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PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANS. Augusta. Ga.. RBSOTTRCKJI OTES si.ooo.ooo niBiimmiiiiiiiiinii V01.72. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1907. NO. 37. < m 1111111111111111 i 1111 h* Palmetto i I The News of South Carol i 111 ll 11 M I i 111 11111111 M a ? Courses Arranged for Beading Circle State Superintendent of Education Martin is sending out to all teachers and superintendents a circular letter calling attention to the reading circle course for this year. These reading circles have been operated in South Carolina for a number of years and have, proved of great value to the teachers, who sollow them. In the Western States they are extremely popular and in one State alone there are over 6,000 members reading the books listed. Following is the letter to the South Carolina teachers by Mr. Martin : "To Superintendents and Teachers This is the third year of the teachers reading circle. Those who began with the first year and who finish the work for 1907-08 will receive ten-year State certificates signed by the gov ernor and State superintendent of ed ucation as officers of the State board ? of education. Those who begin this year for the first time Avili be entitled ? to a renewal of first grade certificates. The course may be begun at any time and completed in three years. Many ( teachers- took the course of 1906-07. t This work will be open until Sept. 1. j A simple examination is required of j each year's work. The questions are sent ' direct to the members of the reading circle and they are allowed i to write the answers at their homes. J "Allow me to call your special at tention to the reading circle course| for the coming year. I have read these books recently and I believe that any teacher in the State will bc helped and improved by reading them The books are "Thorndike's Prin ciples of TJpaehing," "Kern's Eng lish Government.0 "You will notice that two of these books are professinal and one is ia . tended for general culture. I have found it advantageous to carry the whole course along at once. However you may purchase and read one book at a time. The examination on the course for the coming year will be sent out earlier than usual in order that certificates may be renewed ior those who desire it. By adoption of ' the State board of education and spe cial arrangements with the Educa tional Publishing Co., 12-16 Trin ity avenue, Atlanta, Ga., these books may be ordered for the school libra ries at reduced prices. This company will also send these books direct to the teachers for their personal Jibra : ries. "The following prices arc quoted the prices being to publishers and teachers and trustees, respectfully : Moran's English Govern ment.$1.50 $1.10 Thorndike's Principles of Teaching. 1.35 .85 Keran's Among Country Schools.1.25 .97 "Charges prepaid if sent with li brary ' orders ; if sent by mail or ex press 10 cents per copy extra." Stricken With Paralysis. Greenville, Special. - Mrs. Wm. T. Capers, widow of the late Rev. Wm. T. Capers of the South Carolina I conference and brother of Bishop El- J Hson Capers, was stricken with paral ysis Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. S. M. Reynolds, her niece, j with whom she has been spending i he summer. The physicians attending Mrs. Capers can not tell at this time how seriously she is affected but her condition is regarded as precarious The news of her affliction will be learned with sincere sorrow by huu dreds of friends here and elsewhere in South Carolina. J. W. Herline Browned. Spartanburg, Special. -J. W. Hen line, 65 years of age was drowned in Lawson's Pork at Rock Cliff at 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon. It is bo liaved that he committed suicide. He was an employe of the Spartanburg mill and is survived b) iiis widow and seven children. His body was found by a boating party and being in shallow water was recovered. Stole His Father's Cow. Gaffney, Special. - Charles Karpet a young white man, the son of highly respectable parents, is in trouble a gain after having been released from custody several times by the efforts of his father. This time he stole a cow belonging to his fatehr, carried her to Blacksburg, and sold her for $15. The butcher to whom he sold her exchanged her for a beef and was just about to kill the beef when Mr. Harper arrived and paid him the $15 and recovered the cow. Charles in the meantime had boarded a north bound train and left for parts unknown. West Point Scholarship. Spartanburg, Special. - An exam ination for the West Point scholarship from the Fourth congressional dis trict was begun at the Converse Street school and will be concluded Thurs day. The examination is being con ducted by Dr, C. B. Waller and Profs. Blake and Shockley. Those taking the examination arc Messrs. Little john of Jonesville, G. H. Mahon, Jr., of Greenville, Crawford of Laurens and Poe of Greenville. State Capital to Be Painted. Columbia, Special. - Within thc next few months the dirty walls in the State capital will bc cleaned and in the senate, the house of represen tatives, the State library and the cor ridors on the lower floor things will look fresh and bright with coatings of oil. At a recent meeting of the State house commission it was decided to award to Maj. Chas. Newnham o i this city the contract for painting the interior of the building, the bid being $5,750 and the'work has com menced. 111 H 11111 H H I ll S1111811 Affairs ?na in Condensed Form || HIM III tiiiiiitt mn ? i> Fanners' Union in Convention Greenwood, Special. - The annual meeting of thc South Carolina Fann ers' Union was called to order Thurs day morning by State President 0. P. Goodwin of Laurens. President Good win after rapping the meeting-to or der announced that an address of wel come to the delegates and other at tending farmers would be made by Mayor Kenneth Baker. Mayor Baker mjst cordially and happily welcomed the delegates ot Greenwood and in terspersed his remarks with timely suggestions and appropriate remarks which elicited much applause. Pres ident Goodwin then introduced Hon. J. Belton Watson of Anderson. Mr. Watson made a goodj sound, prac tical talk on the workings of the union while responding to the address of welcome by Mayor Baker. Twen ty-one counties were represented at the opening. Eight hundred delegates are in "attendance and more are com ing in. The organization claims a membership of 15,000 in South Caro lina, At 11:40 o'clock the meeting went into executive session. Thc com mittee on credential's i's as follows: J. B. O'Neal Holloway, Newberry; S. J Clark, Lexington; T. C. Anderson, Greenwood; F. H. Foster, Greenville, and L. A. Mahaffy of Andersou. Nat ional President C. S. Barrett of At water, Ga., addressed the meeting at 3 o'clock for a period of two hours Among other things he said the union was now more harmonious than any other farmers' organization hod ever been in the South before. The aver age growth of the union is now over 3,000 members a day, some days it reaches 5,000 and 6,000 new members. The enrolled membership now is over one and a half million. Books Ordered Revised. Columbia, Special. - Complaint has become so general throughout the State that the registration books in the various counties have not been revised in-many years, with the result that there is general confusion in the matter of petitions for dispensary elections, that Governor Ansel has issued a circular letter to all registra tion boards calling upon them to at once perform their duties under Sec tion 187 of the code which requires them to revise the lists at least ten days before each election. According to reports so far received no board has performed this duty in the past ten years. After quoting the law the Governor says in his letter: "Tho salary paid being an annual salary and the act requiring that this work be done, it- is the duty of the different county boards to revise the lists ns provided in Section 187, and the re vision provided for in said section is as much their duty as any other duty they have to perform. "When you accepted the office it then became your duty to carry out all the requirements of the law. Your attention is now especially called to this part of your duty in order that you may perform the same." Citadel Scholarships. . Columbia, Special. - The applica tions filed with other counties in thc State may result in Be ufort, Green ville and Pickens counties being de prived of beneficiary scholarships ar the Citadel. These scholarships en title a successful application to a four-years course at this academy and althoguh it has been repeatedly ad vertised that there were vacanci/ from these counties there have been no applications. The result of the examination in this county will Le ? announced in a few days. Free Delivery for Chester. Chester, Special. - The work of putting up signs at Hie street cross ings and of property numbering the houses in Chester is about finished. Postmaster Dunovant has received a letter from Mr. H. O. Halverstadt, postoffice inspector stating that he will be in Chester this week for the purpose of assisting in the work of instituting the free delivery. Belton Again Visited by Destructif Storm. Anderson, Special. - The section around Belton was again visited by a most teriffic hail, wind and rain storm Two weeks ago a storm struck about three miles northeast of Belton and did considerable damage to crops, The storm hit about two miles south of Belton and in an area of five square miles. The corn and cotton crops were entirely devastated. The stalks were stripped of foliage and the fields were badly washed. Hail fell for 30 minutes and was about three inches deep on the ground. . Storm Near North. North, Special. - The news has just reached town that during a se vere hailstorm the dwelling house of Mr. J. D. Cook who lives about four miles east of here was struck by light ning. The chimneys of the house was torn down and several dogs and chick ens that liad taken refuge under the house were killed. Mrs. Cook, who was in the house received a very severe shock and wns rendered help >ss for half an hour after the stroke. To Be No Election. The Newberry county supervisor announces that the petition or an election on the question of voting the dispensary back into that county ha=? failed for want of sufficient number of names, and that he will order no elec tion. Of the 812 names on the peti tion he claims that only 595 are regis tered, which is 161 short of the nec essary one fourth the registratnn books showing 3,024 registered voten in the county. SENATOR PETT?S DEAD Alabama's Senior Senator breathed 1 Bia Last at Hot Springs, This State From Effects of Apoplexy, With Which He Was seized Friday Morning-Entire Body Paralyzed and Consciousness Was Never Re covered. . Asheville, N. C., Special.-United States Senator P?ttus of Alabama, died Saturday night at 10 o'clock at Hot Springs this State from the ef fects of a stroke of apoplexy with which he was seized while at the breakfast table Friday morning. His entire body Was paralyzed and he never recovered consciousness since that time. Senator Pet tus arrived at Hot Springs about a week ago from Tate Springs, Tenn. Up to the time of the seizure he was apparently in the best of health. At the breakfast table Friday it is said he was unusually cheerful, and when he was stricken the guests of the hotel thought he merely had a fainting spell. Phy sicians were summoned from Ashe ville for consultation with the local physicians and it was seen that there was no hope of the Senator's recov ery. His relatives were telegraphed for and they ai?e now on the way to the death bed of the deceased. Senator Pettus celebrated his SGth birthday at Tate Springs last week, and on that occasion his unusual vig or was the subject of comment. By a primary arrangement of last sum mer he will be succeeded in thc Sen ate by Ex-Governor Joseph F. John ston, who will serve until the Alaba ma legislature meets. Mr. Johnston was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, and has many relatives there. Murder and Suicide. Charlotte, N. C., Special. - Mrs. Madge Powers, wife of Hai ry T. Pow ers a Morehead street grocer was found dead in her bed room in the north end of the store building Sar urday morning about 7 o 'clock. Hard by her lay her husband, unconscious and dying. A pistol lay within a few inches of Powers' right hand. Blood oozed from a bullet hole in the fore head of his wife and flowed freely from the wound back of his right ea'. Murder and suicide-every bit of evi dence pointed that way. It was plain that Harry Powers had, for some whim of his own, shot his wife dead in her tracks and then turned the gun on himself. Dime novels, ciga rette, cards and whiskey were amoe.g the ornaments of the pitiful looking rooom. Whiskey, empty bottles and a half-filled glass sat on.the little ta ble by the door. The entire affair is a very tragical as well as mysteri ous one, and whiskey coupled with domestic troubles is doubtless the cause. An Historical Event. . Norfolk, Special. - In commemora tion of thc establishment of the house of burgesses, or legislative assembly in America at Jamestown, July 30, 1619, there will be held at the James town exposition on July 30, next, the two hundred and eighty-eighth an niversary celebration, one of a series of many historical celebrations at the exposition. The programme' includes addresses by Former Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois and Representative J. Warren Heifer of Ohio, former speaker of the house of representatives. Bad Head-On Collision. Petersburg, Va., Special. -A head on colisi?n occurred Saturday night about 9 o'clock a short distance noli li of Stoney Creek, Va., between Atlan tic Coast Line train No. 85, "Florida Special," and second section of No. 80, northbound. Both engines were badly damaged, the mail car stove in and the head express car on No. SO derailed. Engineer Bradshaw on No. 85 assumes the blame, saying that he forgot his orders. One man was killed. Bank President Swindled. South McAlister, I. T., Special. - J. J. McAlister president of the Am erican National Bank, paid .$.10,000 cash for a worthless "gold" brick offered by a man representing himself to be a miner. The brick when offer ed for sale, was taken to Muskagee appraised at the government office and found to contain 80 per cent of pure gold. When the deal was com pleted, the McAlester banker got a ^rthless imitation of the brick the ippraiser had examined. The swin dle was discovered a few hours afte> the transaction. Iron Miner's Strike May Be Settled. Duluth, Minn., Special. - While there were no developments in the iron miners' strike situation on the Mesaba and Vermilion ranges the strike on the ore docks, it was said may be settled Sunday or Monday as the railroads must have crews at work at Duluth, Superior and two harbors to handle the product of the miners, should they succeed in open ing them the first of the week. Bun Through and Killed By "itch fork Prongs. Winston-Salem, N. C., Special. - News was received here of a pecu liar accident which occurred at Ker nersville late Saturday afternoon, re sulting in the death of Mr. Dewitl Marshall the 19-year old son of Mr A. F. Marshall a prosperous fannel living near Kernersvillc. Thc younj man fell from a load of wheat-stiav and struck a pitchfork, the prong! of which penetrated his breast, kill imr him almost instantly. An Adventuress. London, By Cable.-Mrs. Josephine Leslie the American woman who cul a wide swarth in English Society or the strength of the professed friend ship with wealthy Americans, anc against whom J. Pierpont Morgai testified was sentenced to five year.' in prison on the charge of obtainu; a large sum from Miss Asuii Blount an Irish heiress under falsi pretenses. NORTH CAROLINA WINS RAB FICHT Governor Glenn Succeeds in Having State Law Enforced THE PEOPLE GENUINELY PLEASED Officials of thc Southern and Atlantic Coast Line Meet With Governor Glenn and After a Conference of Three Hours a Treaty of Peace is Made -By the Terms of This Agree ment the 2 1-4 Rate Law is to Be Observed After August 8th and AU Indictments and Prosecution Now Pending Against the Southern Are to Be Stopped. Raleigh, N. C., Special. - It can safely be said that Governor Glenn'3 office was the centre of attention not only of North Carolina but of the United States. Thc line between State and Federal sovereignty had been sharply drawn and the situation was tense in the extreme. The ten sion was as to whether the State should win or lose in the rate casa there was no happier man in tho country than Governor Glenn when at . 7 o'clock in the evening he an nounced that the law was supreme in North Carolina and that the old State is the first in the Union which ever resisted a railway and stopped it. There was a rattle of applause as the Governor made this ringing declaration while he smiled like a boy and people pressed forward to shake his hand, the first being the armless president of the Baptist Uni versity for Women at Raleigh, Rob ert T. Vann. Officials Arrive. The incidents of the day began with the announced arrival Saturday of private cars on which were the I ?vd general cdmsel of the Southen. Railway, Alfred P. Thom and Alex ander P. Humphrey, and President Tliomas M. Emerson, General Coun sel Alexander Hamilton, Assistant General Counsei George B. Elliot, of :be Atlantic Coast Line and George Rountrce who represented the Coast Linc stockholders. These officials and attorneys conferred together and wished lo have a conference with Governor Glenn at ll o'clock, but his attorneys, ex-Governor Aj'cock and Speaker Justice, of the House of Rep resenta tivivs, were not present, so tho tiih? was fixed for the afternoon. President Emerson had to leave two hours beiore the conference. The meeting it as in the Governor's office. The Governor desires that report irs should be present, but left the matter to The railway people, who objected, so he lequested the newspaper men to retire. A Three Hours Conference. The conference lasted three houri each side withdrawing to prepare pa pers for signature. At 6:30 o'clock the conferees left the Governor's of fice, all smiling. Speaker Justice \rns the first to announce the result and said to the eager reporters: "AU is settled except tho three law suits and the 2 1-4 rate goes into effect as soon as the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line can figure out the sched ule." A quarter of an hour later the Governor came out and read to the eager little audience the following agreement which is signed by Thom and Humphries: The Agreement. "First, the railway puts the 2 1-4 cent rate into effect not later thau August 8th, next. "Second, the State to appeal from Judge Prichard's order discharging parties in Asheville on Avrit of habeas corpus. "Third, the Southern Railway to appeal to the State Supreme Court in the Wake county case and if the case is decided against it to take it by writ of error to the United S tatos Supreme Court. "Fourth, that both sides co-oper ate to have said cases advarcH and argued together and spoedil .^er mined. "Fifth, the Slate at its option to indict the Atlantic Coast Line in one ease. "Sixth, all indictments and prose cutions now pending to be dismissed and no others to bc instituted for any alleged violations of law up to the time thc new 2 1-4 cent rate is put into effect as far as the Governor can control the same. "Seventh, the Governor advisea nil persons against bringing any penalty suit pending final determination of the question,, involve/ and asks the people as a whole to acquiesce in this arrangement. "Eighth, the suit pending before Judge Pritchard at Asheville to bc diligently prosecuted without thc State's having any question of juris diction." No Contempt Proceedings. The Governor stated that Messrs, T'-'o-ri nod TTnmnhicv. also, as coun sel for the Southern Railway, under take that it will not inaugurate con tempt proceedings because of any thing heretofore done by any of th( State officers in connection with this rate litigation, and that the road wil do what it can to prevent the inaug uration of any such contempt pro> ccedings." This arrangement between thc Southern Railway and Governoi Glenn is also assented to by Georg? Rountree attorney for R. Nelsor Buckley and other Atlantic Coas Line stockholders, complainants ant by Alexander Hamilton, general coun sci for the Atlantic Coast Linc Com pany, except that they do not consen that the Atlantic Coast Line shall bi indicted in one case but as to tba leaving the State at liberty to do as its spnse of duty may dictate, this agreemnt being signed by Hamilton and Rouutree. ARREST OF MR. FINLEY. Very- Sensational Development in. North Carolina Rate Case Trouble. Asheville, N. C., Special-The cli max in the railroad rate matter was reached Saturday moiming when JV. W. Finley, president of the Southern Railway Company, was served with warrant at the Battery Park Hotel, charging him -with aiding and abet ting in the violation of tho North Carolina passenger rate law. The warrant for President Finley's ar rest was sworn out by Police Cap tain Lylerly at the instance of Po lice Justice G. S. Reynolds and was served by Police Officer Branch Wil liams. The news of the arrest 01 President Finley spread ?ike wild fire and soon every one on the streets had j something ta say about it. It was ? the one topic of conversation, the sensation of the day. President Finley, however, did not pay a visit to the city police court, as was iu tended Before thc officer serving thc pap?r could execute the command to kiHave the body of W. W. Finby in police court" a United States dep uty jrharshal served a writ from the United States Circuit Court on the police officer and Mr. Finley thc mar shal-, and the patrolman found their way; to the United States Fcderd Building instead of Justice Reynold's court. The warrant seiwed by .the police officer charged Mr. Finley a* president of the Southern Railway Company with aiding and abetting in tho. violation of thc State rale law by collecting more than 2 1-4 cents a mile' passenger fare. The warrant was issued under the common law. During the hearing on the writ of habeas corpus before Judge Pritchard considerable testimony was had rel ativo to whether or not the applica tion for thc writ was made before Hie wan-ant for Finley's arrest was serv ed.-^Mr. Finley was sworn and gave testimony. He said that he verified tho application for a writ for his re lease after the officer had appeared in his rooms and served the warrant* There is a rumor that contempt pr> ceedings may be begun against the parties who are responsible for the arrest of Mr. Finley although noth ing-definite is known on this score. Chased to His Death. New York, Special. -Following re peated murders, assassinations ano fiendish attacks upon girl children ? New York.mob went crazy and whee a man slashed the face of John Black man, a motorman who was repairing a car, thc crowd pursued the slashci who, terrified at cries of '.'lynch him," jumped off a pier into East river and was drowned. Only the ar rival of the police reserves prevented thcv; crowd form storming the jail or Staten Island for the purpose oJ Wecking vengerance on Joseph Nop w.yak, 54 years old, charged with at taching a 5-year-old girl. ~ Portsmouth.-HospitaL Washington, Special. - Becaua? the bid of the George A. Fuller Com pany, the only bidders at $246,500 i.? larger by $46,500 than the appropria tion thc probability is that the de partment's plans for the addition t< the naval hospital at Portsmouth, Va will be modified so that work maj proceed with thc construction of tin buildings which arc very much needec Congress appropriated $200,000 fo: the work. ^ A Murderous Society. New York, Special.-Fifty prom inent Armenians who met in secrel Friday night for thc purpose of call ing a mass meeting of their country men Saturday to raise funds for the extermination of a blackmailing so ciety inspiring thc murder of severa of their number received a communi cation warning them that further ac tivity against the organization woulc mean death. NEWSY GLEANINGS. The Jews are flocking into Pales tine. The Santa Fo Railroad has been indicted on sixty-five counts. Coal has become very scarce on the Continent and prices are stead ily advancing. An alleged plan lo extort $30,000 from the Salvation Army was made public at Boston. The French Senate and Chamber resolved to maintain the present tat? ation schemes in 1908. President Corey of the Steel Trust returned to work to find a strike of Western miners on his hands. The question of sale of honors for party contributions was raised in the British Commons but shelved. It was said at Gloucester, Mass., that fishermeu there anticipated lit tle trouble in Newfoundland waters next autumn. Statistics made public at Baton Rouge showed a creat decrease ?D the number of children in Louisiana in the last year. Premier Clemenceau and General PIcquart, Minister of War, made a trip over Paris from Mendon in the dirigible balloon Patric. An award of $25,000 was made to Arthur H. Masten as Master in Chan cery Ju the suit over the New York City Eighty-Cent Gas law. The French Government deprecates the sensational comment of certain French newspapers regarding the American-Japanese situation. Milo R. Maltbie, of the Utilities Commission, said he favored giving to the city of New York power to take over and operate public service corporations. Viscount HayashI, in an interview, said that the Korean throne had nothing to fear from the- Japanese, but there must be a" competent, or ganized administration. TRIUMPH OF RATIOCINATION. Sherlock Holmes was boasting. "I have discovered," he bragged, "that all wives hide their surprises In the top bureau drawer.1' Considering he was a bachelor thia was clearly doing pretty well.-New York Sun. End of Trial of Secretary of the Western Federation Miners OTHER CASES TO BE PRESSED Probability of Acquittal Was Freely Predicted After Judge Wood's Charge "Was Read, but the Fact That the Jury Was out 33 Hours Lied to the Belief That Theie Would be Another Outcome. Boise,.* Idaho,. ,Special.-In. the bright sunlight of a beautiful Sab bath morning William D. Haywood, secretary and treasurer of the West ern Federation of Miners, walked a free man acquitted of the murder of former Governor Frank Stuenenbevg. Probability of acquittal was freely predicted after Judge Fremont Wood read his charge, which was regarded as strongly favoring the defense in its interpretation of the laws of con spiracy, circumstantial evidence and the corroboration of a confessed ac complice. It was also freely predict ed that, in the event of Haywood's acquittal, the State would abandon the prosecution of his associates, Charles H. Moyer, president of the Federation, and George A. Pettibou.?, of Denver. Statements from counsel and from Governor Gooding, dispel this view of the situation Governor Gooding said : Surprises the Governor. "Thc verdict is a great surprise lo me, and I believe to all citizens of Idaho who have heard or read tko evidence in thc ease. I have done my dtitj\ I have no regret as to any action I have taken, and my con science is clear. As long as God gives mc strength I shall continue my ef forts for government by. law and or ganized society. "The State will continue a vigor ous prosecution of Moyer and Petti bone and Adams and Simpkins when apprehended. There will he neither hesitation nor retreat." Application will be made to Judge Wood to admit Moyer and Pettibone to bail, and it was stated that, as to Moyer, against whom the State is ad mitted to have its weakest case, a favorable consideration would not bc unexpected. Not thc least interesting of the comments made was that, of Harry Orchard, thc confessed murderer of Stuneneberg and the witness on whom the State chiefly relied to prove its charge of a conspiracy among certain members of thc Wes/ era Federation of Miners. When told at the State penitentiary that Haywood had been acquitted Orchard said: . "Well, I have done my duty. 7 have told the truth. I contd do no more." ' I am "ready" to "tak'?- any pnibi ishment that may be meted! out to'ma for my crime, and the sooner it comes the better." End of the Trial. Judge Wood, at 10 o'clock Satur day night went to his' home, leaving instructions to bc called on the tele phone in case the jury should arrive at a verdict. Thc jury in the case of William D. I Haywood, secretary-treasurer of ?he 'Western Federation of Miners, charg ed with the murder of former Gov ernor Frank Stunenberg, retired to consider its verdict at-11:04 a. m. Saturday and Judge Wood immedi ately ordered recess until 2 p. m. The reading of the judge's charge and .in structions required just an hour, and at the end of that time thc .twelve jurymen filed from thc room in the custody of Sherill "Shad" Hodgins and sij. bailiffs. Georgia Treasurer Charged With Lar ceny After Trust. Columbus, Ga., Special. - Captain 0. P. Poe, treasurer of Muskogec county was arrested here on a warrant charging him with larceny after trust The amount involved is $2,?S? and the transaction was a private one, inde pendent of his official capacity. He gave bond in the sum of $4,000. Thirty Men Arrested for Trespassing Greensboro, N. C., Special-Upon a warrant issued here 31 employees of the Western . Union Telegraph Company were arrested for trespass ing. The warrant was taken out by John May who objected to having poles erected on his property in East Greensboro. The men were carried before 'Squire Collins, who required bonds of $50 each for their appear ance at the trial Monday. The ca:-.e is rather interesting one and is male doubly so by thc large number of de fendants. Fifth Rioter Found Guilty. Roanoke, Va., Special. - George Phillips, indicted by a grand jury for rioting, in connection with the smashing of Greek restaurants by a mob two weeks ago, was tried in po lice court and lined $20. He was thc fifth man found guilty of rioting. Thomas Divers, who was fined $-30 and given 30 days in jail for the same charge has given notice of ap peal to the higher court and fur nished bail. College Destroyed by Bolt Winter Park, Fla., Special. -Thc Music hall of thc Rollins college wa struck by lightning and completely destroyed. The equipment was par tially saved, hut four pianos and thc splendid domestic school outiit wen: burned. The building and its con tents were insured. President Black man being in thc North no statement respecting the plans for thc future can be made. There ls one carious fact which not everybody notices about the com mon linger-long green caterpillars of our larger moths. Their hearts, instead of being in front, are at the back of the body and extend along uhe erutire length of the animal. One 1 can see the heart distinctly through the thin skin and can watch its slow beat, which starts at the tall and moves forward to the head. Hearts of this sort reaching from head to tail are not at all uncommon in the simpler creatures. The earth worm has one, and so have most worms, caterpillars, an? other crawl ing things. Hearts in the middle of ?the back also are quite as frequent as those in what seems to us to be the natural place. Many animals, the lobster for example, and the crayfish, and the crab, which have short hearts, like those of the beasts and birds,-(nevertheless have them placed just under the shell in what, in ourselves, would be the small of the back. Hot Weather in Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-The hot weather of the past week continued here, the government thermometci registering 96 degrees at noon. Tin summer's record for the present sum mer was reached Tuesday afternoon, when 97.5 degrees was recorded. Ma con suffered under 101 degrees at noon, and other points in the Stau showed temperature almost as high. The President says he likes the maa who sings at his work. So do we, asserts -the New York Mail. What we object to is the man who sings at ours. 'J.U iMixiuvia VVAL,J^ r-irciiv. A novel but very effectual method of removing wall paper was adopted recently. The paper hangers found, when" they started to repaper the rooms that there was layer after lay er of paper on the walls, six thick nesses In some instances, and they decided that these should come off be fore the new paper was put on. Con sequently a full head of steam wa9 generated in tlhe "boilei, the radiators In the various rooms uncoupled froo the steam pipes, doors closed and thh steam turned on. Steam was forced into the rooms Jn'this manner for near ly three quarters of an hour after which the paper was pulled from the wall without the slightest difficulty and in Hess than one tenth the time which the ordinary method of remov ing paper would have consumed. . IT HAPPENED IN HARTFORD. The minister said last Sunday j It is very wrong to swear And the Judge In court on Monday Ruled the minister was there With both feet and a strangle hold On the law that Cotton Mather told The man he paid the dollar, fine, Then whispered to the clerk: 7 'Td like to have the minister I'd like to have the Judge I'd like to hear the two of them, Ejaculate 'Oh, fudge!' If they ever tried to button With their fingers grimed with dirt A sixteen inch collar, On a sixteen collar shirt." W. R. S.-in the New York Sun, Modern battleships do deadly ex? KI ti cm, observes the Pittsburg Press, particularly amone their own crews. ^pa^ing; O xx tilt laReady. FOR MEN'S AND BOTS' CLOTHES, HATS, SHOES AND FURNISHINGS, FOR LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS . ODD SKIRTS, AND SHIRT WAISTS When in Augusta make our store your head quarters. The J. Willie Levy Ccu, 11 LL 866 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. ' Bid You Idfrver'ji r hear ?^?iee?p^e"e?ejor a Lion Hoar ? One is start ling and the other terrl?yi?^T" 1 want to SOOTHE YOUR NERVES and make you feel as though life is still worrjk living. Get a Moyer Buggy for yourself and best girl and a STUDEBAKER WAGON for the farm and you are fixed for many years of Solid Comfort. Harness, Saddlery, Belting, Bte I-H- ll ll 729 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA., GA. jj For FIRE INSURANCE Go to see W.H. HAULING Before insuring elsewhere. We represent the Best Ola Line Companies, W. H. H A RUNG, AGT. At The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, SC. Wagons FURNITURE. Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggiei 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 me, I will save yon money. isa aasgrsj < \ ga GEO. r? Johnston., South Carolina,