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_ Oldest Newspaper In South Carolina. _ VOL. 73. EDGEPIELD, S.C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ie, 1908. , .. NO.44. Venezuelan Ship Towed Into Pert ^--9 PRUE CARRIED DUTCH FLAG The G'?lderhnd Steam* Into the Har bor of Williamstad Towing the Veneznlean Coastguard Ship Alex Flying the Dutch Flag and Sport ing a Dutch Crew. Willeamstad, Island of Curacao, Special.-The Dutch cruiser Gelder land carne into this port Sunday .morning towing the Venezeula coast guard ship Alix with the Dutch flag flying end a Dutch crew on board. The Gelderland captured the Alix bf? Puerto Cabello on Saturday. At that time the Alix wai. lying close in shore and notwithstanding the threat which the Ycnezulcan government had made to fire upon any of the Dutch warships committing a hostile act, the Gelderland- steamed at full speed towards thc guard ship and sent an officer and guard in a launch to seize her. No shots came from the forts on land. Thc crew of the . Alix was put ashore; and the Dutch officer and mar ines remained on board, thc Gelder land finally taking thc Alix in tow and steaming away with her prize. Thc seizure of the Alix was in ac cordance with the plans of thc Hol land government when instructions were issued to the three Dutch war ships now in these waters to make o demonstration off the coast of Yen ezula and to capture any Venezulean ? ships cf war of guard vessels that they might find. The pecp'.e of Curacao are greatly rejoiced. The Governor of Curacao said : /'The capture of our warships o? coast guards and war vessls is not to be considered an unfriendly act against thc Venezuleansi It is mere ly a reprisal against Castro's govern ment which refuses to give satisfac tion for his unfriendlv acts toward Holland." It is learned from the officers of tho Gelderland that the battleship Jacob Van Hemskerk and thc cruisei Fiiesland ore now off La Guyra and that further captures may be expect ed at any time. Taft's View of McKinley. New York, Special. - President elect William H. Taft, speaking Sun day night at the dedication of a Mc Kinlay memorial organ in Metropoli tan Temple, told to the audience thfi story of his official association with ibo !ate Prseident, and declared with reference to the Philippine Islands that thc policy laid down by Mr. Mc Kinley in 1900 had been the policy of the present as it will be the policy of his own administration in the White House. Mr. Taft will remain here until Thursday, when he leaves for Augusta, Ga., to spend the five weeks preceding his proposed depart ure to the Panama canal. American Railway Company Asks For & Charter. Hawkinsville, Ga., Special.-Char ter was applied for by a local attor ney on behalf of interested parties for a charter for "The American Railway Company," which proposes bail ling s line from Abbeville, Ga., to Winchester, in Macon county, Ga., via Hawkinsville and Grovania. Tho proposed road will traverse one of the richest farming sections of the Stste. It will tap the' Seaboard at Abbeville and thc Gulf line at Haw kim.ville. Work >Y?1? begin at once, ij i?; stated. IZQZ Cottor, Crop. Washington, Spccirl-Tho crop reporting hoard cf the bureau of sta tistics of thc D?partent of Agricul ture has estimated ficm reports ol correspondence agents of the bureau that the total production of cotton in thc United States for the year 190S-9 would amount to 6,152,970,001' pounds. England Rushes -More Troops tc India. London. By Cable.-Another heavy draft on English home regiments foi service in India was ordered by the war office. The troops will be ready to embark for India as scon as pos sible as the threatened Indian up rising is believed to be imminent. Fri day's draft with thc heavy rein forcements that started for India last Wednesday, has reduced many of the home battalions to mere skeletons and an additional call for recruits will soon be made. Wife of Millionaire is Arrestd Foi Shoplifting. New York, Special.-Mrs. Louis J. Schloss, wife of the well known New York and Baltimore clothier, was ar rested herc Inst week for shoplifting. Different articles she had picked up amounted to about $16. She pleads nervousness and ill health. The case will be heard soon. THE WORK OF CONGRESS Congressional Summary. The business of both houses of Congress was confined largely to list ening to the" reading of the Presi' dent's annual message but in addi tion a few bills were introduced both in the Senate and the House and it the House a number of bills was sent to conference, among them being ono providing for a new immigration sta tion in Boston. In addition, the Sneaker announced the opoiutment of Mr. Higgins, of Connecticut, to a place on tbs com mittee on the judiciary, in place o? Mr. Littlefield and of Mr. Martin to a place on the committee on Indian affairs in place of Mr. Parker, de ceased. For the first time during the present Congress there was a call of the com mittees of the House but no measure was reported by any of them. The miscellaneous work of the Sen ate consisted in thc main of the ref erence in executive session of about 1,500 recess nominations, which wera sent to the Senate by the President, and tbe adoption of resolutions of re gret on account of thc death of mem bers of the House 'who have passed away since thc adjournment last May. Thc Senate adjourned for the day at 2 o'clock and the House at 2:35." Census Bill Passed. For neaiIv five hours the House of Representatives considered the bill providing for the taking of the thir teenth and subsequent decennial cen suses, and passed it without material change. From the very outset of the debate it became evident that the progress of thc measure toward pas sage would be impeded. Pensions in Senate. The session of the Senate was chiefly devoted to thc foi mal presen tation of depart mental reports and the introduction of bills. The re ports have been made public from time to time and the bills numbering 352 were chiefly for thc granting of pensions. Saturday's Session. The House of Representatives Sat urday was in its old-time form. No particular programme had been map ped out, but under a call of commit tees several measures in which thc members were especially interested, and in some cases vitally concerned, 1 were considered. With few excep tions they engendered - the liveliest ? sort of debate, and it was disclosed that thc forces for or against them ' were fully lined rp for the fray'. ? Parliamentary tactics were freely re sorted to, with thc result that five times the roll was called. The first rangle occurred on a reso lution fixing the boundary linc be- : tween the States of Colorado. Okla homa and New Mexico, which was agreed to bv a mnjoritv but not with- 1 out two roll calls. Thc House then by a decisive vote refused to furthci consider the bill providing for a rbi- < tran' settlement of disputes between 1 employers and employes. Next turning attention to thc bili providing for the protection of alien; in the United States the subject wa; threshed out at length. The measuri ; ha-1 rough sailing and it was passer 1 by a slim majority after the roll hac 1 been railed twice. Mr. and Mrs.. Taft Given Reception Washington, Special. - President elect and Mrs. William H. Taft wer? tendered a reception by Miss Mabel Boardman, a Washington society , leader, at her home on Dupont circle j Thc function was one of the mos; . notable of the season, and among tin guest were a large number of the rep- j resentative persons of the Capital'; , official, diplomatic and social circles j Tho Evacuation of Cuba. Washington, Special.-At the War Department the first details regard- , ing tho withdrawal from Cuba of ! the American amy of pacification, which bas been on duty there since the fall of 1906, were made known. ; The movements of the troops will be- ? gin on January 1st and will be com pleted by April 1st. Killed by Electric Shock. Yorkville, Special.-Mr. W. F. Downs, a native of Fort Mill, and for the past three or four years head machinist at the Tavora Cotton Mill at this place, was instantly killed by an electrical current. The electrical current which is furnished by the Southern Power Company, had failed and Superintendent Ramscur and Mr. Downs were searching for the trouble. The switch bad been opened and Downs placed his hand on a wire he supposed dead but it proved not to bs and he fell back lifeless. Thomas F. Ryan Givea^"$1,000 tc Uncle Remus Fund. Atlanta, Ga., Special.-J. G. Les ter, secretary of the "Uncle Remus" memorial association, announced thc receipt of a contribution of $1,000 from Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, to the fund ol' perpetuating the mem ory of Joel Chandler Karris. Mr. Ryan was tendered and has accept ed tho vico presidency of the asso ciation. Results in a Number of People Losing Their Lives SCENES OF GREAT EXCITEMENT Premature Explosion of an Enormous Blast of Powder Near Colon Claims Ter. Dead and Fifty Injured. Colon, By Cable.-A giant blast of dynamite, already prepared for firing, ives prematurely exploded in the workings at Bas Obispo Saturday. Ten men were killed und fifty injured. It may bc that others have been kill-' ?d, for debris is piled up in all direc tions:. Bas Obispo cut is about 30 miles from Colon, and the shock of thc ex plosion was distinctly felt herc, as in addition to that ir. the blast, 22 tons af dynamite was exploded. Numerous reports are current as to the cause of tlie accident bat Hie of ficial version from Culebra, which gives an estimate cf ten killed and fifty wounded, states that during the leading of the hist hole of the blast tho dynamite in (his cutting was dis charged, and Hie* remaining 22 lons ?.vere exploded by concussion. The bries had ::ot been connected electrically as the discbarge of the blast was set for 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The hst hele was being loaded under the supervision of one nf* the mest efficient powder men in thc employ of the commission. A passenger train Im ? 1 just passed when tho explosion occurred, hui it was not in any way damaged. The majority of the victims are Spaniards. Relief trains were sen! to the scene cf thc disaster and one which re turned hero several hours later brought back tho report that 4f> of thc injured had been sent to Amen Hospital. Thc officials On the train stated thal eleven dead had been found while many others in (ho gang of 120 who wore employed in thc cut were missing.; It was also reported by thc train men that the explosion was due to a passing steam shovel, which hook ed the wire leading to the immense charge of dynamite. Whether or not this was the cause of the accident, a. steam shovel and crew, which -hap pened to be or. the scene were prac tically buried.under thc, mass,of xock^i ind earth thrown rip. Gan?rs were soon searching for thc dead and assisting the wounded. Electric lights were set up and at night steam shovels were at work re moving thc,tons upon tons of debris. Many of ibo mr;i have been seriously injured, some of them probably fa tally. Tradition has it that thc Panama Railroad cost one human life for cv ivy tic, what with accident?, insurrec tions and disease, and the construc tion of the canal has not gone along without exacting its toll. There have boen a number of acci dents in the last two years, chief among which was the premature ex plosion of dvnamite at Pedro Miguel in June-. 11)07, which resulted in the death of seven mon and the injury ii a number of others. The Dead Total Fourteen. Colon. By Cable.-Tba explosionSun 3ay at li^s Obispo of 21 tons of lyn ami te blast was the most serious accident in connection with thc build ing of the Panama canal since the United States took control. A thor ough investigation with a view to fixing the responsibility has been or dered and already officials are tak ing evidence. Urookei Wisconsin Banker Sentenced Milwaukee, Wis., Special.-John F. Schulte, aged 3S, former paying tel ler of thc First National Bank of Ra ?ine, was sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth by Judge Quailes. Schuite embezzled $10.000, pleaded ruilty and asked for leniency. Five vcars is the minimum penalty. Schl?te was arrested at Cleveland on July 7. Mail Carrier Badly Hurt. Spartanburg, Special. - Jesse L. Wood, a well known letter carrier, was thrown from his buggy early Sunday morning and seriously injur ed. Thc horse Mr. Wood wns driving took fright on east Main street, just in front of thc First Presbyterian church. Ile was thrown violently lo tho sidewalk and knocked uncon scious. When taken to his home it was discovered that three of his ribs had been broken and one of his shoulders terribly injured. He is threatened with pneumonia, which makes his condtiion trebly worse. Ohio Congressman Critically 111. Wooster. O., Spacial.-The man found unconscious in thc chair cai of a Pennsylvania westbound train herc Sunday and taken to a local hospital was Inter identified as Con gressman Grant E. Mouser, of I he Marion, O.. district. Physicians de clan; he is suffering from uraemic poisoning and acute congestion of the kidneys. P?mons English Diplomat On ,SOL ti's Progress THE HON. JAMES BRYCE SPEAKS British Ambassador Called Upon For En Impromptu Spsech Before the Southern Commercial Congress Predicts an Err. of Great Pros perity Fer Thin Section. Washington, Special. .- Expressing the conviction that a great future is about to dawn upon the South, James Bryce, the British ambassador re ceived a notable reception from tin delegates in attendance upon the Southern commercial congress, follow ing a speech in which he declared that he is a well-wisher of the South. The ambassador was the centre of attraction, although his visit was un expected. Mr. Bryce came into the audience simply as a spectator, but the audienco soon noted his presence, and immediately shouted "speech, speech," filled the air and he was compelled to yield to the desire of tho congress. '.Since I came herc eighteen months ago." s.iid Mr. Bryce,'"I have twice visited the South. I can hardly ex press to yon the contrast between what 1 personally witnessed twenty |se\ci yrars ago and the pr-w.u pon I dirions. "Wherever I by :e l.-* <*n in fKe South I have been struck by the signs of atiiyiry, progress "nd development. I poe lard being brought more ann mere into cultivation; more and mom I being ('one for agricultural methods. I saw ?he resources of your soil, of COP! and iron, being brought to light arni I saw n new spirit in the South which desires to make educational progress commensurate with material (ii.-vciopment.'' The ambassador pointed out tho cn?rmense difficulties with which ilia South has had to contend since the civil war. ''Now, however,":he con tinued, "there is a great door open before you and as" ono pf the well wishers of the South, who believes in its greatness as a flourishing and important part of the country, I ven ture to congratulate you or. what is being done and to say that still greater prospects are before yon." ; ! The afternoon session wasj presided^, over by Judge George Hillyer; a mern ber of thc Georgia State Railroad reviewed the work of that body in dealing with transport?tion com panies. The principal speakers wera William J. Oliver, of Knoxville'/^ Tenn.: Clarence H. Poe, editor .of Thc Progressive Farmer. Ra leigh,'-N. C., and Dr. J. A. Bonsteel, of the United States bureau of soils. Care of Our Resources. Washington, Special. - President RooseveH and President-elect Taft publicly put themselves on record in advocacy of the issuance of govern ment bonds for the construction of permanent improvements to conserve tho natural resources of the nation. President-elect Taft presided- at the joint conservation meeting at the Bel asco Theatre in this city ?t which President Roosevelt mado th.' princi pal address. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Taft gave their unqualified approval for the carrying out of expert plans for conservation of the nation's re sources. An audience which filled the theatre and which included Andrew Carnegie, John Mitchell, Senators Congressmen and the Governors of several States, applauded every senti-? ment expressed. Cruiser North Carolina Docked. Norfolk, Ya., Special.-The United States armored cruiser North Caro lina was succ8sfuHy docked in the new dry dock at the Norfolk navy yard, this being the first vessel to be received since the completion of tilt dock. The North Carolina's bottom will be scraped and cleaned. Fanatics Fire on Police. Kansas City, Mo.. Special.-In the shadow of the city hall a riot in which religious fanatics and police men were participants, and during which a hundred shots wore fired re sulted in the death of Policeman A. 0. Dalbow. probable fatal injuries to four, and slight injuries to two other persons. Those probably fatally in jured are John Sharp, known as "Adam God," a street preacher; Michael Mullane, a patrolman; Lola Pratt, 13 years old, and Patrick Clark, a police sergeant. Sherie Locks Engino to Track. Savannah, Ga., Special.-The only two locomotives owned by the Savan nah, Augusta and Northern Railway were attached, the* attachment foi over $13.000 having been issued for the American Locomotivo Company. One engine was locked down at Statesboro by i he- sheriff of tho coun ty and thc other lies on its back near Aaron, Ga., where it has been since killing Engineer A. A. Reppard on Sunday. Pepe Fius Elcescs Mr. Taft snd Elf Rome, By Cable-Pepe Pius bless sd President-elect Taft and his fam ily. Thc blessing was declared ii: he presence of Archbishop- Glennin of St. Louis, who tdd (he Pepe thai he her, ..jcivrd a .Iel!-;- frcni Tai n which tho Prcsidenlv 1 ?ct espfess i(l cordial friendship for tho Catlu '?cs. Thc Pepe received thc nor,-: '?'ith unfeigned dc I ch; and pronoun tl thc blessing u;x:i Tait .-.:: ! family Mr. Kitchen's Ec:-ijnaiica E?ccti7i Day Ecfcre Ho Lce:~c: Gcvrrr-cr. Washington, Specif 1.--Representa tive W. W. Kitchen, of North Caro lina. f.'ovr-rrcr-clcc? ( 1 h's Stale, has 'orwardrd tc Ccve:i:c:' Glenn his re iigua'.irn rs tho 1 epresentative from hr (If!h N>;-:ii Catcl'iia dist:t?;.; ?< alu r?i'ci Jami "try IT li. Mr. Kiteh :i will ho inaugurated Governor Jr.ii ian- 12! h. Eeath cf Morer. H. Core. Greensboro, N. C., Special.-Meses II. Cone, known throughout 'hr? commer cial woild as a leader in I lie indue, trial development cf the Soul li, dieri suddenly Tuesday afternoon at ? o'clock at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he had gone foi treatment five weeks ago. He ha'' been in ill health since his rcfciirr fiera a trip around th" world over ? rear nco. Int few rf his nif'st inti mate friends surpectc-d lltitf" lits to?? Mfirn W.i5 rrV-':s Will Welcome Battleships. Washington, Special. - President Roosevelt will welcome the return of the battleship ?leo to Hampton Roads from its cruise around thc world about noon February 22d; Details for tho ocasi?n arc now being worked out. Admiral Arnold, of the third squadron of the Atlantic fleet will meet home-coming ships well out in the Atlantic and escort them tc Hampton Roads. After the revi CT thc men will go to New York and bf given a shore leave. Will ?JFect ail Catholics. . Manitnwij?, "Wis.,. Special.-Judge Calloupcck, ia the county com? de clared the will of Thomas Callaghan void because he bequeathed mono} for masses fer thc deed. Thc court ?says no court could recognize such r ^Tyovision. The.-will was contested on ri-?*-'>? <;u?'^^^^?j^^^t ' V^!' .loman C?t.bcltcl^^^ NOTES FKOM;T??E OR1E.XT. -i* .' Petroleum has beeu found in the Boonah district of Queensland. Aus tralia. An American engineer ha3 discov ered a deposit of wolframite in Brit ish India. The water power system of the To kio Electric Light Company has been completed at a cost of 04.000.00C Not less than 30,000,000 yen ($1S.. 000,000) is yearly spent by foreign visitors in Japan. Some estimates put the amount at 40,000,000 yen. According to Viceroy Tuan Fang there are 1930 opium shops in the Shanghai foreign settlements, and he wants orders from Pekin to clo: them. .Belgium is now importing yearly about Si.500,000 worth of automo biles, motor cycles an S bicycles. These imports have Quadrupled in four years, From January 1 to Deesrabar 1907, Rangoon sent to the Straits Settlements and China H 02,2 ii ? tons of rice, an increase of 44,000 tons over 190C. Japan's exports in 1907 amounted to $215,250,000, and the imports to $247,100,000, a total foreign trade of $462,350.000, or $41,000,000 more than in 1906. Parses merchants have a monopoly of tho manufacturo of camphor oil at Foochow, China, controlling seven teen distilleries, and export most of the product to Indi?.. Bangalore, Mysore Slat?, India, W33 provided with electric lighting from the hydro-electric plant at Can very Falls at a cost, of $83 33 a year, as against $466G previously paid for kerosene oil lighting. The apparatus was made at. Schenectady, X. Y., and installed by Americans. The deficiency in the wheat area this season in India is 34.-1 per cent., according to the Government forecast. Mrs. Cornwallis West, who recently sharply criticised New York society, is about to visit that city. Talk. We are to-d that it is nardcr to make talk than it used to bo. Yet talk was never cheaper than now. Probably nothing hns happened ex cept whit is all the time a happen ing in every kind of manufacture ancient processes have been super seded. A woman who, in this day and ago, expects to make talk by hanging out her winter furs to air will most likely he disappointed. But what were she to drink cocktails and smoke cigarettes in the princi pal restaurants, or, if her womanly delicacy shrinks from that, to over draw her husband at the bank to pay her losses at bridge? .We are so exacting a genera lien that almost any sort, of worthy achievement is conditioned about ;is j much on tho employment of strictly modern methods, as on vrhole-hoaricd endeavor.-Puck. ?Um KtMKVtS One of thc Most Urgent Needs cf the Nailon THE DEMAND FULLY GONE OVER Ctoverno? and prominent Ken Fnm Every Section of tho Country Ap pear Before thc House Committee and Urge the Establishment of Forest Reserves. Washington, Special.-A distin guished assembly cf witnesses tes tified before (bc House committee cn agriculture lo the need of the Fed eral government establishing forest reserves in thc White mountains anti in tlie Southern Appalachians. It marked I ho opening of the figlit in tliis session of Congress for thc crea tion ot' these reserves io protect the navigability of navigable streams, r. purpose which thc commit ire conced ed is constitutional. Bebdes G?\cn:or Guild, of Massa chusetts, who was the spokesman until he was eompalled to leave th city and turii his duties over to Co!. William S. Harvey, of Philadelphia. Governors Chamberlain, of Oregon: Ansel, cf South Carolina; Hoke Smith of Georgia, and Johnsen, of Minne sota, former Governors George E. Pardee, cf California, and Blanchard, of Louisiana, and Dr. Edward Ever ett Hale, chaplain of the Senate, were among thsoc who appeared. Chair man Scott, of (he committee, said I he committee appreciated tho public i sentiment in favor of the project but that the problem of obtaining thc desired end was difficult. Representative Scott explained that the House committee 0:1 the judiciary had questioned the constitutionality of action on the part of Congress locking toward the purchase cf ?and for the conservation of forests what ever it might do toward protecting the navigability of the streams, of the country. Governor Guild, in responding, laid emphasis upon the ability of the gen eral go've&mcnt to undertake pro jects for i fledge ii 01 al welfare of the er,u:!?ry. MI..i?g?^hp appeal come firm 0!' (|uuira^?)^tl:t> nation. It is probably'.the t imo in his tory that the Ciove^or?piNiouth Car olina rmi the Oov?rnor of.'JMa^saehu soils have joined lftmd in hr. peal to Congress for^g^ of law for the genera the United States," s?ic] Gii?ld, as Im i bowed to jSoyerlS sri. cf the 'S(Uriite^sSt;ito. evosii mountains' necessitated the ei ml?^'^f**-'resem-'T,lier'>;;for the eira lion of the navigability streams and the protection of the harbors. He gave it as his opinion thar the ern ci ri area to purchased was the lower slopes of t'.e mountains where the inclines arc so steep and erosion so rapid that their uso for agriculture is les? important (han the preservation of thc streams. Nine Injured by Bomb. Xew York. Special.-Creeping over the roof to rn airshaft in tho five story tenement at Sixty-third street, a Black Hand aient dropped n bomb to the ground. The explosion thar resulted was lerrific. The walls of the building reeled and tottered, almost fal lins1, omi every window within a block or moro was shattered. Nine people in the building and in tlie street were injured by Ibo ex plosion of the bemb, seme of them seriously, although it is nor though! that any of them will die. Tt was a miracle that no one was killed out right. The police are investigating the case nv.d they have ?onie co Ike conclusion thai the bomb dropping was the work of thc same Black Hand agent who three years ago kid napped tho small son of an Italian banker, who owns and oecupie.'i a part of thc building, and that the motive was revenge, tho banker having re fused to ransom his son. Thc bomb thrower made geed his cseane, but the police believe i hat they have clues which may lead to his capture, or pos sibly to the breaking up of a Black Hand gang. Every Ci tiren to Become a Soldier. "Washington. Special.-Every male ci'.izen iu the United States between tho ages of IG and 4r> is to become a part of the military force of the country and to be liable for military duly under the terms cf a bill, the passage of wiiich has been recom mended by thc Presiden! in a special message to Congress. The bill pro vides an elastic organization and, as the President says, under its provi sions it will be just as easy to raise an army cf 2,500,009 as of 50,000. Hale Succeeds Allison. Washington. Special-A largely at tended caucus of Republican Senators unanimously elected Senator Halo, of Maine. as chai;man cf the Repub lican caucus io succeed thc late Sen aim- Allison, nf Iowa. Thc positii ^ carries willi ii Hie chairmanship of the Republican steering committee of thc Senate Senator Halo's nomina tion was thc only one before the caucus, State Ne v/5 cf Interest From V Acus Sections TRISS TO tVST-l ?JAIL. Aiken I? erro ISSIECD Attest to Escajc, Aiken, Special.-Will Blackwell, colored, was placed in the county jail Monday afternoon, charged with lar ceny of live stock. The case is a rather peculiar ene. Ic is charged that last Thursday night Blackwell went to the place of Mrs. Alice La mar, near Longlcv, and s?ole a milk cow. The cow was tracked for sev eral miles the following day, but when the trail was lest. Magistrate David Bush was telephoned to ami asked to be ou the lookout for the cow nh?! thc thief. ' A fsw minutes after the telephone message was re ceived. Mr. Bush saw the cow and the negro was leading her. He deputiz ed a constable to arrest him. Black well explained that he had toms across thc cow in the road and that she had followed him eft*. He was placed in the Ellenton jail, and Sat urday night, Magistrate Bush says, he tried to bum the jail and escape, and a large hole was burned in the house, hut fortunately the lire did not get any h ead wa v. Mill Children Entertained. Ware Shoals. Special.-On the evening of Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Riegel entertained 100 children employes of (ho Ware Shoals Manufacturing Company to a. sump tuous roast turkey supper. The little folks enjoyed the feast of good things provided and their happy faces be tokened the fact that all had done ample justice to the rich end varied menu provided by their kind host and hostess. Miss Francos Edmonslon of Washington helped to make it pleasant for the children, while a company of local ladies and gentle men acted as waitera upon the vari ous tables. Several speeches were made by Mr. W. C. Cobb. Mr. F. J. Clark and others. Three hearty sheers were given by the children in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Riegel. Every child received a present of oranges, apples, candy and bananas before leaving for their homes. The event probed one of the happiest and most appreciated ever held in our town.. County Fair For Edgefield. Edgefield, Special.-At a meeting ~ the citzens f&f** county held here ^?eek>^C' -ricuitural fair E. Greer Ll ?tOCk .??S right to inereasT )f .?5 each, the cs nanently organized wHicn not less han $200 has been subscribed and paid in. A board cf directors, con sisting of 10. wai: elected, also com mittees to solicit subscriptions and procure a charter. The fair is an as sured fact. Earvard Instructor Comes to Wofford Spartanburg, Special.-Dr. Wm. Colwell, for the past four years in. structor in Cern?an at Harvard, was dioscn by the trustees of Wofford cob lege to succeed Dr. A. B. Cooke in he department of modern languages, Dr. Colwell is 30 years of age. Ho ?rill arrive in Spr.rranbur?r February I. Until then his work will be divid id among thc members of Wofford 'acuity. Dr. Cooke ha.s accepted a josition as head of the department of nodern languages at Throop institute ? Pasadena. Cal. He and family will eave Spartanburg December 20. 3d. T. 0. Duncan Purchases Cotton mn Spartanburg. Special.-A report 'eached Spartanburg that Col. T. C, Duncan, fonr.eily cf Union, but now )f Tennessee, had organized a com? .??any in that State and had purchased he Aetna Ccttcn Mills. Colonel Dun can was formerly president of tht 3uft'aio and Union Mills. Southern to Erect Nev/ Depot at Spar tar.buri. Spartanburg. Special.-Tt is re ported on good authority that th? yfiieials of the Southern railway have lecided to abandon the freight depot it the present site and erect a large md modern depo! in tho old S. U. & "'. yards. The depot is too congested 'or thc glowing business and larger markus aro needed. Superintendent .'allis, it is said, was in Spartanburg .econtly ana visited the S. T". & C. ards fer the purpose of selecting a lite. Sl??e Notes. Commissioner Watson went tr ?Vashingtcn to attend the meeting of the Southern Commercial congress, he National Rivers and Harbor* ton rress and will later go 'o Kew York 'or a mooting Hie National Civi? Vdt rat ion. A commission was issued to the J. \. Stanton company, a general mer chandise concern of Tatum. Hampton ?ounty. The capital is $23,000.