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xx ixnon t - ' • 5 *■ Bmt All flelf* $ '■.> •braid Vote tor Jud«« Parker, Who Honor* Tbolr No ble OnlllnK. Should the Democratic party go up to victory in November next fate will show herself Id Ironical mood Id this year, Roosevelt will meet defeat at the hands of one of that class of our American cltlxeory which be holds as the basest id the land, for Alton Brooks Parker. Democratic nominee for President, Is a small farmer both by birth and predilection, and one of bis special delights is breeding tine cattle on the 90-acre tyrm, bis home at Esopus, N. Y. Surely tlie farmers of no section of this broad land will consider for moment the possibility of doing aught which will tend to continue In power - the man who has expressed such mer otless contempt for the farmers and laborers of our country. Hon. Claude Kltchin, of North Carolina, during the last session of Congress, speaking on the subject of Mr. Roosevelt’s estimation of various classes of American citizens, said: “After attributing to the cowboys of the west a moral depravity of which no cowboy has been guilty within a a half century and against which 1 protest; after declaring that they were ‘brutally dissipated,’ that ‘when drunk on villainous whiskey they cut mad antics, ride horses In saloons firing their pistols right and left,’ etc., in his Ranch Life and Hunting Trail (pp 9 and 10) be adds: ‘‘They are much better fellows and pleasanter companions than small ^farmers or agricultural laborers; nor are the mechanics and workmen of ' a great city to be mentioned in the same breath.’ In a speech made by him In New York in October, 1898, at a ‘sound money’ meeting in the Wool Ex change, reported in the New York Journal October 28, 1896, Mr. Roose- yelt said: “Mr. Bryan and his adherents have appealed to the basest set in the land, the farmers.’ Search the world over, ransack his tory from the beginning and you will look in vain to find another who has in any fray maligned the farmers of his own country. It is a marrel that any party should offer as a candi date for the Presidency a man who has so viciously traduced the character of the best type of our citizenship, the American farmej.”, _ It will be the part of wisdom for our farmers of the North, South, Eist and West to weigh well what the chances for an administration of the government for the best interests of -•-oer agncuRoral population are likely to be In the hands of ia man iwbo has expressed openly and on various oooa- ■lons both in writing and speech such unmistakable contempt for the char acter and lives of those farmers upon _ whose votes, it is claimed, he ia large ly depending for his continuation in power. Surely there is no farmer in these United States who will not in his turn regard with contempt the character of the man who since his earliest man hood has fought and striven for p " lie office and has lived upm pu money, money gathered into state Federal treasury in large part as a result Of the unceasing toll of the a1»— of farmers whom he so thoroughly despis a. Surely again it will give these same farmers the very greatest satisfaction to show Mr. Roosevelt In November next that while he may not despise them quite so Intensely as not to take a play for their votes, they do regard him as so utterly unfit for the Presidential of fice that they will cast those votes for a man Of their own, a man who while ~ performing the duties of Chief Judge Qf-‘ the Court of Appeals in the great te Of New York is yet living the and thgnlfled life of a farmer, himself the product of several gener ations of smell, hardworking farmers. this simple and hard- life which bred iri Judge Parker to Mnd to St. Louis that tetogmm which, he well knew might cehse the withdrawal of bis noml- nation for President by the Demo- tfcetUne of , ley stood open for rich and poor allfe* The smell army of servants now paid by the govenaMot to keep this royal establishment in order has lately been increased by the addition of a naval officer whose sole duty is to raise end lower tbs flag which floats over tbs private entrance. Well might the Democratic plat form declare for a return to a Jeffer sonian simplicity in the manner of life of our publio officials. * civil iixvici xxAxarinov. Re- cmtlc Convention. 'J$balJ -y-y- ■ My. Roosevelt has not charg ed toe- opinion of the leek of wisdom or even good sense possessed by the • farmers of the country is very evident Aflnoelt is constantly asserted in Re publican papers that it Is to the rural > districts that he is looking for the 1 majority of the votes which are to ..ears longer occupancy He made a big play for the labor vote last summer when be rushecUn to the anthracite offal strike butMie doubtless knows now as well as do the labor leaders themselves that there Is in organized opposition against him In several of the largest branches of the Labor Union, and consequently, away from the cities to 1 rural districts where reside the trhom he has designated as “the In the land. 1 * Will they In her next honor with their votes man? they vote to continue in the Vs chair a man whose first reaching the White House see to find fault with the which had been amply mag- for former and wiser Presi- pad nqt only to find fault but ' to tsar out and destroy the simple and hietorio interior nattonf White House weeks Ooogresa, atone holding the ‘ jmberlze such changes, had or authorized the ,000 he spent in ve remodel- Sin never beta- Al -A.-— ft uwioe the ps _ rWther. ; this free " ^ an Information Concerning; qnirements ot Candidates. The mid-year Manual of Examina tions for positions in the UnltedBtales civil service has been issued from Washington and contains full in for m&tlon for those desiring to stand ths examinations for the various branches Of the service. YRe menafj • directions concerning the examina tions which will be held In the fall, and which include almost every de partment of the servioe. There frill, however, be no examination for tbe position of railway mail clerk. On October 19 examinations for ap pointment in the following branches of the servioe will be held in Colum bia: Apprentice, departmental servioe; clerk, departmental servioe; electro type finisher, government printing service; electrotype moulder, govern ment printing service; elevator con ductor, departmental servioe; guard, United StatSe penitentiary service; Internal revenue; messenger, depart mental service; press feeder, govern ment printing service; skilled labor er, male, departmental service; sten ographer and typewriter, departmen tal service; stenographer and type writer, Philippine servioe; watchman, departmental service. Examlnuations in tbe following brandies will b’gtn on September 14, the remainder beginning on October 19: Draftsman, cartographic; obser ver, weather bureau; teacher, Philip pine service; bookkeeper, departmen tal servioe; civil engineer, departmen tal service; civil engineer,. Philippine service; pharmacist and numerous other positions in the Indian and tbe Philippine servioe. Persons who wish to take any of the examinations mentioned should write to the United States civil serv ice commission, Washington, D. C., for a blank form of applacation stat ing the kind of examination desired. Tbe appllfetjon form when received should be carefully filled oat in xc oordanoe with the Instructions print ed thereou aud mailed without delay to tbe United States civil service commission, Washington, IX C. If the application has been properly ex ecuted, is received by tbe commission in sufficient time to arrange for the examination, and the applicant is found to be entitled to the exami nation requested, a card will be sent to him admitting him to the exami nation. All examination papers are shipped direct from tbe commission in Wash ington to the place of examination and applicants for examinations must file their applications not leas than six days prior to tbe date of exami nation. Otherwise the applications will be returned. For descriptions of tbe style of ex amination required in the several branches, applicants had best refer to e Manual of Examinations, which y be had by written request upon United States civil sqjvlce com- mTssion In Washington. The ex aminations are based upon a common school training and a person of ordi nary education and fair intelligence should experience no difficulty In mak ing the necessary percentage. Salaries in the branches yffered range from 1600 to 11,200. It has been frequently remarked that the south does not avail itself of the opportunities offered In the civil service and the figures In this manual, showing the percentage of appoint ments from the varicus States, bear out this belief. The percentage of appointments vary from the maximum of 2,417.883 in the District of Colum bia to the minimum of 33.333 in Alaska. South Carolina has a per centage of 88.068; Georgia,' 87.836. and North Carolina, 90.476. New York has a percentage of >>101.788; Main 110.145, and Wjomlng J44.444. These figures show the average pro portion of appointments in the south era, eastern and western sections Of tbe country, the southern States ranking the lowest. * ffie-Sto- vow Thera He Hoe—*4. ~ W. J. Bryan’s pton for the reforma tion of the Ifemoeraoy was given pulK Ucity Thursday. In It Mr. Bryan fa vors rad leal changes, but advocates the election of Judge Parker for pres ident as a good beginning. He de clares for State ownership of railroads, governornment control of telegraphs and abolishment of private monopoly and favors the income tax end electlr n ef federal judges by the people. Mr. erven says In part: “I have heretofore refused to take a position upon the question of gov ernment ownership of railroads, first, because I bad ^not until recently studied tbe subject, and second, be cause the question had not been reach ed. Recent events have convinced me that the time is now ripe for the pre sentation of this question. Consoli dation after consolidation has taken plaoe until a few men now control the railroad traffic of the country and defy both the legislative and executive power of the nation. I invite tbe Dem ocrats, therefore, to consider a plan for the government ownership anct operation of tbe railroads. MATE OWNERSHIP OF ROADS. “Tbe plan usually suggested is for the purchase of these roads by the fed eral goveranient. This plan, it seems to me, Is more objectionable than a plan which involves,the ownership and operation of these roads by the several States. To put the railroads Into the hands of the federal government would m<an an enorraoua centralization of power. It would give td tbe federal government a largely increased influ ence over the citizen and the eltizen’e affairs and such centralization is not at all necessary. The several States can own and operate tbe railroads within their borders just as effectively as it can be done by tbe federal gov ernment and if it Is done by tbe States, tbe objection based upon tbe fear of centralization is entirely an swered. A board composed of repre sentatives from the various States could deal with tbe joint traffic of the various lines. While the Democratic party in tbe nation is advocating government own ership of railroads, the Democratic party In the cities should upon the same theory espouse the cause of mun icipal ownerships of municipal fran chises. GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH. “IPs have also reached a time when the postoffice department should em brace a telegraph system as well as a mail system. “The telegraph lines dq not reach as many people as the railroads do and while the abuses to private ownership have not been so open and notorious, yet there is no reason why their nation should not do what other nations are doing in this respect. “The Democratic party has ia two campaigns stood for an income tax. The plank was omitted this year be cause the men in control of tbe party thought It would jeopardize sucoess in tbe eastern States. This objection may have weight when tbe appeal la made to a particular section and to tbe wealthy men of that section, but It cannot have weight when tbe party goes forth, as it must ultimately do, to appeal to the masses. “Tbe contest above outlined must be made whether tbe party wins In November or not. If Mr. Parker is elected hts administration will rid us of Imperialism and of the threat of a race Issue and give us greater freedom In the taking up of economic ques tions.’’ CARGO OF OIL OH FIRE. tbe Pass Week. The following is Section Director report In foil for the last The week ending 8 a. m., July Ibth, has a mean temperature of 80 degrees which la slightly below normal': The departures below normal were greater on tbe coast than In the Interior. Tbe extremes were a minimum of 60 at Greenville on the 14th, and a maxi- at the stock mum of 98 at BlackviRe on the Ifith, Work At Owra. ▲ special from Chicago Wednesdaf ays: Tbe strike of pecking hodto employee begun nine days ego and which has demoralized the Industry throughout the country, settled Wednesday at a between repreaentetiva of the peek era, the officials of the meet cotter onion and rep resen Utlvw of all ths allied trades employed yards. TIml whole controversy will be submitted to a board of ..arbitra tion, both aides agreeing to. Abide by whatever decision this board may reach. Pending the decision of tbe arbitration board tbe men will be taken back to work as rapidly as possible by the packers and it is Agreed by the packer* that all the old employes are to be reinstated within 45 days from the date work Is resumed. If any of the former em ployes are still unemployed at tbe expiration of that time such persood^® droughty conditlors In the are to have the privilege of xubmit- ■“ 1 ““ ting their cases to the arbitration board for settlement. The strikers will return to work as soon as they can be notified of the peaceable ad justment of tbe trouble, and It IS ex pected that by Friday morning every thing will be in normal shape at all tbe plants in the different cities where 4he employee were on strike. Half an hour after the decision bad been reached to arbitrate, M. J. Donnelly, the strike leader, had secured com munication by long distance telephone with the leaden of the strlkenin outside cities and had notified them that a satisfactory settlement had been reached and directed tbe strlken to return to work as soon as possible. THE ALLIED CRAFT. Tbe settlement of the difficulty by arbitration was brongbt about by the allied craft at the stock yards, who would have become involved In the controversy had It continued much longer. The'Representatives of these unions, which represent about 14,000 men, got together and sent a final appeal to the packers asking for a three sided conference between the packers, the strikers and themselves in a final effort to get both siies of the controversy together again and ar range some sort of agreement which would prevent the strike spread ng to tbe affiliated unions. This appeal of tbe allied trade unions received a favorable response from the packers and Wednesday’s conference was the result. The agreement reached at Wednes day night conference is practically tbe same as the proposition made last Saturday to the packers by Mr. Don nelly. Tbe only difference is that in Saturday's communication Mr. Don nelly Insisted that the strikers be all taken back to work within seven days. This tbe packers refused, although they agreed to accept every demand made by Mr. Donnelly. When the men return to work it will be under exactly the same coodi- tlons as prevailed before the strike was declared, with the exception that tbe question of a wage scale will be decided by arbitration. As many of the old employes as can be reached by tbe officials of the union will be notified to return to work. All tbeHtrlkers who appear at tbe plants will be put to work as fast as possible audit Is believed thatalltbe estab lishments will be running with full forces. x **),000,000 TO BOOST COTTON. Growth o! the linral Service. The growth of rural free delivery service in tbe United States has been rapid and the total amount now paid annually Is enormoui. Previous to 1902 these carriers were paid by war rant or check direct from tbe first as sistant postmaster general’s office at Washington, but the growth became so extensive it was decided that the postmaster at tbe capital of each State should pay tbe carriers in bis State. In 1902 when Postmaster Eo- sor was made paymaster for South Carolina, there were 114 rural free delivery carriers in South Carolina, and the amount of their salaries was 160,400. At tbe close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1903, there were 333 carriers, receiving the sum of 8192,- 912, over three times the amount paid out at the close of tbe fiscal year of 1902. In 1902 tbe carriers received on an average of 8500 per annum; In 1903 about 8600 per annum; for tbe present year there has been pnujtically a 8100 raise, according to the length of the route, most of the carriers get ting 8720 per annum. * Found Treasure News from Tacoma says that Capt Finch, manager of the Neptune Sal vage Company, has located the wreck of tbe Canadian steamship Islander, Thrilling Experiences of the Crew of ; The British Ship Creedmor. A special from Woodshole, Maas., says Capt. John Humphries of tbe British ship Creed moor, and crew were landed here Thursday, having .escaped from their vessel which was burned off Fire Island Wednesday.: The crew of the Creedmoor num bered 18 men besides tbe captain. Tbe men lost everything. They left the ship in her own boats and were picked up soon afterwards by a pass ing schooner which transferred them to a tug off Martha’s Vineyard early Wednesday. * Capt. Humphries and the rescued members of the crew of the Creedmoor arrived in New York city Thursday evening. Tbe Creedmoor, which left this port on Monday with a cargo of 60.000 gallons ot naphtha, gasolene and benzine for Liverpool, according to the story of the captain and crew, was about 40 miles east of Fire Island on Wednesday-evening when fire broke out on the poop deck just forward of the main saloon. When the alarm was given Capt. Humphries put the vessel about while the members of the crew unde&Mate M. M. Adams were doing their best to bold the flames in check. Tbe presence of tbe fire was made known by an explosion whlch-JBM quickly followed by others. _____ - '. t At first the water poured on the blazing poop deck had no effect. After about an hour’s work the crew seem ed to havq the fire In check, and at that time the Creedmoor was making for New York at good speed. A little after 10 p. m. the fire made Its ap pearance again in the poop deck secj Uon of tbe vessel and this time the gasolene had become ignited and it was expected that the oil-laden ship would blow up at any moment. Despite the deperate situation, Capt. Humphlres and bis crew sought a sec ond time to hpid„.ths fire in check, hot the streams of water only tended to carry the fire to other part* of the Southern Cotton Corporation • Formed in New York. A ^ al to i Net lhere were no destructive high wind*. Tbe relative humidity waa Shout nor mal over the entire Bute. The sun shine was slightly deficient. Theke were quite general showers on the Itth, and again on the 16tb, but they were local and partial in charac ter, with many places that had no rain. Tbe relative wet anti dry areas remain about the same as last week, with complaint ot too much rain in Chesterfield, Marlboro and Marlcn aunties, and of increafied severity of middle and upper Savannah valley counties, t xtending into the Interior over Q esn wood. Newberry and Laurens counties, with many smaller areas in tbe central counties that are suffering for rain. Bain would be very beneficial over the western half of the State, in which division wells and streaacs are very low, and water for stock is tcirce. Laying by crops is general and tbe work is well advanced, except that stubble land corn and cotton on red clay lands continue to be cultivated. The condition of old corn is critical in the dry sections, and the prospec tive yields will be materially lessened unless rain comes soon. Late planted com continues promising. The cotton cre p suffered from an ex cess of moisture In tbe extreme north eastern counties, and from drought in the western ones, but as a whole con tinues very promising. It has attained seasonable size in the eastern half of tbe State and remains under-sized over the western half. There are a few re ports of too large a weed. Cotton is blooming and fruiting well in all sec tions, and many full grown bolls have been noted. Insects infest fields In Greenville, Pickens and Spartanburg counties, whild wilt and blackroot or black rust have been noted In. Green ville and Orangeburg counties. Con- siderab’e cotton has been laid by in general clean condition. Sea Island cotton is becoming somewhat grassy, and is blooming freely. . Tobacco curing Is now general; the crop Is a fine one. Rice is heading, and D in need of more fresh water; June rice is doing fairly well in the Georgetown district. Melons are bear ing well and shipments are heavy. Minor crops vary in condition accord ing to the moisture supply, and range from excellent to very poor. A X0B UNDER INDICTMENT. Names oi Parties Prominent in Dan- ^ vllle. r the Atlanta Constitu tion Horn New York says: Instead of Daniel J. Sully being made the president of tbe new company known as tbe Southern Cotton Corporation with a capital of *20,090,000, to im prove cotton culture and iqethodof making the staple, that poet will [be occupied bjrjpolonel S. F. B. Morse, who was a partner, in the firm of Daniel J.- Sully & Co.. The articles of incorporation of tbls company were filed at Trenton. It will have a capital of *20,000,000,j>r which *5,000,000 wiHbe prefered and 815,000,000 oommon stock. Tbe par value of the preferred is $100 & share, but tbe par value of tbe common which will be taken largely in the soutty will be only 820 per share. Tbe decision to place Colonel Horse in this position im ^made fy the financial backers of the concern be cause of tbe fact that as the bead of the traffic department of the South ern Pacific railroad, stationed In New Orleans, be was very prominent in the educational campaign which resulted in tbe diversifying of tbe southern crops. The company controls the Whit man square bale press, which Is an improved mechanism for baling and ginning cotton. --It will compress thoroughly as the present round bale but will not meet with snch opposition as was encountered by those whoig- troduoed tbe round baling process. Because of tbe less likelibood of firs, this new bale ba* already been called the “unfffeTwrlter’s bale.” A comprehensive were house syg tern will also ^established, which will enable growers to hold their cot ton if they so desire, instead of sell ing in the glutted market in tbe early season. The board of directors will be announced in a few days. The principal office of the company will be in that city, with branches in various southern cities. A special from Danville, Va., says Tbe special grind jury summoned to investigate the attempt on tbe part of a mpb to force an entrance into the city jail for the purpose of lynching tbe negro. Roy L. Armes, a flagman of the Southern railway, Thursday afternoon completed its labors. The jury found indictments against W. D. Talley, Bud F. Pruitt, Whit Myers, Charles Pruitt, Walter Clark, Solomon Hudgins, Wicker Armer, brother of tbe murdered mao, W. Bal Ragland, Charles Vaughn, Kiward Buckner, N. J. Wall, William Harris, Frank Childress, R. J. Lynch, George C. Mills, Elijah Williams, William H. Mann and Pleasant Meyers. Tbe in dictments will be certified immediate ly to the mayor for trial . Presentments were found against Wicker Armes and Bud F. Pruitt for threatening to shoot tbe mayor and Police Officer Robert S. Wynn while la ths discharge of their efllclal duties and against R. J. Lynch for assault ing- Deputy City Sergeant R. L. Wol- folk while in the performance of his duties. Commonwealth’s Attorney Thomas Hamlin will immediately file an information in each case upon blob the accused will be tried. TMKJury also recommended that certain members of the fire departr ment which department faces on the alley leading to tbe jail in which alley tha nffidera mad* their aland against tbe mob, viz: E. B. Utter and L. D. Perkins, should be cautioned and rep rimanded by the court for using im proper language towards tbe police force calculated to discourage them In the discharge of their duties and to inflame the mob. The jury also ‘compliments this work of tbe police force in dealing with the situation and handling the mob without bloodshed. it ihis asetj, «■> i-ifewpiMf«™« thrm vrant aim. mrrvimr rinwn naarlv gl* WES abandoned. three years ago, carrying down nearly 100 passengers and (Hew, besides half a InttHda of Rlcndtif* treasure. Finch gi* ~ The lifeboat and the ship’s yawl were lowered. Ths lookout on the forecastle, a Portuguese sailor named Brain Leaks. The broader the smile the shorter the task. .— * Everything is for the best, even tbe worst of it. A smile will go a mile whiles frown is going a furlong. The’’sanest fourth” was where rained the hardest. Ever notloe bow long tbe days when you start it off grumbling? We’d like to go fishing just once when only the little fish got away. It is a waste of time to pray for what you want unless you really need H. The^man who never makes mistakes is ths man who never undertakes any thing. When a man begins to wouder If he looks M old as he really is, It Is a sign that he does. His writers of the best old songs us dead. Ths writers of some of tbe new oast ought to be. « ---.u . . The man who never ate wt ter me Ion (flames were subdued but 300 bales of aavswlth a fork has a* awfully Food that cotton were damaged by fire and 1 * water. 28 Mile* wirt of Asheville, N. 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Xvime Cement, Plcuster, Terra Cotta Pipe, Booling Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina, Portland Cement Go., Charleston, 8. O MRS. VY1 LOSES ALL. Entrusted Her Estate to Maj. W. M cage Invented by Capt W. M*8mlth, of Mllwaukeee. He expects ' tbe lMaadsr or recover tbs boxes and-valuables aboard her. of the amount $ gold^totbe MW Mare, was called with tbs other mein bets of tbs orew, bat be did not wJ spend. *H> wm called again. Then be loaned over the side of tbs fore- — —*—d $0 be kelpl^y tow minutes tbs Three Hundred bales Burned. A fire started Thursday in the cot ton which bad been discharged on the quay at Bremen haven, by the' Atlantian from New Orleans. Tbs time doming to him. Tbe men who talk loudest about 'J. Auotbav SflOaic. The*. J. Lyon, magistrate la Htbler township, Greenwood county, had a difficulty with bis aotrindaw Ed Bis on Hud Labor oresk Tuesday at Dornsvilie, when Lyon shot who stay at home and fiaanos it. (uadi and evan if we do Idn’t do it. > reward tbs , A special from Charlotte, N. O. says: When the United States dis trict court convened Friday morning for a continuation of the trial of Wm. Breese for embezzlement, tbe district attorney asked and was granted per mission to Introduce Mrs. E. W. Nye, wife of tbe late humorist, who resides at Arden. N. C., and who desired to return to her home. Mrs. Nye told of entrusting her property and all tbe money she pos sessed, 17,500, to the keeping of Breefce and said she lost It *11. After the death of her hushm&rBh* desired to take her children on a trip to Europe, and before leaving Asheville, she gave Breese her papers and docu ments and Instructed him to invest her money. He had been a good friend of her dead husband and she felt that she could trust him implicit ly. Mrs. Nye- also said she owned property in New York which was left in charge of Breese and lost this also. Breese testified that while it was true that he had charge of Mrs. Nye’s rtanthifi Ha Hir) fFCiprvIDy XXv vlIVI was authorized to act as her agent disposing of her property. He collect ed the interest on her money when doe and passed It to her credit. When tbe bank failed be turned the papers over to his son, W. E. Breese, Jr., an attorney, and wrote Mrs. Nys to this effect. Upon her return from Europe, the defendant visited her at Bock Shoal, her country home, and explain ed *Ktbe details of tbefallure. Upon the objection of the district attorney he was not permitted to relate tbs The wltoem denied that h* drew Mis. Nsyb momy out ot tbe beak, saying hs could not have done so for fill MMeo that babad notaoibodty to toobeck. Ha also denied all knowledge or the torn of Mrs. Nyrt property in “ ^ ^ Mr. Nye before bis death, and waa covered by a mortgage. Breese then went on to explain In • detail different notes aqd said he knew nothing of the charges of forg ery. ” Maj: Breeze admitted that he bad signed tbe name of W. W. Rollins to ^, not mu for 11e * oh . on April 6, 1897. There were the notes Maj. Rollins bad declared to be forgeries when he was on tbs witness stand last seek. The witness said his relations with Rollins were oordial and Inti mate. When he tffixed Maj. Rollins’ signature to the notes, it was for the purpose of taking up two other notes which had been rediscounted. Maj. Rollins was out of town at ths time and upon his return ratified tbe action by singing and giving Maj. Braes* a note. JOy 81 Q| blank . HUtod by Lightning. Miss Mary Reynolds, of Bishopvlll*. a yoyng ladgof 18 years who Utel near town, was struck by lightning Thursday afternoon and instantly kill ed. 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