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MNii?ltt Iff JttiigMtfBt? LANTERN O?N?NI* AVINGS /ugusia, Ga.. pAYSrSTEBEST * ON DEPOSITS ACCOSTS *l SOLICITED L C. H?YKE, >\ PB ?SIDBKT. \ I Chas. C. Howard, ; : OASHTJOL ?KTI9GI7KCES OVEK SI.OOO,OOO J ?4W4-M ; 11 ll ? 1 ll 3 111 111 * mun. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29,1906. rBE NATIONAL BANK 4 AUGUSTA, GA. L. C. HAYN? President. TH.A.??K G. TORD, Cashier. CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profils. 150,000 ff>?htl- be pl^awil io har? y. o OPTS ?? icconn? n Uh till? ?Jft'tlc. C?lt-l:?:?riiailii jorn-s.-o i;u s? *ur?J of rfvrrr cancar ?IIJ ?ocommoJatlos iW?l ble uaCoro. nir.rr.ilv?, niut?rrn Cecs?ur me-n-'iW NO.ii: :urr?nc?s of Interest From Ail Over South Carolina NY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS fa.tch of Live Paragraphs Cover a Wide Range-What is Going in Our State. - General Coton Market. ii'ston, quiet ....... ....0 7-16 Orleans,-quiet.. ..91-2 le, quiet.91-4 mah, quiet.;. .9 l-l G teston, quiet.9 1-S >lk, qquiet.". .......9 3-4 lore, nomiual. 9 7-S York.' quiet..'.9.00 ui, quiet...9.90 dedlphia, quiet.10.10 ton, steady.9 5-10 sta, steady.. ...9 5-S ihis, quiet and nominal.. . .9 3-1 ?'/Charlotte Cotton Market. _ ?se prices represen! the pi'iv-cs |to "wagons : middling.S 3-4 middling...9 34 .9.3-3 [ling. middling, tinged. .9.5-S .71-2@S3-4 Arra Torn From Body. tuey, Special.-Oue of the most ping accidents ever witnessed [occurred with' Moutie Curry, a son of Mr. j. H. Curry, as the . His condition cannot be do led, although it is thought to ??idedly gi*ave. The facts are as follows :-.Curry was working j brickyard at the drum used for ig up cars, of dirt from the pit. his duty to manipulate the lever ie machine that pulled up the [of clay. He was ..to do i hi* the signal, the ringing of a bell. |given. While- waiting for the he had apparently gone over \e other ?ide from his lever, near riftly revolving shaft, and- was ?ing with-a small pieee of old worn belting, which he had' wrapped ud-the shaft, supposedly to see ^effect it would have or to wait it to get too hot to bold. Stray [gs from thc belting finally caught (shaft and, iu turn, caught the At every revolution of the shaft Ibody not only struck the ground I struck a large piece of timber, th was near by. His clothes were entirely from his body. When I frightened hands reached him he absolutely without a .stitch of [hingvon, even his shoes being, torn his. feet. One arm, the right j, was -torn from the body at the (sf and. ivas fouud some distance i>v Thc same > arm was broken, ^^jb'c^elb?wv;; Both Jogs., were ten 'above the knee,'and it is fear ithat" infernal injuries were sus cd. Thos. E.-Miller, President. )lunibia, Special.-Tbe trustees of [State's colored college at Orange met aud passed a resolution re sting Thos. E. Miller, LL. D.. to ldraw his resignation. President lier came before the board.and ex Incd his reasons for resigning. He jiplied with the request of the [rd, which was embodied in the (owing resolution: ''Resolved, it this board after a full coufer \e with President Thomas E. Miller ?reference' to his resignation and Iieving said resignation- was sent hastily and under a misapprehen n of the board's action, is of the lion that it will be for the best in fest of the State colored college it said resignation be withdrawn that Dr. Miller remain at tho id of the institution." Favor Municipal Ownership. 'Seneca, Special.-At a special'elec [ou held here on the question of ranting a franchise to private par ies for electric lights and water forks or having municipal owner lip, the latter won by a vote bf 70 2. It is quite evident that unless ie sentiment of its citizens changes Materially ?eneca will soon own its ai lighting plant and waterworks, [he town has been growing rapidly ie past few years and marked pro cess has been made recently. It is lly a question of a short time now |ntil thc electric lights will be put ito service. Fire? Aetna Ph?nix, ; Mutual Benefit, 1 Fidelity. & Casualt; and fiealf h? ?Title Guaranty & rJ American Live Sto pan jv ? SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Condition of South Carolina Crops For Week Ending Monday, Aug. 20 1906, aa Given' Out hr tnt? De partment. The sunshine was much below nor mal, there having been one clear day in the interior; on the coast from two io six days were cleat; The temperatures averaged slightly above normal aud was remarkably equable, with unusually small differ ences in the daily temperatures from the mountains to the coast. Thc high ' cst maximum temperature was 97 de grees at Blackville on the 13th. Thcro I was very little variation in thc night temperatures Ihroughtout thc week; thc extreme minimum was 63 degrees at Greenville on the loth. The precipitation was copious over the greater portion of the State,, but was much below normal in a few lo ! ealities, most of which were in thc - ? eastern comities. The greatest local amount was 3.3G iuches at Catawba. Nearly all the north central counties had excessive amounis on one or more days that caused floods on the smaller, streams. Many thunderstorms occur red in the western half of the Stale and some of them were accompanied by high winds. j Narrow Escape From Death. i A special from Spartanburg says: "T.C.Williams, Jr., William H. Lyles, of Columbia and Mr. 'futon ! Of Greenville, while touring thc moun tains in an automobile, had a narrow escape from death a few days ago, when, theil large machine tumbled over a 15-i'oot ledge. The fact that thc machine landed right side up ac counts for thc minor injuries and bruises which the occupants sustain ed instead of perhaps fatal iujuries. The machine was a complete wreck. Survey of Heyward County. Aiken. Special.-Thc commissioners appointed in the new county matter met here. Messrs.. L. AV. Recs?, R. A. Cochran and T. G. Croft. Jr.. heinz present. Owing lo sickness. Mr. H. M. Cassell? was uuabje to attend Hie meeting. Thc survey has been com pleted and blue prints ot the surrey were handed fo thc commissioners. Mr. George T. Jackson appeared j:i behalf of thc promoters of the new county and requested that the com mission grant permission to chance thc boundaries-set forth iu their pe tition to thc governor. Seid Whiskey at Church. Anderson, Special.-There are no developments- in the-Hoaro shooting affray that occurred at Shiloh church :n which seven negroes were shot. The deputies went to the scene with instructions to arrest any of thc par ticipants in thc shooting, but none put in appearance. The deputies re turned and state that they have gal ti ered additional evidence and the na tues of several more negroes who look part in the shooting and they will make arrests later on. One ne gro was caught selling liquor at thc church and Magistrate Jackson gave bim ?>Q da.. . ur $100 and the negro is on the gang. The wounded negroe* are still living, hut two or Iii rec of them are in a serious condition. Good Work For Sumter Firm. Sumter, Special.-The Sumter Rail way and Mill Supply Company has .ecured contra?is for furnishing to I thc Vniicd Stales government a eon j ade* alie amount of supplies lo bc tteid irv constructing tho navy yard and dry dock at Charleston, and has been asked lo make bids on supplies for government work at Savannah. Columbia and Pensacola. This whole sale firm, which deals largely in all ? kinds of piping, mill supplies, and general hardware, has recently moved into its new stone warehouse on South Haryin street. It 1? gratifying to Sumter people to know that a Stim uler firm is extending its trade terri tory to different Southern States. It will cost the students of the University of California something like 110,000 to make the change from the American to the Rugby game of football, because grading will be nec essary to enlarge the field and the I bleachers will have to be moved. y Co,. Accident [Yiist Co., Bonds? ck Insurance Corn el fHasle EsiSo ought & Sold. Hold* its Position At the Head of All Productions PROVISIONS TAKE SECOND PLACE Then Iron and Steel Manufacturers. Larg? Increas? iii Some Lines in The Last Ten Years. A special Washington dispatch lo the Baltimore Sun says: The fact that exports of domestic mevcba?dise from thc Visited Staley have doubled within thc last 10 years., coupled *wilb the constant demand ior information concerning article? in which that growth was developed, lias set the experts of the Bureau of Statistics bf the Department of Com merce and Labor Lo figuring. Thc re sult has been the preparation of a special table showing, in thc order of magnitude, the principal factors in the export trade of thc fiscal year which ended June 30 last. To this they have added, for comparative pur poses, a column showing thc exporta tions of thc same articles in 1S9C. The analysis shows that three class es-raw cotton, provisions and iron and steel manufactures-bad in lOOli attained each a total exportation of more than $100,000.000, which in 1S96 but two classes-catton and provis ions-were entitled to that distinc tion; In 190? tbc articles which showed each an exportation of be tween $?:),000,000 and $100,000.000 were five in number-copper manu* factures, relined mineral oil. corn, flour and manufactures of cotton. A decade earlier, in 1890. but two hems fell into this group-refined mineral oil and flou i-. In the fiscal year just ended .17 arti cles or classes of articles showed ouch an. export value of from $10,000.000 to'$42,000,000-cattle, leather and its products, boards, unmanufactured to bacco, wheat, agricultural implements, oil cakes, bituminous coal, chemicals. ?ats, vegetable oils, timber, fruits and .nits, manufactures of wood, carria ges, scientific instruments and spirits ot turpentine-while in 1896 there ..vere hut nine article? entitled io a place in this class-iron and sicel, corn,* wheat, callie, tobacco, leather, cotton manufactures, cupper manu? i act tires rod Hoards. Clothe and Feed Other Nations. Raw cotton still occupies first rank ind is entitled lu the title of 'vKing Colton.'? which it has Lorne fur veins. Provisions continued lu rank in see ?yd plat-?, indicating thal thc United States is still doing businessas a storehouse that furnishes the food products-for ma'iv. oilier cuuii.tricg^ Iron and steel manufactures' .have' lakeij. rank in third place and relined mineral oil has dropped .from third place iii 1896 lo fifth place HI 190fi. Copper manu fact urcs have shown a notable growth, having advanced fruin eleventh place in 1S90 li? fourth place in 1900. While jlo?i shows an increase of $7.000,000 in thc decade, its relative po sition anipng the leading articles o? transportation has changed from fourth iirl896 lo seventh in 1906. and wheat, whose exportai ion ol' $40,000, 000 gave ii sixth place In 1S9? has recoded lo thirteenth place, with a total exportation of $28,757,517 in the year just ended. Agricutural implements exported are live times as great hi value as in 1S96, and this large increase lias ad vanced the position of that class from tweuty-third ia 189G to fourteen th iii 1900, Exports of oats, which oc cupied the thirty-first rank in 1S9G, quadrupled during tho decade and advanced to eighteen th place last year. Cut ton manufactures, while small tn comparison with these of Great Britain, Genna ny and France, especi ally in view of our great supply of :aw cotton havo shown hume im iruvemant sinco 1890, their posi tion among our exportations having ulvanced from twelfth in .1896 to ..ighth in 1900, and the value of their export's from $16,837,390 n decade ago td. nearly $03,000,000 in the year just ended. Comparative Table of Exports. The following table shows thc value of .'12 leading classes of articles ex ported in 1890 and 1900 and includes 90 per cent, of thc exports of iast year, thus affording a ready means of tracing thc Clements of growl li in our exports since .1890: Articles i$h? liivj COTTON unmanu factured .Jfiaa.05i.4G0 ?41.00.921 Provisdens . 13l.b03.C90 ?l?.SM.CG? iron and steel manufactures . .. 41.lfiO.JS7T 1C3,08!,'JS3 Copper' manufac ture* . 19,720,104 S1.2i2,6'? Refined mineral oil 6=3.^*51,567 77025. IW Corn. 37,83t?.S62 62.0G1.S:! Flour. 52,025.217 59,106,359 Cotton manufac tures . KSG?.?i?ii? 52?44.031 Lattle'. 31,We,?72 42,0M.17<J Leather ?ind maau ? factures of . 20.212.756 40.ii42.S56 Beards, joist*, etc. K>,477,7?2 2J.10;.5'J4 Toi uceo. unmauu factured . 21.571,3(3 2S S03.3G7 Wheat. 23,70?,S?S 28,757,517 Agricultural Imple ments . 5,170.775 ,24,051.-4^7 Oil cake and meal 7.949.(547 23,?91.5;4 Coal, bituminous .. 4,y2S.Sl? 1S.491.0S1 Chemicals and drugs. ?.O? ;,;:".S 1S.331.974 Uats. 3,437,611 lt:.23l;91S Vegetable oils .. .. fi.C97.022 ir>so.!,03i Timber. 7.372,03? 19.393.39J Fruits and nuts .. 5.679.066 13.274.158 Wocd manufactures 7.426,175 13.71S.7?2 Carriages, except : cycles. 2,SS7,59S l^.S-C.CJl Scientific instru- . m en ts. 2.522.217 10.EVi7.77-i Turpentine spirits 4.r.K-i,Mi 10.itt7.3jS .Vaval stores, other 4.229.7?S 9,??9$,3t; Coal, anthracite .. 5,717.246 ?'.7:'i.22.' Citric!-, and manu factures of .. .. 2,713,S75 P.o.W.O'S raraffln and wax.. 4.49S.S41 R.Mfc.24i Fertilisers . 4.400.50.1 S.i?SV..SW5 fiber manufactures 1.S6S.60I K.157.2H Furs and fursklns S.SOO.ISS 8.?92.2S2 tish . 5.41$, 75$ 7.:i5Sl7S Mineral oil, cuide 0.121.S3? 7.C61.131 india rubber manu factures. .. ?,j?$.55?? ii.5-41.73r, Rooks, maps, et?., 2,338,722 5,S:if,!52 Tobacco manu lac tores. 4,:iS0.:t6l 5.410.-ISO Ali other articles .. 73.7M.22S lol.WD.Ofl-l Total domestic- ex ' forts .. .. ., $?^,800,48711,717,1)53,382 South Carolina Mob ?dds ?n? More Lynching to Its Score SHERIFF HANDED OVER KEYS Caird Such Crime Within Ten Days lil Palmetto State Takes Place in Dorchester County, Victim Being Young Negro Wh? Sad Attempted to Break Into Dwelling House Where 11-Year-Old Girl Was Alone -Keys Handed Over by Accom modating Sheriff-Negro Strung Up and Riddled With Hundreds cf Bullets. Cullimbin.. S. C., Spacial-Willie Spain, a Noi l ir Carolina negro, 21 years old, was shot lo deal li by a mob near St. George, Dorchester county, Thursday aftemoou. This is the third lynching in South Carolina within ten days. S. L. Connor, manager of the Dor chester Lumber Company's stores at Badham, was notified by a- negro that he saw another negro alteinptiug to enter a window of his home and Then run away into a near-by cane field. He suddenly came upon Spain. He grappled with the negro, striking him a severe blow, breaking several bones in his hand. Tho negro finally freed himself and ran' lo a near-by woods. Connor notified his neigh bors and a search was begun. About two hours later Spaiu was captured m a negro cabin not far distant. He was brought to St. George and turned over to Sheriff Limehouse, who lock ed him up in jail. Shortly after wards a posses of 40 or 50 men Avent :to thc sheriff and demanded the keys of thc jail. Securing the keys, the jail was unlocked and the negro taken lo the house of Connor, where his 1.1-year-old daughter, who . was alone i:i the house, positively identi fied the negro as the one who tried to climb through the window, but was frightened away by her screams. Thc negro did not protest his in nocence, but admitted that he had gone to the residence with thc in tention of filtering, but ?for what purpose he did not say. Thc mob then took the negro to a near-by oak tree, strung him up to u limb and shot about 500 shots into his body. Thc negro's head and body were literally shot to pieces... After thc sheriff bad surrendered to thc mob he telegiphed Governor Heyawrd of what-had happened.; Thc ~Gv vei'n oi'-H'I -once Tri ved'-rh c' %SHicc?-r&t use all moans to prevent a lynching.' but it was too late, as the mob lost no time in dispatching the negro. After finishing its work thc mot dispersed and all is quiet at thc scene of the lynching. Italians Uso Daggers. Buffalo, Special.-Two men are fiend and two more will probably die as a result of a desbarate fight with fitilletos between live Italians herc. Two brothers were matched against three brothers. Frank Sardina, otic of thc three Sardina brothers, was killed on the scene of the battle. Raphiaei Balsitrie, who tried to act j as peace maker, was slabbed in thc abdomen and back and was carried io n hospital. Demeuico Geracci and Bernardo Geracci, who are. alleged to have done the stabbing which result ed in the death of Sardina, aro in a ferions condition, They .aro charged with murder. State Department Will Not Interfere, Washington, D. C. Special.-There is on disposition on the part of thc State Department to interfere in tko Cuban revolutionary affairs, The Der partment regards the Island Republic fully capable of protecting itself against insurrectionists. Murder Oorimitted. Richmond, Va., Special-At Jar rett*. Sussex county, in a personal af fray between J. P. Matthews and Frank ."Johnson, the latter shot and killed tho former and was disparate* ly wounded himself, Assassins Arrested, Cape Haytien, By Cable--The as sassins of Milbourne and Thurston, two Americans employed as collec tors in thc Demitiican Custom House Service, have been arrested iii Hay ti, their extradition is demanded by the Dominican government. May Join Cuban Eevclters. : Mexico City, Special.-Central Am ercian revolutionists are said lo have boen preparing to go to Cuba to join the revolutinrii?'s there, if thc revolu ci?n iii Giu'lciuala succeeded. The Cuban revolution has been in prepara tion 1er several mouthe past. New York bn.?kers o i'ihe Guatemalan revo lutionists arc backing thc Cuban?, JVdli parties had representatives in ali Spanish-American countries. Steamer on Pveef is Doomed. Honolulu. Special.-Thc stranded steamer Manchuria; oft Babbit Island, is suffering great damage and those ut the .scene of thc wreck think thc "t-ssel is doomed. Four of her eight ??oilers have been rendered useless, repealed shocks against the veci hav ing damaged the foundations of the '.oilers. The port engine also is use less on account of the breaking of its palin ';< \ _. ?aNh?ju?ke Suff erers Not Yet free from Danged 6?S1NESS RESUMING SLOWLY Borne Business Houses ?p?ii?4 at Valparaiso. City Under Martial Law, Traffic by Water and Rail Re Bumed Postal Service Also in Oporatidn-Great Trouble in Bury ing Blad Since Cemeteries all Dcs stroyed Oofflflg Piled Sigh-Great Bread ? of Outbreak of 'Bague Many Leave City. Valparaiso, By Cable-Some busi :p!-s houses have opened for the first ?me since I?8 earthquake. Telephone :nd telegraphic cofflmiiiiieaUon with Santiago has been re-established. Tdie i'ity is still under martial law. As Jie fii;pt -installment the government ias appropriated $4,000,000 for the ielief of thc destitute. The custom house has been re-open ed and lrafficvby water and rail b?s been resumed. Postal service is also in operation..' *Jz*''. On of the greatest difficulties eil' countered.by the authorities is the iii* ..erment of thc bodies recovered from the ruins, A? all cemeteries were de stroyed. At vai'iotici temporary mor gues heapsiof coffins arc aecunUilflted; waiting the designation of their places of burial. The work of recovering the bodies is being pushed to the utmost in order lo avoid an epidemic, iii fear of which many families are leaving the city. Through th? whole length of Brazil Avenue and all over Victoria Square sheds havcybeen constructed to shel ter the homeless from the severe rains. Valpariaso, By Cable.-The loss of. life hy tlui4earthquake of Thursday, August 16, probably will not be short of .'1,000, while the property destroyed* is estimated-at .v'100,000,000 and pos sibly Avas in exc?s of that, sum. , Order is being maintained with Ilia utmost seventy by the militar}7, po lice and aimed citizeus' patrols, who'' arc empowered to shoot looters on tb* spot. The authorities arc showing the utmost energy , in thc protection of1 property. - . With thf* first; terrible shock of the ear?h?jtiakc.vb?iidiugs collapsed, their walis fallbg.\?n with a tremendous noise. Th elmina tes in- raauy ,cases unab]c;t?j.escape. The shock was win second shock was even more severe than the first. i Five minnies afterward tires started in c**ery direction, nud the whole I own, which bad been momentarily in darkness, was illuminated by gi gantic flamen. Thc firemen made a desperate fight, though I li ere" was lit tle water, as most pt" the mains had been broken by the earth tremble. The Vittoria Threatre (opera house) and rh*' Naval Club were utterly destroy ed by the earthquake, and thc Nat ional Theatre succumbed to earth quake and fife. Contracts Awarded, Norfolk, Va., Special-The board of governors of the Jamestown Expo : .'Ii i: has awarded to J. W. Davis, of Newport Nows, the contract for tho oiecrson af Um Educational and Hisr lorie Arts buildings at a cost, of ?S0.000. San Francisco Senda Aid. Washington, Special.-San Francis co made the first American contribu tion for tho relief of the Valparaiso earthquake sufferers. A dispatch re ceived by the State Department from Minister Hicks, at Santiago, announc ed'a donation of $10,000 was received .'rom that city. Anxiety is Now Subsiding. Washington, Special.-United Sta les Minister John Hicks, at Santia go de Chile, has sent a cablegram to thc Slate Department saying that anx iety over the earthquake is subsiding in both Valparaiso rind Santiago, al though nt the date of the sending of the dispatch, mild shocks continued to be felt. He says (hat the financial and business situation is serious and (hat there ia fear of a panic. Sub scriptions are being raised for tbs Bufferers. Kuropatkin Recalled. Berlin, By Cable. Gen. Kuropat kin who was commander-in-chief of the Russian armies in Manchuria un til after his defeat at Mukden, hus been,, summoned to St. Petersburg by the Czar to resume tl? position he once held, that of minister of war. This report is printed by The Mittags Zeitung. The purpose of recall inj General Kuropatkin to his old posi tion is to reorganize the army. Further Details of Disaster. Lima, By Cable-Further details received from Valparaiso show that our of 40 employes of the telephone company here, 3S were killed. When the house of PresidenL-Elect Montt collapsed, his wife fell from the bal cony lo the street and bandits cn!; off her carn aud lingers to rob her of jewelry. She vttns taken in a dying state on board the Chilean warship Leads Easi?y in Primary fer Governor of Georgia CARRIED NEARLY ALL COUNTIES Of 145 Counties, Late Returns Show That Clark Howell Has Carried But .$isi J1'?? Governor' and the Three Long Shots ?ogether 13, While Smith Gets 110, With 15 to Hear From Smith's Nomination in Con vention on First Ballot Conceded hy Howell's Paper-Fire Chief Joyner Gets Atlanta Mayoralty Nomination hy 255 Majority, - "Atlanta, Ga., Sp?cial.-Thc Siatc Democratic primaries resulted in a victory for Hoke Smith, candidate for Governor, unprecedented in the size of hi? majority. Of the 145 counties in the State he has camed probably 110. By the returns avail able at ll o'clock Wednesday night, Clark Howell carried six counties; J. H. Eslill, of Savannah, two; R. B. Rusel!, eight : and James M. Smith, three*/ leaving 10 to hear front. This result wi i i sive Hoke Smith L'f>4 votes in i lie Stat? convention of a total of 36(1. Mr. Howell's paper, The Constitu tion, in its first edition, concede? more thrift f>ie hundred counties lo Hoke Smith tiXfi says bis nomination JV?v Governor. on Ititi Irret ballot in the convention is practl?sUy assured. Fire Chief Gets ??aypralty. ' In thu city primaries, Captin ^ . H Joyner, foi-' 'M) or more years clu?f. of the fire depar?/?io'ff^ was nominated for mayor by a majori iv of '255 votes. One of the mest slrcuudti? political campaigns in the history of (??orgia was concluded in t!ie State Defu era I ic priiviarit's/ whii'h were held throughout thc Siate to nominate complete State and ifcrnity tickets, candidates for Supreme Ccutfc Jus tice*, a United Stales Senator ti? suc ceed Senator A. 0. Bacon, and ir? natue eongrcssioiiill candidates in each of the eleven districts of i?*.f> Slate. The Smith-Howcll Contest. For tho office of Governor five c.'M* didatcs have been balloted for. These .nc: Clark Howell, editor of The At lanta Constitu? ?on ; ,1. li. Est ill; editor of The Savannah Morning News: Hoke Smith, former Secretary of the Interior under President Cleveland: Judge R. 15. Russell, a prominent at torney of Jackson couuiy : and James M. Smith, of Oglcihrope county. The particular interest, ol' the campaign has been between Mr. Howell and Hoke .Smith. The latter began his campaign through the Slate .more JJiair fourteen months .ago. He has onten thc campaign. The method by which this slioiilt] bc accomplished luis been a question much considered. Fatal Cutting Affair afc Polls. Sparks, Ga.. Special.-Just before the pulls closed in ?titempting lo ar rest Jackson Whitehurst. Jr., Marshal SpuJiuoii was scrverely cut in the left arm hy Johnnie Whitehurst and Jim Dikes, who was assisting the marshal was cut in the back by B; K. Whito liurst. At a hue hour Wednesday night Dikes was thought to bc probab ly fatally wounded. Fatal Explosion. Pittsburg, Po., Special-Three men are dead, two in serious condition and I nine others rendered unconscious by j the blow out of. accumulated gae at the Elben furnaces of Jone? and Laughlin'.s steel company. . . A City Captured. Havana, By Cable.-The insurgents in the province of Pinar del Rio cap tured their first city there. Al ?) o'clock Wednesday morning the force led by Pino Guerra an ex-Congress man and an influential niau and who was thought to be many miles east ward, and sundry other insurgent bands, attacked San Luis, which is situated on the railroad about ten miles west of Pinar del Rico city. A sharp and.decisive engagement fol lowed during which n number of men were killed or wounded, , Financial Business Conditions Serious Washington, Special,-Tho Slate Department received the following dispatch from Minister Hick's, ai San tiago, Chile; .'.Anxiety over tho earth quake decreases although mihi shock? still continue. The {luniiciuJ and hus mcs.s conditions arc serious. The di's truction of Valpaniisn producer lcm of panic. Subscnpiliu?s ari' heirn: raised for thc ic! ie I' d' sufferers.-''.' Fell Three Stories. Richmond, Va., Special.-Nathar Michaelbacker, sou of a Jewish rabbi who died iii his pulpit here a year ago. walked out of a third-story window in the home of a lady whom he was visiting on .Saturday. Ile was pre cipitated to Hie street below. Al though he fairly landed MU his I; 'ail be sustained only a two-inch sea!| wound, v.hi-li will POI rcsu 11 :?"! ly. Patient Quarantined. New Iberia. La.. Special.-The puarantine linc wa? thrown about the district, comprising six square blocks, i-. which a patient is suffering from yellow fever is located. Every house in the district has boen fumigated. Confidence is complete. The patient is expected lo bc up in a dav or two, with resources of over Eight {Hundred Thousaud dollars and a Board of Directors chosen from the most successful business men in the community, invites you to become a depositor, prom ieiog you every courtesy. FOUR'PER CENT INTEREST paid cu Cavings accounts. Correspondence invited. A PERFECT DAIRY AND HORSE FEED. Feed it to your COW and 'vicep your eye' on the milk pail," Feed it to your HORSE .incl watch the improvement in flesh and hair. in loo lb. sacks at $1.35. Order now. . Arrington Bros. & Co., Leading Grocers, Augusta, Georgia. W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF SI lil AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets, Augusta, Georgia^ Wagons Buggies FURNITURE. Large Shipments of the. best makes of wagons and buggies^ 'Our stock of furniture, and house .furnishing* always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. Johnston, South Carolina. For Fire and Life ^HGO TO SEE; AUGHMAN ?i HARLING BEFORE INSURING ELSEWHERE. We represent the best Old Line Companies. AUGHMAN ? ? ? A?LING * GENTS. AUGHMAN ??, pf AKLING /\GENTS. urance Agency of C. ?. GRIFFIN & C0. Will protect you against loss by Fire, Death, Accidents. Sickness and Wind Storms. It will be a pleasure to serve you at all times and your business will be heartily appreciated. F. H BARRETT, J. P. DOUGHTY, JR. W, K. KITCHEN. Special BARRETT ? DOUGHTY, COTTON FACTORS. liberal Advances Made on Prospeetive Crops and Consignments. .FERTILIZERS ersonal attention given all details. Correspondence solicited. 744 Reynold Street Augusta, Ga,