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FEVER OUTLOOK NOW
MORE ENCOURAGING
To Case Appears Outside the
Original Line.
OFFICIALS ARE HOPEFUL
The City of Clu.rlesto.i Has Qtiaran
lined Against Hampton, , V _. a., and .
Montgomery Com,rs ...... Ur
Action.
Washington, Aug. 1.—The marine
hospital service up to noon today had
received nothing from the center of the
yellow fever at Hampton later than
Dr. Wasdin’s report of last night, plac
ing the total of the yellow fever out
break at 37 cases and seven deaths.
Dr. Farquhar at Portsmouth reported
that he was in close touch with the an-1
ihont.es at Portsmouth and Berkley
and that all was quiet, with no sus- ,
pected Iu reply cases. telegraphic request from
to a
the mayor of Norfolk. Surgeon General
Wyman turned over to the Nortolk an- j
thorities Cranev island, below Norfolk,
to be used in case of used as an isolation j
and detention camp. It was jurisdic-1 recently
turned over by the navy to the
tion of the marine ho-pital s-rvice. ,
A telegram was sent today by Gen-;
eral Wyman to Snrgeou Pettus, at Old
Point, directing him at once to institute
a thorough sanitary investigation as far !
as Phoebus. Surgeon Wasdm, at Phoe
bus, was ordered to make a house to :
house inspection there. This is m ac
cor dance with the plan for a thorough
investigation of the whole area sur
rounding the infected home.
The situation is regarded as favorable
today. There has been no outbreak of
fever outside the original quarantine I
line. Each day that passes without
such development increases the con fi j
donee of the surgeon general that the
fever will be confined to the original ;
foci of infection and stamped out there.
Montgomery to <^nurn 11 tine.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 1. — Tho
lioard of health recommends quav:m- ■
tining against the national soldiers’
Lome, Hampton Va , Old Point Cota
fort, Newport News and other points
close to the place of yellow iovor in¬
fection. j
Charles toil Qiiii ran t i lies. j
Charleston, Aug. l.-Tha Charles- i
ton health board today declared a quar- !
untme nnfinn against <,rf-.insf t-T-imnimi Hampton, v« \ 'NTrirmar No quar- i
a.
antine has yet- been declared against
Norfolk or Newport News, no fever no- .
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TRIED TO WRECK A TRAIN.
Fuit PaMrugcr on the Cental of Geor. 1 |
gin Almost Ditched.
Opeijka, Ala., made Aug. 1. wreck —A dastardly the fast j |
attempt was to
passenger train of the Ceutral of Geor
gia railway that left here at 9:40 p. m.
for Columbus. On rounding a curve j
near Chewacla, 3 miles south of hera, |
the engineer was horrified to discover a :
pile ciomies „ ,b. .rack. He ,h„
elf steam ami applied the airbrakes ami
Bucceeued ... in stopping . the ,, tram . . , before „
any damage was done.
A little further on two more piles of
ties, a telephone pole and an old mile
post were found on the track. Chewa-j
Bioodhounds were secured at
cla, and the trail led to a negro cabin, .
where Rev. Ia»e Williams, a worthless,
idle negro preacher, ami Charley Gia-,
tcee, a strange negro, were found. They
were dressed, and admitted having just
been to the railroad, but claimed they
were picking up trash.
They are now tlie in jail, and will bo
prosecuted to full extent of tbe law.
It is believed it was theii-purpose to rob
anv dead that might have been killed
by the wreck.
MORE COUNTIES REPORT,
Tax Digests Received at the State
Capitol In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Aug. 1.—The tax,digests of
£5 counties were received at the office
of Comptroller General Weight yester¬
day, making a total of 70 counties whose
il.gcsts have been completed aud for
»tt value of taxable
property iu the 70 counti.es is $3,070,512,
while the gafn iu»» the counties
waiTlf 6 rUa > 18
ltn nan !! tno counties .“ in tne state ,
heard from, it was expected that the, vn
crease would show a much larger figure
than it lias, but up to the present time
the counties in winch the larger cities
nre located have not returned their di¬
gests and from these sources it is ex¬
pected that the*largest rate of increase
would be found.
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ayiong heirs, iue propeitv was pur
caased. bv representatives of the.A.a
bama Consolidated Coal ana Iran com
pany, promoters of the,big oeals m tuis
section, paying $.0,000 tor the same,
’which was §2o,000 less than me l»\md
holders paid for it five years ago. Large
force of hands are now at work making
tbqjieoessary repairs and the furnace
wil. be iu Loll blast Oct. 1, making 200
tons ri iiiv
Florida’s Cigarette I.aw.
Tallahassee, Aug. 1. _ The bill
passed by the legislature prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of cigarettes
in the state of Florida will go into
effect Aug. 3. Many efforts have been
made to mitigate the evils of cigarette
smoking by i artially prohibitory legis
lauou, but have in every instance been
productive of no good results. In the
wmvh’th^penalues for its violation will can
be so easily avoided and it neces
sariiy be effective.
Dewey Goes to Naples.
Trieste, Austria, Aug. 1.—The United
States cruiser Olympia started, for Na
pies at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
0N HIS W AY T O CAROLINA.
Sheriff Duke of Drang burg Has In
Custody Godfrey's Mayer.
Memphis. July 28-Slier.ff W. H.
of Orangeburg, S. C., with Charles
Wilson, a negro murderer, in custody,
through the citv today enroute
a point in Kansas to his home.
Wilson is wanted for the murder of
Godfrey in the city of Orange
Godfrey' "belonged 8 \T stationed Anderson’s
battery; which was at
timeion Sal.ivau s island. He was
on a furlough at t e time .e
killed and uavmg somo frienos in Ur
went there to spend some of
the time with them. He observed Wlh
one (lay push a white woman oft
the sidewalk. Although she was un
to him, Godfrey resented the in
offered her and engaged in a fistic
with the negro.
Godfrey was a strong young feliow,
he was giving the negro rather so
punishment when alie latter drew
revolver and shot him in the stomach.
died in a short time. The murderer
pursued, but got away.
MEMORIAL _~~7” VCLUmu.. _
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Made l or 1’nblisliing
Git* Dead Author's Works.
Atlanta, July 28.—Mr. R. B. Har
’ Austell ‘ ' building ’ this city ’ has
.
the following statement to the
**in response to a general demand
roiu the uress 1 and admirers ‘ of the late
M. Polsom, .,, , representing .
family, I have perfected arrange
to publish a memorial volume of
200 pages, neatly bound, and con
the best work of the gifted
together with all the tributes
the editors of southern newspapers
an introductory by Wallace Put
Reed
“The price of the book will be $1,
iree, and sold by subscription
I herobv appoint every editor in
.tsK tiitic met receive ana ^driard loiwara
, ;n ptioiis as ramdly as posybie, as
number of books printed will be
by the number subscribed aud
SI4.765.
Exurniner Ferry Files His Ke
P«rt With the Governor.
Montgomery, Ala., July 28.— State
Examiner Perry has filed with tb* gov
the result of his examination of
office of Tax Collector Davis of
Walker county. lie reports that the
collector owes the state and county $14.-
766t aud ha8 only H.000 to his credit in
the bank.
IM «. weeks a B o Tax Collector
E” 1 * *•»* to Birmiagham and got on
a spree, aud Governor Johnston sent
the examiner to Jasper to check o/er
bis accounts. Since that time Davis
has kept out of the way of the author!
t!0S He is believed to be iu liidin" ° in
the mountains iu Walker county.
The state does uot staud to lose, as a
h’nd Rolve nt guarantee ^ company 1 > is s on Dayis’ av
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I>r. Kcrfoot Accepts DIIlcc.
Atlanta, July 28.—Dr. Henry C.
. f .. th
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Baptist . home mission . . board, . today re
ceived a telegram from Dr. F. H. lver
foot of Louisville, professor at the
Southern Baptist Theological seminary,
stating that he had' decided te accept
the lecretaryship of the board. This
announcement ou the part of Dr. Ker
foot is a source of satisfaction among
tiio board members hero. Dr. Kerfoot
will succeed Dr. Tichuor as secretary of
the board. He is expected to cane to
Atlanta ill the near future to take up
the work of the office.
Three Men Probably ho »:
Mobile. Jrx\y a ^onw ' l“ ^
^ ^ afc u G > cl8ck Mend .^ momill! . in
a , m iil sail boat bound for this plUee,
and ‘. who have net been heard from siii^o.
The ghorfU i hav0 reached here Monday
afternoon. The weather here has bAiu
very stormy and squally for 4 the past
three or four days and it is feared their
boat has been swamped and the men
drowned.
Nwjj.roes Kdled In a Wrcrk.
Hattiesburg, Miss., July 31.—A
, , ,
John ilixon, were killed, and a
h rema n named Tpm Wyatt was
p,- injured. The statements
the wreck are conflicting a‘s and.
definite can be learned to k®w
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Miller Liod%e<l,Iti JaU.
Savannah, July 28 —John
wanted t Ev bj the the mob mob.tnat that for ror savaral
held the county of Decatur and
, . f Rainbridsre in its i-asti b
lodged ic Chatham county jail.
BISHOP BnCKtiR S FUNERAL.
Services Over ill It. miius Are Held
In Savannah.
Savannah, July 31.—The funeral cf
Bjgbop Thomas A. Becker of the diocese
0 jf Savannah, who died at Washington,
Ua, Saturday night, occurred in St.
Patrick’s church here this morning and
was largely attended.
The remains arrived in the city at 7
o’clock on the Central railroad, and
were taken at once to the church, which
is just aerew* the street from the «epoh
Alter edranting of t e '
tlieie was ceiccrama a pom,
quiern hign mass.
pa *‘/^UTA.*“t:rL, t , nl gathered S ”,”ton s
were tolled and a large crowd
at the oepot.
l7S."; P fL , v -
G in oppm.
tion to the expressed wishes of the do
ceased.
, ,
piffmierai* ,
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^uroh. in frout 0 f t e
'| Ut; pallbearers were all well known
Savaunahians. They were Messr. J.
niB Arthur j. O’Hara, John Lyons,
jj enry Blnm, J. J. McGowan and Dan
Hogan. The interment at the ca
the(iral cemetery followed.
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NEGROES n MAKING THREATS,
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Suy 'phey Will ‘'.'weep” the City of
Anderson Unless Given Work.
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was received yesterday by Andrew load, _
formerly editor of the Anderson Journal,
j n t be nature of a threat that the ne
groes Here would toon sweep tuis city
JO strong umess work or food is given
them at once. The letter was deciph
ered and handed to Chief of Police Dil
lingham, who in. turn presented it to
Mayor Hood.
The writing was barely deciphered,
but the epistle set forth that country
negroes were hired in preference to city
individuals, and to keep the wolf from
the door the city negro would have to
begin stealing for a livelihood. No
name was attached.
The police authorities do not feai a
serious outbreak, but their eyes are wide
0 p eu .
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THOMPSON HAS RESIGNED.
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He Will Commit ml a Military Acad
emy Instead of Going to Manila.
Darlington, S. C., July 31.—Henry
rn Thompson , of this city, lieutenant
colonel iu the Second South Carolina
regiment, and who was recently up
pointed senior caption of the Twenty
niurh i “ fau,ry ' bas resi « Ked th e'cap
taincv to accept the place , or command
ant of the Military Academy of Ohio,
t0 which he has been elected!
Colonel Thompson is a son of ex
S"rVt«fT
drilling tno Uailiugtou guaids to per
!Sue n r^ime te ie5rs“ci U Hi^SleK
as commandant of the Ohio institute is
considered an unusual compliment.
v..n„w k7v,t I.. V ” ' ’
NewportIsews, v a., July <51. xhere
are 30 case /- of vvhat is believed to be
genuine v D How fever at the national
. ur .
L ^““/da ““ Newport L New. and Hamp- lmnp
wil ] n ., nnf j'a *i<r- v insf the ithnriXs
A ^
o f . Old , Point . , have alreads , , adopted . this .
st0 P« and 110 strangers are allowed to
^“ ter the reservanon. It is said the
disease made its appearance three aays
f K °‘ ^-he inosc rigid quarantine regu
lations will be enforced to prevent the
spread of the malady.
e spensarj ~t s ,, 10 .. i s.
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Columbia, S. C., July 31.— The spec
ial legislative * committee has about com
its nnarterW r exam
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matron of the affairs v of . the state oispen- .
-mry. Yesteraay, State Chairman Miles
of the board of control, who has been
ber0 during the examination of the
books went to his home iu Spartanburg.
Be stated tuat in round numbers the
profit to tne state during the quarter
would amount to about $30,000, aud the
profit to the counties and towns about
$34,000 Mr. Miles says the hoard be
haves the total profits for me year will
show about $400,000.
Anniston" , Ala" .. -Chancellor
Julv 3L
* * ^elly has ^pointed R A. Mitch
ell of Gadsden ami O. H. Parker of this
city receivers for the Gadsden Lana and
Improvement company. The company
«"ns 600 *cres of improved and unirn
proved land’s in and around the city of
Gadsden. The suit was brought for the
purpose of ^ winding up the affairs of the
esnipany, which have been iu bad shape
some time, and of distributing ire assets
, the stockholders, who
! among are
numerous and widely scattered.
C»kniei Ilarding Is I) ad. ,
; distinguished citizen of
and a civil engineer by profession,
iag had charge of the building of
locks on tne Warrior river. He was
years of age.
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Idle Furnace May Resume.
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T ,, t ,7nlv 31 —Tha
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‘ urniCe Bere, whica has been mre .
, ’ 1S renorted to hiv'
. lumds . . northern , ,.
mto tne cl ,
: wiU ““eTn.^m«f
abmi t 200 men.
HOUSE FALLS ON WORKMEN.
One Killed and Several Others More
or Less Seriously Hurt.
CENTKE, Ala., July 29.—At Blaine, a
boat landing on the Coosa River rive
miles east of here, a man named John
Bell was killed and Win. Redden and
several others injured by a house fall
ing on them. There was a small log
cabjn at the laudiug used to put freight
and {ho parties bad gone there to
ban j t b e freight away.
A shower came up while they were
there and some went inside and others
were leaning against tbe front near the
door. Bell was sitting in the door.
was broken ana bead crushed. Hedied
in two or three hours.
wl p probably recover. John Kiser was
leaning against the end of the house at
oue corner aild was knocked forward
just far enough to escape the falling
timbers.___
FRENCH TO BP APPOINTED,
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i- 0( d„,aster at Wilmington.
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the fact was reported that plans were
on foot to remove William H. Chad
bourn bourn, nostnaster postmaster at at Wilmington Wilmington, be- b_
cause of his having written a letter to
Senator Pritchard last year saying there
was negro domiuatiou iu North Caro
iina, this letter being regarded by State
Chairman Holton as the prime cause of
the Republican defeat. has
News comes now that Chadbouru
tendered his resignation, that it has
bweu accepted and that George Z.
French, one of the Republicans who
were driven from Wilmington immedi
u tely after the last election, will sue
ceed him.
The plain declaration is made in Wil
mington that French will not be per
mitted to return there. He went there
for a few hours two months ago, but
received formal notice that if he
plated this it w r ouid be at the risk of his
pf e
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OLD FURNACE TO RESUME,
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Virginians Are Negotiating For a
riant at Decatur, Ala.
n lilcatil, aiu., oun T , . ,, T t f ^ -
mons of Richmond, Va., is negotiating
for the purchase of the old furnace site
on the river front, which went out of
blast several . .. Emmons re
years ago. P
resents a Richmond iron company.
It is proposed bv the company to re
model aud enlarge the old furnace and
build two more light draught steamers
w i,i„u ...pi ,, qrrv hp-ivv b tr^e Fater tows
ffiaded wUh coal and iron and run
steamers to Cmcinnatiaud ahout Memphis
has olosed a deal for
tiating a deal for a large tract of land
Up °- U 'y bicbvala * ble iron aud coal de ‘
.
poblts ave _L
FIRST BALE AT SAVANNAH.
Cotton . Received „ Just One I ay Ltir
li<*r Ilian Ijast\^ar.
Savannah, July 29.—Savannah has
received its tfc rst bale of new cotton.
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tbe «7*“ first bale tor the season just S00 ““ closing.
The bale was grown on the farm 0 f
J. W. Arnold, near Albany, .. and , when ,
we jgh e d in front of the Cotton Exchange
tipr)e(1 t h e scales at 369 pounds. The
new bale was not of very fine quality
a * lld t h e cotton exchange classification
coniulit tee was engaged for some time
in making its report upon its grade.
The bale was packed in the old style
shape. Manv of those who saw and in
gpected the bale appeared to have their
doubts about it all be’tng new cotton.
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Kditors Select New Ollictrs.
w ; * c; (2 ’ | u j v m _ The
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South Caroliua Press association . . , ban
adjourned after a three days’session,
The lo p lOW ing officers were elected:
p reg yent, E. H. Anil, Newberry Herald
and News; first vice president, N. G.
(i 0!! ‘ \, a i e < ’ Columbia State; second vice
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ideBt j. l. y imSf Orangeburg Timer*
Democrat; secretary, C, C. Langston,
f . ders on Intelligencer; bureau chap
am R ev SidDH. Browne, Columbia;
executive committee, M. B. McSweeney,
L ° uis ^ Ap P elt aud J '_ A ' ? oyt ’
A K- O-itiou .m Johnston.
Columbia, S. C. % July 29.-Governor
McSweeney has issued a requisition
upon the governor of Alabama for the
deHverv to fhe a ^ n t of tins state,
w ill go to that state for the purpose, of
one Mafliou, al’ias Muss Delech, who
W anteJ m Saluda county for assault
p atterv with intent to ktlL > Deloch has
TCC@ ntiy arrested in Alabama.
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yiormou Eldi-rs Are Snf .
Covington, Ga., Jnl? 29.—The
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hlv hrtl ...7 d 0 utEa'*ed over their *
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People 1 ' of Florence Angry. ”,
Florence, S. C., „ July , , 29. xhe
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pie of Florence are indignant over
! mnointment PP “ of a ns'-ro 0 postmaster.
The city council and board , of f .
! want him removed. Senator
^ entreat President McKinley
change his appointment.
BOOT TAKES CHARGE
AS WAR SECRETARY
Sworn Into Office by District
Judge Cole.
ALGER CONGRATULATES
Several Cabinet Officials, Including
the Retiring Member, Witness the
Ceremonies Attendant Upon the New
Chief’s Induction.
Washington, Aug. 1.—Mr. Elihu Root
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War at 10 - 4 “ tod “>- ihe ceremony oc
furred in .he large office of the secre
tary of war in the presence of Secre
taries Gage and Hitchcock, Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohu, a large number
of army officers in uniforms and other
employes and officials. The oath was
administered by Judge Cole of the su
preme court of the District of Columbia,
Secretary Alger arrived at the deparc
“ent t at at 10-40 10.4U accompanied accompanied by by M Mi. r Root Root,
f0r W h ° had Ca ed *“ h ‘ S Camage
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They weut immediately to the secre
t ur y’a private office, where were Secre
taries Gage and Hitchcock, and were
soon joined by Adjutant General Cor
bin and Major Hoskins, the latter being
the military secretar.v of Secretary Ai
ger. A moment later Assistant Secre
tary Meikiejohn and Judge Cole en
tered the room and the judge was form¬
ally presented to the new secretary,
The commission, bearing date of today,
was in possession of Adjutant General
Corbin.
By this time all of the army officers
on duty in the department had gath
ered iu the main office and Mr. Root
and Secretary Aiger ana other members
of the party entered the room,
It was 10:45 when Mr. Root stood up
and took the oath of office. JudgeCoie
then addressed him as “Mr. Secretary”
and shook hands and congratulated
him. General Alger then advanced and
shook hands most cordially and said,
Wlt d evident feeling:
“God Help Yon,” Says Alger.
“'With all my heart I congratulate
you and the administration. You will
find around you here men who will help
m the arduous duties of vour posiiion.
Mav Goa bless you and give you
strength.”
Secretary Gage then stepped forward
and congratulated Secretary Root. He
as Iollow ? d by Secretary Hitchcock,
^Corbm^n^ V V. 1 V lcr
General ^ Alg «f pl keU U F® a° /
t mss ion, signed by the u president - d and at
tested by the secretary of state, appoint
h, »id,
„ 0 back to become a sovereign citizen
of the United States and become Mr.
^“I^incerelv wish it were the other
-way,” said Mr. Root as he accepted the
q' beu tae officers w-ere presented to
Secretary Root by Mr. Victor L. Mason,
the confidential secretary of the secre
“try of war. As soon as they were in
troduced they shook hands with Gen
CT “‘ A1 -"- *« T Pped U
aud wish him buccess in the lutuie.
They also thanked him for his constd
eration aud many acts of kindness anu
uuiform courte sy during the time they
had been associated with him.
General Miles ‘ 011 Hand.
General Miles appeared with his sta «,
m the full dress uniform of the major
general, commanding the emuy. He
stopped to talk with Secretary Root ^ tor
some time longer than any of the oth
ers. Following the presentation of the
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officers the civilian officials an c »
of department came in and shook
bands \vith Secretary Root ana said
farewell to General Alger.
Secretary Gage, before leaving shook tne
room , wem up to General Alger,
him cordially by the hand, bidding him
good by. General Alger 1#« at 12:45
o’clock today for his how.: '.n Detroit.
; The last official act ait of Secretarj
Alger was to sign a requisition for me
allotment of $ 20 , 000,000 for transports.
; Secretary Alger intended that his last
act should be signing the order direct
ing Maj*»r Charles’ Bird, assistant quar
! termaster, to accompany the transport
lie^gned such Tn'^d erf b« ttoot Hr
Ursiness was presented a few moments
, Root did not perform any
0 fc&i a i business today. As General Al
K er is score tary and draws the salary
for today, it was thought best to avoid
any legal complications by having tne
business of the department perferiued
by Mr. Meiklojphu as acting secretary,
Wheat Growers’ Convention.
Greenwood, S. C., Aug. 1 . — The
prospects for the success of tbe wheat
< rrov ,- e r S ’ convention grow brighter
Mr. S. IT. McGhee, secretary of
promising rtiair attendance and co-oper
ation. It is already assured that the
n«mber in attendance will be far greater
timn first anticipated. There will be a
small army of harvesting and mill ma
r-hinerv ** men ‘ nres°n» *
Tampa’s St rilee Still On.
Tampa aampa, Fla j. ia., Julv aui. 31.—The strike at
the Yhor-Macrara iactorg nas not
Fe wSk ttied vet As a result the third
c £the lockout here ended