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V> "THE BOXER RIOTS > ' * > - '' . . * .*?? Are Said to Be Imminent in China Against Foriegners. FEELING IS BITTER. \ American Soldiers'] Are Held Ready. American Missionaries Are Notified To Keep in Touch with Certain Cities of Refuge Known as Treaty Ports. E. P. Schwerln, vice president and general m.vnagor of the Pscltic Mall Sbe&mthip company, whose business relations with the people of China have been intimate for more than a d< z,4n years, regards the situation in Caina with grave appreheoslon. He considers the manifestlou of disorder as primarily anti American, but what s .ntiuaent of "China for the Chinese" underlying the eruptions, the trouble is ccrtaiu, In his oplnlou, to spread and become an autl-foreign uprising tirat will make all other nationalities excepting the Japanese to be subjects of attack. Speaking of the prospect of trouble, Mr. Schwerln last night said: "The Borer uprising of 1900 was the one evidence of the ferment of aufci-foreigu feeling, but when order has been restored no people stood clf>eer to the Chinese than did the Americans. And as a reeult, our trade with China hrs lnoreaecd by leaps and bounds Klr.cj the end of the i>jA?r tuoorau:. uus *ne auh AtncrJoan boyoott hu not only checked the development of trade relations, but what has already been built up 1? now threatened. Tut* la only the reflex of the active and across!*? rneth' oda of certain labor organization* of the Pacific. The clear Intent of the treaty of 1894 ha&been perverted. It defined the excluded class but in response to the constantly asserted labor lnllu^nee the provisions have been burled out of sight. 'Tnen again, the laboring organlz atlons on the coast have applied the boycott, not only against Chinese goods Imported Into the country, but against Cnineae goctfjs Imported into the country, but against the merchant who would buy the garden products the Chinese farmer In the coast states and the result has been that tbe Chinamen have turned the weapon upon the Americans, who taught them the example and power It possceead." The Presbyrerlan board of foreign missions, In New York in oonsequenoe of the embarkation of American soldiers for the far east, in anticipation of service in China, has decided to keep in touch with the nearest theaty porta in Cise of trouble. Tne chief cause of anxiety, according to the secretary of the board, is the constant spreading of wrong ideas of the treatment of the CnlneRe in this country Stories are being circulated t iroug China of the massaere of Oninese in America and they have yellow j urnala Just &e we have them here. Put they have not the Intelligence we have ancl the stories have a greater percentage of believers. We kne v of the the presidents intention to send trocps to the Philippines weeks ago. "Tne treaty ports the missionaries may use as refuge places are Canton, 8 ranghai, Hankow, Qangcbsw, Soo, Clow, Ningh Po, Tslentang, Chee Foo, Tien Tsin and P?.kln. The ma jority of bhnce would give a meanB of esoape or rufuge aud by water routes. Ia ali of thecn raisfrlonarlea and thslr famulea would B id high Chlnane offloum and :orelgu rspreeentadveH who would be of help to them. But in many cases the miesionerlet* and A merloans are at such remote plaosa that taey could be orally cut off and their only chance of safety would rest with t ie gov^ramanb of China and it* representatives." Ooe of the vis-ltore to ' the Presbyterlon board of missions was Rev C. Charles Fab cu.ugb, a nd-sionary, who had juBt arrived from China. " While it tedtw t>me for ths news of toe boycott on Aaiorican goods to traves from the coast to the Interior, said Mr. F.drclougb, "theanti Am iioan aud auii-?'orelgu feeling in North China is very bitter, and I believe it i? m re blit-r than it was at any time during the ooxer war. " Toe f? el lug was v ,-ry strong whsn I Jert uie Aatiui province in ueoemoer. ij was cauatd by fcbe itorieg of ill treatment of Onlnamen in America and toe exclusion law. In the *xcerlor io/vus b.te naeiobants are selMng uj American tfooda rather than have their countr* uien kaow they have had them in their po-session. ''It is not the same anti-foreign f e,iug Of 1 he boxt?r trouble, lfc oomes out of wnat they believe in patriotism. The Chinese are anxi jus to get thoir prop riles ioto their own hands. '$ ibre a e railroads, mining and other kinds of syndicates developing property lu Cmua and t he men b.-.ck of them are fo^igjers. O Ay leceutly I saw oniof tuese syndicates go through all thj stages of development in the buuuuig of a raihoad line au(l at the last mom:nc the 0! tinese rescinded ah the rights given to tiiem. "I was a nazed to dud a remarkable liberality of views amoug the Chinese students lo Japan. Tney out . 1. v otT their queques, wear Eropeanclothe* aud even talk about the necessity of a n'pWforodof gcvernmeht f ?r China. There la a spirit of governmental revolution amoi g them. A dispatch to the Trlbuhe from Washington, I). C., sayi: Thlrb>eight thousand men. of the regular army are to be m( bllized at MauUa for service in China in case of an uprising agalmb foreigners in the ancient empire. The war department ha* determined to s?r?d four reglun n^s of oavalry and seven batteries of artillery to the fareasteru islands in additiog to the troops already ordered. i The navy also Is active and has d - 1 reeled Hoar Admiral Sigsbee's tquad ron, consisting of o.ie armored and 1 three protec?,ed cruisers, to hold itself in readiness to proceed to the fur east and report to Hear Admiral ( Train, oonmanding the Asiatic fleet. The navv department also has sent instructions to R.-ar Admiral Train to ta.ke such measures as may seem to 1 him ad viable for the adequate pro- 1 teotion of Americans and their inieieats. A gunboat of the Helena class ' which has been undergoing repairs at Manila, will be commissioned without 1 further delay and sent to China for 1 use on the Yang Tse Ktaug. Rear Admiral T^ain has arranged with missionaries living in the territory tr&jn*ve;8rd bv this stresm to hurry to certa'n points In case of apprehension of trouble and upon arrival they will be picked up by men of war. i SOLICITORS SALARIES. TFioy Are Fixed at SoTontoen Hundred Dollars. In th? House after the Ruoker bill had been adopted Mr. Clifton took up the bill to fix salaries of solloltori. He wanted the Increase applicable to 1906. Col. nerbert protested against $he increases. He saw no use for it. Mr. Clifton wanted all aolloltort paid a uniform salary of 11,800. Mr. Lancy thought $1,600 was a good salary and they received $1$0 from the engrossing department. There was a dispute whether solicitors drew $4 a day whether attending session or not. Mr. Laney uiged that the solicitors all reoeived $4 a day for the entire session who* her attending the session or not. He produced the reoord and showed that each solicitor was paid a minimum of $160. Mr. Slnkler favored the bill to Increase salaries and said Mr. Richards favored certain Increases. Others he opp *ed. It was too small an inore&se to worry about. The solicitor represented the actual civilisation of the State and should be well paid. The solicitor should be well paid. Tue solicitor should be a man of oharaoter, foroe and ability. Mr. Rlohardson made a vigorous and forceful speech called for a halt in legislative extravagances. H* wondered where It was all going to stop. He said already the house had * increased last year's appropriation 1 bill by $128,000 although the ways < and maims committee reported a bill < whloh carried less money than laut 1 year's aot. Mr. Richardson Is a hard ' and earnest fighter and Mr. Clifton ' says 111 tie in debate but he made a * line fight for the increase In solicitor* salaries. 1 Mr. Rlohardson urged that he < spoke Blmply for himself, but spoke 1 for himself alone as the ways and 1 means committee had not discussed ' the matter. ' By a tote ef 31 to 56 the house killed the $1,800 amendment. 1 The house refused to let the in- < creases apply for 1906. ' Mr. Hutbo wanted to fix the sala- 1 ries at $ 1,000. Toe senate bill pro- 1 lded for $1,700 salaries for boUcI- i tors. < On the motion to fix the salaries at i $1,600 for all solloltora the vote stood ' 46 for to 55 against, and then the ] question came up on the $1,700 amendment. < Mr. Walker moved that the increase 1 take effeot on April 2, 1906, and this < brought on another fight. The a- ; mendment was agreed to. Mr. Slnklrr wanted the solicitor of < the ninth circuit to reoelve $1,800 because his solid tor was elected and made the oontest with the under- i standing that he was to receive $1,800. L ?at. The bill as passed to its third reading tx'jk the unlf )rm salary for solicitors at $1,700. i ff Active Anrll 1 IQfttt The H ill We?Tll. A diapatoh from Wasalngton says %fr. W. D. Hunter, of the Department of Agriculture, who la In charge of the cotton boll weevil invcstlga lion, 1a preparing to return to Texas where ho deoUres the problem of weevil extermination Is farjfrom solution. Our latest reports, said Mr, Huuter, show the weev.l last year has made his customary advanoe for fifty miles eastward. An unfavorable part of the i present situation is that the late &d- i vanoe puts the pest in the lowlands aiong the Mississippi river where ! conditions are most favorable to Its existence. In Texas the low wet seotlons siiff jredj most. In Western 1 Louisana. there was a belt lo which no cotton was grown, a great timber I >elt. Woendevore'l to keep the boll weevil from netting past this belt, hut havj failed. The Mississippi river can not be regarded as a barrier as the weevils have be3Q known tolls o*onty-llve miles with a favorab y wind, and as thero is muoh traftlj across the stream it is sure to be carried In baggage. Along the Misslnslppi river is wnere the greatest damage will be done. All the Southern States will affected unless some new thing is discovered. HOW TO GROW OUiiN. \H FXKHPLIPIKI) BY Mil. Wlli1AMSON. He Obtained a Phenomenal Yield by Proper Cultivation and Use of Fertilizers. In the IT*r*vv'll? County M^~n ger recently Mr. E. Mclvor Will amtun of Dar Liglou County, giv a to the public a most valuable paper on oorn culture. In vie v of the fact that the Southern Cotton Association at the last meeting held In New Orleans ad *pted resolutions of vital importance do the Southern farmers among the most import Ant of whloh v*as that urging the farmers to diversify their crops a; d to plant oorn and other grain crops sutliolent at l?ast ' for home consumption. Tills article on the subject of corn culture bv Mr. Williamson Is all the more important and iuterestlng. Mr. Williamson nays: For a number of years after I l*? gan to farm 1 followed the old time method of putting the fertilizer all under the oorn. Dlaulimr on a l- vnl or higher, six by thro feet, pushing tin plant from ehe start and mak'ng a Dig stalk, but the ears wore fe.v a.id frequently small I planted muoh onra in the the spring aud boug it muoh more corn the in xt spring, ui t>l tinslly I was driven to the conclusion that corn could not lie made on uplands In this section onrralnly not by the old method exoapt at n lose. I did not give however, for I kuew that the farmer who did not make Ids own oorn never hid suoooded wad never would, so 1 began to experiment. JT.ret, 1 planted lower, end wad the yl? Id was better, but the sialk was s 111 too large, s > 1 dlj&ocn tlnur.d altogether the application of fertill&^r before planting, and khowing that all crops should In fertll z id U some time used mixed fertiliser as \ side application and applied the more soluble nitrate of soda later, oelng guided In this by the excellxnt result's obtained from Its use aa a top 3re elng for oats. Still the yield though regular, was not large, and the smallucss cf the stalk 1 .self now nuggestftd that they should bo planted thicker In the drill. This wan d >ne the next year with results so sal lnfactory Uiat I continued from year to year to Increase the number of stalks ind the fertilizer, with which to lUhtain them, also to apply nitrate of ioda at last plowing, and to lay by aarlv sowing peas broadcast. ThU method steadily increased the yield jnUlymr before last, (1004) with torn eleven inches apart In six foot rows and 111 worth of fertiliser to < .he acre, 1 made 83 buehols average o the aore, several of my ba t Lcree making as much as 126 bush 5li. Last year, (IW05) I followed the Ams method, planting the first we k n April, 70 acre* which had produced the year before 1000 pounds seed >otton per acre. Too land bandy up and, somewhat rolling. Season* yery unfavorable, owing to the tremendous rains In May and the dry i wad extremely hot woather later on. (from June 12th to July 12th, the blue when it most needed moisture, there was was 5 8 of an inoh of rainfall here; yet wuh 97.01, oost of ferUllzer, my yield wa 52 bushels per tore. Rowb were k x feet and corn uxt^on lochee In dr.11. With this method, on Land that will ardinjirlly produoe 1000 lbe of seed y>tton with 800 pounds of fert liter, 50 buKhels of corn per sore sin u:d be oosde by uflng 200 pjunds of ootton teed meal, 200 pounds of sold phosph ite, and 400 pounds of Kalolt mix- d Dr their equivalent In other fertilizer, ind 125 pounds of nitrate of soda, all to be used as side application &u directed below. On land that will make a bale and 3ne toalf of ootton per aore when fertilized, a hundred bushels of oorn ihould be pmduoed by doubling the tmount of fertilizer above, exvpt that 800 pounds of nitrate of soda thould be used. In each case there should be left on the land In corn stalks. Mas. vIma* and roots, frono $12 to $10 worth of fertilizing material per acre, be?lde the great benefit to the land from so Urge an amount of vegetable matter. Trie place of thiB In the permanent Improvement of land oan never be taken for commercial fertilizer, for It. ii absolutely impossible to make lands rloh a* long as tnev are laoklng in vegetable matter. Land should be throughly and deep ly broken for oorn, and this Is the time In a system of roatlon to d epen the soil. Ootton requires a more compact soil than corn, and while a deep mou is essential to lbs best development, it will not produce as well on loose open land, while oorn does best on land thoroughly broken. A deep soil will not only produce more heuviIv than a shallow soil with good seasons, but It will stand more wet as well as more dry weather. In preparing for the corn c op, land should be broken broadcast during the winter one fourth deeper than It has been plowed before, or If muoa vegetable nutter is being turned under, it may be broken one third deeper. This Is as much deepening as land will usually stand In one year and produce well, though it may be c mtiuued each year, so long as much dead vegat&ble matter Is being ttime 1 u^dor. It may, however, be sub soiled to any depth by fjllowing in bottom of turn plow furrow, provided no mo'e of the sub-soil than has been directed, is turned u;. Break with two horse plow If posiible, or better I I with diso plow. With the latter, cot| ton stalks or corn staiks as large as wo c \er make, can be turned under without bavins beeu chopped, aud iu po?-vines it will not choke or drag. Never plow laud when It is wet, if ; you expert ever to have any use for it j again. lied with turn plow iu six foot rows, i leaving live Inch ba'.k. When readyto plant, break this out with scooter, ( following lu bottom of tills furrow c with Dixie plow, wing taken off. i Ltidge then ou this furrow with same plow golug deep Uuu corn planter c on this ridge, dropping oue grain e every live or six inches. Plant early, f as soon as frost dagger is past say firs' seasonable spell after March 16th, In '.his section. Especially is early plaut- a log necessary on very rich lands where t. talks cannot otherwise be prevented f from growing too large. Gi?t first b working with harrow or any plow that a vrlll not oover the plant. For second t worklDg, U'4 ten or twelve lneh sweep f: on both sides of oom, which should o now be about eight iuche* high. Thin 1< after this working. It Is not necessary that the plants should bo left all t the same dlstauoo ap^rt, if the right li number remain to each yard of row. p Oom should not be worked again K until tlve growth has been so retarded f and the stalk so hardened that it will u never grow too large. This Is tho most (l d'tV.cult point in the wholo process. c Experience unci judgment are required H to know just how much the stalk a jhnnlrl V\rt ? 1 ' vuiu uo Bvuuvcu, &uu pien^y or * nervo Is required to hold back * your com wheu your neighbors, 0 who fOitillxrd At pLantlug time and r] cultivated rapidly, have corn twice 1 the h(z? of yours. (They are having d their fun now. Youre will oome at harvest time ) The richer the Land L the more necessary it Is that stunting L proo ss should be throughly done. TTheu your are convinced that your corn haa been suflloieutly humllated, you may begin to make tho ear. It should bo from twelve to eighteen lnchce high, and look worse than you have ever had any corn look before. Put half your mlx<?d fertilizers, (this being the fl.st u?-d at all) lu the J old sweep furrow on both sides of every other middle aud oo^er by, breaking \ out this middle with turn plow. About (' one week later treat tho other middle the same way. Within a few days side oorn In first m'ddle with sixteen Inoh J sweep. Put all your nitrate of soda in . this furrow, if le*s than 150 pounds. If raoro, use one-half of It now. Cover a with one furrow of tur*. plow, then " sow peas in this middle broadoast at : tho rate of at least one bushel to the aore aud Unlsh breaking out. In a few days side ooro in other a middle with same sweep, put balanoe c of nitrate of soda in this furrow if it J has boon divided, cover with turn plow, sow peas, and break out. This j? lays by your crop with a good bed and plenty of dirt around your uttlk. This ^ should bo from June 10th to 20th, un less season la very Late, and corn should a oe hardly bunching for taauel. LiXV bV CArlv. Unr* la rnlnofl I * by Late plowing than by lack of plow ^ log. This Is when the ear Is hurt. c Tae good rv?lus after laying by should ~ making you a go ,d crop of eorn, and it will certainly m*ke with much 1cm rAin than If pushed and fertilizers in 1 the old way. ^ The stalks Cthus raised are very 1 amall, and do not require any thing 11 like the moisture even In proportion 8 to size, that Is nooessary for large sap* * py stalks. Thin m.av, therefore, be ' left muoh thicker Injthe ..row. Thi* 1 is no new process. It has long been a euwtom to out baok Tines and trees y In order to increase the yeild and quality to fiulfc, and so long as you do not hold back your oorn, It will go, l. like mine bo long went, a'l to stalk. Do not bo die* uraged by the lookn of your corn during the prooers of cultivation. It will yield out of all ' prop ution to It* appoaranee. Large r stalks onrinofc make large yields, ex v oepo wlUi extremely favorable sea- 1 sons, for they cannot stand a lack of ;; moisture. Early applications of ma- n nure go to make large stalks, which J you do not want, and the plant food * is all thus used up bsfore the ear, 1 which you do want, Is made. Tall J stalks, not only wih not produce well ' themselves, but will not allow you to p make the pea vines, so necessary to D the Improvement of land. Corn raised by this method should never grow * over 7i feet high, and the ear should be near lo the ground. 1 consider the dial application of f nitrate of r.oda an essential point in ' this oar making prooe-s. It should ( always be applied at last plowing and * unmixed with other fertilizers. I aui satisfied with one ear to the 11 stalk, unless a prolific variety is * planted, and leave a hundred stalks t for every bushel that I expeot to f make I find the six foot row the oaal- fc est to cultivate without injuring the 11 oorn. For tifty bushels to the acre, I c leave it sixteen Inches apart; for sev (i onty-flve bushels to the acre, 12 inches ^ ? .4 ..J ' * a|/chi u, ?uu iur UUD uuuaron DUHUel8 11 eight inches apart. Oorn should be h i hinted from four to six inohes below 1 the level, and laid by from four to six E Inches above. No hoeing should be 1 necessary, and middles may be kept clean until time to break out, by using harrow or by ruuntng one shovel furrow in center of middle and bedding a on that, with one or more rounds of a turn plow. 1 I would advise ouly a few acres a tried by this method the first year, or until you are familiar with its application. Especially is it b&rd, at tirst, ( to fully carry out the stunting process * wtiere a whole crop is involved, and 1 tills is the abiolutely essential part of * the prooess. I Trrs method I have applied or s^en ' applied, successfully, to all kinds ?f 1 land In this sect on i x ept wet land* ( and moist bott ?ms, and 1 am contl- 1 dent it oau be made of great boncli j, 1 throughout the entiie South. 1 In the middle West, where corn is RO prolific and profitable, and where, unforttypatelv for us, so much of ( urn t as been produced, the stalk duos not naturally yrow large. As wo come South Its size Increases, at the expeuse of the tar, uutil lu Cuba and Mexico It Is nearly all stalk (witness Mexican varieties.) The purpose of this method Is to jllmlnate ttils teudenoy of corn to ivergrowth at the expense of yield, u this Southern climate. Hy tills method I have made my om crop more profitable than my olUxi ertp, and my neighbors and liends who have, without exception, lerlved great benetit therefrom. t'laut y< ur own seed. 1 would not dvlse a change of seed and method he same year, as you will not kuow rom whloh you have derived the >cneflt. 1 have used three varltles, 11 have dons well. 1 have never used his method for late planting, lu aot, 1 do not advise the late planting f corn, unless it bo necessary for cold .iwlauuds. i The Increased cost of labor and lie high price of all material and md, are rapidly making farming unirolltable, sxccpb to thoso who are ettlug from one acre, what they ormerly got from two. We must aakc out lands richer by plowing ieep, planting peas and other legumes, rumoring them with acid pho&hatc ,nd potash, which arc relatively cheap, ,nd returning to the soil tho remittit vegetable matter rich in uumus nd expensive nitorgeu. The needs of >ur noils are suoh that the South can iever reap the full measure of property that should be hers, until this is lone, I give thin methods as a farmer to he farmers of the South, trusting hat thereby they may be henolltted -s 1 have been. K. McIvkk Williamson. A MaHouftl Hoandal. Congressman Sulr.or, a Democrat of he city of Now York, has called atention to the scandalous relations of he City National bank and the Unied States Treasury by Introducing a esolutlou of inquiry in the House ouoerniug the sale of the old Custom louse in Nfw York to the above oak. In 1891 the old Custom llouao Fas sold to tiim City National bank or 13,205,000. The City National lank was a depositary of the Nation,1 Treasury, and therefore paid out o money whatsoever. It credited he United States Government with 3,216,000. The Government made io demand for this money as it had at ,11 times from $16,000,000 to $20,000 eposited with this Standard Oil auk. Am the Government oould not ex>to? a new Custom House to be ready or occupancy for some years- -4% is lot ready now?it proceeded to lease he old property from the purchaser t 4 per cent on the purchase price, r $130,000 a year. Thus Uie 8tandrd Oil bank retained the purchase rioe of the Custom Houiit, which it ould, and did, lend out at interest, ud oollootbsd rent from the United fcfets* Treasury as well. But It will be notloed that the Mik did not even in lie bookkeeping ay the full price agreed upon. Fifty hcusand dellar* was to be left unpaid ntil tiie batik actually took pomeeloa. Wliat wm the meaning of thUV imply that It was an astute device , y which the bank might avoid payng Uun to the city of New York on ills property. JU hiu mot paid taxes et, pleading that the Government till owns the property, and that deral property oannot be taxed by he olty. The Gomptroller of New fork estimates the texee which the ank hat evaded at $80,000 a year. The whole oontract of sale to the <aok cjvers a period of ten years. In ound numbers, the amount of prolit rhicn the bank will rocelvo in this ime, unless the contract shall be set Bile, Including rent, interest on the aoney it did not pay the Government nd Having in taxes, will be over $3,00,000. At the end of the period he bank will ntam - ?J ? ..... vnM ?uc yiuyvi \>y miu rill hate been paid almost 1150,000 or having taken it. Moreover, oometent real wraate experts estimate hat by that time the property will t&ve appreciated in value more than . million dollars. The offleem of the United States lovernmenfe who negotiated thiB barain were Lyman J. Gage and Frank t. Vanderltp. On retiring from the filoe of Secretary cf the Treasury, 4r. Gjge became president of the Jilted States Trust Company, whioh 8 aau( c'afced with the National City tank, and Mr Vanderlipbeoame vloe>resldentof tho bank itself on retiring rom the position of Assistant Secreary of the Treasury' These gentlenen, says the New York American, ught to Join Congressman Sulzer in l?*mandlng the inquiry, but it is loughnufcs to dollars, that they will lo no suon thing. While they were ;overnment officials they played into he hands of the Standard OH Com>any and they are not anxious to have he transaction aired. Hjrioua Accident. The Aunuita Herald says a serious Lrtrtidnnt. hannonftil ? iv>vr VV i^TDICUU I > * y an tt Langley on Tuesday of lasfc week, rue lad while engaged in play with mother toy, Denny II; zjl, was stuck n one of his eyes by the sharp point >f an umbrella. The w:unded lad was attended by Dr. Shaw, of Langey, who deemed it best that the boy )e carried to the Augusta Olty Hospital for treatment, and he was tak n ,o the above institution, where it is aoped, to save his eyesight. The jhanoes are rather against the little fello v, as the sh arp p >lno of the u n Ofella Is said to have pleroed the eye trail. i * i 1 "downed hubbieT Result of the Elections of Dispensary Officials. TATUM REELECTED i Commissioner Without Opposition, but H. h. Evan*, WaR iiadlv Beaten by RawlinKon. Black and Wylle Are the Other Members of Board. The two houses of the general pgeembly by some chanoe agreed upon an hour for holding the elections to till vacancies which will soon exist in the personnel of the management of the Stofc^ dispensary. There had been filibustering over the proposition for a day or two and dually It was decided to dispose of the matter at noon Saturday. The result as to the election of a chairman of the board of directors o the State ditpensiry was a great surprise. Mr. II. H. Evans, the Incumbent, generally regarded as one of the most popular men in the State, was defeated by Mr. J M. Rawlluson of iv.cniand county, the vote bein^ 103 to 3j. If all of the absentees had been present to vote, the ratio of difference in the votes ml^ht no* have been affocted at all. This was quite a surprise to every ono, for although It was known that the Incumbent was subject to a severo cross-tire, It was believed his personal popularity would tttve him a tfood start In the race. Mr. W. O. Tatum was reelected commissioner of the State dispensary and Maj. John Black, formerly of Colleton, and Mr. Joe 11. Wylle of Rlohbur#, Chester county, wore elected to succeed Messrs. Hoykin and Towlll, who were not candidates for reelection. At 12 o'clock the two houses mot in joint assembly to eleot a commission and three members of the board of directors of the State dispensary. Senator J.taysor nominated Mr. W. O. Tatum. This was seconded by Mr. J. B. Watson of Anderson, who some time atfo was spoken of au a candidate against Mr. Tatum?although Mr. Watson himself never announced his candidacy. There was no other nomination and Mr. Tatum was elected. The joint assembly consists of 165 members and there were but 128 present and votliiK Saturday. For chairman of the State board, Senator Marshall nominated Mr. Jodie M. Rawllnson of Richland. This was seconded by Mr. Haskell. Senator CJ. L. B'eas nominated Mr. II. II. Evans of Newberry. This was seconded by Mr. LaFitte. The result was: Total number of votes cast 133; neoessary to a choice 67. Mr. Rawltnson received 103 and Mr- Evans 30. The voting was as follows: F,;r Mr. Evans?Senators Blvens, Black, C L. Blease, E. S. Blease, Dennlii, Johnson, von Kolnltz, Warren (8) Representatives Browning, Bruce, Callleon, Oolcook, Earhardt, E. J. Kbberedge, Hall, Harley, Heyward, H'.yglns, Hutio, Koenan, L&Fitte, Nanoe, Parker, Taylor, Trlbble, Turner J. M. Walker, J. B. Watson, Wimberly?30. For Mr. Rawllnson-Senators Bates, Blake, Brown, Carlisle, Davis, Earle, Ktlrd, llardln, Ilay, Hood, Hough, Hudson, Johnson, Manning, Marshall, MoGowan, Molver, McLeod, Purlfoy, Raynor, Stackhouse, Walker, Wells, Williams (24); Representatives Anderson, Ardrey, Arnold, Bank), Biss, Beamguard, Bradham, Brant, Bradley, Brtoe, Cnfton, Cloy, Got bran, Culler, D*bbs, DosChamps, Devoe, Doar, Edwards, Eptlng, Faust, F.isbburne, Ford, Foster, Fraser, Frust, Gasque, Gaston, Gause, J. P. Gibson, Granam, Gray, D L. Groen, W. McD. Green, Gyles, Hamel, Hamlin, Harrison, Haskell, Hemphill, 1). O Herbert, Irby, Kershaw, Klrven, Laney, Lawson, Lester, Lornax, Lyon, MoCants, McGoll, McFaddln, MoMaster, Masey, L, Miuldin, T. J. Mauldln, Morgau, N uib, Nicholson, Outs, Patterson, Pittman, Pollock, Piston, Pyatt, Reaves, Richards, Riley, Rucker, Senders, Save, Sellers, Splvey, Stoll, Strong, Toole, M. W. Walker, Whatley, Yeldell?103. Senators absent ? Brice, Brooks, Butler, Carpenter, Ghristensen, X) :ugiass, Holliday, Mauldln, TalOert. Rap* .1 resentatlves absent?Ashlev, Ballen-.y tine, B >yd, Dukes, L. B. Etheredg.q, J. E. Herbert, W. J. .Gttisonv Glover,* II *rre.lion, Little, Loftout M^lle?<|^ Morrison, Nesblt, Rawlinsoa. ^eldqg, Slnkler, VanderHorst. V?#nAi ^ and Whaley. ^ r For the two places on the Sta.te board, there were three numjnqeat Mr. Joe B. Wylle of Chester} Senator Hardin and Mr. Kiryen* Mil- ' John Blaox of Columbia, pamed by Mr. Browning of Union and Mr. J._ jxff Gibs >n of Marlboro; and R F? , Uukes of Orangeburg, h^mod -by.-Mrr^" J. A. Biuksand Mr. McColl of Marlboro. The result was. Total vote 137; Wylie 10b; Black 90 andv.&ukas ' 75 Neoexsary to a choice 69. Two * ilrst named were elected. , .? Killed by a Ulr?. ,,, Nora Taylor, 12 years old, confessed' to shotting Wlnfleld Compton, the Norfolk and Western railroad brake-'' man, who was shot from his tram" Wedneslay at Nemours, Va Tne child 9ays that she was shooting at the train for fun, not reahs ng w iat the result of such pastime would be. She will be sent to the reform school.