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ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C. TUESDAY, MARCT 2(1, 1901 OFFICIAL REUNION CIRCULARS ISSUED, U (N. WALKII'S ANNOUNCI&INNT AS TO STATE 0ATHERING--THE DIVISION SPONSOH NAMED. The Eleventih Aunual General Runion at Memphis Also Oilally Aunouuced-The Rail roadt Rates. (The State, Mar. 21.) On every side the work of those charged with the arrangement for the State reunion to be held here early in May is going forward The local finance committee has been re ceiving subscriptions in response to its circular letter to the citizens, and is well st.tisfied with the results pre liminary to the canvass. The work of the committee charged with so curing huines has been delayed a little, but not materially, by the sick ness of the chairman, Col S.W.Vanco. Below is given the copy of the gen eral order of Gen. C. I. Walker, is sued from the headquarters of the South Carolina division .United Con federate Veterans, in Charleston, in regard to the State reunion: General O,er No. 52: 1. The seventh annual reunion of the South Carolina division, U. C. V., will be held at Columbia, S. C., com mencing May 8th, 1901, at 8 p. in. A large attendance of comrades is ex pected, and the good people of Colum bia will do all in their power to make the occasion pleasant and profitable. 2. Railroad rates on the most economical basis have been secured. 8. Miss Elizabeth C. Teague of Aiken S. C., has been appointed spon sor, and Miss Annie Norwood -if Greenville, maid of honor, for the division for the current year. 4. All camps, regiments and bri gades of the division are earnestly requested to appoint, each, one spon. sor and as many maids of honor as they see fit. A most beautiful and appreciated feature of our reunions has been the mingling of the daught ers with the old veterans, and it is hoped that each organization will do itself the honor of being represented by a sponsor. When sponsors are received by the conventiou, each will march in, carrying the camp, re gimental or brigade banner. 5. Each camp will please bring its camp banner and come into the con vention hall with the same. 6. The Ladies' Confederate Memo rial association, of Columbia, has asked the division to participate in the solemn memorial services of May 10th, and the invitation has been ac cepted. The division, with its escort, will move out to the cemetery, where the tribute will be paid to: our dead. Details of the parade will bn an nounced hereafter. Capt. WV. D. Starling, the commander of the local camp, Hampton, No. 889, U. C. V., is announced as grand marshal of the parade. By order, C. Irvine Walker, Comnmde. S. C. Div., U. 0C.V James G. Holmes, Adjt. Gen., Chief of Staff. N. B. Camps that have not paid their dues for two (2) or more years are mn good standing," and are not entitled to delegates. The following has also been issued by Gen. Walker in regard to the gen eral reunion at Memphis: General Order No. 53: 1. The 11th annual reunion of the U. C. V. will be held at Memp.his, Tenn., Ma~y 28, 29, and 80, 1901. Delegates from all the camps of this division are earnestly desired to be present. 2. The Southern railway has been saleoted as the official route, and all comirades are asked to go by that route and go together' The details of the hours of leaving various points have been announced in general or der No. M. 8. The oficeial trains of the South. ern railway will reach Chattanooga, May 27, at 7 a. m. and run down to the Chickamanga battlefield, so that the comrades will have the opportu ity of participating in the unveiling ceremonies of the South Carolina mornument. 4. The South Carolina Chickaman ga Monument commission have ex tended a cordial invitation to the veterans of the South Carolina divi. siOn U. C. V. to participate in the unveRing ceremonies. By order, C. Irvine Walker, Comdr. S. C. Div., U. C. V. James 0. Holmes, Adjt. Gen., Chief of Staff. The secretary of the executive com mittee has been informed by Adju tant Will Huston of Camp Barnard E. Bee U. C. V. Aiken county, that his camp proposes sending thirty men in uniform to the reunion. This camp is one of the best in the divisiop. A committee from the Daughters of the Confederacy called on Capt. W. D. Starling, chairman of the cen tral conmittee, yesterday to ask what would be expected of the Daughters of Confederacy in the matter of the entertainment of the visiting veterans, etc. The committee was informed that the Daughters could aid materially in the matter of the decoration of the ball, the securing of homes for the old soldiers, the arrangement of the programme on memorial day, the so curing and training of a chorus of children, the ball, and the courtesies at the general headquarters. Player Conyited of Robbing Himself. FIRM CONVICTION FOR 8TRALING FROM DISPENSARIES. To ]B Oredited to Wili1amaabrg-Player'e story of Having noon Ied Up Christ mas Night by Robbera Not Bolloved. [Special to The State.] Kingstree, March 22.-The case of the State against Frank M. Player was called for trial in the court Thursday morning. Judge Watts was on the bench and Solici tor Wilson for prosecution. W. F. Clayton, Esq., of Florence, and Leroy Lee, Esq., were for the de fense. Ex Dispenser Player was indicted for breach of trust with fraudulent intent, the definite circumstances be ing the alleged Christmas dispen sary robbery of more than two thou sand dollars. It was claimed by the prosecutiou that there was no rob bery except by the dispenser. Exceptional interest was mani fested all through the trial and sentiment* was strongly against the defendant. The number of rob beries committed during the past year had justly caused the feeling that something was wrong, and fre quent shortages confirmed the fact. T'hough the evidence was entirely circumstantial, yet Solicitor Wilson skilfully satisfied the jury of Play er's guilt. The defence worked hard and well. The argument lasted four hours. All the attorneys in the case are entitled to great praise. At 1 o'clock this afternoon Judge Watts charged the jury, commenting on the strength of circumstantial evidence. He gave the record to the jury at 1:30 p. mn. The jury on the first ballot stood eight for conviction, four for acquit tal. The :second ballot resulted in ten for conviction and two for ac quittal. At 7:40 p. m. the jury ren dered a verdict of guilty with a re commendation' to mercy. On motion of W. F. Clayton, Esq.. the court will consider the matter of a new trial tomiorrow. It is the general opinion that a new trial will not be granted. Williamsburg convicts the first dis penser for irregularity and thus up. holds the law. CASTOR IA Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Latest Literary News. It is sai<i that the powers of either man or woman are developed five fold by working with a lifeicompan. ion who is in entire harmony. The ideal wife, as a rule, has it in her power to ma.ke the ideal husband. What constitutes the ideal wife is discussed in an extremely able ar ticle by Lavinia Hart in the April Cosmopolit an. Cannon Versus Hail Clouds. TIN THOUSAND ANTI-HAIL CANNON STATION8 IN ITALY. This Method of Protecting Orops First Ad vocated by a Priest In Auntria-It In Now Endorsed by tie Ileat Autliorl ties In Italy auti a Law will Prob ably Sorn bo Passed Making Cannon 8tations conpul sory lei all Agricultural DIAtTlets In thast Country. Casale-Litta, Lombardy, Italy, February 21.-All foreign and naval battles are promptly and accurately reported n the United States, but those that have occurred ir the air in the last eightoen months seem to have escaped attention. In an ago when all those afflicted with misology are claiming their God given right to "seek and find," and many are exercising this right so carelessly that quacks and fads abound, it is not surpriang that some have included among the "fads" the most important movement going on in Italy, Austria, France, Hungary and even Spain, to deliver the agri culturist from the scourge of hail. I refer to the firing of cannon to dis perse ha: clouds. Strange as the method may seem, experiments tried in various pro. vinces, in different countries, have demonstrated beyond doubt that hail storms may be averted by blank cartridges being discharged vertically from a cannon. The strong cloud circle thus created in the air affects an area of about 3,000 feet, insuring the district below immunity from hail. Of course, the discharge must be made in time and in the proper manner. No scientific explanation has yet been advanced to account for the firing of cannon changing the hail into fine snow and rain and also causing a cessation of lightning, but facts are incontrovertible and thou sands of reliable witnesses testify that the districts employing cannon have escaped hail storms, while ad joining provinces, not thus battling, have been ravaged by them. The illustrious promoter of apply ing tactics to hail clouds is Prof. Stiger, of Styria, Austria, where ex periments were first tried in 1809. But the idea has taken better root in Italy and has been greatly fostered by the Hon. Ottavi, a membar of the Italian Parliament. These two men merit the gratitude of the agricul turists of the entire world for having begun a movement which promises to insure them against frequent total loss of crops. This loss in Italy ranges from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 annually. * In 1899, before cannon stations were established in Lombardy, I witnessed of the saddest scenes. The vintage was near at hand, the vines had never promised a better return to the husbandman and the mulberry trees were most luxuriant. In the twinkling of an eye, on a glorious fair day, the hail clouds formed and, quickly descending, spread devasta tion and terror all around.~ The labor of a whole year destroyed in a few minutesl Imagine what this meant to the poor peasants. Last year, about the same season, again I looked out a similarly fair day on an equally promising vine yard. Suddenly the terrible omen confronted the contradmni, but this time, thanks to the precautions taken by the Anti -Hail Society, the clouds broke only in blessings on the pea. sant's heads . Like fire engine stations, the can non stations are guarded and the first intimation of hail cloud is ilashed from station to station to start the aerial battle, It was the first experiment here at Cassle Litta, and with bated breath we watched the dark circle of cloud, created by the cannon discharge gradually lifting itself up and ex panding to meet its adversary. Down came the terrifying hail, but very small, and was very soon changed into fine snow and rain, giving only refreshment to the parched soil, What a contrast to the former year and what a rejoicing in Casale Littat It was a great triumph, too, foi the Duc. who had had to us s much argument to induce his pons ants to war against the olenots They had boon instructed from tho pulpit that to fire cannon up into the air was lighting against the Al mighty. Last year's terrible ex porionco made them yield to the os tablishing of cannon stations. Un fortunately, immediately after this, there followed a drought, which the same priest attributed to the wrath of God on aceunt of mortals daring to prepare to battle .vith Him. This savors more of the ignorance and superstition or the fifteenth than of the twentieth century. It must be said, on the other hand, that it was a priest in Austria who made the first experimont with cannon to disperse hail clouds, and I know of no priest outside of Casale who fights against the movement. The Anti Hail Society now num bers many thousands and includes in its body, not only agriculturists, but statesmen and the most distinguished scientists. There are in Italy already 10,000 anti hail cannon stations, of which 108 are here and in adjoining dis trict. Cannon stations will gradually re place hail insurance companies and, as a leading agriculturist told me to day, are soon to br) regarded as es sential as the plough and fertilizer. At the second International Anti Hail Congress, held last November in Padua, in which over one thou sand of the most distinguished scion tists, scholars and agriculturists were assembled, at tho close of the Con gress the following unanimous reso lution was adopted: "The Congress having heard the discourses and the following discus sions on the results of the firing of cannon in and outside of Italy dur ing the past year, hold that the very full information which they have re ceived demonstrates beyond a doubt the great efficacy of cannon to dis pet-se bail." The land ,%hich has produced a Galileo, a Columbus. a Volta, and recently a Marconi is not likely in a grave scientific body to give out un wittingly such a unanimous deci sion. To show the great strides the now method of battling has made in less than two years mention must be made of a bill now pending in the Italian Parliament to make cannon stations throughout Italy obligatory. This bill was presented by the min ister of agrirulture, industry and commerce and is approved of by the minister of the interior. The gen eral opinion is that it will pass and become a law. Henrietta Aiken Kelly. Bears the Th 0dYou Have Alway Bought Signture of '4 /a 4fd Heuadqcuarters South Carolina Division United Confederate Veterans. Charleston, S. C., March 11th, 1901. General Order No. 53. I. The 11th Annual Reunion of the U. C. V. will be held at Memphis, Tenn., May 28, 20 and 80, 1901. Delegates from all the Camps of this Divison are earnestly desired to be present. II. The Southern Railway ham been selected as the Official Route, and all Comrades are asked to go by that Route and go together. The details of the hours of leaving variom points have been announced in Gen. oral Order No. 54i. III. The ofricial Trains of tht Southern Railway will roach Chatta nooga, May 27th, at 7 a. m. and rur down to the Chickamanga Battle field, so that the Comrades will havy the opportunity of participating it the Unveiling Ceremonies of the South Caaolina Monument. IV. The South Carolina Chicka mauga Monument Comnmission h avi exten ded a cordial invitation to thi Veterans of the South Carolina Divi sion. U. C. V. to participate in th< Unveiling Ceremonies. By order. C. IRvINE WALKER, Comdr. S. U. Div., U. CI. V. JAMES G. HOLMEs, Adit Gan't, Chiefo t aff TEACHERS VS CORPORATIONS A sINGULAIC HUlT ISOUN YESVTEIMAY IN CHICAu0, The Teachers. tho Promnpt Iaynient of whoso sub1tri4's Dept-4's oi the Itoceipt of Nufitent T .,s to Moot all Ex peliton, Deninl. tihat the stato Board of Equalization Ituviso its Aspu@Finniett of the rroporty of Vertain Corl:oratione, News & Courier. Springfield, 111. March 20-Tho Chicago school teachers' fight with the State board of equalization began today in the Sagamon Circuit Court bef. r, Judge Thompson, with the presoutation of the petition in the name of the State attorney of Sang amon County for the writ of mandit Imus to compel the State board to re vise its figures on the properties of the various corporations which, the school teachers allege, are not pay ing their share of takes. The first day's procoedings resulted ini a victory for the school teachers, in that Judge ThompBon overruled a motion to dis miss 'the petition and ordered the trial to proceed tomorrow on the is suo raised by the school teachors. Several Chicago school teachers were present when Court convened. Each of the several corporations in volved in the proceeding was repre sented by one or more oflicials and counsel. Those corporations are the People's Gas Light and Coke Com pany, the Chicago Edison Company, the South Chicago City Railway, the Chicago Telephono Company, the Chicago Traction Company and tLe Chicago City Railway Company. Attorney Greenacker, appearing for the teachers, reviewed briefly the allegations of the potition. In a ward ho charged that, whereas the board of equalization had assessed the properties of those corporations at something like $12,000,000. lie charged that the board had signally failed to do its duty and urged that the State officials be compelled by mandamus to correct the evils of which the petitioners Complained. John S. Millor, attorney for the board, immediately moved to dismiss the petition. le based his motion principally upon the fact that the assessment complained of has been completed, certified, carried out upon the tax books, and that, to a large extent, the taxes have been collected. He hold that it was too late now for the Court to interfere. At the conclusion of the arguments Judge Thorpson promptly overruled the motion to dismisB and ordered the hearing to proceed to-morrow. llryan'd Scacthing Reply to oeyeland's Letter, (Atlanta News.]' Lincoln, Nob., Marhi 22.-William J. Bryan gives Grover Cleveland a hot roasting in this morning's Com moner, replying to Grover's recent letter to the Baltimore Democratic Jiub. The article is entitled, "Five Dollars Rowvard" and says: "Former President Cleveland has written another letter in which he gives expression to a yearning desire to have the democratic party 'ret urn' to what he regards as true democracy and correct principles. His advice is general and indefinite as to be ut terly useless. Mr. Cleveland and his political associates are long on high sounding phrases, but short on definitions. "It seems proper that this paper should give the distinguished former democrat an opportunity to suggeat plans for the democratic struct are which would be commodious enough to afford a place of refuge for him and at the same time allow stand ing room for real dlemocrats. A reward of five (dollars is therefore offered for a written statement, not to exceed five hundred words, signed by Mr. Cleveland, applying demo -cratic principles, as he understands them, to at least five questions now Sbefore the country. . "An additional rewardI of one dol a lar will be given for a statement, signed by Mr. Cleveland, explaining why he considered his opinion on public questions of no importance during the recent campaign, but re gards sueh opinion a. impo.tan now. When the battle was on be tweon the republic and tho empiro betwoon democracy and plutocracy -between bimetallism and mono motalhltsm-ho roftused to say a word or lift his hand in behalf of the 'rank and fil0' for whom he now oxpresses such an affectionate solici tudo. He is like a soldier who was described as 'itvisiblo in war and in vincible in peaco.' If he will clearly and candidly doline tho democratic prinoiples about which ho is so prono to talk, the poplo can decide for themselves whether ho is the same Mr. Cleveland who turned the treas. ary over to a foreign financial syn :licato and intrusted J. Piorpont Morgan with tbe combination of the government vaults, or whether ho ins repented of his folly and is ready o accept the democratic crood." [entinrterm South Caroinm DIMvison, United Confedrimto Voternum. Charleston, S. C., March 11, 190.1. Joneral Order No. 52. 1. The seventh annual reunion of ,he South Carolina Division, U. C. V vill be held at Columbia, S. C., -ommencing May 8th, 1901, at 8 . m. A largo attendance of con ades is expected, and the good poo ,1o of Columbia will do all in their ?ower to make the occasion pleasant md profitable. 2. Railroad ratos on the most .conomical basis have boon secured. 3. Miss Elizabeth C. Tongue, of Aiken, S. C., has beon appu:nted Sponsor, and Miss Annio Norwood, >f Greenville, Maid of Honor, for the division for the current. year. .1. All camps, regiments and brig ados of the division are earnestly re quested to appoint, each, one Spon sor and as many Maids of Honor as they see fit. A most beautiful and approciated feature of our reunions has boon the mingling of the daugh. tors with the old veterais, and it is hoped that each organization will do itself the honor of being represented by a Sponsor. When Sponsors and Maids fire received by the conven tion, each will march in, carrying their camp, regimental or brigado banner. 5. Each camp will please bring its camp banner and come into the con vention hall with the same. 6. The Ladies' Confederate Memo rial Association, of Columbia, have asked the division to participate in the solemn memorial services of May 10th, and the invitation lia been accepted. The division, with its escort, will move out to the cometery, where the tributa will be paid1 to our dead. Details of the plarade will be an nounced1 hereafter. Capt. WV. D). Starling, the commander of the local camp (Hampton) No. 389, U. C. V., is fannounced as grand marshal of the parade. By order, 0. IRvINE WVALKERI, Cornd'r S. 0. D)iv. U. C. V. James G. Holmes, Adjt. Gdn'l, Chief of Staff'. N. B.-Camps that hove not paid their dues0 for two or more years are not in "good standing," and are not entitled to delegates. "Yes, I try to be as economical as possible, and use uip all the odds and end(s. I take my poor picking first, too. Now last winter, it was way into March before I had a good potato cookeni, for I always use uip all my sunburnt, wormy ones first, and get rid of thmi." ''"But,"' said her listener, "'I suppose you en joyed your nice large ones all the better then?'' ''Well, no, I didn't exactly,'' said Mr-s. Barstow, with some hesitation. "You see it was so late in the season they were mostly all spoiled, an I11 had to throw them away.'' Bears the lhe Knd You Have Away BougM Signature of To Break Bad Habits. IIow shall I a habit break? As yeu did that habit make; As you gathered you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse. Thread by thread the strands we twist, T'll they bind us--neck and wrist; Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine, e'er free we stand. FORTY-TWO MONTHS IN PENITENTIARY, SY.NTENCE IMPOSED ON EX-DsE'N. SEI VICANK M. PLAYElt FOR HrIALIN(A FROl THE STATE. Pitiful Cine of Once Itpiopeoted Man Fal lon-Wife and Fourteon Ohild ren 1w itth out Sup. port. (Special to The State.) Kingstree, March 23.-The way of the transgressor is hard. Ex Dispon ser Frank M. Player violates he ilaw and now suffors the penalty-throe years and six months at hard labor in the State ponitontiary. Human naturo is long-suffering and kind; but over against, sympathy and feel ing stands an avenging justice voiced in the law. When court reassembled this morn. 4ig the motion to consider a now Lrial was withdrawn, and the defend mnt's attorneys told in touching words the circumstances attendant on the ientence, and hogged on mercy con iistent with the law. Judge Watts board the story; and, passing the iontence, in substance said: Frank M. Player, you have been convicted of breach of trust with fraudulent intent in your case of misappropriating funds belonging to your follow citi (ens, and intrusted by them to your aro. To steal from a dispensary is [he same as violating any other pub lic trust in making away with prop. irty. Solicitor Wilson has ably, and rightly, unassisted, prosecuted you. A dispensary caso, in itself, does not reqIuire the attorney general. Your aittorneys have usod all legal means to defend you. I beleive you guilty; and, weighing the recommendation to mercy from the jury, I shall make your sontonco hard onough to d eter others honceforth. Player was not always thus. Seven yeamrs ago he was county supervisor, enjoying the confidenef and ostoom of his followmen, aind was regarded i strong citizen. Today he stands condemned and convicted, suffering the rightoons wrath and indignation of the samo citizons who honored him and the penalty of the samo laws which once he executed. His family has elicited much sym. pathy. He has a wife and fourteen children, his youngest an infant, his oldest an invalid from birth. And these are to suffor the shame of their father's sin, and work for their daily bread. The county and State officials are to be congratulated for their zeal in bringing tile offender to justice. They gave thme facts, and, in the words of Jurdge WVatts, ''a Williamsburg jury always (does its dutly." QUEERI STORCW OFi KID)NAPP'E) ilOV, Arthur McOaZu of Anderson County. H. C. Returna Hlomeh-Drugged or in Trance. [Special to Tfhe Chronicle.] Anderson, S. C.., March 22.--A startling kidnaping story comes from Honea Path, this county, incident to the returning home of young Arthur McGeo, whose myst erioums disappear ance last October, created such a sensation. It will be remembered that Mc. Gee was last seen in this city last October at Foropaugh and Sells Bros.' circus and efforts to locate him since then have been in vain. lie returned home yesterday and declares he remembers nothing until a fortnight ago, when he came to himself and learned lie was about 20 miles from Atlanta. lie believes ho was sandbagged andl spiiited away and awakened in bondage while under the influence of some drug or occult power. His story has created much excite. mont. 'McGee is a son of R~ev. Mike McGee, one of the most prominent Baptist ministers in this county and has always been a most exemplary young man. Prof. Ivison, of Lonaconing, Md., suffered terribly form neuraligia of the stomach and indigestion for thirteen years and after the doctors faIled to cure him they fed him on morphine. 4 friend advised the use of IKoaol .D2s pepsia Cure anid after taking a few b~ot tles of it hb says, "It has cured me en tirely. It can't say too, much for Kodol Dyspopsia Cure. "I t dilgests what you oat. Oild er's C arnne Drug tore