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PLANTER'S LOAN AND SAVINGS? : BANK, August*. G?L. HES?TJX:CES OTXB SI,000,000 111 lt 18 Ul 11 111 1111118 m K ON DEPOSITS i ACCOUNTS SOLICITED + L. C. KAYNE, % P?SSrD2ST. Chas. C. Howard, $ CABEIXB. VOI171. BDGEFIELD, S. CM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31,-1906. m N1TI0N?L ?f AUGUST ?, GA. L. 0. HAYNE, President. FBANK G. P0BD, Cashier. CAPITAL...$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 ISUt??^S* to .???. you open BO aeconut . wi.s ttuunt, Cuatouieraand corree'?"dentstl . anrod of erarj coorteiy and accommadation po*?!- ? Me ander oonterraitTe. modern Bani i n t nVe.n?d? , lill ll 1111111 H i ? t lt fr NO. 50. ?TH IN BIG FIRE ?my People Cremated When Tenement House Burned ROPERTY LOSS ALSO HEAVY lour Story Building of Brick and 1 Stone in Kansas City, Kan., Con I taining 200 or SOO Men, Women and Children, is Destroyed at Bardy j Morning -Hour, Estimates of the |Dead Varying Widely. [ansas City, Mo., Special.-In thc lins: of the chamber of commerce :g in Kansas City." Kan., de >yed by fire early Thursday, there anywhere'from half a dozen to 30 )dies, according to ???u?ates given it by firemen. The actual loss or fe will not bc known until a thor search of the nuns can be made, , ?bafcly not then, as.some of the .?einen assert that a number of bodies have been burned to ashes. The lding,.."used as. a tenement house id containing 100 rooms, held, as Iear as can be learned, between 200 nd 300 persons at the time the lire woke out at 12:30 o'clock. Most of. (hese composed families, many others rere transients, whose names are un? ?own. . Of the injured, scattered . half a dozen hospitals and at private homes, 25 "were more or less ?rir>tvsiy hurt. Two or three of these ;'iea'st, w?l^die. . . ^ The total financial damage is esti ??$100,000. . Q? this amount, 50,000 was on the building, which ras owen?d by W. A. Bunker. The luilding Avas insured for ?40,000. . Of Brick and Stone Alone. The chamber of commercs build lg was situated at Park and Central streets, in tho River View District of insas City, Kan, -The structure was [four stories iii' height, with a deep basement aui faced the two streets. 'It jwp'? built of brick and stone, alone.' Tt contained ouc hundred rooms, almost all of which were, as far as eau be learned, occupied by families or individual laboring men or railway employes al thc time the fire started. The ground floor was occupied by W. A. Loveland's barber shop, Ed ward T. Sommers* drug store. Central Avenue Gas Fixture Company, Mrs. Belle Waguer's restaurant, thc Smith Overall Laundry, and The Labor Record?" The fire brolte out on thc gio floo?x fr'?m some unknown ca Whirl the firemeu arrived thc cr building was iu flames. So qui ?lid thetfllames spread? that a few : ntes after tho fire .wis discovere? means of "escape" by "the stairways the scores of occupants, was cu Oiu twp sides bf the building thc yateil-'railway'tracks hemmed it iu and.made still* harder work of tbs firemen; .. .. Five out of 150 Saved. Norfolk, Va., ' Spacial.-Five sur vivors of the great storm of last week were landed here by the British steamer Heatherpool, Captain John Grieves commanding, which arrived loi coal, from New Orleans to Rotter I dam. Thc survivors are: Frank Re vely, foreman, of Marina, Fla.; Gus Johu sou, of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Ben Clarke, of Somevilie, Mass.; Abuev "Bell, of Kissimmee, Fla., and John ^Campbell, of Philadelphia. They, with about 145 othersj were coustruct ifig- a concrete viaduct for the Flori da East Coast Railway, through the. Florida keys, and were aboard house boat Nb. 4, which lay anchored off fticlcbast on the night of Oct. 17. England to Reduce Navy; London. By Cahle.-It'vvas announ ced at the Admiralty Office-that ar rangements ?re being made for.the laying oA: of eight first class battle ships and four armored cruisers and ! to strike eight first-class, battleships from the sea-going list before the end of the year. The result of this will l o that the ships in home and near by waters will number 18 to 20 in stead of 24, and 8 instead of 12 ar mored cruisers. There will be 5 ships ' in the Mediterrean Squadron instead of 7. The strength of the fleet will be minced about pne-fortk. Criscom to be Russian Ambassador. _Washington, Special.-It bas been stated in high official circles that . Mr, Lloyd C. Griscom w'ill he up i jrointed ambassador to St. Petersburg ' v. hen "Ambassador Meyer enters the ?.iibiuet. It is quite possible that Mr. Meyer will not eiiter the Cabinet un til Secretary Shaw quits, in February arKT-'it- is not yet announced which post Mr. Meyer will get. . Republican Campaign in Kansas. Topeka, Kan., Special-In further ance'pf the Republican campaign in i M^Siate, Mr. C. W. Fairhanks, Vice President of the United States, deliv ered two addresses before very large' .Midieuces. The Vice President was heartily received. ;' Mr. S. C. Crum mer, ehairmau of the Republican .Plaie ceniral committee, and Gori ly ressman Campbell :ahi? spoke. Pope Collapses; Carrie^ to Room. f?om?V'By "CahleATl?proughly ex ^baus?.ed as the result, of ? holding sev . '-'c?-aT interviews, Pope Pips was forc ^t$p,rak? ni? bed. The Pontiff, was ?t3>??reaUy exhausted thee he hat] to ie ctrrfied to his room' and a coir lapse rame directly: afterward. :; He ^rlf^^?eceiyed a number of English *^^i;.rim*:-fl?ainst the advice of the .-Vatican' doctors, who, however, de "Jare thai ,.hev Por^V/Wipositioh, .pey /jp/ieft>^iS.only temporary, . NO MORE PASSES All Editors Must Buy Railroad Tickets Like Other Folks THE RULING OF THE COMMISSION Chairman of Inter-State' Commerce Commission Writes, in Reply to Protest Prom Massachusetts Press Association, That it Seems Plain to the Commission That the Kew Law Permits Payment for Services of Inter-State Carriers Only in Money. Washington, Special-.-under a rul ing of the inter-State commerce corn emission, transportation over railroad lines no longer may be given to news paper publishers of editors in. ex change for advertising spafl? iii their .newspapers. protest against this ruling has tocen received by the commission from the Massachusetts Press Association. Thc association unanimously voted to "enter its protest against tile report ed ruling- in hpldiiig that the payment for railroad transportation afc full rates hi advertising shall bc treated on any other basis than that of trans portation paid for in cash," In a letter to Secretary Heffernan, in response to the protest} Chairman Knapp, of the commission, says in part) after' quoting the section of the law which prohibits thc issuance of free transportation paid for in any other way than in cash : ''You aro. of course, aware that ali tariffs filed in compliance with the regulating statute name rates in dol lars and cents and do not in any case provide that transport?t iou con be paid for with property. It seems plain to the commission that the law above quoted, coupled with the fact Stated, permits payment for services of inter-State carriers only in money. "This ruling of the commission in no way interferes with br abridges the rights of private contracts. News papers aud their advertising space may be freely exchanged for any species of property upou such terms as may be acceptable lo the parties to the transaction, but the facilities of the public carrier are not private property, nor are they the subject of bargain and sale like merchan dise. "The right to travel or have -jaroperly carried by rail, like the right to see how an honest ue??^ seriously object to a ruling of the commission which appears to be in obvious accord with the provisions and the pm poses of thc regulating statute.'-* ' President Takes A Hand. Washington, Special*. - President Roosevelt has derected Victor H. Metcalf, Secretary of the Department bf Commerce-and Labor, to proceed to San Francisco and. make a thro ough and complete inquiry into the situation affecting the exclusion of Japanese children from the schools,, provided for while children aud the determination to place Japanese pu pils in separate schools. The Presi dent is anxious to obtain at first-hand from the cabinet officer, who is ac quainted with local conditions in San Francisco, full information affecting every phase of the subject lo the end that whatever action is taken by .this government may be after an accurate, understanding ol' the situation. The President feels that every effort with in tho power of the administration should be exerted to see that all thc rea ty rights claimed by the Japanese for its people, residing in the United States should be respected and pro tected. Moose Hunting in Maine. Fastport, Me., Special.-Reports from the White Mountain and North ern Maine camps state that moose hunters have arrived there in large numbers. Though moose have in creased in the woods since last whi ter thc prisent conditions arc re garded ns unfavorable for hunting owing to the density of the foliage. Frosts"r.nd fall winds, however, are expected to remedy this condition in the course of a week or two. Admiral Endicott to Retire. Washington, Special.-Rear Ad miral Mordecai T. Endicott has an nounced his intention of devoting his entire tervico in the future to thc isthmian canal commission, of which he is a member, and intends to retire from thc navy on reaching the .stat .uary age, 62 years, Nov. 2Gth, next. Rear Admiral Endicott was chief of the bureau of yards and docks of the Navy Department. Negro Lynched by Cowboys. Roswell,- N. M., Special.-"Slob" Pitts, a negro, who was run out of town two weeks ago, after serving 9*0 days for violating the Edmunds act, was lynched by ' cowboys at Toyah, Tex. The accessory, a white woman, followed the negro to Toyah, and they were living together. The cowboys went in the night and plac ed a rope around the neck of' the negro, He war dragged to death and then, hange?], BRYAN TOO RADICAL Senior Texas Senator Sharply Criticises His Opinions SAYS DEMOCRATS OPPOSE THEM At Banquet Given by Dallis Citizens to Next Legislature, Senior Texas Senator Declares That Nebraskan's Proposition Involves The Most Ad vanced ? nd Aggravated Paternalism Ever Offered Under a Free Govern ment, Dallas, Tex., Special.-At a ban puet tendered by the citizen? of Dal las to the next Texas Legislature. United States Be?atbr Chlbfers?n vig orously 'opposed government owner ship of railroads as proposed by Mr. Bryan two months ago. The cheer ing throughout his remarks was gen eral. Declaring that the future of thc Democratic party dep?iids upon its adherciieti to its fd?daiiiehtal prin ciples and especially opposition to paternalism and centralization, he said that great as have been the of fenses of the Republican party, any single proposition in its history is as uaught compared with thc policy ot government ownership aud bpbration of all railroads: Senator Culberson declared this principle was first an nounced in the platform of the Pop ulist party, and declared that the measure invoved the most advanced and aggravated form of paternalism ever offered under a free government, unless perhaps its .companied Populist measure, <the sub-T rcasury-.. Senator Culberson declared that the doctrine, if applied, will eventu ally iead to government ownership of every business susceptible of monop oly. He characterized it as "the es sence of Socialism." Women May Ask 'te Vot?; Dehveh Col-.} Special.-Miss Hel en Summer has been sent here by the Collegiate League of Equal Suf frage of Mew York to investigate wo man suffrage as'as it is practiced in Colorado. "It is very amusing to me to see the Woiheii Us they act at conventions,'* she said, in speaking of her observations. "They jabber away among themselves just as they j do at a club meeting until a subject ! comes up lo be voted on in which they are directly interested. Then they ' stop talking, prick up their ears ^?dn^eirm-^leetionccr^g. They do report ia . start a campaign for Avoman sunruge in New York. Indians Giving Trouble. Omaha, Neb., Special.-Word was received here from the scene of Indi an depredations in Wyoming to the effect that Captain C. P. Johnson, of Major Grierson's command, with an orderly and scout, overtook thc lites on Little Powder River, about 40 miles north of Gillette. It is said tho Indians absolutely refused lo return to their reservation and they were go ing to Dakota. Major Grierson, it is said, has determined to await rein forcements before trying lo force a removal of the band as the cow boys report the Ules are holding nightly dances and in a mood for trouble. Missing Girl Re-Appears in Men's Clothing. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-Miss Fannie Fennell, who so mysteriously disappeared from her home, and who, it is believed by the police was kid napped, re-appeared al her mother's home at midnight. She does not re member anything that has taken place during thc day. She says she recovered consciousness a short lime ago, and found herself alone in a strange room from which she fled. She cannot locate the house and does not know how she managed to find her mother's home. 4 . Methodist Bishops. Rochester, N. Y., Special:-From all parts of America and from Eu rope, Asia and Africa the bishops of thc Methodist Episcopal church as sembled in this city for a week's con ference. Thc object of the meeting is to arrange for the conference of the church and io assign the bishops to the conference over which they will preside. Estimates For Navy Yard Expenses at Charleston. Washington, D. C., Special.-The annual report of Brigadier-General Elliott, of the Marine Corps submits an estimate of $100,000 for the con struction of barracks and officers' quarters at the navy va rd at Charles ton, South Carolina. Savings Bank Closed. Washington. D. C., Special.-Theh Peoples' Savings Bank of this city was closed by order of the comptrol ler of currency. The liabilities were ..>10,000. This is the secoud Washing ton institution to be closed in a week. The girl with light Lair is always afraid people wee't think it is natur al. Plan For Federa! Regulation to Apply General^ < - s EVILS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM Statute Framed By Eminent Lawyers and Statesmen Who Have Made a Study 6f t?t? Divorce Evil, is Sub mitted to the Secretary of the Na tianal Divorce Congress'. Philadelphia, Speen'. - Judge Staakc, of this city, secretary of the divorce congress, has received from its committee on resolutions atfd for wardco1 tb ike VariOiip delegates a 1 proposed measure for bringing about uniformity in thc present diverse laws of thc United Stales. The, props ed statute is thc outcome of study on the subject by eminent lawyers httd juiliits abd prominent Ckui'Chineh, all of whom arc conver sant with existing conditions of the so-called divorce evil, and the pro posed new act is calculated to in sure remedial results ali over the I country i Practically every Staiti and Terri tory will bc represented at the re-as sembling of the congress in this city ^on Nov. 13. The proposed new act is divided into three chapters; thc first consist ing of jurisdictional providions; thc secondj procedure; and the third, gen ! general provisions and is enti tled "ali act regulating, aunulmeut of marriage and divorce;" Hearings to Be Public. Wnile little or no change is niad<3 in, the given causes for divorce as now existing, certain provisions of the new act were evidently made with a view of arresting the increasing demand for. legal severance ol' martial bonds. Under these stipulation secret or star chamber sessions for hearing divorce cases before masters .or other repre sentatives of the courts arc done away with, and "nil hearings and trials shall bc had before thc court and shall iii ali cases be public." It is also provided "that a decree dissolving the marriage tic so com pletely as to permit tjhe remarriage of either party should not become op erative until thc lapse of a reasonable length of lime after hearing or trial upon the merits of the case." Another enactment of thc proposed new kw" prohibits the solicitation of _?_divorcc case by adverlisemen, cir-'' *.i-'^'>~aaid_ur?iStribe;J for. two kinds-absolute, or un>^v~ eulo matrimonial; and divorce from bed and hoard, or divorce amensa et thoro. Under the first classification the grounds shall bc adultery, biga my, conviction and ? sentence for crime followed by two years' con tinual imprisonment; .extreme cruel ty; willful desertion and habitual ; drunkenness for two years. Thc ! same causes will prevail in the sec ond class with thc additonal cause of ? "hopeless.insanity of tho husband." No divorce shall be granted if it appears to thc satisfaction of thc court that the suit has been brought by collusion or that thc plaintiff has procured or connived at the offense charged, or has condoned it or has been guilty of adultry not condoned. Robbers Blow Safe and Are Pursued by Citizens. Guthrie, Okla., Sp?cial - Robbers blew open the safe of? the State Bank at Sparks, Okla., 50 miles east of this city. They secured $2,500 and escaped after exchanging one hundred shots with a number ol citizens drawn to thc scene by the ex plosion. The robbers arc headed foi the Creek country apparentlj' and a special train "?"Hh officers and blood hounds lias been started from Shaw nee, Okla., in pursuit. ? $50,000 Fire in Savannah. Savannah, Ga.,- Special. - Fire which started at 2:30 o'clock Tues day afternoon in thc barber shop of J. H. Burton, colored, on West Broad street, caused a loss ol' .$50,000, di vided among a dozen small store keepers of the vicinity. The Union ! station was in imminent danger foi ? a time. H. Lang and Bros. lost $7, ! 000 and were thex-hief losers. I _-J_ Ohio Library Association. Portsmouth, Ohio, Special.-Libra i ries and library trustees of Ohio. Weat Virginia and Kentucky are in attendance on thc 12ili annual meet ing of thc Ohio Library association, which began here Tuesday. The val uc of the free library, and what i should afford to thc people of ti:i city, the small town and the rum' districts, is the main topic of th. gathering, which will remain in ses sion until Saturday. Peace Negotations Resumed. Washington, Special,-The advices received at the State Department un to the effect that negotations for peace between the government and the rebel forces in thc neighborhood of Monte Cristi, .Sauto .Domingo, which were recently broken off, have been resumed with every prospect of success and that the immediate dis armament of tho vebelf is promised. Philadelphia Negroes Make Demeristralion Against Play i ? . r--.--^ WOULD HAVE IT SUPPRESSED G?n?rr?led by Negro. Preachers, Who Ha?(Prev?on6?y Made Formal Pro U6t:U May?r W?av^f, Threatening MoV Packe Streets Adjacent to W?|iin? Street Threatre Half an ?our! Before Curtain Rosa on Themas^Dixon's Drama of Recon struction. Pji?a?lelplii?i Special:-Under most ullu?uai conditions ?!rT?lti dlftuf-rt??d" . was ; ?produced here at thc Walnut Street' Threatre. The colored clergy of the; city bad made a formal pro test?lo Mayor Wcnvcr against the producti?ii'?f the play? claiming that "ly^eii.hjg? ll?r'? been Encouraged by the/play." The mayor infused" to takc^any action. ?bout half an hour before thc the atre,^ opened . Ninth and Walnut streets, rwhere thc play house is lo cated, were packed with colored peo ple.:r Dit?ctt?i- Of FbWfc Safety Mc Kenly, who, realizing llid danger, had hastened lo the scene, begging the ministers, who seemed to have com plete control of the multitude, io dis perse the mub. A.i'iot call was sent in and live po lice1 patrol wagons brought half a hundred policemen to the threatre. The colorai ministers surrounded Diijector McKenlj and demanded that lie islop the play; Thc director de livered a brief speech, asking the crowd to disperse, and saying that he/would endeavor to have the play discontinued. This seemed to have a soothing effect on the crowd, and it'^slowly scattered. Early in the evening a colored mai; attempted io create a disturbance in the theatre. He was arrested, but the police had considerable difficulty ira rescuing him from the crowd in the galleiy. West Under DOGU Snow. < .'. , .Denver, Col., Special.-Snow, wind and cold extended over nearly tho en tire country between the Rocky fountains and the Missouri river causing heavy lusses of live stock and ?f late fruit. Telegraph wires were prostrated and railroad .schedules dis arranged Monday. The storm is al most unprecedented for severity at tliis season of the year, and takes jgnk^ae^ the weather bu ern Railroad, s;iu? _ deep and traffic was lied up. Blacksmiths and Machinist Foreman Quit at Knoxville. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.-General Manager H. B. Spencer, of the South ern Railroad, admiltcd that the road has decided to employ new men lo take the places of the striking ma chinist in various shops over the sys tem. Thirty-one more men. walked out of the Southern thops at Ibis point, they being ll machinist fore men, 15 blacksmiths and live appren tices. It is reliably reported that the boiler-makers will be next to co out. Falls Sixty Feet. ' . Columbia, S. C., Special.-Charles Preker, a one-aimed painter, fell GO feet from the roso window of St. Peter's Catholic church, as he was preparing lo go (ii work Monday afternoon, while standing on a ?roods box he had bab timi on two planks struck through I ht- window from with in. Contractor Rion says he had just iffcred Parker a ladder to make him satyr. Parker los) his ihm less, than a year ago i:i a railroad accident. Fertilizer Trust Cases Set For Dec. 3. Washington, Special.---Iii ibe Su preme Court of tho United States the Virginia "fertilizer trust" cases were advanced on (he docket and a hearing set for Dec. .'* next. Thc eases are in thc nature of bobeas corpus proceedings, and the defendants, who were connected with the alleged trust, are resisting remove) from the cosi era district ul' Virginia to tho middle district ol" Tennessee for trial. Strike-Breakers Imported. Spouter, Special.-The ii isl de tachment of strike breakers were dis tributed over (he Soul horn Kail way sysietn. Two car loads reached Spen cer and promptly began work. Three additional corloads were carried to Allanta and other puiuis South. The inaeliinsls were secured i;i Ballimore Philadelphia and New York and have been in readiness fur service for len j days. News Notes. M. Georges Clemenceau became Prime Minister ol' France, succeeding Premier Sarrieu. The sunken submarine buat Lutiu was located and preparations were made to rise her. lt is believe:! her 2 officers and l i luci have perished; Premier Slolypiu has ordered drum head eourts-maitiai for all conscripts who refuse to serve in the Russiau army. Mrs. Fi cd N. Dillon was killed ."nd Mrs. George P. ('irani badly injur ed in au automobile accident near Wn)thf,m, Mii.59, Loads of Passengers Dumped Into Deep Water WAS MOMENT OF WILD TERROR Twisted From Track on Trestle Over Thoroughfare Inlet by Turned-in Bail, Gars of Electric Train From Camden Poise on Edge and Then Drop 15 Feet into 30 Feet of Water Witll Terrified Passengers. Atlantic City, N. J., Special.-By thc wrecking of a three-coach elec tric train on tho West Jersey & Sea shore Railroad Sunday afternoon at least od passengers perished and the lirst may reach the total of 70 when all is known. While crossing over a drawbridge spanning the waterway known ase '.'tho Thoroughfare/* which separates Atlantic City from the mainland, the traiti left Mi? track and plunged into the water, with one or fwd excep tions, were drowned. Up to mid night 25 bodies have been recovered and it is believed that at least 25, and possibly Oth moro bodies still are in the Submerged coaches; The festers the worst that has happened since thc terribie ?tf?'adow wreck of July 30, 189G, occurred at half-past 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Thc train, made up of three heavy coaches*, which left Camden at 1 o'clock iii thc ?fUhlbeh Carried, at least SS passengers, as that humber of tickets are held by the conductor. That official is uncertain, however, just how many passengers were on the train, and until ail the bodies have been taken from the submerged cars, it will not be possible to. give the true figures of the dead. BecuerH Gould Da Little. Tlie accident was witnessed by many persons on shore and assistance was promptly sent from Atlantic City. Little could he done, however, towards saving the lives of those im prisoned in thc submerged coaches. The water at the point, where the train plunged in was not deep euough to cover the coaches at first, but as they quickly settled in the mud, and as the tide rose, they were soon hid - deu from sight except for the trolley poles. Diver.* were sent down to try to reach the dead bodies in thc coach es but as darkness set in and as the tide rail more swiftly, they were un able fbi ft loiig time to reuch them. Late iii tiie evening lt wrecking crew arrived on the scene arid with their aid and the use of a derrick, a dozen -~-va hodieswere taken out and lu. _ investigation shall have MCCIt ........ . Mr. Atterbury declined lo make any i statement. T. C. Smith, of Newfield, and A. R. Kelley, of Jeffersonvillc, N. Y., who were passengers on the train, got off at Pleasantvillc for no other rea son than that something told them to change their minds about coming to Atlantic City. About 15 people got off at Pleasantville, said the}', and nearly as many more got aboard. They said fully 100 passengers were on the train, a great many women. Jolni?-Eades, of 112 Bay street, this city, a parlor car man, was on the train and escaped by crawling through a window of the rear car and swimming ashore, Thc old mau who attends tho bridge, in speaking of thc accident, declared that the bridge had been opened about three minutes before thc train came along. A yacht pass ed through. He says that he saw that the bridge was properly closed and that the tracks were inspected. He cannot explain, why the rails behaved as they did. Cotton Warehouse Burns. En taw, Ala., Special.-A disas trous lire here swop! away thc eastern half of the Planters* Warehouse & Commission Company's warehouse destroying property estimated at ?rom $75^000 to $100,000. The ware house contained from 2.000 to 3.000 hales nf colton. About 230 bales stored in. thc western side mid ahoui 500 bales on the plat torin adjoining the warehouse, were saved. Possibly ?inly 500 bales are. insured. The orig iu of tin; fire is unknown, but il is thought. I<? have been shirted by a spark from ti passing locomotive. Two Killed by Natural Gas. Topeka, Kan., Special.-Two per sons were killed, one is missing, four were seriously injured and 20 more were hurt in a terrible explosion nf natural gas that demolished live two story buildings at Coleyville. Kan. The buildings were leveled tu the ground. A lire broke out after the explosion but thc flames wore quickly extinguished. Atlanta Man a Suicide at Guliport, Gulf port, Miss., Special.-The body of a man apparently 35 years of agv.\ was found on the beach near thc Beach Hotel. The body was well dressed and a watch and purse un disturbed. There were no means o? identification except the name "J. H. Connelly, Atlanta, Ga.," cn thc ccat lape!. The verdict of the cor oiiovV jury wnp fuiddr? by ft pistol. Ii 4% ? UNION SAVINGS BANK Augusta* $3o9 Tfith 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 hecome a depositor, prom ising you every courtesy. KOCK PER CENT INTEREST paid on Staving* accounts. Correspondence invited. , W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF ll I B I AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. 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