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THE LEDGES. THURLOW S. CARTER, ' KD1 l'OIt A NI) MANA(i K it. ?????II III 11 M II HSUKD WEDNESDAY ANI? SATI'ltliAY , SUBSCRIPTION 60 PKP YE \H WEDNESDAY JUEY 6, 1904. p _ - p Those Clcmson Scholarships v a The Bill providing the 124 additiona1 scholarships for Cleuison College which past the last session v of the Legislature went into effect v today. 1 he luw will result in a j| lurgu uuuiocr oi new stuaeuts ut tj the college, although, according p to a ruling of the Attorney Gone- j. ral, it will not ho absolutely neec s cj sary for the scholarship to go to a ^ student in the freshman class. The examinations are held on July 1 S. ? Record July 4th. u m , si Talking About Peace. J' Japan Having Port Arthur,Could Act tYith Honor.? Only c, proposals From Tokio . Will Re Considered. si T I..I., i T. : uuuuuii) VHIJ i . ? II 1I1CCOS- y sury to guard against placing un- j duo significance on certain indi- . ? . 11 cutiong which have arisen in the j. last few days tending to show the J O C1 possibilityof b ringing far eastern hostilities to an end by direct lie gotialions. It is impossible to 11 ignore these indications, because they come from oliicial soum s, 1 both at Toklo and St. Petersburg w The question really is whether the th lesson of repeated reverses basin- n ducod a change of heart on the "i part of Russia. It was announced two days ago a from Tokio that as soon as Port he Arthur was taken Japan would gi make peace overtures Tins ar Would be quite in lino with the *h well known moderation of the ItJapanese policy, and it may he w assumed that the offer will bo th made sincerely and with every of- 11,1 fort not to offend Russian pride. t.b Now comes another official aunoun g> cement from St. Petersburg, con* cr veyed in the foil > ving brief dispatch, sent late yesterday after, ly noon by the Sun correspondent* "Rewarding the report of mediation from Kiel and other sources, the foreign office has announ- ^ ced that Russian will consider only proposals directly from Japan." ^ It would perhaps bo assuming loo much to accept the obvious in |j" ference that overtures from Japan . . w at the present moment would re ceive consideration at St. Petersburg, but the dispatch tends itself c' to such an interpretation. It is no longer possible to doubt that the Russian cause is not only in desperate straits at Port Arthur, nf but that Gen Kuropatkin's whole g0 army is in grave danger of cap n( lure or destruction, either imme~ w diately, or, if climatic conditions cj, prevent, them six weeks hence, os when the rainy season is finished. This must be fully recognizod even by the arrogant lenders of the Russian war party. ri Tl. -1 " ? - * j.mu loss or i'ort Arthur lias to ?l a certain extent been discounted in Russia, but such an appalling S! blow as disaster to Gen.Ivuropat- a kin's great army would be more B than any regime could endure. ar The dilemma for Minister of nr the Interior de Phelve and his as- to sociates is the most desperate con* fo ceivablc, because all reasons for prolonging the war indetinitely, fi which havo been described in lu tjiese despatches, still hold good, bt If therefore, the exigencies of the or situation force them to consider le peace proposals it moan* that a w domestic crisis is impending in in Russia of greater importance and d< interest than the present war it- ill self. ly Uappjii iiigs in The Stale. is Chronicled by the Aleit Correspondents of The Columbia Slate. .VCttlKIC'KI) I.IFK TO SAVK I IKK CHILD. Aiken, .Inly 1. ? Mrs. .1. irgle, wife of Mr. J. J. Krgle, a tominont merchant of Granite-1 illc, was instantly killed by the fternoon passenger train due at iranitoville at 3:20 o'clock. Mrs Erglc was on her way home nth her younger child when she .as killed. The people of Granlevillewere holding a Fourth of nly picnic at Lakeside park, on lie edgo of the village, and Mrs. Irglo left with her child after inner and was walking along the out hern railway track when she card the train coining from Col TH. - ... - ? inula aiiu nioiuer was on one ido < f the truck and tho child on te other. It is suid that Mrs. Irgle was soon to start across the :uk to keep the little one front tossing to her. Tito track mak* s si sharp curve at this point and totiain was upon her in an infant. She was knocked about >rtv feet and killed instantly.? i'hen the body was picked up the rams were oozing out of a hole t the back of the head and the tubs and frame were horribly 'United. ItAOMKNTS or COUPSK FOUND IN TIIF. HIV KR dranchville,.Iuly I.?Ascnsatiow as created in this community by ic tinning of the skull and frog" ipmIW ..Don:..-- - t 1 - w? v.wiiiiu- (ii 11 iiinu in mo ver neur here u few days ago. About seven months ago, only short distance from where these nits were found, a little colored rl disappeared from her home, al search was made for her, but e has never boen heard of sinco. is thought that the bones that ere found the other day were use of the child that disappeared id that she was murdered and rown in the river. Several nooes have been arrested. The ime is a horrible one, and if the liltconc is found it is very likothcy will be severely dealt with. ACCIDENTALLY f HOT. Sumter, duly 3.?T. V. Milr, night watchman at the cotton ill, accidentally shot himself in ie calf of his right leg Saturday orning. Mis vest fell on the >or with his pistol in it and the capon was discharged. The Sumter cotton mill hus osed down for the summer. NEGRO KILLED Ills WIFE .Villiamston, .till}' 4.?At a ;gro picnic hero today at which vend thousand were present a ?gro man shot and killed his ife instantly while -lie was dan tig with another man and then capcd. A Lynching Avoided. mciul t.i V... ? .i " .... .iv/itn uiiii v/uuncr. Camden, S. C., .June 30.? icnff lTanthum, in responso to telephone message from the nykin neighborhood, went there id arrested Aron Williams, a ?gro, charged with an attempt outrage a Mrs. Laoglcy, who rmely resided in Lancaster. It was said that lynching was xcd. The attempt is alleged to ivo lieen made five days ago, it the negro continued his work 1 Mrs. Langley's farm unmo stcd up to 12 o'clock today and as going hack to work this eveO O g, but was brough'. to Camjn and locked in jail. The sherhas not the slightest fear of nching. C. \V. B. I Wa: !\!~ws?J*ps V ctorious as Usual. * i1hefoo, July 2, 7 :30 p. iu.? It has been loarned here that a big battle was fought on land uear .Port Arthur cn June 20 and E Juno 27. The Japanese were ? successful and on the morning g of the 28th they occupied certain heights within Port Arthur. The first Japanese division which 6ulfered so heavily at the battle of Nanshau hill and the eleven division fresh from Japan ' H'iTO (vinrnfforl '1 Ku I inmiuao m - * "V. | losses havo not boon learned bat , the Russians are said to have 1 suffered very heavily. * RUSSIAN (WARDSHIP SUNK. Washington, July 3?The S Japanese legation has received * the following cablegram from Tokio: t "Admiral Toga reports that f on the night of June 27th the * 12th tornado boat flotilla attack- | ed and sank the enemy's guardship with two masts and three ^ funnels outside Port Arthur. ^ The same flotilla then exchanged (ire with the enemy's destroyers, $ one of which was observed cap- * sized and sank. Our casualties * were 11 dead and 3 wounded ^ HA IN HITS AN ENI) TO HOSTILITIES FOR SOME WEEKS. St. Petersburg, July 1.?1:30 a. hi.?Official news received up to July 2 indicates that the Jap aneso "dvance from the south ^ has beeu suspended, along with all other important movements at the seat of war. The author- ! ities dn not expect much more | than desultory skirmishing until , the weather improves. The sit- ' uation is considered satisfactory ! from tho Russian standpoint. ! J There is evidence of consider- c able sickness in the Japanese ! camps. It is believed here that J the Japanese will suffer more ! ( from the rainy W3ather thau will \ Gen. Ivuropatkin's forces. { 1 i HAS RUSSIA OFFERED TO SURREN? I DER PORT ARTHUR? ! ^ Londou, July 4.?Tho Tol<io correspondent of the ReuterTel* | egrain company wires that it is ; rumored there that Russia, through Franee a9 an intormedi- 1 ai'P li ns nlfjrafl (, > en pi.im.Jai. P...? 7 ? w ? v ? u V4 vu OUI i OUUOl 1 Ul I Arthur *vith its fillips and arms ^ to Japan, provided tho garrison ^ is allowed to go free. The report has not been confirmed. I Disastrous Hail Storm in York < County. ! 1 Rock Hill, July 2.?What is l pronounced tho most destructive ; hail storm thai has taken place in I that section iu years, visited a i strip said to have been about one J and a half miles wide, and at this time of unknown length, in which J I the town of Clover is located, this ( i ^ afternoon at about 2:30, and al- ' ^ most totally annihilated every thing in i?s path in the way of i >4 vegetation. Your correspondent j 1 has just had a talk over tho phono j with Mr. M L Smith of Clover, j( who said that the hail was tho ^ heavient ho had over seen, and j that tho stones wcro of about the : size of partridge eggs. The storm ! -j is known to have commenced at a i point about one milo wost of Clo- c ver, and to have extended at least eight miles east, beyond those distances not having yet been heard from. Farmers, whose cotton crops were in the storm's path, who have made casual examination as to tho damage, estimate that they cannot now make exceeding one fourth of an average crop. The outlook in that par4! 1 - iicumr section prior to tho Htorm for a full crop, had not l>ccn so encouraging in b: vcral years. Tho storm was accompanied by heavy rain and much wind. S. M. (Jr. OMfKNMMMnBCr OL WORB ar A K! Is nha ive art sti tors and our aim interest of every c rivinc liim m - ? ? - I VIV.'C money. No quoiii jpprove oi sneh. a ive advertisemen md at l-2tlie val nonsensical talk will say tliat we enough to live on, iiul it will he hae! hat **e will make >f one competitors ivhicli can not he < Remember our < wltit'li or * m- M M. X V V/ kJ ^ fl 111 W M X (1X THE B|S Every pair guar ?/ u. 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