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CAMDKN, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1903.
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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.
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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.
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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 ?
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DEATH AND INJURY
Many Injured In the Paris Automo
bile Races Sunday
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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