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?/TT1 i I JW\', i *' ^ ^ ? ? " ?' ? ? ' *? C% ? ? , ..... . . . JfOUfMK XVI1. CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY, ?)ANUAI{V 1,15)07. NO. 52. in Ml l? IK ** rightful Collision Occurs Near Washington City APPALLING DISASTER ON B. & 0. icotont Caused by Coition of 7%*No- 06 With Dead Head Eq uipment Passenger Special of Eight 0*r# Three Miles From Washing ton J 8 WiiiKlo,,, Special An appalling titank '"T Sui,,la.V ?W?t Hi 7 .jft"!!,1110 'tollinioru & Ohio Kaikj if 'T ('?Un'. ??>?>?* three ?o?ni which about * Jfcrsons weiV killed ami over (10 i So,m' <'!' them s? seriously J??' W\M ,h"- Tl1" WH; krSS, ,y ' <")lllsio" ??f tmill No. S'ffi \V ,{;l ' Kr,(l- ' uok?bnrg; M.I., known as ,h, Fred, j riUgh^ycial, with a dead-head passon vl' cars, a 5s?. wore ."hoard ihe .""ffif1 !'?""? Tl?y railway officials , ,0 J!ss'gn any cause for As soon (lie news t W wreck reached this city all ain iuWgJ's available will, as n.'anv phv 1!S ''"''id he asseinhchl, were I I! C" SCCiU1. mjuied sex'eii were taken ? fjg?edman's Hospital, IT, to the JUted Slates SMdiers* Hospital, and ?ig*V(' brought into the city wp'speeial (rain !o he carded to .sl)',.!l's- Anions the injur a?' Attorney Maker, of despite iiis inpuries, j-aHted . alnw st I wo miles |o jjrook th(> first news of |'''SgjSy1'1''''*. He was completely e.\ ?l?'dv.an(| /.alter medical (reat Mjfflte watf j?enf to the city. j| Waiting Passengers Killed. ?mo of il?. features of the Wlfitrophe was enacted nt the sta ''p^SI0' 'Cl,a < Here a number ' Ptlssi1;:-. <? i v.iir u ail iii'jf ?""Nmji "llrapin int.. i|tl. city v lie J accoutfl iiSp < ecu;i I'd. Of the | ads llftVC ^(;tvP"!y I WO escaped; the >t of Kersl ^WKcifhcr Killed |,y heii.^0 will b<* rlain or injured r. paring wr;',k;i;r(., 1JB-* Partial List of Dea<5T p^llt'Wiua i:. a partial lisf of Ihe Mary Lippohl, MO years old, Em loye of bureau of engraving ami 'lilVFiilg, this city. Gftyfge Hi-hie, S years old, Brook aqdy D/'C. lTnu!cn tilled Negro, M~> years old. Unidentified While Bov, l'J years )ld, Elisabeth Peanuan, Takoma Park. A. Kelly, Kingston, Aid. ?r, E. (Jarther Harrie, Washington liss Ivoll, (a Y. M. C. A. card was fofflM-in her pocket.) J._1!e)?Ho (is:!, Ill years old, unideik-' tiftjE^^ >3 , V^hite CJirl, IS yeaiVLOld, unidenti Negro Habv, unidentified. W^iite Baby, unidentified. Kohnan Hogers, white, Marion, Indiana J. McCaghley. o 14-^ar-old Son oi' Afrs. McCaugh* Edward M. Belt, white, 14 years old, Address unknown. Commodore P. Brown, (50 years of age, address unknown. Prof. King, organist Wesley Chapel KinSjngl<?ii. Md. Tjtvo Negro Women, unidentified. Two White Women, about MO years olll, Uuidcutiticd. iWhile Woman, Jo years old, un clQtiflc.l. White Woman, 20 years old, un idfptilied. White Child, unidentified. News Items. mink. fiotiM was adjudged jointly Il)]o lor a .jewelry hili of 7^)00. illiain Favors ha in violently at Ickod a waiter iji a Xew York hotel Iho had thrown a plate at the actor's File. 'i'ho Postal Commission will urjyo fon^rcss (o authorize a searehiner in rest ijjat ion of the Post office Depart ment. ? * Tillman on the President. k I/ii iiiin,vrhr.m. A I;:., Special. ? j^'Ff'-Osevelt does not know anything fx;.! the ne^rro and every timojhe |>i:c!hs him he^makes n mess of it. Ic had no biisjn?fis discharging the feio"troops at Brownsville before ikimr a- earlonl investigation. I J&jfcf very mwh whether or not he ft res led wilh the authority to take well matin.- in his.own hands atiy W,v.,'f Tints spoke Senator Ken.ja niiK-H. Tillman alter his arrival feci/' Polhaii, Ala. !??????????? Assassinations Advocated. u Fiflneif-oo Spceial. ? Secret ie ononis here liad their atten ded to an inflainatory paper ed in ftorkelsy by Japanea? te Revolution," in whicb tion of the Mikado, , Rojwtvelt and others in is advocated J*-S)[ain lan , Marked copied of ifte paper rani through (M waif to the of fdiWJJoH i\ U'i? ci*jr. ? ? 1 DID NOT HELP GAMBLERS Money Placed in Banks by Treasury is for the Relief of Business Only? Secretary Replies at Length to Let ter From Nashville, Tenn., Man Who Insists That Reliof Has Been Given Gamblers and Monoy Sharks, "the Real Cause of High Money in New York," and Inquiries How Long Will the Practice Continue. Washington. Special.?In a letter to a correspondent residing in Nash ville, Tenn., Secretary Shaw repudi ates the ?uug<*Hffnn thai Hie United States Treasury ewr has come to the relief of stock gamblers. The cor respondent in question, whose name i? withheld, insists that such relief has been given gamblers and money sharks, "the real cause of high mon ey in New York," and inquiry how long will tlie practice continue. To^which the Secretary made the following reply: "Your letter of December 23d is received, and I note your sentiments with respect to stock gamblers. Your letter is so courteous and voices so accurately the view of many avcII in funned people that I am constrained to anwer i( somewhat, at length. "You seem to proceed upon the theory that the existing monetary stringency is caused solely by stock gambling. In this you are in error. Some, people gamble in stocks, some in cotton, others in wheat, corn, pork, or lard, and some in laud. When times are good people will speculate in anything and everything that pos sesses a market value. The propor tion of speculation as compared with necessary and legitimate business is very small, however, and is probably no larger in New York City than in Nashville, Tenn., where you reside, or in Denison, Iowa, where I live. The best estimates I can get place the amount of speculative transac tions in New York City at from 2 1-2 to 5 per cent of the aggregate. "The Treasury has never come to the relief of stock gamblers and prob ably never will, though the relief, which the Treasury grants frequently I,lids those who gamble on the bull side of tho stock market, and the bull fside of the wheal, the cotton market, the corn market and every other mar ket, but it is equally harmful to those who gamble on the bear side of these respective markets. Roth bulls and behrs importune the Secretary of tho Treasury, but the nature of the ad vice usually /fdicates the side of the market on which they are operating. Naturally these communications have no influence whatever. The real bus iness situation is the sole considera tion. "During the dull son son of 1 DOG the Secretary of I lie Treasury with - drew millions of tlie people's money and looked it up. This would lia^o been a erime if ho were not willing to release it now when it is needed. By appropriate use of the money in the vaults of' the Treasury 1 have facilitated the importation of a hun dred millions of gold within the last nine months, and have released, or arranged for the release of fifty mil lions more. This was done, as I say, for the purpose of aiding legitimate business, though it has helped thu bull side of the market as much as it lias damaged the bear side. I card as little for either of these considera tions as do you, but I anl intensely interested in the appropriate business interests of the country. "It is for the relief of business that the Treasury has returned to the channels of trade the money which it wtihdrew when the people had no use for it except for purposes of spec ulation. It 'wp s then wanted for speculation and I withdew it. It i* now needed for business and I restore it. The last $10,000,000 deposit went almost exclusively to the eolton pro ?luceing stated and the exceptions went to cotton buying cities." Killed By "Daughter's Escort. Moniireiio, flu.. Special. ? James IVIk, nged tiO years, was shot and killed by Civb Waldrop, a young man who had escorted two of Polk's daughters to an entertainment, re- I turning wiih tl'.em about 2 a. m. Polk berated V.?e young man for coining home so late, and in the quarrel thai^ followed, Polk was killed. Triple Tragedy Enacted. Danville, Va., Special.?.loo Pat rillo, an Italian laborer, Maggie Sul livan, an American woman, and Law rence Sullivan, the 12-year-old son of Maggie Sullivan, were .shot*, to* deat r.t a camp of railway employes about i mile from Motley's station, which is about 30 miles from Danville. The ?nnredrs are the result of a bitter .cud. Fred Ammoto, an'ltalian, who Iw'S charge <>1 the commissary at the camp, and his son, Allie Aammoto, have boon ;.rrestcd on tho charge of the killings. Situation Grows Acute. Lodz, Poland* By Cable.-*-The sit uation here is rapidly becoming acute. Sanguinary encounters were frequent during the day. Six persons were killed and twelve wounded. It is generally jintioipated tliat the wo*k 'men will eventually tbt tp pcr hand over the jVbcialiftl*, drive out the agitators add resume work mining a sew dmjr'i. i mil nil mini for Growing Corn Economi cally and Profitably RETARDING IDEA WORTH TRIAL A Searchiug JU><ri?w of the Essential Features of the Method Originated by Mr. Williamson?After a Care ful Personal Examination thi Glemson Expert Reports Thai Wherever Tried it Has Been Found Superior?Farmers Urged to Ex periment with it Next Year. Clemson College, 8. C., Special.? Prof. C. L. Newman', Who recently visited "Dailing-ton county and the, Pee-Deo section for the- purpose of in. vestjgating the plan of growing con; originated by Mr. Mclver William son, &n account of his visit having ! been printed in The News and Cour ier at the time, (la's completed his re port on the subject. The correspon dent of The News mid Courier has I been permitted to copy the report, I which will have great interest I'oi | planters in all parts of the State (as well as adjoining States). In part ! it is as follows: The peculiar or essential William ! son plan features are; 1. Deop and thorough preparation of seed bed. The soil is not onh broken to fully twice (lie depth to which it is usually broken, but ifr broken much more thoroughly than is the custom. 2. Deep planting of the seed. The seed are placed four to six inches be low the soil level and almost or quitt in contact with the subsoil, but cover ed to the usual depth. This aids ii, "stupting" or retarding the growth of the young corr. and of grasses aur weeds as well, since very nearly all the soil proper has been ploughed away from the eorn\row and into the middles, and no fertilizer has been applied. 3. Infrequent and partial cultiva tion in early stages of growth. This is contrary to popular belief and practice and Mr. Williamson styles it "the most diflicult point in the whole process," requiring experience and judgment Mto know just how much the stalk should be stunted, and plenty of nerve is required to hold back your corn when your neighbors, who fertilize at planting time and cultivate rapidly, have corn twice the size of yours." 4. An increase of 200 per cent or more in (lie number of stalks per acre. With rows Gxl feet the Wil liamson plan has u little mote than 7,300 stalks per acre against a little more (ban 2,000 if planting is done '5x3 feet, in accordance with the or dinary practice. Theoretically, this would give 73 and 20 bushels per acre, respectively, and it seems, from evidence at hand, that it is borne out in practice, assuming that each stalk will produce an far, and one hundred ears will shell a bushel of grain. 5. Postponing application of ferti lizers until corn is given its second cultivation. In ordinary practice this would be about the time corn should be worked the third time. The stalk has been cheeked or "stunted" as de. sired, and the fertilizer is applied when Hie plant needs it for the devel opment of the ear. 0. Intentional retardation of early growth of the stalk Until its size is reduced one-half or one-fourth its normal development. 7. Augmented development of the ear (following retardation in stalk development.) by cultivation and heavy aplictttions of fertilizers made at appropriate intervals. Since the Williamson plan corn "in. planted 4 to (i inches below the level, and is laid by 4 to (5 inches above the level, there is 8 to 12 inched of tiu^ stalk below the soil surface. The stalk roots or brace roots are below the surface when the crop is laid by, and probably perform their nutri ivc function# better than would be of a part of them were exposed to the air. . Amounts of Fertilizer. Mr. Williamson recommends the following amounts of fertilizers ap plied to an acre: For f>0 bushels of corn per acre: Two hundred pounds of 'cotton seed meal, 200 pounds of acid phosphate,* 400 pounds of acid phosphate, 400 pounds of kainit, 125 pounds of ni trate soda, 025 pounds, costing about $9. I For 100 bushels of corn per acre! | 400 pounds of cotton seed meal, 400 pounds of acid phosphate, 800 pounds of kainit, 300 pounds of nitrate of soda, 1,900 pounds, costing about *10. The total cost of fertilizers, culti vation, etc., for producing 50 bushels on one acre would vary fram $15 to $20, and for producing 100 bushels on one acre from $2") to $30. These valuations are based on tlio market ice of the fertilizers (assuming the. id phosphate to be 14^ per ce:r and the average prico of labor of labor varies in different parts ofTheJStatc and eveu on adjv cant fanna. ? If the cow pea crop growa witU the com "produces one ton of this crop, if left on and in the ground, would add to it about $12 worth of 'nitrhgen. phoepborie acid and potash. If the <rdw pea crop would product* t-mtd tens c? itay, ibis crop left on and tba ffwnd would add #24 worth ?J these fertilizer ingredients. llow over, the value of Ilu? cow pea foi feeding jhii'poses is double its value tor ferlili/.ing purpose?. It judicious ly ftul 11> animals this hav will hav< a feeding value of about +'..'1 per ton and it' all tho excreta is saved and returned t?? tho soil bet with an.I 00 jwr cent ($10.20 per ton) of th?* fertilizing value of the cow ha\ will be pi vow back to 11??* land. At ordinary crop of eow peas may 1" made to pay the cost ?>f cultivating lhe or,in, or probably the eo<t of tli fertilizer. A pood erop should prt\ for both. Compared With Other Yield?. Considerable effort hns boon made to gather as rnueh comparative data as possible go as to have Williamson plan corn yields that might justly bo compared with yields from the ordi nary method. It is hiphly desirable that as far as possible, and without prejudicinp either, the two ero)M> for comparison be grown on the same eharactor of land and planted at the ?jiamo time, and that the treatment and surroundings of each differ in no way except as to the peculiar or es sential features of difference exist ing between tho two plans or methods Weports of some three dozen farmers who have this year given the Wil? liainaton plan a test have been brought to the notice of the writer. Some of these were not considered dofluife enough for consideration, but twenty-eipht reported either a com parison of yields from crops grown (his year by both plans or gave yields secured from the ordinary plan in the past on the same land. The two low est yields reported from the ordinary methods were seven and ten bushels l>er acre. Tho two highest yields re ported from the same method were. I'oity-five and fifty bushels per aero. The two lowest yields reported, from the Williamson plan wore twenty seven and thirty bushels per a^re. The two highest yilds reported from the same plan were one hundred hush els per acre. The yield from twenty eight reporting both the ordinary and the Williamson plan compared pives an average of 211.2*> bushels per acre for the former and 50.-12 bushels per acre for the lather. -These twenty eight show a remarkable average dif ference of .'Id.17 more bushels per acre in favor of the Williamson plan, an increase "r per cent. It cannot, however, in justice to either method, be said thai these com. parisons indicate the actual differ ence between the Willinmptfn plan and the ordinary method. Many of the reports give the number of bush els per acre in rouftd numbers, indi cating that the yields were estimated rather than actually determined. In n number of cases the yield in 1000 from the Williamson plan was com pared with the yield scoured from the | same land when it was' last in corn, the compared crops not having been grown the same year. There may be other sources of error. On the other hand, a large majority of J^u^ners ! who have tried the Willian now enthusiastically accept hi and it is the sensatirtji in the communities where tho planMias l)ccn/Consistently followed. It is hopeduiat every far mer in the State will pive it a fair and impartial trial in 1007. Indians Kill 16 Americans. Phoenix, Ariz., Special.?Business men of Sonorn, Mcx., recently arriv ing here, say that within the last two months 10 Americans have been killed by Yaqui Indians at one point or another in Mexico. Most of the victims wore setllers, who lied there but recently returned, Leleiving the railroad building had progressed to n point where they would hi; protect ed from the murderous bands ol Yaquis. A Company Headed By Women. St. Paul, Minn., Special.?The Al ar./u Garnet,Mining and Manufac- , luring Company of Minneapolis, tiled articles of incorporation with the Sec retary of St;; to. The'board of direc tors is composed entirely of women. In fact, there does not appear to be a man connected with the company. The company is capitalized ftt $1, 000,000 and il will mine and manu facture garnets. Mamie H. Fowler of Minneapolis is president of the company. * Prayed For Thick Hair. Mefhwlist Episcopal IMshop Earl Cranrten, cf Wasl.iuKtO'1, I). C., savs h.' has co'i?ed J.':e i^a^on that the old church fa*.hern d'scouragel tho s?t;:dy of theology by tho gentler sex. Women, says Bishop Cranston, have ro bump cf reverence and can r.ot differentiate the essentials of re ligion. An:l to illustrate, ho tells of an earnest exhortation wKleJi he delivered in a Maryland hamlet and a subsequent conversation with his hostess. Th!a woniafr was a pillar of the church, and known for her philanthropy aiH rrl'-^acrlflce in aid inn the ca.na of iv'i^lnn. She talk ed about t'a? ?? y r.' -r.tyor. and then rSflecTo 1 "Well. I pray a great d^al ait fc ? man/ t'.'.ln^s, hut I never get tho tula^u I want moit. I know you Till ra** ttTU they can not be gcod f;r me. ov my lleav?n1} rather will ?:a.1 then. But now. what harnj roull It io mc to hare thick hair. I rjj.-rv tie idea -of a a.ytch cr fait* i. audi am pray ing all the t'.vaw fo-.? my hair to gat thfcV, and do >oi Icripv/ that, the more I pray, th? r.icro my li.iir drops out. I actually U l to tUp p. flying, and I noticed uie nurerenco right awjty. ?New York Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS , # V Batch of Live Paragraphs Covor ing a Wido Rango?W)iat is Going On in Our Stato. Tincy Chavis Killed. Springfield, Special. ? Wednesday noruing about lo o'clock Tipey Clia v'is, a white imut. went to I ho house ?f Stephen <'lemons, a negro tenant >n the place of Henry Cooper, about four miles t rout Springfield, and ask .Jd hiin for a small sum of money due him hy the negro. Clemens told him lie tli<l not have the moin'y, ami ( he vis, it is alleged, began cursing; him. Clemens nl???vc?l Chavis out of the door ami pickiul up his gun, and fol lowed him out into the yard ami shot him dead.. Chavis was not armed. Fhe negro was captured about the ,house of Mr. Cooper, and after mueh dilHeulty gotten to Springfield ami delivered to Magistrate A. H. ('orhetl who sent him over to Barnwcl] to prevent the friends of Chavis lynch ing him. Considerable excitement Uvas manifested at the inquest, and il ! was at times as mueh as the magis trate could do to keep the friends of Chavis from taking tlx* law in their (own hands. | Cotton Mooting is of IntercHt. I South Carolina will he well repres ented at the meeting of the Southern Cotton Association in Birmingham, Ala., on January 18. Antony those who will attend are fiov. iteywaril, President li'.. I). Smith, Messrs. K. II. Hyatt, the treasurer of the South Carolina division, and K. ii. Weston, the secretary. The fact t'hat there ia | si fight on hand to change I lie loca jtion of the headquarters from Atlanta to some other city makes it probable I that Columbia will hi' a factor in the proceedings ami the iulluence the delegates from this State will exert ^ives some ground for believing that Columbia may he selected. At the mooting President llaivie Jordan, a.\ announced some time ago, will send in his resignation as president and | the delegation from this State hope j to have cither Messrs. K. I>. Smith or i K. 11. Hyatt elected to that, position. Both have done a great deal of work i ami arc recognized as leading spirits I iu the organization^ i Shooting Affray in Laurens. La urns. Special-*-A negro from the country by the Jiamc of "Happy SpfivP' was lodged in jail charged with shooting two other negroes Monday | night. The shooting took place itt a negro frolic near Watts mills, just beyond the city limits. "Happy Sam" seems to have opened up hos tilities by tiring into John Peterson, inflicting a wound in the side that is regarded as fatal. At this .juncture some one. shot "Happy Sum's" pistol out.of his hand. Instantly he pick ed up the revolver with his othci hand and shot John Rammy through the lepr twice. He continued to fire until his pistol was' empty ^nit no other shot took effect. Found Dead in Bed. Willianiston, Special.? Mr. John V. Whitt, a highly respected fannei near this place, was found dead in bed. He was in town Monday in usual health, ate a hearty supper and retired at 10:30 o'clock, lie aroused bis wife. He leaves a widow and three children. His body was buried at Big Creek church. Killing Near Abbeville. Abbeville, Special.? During a ne gro dance at Shadv *. drove; about seven miles from Abbeville, Sam Pad gett killed Jim Belcher. Belcher first knocked Padgett down with a stick whereupon Padgett grabbed his shot [ gun and shot Belcher twice, killing him Instantly. Padgett is iu jail. Fire Chief Drops Dead. Charleston, Special.?Firo Chief O. (J. MnrjenliofF, for 12 years at the head of the Charleston lire depart ment, nil ex-ollieor of the National Association of Fire Engineers, a fre quent contributor to firemen's ami insurance publieations.'dropped dead at midnight at his home, coining in after a battle with a tronhlesome lire just as the four taps o.i the lire hellt^ announced to the city "Fire Oui."l He was about (>0 years of age, and] was very highly regarded for his in- j lelligcnce and splendid ability as a firo fighter, He leaves a large family. 0. k W. 0. Will Pwt on NcwtTra!n. Columbia, Special.?TUg C. A W. C. Railway announced that on Janu ary 10 it would place extra train oach way between Greenwood, 8. C,, and Spartanburg, 8. C. Tbia i* in r?b sponae to the request o( the people alone the road. The new train trill l^PH^Jreenwood at 7 a. m., and ar* ? ivc ait Spartanburg at 0:30. Return iug at 4;30 p. m., and arrive at Qmrtrood at 7:44. " _ UH.JUDSON GF.1S ANNUIIY Monitors of Faculty of Furman Uni verHity Elected Beneficiary Under Carnegio Fund. (freenville, Special.-- Dr. Charles liallctte .Judson, for *>?! years a mem ber of the faculty of Kiirnmu univer sity, was notiii?>d of liis election as a beneficiary under Iln> Carnegie foun dation fund. Tli*' president of the board of trustees of tin' fund notified Dr. Juct&ou that ho wouIII receive an annuity of $1,000 as long as ho liv ed and. said that though Dr. Jmlson was connected with a denominational school t ho hoard recognized his long uid valuable service in tho cause of education and decided to make ail ex ception in the east1 of the Funnan professor along with that of Dr. James II. Carlisle, president emeritus of Wofl'ord college. Dr. dudsou has iven practically all of his property^ to Fui man university and tho annu ity will 1?>> appreciated hut more es pecially will he value the distinction made in his case hy the hoard. Renew tho Fight For Proposed County. Attorneys representing the peti i ioners for a new county proponed to he erected of Allien and Kdgelleld have renewed the H?ht I'or the estab lishment of the county. (?*?v. 1 Ley ward ' i/as received two new petitions from residents of the old county of Kdgelleld, and from residents of 1!i< old county of Aiken, each said to con tain more than the requisite numbe* of petitioners' signatures, at\d a rough draft plat of the proposed new county. The Hendersons <vf Aiken, representing tho opponents of the new county, requested last week that in case the light should he roue wed they should bo hotilied. (low lloy ward accordingly wrote them on re ceipt of the attorney's papers, adding that he would suggest .Ian. .'I as the. date for a hearing upon the matter, should a hearing ho desired, o It is not known whether or not the propos ed new county will be culled "lloy \va rd." Early Morning Firo in Camden. Camden, Special?The frame <1 \vc*11 - nig Occupied by Mr. .J.-M. Stewart on DcKalb street was completely de nt royed by fire about 1 o'clock Mon day moVning. It was not known bow the fire originated, as the building was past saving when the alarm was given. The lire department did ex cellent work in saving the residence of Mrs. J. P. Smith, which adjoined the burning building on*the east side. Several times this building was 011 tire, but by persistent work the Homes were kept from spreading until the burning building next door had fal len in. The work of the lireme^ was rendered harder by the fact that the hydrants wow frozen. 'All of the property wns covered by insurance. Another Ship-Load of Immigrants Coming. Columbia, Special.?Commissioner of Immigration Wat eon has received a cablegram from the North German Lloyd liiYe at Bremen* stating; that the second ship-load of immigrants would sail from that port to Charles ton on January 10. Commissioner Watson thinks that the ruling of Sec retary Straus has had a very favor able effect in Europe^ and that this second ship prohahly means the es tablishment of a permanent line from Bremen to Charleston. Old Cox Mansion Sold. ' (Jrecnvillc, Special.?The old Cox 1 mansion, one of the handsomest resi dences in Greenville, was purchased Monday by a syndicate of Greenville business men. The price paid was $20,000. The syndicate will hold it for a hotel site. The announcement practically insures the erection of a modern hotel building in Greenville. Father of Mrs. Gcorgo Glenn Dies in Columbia. S. C. Mr. II. 1>. Smith, a timber contrac tor for the Southern Railway Com pany, \Cjs killed early Wednesday morning by a fall from the steps of a boarding house on Assombly street, this city. There was no eye witness es to ihe accident, his body being later discovered, with the neck brok en. Mr. Smith was a native of Lex ington county, this StMc. He is sur vived by five sons and two dougbtcrs, one of yghom is Mrs. George Glenn, of Gnstonia, N. C. He was tiO years of age. . ' . Cotton Mill Men Men Jan. 2. Spartanburg, Special. ?The semi annual meeting of the South Carolina Cotton MenufacTuiT-v jwocUtlott 1&U be he14 i* Spartanburg on Jkn. 4. The meeting will be called to pt~ dep In. the Spartan mills' half. * The ia*sOciatjo;f ha? in it* membership Of 110 praetloajjy every mill pretrffpl and manager in the State, WASHINGTON. Poslmaster-Gonenil Cortolyou, In lil? animal report,Suggests a per? * manent dnpuiy postmaster-general, Tho Treasury Department refused to purchase silver, the price having risen to 70.0A5 eents nn ounce. President Roosevelt informed tho British Government that flio appoint ment of. James Bryea as Ambassador to tho United States will bo entirely acceptably. Senator Fornker attacked Pro&i dent Roosevelt fpr his order dig n lunging tho .negro tcoons without honor and Senator S^ott. seconded . him. will In Senator Lodge defended (lie President. Rear Admiral Converse advises the revival of the grade of Vice Ad miral. . Tho distillers of tho United States aro about to bo mndo tho subject of tyi vest! action by officers of the. Gov ernment. " > , It is generally agreed in Washing ton t'>at Viscount Sluzu Aoki. Am-' bnsgAdor from Japan to the United Statos, is tho spunkiest diplomat ever seen. , Edwin T. San ford, of KnoxVlIle, Tenn., has been selected as Assistant Attornev-Gencral In the Department of Justice to succeed J. 0. McRey nolds. Senor Enrique , Creel, tho now Mexican Ambassador, will arrive at tho capital about January 25. Tlio Ambassador, of Austria-Hun- , gar.v at Washington bas been ralsod to tho rank <Vf a Baron. Tho Chief of tho Bureau of Navi gation recommended in his annual ??oport 1 lint the navy bo divided Into two great fleets, one eaoji in the Pa? oiile and Atlantic oceans. OUR ADOPTK1* ISLANDS. * Tho Hawaiian Medical Association has proposed legislation requiring all applicant#-for licenses to practice medicine to pass the necessary ex-. amfbatlons in English. Many Ja panese aiiplicants have, insisted on their examinations beiiig conducted In the Japanese language. The jireo* ent law on the subject is Indefinite'. The Supremo Court of Porto Rico decided against tho Government In the ease of tho ownership of Cath olic Church property. Wealthy Cuban Interests declared they would blow up tho Engllstt jfRlt way to force Americans to stav in Cuba If tho Liberals won the etajtttinfp.' For the first time since' <ast Au gust Cuba Is now free from ye|1ow fever, tho last case which Wft" In llavaifa, having been discharged. Swift & Company havo bought land In Porto Rico. ."?? The latest act of t?e Philippine Commission creates thG Insular office ? in tho Department of Commerce and Police of Supervising Railway Ex pert, at a yearly salary of $24,000, Philippine currency, or $12,000 In the money of the United States, Japanese soldiers, It was persis tently reported in Honolulu; ftr*~ flooding the Hawaiian Islands. . : DOMESTIC. Imperfect condensing .Is oht of tho dofects in tho new bAttleshl^ Connecticut. It Is not known;Tfc~oi|r over, that the defective condensors , had anything to do with $h? reported failure of the ship to go through her speed test." . . Judge Cutting, of Chicago*'. orer? powe:jbd' a disappointed suitor Who tried (to shoot him in the Criminal Court Building, Mayor McClellan, of New York, and VicjHPreflident Rea, of the Penn sylvania Railroad^ agreed on terms for the New York Connecting Rail road. The road yielded on most dis puted points. Governor Goding. of Idaho, In ft letter to tho Interstate Commerce Commission, puts tho entire blame for T-kc coal dearth on the Oregon Short Lffio Railroad. The Attorney-General of Minne sota brought suit in St. Paul for an injunction to prevent the proposed, issue of $60,000,000 stock by the.. Great Northern. 0 . Telephoning from a moving train was successfully tried with a device invented by Dr. A. D. Jones, of Louisville, Ky. J. Plerpont Morgan gave a $600, 000 mansion, at Madison avenuo and Thirty-seventh street, New ? York City, to his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. , H. C. Frlek/was elected, to the Board of -Dty&fcors of the Pennsyl vania Railroad at the annual, meet* lng in Philadelphia, 1 '? ? - FOREIGN. The Vatican has issued a note to tho Powers formally protecting against the methods of the French Government in its enforcement" of. tho laws of separation of Church and State. ' ; ' Three huadred and ninetv-three iives were saved by tl^hefOMfa ot. tho crew of the steamer from Halifax for E poinU;. the men atttctt after the fire brOkS "O'nt, vessel and landed ell the passenger*. Anti-clerical knd SoclaHat eluba at Home are making plane for greet demonstration* en over Ithly to w*, press rejoicing at the Krenefe Mgere, - Uon of Church and PUt*. . - In 8t Petersburg e profound Im pression has been areete4 hJ the *?> saasi nation of QeeetoCoent AMr f gnatleff. ... -? Tull details ot the death nf'f" " Fairehild. Unite* Statee Vi at Mukden, Chine, ifcow It to baon accident. uwiww. itCwHl tltnnteft t|it , Crete night eoOn be and e riot " Penrtn'e Crovi|