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?axa i? n '.'? u r.-r .. SOUTHCAROUi News of Interest Gleaned f roi Arranged For Wai Suceed Crum. Washington, Special-The Presi dent Tuesday sent to Senate the nom ination of Edward W. Durant, Jr., as collector of customs for the district cf Charleston, S. C. The appoint er Mr. Durant ends the contest which i. "was Waged for so long over the selec tion of Dr. Wm. D. Crum. As the ~ only objection to Dr. Crum was based apon ihe fact that he is a negro, ii is presumed that Mr. Durant's nomi nation will be confirmed in due course of time, although his nomination was allowed to lie over when the Senate met in executive session Tuesday, while other nominations, which were sent in [were promptly acted upon. Dr. Crum's nomination had been be fore the Senate at each session since January, 1903. While he has been in office ali this time, he was never but.once confirmed by the Senate. The -one confirmation took place in the Fifty-eighth Congress. The re mainder of the time was covered by recess appointments. The selection of Mr. Durant is generally accepted as the introduction of President Taft's announced policy of appoint ing white men to Federal positions of j responsibility in.the South. Notable Case at Edgefield. - Edgefield, Special.-The Court of .Gommon Pleas has been in session at this.place since last Monday, the 8th inst. The first two days were con sumed in the trial of the cases of Carley against the Southern Rail way and ? Mack Davis against thc Western Union Telegraph Company. In the former the jury failed to agree, a mistrial being entered. A non-suit was granted in the latter, the plain tiff failing to show that he suffered any damage as a result of defen dant's negligence. On Wednesday the case of J. T. Patterson against the Farme:s' Bank of Edgefield wao commenced. Although the Court has sbace been continuously engaged iii its' hearing, the end is not even in sight, the possibility being that it , will consume not only-this week, but will run into next week. No case ^ ever tried here has attracted more interest, the Court House being pack ed to its utmost capacity, eminent counsel being engaged on both sides. Cnt?D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, ap-1 " " *?w the j ^ay^jnS?iB^Eighty sxans-n-^?^ burried on the south side of the grounds, and but for the prompt and eincient work of the bucket brigade, operated hy the workmen of; a carai ' val company , show, which are quar tered at the Fair grounds, the flames would doubtless have destroyed the entire stables in> that section of the racing quarters. The property loss amounted to $1,000, but about half of the loss is covered by insurance. Secretary Love of the Fair Associa tion, said Tuesday that the work of rebuilding the burned section of the stables would begin at once, as a series of races has been arranged for the spring, and it would be necessary to have the entire stables ready for use, as. the horses expected to participate in the races will need the full accomodation of the stables. Columbia Clubs Raided. Columbia, Special.-Chief Con stable Dickson and Constable Ogg and McSwain Thursday raided four social clubs and placed the managers under arrest. Thursday" night Hunt Brothers' restaurant, on Gates street was also raided, and a clerk named Kaminer was arrested. The ' cases were worked up by a detective named Wilson, from Atlanta;' Memorial Window Commission. Columbia, Spe^aL-Gov. - Aansel has named the commission to take charge of the appropriation made by the general assembly for a memorial window at Blandford church, near Petersburg, Va, The commission con sists of Senators Weston of Richland, Johnstone of Newberry and Repre sentative Rucker of Anderson. An i appropriation of $360 was given by the State for the memorial window in honor of the South Carolina Confed erate soldiers who fell "near Peters burg during the conflict on the battle fields, of. Virgmiav ' V. p. C. Take up the Matter. ' . Columbia, Special-The legislature has appropriated $12,000 for the Con federate Holde.' The' management asked for $16,000. In order to equip the home, it-wilWje-necessary to raise some money. T??'D??ghters of the Confederacy, have taken the matter in hand and: proposeJ to raise the money. Mrs. Robert D. Wright, of Newberry, president of the South Carolina Division makes a pathetic appealto the various chapters. i Empty Pistol Again Fatal. ?? Spartanburg, Special.-Perry Leis ter of Greer was acidentally shot and killed at his home at that place Wed nesday morning by Sam James, his brother-in-law.' James was handling a supposed empty pistol, when it was discharged by accident, the ball en ? tering Leister's forehead, causing his death within a few moments. Cor oner Turner made an investigation of the tragedy. It has been clearly established that the killing was ac cidental. NA NEWS ?TEMS m AH Sections of the State and Busy Readers State Education Board. Columbia,- Special-The. State board, of education met Thursday in the office of the State superintendent of education. ' All the members were present except the represenative of the Sixth district, who has not been appointed, the place being vacant on account of the election of W. J. Montgomery as State senator. The report of the Righ school inspector was heard, and the board scaled sev eral schools that had not complied with the,regulations of the high school act. The report was exhaus tive, and Prof. W. H. Hand, the in spector, was commended for the thorough presentation cf facts and conditions. Four counties had al ready received more, than the amount which can now be paid out under the law, and of course all high schools in these counties will not receive as large an appointment as was made last fall. Will Reforest His Land. Aiken, Special.-A great deal of interest has been manifested here in the avowed intention of Mr. T. L Hickman, president of the Granite ville Manufacturing Company, to re forest about 2,000 acres of de-timber ed land around Graniteville. These lands were many years ago cleared of all timber, and it is the intention of Mr. Hickman to retimber it, thus con verting what is now barren land into valuable forests. Mr. Hickman is negotiating with the department of forestry of the Government with a view of getting national aid in the matter. Mr. Hickman states that it is probable that he will have the work done in the near future. It is prob able that the lands will be sown with seed of timber, instead of transplant ing, as it is said that pines do not readily take root when set out. Municipal Utilities Urged. Lexington, Special.-Electric lighls and wa' ^rworks; for Lexington are being agitated by the citizens now, and there will be a public meeting in the near futuie to discuss the advis ability of the town voting on the issue of bonds to secure an electric fight plant and a complete system of waterworks. This subject has been discussed before, but it has never taken on serious proportions until recently. The property owners realizo it is ,said, that insurance would be very much cheaper with a good water -"c*om and the amount saved in in the many Chester, Special.-The cotton ware house of Joseph Wylie & Co., with its contents, consisting of somewhere between 350 and 500 bales of cotton was,destroyed by ure early Thursday night. The fire spread rapidly, and S. M. Jones & Co.' stables, the city's stables, and several negro tenant houses belonging to E. C. Stann, were damaged or destroyed. Wylie & Co. also lost a considerable suppljr of baled hay, a number of new wagons, and other valuable property, includ ing their stables and sheds. For tunately all live stock were saved. The fire department did splendid and effective work, and at 8:30 o'clock although the fire at one time threat ened to sweep a krge part of the bus iness district, the flames are prac tically subdued. Bullet Brings Down Thief. Chester, Special.-Ike Feaster, col ored, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded at 2 o'clock Thursday morn ing by Officer J. G. Howsee, of the city police force. Feaster had brok en into the store of T. H. Ward, col ored, and was coming out of the rear with his plunder, when Officer How see, who had been attracted by the noise, endeavored to halt him. Train Kills Centenarian. Newberry, Special.-Ned Kinard, an old colored man, said to be 110 years old, was knocked down and killed by a freight train at the South em depot, Wednesday about 1 o'clock. The old man was leaning against a box car when a shifting engine backed up and shoved against the one on which he was leaning, knocking him down and then run ning over and killing him. He was a slave of Gen. H. H. Kinard in slavery days and was a pretty old negro when set free. Technical Training in Public Schools. Charleston, Special.-Dr. Charles W. Elliot, the former president of Harvard university, delivered an ad dress here Wednesday night before a large audience, in which he de plored the fact that the public school sys ? ems do not sufficiently consider the necessary structure of democratic society and of those industries which constitute the vital interest of the community. Endowment Increases. Charleston, Special.-At the cen tennial celebration cf the South Car olina college held in Charleston in 1901, a plan was proposed by prom inent alumni present to provide for an endowment fund. Prompt steps were taken to carry Out the idea and by the subscriptions of loyal alumni of the old college and new university about $7.000 is now in the hands of the trustees and the amount is con tinually increasing. The college had never had an endowment fund of any kind up to that time. INSURANCE DEPOSITS Azt Important Ruling on Insurance Bonds. In regard to the recent enactments of the legislature requiring all com panies to deposit with the commis sioner a bond or securities in the dis cretion of the commissioner, Commis sioner McMaster has made the fol lowing rulings: Either the.principal or the surety must have on deposit securities to the amount of the bond or must have in South Carolina prop erty liable to attachment to thc amount, of the bond. This amount is $20,000 for life insurance companies and $10,000 for all other companies. A surety company must have on de posit securities to an amount equal to the amount of the largest single bond which it wftl give, but should it have one deposit, it will be re ceived on the bond of other com panies to ten times the amount of the deposit it makes. That is to say that to give a bond for a life insurance company a surety company must have on deposit $20,000, and in this case would be received. on a gross ag gregate of bonds to the amount of $200,000. The commissioner, for the present, will receive any good secu rities but he will expect the com panies making the deposits within a reasonable time to secure -domestic in vestments, such as State bonds, county or municipal bonds, or real estate mortgages in South Carolina, or some such domestic securities. Suing Railroad For Damages. Greenville, Special.-Several suits against the Southern Railway which will be hoard in Magistrate Stan ley's Court this week, are further re minders of the great freshet last August. On the Columbia and Green ville Railroad several miles below the city, a calvert gave way before the rush of the watery during the floods and as a result several acres of land were flooded, it is claimed, and the crops on this land ruined. The plain tiffs alleged that the company was careless in not having a culvert that would stand the pressure of high water; that such a culvert could have been provided for by the railroad. The railroad will claim that this cul vert had carried the water since 1872 ; that the flood was unusual, an act of . God, and that the company should not be held liable for damages be cause of the extraordinary high water. One case has already been tried, and in this the jury found for the plaintiffs in the sum of $75, the -* *u* eom destroyed. Three a sick man anu auueim^ . chronic trouble, his family and phy sicians are particularly careful. Gen. Butler has been? here at the Infim- i ary since the first of February, and before that he was confined to his : borne, and being a man of unusual activity this confinement is not to his liking. Gen. Butler reads the news- '. pap?is regularly and he is keeping in dose touch with everything, but he would like to be up and about. Gen. : Butler's son, Capt. Butler, is here from Kansas City, and his sister, Mrs. Carson, is here with him in ad lition to the other members of his 'amily who have been here for some :ime. Mrs. Butler is constantly at ;he side of her distinguished hus jand. One Fatal Case of Smallpox. Yorkville, Special.-Kirby Pugh, an operative at the York Cotton Mill, iied on ? the mill premises just out side thc town limits of Yorkville Sunday night, of smallpox. There bave been no other cases nor is there any others now. The mill man agement and the local physicians bave taken every possible precaution to prevent the spread of the disease. Charged With Soliciting Hands. Lexington, Special.-Will L?rick, a negro, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Miller on Friday night upon a warrant sworn out by Mr. W. W. Barre, ? lumber manufacturer of this town, charging L?rick with violating !he law governing the soliciting of bands from one State to another. It is said that L?rick had secured the promise of several negroes and was arranging to secure transportation for them to go to Florida to work on a turpentine farm. So far no effort has been made to secure his release. Entombed by Well Cave-in. Laurens, Special.-Entombed in a cav.ed-in weil for five hours and a half, John Fields, a- negro well dig ger, was anally rescued without fur- . ?her. hurt than a few bruises, on the face. This accident occurred late Saturday afternoon when Fields was descending the walls of the well in the badkyard at Mrs. Eloise Shell's residence on Main street; a rock was dislodged by the man's foot, precip itating a general cave-in. Sentenced to he Hanged. Laurens, Special.-"The sentence of the Court is that on the twenty third day of April, Friday, between the hours of ll in the forenoon and 2 in the afternoon, you, John Henry Anderson, be hanged by the neck un til dead, dead, dead," were the words pronounced Friday morning in the Court of General Sessions by Judge Price. Before sentence was passed attorneys made strong pleas in be half of the man, asking that the ver dict be set aside. i A CHILD Willie Whitla, Aged, 8, Taken from School at Sharon, Pa NO CLUE TO THE PERPETRATORS Willie Whitla, 8 Years Old, Taken From His School at Sharon, Pa~ Held For $10,000 Ransom-Terms Oomphed With, But Flan Fails. On last Friday 'Willie Whitla, . & years old, was kidnapped from school at Sharon, Pennsylvania. A well dressed man drove up to the school and told the janitor that Willie's father had sent him ?o bring Willie to his office. ??ot " suspecting . any thing wrong the teacher fixed Willie up and sent him on, in light pleasan try saying she hoped he was not be ing kidnapped. All too soon she found that it was a stern reality. A letter was received Friday in Willie's "own hand which read: Dear Father: Two bad" men have me, and if you don't send $10,000 they will kill me in 10 days. . Willie Whitla. There was nothing on the envelope to denote where the letter had been mailed. Frank H. Buhl, a millionaire uncle of Willie's took a decided interest in the case and will freely pay the $10, 000 for his safe recovery. It was reported from that city that two men and a boy answering the description, of the kidnappers and their victim have been seen there, consequently the supposition is that Mr. Buhl has received word which made hiin believe his nephew was in Cleveland or that vicinity. The bug gy in which the child was taken from school was located at Warren Ohio, and as the Cleveland papers were among those specified, in which the demand of the kidnappers for a $10,000 ransom should be answered by a personal advertisement, all evi dence seemed to indicate that devel opments in the mysterious case was centered about the Lake City. A clue was secured Sunday, in which little credence is placed, how ever. On March 1 the local postoffice department receiyed & circular an nouncing a reward for a man de scribed as Samuel C. Leavanson, of ' Canton, .,0., said tb be wanted there ( for the &eft of .$400. Janitor Wes- . ley C. Sloss, of the school from which Willie was takelt, .when shown the cir cular bearing a portrait of the man ' wanted, declared it bore a strong re semblance to the abductor. 1 A Cleveland, O., special on Sunday ? says : Whitla - was instructed in a 1 letter from the kidhappers to leave s $10,000. in Flat Iron Park Saturday ] night. ' If no. detectives were about j proached the spot. Whitla believes that the failure to . effect a settlement with him will 1 frighten the, kidnapers and they will c. not communicate with him again. # The police , of Ashtabula are unwil- 1 ling to believe that the kidnapers 1 have left that section, of the country. '! The letter from, the captors of Wi I lie Whitla came to the boy's parents * in Sharon Friday afternoon. , Upon receipt of the letter Whitla called.in private d?crives and asked . their advice. They were anxious to 1 capture the kidnapers and pleaded c with him to permit them to place a r decoy packtige of bills at the desig- ? nated spot and .let officers lie in wait 1 and capture the men who came after the money. Whitla would not agree to this. He finally consented to permit the detec- 1 tives to acorapany him to this city * and await his summons to start a search for the kidnapers. Promptly at JO o'clock Whitla left s the package of bills in the park. He ( went tto the designated spot alone, , feeling certain that his compliance J with the request of the kidnapers j would prove the means of delivering J his boy back to hun. Three policemen who had been sent j out from the Ashtabula central sta- ' tion saw Whithv leave the money in \ the park. They appraised Chief Las- J key of their discovery and received ( instructions to remain on duty and j capture the kidnapers should they appear. In the meantime Whitla returned to the city and communicated with his detectives in Cleveland. They ad vised him not to go to the hotel for his boy a minute before the time set. After five hours of anxious waiting, Whitla stated after his boy. As he was on his way, a policeman inform ed him that three officers had been on guard in the immediate vicinity of the park and that no one had called for. tho..money. Whitla- was overcome when this news was-broken to him. He went to the'park and found his package of money .undisturbed. A dettachment of detectives . was sent out from Cleveland as soon as it was learned that the Ashtabula police were working on the case. ; The father refuses to sleep at all, and keeps up through sheer will power. The mother, who will ?ot al low her daughter, Saline, out of her sight, is showing the effects of the worry. Whitla returned to Celevland and after a conference with Detective Perkins the return trip to Sharon was made. Hundreds of letters from all over the country continue to come mltjof the country continue to pour in from friends and strangers alike, tendering sympathy. But among all the corres pondence there has been no word from the abductors, nor any one who seemed to be in any way in touch with them. ' CONGRESS IN SESSION President Taft's Message Read Speaker Cannon Announces Im port ant Committees. Tte second day's session of the House of Representatives found the mem Sixty-first Congress found the mem bers in a much calmer mood than on Monday. The ?tension was noticeably relaxed, and a feeling of general good fellowship was .apparent. The draw ing for seats was the first business. A number of the older members were allowed their, choice of seats. Speaker Cannon announced the fol lowing committees: Rules-The Speaker; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania; Smith of Iowa; Clark of Missouri; Fitzgerald, New York.: Committee on Ways and Me?ns Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania ; McCall, * Massachu setts; Hill of Connecticutt; Bout?ll, of Illinois; Needham, of California; Calderhead, of Kansas; Fordney, of Michigan; Gaines," of West Virginia; Cushman, of Washington; Longworth of Ohio; Crumpacker, of Indiana; Clark, of Missouri; Harrison, of New York; Broussard, of Louisiana; Underwood, of Alabama; Griggs, of Georgia; Pou, of North Carolina; Randell, of Texas. Speaker Cannon did not consult the minority leader, Hon. Champ Clark, in the appointment of com mitteement from the minority party and Mr. Clark and he had some con troversy. The President's message was re ceived and read in both houses after which the Senate adjourned until Friday. PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE. The following is the very brief, but clear cut message from the President/: "To the\Senate and House of Rep resentatives : ' ' I have convened congress in extra session in order to enable it to give immediate consideration to the revis ion of the Dingley tariff act. Condi tions affecting production, manufac ture and business generally have so changed in the last 12 years as to re quire a re-adjustment and revision of the import duties imposed by that act, More than this the present tariff- act with other sources of government rev- , enue, does not furnish income enough to pay authorized expenditures. By July 1, next, the excess of expenses )ver receipts for the current fiscal fear wiH equal $100,000,000. Party Pledged to Revision. .''The successful party in the late I ?lection is pledged to a revision of :he tariff. The country and business community especially, expect it. The Drospoct of a change in the r?ates of mport duties always causes a'suspen ?ion or halt in business because of the incertainty as to changes to be made ind their effect. It is thefore of the liehest importance that the new bill "In my inaugurai auuico.,, A o.?x^w n a summary way, the principles up >n which, in my judgment, the revis on of the tariff should proceed, and ndicated at least one new source of .evenue that might be properly re stored in order to avoid future deficit, 't is not necessary .for me to repeat vhat I then said. "I venture to suggest that the vital msincss interests of the country re luire that the attention of congress n this session be chiefly devoted to lonsideration of the new tariff bill, md that less time be given to other ubjects of legislation in tis session, s better for the country?* ' "WILLIAM H. TAFT.'" For four hours the House of Rep resentatives Friday listened to the .eading of the tariff bill which ivas he only business transacted. It was ?erhaps the dreariest legislative ses ;ion of any held by the body in re lent years. The census bill was received by the Senate from the House and referred o the committee on the census. After )eing in session eight minutes the senate adjourned until Monday. There s a general disposition in the House o eliminate as far as possible any icademic discussion of the tariff. Members on both sides are desirous )f having as little general debate as Dossible and as much time as is prae :icable for the consideration of the jill under the five minute rule for imendm<rat. FASHION NOTES Skirts still grow narrower. Shot materials are popular. A variation of the manner ot wear lng the fur stole is to twist it ser pentine fashion around the figuro from throat to waist A beautiful new hair ornament is the laurel leaf in enamel and frosty jewels. Latest turbans are not so engmnng; they allow part of the front hair to IDO SGGD? The latest French fancy in shoes is patent leather with tan color tops and pearl buttons. The deep cream color called ca?e au lait and a pure chalk white are colors of the moment. The separate waist has been mak ing a desperate fight for life against the growing popularity of thc three piece suit. For morning wear about the house nothing is more attractive than the freshly laundered shirtwaist dress of linen or lawn. Fashionable women are seen at tne theatres and restaurants wearing a scarf of black tulle wound around the throat and left to float about the, shoulders. It may be quite unorna mented or embroidered with gold thread or precious stones. Silent mien never have occasion to eat their words, observes the Eas ton Post LEMON MILK SHERBET. 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