The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 30, 1905, Image 2
iA A[ew Me tal and Its Use 11
1 + I . 3> Louis Bell. j j
FEW weeks ago electrical engineers got wind of a new in(
J I candescent lamp hailing from Germany. NO\v, as a rule, no
I one even raises an eyebrow at such an announcement, for
I reputed improvements on incandescent lamps are an old
v I st^ry, but the newcomer was unusual in that the light-givJ
^ I ing filament was a pia:n metallic wire drawn from tantalum.
>- i<?,i oi'on hoard the
J _J| an element ox wmcn most peupie uou
'WmfSmm name.
t Tantalum is an element which has been kuown for more
than half a century as a constituent of various rather uncommon minerals, but
j nobod} knew it for anything more than a black powder which could be obt
tained without great difficulty, but was of no use after one had it. It has
turned out. however, that when melted in vacuo, to overcome its unpleasant
trick of absorbing nitrogen ""*ben hot, this blac' powder became a little ingot
of real metal, which possessed very remarkable ,.voper'ies. Metallic tanti-lum
is a bluish-white substance, a little darker in color thai. platinum. and about
. three-quarters as heavy for the same bulk. It is. for a meta'., an unusually
bad conductor of electricity, and has an extremely high melting-point, both
of these properties being invaluable for the purpose intended. Besides this,
it can be hammered into sheets and rolled or drawn into fine wire quite easily.
Its melting point is so high that it can be pushed to vivid incandescence
that makes an ordinary lan?p look yellow. By this same token, the light is
produced at a high efficiency, so that for the same energy used the tantalum
filament gives nearly double the light of a carbon filament. The former, by^
the way, increases its electrical resistance as ix gets hotter, while the lauer
has its highest resistance when cold. The result is a very curious difference
of ap|?earance when a tantalum and a carbon lamp are turned on together.
The latter takes a perceptible time to reach full brilliancy, while the former
jumps to whiteness more quickly than the eye can follow it.?Harper's Weekp
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Publicity
| The Cure for Evils of j
h Corruption b
43} By Cardinal Gibbons. C?
ORPORATIOaC corruption is a fixed evil that we must recki
^ on with just as long as the present condition of society ex
? ^ ists in this country. Whenever there is an amalgamation
^ ^ r nf PTpnt ranital or a large collection of men interested in
^ 5 one money making concern, there is sure to be corruption.
B* i tMMIMM ^ is 1101 a new stor-v- 11 is a story as old as the world's^
K . history. The only reason that it comes so much to the
ttllMHIi fore at present is mat the methods of its detection are daily
s- growing stronger.
,, Corruption has always existed. Corruption, 1 am much afraid, will always
- exist as long as human nature yields to the attributes that lead to tempta\
tlon.
The bright spot in the whole swamp of present moral degradation is the
^ fpct that the degradation is made known. Corruption cannot exist nowadays
* without being discovered after a while. The greater the evil tlie greater
, the possibility of remedy. And that possibility of remedy has now become
<such an assured fact that it counterbalances, almost, the evil which the prosP.
ent condition of money madness creates.
? The fear, the dread of exposure is the counterbalancing element, and that
fear, that dread, that horror of having a name once respected dragged down
is due to the efforts of the metropolitan press.
It may not be good theology, it may not be good ethics, but it is certainly
rery good moral element that the fear, the dread of exposure in the public
press keeps many a man sticking close to the path of rectitude who otherwise
would stray off Into the byway of personal graft.
S-rNaval
| . *. Surgery of The Japs. *. |
I r Surgeori'Genercl S. Suzuki, of me imperial
V Japanese Navy. &
UCH of our success in the treatment of founds 1 ascribe to
* the fact that before every engagement i ordered each mema
a ber of the crew to bathe and put on perfectly clean under
V# clothing. In a great many shot wounds fragments of cloth*
J/4 Z ing are carried into the body, and our insistence upon clean
J T underclothing prevented many cases of blood poisoning
' ? among our wounded.
Our experience during the war proved that the conning
tower of a warship is a most dangerous situation. Fragments
of shell penetrate through the slits in the tower made to furnish the
commanding officer a range of vision, and do great damage. Realizing this
fgct, Admiral Togo, in all the naval engagements, directed his fleet from the
compass bridge of the Kigasa, without receiving at any time the slightest
wound. \
The vision of the men who fire the guns on a warship must necessarily be
of the very best if their shots are to count. Before every engagement the surgeons
In the Japanese fleets examined carefully the eyes of all the gunners.
Any of them found with slight impairment of vision were treated, and if the
impairment was too grave to yield to immediate treatment they were transferred
to another station, and their places filled by men whose eyes were perfect.
During engagements every battery crew was supplied with water in which
a 1 percent solution of boracic acid had been mixed, to wash out their eyes
when they became affected by powder smoke or dust. We also issued to every
man in the fleets, before going into action, cotton wool with which to plug his
ears and thereby prevent rupture of the ear drums by the concussion of the
gun fire.
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'Y* Fifty Years of
Agricultural Progress i
1By F. W. Hewes.
===ri HE farm gardens, "market gardens" and "truck gardens" of
T today are the producers of a multitude of "miscellaneous
vegetables" almost unknown filty years ago. In the census
of 1890 the large increase in garden products was recog
nized, and a systematic count of their bulk and value was
r Jf made. It is possible, therefore, to make a ten-year com parison
of the increase of such products, and this records the
remarkable increase of from 190 percent to fOO percent in
the five several divisions of the country. The North Atlantic
states had a well-developed industry in "garden products" before 1890,
which accounts for its relatively low increase. However, 190 percent in ten
years, while the population increased only a trifle over 20 percent, is amazing.
~?u ? ??o? who thought tomatoes poisonous, and our
tuaiu uui fticui ?,
greatgrandmothers, who grew them as ornamental plants in window pots, under
the attractive name of "love apples." come back and realize that over 30,OOO.OCO
bushels of the pretty, poisonous vegetables are eaten as a common and
healthful food, they wou(d surely realize that time works wonderful changes.
Another interesting statement is that the lettuce crop of the South has so increased
that in the spring of this year North Carolina sent twenty carloads of
that vegetable North in a single day.
Thirty-five years ago celery was a rarity even on hotel tables, and was
used by few families, even of wealth. Today it is a common'edible. occupying
thousands of acres in Michigan, Ohio and New York. One firm has celery
farmS-w Michigan, Florida and California, and because of the variety of the
i ason >t is engaged in shipping celery by the carload the whole year round.
V- million bushels of radishes and 12,000,000 bushels of asparagus
are the figures for the crops of these vegetables.?Harper's Weekly.
Stolen Goods Strangely Recovered. ONE GOOD POINT.
Nineteen years ago the general store "W*s his flying machine a sucet
Haynesville, Me., was robbed of a cess?"
quantity of merchandise. Last week "Oh, yes. it failed to work before
one of the cows belonging to a n got far enough up to hurt."?Life
farmer in that village failed to return
to the barn. Search revealed the fact THE MISSING INGREDIENT,
that she had fallen into a big hole "There ought to be a good dealol
in the ground which had been used money in pork sausages like this."
by the robbers of nineteen years ago grumbled the regular patron, scowlas
a cache. It was about six feet deep, ing at the mess on his plate,
six feet square and roofed over with , sjr? responded the waiter,
logs. These havjhg become decayed, a cheery, open faced smile; "but
wore not strong enough to bear the j it's got about everything else
' - of the char, AH the goods w '?Chicago Tribune. ;
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CLEMSON COLLEGE CAR |
A. Means of Exhibiting the Work and
Value of the College to the Far- ^
mers.
The Clemson College extension car
is now making its initial tour of
South Carolina. It left Clemson on |
Monday, making its lirst stop at Lexington.
where it was viewed by a
large number of interested people j
and on Tuesday it reached Batesburg,
where it remained during the day.
It is estimated that during these
two days at least 7.?0 people visited
the car. which was in many ways a
revelation to them. It is a vivid
illustration of the work done at Clem- (
son College. As one enters the car he ,
first passes the kitchen and conimis- 5
sarv department, where dusky Sam j
holds forth to feed the hungry pro- f
! fessors This department was organized
by Mr. A. Schilletter, the steward
of the college, who accompanied the j
car for the first few days. Next '
comes an array of the wheats that are
nown in the State, tastefully arrang- 1
| ed in festoons against the wall. There '
are about ."Hi sorts of wheat on exhi
bit ion. besides a large number of I
kinds of corn. Then comes displays
W th?j work done.by the boys at !
riemson. There is supberblv executed
iron and steel work, castings, '
turned and milled pieces, all as well
executed as could be done in the best (
machine shops of the land. Next >
come specimens of the student wood- ,
working, showing exquisite joinery
and turnings. Specimens of blacksmithing
are interesting as well. I
Following this is a part of a dairy
display, the Babcock testing machine.
j which shows how to ascertain the
[richness of a cow's milk, and which
in practical use in the United States ;
has sent millions of worthless cows
to the butcher, replacing them with '
animals more worthy. This bit of
machinery greatly interests the people. 1
Overhead are large photographs (
showing the exterior and interior of
Clenison College. i
Following is an exhibit of the cowpeas
grown in the State. 4."> species <
embracing the principal varieties.
Prof. ('. L. Newman is res|H>nsible
for this tine exhibit. Next comes a
display of pecans, grown by C C.
Newman. This is interesting, showing
the diversity of types that may be \
obtained by planting seeds all from 1
one tree, as all the specimens are '
from one planting of the same seed. 1
yet no two results are the same, the <
range being from (> "> nuts to a pound 1
to 170. There is thus shown vividly *
the need of budding or grafting to
insure good pecans. Above the |
IK'rans are shown samples of cottons j
of snjterior sorts. Next is tlie tex- ]
tile end of the ear, presided over by .
Prof. ('. S. Dogget. This exhibit is
of wonderful interest, embracing as
it does a very wide range of samples
of fabrics from the sturdiest ticking
or denims to the most wonderful mercerized
cottons, some seeming imj>essible
to distinguish from silks. There
are shown also all manner of printings
and weavings, with figures and
colors so delicate' and beautiful that
it seems as if nature herself was
taught a lesson. There are also
shown hooks of designs and cards on
wihch the designs made by the students
themselves have done, how they
have first designed on paper the figures.
then added the colors and afterward
made the goods in actual fabric.
Now that South Carolina is leading
all the Southern States in the produc'tion
of cotton this department of textiles
is of great value to the State. ,
Prof. Dogget t, who presides over
this display, is a man of wide and '
valuable experiences, having: had <
charge of important mills in Massa- .
chusetts and other Northern States
besides having had valuable experience
from observation and direction
in England and the continent. It is (
a decided gain to the State of South
Carolina to secure Prof. Poggett to
instruct her boys, not in the rudiments
of a crude art of weaving fabrics.
but in the finer and nicer departments
of the art so that they may inaugerate
a'day of better and more
remunerative endeavor in the State. '
This exhibit of fabrics attracts much ]
attention, not only because of the ex- .
quisite beauty of some of it. but be- (
cause of the interest to young men
who may be seeking a remunerative ,
field for their labor.
It is interesting to see some of the
more ambitious and intelligent young ,
mill men come to see this exhibit and
go away resolved to save their earnings
and take the textile course so
that they may fit the* -elves for bet- 41
ter and more remun wthan '
they are now doing/Crossing
over, for y^^ seen t
but one side of the e. ^seen Prof. |
C. C. Newman's cxH of grape ,
vines and nursery sC^bfc^There are
full grown and bearing grajie vines, j
showing exactly how they are pruned
and trained. Also young orchard
trees pruned for transplantation.
There is also a display of the implements
needed for the horticultural
endeavor. Passing along we Hnd '
Prof. F. F. H. Calhoun's dis>,.?. of
th? minerals of South CarolJia. embracing
a wide range from the primi
tive granites to gold. lead and copper
ores, with amethysts, topazes, oasidcrite.
rubies, "magnet ife. mica and
black diamonds. This is one of the
best collections of minerals ii. the '
South and is beautifully displayed. ]
Among the so-called precious ores
there are displays of pliosphatir rock,
more precious really than all else because
of the phosphorus that they
carry, invaluable agent of life and
berrii^r potentialities for the redemption
if Carolina fields.
It /is the purpose of this extension
ri.mcnn Pnltaow in reni*h
nia\ v/i wivmovu vv.tv^w
pec%lly the farming classes, since it
is felt that if there can he added to
the fertility of their tields and the
productiveness of them all the State
will share grteatly in the blessings
that will follow. Therefore the car
is in charge of Port". J. X. Harper, director
of the experiment station and
dean of the agricultural college. Assisting
him are Pof YY. S. Morrison
and Jos. E. Wing, a farmer from Ohio. !
Meetings are held each day in the
towns where the train stays and it is
endeavored to meet as many farmers 1
as possible.?Columbia State.'* \
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PALMETTOi AFFAIRS |
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
\ Batch of Live Paragraphs Covering
a Wide Range?What is Going
On in Our fiflt*
The Railroads Are Prospering.
Some interesting figures have been
ompiled by Secretary Duncan of the
airoad commission from the annual
reports filed by the railroads doing
nisiness in this State. The figures
show the enormous growth of gross
uid net business in this State and emphasize
(lie prosperous condition ot
Nrmth Pnrnlinn TIipv are as follows:
General exhibit of total income all
sources, railroads in South Carolina,
for the liscal veir ending June 30th,
1005, with comparison with figures for
iscal year ending June 30th, 1004.
Total income all sources, 1005, $14,*36,469.77;
1004. $13,SI 1,700.07.
All operating: expenses, 1005, $9.768/lo.74;
1004. $9,534,726.24..
Ii come less expenses, $5,0S7,834.)3:
1004. $4,330,083.60.
Taxes, 1905, $404,023.66; 1004,
$482,058.05.
Net income less expenses and taxes
1005, $4,503,810.37; 1004, $3,S24,023.71.
Tonnage (tons)^ 1005, 8,400,530:
1004. 8,079,133.
The Berkeley railroad has deficit
)f $003.25; taxes, $200.10.
The Carolina and Western railroad
lias deficit of $2,292.25; taxes, $265.13.
The Seveirn and Knoxville railroad
lias deficit of $8,057.75; taxes, $8.357.73.
The Pickens railroad has deficit of
?402.52; taxes. $321.40.
Increase earning oi' 1905 over 1904.
?7.50,875.08.
As to Removing the Constables.
Governor Hey ward's attention having
been called to the controversy in
Ureenville papers relative to tlie Keepins:
of constables in that county after
the dispensary has been removed,
lie stated that be would observe the
nistom which he had set in the Cherokee
ease at the beginning of this epidemic
of voting out the dispensary.
He will remove the constables .if he
thinks that the people of a county
in the exercise of their intention to
keep good faith will enforce the dispensary
law and maintain prohibition.
Hut if it should appear that
these people of honest intention cannot
enforce thes law through the efforts
of the regularly ap|>ointed peace
officers, he will, after consulting with
leading county and municipal officers
and citizens?restore the constables
to a county which is unable otherwise
to cope with the blind tigers. With
reference to Greenville and Spartanburg
particularly, he said that the
result of the elections had not been
declared and he would not act until
then ,although he is keeping advised
of the arguments which are beiug
made pro ana eon.
The Farmers' Union.
Anderson, Special.?The State eon-'
rent ion of the Farmers' Educational I
and Co-Operative union met here. The
deliberations of the body are secret
and nothing has been given out for
publication. There are more than
100 delegates in attendance, most of
them being from the neighboring
counties.
Columbian as Corporator.
A charter has been issued by the
secretary of State of North Carolina
for an we plant manufacturing association,
being a combination of
plants in several States. The capital
stock is ?10,000. The company will
deal in ice plant machinery, manufacture
ice, lease or sub-lease or in
iny way acquire property. The incorporator's
are: William E. Worth, Wiln
. n T D..1
mmgton, i\. i .; ueorge ij. i>uivt;it Columbia;
A. Ellis, Augusta, Ga.; \V. J
Rusliton and W. M. Thompson, Birmingham,
Ala.
3mall Boy Killed With Parlor Rifle.
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Bamberg, Special.?A very deplorible
affair occurred in the factory porlion
of town last Saturday afternoon
which affords another illustration of
riminal carelessness of parents in allowing
children to handle firearms
Severv small boys were playing with
1 parlor rifle and one little fellow, I'i
rears of age, shot and instantly killed
mother boy of S, the bullet entering
the heart.
The Plan of Reorganization.
Union, Special.?It is authoritatively
announced that the reorganizatioi
plan of the Union and Buffalo cottoi
mills will become effective, as ovei
three-fourths of claims and stock have
been deposited with the holding companies.
A possible outcome may b<
the putting of the Union cotton milk
into bankruptcy but positive assur
;i:ice is given that whatever litigatior
arises the mills will continue opera
lion.
TESTS OF STRENGTH.
Samson and Hercules decided to
seek fresh fields where they might
win renown with their wonderful
feats of strength.
"Well, Sammy, old boy," said Hercules,
"what are you going to do?"
"Join a football team," replied the
strong man. "What are you about to
tackle?"
"Oh, I think I will apply for a position
on one of the American railroad's
to open the car windows."
Packing their gripa the strong men
sailed for America on the next steamer.?Columbus
Dispatch. j
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WILL PRESERVE FORESTS
A Measure to be Introduced at the
Coming Session of the General Assembly.
Major Lewis W. Haskell, a member
of the Richland delegation in the
house of representatives, will introduce
a bill at the approaching session
of the legislature which will provide
for a study of the forest conditions in
this State by the agricultural experiment
station at Clemson college in cooperation
with the United States department
of agriculture.
linf to nf Llio rrrooLoof
lHld a Picp iliac 10 ui iuc ^icaivcv
importance to the State, as is attested
by the opinion of all who haye had occasion
or opportunity to investigate
these conditions and learn of the depleted
condition of our forests. The
time for this action seems propitious,
as the department of agriculture is offering
to appropriate for the purpose
an amount equal to any appropriation
the State may make', and in addition
to that it will detail a forestry expert
to devote his time ^nd attention to the
work of reclaiming the South Carolina
trees.
Jn a letter to Major Haskell on the
subject, Mr. Gifford Pinchot, the government
forester, says: "I am glad to
see that you are taking an active interest
in the welfare of your State
forests as well as the prosperity of the
other business, interests within your
State which must be affected by the
forest conditions.
The forest service has always ad?
cfurKr nf fnrost nnuditions ore
, a 4
paratory to the introduction of a
State forest law, believing that conditions
in the various States require a
modification of the fundamental ideas
necessary to such a law. Pursuant to
this idea, several of the States have
already asked the forest service to cooj>erate
with them in such an investigation.
It has been the custom of this
bureau to accept such invitations and
to expend in the necessary study an
amount equal to that appropriated by
the State."
The im]>ortant section in Major
Haskcl's proposed bill will provide
that it shall be the duty of the agricultural
experiment station of Clemson
College to conduct investigation?
in the several sections of the State in
order to discover the variety of valu
able trees best suited to grow on the
various kinds of land in the State; to
determine the cost and the best methods
of propagating, planting, cultivating
and managing wood lots and plantations
on various kinds of soil; to determine
by investigation the average
growth of -the various kinds of trees,
and the relative value of the various
kinds of timber for commercial purposes;
to conduct experiments in th?
11 - r%(
treatment on ine various muuo u*
I woods for the purpose of increasing
durability, and to determine by experiment
and investigation the kind of
trees and shrubs best suited to various
situations for windbreaks and
sheiter, and for decorative planting
and managing the same, and to issue
bulletins or publications from time to
time containing useful information
and recommendations upon subjects
specified, and to make a full and complete
report to the government of work
done, experiments made, information
obtained, etc., prior to the convenin,
" ' * 1?a Tinnnre. 1A07.
01 Ii)e legiMitiuic in uuuwj, ,
and ever}- vear thereafter.?Columbia
State.
Greenville Anxious to Keep Consta
bles.
Greenville, Sjx?c-ial.?Word I Vat
Governor Heyward will remove the
constables from this county was received
with regret by many citizens as
there is a strong sentiment here in favor
of retaining the constabulary and
putting on the half mill tax. It is
said 90 per cent of the txpayers are
in favor of paying the tax to have the
constables remain and the city and
county officers without exception are
in favor of retaining the constabulary.
r""' Wnnrtrert Oattle Driven From
| J. VUA ?
Tennessee.
I Rock Hill, Special.?Four hundred
cattle have just arrived here, having
been driven all they way from east
Tennessee to Rock Hill through the
country. The cattle have all been dehorned.
Not one of them weighs less
than 700 pounds while the maximum
weight is 1,000. The steers arrived
in fine condition and presented a
aight that is seldom seen in this section.
x Fell Into Well.
Rock Hill, Special.?The little son
of Mr. Clem Gordon, aged about one
year and a half, while playing in the
yard at its home on Black street Friday
morning, fell about fifteen or
twenty feet into a well and into water
at least fifteen feet deep. Marvelous
to state he was rescued alive and seem
ingly unhurt, although unconscious
and very cold.
Saved From Death By His Son.
Laurens, Special.?Thomas Fuller, a
mill operative at the Laurens cotton
mills, was struck and very seriously
injured by an incoming freight on the
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
T-o.'irvKwl rpf?f>;vingr a number of ugly
^"'"""1 o - ?
and dangerous cuts about his face and
I on the head. The accident happened
in a cut just beyond the Laurens mill
I ;tore and but for the presence of mind
of his ten-year-old son who was -with
I him Fuller, in all probability would
have been killed outright by the train.
To Improve Rural Schools.
Rock Hill, Special.?The Woman's
Association for the Improvement of
Rural Schools will hold its annual
convention here December 29th-30th.
The people* of Rock Hill will entertain
the delegates and the meetings wil be
held at Winthrop. It is expected that
about 50 tcaehers, one. from each
county in the State, at least, will attend.
President D. B. Johnson of
I Wiftthrop will endeavor to make tin
i pjogrumme as interesting as possible.
I KILLED: 5 INJURED
Result of Collision on Pennsylvania
Railroad
25 FREIGHT GARS DEMOLISHED
Two West-Bound Freights Were
Wrecked on Pennsylvania Railroad
Near Harrisburg, by Rear ?nds Collision.
Harrisburg, Pa., Special.?One man
killed, five injured and twenty-five
freight cars, two postal cars, one bag
gage car and one Pullman car totally
wrecked as the result of a rear end
collision of two west bound freights,
and the subsequent collision of a passenger
train into a wreck on the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Thompsontown.
D. G. Huntsbee, brakeman of
Harrisburg, is the man who was killed
Branch Died Prom Blows.
Annapolis, Md., Special.?The prosecution
used its heavy artillery in
the line of medical testimony during
Thursday's session of the court martial
which i> trying Midshipman Meriwether
for manslaughter in connection
with the death of Midshipman
Branch. Important witnesses being
Dr. J. M. T. Finney, chief surgeon of
the John's Hopkins University, of
Baltimore; Dr. Henry M. Thomas,
neurologist of the same institution
and J. C. Byrnes, the chief medical
officer attached to the Naval Acade
my.
The operation *'pon Midshipman
Branch, consisting of lifting and folding
over a portion of the skull in order
to remove such blood clots as might
be formed, was performed by Dr. 1 :nney,
and Dr. Thomas, the specialist in
that line, came to Annapolis at Dr.
Finney's request in order to locate
from the symptoms the proper place
for the operation. Dr. Brynes was
called in consultation with Dr. Stone
shortly after Branch had been brought
to the hospital.
Much evidence of a deeply interesting,
though sometimes technical character,
was given by the medical men.
One point of interest brought out in
explanation of the fact that the skul!
was opened on the right side, that the
nerves controlling one side of the body
cross from the opposite or the brain,
while the nerves controlling the facial
musics do not. It was further brought
out that the injury, though on the
right side, was occasioned by the
successive fist blows on the left side of
the head. The injury was of the nature
blows to the skull on one side
of the head hating the effect of forcing
the brains against the walls of the
skull and c:;usiug compression it: that
way.
. All the medical officers gave it a?
their very positive conviction that
Branch died from the effect of the
medically known as "eontre cop." the
blows he had received in his fight with
Meriwether.
Big Fire in Cotton.
Augusta, Ga., Special?Augusta
was visited by a fire which destroyed
or damaged one thousand bales of
cotton, and also damaged the warehouse
in which the staple was stored.
There is no possible explanation of
the cause of the fire, as the compartment
in which is originated had not
been opened for two days, and there
were no signs of fire before the blaze
burst forth. The warehouse is owned
by Nixon and Danjforth and the
building and contents were fully covered
by insurance. The loss is estimated
to be in the neighborhood of
$40,000. The fire is now under control.
Tire at Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Ind., Special?Fire
caused damage to the stock of the
Badger Furniture Company to the
amount of $75,000 and injured the
two seven-story buildings on Wash-1
ington street occupied by the company
to the extent of $10,000. The Columbia
National Bank which occupied an
adjoining building was damaged by
water. During the progress of the fire
securities to the amount of $600,000
were removed from the bank for
safety.
Tragedy Follows Marriage.
Anniston, Ala., Special?J. E.
rill!lips, a new Known xariuer, ?aa
shot and instantly killed near Hillsby
Creek 'bridge, a few miles from
Obel postoffice, by Will Cline, another
fanner. The son of Phillips
witnessed the shooting. Cline made
his escape. Phillips' son ray away
recently with the daughter of Cline
and they wore married here.
Lynched for Killing a Man.
Coahoma. Miss., Special.?Dave
Sims, the negro who shot and killed
R. F. Jones (white), at his home one
mile from Maugli Station, in this
county on Sunday night, was lynched
bv an armed mob at the scene of his
crime. Sims was captured Friday
and immediately brought to this place.
The negro is said to have made a full
confession.
Seven More Days Given.
Richmond, Special.?The board of
visitors of the Virginia Military In-,'
stitute was in session here, considering
the matter of the refraetiveiyess
of certain cadets at the West Point
of the South. It rejected the J-ompromise
paper prepared under the
Governorr's auspices, and gave the
recalcitrant studcuts seven morefdays
in which to comply with the refcrulaitions
of tbo institute or be dism^sed.
RUSSIAN AFFAIRS BETTER^!
Strike Fiasco and End of Polish V
Crisis Have Strengthened the > 1
Hands of the Government. 1
'
St. Petersburg, By Cable?The pretK v
ent lull is giving the government a
slight breathing spell. The strike fiasco
and the passing of. the polish
erisis have certainly temporarily
strengthened the hands of the government.
Practically all danger of the
necessity for dealidg with an armed
uprising in Poland is regarded as over
and martial law will probably be abolished
at the end of the week. The f
immediate question eonfrontinp^ths
cabinet is the electoral law. Premier ' j|
Witte arid his colleagues have almost '
reached the conclusion to base the
elections practically on universal suf- ^
frage.
A member of the cabinet who may
be considered to reflect the views of
the Premier said:
"The extreme wing of the intdUi- V
gent Liberals still insist en fighting a *
wind mill when tbey express fears of
a return to the old regime. That has . "
passed foverer. The Emperor's step
is irrevocable. The reports that hia .
resolution lias been shaken are absoK 't
lutely without foundation. Nevertheless,
the country must be saved from
anarchy, and strong raeaures like
those measures institute*} at Chernig- ?
off, Saratoff, Tamboff and Penza must
be taken where the occasion arises.
Neither in Russia nor abroad need
there be the slightest fears that the ,srjj
government desires to retrace * its
steps."
Sjieaking ot the Jewish questions,^
the member of the cabinet said: For
the cabinet there exists no Jewish
question. It is not what should be ,
done, but bow to do it. We are absolutely
of one mind that all the restrictions
on the Jews skould.be ahdished,
but for the government to f
decree equality without action on the
part of the Douma would be full of
danger. The prejudice against the
Jews among the ignorant classes of ..,
Russia is not fancied. It is dcplor- $2
able but true that people under tha_ ^
old regime wore saturated witR~th5^^^H
idea that the Jews were their oppres-^^^W
sors. If the Jews were granted equal g
rights with Russians the latter would "jSw
accept it as confirmation oCthe Siifpicions
they already harbor on aecount
of recent developments, that tho
Emperor ban betrayed tliera, and ^
nothing the central government eonld '',
An irmild nrpwnt thf most fri?htfnl A
massacres. ^
Steamer Goes Down With 16.
Clarks Harbor, N. S., Special.?The ^
Norweigian steamer Turbine, wiih her ' jmja
captain and crew of about sixteen /
men, >s thought to have founderedTfft'a
terrific gale which swept over Nova'
Scotia last Friday. The coasting }
steamer Edna R., which arrived here f*|l
from Mud Island, brought the newa
that on Friday about 5 p. m. a large
6teamer supposed to be the Turbine
struck Black Rockledgc, off the sonth
coast of the province, backed up in a ^
few minutes, and then disappeared iA
the raging sea. Persons on the inland
who saw the steamer strike on * ' '*
the ledge were a consiueraole distance ^
away, and owing to the tremendous
sea running, it was impossible to d
launch a boat.
Truckers Comi>y- nise. /
Wilmington, Spccia^?J.vO. Carr,
counsel for the truckers association at
Grists, X. C., in the Chad bourne eeetion,
has announced a com promise ^pf .,
the suit recently brought against
Atlantic Coast Line for the recovCrV
of $13,703.39, the same being tfcej,
amount of losses by memo-Mr- of the^* .
association by reason of the refriger- ' ^
ator car shortage during toe
strawberry shipping season, the same /?
covering days from May 1 to 6, in- . "
elusive, a part of which was not included
in the compromise with the At- x\
mour line. The compromise was for
payment by the coast line of $10,150
which is an average of $1.85 per crate
of 32 quarts. It is understood the ' \
Coast Line, by the terms of its contract
with the Armour lines, wili have
recourse upon thtft corporation for the
amount recovered of them. . .f
Gang of Pickpockets. ,
Yaldosta, Ga., Special.?Seven al- '
leged pickpockets were arrested here . >/
and are being held for investigation. \^They
are said to be a gang that has 3j
been following Ringland Brothers^ cir- ^
cus through Georgia and Florida. The
names and locations given by the.
prisoners are: James King, *of Bir~ , v
mingham; John Burton, Montgomery;
E.l Cole, Memphis; Frank Morgan, of <1
Louisville: J. A. Morris and Sara Ack- :
erraan, of Memphis, and James Hickey,
of Marion, Ind. Circus detectives .
sjjotted the men and local police followed
and arrested them.
To Penitentiary For Safety.
Columbia, S. C., Special.?The ne- v'Jj|
gro who made a coniession to an as- ?
sanlt upon a white woman in Cam- $
den and who is was feared wovJd be
lynched by citizens of that place, v;ms
quietly removed from the Camden jafl v
and brought to the penitentiary here
for safe keeping. Governor Hcywnrd
had been asked for troops to protect /\the
uotrro, hut after the above action ^
it was net necessary to order them
out. ^^9
$3^00,000 Bequeathed to Art
^/Vorchester, Mass., Special/-By the
will of Stephen Salisbury, which was /jS
fi^ed for probate Tuesday afternoon, * .
more than $3,000,000 is bequeathed to ,
11 *rtr?\fiiconm His ^S- -^?^9
ills ?> orciiesici -ni I i!iU9WUH<* ^
tate is estimated at $5,000,000. The jj
boqueasts also include $25,000 to Mrs, J
Henry Hubbard, Lynchburg, Va.
Fire destroyed 30 buildings at 1
Whalcyvilie, Va, causing a loss of
. ibout $50,000. _