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plant Commits Suicide.

Macon, Ga, special.-Robert H.
Plant has committed suicide. He was
president Of the Plant Sons Bank, re-
Gently placed in the hands Of re-
ceiver. A coroner's jury, on the evil
dence of the nurses and others about
the house where Mr.. Plant lived, re-
turned verdict of death by his own
hand. He took az opportunity to. slip
from the house upon the short abb
sence Ct the attendants, and, securing
a revolver, shct himself through the
head. His dead body was found on
the back porch Of his home. Mr..
Plant leaves wife and nine children.
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PALMETTO POINTS
GIVEN In BRIEF
A Gruesome Find.

Newberry, special-A dead negro
baby, only few days old, wrapped in
rags and placed in a valise, was put on
the Southern's night passenger traia
mere one night last week. The actions
of a negro W9omaa at the depot had ex.
cited suspicion on the parto ;Candusl
+c-, N.Y. who thought the woman had
W. t,.-., 49, ,..-.- .-.-.-s.---. ,--=..
got on the front part Of the baggage
coach to steal a ride. The conductor
sent one of his men ot,t to look and
the raiise was fouhd with the baby in
it. if was put ST at Prosperity. 'fhee
coroner held an inquest this morniinplg, lipl
1t appears that the baby ,Sassl totnl
about last Thursday. Its skull, was
crushed and its neck broken. a negro
woman has been arrestsd BY police au-
thorities here and is noEF il tile -guaFA
house, 1t seems that she got on the
train, placed the valise on the front
platform of the baggage coach and
then got off. This suspicious action led
to the discovery Of the valise.
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Ask Executive clemency.

Several applications for pardon were
acted on Friday by the governor.
Jason Waters Of spartanburg was
convicted in July, 1901, Of housebreak-
ing and larceny and sentenced 10
serve five years. His sentence was va
commuted to the present time on tne
recommend lation of Judge Townsend
and Solicitor Sease.
John Davis of Pickens, given one
wear and fined 5000 for gambling, HAD
his sentence commuted to a fne OF
SIS. The Communication was recon-
mended by Judge Dantzler and Solic-
itor Boggs
Son Dial of Greenville, convicted OF
highway robbery and snatchlng
purse, was given three years. Ills
pardon waa refused.
Pardon was also refused +. III
Harberson of Dorchester, convicted o!
nanslaughter and given two years.
another pardon refused was that OF
John F. Richardson Of Manning, con-
victed of assault and battery and glver
five years. He was convicted in sa'
luda and why he wishes pardon If
not known, as his sentence is almost
out and besides the offense does MOI
deprive him Of citizenshlp.
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Tampered with the Switch.

Chesterfield, special:-on Monday
morning when engine No. 1Os ON the
Chesterfield and Lancaster Railway
was passing the switch at Thompson's
siding, about six miles from here, the
tender went on one track and the
engine on the other, twisting it bad
ly, but as they were going very slow
no one was hurt. Upon examing the
switch Mr.. Page found that someone
had been tampering with it, and not
being able to break the lock they had
taken out a bolt, and II the train had
been going much faster it might, have
been a serious accident. A reward
has been offered for the party or
parties who tampered with the switch,
and if caught they should be severely
punished. Owing to the accident the
passengers for Charleston were car
ried to Bennettsville, and from there
to Charleston.
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I. Dr.; y. H. Podstata Of Chicago stated
that music. was great aid in the cure


!. Dr.; y. II. Podstata Of Chicago stated
that music. was a great aid IN the cure
of insanity. :.
D;tt, Robert Bartholow, an eminent:
physician and professor in Jefferson
Medical College, and native of Mary
land, died in Philadelphia.
It is announced that President
Roosevelt will receive no delegations
during his summer visit to Oyster
Bay.
The President has signed the procla-
nation opening the Rosebud Is. d.
Indian Reservation to settlement on
August s.
A man believed to have been New
York stockbroker named Shell commit
ted suicide by jumping overheard from
q steamer in Lake Erie.
The Illinois Republican convention at
Springfield was marked by scenes of
great disorder.
An explosion OF powder in a mine at
Murphysboro, ILL.,, killed six and prob:
ably more men and injured upward OF
&c.
The question of heresy trials inter-
ested the Northern Methodist General
Conference at Los Angles.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers met in convention at Los An
ge1es, Cal.
The Knowing Expedition, after ex-
treme hardships, arrived at Glenwood,
Newfoundland.
The Republican convention in Con-
necticut elected delegates to the ma
tional convention and Endorsed Roose-
velt for the Presidential nomination.
DR.. Ira Remsen, president of the
Johns Hopkins University, was one of
the speakers at the Inauguration OF
Prof. C. S. Howe as president Of Case
School of Applied Science, in Cleye-
land, Ohio.
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No. q,
fF1Is ANSWJsR w9 NI@gCT

mffhs armament showeth t1:S handi-
work Psalm xix, ].
When night her sable veil has flung.
Far out, unfit 10 shrouds the world,
We marvel how each mesh is hung
with stars, and how each told Is
pearled
with strands Of living fire Ws,55e glow
Comes family through tha oG'eT Riss
Where subtle cciors ebb and foW
From ebony to amethyst.
rrbe1 man looks in the jeweled sky
Where patiently the planets CLIMB,
And there is held before his eye
The unsolved mystery OF time.
Fc traces all the wanderin2s
or restless universe and World,
Eut where the hand that onward nIqsS
The stars with such precision hurHoe
whs, Is the all-explaining word
Writ with the starc for man to heed
Why is It IN it's grandeur blurred
That strain!rg eyes may Never rcaa
why, when our sight has round the place
Wherein the farthest star Is set
DO unknown fingers swiftly trace
A constellation farther yet!
each star that sends its laughing light
Has that deep secret long possessed.
If trembles on the lips Of Night.
The knowledge hidden IN her breas1
Vet man repeats his What and Whyr
And trets for that he never sees
L5Ii7 that the stars have made reply
thorough Gods unnumbered centuries.
W. D. NJ, in Chicago Tribune.
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Vote for Good Schools.

Dillon, Special.-Durlng the last ses-
sion of the Legislature special bill
was passed to allow the Dillon Graded
School property to be sold by the town
of Dillon to the school district and
bonds to be issued to the amount of
81 200 for the payment of the same and
for additional improvements contem-
Mated in the near future. In all cleo
tion held By the qualified voters Of
ssia district 90 votes were enst-s7 for
and II against the Issue of bonds.
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Visitors Drowned.

Cha1 ,ston, S. c., special.-Two Wis
itors to the Confederate reunion, J. D.
Carmichael, of Dillon, S. c., and J. w
Harmon, a. Confederate veteran oi
Lexington, S. c., were drowned this
afternoon in the harbor between Forl
Sumter and Fort Moultrie. Two other
occupants of the small boat SWAN to
sullivan's Island and the three Others
Of the party weIH nearly drowned, be,
ing rescued Just in time by men from
the life-saying station.
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MORE PROFITABLE LEASE
Governor & Aycosk dsss Best | offsr Yet
ON A. and II. c. Railroad.

=. - L: .ci' -;
Raleigh, .Special:-Several weeks ago
Governor Aycock received proposition
from Philadelphia firm OF bond deal
ers to lease the Atlantic s. North Caro-
lima Railway for fifty years, the rate
offered being over. 5 per cent. on an
average. Ten days ago the members of
the firm came here. say tbs. tie: governor,
isthennnade "a comnlete inspection of
The road. Last week they sent the Gov
ernor a new proposition, on their own
motion, which is by far the best ever
received. 1t is for fifty-year lease, the
Fate offarsd, being liz per cent: fQTT
the first, ten years, five per: cent. for. f}.
the second. ten years an ( per CENT for
any part OF forty-nine years after the
fifty years, or for the full term Of forty,
nine years. so added; all Interest to be
paid to the State in advance, in Janu-
airy and July; also agreeing to pay in
terest on the Bonded debt, but desiring
that the railway company shall issue
refunding bonds to the amount Of the
present debt; on or before the date
present bonds fail due, at the ,lcwest
rate. Of interest. obtainable; further
agreeing: to build in five; years thirty
6ve miles of new road, to- be a feeder
of the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail-
way and within ten years thereafter not
less than fifty miles more of new road,
also as feeder; the lessons to have
power to examine the road at any
time, and if it is found that the lessees
are not keeping the property up to the
standard of condition III which they
received it, that upon notice from the
lsssors the lessee shall make, repairs
before the end d. 81 81 the lease year; the.
actual SUPERVISION .of the road; the
proposition. further setting forth that
its makers are not connected with the
Atlantic Coast Line or with any other
railway, but that the proposition IS
made in an Individual capacity entire
ly. Governor Aycocll said that this
proposition would almost average 6 per
cent. for the first fifty years. and then,
after a moments calculation said the
exact figure was 5-1S per cent. The
Governor added that it was substl-
tute for the first bid, and was much
better One: fhs Governor was asked if
it had hot ali the time been his pur-
pose to lease: He replied: 1T has
been my purpose all along to lease the
road; Mhei / could lease it to persons
who would III, keep the lease, improve the
road and secure the people, but Ishaye
Z been silling: to lease the!
IIglE 81 !ils q! 8 9 V -
h6Itfrss1h Out ss1hrtient
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Receiver Appointed:

Atlanta, Specialize Brady Union
Stock Yards Company was placed in
the hands of receiver here by peti-
tioning creditors. Judge Newman, Of
the United States District Court,
named T. D. Meador, vice-preesident
of the Lowery National Bank, as re-
ceiver. The liabilities of the firm are
placed at s125,OOO, the assets at S1OS,-
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Miscellaneous Doinus.

The Angli- i-Chinese labor convention
was signed in London.
It is stated authoritatively that the
coming visit of Cardinal Satolli to this
country is not for the purpose Of set
tling ecclesiastical disputes.
The funeral of President Manuel
Candamo, at Lima, was largely at
tended.
It was announced that Miss Rebecca
Mccullough Darlington, Of Plttsburg
who has sl5,000,0O0 Of hsf own, Is to
marry Lop.5 stoddard, OF New Haven,
Conn, =
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Concessions Granted.

Mexico City, Special "Details OF the
new concessions secured by the
Southern Pacific railway, authorizing
the construction Of an extension of
the branch across the Colorado desert
son Mexican territory, are published.
The concession authorizes the South
! ern Pacific Company to build line
to Fnsenada, capital of the territory
sofs Lower California. The line must
I be standard guage. The rates for
passenger and freight traffic are the
same as granted to purely Mexican
railroads.
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5:Lecky Burton; al, Monetta some weeks
ago; moved Saturday before Judge.
Ernest Gary for an order. to "exhume y !,
the body of young Burton for further
examination for bullet the attend.
ing physicians failed to find at the
coroner's inquest" In an order med
Judge Gary refuses the motion and
states that there is no authority of
law for a circuit Judge to grant such
en- order. The supposed purpose Of
defendants attorneys in moving for
the order was to lay the foundation
in case the imaginary bullet was
not found-for contradicting the
States chief witness, Capt. E. A..
Perry. 1t is said that it is doubtful
if such a motion was ever before
made in the whole criminal practice
of South Carolina.
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Warshins Unrestricted.

Washington, special-China has been
Informed that the Washington gov
ernment claims the right to dispatch
warships, not only to those Chinese
ports declared by treaty to be open to
the world, but also upon the inland wa
lers of China, wherever Americans
NAV be and where by treaty with
China they are authorized to engage in
business or reside for the purpose of
spreading the Gospel"
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Section Hand Killed.

Hamlet, Special.-Allen Bennett, a
negro section hand of the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad, was run over and killed
by a switch engine on the yard here
Thursday night. While attempting to
board the front of the engine, his foot
missed the step and the engine passed
over both of his legs, mangling them
severely. He was taken to the Office Of
Dr.. H. F. Ilinsman, the railroad sur
geon, where an operation was perform
ed, in which both legs were amputated.
He died half an hour later.
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Senator Quay III.

Beaver, Pa..> Special Senator Quay
left his brothers home, at Morgansea,
Sunday, and is located at his own
home at this place. At his. home it was
said the Senator stood the journey
well. He was driven from the station to
his home in closed carriage, from
which he was carried into the house.
The Senator spent restless night last
night, and was not so well this morn
ing. His condition is said to be not as
good today as it has been for the past
/. few days
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A Double Killing.

Du Bois, Pa, Special.-At Cardiff,
village near here, a woman sacrificed
her life for her husbands hat, being
SHOT down in cold blood by an Italian
while recovering the hat and a half
: hour later the murderer was lying dead,
j his head full of buckshot from the gun
of the husband of the 1itdrdered wo-
man. A quarred. Of trivial nature was
The cause OF the double killing.
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PALMETTO CROP l0ND'rleNs
What The department Says of Wealth
ef Conditions for The Past Week.

The week aiiHIdii4yE 3 a. nj; May 18TH,
Ehad a mean. temperature 8; &65ut IS
degrees. Ths normal fer the same pe-
riod is 70. The nights we're cooler than,
usual, with an extreme minimum II "a
at areeavi1te on the 18th. The day
temperatures dveragea, about normal,
with an extree maxillGIS Of 81 at
Florence on the 10th. There was moro
than the normal amount Of bright
sunshine. At times the relative humid
ity Wiais very low, and the light winds
desiccating. fba clase Of the week
was cool ami cl6udless.
Th6 fafIfa:ll deficiency continues IN
all parts of the sststs; With drought
prevailing except in the extre1iS North
west and limited localities in the CEN
trail and northeastern counties where
heavy showers occurred. The weeks
rainfall ranged from none to O.64 inch;
the normal is go inch. Since the be-
ginniifig ot the crop season The accu.
mulated deficiency ranges from four
to seven inches. The drought has be-
come serious in the coast region. In
the Upper Savannah valley and in the
Sand Hill region wells are failing and
water coItses are dry:
Stands of corn rahge from good to
very poor, the latter caused mainly by
the ravages of worms and birds; al
thought in places poor germinatlon'
from lack Of moisture. is the cause,
Growth is generally slow. although
with exceptions, it has good color,
and, under thorough cultivation, a
ssr6.ai imporven ent has taken place.
Fields are iTss..s!arkably free from weeds
and grass.
Cotton stands range from good TO
very poar, former on sandy lands, the
latter on clay and red lands. Some late
plaHsiIgs are not yet up, especially III
tbe dryest ssstions: Replantiig con-
tinues particularly Of carly cotton
which ;na,:es the stands of that por'
tion of the crop tSt.6lsen and irregular.
An improvement in condition is noted
WIy:hastS fhe fainfall was heaviest, ano
deterioration Where it was light, or
where none fell. The nigl1ts have been
too cool for rapid growth, and plants
are dying in the southern counties
Sea Island cotton is suffering for rain.
Tobacco is being worked, but its
growth is slow.
Rice is doing we'll in the George
to|s;R districts, but in the southerly
districts fre6bheet water is needed for
flooding, as the rivers lave become
brackish Planting continues.
Wheat " has improved and is promls=
ins Il. estern. parts, but i very yery
.sasz saez i I - t5s ~
fall. n fas dFoasnty I1e regIcas the stray
is short, too short to cut. Spring oat
are poor Harvest has begun In tn
southern parts. ,no
peaches hare undergone no change
anples and pear trees are blightinEs
Stands Of melons are poor, except !
Barnwell county. Truck ylelds Ia.
teefi reduced one-half, by drought l
the coast regions; in the interior u
conditions are mSrs favorable. F"
Bauer, Section Director.
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eettinn Ready for Colonies.

Commissioner Watson of the depart
ment Of agriculture, commerce and Inn
migration is busy listing the available
lands in the State for colonization
purposes. He has now a list Of some
175 600 acres and in this number are
tracts Of &C, 900 acres, $4,000 acres, 5000
acres, 1000 acres, 10000 acres and sew
cral tracts Of from 1000 to 5000 acres.
Every section of the State, from the
Piedmont to the coast, is represented.
Commissioner Watson will go to
Aiken, Horny comfy and one OF the
sea islands next week.
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scanitzI Stock Increased.

IS. Trenton, Specialize Virginia
Carolina. Chemical Co. filed q certifi-
cate With the Secretary of State, in
crieasing its authorized capital STOCK
rom $4,000, 600 to s5S,00o,9 ,9O0, OF
s3S, 100000 Is common STOCK
s..; ss..;ana s21,00b, 600 pEassrged, ths latter
;SaSings s. per cent. dividends. The
csstifcate is signed by s. =. Morgan,
OF tie company. - 8. s {
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na,dlock Mot Broken.

Springfield, ILL.,, Special.-N7ith the
deadlock unbroken and with little
prospect of compromise On can.
didate for Governor, the Illinois Re-
publican convention took a recess un-
iii Tuesday, having taken five ballots.
The recess followed the 29th roll call,
the result Of which showed each can
didate with approximately. the same
strength he had when he entered the
convention. The 18th ballot gave the
following results: Richard Yates, 4Sl;;
frank o. Lowden, 404; Charles S.
leneen, 1888, Hnwland j. Hamlin, 1l5;
yespsssian Warner. a; Lawrence ],
Sherman, S8; John H. Pierce, 90.
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s1s=pounders. She had foui
s6a tubes, her estdeaasaaasssss sasss s,ssssaaa vas
1911 hoss Her s&ew numbered IA

st. Petersburg, BY Cable.-The loss
of at least two Japanese Warships is
officially confirmed. A message dated
FS-t Arthur, received b5 carrier pigeon
at Mukden, was transmitted to the
Emperor early yesterday morning, say
ing that two japanese warships had
been lost off that port. The message
followed the Emperor to Koursk, and
no one here knew its contents until
late last night, when foreign telegrams
brought full details Of the japanese
less.
Early in the afternoon, reports Of
the sinking of the Shikishima and the
Full, on the authority of Russian ref
ugees from Dalny, began to circulate
and aroused the most intense interest
When, later, confirmation came of the
sinking of the Japanese warships, the
greatest enthusiasm was manifested.
Without reference to It's effect on the
campaign, the people attribute the en-
emy's disaster to divine interpositloD
in the Russian cause.
In naval circles the Japanese catas-
tIophe is matter for rejoicing, though
regrets are expressed that brave men
have lost their lives. But this feeling
of sympathy is swallowed up in the
greater thanksgiving for the blow in
Aicted on the sea power Of the enemy.
II is pointed out that the Hatsuse was
one OF Japan's finest battleships. and
that the loss of two, and possibly four
varships at intervals Of a few days,
cannot fail to deeply affect Japan and
to influence the course of the CAM
paign. The general staff tonight is
without direct news Of the sinking of
the Japanese ships. but there Is an I'M
preston that it may be true. The re-
ports, at any rate, have infused fresh
life and enthusiasm in official circles,
where it is believed the tide has turned.
No surprise is expressed by the ad-
rirality at the Japanese vessels strih-
inc Russian mines, the admiralty ex-
meeting that such a mishap to Vice
Admiral Togo, particularly since the
naval commanders at Port Arthur have
faithfully duplicated his plan, which
resulted in the sinking Of the Petro-
payloySk.
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u Novel move ii Court:

saluda, special;-Tde attorneys for
Morgan Thrailkiil and Ills son clar.
ence, who are IN jail here charged
with illings Reni aniin ss;R: Bd dttoni and.
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There is always hope for a man so
s long as be can look at thtngs With the
eyes OF 9 child. .s.-s.,.,.....ss
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Valuable Mica Deposits.

Out s1cieG uaTantssss ,t
performance Of the terms of:the lease
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1 LOSE b! TWO VESSELS.
.Pllleky ..I'l! japs Meet wifi Another Dis
astef OH sea
slSg By MINE AND COLLISION
rhs RattIeshlp Hatsuse Struck Rus.
Clan Mine and the Cruiser Yoshino
: Mas Rammed During Fog by tha
s Kasdaa.

.@sff ~.
TOXIC, By Cah1a-Viee Admiral Togo
hasSreported as follows:
..t!A report from Rear Admiral Dewa
says that the cruiser Kasuga and Yo.
shino eollided during fog off Port
Arsshttf 6a May Is: The Yoshino sank,
only 90 Of her crew being saved.
don the same day the battleship Hat
sul;a AllS attaGk .: Russian mine and
sank"
S$aiving details of the disaster, Vice
admiral Togo soys:
$sssGt IA, minutes past ] in the after.
noS1 of Masi s. IN 4 deer fog of Por!
Arthur, the Kasuga ramfiSd TIE 70:
shfno, sinking the latter in a few min
ufEs. Ninety of her crew were saved.
@fhs same morning the Hatsuse,
While cruising 6ff Port arthur, covering
the iaRding Of the soldiers, Struck a
mine ten len knots southeast Of the harbof
entrance: She signaled for RslD; and
instantly lsss struck another. mine, She
sank in naIi a. hour. Three hundred
other ,i.s crew were saved y torpedo
BEATS"
1.-THE Yoshino was cruiser of 4,1S0
tonS displacement and $4,000 indicated
hbrs6-p6Wef, She was built In Eng
ldad, was launched Ill 1882, was $50 feet
lcng, had 46h feet beam, and Her draft
was IL fsef. The armament Of the Yo-
shino consisted 81 foa+ s-inch guns,
eight 4.7-inch guns and twenty-ttsee g.
poiuId5rs.. She had five torpedo tubes,
her armorsd deck VAS 41s inches thick
aad her gun positions were protected
by shields. The cruisers speed was
estimated to be % knots, her coal ca
pacity was 1000 tons, and her crew
mum bered 300 men.
The Hatsuse was battleship of 15,-
600 tons displacement and of the latest
nlodefl. sht was only completed in
1900, was built in England; was 400 feet
long, had 761k feet beam, drew q feet
Of water, had 16,3OO indicated horse
|. power, and was fitted with water tube
boilers. Shc was completely armored
with steel. Her armament consisted OF
four }l2.inch;lguns. fourteen inch g
s 3iisit sandagg
q r s1s-pounders She had four
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Admiral YladIy Iyostock.

Turret Bay he: hearG $