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VOL. 71.
EDG?f IELD, S, C., W?DN?SDA?, JULY 25, 3*906,
:THE NATIONAL BANK J
: jf AUGUSTA, G?.
? L. C. I&LYNE, President.
F?ANK G. FORD, Cashier. %
CAPITAL.: .$250,000 '
Surplus and Profits. 150,000
We ?hall be pleased to har? ynu opon an ?ceo***
with thli Bant. Cu-toiticrsand coi res; o;-.d-na a*
sured of ererr courtetT o?J nccnir.m^lBtloa po?*- .
bio under conservative, modr rc Banking mei hod*. M*
?K-r-i-Vi-S-rl il 111 ? H E111111 H*?
?3SrO';'36;'
!9 KILLED IN WRECK
rnghtr'ul Collision ow Seaboard
Near Hamlet, N. C.
[ORDERS WEM NOT DELIVERED
[Seaboard : Air Line Passenger -Train
No. 44 and aa'Estra Freight Train
.Come Together Witt - an Awful
Crash in a Deep Cut One Mile From
Hamlet. ; '. ?
J. Hamid, N. C. Spet?al.^Twenty br
lore .were: killed ami twenty-three
jadly injured iu a head-on collision3
fe tween a Seaboard Air Linc Phssen
?r train 'anil' ah extra freight one
yUe from li ere Sunday night.. Nea rly
11 those killed were colored passen
;eriiJ \M fa i-i. \. h
The' kuowif dead*arc:
Engineer F. B. .Lewis, of the pas
?uger train. \\.-*? j\ j *\- [?
H. S. Byrd, Baggage master. ?
Fireman^ Tom Hill? colored,, of, the.
;assmige??trahu
Keg^o .fireman narie? unknown; Di
llie freight,
.Probably' 25 others unidcntinudv
Railroad men, citizens and Hie pas
sengers who escaped injury, are work
ing heroically 'io recover the dead
nhl injured' imprisoned in the Xweck
ige. '.--'".?'..*' ,c " .'.
Both the secqndi and..".first, class,
baches were overturned.and it is sad
ly agumented before the -work of the
[yseners is completed.
The rescuers can soo a; number of
fully J^iefrchr? Fortnuatefj? f~Wq
amps in thc coaches Were wttulguisli
d iu tho crash and lite was uot ad
ca to "the honor of thc ea'taitrophe.
Ui'hus far the list of-the-seriously
injured reaches tweuty-three-five
white and eighteen colored. Others
may be imprisoned iu thc overturned
coaches. . . ; - , . ;
The engiuecr and fireman of the
freight train jumped and./ escaped
with a few .bruises. The coach for
colored people was^complelely demol
ished and nearly everyone in it met
death.. Both locomotives were demol
ished and the baggage cars.and coach
.es jumblj^l.JogViher. iir^afe-. uirsigb$x:
mass, ^Tfic'?fracks', are fHle$hi?h wftlvf
wreck?^ W M. hc^lockei? gr*
hour*.
??r?^reck,>*ic?cc?rrcd "^abcat- -7 ?IO
?31
-sp
Tate of forty miies au hour. With
out vgarnius the? frei^hI, an extra fruit
?^.r^ii|ry^t^bon?d,'; ?lashe^^?uid?'tb^
^iT?i?iiidhe: tt?e.p"?ut (m?^mil?^ros*.
t?bniler, and the two trains came"to
gether with an,.awful crash and roar.
Eii^ifl?ov Lewis'* a m? hi? fivemmr- v&re
instantly killed and death was almost
as swift to the passengers-"!n-M he' col*
Wed coach. Thc desi ruction AVUS eom
- p''etc'and rendered more 'horrible by
the cries and groans of the dying.
The dead and injured will bc con
veyed tq f?u4k\iigliai)ir ?s->??t)Uj 5?S ;a
special 'can' he mai? up and the* track
Hemed sufficiently. Messages haA'e
"heen sent io c'verv'physician in Ham
let and Eockingham,. as AVCII as in
tho county. .
It is impossible at.;thi?rtime?tq. as-J;
certain the ?iame?T 'of tne^?lKa?d r
.injured oAving to thc .confusion iuei
?onl to (ho catastrophe Not all the
cTcad; have been identified, but if i's
sMM that the list will.reach 20. The
"Vhicf dispatcher of the Seaboard ai
Haleigh has ordered IS coffins from
. the ..undertaker at Rockingham.
I ,vFhe blame-^for thc Avrock fias, nat l
'T&?CA "The :pt?n|:ei^fi^ni,*
il is said, had tip orders lo .meet the
freight, and it is the presumption that
. I he freight overlooked its orders. Oge
report ascribes tlic*cause ol* thc wreck
.to have been a lap order, stating that
the passenger train had orders to meet
the freight at Hamlet, . Avhilc ; the
. freight's orders were to meet the. ?las
ecnger train at Ro?kingbamU j)a
WHAT'S IN THE;NAME.
The Social Reformer-i-Is"your moth
er at home, little" girl ?'
The Little Girl-N-o-o-w. Muvver's
gone ter fight annuver Hdy.^-iiondoh
Sketch. .
Aetna
F?re?
Ph?nix,
Mutual Bene?it, Li
Fidelttj?a Ca??ialtj
Title Guaranty &-J
^^^Am?^fcairEv? St?l
pany,
e an
CZAR TAKES HIS STAND
Tfo.ops ^e ?Being.. Massed at Great
Centers-Bevoltxtionists Alf* Ala*
Prepared For Emergency ..
. St, Petersburg? - By Cable?-An
. imperial ukase has -b?e? ' promulgate
"ed " dissolving parliament Hud 'fixing
the time for'th?' convocation Ol , th?
tiewly elected assembly as March 5,
1907, j I
A second ukase placee Sh Pt?t?rs?.
burg iu-a'st?te- df'extraordinary se
curity hythe deeiftratibn^'of 'a -'niiiior
lorni of. martial law.. ...;>
Alarie part of the. profil?e : ?f
Kiey, where, aimed; Uprisings .?re an
ticipated in consef|ucnce-of-the disso
lution of, parliaineiltj. h?s "been placr
ed under martial law. The conditions,
for the new elections will bc. publish1
,ed later.
?j .fb? emperor, JdKe&?ag??' by bis
failure to form a coalition ministry
and- the distinctly vevoiuiiouary paths
which parliament has chosen, has ap
parently been persuaded tb risk ; ?
final -appeal from, Mi-li?m?at tu th?
people, or in other words, to dissolve
paliament-and- --order" new ' "?lections:
On the basis of universal.suj?li?gt?. .
^ Thursday the imperial ukase caus
ing, the, dissolution of pafliamcilt was
signed, and. j$a? ?rifort?d f???y at ft:
fin?)j hiomenious conference ou th?
subject held at Peterhofj 'Ex??tij
who was present tannot.fac le?rtied,
but it is understood that the grand
dukes, Gen.-Trepoff ?nd'bther officials
iiud onc'Or bvo'mihist?r? wel? ?t tUe
palace* . ...- . . ,
Evidently the government is not
blind te-the fact that thfi-^iB?i?ti??
fef- parl?afelelU witt be^ccejgpa'uied by
Iremend?us excitement, riots and
bloodshed, if nothing worse. Troops
arc being massed afc St. Petersburg,
Moscow and other centres, prepared
to apply physical force and in Addi
tion lo the guard regiments, which
ivere hurriedly marched into the eapi1
tal Thursday night* the entire Twen
ty-third division of iufautry arrived
here Saturday from Pskov. This
imposing military array is expected
to''overawe the''masses: The Social
ists and Hie Group of Toil in parlia
ment haye? prepare^ for au emergen
CI" Jr^^^S^^ address fer] !*.
suancc to the country the m?meiit jthc
dissolution W?s. ueclare;.L"r_j ..'
Bloodshed on a large scale with' a
dictatorship in fhe^aekgronnd is cori
sidercd to-*1)cr the inevitable sequel of
the dissohn'ion of parliament, but ?the
sup^orti?.r.s of a dissolutiondaim that
till . eroppi or :-mttst Jfofe t??" risk. ' a r
frutSg.3'?iat ue^-eleiCti?ns."ianay give
diff?rent results and, in any eTfcnt,
tl;at it,is .better (o fight than to :ab
3&ijy\ium:ndj&i- tb tUw^xevolutionary
parliament.
s?Mis "Yerin :.lef!. formel- minister of
aunad i ure and leader of the Con
smative-Ccudrists hi- tbc: lower house,
who several weeks ago vainly tried
to form a coalition ministry, iii con
ve?sutioU::.\vitli\thc"??orrespoiidetlt; nf
the' Associated Pres3''declared t hat ?thc
situatiou was externiely critical. ?He
was without-hope tlmt a conflict-could,
bc .avoided. [? ,; \
''The st nation is so complicate]:!,""
he.^saic?"'*'Huit it is impossible ?for'
??.y^man to predict the course of j fu
ture events, but I feel safe in. predict
ing two things: "first, .that Russia'
will como to a constitutional basis;
second, that there will, bc. iio. .great
revolutionary cataclycistu in thc sense
thal foi cigncrs anticipatc.j '
g Lig"h|ning^ Strikes, ^jjjsl? I"
^cS't?n#Ncc??^c?^M#e H^pot
and warehouse at Speed station,; on
I he Norfolk & Carolina railroad, .was |
struck.^ lightning and entirely I de
stroyed. Av considerable quantity of
goods'was, burned. The station; a?ent
fest his tnink and clothes. The ?loss
lo the railroad company is estimated
at .^3,000. The thunder storm passed
&ver\the entire region throughout land
lasted several hours. Mr. Newliji, a
farmer living a mile or two from town
bad-a valuable cow and calf killed by
lightning ?b?iit the same hour of. tli?
burning at Speed. .
itnssia lins eighty-six*""general ?lioli
-d?y.s ip a J"?*!. , . _ j
i fltj
-mst"?o.v Bond?.
3k I?s?rr?ce Cot?n
?'Mule ins.
pught & Sold?
ri?, Agi
Occurrences of Interest From
All Over South Carolin^
MANY ITEMS OF STAT! NEWS
A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range-What is Going
OH iii Dur State.
General Golton Market;
Galveston, Ililli: ; ; J * * .. ? ? . . . ??
New Orleans, easy; ; ; ;."ll
Mobile, quiet.; .: :::..10 3-4
Savannah, steady. : : : :: .: ..10 3-4
Wilmington; Steady.i ;. ..10 3-4
'Norfolk.' steady'. : .V : : ': : . .11 1-4
Baltimore, nominal . : ;: : ; ll 1-4
New York, quiet.? ii ii ii . . ..ll
Boston, quiet.. .. :. :: . : . . ...U
Philadelphia, quiet. : : : : : : .11 1-4
Houston, steady., s J I.I u ?< ....ll
Augusta, teady.. ... : ... ...ll 1-3
Memphis.- quiet, and .dominai. .10 7-8
St. Louis, steady:: :: .' : . . -H
Louisville, tirrii i, ? ; ; ?.. ?.. ? ll 1-S
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These .prices represent the prices
paid to wagons: -
Good middling.11.40
Strict middling.11.40
Middling. .,., .:. ::::.::: ...11.40
Good ' middiiiig\' liiiged M U .... .11
Stains._...9(a?10
Mi. ?i S. Smitil ?ppe?is fc? Growers
? To Hold.
Mr. ?: ?; Smith: president of the
State Wandi of the Southeru Cotton
Association has issued thc following
statement":
U?? iicc?uut bf i?y sickhesri. "i have
been unable to keep in touch with
the people of the State through the
press. I'do not Avant anyone lo im
agine that the work of the associa
tion has in anywise lessened.
"I take this opportunity lo call lite
attention of all the associations lr?
the fact that from every State in the
Union-there. conics reliable* iiiform?:
tion of hi?tevial crop damage. There
seems to be little prospect of a crop
exceeding 11,000,000 bales. The
world ?ousumed last year 12,500,000
bales; -1 he cpusv.mptlbirili.ia year will
probably reaoh 12,750,000 bales.
Therefore, not only tor the remainder
of this year, there will be practically
no cotton in stock. If there ever wss
a tim? when the So?lli?hi Cotton As
sociation, as an organization, could
demonstrate its power, that time has
arrived, j A -strenuous' effort-'should
he - made lo keep the cotton from the
market?during the months pf Septem
ber, October and November, Tor this
is the time when the mill men lay
in their supplies at the lowest possi
ble price. Because they recognise thal
this is debt paying time, and that the
small farmer, Hie man who needs the
help and who needs every cent (lint
his cotton can bc made to bring, that
this is the lime he will bc forced
to part with his crop.
"The Southern Cotton Association
.should bend every effort this Septem
ber as soon as Hid cotton begins to
collie lo the market, lo usc ils organ
ized -authority- to keep every bale pos
sible off of the market.
"Year before last we began the
year with . considerable stock carried
over from the enormous 14,000,000
crop. This year we will begin the
colton year of .1906 and 1907, with
practically no old cotton on hand,
and willi the world demanding more
colton Ihan thc new colton eau sup
ply. ' - .
"Therefore, 1 call every associa
tion in the county, in the Slate, to
meet at once and devise .ways and
means by which in every county and
township they can make arrangements
to keep thc cotton off thc market clur
ing Hie first of the colton season hy
all means available.
"Thc prospect in South Carolina,
as..I know ftoni personal observation,
is the .poorest for 10 years.
"Thc country is being flooded with
poor literature; every ingenuity
known to the opposition is being used
to depress the price of cotton.
"Eternal vigilance is the price of
all success, and simply because we
have succeeded in gaining and main
taining such a hue. price for cotton,
let no man imagine that the opposi
tion has weakened its force at all,
but fighting more vigilantly than ever
before..
"To.show you the .tremendous pow
er of the association, for thc firs!
time in thc history of cotton, cot
ton that is chalk and paper cotton
which heretofore has controlled the
price of spot cotton was 100 points
lower'in New York than the spot col
ton was in Columbia, S. .C. Which
means that Hie gamblers and specula
tors could run paper and chalk up
and down to suit their laney. But for
one time in the history of thc colton
grower lie did not allow the spot cot
ton to be influenced by any snell gamb
ling gymnastics.
"My health is steadily improving,
und I shall be glad to address mass
meetings during the month of Au
gust iu South Carolina.
"Let every association be wide
awake, up and doing; for the greatest
part of our existence is now in our
hands."
Salary of Mayor.
Anderson, Special.-Au election
will be held on the-13th of August
at the same time with the regular
municipal election on the question of
increasing the mayor's salary from
$400. lp $1,200. The mayor*of thu
city 'js; inadequately paid, and it is
probable that the increase will bc
authorized by the rolers, unless sonj
unexpected cou! ingeney
l'anse a part nf the vl^
nose il, -
DN THE STATE CAMPAIGN
Now and Then a Bit of Life is Inject
ed Into the Speaking of the Can
didates:
The Conway Meeting;
Conway, Special.--Th? campign
party arrived herc Fr-l^jj .Coming
i?y way of Chadbourn. >*? C. The
2'artdidates were tired; i ?rowd not
large ?uc? thc 6'peeCh?s ones with
which thc public is airead;: familiar.
McMahan talked education and the
rest ?l thc wb'uic?be governors did
likewise. Nothing sensational occur
red.
Candidates in Darlington.
Darlington, Special:-The State
.^tmpaigii party spoke herc in the
:ourt house, willi ilUt tiWr'c than 200
rotors present and lhere was a small
er dumber Wh?ii i he candidates for
Cove ruo v and attonvy geiieral con
..hulcfl: A few ladies were present
lev a srhort while: .
A? o? tlie candidates We're1 given
i good reception. Each gubernatorial
aspirant was heard attentively and
acli brie closed amid applause. Mr.
Manning being ilic only one w'titi was
rrepted with applause; Messrs. Lyon
liid Ragsdal? Were heard with much
liierest. Bbtil were' applauded; some
iries of "Hurrah fbi- Lyon" being
leard while. he was speaking.
The sfiee?h?s rhade by the candi
la tes for governor were well pitt and
how how many sides there arc to a
?uestibri:
Youl' correspondent ci:il riot hear
lieutenant Gov. Sloan, th? first speak
ir, .and. heard only .a part of Mr. Ali
ens speech;. Mr:, Ansel, spoke clear
ys and forcibly and was direct iii Stat
ng his position. He presented him
elf, his claims. The people are thc
ousters, we' are the people's servants.
?Mr.C ole L. Blease, -who followed.
vas most exploit in stating his plat
'ortfi. which platform ho Supported
n a strong speech, which Was Well cle
ifered: He. wa? ilo ?oat-taii swing
er; ti tx t stood iiotv ?s H ref orille I* ?ven
ts he did in 1890. Would beg-no man
or help and had no political boss.
Jr. Blease was heard with interest;
eade itu. impreSsio.it. iipoii Iii.?? audi
nee, and closed with applause.
Mr. J. E. Brunson made decidedly
, good speech and received his share
if applause. He characterized "the
lispeilsary a? llio greatest of hell's
yuicies" and this question was tue
nly difference of opinion among thc ,
andidates. He caused laughter , by
?is- picture of -the candidates'Hay^ig1"
? patch up a worn out boiler, naro
ng his Workmen to whom were as
igned parts in this work. He said
f "church privileges" were graiit
d by the board of control praper
nestings would bc largely attended,
"here would be no delinquents among
hurcli memberships theil j State* fov
igii and home missions would have"
urplus funds ailcl all would go oh
ash. He pictured Mr. Manning ?s
leaeon. serving members oil the" ,
TOIHK?S iidj?ceilt not ??pWecl iii. th?
wilding and "finally ail would go
o hell, including thc deacon with the
rhitc apron.
Mr. A. C. Jones spoke earnestly
uti to the point. He objects to State
muse lobbyists as a nuisance and
arcaslieally and effectively scored
Senator -Tillman, the plain inference
leing tliat he considered this indi
idual what your correspondent would
erm a "field lobbyists." Referring
o the members of thc general assem
bly whom Tillman has hopelessly and
eleniiessly doomed to political anni
ilation by his latest edit. Mr. Jones
rants to frame their pictures and
?reserve their names as an heritage
or his children. He scored "dispeu
ary politicians " as a special varie
y of thc breed. "They tell 'things'
?i his own county on Mr. Ansel,*'
aid Mr. Jones. One of these 'things'
cf erred to a $20 reward to find where
ir. Ansel stood poltically and thc
ther 'thing' was that he was bow
?gged because he straddled the polit
?al fence so much, with his ear to
he ground between whiles." Mr.
tlease, he said, was the only consist
?t dispeusaryite in the race and yet
e beat Mr. Blease n his own county
n this question last year. Mr. Brun
Mi, like Mr. Ansel, had changed his
olitical views, turning prohibitionists
s take away a vote from Mr. Jones.
Ir. Jones then made the statement .
hat Mr. Manning would not be in
lie race were it not for the Raysor
launing bill, and Mr. Manning at
lite arose and rather warmly cor
seted this. Mr. Jones believed it,
e stated, and then referred" to Mr.
?dwards' grievance against the
outhern railway and to the fact that
IcMahan, not satisfied with the dis
ensary, actually wants the Stale to
0 into other lines of business
Mr. Manning was next introduced,
nd eair-f forward amid rounds of ap
lauso. After introductory remarks
s slated that he advocated no new
ystem of laws. New conditions made
hanges necessary from lime to lime,
lo wanted business principles ap
!ed to every State and county office
1 South Carolina, and this should
c the rule. He favored the confin
ed proper maintenance of our com
jon schools and higher educational
islilutions. He regretted that the
ispensary was a burning question,
ul it is. He discussed this clearly
nd forcbly, slating his views for
liuimizing and redueng evils. He
?uki not, as an honest man, as a cit
'cn of South Carolina, and as a
?.ther of boys-he could not afford
j be otherwise than be true to his
evictions. May not be on the pop
lar side, may be wrong-or may be
ight.-but must give his honest views
>r all to understand Mr. Manning's
hrch was a-r.'eav. dispassionate, forc
m exposition of his views, and he
Is heard most ntrentively, eonehid- :
? willi lih?rfll Applause,
i
?OUTil CAROLINA CROPS
Condition of. South Carolin* Cr???
for Week Ending Monday, July l?,
1906; aa Given Out hy the Do
paftm?fit;
Lik?f the preceding week,- the ; cur
rent on? ftas d?fieieufc in sunshine.
Few thunderstorms ?nd rid high wind's
occurred. Both t?i?' average tempera
ture and the average precipitation
were below normal, although exces
sive precipita tibii oceufr?d in the ex
;reme{inorthwestern, southern and
joast sections.
. The temperature range for the week
.vas frpm a minimum 6'f Ol degrees
at Grenville on the 10th to a maxi
num o? 94 degrees at Conway on the
)th. With the exception of one day
.vhen maximum tcmpprnlures of 00
legrees&or abor?,- were iJotftl over
;jraelicjl?y thc w'h??e Sl?i?/ the range
rf the/?maxinjuW temp?ratures was
'rom b%-to 70 degrees,- cxcq>t in the
;asterrr3>ortio'us Svhcrc the range was
:'rom;;7$i to 77 degrees.
Thei^recipitation wa? generally be
ow n^ial, although frequent light
jhoweri^.?ccurred * over the entire
State^d k?pi the soil amply sup
plied jwth moisture, w?ih? ?h? exces
?ive cloudiness, and low temperatures
prevehiSd the ground from drying
mt rapMly. Small streams overflow
ed thei?h??ks iii fl few localities, but
the lah^r rivers have maintained
their sf?g?s only .slightly ?bov? their
iorm?i$?lge' i-eadiiigs;
M-;Tb? ?az Assessni??it*j
??i?'-State hoard of equalization
friday -Idjourned to iii?et pgarn at the
zall orfjjte chairman',- Mr. R. G. Hill
>f Uliisb.' At the next meeting the
matter |of assessments on jeal estate
viii be Considered.
Prbb?hly as many.as ten auditors
lave ?o%j? m?d the, ir abstracts, to
,he comptroller general, ?i?d ?#? that
reason the matter of assessments oii
real estate could not be considered.
Thc auditors are not to blame, for
:he chairman of tho hoard wired to
?ach d?liri.qttent and found that there
?vas a r?lid ?x?ds? in each case.
T??.ti:';?e'sessmeiits o? t'?ttdll mills,
C?rtii?ze?-fii?rjlS anti c'ottt?n seed oil
aiills. w?r'e adopted ujioil.ll?e f?pprts
if the ^respective committees. The
commi?l$e? which reported Oil the
calu??oji tif tb?'?? . lhartufac'turing
properties:jv?i;? ?ls' follows:
C?tt?ri^MilIs:. A. Zimmerman', Oeo
nee>./jj?P. -Derham, Horry; Monis
Tsra?l/^harleston; W; H. Murphy,
Sp?jt^j^rgj H. H. F?'lk; Newberry;
.L??f??y,v Aiken ;. J. St. Claire
WJiif?^erkeley ; J.. F. CoXjJAndeiv
Tohnsoii, York; J. A. Meetz, Rich
land: J. J. Lane, Marlboro ;-R. M.
Cleveland, Greenville.
Fertilizer Plants: E. W. Cannon,
Darlington : W. .J. Cunningham, Lan
caster; A. J. Riehbourg. Clarendon;
R. A, Cochran, Edgefield ; S. M. Ga
vin, Dorchester; J. Berg. Beaufort. N.
S. McLeod; L?e; ft. M. Clrtfly, Orange
burg; & D. Gltess, Samberg; J. J.
Griffin, Barnwell:
Cotton" Seed Oil Mills: J. ll. Mc
Kenzie; f?amptbil; if. J. McLaurin,
Sumter; M. Lipscomb, Cherokee; J.
M. Sowell, Kershaw; B. G. Price;
Alex. McTaggart, Florence; L. S.
Erich, Georgetown; Thomas L. Tray
lor, Fairfield: J. W. Alton Green
wood; R. P. Adair. Laurens; H. C.
Cronan, Saluda; F. H. Hendrix, Lex
ington; C. C. Fricks, Pickens; J. E.
Lomax, Abbeville; D. M. Ballcntinc,
Chesterfield.
The assessments on fertilizer planlr
were increased from $3,074,548 to $3,
337,77^5, or an increase of $750,000.
The cotton seed oii mills were in
creased from $2,701,430 to $3,02(),S34,
an increase of $235,398, principally iu
new business enterprises.
The cotton mills show an increase
of nearly 10 per cent., from $41,507.
294 to $46,137,1)99. The new concerns
put on the tax books this year are
Jackson mills, $20,300; Ailing and
Green Knitting mills, $5,000; Royal
Bay and Yarn company, $331,000;
Globe Manufacturing company, $40,
000; Westminster Knitting mills,
$15,000;American Press Cloth Com
pany, $19,590; Jordan Manufacturing
company, $25,000; Neely Manufactur
ing company, $60,000.
Pressing Pardon Petitions.
Governor Heyward, who has just
returned from Virginia, finds some
pressing pardon petitions on his
hands, tliere being half a dozen hang
ings booked for early August. He
has issued a call for a special meet
ing of the pardon board to be held
August 1st. The attorneys for Bob
Smalls, the North Carolina white man
sentenced lo hang August 3rd, have
been granted-a date for a hearin<r be
fore the Governor July 24. The par
done board has already passed ad
versely upon this case.
Bank of Maysville Closed hy Exami
ner.
Maysville, Special.-State Bank
Examiner Holleman closed llie doors
of thc Bank ol' Mayes ville Saturday
night pending an examination into its
affairs.' It is not thought that there
is any shortage, simply clerical errors
in the account and probably a too
lenient hand in lending out bank
fuuds. It is hoped that the bank will
soon be able to reopen its doors.
News Items.
Fighting is reported to have broken
out between Salvadorean and Guate
malan troops on the border between
the two republics, Hie later being re
pulsed.
Ex-Judge Hargis and ex-Sheriff
Callahan, on trial for the murder of
Attorney Marcum in Kentucky, testi
fied in their own behalf, hut Callahan
suffered severf-ly under c-vnss-ex.'iniinn
t ion,
lives Snuff ed Out By Sudden
explosion
BODIES TERRIBLY MUTILATED
Explosion ia the Dixon Mine in West
Virginia Results Fatally to Five and
Two Others May Die-Bodies Hor
ribly Mutilated* " '
Byefield'/ W.- Va., Special,-As a
result of ail explosion in the Dixon
mine at Huger, in the en'st end of
tile Tug river field, at 8 o'clock
Thursday night; Wallace Mitchell
and four miners, Ernest Hone*, Pal
mer Harris and Robert Harris, broth
ers, and John Gilmore are dead, and
Bill Cr?ltse ?and Langdon Whiteside
will die from burns and shock.
Thc men wete going oir duly for
thc night and had started down the
shaft itt a bucket. They had gone
about half way down when the ex
plosion occurred. The first five men
damed were blown out of the bucket
and down td the bottom of the shaft,
where they were later picked up
Their bodies were crushed almost to
a pulp. The explosion was caused
by th? mau having a gasoline lamp
in the bucket, while descending thc
light igniting an accumulation of gas.
The s'?fety lamps are ordinarly used
in entering and it not known why
the mou1 carried the gasoline lamp.
Peace Treaty Signed/
San ??a4) Guatemala, By Cable.
A treaty of peace between Guatemala,
Salvador and Honduras was signed on
board the tut?W? States cruiser Mar
blehead on thc high sCIiS,
The News in Washington.
Washington, Special.-The State
Department was advised of thc signing
of i ile I t eni y of peace by the repre
sentatives of tho belligerent republics
?boari? lile' ?tarblehearL A cablegram
was received fVotii Mr, Merry, the
American minister to Salvador/Costa
Rica, and Nicaragua", announcing that
? treaty of peace had been sigued on
board the America"!! Warship*
Killed By His tfnc?e.
Columbia., Speele.-By an acciden
tal ' dis?harg? of a gun,- a 12-year-old.
boy was instantly killed by bis uncle
in the couuty, 1^2 miles from Ibo.city,
on the Wiunsborb road in thc Camp
Ground neighborhood. The ,name of
thc little fellow who was the victim
of the lamentable mishap was Sam
Sharp, a prosperous farmer of thal
section, and thc uncle, whose gun
was discharged with such deadly re
sult, was D. % Sharp. Mr. Sharp,
thc uncle, is only 22 years of age. A
heartrending feature of'the tragedy
was I hat the mother of the boy was
standing nearby when Hie guli was
discharged and was a horrified witness
of the entire affair.
Struck by Lightning.
Union, Special.-During an elec
trical storm lightning struck the wire
from the power house at Neals Shoals,
opening thc circuits at Union and
Buffalo mills and power plant. Work
at Buffalo stopped about one hour,
and at Union about live hours. No
serious damage was done.
Horrible State of Affairs.
' Moscow, By (.'able.--A landlord flee
ing from Bobrov, in Ihe province of
Voronesezh, where a peasant upris
ing has taken palee arrived here and
gives a frightful picture of devasta
tion. He described the losses in thc
province as colossal. The troops are
powerless to cope with the peasants,
who are marching in large bands, de
stroying practically everything. Not
more than one-tenth of the estates are
spared. The movement was started
by the refusals of the landlords to ad
vance the wages to farm women. The
ripening crops are not harvested.
For Illicit Distilling.
Washington, N . C., Special-Wil
liam and James Sexton, of Jamesville,
were brought to ibis city and lodged
in iail. The clung* against them was
operating an illit distillery near
Jamesville. This distillery is suppos
ed to be the same one raided and
captured by Revenue Collector J. C.
Meekins, Jr., n ..'cw weeks ago. Both
prisoners were uouiird lo give bond
in the sum ol' 5?.'cly each for their ap
piar.iiiir ?ir :?.e i.?>l ?erm of eor.i'
Steamer Sank.
Richmond, Special.-The handsome
?teamer Pokanoket, recently placed
in commission by the Petersburg,
Newport News and Norfolk Steam
ship Company, sank at her wharf. A
mutinous negro fireman was arrest
ed charged with having opened her
sea cocks.
Hoback Murder Trial.
Roanoke, Special.-The Fred Ho
back murder case was called at Floyd,
this being the second trial Hoback
has had. He was sentenced to eight
years in the Slate prison at a former
trial, the decision being reversed by
Hie .Court of Appeals. At Friday's
session W. A. Sowers, editor of the
Flori Press, was the principal wit
ness.
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