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Opening Bail at Providence. The opening: ball will be given in the new Casino at Providence, S. C., on the night of June 24th, 1903, the public being cordially invited to at-' tend. The management promises that nothing will be left undone to make the occasion a very enjoyable one and one long to be remembered. Those of our friends who have not been to our new Spa must take this occasion to introduce themselves. The gentlemen friends will be charged 50 cents. R. C. Folk. i ._ _ PISGAH NEWS NOTES. Pisgah, June 15.-The damage to the crops here by the floods have not been over estimated. It will take time for them to recover from, the rains. Farm work is so pressing that.it is hard to decide which to take hold first. Tobacco has. improved a great deal from the rains. Very good crops are now assured and the tobacco planters, are jubiliant. Grass is-at a premium for thrift, 200 per cent. Mr. Andrew Vinson and family are visiting relatives here. Mr. H. H. Evans' many friends deeply sympathize with him in the severe loss he has sustained in the burning of his barn and stables. He -says he has no positive clue as to the fire. There is some fever here, but of what type, I can't say. Several have it Mr.1 Crouch filled his appointment at Pisgah yesterday. Two persons united with the church at the close of the service. Connie Maxwell Orphanage day at Pisgah Church, June21st 10 o'clock a, m. Program. . :. Devotional Exercises. Music, Address-History of the Orphanage -J. E. DuPre. Music. Address-P. T. Bruce, Superinten? dent Mt Olivet Sunday School. Music. Address-Ernest H. Rhame, Super? intendent Sunday School First Baptist Church, Sumter. Music Collection for Orphanage. Benediction. The public is cordially invited to at? tend. D. J. Hatfield, Superintendent MAYOR'S COURT. Two cases were disposed of in the Mayor's court Saturday : Henry Brown for disturbance of the peace and resisting arrest; guilty. Sentenced $2 or four days. The fine was paid. Robert Singleton a colored youth entered Mr. Jervey's boarding house Friday night and without "making his presence known to any one went up to the second floor. Finding a loose car pet he proceeded to make himself as comfortable as possible and curled upon the floor for a good night's sleep. Some lady guest leaving on one of the early morning trains heard a sound of snor? ing which she reported to Mr. Jervey. An.officer was called in: Singleton was rudely awakened oat of his restful slumber and taken to the calaboose to dream away the remainder of the night behind the prison bars. Two dollars or four days. Captain McCauley is not a military man though he seems to have the military spirit to some extent and that's how he got into trouble. Sat? urday night Officers W. G. Pierson and Samuel Weeks were down on South Main street for the capture of a certain individual who was not Captain Mc? Cauley. They had no use for the Cap? tain whatever. Several persons pass? ing by had been stopped and inter? rogated by the officers, and everything was smooth as glass until it came the Captain's turn to be held up. Instead of stopping and answering questions the Captain showed fight and backing away threw his hand to his hip pock- - et, which iS a policeman is a sure i sing of a gun. But Captain wasn't j quick enough and in two seconds he was looking down two pistol barrels with an officer behind each one. Then the Captain threw up his hands and parted with his hip pocket gun. At the trial the Captain said he didn't mean to shoot anybody. He was so fright? ened that the pistol was forgotten. But the officers were positive, and ? would not have thought of a weapon if Captain had made no hostile move? ment The Captain acknowledged that he had heard of a specified size and under peculiar circumstances, but he wasn't certain about it until now. Ten dollars paid and gun forfeited. Walter Peterson, a colored boy about town, not unknown in police circles got into a little quarrel Saturday afternoon with a country darkey, and proceeded to macadamize the said C. D's head with rocks. It seems the C. D. was standing with his sister-in law on Main street. Peterson came up and introducing himself proceeded to be interesting and agreeable to the damsel. Peterson evidently failed, for in a few minutes she informed him that she was ready to play quits, and invited him to proceed upon his journey. This invitation was backed up by the brother-in-law and Peter? son made threats of so disabling the said brother-in-law as to prevent him from ever hereafter leaving the city. A second C. D. came up, and being a friend and acquaintance of C. D. number one, be mildly protested against Peterson's threats." That turn? ed the quarrel from No. 1 to No. 2, C. D. and it was the latter's head that caught the rock. But Walter caught ten dollars or fifteen days. A rumor was current on the streets Saturday . that the dam 'at Scar? borough's ('formerly White's; mill bad been washed away. Mr. Scarborough says that although the water was running from end to end over the dam, there was no break* and after the flood had passed the dam showed np intact. Maj. W. H. Gibbes, who is said to have fired the first shot of the civil war on Fort Sumter died Friday in Colnmbia. Maj. Gibbes was a gunner in Capt ' George James' company to whom General Beauregard sent the order to open fire on Maj. Anderson. 840, COO worth of improvements are to be made on Clemson college. THE ST?TE IS SPENDING ALL OF ITS MONEY. Something Must be Done to Raise More Revenue. The State of South Carolina has been spending more money than she has been making1. The inevitable re? sult of this kind of procedure would be a hopeless state of indebtedness. The financiers of the State are en? deavoring to find some way to bring the revenues up to the amount of ex? penditures provided in the appropria? tion acts. The estimated revenue for this year will be about 81,000,000 and the expenses provided for in the ap? propriation act will be nearly 8103,000 in excess of that amount. That was the coiidition of affairs which confronted the general assembly last session. When the question of expenditures came up before the senate committee on finance some of the members of that committee wanted to increase the levy from 5 mills to 5^. mills, with the hope that the ad? ditional 34 of a mill wonld add some thing to a"fund to be accumulated for the purpose of putting the State on a cash basis. But that idea was rejected and the rate of taxation for the sup? port of the State government was left at 5 mills. After deliberating over the matter it was decided to make appropriations in the most economical manner possi? ble and to introduce a resolution authorizing the appointment of a com? mission to consider the tax question in all of its phases and to bring in a report?t the next meeting of the general assembly. The resolution was adopted by both houses and the following com? mission was appointed : Senators Mow? er of Newberry and Manning of Sumter, and Representatives Moses of Sumter, Thomas of Columbia and Tatum of Orangeburg. Senator Mower is chairman of the finance committee of the senate and Mr. Moses is chair? man of the ways and means commitee of the house-the two committees which pass upon the proposed appro? priations before the bills are submitted in open assembly. ! Senator Manning, who was in the city Saturday evening, says that the commission has not been called to? gether, but the members are studying. the situation and are making in? vestigations individually. There will be many propositions advanced when the commission meets, for many sus gestions have come to the members. One is that the office of county auditor be taken out of the primary elections, for it is alleged that the pressure brought to bea/ o? auditors to prevent them from being aggressive in the discharge of their duties is such that they at times must let returns slip hy at figures which are manifestly far be? low the real value of the property. The auditor is an executive officer, as well as ministerial, and he can do more to increase the State's income th3n any other servant of the government. Another proposition as to adopt the New York law on franchise tax. Sen? ator Manning has been in correspon? dence with Gow B. B. Odell of New York, who writes that the system of taxing franchises there is more than satisfactory and the law has stood the test of all the courts of the State. By it operation the income of the State of New York ha3 increased two or three times its former value. There will be many other proposi? tions advanced, and it is probable that some definite recommendations will be made to the general assembly. The argument against the increased tax levy is that the legislature might appropriate all of the additional funds accruing and leave nothing for the sinking fund. As the matter now stands, the State is eating up the as? sets of $400,000 since the enaction of the law increasing the pensions for Confederate soldiers from $100,000 to $200,000. It is expected that there will be some additional revenue this year on account of the raised assessments on railroad and other such property. The. State board of assessors of railroad property has increased the valuation placed upon railroad property to such an. extent that nearly $20,000 addi? tional may be obtained from these cor? porations this year. The railroad com? panies have the right to make an ap? peal, and it is possible that some of the assessments may not be increased by the time the State board gets its final report ready. Another source of revenue which is not fixed as yet is the assessment of textile and like manufacturing prop? erties. The State board of assessors of this class of property has not been called together, but it is probable that an effort will be made to increase the revenue from the mills. However, the destruction of valuable property in the upper part of the State means that a hole will be made in the total amount of taxable property and that it will be hard to make up this loss from the valuation of property placed on the tax books since the assessment made last year, although there has been a lot of mill building. At any rate the people are confronted with a serious proposition, that of "making both ends meet," and the cause is that the State is growing and developing so that it costs more to keep up the government.-State, June 15. - - ? State Law Set Aside. Montgomery, Ala. June 15.-Judge Thomas G. Jones in the United States court here today delivered a special charge to the grand jury investigating the peonage cases in which he took occasion to say that these cases were by no means general, but confined to two or three counties. The court instructed the jury as to its-duty in the premises, urging indictments in all case where the law had been violat? ed. The sensational part of his chame was bis declaration in response to a re? quest of the jury for a construction of the Alabama statute known as the criminal contract law, which permit any persons to confess judgment for costs against persons convicted of mis? demeanors, and requiring such persons so convicted to work out his fine. The court held the statute to be a violation of the federal constitution in that it was a civil contract, and no one could be imprisoned for debt or forced to serve a master to pay such debt. Judge Jones held that all con? nected with such conviction and hire of such convict, except the committing magistrate are liable to indictment under the federal statutes. AUGUSTA'S GREAT FASTER. Thinks it is About Over. Augusta Chronicle, June 14th. The fact that the faster of Scranton, Pa, died yesterday after abstainin from food for only forty days has no terrors for Dr. Wilkinson, Augusta's record breaker. He continues to live on a diet of Savannah river water and says that he is beginning to feel that he is getting well. Once or twice yesterday Dr. Wilkinson felt the crav? ings of hunger somewhat and he takes this to mean that his fast is approach? ing its end, for as soon as he has a yearning for food that remains with him, he is going to begin eating. When seen by a Chronicle reporter yesterday the doctor was in the very best of good spirits and talked freely of Iiis long period without food. He answered all questions and explained fully the reasons that actuated him in taking this rather heroic treatment. "Do you feel no physical trouble now, after going so long without food?" asked the reporter. "In first getting up in the morning, I at times experience some weakness, but knowing that this is morbid caused by the accumulation of a little acid in the circulation over night from inactivity-a little exercise dispels this seeming weakness by freeing the circulation of that accumulated uric acid. "You think you will not eat until you experience normal hunger; do you think you will be able to re? cognize normal hunger when it comes?" "Yon bet your life, I will," said the doctor with such emphasis, that he evidently is not far away from ex? periencing it. "You have set no limitation to the number of days you will fast then, and will keep on indefinitely until you are hungry?" "That is correct and I don't think I will have much longer to Wait. I have felt once or twice today like I might be getting hungry." . ' How do you feel physically do you suffer any from your nervous dys? pepsia?" "Not at all. I am quite comfortable. I walked three and a half miles today, and am feeling strong enough for any ordinary exercise." "How much weight do yon lose as the fast progresses?" "I weighed 124 pounds when I be? gan and a week ago I had gotten down to 93. Today I weigh 92 pounds a loss of only a pound in a week, showing that I have gotten to a stand? still, practically, and am now holding my own." "And yon have eaten absolutely nothing since the 27th of April, no milk or beef tea?" "I have taken absolutely no nourish? ment at all. I drink water whenever I feel like it. In the beginning of my fast for a while, I occasionally squeezed a little lemon juice into a glass of water, but haven't done this in a long time. Absolute fasting is essential to the care and I would be foolish to lose all I had accomplished by taking any food. No this is my 46th day without food of any kind, and I will continue the fast as long as is necessary to get back a normal craving for food. "I am asked, said Dr. Wilkinson, how it is that I can abstain from food so long, and at the same time feel well and strong enough to take long walks? The answer is simple : "Absolute fast allows nature to work unobstructed. Obstruction in nature causes weakness. Obstruction means the retention of effete matter that should pass out through the various organs of elimination. The element in" the system which is the leadng fac? tor in this weakness by retention when eating and the food not being properly digested-for the food not digested properly will cause this re? tention-is a substance known to the medical profession as uric acid, which is defined as a sub-oxidation of the nitrogenous element in food. Com? plete oxidation of the nitrogeneous element in food results in a substance we call Eurea, which is harmless in normal amount. ' ' "What will you eat first, doctor?" "Fruits and fruit juices, oranges, grapes and nuts, and whole wheat bread. Sparingly, of course, at first of fruit and juices, sparingly of nuts and bread which must be thoroughly masticated and swallowed slowly-my preference being the shredded whole wheat biscuit. I am something of a food specialist" DEEPEN?KT?EQRGETOWN BAR. Channels of River Emptying at Georgetown and Georgetown Harbor to Be Improved. Special to The State. Georgetown, June 13.-A meeting of the board of United States engineers for rivers and harbors, of which Col. A. Mackensie is chairman, will be held in Georgetown on June 8th, with reference to preliminary examinations ordered by the river and harbor act of June 13, 1902. This act contemplates the deepening of the channel from Georgetown through .Vinyah bay to the ocean en? trance 3 feet additional. The present depth is 15 feet at mean low water. Also the deepening of the channels of the Waccamaw, .Black and Wateree rivers, the latter from its mouth to Camden. Letters have been received by prominent, firms and individuals here from Capt. George P. Howell, of tlie corps of engineers, inviting them to be present and to submit written statements setting forth advantages that would be derived by the consum? mation of the proposed deepening of the channels of tiie above named water? ways. Mayor Morgsn has written to Senator B. R. Tillman and Congress? man R. B. Scarborough requesting them to be here at the meeting, and representatives of the commercial bodies of Camden and Kingstree are expected to be present. The new French battleship which is to be built at L'Orient at a cost of 30,000,000 francs will be the largest warship afloat. Although lier dimen? sions have not yet been made public, it is known that she will be manned by 730 men. She will be christened Jules Michelet, after the historian of that name. _ _ Some idea of the destructiveness of I the recent flood in Spartanburg county may be had from the statement that it destroyed property amounting to one fourth of that on the county's tax books. AWFUL CLOUDBURST! Town at Base of Blue Mountains Wiped Of the Map. Five Hundred People May be Lost in Flood at Heppner, Oregon. Portland, Ore., June 15.-Five hun? dred people lost their lives in a cloud? burst that almost entirely destroyed the town of Heppner, Ore., at 6 o'clock last night. Heppner is the county seat of Mor? row county and had about 1,250 in? habitants. All the telephone and telegraph wires are down and no accurate in? formation can be obtained, but the estimate of loss of life is based on the most reliable reports recieved up to tonight. A report from lone, 17 miles from Heppner, is to the effect ? that 300 bodies have been recovered. A messenger who arrived at lone said a wall of water 20 feet high rushed down into the gulch in which Heppner is situated, carrying everything before it. The flood came witli such suddenness that the inhabitants were unable to seek places of safety and were carried down to death by the awful rush of water. Almost the entire residence portion of the town was destroyed, but some of tho business part, which is on higher ground, escaped. Huge boulders weighing a ton were carried down by the current and many poeple were killed by being dashed against the rocky bluff. Early in the afternoon a thunder? storm occurred, covering a wide re? gion of country, and later a heavy rainstorm set in, many of the small streams overflowing their banks in a short time. Bridges were swept away like straws. As soon as possible after the flood had subsided the work of relief was commenced by the citizens of the town. Dozens of bodies were found in the creeks and in some places they were piled over one another. Up to 2 o'clock this afternoon over 200 bodies had been recovered almost within the city limits. The buildings which were not carried away were moved from their foundations or top? pled over. Hundreds of horses, cattle and sheep and hogs that had gone into the creek bottoms for water perished. News of the calamity did not reach the outside world until today, ali the means of communication having ceased. As sooh as possible news was sent by courier to nearby towns. The Ore? gon Railway and Navigation company started a relief train with physicians and supplies from The Dallas shortly after noon. At 1.30 this afternoon another train of relief started for the scene from this city. Citizens of Port? land started a relief fund as soon as the news of the disaster spread over the city, and within a few hours 85, 000 was raised. Supplies will be rushed to Heppner as soon as they can be assembled. Fifteen buildings in the town of Lexington, nine miles below Heppner, on Willow Creek, were washed away, but with rio loss of life, the inhabit? ants having time to save themselves from the surging torrent. At lone, 17 miles away, considerable damage was done to buildings, al? though no loss of life is reported from there. Mayor George H. Williams today re? ceived the following dispatch : Lexington, Ore., June 15.-Cloud? burst occurred last evening. Large part of town destroyed. Help needed. S. E. Natson, Mayor. Portia nd, Ore., June 15.-Word was received here from lone late this after? noon that 300 coffins were needed at once at Heppner. The weather is warm and it is necessary that the dead should be buried at once. One hundred coffins were sent on the Oregon Railway and Navigation over? land train tonight and 100 more will be sent from the Dallas and Portland. The Portland office of the O. R. & N railway this afternoon received the following iL^osage from Heppner: "Roughly estimated almost all the whole people living on the banks of the Willow Creek were drowned." REIGN OF TERROR IN KENTUCKY. Judge Redwine Takes firm Stand Against incendiaries and As? sassins. Interest at Jackson, Ky., Centered in the Hearing of Writ of Hebeas Corpus in Behalf of the Men Charged With Burning the Ewen Hotel. Jackson, Ky, June 15.-Interest in the trial of Curtis Jett and Thomas White, for the alleged murder o? J. B. Marconi, was secondary today to the preliminary hearing of the teamsters of the Hargis Bros. arrested by the soldiers on the charge of burning yes? terday morning of the hotel of B. L. Ewen, the principal witness of the Commonwealth against Jett and White. Although this place lias become ac? customed to assassinations and incen? diary fires during the feud of the past three years, it never had such a night of terror as that of last night. Many spent a sleepless night not as members of any vigilance committee patrolling the streets, but within their own doors, as they were expecting the torch to be applied to their houses next. Joe Crawford and Ed Thorp wene brought before Judge Redwine this morning, and testimony was heard on the writ of habeas corpus sued out for their release by the Hargis people yes? terday. Gray Haddicks and Jerry Lunsford identified Crawford as one of the men seen coming from the Ewen Hotel just before the fire was discover? ed, and A. H. Short said he saw Crawford andThorp crossing the bridge, going in the direction of the Ewen Hotel, an hour before the fire. The prisoners told conflicting stones of their whereabouts. Judge Hargis and the 'attorneys he employed to defend Jett and White represented the prison? ers. Judge Redwine decided to hold them to the grand jury, which was reconvened this morning. g?After toe habeas corpus proceedings were disposed of the trials of Jett and White, for the assassination of Marcum, were called. There was much exitement about the Court House and those entering the Court room were not only searched but also closely watched. Attorney Golden made the opening statement for the defence in the as? sassination case this morning. He outlined an alibi, which the defence will depend upon to save Jett and White, as already forecasted. Accord? ing to Mr. Golden's statement the de? fence will endeavor to place Jett near the postoffice when the fatal shots were fired, and will urge that White alone entered the side door of the Court House prior to the shooting. Golden said they would prove that Jett came out of the side door after he went to see Marcum's prostrate form in the doorway, and that lie was there only to learn what had happen? ed. Golden charged that Ewen lied when he testified that he saw Jett fire the shot. Curtis Jett was then called to the stand in his own behalf. He was cool, but answered questions from his attorneys with considerable hesita? tion. The jury was excused for a few min? utes and the grand jury filed into the Court, when Judge Redwine charged them to investigate the burning of Ewen's Hotel. Judge Redwine was very forceful in his charge, saying that arson was next to assassination, and that he wanted the grand jury to resort to every fair means to indict the men who were guilty of setting fire to the home of Ewen. He said it was doubtful if life and property was ever so insecure in a civilized country as it is in Breathitt County today. Judge Redwine intimated that a special term of Court would be held to try incendiary cases if indictments were found. Meantime the overwork? ed troops were sent out with summons papers to bring in witnesses for -the grand jury. The murder case was then resumed. Jett was asked what he had said to Mrs. Jonhson on meeting her after Marcum was killed. He replied: "I said that she could not lay this on me, that every time a man was killed they said I did it." Mrs. Johnson testified that Jett said: "EUrgis money killed him; I fired.the shots." He said at the time of the shooting his right hand was so badly, swollen that he could not have pulled a trigger. He said he had had a finger amptuated two weeks before. When Court ad? journed for dinner Jett was still on the stand. PUBLIC OPINION AIDS EWEN. Lexington, Ky., June 15.-A sub? scription list for the benefit of Capt. B. L. Ewen, whose hotel at Jackson was burned by incendiaries yesterday, has. been started by local newspapers and has met with liberal response al? ready. A call has been made on the people of Kentucky to make good the loss, which, it is said, Ewen suffered in payment for his attempt to assist in aiding the law in feud-ridden Breathitt County. WASHINGTON" LETTER. The Postoffice and Other Scan? dals- Roosevelt's Diplomacy, Etc. The postoffice investigation still pro? gresses with such speed as the Post? master General is unable to prevent. Mr. Payne has not yet made public the reply of Fourth Assistant Post? master General Bristow to the Tulloch charges and meanwhile Perry Heath has left the country, or lias left Salt Lake City with that intention. An instance of the kind of "irregularity" for which Heath stands responsible is furnished by the case of Mrs. Fanny R. Winans, formerly society editor of a small paper in Ohio and sister-in law of the publisher. When Senator Hanna was running for the Senate the support of this paper was regarded as more or less essential to his suc? cess. Accordingly, Hanna asked Heath to appoint Mrs. Winans to a position in the postoffice ' department and Heath did so, but Mrs. Winans was given no work, her only duties being to draw her salary. She seri? ously objected to the continued draw? ing of pay without the performance of any work in return, and "pestered" Heath until he told, her she was a "nuisance." Then she took her case to Hanna and he wrote Heath he would have to give Mrs. Winans something to do, but this he failed to do and finally Mrs. Winans, who is an ex? ceptionally clever woman, took a civil service examination and secured an appoinment in the pension office, a position she now holds. This is but a sample of the type of abuses which under political administration has long been common. It is not possible to convince Payne that there is any? thing improper about this farming of the Government service for political ends. He belongs to the old style of politician who believes anything is warranted provided it is done for the success of the party. This is the rea? son that President Roosevelt is getting no satisfaction from his Postmaster General in his efforts to clean out the postoffice department. An instance in the New York post office where the Postmater has confer? red a sinecure on his son has just come to light. Because of the difficul? ty of securing men with peculiar scien? tific qualifications for certain work President McKinley issued an order that in case no man could be found in the classified service who had the qualifications necessary to fill any par? ticular vacancy, an outsider could be employed. Availing themselves of this clause Postmaster Van Cott and Perry Heath fixed up the appointment of young Van Cott, the father certifying that no one could be found to perform the entirely routine work to which the young man was assigned. Heath en? dorsed the certification and President McKinley accepted it. Then the Civil j Service Commission made such an j urgent complaint, alleging that Van ? Cott's appointment was a clear evasion j of the intent of . the law, that Presi? dent Roosevelt repealed the regulation bat did not have the courage to dis? charge the man whose appointment had necessitated the repeal. Is Wall street really opposed to the election of President Roosevelt? There is grave doubt on this question express? ed by democratic politicians who come to Washington They say that by the appointment of Payne and other of Hanna's proteges to good offices Mr. Roosevelt secured the friendship of the Ohio boss and then the Senator per? mitted it to be understood that he was opposed to the President greatly to the latter's advantage. Now it is remark? ed that there is a great cry of the op? position of Wall street to President I Roosevelt, but it all emanates from re? publican editors. It is beginning to l^e suspected that th is is a shrewd game on the part of the president and his advisors to gain the support of the anti-trust element of the voters. There was an amusing interview be? tween President Roosevelt and Count Cassini recently. Strong pressure is being brought to bear on the president to take some action with regard to the recent massacre of the Jew? in Kis? hinev. Now that the United States has become a "world power" with cer? tain little ''errors of judgment" to its' credit in the Philippines, etc., the president appreciates that lie cannot well criticise outrages against which the Russian government is as helpless as is the United States against similar outbreaks occurring herc. Accordingly it is said he sent for Cassini and laid the situation frankly before him ask? ing the ambassador's advice as to how much he would be safe in saying for the purpose of securing votes, with-., out incurring the danger of offending Russia cr drawing from the Czar polite but forcible invitation to"rf move the beam from his own eye.'' Just what Cassini said is not known but it was obvious after the interview that the wily diplomat was extremely amused at the frankness Gf the aspir? ing presidential candidate. A new republic may be the out? growth of the proposition of the United States to construct the Panama canal. Reports from Eogota, believed to be reliable, are to the effect th at the inhabitants of the states of Panama and Cauca are unanimously in favor of the ratification of the treaty and that if their insistnce on this point is dis? regarded by the Colombian congress they will secede. These two states are the ones that would profit most by the construction of the canal. They are almost entirely shut off from the rest of Colombia by a mountain chain and in view of the impoverished con? dition of the Colombian treasury it is not believed that the mother coun? try could effectually oppose secession. The two states would together mak? a country larger than Costa Rica, and the annuity of $250,000 which the United States is prepared to pay for the use of the canal zone would, almost maintain the government, especially as this country would pay a bonus of $10,000,000 to start with. While it would be a diplomatic error for the State Department to admit as much, it is believed that there would be great relief if these states could accomplish a successful revolution. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT. Beary Lewis, Died at Camden, S. C., May 12, 1903-Member of Hollywood Camp No. 19. Woodmen of the World. Whereas, God in his all wise Provi? dence has taken from among onr num? ber Brother Beary Lewisy therefore be it, resolved, 1. That we deeply deplore the loss pf our brother, and we feel that we shall miss him in the convocations of onr Camp. 2. That this Camp convey to the family of Brother Lewis its sincere sympathy in their bereavement. 3. That a page in our minute book be dedicated to the memory of Brother Lewis and that a copy of these resolu? tions be published in one of the coun? ty papers. R. S. Hood, lu L Parrott, J. A. Warren, Committee. June 13, 1903. -UM - y II - Charleston, June 15.-The Charles? ton county legslative delegation re? ceived official notice today from the State board of control that the nomination of Mr. Arthur O'Neill for the county board of control was not satisfactory on account of the lack cf harmony between Mr. O'Neill and the board, and asking for another nomination. The delegation will set next week, when another nomination will doubtless be made and Mr. O'Neill will cease to have anything to do with the dispensary in Charleston. BEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF TBE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF SUMTER, S. C., At Sumter, in the State of South Carolina, at the close of business, June 9. 1903. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, ?208.239 61 Overdrafts, secured and unse? cured, 13,390 22 U. S. Bonds to secure circula? tion, 18,750 00 S. S. Bonds on hand, 6,250 CO Premiums on U. S. Bonds, 406 25 Stocks, securities, etc., 9,000 00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures, 3.000 00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 654 02. Due from approved i enerve agents, 6,141 30 I?Checks and other cash item?, 487 90 Notes of other National Banks, 1,500 00 Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents. L873 40 Lawful Money Reserve - in Bank, viz : Specie, 24,495 00 Legal-tender notes, 4,000 00 28.495 00 Redemption Fund with U. S. Treasurer, (5 per ct. of cir? culation,) 937 so' Total, $389,125 20 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in, $ 75,000 00 Surplus fund, 15,000 00 Undivided profits, less ex? penses and taxes paid, 34,528 91 National Bank notes outstand? ing, 18,750 00 Due to other National Banks, 1,188 60 Due to State Banks and Bank? ers, 3,142 85' Due to Trust Companies and . Savings Banks 29 87 Individual deposits subject to check, 241,484 97 Total $389.125 20 State of South Carolina. / q? County of Sumter. J &i>" I, R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of June, 1903. J. DIGGS WILDER, f n. s.] Notary'Public for S. C. Correct-Attest : G. A. LEMMON, ) NEILL O'DONNELL, f Directors. H. D. BARNETT, ) June 17, 1903.