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TOBACCO D?KE WIKS FICHT. The War Between American and Imperial fobacecf Company Ends in the Amalgama tion of the Concerns. London, Sept 27.? The tobacco war nas been ended by the amalgamation of .the American and British interests. The papers were finally signed today. The company will be registered m London on Monday. An official state ment was given ont, the test of which follows: "The business of Ogdens, limited, has been transferred to the Imperial Tobacco Company and the expor?)nsi nesses of the" Imperial, Ogdens and the American Tobacco Company and its allies have been amalgamated and a joint company is in course of forma tion under the name of the British American Tobacco Company, limited. The" result is that the Imp?rial Com pany will, as agreed between the hitherto competing parties, be left in possession of the trade of the United Kingdom, while the American Com pany is not to be disturbed in the United States or Cuba, and the Brit ish-American Company will compete for the trade'o^the other parts of tbe.| world. The Imperial Company will p?y for the good will of Ogdens' busi ness in ordinary shares, ranking with the si rallar shares of that company . anctwill pay f?r the tangible assets of Ogdens in cash. J. B. Duke, R. H. "Waiters and Thomas Ogden will be elected to seats in the Imperial board and the first directors of the British American Company will consist of Sir ?m. Henry WiHs, J. B. Duke, J. B. Cobb, H. H. Wills, W. R. Harris, C. E. Lambert, W. W. Fullef, W. G. Player, C. C. Dula, Hugo von R. Cunliffe Owen, Percival S. Hill, Thomas Gracey, W. B. Ogden, Thomas Ogden, R. H. Walters, Percy Ogden, W. R. Walters and Harold Roberts. "The transfer of Ogdens English business will take effect Sept 30 and from that day it will be in the hands of the Imperial Company. "it is beBesed this combination isi the first attempt to 'unite any great inter-national industry and its progress will be watched with interest. every where. It may mark a new develop ment in the direction of British and American interests joining hands, in stead of competing against each other in tire sphere of commerce. ' ' Referring to the termination of the conflict an official of the American Ctompanysaid to a representative of The Associated Press : *'It is the first combination, to my mind, on right lines, and one that as sures unity of interests where power- j ful American and English concerns go J oufc ft?na? ini hand to seek the trade of1 ine'rest ofth? worldY It has--Wen a difficult matter, requiring the most carefulvcon??deta$*on. The negotiations bave fc?ea ^proceeding since Aug: 19. was a subject which could not be discussed in the press while they were se pregfpSi; but no?r tkat- they -are ] concluded we have decided, t? issue an authoritative statement to bead off * garbled accounts. Personally, I think the. lines. 04a which this combination is/ form?d are- ifestmed ?gect the Jaeger field of general Anglo-American commercial relations.. " *'We- are decidedly pleased at th > outcome of the negotiations," said one of the highest officials of the American Tobacco Company, discussing the situ aron with a representative of The? Associa$e$ l?ress. *'2fot only are- ~%&] pleased at; the good business deal, out of which we made several millions, but we are pleased because the combination means a real amalgamation of inter ests, instead of buying off an opposi tion at a price which appears to the opponent to be a profitable figure. Such a real working combination of American and English interests .as has just been effected will in any line of business unquestionably dominate the trade of th? world. At Regarding the details you can say that the capital of the British-Ameri cam Company will be $30,000,000, Mr. j Duke wM be president. While it is coovenieat; to register it rs an English company arid .hare its headquarters in London, we bsive named 12 directors, and the imperial Company's interests nave named six. The respective.finan cial interests are two-thiras American and one-third Engiish; ThereIs noth ing to prevent transferring the head quarters to Am?rica if it ever proves more convenient to operate there, but at the present the business can be best carried on in London. "We have named three directors for board of the. Imperial Company which will hereafter confine itself to the United Kingdom while the Brit ish-Am?rican Company goes in for the world trade, out of the United States, Cuba and the United Kingdom. The Cuban provision insures for Ameri cans the cigar business of the island ?f which we now control 80 per cent. The Imperial Company throws into the new company its colonial business. So, with our trade outside the United States, the British-American Com pany starts with a ready-made anunal business of 4,000,000,000 cigarettes alone. " Regarding the Imperial Company's factories iu the United States, con cerning which considerable matter has -been printed in England, they are merely leaf factories and will be open jed for that purpose." Arrested Upon a Serious Charge. Burrell Brown, a white man of West Wateree, was arrested last week upon a very serious charge. For some time cotton had been missing in Mrs. Jordan's gin house in West Wateree, and although the overseer tried to detect the party who was moving the cotton, he could not do so. Finally .^supposing that his movements were being watched by the guilty party, he put two negroes to watch at night. After a while Burrell Brown went into the gin house with a key he had that would unlock the door. When he started out the negroes halted him. A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was brought to Camden and lodged in jail until he could give the required bond?8300. He was released on Friday, Mr. L. W. Jones going on his bond.?Camden Messenger. The Agricultural Department esti mates that since 1890 the number of people in the United States has in creased 20 per cent., while the num ber of cattle is the same. TROOPS TO STAY IN GOBI FOB SOME TIME. Palma's Demand For Withdrawal Not To Be Obeyed Until Act Is Safe. A Washington telegram to the Chicago Tribune says: President Palmaos demand .for the withdrawal of the American troops from Cnba will not be complied with instantly, as the United States Government does not propose to leave Cuba in an unpro tected condition. According to the terms of the Platt amendment the Unijted States pledges itself to safe guard the independence of Cuba and is given the right to interfere to in sure .domestic tranquility. President Palma's wishes will not be complied with until President Roosevelt has bad an opportunity.to give this impor tant question mature deliberation. If the American artillery forces in Cuba, numbering less than 1,000 men, should be withdrawn, th? island would be in an utterly defenseless condition so far as trained men are concerned. President Roosevelt has not decided the question, because the formal de mand of President Palma has not been prjesented to him. This question was brought to the notice of the Adminis tration in a less formal manner some time ago, and it was intimated that wheri"Cuba had trained men to take care of the coast defenses the Ameri can troops would oe withdrawn. This information had a reassuring effect upon the hasty Cubans, and the work of training men in the care of the guns of the forts was begun. The [ people were apparently satisfied for a time, but soon became restless and again urged that the troops be remov ed. Pressure became so strong that President Palma, who has frequently been charged with being friendly to the United States, yielded and called the attention of the American Minis ter at Havana to the clamor, which could not be resisted longer. When Secretary Root returns to Washington the matter will be taken ! up with President. Cuba's action is being criticised somewhat harshly in official circles, especially as the pres ence ?f the Americans is for the pro tection of the island, and repeated as surances to this effect have been given^ In addition to leaving Cuba defense less if the Americans are ordered home at this time, the guns will become worthless, as these expensive guns soon become worthless unless cared for properly. \ TSE PEiKiiT OSOP. \ rarmer is Lucky Who Has a Supply to Sett Row. looker. Va. Sept 27.?Peanuts, especially the Spanish kind, or better known to some as the small nut, are in cftys to two weeks later, this sea son than last, and the vine is reported as not fruiting very welL The acre age is -twenty per cent, smaller than tithe HPQl crops It is reported that the [ stock, too, of old ?ut? is running low, and very few if any will be unsold by October 15th, about the date of the coming of the new crop. The Virginia pea, better known to some as the large nut, is looking fair ly well,- and it is thought there will [ be an average crop, and., the acreage is larger, too, than that of the 1901 crop. They are especially scarce Just now, and the prices they bring are very gratifying to those who are lucky j enough to have any. The-com crop just in this immediate section is poor. TBE GABLE TO MANILA. '___ Will be Ready for Business July 4,1903. "f I New York, Sept 28.?Vice President George G. Ward of the Commercial Cable Company, who arrived today, on 3wsK steamship Celtic*- made 4he asfer-^ "?ion on landing that the United States wffi be able to open up cable, commu nication, with Manila, P. I., by July 4, 1903. J?r. Ward says the cable, is being made in London at the rate of 50 miles a day, or 300 miles a week, and will be finished in March. "Three ships will lay the cable," said Mr. Ward. H Two of them will begin from Manila and one from San Francisco. When they meet in mid ocean the ends will be spliced. Already one of the ships has started for the Philippine islands by way of the Suez canal. ? Magistrate in TrouSle. A short time ago report was made to the governor that Magistrate Boy kin at Lamar, in Darlington county, had performed a marriage ceremony for a white man and a mulatto girl. The magistrate was called upon for an ex planation. He says it all occurred at night, that the light was bad and he did not notice that the girl was a mulatto. The communications receiv ed by the governor intimated to the contrary, and the governor has sent all the papers in the case to the clerk of court of Darlington county to be pre sented to the grand jury, instructing the solicitor to see that a thorough in vestigation is made. The-punishment provided by the law for such an offense is heavv. Paris, Sept. 27.?Twenty-six persons have been killed and a score of people have been injured as the result of an accident to an express train from Lille to Paris. The train left the rails while crossing the switch at Arleux, where it did not stop, and while going at great speed. The locomotive and ten I der were upset and the carriages were piled up and smashed to pieces. The i bodies of 16 men, two women and twc j girls, all French, were taken ont o? the wreck. Abont 50 persons were in jured and many of them are suffering from broken limbs and fractured skulls and are not likely to survive. Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 27.?Gov. Bliss tonight tendered the United States senatorship made vacant by the death of Hon. James McMillan to Glen R. A. Alger of Detroit, former secre tary of war in President McKinley cabinet. CHANCES IN THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Augusta Division Consolidated With Jacksonville Division, With Headquarters at Jacksonville. Augusta, Sept. 27.?The eleventh district, Western Union Telegraph Company, has been consolidated with the ninth district. The headquarters of the district formed, by the consoli dation, will, be at Jacksonrille, Fla. Augusta was until now known as the eleventh district of the eastern division. The August^ district ex tended from Wilmington, ?. C, to Eufanla* Ala., taking in Georgia, South Carolina, and included about 400 ornees, which reported to Mr. J. A. Brenner, superintendent in charge. By the consolidation the superinten dent's office at Augusta, is abolished and Mr. John A. Brenner, superinten dent, Mr. William L. Brenner, assist ant superintendent, and the office force leave th? service of the company. The change is effective. October 1. Mr. John A. Brenner, the retiring superintendent, is one of the oldest, best known ariti most highly regarded citizens of Augusta. He has been in the employ of the Western Union Tele graph Company 53 years, having, been ; employed in every department of the company and having worked his way up from operator to division superin tendent. He is regarded as an expert in the telegraph business and thorough ly knows ?very branch of it. His hun dreds of friends, not only in Augusta, but throughout the south, will regret to learn of his retirement by the com pany, which he has served so long and so faithfully. Mr. W. L. Brenner has been in the service of the Western Union for thirty five years, as clerk, local manager and assistant division- superinendent. There are r?ports that further changes are. to be made in Augusta, but there seems to be little foundation for them at present. ? A Blind Tiger Caught. Columbia, Sept 28.?Benjamin Perry, a son of the late Governor Perry and a former member of the General Assembly, is under arrest on the charge of transporting liquor and con ducting.a general illicit liquor supply business. , Governor McSweeney says that he intends to have the case against Mr. Perry pressed and has asked Assistant Attorney General Gunter to appear on the part of the State. The case will corne up before Magistrate Moorman at noon on Tuesday. . It is charged that Mr. Perry has been haying contraband liquor shipped here for some time, and that it has been sent here in the name of some of the best, citizens of the community, and that the first that they knew that the iiqaor was coming fiere in their name was when they were told so. by" the constables. Last night, it is. alleg ed he was arrested with ? keg. of con traband liquor in a buggy. Th? horse and wagon were seized and are now in custody, ? ^ ' ? President Again Operated On. Washington, Sept. 5&?Another ope ration was performed today on the abscess on the. left leg of President Roosevelt In the former operation ? simple needle was used to relieve the trouble but today the surgeons with a knife made an incision into the small cavity, exposing the bone, which was found to be slightly affected. The president's case has been progressing satisfactorily but it is believed by the physicians that the further operation made today will hasten, his complete recovery. While none of the doctors is willing to be quoted, they give the most positive assurances that there is not th? least cause for alarm and say that on the contrary that there is every indication of a speedy recovery, that the ?rea of bone affected is very slight and will not result in any impairment of the president's limb and there is no evidence, whatever of any matter that would 'produce blood poisoning. They confidently' expect that the presi dent will be within a rea sonable time and with his robust con stitution to assist recovery, soon will be himself ag?in. Prices Will Advance in England. I London, Sept. 28.?The new amalga mation of American and British tobac co interests which was officially an nounced Saturday afternoon has been received with mixed feelings. Un bounded satisfaction is expressed at the defeat of the American attempt to capture the British market fand the proof that the so-called trust system cannot flourish in a free trade country like England as it can in a protection ist country like the United States, but at the same time there is considerable lamentation at the fact that the con sumer will have to pay enhanced prices. The Daily Chronicle in an editorial article points out that the new monopoly will almost inevitably send prices up. As the Imperial company has no rival to fear in the British mar ket, it will be able to dictate fresh terms; dealers, therefore, says the paper, regard the new amalgamation with considerable alarm. Lagrange, Ind., Sept. 24.?William J. Loud, an aged miser living with his sister near Petroleum, is dead. Before dying he went to an eighty-acre tract of woods near bis home and buried $20,000 in bonds and currency. He and two sisters lived together and by agreement those who died were to will their money to the survivors. One sister died, and Loud became con vinced that the surviving sister and hired man were going to steal his money, hence its concealment. The j entire community is now engaged in digging over the land. Before he died ; Loud laughed and said the money un ! der the tree would do no one any good. I Washington, Sept. 28.?The annua] ! report of the commissioner of pensions, ! Kugene F. Ware, made public today, ' shows that the number of names or the pension rolls is still under the mil lion mark, despite a net gain of 5,735 pensioners since 1898. The total en rollment July 1, last, was 999,44(5, against 997,735 last year. The tota comprisees 738,809 soldiers and 260.G3" widows and dependents. The aggre gate includes 4,695 pensioners outsidi of the United States. DISASTER IN SICILY NOT EXAGGERATED. Sea Giving Up its Dead?500 Bodies Recovered?Storm Still Raging. Rome, Sept. 27.?Advices received from Sicily this evening show that the tempest that worked snch damage;in that island is still raging. Details of the storm multiply the number of deaths. On the east coast 370 bodies have been recovered and the sea con tinues to develop corpses which were swept down by the torrents from the interior. It is esimated that 500 bod ies have, already been recvered.. Three hundred lives were lost at Modica. The churches there are filled with dead and the cemeteries are wastes of mud, rendering the interment of the bodies of the victims impossible. Sal vage operations continue, troops and peasants working without intermission. Catania, Sicily, Sept. 27.?The whole country about Mount Aetna has suffer ed greatly. Mount Aetna is sending up thick columns of steam from the vicinity of the scene-of the eruption of 1892. I Two fresh craters' have opened t on Stromboli since Sept. 13. London, Sep. 27.?A special dispatch from Rome, after confirming the re ports that Stromboli has been in full eruption for some time says : "The night scene is grand, but ter-1 rifying. Lava streamed down the mountain sides seawards, while huge boulders were hurled from the crater to a grea height, falling into the sea fully two and a half miles from the shore. "The director of the observatory at Mount Aetna says there has been no earthquake in Sicily, but that pro bably there has been a submarine eruption between Stromboli and Sici ly." TEXAS COTTON INJURED. Destructive Floods Follow Long \ Drought. Houston, Tex., Sept 27.?During the past 12 hours* there has been a ter rible rainfall over the whole of south and a portion of east Texas, which has done great damage to the open cotton, washed away innumerable small and many big bridges, drowned cattle and caused' other destruction. The small streams are reported out of their banks in every direction and the railroads have suffered heavy damage t? their tracks and fridges. - Gonzales county, especially, suffered heavily in this respect. The loss to cotton cannot, even be estimated, be cause of the larghe area affected. Pick ing had been in progress for some days, btrt all that had not been remov ed from the bolls, is a total loss and being beaten into the ground. Th? rain .has- thoroughly relieved 'th? long existing drought in the cattle country along the lower coast mow a m famC ' - .. A Story Which Demonstrates What a Boy Can Do. His cousin, who lives in Augusta, wants this, from a Savannah paper, printed, to show what his relative, a mere lad, is doing for himself, and t? show what a boy can do : "What a boy who knows how to hus tle can do in the way of earning a livelihood is illustrated by Bartow Brown, a white boy, aged 12 years, who resides with his parents in the southern part of the city. Bertow milks seven cows, belonging to seven differ ent people, by each of whom he is paid 50 cents a week. Six of the cows he takes to and brings back from the pasture, and for this he receives 25 cents a week per cow. At noon he carries dinners to six men. For that he gets 25 cents a week from each man, making his total weekly earn ings, $6.50. "He is up and out by 4:30 a. m.,' going from h^ns?-ita? house deeding and milking his cows. When he is through with the last milker, he gathers up the herd ami driv?s the cows to the pasture. After this he gets his break fast and has from then until noon, when he starts with his dinner deliver ies. "That work finished, he goes to the pasture and gets the cows, drives them to the lots of their respective owners, and starts on his rounds, getting through with the evening's milking between 7 and 8 o'clock. All of his going about is done on foot "If there are any other boys of his age who have the same industry and thrift the Morning News will be glad to hear about them. It may be added that Bartow never looks tired and is always cheerful. A new cow, with a disposition to use her horns or her hoofs, is no discouragement to him, and he takes his time and gets the milk all the same. "Bartow was asked what he does with the money he earns. His answer was that he gives some of* it to his mother , and saves some."?Augusta Chronicle. Constantinople, Sept. 28.?Official telegrams received here say that 300 Bulgarian revolutionists who were sur rounded by Turkish troops at Veneda, in the vilayet of Salonika, and who succeeded in forcing the cordon after a sanuinary fight, lost 52 killed and 112 men wounded. The Turks also suffered severe losses. The pursuit of the Bulgarians continues. Manila, Sept. 28.?A second expedi tion against the Moro position at Macin, island of Mindanao, left Camp Vicars today. It is in command of Capt. John J. Pershing of the Fifteenth infantry and is composed of a battalion of infantry, a troop of cavalry, . thn-e sections of artillery and a detachment of engineers. The engineers will con struct a pontoon bridge and acondaroy trail across the swamp which Hanks the land side of the Macin forts. This work will occupy several days. Rafts probably will be used to attack the fort from the lake side.'' The actual date of the assault upon the forts is i indofinite. The sultan of Butig had I been made a prisoner by the American ! forces and was subsequently released. '< He furnished the Americans horses to transport their supplies. STORM AND EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. Like That Which Visited island of Sicily. Severe Shocks of Earthquake Followed by Tidal Wave. Mexico City, Sept. 28.?Later reports from Salina Cruz, the Pacific terminus of the Tehuantepec National Railway, confirm first reports. There were 70 shocks of earthquake Tuesday after noon and in the meantime a furious gale and storm sprang up. Persons in charge of the port works for Pearson & Son immediately proceeded to take measures to protect the harbor works, and the plant of the Titan Crane which was out on one of the breakways, was quickly encircled with a defense of random blocks, and at o'clock in the i afternoon was reported to have been ; rendered safe. At 10 o'clock at night the storm had increased to a severity ? never experienecd within the memory of the oldest inhabitant. A huge tidal wave leaped forward from the sea, lift ing 30 and 50 ton blocks like cockle shells and sweeping the Titan Crane ov?r into the sea. The wave invaded part of the town, destroying some of its houses, and it is thought damage must have also been done to the com pleted portion of the port works. The loss from the breaking down of the new sea wall and the sweeping away of the huge crane wilLbe half a million dollars. London, Sept. 29.?A special dis patch from Madrid says h is reported there that Queen Marie Christian, mother of King Alfonso, married her masterOf horse, Count de la Escosura, while in Austria recently. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 29.?The Con solidated Naval Stores Company will be incorporated in Jacksonville Wed nesday, with a capital of ?2,000,000. Washington, Sept. 29.?Gossip at the war department has it that the sec retary of war, Elihu Root, will be the next member of President Roosevelt^s cabinet to retire. Anderson, Sept. 27.?Anderson is to have still another mammoth cotton milL It will start with 25,000 spin dles and will cost some $000,000. Mr. R. S. Hill, a leading business man and president of the Farmers' and Merchants Bank and the Farmers Loan and Trust Company, is at/ the head of the new enterprise. New York, Sept. 27.? James, B. Craft, a wealthy resident of Gen. Cove, L. L, was murdered today, and his body decapitated in a tender loin resort known as the Empire Gar den cafe in West Twenty-ninth street, within a few doors of Broadway. Corinth, Miss., Sept. 28.?Writhing in the flames of fagots, piled high by hundreds of citizens, T?m Clark, alias Will Gibson, a young negro, was burn ed at the stake here at a late hour today. Clark had conf?ssed to one of the most atrocious assaults and mur ders in the history of Mississippi, and said that h? deserved his awful fate. . New York, Sept 29.?A standing feud between two rival factions, one living in the ghetto and the other near the -Chinee quarters in this city, came to an open battle tonight Nearly two hundred people were engaged in a riot which became so fierce that the police reserves ; were called out Clubs, revolvers, knives,, bricks and. stones were used by the rioters and many of the fighters were hurt. Thirteen ar rests were made. During the fight the residents of many blocks were in a state of terror and it was three hours before quiet was restored. Boston, Sept. 27.?A committee of ctizens headed by the publishers of a Boston newspaper today sought relief in the courts from "the present coal shortage and high prices by asking for a receiver for the coal companies and coal carrying roads. A bill in equity was filed in the supreme court asking that a receiver be appointed for. the benefit of all concerned upon such terms and in such manner, and with such agents and servants, and with such rates of wages and other condi tions of employment and at such prices for goods produced and sold, as the court shall from time to time adjudge proper. : ^asf/rngton, September 27*?Though recognizing in t&? request ?-f the Cu ban Government for the withdrawal of the remaining American troops in Cuba a very natural desire to remove all traces of foreign, occupation th? in dications axe that the authorities here will order the withdraw?l only on the completion of the permanent treaty contemplated in the Platt amendment It is regarded as essential that such provisions in the projected treaty as those touching coaling stations and the ownership of the Isle of Pines be ex pressly arranged for in a treaty that shall be absolutely binding upon both parties, and only when these things are done will the small remaining force of United States troops be withdrawn. J Vienna, Sept. 28.?The body of Edmund Jellinek, the consulting offi cial of the cashier's deparment of the Vienna Laerder (real estate mortgage) bank, has been found in the Danube at Altenwoerth, near Kremz. He dis appeared from Vienna September 18. His embezzlements from the bank amounted to about $1,150,000. S. F. Rockefeller, a cousin of John D. Rockefeller, is a candidate for the legislature in Russell county, Kansas. He is making his race on an anti trust platform, and promises that if he is elected he will run his cousin's Standard Oil Company out of the State. The majority of the voters of the county, it is said, are natives of Russia, and are standing solidly be hind the anti-trust man.?Savannah News. Lately in a small town in Germany the school inspector arrived on his tour of inspection too soon after his last visit to please the mayor, who was asked to accompany him, says an exchange. "I should like to know why this ass has come again so soon?" muttered the mayor to himself, as he put on his hat. The inspector over heard the remark, but pretended tc ignore it, and was soon busy examin ing the pupils in punctuation. The mayor told him: "We don't trouble about commas and such like here." The inspector told one of the pupils tc write on the blackboard, "The Mayoi of Ritzelbuttle says the. inspector is an ass." "Now," lie added, "put a comma after Ritzelbuttel and anothei after inspector." The pupil did so, and it is believed that the mayoi has altered his opinion as to the value of commas. LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED. When the chain gang finishes with the improvement of the Blanding Mill road it will be as good, or better, drive than the Stateburg road. Mr. G. A. Lemmon has been elected a director of the First National Bank to fill the vacancy in the board that has existed since the death of Mr R. Nash. * * Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg has been ap pointed to a place on the "Ward Com mittee" of the Associate Charities for Ward 4, Miss Julia Cattino having resigned. Attention is invited to the adver tisement of W. S. Reynolds. He car ries a stock of high-grade sporting goods, guns, ammunition, bicycles, sundries, etc., and his prices are as low as possible for the standard goods fie sells. The bank deposits are crawling up now and instead of money being scarce, as it is reported to be in New York, the local banks, judging from their deposit accounts, have plenty of funds to supply all legitimate demands. The bloodhounds, four in number, owned by the city are now kept at the jail and will be used by the county and city authorities whenever needed to run down criminals. The hounds have been kept at the State farm for more than a year and have received thorough training. Reports from all sections of this county are to the effect that practical ly all the cotton is open in the fields and that there will be scarcely any late top crop harvested this season. The crop will all be picked out and ginned within a few weeks more if good weather continues. The p?.ntry of Rev. R. H. Jones was entered by a burglar on Saturday night. A lot of groceries, including a bushel of rice, a lot canned goods, sugar, etc., and other articles stored in the pantry were stolen. The burglar has not yet been captured. The passenger train from Charleston did not come Thursday morning until 11.20, the two hours delay being caused by a freight wreck near Lanes. The track was blocked by a rear end col lision between No. 82, the regular freight, and an extra freight. The caboose and several cars on No. 82 were smashed and the engine of the extra was injured. No one is report ed to have been injured. At a special meeting of City Coun cil held on Tuesday afternoon a r?solu* ( ti?n was adopted directing Street Com missioner White to complete the clay sand roadway on Broad street (State burg road ) to the city limits to connect with the section of road built by Coun ty Supervisor Seale. The work has been commenced and will be com pleted as. soon as possible. The large amount of. cotton brought to market last Thursday kept the cotton . weigh?rs busy nearly ?ll day, and for hours there was a; blockade of wagons around the cotton platform. Those ^ho w?re kept sev?ra!? h? rs waiting their turn to have their cotton Weigh ed were complaining <x>ns?dera*Sry on the streets during the afternoon. - They take the position that som? means should be devised, when cotton receipts are very large, to weigh it more rapid ly, for Jt is a great hardship to keep the wagons waiting at the scales the greater part of the day. A tobacco grower who was in town last Thursday said, that hundreds of Sum ter county tobacco farmers sell their toacco in other counties and come to Sum ter to do their trading, as they find that it pays them to do so, the m?rchants b?re carrying larger and bet ter selected stocks of goods. H? said also that there is in the immediate vicinity of this city some of the finest tobacco .land in the State, that it is altogether a mistaken idea that the lands in this section and the upper portion of the county are not suited e to tobacco. In his opinion Sumter will- yet be the leading tobacco mar ket, as it is now the leading cotton market of the eastern part of the State.; all.that is necessary to bring it aboutis for the- farmers near Sumt?r to begin planting tobacco as a staple crop and produce it in sufpcient*quan titiee to give a fair support to a local market. ?n out of town insurance agent, who ? blew into the city, laet \f?dn?s day morning, went up against a ha"*d, proposition early in the day and was put out of action. He tacklea* thre? policemen in front of the City Hall and undertook to sell them a hundred thousand or' so of in surance as a starter for his Sumter campaign. He introduced himself, stated his business and remarked in a very affable manner that "Three policemen and an insurance agent make a mighty bad mixture." Chief Brad ford replied, "It certainly does, if the insurance agent hasn't paid his license." The agent failed to catch the drift of the. Chief's. remark at first, and the necessity of taking out a license had to be fully explained to him before he realized the situation. He was escorted to the Clerk's office and received a fuller explanation, af ter which he decided to withdraw from business and began making inquiry as to the schedule of freight trains out of Sumter. BURGLARS AT FORT MILL Bank Dynamited and Six to Ten Thousand Dollars Stolen. Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 30.-The Fort Mill Savings bank of Fort Mill, S. C., IS miles from Charlott?;, was dynamited at an early hoar this morn ing and it is estimated that between six and ten thousand dollars were stolen. An entrance was effected through the front door of the bank and the vault and safe doors successively drilled and dynamited. A clock on the wall of the* banking room had stop ped at 3..").*) this morning, evidently in dicating the time of the explosion. The bank officials refuse to make a statement as to the extent of their loss. A large amount of paper money was found torn to shreds by the force of the explosion. The robbers are thought to have been professionals. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the deed. No less than 30,000 white men in Mississippi have failed or refused to pay their poll taxes. This cuts them out of voting at the primaries.