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• .■ •’ B F l> Arthur P. Ford. Editor and Proprietor. AIKEN, S. a THU RSDA V BOYCOTT A MENAGE Exporters -Appeal to Roose velt to Pacify China. HEAVY LOSS THREATENED Shippers A*k Modification of Exclu sion Laws Only Means of Satisfactorily Adjusting the Matter. MAYOR STILL SLASHING. Philadelphia Chief Executive Wields Ax on Necks of Seventy-Nine City Employees. President Roosevelt held a confer ence at the white house Monday with about thirty members of the American Asiatic Association representing the cotton textile industry and the iron and steel trade of the United States. The delegation entered a formal pro test against such an enforcement o. the Chinese exclusion laws, as might Imperil the export trade of /his coun try with China. It was pointed out that the commercial organizations of China were threatening to boycott American made goods, especially cot ton and steel products, unless ar rangements were made whereby Chi nese merchants, students, literary men and travelers could enter the United States without the serious difficulty which they now encounter. The Chi nese urge that members of the class es which, under olir exclusion laws, are permitted to enter the United States, are often subjected to incon venience and humiliation by the im migration officials and ask for more rational treatment of the exempted classes of their countrymen. The delegation was headed by John Ford of New York, secretary of the American Asiatic Association, wu* made an address, in which he said: "Mr. President: The American'Asl- atic Association is an organization formed to co-operate with this gov ernment in malntajning and defending the trade and treaty rights of the Uni ted States in the countries of East ern Asia. Individually the members of this delegation speak for the cot ton textile industry of the United Stakes, representing $500,000,000 of in vested capital and 350,000 wage earn ers, whose prosperity and welfare are today absolutely dependent on the re tention of the market for the products of that Industry which have been opened in China; they speak for a*' least one department of the still great er iron and steel Industry of the Urf*.- ed States; they speak for a branch of our export trade which is growing more rapidly than any other a whose value In the current fiscal year will probably exceed fifty million dol lars. ^“The. occasion of_this, .visit is to fcvite your attention to the present unsatisfactory character of our rela tions with the Chinese empire and the conditions growing out of those which directly threaten the continu ance of a profitable and highly essen tial part of our commerce. The friendly character of these relations has been of late adversely affected by the absence of a satisfactory immi gration treaty between the United States and China and by the dissao isfaction of the mercantile class in China with what they conceive to be the unjust and oppressive operation of the rules idopted and enforced by the immigration officers of the Unlteo States in dealing with those of their countrymen whom our laws declare entitled to visit his country." DATE OF PAYMENT CHANGED. Secretary Shaw Issues Notice to Na tional Banks. The secretary of the treasury Mon day announced that the payment of the second installment of Hie public deposits called from the depository banks will not be required on July 1, the date named in the call, but may be made by the banks at any time on or before July lo. The purpose of this ehanga is to separate the transfer of funds of the treasury from the heavy payment's of dividends and Interest failing due on the 1st of July. ANTI-CIGARETTE LAW O. K. New Statute Held to Be Constitution al by Indiana Judge. Judge James Leathers of the Mar ion coqnty superior court in Indian apolis, Thursday, decided 'in the case of the state against W. W. Lowry, Indicted for smoking a cigarette, that the anti-cigarette law passed by thu last legislature is constitutional, ex cept wherein it may conflict with the interstate commerce law. Smokers may Import cigarettes. from other states and smoke them, but it is held unlawful to sell ’or give them away. Mr. Lowry is discharged. A PhiladelpKa special says: The principal dep^lopnients j n the local political >^uation Monday was the jigffiPnon of Samuel Salter, as as iistunt to the chief clerk in the. office of the county commissioners and The Issuing of an order for the dismissal of sixty-five employees in the bureau of city property and 14 in the elec trical bureau. Probably the most interesting de velopment was the resignation of Sal ter, who, some years ago, after be ing a fugitive from Justice for about a jear, returned to the city, and wa’s acquitted of the charge of stuffing a ballot box. In his resignation, which came as a surprise to the citizens 'of the city, Salter stated that he intend ed to go mto business. The election fraud case with which Salter’s name was linked was one ot the most sensational in the annals of ballot box crimes in the city. Sal ter, who had been a member of the legislature and who was serving as a deputy coroner, was arrested in No vember, 1899, along with six or seven others, some of whom lived in Wash ington, D. C., charged with conspir acy in pacing 215 fraudulent votes in a ballot box. They entered ball and then fled. The ball was torfelted after a long fight in the courts, and, when execution for the bail was about to be issued, Salter and some of the accused men returned. Mayor Weaver was, at that tim«*, district attorney, and he prompt* brought Salter to trial. The jury rendered a verdict of acquittal. A curious feature of the case was that one of the defendants subsequently indicted with Salter gave himself up, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and was sentenced to one year. He was free’d before the other fugitives returned, but could not be found when wanted as a witness. After Salter’s acquittal city coun cils created the position of assistant to the chief clerk of the county com missioners, and Salter was -appointed to the place at a salary of $2,000 S year. One of the duties of the county commissioners Is to prepare the elcc tion parapherna ,i *> of toe city. After the uprising agunist the gas lease sub sided some of the Philadelphia pa pers asked the county commissioners to remove Salter, but they took no action. Salter’s resignation Monday, the commissioners say, came to them voluntarily. The order for the dismissal of Co men from the bureau of city properV was not unexpected. The mayor has issued ap order that all employees not reede.i shm.ld—to dJEiw'gcssA- dismissal will mean a saving to the city of more than $41,000 a year. Mayor Weaver has another contest with councils. This time it is ove. the granting to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company of franchises lo op erate surface cars on an additional 110 miles of streets without the city receiving any compensation. The bills granting the franchise were pass ed and vetoed by the mayor. B3TH SIDES AGREE Russia and Japan Will Now Select Peace Envoys. PROSPECTS GROW BRIGHTER Representatives to Be Selected by the Two Governments May Meet in Washington—Cza r and Mikado Announce Willingness to Discuss Terms t>f Indemnity. OFFER FORMALLY ACCEPTED. Cassini Calls Upon Roosevelt With Official Message From Czar. A Washington special says: Official assurance that the president s effort to bring Russia and Japan togei toward petce will be crowned with success was brought to the white house Monday by Count Cassini, tT-'e Russian ambassador, who called by np pointment and in the name of Em peror Nicholas, formally accepted the president’s ••offer of good will. The following official statement re garding the conference was issued at the white house: ‘‘Ambassador Cassini has called to express the Russian government's as sent to the president’s proposition and to state that they would appoint plen ipotentiaries to meet the plenipoten tiaries of Japan to discuss the ques tion of peace. The place of meeting is at present being discussed. ’ The Associated Press has definite knowledge that both the. Russian and Japanese governments have accepted President Roosevelt’s suggestion and that a meeting of representatives of tho two contending powers is assured. From an authoritative official source it is also learned that it has been practically determined that the pleni potentiaries for the determination of peace terms will hold their sessions in Washington. It was stated at the foreign office in St. Petersburg Saturday afternoon that Russia Is ready to appoint rep resentatives to hear the Japanese pro posals on being informed that' Japan is nominating representatives for this purpose. Practically, although not formally, an armistice can be said to exist, Russia awaits Japan’s notification, the namV of her plenipotentiary and the place of meeting, as upon the place will de pend the appointment of Russia's representative, with the naming of tiie plenipotentiaries a limited suspension of hostilities will be formally declared. From the conversation of an official of the foreign office with Mie Associa ted Press it is not certain whether Russia will send a formaly reply to President Roosevelt's appeal, the em peror’s assurance to Ambassador Mey er of his willingness to negotiate be ing deemed sufficiently official. "We cannot select our plenipo'en- tiarles.’’ the official said, “until Japan has indicated the place for negotia tion. In order to avoid delay, in the event Washington Is selected. Count Cassini, or possibly Baron Rosen, if he-could arrive in time, may act for Russia. If Manchuria is selected, Gen : eral Llnevltch may be the representa tive of Russia, but it does not neces sarily follow that either of them would conduct the negotlalions to the end, as the first question to be determined is whether a basis is had on the prin cipal terms. If they are considered to afford a basis for the conclusion ol peace a regular set of plenipotentia ries may bS appointed and the nego tiations may proceed in the custo mary way.” The official with whom the corre spondent of the Associated Press talk ed was by no means sanguine that Ja pan couid offer an acceptable basis for negotiations. A Toklo special says: Japan has agreed to President’s Roosevelt’s sug gestion to appoint plenipotentiaries to meet Russian plenipotentiaries. No further details of the Mikado’s inten tions have, as yet, been given out. The czar's government would pre fer that Paris should be the scene of the Initial step, but it is explained to the Associated Press that neither the place nor the personality of the Russian representatives matters ver> greatly. The Russian representative will no? be a plenipotentiary with full power to negotiate. His duty will practically be confined to the reception and trans mission to his government, whatever action is taken. While proffering all aid In his power, it is well understood here that the president, having serving to bring the representatives of the warring coun tries face to face, believes it would be to the best interests of all concerneu that he step aside. The United States, It Is recognized here, desires to keep all the powers out of temptation when the spoils of war come to be divided. STATISTICIAN ORDERED HOME. Presence of Mr. Hyde Needed at Washington Because of the ‘^68^ A Washington dispatch says: The inquiry into the charges that infor mation regarding the condition of the crops has “leaked’’ from the 'depart ment of agriculture in advance of the issuance of the reports has been shift ed from Washington to some of the larger cities of the country. In those cities the seerer service agents are making inquiries that are expected to occupy several days. It Is not pos sible to obtain at the department the names of the firms or persons of whom the inquiries are being made or even the cities where they are lo cated. A complete report of the whole inquiry is not expected for a week or ten days. Secretary Wilson- confirmed the re port Sunday night that John Hyde, the statistician of the department of agri culture, who left this country a few days ago for Europe, had beeh di rected to return to the United States as early as possible. “There is not the slightest breath of suspicion against Mr. Hyde,'™ said Secretary Wilson, “but it is prefera ble that Mr. Hyde be at his office at this time.” » RUSSIAN PRESS BACKSLIDES. After Howling for Peace Radical Newspapers Are Now the Reverse. The radical Russian press, which hounds the government,- no matter which way it turns, is promptly seek ing to take advantage of the new sit uation created by the possibility of peace. Although for months It has been preaching peace and the at>an- donment of the whole of the Man churian adventure at any cost, it has already steered around and pretends to be horrified at the fact that Russia can contemplate the possibility of surrendering her position on the Pa cific and purchasing peace at the price of an indemnity after the sacri fice of millions of the people’s money and thousands of the people’s lives, and declares that only the people shall decide whether the country shall sHU mit to this humiliation. SHIPS THEORETICALLY DONE UP. Furious Blank Fire of Fcrts Too Much for Maneuvering Squadron. A Baltimore dispatch says: Admi ral Dlckins did the unexpected thing by making an early morning attack on Fort Howard and the other local fortifications and the battleship Tex as, a cruiser and three torpedo de stroyers were theoretically blown oiN of the water by the artillerymen sta tioned at Fort Howard. TEN YEARS FOR BIGELOW. AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER. Three People Drowned ir Dash Thro' an Open Draw Bridge. Three persons were drowned and two others narrowly escaped a like fate Saturday night at Chicago wiien an automobile, in which five were rid ing, plunged into the Chicago river through a draw of the Rush street bridge. Those drowned were: Jerome G. Kurtzman, Chicago, manager for a chemical company; Mrs. Jerome G. Kurtzman; W. S. Hartley, manager of an automobile house. A man and two women were rescued. BAN ON MAIL ORDER HOUSES. CAMP CHASE MEMORIAL DAY. Southern Flowers Strewn on the 2,300 Graves of Confederates. Memorial services were held Satur day afternoon at the confederate cem etery at Camp Chase, a few miles west of Columbus, Ohio, under the auspices of Robert E. Lee chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Flowers were sent from many south ern cities to 1 e strewn upon the 2.300 graves In the cemetery. WOOD CHARGED WITH ARSON. Bank Wrecker Pleads Guilty and Will Don Prison Stripes. In court at Milwaukee, Wis., Satur- | day, Frank G. Bigelow, the defaulting | bank president, pleaded guilty to an Indictment of ten counts, returned, by the federal grand jury, charging vio lations of the national bank law, and was sentenced to ten years at hard ta bor In the federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the sentence to date from noon Saturday*. Grand Jury at Atlanta Indicts Well Known Merchant. Carey Wbod, veil known not only In Atlanta, Ga., but extensively' ac quainted commercially in the south, is no longer an occupant of a cell in the Fulton county jail as a suspect, but is now being held on the. defined charge of arson—that charge having been made in a true bill by the Ful ton county grand jury during its ses sion Thursday morning. Plumbers Object to Outsiders Selling Material to the Public. The National Association of Master Plumbers, in session at Atlanta, pin its ban on the mail order houses which sell plumbing material and the supply houses which furnish them with material. No offlolal statement was given oui to this effect, as the matter was acted upon in executive session, but the opinion of those who diti not attend but ought to know is that the asso- slation did take such action. STRIKE IS STILL IN EFFECT. Once More Peace Plans In Chicago Fall to Materialize. Peace negotiations between the teamsters and the State street mer chants at Chicago, either individually or collectively, are at an end, and hereafter all meetings for the purpose of bringing the strike lo a close must be arranged through John W. Farwell, chairman of the action committee df the Chicago Employers’ association. An acceptance In full of what offers may be made by the employers tor a pnlflpo- nff -b- ^ ing the Employers, the only avenues by which the teamsters can get rid of the fight. CHINAMEN ARE TOO SLOW. Contractors Won’t Use Them on the Roads In Mexico. Contractors on the Vera Cruz and Pacific railroad have decided to ex clude Chinamen from the ranks of their laborers. They have experi mented with them and find that, then work is unsatisfactory. The road has 3,000 men at work re ballasting and constructing. Planters along the line of the road who used Chinese help also have beeTi obliged to let them go. While the Chinese do not shirk work or lay off, they are very slow. NOT TO RECOGNIZE NORWAY. Sweden Determined That Her Di vorced Partner Shall Suffer. Aspecial from Stockholm, Sweden, says: Premier Ramstedt in an inter view says the Swedish government will refuse to recognize the revolution In Norway and will submit to the riks dag motions conformable to this stand point. The premier thinks that the riks dag will adopt this view and is Con vinced that no foreign powers will recognize Norway as an Independent country against the will of Sweden. SHOW STAND GOES DOWN. Sixteen People Injured During Enter- talnment at "101”’Ranch. Fifty or more yards of the mile and a quarter grandstand surround ing the exhibition arena at the "101” ranch collapsed In Oklahoma Sunday evening, sixteen persons being more or less seriously injured. The acci dent was witnessed by the 30,000 spec tators attending the entertainment. Fiber Plant Destroyed by Fire. The plant of the Ashland (WIs.) Fiber company was destroyed by fire Sunday. Loss $50,000; insurance $2b, 000. SAD ENDING OF PICNIC. Parents, at Family Gathering, See Two Children Go to Watery Grave. Ethel, the 11-year-old daughter, and Olden, the 9-year-old son of K, P. Wight of Cairo, Ga., were drowned Wednesday afternoon in the Oclock- nee river, near \\ alden bridge. The family were holding their annual pic nic and reunion. The children wadeu beyond their depth and were drowned before their pa rants could reach them. PLUMBERS CLOSE CONVENTION. Chicago Man Elected President anu Atlantic City Gets Next Meeting. By the unanimous vote of the con vention of the National Association of Master Plumbers at their last ses sion in Atlanta Thursday afternoon, and amid the liveliest enthusiasm, l . J. Boyd of Chicago was elected president for the ensuing year. At lantic City, N. J., was selected as the next place of meeting. + f MONT PELEE BECOMES RESTIVE. Eruption That Took 40,000 Lives in 1902 May Come Again. For the past few days Mont Pelee —on the Island of Martinique—ha§ manifested activity, and, while stronger than of the month of April of the pr?sent year, does not seem to be of an alarming nature. Some dense clouds of smoke have been discharged from the volcano and ha^£ slowly fallen over the iVhite river valley, disappearing at the sea. coast PROSPECT PLEASES JAPAN. Hope of Mikado’s Government That Peace Plans May Succeed. Tokio has calmly received the news of American intervention and pros pective peace; While the absence of assurance that Russia will accept President Roosevelt’s proposal seems to create a disposition to await final results, there is, nevertheless, the .keenest satisfaction over the prelim inary step and a feeling of deep gratefulness over President Roose velt’s action. * . WORMING. JUNE 15. 1905 EstaMisliei 1881. Pries $1.50 a Tear, w Afltaece. GAS AND WATER. Ip 'ONE AS -NECESSARY AS ^HE ’ ‘ OTHER? - Cit!s«na ot I.ar^o Cilles Say It la. ew York, June 13.—In the. recent agiltation here about the price of gas, the demand for lower rates was sup* porjted by the argument that every resi dent is as dependent upon, a supply of gad as upon a supply of good water, i It has come to pass that the day la- twjer uses gas as his only fuel for epoking. because of economy, and the Xloli man uses gas on account of its convenience. Gas for lighting, with ttoiSern improvements in burners, is crejiper, better and more satisfactory than any oilier kind of light. Gas si 11s at $1.00 per thousand cubic feet ii ijarga cities, and from that to as high a f3.00 in smaller towns. The consumer of gas in the country uses Acetylene (pronounced a-set-a* leuie), and each user makes his own gas is independent of Gas and Electric Cotnpanies. Acetylene is a more per fect llluminant than the gas sold by hp big gas companies in the cities, and tb« cost to the smallest user is about ‘ho equivalent of city gas at S3 cents per’thousand. Acetylene is the modern artificial light, the -latest addition to the many inventions that have become daily ne cessities. If 'water and a solid material known as Undelum Carbide are brought into con tact, the immediate result is the mak ing of this wonderful gas. The genera- tioti of acetylene is so simple that ex perience or even apparatus is not necos- fji'y to make it. If It is desired to make it for practical lighting, and to ke^p it for Immediate use,.then a small ichine called an "Acetylene Genera- Is employed. There are many re- wsible concerns making acetylene iterators. In practice this gas is dis- ited In small pipes throughout jhJings, grounds or entire cities and ffjrns in the same manner as ordinary culv* gas. Acetylene is the only satis- :tory means of lighting isolated buildings located in the country or suburbs at a distance from city gas or ’clfctric plants. 9 DAGO LABOR FOR SOUTH. Italian Ambassador Talks With Roose velt on the Subject. Jilayor ties Planches, ambassador cs Italy to the United States, has had a taBc with the president on the sub ject of Italian immigration to the ifn'.ted States, particularly .to the S-Ppthern states. The immigration ol tftls class of European labor to the stSuthern states is regarded as likely (>6 prove to be a solution of the rae*. i/ jolem and to afford to southern danters the labor they desire to have. 2 SOUTH CAROLINA j ? STATE NEWS ITEMS. 5 Fourth Bank at Newberry. i’rartically all t-ae stock has been subscribed to the Mercaatlle Ex change, Newberry’s fourrh banking m s.ituifon, and it is expected to begin operations as soon ps beadquartois can be secured arid fitted up Only a few iajs' canvas was requir ed :• raii-c the amount of the capita stock—$ t u.GbO. J. D. Davenport of Newberry is the chief pfpmour of the erPtii»ise * New South Carolina Industries. The Chattanooga Tradesman reports the follov.iug new industries estab! sh ed m this state during the past wan: Iva—$200,000 cotton mill. Timmonsville—$40,090 lumber com pany. Sumter—$20,ot»0 rice factory. Georgetown—$10,000 iard compai,.i ‘Charleston—$10,000 bottling works; $25 ,000 warehouse and fertilizer'com pany; $40,000 canning factory. Rock Hill—Marble works. Spartanburg Wants Encampment. • Since the war department has set tled the matter regarding the encamp ment of the state militia, providing the sum of $18,000 for that purpose, Spar tanburg will endeavor to have the military authorities of the state se-. lect their city as the place for tae gathering of the soldier boys. Charles ton, Camden, Columbia, Anderson and Greenville have each in turn been places in the pest where the soldiers have encamped and the chamber of. commerce will take up the matter, urging the advantages and facilities which Spartanburg has to offer as an inducement. Augusta Man Files Suit. Suit has been filed in the United States circuit court at Charleston on behalf of H. H. Cummings of Augusta, Ga., asking that the Southern be re strained from operat ng the South Car olina & Geoi^la road, and that h re ceiver for the latter property be ap pointed and the road sold at pubVc auction. The suit is based upon al leged conflict of the Southern ratj- way’s operation of the South Carol.na and Georgia with the anti-trust Jaws of the United States, it being held that the operation of tiie road is :u restraint of trade. The case will fe heard before Judge Pritchard, sitting at Asheville on June 26. "= SAVANNAH TO ’^GHT RATES. f s* C&vncii Appropriates Money to Op pose Edict of Railroad Commission. .The Savannah city council has ap propriated $1,000 to be expended in fighting the railroad commission’s rdtes on stoves from Atlanta to oth er points in Georgia. This makes the fight of the trade bodies of Sa vannah that of the city also, with the city by far the greatest contributor. BONAPARTE SUCCEEDS MORTON. President Will Appoint Baltimore Man Secretary of the Navy. IPresident Roosevelt Wednesday an- thjorized the announcement that Chas. J.;' Bonaparte of Baltimore, Md., would bei appointed to succeed Paul Morton, wtio retires July 1 to go to New York to' take charge of plans for the con struction of the subway system for operation in connection with the sur face lines. PASSENGER FARE NOT CHANGED t Tihe Railroads in Georgia Can Still ( Charge Three Cents a Mile. iThree cents a mile will continue lo ba the railroad passenger fare in Georgia, for the present at least. tThe railroad commission, in session at I Atlanta Thursday, passed an order de)clining to grant the motion of Cttairman J. Pope Brown for a reduc tion to two cents a mile. | WIFE BEATER SQUIRMED. i F$rst Infliction of Punishment Unde, j ( Oregon’s New Law. Charles McGintry, a wife beater, suf- j feired twenty lashes on the bare back | Friday, being the first sufferer at Port- ad under the new Oregon state law. McGintry was stripped to the waist.; His manacled hands were tied hign al iove his head. Blood was drawn at ... e fourth blow. McGintry writhed an d groaned, and strained at the man- , acle binding his wrists. -—^—rtr.efF.g'.eu 1 in a rTur-ctWay. P G. McCorklt, a cotton buyer of Chester, met with a terrible accite.-Ui*. while cut driving tfith his wife and Hole sea, and is thought to be fa'aliy injured. H s herse was frightened by a dog and iriroted to run, breaking pi t of the mines? upsetting the vehicle ant kicking Mr McCorkle in the face, wh'ch v as terribly mangled up tr tr-* forehead Wr-‘n the physicians finished oper ating they had set most of the b-m> of the face n their right position but said that did not have any '."pet 5 of bis recovery, although they eo dd not tell at ti is time. Mis. McCo-k e was ti row n from the buggy, out was no: serctsiy hurt, and tbe little boy escaped -i.-ihurt. To Consider Chinese Boycott. President John A. Fant of Monarch Cotton mills, accompanied by bte daughters, Misses Lily and Ora Fa’ t, ’eft Union a few days ago for Wash ington. Major Fant’s mission north is quite an important one. He goes to at f er:l •he ronfeienue of prominent mill men of the north and south, who meet lo consider the action that will prob ably be taken by the Chinese govern- ir.t-M in excluding from that country cotton man ifactured goods, owing to the United States having excelled Chhiese labor from this country. A committee of the conference will •\'il upon President Roosevelt to urge him to use his influence to bring tb-v t such rclaCons cetween China-ui d life I tilted States that will-not prove dis astrous to cotton manufacturing in terests. LAOREST STOVE HOUSE IN AUGUSTA • When you buy ft Stove, buy the best, Tiie Great Ex celsior. Parts always kept in stock. Write for catalogue. We have*very pretty calendars left. Write for one. The largest and lowest price Stove and Bicycle house in Augusta. 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Fouls, Sole Propr., Baltimore, Md. la RAILROADS IN PHILIPPINES. In/itations for Proposals Made Public by Secretary Taft. • The war department has made pub- , He the Invitations by Secretary Taft : y. ■ proposals of railway construction j the Philippines under an act ctingress. An elaborate scheme of 1 tr< msportation Is involved. The gov er iment agrees to protect all the gr intees against ladrones, insurgents, re aels and outlaws. WATER WHELMS A TOWN. operty-Valued at $50,000 Destroyed in a Few Minutes, ten minutes Friday water do st 1 oyed $50,000 worth of property at Li Kingston, Mont. For three hours all to ? business district was flooded. Riin fel I like water poured from a bucket. A wall of water four feet high came dc vn the narrow valley and when it re; Iched tbe railway station the stream vn s 1,000 feet wide and two feet de sp. Wanted for Assault. Warrants were s-worn out before Magistrate Kirby at Spartanburg against Joseph MeElrath, who lives near Clifton, charging him with as- j sault and battery with intent jo kill 1 and trespass after notice. One war- , rant was sworn out by his son-in-law, Ed OUerson, while the other was sworn out by John Pcrnson. The . trouble- is the outcome of the mar riage of McElrath’s daughter, Isa bella. to OUerson, which event oc curred recently at Glendale by Vii- liam Brown, while McElrath was at church. Whert he returned home and .found that his daughter and OUerson had been married and learning that the couple were at the home of Perrisoi, M»cElrath, with blood in his eye, hur ried tQ Perrison’s home, while the head of the family was absent. He found the young man and woman, and it is alleged that he seized a stick and assaulted the bride, his daughter, and groom. Perrison’s warrant alleges that in addition to the first named offenses McElrath assaulted the- for mer’s wife. News Notes From Anderson. At a meeting of the county fair as sociation at Anderson plans were made to make the fair in October one of much importance in the upper part of the state. The races will ue the chief attraction, and they expec*. to get quite a number of fa "A horses, and the riding and driving will be a chief feature. j' The question of voting out the dis pensary in the county is creating some interest. According to a statement made by the city elerk, it sho.vs that more than $12,000 is received from this source into the city treas ury, and if votej out it means an in crease of from four to five and one- half mills in taxes. | This is likely to be the main issue of the question, not whisky or no '■ whisky—but revenue o r no revenue, j Although the election has taken place at Pickens and was overwhelmingly i in favor of the dispensary being closed | It remains open, owing to a failure of sending the returns to the state of- ; ficials and the state board has never received a copy of the result. Engines, Boilers, Cotton, Saw. Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin ery and Supplies and Repairs, Machitie Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather and Rubber Belt ng and Hose, Railroad an,d Mill Supplies and Tools, Steam Pumpe, 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. JAMESON HEADS MERCER. Landrum Declines and Another At lanta Divine is Selected. Rev. S. Y. Jameson, secretary of the home mission board of the Geor gia Baptist convention, with ' head quarters in Atlanta, has been elected president of Mercer university. The election of Dr. Jameson fol lowed the announcement that Dr. W. W. Landrum, who was previously elec ted, had declined on account of pasto ral affiJiation in Atlanta, to accept. T f FOUR DOLLARS SQUARE INCH. That is Pries Paid for Choice Proper ty on Broadway, New York. A New York dispatch says: The , sale to the Mercantile Trust company j of St. Louis of the famous plat -of real estate at No. 1 Wall street, at the corner of Broadway, has given rise to Interesting compilations show- | ing the great rise In property values . At the figure named in the trans action, $700,000,} about $4.a iq highest price history. The 30 feet on ti has a fr‘*ntag Cleanliness and Parity of Materials* Are characteristics of all the Bread, Rolls, Cakes, Pies, btc. made at JOHNSON'S BAKERY, • Park Avenue. The Choicest Confectionaries and Can dies always an hand. * STONE! STONE!! Estimates given and orders prompt ly filled for street curbings, and cross ings, flower bed borders, sidewalks hi blooks, hitokicj ~