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VOL. XL. NO. 82. NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY AUGUST .5, 1904 TWICE A WEEK, S1.50 A YEAR A SEVERE DEFEAT. It Was Administered By Kuroki to Kuropatkin at Liao Yang. Tokio, August 3.-Gen. Kiroki has administered a severe defej to the Russian forces who defended the Russian east flank at liao Yang. win ning separate actions at Yushulikzt and Yangze Pass. The two places are twenty-six miles apart. but the two actions were fought at the same time. The Russians held strong po Sitions. The thermometer registered over 1io degrees Fahrenheit and the soldiers suffered cruelly from heat exhaustation. At Yushulikzu the Russians had two divisions of infan try and some artillerv. and ther re sisted the Japanese assaults vigor ousivy. Both. attacks were begun at dawn on Sunday. July 3i. At Yushulikzt the Japanese carried the Russian right and left wings. but on account of the strength of the main Russian position they were unable to press the attack. The two armies rested Sunday night. facing each other. At dawn on Monday the Japanese resumed the attack and by noon they had dislodged the enemy and driven him four miles to Laoholing. At Yangze Pass also the Japanese were successful. Their artillery opened on the eneMy and the infantry moved forward from Makumeza. The at tack on this place was made at I o'clock on Sunday and by nightfall the Japanese were in possession of a majority of the Russian positions, although the enemy had resisted with determination. The Japanese forces passed the night in battle for mation and another assault was made on Monday at dawn. By 8 o'clock Monday morning Yangze had been captured. New Chwang, August 4.-Accord ing to word which has been received here. the Russians at Port Arthur have been driven back to their last defences. The Japanese have three hundred and fifty guns in action on the de fences. London, August 4.-The Japanese legation gives out the following dis patch from Tokio: "General Oku reports that the Rus sians have been continuously retreat ing to the northward since August 2d. "Our army on July 3d occupied Hai Cheng and New Chwang, thirty miles to the north-east of the open port of the same name." MEAT .PACKERS STRIKE. No Hope of An Immediate Settle ment. Chicago. August 4.-The talk of a settlement of the- packing house strike was r:mned this morning, wvith little basis bor the positive claim that such a desirable movement would be brought about immediately. President Michael Donnelly, of the Butchers' union, who is returning from a tour of the western packing centres, is reported to have advised Secretary Homer D. Call, of the un ion, That another proposition may be made to the packers, which proposi tion would involve satisfaction tc the employers and at the same time will not kill the organization, which~ the strikers have built up. The situation at the yards remains quiet. President Nord, of Haiti. in a pub lic address this week, accused the foreign population of plotting against his government for the object of overthrowing which they had .put up the rate of exchange and prices or all goods. The president said he had decided to defend himself. anc intimated he would cake strong meas ures. His remarks alarmer -rhe for eignpopuatio a geat eal THE RURAL CARRIERS. Increase in Their Salaries Announc ed by Postoffice Department This Week. The following extracts from a let ter received by Congressman A. Frank Lever from Fourth Assistant Postn'iaster General Bristow, rela tive to an increase in the salaries of the rural free delivery carriers, ex plains the change to a graded scale of pay which has now gone into ef fect. Heretofore the carriers have been receiving S6oo per annum. re gardless of the number of miles or the number of families in their routes: "I beg to say that the law t xes the maximum salary for rurl~ free deliv ery cariers at $720 per annum. The only change was the increasing of the amount from $6oo to $720. The law has always given the postmas ter general the authority to regulate and grade the salaries. On July ist there were about 24.500 rural routes. The average length of these routes was about 24 miles. Many of them were 29 and 30 miles long. Former ly most of the carriers whose routes were over 20 miles long rec;eived the same pay. There was great com plaint by carriers having routes from 24 to 30 miles that they were not given no more pay than carriers hav ing routes but 20 and 21 miles. It was thought equitable to take about the average length of the routes and make that the standard route. and 24 miles was selected. There were between ii,ooo and 12.ooo routes 24 miles and over in length. It takes the carriers on an average of from six to seven and a half hours to de liver a route 24 miles long. "A salary of $720 per annum for a route 24 miles-in length is equivalent to $30 per annum per mile But it was thought that a rather liberal al lowance should be made for the cost of the carrier's equipment. so instead of deducting $30 a mile for each mile less than 24 traveled only $18 per mile is deducted. According to this schedule carriers whose routes are 24 miles and over receive $720, 23 to 24 miles receive $702, 22 to 23 miles receive $684, 21 to 22 miles receive $666, 20 to 21 miles receive $648. 18 to 20 miles receive $612. 16 to T8 miles receive $576. 14 to 16 miles re ceive $540.12 to 14 miles re ceive $504, 1o to 12 miles receive $468. "Under this schedule of the 24. 3oo carriers nearly 16.ooo of them get an increase of over a hundred dollars ler annum, and the remainder get increases from $48 to $84 per annum. IThe complaints you speak of prob ably come from those having routes 20, 21 and 22 miles long. They would probably prefer' a full 24 mile route and get the maximum pay. This dis satisfa.ction can in many instances be adjusted during the fiscal year by the extension of routes so as to take in additional territory. In that way a larger nunmber of people can be served on the same route wvhere the carriers can without difficulty deliv er the mail. S. S. CONVENTION. All Sunday Schools Requested to Elect Three Delegates. Each Sunday School in the county will please elect three delegates to the Interdenominational Sunday School convention, which will meetc at Unity church on the iith and rath of August. Superintendents an'd ministers are memrbers ex-officio. Respectfully, John C. Goggans. "Does the captain say whether we will break the record or not?" "Yes: he says either the record or the boiler must go." "How- lone1v"-Tit-Bits. FIGHTING TRUSTS. Democratic Committee Will Inaugu rate Attack on Tobacco Trust. \Vashington. A-uust 4.-There is a probability that the democratic con gressional committee will inaugurate an attack on one big trust without awaiting the action of the administra tion. The trust in question is the so-call ed tobacco trust. and tht moving spirit behind the proposed campaign is Crongressman John Wesley Gaines. of Tennessee. Congressman Gaines has been making an investi gation of the tobacco trust's methods. especially in Tennessee and Ken tucky, and has gathered informatinon bearing on trusts in Ohio. West Vir ginia and Connecticutt. Much of his information is as yet unclassified. The feeling at headquarters is most favorable towards lending aid to the congresional committtee in their in vestigation. FAIRBANKS NOTIFIED. Officially Informed Of His Nomina tion For Vice-Presidency By Republicans. Indianapolis, Indiana, August 4. With *he political rah rahs of the democrats in state convention scat tered over the down town districts yesterday a small crowd of national republicans met at the EnglishMF republican politicians met at the En glish hotel at noon and pro ceeded quietly up to Senator Fair banks' home on North Meridian street, where ex-Secretary of War Elihu Root delivered an address offi cially notifying Senator Fairbanks of his nomination for the vice-presiden cy by the national republican conven tion. The republican vice-presidential Nminee accepted. The beautiful large grounds of the Fairbanks home looked like a circus ground with a large tent in the mid dle. The speeches were delivered front the veranda and two hundred.guests then repaired to the tent for in cheon. DEMOCRATIC NOTIFICATION. It Will Take Place at Esopus on Wednesday of Next Week. Esopus. N. Y., August 4.-It is ex pected that the notification ceremon ies will take place about 2 p. in.. on Wednesday of next wveek. The not intcation committee will probably come to Rosemount on a chartered s;teamer rather than by special train. though arrangements to that end are not yet complete. It is not vet set tled how large a company will be present at the ceremonies or who will be invited. IS. P. McCalmount, an eccentric millionaire, who died at Franklin. Pa.. last weel. devised a way to prevent intemperance among his heirs. His will, just filed, excludes as beneniciary any child who indulges in the use of liquor. tobacao or narcotic drugs. The entire estate goes into the hands of the executor, who shall manage it and divide annually the proceeds among only such children as do not use to bacco. liquor or narcotic drugs in any form or in any quantity. Any mem ber of the family who uses any of these three things may become a ben eficiary in the estate by abstaining from the use for the period of a year. If the beneniciary returnis to the for mer habit. however, he or she is again cut off. Mr.McCalmount carried his d'actrine to the extent of advising against the employment 'i any man or wo'man on the estate who smokes. drinks or uses narcotic drugs. There are two daughters and four sons. All the latte are sa to be smokers. SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS. Number of Southern Leaders Visited Judge Prker Yesterday. New York. August 4.-A delega 1ion of prominent southern demo crats left the city this morning for a visit to Judge Alton Brooks Parker. at Esopus. The members of the party are Sen ator Joseph W. Bailey. of Texas: I Congressman Henry Clayton. a mem ber of the national committee from Alabama: Edward L. Russell and Henry Clayton, of Mobile. Ala. Mr. Russell is chief counsel of the Mobile and Ohio railroad and chairman of the Alabama delegation. The St. Louis members are visiting Judge Parker by appointment. DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. Chairman Taggart Announces Ap pointment of Officers. Indianapolis. Ind.. Aug. 4.-Thom as Taggart. chairman of the demo cratic national committee. last night announced the following officers of the national democratic committee and the following members of the national executive committee: National Committee - Delancy Nichol, vice chairman, New York; George Foster Peabody, treasurer, New York. Execvutive Committee-W. F. Sheehan, chairman, New York: August Belmont. New York: John R. McLean. Ohio: United States Sen ator Thors S. Martin, Virginia; Col. J. M. Guff-y. Pennsylvania: Former United States Senator James Smith. Jr.. New Jersey: Timothy E. Ryan. Wisconsin. Chairman Taggart also made the following statement: "The campaign committee will have the advice of Senator Gorman's judgment and experince in the cam paign. he agreeing to keep in close touch with the management at all times. "Such other committees as are deemed necessary will be appointed later. "The executive committee will meet at the Hoffman house. New York city. Monday morning, A'gust 8. at 11.30 o'clock. "The committee will discuss mat ters relating to the campaign and vill also consider the location in New York city of the eastern headquar ters and the location of the western headquarters and any other head quarters that may be decided upon." TEXAS DEMOCRATS. S. W. T. Lanham Renominated For Governor. Houston. Tex.. Aug. 4.-The state convention adjourned last night. hav ing nominated S. WV. T. Lanham ior gnvernor and George D. Neal fo lieu tenant governor. The St. Louis platform was hearti iv endorsed and Alton B. Parker commended. The administration of Governor S. WV. T. Lanham also re ceived flattering mention. Indiana Democrats. Indianapolis. Ind., August 4.-John WV. Kern of Indianapolis was unani mously nominated for governor by the second session of the democratic state convention. A complete state ticket was named. The platform offered by the reso lution committee was adopted unani mously. It heartily endorses the St. Louis platform and the nominee of the St. Louis convention. Mrs. Nelson A. Miles died at WVest Point. N. Y.. on Sunday night. of heart disease. She was a daughter of Judge Charles Sherman and a niece of the late Senator John Sher man, of Ohio. and General WVilliam T. Sherman. BEWITCHING SUMMER GIRLS. Masculine Counterpart .Dwindles in Comparison. Year by year. says the London Tel egraph the "summer man" seems to the wondering uninitiated onlooker to grow smaller. This is only by comparison. however. as the obser vant know. It is the summer girl who grows larger-larger of hat and higher of heel, louder and more cheerful of voice. The American summer girl is athletic. She bathes -in the sand. She golis-when the men are nice. She climbs moun tains-when her style is espcially suited to a mountain costume. In any event, she has the really impor tant features of athletic enjoyment thoroughly mastered. She has golf skirts and "swimming togs" by the score. She has everything that is becoming in rowing clothes. She is passionately fond of bathing-on the beach. The surf she finds dishevel ing. A maiden dripping with brine is only attractive in fiction. in real life her hair-and the brine-get into her eyes, which make her weep, from the smart and from mortification. She finds it much more beguiling to run just a little way into the water, wetting a portion of her bathing skirt only, and then to fly shrieking back to her admirers on the sand. These, with the disconcernment of men, rate her beauty the more highl'y, -since even in the water?-it has not "come off." "Sanding," which is her par ticular form of surf-bathing, thus takes up the summer girl's morning, if she be that perfect type rie sea shore girl; for though the summer girl is universal in habitat, she is found in the most perfect varieties at the seaside. From breakfast at g until lunch eon at 2 the conscientious summer girl devotes her hours to "sanding." There may be other maidens who consider tennis and golf, riding and autoing as a part of the morning's diversions, but these at the seaside are considered outside of the pale of the truly summery. They are under the ban of the too, too strenu ous. For proprieties and conventional ties the summer girl has no respect whatever. She has come from all parts of the United States to the summer resort. to meet in the course of the season thousands of persons whom she will never know again. As to who they are and whether the ac counts they give of themselves are true or not she knows nothing. She is not afraid of new and unvouched for acquaintances, although many a summer girl has found herself in most embarrassing situations through this free granting of ac quaintanceship. She takes it all. how ever, as part of the riotous joy of the summer. Any one in the hotel. any~ one in the resort. may be in troduced to the intrusion of the most objectionable. What risks she runs in this way are more than compen sated for, from her point of view, by the absolute freedom, the actual license, which she enjoys. The sum mer is not only a season for making engagements: it is to her pre-emi netly a season for making friends. If the engagements are not apt to last over the autumn parting, she is able to weed out the vast list of friendships some few to carry back to town with her. Her intermediary before this altar of new friendships is a personage wvho is. oddly enough a survival of old Bath. The "mas ter of ceremonies;" and erstwhile dancing-master employed by the ho tel. is at the command of the sum mer girl who wishes to enlarge her circle of acquaintances. Himself without credentials. he is yet the only guardian of her interests in ac quaintanceships with perfect strang er. For the parent, save of the most exclusive classes, ventures not to interfere with the summer girl's incintions.