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A GREAI WORK. State Sunday School Convention Finishes and Adjourns. MANY FINE SPEECHES The Mooting the Largest- the Most Enthusiastic and the Most Spirit ual In tho History of thc Stat? Association-Many ?isl luguishcd Visitors Wore Present and Took Hart. With (lie adjournment Friday night Of tho thirty-first annual State Sun day School Convention, which was in session several days ?it Union, a glorious meeting came to a close, glorious hehenuse ol the ideal weath er, as well as the great enthusiasm, great interest and earnestness of Hie hundred, wdio have been In constant attendance during the three days to do more sind heller work in the Sun day School cause than ever before. The Convention just closed is unan imously conceded hy all to have been the hugest in attendance In years, being considered double, and hy some treble, (hat of the usual annual gath ering of tho Sunday-school worker.) of this State. The addresses have all been Of a high order; thal of Dr. Sehen" being especially niagniflclent, though from such a list of line speakers ami noble and earnest, workers as W. C. Pearce, of Chicago; Dr. A. c. Phillips of Rich mond; Dr. 10. M. Potent and Gov ernor Ansel, and others it is hurd to make a selection. Iii this connection must be men tioned the incalculable benefit thal the Convention has received hy hav ing with it 'Pullar and Meredith, mus ical directors of Now York, whose presence and work in the daily exer cises and various other ways are Ix youd computation. That tho Con vention marks an advance movement in South Carolina there is no doubt everybody feels it and lalkCS it. and those at the bead of the Slate organ ization feel sure that the coining yea: will show it. O ll leers for Ensuing Year. The following officers were nomi nated and unanimously elected: President of the Stale Convention l?O;>. Dr. C. M. Potoat, Greenville Vice president. 1st dish iel, Mr .1 10. Hagood, lOuslcy. Vice president, 2d district, Dr. W P, Pelham, Newhehrry. Vice President, 3rd district, B. W Crouch, Saluda. Vice president, Uh district, Thos H. Daw, D. I)., Spartanbnrg. Vice president, ">th district. N A Hethumo, Hothume. Vice president. l>th district, Prof..'I S lOaslerling, Marion. Vice president. 7th district, the Hov. w. 13. Wilkins. Columbia. Vice president, Sill disrtiet. Vice president, Sith district, Mr. .1 I). Riser, Hound. Vice presiden!. i Oil* district. M i lt. C. Debby, Charleston. Vice president, nth district. Mr. H. G. Collins, Conway. Recording secretary, the Rev; W. I tlorbcbrt, Charleston. Treasurer. Mr S. R. McKlroy. IV! zor. Adult department superintendent, the Rev. F. W. Gregg, Abbeville Superintendent elementan grades, Miss Crace Vaudlvor, Sparlanburg. Executive committee, at largo, Capt. .). Ad.ier Smythe, Jr., chairman, Polzor; Prof. Thos. NV. Keltt. Clem son; Mr. Paul QuatllObaum, Conway; Mr. William Goldsmith, Greenville; lion. .las. 13. Peurifoy, Wallerhoro. lOxocutive Committees hy Counties. Abbeville, The Rev O. Y Homier, Duo West. Aiken, 2 The Rev. W. S Myers, Ward. Anderson, i Mr. W. R. Osborne, Anderson. Hamberg, 1 Harnwell, i! Miss Hattie Creech, Barnwell. Beaufort, Berkeley, 1 T. .1 Russell Charleston, 2 The Rev. Walter 1. (lorbert Charleston Chorokee, I Mr. .las D Strain. Wllklnsvllle. Dee, 1. Calhoun, 2 Chester, 2 .1. Cyles Glenn. Ches ter. Chesterfield, Tte- Kev. B. C. Murphy. Cheraw. Clarendon, :< -Tho Rev. A. R WoodHOn, Manning Colleton, :i. .Miss fda M. Flshburh, Wnltorhoro. Darlington, :'. Xi. A. Welling. l>Ar lingi on. Dorchestei, 2 Thc Rov. A. 13. Cor nish, St (leonie. ridgefield, l Mrs. .1. II. White, .lohnston. Fairfield, I .(. Crank Fooshoe Wlnnabo rev. Florence, i Mr. .T. W. ll?ffmycr Florence. Ooo ,.'etow'.. n Vr. B. 1 Beaty (Jeorgelowh. Greenville, 2 Mr. John Wood Oreonvlllo. Or(e, wood, '. Mr. A. A. Morris Green v od. Htm,pion. 1 lion,. \l- -'. r. .1. C. Spivey. Con way. , , Kershaw, ? C W. Birchn oro Camdon HOLD YOUR COTTON IN SPITIO OW THU IHOAHS STAPLE) HUMAINS IN FAKMICK'S HANDS. Plenty of il Still in Farmers' Hands ? ami Speculators Helieve Tliat There Will be Heavy Liquidation in May. in spite of the fact that the far mers Uad been led to think that they had seen the last of high prices foi I cotton, there ls a revival of hopo re cently. The spot market ls still high, the demand good and tn the face of the hear onslaught the farmers are holding out. Receipts at the ports, while heavy arc not so heavy ns lust year or the year before. Thc future market is going down because Wall street be lieves that there will be heavy liquid ation In May. which will pul a lot of cotton on ino market, hut thc spot colton is not following the ?figures on tho exchange blackboards. All coll?n letters say linn there is still :i lively demand for cotton :ti IOurope. IO. I). Smith gave ont thc following to Hie press recently: "According io ibo facts gleaneo i si?- no reason wll) those who have spot cotton need he uneasy tis to Hie Dual outcome of prices. India is prac tically 'J.ODO.OOO huies short. America practically 2,000,000 hales short. ak'grOglHi.lg from these tWo soc.iiii-; alone 4,000,000 halos les- I har. laut yeto-, making a reduction of 2F> per cent, in thc world';) v is i ole and Invis ible supply. "Tbe spindle capacity tins year tn i.11 ut excess of thal '"if last vear. Therefore more cotton is needed. "It is estimated that there are be ing consumed, ?it the present rate, about 1,000,000 per month. Ac cording to Hie d?Urea of Mr. Hester. Hier?1 is available, tor the balance ot tb?1 season, a little over 4.Olin,Duo. Therefore by the 1st ol September Hi?' stocks of raw colton will bc practical ly exhausted ami no reserve to car ry over al all. "Confidence i" Untie is being rapid ly restored, monoy is getting easier. Hie Southern mills are reported as being practically without colton, the Northern mills arc sheri of stocks ami from all Indications ami from every standpoint, if tho present holders of spot cotton are tlhlo to hold <>n some body will have to pay Hie price. "Wo have loamed a valuable lesson on account of tlie dependence of so many producers on Hie stores and banks. Let's reduce t bat dependence next year by reducing our obligations for home supplies and fertilizer bills. "I was delighted with the spirit of choor ;oid (?termination at every point visited. We are becoming vet erans in tb?> ilghl for Southern pros perity, and we are learning to use the weapon with skill and effective ness and .11 the proportion thal WO demonstrate mir ability iii thal pro portion ls Hie WOlId ICarnillg In re spect Hie elie lillie despised plodlic vioitY STKAMH: CASI:. A Burglar in Sleep, ?lut an Honest .Man Awake. Charged with breaking into tho | bonie ol' fred Poker, at No. 4001 Armour avenue, Chicago, and attack in-.', Kolger and his wife. Ross free man, sou of a wealthy oil dealer, was acquitted on Hm ground thai be was asleep when he comniticd Hie offence, freeman was found by l<'olgor in the kitchen of his home, ile grapplod with the intruder and was getting badly beaten when his wit?' appeared. [Although she was beaten also, liny managed to overpower freeman ami bold bim until the. police a irised, j in octirl alienists tesl Hied that tiny believed freeman was asleep when be entered the Kp Igor house and thai bis attach Upon Folget' anil his wife was not a criminal act One alienist, Dr. O'Neill, said that freeman's act was COII1 tn Ittel while be was in tb? "automatic mood following an epi leptic seizure." ile asserted that Ibis was different from the stale of sum nambulisin and testimony was elven to show that Freeman was an epilep tic. . Lancaster, I S IO. Bailes. Laurens, :? Mr. .1. T. Tolbert, La u rOns. Lexington, :? Miss f. L. Able. Leesville. Marlon. :', Tbe Kev. H. ( ). Watson, Marion. Marlboro, ::. Newberry, I Mr. .las. f. lOptlng, Newberry. Oconee, I Thc UOV. .1. I. Moore, Westminister. O' angeburg, 2 Mrs Marchant Pairey, Branchville, Pick ons, Mr. .). T. Taylor, Bick ens. Richland, :'. The Rev J. lb Moore, Columbia. Saluda. :? Tim Rev .1 ft. Har mon, Leesville. Spartanbur?, l 'Tho Itev. 'J. w. Sholl, Spartanlnirg Sumter* L' MIS. I> * is. Winn, Sumter. Union, - Ml*? GOOi'i Oel.'el Union. w litianisbni g, I Thc lt ? . v, Goodwin, Hollie York. :'. tb H. Cunningham. internutlonal vice preside i* from South Cnr?llwi, Prof. Ttid. w. Kein donison, international oxecullve committee men from South ( .rr"na, Capt J Adger Smyth, Jr., 1 cl r. CONDITION UK STATU HANKS Tito Slate Hank lOvnminer Makes His First Quarterly Koport. Mr. Cliles L. Wilson, tho new ex amluor of State banks. Thursday made bis liest quarterly report.. This shows the condition of State bank ing institutions at the close of busi ness Mtirch 9th. The last report was Dec. 16th. Since that time eight now banks have started business, two have consolidat ed and one has nationalized. There art now 238 State hanks. Statement, o f the condition of tho 233 State, private and savings banks located In South Carolina nt tho close of business March 9. t ?08 : Resources. Loans and discounts. . $33,464,281.33 Demand loans. 1,987,1 77.94 Overdrafts. ul 1,899.10 Mondsand slocks owned hy the bank. .'5.06:1,:'. 1 7.71 Hanking houses. 733,561.91 Furniture and fixtures. II60,161.07 Other real estate. .. 287,937.82 Due from banks and hankeis. 4,862,13(1 62 Currency. 1,092,952.74 Gold. 165,226.50 Silver. Hickies and pen nies . 332,710.18 ('hecks and cash items, 359,798.83 exchanges forlheclear- . . . . lng house. 97,7 1 1,0ii Other resources. 5,973.15 Total.$47,975,80'! JS Liabilities, apilal stock paid in. . ? 9*061,713.56 Surplus lend. 1,536,4.10.44 Undivided profits I less CUrrClll expenses and laxes paid). 2,781,584.87 Duo to batiks and hank ers. 720.577.1" Duo unpaid dividends. . 27,569.64 I ndivldual deposits sub ject to check.1 7,381?322.76 Savings deposits.. ..11,075,256,71 Demand certificates... 223,439.55 Time certificates., .. 2,069,753.06 Cori Mied checks.. .. 13,441.93 Cashier's ?hecks.. .. 74,716.63 Notes and bills red!? counted. 754,518.59 Mills payable. 2,237,173.23 Other liabilities. 18,329.14 Total.(47,975,807.28 FMAItFI L CHIMU IN MAUN WI lld,. .Negro Kills Another With Smoothing Iron and Darns House. A special dispatch 111.ni Harnwell lo The News and Courier says Chief nf Police Strohel and Luke Stov< 'in of Blackville, came lo that city t day about li o'clock with one I . j (?reen, charged with the killing of Mob Smalls. It is said that Klhott Creen and two other negroes were at the house ot Hob Smalls gambling, ami ii wai; when Hob Smalls had won all of Creon's money mid pistol that Oreen became enraged, picked up a smoothing iron and Ht ruck Smalls on the left side of his lead, breaking his skull ami spattering his brains. Clifton Moseley am! Cd Furgorson, it is alleged, i tn tn cd Intel} left and weill home. Creen recovered Iiis pistol, which Smalls had won and had ii in his hand, and walked out some one or two hundred yards away and sat down liv the mail box for one or two hours, when he arose and went back, On his entering the house he found his victim still breathing. Ile then, it is said, diev tho wood box by his side, took '.onie lire from i he lire place and lighted the box and when ii was burning sb that ho was sure of Us not going out left the house, which was some I wo miles from Blackville, liarly Sunday morn ing Clifton Mos? le> and Ld FurgOKOIl made the matter known. Green was arrested at Klko in a m ero church, where they were having, service. He denied any knowledge of the affair at fust, bul confessed taler. SHOULD HI?! F.NDOHSF.D. If We Are Cor Heyan We Should Talk Out. The anti Divan papers in the State are insisting thal Hie South Carolina delegates to Denver go uninstructed hy Hu' convention tis to whom they would support. The Florence Times says "that would be all right, if the convention picks oui the right kind of delegates, then il would not make nundi difference except that it would lend color to the oft asesrted stOO that the south does mu stand for Brynn, which is not forrest, if the representatives of certain interests in Sotlth Carolina were selected South Carolina might be misrepresented lu that convntioil, and as South Carolina is generally mighty careless in these matters, selecting men for positions of honor and trust who tier personal ly highly steomed by He ir follow cit izens, without much regard for where their Interests lie as compared with the interests of the people. We think that I. would Ix' far better for the eon \ eui ion to pill itself on record in tho matter so that there would bo 110 doubt. The conni its and townships and all up and down the line would do well to be careful in this nutter mts yen " If I hey want Bryan noni [.tuted, 'el the clubs speak out. * Hot urn Flags. At Trenton. N. .1., Thursday lim homo passed the senate Joint reso lution provl ifcig for the return lof Southern fing? taken during tho Civ il War. ,jf S BLOODY BATTLE. Man Convicted of Arson Kills One and Wounds Three IN THE COURT ROOM. After Verdict of Guilty is Hoad Pris oner, in Terre If auto, Indiann, Opens Fire on Prosecuting Attor ney and Officers and is Seriously Wounded Himself Before Melee Ends. Al Terre Haute. Ind., Henry P. Mc Donald, on Thursday., in the Circuit Court room, after hoing f ound guilty of arson, ?hot and killed Chief of De tectives Wm. E. Dwyer, seriously wounded three oilier oflicors and a bystander and w as himself seriously wounded. McDonald had been 'tried for dynamiting stores and a church in Sanford last year. As soon as Hie jury reached its Verdict McDonald jtimped np, drew a revolver and Hied at Prosecuting At torney .lames A. Cooper, Jr., hui miss ed because Cooper tipped his chair over backWards. McDonald continu ed il red nt tho officers seated around the counsel table Detective Dwyer fell dead at Hie third shot. Policemen and deputy sheriffs in the Courl loom drew revolvers and opened lire on McDonald, who return ed the fire. Helote the convicted man fell with ha|f a db7.cn bullets in his body be bail shot Harvey V. Jones, superintendent of police, in the. side; Deputy Sheriff Ita Wellman in Hie chin; Sylvester Doyle. Courl. bailiff, in the leg, and a bystander in the side. The jurors jumped to (heir feet at the Iii st shot. Judge .1. T. Walker, one of the attorneys, tried to stop McDonald, bul he only hindered the officers, who were hitting bim, who tl they shot al McDonald. Judge Crane, who presided at the trial, ran to the railing of (be jury box and spectators rushed out in the confusion. Persons in offices below the Couti room heard the shots and rushed towards Hie upper door only to collide with the people leaving thc Courl room. Some of the spectators to the shoot ing said McDonald's brother also bred at the ollicors. The officers are look ing for the brother. McDonald was finally overwhelmed by officers and taken to a hospital. lt is said thal McDonald and the other wounded men will recover. The events which culminated so tragic all had their origin in dynamiting outrages that destroyed the Metho dist Church and Hie general stores ol' ' iivchle and Johnson, and .1 W Erne, of Sanford, on February 2 1907. Henry McDonald and .lames Scanion were arrested Hie next day charged willi the crime, in a formal trial the jury disagreeing. Scanlon has not been tried. McDonald had been permitted his liberty during the trial The pollc department has been active in the case, and several o 111 ce rs were in Courl lo hear the verdict. DDKS wi;I.I. W i s I . Egyptian Cotton Can lie Successfully liaised Out There. Successful experiments in the cul tivation of Egyptian cotton have been conducted in New Mexico and Ariz ona, according to reports made by the bureau ot plant industry of th? Depa rt nient ol A t- ii? ul I u re Dr. Webber, now of Co rn ess, ex pc-rimer.'ed with Hie Egypt ian plant in South Carolina and Northern floor gia, but the climate was too severe in these sections. Dr. Carson of the de partaient wa;; rewarded greater suc cess in hi;; efforts made in tlc Col orado river basis, as much as alni hundred pounds of lint having been secured from one acre last year. lt is believed that the plant can be grown in Northern Florida and South ern Georgia. Egyptian cotton, millions of dollars worth of which an? imported annual ly Into the Puled States, is more val nable than Inland specimens ?d' sea Island and upland varieties though less valuable than the best grades of the former. H is the strongest var lets of cotton, and iv; used largely in the manufacture of line lace., and tied quality of undergarments, A IJKOPAHD IN IIAMPTOY. Beast Supposed to Have Escaped From Circus Killed. A dispatch from Hampton to the State says an animal hearing the rosin bianco of tl leopard was Hilled Monday by Prank Pinto In the Crays neighborhood about I'.! mlle.- from Hampton. This animal passed through Hie lower part of Hie coun ty last weeli frightening Hie people in the community through which lt traveled until it wandered ts way to Crays where lt waa slain. The animal was about three feet lu height and bore spotn characteristic of a leopard which ls supposed to havo escaped from some circus. COTTON MILL UH Ll* WANTED. Highest wages, shortest hours. Stop daily at 6 i?, m. Saturday nt noon. Apply Fulton Biig and Cottou Mills, Atlanta, Ga. UH. I.F, O AT GIUHT MI LL. A Colored Hoy Got Caught in Ma chinery Somehow. The Aiken Journal and Review says on Saturday wee?; ago a negro hoy, whose name could not he learn ed, was killed at Mr. JO. H. Toole's grist mill, near Wagener. The hoy wont to the mill with some corn to be ground into meal, and after it was ground, he was instructed not to hang around the machinery. Mr. Toole went into another part, of the house, not thinking further of the hoy. He soon heard a thud and he thought that something was the matter with tilt? machinery. When ho roached the place, he found hie hoy lying inesnsi hlo on tho floor. He had evidently touched one of Ibo belts and was thrown heavily to the door. Ile was not dead, and was carried to his home and care given to him. lt was found that no hones were broken, hut blood on the brain was supposed to have caused his death, which occurred on Sunday morning. The boy had severe convulsions from the time he was in jured to his death. * QUADBEL IN BABBEB SHOP Besults In Death of Ono Man and Wounding Another. As a result of a shooting scrape in a colored barber shoji at Yorkville Saturday afternoon John Warlick is dead, his brother, is painfully though not seriously wounded, and Law rence. Marley is in juli charged with murder. All are young white men. The Warlick boys worked in tho cotton mills. Marley is a house painter by trade and ;i son of a re spectable and well thought of family living near town. It is .said that Marley secured thc pistol with which he did tho Shooting when he left Warlick after the first quarrel. lt ls a 44-calihre six-shot Colt's. Thirty-Two Cent Cotton. VOR. SAU'}-Watson's celebrate* Improved "Bummer Snow" upland lo tur staple cotton seed. Matu J bale and more per acre ordinary land under fair conditions; ?olia for ITU to Xi cent? pe? pound. Warily picked. Olnned dry .n ordinary saw tftu, ?tapies 1% t* 1% Inches. Price: T baabol. $*.00; 1 bushels, ?4.00; i bushels and over ai $1.00 per bushel. W. W. Watfion, Pre p rioter. Summerland Farm, ttateafcors? a a CLASSIFIED COLUMN. WANTEIK Wanted-livery farmer and Merchant in South Carolina write tm for book let and testimonials. Huggins' Wrenchless Plough Stock and Clio Sweeps. Bouuott-IIedgpetk Co., Clio. S. C. MISCELLANEOUS. Know Thy Fortuno-Send your name, dato of birth au,d sex, married or singlo, and I Oe. for a peiBoual type written Horoscope of your life, your future love, business and per sonal affairs. Prof. Opdyke, Box 963, Binghamton, N. Y. FOR SADE-MIBCHLLANKOUS, For Sole-One twelve horse power ^ Dlakesley Gasoleno Engine, cheap. Also lot of shafting, pulleys, etc. Apply to I J. E. lilley, Orangeburg, S. C. Faster Post Cards-A large variety at all prices. Send 10 cents In stamps for samples. Sims' Book Store. Orangeburg. S. C. ? For Sal?-Thoroughbred, long type, Essex swine, from prize winning stock. Three gilts, three young hoars ami also lot of linc pigs for April delivery. Prices right. Alex Macdonald. Black stock. S C. For Salo Cheap-One Hugel Bread Mixer, one Thompson Moulding Machine; four Bread Presses; two Broad Troughs; one Cake Mai hin" 5 0 Plane Moulds; and many other things used in a first-class bakery. Apply to C. C. Riley, Orangeburg, S. C._ F O H S A1 J F-Ki, < J S A XI > POI' 1 ,TRY._ For Sah'-'Infi' Rock chtCiCCnS, pr?zo Stock, also pri/.e winning White Wyondottes. Write for prices. S. M. Oliver <fc Co.. The Terraces, El berton, On. t Singlo Comb Rhode Island Reds only Langford and Ahberneatby Strain. None bettor at my price. Eggs. 1 5 for $1.&0. Satisfaction guaranteed. W. D. Colclough, Dalzell, S. C. Whit?' Hocks and Buff Orpingtons, wonderful white winners, beautiful hhxky Buffs, good as any; bettor than many. Eggs $1.50 and $2.00. Florene?' l-Vatherly Farm. Florence, S. C. $l?? DODLAHS SAVED TO ORGAN CUSTOMERS For Next 40 Days. We will sell our oxcellent $80 Or gans at only 805. Our $90 Organa for nly $7.1. Special Terms: On? thlrd now, one-third Nov. 1908, bal ance Nov. 1909. 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I AHLE AND STATIONARY BOILERS, SAWMILLS, EDGERS, PLANERS, SHINGLE, LATH, STAVE AND CORN MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES, URIC? MAKING OUTFITS AND KINDHED LINES. Our ?took IH tho moat varied mid ?'oinplet In tho Southern Staten, prompt ahlpment Iwlna. our special ty. A posit ?1 card will hr In? our et\\ osman. GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY. * * Box 89, Col ?rn bl?, 8. G.