The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, June 28, 1906, Image 1
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.