The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, July 29, 1904, Image 2

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ocr?t LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OAUSE." VOL.>XIX BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., IfHIDAY, JULY 29. 1904 KO. 31 MARCHING ONWARD Japs Have Turned the Flank of Gen Keller's Position. A FIERCE BATTLE RAGING The Russians Claim to Have Made a Successful Reconnaisanee in " Force Under General Jlerscliolman. A special from Liao Yang dated July 20, sajs news was received from Ta Ache Kiao Thursday tbab the Japanese had bi ok en the Russian left Hank between Llut.-Geo. Count Kel ler's position and tbat of Gen. Ren nenkampff and that (bey were march ing on Mukden. Thc rumors to th i effect are persistent. According to a special from Mos cow, the Husky Listoku of that city confirms the Associated Press report from Liao Yarg that the Japanese have broken through the Russian left flank and are marching on Mukden. A K1EIICE FIGHT KAOINO. A Kusssian cone?pondent of the Loudon Dally Telegraph at Mukden, under date of July 19, says: "A tierce light bas been raging during the past two days and it still continues. The Japanese, who are In superior strength, attacked with great daring and coolness. The Russians are eon testing the ground splendidly. The Japanese Hanking movements to the east are the real cause of our retire ment. Heavy losses have been sus tained. Tlie Japanese artillery has again shown its superiority." A JUUSSIAN It ECON NA IS ANC K. A dispatch from L'ao Yang, dated July 20, says the Russlau eastern army has attacked the Japanese on the other side of the valley of the Liao river. Lieut.-Uen. Count Keller, after a hard light compelled the Ja panese io rt tieat with great loss. Gen. Herschelman, July 19, had a successful engagement, forcing the Japanasc to rapidly retreat on their main force. The Russian loss wes 200 men killed or wounded. Rands -'of'Chinese bandits have appeared in this neighborhood. They attack the Russian sentries. It is reported that Gen. Kuroki is suffering from malaria and that he follows his army in a litter. Gen. Oku, lt ls rumored, has re sumed bis advance beyond Kalchou. The Russians are expecting a battle. SUCCESSFUL SOUTIE. A later dispatch from Liao Yang, says that Gen'. Herschelman on Tues day successfully effected a reconnais sance iu force lu the direction of Slke vajK-dlscr rhj?L larseforces .of .Jap-, au?se. lie held his position until evening and then retired with slight loss. " Gen. Kuropatkin, in a dispatch tc the emperor J uly 20, says that there has been no particular change in this sphere of operations. "Wednesday night," the dispatch says., "our sharp shooters and Cossacks EU rpi ised a Ja panese outpost", at the village of Khu ?dlanza, 10 miles southeast of lkbav uan. Twenty-one of tlie Japanese were bayonet eL Tilt se who escaped were fired upon by mi.stjke by Japa uese who came to their assistance." A dispatch fiom Tokio, dated July 22, says a fisherman reports that the Vladivostok squadron was off Myako Thursday, going ina southeasterly di rection at a sp ed of 10 knots. If this course and speed was nia'ntained the squadron was off Yokohama late Friday. The eastern coast of Japan ls shrouded in fog. Shipping has been :suspended awaiting the location of the Russian Meet. .lAl'S WIN ANOTIIKK VICTOUV. ' A dispatch from Tokio, dated July \ Sb, says (!en. Kuroki, alter a severe ligtjt, occupied Kiao Tung on July 19. Th?^place had been fortified by the Russians, who defended it stoutly. In the lighting lien. KurokPs tn ops drove the Russians from their strong ly fortllied position on the Ch; liver which is northwest of Motien pas* j and e^ist of Anping, inflicting upon thc enemy more serious lesses than, they sustained themselves. The tight began on the lSth ard ended on the 10th. The Japanese lost 121 men in killed and, wounded. The Russian losses are isl i mali (I at 1,000. Gen. Kuroki Legan bis advance early in the morning of the 18th. He un covered and followed the enemy along the Chi river. The Russians seemed to be retiring to the northward when suddenly two battalions with eight guns turned and attacked the Japa nese advance guard vigorously. At this print the Japanese suffered be fore relief caine, one company losing all its oilicers. At a late hour in the afternoon the Russians position was developed. They occupied an emi nence on the batiks of the Chi. This river guarded their left Hank and high precipices protected the Russians on thc right. The only approach to their position was through a narrow .detile. The lighting continued until 1 dark when the Japanese forces biv ouaced. The Russians made two counter attacks, but were repulsed in each case. The Japanese renewed the attack at midnight, posting their j artillery in the valley below and in i high ground to thc south of the Rus sian position. The main .Japanese body was assigned to attack the Rus sian centre; a small detachment was sent toward the right Hank and an other to watch the enemy's left Hank. After these positions bad bren taken the lighting ceasid for a time but was i resumed at dawn. Thc Russians had :i2 guns in action, and they vigorously shelled the Japanese. To this lire the Japanese replied and the bombard ment lasted for four hours. During this time the Japanese in fantry moved forward, the Hankers had succeeded in scaling the heights on the Russian right hy 8 o'clock in the uftcrnoon, at which hour the main iorce was ordered to storm the Rus sian centre. The Japanese artillery protected this movement splendidly, but the Infantry mot with a severe ilre and lost heavily In gaining the heights. The ttnal successful charge was delivered at 5;:t0 lu the afternoon. The Japanese succeeded lu partially cutting off the Russian retreat and this Econ became a rout. The enemy went in two directions to tbe north ward and to the eastward. Tbe Rus sian forces engaged included in addi tion to the artl.lery seven battalions of infantry and a regiment of Cos sacks. The enemy left 131 dead and 300 rifles on the ti eld. Prisoners taken estimated the Russian losses at 1,000. Tile Japanese lost one on leer and 54 killed and 18 otllcers and 351 men wounded. On July 19th Japanese forces at tacked a battalion of Infantry and 1,000 cavalry who occupied the Che Cbiato to the northward of Sbotlen tsczu. After four boura of fighting tb? Russians retired across the Taitsu river. 11A M BU KG- A M K1UC A N LINK STKAMSBI1' REPORTED SEIZED. A dispaUh from Suez, dated July 22, say??: Tbe iiamberg-Amerlcan line steamer Scandia seized by the Russians in the bed sea bas just ar rived at that place. She lies tbe Russslan naval dag, is commanded by a Russian naval officer and ls manned by a Russian naval ciew. She will enter the canal. Her destination is not known. O IC lt M A ? V INDION A NT. A dispatch from berlin, says: The foreign ofllce ls without otllcial In formation of the seizure or the Scan dia, the only thing received up to the present time being a telegram from the Hamburg-American company stating the facts and appealing for assistance. The foreign ellice there upon cabled to the German consul at Port Said for an authentic version of the capture and is awaiting lils an swer before making representations at St. Pe'ersburg. Tbe oiliclals discuss the case with an evident at .empt to keep cool, but they betray deep seated Indignation at Rmsla's course. Germany bas no warships in the bed Sea and the ques tion of sending vessels there bas not yet been considered, but the ofllcials plainly intimate that this question must* arise uu?ess Russia speedily orders the captain of her volunteer licet steamers to cease molesting Ger man shipping. The t llicials refer to the energetic language of the German press as fully justifiable. The seizure of the Scandia is regarded as being so excessively un reasonable that the government offi cials try to assume that the captain of the Russian ship exceeded bis instruc tions and thal Russia will make speedy amends. RATTLE RAGING AT NEW C1IWANU. A battle was fought Saturday near Ta Tche Klao, which was attacked, it is believed, with heavy losses. The progress of the battle was watched by many people in New Chwang from the roofs of houires. The day was clear and the smoke of the guns could be .pioi?iiv .9*rm.. JThs-.Ru?i.ian..U'Sses are reported to have been 700. The Japanese are slowly nearing New Cbwang. Great excitement pre: vailed in that city during Sunday's and Saturday's lights. BRITISH SHU'S SEIZED. Advices received say that tbe Rus sian volunteer licet steamer Smolensk bred three blank shots ::crtss the bows of the British steamer Ardova, the cargo of which c insists of coal and ex plosives, and the vessel not stopping the Smolensk sent two loaded shots at her, ore of them passing over her amid ships and the other over her stern. The Ardova was then seized and her trew transferred to the Smo lensk. The vessel will be br.ught to Sue/.. The Vladivostok squadron Sunday sunk the steamer Knight Commander, from New York, ol? the province of lzu, after transfer? i og the crew of Knight Commander to the steamer Tsinan. The Knight Commander, accenting to The Mari line Register, is a british steamer of 2,7 Hi tons burthen, commanded hy Capt. Du rant. She sailed fi om New York May fl for Singapore. Last wiek she was reporttd as having arrived at Shanghai. The Vladivostok squadron also cap to rt d a Cern?an vessel, believed to be the Arabia with 30,000 lons of Hour and and unknown british steamer. The two ve s-ls were sent to Vladi vostok in charge of prize crews. A dispatch from London says that the Russian ambassador has rt eel ved officiai notification from St. Peters burg reporting ti e cap'.ure of twe more Ibitlsb ships in the Ked sea and irs'ruc th ns from his governments notify Great britain (hat thc same procedure will be followed as in tin case of the Malacca, namely, the ves sels will be t aken to a nt libral port foi examii,at/on hy the consuls of the tw( nations concerned. Tile etrect of the additional seizure; up ni the british government lias beer to intensify its dett rminal ion to sett lt the status of the volunteer lleet ves sels, lt is undeist. it d that the dis patch of the british orirser Venus U tile Red sea and a number of torpedt boats t f bort Said is an earnest of tin government's lhtent'on to pict eel british commerce. No wari ke in structions have been given to tin commanders but the Venus will closely watch the proa clure of the voUintre licet vessels. Some diplomatic c. role: regard this as being in t he nature o a threat to Kussia, i nt the Russ'ai diplomats of London express no con cern. AGREE M ENT lt K ACHED. Tbe associated 1'iess is able to stat on the highest authority that tb Russian and br.tish governments hav agreed on a mutually satisfactory basl for a settlement of the questions o the Russian volunteer lleet steamer in the Red sea and the seizure hy thee of british ships. A few minor point still remain unsettled, but t hese pro! ably will l e cleared up, and it is no expecttd that further complication will arise. Great credit for the satisfactory tot minali'ii of this incident is doc t Foricgn Secretary Count Lamsdrol who, it is admitted, neted in a tab and conciliatory spirit worthy of great statesman. The attitude of SI Charles Harding, the british ambasst dor, both for moderation und'dignity also provokes praise. In fact the negotiations tbrougl out the crises were conducted in most friendly spirit on both sides. MRS. MAYBRICK FREE. A Mother's Fidelity Has Opened the Prison Doors. IB 8HE INNOCENT OB GUILT'S? Tim Famous And Riob American Wo rn An Who was Once Sentenced to Deatb Now ' .oes Freo and Unrestrioted. A special from Turo, Cornwall, Eng., dated July 20, Bays Mrs. Flor ence Maybriok Is free. She left Corn wall Wednesday on her way to France. Mrs. Maybriok's imprisonment was not terminated with the clang of doors, the last Bound which remains In the ears of so many of her fellow prisoners who had preceded her to liberty from Aylesbury prison, where abe spent more than 14 years of her life. It closed before the arch door way of the White convent of the Sis terhood of the Epiphany in this little town, with the black-robed sisters softly uttering their blessings and Rood wishes for her future. With two companions Mrs. Maybriok enter ed the carriage cf Miss Dalrymple, secretary of the sisterhood, aud was driven rapidly to Staustell, a small station 14 mlle3 away, where, after exchanging good-byts with her com panions, she boarded a train and started on her Journey to France. She will not go to America until ber presence there is considered impera tively necessary. The greatest secrecy was thrown about Mrs. Maybrick's departure. Mother Superior Julian of the con vent said to a representative of the Associated Press that under her lu iustructions she must refer all inqui ries to the hume omce. Others at the convent were equally uncommuuici tive. At the railroad station orders were Issued forbidding the emyloyes to dis CUFS Mrs. Maybrlck or even to admit that she was at the convent. The little towu has tukpn deep interest in this international figure. Crowds early stood at tbe iron gates of the grounds, waiting for Mrs. Maybrick to appear, but they were rarely rewarded, she going out ou'y when the road was re ported clear. When Mrs. Maybrick first arrived here she .was kept under strict sur veillance, never leaving the convent walls; even for a walk in tbe grounds she would have to be under the escort ot one of the sisters. Subsequently she was allowed to walk in the streets of this picturesque place and in the shady country lanes in the vicinity. Those who bave seen the published portrait of Mrs. Maybriok soon got to recognize tho black-robed woman with black bonnet and flowing slr ir ga, anl gave her kindly greetings, which fre quently passed unnoticed, Mrs..Mav erick E?fiklug 30 far -a?'po*!>itih* .lo avoid the attention of the curious. Her time at the convent was taken up by sewing, reading and chatting with the sisters, endearing herself to them by many acts showing that even the many years of servitude at Aylesbury prison had been unable to stamp out her innate kindly disposition. Those who have talked with Mrs. Maybrick say that within the tlve mouths spent at Truro were happy ones. She was compelled to observe the rules of the sisterhood strictly, as the sisters were required to carry out the regime of the prison, but the rules were not enforced by warders hardened by contact with criminals, but by friendly sisters who have heen companions as well as guardians, and Mrs. Maybrick expressed ber grati tude to them on her departure, lier past life was not referred to at the convent unless Mrs. Maybrick spoke of it. When Mrs Maybrick lr. ft ber peace ful retreat this morning she was dressed in gray, she wore a white boa around ber neck and she had a grey bat with Howers upon her whitened head. These garments were sent by ber mother, the Baroness de Roques, and were the tirst colors worn by Mrs. Maybrick since her imprisonment If? years Lack. The fact that people at Truro knew her by sight and that newspaper cor respondents had established them selves near the convent caused Mrs. Maybrick to determine not to leave Truro by train on departing from tho town, but to go tc Staustell, where a fast express train stopped. After lier departure lt was said hy a sister of the convent that Mrs. Maybrick had given no trouble whatever and that her conduct had been most exemplary, she observing without question all the regulations. She ?had not asked for and bad not been given unusual fa vors. Nevertheless the mother supe rior was glad to be freed from her re sponsibility. Mrs. Maybrick is not freed uncon ditionally. She ls out on ticket leave, but to ali intents .she is as free as any other person, can go where she will and will not have to make a report to the British authority, as once Mrs. Maybrick ls abroad she will be outside British Jurisdiction. The Baroness de Boques has made preparations at Rouen for Mrs. May briek's arrival at her quiet home, where she will begin a new life. Mis. Maybrick, who WILS Miss Flor ence Elizabeth ('handler, a member of a well known and prosperous southeiII family, was married July liTtb, 1881, lu St. James' church, Piccadilly, to James Maybrick of Liverpool. She was then 18 years old. Her husband was over 40 years old. In the spring of 1880 Mr. Maybrick became ill and In a few day sin: dkd. His brothers in vestigated bis death and charged Mrs. Maybrick with thc murder of her husband. A long trial followed andu number of doctors swore that the de ceased died of arsenical poisoning. The defense proved that for 20 years Mr. Maybrick had been a confirmed user of arsenic and that he dally took doses large enough to have killed a dozen ordinary men. Mrs. Maybrick was eventually sentenced to death by the judge, Sir Fitz James Stephen, who spoke for two days in charging the Jury. He said it was luipi sohle for them to lind ber not guilty lu Hie face of the medlcil evidence. The judge died some time later In a mad house. From the time of Mrs. Maybrick's conviction hoi mother, the Baroness de Roques was unremitting in ber efforts in behalf cf the prisoner. She succeded In having the death sentence commuted to penal servitude for life and ii LI LL 11 y hos obtained tbe freedom of her daughter to whose rel?ate from prison she had devoted her life. Th.3 baroness was aided by Influential f rionds on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1900, after the death of Lord Rus t-ell of Kil'owen,- chief of justice of longland, a letter which he bad writ ten to Mrs. Maybrlck In 1895 was dis covered. lt showed he was convinced that abe ought never to have been convicted, and lt bas been generally understood that ?ll the recent Ameri can ambassadors to tbe court of St. James have done everything possible lo obtain Mrs. Maybrlck's pardon. The fact of her probable release was used as a reas .n for securing the post ponement of a trial last year of law suits bearing on Mrs. Maybrlck's in terest In land In Kentucky, Virginia and "W Virginia until she was able per sonally to testify in these suits. Mrs. Maybrlck and ber mother would have lost all title and interest in the many thousands of acres of land involved in the case. On February 4th last Home Secre tary Akers-Douglas, replying to a question in the house of commons, con tinned the reports which had been In circulation that Mrs. ?i.?.ybrlck had been removed from Ay'usbury prison to a convalescent home, where she would remain until the summer, when she would be allowed ber freedom. The home secretary said a license had been granted to Mrs. Maybrlck under the penal servitude acts. The transfer of the prisoner from a penal prison to a quiet country home constituted au almost unprecedented action on the part of the British au thourities. It was due to the media tlon of the Duchess of Dedford, who, as a visitor tn Aylesbury prison for many years, had taken a keen person al interest lu Mrs. Maybrlck, and linally succeeded lu obtaining the mit igation of her punishment to the ex tent of her being allowed to spend the last six months of her c. nflnement outside the prison wells. MRS. NYE LOSES ALL. Kittruutccl Her l-Iatato to Mn). AV. M. Brecsu. A special from Charlotte, N. C. says: When the United States dis trict court convened Friday morning for a continuation of the trial of Wm. Breese for embezzlement, tbe district attorney asked and was granted per mission to introduce Mrs. E. W. Nye, wife of the late humorist, who resides at Arden. N. C., and who desired to return to her home. Mrs. Nye told of entrusting her property and all the money she pos sessed, $7,500, to the keeping of Breese and said she lost lt all. After ; the death of her husbandi sh< desi.-.", j td take her children on 'a trip to Europe, and before leaving Asheville, she gave Breese her papers and docu ments and instructed him to invest her money. Ile bad been a good friend of ber dead husband and she felt that she could trust him implicit ly. Mrs. Nye also said she owned properly in New York which was left in charge of Breese and lost this also. Breese testified that while lt was true that he had charge of Mrs. Nye's papers, be did not understand that he was authorized to act as her agent In disposing of her property. He collect ed the interest on her money when due and plussed it to her credit. When the bank failed be turned the papers over to his sou, W. E. Breese, Jr., an attorney, and wrote Mrs. Nye to this effect. Upon her return from Europe, the defendant visited her at Buck Shoal, her country home, and explain ed all thc details of the failure. Upon the objection of I he district attorney he was not permitted to t?late the conversation. The witness denied that he drew Mrs. Ney's money out of the bank, saying he could not have done so for the reason that he had not authority to sign name to check. He also denied all knowledge of the lohs of Mrs. Nye's property in New York. This property, he said, was purchased by Mr. Nye before bis death, and was covered by a mortgage. Breese then went on to explain In detail different notes and said he knew nothing of the charges of forg ery. Maj. Brce/.i admitted that he had signed the name of W. W. Rollins to two not-s for $l,ooo each, on April ti, 1KU7. These were the notes Maj. Hollins had declared to be forgeries when he was on the witness stand last wi!3k. The wit: e s Slid his relations with Rollins were cord al and Inti mit?. When bc atlixed Maj. Hollins' signature to the notts, lt was for the purpose of taking up two other notes which bad been redise Minted. Maj. hollins was out of town at the time and upon bis return ratified the action by singing and giving Maj. Breese a blank note. Piro in Aiken, Fire accidentally started in thc pine forests in F.ustis Park, near the hotel Park In the Pines, about 12 o'clock Wednesday. Owing to the drought, the t ices and shrubbery burn ed like tinder for several hours and several acres of the Park are badly damaged. The burned area is in the northwestern edge of the city and ls beyond the reach of the lire hydrants The city street hands were set to work with brushes and they succeeded In confining the lire to the woods. No residence property was injured. It is thought that the lire was started by a combination of crap shooters and ci garettes. Dropped Den?! at n Dimco. While dancing Thursday night at a party given In honor of the Porto llican school teachers in the Heraen way gymnasium, Cambridge, Mass., Carolous S. Nudd, a student in the scientific department of the Harvard Bummer school, dropped dead. It ls supposed that heat t. disease was the cau.se. Nudd was about flfty-tlve years old and lt ls said bis home ls at Franklin Falls, N. II. When the dancing was at its height and he was guiding one of the visitors in a quadrille he suddenly clutched at his breast with a gioan ; r d sank to the lloor. Efforts to Bave the man's life were of no avail. PRACTIALLY ASSURED felony of Foreign People to Begin in the Fall. tVILL BE LOCATED HEAR CONWAY _ ? r.J Jominisaionor ol' Immigration E. J. \\auton, Makes Thorough Inves tigation as to the Possibilit?s OiTered by that County. The fallowing is taken from the ?tat? of Saturday which says Com nissloner of Immigration E. J. Wat oil,'who returned Friday from the ower coast counties, talked interest ngly of his trip. Vi havo been since Tuesday of last veek up in Hurry county making a borough Investigation as to the p s lbllltles offered by that county for he establishment of an extensive ol?ny of foreign people," said Mr. rVatson. "I madi> brief investigations it Cnadbourn, N. C., as to what had leen accomplished there and visited he Homewood colony in Ilorry, which s composed of northwestern people, iiid has been exceedingly successful, is the ligures lor this year's truck Tops have shown. 1 talked willi a lumber of thesj people In p-rson and ound them all satisfied, found that hey were not subject to sickness and vere really enthusiastic in the work hey are doing. The land in Ilorry, larlicularly on the Waccamaw Neck, .ppears to be admirably suited for ruck and divcrsitled agriculture as veil as tho staple crops. The Heids LOW under cultivation in cotton and ern are covered with crops that are is good as any I have seen in thc ?tate. ^Absence of mosquitoes and the .bundaul supply of pure water from .ri es i ar. s wells and springs is prob .bly accounted for from the fact that he coast section of Ilorry county is vithin the 02-64 degree isothennic one, the same zone in which such otjpttes as Richland, Newberry, ?reenwood, Saluda and Abbeville are ocated. I find, too, that the condt ilons In this section, other than those >f soil and climate, are such as to nake the establishment of a colony here deoldedly advantageous to the etiler and the State. The repre entative business men arc thorough y aroused over the situation and see hu possibilities, and are anxious to ?ush the development of Horry coun y to thc fullest extent. I find not inly that the most influential and ox er:,i ve land owners of the county vere willing to cooperate by offering .heir land at a very reasonable iigure, mi. that certain.things are in process if development that will mean much r tho settler. While the final .g?ments were not concluded be . . L JOJ&3Co.nway i t may bo . stated Vii the settlement of foreign pur-' basing people upon 00,000 acres of and, land bisected by the railroad, is (radically assured. This colony will ie put in on the most approved plan or colonization, so far as the arrange ment of the land is concerned, provid ng in every 320-acre square fer a mall community lu the centre of the quare, tims affording the settlers who nay not be able to speak English the pportuntty of social life in the even ogs. As far as I have been able to go nto the details of the matter I be leve that we will have in this colony uore of the real elements of success han could be found in the utilization f any other tract of land of this size o be found in this State. "In this connection I wish to say hat it is rare that one linds young nen in the south doing so much for he development of their section as is eing done by the Messrs. Burroughs f the Burroughs & Collins company, rhich has milling plants, shingle liants, bas developed .Myrtle beach, ?as built and is operating succe sfully , railroad line to the beach; which is ow undertaking with others the luilding of a railroad line to Marion to onnect Conway with the interior of be State; which is operating a line f river freight and passenger steam rs, and which is now building a line loat to furnish a daily pissenger serv es to the port of Georgetown, and /hieb is undertaking many other in ustrial enterprises. These young men, ssisted by the pen of Editor Rice, are bing a great work; they propose to lo much to make the proposed colony I . success, and I have no doubt will be f very material aid. ' We hope to li?ve all preliminary natters in regard to this colony in uch shape that the movement of Hie oreign people can bc gill in the early all. "While on the ci ast t made a trip ?own Waccamaw Neck as far as Mur eil's Inlet. At this point 1 gathered onsiderable Information from the leople along the Inlet as to thc devel pment of the State's shell tish Indus ry. Tills is something that is now utlerlng badly, so the people on the nlet say, from a lack of proper laws. am told that the South Carolina oys er ls the best of all for canning pur loses and I lind a desire to undertake he canning of .?-hell tish on thc part if many very much in the same wuy ,s is now being done by one linn on he inlet. I understand that the mat er ls to he brought up at the next easton of the general assembly and bis department has promised to aid is far as possible in Hie securing of mtslde capital for a proper develop nent of the industry. 1 do not know ,o what extent this development can ie pushed, hut the matter of shell tish .anning factories on the coast will be ?ne of the things that will receive the Lttentlon of my department as soon is some pressing matters have been llsposed of." Ono Taken, th? Othor Loft. A special to the State from Pickens ays during a terrllic thunderstorm at ?iasley Saturday afternoon Mrs. Wil lam Hutson was instantly killed by ightnlng. She and hor husband were lilting near a window when thc Hash lame. Mr. Hutson, who was presutn ibly a little farther from the window ,han his wife, was not Instantly kill id, but it is not believed that he will lurvlve. Mis. Hutton held in her arras lor infant child and willie every bone n her own body was shattered, the ?blld was entiioly unharmed. PRAISES TILLMAN. Cleveland Commends Parker's Nollie Course in Stating Illa Views. A special to The State from New York Wednesday says: "Steady, Democrats, Steady," ls tbe title of an artlole by Grover Cleveland which will he printed Ju Collier's for July 23rd. In it Mr. Cleveland lauds the action of Judge Parker In sending his "gold telegram" to the St. Louis con vention, and ex pr. s es his satisfaction with the platform and the outlook in paru as follows: "No action of Democracy's repre sentatives assembled lu the late con vention eau be construed In any other way than as an acknowledgment of the gold standard, and a willing pledge to its maintenance. This con dition should of. Itself be Buflicient to so lill our measure of sitlsfactlon as to cause us to forget any fears or trepidation that may have vexed us during the days just past. * * * ''Herein is found an abundantly sulllelent cause foi gratitude and con gratulation on the part of all those who love true Democracy. I want tc go further, than this and to express a reverent belief that certain conven tion utterances apparently untoward have worked together for Democracy's good and that a loppy outome has been reached through a leading wiser and more certain than the wit of mau could have devised. "Senator Tillman and I have occa sionally differed; but 1 hope be will tuke no offense if 1 applaud and give hearty concurrence to his expression of the belief that 'Providence has taken kindly hold of our affairs.' " After quoting Judge Parker's mes sage to the St. Louis convent!jn, Mr. Mr. Cleveland said: "Those Democrats wbo have been impatient of thc silence of their party's candidate ought tobe satisfied with the effeetiv eness of his Urst ut terance. lt tilled the blank in a dis abled platform, it gave leadership to the Democratic cause and rallied sup porters by thousands and tens of thou sands to Loo Democratic standard. "I believe that no man ever did so much for the cause and in so many directions, in so short a time and in so compact a form as was done by our candidate when ce sent his message to the St. Louis convention. He has reminded all who profess Democratic principles that they also have work to do if they like bim, would do the patriotic political duty the time de mands." A special to the State from Abbe ville says Mr. Norman S. Cas^n, au industrious and prosperous farmer of that county who has been almost totally blind Bines childhood, met with a peculiar and happy accident while In town Thursday. Mr. Cason was sitting in tho store of Messrs. P. Rosonbery & Co., and iq attempting in the eye. For a moment he was rendered totally blind but soon after wards his sight came to him and he was able to distinguish friends and objects never before seen by him. He said he could see the obstruction to his vision gradually passing away af ter the total blindness came on. The good fortune of Mr. Cason has resulted in his confusion to a small degree. He did not know the appearance of bis brothers and f riends and did not recognize them after he had regained his sight until they spoke to him. Mr. Cason's sight improved rapidly during the afternoon and until he left town for his home. Heretofore.be had consulted eminent specialists about bis condition but none gave him any relief or hope. His friends are now congratulating him on his good fortune. Growth ol thc Kural Service. Thc growth of rural free delivery service in the United States has been rapid and the total amount now paid annually is enormous. l'revlous lo l!ii)2 these, carriers were paid by war rant or check direct from the lirst as sistant postmaster general's office at Washington, but the growth became so extensive it was decided that the postmaster at the capital of each State should pay the carriers in his Stale, in li?02 when Postmaster En sor was made paymaster for South Carolina, there were 114 rural free delivery carriers in South Carolina, and the amount of their salaries was $(?0,400. At the close of the fiscal year, June H J, 1903, there were XI3 carriers, receiving the sum of $1??2, 012, over three times the amount paid out at the close of the tisoal year of I ?02. In 11)02 the carriers re.el ved on an average of $fi00 per annum; In 1 l?o:t about $ti')0 per annum; fur the present year Hiere has been practically a $H)0 raise, according to the length of the route, most of the carriers get ting $720 per annum. Thc Hutt lc ot Manassas. Capt. Albert Cronkhite, of the quartermaster general's department at Washington, has gone to Manassas, Va., to arrange the water supply ancl other details preparatory to the groat army manoeuvres which will take place on the old Hull Kuti battle Held in September. Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, Hrig. Gen. Tasker II. Itliss and other otllcers on thc board named to outline the movement for Hie engagement will meet in Wash ington on Tuesday and go to Thor oughfare, Va., to inspect the battle Held. They will then return to Wash ington and prepare plans to be sub mitted to Maj. Gen. Corbin. Gen. Corbin will direct the move ments of the twenty-live thousand regular army men and militiamen who are bo relight the battle of hull Run at the time of the joint man t euvres of thc regulars and National Guard of the Atlantic division in September. Col. John W. Pullman, of the quartermaster's department, Is to te chief quartermaster at the manoeuvres. Details of a terri fie hailstorm which passed over southeastern Alabama have been at Montgomery Ala. The storm covered an area 15 miles long by nine miles and destroyed all vege tation in Its path. Cotton stalks were torn to shreds and evon the bark on the trees was torn off. Subscriptions for tho destitute sufferers aro being taken. lils Sight Restored. lils Uat the brim struck him llcnvy Hall Storm. 1 CIVIL SEK. ICE EXAMINATION. Information OonoernlnR the Be? qulreraents of Candidat? B. The mid-year Manual of Examina tions for positions in the United States civil service has been issued from Washington and contains full infor mation for those desiring to stand the examinations for the various branches of the service. The manual gives directions concerning the examina tions which will be held ia the fall, and which include almost every de partment of the service. There will, however, be no examination for the position of railway mail clerk. On October 19 examinations for ap pointment in the following branobes of the service will be held In Colum bia: Apprentice, departmental service: clerk, departmental service; electro type finisher, government printing service; electrotype moulder, govern ment printing service; elevator con ductor, departmental service; guard, United States penitentiary service; internal revenue; messenger, depart mental service; press feeder, govern ment printing service; skilled labor er-male, departmental service; sten ographer and typewriter, departmen tal service; stenographer and type writer, Philippine service; watchman, departmental service. Exa ni lu nations in the following branches will b gin on September 14, the remainder beginning on October 19: Draftsman, cartographic; obser ver, weather bureau; teacher, Philip pine service; bookkeeper, departmen tal service; civil engineer, departmen tal service; civil engineer, Philippine service; pharmacist and numerous other positions in the Indian and the Philippine service. Persons who wish to take any of the examinations mentioned should write to the United States civil serv ice commission, Washington, D. C., for a blank form of applacation stat ing the kind of examination desired. Tne application form when received should be carefully Ulled out in ac cordance with the instructions print ed thereon and mailed without delay to the United States civil service commission, Washington, D. C. If the application has been properly ex ecuted, is received by the commission in sufficient time to' a: ?an ge for the examination, and the applicant is found to be entitled to the exami nation requested, a card will be sent to him admitting him to the exami nation. All examination papers are shipped direct from the commission in Wash ington to the place of examination and applicants for examinations must file their applications not less than six days prior to the.date of exami nation. Otherwise the applications will be returned. For descriptions of the style Of ex animation required in the several branches, applicants had best refer to the Manual of Examinations, which may be "had by written'request; ii pun the United States civil service, com mission in Washington. The ex umlnations are based upon a common school training and a person of ordi nary education and fair intelligence should experience no dlfllculty in mak ing the necessary percentage. Salaries in the branches offered range from $600 to "81,200. It has been frequently remarked that the south does not avail itself of the opportunities offered in the civil service and the figures In this manual, showing the percentage of appoint ments from the various States, bear out this belief. The percentage of appointments vary from the maximum of 2,417 883 in the District of Colum bia to the miulmum of 33.333 In Alaska. South Carolina has a per centage of 38.058; Georgia, 87.8110, and North Carolina, 00.470. New York has a percentage of 101.788; Main 110.145, and Wyoming 144.444. These ligures show the average pro portion of appointments in the south ern, eastern and western sections of the country, the southern States ranking the lowest. A MO ? UNDER INDICTMENT. Nniues ol PartiCB Prominent in Dan ville. ? A special from Danville, Va., says The special grand j??ry summoned to Investigate the 'attempt on the part of a mob to forcf; an entrance into the city jail for che purDOse of lynching the negro, Roy L. Armes, a llagman of the Southern railway, Thursday afternoon completed its labors. The jury found Indictments against W. D. Talley, Buri F. Pruitt, Whit Myers, Charles Pruitt, Walter Clark, Solomon li ml g i us, Wicker Armer, brother of the murdered man, W. Bal Ragland, diaries Vaughn, E lward Buokner, N. J. Wall, William Harris, Prank Cblldress, R. J. Lynch, George C. Mills, Elijah Williams, William H. Mann and Pleasant Meyers. The In dictments will be certified immediate ly to the mayor for trial. Presentments we e found against Wicker Annes and Bud F. Pruitt for threatening to shoot the mayor and Police Ol?lcer Robert S. Wynn while in tho discharge of their official duties and against R. J. Lynch for assault ing Deputy City Sargeant R. L. Wol folk while In the performance of his duties. Commonwealth's Attorney Thomas Hamlin will Immediately tile an Information in each case upon which the accused will be tried. The jury also recommended that certain members of the fire depart ment which department faces on the alley leading to the jail In which alley the olliceis made their stand against the mob, viz: E. B. Litter and L. 1). Perkins, should be cautioned and rep rimanded by the court for using im proper language towards the polico force calculated to discourage them lu the discharge of their duties and t-j inflame the mob. The jury also compliments thia work of the police forco in dealing with the situation and handling thc mob without bloodshed. Another K??injr,. Thoa. J. Lyon, magistrate in Hlblei township, Greenwood county, had i> diltleulty with his son-in-law Ed Ste vens on Hard Labor creek Tuesdaj afternoon. It was renewed at Steven; house at Dornsvllie, when Lyon shol him five times, killing him. * THE BOLL WEEVIL. Clemson Entorn?lo, ist ill Texas to Systematically Study lt. WILL RETURN HEXT WEEK, And Malee Personal Investigation o? ? Supposed InveBtatlon at Vari ous Point? tn This State. His Lie tte r. Tbe lollowlng is taken from the State of Saturday which says the Urn ted States department of agricul ture ls making a systematic study of the boT weevil, oonslsting of field ex perience and laboratory work at sta tions located In various parts of Texas, but all in the Infested regions. The various stations represent typical re gions as to soil and climate, the chief one of which is located at Victoria, where extensive laboratory work and Held experiments are unknown in a a section that is quite favorable for Hie occurrence of volunteer cotton. The region ls typical of the coast belt and river bottoms, and ls possibly the best place to study the weevil as the early or volunteer cotton furnishes a chance to study the insect as lt emerges from hibernation in the early spring. The investigations, observa tions and experiments made there will furniBb an account of the biology of the weevil at least as complete as that of any North American species of in sect. During the last few weeks South Carolina has bad a representative st?fA that place making an independent in ^ ve-ill g.it ion of the weevil, and one that will enable Clemson college at one? to give any person all the information that miy be needed to exterminate the pest, or to reciffnizr, its presence, or to distinguish bctwen it and other insects that injure cotton, should they have reason to believe that the pest lias been introduced into this State. There have recently been many com plaints received at the local weather bureau office from persons who be lieved tiley hatt discovered boll weevils on their cjtton and all suoh reporta were promptly,forwarded by Mr. Bauer to Prof. (Jims. E. Chambliss, ento mologists, at Clemson college for : his information. But until Friday noth ing had been heard from Prof. Cham bliss on the subject, when a letter was received that will explain itself, and the subject matter, of which ls of vital Interest to every notion grower in the State: victoria, Texas, July 19, 190*. Mr. J. W. Bauer, Columbia, S. O. Dear Sir: Yours relative to the re port of Mr. J. Tupper Henerey, ir* whlob he states that cotton In Green ville county ls probably Infested with the boll weevil, has been received. At present I am studying that Insect in the government laboratory at Vic toria, Texas. I will return to South Carolina during the first week In Au gust, which will be early enough to take charge of the fields in Greenville county, should there be an Infesta tion. Without specimens T am in clined to believe that the work of the bell worm has been mistaken for the boll " weevil. However, I shall give the matter my personal attention im mediately on my return to college. I have already this summer vis visited several farms where the boll weevil was supposed to be present, and found only the boll worm. There will Leno need of reporting the matter to the department, as I would have charge of the work anyhow. I am preparing a large collection in which the life history and work of boll weevil will be shown. I am also securing photographs. I shall be glad to leave one collection with you for oilloe use. Yours very respoectf illly. CHAKI.KS E. CHAMBLISS. Driving Out Anaemia. Wonders are being worked in Porto Rico by Capt. B. K. Ashford, assist ant surgeon, United States Army, who is treating anaemia, which ls threatening the development of Porto Rico. Hundreds of persons suffering with the malady and believed by na tive physicians to be incurable have been cured by the American doctor, who ls assisted by Dr. King, of the Marine Hospital Service. Reports from Porto Rico state that in the dis trict of Dayamm alone the doctors treated 931 cases in six weeks and lost but one case. They are now in Utu-. ava, where the same remarkable re sults are being reported. In Dayamm they reduced the death rate 20 per cent, in tue six weeks thoy workod lhere among the 32,000 persons sub ject to the pernicious anaemia, wbioh travelers have said will prevent Porto Rico from enjoying the prosperity it might, have with a healthier and more industrious population. The two American doctors do not attribute the disease to starvation and underfeeding, as the native doc tors do, and have submitted their pa tients to an entirely different sort of treatment. Tho results have been as tounding and have givon the natives new hope. Invalids aro brougnt to the boaters in hammocks and on cots and are afforded almost Instant relief. His Twenty Sixth Child Dead. William B. Pettifore of Trenton, Ni J., lias just lost by death the twenty sixth child of his family of twenty seven boys and girls. Nozell, the dead hoy, was three years old. The twenty-. seventh child was born a year ago. Pettifore, the father, was boru a slave fifty two years ago on the plantation of Col. Edward HennlBon in North Caiolina. He went north after the j war and later located in Trenton. He has been married twice. Negro Nominee Deposed. W. T. Scott, presidential candidate of the National Negro Liberty party, . who is now serving a 20-day sentence i in the Bellevtllle, 111., jail, charged - with keeping a disorderly house, has t been deposed. George E. Taylor, of : Ottumwa, Iowa, has beon chosen to 3 fill the place made vacant by removal of Soott.