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.-O .* . ? V v f "V * VOL. III. NO. 30. CAMDEN, S.C., THUR8DAY, AUGUST 23, 1906. S1.50 Per Year .?ADDRESS TO PEOPLE h' . Governor of North Carolina Is Trying (o Suppress Lynching SAYS LAW MUST BE RESPECTED Y% Chief Executive of the State Calls Up on Oood Citizens to Uphold the Strong Arm of the Law and Writes Specific Instructions to Sheriffs and i National Guard Officers ? Expresses Confidence in Officers, Press and People. Raleigh, N. C., Special. ? Hon JR. B. Glenn Governor of North Carolina, has taken a vigorous stand to put ^own the mob spirit in his State. V To this end he has just issued the following: "To the People of North Carolina, Greeting: Up until a few weeks ago and for four yoars, our State was blessed with law ami order and peace and plenty reigned. Now, a few lawless % men, in three instances, have taken V the law into their own hands and by violence and with strong hands have overthrown the law, and wilfully and deliberately committed murder by lynching persons confined in jail. In none of these instances was there the slightest excuse for these nets, for in all cases special terms have been or dered and in one case the court was f actually sitting and trying the pris ^ oners. Such acts breed contempt of law, bringing the cowts into dire pute, and put a blot on the good name of the State. To stop these disgrace ful occurrences and to protect all ^ prisoners, no matter who they are, 1 * have issued the following order to all the sheriffs of the Stute, and to those in command of the State troops: To the Sheriff of county, North Carolina: Tn the future, whenever any crime is committed in your county, use ev ery means in your power to arrest the ^ offenders and bring them to trial. Af ter their arrest and confinement in your jail, if you hear of any threats or rumors of violence, you will at once notify nie, giving all facts, to the end that 1 may take such steps as to me seem expedient. I also hereby direct you to notify the captain of the nearest military company of said ^ rumor ard order him to be in rea di nes to uiil you in case of need. You also have the power to summon and , arm all citizens as a j?osse eomitatus. If, after this, violence is attempted, I hereby ecrinmand you to order out the military company and the posse and have them armed ami ready for duty. You will tlwn make proclama ^ tion and order all crowds about your jail or attempting to seize your pris oners to at once disperse ? telling them if they refuse ?you will use force and their injury will In? on their \ own heads. Use every peaceful means in your power to disperse the crowds, without using force, but if they still refuse to leave, and continue their threats and unlawful acts, use force sulllcieni to dispeve them, even if killing he necessary. You will like wise arrest and put i:i jail all such persons engaged in said mob to the end that they may be prosecuted and i punished according to law. I have confidence in the intergrity of the civil otliccrs and count on their co operation with me in suppressing all crime. Herein fail not but obey this or der. R. B. GIiKNN, Governor. To Captain , Company ? North Carolina National Guard: Sir: Hereafter in case at any time you hear of an attmpt at violence by mob law, you are hereby com manded to report the facts to me, and also notify the sheriff of the ^county where the violence is threat ened, of your readiness to tender him your services. In the event you are ordered out by the sheriff, you are hereby commanded to obey his law ful orders. Attempt no violence as long as there is a chance to enforce ? order peacefully. If the sheriff, af ter ordering the crowd to disperse, and they refuse, orders you to fire, do fso. Arcst al lthe mob you can ami deliver them to the sheriff, and fonfinue to guard and protect the jail Dutil you are relieved. Do nothing rash, but in every way possible aid the civil authorities in suppressing mob law. I have confidence in the willingness ami ability of the inilitrry ? '> entry out this order. This is a gen eral order, in force now and hereaf ter until countermanded; and of it you will take notice and act accord ingly.' R. B. GLENN, Governor and Cotmwidcr in Chief. The above orders show my desire to preserve low and to protect the State, but even these efforts will be futile unless all good citizens of the State will aid in them. Law-abiding people should keep out of the mob. fender it no assistance or sympathy directly or indirectly, use every ef fort In their power to get it to dis fjerse and should willingly help the ofWcers in the discharge of their duty, j Remember every effort will always ' K be made to arrest and try all persons who commit crime. There is, there fore, 110 need of lynch law, and if the courts and juries fail to do their full duty and this is made kuowu through proper channels every re source will l>e adopted to punish the guilty parties, for thus degrading jus tice. Our fudges are honest and true and speedy trials wil be ordered, and therefore there can he no shadow of excuse for the people taking the law into their own hands, and when they do, they become themselves law breakers. put themselves without the pale of legal protection and must be dealt with as a mob and suppressed by use of needed force, even though carried to the utmost extent. The newspape/s with their means of hearing and dissinating the news can greatly aid in warning of danger, thus repressing crime. I ask of the papers of the State, daily and week ly, to publish this address and to write strong editorials calling on their people to assist in maintaining the law. I have confidence in the people and the press, the officials, both civil and military, and therefore call on them to help me in my efforts to maintain peace and quiet and forever to prevent such disgraceful scenes as we have just pased through ? scenes which reflect on our people, giving us the name o falw-breakers. which the overwhelming majority of the people don ot i^serve, and in juring our good State in every sense, materially, educationally and moral ly. Living in Raleigh, often far from the scene of trouble, I can only act through agents, and in person when I can arrive on the scene, so again 1 call on all good citizens, civil and military, who love their tSate, who de sire to protect its fair name, to give me both their physical and moral sup port, and if mortal man can accom plish such an end, 1 shall and will enforce the law and protect all citi zens. Uespectfullv. It. B. GLENN, Governor. Nearly Bled to Death. Winchester, Special. ? Davis John son, a wealthy planing-mill owner of Winchester, nearly bled to death from an injur}' sustained a week ago, when several fingers were mashed off in a moulding machine. The injuries were healing, bnt suddenly and un expectedly a flow of blood burst through the flesh and continued for peveral hours before a doctor could be found. Jerome Willing to Run. New York, Special. ? District At torney William T ravers Jerome issued the following statement: "In the present shameful condition of our political life in this Stnte, I am will ing to run for the office of Governor of the State, if the Democratic con vention shall nominate men without any understanding, expressed or im plied, other than that, it' elected, I shall obey my oath of office as 1 understand it, mi letter and spirit. Killed Wife and Himself. Sherman, Texas, Special. ? J. W. C. Wilder, a former, residing half a mile from. Tom Beam, a small town, six miles from Sherman, beat his wife's brains out with a llat iron and shot hitr^elf with a shotgun. The charge entered the left side, dis embowling Wilder. lie will die. Three small children witnessed tin crime of their father. One boy, 7 veais old. and a smaller brother, walked to Tom Bean and told the story to a married sister. Derailed by a Washout. Norfolk, Ya., Special. ? The pas senger train which left Norfolk over the Southern Railway for Danville, Ya., was derailed between South Hill and Union Level, Ya., l'JO miles west of Norfolk as the result of the wash out of an iron culvert by the recent heavy rains. The engine crossed safely, hut all of the coaches of the train, four in all, left the track and flic baggage and mail conch turned over, the others careening. Several persons were injured. Cabinet Officers All Away. Washington, I). Special. ? For the first time * li is sumtneii every member of the President's cabinet was absent from Washington. They nre scattered all the way from Cana da \o Uruguay, and the administra tion of crovernmcntnl affairs was in the hands of assistants. Affairs moved as smoothly as if every cabi net officer had ben at his desk. Fined For Hissing FHg. Bayonee, N. ,T., Special. ? James Piere, an Englishman, was fined $J*> for. hissing at the American flag par ing n performance at the theatre. The judgo who imposed the fine was a member of tlio audience. Piere 's action in hissing at the Stars and Stripes as they were waved by a pe.flt'rmfr at th|? conclusion of' a song, almost caused a riot in the au dience. Observes the Troy Times: "There seems to he but two llne3 of political endeavor In Santo Domingo ? the outs trying to get In am! the Ins fighting against being put out." CHILE IS SHAKEN UP Severe Earthquake Visits the Country South of Us DAMAGE IS HARD TO ESTIMATE Cable Communications is Cut Off ? North American Continent Shaken, Seismograph at Washington Show ed Swaying of the Earth of a Quarter of an Inch. Washington, Special.? The North American continent was shaken all ?ight by an earthquake which is re ported to have wrought destruction ?n the west coast of South America. The seismeograpli at the weather bu reau here gives a clear record of the earth 8 tremors. The iustrumeut shows that at 7:50 o'elcoek ths eartfc swayed a quarter of an imoh. The Quake began at 7 :29 and continued 4?r four hours. Reports from Yalapraiso, Chile, say the earthquake there did great damage, and it is believed that hun dreds of the city's inhabitants are buried beneath the ruins of the razed buildings. , The Associated Press correspon dent at Buenos Avres rubles that it is feared the town of l^os Andes, in the province of Aeoncague, lias been destroyed. At the same time he points out that Buenos Avres has no direct communication with the dis turbed district. No official information has reached Washington from Chile, and while positive information is lucking, New l ork otlicials of cable companies hav ing connection in South America ex press the opinion that the first report* of the earthquake were exaggerated. A Hamburg firm is alleged to have reoeived a dispatch stating that num erous districts in Chile had been par tially destroyed, that Valapariso had been practically demolished, that many ships had been lost, and that over a bundled persons had been killed and mauy hundred injured. This dispatch* however, is not well authenticate/. Valporaiso is a fortified seaport of Chile and the most important com mercial town of the western coast of South America. It has a population of about 150,000. It is the capital of the province of the same name and ;s situated on a large, bay in the west ol Santiago, 75 miles wost-north west of Santiago, with which it is connected by rail. The Bay of Valparaiso, which is well sheltered on three sides, is bortndco by ranges of hills rising from 1,600 to 1,700 feet high, on the slopes of which a considerable portion of the city of Valparaiso is built. On the south side of the bay are the spacious suburbs of Nucvo Malecon and Gran Avenida, from which pass out one of the finest thoroughfares of Valparaiso, the Avenida do las Dolicias. The lower central section of the city is constituted by the Al mond ra I, having regular and attrac tive streets and containing the prin cipal business houses, the park, the Plaza Victoria and tho National Theatre. Many Killed Elsewhere in Chile. Buenos Avres, By Cable. ? The news papers publish telegrams from Mon doza (which is an entry port for tho trade between Buenos Ayrcs and ( bile, with which it communicatetd by the mountain passes of Upspal la ta and Portillo) to the effect tbnt many houses in the Los Andes dis trict were destroyed by the earth quake and that there has been a larcje number of casualties. The interrup tion of all means of communcation with Chile causes communication with Chile causes much anxiety. Manv rumors of disaster are afloat. 60 Entombed in Tunnel. Bristol, Va., Special. ? Fifty men are entombed alive in the Clinch Mountain tunnel at Cinehport, Va., as a result of n cave-in which occurred Friday morning. It is not known whether the men are dead or alive, but ths work of rescue is being rush ed as fast as possible. The work of rescue will continue as rapidly as pos sible, though it cannot be stated with any degree of certainty how long it will take to reach the men. No bodies have as yet been recovered. Pastor Quits the Cumberland Presby terians. Kcfchville, Special. ? Hew ,W. L. At kinson has resigned pastorate of Cum berland . ^Presbyterian cburcli at Clarksville. Tenn., to become pastor of Firset Presbyterian church at Sul livan, III. Dr. Atkinson and his con gregation could not agree on the church union matter, he being an ar dent unionist. Bank Failure Reported. Washington, P. C\, Special. ? The Comptroller of Currency is advised of the closing of tho first national bank of Chelsea, Mass., the failure be ing due to too large excessive loans to officers and directors. The last statement showed the bank had a capital of $300,000; deposits $079, 720; surplus $139,344 and total re rources and liabilities of $1,300,840. Loans and discounts were $1,114,680. EARTHQUAKE LOSS HEAVY Property Lorn is Even Placed as High as $250,000,000, or More Than Ev ery Stidk and Stone of the Com munity Can Possible Be Worth ? Known Dead Placed by Refugee at 100, But Figures Still Bun as High as 2.000. There continues confusion of state ments as to the magnitude of the disaster to Valparaiso caused bv the earthquake shocks which began on Thursday, August 10, and continued at frequent intervals throughout that and 'the next two days. Dispatches from Valparaico to the Associated Press state that a moder ate estimate of the fatalities is 2,000 and that the property loss may be as high as $250,000,000, which latter is as great as the loss sustained by San Francisco in consequence of the earth quake and fire devastated that city last April. A refugee who has arrived at Santi ago places the known Valparaiso dead at 100, and other messages in dicate that first reports of damages and casualties were greatly exagger ated. Dispatches to the State De partment at Washington place the fatalities at about 500.. These con flicting statements cannot at this time be adjusted. It is evident that even yet confusion and panic prevail at Valparaiso and until order is restored if will be impossible to ascertain with accuracy the loss to life and prop erty. The dwellings in the city have been practically abandoned by the in habitants, who are existing as best they can in the plazas and streets of the city and the hills adjacent to it. without shelter from storm and sun and with famine confronting them. Food is already scarce and high, water for drinking purposes is lacking, and disease is feared. The government is doing all it can to bring in relief. The crippling of the railroads leading into Valparaiso con tinues a factor in the situation for an indefinite period. Relief supplies cttii only he obtained through other menas of transportation, the seaboard affording the best of these. At Santiago many of the best pub lic and private buildings were wreck Id. The loss of life there was aug mented by the panic which seized the people, many of whom threw them selves iro mthe balconies of their homes. The destructive force of the earthquake was experienced over a large extent of the country, manj towns sustaining serious damage. Facts About Valparaiso. The capital of the province of Val paraiso, Chile, and the chief seaport , ! 16 ]fPVVlic' is 8' tun ted on a base <>f the 1 aci/lc, (>S miles (ll(i miles by IvVh T-St !K,1:tlnvi'st of Santiago, tli which it is connected by rail. . 'le older and business portion of the j'Hy extends along the shore of the hay. while on the slo, ,ile snr_ Minding hills are the finer residence subburbs \ ma del Mar. a few miles t<> the east, is a noted suburb and sea shore resort. Valparaiso enjoys a "ild and equable climate, the average temperature being 58 degrees F.. ihe for,nf?! f0-.;,an!,Mry ,i;{ and raii.f 'l ' i average annual ainfall is about 1 ;i.5 inches. The st'reet ? , Son,? wHI instructed inents ? " *<l"nn' .wi,h mftnV monu" ? _ The more uu|*ortant monu Willi8 tUVlvi? fir -I I I lp.e,rMrht. " ho built the ailroad in South America Tho JJ'as ( ochnine (tenth Karle of D.,n d), who organized the Chilean ?a\.\, and a line monument to the navy, surmounted by ? statue of Ad ?'.?a Pratt. The fort is strongly for i larlre'l 1? *OV('n,rn,,?t Maintains a laiM naval arsenal. The chief ohiiuiv and iron works; other inter ests i are the manufacture of tobacco bottling of mineral water, sugar re in?, brewing and distilling. T\,e harbor is very nccesseble and has a eoniplete system of docks, warehouses and shipyards* ^ nlparaiso has been the port for Santiago since 1854. |, WaJ visited y a terrible earthquake in 1855 and 'ombarded by a Spanish Meet in mS During the civil war of 1801 is Was taken and partly sacked bv the con llmo'lvn"' vir"}-; T,.", P?P"'aiioii in wer f 1" . ot Whom 12,000 w ? i e foreigners. $50,000 Lumber Mill Fire in Georgia Mnron, <}? Spceial.-A special to I.t 7raJ ,roUl On., sava 1,1 ,,lal,t ot the Dei I la Lumber Com pany. one of the largest .in the State ?as totally destroyed by fire Sunday morning; loss, *50.000. Drv kiln millions of fee( of lumber, laths. ^|lin J>s and other material destroyed ""i'1*' '! ??????' t to exting. turned ih - nvni' and then till in d their attention to saving ad jo ning property, which was success fv \i7rV l|,"",r",,0,, on proper ty. Mills will ?t onee be ,-ebult. i ,P,,n o' fire unknown. Prevonted From Lynching Rapist. . A,,K??t". Ha., Special.? A Chron ic special from McCorinick savs the ne*ro population became wrought up that white citizens, to prevent a lynching, had to take Jack Samuels a negro who had assaulted a negro Siil. to (ireenwood, where he wan met by sheriff of Abbeville county and jailed at the latter place for safe kcopin. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crops For Week Ending Monday, Aug. 13 1906, as Given Ont by the De partment. The whole State received ample sunshine during the week but there was eonsderablc local cloudiness dur ing the last two days in the southern central and wester counties. The average temj>erature was much above norm: J. The extremes of tem perature were a maximum of 100 de grees at Blackville and Bowman on the 10th and at Walhalla on the 7th, and a minimum of 60 degrees at Greenville on the 11th. The daily maximum temperatures ranged in the nineties, exceptp in the extreme wes tern counties and at places near the coast where they ranged in the eight ies during the first three days. The daily minimum temperatures were about normal. The precipitation was deficient ex cept a few widely separated locali ties that had excessive amounts rang ing from about two inches to nearly four inches, with a maximum weekly amount of 3.96 inches at Cheraw. Both the temperatures and rainfall conditions were generally favorable, and ground dried rapidly except over small areas where the rainfall was excessive. There were no hight winds or other damaging weather condi tions. ? J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Boy Accidentally Shot. Laurens, Special. ? While th.-ee small boys of the city were down in the river Sunday afternoon hunting and fishing, Julius' Trapp, aged 10, was shot in the left shoulder and arm with a shotgun by Clifford Harris, aged 12. The boy is not seriously j wounded though quite painfully, as it appears that only a portion of a Jfght charge of small shot struck #the lad. He received prompt medical aid and is reported as resting com fortably. He is a son of the Widow Trapp of the Laurens mill village. The Harris boy, it is un derstood, -claims that he did not know the gun was loaded and was merely pranking with it when, to his utter surprise, the firearm was dis charged with the result above indi cated. Summer School Closes. Barnwell, Special. ? The Aiken Bamberg summer school closed a most successful session here on Friday. The schoM has been in session for three weeks and has been quite a success in every way. The faculty was composed of Prof. W. L. Brooker of the Aiken schools as superinten dent, with Prof. K. H. Hall of Den mark and Miss Jennie Lou Brown of Aiken as his assistants. Kneh < 1' the instructors is among the pr< minent educators of the State and the sum mer school was fortunate in securing such able teachers for the different branches. The attendance of the teachers from the three counties was good and all took a deep interest in i the work mapped out for them to do. The State Pharmacists. Greenville, Special. ? The thirtieth annual meeting of the State Pharma ceutical association convened in this city about 70 pharmacists being in attendance. The examining board re ported that only three out of Y1 ap plicants for licenses to practice phar macy in the State had passed the t ? amiuation. The successful appli cants were Claude Cannon, Spartan burg; T. E. Khame, Summerton; C. L. Moselev, Greenwood, Crops in Laurens. Lancaster. Special. ? For the past ten days there has been no rain in this section with the result that much general improvement in the crop con dition is noted. Cotton is yet far below the average and hundreds of flcres in this county have been "laid by" grassy. There is perhaps an increased acerage planted in corn and uplands are, as a general thing, very good, while bottom lands arc I*>or. Peas are fine and a large acreage was sown. All cops will need rain very soon if the h"t wave continues. Negro Excursionist Hurt. Lamar, Special. ? Alexander Steph ens of Haxtsville, a negTo excursion ist returning from Augusta on an ex cursion run from Hartsville, was in jured at this place. Mis right foot was cut off by the train and he re ceived other painful injuries about the head and body. Another negro, whose name could not be learned, was also hurt, Monazite Mine in Court. Anderson, Special. ? Judge Geo. E. Prince at chambers has granted n temporary injunction restraining cer tain parties from oj?erating a mona zite mine near Pelzor in Greenville county. The plaintiffs are James and Joseph Alverson, minors, who allege that their mother, a Mrs. Taylor, sold the right to mine monazite on the small place owned by the family without consisting them abbut it. IDE CLOSING SCENE Grewaome Aftermath of the Dramatic Scene in Greenwood County Thurs day Evening. , Greenwood, Speeial. ? The last act in the terrible tragedy of the week i in Greenwood county, ?beginningg with the fiendish attack oil Miss .Jen nie Brooks bv the negro Bob Davis, who eame to his death at the hands of infnrated citizens, was enacted, when the law, in the person of Cor oner W. S. Shadraeh was allowed an inning and solmnly sat n|H)ii (lie case. The Law. The inquisition is in due and anc ient form and runs as follows: State of South Carolina ? County of , Greenwood. An inquisition indented, taken at Pet Hrookss' in Greenwood count v, the 17th day of August, A. 1)., before W. S. Shadraeh, coroner for said county, upon view of the body then and there dead by the oaths of ( blank shape here, as no testi mony was taken whatever). Being a lawful jury of inquest, who being uharged an sworn to inquire for the ?tate of South Carolina where and bv what means the said Hob Davis came to his death, upon their oath to say: W e the undersigned jurors do sav that Bob Davis eame to his death by tiiinshot wounds in the hands of un known parties. And we, the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, say that Bob Davis in manner and torm aforesaid came to his death. In witness whereof, I. \Y. S. Shadraeh, co rouer atoresaid and the jurors atoresaid to this inquisition have in terchangeably put our hands and seals, the day and year ahove men tioned. W. S. Shadraeh (L. S.) T. P. Purdy, foreman (L. S.): M. N. Banks, J. K. Devore, \V. T. Kd wards, If. L. Fooshee. ,1. M. lflkard. Jr., J. I,. McKellar, T. D. Jones, J. K. Ligon, J. B. Ward, J. C. Hughes, J. T. Anderson and K. M. Gregory. Relics. Crowds visited the scene of the lynching all Thursday night and shots were fired into the inutulatcd body of the wretch off and on dur ing the night and even Friday morning until the county authorities took charge of what was left of the body, the remains literally, and put them in a cheap pine box. It was supposed that he would be buried in the color- I ? d ehuichynrd nearby, the negroes having a church named Mount Moriah close to the white church of the same name, but the church leaders would not allow it, so Davis was buried in one corner of a field on the farm of Mr. Kd. Creswell. not far from the place of his death. The usual ghoul ish souvenirs were taken: toes, ears, fingers, etc., were cut off by those win! possess this morbid desire to have re minders of lynched persons. The Lew Again. Solicitor Cooper arriwd al 'J o'clock from Laurens in response to the tele gram sent him by Govcrenor llev ward. The ??overnor referred to (his telegram in his second appeal to the erowd, but it had no effect. Before refurning lo Laurens, Solicitor Coop er directed that the coroner hold his inquest af once and send him a eopv "f the inquisition and further thai if no testimony was taken for the cor oner to reconvene his jurv and lake some testimony. As wil'l |.4. above, no testimony was taken and so far no steps have been taken towards reconvening the jury. The Negroes Approve. The negroes in (own mid in the country, so far as it is possible lo us eertain. have acquiesced in l!ic lynch ing. Proof of this will |,(. found in the following open letter Principal } inner of the school had submitted it to different white citizens who ad vised its publication. The addnss is lis follow s : "We the negroes of this eountv.' wish to say that we are with you and in anything so serious as this you have assistance in what you think best. We cannot afford, as a race, to uphold anything that tends to lower our < hristian or moral standing, and the quicker we show thai we are readv to help trace the rascal to his den the quicker will we have tlx* sympathy ?l the white man when we are intrud i'd upon. Some misiruided colored persons rimy say that negroes should not have assisted (he white men in their search, but we say to them, 4 Von are simply needing common sense.' If there is anything lacking on the part of the negro race it is thai of self- respcef and we say that if lo cal. not respect himself, teach liitn. 'Mid do not he particular how and in wlnil manner the lesson the race es tablish the fact ihat we should join in and overtake any rascal we are :i<>t in lull discharge of our duty. Then let us ns a race learn to respect our selves and thereby expect it of others. " VY e think we voice the sentiment of every respectable neyro in the country when we say that the coun try is rid of one of the meanest, most disrespect ahle character* imag inable and your thoughts are ours. It is unreasonable lo expect the white men to respect a:i<| protect us when we do not respect ourselves. The only thing wanted was the rijflil man and that is what we had and we are satisfied. (Signed) "Colored Citizen* of Greenwood County." PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest From AN Over South Caroinh MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range ? What is Going On in Our State. Columbia Cotton Market. The col ton market was steady. Low middling.. . . ' 9 Strict low middling 9 1-2 Strict low middling 9 3-4 Middling 10 1-H Strict middling ..10 3-8 Good middling 10 1-2 Charlotte Cotton Market. Good middling 10 1-4 Strict middling 10 1-4 Middling 10 1-8 Tinges and stains 7 1-2 to 9 1-2 State News Briefs. Petition lias been received from the bar of Barnwell asking t'or a special term ol' civil court to last three weeks beginning in October. There are said U be a large number of cases on the docket. A commission was issued to the Carolina-Honduras Mining Company, wltich will have its principal oflicc in Charleston and do business on a cap ital of JjC?,000. The company will develop certain gold mining property it has acquired and Win. Sell inner Mid \Y. F. Jordan are the incorpora tors. Governor I ley ward has received u letter from the special commission appointed to survey the line between Kdg? held and Aiken counties stating that the appropriation for the work wa:? too small and asking to be re lieved of their duties. This will prob ably affect the efforts now being made to establish a new county out of the territory in that section. Died at Age of 103. Aiken. Special.? Mr. Micael Ander son died at his home in Gloversville a few days ago at the age of 103 years. It wa* stated in a previous re port that Mr. Cass Went her lord, who died at the age of 97 years, was the oldest man in Aiken count v; but that was a mistake. The correspondent did not know of Mr. Anderson at the time that report was written. Mr. Anderson was veteran of tlireo wars, lie was married twice arid was the father of 21 children, now scat tered all over the State. Mr. Ander son was an honest, sober, patriotic and indtistcrioiis citizen, and was re spected by all who knew him. His remains were buried in the Langley cemetery in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. Mr. Anderson's long life can most proba bly l?' attributed to the tenrpnratt* habits ami simple manner ol livinu. Cut Guard's Throat, Escape. Charleston, Special.? Feigning ill ness, three negroes, Alonzo (indwiu. Hammond Wilson and George Kenny, co:.v ds seiving long terms on the cliaiy ganir < !' the sanitary and drain age commission work neat' Ashley Jnctiou stopped in the stockade hav ing asked lor water, seized and over powered II. C. St e| lo, the white guard, and cut his throat with a butcher knife. Two "trusties" at the t?tock ati" were locked in by the men, who ransacked the guard's rooms, donned civilian clothes and escaped into the nearby swamps. The men contrary to rules, were not chained on the htockadc. The trusties broke out and s4 >-ead the alarm. A sheriff's posse i>? scouring the woods with hloodhoiflidM From Bounded Warehouses. The state board of dispensary direc tors adjourned alter a two-days' ses sion. Ma.j. .John Mlaek was not ablo to attend the meetings on account of sickness. The board decided to put i 1 1 1 <? affect a resolution adopted sormr time ago to buy goods in bulk from bonded warehouses. The advertise ments for purchases for this quar ter will contain a notice to that effect. New Rural Route. Mavesvillc, Special.- The postolTicc department has ordered the establish ment of a rural free delivery routn out from this otliee, service beginning October 1. This route will cover the ground now covered by a st:ir route except that it will go further dowit towards Sardinia, as far as t he old Cooper place. It will cause the clos ing of the Goodwill post'iHice. This, route was worked out bv the present postmaster of Goodwill in which he was greatly helped by our husllintg congressman, Mr. A. I'. Lever. The. examination for carrier will be held Sept. 8, Columbia May Have European Hotol. Columbia, Special.? -The passage ol deeds to complete Hie purchase of the Greenfield building at the southwest corner of .Main and Lady si reels, pro bably means the construction of ?? large and thoroughly modern Kuro pean hotel building for Columbia within 12 months. A slock company is to rcniodcl the building into a ho tel. It will be Columbia's flrat ho tel on the European plan.