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L.C-BAYNE. Cb& Ct-Boward, $ Augusta, Ga., | ? CASEXEB. KSSOYTUOES OVES 81,000,000 nui iBiiiiiiiimiii?iii VOL. 72. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1906, {THE NATIONAL * AUGUSTA, GA. g L. a EAYNE, President. PBANK G. FORD, Cashier. CAPITAL. .. .. . .$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 JT.!*^11^ to 7?? open an uxonnt T wltn thu Bank. Customers and corrcai>ot.d?nu??- * sured or oTery courtesy omi aosommsdaslonpo**l ble nadar c?n*erra?Te, modtrn Bankin* neilinds W?VW14H 1 l l Iii 8 3-W-?^ NO. 2. DR. CRAPSEY Quits His Church on Account of Heresy Trial STILL CLAIMS DKP REVERENCE Befits** to Make Coivardly Retraction ol Belief Which liadnced Cfaith to Timninate His Miai?try-In Letter ' to' Bishop Walker He Says, "I an Curtain That Yon Will-Be Glad to f; Acknowledge That j am Not Com pelled to This Action hy Anything That Eeflects Upon My Moral In :te,Frity or Calls in Question My . Fiiithfnmess as a Pastor." Rochester, N. Y,l Special.-Bow? . ing to the will of the. Church, bu? ^.refusing to make a "cowardly retrae tion" of "the belief which induced the ?{Church to tenninate his ministry, the Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey, rector of St Andrews church, of Rochester, N. Y., renounced his ministry in the v ' Protestant .Episcopal Church in a letter to. Bishop Wm. David Walker, of the Western Diocese of New York? In this"letter the Rev. Mi-, Crapsey. re-affimed his belief that the "no . tion of the origm-of Jesus, that a son of man born without a human father . is without confirmation in history. " Sc also asserts that "When I say of J?sus that he ascended to" heaven, I do not mean and cannot^meaa that . -with his physical!body of flesh, blood -and bones, he floated into space and has for two thousand years been ex ; isting. somewhere in the. sky, in that "very physical body of flesh, blood and bones. ? Such an existence would seem - to me not glorious, but horrible." ' Declaring that he is about to car ry the case, to the free intelligence -and enlightened conscience of the world, he counsels "Then hundreds of clergy and thousands of laymen in the Protestant Episcopal Church, who have reached the same conclu sion" as he has, not to be' dismayed and to stay where they arel "I appeal," he says, "from those . . in places of authority in the Church itself, to the great body of people." _He asserted that he does not blame - his judges and though he bows to their will and feels that it is final for ; Kin)/ he" says, "I nm equally certain "V that it is not final for. the Church. -When the great ^.trihuual of free Crth?nght has decided this .contention, .the men- AY?6 administer -the Church on eartli'will1 conform to. this deci si?n.,; Barricaded in a.jfine. ' tinton, Ind., Special.-W. A. ,Watv - ^sen, a m?rehaut-erf :Midhn<d? Iud., is ; : ^?y?ng. a t ; a hospi tal j ixnci Louis ^ Shuley, ,f?:^>eg^?n^er^ who shot him-'is at VBay. in; tlie-Tower Hill mine at Mid .land. ;The_." shooting,.was the result ;]'of a i ri val pnarfel during a game ,|of cards. After shooting Watson, Shuley went to the home or h?s sister l.in-law and; forced her to : give him $5. - Shuley then entered the mine, 200 feet deep,, armed with a shot gun and plenty of ammunition. A party is guardmg them ine. - Killed in Dispute Over Board Bill. "Knoxville, ~ Tenn., . Special.--John . ;t7ptod: was- shot and instantly killed 'near Cumberland Gap, Tenn., by i ? James, Herrell. The two men had ' a. dispute over a Jtoard bill which Herrell owed him. i Herrell Claims that Upton was holding bim by the throat and threatening to kill him Avhen he pulled his pistol and fired. The ball pierced Upton's heart. Her . rell was jailed at Tazewell, failing to give a five thousand dollar bond. Catholic Bishop Bead in Bed. Posn, Prussian Poland, By Cable. Manager Stabledeki, Roman Catho lic archbishop of Posen, who recently had been active in combatting tho - German government's order to teach the children of Poland religion in the German tongue, was. found dead in a chair in his study here. His death was caused by heart disease. Virginia Supreme Court Declares 2 Cent Bate illegal. Richmond,' Va., Special.-In the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals j-Mi^e* Cardwell handed down a de cision affirming the 1 decision of the %: ?tate corporation commission, declar ing thc two-cent passenger rate, act passed by the Virginia Legislature contrary to the Fourteenth Amend ment of. the Constitution of the Unit ed;States. The case was a test one involving the requirements that the railroads place ;on sale 500-mile 2 cini rate books. Keira Notes. A witness in the trial bf Chester Gillette said she heard a screamVrora the direction where Grace Brown's body was. found-. v Enrico Caruso, the famous tenor, had a hearing on the charge of pinch ing a woman in Central park. In thc United States, there are now 25,006 documented merchant vessels of 0,674,969 gross tons. . Afl ed Woman Mrdered. Shamokin, Pa., - Special.--With re ' head horribly battered by a . club and with her ?throat black and. blue, Mrs. Sarah Klinger, aged 60 years, tba widow of : a civil war veteran, was found dead in her home here. The woman lived alone. The authorities ..>Bavemp cine.to the murderer, and ara noi^ y?tr aBle to decide whether thc woman wiis." killed: by robbers or whether har life was taken sto accom pli.^ 50t?f<i".otj?j|y- fSZf&Si < Unveiled In Presence of Ten Thousand People CITY BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED Gov. fieyward Receives Monument on Behalf of State and Introduces Gen, M. 0. Butler, Who Makes the Speech of the Occasion. A special from Columbia, S. C., to thc Charlotte Observer says: The impressive ceremony. of tho unveiling of the handsome $30,000 bronze equestrain statue of Gem Wade Hampton, one of the .world's greatest cavalrymen and South Caro lina's greatest statesman and most lovable ?bn, bprought 10,000 people to the city Tuesday. Main street, ate colors' shrdl shrdlu srdliiushrdlu beautifuly, decorated in Confederate colors, was thronged and the proces sion-representing the Confederate or> ganizations of the State, the schools and colleges, the National Guard or ganizations, the executive, judicial and legislative branches of the Statt) government, was cheered to the echo as it moved down Main street from the capitol building to the stand erect ed for special guests. The unveiling ceremony proper opened with prayer from Bishop Capers. Then after music the un veiling was done by the Hampton grandchildren, four girls and one boy. A great shout went up from 10,000 voices as the folds fell away from the handsome figure of Hampton on his steed. The commission then formally turned the monument over to Gov ernor Heyward, who received it in behalf of the State and introduced Gen. Butler, the orator of the day, who charmed his audience with a two hours' splendid oration. Gen. Butler is one of the South's splendid speak ers and his fascinating diction anti touching eloquence held the attention of the crowd throughout. . The Statue. "' The handsome equestrain monument shows the great chieftain mounted on a fiery steed, in the act of greetiug his troops. His hat is in his right "hand, the left grasping the reins short and the charger's arching neck show ing how unwilling the steed is to stop. The wind of his forward movement is fanning his hair and the fringe of his coat is blown back. The expr?s-' fcion is one of love mingled with fatherly pride in his men. Tho . artist, Mr. F. W. Rnckstuhl, Las broken up his studio iu New York city and the work was, therefore done in Paris.'" At Paris it was easy to get thc handsome marblo from Alsace,, where the Vosges mountains spur off from the Alps and cut through the eastern part of France. Many o?;the?5?orld^ aft rest on base's of "this marble. The plinth of the pedestal is made of Alsatian marble, bul the basis be heath were quarried from our Winns boro granite, in whose historic hills Hampton had hunted in ? his youth, when Fairfield was as full of wild game as Montana-is lioW. The statue of Hampton aud of his horse ' are cast in hollow bronze and strikingly handsome. The face of the hero is turned to the West, wisher by design or accident. In any ease, there was appropriateness hi thc selec tion, since Hampton spent much of his time in the West, and it was from Mississippi that he came back to re deem South Carolina. He was facing the West in 1865 when he retreated from Columbia Jjefore Sherman's overwhelming force. Westward was the course of the old pioneers, and Hampton harked back to the old days of the republic. Description of Monument. A more particular description of thc monument is given herewith: The figure itself is mounted on tho plinth with rests on thc pedestal and the successive bases. Thc pedestial contains a deep grove into which is cemented the plinth supporting thu horse. Nothing short of an earth quake can ever move the monument and even then the figure would not be damaged, so solidly is it cast. The handsome-metal plates on the base and pedestal show in brief thc career of Hampton and it is appro priate that they should be snround ?d by filigree work of the leaves of the palm and oak-thc former signify ing glory and the latter strength and immortality. Here is a copy of thc inscriptions: West Side-Governor of South Carolina 1876-1879. United States Senator 1879-1891. Benton ville. Brady Station, Sappony Church, Cold Harbor, Hawes' Shop. East Side-Born March 18, 1818, Died April ll, 1902. Erected A. D., 1906. North Side-Commander of Hamp ton Legion, Lieut. Gen. C. S. A. Trevilian, Seven Pines, Burgess Mill, First Manassas, Gettysburg. The names refer to the battles in which General Hampton took a prom inent part. There were so many ways in which Hampton has benefitted South Caro lina that it ..would be hard, to enu merate them. He put the soft-shell turtel into thc Congree river, he stocked many streams with red-iin trout, he filled South Carolina with blooded stock and cattle, even bring ing over pedigreed hounds. He was, in all senses of the word, a public benefactor. Sugar Trust Fined $108,000. New York, Special.-The Ameri can Sugar Refining Company was found guilty by a jury in the United States Circuit Court on Tuesday of accepting rebates amounting to $20, 000 from the N?w York Central Rail road. The New York Central was re cently found guilty of giving rebates to the American Sugar Refining Com pany and fined $108,000. The de fense offered . no testimony. After Judge Holt's charge, the jury took a- verdict of guilty. GEN. BUTLERS SPEECH At the unveiling of the "Wade Ham pton statue at Columbiaj S; C., General-Bittier said i? part: "?he story bf "Wade 'Hampton's life, goes back to the founders of the State. Those glorious men who had takeu issues with the mother coun try had bequeathed the 'divine right to rule' to every citizen of this coun try.' Among those m??, battling for theb ??iuitry 's rights was found a kamptbh; General Wade Hampton, in whose honor this statue is erected, was one of those who opposed seper ate secession of a State, but when the long debate was adjoined to the bat tlefield he saw his d?ty to his State and did it He ?i?d no doubt in his mind as to where his first allegiance was due. "It has been the speaker's purpose to review General Hampton's milita ry record, and to that end he has written "to the War Department, re questing to be furnished with such in formation as the government possess ed oil the military services of Gener al Hampton. He had found on investigation and reflection that it would require a vol ume to do justice to such a career as hampton's. The battles mentioned, on the base of the monument were but a few of the fights he was en gaged in. Want of ??pace forbade mention of more, but as he thought of old days, what au array of bat tles rose'up before him. He had often been asked if Ham ton were" ? tactician, and in the nar row sense of that word, he would 'answer, "No." He seriously doubted if Hampton ever read a book on tac tics in hi? life. He was first a cit , izen, not a soldier. But in the broad er sense, General Hampton was a grand tactician. He knew bow to seize. the advantage points in a field of battle fat* better than most com manders, and the enemy was Always guessing where he would strike next. He kept them mysteried. He said Hampton stalked the ene my like he was hunting big game; As an instance" iu point, he cited Trevil lian's station, where Hampton had de feated the enemy with odds of three to one against him, and had thereby checked one of Grant's grand move ments. "It was due to General Hampton, after General J. E. B. Stuart's death in April, 1S64, that he received the appointment of Lieutenant General, but for some reason the appointment was temperorily withheld and he did hot receive it until the following year.'/' General Butler here traced in de fail some of thc stirling incidents of' the war, citing instances of conspic uous gallantry, and. mentioned Maj. Theo. G.. Baker, ,as having been left., for dead, when he was here on the. stand/'forty-odd."years afterwards..... ^?^r^K^^?SS^S?p^? Co lumbia,-he gave a graphic account, ?ever b?for? made. . He said that he (Butler) was ordered to remain in charge of the evacuation and see that no act of offense was committee. He remained-iu the city three hours af ter General Hampton had quitted it and personally saw that no fire had been started and when he left, just ahead of Sherman's advance guard there was no fire in the city. It was perfectly clear that the fire begun after all Confederate troops had left the city for many hours. General Butler gave a graphic ac count also of the nomination of Hampton in 1876 and cited the speech he made. He also called attention to Hampton's message and letters as containing wise deliverances, in clas sic phrase. He predicted that Hampton' would go down the centuries with increasing fame and that no brighter example could be chosen by the youth of the State. His peroration was pathetic and impressive. At the .conclusion of thc address the students, of Winthrop, the Colum bia Female College and the College for Women and the school children from this and other cities'sang the "Bonnie Blue Flag," and other pa triotic airs while the Daughters of the Confederacy banked the monu ment with garlands and wreaths. Hampton in History. Significant is the fact that just 30 years ago all eyes were turned to Hampton. At every railway station anxious crowds were assembled to catch any news that might he afloat. Hourly messages came and went from one end of the State to the other. Here in Columbia.angry crowds surg-. ed to and fro. No man knew what an hour might bring forth. Thc one supreme figure, calm and unruffled, that kept his head through all the / storm, was Wade Hampton. On his broad shoulders rested the fate of a people. The people trusted not in vain. He rose to the occasion saw that con flict with the Federal authorities must be avoided at all hazards, met the ex cited crowd of his fellow-countrymen at Democratic headquarters and told them to go home-that was all. "I have been elected Governor of South Carolina and by the eternal God shall be Govei'nor, i/t else there shall be none. Disperse quietly and go to your home." Those were his words Now thirty years after, Wade Hampton sleeps beneath a great live oak in Trinity churchyard, and what remains of him is his memory and the memorials that a people's love have erected to him. Spain and France to Combine for Protection of Foreigners. Paris, France, Special.-Spain and France have arranged to make a na val demonstration and laud marines in Maroceo, should such measures prove necessary for the protection of the foreigners before thc ratification of the Algerian convention and in stallation of international police, which is not expected to toke place before February 1st, 1907. Fearful Sc?nes As the Flatties .vt Break Overcrowded Vessel LOSS OF LIFE WAS NOT HEAVY -:-'-?-- , Of the 500 Aboard tho A Ige ciras at Toulon, France, It ia Believed That None Died- in Flames-rHadi; Been Harbor Vessel for Years ;] Burning Created Greatest Alarm Troughbut City. . . . Toulon, France, By Cable.-The; Torpedo school ship Algeciras, sta-1 tioned iu this harbor, was totally dev stroyed by fire at a late hour Sunday;, evening. There were 500. men on;.; Board when the fire broke out, but it is believed that most of them were saved; i ? The Algeciras was a ship of the; line and for a number of years she! has been doing duty as a harbor ves-; sel and employed as a torpedo train-,: big ship* She Was Of 5,047 tons dis-.} placement and Was built iu 1855. .< The burning of the school ; ship] created the greatest alarm through^ out the city. News of the fire was] first conveyed at about ll o'clock,; by the firing of cannon in the har-' bor. Thc people hurriedly left the,;, cafes and threat res and rushed tot the docks, whence they could see the' Algecir?s> a mass of flames in the; haboft The burning vessel stood out, brilliantly in the encircling darkness, and the glare of the flames lit up the, other shiping and the coast andi wharves; * There was terrible anxiety con cerning the fate of the 500 men on board until the authorities announc ed that ?verybody had been taken off' in boats and saved, with the exceepv lion of three. Those men did nofj answer the roll call and it is prc sumed they were burned to death. % Roosevelt Was Nearly Wrecked. St. Johns, N. F., Special.-Com mander Peary's Artic steamer Roose velt is reported to have had a terri-) ble experience 'while coming south' from Hopedale, Labrador. She had: to lie up for ll days in Battle.Har bor, Labrador, which is about 30 miles north of Chateau Bay, on ac count of a hurricane. f ,- " In Battle . Harbor thc Roosevelt^ carrie<?1 away her-' |heaviest anch?r^ ?and several linesf;h?d-;,to^Jb^>^i>Vri^ 'to keep her "off the rocks. She was! short of coal, and it became neces sary to augment this fuel with wood and blubber. A portion of the ship's interior work was dismantled in order to se cure wood. During a blinding snow storm, it is declared, the Roosevelt was nearly wrecked on thc west coast of Newfoundland. Inland Waterways Meeting. Wilmington, N. C., Special.-The Inland Waterway Association, which was orgaized in Columbia, S. C, several years ago to promote the con struction by the United States of au inland waterway from Norfolk, Va., to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, will meet here Tuesday. The organi zation is composed of representatives from the commercial organizations of Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina and Georgia. Their object is to increase the coastwiss trade be tween the South Atlantic and North Atlantic ports by avoiding the dan gers of Capes Hatteras and Lookout. Alabama Policeman Fatally Shot. Decatur, Ala., Special.-Polieeraau J. Lem Jones was shot and fatally wounded at an carly hour Sunday morning by Will Wade. Jones had responded to a call to quiet a dis turbance and arrested Wayne Moore. lt is alleged that Wade shot the of ficer in the back. He died several hours later. Wade and Moore are still at large. ^Roosevelts Nearing Home. Norfolk, Va., Special.-Thc Nor folk Navy Yard received a wireless communication ?.Torn (he battleship Louisiana conveying President Roose velt from Panama. The message for transmission to the bureau of navi gation, Washington. At 8 o'clock th* Louisiana was 200 miles southeast of Cape Henry. The message request ed that the converted yacht Mayflow er now anchored at Hampton Roads, meet the Louisiana at 1 o'clock Mon day aft :^oon off Piney Point in the Chesapeake bay. Cars for Whites and Blacks. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-The city council has ordered that separ ate cars be provided for whites and blcks, beginning nt once. As the traction company has the only cars now in use, thc service will materi ally he reduced as one car will he us?d for one color and next for the other. Roosevelt's Action Censured. Texarkana, Ark., Special.-Rev. E. ,M. Briggs, D. D., of Palestine, Tex., in addressing the negro Baptist con vention said the negro has it iu his' power to become something in this country, and if he fails he will only have himself to blame. Lynching was condemned and President Roosevelt censured by thc convention for dis ...knrging the negro - tmops without trial. Prof. Knox declared the nogg in the futeurc will hava tn look to the. Soul h for his -friends, Kaiser Wilhelm Dei" Grosse [Hg . ... and Orinoco in Compact -? FRIGHT ?ND DEATH THE RESULT -:-?-- . On Orinoco 3 Were Killed, 6 Injured Five Drowned. .Four Killed and 12 Injured on Other Steamer. -t . Cherbaurgi France By Cable.-Thc details of the- collision on Wednesday between the North Geiman Lloyd steamer, Kaiser "Wilhelm der Grosse and4 the British Royal Mail Steamer, Orinoco, show that it occurred at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night. The shock is described as having been terrific, causing a panic among the passengers on board the two ves sels, especially among the emigrants on board the Orinoco. On thc Orinoco thiee men and wo men were killed, six women and men injured and five persons knocked ov erboard and drowned. . Of the two steamers Kaiser Wil helm der Grosse is said to have sus tained the most damage. Four of the crew of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse are reported to '.have been killed and 25 injured, but the exact number of killed and Wounded on that vessel is not report ed, The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 258 first-class passengers, 389 in the second cabin and 697 in the steerage, As soon as as the accident occurred a number of small boats from Cher bourg put out to the scene and suc ceeded in rescuing some of the sail ors and pasengers who were strug gling in the waves. The responsibility for the accident Aas not been fixed. Five Perish in Storm. Grand Rapids, Mich.- -Special. Four of the five men who were caught by Wednesday night's storm on the crib work of the new break water, at the entrance to Holland Harbor OH Lake Michigan, were drowned. TI12 dead are: Tom Bennett, of Muskegon, con tractor. ? George Lechiasc, of Holland. Alvid Unison, of Muskegon. Martin Woodward, of Fennville. : When- thc life .saving crew suc ceeded in reaching the crib the ^'dead bodies-of Bennett, Lechaise and vNelsijD^were'found iu'-a pocket-of the. crib. The bocy of Woodward had been washed away. Lost With AU On Board. Quebec, Special.-A vessel sup posed to be the bark Magda has. bee? lost on Red Island reef with all on board. She carried a crew of 14 men. When she sailed from Quebec she carried as pilot Charles Pelletier, of St Michael. Pelletier has not been lauded anywhere and unless he has been camed to sea, the indication are that it is the Magda which strtuck on Red Island reef and that she went down with all on board. Barge Goes Down With Her Crew. Sandusky, 0., Special.-The barge Athens, in tow of the steamer Pratt, went down in Lake Erie in the storm. The captain and six men of the crew were probably drowned. Captain Mackey was in . command of the barge. Captain McPherson, of thc Pratt, says that the sea was running so high that he was unable to render any as sistance to the Athens and the barge went down about 10 o'clock at night. Seven Trackmen Killed. Near Bluefield, W. Va., seven trackmen, of a gaug of 19 engaged in removing a slide on the Dry Fork brunch .of the Norfolk and Western Railway, were killed on Tuesday as the. result of a big landslide. The men were swept down the mountain side into the river. Twelve escaped. The bodies of four of the victims were recovered and three of the bod ies are buried under hundreds of tons of earth. All of the victims were Italian laborers, and were known only by numbers, not names. Six Drowned From a Small Boat. Toronto, Ont., Special.-Six of thc crew of the steam barge Resolution ?f Erie, Pa., were drowned, their boat swamping as they were endeavoring to escape from the barge which had sprung a leak and was sinkiug. One boat containing five of the crew reach ed the shore safely. Anchor Line Steamer Hard and Fast. ' Detroit, Mich., Special.-The An chor Lines package steamer, Cone maugh, upbound with a valuable car go of package freight is ashore on Point Pelee, in Lake Eric, pounding hard and filled with water. The Cone maugh went on the point late at night during the gale. The crew of 22 men were rescued. The steamer is in a dangerous condition and may bo a total loss. Peary Arrives at Sidney. Sidney, C.;B., Special.-Flying the flag of thc United Stales, which has been placed nearer thc Pole than auy other national standard, and weather beaten and disabled, thc Peary Arctic steamer Roosevelt arrived here uudei sail and steam after IG months' vaiu effort lo reach the Pol?. Though nol entirely successful, the expedition nevertheless got to ST degrees 6 min utes north latitude, or within 203 miles of tho pah?, ? GRMEDJPSE The Cotton Mill Operatives Get a Substantial increase -. FALL RIVER STRIKE AVERTED patton Mantifacturars Girant Their Employes the 10 Per Cent Increase Asked, and Monday 30,000 Opera tives Will Come Under the New Scale-The New Schedule Affects 70 Corporations Operating 92 Mills, Besides an Iron Works Plant. Fall River, Mass., Special,-Fall River's cotton mill employes won a battle for an increase in wages and fen Monday next 30',000 operatives will come under a scale giving them 10 per cent more than the present rate. The granting of the advance by the manufacturers prevented a strike, the workmen having voted at meet ings recently to stop work in all mills next Monday if the new sched ule was not accepted. M. C. D. Bor den, an independent cotton manufac turer, employing 5,000 operatives ,took the lead $?n meet?t?g the de mands of the mill hands by announc ing that the seule of wages in his mills would be raised 10 per cont. No demand had been made upon the proprietor of the Fall River Irou works ?n?ls and his action practic ally forced the other mill managers to grant the increase. 70 Corporations Affected. The new pay schedule affects 70 corporations operating 92 mills, be sides the iron works plant. The man ufacturer's association's agreement to pay the increase is for a period of six months, but provision is made for extending it. Between November, 1903, and July, 1904, the Fall River operatives suf fered reductions aggregating 22 1-2 per cent. Last spring a part of the cut was restored, and in view of thc continued prosperous business con dition, thc operatives demauded a complete resumption' of thc 1903 scale It is considered probable that oth er cotton mills in New England will follow thc lead taken in this city and that thousands of outside mill hands ultimately will be benefitted by the determined stand taken by the Fall River unions. MILLION BALES GAIN. Government Report on Cotton Gin ned as Compared with Last Year. Washington, Special.-The amount of cotton of the crop of 1906 ginned up to November 14, according to a bulletin issued by the census bureau on Wednesday was S,531,486 bales, counting round bales as half bales, as against 7,501,1S0 last year. The number of active ginneries is given as 27,881 against 28,210 last year. Thc amount given by States is as follows. Alabama, S34,870; Arkansas, 458, 472; Florida, 42,831; Georgia, 1,190, 627; Indian Territory, 238,242; Kan sas, -; Kentucky, 835; Louis iana. 539,721; Mississippi, 789,484; 356:'Oklahoma, 243,338; South Caro lina, 653,375; Tennessee, 142,970; Texas, 2,9S2,69S; Virginia, 7,576. The number of Sea Island bales in cluded are 29,133 for 1906, distrib uted by States . as follows : Florida, 14.977;'Georgia, 12,658; South Caro-1 lina 1,498. SWIFT JUSTICE IN TEXAS. Dick Garret, Tried, Sentenced and Executed in Half a Day. Center, Tex., Special.-Dick Gar ret, the negro who killed Dr. M. M. Paul here last Saturday, was legally hanged Wednesday afternoon. The grand jury returned an indictment Tuesday morning, the scaffold wa>: constructed Tuesday night on the public square, thc trial was held Wednesday morning and the execu tion took place at 1:20, that after noon. Minister Shoots Farmer. Newton, Special.-As thc result of a qu?rrel which followed upon his having forbidden Rev. J. J. Payseuc to hunt upon his lands, -Mr;. Ezell Burke, a Catawba county -farmer, was shot in the face by Mr. Paysuer, receiving both barrels of a shot guu in his face. His wounds are serious, but arc not considered fatal. Boy Shot Teachers Who Befused to Grant Bequest. Punxsu'tawney, Pa., Special.-Be cause his teacher refused to grant him penuission to go hunting, James Dougherty, Jr., 16 years old, shot and seriously wounded Prof. J. E. 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