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% FO 15TH YEAR. PALMETTO AFFAIRS; Occurrences of Interest From AN Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Lhre Paragraphs Cot?in| a Wide Range?What la Oaing Oa im Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston, firm 11 1-8 New Orleans, tinn 11 Mobile, lirm 11 Savannah, steady 1011-16 Charleston, Ann ..10 5-8 Wilmington, Ann 10 3-4 Baltimore, nominal 11 New York, quiet 11.40 Boston, quiet 11.40 Philadelphia, iirui 31.63 Houhtou, steady 11 .1-3 Memphis, firm 113-4 St. Louis, firm 11 lxniisville, firm 11 3-8 Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent tlie prices quoted to wagons: Good middling 10.30 St.riet noiddlnig 10.30 Middling 10 3-8 Stains ,. 8 to 9 Baltimore Produce Market. Flour steady with business good Bye flour firm. Buckwheat ilor steady. Cent meal barely steady. Rye steady. Barley steady. Wheat, No. 2, red 78 1-2 elevator. Options closed l-4o. net decline. No. 2, red May 84 1-8; Dec. 81 1^2. (' orn. spot easy; No. 2, 33 3-4 elevator. Options closed l-8c. net low. er. .Jan 49 3-4; May 49 1-2; Dec. 51 33-8. Oats, spot steady; mixed 38 1-2. Iffief firm; family $12.00 to $12.50; city extra India mess $1(5.50 to $17.00. Out meats steady, l^ord firm: Wcs tern prime $9.40 to $9.50; refined firm. Pork (inn. Tallow firm. Protroleum stead j*. Rosin linn; strained common to [rood $4.25. Turpentine lira?. Rice quiet. Molasses, firm. Coffee, sjiot Rio steady; No. 7, in oice ft 1-4; mild quiet. Futures 5 to 15 |K>ints higher. Sugar, raw steady; t'air refining 3 1-2; centrifugal 96 test 4; molasses sugar 3 1-4; refined quiet. Bntter steady, unchanged; receipts *.3G3. Cheese linn, unchanged; receipts 4,?54. Eggs stody, unchanged; receipts 1,705. Peanuts quiet, unchanged. Freights easier; grain to Liverpool hv steam 1 1 -2d. Come Back Home During the Fair. Columbia, Special?Handsome invitations have been issued to the 38th annual State fair, about which so much has been written and for which Columbia is now preparing. These invitations have been sent to prominent people in a dozen States and particular attention has been called to the great "homecoming week."' They read as follows: You arc cordially invited to attend the 38th annual Smith t hi ml inn s*tn?n fair, which will be held in Columbia ??n Oct. 22, 22, 21, 25 and 2(5, on the splendid new grounds of the society. (n connection with the "Great Fair Week" will be held the "Homecom- J ing Week" for all South Carolinai?s | who now live elsewhere. They are invited to come home, back to the old 1 Palmetto State, the State we love so well; come back to see and mingle with the loved ones, to renew thies ! that will bind their hearts forever to | the land of our birth. Help us to get them to come heme. Fair week will still be "fair week," only better; there will be more exhibits, attractions, amusements, fun, entertainment than ever before. Come and join us in the merry-making. We 1m g to enclose a complimntary ticket for your use. G. A. Guiguard, President. A. W. J?ve, Secretary. Militia Company at Laarens. Laurens, S. C., Special.?A local milita company is to organize here Seventy-live men have signified their willingness to become members of I li?- company. They represent tlie professional and business men of almost every department of the city, and the company bids fair to be the pride of Laurens. The organization of n militia company here at this time is due in large measure to the activity and enthusiastic efforts of Col. James H. Traynham, who secured the very large list of names of the men who ore to com]>ose the company in one day. L . <vS; ?RT FC DEATH 'IN A WRECK Fatal Collision Near Winnsboro South Carolina THREE DIE AT THEIR POSTS Fast Freight and a Light Engine From Charlotte Collide on a Curve and Three Trainmen Meet Instant Death?A Colored Fireman Fatally Hurt?Wreck Alleged to be Due Failure of an Operator to Deliver vsracrs mougn ine x oung Man Denies Responsibility?Trains Only Slightly Delayed by the Accident. Columbia, S. C., Special.?A last freight and light engine came together near Winnsboro Sunday morning on tlie Southern in a head-on collision. The dead are: I>. M. Dixon, white, conductor on engine. Jns. T. MePhcrson, ,Tr., white, fireman on engine. Henry Pile, engineer on light engine. The injured are: James Q. Price, white, engineer on freight. Charles D. Weir, white hrnkctnau on freight. Henry dates, colored, fireman on freight. Will die. Orders Never Delivered. Through freight No. 74, northbound, carrying a load of lumber and other goods, left Columbia on time Sunday morning at 2:10. Orders were given by the dispatcher here showing that oxtfu engine No. 102(5, southbound, had the right of way of the track to Winnsboro. The order was never delivered to the crew of the freight train. The oj>erator at the tji i:? . - jjiuuuiu^ mivpi sinuon oi tlie Southern gave tlie conductor and engineer of llic freight two other orders and obtained their signatures, hut he, for gome reason, failed to transmit this one. His name is Bolick and he is a young man just in his 20th year. Kills an Entire Family. Houston, Mo., Special.?Barney Parsons, a farmer, his wife and three children, were murdered Friday near Liekington, Mo. A fanner named Hamilton has been arrested charged with the murder and is said to have confessed. Parsons had sold his farm and crops to Hamilton, and it is alleged that the men quarreled over the terms of the sale. Parsons and family set out from their former home in a covered wagon bound for Misfonnd shot lo death and the mother and three children had bo:n clubb'd to death, dodn Hamilton, the alleged murderer, is in the Houston .Tail, strongly guarded to prevent lynching. He is said to have made a complete fession. CRUSHED TO DRATTT Ttv FREIGHT TRAIN. Little Girl, with Fo#t Caught in Cattle Guard, Cruslied to Death bp Train While Six Year Old C^uip.n ion Vainy T .ed to St.?p Train La Crosse, Wis., Special.?Standing helpless with her foot caught in u cattloguurd at Indian Hill crossing, seven-year-old Mimic Hunt watched the on rushing train which killed her while Duguu Sen tad, h -r six-year-old companion vainly tried to signal the engineer. Sitting upon u brake wheel on toj of* the train was John Hunt, the girls father, a hrakeman. unconscious that his child was being ground to death beneath the wheels. The girls were returning from school when the Hunt child's foot became caught. Terrorists Executed. l/odz, Russian Poland, By Cable? Another Terrorist, condemned to death by the drumhead court martial, was executed here. The general strike is in full swing. There is no traffic in the streets, no papers were published and strong detachments of troops are guading the main thoroughfares. Police searches have resulted in a great number of arrests. $200,000 Incendiary Fire. Charlottctown, P. K. I., Special.? More than 50 buildings were destroyed by a fire which ruined one fourth of the town of Suminerside, the capital of Prince county. The total loss is estimated at $200,000, with insurance of only about $50,000. A path three hundred feet in width and nearly a mile long was burned through the town. The bnilffings destroyed included the court house, jail, electric light station, postoffice, four hotels and two churches, besides the railway station and many dwellings. It is believed that the fire was of incendiary MBgin. . v. MIL )RT MILL, S. C., THUR LETTER TOSTRIKERS General Manager Spencer T? Southern's Machinists HOPES FOR EARLY SETTLEMENT General Manager H. B. Spencer, ef the Southern Railway, Issues Letter to Striking Machinists in Which it is Shown That Increase Aiioaay urraniea Wltiuu JUast Fiva Years Has Been Out of Proportion to Earnings?Increases Granted Hare Been Substantial?Believed That Differences Will bo Amically Settled. Spencer, N. Special.?The tirst statement from the oilisials of the Southern Railway Company concerning the recent strike on its system was received here Thursday. The statements is signed by Mr. li. 13. Spencer, general manager, and is in part as follows: To Southern Railway Machinists: Your action, declining to accept the proposition offered by the company respecting rates of pay and rules and regulations, has been brought to the attention of ibe operating officers. Because of the diflieulty of acquainting a large body of men, by means of personal interviews, with the attitude of this company ou these questions, it is deemed expedient to present the situation in the form of this letter. It is the desire and effort of this company to pay its employes a rata of wages fairly commensurate with the character of service rendered and flip pnlulit?A?*o a I - ~?....luni suiiuuiiiiiii^ nit? employment. That this policy is habitually observed is shown by the fact that the basis of wages paid by the company is always kept substantially standurd. You will also recall that while the rules and regulations now in effect stipulate that the rales agreed upon will remain in effect one year, the company has from time to time, without waiting for the oxpriation of this period, voluntarily advanced the rates to meet the changed conditions. The cordial attitude of the company towards its employes has been further shown by the fact that it has from time to time and whenever desired, received representatives of the respective trades and occupations, for the purpose of discussing adjustments of rates of pay and conditions pertaining to such questions have been in all eases amicably adjusted. For the past two months the operations of the lines of this company effected by the increase demanded showed the following result: In?rpni!ii 4" ???-- *-- ??-? "" ^ ^111.1* CUllllll^, lU.lII per cent. Increase in operating expenses and taxes 17.02 per cent. Showing a decrease in net earnings for the last two months of $149,97G.04. As tlvc aggregate increases in rates of pay requested amounted to a large sum, thereby adding largely t<? the already heavy operating expenses, a general increase is not considered reasonable. aud therefore could not be granted. In ad .tion u. this, the company is confronted by a serious agitation before various State commissions in favor of decreased rates of freight and passenger charges, which, if put into effect, will mean large additional decreases in the net revenues of the company. Under these circumstances it will he appreciated that the time is not propitious to consider a general increase in wages to employes, and the company feels that its employes should in fairness realize the situation and not insist on the general increase in wages demanded. In this connection, it must be remembered that the company has not been unmindful of the just interests of the machinists in its employment. This is shown by the increases of the rates of their pay within the last live years, which, as you are aware from your own experience, have been most substantial. j A fair consideration of the above ] facts will, I hope,, convince you that there was no reasonable cause for your action in leaving the employment of this company. The gravity of liie situation dea*mds the most careful consideration on the part of each and every employe of this company, and I trust that, afte,* such consideration, you will seo that your attitude towards this company has not been entirely just and that you will feel that you ought not only in justice to this company, but in justice to yourselves, reconsider your action. ?4' 1 ,L 1 SDAY, OCTOBER 18,19 HE STOLE h MILLION: Agent for firm Makes heavy haul of funds A CUBAN AMERICAN FIRM FAILS ??%Assignment of J. M. Ceballos k Co., of New York. Bankers and Merchants, With Liabilities Between 13,000,000 and $4,000,000 is Announced and Blame Placed Upon Abscondinf of Manuel SilTerira, of Havana. NV'w York, Special.?The assignment of J. M. Ccballos & Co., bankeri and merchants. with liabilities between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, was announced in a statement which declared that, the failure was due to the defacalcation and ubs?-onding of Manuel Silverira, of Silverira & Company, Havana, agents of the New York company Silverira's defalcation is alleged to amount to about $1,<>00,000. lie sailed from Havana on October 2, ostensibly for New York city to consult with the members of J. M. Cebullor. & Company, but has not reached this aity. Counsel for |> the asiguce said that Silverira left on his steamer, the Carmelina, for parts unkuown, accompanied by bis wife and children, and that every effort was mc.de to locate him. The members of the firm of J. M. (eballos & Company are J. M. (>I hallos, John S. Fiake and Anderson C. Wilson. The assignee is Wm. 11. Howe, of the law firm of Sullivan & Crom 11 - 0 At wen, 01 uus city. Air. Itowe said that the assets of the firm were of a very substantial character, but from a hasty examination it was manifest that they would require careful bushanding. Accountants are now at work on the books of the company. It was stated unofficially that there was ground to hope that the assets would he sufficient to cover the loses I of the iirm and thut it would be | enabled to resume business. J. M. Ceballos & Company was established about 60 years ago and has large interests in Cuba, chiefly hi the development of railroads and sugar plantations. It operates a line of steamers between New York and Spanish European centers and Span, ish-American citis*. Urges Negros to Organize. New York, Special.?"Such men as Ilokc Smith, John Temple Graves, Vardaman and Tillman ought never to be able to obtain any service from ft colored man," said Osw&rd Q. Vil- | lard, in an address before the AfroAmerican council now in session here Mr. Villa i d also declared that in his J opinion no negfo slumld think of ( contributing' as raurh as one cent to i the support of the anti-negro news- i papers in Georgia. He urged the negro to organize to band together for his defence and to fight for his rights. "The time is ripe for serving notice on the country," said he, "that further efforts in any section of the land to degrade the negro to a servile position, t<? create that, impossible thing, a republic with millions of persons taxed but not represented, shall be fought from now on. Leave the murdering in cold blood to tin* rare that proudly calls itself the superior, the bettor eivilized." Augusta "Stock Exchange" Fails. Augusta, Oa.. Special.?The Augusta "stock exchange" the local branch of the Odell Stock ami Provision Company, of Cincinnati, 0., failed to open iis doors. .Manager Sylvester stated that as far as he was concerned the closing was per manent. The official statement shows liabilities of about $700. The jissets consist of ofuee furniture. Cargo of Chinese Seized. Providence. R. I., Special.?After having evaded the United States customs immigration officers for more than two weeks, the schooner yacht Frolic, which left Placenti, N. F., with a cargo of eontrabrand Chinese immigrants, was boarded in the Providence river and confiscated in the name of the United States gov- 1 rnment. Two Portuj/so merobei> of the crew were placed under arrest they being the yily persons found on board the boat; three men wen [arrested on suspicion of being con eemed in the smuggling of Chinvtninto this country. L ' c pime 06. THE RURAL DELIVERY A Record of Splendid Service lo the Public REAL ESTATE VALUES INCREASE m Though Rural Free Delivery Hu Cost an Enormous Sum the Expenditure in Fully Justified?Facts and Figures About the Service. Washington, Special.?At the annual convention 01 the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association which was held at lVruria, 1!!., a letter was submitted from P. V. DefJraw, Fourth Asistant Postmaster Ueneral, regretting his inability to attend the convention. The communication recites the status of rural delivery throughout the country, ami instances its many advantages to fanners, not only from the viewpoint of the accomodation, but from its great educational influence, the improvement of roads, and the palpable increase in the value of lands, and points out how by cooperation uilli the Department, rural carriers may aid in minimizing the many vexatious problems which surround the establishment and maintenance of the service. The letter, vi part, is as follows: "It is costing the government over $"3 a year for each of the 13,500,1100 ' persons now receiving the service, but there is no doubt that the expenditure is fully justified by the results obtained. It is generally conceded that, rural delivery of mail has been a leading factor in the great increase in the value of farm lands and rural real estate in all parts of the eountry. Some remarkable reports of increased land values have been received and in nearly every ease the advance is at tributed to the beneficial effect of rural delivery. "The amount of money appropriated by Congress for the rural delivery service for the current fiscal year is $*28,200,000, for the year ended June 30, last, it was $23,828,300, an increase of more than $4,700,000 over the previous year, when it was $21,116,000, which in turn was an inerease of $8,000,000 over the fiscal year 1903-04. In the twelve months from July 2, 1905, to July 1, ,1900, 3,. 713 rural routes were established, against 7,439 in the previous fiscal year, and 91 routes were discontinued. "The number of routes in operation September 1, 1900, was 35,<i(i6, and up to that date 53,901 petitions for the service had been received, upon which there were 14,930 adverse reports, and there were 2,773 pending. "As to the patronage of a route, it has been considered that an average route should handle thret thousand pieces of mail per month. "Prior to August 1901 the use of approved boxes in the rural delivery service was not required, and some of the receptacles erected such as oil and powder cans, cracker and cigar boxes, stove-pipes, and even bootlegs were not only unsafe and unsuitable for the purpose but also a reproach to the service. It was because of numerous complaints to tha jcovermneut against these unfit receptacles that the present regulations were promulgated. "The subject of good roads in connection with rural mail service is nn important one. The indifference of some cuminnuit ic.s t<? tin* condition ??f roads as disclosed by inspections of the rural routes, has caused renewed efforts on tin*, pari ?t" the Department to create such increased interest in the improvement of highways that the work of extending the rural delivery service throughout the country ean he salisfactorinly completed. 44During tin- tiscal year (tiding June 30, 190f\ there were 4,5f>8 rural carrier examinations held under the direction of th" Civil Service Commission, in which there were 30?'l33 competitors. Ten thousand, six hundred and twenty-seven appointments were made as a result of those examinations, 7,489 of which were to fill positions on routes newly created. There were only 214 removals for cause in a total fore? of 32,050, and only 19 arrests for violation of law." Telegraphic Briefs. Governor Swansea pardoned Chas It, Fishbum, of Roanoke, who killed Dr. 1/efew two years ago. In New York negro churches prayers were offered for more cordial re- t UtinnR between the whites and the blacks of the Southern States. Cotton mills in North Carolina are experimenting with English opcraives. John R. Walsh , whose financial col- I apse last December carried down liree Chicago banks, i* getting on lit? feet again. I SB NO. 29. KHtlSV GLKANINUS. The Treasury Departmont Is bu?' !ng silver. Harvard opened with lresbn>aa class of 800. Tin* navy gained more than IIM recruits iu September. With over 50.000 members, ttuv Baptists of the new State of Qfcfahoma are in the lead. The next world's Y M. C. A. coti wm oe neia a! narmen-ISlbc:field, Germany, in 1909. A London paper printed a rumor of a plot to blow up Lord Rothschild and other prominent Jews. More anti-clerical riots occurred at Valencia. Spain. Troops had to lacalled out to disperse the mob. Plnkerton detectives are in Lotdon investigating matters in conne?tiou with the Thaw murder case. The United States Steel Corporation acquired the Great Northern Railroad's ore lands in Minnesota. Two armed terrorists were arrested in the palace at Peterhof, Russia, charged with plotting to kill the Hhuperor. Colonel Fleischir.au. of Cincinnati, and his brhlo returned from the Ar? tic, where tiiey hunted and killed pilar bears. General Durobadze, commander ot the troops .1. Sebastopol. was wounded by a bomb which was throwh ;m his carriage. Candy manufacturers were warned by the apodal Federal commission t?make only pure candy, hut ma?>. offered protests. On the monument to Victor Kn:-manuel II. In Rome $4,000,000 bar already been spent and $l,000,0*0o more will be required. Tho British steamer Edenhall reached Uoston a week overdue l'roiiProgreso. having encountered a tidal wave and being blown tSO miles out of her course. San Domingo Government 8ecure? Peace. Washington, Special.?Cable * .vices received here from San lb mingo stale tlint an agreement been reached between the governmen. and insurgent, forces in the neighbc* hood of Monte Christ), whereby 1L' Insurgents will surrender to the. gjn emment and General Limardo, wbe conducted the campaign for President Caeerss, will become Governor el Monte Cbriati. ALh HERS. ""1 certainly was shocked," said tb* stern-visaged woman, *'to bear thai you weve married. I wouldn't mar the best man <m earth." "He never gave you a chance!" r?torted Mrs. Hcidley, "because he ac 8uro? me 1 was the only girl he eve proposed to."?Catholie Standard am. Times. OUR PRICE LISTT Combining good quality and low price*. The prices quoted below are guaranteed to be the lowest for quality of Goods: 1 year old Corn Whisky, per gallon ft.50 a ? ? ? > it it x./e ? ii it n ii it 3.U0 ^ ti it ii II II 2.2l 5 ,, ,, Tar Heel Corn "Whiskey 3.0C 1 ? ? Good Ry? Whisky per gal 1.70 2 ? ? 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