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mmm nm FOR SCHOOLS. Wszt Each County Will Receive This Week Columbia, May 7.-The amounts that are to be sent to the various -coanties cu account of the distribution ?? the 865,000 of dispensary profits Js*T3 all been figured out. \ The money -vii! be sect out on Thursday next, if the remaining $5,COO is paid in on Wednesday as is now expected. The distribution is to be made at that time, tso shat the money will be avail? able for the present year's school ex peases. Tbe distributions figured out today is as follows: COUNTY. Abbeville, $ 2,0*4 35 Aiken, 3,894 95 Anderson, 2,875 e? Bamberg, 960 Gl Barnwell, 1,495 58 Beau.'ort, 942 08 Berkeley, lf206 64 Charleston, 3,080 87 Cherokee. 1,099 33 Chester, ? 1,318 69 Chesterfield, 95>90 Clarendon, 1,441 14 Cb?eton, 1,240 52 Darlington, 1.449 50 Dorchester, 784 16 Edgefield, 1,424 65 Fairfield, 1,652 83 Florence, 1,440 92 tSeorg?town, 910 00 Greenville, 2,977 85 : Gieen wood, .1,62165 Hampton, 1,024 32 Horry, 1,286 16 Kershaw, 1,021 16 Lancaster, / 1,218 83 Laurens, 1,773 69 Lee, 977 10 Lexington, 1,441 14 Marion, 1,622 78 Marlboro, 1,239 84 dewberry, 1,580 95 Oconee, 1,229 90 Orangeburg, 3,302 27 Rekens, * 1,044 65 Bichland, 1,87P 43 Saluda; 1,190 15 -Spartanburg, - 3,676 62 Sumter, 1,483 84 Union, ' 1,349 87 Willimsbursr, 1,528 35 York, 2,314 46 $65,000 00 OBOES FOB FORTY MILLIONS. Largest Warrant Ever Drawn on the U. S. Treasury. Washington, May 7.-This afternoon Secretary Shaw signed a treasury warrant for $40,000,000; which will be delivered neii Monday to J. P. Mor? gan & Co., oiNew York, as disbursing agents of this Government, on account cf the Panama Canal purchase. The warrant is many times larger than any warrant ever before issued by this -Government. The largest sum pre? viously covered by a single Govern -ment warrant was for $7,500,000, paid fiussia in 1868 on account of the Alas Ican purchase. The next sum was 85, 900,000, paid in 1876 to the British Government on account of the Halifax award, under the treaty of Washing? ton, for .infringement of fisheries' rights in Nova Scotian waters. In 2599 this Government paid Spain, tfcrough the French ambassador, $20, 000,000 for the Philippine Islands, bat this sum was represented by four warrants of $5,000,000 each. " The 115,000,000 agreed upon as the pur? chase price for the Louisiana Terri? tory, was paid in 1803 by the assump? tion by the United States of the claim of citizens of this country againts France, amounting to $3,750,000, and tbe issue to France of certificates of stock in tbe sum of $11,250,000. WANTS MM TO GO HOME. t Bishop Turner Preaches an Exodus to Africa. Chicago May 6.-*'I am unwilling to sing 'America' until this country Tis what it claims, to be, 'sweet land of liberty, ' " declared Bishop H. M. Turner, of Atlanta, Ga, at tonight's cession of the African Methodist Epis? copal Conference, "The Negro in Sci? ence" was the subject of the address ?alivered by Bishop Turner, which caused him to take up every phase of 1?? negro question in this country, and led him to say that this was not the negro's borne, but on the contrary thai God had allowed the negro to come to this country to be enslaved, ia order that he could be trained, and -go back to his native land and make it what it shonld be. In concluding his address Bishop Turner said : "The Supreme Court of the United States is against us. We have good fiends in this country, yet they are comparatively few, and the only thing left for us to do is to leave*. Let us be men : let us go where we can be laen. The negro is here, some declare that be is here to stay, but I doubt tant very much nnless he is to stay -nader the ground. " British Camp, Kairo Pas-.. Thi? bet, Friday, May 6-A stiff fight to -day to drive the Thibetans from their position two miles below the pass lasted for six hours. The Thibetans aambering 1,500, held the positions ; with great tenacity and lost nearly 200 before they were expelled. The Brit? ish losses were Capt. Beti;une and taree men killed and 21 men wounded. A snow storm prevailed throughout -fhn night Letter to Wm. M. Graham. Sumter\ S. C. Oear Sir : A man said : Send me 25 -gdUoaa. Generally I use 24; don't U?ak it'll be enough. find 7 left Ordered 9 more for another job ; 16 "for the job. fiad 6 left This comes from Messrs W A & F fjewer. Methuen, Mass. They add: ^Hbia has been our experience all this year. New agents always have to go through it. After a little, they learn ta guess better. Yours truly 29 FW Devoe & Co S.- L. B. Durant sells our paint. BRUTAL MURDER AT FORT MILL Laurie Patterson Ambushed and Killed as He Entered His Yard. Special to the State. Fort Mill, May 8.-J. Lorie Patter sou, a well know young man, was shot last night abont 11.30 o'clock inst as he was entering his yard and died abont an hour later. A post mortem examination showed that he had been shot in the left hip near the backbone with six buckshot, which perforated the intestines and lodged just under the skin on the right side. The verdict of the coroner's jury, which held an inquest over the re? mains today, was "That J. L. Patter? son came to his death as the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by W. E. Deaton, upon the ante mortem statement of Mr. Patterson that the shooting was done by Deaton and strong circusrntantial evidence." Deaton was arrested early this morning and was taken to jail by Sheriff Logan this afternoon. Testimony was introduced at the in? quest showing that bad blood had ex? isted between the two men for some time, and that Deaton had frequently made threats against Patterson. JEWS PUK FOR UNIVERSITY. Great Institution Will Probably be Established. New York, May 8.- Plans for the establishment of a great Jewish uni? versity in this country were discussed at a meeting held here tonight under the auspices of the New York branch of the Jewish Theological seminary. It is also the purpose of those in charge of the movement to open high schools in this city and ic o.ther cities. Among those who spoke were Dr. Cyrus Adler and Prof. Solomon Schechter. "We wish to train rabbis and teach? ers " Dr. Adler said, "and to create a spirit for the promotion of Jewish literature throughout the land. We want to take our stand with the great institutions of learning, and establish a university that will compare with Harvard, Yale or Johns Hopkins universities. This seems to us the right way of promoting Jewish learn? ing and the spread of the Jewish re? ligion in the United States." Hester's Cotton Statement. New Orleans, Maye.-Secretary Hes? ter's weekly cotton statement, issued today, shows for the six days of May a decrease under last year of 41,000, a decrease under tbe same period year before last of ll, COO. For the eight months and six days of the season that that have elapsed the aggregate is behind the same days of last year 566,000, and behind the same days year before last 279,000 bales. The amount brought into sieht cur? ing the past week has been 47.180 bales, against 95,767 for the same S6ven days last year, and 56,708 year before last. The 'movement since. September 1 shows receipts at all U. S. ports to be 6,915,050, against 7,427,S83 last year. Overland, across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, $83,840, against 1,021.421 last year. Interior stocks, m excess of those held at the close of the commercial j ear, 163.977, against 69,009 last year; Southern mill tak? ings, 1.564,000, against 1,574,215 last year. The total movement since Sep? tember 1 is 9,526,807, against 10,092, 52S last year. Foreign exports for the. week have been 43,261, against I12,987 last year, makins the total thus far for tbe sea? son 5,564,946, against 6,278,405 last year. The total takings of American mills. North, South and Canada, thus far for the season have been 3,3S7,450, against 3,576,344 last year* Stocks at the seaboard and the twenty-nine leading Southern in? terior centres havo decreased during the week 29,302 bales, aeainst a de? crease during the corresponding period last year of 82,243. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop ano tlie number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 9,694,C66\ against 10,307,602 for the same period of last year. VISIBLE COTTON SUPPLY. New Orleans, May 6.-Secretary Hester's statement ot the world's vis? ible supply of cotton, issued today, shows: the total visible to be 2 S23.927. against 2,874,311 last week, 2,975,725 last year. Of this the total of Amer? ican cotton is 1.713,927 against 1,790, 311 last week, and 1,842,725, last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil. India, etc., 1,110,00, against 1,OS4,000 last week, and 1,1.33, OOO last year. Of the world's visible supply of cot? ton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 1,622.000, against 1,750,000 last year: in Egypt 182,00;), against 79.0O0 last year; in India 465,000, against 096. 000 last year, and in the United States 555,000, against 451,000 last year. New York, May 9.-A rear-end col? lision between two trains on the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad, between 26th am* 57th streets, this afternoon, killed Motorman Cornell of the rear train and seriously injured five pas? sengers. Mobile, Ala., May 9.-A local pa? per bas received from a member of the new Italian colony at Palermo, forty miles north of Mobile, stating that the colonists are in want, that chil? dren need food and that conditions at the colony are pitiable. An appeal is made for aid and the writer says the Italian consul at New Orleai.s has been advised of the situatior. The colony is made np of Italians re* centiy brought from New York city. Reunion South Carolina Veterans at Charleston, S. C.. May 17 to 19. 1904. Tin? Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip ti<*kets for tho al*>v?* occasion on .May Jrtth. 17th and ix. jr<*xl i<> return until .\?jiy 'Zi. 1904. at $113 from Sumter. S. C. Low rates from all stations. li. M. Lrocrson. Trafhv Manager. Wilming? ton, N. C. W. J. Craig. General Passenger Agent. Wilmington. S*. (.'. ADMIRAL TOGO'S REPORT. Official Account of Last Attack on Port Arthur. Five Ships Jammed Into the Inner Chan? nel and Sunk-Harbor Entrance Finally Mocked-Only Half the Officers and Crews Escape. Tokio, May 7.-4 p. m.-Vice Ad? miral Togo's official recital of the latest engagement off Pori Arthur, which was .'received tsday, shows that the Japaneue have blocked the en? trance to the harbor. On Tuesday morning after the blockading flotilla had been scattered by a gale a id the commander of the flotilla had (signalled in vain that the attempt bc abandoned pending the moderation of the storm, the crews of the separata ships, in no wise daunted by the weather which isolated them j from their companions, proceeded to ! the work 0:1 their own desperate initi ! ative. They forced their way in the face of tbe Russian Are, which was more deadly than ever before as a re ; salt of the improved .Russian defences, over the field of mines. Many of these exploded, yet five of the Japa? nese blockading ships, were jammed into the i .mer channel, and now pre? vent egress from tl e harbor to all craft excepting suai! boats. This at? tack exceeded all its, predecessors in desperation, and the couraee display? ed by the volunteer crews is equal to that shown in any ??vent in the war history of the world. Although Vice Admiral Togo again avoided damage to a single one of his vessels, -tine attack proved to be ex? pensive in lives. Commander Hayashi, who was in command of the expedici?n, observed the impossibility ol? keeping the flo? tilla intact owing to the heavy seas, and sighs.lied it to abandon the at? tack. These signals wera repeated until 2 o'clock in the morning,but they failed to reach fae vessels of the expedition, which were swept apart by the tem? pestuous seas and proceeded separately to the mooth of the harbor. Lieut. Sosa, who was in command of the Mikia wa Maru, in the face of an incessant fire, unhesitatingly forced his ship into the channel, rammed his way through booms and reached the centre of the inner entrance. Here he anchored tis vessel and then blew her up. She sank immediately. Another steamer, supposed to be the Saku.ra Maru, then came to an chorn near projecting rock at the mouth of the harbor and sank. Fol? lowing the Sakura Maru came the Tomi Maru, Tenido Maru. Otaru Maru, Sagami Maru, Aioku Maru and tbe Asagawo Maru. These six steam? ers advanced to the mouth of the harbor. The Russian fire now became highly effective, while a number of sunken .nines, which were struck hy the steamers, began to explode. These explosions caused heavy casu? alties among the Japanese on board the blockading vessels. The Totmaia collided with a boom. This turned her stem to the eastward and she sank athwart the passage, blocking nearly one-half of the entrance to the har? bor. When the Yedo Maru reached the mouth of the passage and was lower? ing her anchor, her captain, Com? mander Takayangi, was shot through the stomach and killed. Sub-Lieut. Nagata succeeded to the command. Be anchored the Yedo Maru and sank her. Two uther stone laden steamers be? lieved to be the Otaru Maru and the Sagami Maru, then entered the mouth of the harbor ano sank. The Aikoku Maru thea struck a mine five cable lengths from the mouth of the passage, which exploded and caused her to sink. The lieutenant of this vessel, Uctida, Chief Engineer Aoki and eight men are missing. A steamer, thought to be the Asa gawo Maru, which appeared to have had her rudder broken, blew herself up at the foot of Golden Hill and sank there. Vice Admiral Tego, in his report, says : "This undertaking, compared with the last two, resulted in greater casu? alties to our side. Owing to the in? clemency of the weather and the in? creased preparations for defence com? pleted by the enemy, we could save none of the officiers or the crews of the Chotara Maru, the Sagami Maru, the Ss.kura Maru or the Asagawo Maru, lt is to be regretted that nothing particular could be learned concerning their brave discharge of their duties, but the memory of their exemplary conduct will remain long in the imperial navy. "The destroyer and the torpedo boat flotillas, besides resisting the enemy bravely, fought against wind and waves. The torpedo boat flotilla ap? proached close to the mouth of the harbor and rescced more than half the 1 men. ' ' JAPS CONTROL SOUTHERN MAN? CHURIA. St. Petersburg, May 9, 3.30 a. m. Two official dispatches calculated to increase the depression existing among all circles ir. Russia were given out lust night. From the point of view of the prcgress of the campaign the nostt important is that regarding the capture by the Japanese without opposition of ]?eng Wang Cheng on May 6. The second gives details concerning the killed, wounded and missing among the troops under the command of Lieut. Gen. Zassalitch as the result of the fighting on the Yalu, the number of which totals 2,539 offi? cers and men. Gen. Kuropatkin forwarded a mes? sage from Lieut. Gen. Zassalitch who had been left in command of the col? umn retiring from Feng Wang Cheng which described the movements of the enemy in connection with the oc? cupation of the town. The information cansed 110 sruprise to the officials who had already been advised of the decision that no at \ tempt would be made to hold Feng ! Wang Cheng, the superiority of the Japanese in all fighting arms ensuring a disaster similar to that at Kin Lien Cheng. Therefore, Gen. Zassalitch was given strict orders that there ! should bc no ?ght of tne rear guard. I Thc Russians left while Gen. Kuro ' ki v.as making his dispositions for a j big battle. I Tbe Japanese approached from two j directions along the main road and ' up the valley placing batteries so as to command the town. This proced? ure on the part of Gen. Kuroki shows that the entire Japanese plan of oper? ation had been thoughtfully prepared and that every division commander knew exactly what he should do. Now that Gen. Kuroki is established at Feng Wang Cheng the Russians are puzzled as to what move he will make next. The fact that he sent two companies- to Daliandiaphu Tse, ten miles northeast of Feng Wang Cheng, might indicate his purpose to pro? ceed along this road to Ting Chan Gien, 90 miles north, from where he could march due west to Liao Yang. This would permit an effective flank? ing movement, but it is not considered probable, the likelihood being that he will move along the road by which the Russians retreated toward Liao Yrang. There is no confirmation up to the present of the report that the Russians are preparing to evacuate New Chwang, but few wonld be surprised if it should turn out to be correct. The effect of a march along the road to Hai Cheng would be to place absolutely in the control of the Japanese all Manchuria between the Yalu and the Liao Tung peninsula with the exception of Port Arthur. The Russins admit that at this stage of the war the Japanese con? trol the territory mentioned, The Russky Invalid, the army organ, mak? ing this concession. Where Gen. Kuropatkin's force is now stationed has not been announced, though Gen. Zassalitch states that the cavalry left for Schlindjane. There continues to Be the greatest ignorance regarding the plans of the commander J in chief. It is believed that Gen. Kuroki will move northward along the road to Liao Yang. He will find the Russians entrenched at Tien Chori Chan pass west of Mao Tien Ling pass. It is pointed ont that the abandon- j ment of southern Manchuria will be j beneficial to the Russians as it will en? able the complete concentration of the forces which have hereuforre been j scattered^n consequence of ignorance as to what the enemy proposed to do. j The gruesome figures in the Russian | losses on the Yalu are higher than had been reported by Maj. Gen. Kashta linsky, who himself appears to have been wounded by a flying stone. The list enables an exact statement of the forces under Gen. Zassalitch. DALNY CAPTURED. London, May 9.-The Morning Post's Shanghai corresponpent re? ports that Dalny was captured Friday, while the Tokio correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, cabling under dat3 of Sunday, says: "'Dalny was invested today." The Daily Mail's correspondent at New Chwang in a dispatch dated May 8, says: "Yesterday most of the Russian troops retired to Tashihcbao and dur? ing the night most of the guns were removed from the fort and sent 'to Liao Yang where all the Russian forces are concentrating. A confer ence of the civil and military author? ities was held this afternoon and it was decided to prepare to leave at a moment's notice." With the exception of vague rumors of further fighting in the vicinity of Feng Wang Cheng the foregoing are the only items of actual news regard? ing the far east appearing in the Lon? don papers this morning. Dalny and New Chwang Will Soon be in Hands of Japanese. ! St. Petersburg, May 9-7.44 p. m. The reinforcements prepared for Gen. Kuropatkin are being hurried. The last stage of the mobilization of the 19th the 17th army corps has been signalized by the calling out of the j reserves in the Moscow and Kbarkoff j provinces. They will^go to the front, I thus placing another 100,000 men at Kuropatkin's disposal. The an? nouncement of the mobilization of four army corps along the Volga, which will follow in Jnlj or August, is expected next month. The Russian authorities aro com? pletely in tile dark as to what is hap? pening in the territory occupied by the enemy, except such news as comes I from the newspapers abroad and orig? inating from Japanese sources. The reports ol a Japanese landing at Takushan and the investment of Port Dalny, etc., while not confirmable here officially, are not denied. The Novoe Vremya, of this morning, is greatly excited over the action of the Swedish authorities in mining the en? trance of the harbor of Slite, on the island of Gothland, in the Baltic Sea, demanding that the foreign office as? certain the cause, seemingly forgetting that Siite was occupied as a base by the British fleet operating against St. Petersburg at the time of the Crimean war. Viceroy Alexieff refuses to receive any more foreign war correspondents. SILENCE IN ST. PETERSBURG. St. Petersburg May 10-3.40 a. m. The war commission adjourned at a lete hour this morning, but did not make public any dispatches from tbe far East. This is accepted as an in? dication that no fresh collisions have occurred. The Cossacks in touch with the Japanese are simply small detachments, which are observing the movements of the enemy in order to keep Gen. Kuropatkin informed. The strict censorship prevented the St. Petersburg newspapers from re-1 ceiving dispatches today, and the lack of information gave rise to a fresh I crop of rumors, including one that the armored cruiser Rurik has been destroyed. The officials deny that any information of this character has been received, saying that the ? latest reports showed that the Rurik was under command, and was in the harbor of Vladivostok. NEW CHWANG HARBOR NOT CLOSED. Chefoo, May 9-ll p. m.-A letter received here from New Chwang says the Russians are maintaining only a small force at that place. Chinese carts are not allowed to leave New Chwang, as they are wanted for use in the removal of Russian effects. The exportation trom New Chwanjr of bean cakes and other produce is not restricted and a number of steam i-hips are going there for cargoes. FOOD AND COAL AT PORT ARTH UK. 2 Shan Hai Kwan, May 9.-A mer? chant here, who is in a position to have trustworthy information, has in? formed a correspondent of the Associ? ated Press that at Port Arthur theie is only coal sufficient to last the war ships for six weeks, and that the food supply there will feed eight thousand men for three months only. EVACUATION OF NEW CHWANG. Shan Hai Kwan, May 9-6.30 p. m.-The evacuation of New Chwang continues. The Russian authorities have promised to retain a snffiicent rear guard to prevent pillaging by the Chinese bandits who are in th? vicin? ity and awaiting an opportunity to get into the city. Nothing further has been heard of the Japanese trans? ports which were seen recently near Kai Chan. The Russians arecommandering cat? tle on the west side of the Liao River and the Chinese are indignant at this procedure. Eight hundred head of cattle have been seen in Rin Kow. The dynamo connected with the mines at New Chwang has not been removed. EASTOVER OVERSEER KILLED NEGRO. Mr. Frank James Shot Paul Wil? liams Four Times. Mr. Frank James, an overseer on Col. Richard Singleton's place near Eastover, where his father, Mr. J. B. James, is foreman, yesterday morning shot and almost instantly killed Paul Williams, a nergo plow? man on the place. Mr. James imme? diately came to Columbia and sur? rendered to the sheriff. He was placed in jail. His attorneys, Messrs. Weston & Aycock, will apply to Judge Gary for bail for him in a few days, being confident that the State's evidence alone clearly shows a case of probable self-defense. The shooting occurred at 5 o'clock in the farm lot where a number of farm hands had gathered preparatory to beginning the day's work. On Saturday Mr. James had a difficulty with Williams, who resented Mr. James' reporting for dereliction. The negro was then armed with a stick and Mr. James did not resent his cursing him. Yesterday morning the negro renewed the quarrel. He was advancing on Mr. James clutching at his overall coat as if to draw a weapon when the latter fired. Mr. James continued the firing until the negro fell, when it was learned that he had been shot four times, once through the heart. Two other shots were in the arm. The encounter was at such close range that the negro's clothing was afire when he fell. As he advanced he clutched at Mr. James' weapDon. No weapon was discovered on the body of Williams, who was carried off by his friends immediately after he fell. Mr. James has the reputation at Eastover, where he has worked a number of years, of being a sober and industrious man, with a quiet and peaceful disposition. This is said to be his first difficulty. Neither was drinking at the time of the killing. Little is known of Williams, who has not long lived at Eastover. He was in a cutting scrape there last Decem? ber and is said to have been of a con? tentions disposition. He was about 28 years old. There were a number of eye-witnesses, who all agreed that Williams was advancing on Mr. James at the time all of the shots were fired. Col. Singleton said last night that there was not the slightest foundation for the rumor current in the city to the effect that the killing threatened race troubles at Eastover. There was the usual excitement which any sort of killing creates in a rural commu? nity, but there were no threats on the part of the negroes and there was never the slightest fear of any clash between the races.-The State, May 10. Fire Underwriters to Investigate Risks. The Natioual Board of Fire Under? writers, being aroused by the con? tinued great and apparently unneces? sary fire waste of this country and es? pecially the frequency of sweeping con? flagrations in recent years has under? taken to carefully investigate condi? tions existing throughout the country in order to determine if possible more accurately than heretofore where con? ditions exist which are conducive to the origin or spread of fire and to cooperate with the government-fed? eral state and municipal-by suggest? ions for the eliminaton of such con ditons in order to check the present destructon of property so impoverish? ing to the nation\.and its citizens. To carry out this object a committee has been appointed known as the commit? tee of twenty of the National Board of Fire Underwriters with instructions to define the congested districts of cities and determine their conflagra? tion hazard, and for that purpose this committee is now organizing a staff of fire protection engineers who will after careful inspection make reports on the construction, fire protection, electric hazard and other local condi? tions of cities so that recommendations may be made for the adorion of bet? ter building laws, the improvement of water supplies and fire departments and the general safeguarding of haz? ards including electricity, handling of explosives, etc. For this work the committee will employ a number of men having had a technical education or training in the different branches of engineering which may fit them for work in such a cause. It is believed that the importance of this work will rapidly increase and that this en? gineering bureau will be a permanent adjunct of the national board. N. G. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE * No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store ) SUMTER, S. C. Office hours, 9 to 1.30 ; 2 30 to 6 C. P. Osteen, M. D. No. 18 W. Liberty St., (Over Osteen's Book Store) SUMTER, S. C. GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZJHL Roosevelt Issues Instructions to Canal Commission. Present Laws Familiar to People Liv? ing in the Zone to Continue in Force, Subject to Such Limitations as are Rendered Necessary by Spirit of Our Institutions Washington, May 9.-The Presi? dent's formal instructions to the canal commission were issued late this aft? ernoon. They are embodied in a let? ter to the Secretary of War. Among other things the commissioners are authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for the government of the zone until the close of the 58th Congress ; to establish a civil service for the government of the strip ; to make and cause to be executed, after due advertisement, all necessary con? tracts for any and all kinds of engi? neering and construction works; to make rules and regulations regarding disbursements of funds, and also to establish a proper and comprehensive system of bookkeeping, showing the state of the work and expenditures by classes and the amounts still available. The inhabitants of the Isthmian Canal zone are to be guaranteed se? curity in their persons, property and religion and in all their private rights and relations, while the municipal laws of the canal zone are to be ad? ministered by the ordinary tribunals substantially as they were before the change. The commission was au? thorized to appoint temporarily a Judge for the canal zone, who shall have authority equivalent to that usually exercised in Latin countries by a Judge of a Court of first in? stance, and also to appoint additional or Appellate Judges, should the pub? lic interest require. The laws of the land, with which the inhabitants are familiar and which were in force on February 26, 1904, will continue in the canal zone and in other places on the Isthmus over which the United States has jurisdiction until altered or annulled by the commission, although certain principles of government are laid down as being essential to law and order, respecting life, liberty and property, the granting of speedy trials, the prohibition of slavery, freedom of speceh and of the press, the right peaceably to assemble and petition for redress of grievances. The laws of the United States re? garding the entry of undesirable per? sons are applied to the canal zone, to those not actually domiciled within the zone on the 26th day of February. 1904. Others are to be excluded whose presence the commission believe would tend to create public disorder, endanger tbe public health, or in any manner imdeed the prosecution of the work of opening the canal; aud the commission may cause any and all such newly arrived persons or those alien to the zone to be expelled and deported. The commission is given power to legislate on ali rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the laws and treaties of the United States as far as they apply to said zone and other places. All laws, mles and regulations of a governmental character enacted by the commission are to be submitted to the Secretary of War for approval. Major Gen. Davis, who is to be the Governor of the canal zone, is directed to see that the laws are faithfully exe? cuted and is vested with the power to grant reprieves and pardons. In any sudden exigencies he may cali on any available military or naval force of the United States for assistance. The President urges the adoption of approved and effective methods for tbe improvement of health conditions on the isthmus, as was done in Cuba and Porto Rico. The letter to the Secretary concludes with the statement that, as the United States owns about sixty nine-seven? tieths of the shares of thc Panama Railroad, its geueral policy and man? agement will be controlled by the United States and thc President di? rects that all the members of the com? mission as soon as practicable be elect? ed to the directorate of, the road, which is to be an adjunct to the con struction of the canal, at the same time fulfilling the purpose for which it was constructed as a route of com? mercial movement across the Isthmus of Panama. It also specifically direcrs the annulment of any lottery or gam? bling franchise, and provides for pun? ishment and imprisonment for any fur? ther exercise of such franchises. Secretary Taft explained that :t would be manifestly impossible for the President to give personal attention to the canal work which is absolutely necessary, and as the war department hitherto has exercised supervision in control over public, civil and military works and governmental control over the territory dependent upon the country, it was deemed advisable that the isthmian commission should ope? rate under the direction of the war department. S What particular bureau of the wa? department the commission will te under has not been determined ly Secretary Taft, but he indicated that it might not be the bureau of insular affairs, which, he intimated, already had enough work on its hands. Southern Baptist Convention. Nashville, Tenn. For the above occasion the Atlantic Coast Line has arranged the followirg schedule from Sumter 5.13 a. m., arrive Atlanta, S.l"> p. m., Leave Atlanta, S 30 p. m., arrive Nashville, 6 35 a. m. Return schedule will leave Nashville, 9.?0 p. m., arrive Atlanta 7.30 a. m. Leave Atlanta 7.55 a. m., arrive Sumter 6 30 p. m. J. T. China, Ticket Agent. ? May 9-3t - Mi irrai- -<m?? - Cneap Excursion Eat?s 71a South em Railway. The Southern Railway announces the fol? lowing very low excursion rates to the fol? lowing i>oirits: Sumter to Dallas. Texas and return ac? count tiener.il Assembly Cumberland Presbyterian Church May 1!'. to '27. 1904. ticket?; oa sale May 15 to IS, with tinal limit returning May 31st, 1!H?4. ar. the very low rate of sxiy* "The Southern Railway offers most con? venient schedules with Pullman Sleepers and Southern Railway Dining Carson all through trains. For tull information apply to any Agent Southern Railway, or R. W. Hunt. Division Passenger Agent.