IObject
HHK Attack
^ ^ TlWil
^jt?.
bet ^^^klphonso XIII Left
AftB^Midnight
^^^^B^^krvarchict Threw a
^^fl^^^^^Carriage With No
H^HH^^Han to Injure
As the
by President Lou- j
away from a gala penur
of The opera after midnight an ,
threw a bomb in the direcHu>n
of the royal carriage. The projectile
struck a soldier belonging to
the cuirassier escort, on the shoulder,
and then fell to the ground and exploded
without injuring his majesty or the
President, who continued their drive
to the Palais d'Orsay.
Several soldiers of the escort were
" thrown from their horses and injured, ;
whilst fragments of the bomb struck
a number of persons in the crowd.
King Alfonso and President Loubet
had been cheered along the entire
route to the opera by enthusiastic
crowds, the young monarch having
. completely gained the hearts of the
orrivol Vl PTP
AT at i^jo.uo ciuvc u?o ?.
The performance went without a
hitch. His majesty chattered gaily
with President Loubet during the Intermissions.
and at the close of the
performance the orchestra again played
the national hymns of the two countries*
and the King and President
axpse to leave.
^ They proceeded down the grand
staircase and arrived at the gaily illuminated
and decorated Place da
TOpera, where the royal carriage
awaited them. The King and President
took seats side by side and the
""" vehicle started off surrounded by several
squadrons of cuirassiers towards
the Avenue Opera.
The procession arrived at the end
of the Avenue de TOpera and crossed
the Place Theatre FVancias. |where
were assembled at least 1,500 persons
In the Rue de Rohan, a short street
forming; practically a continuation of
the Avenue de TOpera, right opposite
the arched gateway of the Louvre leading
to the Place Caroussel. There,
g^ust a few yards before reaching the
^Stue Rivoli, a man sprang forward with i
his arm raised in the air and before
the cordon of police could prevent
him, without uttering a word, he threw
* nroi?vtii? in the direction of the
royal carriage. The police immediately
rushed toward him. At that moment
a deafening explosion occurred.
Cries from the crowd were heard and
^tf^^gneof intense excitement began.
thecrSVcf surging to and fro. Soldiers I
were seen to fall, but as the Sash
from the bomb died out it was observed
that the king and the president
had not been struck, and their carriage
proceeded on its way.
A iarge number of arrests have been
made, Including the person who is believed
to have thrown the bomb, and
three persons suspected of complicity
.In the plot, as the latter were seen
under the archway at the Louvre with
a destructive engine a few minutes
Bthe explosion occurred
bomb had been thrown with '
sat force and passed over the
irriage and struck the shoulder
lirassier and then fell to the
where it exploded, fragments
triking the horses of the sol- |
ausing them to bo't and throw
ders. Captain Schneider, who
ling at the right side of the
?, and Captain Garnier, who I
the left, were both killed.
^^ hents of the bomb also struck
^^^Vpersons?a sergeant, two policea
woman, who was seriously in^Pfreci,
and a child, who was struck in
the eye. One horse of the escort was
killed outright, and six others lay
about maimed and bleeding.
Art Gallery Dedicated.
BufTalo, Special.?The Albright Art
Callery was dedicated in the presence
of 10,000 people. Ralph H. Plumb, presl- j
dent of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy,
v presided. President Plum introduced ;
Charles W. Elliott, president of Har- |
vard University, who delivered an address
on "Beauty and Democracy."
Richard Watson Gilder read a dedicatory
poem, entitled, "A Temple of Art."
Cotton Needs Cultivation.
Washington, Special.?The weekly
crop report of the Weather Bureau
says:
"Throughout nearly the whole of the
^ cotton belt cotton is much in need of
cultivation, and reports af abandoned
fields are received from the Carolinas
Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.
Good stands are generally reported,
but much planting remains to be done
in northern Texas, and planting is
unfinished in Arkansas. In southern
Texas and in portions of the centra;
and eastern districts the situation is
improved, and the crop is doing well
in localities. Squares are now forming
in the southern portion of the
central and eastern districts.
In Japanese Hospital.
Tokio, Bv Cable?Admiral Rojestvensky
has arrived at the Sasebo naval j
hospital.
The naval officer has announced that
the only Japanese vessels lost :n the I
batttle with the Russian fleet were !
three torpedo boats.
Tokio, By Cable.?It is now certain
that Admiral Rojestvensky is a prisoner
of the Japanese. He is wounded ir? j
the forehead, legs and back, but wili
recover. Vice Admiral Voclkersam la
supposed to have perished.
Telegraphic Briefs.
^The State Department, at Washing- j
. t<, orivicfM hv the Consul at Na- |
IOU, JD -
gasaki. Japan, that the Japanese sank
one battleship and five other shins,
another report stating that two battie hips
and five others were sunk.
The German Navy League adopted a
resolution favoring the replacing of
aecond-rate warships, with first-class
battleships.
Emperor William will show special
attention to the Prince and Princess
Arisugaw, of Japan, who are to attend
the wedding of the Crown Prince.
Splendid Programme That Has Beer
Prepared for the Occasion.
The following programme has been
arranged by the Executive Committee
for the thirty-first annual meeting ol
the Association, which will be held at
White Stone Lithia Springs. Spartanburg,
county, S. C.. July 11-14:
TUESDAY, JULY 11?S:30 P. M.
Welcome meeting in the Hotel auditorium.
Appointment of committees.
WEDNESDAY?9:30 A. M.
Reports of officers, committees, miscellaneous
business, etc.
Papers will be read on the following
auujci'is iiic pcisuua iiaiucu.
"Literature of South Carolina"?Mrs.
Virginia D. Young, Enterprise, Fairfax.
"The Advertising Agents"?A. G.
Kollock. News, Darlington.
General discussion of the above subjects:
AFTERNOON SESSION?3 O'CLOCK.
"Ethics of Journalism"?Paul M.
Brice, Record. Columbia.
"Newspapers and Morality"?J. T.
Bigham, Lantern. Chester.
General discussion of the above subjects.
Opening the question box, and discussion
relative to the questions asked.
Miscellaneous business.
EVENING SESSION?8:30 O'CLOCK.
The Price of a Country Weekly"?A.
B. Jordon, Herald, Dillon.
"Newspapers as Lawmakers"?R. T.
Kcowee Courier. Walhalla.
General discussion of the abov? subjects.
Miscellaneous business.
THURSDAY?0:30 A. M.
Miscellaneous business.
"The Press, the Pulpit, the Politician"?Rev.
W. P. Jacobs, D. D., Our
Monthly, Clinton.
"Voting Contests. Gift Propositions,
etc. Do They Pay?"?C. W. Wolfe,
Re-cord, Kingstree. 0
General discussion of the above subjects.
Opening the question box, and discussion
relative to the questions
asked.
Miscellaneous business.
AFTERNOON SESSION?3 O'CLOCK.
"Should the Foreign Advertiser Receive
a Lower Price than the Local
Patron?"?W. H. Wallace, Observer,
Newberry.
"Our Country Cousins"?J. C. Hemphill,
News and Courier. Charleston.
General discussion of the above subjects.
Opening the question box, and discussion
relative to the questions asked.
EVENING SESSION?8:30 O'CLOCK.
Miscellaneous business.
Address by Mr. St. Elmo Massengale,
o? Atlanta, Ga.. on the relation of the
Advertising Agent to the Newspaper
Fublisher.
FRIDAY?9:30 A. M.
Miscellaneous business.
"My Esteemed Contemporary Across
tbe Street?tjnristensen, jr., u?zeuc,
Beaufort.
"Getting the News"?P. H. Fike, Herald.
Spartanburg.
General discussion of the above subjects.
Opening the question box. and discussion
relative to the questions asked.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Miscellaneous business.
"The Lights and Shadows of a Reporter's
Life"?Wm. Banks, The State,
Columbia.
"The Business End of It"?J. L.
Sims, Times and Democrat, Orangeburg.
General discussion of the above subjects.
EVENING SESSION?8:30 O'CLOCK.
Final meeting?Miscellaneous Business.
Election of Officers, etc.
ArriviTV ihi SOUTH CAROLINA.
General Moverrent to Increase the
Number and Importance of the Seaboard's
Connections.
There is increasing manifestations ol
a general movement to increase the
number and importance of Seaboard
connections in this State, and this, together
with some other schemes that
have recently been projected, pictures
unusual activity in railroad construction
in this State for the immediate
future. Whether the Seaboa~d or the
communities interested took the initiative
in the several different enterprises
that have been blocked out to extend
the Seaboard's territory in the lew
country as well as in the prosperous
Piedmont section, where the cotton
mills alone furnish a big freight business.
is of no immediate concern tc
the numerous South Carolinians whose
business will be facilitated and property
enhanced in value by increased railroad
facilities. Certain it is. however,
that activity in these various projects
has become marked almost simultaneously.
The Union and Glenn Springs railroad
has just-been completed and put
in operation, giving Uuion and neighboring
mills a Seaboard connection at
Pride's, and a movement has been
started at Spartanburg to build a connection
between Buffalo, the present
western terminus of the new road, and
Glenn Springs, which would bring the
Glenn Springs railroad into use as far
as Roebuck, which is only six miles
from Spartanburg, the most important
cotton mill county in the State. The
Seaboard could then go into Spartanhiirsr
over the Charleston and Western
o ?
Carolina tracks or build a line of its
own from Roebuck.
Then in the opposite tier of Piedmont
counties there is a scheme to establish
a Seaboard connection for Greenville
with its numerous cotton mills, at
Greenwood by an extension of the old
Carolina * Knoxville road from Greenville
to Greenwood. This road is now
in ooeration from Greenville nearly tc
the North Carolina line.
Expects Attack.
Vladivostok, By Cable.?It is expect
ed here that a Japanese attack on the
fortress will not be long delayed
There is, howevbr. a calm and determ
ined spirt manifested by the population
in the face of the forthcoming
crisis. The defenses of Vladivostok
on which steady work has been ir
progress since the beginning of the
war. are now considered as having
leen completed.
Peace Negotiations-Abandoned.
Chicago. special.?Adjustment ol
the teamsters' strike by mediatior
stems as remote as it did two nights
ago. Peace negotiations have beer
abandoned for the present, and th<
strike will be allowed to take its "nat
ural course." according to President
Shea, of the teamsters' organization
All the business firms now involved ir
the trouble refuse to concede anythinj
further in the controversy, and sal
that peace negotiations are off for M
time. W
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1 PALMETTO AlFAIRS!
.! ic<
j Occurrence^ of Interest in Varlcue
i j Parte of the State.
lh
Geneal Cotton Market.
, j Middling
Galveston, quiet 8-Vh J
New Orleans, easy 8% i
, Mobile, firm 8Vj j r
; Savannah, steady ...8^2 j
, Charleston, steady 8 5 Id i
Wilmington, steady 8V4 I ..
Norfolk, steady 8*4
Baltimore, normal .'.834 .
New York, quiet 8.75 ,1
? . ?? lit]
boston, quiet a.i;> .
Philadelphia, steady 9.00 a
Houston, quiet 8% ra
Augusta, quiet 8% mi
! Memphis, steady S 11-11
! St. Louis, firm 8}?
Louisville, firm 9.00
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These figures represent prices paid .
to wagons: 's
j Good middling 8% f0'
Strict middling S% I ,s
, Middling 8Yj
Tinges 7Vi to 8
Stains GVa to 7Va '0l
?0'
Poi3on in Food.
' es
One hundred and ten convicts In ! ha
the State penitentiary were made I
1 deathly sick at dinner Tuesday. At I
first the cause was a mystery but a
later investigation is reported as fol ni|
lows: !
; ib
I "There was arsenic in the dinnei j
: which poisoned 110 of the convicts at jm
the State prison Tuesday. Dr. W. B. i PI;
Burney, the State chemist, has not Li
made his formal report of the analysis co
undertaken at the request of Captain gn
D. J. Griffith, superintendent of the we
penitentiary, but he said informally is
that he had discovered the presence of
arsenic in considerable quantities in cu
I the sample sent him for examination, ge
; The prisoners who were poisoned sic
1 have recovered from the severe ill- mi
! ness and none was left in the inflr- an
: marv. It is fortunate that while sc W
many were sickened the nausea came cu
j upon them so soon after the meal that cii
they were saved from serious con- en
1 sequences. ha
"Superintendent Griffith and Captain so
W. W. Adams,, captain cf the guard,
made a careful investigation Wednes- s*
day and they have arrived at the sh
conclusion that the poison was put in- w<
I to the cabbage with malice and tho ro
party guilty of the crime has been de
spotted. Se
Buggy Burned by Moonshiners.
Spartanburg, Special.?Chief Grady ge
! and several of the local constables had da
a lively time of it on a raid in the j de
! Dark Corner Monday night. Arriving j de
at Gowansville, their vehicle broke iss
down, and they secured another and aiJ
pressed forward in their quest of illicit 5U
distilleries. Their raid carried them
into the lonely, unfrequented sections j0,
of the Corner, and they were fired on
several times, but without results. tn
Their search proved fruitless, and, re- wi
| turning to Gowansville for their team, ^
i they discovered that it had been cut ty
' to pieces and burned up by the irate ^
I moonshiners. Their horses had not
been molested and the men secured an- cj(
! other carriage and came home. ofl
wi
To Increase School Tax. Ac
Laurens, Special.?At the annual wl
meeting of the citizens it was voted Sr
to increase the special tax levy for Pr
the city schools from 2 3-4 to 3 mill9 cr
The terms of the three trustees having mi
expired, Messrs. O. B. Simmons and tr<
J. J. Mousley were elected to succeed
themselves. The treasurer made his fh
annual report and announced that the it)
salaries of a number of the teachers tic
, had been increased the past year. The
meeting uujourneu to meet again next ??
Tuesday, when the report of the au- re
diting committee will be made. th
. up
New Enterprises. mi
m<
[ Application was made recently for im
the Timmonsville Lumber company, ms
Timmonsville. to have a capitalization th
of $40,000. The corporators are: B. D. 1 th
Dargan and F. L. Wilcox.
The Yorkville Monument Works also j Pe
' applied for a commission, the corpora- j Pa
tors being W. B. Moore. W. B. Wylie, I ??
i B. N. Moore, 0. E. Wilkins. W. I. j fin
Witherspoon. S. W. Heath and E. D. \ of
Blakeney. The capital stock will be st)
i $10,000. fu
The Carolina Plumbing company, of
t Columbia, was chartered, capitalization
to be $5,000. Officers are: W. A.
Clark, president and treasurer. John 0f
A. Civil, secretary and T. H. Meighan
v vice president.
| The Summerton Real Estate agency
was given a commlssjon. the capital
stock to be $5,000. W. J. Muldrow and ,
. A. P. Burgess, corporators. ^
; Lewis Cohen & Co., of Charleston, y<
were given a charter. Capitalization j,a
$5,500. General merchandise.
i
A charter was granted to the Industrial
Training Home, of Greenville. The
I object of this institution will be to of- ^e
i fer a place of refuge for fallen young ac
women who have been living in shame jjj
i and to give them employment under 0f
Christian influences. The officers are: {|(
i John S. Mercer, president: S. L. Rich- ^s
ardson, vice president; W. A. Capps, ju
i treasurer, and J. J. McSwain, secre- Wj
i lary. 1
The Camden Baseball and Amusement
Park association was given a *ei
1 commission. The purpose of this or- *?
ganization will be to buy a park, en- P
j close same and use it for baseball and ra
other sports. The capital stock will
be $1,000. Corporators: John S. Lind- ,
w T p weeks, and B. B. Clark. [ni
( vj, ... ?. . . -- to
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Child Drank Poison.
Chester, Special.?A most distressing
casualty occurred here Thursday. Johnson
Woods, aged two years, youngest m
child of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Woods, got "
access to a phial of medicine which was "?
used by the child's father, and the little ki
one took an overdose. In spite of er
p prompt attention by a physician the ha
' child died in about two hours. The par- to
ents lost last year their first born, a ro
i bright little girl. Their many friends or
! sympathize with them in their fresh vi
; grief. Fi
t
New Mill at Iva. f
Anderson, Special.?The capital stock
- for a new cotton mill at Iva, in the R
lower part of the county, has all been gt
subscribed and the corporators, Mes'
srs. T. C. Jackson, W. P. Cook W. T.
t Sherard, of iva, and D. P. McBrayer, pc
, of Anderson, have applied to the Sec- sh
retary of State for a commission. The
mill will be capitalized at $200,000. Iva
t is a growing and progressive town on m
the Charleston and Western Carolina rc
i railroad, and is situated in a splendid Sl
ijfanning community. It is expected hi
|Rhat the plant will be ready for opera- tl)
r| tion before the end of the year. te
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SOUTH CAROLINA CR^S '
>nditions For Past Week as Given ' ^
Out by the Department.
The first half of the week ending !
onday. May 29th. was much cooler !
an usual, the latter half had nearly I
irmal temperatures. There was a
irmftil deficiency in sunshine. High
sterlv winds prevailed generally, w
ough the winds were light at the
5se of the week. Light frost was I
ported from Cherokee county on the i n
nd and 23rd. . j n
There were from four to six days ,
th rain and. in places the precipi- i jj
tion was excessive, notably in Darl- J
gtcn and Chesterfield counties where 11
nds were badly washed and bottom i a
nds flooded. The weekly amount of w
in was largely in excess of the nor- ! t|
il in the central counties, but the
ound was kept wet so that only from b
e to three days plowing and culti- o
tion were practicable. Hoeing made t(
tter progress. ' I
Farm work was further delayed ana i ~
backward with many fields very ^
ill with grass and weeds, and there j e
a continued scarcity of farm lab- ! 0
ers in all parts of the State, so that
e grassy fields are becoming a ser- J
is menace to crops. h
While a few reports indicate that /
tton is doing well on uplands, more b
pecially on red and clay lands that
ve been cultivated, the majority of I b
e reports indicate the crop to be in | f(
unpromising condition with the j- h
ints small, and red or yellow, and i
eir growth checked by the cool a
?ths. Many fields are grassy and S
e probability is that some will be i s
andoned in all sections of the State, [ t
ing to their foul condition and the : ii
practicability of cleaning them.|| ji
ants continue to die on sandy landsA^
ce have appeared in a number of
unties. Chopping made fair pro- fi
ess, but has not been finished in the t
sstern counties. Sea Island cotton n
fn a poor condition. e
Early corn that has been properly f
ltivated is promising, but the lar- b
r portion of the crop is yellow and t
:kly. Planting of bottom lands a
ide slow progress during the week, r
d there is still much to be planted,
heat is ripening and some has been a
t. Oats are generally fine, espe- j
illy spring oats. Fall oats are rip- R
ing and harvest Is under way. It \
s been too wet for tobacco and H
mc is firing. t
Some peas have been sown, and c
eet potatoes transplanted. Truck s
ipments have about ended. Truck t
>t weather has caused peaches to 8
t badly. Pastures are fine and gar- a
ns are doing well.?J. W. Bauer, v
iction Director. d
Settlement With Counties. ?
Columbia. Special.?The comptroller f
neral has decided upon a uniform q
te for settlements between the tax
partment of the State and the tax ^
partment of the counties and has t
sued the following letter to county v
ditors, treasurers, supervisors and B
perintendents of education:
"It becomes necessary to fix a unirmn
ddte for the annual settlement
tween county auditors and county
usurers. All annual settlements c
11 hereafter be made July 1st, or as C
on as possible after that date. Coun- c
treasurers, supervisors and superln- t
adents of education are directed at o
e close of business June 30th to a
)se and balance their books. These b
leers with their books and vouchers c
11 meet in the county auditor's of- t
e, on or before July 10, together h
th the foreman or committee of the o
and jury and county auditor, and e
oceed to verify the charges and ii
edits taken in said settlement, as p
ide up by the county auditor and k
jasurer. g
"County* auditors will bear in mind j
at upon them rests the responsibil- C
xur carrying oui inese insiruc- l i
>ns and for the correctness of the fc
ttlement, for it is manifestly impos- ii
)le for the comptroller general or his h
presentative to examine and verify t
e thousands of items going to make s
i the charges and credits, and he
list therefore depend, in a great
*asure, upon county officials covers'
the same. When the settlement is
ide up notify this office; a date will a
en be fixed to examine and approve 0
e same. a
"County supervisors and county su- "
rintendents of education will pre- t(
re a statment, showing the exact ^
ndition of the county and sAool ^
lances, giving a complete statement a
bonded debt, borrowed money, out- *
inding claims, etc. Blanks will be
rnished for this purpose."
Franchise Tax Upheld. ^
Washington. Special.?The validity v
the special franchise tax law of F
99, of the State of New York, was ^
stained by th? Supreme Court of the s
lited States in a decision handed c
iwn. The decision afreets immense i
ter'ests and it is stated that over $24,- q
0,000 of unpaid taxes in Greater New n
>rk are made payable by the decision n
nded down. Justice Brewer delivered t<
e opinion of the court. v
State Press Association.
Mr. E. H. Aull of Newberry, presint
of the State Press Association, has
cepted the invitation for members of c
e association to attend the meeting t
the North Carolina Press Associa- p
m to be held at Kenilworth Inn, c
theville, on the 5th, 6th and 7th yf s
ly. The Virginia Press Association
11 meet there at the same time.
The meeting of the South Carolina P
ess Association is not to be inter- d
red with, and will be held according 1
arrangements at White Stone c
rings, July 11th. Mr. Aull is also ar- *
nging for the annual trip of the 1
smbers of the South Carolina Press
.sociation, the projected itinerary be- ^
S to the Oregon exposition and thence c
San Francisco. t1
Italian Laborer Killed.
St. George, Special.?Nicolis De- j,
archi, an Italian laborer, employed 1<
Dorchester Lumber company at ^
idham, near here, was run over and r
lied by a freight train on the South- ^
n railway between here and Badim
Saturday night. His body was torn ,
pieces and scattered along the rail- j
ad track for 200 yards or more. Cor- ,
ier Kizer empaneled a jury which ewed
the body and adjourned till J
iday afternoon of this week. J'
Nineteen Vessels Sunk or Captured.
Tokio, By Cable.?The number of
ussian vessels of all descriptions
ink and captured by Admiral Togo's P
o
;et now stands at nineteen. It is
e
>ssible that three additional war- j,
lips were sunk in the fight Saturday T
id others later. The Navy Depart- o
ent, however, refrains from crediting ^
ports of this nature until it is asired
of their correctness. It is besved
the Ural is the name of the capred
transport whJ"h has been omit *
d in the list preftculy cabled. "
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TWO PEKONS MOWffiD
ragic End of Sunday Diversion in
Sight of Many Persons?Both Bodies
Recovered.
Conway. Special.?Mr. S. A. Cauey
and his nephew, G. Hugh Causey,
rc-re drowned on Sunday at Pitch
jnding on the Waccamaw river, four
liles below this place. A number of
ien had gathered at this place, well
nn?.'n tn Iwthpru af ahnnt 1 ft o'clock !
i the morning. Mr. Causey was tryig
to teach his little nephew, a boy
bout 10 years old, how to swim. They
rere the only ones in the water at the
ime, with the exception of two small
oys. Mr. Causey took his nephew
n his back, and announced his innfion
of swimming across the river,
t that point about 90 yards wide,
t'hen about half way across, he turnd
around and started back?the reasu
for which no one will ever know,
t'hen within a few feet of the shore, |
e suddenly sank, and never rose, j
is he went down his nephew loosened
is hold, and tried to reach the bank, !
ut succeeded only in drifting a few !
pet farther down the stream, before
e too was overcome.
None of the others present were
ble to swim, and all efforts made to j
et a boat or reach poles out to the
truggling boy proved unavailing, and
he horror had to be endured of seeng
him go down before their eyes,
ust beyond the reach of help.
Mr. Causey was noted for his skill .
? a swimmer, and various theories j
|>ve been put forward to account for
his mo3t unfortunate accident, the
oost plausible being that, due to the
xtra burden of the boy's weight, he
elt his strength ebbing, and turned
ack, only to be seized with cramp
efore reaching shore. This probably
ccounts foh the fact that he did not
ise after going down the first time.
He was a merchant at Bear Swamp,
nd leaves a wife, but no children,
"or the na3t four years he has been
memoer of the local camp of the
Voodmen of the World, and as soon
s the news of the accident reached
his place, as manv or nis Drernren as
ould be summoned went out to the
eene. His body was recovere(Labout
en yards below the point vfhSe he
ank, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon;
nd a few minutes later the boy's body
f&a found, some distance further
own the river. The members of the
amp also attended the funeral exerisea,
which were solemnized at his L
amily burial place, called "Camp
iround."
The many friends and relatives of
cccased have done everything within
heir power to show their sympathy
rith his family in this sad bereaveaent
Farmer Killed Tenant.
Florence, Special.?Alonzo Murphy,
olored, was shot and killed by Jim
?g!e, a young white farmer, near the
iry. Murphy lived on Cole's plantalon
and was beating his wife. She went
ver to Mr. Cole's residence nearby and
ppealed to him for help. Cole went
ack with her and told him he had
ome to advise him and meant no
rouble; however he must stop beating
lis wife and having so much noise
n his plantation. Murphy became
M " ? * -i- J ..- Ulrt min nrhlph
nragea ana picKt-u up uio 6u?, ,
t is said, was loaded with buckshot,
ointed It at Cole and fired, but Cole
mocked it up just as it fired, the load
ding over his head. Murphy then
umped on Cole to fight him and when
'ole found that Murphy was getting
he best of him he pulled his pistol1
o shoot him. Murphy tried to take i
t from him. Finally Mr. Cole shot i
ilm twice, one of the bullets passing j
hrough his body and killing him in- \
tantly.
Tried to Kill a Farmer.
Ruck Hill. Special.?Boykin Mobley.
young white man. was arrested here
n a warrant issued by the magistrate
t Ogden. charging him with attemptig
the life of W. L. Baskins. a wello-do
farmer of the Ogden neighborood.
It is alleged by Baskins that
Tohlpv shot at him several times with
shot gun and fired the same weapeon j
hrough the window of his residence,
ato a room where Mrs. Baskins, her
wo children, and her mother, Mrs.
'arish, were standing. Baskins. while
he shooting was going on. ran to the
ouse of a neighbor and returned
nth a gun and acquaintance, a Mr.
'arrish, who was armed with a rifle,
lobley refused to surrender and Parish
fired at him with a rifle. He was
lightly wounded in the tend, but esaped
and has been in mding since,
'he shooting occurred last Thursday,
ifflcers located Mobley in hiding at
he home of his father at Manchester
till in this city and arrested him afer
he had jumped from a second story
rindow in an endeavor to escape.
New Enterprises.
The Carolina Ice and Packing Co.,
if Darlington, was chartered Monday,
he officers being W. D. Coggeshall,
iresiedent and treasurer, and J. R.
Joggeshall, secretary. The capital
took is $20,000.
The Dillon Storage company has apilied
for a commission and will oonuct
a cotton warehouse at that town,
he capitalization being $3,000. The
orporators are: Wade Stackhouse, R.
*. Stackhouse, J. S. Thompson and W.
\ Bethea.
The Wood Pottery company, of North
iugusta. chartered a year ago with a
apital stock of $8,000, has increasedd
ts capitalization to $12,000.
To Endow Chairs of Divinity.
' * - s 1
A chair of divinity will oe enauweu
a Allen university and in Benedict t ol?ge
by John C. Martin, the wealthy
few York coal merchant, who has aleady
given a fortune for the education
f negro preachers. The State Bible
nstitute of the John C. Martin eduational
fund will be held here and will
ist through Friday. It is expected that
ohn C. Martin himself will be at the
nstitute, and members of his working
orce have made the announcement as
? the gifts to the two local institutions
or the education of negroes.
Sinking of Flagship.
St. Petersburg, By Cabl^?The reort
that the Kpiaz Souvan*. flagship
f the Russian fleet, which defeatd
by the Japanese in the Sraits of
Ccrea, was sunk and that^Jdmiral
tojestvensky was wounde^^nd placed
n board a torpedo boat destroyer is
onfirmed. The whereabouts of the
estroyer is not known.
An understanding has been reached
hich will enable the Wabash to share
a the great steel tonnage of the Pittsurg
district.
? ^ I
President Draws Lessons From the
Recent Great Sea Fight
BASES PLEA FOR A STRONG NAVY
In a Decoration Day Address at the j
Unveilirg of a Statute of General
Slocum at Brooklyn, the President i
Declares That Any Man Must Be j
Blind Who Cannot Read the Lesson <
of the Present and the Recent Past.
]
New York, Special.?In a stirring address
delivered at the unveiling of a big
statue of General Henry W. Slocum in
Brooklyn, Memorial Day, President
Roosevelt paid a splendid tribute to the
men who compose the Northern armies,
but did not forget those of the Southern
hosts. Most notable in his cpeech was
an expression cf his hope that as the
nation increased in strength there (
would come a corresponding increase in f
its sense of responsibility, which 1
3hould prevent its people from either '
Injuring or insulting other people; his ]
declaration that the surest way for a i
nation to invite disaster is to be opu- 1
lent, aggressive and unarmed.
Significant, in the light of recent 1
event^^as his assertion that: "If our i
aavyM good enough, we have a long
careCT of peace and prosperity before
us and the only likelihood of trouble ]
ever coming to us as a nation will ]
arise if we let our navy become too '
?mall or inefficient. A first-class navy, ]
first-class in point of size, above all j
first-class in point of efficiency and i
? ? iintf ng unitn in rnre- 1
bination is the surest and cheapest 1
guarantee of peace. I should think
that any man looking at what is hap- <
pening and has happened abroad and i
In our own history during the past few I
fears, must indeed be blind if he cannot J
read that lesson clearly. (
The President was In New York city \
five hours, but during that time did not
put his foot in Manhattan, passing
around the island in a ferry boat to
the Brooklyn sid^e of the East river, and
after the exercises returning In the
?ame fashion. The entire trip was without
unhappy Incident.
The President made a hurried dash
to the naval Young Men's Christian
Association.
A rapid inspection of the building,
the gift of Miss Helen M. Gould, was
made, and then the President delivered
a 20-minutes address. He again spoke
of the navy, saying:
"More and more our people are waking
up to the need of a navy, and
in view of events happening all over
the world, I think we can count on
Congress to continue to build 3p our
navy. It certainly will, if I can per* '
suade It It is all-important to hare
ihips best in bull, the best in armor ,
and the best in eymament of any nation ,
In the world '" ,
Crowd at Andersonville. .
Americus, Ga., Special.?Tl^e memorial
exercises at Andersonville na- j
tional cemetery Tuesday morning were
Via aiiqnirea of the Fitzgerald 1
UUUUI VMV WW?r.w.. _
Grand Army Post, and were of a 1
very impressive character. Rev. 0 .0. (
Johnson, of Fitzgerald, delivered the
oration, the programme being inter*
spersed with musical selections and '
short addresses from other speakers. '
The Americus Light Infantry, which
was ordered to Andersonville to keep j
the peace among the thousands of col* <
ored excursionists assembled there, ;
marched to the cemetery by special
Invitation and fired the national salute j
of honor over the 14,000 Federal :
graves. This is the first time such an .?
invitation has been extended the State ]
troops. United States regulars having i
performed such duty heretofore. The j (
day passed quietly in the little town, j ,
the military and sheriff's posse mai/i- (
ovroiipni order amond the ; *
IftlUlUg VAW..?~. _
thousands of negroes.
Violent Storm at Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.?A vio- ('
lent rain and wind storm here Tuesday
afternoon blew down Salem Baptist ' j
church, in one of the suburbs, damaged I 1
the Salvation Army Hotel building, the j <
opera house and many private houses, i '
Trees were broken short ofT or pulled J
up by the roots, and crops and shrub- 1
bery were badly damaged. No one was j y
seriously hurt. <
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EVIDENCES OF SOtlTI'S PI06KSS
Leads All 8eetions of the Country fit
Railroad Building as Well M
Growth of Other Industries.
IN a recent number of the Railway
Age. there is published a compilation
showing the number of
miles of railway now under actual construction,
also the number of mile*
planned or contemplated and likely
to be under construction in the immediate
future. The compilation covers
the entire country, and we give the
Bgures below. In the first column wil!
be found the mileage actually under
contract and in the second the mileage
projected:
Pro
Al lHU', /t' l
Mew England States 37 103
Middle States 455 55
Central Northern States ... 681 651
South Atlantic States 1,156 1,547
Sulf and Mississippi Val...1,110 802
Southwestern States 2,500 2.931
Northwestern States 628 1,243
Pacific States 933 2,000
Totals 7,500 9,332
The compilation is of interest to this
section, showing as it does, that 60 per
:entof therailroads actually being constructed
and of those projected are in
:he South. It is a positive expression
if confidence in the future prosperity
if the South, backed by men of superior
business sagacity, in the investment
of their money. Money talks, and
while it is sometimes deceived, it is not
if ten. If the men who are thus making
large investments in the construction
of railroads in this section did
lot believe it would prove a paying investment
they would not make it Unless
the South remains prosperous and
joes not continue to grow in prosperity.
these investments will not pay.
It is believed there is to be more business
for the railroads, and there canlot
be business for them unless the
South is producing something to make
freights, and unless the population inrreases
so as to give assurance that
more people will travel on the roada
lad pay fares. ,
The confidence thus expressed gives
iddltlonal vAlue t'o Southern lands, to *
Southern mines and quarries and to
southern mills. it gives assurance mat
there is growing wealth and population,
and that the South is to become
i larger factor in the field of American
industries and commerce.?Knoxrtlle,
Tenn., Journal and Tribune.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
The Duke of Oporto, brother of the
King of Portugal, is one of the finest
Ilute players In the world.
Boston Corbett, the man who Is credited
with having shot J. Wilkes Booth,
the assassin of Lincoln, is residing in
Texas.
Two of ihe official pallbearers of
Abraham- Lincoln are still living.
Henry G. Worthington and Alexander
B. GoiTroth.
Colonel Lnrenza Alexis de Clairmont.
chief of staff to President Cebrarn, of
Guatemala, was once a ticket taker in
Denver, Col.
Ivor Davidson, who was the giant of
n circus years ago, uis neignc ueing
seven feet two Inches, has died at his
home in Roseoe, Minn.
Robert W. Chambers, who at times
uses startling incidents in the construction
of plots for his novels, is constantly
receiving "crank" letters.
Frederick Lawrence Knowles, the
son of a Boston minister, is looked
upon by critics as one of the most
promising of the younger poets.
Philip Verrill Mighels. the author,
lias been elected president of the
branch of the Dickens Fellowship recently
established in New York.
John L. Dube, whose father was a
Zulu king, is in Boston trying to raise
money with which to establish an inItistrial
school in his native country.
H. E. Barnhard, State chemist of
Sew Hampshire, has been selected as
the chemist for the new Indiana laborttory
of hygiene at Indianapolis. Ind.
William S. Kies, who has been made
tor.era 1 attorney of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad, is only twentyseven
years old, and was born on a
'arm in Minnesota.
Sam S. Shnbert, the young theatrical
manager, who was killed in the
svreok at South Harrisburg, Ta.. was
>niy twenty-eight years old, and con;rol!ed
sixteen theatres v
Wedding Ring. Found on Harrow.
A blacksmith of Aswarby, near Sleaford,
England, has made a most curi
}us discovery.
He received from a neighboring
farmstead a harrow for repairs, and
trhile these were being executed a 22;arat
gold wedding ring was found
sticking on to one of the teeth of the
mplement. It is supposed that the
*lng was lost on the land and that it
vas picked up by the harrow in the
:ourse of its work.
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because it brings together the best that
of the world. Such is the flood of
>le say that the only way to Lccp up
Entirely over and above this revie.vd
::!u^rct:ons than moil magazines, and
.-.ted in any monthly,
is Dr. Albert Shaw's i'luetrated " Progar.d
issues are authoritatively and lucidly g
iber writes, "This department alone
ne."^ The unique cartoon department, I
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