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ISOUTHCAROLH News of Interest Gleaned Froi Arranged For TRIBUTES PAID TO HEROIC DEAD. McnoriaJ Day Was Observed Throughout South Carolina. Throughout South Carolina exercises were held in various towns in memory of the soldier dead, the heroes of "The Lost Cause!" Patriotic airs were sung, eloquent tributes were paid to the Confederate soldiers, both the living and the dead. and fair hands decorated with flowers the graves of the fallen heroes. Report? come from many towns and cities ma. king the deep devotion to these tender memories. A Charleston special says: Charleston paid tribute Monday afternoon to the memory of the gallant dead of the Confederacy, joining with many communities throughout the South in this annual beautiful custom which Charleston was among the first to inaugurate. Wagons made the rounds of tin? schools and other depositories for flowers and greens and the young ladies of the Confederate Home school were busy making the hundreds of wreaths and decorations xvl,w.1. ?i.~ -* ? ? i?i% ii ?viv ii r*vi | ill UilT ill K'l.lUUll 111 tlie decoration of the graves and t?mbs of the old soldiers. Aside from the wreaths which th school girls made, many other like tributes were woven b\ loving hands and deposited on the last resting place of the men who wore the gray. In Washington square the handsome shaft of the Washington Light Infantry was decorated with several wreaths as was the memorial of Gen. Beauregard, in advance of the exercises in the afternoon. In may churchyards about the city the graves of soldiers were decorated during the morning hours, leaving the afternoon solely for the decoration of the mounments, tombs and graves at the several cemeteries in the suburbs. In accordance with the custom, the graves of several soldiers who wore the blue, who died here en route to Cuba during the Spanish-American war, were not forgot in the decoration of the cemeteries. Rev. Percival H. Whalev delivered the annual address. Flags were generally displayed about the city and the county buildings, dispensaries, banks, city hall and city department wcic viusm, unn uoi a iew ?i wie dusiness houses observed the day partly. The postoffice observed Sunday or holiday hours, with the offices closing at 10 a. m., and one early morning deliver}/ of mail being made. From Columbia comes the following: Memorial 'day exercises in Columbia were more than usually of interest. It marked the opening of the home in which aged Confederate veterans will be eared for by the mother State. And the other feature was tMe presence of the Children of the Confederacy in the assemblage of those met to dfc honor to the memory of the cbivalric dead. In the morning a committee of devoted women placed beautiful garlands around the base of the Confederate monument in the eapitol square and entwined the Confederate onlnt-v red, white and red, around the shaft of the monument. The several church-yards in the city were also visited in the morning and the grave of each Confederate soldier marked with a Confederate (lag and thereupon plaeed a wreath of Southern roses. In the afternoon the city of the dead, Elmwootl cemetery, was visited. Here the cots of many gallant men were made beautiful with the quilting of roses and the pillows of immortelles. The ceremonies were more beautiful because of their simplicity. Has Passed the Century Mark. Blacksburg, Special.?The News and Courier correspondent, together with the Rev. Mr. Kirby, pastor of the Methodist church here, recently had the opportunity of seeing the oldest living woman probably in the State. Her name is Peggy Clark. She was born not over five miles from where she now lives in 1802, on the 23rd day of February. She was 107 years old on February 23 of this year. Injured Youth Doing Well. Oaffney, Special.?Young George Stephenson, who was so badly hurt Friday night by being run over by the engine on the dummy line is doing Gnely, and his pliysioians say that if he continues to improve that there will be no necessity of amputating his foot. Those who saw the accident expresed themselves as being astonished that his injuries were no more serious than they are, as he was drag" ged several feet under the engine after he fell between the wheels. Accidentally Shot. Laurens, Special?J. Ross "Wilson, of the Demorcst Comedy Company was Thursday night accidentally shot by Dick Lewis just before the performance at the Opera House. The bullet entered the lower abdomen, and physicians say the man will probably die before morning. Dr. C. B. Earle of Greenville was hastily summoned. Wilson is married and is a native of Sullivan, III. MA NEWS ITEMS n AH Sections of the State and Busy Readers There was no address, but the prayer of Rev. Kirkman O. Finlay stirred many hearts. Tha procession was headed by Ellison Capers chapter, Children of the Confederacy, little ones in white dresses and red sashes, emblematic of the Confederacy. They sang the songs of the dear old South and many eyes were wet with the tears of memory. It was indeed a glorious moment when the little ones showed that they are being taught to remember that these brave men died for South Carolina. The Confederate home of the State was formally opened Monday. There were two old fellows to be mustered in. They took the oath of allegiance gladly, for it is to them a home indeed. The men were Sergeant Clark of York county and Private Hughes of Abbeville eountv. The home is ready to receive the other 82 as soon as recommended by the respective county pension boards. The home is most comfortable, and there are many tilings to make glad ll,? ,1 ,.,.i:.,.. ? ' 1:? - tiiv vn.v i.np uu > a irauiii^r i immii, ;i sleeping room, a music room ami above all a good dining room. At Darlington the streets were lined throughout the day with soldiers, both of this day and the remnant of the army that fought in the 'tiOs. The morning hours were taken up in meeting the visitors at the depot and escorting them to the court house square, the centre of attraction. An elaborate dinner was given the veterans and also a dinner to the local militia. At 5 o'clock Rev. D. M. Fulton made a touching oration. At Aiken the Rev. W. E. Thayer made the address of the occasion, full of tenderness and pathos. The "Lost Cause" was thus freshened again. At Sumter Col. James ArmfrfVong was the orator of the day and the decoration of the graves was attended with the fervent devotion that al >vavs inarss iins annual memorial. At Newberry a magnificent dinner was served to the old veterans and addresses, recitations, etc., together with floral offerings, made lip the sweetly sad commemoration. At Marion Lieut. Governor McLeod made the oration for the occasion, a delightful program, together with a sumptuous dinner, filled the day with appropriate interest. Noted Sculptor in Columbia. Columbia, Special.?Mr. F. Wellington Ruckstuhl of New York, designer of the Hampton statue and well known throughout the State, was in the city Wednesday for a conference with the members of the commission in charge of the erection of a monument to the women of the Confederacy. Mr. Ruckstuhl spent the day meeting his friends and inspecting the city in which he is particularly interestd. His ideas as to the original beauty of Columbia and the opimrlimifv Vrw,. It *1? I'V> ttuiitj H/I uiuniu^ 11 UHU Ui (.lie prettiest cities in the country have been set forth often and as yet lie has not changed these suggestions. Mr. Kuckstuhl has been seleteed to design the monument to the women of the Confederacy and has given the subject considerable study. His work on the Hampton monument attracted so much attention that he was selected to design the statue of John C. Calhoun, which will be placed in Statuary hall in Washington. Later he was chosen for the bronze memorial erected by the women of Sailsbury, North Carolina, to the Confederate soldiprs of that State, unveiled Monday. Still later he was selected to design the monument to be erected to the women of South Carolina, for which a sum has been appropriated by the State, the balance to be raised by the men of the State. Aiken Riften Ck> to Charleston. Aiken, Special.?The Aiken Rifles Company, National Guard of South Carolina, is delighted because they have been transferred from the 3rd regiment to another for the encampment. By this moans the Aiken boys will get away from home for the encampment. They will be assigned to a regiment encamping at Charleston. Stockman Begins Sentence. Lexington, Special.?Deputy Sheriff Miller carried S. W. Stockman to the State Penitentiary Thursday morning, where he will begin to serve his seven-year sentence for having killed his son-in-law, Hampton J. Hartley, during Christmas, 1905. As was stated in this correspondence Wednesday, Stockman preferred serving his time on the county chain gang, but Superintendent Langford refused to acoept him, and this necessitated Stockman's going to the penitentiary. Aiken to Welcome Soldiers. Aiken, Special.?All Aiken is delighted because of the coming of the 3rd regiment to this city for its annual encampment this summer. Aiken will do everything in her power to see that the boys are given a good time while they are here. A camping ground will probably be prepared for them in Eustis Park, on the edge of the city. This is a large park, containing about one hundred acres of land, | THE HVHAL EDITOH ? 4><$ksv?>S><$KJKS>SX? The following in the National Printer-Journalist is from a poem, ! written by Mr. J. Dumars, ami read before the meeting: of the Ohio hditorial Assoeiation at its sixtli annual meeting in Dayton on January 19, 1S59, and republished by the Springfield. O.. News. It contains thoughts and hints of interest and value to all newspaper makers even in the year . of 1909: I Once on a time?so run all tale prefaces? (1 make no mention here of dates or places,) j 1 knew an Kditor?'twas long ago. Forth came his paper, neatly launched and freighted And when it came, the village was elated; Ignoring party, in a party sense. Avoiding all that might excite offense. It praised the town, its prospects, its advances, Its enterpiise, resources and finances; It praised the schools, the teachers so profound, Until their l'nme was known for miles arouud; It praised the village parson's eloquence. His modest hearing, lack of all pretence; But most his learning and his solid sense; So it fell out. between the spring and fall. That worthy from the city had a call. With such an offer for his preacli-ed word. That he felt sure that call was from the Lord; It praised the doctf rs as uncommon skill'd. Adding with great suaviter and grace, i Their t rent men t eureJ more people than it kill'd; e It spoke?ami of its truth some doubts will spring? Of henest lawyers?an uncommon ease. In short, it praised so well, that people grew To think that praise was merited and due; It was his fault, and grew from an excess Of aim to please and profit?nothing less: And had been to self hut half a friend lie was to others, he had mot an end That you might safely aim at and commend. His influence was felt?the town's fair fame, With all who read his paper, found a name; The eitv pleasurists resorted there. Enjoyed its quiet and its healthy air; The artist came, and sketched sueh eharming scenes, That they were sought to grace the magazines; And thither, too, came men of enterprise? Blocks rose on blocks, and mills and factories, Hotels palatial, and stores that vied With those on Broadway, or along Choapside, * In brief, the town, that ere the printer came, Had scarce "a local habitation or a name." t As though 'twere touched by magic, grew to be An inland city. < A bunch of bad segars, that some one sends, Expecting thrice their value in a ' local;*' s Unopened invitations from his friends, < Asking his presence at a concert vocal, ] Or at a lecture, party, hop or ball. ? At such a date (please mention) and such Hall; Novels and books not worth a decent rating, S?nt out?they send few others but for "ash? Bv eastern turns, who take that way of baiting The ountrv press to advertise their trash; < In short, an hundred things by men devised To <ret their baubles cheaply advertised. There, patient toiler! ever at his work. Himself his foreman, publisher and clerk, 1 He labored hard?few men had labored harder? Grew lean in person, leaner in his larder; And still he toiled, from dawn to twilight gray, The tirst of men to court?the last to pay! Some said that he was rich?it might he true, Provided that you reckoned what was due; But this his dearest friends both said and know? I His wants were many, but his <limes were few. His paper bills came in. which must be paid, So, to delincuents he appealed for aid: He would take pork, potatoes, corn or oats, Axe-helves or hoop poles, or, at worst, their notes, In short, take anything: they had to pay, Provided it was brought by such a day. And thus he turned short corners, always pressed, A sad example of Pope's sagest saw. "Man never is, but always to be blessed," The victim of a fate that knows no law. Beset by butcher, by his baker teased. By creditors beseiged, by bailiffs squeezed. He yielded slowly, in the desparate strife, His dingy oflice and his troubled life, And gave to quiet earth and modest stones His many virtues and his aching bones. Some generous friends have built a cenotaph Of spotless marble o'er the sleeper's breast, On which the passer reads this epitaph: < "Here lies a man who died of too much trust!" 'Tis a plain story, rather roughly told, 1 Of one who trusted others and was "sold;" By hope allured, in turn by fear assailed. 1 He gave credit a!! he had, and failed. The moral you can draw. The Country Press 1 Should seek for independence?nothing less. 1 Ready to aid the good, sustain the wise, Direct and counsel proper enterprise, Revealing to the public gaze the way Where toil may profit, and where skill will pay, 1 Where revenues are reaped and fortunes grown, 1 But should be careful to preserve its own. 1 The Country Press! though limited its sphere Of influence, demands attention here. Where it is free, the people will be free: . Where it is pure, the people will be pure. Wliere shines the light, therr liberty shall be; Where it stands firm, there freedom shall endure. In the great march of mind if leads the van, The guard of public right, the friend of man. Though humble toilers, they are not the least Who SOW the SPPrt nilrt ?rom?f 4V... ?J.? P * ? ?" "i,>l By little means the noblest ends are grained, By small advances victories attained. , O, humble toilers! ye who gruide the press. Thougrh slow the progjress, sure will be success. I Patient in labor, strong1 in hope; in faith , Outreacbing time, and circumstances, and death, Be yours the aim, by Heaven at first designed, To raise to higher range of thought the mind, Building amid the floods of seltisli life. mi.~ -a ? - - .me Hiorrns 01 passion and the waves of strife, A fairer island in each human soul. Where Love shall dwell, and Virtue have control, An Eden blessed, and fairer than the old, By poets suae, by prophet lips foretold. The home of Innocence, Religion's shrine. Where God may reign, and Man become divine. Look to the sea; from ont its wastes arise Fair isles of beauty, kissed by summer skies; Mere specks at first, they part the rippling seas,. Bald, barren rocks then rise by slow degrees, And here extends a shoal, and there an arm. Here swells a hill, there sinks a valley warm; 1 Along its beach clings fast the floating weed, And spicy winds waft down the feathery seed; Fair trees spring up to whisper with the breeze, And flashing fountains leap to join the seas, i Where birds of song with sweetest music come, ' And build their nests and make their happy home* * And there it stands! a glory mid the isles, MR. TAFT'S MESSAt President Not Satisfied Wi Affairs in Porto Rico. NCAPABLEOFSEL? GOVERNMEf Jiuation of Unusual Gravity in Por Rico?The Island Without Suppc After June 30 Next?Time H Proven That the United States H Gono Too Faflt in Extension of P litical Power in Islands. President Taft Monday sent ^ongress a special message recot sending legislation at the presen e ra session, amending the Foraker a urder which Porto Rico is govern^ The President directs the uttcntu f Congress to affairs uu the islnt aying particular stress on what 1 eri::s '"a situation of unusual gra tv" developed through the failu if the Legislative Asseiuhlv . t 1 'or tico to pass the usual appropriate (ills, leaving the island without su >ort after June .'{(I next. i <?r'o Kicans have forgotten tl reneroisitv of the United States, tl 'resident says, in the desire of ee ain of the island's political leade 'or power, and he adds that the pre it situation indicates that the I "nit i states has gone too fast in the e ension of political power to the Por iicans. He coneludes that the abs ute power of appropriation shou >e taken away from "those who ha [HAU-II flton?colv4n! <?/? !iijoy it." The President suggests to Congre he wisdom of submitting to the a propriation committees ttie questi >f qualifying some of the provisio jf the fundamental act as to the i jpective jurisdictions of the exeeuti ;ouncU and the Legislative Asseinb But no action of this kind, the Pre dent says, should be begun until t Foraker act be amended so that wh the Legislative Assembly shall i journ without making the appropr tion neeessary to carry on the g< eminent, sums equal to the appropr lions made in he previous year 1 the respective purposes shall avaiiame ior me current revetiu and shall be drawn by the warrant the auditor on the Treasurer a countersigned by the Governor. Si a provision applies to the Legislatui ol' the Philippines and Hawaii a "it has prevented in those to coi tries any misuse of the power of : propriation." The President reviews the est: lishment of the present governnu for Porto Kico by the Foraker a He says the statue directing how < penses of the government are to provided leaves some doubt whetl this function is net committed soh to the executive council but in pri tice the Legislative Assembly lias t propriated for all the expenses otli than for salaries, fixed by Congre and the President adds, "it is t late to reverse that construction." The President says that ever sir the institution of the present Asso bly the House of Delegates has in fonnely held up the approprinti bills until the last minute of t the power to do so as a means compelling the eoncerrenee of t Executive Council in legislation whi the House desired. In the last reg lar Legislative Assembly the attitu of the Exeeuive Council in refusi to pass bills led the House of De gates to refuse fo pass the necessa appropriation bills. Mr. Taft discusses the acts of t Legislature and of the council in 6 tail and says the facts recited demo Btrate the willingness of the Repi sentatives of the people in the Hon of Delegates to subvert the govei ment in order to secure the passa of certain legislation. The question whether the pmpos legislation should be enacted into 1: was left by the fundamental act the joint action of the Exeeui Council and he House of Delegal as the Legislative Assembly. T House of Delegates, says the Pre dent, proposes itself to seeure tl legislation without respect to lie t position of the Executive Counc "or else pull down the government This growing spirit shows that t great power has been vpsted in t delegates. The message presents exhaustive economic review of c( t'.ition* vii the island, its trade n its wealtli, its improved edueatioi l'aeilit ies. It points out that "(here never \\ a time in the history of the isla when the average prosperity of t Porto Rieans lias been higher, 1 opportunity greater, his liberty thought and action more secure." J *he first time in its history. The President points out that if t Porto Rieans desire a change in t form of the Foiaker act this is a mi ter of congressional considerate dependent on the effect of such change on the real poiiiieal progri on the island. Such a change, he says, should sought, in an orderly wav and 1 KrnnMit t lio nt f Ptitnin nf Pftntrr ?!/ ??v ? IVIII..VI* by "paralvzine the arm of the exi ing government." The fact of i Porto Hicans forgetting the gen oaity of this government "should i . ' 1C be an occasion for surprise, nor m ij dealing with a whole people can it be made the basis of n charge of ingrtfcitude." (h "When we assumed guardianship over them and the guidance of their destinies we must have been conscious that p, people that had enjoyed so little opportunity for education could not be expected safely for themselves to oxericise the fell power of s-lfgovemmcnt. and the present developto ment is onlv an indication that we rt have pone Mirrewbr.t ton fast in the aa extension of political power Jo tliein as for th?ir own pood, 'o GL1LTY OF MANSLAUGHTER to ^ Verdict Rendered in the Case of Capt. Haines, Who Killed Wm. E. Annis. c* Klu shin jr. N. Y.. Special.?After d. four hours' dolihratinn. the jury in >n the case of t'apt. J'oter ('. Haines, lT. l(j S. A., charged with tin* uninlcr of William K. A tin is on August 1 o last, ae brought in a verd'et of guilty of manv" s'auiriitcr in the tirsl decree Tuesday re afleriu on. The maximum sentence lo '? twenty years' ij?i s ninent. Quickly following the young army officer's eop.vi. lion, his counsel announceil tliat they wo:,Id produce affidavits to show that the jury had not he been pr<?p<:l\ guarded during tlie -,p trial and upon this allegation, will urge that a new trial he granted. These afiidavits will he submitted rs Monday, the time set for passing sen's fence and for any motions that the defendant's counsel desires to make. x. There will, of course. bo the usual nntions t'> ?ei nsiilo tho verdict as against the* weight of evidence and ?* contrailictnry to law. but the unguardld ed jury feature is the only departure ve from the stereotyped procedure lookto a ,H>W trial. Nif.ht Riders Convicted. '9S Waverlv, Term.. Special.?A vrrP" diet of guilty was returned late Tnnson day afternoon in the case of the fonrns ^>Pn alleged members of the nightre riders' organization charged with wliippinp Esquire J. M. Reeee on xe October last. Tl:e punishment y* was fixed at 10 days in jail and a fine 91" of $.">00 for euch. Tbov were remanded to jail under strong military ' " guard, to reappear in court Wcdnes!fl" day, when a motion for a new trial ia" was made. >v- After the verdict announced, \a~ the defendants shook hands with each other and secured a band and music and dancing were heard in their cells. ri* The names of the men convicted are ?* Wvart f'owart, (diaries Pitea. I.eo , Warren. Walter Warren. Jim Divinll?h ..1 ,r ... " ? ey. ? iiarios Jiopper, waiter ?n>r<lon, ri'? George Hodge. Harry Marshall. Jim 11 Murrell. John Moran, Wvlie Sanders, ,n Sam Diekerson and Frank Estes. T!io 4P" indictment on which tliev were tried containeii four counts?going niask1 ed through towns and villages with !n unlawful purpose in view; {join? in disguise upon the premises of another with intent to do him bodily harm; assault with a deadly weapon while )4?r wearing a disguise, and assault and v battcrv while masked, it lP" New Orleans Celebrates. ier New Orleans. La., Special?For the ss* double purpose of celebrating 'lie ,?0 first passage of a big modern warship up the Mississippi river to a point as lCe high as Natchez, thus giving great impetus to the deep waterways move'n" nient and also a public reception to fm the officers of the battleship Mississippi, the citizens of New Orleans enls? tertained at an elaborate banquet Tuesday night in the palm garden of ? the St. Charles Hotel. The battleship started for Nateheg. Miss., Wednesday morning and the banquet wiij made the oeeasion of several addresses, expressive of the good will of tie* people of the Missisrv ?_i?? i i ? Mppi vniit'.v ami nest wisnes ri>r a successful trip i>|> the river, he 'e" Postal Employes Strike. Paris. By Cable.?'The Chamber of re- Deputies, after >. stormy session of four hours Tuesday, adjourned the "n- debate on the interpeilntions on the Re postal situation until Mnv 1.1. The response of the postal employes was cd quiek and decisive. Within half an iw hour the Federal lonnnittce had isto sued an order for a general strike, ve and the railw&v mail clerks walked let nut in a bndv. An houi later a meathe insr of (i.ttctl postal employes at tlie si- Hippodrome took up the gage of tiis battle and unanimously voted to >j>- strike. There was no jrroat entliusiil, asm shown, but determination and resolution to force the hand of the oo government were apparent. Ambushed by Africans. >m British West Africa, Bv Cable.? Lieut. I). A. Vanrenen. associate tesij dent general administrator of n district in northern Nigeria. thro* other as Englishmen, and thirtv-five native n,j police wore ambushed lecentlv by na[,e lives at a point fiO milrs northeast of Zungeru. The lieutenant and twelve j "f the policemen wore killed. A , British force has heen despatehed to the locality to punish the natives. Will Go To Supreme Court. ^ Savannah, (in.. Special.?The so0 called turpentine "trust" ease, in winch a verdict of guilty was renrm' tiered Tuesday night against five ofa llcers of the American Naval Stores sss Company, in the United States Court will, without doubt, find its way to j 'lie Supreme Court of the United States. It was stated that in this 08S use. for the first time, were the penal provisions of the Sherman anti-trust law attacked, and this question will lftr~ probably be passed upon bv the 8unot prema Court in the naval stores cose.