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/ f .'??? ~ ~ , f _ s. }? 4 VOL.11. NO. 30. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY. AUGUST 24, 1905. Sl.OO Per Year FALLING BIRTH RATE &0" Olate of Affairs That PreseiU Soae laterestiig Phases ONLV ALIEN ANO NEGRO NORMAL Country Now Largely Dependent Up \ , on the Foreign-Born Woman For f Its Increase of Population Except in the South, Where Progressive Decrease in Bate Since 18M Xaa | v B?on Much Less Marked. / w??hJngton, Special.?That thera k has bocn a perBistcnt decline of the birth rntc In the United States sine* ; I860 lis the conclusion reached in a bulletin Issued by the Census Bu? rentl The bulletin Is by Prof. Walter Jl' 'w*' ,of c?niell University, and 1t is explained that "although tho anulys's ma<l0 offers many suggestions Xtl L .)!,ah,e tendencies in the birth ihc Un,ted States. It Is, prl ESt?/ 1101 a ?ta,ly ,n b,rt^ rat?*. but ihnT a Htu,,y ,n the proportion of ,u> thw to,al population or to the number of women of child-bear ?ur age. ? Thei result of the study shows that * at the beginning of the nineteenth cen <tury the children under 10 years of ; age constituted one-third and at the > end less than one-fourth of the total population. Tho decrease In this pro * as ear,y as the decade of 1810 to 18L0, and continued uninter ruptedly, though at varying rates. In each successive decade. Between 1850 and I860 the proportion of children to w.?1'nl<71 between 15 and 49 years, the lo.-A . K ago' 'ncreased, but since I860 It has constantly decreased. It Is I slated that the decrease has been > J8?r7 unequal, but that If the compu , tatlon Is made upon the basis of 20 ?>cr,odK bas been regular, in 3 i860 the number of children under 5 , years of age to 1,000 women 15 to 49 i?^r8 "f a*0 was 634; in 1900. it was ?5y l! ? proi>ortion of children to * potential mothers In 1900 was only ' three fourths as large as in 1860. No attempt Is made by tie author of the DU>ietln to determine the probable causes of this decline. An extended ar gument by Gen. Francis A. Walker Is given, suggesting that it Is largely due to tho influx of foreigners and the re ^ mutant shoek to the population in stinct of tho natives. tho K?neral decrease between J?90 Bnd 1900 not a sngle State of the North Atlantic division took part. In seven other States, also, there was no . decrease. In only six 8t%t?* Maryland Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana, did the proportion decrease In each of the five decades; and In only Delaware, District of Columbia, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon atad Colorado did it follow the tenden cy for the country as a whole, that is, increase from 1850 to 1860, and de crease In the four succeeding decades. In 1900, for the United States as a whole, tho proportion of children was only two-thirds as great in cities as in the country districts. In the North At lantic division, however. It was al k most as great in the cities as In the fcountry. In tho Southern division It Is hardly more than half as large In the citios as in tho country; while In the far West the difference Is Interme diate In amount. This, It Is explained, 16 probably due. in large measure, to the fact that tho Immigrant population who have been swarming Into the Northern cities of rocent years, espe cially into the cities of the North At lantic States, havt been multiplying lantlc Slates, have been multiplying by numerous births with much rapid ity. while tho corresponding laboring class which has immigrated to South ern rltles from tho surrounding coun try districts has not been thus increas ing." A comparison Is made between the proportion of children born of native mothers to 1.000 native women of child-bearing age and the proportion of children born of foreign-born mothers to 1,000 foreign-born women of child bearing ago. In 1900 the former pro portion was 462, the latter 710, tho difference Indicating the greater fecun dity of foreign-born women. The bulle i tin continues: "Tho comparison also Indicates that Hhe total docrease In fecundity of white women between 1890 and 1900 was the result of a decrease for native white women, partly offset by an In crease for foreign-born white women. "In the Atlantic divisions, hoy. ever, there was a slight Increase In the proportion of children born to native white mothers, and in the South cen tral division there was but a slight de crease. The decrease for the whole l^country, therefore, was tho result very largely of tho great decrease In the 1 North central and Weestern divisions. Was Offered to Mr. Cleveland. Norfolk, Va., Special.?In connec Aon with the selection of Harry St. Oeorge Tucker for the presidency of tho Jnmcstown Exposition, which was announced recently, It has devel oped that tho presidency was offered to former President Cleveland sev eral months ago and that he consider ed the offer for some time before final ly making up his mind that. It would be out of the'question for him to accept. Mr. Cleveland will probably be chair man of ihe advisory board of one hun drod distinguished Americans who will bo asked to serve the exposition. f President Not to Visit Tennessee City I R. Price president of the chamber of Commerce, through which body an In vitation was extended to President Roosevelt to visit Knoxvllle on his Southern tour, Is In receipt of a let ter stating that the President's South ern trip has been planned with a view to visiting the principal cities of only % .those States not Included In previous tWuri. The President will have no time Tennessee cities. UKE TKACTS FOI COLONY Two Will Be Settled by Swedes and the Third by Natives of Finland. It is probable that within the next 60 days the work of populating a large tract of land in Aiken county will be commenced. This land was acquired through the bureau of immi gration and will be used for afford ing homes to thrifty people who are dissatisfied with the climate of New England. ?The agent in chaxge of this colon ization movement ia Capt. E. Lind burg, a native of Sweden, who for 32 years has been engaged in building up settlements of this kind in the northwest. Captain Lindburg ssid that he had learned through Mr. Chan. O. Due of Charleston that in South Carolina there are vast acres of arable land not under cultivation and that this^is an inviting chance for immigrants of the proper kind. Mr. Due who is a Nor wegian, is cashier of the Security National hank of Charleston. ^ Captain Lindburg came to South Carolina^ and made an investigation is to climatic and other conditions. He found much of the land unsuited to any immigration except that of ?oolies. But three-fourths of the 30, 300,000 acres may be inhabited by <ettiers of any nationality. About this time there was considerable talk >f the establishment in South Caro ina of a bureau of immigration and Captain Lindburg gave much valu tblc information to those leading in the fight. The colinixation agencies wanted the State to establish such a bureau, for it would be no real estate agency to make all lands ap)>ear fertile and lftVe the first settlers go away dis ip|>oiutcd. What was.wanted was a bureau to compile accurate informa tion and statictics and to secure op tions on large tracts of land at reas onable terms. On his second trip to South Caro lina at the invitation of the bureau )f immigration, Captain Lindburg contracted for the purchase of 10,000 acres of land between Trenton and Croft station and approaching the - if y Aiken. He had found the climate of the State exactly what is wanted by the dissatisfied Swedes in New England and in the northwest, and that for 10 months in the year terming operations can be conducted MrC. A* sufferer from rheumatism himself he had secured absolute imr (minify from its pain while in South Carolina. m Captain Lindburg settled a great part of the State of Missouri on the line of the Atlantic and Pacific rail ways. He also established colonics in the State ol" Nebraska. He there fore knows where to get immigrants and how to }>crsuado them. Fifteen years ago it would have been impossible to get Europeans to come south in colonies on account of the distorted views of social condi tions here entertained by the |>eople ;??? con!iutntal Euro|>c. lhit through his own and other agencies all such fears have been dissipated and these |>coplc are ready to come here and become settlers. In addition to the 10,000 acres of which lie contracted last September, Captain Lindburg has secured options on 0,000 acres in an adjoining tract and 3,100 acres in another, making nearly 2Q.000 acres in nil in Aiken county. Besides these, he has op tions on 20,000 acres near Me Bee and 25,000 acres in another tract sur rounding the town of McBcc on the Seaboard road in Chesterfield county. The Aiken lands are fertile and are suitable for truck farming. The Ches terfield lands are poor but are well adapted to fruit raising . One of the McBee tracts has been I disposed of to Mr. llainliorg of New ! York, president of the Finland, Steamship and Navigation company. Mr. Hamborg will have this tract set tled as soon as |>ossiblc. The Finns are a very clannish |H*ople and all the Finns coming to America conduct their hanking business through Mr. Hambrog. He, therefore, will see that none but desirable people will be sent to |N>pulate the 20,000 acres in Chesterfield county. The Brookland Fraud Caso. Ix'xingtou, Special.?In the court of general sessions (Jeo. B. McCombs, ex mayor of New Brook hind, along with T. I). Mitchell, formerly town police man, aifd M. L. Fox were found guil fy of tampering with the election re turns of the municipal election held in New Brookland on the 27th of last May. At that time McCombs was the intendant of that town, and he stood tor re-election, being opposed by Mr. ?I. S. Ounncll. The managers of the election, ap|>oiutcd by McCombs, were M. L. Fox and (leorge I. Btisbee, who, it was claimed, entered into a con spiracy with McCombs and Mitchell to declare the re-election of Mc(7>mbs and his ticket regardless of how the ballots counted. The election returns were so manipulated thai McCombs was declared to be elected; Ounnell and his friends were satisfied that fraud lias been perpetrated and they contested the declaration of Mc Combs' election to the extent even of having a warrant swortj out against the managers and Mitchell, which resulted in (liimicll's being de clared entitled to flic ofllce of intend ant. Judge Ernest Gary sentenced each of the defendants to four months on tho chaingang or pay a flue of $75 each. They were taken to jail. PLUNGED TO DEATH Loaded Excarsloa Trail Goes lato Opea Draw Bridge CAKELESSNESS OF TBE ENGINEEK Excursion Train Ban Into an Open Draw Bridie, the Engine and Two Oars Loaded WitM Negroes Going Into Deep Water. Norfolk. Va., Speclal.-Owing to the nability of Engineer D. L. Relg to ??fl "" J" brcrt"- ? ?"?s,on K"""0"' N. C.. bound to dn? 1 ">rou<"' ??> open " OVer th0 western st^? .1" rt?er at Bruce tatlon. eight miles from Norfolk dred^t^ afternoon, and a half hun drotn^.^'toTli^ hnegroc3? were of Injured , "reckage. The list 'w.V'on'? V?** ?"? <" ^^e aro^BMghtly^hun' j&^^exss'sz Only Two White Victim. ^mon* the victims, the only* white ones were Edward y wnite the excursion, and w ^assisted him, both ot Greenville,' CcStSSSX ??tST,"' .raising tbesunk^n tcr C ,,' e ,n about 35 fe?t Of wa rato J-.. tho cara are raised, no accu S?I?!SS? ?' ,ho "?"?"? ??f dead ^was composed of an en Kino 7 passenger cars. The en draw. ?eavlne ZV"' thr,,"?" <?" the track 5 four rear <ars on merged.'n? S>W.?a* con'P?otcly sub trgSLVZ "?'morg tive not nv?r, #T,8,b,? ?f the locomo believed smoke stack. It Is car MrUhe-f th^7Pa,nt ot the flrst Tk. U9fl,e Terrible to See. lmI?dK^nSew/? "blnjured RK2S&* 'i j.^ Slk'^ with nnH ??. v ef? communicated J with and the physicians were sent out In,I 'T?" "?b^?'tohtLrcSk WESSt**" ^ere SSKHHr rrhiaTr*,n,t befo?*e and Behind C. J? 7 Si?ulrt ,eft K,n8ton, N. with lfir #? i ? Thursday morning Norfolk n e*cursionis(8 for tollJf' i ? .as (,IIC to Rrrlvo at Nor lowlne ihi? ^ ik thc 8amo day. Fol. ?owing this train was another exmr f n over the same road bringing 300 cb?r"o,r, Zl YOr" The flrBt. train arrived st a-m SdSrt Z,y>ta\ ae? .nd chM ?saai.jST3rjK the North Thursday night by "a. ?r .he" .SrT|yJr.MT' th^ wreck"'" ,","4 brought hero over tho Norfolk & West Tt1/??i'"V,r Wouldn't Explain. at a fow ?nL 8u L,ne offlc,al8 are at a loss to know why Engineer b0i?? stop hi. trafn beforo co^il^g to the draw, as required by the rule? of the road. An investigation of the Z?e ef !b? *reck will bo made at ?he% "^g."",?M"","r .."I'gL **??"?? could make no ex Sin? 1* a . 88 brought to Nor thL P .7as ,Rken from ,h0 barge on the shoulders of three men. Ho enter d the hoepital ambulance on hin Jn^K to a P??o?v in the front J?i tin that" hYad ,n U He co"ld n 7 that. hl? name was s R Radford" vLhawh'8 ho,me wnB ,n Kast itadford, Va. He rould not givo the cause of the disaster, and the ambu lant, whs hurried at once to the hos By Wire and Cable. Moltko. report* mumM? ael'lv'ly" on Chicago advices Indicate that the sugar rate war between Raster" rail m/nated ,h? """ lln"? to r! ,h0 ho? of an Epls. opal cdergyman in New York and H? w? 17" ,h,P and his wife In t rv?n* /#" k,,,0d by * Pieman in trying to escape. ??.2ihe '^Panese papers are divided In heir views as to the outcome of the peace negotiations. The Chinese boycott at 8oo Chow l? taking on a political character, and ?n anti-foreign outbreak Is feared. Secretary Taft and party Failed from Manila for Hollo. J^0,fbratI?" of h,w ,,av?"? won the pirfv,jiwr27?ITK)Pry Knvo a E.??L iK working people of Kpsom to the number of 3,000. <lam?a* Mnn? brCWP(! ,n Amster keener ! ,h ^7' a T^don saloon ouer dv and co*u the NO ROPES OF PEACE It Ntw Looks Like Ai Ajmacat to leras Will le laftsriMe AN ADJOUINNENT UNTIL TUESDAY Fate of tho Peace Conference k Re garded by Most at Portsmouth aa Virtually Sealed, and it is Bipeetod That the Adjorameat Take* to Tuesday Means Merely ma Ex chance of Farewells. Portsmouth, N. H., Special.?Black pessimism reigns at Portsmouth. Tho prevailing view 18 that the fate of the peace conference Is already sealed, that it has ended In failure and that all that now remains Is for the plen ipotentiaries to meet Tuesday, to which day they adjourned Friday af temoon upon completing the seriatim consideration of the Japanese terms, sign the final protocol, go through the conventions and bid each other fare . * In other words, that the meet tag Tuesday will be what diplomacy calls the "seance d'adleu." But there is still room for hope of a compromise wm*", Kowvelt nor the power. Will see the chance of peace ship. wrecked without a final effort, and that 18 be,ngexerted> at Tokio. to Induce Japan to moderate whVTT'. 18 b?y?nd que8t,OQ- Just * at is being done or Is to be Cone haa not transpired. King Edward Is understood to bo now lending a help. g hand the financiers of the world are known to be exerting all their influ ences. At Tokio and 8t. Petersburg the final issue will be decided. The d^8"uX^hoy ssS? r"e 'is twelvea jCOp^d outright Iseven^of the nrt??. . panese conditions, one In issJes in.tm ?UF' ,nc,ud,n? ?.e run'n 1fmnJ and Sakhalin, ho ic jected. Tho other two, llmitatlnn nt p?wer and the surrender of the ^arshlps, might have beeS arranged had there been any prosoect XJffSWon th0 two SUr2K Stable. gerg6nce 8eemed Irrecon Mln discussion of Uie4erms, h *" u yielded upon two articles thirt!Ub8ta,^!al,y the r?8ult of the onlv * lngs ?f the envoys has only been to emphasize the position rlvto ?* nMr- WUt0 ,n th? wJmeS tho T?nS pre8fnted tast Saturday to sidVrr.6 ierms- And now both sides turn to home for tho last word before the cards are thrown face ud theiSXS1 ihe table next Tue8day, tor he impasse reached Friday by the oSly^a^W^cVt^TOX i?M?r Jstructlons are received by ButeHiA h compr0raiso 18 yet possible S?rn th? clJance8 are recognized to be tentiartM 88 the Ru88lan plenipo tentiaries are concerned there never JL a chance of their yielding both ln Sftkh1?[iynai,(L?aklial,n- Tho cession of Sakhalin without indemnity was ar cording t? the bet ln?ld? mfo^tlon the extrerao limit to which Mr. Witte Derm! h?* c?n8ent to KO and the Em peror has not yet given the word even J? concede that. And suddenly a ne5 factor has been introluced which in the Of <h"?e most competent 5o Judge lessens materially the chances inp r ^ ght do 8f>> namely, the issu ance of his manifesto grantinx a Donn Thft'ZrCTntatlve body of h,B "ubjects mii.b.arl/ig8 ,of th,s "historic" doc": ment, as Mr. Witte desctibed it a few days ago, upon the issue are easily com prehensible. It is bound to ameliorate the interna1 situation in Russia. The manifesto is Emperor Nicholas' d ivm?nt? V* Jftpan88e demand for the w f ? war tribute. The grant JnJn oad reform is regarded as rfr 3?%,? 6ppfal to the Russian peo * 8upport to resist It. , ,8 Impossible to tell what cAn hJ* taken. Peace probably can be even now secured by the sacrl foniJh* ,nde7,nlty Vague intimations thnl C??e m the JaPanese side war" Si^TS* foT thfi COBt ?f ^e SSIia- 1 \ moderated, but Mr. Wit os reply i8 that he will pay llb 01 ally for the maintalnance of the Rug A ? ? ,,?T?^,Kh, fhe situation can be summed up in a slnglo sentence?prompt and heroic action by outside Influence alone can save the conference. Portsmouth, N. if.. Special.?1The hJhSfS5 l?J peace aro distinctly ui i ? plenipotentiaries are laboring with a seriousness and ear nestness which leaves not the slight est doubt that both are anxious to conclude a treaty. Though the main points remain to be contested and tho plenipotentiaries of each sldo speak as though the conference would go to pieces unless the other side gives way the spirit of compromise is in the air When fie returned to the hotel Wed nesday night. Mr. Witte. who was said- bard day 8 worfc. .. ' am doing all I can for peace. Of MMorlrt af1'c,p* we have already con sldered. I have yielded seven. No other statesman In Russia would have J?w BO mu(h- and ? have done what I have on my own responslbii Growers Will Control Prices. Washington, Special.?The Southern Cotton Association has determined that the price of the principal product of the South shall be fixed by the growers and not by Wall street. This is the substance of a declaration made by Mr. Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, Mr. Jor dan has been here for the past few days on business connected with the pres ent grand jury investigation of the De partment of Agriculture cases. He ap peared before that body as a witness. WOSEVELT WWTS OUT TIE WAY Outline of Proposition to Baron Roson Booom? Known?Buggeetion Hard For the Onr, m Author of Tho Hague Peace Conference, to Reject ?Japan's Acceptance Conaidered Assured if Rnsaia'a ia Obtained. Portsmouth, N. H., Special.?It can not be autroritatively stated that the feature of the proposition of Presi dent Roosevelt communicated through I Baron Rosen to Mr. Witte and trans j mitted by the latter to Emperor Nicho las was based upon the principle of arbitration. Whether the proposal con templates arbitration of all the articles npon which the plenipotentiaries have failed to agree, or upon the quectlon of indemnity cannot be stated with posl tiveness, but it is more than probable that it relates only to Indemnity or to indemnity and the cession of tho is land of Sakhalin. . Neither is it possi-' ble to say whether the President has has yet made a similar proposition to Japan. The customary diplomatic pro ceedings in such a case would be to submit the proposal simultaneously to both countries, but there might be an advantage in securing the adherence of one before submitting it to the other. To Emperor Nicholas, the author of The Hague peace conference, the sug gestion of arbitration which will neces sarily immediately command the sym pathy of the public opinion of the world will be particularly hard to re ject. If he agrees, Japan, if she has not already done so. would be all the more bound to submit her claim to the decision of an impartial arbitrator. Ac ceptance by both sides would involve a great extension of the principle of arbitration, as nations have heretofore declined to arbitrate questions involv ing their "honor and dignity." Both Mr. Takahlra and Mr. Wltte In the earlier stages of the conference abso lutely rejected the Idea of arbitration, and both reiterated their disbelief in such a solution. It was noticed, how ever, that Mr. Wltte's opinion was not expressed as strongly as it was last week. / An Offer to Japan. Portsmouth. N. H., Special. ?The chances of peace have undoubtedly been improved by President Roose velt's action in stepping Into the broach in a last heroic endeavor to Induce the warring countries to com promise their "irreconcilable differ ences," but the result is still in sus pense. -The ultimate decision of the issuo has de facto If not de jure, passed from the plenipotentiaries to the!* principals, from Portsmouth to St. Petersburg, and perhaps in a lesser extent, to Tokio. Although there are collateral evidences that pressure both by President Roosevelt and neutral powers, including Japan's ally, Great Britain, whose minister, Claude Mc Donald, according to advices received here, held a long conference Sunday afternoon with Mr. Katsura. the Japan ese Premier, is still being exerted at Toklo to induce Japan to moderate her demands, thero is reason to be lieve that President Roosevelt was able at his Interview with Baron de Rosen to practically communica'.e to the letter's senior, Mr. Witte, Japan's irreducible minimum?what she would yield, but the point beyond which she would not go. Whether an actual basis of compro mise was proposed by the President, cannot be stated definitely. The only thing that can be affirmed positively !? that if Russia refuses to act upon the suggestion or proposition of Pres ident Roosevelt the peace conference will end In failure. No clue of the nature of this rec ommendation has transpired. But It can be stated that Mr. Wltte, no mat ter how he may personally view the proposition, Is distinctively pessimis tic as to the character of the response which will come from St. Petersburg. To a confidential friend he offered lit tle hope of a change In the situation. The Japanese, very firmly bclioved, cling to the substance if not the form of this demand for remuneration for "the cost of the war." Perhaps they are willing to decrease the sum asked, but substantial com pensation, under whatover guise It is obtained, they decline to relinquish. And they are alsc firm upon the ces sion of Sakhalin. Jap Warships Off Siberia. Oodcyadani, Manchuria, By Cable.? A small squadron of Japanese cruisers is cruslng off the shore of Kamchatka. Armed schooners and tofpedo boats continue demonstrating all along the Siberian coast. General Llnevltch an nounces to the Inhabitants of the Amur region that there in no present cause for anx'.ety or fear, as the entire t region is quiet. Adjourned to Tuesday. Portsmouth. N. H., 8peclal.?The official statement of the Friday morn Inf session of the peace conference Is an follows "In the sitting of August 18, the con ference has continued the discussion of article 11 and the discussion of the article will be resumed at 3 o'clock." The following Is the official bulle tin of the afternoon session: "Not being able to arrive at an agreement on article 11, the confer ence passed to the discussion of the last article, which has been settle 1 unanimously. The next sitting will take place on Tuesday, August 22. at 8 o'clock In the afternoon." Hort in Jam on Train Platform. McDonald, Pa., Special.?Homme:! In on a narrow platform between two trains at the station of the Panhandle Railroad Saturday night, three of a crowd of fifty Jammed In the narrow space were seriously Injured and a number of others are suffering from the shock of the panic and crushed caused by the accident. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Oiven Out by the Department Observer. The South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the De partment of Agriculture issues the following official bulletin of weather and crop conditions for the past week: The mean temperature for the week ending Monday, August 14th, was slightly above normal over the eastern half and slightly below over the western. The extremes were a maximum of 103 degrees at Blackville on the 8th and a minimum of 61 de grees at Greenville on the !)th. There was less thau the usual amount of sunshine. High winds damaging to corn and cotton, prevailed during the middle of the week in the western counties. Bottom lands were flooded along the upper portions of the Sa luda, Broad, Waterce and Great Pee Dec rivers and their tributaries and considerable corn destroyed. The long drought was broken over fie entire State. The rainfall was heaviest in the central countics where it amounted in placcs, to over six inches, and was least in Beaufort and Georgetown counties where it was generally less than half an inch. There was rain nearly every day and the ground is now thoroughly satu rated. The rain was needed and in places was very bcnclicial, but in others it caused deterioration in crops especially cotton and interfered with farm work especially buying and pull ing fodder. Nearly all crops have been laid by, and further cultivation is now impracticable. With very few exceptions the re ports on cotton indicate rapid de terioration due to excessive shedding, rust and the plants turning yellow. These conditions prevail over practi cally the entire State, but arc most marked on sandy lands. In many plaees growth has stop|M>d, while in a few tho plants are making new growth. Bolls arc opening rapidly in the south and central counties and considerable has been picked. The excessive heat of tho 5th, lith, 7th and ttth was very damaging to cotton. There is a general improvement in the condition of late corn due to the ample moisture which came oppor tunely. Tobacco curing is nearly fin ished. Peas, sweet potatoes aud all varieties of cane are doing well. The frequent rains interfered with prepa rations for full truck crops. tRicc made line progress. Pastures im proved rapidly and Again afford lino grazing. Turnips wen* sown exten sively. Late fruits, especially apples and peaches arc rotting badly. J. W. BAUER, Section Director. Very Narrow Escape. Blacksburg, Special.?A party con sisting of Messrs. R. C. Wright and A. M. Deal, Mrs. S. M. Deal, her mother, Mrs. Davis, all of Columbia, and Mrs. Jin*. Scott of Atlanta, wcro returning from Cherokee Falls on Broad river. lu crossing a small stream, which was swollen out of its banks, the horses balked when near the op|>ositc side from which they en tered. breaking the harness, and leav ing the carriage and its occupants to the mercy of the swiftly flowing and rapidly rising stream. By the heroic efforts of the gentlemen, and by wading n short distance the ladies were rescued, and 11 rough the kindly offices of a passing countryman and his mules the carriage was brought out of the stream and the now happy party enabled to procred on their way rejoicing, and instead of a watery grave they had only suffered a slight immersion. Tliev are all on a visit to Mrs. M. E. Deal of this place and Dr. S. M. Deal of Columbia has ar rived to join the family reunion. Gored by a Bull. Anderson Special.?Mr. Eugene Snipes, a former living some distance below the city, was painfully gored by an. infuriated hull Wednesday afternoon. He had gone to the cow lot to milk his cows when tlx. hull unexpectedly attacked him. lie was gored several times and severely bruised about the body, and it is cer tain that he would have been killed had not others come to his rescue and with the aid of pitchforks driven off the maddened animal. .Just as soon as Mr. Snipes was rescued he secured a pistol and killed the bull. Conductor Bull Injured. Greenville, Special.?Charles E. Bull, a well known freight conductor of the Southern railway, who resides m this city, was thrown from the I ront door of his caboose at Juneau, a Hag stop tive miles south of Char lotte on the main line of the South ern and dangerously injured by beint run over by the. car troin which lie was precipitated. Probably a Peddler. ' Roek Hill, Special.?The body of a white man, ajred about (>0 years, was found lying beside the railway track near the Manchester ml Is. The head was resting on a erosstie. There were no marks to show foul play or that he had been struck by a train. The night before the body was found :i man answering the description of the ono found dead applied for shelter lit a house in the mill rillsfs THE YELLOW FEVER The Situation Now Shows a Slow Bit Steady Improveneit NUMBER OF DEATBS ON DECREASE Dwth List of Only Foot Indicates That Practically Every Case is Be ing Reported, and This Means That Modern Methods to Prevent Spread Are Being Universally Applied Marine Hospital Surgeons Not Talking. Bnt Evidently Hopeful Over 20 New Cases in Vicinity and Several Deaths. New Orleans, Special.?Official re port to 8 p. in.; New case:;. 45. Total cases to date 1,385. Deaths, 4 Total death*. 196. New foci. 11. Total fori. 306. Remaining under treatment. 381. No better evidence of the fact that the visitation of mosquito fever is not only being controlled here, but that there is a change for its eradication, can be found, than in the daily reports of cases and deaths. For several dav? the numoer of eases has shown a de cline, while the number of deaths liavo been remarkably lower, considering (he number of cases reported a week ago. The death list Indicates that prac tically every case that develops is now being reported and thai means that the modern method of treatment to prevent spread is being applied. When that condition is assured, the end of visitatiou Is in sight, and it looks as If that condition Is approaching. With the visitation of 187K compar ed to the present one, it is shown that there is no reason for alarm in tho present instances. They prove the fact ? hat the disease Is being controlled. They also indicate that if it had not been checked and controlled at. tho time that it was that the visitation this year would have been as serious as that of 1880. While tho Marine Hospital surgeons are making no com ments, the.v an? much more hopeful than they were two weeks ago, when they took hold of the situation. Of the four deaths, one was at tho Charity Hospital, one in the Rmergen cy Hospital, and the other two down town. A Surgical Feat. Ijouisville, Special.? Kinployinjr t^o skin of healthy brown sheep, the head of Miss Edna Seifert, whose sralp was torn off in an accident at the Nelson Bethel Clothing Company. August 2, will he covered by the grafting process. Or. A. It. Bizot. who has been attend ing her at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, stated that work of placing the skin on Miss Selfcrt's head will commence this morning. The opera tion will require several months, as on ly littlo "Islands" of the skin are dot ted over the surface close enough to ultimately grow together. In a few weeks the success of this somewhat unique and original operation can be determined. If it is not successful, then the skin of a human will be used. Miss Seifert is twenty-one years old, and boards at 2400 Griffiths avenue. She was an operator at the factory of the Nelson-Bethel Clothing Com pany. While she was adjusting a re fractory belt, her hair caught in tho shafting. She was dragged across the machine, and her entire scalp and part of her cheek were torn completely off. At first her life was despaired of, but her injury responded promptly to treatment and her recovery is now con fidently expected. Sundnv a piece of skin taken from Miss Selfert's heel was grafted to her forehead, but to cover her entire head with h substitute for a scalp was a problem which the attending surgeon Is now endenvoring to solve by using sheep skin. The nnlmal was purchased from a Jefferson-county farmer, and is in fine condition. The brown sheep was selected because that was the color of the wig she will hereafter be forced to wear. Slayer Dies of Wound. Baxley, (?a., Special.?A. J. Chestnut who, a few days ago, shot and killed Marshal Mike Aspinwall, and, being pursued by the sheriff and n largo number of citizens, was wounded, died Wednesday evening. Will Smith, a carpenter, of Waycross. engaged hero at work on tho school building, shot. Chestnut with a rifle and since beeomo insane ami is now in the asylum. Tclegraphlc Briefa. Chairman Shonts. of tho Panama Ca nal Commission Is ba?k ftom the 1Mb nttts and states that provision for the housing and supplying of the workmen must precede the actual digging of tha waterway. Awards to the amount of about $632 ? finn have been made In the case of va rious claims against Venezuela. The train known as the "Fast Flying Virginian" ran from Morrlstown nearly to Philadelphia with the engineer dead at the throttle. Miss Gladys Roosevelt, a cousin of the President, wan severely Injured In a runaway ac< Idcnt at Sayviile. J,. |. The yellow fevfr situation in New Orleans was not materially changed. The Hon.nkon* authorities forbade Chinese to hold a meeting to agitate further the American boycott. A cordial welcome was given the Taft party at Hollo, Philippines. In the Norwegian referendum only 161 votes were cast in favor of contin uing the union with flwenden. Because It was not apporved by Queen Wilhelclna the Dutch Cabinet racantly named ha? been recart.