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' ' ' " - v '... .... .-., -,v ,, . .. -,?.. - V-'SW?F?rnmt$%nm 1 mi- - : ' - 9 . ;' . . *" 1 r.s| y -j' ? * ' ?P&tablished 1891 BAMBERG, S. ?., THURSDAY, HARCH, 5, 1908 _ f ' One Dollar a Year - ?t , 1 - - , ft $ THE PALMETTO STATE Im;-' ?" L SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS fig < KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. V State News Boiled Down For Quick Reading?Paragraphs About V*- <C"1' J v (Men and Happenings. ' The proprietors of a restaurant in v Sumter were tried- Monday and fined V for exposing partridges for sale. The ease was -brought by James Henry ' v Sice, secretary of the Audobon soi <aety* W. J. Bouknight, a white man of ilumbia, was found guilty in the ^chland circuit court last week 'bf running a blind tiger. He was fined / $300 or four months on the chain gaag.< The fine was paid. . We have received the first copy, of the Broad Axe, the prohibition psiper started at Sumter by Joel E. Branson and Edwin. F. Miller. It is a i neatly prin ted sheet of four pages,, with six columns to the page. ^Tjie bouse committee will report ^^^rw^ably on the bill of Congressman Johnson, of South Carolina, which 4 . gives the various States power over liquor shipments entering their borUf r& Senator Tillman has introduced ' a similar bill in the Senate. ' ' P/\horf A. Randal was shot and in { sfcantly killed by Dock Parnell near lamar, Darlington county, Monday afternoon. The trouble arose over a pd line. Randal was staking, off the ^ fjne when Parnell, without a word of Earning, fired with a breech loading ^ gun, file load taking effect in l&ftdal'a head. Both are white men witjk fimiilies,v and each is about fifty y^rs old. , It is said that Parnell has r The State Supreme. Court Has con i' firmed thb action of the county board of canvassers of Chesterfield county ih the matter of the contested disjiensary election. The county board S^?eided that the election was legal, ahd the State board reversed the , county board. The case was then apijealed to the Supreme Court by the apti-dispensaryites. Now the court ittjs decided in their favor and the dis pensaries must close. Charged With Robbery. Barnwell, March 2. ?As a consequence of the robbery of the county treasurer'suffice last Sunday morn-. B. 15083 and JUari rcountree , i^iv^been arrested. The arrests were a warrant sworn out by t 3jje watchman, who was on duty at the time the attempt at robbery was made. He claims that he recognized V the two men to be Ross and Rountree. ; In this connection it will be interopting to note that Ross was tried at tie last term of court here for the fcpilbg of Johnson Pender and was L acquitted. Ross was tried twice on \ charge. The first trial resulted ^P^yLmistri al and in the second he was Rb?s was formerly cmei 01 ponce ? ofBarnwell and bore a good reputation until the charge of murder was entered against him. Rodntree is a - V yoking man and has always had the - rfeftiect of all who knew him. ifhese men will be given a preliraihesfiring at once and if the testij? manyagainst them is sufficient they &>< will be bound over to appear for trial circuit court, which convenes . ^ Bradley Beats Beckham. v " i^ankport, Ky., February 28.? ^mid scenes of wildest excitement, former Gov. Wm. O'Connell Bradley, .republican, was to-day elected Unit. edvStates senator to succeed James B. \ j /' McCreaiy.- Bradley's term of six ye$rs will begin March 4, 1909. He received 64 votes, four of which were [ v cast by democrats opposed to former Qov. Beckham, leading democratic h candidate lor senator, who was en\ ' cfcrsed for the office at the state i jyimary- ' . Woman's Dead Body Found. ; ^illacoochee, Ga., February 29. ^ '.rHras. Cora Henderson was found dp in her bed room at Leliaton, ' bwt her?, yesterday morning. ,A h ' bullet had ploughed its way through < ' hei My. ? Hejr. trunk was open and t-3 Xiiw. noitiunnlrart Mmi* VlOT Vioar) a.vv~~ ? was apiStOl With one chamber empiMftfe There no cause for suicide : - - a^itte thought burglars, interrupt%;. ed*na crime, killed her to prevent ,& .A Syrian peddler who. had calledLst tne place was held on *' g^picion, but it is not, believed that he committed the crime. The coronas jury spent a day investigating || the case without result. \ Wreck Near WInnsboro. / Columbia, Feb. 29.?Four cars of t' a. local north-bound freight were de| railed today, on the, sharp curve bef. tween White Oak and Adger stations, I; oil the Charlotte-Columbia line of the I : Southern.. A pair of trucks of the j eBginealso jumped the tracks. En: gineer Brownlee sustained a badly sprained ankle and Fireman Whitney I was slightly injured. Conductor f -holies was. in charge of the train. Fiye cars were burned. Passenger ; tain. No. 33 was several hours delay. ed but No. 34 was delayed only a fev h?lf hour. v COTTON MILLS CUT WAGES. Mills in Georgia Announce Reduction of Ten Per Cent. Atlanta, Feb. 27.?At a meeting of the executive committee of the Georgia Industrial Association, representing the cotton mills of the state, it was unanimously decided to make a reduction of ten per cent, in wages of operatives, effective March 1, next. It was also agreed that a curtailment of two days a week or more where necessary shall be put into effect. The curtailment and reduction in wages, it is said, are made necessary by the depressed condition of the textile industry. Col. Youmans Dead. floL Lawrence W. Youmans. of j Fairfax, died in a Savannah hospital last Wednesday of cancer. He was qne of the most conspicuous figures in the famous Tillman campaign of 1892,when Colonel Youmans stumped the state for secretary of state against Tillman on the "straightout" ticket. He was one of the best stump speakers in the campaign, the one man Tillman is said to have acknowledged as his equal as a stump speaker. Colonel Youmans was a man of education and refinement. He served a term in the famous Wallace House, and before that was state senator. Kentucky Feudist Hanged. ^ nty m_i_ aft UHATTANOOGA, iENN., reD. Zl.? Ed Turner, the Kentucky feudist, was hanged in the county jail here at 4:50 o'clock this afternoon. His neck was broken by the fall and he was pronounced dead in eleven minutes. He went to the scaffold without a tremor. Turner killed his wife, Lillian Turner, on the Tennessee side of Lookout Mountain on the afternoon of April 26, 1907. At his trial Turner made a confession. Turner is the second white man ever hanged in Hamilton county. - Two Cotton Mills Fall. # Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 27.?The \ Clark Manufacturing Company and , the Eugenia Manufacturing. Com- ] pany, the only two cotton mills at Jonesboro, in Lee county, were today placed in the hands of a receiver, ex-Judge A. W. Graham, of Oxford, being named by Judge Biggs, now holding court in Raleigh, as the receiver... The mills were in charge of ; David Clark, the capital stock being' $53,900, with 3,800 spindles and 101 Innms. The financial deDression i caused the application for a receiver ship. Graft Cases Discontinued. Columbia, Feb. 27.?The last,of the so-called graft cases against exCounty Supervisor S. H. Owens, were wiped off the Richland docket this morning/ by Solicitor Timmerman, who nol prossed the two remaining cases against him, having failed to get a verdict against him in the stronger case. ?;? r , -rThe Sea-sick Passenger. A disconsolate passenger was leaning over the rail of the ship in great^ ; distress. He had been feeding the fishes but now he was Simply wrenching his stomach with efforts to vomit, but brought nothing up because there was nothing left to bring.An Englishman was standing nearby with a red handkerchief loosely hanging around his neck. This handkerchief blew off the Englishman's shbulders'and blew against the sick man's face as he was in a paroxysm of\wrenching and straining to bring anmpthinc nn. As the handkerchief feii he thought that was the result of his paroxysm and he said with apparent relief. "There goes my lfrer. I hope that's the finish." Henderson Has Surrendered. , W. 11 Henderson of Saluda, county his surrendered himself to the superintendent of the State1 penitentiary and has begun sentence. _ He is now engaged in work on the farms around the penitentiary building. . Henderson is to serve a sentence of 10?y.ears on the charge of having as; sassinated M. M. Morse. Twice has IJenderson been.convicted and twice has the. case been in the supreme court. He has giveh up the hght and is now at work in the penitentiary. Albert Free, who was convicted with Henderson, has not given up the fight and will go to the supreme court again. " Tragedy in Texas. *. Santa Fe, N. M., Feb. 29.?Patrick Garrett, until two years ago collector of customs at El Paso, Texas, was shot and killed to-day near Las Cruces, N. M., by Wayne Brazil, son of an old settler. Garrett gained fame as the slayer of the notorious "Billy the Kid" in 1889. He served as captain of the Texas Rangers and sheriff of Dona Ana County. He was a personal friend of President Roosevelt. Garrett was shot , while going from his ranch tp Las Cruces. The kil ling, it is said, was the result of a quarrel < between Garrett and Brazil over the use pf .the.public range.,Garrett jvas ji a. cattle qreeder and Brazil was a ! raiser of goats. % k * COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. * News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings*' Ehrhardt, March 2.?Our town has been very quiet until Saturday, afternoon. Booze got the upper hand of some colored men and put them in a notion to scrap a little. One hit the other with a piece -of iron and the fracas was prided. The parties were placed under arrest;, one put up the nriPA of hnnd nut on him: the other spent the night in the town's boarding house kept for unruly persons. Another darkey'growling around the Methodist parsonage was up also, and will have to make , his business known to the Intendant and Wardens to-night. _ Mr. Robert Delk and Miss Tharie Copeland, daughter of Judge and Mrs. J. C. Copeland, were united in holy matrimony by Rev. P. E. Monroe at the home of the bride's parents Sunday afternoon at about twoo'clock. The bride and groom left for their home in bam berg soon alter the ceremony was e/ided. Wishing them a long and happy life together as man and wife, was given them as they passed through those gathered to see them married. The ties are being moved from the railroad yard. How about the poplar logs, Mr. Intendarit? Get a hump on the pwners Of them and make them get them away, and then the vacant lot will have a more respectable appearance, and farmers will have more wagon room to move their fertilizer that has commenced to move rapidly. Quite a crowd was in town last Thursday attending the district meeting Of the Khight3 Qf Pythias. The order was well represented and some interesting speeches delivered, showing that great' interest was taken. Thursday night/ after refreshments^ were served, two members were given their second degrees, and about eleven o'clock allwas o>er,and some of the visiting members returned, home; others spent the night with us ready to' take an early start next morning. / . Quite a,crowd of our town l#ik& will attend court to-day. Some as jurors and othersas witnesses. Judge J. C. Copelarwj ushered the crowd to Rnmhpnr. Some farmers are getting anxious to plant corn, and if the weather remains warm like it was Sunday corn, will be planted soon. Rev. T. L. Belvin is away from town.- Was called to his mother's bedside, who is very ill. * : Dr. J. H. Roberts went to Barn-? well to see his brother, Creech, who was very ill. Mrs. Lilla H. Kinard and Miss Alice Sease have been spending some time with relatives in this section. ' Jee. ^ . St. John's News. y . St. John's, March 2.?We are glad to know that Mrs. Jno. E; Carter is slowly improving. Mr. layman Chassereau spent last Sunday with his brother', Mr. Henry ' Chassereau. v Messrs. A. M. Kinard and C. H. Bishop were in town last Monday on business. .. Mrs. J. W. Kinard was quite sick last Sunday, but is some better now. Mrs. W. E. Kinard spent last Friday night with Mrs. A. Sease, her daughter. Mrs. Rose Thomas visited her aunt, "NT F Tfinnrd last. Saturday and Sunday, Mr. H.~ L. Kinard was visitjng friends in Colleton Sunday. Mr. Obie Folk and his bride have been out visiting his father, Dr. Folk, arid pave returned to their home at Thunderbolt, Ga. Messrs. Henry and Willie Ritter were in Savannah two days last week on business. A number of men from this neighborhood .went dove shooting last Tuesdayiear Mr, J. H, Fender's. Miss Mary Carter has been spending some, tinie. with friends and relatives of this section. ^There was a corwention of^the hardt last Thursday, <the 27tii.,,. Dinner was given in the hall; afterwards an address was made by Mr. H. EL Gyles on the Knights. . This was greatly enjoyed by many people who attended. Conrad carter. * St. John's graded school. Courts Likely to Clash. Columbia, March 2.?Another new and serious complication was injected into the threatened clash of State and Federal authorities over the dispensary'by the filing this morning before the Supreme Court of the petition of Attorney General Lyon for a mandamus order against the dispensary winding-up commission to compel the coinmission to pay over to the State treasurer the $15,000 just appropriated by the Legislature out of the funds which Judge Pritchard has enjoined the commission from paying out for carrying qn criminal prosecution. Thus the State Supreme Court is asked to allow the commission to violate the Pritchard injunction, making the el ash open and direct. -V. M& r . - v^v -'MM DOG SAVES MASTER'S LIFE. Persists for Three Days Till Searchers Followed Him to Dry Well. - Louisville, Neb., Feb. 27.?Imprisoned in a dry well for two nights and-almost three days without food or drink, Byron McNealy was saved from death today, when his dog led a party of searchers to the abandoned well. 'McNealy was taken out half dead. He'had two broken ribs, a deep gash in his right leg and numerous bruises about the head and body. The young man's rescue was due directly to his faithful dog. After he fell into the well the dog went home, where after barking ana wnming ne set off again for the well, two miles away. The dog would return home every few hours, try to make the mem-1 bers of the family follow him and failing trot back to where his master was imprisoned. He continued this until a party of searchers followed! him to the well. FLOODS DEVASTATE COUNTRY. Eastern Pennsylvania Is Swept by Swollen Streams. Philadelphia, Feb. 26?The death of at least three persons and much property damage was caused in eastern Pennsylvania today by floods precipitated by heavy rains and melting snow. Bridges were swept away, mills and manufacturing: establishments inundated and railroad tracks flooded, so that traffic was interfered with. J. C. Clauss, a farmer, was drowned above Easton while attempting to ford the Bushkill creek,- which had overflowed its banks; Frederick Gurkensmyer of York was caught in the flood while gathering driftwood in Codorus creek and drowned and Michael Gallagher, Jr., aged 10, of Allentown lost his lite by tailing into the swollen waters in Jordan creek. The large sewers at Wilkesbarre were unable to carry off the water and the lower section of the city was flooded, causing much distress. Several silk mills and other industrial plants were compelled to* shut down aifd traffic on several trolley lines was suspended. Throughout the Schuylkill region mines were flooded and operations were suspended. Reports from the various points tonight show that the water- is receding and no further trouble is anticipated. Little trouble was caused here, the exception being in Manayun^, asuburb, where several mills on the Schuylkill were compelled temporarily to suspend operations. t Bitten by Mad Dog. :Newberry, Feb. 26.?Jennings, the 6-year-old boy of Mr. F. J. Russell of this city, was this afternoon bitten by a mad dog on the street's near Mr. Russell's residence. The little boy's face was terribly lacerated. The dog was a bull dog belonging to Mr. F. M. Rogers, who lived across ^the street from Mr. Russell. It is said that the dog showed every symptom of having hydrophobia. Mr. Russell will leave in the morning with his little son. for Atlanta for treatment. The dog was Jailed and its head will be carried to Atlanta, so that it can be seen whether the dog really had hydrophobia. ^ / : Miffed at Their Pastor. SPARTANBtJRG, Feb. 25.?There is friction between certain officers of the Second Presbyterian church and the pastor as the result of the new cHurch: building erected. Several of the officers have withdrawn from the church, some uniting with the First Presbyterian while others worship withothercongregations. The church now in course of construction is a small building. The church officers claim they wanted a handsome church and would have raised the funds 1x> erect such a building as they hiid planned, but the pastor took the mat* * 1 u teriGi new cnurcn muu m&uwuiiauus and the officers quit. Impossible. . It was June, ?the month of weddings, and two of little Anne'syoung aunts and several of their mends wgrfc to he married, says Harper's Magazine. Anne heard much of the preparations, for the. various trousseaux, and tp her great delight was allowed to go to some pf the weddings. She was fascinated .by the lovely brides and their beautiful costumes. In the., midst of this excitement, Ker grandmother, remarked oneday that the young man next door was to be married. Anne looked at her in astonishment. "Why, grandmother" she said, "who ever heard of a young man's getting married!" Negroes Ordered to Leave. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 27.?A special ^rom Fayettville says that early this morning, before day, the vigilance committee went to the house of Q noorrn Jnnps wlin tVirPAteripd tVlP C* ilVgiV, ?' ?^ | life of Deputy Sheriff Patte soon after Chief Benton was killed, to see if he had left town, as ordered. He was not at home but the vigilants ran across a negro school teacher named Professor Patte and found him to be heavily armed. They took him to jail. To-day another bad negro was ofdered to leaye town- It is deter-, mined to rid the city of all such. - " ' i . %... i V- 'v 'X: ^..'V 'i.'.uf*: C AGED WOMAN MURDERED HER HEAD SPLIT OPEN BY A BLOW FROM AN AXE. Two Negro Boys Arrested?A Lynch- j ing Narrowly Averted. , Have Confessed. * ] Columbia, Feb. 26.? Sitting in her ] home, two miles west of Cayce, this < morning, white-haired Mrs. Paul D. j Ellisor was suddenly struck 'down from behind by a negro burglar armed with her husband's axe. The heayy weapon sank , deep into the ^ skull and death was probably instan- j taneous. Hisjieed done, the assassin j strove to cover up the evidence so that the crape would not be discov- ^ imfil-ViA Vio/I flfrtft/l VklC M. , C1CU Ullblt iJt IIUU lliOUb gvuu tuw VU I cape. Catching up the pitiful, wast- c ed body he forced it into a clothes has- K ket near at hand and tossed over it the quilts from tvhe bed. Theii catch- c ing up Mr. Ellisor's shotgun and one', of his coats the murderer fled. . The crime was not discovered until an hour or more afterward. Mr. j Ellisor had gone to New Brookland at an early hour to sell vegetables, ^ leaving Mrs. Ellisor alone in the little ^ three room house. The supposition s is that the murderer, seeing the mas- "1 ter of thejhouse drive away, supposed the home to be empty.- Mr. Ellisor returned to the house at about 9:30 * o'clock and found his daughter, ajid several friends sitting upon the door- i step awaiting his return. The house $ was locked up, and all supposed that Mrs. Ellisor had closed it to run over : to a neighbor's After waiting around t the premises for some time they became alarmed and forced the door to find the reality far worse than anything they cquld have feared. > The alarm was quickly given, and J within the hour men were searching * for the murderer. \ > ,c Mrs. Ellisor leaves her husband^ an J aged farmer much respected in the t communitv. and six children, four ^ married daughters atid two grown jj sons. -N 5 r ' r Two negroes were arrested the ^ same afternoon on a train between a Columbia and Newberry, who were ? thought to be the right parties. They k were carried to Newberry and placed a in jail, and next day were carried to 1 Columbia and put in the penitentiary, a where they now are. The negroes " are Brack and Ned Toland, aged 17 c and 19 years. They sold the gun to e a Mr. Fox in Brookland. When the J negroes were brought from New- I( berry to Columbia, a crowd gathered J in the latter city to lynch them, but 11 their designs were frustrated by tak- J ing the negroes off the train outside J the city and putting them in the pen- ? itentiary., Saturday they made a full confession Of the crime: , . . -y ' 1 t * o The Slayers Confess. Columbia, February 28.?Ned and Brack Toland, negroes, aged 17 and 19 years, respectively, late this after- ^ noon made a full confession of the a murder of Mrs. Paul W. ElHsor, the v aged white woman who lived just across, the river from C#umbia. , . j Brack, the youngest of the broth- L era. aaid that Mm Ellisor susoected I something' as they entered the house. ^ When they got inside Brack said he ? caught the old woman and held her r while his brother knocked her in the head with an axe. They put her body in a basket and Ned struck her two more blpws. They then proceeded to rob the'house, taking a gun and a J number of articles of wearing ap- * parel. No money was found. * \ Death of Col. Youmans. 1 J Barnwell, Feb. 26?Col. Law- 5 rence W. Youmans died ap 4 o'clock ] this morning at the hospital in Savan- j nah, where he was taken several days 2 ago for treatment for cancerous af- j fection. The news of his death was z received throughout the county with j universal regret. Col. Youmans was 4 vaVv nonular in this county and com manded the entire confidence of the c people. He was born at Gillinsoville, \ in the pld BufoVd district, about six- c ty-three years ago. He received his c education at the Academy at Gillison- t villeand entered the South Carolina r College; was there about one year, when he enlisted m the Confederate arzny and served throughout the war. He was a gallant soldi# and at the _ close of the war he became a planter * apd was very successful and soon ac- J quired a very large land estate. r He Was Paid. A popular and witty minister, on p ascending the steps of the church one v Sunday afternoon, saw ah old womart struggling against rheumatics to n reach the top of the steps, and at h once taking her by the arm he gently n ?it -? t_: I ? assisted ner up. un rescuing uie a top, she asked him who was to preach, a "Oh, Rev. B.," he replied, giving his own name. "Oh, gracious!" exclaim- t. ed the old woman, "help me down p again. I would rather listen to a d man sharpening a saw. Please help h me down again. I do not care to go in." The minister was at first in- n clined to refuse, but the hiiinor of n the situation tickled him, and ne rer . marked as he reached the bottbm of J the 8tej?, "You arejquite right, my d: jgood woitiaii; I wpuld not go in my- a self if I iidt paid for it." v. * " ,K '; > ' SHOOTING IN A1KHN. . v - !* '-^1 W. F. Dobey Shoots H. H. Rankin About a Debt. Aiken, Feb. 28.?This morning at ten thirty o'clock, Mr. W. F. Dobey, x, 3f this city, a prominent contractor, 3hot and wounded Mr. Herman H. $1 Rankin, a store keeper, in Park ave- i\ "$? lue on the sidewalk. The shooting* vas the result of a quarrel which is jaid to have been precipitated by Rankin's approach to Dobey and asking vhim for thel payment of an old 4$ iebt of $1.50. > It is stated that Mr. Dobey was in ' '0* the place of business <3f Mr. iRankin yVfim this morning, and the latter asked lim for the money. This started a ~ luarrel between the two men, and many resulted m Mr. uooey temng . lim to come out of the store upon the street and fight. Rankin thereupon vpj rame out of the store and they were / >n the sidewalk near the store. It is \ ||? stated that Dobey cursed Rankin, and hat Rankin brushed him in \he face vith his hand. At this stage Dobey *? nulled hiarevolver and fired twice at ''s|S| Elankin. The first shot struck the nan, and he is^aid to have ran from. -<S| ;he scene and that the last shot was - "M ired as he was fleeing. The ball ij||; {truck in the thigh, going through -0 he leg, and inflicting a painful if lot serious wound. This is the story [ is it is being told, and cannot be n'ven as authentic. Mr. Dobey was placed under arrest, o '70 ater was granted bond in the sum of >400, and released from custody.' rronflomian aro mon nf nmm- -;C2H 1A/V1J ^VllVlVmVM ?M V MiVM V* j^?VMm . z 'J.WW* nence, anctthe ,affair is very much J'Yji alked about. [\ Says Account Was Incorrect. Aiken; Feb. 29.?Mr. W. F. Dobey, j yl vho yesterday shot and wounded Mr. - vja I. H. Rankin on the street in this ity, states that the account to-day mblished is an incorrect account of >; he affair. The article in question was mtten upon the facts as could be ^ fathered at the time. Mr. Dobey ienies that he went into the store of . V tankin at all. He says that the dif- /J iculty began, about eighteen months / .V.&S go. Yesterday he says that he was ^ oming up the street, and seeing Kan-. in standing in front of his store tarted to pass him, but was called by " he latter, who asked him concerning , debt. Dobey told him not to bother im about it, but Rankin, Dpbcjr laims, invited him to fight, and pull- ." 1 d his coat off and started at him With . ,p-' ne hand in his pocket and with his 2ft hand he struck Dobey on the f ice. ' he latter then shot him, stating that '& J ie believed that he was going to reeive injury at the hands of Rankin. Ir. Dobey also alleges that he has ad threats made against him by Mr. : |lr; Rankin'sjwound is not thought . o be'& serious orie and he is getting n well at this time. /.,t? ' Southern.Cuts Salarle* Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 27.?A reduc- '% ion of 10 per cent, in the wages 5of " % til employees of the Southerp rail- Sftf fay except contract labor, spch as . .in. ngineers, firemen, etc., effective darch 1, was announced today. A 'M previous cut of 10 per .cent, affected J1 general officers of the company. [he general retrenchment" policy e >|?jg idopted by the road is given as a eason for the cut. . $ Railroad Officials Confer. J Savannah, Ga., Feb. 25.?An.im- .$|i >ortant conference of executive and raffic Officials of several railway lines .. v yM. vas held today. Among the Officials ^ vho met were Resident Emerson and ~ v/vSjk [Yaffle ManagerW. J. Craig ofrihe t Atlantic Coast Line, Vice President Jevier andr General Passenger Agent ; lyan of the Seaboard Air Line, Vice j>[^g? ^resident Parrott and Traffic Mhn- 'TyjjSH iger J. P. Beckwith of the Florida Hast Coast and Vice President Par ot and General Passenger Agent C. rill the funerals occur" / * Jr. I. Rhoades of the Georgia Southern h Florida. ;<|? The inauguration of the flat 2& :ents a mile passenger rate on April was diseased; as were also labor ZS :onditions and the wage scale. The fficials, however, were not inclined o jsay. what conclusions had been r- , eached.i . Questions in Arithmetic. ^ If a man.tries, to carry two potted - ,M ilants from the cellar to the front ard for his wife,and one falls and ireaks, what commaiidiheht does the nan also break? % If the patron of a restaurant has to /?|g vait three-quarters of an hour fc^r a ^ >ork Chop how long would he have to rait for two pork chops?. 4 'ij A and B are good friends, wno live ~ lext aoor to each other. A bought lis daughter a piano for $500. How inch would B give if some onejvould teal the piano; aipo how long will A . 10$ ndB remain on speaking tejms? A doctor calls on his patient three imes a day. How long will the atient lj^ and how much will the octor make out of the patient before * e dies? How long can a half-horse power idh run a four-horse power lawn iower?> Mary has three green apples and ohnnie has seven If Hary eats all j fjier green apples and Johnnie eats ! If of his greehapples;at What hbiir /