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volume xvn. CAMDEN, S. C.. KlilDAY. DKCKMlSKlt 21,1900. NO. 50. PM WAGf SENT II The ,>r" ?<< ?>( Transmits His j . "1,H Rf<?J0 at (lie ?U?iile?x which i,?8 been p'omolh. Store lmH eni }y yours. ?* iilild hhJ , iift ?i ' i diking JWjhiH liuHincfs from t|, Md be l>orpeti?ted,.._jrtm Am itti" Cituc'""iil> Should be Con gwred Upon Native, _ Matkc<1 f?yZ **? Under Present Oov -ri Scl/-Oovernment Motion, Thle Year Were Abao * ?nd Unaccompanied A Disturbance. tPtlnn/'jloii, Special,?'The Presi grra^afx. Vm>gtm givjn(f ||l? .r^ Ins recent observation* in jj ico n Mil njakiitg recommenda tonciM-mijjr j 1,0 government of wand \vn? deliver (u Hic Scu ll was read at length and re gcaref.,1 attention. The mes ""*? as follows: he President'b Message. |penate and House of Rcprcs gtamber 21 I visited the is. i Co' binding at Ponce, &*>>' the old Spanish road by ?w.rr ? " JuHn' an<! retumini; iBe1?'5 OVi', 1,10 new American gyco^Arecibo to P?nce; the ?JPV," wonderfully beautiful, among th3 mountains of interior, which constitute a ver Swjtj5C|,Ja,M1. I could not F*** nt "an duan because the bar has not been digged out and jn not receive an American battle WiP\ "ot lhi,,k Hlis f?^'t credit f,.? 1,8 a,s ? nation, and I earn r^i!k P? J immediate provision harbor' hedging San Jnan I'- ,^ow^. whether our people as a - fnC ! 11,0 beauty and fertility ^ , ^ICO? and the progress that ? has been made under its admirable government. We have just cause foi i^de in the character of our rop ?jntatives who have administered - tropic islands which carno untie. >ur nag as a result of the war with Hpaiftf ami of no one of them is thh ? more true than of Porto Rico. It i would, be impossible to-wish a more ; ?aithful, a more efficient and a nior. disinterested public service than tlia-C V now being rendered in the island of Tor to Rico hy those in control of the inmtlnr?government. I stopped at a dozen towns all told ?** *ad one of the notable features in every town was thflfrgathoring of the ; *choo! children. Jhe work that has * been done in Porter Ri9o for education t has been noteworthy/ The main em phasis, as js eminently wise anil proper, hag been put upon primary education; but in addition to M\it> there is a normal school, an agri cultural school, three industrial and - three high schools. Every effort k being made to seciiro not only the benefits of eiementairy1 education io <Ml the Porto Rlcan9"of the ..next generation, but also as far as mcatu . will permit to train them so that th* industrial, agricultural and commer cial opportunities of the island >*n be utilized to the best possible ad vantage. . It was evident at a glanca that the teachers, both Americans and native Porto Ricans, were de voted tA their work,' took the great _ est pi idc it, and were endeavorinif to (rain tneir pupils, not only in ?7 mind, but in what counts for far more than mind in citizenship, that SLis in character. ? Troops in the Island. 1 was very much struck by the ex cellent character both o? the insular police and of the Porto Rican regi ment. They are both of them bodies that reflect credit upon the American administration of the island, The in Pillar police ore Uudpf tli? local Porto RU?an government, >Tho. Portp Hiean regiment of troops most, be appro . priated for by . Congies*. I earn estly hope that iTus body will be kept permanent, ^There should certainly be troops in the island, and it i# wist that these troopa should be them selves native Porto Ricans. It woulJ be from every standpoint a mistake not to perpetuate this regiment. In tra-versing the island even the most cursory survey leaves the be holder struck with the evident rapid growth in the eulture both of the rogar eane and tobacco. The fruit industry is also growing. Last year was the most prosperous year that the island has eyer known before or since the American occupation. Th'i . total exports and imports of the Island waa $45,000,000 as affinpt $18, 000.000 in idDl. Thi? is ttaf largest 4a (W island'a history^ Prior to the Iwriwa o?*boetion * the / greatest trade Jar any one year was that of reaehed nearly $?V " Xissi year, .therefore, thtro 2*?a<famhie the trade Htet tUra waa in Al most prosperous year under the Spamah regime. There were 210,373 ions of nuar exported jaat _wa*^ei the value of $M43M1?^ of the Yalcw of $$, Iiha never recoveivd from the dis aster of the hurricane, and moreover, the benefit of throwing open our market io it has not compensated fj>r the loss in ft ie ted by the clotting of th-:1 markets to it abroad. I call your at [itfntion to tlie accompanying memo rial on this subject of the hoard of trade of San Juan, and I eaVuestly I lio'K? that some measure will be taken llor (he benefit of the excellent and Ihigh grade Porto Kican coffee. I In addition to delegations from the Ihourd of trade ai,gd chamber of com? Imerce of San Juan, J also received delaga lions from the Porto Kican Federation of Labor, and from the Coffeo Growers' Association. Question of Citizenship. There is a matter to which I wish lo call your s|>ecial attention, and that is the desirability of conferring full American citizenship upon the people of Porto Itico. 1 most earn eastly hope that this will be done., I can not see how any harm can po.s sibly'result from it, and ii seems to me a matter of right and justice to the people of Porto liico. They are loyal, they arc glad to be under our ^lag, they are making rapid progress along the path of orderly liberty. Sureljluwe should show our apprecia tion of them, our pride in what they have done, and our pleasure in ex tending recognition for what has thus been done, by granting them lull American citizenship. Under the wise administration of the present progress hA$ been made in the dinicult ifiatter of granting to ths people of the island the largest meas ure of self-government that can with safety be given at the present time. It would have beeiv^a very serious mistake# to have gone any facter than we have already gone in this direc tion. The Porto fticans have com plete and absolute autonomy iij all their municipal governments, the on ly power over them possessed by tho insular/,government being that of re moving corrupt or incompetent mu nicipal officials. This power ha* never been exercised save on the clearest proof of corruption or in. competence?such as to jeopardize the interests of the people of the is land; and -under such circumstances it has been fearlessly used to the immense benelit. of the people. II is not a power with which it would be safe, fo* the sake of the island itself, to dispense at present. The lower House is absolutely elective, while the upper House is appointive. This scheme is working well; no injustice of any kind results from it. and great benefit to tho island, and it should certainly not be changed. at this time. The machinery of the elections is administered entirely by the Porto Iiican people themselves, the Governor and council keeping on ly such supervision as is necessary in order to insure an orderly elec tion. Any protest as to electoral frauds is settled in the courts. IJere again it would not be safe to make any change in the present system. The elections this year were absolute ly orderly, unaccompanied by any disturbance; and no pttrtestcJias been made against the Hianagement of the clectionsfciklthough three contests nvo threatenerc, where the majorities were very, small and or^or was claim ed; the contests, of course, to be set tied in the courts Jiy shorf, th* GoVens&r and council nva en-nnwrnt ing with niUof the most cnlifflltoned and most patriotic of tho people of Porto Uieo in#odueating tho citizens of this island ill the principles ol or derly liberty. They are providing a government based upon each citizen** self-respect, and the mutua! respect of all citizens; that is, based upon i rigid observance of tho principles of justice and honesty. It has not been easy to instil into the minds of pco^ pie unaccustomed to the oxercise of freedom, the two basic principles of our American system; the principle that tho majority must rule, and the principle^that tho minority has rights which must not be disregarded or trampled upoifi Yet real progress has been made in having these prin ciples accepted as elementary, us the foundations of successful self-govern ment. I transmit herewith (he report of tho Go-cruor of Porto Hico, sent to the President through the Secretary of Btote. ( All the insular tfovernments tshould he placed in, one bureau, Mihcr in the Departmont of War or the De partment of State. It is a mistake not so to arrange our handling of these island* at Washington an to be able to take advantage of. the ex perience gained in one, when dealing with the problems that from time to time arise in another. > In conclusion let mo express m> .admiration for the work done by the Congress when it enaeted the lan under which the island is now being administered. After seeing tKo is land personally, and after five years7 experience in connection with its ad ministration, H-fs but fair to those, who devised this law to say that it would be well-nigh impossible to h*v? devised any other which in th# actual working would 'It* accom plished better results. ^ THEODORE ROOSEVELT. The White Hoose, Deoe?ahoflV190C It baa. Hipoa a Boston pa ar that whlstHn* hfk aoae or ?? Jbtog.oat st'Ss, sK ft Um (act, peetle win ha ?mbj The whistler ts ?to he - ? * _ tmbiM ..... ? nil ARE HOI H American Contractors to Get Panama Canal Job MANY CHANGES IN CONTRACTS Mnny Changes Agreed to in Forty cf Contract for Construction. But Most Important is Announcement by Chairman Shout* That Only Proposals oy American Firms Wil Be Received. ~ WasiiijigioM, ^joeial.-?Foreign con l)ra<*t6iH are to ze burred from eoinjM) tiiion for tli?* completion of the PmT^? unia Canal. Chairman Shunts, ?>i Che isthmian Canal commission, made this announcement. Many changes have been agreed to in the form of contract to he entered into "for the construct ion of the canal, hut the most important is the limiting of proposals t?) American linns. The rijilu will be reserved by the commis sion to reject all the bids submitted; in ease none of them satisfactory and the commissioTi/will then cither throw the competition <?pen to for eign bidders or proceed with the work without contract. January 1 is the date set for the opening of proposals. A puhstantia) reduciion, in the bond of the successful bidders was also made by the commission, in compli ance with the request of prospective bidders. The bond will be only -f-, 000,000 and the total liability of the con tract or is to be limited to the loss of percentage and premiums other wise payable to the contractor and*3 $.'1.000,0U0 in addition. Chairman Shouts indicated other changes a^ follows: "To relieve the contractor from re sponsibility for the use of,defective materials, or for the preparation for use of the same, provided he has re quested the chief engineer in writing for the definite approval of the ma terials, or the preparation for use thereof, and the chief engineer after a reasonable time fails to act upon apcftsrcqnesf. ''To provide fon a la^er change in the estimated cost and . time of con structure, as originally agreed to by the engineering committee, in case the plans and (specifications for the con struction of the canal shall he ma terially altered in any respect.or if it shall be made to appear to the President of the United States that the estimates are based on physical data so erroneous as to affect the es timated cost and time of construction or that the estimates have become substantially inequitable by reason of the intervention of an act of God or a public enemy; or for any other mat ferial cause which shall rn^t haw been taken into account by the en gineering committee in makinsr thek estimates, and for whioh tho contrac tor is no responsible, "It was also provided that in case minate the contact, when the con tractor ia not in default, the fcontrac tor shall be paid the cost of the work performed by him to dote,- and $250,000 in addition to such percent age may have been earned by him upon such cost up to that time. ? "The responsibility of the contract or 'to the commissioner for all in juries or damages inflicted upon the plant, canal, or its auxiliary works, is limited to negligence of himself, or any of bis employes, or subcon tractors, or the employes of such sub contractors." Cruiser Montana Launched. Newport News, Ya., Special.?The United States armored cruiser Mon tana was sncessfullv launched .it Newport. News ship yard in the pres ence of a large number of people. * The vessel was christened by Mlas Minnie Conrad, daughter , of W. CI. Conrad, of Montana. Governor Toole, represented by Martin Maginnis, the former territorial ^delyatc to Con gress. The navy was not officially Represented. Two .Killed and Two Injured. . Donaldsville, La., Special.?Four persons were killed and two serious ly injured in a head on collision be tween a passenger and a freight train at a long curve near here on the Tex as & Pacific Railroad. All the fatali ties were among members of the train crews, no jMisscngers being seri ously hurt. Green and Gaynor Appeal. Macon, Ga., Special.?The appeal for a new trial in the Greene ani Gaynor case, now before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, will be beard at New Orleans on January 5,1907. They haveJ??nin jail here for several months pemhqg appeal for a new trial Gay nor suffcH^ccnte yaina from asthma \ and locomotor ataxia, and uadar adviea of physic ia paraitted to take ride* 4pto ?Uf? freak air and ex aeeas to gi*a bisa relief. Both wm- ?*? kapt *oartj imardW witfaia. ftteau Unft.it* and an auvwW HVVfi!?* fimMtPf SHieonmlM. REVIEW OF WORK OF COKSRtfcS What Our National Lawm*kors Ar? Doing From Day to Day Salaried Increased. By a vole of 100.to 18H ih*? 11-mim >f Kepresentat ivfs refused to increase It<>m $5,0(H) t<? $7,000 the salaries ot Senators, members mid delegates. The House, however, by tin < \ < r Jvhelming vole, increased the salarie. if (I ha V4c*--i*rexideut, the Speaker ot ill? House and members of tin* Pres ident'a cabinet to #12,000 each. In an anticipation of ihe question >f incr*a*ing salaries coming hcfor>> ihe House t hero was an exceedingly urge membership and Ihe debate on 'he several amendment.* for increase, ivhich were offered by Mr. Littauer, ? f New York, toy the legislative ap propriation bill, was followed with Jiarked interest. After disposing ?>! ihe salary question, the House passed the legislative, executive and judicial Appropriation bill. Mr.'Littauer, of New York, opened :he discussion by presenting n >t intendment raising the salaries of Iho Vice President and the Speaker of ilie House to $P2,000 per annum. He <|>oke of the dignity of the position of Speaker of the House and said thai Jverybody recognized that the duties ire arduous and that the pay is un equal. Mr. Underwood, of Alabama, <>p posed any further increase of salaries along the iin? of legislative and exec alive ofllcps. y.,lle believed the saiaiies jf the iriinoir clerks of tLie govern ment should be increased on account of the increased cost of living. After several speeches I lie amend ment was adopted by a vote of 211 to 151, the opposition failing to se cure votes enough to call tliv ayes and noes. Having won a most substantial vic tory Mr. Littauer introduced another amendment as folloi>$: "On and after March -1. Ip07, the compensation of heads cxeentiv: departments; who are members of the President'a cabinet shall be at the rate of 2,000 per annum each." Mr. LitVauer held up a large pie lure of a president of a baseball asso ciation, whose salary had been in creased from $10,000 to $15,000 a year, and contrasted that with the salaries of the'cabinet. The amend ment was adopted 20-1 to (50. Mr. Littauer who retires to private life with the close of the present (<oi i;res.-?, offered a provision raising the salaries of Senators* and members of Congress, delegates and the resident commissioner from Porto Uico to $7, 500 and on agreement the time for the increase to begin was lixed on March 4, 1000. Salaries May Be Increased. The House reached an-^agreement under which it looks an if there would he a vote ou the much mooted ques tion of an increase in the salaries of members of Congress, cabinet officers, etc. Mr. Littauer sought to have the question taken up but Mr. Underwood objected at this stage of the proceed ing. He said, however, that, he would agree to consideration at the eonclu tion of the aoading of the bill and when it shall be reported to the House from the committee of the whole. During *th?. morning hour iu. the House several resolutions were pass ed, one C'aiming at the lumber trust nlid calling upon the Secretary t>f Commerce and Labor to investigate the high prices ijow prevailing in lumber, and anotheiDcalling upon the Secretary of the Interior for a de tailed description of the coal lauds withdrawn from public entrv since July 1, 1000. The House agreed to vote on tho rcsolutioji increasing the salaries e,J Senators and Repr?senta lives to $7, .">00 and making other increases in official salaries, when the legislative hill is reported to the House from the committee of the whole. The icsolution also fixes the' sala ries of the Vice President and Speak er at $15,000, and of/cabinet officers at $12,000. Senator Dubois on Mr. Smoot. The Senate listened to the second speech which has been made this ses sion, agaiuat the continuance of Hoed Smoot ns a Senator from Utah. It was deliverod by Senator DuBoig, of Idaho, who after reviewing In detail the working of the Mormon Church, and Mr. Smoot's prominent .connec lion therewith, concluded with the charge that President Rooseytat has used the weight of his administration to assist the Republican-Mormon vote in the last election. ? Rayner Talks. Much interest was manifested in the Senate in the position taken by Senator Rayner in his discussion of the Japanese question. He contended that the inherent rights of a State could not bo violated bv treaty any more than they could i>e volated by Congress. To support this l?e cited qpanv adjudicated cases before the Supreme Court and arrayed long linei of eminent authorities. Mr. Rayner also gave the case's and U}? aufori ties of the other side to the proposi tion. ? 7* ? . Smoot Should 0et Out. At the conclusion of th; morning business in the Senate Senator Bur lows, ehsiroian of tlze Senate com mittee on privilege* tad election*, celled - up the raaolutiog from that rowiiittta ds daring (W Bob. Rood Smoot is sot entitled to * "aeat M a Senator df tfc?Veited Stetee tram vm rata or Utali a&d IMwiW tk# M Itat NkjMl, Ml DDI Ifl IK KIMO Bankers' Scheme of Currency Reform Not Sufficient SECRETARY SHAW GIVES IDEAS Sec. Shaw Appears Before House Committee on Banking and Curren cy in Advocacy High Tax Credit Currency Suggested Five Per Cent. r.? Desirablo Rate. ? -r Washington, Spti'ial. ? Secretary Shaw appeared before tin) House com mittee on banking and currency in advocacy *?I ? high taxed credit cur veiny, suggesting 5 jygr cent, us a de sirable rate. H-> etC^V^kized the need J for greater elasticity Tit currency, nl expressed the opinion tlint the plan framed by the American Bankers' As sociation will not bring out KuOicicnt to b.? vciy useful. (iranting that tho bankers* plan resnlts'in the issuance n| $200,(100,000 additional in national bank notes, Mr. Shaw said (hat in his opinion not more than $20,000,000 worth of these will he redeemed. Mr. Shaw thought the bunkers' plan wholly inadequate to meet the requirements of the commercial world and said it was encumbered with too much machinery for the limited good results be feels it is capable of ac complishing. lie would not want to be regarded as an opponent of the measure suggested by the bankers be cause I* felt that any step toward relieving the dcmainl for greater elas ticity at certain seasons of the year was desirable, but (irgvd that the i commit lee strive to frame a more ef fective measure. It wits urged by the Secretary that an effort should be made to make nil our currency elastic, rather than to impart elasticity to a certain amount of emergency currency. Vn der the bankers' plan, lie sai<l. only the cwdit currency which goes into wdetnptiwir""There would be no rea son why private banks should seek e redemption of national bank notes and consequently they would maka no effort to do so. In the bankers' plan national lmnkfl are to be permitted to issue $25,000 additional notes i'or every $100,000 of their capital at an interest rale of 2 J-U per cent, and an additional $12, 500 with interest at the raf&j><?f 5 per cent* ^ Episcopalians Withdraw. Norfolk. Ya., Special.?It develop ed that th|ti Episcopalians, as a de nomination/ have withdrawn from the proposed inter-denomination evan gelistic campaign to be conductc.l during the Jamestown Exposition period. A meet>??!\jof the Virginia Statist Baptist, iYreshyWian ttnd Meth orfist committers has been called for December 18./when the local commit tee^JTf~HhjB?c denominations will dis enss with the State representatives the situation as prescribed by the withdrawal of the Episcopalian. It is stated for the Episcopalians thul their withdrawal was because of no disinclination to co-opjrato, but be cause of the rather unsettled condi tions in two of the leading Episco pal churches here, and further be cause it was not regarded that there was as great need for the evangelistic campaign as some thought. For Ship Subsidy Measure. Washington.*"* Special.?That Presi dent Roosevelt will send to Congress a special message advocating the pas sage as a ship subsidy measure at the present session, wnc stated by several members of the House. It was said that the President had declared that the recommendation in his annual message was misunderstood. In that message he said it' it was found inex pedient to pass the Senate hill, a measure should he passed to provide for a few lines to Huulh American ports, lie did not mean to fnlniiui/.o tho improtanee of other features of the bill, it in said, and now purpose* to correct any false impression that may have been gained by the IIoirHo. Twelve Business Houses Burned and Their Contents Destroyed. * Sharon, Ga., Spccial.?Sharon was Friday morning Visited by a disastr ous fire. Twelve business houses and contents were totally consumed. There was a loss of $50,000, with insurance of $10,000. The. *Hre started in tho drug store of !>r. L. R. Brown. The flames spread rapidly, making a clean sweep of everything except-two brick stores, the bank and the Georgia Kail road depot. Contract Has Bm Awarded. Norfolk, Ya., Special?The contract for tire building- to be ateeted Ifv.th v Jamestowq Exposition by the Daugh ters of .the Confederacy ell over tho country, bee bees iwuM. The* bvttdiog will coat *6,000 and will be a raorodoeUeo Of' "Beoneoir," the of JeWoo De^Ihneident of PAID INTO THE SCHOOL FUND How the Dispensary Profits liato Been Apportioned. ('oluiuhia, Special. ? (ompt rollef ' i'.'llri ill JoilCS ha* issued H state ment showing his handling for Hie fiscal year ended November .'10, 1U00. Tho statement shows a ?lintributioti of onlv $75,000 of profits paid in on (his year's account. In addition to this, $100,241.50 balance from 1005 was sent out, making th?> total distlib u(?-?! in the course *?I' t ho year $175, 000.50. The comptroller is just now completing a distribution ?>f $40,013. 11 which wilt be the last of the old year '4 account. Tlua found ulway.t laps from one your to another, the amount distributed to the schools av eraging from $175,000 to $250,000, so it is ditlicult to say what effect if any, the voting out of about a third <?f III? dispensaries in the State and alleged mismanagement and actual grafting are having on the profit ac count. According <0 a statement re cently issued from the State dispen sary management, the school fund in still $70,000. There is a statute which re<|tiire9 fltes* profits to bj paid over to the Slate treasurer with in a certain slated time after they ac crue, but this has never been strict ly observed, and ils construction is disputed. Union Cotton Growers. Cuinn, Special.?The annuel e|ee? tion of olllcers for the I'nioi^coi^nty cotton growers was Iveld Saturday and the old olllcers were re-elected, although they insisted on resigning. These are: ('apt. F. M. Fair, presi dent ; ('apt. Win. T. Peter, vice pre& ident; Mr. \V. \V. Cotton, secretary; Mr. John \V. Gregory, treasurer. Tlu president announced that lie had hop ed (o have State President K. 1). Smith to address the association, but Mr. Smith is touring Georgia with President llarvie .Ionian. On motion of Dr. M. \V. Culp. President K. L. Archer of the Spartanburg associa tion will be asked to speak at tIi'j .lanururv meeting. Delegates chose.n lo attend the State meeting in Co lumbia the tir.st week in Janurary were: Dr. M. \V. Culp, Wov. Jno. (i, Farr, Capt. .Win. T. deter. Dues to the amount of $S.!)0 were raised, and those present felt ,>11 re that the total of $M0S would be raised this year, as it was last year. Several members volunteered to collect dues during this month, but it was finally decid ed flint the township treasurers should do this, receiving 10 per cent for their time. , Rebel Rally Day in Cheater. Chester, Special.?" Rebel * Rally Day" in Chester, Dee. 18, is engag ing attention here just now. The vet erans from all parts of the. county will be in attendance. Committees nre appointed in every neighborhood to look After the matter of preparing a bountiful dinner for "the men of the 'tiOs," who rnillied then and en dured hardship and danger for tho love" of country. The Daughters ot the Confederacy will lend their ac tive assistance to make the occasion a success. Four military companies of Chester and York counties will unite* in a batallion drill to add to the in terest of tho day. Gov.-elect A use! and Gen. Robert R. Hemphill have consented to deliever addresses per tinent to thi object of the gathering. Rev. Dr. Wharton, a distinguished Baptist minister of Baltimore, him self a veteran, will lecture at the oprea house at night. ?v Died Fran His Injuries. Kijngstree, Special.?Little Court ney Kirk, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kirk died from the effect of injuries received in tho morning on the railroad track, of tho Atlantic Const Line Railroad Com* panv. The little fellow was standing on the main line watching a freight traiii coming into tho pass track and did not see the approaching train, No. 51, which was coming slowly up to the station. His back was turned to the on-coming passenger train and, it is supposed that the noise of the moving freight train made it import si/.e for him to hear tho boll and RonmJ of the. moving passenger train winch knocked him from the main line ntul threw him against the cross* ties of the pass track, his head strik ing tho corner of a cross-tie as he fell. Taxes Come in Slowly. Columbia, Special.?While taxes .nrc coinitip in to the State treasurer rather slowly ilua year, so far enough money has been received to meet run ning ex pen sex and for the first time in h number of years the State hnfe not borrowed the $500,000 alkftved by law. The officials hope that with the money received daily it will not be necessary to make another loany $325,000 having been already bor rowed. Several oi' tha county, treas urers have sent in large amounts but ill some of the counties where the farmers were hard iiii by ilie iiOini Banted Cotton House to Core* That* Qrime. Abbeville, Special?-Jerfy Wan and Tom Willia?*, cotored, war* jail-, edfcars for stealing cattoir trop. tfc: pla||i0sn of Mr. J as. Che*thaj?, and the ootton boaaa to tr np their crime. William baa ?M> faasad to jianliiut Wff the cotton am) MNfcata* imot&r^agra. ? 1? ? MUMltd, Will bt (Mrirt a a day ut Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OP STATE NEWS I v # ?-??? A. Batch of Livo Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range?What is Going On in Our fitate. Tri County Fair Association. Itntoshurg, Special. A very eh 1 ihusiastic meeting was held, the pur pose of which was (o set in motion I lie Tri-County Fair Association of Huteshurg. Th? nicotinic was callod t?? order by Dr. \S'. P. Timmcrmau, VV. W. Watson and Barrett Jones wore elected president and secretary protein, respectively. The following hoard of directors was elected with the understanding that the number might bo later increased to 15; J Frank Kneece, A. C. Janes, \V. W. Watson, ,]. W. Droher, E. I^Hnrtloy, IvJin I tell Towill, M. 10. Hut laud, J. J. liawl and J. Walter McCarthy. From th' so the following ofiloers were elect ed : M. ft. Rutland, president; J. Frank Kneece, vice president; .J. Wal ter McCarthy, Fccretary; W. W,"WBt* <on. treasurer, ami .1. Walter Dreher, general manager. The association proposes t<? be capitalized at $5,000 with thoprivilege of increasing same to $8,000. . Two Rural Stations Proposed. I.aureus, Special.?Upon the re cpiofrt of Postmaster (Jeorge S. Me Cravy, the postollico department has had l'ostollice Inspector Roberts, who is working in this section at present, lo visit the Laurens and Watts mill village;* the former located within the city limits, the latter a mile beyond, with tIi4> view of establishing rural ?nail stations nt thesa potto ts. The in spection was made this week. Post master MeCravy visitod both mill of llees with tho inspector. Mr. Roberts was pleased with the prospects of making these postal improvement# and it is understood that ha has rcc unmended the establishment of both stations. Auto Expfcdcs and Injures Tyro. ? Columbia, Special.?Tho boilers of ?u automobile exploded, blowing lijt? - tie Malcolm Hicburd, tho four^year )ld son of Mr. X. ft. Richard," high in Lo the air, breaking his left th!&hfr and . rendering him unconscious many hours. Mr. Harry Richard, an older brother, who had been driving.' the machine, was thyown violently to the, ground nud Btunned. The machine was torn literally into fragment, parts of it being thrown on the roof jf tlie honstf next door and otheiiB be ing hurled far into tho air and lodg- , ed in treop higher than t)te roof. of the bouse iittd the yard in which the'; explosion occurred was "strewn wit parts of the machine" The shoek of Hie explosion was foUftuee blocks nvay and the denomination VM heard is for as Main street. ?? ?^ 7>,, .. . ; ' ' \ "- S' . An Eight Per Cent Dividend. Hatesburg, Special.?At a meeting of the directors of the First National Bonk held on Tuesday afternoon, it was deeided to pay a dividenchspf ?$ per cent to the stockholders. Tma amount will be paid out abonit De cember 31st. The bank has made a remarkable record in spite of the tact that this has been a "tight** year with farmers. The undivided profits for the year show a total of b: little more than 20 pei- cent of the capital ^vested. After payuifir out the dividend of 8 per-cent, a nit# sum will be loft to augment the surplus, which i? already $0,000. Killed by Falling Limb. Marion, Special.?*A negro laborer > nnmrd Kennedy, an employe of th#:-.: Marion County Lumber Company, . \va? accidentally killed by a limb from i falling tree whilo at >vork cutting togs about a mile from Marion. Cor? oner Lanitpr was promptly ind held an inquest over the body?.tho y verdict of the jury boing that hiy, death was the result of an accident* Shop Oixl Had Exciting Time. Columbia, Special.?Miss Elizabeth Vopp, one of the young ladies who works at tho candy counter of the,-; Cobb "Five and Ten Cent Store/*-;, was held up on Laurel street, the Shields Foundry, Monday iflgfct ; by a negro man, who took ber poeket book and several dollars, lady waa on her way home, unatt *d, . when the negro approached l?r' the dark and* jeising ber by Uaa t threw- her to the ground, aw3U> getting possession of Her poeket escaped in the darkness. Drownei is ? ' . Greenwood, Special. m BHjlj . kBB,. llwili >,