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ANRMMMBIfewki 6 '<* MUCH RED TAPE to Maktaf Awards of Scholar- skips to Cot!«ps, ACHANGE SUGGESTED NARROW ESCAPE YOUTHS LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT GASOLINE FIRE. ■ ■ □Eft: !£'• Ji F• 1 rr-f ife S t 1 rr ■ L.. I i * ilc - 4 —4^ f #r- \ f - k- « §- w>»-. i*- - rl r A 1 ■ .■”4 4 ' » Wlnthrop Make* • Gpwit Record. There Were Thirteen Hundred and Twenty-four SchoUnhipa. - ^ Ybon—nd Pnlls— P*M to* Scholnrahtpa In the Behooto. That the entire method of allot- 4.ting beneficiary acholarahlpa in tha several State colleges Is wrong, Is the view of the State superimei- dent of education, Mr. J. E. Swear ingen. The cost Is several hundred dollars annually, the exact amount being unknown because the county boards of education are paid out of their respective county funds and not out of the State treasury. Mr. Swearingen says that all of the examinations should be held the same day and that the papers should be examined for award by the fac ulties of the respectlv Institutions This is the law with reference to the scholarships at the University With reference to Clemson the county boards of edu cation are the arbltork, even afn*v the papers have been graded by the Clemson faculty. This means pos sibly an additional meeting of the county board, for which each mem ber gets $3 per day. There are two appointive members of the board In each county and this would aggre gate $256 for the boards to meef to "ratify what the faculty had al ready decided de facto. The scholarship appropriation of the State are as follows: Clemson $16,600, Wlnthrop $12,400, univer sity $4,200, Citadel $17,000. To tal $59,200. For the vacant scholarships at Wlnthrop this year there were 1,300 applicants. It has been an Immsnj j undertaking to grade the papers. Every applicant must make an av erage of 60 points on each branch of study. Some have excellent standing In some studies and fall In others. Furthermore the county boards of education must ascertain If the applicant comes within the restrictions of law as to property qualifications. The legislature In tends that these scholarships shall he given to worthy and needy girls. The Wlnthrop faculty Is now grad ing the papers, some 6,000 of them, and the report will ba In the hands of the State hoard of education ear ly In September. The reoommendatjons from the South Carolina university faculty are already completed. Daily the State superintendent Is ffottllng reports ffom Uhe County pupet\lnten<Vents with reference to the Clemson scholarships, but the entire list Is far from being com plete. Mr. Swearingen would like for the county superintendents to re port at once as he can not require this Information from the Clemsoa faculty or trustees. The county boards are required to give preference to those applicants for Clemson scholarships who state that they wish to take the agricul tural or textile courses, and the spirit of the law Is to encourage the study of agriculture, but the law does not make this mandatory In giving the scholarships. The board of visitors of the CI*a- del met on the 29th of July and granted permits for 82 young men to stand the examination for Citadel scholarships. These examinations will be held on the 13th of Au gust, making an additional expense" upon the counties of $3 per day for each examiner. Mr. Swearingen has found what toe considers another trr- Justlce—a youth will be successful in standing an examination r 0 i Clemson and will then la August try for the Citadel vacancy. And yet one other condition which Mr. Swearingen seeks to correct is the Inequality In the amounts ap- i proprlated. He thinks that Wln throp and the university should be on the same plane as .Clemson. Wlnthrop has 124 scholarships at $100 each; Clemson 166 at $100 each; the Citadel 68 at .$250 each and the university 42 at*$ 100 each. There is frequently a vacancy from a county. In such a case Mr. Swearingen suggests that there •bould be authority given to the faculty of each institution to a low aom e worthy, deserving and needy young man from another county to become the beneficiary—for the year year at least. Such an arrangement could be designed “scholarships at large.” In brief Mr. Swearingen suggests that the matter of scholarships could be resolved Into a much more sim- — pie arrangement. AH applicants for all scholarships should appear at the respective court houses on the — WUtte day. The county boards of ■* education could see that the restric tions as to property qualifications were met. The questions could be answered and forwarded to the re spective faculties who would grade ..gg:, . T £ e »® JWe«r«> would .of course be signed by number and no one would know the number until the conclusion of the examination of the papers by the faculty, Th* State board could then declare the result open the statement of the county bttMrtfs and the recommendations of respective faculties. to Death. from Bristol, Tana., says at Dant. .Rnsaall i ago. caua- HURTS THE SOUTH GREAT BENEFiT DESTROYS weevils SECRETARY WILSON GIVES COT- TON A BLACK EYE. Tht Irragatlon Congress at Spo kane a Success. A BLACK ANT FOUND THAT EATS UF THE PESTS ALIVE. Southern States Supply Company BUY FROM U« Machlner^SuppHeg Plumblnfl Sur>i>Itj They Had a Hoi Tt— tor a While and Will Not Forget Thetr Expe rience Soon. A dispatch from Oeorgetowa to The News and Courier says a pleas ure trip that came near ending In a tragedy occurred on Sunday night on the Waccamaw river, when a par ty of young men, returning to Georgetown from Pawley’s Island, had an experience with the combus tible qualities of gaeoline, which none of them will ever forget. They left Hagley wharf and had come nearly Into Wlnyah Bay, when one of the party remembered that he had left his suit case on the wharf, and the launch was Immediately put about to get It. The baggage was recovered and the boat was headed once more homewards, but had not proceeded far when the gasoline gave out. The anchor was lowered and the crew prepared to spend the night, when a passing rowboat waa discovered, manned by negroes. The boat was hailed, and with two of the^young men in her, proceeded back to Hag- ley wharf, where the gasoline tug Dudley was tied up. A bucket of gasoline was secured, and the party started out In fine splrtta. In the meantime some of the gasoline had spilt in the bottom of the boat, which was partly covered with wa ter. A lighted lantern was In the bow, and the gasoline on the surface was carried beneath, when an explosion took place, enveloping the whole row boat and Betting the two young gentlemen and the negroes Into a panic, causing them to Jump over board. Fortunately the tug Dudley was not far off, and all of them managed to get aboard her. When the excitement had partially worn off a fresh supply of gasoline was gotten, the flames on the boat were extinguished and the boat crew undertook once more to get to the launch, where the rest of the party were Impatiently waiting, full of anxiety, as they had seen the flames of the explosion from a distance. The party succeeded In getting to the city without further mishap at 4 o’clock In the morning. The .young men of the party were Messrs. D. K Montgomery, P. F. Doyle, M. M Thomas and others. Messrs. Mont gomery and M. M. Thomas were the heroes of the gasoline experience, Much Harm Hm Bee® Do®e by His Interview In Which He Snid Cot- | PLEA FOR WET, LAND ton Was Normal President Ha vey Torf’sn of Ue Southern Cotton Aassoc'.atlon, enters formal potest against a recent in tervlew with Secretary of Agricul ture James Wilson, which appeared In the New York World, and wblfb that paper claimed to have Ju»t bad with the secretary on crop pros poets for the present year. The ex act language reported to have been used by Secretary Wilson is as fol lows: "The crops will be good every where. There will be a superfluity of work for everybody on the farms— more work than the farmers can find hands to do. The corn crop bids fair to surpass any other crop in the history of the country. The cotton* crop will be reasonably good, and the balance of the crops above the average all along the line. “Prosperity Is not going to wait on the tariff or anything else. If any disturbance of conditions arises 1 Heclamation Made by South Caro- 1 ilia’s Delegation Recognized by the Meeting as of Great Impor tance Watson Makes Good Speech and Preaents Resolutions. FIGHT IN DARK ROOM. An Italian and His Wife Battle to the Death. At Chicago, after locking their two children In a bed room atod fast enlng all the doors of their flat Antonio Splzzlrrl and his wife. An na, went into the darkened parlor aid tried to kill each other. The woman was shot twice and stabbed twice with a stllletto and died before the police arrived. The husband was shot twice also and he were found near the sofa on which may die. A revolver and a knife the woman lay dead, and another revolver was found beside the hus band's body. The disordered room Indicated a terrible struggle. Splzzlrrl turned on his side as the police, called by neighbors, broke Into the room with a sledge hammer. He tore a letter into bits before the police could stop him. This letter, when translated from the Italian, may solve the mys tery. It Is thought that Splzzlrrl was jealous of his wife. COTTON IN HAD SHAPE. So Says The New Orleans Tlmes- De mix'rat Ue|K>rt. The New Orleans Times-Democrat In Its summary of the cotton crop conditions says: “In Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee Improve ment has been the rule. “North Carolina as a whole shows no complete change, but there has been a distinct loss In South Caroli na. In Texas and Oklahoma there has been serious deterioration and the situation is serious. “There Is complaint of boll wee vil In some districts but the dam age can not be estimated at this time. “The crop Is very spotted and Is peculiarly subject to unfavorable conditions.” m the body politic It will hav e to come from somewhere else than the agricultural district. It is not com ing from the farm.” “The monthly condition report was due to come out on August 2, just one day after the publication of the above interview with Secretary Wil son,’’ said Mr. Jordan. “I realized that the Interview would be bearlsh- ly com trued by the entire cotton trade If not corrected at once, and I immediately wired Secretary Wil son the following telegram: I notice an Interview attributed to you In the New York World of August 1, In which you state the following: ‘The cotton crop will be reasonably good.’ Are you correctly quoted? Is not an Immediate denial of this interview in order? Other wise Incalculable Injury will be done the cotton growers of the South by speculative Interests which will con strue you to forecast a normal pro duction of cotton. All private re ports issued to date indicate a con siderable deterioration of the cotton crop condition from the last mouth's condition report of the Bureau of Cotton Statistics. The Journal of Commerce condition report, issued this morning, shows an actual deter ioration during the last month of three and seven-tenths per cent, making present conditions 73 1-10 which Is the lowest condition ever reported by them. “My own opinion is that the pres ent condition of the cotton crop is the poorest in my recollection, and that, any authoritative statement from you at this time, that the cot oa crop will be reasonably good is not only a wrong statement of actu al facts, but will be used to the great injury of the constituency I repre sent in the South. “My apprehensions regarding the effect of Secretary Wilson’s state ment regarding the cotton crop have been fully verified In the depression of the cotton market this week of $3.50 per bale, or practically $40,- 000,000 In the value of the crop. It is well known that the bureau re port which was issued the next day after Secretary Wilson's alleged in terview In the World, Indicated the lowest cotton condition for August ever made by the Bureau of Cotton Statistics, and that the report of the bureau was emphasized by every private report that came in the last week of July. “The cotton trade has evidently placed more weight and value on the statement of Secretary Wilson as In dicating a normal production of cot ton this year than It has on the ex tremely low condition reports Issued by the Bureau of Statlsllcs last Mon day. There can be no other logical explanation of the recent hammering of the cotton market operators on the cotton exchanges. It Is to be hoped that Secretary Wilson will not longer delay remedying the very se rious mistake which he has made. Sentiment in favor of abolishing or making drastic changes in the De partment of Agriculture regarding the publication of the bureau reports has for some time been developing, and If the head of the department of sensational Interviews is to nullify the effect of the bureau reports the sooner the work of the department Is regulated by congress the better for th e agricultural Interests of the whole country.’’ Col. August Kohn writing to The News and Courier from Spokane says the South Carolina delegation, twen ty-four strong, has made quite an impression at the Irrigation Conven tion. South Carolina wants wet land reclamation and that platform Is likely to be incorporated In the general policy of the Irrigation Con gross. Commissioner Watson standing under the South Carolina flag, whooped up things in great style for South Carolina In the best speech of the day. The Congress is very largely attended and gives promise of results. At the meeting of the delegation Tuesday tho following selections were made: E. J. Watson, chair man; A. J. Bethea, secretary; D. F Moore, executive committeeiran; SaniUtr Sroffer, commitree on resolutions; Samuel Dibble, commit tee on organization; James Cos grove, although absent, was elected honorary vice-president. The delegates from South Caroli na enrolled are: E. J. Watson, Co lumbia; A. J. Bethea, Columbia; D. F. Moore, Brunson, Samuel G. Sto- ney, Charleston; August Kohn, Co lumbia; Samuel Dibble. Orangeburg; T. M. Raysor, Orangeburg; D. W. McLaurin, Dillon; Wm. D. Melton, Columbia; W. J. Montgomery, Mar lon; George H. Cornelson, Orange burg; C. J. Shannon, Jr., Camden; W. D. Deloach, Camden; Samuel Dibble, Jr., Orangeburg; J. P. Mc Nair, Aiken; A. L. Berry, Spartan burg; J. A. Lightsey, Crocketville; Jones Williams, Bamberg; J. C. Lightsey, Hampton; S. M. Clark, Estill; L. A. Manning, Jr.. Latta. Our people at home have little realization of the Intense interest the West Is taking In irrigation and how freely It is spending barrels of money for yiat purpose.' South Car olina’s efforts to reclaim wet lands Is appreciated ou-t Weet. All Is well in the party. On the strength of Col. Watson’s fine address, he was invited to address the National Con servation Congress at Seattle on the 28th. In the Congress Wednesday Coin missioner Watson presented strong resolutions relating to Federal ai for drainage upon the ground of public health. These resolutions were signed by Watson, as chair man of the South Carolina delega tion; Governor Gilchrist, of Florida and members of South Dakota, Ida ho and Indiana and Minnesota dele gations. Col. Watson also present ed a resolution relating to forest preservation, which was liKewt strongly backed. Both resolutions are In the hands of the committee At 10:30 o'clock Wednesda South .Carolina delegates were er. tertalned at a banquet by the E Paso, Texas, delegation—an elegant affair. President Rarstow . was present and presiding with Col Watson on his left and the chair man of the Texas delegation on h' right. There were noteworth toasts and responses, all ringing with the progressive spirit of the South. The South Carolinians will re turn the compliment to the Texans upon arrival In Seattle. AUGUST KOHN The Discovery Was Made by a Gov eniment Agent, Who Thlnka It Will Solve the Problem. Ants, the l|ttle black species which frequently infest kitchens and pantries, may be experimented with near Durane, Okla., by the govern ment next year to exterminate boll weevils. The discovery was recent ly made by Special Agent S. W. Murphy of the department of ag riculture, who js located In that city, that the ants will devour the young weevil and the larvae before they hatch, and that they are very fond of the weevil as food. The discovery was made entirely by accident In the following manner: Mr. Murphy had visited a local cot ton field and secured several wee vils which were about ready to hatch. They were taken to his of fice for observation under a magni fying glass to determine what effect, If any, the recent hot weather had had upon them. They were placed on a newspaper and left upon a ta ble while Mr. Murphy went out to dinner. When he returned scores of little lack ants were devouring the wee vils. He watched the ants with the aid of hts glass until die was thor oughly satisfied that they were real ly devouring the weevils and not attacking them by chance. He then wrote a full report of his discovery and observations to Dr. Knapp, head of the bureau of plant life industry, under whose direction Mr. Murphy is working. Mr. Murphy has made further ob servations of the habits of these ants and Is confident that in them he has found an Insect which will destroy the boll weevil without damaging the crop. His explanation of the reason why the ants have not already extermi nated the weevils Is that the ad vent of the latter into this country Is of comparatively recent date, and that since their coming they have spread and increased much more rapidly than the ants. He intends to colonize as many ants as possible in a cotton field near Durant next year, and to as sist him in his efforts he has asked that a government expert be detail ed. If the ants can be successfully colonized and propagated Mr. Mur phy’s discovery will prove of un told worth to the cotton-growing in dustry, and the ants, which are now regarded as household pests, may prove a blessing. COLUMBIA. S- C- GIVEN TWO YEARS CLASSIFIED COLUMN SEMINOLE AGENT CONVICTED AND IMPRISONED. Eyes Gouged Out. Further particulars concerning the Mohammedan uprising in the Shensi and Kansu districts, China, state that the revolt wai due to the severe methods taken by the Chi nese local magistrates to suppress the opium habit. He seized one of the local userj. who was an. opium smoker and hfs eyes werr gouged out and his arms taken off. The people then rose in rebellion and attacked the magistrate In his ya- men, killing his son. To save him self, the magistrate jumped into a well. -~'" Crushed by Piano. At Fltsger&ld, Ga., Eugene Keef er. a wealthy man of that place, was invtantly killed while helping to move a piano from a wagon In front of his home Tuesday. He slipped and fell from the wagon and the piano followed, crushing him to defcth. HU wounds were terrible Keefer’s wife recently broke her arm. Besides the widow, he lesree tour sons and two <Laughtars. / Burned to a Crisp. At Cincinnati, Ohio, a man half clothed, with his flesh burned to crisp in places and screaming from the pain as he ran through the streets aroused the neighborhood following a tenement house fire there early* Monday. He fell uncon scious at the door of the City Hos pital and died soon afterward. Fireman Fatally Hurt. At Cleveland. Ohio, Lieut. Far rell English was fatally Injured and seven other city firemen were hurt when the roof of the Ohio Sash and Door Company, Mervin 8treet_apd Columbus road, collapsed during a Are there Sunday. The loss is es timated at $75,000. The orgln of the fire is unknown. Two Guis Drown. Mtases Rebecca Womack and E^- la Freeman, both between fifteen and sixteen years of age, and daugh ters of prominent men of Havana, Fla., were drown there Tuesday af ternoon while In swimming In a mill pond, near their horns®/ The bodies wars recovered severs* hours later. Agents Who Operated in This State Are Likely to be Prosecuted if They Can Be Reached. Much interest is felt over the State In a special dispatch sent from Monroe, N. C.. to the Charlotte Ob server to the effect that T. C. W bed- bee, an ex-agent of the -Seminole Securities Company was convicted in Monroe on Saturday of obtaining a note from W. C. Heath In payment of Seminole stock under false pre tenses, and had been senfenced to two years for the offense. The Columbia Record says so far no such such criminal proceeding has been instituted in this State, hut 'this has not been on account of lack of evidence, and it is not unlikely that the result of the North Caro- ina case will Inspire a number of milar criminal cases in this State. There are two strong difficulties in the way of such a course at present. One Is that practically all of the agents who operated In this State are In the West, and will be very difficult to locate, though there are a few ^ Gum* Bantams—Thrqs varletlea. also Sebright’!. Carlisle Cobb. Athens, Ga. A good worm powder for horie* and mulet. Safe and effective. Seal postpaid ou receipt of 25c, T. B. Wannamaker, Cheraw, S. C. Falrvlew House, Clyde, N. C.—Fine view, good water, good table. Rates $6 and up per week. No consumptives. Dr. F M. Davli. Wedding Invitations and announce* ments. Finest quality. Correct styles. Samples free. Jamea H. DeLooff, Dept. 6, Grand Rapid*. Mich. Agent* Wanted—To sell post cards, rings, brooches, bracelets, albums, etc., gi-'en for seeling $1.00 worth. Address Souvenir Post Card Co., Morgantown, W. Va. 8-16-3t si LOCKER CLUBS TABOOED. SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Believed to Be Victim of Neighbor hood Feud. A telegram received at Baxley, Oa., tells of the ambushing and killing of VV. A. Belcher, a well known and well to do young planter whose home is 20 miles from that place. Back of the killing is a story of feud and it is believed that he is a victim of bad feeling that it is asserted has existed between him and others in his neighborhood. It was stated that the young man was given no chance for his life, a bullet from a clump of trees and un derbrush ending his life almost in stantly near his home early Wednesday morning. Belcher was formerly a resident of Screven coun ty. I/ater it was learned that the shots were fired by B. S. Taylor and that Belcher's little girl was with him in a buggy. Two shots struck Belcher, and one the horse he ^as driving, but the little girl escaped unhurt. It is alleged that Taylor followed his victim for flye miles before he opened fire. Ip is stated that the slayer has not been arxest- ed, .. / .. „ - - -- ■ ^ - --- » ... Fooling With Pistol. Rascomb Hapha, a respectable white man. about 20 years of age, of Prospect neighborhood, Williams burg county, Tuesday killed him self" accidentally. " He was" handling a pistoj carelessly, when It went off, the bullet entering near or into the he&ft and death resulted in thirty minutes. Leaps Into Well. Tuesday morning about daybreak at her home, two-miles from Hull, In Madison county, Ga., Mrs. J. C. Phillips took her life by first slash ing her wrist with a razor and then Jumping head foremost into a well on the lot. Alabama I’aawti Stringent Prohi bition Law. Gov. Comer, of Alabama, signed the Carmichael prohibition law pass ed by the Alabama Legislature on Monday. Under this act it is unlawful to sell or store any liquids containing more than one-half of 1 per cent alcohol. Locker clubs ar e illegal and the possession of a United States internal revenue license shall be considered prima facie evidence of guilt. Truly, Alabama is a dry State. The Fuller bill and the Ballard bill are still pending In the house They are more radical than the Car michael bill and are designed to aid in the enforeement of the latter The Fuller bill prohibits any sort of liquor advertising and throws every safeguard around the law The Ballard bill provides for the impeachment of officers who fall to put the law into effect. Both of these Mlts wtft he 'passed: ' The contest over the hill submit ting to the people in November an amendment to the constitution ex eluding liquor from Alabama forever will come up In the senate later. Both sides to the contest claim vie tory. DKAGGFD TO DEATH. still living in South Carolina. The other is that the stockholders organization, which was formed In Columbia a short time after the crash came and which appointed a ; Your Own Will—Without the Work for yourself—Learn how to make raised letter stgas; used everywhere; bft; wages made by anyone. Full Instruction* »enl for 25 cents. Wm. Wamock, Bee- vllle, Texas. Box 328. ~ “ Teachers—Write for free booklet, “A Plan,” showing how we help you get a better position. Thou sands excellent vacancle* open, paying $30 to $160 monthly. Schools supplied with teacher*. Southern Teachers’ Agency, Co lumbia, South Carolina. president and a board of directors, is practically defunct, the court plac ing the practical management of the company In the hands of receivers. This organization requested the at torney general to Institute criminal proceedings. The receivers, It is understood, have much valuable information and evidence on which to base criminal proceedings, and they would cheer fully go after the agents and of ficers of the concern in this way, but they are given no authority to employ council for such work. A circuit Judge was applied to for a special order authorizing such a course, but declined to grant the order, it Is stated. aid of a lawyer. You don’t need one. A will is necessary to protect your family and relatives. Form* and book of Instruction, any State, one dollars. Send for free litera ture telling you all about It. Mof fetts’ Will Forms, Dept. 40, 894 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York City. Announcement. This being our twenty-fifth year of uninterrupted success, we wish It to be our "Banner year.” Our thousands of satisfied cus tomers, and fair dealing, is bring ing us new customers dally. If you are contemplating the pur chase of a piano or organ, write us It is hardly likely that individual once for catalogues, and for our stockholders would feel Justified In going to the expense of prosecuting the agents, particularly if they had to employ a detective to hunt for the alleged criminals, and it is pos sible that another meeting of the stockholders may be held so as to raise funds for the prosecution which could be done «o much more economically by concentration anJ organization. Following Is the special from Monroe: “The jury returned a v«r- dlc of guilty at 6 o'clock this evenirig In the case of the State vs. T. C Whedbee, charged with false pre tense In obtaining a note from Major W. C. Heath for stock In the Semi nole Security Company. The Judge sentenced Whedbee to two years In the State’s prison. The defendant took an appeal to the Supreme Court. “Thus ended one of the most Im portant cases from a -legal stand point that has ever -been tried in Union county. The/trial of the case consumed three days. Major Heath claimed that Whedbee represented to him that $100,000 in securities had been deposited with Insurance Com missioner Young for the protection of the-stock holders- of-t-be- compaay:- The defendant further represented to Mr. Heath that the company was being organized on a very economi cal basis; that Gen. Wiley Jones and Mr. W. A. Clark, of Columbia, the promoters of the enterprise, were working without .salries, paying only $25 office rent and buying sta tionery from hand to mouth. Fatal Accident to a Lancaster Coun ty Farmer. Mr. A. C. Flo/, who lived about three miles frpfn the town of Lan caster, met a horrible death on his farm Moncjhy afternoon. Mr. Fide had finished his day’s work aprd wa e returning to his home riding'a mole with the gear on when the animai la^nme frightened at a passing negro, riding a bicycle, and Tan, throwing Mr. Floe from the mule and catching him in the trace chain. In this condition Mr. Floe was dragged a considerable distance to his home. The mule continued to drag the unconscious man through his yard, relatives being unable to stop, the frightened animal. Mr. Floe was dead when the mule was stopped, his head being crushed and his body badly bruised. He leaves a wife and nine children, and was a good citizen. KILLED EACH OTHER. “Lumber King” Killed. George VanDyck, of Lancaster, N. H., one of the best known lumber men in New England, and his chauf feur, Frederick B. Hogdon of Notyh Stratford, Vt., were fatally Injured when an automobile In which they were riding plunged over a 75-foot cliff into the Connecticut river at Riverside, opposite Turner Falls, Mass., Monday. Both died of their Injuries at the hospital. Mr. Van Dyck was known a* the "lumber kinf of New England.” Two Negroes Fight it Out With the Above Result. News reached Rock Hill Tuesday morning of the killing of two ne groes. who were attending religious exercises at a church near Nannie’s Mountain, in the northwestern part of the county. The names cannot be obtained yet. The row Is said to have occurred after the service Wa.^ over. One negro walked up to another, and placing a big revolver against the other's side, shot him through the abdomen, piercing many holes in the |ntes#ines The wounded man quickly drew the /ven-ready gun and shq^'liis assaifant fn the. fore head and through the brain before he could get away.- The man shot through the head died Instanly. The other was taken to Dr. Campbell's, a short distance away and died there in- a short time. special proposition. MAMJNE’S Ml’KIfl HOUSE, Columbia, 8. C. Cotton Mill / Help Wanted s n r > o s o c a *1 — O c * z M S3 X So >• * 2 Fulton Bag and «> Cotton Mills, PJ on Apply Atlanta. Ga. r r *1 WOOD, IRON AND STEM. LOMBARD l C<5kfp , ANY?AUGUSTA. GA. BOAR KILLS THREE HORSES. Girls who carry bunches of flow ers are not in danger of being ar rested for carrying concealed pis tils. Rl|>s a Man's I^eg Who Tred to Help the Animals. A" FoaT, maddened 'by the “heatr recently ran wild on a West Middle- town farm and seriously wounded one man and killed three valuable horses before being shot to death, says a dispatch from Washington, I’a., to the Philadelphia North Amer ican. The animal, which w r as owned hy A. K. Rush, broke out of Its pen and attacked a pony in the barn yard. Before the poney could es cape the hog had gored it to death with Its tusks. The hoar then broke through a fence into a nearby field and attacked a team of horses. Cor nering the animals, the hoar sprang at them and dismembered them. A number of men had gathered hy this time, and I. B. Smith, who owned the driving team, undertook to drive the boar away. Leaving' the mangled bodies of the horses, the boar turned on S)nlth and rip ped open one leg Tfom ankle to thigh. The bfcig was khot as It stood over Smith preparing to attack hIm A a second time. tok Sentenced to Haiig. Willard Webb, a negro., wa* ji few .days jgo jponvicbed at Marietta, 0®, of criminal assault upon Mrs. Exy Brown, at Vlnings, several weeks ago, and was sentenced to hang September 17. To prevent a possible lynching, the negro was rushed to AHan-ta on a trala-and There he* wttt • ’■“* remain until the day of the execu tion. Next to investment t\\e wlldoct gambler Is speculation. Buy a Shingle Mill. “BCST GOODS — BEST FWCES- riri ,Write ua for eloae price quotation*. counnu »um,T co. . * cS’Snu.s.c. JiB