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dvlopment Co. Ch re t u ... ... ... .. . . 5 , Sterling Mifg. Cu., Charles ton. 10,oo0 T Br ad River IUght aud Puwer Co., Ciiarlestn .. 1,00v,000 E. P. Burton Lumber Co. Charlestou............ 400,000 Halsey Limber Co., C 2arles torn..........2O0 Caroliua Suspender Co., An- 3 derscn............. 500 Blue Ridge Beverage and Extract Co., Anderson.. 10,000 Galitey Lime Co., Glficey. 2.5,000 Carolina Tin Co., Gainey.. 25.000 Lyrch's Rver Trimway Co., McBee............. 5 000j Combabee Lumber Co.....- 10,000 a Summerville Hardwood Co. 5,000 9 Dargan Lumber Co....... 50,000 Florer.ce Light and Power Cc..... .............. 50,000 C McCown & Clarke Co., F.orence.. ............20,000 Oneida Timber Co.,George town....... ... .... . 250,000 J. F. Gtllivan Building Co., . Greenville.............25.000. Paris Mountain Granite Co., Greenville.......... 20,000 Lumber and Bobbin Mfg., Co., Greenwood ........30,000 Greenwood Granite and Cinst. Co., Greenwood.. 5,000 Two truck farms at Home wood. Horry county. 7,-"500 Marion County Lumber Co. 300.000 Marion Mfg. Co . .. .... .. 100,000 Carolina Water, Light and. P..iwer Co., Marion...... 250,000 Dillon Naval Stores Co... . . 12,000 P. A. Bcdges Mfg, Co. Ben nettsville .............25,000 Bessie Ice Mfg. Co., Ben nettsville............... 15,000 Parr Shoals Power Co., Newberry ..............50000 Oconee Water, Light and Power Co............... 5,000 - (may increase to $500,000) Symmes Railway Car E:e vator Co., St. Me.tthews. 10.000 Orangeburg ice Mfg. C... 15,000 Crystal Ice Co.......... 25,000 Montvale Lumber Co., Pick ens.... ............. 00,000 Ong. Trowbridge & Co., Contractors,............ 10,000 Alford Dental Motor Mfg. Co., Sumter........ ....12,000 Sumter Lumber Co.... ....20,000 Sumter Foundry.......... 12,000 Union Creamery Co. . . . .. 10,000 Bailey Fu-niture Mfg. Co., Union............. 20,000 Wilson Lumber Co.. Cades. 75,000 Lake City Mfg. Co........ 8.000 I Lake City Plow Co.. .. .. .. 2.000 Enterprise Wood )stilling Co................... 10,00( Syleecaw Mg. Co., Rock Hill...... ............ 5.000 Among the notable increases in cap italizatlon under the head of miscel. laneous are the following: From To Catawba Power Co, Rcck Hill, 1900..8100,000 $ 850,00 Alantc Coast Lum ber Corporation, Georgetown..... 100,000 1,000,000 Southern Hydrau lic Brick Co., Charlcson....... 25,000 40,000 On the whole: the sho .viog in dicates Ithat there is a very healthy develop ment in the State. Capital is not be ing centralized in mills, but is being diff used through farms, banks, oil mills and varied industries.] A SERIOUS CHARGR. Mlr. Mixson Declares Reports from His Gini Are incorrect. Mr. R. M. Misson, of Williston, who recently published in the Augus ta Chronicle an art.ecle charging Inac curacies in the cotton statistics of the census department, on which an esti-. mate of the year's crop was based, now declares that this department in Washington has an alleged report from his gin at Williston that was not sent by him or representative. The Chronicle says the charge is based on copies of the report furnish ed Mr. Mixson by the Census depart ment in Washington, during a recent correspondence. Mr. Mixson and the superintendent of his gin i-epudiate Ithis alleged report and declare that if any such documents are held in Wash ington they are without his sanction. Mr. Mixson was in the city a soort while Thursday. When seen by a Chronicle reporter he confirmed the charges. He explained that since his charge that the report of the Census - department giving the south a 12. 160,000 was based on inaccurate statis Itics, due to an error on the part of the government departments in stuff ing their reports with an extra week's ginning, that he has been In corres pondence with the department at Washington. The department has been endeavoring to show him that he is in error in his deductions, that the! estimate was based on reports from the gins of the si uth, and not from figures obtained in the agricul'.ural department. Among the papers forwarded was a copy of an alleged report from Mr. Milxson's gin, purporting to have been signed by his superintendent at WilI liston. Mr. Mixson declares that this C alleged report from his gin was neveri sent out signed by hiis superintendent. < He charges that the report Is false,i both as to the statistics contained and the statement that it was sent outi from hIs gin. Mr. Mixson says that neither he nor his superintendent sent C in or signed such a report and that if there is any such original paper It was sent by someone he doesn't know. The charge is of a sensational na- I ture and is sure to attract general at- I tention. Mr, Mixson makes no at tempt to place the responsibility for the alleged figures. He contends, however, that it certainly proves, be yond the shadow of a doubt that the Census department's estimate of the crop Is worthless, Injuring the south to the extent of millions of dgllars. Fairbanks to Resign. Senator Fairbanks will January 9, the day on which the Legislature of Indiana meets, resign-his seat in the I United States Senate, to take effect March 4 next. There has been some discussion as to the Ikgality of the s Legislature filling a vacancy to be made in the future by a resignation in t this form, but it has been decided by high authority and to the satisfaction of every one that the proceeding is en tirely correct. This action on the ~ part of Senator Fairbanks will per mit the Legislature of Indiana to elect a successor at the time Senator ~ Beveridge is re-elected. It has already been determined that Rapresentative C Henenway will be Senator Fairbank's successor. t If MIurter andi suicitde. f At a farm about eight mikcs from Victoria, Texas, a double tragedy c: was enacted. Neil Stuabbs, a yourg h~ farmer, rejected, it is said, by Miss a Julia Mischuika sho- her to death andj NEW OHAIHRS. Twenty-two State Banks Were Projected This Year. MINING CONCERNS. Bifteen Cotton Seed Oil Mills Chartered. Two Cotton Mills and Two State Banks Increased Their Capital. A Very Creditable Record for New Concerns. In the Columbia State on Tuesday of last week was given a statement in regard to the amount of capital in vested in new cotton mills curing the year now drawing to a close. The showing was not very complimentary, for the aggregate was considerably less than a million dollars, and at least two of the mills incorporated this year have been in operation several years as private enterprises. But in the matter of projectinz banking icstitutiots, cotton seed oil mils and varied industries. wich was published in The State of Wednes day the record is very much more creditable. The total amount thus invested in 22 local banks is $645 000: in15 cotton seed oil mills. $312,000. Two bankschartercd in 1903 iocreased i capitalization by $95,000 and two oil "i by 20.000: making a tc tal of S740,000 projected in local banks and $332,000 in oil mills. The fol. lowing tables will contain interesting information: BANRING INSTIIUTIONS. Lowndesville Banking Co..$ 25.000 Rank of Mt. Carmel.. .....25,000 'Union Bank and Trust Co., Alken................ 50,000 Bank of Starr............ 15,000 Bank of Holly Bill ........ 15,000 Commercial S.ivings Bank, Charleston ...... ....... 50,000 The Jefferson Bank, Jtffer son............... .15,000 Bank of Lamar........... 10,000 Bank of St. G.orge. .. ..... 25,000 Peoples' Bank, Georgztown 75.000 Peoples' Bank of Kershaw. 50.000 The Bank of Kershaw.... 50,000 Bank of Leesville.. .. .....30,000 Merchants' and Planters' Bank, Mullins........ ..25,000 Citizens' Bank, Seneca.. 50,000 Bank of Ell'ree...........15,000 Bank of Cameron .......... 15 000 Bank of North... .... .. . . 15,000 Zon Savings Bank, Orange burg................... 10,000 Spartan.Savings and Loan Co...................50,000 Security Bank, Spartanburg 20,000 Bank of Greeleyville.... .. 10,000 Total ............... 645,000 INCREASE OF CAPITALIZATION. From To Bank of Clio, 1900..$ 20,000 $25,000 Bank of Anderson,* 1891........... 75.000 150,00C Union Savings Bank Bennettsville, '02 10,000 25,000 Total..........105,000 200,000 . EW OIL MILLs. Salley Oil Mill, Salley .... ..25,000 Peoples' Oil & Fert. Co., Andersorn.............. 35,000 Starr Oil Mill. Starr.. ......20,000 Fairfax Cot. Oil Co., Fair fax ......... ........ .. 20.000 Home Oil mill, Greenville.. 25,000 Blue Ridge Cot. Oil Mill. Co., Travelers Rest... 25,000 Troy Oil mill.. .. .. .. .... 20,000 Bradley Cot Oil Co.. .... ...15,000 Farmers' Cotton Oil Co., Brunson. .... ..........20,000 Laurens Cot. Oil mill, Lan ford ........ ..........12000 Farmers' il mill, Newberry 30,000 Chappell Oil mill, Chappell 15,000 Pomaria Oil mill, Pomaria. 20,000 Little Mountain Oil ml.. 20,000 Whitmire Mfg. Co., Whit zeire.................. 10,000 Total...............$312,000 INCR2EASE 15 CAPITA&LZATION. From To Prosperity Cotton Oil mills, 1903. $ ..20,000 $30,000 Rowesvlle Cot. Oil Co., 1903.. ...... 20,000 30,000 Total .. ...... ..40,000 860,000 CLAY AND MINERAL CO3iPANIES. There was much interest manifest ed in the development of kaolin plants in this State. The department of immigration has circulated brcor dcast Prof. Earle Sloan's treatise on the clays of Scuth Carolina and this may have had somethirg to do with it. One concern which has bought a site near Cclumnbia has not taken cut let ters of incorporation; and another concern, "the Carolina Kaolin com pany" of Columbia, has taken out two charters, one on the 28th of June and the other on April 29th, and has not done any thing since. The following kaolin and other mineral de veloping companies have been char. tered: Pope Clay Products Co.. Aiken...... ..... .. ..8700:000 Wood Pottery company. 8,000 Gaffney Lime Co., Gaffney. 25,000 Carolina Tin Co., Gaffney 25,000 Summerville Brick Co... 25,000 Indian Pottery and Brick Co., Garnett........... 100,000 Southern Paint Mfg. Co., Columbia .......... .... 100,000 Carolina Kaolin Co., Colum 1bla................... 200,000 Carolina Ktolin Co., Colum bia..... ........... .. 250,000 Hyatt Brick Co., Columbia. 20,000 Columbia Clay Co., Colum bia.... ............... 10,000 Total.. .... .. ... ...81,463,000 MIsCELLANEO~s INDVsTRIEs. There has been a great deal of mon ey projected in power plants and mis cellanenous manufacturing enterpris es. The following list shows tnat there was a great deal of activity along such lines this year: Hardwoo'i Lumber -Co., amburg............ 50o000 Carolina Constrution Co., Anderson............... 60,000 Belton Power Co., Holiday Shoals............... 100 000 Piedmont Electric Company Piedmont.... .......... 24,000~ Dickson Engine and Power Co., Charleston......... 10,000 S. S. Solomons Crosstie Co.,' Charleston.............. 50.000 Puckharber B! os. Mfg. Co.. 50,000 Whitman Construction Co., Cl'esntn..... n.. nnn00 ADAMS CAPTURED. he Walterboro Murderer Was Sur prised by a Sheriffs Posse. 3 HAD YOT IPT THE STATE. .s Deputy SherilrHenderson Entered Adams' House He Leveled His Gun at Rim But Did Not Fire. A dispatt h from Walterboro to The tate says lt. A. Adams. the convict d and sen:enced murderer of Herry I. Jaques, who has so long been at berty, and for whose capture a re rard of ,1,100 has been offered, was aptured at his home near Cottage. ille Wednesday n'ght at midnigbt. t has been rumored fcr some the hat he was in the neighborhood of is home, and Wednesday night a de rmined :omse composed of Sheriff L. . Owens, Deputy S-eriff E P Hen ersoo, G. S. Arnett, E P. Knight, E r. St robel, P. ). Murray and Capers ;tew:Lrt, all of Walterboro, left town bout 8 o'clock and arrived at Adams' tome about 11 o'clock. Tne one room iOUSE situated in an open field was in [arknuess and appeared to be lockea Lp. The posse surrounded the house, ome of them guarding the avenues of .pproach, others guarding each dcor nd window. Deputy Henderson nocked on the door and Inquired of drs. Adams if her bustand was at iome. After a few nps she replied aying her husband was not there and iad not been there. He then re q'iest d her to open the door as they were oir-g to search the house anyway. he then began to cry telli' g them they ould not enter. Mr. Henderson then ecured an axe and broke the door )pen and went in cloFely followed by T. S. Arnett, the steriff's son-in-law. AIr. Henderson struck a match and ield it up. He saw Adams in a crouch d p-)siti-)n near the fire place. Hi! Zun was levelled on lienderson, who hrew down the match and stepped )it of the dcor. Adams could have ,lled the deputy or Arnett but did aot shoot. RECOGNIZED MR. HENDERSON. He stated afterwards that by the light of the match he bad recognized Mr. Henderson and did not wish to cill him as Henderson had shown him many kindnesses while he was in jail. Immediately a window was seen to )pen and a gun muzzle protrnded as If Adams was trying to escape through he window, whereupon the sheriff ired a load of buckshot into the win 4"w and no further effort at escape .vas made. The sheriff then comman led Adams to surrender. Adams said e would not su r.;nded, that hed have to kill him, and that he would ill the first man that came in the loor. He then r quested that neith !r Sheriff Owens, Deputy Sheriff Hen lersn nor Arnett enter as he did not wish to kill either of them, but if these wanted to come In to let them bry it. Adams then wanted to know f they were going to get any reward or his capture; that he would not urrender if an) reward was to be re ~eived. They then explained to him that the sheriff's posse could not get he reward, but thinking that they wanted to trap him, he wished to con lult with Magistrate Ackerman, who ived about a quarter of a mile off. The sheriff then believing that he sould be captured without bloodshed lecided that he would allow him to :osult Magistrate Acketman and im mediately sent for him. Mr. Ackerman same and advised Adams that under the law the sheriff could not collect the rewari3. In the meantime G. 5, rrett told Adams that he wished tc ave a private talk with him. Adams replied that he would be glad to talk with him if he could come in. Adams old him to enter but to leave his gun 2n the out side. Arnett agreed to do bhis provided Adams would put down ais gun, which Adams did, Adams aving In the meantime made a fire in Ghe hearth they sat down to have a talk. Arnett finally persuaded him tc iurrender without resistance. Adams 2en told the posse that all of them tould come in. Several went in to re tnforce Arnett while others guarded she approsches to the house in case 21 brothers and friends might at empt to rescaie him. sENT FOR .r D. ACKERMAN. Before Adams consented to leave he tskedi to be allowed to see JT. D. ackerman and wanted to send his rother for him. The sheriff refused to allow him to wake his brother, wh. ived a short distance off, but per mitted the magistrate to go for Mr. ckerman. He came and Adams wanted him to sell a pies3 of land for 2m and talked about other matters >f business. In a short time Adams informed the posse if they would as ist him to put on his overcoat he was -eady to go, which they did, and started for Walte: boro. They arrived about 5 O'clock Wednesday morning. he only weapon Adams was found to possess was a sIngle barrel breech-load ng shotgun. After Adams was brought to Wal :erboro zhe was interviewed by your :orrespondent. He talked freely but vas s' mewhat nervous. In reply to a luestion he stated that he escaped rom jail by himself last June and ent home. The reason he gave for 1s escape was that he wished to go 1me to work for his wife and three hildren. He stated that he has been t home and in the v.icinity thereof, taying part of the tine at nis broth r's, about two miles away, and at iis aunt's. He stated further that i has been wofking hard since his scape from j ail. "What kind of york did you do?" was asked. ADAMS' sTATEMENT. "I cut saw-logs, stripped fodder, icked cotton, gathered peas, planted otatoes and gathered them and got ut palings to fence in my yard, which did. "The saw-logs I cut were on my wn laud were hauled to a saw mill ear by belonging to S. G. Pierce. Vith the timber I erected a shed on ny place, which is there now to show or itself. I did not mean to hurt a Ingle soul but was working for my rife and children. I have never left he State and had no intention cf saving. If I could get loose now I rould go right back there and work or my wi'e and children as long as I ould make 50 cents. My friends :ept me posted. I knew the Sheriff Itended to come last Saturday night, nd if he had come he wculd not have Dund me. I had no idea that he was oing Tuesday night." Adams left Walterboro on the af 3rnoon tr ain in care of Sheriff Owens 3r Columbia, by direction received om Gjv. Heyvard. When A dams learned he was to be! ,rried away, he stated to those near' im had h known this he would not ave surre adered. The prisoner expressed hopes of ex HEAVY LOSSES. Over Twenty Thousand Japanese Killed Around Port Arthur. BLOODSHED AND WOE. The Attackers Nor Defenders Gave Any Thought Pto Death, but Fell, Hun dreds at a Time, Beneath Bay onet, Shell and Shrapnel Around Fortress. Gen. Stoessel in his dispatch to the emper'r tells of the hard fighting around6 Port Arthur. The first dis patch :s dated November 25 and is as follow:: "I a n happy to inform your majes ty that on November 20, after an in creasei bombardment, the Japanese attacked one of the forts on the north. eastern front and leaped with a por tion of their forces on the parapet. They were annihilated by rifle fire and the bayonet and thrown back into the trenches. Their reserves were scattered by sarapnel. "From November 21 to November 23 the enemy violently bombarded the fort, and, in spite of great losses, ef fected by their perseverance a passage between the two forts on the north eastern front. "At 5:30 o'clock on the evening of Tovember 23, after heavy firing, the Japanese suddenly huried themselves against several works on this front and selzid a portion of the trenches. b- they were thrown back by the re serves after a derce bayonet struggle. They returned to the assault at mid night and again occupied a part of the trenches, but were annihilated by our bayonets. At 2 o'clock in the morn Ing all was over and your majesty's heroic troops were able to rest and start repairing the damage caused by the bombardment. From the 20th to to the 24th, the Japanese lost more than 2,000 men. All of out trops be aved as heroes. - "Bombardment of the town and harbor continues daily. Anumber of buildings have been destroyed and the harbor has sustained some damage. The garrisons are in excellent spirits." In another dispatch dated Novem. ber 29 General Stoessel says: "The 26th and 27th were the bloodiest days in the assaults on Port Arthur. The attacks began on the night of the 25th, against our left flank, near Pigeon Bay. The first was repulsed with great loss to the apanese. The same night the enemy attacked a detachment on Panlung mountain, but were repulsed, as also was their attack on Visokaia (203. Metre hill.) "On the 26th the Japanese began to bombard and attack fiercely the forts on the northeastern front and the advanced trenches. The trenches repeatedly changed hands. Never theless, on the night of the 26th we threw back the Japanese at the point of the bayonet. The enemy succeeded in blowing up the perapet of one of the forts and began building parallels there. At another fort on the same night they laid sacks aiong the ram part, but our artillery dispersed them. Towards 10 o'clock in the evening the Japanese attacked a battery on our left flank in considerable strength and at first obtained posse sin of a por tion of the works, t ut our heroes brought bayonets intc use and the Japanese retired, leaving a heap of their men. Along the whole front the Japanese reopened a violent fire against the interior of the fortress, keeping It up until 5 'clock on the morning of November 27. "The help which 'God sent us on the birthday of our mother. the eza rina, gave us further victory." "Since November 27 the Japanese have "een carrying on a violent bom bardnr ent and making it :essant as saults in' conslderable force against Tisok tia (203 iMetre hMl) Their as saults were repulsed." Oc December 12 General Steessel repori i as follows: "T .e twelve days' assault which omme~nced on November 20 was de anitelyepulsed last night. I am happy to say that your majesty's heroic troops alone could have been capable of doing this. There has never been such a tierce assault. The following contributed principally to its repulse: Generals Koudratenko, Nikttin and Gorbatowsky, and Colonels lrrmann and Ertlakoff, and Lieutenant Col onels Naoumnenko and Gindourine. It is, thanks to them, and the heroic ofcers and naval sharpshooters and the artillerymen, that Port Arthur succeeded again in resisting. The Japanese, according to prisoners and ninese, lost at least 20,000 men. "We request your prayers and those of the mother empress, which are manifestly shielding us "As general aide de camp to your majsty, I have expressed your ma jesty's thanks to the garrison." On December 5 General Stoessel re ports: "At i o'clock yesterday morning the Japanese, having concentrated all their forces, began an assault on Visokala hill, bombarding it simul taneously with 11I-inch and 16-inch shells. A fierce fight raged all day. We repelled three assaults. Towards evening the Japanese succeeded in obtaining possession of the crest of te hill and immediately got two ma shine guns into position thereon." Seven Suffocated in a Mine. At Bolivar, Pa., seven men were suffocated Thursday in No. 2 soft clay mine of the Reese Hauimond Fire Brick company near there. The victims were Austrians. There were about 25 men in the mine and all but sevn were rescued, though they were all in bad shape and two are likely to die. The cause of the disaster was most peculiar. A small building about 12'by 20 feet burned dawn at the mouth of the mine. The air shaft from the working to the sur face some distance in the mine acted as a sort of flue and drew into the drift the heat and smoke from the fire, thus sufftacating the men. Wholesale Murder. News of a wholesale murder has Just reached Berlin from the village of Moderstien Saxony. Herr Frem denburg, wife, and three children and two grandchildren were murdered and the perpetrators set fire to the house to hide the crime. The police have arrested the nearest relative on sus A FATAL ACCIDENT. The Collapse of a bridge Killed Two Persons Outright &!ID WOUNDED FIV.S OTHERS. The Bridge Was a Very Old One and Was Considered Dangerous, B( ing Forty Years Old, Yet it Was Used. At Charleston, W. Va., two persors were killed and five others seriously injured Saturday by the collapse of the suspension bridge across the Elk river, which connects East and West Charleston. Oa the bridge when it went down were six chldren on their way to school and a number of pedes. trains, together with six teams. The dead: Mamie Higginbotham, aged 11 years. Annie Humphreys, aged 17. The injured, Stella Smith, 17, compcuad fracture 01 elbow. Wm. Homes, colored, driver, cLt anad brulsed. Henry Felder, colored, serious in trnal injuries. Ollie Gibbs, 15, both hips and arm b:-oken. Elmt Tucker, 13, both arms and legs broken. The bridge went down without warnirg, but a number of those wht were near the end of the structure managed to reach lani before it ciL ;apsed. Those who went down with the wreackage fell a distar ce of 40 fee' onto the ice covered waters of the riv er. The st.amer Caxter broke tht ice to allow small boats to reach the scene, and rescue work began imme diately. The injured first were assist ed to the shore and latter a search was made of the river for dead bodies. The bodies of Mamie Higginbotha= and Annie Humphreys were taken out and the search continued until nightfall, but no others were found. The bridge was a single span, 500 feet in length, and was built in 1852. It had been known to be unsafe for some time, and heavy traffic was not allow ed on it. The accident was caused by twc cables on the north side slipping frcnr their moorings. When that side dropped another cable snapped and the floor tilted and turned completel3 over. Daring the War between the Sec tions the cabal of this bridge was cul by Gen. Wise when he evacuatec Charleston, the bridge at that tim being partially burned. The sam( cabal was afterward spliced, and hai been in use ever since. A Good Farmer's Views. Hon. Pope Brown, well knowi throughout Georgia as one of the lead ing planters in the State and as Presi dent of the Agricultural Scciety writes to the Ssu thern Cultivator oi "The Twelve Million Bale Crop.' The following extract is taken there from: "I just want to say one mon time, that I bope the farmers will nu lose their heads, and will stick fins to hog and hominy. There is no ob jection to the man who first provide for his home supplies, making all thi cotton he can after doing that.; but i1 is a suicidal policy for them to negiec these crops for the cotton crop. O~ these lines I try to practice what preach, and my fields will show fo: themselves. On this line these sami people and a few others 1tecame vera hysterical about twelve months age fearing the South wculd not produc4 cotton enough to supply the demand: of the world. They criled for more la bor, they wanted Italians. Chinamen or anything else that would bring more cotton. I stated at the timi that what the - people needed were markets for their products. In othe: words, if these people who appear t be so much interested in the producti of the farmers of the c untry, wil provide us with markets for our pro ducts at remunerative prices, ther the farmers of the country will supply the products. To make my meanies plain, at 10 to 12 cents per pound the cotton crop of the country will in crease from year to year, and will gt is necessary to fifteen million bales, tut it will not be increased from yeai to year when the prices range from i to 6 cents as we have recently seer is do." Woma.n Found De~aO In a Wagon. A white woman named HattiE Walker was discovered dead in a wag on near Glendale early Friday morn iag. With the wagon were Tom Donahut and P. A. Blake, white. Hattie Walker and Donahue left Swit zer Thursday morning for Spar. tanburg In a wagn. They came tc secure some household goods belong ing to the woman. On arriving they found that the party In whose posses sion the goods, moved to Glendale, and they set out for that place. On the road they were accompanied by Blake, and the men had two quarts of liquor. The woman began drinking freely and in the night they halted and built a fire and ate something. Afterwards the woman took another drink and fell forward on the front gate of the wagon. Donahue picked her up. She laid down and never spoke again, dying on hoar or more afterwards. - Two Killed. South-bound Atlantic Coast L!ne passenger train from Rocky Mount, N. C., to Willmington was wrecked Wednesday by runnig into an open switch at Overman's siding. Two miles north of Warsaw. Engineer Gilford F. Horne of Williamston and his colored fireman, Sterling Creech of Rocky Mount, were instantly killed. None of the passengers was seriously injured although the entire train with the exception of a Pullman was piled up alongside the track. Coast Line officials here are oL the opinion The Iswitch was tampered with. Prominent Lawyer Killed. L. W. Christian, a leading lawyer and jpartner of Jos. M. Sanders, recent ly elected supreme judge, was shot and almost instantly kflled at Oceana, W. Va., Thursday by "Ken" Canter. bury who escaped to the mountains. A posse is in pursuit-. Canterbury operated a gambling room and had been indicted through Coristian's ef forts. Will be Impeached. After a thorough investigation the house of representatives has ordered the Impeachment of Federal Judge Swayne of Florida for h~gh crimes and misdemanors. JUsTICE of the Peace John .Ford of James county, Tenn., wa-s shot and killed on a street in Chat tanooga on Monday by his cousin Samuel Fahe ridge, the outcome of an old family CONFERENCE APPO[NTIM TS. Wbere the Metbodist Preackers Will Labor Next Year. The following are the assignments of the Methodist preachers for the Iext year as made by the Bishop at the Annual Conference held in Dar liegtou last week: Charleston District-H W Bays, presiding elder; Allendale, W. C. Kirkland; Beaufort, G P Watsor; Bethel Circuit, W H Thrower; Black Swamp, G F Clarkson. Charleston City. Trinity, C B Smith; Bethel, M L Carlisk; Spring Street, P L Ki'ton; Cumberland, J W Speak; Mt. Pieaq nt. I C Carson; Cordesville, W R Buchanan; Cypre.s, C W Burgess; Dorchester, W T Bedenbaugh; Ebrh afdt, T L Belvir-; Grover, S C Morris; Eampton, G R Shaffer; Barleyville and Ind:an Fields. W S Goodwin; Hendersonville, J E Peeler; McClel lansille, W T Patrick; Pinopolis, W E Barre; P.art Royal, L D Gillespie; Ridge'z.zr, W H Murray; Ridgeville, H C Mouzo::; Round 0, H P Hutson; St. George, W S Stokes; Summerville, J L Daniel; Walterboro, Henry Stokes; Young's Island, W A Wim berly: Charles'.on Port Society, P A Murray, chaplain; student at Vander. tilt Univerzity, P C Garris. Cokesbury Distric.-J E Carlisle, presiding elder; Abbeville, P B Wells; Autreville, J A Peeler; Bueler, Fostei Speer; Cokesbury, S D Vaughan: Donald's, Peter Stokes; Greenwood,NY A Massebeau; Greenwood and Abbe ville Mills, J W Lawson; Kinard's, J T Miller; Lowndesville, R W Barber; McCormick, H W Whittaker; Mt Car mel, R C Bulware; Ninety-Six, A J Cauthen; Newberry, Central, S B Zimmerman; O'Neale Street and Mol lohnn, J H Graves; Newberry Circuit, J E Beard; Parksville; R R Dagnall; Phoenix, J R Copeland; Princeton, G R Whitaker; Prosperity, J K Mc Cain; Saluda, R W Humphries; Ver dery. C W Creighton, Waterloo, J I Ray; Whitmire, J E Isom; Landei Colleg?, J 0 Wilson, president. Coiumbia District-J S Baaseley, presiding elder; Aiken, B R Turnip seed; Batesburg, E T Hodges; Colum bla, Washington Street, J W Daniel Main, W I Herbert; Green Street, E S Truesdale; Granby, W J Snyder: Brookland, W S Henry, Edgewood, J A Graham; Edgefield, M Auld; Fair field, W W Williams; Fort Motte, J K Inablnet; Graniteville, A R Phil lips; Johnston, W S Martin; Lees ville, M M Brabham; Lewiedale, J I Strickland; Lexington, 0 N Ronn tree; Lexington Fork, G H Pooser North Augusta, H J Cauthen; Ridge way, A S Lesley; St Matthews, J I Mahaffey; Warrenville, F S Hook Winnsboro, J B Campbell, Epwortt 0:panage, W B Wharton, superinten dent; Columbia College, W W Daniel president; J A Duncan, finanoa agent; Paine Institute, G W Walker president. Florence District-A I Stckes, pre siding elder; Cade's, J A White; Car tersville, J E Taylor; Cheraw, Bob ( Murphy; Cheraw circuit, 0 L Durant Clyde, John Manning. Darlington-Trinity, J C Roper Epworth and Pine Grove, J 0 Carra way: Darlington circuit, N B Clark son; Florence, J G Beckwith; George town, B M Grier; Greeleyville, L ] Inabinet; Harper's, 3 B Weldon Harteville, Dove Tiller; Jobnsonvllle J B Carter; Kings-ree, W B Justuw Lake City, J B Traywick; Lamar, F Gibson; Liberty, R W Spigner Rome, T J Clyde; Salters, C W Ray Sampit, D A Calhoun; Scranton, W Gleaton; South Florence, F BEHodges Tim:nonsville, L P McGhee. Greenville listrictr-R K::rber Jones, presicing elder. Anderson. St John's. M B Kelly; Orrville, S Creech; West End, D W Keller; Eas ley and Bethesda, R M Dubose; Four tain Inn, D) P Boydi; Greenville, Bue conb: S-.reet, W M Duncan; Hlamp ton Avenue, W B Wiggins; Sampsoi and Poe, A A Driggers; St. Paul's,': G Herbert; West Greenville, G.T Har mon, Jr; Greenvitle circuit, N( Bellinger; Greer's, G T Harmon Liberty, 3 T Attaway; McClure, A 2 Merritt: Nott Pkkens, Wm Roof Pelzer, 6 E E-lwards; Pendleton, S 'V Henry: P~ckens, 0 M Abney; Pied mont, S T Blackraan; Seneca ani Wahalia, E S Jones; Starr and Iva, W Bailey; Towns ie, D A Lewis Travellers' Res1t. W L Gaule; Victo and Batesville, 3 G Huggins; Walhall: circuit, W M Hare-en; Westminster J I Spioks; Willamston and Belton R L HolroyJ; Williamston circuit, IM A Beckham. Marion District--E P Taylor, pre iding elder; Bennettsville, T B Mor ris; Beunettsville circuit, A T Dun lap; Brownsville, S 3 Bethea; Blen heim, W B Baker; Brightsville, B E McKisaick; Brittons Neck, G W Gat lin; Bucksville, H L Singleton; Cente nary, J L Mullinax; Clio and Beulah F B Shultz; Conway, W L Watt; Con way circuit, J C Davis; Dillon stati and mills, J D Grout, J MI Gasque Gallivant, T D Moody; Latta, J E Thacker; Latta circuit, J W Aril Little Rock, G C Leonard; Loris, S . McConnell; Marion, B E Stackhouse: Marion circuit, G P Penny; McColl W H McLaurin; Mullins, T C 03ell: Mullins circuit, W A Betts; W C Power, supernumerary; Marlboro, ,J W Wright, North Mullins, J B Rush ton, J M Rogers; Waccamaw, Allar MacFarlane. Orangeburg District -Marion Dar gan, presiding elder. Bamnberg, W ': Duncan; Barnwell, J L Harley: Branchville, S A Mettles; Cameron, N L Wiggins; Denmark, E H Beck ham, W H Wreton, supernumerary; Edisto, G W Davis; Elloree. J T Mac Farlane; Langley, 3 W Nieley; Nor. way, J R Sojourner; Orangeburg, St Paul's, 3 A C~if ton; Orangeburg Mills, to be supplied; Orangeburg circuit, A B Watson; Orange, M F Dukes; Prov idence, W A Pitts; Rowesville, A C Walker; Smoak's J L Tyler; Spring field, B A Yongue; Swansea, G WV Dukes; Wagener, J C Homey. Rock Hill District-W P Meadors, presiding elder; Blacksburg, C C Der rick; Blackstock, J MI Noland; Ches ter, Bethel, M L Banks; Grace and New Bethel to be supplied. Chester Circuit; 3 M Fridy; East Chester, C P Carter; East Lancaster, P B In. graham; Fort Mill, J C Chandler; Hickry Grove, W H Ariall; Heath Springs, David Hucks; Kershaw, 0 A Je~coat; Lancaster, R B Turnipseed; Lancster Circuit, 3 C Counts; North Rock Hill, W C Winn; Richburg, W A Fairey; Rock Hill, St John's, Wat son B3 Duncan; A E Holler, supernu merary: Laurel Street and Manches ter, C B Peele; Rock Hill Circuit, B A Wilkes; Van Wyck, B B Sharp; Yorkville, 3 L Stokes; S A Weber, supernumerary; York Milia and Tir zab, C M Peeler; York Circuit, B A Rouse. Spartanburg District-J W Kilgo, presiding elder; Belmont, T Z James, Buff Ao and East Union, L B Wiggins; Clifton and Glendale, 3 W Elkins; Cherokee, B M Rob :rtson; Clinton, W H Hdges; Campobello, J T Fouler; Enoree, C B Burns; Gafnesy, Buford tret, .T M Rteadman; Limestne Street, J B Kilgore; Gaffney Circuit, J B Wilsoi ; Jonesville, D E Camak; Kelton, A H Best, Laurens: First Churcb, M W HI.ok; L-aurens Mills, C L McCaiD; North Laurens, J F Anderson; Pacolet, to be supplied; Pacolet Circuit, E W Mason; Reids ville, T 3 White; Santuc, T B Owen; Spartanturg, Centrai, E 0 Watson; Duncan and Sax rn, S E Hapler; Beth el, J W Sheel; Union, Grace Church, D M McLeod; W H Miller, supernum erary; Union Mills, W M 0 ven; Southern Christian Advoc::t', W R Rlchardson, editor; G H Wadell, as sistant edito:; Conference secretary of education, I W EK'g,; financial agent Wofford College, F A Child. Sumter Di,trict-H B Browne, prc siding elder; Betbany, F F Scoggins; Bishopville, D Arthur Phillips; Cam den, C C Berbert: Chesterfield, J J Stevenson; Jordan, S D Bailes; Jeffdr son, S M Jone ; Linchburg, S 0 Can tey; Manning, A N Brunscn; New Zion, B J Gu. ss; Oswego, E K o:-re; Pinewood, L L Bedenbaugb; Provi cence, C S Felder; Rembert and St. John, S H Booth; Richland, Walter P Way; Santee, J C Younge. Sumter, First Church, P F Kilgo; Magnolia Street, J B Inabinet; Watere-, W D Patrick; Conference missionary secre tary, P K Kilge:; assistant Sunday ..chool editor, L F Be;.t; tranferred K S Enochs to Alabama Confereuce. Superannuated: 0 M Boyd, J M Car Ilse; A M Chreitzbe-g, W A Clarke, D D Dantzler, R L Duffe, J W Hum bert, A W Jackson, W W Jones, C D Mann, N K Melton. E M Merritt, J J Nevile, I J Newberry, J J Porter, T P Phillips, B H Rawes, W A- Rogers, J L Sifly, A J Stafford, T E Wanna maker, P F Way, J A Wood, J J Workman. THE PRICE OF COTTON. The Speculators Must Have Cotton to Cover Their Contraats. The cotton growers, says B. J. Red ding in the Atlanta Constitution, are face to face with another problem, one that diff. rs from the boll weevil question in the fact that it presents itself at once to every farmer who has unsold cotton on hand. The late meeting of the southern cotton grow ers' convention unanimously recom mended that no more cotton be sold at present prices, or at any price less than 10 cents. They insist that even if we are making a 12,000,000 bale crop, it should be worth and ought to command 10 cents a pound. Cotton t as' experts, editors of prominent newspapers and others told the farm ers a year ago that the world needed a 12,000.000 bale American crop, and that the manufacturers would take every bale of it at good prices. Some advised the farmers to "go In" for such a crop without fear or apprehen sion. They did "go in" without any particular purpose to produce a 12, 000,000 bale crop but with the pur pose each to make as many bales as possible. Our prominent men, even Including an ex-presidential candidate, now advises the farmers to hold on to their unsold cotton, insisting that if the large remaant still on hand be withheld from sale that the market will react and go back to 10 cents a pound in a few months. I have al Sready said that I believe so, too-if the farmers will stand squarely to get.her; like a stone wall and resist further efforts of the bears to keep down the price. It is to be hoped that they will-this one time more. Sget together on the 10 cents a pound or no sale proposition, as they did on the bagng trust fight, "no jute bag ging for me," several years ago. I do not see how any less can result, from such a position. Certainly it cannot reduce the price still lower than now. On the contrary, the natural and in evitable tendency will be to elevate orices. Cottton manufacturers must have cotton. They made money on last year's prices, or at least on prices nt in excess of 12 cents. Cotton speculators must have cotton to cover contracts. The business of buying and selling cotton, that occupies the brains,,.energy and money of so many capitaliasts,~ brokers and speculators, cannot long contine without some "spot" cotton. Ose half the cotton dealers would as soon see cotton again 10 cents as to continue at 7 or 8, and a "little rather." I believe that if the farmers will stick together to Ldo their part, their friends, the "bulls," will do the rest, and we will see cotton selling at 10 coors in a few mont'r.s just as If "nothing had hap pened" to the ccon'rary. Of course at this juncture there are a number of plans and sugges tions, some of them rvholly vissionary and impracticable, presented to the farmers, and It would be a waste of time and words to discuss them, as it has been a waste of space to print them. No names are here given, nor are the features of any of these pro posed plans even outlined, so If any one "rises to explain," or to defend, we will know that he recogniz2s -the fitness of the above crIticism. Warning to 1Mothers. The Medical News says: The "only child In the family" In 60 per cent shows disadvantageous traits; they are usually of poor health, lacking much of normality, both mental and physical The "youngest child," the "only boy" or the "only girl" display many striking resemblances to the the "only child." Copying The Weevil. The New York World thinks that Southern farmers who talk reduced acreasge in one breath and plan to ex terminate the boil weevil in another are "a nervy lot." It avers that the boll weevil Is doing the very thing the planters are demanding-cutting down the cotton output.--Birming ham News. Battleship Texas Damaged. Breakicg five great cables as If they had been threads, the 100-ton floating derrick Hercules, moored to the side of the new -battleship Connecticut, broke adrift in the navy yard basin in Wallabeut Bay Thursday and crashed into the stern of the battleship Texas, smashing plates and so ijuring tbe war vessel that she will have to go in to dry dock. Six n to aang One. At Richmond, Va.. half a dozen men will pull cords to spring the trap when James Goode Is hanged there on Thursday. This expedient was nec essary because no deputy would agree to hang a man alone, hut they were willing to share among themselves the responsibility of taking the crim inal's life. A Panic in Seneca. Screaming "I am Elijah Dowle, get out of my way," a negro maniac arm ed with an axe Invaded the town of Seneca Wednesday. For a while ha was given all the room he wanted and no one disputed his claim. Finally two policemen caught the lunatic and disarmed him. He is in the Seneca ard honne. TORN UP BY A CARTEIRGE. Detroit Woman Uses Rapid Fire Shell as a Tack H amner. Mrs. Thomas E. Barnes was killed Tnursday in her bome at 253 Pine street by the f xpios;on or a "one pounder" rapid tire u i cartridge, which it is supposed sbe was uinbg for a hammer in the Cbristmas prepara tions for her two baby girls. How the explosion occurred is not definitely known, as she was alone with the children, but it is said by friends of Mrs. Barnes that she had used the cartridge fur a hammer at other times. T.je cartridge had been in the possession of the Barnes family for some time and is said to ha;e been giv n ! o her by her brother, William Mtayhew, a gunner In the United States navy, wrho is thought to be at-. tached to the United States torpedo station at Newport News. The wo man's right ha. d was torn off at the wrist; her left hand was mutilated, part of the cartridge penetrated her breast and cut her hcart and lungs and h<r back was also cut by parti of the shell. Mrs. Barnes had left the children in the kitchen s-) that they would not see her preparing for the Christmas tree, which was to be set up in the archway bAtwren the parlor and sit ting room. E -idently she had been rearranging the curtains of the arch way so that the candles of the tree would. not set the curtaias on fire. Using the cartridge for a tack ham mer she was instantly killed by the explosion that resulted. N:ighbors found Mrs. Barnes dead on the floor exactly at the spot selz c'ted for the Christmas tree. Mrs. Barnes and her husband had lived here less than a year, coming here from New York. The Value of Cottou. C .tton is one of the most important and valuable prcducts of the World. It is worth to the people of the South in the raw six hundred millions of dol lars per annum. It is worth four time that when manufactured. As a mine .f wealth it exceeds ail the gold mines ever discovered. The gold mines become exhausted in time. -The sA1 of the south that produces the cotton doe3 not exhaust. The cotton crop, this mine of wealth with its output of six buodred miilions, has been com: ing every year. It will continne to come every year, only increasing an nually. This cotton mine of ours will make the South the richest of coun tries if preserved. It is bound to be so. With the monoply here of the growth of citton and the d: pendence of the world upon it to clotbe its na kedness,' a golden stream must con tinue to flow into the South. That golded stream turns the balance of the world's trade in favor of - the United States. It makes us a creditor nation. Lt it fall and we become a debter nation. While this is trae, the men who produce it gets very lit tle substantial benefit from It, and they never will until they ban them' selves toget her a d light for their rights by making all .the corn and meat they need to run their farms on thEm. Bicks 1903 Almanac. The Rev. Irl B. Hicks Almanac for 1905 is now ready, being the finest. edition ever Issued. . This splendid and costly book of 200 pages Is a com plete study of astronomy and storin and weather forecasts for 1905. It is too well known to need comment. See it and you will so decide. The price, postpaid to any address, is 30c. per copy. The Rev. Irl E. Hicks' scien tific, relgious and family journal, Word and Works. now abreast -with the best magezines, is 75c a year. Both Word and Works and the Al manac $1.00 per year. No better in vestment possible for any person or family. Try it and see. Send to WORD A&ND WoBnKs PUB., 0o0. 2201 Lous:: St., St. Louis, Mo. A Startling Revelation. A special from Winston-Salem, N. C., says: *EAidence has been discover ed tending to show that the reservoir disaster by which nine people lost their lves here on Novemoer 2. was caused by dynamite uised by parties unknown. It is stated that a dyna mite cartrnidge was found a few days after the bursting of the reservoir near the broken walls, and that it is. now in the y'ssession of a city cincial. An investigation has been proceeding for some time, but its results have not been made public. WLuLIX Sylvester, who killed Edward Burton, chief mechanic of the Seabcard Ais 4'ne, three years ago, for which he was sentenced to hang, but whose sentence was com mted to lifetime in t'ue penitentiary, wa, pardoned by the governor of Florida on Teesday-as a "Christmas present." PrmoTIc women of Charlottes ville, Va., are at work to secure funds to erect a bronze meniorial tablet in the rotunda of the university on ... which ate to be insen bed *81.. nameir of ashimal of the uo.Persity who lost their lives in the Confederate service. FEED Jones of Charlotteville, N. Y., on Wednesday shot and killed Win. 0. Gray, a cons able, and Mrs.: Abbe Goodrich, a wdow, and then committed suicide. He was 28 and she was 54, and he kilhed her because she refused to marry him.. A thief about 22 years old and stylishlydresse-i entered the residence of J. K. Orr on Peach Tree street, Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday afternoon and stole over two thousand dollars worth of jewelry, the family being at home at the time.. POLIcEEtN Clark of Savannah, Ga., committed suicide on Monday afternoon in the Marshal house by taking a bottle of laudanum. He had deserted his own wife and was de votighmself to another woman,,'~~ Ex-Gov. 3. P. Eagle died at his home In Little Rock, Ark., on Tues day. He was a prominent member of the Baptist church, for the past three years the president of the Southern -' Baptist convention. MRs. Sarah Sauble, wife of Elis Sauble of Baltimore county, Md , committ'ed suicide on Monday by haging herself. She was 64 years old and It was thought her mind was wrong. _______ Dr. J. B. iHunnicutt, professor of agriculture in the Georgia university, and editor of the Southern Cultivator, died at his home in Atlanta on Mon day, aged 69 years. PEsIDENT Roosevelt has accepted an invitation from the city council of Richmond, Va., to pay that city a visit some time during the year 1905. Tfiz widow of Gen. D. H. Hili;. sfs ter of Mrs. S :onewall Jackson, diedfin