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I 1 ?? ? | */ The Ye[ i Only One Hope /< ' Supr 11 By Bernard ??? ? USSIA has richly dcs <*> <> ? and her reverses 01 of the corruption, i ^ mpnt Wpvt-rrhplf>ss ( IX ? cause for congratul X tions of the earth. < > end of the white ma when the yellow rac we of white skins h In variably, with Japanese intiue organized on modern industrial lines, ing population of industrious. capabl< tion with the nations of Europe and tl Japanese, China's millions of inhabit problem of the open door by produ< needs. Importation will stop because equaling the best made in other couni of manufacturing will be lower in Chi will have a suiplus to dispose of, and in Europe and on this continent. If the law of supply and demand islatlve enactments directed against will undersell us in* our own market is, England's, Germany's, France's, A manufacturers will be forced to close without means of obtaining a livelihc the Chinese. Oi> the other hand, if protective they will ultimately result in war?a vhite nations of the world. Such a animated by the spirit that animate Japan has conducted the present war as ihe armies of all other nations ar plete success for the yellow allies. There is but one rift in the cloui ern nations, Japan may adopt wester corruption, favoritism, cheap politics honor, truth and patriotism. Under Lave a fair chance to win. Otherwise * * .. Tire. By Km ? VERYBODY has the E Everybody is ti No energy, no i It is a luxury t anything about his grip, or spotted fev< W Women especil who has energy eno her baby without a with enduranoe enough left to take cj rott. ? When we look around us, and se lives of our friends are ordered, we < \ of the past. It is a dreadfully tough friends expect us to do it. The wife and mother of a family <Iye her hair when it turns gray, and they threaten to develop into a mou< and crimp, and wear tight shoes, anc and plaitiugs, and flummydiddles, anc ballroom every day, because Mrs. Jii and she must have a large house full and she must paint roses, and all the sington stitch, and make sunflower things by the score, to be set up in ev And there must be a conservatory, a several pots of ferns to keep in order have velocipedes, and rocking horsei grown girls must have organs, and pi and new dresses for every ball, and 1 And there must be dinners, and i ties, and company every evening, and the mountains every summer, and a ti sandwiched between, every J every fting. No wonder people are tired. No wonder nerves are not what t No wonder we die before we live * o matinn wo aro niching mir fashionable. We rush along at high and parties to get through with this i to make this month! And so many t Things" are the curse of modern ei new things to go somewhere when 01 knows not what to do with them ? V whole fate of the universe depended in an overskirt? Life is all hurry. We hurry thrc want to crowd all we can into our 1 dance and flirt away the hours for si and coffee, "to brace np our nerves," hot rooms, and we use poisonous fat and shoes which give ns untold agon; our friends put up tombstones with s; tions which signify that "God called told, our tombstones should bear the much dissipation, and too much fash * * rid. It seem* to me you can't let a child hip, love?these are what children need, ou can bring about the things in tbem me that the lesson between pa<rent and grows through the other. And I believe gainst parents than the parents hav* A WEARING LIFE. "This servant girl problem will make me old before my time. ! "Bothers you. too. does it?" "indeed, it does. If I have an ugly I maid my husband is away all tno i time, and if 1 have a pretty one lie is I ?.r home ail the time, and 1 daren t i go away; so there it is. ?Royal iiagazine. 1 TWO TRUE. ! Hubby?Which half is it that does| n't know how the other haif lives. Wiley?The better half.?Answer. .. .1, ... _ 1... . .. w . .. -j.._ w-nVV-- ****??' .y. fog; or Continued White 1 emacy. { I P. Shippray. \ served the punishment she has received, i land and sea are but the natural fruit nsolenee and insincerity of her governJapan's tiiumph is anything but a ' " * - U^-v niHnir n.1 - ation ana eianon among iuc It has brought appreciably nearer the m's world iule, and ii points to the time es will dominate the seas and lands that lave so long looked on as ours, nee predominant in Asia. China will be Her vast natural resources, her teemi workers will be developed in competile Americas. Under the guidance of the ants in ihiee generations will solve the Mng such manufactures as the country home manufactured goods, of a quality :ries, will supply the home markets. Cost na than in any other country. Soon she the outlet for that surplus she will seek is not hindered in its operation by legChinese goods. Chinese manufacturers s. Our manufacturing supremacy?lhat imerica's?will be not only lost, but our i their mills and their employes will be jod, unless they can sink to the level of > measures are adopted in self-defenc? war of the Japanese-Chinese against the^ war, with the Japanese-Chinese forces s the JaDanese of today, conducted as , and with the opposing forces managed e managed now, could end only in com3s. TVith increasing knowledge of west n vices of public administration. Graft, may weaken her now splendid system of such circumstances, the whites would e, the whites are lost. * * d Out.. te Thorn. i same complaint, red out. imbiticn, no life, no anything. ? o meet with a person who does not ray liver, or his nerves, or his catarrh, or er, and the age his grandmother died at. illy are tired out. You can't find one ugh to make her husband a shirt, or tend nursemaid, but there are a great many ire of a couple of lapdogs and a poll pare how things are managed, and how the ire not surprised that vitality is a thing job to live nowadays, and do it as our must keep herself young, and she must pull cut the hairs on her upper lip when stache, and she must paint, and powder, 1 tight corsets, and flounces, and ruffles, 1 she must dress her children fit for the idge Cushlng dresses hers in that way; of fine furniture and artistic decorations, daughters must paint roses, and do Kentidies, and ottomans, and screens, and erybody's way, and a nuisance generally, nd an avian", and some gold fishes, and and stumble over, and all the boys must 5, and pointer dogs to see to; and the anos and saddle horses and automobiles. lew jewelry for every party, teas, and garden parties, and tennis parI a trip to Saratoga or Long Branch and rip to Florida every winter; and a trip to .wo or three years, aud new outfits for hey used to be. out half our days. selves to death trying to be happy and pressure. We have just as many balls veek; just as many trips and excursions hing3 to be got ready for each occasion! cistence! Why is it that we must have ae has already so many clothes that she i'hy should sensible women act as if the on how many rows of shirring they had nigh one thing to get to another. We ifetime. We turn night into day, and eep, and we drink wines and strong tea lotA CWnnOfQ Jlntl WO l)V?> 1 aiiu w C cav JUIC oup>/v.?u, ?? " V :e powder, and wear murderous corsets. y; and we die at thirty-five or forty, and ymbols of broken lilies, etc., and inscripl us"?when, instead, if the truth were legend. "Died of too much dancing, too ioa.'?New York Weekly. * * hild Alone j le St Croix Wright core active accomplishments?dancing, gynasium work, swimming* he said . who associates closely with the noble wrong. le, is the great agent that helps children ren are all heroes, and there is nothing at tou believe or expect them to do. I ;hild's will for anything, nor take the ire. There is nothing in the world like sometimes attempt to break the will of >ut of temper and punish without cause, cool and their reason calm if the child ild, and not the crime. Study your child, insitive. It may <lo a mischievous thing ran you punish it by any set of hard and nderstand just why it is being punished, hild might be called an art, but to bring dren get licked and whipped and roundThey get independence in this way. and | Let the By The 'Rev. Mer IVE the children c * ? horseback riding, 5 I think that a child T T J horse cannot go far + Praise, not blan 1*5 to grow. For child they will not do th itttttttit -wouldn't break a < bloom from its nati real nature of a child. And parents the child when they themselves are < Instead they should keep their heads needs punishment. The punishment should fit the chi It may be imaginative. It may be st jnst for a chajige. In that case how < fast rales. Always make the child u T consider that to bring up one e np many must bo a handicraft: Chil ed into shape among other children, that is really the experi?*ce of the wo too. much alone. Freedom, companionship, fellows! By trastmg and believing in them v that you desire to see. It seems to child w one of reciprocity?toat each that the children nave more fights a against the children. Two Fisher Cats Caught. G. W. Streeter of Bolton caught in traps in tfie Bolton Mountains recently two fisht cats, animals rarely sect: in this part of the country. The animals have heads which resemble that of a bear. They weighed about ten pounds each. They possess a fine blaci? fur, which is valuable Mr. Streeter says the animals are ferocious and will put up a good fight.? St. Albans Mesenger. It is better to live one verse of Bible thaa to be able to preach about them all. Attorney ^General Gunter Has Given^ An Opinion. There has been a good deal of talk j in parts of the State about certain de- I fects in the Brice law. . Mr. W. F. Clayton, of Florence, is one of these who asked the attorney general for infortnation on the matter of ordering elections. Mr. Clayton's object evidently is not to befuddle the matter, but to get definite instructions upon which to act. for he is the chairman of the board of commissioners of election for Florence county. Senator J. S. Brice and the supervisors of Newberry and Union counties have asked questions which are answered in the reply of the attorney general. Mr. Gunter holds that the elections should be held under the general election law and should be managed accordingly. As there may be many counties interested in this matter, the opinion is published in its entirety so that counties may follow the suggestions and not have the question of technicalities raised too late to remedy the matter. Following is the letter of Mr. Gunter to Mr. Clayton: Columbia, S. C.. July 28. 1905. Mr. W. F. Clayton, Chairman Board of Commissioners of Election. Florenuce, S. C. Dear Sir: You request to be advised whether under the act authorizing a vote upon "dispensary" or "no dispensary" what are your duties as chairman of the board of commissioners of election under the direction of the proI vision that such election "shall be conL ducted as other special elections," and ^stating further, "I am unable to find any general law upon thes ubject of special elections. The designation of an election as special carries with it the idea of a special act, and one special act is not authority for an other; hence l am constrainea to view the law as defective, and to such an extent does this defect go that if makes it inoperative. But of that I have no contest. I want to know if any duty devolved upon the county board of election commissioners in case an election is held in Florence county upon the dispensary question. If our board is to appoint managers of election I want to know it so that we may do our duty. I further desire to know if it devolves upon our board to prepare for the election, who is to pay for the election and what rate of pay is necessary. I cannot conceive how the State is liable as it is in a general election for managers' pay. ,, neither can I see any authority for the county to pay those managers, nor can I see any authority under the section for the supervisor to appoint managers. I would, therefoie. UKe your early opinion uDon the two propositions submitted so that the county board of election commissioners can do their duty, if any duty they have in this case of elections."? I quote your letter of inquiry extensively, as the questions and statements will probably add light to the matter, and take the liberty of replying herein to communications from the county supervisors of Union and Newberry counties, aud to Hon. J. S. j Brice, of Yorkville, asking construe- i 4 ? r\f tV?cx ctQtlltP UOn UI certain iramira ui iuv ai?vu?. as this reply covers the questions. I am not unmindful of the fact that there is a case now pending before the Supreme Court involving, as I understand it. questions propounded here, i and were there only one county affect- | ed and that county before the court I : should not attempt to anticipate the court: but as every other county in the State has a right to invoke this particular law at once I dd not deem it impertinent to give the benefit of my views to tne aaminisuuu>c ui- i fleers of the law who are entitled to the same, there being no binding obligation to accept them. By an act approved Feb. 25, 1904, | (p. 485, acts 1905) "any county may . secure the establishment of a dispenj sary or dispensaries or the removal of a dispensary or dispensaries within its limits in the following manner: Upon the petition of one-fourth of the qualified voters of each county for an election upon either the question of the establishment or the removal of dispensaries therein being filed with the county supervisor of each county, he shall order an election, submitting the question of 'dispensary' or 'no dispensary' to the qualified voters of such county, which shall be conducted as other special elections." etc. By the mandate of the general assembly it is evident that the only way for a county to vote in or vote out dispensaries is by an election conducted as other special elections. The question then resolves itself into the ' * ^ 1nrAviHo fnr j proposition, uues uui >an other special elections, and if so how are they to be conducted? If "other special elections" are provided for it is cfear that such a provision must be followed . Section 203 of the civil code of 1902 provides "general elections for federal State and county officers in this State shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. 1896, and in every second year thereafter, and at such voting places as has been or may be established by law: and all general or special elections | held pursuant to the constitution of I the State shall be regulated and conducted according to the rules, principles and provisions hereinafter prescribed." This is the only general provision for the conduct of special elections that I have been able to find, and it' is found in chapter 10. entitled. "The ! Manner of Conducting Elections and j Returning Votes." That the elections provided for by i the 1904 act are "special" seems to mc ; to be clear, and the suggestion tha' I conducted as "other special elections" ! refers to elections under a special act | is. I think, without merit, for the ttr :- i "special election" as used here is t i contradistinguish such elections from general elections, each being a genera' class with a different application ' while those elections under a specie act are for specified localities and s;' limited purpose. That such an election in quest: cl , ! mi:s* he and is nn i pursuum w i.;.! eons.itution" as requited seems to r. e I evident, for the constitution in article ; 8. section 2. directs that in the exercise of the police power the general assembly shall have the right to prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquors and ; may license pvsons to sell liquors un. tier such rul^#as it deems proper, o may authoid^ certain public offi? ors in the nnrncw^f the Stale to handle !iquors. In excusing such a, permissory right th^aoneral assembly can accept an-' adopt the expressed v.;!'. of the people Ay an election or otherwise. Hence, the general assembly liming adopted the result of an election for the exercise of its prorogati . 0. such election clearly falls within the I class "held pursuant to the consV.i : 1 tion," and is therefore gover::e! hy tour general election laws. In fact, it it difficult to conceive that such an dec-1 j ti Ayrr*i' j-1 i ':.. Bn se than pur^roant iM Bitution unless there were uncnhl^^^Bal provisions, which Is not suggei^^H 9 The cases S. C. of Segars vs. Parrott, p. 1, and State vs. Moore, p. 556, in reference to special elections on the formation of new counties and changing county lines are in point and sustain this view. In the case of Hunter vs. Senn, 61 S. j C., p. 44, which involved the validity of j an election upon the question of "dispensary" or "no dispensary" in the town of Prosperity, the supreme court hehl that heennse the ballots did not conform to t'ne statutory requirements \ as to the size, color, etc., that such an election was not thereby invalidated; but this conclusion was based manifestly upon the fact that this was a municipal election to be governed by the ordinance of the town on that subject, for the report of the referee says; "My attention has not been called to any statute regulating the size, shape or color of ballots in municipal elections. general or special and that the question as to such was immaterial, which was sustained by the court in the following language: "There is no ! law which condemns the course pur- I sued by the electors at this special mu- I nicipal election.'" Had this been a ! county election then necessarily the law governing elections in a, county must prevail, which is none other than the law governing an election to fill the general election laws of the State. This case fortifies the view expressed above. From an examination of the various text books, encyclopaedias. State reports. etc.. there is abundant authority for the view that where authority for am special election fails to provide the Jiachinery. recourse should be had to^me g?ieral election law accepting eiMer this view or the interpretation placed upon our election laws as hereinbefore expressed the law, the result is th? same. I am. therefore, of the opinion that the supervisor ordering an election nnHer rho 1904 act (commonlv known as the "Brice act") should direct the i same to the commissioners of election, I that the requirements as to the size of the bellots, time of opening and closing the polls, eligibility of voter, and all other requirements governing a general election should be complied with. It follows from this conclusion that the expenses of the election are to be met just as the expenses of a general election as governed by action 222 of the code. If there are no funds available it becomes a matter for legislative consideration. Respectfully, U. X. GUNTER. Jr.. Attorney General. i NEWSY GLEANINGS. The Government is going to build j forty-two sclioolhouses in the Panama xone. Portsmouth. England, has passed an ordinance for the suppression of coekc rowing. A Ifrench torpedo boat has been sent out to engage in battle witti the porpoise along the coast of Brittany. -The Kaiser has added to the German ?my bands trumpeters provided with instruments three feet in length, made from South African antelope's horns. I'roross.->r liPicKenoacu is saiu w have proved that thirty persons in HX) can see, in the dark, colored rays from the human body and Hashes from a rnaguet. On five different charges of committing breaches of the New Zealand Shops and Olfiees act. a Christchurch fishmonger and restaurant keeper was recently fined ?o 10a., with ?7 12s. costs. Two carts, full of bread, drawn by horses, were utilized to supply the guests at a gigantic wedding feast at Scrignae. in Brittany, at which HXX> persons were present, and seventeen whole oxen were consumed. A retired army lieutenant has bc.rn arrested at Nauplia, Greece, owing to having predicted some weeks ago tiiat M. Delyannis, the I*rentier. would be assassinated on June 13. which was the actual date of the crime. Professor X. A. Cobb, of Spencer, Mass.. who has been in the employ of the Australian colonial movement in New South Wales, has been engaged by Secretary Wilson to push scientific farming in the Hawaiian Islands. In order that he may familiarize himself with the work of railroad men. the Itev. Dwiglit E. Potter, pastor of the Union Street Presbyterian Church, iu Oakland, Cal.. has gone to work as an oiler in the railroad yards of his citv. NATIONAL GAME. Dick Cooley (Am.) has made but oneerror in forty-four games. Dttndon. of Chicago (Am.), made but six misplays in fifty games. Seymour (Nat.) has hit safely- in fifteen games in succession. Chicago (Nat.) fans have finally forgotten Fred Pfeffer. Johuny Evers did it. The Boston Nationals have scored fewer runs than any other major league team. Fred. Mitchell (Nat.) has thus far performed in five different positions for Brooklyn. Mertls (Nat.) hit safely fourteen times in the last eight games of the Western trip. When not working in a game the Boston (Nat.) pitchers practice control on the turnstile. Jimmy Williams (Am.) has made four Displays in fifty games, and not one in twenty games. Moloney (Nat.) turned down by three major league clubs, has been averaging three steals jto a game lately. * The New York American League Club has bought Catcher Livingston from the Wheeling Club for $800. Crawford and Hickman have again swapped positions. Crawford going back to Detroit's (Am.) first base. Hob Enislie (Nat.) seems to be the most unfortunate of umpires in the matter of being injured by foul tips. There is not a man of the entire Cincinnati (Nat.) sextet of pitchers who has a record of consecutive wins this season. From standing on his toes at short field. Elberfcld (Am.) lias hardened a set of leg muscles that keep his heels off the ground at all times. President Hart, of Chicago. (Nat.) figures that his club loses from $CUO to $1ixh> every year on balls that are carried away in the spectators' pockets. SAD. "I have.loved and lost," sighed tho man in black suspenders. "How sad!" said the sympathetic friend. "You loved the beautiful girl and lost her?" "No. married her. and ever since I have lest all loose change I left in my vest."?Chicago News. ji* i'-a m A' r ThEoeIth Youn^ Man Swallowed Alive By a Hungry Shark WAS CAUGHT NEAR BEAUFORT, N.C. Sutton Davis, 16 Years Old, Carried Away by a Large Shark, Which Attacked the Boy While He Was Wad..ing in the Water at Davis' Shore. ? Beaufort. N. C., Special.?A most horrible and shocking occurrence took place at Davis' Shore, about ten miles east of Beaufort, Saturday afternoon, when Sutton Davis, a 16-year-old lad, while wading and playing in the water, was suddenly attacked and eaten by ; a very large shark. Young Davis was in water about waist deep when suddenly the shark approached him, threw him in the air, caught him as he struck the water, pulled him under and disappeared in the deep water with the boy. Thorough search has been made, but no particle of his body has been found. Those who were with the boy were terribly frightened and could not help him. The occurrence has thrown a feeling of horror over our town. The citizens and the guests of the community, particularly the children, have enjoyed the fine dives and invigorating swimming matches which they daily participated in. A large number of sharks have been noticed in the waters here Tor two j weeks, but no one felt much anxiety I on account of the presence of the ter- i rible monsters. A large quantity of fat-backs have been caught this month and a quantity of refuse matter has been thrown back into the water from the factories, and sharks have come in to feast on it. It is the first time a person has been molested by a shark in these waters in nearly 50 years. ? Five Killed by Lightning. New York, Special.?During a thun- j des storm of terrific intensity which passed over New York Sunday afterioon five persons were struck by lightning and instantly killed and nine were seriously injured at the Parkway Baths, Coney Island. At the same time five men were killed and three were prostrated at Gravesend j Beach. Those killed: George Dunwoodie, of Buffalo. Jacob Frankel, Manhattan. Robert F. Wasch, Bronx Borough. Charles Bennerle, Brooklyn. Henry Ransweiler, Brooklyn. Frank Bennerle, Brooklyn. The injured: David Wilts, James J. Dunne, Tina Christiansen, Harry Krohn, Clara Tjieil, Mary L. Curley, Isaac Raff and "?1fe, Amelia Schone, William Ransxieiler. John Apple, Daniel McCauley, all of Brooklyn. Express Office Robbed. Palatka, Fla., (Special.)?The safe of the Southern Express Company here was opened by burglars between 3 and 4 o'clock Sunday morning and currency to the amount of about $2,000 was taken. Mr. Graves, the agent, who sleeps in the office, was bound hand I and foot by the robbers and his keys secured. The safe was opened by combination. The cash drawer was rifled, one of the keys taken from Graves unlocking it. Checks, money orders and everything but the cash were cast aside. Aged Man Hanged. Butte, Mont., Special.?Miles Fuller was hanged for the murder of Henry J. Gallahan, October 24, 1904. Fuller is over 70 years of age. and he presented a pathetic figure as he walked from the jail to the gallows. He has attempted to commit suicide several times, and three death watches were placed over him. By Wire and Cable. English doctors had an unexpected entertainment when they visi?_>d Dr. Prugen in the course of a trip to i^ans. \v nen nc iictu buuwu lucm mo museum he ushered them into his operating room, where he performed eight important operations, including one for appendicitis, in two hours and a half. An ice factory for Southern Pines is projected. The treaty signed by 12 European countries intended to suppress the white slave traffic has gone into effect. For attempting to bring a strike to a peaceful ending, George Prescott. walking delegate for the National Teamsters' Union, was shot, probably fatally. The four men who were thought to have been drowned late Saturday by the sinking of the yacht Narkeeta in the Delaware Bay, near Lewes, Del., have arrived at Bower's Beach, a few miles from Lewes. Thirteen Savannah druggists have I been arretted and bound over to court for selling cocaine. Buddy Ryan won from George Peterson in the twentieth round of their fight. Seven persons were killed and 34 Injured so far this year by automobiles in Chicago. Figures show an appaling '?- r'o ror>r>rrt nf nllc increase over mat o . x. killed and seventy-three injured. Fred. E. Carlton, suspected of murder and other crimes and held in New York, has been found to have married a widow in Troy, Ala., whom he robbed and deserted. Thomas F. Ryan has made an agreement, it is said, to sell the Equitable Life Assurance Society stock bought by him within two years for $2,500,00b and 1 per cent, interest. Mr. Milliard Pegeus, son of Major R. M. Pegeus, of Cheraw, S. C.. killed a rattlesnake on their plantation during the past week. The snake bad 19 rattles and a button. Mr. Pogcus was passing through a field and his dog bayed" the .make, and as Mr. Pegemj came up the s;ake was coiled rea^P for a strike. This is the largest rattio snake reported from this section foi about twenty years. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by ths Department Observer. The South Carolina section of the Department of Agriculture issues the fol i lowing official bulletin of weather and | crop conditions for the past week: The Wfeek ending Monday. July 24th, ! had a mean temperature about 2 de| grees per day above normal. The ex| tremes were a maximum of 100 de; frees at Blackville and Florence on the ] 20th and a minimum of 61 degrees at j Charleston on the 19th and at Greenj ville on the 20th. It was somewhat cooler at the close of the week. The 3unshine was normal, or slightly above, and was highly beneflciaL There were a few local high winds, but no serious damage was done. There was practically no rain over the eastern half of the State; in the central counties there were numerous local showers, some of which were heavy; there were also scattered light showers over the western counties. What rain fell was highly beneficial, as ! it occurred in localities that needed It. Over the greater portion of the central *nd sotithpm pnnntips thp prnnnrt hfls become very dry and rain is needed. Where {he rainfall was heavy last week crops did exceptionally well, but where it was light last week and none fell this week, crops suffered and generally deteriorated cotton by wilting under the high, temperature, and rusting, burning yellow and shedding: corn by firing and wilting. Cultivation made fair progress and over a large portion of the State crops have been laid by although this work will not be completed for several weeks. Cotton continued to make rapid growth genei%lly and has too a large weed and too little fruit over the greater portion, while a number of reports indicate that growth has stopped. and that tie plants are blooming to the too, Thera are fewer reports of damage from insects, and more of rust and shedding and of plants turning yellow. Cotton is beginning to open in lower Barnwell county. There is a general improvement in both old and late corn, although the former is too nearly ripe to be greatly benefited by the recent rains. Fodder pulling has begun. Some old corn "fired" to the ears. Bottom lands that were flooded are recovering slowly. The heat and insects have injured growing tobacco. Selecting and curing are active. Peas for forage are premising. Rice is beginning to head in the Colleton d'strirt; June rice being cultivated in the Georgetown district. Pastures excellent. Peaches a.-e fairly plentiful but many are rotting on the trees. LeConte pears are ripening. Sweet potatoes and cane are doing well. Proposed New Lines. Bennettsville, S. C., Special.?The talk which your correspondent heard uurmg ins recent trip across me state and a few days stays at White Stone Springs was not confined to newspapers and politics. The industrial progress and prosperity of South Carolina, especially In the Pee Dee section, were topics of general discussion. The question of railroad building and boat transportation along the Pee Dee is receiving not a little attention. One of the important projected railroads is from Dillon to Gibson, connecting there with a branch of the Seaboard to Hamlet. The promoters of this enterprise say that the road will be built It is stated that Dillon has subscribed $10,000, Little Rock $10,000, Clio $5,000 and MeColl $10,000 for this road. It will pass through the best section of Marlboro and Marion counties, and its promoters expect it to pay good dividends, besides enhancing the value of the already valuable property along the line. The Bennettsville and Cheraw road is also preparing to make an extension. A meeting of the stockholders has been called to increase the capital stock from $100,000 to $200,000. The direction of the extension has not been determined upon. It will probably go south warci t>y tsienneim or uratie. Mr. Matheson and the other financiers who are back of this road have Southport as their objective point, and hope to reach that splendid port in the not distant future. Quarantines Against New Orleans. Havana, By Cable.?On account of the existence of yellow fever at New Orleans, quarantine has been declared against that port. The Southern Pacific line steamer Excelsior, which is due hare Monday, has sixty young women students from Texas College on board. The officials say that they will be required to remain on the vessel or to undergo the usual five days' detention at the quarantine station. Colonel Lamont Dead. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Special.?Col. Daniel Lamont, Secretary of War under President Cleveland, died at 9:15 Sunday evening at his county residence, at Milbrook. Duchess county, N. Y., after a brief illness. Heart failure was the cause of death. Col. and Mrs. Lamont were out driving this afternoon and Col. Lamont appeared to be enjoying the best of health. After dinner he complained of feeling ill and Dr. Stewart, of New York, who is a guest at the house, immediately went to his aid. The physician diagnosed the case as an attack of heart failure and in spite of the heroic treatment. Mr. Lamont passed nu/nv n-ithin lialf an hour. Caught With the Goods on Him. Greenville, Special.?Constable Altom returned to the city Monday afternoon from the upper section of the county where he appeared before Magistrate Southern as a witness against Harve Cox. indicted for violation of the dispensary law. During the trial a witness named Jesse Brooks, colored, was placed on the stand. Constable 'Altom noticed a very full hip pocket on 'the witness, who was discovered to have a pint of blockade liquor on his person. Total Dead Now 58. San Diego. Cal.. Special.?All men connected with the^ United States gunboat Bennington at the time of the fatal boiler explosion in San Diego harbor have been accounted for. Exploration of the vessel's hold continues as it is rapidly emptied of water. The summary of the situation now is: Dead. 58; wounded. 46; uninjured. 92; deserted, 1. Total number of crew before accident. 197. C. A .Mumper was found alive and uninjured, blotting out any missing list. Many Newsy Items STATE FARMER'S INSTITlA^^^B v To be Held at Clemson College, HI gust 8th to 11th, 1905. PROGRAM. M r TUESDAY, AUGUST Sth. I S r> m I Address of Welcome and Primary Exercises. Address by Senator B. R. TiiimaiTon "Raising Hogs." * WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9th. v i 10 a. m. r~ Address by Prof. W. J. Splllman. ^ United States Department of Agriculture. Subject: "Diversification cfSEarming in the South." V 1 2 p. m. Experience Meeting. X 8 p. m. Address by J. A. Everett. Indianap*^^ olis, Ind. X Subject: "How to Solve the Farm- lj ers' Problems." THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th. 10 a. m. Address by Dr. S. J. Summers. Subject: "Fanning in South Carolina as an Opening for Young Men Who Will Use Brains and Are Not Afraid of Work." 2 p. m. Experience Meeting. 8 p. m. Address by John Hamilton. Farmers' Institute Specialist. United States Department of Agriculture. Subject: "The new Agriculture." FRIDAY, AUGUST 11th. 10 a. m. Address by If. V. Richards, Industrial Agent Southern Railway. Subject: "Farmers' Interest in Immigration." Miss Catherine Mulligan, of Win- ^ throp College, will give a course in Domestic Science during the Institute. ? NOTE. Ample provision will be made by the authorities of the college to assist the visitors in examining the college, station and all the interests belonging to Clemson Agricultural College. Lodging will be furnished free to the capacity of the institution. , Apply for tickets at the entrance to the barracks, where your name will be registered and a bed furnished, if possible. Meal tickets can be secured for 2S 1 cents each. More Lights For Greenwood. Greenwood, Special. ? Superintendent A. J. Sproles has received a shipment of new material for the electric/ light plant. The plant is owned by the city and- is one of the best in the State. It w-as found that the old one was inadequate to meet the demands of the subscribers and a new outfit was purchased recently, consisting of ^ the latest and most approved electric * dynamos and generators. About 40 new and improved street lamps will be placed in various parts of the city in addition to those alreadv stationed. * Petitions For Pardons. Governor Hey ward last week re- * ceived a petition for pardon for Susan- ( nah Malachi. of Marlboro county, who was convicted a few weeks ago on the charge of arson and was sentenced to serve a term or five years in prison. Another petition for pardon was in behalf of W. Zeke Brown, of Williams burg county, wno was convicted last month on the charge of violating the dispensary law and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100. ? Implicated George Gilliam. Newberry, Special.?The coroner'e jury, holding an inquest over the body of Charles Gillam, colored, who was / shot from ambush cn last Thursday night, brought in a verdict that the deceased came to his death from a gunshot wound at the hands of Horace Sheppard, alias George Gillam. This negro was captured by Sheriff Buford Saturday in the Silver Street section. He killed another negro five years ago in the eastern part of Laurens county and had never been captured until the sheriff arrested $iim. It was not known at the time that, Horace Sheppard was guilty of the first murder. Lexington D^pot Plundered. Lexington. Special.?About 2 o'clock Thursday morning robbers broke into the depot here and plundered the express packages, opening drawers and desks and broke into the freight toom. Boozer Strothers, colored, a hack driver, happened to be passing, and seeing the light under a door and being near ' train time, went to the door and swung it open. Two pistol shots were fired into him at close range and close together. He was badly wounded and is in a serious condition. Farmers' Institute at Elgin. Lancaster. Special.?The farmers' institute at Elgin took place Tuesday, according to the programme previously arranged, and was a decided success in every way. Prof. W. S. Morrison, Col. M. 13. Hardin and Prof. J. N. Harper, of Clemson College and Congressman E. D. Finley. were the speakers from abroad and Mr. George W. Jones, secretary of the Lancaster County Cotton Growers* Association, was the speaker from Lancaster . , county. V 1 In the Dairy. "Clnonlincce" chrv'ld ho f'lO dairy nan's motto. and needs to be exercised throughout the entire process of butter-making, from milking to ^ . marketing. V What to feed the dairy cow can ^ only be ascertained by careful study 1 and a knowledge of individual sur- ^ roundings. The object is to secure ^ the largest flow of milk of good quail- * ty at the least cost. Many stick to the old rule?half corn and half oats by weight, then half bran by bulk. This gives a good and simple ration that is relished by the eov.s and can be fed in connection with hay or sib age. or to supplement pasture. It often pars to feed some grain even when cows have excellent pasture.?*1 Farmers' Voice. J j .