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VOIJJMli XIII CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER U, 1902 M0L1NEUX IS FREED From the Accusation of Murderiif Mrs. Adams. JURY REACHED A SPEEDY TERDICT After Deliberating TtilrUfcn MlnuU? s [ The Conclusion Was Tbnt Wom?? ^ V Wag Not Poisoned Uy Molioeux. \>Jaw York, Special,? Kolaad B. MoU neux was set at liberty Tuescdajr uDcadlog tour yea in In prison **d be ing once condemned to death and twlec placed on trial for his life for the mur der of Mrs sKfctherine J. Adams. But thirteen minutes sufficed for tho Jury to reach a verdict .of acqujttal at the clone of a trial that has lasted four weeks, the first trial which resulted III hlollneux's conviction and sentence * having been prolonged tor about three months. ? The verdict, which confidently .anticipated, was greeted with an In* ? stantly suppreerad outbreak of idause, Jpatlet} Lambert haying dellVeK ?ed * sterr. admonition that fto demoja stretion would bo permitted. Molineux, who was brought Into court as soon (4a U was known the Jury had agrfcfed, was .wpparently ?w uluoncorueti as he haii ... been throughout the trial and gave no n, evidence of emotion, when the words that established his innocence wore pronounced. His aged father, .General Molincux, was deeply affected* end -reould with difficulty respond t4 the greetings of friend Bwbq brassed for ward to offer their <>a?Vatulations. immediately af.Vetf the^feuderlug of - the verdict th*, prisoner was formally ? iLifl Charged from custody, and left the ?court roor\ with his rather and coun sel. On passing rfiU'of- the building, they were cheered by a great fcrowd <br.t gathered in anticipation of thp ae 'luittal. After removing hie effects from the Tombs, Molineux *AVent to., his father's home in Brooklyn .where he was again cheered by a. large vrO"wd. More than a thousand hien and wo men, and there were more wonjeu than men, crowded" the corridors bf the Criminal Court building before 9 o'efbek i'.;is morning and fbught for admission to the court room. After the usual preliminaries, Assistant ?''District Attorney Osbotne resumed his fcum ming up. Me was tajslng of the Bar ? -nett, letters -when. nc. was interrupted by an objection ,wMth the court sus tained. '?This Oftfctodant and Barnett." Mr. Osborne tontiuvied, ."were friends liv lng ne'jr to cach other on -the same floor of tho Knieker booker Athletic. C>ub. They were paying attention to the same lady. She rejected Molincux. Baritttt died and elf hi- rtavs inin- Mnii- I ; hcjjx fought for the ffeman an engage ment lSng. The wedding was very sud l, 'Icn!" Mi'. Osborne in nl? . peroration fpolnteil ont again the circumstances iipbn which he relied for a conviction, <? turning at each mention of Moliueux's name to point his linger, at the defend ant. Mollaeux sal unmoved at tho ar ' taignmont, hut, attentive to every word of It. Not eA with hia father/' The old gentlerr.aa was visibly affected by the .. worda-ot tho prosecuting officer, and r Cecil Mollneuxr tho prisoner's brother, - w?.s very nervous. , Judge Lambert in hia charge, aum : med up the admitted (nets in the case, ^ tho sending of the package from the , fcencral postofflco uhlil Ijljfc receipt at k the Knickerbocker Athletic Club a?d jLi. Its administration to Mr??-'. Adams by .T Cornish who received it at the club. "It * Is necessary," he said, for the State to prove that the defendant sent this ; package and that it waa received by ^Ornish and *nnocently .administered to !rs. Adar-.a before you can find this ">fend?>nt guilty, it is for you to say if e necessary evidence has been attb t?*ted. One of moat, important ef~ of the #roMcutlon has been to ifcia foftftdapt tftth the address ' poison jhekage. The State has ted tojfcrthat by witnesses from tupA.Jfy witnesses presented to " ^ nawrltlng ejcperta./If la con tiie prosecution thaf the de mote that addresfc Unless " oied that defendant cannot be of any crime. So you see that itral portion' of the evidence, i fact that the State ia coin vprove." ' Ce .Lambert recited tho evf -the handwriting experts oc(| a and said: "I shall not dls- \ t- that, testimony. The law ; burden of that discussion i? The opinion of the experts '"introiling upon you. If the 8e stood on the question of 5, it should be dismissed, contention of the proaecu italned in other reapects, iSider the handwriting. Idant obtain the Taffany Iffany & Co? There is no rt'he did, but evidence h&s Itted that he had an ac __Bire. Tho most that can be said that point is ,that ho had the op 'PQgtMBjtX. Did this, defendant have the : bottl#-.w bromo? He say* ho did not. There ia: no evidence here to contra diet it t>ttt ff it waa in the box he had the dwdrtunlty to obtain it." Com ins to this consideration of the bottle "T&tttBfei'. ill wiilchthe pohjou -waa-^teat JOTthre t>aaH)ort ftp id. Miss Miller c.nd ~ Huft agreed that Molineux was not 7fiBe^u?chmr; MBnt," iro said; "Itja , mv duty to tell you that no evltffnce-f, nas .been presented here to connect this defendant with the holder. Now the ijHaetion is. Did the defendant pro -- core the poison? The defendant told*! vou ha n evwr /hade the poison, upon l -tfca theory 'that he did not aend the ' poison package, that ia reasonable Enough, - hut if youffnd further tacta that ha did aapd the package then you may take Into consideration the fact of the feciiitf with which he could have obtained the poison." Justice Lambert declared that the agreei&etit. made by Korh. the letter box man, to sell hia atory exclusively. " ? torreeetne *la pay when he nwore In I the actual ^1*1 to the truth hU the other 'h guilt. I< you bwlive tta testl mouy of Prof. V^lte, of Columbia Col lege," be said-, v,Mollneux could no( have mailed that package. Thp deftriac claims that Cornish wa? ihtiv. Then there itf the testlwoby of Mia. Stephen ?oti. I am bdt going to dlaeuss that. K that Woman told the truth that and* ihU ease a^d eliminate* MoUneux. )( ahe Raw Cornish mail that package this defendant la not guilty, It tn Tor yon to investigate this hotter and decidt for yobrgwrvk." At tbo close of the chargc Mr &lack said he had no requests tc make. The assistant dlstrtct attorney bad seremi, tyuri ?a4d h*< bad already laid befort Vh* jury. Mr. Oftbortae bad botmftft mqro to say and Justice ta.btbcrt aaked ex Governor tolaek if he had anythiug to aay against Mr. Osborne's proposition that the jury take the handwriting Exhibits to their roomv '?! thittk," M>'- Black said, "that thbt would be giving nn duo PrOWlbebcc to the handwriting testimony. "Von tobpject, then?' queried tb.e e^drl "That settles it. The Jurtora ebbnot have the ?exhibits." The Jury retired at 3:l&. \ in exactly 13 minutes after the Jury retired word waa brought. t*> the leourt , that a verdlH had ?4?eA reached; Court Officer* tofeftut'd fdr brder bnd a hurry call Wbg beht for juatic'o LAmbcit, who waa bet to be found lb his chambers. It was t'.M When the notice was re ceive and it was 3:46 when Justice Lambert took Ills seat, Molineux, who had been brought ittter o?\ the first notice frem thti jdry room. ?at calm and fcttbfideht a* over. Bartow 8* Wbeka, of his counsel, leaned across the rail and Whispered to him. "It's AW Mg&t. The time Uils u a .tbAfc* "I never doubtod it." MoUneux re plied. The old general waa far mom agitat od than hia ?on and it Waa evident that the auspt'nse was very liitid on him. As soon uy Justice l^iiiubert took his s Ait ire*IWlWCB TT4t5 UmiRulir i there irtUal be no demonstration ami then instructed the 'clerk to put the question to the jury. "Not guilty,-' said the foreman in reply to the formal Inquiry and Mo Uneux Who hud been standing to re celve. the verdict, aahk back in his chair. There was & burst of applause, but jt Was - speedly quelled by I he court officers. Justice Lambert ordered the court room cleared and told the jurors to remftlb in their seats until the court was cleared. Then, after counsel for both sides bad congratu lated each other and the Jury had been thanked by the court, Justice Lambert ordered the formal dis charge of- -MoUneux. ? ..... PROMINENT^ PEOPLE, v PrcmUje^nalfotir sleeps nt lensl twelvQHiourg a day. Lord Roberts lias accepted "an invita tion ?of Generals (.'orbin. Young and Wooit to visit America next Jrear, Sir IOmest Cassell, whom Lord Sails bury refused to raise to the peerage, despite King Kd ward's request, began life as a clerk. Cornelius Vanderbilt lias placed an order with (lie HerrrshofTs for a racing schooner yacht !n which hq will com pete at Kiel next year. The conferring of the rank of heredl tary nobility on the Asiatic explorer Sven Iledlu has evoked a violent con troversy l\\ (lie Swedish press. Jam o.j . Stoke.*, banker and phllan* throplst, cf New Vork City, was decor ated with the Cross of the I^egion of Honor by President Loubet of France. Herbert Spencer lins again declared that he is broken l>y the burden of years and' lias laid Ids pen down for ever i.s far as uny large work Is con cerned. rrinccss Thefesa of Iia varia has been elected by the Munich Geographical Society an honorary member .for. her achievements in the line of exploration and travel. Professor Mirth, : who teaches Chi nese at Columbia, says the language is easy to learn, but that pupils need not hope to talk freely wiU? laundry men at tUe cpd cT a few works. Viscount Kitchener's new peerage is granted with a very unusual remain der. It goes first 1 -> his male children, next to bis female children, and in de fault of. both to. his two brothers In succeMkm, - ? : ? . "'j Of all the Goulds George, and his family get the most out of life. He and his boysfphvy polo for keeps, and from ya?limig to primming their recreations are really hardening forms of health ful rxerelse. Of all the Vanderbllts it is \ieorgo again, who, with his schol arly tastes, reaps most joy In the qnlet of his splewWd North Carolina i>alace, Blltmore. V Textile Notes. Hardy Greenwood, Box 761, San An tonia, Texas, wants addresses of mak ers of cotton waste. Norfolk (Va.) Silk Mill Co., noted lately as adding new looms, has placed orders for more machinery. Including two warping machines. Mutual :(Ga.) Coffin & Manufactur ing Co., incorporated with capital stock of $10,000 authorized, proposes estab lishing a knitting mill. Catalogues of the required machinery are requested from maaufiacturere. Wasloiu packcrs c.i-V template consollOftting the stockyard*-} throughout tho country and merging them with' tho packing Interests. -r - "Canadian police will forcibly deport tlwDoukfcobors If they persist in their marchtn& It U thought the contest (or Speaker of the n<ixt Hoihe will be waged on the iasue of high or low. tariff. Anna. Coanteas de Caatellanc, sleeps in the great bed of. Mme de Sevlgne, than wfclcb there is no finer la all the worl&. It la made of gilded cedar wood Inlaid with prectoue atone/ and baa painted panel* by the great est master* of tho seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. ? ; f j According to the Mexican Hera?d more children of Uexlcan parentage a^ ttelag aent earb ytag Jo_be ?|^ cated In. tfce ^aH^l B^ee, wbereaa (orderly tbey wredt alvoet exclnaJvely io iwF " jmaUb&xm* wSP BAER MPLJES 10 MIK'.lil 1.1 , Elaborate Statement From the l-*i e?? ident u( Coal Operator*. Washington, Special. ? 1 The reply of President Oleorge P H)^r. of the PhiU drloMri & heading Coal Company, i ihe charges of President Mitchell, of ? he l"nited Mine Workers, which ha* presented to the Anthl'ri* He Coal i-'Uikc | roirimifsfclort, waft Tuesdai uh -<? !?? the ivufylk' MV Haer inakek no reference W r?U\, Mitchell nt? (lu- pHt?id*ttt of ?!<?? miners' organization, hut refers to hint simply uu an individual Taking up the fcpor|fleati*ii\f. in Mr. Mil* hell's char^t -i Mr. liaer first udiylts thai his company, owns ?.7 collieries and that bVA>ro U?e strike it employed 2t>. people. Following a brief sum niary of the response to Mr- Mitchell's other specifications: tjeeond; The demand for 20 per cent. IftOredfee In wages i?* denounce:! its "ai bltrany. unreasonable and unjust." The company teanteftds I hat after njrk Ing ill hecca*ary a'luwuuuc fjr differ- j ent conditions thai the into of wages paid for the mining^of anthracite eoal Is as high as tha< irt the bithmin. one <*oa\ tiidds. Third. The ewupihiLd-JUieji ikat the ^resen^ yiftlw of wages Is lower fbnn is hftld lb other occupations in the soma locality and controlled by l'ke candi tlons. ?Fourth and fifth. Mr. H:\er dfniett that thfe barUlnga of Ui? aiiUnadto Workers are less than average earnings tor other Occupation* requiring sViil And training and (.bat earnings are In suffirterit because of the dangerous character of the work in the anthracite mines. KivtJ?. This snecificat ion ina.'le by Ttir. Mitchell is referr?TCb BF matte Tnr specific an*wvr. b?t in a ftenersl way I! is stated tliat the. anthracite regions are autohg the most prosperous in the United Btates. Seventh. The company pronounces ifs unjust and unequitable Ihe demand for a reduction of 20 per cent, in the hours of labor without a reduction of wage.; for the same hours of labor, ami this demand is pronounced impractica ble. in tills connection the following statement Is made: Because of the injury to tho mines because of th.? strike Of the United Mine Workers, the cost of producing coal has been gieatiy Increased and a temporary Advance ?n price was made by this c<Tin party, but tt wilfr impracticably to continue such increase when mining operations become normal." Fight. Mr. lhter says that his com pany has no disagreement uitit any of its employes about Uie weighing of coal, because the quantity is usually determined by measurement and not by weight. Ninth. Replying to the fourth do mand made by Mr. Mitchell, Mr. liu^r says since tho advent of the United Mine Workers' organization into the anthracite fields, business condition.*] there have been intolerable; that tin. output of the mines has decreased: that discipline has been destroyed: that strikes have been of almost daily occurrence; that men have worked when and as they please, and that the cost Of mining has been greatly in creaseci. He also takes the position that the jurisdiction of the commission Is limited to the condition named by the coal company presidents, which ex cludes the United Mine Workers from any recognition in the proceedings. He sfcys. however, that when. a labor or ganization limited to anthracite mi n*= workers is created which shall obey law, tespedr^he/ right of every man to work and honestly co-operate with em ployers. trade agreements may be prac ticable. <? Steel Corporation Figures. New York, Special. ? At the monthly meeting of the United States Steel Q6r poration directors M?e comptroller1 10 snbmttted the ~ appended comparative statement: Cash on hand. November 1, 1901, $63,901,973; November 1,- 1902, $64,748,960. Cash assets, October 1, 1901, $201,842,384 fcj OetOber 1, 1902, $2*2,629. 350. Current liabilities, October 1, 1901, $77,093,371; October 1, 1902, $65,142, 457. Increase linnet current assets, $33, 335,880. Earnings, September and Oc tober, 1901, $21,478,585: September and October, 1902, $24,1.30,346. Orders enter ed since last hoard meeting, 934.05Q tons. Shipments. 831,341 ions. Unfilled orders on hand November 1, 1901. $2-. 831.590: October!. 190z. S2 998,587. Plant Burned. g Baaver, Falls, Pa., Spoelal.-? The plant of the Keystone Driller Company was almost totally destroyed by fire Sunday. The loss will be $100,009, with insurance on ihis plant of $55,000. The portions destroyed are the black smith shop; the machine, erecting and pattern depaitnient. Much valuable machinery was ruined. Over 190 men will be thrown out of employment. The origin of the Are is a mystery. Spain In Trouble Once {lore. Madrid, By Cable. ? As a result otv:? l"o),onged cabi.i?! I ur.s held to discuss the recent attacks made upon the government by leaders o/ the opposition, an official noie, !.? auetl *BuuOay^ Saya tlfiimTlllarcrs" tut itudy to pltccj thMr portfcltos nr the disposal- of Premier H.-?gastfty-4f- . ibis step be necessary, and that /hey have unanimously tiecidedqdlo glw the Pre miery?ull powers to t\ct as Ire considers bosr in tha.iuterests of the country and his party. Premier Sagasta iV tb h.4.ve an audience with King Alphonstf" at neon tomorrow. It it. believed a crisis and the reconstruction of the ministry aje Imminent. Tammany la Control Nev York, Special,? Tammany Hall has secured control pf thp board ot aldermen wiltch h?e f.ccn controlled by the fueionists since June rest. Today f our tuaion Pea^erata votbd .a'Ub tfrft. Tammanymmr against a motion to a? l^s;ii<M irnm lift ITnftlSrfc a fnsloniet, *n4-Aeeo -Hntrttullr elected a member y 41 Mt i Live \tms of news, I i I Many Matter a of iieueral Interest In I Snort ParagrapH* The Sunny South. { l-Yank A. Vanderlip, speaking at i Wi lot inglon, N. P , KHve, fltfurtH of the ; natii.n'fj growth tit wehul). Aiabanu troops called out to protect Jason llncon. a negro aroused of an ntroctouK assault near Anniston. A Poauoke Vi?, tliSpAU'U Raj*/!: "A charter Iihm Wen granted hero by Judge Woods iu the Hustings Cpult to t he W?st Had Pinnace Cbuipatiy Thf* 1 capital Stock in |5(?0,00U. Henry T. i Dechor;of Philadelphia, is president and Donald Marl .cod, of Rutland, Pa., i 8 aeeret&iy and treasurer. Air*. Marie W.-Vitt. a resident Of Baltfmdic, recently secured a divorce from h?T husband, and on Wednesday evening celebrated , the ^-y< nt i?y hiring a hall c;?d giving n. "dlvriron party" to a |a?g-> liutnlur 0 i her hcqualiitai^s. The congratulations showered uponflk-r ?lining the evening weir uo sweet that she has decided never to shatter the pleasant memory* by venturing on another matrimonial Uit>. She ban five child reit* At lite Nat'onal Capital. The Newfoundland reciprocity treaty wats signed in WaahirotdHt Much lhteie*t attaches to the forth cominajists of the submarine boats Adder and StWHIttltt in l?ng Island {found. - \ RubliYb Arane. toiio fcrtfirirrtttllfltcd President RcohcvII on Julian inde pendence, was acquitted at llilboa, Spain, of an offense against the state. A War Dc'iiui tipent Investigation substantially confirms the .report that r hi r.cr r^iKmn mif n \~aThoiie ime*l ttt the Philippines, died hs a result of the administration of the water cure. At The hortH. More than $100,000,000 is Invested in fflghgrndo transient hotels in New York city. Nearly $15,000,000 more is being put into the construction of now houses of this Horti In u speech at Wbrcebler, Mass., Sec retary Moody admitted the imposition of a duty on anthracite coal was a mi.s- J take. | Edmund flench, convicted of fHn' Jury id eonnei lion with the St. Loui.i boodle chkcs, was sentenced to five years in u pyiitfintin ry Mrs. David Hughes, a wealthy woman who was Alleged to be wrong fully del nined iii tty Ne'.V York daihi lorlum, was released on a writ of habeas corpus. j The 1 J os ton poliae are trying to un earth new evldenfe against Allan CI. Mason, who is accused of a aeries of ."Jack-the-Slugger'r crimes. Cha;ges of election frond were mad* In the Common Pitas Court in Phila delphia. A Chicago dispatch sayai "Beitators Beveridge, of Indiana, Nelson, of Min nesota, Dillingham, of Vermont, Hate, r?f Tennessee, and Heitfcld, of Idaho, Will leave Chicago foi jOklahoifta, New j Mexico and Arizona, tV Investigate the j Territories' claim to, statehood. The I five Senators are the' members of the I Senate sub committee on Territories." From Acroas The Sett. The Zionist annual conference begftit in Vienna. The Donkhobora wht? ar* -marching in Manitoba continue to sufTel* pitiably from cold and hunger. Prices of nreat In Germany arc so high that they are prohibitive to the working classes. . The Chamber t>f Deputies at Paris Invalidated the election of Count Boni de Castcllanc on the' ground of irregu larity., . ? > The French- Government arbitrators d*cid?d against the miners UL the De?_ pnr|meht duj^ord. - Andrew D>Whlte, United States Am basaador- to* Germany, obeervod hia seventieth birthday. The Hungarian Government .plan* emigraitoa reforms of a sweeping character. 2 *2 Anti-Semi tie riots took place at a Vienna election. Alois Mueller was sentenced at Pra gue to two years' imprisonment for trafficking in. forged patents of nobili ty. i>i seen stone between, leaders of the Venezuelah revolution are helping the cause of President Castro. Hereafter a penalty not exceeding |10 will be inflicted in Loudon on any person who causes or permits ice cream or any similar commodity to bo manufactured, sold or stored in any cellar, shod or room in which there is any inlet or opening to a drain, of which ts nsca as a ilving room or sleeping room. Kmporor ?William arrived in Eng land on a visit to King Edward, The belief is expressed that no part of the South African war's cost will be put on the Johannesburg mines. Sir Marcus Samuel was formally In stalled aa Lord Mayor of Loudon. r Tita uoverfior of Hu-Nan, China, op- 1 poses the Imperial edict' for" the ore- | cutlnn of the military mandarin re sponsible for the massacre of two British missionaries. An international music festival is to be held in Berlin at tho dedication of_ the Wagner monutttni. Cz?r Nicholas ij described aa greatly1 depressed ana melancholy. Tho Mad Mullah is receiving guns in Somallland through French territory. 7 | i ' 4 Miscellaneous Matters. Roland B .Mollneux, who Is being tried in New lork on tho charge of ruuidoilng J. AdamtU sloj^idrf ?Jat made in. the wages ofgW iBlaers tlfcy are to date from Moniitii t jftha K. Redmond; ***** of liawwit, who jtO <Uia> Itei'ld SIGHT 1$ RESTORER A Man of y* kejjflins Ills Sight III th? Spartanburg Section. ftpartaiihiir* Correspondence Columbia StlilO, nil. Spartanburg may not be modest In her cIhIihk of being ^ healthy clime, but facia stand for themselves. The writer Ibis afternoon '-njoyed a lonn tulk with u resjiletit ttt Mi's county who was born In October, JS03- he it. tJ? >fui?t of 11 u uamo is Casawell Kdfltird *?nUh it ltd hlfc homo Ik nnftr i ho burnt factory on Tygor river !fi the lower section of this county. He is an ideal rbjlre^entaflt* h{ the museje and brawu which have made t tit> Vant tracts of woodland bow to the axe uud the impenetrable swamps, lagoons and wild verdant. meadows yield to the plough share and |jrujllnjK bwk and the general cultivation of th" *oll. Mr. Smith came to this, city about four 4i-?k? ago. For sixteen year a past he hn.s been totally blliifl. Doctors (old him it wan due to old age, but n relative of his, Dr. W. A. Smith, ex amined him and found thut it wan a ease of cataract. of tho, eyes. He wuh brought to Spartanburg, arid ft Itttla over a month ago Dr. Cborge W. HhIu itsh performed a successful operation for th* hataract; and the old gentleman can now see. Considering fclfl at*-, ?nd the accompanying Infirmities of ad vaneed life, it Is wonderful how suc cessful tho operation Is; and it Ik a {?eril Jhf fh hear the old man rnpnment on the fact of his jjcPlilji. after having been totally blind for 1U years. Mr. Smith remembers when there were only four buildings in this city? ono of those wan the old Lee house, a frame siruclurA Greeted near the present store of J. yi. ivce & Son, whfeh has long since passed the dilapidated fltag-?. The first railVosd train and loooiuotl\o lie (uii hi* evp^ op was la Columbia In 1S6D. The first. circuit lie attended1 w?i in 183S in Spartanburg. lie recalls many points and incidents of the mus ter days. He has lived as a farmer and worked hard and lived honestly all of hH l!ft?i H?? has lived with his pros eut wife this first wife' riylttg d few months aft?r their murtiage) for 70 years, and the four, weeks he lias been up here is the longest time they huva ever hecll separated. Ho is a groat lov er of tobaecb. wiieil If cohioft to chew ing. He was for years an liiveteratd smoker, and never gave up this habit until he b?<amo blind? Jjla. only. reaaon or argument to offer agalpet .smoking In blindness. Ho is and has been for ?10 years a member <)f Put man Hnptist chu.-eh." *TIis rule lit life lH, ds He ex presses It? "do to your neighbor as you would be done by." He states that with his eyesight restored aa now, he will be plowing on the farm again long before spring. He stands six feet In height and tfeigks 150 pounds. He looks remarkably strong for a tuah of his advanced years. County ftoMf-ds Have No Coq^I. llennottHvillo. Bpccifll.? f he inves tigation by thfc county board of educAr [ tlon of tho charges against K. J. Sawyer, on an appeal from the trus? tees cf the Bennettsville graded school district, has been stopped by a writ of prohibition issued by Judge Kiugb. The judge gave an exhausting review of the law and decided that a county board of education has no su pervision toiktrdl over tk gradod gchoot district ntid <? attiiei rovorse -01 modify any Jit'tlOii Ot the* -troara ol trustees. He saye thatXeven If Sawyer I were totally unqualified to teach, his election by tho trustees could not b? interfered, with. dranite Beds In Chesterfield. . . Chesterfield, Special.? rtt wUl in torest many to know that m this | county there are extensive granite beds. One of the chief beda is .near Evans' mill, on Blaek creek, ifi miles ^ west of hero. They are miles .ftoni the nearest railroad point. Kuby, but when the C. M. & C. road la com puted to Jefferson, which It aoon will be. they will then be only four miles from tho railway. The rock i# Ot dif ferent tolor, some are brown, gray, black an^ red. These beda are Very extensive and are said to compare favorably' with the granite of "Winns boro. There is a fine opportunity for -.iome roan with capital to secure a bonanza i Winter full fighting in flexlco. Mexico City, Special.? The winter bull fighting season opened Sunday af ternoon, the first fighting being attend-' ed by a large crowd, including mufly Americans. The sensational spectacle was the serious horning of Parrao, one of the matadora, by .the third bull, Par rao received a deep wound In the ab domen and may die. The fight tfas not interruptedi Ten horses were disem boweled. Palmetto Gleanings. Progressive business men of Co lumbia have organized a company for the purpose of operating a line of steamors between there and Oeorge town. ~ ATcporrTrBnr "vrntcrop .CoHogc - ? to the- effect thai tho student* of that institution have taken op tfco quarrel between Clem son and South Carolina College and that partisanship has since been running at a high pitch. Jfcmes Mcpherson Wlitnton. lh? dest pressman In the State, died on Mday at hltf homo in CMuraeston zghd 94. Ma worked at his .trade In the! Deutsche Zeltung 6J&C4 up to a feM days before- his death. vbe Motel Sumter at Sumter 10 try ing* the experience of< young white woxmfn to ^ralt on .the table*. The proprietor brought them from BoeW>a lerttH Mm, pot being able to aeoura the required htkmber In South Carolina. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL! Appalacdlan National Park. (Manufacturers' ) The report of H^u. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, II fx? H? the pro posed Appalachian Forest KeserVo, I* leprodliced as a ?p*tflnl feature of this h>ue of tho Manufacturer^ KocOjyl, to gether with a number of atriklng IMus trnttonB accompanying tlio report and republishing through tl?e courtesy of the Agricultural licp&rliilfOt- Tha practical advantaged dt the establish ment of the reseive are set forth cieur ly In K ,tind are summarized at. Its cofi elusion. President iioosevelt, In trans mltteng the report, said that with those conelusioda h* fully agreed, and In ad dition wrote: The report of the Secretary present* thoMtlnal results of an investigation iiu'Jlorfzed by ill? last Congress. Its eon* I UBlortfl point unmistakably, in the judgment of the t?eor?tary and In my own, to the creation of a national #??r~ out reserve in certain parts/ of t(l? Southern State*. Tho facta'ascertalned and here presented deserv<*fha ?arefui consideration of tho Congress; (hftf havo already received, tho full atten tion of th!* a-Mentlst. and tho lumber man. They n?^>i i [1 art economic need of prime IrtftfBRancc to the Iv&lfarO of the 8outl>;V<^ hence to that of the tirt* tlon an <T$?yh<?io, and they point to the necessity of protecting through wise use a mountain region whoae fflfluence" flows far beyond its borders with tho water# lit the rivers to which it gives rise. Among riie elevations of the fastara half of tho tflllted States the Southerit Appalachian are of paramount inter est for geographic, hydrograp/ilc and forest l^ashns, and as a consequenco. for economic reason# rt? well. These great mountains are old in tho history '?f the continent which has grown up about them. The hardwood forests were born on their slopes and have spread thence over (he eastern half at tho continent. More than once In tho Rmbtfc geologic pant they liavo disap peared beforfi the sea on the east, south and west, and before the Ice on the north; but liero In this 8outh6rft Ap* palaehlan region they have lived ou to the present day. Uhtiefr thft varying conditions of toll, elevation and climate many of the Appalachian tree silccles ITaVoTtcVftlop ed. Hence It is that l?i thin region OC' cur tti'dft-jnarvolous .variety and rich (lpHfl of plant growth 'jvhlch havp led bur ablest business men and scientists to ngk for Ha preservation by the gov ernment for the advancement of sci ence, and for ^he Instruction and pleas ure of (he people of our own Ufid at future generations. And It Is the con centration here of ho many valuable species With fluch favorable conditions of growth which has led forest experts and- lumbermen alike to assert that of all tho continent this region is best suited to tho purposes and plans of a hatlotlal forest reserve in the hard Wood region. \ At th? meeting last) Saturday at AsheVlilo, N. C., of thfe- Appalachian National Pafk Convention it was re solved. That this convention heartily ap proves the action of Congress In estab lishing the great national forest re serves in the Western States and Ter ritories and the more recent action of Congress id providing for the construe* tlon of a (Teat system of Irrigation works in those States. lttaamuch<as the ftresta and the soils which these for ests protect lfa tho Southern Appalach ian mountain region serve as a natural reservoir for the storage for tho water which falls ta/exee?sw% rains in thM rt-glon, this convention asks the co-op eration df deflators and representatives in Congresa from the Western Bute* in securing the passage of the Appa lachian Foreut Reserve blimqw Before Congress ds an extenaumr ^S these Southeastern States of the great policy, of natural water Storage by the gov ernment, which has already wisely been Inaugurated in the W&t. ; tfi Consideration of the fact of the rapldngdiU-'adllHuui easing rate at which the forest* on the sieges of ttte Southern Appalachian mouttUihi are being destroyed, the growing frequency of the floods carrying away the fertile soils from this region and depositing tno Same in navigable streams, having , recently caused over $18,000,000 ct damage, this conventldn urgei Upon Congress the prompt passage of the1 bill now before the House <rf Repr?-_ rentatlves providing for the establish* mtnt of the Appalachian ? National Forest Reserve as the only possible means of overcoming the existing and increasing evils. < Dr. 0. P. Ambler, the secretary of the association, gaVO an Interesting sketch of it? purposes and explained the itatus of bills in Conaress looking to / the establishment, of a forest re serve in the Southern A&fiftlaehlan mountains. One bill, tho Burton hill, has passed the Senate, but ?, With an amendment by Senator Bat? of Ten nessee. which practically mnkoa,the bill ot none effect. The House com miUee\on agriculture haa rejected this amendment. Dr. Ambler said that .the "dpefeore aKTirof lack 1 fi leufla in the. t- Senate and. 11 a hearing has _ ^ crn congressmen du^feg the coming short session of Congress. -He-urged that efforts of frlenda of the ,>?ml should b? centered n|?n the rejection or modification of the jSxte amendment In. the Senate, and upon a hearing of the measure upon tho floor of the Hpuse of Raprwentgtives. ' ~ in turinerance ot tM oill tne ate has published ft magnificent vol ume, known as Senate DowUMt ^to. fit, containing t&t message of -dent HtMysev^ recntyimehdllg ".' able consideration by the elaborate report ?f of. tho J>?nrtqs?iLL NEWSY CLEANINGS, Patl* is to spend $?, 000,000 on new hospital*. Mountain laurel lias been adopted aa (lie Stale flower in Massaehuaetta. Thoie tire about IM.ftrt) telegraph ofliccx now opt-n In the whole world. The now Iloxer uprising In Macbuan Is causing alarm among the foreigners. The Iuii hot* of Kt. John, N. 1$., baa not been frozen over within the memory of man. Fifty* thousand pet'sjons have visited Uoburl JUjruu's euttntfu at Ayr this year. Merlin has named ono of its new si recta after the into Jt'rofemw- Vlrxc" ehow. f Within four yearn eighty factories have sprung ni> in Cermany for tlio mnnti/tfclure of sand-lime bricks. Mayor Low'a new budget 'i* $07,110,. 0.'il, u decrease of $1.500, 0?W, due to nearly $1,01)0,000 reduction In Htato tax. * A Ao wan a per tor nerroua people, la wliloh /ill great catastrophes will be soothingly IrvaUd, la to be published ? in Vlf nun. i The number of atetffnboata on the ! ithlno Increnscd from 497, in 1881 to. ? 1183 in iwj, although there la a rail way oil eithw aborcv ^ ? It 1h officially Announced at Antwerp, i nelgium, that the At'W coAl fields din ' covered recently, contain more thau ROO.OOO.OOO tona of coal of good quality. II la estimated now that Uie-Jttand^ nrd Oil Company has obtained at leait ii, 000, 000 acres throughout tbe K^n tueky oil Uelds, and haw also begun tho eonstruetlon of n pipe lino whleb will coat at lea at *1,000,000. - A HotttUIc development of tbe equlp? ment of the Vnlvorsltyof California! College of Medicine, to consist of a great cluneal hospital that will coat $ too, <>oo, baa been proposed In a i cporfcg aubmlttrd by a eouimltlee represents? hII interested factors itt tbe uuivJflH administration, - "ffijfiiSi The Minneapoll that automobile raclBg TrroB moat fascinating of sport*, ^?BRvT apeed attained la so grekt that R la | highly dangefous to parjMejpjnBrffi any other than ' an. almost track. On pubtlo highways thtHLfc* too gjWf. an element of P?tH aport, not only to Ihe racers,- -hilt ^ podostrlana and thoBe who tide ^ horao drawn vehicles. , >1 . S. C. 8 6: t. jg Oou?rat roMOoger D?{mrta?ct, Bcbedulo Effoetiv ~T 7&Z=2. ?OtXHI'lPXD. KAH'f No. IX No. 32. Mixed. 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