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I * * Mrs J B Graham Oct 1 06 ^ B F D No 4 + . liken •A Arthur P. Ford. Editor and Proorietor. AlKRN. S.c„ THURSDAY MORJSING. JUNK 1.4905 EsiaDlistieil lbill. Price $1.50 a ?car. in Aifarcr. I Togo Swoops Down Upon Rojestvensky ^in the Straits of Korea and Shatters His Great Fleet of Warships. EN ARE SUNK K... Three Battleships, Admiral NebogatofF and 3,00U Men Captured—Not a Sin gle Jap Warship Injured. ■ m Togo has ra«t and vanquished RoJ- estvensky. The embargo on naval uews was raised at Tokio Monday morning and the Associated Press an nounced that the the great naval bat tle was fought Saturday and Sunday in the Straits of Korea, the Japan ese obtaining a complete and over whelming victory. Rojestvensky's fleet, composed of his most effective and powerful ships, was completely shattered. Further advices confirm the magni tude of the disaster suffered by the Russian fleet, and point to the fact that the Russians’ hopes, so far as this war Is concerned, now lie in whatever may be accomplished by the oft-beaten army in Manchuria. An official report received from Tokio by ' the'Japanese legation at Washington on Monday evening, says that the Russian losses definitely known in clude two battleships, a coast defense ship, five cruisers, two special ships, and three destroyers sunk, and two battle ships, two coast defense ships, one destroyer and one special service ^ptured, while over 3,000 pris oners hhve been taken, including Rear Admiral Nebogatoff. Vice Ad miral Rbjestvensky appeals to have escaped.^ The Japanese, at last ac counts, jvere still pursuing the Rus- sians, aijd it may be some time be-' fore the Tfcnal result is known. According to Associated Press re- ie/number of Russian vessels ^or sunk up to late Monday a nineteen. None of the re Injured. ' wC^an. * ig to the correspondent of Jon Dally Mail at Seoul, »rly on Saturday morning, Y^.«ylral Togo, with practically .'sc powerful fighting ships of the ^apanost navy, was at Masampho, Korea, when wireless signals from his scoutsbetween Tsu and Quelpart Islands announced the approach of the Russian fleet in full force. A few hours later, the scouts re ported that the Russians were not ascending the western channel as had been anticipated. But they were com ing up the eastern channel, which caused somo surprise. Admiral Togo immediately started at full speed around the north of Tsu Islands, and, when he doubled the island, he saw the Russians eom- " Ing in two columns. He then brought a terrific fire to bear on the flank of the port column, and as the Rus sians fell into disorder, then forced them steadily eastward towards the Japanese coast, where they were at tacked by every vessel that flew t'Ce Japanese flag. Repeated torpedo attacks were de livered, some of them with greatest success. The vessels which escaped, the correspondent says, will probably he able to reach Vladivostok. Nicholas Weeps Over Disaster. A St. Petersburg special says: After waiting vainly all day and evening for direct news from the scattered remnants of Vice Admiral Rojestven- sky’s destroyed and beaten fleet, the Russian admiralty at midnight no longer attempted to hold out against the overwhelming evidence pouring in from all directions that the fleet on which all their hopes were cen tered, had suffered a greater disaster than did the combined French ahd Spanish fleets at Trafalgar. More bitter even than defeat is the Japanese claim of the virtual annihl lation of the Russian fleet with prac tically no loss on their side, and many officers cling doggedly to the belief that Vice Admiral Togo must have i suffered heavily. With every ship of Rear Admiral Nebogatoff's reinforcing division, eith er sent to the bottom or forced to strike its flag and only six ol Rojest- vensky’s original sixteen fighting ships absent from the list of ves sels sunk or captured, and with the Japanese pursuit still continuing, m> naval authority has the temerity to dream that Russia can again attempt to wrest the mastery of the sea from Japan in the present war. The cap tured vessels aloue will furnish Ja pan with ready-made reinforcements, which will be more than a match for the fourth Pacific squadron now about to sail from Cronstadt. The emperor was completely prostra^d by the news, and, according to reports, he broke down and wept. The effect of the disaster will be a terrible blow to the government. The futility of trying to stagger on, on land, is everywhere recognized, and the cry for “peace at any price” is sure to be raised. This time, it is believed, the government chnnot resist such a cry. Indeed the radical liberals are openly rejoicing in this hour of their country’s humiliation. They declare that the disaster means peace and a constitution, and that the deaths of thousands of their fel low-countrymen and the loss of over a hundred million dollars’ worth of warships is not too big a price to pay. The friends of peace in the govern ment are already reproaching the war party with forcing the issue between Togo and Rojestvensky. When the fleet appeared in the strait of Malacca they tried vainly to persuade the em peror that the time was opportune for the opening of peace negotiationa, but the war party convinced his maj esty and Rojestvensky, for the honor of the navy, insisted that the fleet should be given a chance to retrieve the disasters suffered on land. Diplomats entertain no douUt that the belligerent faction will continue to urge that the war be fought to the bitter end, but the friends <JT Russia abroad, and especialy France,-are now bringing overwhelming arguments to bear in favor of peace. Japs Rejoice Greatly. The news of Togo’s great victory over Rojestvensky set , all Japan in a wild delirium of joy. While there never has hgaa. a doubt in the minds Vile o^tWiraiirirey" or "i ogo to smash the Russians when they met, the long delay and impenetrable secrecy maintained had caused a con dition of nervous tension, which has now given way to unconcealed ela tion, which grows as the magnitude of the victory becomes apparent. The last doubt of complete Japanese success has been removed by Togo’s magnificent victory, and it is said, on high authority, that the land opera tions will be pushed with great vigor now, and an effort will be made, with out delay, to cut off the entire Rus sian army in Manchuria. List of Ships Sunk. In the battle fought Saturday in the Strait of Korea, the Russian bat tleships Borodino and Alexander III, the armored cruisers Admiral Naka- hir, Dmitri Donskoi and Vladimir Monomach, the coast defense iron clad Admiral Oushakoff, the protect ed cruisers Svietlana and Jemoitu- chig, the repair ship Kamchatka and the cruiser Irtessin were sunk. The battleships Orel and Nicholai I and the coast defense iron olatls Admiral Seniavln and General Admi ral Upraxine were captured. According to later advices, the Jap anese, in addition to the ships al ready named, captured the Russlnn battleship Sissoi Veliky and the Rus sian flagship was seriously damaged. Reports were current on the stock exchange in London purporting to be from authoritative private sources that Admiral Rojestvensky’s private ship, Kniaz Souvaroff, was among the vessels sunk, and that the Japanese were following up the Russians and picking off their ships one by one. Greatest Since Trafalgar. A dispatch from Berlin, Germany, says: Naval critics in the evening pa pers accept, without reserve, the dis,- patches from Tokio and build on them the view that the war has entered upon the last phase in which the Japanese command of the sea will continue unthreatened until the end. The battle of Saturday is called the greatest fleet action for a hundred years, or since Trafalgar, and is class ed as being immensely greater than the Adriatic sea fight in 18G6 or the naval battle of Santiago in 1898. PEACE NOW SLOGAN Russia Has Played Her Last Card in the War Game. THIS OPINION UNIVERSAL President Roosevelt May Be Asked to Take Immediate Action in Move to Stop the Unequal Conflict in the Far East. FOUR PICNICKERS DROWNED. A Washington special says: Quick to realize the far-reaching effect of Admiral Rojestvensky s defeat, in the Korean straits, and in keeping with his promise announced a long time ago to do a.i in his power to bring the belligerents in the Far East to direct negotiations at the proper time. President Roosevelt Monday night received by special appointment Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister, and a conference followed for the greater part of the evening. Mr. Tak ahira called at the white house short ly after 9 o’clock, and was immedi ately received. Sir Mortimer Duraud, the British ambassador, who is just back from London, where he was received by the king, will lunch with the presi dent Wednesday, when the whole sit nation will be thoroughly discussed. Count Cassini, the Russian ambassa dor, said M6nday night that he ex pected to see the president Before the week is over and Baron Stern berg, the German ambassador, who was early at the Russian embassy, Monday morning, where he remained for some time in conference with the ambassador, is constantly In touch with the president. At the interested embassies and legations during the evening the opin ion was firmly expressed that Presi dent Roosevelt would undoubtedly lead the neutral nations in the efforts or bring about peace. In the confer ence with the Japanese, minister, it is thought that the president’s first oil' ject was to ascertain on what basis Japan can discuss the question of peace. At the Russian embassy Count Cas sini said: “Talk of peace is prema ture. If the victory be as stupendous as the Japanese would have the world believe, the neutral powers can scarcely wish for Japan to be allowed to remain without a taste of defeat Much as I should welcome an end of the war for some reasons, my belidT is that the effect of Rojestvensky’s defeat will be the immediate prolonga tion of the war. Russia must fight ou,^^'maps Tor yttans, uur'uuui'<ae tabl&a'^re turned.” At the Japanese legation Minister Takahira had earlier in the day ex pressed his keen satisfaction at the victory of Togo. “I cannot discuss the effects of this battle,’ he said, “un til the final reports are received; until we know Rojestvensky’s fate. Ask Russia, not Japan, if the hour of peace has arrived. Our fleet ir> still pursuing the enemy. It is to Russia, not to Japaq, that the initia tive toward peace is to be looked for.” THE TARIFF NO BAR SLEW SIX AMD SELF To Purchasing Canal Mate rial in Foreign Markets IS DECLARATION OF TAFT Man Murders His Wife, Five Children and Suicides. A MOST GHASTLY SIGHT Congress Was Asked to Lay Down Rule, But Refused, and the President Will Act on His Own Initiative. WAS A BRITISH VESSEL. Report that American Ship Was Sunk by Russians Incorrect. Minister Griscom cabled the^ state department from Tokio, under Mon day’s date, that the ship supposed to be American, sunk off the coast of Formosa, May 20, by the Russian fleet, was a British vessel, according to a report made to him by»the Japanese government. GREAT CELEBRATION IN TOKIO. Immense Throngs in Japanese Capital Jubilate Over Togo’s Prowess. Tokio celebrates Japan’s great na val victory Monday night. The main thoroughfares .streets and leading government buildings of the capital were thronged with joyous, cheering crowds. Impromptu proeess’ons mov ed in various directions. P0T TER BACK IN DAVISBORO. Alleged Defaulting Ex-Cashier Gives Bond and Is Released. Maro 8. Potter, who is charged wUh embezzling upward of $20,000 of th» funds of the Davisboro, Ga., bank, was released at Sandersville Thurs day on a $15,000 bond, signed by his relatives, after having been under sur veillance at the Sandersville hotel since Tuesday. Potter left immediately for Davfe- boro in company with his fatBbr-in- law. TORNADO SWEEPS WEST. Two Men and Two Women Lose Lives in James River. Frederick Lee, Frank Gray, Miss Lou Rhodes and Miss Sarah Gates, all of Springfield, Mo., were drowned in the James river, near the city, Sun day. They were members of a picnic par- ! ty, and their boat capsized while they j were trying to cross a mill pond. THIS UNION WITHHOLDS AID. Associated Building Trades Refused to Help Brothers on Strike. Attention of strikers and employers at Chicago was centered largely Sat urday on the effect of the action of the Associated Building Trades, ac counted the strongest labor body in Chicago, and representing in its mem- bexsjiip upwards of 18,000 union work men, in withdrawing both moral and financial support from the teamsters’ cause. Many Towns in Indian Territory Hard Hit by Furious Storm. The towns of Platter, Woodville, Call, Roberta and Colbert, on the Frisco railroad, in Indian Territory, were visited by a tornado early Sat urday. Only meager advices are pro curable, owing to communication be ing cut off. A section foreman walked to Red River bridge and gave the first news of the stsrm. JAP TACTICS PUZZLING. Oyama’s Troops Give Way to the Least Pressure from Russians. Advices from Manchuria state that the Japanese tactics are puzzling. They give way at the slightest press ure against their center on both the railroad and the Mandarin road. The Chinese explain the retirement to trouble among the reserves, some of whom they say are almost in a state of revolt because the government has not kept its promise to return them to Japan. TRUSTEE BOARD SUGGESTED The celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Cincinnati Com mercial Club closed in that city Fri day night with a notable banquet, where the speakers discussed vital questions of the day. The cities which were represented at the banquet were Boston, Chicago, St. Louis end Cincin nati. Secretary of War Taft made the principal speech of the evening. The secretary said in part: “If the Panama canal were inside the territory of the United States, of course all the material used hn the canal could pay duty or bo bought in the United States, but as the con struction of the canal is a number of days’ journey from the tariff wall of the United States, it presents ex actly the same as is presented in the case of the Philippine Islands. Now, if congress wants to pay more than France was Milling to pay, then they are welcome to do so, but in the ab sence of a rule we feel we must carry out the rule that applies. That rule requires that the prices and quality being the same, M - e must buy Amer ican goods. In the absence of a rule, we feel bound by our trust to build as cheaply as possible. We submitted the question to congress on this line, asking congress to lay down a rule. If there is no rule, M’e must build as a business man would. Now; there is no question of protection or free trade; it is merely our duty under the law as it stands. If the rule or law is changed, then we must change.” He then spoke of the relation of the government to the railroads. “I cannot but thinK,” he said, “the discussion which is now going on has had a much wider scope than is nec essary. The question is the passage of certain legislation and the discus sion is properly narrowed by consid eration of what that legislhtion Is.*' He explained the present statute on inter-state commerce, calling attention to its references to “unreasonable” rates, and the position of the inter state commerce commission on that matter. He stated that the measure proposed is a veiry moderate measure, and it is unfair .to denounce it so se verely- vrs ima tjeeir'acArer' He believed the changes proposed by the Esch-Townsend bill would re sult in good. He wrs willing to ad mit our debt to the railroads for building up the country, but he main tained that that should not give them freedom from control. If somebody must look into the justice of rates, that somebody must be competent and of authority to require reasonable rates. Further, he held that It would greatly relieve the courts to provide a court to consider railroad rates. Rebates were a matter that should be prepared for, even though he had been informed there were no longer any such things as rebates. He in sisted that the railroads should not antagonize, but that they owed some thing to the government to see that conditions of prosperity continued. Steppens Also Took Shot at a Passing Milkman Before Exterminating Himself—No Cause for Tragedy Assigned. Edwin Steppens. living at Ross Val- j iey, Marion county, California, mur- ! Jered his wife, shot his five children, :hree of whom died Instantly, attempt- sd to murder a passing milkman, ind then ended his own life, Wednes- lay morning. Steppens, who was 35 years old, was formerly a book agent, but later was said to bje connected with a rub ber goods house of San Francisco. The family also conducted a chicken ranch at their home in Rodfe Valley. Early Wednesday morning Steppens emerged from the house, revolver in hand, and fired upon a passing milk man. The milkman whipped up his I horses and Steppens pursued him for two hundred yards, firing as he ran. Steppens then halted in the roadway, placed the revoiver to his breast, dis charged the weapon. The bullet did not end his life, and he sent a second fatal bullet through his brain. When neighbors and oiiU*urs enter ed th'J home of Steepens, they came upon a shocking scene. The mem bers of the family, each with a revolv er woond in the head, were found in their beds. The wife and wiree qf the children were dead, while two wounded children dffed a few hour® later at a hospital. The children range 1 from-one to eleven years of age - jli Th.re isgA known reason for the irage^y, btft*rhe, theory is advanced .hat .Steppens became suddenly in- j UTj& ‘ I U SSI AN PRINCE SLAIN. ULTIMATUM GIVEN BY HOTEL. Somt Thrower Exterminates the Gov- * ernor of Baku, Caucasia. The governor of Baku, Qavca94^t Princ3 Nakachidza, was assassinatQtj {Vedr^sday afternoon, by a bomb which M'as. thrown at his carriage. A leutenant, who was accompanying the governor, and a bystander w^re also dlleA by the explosion,'and the Coafih' manWr believed to have been fatally a ^ —•_ r - Thcmgh no details of the assajssi- aatio4 were received in SL Peters- oure.) it is thought that the outrage wee pie work of the Armenian revo lutionary committee, in revenge, for ihe attitude taken by the prince dur ing the racial war between Armenians and Tartars in February last, and is not attributed to the Russian terror ists, even though the latter are at present extremely active in many parts of the empire. The Armenians laid the responsibil ity fer the deaths of those slain in February at the door of Prince Nak- achidzt, and only Tuesday suit was begun against the prince before the senate tribunal at St. Petersburg in behalf of the children of Lalaleff, a Baku millionaire, whose house Mas stormed and burned, and himself and wife and parents killed during the riot. Management of the Piedmont in At lanta Defies Chamber of Commerce. An ultimatum from the Piedmont hotel, to the effect that it will con tinue to charge double rates during conventions, promises by other hotels of Atlanta that they will not ad vance rates, but Mill reduce them if it becomes necessary to secure any large convention, and the adoption of a resolution declaring that the cham ber of commerce will, in future, lay stress and emphasis upon the “liberal spirit and ample service” of other hotels, “with a due statement of the rates” of the Piedmont hotel, were the features of a meeting held Fri day afternoon. The meeting M as called for the pur pose of having the hotel and restau rant men of the city reach an un derstanding Mith the chamber of com merce regarding the rates that will in future be charged in order that every one might Mork together for the up building of the city and the securing of other conventions for Atlanta. A letter to this effect brought from the Piedmont hotel the state ment that the management of that place w’ould continue to charge during conventions the double rates that ob tained during the convention of the National Association of Manufacturers. BRYAN AGAIN IN COURT. Nebraskan Irritated by Questions of Widow Bennett's Lawyer. William J. Bryan appeared in the probate court at N6m' Haven, Conn., Wednesday, at a hearing <fi the ac counts of the estate of the late Philo S. Bennett, of which he is adminis trator. | During the examination Mr. Bryan submitted to a rapid fire of questions from Judge Stoddard, counsel for Mrs. Bennett, the widow, and at times con siderable impatience was manifested by both questioner and the witness. DEED OF A CRAZY MOTHER. Domestic Trouble Causes Her to Drown Children and Herself. Mrs. Tip Sanders drowned herself and three children in a creek neat her home, two miles south of Sul phur Springs, Texas, Wednesday. The oldest child M’as a ooy six years of age. The other children were girls aged three years and ten months, re- spect/ely. The tragedy, It is said, M’as the result of domestic troubles. Sanders, the husband, left home ear ly for his work. Returning home for dinner, he found a note from Mrs. Banders, telling him M’here he would find the bodies. As Latest Plan to Settle the Equitable Society Row. Proposals have been made in New York and are believed to be satisfac tory to President Alexander and Vice President Hyde that control of the Equitable society be turned over to a board of trustees, the trusteeship to carry with it individual responsibil ity, as is now the case M'ith the trus tees of savings banks. MOBS AFTER DEMIMONDE. Jewish Socialists Continue to Wreck Disorderly Houses in Warsaw. The demolition of disorderly houses by the JeMish socialist organization called the Buna, continued in War saw Friday, unchecked throughout the city. The Jcm’S and Christians joined forces and are working together to make a clean sweep. They are not only attacking disorderly houses, but private apartments where M-omen have been living under the protectior of aristocratic personages. POOR, SHATTERED HEART. DEATH GRIPS A ROTHSCHILD. Say Widow Seeks Breach of Promise Damages from Millionaire. Damages aggregating $250,000 as compensation for alleged breach of promise of marriage was asked by Mrs. Katherine Poillon, in a suit igainst W. Gould BrokaM\ the mfl- ionaire clubman, which was begun in .he supreme coi rt at New York Wed- xesday. Head of Great Banking House In France Passes Away in Paris. Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head of the French branch of the banking ! house bearing the name of Roths- 1 child, and governor of the Bank o' j France, died in Paris Friday morning I from acute bronchitis aggravated by ! gout. The eminent financier had been j sinking sloM'ly for many days, -t I ARMENIANS AND MOSLEMS MIX. Section of Caucasus is Aflame with Strenuous Racial Strife. The most disquieting news regard ing the internal situation and of th« reneMal of hostilities between Arme nians -and Moslems in the southern Caucasus has reached St. Petersburg. Simultaneous M-ith the assassination of Prince Nakachidze, governor of Baku, carne neM’s that the province of Erlvan is aflame with racial strife. COTTON ACREAGE REDUCTION 2 SOUTH CAROLINA 2 ILAGREST STOVE HOUSE IN AUGUSTA 7 STATE NEWS ITE1S. < * Rains Injured Crops. Reports from middle and upper South Carolina are to the effect that heavy and continuous rains and the scarcity of labor have retarded all farm work. Cotton fields are over run with grass. Never before have reports of scarcity of labor been so general. The recent heavy rains in Darlington county washed rXay most of the mill dams and bridges n, the county. Public roads were made, almost impassible and much farm land flooded. When you buy a Stove, buy the best, 7‘fte Great Ex celsior. Parts always kept in stock. Write for catalogue. W r e have a few very pretty calendars left. Write for one. The largest and lowest price Stove and Bicycle house in Augusta. W r e invite you to make our place your headquarters while in our city. JSIE* HSTKE IBR.OSL,, Successors to C. B. Allen’s Stove House, S40 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. RUTHERFORD » Bad Blaze at Heath Springs. A destructive fire at Heatu Springs destroyed property worth $20,000. The buildings burned we’re: Drug store ancl two buildings of the late Dr. 3. J. Hinson, valued at $2,- 500; two stores and warehouses of J. C. Creed, $15,000; drug store and office of Dr. J. A. Rutledge, $1,000; J. D. Dye, groceries, $1,000; L. J. Mackey’s meat market, $500; Spring Banking and Mercantile company and the Enterprise Mercantile company were badly damaged, but are fully in sured. Several other stores and buildings were slightly damaged. Admits Crew at Fault. Before the railroad commission, it session at Columbia, employees and officials of the Southern railway test:* fled as to the circumstances surround ing the wreck of the special train bearing the party of Robert C. Ogden at Greenville, April 29. As a result of the investigation into the cause of the wreck, the Sqitherii railway officials announce the dis charge of Engineer J. E. Hunfei and Conductor Acker. These employees are charged with the responsibility of the accident, be cause they entered the yard wTTnout having their train under control. Carolina and Virginia Railroad. Definite anouncement of a railroad from Charleston to Monroe, N. »*., giving Charleston, Sumter and inter mediate points a seaboard connection at or near McBee and again at Mon roe was made a feM' days ago, in the shape of a petition for a commission to incorporate the “Carolina and Vir ginia railroad.” The commission was granted with WElliam H. Ingram, Neil O’Donnell and Marion Moise of Su'n- ter and State Senator Thomas G. Mc Leod of Lee. county as corporators. The initial capital stock, is $4j).0Q0 DEALERS nr BRICK. LIME, PORTLAND AND ROSENDALK CEMENT. PLANTER HAIR AND LATHR pCady hoofing etc. Corner of WMbiagton and Rejaalds Streets, tuiatzv. » - Gft-«ox* 0(1 fit miBT ■. DIBBLE, JAMRft POWELL, W. W. MICKLNFUHB, President. Vice PresidenL Cashier. The Bank of Aiken, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. North Carolina Farmers Have Cut the Crop Considerably. Secretary T. B. Parker of tile North Carolina Farmers’ Alliance, has completed the summary of returns by farmers in every township in North Carolina where cotton is grown, shoe ing the reduction in acreage this sea son. He finds that the returns are practically complete and that the re duction amounts to twenty-three and one-Jialf per cent. -aim—cut now poses” state that it is .the inteation of the corporation "to acquire righu- of way and build and maintain cot ton warehouses” in the counties of Charleston, Berkeley, Clarendon, Sum ter, Lee, Kershaw and Chesterfield counties. The distance is one hun dred and eighty-five miles. The gauge is to be standard and the motive power is to be steam or electricity. State Seeking Immigrants. A New York dispatch says: C. J. C. Wyngaarden ,a commissioner, sent abroad by the government, and prom inent citizens of South Carolina to secure immigrants to people a pro posed new settlement for M’iilch a mil lion acres have been set apart in that state, has sailed for Europe on the steamer Potsdam. He will visit Ger many, Holland and Belgium and will distribute literature explaining the enclosure. Mr. Wyngaarden said before sailing that the land had been purchased in Columbia county by the governor ana his associates, that it was very ter- tile, and that good cotton and other crops could be raised upon it. It M’as pioposed also, he said, to es tablish factories there. Negroes, He added, seemed unable to achieve sat isfactory results as agriculturists, and this pormpted the invitation to the for eigners. An effort will be made to secure immigrants suitable for farm ing or factory work. As they arrive they will be taken in charge by David Van Wlyck, a member of the Hoboken board o* health, and will be shipped to South Carolina by steamer. Many Military Companies Disbanded. The adjutant general has published his general order disbanding ineffi cient companies and reducing the mil itary strength of the state below twenty-five hundred officers and men. All of the cavalry goes out except that six companies are retained as reserve mounted infantry for coas: defense. These will be given uniforms, carbines and M’ill get half the usual annual pay. In addition to six cav alry troops wiped out, ten infantry companies are disbanded. This ac tion is based on the inspection reports of Colonel Patrick. If the ncM- lau’ were strictly applied e\en more com-| panics Mould have to go. The cavalry troops actually dis banded are: Troop B, Edgefield; j troop C, Panola; troop D, Paxville; troop H, Eutawville; troop K. Sampit; , troop I, Levy. The infantry companies dis- j banded are: Company D, GreenMood; Limestone Guards, Gaffney; Mullins 1 Guards, Mullins; Morgan RuTes, Clif- | ton; company H. Fort Motte; com- ; pany E, Charleston; company L, St. Stevens; company M, Bishopville ; company A, colored. Charleston; com pany B, colored, Beaufort. No Negro companies are retained. Policy Holders Get Together. The South Carolina pol>jy holders of the Equitable Life Assurance so ciety met in Columbia recently, and formed a permanent state organiza- OoxxaaittTr mxxci Cfltyr X>ox>o»±t os-jy- FOUTZ’S HORSE:,, AND CATTLE POWDER .-r A medicine which makes sick aninuk well, the diseased whole, the weak strong and the thin fat. 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The most efficient agent for eradi- ! eating Worms from human beings. Mothers should send for pamphlet "Something About Worms” free on ap plication. This remedy is guaranteed 1 to give satisfaction If used according ! to the directions, of money refunded. ! Price, 25c per b**ttle, or 5 bottles for $1.00. Ask your dealer for it; but if not supplied send to David E. Foutz, Sole Propr., Baltimore, Md. tion to lie known as “The Carolina Pro: ertive Assn .’awon of the Equita ble Policy Holders.” Governor D. C. Heyward was elect ed president, J. L. Coker of liar.s- ville vice president anil August Kolin of Columbia leeieiazy. The object of the organization is s ated as lollows: “The object of ibis organization is for the purpose of protecting mutu ally the interests of the policy hold ers in the Equitable Life Assurance society of the United Stales, fostering co-operation and thereby enabling rts members to unite in one common organization for the furthering of the interests of such policy holders, res idents in this state, and co-operatim; with similar organizations in othei states, to benefit equally and without preference all policy holders of this society, wherever residing.” A resolution was passed authorizing the president to apply officially to the head offices of the society for a list of the policy holders in this state, with their postoffice addresses and amount of insurance. Resolutions were also passed expressing confi dence in the stability and solvency of the Equitable, urging policy hoid- esr to continue the payment of pre miums as they come due. Engines, Boilers, Cotton, Saw, Fertilizer. Oil and Ice Machin ery and Supplies and Repairs, Machine Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather and hubber Belting and Hose, Railroad and Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and Hoisting Engines, Injectors. Capacity for three hundred hands. Estimates furnished for power plants and steel bridges, store fronts. DON’T FAIL TO WRITE US BEFORE BUYING - .. Johnson’s Bakery. n «.« 1 mi n* m THE LOl ISVil.I.K & NASHVILLE KAILKOAU. Host Lii.fi to Confederate Veterans Kcunion, Louisville, Ky., dune 15-10, 1905—Very Low Kates. Stop overs allowed at JIammoth Caw, America’s Great Natural W ond'-r. I’tiss through the iILstori' - al Rattle Fields. Rates open to all. Tickets sold Juno 10th, 11th, 12th and Uth. Ask for tickets via L A N. Full information furnished on application to J. G. HOLLENBECK, District Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. The German Postoft.ee Department delivers an ll-pound package any where in Germany for 12 cents. ’’Efix-te Europe” is hi some respects not so sit) vr. Cleanliness and Purity of Materials Arc characteristics of all the Bread, Rolls, Cakes, Pies, Etc. made at JollNSO-VN BAKERY, Park Avenue. The Choicest Confectioneries and Cab* dies always on hand. STONE! STONE!! Estimates given and order* prompt ly Ailed for street curbings, and oroee- inge, flower bed borders, sidewalks in blooke, hitching posts, door and ter race steps, door and window sills, cemetery lot copings, rough and dressed ashlers for fronts of build- Inge, hearth stones, etc. Lakeview stone a specialty. Stona from other qmarries if preferred. H. K. OHATFIELD, Aiken, S. Q.