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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.