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vrn AMD EN ? W ? vJsr^Cj #? .m '? 'VST -:S3 VOLUME XIV. .,*?? CAMDKN, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1903. K O. 20. t> c rilnor Event* of the Week In ? Brief Form. The quiet of the Sabbath in Cross r Hill wag broken by the killing of John Tate by Will Mate*, both colored. It seems that Vlfllt Mates and his wife had a falling out some tlmo ago and she. h%d loft him. He commenced to abuse "ner, telling her If . she did not return home with him he would beat her, at the same time gathering up a etick and starting towards her. John Tate, who was with her, apoUo up and said to Will: "I have no objection to your wife going home with you, but you must not boat her with a stick." . ? Will Mates turned to him and qald: "What have you got to do with it?" At the same tlmo be pulled his pistol Ctnd flreel killing John Tate instantly, the ball going through tho breast, lodg ing in the backbone. There has been no stranger disap pearance in the state than that, of David R. Elkin, the young lineman of Columbia, and his family begin to think that something has happened to the young man of serious nature, or that ho has met with foul play. The thought that he made away with hlm self has not been entertained by his family, and there is good reason to be ? lleve that ho could not have been killed, as the body would have been found by this time. Material is on the site and ground has been broken for the bullri'r.gs to bo occupied by the Carolina Indus trial and Training School for colored youths at St. George's. This istltu tution has been In contemplation for some months and tho philanthropic ? ? promoters of It, who are exclusively Of the colored element, have been ar dent and utiring in their efforts to en list the aid and sympathy t>f many prominent educators. The committee of new Industries from .the Commercial Club Is at work just ilow on tho prospect of securing a bleachery for Charleston. Since the first meeting? of the committee woro held Chairman Welch has been gath ering all tho information possible on the subject, and matters are develop ing in such a gratifying way thai every ^ Idieatlon points- to the ultimate suc cess of .the venture. - Prof. P. T. JJrodie, who Is chairman Of the State Teachers Association ex ecutive committee, s^'s that the ar rangements have been completed for tho annual meeting of the association nt White Stone Lithla Springs on June 13-17, and that promise Is glv^n of a good session. Mauy papers and discus slons on various school problems will JtiQ_?iv?n.__ ... ? A charter has been issued to the Banna Cotton Mill Company, of Gold" vllle. The company li a result of the .reorganisation of the Goldvljle Manu facturing Company. Col. George John son la president and L. W. C. Blalock secretary and treasurer of the corpora tion. One of tire most pleasant occasions given In Hartttvillo in recent years was the annual picnic of the Hartsvllle ;Lfght Infantry given oWthc banks of beautiful pond of the Carolina Fiber .cinr Company, In the rear of Capt. Can ndn's residence, on Friday, ther 15th . ? - ? lOfit. .. ... ? ? ? The Clyde steamer Apache dropped l,or propeller on Saturday night just ne she Vfai turning in tho channel to come into her dock at Charleston, ren dering the vessel completely disabled . and causing no little Inconvenlece to ? the passengers on board. -:-Ml?a .Anna Anderson, of* the Thorn ^ well _Orphdnage In Clinton, was killed Tuesday In tho laundry of that Inst tution. While passing the v"?inger, the _ ? machine suddenly went to pices and Miss Anderson was struck about the head. ^--Comptroller General Jones gives 110 4iee that there will bo a meeting in Co lumbia on Tuesday, Juno 2. of the slate brorjljit.equ&yzsttion. This board will consider tho assessments on railroad, telephone, telegraph and Pullman Pal ...J ? .ace Car Company. John Tate killed Will Motes ? bolh In Cross' Hill, Lauens coun ty, on Sunday ? ? ? The Hampton monument' fund was the theme of nearly every speech at the recent reunion In Columbia, and the interest In It leads to tho belief ?that the'requlslste amount will boon v be raised. Governor Heyward has been asked to give encouragement to the good roads movement in York County. He is - - a great advocate of the good roads workf _ --Superintendent Gilliam of the Abbo 0 Vllle grad^jl schools has resigned. - ? M. O. Shirley of Anderson county has received the appointment to the ... Annapolis naVAl nC3{1rrt]y,WiI lip. : -tha-anoQlntment having | withdrawn. "OreenVHlS la to have a large hard wood manufactory. The company ha* already bought 60,000 acres of timber ] land In th^northern aoction^ of /the county. ?. ? The Jury in tho case of Rhodes, ad itstrator. against the Southern rail-. TTs lit in in 1 a verdict on Saturday In faror ofwfr-nUintlff for 110,000, In Bir n well. " Dnnlel O'Driscofl, fer% more~TEaii twatyytm manager of the "Western ITnton o?9? in Charleston, died on v JfoeWay. aged 6? yeara. - 3. m. wntte. a young man, was oper ated on In Bpartanbarg on Monday (oi 'l appendicitis ^ Mm. Lucy Putnan, btl'cved to he (lit oldeet white person in JLaurena died Wat week, aged ?7. Ilv?p waa shot a ad killed In Tuesday 4 by Ufcdor* eelore*. Tkomfeoa A GRUESOME FIND* Dead Body Found Floating on tb? Surface of a Pond. Langley, Special.? A gruesome pic ture presented itself to somo passers by Tuesday morning on the Langley dam about one-fourth mile from the mill. They saw tho body of a human being lying cold In death. Upon ex amination It proved to bo the body of Joe Wertz, a negro man who has been in the employ of tho Langley Manu facturing company for ft number^ of years. Wertz had been struck a heavy blow on the back of his head and then his throat was cut. The coroner's Jury rendered a verdict to the effect that Wert* catr^e to his death by a violent attack by unknown parties. It is rum ored that a woman was at the bottom of thd trouble which led to tho killing of Wertz. Two negroes were arrested but wero released, tho evidence not being sufficient to warrant their im prisonment. All th^ State Judges. Much intci^est attaches to the meet ing' of the entire court of the State on next Saturday. It is a very rare oc casion for this to become necessary. Chief Justice Pope lias found It neces sary t(^?>rder a general assembling in the cases of J. T. Duncan against tho Aithern railroad and also in the ease *S. C. Fulmer agalns tthe same com pany. Important questions Involving constitutional laws have arisen In both of the cases. The order will bring to gether four supreme court justices and eight circuit judges. Tlpe four supremo court judges and sev/en of the circuit judges will Hervo^thA latter to be de termined by lot. New Cheese Factory. Greenville, Special. ? The first fruits of one of our home enterprises were In evidence upon our streets on Thursday in the shape of'ueveral cheeses, tho production of the Georges Creok Cheese factory. This- factory is located in Pickens county, ln\ the Georges Creek section about thre? and one-half miles thlB side of Easlejf. It began op erations about April 7th , and its pro ducts were brought to Greenville for the first time the day mentioned above. The cheeses offered were readily sold and the parties in charge expect to bring Ijl another load at an early date. Ih Life and Death. CheraW, Special. ? A most remark able coincidence occurred in our town Monday. At 8:30 o'clock Mr. A. G. Bright, a private in Boy kin's Ranger*, aged 73 years, was buried. At 4 o'clock in the Afternoon Mr. J. Fletch er Grant, a private in the First regi ment, Heavy Artillery, S. C. V., aged 65 years, was burled. These gentlomen were once copartners in business, both members of Cheraw lodge, No. 15, A. F. M., both burled wit* Masonic honrs, and both died with paralysis. -Scooting In Anderson. , Anderson, Special. ? As a result of a shooting scrape at the Townaen<k twine mill, Will Solesbee, a young white man employed In tho mill, prob | ably received a fatal wound at the hands Qf Lonnle Bills. Solesbee be came Involved in a quarrel with a man named Hammond about a pocket knife. Solesbee had Hammond's knlfa and would not give It back to* him. Lonnle Ellis took Hammond's part in the dispute and undertook to make Solesbee return thtf knife. From this pistols were drawn and Sole a bee was ehot in the breast, just under tho heart. ^2 ^ For Better Schools. Anderson, Special. ? Tho trustees of Friendship school have agreed to or der an election at an early date In re gard to levying an additional three mill tax for school purposes. The citi zens are yery enthusiastic over school matters, and tho idea now in hand is to get a large enrollment by enlarg ing tho school territory, to have bet ter accommodation* tfcd to employ more teachers. The schools in the dis trict will also be consolidated. State Items. George Blanchard, a white man, was convicted of manslaughter In Spartan burg on Thursday for killing Martin Hardy, a colored blacksmith, and sen-, tenced to twp years in the peniten tiary. ? It is now almost certain that the government will establish a naval training station at Paris Island, Beau fort. /, Ernest League, colored, wan arrested In Greenville Friday hy Patrolman George Dawson, of that city, on the -charge of having- stolen a gold watch belonging tn R. J, Hnnkinnon, a stu dent at the Furman Fitting school. The. Jackson- Weathcrby Manufac turing Co. of Beaumont, Texas, has been incorporated, with a capital of $25,000. Tho incorporators are George L. Jackson. E. D. Weatherby. Byron Barnes and others. The company will manufacture builders' material. ?The following clearances were re ported last week from Jacksonville, Fla.: Schooner Julia 8. Deer log for Aaaapolia, Md., jrlth_L3 65.000 feat Of yellow pine lumber; schooner Fair field for 8an Juan, Porto Rico, with 460,000 feet, and a vessel jrfor New York with 42S.900 feeU, -r- - ? - At Jackaon, Tern*., Monday, wnen the Federal Conrt met to hear the ar gumenta In Ihe Injunction proceedings against the striking employes of the Mobile A Ohio Railroad. Judge W. T. Irwin, of 8priagt4ld, M<V. speaking for tfca strikers, said that on the^ace of U* Mil. tha Judg* would ha veto pant the restraining order lssned hy Judge HmmwimA as It was the same as that Gourt ln the ym CHANGE IS OPPOSED. Strong Resolutions on Marriage and Divorce Adopted. - ? ?# .% THE SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY ACTS. After a Heated Debute an Overture From (lie Nvw Orleans Presbytery Was Adopted. U?flngton, Va., Speelal.?The ses sion of the Southern Presbyterian As Bernmy Tuesday morning wus ad dressed by Bey. Dr. John Balcom Shaw, of New York, a momber of the committee t? forward the evangelistic movement in the Northern Presby leilan Assembly In the interest of that cause. The overtures frqiu the Synods of Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, and the Presbyteries of Maryland, Brazos t w?rth and Bed river for closer relations with the Reform Church of America were reported with the re commendation that the Assembly ap point a committee of conference whenever the Reformed Church should indicate its readiness to receive the committee and the report was adopted. Pr Graham was appointed a delegate to lay the matter before the Reformed Church. I ' Upon the recommendation of the nu ng committee the bequest of Mrs was p,a'^ i , , endowment fund for pUsbWorili The reflue8t of the , 1 i esb> toi Ian Society of Philadelphia" for historical papers relating to ti c Assembly was agreed to Telegrams wero received from the and fhiftnN Presbyterian Assembly and the Northern Presbyterian A* the1firel^P0? tlUi recoiumendatlon of thl, ?i ,gnv corresPondence committee evanKofisH^ dooll"M tf> appoint an evangelistic committee for co-onern i nJi similar committees of allied g^?8t?alh df^n,ned to appoint a dele gate to tho joint, conference on di lution am1 re"marrlage." Strong ^so lutions were adopted on tho .subject i divorce. Thd A Jem a, ih .. a rocoss Hn'" "fternooit on cSi,M T session an address bv n? education was delivered by Bey. Dr. Theron H. Rice, of At anta, to one of the largest congrega ons yet assembled during the As Wn ? i ?A Bpecial committee was ap pointed to consider the anti-saloon Slffinrt co?munIcation on the ad of P.r?Posed action. *"e Now Orleans Pre3byte'ry in an TTi-'i--? T- Assembly asked that of faith. The Assembly, Anally after a heated debate, participated in by a num^er of commissioners, adopt- ? ed\ the overture. \ ? J> Tornadoes In Iowa; haihe^n0lJle8' l0Wa* sP?cial.? Iowa hSSre Th~Im/aWC2t for thc paat 2* I xf i!?' T,irce tornadoes, two Monday ^'fngthna?o 01)? Tuesday night, resulted. lE.4 S* lives, the fatal ip JurT of three score of people, .beside Ngreat property lorfs. The dead: At B!etnT' of Artair, low*. JU^y ears ; Hazef-v Wright, of : Adair, aged years. Neir Buxton - South^^f X' Herbcn Rhode*. At a?ri Russe11 A- Knauff, Th? | j ye*?'* Floyd Knauff, ii^ut. Fokprl A rJl1 Qle?tyom^<Mary soif Pt^T pelaney. MyrM(TDlckln vll' n Newton, Harrison Johnson. taT rMniniQn:K ^^^OUs Bhodes, fa eUr' A u ' fata,: R,iza Blak eiy, fatal, Amphy and Minnie Blakely; gewart. Lucy. qeorge and Addison Rhodes; Buddie Beashy; Mary Walk Kr?B?,ff i"ou.th . ^ Moines: Mrs. Knauff. bruised and cut; Mrs Mar- ? fnTf ??.at0a' 8klUI ^ctured by fall ing brick; Charles McNutt, hurt by Lr??,Kmba; Mra- John McCoy, breast and head cut by flylnc k1 ism The victims at Glen n wood were all in xi?!** * Scho?l for tho Feeble Mindod. The tornado struck the girls' dormitory The roof was torn off and with a terrific, terrible crash fell back again upon the wrecked building. All IhHu*1- ??"rB of the *roup, Including the hospital, dormitory, boys' building custodians' building, farm cottages ami the boiler-room were more or less damaged by the storm. Tho supertn 1teii<lent esAhated that ftp loss will be ThiTh,1,7,5,000' ,There 18 no 'n8urance? i. buildings of the institution are sRuated on a slight rise and were J mark for the heavy wind, which swept down 011 tho structure wltl) terrible fury. The boiler-room, including some w"Li,Tiacb?,fry', late,y '"balled. i3 wrecked. Tho eleven girls who were uf? 'T'"/ ftared for In the hos pital, which is intact. Killed In Wreck. Charlottesville, Va., Special.? The Cb kapeaRe ft Ohio local passenger train, east bound, for Richmond, wa* wrccked one mile cast of Charlottr.v vllle at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, b the spreading of tho i-alls at a sharp curve. The train was half an hour I%te and was endeavoring to regain ios-t time. Two persons were killed: T. D Hall, of Richmond, Va.. the engineer. Md -Cbaa. Snyder, of Richmond, Va.. fl reman of the wrecked train. No oao wa? aarioualy injured, but _*oxne pc - *ons S?$g The engino i3 w t^ek . The nail coach and two l??tP?ar para were demolished. W..h^on, 8p?Ii1.=inEi^ nSBSf ' ' Pt Service hac undertaken th*> wori or boldtag another la aereltuSoi!: AN IMPORTANT CASE. Question of Cosh Pare oh Car, lo B, Atgued. Columbia State, May 24. ?* 8""u ?"P?>?'o eourt has under onslderatlo,, two case* affecting the XlPUb,V? ,ar^ that it Z ?ltd to call a session of the court cn banc to pass upon th:ir merlta. The cas??H arc 8lmil:tr |n olrcum. stance and almost Identical |n the Points vt Jaw involve,!. and for that jca^n were argued tocher. The Point at Issue Is whether or not a rail road company can eject from Its traine passenger* who refuse to pay the 25 tents excess charged when tho pas senger get.s on the train without hav ing procured a ticket at a station where there is a ticket oftice. Chief Justice Pope aifd Associate Justice Clary, Jcnes and Woods and tdrcult Judges Aldrleh, Cape, Oary Dantzlcr, Klugh, Purdy and To\vn-' r,?"! wcrc l),est>nt and preHlding Ab there were eight circuit Judges here and as tho rules require that an odd number tit upon cases en banc, the judges drew lots and Judge Watts Was excused from sitting The cases in which the supremo court Justices had ordered a roargu ment before the "court en banc" were: J- T. Duncan against Southern Hall way company, coming up from^Jarn 6 ' anU H> c" Kulme>' agali/SrSouth ern Railway company, coming up from Newberry, Each case had previously pen aiguej before the supreme court n composed of Justices Vapo. Gary and Jones, but not dec ided. The two eases were by agreement e (rr f-1 together, because in i4 n,? Question on which the im tiees and the Judges desired to h "ar argument is tlie same ? whether under existing laws in South CaXa S ro<yl pmpany has the right to re Hc kef a ,)a8Ecn?er who has not a tic ket the payment of 25 cents excess ' ' lu^vhled the company give the f eck w heieby the company uxrcei to repay the holder such excess a? Una ?fe (|l l{.Gt ofll<'?a in s?uth Caro lina it such rebate1 check'' ho i*? ?ented within 20 days from ?.,?,?! ser) lMt lnT.f? ',h? ,pl""ll,r <l>ass<m ' !ost ,n the circuit court and tnnk "" appeal to the supremo court! tb? hearing yesterday the argu ments were made by Mr. James M ne n, J"hn 8- H^nolds 'i.re: "l*" "1 Mr. George Johnstone I'ulmm and "ir TT tZT""'""* sen, log the r^Vli o", "Th<i facts in the case of Duncan art ibotjt a vLnrIP" -- Ar?in~ Pol ion 25 m 8? a m was oJect5d at V"5 ni'lcs^outh of the citv be h?s hM* ISOt boi,eht a ticket to destination, Barnwell, and sk?J2k? l? ??? J;: ftmoun7nMh f h", pr0B!nt tho ... 1, of the fare in cash. Duncan S5 .it0uPerry and thence rode to Dainwell. ne brought suit against tho but lottnthe,,rWay f?n,Pany for *2'000> oTt " ua8e tho 8Pecla? term ?,rcu't court, acting Judge ,DK charg0rl the jury th?t c \ C?m m " y has ,ho right to cnarge theVexcess from the RtnHrm nl \ JQuncan boardfed the train as there ticket agent there, Tho tase-^as {appealed to the w'tLt lr' heard^tn January, but the court^eM $]CLa?mben Stt W5? 7^a^ y.o entlrr,Por,?rt hanewwlssied 0r<i?r f?r tte court c" ^ STST-StS XL'S XI 10AA ftcted . in violation of the act of of fireS?? rf^!are8 thRt the amount of faro to bo collected by railroad com panies shall be three cents a mile and it Is declared by the attorneys for th* ine V"!*8 ^at thl8 ,B Practicallv add ing 25 cents to the fare, ?and makes the passenger a creditor of tho rall inJ? fCTPany w,thout hlo own con sent to become such a creditor ? nis case will be watched a? (.incei? whoRo"',-?,' ,h' " Norman of Union, sat aay ^tcr ?'?,e?r ""'"8 * Report Ready. Spartanburg, Spccla!.-The report of Special Referee J. Y. Culbreth In the caae of Abbott ca at., vs. the City of Spartanburg et al., action to compel the payment of back taxes for a period of redemption from the Spartan and Beaumont mills, was filed in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court Sat urday. and a copy served on the attor neys for the petitioners and for the re doenm^f' ?l8 rIeporl-an exhaustive document embracing 16 pages of typc wlth thi 11 ^^r'Pt? treats entirely with the facts in the litigation n* New Church Greenville. 8peofal.? The Rutherford Street Bap^a^ church has let out tli contract for its new church of wor ship to Grandy & Jordan, and work begin In a few days upon the ele gant building, which is to coat $6.5(0 The location Is on the cottier of Pinck ney ahaXloyd streets and the buITd ing ? will be 85x65 feet, with a seating capacity of 600. The house will be oo copied br the. lat of October. t New Corporation?# . The Polo Pony company of Camden waa chartered last we#k. The object of thlf company t? to keep and to hire ponies for .plvMMure. Mr. n. U Baratow, Jr., Mr. E. Edward Krumholi. E V. | Vanx, B. Killer Doyltla and othera a-r latareatad in the company. The Mattta* Hardware company h.m I rtght to ha mcof por ? ^ 1? DEATH AND INJURY Many Injured In the Paris Automo bile Races Sunday * A CHAFFEUR KILLED OUTRIGHT. Two Spectators Reported Kill-d Vanderbllt and O.licr Americans t>rop Out. Paris, Ily Cablo. ? Tho Hi ?t atagu In (ho Paris-Madrid automobllo raca, from Veifrtlle* to Bordeaux, 343 miles, was finished rtt noon Sunday when I. uls Renault dashed at a furious pace Into Bordeaux, having made a record run of 8 hours and 27 mlnutos. An hour lator M. Oabriel arrived with a still betier record (if X hours, 7 min utes. It is estimated from t ho time made that the3u automobiles covered 62 milos an hour on tho road outsldo the cities. These victories however, were clouded by a series of aecldens, having In one case at least, a fatal result, At least two cars woro wreck od and Marcel Henault, the winner of the Paris-Vienna race last, year, I^or raine Harrows, a very well-known au tomobllist, ami Renault'.) chaffeur, woro seriously, it Is believed fatally, injured, while Harrows' chaffeur was killed. Moreover, an unconfirmed re port says a. serious accident occurred near Angoueleme, in which tho two occupants of an automobile, tho owner of which 1b not yet known, were seri ously injured and two spectators were killed. This number of accidents lias not caused any groat surprise here, in view of tho number of contestants in the race and the groat speed ai.d pow er of their machine. Tho namo of W. K. Vunderbllt. Jr., disappeared from the reports along the (route after Raiu bouillet, where.. jjfl" passed twenty elgLth in ordwr, at a quarter of 5 Sun day morning, going in line form. The omission of his name from tho din patches from Chartress, tho next town ou tho road, caused some anxie ty and brought forth a number of In quiries. It. was learned later that ho, Henry Kournler and Baron D'Korest withdrew from the race togother be fore reaching Chartress. All of them suffered breakdowns, and having lost three hours they decided it was unc? less to continue. Vanderbllt and Baron DoForcst laughed and made light, of their withdrawal. FQjjhall Koen, Tod Sloan and W. J. Dannat, tho Ameri can artist, did not start. C. Cary L)ins moro is thus tho only American left in. Sertoli* Floods. ' ? Enid, O. T., Specials? Hundreds of persons were rendered homeless and property damage to the extent of $300, 000 was done in Qio Enid bottoms alone, by a cloud burst that struck west of this city, at midnight Satur day night. The aggregate damage probably will be much higher on ac count of losses sustained between Enid and the seat of the storm. A bank;' of water three feet high and 200 feet wide, swept down through the bottoms at mid-night, carrying hquBes and everything before It. It qanjjjji upon Enid without warning, while most of Its inhabitants wero asleep. Within r few minutes a hundred bouses wore submerged. Many, people lost every thing they possessed. The means for relieving distress are Inadequate. Tho rainfall the past ten days has been the greatest in the history of Okla homa Territory and indications that more losses will be reported. Reports aro very meagre at this time. Roosevelt's Sunday. Seattle, Wash., Special. ? Sunday was spent very quietly by President Roosevelt, in view of tho fact that tho President always observes the Sab bath as he sees fit. tho citlxens gave him full range to follow his own in clinations and Secretary I^oeb said the President observed tho Sabbalh strict ly. Yesterday was one. of the hardest days that the President had since h o started on his tour. He visited the navy yard at Bromerton, went to Ev rrett and returned to Seattle again In tho evening. During Lhc day he made five addrosscg. Entente Adopted. yokOTiama. By Cable.? Marquis iu addressing a meeting of the opposition paity, urged the adoption of an entente with the mlnlstery on tho naval ques tion. He Raid that ho agreed with the cabinet that the funds to Increase the navy should be raised by a loan In stead of a land tax. He did not desire to make foreign politics a pretext for any entente, but tho state of the weather In the far East was. not good and it was neressary that the great op position party^ should preserve lis solidity. The meeting adopted tho en tente. Grand Stand Takes Fire. , Cambridge. Mass* SpecJsl.? Harvard met defeat at the handa of 'fcrlnseton on Soldiers' field, Saturday afternoon f to 5. In the eighth inning HarvarO could not score, although getting mo; to second and third bases. In the Ant haJf of th<a eighth inning the granA stand back of tho catcher was aecu U. take fire and there *as a scramble f. spectators In tho seats to tho groan, rhla Incident, which did not prove s. rious, caused a fifteen minutes Inter ruption lir the game - ? Briber SeatenpedL St. Louis, 8pec?sl>~After being out W minutes, tho Jury in the caaeof Bmll Hartmsn, former member of the VIoose of Delegates, lor bribery, re. u ned a verdict Saturday afternoon *efo*% Jndge Ryan, tiding ' Hartmab. -nmraiH Hag his paalahnxat at < SOLTII CAROLINA CHOI'S. The Condition of Ci ops at the Cioso of i li<j 1'aat Wot l{, Tho week ending s a. in., Monday, May 21th, liud a mean temporaturc of 7!) degrees, wl/ith is 5 dourees nhoyu normal, making this (lit* hottest wcvk of the year, us well as tho llrat, sluea t ho crop season began, thai wan warm* er than the normal. There was a grad ual Inereaso in warmth from the be ginning to the end uf the week, at which tlmo temperatures above 90 de grees wero observed over tho entire Htate. The suiuhin was largely in ox cess of the usual and averaged about DO degrees of tho possible. The winds wero light westerly (o southerly. Tho warmer weather v/as favorablo^to crops and has given corn and cotton a healthier look, oud started a rapid growth wherever tho givmnd contains chough moi^tnro. The c< millions wero also favorable for the rapid progress of farm work. The week's rainfall consisted of gin- ; orally light, scattered showers, that fell on the 21st and 23rd. Portions of Hampton <\>unty had excessive pie eipltatlon, whilo tho north central and western counties had none. Mght hall fell in Kershaw. THn need of rain is felt over tho whole State, but only in the north central and western eounticj Ims tho drought become serious. In these sections, the lands have become too dry and hard to work and gen erally they break up cloddy. Com plaint is widespread that recently planted corn and cotton cannot como up untiLJ^ rains, and that all crops are suffering" for want of moisture, with a component falling off in condition, and that growth is at a standstill. Tho weather conditions wero favor able on cotton, and a rapid fm prove ment is indicated, but stand* continno to bo Irregular and in number of lo calities the plants are dying onV while recently planted seeds are slow in coming up. Tho early planted enmo up poorly, with much replanting r.ttll being done, whole fields being, in some instances, plowed up and planted over. Chopping Is gonoral, and in a f?V lo calities nearly finished, Fields "^iwe cloan, n3 a rule, except in Beaufort county. Bealsland cotton hns Im proved In condition, stand and* color, but nil cotton Is small for .tho season. Tho condition of corn is variable, but with a general Improvement dur ing the past week, due to the more favorable weather. Worms continue to destroy stands of young corn. All corn is small for the season. There is still much to plant in the north central and western counties. Fields aro well cul tivated ami clean. Tobacco Improved under the in fluence cf bright sunshine and the hot weather. It In buttoning low in Flor ence and the stalks are spindling In K?rslm-v,-v.Tlvp crop a? a whole is quiLti. j promising. Miner crops show marked.'] improvement, especially melons and rice, but they stand urgently In need of rain. The fruit prospects -suffered slight impMimcnt from dropping, al though an average crop la still indi cated. Wheat continues poor, but the reports on oats are more favorable and indicate a larger crop than has here tofore been expeeted. They are ripen ing and pome have been harvested. Chinch hugs havo damaged oatn in York county. I.ate truck is doing woll and beans are being freely shipped. Early peaches are being marketed. Pastures are faityig. ? J. W. Bauer, Section Director. THE MARKETS. ? * ? COTTON MARKET. Strict good middling ,, 11.35 Good middling .. .. .. .. ...... 11.2a Strict middling ..." .. ...... .. . .11.15 Btains and Tinges .J0.7S. PRODUCE MARKET. Conr -rj .. .... .. .T-r... 00 Chickens? spring Jo HenH? per bead 33 Eggs 13 Turkeys .. Cr*. 12 Vi Ducks -SV 22 Vi Onions i $ 70 Pecs wax \ 20 Wheat CO Wheat? seed 1 00 Oats lo Rye 1 00 Rides 9 Skins ? calf 40 Hides ? dry salt ... .. .. .. .. 10 - Tallow? unrendered 2 Brownfield Must hang. Columbia, Spcclal.? John llrownfleld, the negro barber of Georgetown, who killed the deputy sheriff of that county some thVee years ago, will' bo arraign ed' and resentenced at the next term of the court of generni sessions. The Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed the decision both of the Circuit Court and the Htate Suprem>< Court, Brownfield having been sen tenced to death at the terjn^of the for mcr court when he Was first ^Ted. His attorneys at thai t J me appealed to. the, Slhte Supreme Conrt which affirmed the decision of tho lower court. The case was then carried to the higher tribunal which now refuses to alter the sentence oj^to grant a new trial. Brownfleld's cafc*1?>on6 which has at tracted national attention, and the fact that ther^ were no negroes on the Jury, which sat on hla caae was aa argument freely used by the lovers of the black race, and was the ground oa which appeal was taken. To Male* Fine Good v Gaffney. Special . ? Not even ijfitl ten of Oaffney. except he be la teres ted. realises* the magnitude of a plant Jnst completed toy the Oaffney Maaufaetur las company. Costiag about 1100,000, | a three-story building, 100 feet wtdf toy SOS fact loss, la to be uaed for WeeeL OMtmfroa ttoa bid OFFICER IS BOUNCED Daniel V, Miller Accused of Accept- ; i?i? a Bribe " ?? # ? HE WAS AN ASSISTANT ATTORNEY Is Discharged Prom the Postal S<sr? vice rtiitl Warrant Issued l;or til* Arrest, Washington, "Special. ? Postmaster General Pnyne*Monday summarily dis missed Daniel V. Miller, assistant at torney in the, Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the rostofflco Department for accepting a brlbo In connection with Ujo cai:e of John J, Ryan & Co., charged with" fraudulent life of the malls. A warrant haa been hsucri for Miller's arrest. Another variant has been issued for the arrem of a man who Is charged wl'h being the partner, or go-between, In the transaction. A poe toff Ice Inspector 'has Kc.pn Wont from Cincinnati to effect the arrest. The bribe is alleged to have bern accepted at (Cincinnati, last De cember. .sillier camo here from Terra Haute, tnd.. about two yQRJ'J ago. He was appointed by former Assistant At- ' toruey General Jamen Tyner. The charge agolnst Miller haa bepn "under lii vcstilgatiou for threo mo nib 4? The Ryan/ Company was a tu reinvestment con earn jvhleh operated at St. Louis | and CoVlngtgon, Ky. Its methods and working operations are said to be sim ilar lo I ho."e of Hie Arnold Company, - which lias figured conspicuously In the^ poatofflce investigation. Tho Inspectors havo h<"on quietly pt work on the case and action was delayed so they might ret. together all the papers and evl- ? dene? which in their opinion was nec essary. Postofflce inspector W. J. Ylckr. cry, nt Cincinnati, and Postoflke In spector Fulton, at St. Louis, recently were given, full charge o# the case. Complaint was made by inspector Ful Ion before a United States CorofmlH Blotter In Cincinnati Saturday, and a * way ant wns then issued for Miller and: ^ for the other party. Inspector Fulton ' Immediately camo to Washington while another inspector went to make the meat. Terrible Storms. IIns#ngs, Neb., Special. ? A series of heavy atorms. two of which de- ft vclopcd into the worr.t tornadoes that havo visited southern Nebraska it> years, passed over portions ' of - Clayp^ Franklin and Kearney counties Sun* known to have lost their llyes and over a score of persons were more or?. less seriously Injured. v3Near Norman at the home of Daniel McCurdy, a number of relatives and friends w^rei-J spending the day and not one In the j house escaped ssvioua in^ury^ Twg : miles south of Upland, a Lutheran service was being lield In the sefcoo! house when tho storm struck and de* ? mollshed It, killing tour of the. oc cupants, including the minister, ani \> Injuring a number {^crf others^ The storm was equally destructive atFair field, but tho people were warned ol It* coming and sought cellar*: earety. 81* dwellings wiere . btmHfcrtiE? pieces at that place, but thelr^WCtK_7'. pants cscapcd Injury, with ceptions. Every dwelling and outbuild ing In the vtth of the tornado was , blown to pieces, and the financial lOSf j; thus far accounted for, will z*2acH ? about ^pO.OOO. Jumped From Crldgj, New York, Special. ? An unknown r: man Hitting in an open car crowing Brooklyn bridge Sunday, Bnddenly:jfr aiighted when tho car was in the mlcUv7 die of the center span, and running to. 7 the Hide of the brldgo jumped Into the river. He threw Ills hat in t heface of a flreniBn who tried to 9eizo hini as he stood poised on the edge of - th<^ trestle work and then dived head first, hold Ing a lighted cigar between his teetlf. His hody rose to ttoe surfaco iamf^ diately after the plungo and was car ried away by 'tlie""curTf?M. *" ' ~ A Village Destroyed. Ix>ndon, By Cable. ? The Sofia corr* 8pondcnt of The Moaning Leader t?Hc- ~ graphs that the Macedonian co?mlt tee reports that the Turks have burned the village of Banltzl, near Serea. Only 48 of the 500 inhabitants escaped and many women and girls were outraged and murdered and their bodies cast j to the water. Track Wreckedl nichmond, Special.? By the bursting of the dams of two lakea nctir~Qfoi ' | Allen, a few mHee aWvell^ Clty/ettlT" : 1 Monday, the bank of the north track of the Rlchmoni>r\ Prederlckahurg * Potomac Railroad wks washed away. As a freight train ,of W ct^r? w? Ing over the weakened place. them went do^h, and most , of theat were totally wrecked. Tho engine, nut leave tb* trac^iait J?.t JM^3L Engineer C. M. Keelon.'of Rictt waa injured, but not eerloualyw track waa damaged; for I. Races on Fretifc Soli Part*, By Cabte.--In number nSTaccWeKli; ia the first stage of-o the automobile race, from Bordcathc, PHaslw bidden tkeoattm o? ftenck ? at ti&Z