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? ?*< ?? ."?? v \ %r*\ r f i " ? VOL. III. NO. 21. !*%, CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 190fi. Sl.SO Per Year SWEPT BY FLOODS Lower Parts of South Carolina and Georgia Suffer AUGUSTA MILLS SUSPEND WORK ? , . Augusta Section of Georgia and Low er South Carolina Suffer Cloud bursts. Augusta. Special. ? Reports ?r?wn all outlying districts which con tinuc io rout* in> indicate severe dam age throughout the entire territory contiguous to Augusta, from the heavy rainfall of the past three days. Prac tically every railroad entering Au gusta. sr ??:? in and electric, lia* suffer ed more <,r less, and nil traffic is either considerably delayed or suffer in" inconvenience. All i?t reams aiv greatly swollen ami eountrv as well as railroad bridge* have been affected, several of the former having been washed away. I lie rainfall Sunday morning amounted practically to a cloudburst, causing an overflow of the canal which runs through the city in three levels, at one |>oint washing away a considerable portion of the bank. <>;i tin* inter-urban trolley line be tween August a and Aiken there has been roi,- iiierable damage from wash outs. ami delay to the regular sched ules. I wo railway wrecks have occurred, one on the Ceorgia Railroad, eleven and :i halt miles from the city whore I he engine and two cars of a through trcsyln train ran into a wash-out, the third ear being derailed. The en giueer and liieman escaped by jump ing i.'ijo water on the roadside more I hau wai.-! deep. Incoming and oiit '-oiiii; passenger trains ran to that point am! transferred passengers. I xv o miles above the city an ex tra l i cit ht train was wrecked, but no njnrie- resulted. The track was undermined and the ensjrine ami sev eral ears derailed. Passenger trains hi i his road were all delayed. The i.true dam at Clearwater, S < .. hy which the blcachery is operat ed. wa> broken In the city the low er Weave room of the Sibley Mil! was flooded. <>n the Augusta Southern road, be tween Auirusta and Samleftwille, two I a rye wash-outs are reported near Heal! Springs, and one smaller wash out nearer Augusta. 1 1 i**ii m* *ml factory, on the I,ou is\ ille road, about nine miles from Augusta, was under water during t!ie nioiiung, but Saturday night re ports were that the water liild suh sidcil. I'ract ically all the farmers be tween A uuusta and Hell Air, on the ? !eor'.:i;, h'nilroad, report their farms coverei; v. illi w ater and the crops pracSically ru;;?ed. On the Milledge N ille lead and west of the city the reports are praelieally the same. N'oiiv of the cotton lilies in Au gusta. all of which are operated bv water power, arc in condition to run now. an order has been issued by the commissioner of public works o| the city that no attempt must be made to operate any of them for a week from thin date. Grcst Damage in Lower S. C. Charleston, S. C., Special. ? A spe cial fioin Florence says that the ex cessive rains that have fallen for nearly a week have seriously injured the crops ol cottton, corn and tobac co. Many fields arc completely un der water and the sun coming out at intervals scalds ami kills tjie young plants. 1 he rains have also done great damage along the streams in the lower part of the State and doz ens of bridges are reported washed away and considerable damage to railroad trucks. Won't Appeal: Wants to Hang. Jackson, Miss., Special. ? Alice Lewis, a negro murderer, upon whom the death sent'-nce has been passed at Bran ion, rot uses to allow his law yers to take au appeal to the Supreme ( ourt, saying that he is convinced that he was born to he hanged, lie made this statement when senleuce was passed upon him, adding that "it made no difference. " CO of 200 Have Typhoid Fever. Waynesboro. (Ja? Special - Anoth er death is reputed from (Jreen's Cut form lyplioul fever. There are fif ty cases of ilus fever in the place of about 'Jt):) population and there have been seven deaths in a week. The people are becoming pnnie-strick en. The lad'M of this city have rais ed *1 an 1 pledged another $|.">0 to secure the sc vices of four train ed nurses. The church will be used as a .hospital and the Waynesboro doctors have consented to take turns in a 'ending the sufferer*. Njw flt<*te of Oklahoma. Washington , Special. ? Another sfat was added to the I'nion when IY< * : ? I -ill I? >?eve|| signed the bi!' ji'Irni: ! i ; i*4 Oklahoma as one State. 'The mc.iure ,il?o provides that Ari zona and No iv Mexico may be admit ted ! i j.hsl 'hood as the State ??l Ari zona. provided the people ?>f the Ter- , lilori.'s vote in !a\or of admission on til- terms submitted to them by Con gress. THE WORK OF CONGRESS What is Being Done Day by Day By the National Honae and Senate. In the House. With a very large proportion of the members present, due to the ac tivity of the Republican ami Demo cratic whips, the llouso passed a rule sending the railroad rate hill back to conference as asked for by the Sen ate, without even an expression of its wish -.-a a ? to any of the amend ments t" the bill.. The rule was de bated for forty minutes. The leaders participated in the discussion, the Democrats taking the |N>sition that the time was o{>ortuiic to concur iu the sleeping car amendment and in struct the conferees as to the anti pass amendment. Although the Dem ocrats were aided by eight Republi cans, they oould not command votes enough to defeat, the rule, which was adopted 3S4 to 00. ? Mr. Dalzell Presents Rule. When the House met, Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, presented a rule from the committee on rules taking the railroad rate bill from the Speak er's table and sending it to confer ence as requested bv the Senate. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, the minority leader, desired to offer an amendment, but with a shake of his head Mr. Dalzell refused permission. Mr. Dalzell then moved the previ ous question, whereupon Mr. Wil liams demanded tiie yeas and nays, and the roll was called. By a vote of IS(! to 02, the previ ous question was ordered. Mr. Dalzell explained the parlia mentary status of ih" rate bill, stat ing that the Senate had amended tlio hill and that ojj the request <?t' the House n conference between the two houses had been agreed t<>. Now iiie Senate has re-committed the bill to the colli cvee.s. 4 The ^ule proposes to grant the request ol the Senate for a further conference. JMr. Williams' Amendment. Mr. Williams, the minority leader, said that the House was pretty fa miliar with the rules bv this time. If they wanted to be gagged, all they had to do was to Vole for the rule. It they dared to express themselves* on the great questions involved iu the rate hill, they would vote no. He said the gentleman from Pennsylva nia. Mr. Dalzell. had promised the House that it would have a chance to vote on the amendments, and now brings in a rule prohibiting an hon est expression. Mr. Williams then read the amendment proposed to the rule as reported hv Mr. Dalzell from the committee on rules: "Provided, however. That tl.r House conferees are instructed to | concur in the Senate amendment de claring sleeping car companies to he common carriers; and are further in structed to insist upon exempting from the provision forbidding free passes of ollicials and employes ol the railroads and their immediate families. ' ' Statehood Report in Senate. The coiii'erenee report on the state hood bill was withdrawn from, .and again presented to (lie Senate, the new report containing the compro mise provision agreed upon by the conferees of the two houses. There was some discussion of the power of the conferees to withdraw the re port. and the withdrawal was only permit led by a vote. The new re port was not considered. Much of the remainder of the day was devoted to the bill extending to | 3(5 hours the time that live stock may be carried iu transit without unload ing. Senator Warren was in charge I of the measure and he and a number of Senators debated il at length. During the discussion there was some | reference to the proposed legislation for the regulation of packing homes, and Senator Lodge said the packers are standing in their own liirht in not inviting the most rigid inspec tion. The bill was passed. The bill incorporat ing the Lake Krie & Ohio River Ship Canal was also discussed at some length, but its flirt her /consideral ion was postponed A number of minor bills were pass ed. One New State. The Senate adopted without divi sion (he conference report on the sintciioofi mil. The report was debated bv Sena tors Foraker, Railcy, Patterson, Money. Dubois, Morgan, Stone, Me < 'umber and others. Several Demo cratic Senators intimated that the consolidation of Oklahoma and In dian Territory would inure to the advantage of the Republican party, and Mr. Money declared that such was the intent, ami charged, full her that the legislation is iulhu'iieed by sectionalism, lie declared that one Western man is equal in all the qual itie- of manhood to live Fast em men. Senator Dubois announced hi* in tention to vote against the acceptance of the report because of tlio omission of the snt i-polygamv provision in serted by the Senate, and in doinu so he took occasion to review his own political experience in dealing with the Mormons, saying that he knew hi* stand on the question would re sult in his enforced retirement t rom th'? Senate. The conference report npon the national quarantine bill was adopted by the Semite. ,\-< the I ? i 1 1 had liith crto bf-en Accented by the House, it will now j^o to the President. ( JEWS MEET DEATH Infuriated Russian Christians Massacre Hebrews DRIVE THEM TO SLAUGHTER i j Either Because Jewish Anarchist | Threw Bomb Among Corpus Christi I Procession or Because Massacre Had Been Deliberately Planned j and Bomb Was the Signal, Chris tians at Bialstok Mercilessly At tack Jewish Population and Demol ish Their Shops and Homes. Bialystok, Russia, Br Cable. ? A Jewish anarchist threw a bomb among the Corpus Christi procession which was in progress here and killed or wounded many persons. In conse quence, the Christians attacked nnd massacred the Jews and demolished their shops. Hundreds of persons were killed or wounded. i'ae bomb was thrown from the balcony of a house in Alexandrov street. A Russian clergyman named Feodoroff was among those killed by the explosion. Immediately after the explosion Jews began to fire with revolvers from the windows of the house into the crowd. Soldiers surrounded the house and fired two volleys into the windows. Meanwhile t he enraged Christians attacked the Jewish stores in Alexandrov and Sura/, streets, de molishing the fixtures and windows and tlihrowing the goods into the gut ters and beating and murdering the J o?r. A crowd of Jews fled to the railroad station, put-sued by the mob, which killed many of them there. Three Jews were thrown from sec ond story windows of the railroad sta tion building. The Jews are fleeing from Bialv stok to the neighboring forests and mobs nre pursuing them. Detach ments of dragoons have been sent out to protect tli^ Jews. Jews arriving here on railway trains have been dragged out of the cars an.l many of them have been murdered. Troops have cleared the railway slr.tion. Georgia Fastest Battleship. Portland, Me., Special. ? The bat tlcship Georgia, on her official speed trial made a record of 10.20 knots an hour, not only exceeding by more than a quarter of a knot the speed required by her contract, but estab lish^: herself as the fastest battle ship of the United States navy. Her record exceeds bv six-hundredths knots that of the New Jersey, made off the New England coast on March 20, which was the best previous show ing in the bat tleship class. All con ditions were favorable. The first hour's run was the best. 10.3.'l knots being made. Tn the second hour. 10.27 knots were recorded: .19.24 in the third and 10.20 in t lie final hour. During the last hour the supply of picked coal gave out and ordinary fuel was used. This reduced the speed for that hour and brought the average down correspondingly. Serious Passenger Wreck in Ohio. Marietta, ()., Special. ? The south bound passenger train on the Penn sylvania Railroad, due here at 7 :'!() o'clock, jumped the track at Elba, while running 40 miles an hour. The engine, baggage car and tender all went down a-, embankment and the rest of the train rolled on its side. Engineer Vaughau and Fireman Shackles were fatally injured and many passengers were hurt. A re lief train has left this citv with all the local physicians and surgeons. News Items. Efforts are to be _niade to secure the release of Mrs. Williams, claim ant of the Winaus estate, whom .1. P. Morgftn is alleged to have had in carcerated in an asylum for the in sane. King Edward attended the dinner to Congressman and Mrs. Long worth given by Ambassador Reid at Dor chester House, President Doesn't Like It. Wash ington. Special.? Representa tive Wadsworth, chairman of the House committee on agriculture, bad a 'conference lately with President Roosevelt regarding the action of the House committee on the meat inspec tion bill. He submitted to the Pres ident the substitute for the. Bevcrid^u anu' dinent agreed upon by the com mittee ami sought his opinion of it. The President told him frankly thai 'ie could not approve of it. In fact, after reading the substitute careful ly, the President told Mr . Wads worth that he disapproved of it Murder Suspects Discharged. Columbia, S. C\, Special. ? In the ease against Clarence Hughes, son of Moore Hughes, who was recently murdered near t'nion, John Schurn pert and Berry Tucker, negroes, charged with burning of the barn of W. R. Gilliam, were released after the evidence of the prosecution had been heard by Judge Prince, who seated tiiat the evidence was insuffi cient to couvict. SHORT ORDER NEWS Bpitome of Current Happening* of Interest Briefly Told. William J. Bryan was a looker-on at the Russian Douma when members denounced the War Minister as a murderer. He: try Humble, 80 years old, who is said to have ran a "moonshine" sti!l for 40 years, was put 011 trial at Parkershnrg, West Virginia. President Koosevelt made publie the report of the Department of Agricul ture's experts regarding conditions in the Chicago packing bouses. Friends declare that Secretary Taft lias decided to accept the appointment as associate justice of th?i Supreme Court. Representatives of the National League ot Women's Organizations presented to President Roosevelt reso lutions demanding that Smwot be ex cluded from tlie Senate. Capt. William H. March of Reids ville, V a., master of an oyster pungy, was convicted at Norfolk of cruelty to one of his crew. J. V. Rnllieller was drowned at Richmond while bathing in the James river. The contest of J. A. Selph and J. O. Phillips, who were defeated in a recent primary contest in Richmond has resulted in the indictment of threo election oflicinls on charges of fraud. Gabriel Battaile was hanged at King Oorge Cor t house for assault on Miss Lena Rogers. A banquet was given at Harrison burg in honor of Judge Samuel Hous ton Letcher. Testimony showing the bitter feel ing of K. 11. Clowes for I)r. Foster, of the Williamsburg Asylum, was of fered at the investigation. The Pennsylvania Railroad investi gation developed additional charges of discriminat ion. 1 he packers rebate cases wore ar gued in Kansas City by District At torney A. S. \ an Vnlkenburg. Kight men were killed by white damp in a Montana mine following a lire in the diggings. Kight miners were shot down by constabulary in Pennsylvania after one of the strikers had fired at the troops. Iowa is pledged to Bryan in an in vitation extended to him to speak in that State in August. That the SO-cent gas law ia New \ ork is unconstitutional is indicated in the opinion of a New York city judge. Richard W. Sams of Chicago, will head a new retail mercantile corpo ration to be capitalized at $40,000.0(10. A water tank in Pittsburg crashed through a three-story building, knock ing out the rear wall and injring seven persons. Nine persons are reported drowned in Michigan and Ontario as a result i>t storms that did great damage in that section. Recorder (Jolt refused a motion to quash indictments against Mutual of ficers. The Virginia Corporation Commis sion liad many searching questions to ? leneral Manager Spencer of the Southern Railway. The crew of tin* British steamer f ashoda, at Norfolk, refused to go to sea in her, claiming she is over loaded. \\ illiam Johnson, of Mount Car bon, W. Va., cut off his wife's head with a bread-knife in the course of a quarrel. Joseph K. Aikens, a Pennsylvania Railroad clerk on a small salary, tes tified that he had secured over $7.>, 000 worth of coal stocks. The $2,000,000 Christian Science temple erected in Boston was dedi cated. William J. Bryan was indorsed for President and tarilT for revenue only was urged by the Democratic State Convention in Indiana. Mrs. Alice Myers, of Washington, I died in Vancouver, Washington, where she was visiting, as the result of burns received, it is alleged in throwing a lamp at her sister. Thirty-foul" ChiMian Scientists were injured in an automobile acci dent in Boston. The Kliiuhts of Columbus, in con vention at New Haven, accepted an invitation to meet next year in Jamestown, Va. | The first section of the Pennsyl . vania Limited collided with a wrecking train near Lancaster, Pa., and several persons were injured. President Cussatt. of the Pennsyl vania Railroad, has sent his replies to the questions embodied in the cir cular letter sent out by the special in vest igat ing commit tee. Catholic miss.onarie^ fro-.n all purls of (he I'nited States will meet in Washington this week. Chancellor James II. Day, in the baccalaureate sermon at Syracuse University, attacked President Roose velt. defended the Beef Trust and scored th "muck-rakers." "Home-coming week" begins in Kentucky Wednesday, and 70,000 for mer Kcutuckian* have accepted invi tations to return to their native State for the ceremonies. A bulletin shows that the exports from the United States to Japan have in ceased 10 tuiiea over in 10 years. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest From AH Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Lire Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range ? What it Going On in Our State. General Cotton Market. Galveston, steady 11 1-S New Orleans, easy 11 1-8 Mobile, dull *. 10 13-1(1 Savannah, steady 10 7-S Charleston, quiet 10 3-4 ?"Wilmington, steady 10 3-4 Norfolk, steady 11 1-4 Baltimore, nominal 11 3-S New York, quiet 12.20 Boston, quie't 11.2."> Philadelphia, steady 1 L4.~? Houston, easy tl 1-1# Augusta, steady 11 31 0 Memphis, steady 11 St. Louis, steady .11 1-10 Loisville, firm 11 3-S Charlotte Cotton Market, i These prices represent the -prices ' paid on wagons: Good middling 11 [ Strict middling ' 11 Middling 11 Good middling, tinged II Stains 0 to 10 Winthrop Teachers for Next Session. llock Hill, Special. ? At a meeting of the board of trusteee of Wilhrop college the following teachers for the next session were appointed. .1. W. Thomas, pedagogics, ethics, psycho logy: James I*. Kiuard. Knglish lan guage and literature: K. C. Cokcr. mathematics, physics ami astronomy; T. O. Mabrv. natural science; A. <>. Bauer, director of music; Miss Alice K. .Tones, Latin; M:?s Alice M. Mainly, modern languages; Miss May A. Leonard, history; Miss M. <i. Pow ell. reading and elocution; Miss E. S. Whaley, drawing and art; Mrs. B. W. Birdsall, tlomestic arts; Miss Alicc Barrett, stenography, typewrit inn- and bookkeeping; Mian C. A. MuHiuan, domestic science; Miss J. J. Wliit ham. physical training, etc.; Miss M. F. Wicklieff, manuel training; l>r. Matilda Buch, physiology and hygenc; Miss Mary G. Pope. assistant iu mathematics; Miss Anna H. Lewis, assistant in English; Miss B. A. Mc Millan, assistant in English; Miss F. A. McCormick, assistant in natural sciences; Miss FaHnie Witkins, assis tant in mathematics; Miss Nettie Wvson, assistant in Latin. Miss Mary F. I>ickson, assistant in English; Miss Fannie Evans, assistant in his torv; Miss Lor a B. Able, assistant in domestic arts; Miss Lillie M. Ash. as sistant in domestic science; Miss M. Anna Jones, vocal music: Miss K. C. Schutt, assistant in pianos; Miss S. S. lint tic, assistant in pianos; Miss S. M. Jenkins, assistant in pianos; Miss Sarah Withers, principal of model school; Miss Leila A. Russell, instruc tor in model school; Miss A. A. I bul bar. instructor in model school; Miss Sarah 1. Grant, instructor in mode! sHiool ; Miss Minnie Macfeat. kinder garten. Miss Mary A. Leonard was granted a leave of absence nnd Mr. Clarence E. Johnson was chosen to till Mie position for the coming season. New Oil Co. Ready For Business. l>arlington. Special.? The stock holders of the South Atlantic Cotton Oil company, which in fact is a re organization of the old Independent Cotton Oil company, of which Mr. Robert K. Pargan was president until its failure aboul a year ago. have had a meeting, elected ofllcers and out lined the work for the future. The various plants of the old company were sold here some time ago to the new stockholders for $200,000. The meeting just held resulted iu the fic tion of F. I). Hunter of Simpsonville, Greeuvillc county, as general manager and treasurer*. C. I'. Edwards of Dar lington. Bright Williamson of Dar lington, J. W. Norwood of Greenville, llenry Buist of Charleston, Tlios. M. Me A dams of New York and F. I). Hunter as a board of directors for the new company. Pec Dec Presbytery. Florence. Special. ? The I'ee Dee presbytery celebrated the 200th an niversary here Tuesday. The ad dresses made by the ministers present proved very instructive nnd interest ing: to the conzreeation here in tell ing them something it the history of their church. The reminiscence ser mon by Hev. 11. M. Brearly was es pecially instructive, lie fiaxe a brief liistory of the l'ee Dee presbytery nnd the early Presbyterian churchc* of this section. There were a number of . address;-* besides 1lii? that were interest in*.' and instruct vt>. Items of 3tatc News. Allendale. Special. ? Farmers throughout this country estimated the damage done crops by rainfall in t L a last 4S hours at 30 per cent. Hund reds of acres of cotton a'e washed up and under water. Weather still very unsettled. Spartanburg, Special. -Contractor C. E. Teague. who shot and killed a negro Saturday night, was released on bond in the sum of $1,000. THE PRESS ASSOCIATION President Aull Announces Arrange ments for Annual Meeting and Trip in July. To the members of the South Carolina ..Press Association: Tlu* annual meeting of tlu> associa tion at the Isle of Palm*, which had been fixed for July 27-20. has been changed to July 17. IS, 1 !?. This is done at the suggestion of Messrs. Kid dock & Burns, the proprietors of the hotci. and after 'consultation :with the members of the local press in ( harleston. The reason for the change is that it develops after the date had been fixed that several ex cursion parties ami other conventions were tlxed for the same date at tin Isle of Palms and the proprietors of the hotel felt that they could not give the press association the accomoda tions which they desired and that they could not ebabge the other dates and they did not know of them when he meeting of the association was fix ed for June 27-2!). They did not in sist on a sliaugc of date, hut suggest ed it for the reason stated. The ilate now agreed upon, July 17, IN mid lit was the only one which did QOt conflict with other engagements i?f my own and 1 trust that it will be agreeable and satisfactory to all the members of the press in this State. Tliw programme has already been printed and sent out and there will ho no change in that except the change of Hie dale. 1 1 1 list that every editor and pub lisher in the State will attend this meeting. An interesting programme bus been arranged and I lie people of ('hailcstou and the proprietors of ttoe hotel intend to make it one of the hftst meetings ot the association held in recent years. I already have an invitation from the < icrnian liille Club asking the privilege, ot having charge of the as sociation for a few hours during our meeting, so thai the numbers may be taken to the Schuet/.enplatz and there "ill be other social pleasures which will be at the disposal of the mem bers. In regard to the trip of the asso ?'?* vear. 1 eat. arrange to tjike the members to Providence via III" Merchants' and .Miners* line, but U(' bave to sail from Norfolk :?'id in order to do so and get back ? '1"' ,,|"l ???" the iiitniili. ii will be necessary to leave Charleston at .">.10 I', m.. on July 20, via the Coast l,jMe, :?niving in Norfolk al 1 .00 p. m>| ?Inly 21. This is not a s;il islactorv schedule from Charleston |,. Norfolk, but II seems lo |,e the best. We would leave Norfolk at ti p. the same < hiv and jirrive at Providence on M..n ( * ;i. int. .Inly 'j;;. I f 1 ? I urni))tr lo leave Pro\ idence at li |?. m. oM |.',i_ day. July 2., :nd airiv> in Norfolk >11 Sunday. July 20. Ibis would give all the members an upporl unity |o reach home by Mori d.i\ a. 111., inakiii'r the outing just "bou I one week ami giving then, live ? lays iu I he east. From Providence \\c could easily run over lo postou and take a num ber of other si de trips for a nomina! ?'??st including a vi^it to Newport 'he round hi), costing oulv about 7". cents. Narrairanseli Pier is another famous resort on the New Km; laud coast, which could be made for $2.00 t??r the round trip. Those who desire to visit New York eity could easily do so .is the Provf deuce line slenmcr leaves Providence (it p. m., arriving in New York early the following morning ami re turning leu \ e New York :it 0 p. m, <11 11 \ ing a . I ro v i deuce at < 1 a. m. the next morning. The round trip will cost about $.">.00. The round trip from Norfolk to Providence including staterooms and fneals will eosl $1.\00. This includes fright meals, probably 10 on the boat mid two nights going and two nights ret u ruing. I should think the whole trip in cluding actual expenses mid some side ' l ips Would not cost over $.'10.00. Those who desire to go should let me know not later than the 2"?th, i? will lake some time to ari'nuge the details nud plan and secure rate* for a numlierof side trip?!. Applications muM bo confined to bona fide member* of the association nod members of their immediate fam ilies. I hope there will he no delay in .id vising me l?v th'ove who desire to go. The trip will not be taken with le-s than 2"> in the part v. I'.. If A 1 I J.. President. Will Dispense With Testimony. Washington, Special. - Wcprcscnta livc Mabcock. of Wisconsin, received ? letter from District Attorney Je rome. ot New York. slntiug thnt Mab "ock '< testimony will not be rerpiir *d before th" grand jury in the pend og insurance cases, lie was asked one lime ago by Jerome to throw I some light on certain campaign con Itiibuiions. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crops for Week Ending Monday, June 11, 1906, as Given Out by the De ? partment. The weather was seasonable dur ing the greater portion of ihe week with about a normal amount of sun shine, although widely varying con ditions of cloudiness prevailed in dif ferent sections. The average temperature was* about normal in the northern and cen tral portions of the State and was nearly three degrees above 4iormal in the southern part. The heat was ex cessive on the 8th and on the Olli, when the maximum temperatures ranged from slightly above !Ml to slightly above 100 degrees, the high est maximum for the week having been 102 degrees at Florence on the 8th. The night tcinj?eratnres were generally about normal anil ranged between (i.~? and 75 degrees, with an extreme minimum of 57 degrees at Heath Sprngs on the 5th. The average prccipitat ion for the week was about hall the normal amount for the same period although widely separated localities had exces sive rains owing to the occurrence of thunderstorms. A lew stations re ported no rain for the week. Wain was falling in the coast sections when the week ended while at the same time the interior of the Stale had clear to partly cloudy weather. The week was free from hi'_'h wind* Ootids or hail storms. ? ,1. \Y. Itaucr, Section Director. A Story of Horror. I'nion. Special. The story of the murder of Moso Hughes, the negro who late Tliursd ay afternoon was found in Tygcr river, liis hands and feet bound together with ropes and body weighted down with rooks, ^rows iu ghastliness as the details hecotnu hotter known. That well-known while men are concerned in the crime there seems little reason to doubt. Indeed, it is understood that one ne gro, John Sartor, dr., says that h;? saw \Y. K. (iilliam, whose barn was burned on April 27. presumably by an incendiary, shoot Moso, which confirms the story that reached here from Carlisle that Moso was seen be ing carried wounded and bleeding to the river, where bound, he was thrown in. Whether he was dead or alive then, even the physician, who testified at the coroner's inquest, was unable to state positively, owing to the body being so decomposed when discovered. It is learned that last Saturday Moso came to visit his son. Clorenee Hughes who is in jail charged with two other negroes, Horry Tucker and John Shuniport. with burning Ciilliam's barn. When he reached the river Sunday returning it was so hk'h he could not '.ross, so left his mule at Doc Stewart';!, colored, and then crossed bv way of the Seaboard Air Line bridge. It is said that i.o was then and there met bv \\ . If. (iilliam and Douglass Knglish, who sought to extract from him some information as to the fire. It i- understood that that day or the preceding one. (Iil liam had gotten some lii|iior i'rom Chester, and that lie had boon drink ing heavily before meeting Muse. Miller Has Resigned. Orangeburg. Special.- Tom Miller, president of the Slate college for lie throes here, has resigned. The tact of Miller's resignation was reported here and Miller when seen >tated that lie had forwarded the letter of resigna tion to Ciovernor 1 by ward and he did not care to make public its eont'rtits until the governor should do sr. It is a matter of common knowledge that there have been differences in the faculty during the lasl session. Miller recommended to the board the dis charge of two of the teachers, l.illiau Mack and Louise H. Fordham. but at the recent meeting ol the board in Co lumbia Ihe two teacher- were reelect ed. Miller's charges not being sus tained. Miller's action in suspending one of the pupils was, however, sus tained. , Negro Mute Killed By Train. I'nion. Special.? -About 7 o'clock Saturday morning Alice Hughes, a ne gro woman, was killed by freight train No. 51 going south, at Ihe Toss ing seven miles below I'nion My C. Sartor's. Her body was horribly mangled. The woman was said lo bu on her way to work when the accident occurred. The cornier was notified, but saying lie was unable lo hold ih<? inquest. Magistrate Johnson aided in his stead. The woman was deaf and dumb and the coroner's .jury p! u-ed* no blame on the railroad, the vn'.iet being a simple statement of fa< Mill Superintendent Loses Fingers. (iafi'nev. Special ? JC A. Holmes, superintendent of the Irene Mills. was the victim of an unusually paiutul and serious accident while al work ffl the mili. As a result of the acci dent all the fingers on the right hand were severed, the thumb only remain ing. The hand was caught in a picker the thousand blades of which soon cut I it lo piece*.