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CES. B8EEIO REM?HS Reinterred With Military and Civic Honors at Base of Monument Erected to His Memory in Savannah. Savannah, November 14. ?With mili tary and civic honors the remains of Gen. Nathanial Greene w?re reinter red this afternoon at the base of the monument erected to his memory in Johnson square. At the same time and in the same vault were laid away the bones of George Washintgon Greene, the son of the distinguished Revolu tionary general, who was drowned in the Savannah Kiver several years after the conclusion of the great war with England. The exercises of the day were under the auspices of the Association of Patriotic Societies of Savannah and were participated in by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who are in annual session here, and all the other State and local Orders. The oration of the day was delivered by CoL Asa Bird Gardiner, of Rhode Island, re presenting the Society of the Cincin nati of the State. The exexcises were proceeded by a parade, participated in by all of the military of the city and detachments of Federal troops from the forts at Tybee and Sullivan's Island. A salute of thirteen guns was fired by the Chatham Artillery from brass | cannon presented to that organization by George Washington when he was President of the United States. The invocation at the monument was pronounced by theRt. Rev. C. K. Nel son. Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, - The tablet on the monument com memorating the reinterment ex ercises was unveiled by Mrs. Edward Karow, regent of the local Chapter of tiae Daughters of the American Revolu tion, and daughter of Congressman R. E. Lester. Among the distinguished persons who participated in the exercises were : Cfovernor Charla? D. Kim ball, of Rhode Island ; Senator A. 0.. Bacon, of Georiga; Mrs. Charles W. Fair banks, of Indiana, and members of the Legislatures of Rhode Island and Georgia. I HORRIBLE TALE OF IE SEI f Sixteen Persons on a Raft, Bat Eight Survived. London, November 17.?The Daily Mail's correspondent at Wellington, N. Z., telegraphs that the eight sur vivors from the wreck of the British steamer, Elingamite, who were rescued on a raft by the British survey steamer Penguin, went through a dxe&dful ex perience. The raft from wMch they wore taken measured only twelve feet long by seven feet wide, and had six teen persons on it when it left the wjreck. The only food on board was two apples. The first apple was con sumed on Tuesday and the second on "Wednesday, each being divided into eix?e?n portions. From Sunday, the day >they were wrecked, until Thursday, wtten they were rescued, the survivors drifted sixty miles on the half submerged raft. Several attempts were made to land on Three Kings' Islands, but without success. Three men died on Monday night from drinking stilt water. All of the survivors suffered the tortures of thirst, and four other men and the stewardess died of exhausion before they were picked up by the Penguin. They had a cruel disappointment on Tuesday night A steamer was sight ed in the distance and frantic shouts were raised by these on the raft to attract attention. The steamer lower ed a boat, which ..passed within fifty yards of them, but the boat's crew apparently did not see the raft and returned to their vessel. When the Penguin was sighted only one of the survivors was able to stand. They were terribly emaciated. WILL WITHDRAW MARINES. ??. S. force Not Now Necessary to Protect the Panama Railroad. Hew York, Nov. .?The navy de triment today received the following from Rear Admiral Casey dated Pan ama* Nov. 14: ' ' Your dispatch received. Owing to recent changed conditions my pres ence here not necessary. Leave in about one week. Government forces now on line of the railroad and reen forcement expected soon. Think gov ^ernment will be able to insure a free transit and to permit withdrawal of the train guares and embarkation of marines soon. Panther to remain bere until relieved by a vess?l sent to Colon or Panama." The department has ordered Rear Admiral Coghlan. commanding the C&rribbean sea division, to send a vessel to Colon to relieve the Panther, withdrawing the marine battalion t? Join the fleet of Culebra, Columbia, November 14.? The State "board of canvassers met today, every member having come in exepet Secre tary of State Cooper, who is under stood to be sick.. Lieutenant Gov dernor Tillman, who was telegaphed for yesterday, was also on band, and with members of the ?board present, held a meeting in accordance with the law, when the board does not meet at the proper time. The board did noth ing special beyond providing for the tabulation of the returns, which, though small in numbers comparative ly, will take some time to handle. Caracas, Nov. 15.?President Cas tro's first lieutenant, Leopold Baptisto, sailed yesterday morning from Puerto Cabello, with three warships and a force of 1,500 men, to re-occupy the town of Coro, situated 503miles north west of Caracas, which has been in the possession of the revolutionists. A battle between the rival forces took place today and lasted five hours, with the result that the Government troops captured the town. A body of revolutionists, numbering 320, have escaped in the direction of Sabaneta, closely pursued by Baptisto's troops. London, Nov. 16.?George Alfred Henty, the well known author and rmer war correspondent, died today. ! WASHINGTON POLITICAL SQSSIP. | -? I The Lily White Fiasco; Crum packer Bill to be Revived; Teddy Needs Negro Support. Washington, Nov. 17.?That the ut most vacillation and indecision has ? been shown by the President in hand ling the "lily, white movement in the south is the opinion of all who have closely observed his actions in that con nection. Apparently Mr. Roosvelt has abandoned the enterprise as hopeless and is now prepared to retnrn to the old custom of mintaining a southern organization, with its concomitants of colored republican officeholders, etc. He has removed two. federal officehol ders in Alabama for their activity in eliminating the negro from the party councils and now it is reported that he has removed District Attorney War ren S. Reese for the same cause. For a considerable time, the President en-^ couraged Senator Jeter C. Pritchard to believe that he would have the as sistance of the federal administration in his project. Senator Pritchard ex plained most forcibly to the President that the only hope of building up a successful republican party in the south must be based on the elimination of the negro and showed him that so long as republicanism stood for negro office holders, the better element of the south would "vote democratic" re gardless of their convictions on nation al issues. Now, Mr. Roosevelt has abandoned the Senator and has return ed to the old custom. That he has done so is believed to augur that he expects to favor the restriction of southern representation in Congress and that he believes he must take the step in order to solidify the southern delegates to the next national conven tion. Soon after the- convention of Congress, it is said, Representatives Dick, Crumpacker and Dayton will be called in conference with the President and several members of the Cabinet to consider the subject of restricting southern representation and it is for that reason that Mr. Roosevelt has determined to revert to the old negro officeholder policy of his predecessors. The President's recent statement, made before the New York Chamber of Commerce that, * ' The growing com plexity of our social and industrial life has rendered inevitable the intru sion of the state into spheres of work wherein it formally took no part," has attracted the marked attention of the democrats and some republicans, who see in the words a prediction of at least some measures of state socialism. "Where will the Prsident draw the line?" ask these gentlemen who evi dently think the President is treading on delicate ground. Mr. Roosevelt says there is an inevitable tendency in that direction but if he premits the government to dvelope that tendency where can he stop it?" " Is it not time to nip it in the bud?" These are some of the questins that are being asked and some of them will doubtless be put to the President himself when he returns to Washington. V Insufficient time" will be the ex cuse the republicans will make for not repealing the-duty on antthracite coal and altering many tariff schedules known to be entirely too high even to suit the vast majority of republicans, according to Representative Gosvenor. Moreover, the General says that there will be no extra session, or words to that effect. There may be a difference of opinion between the President and the General on this score however, for it is stated by some polticians who are very near to the President that he re gards an extra session of the Fifty eighth Congress as inevitable to re publican success in 1904, in which Mr. Roosevelt is very much interested. Of course, he will not commit himself for the present but will " keep his earto the ground" to use the expression of his political friends. There are numerous indications that the pressure to enact anti-trust legis lation, which will be brought to bear on Congress, will be exceedingly strong. The President favors it and is especially anxious that some means should be taken to enforce publicity so as to prevent the floating of what are called wild-cat stocks on the market. He is told, even by some of the finan ciers, that there is a grave element of danger in this now common practice and he appreciates that the result may mean a panic which, if it were to come , shortly before election time, would be , almost sure to mean republican defeat. Doubtless Mr. Roosevelt will urge the ? enactment of a law in line with At torney General Knox's recommenda tions at Pittsburg but that such a law , will be passed is considered very doubt- , fui. Some of j the best posted poli ticians in Washington, however, say that a compromise law will be the | inevitable result of the present agita tion and that law will merely take the , form of enforcing a measure of publicity on the trusts. The Philadelphia district attorney has completed his investigation of the charges brought against Senator Quay for violation of the federal law by soliciting campaign contributions from officeholders. Of course the attorney entirely vindicates the Senator, who it seems from the Attorney's report, was in dense ignorance of the fact that his name was used. If the Senator had been less successful in the manipula tion of the Pennsylvania elections the Attorney might have found differently. The enthusiasm with which Henry Watterson is backing Senator Gorman as the coming democratic leader is oc casioning some surprise among the friends of the veteran Kentucky editor. They do not deny the aiblity of the Maryland Senator but they do not regard him as sound on the tariff question and they say the man who aspires tc lead the democratic party in the next national campaign must be an tariff reformer. That Mr. Gorman will promptly become the leader of the domcratic side of the Senate is the con fident expectation of the democrats in Washington. It will doubtless prove a source of disappointment to many families to learn that the administration, at the behest of the protected interests in the Philippines, has decided that Christmas boxes for the soldier boys in the islands will be subject to the same tariff duties as other merchandise. There will be no duty free Christmas presents for the soldier boys this year. Washington, Nov. 14.?The navy de partment has advertised for bids for the construction of two buildings at the Charleston navy yard. The buildings which are to be used as construction and repair shops will each cost $120,000. GREAT PACKING BOUSE BURKED. Armour Plant Valued at a Million Dollars Destroyed?Millions of Pounds of Beef and Pork Burned. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 16.?The big plant of Armour & Co., which occu pied three and one-half acres of ground at the extreme south end of the stock yards, was totally destroyed by fire, which started at 12:50 o'clock this morning on the second floor of the fer tilizer building. The loss, estimated by Charles Lennon, manager of the company,- is 8900,000. The insuranoe is $721,500. The cause of the fire was said by Mr. Lennon to have been either spontaneous combustion or an imperfect dryer. Six hundred men will be thrown cut of employment all winter by the fire, which was discovered by a watchman I of the building, who only a few .min utes before had pulled a messenger box on the floor where the flames started. The fertilizer building, which was of brick, 120 by 60 feet, four stories high, caught first. The .floors and contents of the building burned like chaff. At 1.25 o'clock the roof fell in and a moment later the fire burst through into the beef-killing house. Simultaneously the cattle chute ignited and lasted about five minutes, when it fell with a great crash. From the beef-killing house to the oleomargarine building was only a step and when the lard was ignited the fire presented a most spectacular appear ance. The big beef house, where 5 0 carcasses were hanging, caught at 2 o'clock. By this time the entire plant, except the big hog house, was afire. The roa;r was terrible. Twenty-four drums of one hundred pounds of ammonia exploded before the reserve supply in the ammonia cistern was reached. That ignition almost razed the entire plant from its foundation. The flames next burst through the heavy fire wall that separated the big hog house,, the biggest of all, from the other buildings. Not a scrap of paper was saved from the office. A burning roof of a chute fell upon a bunch of live hogs and their squeals was added to the appalling chorus. In the building were 3,500 dressed hogs and 2,500,000 pounds of pork prpoduct. After the fire got a good headway in the hog house all hope of saving any part of the plant was abandoned. The shops, chicken packing plant, ice houses and ice runaways and smaller department houses were consumed in quick succession. From a spectacular view the fire was a magnificent sight. Kansas City, Mo, November 16.?C. W. Armour, of the Armour Packing Company, stated today that the Sioux City plant, destroyed by the fire last night, will be rebuilt at once. The new plant will be much larger and finer than the one burned. The com pany in the meantime will remain in the market, the cattle purchased to be distributed between Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago. KING QF THE BELGIANS FIREO ON IN STREET While Going to Attend Te Deum in Memory of Late Queen. Brussels, Nov. 15.?Three shots were fired at the king of the Belgians this morning as he was proceeding to the cathedral to attend a te deum in mem ory of the late Marie Henriette. No one was hurt. The man who fired the shots is an Italian. He stood in front cf the Bank of Brussels oh the Rue Roy le. The other cartridges of his revolver proved to be blank. The man was immediately arrested, and the police had some diffi culty in rescuing him from the hands of the crowd. He gave the name of Rubino. The Federation of Lahor. New Orl?ans, November 14.?An other day was devoted by the Ameri can Federation of Labor to work prepa ratory ?for the actual duties of the Convention. Reports of committees and the introduction of resolutions took up all of the sessions. A prolong ed dispute over a portion of the report of the committee on credentials occu pied the gre?ter part of the morning, and a general discussion of the report of the committee on rules took up what of the afternoon was not given over to the reception of the resolutions introduced by various delegates. No action was taken on any of the resolu tions. Eighty-seven resolutions were sub mitted. Many of them related to minor points of organization, to requests that various firms be placed upon the "unfair list" and to claims of juris diction. Faith Cure For Typhoid Fever. Bennettsville, Nov. 16.?Thomas, the son of Mr. P. T. Odom, of Brights ville, this county, was brought home a corpse last night from Marion, S. C, where he had been in Miss Mattie Perry's "Faith Cure" School. He had typhoid fever, but those in control would not call in a physician and the young man died. The faith remedy did not cure him, and some of the young man's ? friends are very much grieved that he did not have medical attention. Boston, Nov. 14.?The Central Na tional Bank, a small institution, when compared with other Boston banks, did not open its doors today because of an order from the comptroller of the cur rency who had placed National Bank Examiner W. E. Neal over it as tem porary receiver. Impaired assets is given as the reason for the failure and the bank is closed for good. The inci dent did not produce any flurry in financial circles. Elizabethtown, Ky., Nov. 15.?Har lan Buckles, who was yesterday sen tenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Robert L. Keid, was hanged by a mob shortly after '2 o'clock this morning. He was taken to the Court j House yard and hanged to a tree, after which the mob dispersed. largest top crop recorded. Weather Bureau Director Bauer Estimates That South Caro lina Planters Will Make $5,000,000 More From Cotton This Year. Columbia, November 16.?The un usual length of the rather summary weather means a great deal from a monetary standpoint to the State. Section Director Bauer, of the weather bureau, said today that from reports received by him it would be a conserva tive estimate to make $5,000,000 the pobable increase in profit to the cot ton growers of the State. Ths comes about from the maturing and opening of the "top crop,' which heretofore*at this season has been killed by the frost. Mr. Bauer estimates that this top crop, which has developed and opened since September 1, probably exceeds what is called the lower and middle crop up to that time. So long as frost does not come this top crop may con tinue to develop and be gathered as it is estimated that it is all not made yet. The last crop report issued by the local weather bureau, did not show the crop fco be in the best condi ? tion, and the prospects for a full yield were not at all encouraging, but this favorable weather has changed all this. It is estimated by a prominent cot ton mill man of this State that this kind of weather means 30,000 bales a day throughout the cotton belt; an unexpected autumn which will make the crop prophets ehange their predic tions. BEH. CH?f'fK'S'rEPORT. Warmly Defends the Officers in the Phillippines. Washington, Nov. 14.?The annual ! report of Major Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, just made public, covers the campaign of Gen. J. H. Smith in Samar. Gen. Chaffee warmly defends the officers and assumes full responsibility for all that was done under official orders. Speaking of the campaign in Samar Gen. Chaffee says he finds nothing in the written instructions "which was not justified by the conditions there to be overcome.*' Gen. Chaffee requests the removal"?of all censure that has been passed pub licly upon Gen. Bell regarding the orders, circulars and instructions which he issued while putting down the insurrection. An interesting feature of Gen. Chaffee's report relates to the Moros in Mindanao and Jolo. He says it will require time, tact and patience to es tablish United States authority over all the Moro settlements. In this con nection he says : THE SULTAN MUST BE BOUGHT. "The sooner the Sultan of J?lo's Title, actual or assumed, as sovereign and as sole owner of land in the Jolo Archipelago, is quitted, the better for the situation. Probably there is little doubt that a money consideration would relieve the situation of his claim and presence, and if this be done, laws, just but simple, and so plainly stated as to be understood by the Mor? population generally, could be enforced through the Dattos upon their fol lowers, without much trouble or fre quent resort to force." Gen. Chaffee says that force has been used only to the degree necessary to make it under stood plainly that persons entitled to protection cannot be murdered, and that the authorty of the United States cannot be questioned. In concluson Gen. Chaffe makes a statement of the general character of the army and the duty of the troops, which is in the nature of a reply to criticisms that have been made. AZTEC TREASURES FOjjNfl. Vast Cavern Discovered Contain ing Immense Stone Images. Hermosillo, M?x., Nov. 17.?A re markable story, duly authenticated, of the discovery of . hidden treasures has just been reported to the govern ment authorities at Tepee, by Rev. Pablo Martino, the parish priest of Yesca. The priest makes a statement, which is concurred in by several reli able witnesses, that a party of Ameri cans, headed by an archeologist ex pert, who gave the name of Heverick, arrived at Yesca several weeks ago and went from that place into the mountains, accompanied by three Mexican guides. The archaeologist obtained his bear ings by means of a chart which he claims to have copied from an Aztec stone tablet in the national museum in the City of Mexico. He located a vast cavern in a mountain near Yesca. Immense stone images stood about this chamber. In one end was a handsome altar, above which burned a bright flame, supplied by natural gas from a crevice in the wall. In a chamber adjoining this main temple was found a great store of ornaments and utensils belonging to the Aztecs, or some other pre-historic race. Twelve burros were require to trans port the articles taken from the cave to San Bias, where they were shipped to San Francisco, accompanied by the Americans. As such articles cannot be removed from Mexico without the consent of the government an investigation is in progress. Judge Izlar to Preside. Columbia, Nov. 17.?Governor Mc Sweeney today appointed Judge James F. Izlar to preside at the Colleton term of Court in place of JuJge Gage, who is still sull'ering from a broken arm. Judge Izlar will also preside at the Court in Kershaw. Barnwell, November 17.?On Satur day the Court.of Common Pleas ad journed. In the case of Mrs. Mike Brown against the Carolina Midland Railway Company a verdict was ren dered for &"i,160 on Wednesday. The case was three days in being tried. Wednesday night Col. Mike Brown gave an entertainment to the jurors who sat on the case and some others connected with the trial. JOHN MITCHELL COULDN'T BE TRIPPED. He Holds His Own Against the Brilliant Wayne MacVeagh. Scranton, Pa., November 17.?In the presence of as many persons as could be jammed into the Superior Court room today Wayne MacVeagh, for the Erie Company, and John Mit chell, for the miners, continaed their brilliant battle of cross-examination before the anthracite coal commission. The two men, the one in his thirties, and the other in his seventies, were followed with intense interest by the commissioners and the crowd through out the day today and .the contest will be resumed in the morning. The fourth demand of the union, which cal ? for a yearly trade agreement and which means a straightonf recognition of the union, was the bone of con tention, and although four hours were taken up in a discussion of the ques tion, not much material progress was made. Wayn MacVeagh, skilled in the art of cross-examination, ?ttempt ed to show the utter responsibility of the union and its unfitness to make contracts which it could live up to. His principal argument was the alleged boycott and he often hard-pressed the miners' president for an answer. The latter, ' however, slowly and deliberately gave some reply, but it did not always satisfy his inquisitor. Mr. MacVeagh, in the presence of the assemblage, expressed his admiration of the ability of the witness, and on one occasion, when Mr. Mitchell parried a question regarding the boy cotting of a coal and iron policeman by a hotel keeper, the distinguished attorney threw up his hands, laughed and said : "Mr. Mitchel, you are the best wit ness for yoursellf that I ever confront ed." Mr. MacVeagh weighed heavily on what, he said, was a reign of terror in the anthracite region during the period of the strike. He read a list of fourteen names of men who were killed during that time, and also submitted in evidence about seventy-five printed pages of acts of alleged violence, boy cott and intimidation, and with the assistance of stacks of other documents maintained that it would be utterly impracticable for the coal companies he represents to enter into agreements with an organization that could not control its own men. Mr. Mitchell stoutly maintaned that the discipline in the organization is as good as it possibly could he where 147,000 men were involved. He claim ed that the strikers were not entirely responsible for the acts of lawlessness that were committed. He regretted that members of the union had, in some instances, violated the law, even after they had been warned to refrain from doing so, but made the excuse that in times of great excitement there was always more or less disorder. In answer to questions he said that where there was a reign o? terror, and he had no information that such was the case during the late strike, con ditions arise that are "intolerable" or "unfortunate." g Replying to specific instances point ed out to him by Mr. MacVeagh, where men had been deterred from going to work thro agli fear of per sonal harm or social ostracism for themselves and families, Mr. Mitchell said that in some cases men may have been deterred, but denied the assertion that such alleged acts prevented the mines from being operated. He said that when the strike was declared every mine worker in the region quit work and remained on even after the entire National Guard of the State had been thrown into the coal fields. In short, he said, the men would not have gone to work under any condition. The miners' president, no matter how skilfully he was questioned, could not be dragged into a flat admis sion that he, as president of the union, approved of the boycott com plained of by the companies. He had his personal opinions of some phases of the boycott, but would not express them as being the sentiment or policy of his organization. During the cross examination the commissioners often interrupted with questions in order to stop a long colloquy of some disputed point. While the examination was at times quite spirited, the best of good feeling prevailed. Only once Mr. Mitchell showed some signs of irri tability. This was when Mr. Mac Veagh, reading the long list of acts of violence, would take Mr. Mitchell to task for some particular vicious act and say, sharply: "You could have prevented this." In the course of the forenoon session Mr. MacVeagh examined Mr. Mitchell regarding the eight-hour demand, and referred to the fact that Abraham Lin coln, James A. Garfield and William McKinley worked more than eight hours a day and were thus enabled to climb the* ladder to the Presidency. Mr. MacVeagh grew eloquent in the course of putting one of his questions to Mr. Mitchell regarding the martyr ed Presidents, adding : "I only mention these because they are the three victims of the spirit of anarchy which is the curse 'of this country today, and the only serious curse afflicting it." The miners' president, quick as a flash, came back with the inquiry, | "Trade unions are not held responsible j for it, are they?" to which Mr. Mac- j Veagh quickly responded that they were not, and supplemented this with the remark that labor unions are most admirable. The bringing of the word "anarchy" into the examination caused a distinct murmur of disap proval from the many mine workers in < the Court room. ? While the discussion of the effect a yearly agreement would have on the j coal industry in the anthracite region j was in progress, frequent reference was j made to the workings of agreements in ? soft coal regions. This led to the announcement by Chairman Gray that the commission ! had decided to invite Herman Just, j commissioner of the Illinois Coal j Operators' Association, to testify be- j fore the commission. This announce- : ment was favorably received by each side, and the attorneys for the ininers j and operators made suggestions for ad- ? ditional witnesses. A lot of 25c. books at 15c. each. We need the space for newer ones. H. G. Osteen ? Co. Remember the 15c Books at Osteen's Book Store. A Golden Rule of Agriculture: Be good to your land and your crop will be good. Plenty of Potash in the fertilizer spells quality ( ?? and quantity in ' vest. Write us we will send you, free, by next mail, our money winning books. GERMAN KALI WORKS, i?3 Nssssn Street, New York. the nar- JMpi and fctimm Parties desiring e good Stalk Cutter, will find "THE DIXIE" at Curtis' Shop, corner Main and Dingle Streets. I have improved the machine and guarantee them to give entire satisfaction. Thanking my farmer friends for past fa vors, I am as ever, J. R. Weatherly, Patentee and Owner. Nov 12?3m WHERE THE PENSIONS 60. Extract From Comptroller Gener al's Report Showing Pay ments by Counties. Columbia, Nov. 17.?The Comptrol ler General's report of the operation of the pension department is full of interesting information. It is the first of the reports from State officials to be gotten out complete. The total amount paid out in pensions was $200,227.09. What proportion each county received may not be uninteresting, and it fol lows : Abbeville, $ 3,736 80 Aikon, 6,360 30 Anderson, 10.888 20 Bamberg, 1^359 90 Barn well, 3,280 65 Beaufort, 755 40 Berkeley, - ? 2^59125 Charleston, 3,103 65 Cherokee, 5,133 90 Chester. 3,047 10 Chesterfield, 5,249 55 Clarendon, 3,669 15 Colleton, 7,330 80 Darlington, 5,790 90 Dorchester, 1,578 45 Edgefieid, 2,81136 Fairfield, 3,479 10 Florence, 3,813 90 Georgetown, 978 00 > Greenville, 11,028 75 Greenwood, 3,808 65 Hampton, 4,19115 Horry, 4,983 60 Kershaw; 3,505 50 Lancas ter, 6,367 35 Laurens, 6,929 70 Lexington, 4,677 45 Marion, 5,762 70 Marlboro, 3,407 40 Newberry, 3,745 80 Oconee, 6,744 75 Orangeburg, 3,905 10 Pickens, 6,397 65 Richland, 5,018 25 Saluda, 3,904 95 Spartanburg, 16,678 50 Sumter, 5,057 55 Union, 4,725 45 Williamsburg, 4,014 30 York, 8,049 60 The total number of pensioners is 7,750. The number receiving artifical limb fund aid was 87, the amount paid out being $1,999 26. The report has a list of transfers from one county to an other, those who have died during the year and such like statistics, which will greatly aid the county boards in future in getting up correct rolls. The increase in the number of pen sioners and the increase in the num ber of applications yearly grows and if such continue much longer the appro priation will furnish a pittance much , smaller than that now received unless the appropriation is increased. That cannot be done just now and that is why an effort will be made during the next Legislature to make the require ments more stringent for accepting an application. President Walters Resigns. * -: Baltimore, Nov. 15.?At a director's meeting of the Atlantic Coast Line Company of Connecticut, the parent company of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the resignation of President Henry Walters was received and ac cepted and Warren G. Elliott was elect ed president to succeed him. Michael Jenkins, of this city, was elected a di rector and R. D. Crsnley, secretary. Manila, Nov. 16.?A conference of the Bishops, priests and leaders of the Philippine Roman Catholic Church will be held in Manila next week. They propose to address a memorial to Mg re Guidi, the apostolic delegate, in the Philippines, setting forth their position. A number of native priests, who sympathized with this movement, but who are still adhering to the Roman Catholic Church, will seek an inter view with Mgre Guidi before reaffirm ing their allegiance to Rome or join ing the dissenters. Camden, N. J. November 17.?Paul Woodward was today convicted of murder in the first degree for killing John Coffin, of this city, who, with Walter Price Jennings, was recently found dead in the woods near Col lingswcrtb, about four miles south of here. The jury was out fifty min utes. Woodward, who is 24 years of age, was a close friend of the Jen nings boy.. On October 4 Jennings and Coffin.'who were about 10 years of age, were found dead in the woods near Collingswood.