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VOLUME XIV. ' CAMDKN, S. C.,' FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 1908. NO. It. FAST MAIL DERAILED *?" ' . , Engineer I'aiiiel Davis Crushed to Death. -"v FATAL WRI CK OF 97, NEAR CONRAD Xr" Two While Hobuta Hiding on the lender Miraculously Escaped Injury. Charlotte, N. C., Special.? While run ning about 60 miles an hour the South ern's fast mail, No. 07, ran Into a large rock on the track near Conrad, three miles north of Lexington, Monday evening ay/?;07 o'clock, and was totally wrecked. Engineer Daniel Davis was killed and the fireman, u negro whose name could not be ascertained, Is mlss lug. It Ih supposed that he also was killed and that his body Is under the debris that litters the track for several hundred feet. The fast mail was delayed on ac count of the wreck of a freight train at Jamestown and was running about three 11011171 behind time. The cut where the accident occurred 1b not long and Is about 30 feet high. There is a curve on the northern side of the cut, and it Is supposed that Engineer Davis did not aee the rock until lie was quite close to It? If he saw It at all. . The rock was very large, so laj:ge that the colored track walker who saw it short ly before the accident occurred was un able to lift it from the track and was running to Lexington to get sufficient force to remove the rock when the wreck occurred. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DE MOLISHED. The engine, striking the obstacle v.ith terrific foref\ broke It Into thous ands of pieces and scattered it for a ? hundred yards along the track. Plung- | ing out of the curve, the engine left the track, and swerving HO feet from the rails, hurled Itself over end over again in a long, level field. Two hundred and fifty feet from where the rock was struck the engineer was thrown from I1I3 cab. hurled out among the mass of heavy bodies, was caught under the front mail car, which was denuded of trucks and pinioned to the earth. The engine, immediately after^strlk ing the stono, became a tumultuous mass of steel and Iron and was so scattered along the rails and In the, field as to suggest that It bad beeu the ] victim of an explosion. Only the cab seemed to be even partly Intact. The cab was 30 or -10 feet from the track, lying In a poolof water. Railroad men ?who examined the cab stated that the engineer haQ'bOt put on air brakes, and Inferred from this that he was against -ttic-roek? -he? was aware of thb imminence of danger. ?r TWO TRAMPS MIRACULOUSLY ESCAPE. The tender followed closely in the wake of the engine and in Botne mira culous way proved a place of safety for two white hoboe3, J. E. Oudger, of Spencer, and Walter Whitmire, who rode on the forward part of the tender, just next (o the engine, of cburse, and yet escaped without a scratch. Thejf were carried with the wreckage for - nearly a hundred yards, and yet step ped off> the torn up tender without ^-Mv lng suffered even Inconvenience. These hoboea stated tftat just beforo V^hs/acujdent oc&rred they hteard the ? eound of nu exploding torpedo and think that this was a danger signal placed on the track by someone. Yet railroad men maintain that no one, except the colored track-walker, was awarC0f the-ftH4--that the rock was on the tfack. MAIL CLERKS UNINJURED. Te conductor on the fast mall, Mr. Dunheller, and the mail clerks also had a wonderful escape. According to reg yUtftlons, the mail clerks should have tieen scattered, or distributed, in the three cars, but it so happened that for one cause and another all the clerks, as well as the conductor, were in the rear coach at the time of the accident. Beyontr~tJrtng-p}?Uy badly shaken up none of the occupants of the car suf f^tfed any Injury. The mail clerks were: C. T. Miller, chief clerk; T. .S. Clark. W. T. Brewer, C. T. Benson, William Simnts and J. 1C. Gudgcr. CARS TORN FROM THE TRACKS."" When the heavy bodies ceased their movement after the wreck, the rear mail car "was Just at the point where the engine struck the rock in the cut. The forward trucks were gone, and the front part of the car was considerably smashed, but the rear trucks were still on the track and the car was In a prac tically upright position. All the other cars, as well us the en gine and tender were shorn of trucks. With their violent impetus the solid pieces of flying Iron tore up the track for over 200 feet, lifting the rails and erosatics and tailing them In every direction. WRECKING CREWS ON THE SCENE Shortly after the wreck wrecking crews Ielt from Spcnccr and Orcens * tioro for the scene of the wreck affflRt thi(*?Jiour? 2:30 o'clock? are busy re- 1 moving the debris. Tho track is so badty damaged, however, that it is likely to be a good many hours before traffic will be resumed. ... General J. D. Glenn, of Greensboro, one of the attorneys for the Southern, was one among the Southern officers who saw the wreck last night. Taking the ..sail) e view of the matter that Is held by olfcor railroad men. . General Glenn considered that the present* 61 the rock on the track was accidental V and that the stono had become loosen ed by the rain and rolled down from the high embankment. There was an unusually large quan tity o/ mail on the three cars, but none ?f thlr*wa? injured. Killed by Volctao. New York, Special.? Tbife- steamer Allegheny, which arrived from W em Indian and Central American porta brought tidings of an eruption of the old volcano Deltlerna Ftrma In Colom bia. near Galeria laaabie.on March tt. Tire irfTtajre-of Uol^ . waa deatroyed and from W to 1M pevaooa were Mile*] wounded. During the nlgfctnC! from ihe " SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL A 50,000 Spindle Addition. It is announced that the Fulton Hag and Cotton Mills of Atlanta, Cia., will build an addition to be equipped with 50,000 spindles. Thin extension uf (he plant will cost from $250, UU0 to $300, 000, and arrangements are now being mado to begin the work of construc tion soon. The company lifts at present 45,000 ring spindles and i 86a looms, using steam-power. Its product Is light sheetiugs, seamless bags, burlap, cot ton and Jute twines and batting, and has been known on the market for some years. The company's present capitalization is ^250,000. A 5,000 Spfndle Addition. Tho Norrls Cotton Mlllj Co., Catoe chee, S. C., has decided to add 5,000 spindles, wjth looms and other com plementary machinery to suit. This enlargement will require the expendi ture of ' probably about $100,000, and Immediate arrangements will be made to effect the betterments. The 1). A. Tompkins Co. of Charlotte, N. C., has been engaged as engineer in charge. The Norrls plant at present has 13, 248 ring spindles and 352 looms, uses water and electric power, and maim factures sheetings. Its present capi talization is $200,000. To Add 3,000 Spindles. ' The Opelika Cotton Mills of Opo lika, Ala., has Increased its capital stock $50,000, making $150,000 in all, for the purpose of enlarging the plant. Aft additional building will be con structed, work to begin at once, ami 3,000 additional spindles will be in stalled. There will then remain space for installation of 2,000 spindles more. Contract for the new machinery has been -feigned. At present there are 7,400 ring spindles in the plant, and flue counts of yarns is the product. Industrial Miscellany. The big dry-kiln at Corbetl's mills, j New Moultrie, Ga., owned by Ayeoek Bros., was destroyed by lire on the Urd inst. The loss is estimated at $3,000, with no insurance. The W. R. Small Spoke Manufactur ing Co. will build a hardwood saw mill with capacity of 30.000 feet of lumber per day on tract of 1,200 acres of timber land near Corinth, 'Miss. Savannah trade bodies have endorsed the project for an inland waterway connecting the Chesapeake bay with Beaufort inlet, North Carolina, and their secretaries will co-operate in as sembling statistics showing how the project will benefit Savannah's trade. Tho Board of Trade and Cotton Ex change of Meridian, Miss., in a desire to promote the cominyn good .of all the commercial and iijjinstrial interests of the State, have limited the commercial bodies of Missi^ippl to a convention to be held at Meridian on May 20. It is designed to foim a federation of the commercial organizations in a union of efforts and energies for the devel opment of Mississippi's resources and the encouragement of the migration to the State of men and money. Textile Notes. Messrs. D. K. Norris, J. T. Gass away and F. B. Morgan of Central, 8. C., and O. A. Bobbins of Charlotte, N. C., have incorporated the Isaqueena Mills of Central, S. C., with capital stock of $200,000, to build plant. This enterprise is identical with the Norris Cepmil Mills, mentioned March 26 as fo be Incorporated. The projectors changed the title. Details as to tho plant have not as yet bee* decided. Louisville (Ky.) Cotton Mill# Co. has engaged Messrs. C. It. Makepeace & Co., .Providence, R. I., as engineers in charge of its improvements and ad ditions of machinery, referred to last week. All .contracts for machinery have practically been awarded. Messrs. D. X. Murphy & Riv>. of Louisville are about completing plana for the new building, which will bo 100x00 feet in size. Woodruff (8. C.) Co lion Mills* ad dition, now in course of construction, will be equipped with 10,500 spindles and 394 lootns, as was announced some weeks ago. Tho company will have space in this new building for 22,000 more spindles, which it hopes to In stall during the next few years. Con-'* tract has been placed for machinery required at present. i' Messrs. A. O. Vciasko and C. G. Culin of Syracuse, N. C.. a^e confer ring with the Business Mei 'a Leaguw of Florence, Ala., with a vie v of build ing a hosiery mill in that city. Mr. Velasko is manager of the Qa)i Knit ting Co. at Syracuse, New I York. A. K. Clark, now engagcdVin cotton manufacturing at Augusta, (la., con templates establishing a plant of 5000 spindles* and 150 looms at Jackson, Miss. * - The Spray (N. O.) Woolen Mills is ] hnriftK plan* prepared by O. A. Rob- i bins & Co. of Charlotte, N. C., foi* a1 four-set woolen mill.. A company has been organized to build cotton 'mill at Pauline, S. C. E. D. Forest of Fair Forest, S. C., is re ported %s president. M. B. Neal of McDonougli, Ga? 1; organizing company to build cotton mill at Ne*l, Ga. He owna a water pow^r.Hbtiqh it is proposed to develop tn connection with the mill. Messrs. B. Frank Mebane, W, W. Walker and J, 8. Patterson, all of 8pray. N. C., have Incorporated 11m Rhode Island Co. to manufacture cot ton wool and other textiles. The ?apl tal stock is $125,000. ;; V - Messrs. W. B. Morton and Smith of Clover, 8. C.. and af toritlm will build a cotton mill The details as to character and else of plant havf not M yet been determined. It is said thfrj Northern capital will be in terested. Messrs. Harry Tatura and brotbar: ?( Franklin, Ky. will form cosspaxv to bulk) a woolen jnlH ?i 8pringneld Ten. TMr prop<we a stock com pan: With rap**U oir fttJMO, *??<l will mano fanfis Wanketa, llneey and yanse, em ilfffiH aioat ftfty peraoM. The mil sSgufyt Two Burned to Deal Ik Indianapolis, Special.? Nathan Mor ris, one of the host known attorneys ul Indiana, and Frank Hans, the 12-year old son of Dr. Jos. Haas, were burned to death Sunday, and Mrs. Jos. Haas. Miss Hello Haas, Mlts Itoso Haas. Louis Haas and (Irace Lemon, a gov erness, were injure^ more or leas se riously. The residence of Dr. Jos. Haa? was nearly burned to the ground. Demands of Texill; Worktrs. .Philadelphia, Special. ? Union textile workers of this city assembled in con vention Sunday, for the purpose of for mulating dei?%nds to be presented to the operators. Thu convention ad journed at night after adopting a reso lution demanding a 55-hour week, dat ing from June 1, leaving the wagt question for future consideration. Time tnd half tiuio will be asked for all work done in eyess of the 56 hour*. A committee waa apponlted to present Iht demands to -the manufacturers who will also be Informed that a strike will follow their refustl tn accept the pro position. .A ? ? Killed by Falling Cannon. Mobile, Ala., Special. ? While super intending the removal of a six-pounler gun from the wharf to the United States barracks here Saturday, John R. Burns, aged 29, an electrical eli RlMtr, was instantly .ItTUcd by the gaa, which broke from its fastenings and twill over hR body. The rcmsttts witt be interred In the Nationsl Cs?Mt?ry hers. Dims was fivm PUm York city. MORO BOMBARDED. Eleven American Wounded in the Battle. PERSHING'S FORCES TAKE BACOLOD, [ The flores Were Strongly Fortified and Defended the Place Desper ately. Manila, Dy Cable. ? The investment of liatolod which wan captured by Cap tain Pershing's forces, after a fight In which a hundred Moron wore killed, occupied tlirco days. The final assault was made at noon Wednesday.' Des perate fighting took place inside the forts. Seven cannon were captured I and eleven Americans were wounded, : a few of ihem seriously. It is probable that all the Americans will recover. The column approached iiacolod early on Monday and found new fort*, which had been a year under construction, Hying battle flags. The Moros did not I , wait to be attacked, but fired a volley, | which wounded two Americans. Cap | tain Pershing then decided to botUbard I the fortification, and Galley's batteries took up positions and shelled the forts and works until Wednesday nv.irnlng, the Infantry and cavalry supporting the attack. Many of the Moros loft the forts on Monday and Tuesday nights, and escapcd in boats ou the Jake. The assault on Wednesday was carefully prepared. The column carried forward a bamboo bridge, on which the troops I crossed the n^at under firo and after wards scaled the walls. Tho fighting insidt the forts was most desperate. Sixty dead Moros were found inside the walls and 40 were killed in the trenches. Tho whereabouts of the Sul- i tan t-f D&coloa is not ku*)wn. He is ! believed to have escaped Monday nigh L Murder at Buffalo. Duffola, Special.-J-A shooting affair In which a 9-y^^old iioy was killed and a woman mortally wouhflwt, an at tempted murder, two suicides and two 1 attempts at suicido that may result fa tally, occurred in this city. Joseph Kwaitkowski, 51 years old, a repre sentative Polish citizen, ia locked up at police headquarters, charged with shooting his landlady and killing hia own 9-year-old boy. Kwaitkowski formerly conducted #n extensive busi i licsa ia-Qna of the vk arketa of tha city. His wife died alwut a year ago, leav ing two childrerf. Since tho death of his wife, business dffljcultiea_ -droyo him to drink. For the last four months he has lived In rooms at 190 Colt i street,/ The owner of the house, Mrs. Tekla Winskl, her husband and the children, occupied the rear part of the building. The children of tho two families were/ constantly quarreling. Sunday night Kwaitkowski returned home and found the children in tho usual turmoil. Mr. Wollnski, Informed him ? that he would have to move, whereupon Kwaitkowski - drew a re volver and began firing, backing out of the house as he did so. Mrs. Wolinskl followed the infuriated Pole and grap pled with him. He pointed the re volver at<ljer breast and fired. She fell to th?/ feround, mortally wounded. Kwaitkowski -fired several more Bhots, one of them striking his own 9-year old son, Peter, killing him instantly. A large crowd quickly gathered and Kwaitkowski retreated into the house, locking and barricading the door be hind him. Th?n began a lively ex change of shots through the windows between the policemen -\*'ho had gath ered, and- KwaltkoWskl i which contin ued until tho latter exhausted his am | munition when the officers battered down tho door and captured him. I George Denning, 05 years old, had been separated from his wife for some time. He called upon her and tried to induce her to resume martial rela tions. She refused. He drew a revolver and fired. She fell to tho floor In a faint, and believing that he had killed her, Denning ran away. His body was found later In the evening in a Salva tion Army lodging house. He had taken poison. ^ ? CLEVELAND SPEAKS. Ex-President Talks at Tuskeejcc Institute Banquet in New York. j SOUTH ENTITLED TO SYMPATHY In the Solution of the Negro Problem 1 hey "Must Bear the Meat of the Day." New York, Special.? Former dent Giover Cleveland was the princi pal speaker Tuesday night at a mcet ftg held In the concert hall of Madison Square Garden in the intent of the Tuskeegee Normal an, I industrial School Institute. ^ * ?,A| mcZl!?T "" Mi. Cle\eland were Mayor Low who i'ir ? ' m r w0"1"""!"". iw ?? Muiphy, Dr. Lyman Abbott " Tv!!?1? """"? and' " J- Van Ainrlng... ?r Columbia; w. J. Ha Id win, Chancellor MoCracken <.r New York u..lv.r?l.y; Job, ' "it^viu George P. Pea body. Mr?. nml m" f' "'?? Mf. ? U n CW Cnrnc*le. who a.? ! Hiedty 1,0 ta 1" 1 * is av^'a/'i ' !>e've'yPBUorrvf(oh? '""g''0 """ ' an. sr fit hi. l: f' ?<h<l a< ?hi3 late day of a h LMr"!Mlv oi' ^ntemlon faith. Inasmuch, however ns thnP? myself as belonging tV'the' Bookw^T orKa!;iS";T"SU<!0f!<,c ?' 'W THIS IMVS OK IJNCLK TOM'S , CABIN PAST, j j"1 tiiat t?m davs of Uncle ! 1 'i!! * ( 1,1 11 are past. | believe ,|rif i free nor tV'T6? .that um<,? thp "laves : nm the enactment tliut ?nddentv rSln! ?,?,i ..?? l>,"rK"d or Iliph ' , a,ul ?,avery-hred Imperfect Ian., and deficiencies than it c mnged th," f 'or or their skin. I believe tf.lV among the nearly nine inlllloiiH of no. groea who have been intermixed with ainoun 2o"8I?nP' ther? iH Ht,n a *rl?vouH r - ,- S . anC0, a Racl amount of nf i^u. an a tr.emendoqo amount licve f n!M? Rn'1 tkrlftleosness. I |'c\c that these conditions inexorably ami nnS to each In his environment and undo! the mandate of good clti Xm to P;,uSfcaympatb)' THE SOUTH ENTITLED SYM FATHY. . ,l ' J,el!?ve <n5i" rellow-conntrymen in the Southern and late slave-holding tenfha' W,r?tt"d?4 ^ about nliuf "Cftrly e,Kht millions oi; this 11 .. ? . Vgro P?l>ulation and who re Raid their material prosperity, v their peace and even the safety of their elvl Izatipn. interwoven, with the negro problem, are entitled to our utmost lowshln l?n antl ,el" it tfn l#horo?ehly convinced that the .efforts of Booker Washington point H ?f Tuskcegee Institute point the way to ? #afc amj beneficent solution of the vexatious negro prob lem at the South, and I know Vie godd KC a* lhc North' wll? have aided thew. efforts and methods, have Illu strated the highest and best citizenship Mhii rll.?. mOH.t Christian and enlightened Philanthropists u i do not know how it may be with mjud tonight, the thought that after all we of the North may do, the reali zation of our hoppp for the negro must, uiter all, mainly depend?except rn far as It rest* with the negroes themselves? upon the sentiment and ? ?onduct of the leading and responsible white men of the South and upon the maintenance of a kindly and helpful H?oi.l,g ?()i'\ t'r part towards those In theli midst who ho much need their aid anu encouragement." Mr. Cleveland closed with a. ?trouK appeal for the uplifting of the race and n closing introduced Booker T. Wash ington. 1 j Nine Killed by Cyclone. J Birmingham, Ala., ^pecial.? A' brWih special to The Age-Herald from Ever green, Ala., , says that at leaet nine persons were killed and an Im mense Iokh to property wa? caused by a cyclone which visited Burnt Cork nnd I'etcrwan, in Monroe coun ty Tuesday night. tki Largest Man D;ad. Fayetievlttp, Special; ? At 11. o'clock Tuesday at his -residence on Qillesple street, died Mr. Jame<t A. Bums, a piominent business roan of this city, of great energy and , staple means, carrying on a grocery on Gillespie street, with a large nldth in* house in the. Wllliame-Morgan Iron-front block ^AHay street. Mr. Burn* was probabl^ in physique the largest man in Novlh Carolina, weigh ing, when in health, about 620 pounds. He was a native flf Ala mance. a near relative of Mr. Ran som Burns, of this city, and of the late Sheriff Burn*. "" 'r?~ ? ..J Telegraphic Bf'eh. The .United States Supreme Court sustained the contention of the city of Memphis, Tcntw, in the tax proceed in* of the Union and Planter*' Bank against that city. ? The bank claimed -exemption Jkom taxation. The opinion ftMtatneC decision of the Unitad States ClrcnltCoart, bat held that (he Clmrtft Appeal* fthpnld ha JastiAed in assaying Jurisdiction In DEADLY EXPLOSION. Twelve-Inch Gun Bursts \N ith Fatal Results. INVESTIGATION BOARD APPOINTED. Th* Damage to the Vessel of Such a Character as to Necessitate Putting Her Out of Commission. Washington. Special, -The cipher dispatch received by the Navy Depart ment, regarding the explosion on the Iowa, off Pensacola was on Friday de ciphered. It was from Admiral Hlg ginson and said: "Iowa's breach-load ing 12-Inch Kiin burst In front of trunnions, threc*killed, four woundv^l." Then followed tho names given in pre vious dispatch. The Department ex pects fuller particulars. Another dis patch was received us follows: "Pur cell, landsman, Keile. seaman, i?*. T. Berry, ordinary Hfaman, (tilled in Iowa, will bo burled at navy yard at Pensa eola." Because of the meagre details of the explosion which Admiral Hlgglnson'a dispatch contained, officials at the Navy Department can only speculate "as to its cause. An investigation board has already been appointed. Hear Admiral O'Neill, chief of tho bureau of ordnance, lias already issued orders for the transportation to New ^ ork of a nvw 12-inch gun which is now at the Washington navy yard, and it will be placed on the Iowa when that vessel cornea to New York for repairs. Admiral O'Neill said: The gun which burst was designed In 1893 and manufactured at the nnval gun fnctory, January 1, 1905. Tho gnu had been fired 125 times. Yesterday's accident is the first that has over hap pened to any of the large calibre gunB of the navy, except in the ease of the 18-Inch gun on the Kearsage, the bore of which was injured by^i prematur^/ explosion of a shell two years ago. lining tube was inserted iu thai jgun and it is in use at tiie proving grounds No reason can yet bo assigned for the accident. As yet 1 do not know wh??l kind of powder was used, or details im to the location of the shell. While lite, accident may have been due io the pre mature explosion of the shell In I it: tore, such a contingency Is unlikely, aB shells have on several occasions brokeft up in bores of. guns without any UfTuTr injury than the defacing of the bore. So far na the bureau Is advised, all the Iowa ? 12-inch shells are fitted with base covers, with a view to preventing a possible prematures explosion due to the action of the powder gasses.M The bureau of navigation Iiob sent telegrams of sympathy to the famines of the men killed and wounded in the explosion. Acting Secretary Darling sent the following dlapatch of sym pathy to Rear Admlraj Hlgglnson commander of the NorthSAtlantic fleet at Pensacola: - "Please convey to tho officers and men of the fleet sincere sympathy of the Department In the less of their comrades by tho uufortunate accident on board the Iowa. (Signed) "DARLING." Although it had been intended that the" Iowa should be repaired at the New York yard, the damage done by the ex plosion will probably make it necessary to put the vessel out of commission. The damage to the battleship Iowa caused by the premature explosion of a shell in the forward port 12-inch gun has developed to be more serious thau was thought t,tfhen tho first examina tion was made and as a consequence the big ship has been ordered to the New York navy yard to go out of com mission. She steamed down to tho Pensacola navy yard, where she is fit ting out with supplies and cpal prepa ratory to sailing soon as possible for the North. It Is known that three decks including the upper deck in (he forward part of tho ship, will have to be entirely removed and rebuilt. It. is feared that the steel supports under the 12-Inch port turret arc sprung to sucK an extent that they will have to be re . moved, though this cannot yet he stat ed positively, The gun Itself is a hope less wreck. Although ? the gun which burst went Into numerics* pieces the end of the gun is as smooth as if It had Just been turned out of a ship, and except that itjs about 12 feet shorter than the starboard gun, It Is hardly notlo.eablo that an explosion occurred. According to the record of the exploded gun, it was gofcd for at least anothnr jear of service, and reports <lnat the gun had been condemned are without foundation. Blind Chaplain Dead. Washington, Special. ?The Hcv. Win. Henry MilWrffT" tilt1 vcnei able? Mind chaplain of the United States Senate, died in Santct Barbara, CaL V'rlday. Word to this effect was received her? tonight by Col. Kandali, the sergeant at-arms of the Senate. The deceased waij a uativc of Pbttdtyfelphia, wt ier? he was born iu 182?. Wfcen he wee yearn of age. a playfellow accidental struck him In the left eye with s piece of glass. For two years he was con fined to a dark room under nredleal treatment and subsequently became to tally blind. Ooveriuqea^ Forces Wh'pptd. *. ' Willemstadt, By Cable.? Newa Tiat been received he>4 that the VenetueUa revolutionists ha^y defeated the forces of the government near Caracas sad captured two cannon and a large VNStlti of MBaaunithw. They have also osp<*red the city of Barqnisineto. which is' the key to the westers part ttfrtiw ray prisoner^ Heavy fliRTal, WKNchhr* aa yit, Hi Uk** phK^ at Com. WEATHER AND CROPS. I Conditions the Past Week as Given by the Department. The week ending 8 n!' m . Monday, April 13th, had a nukuu temperature of about G?i degrees, which is 4 degrees above normal, The first of the week was cool, (lie middle and latter portlous were very warm. It appears thnt the frost of t ho f.th reached to within a f?>w ml It h of the coast, and thnt thin Ice formed over the northern counties, but (hat the damage wa.s slight. and' was confined to white potatoes and other tender garden truck. Frv.lt os- * taped Injury. There were quite general fain* on the 8th, heavy In the western and northern counties, that c'.eiayed farm work materially by making (he xroiuml too wet to plow in the already named (iivlslonh, where plowing was practlr* able on one or two days only, at the close of the week. The rainfall was light, over the cast em half of the state and farm work was pcai eely Interrupted by It. The week dosed with warm, cloudy, threatening and showery condltloim prevailing, that are favorable for growth of vege tation, hut are unfavorable for toe rapid progress of farrnwork. Planting operations made favorable progress. In the eastern and southeast* rn counties, and are as far advanced as usual, at this season. In the western counties, planting is from 10 (o 15 days Inter than usual, with but little corn and no cotton planted. Corn that wa? planted early Is tom l?K up to fair stands, and some is ue Ing cultivated, Dlrds are destroying. Ktands In a few counties. Cotton plant ing has not advanced beyond the cen tral counties, and, in places, in the eastern counties., is being purposely de layed, awaiting more settled weather. Oats look well in a few localities only. Generally they have been seriously damaged by a grain aphis, and by rust. Home fields arc ruined. Wheat has an unusually rank growth, but In places the plants are turning red, In other localities rust hu? appeared, both con ditions tending to mar its prospects, Uicc planting has made fair progress, except 111 the Georgetown district where the lands are still too wet to work. Tobacco plants are plentiful and ' 'tWnsplanting Is actively under way. Some farmers have almost lln Ished this work. Strawberry shipments are being made from all the eastern truck districts. Melon plants are sick ly in the Charleston districts owing to defective need. Other truck crops are growing slowly. Hugs have appeared on white potatoes. Pastures afford fine grazing. Fruit prospects appear to he unimpaired, with, however, a tcxrlo ealUies that report peaches Sparsely set. Perpetual Motion at Last. Snmter. Special.? Mr. D. 0. ZeljUer. an architect of this city, has Invented a machine Tor perpetual ihotlon which he thinks has solved the problem which has puzzled the world up to this time. It is the first perpetual motien Invention that the United States gov ernment has ullowed a patent for In 40 years. It has also been patented in every foreign country, Mr. Zeigler would not make his Invention public until he had It covered by patents in every county. In the near future Mr. Zeigler will use this itfachino for prac tical work. The United States patent offlcc has the following to say about tho machine: "The Invention utilizes the gravitatlve force of a traveling weight arranged to move In a circle and during each revolution to pass to wards and from the centre of rotation In a path, to bring the preponderance of weight on the descending side of the rotative support, carrying the same weight, whereby povyer la generated to perform effective work. 0 MARKETS. Corn .42 Wheat 83 Hacon . ..12 1-2 Lard 12 1-2013 Oats 33 Sugar, Granulated: 5 3-1 Peanuts 4?l4 1-2 Cattle, live.. .. ip 2?4 CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE. The grain and provisions market ex perienced another weak session and closing prices were lower all around; May wheat being off 1-4; corn 1-4 lower and oats down 1-4? 3-8; pro visions were from 12 1-2 to 22 1-2 lower. Farmer Cuts His Throat. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.? A spe cial from Seneca says that Thomas Hewbanks, a younsr farmer who lives at Oakway, ten miles south of there, committed suicide Sunday morning. The man was missing several hours and search for him resulted in fiuding him dead in a field near his home, with his throat cut from ear to ear. No cause is assigned for the act. Killed While Playing Ball. Newnan, (la., SpeclaL?Punch Ar nold, IS years old, son of the county supervisor;' Was killed Monday sftar noon while playing baseball. He was struck over the heart by a swift ball, and fell to the ground. Physicians were summoned, but the boy expired within a few moments. Old flan Shot and Killed. A special to The. Newa and Courier from Saluda. 8. C., says: "Kucu? Durst, a young wh it? man, at Pleasant Cross, shot and Instantly killed John Shaver, aged 60 and the father of a family. The trouble Rrcw out of a dispute as to land - rented by Shaver." The Alexander Murder. New Orleans, La.. Special.? Captain R. Duckworth, Inspector of tha Llrer pool police department, has arrived at Biloxl. Mas., and in securing the his tory of the British ship Avontca. In conneetlon with the fo?r iwbUib of the crew, who are chtind viih au> tiny and altering Ca*U Minor (:veni? of ffVb Week In ft Brief l:orin. Roger Fant, son of Buperintendent Kant unit nephew of Major Fant, was killed at Ban two by Urown Rodgers, colored, Sunday night at 9 o'clock, lirowu Rodger** Is a mulatto about 5 feet U inches high and weighs about i r?o pound**. The killing occurred at the house of a uf green. Kant was on (he point of entering the houHe when the negro fired two shots from with in, either of which would have been sufficient to produce death. The flrat tihot took effect iu the left breast and pierced the heart, 'he second entered i he hack of the neck at tho base of the skull. Kant tiled instantly. Tho murderer (led but later surrendered to the authorities. Rodgers b^-about 25 years old. f The Oild KoIIowh or'Columbla are looking forward to tho meeting of their grand lodge which wHl be held in that city oir the 12th and 13th of next month. The grand lodge in purely a bOs'nesH organization and is not out for pleasure a? are nome other sod- ? ctJi'M ? and for that reason a movement Is on foot to have Columbia made the j; place at which the grand lodge will meet every year. The only celebration of any kind which will be held here j thin year will bo a rccoptlon tendered ? by the local lodges* on the nighfe of j May 12th. i There Is nu Insane Mormon elder In the State hospital and the authorities - are in a quandry as to what to do with him. He attempted to commit a crim- ~ inal assault, near Kako City, a few weeks ago, and \vn? all but killed by white men in whose prcaence .lhe. at tempt was made. There is no doubt about the condition of his mind; but there Is a Stato law against provid ing for insano citizens of other States iu the State hospital ,and it looks as If thero is nothing to do for this low, but to send him to Utah. - Nln C.osnell died Monday night at his home on Glassy mountain,- about 25 miles ,from Greenville, near the,. North Carolina line, , as- a result of a pistol shot wound In Abe lymd Inflict- . cd Monday morning by an unknown^ party. Nln Gosnell is supposed. to have escaped several months ago froib a jail In North^Carollna, where he was imprisoned for a certain crime. Ho was - shot In the act of firing a br usfy pile ' one of four young men who eame upon 7 him. ? Edgefield is aroused in the matter of organizing na infantry company. Tho organization of the ' Edgefield Rifles antedates the Mexlprfh wirT^nd ~ aho.. Intpijjinna' vpars. up to a short time ng<fr when tho pany for v artoua ^aTOeB^went topl^c^k? it maintained its organization and' high prestige, having in times- of war and peace done active and valiant aer- ? i vjc.e for the state find coimty/ ^ ^ Pn the charge of iufahttcjde persons are in jail at -Chi John Horton, colored, who - tured in Georgia,, and hi* a< Mary Jane Brown and -her , ?, The two last are white. Theie ties are all .from an/fidto of the c&jnGfy, the same at curred the dastardly murder Boan. three years ago. There wag a light wreck on tttf board-hear MonatvlIIfl^JES iST ty, Monday afternoon, caused end collision between a through and a work train. Tne two ~ each other, hut never# r loose from the freight l paid luif'hptl tntn thnm ^ destroyed by Are, but. net ... 0 l-^rt. a . . V- : Ned Thompson, a negro, who thought to be fatally cut by Joe .. gle at Florence, is doing nicely ? will recover as the result of a- ~ ful operation performed by T)r. and others. The operation w*a - cate one and required over two to Complete It. On the plantation of R. W. Hamll ton, near Jonesville, two negroes a dlfttmlty and one of thets WWl-tf325 other with a" large stick, and f<tt~ time the negro was thought to dead, but later he revived <*nd lives. Tike names "f thft TiwfrrrtMjr not be learned. A negrp woman, living. aU?.*_ miles south of Yorkville, about' < weeks ago gave birth to a chl k"had only " ope hand. ~ Tfii let, terminated at tne wrist' JoInL" child Is doing well.