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VOL. III. NO. 22. CAMDEN, S.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906. $1.50 Per Year i WILL VISIT PANAMA President Roosevelt Decides to See For Himself WILL GET INFORMATION DIRECT Announcement is Made at White Home That the Chief Executive Will Sail on One of Navy's Big Cruisers in Latter Part of October * or Early November, to See Wheth er Dirt is Flyinj ? Will Confine Visit to American Scne. W ashiugton. Special. ? 1'rcsuleut Roosevelt will visit the Isthmus of Panama to make a personal investi gation of the work of roust met ion of , the Panama canal. This announcement was made at the White House by Secretary T.oeb after a conference with the I 'resi dent. It is expected the President will leave Washington lor Panama the latter part of next October or in the early days of November, lie will be absent about three weeks. The trip probably will be made on one of the bit; cruisers of the navy, but what vessel will carry the President and his party is not yet known. None of the details of the trip has yet been worked out. Beyond the bare decision to make the trip, the President has reached practically no conclusions. It is likely he will be accompanied on the journey by Sec retary Tat't and Chairman Shouts, of the Panama canal commission, but even this has not been determined definitely. Wants to See For Himself. The President long has desired per sonally to inspect the route of the canal and to make himself personally familiar with the great undertaking of constructing: the waterway. The decision announced today, that he will visit the American /.one on the Isthmus of Panama, was not reached hastily but has been under considera tion for a considerable time. It is the expectation that the President will be able to spend at least a week on the canal /.one. and in that time he will familiarize himself with the situation by a study of it at close range. 1I?* believes a personal visit to t lie canal zone will enable him to gather information that will be of immense advantage not only to the canal work itself, but to Congress and 1o the American people. Above all, it will enable him to handle with an absolute knowledge of the situation the great problems which will con stantly he arising; in connection with the work of canal construction and administration. SCO, 000 Factory Fire in Atlanta. Atlanta, (ia., Special. ? Fire de stroyed the plants of the Atlanta Spring Med Company and the Atlan ta Iron and Brass Bed Company. The los* is estimated al .$*>0,000. fully cov ered by insurance. At one time it was feared that the tanks of the Standard Oil Company, which {id joins one of the plants, would be ig nited. but ??uick work by the lire de partment checked the iiumes in that direct ion. Waccs Raised at Fall River Call Kiver, Mass.. Special. ? The cotton manufacturers of this city have granted their operatives a 14 per cent, increase in wares. About 2"?.()00 hands are hem-Hl ted. The new scale, which will take effect duly !!. is practically the same as that pre vailing previous to ,1ulv 1. 1004. As the other New Kmrlaud cotton nianu fnelurin*' centers follow the lead of Fell Kiver. as a ride, the change is expected ultimately to effect all cot ton mill workers in Ibis section. Run Down and Killed by Train. Roanoke. Special. W. A. ITinchce aged 71 years, n Conner ci'i/.Mi oC Roanoke, was run down by a passen ger train at Litliia. Bot-loutt coun ty, on (lie Norfolk and Western, #and instantly killed, lie was <|uite d'.af and failed to hear the signal as the tiaiti approached. Dr. Denny Rc elcctcd. Nashville, Special.- The book cotrt initlrv of the M. K. church South, met here and re-elected Mr. Collins l)en nv, of Nashville, secretary. Ucv. >1. M. Moore, of Dallas, Texas. was elc< t< r as edilor of the Chtisiiai: Ad\lcate and Wev, S. M. (ioi?:!hyr was re-elected as assistant edit I?ev. I/. K. Pea My was re elected a<?istant to the Sunday school editor. Plans have been prepared for the erection <?f ;i publishing house at Dallas, Texas, and the I'aciliti"* of the publishing house in China will be increased. Hit by Stray Bullet. Columbia, Special. In a shooting affair on Washington street near Oadsden Thursday afternoon, Matil da Fields, an aged colored woman, was struck and seriously wounded b\ a bullet intended for a negro man named Silnrj Payne. The shooting was dent by Walter Bailey, also 'colored, and was the result of a threatened assault upon Bailey's fa ther, a colored minister. I lift i i mk , . CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS What if B?i?* Done Day by Day Bj the National House and Senate. Goes to Conference. 4 1 move to suspend the rules, dis charge the committe of the whole House on the state of the Union from thee consideration of the Scnat amendments to the agricultural ap propriation bill, disagree to all the amendments except number 29 (the meat inspection amendment), to con cur in amendtneut recommended 1>\ the committee on agriculture, and ask for a conference with the Senate on the disagreeing votes. " Interest was shown in every part of the House when Mr. Wadsworth made the above motion. The reading of the meat inspection amendment was begun, nearly every member pres ent following the reading with bill in hnnd. Mr. Wadsworth in explaining the changes made iu the substitute said that the changes were mostly in ver bitage and then took them up feria tum. He called attention to the elim ination of the court review clause and date of inspection. One Dissenting Vote. Mr. Wadsworth 's motion to send the bill to conference was agreed tc with the single dissenting vote of Mr. De Armond. The S|X'aker appointed as conferees Mr. Wordsworth, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Lever, of South Car olina. Mr. Williams, Mississippi, intcrpos ed a vigorous protest at the last ap pointment, the chair having passed over Messrs. Lamb, of Virginia. :Jio Bowie, of Alabama, both being ap posed to the committee amendment while Mr. Lever favored it. Mr Williams said it was a "slap in th; face" of Mr. Lamb and he protes. ed. A vigorous conference was held at the desk between the Speaker, Mr. Williams and Mr. Wadsworth. The Speaker withdrew the conferees tem porarily, h?it later reappointed Messrs Wadsworth and Scott and substitut ed Mr. Lamb for Mr. l^ever, the lat ter having asked to be excused. When Mie bill was turned to the Senate, Senator Proctor, chairman of the committee on agriculture, asked that the meat inspection amendment he printed and lhat the bill lie on the table. Score of Bills Pars House. Twenty bills of more or less gen eral interest were passed by ihc House under suspension of the rules. Among them were measures appro priating $2i?,000 for the traveling ex penses of the President, which ex cited considerable debate: providing* for the subdivision of lands entered under the reclaim;! ion act: increasing the efficiency bureau of Insular Af fairs by conferring (he rank and nay of a brigadier general upon the chief of the bureau, and regulating t lit checking of baggage by common car riers. The joint resolution Increasing 1 lie terms of Representatives to font years, and the bill amending seetior. hi 30 of tin* Revised Statutes ncr milting national bankim- associations to make loans on real estate as se enrity and limiting the amounts of such loans, failed to receive the neees snrv two-thirds vote. The House also passed a rule to begin the consideration of Ihc mm food law and after 12 hours of de. bate to vote on the substitute to the Senate bill without intervening mo lion. Senate Holds Nicht Suasion. The meat inspection provision '?? the agricultural appropriation bill was made the subject of discussion ir the Senate. The question came up a motion bv Senator Proctor to '*vnnt the conference requested by th? House, and speeches were made bv Messrs. Proctor, Revcridge pud T.odge against some features of the House amendment, and by Senatoi Warren in opposition lo drastic leg islation. Mr. Lodge took occasion to defend American morals as quite as good as those of Km ope. The bill went over without a<lton. There were two speeches on t lit Panama Canal, one by Senator Mor gan iu support of (he level plan and the other bv Senator Perkins in op posit ion. The Senate held it* lirst night ses sion, which was devoted to th" con sideration of the sundry <i\il appio print ion hill. For Traveling Expenses. The bill appropriating $*J">,000 t< defray the traveling expc of th' President for the next lineal year was* called up under suspension of the rules in the House by Mr. Ta wuey. of Minnesota, chairman of the ap propriations committee. The sutidv\ civil bill carried nn item appropriat ing *'J.*>.00n for the traveling e\p? n-e of the President, which vent "M{ o; a point of order. Mr. Watson, ?>' Indiana, then in the chair. and win sustained the point of order agai'is' the item, introduced the hill whiel the House had under cousidorat ion. Representative Lester to Ront. Savannah. Ca., Special.- The fun eral of the late* Rufus 1'. I, ester. Rep resentative in Congress from this dis trict. took place from St. Jo'in's Kpiscopal church. Rev. Charles 11. Strong conducting the service there and at the grave in Ronaventure Cem etery, where the body was laid to rest, the Confederate Veterans As sociation of this city being among the I large concourse in attendance. THE CAMPAIGN OPENS Candidates For the State Offices Make Their Formal Bow to the Pnhli* The State campaign opened at St. George on Wednesday. The candi dates for governor spoke first. The crowd was not large, but paid close attention. The position of the eight candidates for governor on the liquor question are about as divergent as the four poiut<8 of the compass. Mr. Man ning and Mr. McMahan believe in a reformed dispensary; Mr. Ansel in county dispensaries; Senator Bleuse commends the institution as it is; Mr. Joel E. B run son for prohi bition; Mr. A. C. Jones agrees witl* Mr. Brunson, but pending the arri val of the time for prohibition he is willing^ to put up with the Brice law, by voting the dispcusaiy out of coun ty after county and destroying the State machine. Mr. \\\ A. Edwards of Saluda did not get to touch oil the liquor issue, but he is in favor of the Kaysor- Ma lining. Mr. Ed wards is a man with a mission ? lie wants to Hay the Southern railroad with subjugation. He has pending a suit against that corporation for merging competing lines under its own management. He claims that the franchise of the Southern road in those properties should revert to the State ??f South Carolina. The first speaker was Mr. M. F. An sel of (treenville, who thanked Un people of South Carolina for the line vote which he received four years ago. lie had not been elected tJien but he had received such a flattering vote and had come so close to the line that he felt that he should make the race again. He conies with the endorsement of 7."> per cent, of the people of his home section, the Pied mont country, the old Eighth circuit in which for 12 years lie had prose cuted the evil doers. He tirst discussed the question of education. The common schools should be given ttie best teachers, the largest terms and the most comfort able school houses which can be af forded. He also believes in good roads. He wants to get the people in terested in building good roads. He wants the federal government to send some of their money down here to supplement our own monev and con vict labor. He wunts the govern ment to improve the inland water ways, hut he is more in favor of good roads. The greatest tax the farmer pays is wear and tear on ve hicle*! and stock. If the roads had been improved ;>0 years ugo, what would this country be today. As to the liquor question lie said that he is opposed to the Stafe dis pensary. lie is iu favor of the coun try dispensary system. The counties are able to manage their affairs. The people of Dorchester sohuld be given Ihe right to^sav cxnctlv what J hey want. (Jreenville should not sav what Dorchester wants, nor should Dorchester say what Ureenville wants. Let each county have the light of option between county dis pensaries and prohibition. The coun ty board could repent to the court. He is opposed to any plan which would provide tor license or commis sions. for that would tend to push the sale of liquor. W. A. Edawrdr. was the Next Speaker He stated that he had discovered facts of a dangerous natuse in connec tion with the government. After cit ing the constitutional provision which declares that railroad franchises shall be forfeited by companies buying up competing lines, he called attention to the, fact that in April, 1000, the Southern railway had obtained con trol o| 400 miles of competing lines thai afforded competition at 2:1 of '-*> points in the State. Freight* were advanced as much as 100 per cent, in some cases, he claimed. The viola lion ot the anti-merger law appears to he beyond dispute, lie contends, and yet all elsses in tin* courts except his own appear to have been dropped. If case not ge? i?n?> court, after di'i?.^.<, until a special term in Aiken i"r April, 190.1. At this term Judge W. C. Bene! presided. Mr. Edwards declared that he suspected something and upon examination lie found that Judge Belief was even then of record as one of the Southern Railway's attorneys. Mr. Kdwards charged ? hat Judge Beik-t declined to '.Mant a continuance o| the ease until his attorneys faced Judge Bene! with a'jidavits as to tin* judge's connection wish the Southern railway. lie declared the Southern railroad to lie "a monster, a robber corpora tion, a bliylit, a foal, lestei ing sore mi tiic political system. " There was ? i ms oaf deal more on this line. His time was up when he had i-oneluded ?<i{h hnl J.-tir of his s'lr-'eh. lie ut'g i il the people to elect legislators who wi-uld not belong to f i .<? railroads, Bcliivss In the Binpenrray. Senator Cole I-. Bhac* rend his platform. 1 1 i* the same, he said, v. hich h" had in 1900 when lie was a ? ardidaf ? ? * * the legislature. II* declared that he had u ver varied t fein that platform, and he had been fleeted *e\crnl line's (<? jhe legisla ture. Wheij he aid ha was opniMcd fo hi"her C'lneat ion ol* the ne^ro, there was applause. If., is favor of the dispes?sary law and in favor of the absolute repeal of the Brier law. He said that ' I ? *? l Aliniuhtv never intended negroes to be educat ed, and he claimcd the credit, with Di. lawman of Orangeburg, for hav tln r^i l lhe aPProl?r'atioi, to mm t S,a,e Co,,0?e tV<"" *10, 000 to $.,.000. 1^ spoke at K.n^th n (lie subject nnd used a jjood ?,anv nesf Vn Ui ,h<' WO,"'l^ * nesK ?l tin* educated negro of today. Tins excited applause. of^L!" 'l!? ;l!T,"nr>- ho s;,i<i timt or tlieie should happen to be eorrun ?<?? m the State dispensary, how much more would there be in 41 conn lie opposed (he Briee Jaw be eausc Us author said he wanted thiough it 4 to kill the damnable dis pensary." He opposes the Iiayson Alauiiiug bill, so-called. Where is the dispensary corruption? AVho lor lour years been iu ciiarge of the dis pensary* Were they original dis pensary men? He does not say there is corruption, lie does wot say there is. The governor of the State has not been a dispensary man inure than " ?">' ,thut ?t was the best solution ul the liquor question. He criticised ? ?\* Hey wu I'd as not being agres sively in lavor of the dispensarv. He is ready and willing to defend any attack on th? State disjwnsary, aud it the ,>eople of the State don't ??| prove ol his views he will iru back will shll'I r 1 defVudinK il> fur ho " j ill believe it ,s right. He chid d tin opposition to the dispensary si inili ,r,Hle <ai,,l'a???i with having lion. ?UI pro,,,bi,io" Wai op Dispensary Roasted. ii,,';,.;,'"1 K- of s?i der II. ,S,T,krr 1,,ll??abc-ti?-al or !? }li declared the dispensarv <mes it"iiivolveC the. iss,,e because md it il S n#r',e 1,1 dollars ami cfiits and it .lis* affects s? closclv the moral ? <'? Ham. that the dispensarv help. I" educate the people he declared tint education and culture do not sate He* , le. ,Vwm '"temperance H. IV,,,,, ?,e las, ? . . . l"'v"iis to tile le?ris|atnre "^'"b^ar'.ssi.rs 5T5OTL2 ;tr, s? h> intemperance. Mr. Brunson preceeded to a stroni? arraignment of ,|ie dispe.isarv's used | "' **"? H<' was v '.f" roiis and lISOll I 1 1 1 1 ?T Sllilllpq 1 i t ? f. ?units. Ji lrnuitvs llm <??!<? -I $4,000, 000 of li, $800,000 ii, profits for Ma|o fillet MOM"!''*.) hut to l?o I <i S educational salve" (lov Fvn T'" TO.) ,? bv ' ^ .* " ofher words out of i? "k! v* , 'b?'ifor lif|1","' ""'?v 36 ""18 I l'?? ?o <li? ,,Mr: J?"e" for Local Option. ~ uist the dispensarv and took the - zr V? "Or (lie dispensary ol( * ""'"?V' Mr. Kriawrds Mr i" <'vnrv 'li,','' '"J",', "ml . , ? ""<? lie does nof m-ofw-... ? I ? l,i? powerful eonvictiows. ||(. wi? , eanmpign for s?v<^j.i t e ?f ill,, OSS ?| |,?n,^ ,I"V" 011 '"?eolint Sciaku- KCf?rmM D"pe"s?ry. ?"o ??s oVi,, .r,::;5 u,^Tr ? eeord for tl?. |.,sf . R,"ted his lions P,0V"|C aocornnjofin He described the growth r.r . ' Z'r,,rh ? .rtjsss ;r;;rr;" ,,f "r'.'""r 'in'" aVlLrot";;! Mr McMahan^ m.,i,;;;, ,;o,,r ,j- * lil:e t hoitirht if I i' "'wlesman l?v anv eviu-lL b,'rn ""^"''Pnssed "''??mp-in II, in C ??Ii I >n nils S|?jc In years. |( Pnn. i'r'produced even ,|,,p would be marred i 1 "S densed reiiort ir ? ? , . n POM yi??t. II,. inveighed agninst or , Ji' "' people to disregard nirlL ? ! , '?-"d to t heir i, ' . duties as citizens. |( f>s . '.'"yds I'l'o.'-perit v that the I dangers to governments ere',, h .. ,s w,,.h ^I'anie lli.it it, t|'IPS(, | ;,/? ;r,;;n-r,v " ? '? Hie dnpe,.<:,ry nlone. |, 7:'l:;y,nnT if v "I (he people |M> vigilant w -hich1 W? V i|l,l,|,n< Ml l?f wiieh would have been infnl?...i i J""1''.1' " ra,li,*j,l u.lmiiiisirnii,,',,' ,rU,h '??imo Hon it i?:?,,,;:.?'i-";:iir^. n ?!?? stands i? ,|,j< campaign lV>r the -?nme educational reforms for which ?c 1 ought in his four year's scrvice as State superintendent of ^dura tion. Ho advocates an experimental school t'ariu in every county. The speeches of the candidates for the other offices were well received. At Walterboro on Thursday the speaking was about the same as the day before. The crowd was small and the attention was good. At Hampton. Hampton ha<l the candidates on Saturday. The speeches were about at the previous meetings. So far hut little spirit has marked the con test. Attorney General. Attorney General I^eroy F. You mans was not present. Kx-dovernor MeSweenev read letter from him. Mr. J. Fraser Lyon in a brief and eloquent way imparted his views on the corrupt ion in llie dispensary, lie told of his investigation ami of the graft he had discovered, lie closed by saying he could point to numer ous instances, but time did not |?er init liim. Mr. Kagsdale announced himself by challenging Lyon to show where he had ever made an itemized state ment of his expense account while ?etving on the invest ig>*tin?jj commit tee, and accused him of holding two o'l*ces at the same time, and receiving double pay, which was illegal. He said that Lyon Inid said that lie ( Kagsdale) had entered the race as a decoy to yet Ilim out ot? the way for (Jen. Youmans. lie said that he had ottered to wit lid raw if Lyon would, but that Lyon declined to do so. Mr. Lyon asked for permission to read sonic letters, which lie had re ceived recently from Mr. .1. T. Hay and T. B. Fraser vindicating him for the charges made against him bv Kairsdale. He stated that he had fre quently paid money out of his own pocket to defray his expenses while attending to his duties as a member of the investigating committee. Mr. T. <5. McLeod announced his candidacv for lieutenant governor. Mr. 11.' M. Met 'own, Mr. L. M. Ka gin and B. Morrison announced their candidacy for secretary of state. Col. Tribble was absent. The meeting was concluded by Mr. Hare and Mr. Toole announcing their candidacy for congress from this dis tiiet. Italy to be Represented. - Norfolk. Special.? Ch airman 0. Brooks Johnson, of the board of gov ernors of the Jamestown Exposition, was notified through Assistant Sec retary of State Bacon, that the Ital ian government has officially accept ed the invitation to participate in the Jamestown Exposition next vear and will sent a squadron of warships to Hampton Roads. Lee Taken to Baltimore. Baltimore, Special. ? William Lee, the negro indicted in Somerset coun ty for asaulting two white women, which crime he confessed, was brought here from Norfolk, where he was apprehended and placed in the city jail for safe keeping until his trial. This precaution was deemed necessary by the authorities of Somer set county where the entire while population is greatly incensed and threats of /lynching were openly b'' ing made. Shot His Wife and Her Niece. Los Angeles, Special. ? \V. F. Ke tring shot and probably fatally wounded his divorced wife and her niece, Miss Bessie (J 'Day, at the home of the former. Ketring had been separated from his wife two years. Last niulit lie' asked her to return to him. She refused and Miss O'Day stepped to the telephone to call the police. As she did so Ke tring thrust the telephone from her hands and shot both women. Georgia Postmistress Knocked Down and Office Robbed. Atlanta, tia.. Special.? -A special from Dallas, tin., suvs Mi?.. Sal lie Cohleii. postmistress at that place, was knocked down and robbed. A masked ?K"i entered the office with a knife in hand an 1 told her if s'm screamed lie would kill her. Af tempt ing to escape, she was knocked down by two blows on the head, thrown in to a closet and the rober then took the money, in the office and escaped. There is y<> clue to ihc robbery. Town of 13000 Destroyed. New Orleans Special. ? Cablegrams reporting the destruction of Saguu In Grande a town of about 13,000 inhabitants in Santa Clara province, C?:ba, were received here by StaufYer. Ilclman & Company. Two messages were received, the first announcing that the town had been flooded and tbe second saying that it had been entirely destroyed by fire. The mes sages came from tbe firm's represen tative at Havana. No additional ill formation lias been received. China Pays for Missionaries. Paris, By Cable. ? China signed : treaty according complete satisfac tion to France for the massacre o' Six French Jesuit missionaries a Nan-Chang Kiang-Si province ii February last. China $200,00 indem nit y to the mission and $100,000 in demnity to the deceased missionaries families, builds a memorial hospital and punishes the ring-leaders of tin rioting. ... . LIST OF ALL CANDIDATES Those Who Have Qualified to Run For Office Under the Rul^s of the Primary. The following is a complete list (in alphabetical order) ol' all the candi dates for all the Stale ofl'ices to be voted fur in the primary election, which will be held August *JS: United States Senate, B. K. Till man and W. W. Lumpkin. For Congress, First district. George S. Lcgare, incumbent : Second, J. O. Patterson, incumbent ; (J. L. Toole and B. B. Hare; Third. Wyatt Aiken, in cumbent ; J. K. Boggs; Fourth. .1. T. Johnson, incumbent; W. < '. lrliy. Jr., 0. II. Malum; Fifth, 1). F. Finlev. i?? cumheut ; T. J. Strait; W. I'. Pol htck ; Sixth. J. !?'. Kllcrbe. incumbent; Seventh. A. F. Lever, incumhcni. Governor. M. F. Ar.s^'l. C. L. Please, J. K. Brunson, W. A. Fdwavds. A. C. Jones, K. 1. Manning. John J. .Me Malian, John T. Sloan. Lieutenant governor, T. <!. Mcl-eod. Secretary of state, K. M. Mct'owii, J. B. Morrison, 1.. M. Ha-jin and M. P. Trible. Attorney general, .1. Fraser Lyon. J. W. Ragsdale and Lerov F. Younians, incumbent. Comptroller general. A. \V. Jones, incumhent ; (?. L. Walker. State treasurer, R. 11. Jennings, in cumhent. Adjutant general, J. ('. Boyd, and L. \V. Haskell. Railroad commissioner, J. II. Whar ton. incumbent ; James Cansler. J. M. Sullivan, J. A. Summerset t and J. C. Sellers. State superintendent of education. 0. B. Martin. "Home Coming Day" at Fair. Columbia State. The success of " ITome-eoinuig Week" in Kentucky has given the idea to a number of i L?* officials <? I the South Carolina Agricultural so ciety to. have a similar occasion in Co lumbia during the next State fair. Jii Kentucky the affair was widely adver tised several months in advance and as a result many hundreds of Ken tuckians who had been out of 1 1 1?> State for years went bark to thcil homes for a few day:. Tin* railroa<ls granted cheap rates for I In- occasion and it was a gala festival all over the Stale. Then* are thousands of Soiilli Carolinians in every part of ihe world and especially in every pari of the I nited States who might it' the op|M>rt unity was presented tliein in time., come back to South Carolina for a few days and no better time could be chosen for the reunion than fair week. With proper agitation now the railroads would grant the proper rates and the fair society could de votc one of the days to the "lunne comers. " The idea has been very fav orably received by the olliciaU of the fair society and with coopeiatioti can be carried through. Those Who Passed. At the recent meeting of the Shite hoard of medical examiners, the fol lowing applicants passed a satisfac tory examination: |)is. O. W. Cox, T. II. Howie. C. I). Jneobs, J. If. Young. R. L. Sanders, T. J. IVakc, W. K. Shellhouse. L. M. Stokes, l\. I. Pearlsl ine, J. C. Hill. J. <>. Weed. W. M. Burnett, T. K. Waunamaker, Jr., St. 1>. Caradiuc. \Y. I). Griysbv. W. L. Hart, K. J. Jones, (). I ?. Ham mond, R. R. Morrison, A. B. Knulish. I. J. Campbell, P. A. Brunvon, L I?. Ciniir, II. A. Mood, J. W. Sexton. Y. W. Bailey. R. K. Yellott, II. M, Bo wimls, W. F. Yoiiinans. Jr., W. II. Chapman, I*'. M. Allen. K. .N . Stal vey, J. F. Wilson. W. A. Wood mil'. K. L. Jnirer, F. W. Simons. J. A. May well, W. F. Clarke. Negro Assassinated. Laurens, Special. Jim Young, a nr? ?jio about 'JO years old, was --Lot and killed about II o'clock Sunday night in the town of Clinton. Young seems to have been alone and was lired ? ?!i as he was passing down I lie railroad track in front of Prof. W. M. Me Caslin's residence. lie shot al rnosl entirely through the body j.ml death must have been insl.tntan.o, .. Of course it is n'>| known l<-r a certainty who committed I'm- ?owaid ly murder, but there is said sufficient cireunistantial exidene" i<> connect one if not two negro with the crime who live several mile? from Clinton. Young it i< -aid had been home with a tr i '"1 with whom one of these fellows tried to go. or ob jected to Young's attentions to. wlum no was shot to death. Now?? Items. The Simplified Sj? 1 1 i i ? Pi.ijjrd "f , \'ew York has sent ?|Ut a li-l ?! words 'urging the u-e of the foin.-. "f .voids named. Thirty-seven firemen were <\rv "oine by heat and smoke ;i t a )(H) blaze in St. Paul. President Cnhera, of ( iuatcmahi. i> iccitsed of having instigated 1 h .? burning of the coffee estates of Gen era! Barillas, leader of the insurgents. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crops for Week Ending Monday, Jane J 8, J 906, as Given Out by Df. partment. j here was some sunshine on the first and on the last <lav, while the intervening days were cloudy with frequent heavy rains. Fresli to brisk easterly winds prevailed early in the week, and hi^li winds, tliat at times reaehed gale velocity, accompanied hv local thnndcrstor ins and caused much damage. The temperature averaged between font- and live degrees below normal, ow mg t<? unusually t ool weather at the beginning oL' lite week. The last day had about normal temperature and sunshine, 'i he deficiency in teni pciature was canned principally l?v the absence of sunshine, as the night tempera In res were ah(?nt normal. The highest tempe ratine lor the week was J4 decrees at (Jreenville on the l.'ith. The precipitation was excessive over the entire State, and it was heaviest over the central and east ern parts. Twentv-two stations re | Muted weekly amounts of over live niches, with a maximum rainfall of 1I.S2 inches at Allendale. The aver age of all the rainfall reports receiv ed from places within the State was .1.40 inches which is about 4..">0 inches in excess ot the normal amount. In places small rivers ami creeks over Mowed their banks causing local floods but the water did not reach llood stages in the large rivers. South Carlina's Recovery. In compiling, hist January, the as. sessed values of propcrtv in tht Southern States, the Baltimore Manu faet uicrs ltecord, in tin* absence of ollieial figures for South Carolina, not then accessible, made an estimate ol $210,000,000 for that State. The con servatism ol t he estimate is indicated by the fact that the otiicial figures now compiled are $220, 224, "?<)">. An interesting feature of the returns ot taxable property is ^he statement that ''while the law requires thai property should be returned at 00 pei cent, of its actual value," it is believ ed that the figures given "represent* not more than 33 1-3 |H>r cent, of the total taxable property of the State.'* On that basis the 'true value ot property in South Carolina may n? estimated at more than $tiO 1,000,000. nn amount greater by $113,000,00f than the true value of property in 1800 and more than double that *?f 18S0. A comparison of the figures of 1 .%'(), when the true value was $f>4S, 338,7")l, with those 1SS0, when the true value was .$.'{22,000,000, reveals the immediate loss and subsequent res toratiou of South Carolina as a result ol the war, even eliminating the value of property in slaves, and the com parison of the figures of IS, SO and J00;? exhibits the wonderful advance which South Carolina has made in tin past quarter of a century. In 1SKT the true value of proper! v. $322,000, WM. representing pej- capita wealth of $323. The true value of property, $001,000,000, in !!)()"> represents a per capita wealth of about $400. South Carolina was one of the Southern States most devastated by the war and most hampered by th? developments of the subsequent 10 of 12 years. The progress which it has made since the burden was lifted strikingly illustrates the advance made by the whole South, and the figured of the true value of its taxable prop erty suggest the error likely to aris? in making comparisons of assessed values in the South in |S(io and ii> 100") if it be not remembered that at llie earlier date assessed values rep resented about 7.? per cent, of true va'u-\s and at this time lliey represent between .'0 and 40 per cent, of true values. Newberry College Degrees. Newberry. Special.- In the report of the commencement day exercises at Newbf ?tv college ?>n Wednesday last an ??n;r wiis mad" in the trans (iipti<.n <>( the honorary decrees eon ferr'vl hy the oi*t it in inn. The fol low illy i: a corrected { i - 1 * fjev. K. T. Morn. 1?. I'.. I*ea<!iiiu I'a., I .? >. I ). ; Kev. .1. 'I. I : f I ? r. I >. I ? . . Washington. I >. ( 1.1,. 1 1. ; Si at' iiope Sae:*-. Col umbia. S. I, ill. I'.; I'e\. 1'r. If. W. Ki~oi . r tiv<r>ily ot Ohio, l.'t?. 1>. : l{ev. K. i ai:i pi, ell, N'.-w Yoik, 1). I>, To Oppose Senator Tillr.Mii. Columbia. Special. ' ?>! .V. W J.limpk III. ??' ?|| ? ? i ?? H'l.:! ;rj pi ol thr ( Jeoru ia !?'?' '! i . I' : . ? fiied Ins pledge with ill" S' ;;'e < 'h:? 1 ? it all of l!;c Mem oeratic ('iimmii tec an I "Mi< red i!i< race against t'nited Stales Seuatoi P.. If. Tillman. The di-pen-ary will be the principal issue of the campaign Growth of Saluda's Bank. Sal'rla. Special. I \" IS. :.! of Su kida lias ,j ; I or^aui/'-d a ieg dr partni"iit and will receive saoi:<y on deposit , paying I per cad. interest qinirlerly. The business <d tins in stitution hay- been phenomenal (hi** year. The increase in loans, deposits and undivided profits ranging tiv? 2 o to 0J per tent, over last \ ear.