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A CC50?2CTS ROLICETKD + L. C. HAYNS. Paramare. Chas. C, Eward, Ca., (j CASHED. - tCES OVEK SI,OOO,OM J mai uga nut in ? 72. ED8EFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1907. |THE NATIONAL BANK ? ff AUGUSTA, GA. L. 0. BATHE, President. FRANK G. TORD, Cashier. CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We th?ll be pleased to bar* 71a o pru M aeconat v with this But Caatoatersand correaponcVuitt a? ?* ?ured of OT.ry co arve? 7 caa ?oe u mr nd otto? po?*. J? bl? ander os&aerra?ve, modern Bulli af oeitaad. X, m#vi I M 1111111111 lt IQ111? NO. 41. ^a?meiio News of South Carol ?nm ii i Mimi I?M [ Emerson Escapes JaiL -Special.-J. Allen Emer convicted of the mur F. Drake at the Feb*, of conrt and" sentenc(id tn j sent, .escaped, from, the , I where, he had been con- j a hearing by the sn- j I on an appeal for a new. not yet been captured. I lad been carefully plan-j prisoner had aid from ? !me of his friends had j which would unlock the J ell and after the cell-was i escape was made wilh has offered a reward; |the capture of the escap- j and the sons of Brake a like amount. Soli?** [as wired th? governor lo amount, about 5 feet, 8 inches and bis light leg is ths left He is a des-, and it is thought that! kurcd he will have to be' ig of Drake by Emerson sensation in this county, ! Ien were well known and well. Tho trial of Erne - ttended by large crowds ms much excitement. Em Drake on the night of Drake's own home. The a shocking one, Emerson ided Brake's home for an )U]"se with his daughter, sovered by Drake and led that Drake was fix it him when he fired and A strong effort is being j [phire the escaped prison effort-will-also be made u ?he allias are who made thc ho assisted in the escape, j of Emerson has caused sation here. Fortsi at Capture, ibia State of Friday, Anderson special says: [warning has been sent by )y mail to every section of to be on the lookout for len Emerson, who escaped county jail on Tuesday to have made good Thus far there has been clue as to his where feeured. One thousand post [th a description of the es mer and tho amount of re fr>r his capture printed, [have bsSn scattered through jouufry. .The escape of Em-, \f- horn the sole ^pic o&'con-f unjust and accuse certain j i,?>? aidi?2g the eseape. It is iori that" there is absolutely j whatever ic these state- j d no credit is being given those in position to know, iff has off aced a reward of the capture with proof to ?of those who aided in the. f Emerson and an effort will to capture them. Lttomeys Genera! Meet, ney General Lyon has been I to attend the meeting of at "general from ajl parts of the to be held in* Chicago Sep 30 for the purpose of dis questions affecting the cor corporations and the enforce j>f laws more generally. Tlie NT the meeting was issued by lerbert T. Hadley, attorney for Illinois. Mr. Lyon will ! if possible. A month later the |ial Civic Federation will hold mal meeting at thc same place cuss practically - the same ms. Brakeman Killed. ?hville, Special.-Crushed be the bumpers of freight cars ie Southern Railway yards here [week Claude E. Myers a brake died from the injuries sustained o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. prs was originally from Seneca the funeral services took place Mr. .Myers was about 25 years He is survived by a wife and Ismail children. led For Cursing Reporter, jpartanbnrg, Special. - Joe Hill,) lonng man about town, was fined [?"OT 30 days by Mayor Floyd here cursing a reporter of the Spar Herald. The reporter was rking on the story of the raid on gamblers Wednesday night when ll demanded that the names of caught in the raid be supress-. and receiving an unsatisfactory >ly proceeded to curse the news- : Iper man, whereupon the reporter) lied an officer and had him arrest After being released Hill made te apologies to the reporter and to fe paper. ?ptroller General in Spartanbnrg j j Spartanburtr. Special.-Comptroller meral A. W. Jones is in the city! |e came for the purpose of checking the booka of Treasurer Epps pre . itory io his going out of the office id the installation of Mr. Earle who seeds him' As the committee in stigating county affairs has not j |mpleted the 4 examination of the isurer's books, Comptroller Gen al Jones will have to return at some iture date rxt che^k up the office. Spurs for Charleston Warehouse Charleston, Special-A number of n ice* rails were dumped along tho flower portion of Market street for thc) ?pnnticting imur to be laid from .the East Shore Terminal company in to several 'warehouses on Market tate and Church streets. The work : lajing th? rails will be soon begun. Jj questiowt of franchises and rights ! wav through the streets bayo bee.? tiled ?iitl tho business house* in 'on;boVi trox tfcaif figbt lg llave : " ' ' mini M un i M un nm lina in Condensed form S j IIIIHIIIHIIIHIIIIIIIH Total Sales of Dispensaries. The total sales for all county dis pensaries during thc month of July amounted to over $200,000, accord ing to a statement isued by Dispen sary Auditor West. The statement is an interesting one in that it show-* Richland county is still iii the lead in sales by over 100 per cent. This does not mean, according to Chair man Cain of the Riehland hoard, that there ^s more whiskey sold iu Columbia than anywhere else, but that the law is rigidly enforced, holli as to dispensers and. violations of the law. The Richland board is now busy with a plan to stop all salc? to those who have been raided by the Richland constabulary and ara su?*-| pected of conducting blind tigere. Thc figures given below will be studed by ail ocytnoabu rleis.vbgkj studied by all county boards and are of general interest throughout ^ the State.. Abbeville. ..$ 6,892.20 Aiken. 7,2S4.'?4 Beaufort'. 6,702.60 Bamberg. 5,164.08 Barnwell.10,7x1.30 Clarendon. 3,002.23 Colleton. 3,858.S0 Charleston. 17,092.31 Chester. 10,528.4;'. Chesterfield. 7,532.58 Dorchester.. .. , ? ? ? .. 4,137.40 Florence. 11,222.8; Fairfield. 4,374.2i Georgetown.". 12,369.0,C Hampton.. \. 4,099.S0 Kershaw. 6,418.23 Laurens... 8,638.11 Lee.3,801.45 Lexington. 4,073.95 Orangebufg.12,123.9? Richland. 37,041.70 Sumter. .. 10,507.45 Williamsburg. 7,322.93 Total sales for month. .$204,964.48 j Colored Sunday School Convention In Session. Greenwood, Soecial.-The fourth annual session of the South Carolina Colored Interdenominational Sunday School convention was called to or der at 4 o 'clock Thursday ;.with Pres ident P. P; Watson, D, D., in thc j rhv ? beautiful son?? service, in ite^t^ki>aaxt,. "rof.* " C. WW gams, D. D-, with Virginia Williams as pianist. Tho president conduct ed a responsive scripture lesson and mtfde a forceful and strong appeal for higher Christian services asd cosecration. Many delegates respond ed. Rev. W. R. Toliver of Greens boro, N. C., and Dr. C. R. Brown of Florence led in. fervent prayer. Prof. D. Webster Davis of Richmond, Va., addressed the convention on the King's command. He spoke tender ly and cloquenty of the King's mes sage, makiug special mention of punctuality, patience aud humility and left a profound impression. Dr. C. C. Jacobs of the Methodist Sunday School union made some iutersting remarks. Then followed the regis tration of delegates and a very large number, representing nearly half of the counties nf the State of sever. Protestant denominations, responded. The convention is weil worthy thc best interest of the colored race, and such meetings do a lot of good to the colored people. Contract For Merrimac Mills. Gaffney, Special.-At a meeting of the directors of the Merrimac mills it was decided to change the loca tion of the mills from the site for merly selected to a point near the Limestone mills, ou thc opposite side of the Southern railway, l or a number of reasons the new site is preferable to th? one formerly se lected. Brady Melton Shot in Eye. Union, Special.-At thc Buffalo mill Brady Melton was shot and fa tally wounded. The sad rJfair is the result of careless handling of fire arms. .The unfortunate youth, who had been inspecting a revolver, was in the act of handing it to A. G. Hightower, Jjis brother-in-law. The revolver was accidentally discharged, the ball entering the left eye aud lodging near the left ear. The boy is living but is unconscious and can not recover. He was one of the most popular boys in the Buffalo ^commun ity and much sympathy has been ex pressed. He is only 15 years old. Wreck Near Charleston. Charleston, Special.-The derail ment of three freight ears on the Sout??ern railway tracks near the Ashley phosphate works caused the delay for two or three hours fo the passenger train due at Charleston about noon. The tracks ^.\as clear at 3:30 o'clock. A failing brake beam caused the three freight cars to leave the track. Two of them were empty and one was loaded. Reunion of Orr's Men. Abbeville, Special.-Gen. R. li. Hemphill, president of the Surviv ors^ Association of Orr's Rifles is now making preparation for the an nual reunion of these men in Sep tember. This regiment was one of the largest from this State and was mustered in at Sanders Spring July 26, 1861, for three years or the en tire war. At the burial of Col, Orr in Anderson in 1873 this osoointion waa formed and hfl? mot annually ever stow *'/;''*,/._'" AN INVITATION RECEIVED Commissioners Asked to Attend Meet ing. Columbia, Special. - Secretary B. Kilgore of the Associatioh of Cdm; missioners of Agriculture and Agri caltural borkers, fs seuding out let ters calling attention to the conven tion to be held in Columbia iu Novem ber. This is quite an important gath ering and Commissioner Watson, it J president, hopes to have a complete cotton crop report at the time of the meeting. There will be a very largu attendance of delegates and those in* terested in agriculture and Columbia was selected as the place for the meet ing despite the efforts made td have it at Jamesidwh; Sig Fist Story.. Charleston, Special.-W. B. Hillen a clerk of the Carolina Savings bank has the distinction of landing one of the largest bass ever caught in Char leston waters. With a small party, fishing on the front beach of Sulli van's Island, Mr. Hillen hooked ii bass about 40 inches in length isffigli ing 35 pounds* It is very ?iuts?di foi; such a large bdss td he caught, about Charleston^ although fish of this size arc nibre 'commonly caught around Beaufort. The big fish was divided among the young fisherman, providing a good meal in the several household.! Fishing has been pretty good sport on Sullivan's Island and generally about Charleston this season and many stor ies of fine catches are frequently told. Governor Morris Wilkins Dead. Greenville, Bpeci?l-Governor Mor ris Wilkins died at his home near this city,, in his 80th*year. He stood high in the community and is from One pf the best families in fchd ?t?t?: Ml" Wilkins devoted his life to farming. He w?s born iu Charleston and was graduated from Yale college in 1S47. He served in the Civil War with the Charleston Light Dragoons. At the close of the war he moved to Green ville. He is survived b> his wife aul also three sons, John G. Wilkins, of Columbia.Perkle G. Wilkins of Green ville and W. L. Wilkins of Norfolk. One sister. Miss Cara G. Wilkins, oise* survives. The funeral will be con ducted tomorrow afternoon with iu* tennent in the Episcopal cemetery here. Church Struck hy Lightning; Manning, Special - Lightning struck the pinnacle bf the Methodist Church steeple h?re during a severe storm Saturday aftemoon, setting it on fire-. The fire had gained__cQnsid-_ the ^S^BHBHBHpHHHH being done. TTnelocal fire department under the management of S: L. Kras nofi! and L. I. Appelt responded nt once and the way they managed th? fire would have don? credit to the department in a much larger .town than Manning. The loss was estimat ed at from $750 td $1,000 which is covered by insurance." Gov. Ansel is Named on Jefferson Memorial. Columbia, Special.-Gov. Ansel hus consented to, act as State committee man for the Thomas Jefferson Mem orial association, a national organi zation for raising $5*00,000 for a fit ting memorial to the Virginia states man. The association will publish the works of Jefferson and congress baa authorized the treasury department to strike off about 250,000 medallions that are to be sold and the proceeds tb go to the funds. Active work hflj been done by the association for some time and it-is desired to have a branch of the organization in every State in the Union. Irrigation Congress., Columbia, Special.-Commissioner Watson has announced that Col. K. H. Harleston of Charleston would go to the Congress f?r National Irrigatio:: to be held at Sacremento, Cal., the first week in September. Col. Hur lston will represent the * State of . South Carolina and the South Caro lina Agricultural society elected a delegate by the body. The rational Drainage convention to bc held about one month later will also have pres ent representatives from the coa.-t counties. Strike Situation in Charleston. Charleston, Special. - Thc tele graph strike situation stands at pretty much the same condition that it has for several days. J. A. Coop er, manager of the Brunswick office of the Western Union company, who has been lending a helping hand to the local situation for some day?, has been ordered to Albany, Ga., to open the office at that place, and he will bo succeeded here by Operator Kennedy of the Brunswick office. Reunion in Laurens. Laurens, Special. - The annual meeting of the survivors of Company F, Fourteenth South Carolina Vol unteers1, was held at Langston church. Scuffletowu township. There were several hundred people present and splendid addresses were delivered by the Hon. C. C. Featherstone and So licitor R. A. Cooper. Outside th-j exercises of the day movement was started for raising finals for the erec tion of a Confederate monument ou the public square in this city. Hail in Bamberg. Bamberg, Special.-Reports have been received herc of a very hard hail and wind sform near Binnaker's bridge, which is about seven miles above here. One negro who works on the olantation belonging to Capt. J. B. Grimes says that his crop is liter ally ruined, especially tho corn crop. Except for this report, thc crops in that section have been holding forth excellent prospects for tho Uxmm, I ?OBC INVtS?GATED Matter of Canal Appropriation to Be Gone Over CONGRESSMEN TO VISIT CANAL ?ommittee Having in Charge the Sun dry Civil Appropriations Expect3 By Personal Inspection and a Heart To Heart Conference With Those in Ohargo of tho Work to Be Able to See the Justness of the Ap propriations Asked? Washington, Special.-Thc exami ?ation on the ground of the estimates :or the. appropriations for continu ng work on the Panama canal sub nitted by Secretaary Taft for the fis :al year 1907 is to be made by mem jers of the next Congress, who will ?ave in charge the preparation of the sundry civil bill, in which the appro priation for the canal is incorporated. The proposed visit ?S the outcome of i suggestion from Representative James" A. Tawney, of Minnesota, ihairman of the appropriations com mittee in the last Congress, who was it the isthmus following adjournment ast March. He believes it will bc t> ;hc best interests of the sen-ices a? kvell as to those directdb* and in iirectly in charge of the administra tion of the 'force at work if the mem bers of the appropriations comnrJ. kee having in charge the preparation 3f ftht? sundry civil bill go to the isthmus with the estimates for the next fiscal y?fll' Alic! consider them carefully with the officiais' baying su pervision of expenditures for all kinds of work being done. Thc sug gestion has met with a hearty re sponse from those identified with the commission's work who believe tliat a great deal of good will result fron a heart-to-heart talk between thc Congressmen, who prepare the ar propriation and the officials who spend it, and that it will clear away in advance any misapprehension or misunderstandings that may exist as to the justness and propriety of al lotting the money estimated to be necessaray for the year's work. . Of particular importance is the proposed visit regarded at the present time wheti the tjuestidn is now before th? Pr?sident whether the commission can lawfully expend during the pres ent fiscal year any more money than was specifically appropriated, Colonel Goethals having reported to the au thorities in Washington that the work has progressed so rapidly {kata it will be in the interest of true economy to umciais nore tlnnk Congress may, as a result of the observation? pf the members of the appropriations' com mittee who go to the isthmus, see fit to provide legislation under which work may' proceed regardless of the appropriations, if this authority does not already exist. The committee will leave New York November 5th and return to Washington in time for the opening of Congress in December. Material for Manufacture of Dyna mite in Tailor's Possession. Worcbester, Miss., Special.- Tho police of this city upon receipt of a telegram from Chief Inspector M<?? Cofferty, of New York, searched the premises of? Sarkis Restigian a tailoi herc and seized a ease of material used iii the manufacture of dynamite. Restigian is a friend of Father Ma.* toogessian who was arrested in New York some time ago in connection with an Armenian murder. Resti gian told the police that the box was sent to him by some unknown person in New York a long ti?%o ago. Drivers cf Meat Strike. -New York, Special.-No meat has been delivered since midnight by the jobbers to thc retail butchers in the city, owing lo a - strike of drivers, which took place Friday afternoon The men demanded higher wages and less hours. Thc meat men say there will be a famine in New York within twenty-four hours unless the strike is settled. Attempt to Blow Up Train. Cripple Creek, Col., Special.- An attempt was made to blow up the in coming short line passenger train with dynamite at St. Petersdomc, midway between Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs. Every window in the last car was broken and M. J. McCarthy, of Victor, deputy State mine inspector had his hand cut. A number of women fainted. A similar attempt was made to blow up thc same train at Duffield. The dynamit ers escaped. . , Interest on New York Bond Raised Half a Cent. New York, Special.-Owing to the present stringency in- the money mar ket the City of New York was obliged to raise the rate of interest on bonds it now has for salo from 4 to 4 1-2 per cent. The mayor issued an order to the heads of all city departments to .limit the expenditures of their departments to thc lowest possible point consistent with efficient admin istration. On Track Drunk; Is Killed. Kinston, Special-Eastbound pas senger tarin No. 4 on the Norfolk 5 Southern ran over and killed a white man named Loftin Barfield Fridav afternoon shortly after leaving La Grange. Barfield's home is at Le noir Institute, this county. He wa: drunk and sitting on tho track. Hi: neck was broken and one le? cut o!f Ile wu3 brought to this city and turu ed over to undertakers. Tbs remain. will bo sont to his family at Leno}; Instituto for burial> THE STATE'S NEW BANKS Incr?as? iii Several! Other" Banks' Makes South Carolina's- Exhibit; Excellent One. C?lumbia, Special.--~Despite the riij mors of a tight money market just at this season before ?he cotton begins to come in,, a number of new banks have been organized in South Caro lina so far this yeajri Nearly all of them are in small towns and are not capitalized heavily, put it means that bank stock is heldt by fanners aud merchants in nearly {every town in thc State. The total capitalization of tho 19 banks making application to thc secretary of State for charter is near ly $500,000; 111 addition there haye be?n" a.l?rg? number of increases in th? Capital stock ?fjsome of the banka already drgariized, iine of the bankrf adding nearly $300*000 to their capi tal during the first?bf the year. Following is a \i$t of the newly or ganized banks sin^e the first of the year, together withj? list of. the banks increasing the amojant of the capital stock: .1 Savings "hank :bf Lando, Chester county; capital $?0,000. Bank of Ruby, Chesterfield, $15,000 capital. ') Peoples' bank j of Fountain Inn Gr??nvilie ?a?ntyj; with capital di $15,000. Union Banking brid Brokerage cbiii pany of Greemalle with capital of $10,000. Farmers' and Merchants' bank of Greenville ; capit? fized at $50,000. Bank of Taylor i with $20,000 capi tal. Bank of Cor maca, . Greenwood county, with capital of $20,000. Hampoon Loan: and Exchange bank capitalized at $25,000. Bank of Lois, : Hurry county, with $10,000 Capital: $ B?rik df.ChapiijL in LeSlhgtoll cotia ty; capit?liz?d.atMOjOOO: '?L?- *L? ?-? , .Brookland b?j ingtori county, w Brookland; Le* th $25,000 capital. Peoples' ban??iof Leesville, with $30,000 capital, fr Farmers' and;Merchants' bank of McColl, Marlboro; county, with $15,' 000 capital. ,r Carolina Trusf torapany, Spartan burg; capitalize^ at $25,000. The Dollar Slings bank of Spar tanburg, with a. apital of $50,000. The Farmers'; md Merchants' bank of Little Moungiiuj capitalized at $10,000. " The Lancaster Savings Bank and Trust Companyjof Lancaster; capital $25,000. rf . ??rik ?f .PaJiahd, iii. Chesterfield h?unty? with $?,000 capital. . Th? .Bank... if. . Simmonsville. iri Greenville county^ with capital di $15,000. ; ' Increases in Capital The Peoples'jbank of Chester from sr . Bank of Hofry, nt Conway, i'roni $?5jp??-t? $50,1)00, Dime "Savings bank of Charleston^ $30,000 to $60,00(1: Ba?k ?f Greeley ville from $10^000 td $15,000. Banlc of Conway from $25,000 td $50,000. Bank of Springfield from $20,000 to $30,000. Carolina Loin and Trust Company Spartanburg, from $100,000 to $200, 000. There is alta a bank forming at Lancaster with* $25,000 capital and a consolidation of banks in a Piedmont city with a capital of $-100,000. Newspaper Man Assaulted Charleston, '.Special-Leon Patrick ? notorious mdney lender^ was arrest ed ott & Warrant taker! oUt bv iff. fay 0. ?merstfil ?f thfc stat! of Th? Everting Post,'(charging him' with as sault and battery'and the case will be called in Magistrate Rouse's coint Mr. Emerson was assaulted by the money lender, who was accompanied by several of his friends after the game at Hampton park on Saturday afternoon. He was called aside from a car which be was about to board and asked his name. Upon giving it, he was accused by Patrick of writing attacks upon him and immediately he was struck several severe blows in the face, cutting and bruising it about the eyes. The cowardly method of at tack espeeia"Jy in view of the fact that Patrick is very much larger in stature, is severely condemned. Badly Burned by Live Wire. Florence, Special.--A broken elec tric wire found on the ground by Mr. George Laughtin's little son, Law? renee, caused a serious accident. Mrd. Laughlin seing her son with thc wire in his hand rushed into the street to rescue him and caught the wire in her hand and found her foot on it. As a result both are in a very serious condition and expected to live, but should they survive, Mrs. Laugh tin will lose one foot and hand, and the boy will lose one hand. Mr. Laugh tin is one of the engineers of the At lantic Coast Line and resides here. An Immigrant's Trouble. Charleston, Special.-Max Pichler, a Wittekind immigrant, was before Magistrate O 'Shaughnessy telling his domestic troubles. He wanted thc protection of the court from a wo man who had come over* to this coun try with him, and some sort of truce is in course of being patched by tho magistrate that Pichler's life may not be so miserable as he declares thal it is. Blind Tigers Hit Hard. Abbeville, Special.-Sheriff C. J Lyon and Deputy Bruce have just cleaned out the blind tigers at Cal houn Falls fr the sum of $210 in fines. Paris Ware, an old offender, was given $60 fine and the rest $5C each. It seems that there is good money in thc blind tiger business a* the offenders always have the mouej to poy out. ?hdriff Lyon says he has more than earned his salary in bliuc! figev fines filou*. Reve?iue Offteers Shoot Each Other For Blockaders fOUR WOUNDED: ONE MAY DIE Three 0ther3 Wounded in Unfortun ate Encounter Near Chapel Hill Each Party Mistook the Other for Blockaders and Got j Busy With Winchesters - Deputy Collecter Jordan of Raleigh, Deperately Wounded. Greensboro, N. C., Special.-Two raiding parties) composed of revenue officers and posscmeil,- neither know ing that the other party wa? compos ed of their friends, met while search ing for an illicit distillery near Chapel Hill at 2 o'clock Friday morn ing and as -a result of their mistake engaged in a miniature battle, in which four were seriously injured two probably fatall}'. The two who are in the most serious condition are Deputy Marshal. Jdrdfiii srtd Posse man Banks, Deputy Collector Hend ricks who was in charge of one party was shot in the hip. He was brought here Friday evening. The name of thc other man injured was not ob tained. Two raiding parties, one from Ra leigh and the . other from Durham, having received information that au illicit distiller}' was in operation about five miles from Chapel Hill, iu Orange county, started out and reach ed the distillery ut almost the same time. The party ?rst arriving was busy cutting up the still when thc other party arrived. The party ii! the still was taken by surprise and the officers opened fire on the others, thinking that they were the moon shiners who had been operating the illicit distiller}'. There were just three men in each party, and all began shooting. Four of tho six mon were struck by one or more of the many shots that were ex changed. After the firing had ceased the men found to their surprise that' no moonshiners were near and that they had been fighting* their friends. The wounded ones were removed to a farm house and physicians called in from Chapel Hill and Durham. Neither party knew that the other was out, but were aware that moon shiners in that part of the colin try had given the officers much trouble. They were not suipised when they . Durham, N. C., Special.-At at la to hour Fridfty night all thc men wound ed irt tho raid of ft still near Chapel Hill- were doing well and aro expect ed to recover. The Wounded arc ft?, fflilows": Robert Hendricks; of Green.1 boro, deputy collector, wounded in hip, this being a flesh wound ana Hot 'serious. J. B. Jordan, of Cary, deputy mar shal, wounded through side of stom ach and hi the hip. His wounds seri ous but not thought fatal. T. E. Rigsfeec, this city, posseman, shot through ann, not serious. John R. Banks, Raleigh, posseman, bone in leg belcw knee crushed by bullet nad it may be necessary to amputate leg. That has not yet been decided; The orily ,two of the six officers who escaped without being woilndsd are D. C Downing, deputy collector, of Raleigh, and A. L. Pendergras??, posseman of this city. Will Demand the Books. New York, Special.- Defined by thc officials of thc Intcrborough Met ropolitan Company, William M.' Ir vins inquisitor for the Public Service Committee will appeal to the courts for an order requiring the corpora tion to submit its books for examina tion Attorney Cravath for the Bel mont-Ryan concern say? the Inte borough is not a railway but is a holding company, and that the com mittee has no right to demand th.1 books. Irvins admits that thc failure to get thc books hampers him in his efforts to get thc investigation thc concern's condition. Will Be No Tariff Revision. Washington, D. C, Special.-There will be no revision of tariff in the next Congress, said Chairman Payne of thc Ways and Means Committee of the House. "In my opinion, there is a tacit agreement ?imong thfc Re publicans that it would be unwise to agitate revision on the eve of a presi dential election. I don't anticipate any depression in the industries of our country and I ara certainly not at all worried by the so-called finan cial panic." Five Men Entombed. Wilkesbarre. Pa., Special. - Five men were entombed by a fall of rock in No. 14 tunnel of thc mine at Port Blancard, near here, operated by the Erie Coal Company. Miel;arl Naugh ten, one of the men caught in thc fail after several hours effort, crawled from under the debris badly injured. He reported that four other men were caught in the fall. Brivish Steamer Glenway Rammed. Norfolk, Va., Special-The Mer chants & Miners' TransDortation Company's steamer Lexington, bonn J from Norfolk for Savannah, (ia., ram med the British steamer Glenway while the latter was lying off the Lamberts Point coal piers awaiting a berth to take bunker coal. T!?e Lexington apparently un injured pro ceeded. The Glenway'a port bow waa Injured, Court Trials of Animal?. . The decision of the Southwestern Police Court (London) Magistrate that a monkey may use the pavement if he causes no obstruction reminds us that down to a comparatively late period on tho continent, the lower animals were considered amenable to the laws. Domestic animals were tried In the common criminal courts; wild animals fell under ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Frenen antiquaries have discovered the records of ninety-two processes against animals, conducted with the strictest formalities, of Jus tice, from 1120 to 1740, when the last trial and execution, that of a cow, took place. Thus there was a law suit that lasted from 1445 to 1487, between the Inhabitants of St. Julien and a kind of beetle; and at Lavigny, in 1457, a sow and her sb young ones were tried on a charge of having murdered and partly eaten a child. The sow was found guilty and condemned to death, but the lit tle pigs were acquitted on account ol j their youth, the bad example of their mother and the absence of direct proof against them ?--London Chronicle. ; Maximilian's Tune, "La Paloma" The memory of Maximilian of Mex ico should still be preserved wherever that haunting air "La Paloma" ls played. It is still to be heard In the London restaurants where music ls thrown in with dinner. Xnd Maximil ian's final request was that "La Pal oma" should be played while he stood up to meet bis doom. He died with the tune in his ears-th? courage in his face-and 'his wife went mad with the shock nearly forty years ago. When .you hear the tune remember that dead Emperor, the demented wife. London Chronicle. Captured in Florida. Columbia, Special.-A requisition has been issued by Gov. Ansel for Al exander Hillian, a negro wanted in Chesterfield county, for assault with attempt to ravish and believed to be a prisoner in the Southern part of Florida. Sheriff Douglass of Chester field was in the city and went to Flo rida as agent for the State to bring back the fugitive. The crime charged against the negro was committed about a year ago. Negro Bolls Two Women. Camden, N, J., Special.-Mrs. Frances Horner, aged 67 years, wif" of Edward Homer, a farmer on th? Browning road near Mercbantville, and Mrs. Victoria Napoli, a servant were chopped to death in their homer ijt is charged, by Charles Groson, u negro who was formerly employed on the farm. The assassin first set fire to the Horner barn. While Horner and Mrs. Napoli's husband were try ing to rescue some of the horses from the barn, Mrs. HornryrJ^d her servant came upon the negro in the act of robbing the house. The Lowell Courier-Citizen boasts that Vermont's maple sugar crop fig ure up thc largest ever gathered and lt was no doubt thc purest ever sent to market, at least, since the conver tibility of ordinary brewn sugar into maple v/as discovered. The national pure food law worked well in that case at any rate. Your Spriixg; Oxitfit IsRoady. FOR MEN'S AND BOYS' 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 Co., S6? 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