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SEVERE BATTLE
More Ihao One Hundred Soldiers Killed
in Tnret Days Fight.
v WERE CAUGHT IN TRAP
And the Mexican Troop Were Literally
Mowed Down by the Insurgents,
Who Had Posted Them(
selves in tlio ClifTs and Crevices of
the Mountains.
Advices from Mexico say that more
than 100 soldiers were killed in a
three clays' battle between the Mex
lean federal troops and Insurgents in
ithe mountains between Ojinaga ana
Cuchollio Parrado. Two hundred
soldiers under Col. Dorantes with
two 'machine guns went to the rescue
nnd these troops also engaged.
The government troops were
caught in trap and were literally
mowed down by the storm of bullets
which swept their ranks from
throe directions. The insurgents occupied
the cliffs and mountains and
the soldiers were in the road with
only one way of escaping and thai
guarded. Of the 200 men who went
into the piss only 4 0 escaped, as far
as known. They joined the column
under Col. Dorantes.
The reolutionists' loss was slight,
only five men b< ing killed, according
to the insurgent reports. The battle
was the most severe tough; during
the prc3ont trouble and later re*
ports indicate that the federal soldiers
are retiring slowly to their fortified
camp at Ojinaga, pressed on
every side by the rebels. The fight- 1
lug started on the 16th when a small
band of insurgents was routed at
Coyama. A. column of 200 soldiers
pursued the fleeing insurgents and
walked into the trap set for them.
The road winds through a narrow
cnnon forming a "cul de sac" into
which the government troops marched.
When all were in the pass, the
Insurgents swept down the mountainside
in the road behind them
nnd the firing began. It is believed
that about 200 Insurgents were engaged.
They lay behind rocks and
poured a steady fire into the government
troops. A detachment of insurgents
was seen after the fight
ttrlfh > no.?i .?? ! -,rt
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The battle lasted all day January
17. On January 18. Col. Dorantes
advanced from Ojlna?<a with reln^
forcementa. He circled about, avoiding
the deadly pass, and entered the
mountains from the west. He discovered
the Insurgents and a continuous
fight for two days followed.
Dorantes has retired into the foothills
and is awaiting reinforcements.
Dast night another column of 10b
soldiers left Ojlnaga for the relief
of Dorantes. Several wounded insurgents
and a number of wounded soldiers
have been taken to San Juan.
Tlie insurgents had cared for the
wounded soldiers, treating them with
the same consideration shown their
own men. There are about 800 soldiers
and armed citizens of the government
forces near Ojinaga and the
insurgent? have about the same number
in the district.
Insurgents who were in the firht
last Tuesday declared that 1f?0 soldiers
were killed. A federal army
officer with the reinforcements reports
that 100 federals were killed.
No reports have been received regarding
the casualties in the fighting
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FIVK nil- IX FIKE.
A I.n<ly, Ilcr Three Children anil
Maid All Perished.
At Toronto, Ontario, five persons
were burned to death early Sunday
morning In a fire which destroyed
the residence of Percy C. Hrooks,
manager and treasurer of the Canadian
Fairbanks Company, and the
Morsa Canadian Manufacturing Company.
The house was at 135 Indian
road, in the western end of the city,
a fashionable residence section.
Tho dead are: Mrs. Itrooks, her
three children, Percy, Jr., 7 years
old; George, 4 years, and Wendel, 3
years, and a maid serant whose name
is not known.
The only other occupant of the
building, the second maid, saved her
life by jumping, but was seriously
burned and will probably die. She
was unable to give the police any account
of the tragedy.
Scotch Captain Drownnl.
At Savannah, Ga., Capt. Geo. Irving,
master of the British steamship
Anglo Australia, now in port, fell
from a bridge on the wharves Wednesday
and was drowned. His t>ody
was recovered. Capt. Irving's honn
was in Sea*land, and his wife, now in
London, was notified by cable.
Turns Tliem lxx>s<>.
One hundred and seventy-three
pardons were issued by Governor
Patterson of Tennessee during the
period from Dec. 23, 1910, through
Wednesday. Crimes of almost every
description were represented in
this list.
(Don't look for moral health without
human happiness.
TO BE LOOKED INTO
\ THOROUGH INVESTIGATION TO
HE MADE AT ONCE.
riiree Members of House anil Three
of Si'iinte to ln?|uire Into Dispensary
Matters.
The special message of Governor
Hloase to the general assembly was
listened to attentively on Tuesday.
It \v,ns received as information, and
on motion of Mr. Brice of Chester,
brother of J. Steel Brice, one of the
members of the winding-up commission,
was spread on the journal.
That night in the house Mr. Kibler
of Newberry offered a concurrent
resolution that a joint committee of
the two bodies be appointed to inquire
into the matters mentioned in
the message of the governor's office.
W. F. Stevenson, attorney for the
commission, declared that the commission
seeks nothing more pleasing
than to give to the people of the
State all the information asked for.
Attorney General Lyon stated that
he WQuld not talk of the matter in
advance of a formal statement from
the members of the commission, but
that he wishes for every act of his
as attorney general to be known to
the people of the State.
"A concurrent resolution to provide
for a committee of the house
and senate to investigate the matters
referred to in the icovernor's message
in relation to the winding up
the affairs of the State dispensary
and for other purposes.
"Bo it resolved by the house of
representatives, the senate concurring.
That the speaker of the house of
representatives appoint three members
of the house and the president
of the senate appoint three members
of the senate to inquire into all of
the matters and things referred to
in the governor's message of the
24th inst., relating to the Investigation
of the dispensary by the legislative
committees appointed in the
years 1907, 190f> and 1907. and as
to the arts and doings of the State
dispensary commission and also why
the attorney general lias not made
certain prosecutions.
"Section 2. That the said committee
shall have power to summon
witnesses and to require the production
of hooks, pages and documents.
"Section 3. That the committee
herein provided for he permitted to
sit during the sessions of the house
and senate and shall report before
the adjournment of the present session."
PROFITS IN Ald<'A 1.1 A.
Southern Railway <>utlicrs Statistics
Proving It.
The opportunities for profit;
which the raising of alfalfa offers
the farmers of the Southeast is indicated
by letters received by the land
and industrial department of the
Southern Railway, showing increased
interest in the production of alfalfa
and highly profitable results in widely
separated districts.
Fort an 1 Stone, of Dunleith.
Washington county, 'Mississippi, owners
of a plantation in the Delta, reported
that on 28 acres seeded in the
fall of 1909 168.8 tons were produced
at a cost of $593.05. They
figured this hay to he worth $15 per
ton in the barn, though hay was selling
$20 to $23 per ton. At this low
rating they received a profit of $ 1.!>40
on the 2S acres, the hay costing
them only $.1.47 per ton. Reports
from the Delta show that about "><
farmers are now growing alfalfa
with success, all having seeded their
fields in the last three or four years.
J. \V. Fisher, of Newport, in the
Fast Tennessee, writes that he is
greatly pleased with results having
averaged five tons per acre and finding
a ready sale at $22 per ton, hut
he has found the hay so good that
he prefers feeding it to his own
stock to selling it. He has grown
alfalfa on the upland, red, ealearious'
clay, general throughout East Tennessee.
Success in growing alfalfa
is also reported by growers in Southern
Virginia, North Carolina and
Alabama, and the acreage devoted Lo
alfalfa in all the Southeastern States
is growing steadily.
Took ller Own Life.
At llpttiesburg. Miss., Miss Matin
TTivson, a pretty 18-vear-old girl,
despondent because of ill health and
the thought of being separated from
her sweetheart, telephoned the latter,
George Hony, Saturday night, and
1 in mediately drank an ounce of carbolic
acid. She died Sunday at noon.
Tramp Was Killed.
An unknown negro tramp was fatally
Injured, three trainmen were
slightly hurt and six freight cars
were heaped along the track as the
result of a collision between an extra
freight train. No. 526, and local
freight No. 63, at Klllians, 15 miles
north of Columbia. Tuesday
Robert 1?. Gunter Named.
Robert L. Gunter. an attorney ot
Aiken, has been appointed as solicitor
of the Second circuit by Gov.
Rlease. Mr. Gunter will fill out the
unexpired term of James F. Byrnes,
who was elected to congress last
summer. The appointment is to take
effect on February 1.
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PASSES THE HOUSE
INHERITANCE TAX MEASURE
SEEMS TO BE POPULAR.
Under It an Estate of $100,00 Inherited
by Widow and Two Children
Pays $1,000.
Substantially unchanged. Representative
Rembert's inheritance tax
bill was passed Thurdsay by the
house. There was a snappy debate.
The temper of the house was indicated
before the final test by the
vote on a motion to continue, 4 4 to
4 7 against continuance, and the
vote, 3 4 to 71, by which the house
refused to strike out the enacting
words.
Messrs. Reiser. Williams, Davis,
Ashley and Scott opposed the measure,
mainly as being "strange and
undemocratic doctrine." Mr. Rembert
took the floor several times in
advocacy of his bill. He was reinforced
by Messrs. D. L. Smith. Ilrice,
Drowning and Hines.
If a man had an estate of $100.000
and l^ft a widow and two children.
the inheritance tax. payable at
the winding up of the estate, would j
be $1,000. The widow is entitled to
an exemption of $10,000, the children
to exemption of $3,000 each.
Representative Ashley made a
characterlstic speech. "1 had hoped."
he said, "that Richland had commenced
sending here men who would
noi give us trouble. The fool-killer
must he dead in Richland. This is j
the most unjust bill I ever heard j
of."
Air. Rembert said he had drawn
his bill after months of study and
comparison of inheritance tax measures
in force in other States and
abroad and had also consulted able
lawyers here. He said the bill was
heartily approved by Prof.' Nelson
Frierson, who practiced for six years
under the similar law of New York
State 1111(1 is HOW fl ninnilinr nf tl.n
law faculty at the University of
South Carolina. He read authorities
in support of the bill.
ACTED AS TEACH MAKEIl.
Judge Gage Makes an Attempt to
Settle Old Feud.
Judge Cage, while presiding at the
Greenville Court Wednesday adopted
an unusaul method in an attempt
to settle a feud between two mountain
families. Two young men. Roper
and Trotter, were being tried for
assault and battery, and during the
course of the t'ial Judge Cage left
the bench and conducted the fathers
of the young men into a jury room
and sought to have these two men, ,
close neighbors, bury the enmity ex-j
isting between the families.
When the judge returned to thei
bench he announced that he had j
used his utmost endeavor hut had I
failed to reconcile the fathers of the
combatments and that if the present
feeling continues it will result in a
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ii vr hi hi in* iinti iii ?i i run 01 somenoay
for murder, and that in the sight
of (Jed those fathers would be responsible
for it. The judge further
stated that he attached more blame
to the fathers for the present situation
than to tlie sons, though the
sons had technically violated the laws
of tlie State.
After tlie young men?hoth mountaineers
of tlie most stalwart type?
had been convicted, the judge sentenced
them to chaingang terms
without the alternative of fines, the
sentences being suspended during
their good behavior. This action of
Judge Gage has provoked the most
favorable oomnxtat.
CAUGHT FlltH AT SKA.
Steamed Into San Francisco With
Fire Ituriiing.
The steamer Queen, on which a'
( fire broke out Thursday night while
she was at sea off Point Reyes, returned
to 5-an Francisco shortly before
J o'clock with the fire still ,
burning. Iler passengers, 02 in number.
were immediately taken off by
launches which met lier in the
stream. Tlie steamer will lie sunk
if the flames cannot lie extinguished.
Tlie Queen, which belongs to the Pacific
coast line, left here yesterday 1
ifte-noon for Pu ;ot Sound ports.
Wli 11 the firm alarm was given tne
wireless operator sent out an "S. 0.
S." message which brought many re-!
spouses from land and sea. Five
steamers and tugs went to her as- |
sistance.
I tomb I'.xplosion in Chicago.
At Chicago a bomb explosion Monday
wrecked a drug store owned by s
Artzto Stinano and Guiseppl Kami- ,
ana at 1001 Larrlbe street. The
druggists had previously received
letters demanding money. No one
was injured.
Killed doing to Fire.
At St. Louis while responding to a
fire alarm Charles Offenstein, a*ted |
42, a horse iruck driver in the local;
department, was thrown from his
wagon and instantly killed. The lire
damage amounted to $3.00.
True charity will seek to purify
the well and not rest content with
painting the pump.
SPIES CAUGHT
Blue Prints Made of Many Pacific Coast
Defenses By Tbem.
FORTS ARE SKETCHED
Secret Service .Men Captured nnd
Foreign Kxports Have Heen Caught
Working in Many Disguises, Hut
Country Has Xo Law Whereby
They Can lie Punished.
Astounding revelations of the extent
of the military spy system as
practiced against the United States
government are made in a report
presented to Congress recently by
the House committee on Judiciary.
More than a score of instances in
which spies are known to have heen
engaged in collecting the military
secrets of the United States are
cited. Plans of insular fortifications
have apparently been spread about
as freely as hand hills. Ollicers of
foreign nations, disguised as waiters
in restaurants, have been caught
in the act of delving into the secrets
of our national defenses.
A package of blue prints containing
the schemes of def< uses for Corrector
island, in the Philippines,
was picked up in the streets of Calcutta.
Spies have swarmed in Pacific
coast ports and without molestation.
for there was no law Governing
the case, have mapped and charted
every hay and inlet, fort and fortification
along the Pacific coast.
Members of the House read the
report with amazement. Inasmuch
as the facts in the report were
gleaned from secret records of the
Government and confidential police
reports from various large cities, no
names were mentioned, nor were the
nationalities of the spies who have
been detected disclosed.
The report came in connection
with a favorable recommendation
for the passage of the Hobson hill,
providing for the arrest and imprisonment
of all persons caught in the
act of spying. The ltill carries a penally
of a fine of not more than $1,000
or imprisonment for not more than
one year, or hoth, for any unauthorized
person who makes maps,
sketches or photographs of anything
connected with the national defenses.
The report in part says:
"A gentleman in the city of Calcutta
picked up on the streets of that
city a small package of blue prints
containing information with reference
to the defenses of Corregidor
island. Recognizing their character
lie delivered them to the American
consul at Calcutta, who forwarded
thorn through the State department,
in Washington. Significance is nttnched
to the fact that those wore
blue prints. The whereabouts of the
original tracings is still unknown.
These hlue prints contained a complete
set of drawings of the defense
of Corregidor island, which is the
main stronghold of the United States
in the Phiiipnines.
"In 1007 and 100S a number of
reports were received, to the effect
that foreigners were very active in
mapping the Pacific roast and the
harbors in the vicinity of Paget
sound and the mouth of the Columbia
river, making sketches of the
fortifications and seeking in the most
open manner to secure and record
military information bearing upon
the defenses of that locality.
"In one instance, report was to
the effect that a certain officer, a
lieutenant in the engineer corps of a
foreign service, was serving in the
capacity of a waiter at the Commercial
hotel at Seattle.
"in January, 1007, tin pole e department
of Cos Angeles, Cai., reported
that a foreigner was rcth'ely
engaged in copying reerods fr'-m tlie
land office >n the city.
"In 1007 also the American ambassador
at a foreign capital notified
the State department that a certain
captain belonging to the army of the
country, to wnich our ambassador
had boon accredited, had boon dotailod
to soorotly visit the American
countries and spend throe years
there ascertaining strength of their
troops, arms, fortifications, etc.
"In January, 1f?08, the police department
of the city of New York
reported that military maps and information
of a military character
had been found in a trunk belonging
to an American whom th<\\ had reas.
on to believe was in the employ of a
foreign government.
"In Manila in April, IPIrt. an enlisted
man of the i'nited St at a Kngineerin
corps was approached by
two officers of a foreign nation,
which it is unnecessary to name.
Me was sounded thoroughly, and
then a flat offer of $2.",tl00 was
made to liini for complete detailed
drawings and photographs of the defenses
on Corregidor Island. The
prize was too big to resists and an
agreement was reached.
"As the official photographer for
the department, the engineer had
no trouble in getting his material.
No one suspected him as he went
along taking photographs of the interior
works at Corregidor. When
he had everj'thing he met the foreigners
in an office building. He
spread out his deeuments and with
eyes asparkle they pronounced the
results splendid. They had a gen
PAPERS SUV ED
OX WILIK JONKS ANI) W. A.
( I-AHK IN KKMINOIjK CASE.
They Were Arretted Hut Cave liond
in the Sum of One Thousand Dol1......
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The Columbia Record says (Jen.
j Wilie .lones, president of the Pal
metto National bank, and Mr. Washington
A. Clark, president of the
Carolina National bank, were served
with papers Thursday by SherifT
Coleman, who acted on authority of
a warrant issued by Magistrate J. H.
Jordan of Kershaw.
The warrant alleged that Messrs.
Jones and Clark, together with Mr.
John Y. Garlington. as officers in the
iSeminole Securities company, obtained
from L. L. Clvburn a note to
the amount of $1,500 for stock in
the Seminole Securities company.
Mr. Clvhurn alleged that there
was uiisrep-esentation in the deal oa
the part of the persons named. The
warrant was seived on Messrs. Jones
and Clark at their respective offices,
at noon.
SherifT Coleman, accompanied by
Magistrate James II. Fowles, Jr..
went to the bank buildings and
found Messrs. Clark and Jones seated
at their desks.
They wi -e not taken by surprise,
as the news that the warrant had
been issued in Kershaw was known
in Columbia Wednesday afternoon.
Magistrate Jordan had authorized
bond in the sum of $1,000, which
Messrs. Jones and Clark promptly
made, the officials of the banks Jigning
the bonds.
The defendants have the right of
a preliminary hearing, but the date
has not been a-recti on.
Ill-: \V.\XTKI> TO <;<>.
Wealthy (irorKin Planter Takes His
Life At Hist.
After being defeated in his effort
to commit suicide with a razor,
James Maddox, aged 60. a wealthy
planter, of Itutts .county, cut
his throat with a pocket knife, and
then finding death coming too slowly.
ho rammed a pair of long scissors
down his throat. Death resulted
in a few minutes. Maddox's attempt
to use the razor was frustrated by
his three sisters, who overpowered
him after a hard struggle. Just as
the women turned to leave him, however,
he drew a long-bladed knife
front his pocket and cut his throat
from ear to ear. As his sisters
again rushed to his side. Maddox
snatched up a pair of scissors and
i shoved them into his mouth, splitting
the windpipe. Maddox had been
11 for a long time.
I look worm Spreading.
Five million Americans have
hookworm. This is the fact of primary
importance disclosed through
the investigation of the origin and
progress of the disease hy the corps
of experts of the Rockefeller com
mission. Hookworm is spreading.
Tlie commission has discovered evidences
of the development of this
parasite in Arizona. California and
other Western States.
Ignorance is the principal difficulty
the physicians are meeting in the
South. The only way to atop the
spread of the disease is hy teaching
the poorer people to keep themselves
clean and introduce sanitation into
their homes and schools and factories.
That the hookworm germs
are being carried almost every day
into new territories has heen established
hy tin* commission.
The fund of $1,000,000 donated
hy John 1>. Rockefeller for the eradication
of the disease was given to
extend over a period of five years.
Members of the commission say it
will take at least 20 years to begin
to stamp out the disease.
So far the Democratic legislators
elected last fall have acted wisely in
choosing United States senators. It
is encouraging.
Lost in the Sea.
The steamer Seattle Maru brings
news that Japanese fishing vessels
were lost in a heavy storm which prevailed
near Owarl hay January 8.
Twenty vessels w. re wrecked and
120 men drowned.
I on't overlook the sanctity of sarrilico
and service.
oral knowledge of the works and di I
not hesitate to show it.
" 'Yon have brought just what we
want.' the spokesman said in broken
, Knglish. 'hut we did not bring the
; $2"?,ouo here. Tonight at 0 o'clock
I you will meet nr. ?thor agent of the
j government and a place on the < ;t
skirts of the town was named, where
you deliver to him the photographs
and plans and lie will pay over the
money.'
"These words had scarcely been
tittered when the door of the room
llew open and four soldiers rushed
, in and arrested all three. Two
' weeks before the engineer had rej
pented and told the plot to his superiors.
The attorney general of the
Philippines undertook a prosecution,
but habeas corpus proceedings were
(brought and the foreigners went
scott-free because there was no law
under which tliey could be prosecuted."
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RACE CONFERENCE
NEGROES HOED MOST INTERESTING
MEETING IN THIS CITY.
Speeches Mnde by rrominent White
nn?I Colored S|>enkers From This
State.
The colored rnro conference fhnf
I
j has been in session in this city dur!
Ing the past week adjourned Thursi
day night. after a most enjoyable and
successful session. The conference
was largely attended and the expenses
of the conference were all
easily raised during the session.
Richard Carroll, of Columbia, presided
over the conference and Was
presented with a gold-headed walking
stick by the conference in appreciation
of his service's in working for
the betterment of the negro vace.
The sessions were held at Trinity
Methodist church. Mount Pisgah
Baptist chvrrli and at Clafiin University.
No f -es were charged for admission.
only collections being taken.
Addresses were delivered during
the conference by lion. McCowan
Sinipkins. a member cf the i uislature;
Col. .1. A. Banks, Or. \?'. li.
Moses, I?r. It. P. Wvch. II. S Murphy.
Dr. W. I>. Chappell, \V. T. Andrews.
I?r. M. M. Mouzon and a returned
woman missionary from Africa.
Among the white speakers who
were absent were Gov. Cole L. llleaso
ai d Prof. Ira W. Williams. Booker
T. Washin ion's wife was to have addressed
the conference but was unable
to attend.
Tuesday night, Hon. M Cowan
Sinipkins. of Rdgeflold, delivered an
excellent iddress before the conference
at Trinity Methodist church.
The speaker was introduce ' by Dr.
A. D. White and Mr. Sinipkins took
as his subject. "Good Citizenship an l
the Formation of Character." Although
lie spoke for more than u:i
hour, still Ills speech was well received
and was loudly applauded
throughout.
Rev. D. A. Christie made a motion
| at the clns" of the address that a risking
vote of thanks be extended Mr.
Sinipkins by the conference. This
motion was seconded by a ringing
speecli by Or. W. II. Moses. The
audience arose and gave the Ck'u'
l-llllllio B.llllto Tl.n "
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! or r.oo handkerchiefs presented an
interesting scene.
The speech Thursday night by
I Col. J. A. Banks, of St. Matine1 s,
| president of the South Carolina Statu
Fair Association, was ;i good one and
Col. Ranks won his audience. The
conference adjourned Thursd ?y ni at
after a banquet at Claflin Fniversitv.
Music was furnished by tlie Ciatlin
band and orchestra.
On Tuesday morning of the conference
a very important meeting
of the stockholders of tli Colored
Fair Association was held at Trinity
Methodist church. This meeting
was well attended and was called to
order l?y ll'chard Carroll. In the
beginning President Carroll, of tlio
State Fair Association, read bis ta signation
and made a few re.narks
thereupon. Carroll then left the
chair and during the election of officers,
I>r. W. D. Chapped :>r- -i.led.
The election of officers \. s entered
into and the following we.?
nominate. 1 for the preside! < : Dr.
: VV. I). Chnppell, of Columhl : Dr.
' M. 1). Dee. of liock Hill; 10. ,1. .-'twj
yer, of l! nncttsville; I'?r. I. II.
Goodwin. I)r. \V. D. Chapnell and
'Dr. J. II. Goodwill wlthdr w their
names and the election or the presidency
resulted as f dlo ; -awj
yer, 49; M. 1). Dee. 19. The voting
| was partaken of only by shareholders.
The election of Sawyer \v s made
| unanimous. Dr. \\\ D: Chappe'.l was
I elected vice president: T. A. Williams,
treasurer, and I >r. .1. II. Goodwin.
superintendent. The following
board of d'rectors was elected: J.
W. Easicy, E. I). White. M. I.. Patterson.
Dr. M. D. Lee, (I. T. Williams,
X. J. Frederick. J. E. Blenton.
Wednesday morning another meeting
of the stockholders of the Fair
Association was held at Ml. Pisgch
'Baptist church on Green street. The
J following additional tnenihers were
j elected to the executive committee:
Kev. C. R. Brown, W. M. Kin:. Rev.
I E. D. White, G. C. Williams, L. \V.
! Hook, Rev. M. I). Le -, C. <?. G tri
rett.
The following committees w-co
appointed:
Legislative appropriation- 11 i >
' ard Cam 11, .1. II. Goodwin, I. E.
' Lowery. E. .1. Sawyer.
Fair Cround? M. D. Leo, C. G.
Darren, .1. II. Coolwin, L. \. fln.vkin
. W. M. Kin ,' and K. J. Saw; , r.
The Time* and Demo rat.
Will lainti Hi.11.
; Congressman Lever has rwiia 1
the solid endorsement of the Smelt
, Carolina delegation in Con r? for
chairman of the lions.- committee on
agriculture. This will no douht land
him at the head of this important
commit tee.
Killed in Wreck.
TTerman Irons, hrakeman, was
killed and Engineer Wilkinson and
Fireman Rowlette, Conductor .hum
Gleen and another trainman wore
injured in a wreck of an extra freight
train of the Southern railway, near
Meherrin, Va.