Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 25, 1906, Image 1
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15TH YEAR.
PALMETTO AFFAIRS
Occurrences of Interest from
All Ht/or ^Aiith r nrnlina
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MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of LiYe Paragraphs Covering
a Wide Range?What is Going
On in Onr State.
General Cotton Market.
Galveston firm 11 .1-4
New Orleans steady 11 .5-8
Mobile sternly lb l.Vlti
Savannah steady 11
Charleston firm 10 7-8
Wilmington linu 11 7-8
Norfolk firm 11 "?-1 (i
Baltimore nominal 11 .">-8
New York dull 11.2.~>
Boston dull 11.2")
Houston easy 11 .1-10
Augusta steady 11 2-lti
Memphis steady 11 1-2
St. Louis stoutly '..11 1-2
Louisville linn 11 1-2
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Those prices represent tlicp rices
quoted to wagons:
< loud middling 11.15
Strict middling 11
Middling 11
Middling 11
Stains S 1-2 to M 1-2
Baltimore Produce Market.
Baltimore, Oct. 22.- Klour steady,
unchanged.
Wheat firmer; spot contract 77> 1-4
to 77? 1-2; No. 2, red Western SO to
80 1-2: Oct. 77) 1-4 to 77? 1-2.
tWn linn: spot 7>*J 7i-S; Oct. 7>2 3-8
to 7)2 7?-S; Southern white corn 54
to 7)0.
Oats puiet; No. 2, while 38 3-4 to
3tt 1-4; No. 3, white 37 3-4 to 38 1-4;
? 't*7 ?? i .?
? 11IIAUU *?f I" ??< I
Jtye lirm; No. 2, Western export
titi to ti7: No. 'J. Western domestic
72 to 72.
Butter steady and unchanged;
fancy imitation 21 to 22; do creamery
27 to 28; store packed ](> 1-2 to 18
I'iggs tirin 24c.
dices active and unchaugcd; largo
lit b-S; medium 12 7-8; small 14 1-8.
Sugar steady and unchanged.
Want to Secede From Berkeley
County.
f Mr
(Jovcrnor Hey ward lias been asked
1o older an election to determine
whether or not 3"? square miles of the
county of Berkeley shall not be annexed
to Dorchester county. A petition
was presented to his excellency
and states that the citizens of Berkeley.
in the section desiring to secede
have complied wit hall of the constitutional
requirements, that Berkeley
county will not have its population
reduced below lb,000. that the lines
do not run through any incorporated
town or city and that the remaining
area of Berkeley is over bOO square
..ii -r - ?
...... .in in ?>iiifii required uutter |
I lie* constitution. No action lias been |
taken on the matter yet, but it i*
understood that the people wish to
vote on it at the general election, and
atf soon as the governor returns lie
will consider the petition.
Militia Officers Elected.
I.aurnes, Special.?At a meeting of
I tie members of the newly formed
militia company here, Mr. Oscar W.
Habb was elected captain; Mr. \V. It.
l.ichcy, Jr., lirst lieutenant; Mr. It.
K. Itnbb, second lieutenant; Dr. lsadore
Schayer, surgeon. Other officers
wil he named later. The company
is to he known a* the "Trayhnm
tinards" in honor of J. II. Trayham,
who has been very active in getting
np the company.
Fell From Steeple.
I'nion, Special.?Charlie Jones, a
negro carpenter, fel from a church
steeple 5.1 feet high and was instant- I
ly killed late Thursday afternoon in
a distant section ol" the county. lie |
had just put the finishing touches to
1 he job, when, sloping on the platform
ho plunged downward, his nook being
broken, llis body was brought hero
for burial.
Oil Refinery Chartered. i
The secretary of state has chartered
the Carolina Cotton Oil and Ke-|
tfnerv company of this city. Mention
was made a few days ago of the organization
of this enterprise, which
has been formed to develop the rclining
of cotton seed products in this
State. The offices of the company
will bo in Columbia and a refinery in
Charleston, formerly used by the
South Atlantic Oil company, will bo
put in operation. Mr. Fred <!. Brown
of Anderson is president; .1. T. Stevens
of Kershaw is vice president; J.
. Lawton of llartsvillc. secretary,
and B. F. Taylor is treasurer.
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HAS BORROWED LITTLE
High Levy For 1905 Brought Much
Money In?High Valuation Will
Bring in More.
Tli*' Si;it of Suulh Carolina will
owe les> at tlit* end of this yoar llian
in many previous years. I'tider the
law only -*">0.000 *-an !>? borrowed
in one year u> mwi debts that are contracted
and cannot he met hy lh? tax
niouey reeeived. I'p to this \ear tho
lull :iiu<>11111 Inn- 11ail to ho obtained
from hank- in tlio North, but this
time only $32.*>.000 was borrowed,
which means a eonsidorable saving in
interest.
Tho reduction ran bo partly aeeountoil
for by tho raise in tho tax levy )
in which was tho money uso<i
this year. Kor tho present year tho
levy was put haok at its former litrurc
and until the returns from tint
auditors ennimoniv to oome in it was
thought that uo.xt year would moan
that tho State would have to <*o baok
to (ho old wax- and burrow tho full
amount in 1!*07.
Tito returns, however, iinlioato an
?oipm|n.\ at]| ut oSuo.t.uii snouuoua
of property and when all the enmities
are hoard from there are indication*
that business may ho ooiiduolod on a
cash basis next year. Two returns
received hv the eomptrolled general
showed increases of l'J and 1"? per
rent. respectively.
The total valuation in l.exinjjton
?1" all properly for ltW.1 was
t'tio and for 1 !)0(i is Jj?4.SlI. a t?ain
>f $<i24.2Si?.
Ir. Aiken coutuy. where the assessments
have always boon hieh. the valuation
of property in !!) ) "? vr?s $!),
l?)i: i r - ,m.V .w.i i.?
unu mm 1000. a
.tain of
Other counties have shown gains
fully as great. especially in the IVo
Dee section of the State, where, it
is sai<l, the land has always licen placal
a low valuation nj? to the present
year. The fact that the State did not
pntvidc a llexible levy as advocate.!
ty the comptroller general, prevented
wen fuller returns, but the start has
been made in the right direction, and
there is a general desire on the part
?l' county auditors to abide by the
resolutions adopted at their convention
here last year, when it was decided
to rigidly enforce the law. lieturns
are not yet made at the full
value, hut it is thought that with
changes recommended in the tax laws
(his ran eventually he done and all
property epuali/.ed. Columbia Stale.
True Bill Returned.
Ureenville, Special.? In the tinted
States court here a true bill was found
on an indictment charging Sheriff
Jennings of Dickons with allowing
certain federal prisoners to escape
from his jail. The ease will not be
tried at this term. It is pointed out
by the sheriff's friends that he did
not actually allow bis prisoners to
scape, but gave them the freedom
11>!' the jail promises, which, tlit* courts
have decided, call be constructed as
an "escape." The practice of treating
petty federal offenders pretty
much as free people has been common
in the upper counties in past years,
it is said, but Judge Urnwley is doing
his best to bring about a change.
Sheriff Limehouse Suspended.
The law requires the Governor to
remove from ofiice any sheriff indicted
by a grand jury for malfeasance
in office without waiting on the result
of the trial, and in the ease of Sheriff
l.imehouse, of Dorchester, indicted
this week hy his grand jury for
allowing a negro to be taken from
him and hanged, this will be done.
I The Governor is merely waiting to be
judicially notified of the indictment
I before"(swing the order removing
Linudiouse.
Three Negro Women Drowned
Beaufort, S. C., Special?A small
lierrvboat, plying' between Beaufort
nitl Ladies' Island, swamped during
the stonn with six men and four
women, all negroes, on board. Three
women weiv drowned. A skitT from J
i pilot boat anchored in the stream, !
in charge of Tom Washington, a negro
sailor, rescued tlio other passengers
at considerable risk.
Child Drinks CarbcJic Acid.
Richmond. Special.? Five-yea r-old
Charlie Howard, -c:i of Mr. ami Mrs.
Henry Howard. West Li igh street,
drunk two ounces of carbolic acid
thinking it was his whooping cough
medicine. Dr. K. Lester Ilndgins, of
he City Hospital, s:;i<l there is litle
chance of his recovery. The cough
medicine and the acid in bottles very \
much alike, had been left on a table I
II the sitting room. Mrs. Howard |
InTil t l?? l*-?? ? ' m m
...i mi; un_y aionc in ton room with
the medicine. A few minutes after 1
leaving she heard the l>oy groaning
:m<i found him writhing upon the
floor.
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RT MILL. 8. C., THUR
DEAD BY HUNDREDS
Great Storm Seriously Wrecks
Gulf Cities
GREAT DESTRUCTION REPORTED
Coral Formation Near Line to be
Followed by Flagler Railroad Extension
Across Straits to Key West
is Scene of Terrible Loss of Life,
Tidal Wave Sweeping the Islet
Clear of Inhabitants and Killing 25
Out of 100 Persons on Steamer St.
Lucie, of Tampa.
Aliami, Fin., Special. The report
of the loss of the steamer St. Lucie,
Captain Bravo commanding, has
proven true. One of the extension
steamers arrived in port, bringing
(il) wounded, who were taken to the
hospital. It is said there arc 228
dead bodies, which will he brought
up. It is believed ttow that a portion
of the Florida Fish \ Produce Company's
tleet were drowned. Mauaget
Adams sent one one of their boats
to look for the men and on their return
they reported no signs of the
fleet. The fishing nets wore found
strewn upon the shore..
All 250 Islands Lost.
Captain Bravo says that he anchor
ru 011 me jce sine ot IMIiott s Key,
25 miles south of Miami, and that
soon after a tidal wave engulfed the
island. He says there were 250 residents
on the island, all of whom were
lost. The St. Lucie was crushed by
the same wave and of the one hundred
persons on board 25 were killed.
Captain Bravo was seriously injured.
The St. Lucie's home port was
Tampa. Fla. She was built in Wilmington,
Del., in 1SSS, and was of
105 net tonnage, 122 feet long, 24 in
breadth and over four feet depth. She
was usually manned by a crew of 13.
The St. Lueic had formerly been in
service ati New Haven. Details were
la eking.
Fort Pierce, Fla.. Special The conductor
on train No. !?S. just in from
Miami, reports terrible destruction
there by the hurricane. Fully .100
houses were blown down and the cityis
in a demoralized condition. The
handsome churches of the Kpiseopal
Ijuul Mothbdist dbiuuninations -wore
both blown down. The concrete jail
was leaning with danger oi' turning
over and the prisoners had to be removed.
The ear sheds arc down and
the top was blown off the Peninsular
& Occidental steamer sheds. A
two-story briek building, occupied as
a saloon, completely collapsed.
Hurricane Hits East Florida.
St. Augustine, Fin., Special.?Frequent
messages have been received
at the wireless telegraph station here
giving the progress of a severe hurricane
which swept from Cuba to the
lower cast coast of Florida. Early
Thursday morning the suoitn was rcported
in the vicinity of Havana, doing
great damage tin re, but details
are lacking. Later the storm reached
Key West, blowing down small houses
and trees, being particularly severe
along the water front. As the day
wore on the storm reached Jupiter,
where it is stated the wind blew 70
miles an hour. Wires are down south
of Jupiter and no wireless report lias
been received from the Miami district.
The storm is fast moving iir this direction.
Residents on Anastasia Island
have been warned and some of them
have moved over to this city.
$750,000 Iron Ore Deal in Alabama.
Barminhnm, Ala., Special.?It is
learned here that the Republican
Iron and Steel Company a* purchased
a big tract ol' ore lands on Red Mountain.
west of Birmingham, from Mark
L. 1'otter, of Brooklyn, X. Y. The
property is rich in hematite. The consideration
was something like $750,000
Investigating Condition of Murphy
Branch.
Asheville, N. H\, Special.?As a resuit
of complaints of poor service
from people residing along the Murphy
line of the Southern Railway,
Corporation Commissioner Rogers
passed through Asheville for Murphy
for the purpose of making a thorough
investigation of existing affairs on the
Murphy line. The complaints from
people on the Murphy line have been
forwarded to tho corporation commission
and it was decided that investigation
of conditions should be made.
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SDAY, OCTOBER 25,15
FURTHER TORNADO WORK
One of 49 Survivors of an East
Coast Railway House BoatDcscribes
Terrible Experience During Storm
Wlicn Boat Turned Over Thrice,
Each Time Reducing the Number
of the Living.
Key West. l'lu.. SjKvi.il Survivors
from one ol' the house boats of the
Florida Kast Coa-t Railway extension
along; the keys tell a harrowing- tale
of death uiul destruction during the
storm of Thursday.
W. 1*. Dusenbury, civil engineer in
charge ol the work on l.oitir Ke\.
\n ho miraculously escaped death, arrived
here on the Russian steamer
.Fcr.Mie.ninong other survivors rescued,
lie says liouse l?oat No.!, on which
were lot) men, was struck by the
storm nt " o'clock Thursday morning
a ml was driven out into tin' (iulf
through Tawk's Channel. At t>
o'clock the house boat began to break
uj>. anil as the ureal waves hit her
men. singly and in bunches ot' two or
three, would he washed into the sea
and drowned. Some went below tor
protection, but when the top of the
boat was carried mvay the waves
rushed and the boat soon went to
pieees. IMF or 40 of the men being
erushed in the collapse, the others
grabbing timbers to save them from
drowning. F.ngineer Duscnhury wa*> |
in the hold, but succeeded in getting I
a log, and tloated until Friday night,
when lie wps resetted. On one piece
of timebr Hi men were clinging and
were hanging to another. The side
of the house boat was crowded with
men. It turned over three times,
each time reducing the number.
The Russian steamer Jennie sighted
the wreckage ami succeeded in rescuing
the 49 men who were brought
1 _ no
in*re. i iiroe oilier steamers with
yrnrohlight - were picking up dead
ami living when the .leunie left the
scene.
There was another house hoat with
150 men on lionril at Long Key. wiheh
Mr. Dusenbury thinks was also swept
to sea.
There were in ail 10 boats at I .one:
Key, mortar tuixers, dredges ami
othjjy .b'oat*-ctugagcd in the work.
The survivors were I'urnisheii fopil
I ami elothim; from the Kast Coa>l
Kailway eotnmissary here and were
given medical attention. The extension
work, of the railway along the
keys was not damaged.
Burton Starts For Jail.
Abilene, Kuu., Special Joseph
Ralph Burton, formerly 1'nited StateSenator
front Kansas, whose sentenee
to serve six months in the county
jail at 1 ronton, .Mo., recently was
upheld by the Tinted States Supreme ]
Court, left hi) home for St. l.ouis,
where, on Monday morning, he will
surrender to the District Court propaved
to go to jail, lie was aceompatiji'd
hy Mis. Burton and their
adopted daughter, who will live in
Iron ton during Mr. Burton's incarceration.
Sunday evening numerous
towsnien railed on Mr. Burton to hid
him good-bye. He seemed thoroughly
cheerful and laughingly said t<> :i reporter:
''I've paid my laundry bill j
and looked utter some other smalt
matters, but I don't suppose that
would interest the public."
Sunk by Mine, 180 Drowning.
London. By Cable.- A dispatch received
here t'rom Valdivostoek by
Lloyd's agency says the Hussion
wooden coaling steamer "SVaj'.jagin
stifiek a floating mine and foundered
on Oct. 20. Some of her passengers
and crew were saved, but ISO persons
were drowned. Another message
received by a news agency says
two hundred passengers perished on |
board the Warjagin, only one being j
saved.
Hurried From Gadsden.
Gadsden, Ala., Special- John Moso
ley, the negro arrested charged with
the murder of Kngincer Joe Cobb at
the steel plant, Sunday, was hurried
to Armiston. Threats of lynching
i were heard all dav. Cohh \v.<? vera
popular lure sni<l in Alabama City,
where he lived. The engineer was
brained with a hanmiar.
Sulphur Water Floods Town.
San Salvador. My Cable. -Telegraphic
communication wit It interior
points has been restored and news of
the disaster wrought by the terrific
*torm which ha< swept over the country
is beinjr received. Over 100 per- ,
sons have been drowned in Catcpenpue.
A vast quantity of sulphur
water was thrown out of the Chulo
volcano and inundated the town of
7'anchinnlco, killing most of tlie inhabitants.
From other points also
reports of terrible devastation are j
coming in. j
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A DISASTROUS FILE
The Town of Seneca, S. C., is
Almost Wiped Out
sensational report of origin
Concensus of Opinion is That Bum- j
ing Was Inspired by Negro President
of College Which Was Recently
Dynamited.
< ireonville, S. Special.'?-Vs a result
of the race troubles at Seneca,
thai town is is ashes, being the work,
it is claimed, ol inceiulinr.N neg'ocs
seeking revenue for the dynuniiting
?f the ni",'i'i> college there last Saturday
night.
The chief conspirator in the trouble
appears to have been one Rev. J. F.
Williams, president <>f the dynamited
college, whieh was supported hy
Northern white people.
The lire broke out sit one o'clock
Wednesday morning and burned rapidly
consuming almost the entire business
part of tbc town, which lias si
population of something like 2.00lt.
N<? fire-light in.tr apparatus was
available and the citizens were powerless
to stop tlie llaiucs.
As a last resort dynamite was used
and by this method a few bouses were
s;i\ ed.
Mr. F. 11. MeKinuey. superintendent
of the Seneca Cotton Mills, whr.
lives in tlreenville. brought the lirst
news of the burning of the town to
ibis city on No. .'hi. Ho was an eye
witness to the contingent ion and says
tt is the consensus of opinion there
that the town was herd by the negroes.
Among the buildings burned are
bolli hotels: .Mrs. M. \\". Coleman's
residence; two store rooms adjoining
the hotels and a hardware Ohio
ly damaged.
The tin- \v:w out at Jour o'clock.
The hotel people were all saved.
The lire started in the basement of
(lie Ocotu e Inn.
Kverytliiu.it is quiet though feeling
is still shown by the negroes.
No arresls have been made. The
projiorty loss at Seneca is estimated
at *150.000 with *50.00 insurance.
No causalties are reported though
both hotels were burned together with
the business portion of the town.
Temperance Hosts Assemble.
lloston, Mass.. Special.?-From faraway
Japan and Australia and front
more than 50 other countries in both
the eastern and western hemispheres,
thousands of women interested in the
temperance reform have come to this
city to participate ii the triennial
world's convention *( the Women's
Chvistian Temperance Union, which
opened here. The convention will continue
through the remaincdr of litis
week and following Sunday, coming (o
a close tm Sunday night. In addition
to the business sessions many
public meetiMes have been arranged
at which prominent women temperance
workers from this country and
abroad will deliver addresses. The
convention proper and the principle
additional meetings will be ltehl in
Tromoul Temple. The principal feature
of the convention will he a ''welcome"
banquet in 'Fremont Temple.
In the absence of the 1'rcsidcut of
the world's union, Lady Henry Senior- '
set, the presiding officer at the business
sessions will bo Mis. Lillian M.
N. Stevens, president of the National
**. t . 'J'. U. and vice-president .'it
large of the World's body.
A Total of SI'2,000,000.
Havana, Culm, By Cable.- .Major
Hadd reported to Hoveruor Mouoou
that he bad finished^ counting the
funds in the Cuban treasury and
found that they totalled a little mere
than $12,000,000, mostly American
gold. Hooks balar.eed exactly.
Didn't Poison His Wife.
Tom's Uiver, N. ,1., Special. After
a trial lasting about lit day-, Hr.
Frank L. Brouwcr, indicted for the
murder of his wife, by poison, was
acquitted. The jury brought in a
verdict of ''not guilty'' inside of an
hour. The court room was crowded
when Judge Hendriekson ascended
the bench to bear the finding.
A Chilft T-itall" TJn J
Asheville, NT. Special News wa?i
brought here by Or. I A. Harris, ul
Ili?? burning 1?? death ?l' tla- li"le
(laughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Wesley
Edmunds, near Houiersville, in Flat
Creek township, and I he serious is
not fatal injuries sustained by the
mother in attemptimr lo save her
child from death. Or. Harris says
that Mrs. Edmunds is in a critical
condition and that should she survive
she will be maimed for life; that
several fingers were terribly burned
as to necessitate amputation and that
other injuries about the face and neck
will laave stars. 1
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NO. 30.
WANT ITEMIZED REPORTS j
Much Valuable Information Sought , .
By Railroad Commit fan.
Columbia. Special.? i L? railroad
commission i< semliut; ot.t t auks to
tlio telephone comp:HHP J? i reports
on exchanges in eveiy tc *wi. The
blanks include the \ali* ( I the properly.
i he number of 8i.lu-CMl.ers, debt
of the company, geiui;.j v>}? riser and
>n fact, aii informal.! i. i Minllv obtained
1'ioin sueli eoif't in* U'tis. The
reports w111 be itemi/.ui )n the annual
report of the eonm .ss rn. Blanks
have also been sent tin railroad
companies l'or reports ? : the m pro Yemen
ts made during tin y :u including
llie ears nurdi:.-"!;. Ibe depots
ercried. trestles buiit a ail i..ds lain,
j This is the tiisl year ;. repert of this
| kind ha- been attempted and mrn li
I valuable information i < < tore r.eh
! given will be made J d.,n.
Fire at Y/ilisttii.
j Willispm, Special.- < .-it. M T.
IMiillips lost liiv by 1li<
Thuisday morning. / uicn n r ol tinfamily
was awakem-d at i < vlock l>\
Hi'' ember*- of ?lu> ( : i tali.iv cm ihe
( filing above her {. ad .' 'lie then
alarmed ine other p , pi,- ... lo hous< .
They barely had tin* '< ? i; pe ami
saved practically in, itu '! in re win
insurance ..a liie h. i.* i.oiou: iii
ta .-'1 m?. li is iu.; km ni what insurance
was placed an 1lu luiilure,
which was a total los*.
Clemson-V. P. I Gam .
?Meinsuii. Special ?Si ..i l;mi i.ijr will
in all probability roup ivci 1 *? Clen,son
college a larjjo d? n ^ala n to tho
Cleinson-V. I'. 1. jjaine, win n is scbeil
uled for Saturday. Then . e many
Clemson alumni in the ?-.tv and not :?
few who have attended V. 1' 1. 'flip
pa me expected by th? Spai tanburr
enthusiasts to be the lbj best. order .
and v ill draw a pood attendance from
this city.
Fatal Type of MalanaJ 3 ever
Willislon. Special. ? Mr J. M.
Clrubhs. a highly respected lilizen of,
the Tinkers Creek section was buried
iu the family cemetery, tic is supposed
to have bu n tin- vidua of a peculiar!;.
fatal typo of n.aia i.il fevei.
On Saturday be was in ha . eeuston
ed health, but was taken \\.;h a chill
and lapsed into a state ? l et uia, from
which he never recovered.
Cotton Fire Near C'j.:j.?le.
Carlisle, Special.- Pirn I?"> 1?' l.*>0
I bales of eotton. most ol wlw. h hebma*
<\l to the Pixie Cotton e? mpany of thai
place, wore almost totalS ?lestroye?f
by lire Sunday UV>rnin?r tu :'iv al'tei:
! !t o'clock at 1 lerbci I. n small station
j on th<? Southern about s? \? 11 miles lx
j low lien*. Tin* cotton, wl.u li w;i- oit
j a platform near the nuimatl, was
found to In* on lin? ?i : u i'ffrr tlx:
I movninx train tiiitn < i not a. passei
| n??l it is tlioiijr'.i a spark in in the ? ?.i
ttiue caused it.
Criminal Reports Ceiling Zn.
Columbia. Special.- Tk? attorney
general i< bejfiiinim; to iceeive tint
primiiin 1 reports from tin Herbs ntj.
court for the year 11)0(1. As ninny ?><
the counties ; ,!! have aroliu 1 term ? tl
court it will impossible to prepare
summary i.util some time 11 1 -i r.mh r,
The reports iucliulc the number ?>l!
trials, tlit* convictions anil tlic crimes
committed iti Icounties jind flu- 1c-r
tals are iul< restimr tor comparisons
with tlie previous year.
Cotton Damaged in York.
YorUvillo, Special.- The reeer.t
hoaw i'ros(?s have caused threat dan
a're to the cotton crop as w< II as neatly
all v< trtion. Reports of damage
i-umo fioin .ill si? lions of York conn- t
t y. In w.i'king tlirouuh the eotton
liehls iln> leaves appear dead and thes
ern.-li in he hand like hurncd pap< r.
Sawmill Burned Near Kershaw.
Kershaw, Special.? A sawmill owned
l v Mr. A. Rollins, loratrd about
lit uiih - .fronr town, was <!n?f royed
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I i.> fTTjuu! Jt js
supposed to be vlu' work of no" ndiur>.
The loss is several hundred donar*
with no insuiance.
New Bank for Gaffney. /
flnffney. S. ('., Special.- It is ni~..
mored that Gaffncy is in the near fiilure
to have another hank. The do- j
tails have not been announced but tin- \
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open a strong institution.