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VOL. I. NO. S?. CAMDEN, 8. C., I IHI^I>AY, JANUARY 12, 1905 Sl.GO Per Year* PORT ARTHUR HAS FALLEN * % Kassian Stroagbold Saccunbs At Last To Hie Assaults Of The Japanese i?as w snma at nm ril? lm ttiwri tUMMfs Commun ication to Qwnwl Mogl, Cw>wl? ?Iww WipMMwtliig Km Two Com ssandera Mot at 4 O'clock Monday Afternoon and fiubeeqoentJy Signed AftMoo of Capitulation. Port Arthur, whose hills have for ?MWithe run red with the blood of the v fc rarest of the two war-like nations, tea at laat succumbed to the fierce . tenacity of the Japanese attack. Gen oral Stoeasel, moat stubborn la carry las out the will of his sovereign, has seen the advance of the besieging army gala In momontum and energy until to hold out longer would have been a crime sgalnat humanity. The condltlona of the surrender are not yet known. ? hut (a all quartern It la aatlclpated that they are such ss an honorable sql dler may accept from a brave and vic torloue enemy. At 9:46 o'clock 8unday eight the commissioners completed the singing of the capitulation agreement. Both armiea had auspended hoatllltlea five hours earlier. The city of Port Ar \ thur will be occupied by the Japaneae. The authorltiee at St. Petersburg, In the absence of direct official newa from General Stoessel that Port Ar thur haa surrendered, have not per mitted the newa to become public. Em peror Nicholaa is In the south of Rus sia. and his Ministers are for the time being in the dsrk as to what dis ^ patches have been aent to him from the front. Tokio was the scene of rejoicing, people of all ranke finding in the out come compensation for all the sacri fice of life and money that was en tailed in the ten months' alege. To what extent the fall of Port Ar thur will make for a restoration of peace la an open Question. There Is an encouraging note In the expression by Baron Haysshi, Japanese minister at London, of the hope that "In some way it will facilitate final peace." though v the pacific note Is perhaps lost In the later words of the minister, whlcn call attention to the fact that the besieging , army will now be tree to go north, : whirs ft will ha an offset to the reln fOrcesssnts General Kuropatkin has bean receiving from Basis since the tattle of Bhakhe. The spirit of the Rusalana may be judged by the stats v meat of the secretary of the embaaaay at London that the campaign will be renewed with fresh vigor In the spring, ^and that the nation will not be content ' to permit Port Arthur to remain In the hands of the Japaese. Both In Paris and In London the opinion is that the squadron under yice Admiral Rojestyensky, which started from Libau for the far East three months ago, will have to retrace Its way home, aa adherence to the original plans would Invite disaster y or 1 thou t probabllitiy of effecting a junc tion with the warahlps at present in the harbor of VladUrostock. That Japan may not be permitted to retain poe ?esslon of Port Arthur without dipptite, Is shbwn in the fact that Parli news papers are already reviving the claim y made In 1901 that the holding of that poeltion commanding the Baatern s< aa by the Japanese would be a menace to European powers. Ghefoo, By Cable? -Commander Karfe now. of the Russlsn torpedo host de stroyer VlastBi, which arrived here asnny, la an Interview said: **ft>rt Arthur falls of sxhaustlon, exhaustion not only of ammunition, nut of men . The remnant of the garrison left t had been doing the work of heroes for fivs days and flvs nights, hut ysster ghet Out ?*/*? IyH> Newport Neers, Special ? Prsd We?t taghouee, the imII boy who wu shot yesterday at Orlau by the premature ??plosion of a |U which wu being goaded by a negro, will lose hie eye v eight ae a remit of the accident The ?bet ? truck him full la the face, 4e ?Crorlng hoth eyee. Police Officer Shot. Charlotte, Special.? Rural Officer 8. ?. Cole, of Belmont Park, wae killed ??nday afternoon at half-past 5 o'clock a negro, Will Springs. The homicide ' was committed at the railroad crossing ?ear Sugar Creek church and within Mi yards of Zlon negro church. Mr. \ Oots's-ion-ln-Iaw, Mr. H. B. Nabore, a t fflfehlntst at Llddell's, was there and I wae shot also. How eeriously he was h wounded doei not yet appear; it eeems V though, that he le not much hurt. Mr. W Cole wss attempting the a it set or s ?egro for the larceny of a bicycle be longing to another negro. Dr. Chad wick Net Arreeted. ew York, Special.? Dr. I/eroy 8. ' Chadwlck, husband of Casale L* Chad Wick, arrived in this country Satur I . day on the steamship Pretoria, ran the 'V Gauntlet of big crowda which had wait* ?i for hours to see nim, was haled to ?oooken police headquarters and to ?L th? recorder's court, and Anally left Cleveland, not an a i>rl*onor, but as 4Mha guest of Sheriff Harry, who had from Ohio with a warrant for '10 lector's arrest which ha did not day the r Mduruo the limit ef ht ?In the i MWMlt of the Carta om n? everywhere tec? bfck ?Alton. exhaustton iidi Marv* ^35*h!^ A?H5F-S5 of terms. Scant ammnfrltkm bad too# been common In the f 01 ti?M, ina the past month many of the wrts nothing with which to return tbe **?*!?? RuutaMMiat In the casematee, firing not more than once to the two hundred shots sent hy the When the assault came they roimlaea the enemy with bayonets. But the men themselves, baring three moaths on reduced rations, wer* so worn that it la marvelous they stood the Anal strain w tanf. . "Yesterday General Stoessel would still fight. His wound, which was re celved early In the siege, had been bothering him, but bis determination to light while one man stood had not been diminished. ?"But we cannot light, said his gen erals. 'Our men cannot more. They sleep standing. They cannot sec the bayonets at their breasts. We can order, but they cannot obey/ f ?? 'Then you generals flght, said Stoessel clinched his Arts. "He seemed fenatlcal on the sub ject, but llnslly be was brought to see reason by the insistence of his subor dinates. Admirals Lochlnsky and Wiren-, Generals Smirnoff and Fx>ck. and many others, sometimes with broken rolces, urged the step which all dreaded so long. "The greatest loss suffered by Port Arthur occurred a fortnight ago, when Major General Krondratenko was kitied. Officers and men alike re garded him as the brightest star In Port Arthur's firmament. When his death becsme known, the fell in the spirits of the soldiers was plainly vis ible. General Kondratenko was seated In the casemate of a certain fort dls cuslng with seven other officers the best way of countermining against the Japanese, when an eleven-inch shell burst, killing everybody In the casemate. _ . _ "Genersrt Nogl has taken Port Arthur with his artillery and his tunnels. His rifle bullets were seldom found to be of sny use. "We who csme here Monday do not know the terms of surrender sugest ed by General Stoessel to General Nogl nor the answer, having left Port Ar thur even before the messenger had been dispatched. Tbe general impres sion, however, is that Stoessel haa proposed that the army shall go free and that he alone be made a prisoner. "It is a simple story. Had tbe am munition held out tbe fortress would have held' out indefinitely. For months we held Port Arthur by bayonets alone, until flesh and blood could do no more. When a man fell there was none other to replace him. Thus the garrison was gradually worn down. Two hundred and Three-Meter Hill alone cost us five thoussnd men. The capture of that hill wss the beginning of the end." Tokio Wildly Joyous. Toklo, By Cable.? Tokio is wildly joyous over Gen. Nogl's t eel gram an nouncing that Gen. Stoessel had sent a letter relating to the surrender of Port Arthur. News boys crying ex tras were the center of large crowds. The people grabbed the papers and re peated the cries. Thus was the news carried throughout the city, and with in a few minutes the firing of aerial and daylight rockets begsn In various parts of the city. Bsnds appeared and a score of small processions formed snd ' surged through the principal streets. Japan has paid a heavy pries for the Russian fortress. The pree pect of its early possssion cheered the people ss no other event of the war has done. The Bmperor's New Year's reception and auence to tbe army and navy and officers and civil officials con tinued this morning. The news from Port Artltir gave additional cheer to tbe general eachange of oengratula tloosi t Increased WagN For Thousands. Pittsburg, Special.?. According to In formation from a reliable source the Unftod States Steel Corporation shows mt the ecd of the quarter finished Sat urday an Increase of nearly $2,000,000 orer the September quarter. With the resumption of work next Tuesday tae wages of over 100,000 msn will be In creased. Brownlow Qete Nomination. Naehvllle, Tenn., Special. ? Republi can* of the State Legislature, In joint caucus have nomlnsted Hon. Walter P. Brownlow, representative in Congress from the first district, as their candi date for the United States secatorshlp. The Legislature It overwhelmingly Democratic and Senator William II. Bate will succeed himself. Torpedo Boats Leave. Chefoo, By Cable.? Monday morning two Russian torpedo launches from Port Arthur arrived here. There are seven Japanese torpedo boat destroyers In the harbor. Btoeeeel Named Tsrms. Washington, Special. ? The Japanese legation reoelved a cablegram from To klo, saying that the negotiations for the surrender of Port Arthur had bees concluded and that details of the terms of surrender would be cabled later. The cablegram said ths articles of capitu lation were concluded at 4 o'clock Mon day evening. The advices received at the Japanese legation say that Gen eral Nogl accepted the term* of sur render proposed by General Stosassl. 1EXT Of TK AttttMMT AH Waaalaas Taken Prlwinw, ?w Of War Materials ta ka Tarwad Over tha JapaMaa Army. Totto, Br Cable. ? 1 talaf Basra! Rod striae (ka ta iptalatlon ooamooa waa last at the aa rnntwd It la aa follows: Article 1.? All . volaptMn, also flilriah at garrison and harbor of Fort Arthur, ara tataa pglaunsis. MArtlcla 2. ? All forte, batteries, war ships. other ahlpa aal boats, arms, ammunition. boraes, an aiatartala (or hostlla naa, govern ta ant bulldlags aad all objacU belonging to tha Ruaaian gorernmeat ahall be traaaCarrad to tha Japaneae army la their erietlng con dition. "Article S. ? Ob tha proceeding two condltlone being aaaented to, aa a guar antee (or tha fulfillment thereof tha men garrlaonlng tha forta aad the batteries oa thla mountain, Snngahu Mountain. Antse Mountain and the line of eminences southeaat therefrom shall be removed by noon of January 5, and the aame shall be tranaf erred to the Japanese army. "Article 4. ? Should Ruaalaa military or naval men be deemed to hare da atroyed objects named In article S or to hare caused alteration In any way In their condition at the H?g time the algning of thla compact and the negotlatlona ahall be annulled and the Japaneae army will take free action. "Article 5. ? Tha Rualaa military and naral authorltiee ahall prepare and tranafer to the Japaneae army a table ahowing the fortifications of Port Ar thur and their reapectlre poaitiona. and mapa ahowing the location of m?nea. underground and aub-marine, and all other dangeroua object*; alao a table ahowing the composition and ay8tem of the army and naral ser vices at Port Arthur, a list of army and navy offlcera with names and rank and duty of said offlcera; a list of army steamers, warahlpa and other ships, with the number of their re spective crews; a list of civilians, showing the number of men and wo men, their races and occupations. "Article 6. ? Arms, including those carried on the person: ammunition, war materials, government buildings, objects owned by the government, horses, warahlpa and other ships, in cluding their contefita, excepting pri vate property, shall be left in their present positions and the commission ers of the Russian and Japanese army shall decide upon the method of their transference. "Article 7. ? The Japanese army, con sidering the gallant resistance offered by the Russian army aa being honor able, will permit the offlcera of the Ruaaian army and navy as well aa of ficials belonging thereto, to carry awords and to take with them private property directly neceaaary for the maintenance of life. The previously mentioned officers, offlclala and volun teers who will sign a written parole pledging that they will not take up arma and In nowiae take action con trary to the interaats of the Japaaaae army until the cloee of the war will receive the conaent of the Japaneae army to return to their country. Bach army and navy officer will be allowed one servant, and such servant will be specially released on signing the par* ole. "Article S. ? Non-commissioned offW cers and privates of both army and navy and volunteers shall wear their uniforms and, taking portable tenta and necessary private property, and commanded by their respective offi cers shall assemble at such places aa may be indicated by the Japanese ar my. The Japanese commissioners will decide the necessary details therefor. "Article 9. ? The sanitary corps and the accountants belonging to the Rus sian army and navy shall be retained by the Japanese while their servlcea are deemed necessary for the caring for the sick and wounded aoldiers. During such time such corpa ahall be required to render service under dl* rection of the military corps and ao countanta of the Japanese army. "Article 10. ? The treatment to be ac corded to the residents, the transfer of books and documenta relating to muiw lcipal administration and finance and alao detailed files neceaaary for tha enforcement of thla compact ahall be embodied In a aupplementary com pact. The aupplementary compact ahal] have force as this compact. "Artlele 11. ? One copy each of thla compact ahall be prepared for the Jap* aneae and Ruaaian arm lea, aad It ahall have immediate effect apoa aignatuve thereof." Memphis, Special. ? A special to The Commercial-Appeal from Newport, Ark., says that no action will be taken by the authorities of the town In con nection with the lynching last Satur day at Louis Alhrhite for the mutdet of two womea. The coroner's Jury holding an inquest over the body of Ailwhlte found that the deceased "came to Ms death at the hands of an unknown mob." Speaker of North Carolina House. Raleigh. N. C., 8peclal.? Owen II. Oulon. of Newborn, was named for Speaker of the House of the Leglsia ture by tho Democrats, who have 08 of the ISO members, Ouion, was placed In nomination by W.| P. Wood, second* ed by A. W. Graham. The nomina tion was made by a rising rote. The House Democratic caucus, presided over by John 8. Cunningham, chose Prank D. Hackett for chief clerk and P. B. Arendell for reading clerk, the latter having no opposition. The sen^ ate Democratic caucus chose A. J. Maxwell for ohlef clcrk, John W. Simpson of Rutherfordton, engrossing clerk; Brown Pogram, of Raleigh, for sergcant-at-arms ; R. W. Stanley, of Wilkes, SRSlsstant door-keeper. ' ? _ Sail for Hamburg. Newport News, Va., Special. ? The German steamship Adria sailed for Hamburg Tuesday with two of the Lake sub-marine boats which are said to be consigned to the Ruslan govern ment. The delay In the Adria's de parture has been explained. The vea set was held up by an agent /or the underwriters, who Insisted upon the sub marines being more securely fast ened to the decks, fearing that rough seas might cause damage to the boat* hgr dislocating the msehaa4oal parts. VESSEL WAS A An Intira or Wm Craw vlvora Into the Icy IE VKECK NMrty All the ?ur ta Plung? Huntington. W. men are seriously tow boot day. The d?od are: Perry Spender, Horace James rUle. Albert Mike Stafford, Thomas Duffy, Will Wetsel, George Kldd, Injured: Ira Robert Holland, third cook. The defender Monougshela and Coke James Woodward house at the time with the exception and the the crew were and throe of a boiler the Wed nee Pi Pittsburg. Plttsurg. Pittsburg. engineer; Mann, by the Coal Capt. pilot and Blizzard la Nfgfrork. New York. Special.? Ifew York City and all the surroundinafounUy Wed nesday was In the |ru| of the most severe storm of the Bfater. Traffic of all kinds was 'haodrf^ed, trolley lines were tide up aMrthe streets, swept by a gale drlvlngjbefore It fine snow that cut like auif ud piled in great drifts, were practically Impassa ble. Railroad trains from all points were delayed from a few minutes to three hours, and the elevated lines were operated with tl* greatest diffi culty without regard to achedula. AX sea the conditions must have been be yond description, but a* disaster has been reported. U; the harbor, the os> 1 y point where observation could be had, an Immense seaNnm running and several great liners aad^msller ves sels tuned all night <feftheir chains In the semi-sheltered gM where they had nought refuge the stem. What may have happdWr off shore to any luckless cr?*? whleh had to ffcoe the fury of the gale, only time can tell. ? All over tha city, morning found tsailey cars blocked in the streets, great drifts piled against them and preventing them from moving an Inch. In many of the cars were snow-bound passengers, who had remained In the cars all night rather than face the blisxard In on attempt to walk to their homes. Four serious fires during the night, two of them calling for two alarms each, gave the firemen and their horses their, most bitter ezperlence of tho winter. In one case, Just before dawn, and when the storm was at Its height, the occupants of several tene ment houses in the upper Bast Side were routed from their beds and forced to flee half-clothed to the storm* swept streets. In this case 64 horses, which were quartered near the tene ment house, were burned to death. Pedestrians were compelled to force their way through the unbroken drifts to the transit lines, only to find that because of the complete surface car tie-up, they had another trudge to the sub-way stations. Every station along the sub-way was packed, and the trains were jammed. Although thousands of homeless un fortunates wore given shelter by the various charitable organisations Tues day night, more than a score of men, overcome by ootd, were found lying about the streets sarly WedMny. All of these probably will reoover un der treatment. News of the Day. Mr. W. W. Johnson, secretary Cham* her of Commerce, Union, S. C., writes to the Manufacturers' Record aa fok lows: "I want arguments and static tics going to shew the benefits derived by other sections of the eountry from imported labor. There Is a settled pre* Jttdlce in the minds of our farmers against foreign labor. My Idea is that the freqnent publication In the county papers of arguments and flgurss tend* Ing to show the good done by such la bor. will do somsthlag, at lsast, to wards r<Vaoving this Ignorant objec tion on the part of our landlords." Bequest to Thornvwell Orphsnage. Camden, 8. C.. Special.? In hie will, probated here, State Senator McCall makes the Thornwetl Orphanage a be quest of 99.000. The remsinder of the estste, worth hslf s million dollars, goes to relstlvee, except that a neigh bor, William Boyer, a Confederate vet ertn who lost both arras In a cannon explosion at a political celebration, Is given the smount due ou a mortgage McCall held on his farm. Will Not bs Courtmsrtialsd. St. Petersburg, By Csble. ? The scenes at the admiralty and War Office were a repetition of those of yesterday, crowds of weeping women and chil dren vainly asking for lists of the sur vivors of the Port Arthur gsrrlson, which could not be furnished. While the Rusetsn military law Is imperative In the requirement that the commander of a fortress who surrenders shall be tried by eourt-martlal. the Bmperor undoubtedly will order that this form ality be dispensed with In the case of General Mosses L. CONGtBS IN SESSION AGAIN *** ??* Hmm Regularly at Wtrtc? What They arc Doing. Mtru>> *??*? Adjourns. WJ* tfca How* reconvened after Mr Qroavernor, of Ohio, aubmltted tho report of the mer u ,1.1"11"1 coaamleeloa, the minor rnu tslr*..*1? 0,11,1 FVk*V to aub ** The Houae adjourned tomorrow out of reepect to the ?wnory of the late Representative Ma honey, of Illlnola. SubTentton. of Are dollar, per grou ton annually ; aubaldea for the carry to* of mails from Atlantic Coast and Qulf of Mexico porta to 8outh and Cen tral America and Cuba, and from Pa "? iwa- ch,M- ?*? fni .k ?X,co' Ca,tr?1 America nd the lathmua of Panama; a ton U* ?* f?relgn vessels entering United State, porta; the creation of a naval volunteer of appreUcea on ahlpe !? ,^,?n trade ?r? Prorlded for in the bill agreed upon by the Joint mer chant marine oommiaalon. Senate Meeta Again. Upon re-convening after the holiday fwseea. the 8enate plunged directly in to the consideration of the bill for the '?? Bute. t? be w ed 1 of Artiona and New Mexico and Ok lahoma and Indian Territory. A mo Lm BeTered?? to take up the bill prevailed by a vote of 31 to 17. Mr Heyburn. who renewed hla effort to the food b111- Tot?d with thli o" Cal,? but wlth ^ ptlon the Republicans voted ScS l! th h^6?1 w,th *** considers ocJL? Um-S ^ bln and the Dem "olldiy against that course A rerammi/w **?}?? of Tenneasee, to Wke^t T2TJ!. *!* do.wn- Mr- Nelson bin lonKlh in advocacy of the It ,nJ *PJkiaS his motion, said report. ?hettteMtew,.'ieS,l,M !"en beld ?hea mJ?.e entered upon an argument I , consolidation of the four Terri. tories into two States. Referrinr [o N?.P^P?>0dwUn,on of Artsona and a 8t*tl *8a,d they wo"W make Prisld ln nlfof ^r area than 18 eo*n with New vir?exr eWT Eng,and States "" tonniZ"J?l SSMTSM: ax ,n ,ncre"e b?r.r n?,^keDrldgf Mid *? the mem ha? bL?' nStnS1 tU? vn Territories nma oeen notified of the comj\ttea iraa the" fault n^Vh 'Vlir8 to attend beijr^ - of todlvldual mem meeting1* "2R ?f I?* ?? to helTS,.kie'Tq?o?^ the ante " The ?J? "0t conM> up wlth J-ZtS ? The reference of tho ven csused 2e?SSnr t0 a P?PuI?r game HiR mLr ? *round the chamber. His motion was voted down, 15 to 31 ifle Senste adjourned. Senator Bard occupied the entire toe of .be Senate. He made an argj! New Merino' "" U,nl?" ot Arizona and MODle of ih'. . the ground that the dMIre lt two Te"?orle8 do not During the course of Mr. Bard'n Son te Was lnterrupted by Mr Tlll wanted to make an sona* ? it^b,te supremacy In Ari woul'd h ? ",5 ? two Territories with r!h. 1 ke <0,n,n? Florida D?onl? Of L. d t0 subject the white IfSirsSl ^Z?.?a 10 the d?mtoatlon of poTOd Greasers," which he op 8eveni bills of minor Importance #?ro passed during th<? dsv and th* Senate adjourned until Monday. Will Canvaaa Vote February ? DlZl thi0,nt ?t^tehood hill again occu tio^???fh?S,?r,ty P01^0" of the atten nleteH h?! 8en#te- ?nd Mr kelson com ??*wl hit ipMch In support of it par* ?S3,b?8 b,n WM in ?*ort wa* made to ae ^1!^.?? upon !t- Bills for the re ?D th* m<K,,cal corps ot of regulating promotions or army oflTlcers employed in the orrti. nance department were peased. A resolution reported by Mr. Bur j rows from the committee on privileges Ci!?K8 *tln* 1 ?'c,ock on Wed br ^brU>ry *' for lb? canvaas by voL ^ Congress of the f ! at 0,6 Ia,t Presidential elec w? to. The ceremony will take place In the chamber of the House Jou?nePdre8enUUve8' Th? S?nate *d~ No River and Harbor Bill. Tbe prospects are that this session of Congress will not pass a rived and harbor bill. The committee on rivers and harbors has been considering a bill for some time with a view of mak ing an early report, but among the leaders In the Hourc there Ir a dispo sition to let tho bill go over for this session, on account of the condition of the Treasury. Cutting off a rlvor and harbor bill would be in line with the determination of the House leaders to adhere to a policy of strict economy In government expenditures. Representative Msynard, of Virginia, In a bill proposed to increase the salary of the President to $75,000 a year, the Vice President to $15,000 and to give the President after his retirement from office an annual salary of $25,000 per annum for life. uongreasionai notes. By a Mil Introduced by Representa tive Gillespie, of Texas, It Is proposed that United States District Judges shall have been residents of the district for at least Ave years prior to appointment and that they shall reside continuously within the district while on tho bench. A violation of the last provision is made a high misdemeanor. The House committee on agriculture authorised a report on tbe resolution calling on the Secretary of Agriculture for Information as to the data for the report on cotton acreage and produc tion. SWT! UMLKU COTTON CtOf T*o Hondo* Thousand Bait* Nat Vat >al4 It la Aolng HaM Far Higher FiImio, and at Tan Canta a FauN Waulai Bring Tan Mllllan Dollar*. "A. K-" In the Charleston. (* C.) Newa and Courier, haa thla to mm <* tba cotton crop of 8outh Carolina: The New Year baa dawned with prosperity and good feeling all <aor South Carolina. Tba cotton ?ttuattan la a serious one, but fortunately tba terrible slump came after tbe State bad gotten fully on its feet in a flnam clal sense, and tbe bulk of tbe cotton now being beld is In tbe bands of those beat able to hold It. A representa tive of a large cotton buying firm waa sent here from New York about ten days ago, and he haa persistently tried to buy cotton, but in tbe ten dsys he haa not bought over two hundred bales. This shows that there Is no disposition to sell and that the holders do not bare to sell. Tbe next question is: Is the cotton here? It certaialy is, and It la being held for better prices, and thoae who hold It are not going to sell at present prices, simply because they do not have to. j A close observer from Orangeburg County, the banner cotton county of this State, and the second largest cot ton producing county in the country, according to the census, has about 20, 000 bales oh hand In the possession of the original producers. It Is estimate* that Orangeburg County raised this year 88.000 bales of cotton, and of tbls amount it is stated that 5.000 bales are now being held in Amelia Township alone, and the remaining fifteen or twenty townships of Orangeburg Cone ?y or<9?<! enough to a total of 20,00o bales in the hands of the producers Ip that county. It Is this way In Anderson, and in fact all over the State. A gentleman from Anderson County said the other day that the cotton mills are holding cotton for farmers, and that in ad dition the ware houses over the State are well filled with cotton. It is estimated that fully 200,009 bales of cotton are being held in South Carolina, which at ten cents a pound, are worth $10,000,000. It Is further stated that most of the cotton mills have bought pretty freely and have their supplies on hand, with allow ances for filling in orders from the home territory. Many of the cotton milla of the State bought cotton when It was very much higher than it is to day. $60,000 Fire at Greenville. Greenville, Special. ? Starting at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. Are de stroyed two tobacco warehouses, four prize houses and several smaller builiiings. together with a half rail* lion pounds of leaf tobacco. The total loss is fully $60,000; insurance 110,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. The losers were: R. A. Tyson, E. H. Thomas & Co., Evans, Hooker & Co., C. W. Harvey, Greenville Warehouse Company, R. F. Betts, J. E. Hughes & Company, R. O. Jeffreys, S. M. Schultz, Thomas Sc. Greene, T. B. Ficklcn Bail ey & Andrews, the Euvita Company. 8toeeel Cablee the Emperor. Toklo, Special. ? By permission of the Japanese General Stoessel sent a cable message to the Emperor of Russia. The mesage recites the fact that the Port Arthur commander was forced to surrender, announced the terms granting the officer's parole and asks the Emperor to send his com mands. Col. McColl Dead. Bennettsville, Special. ? Col. C. S. McColl, Senator and one of the most prominent cttlsens of Marlboro county, died here Saturday after a short Ill ness. His death was a great shock to the entire community. Telegraphic Briefs. Dr. Leroy S. Chadwlck arrived In Cleveland, Ohio, and was released on ball to answer charges of aiding his wlfo In passing a forged check. Senator John H. Mitcholl and Rep resentative Dinger Hermann, who have been indicted In connection with the Oregon land fraud, denounce this action as a conspiracy. Rev. Ingram N. W. Irvine, it was understood, failed In his mission to Huntingdon, Pa., in that his former parishioners there whose names ap pear on the presentment against Bish op Talbot, still repudiate their signa ture. Bribery of officials is alleged ' to have caused the defeat of Governor Garcln, of Rhode Island. L,ynchlngs In 1904 were Mwer than In any year since 1885, the number boing 89. Frank Gardner, aged 17, was res cued from drowning by the heroism of a slrl r.eer Delaware, N. J. An unusual political situation has developed from the proposition to reg ulate railroad rates. 8enator Scott, of West Virginia, says the government should own all buildings uBcd for It for Federal pur poses, both In the United States ami abroad. Tha Geological 8urvey nnnounces that tho new gold fields of Nevada promise to become among the most Important. William McKean, of Baltimore, who reached Norfolk, declares he was cap tured and held prisoner on a Chesa peake Bay oyster beat TDESOUTD'S WEALTH NttaUe licrease Sbtwa Dariaf lit fast Fear A STEADY INFLUX OF CAPITAL TIM RmmHuM* Gain In (HvtraNM Agriculture No4?bU Tht Imrin Wa th? Taxakl* V>lu* of Pnpaly 40 Par Cant Am Qnat aa tKa H* ctmm Ik tka Pwcaadlwj 20 Yaaw. Baltimore. MdL, Spedart.? The Mil utacturtra* RMttd preautt thli week the tppwilmtf figures o t the assess ed valuation of the property in all the Soutbena States at the beginning of 1905, publishing a table* showing by States a total snswai valuation of $4,510, 925,237 ln> 1890; of fBtm.594,044 in 1900 and of *8496, 893,813. In 1904. Commenting upon these flfcasea The Manufacturers' Record says: "These figures, subject in part to re Vision ? and, it la believed la the esse Of two or three States, several million Collars below what will be shown by the final retarne on assessed values ? thdlcate the remarkable sdvnnce in material wealth in> the South between 1900 and 1904. During that period, as shown by these figures, there was a gain of more than 1980,000,000, or at an average rate of $230,000*000 a year. The magnitude of this increase Is strikingly Illustrated when compared with the progress in the decade be tween 1890 and 1900. when the total increase in assessed valuation was $755,000^000, or at the rate of $75,000, 000 a year. It was during that decade that the price of cotton fell to its low est point since the war, but during the last four years there was a steady ad vance to the exaggerated speculative value of the early part of last year. It may not be possible to connect with exactness the increase in the price of cotton and the enhancement in the as sessed values of property in the South but that higher prices do have a ma terial bearing upon the prosperity, goes without question. "In studying this question, however, it should be borne in mind that during that last few years the Increase In diversified agriculture in the South has been almost as marked as the in crease in the value ef cotton, and ad ded to this Is the really wonderful In dustrial development. The remsrlcable change from the low price of cotton of six or seven years ago is hardly more striking than Is the increase In the pro duction of grain, fruits, vegetables and other farm products. The total Increase in the sssessed value of prop erty In the South in the 20-year per iod from 1880 to 1900 was $2,310, 000, ? 000; or, in other words, in the last four years the gain in the taxable value in the South has been 40 por cent, as great as the total gain of the proceed ing 20 years. Bearing on the increase In the as sessed value of property. The Manu facturers' Record gives in detail statis tics showing the great development of diversified farming in the South, which in connection with industrial develop ment has been a potent factor In the enrichment of that section, and says: "By reason of the short crop and high prices of cotton in 1903 and the large crop and lower prices in 1904, the world's attention has been so close ly center od upon cotton that the re markable development in diversified agriculture throughout the South, now one of the most marked features of Southern farming operations, has been to a considerable extent overlooked. In l?uS the 8outh produced such an exceptionally large grain crop that It was hardly to be expected that there would be a further Increase in 1994. although there Is practically no limit to the South's capabilities In the de velopment of diversified farming, la 1909 the production of corn showed an Increase of 138,000,000 bushels over 1999. The aggregate production of corn In the Sooth for the last two years waa 1,300,000,000 bushels, against 900,000,000 bushels for the two proceeding years, an Increase Ih two years of nearly 400,000,000 bushels. The total value of the corn crop of the last two years was $720,000,000 against $566,000,000 for the two pre eeeding years, or a difference In favor of the last two years of $154,000,000, which was added to tne wealth of tho 8outh by the increase in corn alone. There was no material difference In the wheat production bpt the higher prices of whoat In 1904 made a differ ence of nearly $15,000,000 to the South as compared with the wheat crop of 1903 and a difference of $31,000,000 a? compared with the wheat crop of 1902. Tho total value of corn, wheat, oates. Irish potatoes, rye and hay produced in tho 8outh last year was $f> 4 2. 090,000 a gain of $36,000,000 compared with 1903 and of $140,000,000 compared with 1902. Outside of these crops and of cotton, the value of other farm pro ducts, including rice, sugar, tobacco, sweet potatoes, vegetables, fruits and live stock products, was about $r>50, 000,000, or a total value of Southern agriculture outside of cotton In 1904 of about $1,092,000,000. The aggregate grain production in tho South last year was 790.000.000 bushels, against 607,000,000 bushels in 1902. Rehearing In Rebate Case. Washington, Special? The inter-State commerce commission telegraphed President Ripley, of the Atchison. To peka & Santa Fe Railroad, that It would give a re-hearing in Chicngo of the Colorado Fuel & Iron case, prob ably on Friday or Saturday of next week, though possibly not until later. This is the case in which charges wero ? made of granting rebates by the rail road to the Colorado company.