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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

The monthly statement Of the pub
.ic debt shows that at the close OF
business May 81, 1905, the debt, less
cash in the Treasury, amounted to
81, 1000, ,346, ,12S, which is an increase
for the month of $3,12S,1e7, and is
accounted for by corresponding de-
crease in the amount Of available cash
on hand.
The debt is recapitulated as fol-
lows: Interest-bearing debt, $685.
15S,24O; debt on which interest has
increased since maturity, $1,37 ,165; ;
debt bearing no interest, 34S,952, 100.
Total, $1,2s1 ,4S7 ,505.
This amount, however, does not
include $995, ,529,969 in certificates
and Treasury notes outstanding, which
are offset by an equal amount Of cash
in the Treasury held for their redemp-
ton.
The cash in the lreasury is CLASH
fed as follows: God reserve, $780,
100000; trust funds, $995, ,529,969;
general fund, $139,24s,O7O; in nation
al bank repositories, $7S,457,792; in
the Philippine treasury, $3,739,479;
total, $1,336,975,312; against which
there are demand liabilities outstand-
ing amounting to $1,OS5,933 1884
which leaves a cash balance on hand
Of 1921, ,141,377.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Thrown into the Water.

London-Another echo Of the great
battle in the japanese Sea between the
magnificent fleets of Admiral Togo
and Rojestvensky has reached here
1t is authoritatively stated that dur
ing the battle that as the shots were
hitting and the shells were flying into
the masts and superstructure Of the
battleship Orel that one hundred anc
forty mortally wounded men wert
thrown into the sea. This action was
taken by the commander of the vesse.
to stop the cries Of the injured lest
should affect the courage Of the mort
fortunate.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Peach Growing Industry.

Howerton Brothers, orchard and
nurserymen at Gulfport are canvass
ing the Gulf & Ship Island Railway
territory with view Of establishing
some commercial peach orchards ant
have succeeded in making contract
at Magee for 10000 trees, and ar
interesting the citizens of severa
towns along the line J. H. Bouslog,
the Industrial and immigration Agent
of the Gulf & Ship Island, is enthu
siastic over peach growing in soutl
Mississippi, and is lending every EN-
couragement to the enterprise.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
HAPPE NINGS
IN MISSISSIPPI
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
SECTIONS.
AN EPITOME OF THE NEWS
Oulled From the Important Happen
ings Throughout the State During
the Past Week and Reviewed In
Brief.
Acreage Reduction.

Secretary M. A. Fisher, of Y
State Cotton Growers Association
has made public the figures from the
various counties, showing the reduc-
tion of cotton acreage in this. state
and the condition of the crop. The re-
duction for the whole state is placed
at POS per cent. Most of all the coun-
ties report the crop from fifteen to
twenty-five days late. The average
decrease in the use of commercial fer
tilizer this year is figured at Abb per
cent for the entire state. The follow
ing are the figures for the various
counties on reduction in cotton acre
ape.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Servia Wrought Up.

Constantinople. Seryia has notified
Turkey that she will recall her Minis.
ter from Constantinople unless salts
faction is given by June II for the re.
cent violation Of the Servian Consu.
late at Monastir (Macedonia).
1t appears that the local police
searched the Consulate and seized GER.
tain papers. Servia demands the dis
missal and further punishment Of the
Chief of Police, and that an official
visit be paid to the Consulate by the
Governor Of Monastir with an express
sion of regret on the part of the gov
ernment for the occurrence.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
British Army Scandal,

London According to the Daily
Mirror, the report Of war office COM
mittee on the improper disposal Of
military stores at the conclusion OF
the South African war reveals huge
scandal. The report, the paper says,
censures a number Of officers, whose
names are given, and who are alleged
to have worked in collusion with the
contractors. The latter bought stores
at absurdly low prices and afterward
sold them to the military authorities
at enormous profits, entailing loss
to the government Of $5.OOO,OOO.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Steam ouarries.

Colonel John v. Grafton, who rep
resents the investors in a large tract
of timber lands, also reports fine
deposit of stone near Star, has just
paid visit to the property, increasing
the acreage by additional purchases.
and hopes to begin the development
Of the fine stone quarries there in a
few DAYS.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
French Delegates Arrive.

Berlin. The French delegates to
the wedding Of Crown Prince Freder-
lex William arrived here and we're
cheered by considerable crowd. This
was probably the first time in a gen
sration that Frenchmen have been
cheered in the. streets Of Berlin. The
Emperor called on them later, and also
called in Grand Duke Michael Of Rus
sia, the representative Of Emperor
Nicholas, who arrived in Berlin.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Work to Begin Soon.

1t was announced that bids for the
new power house at Gulfport for the
coast electric car line will be opened
on the 10th Of this month, and the
work of construction will start as soon
thereafter as material can be placed
on the ground.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Famous Burglar Dead.

New York. James Hope, known as
Jimmy" Hope, leader of the band
which robbed the Manhattan Bank in
this city of nearly $3,OO0,OO0 in money
and securities nearly thirty years ago.
is dead at his home here.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
The Delta is attracting n

The Delta is attracting more at
tention from investment seekers than
ever before and large sums OF money
are being spent for the rich land over
there. Some enormous sales have peen
recorded during the past few days.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08
Petitions Presented.

Petitions urging Governor Varda-
man to re-appoint Judge jeff Truly
as member Of the Supreme Court
have been received at the Governor s
Office.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

AT the regular meeting Of the Hat
tiesburg Camp q. c. ", the following
delegates were elected to the Louis
Vile Reunion: A. Magregor, Q. g.
Fatheree, w. D. Cook and ALI Brown
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

West Point r;ghtfully appreciates
the Importance Of securing new rail-
road lines and is making strenuous
effort to land the Alabama, Pensacola
q Western
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

Secretary Morton received infor-
nation that the original, commission
Of John Paul Jones as captain IN
the Navy has been located in Phila-
delphia, and he will initiate an effort
to obtain it for the Navy Department.
The commission of which copy was
forwarded here, reads: "John Paul
Jones is appointed, to be captain in
the Navy. By or,ler of Congress
"John Hancock, P1ksident Philadel
phia, Oct. 10, 1779l "Attest: Charles
Thomson. According to the Secre-
tarv's informant tie commission has
every appearance cf being genuine
1t is now in the possession of prom
inent woman of Philadelphia, who
received the document from her moth
er, into whose possession it had come
from her father, Commodore Ganse-
WORT, U. S. n, who in turn had re.
ceived it from his father, General
Peter Gansevoort, Of revolutionary
fame. If the document can be pur-
chased from its present owner 1t will
be carefully preserved and placed or
exhibition in the Navy Department
library.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

Preparations are being made by the
Geological Survey to complete the to.
biographical map of.the "Baton Rouge
Sheet," which comprises approximate.
" 1000 square miles west OF Bator
Rouge, taking in portions of the par
ishes of West Baton Rouge, lbervllle
Ascension and Assumption. About
one-ffth of this quadrangle has al
ready been chartered, and II. M. vii.
son, chief Of the division of topogra,
ply, will send men to Louisiana II
July or August to begin preliminary
work on the rest Of the sheet. The
preliminary surveys will be made I'M
der the direction of Assistant Topo,
grapher C. B. Kendall, who will work
with a force Of a dozen men. In Oc-
tober Topographer Duncan Hannlgan
who is in North Carolina, will go te
Louisiana with large force and work
throughout the autumn and winter
until the maps are completed. The
work to be done includes the deter
mining Of the elevation of the lands
the contour of the country, the run
ming out Of streams and the Location
of railroads and houses.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

The monthly circulation statement
issued by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency shows that at the close Of busi-
ness May 81 the total circulation of
national bank notes outstanding
amounted to $4S8, 1927, ,516; an increase
for the year Of $42, 1886, ,S51, and an in
crease for the month, Of 1852, 81.
The circulation based on United States
bonds amounted to $456, 6,239, ,096; an
increase for the year Of $6,621, II, and
a decrease for the month Of $3.50.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

Louis R. Smith of North Carolina
formerly an employe of the general
land office, was indicted by the grand
jury of the District of Columbia oD
a charge Of abstracting and selling
thirty land warrants, worth about
$4,000. Smith was employed in the
Land Office from July l, 1901, to July
6, 1904, and it was during this time
that the warrants were taken. Smith
confessed.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

Secretary Taft is preparing to call
for bids for furnishing an army OF
laborers to dig the Panama Canal
Just as he will seek open markets IN
the purchase of canal supplies, SO, Sec
retary Taft will go into the markets
of the --orld in his search for compe-
tent laborers to do the manual labor
Of constructing the great waterway
Representatives of organized abor have
protested against this procedure, but
these protests will not be needed by
the administration. Secretary Taft be-
lieyes that he will have no serious
trouble with labor organizations In
CARRYING out the "open door, policy
wit hregard to laborers on the canal.
Those who have protested against
hiring cheap workmen from foreign
countries have been informed that no
discrimination will be shown, that com
petition for the contracts will be open
to all, and that the government will
accept the most advantageous bids,
IT has been determined, however, that
about $4,000 japanese laborers will
be contracted for at the very start,
for it is now apparent that they can
be employed at very low salary.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

1t is announced at the War Depart
ment that Lieutenant General Chaffee.
Chief of Staff, and Brigadier General
William Crosier and ]. Franklin Bell,
will represent the United States at the
,mancuvers Of French troops. The
Invitation to send United States Army
officers was extended to Secretary
Taft by the French Ambassador.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

In the case Of the ST. Louis Hay and
Grain Co., against the Mobile & Ohio
Illinois Central, Louisville & Nashville
and the Southern Railroad Companies,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
decided that the carriers rates on
reconsignments Of hay from warehous-
es in East St. Louis to points south
Of the Ohio river, amounting to two
cents more than their proportional
rate from East st. Louis on through
shipments are unjust and unreasonable
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-06-08

The complete exoneration of Fran
els B. Lomis, Assistant Secretary Of
State, and the acceptance of the res
ignation of Herbert w. Bowen, Min
ister to Venezuela, are now regarded
as the assured outcome of the inves-
tigation which Secretary Taft has
been conducting into the conduct OF
these officials.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
One death and damage to prop
erty amounting to thousands of dol

One death and damage to prop
erty amounting to thousands of dol
lars resulted from an electric storm
and cloudburst which occurred in
Tampa, Fla, last week. A seven
year-old colored girl was killed by,
lightning. The roof of the Roberts
building, occupied by the Peninsular
Telephone Exchange, fell in, smash
ing the switchboard and iniuring
several young lady operators, none
seriously.
A. g. Spillers, a farmer, of Roberta,
Ca, shot and painfully wounded his
son, William spillers, one day last
week. Miss Spillers was assisting
her father in packing peaches and
asked that she be allowed so cents.
Her father became angry and threat
ened to slap her face, whereupon her
brother told Mr.. Spillers he could
not do so. This 80 angered the
father that he knocked the son down
with an empty crate, got his gun and
shot him.
Simon Ford, negro, who as
saulted white woman near River
side, Tenn, last week, was taken
from the Jail at Hohenwald by a
mob of fifty men and shot to death.
Ford was arrested after being per-
haps fatally wounded. After his ar.
rest he admitted his guilt and was
later identified by his victim. Ford
was hauled to the scene of his crime.
about ten miles, suffering from his
wounds. He asked to be killed the
quickest way and did not plead for
his life.
Vice President Charles w. Fair
banks and his wife were the central
figures last Wednesday at the Ohio
Wesleyan University, Delaware,
Ohio, last Wednesday afternoon, it
being alumni day. The Vice Presi-
dent aud his wife attended all the
exercises and visited the old sulphur
springs, where they first met as STU
dents in the institution years ago.
lie also called at the little house on
Liberty street, where, as a poor stu
dent, he sac up nights and mended
his own trousers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
Paper for Reform Faction.

Columbia has new weekly paper
printed for tho Reform Faction" The
first issue of the paper came out Friday
and number of copies were distributed
around the city. The editors are w. T..
Crews and W. G.. Irby, Jr., of Laurens,
and the announcement Is regarded as
the most unique on record and will prob.
ably have an effect on the political cam.
paign next year. 1t says: "The vidette
Is weekly paper that will be published
in the interest of the Reform faction, the
labor question, and will sustain the dis
pensary as the best mode of dealing with
the whiskey question and as feature of
government Ownership. It's columns will
be used in the effort to have the dispen-
sary as State institution administered
honestly, and to this end, as we'll as other
questions in which the public is inter
ested, we invite full and free discussion. {"
The paper will be issued regularly after
July 1st.-Columbia Record.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
Mrs. Rogers May Never Hang.

Brattleboro, VT, June 22.-Mrs.
Mary Rogers will not be hanged to-
morrow.
Judge Wheeler will grant an ap-
peal tonight and the case will be
taken to the Supreme Court.
Governor Bell will grant further
respite tonight.
Mrs. Rogers will probably never
hang as it will be year before the
court at Washington can dispose of
her case and by that time the legisla.
ture will, it is expected, have repealed
the law for capital punishment.
Judge Wheeler this morning de-
MED the petition to dismiss the wo-
man on a writ of habeas. corpus, but
said he would grant an appeal which
he would Issue tonight.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
q A ID II q RE IA.
Bears the n The Kind You Have AlWays BslQjS
'''.s'''' q &H2zz7x
Big 0ihclai Is Arrested.

Philadelphia, June 21.-Dramatic
events transpire with such frequency
and rapidity in Philadelphia recently
that no one knows what to expect
next.
John w. Hill, who resigned last
week as chief of the bureau of filtra.
tion, was arrested yesterday on the
charge of forgery and falsifying books
and papers belonging to the city. A
100000 contract, held by McNichols
q Co., was annulled also. Hill en-
tered bail in the sum of $4,000.
Hill is charged with committing
forgery, and that he made, or caused
to be made, statements giving false
estimate of the work done on the fill
tration plant. McNichols & Co.,
who held the 100000 contract, sub
let all the work TO James Caven &
Son.
Last week Councilman Frank HI.
Caven, of the Caven firm, was ar.
rested for violation of his oath in
being interested in CITY contracts.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
A Wife Murderer Is Hanged.

Peoria, ILL.,, June 17.-Otis Bolts. aged
Il, was hanged yesterday for the murder
OF his girl wife last January. He stran.
gled her with piece of ribbon.
Bolts mother wanted to attend the ex-
ecution, but he said: Don't do it; you'll
make me lose my nerve"
When Bolts mounted the scaffold and
faced the crowd the airof bravado which
he had maintained, was abandoned and
he burst into tears. Asked if he had any
thing to say, he replied For all the sins
have committed against the laws of
God am sorry and may God have mercy
on my soul" He was barely able to
stand when the straps and moose were
being affixed to his body.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
Saves Neck Of Black Lover.

Reading, Pa, June 1e.-Ssmuel Grea.
son, oolored, was to-day acquitted of the
murder of John Edwards. Mrs. Kate
Edwards, wife Of the murdered man,
whose testimony convicted Greason over
three years ago. to-day completely exon.
Grated him.
Edwards was murdered nearly four
years ago. and Greason was arrested
several months later. His death warrant
was ISSUED ten times, and his case has
developed into ono vi tho most remarka.
bic murder trials in this State.
Mrs. Edwards, the mother of Greason's
child, is under sentence of death, and it
is expected that the Governor will fix the
date for her execution within a short
time. 1t was postponed several months
ago, so that she could be used as wit
at Greason's trial.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
N - III q RE ia.
Bears tho H1hs Kind You Aavs AIways Bought
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President Got a Check.

Washington, June 16-The treasury
department. to-day put through check
for $5S3.33 for President Roosevelt II
was for extra pay as soldier of the
Spanish war, and was granted on account
of the act of Congress Of January, 1899,
granting two months extra pay to all sol.
diers of the United States who served in
foreign country during the war with
Spain. The President never m ade an an.
plication for the payment of the claim
and the long delay in going through is
due to the fact that the matter was vol
UNFAIRLY taken up by officials of the office
OF the auditor for the War department.
Nearly all the other officers and soldiers
who served in the war have received
their extra money. The President served
in Cuba and this entitled him to two
months extra pay.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
Normal Scholarships.

Several of the holders of the special
normal scholarships have been reap
pointed, consequently in some counties
there are no vacancies, while in each of
the Others there are one or two. All va
cancies are to be filed by competitive
examination July 7th, examinations to
Dc heid at the court house. Following
is statement of the number of vacan-
cies to be filled from each county: Abbe.
beville 2, Barnwell 1, Beaufort /, Berke
ley 2, Charleston 2, Chester 2, Chester
field 2, Clarendon 2, Dorchester ,. -.dxe-
field 2, Georgetown 2, Greenwood 2,
Hampton 2, Kershaw 1, Lancaster 1, Lee
1, Marlboro 2, Newberry 1, Oconee l.,
orangeburg L, Pickens l, Richland l.,
Saluda 1, Sumter 2, Union 2, Williams
burg l, York 1.-The State. June 1s.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
Kills His Brother-in.Law.

Austin, Texas, June 1s.-Sidney Law
son, 21 years old, who was to have been
married this afternoon, killed his brother
in-iaw, Walter Biles, thirteen miles south
OF this city this morning and is now in
Jail here. As q result of bad blood be-
tween Lawson and Biles, the latter called
at Lawsod's house and tried, it 10 said, to
get him to como out and fight. Lawson
finally came out with two guns and began
firing, killing Biles almost instantly.
Lawson then came to Austin and sur
rendered.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
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wEDNKsDAv. yurA as. 1905
Ten Persons Shot by Crazy Man,

San Francisco, June 21.-Afts.
holding 1000 at bay for two hours
in Eddy street early to-day, shooting
nine people and defying the police,
Thomas Lobb, a maniac, killed him.
self. The wounded are: w. s.
Hoffman, shot three times; G. t.
Chevalis, shot in eye; w. Jones'
wounds in cheek; Emil Roberts, q
boy, shot in leg Quong Do, Chinese
rife bullet in hand; George De-
laughton, nine wounds; Vicente
Romantic, shot in cheek and ear;
Joseph Larribee, two shots in chin.
one in lip, others in shoulder, face
and arm Policeman Patrick Kassan,
shot in check while firing from ad-
joining room. Seven shots passed
through his helmet.
The insane man wac barricaded in
his room on the fourth floor of the
United States hotel, 1923 Eddy street
Lobb went to the hotel last night.
This morning he began throwing
furniture from the windows to the
street. Several persons narrowly
escaped being struck. Then he be-
gan firing, using shotgun. He
placed $50 and 800 bills in the muz.
zle of the weapon and fragments of
the paper were scattered over the
street. The big crowd quickly
gathered and hundreds of men were
prevented from passing the place by
fear of being killed. Street car
traffic was entirely suspended, after
one car had been fired upon and its
windows broken. Police Lieutenant
Green rushed strong squad to the
scene, among the officers being FIVE
members of the crack rifle team of
the department. They were unable
to accomplish anything, however, as
the maniac was strongly intrenched
in his room and appeared to have an
unlimited amount of ammunitino.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28
A Dispensary Fight In Oconee.
Henderson Mail, 22d. I

lAndersOn Mall, I'D.
Rev. Columbus Wardlaw, of Seneca,
was in the city Wednesday afternoon
and stated that prohibition fight
will be started in Oconee county
within few days. Mr.. Wardlaw
and other rrohibitionists are going
to take the matter up.
They are having petitions pre-.
pared for signatures asking for an
election, and the petitions will be
circulated within the coming week.
Mr.. Wardlaw says there will be no
trouble in securing an election, and
he thinks the dispensary will be
voted out of Oconee at least two to
one vote.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28

A party of five boys, students at
Clemson College, recently made a
novel trip from Clemson to Augusta
in two small batteaux, through the
Seneca and Savannah rivers. The
trip was very venturesome one on
account OF the many falls, but the
youthful mariners passed through it
safely. One boat took four DAYS and
the other six for the trip. They ran
out OF provisions and were tided
over their difficulties at convenient
farm houses along the river.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-06-28

For any accidental cut with glass,
rust iron, or nail driven into the
foot, this recipe is one of the very
best. 1t is claimed that it will pre-
vent lockjaw, but know it soothes
and cures the wound: Take a raw
red beet, and cut it in half; scrape
or mash it into a pulp, and apply it
to the wound, and also to the palms
of the hands, binding on like a poul-
tice. 1t draws the poison out and
prevents it from spreading.