who was present tannot.fac le?rtied, but it is understood that the grand dukes, Gen.-Trepoff ?nd'bther officials iiud onc'Or bvo'mihist?r? wel? ?t tUe palace* . ...- . . , Evidently the government is not blind te-the fact that thfi-^iB?i?ti?? fef- parl?afelelU witt be^ccejgpa'uied by Iremend?us excitement, riots and bloodshed, if nothing worse. Troops arc being massed afc St. Petersburg, Moscow and other centres, prepared to apply physical force and in Addi tion lo the guard regiments, which ivere hurriedly marched into the eapi1 tal Thursday night* the entire Twen ty-third division of iufautry arrived here Saturday from Pskov. This imposing military array is expected to''overawe the''masses: The Social ists and Hie Group of Toil in parlia ment haye? prepare^ for au emergen CI" Jr^^^S^^ address fer] !*. suancc to the country the m?meiit jthc dissolution W?s. ueclare;.L"r_j ..' Bloodshed on a large scale with' a dictatorship in fhe^aekgronnd is cori sidercd to-*1)cr the inevitable sequel of the dissohn'ion of parliament, but ?the sup^orti?.r.s of a dissolutiondaim that till . eroppi or :-mttst Jfofe t??" risk. ' a r frutSg.3'?iat ue^-eleiCti?ns."ianay give diff?rent results and, in any eTfcnt, tl;at it,is .better (o fight than to :ab 3&ijy\ium:ndj&i- tb tUw^xevolutionary parliament. s?Mis "Yerin :.lef!. formel- minister of aunad i ure and leader of the Con smative-Ccudrists hi- tbc: lower house, who several weeks ago vainly tried to form a coalition ministry, iii con ve?sutioU::.\vitli\thc"??orrespoiidetlt; nf the' Associated Pres3''declared t hat ?thc situatiou was externiely critical. ?He was without-hope tlmt a conflict-could, bc .avoided. [? ,; \ ''The st nation is so complicate]:!,"" he.^saic?"'*'Huit it is impossible ?for' ??.y^man to predict the course of j fu ture events, but I feel safe in. predict ing two things: "first, .that Russia' will como to a constitutional basis; second, that there will, bc. iio. .great revolutionary cataclycistu in thc sense thal foi cigncrs anticipatc.j ' g Lig"h|ning^ Strikes, ^jjjsl? I" ^cS't?n#Ncc??^c?^M#e H^pot and warehouse at Speed station,; on I he Norfolk & Carolina railroad, .was | struck.^ lightning and entirely I de stroyed. Av considerable quantity of goods'was, burned. The station; a?ent fest his tnink and clothes. The ?loss lo the railroad company is estimated at .^3,000. The thunder storm passed &ver\the entire region throughout land lasted several hours. Mr. Newliji, a farmer living a mile or two from town bad-a valuable cow and calf killed by lightning ?b?iit the same hour of. tli? burning at Speed. . itnssia lins eighty-six*""general ?lioli -d?y.s ip a J"?*!. , . _ j i fltj -mst"?o.v Bond?. 3k I?s?rr?ce Cot?n ?'Mule ins. pught & Sold? ri?, Agi Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolin^ MANY ITEMS OF STAT! NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going OH iii Dur State. General Golton Market; Galveston, Ililli: ; ; J * * .. ? ? . . . ?? New Orleans, easy; ; ; ;."ll Mobile, quiet.; .: :::..10 3-4 Savannah, steady. : : : :: .: ..10 3-4 Wilmington; Steady.i ;. ..10 3-4 'Norfolk.' steady'. : .V : : ': : . .11 1-4 Baltimore, nominal . : ;: : ; ll 1-4 New York, quiet.? ii ii ii . . ..ll Boston, quiet.. .. :. :: . : . . ...U Philadelphia, quiet. : : : : : : .11 1-4 Houston, steady., s J I.I u ?< ....ll Augusta, teady.. ... : ... ...ll 1-3 Memphis.- quiet, and .dominai. .10 7-8 St. Louis, steady:: :: .' : . . -H Louisville, tirrii i, ? ; ; ?.. ?.. ? ll 1-S Charlotte Cotton Market. These .prices represent the prices paid to wagons: - Good middling.11.40 Strict middling.11.40 Middling. .,., .:. ::::.::: ...11.40 Good ' middiiiig\' liiiged M U .... .11 Stains._...9(a?10 Mi. ?i S. Smitil ?ppe?is fc? Growers ? To Hold. Mr. ?: ?; Smith: president of the State Wandi of the Southeru Cotton Association has issued thc following statement": U?? iicc?uut bf i?y sickhesri. "i have been unable to keep in touch with the people of the State through the press. I'do not Avant anyone lo im agine that the work of the associa tion has in anywise lessened. "I take this opportunity lo call lite attention of all the associations lr? the fact that from every State in the Union-there. conics reliable* iiiform?: tion of hi?tevial crop damage. There seems to be little prospect of a crop exceeding 11,000,000 bales. The world ?ousumed last year 12,500,000 bales; -1 he cpusv.mptlbirili.ia year will probably reaoh 12,750,000 bales. Therefore, not only tor the remainder of this year, there will be practically no cotton in stock. If there ever wss a tim? when the So?lli?hi Cotton As sociation, as an organization, could demonstrate its power, that time has arrived, j A -strenuous' effort-'should he - made lo keep the cotton from the market?during the months pf Septem ber, October and November, Tor this is the time when the mill men lay in their supplies at the lowest possi ble price. Because they recognise thal this is debt paying time, and that the small farmer, Hie man who needs the help and who needs every cent (lint his cotton can bc made to bring, that this is the lime he will bc forced to part with his crop. "The Southern Cotton Association .should bend every effort this Septem ber as soon as Hid cotton begins to collie lo the market, lo usc ils 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 will begin the colton year of .1906 and 1907, with practically no old cotton on hand, and willi the world demanding more colton Ihan thc new colton eau sup ply. ' - . "Therefore, 1 call every associa tion in the county, in the Slate, to meet at once and devise .ways and means by which in every county and township they can make arrangements to keep thc cotton off thc market clur ing Hie first of the colton season hy all means available. "Thc prospect in South Carolina, as..I know ftoni 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 hue. 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 thc firs! 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 col ton was in Columbia, S. .C. Which means that Hie gamblers and specula tors could run paper and chalk up and down to suit their laney. But for one time in the history of thc colton grower lie did not allow the spot cot ton to be influenced by any snell gamb ling gymnastics. "My health is steadily improving, und 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. lp $1,200. The mayor*of thu city 'js; inadequately paid, and it is probable that the increase will bc authorized by the rolers, unless sonj unexpected cou! ingeney l'anse a part nf the vl^ nose il, - DN THE STATE CAMPAIGN Now and Then a Bit of Life is Inject ed Into the Speaking of the Can didates: The Conway Meeting; Conway, Special.--Th? campign party arrived herc Fr-l^jj .Coming i?y way of Chadbourn. >*? C. The 2'artdidates were tired; i ?rowd not large ?uc? thc 6'peeCh?s ones with which thc public is airead;: familiar. McMahan talked education and the rest ?l thc wb'uic?be governors did likewise. Nothing sensational occur red. Candidates in Darlington. Darlington, Special:-The State .^tmpaigii party spoke herc in the :ourt house, willi ilUt tiWr'c than 200 rotors present and lhere was a small er dumber Wh?ii i he candidates for Cove ruo v and attonvy geiieral con ..hulcfl: A few ladies were present lev a srhort while: . A? o? tlie candidates We're1 given i good reception. Each gubernatorial aspirant was heard attentively and acli brie closed amid applause. Mr. Manning being ilic only one w'titi was rrepted with applause; Messrs. Lyon liid Ragsdal? Were heard with much liierest. Bbtil were' applauded; some iries of "Hurrah fbi- Lyon" being leard while. he was speaking. The sfiee?h?s rhade by the candi la tes for governor were well pitt and how how many sides there arc to a ?uestibri: Youl' correspondent ci:il riot hear lieutenant Gov. Sloan, th? first speak ir, .and. heard only .a part of Mr. Ali ens speech;. Mr:, Ansel, spoke clear ys and forcibly and was direct iii Stat ng his position. He presented him elf, his claims. The people are thc ousters, we' are the people's servants. ?Mr.C ole L. Blease, -who followed. vas most exploit in stating his plat 'ortfi. which platform ho Supported n a strong speech, which Was Well cle ifered: He. wa? ilo ?oat-taii swing er; ti tx t stood iiotv ?s H ref orille I* ?ven ts he did in 1890. Would beg-no man or help and had no political boss. Jr. Blease was heard with interest; eade itu. impreSsio.it. iipoii Iii.?? audi nee, and closed with applause. Mr. J. E. Brunson made decidedly , good speech and received his share if applause. He characterized "the lispeilsary a? llio greatest of hell's yuicies" and this question was tue nly difference of opinion among thc , andidates. He caused laughter , by ?is- picture of -the candidates'Hay^ig1" ? patch up a worn out boiler, naro ng his Workmen to whom were as igned parts in this work. He said f "church privileges" were graiit d by the board of control praper nestings would bc largely attended, "here would be no delinquents among hurcli memberships theil j State* fov igii and home missions would have" urplus funds ailcl all would go oh ash. He pictured Mr. Manning ?s leaeon. serving members oil the" , TOIHK?S iidj?ceilt not ??pWecl iii. th? wilding and "finally ail would go o hell, including thc deacon with the rhitc apron. Mr. A. C. Jones spoke earnestly uti to the point. He objects to State muse lobbyists as a nuisance and arcaslieally and effectively scored Senator -Tillman, the plain inference leing tliat he considered this indi idual what your correspondent would erm a "field lobbyists." Referring o the members of thc general assem bly whom Tillman has hopelessly and eleniiessly doomed to political anni ilation by his latest edit. Mr. Jones rants to frame their pictures and ?reserve their names as an heritage or his children. He scored "dispeu ary politicians " as a special varie y of thc breed. "They tell 'things' ?i his own county on Mr. Ansel,*' aid Mr. Jones. One of these 'things' cf erred to a $20 reward to find where ir. Ansel stood poltically and thc ther 'thing' was that he was bow ?gged because he straddled the polit ?al fence so much, with his ear to he ground between whiles." Mr. tlease, he said, was the only consist ?t dispeusaryite in the race and yet e beat Mr. Blease n his own county n this question last year. Mr. Brun Mi, like Mr. Ansel, had changed his olitical views, turning prohibitionists s take away a vote from Mr. Jones. Ir. Jones then made the statement . hat Mr. Manning would not be in lie race were it not for the Raysor launing bill, and Mr. Manning at lite arose and rather warmly cor seted this. Mr. Jones believed it, e stated, and then referred" to Mr. ?dwards' grievance against the outhern railway and to the fact that IcMahan, not satisfied with the dis ensary, actually wants the Stale to 0 into other lines of business Mr. Manning was next introduced, nd eair-f forward amid rounds of ap lauso. After introductory remarks s slated that he advocated no new ystem of laws. New conditions made hanges necessary from lime to lime, lo wanted business principles ap !ed to every State and county office 1 South Carolina, and this should c the rule. He favored the confin ed proper maintenance of our com jon schools and higher educational islilutions. He regretted that the ispensary was a burning question, ul it is. He discussed this clearly nd forcbly, slating his views for liuimizing and redueng evils. He ?uki not, as an honest man, as a cit 'cn of South Carolina, and as a ?.ther of boys-he could not afford j be otherwise than be true to his evictions. May not be on the pop lar side, may be wrong-or may be ight.-but must give his honest views >r all to understand Mr. Manning's hrch was a-r.'eav. dispassionate, forc m exposition of his views, and he Is heard most ntrentively, eonehid- : ? willi lih?rfll Applause, i ?OUTil CAROLINA CROPS Condition of. South Carolin* Cr??? for Week Ending Monday, July l?, 1906; aa Given Out hy the Do paftm?fit; Lik?f the preceding week,- the ; cur rent on? ftas d?fieieufc in sunshine. Few thunderstorms ?nd rid high wind's occurred. Both t?i?' average tempera ture and the average precipitation were below normal, although exces sive precipita tibii oceufr?d in the ex ;reme{inorthwestern, southern and joast sections. . The temperature range for the week .vas frpm a minimum 6'f Ol degrees at Grenville on the 10th to a maxi num o? 94 degrees at Conway on the )th. With the exception of one day .vhen maximum tcmpprnlures of 00 legrees&or abor?,- were iJotftl over ;jraelicjl?y thc w'h??e Sl?i?/ the range rf the/?maxinjuW temp?ratures was 'rom b%-to 70 degrees,- cxcq>t in the ;asterrr3>ortio'us Svhcrc the range was :'rom;;7$i to 77 degrees. Thei^recipitation wa? generally be ow n^ial, although frequent light jhoweri^.?ccurred * over the entire State^d k?pi the soil amply sup plied jwth moisture, w?ih? ?h? exces ?ive cloudiness, and low temperatures prevehiSd the ground from drying mt rapMly. Small streams overflow ed thei?h??ks iii fl few localities, but the lah^r rivers have maintained their sf?g?s only .slightly ?bov? their iorm?i$?lge' i-eadiiigs; M-;Tb? ?az Assessni??it*j ??i?'-State hoard of equalization friday -Idjourned to iii?et pgarn at the zall orfjjte chairman',- Mr. R. G. Hill >f Uliisb.' At the next meeting the matter |of assessments on jeal estate viii be Considered. Prbb?hly as many.as ten auditors lave ?o%j? m?d the, ir abstracts, to ,he comptroller general, ?i?d ?#? that reason the matter of assessments oii real estate could not be considered. Thc auditors are not to blame, for :he chairman of tho hoard wired to ?ach d?liri.qttent and found that there ?vas a r?lid ?x?ds? in each case. T??.ti:';?e'sessmeiits o? t'?ttdll mills, C?rtii?ze?-fii?rjlS anti c'ottt?n seed oil aiills. w?r'e adopted ujioil.ll?e f?pprts if the ^respective committees. The commi?l$e? which reported Oil the calu??oji tif tb?'?? . lhartufac'turing properties:jv?i;? ?ls' follows: C?tt?ri^MilIs:. A. Zimmerman', Oeo nee>./jj?P. -Derham, Horry; Monis Tsra?l/^harleston; W; H. Murphy, Sp?jt^j^rgj H. H. F?'lk; Newberry; .L??f??y,v Aiken ;. J. St. Claire WJiif?^erkeley ; J.. F. CoXjJAndeiv Tohnsoii, York; J. A. Meetz, Rich land: J. J. Lane, Marlboro ;-R. M. Cleveland, Greenville. Fertilizer Plants: E. W. Cannon, Darlington : W. .J. Cunningham, Lan caster; A. J. Riehbourg. Clarendon; R. A, Cochran, Edgefield ; S. M. Ga vin, Dorchester; J. Berg. Beaufort. N. S. McLeod; L?e; ft. M. Clrtfly, Orange burg; & D. Gltess, Samberg; J. J. Griffin, Barnwell: Cotton" Seed Oil Mills: J. ll. Mc Kenzie; f?amptbil; if. J. McLaurin, 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. Alton Green wood; R. P. Adair. Laurens; H. C. Cronan, Saluda; F. H. Hendrix, Lex ington; C. C. Fricks, Pickens; J. E. Lomax, Abbeville; D. M. Ballcntinc, Chesterfield. The assessments on fertilizer planlr were increased from $3,074,548 to $3, 337,77^5, or an increase of $750,000. The cotton seed oii mills were in creased from $2,701,430 to $3,02(),S34, an increase of $235,398, principally iu new business enterprises. The cotton mills show an increase of nearly 10 per cent., from $41,507. 294 to $46,137,1)99. The new concerns put on the tax books this year are Jackson mills, $20,300; Ailing and Green Knitting 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 his hands, tliere 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 lo hang August 3rd, have been granted-a date for a hearin<r be fore the Governor July 24. The par done board has already passed ad versely upon this case. Bank of Maysville Closed hy Exami ner. Maysville, Special.-State Bank Examiner Holleman closed llie doors of thc Bank ol' Mayes ville Saturday night 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 fuuds. 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, Hie later being re pulsed. Ex-Judge Hargis and ex-Sheriff Callahan, on trial for the murder of Attorney Marcum in Kentucky, testi fied in their own behalf, hut Callahan suffered severf-ly under c-vnss-ex.'iniinn t ion, lives Snuff ed Out By Sudden explosion BODIES TERRIBLY MUTILATED Explosion ia the Dixon Mine in West Virginia Results Fatally to Five and Two Others May Die-Bodies Hor ribly Mutilated* " ' Byefield'/ W.- Va., Special,-As a result of ail explosion in the Dixon mine at Huger, in the en'st end of tile Tug river field, at 8 o'clock Thursday night; Wallace Mitchell and four miners, Ernest Hone*, Pal mer Harris and Robert Harris, broth ers, and John Gilmore are dead, and Bill Cr?ltse ?and Langdon Whiteside will die from burns and shock. Thc men wete going oir duly for thc night and had started down the shaft itt a bucket. They had gone about half way down when the ex plosion occurred. The first five men damed were blown out of the bucket and down td the bottom of the shaft, where they were later picked up Their bodies were crushed almost to a pulp. The explosion was caused by th? mau having a gasoline lamp in the bucket, while descending thc light igniting an accumulation of gas. The s'?fety lamps are ordinarly used in entering and it not known why the mou1 carried the gasoline lamp. Peace Treaty Signed/ San ??a4) Guatemala, By Cable. A treaty of peace between Guatemala, Salvador and Honduras was signed on board the tut?W? States cruiser Mar blehead on thc high sCIiS, The News in Washington. Washington, Special.-The State Department was advised of thc signing of i ile I t eni y of peace by the repre sentatives of tho belligerent republics ?boari? lile' ?tarblehearL A cablegram was received fVotii Mr, Merry, the American minister to Salvador/Costa Rica, and Nicaragua", announcing that ? treaty of peace had been sigued on board the America"!! Warship* Killed By His tfnc?e. Columbia., Speele.-By an acciden tal ' dis?harg? of a gun,- a 12-year-old. boy was instantly killed by bis uncle in the couuty, 1^2 miles from Ibo.city, on the Wiunsborb road in thc Camp Ground neighborhood. The ,name of thc little fellow who was the victim of the lamentable mishap was Sam Sharp, a prosperous farmer of thal section, and thc uncle, whose gun was discharged with such deadly re sult, was D. % Sharp. Mr. Sharp, thc uncle, is only 22 years of age. A heartrending feature of'the tragedy was I hat the mother of the boy was standing nearby when Hie guli 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 the power house at Neals Shoals, opening thc circuits at Union and Buffalo mills and power plant. Work at Buffalo stopped about one hour, and at Union about live hours. No serious damage was done. Horrible State of Affairs. ' Moscow, By (.'able.--A landlord flee ing from Bobrov, in Ihe 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 thc province as colossal. The troops are powerless to cope with the peasants, who are marching in large bands, de stroying practically everything. Not more than one-tenth of the 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, N . C., Special-Wil liam and James Sexton, of Jamesville, were brought to ibis city and lodged in iail. The clung* against them was operating an illit distillery near Jamesville. This distillery is suppos ed to be the same one raided and captured by Revenue Collector J. C. Meekins, Jr., n ..'cw weeks ago. Both prisoners were uouiird lo give bond in the sum ol' 5?.'cly each for their ap piar.iiiir ?ir :?.e i.?>l ?erm of eor.i' Steamer Sank. Richmond, Special.-The handsome ?teamer Pokanoket, recently placed in commission by the Petersburg, Newport News and Norfolk Steam ship Company, sank at her wharf. A mutinous negro fireman was arrest ed charged with having opened her sea cocks. Hoback Murder Trial. Roanoke, Special.-The Fred Ho back murder case was called at Floyd, this being the second trial Hoback has had. He was sentenced to eight years in the Slate prison at a former trial, the decision being reversed by Hie .Court of Appeals. At Friday's session W. A. Sowers, editor of the Flori Press, was the principal wit ness. UNION SAVINGS BANK m Augusta,; Clo .9 with resources of over Eight (Hundred Thousand dollars and a Board of Directors chosen from the most successful business men in the community, invites you to become a depositor, prom ising you every courtesy. 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