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VOL. I. NO. 51. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 190o. -S1.60 Per Year* 5 DR. CARD'S SAD ENI L : frtaiieit Pkyslcta litis liasdf k N ' * . ? Fit ?f Dupoideicy IU SALT! TDE IMMEDIATE CAUSE Prominent Durham Physician Puts a Bullet Into Hie Own Head ? Gavt Intimaflone of Hie Intension ? Mel Death Calmly While at Prayer ? A ' Brother of. General Julian S. Carr. w ? ^ Durham N. C.f 8pncltL ? All of Dur ! was horrified early Friday morn lac when the news spread rapidly otoi I : the streets that Dr. A. G.Carr, one of DarhanTs old and highly honored clfc laens and one among the best knowj physicians In the State, had taken his \ own life. He committed suicide in \ his elegant home on Bast Main street at 6:45 o'clock, using a 12-caliihre pis* toi and firing one shot Into his brain. The barrel of the pistol was placed fa his right ear and the ball reached at vital spot, death following lnstnst :? ' ?y At the time of the snlcide there ' -were but three persons In the house ? Br. Carr, his wife. Mis. Annie Carr, ,;jMi the cook. The only son who is y t'fMtw at home, Mr. William Carr, had 'left bnt a few minutes before for the Durham Hosiery Mill, where he holds s position. The muffled shot wss ' . heard by the cook, who was on the first floor almost immediately 'under the hath room, where the tragedy was ens r ted. She ran up stairs and found Dr. Carr In. a small closet, connecting with the bath room. In a kneeling po .. sttlon with blood streaming from bis hesi. She ran back down stairs and .. told Mrs. Carr and then told the col ored man who was at the stable when ?V -the shot was fired. The latter ran . Into the bath room and then went to the house of 061. Harpfcr Brvln. r'v '-Just across the street, and told htm to come quickly. Thii he did and Just -as fae ran into the bath room and ..raised the head of tho doctor, he tireathed his last. He never uttered a word after the leaden messenger' of 'fi? th was fired Into his brain. Coro flar Maddry was summoned and exam* * fned lotto the f*$ts surrounding hi* ?death,, but an leanest was not deemed % accessary and the body was turnod ?.?Ver to the undertaker. . tAlLURB OrHKAUTH THB CAU8B. heUT^Jd maJSS^saaejd 8^*18 % physk*T^m" Uina erussd'hlm1 to take ? the raah step. J>or three months or. more ha had been fireatly depressed ?and did not una like his* former self. He was dejectod and care-worn. tBereral times he expressed himself as plahlag' that the end would come so that ha could pass away from his ??Borings. No one, however, anticipate -ad that no would take his own life. The dead man was last soon alive V?y his son. When Mr. Will Carr wtarted to the hosiery mil} about 6:30 o'clock, he saw his father, who wac , In his -night clothes and going towards thrh^h room. The position of the dead man when , found was such as to leave no doubt > but that he knelt in .prayer and then Bred the fatal shot. I. A. L Reorganisation. New York, 8pecla. ? The plan to con 1 ttolidate the different properties of the * flea board Air Line Railway into a "In gle corporation and to provide addi tional capital, was made public by the re-organ isat ion committee. The com mittee Is composed of Thomas F. Ryan, chairman; James A. Blair, Erneat Thai man, James H. Dooley, T. Jeffer son Coolldge, Jr., C. Sidney Shepard, and 8. Davis Warfleld. The new plan, ? as announced Is as. follows: "The cap . ltal of the company Is v re-arranged. * The total authorised stock Issues sre to aggregate 171,000,000 divided as fol lowa: First preferred 4 per cent, stock authorised $13,000,0.0, of which only 'f7.t25.000 is to be issued at present; . second preferred non-cumulative six per cent, stock, authorised 918,000,000; mon stock authorised, $36,000,000. Steamer Qoea Ashore in Fog. j New York, Special.? While feeling tier way through the dense fog early Thursday, in ao effort to reach this port, the sugar laden steamer Indus, from West India ports, struck Fire Is* l land bar and la now stuck hard and \ fast. At midnight the Indus was still aahon, with little prospect thst it? would be floated before the next hlga i tide. Russian Prisoners Pleased. Nagaaakl, By Cable. ? The Steamers ' Kaga gnd Sunukl have arrived here I .With 1,000 Russisn prisoners of war [' ?nd 50 officers. All the prisoners have > Seen quartered at Inasa. a village near \ Sr. where had also been prepared a lodge for General StOessei, who will arrive next Saturday. The Russian oScerx are allowed much liberty with In the bounds of the town, but they ?re under police escort. General Stoessel and staff will sail to here for Kurope on a French ill nteamer, January 16. The Rus M prisoner* are unfoignediy pleased the end of (he hardship of the siege ,d the considerate treatment of their Victors. An Appeal Denied McCue. 'hmond, Va., Spccial.? The 8u Court of Appeals refused a writ ?rror In the case of ex-Mayor Mc Cm*; of Charlottesville, convicted of Wtto-mnrder and sentenced to hang Mth of this month. A Charlottes special says thst when the news M the action of the 8upreme Court m Staying a writ or error waa convey to Ucttie, he lost his nervo and >todL. CONCUSS A1 WMK. The StnaU and Houee RtgulaHy at Work? What Thay are Doing. Morgan on Statehood Bill. After tha passage of the omnibua bill claims bill and fixing January 28 for the delivery of addresses In mem ory of the late Senator Hoar, the Sen ate devoted the dsy to thfc Statehood bill. Mr. Morgan spoke for two hours against the bill. The speech of Mr. Morgap followed closely the arguments he made against the Statehood legislation proposed two years ago, but he spoke particularly of the character of the population of New Mexico and Indian Territory. He declared that the framers of the legis lation were of the white race and that it was not the Intention of the Mexl cans. Indiana, negroes and half-breeds should be brought Into cltlsenshlp. He said that If Arizona and New Mexico were admitted Into the Union this class Of cltlsenshlp would control the elec tions and that bribes and whiskey might control them. Mr. Mallory presented the minority report of the merchant marine com mission. It was referred to the com mittee on commerce. The omnibus claims bill was passed with several committee amendments. It carries direct appropriation amount ing to about $2,800,000. The Senate ad journed. The Swayne Investigation. The House of Representatives de voted Ita entire session to discussion of the impeachment charges against Judge Charles Swayne. of the north ern district of Florida. A dramatic Incident occurred when Mr. Little field, of Maine, called on Mr. Lamar, of Florida, who filed the charges against the Judge, to admit or repudiate an alleged Interview which the former claimed tended to Incite the people to commit an act ot evidence against Judge Swayne. Mr. Lamar said thai although Judge Swayne was known to be the most lawless man in Florida he had remained secure from bodily harm. Mr. Lamar, of Pennsylvania, chair* man of the committee of seven, ap pointed by the Spesker to prepare the case against Judge Swayne. ex plained that the majority of the com mittee had received their conclusions after most painstaking deliberation' and it remained for the House to take such further- action In the case as it might deem proper. ' Mr. Palmer defined what constitut ed impeachment offenses and said a judge could be impeached for any mis behavior. He then gave a resume of the 12 articles of Impeachment, which his committee had brought in. Replying to a question by Mr, Cock ran, of New York, as to whether any legal residence in his district, Mr. Pal mer said the evidence abounded In such cases. He discussed at length the statete governing contempt cases, ard eald it was "so plain that a way faring man or a fool may not err therein." That, he said, was "where this man has sinned." Mr. Palmer evoked loud applause when, raising hi* voice, he declared his intention of introducing at the present session a bill which would give every man punished for contempt the right to appesl to some higher court. Mr. Palmer reviewed the contempt cases of Behlen and Davis, saying that Judge Swayne claimeu that the pun ishment of tliu two men was moderate. "I hope" he added. "God will be good to the men that Judge Swayne Imposes a severe sentence upon." Referring to the real estate trans ection of Judge Swayne in Pensacola. Mr. Palmer said that no other Judge on 'earth would have done such a thing. Judge Swayne's court, he said, was reeking with bankruptcies, scandals and suicides, and he did not believe the Judge had a friend in his district. Th? Senate and the Mormons. Nearly the entire day Thursday In the 8 moot Investigation was devoted to a continuation of testimony relating to political conditions In Idaho. Frank Martin and P. H. Holsheimer, promi nent Idaho Democrats, testified that a majority of the Democrats of the Bute opposed "an unnecessary attack" on the Mormon Church, which they said was the effect of the anti-polygamy plank of the party's State platform. James H. Bradley, chairman of the Republican State committee, told of taking advantage of the Democratic charges In order to get votes for the Republican ticket. He charged also that the Democrats traded off Judge Parker, the Democratic candidate for President, for votes for former Senator Heitfleld, the Democratic candidate for Governor. Just before the adjourn ment was taken. J. W. N. Whltecotton, of Prove, Utah, was called to the stand and an examination began In relation to political conditions in Utah. Mr. Holchelmer ssld there had been no plural marriages In Idaho since the manifesto. He said all young Mormons were opposed to polygamy; that the practice of polygamy In Idaho is only In isolated cases; that there had been a few cases where children have been born In plural families since the mani festo, but that there are not more than 20 or 30 plural families in the whole State, and that the Church did not in terfere In politics. Mr. Martin said he never had known of any instance of Mormon interfer ence in the politics of Idaho. He said 1 e had heard It charged that Mormon Influence had defeated former Governor Morrison for re-nominatlon, but he be lieved 30 per cent, of the people did not credit the charge. The witness ex pressed the opinion that It was an an nouncement by Senator DuBols that he intended to push the Smoot investiga tion that provoked the Mormon contro versy of the last campaign. Mr. Brady said that he made a care ful inveatigatlon of the number of polygatnlsts In Idaho, and to the best of his information there were only My Ilehald that Mormon precincts In whirl/ Mormon polygamlstp campaign^ showed a frilling off In the Republl<^n vote. This Information wan glveu to show that the younger Mormons were opposed to polygamy. "It Is nil bosh," said thf wltnoss, "to say that Mormons get everything they want In Idaho? at least, if they do they Want very little." THE FILIPINO NEEDS Taft Writes laterestiigty of Affairs la Oar Eastern Possessiais . SUBMITS COMMISSION'S KEPOKT Tho 3scretary of War 8ay? In His Let. tor of Transmittal That Tranquility la tha Ruls Throughout tho Islands. Washington, Special. ? Secretary Taft has subui tted to the President the annual report of the Phil ippine commission. together a 1th the separate ports. of the com mission of . the nivll governor of the Islands. The wav|?ry says In his let* ter of transmlttafto ths President that the reports shol the great benefit which, has b?en conferred upon the islands by -a continued state of tran quility. Execpt In the wild, mountain ous regions of th? unexplored Island of Samar and In 'he Moito region nf the Rio Grande aaj Lake Lanao, In the sparsely settled Island of Minda nao, and In the lsfcnd of Jolo, condi tions as to tranquility and ladronlsm, he says, continue U Improve, and ex cept in the places nentloned agricul ture and the aits oi peace are not at nil Interfered with by lawless bands or -depredations. H? says It is quite satisfactory to qy|ve the good ef fect of a settled pouts; with regard to | the civil service, undeti a stringent civ 11 service law. on th|e personnel and efficiency of the service. Many of the Filipinos are learning iQngllsh and ap-. plying for examlnatloa as English clerks. He says that the total expen ditures for education' >ast year were nearly $2,000,000, although $6,000,000 n year could readily b* expended with out wasting mone> . ] The secretary *hvs [me of the most satisfactory reacts Oi the govern- i ment's transactions during the year In tho islands i* the establishment on' a firm basis of jbc ner- coinage. The 8panlsh Fillpin4)coln and the Mexican coin hare been practically driven out of the islands. The danger which pre sents Itself now Is tfcl. rise in price of silver, whichJ if it Continues, may make silver pfio wdth more than SO cents In gold, the present standard of value, and this lenti to the melting up of the new ?llvtl' pesos of the Philippine government. During the year the commission .'has enacted an* internal revenue law abolished the Industrial taiet, wllch had come down from the Spanish regime. The present bill imposes /a tax on the pro duction of llquot ay* alcohol, upon the manufacture or* cigars and cigarettes and ai?o up?n , banking and corpora tions. The aw has not been in op eraUdu-e.p iBcient length of Hme to justify critidmA or praise of it. Regarding the tariff on Philippine products in tte , United 8tates, the Sec retary says: "The reports of Governor Wright and Commissioner Worcester show whst 'iss appeared in the re ports from tie Islands since the Amer ican occupation, the necessity for re ducing the tariff on Philippine pro ducts entering the United States, in order that we may give the Island a market in Anerica, leading to the revi val of business in the islands. I have already meat toned this so often that It Is unncr<?sary to repeat what , was said In my annual report." ? Of the ;.i>rj?. Secretary Taft says: 'The repor o# Major General Wood on conditions In Moro province Is of much Inteitat., The report Is given with a vied to giving persons respon sible for t|e Moro govornment great latitude In, dealing with the various . Moro tribe*, and the* wisdom .of this latitude Is ihown by the event. It was supposed when the Moro act was passed that th* Moros were sufficient ly advanced in tribal government to have laws which, after the elimina tion of suet features as were savage or barbarous, might be adopted for prac tical use; but General Wood's re port shows that among the customs of the Moros ttiere is practically noth ing which a government under the aus pices of the I'nitcd States cin make itself responsible for, and he recom mends that the effort be to make the criminal tews of the islands substan tially uniform throughout the archi pelago, and In this view I fully con cur. French Cabinet Resigns. Paris, Py Cable. ? The ministry of M. Combe.', after emerging successful ly from its bitter midnight struggle in the Chamber of Deputies has decided to abandon tho field while some por tion of its prestage still remains, and has signified <ts Intention of resign ing. The formal termination of the ministry, after a tompestuous career of three years, only awaits the for mal submission of the letters of re tirement. id at Southport to P-t^ent Sinking. Wllmlnfeffl^l opecial. ? The schoon er Llzile EA|Lnlson, from New York to Jackson ^Vlwlth a cargo of ferti liser snd ^P*%t, was towed into Southport Hp4*Vy 13, lesklng badly after havli?p<n%n buffetod by wind and wave?fw,ne ^condition of tho ves sel requl'Vl the <\onstant attention of the ere V for 'tvro\days snd nights to preverV>c ?ltikin|L The crew was ex hausts/ ?P?n \arrlVal at 8outhport. wher/ the vosAel waH beached to pre venter fllllngV ? '/ T?legn*phl?j Briefs. //Secretary of t|?e N>?vy Morton. In an tortlcls in the OtitlooK suggests a solu 'tlon of the frelnht-rate problem. The articloB of Vlmpe ichment of Judge Charles Swsyne.lof Florida, were dis cussed In the H oiive of representatives. In tho coursr of she debate there was an angry controversy between Repre sentatives Llttlefl?yd an, | i^mar. .The plan of rehabilitating Balti more was crltltjlzekl by Philadelphia architect at tho \c?nv*?ntton 0f the American Institute of Architects. i 4 PMGKESS OP m CMBN VAK ' *T leim Hard Fighting to P*omlssd In Nnr Future St. Petersburg, By Cahlp- ? The War Ofllce does not admit thsfl the appear ance of General Mistchae^o'a cavalry southwest of Lino Tanf ll more than' u raiding expedition desiflfeed to strike ?he railroad at several paints and In terrupt the transportation of General Nogl's guns from Port Arthur to Man churia. hut from certain indications u aeema possible that It la preliminary to an operation of maggftpde. Gen eral Mlatchenko has ov?ril,MO horse men, and, moving rapidly, might be able to damage seriously communica tions In the rear of Llao Tang. The tone of dispatches from soaae Russian correapondenta vaguely Mats at rry Important developments, gptf the mili tary writer for The Nov?,Wremya ex ptesaes the opinion that the long calm since the battle of Shakkgsla about to be broken. It la also noteworthy that H ere have been 1 *b offtkl dispatches from General Kuropatkia for two Oyama'a Sappers ^ Work. Hun Chan. Bv Cable., .via Mukden. ? Then* haa been no serlott flg'uting for several days, tLough nljflt: gkirmitshes ou both aides continue, a 'ue 'most iir.po tant actl>a recenttr that ii: which Captains Koslnotf and Troit sk.'. with 75 Cossacks, dror-) the Jap anese out of the vlllngda.uf -?itxl ami 'lluti;ay and captured a targe amount of forage at both place*. Ofliieril Llaevltch haa been injec t ing tiy whole front and ftaits that 'bo men and supp'ies are In cxcoHcnt con.l'Lon, "The la-uj-iM on their ?ido avo ri' thing sap'/i.*.? operations to ward the Russian lines at several px.uiH, but have t.ot made serious pro gress. v China'* Neutrality Violated T>?fclo. By Cable. nooo^Lata renort. uZh%Z?,Z2?tkm,*um "-i ??*r ^k. u? Mmlu ? th. ?? reported Russian not* ?? K? celling attention to Chl^vT P?Wer" forcement of neutnUity^T re^toi" h.r? to Mn, 4iM>rt#ra '? hit that Ohina'a ? " 3' u ,Unt tollure to ?2S^i!2LS? t.w"? u*toTn"on of "tot I.?n ^???2".? u herself aaafn.t ??. te Intact ??? ex J?iL? repetition of m<1. on the Tiol?^o? f?*? "UCCe*" "?<? oiatlon of neutral territory. ?*n# M'?tchenko Cut Off '^^???17? *" '<* ?? tvar-:rr? tr :r Will reeume tie offenalye. ??n doted jSlfaVV'Jwi from YI?*ow. General Ml?tchenko> ?M?nre#P?rt that cut off on it, wa_ h?ni^i, o*^orce w>s ^/oK'^ThuT By Wlra aM Cable, test asSnst bf?n bi" con sorernorabip Cf cSJJado for th? ocrate were exrJo??2* Two *>?"?? 8enate. "?* ?*Peil?d from ti?e State ) 1 n v^v.nTl^BMn^ lrre*?l?ritles man Bank of bI,#?.i? *r?ckad Oer Baltimore. wal Jre,*'?f,,rd '? . ?'?JVWr.tXWrl*U' nominated byr*Conr!i~?iBll!'tf>,ej **? Howieyf , &IT"; neer PlJee*?JJd1"dn? *?? etrended veo. to New ?Sr? way ,rom He. ha!T ?>rrZ\.V il'o'XT N Y ~ variety derived *-c??.0n M?nt. and adjourned U "nltary viSidT: ^sfoTusr, nond seven yesra .?? u Rich? ,n;r: elected Judge He?ry%2>niT ?f Appeal" ot the court. 7 Brannon president i^ssss. vszt^jk,* 5? ronfJJninV(thraJrnro^0mmenda*on* taxes * railroads and State bu^echemSPrrnoroent ,n the Pe^? .hoV,Hm^ru?fvP.r,r.;c??t;",v,t,! ?rtSttS ffiK ??? ? ?' W'n??on. North Carolina r'vorncr <" Republlrana who arc oppoaed to an "aim IT0"."" the tarin rovT, "n Republlcai mJmtST p"cen,:l&? of I ho '<? SK h^'CTro^*^ no/ 1? Now York!^ by J"""t" ?*>' ^ Iwmaa h' BardT t0 8e?ere o,htln, contlmee Id Morocco. LEGISLATURE MEETS Stalk Carofim Tivmhrs Cti Dtwa feaslaess. BOtl BOUSES ARE ORGANIZED* Iwilon of tho Hmm and Scmrti Open ed on Tuoaday and Both Bmnchoa OrganizoM For ftuainoaa. .J"1* ??nato OTOl?ed by tfc? elec * "J* toilowla? named o fleers: Jfor ?? L Manilla*, Sumter,, iwary chairman; R_ R. Hemphill C rk; J- F- Schumpert. ' sergeattM ReT1 WW*i H? 8t#Wart' clpr*; R*v. W. I. Herbert. Methodist, c*mm -???. In each case the incumbent wu ^nt^d,*fd DOne WM ?W?^ ? Mr. EL 8. Din ?i.&.r3?r>n- *?* Question came up In C a resolution by SenJto? *atk!!f ' ? * thorough invest! 2? th? s?Bt?m SS* ?vcry department JaTbJSr^S^1 ?f 1Tery rumor tb" ??? . oeen started against It /fter Clerk Hamer bad ralfciiln ilm ' Mr. Prince Altamont Moses iirTiiKS Smith was chosen -??? ssr-^r-si,^ A^wSt ?tie or SSjS8? ' . Att#r th* Olspsnsary. * ' The legislative machinery war ??* % mOV* "*th dI?Patch In Sap? {? b!' i?2J?ew 541,8 not be,n* ,n s^ton. o# ?J?*k ^ UPOD " ^ So the ???sions of both houses were short and neither was characterised by interest ing or Important incident. The Sen ???. SSSISSjPl the unimportant new bllisy and will llkelv Adjourn until Monday? eljr vT*1? _,H?u,e *?? in session only an a# nro? FMdtays until Mondays An important new bill touching th? &0n2?,L.,kh*v1* (the hh!^ ? ^mend "ection 7 *? ?? to require the on* h/*** * consent before more than ??un?l "V can 50 ?PPo'nted in sny to? X* I ?* ,ourt* ?* ^e qualified elec of. A township in which It is pro PO'?d locate a dispensary net it inn ?'??<? ?L^fi ensuing eJ?ction may Sa a!J ^,>pen8ftrjr or ,n ^lk? manner Shed w frfh8!1"1*8 al,ready estab n 7"h the exception of Henry !S?t^M.t.h!K!!,!f8,- dl?l?"~rl?i are lo ?e established In unlncoroorateri towns except by special act of the Lex i?8srf~?~ m,r nm?r" w ?: tobllsh dispensaries by majority elec ted M '?K9f one-fourth the quali Si?KT' bUt these Sections may ?i!l? only once four years. mwit ft? *k pr?r,(,es for the appoint ment of the third member of th? county board on the recommendation ? the mayor at the county seat The Kr.,<.'nr?d> Kare..*? -w'ovJ "he or! Squo* ? " ,he for ? Thursday's ?ession. j. .ur^ay WM sgsin a do-nothlnr ??nh *! the Sooth Carolina Legislature each house house sdjournlng sfter a whlch 80me HousTSS.JS .?dUC*d Speaker of the SS2L"?'2l.a?Wd hu new com Se .nM **. V |r been done In rnfn* u i d the engrossing depart ment having gotten Well under way ,8 expocted that both houses will be by the ?4f1Sth,y/Dd wlth d,8I>?tch ^y the first of next week. By an are Jgy ?t? ?< ?? "? 23 the House Iwav ii/S o. ?P*!Tra ^esohjtlon doing away with Saturday sessions, in the House a number of new bills were in ley> hjn J he???,nc??ded Josh Ash department^ b<""b the In the Senate, Senator Blease Intro In r.n^5,"1 ca,,lng for * reduction , d af8re8 to 2 1-2 cents a mile from 3 cents a mile. The committer fnI?Jv!b,y r.eported h,s resolution call ing for a rigorous Investigation of the dispensary, but so far the result is thl i noth,.n* definite will result from KfnL IfvILg?J,0n 8n,d 1,tt,e attention Is th? LeBO,u,,on- The reaolu tlnJT i,?V*r' 8enator Br'ce objecting to Immediate consideration. io???"VLr ?ajr,K>l:l8 dispensary bill, fol i^truMiinn ,,n?" of Governor Heyward s li55*L w,th the exception that It *?f k ?PBOlntinent of the three aut?orlsA<f ?* thB ??vernor- who Is also for ^ f d "u"Pend the commission ; cau"?* T,hte members of the board are to be paid $1,500 a year, and are to meet weekly Instead of monthly thle?SIlr^ i1* *"thorlty taken from U? ,*nd **\en J? the eommlssion !?k? * '? r?(?u,red to open the seal fd ?'?? submitted to the State Treas c. presence of the board. JJ* *e1B; ?te snd House committee ap bLth* ,a8t ^iWattire to m a ?tLt? foim. ib,"fy of e?lal)llshlng ftJ ^S2irr.M,5fr h?" "ubmltted -? L1!? effert thst the resolu tion under which the commission was created falling to provide for expenses c?n mission has found a thorough Impossible. State (Jeolo gist Sloan, whom the commission call Ih nr?, ? T1'1, ?*t!mated the cost of a thorough Investigation at $12,000 and two years' time. The matter is of ?ome general Interest In view of the sad way |n which the phosphate ln f he ?' ithe 8la,? haR fa,,e? off In nothfnip fdecade? dwindling to almost "nd.ruKl^r " "reM *nd The fight over the formation of the 5Efflr.icss#? from part8? ?f | Kngefleld, Abbeville and Greenwood countlee la warmfter up a bit, and in .temt in the forthcoming contest is increasing. A determined effort on the part of BffMild wfl be Made to tie up the new county M the Legislature witl the bill .creating the new county. The Calhoun advocated perfected their approval of tie State beard of canvas aars from the Hading of the Edgefield county board, which decided to throw out the Edgefield vote 00 the pound that the books of registration were opened on Monday Instead ef Tuesday, ad required by The Code. A special meeting of the State board of canvas sers to determine the appeal will be Jtold next Monday at noon im the Sec retary of State's offibe. Currency BFU! Taken 1%. Washington, Special*?' The session of the House Tuesday vto? given ?*er al moett entirely to a discussion of the bill Mported by the committee on1 IllIN and currency "to improve currency conditions." '? A sudde* in terest in the measures seemed tar de velop, aa evidenced by the large mem bershijp present throughout the tkyi Democratic oppoaltlon mainly was*dfs aipated by the station at an amend ment offered by Mr. Wllllame, of Mis sissippi providing that government deposits' shall be made onQi upon com petitive hi da. Final actios en the Mil was not taken. Old Man Accuaed of Arson. Suffolk, Special. ? Accused of arson In Onslow county, N. C., an aged white man, Furaey J arm an, -wan arrested here. Staartly after Jarmanfa arrival at a local hotel he was fallowed by two detectives, but Police Chief Brink ley got ahead of them in tUe arrest. Sheriff Mlddleton, of Onslow county, wired Brlnkley to hold Jarmnn, say ing that there was $200 reward for hie capture and conviction. Jarman told the local police that he fled for fear of lynching. NEWSY GLKANLm Betsy Meagher, of Ireland, tied the other day at the age of 125. The San Francisco (Car.) police ad vocate the establishment of a public whipping post for footpads. A pianist of Hull. England. William Frost, recently played on that instru ment unceasingly for seventeen hours. ? spring wagon that Is sixty-fire years old and can stand a load of 1000 pounds, to owned by Robert Hill, near Earl, Mo. At Hllle. France, the other day. a floor gave way under fifty people. Two persons, were killed and many ethers severely wounded. *?. The fastest train In Europe fs said to run between Leeds and Edinburgh, a distance of 23(1 fdiey, making tMt trip In 250 minutes. Of seven ty-five samples of coffee ex amined by the inland revenue depart ment of Ottawa about one-third were found to be adulterated. The Danish Government has found It necessary to grant greater privi leges to the heads of families in chang- ' ing tbeir names if tbey feel so dis posed. Chinese students abound in Toklo. There are also a number of Korean stu dents at the university The average allowance of one of these for a room, food and clothing is 910 a month. Before the altar of St. George's Church, New York City, Miss Mary Byron tried to shoot the Rev. Dr. Rainsford. She was committed to the psychopathic ward of Bellevue Hos pital. The California State Board of Trade has voted to request the Secretary of Agriculture of the United Stntes to ap point a special commissioner to ascer* tain and report regarding all agricul tural products tbat can be raised iu the State. LABOR WORLD. Unton carpenters In Connecticut number 17,300. There Is practically a labor Govern ment in New Zealand. Window glass jobbers held a recent Conference in Chicago. III. Chicago (III.) shoe manufacturers are feeling the loss of the union stamp. The Massachusetts (Mtton at Lowell, have reduced the 'Wages of 300 employes. Fottfotown bricklayers adopted a for ty-cent per hour and niuc hours a day scale for this year. The coal delivery system of Lynn, Mans., was demoralized by a strike of all the screeners and drivers, A new union is to be formed In Mil waukee, Wis., among men engaged in moving and setting up heavy machin ery. The question of a "lal>or defense fund" is again engaging the attention of the Toronto (Canada) District Labor Council. It Is stated in the recent annual re port of the State Labor Commissioner that the number of wage earners In California has increased in the last ten years by 90.037. A canvass made by llie State Labor Bureau in six cities of Michigan shows , Hint the average of wages per day re- ' celved by 1487 women wage earners is a fraction less than eighty nine cents. The 00,000 members of the Brother hood of Painters. Decorators and ranerhanscers are taking a referendum vote on the proposition of holding a general' convention of the organization -In ioor?. Notice lias been given by the Lanca shire (England) employers to the Boil ermakers' Society of a reduction of (wo shillings a week on the standard rate of wages and five per cent, reduc tion on piecework, to go Into effect in February next. Wouldn't Stand for Tattling. A little boy In Deerlng. Mc? was brought before his father recently and accused of killing a chicken. "Who told you about It?" asked the boy. "The hen did," said the" father. Noth ing more was said that day, but the next njornlr.g the hen was found dead, and the boy being accused of killing It. admitted It, saying In defense, "Yes, I did kill the hen, and I'll kill every hen that tells on mo." CAROLINA AFFAIRS Oc< urreno?j of Interest In Various k Parts of tho State. \ , \ Gene a I Cotton Market. Middling. CttlVwrton. easy 7.00 New Ork'ans. quiet 0% Mrtblltr. ewy ...&K SMvannsk, quiet 7.00 Btdtlmerm, quiet 7% New WbV. quiet 7.10 (tnfcH 7-1 EV Charlotte Cotton Market. TlVse flsures represent prices paid to wagonitt Middling.. ... ?r- 'VikQI ITln|?f.?w 4.... 4 <(oAi 'Stain* 5 to 8%* Nimitiai M?ywwi Ce?nmlool?i? At (be menlAi g 6ey the Hampton k%num?t> oowalndon yesterday reso lution n were pfMd expressing the sor row of tbv mniWs of* the commission on account' of the death at CbL C. 8. McCail ob Marlboro, chairman1 of tike* commission* Mkr. Mclvrr T'llManrin nf Darlington- ww pneat md became a member of tbe- cnanaiitlosi bp appoint ment of the icfwr. The*qther mem bers are: Senator Marshafl'and Rep resentatives K. SBtcbel! Beaboook, B^A. Morgan- and; Aliasont Moeh. Senator Marshall wn? eloctsd chairman- >oi' the' commission, amh? or worthay/beetow ed because bs has taken sucbdeep in-t terest itai the ennctkm of thee law and' In the proirna mt the work- oC tht* oommission. To Urgs Organizations . Anderson, Speoin).? At the regular monthly meeting of the Runners' - Edu cational and Cooperative union a reso lution waa- unanimously adopted pledging the members of the union to reduce their cotton acreage this year 25 per cent. lb was decided alee*" to make the same reduction In the use of commercial! fertilisers. A committee of five waa appointed to issue an address ? to the- farmers at the State, . urging thorough organisation along the -lines of) union in tthis county. Palmetto Itsms. lib* Union Glenn 8prlngsg rail road has completed and opened to 'the 1 psIHIo the* bridge made necoooaiT hr l&fc>ot eut on "Virgin street, ?MT . tne old Presbyterian cemetary. Tl? bridge is n very substantial structure and Is wide- enqogh in the middle to. allow too vehicles to pass while on each side railed off is a pasagge way for pedestrians,. the outside being lat tice work bo closely built that there is no poslhiilty for even a small child to fan th roughs. The town street force nas been doing some work to put the approaches of tbe bridgge in better con dition. This will be charged baek. to the railroad company. Florida Specisl Derailed. Wilmington, N. C., Special. ? Train No. 31, known as the New York, and Florida Special of the Atlantic Coast Line, on its initial trip from New York to St. Augustine. Florida, inaugurating tbe tourist season, was wrecked this, morning near Hardeeville, S. C.. 32 miles north of Savannah, the three rear coaches of the train made up of solid Pullmans having been derailed and tornod on one side by the track. Five pasengers, the Pullman oonduc tor, electrician, four waiters, flour cooks, two porters and the train- con ductor, McCutcheon. Baggage- Master Orlst and the colored train portBr were slightly hurt, while Flagman- Mbseiey White, of Salters, 8. C.. was seriously* but not necessarily fatally, ihlured. Headquarters of the system lm this, city have have not ye! bee**- abifc to accurately determine what caused1 the wreck. The three cars which left the track were at the rear, the locomotive and three others having passed over without damage. The Injured were transferred to the intact section of the train and given necessary medical attendance at Savannah-. arriving there only an hour and ten minutes late. The remainder of the passengers went through to their destination. Fall River Unions t & Meet. Fall River. Mass., Special* ? The mem. fcers of the different textile unions In the city will be asked to vote on the question of delegating the power of set tling the strike in the cotton milta here to the fifteen members of the tex tile council. "The call for thts meet ing was issued and is said to be the result of the offorts of Governor Doug lass to settle the strike, which has been in progress for nearly six months. Stock Grower*' Convention. 4 Jacksonville, Fla., Special. ? The Southern Stock Growers* convention listened to a number of interesting papers during the morning session. Four addresses were delivered at the afternoon session, after which the old officers were re-elected and the con vention adjourned to meet in Tampa, Fla.. Feb. I. - Telegraphic Briefs. The American Public Health Asso ciation , In sonHion at Havana, discus sed tuberculosis. More than 70,000 German coal min ers are on a strike Vice-Admiral Doubanoff who recent ly conferred with the C*ar, said that early peace between Russia and .Japan is likely. A statute of f/ord Russel of Klllowen formerly Chief .Tustico of England, waa rnveilcil in Lordon. King Christian, of Denmark, nomi nated M. J. Clirlstonscn, Mister of Pub lic instruction, to form n new cabinet. A bill has bow introduced in con gress authorizing the sale of unused burial lots in the Congressional ceme I tary.