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PLANT-EE'S
LOAN AND
SAVINGS
BANK.
'AUGUSTA. GA.i
VOL. 69.
Pays Interest
on Hepoeits.
Accounts
2 Solicited.
Ik C. HATJtK,
President.
CHAS. C. HOWARD,'
Cashier.
KDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1904.
THE NATIONAL BANK
OF." AUGUSTA'
L. C5HAT?IE, FBANK G. FORD,
President. Cashier. ^
CAPITAL $250,000. S
Undivfde?ofits. ! ?125,000 *
NO. 24,
Reports From Russia Ii
I Feeling of A
PORT ARTHUR MUSH
The .Government's Prestige With the
'- Lower Classes Staked Upon the
Holding of Port Arthur-Preparing
to Cope With a Chinese Invasion
of Manchuria.
London, By; Ca tie-That the curtain
la drawn again over the progress of the
.war problem indicates that important
events are impending or afoot. The ex
. plosions heard at Port Arthur suggest
that the Russians have renewed their
attempts to remove obstructions in the
mouth of the harbor. All kinds of ru
mors are current, few of which appear
to have any reliable basis.
Various special correspondents in St.
Petersburg report increasing depression
in--Russia over thc prospect of the fall
of Port Arthur and say that wild re
ports are in circulation of dissensions
over questions of policy and strategy.
The Daily Mail gives great promi
nence to a statement "from a Russian
correspondent" declaring that Russia
will stand or fall by Port Arthur as far
ns the government's* prestige **ith the
lower classes is concerned.
"Internal troubles are inevitable."
the correspondent says, "should the
fortress fall. Count Lamsdorff displays
a strong personality, but his position
ts precarious, and he is likely to be sac
rificed as vi scapegoat to popular in
dignation at the way the war has been
conducted. Although it is said that
General Ifuiropatkin has lost favor at
court, nd change in the commander
ship' of the army is contemplated."
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
Renter's Telegraph Agency says that
- Increasing anxiety is felt over the rest
' lessness cf Chinese troops on the Man-^
chur'ian frontier. The Morning Post's
- correspondent ?D St. Petersburg goes
ao ?ar as to say that Russia is prepar
ing to cope wita a serious Chinese in
? ? > -ff i - y .. . '.
?asion
A dispatch to the Standard from St.
" Petersburg asserts that no preparations
whatever have been made to organize a
transport service down the great, wa
terways of the Sungari and" Amnr
--.t?g?^(^atHs?i?g?iat?cn. is' felt "drer:
^HB^mcq'verey that "several wealthy Rus
? ? 'sjat?j'?nns "secretly assisted in the re
cent Japanese loan."
- A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Shanghai says that some of the war
ships at Port Arthur have been beached
.and their guns removed to the land
works. The Shanghai correspondent
also says that Field Marshall Yamagata
has been appointed viceroy of the ter
ritories Japan has occupied since the
war began. This is the only reference
this morning to the statement of the
Daily Express Saturday morning that
Field Marshal Yamagata had been ap
pointed commander-in-chief of the Jap
anese army of invasion.
" The Stanrad's Tien Tsin correspond
ent reports that the Russian forces are
being withdrawn gradually northward,
the Russians being aware that a strong
force ot Japanese is gathering in the
. passes northeast of Mukden.
Two Encounters Reported.
Tokio, By Cable.-The Japanese and
Russian forces located north of Pulan
tine, which were in a series of brushes
during th eearly part of last week, had
Parker Leads in Texas.
Fort. "Worth, Texas, Special.-5e
turjis received by The Fort Worth
Record from 150 counties that held
primaries Saturday in Texas show
that 56 counties instructed for Parker,
ten for Hearst and the remainder un
instructed. Most of the uninstructed
delegates are reported as Parker men.
There are 200 voting counties in the
State;
Influence of Corporations.
Schenectady, N. Y., Special.-At the
108th. commencement exercises of
Uniorr College, President A. V. Ray
mond, in his baccalaureate sermon,
referred to the growth of corporations
and their legislative influence. He
said: "Starting as are the revela
tions made "by Mr. Steffens, for in
stance, we cannot discredit the evi
dence ; which he places in detail before
us.. When to these we add the facts
which come within our own observa
tion, we are forced *to believe that
the government of tho people by the
people and for the people, for which
the" fathers iought, is today more of
a theory than a reality."
Washouts in the North.
. Elmira, N. Y., Special.-There were
numerous washouts and landslides on
the Northern Central Railroad, be
tween Elmira and Wllliamsport, Pa.,
last night, and the whole division has
been inoperative for the past twenty
four hours. The washouts between
Gilets and Tory, Pa., were the worst
Two of these washouts were ten feet
in depth and forty feet long. There
were a half dozen other washouts and
landslides in a distance of ten miles
between. Gillets and Troy.
Wyoming for Hearst
.'? Chey"6?he,~lVyo., Special.-The Wy
oming State Democratic convention
?Thursday selected delegates to the
national convention and instructed
them to vote for Wm. R. Hearst as a
candidate for the. Presidency. The res
olutions were adopted unanimously
and:-Mr. Hearst's name was cheered to
the "echo whenever mentioned. The
resolutions adopted endorse the Demo
cratic platform of 1900? condemn trusts,
condemn the Republican administra
tion for failure to enforce the anti
trust laws and censure the Republican
Majority In Congress for not passing
bft anti-eioddy bill.
NESS IS FELT
ndicate a Considerable
pprehensioii
IE HELD AT ANY COST
another encounter on Friday, June 3rd,
near Chu Chia Tun. On that day the
Japanese cavalrymen met the Russians
ut noon. The Russians numbered 2,000
men and were composed of infantry,
detachments of cav?irfc and artillery,
l?ey were pre8Bing the Japanese cav
alry, when the Japanese assembled
their entire force and engaged the en
emy. The Russians drew off gradually,
and at half-past 5 in the afternoon they
retired. The Japanese suffered four men
killed and four wounded in this fight
ing. A report has been received from
General Kuroki, saying that on Friday
last a detachment was dispatched from
Al-Yung Cheng (Ai Yang Pienmen?) to
the east of Feng Wang Cheng to make
a reconnaissance toward Chaimatsi
(Simatsi?) 35 miles north of Feng
Wang Cheng. This detachment encoun
tered 600 Cossacks, and after a brisk
engagement the Russians retreatedi
General Kuroki reported that the
Russian loss was heavy. The Japanese
suffered only one man killed and three
wounded.
Armies Within Two Miles..
Cbee Foo, By Cable.-But two miles
separated Japanese and Russian armies
or. the Lino Tung peninsula on June
2nd. according to Chinese who have ar
rived here from Dalny.
The Japanese army, re-enforced by
the- men who landed at Dalny, occu
pied Twing Ching and also Sanchimpo,
several miles west of Danly. They then
proceeded along the coast toward Port
Arthur. On one side or the army are
high mountains,, and on the other side
is the sea, from which fhe Japanese
gunboats are supporting the. flank of
the army?
. On June 2nd the Japanese forces were
within several miles of the Outer forts
of Pori Arthur, only two miles from
the Russian army, which is ready to
protest their further advance. The Chi
nese believed that there would be a
rbig battle at this point. It is also
stated by the Chinese that the Jap
anese have moved their base tb D?lfly
from Taliea Wan. The larger Japanese
ships are anchored outside, the smaller
oues Inside the harbors Troops are
being landed, they say, from Small ves
sels, apparently' coming from Pitsewo
cr tte Elliott Islands.
Th-? Chinese further reported that a
number of Chinese have been shot
wail eattempting to get through the
Russian lines. . .
;,<.>-:,-T^^
New-Chw?ng, ;By Cable".-Carrier
pigeons' arrived here Sunday at noon
from Gen; Stoessel, at Port Arthur.
The Russians will not divulge the mes
sages- carried -hy their birds, but d?
clare they contain good information.
They are very cheerful since the pig
eons arrived.
An Associated Press messenger from
the north reports that the magistrates
cf Hai Cheng and Liao Yang were ar
rested recently by the Russians, and
charged with furnishing suppli?s and
information to the enemy. They were
taken to Mukden, but were released af
ter an interval. Influential natives de
clare that the arrests were made, not
because the Russians believed they
could prove the charges, but because
the magistrates were non-committal,
and refused to aid either side.
The Russians are printing a news
paper in Chinese at Mukden for the
purpose of influencing the natives. The
latest .copy received at New Chwang
says that the Japanese attempted to
float a second -loan in America for $3,
750,000, but that it was coldly rejected.
Other contents of the paper explained
that the Russian loss in the Yalu bat
tle was due to the preponderance of
Japanese cavalry, and says also that
the Russians -will soon dictate peace
terms in Tokio, and that the leading
Japanese statesmen will be reduced to
Rickshae coolies.
Cruisers to Remain at Tangier.
Lisbon, Portugal, By Cable.-It is
stated here that the United States
cruisers Baltimore, Olympia and
Cleveland, will not leave Lisbon, but
will stay at Tangner, pending a set
tlement of the difficulty arising out of
the detention of Ion Perdicaris and
Cromwell Varley, respectively, citi
zens of the United States and Great
Britain, by the bandit Rasiuli.
Made New World's Record.
Cambridge, Mass., Special.-Bobby
Waithour, at Charles River Park on
Tuesday night established new world's
records for pace followers by riding 3Q
miles In competition in 33 minutes,
52 3-5 seconds. Four men started in
the race, Bobby Waithour, Nat Butler,
George Leander. Leander took the
lead at the start, but was passed by
Waithour in the second mile and the
Southerner equaled the world's record
at four miles and established new rec
ords up to the eur. of the race. Tho
previous record was made by Harry
Caldwell, in 1903, and was 35 minutes,
15 4-5 seconds
The Town's 250th Anniversary.
Northampton, Mass., Special.-The
city began Sunday a celebration of
the 250th anniversary of the settle
ment of the town of Northampton
with- religious services in its sixteen
churches. The many .guests of the
city include Gov. John L. Bates and
staff, former Secretary of the Navy
John D .Long and S. S. Campion, the
latter representing the city of North
ampton, England.
Double Homicide in Virginia.
Lexington, Va., Special.-Edward Mc
Cormick, a young farmer of Browns
burn. 16 miles from here, Sunday
night shot and -instantly killed John W.
Wade and Arthur Blackwell. The
shooting was the result of bad feeling
that has existed between.the men for
three years. It is asserted that the
dead men had been drinking and way?
laid McCormick and his father on their
way home and stoned them, whereupon
McCormick fired, shooting Wade
through the lungs. McCormick was ar
rested today.
DEATH OF MAJ, LONDON
Well-Known and Popular Citizen bl
Rock Hill Passes to the Great Be
yond.
Rbfck Hill, Speci?i:-Maj?r Jbhri R;
London, one Of Rock Hlll'fs bluest and
bfst beloved citizens, died at his home
cn Chatham avenue on Wednesday
evening shortly after ll o'clock, after
ar Illness extending over a period of
eevferal months. Som? time ago Maj,
pondon b?c?me afflicted-with enlarge
ment of the liver, but though suffering
acut?ly continued in more or less active
life. About three weeks ago he went
to Baltimore to seek relief but was in
terned that nothing could be done.
Returning home, his decline was rapid
until the end:
John R: London was 71 years of age
and a native of North Caroiid?; Going
north ih e?riy manhood, he was in
Boston when the Ci*il war broke out.
Coming home, he offered his services
to the south and was assigned to en
gineering work. The railroad between
Greensboro and Danville was built by
him. He left the service at the end of
the Avar with the rank bf major. Set
tling in this neighborhood in February,
1866, he was from that tim? on closely
Identified with every mov?ment having
Tor its Object the upbuilding and up
lifting of the community. He was one
cC'the first of Rock Hill's mayors.
When the Standard, rtow the Highland
Park, cotton mills were erected about
15 years ago Major London was elected
president of the company* and continued
to hold that office until the mills
changed when the Globe became the
Victoria mills, erected about the same
time, he.was also president, .the two
operations being run under one man
agement. Later when the Globe become
the Victoria he was again made presi
dent, an office he held until the time of
his death.
Major London was married in 1865
io Miss Rhodes of Greensboro, N. C.,
who survives him. Besides his widow,
he leaves three brothers, Frank Lon
don of Atlanta, H. A. and W. L. Lon
don of Pittsboro, N. C., and three sis
ters, Mrs. Horton of Pittsboro, N. C.,
Mrs. Mary C. Jones of Williston, S. C.,
and Mrs. Snowdon bf Jasksonville,
Fla:
The funeral was held Friday after
noon at 5 o'clock from the Episcopal
?hurch, in the building of which he
was largely instrumental and in which
[or 40 years he served with faithful
ness and earnest zeal.
Thirty-One Graduates.
Spartanburg, Special.-The closing
exercises of the Spartanburg Graded
Schools were held in the Converse
street school building last week, at
which lime diplomas were given to
31 graduates, and an address, brief
and suitable to the occasion, was
spoken by/the Rev. W. A. , Rogers, D.
^^Dr.". Rogers- chose j as his^jabject.
H"High?aea?s,'>'''and'.ln. a concis?V^prae^''
tical manner he "told the pupils of the
value of ideals and the importance of
a thorough preparation and equip
ment for life. Diplomas were "deliv
ered by Secretary H. E. Ravenel, of
the board of trustees of the schools,
to the following!.
Olin Hammond, Helen Greenewald,
Viola Ladshaw, Nell Burnett, Dora
Ezell, May Bateman, Rosa Sprott,
Mary Anderson, May Gentry, Mattie
Harney, Lois Nott. Eva Fike, Bessie
Woodward, Charlie Brown, Alexander
Copeland, Geneva Hart,.Francis Tar
boux, Lewell Lynch, May Fostes,
Bertha Rudisail, Lucius Jennings,
Pretto. Halyard, Annie Callahan, John
Lee Hydrick, Yates Smith, Margaret
Cunningham, Gertrude Blowers, Texie
Naney, Ernestine Clark, Sybil Smith,
May Hodges.
Thomas Jenkins Found.
Spartanburg, Special.-Thomas Jen
kins, the white farmer who so mys
teriously disappeared Monday even
ing at Union, was found in an old, un
used bouse, about a mile from that
town. When discovered, he was
crazed from the effects of morphine
or liquor. Jt is thought that it must
have been the former, as some of it
was found on the floor near his head.
He had never used the drug before,
as he does not remember when or how
he got to such an out-of-the-way
place. Jenkins became somewhat
more rational several hours after he
was. found. He was taken by his
friends to his home, on Enoree river,
and the doctors think he will recover
entirely within the next few days,
when possibly the circumstances sur
rounding his disappearance will be
cleared" up.
Accidentally Shot.
Anderson, Special.-By the acciden
tal discharge of a parlor rifle in the
hands of his younger brother last
week, little Ralph Edwards, six : jars
of age, was shot through the head
and fatally wounded. It is not thought
that he will live through the night.
The child is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Edwards, of Monterey, Mexico.
Mrs. Edwards and family are spend
ing the summer here with Mrs. Ed
ward's mother, Mrs. Mary Brown, but
Mr. Edwards is in Mexico. The fam
ily is one of the oldest in the city and
the news of the accident shocked
every one.
First Line Occupied.
London, By Cable.-The Rome corre
spondent of The Daily News tele
graphs: "A Tokio dispatch to Thc
Giornale d'ltalia says that the Japan
ese occupied the first line of the outer
fortifications of Port Arthur after over
coming a feeble resistance.
"The correspondent at Tokio of a
news agency says that four divisions of
Japanese troops have occupied Kwan
Tung heights on which they emplaced
heavy artillery dominating Port Ar
thur.
G. A. R. Service.
Savannah, Ga., Special.-Federal
memorial day was quietly celebrated
by members of the Winfield Scott
Hancock Post G. A. R. There are on
ly forty-two graves of Union soldiers
in the cemeteries of this city. These
were strewn with flowers and decor
ated with flags, but no Axed services
were held.
The Navy Department has been un
able to find the so-called "loBt island
of the Pacific."
Many Armed Men fleing Sent to the
Scene of Hostilities
RUSSIANS BECOMING STRONGER
No Definite Information, However,
Showing That the Russians Are
Ready to Meet the Japanese.
St: 'Petersburg; By Gabl?:-Th? best
? informed circles attach ho- importance
to the reports that Gen. Kuropatkin has
detached a large force from his army
at Liao Yang antf dispatched it south
ward to relieve 'Port Arthur, and it is
distinctly defli?d that Emperor Nich"
olas personally ordered such ? mov?
ment. It cad be authoritatively statdd
that th? Erdpef?r's c?nfideric? in Kd
ropatkin is unshaken and his majesty
is not attempting to interfere with his
plan of campaign. While no such;
army has been dispatched southward,
it is natural that Kuropatkin will do ail:
possible to haras? G?n?r?l ?ku'? re?r.
The railroads have b?e? kept ?p?n as}
far as Vafang?w, 25 miles above Kin.]
Chou, and it is not unlikely, since t?^
Japanese h?ve failed to push through a,
line across the head of the Liao Twig
peninsula, that several thousand Rus-,
sian troops may be sent down the rail
road to impede the Japanese operations
and inflict as much damage ?? possible.^
as these-could be easily withdrawn by ;
railroad if the enemy threatened to cut
the line of communication above. Even
the loss of a few regiments would bev
considered cheap if the Japanese op
erations against Port Arthur were
thsreby retarded for an appreciable'
time. However, it is realized that with"
the Japanese occupation of Port Dalny
and Talien-Wan as bases for landing,'
siege guns, the small force above Kin
Chou could accomplish but little, and it
is now more likely to be withdrawn,
destroying the railroad as it retires'
northward. For strategic purposes
Kuropatkin ' may be trying to
make the Japanese believe thtlt a
movement southward i? contemplated,
in order to divert Kurokis' attention \u
that direction. The impression is be
ing thrown out in certain quarters here ;
that Kuropatkin is about to take the ;
offensive and that an engagement with
Kuroki is imminent. But, so far as
can be ascertained, there is no solid
foundation for this. It is unquestion
able, however, that the railroad ts
pouring troops into Manchuria at the '
rate of almost 2,500 a. day and it will:.
not be -lohg-'at'the"^ present~rate*hefor(^
the Russian commander-in-chief. will',
be at least on equal terms with any -
force the enemy can bring against
him.
The general staff is keeping very
dark about the whereabouts and pur- (
poses of the Cossacks reported to be
working around Kuroki's rear, and the
number of raiders operating in Korea.
Jape Occupy Dalny.
Washington, Special-The Japanese
legation gave out the following dis
patch from the home government al
Tokio, embodying a report from Gen
Oku as follows: "Gen. Oku-, command
ing the army operating against Port
Arthur, reports that our troops occu
pied Dalny on May 30. Over 100 ware
houses and barracks, besides telegraph
offices and railway station were found
uninjured. Over 200 railways cars
are usable, but all small railway
bridges in the neighborhood are de
stroyed. AH dock piers, except the
great pier, which waB sunk, remain
uninjured. Some steam launches were
also fount! sunk at the mouth of the
dock."
Car Strike at Houston.
Houston, Texas, Suecial.-Not a
street car was moved in Houston
Thursday. The company has asked the
mayor for projection and announces
that an attempt will be made tomorrow
to put the system in operation. The
striking union men held meetings to
day at which it was agreed that there
should be absolutely no violence or in
timidation. The company has directed
that the strike-breakers, who have been
in readiness for several days, be at once
dispatched to Houston, and they are ex
pected soon. Arrangements have been
perfected to house and feed the new
men In the car barns.
Tobacco Factory Shuts Down.
Richmond, Special.-The Cameron &
Cameron Tobacco Company shut down
Wednesday, it is announced. The shut
down, however, will throw 150 or more
operatives out of work, it is said, most
of these having already found em
ployment elsewhere in the city. The
legal transfer of the plant will go-into |
effect it is understood, but what dis
posal will be made of it by the Brit
ish American Tobacco Company, its
purchasers, is at present not known. ;
Defalcation In Baltimore.
Baltimore, Special.-Jesse -B. Baker,
a book-keeper, formerly employed by
the National Howard Bank, of this
city, was arrested at his home hero,
charged with embezzlement. He admit
ted that there was a shortage In his ac
counts of between $10,000 and $12,000.
Baker disappeared two weeks ago and
went to St. Louis. He returned*to Bal
timore a few days ago and was ar
rested and turned over to the United
States authorities today. Commissioner
Rogers committed him in default of1
$10,000 bond.
Wage Cut Postponed.
Fall River, Mass., Special.-At a
meeting of local cotton goods manufac
turers it was voted to postpone indefi
nitely the proposed cut of 10 per cent,
in wages of employes. The cut was to
have been made June ll. provided such
action was agreed upon by operators of
2,000,000 spindles. It was stated that
manufacturers representing only 1,
500,000 ppindles had agreed to a wage
curtailment. '
B0AR0 ?F EQUALISATION A
Assessment of Property Shot
Substantial Increase.
\The State boa.. I bf equalization
concluded its labors and bas ??^cir
the assessments upon cotton mill j
erty In this State. The total show
.increase of $3,200,000 over last 3
The increased Income of the Stat
the 5 mill levy will be about $16,0(
.'The total amount of t?xable
property ?s represented hi the as?
ments. of 1903 was *34,557,06(i.
increase is due to the building of
.mills and to the fact that there A
r?ductions at Glifton and Pacolet
y?ar. The board will meet nn the
to audit any complaints;
jVThe report of the committed od
f?n mills was adopted and the fol
"iag assessments made:
/Abb?vill? Co?rity-Abbeville eo
.mills, $533,130.
>v|Uken County-Clear Water, $!
Q?0; Langley Manufacturing compi
$700,000; Aiken, $360,000; Granitev
$$40,000j' W"arren, $505,000.
vj Anderson County--Anderson co
'MWi $750,000; Gbit MartufaCtui
;cpmpa?y; $105,000 j Orr c?ttdd i?
.$400,000] Riverside $110,500; LL
Townsend, $25.000; Corod?ca, $15,(
Tbxaw.ay, $155,000; Conn?r?ss, ?|?5,(
'Gluck mill, $167,800; Pendleton col
rnills, $20,000; Pendleton'Manufac
ing company, $50,000; Belton m
$$30,000; Brogan milld, $167,000; 1
.q??l?, $160,736; Pelzar Manufactui
company, $1,500,0001 Piedmont Ma
.facturing company, $1,280,000; T
lfiimston mills, $200,000.
-j?jfBamberg County-Bamberg cot
Mills, $70,000,
.^ICherokee County^Chcrokee Fi
: Manufacturing company, $250,0
Gaffney Carpet company, $41,840; (
hey Manufacturing company, $729,8
Limestone, $127,000; Vulcanized Fi
company, $7,500;
.'Chester County-Eureka cotton mi
$T50,00O; Springstein mills, $216,6
Wylie mills, $160,00; Monetta, $163,;
.-[Clarendon County-Manning Hosi
indlls, $5,500.
i/$D?rlington County-Darlington M;
ufacturing company, $450,000; Hai
:-rtlle cotton mill, $201,210.
;5g?dg?fleld county-Edgcfleld Mai
facturing company, $125,000.
.^Fairfield County-Fairfield cot?
nails, $188,800.
'.'^Greenville County-Batesville Cot!
2$ill; company, $20,000; Brandon, $2i
140; Fork Shoals, $47,500; Fount
inn,- $50,000; American Spinning co
.piny, $600,000; Carolina mills, $25,01
';$^"W. Poe Manufacturing compai
$625,000; Huguenot mills, ?100,(M
MiIls;Manufacturing company (95 ]
cent."), $359,855; Monaghan, $536,7(
l^oGhee Manufacturing company, $6
MO; Reedy River, $160,985; Uni
Bleaching and F. company, $180,0(
Woodside cotton mills, $80,000; Fran
$??rmills, $50,600; Pelham mills, $17
8.93; Piedmont Manufacturing compa
?^ee?'Anderscn ccunty).
' ^Greenwood County-Ninety-Six ct
jon|&ill, $61,760; Glendale, $350,00
.Greenwood cotton mills, $188,750.
.-^Kershaw County-Camden cott
mills;-? $145,000; DeKalb cotton mil
'Hp?OOO,.
^S^srncaster County-Lancaster cotb
j?glBf|?26,267. .
p'laurens County-Lydia cotton mil
Laurens cotton mills, $525,000; Wat
cotton mills, $155,430; Clinton cott<
.-mills, $172,500.
. Lexington County-Lexington Ma
ufacturing company, $50,000; Middl
burg mills, $S1,200; .Saxe Gotha, $71
ooo. -
Marion County-Maple, $85,000; D
lon cotton mills, $98,300; Hamer, $7i
800; Ashby cotton mills, $30,00; Dille
Hosiery mills (sol?} out and r
moved).
Marlboro Coun ty-Octarora mill
$17,500; Marlboro cotton mills, $76C
400. .
Newberry County-Glen Lowi
Manufacturing company, $500,000; Mi
lahan, $235,000; Newberry cotton mill
$.470,0000.
Oconee County-Courtney Manufai
turing company, $350,000; Seneca co
ton mills, $240,000; Walhalla cottc
mills, $120,000; Cheswell, $140,000.
Orangeburg County-Orange mill
$50,000; Orange Mfg. Co., $200,000.
Pickens County-Easley cotton mill
$345,255 Norris cotton mills, $285,681
Liberty cotton mills, $113,500; Glei
"wood, $207,000; Issaquena, $34,240..
Richland County-Capital City, S100
000-; Columbia Mills company,- $668
000; Granby, $800,000; Olympia, $1,750
000; Palmetto, $56,250; Richland, $450
ooo.
Sumter County-Sumter cotto
mills, $35,000,
?partauuurg County - Arkwrlgr.
mills $210,000; Clifton Mfg. Co., $900
000; Cowpens Mfg. Co., $60,000; Mar
i Louise, $26.600; Drayton, $120,785; Er
oree, $620,000; Tyger millB (10 pe
cent.), $68,500; Fingervllle, $50,000; tb
D. E. Converse Co., $500,000; Victo
Mfg. Co., $437,500; Inman mills (95 pe
cent.), ?$287,650; Blue Ridge Mfg. Co
$96,250; Pelham mills (see Greenville;
$19,110; Pacolet Mfg. Co., $500,000
Beaumont, $100,000; Saxon mills, $294,
000: Spartan mills, $1,300,000; Tuca
pau, $495,650; Whitney, $385,000
Woodruff, $195,000; Apalache, $315,000
Arcadia, $129,115.
Union County-Buffalo Cotton Milli
$300,000; Jonesville Mfg. Co., $150,70?
Aetna cotton mills, $138,750; Lockhar
cotton mills, $563,000; Excelsior knit
ting mills, $149,500; Monarch cotto:
mills, $350,000; Union cotton mills, $1,
089,100.
York County-Bowling Green knit
ting mills, $15,006; Clover cotton mills
8225,000; Fort Mill Mfg. Co., $121,400
M?lfort mill, $61,720;. Arcade cottoi
mills, (90 per cent), $120,805; Highlam
Park Mfg. Co., $187,500; Manchaste
cotton mills, $231.325; Victoria, $72,
000; Tavora, $50.000; York (65 pe
cent), $172,500; Chicora, $60,000; Few
ell waste mills, $2,500.
OIL MILLS ASSESSED.
The assessment made on oil milli
last year was adopted for' this yeal
with the following changes:
Aiken Industrial company, $31,200, 6(
per cent. $39,000.
South Carolina Cotton Oil companj
at Greenville, $48,200.
Southern Cotton Oil company at
Greenville, $9,680.
Dillon Oil company (burned), $5.400.
Cowpens Cotton Oil company, $20,
000, 60 per cent. $12,000, rebuilt.
Rich Hill, $18,000, 60 per cent. $10,
800, capital increased.
NEW MILLS ASSESSED.
Cotton Oil company, Denmark, $22,
00O: 60 per cent $12,000.
Broadway Oil company, Belton, $22,
000; $13,200.
Cllarendon Oil company, St. Paul,
$16,000; $9,600.
Independent Cotton Oil company,
Timraonsville, $11,000; $6,600.
1 Tlmmonsville Oil mill, $29,000; *17,
400.
Cameron Oil company, $20,000; $12,
000.
Rowesville, $20,000; $12,000.
Wilkinsvllle, $15,000; $9,000.
Prosperity, $20,000; $12,000.
Walierboro Oil company, $25,000;
$15,000.
Goldville OH company, $12,000; $7,
200.
Seaboard OU company, $8B/KK>; $18,
200,
Townvillo Oil company, $16,000; $9,
6(Kh . .
Lee County Manufacturing com
pany; $25,000; c??5,000\
Westminster, $20,000? #12,000.
.Fort Motte, $20,00(ri $12,00d;
DonriaJds Cottori Oil company/ $15,
000; $S,U00'; . . . , '
Jonesville, $20',?60; St?,00&-.
Williamsburg, $30,000; $18,004,
Pauline Cotton Oil company, $20,000;
$12,000.
FERTILIZER PLANTS.
The assessments on fertilizer fac
tories' w?re not changed, the following
report having been adopted;
We recommend that all assessments
stand same as last y#ar", While we
And many of the assessments reduced
we see no reason for same, as we have
no information at our command to
warrant same:
Anderson Fertilzer company; Ander
son county, $60,000.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical corn
Virgin ia-Carolina Chemical com?
pany. Beaufort county, $105,000.
Ashepoo Fertilizer company, Charles
ton county, $78,000.
Etiwan Fertilzer company, Charles
ton county, $45,120.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany (Atlantic works), Charleston
county, S118.20O)'
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany (Berkeley works), Charleston
county, $56.868.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany (Imp trill works), Charleston
couriy, $110,9K.
Virginia-C:.rolina Chemical com
pany (Standard works), Charleston
county. $180 S'd.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany (Stono works), Charleston coun
ty, $122,235.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany (Wando works), Charleston coun
ty, $61,488.
Read" Phosphate company, Charles
ton county, $32,649.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany. Cherokee county, $32,982.
Georgia Chemical works, Colleto/i
Wunty, $li,4?l.
v?rgima-caronna unemicai com
pany, Dorchester county, $54,000.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany, Greenville county, $80,955.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical com
pany, Richland county, $75,000.
F. S. Royster Guano company, Rich
land county, $45,180.
Spartanburg Fertilizer company,
Spartanburg county, $70,000.
Total, $1,553,47. ' -
NEWSY GLEANINGS. '
Many persons were hurt in a riot be
tween whites and negroes hi Philadel
ph ia.
The New York City Mothers' Club
amended its constitution to admit men
to associate membership.
. The Ottoman Goj-erinnent proposes
to award contracts for the work upon
the continuafion of the Hedjaz Rail
road.
Marconi will establish a daily news
service to Hie Cunard liners, /whereby
a dajly newspaper will be published
while eil voyage.
:., After a. hattie .lastingseleven .hours
*beV3rltfshi:- expelled - the.; -TlbeMi
from a village near their camp, the na
fives losing heavily.
The report of Health Commissioner
Lewis to Governor Odell tells of the
*oss of millions of dollars to the State
through preventable diseases.
One young woman was seriously
hurt and several persons injured in
tho collapse of a building in East
Eighth street. New York City.
Demonstra I ?ons were made in the
Ita lian Chamber of Deputies on the in
terpellit I lon .of thc rtovpi-nnient as to
lim Loubet visit and the Vatican pro
test.
Joseph B.-iftell, of Middlebury, Vt.,
has bought Ellen Mountain, which
rises 4000 feet above tho town of
Warren, Vt., rfhd proposes to convert
lt into a public park.
The Presbyterian General Assembly
passed a resolution enjoining Presby
terian ministers from marrying di
vorced persons, whose remarriage is
forbidden hy members of the inter
church conference.
Rev. Fr. John Bernard Delaney,
chancellor of the Catholic diocese of
Manchester. N. H., and secretary of
the la o- Bishop Deni- N. Bradley, has
just heard from Rome that he baa
been chosen Mr, Bradley's successor.
LABOR WO! LD.
The coal strike in the Southern Col
orado field bas been settled.
Thc lowest wages for granite cutters
in Butte City, Maniana, is SQ a day.
Four hundred freight i^ndlers of the
Fall River Line were replaced by
Italians.
There is no change in the strike
situation in the glove factories in
Gloversville, N. Y.
All deparlments of the American
Car and Foundry Rolling Mill at
Bloomsburg resumed work.
Several postal clerks' unions have
boen chartered by tho A. F. of L., and
now it is proposed to form a national
union.
The Manchester and Birmingham,
England, Municipal Councils have de
cided to open registry offices for the
unemployed.
The long slrike of plumbers and
steamfitters was settled at Detroit, a
two-year agreement being signed by
thc employers.
The Order of Railroad Telegraphers
?will celebrate its eighteenth anniver
sary, having been organized'at Cedar
Rapids, Ia., in ISSU
Refused an increase of five cents
an hour and a Saturday half-holiday
during the summer, 500 machinists
went on strike in Chicago.
Free employaient bureaus are in suc
cessful operation in thirteen States in
this country. Eight foreign countries
also have the same measure. .
International Typographical Union
Organizer John E. McLoughlin reports
that local No. 424 ha's enrolled -every
journeyman printer within its juris
diction.
A law has been approved in Spain
making Sunday a day of rest. Manual
labor is prohibited. Work on Sunday
will he permitted only when absolutely
necessary.
Shot Fox From Window.
S. T. Smith of Keene, N. H., shot a
fox th-? other morning under rather1
queer circumstances. Mr. Smith, who
is a man more than 6^, was just get
ing up and, loo!-'ng out of the window
of his house on Wilber street, saw a
fox on a rock in a path on Beach hill.
He quickly got a rifle and fired, fixing
the sights at 530 yards. The fox
jumped and, running a few yards, fell.
Upon examination it was found that
the ball had gone straight through the
shoulder.
Schoolboy Floggings Rankled.
Uriah Utter, an old citizen of Am
ity, has just purchased the ancient
schoolhouse in which he obtained his
education, says a dispatch from Gosh
en, N- Y. As soon as he got posses
sion of it he set men to work tearing
it down and destroying the. material
otlt of revenge for some of the whip
pings which he received beneath its
roof.
Mr. Utter says the punishment he
received m his schooldays sixty, years.
ago was un Jost, and through all his';
life he has held bitter feelings against:
the teacher who administered the
thrashings and'has also regarded the
old school building as his enemy.
Peat Fuel by Electricity.
Another process for the manufac
ture of peat coal, which, according to
its promoters; threatens to revolu
tionize the world's coal trade, has ap
peared. The peat is first subjected to
a process of dehydration by beating
fans, and is then disintegrated elec
trically, without loss of any of the
valuable properties which it possesses.
It is then molded and pressed, and is
ready for use. According to the re-i
port, the actual cost of producing one
'ton of peat is $1.25, and the product is
said to be equal in every respect to
Welsh steam coal, costing over $4 at
the pit's mouth.
Farrand
Organs
The Bese in the world. The
Factory does three quarters
of a million dollars worth of
business a year.
Quality considered they are
td? CHEAPEST ORGANS
made. Over fifty now .in
stock. Terms accommodat
ing. Write me before buying
elsewhere. Other magnifi
cent organs in appearance
at Forty-Five Dollars, with
stool and box. Freight paid
J. A. Holland
NINETY SIX, S. C.
THIS SPACE IS TAKEN BY
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COMPANY,
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?W. F. SAMPLE of Saluda County and
H. H. SCOTT, JR., of Edgerield County.are with us
and want to see you.
Am getting up a car of McCormick
Towers, with Reaping attachments, for
the coming grain harvest. Also McCor
mick Binders. Write postal card at once,
if interested.
E. J, NORRIS.
W. J. Rutherford & Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
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AND DEALER IN
Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay,
Ready Roc*.vig and other Material.
Write Us Eor Prices.
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Augusta,
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Wagons
ITURTsTITTJHE.
Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies
just received. Our stock of furniture and house furnishing?
is complete. A Large stock.
COFFINS and CASKETS.
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.
O XCO. r\ COBB
Johnston, South Carolina.