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r r DAM SEEMS OVER Everything Was Quiet Enough Sunday ^ ? jg St, Petersburg WAS >0 RIOTING IN ANY QUARTER .Demonstrations Were Not Attempted and the Only Disorder Was in a meatre at Night When Abuse of the Czar Was Shouted by the Audience. > St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The anticipated renewal of trouble amonk workmen today was not realized. Neither strikers nor students made the slightest attempt to demonstrate, and throughout the day the city presented a normal appearance. The Emperor's creation cf a joint commission of masters and workmen, chosen by themselves, to investigate the cause of discontent among the laborer^ has made an exceedingly good impression, being considered definite evidence of the government s purpose 10 of the rapacious masters who have paid starvation wages to do justice to their employes. The imperial decree ordering the formation of the committee reposes the presidency of the body in Senator Chidlovski, a member of the council of the empire, and instructs the committee to ascertain immediately the causes of discontent of St. Petersburg workmen and devise measures to prevent such iiscontent in the future. V The comm..tee consists of representatives of government departments, the various industries, and the workmen. The President is authorized to report In person to' the Emperor and determine the number and mode of selection of tho committee., At the Mali Theatre a scene was created by cries of "Down with the autocracy" and personal abuse of the Emperor. The demonstrators were ejected from the theatre. The police continue to make arrests. The Czar's Announcement. St Petersburg, By Cable.?The news that Emperor Nicholas has endorsed the scheme for the revival of the Zemsky'Seabor, or ancient land parliament, which the old Emperors invoked in times of stress, has spread through the city and created intense satisfaction among liberal classes. The newspapers this morning were filled with articles descriptive of this ancient Russian instittuion, indicating that word had .gone forth that the government had decided to listen to the voice of representatives of the people. Naturally. there is some skepticism as to whether the government intends frankly to take the steps, but the general verdict is that if the Emperor has succeeded in shaking off reactionary in Huences ana now procerus iu faith to summon the Zemsky Seabor, they will rally 10 his support the moderate Liberals, and perhaps arouse a wave of genuine enthusiam in the country. Liberals are convinced that the meeting of such a representative body must ' e followed by important and widespr .-ad reforms. Wet/ Blizzard Swept. Kansas City, Mo., Special.?Reports Sunday night from Missouri, Minnesota Kansas. Nebraska. Iowa, the Da- | kotas, northern Texas, Indian Territory, Arkansas and Oklahoma say that unusually cold weather prevails. In Omaha the thermometer registered 16 degrees below zero at 9 o'clock. High winds prevail in many localities, drifting the snow badly, and delaying railroad traffic in all directions. Reports from Oklahoma and Indian Territory say the thermometer was 5 below zero in several places, and ranged at zero all day. 'From all parts of the two Territories come accounts of suffering and death as the result of the sudden norther. Visiting New York. Washington, Special. ? President Roosevelt left Washington Monday morning for a two-day visit in New York, during which he will make a speech at the Lincoln birthday celebration at the Waldorf-Astoria, spend a short time at the Press Club banquet at the New Aster House, lunch ai me umversnjr viuu, uj?w m uiiwv Hungary," and visit friends. Atlanta's Troubles Ending. Atlanta. Ga.. Special.?With large forces of men. who have been repairing since the havoc of the recent sleet storm, continued their work all day (ounday). both the Western Union and Postal Telegraph Companies and the telephone companies are getting their wires in better condition, an'i Atlanta is in closer touch with the outside world -than she has been for a i week. The recent storm was the most de- | structlve in the history of the city, j The amount spent by the telegraph j and telephone companies to restore norma! conditions will reach an enormous sum. . - % Four Injured by Explosion. ? ? 1 S f. Erie, Pa.. Special.?-\n expiooicn ui \ natural gas at the heme of the caretaker of the city water works reservoir seriously injured four persons this evening. Two of the injured were so badly shocked and burned that they may die. All were blown through a second-story window and down an embankment 30 feet high. The injured j are: Louis seiter. aged 40 years and j his wife; Harry Seiter. aged 14 years, i and Samuel Pfister, aged 65 years. SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE The House and Senate Getting Down to Solid Work. The entire time of the senate Tuesday night was devoted to a discussion if the ten circuit bill and the end is not yet. The apponents of the bill founded their speeches on constutional technicalities but the supporters took a broader view and held that no mere technicalities should stand in the way of progress and relief from congestion in the courts. Senator Brown moved to postpone the consideration of the bill until the next session out senator Hood moved to table this. COMMITTEE REPORTED. The joint committee appointed from the house and senate during the session of 1904 to investigate the books and accounts of the State officers, yes terydav made their report to the general assembly. The report on the secretary of state's office appears on the face of it to be a condemnation or rather a rebuks of lax methods of that office. The committee has been thorough in its investigation and has not spared words.?Columbia State. HOUisE. By a vote of 63 to 31 the house of representatives Tuesday night put itself on record as favoring the original "Brice bill." This bill was introduced by Mr. Toole of Aiken, and was the identical bill presented by Senator Brice of York last year. The vote last year was 49 to 66. the majority being in favor of placing the odious half tax on the counties voting out the dispensary. Among the new bills introduced were: Senator Butler?Fixing the time for holding courts in the saveral circuits This bill is conditional the passage of the ten circuit bill. Senator Butler?To incorporate the Cherokee, Union and Spartanburg rail way. Senator McGowan?To incorporate the Reedy River Power Company. At the morning session of the senate third reading bills on the calendar were read and debate begun on the 10-circuit bill but this was interrupted by the visit of the house so that acts might be ratified. ACT RATIFIED. Debate was then curtailed by the entrance of the speaker and clerk to ratify acts made into laws as follows: To allow county treasurer of Chester to borrow funds. To prohibit trespass. * * To allow Clio school district in Marlboro to issue bonds. To dispense of all moneys in State treasury known as direct tax funds. Ceding to government certain lands on Suilivan's Island. Amending law relating to powers of trustees of the S. C. M. A. Fbr the protection of aids to navigation established by the United States lighthouse board. Fixing liability of stockholders in banks. After ratification was over it was not long until the senate adjourned until evening. The house sent word that it refused to include traction engines in the provisions of the automobile bill and the president appointed Senators McLeod and Warren as members of a conference committee on this amendment. The historical commission bill from the house, was amended on motion of Senator C. Lu Blease by reducing the salary of the clerk from $1,200 to $1,000. The bill which the senate sent to the house had the amount of $1,000. The bill known as the matrimonial law was killed. The House, by a vote of 77 to 20, refused to kill Mr. L. O. Patterson's bill for the establishment of en industrial school for boys at a cost of $15,000. It then passed, the bill amended so as to reduce the amount to $5.000, but requiring the penitentiary people to furnish the necessary convicts without expense for the construction of the original buildings. An amendment also requires three of the seven trustees to be women. The board is to select the place for the school. The Senate passed the tenth circuit bill, amended so as not to interfere with the present arrangements regarding judges and solicitors. It makes a ninth circuit out of Greenville, Anderson. Oconee and Pickens, and a tenth circuit out of Charleston, Beaufort and Berkeley. Answering the invitation to address the Assembly on the 9th, in the interest of the Jamestown Exposition, General Fitzhugh Lee wired his regrets from Washington, saying that on that day the matter would come up in Congress. and he could not reach South Carolina. He suggested that the matter could be attended to next year, but thought it might be best for the Senate to take action now along the lines suggested in his letter of a few days ago. One of the interesting features of House legislation so far was the decisive majority with which that body last night passed the Toole bill, which eliminates the tax feature from the Euce act, allowing counties to vote out their dispensaries. The Senate has killed a somewhat similar measure, but the Senate bill went further, and allowed not only counties, but communities, to vote out their dispensaries, and the friends of the Toole bill are by no means discouraged with the prospects of its passing the Senate. To hold this proviso of half a mill tax over the heads of those counties desiring or which might desire to vote out their dispensaries is looked upon as a threat, which is being resented. The handwriting upon the wall has been brought into bold relief by the action of the House, which comes freshest from the people. In the House of Representatives Thursday, there was a final fight on Mr.Patterson's bill to establish an industrial school for boys. The ten-hour labor bill was killed, oc won nlcA InhoritQnPP tfl Y Co!. D. 0. Herbert's bill to codify the militia laws of the State was passed by thp House. Cel. Herbert explained that the laws of this State are in imperfect condition, and the bill would re-enact these laws with a number of desirable changes. The bill provides for no appropriation, although it does increase the salary of the adjutant general from $1,500 to $1,900. He showed some instances in which there is no warrant of law for the militia organization; there is no statute to provide for three majors to a regiment, al \ though every regiment has three majors to comply with the manner of organization in other States. There was , no opposition to the bill. The house gave second reading to the ways and means committee's bill to . provide for a committee of five to ini spect the books and vouchers of the t State treasurer, comptroller general. 1 r-ecretary of state and sinking fund | commission. The committee has heretofore consisted of three members, but i Mr. Moses explained that the work is very heavy and the committee can save time by having a large number of members and dividing the work. The Senate recurred to the ten circuit bill and made a slight change. In joint session acts were ratified as f a1 1 rvvi'O Issuing school bonds in district No. 36 in Orangeburg. Amending the act requiring payment of license fees (corrects an error). Relating to board of trustees of Presbyterian College of South Carolina. Having State Treasurer issue duplicate instead of triplicate receipts. Amending law relating to primary elections. Ratifying charter of Parr Shoals Power company. Allowing county commissioners of Lee to borrow money. Relating to bond issue for court house at Camden. Electing town auditor for Union. Validating sale of two lots in Darlington to C. W. Hewitt. Relating to schools districts of Marion. Mullins, Dillon and Latta. Fixing time for electing trustees in Easley school district. Providing for reappraisement and taxation of certain abandoned rice fields. Authorizing town of Wagener to 13sue bonds. Authorizing school district No. 65 of Orangeburg to issue bonds. Authorizing school district No. 70 in Orangeburg to issue bonds. Developing duties of board of public works on town council and treasurer and clerk of Gaffney. Although the Senate was too dignified to confess it. it adjourned until 11 o'clock this morning so that the senators might go to the minstrels last evening. There was no night session. as all wanted to attend the theatre. The Clemson Bill. Debate began Friday in the senate on the Pollock bill. This is the house bill to establish at Wlnthrop an inspection bureau to examine fertilizers. Clemson now derives the total income from the privilege tax and if the bill passes the senate Winthrop will be a part beneficiary in it. The bill has been on the calendar for some time, ever since it came over from the house. Senator W. J. Johnson has on the senate calendar a similar bill but he will let it rest now that the Pollock bill has arrived. A good deal of speech-making was engaged in Friday on this bill, but no action was taken. Its consideration occupied both the morning and evening session. The house of representatives has declined to pass any legislation to amend the dispensary- law. Saturday the senate bill was considered as a substitute for Mr. Brantley's bill, and the whole matter was indefinitely postponed after a long fight. Will Increase Levy. The "supply bill." or the bill to fix the levy for taxes for the current year, was given second reading in the house of representatives Saturday. The levy for State and county purposes is raised in the bill from 5 to 5 1-2 mills. This is the first time in two score years that the levy has exceeded 5 mills. This bill occupied practically the entire time in the House. In the Senate routine business only was considered. Many members were absent. RAM'S HORN BLASTS tHE atheist cannot find God for the same reason that the thief cannot find Virtue is the seFaith alone can Men who think Giving is love's t J*E * No deed or love is ever small. An agnostic is one who does not know whether he knows or not. Some people find the church a good place in which to shut out the needs of the world. The religion that makes you feel like fighting ydur brother never came from your Father. Your force depends on the fervor of your faith rather than on the ferver of your feelings. Men who talk of worshiping God in nature are usually found looking for Him with a gun or a rod. When a man's heart is in Heaven it does not suffer from palpitation every time it sees the collection coming. The extent of your friendship depends not on the people who love you but on the number of people you can love. It's not much use talking to the hungry about the Kingdom of Heaven until you show them the kindness of earth. Some men are satisfied not to go to Heaven because they know some others who are planning on living there, i The wickedest thing in this world is the church that winks at the rich with one eye and glares on the poor with the other. Christ talked about ihc mustard seed in one sermon; but some preachers have nothing but mustard in all their sermons. Eoy Works to Pay Debt. Four years ago a bey of Oakland. Cal.. shot and killed a man who had been annoying his sister. He was acquitted. but his trial left him in debt $250. He mortgaged a lot he owned for the amount, paid his lawyers and went to sea on the battleship Iowa. He returned with money enough tc pay off the debt with interest and intends new to Wcrl: ashore. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS^ Records in the Office Not In a Satisfao tory Condition For a Considerable Period. The report of the legislature special tommittee to examine the books of State officers in part as follows: To the General Assembly of South Carolina: Your committee appointed to make quarterly examination of the offices of the State froa finror nrtmntrnlltin rron : era], sinking fund commissioners and | the secretary of state beg to report: That they have examined the book of accounts of the above named officers and find the offices of State treasurer, comptroller general and sinking fund correct, with proper vouchers, the offices and the books neatly and well kept, and the committee, with pleasure, commend the efficiency and courtesy of the officers and assistants in these several departments. Appended are statement from the books of die several departments. We beg to call attention to the fact that the office of the comptroller general is so:ely in need of cases, etc.. for the preservation of the valuable records in that office. Papers of great value are compelled to be left uncovered and unprotected for lack of safe and convenient places to file them, and should a fire occur in that office, as did occur in the secretary of state's office, the less would be irreparable and lathing would be saved except such reooi^and books as can be and are kept fnfethe already crowded safe. We earneMy urge supplying this office with proper fixtures and that sufficient appropriation be made for this purpose at this session. * * As to the secretary of state's office, the report says: This office has not been included in the examinations heretofore, but last year this additional duty was placed on this committee and it has been an onerous, unpleasant and extremely difficult matter to ascertain the exact and true condition of the finances of this office?due to many reasons which we win aiernpi 10 snow later on. When we first went to this office in April. 1904. we were informed that we could conclude our tabors "in 10 minutes" and weie shown the bank books and a mere statement of amounts, aggregate, received in that office and amount paid State treasurer. On insisting that we came for a real examination we were begged for time to prepare books, etc. However, your committee went to work, but soon found, on account of the absence of books and improper entries of cash received, wrong and improper entries made in the books furnished, which had been badly kept. Your committee feeling the need of a thorough examination adjourned and secured the services tit an accountant, Mr. J. C. Hollis of Gaffney, " S. C., and with his valuable assistance made up a book of every item we could find and was furnished hv Mr R M McCown, the assistant clerk, said bo k being now in the possession of your committee. After adjourning and before our return with Mr. Hollis many errasurbs and corrections were made on the books attempted to be kept. The only way we could do was to handle each declaration for charter, return, application for notary public?in fact every paper during Mr. Gantt's admintration. Seeing that considerable time would be consumed in this examination, we did not feel justified in going back of his term without express authority, so did not do so, but feel now that this should be done by the committee to be appointed. In comparing the return of corporators to the charters that were re-' corded, we found some unrecorded and others eroneously recorded, such as where a charter had bean granted in the sum of |15,000, same was recorded as having been issued in the sum of $50,000. This work we did not complete on account of a very damaging fire in the ofTice where, principally, all records were kept, and since that time we have been unable to do any such work, for the books were badly injured, hence such examination was necessarily suspended. In many cases we found where over collections had been made, aggregating $367.55 ranging from 50 cents to $77.50. There was no evidence that these various items had been returned to the proper parties, but on the contrary, j the secretary of state informed us we ; "had nothing to do with these excess j amounts, as that was a matter be-1 tween himself and the parties sending I them." We do not agree to such a proposition. On the book which was supposed to bo kept items were left off' entirely. To illustrate: Camperdown ; mills, chartered April SO, 1904; charter fee *100, and others. Improper amounts credited to State: 1 PucUhaber Bros., Charleston; charter fee $50; amount State credited with, $15. March 23. 1904. We leel compelled to condemn this carelssness in handling the people's money and in not keeping proper entries of all moneys coming through the office, also the method that has prevailed in many instances where a credit system has been allowed. To give an instance, the Norris Cotton mills, charter increased on April 10, 1903; charter fee $50; amount received after charter issued, $?p; and the claim was made that the tote Col. D. K. Norris contended that "the office already owed him $25." Either this money is lost to the Statev or is a loss to the secretary of state; at any rate such practice should be discontinued. J 1?? ' *' ? Uomo I mere are oner msiauvca. ? mot nvmo of over-collections may have been returned. but we have no eviden e of same. Your committee is cognisant of one instance where there has een a < refund. The charter was gra ni on ! February 23, 1904. and ref nade June 23. 1904, after these ! iad been called to the attentk lis office. We regret to report that eys" have not been paid over terly" to the State treasurer as is re quired by law, same being held, in some instances, considerable time after the expiration of the several quarters. Your committee begs to report that, as the report of receipts and disbursements will show, hereto appended, the secretary of state has deposited in bank several hundred dollars in excess of the amounts shown by his books or evidenced by proper vouchers in his office, as having been collected for fees. In this amount, no doubt, is included some of those excess collections sent throughout the State and which do < belong to the State, but should be r funded to tbe proper parties wben tt charters were issued. We found by mere chance that ot item of $102.50 for charter of the Unie Warehouse company of Columbia, cha tered on the 15th day of January, 190 during Mr. Cooper's administratioi was presented for payment in Jun 1904, and has not yet been turned ori to the State treasurer, being, we ai informed, now in the office of secretai of state. There may be other items < Mr. Gantt's predecessor still outstan< ing, but, as we stated, we did not ? back that far. SrORTIXG BREVITIES. TV. A. II. Stafford *vnn the first p?*iz In t'ne pigeon shoot at Palm Beach. Kir The motor boat Challenger eovero eight miles in a race at Lake Worth i 10m. 33s. It is reported that there wiil he ver little racing in Russia this year m cause of the war. American tennis experts will play fo file Davis international trophy in Enj land this summer. "Willie" Anderson lowered the reror for Miami (Jolf Club course of G5. mad hy Walter Travis, to <rj. O. Ordwein won the five and on< half mile cross country run of the Pat time A. C. Time. 35m. 15s. Willie Iloppe defeated Edward M< Laughlin in their tiiree nights' IS. halkliue billiard match in New Yor City The Stewards of the Xew Yor Jockey Club have denied the reques of the Empire City Trotting CIul> fo daies. I Official weights for the Brooklyn an Suburban handicaps make E. I Thomas' Hcrmis top weight in both, a lit) pounds. T.V,. O A/? K *t.t At. <? *1, J iiuiticr ui i lit* full i J i fx* > trotting record for three-year-olds, wa sold for ?2000 at Madison Square Gat ilen. New York City. Elliott C. Lee was elected presiden of the American Automobile Assoeia tion, and AV K. Vanderbilt, Jr., witli drew his resignation from the Raeiu Board. Automobile records were made on tb Florida beach course at one mile i 32 1-5 sccouds, ten miles in Cm. 15s twenly miles in 15m. 23s., and tift, miles iu 3Sm. 5Ss In the opening match at handica] hand tennis doubles at the New Yor Athletic Club Messrs. Haslin and Da vis defeated Messrs. Rauuey and Nac thing in straight games. THE HALLS OF CONGRESS. The Senate considered the Statehoo bill. The nous, considered the rostofllc Appropriation bill. The Fostoftice Appropriation bill w.1 under consideration by the House. Two battle ships are the only ne^ navy vessels to be authorized by Coi gross this session. Republicans agreed to pass the Towi seud-Esch rate-regulation bill at thi session of Congress. The reply of the House managers 1 mtige nwji.vuc ? |>n-a 01 uui gumj received by tlio Senate. Senator Crane introduced a Mil n\ proprinting $2">0,MK> for tlie establist ment of a leprosarium for the segregt tion of lepers. Representative Hull, of Town, has It troducfd a Mil providing for an nnnw appropriation of $1,000,000 for the pr< motion of rifle practice. The Senate passed a measure to eur over-capitalization of corporations i the District of Columbia, and a Dill t prevent express companies carrying ol scene literature. The leadership of John Sharp Wil lams was practically repudiated whe the Democrats broke away front hit and in large numbers voted against tli Senate Army Appropriation bill anient 111 outs. Senator Dillingham Introduced a bi directing that the name of. Esther J Damon, widow of Noah Damon, late c Massachusetts troops. Itevoiutionnr War. bo plaoo<I on tho pension roll ? tlio rate of $24 a month. Elmer Doror. of Oliio, assistant soi rotary of tho Republican National Con mittoo, and former private seeretar to 1 lie late Senator Hanna. lias d< oPnod tho tender by the President c the Assistant Secretaryship of th Treasury to become vacant on the r< tircmcut of Robert C. Armstrong. Parisian Railway Stations. In nothing is Paris more artist than in the designs of the metropo! tan railway stations. Beauty and uti ity, divorced by our railway archite ture, are blended there in a buildic like a miniature palace. But thei are malcontents. The new station i the Place de l'Opera is denounced b uause it js uui wuai me rrencn jou nals call "modem style." It is eigh centh century, and looks like th Trianon at Versailles on a small seal "What have we to do with the eigh eenth century?" cry the conscientiou objectors. "No true Republican ca take his ticket at such a station witl out violating his principles. A ba f.ouis Quinze! Conspuez les Bou; bons!"?London Chronicle. New York's Odd Thermometer. New York city unconsciously pr< tides an odd thermometer fc loungers in Madison Square. This 1 the geyser-action fountain, whic sends up a spurt of water every fiv seconds or so. In the summer it spray reaches a height of fifteen c twenty feet, and on the hottest day 'he bench warmers who sit about I almost imagine themselves coo -> weather gets colder the spui be more and more subdued. A tei *' night it is scarcely mor tha ional heaving mound I the pool. As the varS; tion ' "> to four inches fc each ~ t in the par with ^dge the ten perat remarkable ai curai more than tw degn al mark. ie v ie Many Newsy Items Gathered Frt* ?n all Sections. r 2, ' a General Cotton Market. 0 jj Galveston, steady 7 11-1? re New Orleans, firm ?794? Mobile, easy .. 19k Savannah, auiet ...; % j, Charleston, quiet H. VA ,a Wilmington, steady 714 ' Norfolk, firm 714 Baltimore, nominal 7% New York, quiet 7.8# Boston, quiet 7M Philadelphia, quiet 8.0? Houston, steady 7 9-1? Augusta, quiet 7 9-l d Memphis, steady 11 St. Louis, quiet 7%* Louisville, firm 7 11-lW y Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices pair! to wagons: r Strict good middling 7%. I ' Good middling 714, Strict middling 714 j ,1 Middling 71fc , c Tinges 6 to T ; Stains ...S to ? An Unusual Occurrence. Winnsboro, Special?The unusual oe? '* currence of two funerals at the Prea? I ? b^rian church at the same time was > wtnessed here Wednesday. The fnneI #als of Mrs. S. A. Boylston and Wait liam Orr Sloan were held at the Pre*? r byteriaa church at 12 o'clock. Hol Boylston was Interred In the Picaby? ^ terian cemetery and then Mr. Sloan"* f body was taken to the Associate Keformed Presbyterian cemetery. Amoajg u Mrs. Boylston's pall bearers were JL ? * T VaII Cr Plnn W. TV Douglass, Longstreet Gantt, SL tt j Dunn, D. V. Walker and J. J. Obear. t. Mr. Sloan's pall bearers were: Hon~i orary, Dr. J. C. Bucanan, W. A. 5 A. D. Hood and S. D. Dunn; active, George F. Lauderdale. Jr.. J. McCants ? Douglass, Teasel Clarke, Jas. I*. Bryson, Jr., John L. Hardin and Henry K. y Matthews. Rev. S. C. Byrd held th? services over both bodies. r> k A Gruesome Find. u Union, Special.?A gruesome And was made at the Monarch cotton mills Wednesday afternoon when as the cotton was drawn through the loos black: suction pipe into the picker room, is the midst of which, as it fell oat, wan a long black withered finger. The missing member waa apparently the third finger of the left band and 19 the nail still remained on it. Wherm the cotton the finger was found is. v came from of course cannot be aaceri tained, but it is thought it moat haaw been here in Union county, as Monarch. i- mills is a heavy buyer of Union county is raised cotton. 0 South Carolina Items. 18 Polk Odom shot and killed Bhmsto*. H. Hembree near Holly Springs, Spar- ~^ tanburg county. Odom has been arrea?~ ed and lodged In the county jaiL Front what could be gathered concerning tba tragedy, it appears that Houston Hem1 j bree and two of his 90ns were out loofc" *? '? ?^" "'I'" nf Thnmns Hembren. ing IUI IUC r, vr* . ? son of the deceased, yesterday afternoon. Some of the party carried gtmt, '* as it was good rabbit hunting weather. " They halted near the house of Odom. m ? neighbor, and inquired if Tboa. Hem> bree's wife was there. Odom said shwi was not and Houston Hembree, whs f- made the inquiry, started off. His sobs n testified that a short time afterwards n Odom shot at Houston Hembree. isip fiicting a wound in the right leg. ths j. bullet severing the femoral artery. Tbm man walked about two miles and final.. ly bled to death. After the fatal woonfl . had been inflicted, Odom and one of the : sons of the deceased fired at each other four times. None of the volleys took t?~ feet. The inquest was held by Acting Coroner Holt and the verdict of ths jury was the deceased came to his deatk > from a gunshot wound Inflicted bjr Polk Odom. Deputy Sheriff White arv rpstpfi Odom at his home. The prisoner >- is a young man about 25 years old. Tiia 'f victim was about 50 years old. and o a wife and eight children survive bias. Mr. Johnson Sayle Watson, a well known citizen of Greenwood connty. 1 died at his home here Monday after & i long illness. He was in his 55th year, . having been born November 7, 1850.. . He was reared at Phoenix, in this county, by his grandfather, the lata Johnson Sayle. He was known as aeitc izen who. respecting the law and lowig ing order at all times, was faithful t<a *e his State. He was buried here Wednts*in day at 11 o'clock. He leaves, besides hi* e bereaved widow, one child, H. L. Watr son. one sister, Mrs. E. L. Woseley, and. t one half brother. Joe Lake. ic e A Distressing Accident. t Elloree, Special.?Charles Livingston, is a young man about 21 years old, whllw n adjusting a belt at A. L. Otts' ginnery 1 was caught in the shafting and botk p* arms and legs were broken. The body of the young man was wrapped around the shafting In a most tortnr'* - V'w J ing manner, mutilating tne urau m > legs and breast before assistance conic ,r reach him. Medical aid was quickly is summoned and all that Is possible im h being done to save tbe voung man. At e this writing the patient is resting fairl. s well, but grave uouots as to his re,r j cover)- are held. 's i Ao Duke's Sanity. it i r,? 1- i New York. Special.?The quesHo* c? 1 whether Brcdie L. Duke, of Durham, f* N. C., is competent to manage himself n and his property, was submitted to * j. i jury by a decision of Justice Leveni tritt, in the Supreme Court. The peft, lien for a commission to decide k I v/bcther Mr. Duke is competent wu 3" 1 liled by his son. B. Laurence Duke. The ! motion was onopsed by Mrs. Alice o | Webb-Duke, to whom Duke was mar-. , I riod in December last. I ; J