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*_ ?HJK TBOLk&Y MUE PROJECT tf?R BUILDING HUN? DRHUS OP MILES OF ROAD, ffrom I harleston to Augusta, Colum bia and Charlotte Via Crae gc burg. Ur. 0. ll. Vdu fitton, who la devel oping a plan for organizing the South Carolina Fubllo Service Corporation, waa In Charleston recently and gave an in toi view to The Nowa and Cour ier. Mr. Yan fitton In part said: "Engineers in the omploy ot thoHe interested in building tho railroad promoted bv tho South Carolina Pub lic Service ' Corporation have been making investigations through tbo Carolinas for some time. "Tho railroad, as originally plann? ed, was a system of branch lines to connect tho manufacturing towns of the State with Columbi? *, from thence the main Uno would rcroh Savannah vi? Augusta, with a brandi running from Augusta to Orangoburg. After oonsldorablo progress had beon made along theso lines Mr. Lawrenoo M Pinokney llnally suoeeeded ij bringing niifllotent influence to bear, through efforts boro and a visit to New York, to get tho parties interested to on tertain a proposition to run tho main line from (Munabia to Charleston, connecting with tho same feeder llnob as was Intended in tho original propo sition at Uoiurania, and also building a lino from Augusta, Joiug tho main line r,t or near Orangoburg. "After visiting tho dlllarent oom munltics with the representatives of tho now road and oarefully Investira ting their relativo values it was flaally dooldeA to adcph. Mr Piookney's sug gestion. Two corps of ougtuoors and Othor working cflloiaia of tho company aro already at work on tho now looa tlon. "This road will be electrically equip ped, in atrlot acoordato with tho highest modern standards, and will bo adapted for high speed operation, handling both passenger aud freight business In tram loads, givlug the ad vantages of cleanliness and comfort to tho ?io IL g public and plaoiDg cars at the doors of faotory and Industrial enlorprls'S for tho delivery and ship ment of freight. This Hue w ill boar tho same relation to Oharb stou that tho Central ol Georgia R iii ways bears to Savannah. All of tho other irr portant railroad! In thc Siato ruu parallel to tho cox.t Their interests necessarily lie In gath erlng bu inc u fiona tbo Inland ane seapcit town? and carrying it to theil Northern termini for reshipment. Bu< this nov/ company ncujt, because o: Its geogripnloal position, handle iii business through tho port of Citarlos tou, whicn will bo tho principal tor minus c;f :he railroad. "Charleston nocdn a line that wil build up tho businrua ct tbo port at c add to ;ho prcsponby of the olty. Th)! oan be done o hy by a r\i!r<. ad reach lng the inland manufacturing and ag riculti.ro communities aud oxrrylnc tLoir produot* to Charleston for con Oentration, warehousing, expert or ro shipment to the N>? th and othei markets. Suoh a line will ni?<.ke Ciar lesion a gre at w hoi s sale aud Jobbing market, supplying thc staple oommo ditleu of living and manufacture, tba' will ba consumed by the metcbanti and populace of tho Inland communi ties. "Every student of ctmmtrcial do valopmsnt now realizes th*b the wol faro of any municipality ls laigely lt the bands pf tts tianbportatiou Unas Hud lue gre**, traes Continental rall road development to the West oehtrec at Charicsto ? Instead of Now York city tue cora merola! hi: tory of th< North r od Soutn would have been dif (oren tl y written, lt ls too lato t( make Charleston suoh a comnijrolrJ me! r. polls as ls New Yurk, bot it maj beccmu thc ctr; n t real me repolis ol the Scuto tod check too prc&cutprao tloe of sMidiug all s mthern product! and receiving all Stubborn tupplioh over transportation Unes that must, from tbelr ge' graphical locution, worl to tho benefl& of Northern cities and the detriment of their own. ''Mr. J. J. Tiarri':!, who lathe per sonal representative of t'no linanoia interest.* behind th9 enterprise, and hau chargo t f all financial and hg;, matteo, will alter November 10 rn main permanently in the South, Mr. Tl m recs has extensivo real /state and commercial Interests- in" New York QWJ v?.v.?k"*J..vr a number of years has rrrT- been cont coled with large iinauoh.: operations. "All matters appertaining to en gineering oonotruotion, tr. ill ? and op eratitn will bo ur.der roy dir* ctlon. 1 developed the freight trUllj of the Broeklyn R?pid Transit Ot mpumyanc had boen in claigo of subway and other extensive construction work ol that linn. Pr.or tobir, connection wit! tho B. lt T., l.o l ad thc management of eke ric and steam railroads anc steamboat lines in NJW York Stat? and N.?W JeiKcy. "The locating engineer, A. T. Joue? was formerly agiotant onginoer ir chargo of tl o (xt.'osivo Improvement! on tho Lor g Irland div. on of tin Pennpylvan?? Radlrr al. "Mr. W. Wi Wells resigned lila po. sitien OH agent in charge of tho snr. fp.co l.o g) j buslncBi of tho Brooklyr R .phi Transit to assist In tho dovel opmcnfc cf bln.ibr business hore. "Tbo wonderful development thal hp.f, lu. mee late ly folio* ? tl t bo o.mstruo tlon of similar lines ehe whore do manda tho couoonttatton of all bus! nefen intcrcntaof Charleston to ibo im mediato construction and operation of this road, Charleston ought ne t full to grasp tho sign!t'canoe of tl>u Opportunity, the vant abvaLtagca ol which c.;:.not be overestimated, Al! pei's, ble assistance of every nature whatever iheuid bo extordad to the enterprise, particularly i,s Mr. Pluck ney ?i.a Infi rived tbat the only condl tlon In cl .-.i ging the route placed bj tho parties nt tl c bead of this under talc!.' g wes tbe scouring of a broad co operatic n < r ibo vailous communities to bo Len iPcd. "Mr Pinokney deserves tho graf t tu de of ti in community fe,r tbo worv. h? beti (Soi 0 In teeming the termini of thia company tor Charleston, ai such a road ls tho m I?'.I important facior toward the development ef thc great natural advantages Of our city, that have so long laid dormant." ru i w ?tne ?-'ii ed? A rev.der magtz'.no of tho fi I. Dupont Co. and situated at Tinloy Park, about :io mild from Chicago, exploded Friday with such forco that windowpanes wero broken In tho homo of the Midolthlin Club threo mlleii (IIBUOCO. Ono niau, wi o was e mph>)cd to watch tho magazln . w as kibtd but no nt lier lives wero Ylost. Tbo oau?o of the explosion ls not known. OUR H KW CIT] Z ?NB. THH 1M51IUHANT Milli* WITTE KIND AKltl V I'M AT Charleston from Germany With Hear- < ly, Five Hundred Passengers ? Who Como to Stay. i The long ezpeoted and muoh talked I of North German Lloyd steamor Wit' teklnd arrived at Charleston from Bro men on nut Sunday with 476 passen gers on board, being the first of at lor at two vessola whloh tho big steamship ? jiporatlon ls to run to Charleston, In tho movement Inaugurated by State Commissioner Watson to dlvort tito tldo of Immigration from northern ports to Charleston, that these psople may be distributed through South Carolina, supplying muoh needed ag ricultural, meohanioal and labor banr.B, where they are most deslrod. It ls probable that the Wit tr. kimi will provo tho first of a regular and por ooanent line of steamships for both passengers and freight between Char leston and Ure mon, the porrarnenoi of tho lino being ina moasure depend ent upon the success o? the two first ve&selB. Tho second vessel is due to sail f rom Dromon on Deo. 27 for Char leston. OJ tho Wittcklnd woro twenty-five cabin passenger^; niuotoeu adu-t?, five ohlldron and ono infant In the steer ago were 391 adulto, 45 children ani olov-;n inf Ants. There wore 112 f?.m liles, 76 single mon and two slugle womou. It is worthy of note that the number of married people grow sud denly in ono day, early Munday morn ing Com ml stilt nor Watsou marrying no lesa than twenty-nlno couples, re ducing to Iiis extent thc numbor o' el glblos for bachelors and maids at bomo. There were 120 adult Bel-Hans and 22 childron, eight adult Hollan ders and three children, and the rest cf the party WM made up of Au*Irl aus, Fronoh, Gotmans and other na tloualltios. Very fow of the immi grants ppoak Eogllsh. Tho religion of the Immigrants 1B mostly Catholic, with, however, a good number of Lu therns. All the oabin passengers left Char leston Sunday afternoon for Columbia and tho greater part of tho steerage parsangers will aho go to tho o?pibol, and fclif ro bo distr'butod by Commis ?donor Watson's (.tilca. Tho places to wbloh immigrants are ticketed arc as folio wa s Audarson, ? hontor, Darling ton, Columbia, Fort Mill, Glendale, G'ciuvlilo, Hartnvlllo, L anona tot, Greer , Lockhart, Welford and War reu.vllle, as far ;*.B can b* now stated, i'lio do.parluro of tho passengers wee facilitated by tbo Southern ra?l^a., havlug a cumber of cars on the Eist Shor? torminal tracks under the por scmal ?lreotion of D.vlatou Superin tendent Hunt. Toa passengers arc generally of a fine class Several of tho oabin pas^rgers uro particular^ -.Dil to do, ono of t!?e number being ? wealthy farmer of 40,000 frAi o;, who ls going to prospeot in tnisstatc. Very fi w of the pij-sougers will rem lin In Charleston, notwithstanding the largo demand for tho help. Too number of immigrants would have b en BtlU larger bub for tho f<ioi thut tho agricultural p.ople firo und i oontraots and o-.-uld not loavo their farms. Tusso oontric'.a will, however, have lapsed by tue t ime thut tho next steamer dup;.r;s. Tho present lav* also f <rbida tho owning of second olr.us passengers froua Donmark, which will nob' boin elliot at tbo time of Mic next sailing. Too numbor of pan singers would have bsen still larger rom the northern part of E jropa but for a publication in a St. Njohola pa P'.r of tbo most tx\gger&iod aooountu of the Atlant:? riot. It should ba ubatod to Col. Watson's crt dit alix) that he has secured v.hat no other uation-:l or state reprasonba ti ve hau ever bo VT aldo to Btourt-:he fianotion of the Belgian government for tho emigratl a of tho p-opl3 from cbat io int ry. Ii .?.ion do F.tv?rou wae especially helpful and e-operativo, as w-8 tlie Cimaiesuatro D'Exilg ration Chapelle In assisting him toi.oouro the function cf the government. Too li? glan people arc espe.oially Quo wiav v;ra, and Col. Watson stands ojmmlt.t cd to return them to their country If bhoy aro not satisfied with tlielr lot here} bui h<j is osrtatu that they will all bo vi ell placed and will nob desire to roturn. YOUHK V. oiiiKii Killed. Widlo attempting to oross the tnckn In front of a Southern Railway train, at Duncan's, a ?null station tlfteon milos from Greenville Friday afternoon, Mld3 S. li Hand, a young >o'nol teacher, waauuuok by asouth bound imlted and instantly killed. Miss Hand was a Histor of Prof. Il uid of tho Smith Carolina University, and had been engaged in teaohlug In the nohool at Duncan's. Toe limited waa running Bcvoral h< u>"8 lato, and lt is billved that Miss Hand mistook tho train for a h cal, wbieh stops at Duncans. It WSB not until she step ptd on tbo truck in front of tho limi ted, which was thundering down up on her at tho rabo of ; 'xty miles an hour, that nomo ono o.ihod to hor to lo k out. It was too late. Tho young woman barely had timo to glanca up when tl e pilot of the locomotive tos ed ber b.'dy into the air. Sho was not mangled, bub death was instanta neous. ltlAt-rii.il lit IV MM ll I UK' on. Judgo J ni vi F. Izlar and M.'ss Mulon P, Alston wore married in Washington on last Thursday by th? H iv John n williams. This announce ment will b) a tur prisa to many ol tlio Ju-lgo's friends who did not sui p- cb for a m imonb tliat ho contem plated such a step. Ho had made frrqaent trips to Washington In tin pasfj few months but only his Imme dJaie family wero fully cognizant of tho real reason for his vifits a>:d had expeoted tlio "hapoy event" for six months or m rc Mrs. Izlar ls a nat.ve of Cuarleiton, a mora bor of the old Allston family of this tfii8 State, and is woii known throughout this S.atu as Miss Nan A ton, Sho ia of quite a charm n g ro luallty, and whi provo a welooro? \ duion to the social sot of tho olby, Judgo Iz'ar and Mrs. Izlar arrived boms on Tuesday m^rnlr g.- Orango urg Times and Democrat ITi;.". ExpiOblOIii At Pittsburg, P* , one man was killed, two fa'&ily 1 j ired and sixteen other seriously lin rt in a dynamite explosion shortly after noon, on Woodland avenue, Carriok Borough, whero a flower ls being oonstruot d, The men aro all foreigners. They were acatod about a Ure eating lunoh when a d(.?on sticks of dynamite, o'aced near tlio tiro to thaw, exploded. Ono man waa blown to pieces, mother lost a log ard tho oyes of the third *cre blown out. Two wore BO badly injured that they will dlo. MB. JORDAN WILL REGION. 4ayn He Will K .altin as President about January 1, Ia the last issue of the Gotten Journal Hr. llarvio Jordan, tho pres; Idont, states that he will retiro from that pogltlon. In January, when his lorna expires. After referring to the reoeut di ff jr onces between tho Far mers' Union oftlolalfl and himself Mr. Jordan says: "I shall retire from my present po sition In the Southern-Cotton Associa tion next January, but until that tl mo I Bhall faithfully discharge every duty incumbent upon me, and do all in my power to maintain efl! cot ive co op?ration among the people in an ef fort to keep the prloo of cotton at a prc flyable figure to gio worn." Ir. Jordan has been president of tho Southern Cotton Association since its organization, and his administra tion of tbe effloo has not given satis faction all tho time, but bo bas had vory loyal support evon from those r ho thought ho bad made mistakes. DfiB recent newspaper controversies with officials of tho Earners' Union have to tiomo extent weakened him and have not dono tbe Gatton Asso olation any good. J fe was Jordan, who, without authority, demanded tho 15 conto'minimum last year, and it was ho who etood by Rlohard Oheatham, the secretary of the organization, who got mixed up with tho bucket shops in Atlanta. It is stated that the Georgia farm ers may put forward, the justly cele brated Tom Watson for president. At a recent meeting in La Grange his name was suggested, and tho sugges tion was said to havo b6on received with enthusiasm. Tho alleged pur pose of tho Association has been to keep out ot pol?tica but Mr. Watson ba* ""ivar shown auy ability to keep out of polltio.i, except whon he was v-ut out by tho voters of Georgia and ids eleotion as president would cer tainly meet with strong opposition from the South Carolina branch of tho Association. In faot, it Mr Jordan rotires from thu presidency, there ls a well defined sentiment for tho salooMoa of Mr. K. D. Smith, if this State, for that post, sluoo lt is woll rcoognizad that he has been tho brainB and balance of the A3soolation in moro than ona orlnls. South Carolina will probably present Mr. Smith for pr.sldcut to uucoeed Ilarvle Jordan. IO FIGHT WALL STREET. ".)" Cotton Combino to bo Ortcanizoa In tho South, Ai: Atlanta, Gi., a movement de signed "to maintain a nrofitable m l o for cotton against tho conspirados cf Wall strcot," was inaugurated Thurs day evening at a meeting *.f the exs outive oommltteo of the Southern Gatton Association. rho method proposed for accom plishing this purpose ls formation of "the Southern Cotton Company, 1 with an authorized oapltp.l of $100, OOO OOO to build v.aro houses, buy up cotton at reasonable prtocs, and other wise endeavor to regu'ato selling so that oontoo shall bo traded in on basis of its intrinsic valuo, rather than on sproulatlon. Fifteen membern of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton An si elation attend Thursday's meeting. They represented all the colton .States, aud included for most patt v.iry prominent plantera. A tentative plan for orgtn!zitiDU of tbo propoEod buying and handling company v/na orcsonted by asproial committee, oou slstlng of M wa J. P. Allison, of North Carolina; E. D. Solthof S'uth Carolin*; S. A. Witherspoon, of Miss ls'j'ppi; E L. M. xwell, of Lnil&laua, and J. C. Hickey, of Texas. Tula charier pr ivldes for orgart'zv (iou of a st ck oom pan y with an au ihor.'z d oaplial of 8100,000,000. ;uid an initial capital of perhaps 810,000, 000. It Is proposed that the iiilaini of the company shall bo administered by a board of thirty Uv") directors who shall cstlmato fair ootton pr)03s, and smdexvor to have thom maintained. Tue ooanagomont of tho concern is to ereot storage warohous *s, and oouduot buying, holding and soiling. The par valuo of tao steck ls to ho $2 per share ..puning membership tc small ss woll as largo planters, members of the douthorn Cotton Association, and others. Should tho directora believe cition to be worth moro than thc Wall strcot prloo it will pay suo.i price rt gard lesa cf the soo .lied markot val u J and hold tho product for a riso. Aftor discussing and amending lu ?ome respects tho plan for organiza olon, iii was decided to defer final ac tion on the project until tho next snooting of tho exccutlvo committee, to bo hold in January. cm c. ruo m oft II Pardoned? Gov. Floyward Thursday granted a pardon to Ubi C. Millican, tho Spar tanburg hoy who killed his stepfather Uso spring. Tue eise is one of tue most extraordinary that hcwi erm) oeforo Gov. Hayward in hts eventful four y^ats' servloo. Millican killed i's stop father on the public square .it Spartanburg while thors wera a great mat-y people on tho street. A Winchester rulo was used, and the vit?le alf vir was a spcotp.oular way of avenging what Minion deolarea vaB an Improper proposal to hts sis ter. Tho Stat' says tre pr.rdon was granted upon petition of the Jury and reoommendatlon of Judge Dantzler and Solicitor Ssaso. It appears ttiat tho Jury brought in a Yerdlot of guilty with tho understanding that Millican .vin guilty, technically, but that tho ?ilicl'or would rcoeomincnd a pardon. Mr S anyarne Wilson of Soartsn uiirg was here yesterday and urged bhl3 nnfctor upon tho attention of GI v. ll ;y ward. The pardon ls grant id on tho grounds t f humanity urged \y tho members of the J iry. Moll ten, when oonvloted, entered an ipp?al, but hlj attorneys subsiquent y abandoned tho appeal. Murdnri tl lor Money. Mrs. Oitherina Stauffer, a widow, found murdered in hor hod early [?'rldty st Lambertsvllle, ahma.ll vii ago la SumorHOb County, Pa. There -. HI a bullet bole lu her hoad and AU.en discovered she was lying in a y ol of bl )( d. It is bclloved Mrs. Jiuiiiir was murdered for monoy, vhlon abo is supp >sed to have possess* id. A o juplo o? grai doh?dren were lvlng v/it)i hor, ono of whom, a girl vho is almost grown up. Tao girl was ?wakenod by the pres?nos of a man n her room. Ile tried to choke her iTd ohol?r?? inn her, butsho made her soapo and aroused the neigubors. rViion thor arrived on the so mo the nan had gone, but tboy found his notprtutis and aro now soourlng the euutry for him. >" 1 . WILL BAI8B OO?^ON. ? 'i am Hoglshraen Will Try 2 I hoiv.Mwml nt lt 1 In Amor!?*. Tho reoeufc vin it of several cotton mill mon of Lancashire, Eogland, to the United States is apparently about to bear fruit aa the following state ment Issued by tho department of oommorco and labor will show: "A sequel to tho Washington cot ton oonferonoo and the visit of tba Lanoasblre manufactures to this oountiy last sprint? is tUe proposed investment of Lancashire capital, lu tho rasing of Auaorloan ootton. We aro Informed tbat two Lancashire manufacturers will arrive in tho Unit ed States with In a few weeks and oomploto arrangements for the pur ohaso and management of a large cot ton plantation In tba South, probably In Texas. Tho pinn ls to adopt the most Improved methodsof cultivation, ginning and balling, and to ship tho ootton dlreot to tin Lanoasblre mills oontroled by tho promoters. There ls said to be ample capital baok of tho enterprise. It ls to be hoped lt ls said In Eng land that this venture hy English manufacturers will be ontirely auooess (ul. lbs Buooess will mean muon for tho ootton tracie. "Wo bave liad a surfeit of preoipt tbey say as to tbe evils that oppress tho ootton tra JO and thoir remedies, all to no purposo. Tlio ovlls have tro wa greater, and thoso responsible (or thom have treat ed all protests with contempt. What we neod now is an oxamplo. The ox am plo of a largo plantation in tho South, produoing ootton properly baled abd shipped to Lancashire and thoro rocslvod In good order at thc mill3 would mark tho boglnning of the ond of the present disgraceful mcthodu of baling American ootton. Tho ex isting combine of pinners that blocks all attompts by planters and manu factures to Improve conditions might for a tim J resist even tho I?.Moonee of good example, but eventually they would bo foiood to adopt the improv ed prooeHscs. It may be safely as sumed that tho present methods of preparing ootton for market o&unot cxlbt pertnansntly along of right cnothods. Tno sormor have continued bsoauso all American ootton has been and is baled In an equally bad way. "The Influence of buoh a plantation on tho othor cv ila that i flliot the oot ton trade aro not equally evident. There is no doubt, however, but that such influence would bo entirely for good. A largo and well managed oot ton plantotiou, owned by ootton manu factur?is, produolng ootton for tb? mills of Its owners, forming a com ponent part of ono completo Industry, might ni. eliminate tho speculator fiom tho ootton mullet, but it could not fail to lndlo \td to the mauufau turor a raf ugo from the spcoulator'o attaoks. " Tbe commission that Iv coming hereto iaake purchases will in ali probability go over muon of the samn ?round as tba j o jvnreu by toe form-.i Commission when lt tow uni tpe South aud Southwest in quest of Mod cot? ton lands. Their route will probably take them through North an? South Carolina and tho other cott; i grow n:g states east of the Missisi?pl river, with their Hual ??urvoy in T'jixas. While t) o objaot of thc ct, omission will primarily bo to BeourejNJand for otton-growlng, it is said tn?* there is a possibility of some largo {nilla bo lug ereoteo by them, shou' ' |?ho cnn ditlons provo favorable. Io j known that some of tho members ot ne first oom minion ch.oub3ed the mill luildlog pnJ;ot with men in tho. '. ioriAt sootloua through whloh they Waood and that tho amount of dividonps do olared annually by some of the!mills in the S mon struck them wlth|(Oon Biderable (oreo. f Don't ljiko lt. Thc State's Washington oorrnpon rent says a number of ne grots in Washington aro expressing grop.fc in dignation at tho action of the presi dent in disbanding tho regiment of negro troc? s on ?ocount of shooting hy setae of the men in the regiment in Brownsville, Tex, They sav that tho president timed the disbanding order, making lt after it was too late bo cft'?ot tho elidions. Thoy have oold u meeting and issued a oall for a national meeting of ue^roos to protest against- tho action of tho prenldont ?nd decided to ask .S .-nator F^cakoi to take up their ciuiao. Whnt they will dcinund will ba'.ho reinstatemont of the regiment. TLia action of thc pros'.dont io bhir,g widely dlsoiiEsed in Washington, particularity In army circles, lt I.-, tho first timo that such summary action has ever boon taken. Hlioultl Simili TOKO t nor. Af thoso whom you owo want their money, and many of them are almost con, polled to have it, don't sell your cotton if tho price ls not right, but put it In tho warehouse and borrow money on lt and pay your debts, In cluding your subscription to tho paper you Uko. Wo L , vo no hesitation in maying that t>.o present price of cot ton ts too low, Tue Wall street snarks ..vim never Kaw a tl ld of cotton are tlxlng the prion, and are not permit ting the farmer to have a vcioo lu tbs tlxlng. Don't let ?ny one deceive you on this question. Join your brother farmers who aro trying to reaiso op pression. Don't stand idle. Get busy. Ti e Lo?d helps thom who help themselves, "He who dallies ls dastard; be who doubts ls damned I" Will you star I Uko a lot, of slaves and be robbed 1 From the Atlantlo to Oklahoma the ootton farmers are ris ing up In their might and banding themselves together against thlor com iron f no. Liy aside all dlffersuca'! of politics, religion, and personalities ?nd put your sno'ilder to the wheal. Y u owo 't to your wlfo and ohildron to do BO. It will not take thirty days to win tho. tight, Lat every farmer reaolva nob VJ sall a pound of cotton for lens thoa ton couts or mote. You aro master ? of the situation S lek together avid win or divide and ' io ru I nod. Wa-ohooso your OOttOti ! and pay your debts but don't ell your OOtbou for lc^s than tenoeutsper pound, minia lim Ufa. Oornellu., (Jadmus, o? ?aidweH, N. ] J., committed suicide Thursday nlgitt i \ti tho home of his brother In-law, | Lorenzo Oonklin, lu Beseland. Oadmus > leftiOaldvcll several years ago for (lal I for ni a and lomalnod there until last August, 'vbon no returned to bl? oki home. For tho hast wook ho had I son I HOI lng strangely. All of his personal i effects he had gi von to ono or 1 another member of tho Oonklln | family. Tho family heard a shot il iod I In bli? bedroom about 0 o'olook, ?,nd l the man was found lying unconscious J Tho man died boforo a physlolan 1 readied his sido. i THB LULLABY BONO. That Soothort UM co Bleep on On IIU9h, my dear, Ho still and slumberl Holy angola guard thy bcd! Heavenly b.esslngs without nnmbor Gontly falling on tby hoad. What tender tendrils of memory reach far baok through the fugacious years and cluster about the slumber songs of our infano) I If there ls one thin j* in all this world of sordid in fluences that alienating vloolssltudss cannot obliterate ic 1B tho bilaby that soothed us to sleep upon the motbor's broast. If there has oome Into our adult lives anything of beauty, sweet ness and charm; If we have boon blessed by the mirado of happiness, or If In the garden of our souls thero blooaas one Ir.insoondeL't bios Bom it is asscolatod with tho fairy land of an unforgotten home. ' In tho ullaby of ohlldhood thero ls love sane titled and uusclilsh and made pure in a saorltlce as holy as an coho from Oal vary. Perhaps you can't rcmambor all the words of that simple hymn that crooned you to 3loop in th ; dawn of your awakening lifo. '1..0 gontle tu ac may halt aud fal tor when strango omotlon olutohos at your throat, but tho rocmcry is thero in your heart, indollbloand all-enduring. There may bo moro cultivated voice?, more olassio phrasing, more graoeful expression in the palling world of art, but not to you. That aomotimos tremolous voice whloh you did not know wasohoked with tho dews of sorrow will whisper upon heartstrings when all elie beoomcs dlca nothing noss God aenda tho white souls of children out of heaven Into mothor arms that the transition may not bo too 8Uddeu and ho appointa moth orhood his deputy to guide the wan dering feet aright. Too late wo un derstand. "Some must watoh while some muit alocp,"and some must press the tired bodies of children in their arma and lull them into Roft forgetfulness. What a blessed priviledgo it would bo If world- worn,men and women of today could ropose onos moro in tho sacred security of all onoumpaaslng mother love; if thoy could only take; tboir heart hurts to the compassionate shrine whore little souls aro calmed, and with the ocllestlal lullaby of those Bweet days wetting tho parch of thirsty ear.-t dream on. and on, and on llio Nowa ot tho Day France will have a r quad ron at tho Jauoestown Exposition. An eighty ton fly whee) burst and wrecked an iron mill at Wheeling, W. Va. Richmond is said to bo tho bead quarters of an organizad business of "hbanghaiug. " The R adiug Iron Company han du elled to ia,h o the wages of Itv 3 OOO employes. Flnfs imposed for breaches of the ov*'er law on the Potocmc aggregated 8465 In ono week. An alleged robber caught in Fred erick, Md., proved a wizard with bandoiiifj, getting out of them easi ly. Dynamite was uned In an attempt to wreok a coal tippio near Wheeling, W. Va., ns a result of labor troub!e3. A Pc-ncslyvania pair gob a mar ria^e iloonse in Cumberland, roturned to thulr own state and wera mar ried. Announooment ls make of tho ap point meat of William H. Moody to oe Jus?lce of tho United States su premo court, to succeed Justice Ilrown. Thc Delaware, Lackawanna & Wester:) Railroad hes refused the dc maud of tho switchmen for an In ?rense of ten cents an hour in wages. Slr William Henry Perkin, discov erer of aniline dyeB, arrived in Balti more? and will rco?iv? tho degree of doctor of laws from John llopkina University. Mvrvland'.? contribution through the Rsd Gross Society f ir the Call fornla earthquake victima waa larger. In pr ipoftiou to Its population, than tbat of any other state. The home of hiv. A. R. Ay rae, pastor of tho Seoond United Ihuthron Church at York, BJ,., was entered by burglars and $200 worth of valuables woro taken. The house was ran saokod from the garret to the ellar Mrs. L-.Ha I. Sinclair, 93 years Old, widow of Commander Arthur Sin clair of ti o United States and Con federate navit.s, ii led at l<ho homo of bor dam hier, Mrs. Walter Hlakl Btono, 1810 North Calvert street, Baltimore. Searetary Hitchcock will retire from tho oabinet tho fourth of next Mivroh and Jane* R. G?tr?lold, at present hoad of the bureau of oor poraMons, will bo appointed. Her bert Smith, now assistant Rforetary of the bureau, will Buooeed Mr. G*r field._ Honslbto Indians. Tho constitution of th? now State of Oklahoma will bo written bv Dax oorats. Vernon Whiting, secretary of tim Oklahoma Rmuhllcan central cimmitteo, concedes tho Democrats and three delogatos while Chaliorun Jesse Dunn of tho 1),moora.-lo com mlttee says thore will be at l*a' b 18 D i corado delegates on the il u r of Mio convention. Ri publican manag ers admit that (lil -homa proved a groat disappointment. THO "un known" quality of tlie lud?an Terri Lory was a eouo^silon to tho Darno erat? but Oklahoma districts oouuted on by the Rebublloan lea 1er w^ra car ried by the oposlHon. The Osige na tion eleoted two D moorats. Toe In dians as a general rule voted tho Dem ocratic tick t. KU tod hy A 'free. Dook B/owoter, oolorod, was killed [Thursday night about ll c'objok near "?(mosonvllla, In Grenville County. II . and a whl'e man and a negro bo> vas ou*? possum hunting. Th* dogs Ire 'd aud Mio three sot to v?ork to eu*, lown tho tree. In /d?ng lt struck ^nether tree and lodged, hut a moment later sllpei from whor.i it >'HH lodged, i huge limb striking Bro.wator aorots the head and killing him ala: out In? itantly. Th-y OM A italHo, Tho Stamiard Oil oompany *.ri iouno*d Friday tho first cf a serlos of rnneral advances in its wago soale, flitch will pormoato tho entire sys em from the Hold workers to tho linn mir.. The employes of there hiing ciopartmeut aro granted Ave md ton p.:r o-ont Increases, tho latter noludlng all employes under $200 a month. BUILD!ci? COLii?tft?iStf. Nine Men Killed ?na Many Others ? Madij !?.?urrd. At Lon? Beaoh, Gal, five stories of the central win? of the new $750,000 Bilby Hotel oollapsed Friday oarrj lng nine workingmen to death In the tons of tangled wiookage. About 150 artisans and laborora wer o soat? tered through the structure ab dbe moment it foll, and of thea? 200 were carried down In tho ruins, nine being Boverly hurt. Thirteen men on tho oontraotor's rolls aro unaccounted for, but aro probobly safe. None of the injured will die. The dead: R M. Parkins. Carlton B.-asnear. A. Benseuo. Albert Bartle. L M Phillips. Four unidentified workmen. The injured: IC P. Watson, bruises and laorea tlons. Alexander Bavay; ribs broken. George Parker, shoulder dislocated, jf. Il Imlay, cut about head. H. G. Rlnabargor, le? broken. J J. Walsh, leg amputatod. Nloholson, fell fivo sto les, sprain ed aukle. Alexander Z zay, leg orushed. F. W. Sobulto. Itnmoadiatoly after the oollapse of the struct uro hundreds of bystanders lent aid in the resouo. Ooirpany H 7 th regiment, Nation al Guilds, waa called out and Hues thrown around tho building, all but resouers holm? excluded. Pitiful noonos wero ouaotcd among the throng who stood outside tho linos walting for nowB. Au aged mother sat all day long on the bluff overlooking the hotel, weeping and watching for ber son. LONE ROBBER f?ntorod a Pullman Car ?ml Hobbed tho 1* niiii (MI/;<<VH. A lono robber, heavily masked, boarded the rear sleeper of the east bound combination, Ohloago and Al ton Hook Island California Limited train known on No. 44, between Sla ter and G gow, Mo. Shortly after m'dnl(?! ,.. i.'aur8day night, robbed thro tuuaengors scouring about $65 and escaped in the darkness. Tho train left Kansas City Tours day night at 0 o'o;ook and was due to arrlvo in Oblongo at 8 o'olook Friday morning. Tbo robbor who is desorlb ed as being tall aud wea lng a long black ovoroat, bearded tho rear sleep er ac Slater. When the train bad gotten well under way ho enterod tho sleepar and ohs ir va ti on oar, bound through from California. He euoouut ored the Pullman oonduotor and por ter and ?t the point of a revolver OJiimandfd them to prtosed ahead of htm and wake up the passengers. Tho bleeper was woll filled. AH his com mand was oarried out the robber foro lug the conductor and porter ahead of him, Beoure.d what booty he could as ho hurried through tho car. When he had made his way through to the front end of tho oar, he started for the second Pullman. Before tho rob bor oould enter the second oar the porter slammed the door in his fice. Tho train then was at a point shout one mlle oast of Glas gow. ii . ,) zlug that he oould proceed DO fm thor with his work tho robber pulled the air rope. While the train was slackening its spoed he jumpod off and disappeared in tho darkness. 10irly Friday iteming offl?ors wero irarfced out from Glasgow, Slater and Kansas Oitv to traoo thc robbor. THK BAPII3T COiTV^NTION. Invltorl to Hold Ita Mooting Next Year at OranRoburK The Baptist State Convention meets in Spartauburg next month. Tho Baptist Oourlor says editorially as to the place for meeting in 1907: "Tba following telegram has been reoMv?d from Br<>. E. M. Lightfoot, p.?ior of the Chxugebuig Baptist Ohuroh; 'OfAOgebuig mont oordially invitee the State convention to moot with us lu 11)07.' The church took action last Sunday. This will be pleasing now3 to the brethren of tho convention. O/augoburg has not had the convention since 1868 and they entertained lt vory handsomely that year. j"Tho town has grown very much since then, and the Baptists have ni a d? vory gratifying progress. Since '.hon the Atlantic Coast Line has ?.II'iii a road running from Fh ronca to Augusta, via Suaaptor and Orange burg while tho Southern trains ba- ? tween Columbia and Charleston pana ' several times every day. The rail way facilities arc first olass, aud the citv li easily aooosMiblo. O angeburg ls ono of tho best towns In the Stase, and surrounded by a fine country, one of the richest agri cultural sections of tho State. The effect of tim Baptist convention in Orangeburg will be helpful to O' r oiuae In that town and throughout tho country, r.nd tba surrounding counties. Is will aff ird our brethren the opportunity of seeing something (f tho Orangeburg C dleglato Insti tute, a Baptist fo'iool of deolded mor it, and that is doing much for that section of the State." Unite, l'or Husband? At Columbia a handsome young wo man about twen'.y-three years old, who, when questioned, gave her mald en namo as Neille Bryant, of Darling ton, was picked up under a Barnum & Ballhy oirous oar at the uni ri station before daylight Friday morning in an unoer)80lous condition When 'oaken to tho police station, she said she had followed her husband, whoso name she refused to disclose hero from Darling ton. ?She found him at tho oirous, where they quarreled about his de serting hor, but she promised to go hick homo with bim after tho show. When she wont after him at tho Bt* Mon, he struck her and knooked her u i^cr tho train and 'eft hor. When she loft tho pollco Btatton she would not say whero she intended going. ll UK'-) Fl rn lt ?Kl A dispaloh from Canton, Ohlca Friday reports that a cot legation is ragihg on river side opposite the Eu ropean quarter on t.e Island sui orb of Shameon. More than 500 hcusos have boen destroyed, Inoludlng all restaurants, brothels and gambling houses and ls burning iloroely. Ma rino? from foreign vessels lu tho har bor havo boon landed and are heroic ly combatting tho Hames. No lives havo been lost, but thc damago al ready exceeds a million dollar, Tho oauso is.unknown. LONDON GAMBLING TIP?. Revelation* of an Illicit but Paying industry. Frota time to time great public sur prise lc expressed when the announce ment I? made in tba newspaper* that a quiet, reopaotablo looking house tn an apparently humdrum Lodon neigh borhood has bean raided by th* poi ico and the proprietor* heavily fined lor occupying tba promises ior purposes of illegal gaming." Only ? few week* ago two foreigners wer* fined ?100-?md thia waa the serento oocaeion on whleh they had boon fined-for ewing a large house lu * fashionable Weat l?nd square oe tba headquarter* ot a gambling den large ly frequented by gilded youths aud those idler* who prefer to make a liv ing hy any other meena than by hard work. Th* flu? waa paid at once, and on the judge expressing his surprise that no heavy a penalty waa always poid by the proprietor* without any difficulty, ha was Informad by a well known police Inspector that the prouts of a fashionable London gambling den frequently amounted to aa much aa ?500 lu a single week. In order, therefore, to fathom the mystery of this heavy margin of profit dorlved from keeping gambling dona, tho writer, accompanied by a plain clothes ofllcor, paid a rlait to several establishment* on whieh tor some timo the police have hud a watchful oyo. The greatest secreoy ls invaria bly exorcised by the keepera or those haunts to prevent any ono being ad mitted who ia likely to "split" and givo Information to the "Yard" which will justify a warrant being issued and a raid made on the promises. The interior of a gambling don pre sent* a spectacle which those who "pay a ?all" for the first time will never forget. Heavy curtains effectu ally keep out the daylight even on tho warmest summer day, whilo a Janitor of unpleasantly pugilistic ap poarance guards the door, ready to eject every client who show? a dispo sition to complain of his losses naring bcon brought about by unfair means. In the far corner of the room during racing hours a tape machine, giving tho winners and etarting prices, tides merrily away, while around a long tablo covered with groen baize sit, hour after hour, crowds of harassed, excited looking gambler* registering their wagf\rs and eagerly discussing the chances of the various candidates for each race. As a general rule, faro ls tho game most door to the heart of tho gambling den proprietor, for on each hand dealt a charge of sixpence is made, and, a9 frequently upward of sixty hands are doalt in an hour, lt can be easily un derstood that the deal or's commission soon swells into a rory considerable sum. Anu not a moment of tho day ls wasted. From early ono morning until early tho next morning some game of chance ls being played, and as even the most avariolous gamester required a few hours' sleep, the pro prietor Invariably has two or three friends ready to take charge of things whilo he "turns in" for n short time. Po rb apa one of the most striking features of a well-organised gambling don ls the elaborate system of keeping in touch with the movements of thc police; For instance, spies are from morning until night on watch outside to give notice of any suspicious move ment on the part of tho "gentlemen in blue," while the approach of any strangers in plain clothes to the the building ls invariably signalled to the doorkeeper, oo that time ls allowed to conceal the various Implements of gambling ahould a raid be contem plated. Teacher of Golf. The only woman golf teacher In England con proudly point to lior po sition aa hoing uniquo. She ls a pro fessional Instructor in the gamo and glvoa hor lessons at the Prince's La dies* Golf club at Mitcham. Mrs. Gordan Robertson has boen learning for Just a year, and in that timo has given over 600 lessons. In one niontn alono she gare 87, for golf ls a game that ladies ar? taking up with enthu siasm, and they yearn to excel their malo friends. "I think women can teach women golf much bettor than mon," said Mrs. Robertson to a repre sentative, "lt is dilAoult for a man to teach a woman, for the woman knows (at least I do) the fan Ita that women maka In learning th? game. She knows their power, strength and their weakness, and can, therefore, anticipate and oraroome their difficul ties. Personally I am not a great golf player, but people toll me that I know how to teaoh lt." With tho oxcoptlon of two "finishing" schools that she rlait*, Mr*. Robertson only Ins 'uota members of her own club on the club cours? and doss not po further ofield. MI don't want to enter into competition with the male pro fessions," aha said. No Cheap Man, Either. "She's worth her weight in gold!'' th? proud American mother assorted. Assuming pure gold worth approxi mately $120 por ounce, and knowing her weight to be 110 pounds, tho Count by a rapid montai calculation arrived at the figure $16.400. "Ob, ah, a most charming young lady, of courso!" he said, hastily gath ering up is hat and can*; "but 1 had boon l?d to believe -aw, that is, l couldn't think of that price, you k,now-"--Puck. Died on M'cotrio Train. As a result of an accident Thursday af tem on at the Waooamaw Land and Lumber Company's plant at Bol ton, Columbus County, at North Car olina, a young Italian died on an elec tric Const Lino train near Wilming ton Thursday afternoon. Death oror took the Btranger while on his way to Wilmington for surgical treatment. A Vi.ii in? ol BOOEO. George Tlmmons, a white carpen ter, di ul suddenly at the Columbia police station on Wednesday of con gestion of too lungs, brought on by long and continued drinking. ;ii_!-LL-L-1 u-i.1 mm ni ,_._ We Have r Ono 25 horse power Talbott, second h? ly boon orerhauled. This Engine ii a groat bargain for anyone who is in Wo ave headquarters for anything i prompt attention will be given to all i care. Write uBwhon you are in the to get pourri ces before placing your tfefttiubla Supply fie., . . BPBIHGF?BL? S??ffFJBBB? From the Kuva?<>H ni thn K'?r- ^-? Ijn8t Week. Springfield one of the prettiost an moat progresa Wo little towns in Or angoburg Oouoty WAS visited by the Aro fiend early Friday morolog, and one of tho main business blocks wai ompletely destroyed. The value of the property destroyed ls eavlm?ted at from 876.ooo to 8100,000. The In surance approximates about one-half of this amount. The fire originated in the home of Mr. M. L Posey, Just above hil store. It was not discovered until tho flamea were beyond control. The alarm waa quickly given, but before the hastily awakened Inhabitants ot Springfield could reaoh tho scene thc entire build" tog, a woodon one, wai? In fi?mes. The buoket brigade, the only pro? teotlcn against fire willoh the town ?Herds, did everything prvaible to check the fl J mo?, but so Intense waa the heat that the ar j dnlng building v<o the right was quickly ablaze, *nd not long afterwards the one on the left also. The Aro oontlnued Its work L?t destruction until the entire block was in ashes. Only by the most des perate ( ff -rta was the first store on ?be next blook saved. For tun tely the wind was not blowing. Among the buildings burnod were he following: M. L. Posey's store ind rcsidor.oe, L. B. Fulmer's general merchandise btoro; Lt. B. Fulmar's urniture store, barn and wara house $ H. B Fulmer's millnary and dry .mods store; A. D. Fulmer's store, barn and resldenoe; a two-story build ing, between A. D. Fulmer's and H. B. Fuhmr's, used as a storage place. The whole blook on the front side U" ; bumed to the ground. The origin of the fire has not been definitely ditovorod. It ls thought rtiat it was oausod by the Igniting of ooatohes. Many people from the sur rounding country, seeing the reflection which Ht up the heavens for miles mound, come Into Springfield. Every me sympathizes with those whose -mmes and property have been de droved, but lt is bpped that the fire will provo beneficial to the town in oho end. It ls altogether likely that aow brlok buildings will replace those burning to day, and Springfield will rise frc m tho ashes a far botter town. ^ Hanged Himself, At Johnson, Pa., Jacob Hauser, father of Jacob Hauser, Jr., who was Kinged last Fobruary for murdering da wife and mothoa-in law, wat f .undhanging toa tree in the baok 'ard of his homo, having esoaped 'rom tho houRo and committed suiolde luring the Light. Ho had of late 33on worrying greatly over his son's '?.te, and his wife says he walked the tUor tho early port of Friday night. Horvod Him Klghr. At Westminister, S. 0., Jeff Keith, : drunken negro on the street, slapped v lady off the sidewalk. The town luthoritles Immediately took the na-*-" ;ro lu oharge. A party of men, un mown to the authorities of the town, ook him out a mlle or two from town md whipped him severely. The ne <ro is now freo and seems orderly. <h gr AAA BANK DEPOSIT ^CrtaiA^LABAMABUSINESSCOUaCLaiMMat? Fountain Pens For Sale. We have several dozen good Foun tain Pena for salo. Guarantied 14 karat. Prices $1 and 82 each, postpaid. Leather Pockets for two or three pens 16 cents each. Mail orders eollolted? Address SIMS' BOOK STORM, Orangeburg, S. O' An Organ that will last a life timo is what yon want. Our Organs have a pure tona and lovely cases. We can supply you with an Organ that will please ia every particular for only $05 and 170. j delivered. Wilie us for our special terms of payment, and for illustrations of the beautiful Organs referred to. 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