Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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It required sew eral raps of the gavel before Prew Ident West could restore order. Al dttlng the debate, which lasted f<4 three hours, the senate gallery, for thd first time this session, was crowded with spectators, as was the lobby. As soon as It was announced that bucket shops and exchanges had been put out of business in Georgia, Rep resentative Boykin, father of the measure, who was on the floor, was almost, suffocated by the statesmen and'supporters of the bill who wlsh- to congratulate him. ators Miller and Steed made a pht against the enactment of r the mess ure. Senator Bunn also op- ’ ft. Those who spoke for it ..are Senators O. A. Blalock and f P Candler. This measure had re ceived an adverse report a few days ago at the hands of the agricultural committee, but a minority report was made by Senators Williams, Ware, Furr, Parker and walker. Senator Blalock, who opened the morning session of the debate, ar gued that even if men did gamble under the, Boykin bill, as was claim ed by Senatqr Wheatley, he was in Ivor of enacting a bill that would ipe otft is much of it as possible. ^r’a remarka. were along ed that he look-, fair and im- exchanges dealing In dCtton futures are abolished in all the states of the union, the prices of all prod ucts will be regulated by Liverpool and Bremen, and Europe will dictate absolutely all prices of American farm products. The bill will .become a law as soon as the governor affixes his signature, and will take effect January 1, 1907. SfV, MOB LEADER IS JAILED. * Troop* Guard Jail at Saliabury from Whence Three Negroes Were Taken and Lynched. Tuesday night three companies of the North Carolina National Guard, one command from ‘Statesville, a com pany of Infantry and a battery of ar tillery Irom Charlotte, surrounded the jail at Salisbury, N. C., while sentries with loaded guns and orders to shoot to kill, patroled the four, streets that flank the prison. There had been threats and rumors of threats all day and far Into the night, but there was no demonstration. George Hall, an ex-convict from Montgomery county, who Is supposed to have led the mob which lynche4 the three negroes, alleged murderes* of the Lyerly family, Monday nlgh|| is In the jail. The plan to rescMfi him from the dlutches of the law, rm mora of which caused Governor Glen* to hurry troops to Salisbury, did not materialize. The surviving negroes—Henry L#ee, George Ervin end two women-—are safe in the jail at Charlotte, and there is no danger of violence to them.) The special term of court which had bedn convened to try the victims of mob vengeance, acting under or ders from the governor, will not ad journ until every effort to convict the leaders of the mob has been exhaust ed. The case is being worked up and many arrests are expected. The governor is determined to push the matter to the bitter end. The cases against the surviving defend' ants, against whom true bills were found, were continued until the reg ular term of Rowan court. Long before the sun rose Tuesday morning, persons went to the scene of the lynching and cut off the toes, the fingers and the ears of the ne groes who were hung to the limb of the big tree on Henderson’s baseball grounds. When the court was convened Tu day morning there was a slight dl nution In the crowd, though eve seat was taken. The first thing announced by Jud Long was a continuance of the case until the regular term. Solicitor Ham mer made the motion and f» doing so said the remaining prisoners had been taken to the Mecklenburg coun ty Jail and the summoitfPff ef tbo •pedal venire stepped. JudgM Long 'that he would make the or- turned to- the er^wd ’foloe, tn' .Ue, the matter. SHOOIINC OF JAPS Will Not Call for Apology by United States. s TECHNICALLY BURGLARS Further Details of Slaying Five Seal Raiders In the Pribiloff Islands Received at the State De partment in Washington. of Further details cf the killing of five Japanese raiders in the Pribiloff Islands Is contained in a dispatch to a New York paper dated Dutch Har bor, AlasKa, July 26, via Seward, Al aska, August 7, which says: Five Japanese were shot and killed and twelve taken prisoners on the Island of St. Paul of the Pribiloff group, by order of the agent of the department of commerce and labor, on July 17, as the resuU of a raid by four Jty^nese scho<^Brs on th# seal rookerffes. Traders were discovered lying near northeast point, St. Paul, by native lookouts of the North American com mercial company, which leases the seal privilege from the government. Word? was telephoned from the patrol station near the rookery, for which the rglders were aiming, and Special Lempke, of the department of com- merct, on duty in the Pribiloff Islands, arrived on the spot as the Japanese reached shore. He ordered the boat cre^F,. to surrender, which they did. On climbing the promontory at the end of the cape overlooking one ot f* large rookeries a schooner was reen close in shore. ing straight down over the the patrols / saw a dozen or Japs /sUa^ing a number of I, which ha<Hieeii slaughtered. The raiders refused to surrender when Lempke rehched the scene, and tried to make off with their booty in small boats, several of w r hich were drawn up on shore. The agent then ordered his guard of natives to open Are. The Japanese offered no resist ance, being without firearms. Three of the raiders fell dead on irth was seen to be tram _pne of the gr. FOR. PURE BALLOT LAW. (CHINKS AS DIGGERS Georgia State Senate Votes Over- j whelmingly and Measure is Ready *■ '> ■ o x r ■ n i_ • A, oL,™-'. signature. ^Uncle Sam to Employ Chi- nese on Canal Work. The pure election bill which amend* the present statute preventing illegal voting by additional stringent pro. D Q r *| n rM T o n .nrPinFQ visions in regard to hiring workersr i nCdll/uPII oU UlLmL/LO in campaigns and the buying otj votes waj passed by the Georgia^ senate Wednesday morning by a votelj Prhaent Quota of Workmen Entirely of 27 to 1. 'Me State News Inadequate *>*'. Agents Will Make a Deal with the Chinese Government. A Washington special says: Chi- The bill will become a law as soon , as it is assigned by the governor. 'Sundry other bills were ' passed, | among them the adoption of the | Jamestown exposition appropriation , measure and replacing the Hall bili^j ne80 labor wiU 5e given a thorough for state tax assessors on the table ^ on the panama eanal for reconsideration. i ... , Senator Wheatley made a speech, c*mng for 2,500 Chinamen for canal in advocacy of the substitute meas^-.v'brk have been pr-pared, and adver- ure, which he fathers for the Boykin ' - c isements will be issued by the Isth- anti-bucket shop bill. Relative to hif.l- inlan Cana i Commission in a few bill as againt that of Mr. Boykin : , , _ . - ™ * tj.. : days tor proposals from labor agents, of the home. Senator Kheatley said: ;*-* *'*' “I am infavor of abolishing bucket !* H the initial 2,500 Chinamen prove shops, bus we can never eliminate j\a success, it is likely that many gambling in this state. Gambling will j more will be taken to the isthmus continue,” he said. The Boykin bill . ^ ^ th e work which is too hard for doesn’t put that out of business, hot * ^ „ ■ . . my mifcstltnt* do*, away wit hbuckct j <*>« - Maaicans. now employed there shops. Hedging through exchanges | k* l« r ge numbers, will go on. If gambling is done, 14 Organized labor has offered niucn wish it done here, and not In New^ opposition to the use of contract Chi- York. Th., Boykin bill states that* g# lal)0r but the Jamaicau work . orders may be sent by wire and mail J ~4 ed to places out of the state. If done 4 “<*- *» ave P roven inadequate, suin here we can look after speculation^ otent Spaniards cannot be had i*n- by the officials of the Southern Cot-'|^k^|iiately to rush the work, and th® ton. Association. They are our trust- LT^ne&e are the last hope of the cem- 2 "rteslon. ' V . qr 4F * M • * Held for Death of Negro. David L. English, a salesman at Hartsville, was taken to Union under arrest charged with being accessory to the murder of Mose Hughes, a negro, found dead in Tiger river. A warrant also has been issued for John Rich ard English, a brother, charged with being implicated in the same crime. niniT *• DIBBLE, JAJKXft PDWELL, W. W. MUCIWIFTHB, President. Tie* President. Cashier, The Bank of Aiken, AIKEN, 80UTH CAROLINA. ed officials. The secretary of that concern has been found guilty, and it may be the ruin of the South Cotton Association. Miy bill allows le- t gitimate exchanges.” SCRAP IN THE LEGISLATURE. Solon and a Solicitor Enliven cedinge in the Georgia Houee./ The proceedings of the Geoi house of representatives were eal resident Roosevelt, Secretary Taft, lawman Sbonts of the Isthmian Ua- Commlssion and other ifieh, prom- tly identified with the canal work, known to have delayed employing inese until it became certain that other help available was not 'equal to the demandv The administration has taken the .neJ tor a tew minute. Wedne^a) ^ ^ the cana , mt]8t be morning by a mi*-up on the fle^xv 1 between Kon. T. R. Whitley, member of the house from Douglas coutttr.r and Hon. Charles D. Hill, solicitor^ at any cost,* and although the presi dent urged that there be no haste in employing Chinese he did not stain* /teneral of the Atlanta circuit. BotltJ-permanently in the way of the plan NEGRO Y. P. CONGRESS. CABIN WAS RIDDLED. Sheriff and Military Force Surrender of -Kentucky Desperado. Frank Ball, who escaped Jail at Richmond, Ky., was captured late Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Rice "■Johnson and posse after a battle which raged for one hopr. Ball, some time ago, killed Jack Bolen, a Mid- dlesboro, Ky., barber, and after es caping into the mountains was finally landed in Jail at Richmond, Ky., through the work of the Middles- boro military company. Not long ago he broke Jail and has since been hiding in the moun tains. Wednesday night Ball was lo cated in a log cabin near Rose Hill, Va., and Sheriff Johnson and sixteen deputies started out to capture him. Thursday morning, under a truce, Sheriff Johnson went to the cabin and demanded Ball’s surrender. This he declined. Late in the afternoon fire was opened on the cabin by ttu» sheriff's forces and after John Lee, one of Ball’s men, had been killed, Ball surrendered. The house in which Ball took refuge was riddled with bullets from the guns of the large posse. CANDIDATE UNDER ARREST. Interrupted Speaking it Campaign Meeting In Palmetto State. A. C. Jones, candidate for governor, was arrested at the s'ate campaign meeting at Cheater, S. C., Tuesday, by orders of Mayor Hardin, who was seated on the platform. Jones had made his speech along with the other candidates for governor. When J. Fraser Lyon, candidate for attorney general, was delivering his speech. Jones interrupted, him with a question. Lyon replied with a ques tion. Jones then demanded to be heard, but th® chaiiman refused the demand. Jones persisted. Officer* for Next Four Yeare Elected by Board of Directors. A Washington dispatch says: Af ter an all-day session the national board of directors of the Negro Young People’s Congress elected the follow ing officers for the next four years: President, Bishop George W. Clin ton of North Carolina; vice president. Rev. J. W. El Bowen of Atlanta, Ga.; corresponding secretary, P. J. Bryan, of Atlanta, Ga.; tre**surer, Bishop R. S. Williams of Augusta, Ga.; finan cial secretary, Professor John R. Haw kins, of Kittrel, N. C.; statistical sec retary, Professor Kelly Miller, Wash ington, D. C. In the course of a brief address on the Afro-American council, Bishop j Walteis explained its work and said that in order to secure civil and po litical rights the negro must go into the courts and fight the question out. Specking of the work of the con gress itself. Rev. Coggins of Coving ton, Ga., declared that tie universal hunger and great need of the negro race today was for “a better under standing of our moral relations to one another, of what we are and mean to be, and a better appreciation of the responsibilities resting upon us.” Separation of the two races, hs said, had done the negro incalcula ble injury, "and our enemies have taken advantage of this unfortunate circumstance to retard our political progress." MONEY VOTED TO COLLEGES. MURDERED HIS CELL MATES. Two of Three Prisoners in Texas Jail Are Found Dead. H. H. Trawick and Sam Chandler, white men confined in the Angelina county jail at Lufkin, Texas, were found dead in their cell Thursday morning, the skulls of both men be ing crushed, and John Wilson, held cm a minor charge and confined in the same cell as Trawick and Chand ler, is held charged with having mur dered his cellmates. BOLL WEEVIL IN ALABAMA. Farmer Reports Dreaded Rest in the Flelda Near Ozark. Alonzo Dean, who has lived in the boll weevil district of Texas for six years, says boll weevil now infests cotton on Alex Dean’s place, near Ozark, Ala. He la familiar with the habits of the insect, being both a farmer and merchant in Montgomery county, Texas, and is emphatic in his statement Four Georgia Institutions Provided With Funds by Legislature. Four mere stale institutions were handsome 1 ’' provided for by the Geor*'' .«ouse at Wednesday's ses- s* I’liFse were the Academy for the Blind at Macon, the North Geor gia Agricultural College at Dahlon- ega, the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb at Cave Springs and the State Normal School at Athens. The first of these received 265,000. the second $20,000, the third $20,0on and the latter $15,000, making a total of $120,000. FINE FOR SWIFT A CO. Sold Bad Meat to a Vicksburg, Mis sissippi Grocer. In the city court at Vicksburg, Mias.. Swift & Co. were fined $100 on a charge of selling me^t unfit for Jjod. An officer testified that the •neat in question was being delivered to a grocer when he discovered it. The meat, it is alleged, was bought •ith the understanding that it was • good condition and was sold to '• consumer at 6 cents a pound. TAX BILLS KNOCKED OUT. many of them cows. Those w caped carried away about 100 skins. A Washington special says: Acting Secretary of State Bacon has sent to Ambassador Wright at Tokio, Ja pan, the substance of the above dls- .patch received bv the department of commerce and labor from Solicitor Sims at Sitka, Alaska. In sending the dispatch the acting secretary states that it is forwarded for the purpose of giving Information such as this government has of a regrettable Inci dent, news of which may reach Japan in distorted form. There Is no Inten tion of offering an apology or any lurther regret than is contained in this dispatch, as the state depart ment regards the Japanese fishermen as poachers if they were within the three-mile limit, and the dispatch from Mr. STms emphasizes ibis fact. It is stated that American fishermen in New Foundland waters, if withhi fhe three-mile limit, would be subject ed to arrest by the authorities and would have no redress, sa they would be poachers the same as the Japanese who were killed. iSeais are recognized as property by International law, and the Jap anese killed stand as burglars shot In the act of stealing according to prominent authorities on international law. No international Incident cau result from the shooting, it is saM at the state department. The government of the United States will take no further active Interest In the matter of the killing of the Japan poachers, save that the twelve prisoners _ msut be tried by United States authorities and accord ing (o the United States laws. BULLET ENDS SEA COW’S LIFE. New York Aquarium Loses Manatee Secured in Florida. The New York- Aquarium’s $3,00o sea cow, ci manate, died from blood poisoning, caused by a bullet some Floridan fired into her back some time ago before she was purchased by the aquarium at Miami Three doctors performed an opera tion on the cow. She was manacleo and nearly a foot under the outer hide the doctors found a 38-caliber bul let As she was on exhibition not quite eight days, the sea cow cost the c.ty of New York $375 a day. • gentlemen have reminders of the en counter. Dr, Whitley being the sessor a small bump on his hej ^caused by a blow from Mr. walking stick, and Mr. Hill carry! upon his forehead a long red' bruise resulting from contact Thairs as fee wavered 1 werfe soon separated, appears that Mr. Hill was walk Ing along the space In the rear o the hall, when he met Dr. Whitley, and that Whitley greeted him with some ordinary salutation, to which Hill promptly responded that he did not care to speak with him. Whitley replied "all right.” Those near say that Mr. Hill added something like? • "You would have voted for that bill if there had been any money in it for you.” To this Dr. Whitley replied: "You are a liar,” and Mr. Hill at once struck Dr. Whitley over the head with a stick, raising a email! hump. Dr. Whitley responded with blow on the neck, which staggere- Mr. Hill, but he at once returne to the attack with additional blow from his walking cane. Immediately after the difficulty, Representative Flynt of Spalding inj troduced a resolution asking for the appointment of a committee to Inves- tlza^ the matter and report as to whether either gentleman had beet guilty of contempt of the rules ot the house. The cause leading up to the fight may be stated to be the discussion, which has recently been had in the house over the proposition to pay ihe Mattingly bonds. The firm of B H. and G. D. Hill, along with other attorneys, represented the petitioners holding the bonds. Dr. Whitley was one of the members, who opposed the payment of the bonds, and In a speech made Tuesday on the subject mad* some alluSTBn of the fact that he was tired of the lobbyists for the bill hanging around the legislature. It was to this statement that Mr. Hill presumably took offense BALLOONIST TAKES TUMBLE. Parachute Failed to Work and John, son Fell From Clouds. William Johnson, a balloonist, made an ascension in connection with a street fair in Little Falls, N. Y., Tues day*. In coming down with' a para chute tho apparatus failed to work, and Johnson fell, receiving injuries which will cause his death. Johnson went tip to a great height, and it is estimated he was 3,000 feet high when he left the balloon to make the parachute descent. Georgia Senate Votes Against Hall and Candler Measures. Representative Joe Hill Hall’s bill providing for a state board of tax assessors and that of Senator Cand ler for creation of a board of tax assessors ia each county of the statu were both lost in the Georgia senate Tuesday. The vote on the former was, ayes 19, nays 22; of the latter, ayes 16, nays 25. NJCK PLANS TO QUIT Is Rumor Circulated in Vienna. Sounds Like a Joke. A Vienna dispatch says: It is ru mored that it is the czar's intention to abdicate. The circulation of this report is ascribed to the reactionary counsellors violently opposing Pre mier Stolypin’s reform scheme, with the czar supports. The yarn adds that the czar will appoint Vladimir and Nichol&icvitch as co-regents. MORE AMERICANS KILLED. Pulajanes Engage Uncle Sam’s Sol diers in Hand to Hand Fight. A Manila special says: First Lieu tenant John F. James and two pri vates of the eighth infantry with Ctntract Surgeon Calvin Snyder and Internal Revenue Collector Williams, of Illinois, were killed Friday after noon in a hand to hand fight with a force of Pulajanes at Julita, Island of Leyte. The detachment, which con sisted of ten men, was greatly out numbered, but made a gallant fight. to try the .coolies. the intention of the commis- •sion ta'Afik for bids from labor agents who will arrange with the Chlnesg government for the exportation of - labor, transport the Chinese to "the isthmus under contract to work for affixed wage and ship them back to a relieving the commls- -*o»9n^rnrk .hmj all A re- A bond wil be required of all con tractors for a satisfactory fulfillment of any contract they may enter into with the commission. There are said to be about thirty* labor agencies which supply Chinese to contractors in all parts* of the world. These agents are familiar with all the Chinese laws, stand ready to pay money to the families of the men who are going Into their service and are ready on short -notice to meet demands for an unlimited number of coolies. Leroy Park, a la)w>r agent In the employ of the commission, is still In Spain negotiating with the Span ish government for the employment of a large number of peninsular Span iards on the isthmus. His efforta promise to be successful, and the commission expects to recruit manv high grade workingmen from Spain. It is the desire of Chief Engineer Ste vens to have several kinds of labor ers on the isthmus. The employment of the Chinese will not displace the Jamaicans who are already there, but It is not likely that many more West Indians will be hired if the Chinese prove a suc cess. The negroes are paid only 80 cents a day against $1.60 to the Spaniards, who are said to be capable of doing three times as much work. If the contractors obtaining help for the commission do not pay more on the isthmus than the Chinese are paid in other parts of the world, it is believed the daily wage of the coolies will be less than that of the Jamaicans on the isthmus. OLD DEBT REPUDIATED. ONLY ONE BULLET EFFECTIVE. Bad Aim of Dobbins Saved Lives of Wife and Baby At Jennings, La., Drew Dobbins, while despondent, took a revolved, containing three cat fridges, fired the first bulet at his wife and missed, then deliberately aimed the second it his baby, but again missed, and went the third bullet into his own body, dying in a few seconds. NO CONCESSIONS WERE GIVENl Strikers on Central Railway Simpl p Withdrew Their Demands. General Manager T. S. Moiae c t the Central of Georgia railw ay dt 5- nies emphatically statements carrie d in dispatches from Macon that coi i- cession on general higher wages ha d been granted by the road. He said the strikers withdrew mands to have Chief Inspector Dudle et Columbus discharged and that n cession concluded the trouble. Georgia House KIMe Mattingly Bond Bill by Decisive Vote. A feature in the Georgia legisla ture Tuesday was the emphatic dis approval of the house of the bill to pay the Mattingly bonds, given as part payment of certain arms pur chased from the Sharpe Rifle compa ny of Hartford, Conn., by the late Governor Joseph E. Brown, Novem ber 14. 1860. This was the fourth demand the holders of these bonds have made upon the state for their payment, and each time heretofore the claim did not get to the house for a vote Japanese Battleship Rpiaed. It is reported from Sasebo, Japan, that after repeated failures the bat tleship MOsaka, which sank last Sep tember, was successfully floated Tues day. The Milsaka sank after an ex plosion on board. Alabama’s First Bate. The first bale of new cotton in Ala bama was received at Montgomery on Tuesday, two days behind 1905. It was raised by P. M. Metcalf of Hart ford, and was sold for 16 cents a pound. It classed middling. FIVE CHLJDREN CREMATED. Father and Mother Also Badly Scorched in Burning Home. Five children of Thomas O'Daniels, at Omaha. Neb., perished Wednesday erenir.g in a fire, which destroyed the family resideftce. Mrs. O'Danieis was seriously burned, and may not re cover, and her husband was badly burned In an effort to save his fam ily. Club Raided by Constables. A few days ago state constables raided the Eagle’s club rooms al Greenville and seized a refrigreator full of beer and some other drink ables. The seizure has caused some dissat- iSTaction in view of the fact that other clubs of similar nature are al lowed to keep "refreshments” for their members. The Eagles is an or der similar to the Elks, and the mem bers will probably make some trou ble fo# the constabulary on account of the raid. Dead Bridegroom Well Knowti. W. M. Brown, who was shot and kiled at Bessemer City, N. C., by John Kincaid, as the former with his bride of a short time, was waiting for a train, is well known in Spar tanburg county. His father is a far mer of the Cannon’s Camp Ground section. The report of the homicide, it is said, created a great deal of comment at Cowpens, where Brown worked In a cotton mill prior to his residence at Bessemer City. There is a family of Browns prominent in the Cowpens section, but W. M. Brown is not a member of that family. . “Hub” Evans Tongue-Lashes Lyon. ' afix-lOhairman "Hub” H. Evans of the state board of dispensary direc tors, in an address before the people of Newberry county announcing his candidacy for the legislature, vigor ously assailed J. Fraser Lyon and Niel Christensen of the dispensary inves tigating committee, and gave the lie to 1 many charges and insinuations which have been made against him as a director of the state dispensary. Mr. Evans’ speech will no doubt cause a great deal of comment throughout the. state and In other states on accoiint of the" prominence of all the-oarties concerned. To Build New Electric Line. Promoters of the proposed electric line from Spartanburg to Aiken via Glenn Springs are working on their plans in a quiet way and it is said that before a late date they will have an interesting announcement to make to the public. During T7Ie present season the need of such a line has been manifested in several ways, and this, it is said, has impressed the owners of the re sort with the necessity of better fa cilities for transporting intended guests and has stressed the desirabil ity of such a line as the promoters have in view. Institute Re-Elects Faculty. A meeting of the board of com missioners of the Cedar Springs In stitute for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind was held the past week, at which the report of Superintendent N. F Walker was submitted. The affairs of the sehodT wUre found to be in a high ttate o'f efficiency and the good work A the school has gone forward with great success during the past twelve months. The faculty was re elected with the exception of two members, who dM not offer for their positions for an other term. Miss Pattle Tomason, who was one of the two, has accepted a position with a similar school at Phil adelphia, and will leave within the month for her new field of labor. Marcus Pays Death Penalty. William A. TTarcus, convicted &f brutally murdering his wife on the government reservation, Sullivan’s Island, was legally executed by hang ing In the Charleston county jail yard. Marcus was 42 years old, a native of Xenia, Ohio, and had deserted a wife and five children before coming to Charleston, where he committed big amy by marrying Margaret Stone. He enlisted in the artillery corps, but was dishonorably discharged af ter thsee months' service. After leav ing wife No. 2 for two years he re turned last fall and on the night of April 14 secured an interview with the woman and stabbed her to death with a previously sharpened ice pick. He professed religion and went to the scaffold without a tremor, giving ou: a statement that he had repented and expected to be forgiven. Several hun dred people witnessed the execution, which was the first hanging of a white man in Charleston county in fifty years. Heavy Rains Damage Crop. Tho heavy rains during the past wefck throughout the state have caus ed considerable damage to cotton, the extent of which cannot be estimated. The condition of the crop in South Carolina is at least 20 per cent be low the same period last year. There were frequent and some very heavy rains during the week. The rainfall was quite evenly distributed and was very generally in excess of the week’s normal amount in all parts of the state. A few localities only had less than normal rainfall. The pail everywhere is saturated. Low lands and swamps have much sur face water on them. Except small areas in the western central end the northwestern counties where the week’s rainfall was loss than an inch. HMsal W. J. RUTHERFORD 4 CO DIALERS UT- BRICK, LIME, POflTI.AND AND BOSSRBALE 0B1(KNT* FLAftYfil HAIR A KB LATHS PC IDT ROOFING RTC. Corner of WMfalBgtta bb4 BofttBlis Street*. ia. (SUL art a. J.W. Agent. Fire, Li, Cyclone, Aooident Insurance, Lomrt Iron Ms £4 Supply Co, Augusta, Ga. ■ AND iL AIKEN. S. C. STONE! STONE!! EatimMe* fivsn and order* prompt ij filled for street cnrblnge, and cross ing*, flower bed borders, sidewalks ia blocks, hitching posts, door and ter- rao# stops, door and window sills, oemstery lot coping*, rough and dressed ashler* for front* ot bvild- lag*, feeaztk stone*, a to. Lakeview Atoms a epecialty. Stone Its* other ■marries u preferred. H. K. 0HATFIELD, \ Aiksm, 9. Of the weekly ^amounts ran! Destructive nailPtorma a few western aiid centpffT counties, and high winds, accompanying thun derstorms did much damage to cot ton and other crops. In the lower section of the state, where the rainfall has been heaviest, cotton is in the grass, but in the upper sections the crop is in betfer condition. • * * Tillman Using Pitchfork. A Columbia dispatch says: When the democratic executive committee mapped out a schedule for the candi dates for the various state offices, in cluding candidates for the United States senate and congress, Senator B. R. Tillman announced that he would not speak if his time was lim ited. At that time he had opposition in the personage 'of Colonel W. W. Lumpkin, and it was decided to have a campaign of his own, and choose his own places of speaking. Colonel Lumpkin withdrew after attending several of the meetings, which left a clear field for the senator. Lump kin’s withdrawal, however, did not change Senator Tillman’s plans, and accordingly he has been making a speech every day except Sunday for the last four weeks in an effort to save the dispensary as a state insti tution. Whether or not the senator’s inter ference in state issues will have the effect of electing a sufficient numbe- of members to the general assembly to retain the state dispensary is an uncertain question, but it is safe to say that the revelations made by the legislative Investigating committee for the past two years have developed widespread oposition to state control of the liquor traffic, and the fight will he at least close, if indeed the In stitution is not abolished by the forth coming general assembly. 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