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VOLUMft XI CAMDEN, S. 0.. ttiUDAY, AUGUST JB, 1D0H PALMETTO HAPPENINGS TOLD IN BRIEFS ij , .. .. ' r ? - . u. J.. .. * ? Occurr?i\ce? of lniere*t Gte&ncd From All Scctioui s f Bv??y Palmetto SUto $12,600,000 A YEAR WASTED. What the South Can Save in the Item of Damafo to Cotton. Columbia, S. C., Special.? Col. Jolin .1). Frost, of Columbia who lias bandied thousand* ?jf bales of cotton annually at Columbia, ban written ?u open letter that 4? of exceeding '? .'itt(prcnt to tho option growers of the State, it follows Hon. D. Harris, president Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union, Pendleton, H. C, and Hon. E. 1). Bmith, president 8. C. Division, Hou ||>ern Cotton Association, Columbia, Gentlemen:. Tho time for picking cotton, baying arrived, bus it ever oc curred to you to look into the question of damage brought about by a lack <?t' eare for the staple from the time it is ginned to the timo of marketing! Having- lived on a plantation for twenty-one years, and at present owning and operating one, as well as being in tho cotton business for the, past ten years, I thought possibly that my observations along this line might tend to show tho great amonnt of money, lost to this cotton produc ing country. I desire to impress up on tho farmer the necessity of caring for his cotton after laboring hard all the year to make it, and thereby les sen friction between producer, buyer, and manufacturer. A iarge portion of the farmers, as well us the carriers treat the staple as though it were coal, allowing it to lie on the ground for months after ginning subject to climatic conditions, .which results in rot and country damage. When the cotton is roadv for the market it is picked up and offered for rale, the damage, as a usual thing, being diregarded until subjected to the buyer's inspection who, in pro tecting his interests, will either dock for the damage or have the cotton pieked, rsulting in great loss to the farmer. Unqestiunably it is to the farmer's interest to store bis cotton in a reputable warehouse thereby pro tecting, ..himself from hia^bv fire as Rll as damage, r.r.d ifl^ddition he r secure warehouse. Jee.eipt for no which is prime mercantile pa pnnd ca n he. discounted at any uik7ifl^*Vflg <he farmer to sell his cotton when he desires to do ?o. My object, however, is to impress Z:~: upon the farmers to home their cot ton as soon as it is ginned, whether i< be in a warehouse. or itt~ their barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing the element of damage to a minimum. To my mind, one of tho most im portant' things the Farmers' Union nnd tho Southern Cotton Association ? ; could handle is the coring for cotton -7 * after it is ginned, and up to tho timo it is marketed. Having personally - handled, during the past ten years, ZT about 300,000 bales of cotton of all grades and staple, this cotton being ?hipped here from Texas and Okla homa on the West/- to North Carolina on tho East, I do think I am in a very fair position to speak intelligent ly of the item of damage, largely " caused by carelessness. In Addition to the rotten cotton on thousands of b.ilcs, vnrving from ?ftvi fo ns luncli ns three hundred - pounds per hnlo, nil of which tins- to be picked of! before settling for and which is caused by nllo-.vinir tlio cot ton to sit on one end or lie on one side in the mud and rain fur month? before being offered for sale ; there is another element of damage which is not so easily detected, but which has a far more reaching effect on the buyer, as well as the manufacturer, j refer f0 wbflt called country damage. ? When ootton i? allowed to stand in tbe weather after being pinned ? for any length of time, although the pwner may turn it about from side -tp lido to keep it from rotting, the Btflplc of the cotton cn tho outside of tbe bile ii affected just in propor tion to tbe time it is allowed to re* WAin exposed to climatic conditio^. To Illustrate, n b/ilo of cotton gljj'hid ;r - -dftd paoked December the first and allowed to remnin in the weather un til the flrit of March, will have about 7 half a< fflueb country damage as ? the same bole would have if -it- rc . 'V mained in the weather until May tbe first, and when the manufacturer opens this brfle, he will find that the eotton sticking to the bagging and ? t extending inward is practically with ?out any strength of staple, and as a resuk eiU of this affected cotton will po irt waste or be found in the shsfting overhead. Should tbo buyer detect this country damage the farm j* the" jostr, should the buyer not detect it, the buyer is the loser; fn eny (V*nf' dissatisfaction is lhe result, all ?( have been svoided by hou-inc the cotton. Tbe 'Lj00ai of country damage varies in orooortion to the time the cotton lies ootin tb* weather, and wiH vary; from three to twenty-five pound* pef Onea Belief for Bencc*. Colombia, Special.? Up4n Tuition * a., citizens of Seneca, 8. C ^ - J5t .Win.,' of the railroad con.-' treat to that place and wre* M^mmodationa at the L station and f?*nd them to riry bad way. The force it cient to jd^e satisfactory *er depot is not kept clean, ioner Suilivan baa made Motion Uut the r?ilro?a b? i to pint tfw awJ#<l wM*f. -xr: . - . . ' bale. I have caro fully estimated that on every J J ,000,000 bale crop pro duced, the producer, the farrier, and the compress togethor, allow 230,000 bales to be destroyecd by rot and countiy damage, aud wlieu you tlguic nils at ten centH per pound it amounts (0 *12,500,000, all of which could be saved to tho producer, t ho buyer, and the manufacturer, should they exercise the proper precaution ageumt damage. Three yearn ?i*o ? farmer brought twenty bales of cot ton to the warehouse for storage in March, which had been out in the weather since it was ginned in the fall. Some of tho hales were , so badly damaged and water nobbed that (hey weighed ono thousand pounds per bale. I asked him why he al lowed hia cotton to get in that con dition ; ' ho replied that- bo was no busy making preparation for another crop that lie had not cared for what he had already made. When this cotton was conditioned for market, nc had about ten bales of merchant able cotton left out of the twenty. A bale of cotton ginned dry and housed until marketed will hold out better than one allowed to remain in the weather subject to elimatio condition.?, aud will not possess tho element of" damage and will also re tain its strength of staple even to the bagging. Travel where you will, and you will see cotton ftitting at railroad stations in the mud and rain, or you will two it lying on the ground tround farm houses, where it will remain until ready, for market, and when marketed, the bagging will bo so rotten that you can not handle the cotton. Owing to the seeming negligence displayed in the eare-of cotton after ginning, the buyer, when purehas ing a lot of eotton has to lake into consideration the element of damage, or he would* rather send his elasser or receive tho cotton, thereby estab lishing the amount of damage before payment is made. Where you find a section of country where great care is taken with tlic eotton, after ginning, and before ma i ket in g, there you will find cotton sought after by the buyers, and everything else be ing cqunly a premium rill be paid for same. The manufacturer will pay better priees for cotton free from rot and country damage, because- his percent age of waste will be decreased. The point I desire to impress is: Take care of your cotton, handle" it as though you thought something of it. If you caniiOt put it in a ware ; house wliero it is insured and you can use the receipt, put it in your barn, or shed room, or anywhere to keep it from climatic conditions un til you market it, and by d^ing this every pountF will be spinnabffc and no dissatisfaction between producer, buy er, and manufacturer will result. There are tome places in South Carolina where warehouse facilities are adequate, but aro unfortunately not utilized. My own experience is that four lots of cotton out of every five shipped from places where cot ton is not warehoused are badly dam aged, due to- the fact that it is al lowed to sit on one end for weeks and months in the open before it is offered for sale, and as a result, heavy claims arc made, and yet the lj&st character of cotton, so far as body and staple is concerned,* is pro duced at these places, and could bo very much sought, were the elements of damage eliminated. In conclusion, I would strongly urge that this matter be brought to (ho attention of nil concerned, and thereby save twelve and one-half million dollars per year to the South land. Very truly yours, JOHN D. FROST, Farmers' Union Formed, Orangeburg, Special? The Orange, burg County branch of tbe Farmers' Union was organifed here on Monday, a number of prominent farmer* be* ing in attendance. The State president Mr. B. Harris, of Pendleton, was pres ent and presided at the meeting. Pres ident Harris mado an inspiring ad dfess. Mr. L. L. Baker, executive committeeman for the 7th Congres sional district, and Mr. S. F. Parrott, editor of the Farmers' Union 8un, the official* organization, were . also pres ent and made interesting talks. The following officers were elected serve the county union; W. S. Barton, Jr., president; J. C. Fupches, vicc president ; J. F. Jennings, secretary and treasurer; W. F. Sanford', con ductor; W. M. Funches, doorkeeper. There ave alreudv 18 local unions in the county, with a membership of about 300, composed of the most sub stantial farmers of the county, and. iut? UlU>COJCUI Will iUUlCflW 111 Uritj the older it grori. Drowtttd ii Tmi Marion, Special.? Mr. Maxey Dick son of this city, rec^vcd a telegram last uraafc-^nnmineinfir the dcath~.bfcj drowning of his nephew, Ifo William Walsh, of Dallas, Texas A ?Moad message aUUd that the body would not ba brouarhttVto Marion, but that the interment would be at Dallas, where his parents, Mr. and Mrt. Geo Walsh, are raiding. Mr. Walah had NAIHRS Of ?NI NEWS Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable CLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY I4ve Items Covering Events of Move or Less Iutcrcit at Home and Abroad. Domestic Affairs. The final outcome of the West Point ba*ihg cases resulted in the dismissal n| two offenders an I I h?? suspension for a year of t lie other six. Democratic leaders have plunu"d a iiot campaign for New York, in cluding several speeches by "Mr, Bryan, with a *iew of carrying 'hat State. At Robinsville, Mississippi, H. R. Suber and J. II. Gilmore, rival mer chants', fought a duel with pistols. Subcr w'as shot in the breast. Ilia pistol failed to go off, and then he seized a shotgun and shot Gilmore in th ehaek. Moth will die. Hut 12 yon i s old, Isaac Edwai'ds wns given a four year torm for arson in Suffolk. Fredderickshurg Masons are plan ning a new temple as a memorial to George Washington, who was -a member of No. 4 lodge. Governor 'John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, was renominated with a whoop in spite of his declaration that he did not want it. A special from Eskridge, Kansas, says: Grieving" over the result of the Springfield riots, caused Plato Brukcbill, a negro resident of this place, to commit suicide at Alma, Kan., by swallowing carbolic acid. Iiis pockets contained a number of riot clippings. Ten incidents against two of the alleged mob leaders at Springfield, 111., were returned by the special grand jury of Sanaganton county. Six of these are against Abraham Raymor and four are- against Kate Howard, Raymor js/ charged with murder, four cases of malicious mis chief and one of riot. The charges against the Howard woman are for malicious mischief, and are identical with those against Raymor^ on these counts. Chairman Hitchcock of th^ Repub lican campaign Committee, visited President Roosevelt to advi?e with him concerning the situation in New York. Jesse L. Livermore, the spectacular young cotton operator, is saidto have lost a million dollars ill a single break in prices last week. Four thousand men of the Ameri can fleet attended high mass at the Cathedral at Sydney Sunday, and had a great reception tendered them later in the day. John Early, a North Carolinian, was found at a hetel in the heart of Washington City with a well develop ed case of leprosy. The railroads in the Southeastern freight association have filed answer to the government inXbo casos? af fecting the rejBjMit increase of freight rates in their territory. Mayor-elect Richardson, of Rich mond, opposes the plan to have a demonstration in bis honor. Trom the Foreign Field, Holland will go it alone in spank ing Castro. M ? Pope Pius is considered well enough to resume his audiences. The Belgian House of Deputies passed the Congo Annexation bill. The American warships had a great day at Sydney and the men were al lowed to go ashore with arms. Miscellaneous Happenings. | Governor John Johnson of Minne sota wn* forced to take tbo Demo crats nomination for n third term as governor, D. L. Grover was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the Sccond district* The grand jury at Springfield found indictments against the alleged lead ers in the riotti. J. L. Speaker, a fcarmer, near Manassas, committed suicide. Taft may visit Baltimore and make a. speech later in the campaign. President Roosevelt conferred with Chairman Hitchcock and Vice-Presi dent Sherman, and^it is said that he favors Hughes' renomination. Bryan smarted on a short campaign trip latst week. Candidate Taft was busy reeeivciog political Kaders at Hot Springs. Attorney 8hea, "one of the lawyers for the Hains brothers, declared that Captain Itains was made insane by the wife's confession of infidelity with Aflois. Bishop McQuaid collapsed at a celebration in his honor and is very tow. u At Vancouver, _ British Columbia, Are flgh tiff aided by iltiMDS fonght forsst flres, which threatened ssvera] villa fea. Thousand* of acres of tim ber arc now burning, ^thaf^SKjB; amount to thousands. iS, The Minnesota nruls arrival St Fairview and Mr. Bryan' :?stched him throw s correspondent who triad flplpllgi a- ' > > .:f- jXT* ?~>s?c' . *- .r. ? ? -Tv -3T i iV L jfa Will HI (Willi Methods of Exchange Trading Under Suspicion -# ? ???+? ? ? ENORMOUS SALES LOOK SHADY Following tho Tvemosdout! Business of Saturday the Governing Board of tho New York Stock Exchango Orders an Investigfttion, Belioving That There Was an Ulterior Mo tive. New York, Special- ?A special com mit tro of five members of the New York Mojck exchange will conduct on investigation of the transactions which took plueo on the floor of the exchange Saturday, when- more than a million shares were bought and boM in enorn)').i'. b! ?ci x and in such a manner an to arouse suspicion that tho sales were so mat elicit aw to cre ate u fictitious impression of activity. Tho governing committee of the ex change took up the matter after trail ing had closed and in a brief session authorized the? president of the ex change, It. ii. Thomas to appoint the investigating committee. George H. Ely, secretary of the ex chango, said it Was the intention of the governors to have a thorough in vestigation at once. The names of the members of the investigating committee will probably be announc ed later. The great volume of the trading during tho two hours' session of tho slock market on Saturday ~ is slfSWlT by comparison with that of Monday. The number of shares sold Saturday was 1,009,000, while in tho -live hours j of trading Monday 387,000 were trad ed in. ' Tho belief that Saturday'** sales were manipulated had its origin in the fact that shares were bought and sold in tremedous blocks without greatly affecting tho market prices, but tho real purpose underlying tho sales has not been ascertained, if it he ulterior, as suspect ed by the brokers. 1 Somo of the more conservative members refused to accept tho orders when they became convinced that the sales were "matched," an order to Roll a block of given stock being fol th rough a different broker. Sonic of tho smaller brokers who trade on the floor for tho other mem bers of the exchange, accepting a re duced commission of $2 for each 100 shares bought or sold, were reported to have given the names of three or four firms as having done practically allof Saturday's enormous business. Through them the committee may be able to trace the source of the al leged simultaneous orders to sell and buy. A single firm was reported to have handled* transactions -Amounting to 600,000 shares, so great a business thdt its sheet did not reach the ex change clearing hou6e until Sunday morning. '..V The main question before the in vestigating committee will be the identity of the prime mover in Sat urday's extraordinary market. If it is found that the orders were match ed severe discipline may bo applied, as it is a violation of the rules of the exchange. Danville, Va., Capitalist Dead. Danville, Va., Special. ? James P. Aerce, a leading tobacco warehouse man and capitalist of Danville, died Monday at the (Jeneral Hospital after an illness of several months in the fifty-third year of his age. lie was at the time of his death president of the Danville Co-Operative Warehouse Company, and of the Waddill-Hol land Heal Estate and Insurance Com pany. Mr. Acree, with his brother, the late E. F, Acree, founded Acree 's warehouse, the largest plant of its kind in the South . Bank CJ&ahier Suicide#. Americus, Ga., 8pocial.? -With a bullet hole centrally through his fore head find already cold in death, Al onro Walters, cashier of the Bank of Ellaville, at Ellaville, Ga., was found Monday night in the lavatory of the Windsor Hotel in Americus. Beside him was the automatic revolver which had ended his life. Death of Baron Von Sternberg. Berlin, By Cable. ? Baron Spcck Von Sternberg, ambassador from |*Germany to the United States, died Monday in Heidelburg, following an operation for cancer, from which he had suffered for ten years. The popular official bad achieved distinc tion in many posts. He wa?? a .close fiiend of President Roosevelt and a frequent caller at the White House, where he played tennis with the Pres ident. He married Miss Lily Laug ham a Kentucky belle. - BiBftlf OtfM Thirty Tears. , Asheville, if. C., Special.? Convict ed of m order of his wife, whoa he droro befora bits for two miles. beet | ing her unmercifully, finally bsatbf ber brain* $nt wjyn near hk leu, io February last, J. W. Randall, of Medieen county, was found gujlty I fit murder in the eeoead degree in the Superior Court and sentenced to thirty years, in the ItfUftotU t ptoft vy I, v j ilium wwii ill Practice Cruise Started in the Pacific Ocean TORPEDO BOATS CARRIED ALONG Steams Out of San Francisco on a Log Voyage to Hawaii and I Samoa. Shu Francisco, Special.-- Fight ar? i mored cruiser* and a torpedo boat flotilla, comprising Hit* IV.ifU' licet, steamed out of San Francisco on a lotiKT online lo Hawaii and Samo.i. According to (lie schedule arranged by tin? Navy I lepmtinent, the Hi rt will arrive at Honolulu on Kept ember 2 ; leave Honolulu September 10 and arrive at Pago Pago September 20; leave Pago Pago 'September 'J 7 and arrive at Honolulu October 17 ami arrive at San Diego October .'10 and nrrivo at Mugdelcna Fay November 1 ; leave MagdeLcnn Fay November ?10 and flrrivo at San Frisco Decern ber 4. While at Pago Pago two armored eruiserK and two destroyers will visit Apia fat two days. The four vessels to make the visit will l>e. designated by the commander-in-chief upon ar rival Jit Pago Pago. The dates of de parture are fixed, but the dates of arrival may vary according t<> the cawt or Uiilieully with which Lhc du- , fit ro ye is are towed. During the so journ. of the fleet at Magdelena Hay the vessels will engage in target practice and general manoeuvers. The vessels constituting the fleet are : First division? -West Virginia, Col orado, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Second division? Tennessee, Cal ifornia, Washington and South Da kota. First torpedoboat flotilla ? Trux tun, Hull, Whipple, Hopkins. Second torpedoboat flotilla ? Perry, Preble, Stewart. Torpedo supply ship? Solace. ^ ?Colliers ? Justin, to Honolulu c uly. Ccns'urcs Commission. Atlanta, CJa., Special.? The prison commission of Georgia will be severe ly censured in the report of the spec ial investigating committee of the. legislature whicfi ^ias been engaged for the* past five weeks in probing the prison eastern of the State. There will be no impeachment of the mem bers. Neither will the commission bc? abolished. A severe censure for in attention and lack of diligence will close the record. This was decided upon at the final meeting of the in vestigating committee. The report of the findings has been made up and unanimously signed and will be pre sented, with a transcript of all evi dence, to the extra session of the leg islature which meets later. Besieged by Begging Lettera. Hot Springs, Va., Special. ? Scores of begging letters are arriving daily at tho Taft headquarters, addressed to the candidate as the next Presi dent. ? A Cedarville (Ohio) man claims to be a namesake of Presi dent Roosevelt and ask* Taft to an swer his letter because Hoosevelt did not. A Newark, (N. J.) man wants $200. A Winchester man says he is a Rebel Republican and wants aid to dye his clothes. An Ashlat\d (Ohio) man sends advice in refer ence to Taft 's answering Hrvan's spcech of acceptance. Tie claims that Fi > an is deader *th:ir. u door nail. Ali the letters remain unanswered. Mob After Murderer. Little Rook, Special. ? James Cart wright ,a white man who it ie charged shot and killed his wife at their home near Conway, Ark., several day* ago, was removed from the Conway jail and is being hurried to this city to prevent summary punismont being meted out by a mob of farmers who, it is said were preparing to storm the Conway jail. Prospects Brijht. Columbia, Special. ? The prospects for a successful opening at the Uni versity of South Casolin^ are bright. Applications from prospective stud ents are being received daily and there are now only ? few rooms left in the^ dormitories. From present in dications the dormitories will not.be nblo to accommodatc all who come The extensive improvements now un der way will make the campus more attractive than ever. Every effort is being made to promote the comfort and welfare of the students. Embexxler Government Ptmdi.; : r New Orleans, Special.? Emmett E. McLeod, chief clerk in the > United leans, wee arrested Monday altejv noon charged 38th epjfcezsling gov. eminent founds. The e^aet mmomxt alleged to have bom ta^g.,b^;~<Mc* Locsl la not kno\Tiv tat It is tolim* -Wiu ? 1 Norlli Cut cftliniuii Discovered U -Ul Well Developed Cese IN HEART OF. WASHINGTON CITY U?rt:i c?rolii.ian Dfvtlor.j Oaee of Le^rcy in Washington City and is Put in Quftrtntino. Washington, tipeeial.?John R. Marly, a Itp^r, is held prisoner in u (PUt ?i( mi isolated spot in tli A OUt ^kiils ?? f this ?? 1 1 y . I :? I l.v arrived in Washington 10 ?Ifi.vs ago and was discovered to be Mitieiing from the dicsat>0 while liv ing at a Sa Iviiti ;)H Arm*' lodging house do Friday. 1 ho Iwnl! ii department ? officers have written to the authorities of North < arulina, to obtain piuiui'-sion to move the leper to Lynn, N. C., his hoine. The public health and marine hospital service arc co-operat ing with the I oral authorities. If the Ninth Carolina authorities refuse to take care of Farly, he prob ably will he sent to t lio leper colony ill Louisiana. I'.nrly l;j>s a wife nnd chihl, a moth er, two sisters and a brother I i \* i i ij? in Lynn ,N. ('., from w here he came to, W ashington to attend to his pension, lie served in the army for nearly 9 years nul i> supposed to have con tracted the fatal dicase in the Philip pines. Marly is 35 years old and the health officers Bay he has had the disease for over a year. In that time he has been employed in various stores ami mills, and was actively engaged in Salvation Armv work in numerous cities in New Yoik Slate. Among tiiie places in which he has lived since he was discharged l\om the army, al Flat Islnirg, N. V., .U in November 19Q(t, arc W i ncjies'fer, a suburb of Boston, Mnfcs., Troy. Ciranvillc and O-ititrrgu, S. } ? At the Inst two jdaees the symptoms of leprosy first became pronounced. From Oswego he went to Canton, N. C., in Mav of this year, and was employed in a pulp mill em ploying SOO hands. Later he went, to Lynn, whence he came to Washing ton. * Valuation of N. 0. Railroads. Raleigh, Special. ? Tho work of fixing valuations for assessment as taxation on railroad ond other corpo rations of ouasi public character in North Carolina is just completed by itho corporation commission and shows an increase in valuation over that for 1907 of $l,458,00.'k There is also a showing of 243 miles' increase in the mileage of railroad# in the State, of which the Norfolk & Southern h&3 100 miles increase. The synopsis of valu aatious follows: Atlantic Coast Line Kailroad, 947.8 miles at $29,434,900 valuation; Seaboard Air Line, 610.71 miles at $12,500,000 valuation; South ern Railway, 1,332.74 miles at $33, 913,1(58 valuation; miscellfincous roads, 1 ,454.28 at $10,032,635. Total railroad mileage in the State, 4,351.51 vntuad at $85,780,703. The aggregate of valuations of other classes of cor porations assessed are; Electric light and gas companies, $1,196,396; bridge and canal companies, $167,350; re frigerator companies, $111,136; steamboat companies, $131,633; tele phone companies, $2,190,951 ; water works companies, $443,225; Southern Express Company,- $419,099; tele graph companies, $917,974. Total, $7,402,153. Grand total, $93,182,856. ? Big Tiro in Constantinople. Constantinople, By Cable.? -Fire broko out Sunday evening in the Stnmboul quarter and within a very brief period n terrible conflagration was raging. A utrong wind carried the flames at great ipeed, and for six hours they swept over tbo seotion de stroying 1 ,500 houses and shops. The tiro was still burning at 9 6 'clock at night, but tho wind bad decreased considerably. t ? ' . >>' ; No. 38 Jumps the Track. Atlanta, Special. ? Train 38 on the Southern Railway, known . as the Southwestern Limited, which loft At lanta shortly after noon Sunday was wrecked four nailcs no colored fireman, Maspn Watkins, was killed instantly and the ' engineer^ B. F. Dewberry, of Atlanta, was &o badly scolded that he .died later, both being pinned underneath the engine after it- left, the track and' turned over. The mail ear, baggage car and combination ear aleo left the track and turned over rolling down a 15 foot ombankmeni. Rapist Escapes From Sheriff. ~ Montgomery, Ala., Special. ? Mack Holland, the negro rapist, was taken from Montgome*|S&o Grconvillo by Short# Watson, -of Butler eeunty, and eicaped from tbo sheriff at the OreonviJle^depoitr5 A' IWfS- posse is> said to be in purtuil. The negro attempting to assault a little daugh* ter of W. Y. Watson aTAvant. last 390,000 WELCOME . ;? FLEET OT SYDNEY * American Warships Greeted by New South Wales Populace. < GUNS ROAR AND FLAGS FLY Shore* of tho Australian Harbo* lilnt-d With (Jrcnt Multitude* of Enthusiastic People ? Salute* From Forts aud Whips. . ? Sydney, New South Wales. ? A thin veil of smoke on tho horizon signalled to the watcher# on tho coast the ap proach of tho American warships, and at G.8G a. m. ofllclal notification was unit out that tho fleet had been sighted. It was yet twenty. miles oyt- ' elde of Sydney Harbor, but this word, which had been awaited esgerly by tens of thousands, qtlrred Australians llko a call to firms, and almost In stantly those who had not already l<*ft the city to take up positions of vanlago along the bays, ware moving In droves to line the Quays, tho roof :opH, and other places on tho harbor front to watch the coming of the guardshlps of the New World. The day broke bright and clear, So intense was tho Interest In the Amer ican ships of war that half the popu lace had remained aWake the entire nlKht and thousands upon thousands of them long before the night was over were on their way to the hill tops .outside the city limits, .where they massed seemingly in unbroken lines along the coast from Bondl Beach to Manly. it Is estimated that hardly less than half a million people assembled to give the visitor* ft fnyal Sydney ITarbof, with its Innumerable bays, coves and branches, never looked more boautiful, nor did the American sailors over witness a more Inspiring sight than that which met their eyes as the white ships came through the channel past the* great headlands Into Po^t Jackson. A hundred thousand pfople, tho greatest single assemblage of all, gathered on the south head, where a magnificent vlow of the whole scene was to bo had. Hundreds of craft of all kinds moved HP and down even at that early hour, all the waters, with the exception of the fairway and the anchorage* /Vbeing dotted with little and big vessels decorated in every conceivablo manner with flags and bunting. ? In perfect alignment, the flagship $ Connecticut leading, with Rear-Ad miral Sperry on the bridge, the war" ships came out of the horizon. Fail ing in through the Sydney Heads In double column at intervals of 400 yards, the ship* looked to tiave a world of speed and power under tl lr glistening sides. The fleet wag t? tended by convoy steamers and \ s greeted with a roar of salutes frt i the forts as It steamed slowly along. The thousands ashore and afloat added their cheers to swell the noisy welcome, and countless British and American flags were flung to the-., breeze and still were waving long N after the anchors had been swung from tho sides. The American ships boomed forth a salute to the port, and as soon is, they were safely moored ot their anchorage official visits were ex* changed. ? DR. J. D. PHELPS BIBB A SUICIDE, rf, ... Financial Secretary of Syracuse Shoojt* Himself In Utlcn, N. Y. Utlca, N. Y. ? The Rev. Dr. James Duane Phelps, of Syracuse, financial A - secretary of Syracuse Unlveraity, committed suicide In his room at the Wurs Hotel by shooting. A revolver and carC"ldges which he carried to the hotel with him and'a note writ ten on the paper In which the wea? pon had been wrapped gave conclu sive ovldeuce that Dr. Phelps* act was, . deliberate. The cartridge box was full ears for the she necessary to fill the chambers of the revolver. On the piece of green wrapping paper whfch bad en closed the revolver and the cartridges when he brought them Into the hotel was written In a firm hand In four lines this message: ? : ? r~f ? h ? "My name is J. D. Phelps, of Syra* cuse. I have done this because I did not dare to live, Still, I believe Christ died for the uttermost man." The Coroner took eharge of the r?i v volvor, tos box of cartridges, some papers In the dead man's pockets, 4 gold watch and a card cast contain-. !ng three flO bills and tiro fl Will and a number of Yliittng oards. NOV E t ATTACK ON PROHIBITION Alleged That Georgia Statute Pre vents Use of tVlna at Communion. ^ Atlanta, Ga.? Alleging that the prohibition law of Georgia is uncon stitutional because it prevents the public from worshiping according to the dictates of v Its conscience, the Christian Moerleln Brewing Com pany, of Cincinnati, has filed a bill In the United Suites Court asking that the Jaw be declared null void. , , $ It Is alleged that the prohibition law restricts public worship in that under the law It Is a crime to pur chase wl&e In Georgia for Holy Com* munion use. .???? ? ' 1 1 . " 1 * . , N Attacks Public Gambling. Governor Hughes, speaking at- ? ????53 Cairo, N. Y., said: "I did not attack Jgfl sport; I attacked public gambling." Jail For Would-De JMchmgV "Iten of the fourtean men charged With participating In the attack .made on the eooaty jail at Portsx Va? by % mob that sought the negroes Henry Smith ~ T. 8.