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HE eAMDE * VOLUME XVII. CAMDEN, S.U, FRIDAY. DKCKMBKR 7. !?>()(!. NO. 48 annual message Of THE PRESIDENT A Forceful Presentation Of Needed Legislation A DOCUMENT OF UNUSUAL VIGOR 1 hy Me88a?e Goes at Length Into Questions of Vital Interest to the Whole People. the following is the substance of the annual message of President Roosevelt to Coughs, as read in both houses; _ Introductory. ? ' House of Repreg~ QTftpttVcdi 1 . As.a nation wo still continue to en joy a literally unprecedented prosi>er jty; and it is probable that only reek legs speculation and disregard of ligfc lunate business methods on the part or the business world can materially war tins prosperity. No Congress in our time has done more good work of importance than Pr*W?t, Congreaa. There were several matter* left unfinished at your last session, however, which I most earnestly hope you will com ?. plete before your adjournment. Corporation Campaign Contributions. I again reeomineud a law prohibit i *"iig all corporations from contribut ing to the campaign expenses of any i pa?'ty. Sfieli a bill ijns already past .one House of Congress. Let individ- | uals contribute ift they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fcfthiou all eor|K)rations from- making contribu tions lor any political purpose di rectly or indirectly. Government's Right to Appeal In Criminal Cases. V Another hill which has past one ? House of the Congtcss which it is "urgently necessary should be enacted !?into la\y is that conferring upon the Government the right of "appeal in criminal eases on questions of law. This right exists in mftny of the States; it exists in the District of Columbia by act of the Congress. It J3 of course not proposed that in any case a verdict for the defendant on the merits should be set aside. Re cently in one district where the Gov-? eminent had indicted certain persons tor conspiracy in connection with re -- bates, the court sustained the defen dant's demurrer; Awhile in another an indictment for conspiracy to obtain Kbatcs has been sustained by the court, convictions obtained under it and two defendants sentenced to im prisonment. The two cases referred to may not be in i?eal muflict with each o*her, but it is unfortunate that there should even be an appearent conflict. At present there is no way by which thj Government- can cause such a conflict, when it occurs, to be solyed by an appeal to a higher court and the wheels of justice arc blocked f without anv real decision of the ques tion. \f can not too strongly urgo the passage of the bill in question. . Setting Aside of Judgments and . Granting of New Trial* In connection with this matter, 1 Would lite to, caii attention to the yery unsatisfactory state of our crim inal law, resulting in larjre part from tho habit of setting aside the jtulg ments of inferior courts oil technical ities absolutely unconnected with the merits of the case, and where there is no attempt to show that tho^e has been any failure of substantial jus tice. It would be well to enaot a law providing something to the effect that: i n V . No judgment shall be aftt aside by new trial granted in any case, civil or criminal, on the ground of misdi rcction of the jury or the improper admission or rejection of evidence, or for error as to any matter of plead iug or proccdrtrc unless, in tho opin ion of the court to which the appli cation is made, after an examina tion.of the.tntipa c^use, it shall affir matively appear that the erroiv com plained of 1m?- resulted in a misoar i-ncA of mstice. " /' \ Injunction*. v In my last message I suggesteti the enactment of a law in connection with the issuance of injunctions, attention having been sharply drawn to the matter by the demand that the right of applying injunctions in labor eases should ho wholly abolished. It is at ]<-ast doubtful whether a law abolish ing altogether the use of injunction? ir. such cases would stand the test of the courts ;D in which casa of counja tLe legislation Nvould be ineffective. Lynching. In connection witlr the delays of the low, I call your attention and the attention of the nation to the prev ~~aI$KS* of crime among us, and above all to the epidemic of lynching and mob violence that springs up, now in one part of our country, now in an other. Each section, North, South, Kiwi And West, ho.s i\? own faults; i\q, Motion can with vumluui spend it* time jeering at the faults or another section f itshould busy trying U* amend its own >h?wwaiuW. deal with the crime of eorruplioB it i8 necww?ry to havs an awakened public conscience, and to supfJimtfut this by whatever legislation win add ?need and certainty in the execution tfc* )m** >Vh?rwt deal with * but tliQ crime is peculiarly frequent in rcspect to black men. The greatest existing cause of lynching i? the per petration, especially by black men, of tiiti hideous crime of rape?the most aboninnble in all (lie category of crimes, even worse than murder. Mobs frequently avenge the commis sion of this crime by themselves tor turing to death the man committing it; thus avenging in hostile fashion a b< stile deed, and reducing themselves to a level with the criminal. Capital and Labor. In doaliiur with both labor und cap ital, with the questions affecting both corporations and trades unions, there is one matter more important to ro member than aught else, and that is the infinite harm done by preachers of more discontent. These are men who seek to excite a violent class hat red against all men of wealth. They seek to turu wise and proper move ments for the better control of cor porations and for doing away with the abuses connected with vfealth, in to a campaign ,of hysterical excite ment and falsehood in which the aim ia to inflame to madness the brutal passions of .mankind. The sinister demagogs and foolish visionaries who are always eager tp undertake such a campaign of destruction sometimes seek to associate thaOifcelves with those working for a genuine reform in governmental and social methods, and sometimes masquarade as tho reformers. In reality they are the worst enemies of the cause they pro fess to advocate, just as the purvey ors of sensational slander in news pai*r of magazine ai\> tho worst enemies of all men who are engage^ in an honest effort to better what is bod in our social and governmental conditions. Railroad Employees' Hours and Eight Hour Law. I call your attention to the need*! of* passing a bill limiting the number of hours of employment of -railroad j employees. The measure is a very moderate one and I can conceive of no serionk opjection to it. Indeed, so far as it is in our power, it. should b;J 1 our aim steadily to ivduce the num ber of hours of labor, with as a goal the general introduction of an eight hour day. There arc industries in which it is not possible that the hours of labor should be reduced; just as thera are communities not far enough advanced for such a movement to be for their good, or, if iti\the Tropics, so situate^ that there is nft analogy between their needs nnd ours in this< matter. OiV/the Isthmus of Panama, for instance, the conditions are in every way so different from what they are here that an eight hour day would be absurd; just as it. is absurd, so far as the Isthmus is concerned, will?re white labor can not be employ ed, to bother as to whether tho neces sary work is done by alien black men or by alien vellmv men. But tho v-ageworkers of the United States are of 60 high a grade that alike fron; the merely industrial standpoint and from the civic standpoint it should be our object to do what we.can in the direction of securing the general observance of an eight hour dav. Employers' Liability. Among the excellent laws which the Congress pant ut the last, session atos an employes' liability 14^. It \va? marked step in advance to get the recognition of employers' liability on "the statuts books; but tho law did not go far enough. In spite of all precau tions exercised by employers there are unavoidable accidents "and oven deaths cnvolved in nearly every line of business connected with tho me chanic art^ This is enevitablcr sacri fice of life may be reduced to a mini mum. but it can npt be completely eliminated. Investigation of Disputes Between Gaptial and Labor. The commission appointed by the President October 10, 1002, at the re quest of both .the nnthricite coal op erators and miners, lo inquire into, consider, and pass npon the question.-* in controversyrv in connection with the strike in^thc anthracite region*.of Pennsylvania and the. causes out of which the controversary aroSe, in their report, findings, and award ex prest the beliof "that the State and Federal governments should -provide the machinery for what may be call ed the -compulsory in vesication of controversies between employers and employees when they arise." , Corporations. The present Congress has taken long strides in the direction of secur ing proper supervision and control by the National Government over corporations engaged in interstate business?and the enormous majority of corporations of any size are engag ; ed in interstate business. The pas j sage of the railway rate bill, aiyl only I to a less degree tho passage of the pure food tyillf and the provision for increasing and" rendering more effec tive national control over the beef packing industry, mark an important advaee iu the proper direction.^ In thft short session it will perhaps be difficult to do much further along this line; And it may be best to wait until tha J^ws have been-in operation for a I number of months before endeavoring j ro th?ir ?ri>pe. hrcauwi vwly i operations will show with ?mtmM t&r Merita mH their ilnrt?oang* ssesssstasss wj&aiggm with the picking house in*p4*taa lai to provide for putting a date 4>n th* Agriculture. "ho only other poisons whoso wol faro is us vital to the welfare of the whole country as is the welfare of the wageworkers ore the tillers of the soil, the farm.M's. It in a mere trusim to say that no growth of cities, no growth of wealth, no industrial de velopment run atone for any falling oil in (h?v character and standing of the farming population. During the last few decades this fact has keen recognized with ever-increasing' clear ness. Marriage and Divorce. 1 am well aware of-how difficult it ?* to pass a constitutional amendment. Nevertheless in my judgment the whole question of mnrringe and di vorce should be relegated to the au thority of the N?tiorml Congress. At present the wide difference in the Jawg of the different States on t|iU subject result in scandals and abuses: and surely there is. .nothing so vitally essential to the welfare of the nation, nothing around whieh the nation should bend itself to throw every safeguard, as the home life of the average citizen. The change would be good from every standpoint. International Morality. On the questioi) of International morality Mr. Roosevelt comes out .xtiongly, advocating clean dealing be? tueeu the nations of earth and also strongly advocates international arbi (ration as a means of settling all dif ficulties that may arise. American Shipping. Let me once again call tlie atten tion of the Congress io two subjects coneeruing which I have frequently before communicated with them. One is the question ot developing Ameri can shipping. 1 trust that a law em bodying in substance Jhe views, or a major part ol the views, exprcst in the report on this subject laid before the House at its last session will be .pHst. 1 milt well aware that in forme. years objectionable measures have been proposed iu reference to the en tourage pie nt of American shipping; but it seems to me that the proposed measure is as nearly unobjectionable as any can be. Currency Reform. I especially call your attention to the second subject, the condition of our currency laws. The national bank act has ably served a great pur pose in aiding thr enormous busine?a development of the ' country; and within ten years there has been an increase in circulation per capita from $21.41 to $33.08. For several years evidence has been accumulating that additional legislation is needed. Our Island Possessions. It is urged that^bepe shall receive the caret til consideration of Congress and that tariffs, etc., shall be upon a just basis. * Army and Navy. The message goes at length into the matter ot the efficiency of our army and navy. The President is much gratified at the progress we are mak ing in both branches of our common defense. In the matter of rifle prac tice the President says: The Congress hps most wisely pro vided for a National Hoard for the -promotion of rifle, practice. Excellent results have already come from this law, but it does not go far enough. Our Regular Army is so small thaUn any great war we should have to trust mainly to volunteers; and in such event these volunteers should already know how io shoot; for if a soldier has the fighting edge, and ability to take care of himself in the open his efficiency on the line of bat tle is almost directly projjortionate to excellence in matkmanship. We should establish shooting gallaries in the large public and military schools, should maintain national target ranges in different parts of the coun ty, and should in every way encour age the fopnation of rifle clubs throughout all'par's of the land. The little Republic of Switzerland offers us an excellent example in all matter-* connected with building up an effic ient citizen soldiery. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, The White House, Dec. 3, ]!>()(>. Governor Not To Interfere. Atlanta, Special?(iovernor Terrell iVfused to interfere in the case of I. ?G. Rowlings and Alfred Moore, the latter a negro, both of whom are sen tenced to hang at 'Valdosta, (3a.. for the murder of the Carter children, more than IS months ago. .Ie?se and Milton .Rawlings, sons of ,J. (J. Ru\i'^ lings, convicted of complicity iu the crime, are sentenced to hang next Friday, but their cases will be heard by the pardoning board Thursday. 111,111C PAPER AND LOVE. "One thing you will have to learn," the stationer explained to his new assistant, "ta ^never to offer blue let ter paper to anybody ^n love. All lovers have a superstitious horror o! paper of that tint. One girl confided to roe the other dny that three broken engagements In which she had figured could be traced directly to blue paper. There seemed grave danger of ? fourth prematrlmonlal rupture, hut fortunately she discovered In the nick ftf time what her hoodoo yaw. It wai Mm paper. She dostroyed the supply ?be had on hand, and from that time ?? to her m siding day the course of her true love rah smooth. )hi who, have found It most convenient te pebpoee by mbana of letter* l*r variably declare that when writing tm blue fiftPtr they were rejected. With all thoee facts to uphold their npmtUioD,: wtU have to be ialgfcty careful in i?pr MlUag ei '?Mow terk Preae. ? ?im! ot 591 h Session Began Monday. 390 MEMBERS ARE PRESENT Long List of Appointments Received From President by Senate But Con firmation in Postponed Until After * Message?Resolutions From Pen rose and Foraker on Di3mteftal of Negro Troops Oo Over by (Juaui moua Consent. Washington, .Special The l?*i It y nintli Congress began its session ut noon Monday. Ii took the Senate Jo minutes to^fcQftan^c it* prclimin^* rii's and Ili<* House *>r Representatives an hour. The Senate teccixcd from President Roosevelt a h?ug list of ap pointments for its continuation, ami in nn executive session of PJ minutes deeided that as the uo'ininations hat been received before the body had been organized formally, to make no continuations until the I'resident's annual message had been received and the session fairly started. Keators Penrose of Pennsylvania, and Foraker, of Ohio, euiue forward with resolutions of inquiry regarding the discharge of the negro troops of the Twenty-lifth Infantry. One \va? addressed to the President and the other to the Secretary of Wu#. Vice President Fairbanks suggest.-that il was unusual to transact any business until (the President's message had'' been received and lit.' resolutions '4 went-over," by unanimous consent. ,Senator Dupont, ol Deleware, took the oath of oHice. . The opening of the two Houses was witnessed by an animated throng, which Idled the galleries to their ca pacity. Hundreds wen} away disap pointed in not gaining admisKion t<>^ witness the session of either Senate' or House. The following new member's of tho House presented tlieiiv credentials and took the prescribed enjh of office: W. F. 1 .'ingle bright, lirxt disViet California; J. W. Overstreet, lirst dis trict ??f (Jeoriria; F. O. Lowden, l.'ilh district of Illinois; C. (lilhams, 12th district of Indiana; I). Rior dau, eighth district of New York; J. K. Reyburu, second district ftf Penn sylvnnin; J. II. Moore, 3d district of Pennsylvania; C. K. Brum, 12th dia trict of Pennsylvania; K. W. Saun ders, 5th district of Virginia; J. M. Nelson, 2d district of Wisconsin; Frank H. Waskey, delegate, Alaska. Speaker Cannon appointed Repre sentatiye James R. Maun, of Illinois, a member of the l/utrd of regents of the Smithsonian Institute; vice Ro bert- llit-t, of Illinois, deceased. The galleries of the House wxere croweded at an early hour The ab sence of (lowers from the desks of the members was much commented on, but the order of the Speaker pro hibiting the Moral display was gener ally commended for its good sense, A similar rule was made in the Sen ate two yearsr-,ago. The presence of Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, daughter of tlxf Presi dent, in the Executive gallery, accom panied by Miss Hagner, the social secretary oi' the wife'of the President gave the women in tho galleries an opportunity to observe the wife of the Representative from the Cincju? nati district at close range. The first, work of the House inci dent to the opening day was quickjy dispatched, the roll-call showing 300 present. After U?e appointment of the usu al committee to wait upon the Pres ident and inform him that the House was organized and ready to receive any communication he might desire to make of interest to the public ser vice, the House adjourned out o? re spect to the memory of the deceased members. Surprise in The Senate. Surprise lit up the faces lvof Sena-, tors when Mr. Penrose, injected inter the form, the opening'-ceremony of that body by a resolution of inquiry addressed to the President regarding the discharge of the three companies of negro troops of,the Twenty-fifth Infantry. r NEGROES MUSTERED OUT. Officers Greatly Affected During vho 1 1 inal Act. El Reno, Okla., Special.?Noncorn- ] nr.-i.ssioiK'(l officers and privates of companies B, C ami 1), of the Twenty fifth United States Infantry, colored, have all been mustered out of tl.e army by order of President lloj?sy v^It. Major Clark and a battalion of tlx* Twenty-sixth United States In fnntry returned to Texas. In tho final act the ofliecrs at Fori lieno seemed more a footed than werj the aieti. gt70den to bo Renraceatcd. Stockholm, Sweden, By ("able? Sweden will be icproOBtod by oho oi motet w* whips at (lie nova I display the eee*Hiun of the opening of tlfiP Jab?<stowu, Va., Exposition next year Tho Alharicnn Minister, {Charles H. Graves, was officially notified Mon day of 'a intention and of the latter'a regret thai it WA9 unable to send * eonturgent represen tative of the SweOwh at my PRESIDENT SPENCER DIES Head of the Southern ancJ Three Guests Meet Death. OPERATOR'S ERROR THE CAUSE I'.lltl Collision Oil Own Lliii1 Claim* Seven Victims ?General I * 11 i 111 > Schuyler, of N?*v Vork, iVrislu'* by l?'li,e. Lynchburg, Vh?Samut*l BpeMcoi1, president of tho Southern Railway, ouu of the foremost railroad won of the country and friend and associ ate of J. Pierpont Morgan for a scoro of years, was killed on hit* own railroad in a Thanksgiving Day horror that prohaltly has never been equalled. General Philip Schuyler, grandson of General Hehuyler, of Revolution ary fame and grandnephew of Alex ander Hamilton, who wuk accompany ing President Spencer on a hunting trii> to the lattor's lod?e at Friend ship, N. C., also lost liia life in the roar end collision, in which seven peisons were killed and eleven serl oiihIv injured. The seven lives were crushed out In the private car of PYcsld?nt Spencor. Mr. Spencer was killed instantly while he slopt and his body was charteu almost beyond recognition by the (lames that consumed Ills car immediately after the collision. The dead: President Samuo* Spencor, New York City: Uoneral Philip Schuyler, New York City Charles 1). Fisher, Baltimore; Fran cis T. Redwood, Baltimore; D. \V. Davis, of Alexandria, Va,, pVivato dispatcher to President Spencer; .1. W. Shaw, colored, Spencer, N. ' C., fireman; badly crushed and both Iprs broken, died later In Lynchburc hospital. An unknown person, whose hdad and limbs are burned off Hhort, v/ho is belloved to be the third porter on th^jrlvate car. . ST. A. Merrill, Mr. Spencer's private secretary, was badly burned about the head and arms. Willis J. Win ston, or No. 233 Ea#tl27th stroot, New York, suffered a broken leg. The other injured persons were negroes. The accident, the worst that has occurred on .the Southern?-road in many years and practically unpar alleled in railway accident history in that it cost the life of the presi dent of the road on which it occurred, seonis to have been duo to a mistake by the operator of the block signal at Rangoon, four miles north of the scone of the accident, in lotting the second train through befor<j/'hls block was cleared. Mattox, the operator, disappeared. H. B. Spencer, who is a vice-pres ident of the Southern Railway, and the son of President Spencer, was a passenger on,, the northbound train from the South which reachod the Kcene of the wrcck soon aiter it .oc curred. He spent several hours there until the charred remains of his father were taken from under the locomotive and then ho came to the city with them and thoso of tho others of President Spencer's party. Samuel Spencor was regard^Tf^aY perhaps the biggest figure in thjo rail road and ..nanciin world that .the South has ever \roduced. /He was fifty-nine years old^wmMji^ho height of his career. Mr. Spencer was born in Columbus, Ga.. tho son of i.am bert and Vemona Spencer. His father was a pr6spereu? storekeeper. As a mere youth he shouldered his father s musket and went to the front as a private in the Nelson Ran gers, and independent company of Confederate cavalry, operating on scout duty. After serving 'for sev eral months with the fcelaon Rangers he Joined General Forrest's cavalry troop and later served under General Hood in Atlanta and in the cam paign about Nashville. At the close of the war young Spencer entered the University of Georgia, taking a civil engineering course. He married Miss Vivian Denning, of Georgia, in 1872. He is survived by his wife and three children?Henry B. Spen cor, sixth vice-president and general manager of the Southern Railway; Vivian Spencer and Mrs. James T. Lang, Jr., wife of the vice-president of the Mlchignn Central. The Interests of the 8outh were al ways prime considerations with Mr. bpencer, and he probably did as much as any other one man to pro mote the South's industrial devel opment. He was regarded as one of the most democratic railroad presi dents in America. DIKS TO 8AVK FKIKND. flirl yntilu'i Her Prom Harm to Uc .. Herself Killed. Crdkton, Ohio.?In saving: the life of MIbs Nettie Mclntyre, a p'rl friend, from death by a fast Krio passenger train. Mis* Nellie Carter, daughter of Judge Carter, was struck by the train and Instantly killed. Miss Mclntyre was uninjured. The two young women, Insepar able companions, went for a walk and on their return strolled along t;he railroad track to tako a short cut to the Carter residence. They were. so engrossed tn conversation that thfcy did not notice the approach of the passenger train behind them. t ?? High l'rice For Peannt Crop. Tlut xu.ti.uuL m uffei? of VlrgSaU tnd North Carolina will demaau nve a ad a half cents a pound (or prime $r?(!o peanuts of this year'* crop, ('ailing to receive this prjee Jt> Ihe open market the growers are pledged io hold the entire output. The" grow ing crop is short and Inferior. * ,? Vermont Bee* N0V80 Basy. Vermont * reportf that the beee have not tjoen so active lo that State the pa*t teuftou aa usual. STATEMENT OF OPERATOR. Says He is Not Rejiponsible for Wreck and Could Prove Claim If Given Opportunity to be Heard. Lyuchhuru, \ it.. Special. Opcni* t??r '<? I'. Muit?i\, wIhi is charged by officials ol tin- Sunt bent Railwav I ompany with being responsible for I hursday '* wreck, ten mile* below Lynchburg, when ??,*i??> Sunday at his home, I?I miles from here, by the representative <>j the Associiilod 1'ress, made flic follow ii|y statement in bis own behalf: "Tlie statement of otheials of tin* Southern Railway (litil I have Ikhvi missing since llir nrii-k of Thursday morning and could not lx> found, at ' (bough dotocHvo* of the conipiruy were scouring tlie country for me, is without the slightest foundation. I have been at my boarding place prac tically all of the time Mine the acci ilent. This r* the firm statement \ have been asked to make about iln matter and you (referring: to the re porter) are the first person that I know of. (hat ban asked for mo. "On I lie night preceding the wreck I at tended a box parly in the neigh borhood with friends,-the day opera tor working for me until I returned to the ofllce about midnight. The night |>einj? chilly th? ojwratuiv JL- Clemmcr, (leeitled to remain at the otfiec until ;$ o'clock. He returned at 7 and re lieved me, suggesting that I g?> home, because it was apparent to him that I had pHssed through in the previous hour. I did this and remained hi home the entire day. About 0 o'clock yetting my usual midnight lunch ! started for the station to repoitt. for night duty. Reaching the office 1 saw a large crowd congregated ont sidc ami from what I heard i ?on eludcd it would be best for utf? not to go in the office. I learned from the day operator that another opera tut had be.rui sent to relieve me ami this is all the notice I have had that my services were not wauled that night. After thai I relumed and slept the night through. am not to blame for the wreck and I think I would have no trouble to substantiate this clnim if given the opportunity to be heard. Operator Clenimer and a student operator were both iii the office and beard the oper ator at Lawyers give me a clear track for No.' 33 (the train to whicl(i Presi dent Spencer's car was attached.* This was at ti o'clock, as the block sheet in the oflice will show.' II jii> recollection serves me rigid, No. 33 passed Rangoon at (i :t)(5 and 1 report ed (.bis to Lawyers. 1 cannot recall that the operator there signed J'or th:-. report, but it was his business to be there to lake the report. J let ? No. 33 in the block because Lawyers gnvv me the right of way for the train. When No. .'17 (which collided with the rear of No. MM) left Wilniers (th? first block station north of Rangoon) 1 began to call for Lawyer's. J con tinued to call until the train was nearly in siirht of my olUco and got Lawyers just as 37 wt\s coming in sight. Ho gave me a clear block-'for No. 37 at 0:12. 1 remember the time very distinctly and the train passed the hlockat 6:14. As No. 37 wa? passjrtj?"Rangoon I was talking to the operator at Lawyers. lie wanted to know when No. MM was by me. I told him at the time my sheet shows, but I cannot recall the minute., . "Then ] asked him, "When by Jon', and he said 'by," but did not givt- ui? tbp time. I ??iiT not give N'v 37 a clear block until the operator at Lawyers gave me authority jfcd 1'cnu prove, this by Operator Cleinmei1 and by the student operator, who has been studying at the office for the past year. When No. 37 had entered the block Lawyers told me that No. 33 was by and when I asked hi*) the' time so I .could record it, ho opened his key and did not reply. No. 37 had gone then. "1 do not fee] responsible for the accident ami I have' h?en and am new where the railway detectives or authorities can find me at any time. I have no desire to yet away, but would court an investigation to clear the matter up." Little Girl's Terrible Fate. Hartsville, Special.?The little six year-old daughter of Miv-Parw>U~BoU was accidently shot and instantly killed last week. It seems that a brother of ten years of age was stand ing on a box and reaching for ? shot gun on a shelf. The box fell as the, girt* was grasped and in falling the gun"'was discharged, and the load tore off the top and side of the head of the little girl standing nearby. , T 1 : Unappreciated Virtues of Dogfish. Notwithstanding Its change In nam* .'?? "flak?" the dogfish does not appear .?? ;.av? bccoxnc.a.popular..article of s'.iot, ana the Devonshire fishermen, I *'ho sustain great damaoo to. thtfr. icts through Its depredations, are : ill in a difficulty as to Its destrno (on. An anpeal to the Board of Agrl guitwre mui Fisheries iia? elicited 9 encrt .on the fith frttttt Dl. TUotpsi mo cf the officials of tho hoard, who. to it aa'a wholesome jaad hjffc? ?v nutrit'.cus artlclo of food, and aa ?avian besides a ccnrarerctal vahMlk xrrtlrnA fcwtny utfflsed ? for - eertsTa Tiftanractur'.ntr prweswe, soch aa oather rtrcraln*. The IMi ItHlf ssigltt .tao. he ?!;??. be aonyerted late gwa&O \?a oil. for b^th %t wwoh th?ra *ta k uemautl?Lqq4op Olebe. * . u Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina O ??' ? MANY ITEMS Of STATE NEWS ?? ? ? A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover-,, ing a Wide Range?What it Qoinf On in Our State. Goneral Cotton Market. GAivetfittUt linn 11 .'{-10 [Now QvTetY-n*r.steady .. ...It .'{-16 i Mobile .... , , 40 11-10 j Savamiffh, easy .. .. . .10 41-10 ; Charleston, liiui .. . ,,, . . ,.10 1-2 Wilmington-,- rti*tw:'v ,. r ,10 1-2 Norfolk, firm .. .. r. .10-14 I Baltimore, nominal .. ,, ,,1.1'1-4 'Now York, .steady .. .. .... ,.10.40 birwton, steady 1040 Philadelphia,. steady ,.11.66 Houston, steady r..ll 3-10 Augusta, steady .,11 1-1 Memphis, Hteady ... ' 10 15-10 St.. Louis, firm .. ... -.,.,..11 I.oiWillu, firm.. "., r;-v,. .11 - Charlottc Produce MarfcWt- ? Chicken Spring .. .... .. 12 at 25 liens?Per bead .. ..23 at 35 Dueks . . .... ... ,.25 Em .,24 live r? _ .,80 Com ... .. . .72 at 75 Cottonseed .. ... .. ... .. ?;24 Oats?-Feed*. . ...... 50 at 55 Oats?Heed i .G5 at 571-2 ? </. ' Charlotte Cotton Market. These prices represent the prates . to wntonk': . (iood Middling .. ? ? ., ... .... .,10.85 Strict Middling- ... ?.. ... ... 10.75 Middling .. ;l. ... ^KkflT Tinges an*l stains . - .. ...9 12 at 10 Clearing House Formed by Columbia Banks. Columbia has taken another step i forward. Tuesday night at a ineet J ing of representatives of all the banks | and banking institution** ?C the city clearing house association wa* fofni cd. The purpose is to* organizo the Columbia tearing house? tor?fchr ad- - vaneftment. ?vf the*- banking interests of the city. After Jan. 1, 1907,. the Hearing h*Ht*c association uiuir begin' its work and the tvew regulation ?rUl then be effective. The Columbia Clearmg House. Mx'iation organized with the foJJaar ing members: " The Carolina National bank, Tl.e Hank oi.' Columbia. The National Loan ami Exchange . bank. Tim.. State hunk. The Palmetto National Ifitnfc. .... The Columbia Trust Company. All seven of- the banking iusttfcu~T lions <jf the city went with the er-4l ganizntttm n? charier members.--?-i Tl'e fid low log officers- were President?rOeorge L. B&ker State bunk. Viee president?W. (*. Chthfe the Bank of Columbia. Kaeh of the banks will ha??J_ . ber of -the cxeoutivo eommitatee*.. Leaphart will be manager of clearing association,, which is to '<* daily settlements, * V ,\N l | , ,, Appoiatmeaft Announced. - Greenville, Special.---4 eet Martin t\ Ansel am appointment of Mr. A. J. Darlington, 8. C* as pri'_ tary to the governor, awt icfe Henderson a* the private rapher to the governor. was highly recommended sel by many influential persona ef the State, especially by tl*?fr Q& tfc? Pee ? Dee section. Mr. Beathea was born ? atid raised in Marion and. raerred to Darlington several yejyre agtvfehera bo became editor of The Darlington ; Press, a weekly paper af nsneh im portance in the Pee Dee saefion. ? Town Bprifaft Up As if Rr Magic. Marion, Special.?A IittU> town of , several inhabitants baft sprung into existence within the past few months, . just across Catfish crcck, the western boundary of the town of Marion. ' This new Huburb has be?n ehmlene4 "West Marion" by the postoffiee de partment, and a postofNe has been es- ? . tablished there. For some tims the people of this little town., the majori- .. ty of whom are employee.of the Mirts--.^ ion County Lumber Company $*d df! Layton's,?jjg brick plant hate been endeavoring without sueeeap to this office established, the diflii being its proximity to Marion/ poople had been so ineot?vec~ that they appealed to Qpi EUerbc, and he, after vi place, was ao impressed neetWie took the matter : postoffice department in and West Marion is the &D,; MeCIcnney-!#'the^cat^ Cheraw, Special night a iiejjro house \ Lunger-' Company'jjwU hjia been the oeganjrtoE ity this *?jjK? X2E*'