Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|CANAL DEAL ENDS. fflfroposiliocs May Be Mfde Looking ; to (HJier ArraogemeiiU, COLOMBIA REJcCTS ALL OFFEIS. tier Minister Inform* tl?? State D? * partment That He Cannot Accent the Lwt Proposition of tlie United , , states, ' ? ? ? Washington, special.? The cabinet meeting WH* devoted almost exclusive ly to the consideration ?f th? status of th<i reciprocity with Cuba ami the *??nal treaty with Colombia. The tltchey that have occurred in the ns rotiatlons were discussed, as also wore the prospects of settlement. Secretary Hny, while presenting the fcubj^ot the canal ? negotiations to ^tlie cabinet. was not aljl?f to report ?h*fc i\ny progress bad been fc^de dur fc** the past Wj;wk. In fact, appears *ihat. ??he negotiations 'have cbn??* to a ?lead, styp and while no ?Uch thing as sn ultimatum hqp passed, the precise Bituattoft* may be described in the ftt&U4n?fcl that the Colombian minister here, Concha, has distinctly informed ?the State Department. that he cannot in n' hlo "*?" *??>*" ' ~ 4ttt "last proposition of the United fitates as the basis of a canal treaty. Tin; Htate Department hfits already let it Ih? known that It has Come to the end *>f Its concessions, Ho the chances of 41 renewal of the negotiations in the ji?ar future arc not very bright. This stato of nffairs^vill stimulate tlir negotiations with Nicaragua and Rica for the alternate route, but it now appears that the" diplomatic representatives of these .countries are not. disposed to allow themselves tc, 1k? used to coerce Colombia and they ?ih* therefore drstrmre-of remaining 1n background until it shall be clearly wr^tpMIshed that no treaty can be made MJ-glwcfcn Colombia and the United states. ? President Roosevelt laid before the ,*>ahlhej hia annual message to Ccn ^:ro?R in complete form. It was sent to I hp printer Tuesday, V- " I? ' Judge Wright Appointed. Washington, Special. ? The President 8' kg dec Med to airpfttnt Judge Francis 3i?l Alright, now Jttdgc of the Circuit Appellate ?ourt of Illinois ,to the vr j auey on the Court of Claims caused by the death of John Davis. Judge Wright was primarily endorsed by the Illinois delegation in Congress and after hla capabilities had been investi _j pateid by" the Attorney 'General It was tfo'elcled to appoint him. Judge Wright 3 h from the dlatrtet represented liy 3Jepre?entatlvc Warner, He | veter an of tl>p civil war and a \mi known Jurist. Tjast summer %'alle at Oyater Bay. the President tendered the ap pointment of }ndger of the Court of ?Claims to Senator "McLaur lh , of Soutii Carolina,' but after a ojne consideration Senator McLaurin declined the proffer. The:-Presldent als<|; announced hl3 dc - <ieioii to appo'jftt Ashley M, Ooulri. of this cltj", as Associate Justice of the fe ? -w^uprcme Ce^rt ^rt^the District of Co ^umbla. - Virginia Preacher; Located, Richmond Va.?- fecial,? After a lengthy debate the Virginia Conference vpmandedjto the local ranks Rey.Jftgbt.J C. CJaj'Tsbd, a minister of six years' stugpfng and without his request granted him a location. it was the_ ?plnoh of n majority of eight delegates *4iat be is not adapted to the ministry. * re-solution signed -by Hishop Gran rry and ^)th?f3 IfivRIng the General unfereneeo* the M. B. Church. South, hold Its next meeting in Richmond s adopted. The Conference also do led, to meet ojsxt year In Charlottes >l.o. Serious Shooting. ^ Charleston. S. C., Special. ? A special to The News and rnnriay Nich olas,' 3. C., says: "A .serious shooting occurred here about 5 o'clock Mon day afternoon, rebutting in the almost instant death' of Mr. Duston II. Sarvls, and the severe, though not serious wounding of . Miss Jody M. Burn 3. Two ahots were fired, but as to who fired them It Is not yet known. Miss Hurts Mates ?4bat--$arvls fired both - "^hutw; iiliootinb her first, men Uifinss -J^ tht revoiver on himself. Salr*4s w?t* afcont ttr years of age, and Vas'^e* ? nagod. in the study of telegraphy here. His Ji<n?* is near Ixuris Horry county." ^ ? -- Death of Col. Ochiltree. Hot Springs, Va., Special.? Col. B. Ochiltree" died ber? at l%o'?lock ? Tfc^sday ot heart trouble. H% had been in a sinking condition yesterday morning and tt is a surprise to UliJ physician, Dr. F. W. C^plh ,a* well as to othert, that he i^ytd until Tues day. He was ocatolou#' in the mora in j bat soon gretf much woise and iofct 1. tonsciouanlUa again. He died without pain. Arrangement a for his funeral ft bft tt'AOV.feXr' friends ia New York. Xjm rr ' 1 r- *vvv <0. c 3W* ? ? A SERIOUS COLLISION Train No. 33 011 the Southern Rum Into Wild Freight Cars, dharlotte, N. C.. Special. ? No. 35, the southbound night passenger train on the Southern Hallway, was wrecked as It entered the Spartanburg yard about 2 o'clock Monday morulng. The colored fireman wg* killed, and En gineer A. 11. Solomon, of Charlotte, was seriously Injured and liaggage master Joe Mitchell, also of Charlotte, was hurt, but how badly could not he learned. Throe white passengers and a colored woman were Injured, the latter probably fatally, but their nanus coyld not be learned. The wreck occurred on a cur' ? near the Dea'umont Mills at the Spurtau burg yard limits. Three box ears be came detached at the junction, two miles distant and rau down the main line at great speed, When thoy collid ed with the passenger thalli the engl^a end three cure, the express and bag gage care ?nd one coach left the track, and the cars were demolished. Engineer Solomon had an arm broken and Is thought to be Injured Internally. Baggage Master Mitchell was among the Injured. A short time after the accident ev ery physician In Spartanburg hurried to the scene and everything Dosaible '%ds done"7br*the relief of the in jured. 0 The cars were going down grade at ; an Incredible rate of speed and when j thoy struck the engine It wae turned 1 completely around. Saloon Wrecked. ; Mahony City, Pa., Special. ? The , most destructive dynamiting outrage that has occurred In the thee oal re gions since the strike began was per petrated here at 5 o'clock Sunday morning. The dynamite; with fuse at tached, was placed on the bar of tlm saloon of Christopher Portland. >Thef front part of the building \^as blo\tn across the street and the adjoining fcfilldlngs on either side were badly wrecked. Windows were broken ift ev ery house In the square. Portland and t heather members of the famllyk were; sleeping on the third floor and escape! without serious injury, although all were thrown from their beds. Port laud's two uona are' non-union men and worked during the strike. I r Resigned on Account of Organ. Lexington," Ky., Special* ? The with drawal of Rev. Jameti W. McGrevy, president of the Bible College of Ken tucky "University from the Broadway Christian church, Rename final Sun* day. when that church, by a vote of 261 to 202, adopted the organ for use iu worship. He opposed it on scriptural grounds, being noted througout the denomination for his utterance! against It. Two factions developed iu the church and the campaign was lit tense. Rev. J. W. Scarcity, late pro hibition candidate fftr Congress, has also withdrawn, and Prof. Henry <H. White, former president of Kentucky University, and others,, say ' they will ie&ve the church when the organ Bhall be put In use. A Narrow Escspe. Richmond, Special. ? A Baydton, Va., special says Colonel J. Thomas Goodc, who lives six miles from here, a mem. ber of the State board of agriculture, had a narrow escape froqt death Mon day by poison. Acontte. a deadly paiioh \ a; emptied Into a glass and left in tlfr~jn?s8 to be thrown away, and as aconite) Is colorless, the colonel mis took \\j for water and poured more wa ter In and drank freely of it. As soon as the mistake was discovered strong emetics wire used and the sufferer wa soon Relieved. His physician says the dose 'twould have ended his- life in a ry short time had not the tui.\ics Mi-n u?*?l r-cmptly. The Klll'ng of Fitzgerald. Washington. Special.? The State De partment received reports from Dr. Hunter, minister at Gautemala City, and Consular General McNally. aic the same place, regarding the case of God frey Hunter. Jr.. and Secretary Bailey, of the American legation there, who were parties to the shooting affray re sulting in the death of Wjjt. Fitsger I aid yesterday Mr. McNally's latest l ad.Tir.ctlglXjtjake lluc jiapect .ot a shocking jind cold-blooded murder, talking ft appear that Secretary B;vltey was a party to the, ?rhne. holding, up ;41tigereld with a revolver in troat while Hunter shot the man from he L hind. ?' . 'I i-'t? ipi.wii" ? i . ? ? Dr. Hunter to Be Relieved. Washington, Special. ? The recent tragedy at Guatemala City, In which Wm. Fitzgerald lost his life, may have the effect of hurrying to his post Mr.' t Coeahf, of Loutsvine. the new minister ' to Central America. wh9 auoceeda Dr. Godfrey ftupter, the retiring minlater. it If r?o?giti*ed here tbat Dr. Hxmter# can hardly remain tenable and toy>ihi* rfano* he Jto dwl>t _F?aW llVeJnir U retired rety-soon. GUN MAKER IS DEAD Demise of the Man Wlio Involution, ized Modern Warfare KRUPP PASShS Sl'DDLMV AWAY Sortlt rtystery Connected Willi His Su ldcn Death, I' ?t No Suspicion ol Suicide Berlin, My Cable.? Herl* Iirupp, tho great gun-maker rthrt tho wealthiest thart in Germany, <tie<l suddenly from apoplexy Saturday noon, at hi3 villa at Iluegal. Herr Krupp hart been III for several days unrt a report of his condition was tclegraphfd dally to liin wife, who had bech several month* in Jeha, tiftdbl' mod leal treatment. Con cerned by the latest dispatches re garding her husband, Fiau Krupp left Jena yesterday, accompanied by Prof. Blnswanger, of the medical facility ot the UttlVeVulty there, She will re?ni Ruaeh early Sunday moriltltg. Accord ing to the medical r&poKa, his physi clans succeeded lh rfeatbrlrtg llerr Krupp to consciousness, but the pa tient soon relapsed Into insensibility, lie died t?t 3 o'clock. In the meantime, lire uirccrorB ot* tirv Krupp works and Herr Krupp'* solicitors had been hum moncd, They bud a consultation after hiB death a ltd caused a bulletin an tiouheihg his death to be posted at thft works at 6 o'clock. ?* The first question I bat everybody anked wfts*. "Hid Herr Krupp cotpnul J SUlcide?" Thftre set ms to be no te.-ti- , mony to support this suggest Ion, tho physician* in attendance resolutely I nssqrtluK that the <????* waft simply blld j of apoplexy. That Hjiisldernble time j fcldpsod after death before the news was announced i? taken by some-par-.? ^sons to Indicate that the ca.use a f death Is somewhat obscure. Near friends of the dead man who are. aware df tho great mental distress into which the recent publication in The Vorwaerts had thrown him, repro duced, as It was, in adjacent titles and telegraphed Uver the World, are cbhOdellt that the charges? contained in the story Induced his death. -Herr Krupp's villa, where he died, ik several miles from lfofcen. The fcrcnt gun-maker lived there in almost feudal fanliloh attd the pla.ee is unapproach able, nobody being admitted within the gatts except poilce, the directors of the Krupp works and the under takers and their assistants. The ofil clais and employes of the Krijj1;) works yesterday called ft public rt? act ing for the objcct of expressing ihdig* nation ftt the charges made by Tha Vorwaerts. The meeting assembled at 1 1 : $(Lp'clock this morning, but before a dtfp'utdtion could be appointed to convey to Herr Krupp expressions of loyalty and confidence it was learned, that his condition was toO 6orloii*T for *hixn to recclve such'a deputation. Herr Krupp was not regtujdfcd as a hard master by his workmen*: He main tained variOTft institutlpna at. Esseu for their benefit and built hundreds of mode) houses on sanitary pricipleB for their use. charging for them a mod- $ erateVrental. Moderate estimates of the fortune of the deceased place It at $12Sji60.0nn, and bin annual income _ilurimc. -hia.-r went years of prcspgrttyi at $10,000,000. It is understood in Esaen that tb? great works created by Herr Krupy will be placed In the hsnds of trus tees for the benefit of Frau Krupp and her dfflighters. Emperor "\\llliem. upon learning of the death of llerr kKrupp, sent a telegram to the dircc- * tors of the works at Essen, eulotjiz ing Herr Krupp and expressing sym pathy. Chicago Postoff'ce Robbed. Chicago, Sneclal. ? The Chicago postoffice was the victim Sunday night of one'' of the most daring robberies that has ever been perpetrated^ in thi# city. Ten thousand dollars is tho amount believed to have been secured by the robbe:*, who made his escape without leaving any clew to his iden tity. ftdw niton KircTiUyfTcers." New Orleanff, B]peclHl.^-Tfie Ameri can Federation of Labor/reflected the following officers S7 President. SArouel tytotperB; first v4ce pf^ldent, James thincan ; "second vice preKfdeni,^ Job n Mitchell; third vice presliWmt^James O'Connell; fourth vke president. Max Morris; fifth vice president. Thos, 1. I^dd; sixth vice president. Dennis A. ' Hf yes ; treasurer. John B. l^ennon: secretary , Frank Morrison; fraternal dele?ate#Jto the next labor* convention of <^aat; Britain. Max 8. Hayes and Martin. Lnwler; tt4ter nil delegate to Canada, John ipolexsan. \Tbo -place nt I he saxt conT?nt|on will be Boston. A Large Collect!?!*. New Yo.k, Special.? Seventy tboua and dollars was rala*d Sunday at a ine^tngbehl tn Carnegie Rail by UtM Metropolitan thtm\ | PilHtos of tba SOITHHRN INDUSTRIAL Jtleorgfa'A Progr***, Comptroller-General Win. A. Wright of Georgia, in hit report to the govern or. has compiled a mu*s of Interesting and valuable (IftiirfH K hoi ii k the ill" crease in propir.v valuer. in the Stale b< tween 1X79 and 1902. T?he nF.srssed value of tin* whoh- taxable property of the State increased from $234 , 959,548 to $467,310,040. Fome of the notable fac lorles from $>.640,000 to $23,494,371 Iron works from $293,040 to $1,415,074, la i I roads fiom $9,8titi.l29 to $55,212,573, hank capital from $1,007,307 to $15. 442. ? 45S. t it y and town renl estate from $(9.0u7.280 to $122, 07 *?>.">, lands from $D(i,493,82:r to $124.7?^18. ^ llva-stock from $21,017,034 to $25.l02.$tf0, furm Implements from $2,971,372 to $0,893, 301, household furniture from $9 150, 404 to $10.01 1.052. merchandise from $12,012,755 to $24,104,341, and money, etc., from $25,518,005 to $33,910,079. Especially sl?nlftoant are tho figures shoving the progress made by tho ne groes h? property holders. That class of thn population owns $15,188,009 worth df assessed property, divided as follows: City or town real estate, $1, 389.422; lands, $4,779,263; live-stock, $2,985,831; tools and implements, $052. 583; household furniture, $1,688,541"; money, eie.. $!?d,33S: merchandise, $90. 223; alii other, $l!??,008. While tho values of all propertied If) the State fcftve Increased a little |e*a than 100 per t'Oilt. BilU'e 1879, ihe VitluefS of negroes' property have ln?-reajsed a little more than 193 per cent. This fact Ik an evi dence of the friendly relations between the whites and n&grbes of the State, manifested in other ways, and at the same tlnio suggests greater achieve ments by the negroes, provided they may be relieved of that, element among them wiiieh in Indolence. vice and crime is u drain upon the whole com munity. tVMlte 1'Iip 'Magnolia Cotton Mill of Con cord, N. ('., Ik toeing established by J. Od^lLjHid Its capacity will ho 100 loonis>yihis ojant Ik of an experlmen la! OhatMcter^atltl H'ill IMiducfi .'I litie bf fini? RorylB not hcretfors ?uad?* in the HtVulh. A. Jarjfre platvt will probably de* vclop from this enterprise. Thomas J. iiartflcld ' u Philadelphia (Pa.) expert, has been/secured '.o act an superiuten dent? L Mess :si Wchry 1>. Hale, W. 3. Cook and O. O. Duncan of Mayfiold, Ky.. have incorporated the Old Woolen Mills Co., with capital stock of $100, 000. and >vi!I establish plant. Ktirtbtl* details Are itbt kdown hs yet. Tfto parties hametl recently purchased l)Uihli|iR6 formerly used for woolen hianufacturing, and it is presumed they proposctve-cfiuipplng titf: struc tures. Ml, A dispatch' from Anderson, 3. C., states that the Oit Cotton Mills of that city has definitely decided to double Its plant. The company ha? a ptsnt of 25, "00 gpihdies rt Jul 7?0 looms, rapitaliKed at $400,000. Tb double the mill would leqdire all expenditure of about the present capital. No confirmation of. the report has been made by the com pany. It is reported that. the Shegwell Cot ton Mills Co. of Westminster, *3 C., will nmke further improvement^, to in elude the erection of a three-story ad*, dltioh and the installation of addition al machinery,. The prebettt .plant has 11,000 flng splpdjes aAd 350 looms. No confirmation of^tfiis report has been given. 4 P il*netta Mills of Lando, 3. C.,~haa let contract for the erection of an -ad ditional building, This Structure Will be t>vo>trtrles high, 75x360 feet. it \i not stated wha't tiew machinery. If any will be installed, but construction work lie a begun on- the ? bulldipg. Present plant has 7000 ring spindles. ? Senboard"1CTrrtTIng*~Hina' of "Hender son. N. C., have passed Into the control of A. C, Zolieeoffee as receiver. The plant will h eoffered for sale at public outcry on !>ecember710. It Is equipped with thirty-three knitting machines, uspff steampower and dyes its product. I Ft rC Howard, superintendent and buyer for Belding Bros. & Co. of Beldlnw. Mich., manufacturers of silk threads and fabrics, h&s been visiting ; HirrninRham, Ala., investigating the ; i">/wbilitlcs for manufacturing raw : fcllk tn that vicinity. j Robert Christie and associates of Co i lora, Md., contemplate establishing fiber works. They b.av.e held a meeting I to further the project, and obtained $4000 in subscriptions to a company if oiganized. It is reported that Messrs. It. A. 1.ewis of Delton, S. C., and E, A. Smythe of Pelser. 8. C.f will build a cotton mill near Stantonvllle, 3. C. In one of the cotton chats of the Draper Company of Ilopedale, Mass., t&ing-Uia .bulk, of tba ^?>tt4m ma chinery. and that South Carolina la the most" prominent Southern State in this respect. He presents, figures showing that of. the total of 64,540 looms lb South Carolina irtltg 27,990 are Nor throp looms. T : 7 ? - _ Hawkinsville (On.) Cotton MUjlt nor/ operating 3000 ring splndTWHTmP ejghty looms, will add sixty 40-inch looms. The company is prepared to consider estimates on furnishing the machines, also on ? clectrical supplies. It is proposed to organize a $100, 000 stock company for the purpose of establishing a cotton factory at Jack sonville, Ala. Reports state that J. L. McComb. a South Carolina cotton mill o^rtw^is leading the. movement. . SswrcT L. Heine*. m East MlnJ ?tB?L_M6 Fjaincifcp. Cat, waata-to obtain the agency for eale of a " and medium Him of blue and white I matte 1 Both Parl'es lo (tic Anlliracitc Strike Gelling Together. latest move in their troubles. ~ ? - ? ? ? - - One 1 fiilioii l.eavca lor New York While the Othtr I'uts Off l-*yr Wash ington City. 'J ?"i"? ~ ? H? fcjerantofi. I'a., 8p?>< lul.- Tu' hccuca of the strike *ott tfihcfH commission have boon suddenly t-bir'led from thin city to Washington and New York, Tuesday Mi" eommlKoo of nln?i- of the Independent operator* fiejd ft confer etieo with (h?> presidents of (be eon I carrying roads regarding (ho position of (he individual companion und at the -same i Into n mooting bctwu&n Wayne MarYt/agh and o(hor attorneys representing the ouul roada and I'rcsl dent Mltehclt and his attorneys will ha held in (he national capital. Hcran ton altd Hio entire coal regions will, In the meantime,, wall with consider* able interest to hear what tho Thanks* giving offering will he. Tho N'?>w YurlC conferonro has hec-n hjio?n for *:4 : hours, though the Washing! ojj^j Jug wuk ( I n< ? | <1^,1" up' o if 3fo ii (1 a y oveping. The Independents have gone to New York to find out what (bo large pone panics oan do for thutu In the way of freight ratPH. In ease an Increase In Wagt-B Is decided upon. The mine work era' i>?pi'eneii(atlveB wont Id Washing ton to. find oil' what the large, com panies had to nlfer. Both ardently wish for success. but it was not with in thole province, to arty \vhn( the out come will be. Although the minors' representatives did not know why (hoy were summoned (o Washington, they believe tho companies have something to offer. Wayne MacVongh was in telegraphic. cOmmunieatioL* dt noun with Clarei'ico . #. Darrow, Mr. Mitchell'^ lending at torney, and later Mr. MacYehgh called him up on (he long-distance telephone, j MVi MdcVeagh said he wished a con- j Iferoiico with Mr. Mitchell and himself, i but as ho was not feeling well, he do- I aired that they all meet in Washing- , ton tomorrow Instead j^JSorunton. Mr. i i)nrro"$ s&I?l I hat. Mt'^^ncYuUgh did ! hot tell him what he waritfcd the toll fereneo for, but he felt that Mr. Mac; Veagh. would not sunmmon them lo the national capital if they were not clothed with authority to carry cn ne gotiations. Mr. Mitchell's party left i here at 4 t 35 p. m., and la due to arrive j In Washington at 12:50 a. ni. 'The mission of the Independent j Operators to New York la beat ex pressed in a statement made (0 the | Associated -Press by one of the rtpre- j sentatlves of the small companies, j who Bald: JMf the lttdcpon<\e?t com panies are paying the miners aa much , norr as they can afford, and if an in crease in wages In granted by the targe companies the la^te companies tn.Vlst Jiive the independents a lower freight rate to meet the , increase In wages. This 1g themlgglonof the tuni=4 mtttee, and If thoy refuse fa Hi like A concession In freight ratffl, or its equivalent, theh It Is probable the iu dc pendent companies will insist on the whole matter being threshed out before the commlsHlon." ~ ? T4h? onttoolf for" a fTcTUemen t re mains hopeful, in fact more hopeful than ever. Convei-HatlonB with at torneys of the coal operators and mine Workers show that all are Wearying of the strife and are willing to waive a point here and there in ontyr to end the uncertainty of the situation and restore peace and harmony to the com muiftty and the coal trade generally. The "conciliation," or subcommit tee, of Messrs. Parker, Watkins and Clark, was at the headquarters all day, but was not called upon to ofTer Its conciliatory assistance to either side. 1 - ? ? " ?; Abandoned Schooner Sighted. New Orleans. Special.? f ho Dritlah steamship Montezuma. Captain Troop, from Boston, November. 10, reports: Nov. 11. 9 p. in., latitude 3S:()3, north, longitude 6!).09, west, fell In with wa terlogged arid abandoned three-masted schooner I,ucy A. Oavls. of Portland, Me. Drr|< wft^ awa?h with lumber on deck. Sent a l?oat In charge of chlcL offlccr aboard the schooner, hut found ?ftj? ff'gP* "f life." After riormon Senator. Salt I^ake City. Utah. Special.? The Ministerial Alliance of Salt I JtUe Sun day adopted resolution i strongly op posing the projKJHt1?! election to the United Stat? s Senate of He^d Smoot, one of the twelve apo:t)es of the Mor Kmon Church. A copy of the resolutions jjwUI be sent to every ministerial aid t/ance of prominence in tin country at j once and also probably to President Roosevelt, every Congressman and United Staves Senalo . an* eve^y one prominent in political '* Wilcox Movifr. - Elisabeth City. S?-xial.f?jtf?r ro?t f days of careful iaveaig*tioa of the ijWIlcox sentiment a? It exfrtsin fwg rbontfCB. .JpOfre F*d Moore has ordered that the trial . be di*?1ed to Perquimans county A FATAL TRAGEDY l ei ible finding of i? Secret Marrliw Murder and Suicide. Ni< hols, Special. ? A tvagedy occurred here Monday afternoon as ? result of which Huston II. ^arvU, h t?-i**graph tuudont. lies tload, mid Miss Josephine Burns. ;? popular young lady ?of this lovvn, !? seriously wounded. It seema (hat Sarvla and Mian Burnt wtre secretly nianMed on September lid and lately the gill had begg-.d Bnrvls to u.'knowh dgn her aa Ui? wife. Ho refused and threatened to shoot her If she should divulge It. She w<nt to him an I demanded th.it ho go .lQ her. people and toll of the marriage. us If Itlllit now* ho known. Six snld nil " Irftd told her parents ?<) .k they would publish it If he did not. Upon this S:fc?\lK shot her, the bullet interim; the crntre of the forehead, ranging up uud passing through the scalp. Ah she fell Satvis turner! tn?? pistol on hlms If and s;.i?t a bullet under hia car and through the base of' the br.itn. Hi* death was liistanta? heouiii - ? - iluiii Siu vim nnd the girl who claim# tc bo his w|f?? are well known, and tha. terrible tragedy Is greatly deplored by lb" community. Sarvis Is from Iam'Ih, Horry county. He was about 152 year* old. Nichols, th.> scene of this tragic Qt' of the Atlantic Cow Idne ,and is in o rth" Atlantic Co%si l.lne, and Is in \fut<>n county, ? UpCountry R.'ce, Spartanburg, Spec la I. ?Col. T, J. Moore of Moore, a leading eltly.en and planter of the .county, was in the elty last week on his way to Columbia to represent Cedar Spring Institute at the meeting of the trustees of Stato Institution*. which wan ht'id' in .that city .While here Col. Moore talked In terest ingly to the State's represenTa tlvo in regard to ricp. culture, in> which he has he<>n experimenting witll success. Among his tnmiy landed pos sesions. Col, Moore possesses 100 nures of due bottom land on Tyggr river, and r?0 acres of this Is devoted to the cultivation of Bermuda prn as. and the remainder to rice. The mode of irrigation' for the rlct Is e ff e etfd by rt ran a l "Gin; and one-half ml.les long ex tending from the month Of Tyger rive.r to the bottom land. He hns gathered his rice crop for this year, and stated that on i'.ip r.o acres lie fiad averaged a larger yield per acre than *uy other section of South Carolina, or any other rice, producing State, This encourages' Mm to raise more, rlen next year, '?"he vegetable he produces is a# Hue as.it grows anywhere, and there Is a rptoly sale for it at from 75 cents to $1. Carnival at Laurent, Laurens, Special.? Negotiations ara. pending between tha l^ayton CarntVat company arid \t he locai Knights of Pythias lodge Vor the holding here of a carnival and street fair some time next month, probably /rom tbe: to the 20th. The manager of the Lay* ton company, Best Hobs, has - con ferred with members of the order uu? dt<r whose auspices It Is proposed to give the l'alr, and with the mayor and an answer is to bt given tomorrow morning. The matter will come up jfctf' be decided upon at tontghfa meolMjt of the Knights of Pythiaf Theftttffrnf vals are quite popular and "according to report# are successfully conducted. Negro Gamblers. .... ' ^HttroQimbtoM, l^AUr(>tUff Special.? Momlay-aaeniim Magistrate Hudgens sent up to court eight cases against that mraBejp^gaJ for gamnTln* ami .cauwlsgconceiiiod weapons. fney were 1l?ptur?dr8asa? day flight by Sheriff Ducket, Deputy! Power, Chief of Police Hughes and. Ofllceru Bagwell and Arnold; * They i Were hilf a mile hey ond the - limit# fetid were engaged In n wm? when the ofilccru pOMWfljg Upon tnem. Most of them have given bond, ? v . . v- - ' "a.-/ Fire at Excelsior V?;' AndeHw>n. Special.? Fire at Bs ctdslor mill at 3 o'clock Monday morn in* cttl st'(l a logft of fttiou t $5011. Th ? cause of the firo is not known b\iT when discovered the engine room' was! in flames and but for the prompt tion of the Are department tho tOM would have been very large, as the .mill has on hand large quantities of seetl, IiuIIh oils, 'etc. Thin fire was cun* fined to the engine room. , Tv xas P.'ood Situation. Dallas,' -Texas; ? JBH situation in Texas is generally relieved. Many of the railroad lines which w??ra suspended by washouts and flooded trnckB have resumed Operation And all. of the other damaged line* are ex pected to resume tomorrow .AH over flowed rivers ai*e subsiding and the end of the trouble - la considered JKt, -hand. The damage to country toads (t?y the flood is estimated at $100 /MM). Aw ?* "News of ffie Uiy. Great Is the Industry -and fertile fa tlie Imagination St Guy Boothby, U?<? Knglifh novelist. In less years he M? published_som*_ six books, the majority of wbich achieved snore than ordinary Mr. Boothby la a South Austral birth and !? 35 years of w&.y-^p- v.^ A London sartorial magaalne bavin remarked that "the trousers of will not only* bv tfye trotoftena - next fifty ye^rs, but tho cirtlltation for at! time," vllle Courter-JotiraoT ? * of ua wpttld* bt Shtii ers of tddiy ^woold hoM to he *??#w vumtfet - --~Qrtttt:No.Ctt *m$S3r~ " ld?* Scr^tQR workers, Ibroukfc t Mvo8. have a&reed ^ tr? to atfcmpt ta prices l?aKl?. and neft SSitJ will be at one# egi i?*8onablo hoperml t? oponUkHh whteiH* ,pf negotlaUoniLUr. erj^??iflwaipr?l trade a?(??u?oU M and the <M^p*ijr fl ejppktfed. The osfl df Luanda not toiied $L7%E%?9 wUJ|UKnoaa to aettfi ftW^g th?nuretY^?:-l stru^d tinderfetood, from w| Is to be effoc&Hmtl proposition cog: tk> -i pftrty Tiolrttiig to, some quftstiojfce. an whole matter in ,the miaalon, who ? . hen<*$ port ant'' 'mUssi when" was all member^! from the J many orm Civic Pefl of "tfadSTl to bripg ' la aald It ?>oth side# hefoftf^fip mlhable. M thvw&m made torneya i lijfdUi raiiroedt'!