Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tss* PLANTERS LOAN ?ND SAVINGS BANK; August*. Ca.. KE90TJKCES OTER 51,000,000 Hiin ii limn ig ii 11 ian* s>AT3 D?TES ES' 1 w*Dsposn ACCOUNTS SOLICITED + L.C.HAYNE, t PBSSIDBXT. Chas. C. Howard, J CASHraa. #>iBiniiimiiiii THE NATIONAL BANKf ? AUGUSTA, GA. L. 0. EAYNE, President. FfiANS G. FORD, Cashier, CAPITAL.$250,000 i Sarplus and Profits. 150,000 X We shall b. pleased to har. 70a open ?a ?UCJWI X with this Baale Cuitoaier? ?nd QQtTMp-im| T tared of ererjr coertesr and ?oeoaMpatUH- Bowl X oi? ander coDserTatlTc. modera Butta* tMiaoO*. t*w?^*M 11 it 11111 in 111111 NO. 31, ELEVEN MEN DROWN Naval Launch Goes Down and All on Board Are Lost A SEVERE BLOW TO THE NAVY Launch From the Battleship Minne sota Containing Sis -Enlisted Men and Six Middies Goes Down in HampijQiL?pads With All on Board. -- -- ? Washington, Special.-? telegram received I at the Nevy Department Tuesday from Rear Admiral Evans at Norfolk, Va., says: "Minnesota steam launch after go ing to exposition is. still missing and grava fears are entertained that she was run-down and sunk. She had a crewjof^Sve men and as passengers Midshipmen Field, Stevenson,. Hold en, Ulrich, Murfin and Holcomb. Search has been made, but without success. ' ' The Navy Department has "re ceived a dispatch from Rear Admiral .Evana, in.-command of the United States fleet in Hampton Roads, which says : -"A ditty-box-belonging to fireman of the Minnesota 's missing launch has been picked up afloat near berth 27 and I am forced to conclude that launch with all on board is lost. Have oidered board of investigation. Steamer last seen at Exposition pier about midnight last night." The loss at one time of five bright young midshipmen fresh from ?.he Academy at Annapolis, a young ma rine ^officer very recently appointed, and a coxswain and four other en listed men attached to the big bat tleship Minnesota-eleven men alto gether-as reported briefly to the Navy Department, was one of the most severe blows that has fallen upon the personnel of the navy sime the Spanish war in the estimation of the officials. The Dead. Acting Secretary of the Navy New berry sent telegrams to the relatives of the victims of the accident, noti fying them of the disappearance of the Minnesota's launch. Record of Victims. . Philip Henry Field, was born in Albemarle county, Virginia. William Hollister Stevenson, of Newbefne, N. C. Franklin -Porte?os Holcomb, was born at Newcastle, Deleware. ?"Herbert Leander Holden, sou of Susan A. Holton, of Portage, Wis. Henry Clay Murfin, Jr.. son of Heiuy Clay Murfin, of Jackson, Ohio. Valter Karl Ulrich, the son of Carl Ulrich, Milwauia?. Mis. The Missing Blue Jackets. Sailors all attached to the Minne sota; ' Robert HV Dodson, next of kin, fa lber, E. F. Dodson, 153 West S4th streett Ww York City. Jesse Conn, next of kin,'father, J. C Conn, 2834 Cleveland avenue, Louisville, Ky. Frank R. Plumber, next of kin, mutbpr, Edna Kitchen, Mabton, Washington. Harley L. Vandorne, next of kin, father, C. L. Vandorne, 318 Sixth avenue, West Cedar Rapids, Ia. *7 Creole W. Westphal, next of kin,' sister,. Mrs. C. B. Harding of Meen ah, Wis. Was Sun Down By Steamer. ^ Norfolk, Va.jSpecial.-Itwas stated authoritively here that the naval of- 1 flcials-have absolute knowledge of the ] identity of a steamer which ran down the launch of the battleship Minne- ' sota in Hampton Roads and that the 1 arrest of the crew of the steamer is j expected to follow. Man and Wife Found Dead. Cincinnati, O., Special.-The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Baumgart ner were found in their apartment. ? Both had bullet wounds in the head. ( Whether the husband or wife did the shooting is unknown. From his fath- 1 er, Bumgartner recently inherited ! $4,000 since which time he and his wife had quarreled repeatedly over ! the disposition of the money. National Electric Light Association . Officers Elected. Washington, Special. - The .Nat ional Electric Light Association elect- j ed Dudley Farrand, of Newark, N. J. i president; Alex. Dow, of Detroit, j Mich., fi. st vice president; W. C. Leg- j Sn, of Philadelphia, second vice presi- , dfent, and M. W. Freeman, of Brook- s lyn, secretary and treasurer. George ] H. Harrison, of this city was elected 1 a member of the executive cimmittee { in place of W. F. White. The rest ? 9? the committee was reelected. .Finals at Roanoke College. Roanoke, Va., Special.-At Roan- J oke College, . Salem, Va., Tuesday j evening the address before the Liter- ( aiy Socie?tes was delivered by Hon. } V A. Knapp," chairman of the j ?ate commerce commission. A \ audience heard thc address. The ( .>r uneucement exercises close Wed- r nt day when the largest class in the i h' .tory of the college will graduate. - t She Pays $2,500 to Victim's Widow. London, Special. -It is learned that Miss Eliza Fox will pay Mrs. Parish widow of the man who was killed in the accidental collission with 1 an ?utomible which . Miss Fox was 1 driving, thc sum of $2,50(J, Miss Fox e .is an American. The coroner's ju ty j in the case charged her with, man- j slaughter but at a bearing at Ihe Roy- { ?ton petty session Thursday she \ di is charged ZU IM---^OM- 1 ll I SUNKEN LAUNCH LOCATfD Several Bodies Found, But on Ac count of ' Confined Space Their Number Could Not Be Counted. Newport News, Ta., Special.-With canopy frame crushed, but canvass still tightly fastened down the missiug launch of the battleship Minnesota was located in 27 feet of water, about 1,400 yards ; west by south of Fort Wool Friday - afternoon ..about 5 o'clock. Across the little craft a tell tale piece-of-towing line served to convince the naval officers that they are . right in their theory that the launch war. run down .by a float of some kind in tow. of a tug. The diver who went down tb examine the launch reported that the heads, and arms of three men were protruding from be neath the canvass covering; the men having made a desparate fight for life "when they were carried down like rats in a trap. It is believed that certainly nine of the bodies will be under the canopy, but thc fact that uniform capes of Midshipmen Ulrich and Stevenson were picked up in the roads indicates that these two must have succeeded in getting free from the boat before they were drowned. ' Aboard the battleship Indiana Captain Mahan confirmed for the AST sociated Press the report of the find ing of the' launch. He said that all the facts had been wired to Washing ten and that an official report would be given out later. Searchlights from all the American battleships are playing upon the spot around which two floating derricks, the naval tug Potomac- and half a dozen launches and cutters are anchored. A diver is at the bottom of the rends, placing thc cables with which the derricks will raise the launch. Officers and men on board the Atlan tic fleet are waiting anxiously for Hie raising of the boat. . The ill-fated fb?at. was found by the launches of the battleship'Ohio and Iowa. Orchard's Story Upheld. Boise, Special.-The prosecution ia the Steunenberg murder trial Friday entering in earnest on the corrobora tion of Harry Orchard's testimony, showed a continuous thread of evi dence connecting George Pettibone's store in Denver with Orchard at San Francisco while engaged on the Brad ley murder plot, partly developed an other direct line by which it is hoped to show that Haywood engaged and paid Steve Adams for the same des perate work, and added special touch es of confirmation io Orchard's g?n ?ral story. Officers of the postoffice at San Francisco arid T?e?Ver produc ed original records showing that in August, -J904, a registered letter was sent under the name of "Jv-Wolf" from the address of Pettibone [s. store in Denver to "J. Dempsey," at the Golden West Hotel in San Francisco. Orchard swore that he stayed at the Golden West Hotel- under an alias that was either'.''Demspey" or "Ho gan," that Pettibone ufed.trie aliases of "Wolfe"-and "Pat Bone" and that under;- the name of Wolff," Pettibone; in the , .month mentioned sent him a registered letter containing $100 to {pay his expenses whilo at tempting to kill Bradley. Three Women Died in Flames. Cincinatti, 0., Special.-Three wo men were bumed to death and twu men were seriously injured in a fire that destroyed ' the four principal buildings of the Shaker settlement at Whitewater village, near Harrison, Ohio. Mrs. Kuele Dear, Kathrine Sterr and Mary Middletown, three aged women who occupied quarters in the main building, were the victims. They were burned to death before any jne could arouse them. Charles Sterr and Andrew Bass were seriously in jured in making their escape from the burning building. Acquitted of Peonage Charge. Macon, Ga., Special.-Paul E. Wheeler, a farmer of Putnam county tvas tried herein the United States jommissioner's court on a charge cf peonage. It was claimed that Wheol ?T returned and held unlawfully, one ??enry Smjith. 1 After hearing the evi lence, Commissioner W. E. Martin re leased the accused man. Memphis Firemen Stop a Very Bad Blaze. Memphis, Special-By one of the nost remarkable fights ever made by the Memphis fire department a dis astrous conflagration was prevented md a loss that might have reached, into the hundreds of thousands was imited to about $10,000, when the ire fighters subdued in an incredibly short time the conflagration in the Elill cotton shed Madison avenue and Wellington street. The blaze was one >f the most spectacular ever witness ?d in Memphis and drew a large jrowd. A Terrific Hail Storm. Millen, Ga., Special.-A terribie mil storm, the path of which was 'our miles wide and 10 miles long, las wrought havoc with growing :rops in Jenkins county. The 10 ?orse farm of E. Daniel was cora ?letely destroyed and a seven-horse farm of the Daniel Son and Palmer Company is .practicalbv a total loss, rhe hail stones killed grown chickens n many places and went entirely brough watermelons. Negro Hanged For Murder. Milton? Fla., Special - Nathan Voodall, a jroung negro, was hanged ?ere Friday for the murder of Walter fowling, last January. He confess ?d his crime on the gallows and spoke :or an hour, advising the people of lis race to lead better lives. He was )erf?ctly calm and assisted the shor ff in adjusting the noose. Hi? neck ras broken, . . . -. "ir,-^' ; j ?a SEN. MORGAN DE? Famous Southern Statesman Passes Away WAS AN OLD-TIME GENTLEMAN Distingished Alabamian, for Thirty Years' a Member of the Upper House of Congress, and Prominent in the Affairs of the Nation, Passes Away at the Ripe Old Age of 83. Washington, D. C., Special-United States Senator John Tyler Morgan, of Alabama, for 30 years a member of the upper house of Congress, chair man of the Senate committee on inter oceanic canals and prominent as a Brig. General in the Confederate, army, died at his home, here Tuesday night. Senator Morgan had been ia bad health for a number of years, but had more or less regularly attended the sessions of Congress. He suf fered from angina pectoris, which was the cause of death. He passed away at 11:45 o'clock. At the bedside . were his daughters, Miss Mary Mor gan and Miss Cornelia Morgan, both of this city, and his secretary, J. 0. Jones. Mr. Morgan was a Democrat and was born in Athens, Tenn., June LO, 1824. His home in Alabama was at Selma, where the funeral will take place. Morgan Funeral Committee Washington, Special.-The commit tee appointed by Vice President Faii banks to represent the Senate at thc fuueral of the late Senator John T. Morgan at Selma, Ala., is as follows: Senators Pettus, Allison, Frye, Cullom, Daniel, Simmons, Met.aur ia, Culberson, Perkins, Bacon, McCreary, Elkins, Tillman, Fraziei, Gallinger, Rayner. Mallory, McEnery, Clarke of Arkansas; Nelson, Stone, ? Proctor, White, Tallaferro, Overman, Foraker, Crane and Scott. The following were named to rep resent the House of Repr?sentatives | at the funeral: The entire Alabama delegation:) Bartlett, Georgia; Livingstone, Geor gia; Gillespie, Texas, and Brownlow, Tennessee. No funeral services will be held rd i the Washington home. i State Mourns Late Senator. Montgomery, Ala., Special.-Thc ' State ceased business Wednesday to mourn the death of Senator Morgan. 1 The flag on the Capitol is at half- ! mast ahd the Governor has issued a proclamation reciting the Senator's 1 virtues, his service to the State and long public career. The death of the 1 Senator was reported to the Gover- . nor by Senator Pettus, his ^colleague. By primary least summer "ex-Con gressman J. H. Bankhead was nomi nated for any vacancy that might oc cur by death or incapacity of either pf the Senators. The endorsement is for appointment to an unexpired term and does not apply to an election, as the platform of the primary stipul?t- 1 ed such appointment would be only to th? next regular or adjourned term j of the Legislature. , Convict Chief Witness. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-On j the third day of the investigation of the charge of contempt of the United States Supreme Court by Sheriff j Shipp, Arthur Waller, a convict, now doing time for manslaughter, was the . principal witness. He testified as to a conversation with the day jailer cn the day of the lynching which it is . charged should have been prevented. Two other witnesses were called, their j evidence being unimportant. Roosevelt Children on the Sylph. New Haven, Conn. Special -The \ president's yatch Sylph was in this harbor over-night and during *he j morning Masters Quentin and Kermit { and Miss Ethel Roosevelt, with a gov- ( erness, came here from Farmington ^ and were taken aboard. Thc Sylph then sailed for Oyster Bay. The chil- ( dren had been on a visit to Mrs. ^ Cowies their aunt. At Washington and Lee. Lexington, Va., Special. -Cora- t mencement day exercises at Wash ington and Lee University were held 1 . t in Lee Memorial Chapel, presided over by President Denny. Degree:- t were conferred on (56 graduates, of T which 28 were in the law course. ? Hamilton Wright Mable , of New York, delivered the annual address f before the - Literary Societies. The ^ law class oration was delivered by David Scott MacDonald, of Keyser, W. Va., and the valedictory address j by Carl Converse Crockett, of Wil- j more, Ky. , Dispatch From Secretary Metcalf. j Washington, Special.-A dispatch wras received r.t the Navy Department i at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Secretary Metcalf. It was dat ed at Fortress Monroe and made ( some inquiry about departmental matters. The officials here are now satisfied that the Secretan' and party, c whose vessel, the tender Maple, was long delayed in returning from a trip j to Jamestown. Island, is all right. The Richmond Howitzers Start on March to Norfolk. '. Richmond, Va., Special.-The Rich- v mond Howitzers, a Virginia militia 0 organization, started on their test j and practice march to Norfolk, where 11 they will go into camp at the James- j e town Exposit They went willi s service equipment and will practice ^ every drill of actual Avar en route. -? Their experience will be reported ii tl detail to the Secretary of War. STICKS TO HIS TESTIMONY Harry Orchard, Confessed Murderer, Sticks Boldly to AU His Statements and Continues to Talk Cooly of His Horrible Crimes. Boise, Idaho, Special.-In minute detail Harry Orchard on cross-exam ina!ion described thc attempt he made to poison "Fred" Bradley and his family in San Francisco. Ile told how he got acquainted with the ser vants in the house, took the cook to a theatre and learned that Mr. Brad ley ate breakfast carly in the morn ing. He procured the strychnine and lay on the a roof until he saw the milkman deliver the milk cn the porch and then deliberately put the contents of the small bottle he carried into the milk. Attorney Richardson made the most of the attempted poisoning, pvesum ably for the effect it would' haive on the jury. He spoke of the little baby in the family, and the innocent'wife; of how the witness took the cook to thc theatre and then tried to poison her. Orchord remained unmoved. He said he never gave the other members of the family a thought, and did not care whether he killed thom or not, as he was there to kill Bradley and had no instructions about the meth ods to be used. The defense began by making it clear that as far as Orchard knew, Heywood, Moyer and Pettibone had nothing to do with the inspiration, planning and execution of the Vindi cator explosion, and that Heywood and Moyer had nothing to db: with the planning of the murder of Datec tive Gregor}7. Passing then to the dynamiting of the Independence station the first crime with which the testimony ot Orchard directly connects Heywood, Moyer and Pettibone? they endeavor ed to show that Orchard in spring ing the mine had purposely sought ty spare th? oncoming train and the non union men who were expected to en train, and that the whole plot was en gineered by agents of mineowners and railway managers, who Avanted a. com paratively harmless "outrage to in jure the union miners who were on strike." Leaving the Independence station crime, which was followed by the flight of Orchard into Wyoming and then by his unexpected return to Den ver, the defense sought to discredit the story that Heywood directed Or ?hard to kill Andy Mayberry by show ing that Heywood and Mayberry, were ] old and intimate friends. 1 The readiness with which Orchard answers questions himself continues to puzzle the defense. He, told cf., burning the cheese factory in Canada ' ind collecting $300 insurance on it. ' ^ "Was that the. first crime you ?ommitted?" asked Richardson. "It was the first crime ofhthat :ind." "Well, I want to know what your ?rst crime was?" . "It was in selling short-weight meese, if you consider that a crime." J "Well.do you corsider it a crime?" . "I do now; yes, sir. It was such iishonest methods that first started j ne out in a criminal career." The witness went over the Inde oendence outrage again, and said that he reason the powder was fired when he train was some distance away was jeeause he did not want to kill 'he trainmen. He said that Sherman 1 Parker told him not to injure the rail- t vay employes, as the engineer, had ? >roved a good witness for the de- ? tense in the trainwrecking episode. t After fleeing from Colorado, after s he Independence explosion, the' wit- ^ less stuck to his storytold on dir.'ct a lamination, that Pat Moran, *a ^ laloonkeeper, that journeyed to Den- e rer and carried back a letter from *? Pettibone with $500 for him. He told f hat he lost the money in a gambling u muse in Cody and borrowed $50 from he keeper of the place to take him >ack to Denver. As to the Independence Depot af- ? 'air Orchard said it was to blow up ? he depot before the arrival of the rain. This was arranged to save e he trainmen. 1 s "And you didn't intend to blow up e inybody, but just this depot, which c ras simply a stopping place without 1 m agent or anybody there?" . I' "Yes, sir; we intended blowing up he nonunion men who took the train here." "Why did you want to save the rainmen?" asked Richardson, with J i significant inflection. {, "Sherman Parker said that one of _ he men on the train had been a good vitness for him in the trials and ha v lid not want him hurt." ? "But this was the same train you B cit sore about not being selected to 1? vreck?" ? "Yes, sir." ' Orchard denied thal he had talked o Railroad Detective Scotr'about the, s ilans to blow up the depot and save ' he train. He also denied that it was m Scott's account he agreed to save he train. "You epected to kill 50 men that) light?" t; "I didn't know how many." s "You thought the more the merriei, r lidn't you?''' s "I wasn't thinking about il." "You didn't care whether it was E me or one hundred, did you?" s< "I wasn't thinking about it," .vc- A )eatcd the witness, somewhat sullenly, tl _ * ji Two Killed; ll Hurt in Wreck. Washington, Pa., Special.-Two ;ere killed and ll injured iu a wreck 3 n the Wabash road one mile east of (?, Iickory near here, when the Toledb (j ?xpress,* westbound, crashed into a . oal train on a siding telescoping the A moker and a Pullman car. The flag- C mn of the coal train, who is said to c< e responsible for letting the passen- p er train in on the siding occupied by si be coal train, disappeared imm?diate- 31 V after the crash. r< A SUNDAY MURDER Sensational Killing Wherein a Motive Does Not Appear FAMILY TROUBLE IS ALLEGED Killing Grows Out of Domestic Diffi culty About Which There is Con siderable Mystery-The Slayer an the Slain Brother-in-Law. China Grove, Special. - Edward Ashby shot and killed Dan Overcash near Kannapolis, just over ' the Ca barrus line and made good his es cape. A possee with bloodhounds are in pursuit of the slayer, but al a late hour at noght no word has come from the pursurers. Overcash and Ashby were broth ers-in-law and the tradegy grew out of a domestic diffiiculty about which there is considerable mystery. Per sons who have arrived here from ibo neighborhood where the crime was committed tell the story of the crime and these details aro given for what tiaey arc worth. Ashby went to the house of Reese Pethel Sunday and accused Pethel's$ wife of improper conduct with Over cash,'declaring that if Pethel would go with him to the wddds he would produce proof of his charges. Peth el accompanied Ashby to the wooils but, it is said, Ashby was unable to show the husband proof of the wife's misconduct. Pethel declared then that the best way to settle thc matter was to interview Overcash, and Pethel and his wife went lo Ash by's home after him. Ashby ac companied the Pcthels willingly, hut instead of stopping at Pethel's home where it had hcen agreed the con ference was to be held, the Petfie's took him beyond into a thicket, where Ashby was secreted. Ashby stepped out from his hiding place as Overcarsh approached and shot him dead, immediately taking flight. ' There is considerable mystery be hind the crime and it will require much investigation to bring- to light j the truth. Ashby, it is said, had threatened Sunday morning; some hours prior to the tragedy to kill Dvercash on sight. Suspicion rests apon Pethel and his wife for com plicity in a plot to kill Overcash and t is presumed that they will be ar rested on that charge. -Sheriff Crowder of Rowan county ivas informed of the crime Sunday lfteraoon and with a posse and iloodbounds undertook the search' ?or Ashby but thus far without sue ;ess. Ashby has the reputation of be ing a desperate character. About 'our years ago he killed his father lim Ashby a noted whiskey' trans porter, because the father had bra ally whipped his daugther, Ed wa cd Ashby's sister. The elder Ashby vas known to have possessed a riolent temper on this ground chiefly i?quitted the son. It is said that ;he gun which Ashby used Sunday norning is the same weapon with vhich he killed his father. Funeral of Senator Morgan. Selma, Ala., Special.-With every msincss house closed, with the in lustrial plants stopped and their jortals draped in mourning, in the presence of 5,000 citizens, 500 of hem from other parts of the State md nation, all that was mortal of rohn Tyler Morgan, Alabama's Sen .tor for more than 30 years, was aid to rest here Sunday. As the asket was lowered into the earth, he strains of "Lead Kindly Light" loated on the air and tears sprang inbidden from a thousand eyes. Secretary Taft at St. Paul. Sioux City, S. D., Special.-Secre ary of War Taft arrived here from it. Paul Sunday. He said he had ntirely recovered from his indispo sion. Several hundred people call d to pay respects. .He attended hurch and at 1 o'clock left for Fort feade with Senators Gamble and uttridge and Governor Crawford. Will Pay Visit to China. Gainsville, Special. -Mr. and Mrs. olin Carter and Mrs. J. T. Telford, ?ft Wednesday for the far-off China ?'here they will spend two months nth Mr. and Mrs. Carter's children irs. S. E. Stephens and Mrs. E. L. forgan, who are missionaries in that md. Mr. and Mrs. Carter and Mrs. 'elford go to China via Seattle, Vash., from which port they lake teamer. Mr. and Carter have given ivo of their daughters to missionary 'ork in China. Viscount Aoki to be Recalled. Tokio, By Cable-The Mochi says hat Vicount Aoki, Japanese ambass ador to America will probably bc ecalled and that he will likely be ucceeded by Baron Kaneko. Washington, Special. - Baron laneko, whom Thc Tokio Ilochi n.< jrts will probably succeed Viscount Loki as ambassador from Japan st hs capital, is a former minister of isticc in the Tokio Cabinet. Editors Visiting Richmond. Richmond, Va., Special.-Abo'jl 50 delegates to thc National Edi ?rial Association arrived here Sun- \ ay from the Jamestown Exposition. L joint committee of the chamber of dmmerce and the city council es jrtcd thc visitors to the various oints of interest in and near iha tty. Mayor McCarthy made a wei sining address at a luncheon, and jtiring President Junkin spoke for 1? editors. Occurrences of interest From. Alf Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing ? Wide Range-What ia (toing On in Our State. State Cotton Association. The officers of the South Carolina division of thc Southern Cotton As sociation will speak at the following places on the dates named: Laurens, July 1. Lykesland, July 4. . Sumter, July 6. Orangeburg, July G, Leese vii le, July 6. Saluda, July 9. Johnston, July 10. Aiken, July IL Bamberg, July 12. Barnwell, July 15. Newberry, July 15. Greenwood, July 16. Abbeville, July. 17. Anderson, Julv 17. Wahlalla, July 19. Greenville, July 20. ? Winnsboro, July 25. Chester, July 26. York, July 27. Union, July 29. Spartanburg, July 30. Gaffney, July 31. . The farmers in some sections of tho State are hot feeling very cheerful over the cotton crop prospects. Rembert Guilty of Murder. Bishopviile, Special. - The spring term of the cireuit court convened here on Monday morning with Judge R. W. Memminger presiding. Tho jury in the case of the State vs. Ca pers Rembert for murder, rendered a verdict of guilty which means that the d?fendent Capers Rembert will be punished by hanging. This is the first verdict the puishment of which is death ever rendered by a jury in Lee county. The d?fendent appeared per fectly calm when the verdict was read apparently not knowing what it meant The court has not yet passed the sen tence which will lix the day of his death. Contracts are Awarded. Abbeville, Special. - The bids for building the new court house and city hall were opened and both contracts awarded to Fr?derick Minshall of this place. The bids on the court house were King Lumber Company of Char lottesville, Va., $71,309; McKenzie DeLeou Construction Company, At lanta, Ga. $57,600; Frederick Miu shall, 56,500. On city hall: King Lumber Company, $62,000; McKen zie-DeLeon Construction Companv, $49,600; Frederick Minshall, $46,100. Mr. Miushall is now at work on an im portant contract for P. Rosenb rg & Co., hut will start both buildings in a few days. An Incendiary Fire. Batesburg, Special.-Tuesday night the barn and stables used by Col.John Bell Towell caught fire and were total ly destroyed with a lot of feed stuffs. It was with great difficulty that ? valuable horse and buggy were saved. When first seen it was thought that Col. Towell ?s residence was on fire and a great crowd t.unied out to fight the flames. The barn and stables be longed to Mr. Alonzo Bates. The to tal loss amounts to about $300 with no insurance. The origin of the fire can not be determined but it is thought that it was incendiary. Tobacco Crop Ruined. Latta, Special. - This community suffered a severe hailstorm last week. Tobacco is utterly ruined. Two Boys Rescued. Charleston, Special. - Tom Lee and Charley Webb, two boys in their teens were brought up to the city in the launch of the keeper of Morris Is land light house having been capsiz ed in the harbr?- and spent the night as the guests of Keeper John Wesley. The arrival of the boys settled the fears and anxiety which were felt for their safety. Fire at Rock Hill. Rock Hill, Special. - J. M. Car ry's handsome residence on Oakland avenue was badly damaged by fire last week. The ??amage will not be less than $5,000 covered by insurance. Robert Stark Menas Sentenced to Hang. Winnsboro, Special. -Robert Stark Means was tried for i he murder of \nnie>Bell Russell and found guilty and sentenced to he hanged on July 12, 1907. Hailstorm at Rickburg. Richburg, Special. - One of tue most destructive hailstorms that ha? ever visited this section came last week. The stones were as large as eggs. Mr. J. M. MeGarity is the heaviest looser, about 25 acres of his best cotton were destroyed and quite a good deal of hiscorn. The storm went eastward, passing over a part of Senator Hardin's farm. There is no prospects of anything in the sec tion over which it passed. Dillon Sschool Elections. Dillon, Special. - Dillon school dis trict and the adjoining district, Mt. Calvary voted on the question of the establishment of a high school under the act-passed by the last legislatura. The election was carried in favor of the high school without a dissenting vote in cither district. Dillon district also voted on increasing the special three-mill tax to four mills and this , also was unanimously carried in favov J ?? tho increas? of levy. A SOIL LESSON FOR BOYS. You know the root is the most im portant part of a plant because if you cut it off the plant will die, but in many cases the root itself-will not die, but will send up new shoots. If you cut a slip from a plant and place lt in water the first growth it makes will be a tiny root. If you plant a seed it makes a root the first thing. You could easily see how roots grow by iplacing slips or seeds in soil in a li-ttle square box with a glass for one side, putting the seeds and plants close to the glass. By packing one part of the soil hard and leaving the other part very mel low and fine you will quickly observe the difficulties that roots have td get down 'through the hard soil. This experiment will also show you how the hard-packed soil prevents moisture from permeating it and reaching the roots. If your box is big enough to sepa rate the soil into three or four com partments by thin boards you can study the effects of fertilizers by pour ing a little liquid manure on the soil in one section. In another section you can have a rich, dark loam and in another light, sandy soil without any fertilizer.-Richmond Times-Dis patch. CATS ARE SHREWD. ">:o cat," says Barry Pain, "ever s:ared one fraction of a pint of milk about a human being, and no feminine cat owner believes lt." We fear that this is a true bill. A cat may purr and purr and be ? villain. Once let the cuisine fall below the proper mark, and off goes ?the ungrate ful (but shrewdy animal to stop with frieuds who will look after him better. That is the keynote of the feline char acter-shrewdness. It is the human .traits In their character which make men call ca's selfish. The motto- ot the cat is "Business Is Business." If a man takes this as his motto and acts up to it we call him a successful man, and we allow him to write ab surd essays on "Hints to Young Lads,'* and so on, In the papers. But wo do not honor the cat We -try and shame him by pointing out to him how much fonder we are of the dog. Does the cat blanch? Not he. "Which baa the better time?" he a3ks us quietly, and slips out through a window for a stroll, while 'the dog remains shut up indoors, depressed because his master will not take him out that af? ternoon.-New York Globe. The latest type of baittle "afodp pro posed by Erltish .designers, declares the Buffalo Courier,, is to be run by gas engines and will have no fun nels. Should this new departure prove successful, ships 'that have cost various governments hundreds of millions probably would soon be regarded as obsolete. FOR THE KITCHEN FLOOR. On no account should oiloloth ol linoleum be put over a kitchen floor unless as a last resort The crevice*} around and under the edges harbor water bugs and cockroaches, while the exclusion of the air from -the floor, together with the warmth of the kitchen, soon starts dry rot, which attacks first *tihe points 'be tween the boards and then infects tho whole floor. FOR MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHES,1^ HATS, SHOES AND FURNISHINGS, FOR LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS ODD SKIRTS, AND SHIRT WAISTS When in Augusta make our store you^iead quarterij The Jo Willie l?^Co., GA. hear a Sheep Sneeze or a Lion Roar? One is start ling and the other terrifying. But to the contrary, I want to SOOTHE YOUR NERVES and make you feel as though life is still worth living. Get a Moyer JBiig-g-y for yourself and best girl and a STUDEBAKER WAGON for the farm and you aro fixed for many years of Solid Comfort. Harness, Saddlery, Belting, Etc 729 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. ii-J? For Flli >UH?NCE Go to see W. H, HAULING Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the Best Old Line Companies, W. H. H ABLING, A GT. At The Farmers Bank of Edg?field, SC. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies Just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing* is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. 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 mc, I will save yott money. 3C GEO. I*. COBB Johnston, South Carolina.