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? * TT VOL. If. NO. 16. ( CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1005. Sl.SO Per Year DEATH OF W. MIKE Wealthy HiMwiMiipht hues A way M if Years iH hurt *A0 Of AMERICAN THACCO CM, / the Pounder of the Dwk? Branch of Th# Aiwrloii Tobacco Comport/ Woo at Durham la the Mth Yoor of Hlo Ago?Olio Throa Mm and Othor Relative. Woro Present Whon ftho End Caarto. V Durham, N. C.. Speclel.?Wesblngton l>uke. founder of the Duke branch of the American Tobacco Company, father of J. B. Duke, president of that com pany. and philanthropist, who directly and Indirectly save more than a mil* lion dollars to Trinity College, ? died Monday afternoon at 2 o'cloek. His death was no surprise. For several weeks he had been doee to death's door. >nd 8unday afternoon began to sink rapidly. All Sunday night It was expected that the next minute would be his last. Monday morning he was weak and sinking. When ho parsed away, his throe sons. B. L., B. N.. and J. B. Duke, with other relatives, were gath ered by his bedside. He woo la the 86th a gloom over the en thro city. Vhrafcgh Mr. Duke sad hlo Influence, thore )u been gjhreqi to Trinity Col a million dollars or more. His fl**t great gift, was when the college wpa moved here In 1891. when he gave llfD.006. Other gifts followed, until hja personal gifts amounted to more than a half-million dollars. His sons and other relatives sdded to these gifts until the smount Is now more than a million dollars. One gift of $180,000 from the decessed, opened the doors of Trinity snd other Stote col leges to women. Bome time ago hw divided a large part of his wealth among his relatives. I* Is learned that the greater part of tfcb wealth went to B. N. and J. B. Dhke. In sddltlOa> to ^thoso gifts, ho gave to esch of his grandchildren, eight or ten In number, $60,000 Practically all factorlee In thia com munity cloaed upon hearing of tho death of Mr. Duke. Other business houses will be closed when the funeral takes place. It is supposed thst the city officials and business men in general will Join to do honor to the man who has done so much for tho town of Dur ham and the 8tate. * SKETCH OF HIS LIFBL .Born on December 20. 1820. Wash ington Duke would have been 85 years of age had he lived until December df this year. He wss the Isst of his Immediate family, which was a large ?me, and spent all his life In this sec tion of the State. He came from New Imgland stock, but his father spent most of his life In this State, the fam ily having been identified with the af fairs of this section since colonial days. The deceased was one of nine chil dren. six hoys and three girls, snd up until he had passed mlddlo life they were people not used to the great lux uries of life brought by wealth, but had to struggle like all of the early aettlers of this State and section, for the material things of life. It was under conditions of this kind that Washington Duke and his brothers snd sisters came Into this life. These ear ly surroundings taught that frugality and developed the strong, positive character and self-reliance that In later llfo made him the great man that he wae. Beginning life with absolutely nothing save a strong character and powerful will; his education being that he learned from nature and between the plow handles on a poor farm In Orange county (now Durham), he re turn*! frota the struggle of the civil War.j to a poverty-stricken section of the country, his only assets being char acter, poverty and a family to support. In the forty years that now Intervene between the present and that strug gle, he has bullded a name that Is known around the world and Accumu lated wealth that he has used to blesls lated wealth that he used to bless and nobler. The Funeral of Mr. Duke. Durham, Special. ? All Durham panned Wednesday to pay honor to tho memory of Washington Duke. All business activity ceased and during the time that the fuipral was on, thousands of people gathered at Main Street Methodist churA^and in that vicinity and at Maplewood Cemetery to pay a last respect to the. memory of the deceased. Never before In the history of Durham has there been auch an outpouring of the cltlsenshlp to pay honor to the memory of man. A conaervatlve estimate Is that 15, 000 people were at the cemetery and along the line followed hy the proces sion. The cemetery and that vicinity was a block of humanity, thousands not being able to get within the hearing of the voices of the speakers. The procession was of such length that almost a half-hour was required for It to pass a given point. All ve hlclea of a public nature and moat of the private conveyances in the city were called Into use arid In addition to these, quite a number of carriages were brought from Raleigh and aaalated in handling the large crowd. All street cars on the traction line gathered In front of the church to carry the throng to the cemetory. The request of the mayor and board of aldermen that Vbelness houses close during the funeral was carried out to the letter. There waa not a business house In the city 106 large or too amall to observe the request and close. All factories and large manufacturing plants, with the baaka and slmllsr is* ftUutloss, closed for ths sptlrs day. it IK? SMUNAtVaPEN or. Mafhaeters Chairman of the Wmo ?*Hy and Or. ?. c. RaM -Tafins. ???waWa, 8. C., BpaclaL?a hi.i y?" h?lty of the Columbia t?yy**.ow* ' *? Interaetlac md ?** totkefoture proapects !fl?k ****** ? bsnrlag on the aaea *drWni)!r5reJ5? dIp**?ra U to the jSSs1^ fcss !henW??^!?^ ,!* ?PP???1 to any *E5 ia S th<> ln*lt?tlony thittLrS ?<?Un? It waa developed iS5&??^2S?? ?r? ???? js"!' a? ? AttSlS? 5;?^,?" S"^\Z"T"- ^UclMd the r?fu? ? 2* thla line, but he opopaed Mr ?titnUoH** ?*??*? to cloae the ln woiHh ^. te?P?r*rtly, urging that It gfisss sffA c. fSfjsStS ?d to run the InaUtutlon another year 5 S2U5? ; ??P?te the fact that few " the directors would talk it ?. r'r.'j'v. 3fu?^.StSHF ?I^n' C tot M* P*!tor*to M Outo b^L?,# "?'?natlon has not S^Tusaw-s-S Ph cetera not d?rtde to stay . Two Killed In Wreck. Union, Special.?At 4:30 o'clock W*?i fre'lght and^M00" the combln?tlon [SlkhirT^l PO?8enger train of the S#J?~tS SSSsflgSSEs ^r. " W ?o from Lockh.rt; wbl " to ?..y u>w?, *""> ?bout 2.0M inSb,! Pslmatto Items. A R p Rk P* u,Dod met ln the local dar ?M^Hn4rUri^t Colu?b|a Tues sssr!^.-?* ?Ss^SSS? Lmly Sfv^A.1^6 ? hlstii ?A .liLe preacher, using tor D 5* ' Am 1 My Brother's KMn^r?" S!r"J" th" ?? n,SJSSr. N r :.I!rter Slmpaou, of Concord. ease 'Th? J>Pe8i J?d W,th arrace ?*?<* Son^?. ?"a,nd?r of the morning n?Sed IS, J? w,th ?>?tlne oon thT?nn^.?? unfln,8hed business, and WHli^S "IS".?. of committees. I>r any ? ?a'L.of Columbia Serni "* y* waB Introduced as a vlsltin* member. The call of Rev. s. J ffi terson, of Steele Creek N C in on to Pcttsvtflo i?t? 9 ? ii?.8"vno<1'which *?nt?d "tSrStaS,!^ 'Ssrsiv'ss* ?"e tiw ?"?I*" 2IL *1 . ? 8t*t? board of dispen ?" dtop,?Mri? ?JSnLunTbfclS Plcken. ini !? t0 determ,ne whether or roniJmi? *k 8e#.al,|> ,t8 ^'"Pcnsarles P them "In their midst." It X.T? ' 0 6,0ct,<>n hang* over in ?h!f? ?f the dispensary advocates Ihinll .m"u7u,n county, where moon Figures obtained In the Comptroller General's office Wednesday regarding the new pension roll just made show n striking relative Increase In the num ber of women pensioners. The net In crease of male pensioners Is only 49, the roll last year embracing 4,882 names and this year 4,811, while the wldowa this year number 3.880, as against 3,682 Inst year, an increase of 198. There is no change In the law as t othe eligibility of pensioners and the Comptroller General's office Is at a loss to understand the difference. At W. B. Rast's basket factory at Swansea Tuesday afternoon, Inea Carter was almost disemboweled while operating a steam augur, which caught In his clothing. It Is thought he will die. At the time of the accident. Car ter was not in the employ of the fac tory, but was Idling about experiment ing. If Jarome Williams, of this State, can he located there Is a sum of money awaiting him In Columbia. Wtl llams enlisted In the Philippines. He filed a claim with the government on account of some special service and' after two years the government, has allowed It. However. Williams can not be located, and the department haa written Mr. W. Boyd Evans, of Columbia, to hunt him up. Wednesday night some one of the clerks or managera of the company store at Arkwrlght Cotton Mill In Spartanburg, discovered that some one was In the store. They opened the door and soon discovered their man. They ordered him to surrender, but he attempted to escape. They fired on him and brought him down. The ball glanced around a rib and It li not believed that the wound Is a very tvrloua one. The bunrtar was a young white man who lives In Spartan burg. TOW THE SOUni BmsckK, Eiprtsics Ms litcatiM WIU all IN TIE EAILV FALL CM?f feMutlv* WIU Vklt M kMt Two North Carolina Polnta and Rk pocta to Tako in All tho States Ha Haa Not Hitherto Visited. Washington, Special.?Just before he reached Washington the President Informed the representative of the three press associations, who went West with him as his guest, that he hoped to make his proposed trip to Georgia this fall, and that he would also visit Arkansas, Louisiana, Flori da and Alabama, the only States that he has not traversed In his capacity as Chief Executive of tho nation. At the same time Mr. Roosevelt declared that this would positively be the last extended trip be will make while In tho White House. Nan Patterson Free. New York, 8pectal?After more than eleven months In prison, and three mistrials on the charge of murdering Caesar Young, Nan Patterson walked from tho Tombs a free woman. As she left the great building which has been her home since a few days after Young was found dying In a cab In lower New York, 2,000 people greeted her - with cheers, for the news that District Attorney Jerome would move for her dismissal from - custody had spread throughout the vicinity of the court house. But the accused girl had but a few seconds to see and hear the demonstration before she was whisked away in a cab with her attorney, Abraham Levy. Details of the Wreck. Hsrrlsburg Special.? Nineteen per sons are known to be dead and more :han 100 others were Injured In the rail road wreck and dynamite explwalos which occurred early Thursday on the Pennsylvania Railroad In the southern part of this city. Thst no more per sons were killed is considered remark ably by the Pennsylvania Railroad of ficials, as a full box car of dynamite exploded directly at the middle of the heavy express train. The list of dead and Injured is as follows: The following is a list of the dead: V. t* Orabbe, Pittsburg. Geo. Zlegler, Pittsburg. Jas. R. Phillips. Pittsburg. Paul Bright, Pittsburg. Mr. Shaw, Pittsburg. J. L. Sllberman, Philadelphia. Mrs. Robert G. Dougherty, Philadel phia. H. B. Thomas, Parkesburg, Pa., en gineer of express train. O. K. Hullman, Altoona, Pa. Norma Martin. 7 months old. Nine unidentified bodies. The Pennsylvania. Railroad officials gave out a list containing the names of 98 persons who were injured and treated at hospitals or eleswhere. The company also gave a list containing the names of 36 persons who were In the wreck and whose injuries are not given. Mill Men Adjourn. Knoxville, Tenn., Special.?With the nnanimous adoption of a report from the committee on the nomination of officers for the coming year, the ninth annual convention of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association name to a close Thursday afternoon. The officers chosen were: President, R. M. Miller, Jr., Char lotte, N. C.; vice president, Arthur H. Ixiwe, of Fltchburg, Mass., re-elected; secretary-treasurer, C. B. Bryant, of Charlotte, N, C., re-elected; chairman of board of governors, R. R. Ray, of McAdenvllle, N. C., re-elected;, asso ciate governors, R. 8. Relnhardt, of Lincolnton, N. C.; F. H. Remey, of Augusta, Ga.; David Clark, or Char lotte, N. C.; E. A. Smith, of Charlotte, N. C. The next place of meeting was not selected by the convention, but was referred to the board of governors, which will meet within the next sixty days to determine it. New Orleans and i Augusta aro the favorites. Killed Wife and Himself. Valdosta, Oa., Special.? John Hew itt, a white man of Ariel, shot and Kill eri his wife, shot her sister and broth er. wounding them slightly, and when surrounded by a posse of citizens, shot and Instantly killed himself. The cause of the tragedy Is unknown, but It Is known that Hewitt, who had been 1n bari health recently, was once con fined In a sanitarium and for some weeks had not lived with his wife. Flood in Virginia. Roanoke. Special.?A special from Chrlstlansfrurg to the Roanoke Times says: The heaviest flood In the mem ory of the oldest Inhabitants visited this section Wednesday, doing Incal culable damage to everything along the water-courses. Railroad bridges, fen ces, cattle, hogs and fowla were swept away and houses were flooded, which has never been reached before. The gre/it floods of 1901 were much lower than Wednesriay's. The rain came flown In torrents for two hours, begin ning at noon almost without any warn ing. A special from Pulaski says lightn* Ing did great damage to the telephone system there. Northern and Southern Baptists. New York, Special.?Announcement ?was made In this city that a general meeting of both the Northern anri Southern divisions of the Haptint Church will be held at St. IjouIs on May 1? anri 17, wehn the question of organizing a General Convention of the Baptists of North America, Includ ing Canada, will be discussed. The denomination was separated by the flavery question many years ago, iM KWU BAY ? KA? . i> ? fhe Tornado Hrwh Hi* Tewn of 8ny dor at Nl?l?t Mid DM Vhst Damspe. Sapupa. L l|?W~At 11.40 Vclock lfeita?alajr afcht the dis patcher tor tha Fihwf h this city re solved a repoiVtraa Md, O. T.. ad rkh| that a taraada hat ?tmck Sny ler, Okla.. wnckhf the town and dlllng Ire hundred people. among whom was tha atattoa agent of the Frisco at that' towm. The request sae also for assistance. On the ether neighboring i la'belng received strength of the report* toe dispatcher ndored a relief trqig?$iph physicians ? be sent from odmiw, 1. T., and 3uahah, Texas. The Wire between Snyder and Stpnpa ?<it down at 10 b m. x ?' The statiod igiat # Snyder, who was killed, was J. M. Man. Guthrie, Qkla.. SpeCtil.?Telephone "sports from Hobart, Okla., indicate hat the entire town olfenyder, Okla., rrma destroyed by a tolasdo. A train )f doctors. nurse< ato) other assls ants Is Said to hard jftt Hobart for Snyder. Wires are toported down be wecn Snyder and owns, and all news' from Hobart. Later reports from Chickasaw. I. T? which vUca Is communicating with Hobart, Okla., indicate the truth of he earlier report qpmcernlng the itorm. No estimate of;the number of lead Is obtainable. \ Oklahoma City, Okla., Special.?Re ports hare reached, hare from Hobart tad Anadarke condrmMg the news of I tornado at Snyder, Mtho details are ?own. The Frisco ifcflttoad' Is send ng a relief train frato'Chickasaw to Snyder. It la rumored that 400 people ire killed and Injured.' Fort Worth, Texas,' Special.?Jhe lelegraph operator at Chickasaw, I. T.t itates that he talked over the tele phone with Hobart, Okla.. npar Snyder ind that all the wltos in the vicinity it Snyder are down, but relief trains ire being sent from several directions o Snyder. Snyder Is a town of 1.000 people In Kiowa county, Oklahoma, located on the Frisco, 45 miles north >f Vermont. Lawrence. Kan., Special?A destruc tive wind storm mid down the main street of Lawrence, doing considerable laiasge to buildings! Bvsrett Hall was unroofed, and a large number of plate glass windows were broken by tail and wind. So far as known no x>dy was seriously hurt. The electric light plant was put out of business. . <? The President at Chicago. Chicago, Special.?President Roose velt's train arrived at the Chicago ft Vorth western Railroad station a few nlnutes after noon and was met by 3raeme Stewart and other members of he reception committee. The President ind party lmmedlstely started for the tuditorlum Annex. The streets through which the Presl lent's carriage drove were lined with police, and men In uniform and plain :lothes mingled with the crowd every where. In addition, there were over lfty detectives who followed the Presi lent's carriage and watched the crowds ilosely for any disturbance. President Roosevelt addressed the Merchants' Club at the luncheon given lim by the merchants' organisation at the Auditorium. The theme of his talk was the upbuilding of a great navy for the sake of the nation's commerce and ;he nation's honor. He appealed to rther commercial organisations to pro note the Idea of a big navy. The Pres ient stated that the unions must obey he law. v Road to be told on June 7. Richmond. Special.?The aale of the Parmvllle and Powhatan Railroad, which was to have taken place last weok, has been postponed until June 7. The line extends from Farmvlllo to Bermuda Hundred, and Is 88 miles long. - It Is In a receiver's hands. Mess Hall Burned. Lexington, Va., Special.?The cadet mess hall at the Virginia Military In stitute was destroyed by fire Wednes day. Heroic efforts were made by ca dets and the Lexington Are department to save the building, but without suc cess, as the (Ire bad gained consldera ble headway when discovered. The loss Is covered by Insurance. The or igin of the lire is unknown. 50 DIs; 100 Hurt. Harrlsburg, Pa., Special.?The East era Express of the Pennsylvania Rail road, going esst, ran Into a freight train at 1.10 o'clock Thursday morn ing In South Harrlsburg. Two cars of the freight were loaded with dyna mite, and three terrific explosions fol lowed. Both trains were piled In a mass of wreckage, which Immediately took Are and many smaller explosions followed. It Is estimated that 60 are dead and 100 Injured. Definite flgtrfes cannot he bad at this hour as the blaz ing mass Is unapproachable and many people are pinned in the debris. Dropped as a Deaertsr. Washington; Special?First Lleuten ant Alphonse 8treMer, Forty-seventh Company of Coast Artillery, who dls appeared from his station st Fort Hunt, Va., three months ago, was drop ped from the army register as a do eerier. Lieutenant Strebler was con nected with the quartermaster and commissary departments, and because of some deficiencies In his pays ac counts was confined to his quarters nl the time of bis disappearance, CATAWBA UIIIAN AFFAIRS A Complete Investigation Being Made ? Into Tholr Affair*. ? coupl?t? invest**ton of tho con dltons of tho Catawba Indian tribe. ??d of tho recent requests made by oomo of the leaders will be made for a report to the General Assembly. It will be remembered that some time ?Co Chief Harris came before the Gov ernor and asked that the tribe be al lowed to go West and settle with tho other Indians. This Is a matter, how over, that would hare to be considered by the General Assembly, and the prop osition will hare to come before that body. The State now makes an appro priation of $1,600 for the support of the tribe, and according to Hsrrls this Is not enough for them to lire on. It may be of interest to some to know that the first contract made between the Indians ?pd the 8tate was In 1783, and that up to a few years ago they re eelved about 15,000 a year from the 8tate. There was a tract of land about fourteen miles, which was owned by the tribe, and the proposition accepted by then was that the Stete was to make this annual Appropriation of 15.000 In lieu of ff.uit-clalms which could be collected from the white poo had settled on the reserva tion. There are only a few of the full blooded Indians left, and it is very probable that the State will accept elr propostition and allow them to go West On? year's Appropriation would pay the expenses of the tribe, and with e aid of the Federal Government enough land could be obtained to allow S??mnJn2lni,0re to fo,,ow ,he occupa v?l ?i#h 5 At present ^ey do layout * and *re Kra,lual|y dy UNIQUE SPECIAL EDITION. Southern Industrial Number of Char. 5tat;S;ninfl?Chr?.n,c,e to be May 20th by Rev. J. A. Baldwin, For tho Benefit of Piedmont Industrial School. Something of special Interest In the way of a special lssue%wlll be the In dustrial number of the Charlotte Even ing Chronicle that Rev. J. A. Baldwin principal of Piedmont Industrial School will publish on May 20th. Apart from wwth J h? recel pt* ?o to a most jif jui"' tho extraordinary value ton ?!?.?# Can 56 S^aned from the eveS inrt iC?niir,b"tor8 of national and *3?? world-wide fame, who have so th? IS?8iy the,r labors to make UP nary c?ntents. The fol loni r?fTOi?Cted at random from the ab,e contributions that will P"*6? interesting: IndiiiM i Established The Piedmont BsMwin by Pr,ncipal. J. A. m! ? hw D,*n,ty Labor." by Mr. Edwin Markham. distinguished Eki - ?Un5?r?Kf "The Man w,th the ?r poem8: "Industrial Schools In Germany," by Prof. Jerome vSlitV Pnf w?F ?f ?ociu'?SJr In Unl fSuth ? L wiBCO"s!n; "A Beautiful h2rn r.K ^ John Vsn Landlng ttoM*!*.?*' ? "Agriculture In T.iyJ,on' R N- Pa*e- Con ?'.7 .?orth Oaro,|na District; rlSf SP,,rlt of Tolerance," by Mr. J. p "20thWof M.edU^.hnr,?tte Observer; 20th of May, 1775. ?A Poem, by Mrs. F. L. Townsend. Franklin, N. C.; "A Young Man's Chances Today," by Mr Sr?iA.??,re' p?8Ment co,ton mill, etc.] ^^?nKton N. C.; "The Power of E?IL nr M D Hardin, pas Prw,byterian church, Char F V ^ur kL ?ar,ff Rfivl8,?n." by Hon. raJTii... ihh- 0?ngrp88man- 0th North q District; "Political Economy 1? tb? South,' by Richard T. Ely LL u.. head of department of Political ?.??!!?*# 0 Un,ver8,ty Of Wisconsin. S t l.ra?.nya!)00k,: "Immigration," 8,"unon8' U. S. Senator from North Carollnw. t J?a,(,?!n> Editor-in-chief. ' w 80,1 tbe papers at Inn *?!" oopy or 11 00 Per dozen. fi??,i i?kU"r? proceeds will go to the fund of the Piedmont Industrial School. $60,000 Fire. Columbia, S. C., Special.?A special to The State from Greenville, nays: "Flro which broke out about 8 o'clock In the millinery department of the largo dry goods establishment of the J. T. Arnold Company comptetely gutted the store. The stock, which Is valued at $60,000, Is almost a complete loss, with about 60 per cent. Insurance. The ori gin of the flrfle is a mystery. Mr. ?alley at Work. Mr. A. 8. Salloy. Jr./the secretary of th? historic commission, Is rapidly getting the records at the Capitol In shape. A meeting of the State House commission will be held on May 12, and the plans submitted by Architect Wilson for the record cases will be accepted, and work on the cases and filing cabinets for the preservation cf the valuable data will be begun at once. ?.r. Sally will use the room adjoining the Secretary of 8tate's office, which Is now used as a clerk room, for the latter. The records are now up stairs, assorted and prepared for the files. There Is a great deal of work ncces sary to get things In shape, 8tat? Hospital For Insane. The work of wiring the Talley build ing at the State Hospital for the In sane is progressing rapidly. The build ing will probably be completed an<i ready for occupancy In the next few months and will relieve somewhat the congested condition of the Institution. Just at this time of the year there are more patients than at any other season. The proposition of housing them all will continue to be a serious one, but the new building will relieve tho strain temporarily. ( ? PALNE1T0 STATE CKOPS Condition* aa Given Out by Da.*"'* ment of Agriculture. The temperature during the week ending Monday, May 8th. waa much above normal, and the dally maximum ranged generally above 80 degreea du ring the laat half of the week; the night temperatures were also slightly above normal. The precipitation waa heavy. In many places excessive and damaged lands by erosion and flooding. Farm work was Impracticable during the greater part of the week aa the lands were to wet to plow, plant or cul tivate. The prevailing high tempera ture and copious rainfall caused crops of all kinds to grow rapidly, and were particularly favorable on small grain and truck crops, and for transplanting. Many fields have become foul with grass and weeds and stand In urgent need of work, this being especially true of early planted corn and cotton; the much early corn has received its Brst cultivation. Corn has good stands as a ruk\ but bud and cuts worms are thinning stands on low lands; some corn is turn ing yellow from too much rain. Cotton planting is not finished in the western parts, the practically finished n the central and eastern counties, ex cept on bottom or low lands that have ocen too wet recently to plant. Stands rary greatly, being generally good for that planted since the April killing frost and very poor for the 6arly plant ings. much of which is being replanted. 3ome being replanted on account of cut worms, and some on account of being too foul to rid of grass and weeds. Some cotton has been chopped. Tobacco transplanting is about fin ished. and Is doing well generally the grasshoppers and cut worms have dam aged stands locally. There ha* been a marked Improve ment in oats which is quite promising. Wheat Is not doing 60 well on account af the Hessian fly and some rust. Truck crops and gardens have Improved rap Idly, the melons are still poor. The weather was favorable for rice. Peaches ire dropping In the eastern and south ?rn counties with enough left to make a good crop; In the western counties the fruit prospects are very poor, apple and pear trees are blighting badly. Pas tures are fine. The shipments of beans, peas and strawberries are -heavy.?J. W Bauer, Section Director. Will Bell Court 8quare. Sumter. Special.? Supervisor Seale. Commissioners Brogdon and Thomas, Senator Manning and Representatives Moses, Frascr and Clifton, composing the county commissioners and legis lative delegation, held a Joint special meeting, and It was decided to sell the court house square and buildings for not less th;.n $60,000. The vaults, fur niture and other fixtures will be re tained. It was decided to purchase the entire property known as the Solo mons property, on North Main street, between Hampton avenuo and Canal street, for $25,000. The sale of this property and the removal of the court house site and the erection of_a n?w building have created interest and excitement among the citizens and property owners. It Is the talk o.' the town among business men. It Is pleasing to know that this court house square will be sold for at least $300 a front foot. Charlie Hill Investigated. Spartanburg, Special.?Charlie Hill, colored, was investlgaled In United States Commissioner McC.owan's court Saturday morning, charged with col lecting a money order directed to "C. Hill, Salisbury. N. C." He pleaded guilty. The niuount was $10. Charlie Hill was working in Salisbury several months ago. and Inquired at the post offlce for Jils mall. He was Informed that there was a letter for C. Hill. He opened It and discovered that there waa a money order in It for $10. He se cured a friend or acquaintance to Iden tify him, and collected the money, which belonged to another person. He was bound over to the United States court and will be tried nt Charlotte. The caso was worked up ??y Inspector P'.'.!sifer, Henry Qrandy Acquitted. Greenville, 8. C.. Special.?In the General Session* court Henry (.randy was acqulttend of the murder of Otto Mace, the homicide occurlng In a beer ilspensary on Washington street last ?umirter. It will he recalled that Oran dy and tya?e fought with beer hottlea %nd Mace received a wound In the head which resulted In his death three daya later. Self-defense evidence was ad duced at the trial and the jury was out ten minutes. Fleets Have United. 8t. Petersburg. By Cable.?Accord Ing to dispatches to the Admiralty brought to 8algon, by the hospital =*hlp Kostroma, the 'Junction of Vice Admiral Jtojostvensky and Nebogatoff is by this time an accomplished fact. The Admiralty professeH iKtioranr-e of Ihe present location of the united squadrons; but In view of the long and uninterrupted voyage of Nehoga toff's division. It Is believed his ships will spend some time in sheltered wa fers of the China Rea, near Ihe const but outside the three mile limit In or der to complete final recnallng and other preparations before setting out on the fast and crucial stage of the voyage. Plans For Colony. Charles Plevania. a Swiss, who was n consultation with Commissioner Watson. Is the forerunner of a Swiss 'olony which will devote Itself to cat r.le-raising and will likdy nettle in the Piedmont. Mr. Pievanl will spend until 'all on farms in South Carolina lu or ler to thoroughly study the situation, when he will return to Switzerland, where, with his father, he will organize * cplonjr, PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Internet In VadoM Parte of the Stat*. Geneal Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston, firm 7 T-t Mobile, steady 7 8-4 Savannah, steady 7 1-4 Charleston, quiet 7 t-lf Wilmington, steady < 7 1-1 Norfolk, steady 7 7-8 Baltimore, nominal 8.00 New York, quiet 8.IS Boston, quiet 8.15 Philadelphia, steady 8.40 Houston, steady 8 Augusta, steady 7 7-8 Memphis, firm 7 7-8 St. Louis, steady 7 7-8 Louisville, firm - *.8 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling 7 12 Good middling 7 1-2 Strict middling 7 7-16 Middling 7 6-18 Tlngos 6 3-8 to 7 1-4 Stains 6 1-4 to 6 7-8 TO WAGE WAR ON BOLL WEEVIL. State Entomologista Adopt Resolutions Setting Forth the Precautlone That Should Be Taken. Clomson College, Special.?Prof. C. E. Chambliss hss returned from At lanta, where he presided over the meet ing of the State entomologists of the cotton growing belts. The principal question for discussion waa the ??Boll* Weevil Uw." The following resolutions were passed: "Whereas, additional knowledge con cerning the Mexican cotton boll weevil acquired since the last meeting of this association August 2, 1004. Indicates the advisability of the modification of previous recommendations toward a uniform State system of quarantine regulations; therefore be it "Revived, That the previous resolu tions ne modified, and we recommend that the present laws and regulations in the various States be changed to conform to the following plan which, in our opinion, would furnish the re quired protection without unnecessary inconvenience to the shipping interests concerned. "Resolved, That cotton lint (loose baled, flat, or compressed), cotton seed, seed cotton, hulls, seed cotton and cot ton seed sacks which have been used, and corn In the shuck originating In cotton boll weevil infested localities of Texas and Louisiana and of other States which may hereafter become In fested should be excluded absolutely from the uninfested territory. "Resolved, That all shipments of household goods from infested areas should be prohibited Unless accom panied by an affidavit attached to way bill to the effect that the shipment contains no cotton lint, cotton Beed, seed cotton, cotton seed and seed cot ton sacks, or corn in the husk. "Resolved, That all quarantine re strictions now maintained against all other commodities be removed. "Resolved, That shipments of quar antined articles through the States should be made in tight closed cars. "Resolved. That no eomomn carrier should use beddina; or feed for live fctock any of the quarantined articles. "Resolved, That all laws and regu lations designed to eradicate Isolated colonies of the boll weevil or to control the past should Include the following provisions. "I. Prohibition against bringing In to the territory or bringing Into the State live cotton boll weevils. "2. The delegation to authorized body of plenary authority to take whatever steps are necessary for the eradication of colonies and control of the boll weevil. "3. That definite authority be given to officer or officers in charge of boll weevil quarantine matters to establish from time to time the necessary rules and regulation and to enforce the same. "Resolved, That for the protection of the cotton growing industry we rec ommend the enaction of the above provisions in all cotton growing States where there is at present no shipping restrictions upon articles likely to dis seminate the boll weevil." A Chapel for 8eamen. "** Charleston, Special.?At n meeting of the standing committee of the Episco pal diocese next month In the matter of the erection of a chapel for seamen will he acted upon. In 1868 Miss Har riet Plnckney left $38,000 for the pur pose. but the church was pever erect ed. Efforts were made to apply tho money to other uses, but these pur poses having failed, it Is likely that the seaman's church will be built. Boy Bored Hole in Hia Body. Swansea, Special..?A very peculiar and serious accident occurred at W. B. Hast's factory Monday evening. Ennis, the 14-year-old son of Richard Cartin, was boring with an augur that was turned by machinery. To steady the short board ho was pressing hla body against it. The board was a thin one and lhe augur went through and Into his groin on tho right side Ave or fix inches. He pulled the augur out himself, and in coming out It brought the grooves full of flesh. The boy had only a few minutes before the acci dent been told to keep away from tho machine. His condition Is critical. New Pacoiet Mill. Spartanburg, Special.?The building of the new Pacoiet Mill will begin at once; in fact the preliminary work Is already under way, and tho nctlve con struction of the building will com mence in a short time. President V. M. Montgomery left last night for the North for the purpose of purchasing machinery for tho new mill, and the same will be ready foT shipment Just aa soon as the building Is ready for Its Installation.