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ff* til M' M WJ J The R?anteos Loan and Savings Bank Augusta, Ca. pf? Pays interest on Deposits, J* Accounts Solicited. * LC; KAYNF, CHAS: C. HOWARD, *- Pl'.Esl DE.> ?. . CASHIER. RESOURCES OVER $i,oootooo. WM ii 111111 fi i II i"M-i ? THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, f AUGUSTA, GA. J L. C. H?YNE, CHAS. R. CLASE, f President. Casbier.4? CAPITAL $250,000.00. X Surplus & Profits $190,000.00. T * * Tbe business of our out-of-town ?rfeodfl X * receives the sama careful attention es that T V ot onr local depositors. The ocobtmt* of T . . /jarerul conservative people solicited. T, It..|..:..r.:i.;ii|iiiM..i.w4M"H-i"ff VOL.73. EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WED?fESDA?, MARCH 25, 1908. NO. 1?. -KEr?sr GLEANINGS. Bourke Cockran was dropped from all Tammany Hall committees. Kow Zealand abd Tasmania hope tc see .the American battleship fleet. Japan will enforce regulations re stricting the importation of arms into China. The Japanese Government has de cided to establish a tobacco monopoly In Korea. Japan is considering a proposition io lassa her railways to a foreigD syndicats. . China will pay an indemnity tc Japan and retain the arms seized on board the Tatsu. No member of the Cabinet will at tend the Republican National Conven tion as a delegate., . The Chilean ssctlon of the trans andino tunnel on th? Arica- and La IPax Railway has been opened. The Russian. Minister of Justice "has asked the Durna to vote $1,000, .OOO to enlarge the overcrowded "prisons. The news that the American battle ship fleet would visit Australia was received with rejoicing at Sydney and Melbourne. New York City is suffering fronj recurrent wave3 of scarlet fever and measles', and all tr a contagious dis ease hospitals are filled. The return of the American battle ship Abet by way of Suez is regarded in Russia as^ definitely ending, tht rumors of serious trouble in the Far East. Secretary Taft, speaking in Michi gan, advocated greater railway regu lation to prevent Government owner ship and the increased centralization* of power it would entail. Testifying for the Government, s .one time employe of the Standard Oil. Company declared that the' com liany paid regularly for information .concerning the shipments of its rivals PERHAPS. "Why did George Washington own 'ap to chopping the cherry tree?" "Perhaps," replied the western law yer, "his judicial mind enabled him to foresee the reluctance that has been developed about putting any faith in confessions."-Washington Star. % Geo Railroa A?G?S' Savings L umiWMW u mi 'i ii Pays 4 % interest on all ac compounded every six mo Capital and Sarpi HA! Before insuring < Old Line Compa??a H ARU fl G At The Farmers 1908 FINDS 1 that sells Stanhopes, Carrie position lo offer you tbe higl the lowest possible price. Rem? I am known as the best in t ways of the best standard, ant congratulate themselves; M ?be lowest. BABCOCK3 TH! H. H. CX 749 and 751 Broad ? rp Monumi Carrie ' 'Opposite tt We've had forty-six y< selling vehicles, and ha\ wheels which for Beauty, ning and lasting and quali Hioyer and C gies9Run< Sui Jf Better were m them here, A'complete line of Hai Lumber Harness and SPECIALTY, BELTING, LE ATI KIAL. E' Joseph 729 Broad Stn PROSnXENT PEOPLE. W. W. Astor increased his gift to the Oxford endowment fund to $100, 000. Rear-Admiral Evans will relinquish command of fie battleship fleet in July. J. P. Morgan headed a syndicate that purchased a large nitrate field In Chile for $12,500,000. The Hon. James Cully, son oZ Vis count Selby, was committed to jail for contempt of court in abducting his daughter. Princa Ku.nl, special envoy of th? Emperor of Japan, arrived at Madrid, to confer on Queen Victoria a decora tion granted by the. Mikado. General Hugh Cameron,, the Kan sas hermit, has signified his Intention cf retiring.from the woods and spend? ing the remaining years bf his life In an automobile. J. C. S. Beckham, for eight years Governor of Kentucky, announced his permanent and unconditional retire ment from politics at a banquet given him by 300 Democrats. Dr. Jacoby, in an address before I the Conference on Congestion, in New I York City, said peor ventilation re ; suiting from crowded quarters bred anil spread tuberculosis. M. D. Pokotiloff, Russian Minister to China, who Avas in this country in 1905 to aid in the negotiation of the treaty of Portsmoutb, which ended the Russo-Japanese War, died at Pekin. j Brigadier-General Royal Thaxter Frank. TJ. S. A., retired, di 3d in his home in Washington, D. C., in his seventy-sixth year. He was gradu ated from the Military Academy in the class of '58. In a speech to Camp Fire Club of America, Gifford Pinchot, Chief For ester of the Department of Agricul ture, declared that a great war is im minent in this country, and that the forest rangers will be scout3. GETTING HIS. "Of course you don't want anything you are not entitled to," said the conscientious man. "Of course not," answered Senator Sorghum; "but I will incidentally re rciuk that I aways have the best le gal talent available to ascertain what I am entitled to."-Washington Star. rgria apartment counts in this department, nths, January and July. lus $550,000.00. & BYRD* Bank of Edgefleld 1Q08 'HIE MAN .gets Wagons, Buggies, etc., in "est possible grade of goods|at ^mber he business, my material is al 1 tbose who buy from Coskery'a aterial the best, prices always S LEADER. Jtreet AUGUSTA, GA, Ix? ?ntal ie Monument.*' jars experience making and e yet to see anything on Easy Riding, Light Run ities would match olumbia Bug ihoufs and rreys. er Wagons ade you would lind .ness always on hand. Heavy ' Road Scraper Harness a 1ER, CARRIAGE MATE INA COAL. H. Day. :et, August^ Ga? min M mil H i mimi fi Fairneao < i ********* : : I The News of South Caro ?umiii i HUHH+HHW' Not For Editors to Decide. Columbia, Special.-William J. Bryan in a letter to to William E. Gonzales, editor of The State, says that it is not for him to discuss the question of availability of candidates Mis availability as a candidate, he says, is not a question upon which his judgment should be ventured or ac cepted. "I have simply stated that it is a question for tho Voters of the pariy to determine. "As a Democrat I have resented' tne claim that a few editors should decide this question for the people. I am a believer in free speech and in a free press, and I recognize the right' of any editor, whether his circulation! be large or small, to state his opin ion and his reason for it, but those! who read his opinion have a right to give if. such weight as they think it deserves I have insisted that the readers ought to know what pecuni ary interest the editor has in the question under discussion. For in stance I asked' The World to state editorially what financial interest its owner, Mr. Putlizer, has in the stock I and bonds of railroads and in the stocks and bonds of corporations commonly known as trusts. The World has not seen fit to answer the question. I do not deny the right of Harri man, or Morgan, or Rockefeller or Petlizer to own a paper and present their views to the public, but I do contend that in the interest of hon-? esty and fair dealing, the owner of' the paper should, be known and the interest of the owner in the questions frankly stated. Continuing, Mr. Bryan says: "It is deliberately unfair in ignor ing this election and charging the de feats of 1896 and 1900 to rae, just as it is unfair in ignoring the'still worse defeat of 1904 when The World was ' again the party's adviser. "I especialy appreciate the gener ous support that has come to rae from the Southern States. If the Democratic voters believe that I. can assist the party by being a candidate why should I refuse And why should I take the advice of a few editors who have never been friendly rather than the advice of millions of Democrats who havo been co-labor ers with me for more than a de cade?" Peculiar Case in Anderson. Anderson, Special.-Tuesday- af- | dan, the 18-year-old sou of Mr. J. B. Jordan, a prominent farmer of the vicinity. Young Jordan walked up to the tub in which the child had been drowned, lookeu at it for a moment, and dropped dead. Mr. Jordan, says his son had a narrow escape from drowning in a like man ner when a child, and has had a weak heart ever since. It is Supposed that thc young man's recollcstion of this, together with the shock of tho negro child's death, caused heart failure. The State Pension Board. Columbia, Special. - The State pension board held its first sessioh and passed upon a number of appli cants filed by the county boards. It will be several days before the list is finally approved. Edgefield Politics. EdgefieM, Special.-The Hon. P. Brooks Mayson will be announced as a candidato for the State senate. His is the first. Senator Talbert the present senator, will leave Edgefield and return to Parksville, his former home. Ho will still be in the county, however, and will probably stand for reelect ic n. There is also some talk of his i unning for congress. Boy Killed by Trolley. Aiken, Special-A young boy named Dean was killed by the Au gusta-Aiken express car between Langley and Warrcnville. It is stat ed that young Dean left home in thc morning presumably for school, bul instead he went to Langley and whet the trolley express, which is due. ii Aiken at 12 o'clock, passed througl tl"- place Dean went underneath th< car and located himself on the rods When the car was between Langlo; and Warrenville he in some way los his hold and fell off and was literall. torn to pieces underneath the car. Three Negro Children Cremated. Columbia, Special-Three negri children'perished in the flames whet the house of Ellas Davis, a coloree man living near Walhalla, was burn ed. Four children alone in thc lions? were playing with a torch near a sac of seec\ "cotton, which caught fire igniting their clothing. Though th door stood open the three younges children were too much frightened 1 escapa, Fftfjssger Batea Reduced. Columbia, Special-The railrof commission has decided to order tl Scnboanl Air Line, the Blue Rid] and the Columbia, Newberry & Lau t ons railroads to put in effect by Api L the reduced passenger rate of 2 1 cents per mile. These lines protes pd against the reduction from ents per mile but were willing to : sue mileage books at the same rat as ol her lilies. The decision of t coinmisfion fa very important a moy bo eotiieil to the court?. 8-w-mi ! 1111 ; ; i mn II II? . ?ffairjs li lina in Condensed Form i:' HWfrM ^i WW; j 16 j I l l H' Motion For Revocation. Columbia, Special-Attorneys, foi the dispensary commission pr?par?e formal notices of a motion befor? Ju4ge Pritchard for an order revok ing his former orders granting an injunction and appointing receivers for the dispensary funds. The mo tion is to be argued at Asheville OD March 27th and is based on the ' ground that the Supreme Court oJ? South Carolina has interpreted the law in dispute contrary to the inter preation of Judge Pritchard. Th? notico will be at once served on the attorneys for the whiskey house Until this motion is disposed of one way or the other the Supreme Courl of the States will not issue the for mal writ of mandamus which it has decreed tho Attorney General is en titled to in order to secure the $15, 000 of dispensary money for prosecu ting aleged dispensary grafters. New Treasurer Elected. Lancaster, Special.-Mr. LeRoy Springs, president of the Springsteir Mills, has just returned from Ches ter, where ho has been assisting the American Audit Company in locating the shortage of Mr. R. W. Boney, treasurer of the Spring-stein Mills! Mr. Springs states that the Americar Audit Company will not be perpared to make a complete statement before the last of this week orUhe first o/ next. So far the shortage amounts to .something over $7^000. Mr. Springs denies that thc shortage is due to Mr. Boney's borrowing money from the mills. Tiie mill is protected by a .surety bond of $10,000. At a meeting of the board of directors Mr Waddy C. Thompson of Lancaster, was elected treasurer to succed Mr Bonev. Ware Shoals Railroad. Columbia, Special. - The railroac* commission has decided to order a re hearing in the case of the Ware Shoals railroad, which line has been declared a common carrier some weeks ago. The line, which connects at Ware Shoals with the Southern railroad, and runs out a distance of about six miles, has, it is charged, re fused freight shipments from othei point? and an order issued by the commission declared the road liable for all freights, must receive all freight shipments. The commission in ordering a rehearing decided that shipments un. tn th? h rime muo? \p uujoimug bml??ng were uwuw3r- -.. fire. Nothing was saved, Insurance amounting to $2,500 will probably cover the" losses. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the fire alarm was given and thc Beleutine beef market vas found on fire, but the blaze was piomptly put out, evidently a spa-.-H was left, smouldering somewhere to do serious damage later. Dies From Mad Dog's Bite. Newborn', Special-The 6-year-olc son of F. J. Russell who was bitten by a mad dog on the streets of New berry of February 26, died at the Pasteur institute at Atlanta. It waa thought that the child was getting alon? well until on Saturday hydro phobia developed. The remains will be brought to Newberry and inter ment will bc at Rosemont cemetery. Election at Gaffney. Gaffney; Special-Great inter?s was taken in the election held here last week lo nominate a member oi the board ci* public works to fill oui the unexpired term of mayor Ross The vole was as follows: Cash 301 Clary OS: Randall 73; and Baker 40 This will necessitate a second rac? between Cash and Clary. Brother and Sister Dead. Fort Mill Special-Mr. Thoma.? Thomasson. who has been ill for som time, died here Saturday night. Hi sister, Mrs. Effie Stinson, who live in Nashville. Tenn., died of bear failure on Friday morning. Her bod was brought hore for burial and th funerals of brother- and sister wei held together in thc Methodis church bv the pastor, the Rev. "fl M. Owings, at 3 o'clock Tuesdfl afternoon. Both bodies were -inte red in our town cemetery at the san time. Hugenot Mills to Bc Sol'' June lOtl Greenville, Special-It was d( cided at a meeting of thc creditoi to sell the Hugenot Cotton Mill bankrupt, of this city, on June IOU No bid less than $00,000 for the nu cbinery and building will be ente taincd. Thc oilier property cousis big"of the employes' houses will t sold at the same' time. This is tl mill corporation that went into ban. niptcy in January, Alabama Lumber Company Fails, Mobile, Ala., Special.-A spoc: from Jackson, Ala., 6ay3 that t McIntyre Lumber Company fail Friday. The company originally rt resented a capitalization of one n lion dollars. Recently it purding the Zimmerman Lumber Company, the same vicinity, capitalized $300,000. making the total liabilit $1,800,000. No reason is assigned the failuro other than finaucial c ditton* HE WORK OF CONGRf SS )oings of Our National Law-Makers Day by Day. .Senator Tillman Caustic, riUnder the guise of discussing leg islation the session of the Senate was devoted to a political discussion if Vbicb Senator Tillman, of South Car olina, and Senator Beveridge of Indi "ja, were the chief participants. Th( cuate considered the conference re port on the Indian appropriation bilJ rai, after some criticism of the ac tion of the conferees on minor pro vision the report waa disagreed to and another conference asked. The House bill appropriating $403, 030 to pay the archbishop of Manila as representative of the Roman Cath olic church for damago to church property during the Spanish war also was passed. Tho Pendulum's Extremes. Mr. Tillman traced what he termed a j "swinging of .the pendulum" I from the regime of Andrew Johnson when Congress assumed control al most to the exclusion of th? Presi 1 dent from legislative influence to the administrations that followed, which he declared witnessed a growth of I pr||id.ential power. The dominating I inflfehce and control of the executive (branch, he said, over the legislative anodin a less degree over the judicial branches of the government were the aao&fc marked features of American politics at thia time. "lt has taken," said Mr. Tillman, .'just forty-one years for thc pendu lum -, to swing from one extreme to the'.other." #ow," he said, "the House of Representatives has degenerated into lit ld* more than a recording maclrne to do the will of the Speaker and aeuteuants." Freedom of debato ile old and true senso has disap 'sd from that end of the Capitol, ided. In the Senate "servility and .^cowardice are the order of the day,'! he declared and "the shadow of the Executive hands over all, and the President 's wishes are almost the only flaw." \- Eoasta Wall Street. Mrj-. Tilhnan reviewed the events of tb/? recent currency crisis and ?harg^d Wall Street with many mis demeanors. "The profits ^of this nefarious stock, .monger have," he said, ''found' their way into the pockets of the very meu who with the evil j results -pf their fraud manifest pose as 'saviours' and 'uncrowned kings,1 and are lauded to the skies when they ?vere really, trying to save themselves from |he/disasters which threatened to overwhelm, them along with their delude3;"victims. One of these 'sa 311 on account OL tuc ucsuv committee to avoid giving ground for the impression that the United States is preparing for war with Japan. Most of the appropriations is for Hawaii and the Philippines. The bill was at once reported to the House with recommendation that it pass. This.year's bill, as revised by the committee, covers among various projects the following: For range finding (fire control) in continental United States $270,000 ; for guns and implacements at Decep tion Pass, $573,000; repairing storm damage at Charleston, S. C., $59,000; at Pensacola, $50,000, and at Mon hile, $539.000; for fortifications at Honolulu, including placing in a few additional mortars at Pearl Harbor, $1,100,000; for fortifications in thc Philippines, $1,949,000. Brownsvillo Case Again. Reports from the committee oi military affairs were presented to th< Senate in regard to tho investigatioi of tho affray at Brownsville, Tex which resulted in the discharge with out honor of three companies of negri soldiers of the Tewenty-fifth In fan try. At the same time a messag was received from thc President call ing attention to the fact that tho tes thiiony taken by the commitee sus tains his position in discharging th negro soldiers. He recommends es tension of the time for re-enlistmen of the discharged men who might b found not to fall within the terms c the order. There were four report from the committee, the majority be ing signed by Senators Warrei Lodge, Warner, Dupont, Taliaferr Foster, Overman, Frazier and M< .Creary. A minority report was sigi ed by Seuators Foraker, Scott, Bulk ley and Hemenway. In his special message covering tl matter the President says: "Applications to re-enlist fro former members of Companies B and D., Twenty-fifth Infantry, wi were discharged under the provisioi of special order No. 2?G, War Depai mont, November 9th, 190G, must 1 made in writing and be aecompanii by such evider.ee, also in writing, the applicant may desire to subm to show that ho was neither imj cated in the raid on Brownsvil Tex., on the night of August 13t 1006, nor withheld any evidence th might lead to the discovery of t perpetrator thereof. Railroad Employ?s Strlko. Denver, Colo., Special.-Mond morning 1,500 machinists, boiler-mr era and members of kindred trac working in the Denver & Rio Grar Railway's shops weit on a strike respor.se to an order issued by W. McQueeney, representing the mach ists national organization, after a nal conference at .which Manager C. Ridgeway, of the railroad, refui any concession*; Florida's Junior Sedater Dies After Short Illness YOUNGEST MEMBER OF SENRTE Elected Less Than Three Months Ago to Succeed the Late Senator Mal lory as Florida's Representative in the ??pper House of' Congress., Washington, Special. - .TJnitod States Senator William James Bryan of Florida, died at Providence Hos pital at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morn ing of typhoid fever. It was only 73 d?ys since he took his seat as the suc cessor of the late Senator Stephen R. Mallory, who died December 23d, and 3 days of that time Ayas spent in his fight against disease. Several times during Mr. Brayn's illness his friends despaired of his recovery, but as late as Saturday night the report was given out that his condition had taken a turn for the better. His death, -therefor*, came as a su/prise and a distinct shock. In physique Mr. Bryan was unfit ted to withstand a protracted fever Ho was slight of build and of ner vous temperament. He came to Wash ington early in January from the warm climate of Florida and from thc day of his arrival was far from well. Finally he was compelled to give up aad was taken j to Provi dence Hospital During the last few days of his illness he was attended by specialists from Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore. In Mr. Bryan the Senate loses the seventh member by death since the adjournment of the Fifty-ninth Con gress on March 4th, a 'year ago. They were the two late Senators from Alabama, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pet tus; Mr. Mallory, of Florida; Mr. Latimer of South Carolina; Mr. Proc tor of Vermont ; Mr. Whyte, of Mary land, and Mr. Bryan. Curiously enough the last two were the oldest t and the youngest members of the body. Mr. Whyte Avas 84 years old and Mr. Bryn less than 32. hough Mr. Bryan was in the Senate too short a time to impress t his individuality on legislation, or to i take a prominent part in the consid- i eration of matters in committee, it is conceded that be would have be come a forceful part of the minority, r Mr. Bryan wai; born in Orange county, Florida, October 10th, 1876. ? He attended the public schools of his r State and Emory College, Georsria, lill. XJi . -" Rockland, Me., Special-A sensa- c lion was caused in political circles 1 liere by the receipt by Governor Wil liam T. Cobb of a letter from Con- ! grossman Charles E. Littlefield, ten- j dering his resignation as a member of Congress, to take effect on Sep temb'er 30th next. In the same mail 1 was a communication to the chair- I man of the second district Republican congressional committee from Mr. 1 Litilelield, in which thc latter gave as thc reason for his resignation his de nro lc resume his law practice, which in a large, dcjrrce. he has been com pelled lo abandon because of his con gressional duties. The resignation came as a great surprise to Governor Cebb. and to the surprise of the Con gressman's friends in this district and was received with much regret. Pirates Surrender French Vessel. Las Palmas, Canary Islands, By Cable-Thc French fishing vessel Ba leine, which was captured recently by Moors near Cape Juby, and to rescue which thc French cruiser Cassnrd was ordered to the coast of Morocco, has been turned over to thc Cassard, together with the members of the crew without ransom.* All Quiet in Hayti. . Port au Prince. By Cable-Presi dent Nord Alexis in an interview at the palace, declared that conditions in the republic were absolutely tran quil. He said that he did not ques tion his ability to preserve order and protect interests here. Should thc powers, however, decide to keep the warships in this harbor he would not object, but he added that there was no necessity for such a thing; there was no possibility for such a popular outbreak against the foreign residents. $75,000 Fire at Norfolk. Norfolk, Special.-Early Sunda" fire broke out in the wholesale gro cery firm of the Four Company wrecking thc establishment, - guttitu, tho clothing store of Sake & Co., anc damaging the exchange of the South ern States Telephoto, and stocks o F. ll. Meeks & Co., electricians, am L. P. Roberts & Co., grocers. Los: $73;C0U. Prisoner Burned tc Death in Hi? Oe! Little Fails, N. Y., Special-Light ing his pipe in his cell in the villng jail, John Dohorty, of Middlevillc who was locked up Saturday nigb accidentally set fire to the matt res of his bed and before help coul reach him he was burned to dcatl Doherty frantically tried to cscar. thc fiamos, but tho cell door bar? tho way. Ho wan ?") years old. Wm. SCH WEIGERT, A. S, Prest, i Union Say August Offers the Citzen SAFE, C0NSE CONVENIENT 4 Per Cen! Witt VISIT JAPAN American fleet Accepts Kind Invitation of Emperor MAY GO TO CHINA IF INVITED President Roosevelt' and His Cabinet Consider Lons and Earnestly the Cordial Invitation From the Em peror ard Decide to Satisfy His Desire to View the Bi? Sixteen. Washington, Special.-The Ameri :?n battleship fleet is to visit Japan Tho desire of the Emperor of the sland kingdom to play host to the 'Big Sixteen" was laid before Sec tary Root by Baron Takahira, the rapanese ambassador. T e invitation vhich was couched in the most cbr lial terms, was made the subject of >x>ended consideration by President ?oosevelt and his entire Cabinet, ?ecroiary Root was directed to ac :ept the invitation, and the accept ing was laid before the Japanese imbassador. It is regarded in offi ial circles here as more than likely hat China will be next to bid for a ook at the fleet, and that should this >o the case the invitation would be Lccopted. Secretary Metcalf and Admiral 3illsbury, chief of navigation, are twanging the details of the new tinerary. With the exception of ^hina, it is believed to have been ictcimined that all other invitations, :anal, wnn univ MI?.U oi^^o u?> ?ccessary for coaling. The fall target practice has been llanned to occupy a month at Ma iila either before* or after the visit :o Japan. The desire to have the leet return to its home station may iead to a curtailment of the month ilanncd for Manila. Japan will have thc ships a week, according to tenative plans. Tho aceptance of the Japanese invitation is regarded in official circles as of considerable importance in the way of administration of the cordiality existing between the American and Japanese govern ments. The added trip is nearly equal in distance, to a voyage from New York to Europe. Census Report. Washington, Special.-The Census Bureau in its final pinners' report for the present year makes the total colton ginned this season 11,261.000 bales, counting round bales as halves and including linters. Last year it was 13.290.000. In 1906 it was 10, I2?.J02. By states thc number of bales arc "(running bales)-North Carolina, G4S.517; South Carolina. 1,175.375; Texas, 2,271,724; Georgia, 1,391.900. Force Produced One-Half. Nashville, Special.-Five hundred mei1 who wore employed in the Louis ville and Nashville locomotive de par! ment, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway shops here, have been laid off. Orders, were is sued to the men on account of de creased business and the intention of the road to decrease expenses on every hand. This means a saving of $30.000 a month to the road. There are still over five hundred men in the shops. Many of the men laid off are experienced wokmen. Negro Soldiers Arrested For Murder. Mobile, Ala., Special.-Isham Bish op Eilrod, 20 years old, an enlisted soldier at Fort Morgan, was carried back to Tazewell, Tenn., under a chai ge of murder. Thc soldier ad mits the killing, claiming that a mar named Harris killed his dog and thai he killed Harris, Norfolk ft Western Employes Rc fuse Company'a Proposition. Roanoke, Va., Spocinl.--The em ploycs of tho Norfolk & Westen Railway Company declined to accep thc proposition submitted to them b; the road on February 24th, which wa "that in any month that the com pa ny's gross earnings are less tba $2,500,000 that their rates of pa; will be computed on the rates in el feet previous to the last adjustment this arnngement to remain in effe? for a period of 10 months from tji dato of it? adoption;" / MORRIS, THOS. S. GRAY, Pice-Pres. Cashier, ?regs Bank a9 Ga?, s of Edgefield a RVATIVE and DEPOSITORY. t Interest, WBB?H?BBB? RUSSIAN CODE HUELLO The Affair of Honer an Outgrowth of a Memorandum, in Which Gen eral Smirnoff Questioned tho Cour age of General Pock. St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Lieu tenant General Smirnoff was serious ly wounded in a duel fought here Wednesday morning, with Lieuten ant general Fook. The men met-in thc riding school of the Chevalier Guard Regiment and fought with pistols, a distance of 20 paces sep arating them. A duel was caused by the memo-, randnra written by General Smirnoff on the siege of Port Arthur, in which ? - questioned the courage of General ?> -ck. The latter considered that his honor and reputation were involved' aud challenged the author of the memorandum. The riding school was placed at the disposition of the combatants by the command of" the regiment and the duel occurred with the full knowledge and . probation of the military authorities. It was wit nessed by several officers of high rank and it was reported that several women were present. Shortly before 10- o'clock Generals Fock and Smirnoff appeared at the riding school. Without saluting they took the places assigned by their sec onds were his brother-in-law, Vladi onds wer his brother-in-law, Vladi mir, M. Purishkevicb, a member of the Durna, and Captain Schultz,, oi the haw. whit* fV>r -1 *" _MUMU V uosprrar, where doctors employed Roentgen rays to locate the bullet. Mr. Cleveland Is 71. Lakewood, N. J., Special.-After a quiet, family celebration of his 71st birthday anniversary, Grover Cleve land, for eight years President of the United States, was able, to say at night that he was in better health than for some time past. Mr. Cleve land immensely enjoyed the little af fair prepared in his honor in which only those of the home circle and a very few intimate friends partici pated. The former President said: "I am feeling much better than I have for some time before. Already the benefit of the Lakewood climate is apparent. A little trouble with my feet had made impossible long walks during the last few weeks. Today, however, I was able to enjoy a longer j stroll than has boen possible before for many months." Arson and JUpo Charged. Greenville, S. C.. Special-William and Earl* Payne, father and son, re spectively, are lodged in the county jail, both charged with capital of fenses, of a different nature. The elder Payne, who is 65 years of age, is charp-d with arson, and thc young er one is charged with having ravish ed a young negro girl. Earle Payne, the young man, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by the girl's par ents, and while the latter were in this city it is elaim-ed that the elder Payne burned their house. . The evi dence against both of them is said to be strong. The Paynes arc white people and heretofore have borne yood reputations. Both crimes were committed about four miles from the city. Unkrown Ne^ro Shooi3 Two White Men. Jackson, Miss., Special.-An un known negro shot and fatally wound ed Baxter and Rufus Burns at Burns, Miss., late Wednesday. Both are relatives of "United States Senator MeLaurin, of Mississippi. Governor Neel has sent bloodhounds from the Rankin county convict farm m.pur* suit. Thc vicinity ia greatly excited and a large posse is reported assist ing in tho search of the culprit. The cause of the shooting haa not been ascertained. * Georgian Kileld la Boiler Explosion. Folkston, Ga., Special.-The boil er at the saw mill of G. W. Moore, at Homeland, blew up Wednesday killing Mr. Moore, the proprietor, in stantly, and seriously scalding three other men. Mr. Moore came here from north Georgia a few years ago and Wits one of the wealthiest men in this section of tba Stator