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THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE. VOLUME VII. miuI Our INatiire CAHDEN S., C., FRIDAY JULY IV. I?95 NO. II. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN GREENVILLE. A N ICO HO T Alt K X PltOM 11 110 JAIL AM) LY.MilUD. HIS FltllCMlS TlllllvV l'i:.\ lit III lt\ T1IK CITY. I'itUfim Aruied it ml Fire HnitluvN SO'MUItMl I'll, Columbia, S. C., July 15. ? At 2 o'clock this morning, Ira Johnson, the neigro who one week ago murdered young Frank Lang ford, at Piedmont, Green vllle county, because he told him to put up a pistol he had drawn on Lang ford's campanlon, was taken out of the Greenville Jail, conveyed a mile out of town and hung. The jailor refused to give up the keys, but the mob found them In his room. The sheriff being awakened, approached the Jail, but was halted by a sentinel, who put the barrel of a shot gun In his face. On Thursday night a orowd'of ne groes who were guarding the Jail, were ^ dispersed by tliu police and three of them heavily fined. Being assured there was ho danger of a lynching, the Jail was not guarded last night. There is great excitement In Green ville tonight. At midnight two mili tary companies have been ordered out; one is at the Jail and the other resting . on their arms in 'the armory. The lire \englnes ' have steamed up and eltlaens are guarding their homes. This is caused by a threat of negroes to lynch Jamej* Lewis, a white man charged with murdering a negro and confined In Jail, and by the further fact th^t the pedjile fear the application of the torch to their homes during the night. The promise of the Greenville au thorities to protect the prisoner John son, after having prevented the ne gfoes from doing so. Is what has caused the bitter feeling, particularly as Johnson's counsel says he had six witnesses to prove that Langford snapped his pistol at Johnson, five times before the negro ?hot. At 12:00 o'clock nothing further had developed In Greenville. Fruit market. New York, July 15. ? Southern fruits: Poaches in large supply niul cloned quiet and weak. Apples steady for choice. Plums qxiiet. Pears Irregular. J*errl*?s lower. Water me.lona quiet and about steady; choice muskmelons firm, muskmelons barrel, $1{?4, do basket 75@$2. Blackberries, Maryland and Delaware, quart 4@5. Peaches, Ocor gla carrier 75@$3, do do case 50<3>$1 25, do South Carolina, carrier 75 (?i>$3 00. do -do case 50<?i>$l 25, do North Carolina carrier $1<8>1 75, do Maryland and Dela ware, crate 40075, do do basket 25050. Plums, wild goose, carrier $1 2501 75, do do in case 50075, do5>olan, carriers $1 2502 00. Grapes, Florida case $1 50 @3 00. .fears, Leconte, barrel $2 200 $3 25, do do crate 50075, do Mary land crate $1 00. Watermelons, hun dred $10020, do car loads $1 0002 00. Chicago, July 15.- -Plums were quiet. A good many nice red plums were of fered but others were not so good and some were unripe, common to good, wild, canes 24 quarta, 25050 cents; com mon green and soft to choice wild goose, cases 24 quarts 25060c; fancy varieties on sale. Peaches were a trifle dull. The supply was fair and the de mand lame; Georgia's were In good supply, but the fresh arrivals from them were late, clings, small, ccminon to gfood boxes, half bushel, 15<&"Tic; free stones, soft speckled to gonrl size do do 20?40, Georgia's, according to qualliy>.and condition, eas? 0 basket:? 7602 f>0. Pears Vere'slow, quite a go< d supply arUved, but they wera snail and not rtne, boxes l-3bu.t 2503f>c; boxes 1 bu., sound r>0 0 ? i Lac< nte, Georgia, green, crate six I aiU^is U 50 ^>3 00. Watermelons were In .'arge sup ?* ply and demand, railroads were sell ing for what they could get, msignees having refused the care; poor, pi r car $50060; good do, $75? 80; choice to I'.r.o, large per car $100, good to choice per 100 $10015 00. Chicago. Jnly 15. ??Cantaloupes were dull. 'Stocks were large but poor. Or illiiary to Kood< square criites 50 cents poor green ordinary do 1 r?.? UO cents; *diackensa?1c?, per erate 0 melons 05a 70 -cents. <Jeuts were plenty and the quali ty generally was poor. Ordinary run baskets 1-2 bushels 25 a 50 cents; some fancy do $1 OO. Cincinnati, July 15. ? Apples $la1 25 per barrel; fancy, early harvest $2a2 50 per barrels. Peaches ? (Georgia $1 25n 1 75 for prime; $2a2 50 for faney: California 40a 1 50 per box. Pears - nevi, early harvest $2 25a.'? per barrel. Plums ? fancy 25a5<> cents jut box; (Cal ifornia #2a2 25 per box. Muskmelons ? ? faney $1 75n2 per crate. Watermel ons 5aS for fair ami ? 10a 12 per 100 f<>t faney; $05a.5125 per car load. Oransres ? Florida f'J 50a.'{ for large size iter Ih?x: - $3 25a3 50 for small California navils per Ih>x; seedlings ?2 75a!t 25; niessliiii $2 25a 2 75 per box . ^Nhoreasr I* WAQBS, Another RiiW In the Wnirea of Km ploje* of Iron Cnmpnnlm. Ity Southern Associated Prj-ss. . Youngstow, O., July employes of the Mahoidhg Vjlney Iron company whose wag were governed by the, fttnnlgamated*j)Hsoeiatiir?n scale, hare been notified that beginning to day iheir wage* wiii i?e increased 10 per cent It Is understood that other In dustrial plants will take simi^r action. Iidipeminjr, Mich., Jnly 15.-^'he Cleve land Cliff Iron Mining comp.Wy has raised the wage* of all its rfiployes from 15 to 25 cents per day Recording to former wage* paid. This is 'the first voluntary increase In wages of the sea* ?on. and la given because warranted by Improved condition of the ore market. , tmi; <;om> ukskiiyr. .\?*urly a t|iiNrtt'r n( 11 Million I.onI Since Sii(urdn)'. li.v Southern A ssoeiated I'rtoni. Washington. July 15. Socri'liiry Car lisle nil id (his nit >i-u tiiK lie had ti ? > opin ion to express on the financial situation or as to tlio resumption of >I>1 ship ! monts abroad. The general feeling among Treasury officials is that tlic sm.nll shipment of Saturday, $'250,(V>0, of which hut $125,000 was taken from tlu> Now York sub- treasury. is no! the beginning of continnous ami larger ship incuts ami that the Itelmont Kurgan I syndicate will continue to supply ster ling exchange according to the terms of their contract, which does not expire until October I next. Since Sat unlay the Treasury gold resoryo shows a loss ( f $2o2.<X>0, standing at the close of business today at $IH7,Oi7.l1II. Mint IMrcctor Preston reports the to tal coinage at the I'niteil States mints I during the past fiscal year at 50,(51 1,112 pieces of a value of $511,7 15,5411 as fol lows: (Jolil, .fl.'t.im, I7."?; silver, $0,000. ISO; minor coins. $712,501. Of the silver coined $3,05(1,01 1 were in standard sil ver dollars. HTBAMKH U.\ FIIIM. 1 Sy Southern Associated Press. I.ewiston. X. J., I aly '45. -Shortly he fori; 1 o'clock this morning the hand Home steamer (Jiliola of the Nicaraga river lino, which plies between here and Toronto, was discovered to be on fire at her dock. The thimes spread with great rapidity and soon enveloped the steamer and communicated to the dock. The steamer broke away from her moor ings and lloatcd down the river, a mass of llaiui'S. She burned to the water's I edge, and her hull lies on a sand bar between hero and the month of the river. ' The lire on the dock spread to tin; American Hotel and for a time threatened the New York Central sta tion. The dock and hotel wyje almost totally destroyed and the station badly scorched. When tin- ilanu* were dis covered on the Cibola the crew ami a few passengers were aboard and asleep. They were quickly aroused and all suc ceeded in escaping with the exception of the third engineer, who is missing, lie was known to htive been in the, engine room at the time the fire started but has not been seen since, and it is supposed lie was burned to death. The total loss will probably reach $'_,5<UXK). lMlILAUKLIMUA'S K.\ II I HIT. Will Ho hh Fine iih at tlie \Viirlil'H| Fair. 1 ?y Southern Associated Tress. Philadelphia. Pa., .Inly IT. .? 1 "Phila delphia Is going to have a splendid ex hibit of- heavy machinery at the Cotton States Exposition at Atlanta," said Sw rotary George 10. Vickers. of 1 1>?* ^Gitl y.fiis Hxposltlon eoininittee today. "Al most evrry iirni engaged in the iron and Sir el* Ihdlifdry' will SMut Tqioclmpns of their work. Heavy cotton and textile inuchinory will, of cou.rse, , have the preference . 1 think Philadelphia's ex hiliit of cotton, textile and milling ma chinery will tie as great hr at the World's Fair. Pittsburg is making a dead set ^to heat us. She is putting forth strenuous efforts to get her niunu fu-cturers to "send a machinery exhibit th.it will outshine ours and will try to get a hig space in the State hulld i upr . Of course we Can easily heat her in carpets and other manufactured pro duels, (nit our machinery manufacturers will have to wake up If we are to heat her in (hat line." GcorRln Central Reorganisation. By Southern Associated Press. New York, July 15.? The modified plan of ^reorganization of the Georgia Central, just issued, states that the C?5 per cent.' of consolidated "bonds coin ing to Savannah and Western bond holders are to be sold by the syndi cate handling the main issue, but that Savannah and Western holders may require their protective committee to I buy back these bonds at 8f? by tiling notice within IB days of the bond- j holders meeting. WILL TELL IT ALL. Sennallonnl I>eveloi?me???* la tlie Mllltkln Cane. I ty Southern Associated Press. ^ n Washington. July 15.? jiuUrfT William 'A M illlkeu. law clerk o?_t*rtf ,Posl (Mli?e I irparlmeut. today made the following statement regarding the action of Ins brother, Mr., H. II Milliken. who has indicted for alleged housebreaking and assault u|h?u a dauirhter of ex-So licitor General S. T. Phillips: ?v.Mi. B. II. Milliken left town upon .the advice of his brother Saturday. -July Oth. with 'he understanding that no criminal prosecution nor proceedings would l.e instituted against him. Since lie has learned of ?ln> indictment against him. lie is both surprised and indig nant and will return to Washington to meet the accusation. A f nil statement of the case will be fjiveii to the press la tor." MAIIVI.AMVS COM MISS I O MO IIS. The Stnto WIU.MM*' na F.x|ioNl(lon W'4tfth y of Her. |lv Southern Associated Press. Atlanta. t!a.. July 15.? The manage uieiit of the Cotton States and Interna- i tional Ks|H>sition has received notifica tion to the effect that Coventor Brown, of Maryland, has ap|ioiutcd commission ers to the e.\|M>sition to represent that State. The commission consists of John !?:. Hurst, William T. Brigham. It. W. Cator. Kugcne Levering. T. Kdward Hambleton, 1>. L. Bartletf. H. S. Clary. It. M. Sutton. W. T. Dixon. W. II. Baldwin, J. Frank Supplee and P. If. ^IcOill. The 'Merchants and Man ufacturers' Association was asked by the Governor to suggest n list of names and tlie aliove list wax momptly selected. These are all represents tive men, many of them being ex|>erip|iood in exiioaitioii work and it is ho|>ed that by their ef forts Maryland will have an exhibit worthy of the Stafe at Atlanta. Another Victim. By Southern Associated Press. Woodhrtvert. T<. T.. July 15. ? Another death, the second respiting (rout the tornado which swept over thin town on Saturday afternoon, occurred yester day afternoon. The natne of the vie tim is John Kolh. n l*?y ag?*l ajsiut 15 yearn. The total uuiuImt 'of injured t* :22 besides several offers slightly wound ed. N'o more ease*/ are likely to prove fatal. The total lo*s to property iu this ! township will reach *150,000. i DEATH RIDES ! THE STORM. TUN HAST SWKIT A SKVKIIW roitvAix). II \II.S IONKS WHHH AS I. VtUiH AS ? WALNUTS. (?rent Dumugo Wu? Hone lu Now York. . I!,v Southern Associated Press. Cherry Hill, N. ,1., July III.- A tornado swept over thin place at this after noon and besides rendering twenty-tiv? families homeless, killed three person* outright, namely: (?ONDAU Kit I I01JM A \, proprietor uf ? In- Cherry Mill Hotel. Hungarian, named A.NTOX. in tho employ of August 'Mtttid, and The eight-year old son of Win. Allien. Kdga i' Chinn'ock, while attempting to release his horses from a harn, was (?aught in the ruins and his head badly crushed. The dojio' of the New Jersey and New York railroad was picked up ami earried up the tracks nearly two hundred feet and then fell on the op? posite side of the track. Agent Van Wetlerlng claims he went along with ;l part of the depot and was found under a freight car. A large heam wont i through the side of the Reformed Church, which edifice was knocked two feet oil' iltN fouudat i-ju. (Joadar Fricd iiian was in the act of closing tin- up stair shutters when the wind blew him out id the window and hi' landed on his head 011 tin1 hay scales, death being in stantaneous. Mrs. Ahron's baby was f >und it. the ruins when her house and that of a neighbor was lifted Into the air together and came down in a con fused mass. All the injured ?wi!l recover, though , Cliinnock's condition is critical. Hail-! stones fell at Hackcnsack. a mile south of h<;re, but the wind storm was not felt. | Severe In New York. New York, July lit. ? (Shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon the northern por tion of this city was visited by 1111 ex tremely heavy and devastating storm of rain, hail and wind. The *4(01111 clouds darkened the upper part of the city for a quarter of an hour before the rain began to fall and in the midst of what appeared to be a premature twilight, big drops of rain fell, followed by hail stones jus large as hickory nuts. 5So far as known there was no loss of life or severe bodily injuries*. The break age of windows and damage to valuable vegetation in gardens and conservatories was' considerable. In the vicinity of iLMith street and Lenox avenue there were hundreds of sparrows' bodies ly ing on the side walks iind roadway af ter the violence of the storm had sub sided. The htonn was very severe in Brooklyn and on Long Island. Several large trees in the Cypress Hill jenietery were uprooted. At Wood Haven, L. 1., it is rejHirtcd that more than .'$0 houses were blown down. One woman was killed and a number injured. At Uwl Bank, N. J., the hail stones were as large as walyuts and did gtvit damage. Heavy Hnil Storm. llarlford, Conn., July l.'t, ? A destruc tive tin il storm, accompanied by wind, swept through tne tobaoco sections about here this afternoon between .'t and 4 o'clock, extending over a track about lit miles wide. Windsor I^cks, Sutlicld, 10a st Hartford, CJInstonbury, Manches ter and Wethersficld were the towns that suffered worst. ? In SuNicId the tobacco crop is riddled and practically ruined. At Wood's station, just nortli of Windsor Locks, Harvcj Fuller, \yJ?o had sought refuge in a rdicd, was struck by lightning ami severely injured. In Clnstonhiiry the hail fell two hiches deep on the fields and where it fell from the roofs of barns and houses it was IS inchcM .deep. The tobacco crop in that town and in the south part of 10a st Hartford is totally ruined. Leaves are stripped from the trees and the whole section is devastated. In this city the hail was heavy, and in the southwestern section garden crops were destroyed. The loss cannot be estimated, as the wires are down in many places and telephoning is iui|s?ssihlc. It will cer tainly reach ever ???'< H 1,000. Struck l>>* MkIUiiIiik By Southern Associated JLVchs. Savannah, <Ja., July lit. ? Lightning struck the machine shops of John Rotirke & Son dining a nevere storm this afternoon. The bolt struck the ting pole and passed . through the building, tearing away one side of the cupola ikml ripping ureal slices of wood frojn the upright posts which sup|?ort. tli<? building. One workman was stunned, bill not seriously injured. A ltoynl IteMldciice. It.v Southern Associated l'ress. London, July l.'t. ? ? Col SannjIfH'gon, member of I'ai liauicnt for X?nh Af maKli. leader of the Conservative Irish contingent in the House of Commons, delivered a speech at I>iiighall last evening, in which he said that the gov ernment would, shortly abolish the |?olit ic.il Lord Lieut* nantship or Ireland and establish in its stead a royal residence In Ireland. , ? -?? ? ? A Fntnl Ilo?oialiliinr?. , By Southern Associa tcdl l'rcea. Jacksonville, July 1?. ? A sjtccial to the Tinles l 'nlon from - Penan coin, Fin., says: Ambrose Vaughan, colored, shot and fatally wounded lOd Walter, also colored, near here today. Vaughan thought Walter, who says he is from Alabama, was "Railroad Hill," the desperado. Walter resembles the outlaw closely, but parties who know "Railroad Bill" say Walter is not the man. A- South Carollnlnn- Matllatfil, By Southern Associated Prewa. Jacksonville, July l.'t. ? A special to the Tiin?t<- Union from River Junction, Fla.f says: Three unknown white men, who were drinking, mutilated a young man named Myers in n manner x that cannot^ be dcscrilsd. Myers was un conscious when found aiid will die. Ho came here from jjouiii Carolina a week ago. Te Settle (he Mora Claln. By Sonthcni Associated Pre*s. Madrid. July Rt. ? A committee of the ministers ap|>ointcd to -Consider what <f?cti??*i slnndd be taken by Spain in con nection with the demand of the United States regarding the Modk claim, has decided to advise the cabtb?4 t-> n?* , the claim loimodUtel/. T??H ( III ISKII COI I MHIA A St'iiKuiiuu CuurvruiuK lift I* Punctured. lly Southern Associated I'ress Washington, l>. c. July IS. -Secre tary Herbert ways he hat a cablegram from Capt. Sumner, commanding the Columbia fit Southampton, elating that the vessel in dry dock appeared to be straining ami that he or4ur?d the water admitted. I'pon Moating the vessel all evidences of strain disap peared and the vessel is apparently uninjured. When the purpot of Secretary 1 1 ??rl ?f?r i cablegram from Capt. Hutnncr l>itMino kubwn atxuil tlio Navy I >e|>ari innil, as it rapidly did, the gravity of the mutter hivaino exaggerate! and rumors wore olr eiilated that tho famous crulst r had been maliciously Injured in thick and that a surreptltous attempt had l?oen made uj ruin her. OHloem who are familiar with docking big ships an/l who are thorough, ly Informed as to the tdreiigih of the erulser declare that tho unetpial settling on the supporting blocks of such a heavy vessel U common and though attended with Home danger, is readily and (re?juenl ly avoided hy exactly tho precaution ob served l?y Oapt. Sumner that of IWUiik the dock and Moating the ship. The Col. umbla weighs over 7,(X>0 tons, confined lit It hreadtll of r.N feet ail>l dlslrihoU'd over a length of 112 foot. it has heen repeated ly demons! rated that a ship is never Kuh Jeet to such great strata In dock as in a stormy s?-a. In the latter ease, wh t he waviw are long, a ship Is some timer* supported only at the extreme en. Is. 'IU?e Columbia wan placid in the dock under Secretary llerliert's orders to clean her hull for the rac?v against -time across the ocean. It will be easy to determine whether "die h.is tieen permanently strain ed by running her t nglnes and seeing if their alignment has licen affected. The Columbia has already cost the (Sovorn inent over $:t,o<HUHvj. Iteferrlng to the sensational alleged cable dispatches of the Chicago Associat ed Press dated Southampton. .Inly I'J, to the effect that the I'lilled Stall's ship Columbia had sustained serious injuries In dry dock, the Secretary of the Navy an tho:lz>i-t the statement that the docking was not well done; that the ship was being strained and that lie (Capl. Kunincr) would therefore leave the dock, but Capt. Sntiinor naftl the damages were not scrl. Oil's. On July ilth Capt. Sur?m-*r ?tolcgrnp'hed his opinion that all* was rlgnt and that the ship was coaling. The department, rely ing upon Idie judgment and statem< tits of Oapt. Sumner, ha* not changed ll?< orl. gin.il order for tho Columbia to come home at full speed, natural drti.ght. Neither she nor the New York has yet sailed. fiiitlsfnctory Te*t?. j Secretary 1I< rbort received a repirt this ' morning of test* of the Amphltrlt hav ing returned to Fortress Monroe from .1 trip at sea last night. She had \>een or dered to go out and fire her big ?en inch rifles dlrtetly fore ati<l af? over her "leeks j to see If any damage woul I be done to the vessel . The report from the inspeo. ' Hon board shows that nothing w.u< In jured ami tlcjrtby ? ttles one of the vexed disputes among naval oHiccrs abo it phis claws of sldfcs, many high officers having declared that no onr rouli live umt-T the fore and aft "leeks when the hig guns w re lired from the deck three times s'ralght ahead or astern. It was not deemed tie. slrable to make a practical !wl of this kln<i upon any human being, but fc.nr healthy sheep were shipped from Nor folk and tied up In such a manner that the foil force of the concussion would roj;ch them. Inasmuch as they are rtlll "alive mutton?," and have apparently suf fered no It convenience, the demonstration of the inaccuracy of tihe theorh* .np'-uxi eil Is regarded as complete. Secretary Herbert Is warmly praised for Insisting on practical test<* to demonstrate disputed theories and there will h?reafter lie no fear of firing the guns of arty of the new chips in any direction over "the decks. HIS FOURTH WIPFJ. The IirnilliiK Flicnrr In SeimnlloitRl Trliiln Mnrrlo*.. By Southern Associated Press. "*iy Chicago, III.. July 14. ? A special from Ran Francisco ways: Dr. J. Milton Poweis. the head of ll>e most sensa tlonal | oiaop case In California crlml r..il mnrlp, was secre.tly married to his fourth wife, a woman who be lt leniled him when he lay in the shad ow ?-f the gallows for months. Hnw ers i ii.'i tried Miss Mary Bird, a San Jiihj t< acher, May 27. last, at Denver, hut the fact has Just leaked out here. Bowers, whose specialty Is medicine io women's diseases, lias had a re ninrktible career. On November I. 18%5, his third wife, Cecil 1 in Bowers, died under sui plciotis eircuinstances. H?r brother, Henry Benhayon, on the fol lowing day, complained to the police that l..?wers had poisoned his sister, as he wanted to marry Miss Bird, of tvli'.'iu he was enamored, Bowers was A DIF.t, WITH KMVBS.' Two You mk Farmer* Cut I'.neli Other X early to Death. By Southern Associated Press?. I>ouisviile, Ky? July H.? Meagre de tails have been received here of a des perate cutting affray in Shelby county, in which two y<iuiii,; farmers almost hacked each other to picces. The phy sicians say both will die. The men arc Isaac Huffman and Marshall ear ner. Huffman owns a farm, and Gar ner, who lately came to this i?tat? from Tennessee, worked on an adjoining form. They had an altercation today from some unknown cause and both drew knives and began slashing at cftcTi other. They only ceased cutting when they were so weak from loss of blood that they could no longer stand. Drndl)' Street Duel. By Southern Associated Press. Ardflia, Mo., July 14. ? Constable James and Farmer Samuel John son were deadly enemies and both went armed. They met yesterday near town and both fired. Johnson fell dead with a bullet through his heart. James surrendered' and claims self-defence. ^ 4 A Yneht CapiiliM. By Southern Associated Press. South I la ven, Mich., July 14. ? The yacht Arctic started for Saugatuek to day with the owner. II. S. Tisworth, Mini builders Colli en <v Kiiiison, miiu ca|? sized a Is mt two miles out. Kinking at once. The life Having crew found only ? cap. tl All Cromwell's descendants In the direct line arc extinct, but according I to The I/ondon World he in th? lineal : ancestor through fir-males of a numcr- ! ous progeny. Among the many dla- j tlngulshed men who trace their blood [ to. Mm jo Sir John bubtwek. < THE WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN. tiii: roM>iTio\ nr tun i imr v A H I ICS . I OTTO N IS .h >i \ i . I . V\l> mi hi: 10 \\ 101'. H S l.\TK. 'I'll*- * oru l)i'|K'iuln till I'' ill tire II II t II M ( \ > I u 1 1 1 1 >i. i , S .inly |i? Very ? -t?m pletc reports I rum I'vcrj counts \\ civ received. eovciiUK the past wo k. ami tliry show lliiit tin- past week condit ion itl' the various crops .I i IV,' iv widely, not So III IK-ll a* ImI Weill (III- ililVrl'I'Ilt pot' ? lions of the Stall- as I >? ? t \\ ??? *i i different sect ions W tlii- saute counties, depending on whether tin- | ?ln ???> has hceu favored l?> sullicicnt lain. The tains lor tin past ntoiitli or luot'i' liavo hceu in (lie form of show ers ami the.v w err very par lial: where the seasons were favorable clops ate in splemliil eomlilion, ti n< I elsew here I lie.v vary almost dircctly w ith the amount of rainfall. The tirst com ilition imltnles two thirds ami possibly moti* o( I lie State. l.icc oil collou are still destructive in Pickens ami (ircctivillc counties, where lice were never known before. There was a severe wind storm, ae conipan.vliiK a thunder florin, on the Stli, ( Monday I most severe over Ander son, A hticvillc, I'ickctis, ami \ikcti eoitii ties, where llees and fences were liloWII down, crops leveled and much ureeii fruit I il< twit oft' the litis As the coin was not m tassel it straightened up a^ain; tln*ve was a wind storm with hail in Kcrtdiaw counts on ilic Dili that damaged corn which had not lieen laid by as it cannot lie ploughed auiin; i!so a slightly destructive wind storm in < hiiiiKeliuin county on the loth There was generally less than an aver ajre amount of Kiinsliine over the entire State, and this condition was said !<? have lieen on the whole lietieticial, es pccially so where there was a lack of rain, as the clouds protected the crops from the withering cffects of the hot sun. The lime included within tin* pa.st week is ordinarily (lie period of greatest lien I in the State. IMiring the remain der of the month and during August there is a slow lowering <>f the normal tempera t lire, averaging less tliaii a de ^ ree a week until September wlieii the lowering becomes more rapid. The daily mean teinperature was lie low tin- normal each tiny of the past week in the Interior, with departure:* averaging alsiut 'J degrees per day; <>n the eoast tlie temperature war* more nearly normal with an average ul less tTian one helow. The highest teinperature reported was lfMI on the nth at Keaufort; the lowest Til on the Jot It at Spartanburg. The mean tempore lire of the week for tin' State was about S2. ami the normal for the same period is approximately Nil. The rainfall for the week was slightr ly deficient, but very unevenly dislrihul-\ I'd. The showers on the Nth (Monday) were <|liite general, and in places verj / heavy over tin* western and central counties and light iiIoiik the eoast. They were very beneficial where siiHiclciil in amount. There were showers in the extreme eastern count iftO oil the 1'Jtli. 1 ;u h ami 1 It I), and light, partial show ers in the north western and northern comities on the Kith and 14th. The heavy rains ou the lTitli will be embodied hi tile next bulletin. In cluding with the week's rainfall thai which fell on the Nth, and excluding that of the loth, there were eight places thai rejvirteTl over 2 inches for the week; 10 with amounts between 1 and 2. incite*, and 1!? with less than an inch. The average of .*'?S rebuts is 1.2K, and normal for the State for the Haute period is approximately l.JM!. (Jreatesl ^amount for the week at Mc<!oll.\ All reports indicate that cotton con tinues small and iH from two to three weeks late; It is generally in healthy condition except in portions of Pickens ami (!reen\i!le coiiiilies. where lice have appeared for the tirsl time In the history of cotton culture in that r-eclion. and in portions of Barnwell county, where it is firing and turning yellow; rust has also appeared in various scattered localities, 11 is putting on squares, blooming and fruiting freely, but owing t ?? tin- small j weed the crop cannot make more than a I average, It is said. Sea Island cot ton only half its uMial si/.e at this time of the year. It has been too dry in many places for early corn, which has about all been Taid by; it is In its earing stage, and it depends on timely rain whether it will make a good or |?oor crop; later corn is doing very well ami looks promi** jug. especially on lsittoin lands- in a lew localities grass is getting the advantage. A large acreage of peas has been planted, and the work of sowing stub hie laud continues; a fairly Rood stynd of peas has been obtained everywhere, some late planting germinating poorly. Watermelons are ripening very fa*? and lieing shipiied; they are quite plenti ful, generally, and in localities there a pom market for them. Tobacco harvesting and curing is under w?< and the- crop so far gathered is said to Is- of superior quality; I lei ontip* c%rop Ih n Hue 0110. on tho Ooopor nwl AhIiI?\v rivtT* is in line growing condition, and it looks promising in the Georgetown district; upland rise is doing well generally. Gardens MifTcred very milch for want of ratn, more so than any other vegeta tion, and in many localities they are practically ruined. Th? acreage devoted to sweet |m>i? t<?? continues much less than on form er jrear*. owing to rfeurcily of s/-ed In the ami pine*', the *?~ircii,? oi i?ii|i? ami the tinftiVMVMt! weather for planting the slii??; some report great improvement in the growing vines. Fruit continues fairly plentiful; lilack berrles a failure in Fairfield; fruit scarce near Florence; i 'cache* ripening slowly; promise of it full- crop of grnfie*: apple* plentiful, hut small and of poor quality. Turnip sowing begun; also plowing i for foil potato crop and track generally. mii mw i. i t, itthi* flu* Town W ii* In a hi* l?%t*|t<*~ 1111*11 1 . n.v Soutlmrn \ Msoila I I'tl IV'kS, I 'li.t i lulti1. \. i'., .Inly ir? . A spyoifit | in iln' I U>>it\ i r Irniii I,i \IhkI?'m says (It. ii Slirinwi'll was ai ? | it 1 1 ifi| tHr ilii* 1 1 1 1 1 i't 1 1 ? r of i i|t I IM I'ayiti* this iiiuI'iiIiik. afliT lu iiiK tuil all t?f Siiiula.v. At 7 l"i i liis itiiti'itiiiK, Sjii i ill l.rtmard l anii- iii tin- Mart h liohsf .i iii I t allitl I'm tin- jud^f III- si tins In ha\i' t 1 1 1 1 ii ' iluwii 1 1 1 1 - slri-t'l \\ 1 1 lit >il t l? In# t?liSiTVt'tl . Ilf tul.l thf iu.lKi' thai I lit* jury ilt-slnd ii lit 1 1 1 - in st riift Itin Tin1 sIutIIV nturiii'd in I lit t'oiirl Iiuum' a nil ,*mnt flic tin- prlsmmr. .Inst as tlii' prlsnmr rfai'lmd tlir roiirt liiiiis,' n|i-|i.s-, i \itj limit Iii tn\\ ii a|i|ii'ar fit in liavi' m'i'H Iii iii. and with i * ii?> at1 t ni-tl all rnshi'tl tn tlu' fiitni linusi*. Tlmy t'niilil lie st't'ii itiiiuiin lit in i all <| i i*i'< Hulls. Mi ll rnsllt'tl nllt til' llli' rttul'i'M In thilr shirt slii'N't's, a lit I jui t limit* mats mi as limy rail. Wnnmn It'll llmlr liniiu'S a i it I nisliiil to tin* mvim. A jurnr wantid sonm Insmii'tlmiK wlili'li w i ? 1 1 ? uivi'ii, aTli f w 1 1 1 1 -1 1 (lit' jury attain ri tiri'il tn tlifir rnniu, ami in tlmr lulu nits rt - 1 1 1 r lift) with a vorillrt natly. Am thf.i i ami' In tn la Uf thi lr Hi'als tin- an ? I tit '<? was as still as iloatH, ami tlm fli'i'k askril tin' |ifl.snni'f tn stand ami hoar thi" vi'i'tlli'l . ' I' I if prlHotmr arosf. ami sttiml a s linn ami 1 1 f t f ri 1 1 1 n ?>< I . look iiiK as it In* lutil his life in his own ha litis. lie InnKi'tl a Lit t It* pair, hut m >1 iimri' sn than usual. My him sal his lit tli* hoy, lii'i'iiint, a nil aronml lilin Wi'i'f his I'lirinls ii i n 1 t nil nst'l . As lit* ai'nsf tin* j Ut I iif askftl tin* Jury if limy had si'li't ti ll Hi itui' niit tn s.icak fm* llii'in, As lit- rlnHi'il s|nakiiiK I !??* Dill uray In arilfil Ouakcr ih-sii mlaut ralsi-d him st It a 1 mil t tn a hall' upright pnsluri' ami saiil. "Nut yiillty . " It it lutil nut hi'i-n IHr tin' tiumly waruliiK nt the juil^i* one sltli' nt tilt' llttust'. It Si'i'lllt'il, UmUld ha Vi* >pl II UK In Sin - III W'lJI, hut llli'.V 1 1 II li- 1 1 y taint- ami xhook tin* hand nt' t lit* prlsmi ii- at tor hf was dlsi'harKi'il Ilis wife had 1 1 1 > t ifarlii'd thf fimrt linusf. Slit lifiird nn tin- sliii't that tin- jury had si* ii I I'm* tin judnf . Shi' was ih i\ Inn a pair nl Imrsfs In a luitrr.y as thf m* w s iv;i lifd ln*r ftirs. Sin' laslu'd thf horsi** and niatlf I'nr thf rourl lunisf. Kim ? ami' in with In r fat i* I ? r if^ Ii t i*ii 1 1 1 u, walk nl fast ilnwn I lit- aislf, sprain; tn lu*r hnshaml. ami thri-w lift* arms ahmit hit iiffk and klssi'd 1 1 1 1 ii . MIM1HS N WIN IllilCI) 'I'lioy Hail lleeii Operation t'uilcr n ?Set of KiiIhc Weight*. I?y Southern Associated Proas. I 'It tsburg, I'n.. July Hi. Today Secre tary Warner. ? ? f (he minors organiza tion. appeared at I ho ofllce <>f Aldor inan Madden. and made an informa tion charging Coal operator T. I"). Sti'aln, ? ?f tin- Phoenix Mines, at Idle wood, with stealing coal from his em ployes. Tin* WelglimuHto r. T. 11. Mar shall, cmploj'cd l>y Strain, was also made a party to the suit and warrants wi'iv i ii ? -<1 . For some time tho min ers have suspected that they wore tho victims ?if fa Iso weights and a strict watch was set on Strain's wales. Last wi'fk tin- weights "sod at tho mlno were confiscated and officially tested I >y ^Jie Fairbanks Scale Co. Tho scrllo manufacturers pruiioiinccd the weights* fraudulent, and estimated that tho1 ^weight balanced the arm about 300 pounds on the long sldo. This falsity required tho minor to dig from 2,200 to 2.:io6 weight for every ton. There are 1 2.'? men employed in Hteain's mine nml the fraud was carried on under n till per cent ton basis. The informa tlon is made under tho Checkwelght inan law and is the first of Its kind. In t lie i- veil t of conviction of the above suit the miners will enter civil suits to recover whatVlhey have lost through fraudulent weights, which, In the ag gregate, amounts to hundreds of tons of coal. Iltril Win* the I'rl*e Home and My Southern Associated Press. Asbury Park, N. J., July 15. ? The filial heat of the special two-mile, class P. handicap race, for a JG00 horse and carriage, postponed by the rain at the League of American Wheelmen national meet Saturday, was run off I Ids afternoon, 'with other events hasti ly arranged. A large audience saw P., II. Mird, of St. Paul, scoop the prize in a driving liiiiHli, with Harnett and Harry. I'ald, from llic scratch, dropped out after riding a mile in 2.17 a ii' I fa I II i ik to <-a tch t lie Held. Kum iiiarics: Two mile handicap, class H, won by P.. I: Mild, Ifio yaids, A. II. Harnett, Plaiiili'l.l, N. J., iso yards, second; J l-ied Harry, Syracuse, 120 yards, l liird. Time < ui? mile, open, class A. linal heat won by II. P Moclier. Ilarleni; Joe Ifariisou, Anbury Park, second; C. Iloefer. St. Paul, third. Time 2:29. one mile, ("lass H, won by<.Arthur ('?ardiner. Chicago; Angus MdT<nod, Hi*. i nt ford, <int., second; Fred J. Titus, New York, third. Time 2:27 1-5. I ONSKHV ATIVKM OHGAMZK. Tin-) W III Itnvf Hut One I'lnnU In iliu Plutform. Spa i tanburg. S. <".,July 16. ? (Special.) The Conservatives met here today in convention, with representatives from all parts of the county, l^r. yJf P. Kilgore, a prominent merchant**^ Woodruff . was elected county chair man. and J. J. Hurnett, ICs<|., ii rising youiiK lawyer, was elected secretary. It was decided to go Into the primary election, having a platform wlUi but one plank, towlt : That the constitu tion to l?e framed b*? summit ted back to the people for ratification. The fol lowing gentlemen were named as del ??rb' to la* voted for by the Conser vatives; H. J. Simpson, lawyer; John Dewberry, farmer; T. B. Martin, farm er; J. 11. Kilgore, merchant; H. II. Arnold, farmer; J. K. Webster, law yer, and C. T. Hcalfe, Baptist minis ter. C. I'. Banders, Kaq.; was nomina ted for Btate Senator, to fill out th* unexpired term of Congressman-elect Wilson. \ , | Sir William Harcourt has made a j stand, but will lie Ul^C AJXtf t? That's the <jucstiou. * J iricvci.K hacks. CiuriaKC. ENDEAVORERS ADJOURN. I.VIW.I :v|' ( UNV lONTIO.X l\ T1IH \\ (>l( I, It's IIISTOIt V. L . M.UN M I'S llia.ll Al l. Ot'fCH Til 10 CITY . IMIu rl uwttft'u Wero Mmlc to t'olut* of V it r I on m lntoroat. Hy Sou t li. ru Associated Press. Hoston. Mass.. July 15. ? Nature wip ed her eyvs (tils morning. and there was promise of bright skies for tho closing day of tin- k t Christian Kn dcavor con soul Ion. Tlio iisunl early morning pyayer meetings In twenty one churches were well attended, and tin- throngs In Mechanic's Hall and the tents when the meetings opened \v idl jfvsi Hied to the sustained enthu siaffu of (lit' you iik delegates, in Me ehanlc's Hall, aftey the opening praise service, MIns Aiiiui i?. Mel^aury, of Hoston. gave her address In ten min utes assigned for InNjrmatlnn concern Inir Christian Kndeavojr missions. Tho morning subject in Tent Wllllston waa "The Scholarship of the World for < 'hrlst . " Ti nt lOniloavor had the same general topic as Tout Wllllston. and after the praise service, conducted by George C. StvltldiiH had Inspired the assembly, Kev A ?? Cobb, p. p.. of Springfield, III., opened the speaking with a strong it d dress on the call to Christian Kn deavorers for service In unlikely places . Noon meetings were held In Hroom tleld Street chimb and Fanuell HhII, N. Hunt, of Minneapolis, conduct Inn the former and ltev. Francis R, Smiley, of Denver, the latter. Mvan Kelistic services were held In various parts of l lie city, conducted by State and city delegations. No services were held Py the Christian Kndeavor con vention in the tents or hall this after noon, tint llve^pllKrtniageH were made by as many groups of delegates, to places of historic Interest In Hoston and vlelnlty. These were the first of a series \fhleh will be extended furth er from the city during tho remaining days of this week. Perhaps the most Important and In teresting of these trips was that to the Washington Kim, near Harvard [ Square, In Cambridge, where the first Pivsldent took command of the Conti nental army. Nearly a thousand peo ple had gathered around this tree at 2:110, when the commemorative exer cises commenced. Itev. D. N. Reach, D. D.. of Cambridge, presided. Ho said In part: "The design of these pilgrimages Is not to glorify the United States or those historical thiols, but to stir the hearts of all people In admiration and love for courage and fidelity to duty and noun try. lie called attention to the neighboring homes of Holmes, l/ongfellow and Lowell, and the most noted educators now living," and con cluded: -V "Hero under this tree, let us conse crate ourselves to civic righteousness, holiest aspiration and noblest living." lie then Introduced Rev. 8. P. Hose, of Montreal, who wild the vlotory of Washington, wan the victory of com mon liberty. City Forester Doherty dlHtrlbuted among the visitors from, distant places about 7(X) bits- of. wood from the Kim, and the 'company then ' vlated the Honfellow house. Three thousand attended the exer cises at Hunker Hill, which opened with the sinking of "Amerlcd." Rev. C. R. Rrown, of the WJnthrop Congre gational church, Charlestown, Mass., called the gathering to order and acted as presiding officer. Hon. Charles Car leton CofTln was then Introduced and gfifVe a graphic description of the bat tl/i of Hunker Hilt. "CJod Save the a/ueen," was sung, and then Profes sor W. W. AnirewK, of Mount Allison University. Hockvllle, N. R., made an addrcHS. Ilfo dwelt upon the peact which now exists between the people of the United States and Great Britain and expressed the hope that war would never come again between the two na tions and that Canada might serve as mediator to prevent It and to keep up the good feeling which now prevails. At the Old South Church/ Rev. E. 8. Tead, of Somervllle, presided, and Af ter a few words of welcome, introduced Mr. Edwin I). Mead, editor of the New England Magazine, who gave an able and interesting historical address. Rev. Ilcnry Montgomery, of Belfast, Ire land, wan the last speaker. The exer*-' clsi-s closed witli the singing of "A merlca." At the Old North Church, Rev. Dr. Utile presided. The old chimes were running from 2 to 2:30 at the expense of the Ohio delegation. Another pil grimage was made to Faneull Hall, where Rev. Nehemlah Ho>nton, D. D., of Boston, presided, and addresses were made by Rev. Anderson Rogers, of Nova Scotia and Rev. E. C. Proctor, of noston. > I Krt.l.KIt Ills COMrASIOX. And Then I'lnrpd *hc Hnrir In the take, Sanflernvlllo, f!a., July H>. ? (Special.) I-i?t Friday luorninv. Janon Small, colorcil, was drowned t:i ? Iiik-1 In the Oxwhw Rwauip about nilbx from Davisl>oro In thin county , IF.* "hh with I?ll>ert Illlton, another negro. Hilton reported tin- drowning md a |??irty re rovorcd the body, Juit upon cxamJnation and Investigation, nunplclou of foul play ? ,md murder wan aroused. An Impicst wan held over the dea^ body, and tes timony was broil ght^tfiit, n bo win* that murder had been cofniydKed. Illlton xvns arrested and placed in jatl here, " to await a commitment trfal which will Iki next Friday/' Home "of the beat clt* ixen* from Davlsboro were here today and express themselves as beini eonfl that the nn fort waste mgro mnrdered and place*! to the lake. TB tragedy wjlj ba fnfitr toVeatlfntjd. ~ NBTOWN.Wm.r