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SEM. BOHEZ ENDS MUM STRIKE.
Heads Committee to investigate
Strike Situation.
Habana, Nov. 25.?The Central La
bor union tonight decided to call off
the strike and committees were ap
pointed to inform the varions unions
of this decision. There probably will
be a complete resumption oif work to
morrow.
Mach of the credit for the settle
ment of the strike is due to Gen. Go
mez, who headed the committee which
consulted today wtih the officials o*
the Habana ? Commercial Company,
against whom the strike was first di
/ rected. After the conference. Gen.
Gomez and the majority of the com
mittee expressed themselves; as satis
fied at the stand that the company1
has taken. The officials maintained
that they had not discriminated
against Cuban apprentices, the fact
being that the company's books
showed that over 90 per cent, of its
apprentices were Cubans. The com
pany would maintain and even in
crease this ratio, but it refused to
treat with the Central Labor Union
in matters pertaining to its employes.
The officials said that they awlays
were willing to meet a committee
made up of workers from their facto
ries and they agreed to open the factor
ies again if the men returned to work.
Gen. Gomez and the committee af
terward met the Central Labor Union
and the old warrior did not spare
words in his condemnation of the ac
tion of the union in calling out the
workmen. He said it was a revolu
tion and not a strike and that the
wax veterans stood ready to t?ke up
arms in support of the government in
ordre to maintain order. That ended
the strike as far as the Central Labor ;
Union was concerned. It did not care
to brave Gen. GOmezs' wrath and
word was sent out as soon as possible
to have the men return to work.
There may be some difficulty with
local unions, but the backbone*?* the
strike is broken and tomorrow will
undoubtedly see most of the laborers
at work.
GiN?L NE&OTI?T??hI?LGGKEG.
Secretary Hay Reports to Cabinet
the Unsatisfactory Situation.
Washington, Nov. 25.?The cabinet
meeting today was devoted almost ex
clusively to the consideration of the
status of reciprocity with Cuba and
the canal treaty with Colombia. The
.hitches that have occurred in the nego
tiations were discussed as also were
the prospects of settlement. Secretary
Hay, while presenting the subject of
the canal negotiations to the . cabinet,
was not able to report that any pro
gress had been made during the past
week. In fact it appears that the nego
tiations have come to a dead stop and
while no such thing as an ultimatum
has passed, the precise situations may
be described in the statement that the
Colombian minister here, Concha, has
dstinctly informed the state depart
ment that he cannot in behalf of his
government accept the las: proposition
of the United States as the basis of a
canal treaty. The state department
has already let it be known that it has
come to the end of its concessions, so
the chances of a renewal of the
negotiations in the near future are not
very bright.
This state of affairs will stimulate
the negotiations with Nicarauga and
Costa Rica for the alternate route, but
it now appears that the diplomatic re
presentatives of these conn tries are not
disposed to allow themselves to be used
to coerce Colombia and they are there
fore desirous of remaining in the
background until it shall be clearly
established that no treaty can be made
between Colombia and the United
States.
President Roosevelt laid before the
cabinet his annual message to congress
in complete form. It was sent to the
printer today.
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Newberry, Nov. 25.?News was re
civeed here tonight that Dr. Coleman
and Mr. Will Lyles, prominent white
men living atMaybinton, this county,
near the Union lice, became engaged
in a difficulty this morning in which
both were shot and seriously wounded.
Mr. Lyies received four bullets in the
bowels, and Dr. Coleman was shot in
the chest The weapons used were
revolv?is. It appears that the diffi
culty was the direct result of a dispute
bewteen the parties last night. No
further particulars could be obtained.
IISaved at Grave's Brink.
**I know I would long ago have been in
my grave," writes Mrs. S. H. Newsom, of
Dec&tur. AUu, "if it had not been for Elec
tric Bitters. For three years I suffered
untold agony from the worst forms of in
digestion, waterbrash, stomach and bowel
dyspepsia. But fais excellent medicine
did me 8. world of good. Sine? using it I can
eat heartily and have gained 35 pounds."
For indigestion, loss of appetite, stomach,
liver and kidney troubles,E.!ectric Bitters
are a positive, guaranted m:re. Only 50c.
at J. F. W. DeLorme's ?rag store.
THE STATE EHTOMOLOGiST.
I-.
An Important Work for State Be
ing Done, by Prof. Chambliss of
Clemson.
Clemson College, Nov. 25.?Prof. C.
E. Chambliss in addition to his duties
at the college is doing a great work for
South Carolina in the capacity of
State entomologist. He has recently
inspected orchards in many parts of
the State and recommended remedies
where pests have already appeared, ?
and sugegsted plans for preventing
their appearance. The great import
ance of this work is never realized be
cause it is a work of prevention rather
than a work of tangible results. If
the fruit growers of the State will
give this work their cooperation just
as South Carotina is beginning to be a
fruit growing* State, they may save
themselves the trouble and loss inci
! dent to cutting down large orchards.
The law as recently established re
quires nurserymen outside of the State
doing business in the State to file
with the State entomologist a certifi
cate of inspection; showing that their
goods are free from ail diseases and
pests. If they fail to do this the State
entomologist has a right to seize the
goods, inspect tbem> release them if
found free from insects and disases, or
if diseased, destroy them.
Transportation companies may know
whether such goods have been:inspect
ed or not by the tags which all in
spected goods mus; bear.
The fruit growers of the State can
effectually assist in this work by re
porting all violations of the law.
' Prof. Chambliss has arleady seized
thousands of trees and is holding them
for inspection. Som? have been re
leased, some destroyed. He has also
'inspected and fumigated the stock of
two large nurseries in this State.
Nurserymen in tbis'State cannot ship
out goods unless they have been per
sonaly inspected oy the State ento
mologist. This being the case others
ought not to be allowed to ship in
witbout inspection.
Col. M. , L. ' Donaldson, who is
chairman of the South Carolina State
board of entomology, is very much in
terested in this matter, and is giving
Prof. Chambliss much valuable aid in
the work.
Th railroads and express companies
are cooperating with the board.
Insisted on Trading Horses.
Special to The State.
Chester, Nov. 25.?Sheriff Corn well
gave today the- ; news of a shooting
scrape that occurred out in the Arme
nia neighborohodj 12 miles west of
. Chester, Saturday night. The sheriff
was sent for and yesterday he brought
his prisoner to j?il. It seems that Mr.
Andy Hofner, feeling somewhat exhil
erated., left for home late Saturday af
trenoon and when he had gotten some
distance out he overtook Mr. Tom
Hudson. He accosted Hudson rather
roughly and insisted on trading horses
then and there. When Hudson refused
to agree Hofner'became infuriated and
levied his gun at him and empted sev
eral loads in his right shoulder, inflict
ing a very painful and somewhat seri
ous wound. Hofner is now in jail
chargd with assault and: battery with
attempt to kill and Hudson is confined
to his bed, suffering with a wound
which may terminate fatally. Both
are white men, usually good citizens
and industrious farmers.
Safe Robbers in the Piedmont.
g Charlotte, N. C, ; November 27.?A
special to the Observer, from Spartan
burg, S. U.j says:
"Burglars dyDamited the safe in the
office of the Enoreee Manufacturing
Company, at . Enoree, twenty-five
miles southeast of here, at an early
hour this morning, securing $3,000 in
cash. In addition the safe in the post
office, which was in the same build
ing, was also opened and $300 in
stamps and money secured. The mill
authorities offer a reward of $500 for
the arrest of the men, who were evi
dently professionals in their line.
Bloodhounds were telegraphed for this
morning and are now on the trail of
the burglars. Sheriff Vernon, of Spar
tanburg, wect to the scene today. A
message received at 4 o'clock this af
ternoon states that no capture had yet
been made. Besid?s money a large
number of valuable papers were taken
from the mill company's safe. Officers
in all sections are urged to be on the
lookout for suspicious characters."
H. T. Mclntyre, St. Paul, Minn., who has
been troubled with a disordered stomach,
says, "Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets do me more good than anything I
have ever taken." For sale by A J China. |
South Carolina is to have another
million dollar cotton mill?the "Marl
boro Cotton Mills." The plant will
be located at McColl in Marlboro conn- \
ty and the capital stock is to be
81,000,000. The corporators are E.
Strudwick of Richmond, Va., T. . !
Gibson, A. W. Morrison, Charles Ice
man, Robert Chapman and J. R. Par
ker of McColl ; and D. D. McColl and
T. W. Bouchier of Bennettsville.
Question Answered.
Yes, Angnst Flower still has the largest
sale of any medicine in the civilized world.
Yonr mothers' and grandmothers' never i
thought of using anything else for indiges
tion or biliousness. Doctors were scarce,
and they seldom heard of appendicitis,
nervous prostration or heart failure, etc.
They used August Flower to clean out the
system and stop fermentation of nndigest
ed food, regniate the action of the liver,
stimulate the nervons and organic action
of the sv stem, and that is all they took
when feeling dull and bad with headaches
and other aches. You only need a few
doses of Green's Angnst Flower, in liquid
form, to make you satisfied there is noth
ing serious the matter with yon. Yon can
get this reliable remedy at China's drug
drug store. Price 25c and 75c.
THE PRESIDENT GQLOB BLIND.
His Reply to Protests From Two
Charlestonians.
In the Matter of the Appointment of Dr.
Crum as Collector of the Port of
Charleston.
Special to The News and Courier :
Washington, November 27.?Dr.
Crum and some of his colored friends
are making strenuous efforts to con
vince President Roosevelt that the
charges of political treachery made
against Crum, in connection with
the Minneapolis Convention, are un
founded, and appeal to the President
not to turn down Crum upon such
false accusations. They add that if he
is to be turned down it can only be
because of his color. In the meantime
the President has made no official an
nouncement, although he has said to
members of his administration and
others with whom he has discussed the
subject that he cannot see how he can
appoint Crum collector of Charleston
in the face of the record that he was
once nominated for postmaster at
Charleston by a Republican President
and failed of confirmation by a Re
publican Senate.
The question is still open, with
chances strongly against Crum's ap
pointmet not being made.
THE PRESIDENT'S "PERSONAL"
OPEN LETTER,
The President has sent the following
communication to a prominent citizen
of Charleston, S. C. :
White House, Washington, D. C,
November 26, 1902.?(Personal. )?My
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your let
ter of November 20, and one from Mr.
-, under date of November 11, in
reference to the appointment of Dr.
Crum as collector of the port of
Charleston.
In your letter you make certain spec
ific charges against Dr. Crum, tend
ing to show his unfitness in several
respects for the office sought. These
charges are entitled to the utmost
consideration from me and I. shall
go over them carefully before taking
any action. After making these
charges you add, as a further reason
for oppositon to him, that he is a color
ed man, and, after reciting the mis
deeds that followed carpet-bag rule and
negro domination in South Carolina,
you say that "we have sworn never
again to submit to the rule of the Afri
can, and such an appointment as that
of Dr. Crum to any such office forces
us to protest unanimously against this
insult to the white blood ;" and you
add that you understood me to say that
1 would never force a negro on such a
community as yours.
THE POLITICAL BAR SINISTER.
Mr.-puts the objection of color
first, saying: "First, he is a colored
man, and that of itself ought to bar
him from the "office. " In view of these
last statements I think I ought to
m2ke clear to you why I am concerned
and pained by your making them and
what my attitude is as regards all such
appointments. How any one could have
gained the idea that I had said I
would not appoint reptuable and up
right colored men to office, when ob
jection was made to them-solely on.ac
count of their color, I confess I am
Wholly unable to understand. At the
time of my visit to Charleston last
spring I had made, and since that
time I have made a number of such
appointments from several States in
which there is a considerable colored
population.
COLORED MEN APPOINTED.
For example, I made one such ap
pointment in Mississippi and another
in Alabama shortly before my visit to
Charleston. I had at that time ap
pointed two colored men as judical
magistrates in the District of Colum
bia. I have recently announced anoth
er such appointment in New Orleans
and have just made one from Pennsyl
vania. The great majority of my ap
pointments in every State have been
of white men. North and South alike
it has been my sedulous endeavor to
appoint only men of high character
and good capacity, whether white or
black. But it has been my consistent
policy in every State where their
numbers warranted it to recognize
colored men of good repute and stand
ing in making appointments to office.
These appointments of colored men
have in no State made more than a
small proportion of the total number
of appointments. I am unable to see
how I can legitimately be asked to
make an exception for South Carolina.
In South Carolina to the four most
important positions in the State I
have appointed three men and continu
ed in office a fourth, all of them white
men?three of them originally Gold
Democrats?two of them, as I am in
formed, the sons of Confederate sol
diers. I have been informed: by the
citizens of Charleston who I have met
that these four men represent a high
grade of public service.
COLOR NO BAR TO OFFICE.
I do not intend to appoint any unfit
men to office. So far an I legitimate
ly can I shall always endeavor to pay
regard to the wishes and feelings of
the people of each locality, but I" can
not consent to take the position that
the door of hope (the door of opportu
nity ) is to be shut upon any man, no
matter how worthy, purely upon the
grounds of race or color. Such an at
titude would, according to my convic
tions, be fundamentally wrong. If,
as you hold, the great bulk of the col
ored people are not yet fit in point of
character and influence to hold such
positions, it seems to me that it is
worth while putting a premium upon
the effort among them to achieve the
character and standing which will fit
them.
The question of "negro domination"
does not enter into the matter at all.
It might as well be asserted that when
I was Governor of New York I sought
to bring about negro domination in
that State because I appointed two col
ored men of good standing and charac
ter to responsible positions?one of
them to a position paying a salary
twice as large as that paid in the office
now nndei consideration?one of them
a director of the Buffalo Exposition.
The question raised by you and Mr.
in the statements to which I
refer is simply whether it is to be de
clared that under no circumstances
shall any man of color, no matter how
upright and honest, no matter how
good a citizen, no matter how fair in
his dealings with all his fellows, be
permitted to hold office under our Gov
ernment I certainly cannot assume
an attitude, and you must permit me
to say that in my,veiw it is an atti
tude no man should assume, whether
he looks at it from the standpoint of
the trae interest of the white man of
the South or of the colored man of
the. South?not to speak of any other
section of the Union. It seems to me
that it is a good thing from every
standpoint to let the colored man know
that if he shares in marked degree
the qualities of good citizenship?the
-qualities which in a white man we
feel are entitled to reward?then he
will not be cut off from all hope of
similar reward.
Without any regard as to what my
decision may be on the merits of this
particular applicant for this particular
place, I feel that I ought to let you
know clearly my attitude on the far
broader question raised by you and
.-; an attitude from which I
have not varied during my term of
office. Faithfully yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
To the Hon.-, Charleston, S. C.
Estimate of Cotton Crop 90 - 2.
New York, November 25.?For many
years we have published annually for
the information of our correspondents
an estimate of the cotton crop of the
United States complied from figures
contained in replies to letters address
ed by us to several thousand firms and
individuals in the 'cotton States ; and
the average of these estimates for seve
ral seasons has tended to largely un
derestimate the total yield.
This year instead of requesting esti
mates of the crop from so many, we
have sought the information by letter
and telegram from a limited number
of the most intelligent and best in
formed correspondents in every cotton
State, and the following we regard a
conservative estimate of the crop at
this date :
States Estmtd. Crop Crop
1903-1003 f001-1902
Alabama, 1,000,000 1.200,000
Arkansas, 1.000.000 820.000
Florida. 50,000 54,000
Georgia, 1,350,000 1.525.000
Louisiana. $25,000 880.000
Mississippi, 1,450.000 1.375,000
North Carolina, 650,000 550.000
South Carolina. 050,000 925,000
Tcn?i. & C. & ?k. Ty., 525.000 359.000
|TTexasand Ind. Ty.. 3.200,000 2.093,000
Estimated total, 11,000,000 10.6S1.000
Last year was an unfavorable one for
cotton production in nearly all sec
tions. In the South Atlantic States
excessive rains prevailed much of the
season and in Texas and the South
western States a disastrous drought
cut the crop short, in spite of these
adverse conditions the vield proved to
be 10,681,000 bales.
This year as a rule the season has
been favorable; stands were perfect,
cultivation good, the crop matured
early, the Fall has been phenomenally
mild?no killing frost?the plant has
had ample time to ripen and the pick
ing season thus far all that could bt?
desired. It is therefore not improbable
that the crop this year will exceed that
of last year by some 300,000 bales.
Very truly yours,
Latham, Alexander k Co.
Decline in Price of Silver.
London, November 26.?The con
tinued decline in the price of silver
causes some considerable comment in
financial circles. According to the
best informed houses it is regarded
as being directly due to China's
flooding the market with silver in pay
ment of the indemnity to the Powers.
Prior to the recent disturbances China
was a large buyer of silver in London,
but now the balance of trade is revers
ed, and instead of China taking silver
in return for tea, silk and other ar
ticles imported into the United King
dom, she has to ship silver in payment
for manufactured articles. This alone,
without the large indemnity disburse
ments, is considered sufficient to ac
! count for the depreciation in the value
of the metal. It is pointed out that
even if China paid the indemnity in
gold the result would be the same, as
she would have to send the same
quantity of silver to Europe in order
to buy gold.
Washington, Nov. 26.?The Commer
cial Cable Company has filed with the
department of justice a written accept
ance of the terms and conditions on
which the President has consented it
may construct a cable between the
United States and the Philippines
and China. The company, therefore
will now be given the privilege of use
of the soundings taken by the Govern
ment vessel Nero, which surveyed the
Pacific Ocean with the purpose of ob
taining full information as to the best
route for a cable between the Pacific
coast and the Philippine Islands and
Asia.
Mr. Bradford Singleton, of Sumter,
and Miss Lillie Ida James, of Claren
don, were married by Rev. G. T.
Gresham, at the residence of the
bride's father, Mr. W. W. James, at
3 p. m., Nov. 19th, inst.?Manning
Times.
? Million Voices
Could hardly express the thanks of Ho
mer Hall, of West Point, la. Listen why :
A severe cold had settled on his lungs,
causing a most obstinate cough. Several
physicians said he had consumption, but
could not help him. When all thought he
was doomed he began to use Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, and
writes : "It completely cured me and saved
my life. I now weigh 227 pounds." It's
positively guaranteed for coughs, colds
and lung troubles. Price 50c. and $1.
Trial bottles free at J. F. W. DeLprme's.
RERE KROPFS FUNERAL
Emperor William Follows the
Hearse on Foot?Entire Popu
lation of Essen Attends.
Essen, Prussia, November 26.?The
remains of Herr Krupp were buried
today. The obsequies were impressive.
Emperor William follcwed the hearse
on foot from the old home of the de
ceased's grand-father to the cemetery.
Practically the entire population of
Essen attended the funeral.
The presence of Emperor William at
Herr Krupp's funeral today was de
signed by his Majesty show his abso
lute disbelief of the accusations that
caused the gun manufacturer's death.
A statement was issued that the Empe
ror was indignant at ohe cruelty and
malice of the Social Democratic
charges, and he is said to have person-.
ally expressed his feeling in the matter I
to the Rev. Mr. Klingmann, who de
livered the first of the two funeral ora
tions. *
About 24,000 of the Krupps' work
men were drawn up on either side of
the route. Prince Henry, of Prussia,
was represented by Commander
Schmidt Von Schwindt. At the cem
etery the coffin was lowered into the
vault beside that of the deceased
father : Emperor William saluted and
a great chorus of workmen's singing
societies chanted a requiem. Then fol
lowed two funeral orations.
Th? Interna! Revenue.
Washington, Nov. 25.?John W.
Yerkes, the commissioner of internal
revenue, in his report for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1902, says that the
internal revenue taxes have been
reduced 8100,000,000 by the repeal of the
war revenue laws. He estimates that
the total receipts from internal reve
nue for the current fiscal vear will be
822,000,000.
Under the act of March 2, 1901, says
the report, provision was made for the
prompt payment of a drawback or
rebate.on all original and unbroken
factory packages of smoking and man
ufactured tobacco and snuff and cigars
held by manufacturers or dealers on
the 1st of July, 1901, and which re
bate should represent the difference
between the sum at which these goods
had been tax paid and the rate of tax
fixed bv said act to be in effect Julv 1,
1901. Under this law 49,364 claims
have been paid in rebates, being
83,103,511.
The report shows that during th?
year revenue agents seized and de
stroyed 1,034 illicit stills and arrested
1,036 persons for violations of the
revenue laws. During that time one
agent was killed in a raid and two
were wounded. One hundred and
sixteen distilleries were reported for
seizure during the year: 68,117 salions
of spirits were reported for seizure,
the total value of the property involv
ed being 8153. S94.
Glanders in Barnwell.
Columbia, Nov. 27.?Governor Mer
Sweeney received a teleragm this
morning from Mr. LeRoy Molier,
of Barnwell, stating that three of his
horses had died of some unknown dis
ease since last Monday. Governor Mc
Sweeney at once telegraphed to the
president of Clemson College, 'asking
him to send a veterinary surgeon to
Barnwell at once.
Berlin, Nov. 27.?Three additional
cruisers, the Niobe, Ariadne and Ama
zone have been ordered to Kiel and to
proceed to Venezuela. They will sail
as soon as they can be made ready for
sea. Telegraphic instructions were
sent to the navy department yester
day evening, ordering their immediate
fitting out and orders for the necessary
supplies of ammunition and other
equipment have been issued. It is ex
pected that the three cruisers will be
ready to sail about the middle of next
week.
? Kingston, St. Vincent, Nov. 25.?A
; violent eruption of La Suffriere, the
' fifth big outburst since the catastrophe
I of May 7, took place today. George
town and the village of Chateau Belair,
situated on the west coast of St.. Vin
cent, were again evacuated by their
inhabitants. Telephone communica
tion in these districts is interrupted,
owing to fierce lightning. Subterra
nean rumblings can be heard and vol
canic clouds are seen from this city.
The crater had been smoking constant
ly since the terrific eruption of Octo
ber 16.
Sneedville, Tenn, Nov. 27.?In Han
cock County, in the mountains of Up
per East Tennessee, Richard Green
probably fatally shot his wife and
daughter and then killed himself,
using a shotgun. The dischage of the
gun ignited his clothing and when
found his apparel was burned from his
body. It is supposed jealousy or insan
ity was the cause of the deed.
Havana, Nov. 27.?Two of the men
who were wounded yesterday evening
! whiie on a street car by shots fired
from a neighboring house died today.
There have been no further disturb
ances. The mayor has ordered the
police to arrest all the occupants of
the houses from which the shots may
have been fired at the street car yester
day. The special Judge in charge of
the rioting cases has ordered the arrest
of Amanto Cervantes, the editor of
the Reconcentrado, on charges of sedi- j
tion.
A. J. Snell wanted to attend a party, but
was afraid to do so on account of pains in
his stomach, which he feared would grow
worse. He says, "I was telling my troubles
to a lady friend, who said : 'Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy will
put yon in condition for the party.' I
bought a bottle and take pleasure in stat
ing that two do??- cured me and enabled
me to have a good time at the party." Mr.
Snell is a resident of Summer Hill, N. Y.
This remedy is for sale by A. J. China.
NEW ENGLAND G?TTLE
UNDER O??B&NT?NE.
"Foot and Mouth Disease'' Exists
to an Alarming Extent.
; Washington. Nov. 27.?Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson today issued sweep
ing orders directed to the managers
and agents of railroads and transpor
tation companies of the United States,
stockmen and others, notifying them
of the establishment of a quarantine
of cattle, sheep and other ruminants
and swine in the New England States
and prohibiting the exportation of
such animals from the port of Boston
until further orders.
Kecent investigations by the depart
ment of agricolture disclosed the fact
that what is known as "foot and
mouth disease, ' ' exists to an alarming
extent in Connecicnt, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts and Vermont. The ex
pert of the department, Dr. M?hler ;
Dr. Leonard Pearson, of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvnaia, and James Law
of Cornell, visited the infected dis
tricts and united in a recommenda
tion that in order to prevent the
spread of the disease a quarantine
should immediately be establisehd.
Secretary Wilson said today that
this is the most serious matter the de
partment has had to handle for some
time, but that all the resources of the
department would be employed in
stamping out the disease, f?e declares
that if it should spread west of the
Hudson river it would he nothing short
of a national calamity.
Rise in Rates to New York,
Washington, Nov. 26.? The Michi
gan Central today filed with the Inter
State commerce commission a ' new
freight tariff schedule between New
York and Chicago, making an increase
of five cents in the export rate on pro
visions and of five cents for dressed
meat, both domestic and export. The
new tariff on provisions is thus raised
from 25 to 30 cents per hundred
pounds and on dressed meats from 40
to 45 cents. The domestic rate on
provisions remains as at present. The
increase means a diffrence of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to ship
pers. It is expected that all the onher
roads in the Central Freight Associa
tion territory, which comprises every
thing east of the Mississippi River
and north of the Ohio, except north of
Illinois, will, under the agreement,
which is understood to have been
reached between the roads, file similar
tariffs, and increase in other articles
is expected.
Treasurer of Abbeville.
J. R. Blake, Jr., treasurer of Abbe
ville County, has sent in his resigna
tion to take effect on January . He
has been elected Senator to succeed
W. N. Graydon, who did not stand
for re-election. The delegation will
probably recommend as his successor
W. F. Bradley, who was nominated
for treasurer in the primary election.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 28.?After '
eluding arrest for several months
Charles F. Keiley, the former Speaker
of the St. Louis House of ' Delegates,
who is wanted in the Western city in
connection with the bribery cases un
earthed there some time ago, was ar
rested in this city at 1.10 o'clock this
afternoon. Keiley arrived in New
York on the steamer Celtic this morn
ing from Liverpool, and had just
stepped from the Western Express in
the Broad street station of the Penn
sylvania Railroad here when he was
taken into custody by Detective
James Tate, of the detective "bureau,
of this city. He admitted his identity
and is now locked up in the central
police station. He will be given a
hearing tomorrow morning by Magis
trate Kocehrsperger and will be held
to await requisition papers from the
State of Missouri.
Judge J. H. Hudson has been ap
pointed to preside over a special term
of court for Richland Connty, which
is to convene the first Monday in Jan
uary and continue four weeks.
New York, Nov. 2S.?Edward F.
Corker, chief of the fire department,
who was recently tried on a series of
charges, has been declared guilty by
Commissioner Sturgis and dismissed
from the service, the dismissal to take
place on December L
As a result of a quarrel at a hot sip
per Daniel Jones shot and killed Jim
Harper Green on Col. Brock's planta
tion last Thursday night. Both are
negroes, and it seems they had a fight
and Jones smarting under the result of
it, went home, got his gun, and while
Green was sitting in a chair in his
own house, Jones shot him through a
crack in the house and then skipped.
?Manning Times.
Foih a Deadly Attack
uMy wife was so ill that good physicians"
were unable to help her," writes M. M.
Austin, of Winchester, Ind.. "but was com
pletely cured by Dr. King's New Life
Pills." They work wonders in stomach
and liver troubles. Cure constipation,
sick headache. 25c. at J. F. W. DeLorme's
drug store.
Florence, Nov. 28.?A dispatch re- '
ceived this afternoon [ from Lumber,
Darlington county, says that the
Bridgers & McKeithan Lumber Com
pany, suffered another heavy loss by
fire last night. The company's store
or commissary with all its contents was
burned. It is not known how the fire
started. When the alarm was given it
was too late to save anything, n The
loss is about $5,000, which is partially
covered by insurance.
The Pride of Heroes.
Many soldiers in the last war wrote to
say that for scratches, bruises, cuts, wounds,
corns, sore feet and stiff joints, Bucklen's
Arnica Salve is the best in the world.
Same for burns, scalds, boils, ulcers, skin
eruptions and piles. It cures or no pay.
Only 25c. at J. F. W. DeLorme's drug store.