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I? "SIEE OF BELTOr LUKIS IN WR0N6 PEW. Vadees Up in Broadway in a Re? publican Rest, But Retires in Good Order. ?al to The State. Sew. York, Sept. 2.-Senator A. C. Latrine r of South Carolina and Henry Childers of the Democratic national committee speakers- bureau started for the noonday meeting at 587 Broad? way yesterday. Both were to make speeches. - "I don't know where the place is," said the senator. "PH show you," said Childers as they boarded a Broadway car and started down town. Childers became so interested in ex? plaining to the senator that the *'commercial travelers" were not real, hst that the name was used to'attract m crowd that he forget to alight at Sonston street. When they got off the ca? they were a conpie of blocks sonth of the meering place and tLey started np Broadway on the east side of the street. **Here we are," annonnced Childers .when they came to 596? which is the Republican noonday headquarters and directly opposite the Democratic : ?bop. He hustled the senator^ through Ute crowd and n pon the platform with aas apology for being late. After a few min?tes the atmosphere made Childers uneasy. "Where's Gil? roy?" he demanded, Gilroy being an employe of the Democrats. . "Never heard of him," was the re? ply. "Isn't Vic Dowling here?" demand? es Childers, now grown suspicions and alarmed. vThe roar* of laughter that Jc?owed this enlightned the Demo? crats. They were told they were in tibie wrong pew and beat a hasty re? treat to the shop across the street. MTS WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Good Crop Outlook Helping Busi? ness. Confidence is on the Increase. Sew York, Sept 2.-R. G. Dan & Ca's Weekly Review of Trarde tomor i-ow will -say: Confidence increases each week as a larger proportion of T&e agricultural yield,- is placed be? yond the reach of injury and indus? trial undertakings are less interrupted try labor controversies. It is not to ",b? expected that the business world will soddenly abandon its conserva? tism, purchases being still restricted largely'io such needs as are clearly discerned, bat there is evidence of a growing disposition to provide for more remote requirements. In many lines, particularly dry goods, stocks have been reduced mach below normal ?d fall shipments are expending in a healthy manner. Distribution of .merchandise is providing the railways with a large tonnage, preparations are being made to handle the enormous crops, and the gross earnings, of all railways reporting for three weeks of August show a gain of 1.4 per cent, over the same time last year. Slight evidence of improvement in the manufacture of cotton goods were removed by the resumption of wide price changes for.the raw material and aggressive speculation. The mills are naturally reluctant to make arrange? ment for future delivery ?hen.there is the possibility of a still higher price for raw material, while buyers are equally unwilling to transact business st the present level when cheaper raw cotton is to be expected. """" Failures this week in the United States are 222 against 1S1 last year. AT PALL RIVEE. Fall River, Mask., Sept. 22.-The weekly sales in the print cloth market are estimated at from 100,000 to 125, 080 piece*. A larger amount of goods was disposed of by the mills here dur? ing the week than has bee n the case for some time past, but outside of this -the market is practically unchanged. "Regulars are se ii og at 8 cents and ode goods on that basis. The mills are aol baying any cotton, perferring to wait for more favorable developments ia both the market for the raw ma? terial and that of cloth. TBE GBIcioll?lT STRIKE. Striking Butchers Endeavoring to Calf to Their Aid All Affiliated Unions. Chicago, Sept. 3.-With the close o? business next Tuesday every butch? er, every retail market clerk, and crery meat market delivery driver in j th? United States affiliated with labor organizations is expected to Join in the sympathetic strike by refus? ing to handle meat that bas been de? clared "unfair" and the developments of the next iew days will determine whether or cot the racks of tho striker in Chicago shall be swelled hy the ad? dition of freight handlers* onion, switchmen's union and all teamster's in Stock yards trade. A meeting of switchmen has been called for Snnday night when it will be decided whether a strike shall be ordered. Spartan burg. Sept 1.-Tom Cheek and Will Brown, farmers of the E no ree section, had a quarrel yesterday after soon returning from Laurens ia a wagon. Later while Brown and his wife were unloading the wagon in their yard Cheek fired on them with a shot? gun. Brown escaped with a slight wound but several shots hit Mrs. Brown, one penetrating her right eye, making necessary its extraction. Her condition is regarded as critical. Were you ever tempted to think that the editor was indulging in personal "digs" when you saw something in tile paper which seemed to fit your case? Discard that thought. Remem? ber the old saying that "many a shaft at random sent, finds marks the arch? er little meant" Why, only the other day ve read of a Texas editor who published the Ten Commandments in ins paper by request, with the result that he lost half his subscribers be? fore he'had time to explain in bis next issue that no personal reflections were meant-Johnston News TILLMAN Ol THE BRICE BILL. "Underhanded Attempt at Assassi? nation. No Honest Man Would Support lt." Senator B. E. Tillman, "the father of the dispensary law," arrived in the city this morning from Washington, en route to Clemson College to attend a meeting of the board of trustees . As soon as the train stopped the senator alighted from the train and seeking the shade of a box car, he called for a paper, and newsboys were soon crying New York and Atlanta papers, but the senator wanted a Co? lumbia paper and as these had not arrived he began to talk with thc re? porters who were at the depot. The senator delivered some hot shot into tho movement now on foot throughout the State to have the Brice bill amended and restored to j its original shape so that local option I elections can be held in couuties de? siring therm "What do I thinkof the movement" repeated the senator as he was discus? sing several topics at the same time with the reporters. "I'll tell you, what I think about it," and the sen? ator's voice bespoke the hidden feel? ing back of his statement. "I think it is like an underhanded attempt at assassination-that's what I think of it." "Why the idea of making the dispensary pay for running1 the thing and keeping down blind tigers, when the dispensary itself has been put out" "? believe," said the senarcr-"no, I will say it straight-no honest man could support such a measure as far as I can figure it out. " *'I know that I may be hitting a hundred fellows in the legislature, but I can't help lt- "My opinion-what are you talking about. It's not a mere opinion. I am the father of the dis? pensary law, I believe, and have bad a litt|e acquaintance with it and its origil. They wonld have the dispen? sary run out of a county and then make the dispensary system pay for keeping out their blind tigers &nd see? ing that the law is upheld. " "No sir, it. is not right." The?sena tor holds that if a county wants the dispensary put out it should not look to the dispensary system for protec? tion against the blind tigers, which Senator Tillman says would spring up, and furthermore he does not re? gard it as an honest business propo? sition, as he intimates above, in saying that no honest man would support such a movement as far as be can see it. The senator's train pulled out while he was talking and the reporter had no time to ask the senator what he would regard as a satisfactory ar? rangement for counties whieh might vote down the dispensary in order to have the prohibition law upheld and violations of it punished according to law-Spartanburg Journal. The Cotton States' Supremacy. It is certain that cotton will com? mand a high price, speculation or no speculation, this season, and that means enormous Southern prosperity, the more so if our people do not be? come foo ishly speculatively extrava? gant, but, on the contrary, increase their domestic independence. At present, the world outside is suffering to a large estant, in certain quarters, notably New England and Old England. New England would ultimately lose the lion's share of cotton manufac? ture, anyhow; but her condition would, today, be vastly better than it is had her politicians and people minded their own business in race issues which disastrously ailect labor in the Southern fields. Mr. J. A. hutton, vice chairman of the British Cotton Growing Asso? ciation, makes no concealment of the woes of . the people of Great Britain, 10,000,000 of whom, he says, are more or less dependent on the cotton trade. The English iosses in this trade, at present, to capital and labor, are estimated at $75,000,000 per annum. He hopes that the independence of Great Britain, for cotton, on the ! South, by cultivation of the staple in West Africa, may eventually be ac? complished, bat confessas that thsi is a remote possibility. Our Southern planters are snre of good prices this season and perhaps for many years to come: but this should, not demoralize them. They should diversify product?, in every possible way, increase home, manufac? tures, 'patronize home industries, im? prove their farms and dwellings, make their families comfortable and learn thrift and economy without parsi? mony. It gives us no pleasure to contem? plate the suffering of outsiders while prosperity reigns with us; but, turn about is fair play. The people of New England and Old England have, for many years, fattened upon the misfortunes of the South. It is our tn rn now to climb upward. We do not desire to drag anybody down, as we are on the ascending scale ; but we are natrally glad that the graud old King has mounted his throne again and may his reign be long and glori? ous ! What we want now is a late frost and a bumper crop to the extent of our anility to produce it. Prices are all right for all the cotton that can come to market, and the more that comes the better o:X will the whole South be.-Augusta Chronicle. Hon. Kerr Craige Dead. Washington, Sept. 1.-Hon. Kerr Craige of North Carolina died at the | Columbian University hospital here tonight of valvular disease of the heart Mr. Craige was a well known law? yer and was prominent in North Caro? lina politics. During the civil war he was an officer in the Confederate army, fie was third assistant j>ost master general during President Cleve land's second administration. In Mr. Cleveland's first term Mr. Craige was internal revenue collector for North Carolina. Memphis, Teun , Sept. ??.-A fire which started at 1 o'clock this morn? ing io the big Oliver Finney Grocery building spread rapidly to neighboring buildings, and at 3 o'clock thirty-five buildings had been destroved. At 4 o'clock the fire was still burnirg fiero ly. nut was thought to be under control at 10 o'clock. Ibe h ss viii reacfi a million cr more dollars. Lilli m STILL THE SCENE OF STRIFE ?ND G?RN?GE, Japanese Have wen Several Important Positions, But Gen. Kuropatkin Boes not Yet ?dmit Defeat. Russians Deny the Capture of City by the Japanese. / St. Petersburg, Sept. 3.-The ten? sion caa&ed by the belief in official quarters that Gen. Kuropatkin's line of communication had been successful ly cut by the Japanese was relieved this morning by a dispateh received from General Kuropatkin. The -dispatch shows- that fighting: still continues about Liao Yang, which is still in the possession of the Russian garrison, which indicates that Gen. Kuropat? kin, while he has left the city and crossed the Taitse river, is endeavor? ing to keep the city from being oc? cupied by the Japanese, so that he may return to the stronghold should his effort against the Japanese to the north prove successful. The dispatch, which is dated yesterday reads: "The Japanse assaulted and captured our position near Sykawantourn during the night. This morning the Russians began preparations to retake that post. The advance by Gen. Kuropatkin was also begun which was met by strong rifle fire from the Japanese. The cap? ture of Sykawantourn compelled our retirement on Sakhoutong. Toward noon yesterday our advancing corps brought into line the artillery and raked the enemy's position. Last night the Japanese shells set# fire to the railway station within our inner line*. Our casualties were insignificant. We have received a dispatch from the commander of the garrison at Liao Yang stating that the attacks by the Japanese on the fort were repulsed with heavy losses. Russian los?, six killed." RUSSIANS EXPECT TO LOSE LIAO YANG. St. Petersburg, Sept. 3.- The high? est military authorities here admit it has been decided to abandon Liao Yang, unless Gen. Kuropatkin is im? mediately overwhelmingly successfnl. RUSSIANS S?ILL RETREATING BEFORE JAPS. Tokio, Sept. 3.-A telegram from the front states that the Russian for? tes are gradually giving way before field Marshall Oyama's assault. Gen. Knroki has succeeded after desperate fighting in capturing an eminence .overlooking the railway in the rear of Liao Yang and on the main line of the Russian retreat to Mukden. ? RUSSIA'S SANGUINE VEW& St. Petersburg, Sep. 2.-1.25 p. m. -No absolute information has yet reached the war office confirming the reports that Liao Yang has been occu? pied by the Japanese, bnt it is pos? itively known that Gen. Kuropatkin decided to withdrw from his positions south of Liao Yang to the north or right bank of the Taitse River Tues? day night, and the orders were actu? ally given, as stated in tnese dispatch? es yesterday. The war office presumes that the movement was carried out isnce the latest advices yesterday were that the crossing of the river was not being opposed. The fact, disclosed for tne first time in these dispatches last night, that the strongest Russian position, prepared by Gen. Kuropat? kin, was not around the town of Liao Yang, as the public had been led to believe, but on the right or north bank of the Taitse River, was a secret so successfully guarded that not even an intimation of it had leaked ont. It is now explained that the Rus? sian commander in chief had all aloug anticipated that the Japanese, when they made their advance on Liao Yang, would pursue the identical tac? tics which had been so successful in every previous stage of the campaign, and while attacking in front would attempt by a wide detour to outflank the Russian position. This time Gen. Kuropatkin was not caught napping. He was prepared for just what hap? pened and as soon as he received word that Gen. Kuroki had crossed the Taitse twenty miles above Liao Yang and was moving westward, Kuropatkin met the move by throwing bis whole army over at night. By this piece of strategy Kuropatkin, in the opinion of the general staff, gained an im? mense advantage. His army is concen? trated on one side of the river and the road is still open for his retirement northward, while the Japanese arm? ies, which must act in unison, are sep? arated by the river, which places Kur? opatkin in a position to oppose Kuroki with ' his whole army, while Gens. Oku and Nodzu are stranded on the other side, whicb gives Kuropat? kin a possible opportunity to imitate Napoleon's tactics and defeat tbe op- I posing force in detail. It is under? stood that rhrougbout the fi y h t i D j; of the last few days Kuropatkin's ina?n reserves udid not leave their positions on the right bank of tbe river. The report tnar telegraphic commu? nication between Liao Vang and Muk? den had been severed is nor admitted at the war office, which points ont thar it bas only been receiving two tele? grams daily from Gens. Kuropatkin and Sakbarorl*. Two were received yes? terday. The ab.-enee of press telegrams is explained, as announed in these dis? patches yesterday, by the transfer of the head telegraph office from Liao Yang to Shakhe, fifteen miles north, which was nocessiated hy th? fact that the Japanese shells wore dropping into the office, although the office was sit iated on the north bank of the Taitse River. A shell killed two operators Monday. The field telegraph, which is working between Shakbe to Kuropatkin's head? quarters, is not available to corres? pondents, who would have to send their messages hy express riders to Shakhe, a difficult task, owing to the j heavy roads. London, Sept. ?.-A dispatch to the i Cential News from Rome states that i General Stakelt/urg's army, nam- j bering twenty-five thousand men, j which was reported to have been cut j off by the Japanese while attempting j a junctuie with the toice of Gen. i Kuropatkin has been completely wiped ont. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele? graph Company from Rome states that Gen. Kuropatkin had two horses shot nnderjhim during the retreat irom Li ao Yang. St. Petersburg, Sept. 5.-A story is being circulated here that two re Duted high officials in full uniform, and two bogus gendarmes with papers alleged to be signed by Minister of Jus? tice Muravieff directing the removal of Sassoneff, the murderer of Minister Von Plehve, called at the prison Sat? urday last. The murderer was turned over to them and they drove away slowly. None of them have since been seen. The officials scoff at the story, but it is widely credited. ^London, Sept, .3.-The St. Peters? burg correspondent of Reuters Tele? gram Company wires that despite re? peated denials by the war office a re portis persistently current that Gener ? al Kuropatkin was obliged to abandon ; two hundred guns at Liao Yang. Some of these were damaged in fight? ing and the rest were spiked by the order of Gen. Kcropatkin. It is also rumoredSn St. Petersburg that Gen. Linievitch with troops for the relief of Gen. Kuropatkin s force has arrived at point not far from Muk? den. Chefoo,Sept.5.-The fighting at Port Arthur on August 27th and 31st . was of the fiercest character. Bullets from Japanese rifles often fell within| the town. Fighting ended with Japanese retiring everywhere, except at Pal I unscbau, which they retained. Itsz pan, was several times assaulted but finally abandoned. On Sept. 2, the Japanese attacked the Russian left flank but the assault was without result. The Japanese officers now fear that ! another two months may be needed to take the town. Losses in the recent ! engagements are said to have been Japanese eight thousand. Russians 1 three thousand. London, Sept. 5.-The Exchange Telegraph Company's Rome corres? pondent wires that a telegram has been received frc m Tokio reporting a Japanese success at Port Arthur. The Japanese, according to this dispatch, ? made a desperate attack on the line , of forts from Antseshan to Keeketivan. ! After a bloody < bayonet charge they ' occupied the heights at Tugschaitu. From this point of vantage the Mi? kado's soldiers began a terrible bom? bardment of the town. The Japanese : shells also damaged the Russian ships I in the the inner harbor, one of which was competey disabeld. j . Yen Tae, Manchuria, Sept. 6.-Very heavy firing is proceeding continuous? ly northeast of here today. The Jap? anese are pressing northward along , the Ridges lying to the east of the railway. Several skirmishes between considerable bodies of troops have oc? curred within twenty miles southeast of Mukden. The Russians are holding General Kuroki in check, while the Russian Liao Yang army is proceeding northward, under forced marches in the effort to escape to Mukden. London, Sept. 6.--The Harbin cor? respondent of the Central News wires that- Viceroy Alexieff and his staff have arrived at Harbin, having trans? ferred their headquarters from Vladi? vostok to that place in order to be in close touch with Gen. Kuropatkin. JAPS ARE NEARING MUKDEN. St. Petersburg, Sept. 6.-According to a telegram from Mukden the Japa? nese force is now but fourteen miles from Mukden and the booming of their cannon is distantly heard in that strong hold. The dispatch adds that Gen. Karopatkin is encountering great difficulty in the retreat of the right wing owing to bad roads from Yen Tai. The retreat is said to have resolved itself into a race for Mukden, both Gen. Kuropatkin and Marshal Oyama straining every effort to be the first to french the city, one to find safety, the other to cut off the Russian retreat. RUSSIANS CONCENTRATING NEAR YENN TAL Tokio, Sept. G.-An official dispatch received this evenine announces that the bulk of the Russian ^forces are now assembled nt Yen Tai while small forces of Russians are still south of that place. RUSSIAN TROOPS HAVE LOST HOPE. Tokio, Sept. 6.-A newspaper dis? patch just recieved reports that the Russian rear guard of the army in re? treat from Liao Yang has lost spirit. The Japanese report seeing many men shot by their officers for trying to run away. JAPANESE TROOPS EXHAUSTED BY FIGHTING. Tokio, Sept. C.-The latest news of Gen. Kuroki's movements are that his troops are completely exhausted by the continuous marching and fighting of tho past week. GEN. KUROKI HAS OCCUPIED YEN TAI. Tokio, Sept. t?. -It is reported that the Russian*** have retired beyond Yen Tai which Cen. Kuroki bas now occupied. PORT ARTHUR FALLEN AGAIN. London, Sept. 6.-A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that a report is current there that Port Arthur has at last fallen. The report seems to be given little credence. BLOODY RACE FOR MUKDEN. St. Petersburg, Sept. (J, 1.55 a. m. - A summary of the war situation to date shows that the Russian army or at least the main portion of it is al? ready above Yental station and is poshing on toward Mukden. Field Marshal Oyama's entire army has crossed the Taitse river and part of ir is hanging on to Kuropatkin's flank. A strong flanking column on the east is pushing rapidly north in the effort tc? bead off the Russians. Against this column Kuropatkin has sent out a strong cavalry division to the northeast which it is believed is already in position to check the Ja? panese flankers, while to the west? ward Kuropatkin is moving a division towards Sinmintin, 30 miles wost of Mukden, to meet any interference) that mav bo attempted from the direc? tion of Yiukow or Newchwang. Oyatna's advance is reported to be engaging the Russian rear, but it is not expected to develop anything more serious than a scries of rear guard ac? tions tending to harass Kuropatkiifs retreat. The Japanese have thrown a strong flanking column across the Taitse river at Bentizu, about 30 miles northeast of Lino Yang. This column is hurry? ing to the. northeast and endeavoring to i get in between the Russin army and Mukden, lt is against this movement that Kuropatkin has dispatched Lieut. Gen. Rennenkamp with a strong Cos? sack division which it is believed is already blocking the eastern high road. Kuropatkin has three roads over which be is marching towards Mukden besides the doubled tracked railway. The latter is chiefly occupied in "the transportation of guns and of equip? ment of which there is a great quan? tity. The soldiers are marching in light order and most of the wounded have already been dispatched north by rail. Gen. Kuropatkin in a telegram to the general staff, filed at 1 p. m., Sept. 5th, north of Yeatai, says the Japanese on Sunday engaged his rear guard south of Yentai, the fight continuing until Monday. The telegram derails the precautions taken to checkmate the Japanese flankers. Kuropatkin estimates his losses up to and including ?Sept. 4, at 16,000. This is considered to bev~ a very con? servative figure. The loss to the Japa? nese probably will be double this num? ber, owing to their position as attack? ers. Kuropatkin says nothing regarding the loss of guns, but it is probable that some of the heavier emplaced gr.us at Liao Yang had to be abandon? ed. There is no truth either in the re? port that Kuropatkin has been wound? ed or thfit Lieut. Gen. Linevitch- is moving to bis support. Gen. Line ! vitch is still at Vladivostok. KUROPATKIN MAY NOT ESCAPE. London. Sept. 6.-The race of Gen. Kuropatkin for Mukden enthralls the British press and public and military and other critics scarcely dare ven? ture a definite surmise as to its result. The best opinion inclines to the be? lief that Kuropatkin will get through 'with a respectable remnant of his great army, thus robbing tho Japr anese of the complete fruit of their victory, but it is realized that the Russians will not be out of the woods for several days. Spencer Wilkinson in The Morning Post points ont that if Gen. Kuro? patkin endeavored to retreat in single column, his transport and force would be so large that his first army corps would have been marching three days before the second conld start to follow it. The railroad is of little use to him. Mr. Wilkinson asserts, and he says that Kuropatkin must be retreat? ing in a series of parallel columns each not larger than one army corps', and behind these the rear guard. If Kuropatkin can move his army over the 30 miles that separate Yen? tai and Mukden," Mr.Wilkinson says, "he will break the record for such performances. The Japanese columns will have little difficulty in coming up with his rear guard and engaging whenever they please." ABANDONMENT OF MUKDEN REPORTED. St. Petersburg, Sept. G, 3.20 a. re? it is impossible at this hour to obtain any statement from the authorities regarding the reported preparations for the abandonment of Mukden. This is the first intimation that such a course is contemplated. If it turns out to be true it means the. abandon? ment of the whole of southern Man? churia and the winding up of the pres? ent campign. In fact should Mukden be evacuated there would be no point for winter? ing the army of a quarter of a million with its many wounded short of Har? bin. On the other hand the evacuation of Mukden would give Field Marshal Oyama commodious winter quarters and the practical control of two lines of railway. The Kinchou-Sinmithm line, tapping rich Chinese territory, stops little short of Mukden, with which it is connected by a good wa? gon road. The report cf the prospective evac? uation of Mukden, if well founded, would indicate that the crippliug effect of the Liao Yang fighting on Knropatkin's rmy is more serious than bas yet been intimated. New York, Sept. 5.-There is every indication today that, the negotiations between represetatives of the Inter borougli Company with Transit com? pany and leaders of Union in compa? ny's employ have reached a deadlock, the result of which i- likely to be a strike of all forces on the elevated lines tomorrow. Wc do not sympathize with the as? saults on the Hon. David B. Hill be? cause he has anuounced his retirement from politics When a man makes up his mind that ho has got enough and hauls into the side track it is mighty mean to turn tbe switch so freight trains can run in and bring on a rear end collision-Wilmington Star. -? The London papers publish a St. Petersburg dispatch stating th8t by a daringly conceived coup on the part of bis friends, Sas.-cm-ff. the murderer of M. von Pleb ve, succeeded in escap? ing from prison. Some idea of the cost of modern warfare, says Leslie's Weekly, can be arrived at by taking a Japanese war- j ship like the Kasnga or ?issbiu and j calculating the number of shots she j would discharge. The first named ! ship carries lour cannon, which cost j $30,000 each. One ot tn? se gnus c?n I fire two shots per minute, and evety i shot costs 8400: thus in five minutes j these four cannon can discharge forty bombs at a cost of $16,000. The small? er cannon cost each $18, (KM), and every shot they tire means an expenditure of $70. They are very J apia, and it is estimated that in five minutes the twelve rjtunon could discharge shot . to the value of nearly $35,000. . DEMOCRATIC STATE PRIMARY. Official Results Announced by the County Boards. Mcbley and Earje in Second Primary for Railroad Commissioner-Largest Total Vote Ever Cast in a Pri? mary in This State Charleston, Sept. 2.- The News and Conner preents this morning official returns from practically every county in the State. These returns have been verified by the county officials, but their absolute accuracy cannot be in? sisted upon on account of accidents in transmission and copying, but the re? turns presented are remarkablv com? plete. It has been a toss np as to who would be in the second primry with Mr. Mobley for railroad commission? er, but the final figures, if correctly received, indicate that Major Ea/le has been selected for that honor. The vote as tabulated gives Major Earle 21,271 and Mr. Garris 20,400, cr a difference of less than a thousand, in favor of Mr. Earle. Yesterday morning it was indicated that the votes of Greenville and Spar tanburg would decide the close con? test, and they did. When Greenville reported 4,008 votes for Major Earle and then Spartanburg gave him 2,291 and Laurens 1,125 and Anderson 1,248, Mr. Garris needed some counties that voted in the thousands, and in his col? umn of thousands there are only two -Colleton and Orangeburg. In the 6th Congressional district the relative standing of Mr. Ragsdale and Mr. Ellerbe is very close. They have, no doubt, already started in their campaign preliminary to a second primary. There are just about one hundred votes difference between the two leaders in this Congressional race, as the official record, which is published elsewhere, will show. Perhaps the liveliest contest in the State was in the 2d Congressional dis? trict, and in that race Mr. Mayfield and Mr. Patterson have run neck and neck, and they will have to make a race in the second primary. Mr. Wil? liams, who, it was thought, would get into the second primary, failed to reach that point, and the second race will bo to see who can get the 2,853 votes that have gone to Mr. Williams, and at the same time hold their origi? nal strength. In the otb district, as expected, Mr. Finley won an easy victory. The candidates renominated without opposition have such abundant reason for rejoicing that they are not worried about the votes and no special effort W8s made to get them, but-a table is presented showing the vote of Gover? nor Hey ward and the executive family, all of whom were renominated without opposition. The vote shows the largest total that has ever been cast in a primary in the State-the aggregate running consider? ably over 100,000 votes. The high? water mark in previous primaries has been 90,000. BOY SHOT?MSELF FOR LOVE ? Became Desperate, Fancying His Girl Favored Another. Swansea, Sept 1.-A serious matter occurred about 14 miles east of Swan? sea yesterday evening.. It is said that Mr. "Pluck" Hildebrand, who is 18 or 20 years old, asked a young lady to go to church with him and she re? fused or had a previous engagement. Mr. Hildebrand afterwards, it is said, saw her in company with another young man. This so exasperated him or unbalanced the youug man that he went to his room and shot himself with a pistoL The ball took effect over the region of the heart and no hopes are entertained for his recovery. Drowning at Sullivan's Island. Chrlestou, Sept. 1-William J Flem? ing, a well known young man, was drowned tonight while in surf bathing off Sullivan's Island, near the place where the beach was washed away a few days a?o he was bathing with a par? ty including Miss Reynolds, to whom he was engaged to be married and who narrowly escaped a similar fate, being rescued from the water in an uncon? scious condition. Mr. Fleming was connected with the baggage depart? ment of the Southern Railway com? pany, running between Charleston and Columbia. He is a nephew of the Rev. Bernard Fleming of Columbia. The Agrricltural Bureau's report on the condition of the cotton crop for September 2d was 84.1 against 91.6, for August 1904 and 81.2 for Septem? ber of last year. That fellow who hired four hands and then murdered them when they demanded their wages lived up in New England. He was not a Georgia employer of negroes.-Wilmington Messenger. We want the news : If your wife whips von let us know it, and we will put you right before the world. If yon "have company, tell us-if you are not ashamed of your visitor. If you have a party or gathering of any kind, bring around the cakes, seven or eight pies "and a side of hara, not necessarily to eat, but to show your friendship and. appreciation. You needn't mind inviting us, as it may be too cool for our wardrobe. We want thc news that's ali.- Glasscock, Ga., Banner. Letter to Frank Carr, Sumter* S. C. Dear Sir: You want a cheap job of paint for a cheap house, don't yon? It's Devoe. It's the regular thing in Devoe; there's nothing, in all paint, so cheap as Devoe. Oh. yes. you can paint with mad; bat that isn't paint; you want it to look about right for a month or two. Paint Devoe: can't do it for lvss; there's nothing so cheap: say nothing of wear, there's nothing so cheap as Devoe. It goes so far; save gallons: no mat? ter about the price, - save gallon?. A gaUon of paint, put on, costs $4 or $?; saco gallons. Devoe is your paint; save gallons; Devoe is your paint. Yours trulv 56 F W" Devoe <fe Co p. S. - L. B. Durant sells 'jur paint;