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I-f Aogi?^t?; Carw - Pays interest on Deposits. J? Accounts Solicited. LC. ffAYNF, CHAS. C. flOWABB, ? PP.EfcAUE v CASUIKii. J, RESOURCES OVER $?.000,000, \ 4. *rn'v 1 H "F'i 'i"* 14?! i >-* OL, 73 tM-M l"M"M"M"t Hi I'l i'Mi THE NATIONAL BANK OP AUGUSTA. AUGUSTA. GA. L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK, President. Cashier.^ CAPITAL $260,000.00. Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. The business of our out-of-town friends receives the same careful attention, as that T of our local depositors. The accounts of T careful conserrative people solicited. ' j? EDGEFIELD;S. C., WEDNESDAg FEBRUARY 5, 1908, (7c^/ Ci' NO. 6. IG OF PORTUGAL SLAIN en. It is understood that Queen Ame lie will be regent during the minor los I and the Crown Brinco Sh^^ea' fl ^ " - Dea^^Seai^in thi^ya^ *^&?si&->??p^ to the , ^J**?T ^ ? < te^^y. was the complete" and bewil sn Who Fixed, a Voller ?^*;|^g,siIence ^ which.Lisbon is en Paxbinei?. (rapped. [iisbou, By. Cable-King Carlos,-of' '_. . il tugal, and the Crown Prince, Lui; ? ^ . ^ - M ? ippe, were assassinated Saturday j/ . ??u<?. the city is. in a state of uproai. |f Monroe, Special.-Fire broke out King's second son, the Infanta j! in the livery stable of Mr. John S. nel, was slightly wounded, but | Williams at 8 o'clock Friday morn "~. Amelie, who strove to save tiw-f i ag, supposed to have been starteu . Prince's life by throwing her-jj. by a match . thrown into tho hay. upon him, was unhurt. ' , About ten horses and mules that were ad of men, waiting' at the cor- jj rn the atable were got out unharmed, suddenly sprang ' toward the ad nearly all-tho damage sufren d carriage, in which the family *-v^s the destruction of tho hay and driving to the. palace and level- JtieeiL, and ? the' burning of the wood " rhinos which they had conceal-1 warte in the .brick office, next,to, tho n them, fired. The King and g ?table. This office is a back cxten dion of the Fitzgerald. Building, but ?tho firemen put tho flames out before an/ 'harm was done lo main building. Prince, upon whom the at was directed, were each shot I times and they lived only long rh io be carried to the marino 1, nearby, where they expired, royal family were returning "vjil?a'Vicpse, where ^.they .had ; sojourning .and were on their Hoke Smith . N??>in Baca. . Atlanta, Ga, Special.-Governor Hoke Smith issued a; formal state .-menfc - late- Tuesday announcing that the railroad station to the J ibe ..would not bc a candidate for the. ^"knited." States j Senate- to succeed '?:ena'tor'A. S. 'Clay. -His st?temeni Iso declared that he would run for - second term f >-Governor in order * ? .linish the work which he pledged ixl "3 ia platform. cold-blooded'murder has sent a of^orxp^jthroughout the eohu the first blush it would seem as fh: the assassination was the of anarchists. Nevertheless, stirring events of the past few ; has prepar?d the people . for startling culmination. Tho dis. of plot after plo? as well as )very of many secret stories leapons and ammunition,"had d? Itrated the existence of a deter si?n on the part of a large body b Portugese to overthrow <*? No Joint Bennion to Bo Held. .... New, Orleans^. Special.-An -. official -statement that there will bo no joint /reunion of Confederate cud. G. A. R Veterans at the ne'xf annual Con fed orate reunion in Juno at Birmingham, Ala., was issued herc Friday by Ad thc I ?utant. General William E. Mickle, o? condition and proclaim a re- I -be Confederate. Veterans. General I Mickle said that tho proposed joint mier Franco, the dictator of thc I reunion is impossible under th a nm, hastened to-thelpalace, pro- ,+erms of the Confederate Veterans' by a squadron of cavalrymen, I constitution. r here he~ conferred witK tho and high officials of State on immediate action should be tak The Russians- as a nation probably five more attentions to the subject of Juicing than , any other. Oeorgia RailroadBank :^jj&Tj.&rr:^<3&?i. 3t?arime?t Pays 4 % interest on all ac counts in this department, compounded every six mont?is, January and July. Capital and Surplus $550,000.00. BARLING & BYRD Before insuring elsewhere. Wejreprcsent the Best [Old Line Companies. M erm At The Farmers Bank of ?dgefield 1908 1908 FINDS THE MAN that sells S taub opes, Carriage, Wagons, Buggies, etc., ia position lo?iFeryo? the' highest possible grade of goodsjat. the lowest, possible price. - '--Vv.'- ? . - j?5 ?C-1 .v'S ?~st? known ai? the best in thVbusinerssi-my material ieal ways of the beat standard, abd those who buy from Coskery'e congratulate themselves. Material the beBt, prices always f.he lo-weat. BABCOCKS THE LEADER. . EL. I?. ; eosKKity, 7^9 and 75 i Broad Street AUGUSTA, G A, H > Carriage Store . We've had forty-six years experience making and selling vehicles, and haye yet to see anything on wheels which, for Beauty, Easy Riding, light Run ning .and lasting and-qualities would match Moyer and Columbia Bug? gies9Runabouts and Surreys. ^tiKje'balcer' Wagons If Better were made you would find them here, A complete line of Harness airways on hand. Heavy Lumber Harness and Road Scraper Harness a SPECIALTY. BELTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE MATS? ..JWAfc,.ETNA COAfc, ?*H H H IM 61 SH i M 881 U M T A The News of South Can ?fiiiimimiiMiiiiiiitir PRITCHARD REFUSES TO NAHE RECEIVE!!. Cen?es Petition of Fleischmann & Co. in Dispensary Matter. Asheville, Special.-Pritchard in the United States . circuit court denied the petition of Fleischman & Co. of New York .and refused to ap point a receiver for tho South Caro lina dispensary fund of $300,000, against which there are alleged to bo claims "aggregating $600,000. The judge made his announcement during the afternoon session, after attorneys for the dispensary commis sion had presented their biil in an swer to the sensational charges made in thc Fieischmann' petition, which wes filed in this court a short time ago; : -| The answer alleges that the claim of Fleischmann & Co. is ' unjust and invalid and that there was collusion and conspiracy between the plaintiff ( and another firm to defrand thc State and that the State was cheated ont of a large sum of money in each of thc claims made by the plaintiff; it also alleges that Fleischmann & Co. sold to the State a concoction witlra raero trace of whiskey. ^Tfie answer declared false the al legation by Fleiscmann & Co. that tho commissioners were wrongfully j withholding the money for their own individual interests. The answer de-' nied as false and malicious the al- ? legation in tho complaint which re-, ferred to a conspiracy between At-1 torney General Lyon and the dispen-, sary commission and demanded prooi. At the conclusion of the reading of the bill, a number of affidavits, on be half of the defendants, were read and- filed. Shortly after the court convened for the afternon session, Judge Pditchard announced from thc bench that he would not appointe a receiver for the dispensary, as he felt that the funds are now fully protected. Ho directed the attorneys to confine their arguments to the question as to whether . this., court could as?umo jurisdiction,-the-point-being ^whether pr not this is a suit against the State. Mr. D. L. Rountree of Atlanta, for the commission, consumed the re mainder of the afternoon session in argument to establish the fact that the State is an indispensabjo party to the suit. Before the bill of the defendants was read, Attorney General Lyonvof South Carolina, replied to tho allega- - -tions ?rad?^by ..?Ieis?hma^-?iy6'"?S- ' {dative to the transfer of funds from .tho jurisdiction of thc court, sayin that: tho State of South Carolina was .not running away, that the allegation was false: Re read a concurrent re solution adopted by thc house of rep resentatives of South Carolina. In the course of the resolution it was Stated that the legislature of South Carolina in creating the dispensary commission did not consent to suits against the State for claims as a re sult of the dispensary muddle. '. Call Extended Mr. Martin. Rock Hill, Special-The Rev. Chal mers Frazier of Kershaw preached at the. First Presbyterian church Sun day and after the servico presided at a congregational meeting, held foi the purpose of calling a pastor. By a perfectly unanimous vote the Rev. Alexander Martin, now serving thc Westminister Presbyterian church in Charlotte, N. C., was called to the pastorate of the Rock Hill church. Stolen Mare Not Yet Found. Fort , Mill, S. C., Special.-Sheriff Coleman and Mr. J. H. Wilson, o? Columbia, were here Tuesday in search of a" fine bay mare which was ' stolen from the latter. They traced the animal nearly to this place and found that it had been swapped by a negro, but they have not been able to locate it yet. Aiken Man Floeced B7 Alleged Tour is;. Aiken, Special.-Acti'.ig the role of tourist affards each year a conveni ent means for fleecing the people, ai least some of the people of the tour ist reports. Nearly every year some one purpoting to be a rich northern er presents himself to Aiken and us ually absents himself after he has got into the good graces 0? some one to the extent of various sums of money. As a result of such an oc currence, Mr. G. T. Holley, a promin-| eut citizen of Aiken, is out .$120 and ( for security he has a worthkss check for that amount. Agent at Fort Mill Eas Disappeared. Fort Mill, Special.-J. L. Friend, who has been railroad agent here for several months, left here on 29 Sat urday night, presumably for Savan nah, Ga. He was to return Monday evening, but so far nothing has been learned of his whereabouts. A tele gram was received here from Spo kane, Washington, Monday night, stating that his father was dying. Mr3. .Emily Gailey Dftadj Darlington, Special.-Mrs. Emily Gailey died hero Thursday at tho agi of 74. She had been very ilLfor some timo, jvd her death was not un ex pected. "Irs. Gainey is: survived by thre? cbiidren, Mr. Angui QR ?ney and Miss Beck Gainey of this city and Mr, George Gftto?y of Ita hmiy, Mrs, Qfl?floy m? ft lifelong mtibw ef tba! Baptist ciiuvdi, ami ber nmim will | be; interred tee. Rev, ft.W, tide will -Mitti toe funeral Malm, J } 111 ll 11 H H m H 11 I H Mi* 'Affair* D?na in Condensed Form | J i a M 111il 1111 i M 1111111 ll 1 ? Receives Fractured Skull Gaffney, Special.-Thursday after noon Will Havener, who was em ! plo3*cd in the card room of the Gaff Iney Manufacturing Company, while ' engaged in assisting in the repairing ? of s??ne part of the machinery, was caught by the belt and thrown to j tho floor with such violence as to fracture his skull. He had been at I work in the card room oidy a short time, hut was an experienced mill j operative. Drs. tSeedley and.; Pit man dressed his wounds, and he will ' doubtless recover. In order to tim ulate competition among the rm* ers, the Merchants and PL, irs' Bank of Gaffney, will give a .sh prize of '$50 to the farmer in "?* kee county who raises the mos rn J on one acre of upland this year lis is ? commendable undertaking on che part of the bank, and it will doubt less have the effect of causing more corn to be raised in the county than ever before, as large numbers of farmers will compete for the money. Death of Mrs. Sallie Klugh. ta Cokcsbury, Special.-Mrs. Sallie Klugb, wife of the late Mr. W. C. Klugh, of Coronaca, and stepmother of Judge Klugh, died at the home of Mr. J. S. Klugh, at Coronaca, on Monday night, very suddenly. She complained of feeling badly while at the supper table. She went to her room, where she died iu about ono hour. The interment was at the fam ily burial ground, near Cofonaca, The funeral services wera conducted by Rev. E. C. Dibble. She leaves surviving her two sisters, Mrs. Jane j Austin of Cross Hill and Mrs. Nash of Fountain Inn. Mrs. W. H. Pal mer of ?okesbury attended the fun eral. Hotel Camden Overhauled. Camden, ?Special.-Thc people of Camden and the traveling public are very, much pleased with thc new man agement of the commercial hotel herc. In the days long ago this historic property was quite famous, but ia recent years it has undergone va rious managements without marked success by any. Mr. R. J. Lindsay, an experienced hotel man of Salis bury, has taken charge and under his progressive management he is mak ing Hotel Camden one of the best commercial houses in the State. Mr. Lindsay has many friends among the traveling men, who will remember him as proprietor of the Mount Ver non at .-SatisUury.. ?. . U^q " ? ' 13\> fT-V '- - '.'?'* . ... Hampton Is Visited By Disastrous Firs. Hampton, Special.-One of the most disastrous fires that has ever visited Hampton occurred Sunday night between 10 and ll o'clock, to tally destroying the building, presse? and nearly all of the material of the Hampton County Guardian, owned by ex-Governor Miles B. McSweeney, the offices of Robt. R. Sizer & Co., own ed by Senator W. S. Smith, two small stores and two small dwellings, all on Lee avenue, the principal street. The loss is estimated at $10,000. About half of this is covered by insurance. The fire originated in one of the small buildings ?nd its origin is unknown. Kershaw Municipal Election, Kershaw, Special.-The municipal election held here Monday resulted as follows: CoLL. C. Hough, mayor, E. M. Estridge, H. L. Sewell, J. M. Carson, H. E. T?e?se, wardens. Columbia Young Man Hurt in Winns boro. Winnsboro, Special.-Elmore C. C. Stocker, ? tinner working on tho new skyscraper, was on c. scaffold about 15 feet from the pavement. He step ped o? tho scaffold onto the" brick work, which gave way, and he fell to the cement pavement. He fell on his feet and his ankles were badly hurt and his back? was wrenched. ? Reuben Dye Found Dead. Columbia, Special. - Reuben Dye, colored, was found dead Wednesday night about 11:30 o'clock at his home on Blossom street. It was at first thought that he had died a natural death, but after an investigation had been made this was found to be not the case. The body was taken to an undertaking establishment where an examination was made. Owing to some suspicious circumstances sur rounding the case four negroes wero held for further investigation. Thes: are G. W. Waiters, Sarah Dye, tho wife of thn dead man, Rosa Hall nad Lula Robinson. Mr. dawson Finding Gold. Fort Mill, S. C., Times. Mr.! T. W. dawson, owner of the gold mine property in Gold Hill, has recently taken from the mines a num ber of valuable nuggets and it is the belief of the owner that be has struck soil which will pan out very profit ably. It is understood that Mr. dawson will in a short lime organize a stock company, install new machin ery and carry on operations on a much larger scale. Work Begins on Depot. Lancaster, Special. - Wednesday morning a force of mechanics went to work on the Southern Railway depot bore. As was stated h this corres pondence Tuesday, quito a number of Improvement! are tp bc made herc and it ls underatood that ibo work ifr to bo pushed rapidly te ??aplerJ8n. Within: the pm fe? ?ay? feusincM & Lexington lift* bri^teneu Up W?tidtf? fully jad-feta veiy IIHle panto t?ft THE ?1EGISL?T?R Uncontested Bills-Pass in Housi According to previous agreem the house'|bok up only uncontes . matters an&aV a result several 1< measures affecting only certain c< munities wjr? sent to third-readi All-bills urf?n which'there were favorable reports and bills u? wl?ieh ther?' were divided repc were passed, over. A day devoted tirely to- ^contested matters is considerab&*benent to the local h that wou?dT^?bt be reached on straight cM': of the calendar i when the ifcouse convenes Moni morning n&rty 'all of these bills \ be passed fand ordered sent to senate. Representative Frost had pass?e bill amen^aig the code so as to cc ply with :f the recent constitute; amendments' voted on by the peo two years^'ago, so as to allow i cities of (y'olumbia, Rock Hill, Ch eston andJiFiorencc to increase th bonded indebtedness. This act si ply confirms the action of the peo] and fixes jt: as an amendment to t code. g A bill introduced by the judi?is committeojjauthorizing thc sherilrs counties & appoint deputies at pai or other (places of amusement, t salaries tg-be paid by the compani was also^assed to third reading. Representative Johnstone's h changing the time for the drawing jurors fr#m January lo June al oassed. This docs not affect prese jurors an$ will not go into elf cet u til 1900..^ Following is a Hst of the bills pa; ed in addition to those mentiom above: -J Mr. Glu ton-A bill to declare tl entering 'of any building occupied 1 any banjf with intent to steal 1 force ori'-othcrwise, a felony, ai provide punishment therefore. Mr. Y?nderHorst-A bill to n quire the Atlantic Coast Linc Rai road company to provide suitab protection for the public at Magn lia crossing, in the county of Cha leston. g Mr. Cqthran-A bill to incorporai the Baptist State mission board c South Carolina. "Ways .?and Means Committee-. bill to authorize the State treasure to receive from the United State government a certain fund, and t hold thei.same subject to tho use* di dared by an act of congress. New Bills in House. Mr. Nash-A bill to permit pei sons using highways not recognize as public roads to work and protec same on getting the approval of th county supervisor. Mr. Gyles-A bill to amend sectioi 195, code of laws of South Carolina 1902, so as to provide for registratioi for special elections. M?t ffi&dhg^rA billjto repeal .ai "act ^titled " An act to regulate"th? traffic in' seed cotton and unpacker lint cotton," approved thc 18lh da} of February, A. D. 1905. Mr. Arnold-A bill to change tin time for thc election of the comnioi school trustees from thc first Tues day in July to the first Tuesday in May. Mr. Glasscock-A bill for the pro tection of electrical power transmis sion lines. Mr. Frost-A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to reorganize tho militar}' forces of this State, to adopt and make of force the military code and to provide penalties for thc violation thereof, and to repeal all laws referring to the military forces not herein re-enacted," approved the '2nd of February, A. D. 1905, so a? o make the organization of the Na tional Guard comply with tho re quirements of the United States. Mr. Nash-A bill to prevent the carrying of any lawful firearm in this State except upon the payment of .a licenso therefor. Mr. Morrell-A bill to provide roi the payment of jurors in cases of in quests and in magistrates' courts. - Mr. Wiggins-A bill to amend au act entitled "An act to provide the time for holding courts in the first judicial circuit." Mr. Kershaw-A bill to provide for a commissioner of labor and to define his duties and powers and to fix his compensation and that of Inc aypointees, to prescribe the duties of persons, firms and corporations sub ject to his supervision, to prescribe penalties for failure to perform thc same. Mr. Morrell-A bill to provide for .i county principal for the public schools of this State. Mr. Giles-A joint resolution pro posing to amend section 7, article S. of the constitution, relating to muni cipal bonded indebtedness. New Bills in Senate. Mr. Graydon-A bill to annul sec tion.. 442 of the general statutes so as to provide for the use of any uu 3xpended balance of the library ap propriation and to devote same to thc further improvement of the pub lic schools and libraries. . Mr. Carlisle.-A bill to declare the word "heirs" unnecessary in fee .implo conveyances. . Mr. Carlisle-A bill ceding to the United States exclusive jurisdiction iver certain lands acquired for pub lic purposes within this State and authorizing the acquisition thereof. Mr. McGowan-A bill lo pay a pen sion to Calvin.Harper, a former slave and body servant of Capt. William O. Farlev and Gen. Hugh L. Farley, in the War between thc States. Kr. Kelly (by request)-A bill to authorize thc safe deposit of assets in thie possession of any receiver, as signee, administrator, curator, or other fiduciary, subject lo the joint control of the surety. Mr. Blease-A bill to establish ?' a uniform passenger- rate on all rall, ronda within thia Stato, jtfsl Earle-A bill to espetllnto the bwr??g ?? fippgftJs \\\ ? tho m$nw ; mm ] The tfo^o Monday hud 41 t?M , v i? reading billa on its calendar of pages when it opened its session noon. These were tho product ? Saturday's combing of the calend for "uncontested matters," and wt all passed without debate. The Senate Monday passed a h "by Mr. Earle to forbid the runni af double-header freight trains the ground that they were dangeroi No Insurance Commissioner. One of the most important a: far-reaching bills of the session w killed by the House after an hour debate. This was Represen tati Nash's bill providing for a State i surauco department presided ov by a State insurance commission with authority to revoke the licen of any company doing business : the State which in the judgment i the commissioner was doing a wih cat business or was unsafe. Th means that there is hardly to 1 any legislation at this session again; the growing evil of wild-cat insu ance, both fire and life. .The bi was intended to correct amor others, the evil that prevails i practically every county in the Stai of irresponsible and so-called mutu; companies, which at present have n supervision. The consensus c opinion seemed to be that the ir surance business has not yet grow to such proportions as to justy th establishment of such an office wit such large powers. The bill wa ki ?led by a vote of 4S to 33, whic shows that the sentiment in favo of such a measure has been great 1; strengthened since last session. The South Carolina Legislatur has entered the lists against Judg Pritchard's granting thc receivcrshi] order at the hearing before ihm a Asheville Wednesday against "th winding up commission on the pell lion of- whiskey house claimants wh< are seeking to avoid the order of tin commission to produce their book in order to have their claims con sidered by the commission, thu: clearly defining the battle lines be tween the State and Federal authori ties. Fuel is still being added to th< flames in the North Augusta dispon 1 sary controversy. In reply to the ac tion of a mass meeting of citizens held at North Augusta Sunday tc protest against certain statements made on the floor of the House re cently by Representative Croft, oj Aiken, he in the House Tuesday rost to a question of personal privilege, and replied in a very vigorous though a very dignified manner, giving the names of the two ministers he had previously referred to impersonally. He branded as a malicious and wicked lie the insinuation that he was in the pay of any liquor interests, say ing he gave bis professional serviced entirely gratis and free to the peo ple of North Augusta favoring the establishment of a dispensary there. Thc House passed another lien law rre - hy Mr. ?fydrielqr f orbictdiug any sort of lien upon any crop until it, is.out of the ground and actually growing. The measure was debat ed about au hour, but thc opponents of repeal showed when the vote came .that they were decidedly iii thc min >rity. The bill passed Tuesday is to become effective a year hence, as is the case with the Richards bill passed last week forbidding merchant liens. Mr. Richards had a bill on the calendar with the same object in view tts that sought by Mr. Hy drick, but promptly withdrew it on thc passage of the Hydrick bill. The Wright prohibition bill, which the House last week by a narrow ma jority decdlined to kill, wns reached among second reading bills again au? Mr. Rucker made a vigorous attempt to get at it and kill it, but it went over until later. The House will kill the bill. Mr. Rucker withdrew his bill com ing over from last session to tented the mental anguish act to railroads for delays of trains. By a vote of 68 to 26 the House passen a bill by Mr. Miley outlawing slot machines provided withl cards, dice or other gambling devices and forbiding the use or exposure for use of any kind of slot machine on Sunday. The Senate passed a bill by Mr. Rogers forbidding judges to giant ex parte injunctions for longer tlinn ten days. It was charged that the in junction power is being abused. No Reduced Rates. General Counsel Watts, of Virginia for the Seaboard, and State Counsel P. A; Wilcox, of Florence, for the Coast Line, were given a hearing be fore a joint meeting of the railroad committees of the House Tuesday afternoon in opposition to any pas senger rate legislation. The commit tee took no action. The Senate took radical action Wednesday night in regard to liquor drummers, passing a bill, by Mr. Ap pelt, requiring these solicitors to pay a license of $5,000 in every county they do business in. The bill origin ally named a license of $10,000 but was. amended to read $5,000. There have for several years been solicitors of reputable concerns visiting every county. If this continues, these will have to pay county license fees ag gregating 1^10,000, if this bill passes the House which it is likely to do. The House passed a bill by Mr. Gyles, of Aiken, providing for a spc- . cial election in Aiken county in April on the question of county dispen saries or prohibition. The bill was amended so as to allow Colleton the same privilege. Mr. McMastcr's bill directed at strikers, prohibiting intimidation of employes, was killed on adoption of nu unfavorable report, as were Mr. . Skipp's bill to make the tenn of of- . tice of railroad commission two yeats instead of six years; Mr. Doar'8 bili j requiring railroads to equip all pas senger coaches with "enunciators1' j with which to automatically call sta tions, anil Mr, OylCi' bill lp eecuvo ' \ moro uniform mm ci My in i [\ib pubi?d ghooli. 1 ' Mr, Aull-fl bill lo Atop fieholtu'eliipj j 'rora Wnsf given ot Winthrop/ IliO Wm. SC H WEIGERT, A. S Prest. Union Sgl Augus Offers the Citze SAFE, CONS] CONVENIENT 4 Per Cen South Carolina University, the Cita del and the Charleston Confederate Home received a favorable report. The bill providing for a State rail road inspector was unfavorably re ported, but went on the calendar as did the bill requiring State colleges to pay railroad fares of students lo and from college, which was also un favorably reported. \f'.'' ? ? After the introduction of new bills Tuesday, the reading of petitions,, etc., Senator Sinkler's biil providing that the terms of office of county su pervisors and county superintendents of education be made four years in stead of two was taken up. It pass ed third reading with a ha J dozen amendments excepting certain coun ties from its operations and was or dered sent to the house. As a similar measure has already passed tho house, it means that the bul will become a law, unless by some one of the pecu liar "hooks and crooks" of the legis lative game it should be killed in the final shuffle. Senator Graydon moved to indefi nitely postpone the bill, making a brief address against it. Senator Sinkler, the author of the bill, said ke deemed it unnecessary to go over the argument which he made las'; week in. favor of the bill and an nounced that he was ready and will ing for the vote to be taken. On thc motion of the Senator from Abbeville to indefinitely postpone the bill, the vote was 17 to 21. So the motion was lost and the bill passed third reading, with amend ments, and will go to the house. AS ameuded the bill does not apply to the counties of Lancaster, Union, Ab beville, Berkley, Pickens, Oconee, Orangeburg, Barnwell, Chesterfield, Aiken, Sumter, Marion, Edgefield and .Bamberg. ? MnTFrost^bilP to provide a penal ty for jurors when duly summoned who shall neglect or refuse to appear in obedience to a venire duly issuea in the police court of any municipali ty passed third reading after being amended so as to apply to magis trate's courts. Senator Rogers' bill lo prohibit thc granting of temporary injunctions for longer than 10 days except on not ico to opposite party passed third reading after being amended so as to fix the maximum time for which such injunc tions can be issued 20 days instead of 10. It was also amended so as to ap ply to the chief justice of the supreme court or to any associate justice. Senator Clifton's motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill waa lost on a viva voce vote and the'bill was ordered sent to the house. The following Senate bills received third reading Tuesday night and were ordered sent to the house: Mr. Clifton-A bill to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the manner in which common carriers doing business in this State shall ad just freight charges and claims for loss or damage to freight," approved February 23, 1903, by adding a pro viso. Mr. Carlisle-A bill to require treasurers of Greenville and Spartan burg counties to deposit taxes receiv ed from school district No. 9, in said counties, in savings banks. Fairfield Delegation-A bill to enable the commissioners of the sink ing fund to lend funds to the count/ board to pay the past indebtedness of said county. Fairfield Delegation;-A bill to em power the county board of commis sioners of Fairfield county to sell thu present jail and erect a new jail for said county. Mr. Bleose-A bill to abolish the jffice of county supervisor and coun ty commissioners for Newberry coun ty and provide a government there for. The Senate Wednesday, by vote of 19 to 18, killed the resolution com mending the dispensary commission md declaring the funds in their iands to be State funds. The motion )f Senator Townsend to lay the reso lution on the table prevailed. When the senate convened at 11:30 mmediately after the introduction of lew bills, Senator Otts made a mo ion to take resolution up out of ts regular order, the senate agreeing to this by a rising vote of 21 to ll. Discussion on the resolution continu ed for an hour and a half before a rotc was taken. At Wednesday night session of the senate Mr. Appelt's bill providing for license tax upon liquor drum mers passed to third reading and was jrdered sent to the house, but not antil it was amended by providing ;hnt the tft* nbftU ta $5,000 instead )f $1,000 as proposed, ip, the original rn Tho bill was taken up under the leai of special orders shortly after ;ho rd?bt session WAS convened, During tho diacusiion ot Senator ralto'a prohibition bill in the State leuA'? ?bttWtiay hight tu? proceed ?fl Wtfj^ftliveagl by. &t(H y MOBBIS, THOS. S. GRAY, Vice-Pres. Cashier. %p Bank ta, Ga ns of Edgefield a ERVATIV? and : DEPOSITORY. >t Interest. between Senator Laney of Chester? field and Senator Appelt of Claren don and between Senator Laney anti Senator Smith of Hampton. Tho first tilt was soon quited by the chair calling the senators down for dealing in personalities, but the second tilt became very warm before a reconcil iation was affected between the two senators. Heated words passed be tween Senators Laney and Smith and there was talk on the part of each of "seeing" each other on the outside. By a vote of C3 to 51 the house Thursday struck out the enacting words of tbe prohibition bill. Despite the claim of those who favored th? county dispensary sys!era that the measure was certain of defeat tin* vote surprised a number of the lead ers, although it was conceded tba o many of the State dispensary sup porters would not vote for probibi tion. The substitute bill, which was re ported by the minority of the dispen sary committee, differed very little from the bill introduced by Mr. Nasii at the last session and used by th?? advocates of the State dispensary ab. the last moment with tbe hope that it might postpone the passage of the Carey-Cotbran law. A few changes were made relating to the selling of alcohol by wholesale druggists and the disposal of wine foi1 sacramental purposes to officers ot the church. The debate lasted ju.it a little over one hour, it being thu desire of all interested to dispose o?' the question as quickly as possible. "' " NEWSY GLEANINGS. The amendment intended to cur tail the negro vote In Maryland has been completed. Army meri,* in New York jCity, were overworked by the continued rusk of unemployed to recruit. s The National Bank. of*North Amer ica, New York City, went into The hands of a Federal receiver. The worst storm in fifty years was reported at Nantucket, Mass., with thousands of dollars' damage. Providence, R. I., has arranged to open a "fresh, air" school on the plana of similar institutions in Europe. Secretary Taft's report on the Phil ippines recommended the holding of the islands until the people are edu cated. Fifty represaniatives of Germany's highest nobility were in Berlin to take part in the celebration of the Emperor's birthday. Many members of the Russian Duma rarely enter the doors of tho Parliament building, and nearly all legislation is held up. Governor Hughes and Ambassador James Bryce spoke at the closing din ner of the annual session of the New York State Bar Association. The receivers of the New York City Railway sued Thomas F. Ryan and other directors of the Metropoli tan Securities Company to recover $2,797,200. France's Foreign- Minister in de claring the Government's policy In Morocco took occasion to rebuke his predecessor, Delcasse, for claiming too much credit. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany announced that because of the State Supreme Court's decision against the two-cent fare law the old schedule of fares would be restored. . President Roosevelt was among the guests at the dinner of the Gridiron Club, which gave what it called a "grand political rally." PROMINENT PEOPLE. Dr. John G. Schurman, president of Cornell University, is opposed to the elective principle college. ?The late Lord.Kelvin was as thrif ty as he was scientific, for he left au estate valued at 15^000,000. Robert S. McCormick, to whom the Emperor of Japan has seht the decor ation of the Order of the Rising Sun, is a well known Chicagoan. President Hadley, of Yale, will complete his course in the Roosevelt lectureship at the University of Ber lin and return to this country. The appointment of Baron Taka hira to succeed Viscount Aoki as Jap anese Ambassador to the United States is greatly appreciated in Wash ington, D. C. Sir John Macdonald was the first Canadian ever sworn in as a member of "the most honorable Privy Coun cil." His surviving colleague and friend, Sir Charles Tupper, is the fifth. James C. Courts, who has received a reappointment as clerk of the Ap propriations Committee of the Housn of Representatives, is serving his thirtieth year in the employ of the House. General Ell Torrence, of Mineapo lis, Minn., former commander-in chief of the Grand Army of the Re public, sent $70 to the Alabama Home for Confederate Veterans as a gift to the inmates. If the new Senator from Florida, Mr. William Jamas Bryan, should sit in Congress for fifty years, he would still be younger than the venerable but aottvo Senator from Maryland, Mr. William Pinkney Whyte, ii new. Tho Yale acad?mie faculty has pre* vailed upon Dean Henry P. Wright to remain ai dean for annthop yw and not t? Pfitlr? Wm JmiM??t. ^Yh?J>^ he retires to is?? ?tain W'rl?bt win have completa* a quarter ol ft ?#r>