The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 28, 1897, Image 6
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A RACE FOR LIFE.
A gun is heard at the dead of night,
"Lifeboat, ready!"
And every man to the signal true
Fights for place in the eager crew:
"Now, lsds. steady!"
First a glance at the shuddering foam,
, Now a look at the loving home.
Then together, with bated breath.
They launch their boat in the gulf of death.
Over the breakers wild.
Little they reck of weather.
But tear their way
Thro' blinding spray.
Hear the skipper cheer, and say,
Tp with her. lads, and lift her *
All together!"
They see the ship in a sudden dash.
Sinking ever:
They grip their oars with a deeper breath;
Now it's come to a tight with death?
Now or ueveri
Fifty strokes and they're at fcer side,
If they live in the boiling tide.
If they last thro' the awful strife;
Ah, my lads, it's a race for life!
Over the breakers wild.
Little they reck of weather,
But tear their way
Thro' blinding spray.
Hear the skipper cheer, and say,
"Up with her. lads, and lift her
All together:"'
And loving hearts are on the shore
Hoping, fearing?
Till over the sea there comes a cheer,
Then the click of the oars you hear
Homeward steering.
Ne'er a thought of the danger past,
Now the lads are on land at last.
What's a storm to a gallant orew
Who race for Life, and who win it. too?
Over the breakers wild.
Little they reck of weather,
But tear their way
Thro' blinding spray,
Hear the skipper cheer, and say,
"Up with her lads, and lift her
All together!"
?J. L. Mollov in New York Ledger.
i A Blp Tbat Blossomed. I
S BT ELIZABETH PCLLEN. f
That winter it was the fad in a certain
clique of young girls to take
lessons in singing from M. Anatole
Fleurv. He was very elegant almost
to handsome, with great black eves
that seemed to express a whole past,
and a mustache whose pensive droop
as dne either to disillusions or te
artistic waxing. He had a delicious
baritone, of what might be called
"parlor organ" size, and a trick of
singing exclusively to any number of
feminine individuals at once.. He was
rather amiable, or he could not have
tolerated the vocalization of some of
his pupils. Upon his left wrist he
< .wore a slender gold circlet, padlocked.
The girls wished that they had the key
to that romantic mystery, when his
fine linen cnfi^ pushed back in playing
their accompaniments, displayed the
bracelet He declared that now?one
thrilled to imagine what an abyss of
grief the "now" might indicate!?now
he lived only for art. This, however,
did not prevent his asking and receiving
prices equal to those of that noble
x>prima donna, Signora Stella, and
of that expert discoverer ond developer
of voices, Mr. Bass, lately of
London?to them very sincere compliments!
Among the best pupils of M.Fleury
were Alice Broughton and Lilv Yansittart,
both extremely pretty, and
both singing with great good will?
Alice in a full bat breath-clouded contralto,
Lily in the thin-and-clear-bornof-elfiand
type of North American high
w i it? ai:?
WpnOD. HMunuf, anuo lauticu
KK- in dramatic selections, while
Lily had aspirations toward vocal feats
$n the high trapeze. Both were the
ealy daughters. Lily's father was
VStod at two millions of dollars; Alice's
at three millions. Now you know
which is the heroine of the story.
Alice,in fact, had two admirers?M.
Anatole Fleury and her second cousin,
jonng Dr. Fred Millard, assistant to
that famous and dear old practitioner,
Dr.- Pardon! The name is lost in
jthe ink bottle?pray supply that cf
your family physician, the foremost iu
Wow York.
Before the advent of M. Fleury
Cousin Fred had had a very good
time; he, however,ought.to b.we comprehended
that Alice liked him too
much to love him. They looker the
r romance of perspective iu their
cousinly courtship. Their parents
fwo4ld have been well pleased if the
young people had wished to marry;
o that there was lacking also the spnr
of opposition.
I Alice, accepting the subtly indicated
devotion of M. Fleury, was not without
anxieties. For Lily had a tormenting
way of telling the praises
'given by the teacher to her light soprano,
topless, a real Eiffel Tower of
jnotee in alt. Bnt the clond was dissipated
when, during Alice's hour?11
ito 12 Tuesdays and Fridays?he told
fefcr that the depths of sentiment, the
tones that vibrate from and to the
wam raaarrail tnr tYia err a n rl
contralto register.
I 44A yoice of soprano, a thread of
cilTer, strung with pearls if you will
?touches it the soul? Ah non! To
make weep, one must have tears in
the Yoice, the beautiful voice of the
chest!"
And Alice felt herself consoled. In
short, master and pupil were spinning
a perfect idyl. Until one day Alice's
jmamma?who, though not understanding
the rapid, conversational French,
Jwas always present at the lessons, as
a dutiful chaperon ought to be?was
called for a moment out of the room.
She re-entered so softly?being a
graceful, lightfooted creature, in some
ways her daughter's junior?that her
step was unheard. What a sight! M.
Anatole Fleurv on his knees, kissing
with rapture the hand of Alice. "Mou
ange! Ma belle fiancee!"
Tableau. Then exit M. Fleury by
the street door; exit mamma, driving
Alice before her. upstairs. "T don't
know what your father will say,
Alice!"
If he was like the usual American
father he left his wife to do most of
the talking. But Alice was forbidden
to see again M. Fleury or to hold any
Communication with him. The only
???mm^m^mmmmm?,a?' T
allevation of her lot was that the J
Frenchman was accustomed to pass
every day at 3 in the afternoon on the
oppossite side of the street, on the
way to the club, where he had been
put up by some good-natured papa or
brother of a pupil. But this would j
be little comfort, for Alice had given
her word, and she was a loyal creature.
Nothing could be done, she
thought, as in ?solitude and despair
she sat in her own room, all a bower
of tender green and peach-flower silk
hangings.
Than tJiA iilpa snhlimelv iuvenile in
! its tragedy, emerged from ber sorrow- j
| ful mind. She could die! It is only
in later years that we learn that life
is not to be turned off, at will, like a
gaslight. She would die! And how? i
Very simply. A rapid pneumonia, a ,
lingering consumption?either would
make a touching end. She imagined j
it all, with her exuberant young fan- I
tasw; and sang, transposing the key j
to F minor, the sobbing staccato adieu ,
in which the poor Violetta regrets the ,
smiling dreams of her past.
Then Alice went into her dressing
room and plunged her feet, with the
dainty stockings of black silk and lace
insertion in hot water. Then, running
back to the larger room, tracking with j
wet footprints the pink-and-green (
carpet, she pushed an armchair near '
to a window, opened the sash, seated
herself, and, favored by the winter
twilight, raised those charming and
soaked extremities to the sill, laid
back her head and closed her eyes to
take, litterally, her death of cold.
There she sat for a long time, weaving
who knows what wild dreams of
love and death, until she could bear ;
the chill no more. After which she :
rose, made a careful toilet and went
downstairs to dine with her parents
and some guests?in fact, the Millard j
family. She was even more than i
usually gay, gentle, desirous to please j
every one?proudly cherishing her j
| secret of suicide.
But fate willed to make her ridicul'
ons. The next morning, indeed, she
felt the ill effects of the mad exposure. !
And how? Oh, realism, what crimes i
' against the poetic at e committed in j
thy name! Truly, neither more nor
less than a cold in the head?one of
I v i_ 1 i
; tnese coias wnicn are a sympuou^ m
1 sneezes; when the eyes weep on their
own account; when the lips are tumid
and parched and apart, because one
must breathe through the mouth if at
all; the nose?and Alice's was charm
ing, a delicate, thoroughbred, little
nose?becomes red, swollen, shapej
less, unrwnittiugly importunate in its
j demands for attention. What a state
for a heroine! Figure to yourself the
Tragic Muse with the snuffle!
Poor Alice was utterly desolate.
She detested her good lungs of a vigorous
contralto, w;hich had resisted
the cold damps of the winter twilight;
she hated still more the weak little
! nose that had succumbed. By force
; of habit she went, a few minutes before
3, to watch for the passing of her
dear Anatole. At the supreme moment
her feelings got the better of her caution;
she leaned forward to look at j
him; he glanced up, saw her and !
bowed. Then a derisive smiled curled
his mustache; his shoulder gave a true !
Parisian shrug, very expressive, Alice j
shuddered into a forlorn little heap; t
he had seen her so disfigured; that
i horrible nose had.ended everything!
; Otherwise, at least he might have
: always loved her. But how could he
I be expected to carry forever in his
: tioort tha imi(r? nf that inflamed face?
She had not been able to kill herself j
i ?only his love! Alice ran to the
mirror, assured herself she was frightful,
anchwept bitterly.
Now appeared her mother, very
tender to her ailing child,with Cousin
! Fred, who had answered a summons
i in place of his principal, out of town
on an important consultation. It is
i possible that Cousin Fred understood
| something of the state of affairs.
, "How did you take your cold, Alice?" j
i he inquired.
j "I took it on purpose?there!" she
, brrst forth. "Everything is cruel. :
Let me die!"
"Impossible to oblige you, my dear
little consin. But there is one similar
j case on record where the patient died
! of sneezing, and his head had been
previously sliced off with so sharp a
sword that he didn't know it. until he
exploded a sneeze and his head flew
across the room. You, my good Alice, ;
have an acute coryza, which, being
interpreted, is a bad cold in the head; (
and I suspect that the larynx,pharynx ;
and eqiglottis?in fact, the whole Latin
quarter of your throat?may also be J
somewhat involved. But you will i
soon get over it. We get over all
sorts of things, you know," said the
young doctor, with an affectionate
common sense which made Alice feel
a little less forlorn.
The next day this assiduous physician
came again, bringing a box of
warckmallow caramels, and the latest
bit of gossip?the elopement the evening
before of M. Anatole Fleury and
Miss Lily Yansittart. A telegram had i
been received from the pair, wedded
in New Jersey; Lily's father, in order \
! to give the best appearance to the
' affair, had allowed it to be reported at
; once at the club. Alice blamed bit- ;
1 terly,in her heart, !>er impossible nose
: as the cause of the sudden defection
of her adorer. "How could he?" she
, exclaimed involuntarily.
4,Why not?" rejoined Cousin Fred, '
cheerfully. *\3wteet little soprano
i niDe. beautiful srirl"
i "Oh, do you tbiuk her so? To me
1 she is hardly pretty."
"Prospeetiveheiress of two millions.
Come, M. Fleury, the humbug, has !
not done so badly for himself."
"I wish that he may have! He is
detestable. And she, too!"
"However, the ultimate destiuy of
M. and Mme. Fleury need not concern
j us. Let us think of ourselves, Alice,
| dear."
I "How, ourselves?"
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tlfitl nVBI'ij,
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"Think whether you could care iof
the cousin who has always loved you
and told you so as often as you would
let him. Think, Alice, and tell me if
you will be mv wife."
"But I am so hideous! Look at my
nose, Fred!"
"To me the dear little nose appears
just now like a red beacon of hope. I
will steer by ii as long as 1 live."
According to classic legend, it was
a fortunate omen for lovers when
"Cupid sneezed from left to right."
Somebody sneezed at that moment: it
may have been Cupid; more probably
it was Alice.
But young Dr. Millard and his wife
have been hap? v ever since.?Xew*
York World.
THE BiCYCLE IN THE ARMY.
I.ieutenant Mo>? Sa.v# It IIi?? Some
Advantages Over the Morse.
The vcar department has received
from Second Lieutenant James A.
Moss, Twenty-tiftli infantry, I\ S.A.,
an interesting detailed report 011 the?
military bicycle expedition from Fort
Missoula, Mont., to St. Louis la-t
June, a distance of 1900 miles. Lieutenant
Moss commanded the cycling
force, which consisted of Assistant
Surgeon J. M. Kennedy and twenty
enlisted men. He says :
"The bicycle will, 1 think, do more
to solve the good roads question in tnis
country than all other factors combined.
Indeed, the L. A. W. colors
that flew from my handlebar were
the messenger of deliverance from bad
roads.
CAirvincr nf the sick would
have been a very serious question but
for the railroads. Several times soldiers
who were too sick to continue
were put on the train and sent as far
as 100 miles ahead. In times of actual
warfare, this question, however, would
be of minor importance, when it is
considered:
"1. The probability of sickness
could be greatly diminished by selecting
men of line physique and excellent
health.
"2. The use of the bicycle would
be confined to courier work, rapid reconnoissanee,
scouting'duty, etc., and
movements where speed ralhcr than
numbers is required, and a bicycle
corps would hardly ever get more than
two or three hundred miles from the
main body over fast roa Is only three
or four days' ride."
In conclusion Lieutenant Moss says:
''Military cycling in our a my is in
its very infancy, and no one b it a person
who has had actual experience in
this line can fully appreciate the possibilities
of the wlitel as a machine
for military work. The bicycle has a
number of advantages over the horse
?it does not require as much care, it
needs no forage, it moves much faster
over fair roads, it is not as conspicuous
and can be hidden from view more
easily; it is noiseless and raise' bnt
little dust, and it is impo* siblc to determine
direction from its tra"k. Furthermore,
the fighting st;e.ig:li of a
bicycle corps is not diminished by
'horse holders.' Under favorable conditions
the bicycle is invaluable for
conrior work, scouting duty, road patrolling,
rapid reconuoissance, etc.
"A bicycle corps,asan adjunct to in
fantry or cavalry, could render excellent
service where spec I rather than
numbers is required, such as taking
possession of passes, brHgos, and
strong places ahead of the command,
and holdiug them until reinforcements
could be gotten from th9 main
road. On the other hand, in rainy
weather over bad roads, etc., the horse
is superior. The very thought of the
bicycle doing away with the cavalry
altogether is ludicrous. Each has peculiar
functions of its own?a particular
field in which, under certain conditions,
the one is sv.perior to the
other. The question, therefore, which
confronts us is: Should not a modern,
np-to-date army have both, that it
might avail itself of the advantages of
the one or the other, as the proper
conditions present themselves?"
Klondlkrr*.
ft is a croodnatured. sober crowd we
have aboard the steamship. Several
have remarked how very undemonstrative
it is. Of our passengers one-half
are Americans. They are of every degree
and of all sorts but dudes. There
is a house buider from Brooklyn, a
contractor from Boston, the business
manager of a New York paper, and
boys that seem not over nineteen.
They have all formed parties or partnerships,
some to share every vicissitude
or fortune, others only to last
until the gold-diggings are reached.
Only a few are dressed in the loose
rough clothes of the miner. Several
that I know who are going in have
kept on their city suits, and it has
been amusing to see men unaccustomed
to rough garments emerge, one
by one, from their staterooms with
their miner's rig of heavy boots and
corduroys. One most picturesque
figure is a swarthy man of spare but
wiry build, who turned out in full
hnckakin snit. at which some smiled:
but after a talk with him it was impossible
not to admit that while the
buckskin might "draw" somewhat in
wet weather, nevertheless he was as
well fixed as any man on board. He
is a packer aud hunter, ami hails from
the Black Hills, and has a partner
seven feet tall.
One noticeable thing is the total absence
of oaths or the sort of language
one will hear continually from morn
till night among lumbermen. The
conversation is pitched in a low key;
men have serious things to talk about
?those they have left behind; the
pass ahead of them: their outfits and
those of their neighbors. Some are
pretty well equipped; indeed, save
for a general lack of waterproof sacks,
they are well prepared for the rainy
country, which, by the lowering
clouds and increasing banks of fog,
we seem to be entering.?Harper's
Weekly.
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The Investigating Committee Recommend
Changes.
WOULD REDUCE THE STOCK.
Suggests That Business Could be Bun
More Profitably by Carrying a
Smaller Stock.
me legi&iauve examining committee
of the State dispensary has made
its quarterly report to the governor.
Attention is called to several matters of
more or less interest The report reads:
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 20, 1897.
To Jlis Excellency jr. H. Ellerbe,
Governor.
Sib: The committee met on Monday,
Oct. 18, and proceeded to examine the
books and financial transactions of the
State dispensarv for the quarter ending
Sept. 30, 1897. "
The stock of liquors and supplios on
baud was taken on Oct 1 by Mr. J. B.
Douthit, representing the board of con-1
trol, and Mr. J. P. Thomas, Jr., representing
this committee. All the stock
and supplies were actually exhibited
and counted and valued except certain
goods in transit, invoices of which had
been received by the bookkeeper and
entered upon nis books during the
month of September. The original invoices
of these goods, to-wit: 860 barrels
of whiskey and 50 cases of whiskey
were exhibited, amounting to$25,29? -W.
These goods were counted as on hand
and included in the inventory.
The balance sheet of the State dispensary
for the quarter ending Sept
30, 1897, and the statement of assets
and liabilities, and the statement of
profits and losses were checked by the
books.
There appears upon the statement of assets
and liabilities under the head of
"unearned profits" $45,031.14. This
item consists of the estimated profits on
goods shipped to the county dispensers
and unsold. It has been the habit for
some time to estimate these unearned
ah. i t \r?
pruuui huu uiM&c uu ouu > ui lucui, hc
recommend that the practice of estimating
the unearned profits be abolished,
for the reason that the same are an- 1
certain and misleading.
We have examined the original invoices
of all liquors and supplies purchased
during the past quarter and also 1
vouchers for disbursements made. We
lind the books and entries therein correct,
according to the record and data
furnished us. The State treasurer's re- <
port shows on Sept. 80, 1897, balance of
cash in State treasury .amounting to '
$78,530.61. According to the cash book
of the State dispensary the balance of
cash amounted on that day to
878.24: There was, therefore, on that 1
day 88,657.87 more in the State treasury ]
than was cailed for by the books of the <
State dispensary. The warrants drawn
prior to Uct. 1 and unpaid amount to '
88,651.88, according to itemized list 1
furnished us by the bookkeeper. This <
makes the difference between the State
treasurer and the State dispeusary $6.04.
At our last report this difference was 1
816.04. This amount is now reduced to 1
$6.04 by the payment of warrant No. 38, 1
drawn in April, 1806, which warrant 1
was heretofore been accounted for.
We have examined the matter of insurance
on local dispensaries and find :
that the amouut of insurance runs from
10 to 25 per cent of the stock on hand. 1
If the i olicv of insuring local dis-. <
pensaries is to be followed, then, in
our opinion, the insurance is inadequate
and should be increased. <
We find that the present law requires
that all dispensers give a uniform bond
of $8,000. We find that some of these
dispensers carry over $7,000 in stock,
ana in many cases me Donus 01 so.uuj
is totally inadequate. We, therefore,
recommended that the amount of the
bond required be increased in those
cases where large stocks are carried*
We find that the stock of merchandise
at the State dispensary and in the
hands of local dispensaries on Oct 1
was over $350,000. In our opinion the
business of the dispensary could be as
profitably and economically conducted
with a large decrease in the stock. If
this policy were pursued the profits to
the school fund would be realized much
quicker.
.Respectfully submitted.
Altaxoxt Moses, Senator.
Jxo. P. Thomas,
C. R, D. Burns,
Members of House.
PALMETTO POINTERS.
Nov. 1, Columbia's handsome new
hotel will be thrown open.
At Marion, P. T. Bullard, slayer of
John Altman, was acquitted, after a
trial lasting four days.
The game law opens the season on
November 1, until then it is unlawful to
kill or trap game birds.
W. C. McGowan, of Abbeville, son of
the late Judge Samuel McGowan, is
spoken of as a likely candidate for Governor
next year.
A number of gypsies were in camaen
recently, but owing to the town author- *
ities giving them a walking tickt, they (
left in short order. c
As far as the South is concerned *
South Carolina still leads in the manufacture
of cotton. North Carali.ua has ?
second place, and Georgia third. t
Mattie Mattison, who accidentally *
killed her child while striking at her 8
husband, and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary by Judge Buchanan at
Abbeville last September, has been
pardoued by the governor.
The rules of the South Carolina Car i A
Service Association went into effect on i ^
the ISth. Notices were sent to all con- i l'
signees who have freight stored in cars j 0
at the several railroad depots and they J
will be required to move it within f
forty-eight hours. n
John Miller, of Berkeley County, W. s
Va., has just sold his apple crop for a ^
little more than $20,000. This is the j1
product of thirty-four acres of mountain
land, the assessed value of which [
is less than $3 per icre. As a side Is- ?
sue Mr. Miller realized between $3,000 ^
and $4,000 from his peach crop. His
father, from a much smaller apple or- j;
chard, realized between $8,000 and j p
$10,000. t
IX A XOBLK CAUSK.
I'lic Monument of the Women of the
< 'onferteracy-A Meeting Kair Week.
The work of erecting a mocnment tc
the women of the Confederacy, which
hus heeu undertaken by the veterans,
beginning to take some shape. Tbt
veterans of .Sooth Carolina intend to Uc
heir work well. The following call tc
the members of the committee for t
meeting to be held daring the approach- j
State Fair has just been issued:
i (tendon, (. 'onfi d> rate Veterans:
The general committee of the monn-1
meat to be erected by the women of
the Confederacy will please meet in !
Columbia on Thursday of Fair Week, j
i'hfi notiffl will be eiven of the nlace !
and hour later. The committee is composed
of the f jllowing gentlemen:
Abbeville?J. F. L3*on.
Aiken?B. H. Teague.
Anderson?Col. .1. L. Manldin.
Bamberg?Gen. F. M. Bamberg.
Barnwell? F. M. Creech.
Berkeley?S. P. Smith.
Beaufort-Capt. H. X. Stokes.
Charleston?Col. James Armstrong.
Chester- J. W. Reed.
Chesterfield?J. A. Craig.
Cherokee?J. L. Strain.
Clarendon?D. J. Bradham.
Colleton?C. G. Henderson.
Darlington?W. E. James.
Dorchester?George Tupper.
Edgefield?Gen. J. W. Carwile.
Fairfield?Capt. T. W. Woodward.
Florence?John S. Scott
Georgetown ?T. M. Merriman.
nr??nvillA?Cnb W. Tj. Wanldin.
Greenwood?C. A. C. Waller.
"Hampton?J. W. Moore.
Horry?B. L. Beatty.
Kersnaw?C. C. Haile.
Lancaster?L. C. Hough.
Laurens?W. W. Ba!!.
Lexington?M. D. Harmon.
Marlboro?Judge J. H. Hudson.
Marion?E. H. Gasque.
Newberry?J. W. Gary.
Orangeburg?Hon. Samuel Dibble.
Oconee?y. F. Martin.
Pickens?D. F. Bradley.
Richland?Capt. R. 8. DesPortes.
Saluda?W. Scott Allen.
Sumter?T. Y. Walsh.
Spartanburg?D. R. Duncan.
Union?J. T. Douglass.
York?Major Beckham.
Williamsburg?Louis Jacobs.
Gen. Walker and staff are also re
guested to meet with the committee.
The members of the committee will
please press the work of organizing the
counties before the meeting. Let us
ill be up and doing to accomplish what
we have undertaken. Comrades, come
fully and squarely to the front. "Forward"
is the word.
S. P. H. EI.wkll,
Chairman General Committee.
kSSOCIATK KEFOR3IKD SYNOD.
Hr. Wyllc Gives #15,000 for u New
Dormitory at Krskiuc College.
Ou the 21st the Synod of the Associate
Reformed Presbyteriau Church met at
Belfast, Tenn., with Rev. Jas. L,
ifouug, of Moticello, Ark., moderator;
Rev. Jas. Boyce, of Huntdtsville, X. C.f
i:ated clerk; Rev, E. P. McClintock,
jf dewberry, 3. C., second clerk, and
A. G. Bnce, treasurer.
Rev. Boyce delivered the opening
?ermon. The day's session was devoted
to reading and referring papers to
standing committees. The session at
night was devoted to a conference on the
educational work of the Church. I
Addresses were made by Prof. Wm. I
Hood, of Bartow, Pla., and Rev. T. B.
Brice. Rev. Moffatt, of Chester, S. C.,
addressed the Synod upon the consideration
and prospects of Erskine College.
it was announced that Jos. W.
w rtf chasUr S C had pivan
? 1 o. J to build a new dormitory at
Erskiue College.
On the Manner of an Introduction.
It is mortifying to note how many
persons pay little or no heed to what
may be styled the etiquette of introJuctions.
To the lover of good form
;here is something that sets one's teetn
in edge on hearing an introduction so
R-orded that a woman is presented to
i man. or an elderly woman to a young
sne. The rules with regard to introluctions
are so simple and sensible
:hat it would seem that the wayfaring
man or woman, though a fool, couid
scarcely err therein. A man is always
ntroduced to a woman and it may l>e
veil in passing to add that a lady's
permission should usually be asked before
such a presentation is made. It
s a simple matter to say, "Miss Smith,
nay I present to you Mr. Jones?" be-'ore
uttering the formal "Miss Smith,
illow me to introduce Mr. Jones."
The man is, of course, always
jrought to the woman whom he is to
neet; the woman should never be led
:o the man.
These rules might seem superfluous
vere it not that one so often observes
heir infraction among people who
hould know better. At a tea a matron
j : I
vno years oeiore naa smvcu ai mo
lignlty of a grandmother was piloted
)y her hostess to a young girl of tweny,
and they werp made known to each
>ther in the well-meant words: "Mrs.
inight, I want to present you to my
lear little friend, Mabel Day. Mabel,
lear, this is Mrs. Knight, of whom you
lave so often heard me speak."
If the ladies were amused by he
ipeech, they were so well versed in
hat knowledge of good form in which
heir hostess was lacking that they
ihowed no consciousness of her error.
-Harper's Bazar.
Plants Bleached by Zinc Works.
A faded bunch of flowers, together
nth a handful of withered grass, was j
resented to Mayor Ziegenhein yester- (
lay by a delegation of citizens of Car- 1
ndelet. The citizens came to the
iayor with a complaint that they safer
damage and inconvenience because
f the operations of the Glendale zinc
corks, at the foot of Nagel avenue,
luantities of sulphuric gases are liberted
by the furnaces of the works, and
hese gases are carried by the'wind to
oints far distant. Wherever they
trike, so the citizens say, vegetation is
lasted, all the colors are bleached out
if the flowers in th^ gardens, and the
eople are made to suffer because of the
lurtful odors. The faded flowers and .
withered blades of grass were exhibited i
n evidence.?Pittsburg News.
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IS ?BlIwiB;
A Question to Be Tested in the Supreme
Court
MANY KNOTTY POINTS IN IT.
The Action Hal Been Begun and tha
Points to Be Settled Will Be of
Great Interest In the State. i
I
The News and Courier says it is
learned that an action quo warranto has
been commenced by the State of South
Carolina and Mr. O. C. Sires, a tax- '
payer cf Sammerville, as plaintiff J
asrainst Mr. L. ?. Parler, claiming
I *^ V.? tvAdfinvA* a# TYnroVtottig?
I IU L/C VUUUIJ UCOOiUCi Vt A/ V*
i county.
I An action of this character is intended
to try the title to an office of one exercising
its powers and duties. In .
this particular case the question
whether Mr. Parler is county treasurer
or not includes, it is claimed, an
issue of far greater magnitude^
namely, whether Dorchester is a
county cr not, and all that such an issue
involves. It will be remembered that a
part of Kerke'ev and a part of Colleton
were taken to form Dorcnester. Dotnese
parts still belong to Berkeley and Col*
leton respectively? All the machinery
for a county government has been arranged
for Dorchester. Arrangements
have been made to erect publio buildings.
Bonds to the amount pf $15,000
have been or are about to be issued. Is |
the machinery legal? Are the bonds
valid? What will oe the effect of the
decrees of courts held in Dorchester?
What about the payment of taxes?
These and similar questions present
themselves for consideration.
1 At .m?ooa^ nfr iia 10 cl cASmIAH
X)J All AUb |HIOocu isd ibo* i ii i i w ^
the Legislature established Dorchester
county, and the constitutionality of the". .
! Aot it*denied. The Constitution of 1*395
provides how new counties may be created,
and certain taxpayers, unwilling
to bear what they consider the onerous'
and unnecessary expenses of establish- i
ing a new county, and believing that
the requirement's of the Constitution
have not been complied with, have set
about this proceeding, in which the
State concurs, to test the question, and
this action has accordingly been commenced
by Messrs. Lord & Burke, the
lawyers for plaintiffs.
The snit has been brought in the Supreme
Court of this State, as one of the
class of cases within the original jurisdiction
of that Court And the complaint
takes the position that before
the Legislature has power to create e
new county the qualified electors ia
the area proposed for said cew county
must vote upon three qnestiods, vis: !
1. Whether they shall be a county or
not 2. The name of the county. It yv
The location of the county seat That
the yote upon all three questions must?
betaken at the same election, and that
there must be a two-thirds majority
upon each question before the Legist** '
tore can" establish the county.
In the case of Dorchester thsrs has
been three elections. At the first eleotion,
ordered by the Governor, the
requisite two-thirds majority deoidtd
that there should be a county, and*that
its name should be Dorchester. 81
George's, Summerville and Ridgeville
each received votes as the place for tha : '
county seat, bQt the one having the '<?i
highest vote did not receive a two- t
thirds majority. Then the Governor .
ordered a second election aa to loca- -3
tion, with a similar result
Then the Legislatnae took the matter
- ^ "l _ ? a
up, airecieu me uuieiuui iu mum
election^ to tlx the locality and provided
that a simple majority should select M
After this, on 24th March last, another
election was held and St. George's received^
simpie majority. No place at
any election has received a two-thirds '
majority.
The constitutional provision is as fol- J
lows:
ARTICLE VII?COUNTIES AND^COCXTX GOV* ($9
EBN'MEXT.
Section 1. The General Assembly
may establish new counties in the foFlowing
manner: Whenever one-.hird
of the qnalilied electors within the area ''i
of each section of an old county pro* ,
posed to be cut off to form a new coun- ^ v
ty shall petition the Governor for the '
creation of a new county, setting forth
the boundaries and showing compliance
with the requiements of this article, '
the Governor shall order an election
wi'hin a reasonable time thereafter, by
t> m qualified voters within the proposed *
f /ea, in which election they shall vote
tyes" or "no" upon the question of
creating said new county, and at the*
same election the question of a name
and a county seat for such county ahdll
be submitted to the electors.
Section 2. If two-thirds of the qnali*
fled electors voting at such election
shall vote "yes" upon such questions
then the General Assembly at the next' .
session shall establish snch new county.
The lawyers for plaintiffs contend that
not only mnst there be a two-thirds majority
for the location of a county "]
seat, bat there mnst be each a majority
before an Act to establish a county oaa
be passed, and not only that, but that : ..j
such majority mnst be had at the very
first election.
It is said tnala caseofthis kind comes ?
nn for trial in dae coarse at the firat ' <
term after twenty days allowed defendant
to answer.
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STEVENSON GETS BAIL. * ^
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Now Confined in the Penitentiary, on
a Serious Charge.
Bond in the stun of $?,000 has been
granted J. H. Stevenson, *of Camden,
who iB at present confined in tbe peni- *
tentiary-on the charge of outraging*
13-year-old white girl of the same town. *
On the 8th of September Stevenson waa 1
taken to Columbia as there was decided :
talk of lynching him. His alleged yietim,
Jesse Arrant, is said to be an im- aa
beoile.
Messrs. W. M. Shannon gnd W. D.
Trantham, of Camden, appeared before
Judge Klugk in chambers and made
application for bail. Affidavits from ...
physicians were read and other affidavits
introduced to rebut the charge.
Solicitor Thurmond appeared at the
hearing for the State.
The bond was fixed at$3,000. Stevensoft's
attorneys think they can get bail /
for tbtt amount _ ^
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