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S1.50Per Year 552 SCENT; Oft. TRACED BT A DIVINING ROD.. By LADY MARGARET MAJZNDIZ. CHAPTER XIII. 11 Continued. ?It Is some years since she died,'* he answered. "She had your very eyes, your very look; every move ment you make reminds me of her." "I never knew my mother," said ? Antoinette, sadly. ".But, my cousin, to return to what I was about to say. You have Been something of my father of late. Can you account for the norvous timidity of his letters to net Have you seen any change in him? In the state of his nerves, for instance?" Paul paused; then said, hesitating ly. "I cannot deny it. Yes." "In what way?" "He clung to me in a manner rather surprising to me; seemed to feel a distrust of those surrounding him. Especially of ? patience, dear cousin ? most especially* of old Bat tiste." "Ah! then it must have been alto gether on the nerves," said Antoin ette. "He has always had every rea son to believe in the absolute fidelity of old Battiste and Nanon." "All will be well now that you are come," said Arthur. "You will make it all right." "I hope so," she answered; "but the beginning has certainly ' been rather disheartening." Paul Leduc rosft to his feet. '"You are weary with your Journey, by cousin," he said, "and It makes you see things en nolr; and Monsieur here, youA fellow-traveler, should see his room. I think It would be well if we were to take leavo. It grieves me to the heart to be obliged to go so soon, but in the course of a week I hope to be baek again, and to find you safely and happily settled with your father." Antoinette stopped him. "Before you leave ub, Monsieur," she said, "would you do me a favor?" "Anything that Is in my power," he exclaimed. _ "It Is this. I want you to do me this kindness. Knoek at my father's door yourself, tell him that I am longing to see him, uuliappy at not being permitted to do so, and beg him to let me in, for a moment, if only to wish him good night." "I will do my best," Paul said. "I wish I could hold out any ho'pe that my errand would be successful; but you know he is very old. For no one else in the world would I under take to disturb him, but I cannot re fuse you." He left the room. He had no sooner disappeared than a look of great relief passed over Antoniette's face. She caught hold of Arthur's hand in both hers, and exclaimed, in a quick, urgent whisper, "I distrust him from the depth of my heart." He was greatly astonished at her extreme emotion. "Do you not. then, bellevo that ho 1b your cousin?" ho asked. "Yes ? no ? yes; I don't know. Oh! Arthur, I have no one I can trust but you." "Ho put his arm round her. "You may trust nie," he said. "You know that, do you not? Tell mo every thing. Have you heard anything fresh?" "Yes," she said, still holding him fast, ns if to do so gave her courage. "Battiste lias told me something very strange. You wero right. My father was vory rich, but he has turnod all bis fortune into diamonds. That is tho reason ho shuts himself up like this. Ho has never known a moment free from terror since he did it. Tho terror amounts to a mania. He con fided all to Hattistc one day, and since then the poor old mnn says ho has ?eomod to fear him nlso." She stink her voice. "Ho keeps them all in his room. He 3pcmls all his time count ing them. "Dattisto told mo that he believes no ono In tho world knows but*him aelf. not Paul Leduc, ho thinks, but he says that if I had not como ho meant to confide tho secret to him himself. He says rightly that some one ought to know." "Oh! yes, ho would never fail. I am qulto certain of that. He says that my father never shut himself up ?o early as he has since Paul came, and the poor old fellow has a fancy that he has done his best to make his old master distrust him more But I ought not to dotfiln 'you," sho wont on, with nuch a midden chnngo of tone that Arthur turned round and saw that Paul Leduc had returned. "It wav. of no avail, dear cousin," bo raid, shaking his head. "Alas! My uncle answored me very hastily. He said he would not he disturbed; that he was busy. 'Tell Antoinette I will see her In the morning," he alone answered to all my entrcatios. Pa tience, dear cousin; tomorrow you will havo every opportunity of being with your father, and 1 am convinced that la your charming society ho will very noon give up his solitary habits, and will never anslu withdraw him self from you like this. I wish I could have done mor#." "Thank you," said Antoinette. "You could do nothing more. I am satlafled of that." Paul turned to Arthur. "I am at your service, Monsieur," he said. Arthur would willingly have spoken a few more words to Antoinette In private, but she made a quick, ner yous movement, which he understood as a negative. "Go," she said, hastily. *'I have been wrong and selfish In keeping you both so long. We shall meet to-morrow." "I will come early if I may," he said, holding her hand. "I shall count upon it." The emphatic words attracted Paul's attention. "Ah! Mademoiselle, my cousin," he said, as he took oft his hat at the door, "If it were only In my power to remain long enough to know you better, and to feel that some day 1 might earn the privilege of having addressed to me such words as you have Just used to ? pardon me ? a gentleman but lately a perfect stran ger." Antoinette drew back somewhat haughtily, and the two men went out together. CHAPTER XIV. The distance from Mon Repos to Goucy was about three miles by the road, but Monsieur Leduc conducted Arthur by a series of paths through the forest which were bawilderlng enough. The paths were very rough; the forest was dense enough to make It difficult to see the rude track. They walked fast and reached Goucy before the landlady of "La Pie Blanche" had shut up her shut ters. They were too late for the table d'hote, but dined together in the general dining-room very com fortably. Monsieur Leduc introduced Arthur to his landlady as a lodger for the night, aad probably a tenant for the apartment he was about to vacate on the morrow. The rooms were com fortable and clean, their price mod erate, and matters were speedily ar ranged. As soon as that waa settled Arthur went out and asked his way to the Poste Restante, ' whence he expected to find a home-letter. He was not disappointed, for he found one in Tola's characteristic handwriting, much to his pleasure; for his mind had been so absorbed in the affairs of the strange family ?*ith whom he had become so rapidly intimate, that it seemed to him as if it must bo years since be had left home and all the familiar faces and Influences of his former lite. "Dearest Arthur," wrote Tola, "you have beeu gone for such a short time that you canaot expect any very great nows. We are much as usual, only more so, for Janet and her attendant swain have gone to the Marsdens'. Papa is not at all well, and taika of seeing the doctor. 1 wish he would. But I must tell you something that will amuso you. ! fancy that Reggie has met his fate! At all events, it looks like it. The lady is a widow, and she has come to stay at Grimwood for a week. She is what would be called a fine wo man; broad, large, redolent of patch ouli. She is very handsome, and, I think, very stupid; but good-natured, and kind, and soft. Don't you know the sort of individual I mean? And sho has two thousand a year. She rejoices in the name tW Grimes ? Maria Grimes ? and she is about live i years older than Reggie. N'lmporte! He thinks her the most perfect of boings, genuinely, I do believe. He met her at dinner, and took her in the first day sho came. The second day they met at church, and he walked homo with her. The third day ho prowled miserably about the house ? that is to-day. To-morrow I hear something about ruins, and a party to see them. "Sho has asked me to call her 'Maria* already, which is decidedly premature; but sho is a good crea ture, and 1 said I would. Aunt IJetay has sent somo charming additions to .lanot's.trousscau, and she writes that Colonel Curds has given -h'er somo diamonds, which enchant her, as you may Imagine. I must not write any more, for 1 hear my everlasting name resounding through the house, and must go on to see which of the lu numerablcs are fn want of ma. Your loving "TOLA." Arthur wan still sitting, smiling over Tola's letter, when there came a knock at the door, and without waiting for an answer, Paul Leduc came in, "It is nearly eleven," he said, "and I am going to bed; but I thought I would glvo you a friendly word of advice first. Follow my example and lock your door. There are a great many other gentlemen in the house, and one of them, I am sorry to say, sometimes comes in the worse for drink. See, that is his door," point ing to the ono next to Arthur's on the farther side. "It has happened I to me more than once that he has mistaken my door for his and walked In most unceremoniously ; so I locked mine afterward. Knowing this, you will not be disturbed by the sound of moving about In tho night. But stay, perhaps you are a very sound sleeper?" "I certainly shall be so to-night," , mid Arthur, yawning. -J mm sleepy I already. Thank you for your Tke." "Good night, my friend. Bonne nult," said Paul, as he left the room, shutting the door quietly behind him. Arthur sat up till midnight, in tending to write letters, but his pen did not go fast. When the clock struck twelve Arthur found thst he had hardly got beyond tho date of his letter to Tola, so he tore up the sheet of paper, determining to post pone It till the next day, and got into bed. But the hours passed by and he could not sleep. The clock struck three. Ho loit his uneasy bed and went to tbp win ?jw. It was a bright moonlight morning, not a living creature was to be seen save a solitary cat noiselessly gliding along from shadow to shad ow. Arthur was parched with thirst, and there was no water In his caraffe. Ho thought that a refreshing draught of cold water would enable him to go to sleep, and with the intention of going downstairs to look for some he left bis room. The thought struck him that he should probably find it soonest In tho room of his companion of the night before, and going into the passage he knocked lightly on the door. Ar thur felt sure that it would be locked, so that ho was greatly surprised when it yielded at once to his touch. It was evidently not even closed, and caused his entrance into the room to be somewhat precipitate. Ho began quickly to apologize, but the words died upon his lips. The room was empty, Paul Leduc was gone. The bed had not been slept In pt all, and in all directions were the signs of that final departure. Paul Leduc had evidently changed bis mind, and instead of waiting till the morning train must have left in the night. Arthur was puzzled. However, it was, after all, a matter of no very great importance. He found water in the room, drank it, and returned to j bed. I After this, Arthur Denstone slept soundly; so soundly that he did not awaken until he was aroused by the rustling presence of two Individuals who had come Into his room without any unnecessary ceremony. "See how these English sleep!" one was saying to the other, and the words reached his ears and caused him to open his eyes. "Hu. b, Nanon, he awakes. Mon sieur," exclaimed the landlady of "La Pie Blr.nche," coming up to him with an air of ezcitenienC and mystery about her. "Monsieur, I hope you will be so good as to excuse us for venturing to awaken you, but " But Arthur sprang up." He had recognized old Nanon, the old wo man from Mon Repos, and the sight of her gave him a sudden qualm of dismay. "Nanon!" he exclaimed. "What is it? Has anything hap pened? Madomoiselle Rigaud is ill?" "No, no; but we are In distress. Monsieur," Enid tho old woman, whoso head was shaking with her agitation; "mademoiselle sent me in to ask for you, or for Monsieur Paul to come out to Mon Repos at once, and it seems that Monsieur Paul has gone." "Yes, Monsieur Leduc has indeed gone," said the landlady. Arthur was rapidly getting into his clothe3. "Without a moment's delay, Nanon," he said; "but tell me at once, what is the matter?" "It is past eight o'clock." said Na non, beginning to cry. "Tho master has always been an early riser, and yet he did not come out, and wo knock, and knock, apd call; and Mon sieur Is all alone behind thoso hor rible big doors, and has been like that since four o'clock yesterday, when he passed ine as ho went In. and forbade that any one should dis turb him. But oh! Ste Marie des Anges! I wish wo had paid no heed to his whims and fancies, for kittck as we will he makes no answer, and Mademoiselle is nearly beside herself with fright, and Battiste shakes his head, the old imbecile, and declares he always knew how It would bo some day. He says the master never an swered him last night whon he shouted that Demoisello had come; but Monsieur Paul spoke to him later, and he answered then, so he must have been all right then." "I am ready," said Arthur, who had finished his toilette. At that moment a gentleman whom he had never seen beforo came hastily into his room. Both the women curt sied. "Monsieur Ta3sot, our Mayor," said the landlady. "At your service," said Monsieur I Tasset, a close-shaved, Intelllgent looking man of about fifty years of ago. "Monsieur," he said, civilly, to! Arthur, "I heard of tho anilety nt Mon Repos and hastened to place my services at your disposal. In cases like this It is most desirable that there should be witnepscs. especially as I understand that Monsieur Leduc it; gone." "Yes. Is it not strange?" cried the landlady. "He was to have gone by tho six o'clock train, but when Mlt turin cjimo for his luggage it was gone. He must havo carried It to the station himself." "That being tho case," said Mon sieur Tasset, "1 havo no doubt, Mon sieur, that you will be glad to have my support, as I understand that you are no relation to tho faintly at Mon Repos." Arthur acceptod gratefully; ho felt that it might be as woll. Even in that quick moment he thought how rapidly gossip spreads in tho little provincial place. Monsieur Tasset seeded to know all about him an-J his position. To be Continued PALACE TO GOnAGE ? ? Mayor Tom L Johnston Goes Into Bankruptcy HE WAS ONCE VERY WEALTHY Mayor of Cleveland, For Tears Credited With Possessing a Largs Fortune, Announces That Ho Has Lost Everything and Will Be Gomr pelled to Move Into Smaller and Less Expensive Quarters. Cleveland, O., Special. ? Mayor Tom L. Johnson, who . for years has been accredited with possessing a very large fortune announced that he had lost everything and would be compelled to give up his beautiful home on Euclid .avenue and move in to smaller and less expensive quar ters. The mayor also stated that he would givfe up his automobiles and other luxuries, as he could no longer afford to keep them. His fortune was wrecked, the mayor declared, by his devotion to affairs of the estate of his dead brother, Albert, who was heavily, interested in traction prop erty in the East. After Albert's death a question was put up to bim whether he should resign his office as mayor and take up the management of Albert's es tate. "I decided that I would not. I had entered the fight in this city with certain ideals before me. I wanted to fight privilege and special interest, and I had already decided to give up working for dollars. So I concluded to stay right here and do what I wuW to help my brother's children a1 long istance. "Why did I choose the course I didf I'll tell you. I wantod happi ness and nothing else when I closed up my business affairs and took up civic activity. "Ana l ve Doen happy, too. "I'm going to be happy yet, loo. We may have feo go back to a cot tage, but that 's the way we started, and we can look upon life just as joyfully there aa we did in the big house on Euclid avenue. "They tell ine my enemies are planning to bring financial trouble upon me. I've been expecting it. "My enemies are cauable of doing that. % One may expect nothing else from special privilege. Let them make any sort of attack upon me that they choose. I'll never give up and they'll always find me at the front. "If I had boon a coward ? if I had run away fro inthis fight for the peo ple of Cleveland ? 1 could have saved ray fortune and built it up. But I had chosen my course. I haven't been laboring as mayor with the ex pectation of being rewarded by the gratitude of the people. One cannot count on that. It's pleasure in doing work that I like that ha* kept me in the fight. "I have never made a single penny out of the street railways since I be came mayor. I don't feel discourag ed. I'm a free man, and that means a great deal to me. Don't you sup pose it will be worth something to me to have my friends realize that I entered the mayor's officc rich and loft it poor? "I'm going to keep on just as I've .started. I going to be a candidate for mayor ngain when this term is over. ' ' Chauffeur Killed in Auto Orash. Washington, Special. ? Noble Davis a chauffeur, was killed and several others were injured by the overturn ing of an automobile near Hyatts ville, Md. The automobile was own ed by Joseph Strasburger, a mer chant of this city, and Daivs, who was his chauffeur, had taken out a party of his%friends in the machine. Frjnous' Federal Ssont Dioi at Mount Vernon, N. Y. Mount Vernon, N. Y., Special. ? Col. John (\ Babcoek, who was one of the principal scouts for the army of the Potomac during the Civil war. died ni his home here Colonel Bab cock was 72 ye ?' rn of njro. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted at Chicago in the Sturgis Rifles. He was later assigned to the secret serv ice of the army under Major Allen, and it was he who discovered Gen eral lice's forward movement which ended at Gettysburg. Many Die la Explosion. Now York, Special,? Twenly-flv? persons are believed to have lost, t hoi t lives in an explosion of gas which tore n great section of Gold street, Brooklyn. It is definitely > known that fifteen persons were buried un der the hundreds of tons of earth and timber that were thrown into the air by the explrsion, and ten more persons are reported ns missing. The exact number of dead canuot be de termined. CHANGE AT WATTS MILLS loiipiiaqa of Mr. laomatt Accept ed ud Successor Named. Laurens, Special. ? At a meeting of the directors of the Watts mills Mr. J. Adger Smythe, of Pelser was elected to succeed Mr. W. D. Ham mett, of Hones Path, resigned. The resignation of Mr. Hammctt was made necessary because of his recent election to the presidency of the two Anderson mills, making his duties too arduous. Mr. Smythe will at an early date move his family to Lau rens. It is understood that the mat ter if issuing some preferred stock was considered at the meeting last week. Upon siifrgestion of Mr. Smy the it wns decided not to issue any1 more stock. Incendiarism Alleged. Lexington, Special. ? Sheriff Corby was informed that the barn of Mr. James Oswald, who resides near S?te3dman, a little station on the old line of the Carolina Midland rai' road, had been burned on Thursday nifjht about 12 o'clock and that ic war thought that the Are was the act of nn incendiary. Sheriff Corley im mediately sent Deputy Sheriff Mil ltr to the scene to make an inve^ti gation. State News Items. Gen. J. C. Boyd said recently that the CQSt of the militia for defending the negro, John Irby, at Spartanburg, would mount up into several hundred dollars. Qen. Boyd thinks that Gov. Ansel did exactly right. On account of tliQ conditions immediately follow ing the crime, he thinks that Gov. Ansel would have done wrong had he failed to provide protection. Bet ter to have too much protection than none at all. The expenses will be $1.50 per day for each militiaman on duty, in addition to traveling ex penses of Laurens company to and from Spartanburg on two occasions and the squad to Columbia and re turn. Comptroller General Jones and the State superintendent of education, Mr. O. B. Martin, are at work on their annual reports and will have them ready for the printers soon. Gov. Ansel has not yet commenced work on his annual message but will begin shortly. There is much specu lation as to his attitude on prohi bition since three of the counties vot ing out the dispensary makes the State exactly divided in number and representation on the question. It is probable that the governor may re new his recommendation of last venr. He has the matter now under advise ment. The Rutledge county commission ers have been appointed with the ex ception of one from Clarendon and one from Florence opposed to the proposition. H. B. Smith, of Kincrs tree is the commissioner from Wil liamsburg opposed to the plan. J. J. Kaddy, of Leo, Williamsburg count v, J. H. P rosscr, of Hannah, Florence county and W. D. McFadden of Lake City, R. F. D. No. 1, Clarendon coun ty, are the commissioners favorable to formation. Gov. Ansel has not as vrt made any decision on the petition for 'lie pardon of Mrs. Carson. ? ho white woman who is serving a life sentcieo from Spartanburg on the charge of killing her husband Kl years ago. He has the petition under advisement and may render a decision or ma\ refer it to the State pardon board. Oov. Ansel has not yet appointed two members of the State dispensary commission to till the vacancies creat ed by the resignation of B. F. Ar thur and C. K. Henderson, who are receivers for the dispensary fund. The governor has the matter under advisement and may make his ap pointments Inter. Oov. Ansel has appointed on the Calhoun dispensary board T. T. I lane, vice W. G. Peterkin, resigned. Hane was recommended by the commis sioners. (lov. Ansel has appointor A. T. .Johnson of Taint ha magistrate for Aiken county, vice Jesse Croon, re signed. Green was recently elected supervisor for Aiken. Johnson was recommended by the delegation. Comptroller General Jones is send ing out through The S'ate printing otfice the blanks nn l bocks to be used in connection with the paying of taxes*. Mr. C. C. Muller, manager of the printing office, states that all records as to early delivery havo been b-oken. Mr. R. W. T). Rowel!, auditor and county superintendent of education of Bamberg county, was in ( olum bia as the mesrfontror fot* the election commissioners. Tie paid an official visit to Comptroller General Jones. The supreme court will meet on November 24 with a very large, long ^ list of appeal case*. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS News off Interest Gleaned From All Sections of the State and Arranged For Busy Readers Court Martial at Spartanburg. Spartanburg, Special.? Private3 C. Mac Quinn, Lester Holt and W. A. Holt, members of Company I> 1st regiment, South Carolina National Guard, pleaded guilty before a court martial here last week. Mac Quinn and Lester Holt pleading guilty to the charge of desertion and \Y. A. Holt to the charge of disobeying or ders. Privates W. S. Rogers, James Wilds and Clarence Cobb, who were court martialed on the charge of de sertion, pleaded not guilty and were tried, the case taking up the entire day. H. L. Bomar appeared for the defendants. The officers of the court were Capt. P. K. McCullcy, Capt. P. C. Hundley, Capt. F. I. Watson and Capt. J. Frost Walker, Judge Advo cate. The trial attracted great inter est, the chamber of commerce rooms where the court was held being crowd ed with military men and private citizens. It was the first military trial ever held in Spartanburg and the first of the kind ever held in the State. The Court martial was ordered by Col. Lewis, commander of the 1st South Carolina regiment, and was the result of the above named privates refusing to respond when Company I was called out to protect the jail on October 10, when n mob attempted to storm the jail and lynch John Irby, colored, charged with at tempting to rape Miss Leila Demp sev. Irby has since been convicted and sentenced to serve thirty years in the penitentiary. When the court convened the privates, under charges, nil of whom were in uniform, to gether with the witnesses were brought into court. Privates Lester Holt and C. Mae Quinn pleaded guilty to the charge of desertion, and W. A. Holt entered a plea of guilty to the charge of disobedience. Quinn in making his plea of guilty broke down and cried, lie said that it was his intention to respond, and that he went to the armory for his uniform and arms, but found the armory locked. Privates Cobb, Wilds and Rogers in their defense claimed that they were of the opinion that their term of en listment expired October 1, and that thev had turned in their uniforms and equipment and were not there fore subject to cull to arms. The po sition of the company was that since they had not received written dis charge from the colonel of the regi ment they were subject to duty at any time. The court adjourned and the papers and findings of the court will be forwarded to Col. Lewis, com mander of the 1st regiment. It will be ten days before Col. Lewis will make a report on the case. Monarch Mill Meeting Held. Union, Special. ? The stockholders of the Monarch Cotton Mills met here ? S. M. Millikcn and his party of nothern capitalists being present. 11. A. Hatch, of Now York city, son-in law of Mr. Millikcn, was chosen pres ident, in succession to P, K. Kant, deceased, and Mr. Nicholson, of this city, was reelected treasurer and gen eral manager. A semi-annual divi dend of 3 per cent was ordered paid on .January 1. Geologists Gathering Data. lllaeksburg, Special. ? Mr. A. L. Ktcrilt, of the ecological survey, is here with Prof. Sloan, gathering data of this quadrangle to till in the map of this section being made by tli" geological survey. The topographi cal men were here in 190(5 and they have the map all ready now e.xce pt ing th<> geological data. When that is worked up the map will be com plete. IIt&7y Ecntcnco Givtn. Spartanburg, Special. ? Vim heav iest sentence ever imposed in this county for conviction on the charge of selling liquor was that imposed by .Tudg? K lough oji Col. Aaron Thompson of this county, who was convicted on three accounts, lie was given a flue of .fl ,f><)0 .or eighteen n onths in the penitentiary or at iiatd labor on the public works of t lie onnty. The case will be appealed. Motion was made for a new trial but was refused by the court. Report on Insurance. Columbia, Special. ? In liis forth coming first annual report to the Leg islature Mr. McMaster, the new State Insurance Commissioner, will have some interesting ami encouraging re marks to make concerning domestic mutual insurance doing a lire busi ness, showing the remarkable saving to policy-holders on both city and country property these concerns char tered under the 44 mutual protective association act" have made over "old line" insurance. They "tell a story of honesty and fratenity that entirely over shadows the failures of the few which have attempted to cover the whole State." Mr. Mc Master mentions one Charleston com pany, the Carolina Mutual, which is .">7 years old, has $130,000 in cash and investments. It weathered the groat Charleston lire of 1SU1, through the loyalty of its members meeting all its heavy losses then, which have been fully saved back to them in re duced insurance since. He also men tions favorably the Hibernian Mu tual, the Qermania Mutual and the Merchants' Mutual, all Charleston companies con tilling themselves to Charleston City property. These Charleston companies, the rejiort says, "have been the means of sav ing, I believe without exaggeration, hundreds of thousands of dollars to the citizens of Charleston." Mr. McMaster 's comments are most en couraging to the movement that ho* started in the South to do the South's insurance business at homo at loss cost to poliey-holders and keeping all the money at home. Corn Contest Not Dccidcd. OalTncy, Special. ? A large number of farmers came to (JafTney on the date tixed for deciding the corn con test which has excited so much in terest anion? the fanners of Cherokee county this season. A number of them was disappointed, however, as the committees were not ready to re port as to the yield for the reason that some of the contestants have .not finished leathering their product. Tlio fanners were met by Mr. C. L. (Jood rich, from the ollice of farm inanage ment of Washington, I). C. ; Mr. ('. 1'. Hartley, of Washington, who is in charge of corn investigation from the bureau of plant industry, and Mr. Ira Williams, also of the bureau of plant industry. These gentlemen siioke entertainingly and instructively along their particular lines, and after the speaking Mr. Goodrich awarded the prize of $5 to Mr. T. C. Petty for the best display of seed c<?rn. The prize off-. -red by the Merchants and 1 Milliters' Hank for the largest yield will }*? awarded later sifter the various committees on measurements, etv*. , have reported. Mill Meeting Held. Spartanburg, Special. ? The annua! meeting of the Spartan Mills, Ix>ck Imn Mills and the ( inincsville Cotton Mills were held Inst week. The old board of directors and officers of all three of the mills were re-elected and the usual dividends declared. The meetings were attended by S. M. Millikcn and party of New York mil lionaires, who lire making their an nual trip of inspection to the mills in this section, in which thev are in te rest cd. Firo in Bambcr? Cctton Oil Mill. CVIumhia, Special. ? Kin? destroy ed the gin house and erasing mill of the Bamberg Cotton Oil Mill, causing a loss of approximately $7(1,000, par tially covered bv insurance. Til? building* and machinery of the mill nre veined at ?.'1(5,000 and the raw material destroynl at about $ 10, 000. The insurance as stated by Mr. W. B. Hrabham. manager of the mill, is about JjG5,000. Explosion at Fock Fill. flock 1 Till. Special.-- The i nirl in the I{ock Hill Steam l,anndrv explod ed, wrecking the rest of the machin ery, blew a hole eiirhl f'-ct square in the side of the brick building, forced nit all the doors and shattered the glass ir the windows. Xo one was in the building except Mr. Kartliiug, the manager. He was badlv stunned, but not otherwise hurt. The damage to the machinery is estimated at abnnt fifteen hundred dollars, hut that to the building was not estimated. SURE CURE For All Diaeuai off STOMACH, Liver ? Kidneys LECTRIC ok R?U?fandCoM for H?ad* aoho, BacRaeho, DltflnaM, Irw3ig??tlon. Malaria, ?to.