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I I?o 6lrd( trndrritnnd'Muilot This question has recently boon dlo. Cussed anion# naturalists, and Dr. (J. M. Gould. of North Carolina, assorts not only that katydids keep time, but that they produce a kind of muslo 'which way ho descrffftd as orchestral, fioth l)r. Uould and another observer httvo listened to two orchestra* of katy dids uvswerlutf one another all night long. Sometime* ludlvtdual perforin* era wero noticed to drop out of time, but upon tho whole the strldulatlou of those Insect bands Is harmonious and In a refill la V key. , Hhc Hud II I in. Husband -Don't you know thai everj Huio ft woman got* angry uho add* a wrinkle to lier face? Wife YesiV* a wise provision of na ture to let the world kuow th?> kind of husband ahe's got. --Photos and Sketch' **?* im UreutnetK to Come. "I'at, who, In your opinion, was the greatest man that over lived?" "Falx, jpT at tho rate we're goln' it's ine own opinion ho hasn't been born ylt, at all, at all."? Waverly Mngazlne. Worm Milk Not Affected by (Klora. My experleueo has been that milk Ih never affected by bad odors whllo throwing off steum In cooling. It la af ter cooling that odors from the a tabic are abaorbed. Cabbage, turnips or on ions fed t< cowjr?Mfectly after milking 1/111 ixt-i&ect tho milk. , CJicup lioraca. 1 A herd of about 7,000 horses waa . ? jbougl^t.on tt.AYaablngton ranch tho oth* It dirty by the Portland Horse Msat timing Company at a head. jf? TtJ? beat w?y to know whether Dobbllia' Float er iiiK-Dbra* Soap Is tho bout for laundry and bath to try tt. It don't turn jrrttow llko other ?Wing soar*, ?? It te pure. He<l wrapper. Aek VOtir Krocor for Dubbins' Floating Hera *. > A Japanosu company has purchased ft lar?o trat't of for Ho land In Moxioo for oo! oulzullon purposes. Just Hoiv It Docs It Is Not tho Question. 9 ehoiiuh to knqw that Hlnderrorns takes ui'in, nnd ti great relief it In. I;V. druggists. Hall's Catarrh Cure I# a liquid nnd is taken internally, nnd ads directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tlio HVKtani. Send tor testimonial*, free. !-old by iJrui'giHt", 71c. F. J. Chunky A Co., Props., lolcdo, O. Mrs. Wtnslow's KooUdnK Syrup for rhllrtren fneUiiiiK, soften* thMJuoivrrrtUry" inflnniiiia lion, allays pain, en res wind colic. gV. ? botlln. "1 _4.?vo Tried 1'arUor'a (.Iuurr Tonlo nnd l-e.lovo In it,"' n?yn a mothnr, and so will yvt when >uu knmvin revitalizing properties. FITS f topped free by |)i?. It I, ink's Oiikat Xkuvi: ItitKroitKii. Koflts after (I Marvelous cure*. Treatise tie free. Dr. Kline. Will Arci H Is ( out <? ill. ivi.i.^r. h i r it p. a r after tlrnt day's tuo. ?e and $:?.#) trial bot ri'U St., India., I'ii. When Traveling, Whether on business bent or pleasure, take on every trip a buttlo of Syrup of Kijfs, a* it ju ts moid pleasantly anil effectually on ths kidney*,. liver and bowels, preventing fevers, boa laches an I other form* ot sioknass. Kor ea!e in 60 cent and SI bottles by nil lending druggists. Manufactured by tho California Fig Syrup Coinpnny only. 1 niu out in ly cured of hemorrhage of lungs by l'lsu',1 t'ure for Consumption. l.mts.v I.I.mm ma N, Hethany, Mo., Jan. K, Mil. I f a filleted with Horo eye# use Dr. Isaac Thomp son's Kvo water. Druggists sol I nt 2-V: perbottlj. Nervous Po >plo find just the holp thoy bo inuoh | ueod in Hood's tttin>npari)la. Tt fur- ! oishes tkojilcsirod strength by puri fying, vitalizing nnd enriching tho blood, and Hum builds up tho nerves, tones tho stomach nnd regulates tho j whole system. Uoad I li ih : "I wuilt to prni.so Hood's Harsnparllla. ! My health run down, an.l I had tho grip. I After that, my tieurt nn?I nervou* system tvero badly ho that I could not Jo | ii y o\vivk1^5rlc. Our phynlelan (,'nvo inn j jjmo help, but did not euro.'"* 1 doe.lded ' to try Hood's Harsnpnrilln. Soon I could ; Uo nil my own lioiisowork. I hnvn tnknn I flood's IMls with Hood's Ha ran purl 11a, tud ( hoy Ini vo dono ino much tfood. I will ik>( ho without thorn. 1 hnvo t ulc on 13 ioltlo* of Hood's S.*r>u|>urlllf>, and through ho blwhiii# of Clod, It has oil red ma, I worked ns hard as over th<? pa^t cum nor, nr.d J am thankful l?? nay I am well. Hood'a I'llls whon taken with Hood's Sur^ajiarillu help vory much.'' UitH. M. M. J1ks.-1.no f.k, freehold, I'oiin. 'J'hls and many othor oiip? |>r<>\>? that Sarsaparilla ?t> the line True Hit i> i Purifier. All druKKlstft. f I 'reparctl ?>iity ? ?>? t'. I. II mhI .t Oo,, l.o\vrllt M?m. llnn;S!o RHIa cre'ilv, |T??m >t'y ..ll'l noons rillS tJo-ilvtl.. There is just a little ap petizing bite to HIRES Rootbeer; just a smack of life and good flavor done up in tcmpcrance Style. Best by any test. ' Utdf orilr Th# Cbirlfi V Mirrt C* Ph'"i 4 IV;. u %.t% j boli (tfiftberf. ADVfifTISINC CHCUUTOnS SS?S.!K ? ? t vtl*r? llii^*i>rl?ij.' . If yoti w?nl tf ' lift h ???? t !>? j lhi'ikI floor" wntl rel. anil two slump* f<>r um > ti-*< r,e:c. MAIM; MCD.Ca. Box*. Stillwater, M?. Have you upeiit "buodroiU" on mpprl nieuU? Send f50 rent* mere for cur*. TEFTKR1NK. 1 bf i bv n&#li for W>c. In J. T. Sllt'PTKINR, , favunnab, (ift PHOTOS COPIED fr^i ?fiv ?lw. fboto or tin t> i* ' itlwt ?li?. fti 'J> urr <lox?*n- 8x!?*. Ttc r*tb: ?1.V, '?h ?tln f?'tjr>- | h?>co? c??t>i*<l iftut iiw#'i j r>"t- #. t.xt\y Mr. r*r<loxeti. flentl ui jour oM?? ?t.<] ???*? tf'DW rroflt*. COLLl.ss' ART STUblO, A?4?rfroa, I# C. . *?? N. U.? 18. t?pe-W6b*s^y?^' 's sr No ft Mine /.? .Irtmtl'.u from #inum? If } *>m iMtlr t'Hihlt'fiiMM mirni. **r|i? n??, W C. ROI.I.IK V 1 1 IS, ?} N. coil^g* M ^ A 'THE ANSWER OF THE STATE. : _ .J/ VO l lli: PKT1TION KOll MANUA< | til'u I'M iMi'li't'.VI) I'Klt. Whoa t ho Supremo Court convened in Columbia for its spring teriji nil the Justices wero presont. Tho return of j the fttuto in the <'hho of tho Stato of South ('uroliuft, ex relatione Samuel | Lord, as rocoivcr of tho Into corpora- ; tioa known as tho proohlont, directors ! and company of tho Stuto bank vs. ' \V. T. 0. llates, Treasurer of tho State of South Carolina, \\iw made. Tho return opens ns follows : "\V. T. C. Hates, Treasurer of tho Stato of South Carolina, upon whom has boon solved u rulo issued by lbm. Henry Mclvor, Chief Justice of thu Supremo Court of South Carolina, or tiering him to show causu before tho Supromo Court of said State, on thu llrtit duy of tho emming term, to wit Tuesday, 'ilut day of April, A. I), 1 H'.rK, why n writ of uiuudamuH should not bu issued uh prayed in (-aid petitiou, to wit: To fund certain bonds therein mentiouod in accordance with certain Act? of tho Oenorul Assembly therein rouitod uu if thu bonda wcxe in tho poa action of t ho petitioner and relator and tendered and Hurrniulorcd by him, for a return in answer to said rulo ami for cauHO why a writ of mandamuu should not issue, says : "1. That he is advised that t )< ie ; honorable Court has no juriHdiction t<> ' grant the writ of mutidamus, as thin u } in ulToct a Hiiit against tho Statu ol | South Carolina, and cannot bo main ; tained. (<a. Thai, as nppoars from the po | titioli, mi netiou is now ponding in the j ?Cirytvit Court, in hicli nil innttorH io- , hittuu to t ho bonds and coupons men j tibnod ' and described in tho petition havo boon adjudicated up to tins time, I ivid it is respectfully submitted, ami , hl iK KO advised, that tho pondonoy ol j tliiH action in tho Circuit Court, whicu j ban authority to issue tho writ of man damuH, is a bar to tho proceedings in tititutcd in thiM honorable Court, ami, if not an absolute bar, in a BiiOlcieid rr round to authorize this honorable i Court iu tho cxt'Tciuo of its discretion in mumlamiiH proceedings, to rofuao t? cr.int the wril. "il, That he in ad\ isod that there n;o been unreasonable d? lay on the pait <>l tho relator as receiver of the State Hunk, and his predecessors in olhoo ol | receiver, in taking action in the Count , to compel the State Treasurer by .. Krit of mandamus to fund thfc bomb j und coupons described in the petition, and that by reason- of such laehis, which is unexplained in the petition, j this Court in the exercise of its discro tiou is authorized to, and should, re- : I fuse the writ of mandamus. ' The return then proceed*. Jo answei , the allegations of the plain titV s petition, I denying the truth of most of its ..lie- ( (rations. The respondent alleges that . he knows nothing about the appoint .inont of tin receiver at the instance ol the Statu; that application was inadt j to hint to fund tho bonds and coupon* j mentioned in tho petition and he re- j fused to comply with .the demaud, that ho denies tho right, of the re- t ceiver to havo tho bonds and coupom j of the State of South Carolina sot lorth j in the petition funded by liini as State ? Treasurer, as he has 110 authority un- [ dor tho Acts of tho Gouoral Aasouiblj . to f u ud tho Buid bonds and coupons , unless they are presented to him by , tho holders, and can bo surrcudeic j ,iUd cancelled, and that the Acts of 111-: General Assembly aforesaid make no . provision for tho funding of bonds and coupons of tlioi State which havo bryii , lost or destroyed, and no such duties are imposed (Von him as State licaa- , urcr by the said Acts. Tho return then states the cifcum- J 'wtanccs of tho attempt-ot the receiv. r 1 of the State Bank to havo the (..emu .1 Assembly order payment of bis claim, j which the, Legislature refused to do. . After summing up the history ol I tlu rejection of the chum by the < o n. r.il , Assembly the return continue: "After this action 011 the \ art of tin (tonoral Assembly of the State, in ref ereuce to tho funding of the bondssn.i coupons described iu the petition he! felt impelled, in tho discharge ??t I" 1 duties as State Treasurer, to r. fuse. 10 comply with tho demands made uj o.j him bv tho relator, an receiver, to lui.d ( the said bonds and coupons as t.r.j action of tho General Assembly seemed to him to be authoi it-ill vo ?? to h.s power and duly under the Ada &?noral Assembly mention.^ and quoted from in tho petition. f . . , no Act of the General Assembly of t?.. State providing for funding los J and coupons, ? r authori/im 1 - Treasurer to reissue 1 tniu mm. bonds and coupons as then: is 1 ' 4 ? other Stater . and the deel-.i ed pol.?> ^ of the State by its legislation has be. n to pass special Act* providing for th. ir issuing and funding, or pax ing 1 '. j I oi.ug., have been lost or destrox.d. , Several Acts of this natnio arc then , cited. 1 u conclusion the return says^ , "As to the interest due on the F.aiu . bonds, it has never been determine.! that the coupons of said bonds are st.l outstanding and unpaid, and iu fact whether they wero attached to u.c bonds at tho timo they were alleged t?. havebeen stolen. Tho bonds wti< issued in 1854 and payable, ? . ftlloged, in 1 J*70. J hey veto coupon bonds payable to bearer. Iho cou- 1 pons coubl easly have been detachod from the bonds and funded long ago, as any one paling the bonds wonld ? UBturulljc-have done, foariUK dotcctiou it the bonds wero presented. It h>:a , uevtr been determined by the C.rcn.t Court how much or whether any in terest is duo upon the siid bonds. . ??Between the years 1HG8 and M;(-, 1 during the Reconstruction period iu , Booth Carolin ?, tho books of luo btato Treasurer'* oflico were kept in a loose and careless manner, and all the rec ^nrda during that period now 111 tho l?Uar?rin a confused and irregolur condition, arising from circumstance* transpiring during that period an 1 tho e*afcinaUon of them sinco l?y thr> bond | ^ i/m- fithe|? jinder Jho di ? < tii >n o/ tho (U>iuinl AHijuiubly, th? Ooiiita And tho hiiid (:oinuii?xiou. "Wheroforo tho reapondont, having ' fully ttuaworcd, pMiys thut tho rulo ia ' mod ngniuit 1.1m !>o discharged." Tho Court dooidud to hour tho argu ment** in tho CiBo on May 11. Tho ut tornoyg for tho |>lai n t i II' uro Motion*. MoC'rudy Bono & ihicot, of ('hurlcstoo, aud Attorney General Durhor uud A.v uihttint Attorney General Towuoond will rcprosout Troanuror Ihitew. StATfv HOAItD (> i?' KOUCATION. __ '?? 4 Tliey I>Ucu?m-<1 Matters niul Appointed County Hoards tf Kiluotttton? Othsr Muttei'ii uf Interest. Tho State board uf oduoatiou met iu tJoluiubU Friday iu tbo Govoruor'a ofllco, with ijl the ruotunera pteseut, consisting of tho following ; C/lovoruor Eva us, chairman; ?V. P. Maytield, sec retary; Julian Mitchell, of Charleston, for tho Flint eouurcusioual distriot; Prof. W. \V. Marchant, of ^ouettn, for tjio second; I'rof. J. J. McCain, of Duo West, for tfye third j I'rof. H. T. Cook, of Orcenvillo, for tho fourth; Prof. A. It. Han lc h, of YorkviUe, for tho llfth ; W. F. Clayton of Floronoo, fur tho sixth; and Pfof. A. M. itunkln, of Orangeburg, for tho seventh. Tho l>oard ? elected It. J. Wad? school coiiimibPioijor of Aikou county, to succeed L. W. Williams deceased. Tho appointment of county boards of education in tho placo of county boards* of examiners was made, tij,o said county board of education holding their oAlc^/i for two years. The boards for the couuties aro an fol lows : Aiken ?It. J. Wade, chairman; J. A. LuoflH and li. I j. (lunter. Anderson? W. 11. Hussoll, chairman; W. F. MonteifK, P. A. MahafTey. . Haruwell -L. NT. Helliuor, ch.iirman, W. W. Unit, It. II. Hai ley. Hcauford Jumcs Wigg, chairman, ClniH. L. l'aul, Thomas T'albird. IJorkelev- A. 11. Pellay, chairman; F. W. Pajil/.ler, P. J. Donuis. < diarhston ? W. II. Diinkiu, chair man; W. M. Whitehead, 1). Hoax. Cluster- W. 15. Thompson, chair man; S. H. Ti?than, James Hamilton. Chester llehl T. Threat, j&aujjiiffi; W. P. Pollock, Itev. U. F.^S^ott. Clarendon -P. P. Wells, chairman; J* 11. Dcscsno, M. (\ Davis, (lollcton ? <>. 1'. Williams, chairmau; I). II. Perry, (J. E. Owj'lis. Durliu^tou -- A. J. A. Perritt, chair man; 11. A. Thompson, M. Pairott. FJgclbhl? 1*. X. Pott, elmirmau; I'. 11. Folk, ti. Martxog. Fair Held? P. F. Stevenson- eliuir man ; J aims G. McCantH, W. S. Mali, dr. Floreu^? E. J. Smith, chairman; 1). MoDullie, T. N. lthodts. Georgetown ? (1. Iferriot, chairman; P. C. Walker, M. W. Fyatt. < in ouvillo? J. It. Plvler, chairman; A It. Vnyeh, W. 1>. tfoKnnkler. Hampton? S. .1. Fitts, chuirinW; d. W. Itouse, W. Jfji Gooding, Jr. jlorry? 1). 1>. Harrolson, chairmau. Korsbaw?A. A. Bigsby. chairninu; M. Gordon, W. J. Yillcpiguo. Paucnrter ? W. P. Bruce, chairman; J. T. Green, W. S. 1/. Porter. LaureuB- Jan. Ii. Madden, chairman ; J. P. Parrott, J. P. Watkinrt. L oxingtoii ? J. P. Furr, chairman: S. J Derrick, Ti. P. Haynes. Marion ? S. W. Smith, chairman; P. II . Ed wards, J. 1). McPucas. Marlboro? G. W. Jloarsev, chair man; (5. 15. Ea^torliug, J. A. Calhoun. Newberry ? F. W. ltiggins, chair man; W. K.'Sligb, (*. ti. Sale. ^ Ooonyo--0. I\ Martin, oh'airman; W. J. Stribling, W. A. Dixson. n O rungeburg ? F. H. Hoimer, chair lm^y; li. F. Copes, T. M. McMichael. Pioluns? T. U. Itobiiifiou, chairman; S. JO. Parsomy S. W. Odell. Pichland ? L. 0. Sylvester, chair man; E. ii. Wallace, C. K. Johuson. Spartanburg - Ji. D. Chapman, chairman. S.imter -W. J. Duraut, chairman; S. II. Edmunds, U. F. Wilson. I'nion ? M. Ti. Leimibter, chairman; I C. II. 1 Vake, C. 15. Waller. Williamsburg J. J. P. ^^?.'ntgom ery, chainnan; M (1. Chandler, Dr. W. O. (tumble. York? J. A. Shirley, chairman; T. W. Thompson. v. The achool commistioners are cijair men of the cOuuty boardo, ex-ollicio. Alter tho appointment of the boards, tho Superintendent of Education was instructed to draw up rules and regu lations for both tho Statu board.' uud county boards, tho same to be sub mitted l??r apj roval at tho next meet ing of thn board. Ho was also ord(tted to m-il.o nil i ? relative to State and county t arher.i' certificates. Mi-s S.ulio Mauley's hook on South ern Literature was added to the li br.uy iut for the public schools. 'lb-! time for the beginning of the t>cho!iij)iio year has b? en changed a.> that it now starts on tho liifet of July instead of the lir?t ?'f November, an K rmei iy. On if u lie .'50, the terms of all tho school tnint i H in the Statu will ex pire and in iv ones will then bo sp pointed by tie school commissioners. TKUUiKAl'llir TICKS. Noith Caiolimvs naval militia ih composed of HOTenteeu ollict'i'H, lf>2 men, and her/ annual allotment of motiev, which baa recently boeii made bv 3^' retary Herbert, i.sSl.l'Vt. -?J* *? , ('aj>t. Alice Foster, of Jeflereon, N.C., after giving testimony in a will case at Wilkaboro, f ?rl 1 dead. The latest school census of Chicago, III., iudicates a birgo ilccreaHo over tho I'Ktimated population o( the city issued two years ago. ^ Mrn. Will Jarmou, a Pt-year-ohl bride, him been arrested in Dallas, (la., charged with poisoning her father-iu law'w family. Sho also attempted to poison her h lsbaud by giving him water with rongh-on- rat? in it. 1 ho statistics of tho Mereantilo I.i brary, the largest leuding library in New York city, shows that oil per cent, of tho booliH read are novels, amf that clergymen arc the greatest liovel read ers. ~ - (J has, A. Schroeder, of I'aris, '^exas, a promineut real estate dealer and l*uite?l States Coiuinisaioncr, was Mund dead in bin cell iri the county iail. \Tho children of tho South hare in stltuteyl an organization to aid dis r.ldeJ sol?liern and build a monument bi JetTerson J>avis. Tho fee ia only 1 cent a month. CAROLINA KDU'OKS. ?Mayor Minyth Onvo I hem a W arm Wel come- The Proceeding#. Tho (South Carolina editors held their annual Hunting in Cburlostou Jaht Thursday ami l'riday. The Presi dent, Mr. K, li. Au 1 1, called tho meet/ ingto order in Hibernian lfail. . > The venerable chaplain, Kov. Biui H. liruwii, of Columbia, olforod an elo quent prayer, pleading that "whatever tho editors wroto or baid might bo for tho edification and iinprovetueut of their readers." In a graceful speech Mayor Smyth, for the city, welcomed tho editors to Charleston, and Prcaidout Welch. of the lousiness League, did tli# Haino for that body. in responding President Aull alluded to tho fact that in "thin samo hall, twouty-ono years before, Hit {association had been organized," and remarked that it was fitting that it should there celebrate the attainment of its major ity." President Weleh, of tho liusincss Leaguo invited the Association to ri collation At tho Charleston hotel, for which President Aull expressed the thanks of tho Association. Secretary Langston made a report rclativo to tho proposed excursion to New York. Only six signified an in* tion of taking tho trip. President Aull read his roport. lip referred touohiugly to tho deaths of Messrs. Moroso, of t\io News and Courier, and Mr. Zimmerman, of tho St. Matthews Herald. On tho matter of anadvortising "bu reau" the roport expressed tho opiniou that tho constitution of the association yrocludod the association's organizing such a bureau, but statod that tho idea was feasible and might bo undertaken by nownpapern acting outside of tho association. Other routino matters were consid ered. The report concluded with tho thanks of tho president for tho liouor of his election and his congratulations {upon the association attaining to its 'Jlht year. | (,)n motion of Mr. Hemphill, tho ro port was referred to it committoo con sisting of Colonel Crows, Colonol Thompson and Mnjor MoSwoenoy. ! Tho following new membern were duly olected: I'll.' 11. DoCamp, GalVney Ledger; \V. D. Douglass, Winnsboro News and Herald; J. (,). Davis, Winnsboro Ncwb uud Hemic,'; Augustus Hydrick, Wof ford College Journal; M. L. Clarke, 'Marion .Star; T. J. Drew, Hortsvillo Messenger;- J, L. Stoppelbein, Sum-' luerville Nowb; Mrs. E. W. Scruven, Columbia State; II. A. 13 mil noil, Florence Baimer-Messenger; Mrd, It. (J. Co fill), Florence TimeB. Tho question of eligibility to mem bership elected nome discussion, pnr ticipatod in by Major Hemphill and Colonel Hoyt. Major llemphill offer ed an amendment to the constitution' requiring that .applications for mem-* borship be approved by tho exocutivo committee before election of tho ap plicants. The amendment was adc?pted and wont over for ratification at tho next annual meeting. Kditor Hubert Obtecn read n paper "On Uniformity in Punctuation ami Capitalization," which elicited, ap plauso and was ordered to be piiutcd in tho minutes. Dr. W. P. Jacobs road a paper on tho "Moral Sido of a Nowspuper." Dr. Jacobs remarked in opening that ho had mado his 1'irKt speech from tho platform thatlio was now standing up* on 10 years ago. lie narrated that an a reporter ho later reported tho passing of the secession ordinance. Dr. Jacobs' paper teemed with wifi cisniB and sound hcuso. It elicited much applause and favorable comment. Dr. Jaeobs discussed the responsibility of tho newspapers to the public. "Kx cept on tho Sunday newspaper ques tion and tho liquor question, tho news papers of South Carolina are zealous for right." Speak iug as a minister, ho said that ho found tho nctvspaper tho grandest Ally of tho church. 0 The following is an exact from Pre* sidont Anil's annual report.! On page 30 of last minutes it will bo oeen that a resolution was adopted that tho Press Pscociation memoriali/.o tho Logislaturo in regard to tho price of public printing. Tho eomuiitteo on this subject consisted of R. It. Hemp hill, jLouiy Appelt, T. 13 . Crows, A. J. Clarke and J. O. Hemphill, with tho picsidcnt as chairman. Being under the improssion that tho bill passed by the Legislature at tho session of 1891 had failed for want of approval by Governor F.vaus nud being advisod after consultation with saveral members that it would be better to let the matter rent I did not call this committtco to gether. Duringjtho last days of the ses sion of tho Legislature of l?S!).j I was informed that the bill of 1804 was law without tho signature of tho Governor. I immediately went to Columbia and after consultation with somo of the members of tho Association 1 prepared a bill which 1 considered equitable and fair, ami it was introduced by Mr. J. H. Karle in tho House on tho last day for introducing new bills. Tho idea prevailed among the members of the Legislature that a rate at so much a word should be tlffod. Tho bill I pre pared fixed the rate at two ec&?i a word for each subsequent insertion without any extra eharg?/fot caption**. I measured several Master's sales sot in solid brevier at the rate of $1 an inch for tho first insertion and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion, and then counted tho 'words of tho samo advertisement at tho word rate os pro vided in this bill and I found that tho difference iti eost was very small, the word rate being only a triflo lower. In very short advertisements it red'iced the prico a little more, but tho gener al average was not much reduction. I considered a uniform piicj per word better than a rate which allowed extra pay for captious, for then there would hnvo keen a uniform rnte tho same work, whereas by allowing extra pay for captions there would lmve been a lack of uniformity for tho same york, for tho reason that some pub lishers would bavo put more captions than others. Hut this last Legislature itemed bent on reducing everybody's fny, but theif own, and tho pr?o fixed in my bill wa* reduced ono half. I im mediately returned to Columbia and ?s the aesw>n was drawing to a close tho bill elid not get through the Sen ate. I feel that tho bill referred to above, that was introduced at the last i? a fair and jast one and I tin h* if I co aid get before * roa*ona* able committee of Legislators 1 would have no >u convincing tbeui. I did not call tbo comruitteo together for tlui reasona btated, but tried to di^clmrg^my duty m tbo premises iynd I truht Wy action will meet tfee ap< proval of the Association. Tbe Association selected Newberry an the place of next meeting. E. H. Aull, H. 8. Oateen, W. P. Jacobs, O. 0. Liauggtou aud Francis Melcbera were eleoted president, tlrat vice president, aeoond vioe president, secretary and treaaurer, renpectively, PALMETTO POINTERS. SOL'TlIUttN III9TOKY 800IKTY. The Now Orgunl/.utloa la >Vhloh 8ev? oral Soatli Curolluiuas lluvn Prominent Places. A number of distinguished South erners assembled in tho looturo room of tho Columbian University, ut Washington, in answer to a call issued in tiio intercut of tho formation of au organization to gathhor and preserve tho historical data of the tiouth. Tho temporary organizatiu was reached by tho seleotiou of Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the general agent of tho 1'eabody education fund, chairman, aud Dr. CoJyer Meriwether as seoretn ry. Dr. Curry delivered an interesting aud instructive address on tho neces sity of preserving Southern history for tho uho and benotlt of posterity. Bo marks of a like tonor were mudo l>y Gen. Marcus J. Wright, Thos. Nelson X'age, Kx-Sonator M. C. Butler, Presi dent- James Woodrow, of tho Col logo of Sout^Onro^hia, Mr. Thomas Owen aud othorfr A resolution was ottered by General Wright, reeitiug that an organization bo formed, having for its object tho study of Southern history, and that fill persous who signed tho call for tho meeting shduld ho enrolled as mem bers. it was adopted unanimously, (ion. Wright and Mr. T. M. Owon were appointed a committee to draw up a constitution, and upon its udop tion, officers of tho new organization, wh eh will bo known iib 'tho Southern History Association, wore beleeted as follows: l'rosidont, Postmaster (leneral Wil son, of West Yirgiuia; vice presidents, Dr. J. L. M. Curry, Alabama; ( Ion. M. C. Butler, South Carolina; Gen. M. J. Wright, Tennessee; John It. I'roctor, Kentucky; Thomas Nelson l'age, Vir ginia; l'rof. Woodrow Wilson, New ,'Jersey; secretary, Dr. Meriwether, South Carolina; treasurer, Thos. M. Owen, Al'.ibama; administrativo coun cil, Dr. Charles W. Dabney, Tennes see; l'rof. Heath Dabney, of tho Uni versity of Virginia; .Judgo C. W. lvaiius, Texas; Lyon G. .Tyler, Vir ginia; l'rof. Clias. Leo Smith, ISIis souri; Prof. Kemp Battle, North Car olina; Dr. Stephen B. Weeks, North Carolina; 'Prof. William II. Browne, Maryland; Prof. Leo Davis Lodge, Washington; Prof. W. C. Stubbs, New Orleans; Col. Isaac W. Avery, Georgia; Prof. John B. Fich len, New Orleans; Prof. W. S. Wyman, Alabama; T. L. Cole, Washington; Col. B. A. Brock, Virginia, and Ben jamin Martin, of Greenville, S. (3. Dr. Woodrow said tho most interest ing history of tho Southern States un less written by thoso who had figured in its history sinco 18(50 would bo . lost to posterity. For want of proper ap preciation Uo one had giveu it duo thought. That thoso familiar with its history at that time were fast parsing away, aud that it was duo to tho ris ing generation that a full^and oorrcct idea of tho cliivalric deeds of its noblo defenders bo preserved. ? - Killed on a Squirrel Hunt. At Bowman's, some twelve ruilos from Branchville. Four boys were in the woods ongnged iu a squirrel hunt, when a gun was discharged, and a son of Mr. II. D, M. Ott, a boy of 1*4, re ceived the load iu his thigh. Tho wonuded boy was left for two hours in a fainting condition beforo help ar rived. Dra. Cam, Gressottland and Johnson amputated tho leg, but tho young pationt died from loss of blood, ? . ? Kills Ills llrothcr With a lloe. In Concord township, Sumter county, Wednesday, ono Joo Merri man was whipping his sister for koiuo trivial matter when his youngor brother, Dick, remonstrated with him. This so enraged Joo that ?he seized a hoe end struck Dick a tor riblo blow on lijs head, fracturing his skull. Dick has * died and Joe will have to answer at tho next term of court for tho death of his brother. - - ? ? South Carolina's Naval Militia is composed of twenty-one officers, 1 f>f> men, ami hrr annual allotmont of money, which has been recently made by Secretary Herbert is 81,180. ? - - ? ? Tho recent hail storm which visited Johnston, has doito great damage to crops ami many farmers will havo to replant cotton. ? -??? C. W. Townsend and J. II. W. Stro man havo incorporated tho Southern Lumber Co., with a capital stock of 810.000, at Charleston. Distribution ot Flsli. 1 nrlo Sam's Fish Commission Tins Just perfected arrangements for distributing dui? lug tho coining season 837,112,000 adult ttah' fry nnd e??gsfor re stocking the waters of tho different States with food and game ilsb. This will exceed the distribution of last year by 107,000,003. Tho entire distribution by the National l'lsh Commission will Include: I hree hundred million of nlko perch fry, I'JO.COO.OOO of white fish fry, 100, 000, OOP ol i ?! -J< r fry. (HJ.OW.OOO of>had."i*y, 70,000.000 of .1 fry. il0.0fci.000 of ^ea basa fry, *0.000,000 of actio fry, 14.00*000 of lake trout r?*vl0, COO.COO of yellow i<erob fry; 8,000,000 of TOOt fl-<h fry, l,500,i*)0 ofbrook trout fry, 1^00,d0ev of adult and yearling rainbow tront, 1,000, 000 of yearling steeihead trout, 1,000,000 ot land-locked salmon. 000,000 of yearling At lantic salmon. 226.000 of yearling Loch Lev en trout, and 200,000 of yearling black spotted (rout, 40,000 adult black baas and 29000 adult rook bass. * Map to Cover 025 Acre*. * In the House Mr. Cuuion (rep,, Utah) was recognized for a speech supporting bis res olution for s huge ground map covering 633 acres, located near Washington, showing the entire topography aud geography of the United Stat**. He explained thai the map would giro an object l?a*on of the extent of our country. The Mleslseippt river weeM he ahown i?y aa actual stream, three feet wide and 2.000 yards long, while Lake Mich igan woo Id hsr*e 22.000 square yards of water. I ' % 4 . ... Houoy-Maktug Make Km* jr. It is related of a Parisian bee master that bo brought his hives into tho city , Had set them up in a park adjoining a sugar warehouse. ThU amy bavo been done by way of experiment, It may .have been mere (tit fulness. At any rate, the busy insects, Instead of seek* lug the open dowers In the distant flolds and gardens, Turned In at their next ilotyr. Aolghbor's, and nmdo themselves It .homo .with his hogsheads of sugar. Their gluttony and greed, however, loon betrayed them, for they wero seen hy-and-by floundering about ou the pavement, their load of honeyed sweet ness being more than they could bearf. Feed for Layera. In regard to feed, most farmers kuow that bens will fatten on the grains raised on the farm, wheat, oats aud corn, if these are fed regularly either by mixture oKwlth frequent change. These are impnbved by grinding and a little meat tended a couple of times a week. Hut it may l>e well to hear what a Nova Scotia expert has to say about feeding laying hens. lit) says: *Thero is nothing equal to the exclusive bse of meat ami bono with very Uttlo of 'anything else." Going to South Af*ic*. During the last year or two the?e bag Wen something of a migration of min ers from the Western States to South Africa, and advertisements of rate* ami routes to South Africa aro printed in must of tin mining papers. The movement seeuis to have extended to others than tho miners, and may In dicate that the emigrants have not, fared badly. A man advertises In a recent lssuo of a Dead wood paper that ho will sell at u bargain bis saloons In Dead wood anil In Lead, as he Intends goiug to South Africa. Whether he ex. peets to mako money out of the mine* or the miners ho doesn't state. , Turpentine for Worms* - If turpentine is given to lambs tor worms, let It bo done after a twenty, fyiir hours' fast, and when the first steAnacb Is empty, v It la nofi unlikely that the whole flock Is affected If' we And worms in one. Tho turpentine ?ThB Unsoed oil can bo administered with milk, or the trupentlno 'poured upon tho salt allowed them; they will eat it readily. A religion that does not stick to a man during business, is n*> good after butdx ness hours. t "I am only too Ehicl to tes tify to tlio great value 'of Aycr'a Barsaparllla which has bccu a house hold companion Jn oin family lor years. 1 take from 3 to 5 bottles of It every Spring, generally bcfiinnlng about llio first of Al>ril. After that I fuel llko a two year old for it tones tip my pysliHn, given mo an oxcollont appetite flnil I aloei) llko a lop. As a mctll clno limits no super lor, at Mast that is iny trillion of It.? II. 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