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PLANTER'S ?' LOAN AND ? SAVINGS ? BANK, Augusta, G?. ONBS?0!5tTSg ACCOUNTS II ? SOLICITED" L. C. KAYNE, >' Pa ~siDzvr. ;? I Cbas.. C. Howard j: F.";, tj?. RESCU1SOE8 OYP.I? 51,000,000 Y jilli i M i 111 ii ii ni ii i a in* yo u n, in?ii ) ".r.j ?.><! EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, lSO?. 4 AUGUSTA? GA* ? a KAYNE, President $ TEAKS, G. FORD, Cashier. X X CAPITAL..$250,000 J ? Surplus and Profits. 150,000 , vraahall ba pleased to har? yea open an aeconat . with tais Baak. Customer* and correajiondnou aa- 4* mred ot CT?ry oonrtesy and accommadation penal- A 1 1 bia und tr oonaenrotlTa. modern Ba uki nj ?et heda. X I 'w+v^i 10 H U 111BI ! ?1 NO. 52. tuesday's Election < -HSaife-Worki DEMOCRATS Congress Republican .by Good M;ijor . ity-Guild Re-Electedin Massachu' setts, and Stuart Made Governor of Pennsylvania Over Fusion Opposi : ..tipn-Majorities Off in-Several Re . ?ptf>ficaa ^States. '< iii 1 < >*i' -- ? s! 'fi} fi . J . Elections were held Tuesday in. 42 States and While result's in a number of instances were or unusual inter est, ittfsmajy^ be /-said jJaat^i^erajly speaking vtbere ware ho -> greaV-. ?tn> prises. Throughout the South*'.the; 'Qemo cratic State and congressional tick ets have been elected by the usual ja&iojdtie.s^_.In_the West and Kast? the States that were aligned two years; ago in the BemOcratic-or^Ro^ publica? r?olumns, \showi,no jmater?al change, the Democrats making gains in some instances ami the Republicans s$ktt&< ~TJiar-4&unjU?w^^ control of Congress by a good majors ty. YHOT??d^??. YT Massachusetts t has re-elected Cur tis Guild,0 Republican, as goV?nfor over. District Attorney Johu B. Mo ran^ of Boston, who was the candi date, of 'the"Democratic party,the Indepe.n.d??ce .'. League and the Pko hibitionists. In Chicago it is estimated that, the Independence League ticket polled 40,000Tbut there0 was! a Republican plurality for the State officers.' Pennsylvania has elected Stuart, Republican, governor, Over "a fusion ; opposition," by " the usual Republican plurality. . ~,?SglnT, -Iowa, t?^?bp^ North Datcote, Connecticut. Minne sota, Indiana and Wisccpisin have ifolled up..,Republican majorities al though (-there was some, falling oft ?from the usual vote i$ loVa. * -y? Nebraska;;- shows .. big= .^epublicaU gains. 0M?^~alsWsD*?ws ?Republiciia gains over the Partisan vote of last year. Te*' Republicans expect a plu W^??Pt 75,000?n-.th? State/j ?J ^ns?lt^oxi^?j^^.w^ Stafe of Oklahoma will "be writ tranby De?> ocrats.^^The indians v?tedftlie DemT ocratie- ti?ket- olnfost-solidly; Okf?i homa also went-strongly Democratic in choosing dele|ales^of?^''fjo?sf?tu^ tiouai convention/*^ "~ K"l TL^r "New Mexico and Arizona have vot ed favorably on the 'proposition;;to! enter I he Union jointly .as .'a. .single ,.,?tate. ... V; r Gov?n?dr~;-H in; Kansas byra slightly reduced majori ty. U ?f ti i r-'fV?? The result in Missouri was in -doubt at a late, hour, theJDemocr^ts expect: ing to gain some of "the "congression al districts lost two years ago. Congressman -Nicholas Longworth! was re-elected in Cincinnati. Congressman J. W.-Wadsworth, for many years -.chairman, pf the House committees?:on.. ?griculftnv'-was de feated in-tlro '?34th '"New ^YorLM? triet. The Republicans carried Utah, Wy . oinlng^n??^Vashmg1'?ir"and' seem" ter have lost Nevada. Both parties claim ??^?'.?atana?: seeniss^? fiavej gone Re publican and Texas takes it usuaJ place:in the .Democratic column, babcock, bf "Wisconsin, formerly -jJd?lJ^SrrlO 9X1 ? All Democratic Candidates Elected. "il?ckson-vi?le, CSplei?l^AliX >th? Democratic candidates in Florida ere elected. The legislature is probably unanimously Democratis. Th?"propOT si?ion advocated by Governor Bro ward to drain the Everglades "seems defeated. _ . . , ... , .? SOUTH CAROLINA.^ Columbia, S. C., "Speaalc-Reports indicate thatH lightVote "was' cast] but that all Democratic candidates " 'd?l?gation" fd" Congress" hasrheenuhos: g&mz- .?? ?.. ?t? ?: rr-*-. ? - ,!'.J-, :. ? S *P v " I ALABAMA?/f' s? y -'Overwhelming 7irtory For*:&i?ocr?t? **. * uontgbmery, '-- Specials--Incomplete returns indicate overwhelming vic tory for entire Democratic State ticket and nominees for Congress. Thc vote was light:. NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh; N. C., /^peci^l.VRe.turns irnlic?te that the State goes Demb'era t th by^fttr?a^:40^%l^otil^'??^ Co?'.grcssional District has gone Dercq cralic, rand 'the State Legislature will have a larger. Democratic majority in L'otli houses than the present one. Democrats, Concede Election. Tbs Nejv York H^rajdjpys Denlo? eratic Slate /hoaiqimiaer^ o?ngejes elect iou hy small majority. Wadsworth is Defeated. '" "" hicompiete retens~"hjd7eate~-ths-l t?*e 'Jilh New .York, district.. Wanter's. Majority . About 100,000 . i urns .received up to S'o'clock indi cale. * according to tbs Republicai State ?o?gce, p:ajsrlty st ?^pH0O,O0Of - Gives Administration rpr;crpTfl ... -..chairman' o?.tlie-??epublican congress ional committee, failed of election, fr In Rhode Island, Janies H. Higgins, ?j'Democrat, is elected governor. j -^House ?p*ni$can By Over 50.> j^^&^f^??^t 1:15 ; o'clock Wednesday, morning,. Con gressman'- Shfermauy*of>. New- York,' . Ch^irnian of the Republican national ?j congressional ^o*nT?Atfe^, ma*de t?tffca-. lowing statement.: ' j ii'?)^ lue ?lstD?ts so far heard from! we have not lost one that Was mark-, ed- Republican, > ;0? tne" 5S7dbubtful, districts we have < reports:-from 20 showing that we have carried 15 of: them j amk4ost. ?we. \ -E^vei^bould the ?tfelr'??? L&isdrambEraS*?^i& will] I be^seeif'th?t our infy'onty ?n%"th?r next! .HnuseVwjdl^be' 78. I expect that the break" will bein our favor rather than ?even,""; : Mr. Sherman wired Speaker Can non that there was no question about' 'the next "'House b?l?g"R?p?bli?a*?^y over 50 majority, outside of 20 dis TitriciC^hich MrV Sh'enff??i'lh?T?Elassed ?-?s^oubtf?flL M 'd.U. i New York, Special.-At 7:44 o'clock Tueday night Chairman Sher man, of the national Republican con cessional committee, said : : . *j[Mr. Huglj"^?s~^ci^^ 'governor of '.New YSrlTStated .Mr. Sherman also .announced that Vc'c?rd?hg^to^the^fignres 'h?:"liad rer ceived all the Republican, nominees fpr Congress ' in Brooklyn had been 'elected. "v -.?..??.-.. Boston Plurality for.- Moran: 13,082. Boston, Special.-YoteK-for.^Boston complete; Guild, Republican, 87,233.; Moran, Democrat; '. 60.315.' .Plurality for Moran: 13,082.- / >: Guild Re-Elected Governor. Boston,. Special-.-The; Republicans, after a short but spirited campaign, -were 4be--victora-4n^e^tat?^lec j tion, Governor Guild being re-elected ! hy a? considerables-increase plurality : overcast year,^wni??" his opponent, i?istrict Altqrne|'?'ohiv B. Morn, ?f ('Bost?n, the -?candi?ai? a year asro 'tc tabulai" ted Thc Republicans re-elected their en tire State ticket, although Lieutenant ! Governor rDraper-rfcll* i?iisiderably .j "behihd-Gov?-hor VGuild.-^ThV^foxC Legislature will .be,Republiean by thal. oisua^aVg^ itHD'oth houses "ariel "tliis will "Insure tho" election of \ Uuit?<"V-St.ateVv ^Senator W. Murray' Csahc/. wKois-?t present completing^ a brief term. i ,, Governor ?Guild ^expressed himself as very much.gr?ti^e?tai^the endorse ment pf his admhmtfatidn, while Air. _ Morany'?f Jerilefimi'3gi;tke result, ife "S*?l*a';?<i^^ successif;! pris opppnipfi------i 1 ' PEMSTCVANIA. \ < '%\TO&$B Elected Governor.. "" Phi??<f?lphin, Pa., Special.-The most exciting campaign in Pensyl vania m 25 years. has. ended in \ a triumph for Edwin S..Stuart, Republi can, for Governor, over Lewis Emery, Jr., Dainooratj.fttfld Lincoln party, by a ^ijraliirjr'that th.^Rjpnblican lead ei^elaWwail^teachliOOjOOO. Aside" from the contest for Governor and other State offices, thc chief interest |crotered~in-the-Wttle-invPhiiadelphia for district attorney andaba few of ifife. ^ngrefsjona]^ jjjSlBtipMs. "^1 embers :^t%^xto^: o^RepJe'^eh^?ves an d county officers were elected in every county, and. State Senators were ch'os?n in-25 of the '50 ' districts. f' ? r News.Note8.\. ???*J??<? S(^of|n'?i^^eitencotl1 to Manchester pTa.) jail for eloping [[w?tH/? {yynns^p^^^^?\ to have left a wife and children in Ohio. "?Lpo?gro " ea^l^ye^of-jthe Depart> *meh?~?? Gommer'ce^?nd "Labor is in - Richmond, said to be-posing as the J speciaf 'representative' ?'bf President I Roosevelt. W-onld Not Speak in Detail. - :";N?w>York^pecial.-When seen at' bV^hq?ne ;at %S? o'clock Tuesday" r.ight Mr. Hughes said : -. "~' <,I*^'^ery"nTach-gratjfied -if -elect ed, as :flow,j?eas?JtQ ..Ipejyba^jise, but' I shaU*??p?'$ea!?*?n\wa1? '"af|m mat-' tere abciut whichvthere may life, an un, certaihfy"; ? I njhd?rsrahd,#*iowev?rJ;| that my^???tioWis?px?n?l ?wSl assu?v ed, but whatever my plurality may be^ my feeling is not one. of elation, :but of responsibilitv.j ' That is al) that: I care to say at present, Fifty Republican Majority. ? \ i Chicago, f Special.-1-Dispatches' to 'tho ?ssocikteo! ^Press 'up to 9:15..p. tjjiOZi^nsdayia^t^Sej^ that the . Re publicans have elected. 114 Congress men* and- the.'Democrats'-.figures in clude Alabama 9}.Arkans3.s'7; L?usi ana 7; Georgia ll;-'Mississippi v9fj Texas 1G; Florida 3; Virginia OJ To taL?71. ^The Democrats have gained one^ist?et?n^Maryland, one in lilia qis^and oso\4jj New Jersey, and thc Rapnblicans one in Kentucky. ! One Fireman Killed and Several Hurt 5-j-<-ia.?ig,Fjrj^^,_ injured m a lire that caused a money ? ?jl?iss of^$-75jOX)0??i?.41iCJ^uil(!"%''occu-1 'T^ied by r^e?^^t?yitn|2d. Tilo i??'topa"03&^ ?Sloan: an Qu-^im, uiuu, i...v. .... ..?w w%e n\embers.<of his engine company, %ji*?''$vifB? under R fra|l fjrti .M-SIXTIETH Election of. C<?igressmen Shown by ? :.Returns Up to"2 O'Clock Thursday |.pMornin?f: Democrats Have Lost 8 "' and Gained 31. ;*.(?liicago, Special.-Returns received to 1 o'clock Tuesday morning show thatlhc Rep?blieahs have ?t?cted 223 cqhgr'essmeii ?n'd the Democrats 163, ,"?',*, Republi- Demo heans erats Alabama..... .. .... - 9 Arnkausas... - 7 'California........ S 7 Colorado..:...3. * Connecticut:; .... 5 - ', Delaware :.;. 1 - Florida'": ..:...- 3 Georgia .'.- V..- ll Idaho...; V.V. 1 - Illinois,. ... V. .... ,19 G Indiana......?.., 0 -4 -JtiKTrrr-rrrrr-li) 1 .^ansaji. . ,. 8 . - .pansas,-r>.."". 8 . - Kenru^y^........ 4 7 Louisiana^. '.. .... - 7 Mairie^/".'. '.. ..4 - Maryland..-.... 3 3 Ma ssacjiu setts/. ... ..ll 3 Michigan .j?-KvY? ? . > 12_ * ,'MinnesolaJjuYi i ! S ? .xMississippW."Ii.' - 8 MTs'?oira .v. .... 4 12 Montana,. ........ 1 - Nebraska*.j?-;. . .. ..5 1 Nevada." 7. 1..." 2 - New Jersey. fi. * 4 Ne^Ycuik^^v.i.iv_ 25 12 North Carolina.. .. .. - 10 North Dedota. 2 - Ohio., :;\r;viw... 17 4 Oregon. 2 - ^emis^ivaniat..' .;-. ,.. ... 26 6 R7io???~lsiA??ff.? ... rrvO. 1 South Caroliua. - * South DekVta.; :.. ... 2 - Tennessee. 2 - Texaco" " 16 Utah. u 1 - Velmont; i i ? i 2 - Virginia, r;.......... 1 0 Washington.. .. .... 3 - .WestisV^i-giina.. .. ..5 - Wiscpnsiii.. 9 - 2 Wyoming. . - Total... ,". . 223 163 The Democrats lost four and gain ed^". congressmen as followe-: v xpPiin'ois'Sj? Indiana 2; Iowa 1; Mary ^?d^'f'M?ssouii 6; Nebraska 1; New Jersey 3; New York 1; Nerth Caro lina 1; Obio.3;,Pennsylvania 5; Wis eonsi?tl^ Minnesota 1. Regubjicwist.-; gained one each in Maryland rind West Virginia, and two in Kentucky^making the net Demo cratic gain 27. . j, c ;In Kew York. New' York/ "Special-Late returns TTrdicate^Hughes' majority to be 52, ,QQQ:r li. is probable that the Demo '*eratic.candidate for Lieutenant Gov ^etriiohi-iias Been elected, r >^ a . 'West Virginia. .;.nWheelin^;W.;_ Va., Special.-The 5^tt?p!|te Returns from the difieren ^rj?uliti'cs in "West Virginia arc coming iii' arid increase the size of the Repub ^iictoiy.Viekn-v.- - .The. tpji? ippnnhlif;an_l m??y^%-.^.-He?i?b?ieEn--by more than the; ma jori ty in 1904, "when_ it was; 57; ou. joint .ballot. -----Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Speoial.-All re turns indicate that B. B. Comer, Dem ocrat, for Governor, has practically rolled up all the votes. Congress man Wiley is returned in the second 'by an overwhelming majority and Burnett in the 17th by an increase majority. - . - , sf J?orth Dakota. Fargo, N. D., Special.-Late re turns show that Senator Sanes, Re publican, for Governor is elected by ? safe majority and Fisk, Democrat, is elected judge of the upreme Court. Missouri. St. Louis, Special.-From nearly complete returns from all counties, -.the Democrats have carried the* State by: a ^plurality. of 7,640, electing all candidates on the State ticket and 12 of the 1G congressman. Republicans elected congresmen iu Kansas City and StvLouis, but lost all the districts in therState which had been swept into The-Republican ranks two years a?o. Arkansas. "Liltle Rock", Ark., Special.-Tues - day's' returns?confirm Tuesday night's """isparches that a light vote was polled j in Arkansas. All Democratic Con ! gressmen were returned. In the fourth, district where Secretary Shaw !:and ,Vieu .President Fairbanks made j speeches in the interest of George Tilles'/: the Republican candidate, W. :'B.. Cravens, Democrat, was elected by ja small majority. Visit of English School Teachers " 2\W York, Special.-The first de tachment of 500 British school teach .ers who are coming to this country to study educational methods, are to ar rive soon. Boston, Baltimore, and the Middle States will be visited and j President Butler, of Columbia Uni versity, has arranged with the educa tional authorities of thc several cities I"to receive the teachers, and afford ;tbem opportunities for observing thc work of the schools. Beacham Wise Over McCreary. ?Louisville, Ky., Special-With ouly a few mountain counties to hear from and these probably increasing his lead,.'Governor Beacham hus won his fight against ' Senator McCreary for the nomination for the United States Senatorship in Tuesday's primaries. Samuel W. Hager was nomina ted for Governor in the same primary by a majority of between 12,000 and 15, ? 000.. Although Senator McCreary carried Louisville by 7,287, Governor Beacham ' ran ?so well in tho country that ho overcame this lead and ha? About 4/000 to 9j>ftW.: Defeats Hearst in New Yor?? By Cf ose Margin .; % BALLOTING WAS VERY MW -4 :'- Xi-, In Face of Efforts Against Hini;By Senator McCarren, Hearst ??ri?(? The Borough by a Small Pijirafe -Some Doubt Expressed.to Pate|oi Independent League Ticket?>Dntf; l?de of Hearst, Some Newspapers Declaring There Was a Chance That the Subordinate Officeis^?ad Been Elected. -;- m New York, Sj[>cc.at.-Aecordhi&vto incomplete returns from all overdue State "received up to 1?:3? ?'cf?'ck Tuesday night, Charles E. Hughes, the Republican candidate, bastien elected governor of the State/i.bvci William Raiuloloh Hearst, thei'mpmi nee of the Democratic party ana-;the Independence Lettgnej by approxi mately a plurality of 50,000. ^wo years ego Governor Elie-gins wasselect on the Republican ticket b*j 80-560. There was some doubt expressed a. to the fate of the Democratic and.In dependence League tickets outsnle ol Mr. Hearst, several.of the Newj|?ork newspapers, which have been support ing Mr. Hughey dedaring th?t-?therp was a chance that thc subordinate of ficers of the. Democratic and/Inde pendence League combhiation| has been elected. ?;'?? Thc latest figures seem to indicate that Mr. Hughes' plurality aboVe'the Bronx will exceed 115",000. To;ib?fset this Mr. Heart's plurality in Great .WU?i??LjYork will probably bc! from 75,000 to~so,m-: ? In Brooklyn where Semllw^Pat rick H. McCarren made ? bitter^ftgW against Hearst, the latter carried the borough by a small plurality, probab ly 4,000. At one time it seemed that Hughes had b'cea successful in'Brook lyn, but the late returns were all strongly in favor of the Democratic candidate. Mr. Hearst has been given a major ity of nearly 70,000 in Manhattan and the Bronx. Queen's coUnty,s which includes Long Islaud City, has gone for Hearst by from 5,000 to 8,000 and Richmond (Staten Island) has also given the Democratic candidate a plurality. As a result of the scratching and the voting for the same c?ndidates auder different parly emblems, the re turns for the subordinate officers on the various State tickets Rro so com plicated as not to be available. Great in tores t centered here in New York in Hie campaigu wagejd for the judiciary ticket named hy a commit tee of lawyers, headed by Joseph H. Choate, and funner Judge Alton B. Parker. The Tammany and .. Inde pendence League joint ticket has woa over thc non-partisan candidates hy big pluralities. State Senator Thomas.CP.vGrady, o?. Tammany^Hali, has- .been'' ?:e-electe>l *3? League? ' Throughout been a notable falling, off jinthe vote from 1904, which was a Presidential election year. The Republican ticket showed the greatest loss in this re spect, especially in the cities. PRESIDENT MUCH INTERESTED Washington, Special. - President Roosevelt eagerly awaited the returns from the election as they came in over the telegraph wires to the ex ecutive offices. After dining with his family on his return from Oyster Ba- he hurried to his office, where with Secretary Root, Postmaster General Cortelyou, Assistant Secretary Bacon, Secretary u-oeo and Assistant Attorney General Cooley, he scanned the reports fur nished him by the press associations and by various private sources all ov er the country. The greatest inter est centered in' the reports from New York, where the early returns indicat ed that if Mr. Hughes were elected, the claims of his, managers of large majorities for him would be material ly reduced. Early in the evening Secretary Root estimated that Mr. Hugh's' majority might vary between 60,000 and 75,000. One of the dispatches received by Secretary Root came from the editor of Thc Press at Utica, in which city the Secretary made his oniy speech ol the campaign. This ("sp?ten indi cated tho re-election of Representa tive Sherman and the success of Mr. Hughes in Oneida flinty by a major ity of about 3,00( A psrsonal telegram to the presi dent said that Mr. Hughes had car ried Oj'stcr Bay 152 majority. Be cause of the incomplete character of the returns it was announced lhere would be no statement from the presi dent on the result in New York. Minister's Wife Injured. Winchester, Special.-News reach ed here of an accident in which Mr? Potter, wife' of Rev. C. L. Potter, pa* tor of Frederick circuit, Methodis Episcopal Church, South, was linrlc? from a vehicle, run over and had he: limb fractured. Reverend and Mr* Potter were driving to Relief, Freo crick county, ?yken their horse ran ii. to a tree, throwing Mrs. Potter fron thc buggy, one wheel of which ra: over her neck. News and Notes. Father Gangoiti, who gave warning ot the recent Cuban cyclone, uow pre dicts another. The strike of machinists of the Southern Railway Ls lo be adjusted by arbitration, the machinists in the meantime returning to work. ?Specifications for the work on 'the Panama Canal, to he let by contract;, fm made jwblto. DR. M'DOW SHOT -- His Brother-In-Law Emptied Three ?j Leads of Shot Into Him, Wounding - Him Severely. Lancaster, Special.-Mr. John A. Bridge, a prominent farmer of the Heath Springs section of this county, shot Dr; Edgar S; McDow of thia place three timc? with a shot guu on the streets of Heath Springs Thurs day at 12 o'clock. The two men arc brothers-in-law and bad blood had. been brewing between them for some r:m?. Dr. McDow took thc traill for Heath Springs and.the shooting was over before the train left thc depot. The shooting commenced as soon as the two men saw each other, Mc-. Dow did nti shooting but it is said he "had a pistol on Iiis person; Bridges used a double-barreled breach-load ing shotgun, thc shells being loaded with No. 4 shot. One load of shot look effect in thc left arm just be low the shoulder blade, the second in the right forearm and the third in the legs above the knees* - The wounds arc' serious and it is thought the left arni add right hand of Dr. McDow may have to be ampu tated. ' Dr. W. S. Moore of Heath Springs is in charge of Dr, McDow and will cony- him to thc Rt?ck Hill hospital for treatment. Iminigiants Open Up Early. Columbia, S. C., Special.-One of Commissioner Watson 's immigrants, from the Wittckind is in the Cohnn bit Hospital with a bullet hole in his ?hdomen as a result of being flcci lentally shot hy A fellow immigrant, both of unpronounceable Haines, at 4^^Coininertiai Hotel .Thursday. B"ortuua^ehL.tlie biiliet drily ?ntered the abdomenart&?iy nuc? after a dight operation was extric?l'etlr:--SW<_, physicians say the man will he out in a few days. Thc victim of the acci dent was standing in front of his friend, who was loading n revolver. Both were badly frightened, Hearing oil Rec?nt Wreck. . The Railroad Commissoii Friday took some testimony into the causes of the head-on collision on the South ern near Winnsboro about a month ago which resulted in the death of four men. No new facts were brought out, the statements made being prac tically the same as those published in The Slate the day following thc ac cident. Mr? H. E. Bul ick, the opera tor who did not give thc ?iigin?cr on the freight order No. G4, appeared and stated that the order was lost. This was thc direct cause of the wreck. The commission will make a report on this lo I he general as em bly as required by law. Another Bank for Columbia. Columbia, Special.-The Columbia Trust company, at a meeting of its >.oard of directors decided that after this lot for the conduct oT^thlj^slvv-^ ? inge bank and trust- business. ' The' Columbia Trust'Company has been in "msiness for some time. It has S200.000 capital stock and has accum ulated a considerable surplus. Fire at Springfield Destroys Nine . - Stores. Columbia, Special.-Fire at Spring field, Orangeburg county, S. C., de stroyed nine stores, composing an en ire block. Among the merchants who-are heavy losers are L. B. Fnl mer, A. D. Fnlmer and W. L. Posey. Wants Telegraph Office, Tho town of Kershaw wishes a:; lip-town telegraph office. Thursday Messrs. E. D. Blakeugy of Camden and Z. V. Davidson of the Stevens Lumber Company appeared before the railroad commission and stated that the office now used in Kershaw was the same one which did the rail road business rind- that Kershaw was large enough to have belier treat ment. The commission will visit tin town on Nov. 21 and make an inspec tion of the business before taking any action. Colored 'Possum Hunter Exiled. Greenville, Special.-Dock Brews ter, colored, was killed Thursday night about ll o'clock, near Sim psonville. He, with a white man aili a negro boy, was oui 'possum h un tin The do?s tread, and the three set ti work to cut down the tree. In fall ing the tree struck another and lodg ed. When thc tree slipped fron where it was lodged a huge limb hi Bremsler across the head, killing hin almost instantly. Complaint About Telephones. Railroad Commissioner Caughman goes lo Anderson lo confer with the telephone company aud a citizen of that place, who has raised some inter esting points concerning the law gov erning connections and charges for the same when an independent line is involved. The report may result in deUnito orders being issued eon cjrning this complaint, a uuniber of which have been received. Walhalla, S. C., Youth Suicides. Greenville, S. C., Special.-A sepe ial from V\'alhalla say<: Thomas Hali cominitvsd suicide Friday after noon by shooting himself with a pis loi. He was nf a good family ann hut 20 years of age. Ile left a noti saying lie intended to take his owi. life but grave no cause for the rash net. Loss of Life Caused By falling Building WING OF BIG HOTEL COLLAPSES flbout 100 Workmen Go Down in Wreckage Caused by Cave-in of $750,000 Hostelry in Course of Construction at Long Beach, Cal. Besides the Nine Dead 13 Are Un accounted For, But Probably Safe -None of the Injured Will Die t?unftreds of Bystanders Lend Aid in Kescue. Long Beach, Cal., Special.-Five stories of the central wing of the new P750,000 Bixby Hotel collapsed Fri lay carrying nine workmen lo death in thc loris of tangled wrenckagc. iVboul 1?U nvtisians and laborers were scattered through the structure at the moment it fell and of these 1?? were ;arried down in the ruins, nine being severely hurt. Thirteen men on thc ?on true tors' rolls are unaccounted .'or, but arc probably safe. None of the injured will die. The dean arc; Ii. N. Perkin;?. Carlton Brashear. A. Bensono.** Albert Harlie. L. M. Phillips. Four unidentified Worfccriefn The injured are: E. P. Watson, bruises and lacera ions j Alexander Bavay, ribs broken; jeorge Parker, shoulder dislocated; ?. H. Imlay, eui- about head: H. G. 3 i il a berger, leg broken; J. J. Walsh, eg amputated: Nicholson, fell five itoriesj sprained ankle; Alexander Ze :ay, leg crushed} V. W. Schulte, arm rrokeii; Immediately ?fier thc collapse of fae^sLructure hundreds of. bv-sland 3rs lcnt"aid nr-tirriJ'eseue. Company H Scv^Mii?rirti^ijucnL Na tional Guiad, was called out and"iTiV?s thrown around thc building:, ali but rescuers being excluded. Pitiful seenp.-j were enacted among the throngs who stood outside the lines wailing for news. An aged mother sat all da* long on the bluff overlooking the hotel; weeping and watching for the body of her son. Lynched in Florida. Valdosla, Ga.? Spedai.-yA mob of several hundred while citizens from 'he northern pd rt of Madison count), Florida, went to Madison", thc county ?eat, and ?fler disarming the jailor, recured a negro prisoner charged with assault on Miss Giambi I iigj n VOUHL white woman near Hanson. The crowd tonk lite negro a short d litan ce from jail, where they hanged him t<; a tree and riddled his body with bul lets. The negro had bo^n identfiod ?ind confessed lus crime. Surveying New Railroad Line. Macon, Ga., Special.-Siiryeyin; establish the eottc-h belt and the object is, secure cheaper rates on this star 'o New York and the mills iu Carolina, Ample capital has been se cured to fluanee the project, the lin-, to be about GO miles in length. Wound in Knee Kills Boy. Lynchburg, Special.-Dillard Payn ? 'he 13-year-old son of W. R.'Paym >f Pittsylvania county, white passiir \ gun through a fence shot himsci n the knee, resulting in his dent' u a few hours. Jcciaiisfc Attempt Commomorr,tion c Chicago Hanging.' Borne. By Cable-Local aracuisb Sunday attempted a demonstration ti commemorate the hanging of the Chi cago anarchists 19'years ago. The> were" dispersed by the police and many were arrested. This demonstra tion coincided with the anniversary of the birth of King Victor Em manuel Item3 of Interest. Franco will have a squadron nt tho Jamestown exposition. Dr. Edwin E. Beeman, millionaire manuacturer of chewing guin, is dead. The Delaware, Lackawana and Wes tern Railroad hrs refused the demand of thc switchmen for au increase of 10 cents an hour iii wages. Thc Beading Iron Company has decided to raise the wages of its 3,000 employes. Thc two men who robbed the bank at Ottawa, 111., getting $7,000, escap ed after a running light with a posse. Souls aro not caught In cobwebs >n the brain. 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