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A 2 THE LEIIGEK: GAFFNEY, S. C., AUGUST 12, 1807. PEUC.WS iT THE Fill! KANSAS’ BIG V/HEAT CROP. Louisiana Day Is Celebrated In Appropriate 3:yie. THE GOVERNOR AND OTHERS TALE |nt«re«(ing Kxerc i.m in llm Au iHoi lum. 8ul<ii«r, lo (iiVo Mimiii Kitttlo Mi (Iih Kxp<ii«itiiiii OruuiiiiN Wxt >it11:r«i:iy—Kx- tenitive I'repiiritl i.tifii tloini; Afcilo <ieriiii,i|.Aitiericau l>iy. Nasiiviu.k, Au,;. K).—Louisiana day was veiy KppropiKttt'iy celebrated at the Tennessee Cent' ninal eaui»-ution. The weather was deli^httul and the attend ance lar^e. The Louisiana visitors spent the morning in visiting the build* inf's and Vanity fair, and witues.'irif' the drills by the Tennessee and Ohio rexiincuts encamp- 1 1 on the {'rounds In the afternoon tiny ussenib.ed in the Auditorium, where an excellent musical program was rendered by tne \\ ashini'- ton Artillery band and some of tne lean iiip society women of New Orleans. An address of welcome was made by Gover nor Taylor, ami the; response was de livered by Adjutant General Jumel. Tile occasion was one of the most en joyable of the s-ries at the exposition. A snecial lirewor.es exhibit! m was piven at niphr. Tiie visitors will re main in the city until Saturday, ami during their stay tney will be hand somely entertained. Adjutant General Juuiei. who repree nG Governor Foster of Louisiana, enteria’tied Governor T.iy- lor and staff at (iiuuer in tlie even tup. Wednesday the women’s board will en tertain the visitors at a reception Nearly 1'iftv Milli* u Till* Year, ami If, !•« l ast -'lark«f^tl* Topkka, Aug. 10.—The August re port of tlie state departmeat of agri culture gives tue aggregate yield of winter wheat in Kansas for ld!>7 at ■Ib.ftOil.Ob; bushels, or an average of 1-1 !tl bu'lieis per acre on the ii.dlti.Ti'G icress iwu. Thu highest yield was'J i bushels per acre in Gowley. G- t.re ami Woods.m counties. Sumner c«)uniy iiar- vested 4,5b.i,0(iil bushels, the largest Kur | crop ever priKluced by any conn tv in Kansas. Tig* quality is uniformly good in all comities. F.stimates indicate that 4') per cent of i the crop will be marketed within GO ; days. Assessors report 1,004.790 bush- ; eis of old wheat on hand. The yield of spring wheat tins year was l,08i,(J12 1 bushels. The total product of other crops for JN97 is: Hyc. 1 o<55,10(5 bushels; osts ^5. Id 1.379 bushes; barley, 1,810,190 bushels; llax. i. 190,081 bushels. K*gardiug the growing corn the re- j port shows a diminished prospect ami a present condition of 00 p**r cent, based on an average crop, COLIIITES AT l'IIICA(ll) National Democratic Ericcutivc Committee Meets. TO NAME CURRENOY COMMISSION improved im} outlook. The amount of | old corn on hand is estimated at 87.- T'.’O hi? bushels, us against o7,017,4^1 | busneis tins time last year. Hnjor llniison Mmohi and Konrfesn Other Haprasentativa Ituniua** Man at- taiuiiliiiff to llavise *«iiiie >cliriue I'or the ItovtaiMU of tlie t-'luaiivial 'yntaiu —Huj;ti Ifaiiiia Is t;h.iiriiiaii of the llodjr. Chicago, Aug. 10.—To carry forward its object the sound money executive committee appointed at Indianapolis last j January met in this city to endeavor to proceed with the task of creating a na tional commission, which President Me- i Kiniey was prevented from naming y | the failure <>f congress to pass the bill ' presented during tlie closing hours of ; the session. The committee is composed ! of If* representative business men, re i siding in various parts of the United The late rains have 1 States, a strictly nonpartisan body. TELEGRAPH PEOPLE KICK. Western Unio» Hl«» Kxe"|itlon-* to the Ortlor liesluoltiic Kai.kigh, Aug. 7.- Last month the North Carolina railway commission is sued an order which has attracted wide spread attention, making 15 cents the dav rate for a Western Union telegraph message from point to point in North Carolina. Tlie company has just filed exceptions, which will be heam Aug. 16. It conieiids that this rate is not just and reasonable; that it will cause the company to operate at a loss in North Carolina; that at the old rate. 25 cents, business in tuis state was done at a loss, and that the commission has no power to make telegraph rates. It also files a petition for removal of tlie case t<i ilie federal court, alleging that the order of the commission vto lutes the fifth amendment of the United States constitution, in that the enb ment of the said rate would be taking the company’s property for public use without just compensation; that it vio lates section 1 of the fourteenth amend ment, (section 8 of article 1 of the con stitution, and tlie United States act of 1W*(5 to aid in the construction of tel«- Hugh Hanna of Indianapolis is at its graph lines; that the company is a New York corporation and not a resident or citizen of North Carolina. SAY CANADA IS GRASPING. CaliforniAii 1 * Glaitu I lit* Dominion Ti&riflT DiVMit* Mn*i«y From Aiuorta'tii*. Han Fkangim o. Aug. (0 —No ad cf Washington ofii tals in recent years lias aroused such a wave of indignation on the Pacific coast as has the making of Dyea a subport of entry. Its effect lias been s'-eu immediately. Vessels are outfit ting at Victoria for Thursdav wiJ be Kentu ky lt«d Men’g ...... day. and several 1.-.mured member., of j the gold fields, a.id, to escape tne duties the order from tnal state will attend the celebration. T'i- re will be military drills, concerts by Vi dor Herbert's band and a fireworks display in observauoa of the day. There are now over 1,090 soldiers on the grounds. They are tne Fourteenth Ohio regiment, Comoiuy 15, of Cilutu- bu->; Company G of Waverly; Company F of Giiilatiu; Oumyiani js A and L of Nashvide; Company G of Ciark-viilc; Company l) <>i L iwro.iceburg, and Bat tery A of Nashville, all of the First regiment. National guard, state of Ten- 1 uessee. Drills and dress parades are 1 given daily. The troops will remain on the grounds for a weak. Next Satur- \ day the soldiers wiii give a sham hatth. ; Extensive preparations are being made for the celebration of German-Ameri- ; can day. O *t <5 Hon Curi Seliurz. Hot). John Kuhn of Nashville, the mayors of Cincinnati. St. L iuis, Cnattanooga and others have been invited to deliver ad dresses. GREAT IS QUEEN’S GRIEF. Uer UiJiMty UiihIi h lo ll« Out i-« it Iteault «>f tliM .iMrtitrfrtiiititimi. Mapkip, Aug 1'J —Tne tjueen regent ha, decree i that toe military honor.; : observe!i it: the ca-* of a funeral of a marshal shall b" nc 1 uded tlie remains of the late pi m.-d 1 of Hpain, Senor Canovas del Castino, win) was siiot and kille-i at Santa Ague ia by an unarcnist named Micheio At: -ine (j dii. The body of the Burnish statesman will arrive here on Wednesday morn ing. no’ompauiei iiy ins widow, the minister lor the colonies. Henor Gosh- Gay on, and the c : f major domo, tne Dunn of S-itoini.y representing the queen regent. 'J’iie t all beaia ts will ho an academician, an a imiral. the presi- dent of tin* senate, a Ksngiif of the G .’1- y e -F.eoc**, an; al' sigl iiartih-a do Cum;) j. The Intermeiif v. ill take place in the Pantheon. .Funeral servic s will take , place simuitatieoit- iy in ail the churches throughout tin* 'o;:,ipy and the ofli'ial mourning will last rliree days. The queen regent is greatly a fleeted J bv the tragedy and is still confined to I hor room. Ohio Miners In " «*«t Yir;»iiil>i. Wur.m.ivj. Aug 10.- West Virginia j Soil was peacefuhy invaded by Ohm ; miners. One hundred and twenty-seven I miners from tin* Wheeling Creek region, over the river, inarched through the j city and rui'ched the Biggs Hum mine, | just boiow Wheefing. at 4 o'clock. The Ohio men came lor t lie pqrposo of clos- j ing down the Hoggs Ktiti mine, the only railroad mine m tiie Wneeling tiistnet , now being operate i They announce j they will stay until the Boggs Kuu ; J ’oins the strike, and 209 more Barton, laynard. Pas oo and other mining communities in eas’ern Ohio are to join 1 tlie Wheeling Creek men now at Boggs Bin Mmm Mur«ler«Mt by 3l«»<riii«liiiierM. Bikminoham, Aia , Aug. 10.—While on Ins way to serve warrants on charges of “wildcatting,” Link Wharton, a deputy sheriff, in Cleburne county, was ass m mated from the bushes. His body was literally filled with lead. Wharton left Kdwardsvtlle with several papers in his possession. Tiie ussas-duction was most brutal, the men not giving the brave otli-er a chance to defend 111 nisei f. Tiie sheriff of tlie countv, upon being not.tied of the killing, or ganized a posse and has gone to the place, determined on hunting the mur derers down. Son Suecci-ds Ills l>eu>l Kellier. Rich mono, An,'. 10—R. Carter Scott, sou of the lute Attorney General Soott, has been appointed attorney general to fill his father's unexpired term. He has accepted, and Ins name it is under stood, will probably go before tlie Roa noke convention for the nomination for the office, though In* will himself make no effort in th it dir etiou. A Itritoo to W ml mu A ill «rlntn. London, Aug 10.—The approaching marriage is announced of Captain Ar thur Hay, a brother of the Karl of Kr- roll, and a captain in tin* Second bui- tuliou of ilie (^neon’s Own Cameron Hlglilniidets, to ilermoiiie, daughter of Mrs Scheiliey. Who lias large property interests at Pittsburg, Pa. Ill I# I in an it .4 **<l Traiuurnr. Bkig.in, An:' 10 The appointment of Baron von Tiiieimuiiu, the retiring German ambassu lor to the Uiiit«*d status, as sectetury of tlieiniperial tri as- urv, in su cuski-in to Count Posaipiwtky- Wfiuci, u gaz ited. impos-'il by the Dominion government, gold seek'»rs go to British Columbia to make their start for the Klo uiike in stead of iroin Sau Francisco or Puget sound. Tlie government made a concession that was not even asked for, ana got nothing m return. As illustrating how the Canadian de termination to collect duty on outfits, unless bought m British territory, af fects this coast, the Pitcairn expedition, which is to leave this port soon, is sig nificant On board the schooner will sail 09 men or more. Of tlio.-.e already regis tered, C9 having learned that their goods will be subject to a tax of 95 per cent if bought here, will buy them at Victoria. SLICK SMUGGLING SCHEME, Cu*t<>ni4 Otr.i inU hI Itox.-ilnixl Unearth » J'lot to Defraud tlie GoverniiiMiit. Rossi,a no, B. C., Aug. 10.—The cus toms officials have discovered a smug- ling scheme on u large scale. Tlie trail up from the Omagauagiian country passes into Canada at Kruders, on Oz >■ yoor lake, where the customliou^e is located, ami then makes a detour in the Umt'-d States and re-enters the Domin ion at a point several miles east of the customhouse. Tne town of Oroo is the heudqu irters of tii<* smu'glers. Freighters from the states bringing in produce come up tiie trail to Kruders, pay duty on stuff they have m their wagons and then follow the road down across the line to Oroo. Here they pick ' up big quail Hies of all sorts of groct - 1 ries, principally tobacco and canned j goons, ami follow tlie road into Canada , again, to which they gain access with out difficulty, as ail tin; goods have pro- i sutuably pal i duty at Kruders, farther : back ou the line. Waruiu^ Notice* In Ufiiiiato r .7<i. San I'kancisco, Aug. 10. — Warning notices, evidently directed against the Chinese Society for English Education, | have been posted upon tiie dead walls of Chinatown. Without being named, the society is pointed at as having lev ied blackmail irom women of id repute imported from China. Tiie poster says: ‘•Lives have been lost before for such litt ie tilings and tney may be lost ! again.” It is signed Mook Clung so ciety ami lias caused considerable con sternation. Tin* police, who have to , run dov/n the notices, treat the matter ’ seriously and say there will soon be more murders m the Chinese quarters. ItrilMl 8ili v ’y ships Cuming Over. ViCTOitia, B. C, Aug. 10.—II. M. S. A)g*ria, one of the survey ships of her majesty’s navy, wiii soon an'ite here to take part m a survey for the PacitP cable. Late advices Irom Honolulu are to tlie effect that li. M. S. Penguin has completed a survey from Australia to Honolulu, and the Algeria will make I tlie survey from here to Honolulu It is also said that tne admiralty is about to make a survey of Clavoquet sound : and issue p new chart of that harbor, lutoriuati.'iii derived from tiie survey , wdl be of benefit in determining the lauding place for tlie cable. Komn lu llMnufMciurlng Industries. BiHMiNGiiAM, Ala., Aug. 10. — The Birmingham Ruffing mills, which have been idle since July 1, have resumed ! work, employing 1,500 men. The Ala- j bama Rolling mills of Gate City 'sill resume next Monday. They give work to bOO men. The Tennessee Coal, Iron 1 ami Railroad company blew in another furnace at Oxuioor, making tlie fif teenth furnace now in operation in tins district, the largest number for live | years. Not since 18119 have the Indus- , tries of Alabama given employment to ! as many mm as now. Mother !>7; VoilutfrMt I hiM 70 KiciiAioNi), Aug. 10. — Mrs. Fannie Cosby of Frederick’s Hall, Louisa county, now 97 years old, has bought 1 her coffin and brought it home in an- ' tieipation of her death. She Inis an mi- married daughter aged 80. one son 70 j and another about 70 Up to u few years ago she did ail the weaving for the family. The four do all of their own household and farm work, rarely employing servants, although they am Well to do. I'urrMictinr mid *1 h r 11 ■ ■ PlKht. Youngstown, O, Aug. 10.—Mike Farrugher and Joe Martin of tins city fought a 45 round draw prizefight near Cleveland. The fight was for ♦I'MI and tlie gate receipts. Martin is Farragher’s trainer atm the match was to settle an old gruuge. h<*ad and us chairman. The other members are: M. L Crawford. Dallas, Ter ; W. B. Dean, Bf. Paul, Minn.; .1. W. Fries, Hniem. N. C ; J. F Hanson, Macon, Ga.; W. C. Harrison, Pniiadelphia, Pa.; Rowland Hazzard. Peacedale, 11. I.; John P Irish, Oakland, Cal.; H. H. KobKaat, Onicago. Lis.; .ffihn J. Mitch* ell, Cincigo, Ids.; A. E Orr. New York; George Foster Pea bony, New York; J. C. Power. Helen;., Mon.; E. (> .Stan- nurd, St. Louis, Mo.; A. E. Wilson, Louisville. Ky. The business of chief importance will be to select 11 men to devote their time to the work mapned out for them to compose the commission. They will bo intrusted with the responsibility of un dertaking to devise some satisfactory and accept able plan for revising, reform ing ami regulating the currency system. The selection by this committee of such a commission is in accordance witn the powers conferred upon it by resolu tions of the convention of business men held in Indianapolis last January. Tiie sessions, for the most part at least, will be executive. Tiie qualifications of every man whose name is presented for membership in the commission will be discussed. Great care is to be taken in the makeup of tins body. Bankers, business men and fanners are tin* classes from which it is proposed to frame it Meven members of the executive com mittee responded to their names when the chairman called the meeting to or der. Those present were: Hugh H. Hanna of Indianapolis, E. O. Staiinard of St. Louis. J. F. Hanson of Macon. Ga.; George Foster Peabedy of New York, Augustus K. Wilson of Louisville, Ky.; J. W. Freis of Salem, N. O , ami H. II. Kohlsuat of Ohicago. The committee bold an executive ses sion and discussed plans for the future, i Nothing definite was done pending the I arrival of tne remaining members of the | committee. The present outlook is that what is l known as the Chicago plan will proba bly be adopted. The commission up- I pointed will work upon tlie general ; b he tue mapped out by the Indianapo- J lis convention and will have exclusive power regardless of tin* executive com mittee ami of the convention, in the construction ami presentation to emi gre's of a new financial system for thm government. BLUE GRASS STATE REPS. Convoitliftti to Nam ) an AppeilaLe Court Clerk Camlidate. LoriFYiu.K, Aug 10.—-The Republi can state convention for the nomination of a candidate for ; court clerk was called to order by State Chairman C. M Barnett of (Jiiioc unty, in Music bail at 9 p. m. Dr. W. J. l)ob>>e, tne newly elected United States senator from Kentueky, was temporary chair man, while ilou. George Denny of Lex ington was permanent chairman. There will be a bitter light between Bradley and Hunter-Todd factions, the former claiming that the state adminis tration should be in dor ed, w!i!e tlie latter assert that a man win knifed Dr. Hunter last spring and winter before last, as Governor Bradley did, is not worthy of recognition in a Republic an gathering. Governor Bradley is in tin* city and lias his friends about him. They say they will introduce a resolu tion in the convention favoring Gover- ner Bradley’s administration and that if it is defeated they wnl make it hot for the Hunter Todd men before fall. There are evidences of a bitter ami vi cious light on all sides, and neither fac tion will ask or give quarter. All the leading Republicans of the state me on bund. The district conventions were held at lu o’clock, and m the Fourth, Sixth and Tenth there weie contesting delega tions. Considerable feeling was en gendered, each set of delegatesclaiiniiig to be tiie properly authenticated one. The Bradleyites are making a bitter war on C E. Sapp. President McKin ley’s appointee for collector of internal revenue m this, the Fifth district. of a Court liriiuroil. EvANsvihue, liwi., Aug. 10.—The marching miners, notwithstanding the court injunction issued against them, hn ed un on the public highways leading to tin* Ingle iiiines, and us the men came ! to work fiu*y were again appealed to by tin* strikers with the result tnat the few who had started to work decided to join ( the strikers Tiie entire for e is now out a.id the marchers are devoting their energy to the other iiiines of the city. It is the opinion that if tiie Ingle men were induced to join tlie other miners here and at Newburg Would quit. Tlie strikers continue to remain oulerly. I) I a in un •! llilcvr* Ual a Doiay. Nkw Yokk, Aug. 10.—Arguments in the habeas corpus proceedings in behalf of tiie alleged New Orleans diamond thieves, Jean Antonio Mugati and Ro- geiio Giiliiez, has been postponed until Wednesday. The adjourn men t was tuk**u to allow tune for the arrival of Important legal papers from New Or- leauc Flint Haiti nt .\•• w Crop. WaiKuviffi.K, N. V., Aug. 10.—The fir/d baie of the New York state 1V.)7 bop crop was sbinped to Hostoti. The puce paid was 95 cents pur pound. THURMOND IS NOT GUILTY. State I'r<*nec«it«r In F^l^eftehl Ac'itutte*! by t tie Jury—l r*:*4 nliort. Coi.UMUlA, S. C., Aug. —All Edge- field jury, after 90 minutes’ delibera tion, found Solicitor J. W. Thurmond, state prosecutor for the Fiftii circuit, not guilty of the murder of W. G. Harris, Jr., last March. Harris was a young man. belonged to an old family and traveled for a drag house in Golaui.da, The cause of tlie trouble grew* out of politics. Thurmond had recently been elected solicitor, while Harris’ father was defeated for a county effioe. Young Harris, meeting Thurmond, charged him with undermining his father and called him a Tillrnanite. Thurmond withdrew into ids office and stood at the door. When Harris came by more words were exchanged, when, Thurmond says, Harris advanced on him with a knife in his hand and he kicked him down the step. Harris came at him again, he swore, with a knife in his left hand and his right on his hip, when he shot him dead. There were no witnesses to this. Harris’ knife was found closed in his right pocket and no other weapon was on his person. THE BIBLICAL ASSEMBLY. Third Annual *ei«Ni«»n Open* sit Agliaville. Hr. Gilbert I* Freni<111«if. Ashkviu.k, N. O , Aug. 7.—The third annual session of the southern Biblical assembly, under the auspices of the American Society of Religious Educa tion, opened in this city. Dr. J. E. Gil bert of Washington, D. O., is in charge. The first lecture was delivered by Bishop Uoudthaler of the Moravian church— subject: “Jesus the God Man.” Tiie school of the English Bible be gun in the First Presbyterian church, with Rev. J. B. Shearer of Davidson college presiding. The juvenile school is under the direction of Mrs. C. H. Bell of Sheffield, Ala. A school of pri mary methods is conducted by Miss Lena Nowlin of Washington, D. U. These are the regular features of the assembly. Bishop Wilson of the Meth odist church south lectured on “Jesus, the Pattern Man.” A STORM HITS ANDERSON. Tree* Flown Down jtu«i ^iu*Mtje<i Into -"‘iilintur*—Two l<Jure«I. Andiskson, S. 0 , Aug. 7.—A storm struck tlie western portion of Anderson county, carrying destruction in its path and injuring many people. At Oakdale Baptist church a Baptist association was in session. One thous and or more people were present—men, women ami children—and the storm broke in awful fury. Great trees were blown down, buggies were smashed ir-to splinters ami the people became panic stricken. Mrs. 11 F Dobbins and a Mrs. Gray were struck by a falling tree tnd b»th s *rious!y injured. Mrs. Dubbins was terribly crushed and will die. The peo ple sought refuge In the church and schmiihouse. Not less than a dozen buggies were smashed. Fiv« tiuiMlrmi Miatir* -Mi ike. Bikminoham, Ala , Aug. b.—Oiiebnn- dred and fifty coal miners employed by the Jefferson Coal and Railway com pany at Mary Lee mines have struck b**- cause of a proposed wage reduction from 95 cents to 99 cents per ton. Three hundred and fifty miners working for the Bessemer Laud ami Improvement company at Beile Ellen have also quit because of a disagreement relative to assessing the minors to pay the com pany's physician. An early adjustment at both places is expected. Hallway ami si«aiiil*<>at I'roparty. KaM'.igh, Aug. 7.—The total valoa tion placed by the railway commission on railway, telegraph and steamboat property iu North Carolina is $99,158,- 009. the increase over last year being $9,681,000 The increase is $9 980,949 m railway and $904,016 in telegraph prop erty. There is a decrease of $9,969 lu steamboat and canal property. The railway increase is made up of $1,974.- 951 on the southern, $651,479 on the At lantic Coast Line ami $979,095 on tlie Seaboard Air Line. Tlllinitu Mity Gun t «»r Gov»rnor. Aimr.vH.i.K. S. <1, Aug. 6. — In n speech here before the farmers’ insti tute, Senator Tillman said: "I will re sign tin* snnatorshlp ami run for the gowtrnorxhlp myself, if necessary to maintain the dispensary law ” Hr. Wllllxiii HIhcU Dritil. Kai.kigh, Aug. 6 —Rev. Dr. William S. Black, u well known Methodist min ister and presiding elder of Littleton ulstnct, died there, aged 61. Nurl li < atrelliil.ii I. N.in.il. Washington, Aug. 6 -The president has appointed Allred E. Hoitou to he United States attorney for the western Ulstnct of Nm th Carolina. Great Improvement In Georgia and the Carolinas. AVERAGES OF DIFFERENT STATES Reinm* to the Agricultural l»<-|)artineiit Miow id, iucreiMa of Nine-tenth, of One folnt Dver l.a.t Mouth'. K«|y>rt—So^i.t Decline lo lex..—Crop lu the Dower MD.H.iiipi Valley. Washington, Aug. 10.—The returns for cotton to the department of agricul ture indicate an average condition of ' 86.9 on Aug. 1, as compared with 86 0 j on July 1, an increase of nine-tenths of one point. The average condition Aug 1, 1896, was 80.1 and the average coudi- j tion on Aug. 1 for the last ton years is 86 1. There lias been a decided improve ment in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, where tlie conditions I have advanced ten, seven and six points respectively. In the lower Mississippi valley the improvement is much less marked, ami iu Texas there is a Gecline of 10 points. Tlie averages of the states are as fol- ] lows: Virginia. f9; Louisiana, 9); North Carolina. 97; South Carolina, 99; G*or- ; gia, 95; Florida, 88; Alabama, 88; Mis- ' sissippi, 85; Texas, 78; Arkansas, 90; i '< Tennessee, 84; Missouri, 85; Indian Ter ritpry, 94; Oklahoma, 86. BUD BROOKS IS ON TRIAL. ArrMitfiiftfl at ('harmed With t ho Killing of tlMrcht&nt M. C, limit. ! J EFFKRSON, Ga., Aug. 10. — Bud i Brooks is on trial here, charged with the murder of M. C. Hunt. Grady i Reynolds, Brooks’ alleged companion in crime, will be arraigned after the lat ter’s trial is over. The muniered man was a prominent merchant of this county. He sold an in- terest iu his business to Brooks, ami the two started in a vehicle to Harmony Grove, where Brooks claimed be would be able to get the money to pay Hunt ! the indebtedness contracted by the sale. | They never reached Harmosy Grove, however. On the way Hunt, who had a large amount of money on his person, w is ! murdered by Brooks and Reynolds, who was a party to tiie conspiracy, ami tlie body of Hunt was hidden. Brooks ro- 1 turned to Hunt’s store, took possession of it and closed out tiie goods at unrea sonably low prices, claiming that he had purchased the stock from Hu t, who iu the meantime had taken the purchase money ami left the county. Tlie body of Hunt was subsequently found ami Brooks skipped. He wa- af terwards captured at Oakwav, S. C. It I was then ascertained that Reynolds was j a party to tiie crime and ho too was captured and incarcerated. The state confidently expects to con vict both men of murder without nny j trouble. Sentiment iu this county is about unanimous against them. BIG MEETING IN NEWBERRY. The Senator Itl <'antihiitte* Sues*!;—Tilt lleiMreeii Duncait and Kvanft. Cmm.KSTOs, Aug. 10.—The senato rial campaign meeting at Newberry was , one of the largest as well as quietest yet j held. There was but little hurrahing Candidate John T. Duncan appeared and sail! that he entered the race to de fend himself umi to prove any charges he might have made. lb* said that it’ any candidate pleaded martyrdom on Its account he could prove everything he ever said, and if specific evidence was wanted he could give it with accumulated proof. Mr. Evan). about wiiotu Mr Duncan had no doubt spoken, said if any one j had any personal grievances to settle with him, he could easily be foun i. and 1 In* did not settle personal matters on the stand. This will in all probability settle the ( matter. Key U w-l Troop* Not OnJerail Out. Ki;y Wr.si, Aug. 10.—The reports ij the effect that tin* local militia has been ordered out to protect a uei;ro piisouer are without foundation. These reports iu all probability grew out of tin* fact that Johnson, tlie negro prisoner ac cused of criminal assault, will be tried Wednesday in the circuit court before Judge Rhiliips and the fear Unit some of the residents of this section might he organizing for tlie purpose of taking tiie law into their hands MR. BUTLER AT RALEIGH. T!i« Fo|MilUt CbmlrtiiAM of Fusion ^ •n«i tli*) Neat C^umpMl;*. RaI.fkih, Aug. 10.—National Popu- uhst Chairman Marion Buffer is here to remain a week. He says the Popu list state committee, at its meeting here next Wednesday, wiii discuss the situa tion, principles and issues for rh* statu. He will speak at Wadeiboro, Newton. C< ncord and Ij^noir. We wants to taix over questions with the committee be fore making these speeches. He W;-.- asked, “Has fusion with the Republi cans been satisfactory? and replied, “The Republicans in North Carolina stood fairly well to their p edj-es iu 1894 They fell short in 1896 ’ He declared that the matter of th* lease of tiie North Carolina railroad cannot be sidetracked as an is'ii* next year by all the politicians of both oui panies. “Do yon think Populism has reached high water mark?” he was asked, and replied: “Our partv will continue to grow end gain recruits from both ol<l ones. There a*-e certain grout issues now l»e- fore tin* people of North Carolina. The PopulLt party will force them to the front in the fight. Both old parties must take a stand either on the side of the people or the side of the monopolies. Trusts are to be the supreme issue in the next campaign ” LYNCHING IN MISSISSIPPI. Mob IlittiifK John G«»r<l<»n 9 th« Murderer of m Highly Krufoct'Mi M hite Mint. VicKsBt kg. Miss., Aug. 10. — John Gordon, alius Lewis Nelson, the negro who murdered Willi: m Allen at Bruns wick ou July 15 by clubbing him with a gnu barrel and who was captured m Louisiana Suimav, was hanged by lynchers some time during the night. No inquest has been he!u so far and de tails cannot be had. Gordon killed Allen, a much rev peeled white citizen, in a very treacher ous manner. He was captured by three negroes, while engaged in a game of craps, after a desperate struggle. He confessed his guilt, us well as two other murders. He was taken to Drum*- wick directly from Louisiana, and when the steamer Annie Laurie passed the place at 9 a. m. his body was seen dang ling from a pecan tree. DECISION HANDED DOWN. Judffe D#fi.i«M a it ^Drlginal F*ck;$£*»* — Kill in£. Chaui.eston, Aug. (. — Judge Simon- ton of the United States court has filed his decision defining au original pack age and thereby setrllng a disputed feature of tlie dispensary law. The court holds that the original package is the form in which the liquor is delivered to tiie initial carrier at the point of shipment. If a box of iiouor is imported, tiie whole birx niiist be sold and not a single bottle from the box. Tiie decision will require all dealers to import liquor in single packages. The decision was rendered on suits brought by Guckenheimer & Sons of Savannah. M Heifer & Co. of Cin cinnati and the Portlier Brewing com pany. It is favorable to Guckenheimer and adverse to tiie other parties. X«*gro Iffiif4iil*i. EukaLI.a, Ala, Aug. 0. —At Spring hill, on the Montgomery and Eufaula railway, *90 miles north of here, Turner Clark, a negro, entered the bedroom of Coon Roberson’s daughter. The young lady’s screams aroused tier father and the negro was frightened away. The father, with neighbors, followed and soon captured Clark. He was brought to Springhill, the nearest village, and placed in a vacant store. The building was soon surrounded by an infuriated mob, and the negro was taken to a neighboring grove and swung to a limb. Kiiekar At «k<-« Mvo Ap|,,,|iitinent*. Atlanta, Aug. 6 —Georgia’s new revenue collector, 11. A. Rucker, has made his first appointments, naming five deputy collectors, one of whom is a negro, and a negro messenger. All of these places come under the civil service regu.ations and with the exception of one deputy, whose name was taken from the eligible list, the ap pointments made are temporary, await ing the receipt of a new eligible list from Washington. A ratitl l).i«li tor Kretxlom. Coll'MHIa, S. C., Aug. 10—While a guard was returning to prison with seven convicts, who had be<*n cutting wood, Williams, a white boy 16 y**ars old, scut un two mouth* ago from Barn well to serve a five months’ sentence for stealing a watch, made a dash. Tiie guard fired at him four times with a rilie. At the second shot Williams fell, but got up and kept going, lb* was tracked into tin* woods, but there ail trace ended. The guard thinks he is dead. lo lii*|irrt I lit* Ocilit Mine*. Montuomkky, Aia., Aug. 9.—Dr. Eu gene H. timttli, state geologist, has ar ranged to spend tin* ‘next two or three mouths in Cleburne, Clay ami Ran dolph counties, in east Viahama, where he will make n p#ii>'»iiol inspection of the gold prospecting work hi that sec tion Several new iiiines have recently peeu opened and the prospects are that the gold milling imimtry in the eastern counties will soon tase on important proportions. .IikIk* SmikusI AIcOiiwmo l>«s<l Ahkkvii.i.k, S. C., Aug 9—Judge hamuel McGowan died at his home bore aged 78 years. He served in the Mexican war ns captain and quarter master, wa- elected a member of con gress iu 1865, but was denied bis seat, was a member of tin* state legislature, a brigadier general ui the confederate army for u long time and associate just ice of the supreme court of .South Car olina. M»l> in I'ursiiit <it » Knit*. A.mikvili.k, N. C., Aug. 9.—Miss Kiltie Henderson, the unmarried daugh ter of John Henderson, living 7 miles north of Asheville, while on her way from Hundayschool, was brutaby as saulted Her assailant escaped ami bauds of men traveling in all directions hud not apprehended hull when last / beard from Miss Henderson was a, IlrltUli Host* Ker Aiuwrleai* Wi»t«r*. London, Aug. 10.—In pursuance of the British admiralty’s policy of strengthening the tor|>edo boat ami tor pedo destroyer flotillas abroad, the Vir ago umi Brasher have been commis sioned for the Fueitlo station, mid tbu t^uail ami Sparrow hawk have been commissioned for the North American station. These small vessels will be conveyed to their station by cruisers. Vet* t<i Duel at Or«anvlll«. Columbia, 8. C, Aug. 10.—Indica tions urn tiiat there will be a very large attendance of confederate veterans at the reunion to he hwld at Greenville be ginning Aug. 95. Ninety seven camps have signified their purpose to go tu Greenville, where elaborate prepara tions are being made for tlnbr enter tainment lie Itiiniliarilad Tort Suuilsr. Kokomo, 1ml., Aug. 10. Abram Micheuer, a pinner of this county, and brother of ex Councilman J. B Mich- ener of this city, died ut H[>enuor, Ind , aged 65. He was one of the few survi vors on the ironclad Nuhaut at the bom bardment of Fort Sumter in 1869, he having charge of the engines of the turret. "I'xmiiIiiK Tutu" I* Puutobad. Bowman, Go., Aug. 10 John II. Maxwell, i merchant of this place, was severely whipped by a mob of 90 men, furnished with a ticket ami forced to leave towli. There was evidence that he had txd'ii making a pru floe of look- heard frniu. Ai us itemiersou was a j lug into tl e windows of private houses orinph*, but pretty and highly respecteo. * late at uij ht. ‘ i )i