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?l Six Persons Seriously Wounded in a Fight.? Negroes Gaused the Trouble. 0- Tupelo, Miss., Aug. 2L?Sis persons seriously shot and a number injured is the reported result of a race riot now in progress in the south end of Lee county, near Shannon. Three negroes and three white men are badly injured and others probably more or less so. This is the result of a race riot participated in by a secret organization of negroes firing upon and wounding the Eubank brothers while on their own premises. Tne shooting occurred Tuesday soon after 'dark. Posses in pursuit had a lively encounter with the negroes six miles south of Shannon yesterday evening, when more or less shooting was done. One white man and three negroes were badly wounded and several more ne groes were slightly hurt. Other posses are in pursuit and the affair is not yet over. Deputy Sheriff Temple has just reached the city with eight despe radoes bound with chains and under a [ heavy guard. He reports 500 men un- j der arms- and says great excitement prevails. The officer took the train at Nettleton and had great difficulty in ?? getting away with the prisoners. For some months negroes at Shan non and Nettleton have been giving considerable trouble, secret societies being formed under the guidance of a former school teacher or preaeher. These organizatioiis are said to be for the purpose of resisting white men and protecting negroes in deeds of law lessness. The alleged instigator of the. serious ^ outbreak of the last few hours is a negro preacher named Jeff Hogers. | He has been held under susipicon by; the whites for some time as a bad character. He is a negro of some education and has considerable influ ence in his church. The first serious trouble broke out some time ago, when a negro named Giles Jackson assaulted the Lauder clales in a corn field, seriously wounaV ing them. About a month ago this \ negro died in the county jail from wounds inflicted while resisting arrest. A few days ago a negro was seen tak ing corn form a field belonging to Mr. Eubanks who lives close to Shannon, and when spoken to about it he be came insolent and defiant and a war rant was sworn out for his arrest. On Tuesday , evening a son of Eu banks, living just across the road, noticed a number of negroes congre gating around his'home. He sup posed they meant to attack his home and he crossed the road and joined his father and younger brother. Shortly after Eubanks went to his fathers7 house a command to fire was given and a blinding volley rang out from the guns carried by. the negroes, j Both of the ' younger Eubanks were j hit and badly woinded. After the shooting of the Eubanks brothers the whites immediately organized them selves into an armed posse to bring to justice the guilty negroes. Yesterday evening, headed by Mar shal Randolph of Nettleton, and Mar shal Irby of Shannon, this posse went after two members of the negro mob who were supposed to be hiding in a cabin about six miles ?rom Shannon. The posse reached the cabin, ordered the door opened, but the command was unheeded. After waiting a moment Randolph pushed the door open. He was met with a volley of birdshot and fell across the threshold with blood sushing from his face and shoulders. Tho negroes ran out of the house over tbo prostrated officer. They were met by a volley from the posse and three negroes were injured so badly that they were left lying on the ground. The others escaped in the darkness, some leaving behind traces of their wounds. A deputy has returned from Shan non and reports everything quiet there now. e Era of Great Trusts. New York, August 2L?Russell Sage, in an interview today, referred : to a published statement quoting J. Pierpont Morgan assaying that the \ era of great tirusts had just "begun, and ! that more gigantic corporations are stored in the near future* some of which may overshadow the Steel Trust. Mr. Sage said: "Whether Mr. Morgan j said that or not, combinations of all ! industries are a menace to true gov-i ernment. Not only so, but they are the oppressors of the people." "What will be the result of such an era?" asked a reporter. "In such an event the American people will revolt against them and there will be financial ruin the like of which this country has never seen, or any other." It was suggested to Mr. Sage that there was a general opinion that com binations at certain timesfwere good - things for the country. "Yes," Mr. Sage replied, when sev eral industries are starting out in business it is well for individuals to combine for protection until the busi ness is firmly established. When the business is so established, the combi nation should be disrupted and con ducted on individual lines. Then if one individual should become embar rassed it would not mean the wrecking of the industry. I believe it is better to have such industries divided among several individuals than combined into one great combination, the embarrass ment of which would mean the ruin of aU," Castries ?Islandd of St. Lucia, Aug. '22.?Officers of the steamer Dahome, which arrived here today, report a severe eruption of Mont Pelee on the islande of Martinique, at noon of yes terdayj. The eruption was followed by total darkness five miles away from the volean ho. It was 20 minutes be fore it again became light. The Daohme was obliged to change her course to. escape the volcanic dust which fell heavily upon deck. A Necessary Precaution. Don't neglect a cold. It is worse than unpleasant. It is dangerous. By using One Minute Cough Cure you can care it at once. Allays inflammation, clear the head, soothes and strengthen^ the raucous membrane. Cures coughs, croup, throat and lung troubles. Absolutely safe. Acts immedi ately. Children like it. J. S. Hughson <fc DON'S TRADE REVIEW. Business Conditions in the Week Just Closed. New York, Aug. 22.? R. G. Dunn & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomor row will say : Fuel scarcity is the one serious in dustrial handicap. Protracted idle ness at anthracite mines increased the pressure for soft coal and coke and, despite new records of output, deliver ies are utterly inadequate owing to the laek of motive power. This freight blockade of coke trains has closed many furnaces, while the increasing call for transportation facilities on erop account gives little prospect of early relief. Notwithstanding the con gestion, railway earnings thus far re ported for August show signs of 3 per cent, over the last year and 17 per cent, over 1900. Weather conditions have been less uniformly favorable for agricultural products, yet no severe loss is report ed. Current trade is of good volume for the season, while the outlook for the future is bright Buyers are numerous in all the leading markets, piaciig orders liberally at well sustain ed quotations. As the active blast furnace capacity of this country decreases through want of fuel, foreign pig iron is pur chased more freely, and Scotch war rants have advanced because of the steady demand. Domestic needs are now far beyond all precedent, and even with the available home capacity active there would be imports, al though less than are now arriving. There is much that is gratifying in this state of affairs, but there is also a drawback. During the recent period of exceptional domestic demand, many export orders have been sacrificed, which German and Belgian makers secured. Failures in the United States this week were 207, against 205 last year. Hews From the Wires. Macon, Ga., Aug. 2L?Reports from Fort Valley are to the effect that the recent. experimental shipment of a couple of carloads of Georgia peaches to England was highlv successful. The fruit arrived in fine shape and brought handsome profits. Those who expect the European markets to be opened to Georgia fruit are elated. Texarkana, Aug. 21. ?Divine Heal er and Prophet Perkins, posing as an angel of Christ in this city, who was recently claiming he was waiting for Christ, who would appear in a few days, was taken oat of town last night by whitecappers, and flogged, and had his hair cut short and given thirty minutes to leave town. A no tice left on Perkins* door read, "Same fate to sympathizers." Madrid, Aug. 2L?Spain is aghast over the latest reports of the extraor dinary eccentricities of King Alfonso, the details of which are gradually be coming known, and they cause fears that the rumors of mental abberration are true. During a tour of the pro-: vinces, which ended Monday, the king repeate?y gave evidences of the lack of mental balance. Washington, Aug. 2L?The papers in the case of Capt. James A. Ryan, Fif teenth cavalry, who was tried by gene ral court martial by order of the pres ident on charges of administering the "water cure" to natives in the Philip pines, have been, received at the war department, and when considered by Judge Advocate Generai Davis, will be forwarded to the president. Capt Ryan did not deny administering the water cure, but insisted that it was necessary in order to accomplish re sults.. On account of the preponder ance of the testimony in favor of Capt. Ryan, it is understood that the court acquitted him. Raleigh, N. C, August 19.?In a fire which broke out at Winston-Salem tonight property valued at $60,000 was destroyed. A large building contain ing the furniture stock of Hunley, Hill & Stockton and the harness stock of Hine & Shipley was burned. Insur ance $30,000. Up Against a Family Trust. "Owing to a Nebraska smash-up I got left in a little Nebraska town one year ago," said the drummer, ac cording to the Detroit Free Press, "and the way I came in contact with a trust made my hair stand up. It was a wretched town and a still worse hotel. My room was small and the j bed was as hard as a board. 1 got up feeling mad and after a miserable breakfast I was ready to boil over. The boiling came when the landlord presented me with a bill of 84. '" 'Is this correct?' I asked as I looked at the figures." " 'Entirely so, he replied.' *' 'Then you are a blamed old high way robber.' "The landlord had three sons, and when they began to mix in I turned on them and gave 'em some red-hot talk. When I stopped for breath the old man, who turned out to be a jus tice of the peace, sat down in his chair and calmly announced : " 'Hear ye! Hear ye! I now declare this court duly opened. James have you any business?' " have,' replied his eldest son, who announced to me that he was a I constable and that I was under arrest. He then made a charge against me, one of the other brothers testifying as to my language, and his Honor fined me $10. As the third brother hadn't taken any part, I turned to him and sarcastically asked: " 'Where do you come in?" " 'Me?" he replied.' "Oh, I'm the town marshal, and as you are evident ly a desperate character, 1 shall have to lock you up for a couple of days and then run you out of town.' "It was a nice little family trust, you see," smiled the drummer, "and I couldn't beat it. I was locked up for forty-eight hours, but I had to pay the hotel bill and the line, and when I was set at liberty and got my mouth open to sry something eise, t?e jailer laid a hand on my arm and whispered : " 'Don't do it. I am the old man's son-in-law and if you kick against my jail he'll make your next stop twenty days." Fistic argument enus in the South Carolina political ring tonight and Mississippi takes up the thread where the Palmetto State drops it. How pleasant it is for brethren to dwell to gether in unity.?Richmond Times. GREATEST SENSUALIST GF FRANGE THINS MONK. Huysmans Once Brought Music From An Organ Whose Notes Were Liqueurs. New York, Aug. 18.? Joris Karl Huysmans, Frances' greatest living literary sensualist, has bes?me a lay brother in the Benedictine Order of Monks. Having swept the whole gamut of human emotions, he is now at the other end of the scale, resting in the dim tranquility of hi3 sur roundings, unaffected by the fever of the world, says the Herald. To those who are unacquainted with the personality of the man and his work, the significance of his reversal of conditions can scarcely be appre ciated. If Mr. John D. Rockefeller, who is estimated to be the richest man in the world, should turn over all of his vast wealth to the poor and give himself solely to spirtual devotions, profound would be the wonder thereat. And yet the sacrifice of M. Huys mans meant even much more than that. The world and' his senses were his riches, the value of which no counted billions in gold could compre hend. Full of the joy of life, he made a heaven and a hell of it. Out of both come harmonies. Color charmed him like a song. Sound meant for him tangible things ?the clasp of a beloved woman's hand, the rapture of an embrace, or yet the physical stab of anguish. Smell was a sense brought to such acute perfection that it became glori fied. A whole world of creatures, beautiful and beastly alike, existed in his touch. With his taste he play ed gustatory music, for he was one of the most exquisite gourmets in all Europe. He could order repasts surpassing even those of Lucullus, because he knew the harmonies of eating just as he did those of an organ and could cal culate to a nicety how to bring out all of the delicate shadings and beauties of the composition. And he possessed the means of gratifying every extrava gant whim. ' He once built himself a house to represent the bottom of the sea, and had tanks of fishes outside every win dow to keep up the illusion, and in that house built an enormois organ, whose pipes were all connected with his mouth. Each pipe was in touch with a butt of liquors, and whenever he touched a note it conveyed a drop or two of Chartreuse. Benedictine, kummel or creme de men the or 3ome other nectar to his lips. Think of what must have been the fantastic sensations of sitting: . by the hour at the bottom of the sea playing fugues and marches and oratorios, all made up of the most indescribable mixtures of liquid refreshments. A Loving Cup For Mr. Worment. Columbia, August 21.?Seldom is it that in life men, especially newspaper men, get their deserts. Men plod on and keep on plodding, but, * alas, too often recognition and thanks are de layed until too late. It is but just and proper that hard and conscien tious work should be recognized. To the credit of the candidates of the State campaign of 1902 it must be said that they have a keener sense of I appreciation of hard and difficult work. There is far too little attention I and appreciation of such work as that of the press representatives on the State campaign, far too little is thought of the tedious and trying work of a correspondent who has to go from county to county, and keep up with, the often tiresome details of every speech and meeting. So tonight it was a most happy and just tribute to the work of a faithful and brave corres pondent when Dr. W. H. Timmerman presented an elegant loving cup to Mr. J. Ed. Norment, who so well reported the entire campaign series for The News and Courier and the State. It was a touch of human nature that these candidates should so loudly and publicly proclaim their appreciation of the fairness and industry of a hard plodding correspondent, who, while the candidates were drinking soda and shaking hands, was fretting over the mails or the wires or the sched ules, and how to say all he wanted in the space available, and yet deal fairly with all. The V. C. Chemical Company. (From the Richmond Timss. ) The directors of the Virginia-Caro lina Chemical Company announce to the stockholders the following addi tional facts concerning the affairs of the company : "The company now owns and operates fertilizer plants in thirty towns and cities, while the Southern I Cotton Oil Company owns and ope rates eighty-one oil mills, refineries and large plants. The company has now become the owner and producer of most of the crude material needed in its manufacture and is therefore able to stand, by virtue thereof, on its own bottom without the possibility of be ing undersold. There have b??n sold 779,003 tons of fertilizers and chemi cals of all kinds during the current year. The season was not a specially I good one, although the company show ed increased profits for the year. The consumption of fertilizers actually fell off in all the States in which the com pany did business. Although the ton I nage was less, still the money value ! for sales was practically unchanged, be cause of larger sales of higher grade goods. The directors now ask for specific permission from the stockhold ers to hypothecate the stocks of the subsidiary companies owned by it in order to fund thereby the indebted ! ness incurred in the purchase of potash and other plants needed to seeure the best results in enlarging its business. The directors say that the contem plated funding should not exceed 87,000,000 of bonds." It Xeeds a Tonic. There are times when your liver needs a tonic. Don't giv? purgatives that gripe and weaken. DeWitt's Little Early Risers expel all poison from the system and act as tonic to the liver. W. Scott. 531 Highland ave., Milton, Pa., says: '*i have carried De Witt's Little Early Risers with me for sev eral years and would not be without them." Small and easy to take. Purely vegetable. They never gripe or distress. J. S. Kagh son ? Co. ~ COLONY 6BE2KS IIP. The Business Manager Went Away and Never Came Back. Bardstown, ., Aug. 18.?About twelve years ago a colony came from France and purchased the farm known as "Mt. Olivet" from the Trappists monks at Gethsemani, fifteen miles from here. The colony was composed of Mr. Gnillot, Jules and Pere Bouran, their wives and daughters, numbering in all about a dozen persons. They ar> descendants of the nobility of France, and were people of wealth and refinement. Tbe"Mt. Oilvet" farm, which was formerly used as a school by the Catholic Sisters, was converted by its new owners into a vineyard, and was very productive, but the colonists knew nothing of the ways of the world and did not mingle with their neigh bors; and being very generous and poor business managers they soon be came involved in debt, and, it is said, found it necessary to mortgage "Mt. Olivet" to a Lebanon bank. A few months ago M. G?illott, the head of the colony, went to Chicago, ostensibly on a business trip, and never returned. All efforts to locate have failed. The supposition is that being worried by the business affairs of the colony he entered a monastery in the North. The other members being disheartened, left today for New York, from where they will sail for their former homes in France. The bank holding the mortgage will take charge of the farm. How the Fox Escaped. A good story is related at the ex pense of a well known business man of Little Rock. His hunting proclivi ties are well known, and he has the reputation of being so skilful in this line that seldom, if ever, does any thing escape when he gets on its trail. LastSaturday, however,he was defeated in a most provoking fashion. He sad dled up his steed and took up a trail that led to- the southwest from the city. A short distance away he start ed a handsome fox. Away the animal flew, with Martin in close pursuit. He seemed to be unlucky, for no mat ter how fast he rode the fox always kept out of reach. The race lasted some hours, during which the sly little animal double and redouble his track. At last the fox showed signs of fatigue, and Martin began to smile at thought of the satisfaction he would get But, alas, they struck a herd of hogs, and just as Martin was prepar ing to "close in," the fox sprang on the back of a long-legged porker?one of the kind that can out-run a race horse. The hog raised his snout gave a frightened grunt, and away he flew. Martin stopped, completely spell bound with amazement The fox held his. seat like a circus rider, while the further the hog got away the faster he seemed to go. Martin watched the strange pair till they disappeared in a brush patch and then returned to Lit tle Rock. He related the strange oc currence to a number of "intimate friends" and from them it became known through the city. Thphoid Fever Preventable. From the Philadelphia Press. I If the South African war has done nothing else it has demonstrated that every death from typhoid fever in troops in the field is due to prevent able carelessness. The English war office reports. that the total number of deaths from enteric fever among British troops in South Africa was 3,774, or 20.97 per 1,000, during the first year of the war; 2,561, or 10.63 per 3,000, during the second year ; and 1,696, or 6.64 per 1,000, during the period from Octo'ser 12,1091, to May 31, 1902, when the war ended. This reduction would have gone on still further as men were better and better trained. Of the many deaths from typhoid fever during the Spanish war of troops camping in this country there was not a single one which would net have been prevented if prop er discipline had been maintained and the officers of the regular army, who had charge of placing the camps, and directing the water suppy, had done their duty. The volunteer officers were doubtless deficient, but this was by no means all which led to the heavy death rate from typhoid. The regu lar army officers who picked camp sites and provided the water supply were primarily responsible. If you mourn some dear one, last by typhoid, remember, it is because some one has been careless. Horse Committed Suicide. C. L. Beaudrot lost his horse yester day in a most peculiar manner. It might be said with truth that the horse committed suicide. Whether it was intentional suicide or the horse was "temporarily deranged mentally" is another story. The horse was hitched to a tree in front of Mr. Beaudrpt's shop and on account of his habit of slipping the bridle a rope was fastened around its neck. The horse kept pulling back upon the rope and giving jerks until with a mighty jerk it broke the rope and fell back dead. It is not known whether the horse's neck was broken by the jerk or by the fall. At any rate the horse is dead as a result of the performance. ?Greenwood Index. Caution ! 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THE CENTkUR COMPANY, 77 MOftFlAY STREET, NEW YO*K CITY. Corn, Oat?, Hay, Stuff* Hulls aud C. Seed Meal, Carolina R. P. Seed Oats at HARBY & CO.'S STABLES. Also full Hue of standard grade Wag ons, both one and two horse, Buggies, Harness, Carriages. We also have on hand a full line of building material, such as Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris, Hair, Laths, l'ire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe, Stove Flues, &c. We want to give you prices when you need any of above, and we will get your patronage. Yours truly, HARB Y & CO. Aug 8 GGLEMAN-WAGENER HARDWARE CO. (Successor to 0. P, Poppenheim.) 363 King Street,.Charleston, S. C. SHELF HARDWARE A SPECIALTY. ?Agents for? Buckeye Mowers, Brinley Plows, Oliver Sied Plows. OFFICERS: GEORGE A. WAGENER, President; GEORGE Y. COLEMAN, Vice President; I. G. BALL, Secretary and Treasurer. Correspondence Solicited. Jene 11?3m. 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