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W-W r *?' p i s I ? ' w->m W ' -*T7 ?St* ?I . ;c:' THE 6AMDEN -ll)lilJMI': X Ml. OAVIDKN. S. C.. KIM DAY, (M!TOI$KK II. liKMi. MIEH OHMS ? ? ? Address Contained Stern Warn ings to Lawless Corpora Lions, ? Government must control At^ai'ks Judge* Imh- Vol lutoi pret iug 1.aivm in Spirit in Which l.uu makers Intended to llave Tliciti lltftrUburR, Pa - President Roose. Veil wo the contra I and absorbing figure Jn the ecreiuooiul liy which v"Woj# dedicated Pennsylvania's splon *7" <tHI ?tate <'apltol. ? Although a drenching. rain foil throughout the ""'hiih were conducted Outdoors, the crowd that faced the speakers' stand vyn;- th?i largest that I..UI ever gathered here. Mr. Roosevelt .stood he spoke bareheaded in tin* pouring ruin, pro . teoted otherwise by u rain coat and rubber overshoes. His ajldrow, a aide from a review of the historic achleve h?~ ?i the old Commonwealth and - commendation lor recent enactments of ]ivr !..";i.sla>litre, was mainly de . voted (o su'rn warnings directed toward lawhrenkiug common carriers urtd trust magnates, l?? lawyers whose . clever schemes of ova si <?n divert tho * punlshiii'.Mi! deserved hy tholr mill i*ivwftuire < !ients of the corporations '?; gjttfl generally to all who amass weeMh i?y dubious methods. |The President's personal example as-ft spelling reformer war, shown In p-SBiP prinl'Ml press copies of lys ad i?] ? dr<?i;i Iho first front the printers Slu<-> hr euuuclated his ideas on tho ;?* :#tibjec!. In the r.fiOO words Only six |fe(>Yero "reformed." Thcso? wore M^'tlio."'' "stopt," "thru." "lookt," -'yi'^Mraot," and "past" for 'passed." Met at tho station by the Capitol l^ibedicRtion .Committee, along a route Ipelined i>\- cordially demonstrative cit ;iy, izens, ho was greeted nt the. \y*K' istizSi,.N.i)0U.0ft<>--Htate House by Oo/ern rennypacker and Mayor /tiross, itcii of whom presented t??him a fold medal, gifts of the ?ftute and the city of Harrlsburg., fir A large part of Mr. Rooae cell's ad ?T dross here was devoted to Ponnsyl .Viiitia?-its history, its groat men and reform legislation. ^ 'Touching upon the power of the ? States 'o deal with corporate wealth, >' thn President developed the main yffltiietne of his Tftldrests, as follows: Pr :. ".S' tnal experience has aho\yu that ?t}y* State* are wholly powerless to deal with this sttbieeC, and any action ? or decision that deprives the nation of th" power to deal with it simply results in leaving tho corporation, ab solutely .free to work without any ef fective supervision whatever: and such a c?urs? is fraught with untold danger to the future of our whole ""system -of government, aud. Indeed, l .??tfro.ii!' whole civilisation. . "BtlL it Is oar dene-duty to jre". *n~ tlie- interest of the people. Oat. there is adequate supervision and control over the business useSjf il>e swollen fortunes of to-day, and fu^ wisnlv to I- determine the conditions unon which those fortunes'ar^ to t>e transmitted and <he percentage tha1 they shall pay...to the (.overnment. whose pro tecting arm alone oiffi.bles them to exis>'. only the ntUioft-Cftn do this ?work. To relegate it to the Suites ,1s a farce, ^rxd is simply another way l\of saying that.it shall not bo done at >:'W HI. "ITinlfc* a wise and far-seeing In-t kornvotfttion o? thr. Ir.tsistHto Cum- j *eron clause of the Constitution, T ! laimaln that the National Govern Should have complete power to BSl "With, all this wealth which In aoiy_soe? into the eommorco be n the States?-and practically all it that is employed in tho great novations does thus bo in. j But, on the other hand, it shnll i must ultimately be understood the United States Government, hohalf of the people of the United es. has and is to exercise the er of supervision and control the business use of this wealth the first place, over all the work he common carriers of the na and in the 'next place over the of all the great corporations :h directly or indirectly do unv iaie business . whatever?and includes almost all of the great rations. any of the greatest financiers of "" ! ntry were certain thn/ Mr. Xortfoern Securities suit, if ouid.nlunKe us into the worst l^c* bad ever seen. They de il as incitement to anarchy, as, logy for sonalisni, the advo pol.lcles that either have now law or are In a fair way of ig law; and yet these same so far from representing navc'ny or socialism, were in the antidotes to anarchy, the tp socialism. Government ought not to he business of the country: ht to i>sgulate it so that it T^^^^H^conductedcin thfs interest of kooves us Americans to look plan out the ri'feht kind of in as that which. we intend froip these wonderful new ?of vast industrial'growth. be, it-shall not be, the .of a mate plutocraevt a we. Wall Street syndicate nor yet can there be sub class hatred, to rancor. Id mob violence, for that the ond of allcivilisa-' sFnm ??\ r9 Rff?Wk?w Re?om3? For OMte. Bor (MM f?i re ? Oufcw Mtoriil of bljcaa State Osaw#. other nominations ttOormor Draper, Secretary " #tat?; " \\ >. '. L'lt I ? Ul<* fill I .s < . creed i.) inxui ? iusr iivaiincut alike <?l capital a <1*1 <>f labor, and of till) ijenerol publlV. lo prevent any nijjn, rich t>r |x?oi', fi'om (j:iin:4 or rec-dving wrong, whether this wiotiK Ik* oho of cunning or of violence. Much can bo done by wise logUlation and l>y resolute enforcement ot tin- law. itui Htill more must In done by steady training of ili<- individual citizen. in toiiHcieiri.e and character, until he grow* to abhoi corrupt ion and greed and tyranny and brutulity and to prize jtiKiipo and fair dealing. Th|? now Capitol of Pommyivania is one of tin* most. beautiful and im posing buildings in thtgd'nltcdLStates, not only in Us archluvt;yro, but also in Its interior decorations and I'ui* U initio ft*; TllUK ttlfr. ?0?- bttBtHpt? ttml ith furnishing* ropiosiauh an expendi ture of about S I H,00t?,tM)tV. ^ [ J. 11. MOHAN kok t.o\<i:uNoi:. Massachusetts Democrat* liitlorsi' Bryan aiul llntrM. ! Boston?The MdH!ije;l).\i#Qi ts Do.-. ? mocracy !n State Convention, ufter a f turbuloni struggle over indorsing : William J^nnlugB Bryan and Wil liam K. Hearst, nominated by'acola l ination for Governor John B. Mturflti, District Attorney for Suffolk Couniv, who wiitj already the noinineo of thv Prohibition party and the Indepen dence League. Bryan was indorsed for nomina tion for President in litOK. The con vention had previously lauded in Its platform the Democracy of bom llryap and Hearst, though thn nppro ' val of Hearst was not carried without a protest. * i The ticket nominated follows: Vor ' Oovernor John B. Moran. of Boston; I,i?titennut.-Governor, Kgery Brown, of Brockton. Secretary of Siate-, Charles C. Paine, of llyannis; Atlor ney-Ctmeral, John W. Cutnmlngs. of Fall Itiver: Auditor, Tlioma? L. 111s gen, of West Springlh'ld: Treasurer and Receiver General, George ^ M. Havrigan, of Lowell. The * resolutions favor the public ownership? and operation of public utilities, .taxation which shall obtain full contributions from weailb and success and bear lightly uuon labor and the poor ;recipioc.it> nd tariff revision; the abolishment of capital ?punishment , "Umt we syay no longer | be barbarians," and the repeal of the . legislative Immunity act so Jiat crlr.i- ) inalB might no longer bribe and bo bribed. IOWA IlKK.MvKllHC'OISOFOK CO UN C rop of 100,000,000 Uushols JHiiv to Scientific Planting. Ames. fa. ? Iowa's magnificent ?100,000,000 bushel corn crop breaks all corn crop records, and, though Illinois has held the record since 1901, the honor of giving tho world the largest amuunt of.com has again fallen to Iowa, with' the acldod glory of being the largest crop and the largest'average to the acre thtt world ever has known. That Iowa should produce this Im mense crop of corn is not due so much to incroasetl'jacreage as to more careful preparatioif foi- planting, ac cording to authorities at the Agricul ' aval College. ...Professor-I-.- (W-Hol den, of Ames College, is responsible iu a gr^at measure for the increase, for while the acreage has been in creased les3 than eight per cent., the crop has been increased almost twenty pgr cent. > ' Professor Holden was the origina tor of the "seed corn gospel train." He insisted on the farmers and gr.-\in growers, testing their sepd corn and , securTher better s<iandst and promised ih?< yield would be Increased fifteen per cent, this year if the farmers would spend a few winter evenings testing seed corn. He has not. onlv<? "made Krfod." but Town's ?re*t Vuv V35st shows that the corn crop of the seven great corn States could be in creased half a billion bushels It the farmers tested their seed. 1SXPLOSION IN SUIJWAV. .Ctns Ignited by a Workman Looking For a Leak. Philadelphia.? Making big build ings rock as ttymgh An earthquake shook them, art explosion that oc curred in the Market Street. Subway at Sixth street killed eight men r.nd injured forty other persons, (las es caping from a leaky main formed In u pocket in the tunnel and was ig nited when a workman went down in i he hole with a lighted lamp. For n block on every side of the scotto of the explosion windows were shat tered and great damage was done to goods In the display windows of the big stores. - 1 he street caved in and tho hole belchecLfire for three hours, but the flames were prevented front reaching ihe buildings. Traflie was halted And business was suspended in the zone of the damaged build ings. The damage will exceed $30 0, 000. . The dead; John Lawless, thirty five years old, timber foreman; Frank Leans, forty-eight, employed by the United Gas Improvement Company; CJato Benigno, thirty-five; of Pitts burg, laborer; John Scott, laborer; Frank Beidelman. forty-five, a tailor; Frank Croller, laborer; R. Capcro, laborer: John Paey, carpenter. FOOTBALL SCItlMMAOK FATAL Toronto University Student's Skull Fractured In Practice Game. ^ . Toronto, Ontario.-?Cameron Paul tn. twenty-one, died at the Qeneral Hospital Trom injuries received oh University Lawn the day before. He was practicing with the Toron to University football squad and hoped to make the 'Varsity team, in 'a scrimmage his skull was frac tured. John D. Rockefeller, In aft inter view . prlated in the Cleveland Plain Dtthr, deplore* tke general demand* tor Oowcia^Ui control of ao-) called private industries, and eofd the* "Ootid rather than "lopr down" should be the ^imerlcah watchword in the contest for trade supremacy. c*?r Rftnm to HI# PkW, . Emperor Nicholas and the Russian Imperial family-retarded to Peter hoi ?tier a cruise in planish waters. '"S "[NEWS \\ VsiiiXG'loW > i> said i lu* earthquake of October ! \vi\v probably in the Iri dian Oceuif. , Governor <'buries 10. Magooti. of the canal zone. arrived in Washington and advised official* of elm proposed VluH of tin Panama Presidout. Tim President appointed ICugeue V.. Lewis t'nlied States marshal for ihi* Southorn District of Ohio, vice Fagiu, .removed. \ modus vivendl has In on conelud iiu uit-U HrOmtt frffttrdttit* t h r* New found land fisheries, HifCi-oinry Hltch"Ock 1u\k returned to Washington from Iti? summer va cation tu .Mo mid nock, N. II. The Treasury Dv-tiart ineut has, re ceived a chock fo/f $19,0S4 in full dis charge p( thivodtortage of the lalo George A, .tfanlctf. one of the din- J Imtbitig oIIhwk. The Deimri inept of Justice lifts i sent orders (o snt-cinl agents in all parts of tit,' 4'oufttfv. cautioning thorn to WHtoh for violations of the eiglit hon.r law on Government work. Secretary Hoot had his first diplo mafic day. his caller** holng renresen l at Ives of iSouth Anmrican Repub lics. TIip Secretat) of the interior ban wliI'dniwu from entry alL the public land within an urea of S(w,000 acres in the San Diego land district in Cali fornia. in order io incorporate it in the San Diego forest reserve. OCR ADOPTIOD ISLANDS. TIV shortage in the hemp produc tion, upon which i ho Philippine Isl ands are dependent, will cause a bad financial condition. The emotions of a volcano on the Island of Unvaii, one or' the Sit moan Islands, have been increasing, and furt her dest.ruct ion has been wrought. Santiago Igl-sia:-. the Federation organizer for Porto Rico, bus been nominated for resident commissioner at Washing!on. The American Federation of Labor at San Juan will register with the Secretary of Slate, of Porto Rico a* a labor party. It has nominated a tick et in several inuuicipalltlew and can didates for the House of Delegates. DOMESTIC. Four boys were born to Mrs. .Tohn Seversou at Mondovl, Wis. The United Railroads of San Fran cisco Is to be prosecuted for failing to put fenders of its cars. ) An infernal machltf^ was found In Governor Pennypatd^er's mail at Har rison rg. Pa. The Democrnfs of Rhode Island, at Providence, nominated James II. Hig gles for Governor. 'J hree tornados struck Now Orleans and vicinity, killing seven persons and causing heavy damage. Fletcher 1). Proctor was inaugu rated Governor of Vermont. The Massachusetts Republicans nominated Curtis Guild. Jr., for Gov ernor. . Three of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. John Vanler, of Portland, Me., ayero burned to doatlv by > the house being set on lire front an over turned lanijt. ?> The first arrest at- Atlanta In con nection with the negro riots was that of Walter Edmonds, white, chaPged with murder. The trustees of tfye Delaware Stnte Ijospital at Fariihnrst asked thvo Leg islature for $2f>,000, witll which to erect a building for insane colored persons. . ' -independent cigar manufacturers In Chicago have been untitled thai ce dar cigar boxes have increased in price $] pt?r too. Ill health caused Peter Millard, a prominent cotton broker, to kill ijm self at New Orleans. Kdwnrd B. Wesley, "the grand old1' man of Willi Street," New York City, died fit^he age of ninety-five. .f. Henry Fischer has been fouiid guilty at Petersburg, W. Vn., of em bezzling $71,000 from, ilit* defunct Homestead Building; Association. A lino of ?40t) wan imposed upon J. 1>. Dodson, a prominent lawyer at Springfield. Mo., for ninkini; false al fida vits. The Octopus. I lie new submarine ??l* ihq Cnitcd Staves Navy, was launched at Qtiincy, Mans. Heresy charges against Rev. II. CI. Mitchell have been dlsmlss/d" by the Central New York Methodist Kpisco pal Conference. . Five hundred California-.!* forced the Starbuck-Tallant FIhIi Cannery, at Port Kenyon, to deport twenty seven ('Wine.sij laborers. Fleeing voni a larger boy who was beating him. August.Kleinfuss. eleven years old, leaped into the Kast Hiver, New York City, ami was drowned. FOHKIUN. The Shah of Persia Is said to be critically ill. Forty armed men near Ufa, Russia, held up a mail train and escaped with $ly2R,000. Tito*'Russian imperial family re turned to PeterUof from its cruluu to Finland. The British battleship Dreadnought, made a spocd .record i.i her.recent tTlirry-liour lest. , The pa> master of the Vienna Rail road v,as robbed near Warsaw i?y VovrorlstJi of ??000 In g'ild. r Mr. l?elshu>tin, American Ambassa dor iu Turney, was received by u?e Suttan and tueseuted hia crcdciiiials. BulgA.iaii ouijuasts drove back it 'J'ui'Klsd lut.'oT ufiich attempted to tun ironttM*. An Ottoman otfl car vras killed. Ad v?ce**rrom Anuaiu aay tbat .he Klufi Mui l?Mti ??i(ed wKk homtctdat Mud cltfbfd Mfcit ;fl(. hll VhMlt. i? l?j toiiui-cl MXlettb, Intensive agrarian rioting; la ro )wi\ea lb UAt V<VvlM? of Novgorod* Atus?iak. Count Vorcutzoff-Daahkef. Viceroy ? o: uAm CuhealutV baa offered to.aejl? ,*a ?ti;ti\H-atit; to toe pea* ! GOREO ill DEATH tit BULLS Elopina Pair Killed in West Vir ginia- a Farmer in New York. >1.1.1 Animal I'nti'lu-" ttriile and (iKKIIII Jll.il tl> Till') I .???*?? I l?? ? Mini*(or'v IIdiiu . Man in&bniu. W. ^ Vi.d.rlrk Cowan and Ill's K??vrunvu->ear?nld bride >wero killed by an :um'.r> bull inst after tb?* minister. Tbej wort* hurrying across an 'open pasture to ili?? railway xiu (lon, when the animal was attracted by a bright v.mI drr>> \v 11??? i? 'In- bride wtire, Tho Infuriated beast 'harmed I lie couple. Cowan fought valinmlv for his life and Htui of his wnt, um the sharp horns tore into Wis- >id< and foiled him to tho winli. a it.a which in* was trampled to ?ili. 'I In- young woman had boon ino trigl- <-n* I to move and, vlnt bail then turned his attention to the sntail bundle of red which had first mnddem-d hint lie tossed her ovor a barbed wire fence and she died in n few lu>ui.?. The founl^ had been DJKrioil atser elopltlK aunlnsttho wishes of iio-lr parents. IAT.\llA fiOliKI) lit A r.f l.h. Captain Wlfilit-i', of Middleumn, n War Horn, Dies of Injitiii^, MiddletOwn, N". V. Cnpi.'iio l,rwl? S. Wisner, one of the bene ktown and oldest residents of Ornnuo County, died til his bom1 in ibis city a^ a re salt of being: gored by a bull. Captain Wisner was a lover of blah bred stock and owned souk* <>i the (inest rnttle in the conntr> ? Antony them was an Ahlernev hull which he prized highly. II e r,entered the box stall in which th<? ball \\as Unpt and the atiLmal picked him an mi its horn an<J-dhrew him ovor i<> back. lie crawled to the house ami was pat to bod. TJu* ball's boras penetrated tho (highs and blood poisoning set in. Me. Wisner was Captain of Com pany K, 124th New York Volunteers*, in the Civil War. Ho enlisted as a private. Congress awarded him a medal for bravery. Captain Winner's great.-grcal.-grandfathor was a dele gate to t*he lirsl, second ,Hiul third Continental Congresses. Ills groat grandfather, Henry Wisner. was a Major in tin; Revolutionary War. Tie was sixty-five years old, and is sur vived by bis wife, two sons and two daughters. Cored by a Wild Buck. New Haven. Conn. ? Channcey Brooks McCormick, of Chicago, a Yale senior, was attacked by a buck in Marvclwood Park, adjoining the homo of Ik Marvel, the writer, and was-badly torn before help arrived. McCormick. with Fleming H.. Itev ell, Jr., of Uvaiiston, III., another Yale senior, was taking a walk through the park when the buck sud dc.nl v appeared and made a dftsh for them. Both started to run. Revell escaped, but the buck gored McCor mick and threw him into the air. McCormick attempted to crawl to a tree, but' the buck made a savage lunge, trampling on him atid goring him in the side ami neck. Just at this moment Itevell, who had found several farmers, arrived with a gun and drove off the animal. McCormick has a..deep gash In his side and is badly bruised. He was brought to his room In Vandeibllt Hall for treatment. I-'R.WCM 'ViSS Al'iO ii.%< !?:. Wanner's Darracq Finishes First? Sli('j??ril's Car Spectator. Now York CKy.-LouiB Wagner, driving a 100-home power Dnrraeq, won the third contest for tho Vander bilt Cup over the Long Inland circuit. making -three straight victories for Franco and two fair the house of Darracq. I.ancla, Vl 20 horBe power Fiat, was second, and Duray, 120 horse power l>e Dietrich, was third. Louis Wagner covered the course of 2i?7 miles in 2!?0 minutes 10 2-f? sec onds, j?t* ;i rate of 61.16 miles an hour. .More than 250.000 persons, it Is estimated, saw the contest. They dist egurded} all orders and regula tions. overrunning the circuit until vacing was dangerous al every impor tant turn. The battle of speed produced one ir:>!?cd> as dramatic as it was terri ble. IClIiott F. Shepard, driving his might.v lloichkiss car at too speed around Krug's Corner, struck and killed liert L. Cjruner. a wealthy resi denr of Passaic, N. .1. The victim whk hurled fifty feet. Shepard's car was illi'ahltd hy the accident and he was forced to quit the ruce immedi ately afterward. After the race the Racing Hoard of the Ameiican Autoniohile Associa tion decWed - lo abandon the course for a safer one. Although 12.00ft automobiley or more containing spectators were along the circuit not a serious acci dent. was reported among them. ? Theodore, Jr., Arrives in Washington. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., who wa9" before the Grand Jury in Boston in c.onntjctiou with the frolic of Harvard students*which-rc-aulu?d in injury ix? ft policeman. has arrived in Washing ton It is supposed that he is thtyfc/ to gei some parental advice. Mormon Church Ofticer* Klected. All the .offlcinlB of the Mormon Church from President Smith down UiVvc ij3t?n -re-elected. TO 1>KAI> IN VIRGINIA MING. ' Trvcnty-nlne (todies Taken (hit by R?m?,ri?rljr. B1uefl?ld, W. Va.?'fwonty-nlne bodies hare been reeoverod from the west fork of the Pocahontai Col Wtilm dwMwy mine in Pocahontas, VK. ana estimate* place the dea4 at eeeentf. ' * . The reecue- party reached the place %er? the wphaioo occurred, but the of wreckage has 'the learch lor bodice, evldeace thus far or ftre. ?? i.x ..4 . CtVj Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina ? MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS \ Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range?What is G C 2IIJ Ou in Our State. General Cotton Marmot. < ialveston, linn 1 <i ^ Now ()rlean> linn 10 1 1 Moliile, iii in 1(1 Shn ttnnah<j|ttoi?t\ 1 0 t'harleMton. . . 1" \\ ilruuigton n i^m., 10 N??rt'olk, steady . . . 10 it-S Baltimore, nominal lo 1-2 New York, quiet iin?l steady.. . . 10.? ?."> Philadelphia, st?>ad\ 10.JMi Houston tlrni 1010 Augusta, linn. . .. 10 1 ??! Memphis tirni 10 7 S ,St. I amis, quiet 10 1 ?| Lonisx ille, tlnn 10 .'{ 1 Charlotte Cotton Market. Tlifce prirex^vpiwcmt the priees qiiotJ'n to %va^'?iiis**? v <JikkI middling S 10 Striel middling \. . . 0 1V1(1 Middling !"> 7-S Stains 7 .'1 1 (? # S .'>-4 State Fair Notes. oluinl>i:i. Special. Secret a rv l.ovc of. the Slate Agricultural society I?? ft for .Macon where hy will for the ue;;t lew days in order to arrange fur the various attractions that will travel the Sunlit Atlantic eireuil of fairs. As mentioned in The I'dale several days ago tli<* attrHetioits this year are of a high onler and the list print ed attracted some attention. A great many wanted to know if the ljuit wrestling contest was free. Secretary I<ove siated that it would he. Kvery day litis man front Mexico will wrestle with any of the South Carolina or foreign raised hulls and the offer of $100 stands .for Ih?.* animal he cannot throw. The act is said lo he a sensa tional one and attracts a threat deal of attention. The other day a sug gcslion was made that a "lied Shirt parade" ho one of the features (4 tli.r fair. Tho idea has been taken up hy a large number.of the members of thai famous organization of 1S70 and if a eomjttee is appointed to carry out the plan it will undoubtedly be ^one of the best of the fair week events A number of the "red shiiiers" live in Columbia ami those who have been seen about the parade are anxious to have it, in the programme for tho week. Many of the younger genera tion have no idea how the hundreds of men looked in line at the time of the election of Hampton ami those who were there want the young men (o know exactly how if ajyp.eared to the people of Columbia. Sfeps will be taken to have local Committee ap pointed to work up interest in the''pa rade and all visitors to the capital that were members of the "brigade" will be invited to take purt.?The State. That Emmigrant Ship. Charleston^ Special.?The Chai les ion promoters of the Bremen immi gration line are awaiting advice J'roni I he agents of the North Merman Lloyd Steamship coidpany, as Savan nah, on the matter of rates for the outward cargo. The cablegram of the steamship company to Mayor Uhejt slated that the rates would he quoacd by ihe Savannah oilier for heavy freight and one step further has been made in the matter of gelling some information on which the cargo of the liner may be secured. 11 will probably be a day or two before the rates arc quoted, and then the busi people will be able to proceed wilh the matter of getting the desir ed cargo. Pickens Train Wrecked. I'ickcns, Special. The I'ickens train was wrecked near Ferguson's crossing, caused by a freight ear leav ing the track. No one was hurt. Money #for Publication. Mr. A. S. Sallev, Jr., clerk of tin. Stale Historical commission, stated that he is frequently in receipt of letters from people in^ other Slates asking- what steps South Carolina is making lo preserve and publish l/er historical reeonlf*. 1I> always re pli** with pride that the Sfato of) South Carolina has been quite liberal }comparatively* speaking, in making appropriations for tin* preservation of the records, but there has lweii little done to give tho public the l>cnc fit of the WprroaTion which has been saved in thesr* old fHipers. Killed on Passenger Train. Snmter, Special.?J. B. Ellis, */ white man. 26 year* of age, was killed at a double track switch one bloek east of the passenger station, lie was aboard pe**entfcr train No. 32 going to Ptarenr*. *^In ?ome way that has not yet been determined He was struck in two places An the chin hy the sharp points ofthe heavy tut signal* of. the jwltehj. Bis sknlt Is believe* U been frecteve*. ;v ?. ? LUCAL' SCHOOL LliiKAHlES There are Now Over 800 and Probab ly Will bo 1,000 by the End of vh? Year. ''Sniff tin- public school library law wa> cnacled ultoiil ttt?> years and a lutll ?. ncarh S(I0 libraries have been established in place* \ here none bail exis led before.' said State Sup.'l inlt ndcni <?. H. .Marlin. "Minis ??!' those have ?? 111ut and impvov?'d. lit' number jjhould w:ach t-b** ? 1 iiiiii k l?\ ill** close i>I tins year. \\ lien a librai y i> nuc established,-.^ ?'i? ? 111?1 Im*. increased evt'i'X yea i. The act iwi< amended !<? pro\ idc lor litis very i Iii lit!* and al -it to provide for a suit able bunk case for tin* I brnl'ics. ? * '1 11*' <*a>c adopted by the Stale hoard of IMnet|li<>n i* a bargain lor $|0. I have had inati> iiupiirie* ax i'i whether tin' library books and book ciiMs ran be bought by individual t it i/eii.-; at the ^nntraet price. I am very ylad ilial such is the case. 1 ain also very much ^ralill'd that the libaries in the schools have improved tin- libraries in the homes. "Any eoiiuijuuity in this slate can raise .*|U in order to secure $M0 worth ? ?1 s.'ooii hooks, and an elegant book case. I bnvi; heard id' many instances where the te.ichcrs appointed eoin lnillees of pupils ami tllcy raised inoic than (lie required amounts yi a 11? v\ Imuis. A-iain <1 have hvard id ihc money l-t'in^ rti.ied by iiuuiio ot' entei laii nient.-.. such as dialogues, i .i? 11?i: . chaI ades, etc. , "It very ea-y to yet patrons to eontributc i'i'I rcsliiiien 1 s ami prov is ions. ami .flu can Ik* raised al out i line b\ means ut a dinner or supper | There are uigacroiis othe ways which li.axe bctin devised by earnest, pro I uressive teachers. I.el us eonliiiHe | this yood work witli renewrd energy dnriii;.; the coniisi..' session. . "Hi*I'nre orderiui* a library, lite li brary act should be carefully read. When the money is collected in the coiiuuunity, the trustees should de posit it with the eoniiiy treasure!?, Ink.*, hi* receipt, and tlis.w a warrant in favor of the countV rupetiij|eiuk'lit who will also (I 'posit with the treasurer. The county hoard will apv propriate $10 to be used for the pur chase of the book case. Tin* county superintendent will then notify the State superintendent in regular form. The Slate superiutc.ulcut Will then forward the Slate's share of 7tlte up propriali' "The teacher should alwavs be con sulted when the books are beinjf :;e leeted. The Kducat iounl I*nhiishinj?: companywf Atlanla. (In., having sub mitted the lowest bids, the contract for furnishing1 all of the books on the libra.-y list was a wauled to them. It i> illegal, therefore, to buy those books front other houses and agents. This company is under bond and eon 11 act. "In ordering book.^'^ft is a jjood plan to acet I wo of these pamphlet*. Check off the books ordered on both, pamphlet*. Keep one and send the oilier to* the Kdm^ilional Publishing company." ,f.. New Enterprises. Several important.. nmv enterprise* ?recorded their. artieles of incorpora tion Friday. Tin1 Monroe Bankiuy and Mercantile compauv 7?f l!?>||cn l':??lt was eliurlerd. Tho cnpitalixu S ion i?TuO(>. .1. J*'. Monro*' is pres ident ; I?. A. Mini roe. vice president,. ami Albert N. Kant cashier., The Hank of Aiken ami the Peo ple Y Hank of Aiken ueve notice i f consy! t?Is:I ion. The new ent<? i priso will l?i' known ii? iIn* Uurtk of Aiken with a enpilali/.al iorj if .*100.00(1. II. M? Dibble i* pi*, -iiilcni ami \V. W. Mneketil'iiss !?. cashier. Mr. (i*. It, ! frnilcrson was president of lire*' I'ci I'lc'r. Bank. Til" Ha il: of ?Aiken was < hat h ic<l :i:i years ayo. i ?j;{, issii, wnli a capital stork of ^.)0, Hill. The corporators of the Dry Fork Coal and Timber company of Charles ton were given a commission. The parties interested are: It .1* .Tucket' and R. Ji. Montague. Capital stock will he $H0{000 . Purpose of organiza tion is to "acquire, own, lease, occujj py, use or develop any ore, or mineral and any wood lands or any lands for any purj>osc," etc. Youth Breaks His Thigh. Kateshurg, Special? CuthhcVt Shea ly. I he oldest child of Mr. aiid Mrs. K. II. Shealy. mot with a very pain ful accident on Wednesday evening. While on his way home from prayer, meeting al the Baptists church :ho stumbled over some Inr^t: pieces of timber placed near the church tp he used in rolliny: thejchuicii. hack from itsjpresent location in order to make room for I lie new rhureh that is to he erected foon. In the fall lu* broke his thich aboni li?|r y between lira ! hip and-tlx* knee. ?? A New B. & L. Association. A ctMiuuissiou was iawited to the eor j-orator* ?f the CUrraw Ifctildtug a'n.l . f2.>,000. >or? -ore: T. C. >i>th?*w anU l>. & Mathenon. n>i>< ill to different from the * reapita mtl??iu\ fctnf !r?i* company ^?jhickt -i jftjt woond n?k i?? strks. - ^ . * ?? * - 2.1 * '? ?' ' ' . STRIKE Of M mcwnsis Nearly All Southern RailwayV Mechanics Qui! Work FAILURE TO AGREE ON WAGES ? ~ ... u About 900 Employes, Which Em braces Helperu and Apprentices, Said to bo Affected?Southern Of fered a Compromise Which Mach inists Refused?The 8trikc<*Made Simultaneously All Over the South - The Railroad. It Is Stated, i* Prepared to Cope With the Situa tion and Expcct* to Maintain All It* Shoy? in a Normal Condition. / Spencer, N. <Special.- About' !'00 ?11ai'hinis(s.lx-1 pttrs and njijn't'ntjttCc men employed in >2 shops and u , number of minor points mi I In* Sinil)b*.'Y ??in Ityilwav system weal out on a ? strike hi II o'clock Monday. Tin? shops ulT'M'1 I'd are as follows: Ailan ta, ll'i humi; liinniughain, !M>; Ma i'oii. Ill; Manchester, 2*>; Columbia, Si); Kiui.willo, .110; ^primer. 1(50; <'hnrlcstnn. ; Selnni/ Ala., Al exandria, .'10; l.awrwtfeovilh', \'u.t 12; Shellield, Ala., -10, and a .largo num ber ot iuca ai outlying points. Thd strike was made simultaneously all over I lie Southern system and ut Spencer included nearly all the fore ineii. The helpers and apprentice I toys went ont in sympathy with the machinists. The cause of the strike was the refusal of th.t Southern o(fl- * eials to grant tin' demand* of the em ployees for an increase, hi wa^es from .'50 to *12 1-2 cents an hour. The di'inand was made up'?n the of- ----- tleials of the SoiUImm at Washington August 25lh by a repivsentativo- eoui tiiittee consisting ot' one. man from each shop and uHlcoied by A. Me(jiil- ^ vray, of Atlanta, with S. A. Urier of Salisbury, as secretary. The men were offered an increase t?f omv rent - for the various points which was ro" fused and the'matter urged at Wash ing-ton without further result. By a vote of three-fourths of the members of the IntoVnational Association of Machinists, employed on the Konth ern system a general strike was or dered for Monday. (Jood order main tains at Spencer and the men declare there will be no acts of violence or destruction of property. The Southern ollicials decline to ...... .. make a statement concerning; the strike. Master JVteejjaMC W. &. Muf rain, at Spencer, says, however, that a sufficient number of men are ex- \ ported within a few. days to maintain f. normal conditions at the shops. Aa a reason for not raising wages the ^ Southern officials stated to the com- - m it tees of employes at Washington . that the road is incurring ve*y heavy V expense nt the time double-tracking: > its main line, buying small trihu tar.v lines, making extensive improve ments, and that the coat of living buy Hot been huiwnsed daring the paM three yearn. This, hnwev^ is de- v.;: liied. by the employes, who claim they -. . are , working tor wag*? bastfd on the cost of living five yearn ago. ?' Pacification of Cuba. Havana, By C#ble.?The reports rceeivod by the provisional govern ment show thut the pacification of Cuba is practically complete with th? except ion of the" province of Sant* Clara, whore mutters are rapidly nearing settlement. The only troubl* known to exist is at Aloaizar, a pro vince of Jiuvnna, but it is believed the .'to rural guards there willI..be able to keep peace. A closer exam ination <?i* rifles surrendered by tb?._. insurgents show very few of them av* tit for anything but the scrap heap. Writ of Ertor Dentad. Jefferson City, Special.?The Missouri Supreme Court denied MrA. Agnes Myers a writ of error to. Ifca United States Supreme Court. Her attorneys applied to the judges of'ttiie such a "writ to appeal to that .<?**?*. for review Oct. 2G. This is the ??at? * for the execution for Mrs. Myetra at Liberty, Mo., for the murder ,o4f lamt husband. On Watch For Chineae-Stnwggitag o Vescl. ? Portland, Mr.', ' Special.?Oorem- , moot en?ft hero wore busy Monday ? following a rejx?rt that the n^v&eraftft ...... yaeht Frolic, said to haw Xt China men on board to l?e Kwmjgliil ittttr .r. ?ho United States from, Newfound land, attempt a., finding near? here. The revenue cutter l>extor wa* sent cruising along 'the islands of Ca*e<> Bay, while alt avaitib!? lipbf house vessels were started ~bgt:'-4lfr?~ 4Cward lite eotstr J?