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VOL. I!. NO. 11. CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1905. Sl.SO Per Year BETWEEN TWO HKES Adairil T#jo Sctaliftjr Cffflif lit* . CtoteQurtcrs VLAI1V05T0CK FLEET IS IEAN Thrn of th? Four Powerful Armored Cmlaers Are Seaworthy Again and Prepared to Act In tho Japanaao Ad miral's Raar Whlla Ha la Paoln? Rojoatvanaky. St Petersburg, Special. ? There Is reason to believe that. Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's entrance Into the China Sea haa been followed by ordera for the cruisers Gromobol, Roaala and Bo gatlr, which haa been ready for aome time at VladlToatock to put to sea. Whether It Is the Intention to send them south Immediately or to hold them In the vicinity of Vladivostok is not known. Their appearance outside the roadstead -of ? Vladlvostock would constitute a potent Isl threat against Admiral Togo's rear, which will com pel the retention In, or dispatch a num ber of heavy fighting ships to Japanese waters. Thus Admiral Togo seems to be virtually placed between two flres.| The peace Influences In the govern ment urge this favorable atrategtc po sition presents the psychological mo ment for offering officially the olive branch to Japan, reasoning that no matter how confident tho Japanese government may be of Admiral Togo's victory, it will not overlook the possi bility of defest or fail to appreciate the complete disaster which would follow the transfer of the msstery of the sea to Russia. With so much depending up on the issue, they argue, both countries have mutual Interest in avoiding an ac tual teat, and It is not impossible, therefore, that a new movement in the direction of peace may come just ss the world expects to hear the call to quar tera for the greatest naval battle of modern times. Certslnly the spirits of the war party have been greatly raised by Rojestvensky's Qu>cess in penetrat ing to the China Sea; and the prospect of a navdl battle, even with the odds against Russian victory, which would change the entire complexion of the situation, has aroused something like ? lash of enthusissm in msny Russian bifestv: Borne naval officers express the opln ton'that Rojeatvensky having now ssfe ly navigated the straits, Instead of sailing north to meet the Japanese, csn afford to calmly await Vice Admiral Nebogatoff, with his division of squad ron, which could arrive there in about thine weeks. The Russian Admiralty on Sunday received a long dispatch form Singa pore, but no Intimation as to Its con tests has been given to the newspa pers. The pspers Sunday morning printed Singapore dispatches without comment. The Svist being the only eaeeptlon. This paper views the news from RoJ^stvensky ss an auspicious prelude to a decisive battle, "which may show that over Ro>*4.vensky still shines the happy star which helped him, when a lieutenant, to save the fragile Vesta in an unequal conflict with a Turkish battleship." The Sviat expresses the hope that Rojestvensky Is destined to turn the tables, and that even In case of defeat, some of his vessels will be able to break through and reach the Sea of Japan. Eight Miners Killed. Roanoke, Va.. Special.? A special from Alllsonia, Pulaski county, Va.. to The Times, says: "While tamping powder In a blast Saturday after noon at the Ardway limestone quarry, In this county, about four miles west of Allisonla, the blast was accidently .discharged. This caused the explosion of two other blasts that had been s?t near by and a fearful accident happen ed. Bight men were Instantly killed and two others wounded. The names of the victims are: Killed ? John Fort ner, colored laborer; Walter Millor, colored laborer; John Harris, colored laborer; Tobe Sutton, colored laborer; A. Vaugh, colored laborer; A. O. Wal ton, white laborer. The Injured? Tom Sampso* colored laborer; William Dai ton, white foreman, who was in charge Of tbo gang of workmen. Teleflraphlo Briefs. The operators In the Central Penn sylvania bituminous coalflold have ?Igned tho wage scale aubmlttod by the miners under protest. Nlcholi Zavolsky, the adopted son of Maxim Oorkey, the Russian novelist and reformer, is in America and will make a tour, prcachlng socialism. De Witt Smith, president of the Chesapeake Western Company, wan charged In New York with grand lar ceny. . % Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwlck was grant ed a stay of execution by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Cincinnati, the decision being announ ced by Presiding Justice Lurton. J. O. Phelps Stoke*, a millionaire and Ron of Anson Phelps Stokes, a millionaire, will marry Miss Rose II. Pastor, formerly a staff correspondent of the Jewish Dally News. The Congregational ministers, In their protest against acceptance of the Rockefeller gift of $100,000 for mis slons, are severe on the Standard Oil magnate. District Attorney Jerome has receiv ed the "Nan" Patterson letters that were taken from J. Morgan Smith and wife. It la flow said that Vlce-Pteildent James Hasten Hyde, of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, will turn the tables on President James W. Alexan der aad try to oust him. Messrs. Hyde and Alexander gave out letters attack - I Ing each other. Thirty-seven bodies have been taken Oat of the Letter mine at Ziegler, HI. President RoosevSlt was cordlslly welcomed to LeulsvJlle, Ky., where he ?ddresied a large assemblage, and th< n ed op his trip to the ? South DAMAGE BY SEVEKE ST0K1 Houasa Demolished and Unroofed, Trees Uprooted and Stock Killed Many PwtOM Injured, Thoogh No Fatal it loo Are Reported? Path of the ?torm Three Miloo Long? Woman and Child Carried to the Roof of a Neighboring Houao. Mooresville, Special.? A terrific rain ind wind storm passed over this sec tion of the county about 3 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon, and assumed the fe rocity of a cyclone. Many homes are totally destroyed, while many others ire left without covering, and other wise damaged. The clouds came from ibo south and west, and as they came in contact a few miles below town hav 3c began. The path of the storm cov ered a scope of about S00 yards In width, and It left destruction in its wake. The re pert comes that on EL C. Deaton's farm at the Held place, * barn that had been finished yester Jsy was blown away. The current was heading toward town, and the lext place It struck was the home of Mr. Lee Kistler. the roof of the dwell ing being blown off, and the chimney going down through the house. No jne was soriously hurt, and the family xrcupied one room at the time. Mr. lames White and Mr. Rod Klstler *ero slightly hurt. The barn and out houses were totally demolished. Next was the home of Mr. Sherrill, which was lifted from the pillars and carried some distance. Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill were in the house, and it is rumored hat Mrs. SherriU'8 Jaw bone was bro ken. The r?of of the house of Mr. Bud Phillips was carried away. The imall houses of Mrs. Walls, near the lower mill, was blown down. The storm then struck Frank Beatty's house, on Cloaninger's Heights. This house was wrecked. It was occupied by three persons, a mother and two children. One girl crawled beneath a >ed and escaped unhurt, . while the r.other and another child were found :?n top of the roof some distance from the spot whore the house had been. Next was a cabin occupicd by John Knox, where the roof and everything in the house was blown away. Includ ing a small child about 4 years old, who wag found three hundred yards 'rom the house unhurt. All the cabins !n this section were unroofed and blown 'down. The next and most sert >us loss of property wai at the home ot Mr. J. H. Cloaninger. His big two uory house was uqroofed and every thing in the upstairs of the building broken to pieces. The ell was torn from the big house, and all his dining room and kitchen furniture was bro* ten. A crib, barn, blacksmith shop, Juggy shed, smoke-house and gralnery ind one tenement bouse were com^;. pletely demolished. The barn of Mrs. Crawford Johnston was blown off thf. illlars. The home of Mr. Mack Brown ie a total wreck, having been blown from the pillars and moved about six ?eet from tho original sito. This Is a six-room house and was In the old picnic grounds east of town. The barn of Mr. Julius Kennerly was blown down and a horse was killed. Trees were uprooted and tarried a great way and pieces of timber were carried off. Derives $1,000,000 From Convicts Jacksonville. Fia., Special.? The or ;anization of the b! ennial session cf he Florida Legislature at Tallahassee ?vas completed at noon by the ratifica tion cf the caucus nominees: Park Trammel, of Polk countv, as President >f the Senate, and Albert Gilchrist, is Speaker of the House. Governor Broward's message treated largely of routine matters, but also recommend 3d the passage of a uniform text-book aw. It also discussed tho question >f the leasing of convicts. Under the present term of the lease the State will derive about one million dollars from this source during the four year? >f the life of tho contract. . The sea son of the Legislature, by law, 1$. limited to sixty days. Killed Wife and Parents. Batesvllle, Ark., Special ? John Dow, a negro, went to Sulphur Rock to see his wife, who was at her father's home, and because she refused to re turn with him, he drew a pistol and shot her dead. Then he shot and killed his wife's mother and another negress. His father-in-law secured a shot gun and shot Dow. hut not fa tally, tho latter being able to return tlio Are, killing his father-in-law. Losses Number 107,000. Harbin, By Cable. ? Complete returtis received at headquarters give the total Russian losses In killed, wounded and prisoners at the battle of Mukden as 107,000. The wounded are being tak en away from here over the 8lberlan Railroad as rapidly as possible, In or der to free the hospitals preparatory to a renewal of the fighting. By General Llnevltcb's order, the bands play dally ct all the Russian positions. CONDUCTOR WEAVER ARRE8TED. Placed Under $500 Bond on Charge of Kicking a Negro from Hi* Train, With Serious Results. Durham, Special. ? Conductor Rob Weaver, of the Southern road, was brought here by Police Officer Patter son, of the Oreensboro police force. He was arrested in that town on re quest of the Durham officers. Imme diately after reaching here. Weaver gave bond In the sum of $500 for his appearance before the mayor. The charge against him Is that of assault with Intent to kill. Weaver Is charg ed with kicking a negro by the name of 8ajnuel3rldges from the top of his tralii while In motion. No Indictments. Richmond, Va., Special ? Col. Henry Hutchlngs, of the First Texas Regi ment, and Ave of his officers, appear ed before the Federal grand Jury here Wednesday to testify In the matter of charges that there had been Irregu larltles In the pay-roll of the regiment named during the Manassas manoeu vres. Two grand Juries have now passed on the matter without Indict ment of any one. The first Jury was at Alexandria, and the second lier<\ the Richmond body finding no true bill*. RE DIDN'T PARADE The Czar of All the lisstats Takes H Risks TIE IMPEKIAL FAMILY LAY LOW For ths First Time ths Autocrat ol AN the RuMlans Did Not Venture to Attend th? Annual Parade of Hi> Own Regiment, and Only the Young er Grand Dukee Emerged. From Their Palaces. St Petersburg, By Cable? The annual parade of the Horse Guards, always heretofore one of the most spectacular military ceremonies, as well as social functions, of the year, was chiefly not able Friday by the absence of Emperor Nicholas and the imperial family. The Horse Guards Is the Emperor's owtf regiment, and never before has he fail ed to attend Its annual parade. With the Empress, Dowager Empress and the entire court, the Emperor remained at Tsarskoe-Selo. The only Grsnd Dukes who ventured out of their pslaces were Nicholas, Boris and Alexander Michaelovltch, the first named representing the Emperor. Even Grand Duke Vladimir, com mander of the military district, was not present, the explsnation being that he was detained at the. palace on account of sickness. The danger to the Imperial family was regarded as especially great, at 11 happened that this was the festi val, of the Immaculate Conception, one of the strictest religous holidays. All business was suspended. The entire population was in the streets snd the fear of an untoward incident. In view of the activity of the terrorists, in duced extraordinary precautions. The police made a number of arrests, but both military displays, happily, passed off without disturbances. invate Cemeteries. 8t. Petersburg, By Cable ? The efforts of the police to smother the political agitation have led them even to invade the cemeteries in their search for evi dence of treason. It has become the practice of students to place on the graves of comrades who were active or who suffered in the cause of freedom wreaths bound with ribbons, on which political sentiments are inscribed. The other day a harmless Inscription In Greek, simply expressive of sym pathy, was seised, and on Wednesday a red ribbon attached to a wreath, al though upon the grave of a well-known official, being Interpreted by the police as a revolutionary emblem, wss not only cut off but created so much alarm that a general order was sent out to all vendors of mortuary wreaths, pro hibiting the sale df 'ffeatfbbons. Red Flags at Funeral. St. Petersburg, By Cable ? The work men of the village of Smolensk made a demonstration Friday, the occasion be ing the burial of an employe of tho Pahl factory, who was killed by po licemen a few days ago. Six thousand persons assembled early In the morn ing in a heavy snowstorm and awaited the funeral procession. There were red flags everywhere, and a wreath ie* posited by Socialists on the coflln was inscribed: "Died an Innocent victim In the struggle ffir victory." The wreath was seized by the police and military, which later arrived on the scene. Hsd 6j000 Chinese Bsndits. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? Chief of Staff Karkevitch, In a dispatch to tho general staff, says: "Yesterday our sharpshooters forced the Japanese cavalry to retire from Erdaheze and Tsulushu. "One of our detachments, on arriv ing in the morning of April 4 at the 8ant8lung, engaged the enemy, who had 6,000 Chinese bandits with them. I have not received a report of tho r* sult of the battle." Russisns Resume Retrest. Toklo, By Cable. ? The main force of the Russians, which was recently de feated in the neighborhood of Chln chlacheng, has deviated towards Shum lencheng^ and a part of It has retired along the Fenghua road. On the even ing of April 5 no Russians were to be seen south of Hslnlltun, eight miles north of Chinchlatun. A small force of Russians Is occupying Talisvo, 26 miles east of Weiyuanpoamen. Obstacle to Peace. St. Petersburg, By Cable. ? The Jap anese insistence upon indemnity, rath er than indisposition to include peace at this time, later informatloa indi cates, wrecked the recent attcmp to bring the warring powers Into nego tiations. Another effort on different lines to bring Russia and Japan to gether Is believed to be under way, the movers now being Frcnch and English financial Interests. ? 490 Entombed by Earthquake. Lahore, India, By Cable. ? Four hun dred and seventy men, of Gurkha Reg iments, wore burled alive as a result of the earthquake at the hill station ? of Dharrmsnla, according to the latest information from that place. The re port adds that it Is Impossible to res cue the entombed men. The Kangra valley Is believed to have been devastated, and It Is re ported that tho town of Kangra was reduced to ruins with great loss of life. No confirmation of the report Is obtainable, as the telegraph station at Kangra is wrecked. Turpentine Operators. Pensacola, Fla., Bpecial.? ' Turpentine operators held a meeting Thursday, but the public was excluded, and no defi nite information regarding their ac tion* were made public. About the only thing accomplished, it is stated, was to complete the capital stock for a million dollars for the Export Nav&l Btores company. About 200 operators were In attendance. . CIANGE IN CAlUlf COMMISSION The Other Four Warp Named to Com ply with the Law Requiring Ap pointment of tevili and Will Draw Much Lower Salaries Than the Oth? era. Waahlngton, Special. ? The President haa carried out his plana for the re organisation of the ?Isthmian canal commission, aa to the personnel and buslneea methods, generally on the line of the legislation he suggested to Congress at the last session which fail ed in the crush of business in the closing hours. Monday, within half an hour after the Presidents departure from Washington, Secreatry Taft, di rectly In charge of canal matters, made public the personnel of the new com- ? mission and the division of duties among them. Only one member of the old commission waa reappointed, Ben jamin M. Hairod. Otherwise the com mission is new from top to bottom, for there is a top and bottom and con siderable difference between the func tions and pay of the commissioners. Finding he waa obliged legally to ap point seven commissioners, the Pres ident tgd so, but he carried out his own plan by mahlag three of them practically the commission. The other four, though bearing the title of com missioners, not only receive much low er compensation, but are assigned to much smaller fields of activity. The President has also carried out hid scheme of dividing up the work of canal building among the commission ers, so that, nominally acting as a body on stated occasions, each individual member would operate in a special field. The head of the commsslon is a trained railway president, chosen for his administrative ability in the finan cial and purchasing field; the new gov ernor of the zone, Is a lawyer who also has had to do with state affairs; the engineer commissioner already Is known for his ability in the execution of the practical work of canal cutting. The other members of the commission are placed to comply with the law as to the number of commissioners, but are men of high ability as hydraulic engineer* Secretary Taft told them today that they were expected to show results and that Is said to be the key note of the President's action. The personnel of the new commis sion is as follows: Theodore P. Shonts, chairman; Charles E. Magoon. govern or of the canal zone; Rear Admiral M. T. Endlcott. U. 8. N.; Brigadier Gen eral Feter C. Hlans, IT. S. A., retired; Colonel Oswald M. Ernst, corps of en gineers, U. S. A-; Benjamin M. Harrod Mob Threatens Saloon. 8prli\gfleld, O., Special. ? A mob very similar to one a year ago, which lynch ed the negro Dixon and burned several dives, la congregating with avowed pur pose of burning a resort run by Joseph Kempler. Nearly a dozen arersts of sus piciously acting persons have been made by detectives. The square in which Kemplei's place Is located is be ing patrolled by police. At 11 o'clock Monday night the front and rear of the saloon are closely guarded by police, as sre the entrances to Columbia street at Forest and Water streets. Every street corner in the vi cinity is filled by a motly crowd, await ing the appearance of a mob to burn the saloon. In all, nearly a dozen ar rests have been made for "safe keep ing,' 'and at 11 o'clock, the police are confident they have complete control of the situation. The report that two large crowds, from the West End are now congregat ing in up-town saloons with the avow ed purpose of setting fire to the saloon serves to keep the crowds as near the place as the police will permit. The movement at this time is admitted to be almost identical with that of a year ago, although the police are betetr pre pared to prevent a disturbance than they were then. Mrs. Hill Reaches Washington. Washington, Special ? The special car bearing James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern, and Mrs, Hill, who is 111. reached here Monday afternon from Jekyll's Island, Ga., attached to the regular Florida and New York limited, on the Seaboard Air Line. A special train was made up at once, and the car started to Its destination. T,ake wood, N. J., over the Pennsylvania road. Mr. Hill stated that Mrs. Hill bad born the trip well and was somewhat Improved. An Assassination at Fort 8mlth, Ark. Fort Smith, Ark., Special. ? The dead body of Samuel Spencer, a prominent, contractor of this city, has been found between two buildings on Tomson ave nue, with a bullet hole through the body. The trouser pockets were turn ed Inside out and a 38-callbre pistol was found lying about a foot from his left hand. His watch and 65 cents In money in a hip pocket were undis turbed. There is no clue to the as sassin. Qlrl Dies From Morphine. Norfolk, Va., Special. ? Edith Turner, 22 years old, who came hero from Sa vannah, Ga., and had been living un der the name of Edith Anderson, died suddenly from tho effects of morphine. The girl had recently received a tel egram announcing the death of a sis ter In Savannah, and swallowed ^ mor phine powder. 8he waa found uncon scioua In her room but physicians re vived her until she could talk, llrr recovery seemed certain but as a pre caution, the girl wan taken to St. Vin cent's Hospital. Whllo the doctors were working with her with seemingly good results, she died. The body Is being held, pending Instructions from her people In Savannah. Revolutionists Raided. Warsaw, Special. ? A strong body of J police, aided by two companies of In fantry, Monday night made a thorough search of Woln, n suburb of this city, chiefly Inhabited by criminals, rovolu- j t binaries and suspected persons. The | police seized quant Itlea of revolution- I nry pamphlet" and, manifestos and re- J \olvers and cartridges and arrested 68 persons. The tearftl occupied the 1 wbole of the night. A RED DOT ANSWER CoL A. B. Williams Takes Bishop Potter Seyerely to Task SOME VERY BtlLLIANT ARGUMENTS The Editor Challenge* the Slanderoue New York Biehop to a Show of Hande aa to Moral Condition of Hie -Diocese and the South Generally. Bishop Potter of New York Is one of tho pet superstitions of this country. He is part of the general New York superstition. Because New York is big, most of us assume that any man who becomes prominent there must be a very large and .great man Indeed. We persistently forget that as many fakirs, humbugs and lightweights rat tle and swell around In large placea in New York as anywhere else in the world. As for Bishop Potter, he has said and done as many silly things as any other old gentleman we know of. A recent experience his indicates that his manners are as bad as his morals in some respects are defective, his judgment is bad and his arragence extreme. Some time ago he undertook to discuss the divorce question in a New York newspaper. As we recollect, be floundered around the subject a good deal and failed absolutely to make any definite suggestion or to In dicate any coherent policy for his church or legislation. In the course of liis somewhat flabby and charotic remarks, however, he said that the ab solute abolition of divorce would not do. lie added: "We have an example of what would result from such a measure in South Carolina, where the laws ilo not recognize it. Prohibiting divorce is merely putting concubinage at a premium." This does not im press* us as a high or a churchman line view. Certainly concubinage is not at a premium anywhere in South Carolina. The editor or the Columbia (S. C.) State wrote Bishop Potter a very re spectful letter, pointing out to him that he had done the homes and peo ple of the State serious injustice, re ferring him to the bishop and clergy of his own church in that State for evidence and asking him to make care ful inquiry into tho facts and then "take such steps as equity and justice may dictate." In reply the editor received a most insolent letter from Bishop Potter, in directly denying that he had used the language attributed to him and de scribing the editor's letter and article on the subject by Judge Benet, en closed with it as "equally unwarranted and impertinent." The editor of the State replied with another respectful letter. In a perfect ly proper and deferential way, taking off the bishop's hide. He pointed out that the offensive paragraph had been published prominently, that Bishop Potter did not seem fit to make any denial or correction of an outrageous and shameful slander against the peo ple of a whole State and that his de nial suggested in his own letter was as evasive as discourteous. A few days later Bishop Potter printed in the New York Globe a brief statement on the subject, in which he said he had no apology to make to South Carolina and extended his slander to the people of the whole South. He is quoted as saying: "He lyid simply remarked that in view of the prevalence of miscegena tion in the South, the 'pose' of loftly and superior virtue on the part of its people, anywhere had in it an element equally comic and pathetic." An accusation like this cannot be sustained or disproved by statistics or affidavits. It can be considered only In the light of general and obvious facts. Virtus is not a things of sections or of countries. The good are good and tho bad are bad everywhere and wherever human nature is, tho affec> lions and passions of men and women stray in forbidden paths. One thing, however, is certain and plain. That is that the moral tone is indefinitely cleaner and the social standards are Indefinitely higher In South Carolina than in Bishop Potter's diocese. Cor tninly n wornnn divorced from her husband and mnrried to another fhan Inside of twentv four hours would not bo received in respectable society any where in the South. Yet a woman who did Hint very thing 1m a leader of New York's most exalted society. Nobody Knows the scci?t annals of vice; but every observer who has met and known the people of New York and any Southern State knows that In the South vastly less filth Is talked and written than in New York. The natu ral and inevitable presumption is that lives in the South are very much cleaner. The women whose conduct and conversation are so distinctly loud and bad as to justify definite crltieism Is tabooed In every Southern State, ftishop Potter cannot say that that Is the case even In the highest and theoretically most exclusive so ciety of his own community. It would be Interesting to know where Tllshop Potter g?t his Impres sion^ of tli?? morals of the people of the South and how he would go about justifying himself for circulating such a cruel and injurious charge as that concubinage and miscegenation are general in this part of the country. The truth Is that miscegenation In Its legal sense Is Impossible anywhero In the South because It Is forbidden and severely punished by law. We do not hesitate to say that the charge that these vices are general or even widespread In the South is false, and in making that assertion we will do better than Hlshop Potter. We will offer good evidence to convict him of falsehood if he is willing to dare the Issue, We will put on the stapd the Protestant Episcopal clergy of tho whole South, from bishops to deacons. They live among the people and know them and have ample opportunity for knowing their life. We may assume I that some of them, at least, are men | who are not afraid to tell the truth I in any circumstances or at any cost. ! For New York, we will take the com blned evidence of the clergy, the | courts and the newspapers. Like the ' editor of the State, we Invite Blsbop Upland corn planting Is nearly finish ed in the eastern counties and has be gun In the western ones, with some corn already up in the former regions. While a few fields of cotton have been planted In the southeastern counties, this work is not really under way. and the preparations of lands are scarcely' half finished. Other spring crops have been planted In the earlier portions of the State. Rice planting has been be gun in the Colleton districts. Gardent are either planted or ready to plant. Wheat and oats made a fair growth during the last week and where fall sown oats were not winter-killed they look promising. The damage from winter killing was considerable in part* of the State and very slight In othei parts. There was a large acreage o! spring oats sown and some spring wheat. Both are coming up nicely. Tobacco plants are of fair size in th<* beds. Truck did well during March with lettuce and radishes being ship ped and peas almost ready to market Fruit trees of all kinds are In bloom and the Indications at this time are fa vorable for a largo fruit crop. A Hospital For Georgetown. Georgetown. Special. ? A syndicate composed of the taicdlcal fraternity of the city has been organized for the purpose of establishing an infirmary here to be known as the Georgetown In firmary. A site has been secured for the erection of the buildings and all plans have been perfected to make It one of tho most complete and moil ern In this part cf the country. A hospital is something that has been much needed here for a long time and several times in the near past steps were taken to endeavor to establish one, but without result. The one now under contemplation Is practically as sured and will probably be in full op eration by early fall at the latest. The officers of the Georgeton Infirmary company are as follows: President. Dr. M. P. Moore: vice president. Dr. W. E. Sparkman; treasurer. Dr. L. n. Sal teis. secretary. Dr. II. D. Beckman; superintendent. Dr. Wm. M. Gallard. Presidential Tour Begins. Washington. Special.? With cheers and good wishes resounding through the Pennsylvania Railroad station. President Roosevelt left at 9:45 a. m. Monday on a sprrlal train for a ttlp through the Southwest. The special train, which Is one of the finest the Pennsylvania Railroad has ever sent out of Washington, consists of three cars, the President's private car. Rock et, the Pullman sleeper. Forest, and the combination baggage and buffet car. Viceroy. The train Is handsome ly fitted and contains every known ap pliance to Insure the comfort and saf ety of the passengers. Russians Report a Capture. St. Petersburg, Hy Cable.? General IJnevltch In a dispatch dated April 2, says: "The situation remains unchang ed. A Russian patrol during the night of March 27 surrounded a Japanese patrol consisting of six dragoons. In the village of Balchanchentse, on the extreme Russian It.'t. Five of the Jap anese were killed. A sergeant wae captured." ? Counterfeiter* Arretted. Pensacola, Pie. ? A gang of counter feiters. who have been operating for Bofne weeks, have been caught by the polire court and United States author ities and are now in Jail. The men are all resident* of this place. The nollre also captured the molds, which were of plaster of Paris. The molds were made to cast dime*, quarters, dol lars and ten-dollar gold pieces. A large amount of the money has been placcd In circulation and it it ? very ?oo4 imitation, Potter to take the evidence, or join as In taking It. If It sustains hie ac cusal lone, we will confess with shame, but frankly . that he Is right. If they contradict him. will he be willing to confess that he has circulated an out rageous and infamous scandal and slander? We do not care whether he attributes It to Ignorance, recklessness or malice or to a mixture of the three. If he evades a simple and hon est test like this, he will stand convict ed of having disgraced himself by a wholesale slander unworthy of a gen tleman and of having brought shame and Injury upon his own church, so far as his Jurisdiction extends. ? Rich mond News Leader. ? FIRST C10P BULLETIN First Report of th? Opening Season Issued by the Department. During both January and February the temperature wap persistently low and unfavorable for the growth of win ter grains or of truck, but with the aJ vent of March the conditions improved rapidly and the latter part of March was warmer than usual and stimulat ed the rapid growth of all forms of veg l tat ion. The month was unusually free from frost, only one heavy frost and two light ones having been generally Aoted. and none of these were damag-. lng. During the last week, day tem perature of above 80 degrees wcs com mon. The precipitation was below normni during January and about normal dur ing February, and was deficient during March. In the first of the year th<? conditions under which the precipita tion occurred and that portion in tho form of snow and ice, melting as it did slowly, were conducive to the re tention of practically all the precipita tion that fell, and the soil was well supplied with moisture, but the absent-? of rain during the second half of March rendered the soil dry in places; on clay lands It became baked an<i hard. In most places and on all kind* ' of upland soil the ground was in good condition for tillage. Plowing, and in general, the prepa ration of lands made rapid progress during the second half of March and are at this date as well advanced a? usual. PALMETTO MATTERS Many Nivny Items Gathered From all ?actions. General Cotton Market. Galveston, quiet 7 11-16 New Orleans, steady 7V4 Mobile, steady 7% Savannah, steady 7% Charleston, steady 7% Norfolk, steady 7% Baltimore, normal 8 New York, quiet .*8.05 Boston, quiet 8.05 Philadelphia, quiet 8.30 Houston, quiet 7 11-16 Augusta, steady 7% Memphis, steady 7% St. Loull, steady 7% Louisville, firm 7% Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent priccs paid to wagons: Strict good middling 7% Good middling 7-% 3trlct middling 7% Middling 7% Tinges 6% to 7M? Stains 7% to 6V? Hays Releaaed. Marion. Spccial. ? The preliminary hearing of H. Hayes, charged with ar son. was held and resulted in his re lease. Hayes, it will be remembered, is the white man who was arrested here last week charged with burning his meat market and Mr. A. L*. Camp bell's store. Mr. 11. J. llolloway from the comptroller's office, who worked up the case against Hayes, and who swore out the warrant against him, was here today to attend the hearing before Magistrate Oliver, who issued the warrent. Hayes was represented by Messrs J. W. Johnson and J. 11. Evans, and the State by the town's attorney. Mr. W. F. Staekhouse. Tho hearing cousumed the greater part of the day. The Pickens Teachers. Pickens. Spccial. ? Pickens county teachers will attend the State Summer school at Clemson eolege this sum mer. In order to arrive at the pleas ure of the teachers in tho matter. County Superintendent of Education Hallum sent out a circular letter. Re plies havo been received from all tho leading teachers of the county and about 95 per cent, of them favor going to Clemson. Judging from the num ber of favorable replies received the Indications are that there will be tho same number of Pickens teachers in attendance at Clemson as usually at* tended in the county school. Escaped Arrest. Magnolia, Special. ? Jack "Boss" and Claude Simpson, brothers, white, are "on the wing," being charged with as sault with a deadly weapon, assault and battery (In another case) of a higli and aggravated nature and carry inn unlawful weapon**). Tom Taylor, col ored, charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon ? a razor ? is hiding out. He attempted to murder Ix?vl English, colored, a few days ago. severing one ear from the head and in flicting an ugly gash In his neck. Eng lish has the reputation of being a very Inoffensive and peaceable man. These futigives will be captured if possible. New Corporations. The Darlington Trust company was given a charter last week. The capi tal stock will be $200,000. The officers are: R. Keith Dargan, president; E. Keith Darlian, vice president and gen eral counsel; A. Watchman, second vice president; E. C. I.<ldo, secretary and treasurer. The active directors are the gentlemen above named and the following: VV. S. "Gibson. R. G. Rhett. VV. F. Stevenson and A. C. Coggeshall. The advisory board con sists of S. Wolfram, G. K. King. A. G. Kollock. W. A. Howling. A. L. Flow ers. O. J. Sands, W. F. Early, J. A. Weinberg. W. F. Dargan, D. D. Witt cover. W. P. DuBose and R. F. Howie. The Charleston Billiard and Bowling association, capitalization $1,000, was chartered. The New? Publishing company of Florence seeks to be incorporated. Capital stock will be $3,000. Corpora tors: P. 8. JefTers, W. M. Waters and Dr. F. H. McLcod. Mistrial in Peonage Cases. Charleston, S. C.t Spcclnl. ? After br ing out all night, a Federal Court jury reported inability to reach a verdict in the peonage case Involving Italian labor contractor, who wete charged with holding employes in Involuntary Servitude. Judge Brawley ordered a mistrial recorded, ami dismissed the Jury. This Is the first ease in the South In which It was charged that white men were held as peons. Brakeman Kills Conductor. Charleston, Special. ? A special from Orangeburg says that Conductor Char les Oliver, of the Southern railway, ?n charge of a freight train at Stilton, three miles from thin place, was killed about 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon by Brakeman Mlckel. The Brakoman walked to Orangeburg to give himself up. He stated that Oliver assaulted him without causo and stabbed him In the shoulder. Picking np an iron bar, Mlckel threw it and struck Oliver in the head, the blow crushing the skull. Oliver was a man of thirty years of age and leaves a family. Peaches May Not be Killed. Gainesville, (la., Special.? Opinions differ as to whether the peach crops were killed or not. There wan the heaviest frost Friday morning morning seen here In a long time, and there was considerable- lee In various locali ties. Garden truck In some instances wns damaged badly. The thermome ter registered 31 degrees at the low est. It Is not yet known positively that the peaches were killed, though they art uaort or lein injured