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A PLEASURE ^ ? ' Over Seven Hundred Li Excursion Steamei W0J1FN AND CHILDREN FRANTIC 8tory of a Frightful Disaster That Cost Many Hundred Lives?Fixing the Responsibility? Heartrending Scene?. The letest facts obtainable concerning he awaful disaster that befell the excursion steamer General Slocum near New York on Wednesday have been given out up to Saturday. No greater calamity has been recorded In modern times. The 2,000 pleasure-seekers from St. Mark's Lutheran Sunday school | were exposed to sudden and frightful death, and it seems that not less than 700 of these perished either by burning cr by drowning. The story of the calamity is told by the following press dispatches: A Tragic Tale of Death. One of the most appalling disasters la the history of New York, tragic in > Its immensity, dramatic in its episodes anH rTppnlv mthpfip in th#> tpnrTpr aee of most of its vicitms, took place Wednesday i:i the East river, at the entrance to Long Island Sound, within a short distance of the New York shore, within sight of thousands of persons, the majority of whom were powerless tc minimize the extent of *the catastrophe. By the burning to the water's edge of the General Slocum. a three-decked excursion steamer, the largest in these waters, more than 600 persons, the majority of whom were women and children. were burned to death or drowned by jumping overboard or by being thrown into the whirlpool by the lurching of the vessel and the frantic rush of the panic-stricken passengers. 4 Approximately 300 bodies have been recovered and are now being tragged at the morgues of Bellevue Hospital and Harlem. Divers were still busy at a late hour taking bodies from the hold of the vessel, which they say is choked with the remains of human beings. while the bodies of scores who leaped or were thrown into the river have not been recovered. It is the season of Sunday school excursions in New York and Long Island Sound, the latter one of the most picturesque bodies of watqr in the country. Great preparations had been made for the seventeenth annual excursion of the Sunday school of St. Mark's German Lutheran church, the congregation of which is drawn from the dense population "of the lower East and West Sides, and the General Slocum had been chartered to carry the excursionists to Locust Grove, one of the many Resorts on Long Island Sound. The excursion was in charge of Rev. George C. F. Haas, pastor or tne church. The vessel was commanded by Capt. William Van Schaik, one of the best known excursion boat captains in New York harbor. He has commanded the General Slocum for almost the- entire time since she was built in : 891. The number of excur aionists on board is variously estimated I at from 1,500 to 2.300, but according to an official statement issued by the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, - } Talliaferro Renominated. Jacksonville, Special.?The State and Congressional committees met separately here to canvass and report the vote in the last primary. The vote was officially announced as follows: For Senator: J. P. Taliaferro, 24,056; I J. N. C. Stockton. 20,695. For Congress, second district: Frank Clark, 9.806; J. M. Barrs. 7.339. For Governor: N. B. Broward, 22,979; R. W. Davis, 22,265. 19 Killed by Mine. Tokio, By Cable.?While the Taihoku was engaged in laying mines at the entrance to Port Arthur last night a mine exploded killing two officers and j * seven mer.. The Taihoku, which is a I naval transport, was not seriously in" jured. Chicago, Special.?A special to the Daily News from Tokio sav6: "The of- j ficer killed in the accident to the torpedo-laying ship. Taihoku. was Lieutenant Commander Oda. He was the inventor of the Japanese mine and, by his great activity and skill throughout the operations before Port Arthur, had added largely to his reputation. The Taihoku at the time of the accident was under a heavy fire from the Russian forts and torpedo boats." Tariff on Round Bales. y- * Washington. Special.?The InterState Commerce Commission fixed June 29 as the date for oral argu- j ments in Washington, in case of the Planters' Compress Company, against j the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company; the Cen- j tral of Georgia and the Missouri. Kan- ! sas A Tecas Railway Companies, in-1 volving freight tariffs on the round cot- | ton bales. BOAT BURNED ves Lost By Disaster to r Near New York ? owners of the Slocum, the number of passengers was 873, that being onethird of the vessel's Kcensel capacity. The Slocum had reached a point uear the Sunken Meadows, off 135th street, Manhattan .which is at the extreme eastern end of Randall's Island, when fire broke out in a lunch room on | the forward deck. The blaze fvas caused by the overturning of a pot of j grease. The headway of the vessel and a high wind almost instantly fanned ! the insignificant flame into fury. Ef- j forts were at once directed to subdu- i ing the fire, but they were futile. The | blaze spread aft with almost lightning j rapidity. Captain Van Schaik, in the pilot house, had been informed of the outbreak of the fire, and realizing the j danger, decided to send his vessel to shore at 134th street. At this point there are a number of yards and sev- j ' eral huge oil tanks, and the captain > was warned that to attempt to land at this point would endanger the property and perhaps further imperil the scores of people, who had already been frightened into a state of almost uncontrolable excitement. r<v.QT>oriric? tlio Vvior cloampr'c I V, UUUfclU6 tuv W vw?.w-p J slightly, he headed for North Brother j Island, half a mile away. By this time the flames were rushing by leaps and bounds from the forward part of the ship aft. The women and children began to jump from the vessel into the seething water below, and scores were drowned The upper deck fell in, crushing hun-i dreds in its fall, and hundreds more were suffocated by the heat The scene was heart-rending in the extreme. The blame has not been fully located. The Number of the Dead. New York, Special.?At midnight the authorities at the morgue made the official announcement that 559 bodies had been recovered. Of these 517 had been identified and 32 of those remaining were charred beyond recognition. Later in the day Friday four bodies were recovered at North Brother Island by rescuers at work in boats and ta\en ashore. They were removed ^o the morgue and are included in the total. The morgue officials only Friday night discovered they had failed to account for the bodies of twenty-six men, women and children that had been identified at the Alexander avenue station on Wednesday within two or three hours after the accident and turned over to friends or relatives. These brought the list up to 559 recovered dead. ? Friday evening the body of a girl of eight years which was declared by neighbors to be that of the little daughter of Henry Heinz, of Front street, vas washed up against the side of a pier at the foot of Clinton street in the East river, hardly a block away from the girl's home. The tide by a strange vagary had carried the little body from the scene of the calamity of North Brother Island down through the narrow channels of the river to this point so ripar her home. The eirl's mother Mrs. Annie Heinz, is among the dead. There has been great difficulty in the matter of recovering and identifying the dead. There are a number of places where the living may have landed, and it is believed that many now reported missing are safe and eventually will be heard from by the officials who have the rescue work in hand. Indeed, tonight a surprising number of persons reported to these officials that they had Transports Sunk by Russians. Tokio, By Cable.?All doubt as to the sinking of the transport Hitachi and Sado by the Russians has been rembved. Three hundred and ninety-seven survivors of the Hitachi have arrived at Moji and 153 survivors of the Sado have arrived at Kokura. Details of the destruction of the two transports and the full extent of the casualties are not obtainable. Railway Bridge Burned. Spartanburg, S. C., Special.?The Southern Railway bridge over Broad river, on the Spartanburg & Asheville line, 50 miles north of Columbia, was partially burned at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning. Passenger train No. 9, north-bound, was saved from running | into the bridge by a negro, who signalled with a red petticoat. The conductor and crew and volunteer passengers formed a bucket brigade and succeeded in subduing the flames, but not until half the bridge had been consumed. Trains for Asheville are coming by way of Greenville to Spartanburg. The origin of the fire is unknown. ? 45 Flood Victims at Santiago. Santiago de Cuba, By Cable.?The worst storm of a decade began Friday j and culminated Monday night in fourteen irches of rain, which fell in five | hours, accompanied by a hurricane, j The lower village of El Cobre has been destroyed. Forty-five persons are known to be dead and scores are missing. Eodies are floating in the Cobre river. Twenty bodies have been recovi ere',1 by boats patroling the Day. been saved, thus cutting the list of missing down considerably, as well as the probable mortality list. , | Many persons were injured in the panic that followed the breaking out of the flames on the General Slocum. and at least 200 persons were taken to the hospitals. Not a death has occurred so iar among these, and many of them have already been discharged. Perhaps the most remarkable case in the mr.ny appalling experiences of those who were on the Slocum was that of Miss Clara Hartman. who was picked up for dead, towed behind a boat for several miles, wrapped in a tarpaulin and tagged as dead, and then recovered consciousness at the Alexander avenue police station. It is now believed sb? will recover. Although many of the bodies taken to the morgue were very badly mutilated and the clothing in many cases almost entirely burned off, valuables have been taken from them and are in the keeping of the city officials to the extent of $200,000 or more. Several of the men and women had the savings j of a lifetime on them when they perished. Much jewelry, it is reported to the police, has been lost, but an explanation may be found in the fact that it was desroyed in the firse rather than stolen by ghouls. The official investigation into the cause of the disaster is being vigorously pushed, and with a determination to fix the responsibility and punish the parties charged with the appalling loss of life. Secretary Cortelyou, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, will personally undertake the investigation into the disaster on behalf of the government; District Attorney Jerome and his assistants are working energetically on the case, and officials of the coroner's office have made considerable progress in the way of gathering evidence, which will be presented on Monday, when the coroner's inquiry will begin. There i3 in the coroner's possession a standpipe taken at his direction by a diver from the submerged wreck. The valve of the pipe is closed tight, showing that no use was made of this pipe in fighting the flames on the Slocum. Statements were made to the coroner today by several of the steamboat employes who will appear as witnesses at the inquest that the captain of the Slocum sailed his boat a distance of between three and four miles after the Are broke out before beaching her. Several watches showed that more than half an hour had elapsed from the breaking out of the fire uati lthe boat was run ashore, all ' tire watches which were taken from bodies of the drowned stopping between 10:10 and 10:20 in the morning. Estimates as to the number of dead still vary greatly, and this may be j accounted for by reason of the failure to report to the proper authorities on the part of mtny who, though officially registered as missing, were in reality saved. Already, 539 bodies have < been recovered, of vfcich about 50 remain unidentified. These include 273 ' children, 243 women and 23 men. Thirteen officers of St. Mark's church are among the dead, one af them being ' a woman. The first ttneral from , among the victims was h?ld today, it being that of a young girl who is believed to have died of heart disease from fright. No signs of deatu from i burning or drowning were found. Her funeral was followed by a score of others, which were attended by thou- i1 sands of persons from the East Side j' community, where most of the dead r had lived. Tomorrow there will be three hundred or more funerals and thirty-two unrecognizable bodies now lying at the morgue will be placed, each in a separate coffin and in a separate hearse, and laid away in the Lutheran Cemetery, at Middle Village, L. I. The city has arranged for their burial, a plot large enough for the in- ' terment of 250 bodies having been set aside in this cemetery. All the unknown dead will be placed here side by side. Many thousands of dollars have been subscribed to the relief fund. , General Uhler, of Washington, supervising inspector general of iteam- 1 boats. Collector Stranahan, General Plarlrcnn tho cnrvovnr nt tna r?rvrf onrl Local Supervising Inspector Rodie and , Dumont had a conference this afternoon and arranged for the inquiry into ( the Sloeum disaster ordered by Secre- ! tary Cortelyou. I The session was secret, but It was , learned that the character of the life preservers and fire equipment of the ' General Slocum received lengthy con- ? sideration. < Richmond, Va., Special.?Dr. Richard Mcllwaine has tendered his resignation as president of Hampden-Sid- : ney College. He also resigned as professor of moral philosophy and Bible study. The board of trustees accepted his resignation and then elected him to the professorship above named. He reserves his decision for a month. $150,000 Fire in Virginia. Richmond, Special.?Fire at Norton, Wise county. Va., Wednesday night destroyed the whole business section of the town, causing a loss of about $150,000, partly insured. One man was severely injured by jumping from a window. Oihtion to Cortelyou. Westfield. Mass., Special.?Secretary of the Department of Commerce and Labor George B. Cortelyou, received an ovation hA-e when he re-visited the town where he formerly attended school. That night Secretary Cortelyou delivered the principal address at a banquet given by the board of trade. Lynched by Negroes. La Grange. Ga., Special.?News has just reached here that a negro by the name of Jcnah Woods, who lived in the country near Texas Court Grounds, in Heard county, about 25 miles from La Grange, was lynched by other negroes. Woods was a deacon in his church and a pious old negro. It is said he discovered a number of negroes playing craps and threatened that he would report them to the officers. PALMETTO CROPS PROGRESSING The Past Week's Conditions as Reported by the Department. J. W. Bauer in his weekly crop bulletin says: The week ending 8 a. m., June 13th, had a mean temperature of 75 degrees, which is about 4 below normal. due to nearly normal temperatures during the first four day3 and abnormally cool weather during the last three. The cool weather was accompanied by fresh to brisk northeast winds and unusually low relative humidity. The sunshine was normal in places and below in other. The great portion of the State had from one to over two inches of rain on three days. The upper Savannah valley had less than an inch, while in parts of York county and a few small areas in other sections, the drought is unbroken, and cro?>s are suffering for moisture. Streams are very low, and many wells are failing in the central counties. A destructive wind and hail storm passed through Pickens county; the track of the hail storm was about onehalf a mile wide and all crops in the path were destroyed. There were also damaging wind storms in Spartanburg and Sumter counties, and hail occurred at various places in the northern and northeastern counties doing some damage to crops. The weather was generally favorable M 111 A' CAU amaaa V* lur cuiuvauuu UI iieiu tiups, uui nuu large areas where the ground was too wet to work, and where fields have become foul. As a rule corn, cotton, tobacco, rice and minor crops are clean and well cultivated, and have made marked improvement during the last week. Corn made steady improvement In all parts of the State, and, although small, is growing nicely and has a healthy color. Earliest corn is being laid by. With few and unimportant exceptions. cotton has now attained full stands, although somewhat irregular ones as to size. The plants are small for the season, but have good color i and are growing nicely. Lice are re- | ported from Abbeville county. Squares i have been reported from nearly all sec- i tions, and a few blooms have been I noted in Orangeburg county. In places j1 fields are becoming foul. Sea Island ' cotton shared in the general improve- | raent and now has full but irregular I stands and good color. Tobacco improved, and is being . 'primed." Rice planting continues and | the crop is making satisfactory growth, t tVheat and oats harvest is nearing com- f pletion; the yields of wheat are best in the extreme western counties and only t fair to poor in the central ones. The I oats crop is best in the eastern coun- f ties where in plafes the yields are , heavy. Late oats show some improve- l ment. Both grains have been housed t in good condition, where out with only y slight damage from the rains. , Stubble fields are being sown to i peas. The rains came too late to benefit truck, but gardens and pastures show great improvement. i Scarborough Withdrew?. I Columbia, S. C., Special.?A sensation ' svas caused in political circles here c L'pon the official announcement that j [.'ongressman R. B. Scarborough, of the ? sixth district would not stand for re- j ilection. This announcement comes as ^ i thunderclap out of a clear sky, be- c ;ause of the practical certainty of Mr. \ Scarborough's re-election. The reason 't given for this unexpected action is that g the Congressman wishes to devote all s 3* his time to the development of his * ?xtensive land interests in Horry 1 county. ? State Press Association. The thirtieth annual meeting of the c South Carolina State Press Association v will be held at White Stone Lithia e Springs, beginning Tuesday, July 12. jj An elaborate programme has been prepared for the occasion and a general good time is anticipated at this sum mer outing of the hard-working press t people. t< e THE ENCAMPMENT DATES FIXED s s Rock Hill. Specia.?At a meeting of ( the comnittee on arrangements from t the Tirzfh encampment held here it F was deciied to hold the next encamp- ^ ment on July 27-2S. As stated before, v Hock HH has been selected as the s place f<r the next encampment and a preparaions are being made for one of the lariest gatherings that has ever at- 0 tended an encampment. Prominent a speakes will be invited, an effort will ? be mace to have a meeting of the insti- t', tute fon Clemson, and the Southern tl will bJ >etitioned to run excursions be- jr sides, gving visitors the benefit of re- c duced fites. r: Aquitted of Serious Crime. Norolk, Special.?John Dozier, a marrid man, 35 years of age, was ac- a quittd on the charge of rape. The jurvdid not credit the story of the j| youn white girl, Hattie Green, who 'E is bv 11 years old. The girl did not tell 2 her lother, Mrs. Harrell, a widow, the stcr of the alleged assault for 10 days, andthe story she told today does not ei agi? with her previous account of the w allied crime. * ?1 THERE IS NO SENSATION Ciatement That Examirr*tion Will Show a Sensation Not cJS^ect. The special committee, consisting of Senator Butler and Representatives Rainsford and Richards, which was'* entrusted by the last Legislature with the work of examining the books of State officers, including those of the Secretary of State, finished its work last week. The committee has been '\mployed two weeks with the assistance of an expert. The committee will make its formal report to the next Legislature, but in view of the fact that- various reports had gotten out as to its findings, the committee gave out a statement to the effect that there was nothing sensational to report. This statement of the committee was made to the newspaper men by request, and as yet no notification has been made to Mr. Gantt. He is now j ill at his residence here and under the treatment of a physfcian for kid ney trouble. He said that as he knew nothing of a statement officially and had not seen any members of the committee he could of course make no statement. He will likely heaj from the committee as soon as he is able to be out. Following is the committee's statement: "The committee has carefully gone over the vouchers in the office and has nothing of a startling or sensational nature to report. No final report will be made until Mr. Gantt, who is now ill, can be seen, and even then the committee will not make the report until the next session of the Gei erai Assemoiy. mis is required Dy law. "So far as the general result of the examination Is concerned we find that there has been no bookkeeping, and our expert, Mr. Hollis, of Gaffney, has gone over those In the office and carefully collected all the vouchers so that we now have a complete record of everything that has passed through the hands of the Secretary of State. "The books were checked up from January 23, 1903, when Mr. Gantt assumed office, and although we went back no further it is probable that that those from 1896 to that date should also be gone over." New Clemson Scolarships. The various county superintendents education ere receiving numerous inquiries as to the time of the examination for the Clemson college scholirships this year. This is because of :he 124 provided by the last session of :he legislature, each being worth $100, ind requires the holder to take the agricultural course. The examination will ne held July 6, and circulars are now neing sent out to the various counties jiving the number to which each is enlitled, that number corresponding with :be country's representation In the ower house of the general assembly. It ivas thought that the large number of iree scholarships would crowd the colege, after the opinion of the attorney general that all of them must apply his year, but the law has been lntervreted so that a student need not nec ssarily apply for entrance in the 'reshman class but may stand for any )f the others. Students who make at east 60 per cent, on these examlnaions, including history, English, etc., will be entitled to admission in the premratory class on September 14. Those vho desire to enter higher classes must eport by September 8. A New Water Power. Anderson, Special.?News has been eceived here of a proposed power ;Iant to be constructed on thp Savanlah river at some place near Calhoun Falls. Mr. 0. H. Sheffield is the owner >' the proposed site. Speaking of the roposed plant Mr. Sheffield says that t is the intention of the company that nost of the power will be used in Eljerton, but as yet nothing definite can >o given out. At the place where the lam is to be erected the river is about ,200 feet wide and it is estimated that 000 horse power can be developed. Mr. Sheffield is not saying much on the ubject, yet he gave out enough to asure the public that the dam will be lllilt Tf in *1 * f x aiiv. ac to wuauic lUai U LUUSLTUCiea he location will be on the Georgia Ide of the river. This, however, would e of no great disadvantage to South Carolina towns wishing to utilize the >ower. There are a number of towns in this side of the Savannah which rould be greatly benefited by such an nterprise, and it is hoped by the peode of this section that the plan may irove successful and be carried out. Candidates from the Sixth. Mr. James R. Coggeshall of Darlingon and Mr. Walter Hazard of Georgeown have filed their pledges and have ntered the race to succeed Hon. R. B. Scarborough as congressman from the :xth district. Mr. Coggeshall has led he legislative ticket in his county in , he last two elections and was chairian of the important committee on ailroads. ' He was also an influential lember of the judiciary committee and as very popular with and highly re- J pected by the members of the general ssembly. It is believed that he will oil the solid vote of Darlington county. ( lr. Hazard is a well known citizen f Georgetown vyhere he is a prominent 1 nd successful lawyer. It has been sevral years since he served in the legis- < iture, but he was regarded as one of j le strongest and most forceful men iere during his term of service. He : fitted in every way to fill the duties f the office and will be a factor in the ice.?Columbia State. Two Ice Plants to be Built. . Orangeburg. Special.?A petition for < commission of incorporation for the . rystal Ice Company of this city was eni to the Secretary of State Satur- f ay. The corportators are: J. W. K. f lukes, U. G. Bryant, H. C. Wanna- i laker, Isadore Rich, W. F. Fairey, ? S. Harley, J. W. Berry and Wm. C. r'olfc. The captital stock will he 1 25,000, and a 15 ton plant will be a rected. The best modern machinery t ill be used and the plant will be in t peration next season. ? PALMETTO POINTS 1 GIVEN IN BRIEF I 1 Farmers' Institute Work. " iiS Col J. S. Newman, professor of agri- A Culture and director of Farmers' Insti- 1 cute work, -has given out the following schedule of c<Ts;nty institutes to be held M this summer. be seen that this cfl does not include th\coast counties, for, institutes in that secfTovi will be held^^B hereafter in the winted Col. J. S. Newman, Tirect^^^^^jj^Hj N. Brackett, chemist; IB. South Union, Jull 5? Shelcr. chairman, Westminster, Westminster, July 6-lw. Paul son, chairman, Westmifcter, Oconee. j Bounty Land, July J?Mr. Ellison, chairman; Seneca, Ocolfe. Mile Creek Church, Sluly 8?J. A *j Parsons, chairman; ABxander, Pickens. 1 Williamston, July 12?3. J. Ellison, j chairman; WilliamstonBAnderson. Greenville (colored), Bily 13?D. VL ^ Minus, (colored), chaBnan; Greenville, Greenville. Simpsonville, July lBs. L. Moora, chairman; SimpsonvilleBreenville. tJ Blacksburg, July 15?Sues M. Callwell, chairman; West iBings, Union. \ Campobello, July 18?B A. Stewart^ .-jB chairman; Campobello, Bartanburg. sjfl Inman, (Oakland SchB), July 19? W. S. Royston, chairmai^lnman, Spartanburg. G. E. Nesom, veterii^|an; C. 0. Newman, horticulturist;? S. 3hivar, i. chemist. B Troy, July 6?S. F. Brah, chairman; Troy, Abbeville. B. Leesville, July 7?W. A. Shealy, Leesville, Lexington. Jenklnsville. July 8?C. B. Douglass, \ Jr., Jenkinsville, Fairfield. Prosperity. July 9?T. B. Hawkins, Prosperity, Newberry. , , Bethune, July 11?N. A. i Bethune, ka Bethune, Kershaw. Landsford, July 13?W. Li H<ckllnr Richburg, Chester. Mount Prospect Church, JuP7 14?W.,* ds L. Hicklin, Richburg, Chester] Rock Hill, July l5--Johln Wood, A Rock Hill, York. ]_ f|B Pleasant Valley, July 16-f-S. fS. Ballet, Fort Mill, Lancaster. Yorkville, July 18?a EL Spencer, Yorkville, York. j t South Carolina Items. The name of Mr. W. C. Smitlfe a cashier of the Easley Bank, has beep frequently mentioned for some,time in connection with the race for thp Legis- ?|g lature in the approaching primary. :M Mr. Smith comes out in a card, In the county papers this week gracefully dedining to make the race, owing to" other responsibilities that demand his entire time and attention. Henry Jackson, a young negro* in the 3 employ of Goodlet's harness tory in Greenville, while hananii^^BJ pistol, accidentally shot Georga Mill* also colored. The ball struck Juat- ab?yQ the right eye and passed upward k. ward the top of the cranium. Dr. T-\ Earle extracted the ball and says tha negro is in a fair way to recovery. VrSj A meeting of the stockholders oi. the-^r^B Capital City Mills will be heir* on July..--'' < 5, for the purpose of voting on the . 1 question of increasing the coital stock of the company in accordant with the reorganization plan. As soon as it la accepted the stock will b? issued t othe --j creditors. The State of Sout^arolina is a good borrower. She already borrowed ,'_.a9 $200,000 with which to pay the State'a t Confederate j*ensions. State Treasurer Jennings isnow in New York making ? arrangements to borrow $500,000, with which to meet the curernt expenses of $ the State government end to pay the , interest on the-State bonds?the flfst payment being due^-on July 1. There has been no difficulty iB-^ettlng what - ./? money was wanted from\the home banks, but Treasurer Jenniflgs thinks that he can get cheaper the New York banks and that the in- H terest charges there will be less. Thieves broke into the poetofflceiat H Well ford Sunday night, but they found H nothing of value. They then tried Coan's store, but a clerk who slept there frightened them with & pistol. Forest L. Collins, the engineer on the Alcolu road, who killed a negro by the name of Lawrence Thompson a few days ago, has been taken to Manning and placed in jail. The special committee on the Cecil Rhodes scholarship has awarded the scholarship from this State to Mr. William H. Verner, of Columbia. Mr. Verner is a graduate of the South Car- 7 olina College, and a son of Mr. J. S. Verner, of Columbia. Mr. Verner will accept the scholarship and attend Ox- m ford. The annual convention of the ation of Women's Clubs for Dlina was held ladt week Governor Is dus have R. A. from the Colleton gfl H offering a of The Hampton in Columbia F. and for the proposed )f Gen. Th^B I the popular low aggregate $7,895.22, s in to the of nisslon. The State has made ippropriation of $20,000 for the Harl^^^Hj on monument and it is expected th^^^^H he popular subscription will aggregat^^^H ilO.OOO.