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NOTE TO GERMANY ? IS MADE PUBLIC UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT C ASKS FOR FULL PAY FOR THE FRYE. ENUMERATION OF THE FACTS f The Kaiser's Government is Asked to ^ . Pay the Amount of $228,059.54? List of Damage. Washington.?The American note to Germany on the sinking of the " * - - " * -'-l- T) American sailing snip wiunuu jr. ^ Frye by the German auxiliary Prinz &{ Eitel Friedrich, has been made public. tj, . It Is confined principally to a re- ai cital of the legal aspects of the sinking of the Frye and in polite and dip- gl lomatic language suggests that Ger- ^ many make "reparation." ^ This Is the text of the instruction to Ambassador Gerard: n "You are instructed to present the ^ following note to the German Foreign t0 Office: m "'Under instructions from my Gov- C ernment I have the honor to present a claim for $228,059.54 with interest t0 from January 28, 1915, against the jn German Government on behalf of the tb owners and captain of the American ^ sailing vessel William P. Frye for a? damages sustained by them on ac- bi count of the destruction of that vessel on the high seas by the German g? armored cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich pt on January 28, 1915, ai , '"The claim of the owners and in captain consists of the following di items: " at "'Value of ship, equipment and at outfit, $150,000. " 'Actual freight as per feright list C< Kft91 Iftftft 99A trxno at 99_ft.C18ft.10.fi at $4.86, 139,759.54. . " 'Traveling and other expenses of dl Captain Kiehne and Arthur Sewell & th Co., agents of ship, in connection with S< making affidavits, preparing and filing G claim $500. 1 "'Personal effects of Capt. H. H. m Kiehne $300. V ''Damages covering loss due to deprivation of use of ship $37,500. B Total $228,059.54. "'By direction of my Government ^ I have the honor to request that full reparation be made by the German Government for the destruction of the p( --v^Villlam P.JtA by the Gertnan crytis- * jj! II > m '-BRYAN." wF W WILLARD WINS FROM JOHNSON cc el Negro Pugilist Took Count in 26th h( Round. ar Havana.?Jack Johnson exile from his own country, lost his claim to fis- gE tic fame as the heavyweight champion le of the world. The title was wrested ^ from h:m by Jess Willard, the Kansas cr ' cowboy, the biggest man who ever en- ai tered the ring and a white hope" who ^ at last has made good. ta The fight probably has no parallel te In the history of ring battles. For tQ twenty rounds Johnson punched and ar pounded Willard at will but his blows pr grew perceptibly less powerful as the fight progressed until at last he seemed unable or unwilling to go on. * So it was until the twenty-fifth * round, when Willard got one of his 5 widely swinging, wind mill, righthand smashes to Johnson's heart. This was t*>e beginning of the end. sj When the round closed Johnson j" sent word to his wife that he was all in and told her to start for home. She *e was on the way out and was passing n( the ring in the twenty-sixth round when a stinging left to the body and a cyclonic right to the jaw caused Johnson to crumple on the floor of the T ring, where he lay. partly outside the it ropes until the referee counted 10 a and held up Willard's hand in token cc of his newly-won laurels. aj tt Nearly 100 Lives Are Lost. New York.?With all hope for the safety of the Royal Dutch West Indies steamer Prins Maurits abandon- fi, ed the toll of human life In the great w storm which swept the Atlantic sea- e board was believed to total nearly 100 c? persons. b-:+i?U \/;Au?A I k*l I HON VI UI9CI 3 V lUiaiC L.dWi New York.?Dudley Field Malone. I ^ . collector of the port, charged that g British cruisers patrolling the waters h, along the coast of the United States w had been violating the neutrality law ^ by coaling and taking on supplies 0j from vessels putting out from the port fl] of New York. Mr. Malone conferred n( with United States District Attorney ni H. Snowden Marshall regarding the if! state of affairs he claims to have dis- OJ covered and declared he expected to w brin gthe subject to the attention of d( England. British Battleship Lost. Berlin.?By wireless?An Oveiseas Agency dispatch from Athens says the ?? I British battleship Lord Nelson, stand- st i ( ed inside the Dardanelles straits, has ' been destroyed by Turkish shore guns. p A war council held by the British and ^ French Admirals, the Athens dispatch ^ continues, desired to postpone the attempts to force the Dardanelles on ac- ^ count of the insufficient strength of ^ the landing expedition. The Lord Nelson was 410 feet long, displaced ,18,000 tons and was built in 1906. flORE TROUBLE IN TAMPIGO OISTRIG1 ARRANZA AGAIN ASKED TO OB> TAIN RESPECT FOR FOREIGN t FLAGS. OOD CONDITIONS BETTER il Operators Buying Corn For Dis trlbution in Order to Relieve the Situation. Washington.?The United States has mewed its representations to Genera] arranza to atbt&in respect for foiclgn igs recently violated at ManzaniHo, iking that ho instruct his officers lere to afford protection to foreigners id tljelr interests. In the first note to Carranza a conilar report was transmitted stating lat the British and American flags id "been violated by lawless Carranza oops. That was denied by Carinza and additional data has now sen laid before him with a reference ?the requests made in the first comunication. ^o reply has been relived. . A separate communication was sent i Carranza calling his attention to the discriminate firing by his troops on le oil tanks near Tampico, 150,000 irrels of oil already having been lost i a result of perforations made by illets penetrating the oil tanks. Conditions in the Tampico district ive officials much concern. The dlsitches said "that the oil operators e organizing for the purpose of buyg corn in the United States for local stribution which will be disposed of ; cost in order to relieve the situion." FTom Manzanillo and the city of ollma came reports of furtner lawssness. The State Department received a ispatch from Zacetacas confirming le report that General Isabel Robles, scretary of War to General Elulio uiterre* had "surrendered on April all of his command, much guns, amunltion and equipment to General ilia's forces near Camacho." IQ 8T0RM ON ATLANTIC COAST. treets Flooded, Wires Down, Trains Not Moving Along Atlantic Coast. A snow storm oj^precedented proartions^wept j^^cally^ the /whole ^Bdrcgaie, whlcii at times blew miles an hour.^eld up ocean traVel, ippled telegraphic and telephone immunication, delayed steam and ectric trains and nearly dashed the >pes of Easter paraders in New York id New England. In Greater New York nine inches of iow fell, a record for Apt? and heavst of the year. It was accompanied t a 60-mile-an-hour blow and early ippled all surface traffic in the city id environs. Hundreds of accid"nts icurred. Upwards of 15,000 men ateked the snow and paid special atntion to Fifth Avenue in an effort clear it for paraders. In New York a 1 1 * ? nrt Anrfnll id omer large cuiea iue auumow oved a toon to the unemployed. Norfolk, where no trains arrived iring the day and other places along e Virginia coast, were hit hardest r the storm. They also suffered from ck of wire communication. Although trains as far south as >uth Carolina arrived hours late at ght, Philadelphia and other sea>ard cities railroad officials prossed to see a gradual restoration of irmal schedules. Italy and the War. Paris.?Giuseppe Bevione, editor of he Turin Stampa and member of the alian Chamber of Deputies told the ssociated Press that he had a deep mviction that Italy would begin war jainst Germany and Ai stria before le end of April. French Steamer Sunk. Fecamp, France.?The three masted jhing vessel, Paquerette of Fecamp as sunk by a German submarine off tretat, nine miles southwest of F? imp. The crew was rescued. American Army Officers Recalled Washington?The five American rmy officers on duty as miliary ob' :rvers with German armies have ?en ordered here and their pluses ill not be filled. The reason nssig.ieJ r Secretary Garrison for the recafl der was that their mission had been ilfilled. That statement, it was an' mnced. would be the war depart' ent's last word on the matter, h known, however, that other rear is. iargely of a personal character ere considered by army officers in s.term.'uing to withdraw observer * Big Steamship Company Fails. New York.?The International Mer intile Marine Company, the gianl :eamship combination organized it 102 by J. T. Morgan & Co., which laced under one control some of the rincipal English, American and Eel ian steamship lines between the Uni *d States and Europe went into the ands of a receiver. The company as for six months been unable to pay iterest its $52,744,000 four and z alf per cent, collateral trust bonds aid to be on account of war. NEED OF DYESTUFF < BECOMES URGENT IMMEDIATE AND CONCERTED ACTION BY MANUFACTURERS IS URGED. SUPPLY FOR TWO MONTHS Mr. Metz Sayi Manufacturers 8houlc Declare an Industrial War on Great Britain. Philadelphia.?Immediate and con certed action by American manufac turers to obtain a modification ol Great Britain's rules governing over seas commerce was urged as a rem' edy for industrial ills by Herman A, Metz member of congress fom New York and a widely-known manufactU' rer in an address at a conference ol dye men here. Mr. Metz said manu facturers should declare an industrial war on England. v Unlestf the British government changes its policy Mr. Metz declared hundreds of factories throughout tlu United States will have to suspend operations and about 300,000 men will be thrown out of employment. Mr. Metz said that American manii facturers are dependent on German^ for certain raw materials but tojge> them they must find a way to ship tc Germany cotton and other things "The Germans," he added, "have got ten tired of sending us dyestuffs and other materials without getting any thing in return." D. F. Waters of this city read a let ter from President Wilson in whloli the president said the state depart ment appreciates the situation and li doing all it can to relieve it The meeting was under the auspice! of the board of directors and advisorj board of the National Association .ol Hosiery and Underwear Manufac turers. Congressman Metz and D. F. Wa ters, president of the Master Dyers Association were appointed a commit tee to place before the state depart ment "the acute crisis in the dyestuf Industry at present confronting thli country and urge in the strongest terms that such steps be taken a< shall relieve the situation." The com i mittee also was empowered to act li conjunction with committees and simf lar organiz^mifl throughout /tw in the United states wouia last oniv about two months. / RUSSIANS PUSHING GERMANS. Have Assumed Offensive Along Entire Front in Poland. London.?The Russians are on the offensive along the whole front, from the Baltic Sea to the Roumanian border and in the Caucasus and according to a Stockholm dispatch they have concentrated an enormous number ol soldiers on the Finnish coast to prevent the Germans landing there. All the Russian advances according to Petrograd. are proceeding with success. The Russian official report claims that the Germans in North Poland are being pushed back to the East Prussian border and that in the Carpathians between the Lupkow and Uzsok Passes the Russians have cap tured still another strongly fortifie< ridge overcoming insurmountable dit Acuities such as the scaling of steei ice-covered hills and penetrating clev erly arranged barbed-wire and timbei obstructions. The Russians are also attacking tin Germans in the region of Koziouwka near the Uzsok Pass. There are i large number of prisoners reported tt nave Deen capiurea. Germans Sink Three Trawlers Newcastle, England?Three Tynt trawlers, the Gloriana, Jasen and Nel lie, were sunk by the German subma rine U-10. After all the members ol the crews were safely in small boats the Germans blew up the trawlers They then towed the fishermen to waTds the Tyne until they met fish > ing craft which brought the mer ashore. Obregon Near Mexico City Washington?First definite infor mation of the location of General O bregon and his army since he evacuat ed Mexico City to the Zapata force: came in an official dispatch from Car ranza to his agency here announc ing that Obregon had occupied Quere taro, 80 miles north of the capital ant was menacing Valla's advance. Th< gunboat Manchias was ordered fron New York to join the American cruis , er squadron at Vera Cruz. The bat tleships Deleware and Georgia sooi will come north for target practice. Sugar Field Workers Strike. New York?Between 30,000 and 40, 000 native workers in the sugar field: of Porto Rico recently went on strik< O woora Innrnocfl ft Am fl ft V t H 3P V | iui a ??a5c iuwvu?v &?v*u ? ? enty-five cents a day, according to J C. Bills, chief of the bureau of labo: of the Porto Rican government, wh< arrived here on the Philadelphia. Thi > demands were in process of adjust ' ment, for the most part, and the ma jority of the strikers were back a i work when he left the island. Dur i lng the strike, Mr. Bills said, larg< fields of sugar cane were burned. Mans for safety i it in mexico city WASHINGTON PROPOSES THAT G CAPITAL BE MADE NEUTRAL TERRITORY. * ? m VILLA ACCEPTS PROPOSAL T , Zapata Alto Willing and Result of * , Effort Dependc on Carranza Council to Maintain Order. Washington.?With the hope of securing permanent protection for the 25,000 foreigners In Mexico City, the b United States Government has pro- b posed to the Vllla-Zapata forces and ? to General Carranza that the Mexican h Capital be declared neutral and out- 1 side the field of operations hereafter In Mexico's civil war. ^ Tj*? Vll1ft_7annto ho L'O QPTPPf1 J- UC ? UAa~uapa(.a ivi vjvo um* v I t<f the proposal and are willing to /evacuate the city as soon as a similar & , agreement is obtained with the Car- 0 [ ranza authorities. On General Car- ? ranza depends also whether or not 8 1 tbl effort of the United States to J [ neutralize the railway between Mexjb City and Vera Cruz shall succeed 8 the Villa-Zapata officials have J P^fcreed to this. i ^The plan with respect to Mexico P > City contemplates an arrangement * . whereby order would be maintained ? by a local council of prominent resi- i I dents. The Capital would not be s subject to further attacks nor would s there be more changes in Govern- * - Ojept until a central government had uibeen established. Should the Capi- 1 declared neutral, much of the ' I apprehension for the safety of for- t 1 signers would be removed and the c J famine menace eliminated. J 3 No important engagements bep| tween the Villa and Carranza forces < 1 were reported to the Washington au- J flRJrtfies dispatched saying that com- i Pparative quiet prevailed along the P '' border and that the Mexico City situ- t ation was unchanged t ,i y < r CATTLE DI8EA8E IS CONQUERED. 1 l' ^Lartment Announces Virtual Eradi- i , ^Rcation.?124,141 nimals Killed. i i, ^MVashin^ton.?'Virtual eradication of , livestock foot and mouth disease < United Stales was announced BHto^Bephrtment of Agriculture. It J IWm reports\fr5m throughout ttfe i 1 Etry showed the disease wiped out i ^^Mgurea complied by the Depart|Ht show thai 124,141 diseased ani- , ^Hi have been slaughtered from the of the outbreak in October to . ^Hch 25, last. It was pointed out, l^Bever, that the total loss could not be < estimated alone by the number of . anii lals killed. Interference with the ope; atlons of stock yards, the quaran- , tlnii ig. of Infested regions and other , t prec autionary measures. It was said, . > had caused indeterminable losses. Ambassador Asked for Report. W Etchington.?Ambassador Sharp at Pari i was called on by the state de- J , part nent for a report as to circum- , stan jes surrounding the arrest of Ray[ mom I Swoboda, an American, charged . with having set fire to the La Toupoirni. a French liner, on her recent , trip from New York to Havre. New ' t York friends of Swoboda had brought presfi reports of his arrest to the de \ ) partifcent's attention and vouched for his 4merican citizenship. ' [Barge Tamplco Still Adrift. Wilmington.?The barge Tamplco , with j 13 men aboard which broke j aloose from the tug Pan American oh } Frying Pan Shoals In a gale recently has not yet been located according to reports received from the owners here. The coast guard cutter Seminole and the tug Pan-American is * still searching for the missing craft. ' i ___________ ? Ask Full Value of Cargo. r Washington.?Indemnity for the full * value, of the American ship William * P. Frye, destroyed at sea by the Ger" man converted cruiser Prinz Eitel 1 " Frledrlch, has been formally request- ' 1 ed from Germany by the United States government. Divers on Way to Honolulu. Washington.?Rear Admiral Moore, in ch$rge of operations to raise the ' } long submerged submarine I< -4 at Hon olulu babied to the navy department i that he was proceeding witn tne wont - pending the arrival of divers appa1 ratus. i The apparatus was forwarded ? to Sap Francisco to be shipped to ' i Honolulu on the cruiser Maryland. . Rear Admiral Moore's dispatch said 1 - he wopld not be able to report any ! thing for several days" but that he J was "piaking preparations to lift:" ' ! Turks Massacre Christians. Tabrjlz, Persia.?Preceeding the re3 occupation by the Russians of Salraac > Plains I in Azerbaijan Province, north. west of Urumiah, hundreds of native Christians were rounded up by the r Turks in the village of Haftdevan and j massacred. Many of these were ? searched out from the homes of - friendlt Mohammedans who tried to hide them. The Russians on entering i t the village found 720 bodies, mostly naked and mutilated. Recovery of 2 bodies bnd their burial kept 300 men i busy for three days. 1 MORE BRITISH HERS SUNK ERMAN SUBMARINES CONTINUE RAIDS ON WEST COAST OF ENGLAND. OTALS FIVE IN FIVE DAYS i lerchants Ask Permission to Arm Trading Vessels.?British Public Greatly 8tirred. London.?Two German submarines, lie U-28 and another whose number as not been ascertained, which have een operating off the west coast of Jngland during the past few days, ave added two more British steamers, ? ?J CofltHa a? r lamiuicftu auu uuwu ui vs?oi.?*w, a their list of victims, totalling five a five days. There was no loss qf life on the wo vessels, although the submarine Ired before the crew of the Crown f Castile left the steamer. The Crown of Castile was sunk by hell fire but the Flaminlan was toriedoed. As an offset to this, a French detroyer rammed, and it is believed, ank a German submarine off Dieppe. As the destroyers have been unable o round up the submarines ship own>rs have petitioned the Government to >e allowed to arm tneir ships. This ias not been permitted heretofore, as teamers then could be considered hips of war and be sunk without noIce. The heavy loss of life in the sinkng of the Falaba and Agulla has roused a storm of indignation and he demand is made that the captured :rews of submarines be treated as >lrates. This question and that relating to Irlnk, which is said to be causing deay in the delivery of munitions of var, absorb public Interest. The King, hrough his secretary, has sent a later to the Chancellor of the Exchequer nnphasizing the necessity of stopping utcessive drinking, and has offered, if t is considered advisable, personally o give up the use of alcoholic liquor ind to prohi/blt the use of it In the x>yal household. The Government has reached no derision in the matter. It has been decided to incorporate he Liverpool dockers in the army vttl ^^e^H^h^mP^and1 their reg ilar nay. VA8HINGT0N VIEWS 8ITUATI0N Death of Thresher on British Liner It A Grave Matter. Washington.?While no official noIflcatlon of the death of an Ameri;an, Leon C. Thresher, on the British lner Palaba, sank by a German subnarine. had reached the American tovernment, officials viewed the situition as fraught with grave possibiliJes. Secretary Bryan said he expected Embassador Page in London to subnit . a full report on the case if adrices there confirmed reports of rhresher's death hut added that no nqulries had been received by the department nor had any been made of Mr. Page. In view of the language of the American note of inquiry in reply to the German notification of a submarine blockade of England, it is known the facts in 'this case will be awaited vith the greatest interest. That note contained a plain warning that the loss of American lives Lhrugh the German program of sink M Ing merc&ant vessels wouiu ue view*? ib an unfriendly act. Zapata Powers Pay Mrs. McManus. Washington.?The payment by the Villa-Zapata Government of 160,000 pesos, or $20,000 in gold at the preyailing rate of exchange in Mexico City to Mrs. Ruth McManus, widow of John B. MoManus, the American "illed by Zapata troopers on their reoccupation of the city,' was reported officially to the State Department by che Brazilian Minister in the Mexican Gaoltal. Washington Unconcerned. Washington.?While the German commerce raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich loaded at Newport News and reports persisted that she was preparing for a dash to sea where British and French warships are waiting, officials of the Washington Government awaited the wcplration of the time given the cruiser to stay in port without comment or apparent anxiety. Naval officers freely predict that the ship will intern for the war, but department officials are Bilent. Will Use Diving Bell. Honolulu.?Tests with the specially built diving bell designed for use in locating and raising the submarine F-4 lost at the harbor entrance with 21 men aboard, have resulted satisfactorily. The bell ie said to have remained water-tight after being submerged for 24 hours. It is planned to submerge the bell with a man Inside for further tests before lowering it at the point where the submarine is said to be located. The bell is a 54-inch iron pipe seven feet high and has telephone, glaas ports, air, etc. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL SOUTH CAROLINA PEOPLK. Chester has decided to extend the paving on some of her streets. ^M A. B. Hood, sheriff of Fairfield county attended the Wlllard-Jackson John T. Thomas has been named Governor Manning as rural pollcema!^^|fl^^^^J for Oconee The barn of Allle Osbourne, burg, with all its contents, were stroyed by Are recently. An Orangeburg bank has awarded a loan of 160,000 to Orange?^^^^^^B burg county at 2.74 per cent. Charleston Equal Suffrage club held an enthusiastic meeting and elected ^ officers' for the coming year. -Miss Susan P. Frost Is president. 1 Petitions for compulsory education 1 under the new law are being oircu- m lated in Hopewell No. 3, Buffalo No. 1 6, Sunnyside No. 25 and Butler No. j 4 In Cherokee county. I The Citizens' National bank of Union was the successful bidder for ^ the $25,000 bond issue voted by the 1 city of Union for the improving and ^ I extending of the waterworks and elec- 1 trie light system. , ] ' 0 A delegation of Greenville citizens m ho went, to Washington for a confer- 1 ence on highways returned and re- i ported that the federal department of tfj agriculture recommends sand-clay . 1 roads for Greenville county. ^ Three South Carolinians, Miss Sophia E. Thomas of Newry and Leo Hamilton and H. M. Chapman of I Cbappells, receive a bronze medal and 1 $1,000 each under the latest annual award of the Carnegie hero fund com- * mission, Pittsburgh. ;; $ L. O. Watson, the head of the plant disease department of the United States department of agriculture for work in this state, is to move the'headquarters of this work to Florence on account of the convenience of the localon and greater ease of handling the business there than elsewhere in the state. The incorporators of the new AAtlantic Coast Distributors, a company which is Just now opening" an office. long felt locally when they open a . 1 epot cash f. o. b. home market to the nhd ad IBTIIiei U1 yuaucowu tvuu V J ? Jacent sections. With two raiding squads ided by the detective force, operating, and slot I machines valued at $7,600 reduced to punk in the stable yard of the police station, besides many gallons of booze stored in the station bouse ready to be turned over to the county dispensary, the opinion is generally prevalent that Charleston will be "dry as a bone" before many days have passed. W. W. Long, state agent in charge of extension work for the federal department of agrculture in co-operation with Clemson College, told about the success of his plain of collecting eggs, to be shipped to Northern markets, along the cream routes established for the purpose of furnishing to farmers in the neighborhod of Clemson College an advantageous market for their cream. Numbers of South Carolinians, most of them teachers, are planning to attend the meeting in Chattanooga, April 27 to 30 inclusive, of the South- ' ( em Conference for Education and In dustry, " wmcn nas Deen creaieu through the consolidation of the Conference for Education In the South with the Southern Educational Association. S. C. Mitchell, president of Deleware College, but formerly president of the University of South Carolina, Is one of the vice presidents. MARKET REPORT. Prices paid for cotton, cotton seed, corn, wheat, oats, peas, etc., on the different markets In South Carolina during the past week: Allendale?Cotton, 8%c; cotton seed, $25 ton; corn, 75c bu.; oats, $1 bu.; peas, $1.75 bu.; rye, $2.50 bu. Belton?Cotton, 9c; cotton seed, $23 ton; corn, $1 bu.; wheat. $1.50 bu.; oats, 75c bu.; peas, $1.60 bu.; rye, $1 bu. Anderson?Cotton, 8%c; cotton seed. $28 ton; corn, 79%c. bu.; wheat $1.54 bu.; oats, 69c. bu.; peas, $1.75 bu.; rye, $1.35 bu. Cheraw?Cotton, 8%c.; cotton seed, $24 ton; corn, $1.07% bu.; oats, 75c. bu.; peas, $1.75 bu. Fort Mill?Cotton. 9c; cotton seed. $23 bu.; corn, $1 bu.; wheat, $1.65 bu.; oats, 75c. bu.; peas. $1.50 bu.; rye. $1.25 bu. Jonesvllle?Cotton, 9c.; cotton seed, $25 ton. Ridfreland?Cotton, 8%c.; corn, $1 bu.; oats. $1.25 bu.; peas, $2 bu. Clinton?Cotton. 8%c.; cotton seed, $26 ton; corn, $1.25 bu.; wheat. $2 bu.; oats, 90c. bu.; peas, $2 bu.; rye. $1.35 bu. Honea Path?Cotton 9c.; cotton seed, $25 ton; corn, $1.10 bu.; wheat, $1.75 bu.; i oats, 75c. bu.; peas, $1.50 bu.; rye, $1.25 bu. I PTnaW?Cotton. 9c.: cotton seed, $25 ton. Lancaster?Cotton, S%c; cotton seed $18- ton. Laurens?Cotton, 9c; cotton seed, $25 ton. Chester?Cotton, 9^4c.; cotton seed, $18 ton. Gaffney?Corn. $1.10 bu.; wheat, $1.70 bu.; oats, 80c. bu.; peas, $2 bu.; rye, $1.25 bu. Edgefield?corn, $1.10 bu.; wheat $1.75 bu.; oats. 75c. bu.; peas, $1,75 bu. Chesterfield?Corn, $1 bu.; oats, 80c. bu.; peas. $2 bu. Greenville?Corn, $1.03 bu.; wheat, $1.50 bu.; oats, 74c. bu.; peas, $2.25 ba.; rye, $1 bu. Columbia?Cotton, 8%c. Charleston?Cotton, 8%c.