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rrTirw 3 fai ? 1 \ *- ; - “Ti e k*i k of Uw old 7 TTtr Bold .Up and Nobly Pitched In and : the Gentle Bandit*, Be** •alas the Astounded A«* tor* In the Ooaob. New subjects, new situations and M« film* of picture* must be* con- •tantly p'ovldtd for the morlog p'c- toie maobinegkt the theatre*, vaude ville house^ J|d country fail a The fast express train*, prize fight* and Boer wan having been worn thread* bare, the enterprising blrgraph agent* decided t) pose a real, live, thrilling Wtatern stage coach *'hold up" in the good, old-fashioned style. Oolonel William N. Sellg, of Chica go, after much care, assembled togeth er a>l the necessary paraphernalia, iu ptciuresque company, uf meu, wogaen and eblldnn,. who were silling ](£, - poee as passengers on the shelrTup" ' 1 tag*, while Colon 1 ' William N. Seng’s squad of picturesquely mount ed Imaginary bandits tired blank cart ridges at them anl otherwise carried ou t the desperate end of the under taking. To make fure of every p sfilble touch of realism, CJoael Sellg care fully selected the very canon in the turn of the road onS the old Lpadville trail, where, surely enough, many a successful "hold up” by real bandits had (been accomplished In the days that are now long passed. With this brief statement of the quite proper ambition and active effort* df the energetic moving pic tore agent, who for rone days had been |patlt ntly rehearsing his little "bold-up" operations just outside the City of Colorado Springy Col., the reader Is Invited to go back to las' Thursday at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon. . THB HISTORIC "HOLD-CP" TRAIL. Fred C. Aikens, the well known Philadelphian and a party Including Mrs. Alckens and another lady, had started from dorado Springs ,n' were being driven over that paitif the old LeadvlMe trail by an old time miner, now h; the. livery business. The ladles were delighted with the mountain tcenery, and tbe driver was regaling them with historical data. "Now, right around that herd,” be went on, "Is one of the most cJebrat ed spots In the whole Slate.” "Dear me," said Mrs. Ale kens ea gerly, "what happentd there? ’ "It always was a loot some place," mused tbe driver, "and it’s just ns lonesome now as It ever was.” ."Bow interesting! Du jou mean that It was haunted?'’ "Not by ghosts, ma'am." answered the driver, with a grin, that haunted that part Leadylle trail were just abiut as quick with the tr gger as they make ’em.” "Are you talking of s'age robbers? Oh, how very interesting." "Yes'm, hold-ups. A couple of hun dred yttdaAhead is where more stages were held up io tbe 70's, and passen K rs half scared to death, and Wells- urgo treasure boies busted open, than in all of the rest of the West put together." ’’You don’t say so! Just like Buffalo Bill’s ‘Wild West', I suppose?" "Not exactly. Yju see, In tihose days there weren’t no blank cart ridges. When those six-shooters went off somebody w s bound to drop.” "Bnt nothing of-that kind happens nowadays, of course,” said Mrs. Ale. kens, nervously. —"Waal, not so often,” drawled the driver. THB LAD IKS WERE GETTING SC A RED. The ladies were visibly trembling by thls'tlme, and even Mr. Atckens look ed a bit serious, in another moment they were rounding tbe bend. The spot just ahead was Indeed lonesome, with the oanon on one side and beet ling crags on tbe other, obscuring the sunlight. Suddenly the driver uttered an exclamation: _ "Jumpin’ Judas! Do you fee that?” strange-looking vehicle wall ap preaching just beyond where the trail oroesed tbe mouth of a ravine. "It’s only a stage coach," said Mr. ▲tokens. "Stagecoach?" repeated the driver. "SUgee doft’t vwoa ihls roed any —more not for twenty years.’.’ ‘Why, it’s Just like Buffalo Bill’s,” said Mrs. A tokens. "See what an old rattletrap it i* - "It carries the malls all right,” re marked Mr. AlckenS. "Look at tbe begs piled up around the driver.” At that instant half a dozen pic turesque mounted men with drawn re volvers dashed out of the ravine and surrounded tbe coach, with revo'vers aimed at the driver’s irai. Tbe driver of tbe Alckens party, with a smother ed oath, quickly tumid bis team out of sight behind a Jutting rock. "Quick! Jump out tnd bide your ......aelves wTOTyour valuables," he said. "They haven’t seen us yet.” Half-fainting the ladies were help ed etit of the carriage by Mr. Alo- kens, who, corsldering the suddenness of the Burprise, bad no difficulty in convincing himself that discretion was ~~4b* better pa; t of valor. Around the e roer of the ambui cade he and tbe drivergased upon the "hold-up.” Both ted revolvers. Mr, Alckens drew his, bat tbe driver cautioned him: “No use. Pot op your gun. They’re too many for us.” A BBALIS1IC In faet, tbe half hysterical ladles i demanding all their attention. It Impossible to keep tbem as the passengers of tbeold stage ooaohat bandits, with their ▲s some shotting for tbs sake of reaJfa “hold up." and look soared!’ neeos ary Ism. a boy nam id Johnny Biwman, sitting op with tbs drlvs", was to Jump from bis seat to the ground and run, and the bandits were to shout him down. "Now, Johnny, remember," Colon#' Selig kept saying. And when the bandits at length appeared be re peated: "ftow, Jobm y!" Tbe frightened party behind the rooks were at too great a distance to near these commands They could only see what was going cn. Mr. A’okens and bis driver saw the boy jump down from the driver’s eeat and run toward them, saw two of the bandits motion to bim to stop, then, as tbe boy still ran, saw tbem level their revolvers and tDe, and saw the hoy fall. "By gum! this is too much!" ex claimed M*. Aicken*, and blazed away at the bandits. The driver, equally indignant. 1.1 WkrewelviHiwip-* 1 ^^ cartridges in these, revolvers were not blank. Oolonel Sellg, who had c me out cf -the coach with the other- terror- s rlcken pa sengers, uttered a yel', and his arm dropped to his side, shot through tbe flashy part. Another bullet went through a b)ld bandit’s hit, neatly shaving off a lock of bis hair. Such evidences of their cxiellent marksmanship stimulated Mr. Aicken* and his driver to renewed efforts. "When the foounirels go to shoot ing down small boys, it's time to butt in,” said Mr. Alckens, and both be and the driver, jumping out in full view of the bandits, peppered away at them right merrily; "Ciet out! Stop shooting! It’s all a joke!” shouted Colonel Sil'g, danc log up and down in the road with his Injured wing flipping. "if it’s a Joke, tbs Joke’s on yonl" yelled Mr. Alckens, taking Colonel Sellg for a bandit, and letting fly at bim again. "Sbo t down little lnn< • cent boy- 1 , wilt you!” The bandits jumped for the cover of the trees, and several persons from the stage ran up and tried to o m vince the tourists tbit it was not a r< al robbery hut a performance for moving pic tures. "That’s all right, but it doesn’t go,’ r.>lied Mr. Alckens, "Whon we *ee a obild shut down in o ilfl blood and the United State* mall sacks rifled it’s time for us to shoot.’’ ‘ If you don’t put up those guns I’ll blow the top of you block off," was tbe sudden command from one of the picture tr en, and tbe emphasis of a huge.44-ca’lbre revolver waf added. In an m tant two women in the tourist party hiti slipped to the ground in a faint’ and every band pointed to the sky. "Stop your nou*eose and get into fiat wagon in a hurry,” was tne order to tte Underfoot*, ‘ and get out of this while we flalab the picture." Then tbe tourists began to realize that probably it was an imitation rob bery, and they began threatening to have the entire party arrested fur dis charging firearms on tbe public b'gh- way, butt) ey got ocrTbf'tbeneighbor hood as quickly as possible, and tbe making of tbe picture pcceeded women Were swooning. The passengers on tbe stage coach armed thematlves, and, mounting the stage horses, pursued the bandits, across UtfLmouQtalns. Tne killing of three formed several exciting sections to the picture, and finally the remain ing two were driven to bay in a lonely cabin deserted many years ago by a prospector. After tbe picture party had con cluded its work more real fun began. Tbe tourists had gone Into Colorado City and notified tbe shsriff, police and citizens that a holdup had occur red, aod tbelr stories of awful carnage were almost beyond belief. A poss.* of probably 1,900 persons was Imme diately organized and started for the mountains. Scarcely had they enured tbe pass before they met the picture patty coming;;out.— The night after the picture was made the cowboys stole the old stage coach and burned it after shooting the sides full of holes. Colonel Selig Jk is laid up for repairs' in Colorado Springs, but is resonab j contented, being assumed that the excitement produced by the real bulhts flying about made his photographs mere realistic even than had been hoped for.—New York American. ',i. - G* la lb* Only Democrat of 1 Ropnta klwn "that Cam* o«t of Last Wash's LandslMo Unhurt. There were many wbo pretended to surprise because the Chronicle carried on its front page Thursday a picture of William Jennings Bryan, with these ltrree—"Damocrapy’s Rehabili tated Leader. From under the Re publican leadsllde of 1904, be will eme'ge to lead the Democratic hosts to victory in 1903.” While we did not offer this as the deliberate editorial thought of tbe pa per—but, rather as a prophecy that carried with It, in the gloom of the return* from Tuesday’s el otion, a gleam ofJkwe forthe future—wenhklT notot jeTto It beln; coastrued either as a pr p iecy or a p edge. While it is, manifestly, toa early to f irecast party policy fur tbe future, or erven to take an inventory of the political debris that Tuesday's elec tion left scattered around in the Djm ocratlc camp, there are certain polltl cal signs that are unmistakable. Whether It was a political landslide, tidal wave or aone-bundred-and-fifty mlle-a-minute tornado that struck the Democratic party on Tuesday, and left it bruised and bleeding bo the ground, it is not necessary to try t< explain. But it is, at least, apparen* that there was one Democrat wbo was not hurt by it—William Jennings Bryan. Aod this Democrat neither sought the storm cellar nor took to thei tall timber to escape demolition. On tbe contrary, bf was rJufttjBqt lattb* opeo all the time, iigJiMcg as valianliftfOr t he I CTWfe anSfftdate whose nom- And—let it d ws say, with all the fores wsekn give t>lt, that if the Cleveland wing of the party will now be as fair and as loyal to William Jennings Bryan as he has been fair and Ibyal to them,"be will rise from tbe wreck of Tuesday’s election a "rehabilitated leader”-—und the party will rise with bin). Cut m Wbale In Two. The steamer Swazi at Boston from Callatter port Oct. 10. Qn Out. 31 at 42 latter port Oct. 1. On Oct. 31 at 42 degree, 20,’north*, long, 32 degrees 12’ west, tbe steamer ran into a big while, cutting it aimo*t in two. Tbt surface of the water for a gnat dls- tancs was covered with tbe blood of of the leviathan. The Impact with the while caused the khip to quiver from stemttq stem, several of the las- car.s wbo made up a part of tbe oiew were burled to the deck, and tbe en tire c ew was badly frightened for a morninb, as it seemed as though a suhktn reef bad been struck In mid- ocean. There was no grating sound of keel cn rocks and tbe steam r pro ceeded on heFwsy. Th-* halves of the wbale then appeared. Seafaring men say it was ore »t the most unusal ad vent ures on reord It is believed the the whale was asleep ju^t be’.ow the surface when struck. CoCked Him Up. At Pieacott, Arlz., James R. Storm ocunty treasurer, was fouqd locked In the steel vault of bis office, bound and gagged, with 115,000 missing from the cash funds of the treasury Mr. Storm had been in the vault six teen hours when ft nod Wednesday by bis daughter. He i-ays that 5 o’ch ck Thursday afternoon while seated in his effl e two men entered the door with handkerchiefs tied over their faces, and. presenting a revolver to bis head, ordered him to throw up hrs hands. S orm complied and the two men clbeed the dcor of tbe office and produced a striog of baling wire with which they securely bound his hands and feet. They forced a hankerchtef into his mouth and pushed bim inside the vault. After githtring up 115,- 000 and leisurely ran acktng the office for more moo 'y tbe men closed tbe door of the vault, locked It and de parted. . Storm was Unable to give any accurate description of the men i going on around not only been in on that great P*o- Weevll Moving South. In an exhaustive report op the bo{l weevil made by Assistant State Ento mologist Byl. Smith to Commissioner bf Agriculture O. B. Stevens, an im portant and dangerous feature re S arding this pest, according to Mr. mitb, la the rapidity with which the weevil ie moving eastward. Mr. Smith aaaexts in bis report }tbat, if measuree to fight the weevil are long delayed in the eastern portion of tbe ootton belt, It will mean inestimable Ms to the cotton planters. Mr. Smith tea been in Texas in an official capacity for rome time, making a - - ^ of the Mexican boll Inatlon be had opposed, as be had ever fought when be, bfepoself, was twice before his party’s nominee for the presidency. It would be a libel upon true Dem ocrats to say they do not fully appre ciate such loysfty as this. And it would be a slander upon tbelr tntelil gence tossy they did not already plac; the proper Valuation upon Mr: Bayaa** ncble qualities of head and heart. For itself, the Cbrooioleo&n say of bim now as it said of him two weeks after the national convention: "It would be unjust to re'use to concede to Mr Bryan tbe very high est qualities of mind aod heart. That be is Intensely sincere in advocating h'S theories of government, we haven’t the slightest doubt. And thit he has tbe ability to defend them against the be-t men of either party has been too well demonstrated to be any longer questioned. Nj fatMnlndid min who witnessed at St. Louis bis masterful, his a m *t superhuman, efforts to stem the tide that had set in against bim, could any longer refuse to admit that, in point of personal ability at least, be tower ed above any otber one individual in that convention or the one recently held In Chicago; to say the least, that —right or wrong—he is today the brightest Individual figure on tbe American continent. ” And we can siy it now with re doubled truth and enthusiasm. Or we cm say of him aga<n, as we said on September 25;h, when comparing his jrith those of a less worthy , though a southerner by birth: "In several other ways, Mr. Bryan is defeoding the Democ Stic party and-upholding its nomineets, while Mr. Watson Is assailing tbem. Dues Mr. Watson assume to be a more In tellectu&l, a more p&trlotl % a more pure minded, a more devoted lover of the constitution and tbe law* than William J. Bryan? Who, <x ept the latter’a socialistic followers, believes it? The fact ia that Mr. Watson’s ohm* la to help Roosevelt's election In order to precipitate c isos, hoping to build his socialistic theories upon the comm >n disaster and improve hia own personal, politic U fortunes. What Hearat Saga. Wm. R. U-. arst Issued tbe following statement with regard to the report that step* were being taken to or gauze a new party: "I have no knowledge of any agreement between Mr. Wats>o, Mr. Bryan and myself. 1 tbink the Democratic part? will re- organty * its 1 f on a b*sis of true De- mqcriSryT'eifaalflitlng the Wall street 1 JjliittueBoe that proved so disastrous In IfttblS bampilgi, and 1, as a loyal D m ocrat, will be very bappy to see that do ie. 1 am always ready to contri bute nay own services and those of my papers to tbe Dem'icracy for reorgan- z itlonor any other purp ae,If they hha‘1 be required. 1 sba i be glad to work With all loyaK.Democrats f r the su'ceasof Domocratic princples, but 1 think the loyal Democrats are quite capable of choosing their own leader*, and I imagine this pilot will now be cqoced d hy those wh > endeavored to fo ce leaders upon them.” Bryan on the other hand, while for saking none of hia price pies, prefers to let them m tke their way, If they can In peace, for, aa be de clares, the great fundamental princi pies, upbel 1 by the Dam icracy, are dearer to him than silver and gold, and, we, may add, Tnomas E. Wat son’s caricature of "Jeffersonism" run •wwd. * - y = j:rr.’- '■ And to further. pryve that we are c insistent when we say weviccerely admire tbe big-brained, big hear ed Bryan, we can say, a* we did on Octo ber 3rd: "He has his own opinions about reform and is true to tbem, but he dees not write snarllngly on tbe sub j ct or go about on the stump pro claiming himself the prophet of ,Jef , fersonlan Democracy and that Judge Parker Is the mere tool of Wall street. Mr. Bryan knows better and be is as mod.st as be is gif ed. 'He* lovts tbe constitutional union more than his own aggrandizement. H is content to await the time for tbe Fell Off ihe Roof. At Charles’on on Wednesday while directing tbe work of several slaters on the roof of a house tbe scaffuldlrg gave away and Mr. R T. Masters and the three slaters, Frank Hogan, Levi M obel aod John Butler, were precip itated a distance of fifty f-et, resul - Ing in the death of Mr. Masteia im mediately,,aod of Hogan a couple of hqur* later, aod the probable death of the other two men. Tne scaff Id had r.ot been properly erected and with weignt of the men and slates, it gave away on acc unt of Urn y.oonatiu:- t'on. Mr. Master’s head struck toe ooncu slon of the death. H >• pavement, causing brain and 1ns r .ant»i.e >urf gan suffered the fracture of one of hh thigh* and a’so internal i Juries, and Butler and MIchi l we;e alsu laternal’y injured. The injured men are in a serlots condition. Flection Murder*. The R'publicans were desperate In Colorado on the day < f election. At. Cripple Cretk two Democratic elec tion judges were kdled, a "Peabody deputy sb< r ff was mortally wounded and a'number of Democratic judges were beaten and thrown into jul. Ik Helhlot and Corfs Miller, judges at Coldfield, wt re shot down by on) of Sheriff Bell’s deputies. They had or dered tbe deputy away f;om the pod- 1 g p ace. James Wofford, the depu’y who killed (he two el c Ion offic:ra in GoidlieH-,—wav-a ycret-service iasqoMxelb't Jaoksoa wat stwtand arvey J&oksio, a b'otber of " Mod two otber broth era. armed themselves aod started.ou- *0 ‘dean up tbe entire p -lhe f roe o the town,” which Is a small hamlet near Fayette. A telephone message was sent t Sheriff Danlqjs, of Fayatta County, te come to Montgomery at once as blood shed wn otrtaln. Daniels resobed Montgomery at 10 o’clock Thursday morning. Just ss he (tapped froo the train be saw Harvey Jackson placing bis hand on Jackaon’s shoal der, told bim to leav* tbe town under penalty of'bt4ng arre*ted. Jackson, wittout a word, fi ad twice poiot blank at the aheilfl. tanh bullet ing effect. Tne sheriff dropped to the ground, dying Instantly. Join Rolf, a prominent cit.z n of the town, was s anding nearby and had wltne »- ed the talk between Daniels and Jack- s m. Throwing up hia handa he ad vanced t iward Jackson to r* mooatr .ta with hifia and to belp Daniels. Jaok- *on turned and shot Rolf dead. Then reloading bis revolver and pulling an otber from hia hip po&et he brand- Dbed tbem in tbe alr-and dtfl;d any one lb tbe town to take him. The otber Jack-ton boys came into tbe town and met their brother im mediately after the shooting. For half an hour the three tree paraded the streets firing revolvers and defying the town. The people were in a panic and crawled into cellars. The streets were deserted and not »n official dared to make bl* appearance. In the meantime Detective Harrison Ash, who lives mar Montgomery and is re-. puted to be the gaoaeet mao to West Virginia, was telephoned for. When ne wa* s:en ooming down tbe road way from kfontgomery by tbe Jackaoo hoys tbey started on a run for tbe mountain base nearby and tscaped in tbe woxfe. After Ash bad ertven tbe murderers to the mountains tbe citizens plucked up courage and *warmed into the str e‘s heavily armed. A po se of 200 men were quickly organized~ah<T under the leadership of Ash and other police th^y start d beating the woods for the J*ektD*E— — SWaFi BY FUtiT tion* of tSe row plies, rectal diaeasw,.«W. matli sitnpie language all that you »«*.*? know, jtive ami will odso rour eyt a. 11 will »bow s( n home. JXl' i t. tl than a quarter of a century and hav hundreds of entertaining as ray of cure in penaeo and Instructive and will open row eyta. , privately and withnu have been practicing this re in ay or cure m your own home, prirately of a local doctor or 4nifx1«L I" id without the publicity OM$»if iallty for more my vault* the ramr-s of hundred# upon men whom I hove cured of thgao diseases after tbey hod written M mix/ In theaeV ySS 1!^ dVvcM of cure that I. entirely isl and differs widely from the old methods. With jt lot «n*My| for the hook. to eure men /n half the time, in o aimple yet effective way-' Write me and I will show you ~ our Vitality and way to vet bock 1— worn you are. Ih Write me today sure. Atlanta. Qa. «k your Vitality and strength, your manhood ai d kreRh. n > inatter how oldOT and so thoroughly that you will staycured foreyer. HXQM w hljaqMfoo ire affected I will enclose be*ide»the#4^pagebookaSelfE**mfo«ton oLrti tot her med UmU ’ll in ur’nnrk'''' envetoow roan Buildio,', ^lp fc„ Broad bt that I can nuke a study of your case and books that 1 will tend to men free on rcceii-t of nafneshd ■'***<'*'*■ inn-i innrmnrK rnvclopm OR. J. NEWTON HATHAWAI «8 At Osborne's Business College AUGUSTA, GEORGIA OR TUITION KEfUNDCP BOOK-KKPING, SHORTHAND AND TELEGRAPHY WRITE U& KILFYRE! KILFYRE!! KILFYREII! That Is exactly what it is, a Fire Kilter. Demonstration every tiy day at the State Fair showto it* tire fighting qualities. rngiu Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw MUlf* Ginnery and any one owning mils*- property should have them. For sale py jjjp _ OOLDMBiArSDPPLYCO.. Oolvmbicx, 8 C . The maeliinery Supply Loose of tke State 111SP dS IS AiL?- propagation of his reforms and he pre fers the calm that Parker would bribg to tie chaos that Roosevelt would provoke. Very nobly and admirably has Mr. Bryan actel in this campaign and he has won the hearts of thou*, adds who once (pike unkindly of Mm- Ho Is a great man and a mam of high principles and lofty aspiration. u And we oculd repeat much more that we have already aaid to prove that It la not illogical to have opposed Bryan’* position as to the currency and, at the same time, look to h'm aa the probably logical leader of Demo cracy tour years bence. But whether it la inoonfiatent nr not, we say, and we believe, that he ta the one man wbo oan Democracy from^ utter rout—maybe immediate disintegration. To bim a large element of the par ty is still loyal, and upoh him the othat element can now unite—1b ap preciation of his own loyalty as well as la recognition of his splendid, per- son el qualities; his Integrity as a man and his ebUltxas a leader—and all rally to a maa whom the entire soon try respects, tvsn If It has not Biway during the military rule In the dis trlct. Miller aid idieholt were uni n men. At Midway, Ed Doyl;, a d- puty sheriff, assaulted Mrs. Kennedy, a a Democratic j idge, and in a strug, le that ensi ed tore hir dress an J slapped her. El O’Leary, a Democratic watcher, Interfered and shot Do., Id, fatally w< unilrg him. Oqco Too Ofien. Porthos, the dare-devil chasm-leap- er, who was here wjfth the Forepaugh- Sells cl reus liwt Tbireday ~wtek, from his track at Shelby and came oear breaking his neck. The Fore- paugb Sells circus was at Shelby, N. C., last week. Porthos’ dating act, was, a* usual, to be the climax, the fitting close to a stupendous exhibl tion of all that is d fficultand extra ordinary. He mounted to tbe top of bis s’oping track, up near the roJ of the tent, and prepared to go down tbe narrow way again on bfi wheel, at tbe <pecd cf a cannonball, shoot up a sharp ir.c’ioe, and then through spa<e fifty fett In the air, over tbe backs of ten gnat elep’ants—and land safely But perhaps Porthos will do tbe act no more. Down tbe track he did go t j the bcginnlte on the Incline, and then, N witn a sharp crash, all In a minute, iller and wheel went to t a ground, In a tangled mass. Attend ants rushed to the rid^r and succeed iad In extricating him from the wheel. He gained consciousness after a min ute aod limped away on an attend ant’s arm. Tbe audienc* turned pal” at the accident, and thought tbe rider was dead. It was simply a case of the pitcher tbat went to the well onoe too often. Tbe Town of Johnston Han a Destruc tive Conflagration. ^ A dispatch to the Augusta Cbroni cle aays but for a fortunate change In the wind at a critical time Tnursday the business section of Johnston would have been a smmlderiDg Map of ashes. As 16 was a disastrous fire s vept a portion of tbe business dis trict and thieatened several very naodsome residences that are In the n fighborbtiod. The fire originated In the old How ard buiidlcg, which was tenenV^d by T. J. Duncin and fam.ly, and swrpt thitp .rtlon of Mam str et betwt eft M m* avetue and Jat.k*oo strtet. Tne fire s arted from a d f ctivi stove fi ie, and was turning its way into* nsitof (pitnld buildings when tie w ni shifted and turned tbe huge tongue nf fi me diagonally scros Main street, wbich is very wide, so wide In fact, tbat toey coull not reach acres* the Street and ignite the buildings on the other aide, and at the same time sa\ed the buildings tbaAjpere In tbet ack of tbe fire. Olme 1 asea with tbe insurance as near as they c uld be gotten are as foil JWK . O d Howard building, owned by J. W. Mobley, • 1.000. k u*ehold furniture of T. J. Dun can, *500. J. M. Still, merchan’', suffered (light DUbut Lockjaw , At Savannah, Ga., Herbert Kuck, the 14-year old son of John Kuck dkd . Friday morning of lockjaw. Two weeks save tne ^ bis knee cut while playing ^“* Tbe football. Tetanus devatofad a few d&ys. E gbt of the b >ys wiho ware en gaged m tbe gam* with young Kuck will act as bis rlBbes'ere. ’?■■■ ■■■■cu———uw*—*—m m A railroad manager sava the huge death list in railway circles is dns to the "erne for rapid transit.” Ha would ha vs Jx to much nearer to the rath bad te Admitted that 11 to dte o the ‘ craz# of huge dlvidauda.” C. A. Au tin, on building, 1600 J. T. D irst, on stock, 1500. V. E E Iward*, on st ok, 1500, in- sur n e II 000. Tbe bullfing was owced by he National Bznk of Au gu*U. and the jniurance c »uld not be learned. It* value was ab >ut 91,00 \ W. W. Wo »d ward, a butcher, lo». ab< ut 940, and the building in which he operated wis o ned by D. ,r . Ou z, wjioh wis uamaged to the cx- tenr/af ab Hit 9300,• W. L. Coleman suffered a loa* of with Insutance. Another small butcher shop was de stroyed. >1 some of the bui dings destroyed tbe stocks of goods Were saved. Japan Wants Feaoe. A dispatch from London a&ys Japan unofficially has made representation^ to Russia looking to pezci. This action resulted in failure, and- such representations, even privately, are not likely to be reflated—by Japan. It Is not known what actuated Japai in this step and Russia’s r fusal to consider tbe proposition is taken as to indicate that the czar Is coill lent of tfce ultimate outcome of tte war. Al though the suggestion of a pacific sit- tlement was made unofficial y It ac tually had behind it all tbe weight of an offer by tbe Japanese govern ment. It was made direct to Russia an Interme diary. Tne failure of these direct negotiations, bowsver, resulted In bringing Intervention within a mias urable distance. Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHABLEffTON, 3. C. Building Material of all kinds, High Grade Roofing v “RUBEROID.” Write for price#. - \ The Guinard Brick Works, GOI^UMBI JV, S. C. y/ Building and Re-Pres«ed Brick. Special Shapes to order. Flre froof = Terra Cotta Fhie Linings. Prepared to till orders for thousands or for millions. Whiskey | Morphine I Cigaret k All Drug and Tobacco Habit, | Habit I Habit | Habits. Cured by Keeley institute, of C. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, S. O. Confidential oorrespood- erne solicited. G.-J l^ime cement, J-*la®ter, TerrajCotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina. Portland Ce nent Co., Charleston, b. C. li-U . ALL WILL CONTEST. All the itepnb:lean Candidates Will Protest, Bat Nothlna ia Feared. r i "W® Sell PIANOS AND ORGANS, —And Lots of Them— WE SEL THE BEST MAKES. Our prie-saie about ten per cent under Northern prices. ery tteano or Organ we sell The D mocrats o* this State, while deploring tho overwhelming dtf at < f tne par y In the Ni rth, are in a mea - ure easier as to jtheir w ats in +hr-J _ ...... . . house. Th* reault will p eclule any 2 - pOspfbtHty of any R puhllc&fis ® ones for catMlogiH^ pricew and g terms. • MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, t ' COLUMBIA, s. c. e*'ed from Soith Canllua. Tien w 11 be coiteste. however. A member of the party sail Friday m< rniog that there was no boubt of ihi*. T ie party has spent ►one lit le money oi tbe electl >n this time and they warn a re turn. - When tbe state h a d of canvwers meets ten days after the e ec ion, elrery Republican candidate a 111 have a reprism* alive to make a flrm .l proted. Tbe protest will be l.i thi f rmof affidsv ta and tbe board will kurn tbem down, as u(.uU, on tbe ground tbst the face or the returns show tbat the Democratic .congr ss- i CHARLES C. LESLIE WHOLBSALK DEALERS IN FISH AND OYSTERS, men bavi been e ertea. The R pulli Iran candidatei will then enter a fur mat complaint when the new cong ers metis, and the whole matter will g> oefore the congressional committee. The congressmen have all of t e evidence neoe(sary to produce to sho * tbat tbere was no^iscrim nat on in tt e matter and thej'arede.igh'ed with the fact that many prominent c^iz ni who dll not have reristr&ti ri cinifl cates volun'arily weit to hi pits anl were turned downed Th Ir name* have been taken nown and wi 1 b^ u-ed in the te^tim' ny 8 and 20 Market Street, Charleston, 8. C. ConsignueDta of ( outitry Produce are spectluliy Solicited. Poultry, Eggs, Ac. i.’L .— :a. — i : — .. — tt’ISir pWCX^U tn vinrrv'Ur Mutx fX7Kmto trade a specialty. -±r/ i for ootmtxy Mullet! Mullet! Mallet! and all kinds of Fresb and Salt Water fish and oysters. If yon are dealing In Fresh Fish or intend to deal In them Ftv« Burned to Dent h. In a fire at to Etst 97th street. New Ycrk, Friday morning, whkh It Is said was incendiary, three people were burned to death, and many other* narrowly escaped. Th* dead ar# Fred Wober, 69; Blar>hi aod Little Eoplena, 15 and 18; The bodhs will bn taken to tbe police statioo. Negro Rilled Two. _ At AUxxndrls, La., Pol ice man R. O. Ay mood waa klhpd FriJay by Tom Underwood, colored. Uudemood bad Just shot^and killed Irette Parker, o i'ored, knd the p .lioeman was abot aod killed whltottryioff to amal tbe write for prices and send your ordrs to TERRY FISH GO.,Charleston, 8. C. or. UOLUMR1A FISH * KJE GO Colombia S. C. We ship only fresh caught fish rand our prices are as low they can be sold at. Write us. Try us and be convinced. of tbe secretary of state, attorney general, adjutant genera 1 , comptroll er gererallnd the Chairman of -tbe committee offelectioes of tbe house, which in this instai ca is Congress man J. O. Patterson, The protests will be entered by tbe following: <■ First district, J. A. Noland, white, of Charleston, against Congressman L-'gare; Second, I-aac Myers, negro, of Biackville, against J. O Pa tors m, of B im well the Dim icr .t c no cln e. Third, John W. Scott, white N^wb r- ry, against Congressman W^att Ai ken; Fourth, J. D. Ar’ams. white, of Laurens, against Congressman J. T. Johnson; Flfth,C. P. T. White, negro, of Rock Hill, against Congressman D. E. Finley; Sixth. E. H. D is, negro, of Dstliogfon, against J. E. EUerbo, of Sellars, the Democratic nominee: Seventh,C. O Jicobs, negrof-elBam-. ter against Cor gn ssman A. F. tTvar.” —Columbia Recird. Valae of tbe Leoulug Product. - The World’s Work declares that ootton is now the dominant Industry of the universe, having, according to the analysis of Mr. Clarence H. Poe, surpassed In value all forms of Iron and steal production. He estimates the metal product at 91,700,000,000 and ootton at I2»000,000 000. He adds "that tw ci as much col on as wool is produced and three-fourths of tbe world’s cotton supply is grown Id the southern section of the United States. Twice tbe world’s total gold product last year would have been re quired to pay southern farmers for Hut and seed; three fourths of. tbs capital stock of all tbe national banks In the ocuntry would have been In adequate. —August* Ouooloto. auARsa ’ gtj &e AAA BANK DEPOSIT VjF^FaVFVFVr Railroad Fare Paid. 500 y MB* Cornea Offsred. Board at Cost, ymta Quick 8XO«ett-AUB<MA BUZI NESS COaiSI.Mso—.ia Anotbex Naluda Murder. Saluda county has added another killing t) her bloody record. Oa Tuesday John Perry killed Joe Denny Wills with a shotgun near Perry’a Cross Roads. Perry was Slttlug on tbe roadside as Wills came, riding by on horseback, a-companled by his fath r, either going to or returning from their voting precinct. As they came opp >hlte Perry be raised bis gun and fired, th ? load entering Joe Will*’ breast near the (houlder blade. As be^frll from big horse Perry fired again, the seioud load entering the top < f the head. Wills died Immedi ately. He was a young man with a wife and t«o children. Parry Is also a marri* d man. The cause of the trouble was tbat some stock of Wills had. be<n trespassing upon Perry’s lands and tbey bad some angry words about it. They were close neighbors, their farms Joining. Perry went Saluda and gave himself up. Two Rilled at Dillon. Calvin McNeill and Nall Barnet, colored workman engaged in feeding tbe big cotton press at tbe oil mill ginnery,, at Dillon were Instantly kilkd Friday afterno in by tbe explo sion of a steam cylinder. The negro operating Abe lever to open the valvs threw U wide and tbe rush of burst tb« cylinder. - jS