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SAVINGS SANS. :: Augusta,-^. lUHTS StOLICITET ? . L.C. HAYNE, ' OJLSHIBB. KESOTJKCES OTES ?1,000,000 ^JJ Mn 11 a i i i n III I I 111 ..MU* VOL; 72. Y, L. O. BATETE, Preset CAPITAL...$250,0*0 . Surplus and Profits. 150,1*00 J We ihaii ba pfcwaod t? H*T? y<*a op?a ?a i Wi lb UlJ Hank. Cunoxor?a?dcorre?poodflBa?3. A ?uro* of crtrj oanrurj and iccommnd??o?po*a?- A t Jo auder csuerraUre,mod*ra Baalrlf raorWuU A . 44-f4^H Si 111111 H 1111 l l I I fr* J; BES ?;^ EDGEF??LD, S. C^ WED?vESDAY, MARCH 20, 1907. ?.Sp .^? -r-vv ? .N0..18. ? Whit^s Lawyer Telfs oiF Affi THE TESTIM^G0E&.J0 JUR^ .-' i.' '.'rn ' * - ' \J X ? +-Ji Delrnas; FoughkDistiicfc- Attorney By-. f^\-bch;---{i?A\\^t^-r(^?r 'At torney W^ .AJIqw_ed; to,._Giye Full Story of.?ffl?>vii^A?leged H?vft-| Been Signed by Evelyn ?. -?Thaw^in 1903,; Cha5^?^peX?n?ant jvf?h Beating Her Wien She Said Stan ford White' Ha?~Not]pxns^rP??? . Ruined Her. 1 New York, Special.-With Attor ney Delmas fighting him every inch of the way, District Attorney Jerome secured, from Abraham Hummel his -complete story as to -the affidavit, which' it is alleged:- - Evelyn" Nesbit' Thaw made' in tho lawyer's offico?n 1903 charging Hary K Thaw with beating;, her when she had told him that the statement that Stanford White , had drugged and rjir.'?-? her was not! tine. The Hummel testimony came _duiing the af ternoon session ol' the trial and Mr. Dedmas' first ob jection' broadly to* Vii of!" 1 rummel 's testimony, offered a sp?cifie objection to each ?question t by tho pioseoutor. Justice?. Fitzgerald overruled every ob jection rand Mr. ' pelmas had excep tions to. the ?mlinss noted on the re cords. Evelyn Nesbit .Thaw -was culled to the stand in the effort of the defense to keep Hummel silent. She declared she haj? called upon Hummel in his professional capacity and, to seek his. advice as a lawyer. Stanford: White, had taken her to the lawyer's office, with that end in view. . Judge Fitzgerald declared that ad mitting the proposition of counsel and client. ; Mrs. Thaw had ^herselfjoivj^ ed the prois^onat'pn^ the sf??a*?e1fr1y"in the"case 'and giving her version of what transi: od . at Hummers office. The bon? \>?. secre-' cy once removed could not Le re^es-" tablished. Unsuccessful in blocking Hummel's testimony, Attorney Delmas in cross examining the witness brought . from his own lips the fact that he had bee^i convicted in December, 1905, on a charge of conspiracy "in.' \ the"'-same court room in which Thaw is being tried. He further adn?tfcd^that?twfc ' indictments fer, subordination-pf',: per- j jury are pending 'against Iiiin'SudinaL one of these indictments charge him with -having caused a false affidavit ilttbVbe made.- "tl ? %. Kum?iati?g ?eta?ls" of "his trial, but. Justice Fitz^rali'u^lineci fo' inter-' fere. Mr. Delmas asked Hummel,if he had hot-'heafd* the^ sp??cti 'mail? hy District Attorney Jerome when ,sen_ ionce was about to be imposed, when Mr. Jerome urged the court to pass the longest-and 'heaviest'* sentence within its power upon Hummel, as he "had been; a menace to the Jcoirjmuh ity for 20 years." . Justice Fitzger ald finally sustained an objection lo this and Hummel was not compelled to answer. Mr. Delmas wanted to know if Hummel harL^recent. business transac tions, with; the district attorney, an? asked if Mr. Jerome was pressing the charges against him. ~ "He certainly is," said the witness with spirit. Hummel's testimony was to the ef fect "that "Evelyn NesBif'told hmTtfiat' Thaw had beaten her when she' re fused to sign papers he had prepared charging Stanford; White ?with hetybe^; tra yal; that:^el-had^dict?ti?d a^itate^ ment to a stenographer in -the pres ence of Miss Nesbit . amU Stanfprd White; that he gave the affidavit lu two of his clerks to take to Miss Nes bit and" that the next, day the' paper was returned \jtov2 him I with CEvelyu Nesbit's signature attached. He kept the affidavit "until- Miss Nesbit" "called7' one day and demanded it. He re fused to give it ' to her-and turned it over to Stanford White, advising him to have a photographie copy made. Hummel first said he'bad himself ar ranged for photographing the affidav it and that-the photographer came to his office. A few. moments later, how ever, he completely contradicted him self on this point, saying, he -did not make the arrangements; that the photographer did not como to his. of fice ; and that he had not so testified. After Stanford White had the copy made-he returned-the original-of-the affidavit, the photographic negative and the. prints made from the^ nega tive, to Hummel, who-swore that he had subsequently delivered the^ origi nal affidavit to Miss Nesbit and 'he. I had not seen it since. Quarantine Soon to be Raised. ! Wasbii-tgtonp Sper?aL : Archie Roosevelt 's^cowfitibn ig .?still- ?mprov* ing and Surgeon General Rixey an nounced that the quarai^ine^-Testiii tions imposed on account of fhe boy rs illness will be* raised in ?? -few days. Archie sat* up in bed. Theo. Roose velt, Jr., arrived from Harvard and will remain''at the White House un til after Easter. _- ' Not the Missing Boy. Salt Lake City' Utah, "Special. Two women?and^a- man were;?taken from a southbound train, the police believingthat a child in their posses~f sion waif the missing son of Dr. Hor ace Marvin, of Denver, Gol. The sus pects* easily exonerated themselves and were released. Private detectives from Chicago had'followed^ them a]b the way from Chicago", and>it w?s-lth?y who save-the tip'.thaf caused tfie.trav^ elec/to be subjected to so ;naoh an poyauce, .UPPifpiPOLT Sonth t'urOlina Summer Schools 3YI11 SnflYr Fr. ia Opera : i ..n of Dispensary Coh?mbia, S. C., Special.-It now seems certain that the Carey-Cothran hdisp?nsafj* g\f TT?l^had'l?hf? ?fldi?eCtT effect bf* "doing away with'^*h?lhwtlTeM . thes^Jns??tutes, being-^p?ovided ^fp?, 'finamually^?ht' of* th?-Sta te msgafi* sa-ry^sph.o?l.^f?ndj which is uow.^iil^ since*th? -Stale dispensary^ has -been" ?bbiishedt T?is fund*,- for summer Lsenools^?mouiitstlfo^ hually^r?F5,()00- direct frc??, digpen -s?^^un3s**'f?r '^iijstit?tesj,'/ which the State board of education has been ..using:, for the county, summer I Vch?o?s*^Muiive1ry??$l,'0'00? frot?Mlief dispensa cy fund for the ; State, summer schools- alone, and the" : remainder .from "escheated est?tes"-^ which---the hoard has been expending ;on--, tlie. State summer school. The .board Spends abo?t $3.500 ?iiV. the ^-State summer school-, but Winthrop Col lege brovides the plaee""of '.nie?ffng, alu! otherwise makes the gathering; economical.-. The Georgia and North Carolina Legislatures .prpyitl?" about $5;000 each "fbi1 iheir State summer seh?bls. Even the $1,000 special ap proprratio?'is" not avail able ^f oj: thc. J State summer schcol tl?is' j yeal', be cause the appropriation-' bill .. provid ed"- that this'should come out of the State dispensary funch^^^^ The Next Meeting tb he Held at Jamestown. Norfolk, .-Va./ Special.-The exec utive- commit tee^of ' the ;snprenie coin'-' mandery of the Society of. the -Gold en Cross has at the request of many delegates, changed;-the pJaee^of meetr*. in?r of^lhe.-next legislative-session .?f . the comman.lcry; from; V-?^ashyillei" Tenn.,'to-the Jamestown ?xpositibi] on~-May"??; Wand 23'::> E?ghV hun dred delegates are expected to aV tend. . g : " - ?? , \ \ *: _Cjia^aiitin?^tatior^Sold,^^ ?~ of the Mississippi river quarantine station to* the United States for $100.000_was announced .biL-thej:Statc-| board of health. With the sale of this station control of quarantine in this State passes' to the marino hos pital service. The government in makin?: this purchase has agreed to maintain four other quarintine sta ,-tions.nn the-Louisiana^coast now kept V th? "State?. " 1 Tor be*' R?fu^'e^^dinitf ance. ??^Rittllta'rW with the provisions of the immigra tion act- approved February- 22m" last, President Roosevelt issuctLan executive order that ^uch citfzen?i of Japan W'^voreJ"? tu*5v.-\t ^JSp?nVee'ior ?-Korean-dalior?rs^ s^le^-wftl ^tesk?H . ed,. who have receiyed.^passofljpj^ to go t?""H?x?eo, Ganada',"""of "Hawaii* and come ; therefrom, befrei used_ germis ?sion j to eoteu the, .continental terri tory of the; "United* States: '! < * 81,000^000. Eorid -?zate. : Chattanooga,^ Special. - . Chatta nooga voted on 'the issuance of $1, 000,000 in bonds to be devoted - to .six separate .purposes! " 'Every proposi tion carreid. The vote was high, the total number of ballots cast be ing 1,S00. The issue is for street?, sewers, new city hall, new fire halls, parks,, and touprovide for the floatiugJ Wmi i I'S Hurt by Palling Tree. '? '. Trenton,'/Special.-Walter Bates, the 16-year-old sen- of Mrs. Kate Bates, of the Sixth District, in try ing to escape a falling tree which, he., bad cut down, was struck hy a large limb and his. thigh broken in ..two places. ^TiM'^' '??? ^ '' - WeliPle'ase^With Outlook; . .The, Columbia,Suite's Washington correspondent s?nds his paper the following: "Commissioner Watson wenfcjq- Europe .fully sat'slicdj after the conference with the president and .the attorney general-thafc-tlie new im mrjrat?on law would not interfere with his efforts fo ?'brins-. iu immi grantsy as . he had -been d?iug; or-, ai least very much,af ter that fashion.' Ex.Gov. Hoy wa rd went home like wise satisfied." News Notes.... . ... District- Attorney . Jcrcmne, . fn an effort to .get. the -so-called Hummel affidavit before thc .jury, denomiced Hany K. Thaw in.scathing tewns. . - Allen LeRoy Locke, a Philadelphia _negrq, is to get the Rhodes .scliolar sfiip* allotted th'is year rt?"P?n?syP vania. ^:The -eommercial: clubs- ot- -various cities^wbich have been inspect iii^jlhe work lat Panama, arrived ?in Ch,arfe* '^n,'-S.\Cf., & the re^rnJJv. :H? %i tu^ftnnsylv?iiia^ C?V?t^l records?^^H^i^m.g-rare>*-found to b?% missing! ' " ^Wi? Cleveland "Enjoying Stay. ~ Georgetown, Special.-Mr; Cleve land arid iiisifffends^ are ' "enjoying their stay with:Gen;^Alexander in a quiet; i-estf?l way. " While they have had s?mV-sport with the ducks, which are plentiful and of easy: reach flom headquarters, .absolute seclusion and -escape from the public eye is prob ably even more sought after than'the mallards. * * , . . . . Ck"-'*" Old, Soldier Killed "hy Train. ? * -l??ox%'iHe,t-:?peeialP-G<arg^ .an .inmate of the soldiers Home at johnson uify, was killed by a South ern train.'.near.,Greenville some time during the .nigtht,. his mangled re mains having been found at an early "'hour-, in the'/morning by-^the>t .sjde ,of ?thev.^ack. Oglers: home w?s in this ^eify, .'where - he has many relatives. ?fie was a veteran ..of the Spanish^ ?aorican War, ?nc White Man S?ays Ano* ? ? ? GrGnff?hs. . HEA&JBRl|3HEp BYBUTT Of 'Mr. j. ?. T. Kimball. Breaks His Gun ? stbckxOver "tne ; Head of an Un . r khqwu:W.h?t? Mari, ?upr/ose? co be c? Mf: Stevenson, Formerly of Fort S. .0;,..'Killing. .Bim Instant - ly.- ?- - - - ?vio r fr? r * .*'?} fr ? ' " A'-ybung- white' man by the name of Stephenson, supposed to be M. Stephenson, formerly of- Fort Mill, S CT, was" killed near'Griffiths, four mile south of Charlotte, Sunday night .few minutes before 3 ?/eloek. .J. T ;E 'Kimba1i;4an empioyepf the' Quee City Brick AVorks, is said to be hi sl?yei1) lie having admitted as m?cb Jtpl .Mr.., Psc?r.. Hunter j his'employer and tp Sheriff N-.-W; Wallace, who ar rested hun. Wiiiie nothing definite known' as. to the trouble which aros' between the two meiij Kimball's wif -is-said-to-have-figured in it. Whe placed .und?r arrest ' shortly after the homicide, Kimball refused to talk saying thatr'he would keep his mouth shut until he .had consulted with hid attorney's. About 10 o'clock he wa brought into the city and lodged in the Tcounty "jail; 'in - the trial whie will'follow, the unwritten law will likely -be the ple? of the defense. The killiiig occurred in- the "big .road" snear"'Griffiths a few minute before-8 o'clock. Stephenson had hired, a horse and buggy from Wads .worth's e?rly. in the morning and had driven^dowu/ to his old home near Fort Mill, S. C., to visit relatives. He called at the .stable very early, be tween 6 ?nd. ?,:30 o'clock. Mr. Sam ;Ross', who Was in-charge, refused to 'acconi&bdateThim until Mr? . A. N De?ton came/?p. : Mr? Deat?h*arrjved ' sJaortlyI-T?lPtw^4?d'':k liim,- let him, let him have the horse and buggy Stephenson was nexLseenby Mr. Will Brissie shortly'after 5:30 near Pine ville. He was then on his way home Th'e'.Vkelling tock'..plabe .about two -tours later at a point'300 yards ou this side.of Kimball's house. As he passed, it is not known whether or -not he"sto"ppedrTf is hardly probable that he did? fol* there Were,no track* to' indicate ii 'Owing; to th? fact that not oife of the principals" would-'talk very little information of a positive nature could he learned. Besides his wife, Kimball has one child. His mule ?aud buggy was re ported to have been - found in the cotton patch near the scene of the killing. ll is believed that, bad blood had existed behveen-Kimball and Steph enson ici some time. Both came originally from York county, South Carolina, where they probably knew ono ranpt??ftV? -?Kimball formerly lived'ii. Charlotte. Some'six months ago he movcd~down to " Griffiths to vj?rk 'fa Steph c nso'ri moved lo Charlotte about eight montKs^ago. Sunday night they prob ably met o:.1 the 'road uni H-MOVI! their quarrel. Mrs, Ivimball^was like ly present and- witnessed the si nig gle, p It is very probable that Mr. Os car Huntei' heard her screams when the-gun sho!b were fired. The evi dence implicating;Kimball is very strong. Mr. 'Oscar Hunter knows more about-it than any one else and will "tell , when the proper time comes. Guilty of Second Degree Murder. . Birmingham, . Ala., Special.-Rich ard v^Wvay, charged with the killing of George Freeman two years ago, was.~:;iound guilty of the murder in the second degree and sentenced to 10 iye<us imprisonment.. Freeman was;;a weil known artist h?re and came; from Boston. ' Wray "is well know in sporting circles,^ having come here fi om Nashville, Tenn. Ranchman Assassinates Sweetheart and Two Other Women. Sai Luis Potosi, Mex,, Special Dispactes from Rio Verde slate thal, a prominent ranchman of that place nemed Juan Futano assassinated his sweetheart, the' landlady and her daughter at the house where she was living. Jealousy is ascribed as the motive for the deed. . To Assist In Prosecution of Peonage Oases. New York, Special.-It was an nounced that' United States Attorney General Bonaparte has.- appointed VlaraneeiS..Houghton^ of this city as deputy United; States attorney gener al to'assist in the prosecution of the Peonage cases which, the government is instituting. _He will assist Mary G. Quackenbos,~who was appointed an assistant "district attorney some time kagb to^t'ake elf arge" of the cases. Mr. Houghton was formerly in charge' of ^he. criminal branch of' the United ?tatesi tlistrict^A. dorney 's office ir ?j? IMS ? ? ~t--T-. ? Verdict of Not Guilty. Mille, Ga.; Sp.eciaIA-R: -E. Hum . phreys. was found not guilty of thc murder of J. B. Daniel. The trial had consumed four days and wide in t?iest-?had been manifested. When the announcement of the verdict was received, Humphrey shook hands with the members of the jury and with Judge ^Rawlings, also receiving the congratulations of many of those who had thronged the court room. I Killed Man Who Ruined Home. ;*'E1 Reno, Okla., Special- W. R. Rhea, a cornice maker, returned from Fort Worth Saturday ui|ht and Sun day afternoon walked into the confec tionary- establishment of A. Newell, in the principal street of the city, and fired five shots at the proprietor kill ing-him instantly. Rhea stepped over arid-put out the powder fire in New all's clothing and then -stepped out in; the street and surrendered to tho cftief Of police, saying! ''I. would' kill apenan .who roninsd my home," MANY DEAD T?? OUI _______ ' ? In Spite of Efforts for Pastj. 24 Hours tho Number- of Casualties ' Result ing From Explosion'Aboard French Battleship lena Has Not^et Be^n Dfifmitely1 Efced; j .Toulon; By Cable.-^TheEfforts' to recover the bodies of thbs?j^kill?d by the explosion on Jb'oaM .:tH??.'French battleship here' Tuesday; which have been carried oii with : enerby, for 24 hours, have hot yet resulted. in/defi nitely fixing the "number - 'of' casual ties. After the last rosall there were still unaccounted . for|,eight of ficers and 110 men. Unfortunately there is little doubt .that?'all. these missing men perished. T/he .roll-call was applied only "to the crfew of the lena, but as it is believed -,that some 12 or 15 arsenal bauds, w?r? engag ed oh board th? battleship at the time of the ?xplosiohj it is fear?? that th? total number of dead will ?each 120. In this beli?f the naval hospital here was instructed to pr?para J mortuary space for that number: Ministers of Marine Thomson made a second visit to the lena,: af ter the thy dock had been emptied of water, and made a careful examination of every part of the battleship : that was accessible. Tfye interior steel plank ing and the partitions of the battle ship shows signs of having ?Been sub jected to enormous pressure. In many places they are bulged out or indented. The ga,p in the side of the vessel acted as a safety valve for the vast volume of gas generated by the burning powder without/which the explosion would have 'had even more disasterous results. Fifty bodies were recovered during the day, but only 12 of them could be recognized. The remainder were formless masses of diarrea flesh. ; At 7 o'clock Tuesday evening hope was received by ? rumor that sever al men had been- brought *out alive, but this proved tb be untruei After the roll call Minister Thom son reviewed the survivors ,(and ad dressed to them a few J touching words, after which the men, who are engaged in searching the vessel re turned to their task, at which they will work all night. Two of the wounded died in tho hospital, and there are five others who are not expected to live. The Princ? of the Asturias, a brother-in-law of King Alfonso; of Spain, has arrived here to convey the condolences of his majesty to the French navy, and-to visit Rear Ad miral Maneeron, who was wounded. More Souvenir Stamps. Washington, Special-The jjosl master geneval decided to add a five cent stamp to the ones .and twos . already determined upon to consti tute the commemorative series for the Jamestown tercentennial exposition. The five-cent stamp will beats a like ness, of the head( of . Pocahontas, printed in blue.' Eight""nSlUo!i stamps* are to be used of the denomination, to supply .the demand "for foreign postage.^ The. head, of Capt. John Smith in green is to decorate the one-cent stamp, of which 10,000,000 are being printed, while a descrip tive scene "The Founding of James town" representing the first landing on that island, is pictured in red on the two-cent stamps, of which 14, 000,000 are 'to be issued. Negro Wins Over White. Philadelphia, Special.-Allen Le roy Locke, colored, of Philadelphia, who will be graduated from Harvard university in June, it was announced has been awarded the Rhodes schol arship at Oxford university, which ibis year was alloted to the state of Pennslyvania. The election was mad^ by a committee headed by Provost Harrison of the University of Penn sylvania. . Locke was chosen over four other candidates. Holmes Goes to Penitentiary. Savannah, Ga., Special.-J. P. Holmes, former trustee in bankruptcy for the estate of McArthur Sons com pany, piano and music dealers of this city, left- in the custody bf an officer for Atlanta, where, he is to spend ri term of four ye?rs in the federal penitentiary. He was sentenced re cently by 'Judge Speer for a short age of some thousands of dollars as trustee of the bankruptcy estate. He pleaded guilty. Holmes' family was at the jail to bid him farewell. Mrs. Holmes was in tears at the parting. Fatal Rise of Deer Creek. Pittsburg, Special. - Three men drowned, a railroad bridge washed away, a county bridge in danger of following the railroad bridge into the Alleghaney 'river and an engine and five freight ears in thc water are the first results of the rapid rise dur ing the night of Deer creek, near Harmersville, Pa., on the West Penn Railroad. More Time Given Banks. Washington, Special.-Thc Secre tary of the Treasury announced thal thc $30,000,000 which was deposited in the national banks tho last of Sep tember io be returned about the be ginning of February 1st, will not be called for at present. Beyond say ing thal he was keeping close watch on the financial situation in New York, Secretary Corteylou would not indicate what his further plans wem: To Court-Martial Swift. Washington, Special.-Before leav ing Washington Wednesday for a cruise on the Dolphin, Secretary Met calf will order the court-martial of Cpat. William Swift, JU accordance with the recommendation of the court of inquiry on the grounding of his ship, the Connecticut, in Target bay, Culebra, P. R., on January 13. The court' will probably sit at Guantana PLEASED WITH MEETING Messrs. Heywaxd and Watson Have a Satisfactory Interview With the President and Secretary Bonaparte. The special Washington correspon dent of the Columbia State sends his paper the following account of the Conference between ex-Governor Heyw?rd arid Commissioner Watson arid President Roosevelt and Secre tary Bonaparte; which will be of speeial interest to all South Caro linians : Ex-Go v. Hey ward, president of the Southern Immigration society, and Commissioner E. J. Watson held a long conference with the president and Attorney General Bonaparte as to thc meaning of the immigration laws; A widespread misuiiderstand irig Of the attorney general's recent bpihiori upon thc status of the Wittd kind immigrants Was primarily "the occasion for this conference. This iriisuridersta?ding arose put of a num ber or papers on the day the opinion Was forwarded to the president, stat ing that hereafter urider the new law all a state could do towards induc ing immigiation was to "advertise." No such statement was made by the attorney general. In fact, he made no interpretation of the - new law whatever, except to say that under it th? cireuinst?nces s?rr??ildiug the ad mission bf the Wittekind immigrants would exclude them. He did not un dertake to say in that opinion what a state might or might not do towards inducing immigration. All of this the attorney general explained to ex Gov. Heyward and Commissioner Watson. Will Sail For Bremen. As ? resuit of the conference Col. Watson has.gori? oh his way to New York arid will leave th er? foi" Bremen to induce more immigrants to come in on the North German Lloyd vessel, which will leave Bremen on or about April 15. P. H. Gadscn, vice president of the chamber of commerce of Char leston, goes with Col. Watson to as sist in arranging for a permanent line from Bremen to Charleston. Discussing the matter just before leaving^ Col.' Watson said : "Gov; Heyward, last Friday, wired President Roosevelt asking thai everything in regard to this impor tant matter be held in abeyance until he and I could confer with him. President Roosevelt wired an ap pointment. At this conference the entire matter from beginning to end was gone over carefully and Attor ney General Bonaparte explained thoroughly the exact meaning of his opinion. On thc other hand Gov. Heyward and myself explained to the president .rfri'd Mr. Bonaparte the ex act situation in regard to the estab lishment of the steamship service. We explained every detail of our 'methoid of operation and told the president we did not wish" to do one solitary thing or take one solitary step that was not absolutely within the United States law. "I discussed with both the presi dent and Mr. Bonaparte at some length the economic question involv ed in opening the South Atlantic ter ritory to direct service and to .some extent went into the effect of this un derstanding upon what is' rapidly be coming the national immigration problem at the great ports of entry. "In that the president seemed to be very deeply interested. As to the result of this conference, all I am al liberty to say is that it has been thoroughly satisfactory and that in the near future, no doubt, the appli cation of Attorney General Bona partes '.pinion to the practical opera tion of the plan that we have set in operation will be made public in a very clear cut manner by the author ities at Washington. "I do not feel that the movement for immigration in the South will be affected or retarded in any way and I am sure that the labor interests will not only not be injured in any way, but will be benefited. The confer ence determined me to proceed dur ing the night to New York and to sail at once for Bremen on the Kron prinz William II." . Charleston Man Shot to Death. Charleston, Special.-Joseph D. Rivers, of 318 Meeting street was shot in 9ie face and instantly killed in West street by W. S. Schiffhauer, an electrician in the employ of Swift & Co. Schiffhauer was arrested soon after the shooting, driving through West street to Archdale in a car riage, and lodged- at the police sta tion. At the coroner's inquest in the undertaking rooms of J. Henry Stuhr the verdict of the ?jury was that Joseph D. Rivers came to his death by a pistol shot in the face, inflicted from a weapon in the hands of W. S. Schiffhauer, * Souvenir Programmes. Spartanburg, Special.-The city council Monday afternoon voted an appropriation of $500 for souvenir programmes of the coming music festival. The programmes will con tain no advertising matter ex cept of the advantages of the city of Spartanburg, and a large number will be scattered over this and other states. Victimized for $10. Darlington, Special.-Mr. T. R. Cox, of this city, claims he has been victimized to the amount of $10 by a stranger calling himself O. F. Ward. Mr. Cox states that the man called on him and several others on Feb. 23 and offered to sell him a piano harp and instruct his children in music for 35 nights for the sum of $10. Mr. Cox claims he paid Ward the money, receipt for which he holds. This was the end of the trans action. Ward has left to parts un known, Late ftle%&4? In *Brtef A MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST f The American Roadmakcrs ' Asso ciation is in convention at Pittsburg-. President Roosevelt issued an or der restoring to entry about 36,000, 000 acres of coal lands that had been I withdrawn; The mother of R. D. Ramsay, trav eled from Nova Scotia to Petersburg to see her son,- who Was sick in a hospital, only to find him dead; The stockholders of the Pennsyl vania railroad approved the proposed increase of $200,000,000 in stocks and bonds. The Virginia Conference of the United Brethren Church.is in session at Edinburgh Virginia. DacisionS in a number of cases were handed down iii the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Rich mond. Governor Swanson has commuted the sentence of "Wes" Wilkie, a negro sentenced to die for murder, to imprisonment for life. Mr. C. H. Hurkahip, of Fredericks burg, has be?ri appointed one, of the judges of the Baltimore hors'e show, which will be held on the grounds of I the Elkridge Hunt Club on May 23, 24 and 25. By the will of Edmund P. Dwight, of Philadelphia, various church or ganizations get 0200,000. The Guyaii, Big Ugly and Coal River Railway Company has be' formed to build a railroad iu Lin coln ' county, West Virginia, from the mouth of Big Ugly creek to a point on Laurel fork. Thc capital ^is $100,000, and those interested are J. W. Johnson, Mary A. Sims, H. T. Lovett, Paul W. Scott and Mary E. May. The formen- Anne Gould's Paris lawyer charged her $175,000 to get a divorce. The shops of the Dry Fork Rail road Company, which were destroj' ed by fire at Hedricks, W. Va., will bc rebuilt at once. Mine No. 25, of the Davis Coal and Coke Company at Thomas, W. Va., where 25 men 'were recently killed by au explosion of gas, was the scene of another accident, one Italian hav ing been killed and two injured, by a fall of slate. Cahell oounty, West Virginia, will vote on April 20 on the-issuance of $240,000 worth of bonds for the maintenance and building of county roads and bridges. Israel J. Kinney, a retired Balti more and Ohio passenger engineer, died at Grafton, W. Va., aged 67 years. He was a native of Doddridge county, W. Va., and served in the Union army. The deaths due to the blowing up ol- the French, battleship lena "may number 120. * ? ' . Six persons were killed by an ex ploding bomb while searching a stu dent's apartment in' Kharkov, Russia, Dr. Adam Jamieson and 12 others were killed in a wreck in the Trans vaal. President Bonilla, of Honduras is directing operations at the front from a fast automobile. The New York stock market was demoralixed, and a wave of liquida tion was attended by a shrinkage in vaines of upward of $300,000,000. European markets were similarly af fected. Clashes took place between the Louisville police and the street car strikers. The trial of Abraham Ruef was called in San Francisco, but was post poned until Monday. H. G. McDowell, president of the Farmers' Bank of Canton, Ohio, com mitted "suicide. Floods due to heavy rains are caus ing havoc in Maryland, Pennsylvania and the Middle Western States. Governor Gillette, of California, sent to the legislature corespondence with President Roosevelt on the Jap anese question. The Socialists in the Russian Douma are preparing for a fight. President Roosevelt- has not been informed as to what the four railroad presidents will propose at their com ing conference with him, but he is said to be in a receptive mood. Commander Richard C. Hollyday, a native of Maryland, is to be appoint ed chief of the Bureau of Docks and Yards of the nevy department. A. B. Strickland, president of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, says Western companies will fight in thc courts all state r?siliations of railroads. M. Joan Paul Pierre Casimir-Per icr, former president of France, died suddenly. Often a man who bustles most in the crowded street is in a hurry to go nowhere. F?0. Gins Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and fertilizer Mill" Outfits, Gin. Press Cane Mill, and Shingle Outfits. J nilding.liridre, Fncfory, Korie and Railroad Casricgp, Railroad, MU Machinists'and Faotory Supplies. Belting, Packing, Inlectors, Pipe, Fittings, Saws, Files, Oilers, ?to. We" oast every day. Work 150 Hands. Foundry, Machine, 'Boiler, Press and Gin Works TjSF Repa is Promptly Done Loiarfl Iron Worte & Sopplj Co AUGUSTA. OA. PATAPSCO \ MAfTODO?^ Augusta, ^XkU."/r Everything in Fertilizers,; PlantsFood and Ag-/4 ricultural Chemicals. Blood and Bone Goods,"FisH^Gooaf ?nd ton Seed Meal Mixtures. , These reliable Fertilizers have been tried by. the trade for more than'a third of a century, and their increasing popularity attests their merit. Using them is therefore no experiment. Factories, Augusta* Ga., Pon Pon, S. C. 'Sold exclusively at Edg?field by the Call on them for information. PHENOMEN?L SUCCESS; BABCOCK .VEHICLES beat the.world in qual ity, style, comfort and durability. They have no equals. Oursales More than Double all the' vehicle dealers in the city of Augusta. Come, ; to see us. We will prove it to}rou by.our stock,.anoV *" by our local receiver of tax'returns and collector. FRAZIER road carts. ' HACKNEY wagons*} CHASE'S fine robes. We sell you these robes at Half price as compared to prices elsewhere. Carriage and' wagon material a specialty H. H. COSEKRYV The Carriage and Hardware Man of Georgia, 749 and 751 Broad- Street.. - AUGUSTA^ Having purchased the interest of the Estate of SAMUEL TANNAHILL and disposed of the stock general hardware to the Augusta Hardware Co., I will resume my old business of Carriages, Harness, Saddlery, Carriage and Wagon Material. Leather, Shoe Findings' Gum Belting, Gandy and Leather. Belting The largest Stock of Double andJSi?gle Leather ", Belting in the city. Laces, Rivets, etc. Agents for . Studebaker Wagons and Moyer BUGGIES. the best in the world, and at moderate prices. The liberal patronage extended the old firm will be appreciated by the nndersigned. JOSEPH H. DAY. 729 Broad Street, The Insurance -Agency; of '/ |fj C. A. GRIFFIN & CO Will protect you against loss by Fire,. Death, Accidents, Sickness and . Wind Storms. " It will be a pleasure to serve you at all times and your business will be heartily appreciated. ?A Wagons Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just, received. Our stock of furniture and house fuTOishiaf is complete. A Large stock. s . ? : -Vii sj ST . V j / COFFINS and CASEBTS always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar-;, gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you g1 money * * * . *, 33 gsa GKBO. JP. Johnston, South