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VOL. II. NO. 22. CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 1005. S1.50 Per Year BAD MOTS AT LODZ Two Ivadred or More Dead aid a Tboasaad Woaaded STKEET FIGHTING STILL CONTINEP Polish City Ressmbles ? 8hambtee Md th? Fighting Spirit of the People Is 80 Fully Aroused That the P?>e once of Ten Russian Regiments is Insufficient to Step Firing From Houses. Lodi, By Cable.?Since thl arrival or re-lnforcement* actual fighting In the city haa stopped, but the outbreak Is by no means quelled, and fresh collis ions are expected moinontsrlaiy. The city resembles a shambles and the terrible scenes of the last two days will never be wiped from the memory of the Polish people. The fighting spirit of the people is fully aroused. They have tasted blood and want Wore. Certainly the revo lutionary spirit is abroad and It re mains to be seen whether military measures will have the same effect as previously. Saturday at Dainty, a suburb of Lode, four Cossacks were killed and sixteen others wounded by a bomb which was thrown Vnto the barracks. Twenty or thelt horses were killed. Occasional volleys are stilled fired by the police or gendarmes in response to shots from houses. The soldiers are showing what ap pears to be wanton cruelty. Late i.> the afternoon they shot and killed two women?a mother and her daughter. The funerals of victims of the shoot ing of Thursday and Friday took place surreptitiously in various outlying vil lages. It is quite Impossible to give the exact number of killed and wounded, as reports vary according to the quarter from which they are obtained. Cer tainly the killed number more than a hundred, and the wounded five times as many. An official reports says that the number of casuallties was largely Increased by the ncglcct of persons to remain Indoors, and the others who In sisted on looking out of doors and win dows when the volleys were being fired upon the rioters by the soldiers. Resi dents of the city ssy that they receiv ed no orders to remain Indoors. * - Peace Conference Date. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Negotia tions for the peace conference have taken an Important step forward, a proposition for the date of the meet ing of the plenipotentiaries at Wash ington having been submitted to Rus sia and being now under considera tion. The exact date proposed has not been ascertained, but there Is reas son to suppose that it is some time during the first week or ton days of August, which Is about the earliest period at which tho Japanese repre sentatives could be expected to reach Washington. Tho Emperor's answer la not ex pected for a day or two. as the diplo matic mills of Rusnia grind slowly, and the Foreign Office, as one of the sec retaries put it, "is not used to your hustling American methods;" but it Is thought that the date will he satisfac tory, as It will givo ample time for M. Neiidoff, the RiiHsian ambassador at Paris, or other Russian negotiators, to reach Washington, and there will be llttlo preliminary work for them to do until tho Japanese terms are submitted. Whcthc- rhe proposal regarding tho date orlgiL?tcd at Tokio or at Wash ington, cannot be learned, but the fact that the negotiations was conducted through Ambassador Meyer may Indi cate that President Roosevelt has per haps again stepped to the fore and suggested to the two powers, neither of whom are willing to take the initia tive, a suitable date. Sheriff Resists Gov. Folk. St. Louis, Special.?Governor Folk's order to stop raco track gambling In Missouri with the aid of the militia, If necessary, met defeat at the hands of the sheriff of 8t. Ixniis county. John Herpcl, who says he will not raid race tracks or call for troops, and that if the Governor sends troops to molest any one the soldiers will be arrested, possibly shot. Sheriff Herpel declared he was opposed to raids as a usurpa tion of the judicial authority, and said; "An appeal to bayonets Is tho first threat of a bigot, fired by fanatical seal, his personal amfcltlon and by Ideas against the guaranteed liberties of tho people." Passenger Wreck In Colorado. Denver. Special.?Westbound passen ger train on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad was wrecked at Pinto, a small station, sixty miles west of Grand Junction, Col. No fatalities re sulted. Tho accident was caused by a broken bolt in a frog at a switch. Three coaches were derailed and twen ty-nine passengers were slightly In jured. ? Dropped Dead While Speaking. Chicago, Speelal.?8. P. Sheerln, for merly secretary of the Democratic na tional committee, dropped dead on the floor of the convention hall In the Au ditorium Hotel while making an ad dress before the delegates to the con vention of National Inter-State Inde pendent Telephone Association. Death was due to appolmy. Mr. Sheerln was president of ths new long-distance tetophone oompeny, of Indianapolis, ^wfeyeet?? to ropl/ to m ' UNIT OF COMMISSION {? touth Carolina Railroad Commloolon Aftar Thorough Investigation of the Wreck of the Ogdon Special, Makoa Roport. ? ,, v ? ? OrtMftbla, 8. C.. Special. ? The Railroad Cotalmlseloh on Wednesday !?**?!! Ending on the wrcek W Ogden special car near Green ville On April !?> the finding goes into the particulars In detalland makes father drastic recommendations. In addition to tho regular flndihg Commissioner Baric filed a supple mentary report ton the Wreck knd makes fttotne addition*! rihdingse. The fcomniiMloh says: nTM ykTd engine and train engaged la switching in the Greenville yafds was neither a second or third class train, and the effect of the train or ders Above mentioned was not to alter the relations between it and extra on* glne 1010. as established by the rules of the railroad compahy. We fihd the ruloa of the railroad tempafty make ?11 extra trains inferior to regular trains of whatever class. The rule of the company which governed the traltt In question on the day of the accident Was as follows t " 'Yard limits are indicated by sign boards reading 'Yard limits' located ton either side of Spencer. Salisbury, Charlotte, Spartanburg, Spartanburg Junction, Greenville, Toccoa, Lula, Athens, Elberton, Armour and Atlanta Switching and other engines and trains may work within these limits without wgard to second class and Inferior trains, but must give way immediately upon their approach. Second class and inferior trains must approach and run through yard limits under full control, expecting to find tho main track occupied. In case of accident, responsibility rests with approaching train/ "Prom this It Is apparent that as acording to *the company's class!flea tlon of trains, which is the usual clas sification on American railways, the extra train of engine 1010 was inferior In class, and for the purpose of ascer taining Its right on the road to sec ond class trains, It was Its duty. In approaching and running through Greenville yard, to do so 'under full control,' and 'expecting to find the main track occupied,' It was right under the rules for the switch engine and train to work within the yard lim its without regard to approaching second class or inferior trains, which Include extra trains, but they are re quired to give way Immediately upon their approach. ''Under these rules the entire obli gation of safety rests upon the ap proaching train, and, in fact, the rule explicitly states that 'In case of acci dent, responsibility rest with approach ing train.' "If we take the rules to govern a train crew, we must decide from the facts shown that the approaching ex tra train, in this case engine 1010, was, in approaching and passing through the Greenville yard limits, being run in direct violation of these rules, and of being under 'full control' was run ning from thirty-eight to forty miles per hour. It appears from the evi dence that the engineer and conductor of this train had been furnished with the rules in question had been examin ed on and knew them, but simply in action, at least, misinterpreted them. HOLDS CREW responsible "Tho conclusion, therefore, of the commission, is that the responsibility for tho accident rest primarily with the crew of englno No. 1010." . The commission after stating that the rules of the company are standard says: "There Is one point, however, that the commission are not fully satisfied with, and that is when tho operator at Greenville received the last mes sage, that Is that the Ogdcn special was running forty minutes late, If he reog^ed It In timo, and it seems from the testimony that he did, he (tho op erator at Greenville) should have made every effort to convey this notice to tho yard crew. If this could have been successfully done, in all proba bility this unfortunate accident could have been averted. "It appears that the trainmen on this special misunderstood their or ders, and that they considered that they were running a first-class train. It further appears that tho yard men in Greenville regarded them as a spe cial, and that they should havo come Into the Greenville yard under control, expecting the main track occupied. It appears that the train crews having the safety and lives of tho passengers In charge aro not sufficiently familiar with their orders, and that railroad companies should only employ men for theso position who are thorough ly familiar with all orders, rules, etc., concerning their work. "It further appears that when so many trains are handled over a single track, that In all such cases the rail roads should use the block system, and any other precautions that It is possible to use. It further appears that there Is not sufficient track room in the Greenville yard, and that more room should be given for the handling of tho large amount of business there. "The commission recommended that In cities Hko Spartanburg, Greenville, Charleston, Columbia, and other cit ies like these, that tho railroad com panies should have an employe for the purpose of dollverlng messages, tele grams, etc., to tho yardmaster and all yard crews that may be In the yard limits on duty, concerning all over due trains and the approach of all extra trains. "Respectfully submitted. "J. H. Wharton, chairman, "B L. Caughman, "John H. Earle, "Commissioners." Shot For Hiring Negroes. A special from Florence nays that H. D. Granger, a local ItaptiHt preach er, was shot from -ambush and killed while working on his farm near thcro Friday. Ho lived In tho district known as the "dead stretch," whero It Is said that negruea are not wel come, and tho only explanation of hla death Is that he had hired two negroes to work on the farm and had protected them?*ven allowing them to vleep on bit premises. ANOTHER BAD WRECK ? CWcjfo Flyer Suddenly Goes Into Open Switch. LARGE LIST Of DEAD AND INJURED Although None of the Lake Shore or New Yorh Centre! Officials Ascribe the blfcaster to Excessive 8peed, a ftfeturn te the 20-Hour Time le An nounced; Cleveland, O., Special?Nineteen dead and a dozen sllgbtly Injured comprise the revised casualty list made by the wrecking Thursday ttighti at Mehtor, OhtOi of the erist-bound twentieth cen tury limited, the Lake Shore and New York Central's elghteen-hour train, which ran into an open switch, crushed the Mentor depot and partly burned it Up, scorching several of the mangled corpses. The surviving Injured are not thUch hurt. The twentieth century limited, ac cording to announcement from New York, will hereafter return to a twenty hour schedule, although none of the railroad officials ascribe the wreck to * excessive speed. It is maintained by railway officials that the r,witch on which the limited was wrecked was thrown open and locked and the switch light extinguish ed by Rome person, either a maniac or some one seeking revenge. It Is still unknown who this person la, although detectives are working on the case. A careful examination of the switch showed that it was In porfcct condition. Trainmen are of the opinion that the engineer of the twentieth century train was deceived by the light of the switch just beyond the open switch, the light of which is said to have been out. W. H. Marshall, general manager of the Lake Shore, says the speed of the train was not a contributory cause to the wreck. He said that other Lake Shore trains travel through Mentor at a speed "equal to that attained by tbo limited, which was not. Mr. Marshall says, above 60 miles an hour. The schedule for the train calls for a speed of 57 miles an hour at Men tor. Coroner York, of Lake county, an nounced that an inquest would begin next Monday In PalneBfllle. A revised Hat of the dead follows: John R. Bennett, attorney, 31 Nas sau street, New York. John A. Bradley, of Hie law firm of Rowley, Rogers. Bradley & Rock well, Akron, Ohio. T. R. Morgan, second vice president of the Wellman-Seavers-Morgan Com pany, Clevelauil. C. H. Wellinan. of the Wellman Seavers-Morgan Company, Cleveland died In hospital, A. L. Rogers, New York city, repre sentative of the Piatt City Iron Works of Dayton. Ohio, died in hospital. S. C. Berk with, 115 One Hundred and Seventy-fourth street. New York. A. H. Head, London representative of the Otis Steel Company, of Cleve land, died in hospital. H. H. Wright, traveling man. Chi cago, died In hospital. D. E. Arthur, traveling man, Mil waukee, died In hospital. J. H. Gibson, Chicago, traveling man, died in hospital. H. C. Mechllng. New York city, with the Wheeling Corrougated Iron Com pany. L. M. Elrlck. manager Keith's The atre, Cleveland. E. P. Nagle, Chicago, proprietor of a railway supply house. Two unidentified bodies, supposed to he those of L. A. Johnson, of the millin ery firm of Comoy & Johnson, Cleve land, and Henry Trinse, barber on the train. Allen Tayler. engineer, Collin wood, Ohio, died In hospital. K. J. Brant, head brakeman. 2012 Ash street, Erin, Pa., died In hospital. N. B. Walters, a baggage man, Ham burg, N. V.. died In hospital. W. D. McKey. porter, Chicago. The scenes following the wreck were appalling. The night was dark save for the light from the blazing wreck of tho coach that was crushed and splintered on top of the engine. Men swarmed about It combating the flames with the means at hand, grouping their way through the blinding, scalding steam that rose in clouds, hunting for the in jured. whose piteous cries were such at chilled tho hearts of those who heard them. Tho weter supply was small and the means at hand for fighting the flames were pitifully inadequate, but the zeal of the rescuers wrought great things for the first few minutes. Four Killed In Boiler Explosion. Attalla, Ala., Special?A boiler at the saw mill of the Curtis Attalla lumber plant exploded killing James Watts, Will Rosson, Ous Cash and Marlon Maddox. C. Smith was fatally hurt and Barney Works was seriously In jured. Murderer Hoch Gets Reprieve. Springfield, 111., 8pecia^.?Governor Deneen granted Johann Hoch a re prieve until July 28th In order that the case may be taken to the Supreme Court Justice for a writ of superse deas Hanged For Murdering Manager.' Birmingham, Ala., Special.?A spec ial from Tuscaloosa says that John (Jarpenter, a negro, was hanged there Friday for the murder of Stewart Champion, superintendent of the Stew art plantation, last April. Carpenter, an employe of the plantation, had a grudge against the manager, and shot him In his home at night firing through the window as Champion sat with his child In his arms. The child was slightly wounded and Champion was killed. FALMETTO Ctor BULLETIN tendltlens For Pact Week as Give* but by the Nparimtnl *hb week fending^ a. m., Juilti 19th, had a mwo temperature slightly above hormal, with extremes ot a maximum bt 98 degree* at Blackville on the 13th, and a minimum of ?6 degrees at Greenville on the 13th. The sunahlM averaged about normal, although in flirts of the Btatfe thefe iiu consider able cloudiness the latter part. There werb no destructive high winds, or other damaging conditions. fab precipitation Was in the form of thunderstorms and local showers. The rainfall was heavy in places In the eastern counties, where it ranged from half an inch to over two inches, with scattered localities in all parts of tnb State that had nO rain or had ?mounts too Small to be beneficial. There were some heavy showers in the northern border counties, but they were widely scattered. The need of rain is indicated for the central and southwestern counties generally and In plAces elsttwherei Cultivation made rapid progress, and nearly all fields have been rid of grass and weeds, except where labor ers were scarce, or where the ground has become too hard to plow and culti vate. The weather was favorable for harvesting wheat and oats, which work Is nearly finished except for spring oats. There was a general Improvement In the condition cf cotton, with excep tions in the casi ? of fields that have not been thinned Jr cleaned of grass, but only in exceptional Instances have the plants attained normal growth, be ing generally undersized. Blooming is still sporadic, though fairly general In the enstem counties. Boa Island cotton Is in good condition, but as yet blooming sparsely. Lice are still present in sections, but are disappear ing. Chopping has not boon finished. There has been only slight im provement in corn, which continues small and yellow, except on fields that received early and thorough cultiva tion. There are many complaints of corn tassellng low, and of damage by worms. There is considerable land yet to be planted In corn. There Is little change In the condi tion of tobacco, which shows the ef fects of too much rain and lack of cultivation. Rice Is receiving Its har vest water in the Colleton district, and is generally doing well. Gardens and pastures need rain in the central and western parts. Melons are quite prom ising. Wheat is yielding poorly at threshing. Oats also is generally poor, but with numerous exceptions, where the yields range from good to excellent. A large acreage of peas, for forage, being sown, and more lands will be sown as soon as it rains.?J. W. Bauer, Section Director. To Have Association. Columbia, Special. ? Commissionei Watson will call a meeting of the rep resentatives of the various commercial organizations of the State for some time In July. The meeting will be quite an important one and every town and city in the State will have repre sentatives present. One of the most interested In the mooting Is Mr. John Wood, secretary of the Rock Hill Commercial Club. It Is proposed that the various towns and cities throughout the State assist the office so far as the commercial end is concerned. At present when there is an enter prise of Importance to some ot ^r par ticular section of the State Mt. Wat son finds it necessary to drop his other work and assist in locating the busi ness. although he is usually aided in this by various towns. If the plan works there will be no further trouble along this line and a State organiza tion of the commercial bodies can as sist in the development of the State in many other ways. With a very small sum a handbook can be gotten out, bearing the official stamp of tho office and yet represent ing the entire Stato in a way that should be. At present tho cost is too great and the postage bills too heavy to permit of any along this lino on a large scale, although there have been a very large number of small and val uable handbooks gotten out by the office. The call for the meeting will be Is sued some time this month and a very large attendance is expected. Secretary Hay Much Improved. Washington. Special. ?Secretary Hay arrived from New York tonight nnd spent tho greater part of the evening with the President, Secretary Taft Joining the President and Mr. Hay. Secretary Hay will attend the cabinet meeting. He looked consider ably Improved in health. Ho said that ho would remain In Washington through this week, and would then go to his summer home at Sunapce, N. H. More Incendiary Work. Honoy Path, Special.?The handsome throe-story barn of Mr. J. E. Knight wan burned Saturday night at 3:00 o'clock. AH the horses were saved but fodder, oats, etc., were burned. The loss Is estimated to be over $1,000. Mr. Knight Is a prosperous farmer In lower Greenvlllo county, a man known and well respected, with not an enemy of whom he knows, so the Are Is a mys tery. By the herols efforts of Mr. Knight, the ten head of mules and horses wpre driven out Just as the barn was falling In. The f<hful and effi cient help of the neighbors saved the other buildings, which caught fire sev i eral times. One Death From Heat. New York. Special.?One death, that of Miss .Tosle Barnard, who lived on upper Rast 8lde, and a number of prostrations besides much suffering In the tenement districts, were the result of the excessive heat In New York City and vicinity. At 4 o'clock Monday af ternoon the thermometer registered 89 on the roof of the weatlipr bureau building. In the streets It was several degrees higher. Sunday was th? hot test June 18 In S6 years. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Marty N*w?y Items Gathered From all iactldtia. OlMral Cotton Market. Middling. dalVMtOtt. steady .<<<*..; 9 3-16 Neir Orleans, firm .444.4.4444.4.9 1-lf Mobile, firm 8% Savannah, steady 8% Wilmington, steady SH fcorfblk, steady ? -9 Baltimore, normal #V4 New York, quiet 9-20 Boston, quiet 9.20 Philadelphia, steady 9.45 Hduitttri, qulit 9% Augusta, quiet 4.i;i..8 15-16 Memphis, firm 9*4 St. Louis, quiet 9 Louisville, firm 9% Charlott* Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good middling 8 15-16 gtrlct middling 8 15-16 Middling 8% tinges 7 to 7*i Stains 6% to 7Vi J, M? Langley Miaaing. A special from Columbia says: Jo seph M. Langley, a carpenter in the car repairing department at tfie shops of the Southern railway In this city, b?? unaccountably disappeared and has not been seen by bis family or any of his friends since Monday. He left his home on the Barhamvllle road, l^ss than a mile from the shops, as usual, Monday morning. He worked at lila accustomed place all day and for two hours extra time, which kept him un til 8 o'clock that light. After leaving work he was seei by acquaintances going towards his home and the Inst that can be learned of him Is that he was at the store of Mr. William G. Allworden. on the Barhamvllle road, that night. His wife is unable to account for his absence, and she says she thinks he has been foully dealt with. She and her two young children have been left In a most deplorable condition. Both of the children are sick and she her self Is Just recovering from a recent Illness. The eldest of the two chil dren is two years old and vhe younges' Is only seven months old. They aro without money or the necessaries of life and are dependent on the bounty of their good neighbors for food and shelter. The Langleys Invested in $75 worth of furniture on the Installment plan when they began housekeeping some time ago, and this has been seized and removed by the furniture house from which It was bought because of her Inability to pay the installments. Mrs. Langley said that she had paid about half of the $75 and that she bad lost that and her furniture too. She and her children are being cared for at tho home of Joseph 14. Gates, who lives near the broken up homo of the l^ang leys. So far as can be learned there Is absolutely nothing to Indicate wh> Langley should have left except that he was In debt and could not meet his obligations. His wife states that he had no enemies, so far as she knew. There is no reason to believe that he has met with foul play. Petition For Pardon. A petition for the pardon of John Hendrlx. of Pickens county, has been filed with the Governor. The convict Is said to be a weak-minded boy who. In 1900, was given a life sentence on tho charge of burglary with attempt to assault. Daniel Doe. an Imbecile, of Barnwell county, who a few weeks ago pleaded guilty to the charge of larceny and was given a sentenco of thirty months on the chalngang. Is the object of the sympathies of the county officials In Barnwell who have written to the Gov ernor to have the boy released on a pardon. Hurley Jones, of Greenville. Is serv ing a life sentence 011 the charge of as sault. The mother of the woman who alleges that she was assaulted. has ask ed for the prisoner to l?e pinioned. as there were circumstances which are In tho convict's favor. New Enterprises. The Bank of Norway lias applied for a charter. A commission ha? been is sued to the following corporators: W. C. Wolfe and J. A. Berry, of Orange burg. and C. H. Able. J. O. Williams. L. W. Jeffcoat, C. T. Howling and A. 1/. Garlck, of Norway. The capital stock will be 110,000. The Slegllng Music House, of Char leston, wants to be Incorporated with a capitalization of $21,000. A commission was Issued to the fol lowing corporators of the Bank of Lynchburg, which will have a capital ization of $20,000. T. O. McLeod. B. I). Smith, J. C. Kllpatrlc, J. A. Rhanie. J. G. Stokes. The Georgetown Boat Oar Company was chartered, capitalization. $5,000. P. D. Wllsey Is president; Walter Haz ard. vice-president, and F. C. Clutter buck. secretary. The Timraonsville Lumber Company was given a commission, the corpora tors being B. D. Dargan and F. L. Wil cox. The capitalization will be $40,000. The United Brotherhood of Labor of Enon, Richland county, was given an eleemosynary charter, as was the "In dustrial Health and Accident Company, of Aiken," a burial aid society. A charter was Issued to the Charles ton Steamship Company, capitalization $20,000. A. C. Tobias is president; Wal ter Prlngle, vice-president; John W. Peterman, secretary and treasurer. The largest stockholder Is Moses Marks, of Georgetown. Walter B. Dean, of Spartanburg, was appointed a State constable. A charter was Issued to the Barnwell County Building and I>oan Association, capitalization. $F,0.000. George H. Bates is president and W. C. McNab, secre tory and treasurer. A NEW KAILtOAD SYSTEM Oconee PMpli Ask for Charter F?r County Road. A new railway the "Oconee County Railway Company," applied for ? char ter Monday. The railway *411 be capitalized at $50,000 wilu the privi lege of increasing to |200,000, and will run from Westminister on the South ern to Fairplay, which Is near the conjunction of the Oconee, Anderson and Georgia lines, and Will run through Intermediate stations Includ ing Oakway. The declaration asks for powers to dam rivers and furnish light and power and provides that the railway may be operated either by steam or electricity. The corporators are W. P. Anderson, and Wm. Bibb of Westminister; J. W. Shelor of Walhalla; J. J. HAlley, Jas. Bates and L. A. Edwards of Oakway; W. L. Thomas of Tugalo; J. D. Shel don, E. C. Marett and J. R. Heller of Fair Play, and J. W. Shirley of Town vllle. Steamboat Launched. ' Columbia, Special.?"Th? City of Co lumbla," Columbia's new freight boat, to make weekly round trips between here atid Georgetown, was launched Tuesday afternoon with Impressive ceremony and in the presence of several hundred people, the attendance being large In spite of the excessive heat. The boat has a gcoss tonnage of 300 and a net tonnage of 250, in 135 feet lone, 30 feet wide, and is a stern-wheeler propelled by an S5-lmrse power engine, with a down-stream speed of 15 miles an hour nnd an up-stream speed of 9 miles. The christening was by little Miss Janie Murray, daughter of Dr. W. J. Murray, the president of the com pany. The enterprise is backed by the strongest and most successful local business men, who Intend to make this ftn Interior port of importance, adding a number of various kinds of boats in the Immediate future. With this in view correspondence has been opened w th the Washington authorities and with the head officials of the Southern and Seaboard railroads looking to the construction of a draw bridge across the Congaree at a point near where the roads have ordinary bridges over which they come Into the city a short dis tance l>elow the present landing of the boat. The company intends to blast out the entire river, if this is necessary, in order to put on a complete line of boats. Edgefield to Discuss the Dispensary. Edgefield, special.?A call for a mass meeting of the citizens of Edge field county in the court house has been made and the same will be pub lished in the county papers this week announcing Monday July 3, as the time to discuss tlio matter of voting out the dispensary here. This ac tion is fathered by some of the lead ing and most Influential citizens throughout the county and there is lit tle doubt but that an election will be ordered and the State rum mill dis lodged from this balivvink. Whether prohibition absolute is in the majority is questionable and It remains only to be seen, but the peoplo heie are sick of the State selling liquor. A Negro Shot. I^aureus, Special.?Ferrell Milam, a young white man of tho county shot Ader Madden, a negro farm hand Mon day while the two wcro engaged in a personal difficulty. A warrant, was issued for Milam, hut he caine in and was granted bond in the proper sum for his appearance at the next term of the criminal court to answer to tho charge of assault and battery with in tent. to kill. It stems that Milam shot at. the negro several times, but only one shot struck Madden, which took effect in the arm just, abovo tho wrist, and ranged upward or inward, coming out at a point between the elbow and shoulder. During the tight Milam was struck on the head, apparently with a brick or rock. According to the sta'? ment of Milam the negro was whipping a negro woman nnd he decided to In terfere for the purpose of stopping the fuss. Madden resented and the fight ensued. Heavy Storm Damage. Tnmpa. Fla.. Special. ?One death ! and damage to property amounting to thousands resulted from an electric storm and cloudburst which occurred here Tuesday afternoon. Beatrice Co lin, aged 7, colored, was killed by lightning while standing In the door of her bome. The roof of the Penin sular Telephone exchange, fell in smashing the switchboard and injuring several young lady operators, none seriously. Major Carrlngton's Case Up. Washington, Special.?The proceed ings In the case of MaJ. R del Cnrrlng ton, tried by court-martini In the Phil - ippines, have arrived at tho War De partment for review by the President. Major Carrlngton was In charge of the battalion of Philippine s<outs at the St. Louis Exposition, and his trial was based on charges of misappropriation of funds and the duplication of ac counts. The court sentenced him to dismissal. Cnrrlngton was tried by civil authorities of the Philippines and *"n tenced to sixty years and five days im prisonment. New Enterprises. Tho Lynchburg Mercantile Company of Lee County received a commission this week. Tho concern is capitalized at $5,000 and Its corporators are: W. E. Mcintosh, J. F. Mcintosh, Jr., 8. W. Frierson, J. W. Tarrant and E. I). Smith. Another commission was Issued to tho Evlns Land company of Spartan burg. The capital Is $11,000 and the corporators are: J. Choice Evlns and Thos. M. Evins. GROCERS ADJOURN Inporteat Meeting Was Held With Entire Harmony THE OFFICIAL BOARD IS ELECTED After a Spirited Discussion of ? Re port Prom a Portion of a Commit* tee. Urging Differentials on Flour, Hay, Grain, Grits and Corn Meal in Less Than Car Loads, the Matter Was Left in Statu Quo. Norfolk, Va.. Speila!.?The Southern Wholesale' Grocers' Association ad journed Wednesday sine die. Tho old Officers were elected aw follows: President, J. A. Van Hoose, Birming ham, Ala.; first vice president. G. P. Thompson, New Orleans; second vie? president, R. P. Woodson, Memphis; treasurer. 8. W, Lec, Birmingham. Advisory board: J. A. Van Moose, Birmingham: Theodore Melchers, Charleston; B. F. Bo well, Jacksonville; J. 11. Wlllian;*, Lynchburg; Adolph Greyer, Little Rock; A. Mcl). Wilson, Atlanta. Th? advisory board will elect the sec retary and spccial representative of the association. The most spirited ill#?iif?ion of the session was cans Ml by the Introduction of a resolution fjont a portion of the committee on differentials and freight rates reviving the old proposition to differentials on less than car-load lots. The committee recommended that tho president and I he advisory board take the matter up with the railroads, urg ing a differential in favor of flour, hay, grain, grits and torn meal. H. B. Goodridge, of Norfolk, op posed the report, which he said was not ail expression of the entire committee. The report was leferrcrl back to the committee, whi'li Inter brought In an other report, referring the entire prop osition to the advisory board in the event it saw fit to take It up. The con census of opinion scented to be against a fight with the railroads on this sub ject. A report was adopted urging the gen eral use of cottoit product.4 and recom mending that wholesale grocers substi tute cotton bagging for Juto and bag ging of other materials. The fire insurance committee was au thorized to devise a plan of reciprocal fire insurance, and directed to take the matter up with the advisory board and report at the next convention. The tobacco committee reported in favor of a 10 per cent, profit to the Jobber. The convention decided to meet in 1906. in April, at Jacksonville, Fla. The president was authorized to rep resent the association at the Milwaukee conference of the wholesale grocers of the United States. Discredits Ryan's Plan. Albany, N. Y., Special.?Tho report *>f Superintendent Hendricks, of the Xtate insurance department, to Gov ernor Higgins. upon his investigation of the Hquitable Life Assurance So ciety was mado public here and in New York. It Is described in the title as "A' Preliminary Report," and It sharply criticises the management of the So ciety as well as the new trust ar ! rangemont for voting the stock agreed upon by Thomas F. Ryan and the three trustees designated by him. In conclusion. Superintendent Hen dricks says: "No superficial meas ures will correct the existing evils in thin society. A cancer cannot ho cured by treating the symptoms. Complete mutualizatlon with the oft mlnation of the stock, to bo paid for at a price only commensurate with Its dividends, is. in my opinion, the only sure measure of relief. "This report, with a copy of the evidence taken on this investigation, will be transmitted to the Attorney General fur such action thereon as he may deem proper." To Test Sunday Baseball. Jacksonville. Fla., Special.?A war rant was issued by Justice of the Peaco Farrls for the arrest of William C. West, president of the Jacksonville Amusement Company, owners of ?h* Jacksonville baseball franchise of the South Atlantic League, charging him with violating the law prohibiting the playing of bnseball on Sunday. The warrant was not served Tuesday, but was served Thursday morning. It is understood that the warrant was Is sued at the instigation of the franchise owners, who are anxious to havo the law tested as to Its constitutionality. * Degree For Takahlra. Medford, Mass.. Special.?The degre* of LL.D. was conferred upon the Jap anese minister to the United States, M. Takahlra. and Governor Douglas, of Massachusetts, In connection with the observance of the fiftieth anniver sary of Tufts College. Following the morning exercises a reception was held In the afternoon at which Mr. Tak%h|r* was one of the sDeakers. Raced With Express Train. Hamburg, By Cable.?In an attempt to prove that an automobile can speed as fast as an express train, Kmperor William, 'whllo coming from Hanover to this city, ran an exciting race with a train at a point where the road and railway are parallel. The Kalaer's ma chine maintained a speed of 60 mile* an hour as long as tho race continued and It was only ended In disappoint ment, as the result of a tire bursting oq the Emperor's machine.