Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BRYAN VIEWS. Does Not Regard Actions of Various States as Binding. . AS TO NOMINATION. ! He Is Aversc*to "Home'Coming" Reception Being Regarded as an Endorsement for the Nomination. Thinks Others Should Hare a Chance. Mr. and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan arrived in London from Norway one day last week, and was given a big reception by the Americans living or visiting in England. They landed at Newcastle and remained there over the day. Mr. Bryan desiring a chance to quietly complete some writing. Arriving here, Mr. Bryan went to the Hotel Ceoil, where he Boon was besieged by callers. John Burns, William T. Stead and Mrs. Stead came early in the evening and paid an extended visit. Messrs. Bryan, Burns and Stead engaged in an animated discussion of economics and of the social and labor questions. Mr. Bryan received a great mass of American mail. When he had finished reading his letters he received a deputation of newspaper correspondents and dictated the following statement. "The first suggestion of a reception for me at New York oamo prior to the aotlon of any of the State conventions and before there was any discussion of the next campaign. It came from the Commercial Traveler*' league, of which Mr. lloge is president. I assured him 1 should be pleased to meet the members of the league, suggesting that the reception be character' i ;d by simplicity. "Now that the aotions of some of the State conventions have raised a question as to the political significance of the reception, I am glad to say that It must not be regarded in the light of an endorsement for the presidental nomination. While I appreciate the compliment paid by the various State conventions, I do not regard their ex pressions as binding upon them or upon the party of their State I shall not prosecute them for breach of promise n tney transfer their rflections to another; 1 will uot even pub ll8h their letters. To ahow the recep tion to be regarded as an endorsement would in the. tlrst place be unjust to others who may be candidates. "I have seen the names of several mentioned as possible candidates, among them Congressman Hearst, Senator bailey and Governor Folk, who have all rendered conspicuous service to the party and the country, and their claims should be considered. The party Is entitled to its most available man, and the question of availability cannot be determined so far In advance. Circumstances and Issues may strengthen the claims of some one of the gentleman mentioned and the list should be an open one until the time comes to choose. "I may add that it would not be just to me to be put In the attitude of announcing my candidacy or admitting the certainty of my being a candidate. It is two years before the convention meets, and I am not willing to sit on a stool and look pretty that long. I prefer to be in a position to say what I think ought to be said, write what I thi^k ought to be writ ten and do what I think ought to be done. 1 am advancing in years and oannot spare two years out of my life just at this time. "I shall be glad to return to America, although every day of my trip has been enjoyable. I shall be glad to meet my friends in Amdrioa, and after I have met them they will be Just as free as before to do what they think best on issues and candidates." - i Hind in Tool Cheat. Little "Jimmic" MoCallum, ? years old, after playing with his spade in the back yard of his grandfather's home at 354 West 44th street, New York, rummaging among some old boxes and barrels In a corner of the yard. Finally he pulled out a big tool chest that was empty. It was just big enough for a little playhouse. The boy climbed inside and sat down. In moving about be shook the box and the lid fell. The hasp dropped over the staple and when "Jimmie" tried to raise the lid ho found It was fast. The ohlld struggled to raise the lid, but could not and after a while he was stifled. "J 1 mmie" was not missed for two hours. Then his grandma started to search for him. He wis not in the house and she went to his parents' home at 600 West 65th street, thinking he had gone there. The neighborhood was searched in Tain. Finally an aunt, quite by accident, lifted the lid of the tool ohest. There she found "Jimmie," dead. The child had been dead only a short while. Several physicians from Roosevelt Hospital worked over him for an hour, but it was in vain. Fatal liaaeball llow. A special to The Greenville News ' eaya as the result of a dispute over a baseball game at Westminster on the Fourth of July, Will Malloy out Luke Ferguson to death with a rssor. Both parties are oolored and under ' age. THREE KILIING8 Two Whites and One Nojiro Shot to Death. A dispatch from Beaufort to The State says a white man, a whlto bo and a negro man were killed by negroes n? ar Hardeevllle between sunset of the t\ird and sunset of the fourth With one exjrption this Is the tirat time for over 30 years that a negro has killed a while man In this section. Mr. Hugo Sohlegelmlloh of IIarde8 vllle v/as killed by a negro Held hand at his plantation 17 miles from Hardeevllle at sundow n on the fourth. Mr. A. Soholgeltnlch was walking through his Held with two companions aud met two negroes who worked on the place. Without warning ore of them shot Mr. Sohlegelmlloh through the breast with & shotgun. Death was instantaneous. Mr. Sohlegelmilch had never had any trouble with the negro, but one of his companions had. The negro escaped and had not been caught up tj Wednesday afternoon. Mr. H. G. Heyw&rd, magistrate at Hardeevllle, received the newsThurs day morning and went at once to the scene with a passe. Mr. Sohlegelmlloh was an exemplary young man about 26 years of age and a general favorite. He was a graduato of Clemson and tpenc several years on ranch es In the West. Charles Simmons, the 13 year old won oi Macic Harrison or Prltohardvllle, was wounded In the stomach by a negro boy on the afternoon of the fourth. The wounded lad was carried to the hospital in Savannah, and Is reported to bo dying. The shootlog occurred about live miles from where Schlegelmilch was killed a little later. The shooting was done with a gun and is said to have been intentional. The negro escaped. Oa the eve cf the fourth, a negro carpenter was killed by a negro teamster at Purysburg, about two miles from Hardeeville. There was a quarrel over whiskey at. a gathering, resulting in a fatal knife wound In the neck. The same night a negro was shot In the shoulder at a negro club house on the outskirts of the town, but not fatally Injured. Alcohol from CJArhnKCAt a meeting of the city council re ceutly a resolution was carried requesting City Chemist W. Loe Lewis \/0 make an investigation into the possibility of making denatured alcohol from the garbage collected In Sioux City, the alcohol to ho used as fuel to operate light engines in the city buildings. Alderman Kxiener subsequently declared that with Chemist W.Lee Lewis he took two buckets of garbage from his bakery kttcheu, and they made a quantity of alcohol fully equal and to ail appearances as good alcohol an was ever made from any kind of "wood." As soon as inventions are completed to make it possible to use alcoaol to run the light plant In the city building and library building, the city of Sioux Citv proposes to dispose of the garbage of the entire city by converting It Into fuol fluid. Tire potato peelings and biscuits, chicken bones and apple cores, old rags and oherry seeds will all be boiled up together and converted into power for thousands of electric lights. Paid to Hill, At Beathyvllle, Ky., a sensation was caused at the trial of Former Judge n&rgiH and Former Sheriff Callahan of Breathitt county, charged with the murder of James Marcus. Asbury Spicer, it was announced, had made a confession implicating the two ohief defendants. On the day Marcum was killed Spicer was in Jackson, Ky., he claims, lie said that a few minutes before the killing he was sent by "'Jim" ilargis to get "Tom" Whit*?, and was later dispatched by "Kd Callahan to get Curtis Jett. A few minutes later, while Spicer was in the Ilargis store, two shots rang out and Marcum fell dead in the front door of the court house. Spicer said that he was < lTcred 1500 to kill Marcum. ThecU.r, he said, was made a few dau? l.??i/ir? Mti-wim was killed. Spicer said he had refused to kill Marcum and that he had also refused previously to kill "Jim Ocokrlll. Four Ijoprx'ct Cbickon. Tho Laurens correspondent of The State says ihst Saturday Mr. Sam Simpson, who lives anout six miles below Clinton, brought, q.iite a freak to town In the way of a chicken, which had four well developed and touching the ground as the chicken stood erect. Oae of lis irg-i c?>nue out just under ttie left win*, one juut above the ''oll-bAg" ana the o^ier two in their natural position. Doalti t'rom 1<iuIk n ii>k A severe rain and thunder storm whioh passed ovtr Baltimore, Md.. Wednesday evening causes v.i deaths. Fran C. fccnieok, wi 14 on a launch in the harbor, was BUuok by lightning and iiisiautiy kined, while Joseph Rudolph, whose coat collar Sobieck was in the act of turning up, felt no shock whatever. Hays Wile Killed Hun. A dispatoh from Charleston, Va , says William Jarvis, 36 y old, a prominent farmer was shot killed at his home on Cooper's Creek Wednesday night. There were no witnesses to the tragedy, but Jarvis lived long enough after being shot to oall his children, the eldest 12 years old, to his side, and told them that their mother had murdered him. The body lay in the front yard all night until the ooroner arrived next morning. Mrs. Jarvis claims the shooting was in self-defense. i WANT HIM TO WIN. , HOW TILLMAN 18 llKOAHOHD ' OUTS1D10 THK 8TATK. j Papers Pay His Defeat Would Be a Great Loss to Tue Whole Country. The Now Orleans States says: The Northern newspapers have recently given much Hpaco to div.cuhslDg the candidacy of one Col. W. W. Lumpkin, who, from all accounts, has ap poarod on the hustings in South Caro Una as an opponent to Hon. Benjamin Ryan Tillman for the United States Senate. Without stopping to li quire as to who is Lumpkin or the strength or the prospects of his candidacy the Baltimore Sun takes c ccasion to pay the following tribute to Senator Tillmau: "But Senator Tillman Is strongly Intrenched In the admiration of the , people of South Carolina and it will be ditlloult to dislodge him. That South Carolina has long thought well of Mr. Tillman has been shown by his i election for fifteen years to the high- i est otllces the State has to besfow. But tlie country at large, which at i tlrat. feared the untamed tire eater < with his pitchfork, has come to real- i ix>3 the sterling virtues of this rugged old Roman. Mill nnlmnotohohlo l-w..-. - ? ? . ?? -w MMiuj|>vitvuuvio u?;u l esty, his continual championship of the cause of the people, and his unfailing courage have won admiration < and esteem even from his political < enemies. Not only this, but In his management of the important rail t road rate bill?an honor unexpectedly thrust upon him?he exhibited statesmanlike qualities that revealed a uew phase of his character. i "South Carolina has reason to be ] proud of Son&tor Tillman and the I people of other States will be pleased 5 at his re-election, lie Is a good man t I to keep in the Senate. The Senate f and the oountry need men of his type j now more than ever before." 1 In view of the fact that Col. Lump1 i kin Is much better kuown to the cor- \ poration newspapers of the North 1 that are very anxloui to see the 1 "pitchfork" retired from the Senate 1 than he Is to the people of South Car- 1 ollna there la not much reason to fear < that Tlllra&n Is in any danger of losing < his seat. For Instance, the Charleston < News and Courier, which has never boen accused of harboring much admiration or affeotion for Senator Tillman, regards the Lumpkin candidacy as little more than a bit of political by-play and is somewhat amused by the luterest it has aroused In the North and the publlcaiions there of the prominence and Influence of the Lumpkin family in South Carolina. Our Charleston contemporary says: "As things now stand, Col. W. W. Lumpkin, wno is running for United States Senator from this St.at(, does not appear to have much, If any, chance of election; but he is a good citizen now, as he was a line soldier in the war for Southern independence and I10 is only doing what he had a right to do under the rules of the t nortu Wn Ar*. 1-?-? -?v-? a. t-J- I no uu uuu kuuw wimd nis platform is nor do we care particularly, except that he is a Democrat of long standing and of good record. lie < probably agrees with the views ex- i pressed by Senator Tillman in his speech in Pennsylvania the other day < that 'you cannot keep politics healthy I when one party is always in control.' ' However, that may be, and whatever 1 his reasons for making his present 1 campaign, the colonel is entitled to 1 respectful consideration. He has not < yet warmed up to nis work, but it is ] hoped that he will grov# more cer- i tain cf himself as the campaign pro- 1 ceeds." ( We do not belfeve it Is too much to ( Hay that there will be universal re Jolclng over the fact that the activity of Lumpkin does not threaten to cost Mr. Tillman his high and honorable 1 position in toe Senate. We do not * believe that the American people 1 would regret an. thing more at this < time than the dcfi at of the ruggedly hone st and fea^ lens statesman from < the Palmetto State. He has grown 1 so in the pub iO estimation as to be- t come more thau a Senator of South < Carolina, for the masses of the plain g people hail him as a Senator of the 8 whole country, and especially as a 1 champion of their cause and interests. His defeat would come to them as a great calamity, beoause he has won - j ? -1- ? vim n uii imru o anu au inir&uou DV all Units suinalug like ajlou in the < path i f (Jui gresaional corruption and 1 chicane, Oiesfc as Is plutocracy's I hatred of him lb Is nothing compared t to strength of tho affeotion ho ha^ t won fr'-no tie people, and It Is true, ( as r.ho Baltimore Sua says, that the s whoio eouutry 'has come to realize fl tho Hterlli 4 virtues of this rugged old i Lion.an," and Its only regret Is that J there are not more men like him in ( the Hex a to to denounce and battle 1 against the schemes of fraud and cor- < ruptlon. Roosevelt Decline?. William Hoge, president of the ( Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust j League, sent a letter to President jj Roosevelt inviting him to preside at < the reception te be tendered William \ J. Bryan in New York upon his arriv- ( al from Ejrope early in September. Mr. Hoge explained in his letter that the Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust League is not a Democratic organize- t tlon, nor a partisan organization In ] any sense, and that the organisation i regards Mr. Roosevelt as being as c muob opposed to the trust as if Mr. i Bryan. The President deolined the invitation. t An K'oper Killed. At. Bristol, Ya., as a train was pullIn# out from tho union p?.ssenger station bearing Mrs. Nlta 0*r, wife of j John W. Orr of Bristol, and George S. Jonfs, who were about to elope, the husband appeared upon the some . and with deadly aim deliberately shot J Jones In the back three times, all shots taking effect, from whioh he died some hours later. The tragedy created considerable sensation and was directly due to tho alleged Intimacy between Jones ar.d the pretty 1 young wife of Orr. Tho Orrs former ( ly resided at Johnson City, Tenn., \ and JonnH is from Greenville, and a \ stone mason. Orr wa9'arrested and j is in jail in Bristol, Va. To a. cor- * respondent of the A> sc.-elated Press, ? he told the story of bis wife's past ? and said that Jones hari robbed him \ of his wife's love, end ruKed his | heme, and be had killed him lu conae- ( quence. 1 Jumped From Train. When returning from Savannah to Iris home at Glennvllle, Tatnall coun ly, W. Preston O'^ilnn jumped from ^ a S. A. L., train near Pembroke and r breaking hN neck, died almost In- ( stantly. O'Q dnn had been spending j' the day in toe city and during the j time he was here securing some whis- v key. On his way back to his home at v Glennvlile ho became obstreperous, . and when near Meldrlm begau shootIng his pistol from the rear of the train. Conduotor Knowles, with sev- f Bral passengers, approached 0'<4 ilnu, and after a struggle got him to go for- ^ ward to the baggage car. People in the car had dismissed the idea of watching the young man, when, k without warning, he dashed for the loor of the car, and before anyone jould stop lilra sprang to the ground. When the train was stopped and re- r turned O'Qulnn was found dead. i ?? a llroko Him LiOtf. 1 While playing in a game of base ^all at Saluda Thursday afternoon * VTr Smith Whltn ? M.4I k/?AA?VI4 H IIIKV | ? /UUIJ^ U1AL1 Ui | that town had his left leg broken ibout half way between the knee and 1 inkle. The larger bone was broksu \ jquarely off and the smaller slightly c ihattered. lie was making a run 1 'rem tirsb to second base and Just as f; 10 was In the act of touching second Jie bail from the Held was delivered k> second baseman and White to avoid ' oeing put out attempted to slide in . icet foremost but co ning In contact with second baseman had his left leg 1 loubled undor him. Tbe break waa c listlnctly heard by the umpire and sev- L jral of the players. jj Killed l>y IjIvo Wlro. The machinery of the CiO^er Cotton c Manufacturing Company at Clover, in !, Yoik county, Is operated by olectrtel- _ 6y, furnished by the Catawba Pjwer Dompany. J Ames A. Hedgepatn, en jineer and geueral overseer at the 0 luIII, was killed by an electrical ' 5urrent. Superintendent Thomas B. s Williams, Boss Machinist H. B. Max- ? well and Mi. Hedgepath were engaw- ^ )u in cleaning the lightning arrester n the transformer house at the time, * r.llA Plirirttnt K*v<r>,r hoon r ft tr/-m A V * * wm V U ^ W/ V/ I: VUU VII iIV>Ui &he arrester by meatus of a switch, whou. without warning, VIr. II edgepath fell dead. IIo is supoosod to lavo unfchoughtfully touched auuuin- t ?ulated live wire ?bove the switch. 1 j Death of a Younjg Wife. L The Columbia State say "ohe death c 3f Mrs. Emma Gardner, a young wo- 1 man aged 25 years, and ..he wife of i W. II. Gardner, an electrical lineman, i accurred Thursday evening at about 1 3 o'clock at her late residence, No. a 714 Elmwcod avenue. Mrs. Gsrdner n leaves, besides her husband, a mother, t widow of Rev. John Ilerry of Reeves- c ville, and four sisters and four broth- t jrs. The remains were taken to 1 Reeves ville Wednesday at 3 p. m ; 1 md was interred there Saturday morning, ti e funeral being held at 10 )'clock at the Reevesvilla Baptibt jhurch." 8 j (jultHilin itaoo. , Col. W. W. Lumkin b*s withdrawn c 'rom the race for the United States k lenabe, as will be seen from the fcl- t owing statement whioh he gave out v )n Wednesday: t "t)a account of the change of con i litions surrounding the senatorial o ace, I deem it best to withdraw from 1 ibe contest. I have endeavored to & conduct my campaign In a manly, t itralgntforward way up to this tlms, d ind retire feeling that I have not in- t er-tionally wronged any ono. e (Signed) "W. W. Lumpkin." n A Peculiar Suit. One of the roost novel lawf uits we . sver beard of has been recently nought in Atlanta. Mrs, BsHo Yar- c Dorough is suing the Georgia Rail way md Elf ciric Company for $20,000 for 1 ihe loss of her appendix resulting she * ilalms from ajar she rrceJvad In a ,v itreet oar aooldent. In her petition ibe states that In this accident she L was so shocked that an operation for ? ippendioitls and several other surgi- L )al operations resulted. Her hus- 1 Dand also sues for $5,000 on account J )f the alleged injuries to his wife. First Bale. t A dispatch from New Orleans says 1 jhe first bale of cotton to be shipped e 'rom the 1906 orop in the United States was Wednesday night reported m its way there from Brownsville, rex. It was consigned to the New Orleans Charity hospital. A Man Kater. H A story of a man eating bipopota- J nus oomes from the neighborhood of . iarberton, in the Transvaal. It is ! asserted that the animal came out ? if a river, seised a small native boy H. n its mouth, orushing him to death. * Dhe natives then turned out, killed ,, ,be animal and ate it. AN IMPORTANT ACT., \ nhw l\w affrutixo blind tlgklls in this btate. Ete venue licenses Can Hereafter be Used A gainst 7 hem in the fctate Courts The Columbia Record Fays collector Vlicah Jenkins of tho lnterual revenue jflioe at Columbia has reoelved from he treasury .depar< ment at Washingou a copy of a very Important act passed by the r*cer,L congress that will .ITi>cfc the testimony given by prosecutors in blind tlger ea^.is. It should be uplalned that all or nearly all, bllud ,lgers secure a retail 1 q lor ltc?n?e 'rum the government before they at:empt lo violate the State dispensary aw. Tho government would not permit :he book containing the list of licenics to be exhibited in the State o >urts, molding that the government had exilusive jurisdiction over tho government books and also holding that govimmeat officials should not be allowed o testify in the State courts ooncerung the llcousea issued. Asa result Rate officials 111 States or counties vhere the sale of whiskey was prohlbted, could never obtain prima facie vldence from the government that ould bo admitted in any court. Some >f the congrevssman from the western Rates, however, got together and had rhe following act passed: "That chapter three of the revised tat.ues of the United States be and lereby is amended in section 3,210 so a to read: ''Each collector of iuternal revenue hall, under regulations by the comolssloner of iuternal revenue, piaoe ,ad keep conspicuously In hisotlice, for >ubllo Inspection, &n alphabetical list >f all persons who shall have paid prclal tuxes in his district, and shall tate thereon the time, place and busness for which such special taxes shall iave been paid, and upon application >f any prosecuting ottiosr of any State, iouuty or municipality he shall furilsh a corf.tied copy thereof as of a )ubllc record for which a fee of one lollar for each hundred words or frac.ion thereof lu the copy or copies rtluaated shall bo charged." rihls means that the State c tliciais lore Interested lu the suppression of ho blind tigers may obtain from the (Olloctor of Internal revenue certified -opios of ail those who have obtained joveri.-ment licenses and mat as they iractlcaily contain the seal of the govirnmenti may be introduced In any icurt in the State and thus become an instrument for conviction of the law ircaker. The otllce in Columbia has lot yet reoeived any requests for cer ifled copii >f the list Of licenioholdirs In Souti arollua probably because iho law is no?, generally known, but it vlil not 1)9 long before this kind of ividcnce will be u-ed in the State tourts. No change has been made In ibat section of the act forbidding govimmeut revenue ollloers from testifyng concerning the holders of theac lCCUSeS. Crew IiOHt. The loss of four men and of the ,hree-masted schooner Eiia G. Kila, of iookport, Maine, bound from New leiford to Windsor, Is reported iu a nessage received from Oapt. Breen, if the schoouer, the only survivor. The schooner was wrecked on Llbby .sl&ud. When the vessel as broken ip by the surf on the submerged edge, the captain and crew clung to i large section of the stern of the choouer. This was thrown against the rocks on Llbby Island and all exit po the captain were sucked back by he undertow and drowned. Capt. Ireen grasped a rope thrown out by ifc savers and was drawn to safety. Shot lit llutCKy. A special from Wadeaboro, N. C., ays. "Early Wednesday morning, ust across Lac line in Union county, vhich borders Hurnsvihe township, if that county, Wat Hill shot and tilled Manon Burgess, Burgess and lis wife were In a buggy together vhen be was killed and the cause of he killing could not be learned, but o Is supposed to have been the result if bad blood between Lie parties, illl lives in Uulon county and Bur;esa in this county. Burgees Is said o have been a notorious wuiskey icaler and bears a very bad ropui.aIon. Only a few weeks ago be kuockd bis wife in the Lead. Both men ,ro wnite." A. Ornoml Ml* lighter. A dispatch from Warsaw, Russian 'oiancl says the recent rumors that ie terrorists were organizing a genital siaugater of Lie police, were >a*tlally corroborated vmen two tolloemen wero uliot uead and two , vere mortally wounded Bimultaneousy In various pMtn oI tue city. In ,onai'quoLCc ol the attack made on itie police tbe latter Jiave beoa withIr&wn from toe streets, which are iow patrolled by infantry. Terrorists hot and killed a gendarme and an nfantry captain named Tobolz^ff, the atter having been accused uy revoluilonary papers of commanding pla,00ns at executions. The aisaholus neaped. . . ??? i Nays It# Bryan At Greensboro, N. O., W. W. Kit- 1 thin was unanimously renominated for ongress by the Democrats of the fifth llstriot. Mr. Kitonin has already erved four consecutive terms In congress. In his speech of acceptance Mr. Citohln said that much praise of President ltoosevelt was heard, but hat it was due to tbe fact that he tood upon the main planks of the Democratic platform. He predicted he nomination and eleotion of Wlllam J. Bryan In 1908. y Ijot U* Haramnr, Bishop Totter calls a muck rake a hammer, and his admonition is, "hammer, hammer!" Ilamering well kept up, will surely bring results. It will even compel the President of tlie United States to see that the laws are faithfully executed. Let the press of the country hammmer, and keep It up until all the roitentiess is hammered out vX Republican party of trusts and grafters. All the exposures of rotteness and graftinghave been brought to t he notice of the public by non-ollieials which shows that the Republican political machine will never cleanse itself and that the execut ion of the laws is lax, although we are supposed to be governed by a strenuous Administration. Therefore the voters must hammer the derelict Republican party into political oblivion. Will Win.1 You Out In speaking of the candidacy cf Col. VV. W. Lumkin for United States Senator the Milledgevillc, Ua., News says: "Hon. VV. VV. Lumkin, who lived in this city for several years and was depot agerjjL for the Geoigia railroad, is now a citizen of Columbia, S. C., and has entered the race for the U. S. senate in opposit on to Ben Tillman, of pitchfork fame. It is probably good for bis candidacy that the people heie cannot vote in his race, for it is believed that he would be defeated if they could." This verifies the eld adage that you will find out all about yourself if you run for ollice. It seems that the genial Colonel does not stand so well in Ins old home over in Georgia and they don't mind reminding him of the fact. ljonjc liMWMUit hJ.iUml. The two villages Luoeran and Lanoonque, in the Alpes Maritime*, have Just held a celebration in honor of the ending of a great lawsuit which has kept the two villages divided ever since November 14, 1462. The question in dispute was the possession of a piece of iand at Lova, which each village claimed. A few days ego the court at N o definitely settled the matter by dividing the land equally between tne villages. Ti\e total cost of the lawsuit during the 444 years amounts to about $150,000, while the value of th*> land in ni&pu'.e was ab >ut $2,000 Toe legal documeuts wnioh ban accumulated m the course of tho centuries were docketed in 1 856 parcels, which weighed 16 t ins, and were stored iu a large dlnusrd churpu. youiik >u? urtiwaml, A dispatch from Greenville says Ven Cureton, aged 22 years, proorietor of a soft drink and q rick luooh saloon and son of Mr. Thomas Cureton, a well known police officer of the city, was drowned Thursday morning while in bathing at the lake at Chick Spring, the fashionable resort near Greenville The voung man drove out to the springs Thursday 11 ornlng and registered at the hotel. Later he rented a bathing suit and wont swimming by himself. Passers-by noticed clothes iu one of thft hrcoiilrvrf 1 4-v- * vmu uikaoiu^ i .'muji r.uu uu uiiinyr in the water which led to the organization of a searching party, which dragged the lake for the body and found it. Cureton is thought to have been s !z>d with cramps while in deep water. His body was brought to the city Thursday afternoon and prepared for burial. *'our Urowiu'ti. A dispatoh from J aclcjonville, Fla., says four men were drowned in St. John's river at a late hour Thursday night in attempting to cross the river in a small rowboat. Tne dead are: James Robinson, Charles Richardson, Adam llall and Shed Greer, all employes of the Arcnour fertilizer factory. There were six men in the boat overloading It, and it c vpslzed. John Hall and Babe Sargent, clung to tae overturned ooat and were saved. Had'y Hlinokfd. At Trenton, N. J., David Crumbly, 17 years old, and several companions of about the same age were swimming in the canal when without warning a charge of lightning descended into the stream nearby, electrifying the water. Crumbly was knocked senseless and the others were badly shocked. Some companions cn tho shore rescued the boys, tho cleotr'olty seem log to leave the water almost as quickly as it entered. The stricken swimmerH soon recovered. Condition of Cotton. The crop reporting board of the bureau of statistics, department of agriculture, flnris from the reo.irta of the correspondents snd amenta of the nuraau that the average condition of oottoa on Juno 25 was 83 3. rh cornpared with 84 8 on May 25, 1906, 77 on June, 25, 1905; 88 at the <x>rreaponding cate in I9u4, and ten-year ?vera?? cf 84 1. Tne condition in South Carolina on June 25 last was 77 against an average of 85 for the past U n years. OhioKK^'^ Ourne. At Ohicag > an ordinance limiting the number of flaloous to one for every 500 persons became a lav without Mayor Dunne's signature at the adjournment of Olty Council Wednesday night. By the terms of the measure, no new saloon licenses will be issued i after July 31. Licenses which are in f force on that date may be renewed or reissued. y" Deadly Ltghtnlnir. Thursday afternoon during a se^tre f thunderstorm the three little girls of H. P. Humphrey of Mayfleld, Ga., were in the yard under a tree. Lightning struck the tree, killing two of the ohlldren Instantly and the other is so seriously Injured that there la little hope ior her recovery.