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DEN, S. 0., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 190H. NO. 15. DENOUNCE THE BIO. .... FewsylvafJia Editors Hot Cver the New Libel Law i -- * 1 11 ( ? ? ? ?? ? ARGUED It BCFORR THE GOVERNOR ? ^ t ' i Slf/WwrtftUYC 5 of liury Inyxxtant New>pap^r in ?li3 Stuto Appeared ill Opposition, ? > HarrlBburg, Pa., Speclal.-Evefy im portant newspaper la Pennsylvania wan ropreBcnted -at the hearing on the GrAj?y"Salus libel 1; ' 1 1 by Governor Pennypacker In ths hall of tho Ijouse of l^CpiAJBentattves. , Attoi ney General Carson sat with the Governor through* out the hearing, buti neither indicated ? . what wpul4 b? the Governor's action on the measure. The o??nina; speech was made by Charts Emery Smith. of The Philadelphia Press. At the outset of Mr. Smith's add. ess Governor Pen jiytiackLi-.took exception to his use of the word "inaoh-mly" and sussozted that it wcujd be well for tli?? speakers 7 to pmlt strong adjective. Mr. Smith accepted the suggestion, saying at tho / same tlm&Jthat he spoke strongly be cause he felt, strongly. Mr. Smith said in part:* "Th's bill is utterly poworlvss to - stop the particular kind or publication .2" which it aim:* at, but it encompassed legitimate publiei'.lons with nn un limited netwOiK of embar assment- and ??saiton; It would crippi? and curtail the presentation of tho regular and . .. proper news of tho day; it would start up a whole swarm of speculative shys * ters and curbstonc blackmailers; it iu ' i fringes the just and constitutional lib erty of the press aa:l would impair that 7J'- jahjable protection for public morals ? and public rights which ia found in the a searchlight of publicity; it is special ~ legislation in undertaking to make a law for newspapers while excepting the weekly newspapers fiom its opcra r" . lipni j It porpetratrg a gioss wrong in Braking to fasten tlw principal's re sponsibility upon the a^ent. where the agent not only does nut commit the of " fense but where he has not even the ' power to prevent it." sn:. Alexander Simpson, Jr., aud Itich nate. both of Philadelphia, --??? spoke In favor of the bill, and Thomas ?? ;; V. Cooper, a member of the Legisla ture and Cyrus G. Day, an attorney, against It. The libel bill provides that civil ac ' 4 tlon may be brought against any own er or^ managing edito- of any newspa :^~j5eji'.ptrt>llshetl -In -Pennsylvania- -to- tc- ? i ^mficcs' resulting:, from nggll_-_] gence on the part of sueh owners or r--x~intiiHging~ editors in publications ar zi: : tectlng the character, reputation or ;r .: buslnvBS'Of Citizens, and that compen patory, damages may also be recovered - foi^the physical and mental sufferings ^ ?i^ndured by the Injured parties, and ^ whyiaever-sueh publicVion is given spe .B'd*l'pV<JmInenco by tluNuss of cartoons, etc., the Jury, shall haw the right to ?r ^'jl^l^y^ puftltlvo damages asalnst the defendants. It also provides that every ? newspaper published in Pennsylvania . stejt Plibllsh' op the editorial page, the \ sjune of the owner, or owners, togeth er With the name of the 'managing editors. ^ ggggg Strike Lvoder KllTci?~ ~~7" Charleston, W. V9. r Special? Xn other tragedy growing Wt-cf the'bat tle between striking miners and deputy -Utited. States marshals at Staniford httljFebruary recurred- near that Ptaca Tuesday, when John Harless, one Of the atrlko leaders, was shot and Jjllled by. John Liang, and a man -Mined George, who went with Deputy Marshals Cunningham and Summers to arrest Marlcss. Cuuniugham and WArners went to the houso of Har My, accompanied by Laing and JUnar&t; As they approached the house thi two latter w?re stationed some dis tanc?_ftw&y. to tftop Harless, In case he -?hottld try to escape. Harless, seeing ! Cunningham and Summers, approach ing, mad 6 an attempt to escape Trom the opposite side of the house. Laing and George called on him to halt and .JAil? continued to run they kitted him. H^^^-lalaaid to have be?n~ ovxrnt it* strike leaders at the Staniford City light. Further trouble la feared as the result of the killing of Harless, 1 he Relcbstsg Opened. Berlin/ '8peclal.?' The tfain on whtrh the President of the Reichstag, Count VonlBaUestrem, was travelling was tivff ?fit of the snow In Sllcsla In time ibr him to reach- Berlin and. open the Hetcfcstag Tuesday, the general elec -ilQB._wln not occur for seven weeks, bat so little remains to bo done that ?|? house will probably adjourn early fat May, Most Tjf the- oeaaloa ? today TiaSlIi*6|?Jrwa discuesWu of the pro posed changes in the election regula tion*. Which have been submitted to -tto.Bvndsrath and which are designed ?IM IMUlM'' nrr-r^v 1ft hsllottng. Vmt m was passed. f? / " ? V<*TU*t?Ty in Wtg.-s. - KnoxvluVj^Xcnn , Special ?Five of i largest at Jelllco, ; fc.;i>iw voluntarily fcjwUfid a 10 increase in wages to their j ttML notices were posted at then fcVHhftl tha Increase Is to VSo Tar on* ? fcout *rr?ir??flW but Ualted Mine Starts Believe th*t all lleo and several at Coal will voluntarily make SOUTHERN INPUSTRIAL . . V Industrial Mlsc I'any. On April 2 ijic Manufacturers' Record announced that tho Mecklen burg Cotton Mills of Charlotte, N. C\. was to be '.organized -for the erection of a plant. Permanent organization has been effected during the week, and It la stated that a $160,000 mill will be built for tho manufacture of low grade cotton and waste. Win, Col?man has been elccted president ; E. W. Thomas, vlee-prcsHcnt, and R. L. Tato. secretary-trcasuter, Messrs, Cole man and Thopias, Robert R. Ray, Jobu i M. Morekead, 13. 13. Ilea th and S. 11. Alexander, Jr., are the directors. Last week reference waa made to statements emanating from Rome, Ga., that the Massachusetts Milia in Georgia' at Llndale, near Rome, was to build another $500,000 mil). Tho Manufac turers' Record has been authoritatively informed that there Is no truth In tho report, as further additions are not contemplated at this time. Three Methodist collogea of south west Virginia, namely: Emory and Henry College for males; Sullins Col lege and <Martba Washington College for young. ladles, will be ccmsolldated when tho coming 'school year opens. Dr. R. G. Waterhouse, of Emory and j Henry, will be president of the com bine. The Iowa Indians who live near Stroud, O. T., numMl* among their most valued possesses a scalp quit five feet square, ^hlcn Is supposed to be "good medlcBb" for all diseases. Tho ecalpa of which It Is composed were taken by the ancestors of the i <>wns 150 years ago. The People's Furniture Co., of Little Rock, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $1,500. T1h^ incorporators are R B. Osboine, T* F. Murray, E. E. Murray and othe^fe > ?; Tho, planing mill plant .of Martin Wlegrand, of Washington, D. C., wa.3 partfklly destroyed by fire last week, Involving a loss of $8,000/ which Is coveted by Insurance. The Rilter Lumber Co., of Saginaw. N. C., will establish a branch mill at Johnson City. Tenn,, instead of Eliza bethton, us first Intended. The Eau Claire-St. Louis Lumber Co. rras Increased its capital stock from $100,000 to $-100,000. Textile Notes. H. B. Neal of McDonough, Gal,- was mentioned last week as organizing company to build cotton mill at NealB, Ga. He contemplates develop-^ ing 10,000 horse-power at hfoals Shoals and building an electric ylant to trans mit said power. A million-dollar cotton mill Is contemplated in connection, with these developments. Surveys are now being made (5flhe jjropctty: Whatley of Newnan, Ga-;,- is engineer in charge. Fi*Jton Bag and Cotton MlUs, Atlan ta, Ga., has purchased all the machin ery Required for its 50,000-splndle ad dition announced last' week as to be built., Messrs. W. B. Smith Whaley & Co. of Boston, Mass., and Columbia, S. C., are tho engineers-architects In charge of the improvement, which will cost, as. mentioned last week, from $250,000 to $300,000. Bids on the con struction of the .buildings will be wanted in two weeks. , V* ?Morton Manufcaturing Co. will be organized to build the cotton mill re ported last week as proposed at Gk>verr S. C. W. E. Morton will be chosen pres ident and general manager; William P. Smith* Secretary, and M. L. Smith, treasurer. Messrs. E. \y. Pressly, H. L. Wright, W. E. Morton, M. I-. Smith and W. B., Smith .wlirbe the directors." Fuiv ther details are now under consider ation. v . < Messrs. John Ramsay and Thomas K. Gore of Peterson, N. J.^ave made a proposition to the business iften of Clarksburg Va., tor the establishment of a silk mill in the latter city.- It is proposed to form a local company, with capital stock of $150,000. Mr. Ram?ay is president, and Mr. Gor.e, secretary, of the Ramsay & Gore Manufacturing Co., which haa a $50,000. silk mill, at 1 Paterson. David Armstrong of Columbia, N. C., contemplates establisning a mill for the produetion-of knit goodg, rites prices on the necessary machin ery and xm water-power equipment to auit. Liberty (S. C.) Cotton Mills will In crease capital from $75AO0 . to $175,000. Doubtless this action will be followed by an enlargement of the plant. Com pany now has' 5000 ring spindles and 170 loo cap. It la rumored at Huntsvllle, Ala.,, that the Madison Spinnings Co. will increase capital from $100,000 to $200, 000 and double its plant 7,200 spindles. A report to this effect was current several months ago, but authoritative statement did not follow. P?.. New York office at 4SY Broadway, is having plans prepared by L^ C. HoK den, 1133 Broadway, New York, for its ellk milt, preHoualy reported as to be located at Cumberland, Md. Arthur Cowalll at Wamioston, D. C., has con tract *<q> f^t the building^ but the machinery has not befn contracted for. A 600-n<ya? -power steam plant will be required. ? . . - A. K. Clark of Augusta, Ga., slates ' that there is ntf truth 1ft the ^epoft. mentioned last weak, that he will build a faetorr if Tirkioa. Mfwa L American Net * Twine Co., A unl I ston, Ala., contemplatea IncreaaCafc Pi I capacity to a conalderableeatent this year. A a?w M|iM*bonse and a noto tenlng department wilt be contracted* lor at once. . ~ Mortt.. 4phn Btaod * Co,, and Boaeewet p. . c6.twapiat* Irnndln* a kntftln* SUPPRESSING THE BOXERS. I Hiadi of the Criminal* Are Cut Off and lixposed to Public View. Washington, Special.? Minister Con ger reports from Pepin, under March 12, that an attempt has been made in tho district of Yu Tien, about 1,700 miles west of Pekln, to reorganise the Boxer movement, but w^ui promptly suppi eased by tho energetic action of the Vioeroy, the famous Ytian Shlp-Kt, who stood like a rock against the Boxers in ^900. Several soldier* lost their lives in the attempt to arrest the criminals. Several ot the criminals were killed and {en otners were arrested who are to be beheaded and their heads oxposed, Mr. Congtr saya only such prompt and severe measures will pre vent similar organizations In other lo calities, and It Is hoped and bolieved Youan 8hth-Kl will continue as be has begun. The native official report on the uprising is as follows: "The Tung Chou Yungping brigade, General Llaq Tlang, and the district magistrate of Yu Tien, Chong Chin, re port: "In the matter of Boxers drilling at Liu-Ho-Tao, in the district of Yu-Tieu, we sent petty officers to make thorough search and on the 28th of the first moon (February 23rd, 1903), they ar rested Ling Chiang and other men and women, 10 in all, who were practicing Boxer arts and who now ask for orders as to liow we shall deal with them." "To this reply we received as fol lows: -The 'contents of the report have been carefully noted. Proclamations havo ban issued strictly forbidding any revival of the ? disturbances of 1900, which were originated by the Boxers, but Tuan Lun-Chiang and his party, having no regard for the law assembled a lot of peoplo to form a band of Uoxers and drilled them in the dead of night. When they were being 'searched by the elvll offleero they dar ed to resist arrest and killed and wounded several soldiers. Thereupon seven of them were killed, men and wo men, and their head 8 exposed as a warning. Ten others, men and women, were arrested and their swords, spears, flaga, charms and pledges, all proofs of their evildesigus,. wero brought to light I shall depute Taolal Chang Hal-Luan, of the military secretary, of the regular force, to proceed at once with all haste and make a thorough Investigation and tdeal with the matter according to the ^regulations already In force. As to the <ten men and women In custody, let uifcm be carefully tried and afterwards beheaded and let their heads be sent to the place of their rebellion and sus pended as a warning of all and a testi mony to the rigor pf the law. We shall expect also that some-plan bo devised to sccure the, remainder of the band. Let every exertion be made to root it out as to prevent further trouble. For ward this with aU haste." The proclamation of Viceroy- of Yuan the measures taken by.. him _tp . stamp _ out the Boxer movement. These per sona are to be beheaded: Thoso dealing In magic spelis to befool the people; i those practicing etfll teachings and evil arts; those b&nued together to commit < violent crimes; sordl^rs In sympathy with Boxer spcietlet. Heavy fines and ^penalties are Im posed on householders who furnish quarters for Boxef meetings; on Box ers themselves tmd on those who tall to expose. Boxers to arrest^ Altai a propagating /vll teachings are to ba destroyed an?t a rewtrd of 200 tyls la offersd to any fcpe delivering unbound any Boxer. Smaller jewards fife offer ed for Information on : wuvch arrests can be made< The magistrates are to be Impeached for failure to prosecute any Boxers. ? Pekln, Special. ? Chen Chuen Hsuan has been appointed viceroy of Kwang Tung and Kwang Si provlacea. aml Hal Liang haa been made viceroy Of Szchcun province. ' Both aro strong men and probably will suppress the re bellion. . ' ? Panama Assembly Adieiirna, Panama, Special. ? The Assembly of the Department -of Panama haa ended its session. Among - other Important matters which were settled was the placing of a duty of 25 pe- cent on all merchandise Imported to the Isthmus, and .the 'apfH*ovaT"Sr a contract for the lighting of Colon, made with tho Colon Electric Illuminating Company. This company was organized in West Vlr ~ gluts. The contract wttlr-ftwaa made In 1898, but was suspended a year later by the governor of the depart ment when the revolution broke out; River Continues tdfcall New Orleans, Special. ? ' Tho river continue!* to fall herc^ registering 19.7 feet, it the present rate of decline continues for a week all the temporary levees along the commercial front #111 disappear. The work at Hymelia went siring successfully except for a deep hole, which some difficulty will be found* In csossing. Strike Dsfclsred Off, ? Pittsburg, Special. ? Tie strike of the painters and decorators, which has been on In the Pittsburg 'district for nearly tyo months, was partically settled Sunday, il italss-mwUng. The-j men agreed to accept IS. 40 for a day's work of 8 hours, and pay their own car fare to and from work. Last year they. received H.M and had their ca$ fare paid. This yd* they demanded |S .60 "knit eff TWW. Thy wmprsmiss- ?ro? [ ptped by the masters was agreed to with the proviso that tba?e*le com mittee should endeavor at another con Mnes with ifce limn to seenre .] street ear fare and some me^Bchtion News KfParamNttg. The Oeman admiralty yTOpoeee^ withjteval gnne of IW <mitore^ ^ BmS' ttlk* LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. ' "lJi Matty AUIUra of Ocneral Interest la Short Paragraphs. Dow^i Dixie. A tornado Tuesday morning killed 10 persons In Alabama. Kire In tho Beaumont oil Held, Texas caused loss estimated at $1,000,000. Representatives of tho city Chambers of Commerce nt Richmond formed u St^te Board of Trade. " A bill was offered In tho Virginia Senate providing for a State Hoard of Arbitration to settlo labor disputes. Operators and miners, la session at Hunting, W. Va.f are unnble to agree on a scale, and a widespread striko is threatened. Conductor Montgomery Thompson, who had heeu with tlvo Baltimore and Ohio for 42 years, was killed near Mar tinsburg, West Virginia; The West Virginia commission whioh has a $50,000 appropriation, met at Charleston to make plans for the ex hibit at the St. Ijoula Exposition. After being out only 10 minutes, the Jury at Newport News acquitted Police, man W, 8. Shelby, of Washington, charged with the Dysart murder. The Manufacturers* Association, at New Orleans, passed resolutions con demning organized labor, and listened to addresses by Commissioner of Labor Carroll D. V^jiSht. I At The National Capital. The new Chinese Minister paid his respects to Secretary May. ? Target practice has developed weak ness in the gun supports of tho new battleship Maine. Russia has specifically promised to maintain an open door for American trade ip Manchuria. R. B. Creecy, who'-eerved during the SpanLsh-Americau wgr, on the Panther, ? Is among those designated by the Sec retary of the Navy fo?$axaminatton for appointment to second lieutenants of the marine corps. . At Tha North. Rabpl GuStav Gotthell died in New York city. The Pennsylvania Legislature com pleted Its business and will adjourn to day. The investigation into "broodllng" charges, at Jefferson City and St. Louis is being vigrously pressed. One of the worst storms in years has been prevailing along the New Jersey Delaware and New York cd&ata. Directors of the company which con TFSTs tho NewYorK "L" road refused lo~ grant the demand of the trainmen and u strike Is expected. The steamer John H. Staria, tHe non arrival of which at New Haven had cau&ed much anxiety, was located in Huntington bay, Long Island. The police of New York failed to identify the body of the murdered man found In a barrel on the street Tuesday morning or to get any clue as to the perr>etrators. An Indianapolis, Prosecutor Ruck^l shaue fyM^rreed^^lmt the second trial of J- C. Alexafuteis^demonstrator ot^Physleiane and Surgeoii*r.r charged with connection with gray& robbing, has been postponed indeflpuely, P. A. Wldener, the^EIUlk/telphla cap italist, lias offeted to ttffcUity his ei \tire art collection provldific. an n^iseym is erected at tho Qntene tftceet entrance to Fairniont Park. Mivwldr . ener says that the collectiorr-of Mr. andj Mrs. Wllstach arill be offered. ? From Across The ?ea. A congress of the Latin peoples was opened in Roue. President Loubet arrived at Algiers and. was given a notable international welcome. . < The Albanian soldier who shot the Russian Consul at Mltrovitza was sen tenced to death. ? 1 A convention under the auspices of the Ulster Farmers and Landlords* Un-* ion criticised the Irish I^nd bill. _ A Constantinople dispatch says: "M. Stchcrbinai ' the Russian consul a?~Kf I- ' trovitte, who was shot by an Albanian sentinel there recently, is dead. The army and navy officers charged With smuggling goods into Porto Rico will not be prosecuted. They will pay fines equal to double the amount of duty. ? ~ rj Miscellaneous natters. ' An international snti-fclcohol con gress began In Berlin. Emperor William is described as now expressing - warm admiration for Preach Socialist leaders. Artificial ice. lb sold by the govern ment In Manila-to-ati persons In the ? military service at 50 cents per 1<W? pounds. - ? *_ * ? A tondon dispatch says: *'Miss Ellen Tbornejroroft Fowler, the author, was mlUTled last week, 'to A. IVFelkln. at Tctcaball. Ensign Kussner. of the Oerman Navy will be court-martialed for kllHtig an artilleryman who failed touutlute him properly. - ' ...; .. .? The German Government began an investigation of the arrests of natives undfr AmtrlCML^roUcUon on Ruk is land, in the Carolines. An alleged Plot to WH Oemsral Otis who commanded ITnltSd States troops in m Philippines, has been rev?*Ied by aa examination of papers, capt ui ed from the FUipfoos. It is OiIbM by thofe in a position to know that Jrf*lf Xand tem In, the fclUlh Parliament will a tow. A YorkvUle, fl. C? sfsdsl to tks Charkttts. N. C. Observer. *p?: In UM csM of SomsI KcOtstsm, < MIS OF HIS INJURIES ? Spartanburg Nturu blacksmith Why | Was Sta'-.b/U to Death lUu T'T"""' H"uctl"- Mrtrtlu ! ,r COl'""<'11 llla''l"'WII) ?|,0 ?as stubbed In tho head &, Ueu,i0 ,"'hUr' ?' """ '"r " 01 April p, |? from lhc ,''r'"cr " '>'?<-karalil. hIu,?. (i|0<t B??. ?i Morning from the. ?.ffeCtB o f his tTTb1*!, Sll0rUy aflCr tho ^ru?t of ho knife, the hi ado 0f which pet>o th i ?7r the m thiouKii 10 Skull an<l punctured the brnln crnirtm hUfl ,U<U ,n a Bom,:l>aral>?!ad ondltlon, and no hopetf was entr ained for his recovery. The inquest ftil ^???d by Coroner FohIvv W l.v" n, ?rrn- 1,10 a,,to?,8>' held *>y Bra. I? Ike and Harry. Tho testl niony embraced tho statements of three white witness and the phyab report on tho autopsy The testimony of J. A. Harrison, an ye-wUnejH, who Uvea next door to 'lardy ? 8hop. 0n Broad atreet, which that r ppl"ts tUe Hftm* H8 that of the otjier eyewitness, A r Cunningham, wis to the effect that on Mr af?;rU??n ?' th0 he Paw ! Htr'oo* "n^ha,U MP Broad BUeet. As he was passing In front of Hardy a Shop. Blanchard remarked to ? .j^jF>'iii>ghain, who was vith I far. ! 3Vi. 7* Umt 0,(1 u,**er <loa't pav "IO, beat h~~ out of htm." Said hi had done some work for him and wanted his pay, and he meant a >k *ro named George Ollmore. llviug near I Ark might. Hardy ran to the door of j his blacksmith shop and naked BlanJ chard who he was talking about. lanchard turned hack and said lit was not talking about him (Hardy) adding that ho was not afraid of however. Hardy drew his kntfe'lrom his pocket and ran at Blanchard with th* weapon drawn, cursing hlra and stating that ho was not afraid of him and also that he had money to hack P his actions. Harrison at this Junc ture loft the spot and went towards lockley'n store. He considered both roen drinking. As soon as th?, nejro advanced Blanchard drew his Intto and dealt the fatal thrust. There wa.s on y one wound on the negro's body the one above mentioned. ? Cunning' .barn testing that q? Hardy advance* and Btruck at Blanchard. the hitter I <1'1' * ,'low. knttod tho negro In | e Jury was that the deceased, Mar | tin Hardy, came to his death by a knife wound from the . hand a 0, CJcorge Blanchard. Blanchard is if? the county Jan. His attorney* win make blnZ\ltbe ,uttt" t0 r"*i V Allfanc^ Fund. .... Greenville. Special.? Many of the) ll'ZT \l ?rconv,M* ^unty are Inter itH pend,"K litigation over the of the fund belonging to farmers' Alliance \-xi>han&, Whh-h now amounts ,n round numbers ul ?17,000. It will be recalled 'that Mr. H. l "'?ookshlre of this county, renre ' and ?ther> ln th0 ?*** I the-<3ash Hm^aUiaiujo^haaLaakfid^Qr the appointment of a receiver to take" largo of the fund, and the petition for ""a,!c ln Co,?^ Mr. John s. Venier''Kth!?a8 <l{rect<"' Richland county to tak^ t^aM88 ,or the ran? and reoart % V*11"1011* in In this matter * a future *'*rfixg Fatal Explosion. Rock Hill,' Special.?' Three negroes, employes of- the Catawba Power Coi>| had their right arms shattered by a belated explosion ot a dynamite blast at the. company's . works , last week. They had ' returned to work after a series of explosions and did not know that one (charge had failed to fire. IVfw Co/porallons. A quarter of a million dollar lum ber company has -been organized in the upper part of the State with Gneenvlllc as headquarters. The pro moters are R. E. Johnston of Seneca and W. J. Kreamcr and H. T. Kreamer of William sport. Pa. These parties yes terday made application to the secre tary of state for a tommlsslon to open books of subscription. The general purposes of tho organization will be "to buy and sell real estate, timber "ttWt)<grTtghtgT the cutting an.l sawing and manufacture of lumber and tho marketing of the product; to buy and develop water powers and to sell and lease the same; to build- and equip and operate tramways." and The tL. Lumber and Brick com pany has been granted an Increase In It* capital stock. The company waa In corpor*tedl8 months ago with a capi talization of $16,660 and recently has decided to double Its capital stock. Llhe directors .are. J&L. B. Boatwrlgbt, 1 8. H. School fled, B. O. Bransford and H. L. Buatwilght. The Allen and Crvwa company ot Spartanburg waa chartered. This Is a mercantile establishment with a |10. 606 capitalisation. The Summertand Tmprovement com ' to^E^immerland Hotel Batesb?rg, tied Its tty n<l vm glm SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS I Weekly bulletin Prom tha l)cpart? nient. ? The week ending 8 a. m., ..Monday, April 20th, hful an averugo temperature of 57 degrees, which la about 8 degrees below novum). The temperatures were low ^enough for light frosts on the 15th, 17th and 18th, and sjme f:ost was noted on each of these day*, but on this ltth only was It general. Theao frosts did no perceptible injury, except to check germination, and growth of crops that are up. The rains retarded farm work in t.ha wc?t until near the 'close of tho week, so that neither plowiug nor planting made much progress, but In the eastern and central divisions, both progressed rap Idly. Home hail was noted on the 11th, and snow Hurries, op the 13th In the ex treme west. Plowing and farmwork In general aro more backward In tho western division than usual. A small portion only of tho upland corn crop has been planted, and none on bottom lands, and cotton planting has only begun. The weather conditions were more favoral*]^ in tha rast, where upland corn, cotton and rice planting are almost finished, ex cept the low-lands in tho Georgetown district devoted to rice that continue too wet to work. More than half tho tobacco acreage has been transplanted, and the set plants are doing well, al most all of t'nciu b^g alive, ihe weather having been* siilted to this work. Much torn has come up to- from poor to fair stands, and some has been culti vated but stands were thinned by birds and worms in ptftces, necessitating replanting. The cool weather caused young corn, cotton and rice to look sickly and yellow. There Is, however, but little cotton up, Oats Improved In a few sections, al though generally they deteriorated be ing still Infested with lice, and the cold weather is said also to be Injurious. Rust Is prevalent on both wheat and oats. Oats are heading In many place#, and In Charleston county will aoon be ripe. Wheat la heading also, but is un promising owing to ruBt and Insbof*. Thtf fruit prospects are good in most b-.x'tlonp, although uncertain In others, although the frosis did no injury $ peaches. Gardens are. improving. Thick ohipments continue heavy, especially of strawberries. White potatoes are In bloom to the coast truck districts, but t'olu-adl bee lira aittttumerona amltfo structive. The rains caused some of the clay lands to become packed and hard to plow. MARKETS, o Cotton .. ?? . . ..10 1-4 Oats ....33 Sugar, Granulated. . . . .. . . . ' .5 3-4 Peanuts . ,4?4'1*2 Cattle, live ... . 2ip4 Corn. . ; , . . . . . ... .42 Wheat ..83 Bacon. . . . ; . . . ,12 1^2 i. ..12 1-2@13 CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE. The grain and provisions market ox' perienced another -WeaV sesslofr and closfug prices were Towor oH arotmd ; May wheat belug off 1*4; corn 1*4 tower and ontB down l-4<8>3-8; pro* visions were * from 12 1-2 to 22 1*2 lower. In urancj Statistics. Tho Comptroller General's office la preparing the annual bulletin of tho ?business (lone in this State by the for eign insurance companies last year. By "foreign" is meant all . companies which havo agencies In this 8ta,tC and not chiiHerod under the layvs of tjie State. * _ There was a great advance fn the volume of insurance and in the amount of premiums. It is a fact worthy of note that the amount of premiums paid ? by resided U at South. Carolina ttttil?9cj Insurance companies was more than double the amount received Into the State on account of losses. The fol lowing advance figures will be of in terest to the great army of Insured in South Carolina: Foreign fire' Insurance companies wrote'rlsks of 181,549,428.41. Premiums received were $336.360i06. and losses paid were $226,707.07. United States Are companies? Risks, $58.4Gr.7SS.42r premiums, $804,517.81; losses paid, $467.163.16.j I-lfe companies? Risks, $16,803, 007. 70; premiums, 2,030. 480.11 ; losses. paid, $898,877.65. ? Accident companies? Risks. $21,328. -^premiums. fl 23,308.61; _IoaaferJ paid, $3417166. W. - Tho total volume of rlsas written by life, fire and accident compsnlts In tnlnms received in 1902 was $3,294,656. W, and increase of $403,876.62, or an intfeas^of over 15 per cent.; the total amount of losses tor 1902 was $1,626, 654.46, an increase of t2!N,4Ht\?0. or over 20 per cent, above last ieafcT: The following license feei were re c?tv*d by the States tram the tater em-rompaeter, fww ??? [-tod States Are Ittsataaco Bompinlsi, fit, 352.40; from Mrttty, arrtrtent *ad surety companies, $M1*^4;. mortma company. $199; fratarmal societies, $179. Thfi makes a total of $tt.44Uff.' ?m ninor Event* of the Week la ? Brief Form.* " ? 5 ? ; ? Sunday ltud l,eo Cllngscalcs and. 9 Cewtii Miller, two llOgrd convicts oil i ho gang of road-workois, went ill swimming in Little river at Hartln'g mill In Abb'tvllle county. , Their shackles were not removed ai^d whW they got beyond theld depth were en tangled and weighted down f>y them end could tmt uwlm or regain (he bank. Ilefore assistance could be had they both lost consciousness. MIU6r waa re vived. but Cllnkscale* waa dead before any means of reviving him could be . obtained.) Cllnksialcs had about ?l* months more to serve as a convict. Monday morning about hIx mltee . from Johnston In Saluda county Mr. John Shaver wa* shot and killed by Rufua Durst, a young white man. It appcaru from the Information obtained that Durst wanted Shaver'a son, who, with hl8 father, waa a tenant working on shares on Durst'g father's farm, to work In the latter'B fl?fcl. Shaver ex* ~ plained that bis son had to go uway for part of the day. It seems that Durst became Infuriated. Hot words passed and Durst pulled his pistol and fired, killing old man>Shaver, who was about 70 years. J , Another of the atito^llum m*p slon of the Stntedias succumbed to the flames. A few days ago one of the oldest housen In the - MeCleHanvUie neighborhood near Planterville in Georgetown county was burned and, the origin of tlio Are is unknown, It was a thr^e-story structure, {Wilt when nails were wrought by hand, and was owned by the Doer family prior to the Civil War., but of recent year* It has bccu In the family of the late Dr. Horace Leland. u LcwlsN&mlth, a Confederate veteran Cl years old and o&e'leggeQ, who lives hear Klnard'a utofe, about 16 mttea* from Saluda, has been sent up to the circuit court by Magistrate 8. M. Meyers on the charge of attempting a nameless crime on his grandniec#; * child of 10 years. Smith denies bU guilt. The people of the community are much Htlrred up oVer tne anair, but to their credit nothing' Illegal has been attempted or even thought Ofr - A smooth young ffcutm giving Ma nami as Howard and claiming to rep resent the Curtis Publishing company, of Philadelphia, sold $75 worth of auhr . se'rlptlons to -the- Saturday Posl to young men in Columbia some tinur ago. - The- yuuggxmgu Mcg'ife" celved no papeiy. but, InatandUthe 1n> - formation from the Curtis coni$g&y that they have no such man represent ing them. was clearly a fakir. or tfcro&sfc in On the grave of Wade Hampt waa hikl SatoMty ? wreath, a$nt " Charleston CI of the Confed Mrs. JaraerC gallant Confede attorney general ton'* cabinet. The'.,. Mrs. Clark Waring, regent of 1 1 a m p ton c h apUr . The engineering ncssoc, Georgia and - ra I fro ail has reach? road la projected to hooca w that jcltTa ?? h mm cured aon* 14 months thft wc? Hmlnary sum*: Thr wgrrwiHwa uowi . a^. safurw night ir ? trouble arose bet ween ^Utonso white man, and lahat ~ which resultedln the seriously cnt about* iu< ?rc?. tfihbis arote from the fact that I In the day the negro ran Into Pike with ? bicycle. The Vigilant Bl pany of^i?rt The capital atock will ultimately be_ $120,000, The oflleer* nfe-i-T. ' bur, president; John and treasurer, Ucltor. ' ? - ? - ? The Bank of Saluda baa mnnUmA a charter. It will bo 1 capital stock nt . men who ara backli are B. W, Croucb,' Alvln "Etheredge and J. P. There^ara.no any kina In the of Saturday mor_._ tracks and other ?tU discovered 1? tbr-lrt storo on But Main burg. , The growers of rlon, of wbotn tbarsr i For the dl Waal Cab* x4raW* V :