FORT MILL TIMES.
VOL. IX. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 30,1900. NO. 11.
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i LABOR COMMISSION REPORT.
Congress Has No Power Regulate
Labor
AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT
Congress Has No Power to Legislate
Directly In the Matter of Regulation
of Hours of Labor.
Washington. D. C\. Snerial.?The in.
1 'biatrial commission on its report lo
Congress on labor legislation recom1
mends improved legislation to the
State legislatures, rather than to Con grcss
directly. The subject of greatest
public interest today, sava the report.
I "'is. perhaps that of the regulation of
.the hours of labor permitted in industrial
occupations and especially in factories."
As Congress hns not power to
'.legislate dirccth in tbis matter the
^commission recommends that a simple
I statute be enacted by all the Slates reflating
the length of the working dayfer
hall persons between tlie ages of 14 and
' 21 years, who work in factories. hTo
report says in hiief: ' The employment
vcf children below the ages of 14 should
sbe prohibited in factories. The length
lor the working day in all public ent hlnvnmnt
? -"-I " -: -1- A
. iiuma
(The same time should bo lixcd for
.workmen in underground mines, except
in cases of emergency. Employment
in the mines of children less than
1 ! years of age and of all women and
girls should be forbidden. Congress
might well enact that no person under
IS should be employed as a telegraph
operator upon railroads, and that ull
engineers and switchmen should submit
to an examination for color blindness;
also that it bo made a misdemeanor
for an engineer or switchman to be
intoxicated while on duty. A simple
and liberal law regulating the payment
of labor should he adopted by all the
States, providing that all laborers shall
be paid in cash orders without dis
count, not in goods or due bills, and
that no conipui.-ion. direct or indirect,
should 'be used to make them purchase
good * nt particular stores. Provision
for the fair weighing of coal at mines
should he made, and the miners should
hate the privilege of employing a check
weighman at their own expense."
it is suggested that it might be well
to limit punishment for contempt of
cou t imprisonment for a brief period
for disobedience of injunctions, but
equity courts nru.-t not be deprived of
the power to protect themselves and
to rankc tlieir decrees respected. The
process of awarding blanket Injunction
against all the world, or against
iinnimiwl ? ??
.. .. liM.Miin, .?> Wt'll ilts III*
practice of indirectly ( nforoing the contract
for person il service by enjoining
employes from quitting work. should
be u acouraged not onlv by popular
sentiment, but by intelligent judicial
npiui >n. Congress should adopt a consistent
code of laws regulating all matters
tonccrning railroad employment,
such ts hours of labor, limitation of
continuous runs by engineers or continuous
evvice by telegraph operators
or swit limen: the enaettnent of a con>istent
employers liability code: the
liability of (be employer or corporation
for defective appliances, etc. The sta
lutes already adapted in the several
States, discriminating ats ie ween union
and non-union labor by making it a
penal nffen.ve ft r an employer to exclude
union labor only seem to the
commission to bo unconstitutional, being
doss legislation. The statute
should apply to non-union as well a?
.union labor alike if it is to be enacted
'at all. The right to be employed and
protected without belonging to a union
hottld be preserved, hut nverv fnrUiitv
should bo given labor to organize, if it
desires. atul tin last vestige of the no.
tion that trade unions are criminal
use f pri.&gno shrdlti emfwy vbgkqj
conspiracy should be swept away. The
use of private police detectives or oth
r hired bodies of men to he used in
Conner tion with labor troubles hat
aroused considerable attention, and
'C'nngrc.-s probably has the power to
enact reasonable legislation to prevent
abuse- in this direction. In a general
way the commission reports that con*
t dilatory laws have been effective, but
thai strict arbitration machinery rarely
works well. It is suggested that la*
bor bureaus or commissions be e?tab
lished in all tbe States.
Compulsory Insurance Rejected.
Heme. Special.? A bill which the As*
sembly had adopted, making rompul*
sory Insurance against accident and ill*
ness of all persons not. earning theit
living, the confederation contributing
toward the expense was, upon being
submitted to tho people, according to
Swiss law. defeated May 20 by a majority
of J70.000. t.ho vote standing :120
(too against tlie measure ami l.jO.OUO it
its favor.
To Pay for the llor e.
Charleston. S. (\. Special.?A North
'Carolinian stole a horse five weeks
ago front Edward Dean, of Spartanburg
S. C. Dean went to Marshall, the
iount> -eat of Madison county, found
his horse and identified the thief. He
MrSweeney which Governor Russell
would not honor. But the daughter of
the man who stole the horse wroto
Dean that she. had raised $r?0 and
would turn the horse and the money
over to the sheriff at Asheville if he
would drop the matter, and these terms
were accepted
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THE PROHIBITIONISTS , I
Candidates for Governor and l.ieuten- J
ant Governor.
For Governor?Col. James A. Hoyt.,
of Greenville. <
For Lieutenant Governor?J. L. i
Tribble. of Anderson. I
This was tlie net result of the State I
prohibition conference held in the hall '
of the house of representatives Wed- <
nesday night. The convention was not 1
very largely attended, hut thoi=;o who <
were there were earnest in all that l
they had to do. The convention came <
near putting up a candidate for at- I
torney general also, but after deciding
to do so, reconsidered and did not. The i
convention went about its work in a l
businesslike manner and there were '
no bickerings or heated debates. 1
Every thing was harmonious. The eon- \
vention udooted a strone address ?f?
the people by Col. Hoyt ami an even <
more vigorous and outspoken plat- i
form.
I
Campaign fleet ings.
1-ast night the sub-committee of the
State Democratie executive ciimmiuie 1
met in this city with all the members '
present and arranged the schedule of '
this year's State campaign meetings
for t liis year. The schedule has been
prepared with the most eareful eon- .
sidcration. the closest attention being ;
given all railroad schedules. It calls <
for the opening of the campaign the :
I sunn- ujs i.wo vears ago in urangeuurg,
j and fixes the dosing meeting here. It (
' also allows time for the South Caro- |
lina delegation to attend the national <
convention at Kansas City. <
This schedule is to be laid before the
full State committee for approval at
an extra meeting called for the purpose
to be held on Wednesday night |
next: i
Abbeville. August 11: Aiken. August '
13: Anderson, August 10: Bamberg. '
June 23; Barnwell. June 22; Beaufort. \
I June 10; Berkeley, June 2S; Charles- (
j ton. June 10; Chester, July 20; Ches- c
' terfield, July 21; Clarendon. June 27;
J Colleton, June 18; Cherokee, July 30;
! Darlington, July 19; Dorchester. June
15; Edgef^jld. August 10; Fairfield,
I July 27; Florence, July 12; Georgej
town, uly 10; Greenville. August 0;
Greenwood. August 13; Hampton,
June 20; Horry. July 16; Kershaw.
July 23; Lancaster. July 27; Laurens,
August 4; Lexington. August 21;
Marion. July 13; Marlboro. July 18;
l Newberry. August 3; Oconee. August
I 9: Orange-bore. .tunc 14 Pickens \m'
; nst 7: Richland, August 22; Spartanburg.
July 30; Sumter, June 20: Saluda.
August 18; rnion, August 1;
Williamsburg, July 11: York. July 2S. ;
.Murder at Milis* Hill.
Rreenville Special. Tom Odom .-hot
James Israel through the head at (Jal;
loway's market, at Mill's Mill, at noon
i Saturday. The 32-ealibre bullet en- .
tered just above the right eye and
was taken out. of the fractured skull '
at the top of the back part of the bead,
slightly to the left. Mr. Sntith. the
rail! physician, said at 3 o'clock that,
I though Israel was still breathing, there (
I was no hope of his recovery and tie
expected his patient to die sit any mo- I
ment. though ho might hold out sev- )
oral hours. Odom claims that the
shooting was accidental, hut eyewitnesses
say that the shot was fired de?
liberately and without provocation.
News Items.
i The sinking fund commission is
| working up the records as to the titles
i to Mountain Island in the Catawba
. river, in 1802 it has been found this
island was sold by Gen. Sumter to tin 1
Vnited States government. The pres. *
i ent Cnited States military academy at
I West Point. N. V.. came within one
j vote of being established there. In
1840 the State bought the island back
I front the government. Heyond that
, the records cannot yet be found. '
In the plunder room of the Stnt?
-House, which is being explored by Mr
Gantt. one of the interesting finds was
the Legislative report of the investigation
into the famous insurrection in
Charleston. The evidence serins tc '
have been taken in June, 1K152. and as
a result a number of hangings wen
ordered. The evidence is quite interesting.
and .-hows the intense ignorance
and superstition of the negroes.
,
The secretary of State. Thursday is
sued a commission to israel Andrews
S. B. Mucken-fuss and R. ('. Clark a!
corporators of the Andrews Loom,
Reed and Harness Works of Spartanburg.
The capital stork is to he $15,? j
000.
Cheraw. Special.?The Merchant#
and farmers' Bank, of Cheraw, wa? i
organized here to-day. Capital $30,000
The following are the officers. PreM
dent. W. F. Stevenson, vice president,
M. W. Duvall: cashier. T. O. Mathe- i
son; directors W. F. Stevenson, M.
W. Duvall, T. G. Matheson. 1j. B.
Carrlgan, E. Malloy; solicitors, Stevenson
and Matheson.
Mr. Legare Walker, commissioner
of election for Dorchester county, ha.
resigned his position.
,r
rlalfa VliLUON duethe state
*lr. Ycldell Finds Lo.ir Lost Records
and Vouchers.
After about two months of ino.-t telicus
work and painstaking search a
number i f papers were found in the
ntnous rubbish room at the State capitol
Saturday afternoon, wlirih mean
In the lone run t.ie establishment of
Iaims. against the federal government
which will, even if < omprontises are
ffected. place a balance of half a million
dollars in the treasury of the State
m ?ouui L-aroiiai. Uov thiriy veins
the weary search for the famous
'Black's Exhibit A" on llio rooluLionary
and other war claims has heon
;oinn on. This exhibit v as an absolute
necessity to the establishment of
the principal claims of the Stat'
ittainst the United Stat s yovernmciit.
ind for the past six months lias b< n
lie most desired record >n the rosses
slon of the State. The credit of tindttg
the valuable dorument together
with Agent Blnek's second report lielongs
to Mr. W. H. Yeldell .?r 13dgeihdd.
and Chief Clerk Jesse T. (lantt
jf the office of the secretary of State,
who urged that Mr. Yeldell be employed
to ni^jke the search. Day after
lay i?Ir. Yeldell has been working his
ivay through the pile of musty re.ordu
in the "rubbish rcctai" of t'hc capito1.,
;oing through an endless variety of
papers from 17<>n down to date and
arranging them in order with iicb xcs
is to their locality. He had nearly
ompleted his work when he picked up
i bundle of" papeis yellow with age
tttd glanced at it. He was about to
throw it. aside when his eye caught
the word "Black." He opened the
bundle and therein were found every
aue of the precious papers and vouchers
so long looked for. accompanied by
Agent Black's report made in 1KH0 of
which the searchers have never been
tide to find a copv. and which with
.low (list's message to the legislature
in December. 1800, saving: "Not having
recovered any of these claims, he,
af course, will not lie entitled to any
aim missions?but having spent."?
shows that Black did not receive the
8,(io() payment on the Mexican war
rlatma that the federal mivwnmont
rlaims to have made.
On the outside of the papers in
Black's handwriting appears this summary
of the claims of the State due the
federal government:
War of 1812 (with interest
to 1858 only> ..$208,230.00
Florida war (interest), 20.00f).oo
Mexican war (principal)... 32.102.11
Interest, on above (1XT?S| . 23.000.00
itevolutionary war <rto in
Total 191,.140 01
Total $594,340.17
On this entire sum no interest after
1S"S is calculated. With interest the
total claim would amount to about one
and a half millions of dollars.
Agent Black's report made in is.",-;
is already in Senator Tillman's hand...
and upon it lie is about to seoure a i
adjustment of all the claims ,-ave
those relating to the Revol/uti nary
war. His bill covers the war of IMS
and Florida war claims and interest,
less $18,000 the government claim.-, to
have paid Black. The find yesterday
show-; conclusively that Black did not
receive this amount, and presents the
absolute proof to sustain all the Revolutionary
war claims with intervs. fo.100
years. This even if compnoniisrd
will Rive the State a surplus ah' about
half a 'million dollars after paying
claims of about $200,000 that the general
government is pressing against
the State. Everything is included in
the documents found. Ev? rv voucher
is there i-n printed form with references
to legislative action thereon.
There is S2 pages of printed matter in
the portion giving these vouchers.
These are not the records IJlack was
to tile in the comptroller's office, but
those filer! with the legislature and
consequently are all the more complete.
1*. *. DofAliitUtinm
ill i i ,'n ci iv* ? "Mil i \-f licit ' *?cll ? > t : l: i
settlement was made but all claims iurluded
in this report were subsequently
made. Every paper desired has
been found.
Senator Tillman'.- present bill provides
that no commissions will he
paid to anyone for collecting the
claims. This avoids many pitif tils.
The Senator was notified by wire of
fhe invaluable find, and be wired back
for all the documents to he sent hy ex
press to him on the first train, his evident
intention being to put in an
amendment that will not mat: > l'n le
Sam, so desirous of pushing his claims
against South Carolina. Eventually
there is no doubt that the treasury of
South Carolina will he about hilf a
million chill;# s at. least better oft a- a
result of this find in that gold mine of
a "rubbish room."
A New Idea for Oiling Buggies.
A new style of axle is being used hy
the Roek Hill Buggy Company, hy
which the buggy is oiled without removing
the wheels. The oil is p. a red
into a c hamber, from which it is ear
ried by the motion of the wheel to the
oil grooves at the top and bottom <>r
the axle. The idea is an excellent one
as a vehicle built with this rtyle or
axle, will run much longer with one
oiling, saving time and annoyance.
News Items.
The governor having received the
resignation of N. .1. Cox as magistrate
in Simpson Creek township,
Horry county, has appointed Jno. I'.
Hoyd to succeed him
ill IS UNSETTLED.
Arp Says all the World is Badly
Dissaitisfied,
TROUBLES ARE ALWAYS PLENTY
Bill Voted for ir'cven .Men in the Primary
and Only Two of Them Were
Elected
The papers toll us that thoro are vet
Over :h)0 conventions to he held this
year in these 1'nited States. It looks
like public affairs, political, religious,
agricultural and llnan lal are In a very
unsettled condition. 1 wish they would
rettle something There is the Philippine
war. the Porto Rue tangle. ?he
Cuban postal steal, the negro problem,
female suiT/age :.sid women's hats In
the churches. There is the prohibition
question, the PrebyJcrian creed, the
germ theory, the strikes among the laborers.
the trust monopolies and who
ire to be the running mates for nryan
and McKinlev. Then there are side
shows ot* many kinds, but nothing gets
settled. When our old cook got sick
and my wife n-ked her if she. knew
where we could get another she raid,
'Komo I !~ *
-?- i, \ irt fAlllIll |IUAV - j
fill scare. Retter Kit a settled "oiaan !
if you ran fiml one?dese young. onset- I
I led niggers ain't no count since free- I
ilom rtitu." Looks like there is nothing
settled nowadays, neither labor,
nor cooks, nor women, nor men. nor
theories, nor great public questions.
Well, one thing lias been settled at last
m<l that is the "Barbara Freetohio
myth." Tlie Host n Transrript of last
Wednesday Ins three columns on the
subject and gives up and says this is a
finality. It publishes a letter from Gen
eral Henry Kyd Douglass, of Stonewall
Jackson's staff, which disproves the
whole ridiculous story and closes by
saying, "We men >f the South set 110
limit to the poetic laudation of a woman.
lie she old or young, nor are wo
disposed to hold an admirer strictly
responsible f >r the acuracy of his lan- j
guago. hut from the Potomac t > the I
Itio Grande the name of our Christian
| soldier, Stonewall Jackson, is sacred.
I Lift up your monuments to your own
1 heroes and heroines ami you will hear
I no word or protest from us. but do not
| cast your cliippings and spawls on the
grave of Stonewall Jackson." Hut
that is only 0:10 thins settled. One
slander nailed ami it has taken thirty
years to do that. We thought, that
Tien Hill had nailed the Andersonville
slander in his great speech against
Blaine, litit that hobs up every little
while and has to he nailed again. I
know a lady, and she is a lady in manners
; 1 morals, who really believes
that the t'edc ral prisoners at Andersonville
were made to drink mclttMl lead
; when they begged far water. She was
I told that thirty-five years ago and cant
get over it.
We can't do anything with tho-e
people. They fought us from prejudice
and have since been spending millions
of money or the negro from prejudice.
Kvitv hJiii'k s. fi'.nnli'ol u-l?#\ ** ??
lynched down smith was the victim of
tliejr false teachings and will continue
to be thank the good I^ord for his
mercies. Ten years ago I wrote my
i first philippic against the brutes and
advocated a summary vengeance and I
stand by it an I rejoice whenever a
lynching occurs for an opt rage against
defenseless woman.If there is anything
worse than lynching I'm for that. 1 ?ot
the North how! if they want to, the
procession will proceed all tJie same.
The farce at Montgomery settled nothing.
The negro is here to stay and he
has got to behave himself as a good
citizen or take the consequences. The
South needs him and if his presence
keeps away the hordes of foreigners
I thai Kurope is anxious to get rid of, it
j is a blessing. What is the matter with
in'- ni'.m".' i (Ton i Know of a race
conflict in this region except in the
large <itios. which are a pestilence to
good morals, truth and the industy of
the race ore improving in the rural
districts where the white race is in (lie
majority. A few months ago there
was a. call from Mississippi for negro
labor and about, a hundred went from
this neighborhood and very soon they
were missed and the farmers began to
make fuss about it. hut there was no
T'egleg Williams c oneerned in it and
nobody to get mad with. One of iny
neighbors who had often declared that
he wished they were all out of the
country got mad about this sudden exl
edits, and said he couldent hire a man
to break up his gar ien. We are hard
to please and lay too much blame on
the negro. I resid about a young
pre tcher who jusl spread himself alms
ing the other denominations and he
was told that it wouldent do. for the
members were all mixed up by marriage
and lie was giving great offense.
"What shall I do?" he n^ked. "I am
obliged to abuse somebody or the people
want come out to hear me." His
friend replied."Well, then you had better
pitoh into the Jews. They have
got no friends and are not kin to anybody
but themselves." Just so. we
blame the negro with the sins and enrrnpt
methods ot the politician, the politician
who bins his rate with money
or whiskey.The -imn man who hitysis
worse than the ignorant negro who
sells his vote. When Stephen A.Douglass
ran attains* Mneoln for Congress
lie tried t ) degrade him in a puhlie
spee h by saying that tlie first time lie
ever saw his opponent lie was keeping
a saloon In a one-hor-:e t ?wn. "Yes,"
replied Lincoln, "I remember that, I i
was on one side of the c ounter and you
were on tne othci. i was soiling ami
and yott worn drlnking."That is about
dT oasD lteyf onrou e- rt- tar etoin nl
the parallel between the politician and
the negro. 1 do not feel itlsllcd with
the sweeping exclusion of this white
primary law. 1 know a dozen negroes
in this town who are morally, intelligently
and industrially qualified to
vote and 1 know two dozen white men
who are not. It seems to tne we might
have a commission to select deserving
negroes and place their names on the
registration list. This would stimulate
others to good behavior. It would
have a tendency to elevate good negroes,
whereas the present law cuts off
all hope and all ambition. Hut f
woulent gi\e one of them a public office
an<i no friend of the South would
make him a postmaster or a census
taker.
Well, our State and eounty primary
is over and now we will have peace
until the next one. I voted for seven
county oIRccrs and only one of them
was nominated. 1 reckon my little
grandchild was right when 1 put her
dress on wrong side before. "CJan" pa.
you havent got very much sense, have
you?" Hut then I console myself with
the scriptural injunction, follow not
the multitude to do evil. I'll go out
iti the garden and pick strawberries
awhile and try to be calm and serene.
HI Id, A UP.
P. S.?As to that bat question in the
churches, it can be proven either way
by St. Paul, but be had no wife and
advised people not to ntarry. I dont
consider hint good authority.
ninlsters Must not Chew or Smoke.
Atlantic City, Special. The print*!.
. 1 .. 9. . .*
jil?- II- l' 111 I s CI s SI SS| I) Ol tilt
quadrennial M's-ion of the Methodist
Protestant (Jenoral Conference was th?t
adoption by :? two-thirds vote ?.i a.i
amendment to tin* church discipline
squiring all candidates for the minis,
try to forswear the use of tobacco in
any form. There was weak opposition.
l\t the afternoon st sion t. e new Church
of Christ was dedicated. It cost $tn.00i)
Jlev. IV. Tang, ot li.iltitnorc. preside I
it the ceremony.
The McCormick Pailure.
New York, Speeial. At the cotton
xchange it was said the indebtedness
there of Price. McCormick and Co.. is
lardly likely to exceed $1100.000. It
was said also that the greater part of
nis Mini nun neon placed 011 deposit
.'or llio cotton exchange creditors with
the Farmers' Loan and Tnist Ccnilany.
the Colonial Trust Company and
;he Trust Company of America.
Admiral and Mrs. Dewey went to
Baltimore. Md. .Saturday, to visit the
Ilor-e Show, and later returned to
Washington, D. C.
Brevities.
In the recent storms ilf the Oregon
coast eleven fishermen were drowned.
Edward E. Poor h is re lgi.e I as pies,
ident of the National Park think. ol
New York.
C. M. Davis 'ins pavha . | th" '. > ?h i
mill of the late Joseph Could. ' f Northfield,
Vt.
Ohio Phohitionists have nominal d a
I I...1 I... I ir -- --
puU<- 111 nn iiiiiiK'ii n? .1. l\u;j\ ,1111111
gomery for Secretary of State.
Cars Carry Three Dow 11 To l>cat!i.
Akron. Ohio. Special. Three men.
James MaoMah n. Miehael IVnders and
K. Welker, were killed and a number
of other seriously injured a- a resur
of an accident to a work train early
Saturday on the Akron and (uyh.iga
Falls Rapid Transit (electric) Mihuitau
line. The brakes on two cars loaded
with gravel, and carrying about ' d( /.en
workmen became disabled at the
top of a steep grade. The ears rushed
down the incline at a terrific speed
Nine of the workmen jiunpi ' from the
cars as they sped along, and were rcriouslv
injured.
A Fortune For n SingIc I lower.
The purchasing power of money in
file seventeenth century is shown by
an article in the Ladies' llotue .loin
Hill. Oil the tulip e :!/.: ill lloll-m.l
which reached iis height about ItSMI.
Al a -ale of I m 11 >s. about lhat dale, a
-'aerie one of the Viceroy variety was
purchased hy delivering to the seller
two hundred bushels of wheat, four
tiiuidrc I hu-hels of rye. four fat pirrs.
irrlit fat oxen, twelve fat sheep, two
loir-heads of wine, two barrels of
aeer, li\e hundred pounds of butler,
one bedstead Willi pillow s, ma11 resses.
blankets, etc.. one thousand pounds
>f cheese, one miii of clot lies and one
silver jroblcf. The money value of the
till I? was one thousand dollars, but a<
ne purchaser did not have iln- < .-h
lie seller was willing to accept its
'Univalent ju the form just recited, not
witlistaiuiitiK that it was somewhat
bulky and diversilicd.
Mow Cripple Creek dot Its Nnmc.
It. was the cattle men who jjavo it
iii<' mini"* which now figures in (ho
stock quotations. There are a dozen
traditions, but I h?* best nut heutieated
is the stor\ of a cowboy whose bronco
bnlked at the jumping of a rivulet:
bnlkecl ami stumbled ami fell, breaking
a leg f??r Itself and one for its rider.
There was no surgeon nearer than
Colorado Springs; ami the rough, |
anatomical carpentry of Ids mates
made a cripple for life of the unlucky
range-rider. Wherefore lie named ': ?
rivulet Cripple Creek, and the rivulet |
has named the region. -Scribner's
PRESBYTERIANS ADJOURN
A Number of Committees Have Been
Appointed.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?The General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
concluded Its labors Saturday. There
was much enthusiasm displayed during
the morning hours over the decision io
raise a million dollar Twentieth Century
Fund for the benefit of Church education.
The central committee in this
great work consists of Chairman Dr.
W. \V. Mi ore. ,f I'nion Seminary, and
Vice-President Dr. Charles 11. Hemphill.
of Kentucky, with one minister
and one elder or deacon from each Synod
of the Church. Its membership in
part i.^ as follows:
Synod of Virginia: Rev. R. P. Kerr.
13. Richmond: George 15. Caskie,
T.ynehburg.
Synod of North Carolina: Rev. J. W.
Stagg. 1>. 1>.. Charlotte: George W.
Watts. Durham.
Synod of South Carolina: Rev. W. <!.
Neville. Yerkville- C. C Graham*
Greenville.
Many important matters were considered
by the Assembly up to 11:SO a.
in., when Stated Clerk Alexander announced
that his docket was clear and
the business before the body was finished.
A vote of thanks was extended
to nil those vuio have contributed to
the success of the session and the hearty
appreciation of the Assembly was
j expressed In many ways to the workers
on the committees and elsewhere. Dur;
ing the morning Moderator Martin ap'
pointed two important committees. One
j was to form a new Sunday school lesson
series. It is composod of Rev. E.
I i Murray, cnainnan, NcwDPrn. N.
Rev. (). D. Phillips. Kev. Charles (J-hlselin.
Rev. .1. K. llazen anil Major Joseph
Ha idle.
A committee on Negro Evangelizalion
was named as follows: <
Dr. R. II. Rice. Dr. Robert F. Camphell.
Ashevllle. N. C.. and Elder W. J.
MeKlnney, Decatur, tin.
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The Total Eclipse.
The total eclipse of the sun. which
occurred on the morning of May 28th,
was observed by thousands of Interested
and awe-in-pired spectators.
Throughout mast of the belt of totality
the weather conditions were favorable,
and the phenomenon was witnessed
without cloud-obstruction. Following is
I the schedule of observation as made at .
I Wadesboro. N. C.:
Eclipse began 7:2<?.1 a. m., watch
time.
Eclipse ended 10:4.7. watch time.
Total phase. 8:40.3. watch time.
Duration of totality, I minute and
32 seconds.
Dent re of shadow passed five miles
I south of Wadesboro. ''
Widrh of shadow in the locality of
Wadesboro 5f> miles.
The astronomical observations were
, very elaborate at a number of points,
! and much valuable data will be ore
served by photograph.
P'nguc Among Teamsters.
Manila, By Cable.- The government
' corral at Manila lias been quarantine I.
There are four suspected case:; of bubonic
plague among the leani dois who
are living in filthy dwellings rhicli will
be burned. Since the murders on
board the steamer El t'mo by the native
crew, coastwise oapt 11ns have been
fearful of repetitions of the tragedy
and have soldier guards for their
steamers, which ha ; been declined.
Three commercial steamers are now in
the bay, their Spanish captains refur|
ing to sail unprotected, and other in!
tend imitating them. The authorities
have returned to the captains their re|
vol vers. of which they wore recently
' deprived. Col. Pndilla. the reliel gover'
nor of Nueva Eciia. was captured during
tihe recent fighting at Nenva Erija
and i- now in jail acre.
Engagement Announced.
Atluntn, f!a.. Spec Inl.?The announcement
Is made from Savannah c>f
! the engagement of "Miss Annie Homer,
of that city, nnd Hon. Clark Howell,
I Jr., editor of the Atlanta Constitution.
! the marriage to take place at the home
of the bride's mo her. in Savannah,
I Thursday. July 12. Alter the marriage
I Mr. Howell and 'lis bride will leave for
; New York, whence they iv.il .-ail for
; Europe for a short trip. Miss Comer
is the eldest daughter of the bite H. Id
Comer. formerly pi evident of tbe Central
of Georgia Itnil'.v.iy. and one of the
wealthiest men in the State.
Unknown Vessel Rescued.
Cape Henry. Vn., Special.-~W. L.
Moll. Weather Muren 1 otltelal at Curritnrk
Inlet, N. C.. report? l.nat the unknown
sohooner wlinli has been :inehored
during H>" florin off Whale.-.
Head. N. C.t was taken froiv. her dangerous
position V the wrecking steamer
Coley. at 4:15 ;>. ri. Saturday. Tho
Colev. with -tie vessel in tow, is now
steaming northwar l and will pass in
the Cape- about midnight.
Vnnl River Crossed.
Ijondon. My Cable.-?The War Offlre
has received tlie following dispatch
from 1/ord Roberts:
"Wolvechoek. Orange Free State.
May 26.?An advanced portion of this
force crossed the V'aal river ou flip
Queen's birthday, near Pari?, li.inn'tons'
column is at Mnsr o.
scouts arc now at Viljo. ns Drift, on the
front north of Wolvchoeb. The local
mines are uninjured and work In getting
on as usual. There is n enemy
this side of the river. Hume' ebc I
Vvyburg M?v 24 "
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