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p-N":'* ? 1 ?? Jj. 1 ii i jHoldenhii " ^ ^ to l?v. by R?' CHAPTER XXIII. Continued. Once or twice in our upward progress toward the house did wo turn to look at the scene below, which was as | beautiful as mind can conceive. The top terrace reached, we lingered for several minutes, and I expressed my admiration without reserve. "I am always much gratified, I am sure, when an Englishman admires American scenery," said Mrs. Van Rensselaer. "Some parts of your Thar es. I think, are very charming and peaceful, but none so bold as this. My friend. Mr. Dennis O'Connor, has brought an English gentleman with him to-day. who had a great desire to see the river from this point, whose praise is as unqualified as yours." and the speaker pointed with her fan to the lower veranda, where sat Mr. Dennis O'Connor and Mr. Evan Price, the latter puffing a cigarette and watching us with intense interest. This little incident, which not -many hours before would have greatly disturbed me. added to my gratification. Now. I thought, will I demonstrate to mv rival that his suit is hoDeless. and compel him to retire from the field. "Connie." I whispered, "my own little wife that is to be, do you sec who Is sitting there?" "Yes. dear." she answered softly. "He will find an opportunity to talk with you to-day, I am sure. You will i know what to tell iiim?" "Trust me." said my faithful Constance. returning the pressure of my hand. "I will." I responded. Never shall I forget the delights of that long autumnal day. It is true 1 was sometimes obliged to surrender my Constance to her friends, but for 1 the most part I contrived to keep her to myself, and was surprised to observe that beyond a formal bow of recognition when we first entered the house Mr. Evan Price ignored us both. I suspected that that transformed cleric was reserving what he had to say until he perceived an entirely favorable opportunity, and acquainted Constance with my suspicion, who agreed with me. These remarks were made in the blue drawing room, where tho greater number of Mrs. Van Rensselaer's guests had assembled just as evening was closing iu. "If you leave the drawing room by the door." said Constance, "and return again at once by the veranda, you can sit at that small table at the back of that bamboo screen. From where Mr. Price is now sitting he can see your departure bat not your return. If he comes to me you will hear our conversation and can reappear to interrupt it at any moment you please. <live me this opportunity, dear Ernest, to set your mind at rest once for ever as to whether I care anything for Mr. Price or not." "My dearest Connie." I exclaimed fervently. "I don't doubt your faithfulness the least in the world; nothing you can say or do can increase my perfect trust in you. But I will do as you suggest." And the next minute I rose from my seat and walked away. To carry out the plan proposed by Miss Marsh occupied more time than wo supposed it would. In the first place. It was necessary for hie to pass along three sides of the Rensselaer mausion, which was of great extent, >n itself the work of at least five minutes, but I failed to accomplish it in less than double that tinie in consequence of meeting my aunt and Mrs. Van Renseelaer. who detained me with questions. However, I escaped from these ladies as soon as I decently could, and re-entering the drawing room from the veranda took up my position as arranged. Mr. Evan rrir;e was already at the side of my Constance. The expression of his face O TTf V? /-? AO A P Vkto *??? wtn vu i?c caiucoiucoa ui m? pui* pose. and he spoke so low that, though I was less than three feet distant from bim. it was with some difficulty that I could make out all he said. "I cannot conceive why it is," he was saying, "that you should refuse to accept this ring. The stone Is a beautiful one; I selected It with great care myself, and drew the design for the mounting of it. The mere acceptance of the ring will not imply that you are in any way engaged to me. You will onl" confer upon me a favor for which I shall always remain grateful. Let us agree that the gift signifies nothing; only accept it. I beg of you." "I really cannot accept it. I told you I coul.l not before you had it made," answered Constance firmly. "Why has this change come over you?" he asked. ; "No change has come over me," re-i plied Coustance war ml v. "All I ever was to you. that I aiu now." "I think you were more kindly dis-: posed toward me when wc were fellow | passengers on the "Etruria, and I am ! sure you did not avoid me so carefully j before the advent of that English couu- j try boy as you have done since." "My recollection does not agree with ' yours, Mr. Price. If it is your pleasure to construe ordinary American courtesy into the sort of kindness to which you attach a special meaning. I am not: responsible for that. I regret, but can j no. help it. As for the English coun-l irit'itflaff) by; 'ALTER BLOOMFIELD ZBT B INKER'S SONS I try boy you speak of. I must really ask you either to not refer to my future husband, or to employ a less offensive description of him." "Impossible!" exclaimed Mr. Trice; "you are not mad!" "O dear no." replied Miss Marsh very coolly; "I believe uot. Are you, sir?" "I am heartily sorry for you." said Mr. Price, closing the hand upon which he had been exhibiting a very fine ring, and replacing that bauble in his pocket. "I should have thought that one Truman would have been sufficient for your family, if not for all America. If you knew all I could tell you. your plan for your future life would differ very widely from that | which you have adopted, even if I were still excluded from It." "If my sister's husbnnd were here I have no doubt he would be able to effectually reply to your insult." said Miss Marsh indignantly. "I'have insulted nobody." protested Mr. Price. "What I have said is true, and so is what I am going to say. The English country boy who has been your companion to-day is unworthy of your hand. He is what I called him?an English country boy. without fortune, experience, or. so far as I have observed, talent. He belong to a family which has enjoyed exceptional social advantages for more than 300 fears, yet in all that time no one member of it has distinguished himself in any walk of life. Such social position as has has been theirs is now on the wane. The Squire of Holdenhurst has scarcely yet reached middle age. and a long time must probably elapse before young Ernest succeeds to his estate? a poor property, worth, perhaps, some six or seven hundred a year at most, decreasing in value every year, and perhaps soon to be confiscated by the revolutionary legislation which now prevails in England." "I know nothing of all this, and am not much interested in it. but my sister's husband is a Truman, and the people here do not account him a dull man." "That is true. I admit. Still, if your sister were as free as you are now. I have that in my pocket which would prevent her marrying him." "Indeed!" exclaimed Miss Marsh, "that is more interesting than credible." "Still, it is true." persisted Mr. Price. "No family was ever more glariugly misnamed than that of Holdenhurst? It has never produced a true man, and the one clever member of it, your brother-in-law. counteracts his ability by his falsity. His faithlessness to his wife, to whose father was due his first step toward the great success he has achieved, is deplorable. The letter I have in my pocket reveals a state of affairs which in this country would enable your sister to obtain a divorce from her husbahd. Will you read It?" "I take no interest in it, I assure you. My sister is happy, and has no wish for a divorce, but even were that not so, it would not be my affair." "Accepting a^ final your rejection of my suit, my last request?made to you in the hope that you will pause and reflect before you change your own fair name for the tarnished name of Truman?is that you will read this letter. It reached me this morning from the Rev. Mr. Fuller, rector of Holdenhurst Major. It Is very brief, and win not engage your attention for more than two or three miuutes. Surely, Miss Marsh, you will do so much to oblige a bitterly disappointed man." "Very well. I will read it since you so greatly wish it." and extending her( delicate little baud, my Constance took ; from Mr. Price a letter wnich he j pleadingly extended toward her. The first part of this colloquy greatly inflamed that consciousness of victory which had possessed me ever since Constance Marsh had declared herself mine. Mr. Price's tirade against my family, nod particularly his animad- j versions on myself, amused me. But it was plainly apparent that the perusal by Constance of a letter from the Rev. Mr. Fuller, detailing the circumstance of my uucle Sam's connection with Annie Wolsey, might be fraught with very serious consequences to several persons. I resolved to interrupt the reading, and returned to my Constance as speedily as I could, this time happily without delay, but when I 1 1 ik/v ei/ln nf f)ui Lt'iJ I'iil'U lilt' Ul JC1 ouiv VL ujv wv?vvm . I found that Constance had risen froiu j her seat, and that Mr. Price was walk- j ing away from her, a malicious leer j upon his fa re as he replaced a letter in , his poeketbook. "Well, darling Connie," I said. "I j have heard nearly all. You are a brave,1 faithful little woman. But why are ; you so pale? Thank God, the worst j that envious wretch can say or do is powerless to affect us." " "Oh, Ernest, dear, if only I was sure of that! Ten minutes ago I was hap-. py: now I am very wretched." "Why, what has happened?" I asked J in alarm, and with dismal forebodings! of the mischief my enemy had sown, i But at that moment the electric light j was turned on, streams of people began to pour into the drawing room ' from the terrace, and a German professor took his seat at the piano. I sought to lead my prize out of the throng to some obscure nook, when, secure from interruption she could relate to me the contents of the letter which she had just read, and we could together discuss its import, but failed to tind an opportunity to do so. Aunt Gertrudf. Mrs. Van Rensselaer and Mr. Rosenberg now appearing. Ihe latter began to rally me upon my monopoly of Miss Marsh. "It is not fair, you know, Mr. Truman." said that gentleman. "There is. I am sure, *. least one other gentleman present R'ho i> partial to the company of Miss Marsh, and there are of course many others besides. As in most assembles there are more ladies present here than gentlemen. Will you permit me to introduce you to some of them? I shall be be very pleased to do so." "Perhaps you had better go with him a little while." whispered Constance; "I feel rather better now. Ernest, dear, 1 ?.Ml 4^11 #*11 o e nrn hnniP " ;iliu ^ in irn twu on ?o ??r hv uviuv. I turned, bowed to my future wife and accompanied Mr! Rosenberg to a distant part of tbe room. "I am sorry that your uncle could not make it convenient to come here today," suid Mr. Rosenberg, "and so is Mrs. Van Rensselaer. He works too hard, and allows himself too little relaxation. Did you know the late Mr. Van Rensselaer? No? He was a man somewhat like your uncle, and so was Mr. Marsh. I have often thought that if each of those three could have lived for a hundred years, and they had worked together, they would have owned North America lv?tween them. Your uncle's skill in bargaining is something marvellous?I would give a cool million to have his power for six mouths, and yet bo dollars in pocket. Do you see that gray-bearded old man over in that corner by the side jo( the young lady in blue? That is Angus Mackenzie, the petroleum king, one of the richest men in the United States. When he came from Aberdeen forty years ago he wasn't worth ten dollars, and your uncle say^ his success has | been due to a porridge-built constitu- j firm Allow mo to introduce von to Miss Mackenzie." The young lady in blue rose and was introduced to nie in formal terms. "And so ye're the nephew of Samuel , Truman?" crooned Mr. Mackenzie, ; who seemed very old and decrepit. | "Well, well; it's a pity such a clever j man should be without a son o' his verra own, but dollars won't pet everyming, and a nephew's no' a distant relation. If Sam is as fortunate in his nephew as ye're in your uncle, he's ! done well." I did not care' to enter into conversaj tion with this eld Scotsman, whose garrulous tendency was evident. Mr. ! Rosenberg perceived the state of the ' case and hurried me away. Although not so deeply anxious as I had been ! I before my Constance had givgp me her ' haqd, I was much concerned In the unexpected event which had acquainted her with a matter I had hoped she might never hear of, and could not bring myself to take much interest in the various persons to whom Mr. Rosenberg introduced me. Indeed, that . gentleman noticed my abstraction and , remarked upon it, but readily accepted ray excuse (a very real and true one) that I found the new scenes among which I was cast, the presence of so many strangers, and the manners and customs of American society, in such j violeiit contrast with iny surroundings j in an English village, that I was con- j fused by the change, but that I hoped J to be quite at my ease after a little more experience of these things. Mr. Kosenberg then proposed that we should take a seal near to the piano, as Miss Inez Juarrez. who had a fine voice, was about to sing. I gladly ' agreed. The natural gift and the skill of Miss Juarrez were evidently known to the company present, for no sooner was It whispered that she was "about to sing than a wide semicircle of admiring listeners was quickly formed in front of the piano, and among the foremost I observed my Constance seated between her sister and Mrs. Van Rensselaer. She still appeared unusually pale, but when she perceived me her cheek slightly flushed, her eye brightened, and she bestowed on me a glance which caused my heart to flutter, and all care and anxiety to depart [ from me. Miss Inez Juarrez had a full, rich soprano voice, which she controlled with admirable art. Her song was simple enough from a musician's point of view?the work probably of some South American composer unknown to fame?but it was as highly impassioned as the words to which it was wedded ?words in the Guarani dialect, the language of the Paraguayan people. This song made a great impression upon me. As the last plaintive note of the singer ceased to vibrate I narrowly observed aunt Gertrude, who had been an attentive listener, but I failed to detect in the expression of her face any sign which could be interpreted no n ciinnt- vor-nsrnittnn on her Dart of a parallel between the fable of the verses and her own circumstances. On the contrary, being asked by Mrs. Van Rensselaer to sing, she readily complied, and charmed everybody present by her skilful rendering of an Italian romance. Not so her sister, my Constance. For her the Paraguayau soug seemed to have some special and painful meaning; she became paler than before and with difficulty concealed her agitation. To be continued. Inauguration of Railway Systems. The hrst? railway systems in the world were inaugurated in the following years, says the Mechanical Engineer: England, September 27, 1825; Austria, September 30. 1S2S; France, October 2,182S; America, December 29. 1S29; Belgium, May 3, 1835; Germany, December 7, 1835; Russia, April 4, 1S38; Italy, September 4,1S39. | NEW ENTERPRISES CttARTERfci/ The Secretary of State Kept Busy In Issuing Commissions. There is to be a hospital in Suiter. The secretary of state Saturday issued a commission to the Sumter Hospital company capitalized at $20,000. The corporators are Drs. S. C. Baker, Archie China, Walter Cheyne and Henry M. Stuekey. The Salley Oil mill received a char- j ter. The capital stock is $25,000 and E D. Foster is the president and treasurer. Another Sumter enterprise is the Minor store. The corporators are D. A. ; Minor, E. Wells and Elisha Carson. The capital is $15,000. The Southern Field Real Esate ex- . change of Spartanburg was chartered. ! Thp officers are G. H. Waddell. presi- ' dent; L. P. Epton, vice president and manager, end J. H. Carlisle, Jr., secretary and treasurer. The capital Is $1,- , dOO. J The Home Building and Loan asso riation at Bishopville, which received I a commission, is capitalized at $25,000. j The corporators are R. H. Pittman, A. ! B. Baker, R. W. McLendon, J. B. Kelly, L. H. Jennings, Julien C. Rogers, i Thos. H. Tatum and J. W. Dunn. The Summerton Mercantile company 1 has a capital of $10,000 and the corpo- I ratrors are C. M. Davis, W. D. McLary, j Jr., and H. C. Cardigan, Jr. The Seashore Social club of Charles- [ ton received an eleemosynary charter, j The officers are J. A. Meyer, presi- i dent; J. J. Flatty, vice president, and J 0. A. Joanelli, secretay and treasurer. Ten Thousand Raised. The bunding of a splendid monument to the women of the Confederacy has been taken actively in hand by the c'Ons of Confederate Veterans. Gen. C. I vin Walker of Charleston has been ; unpointed special agent of the Sons for this work and he has entered upon the ' undertaking with zeal and earnestness. Ten thousand dollans has already been aised for the monument, the result of 1 :omparative easy work, but this sum is 1 not sufficient and Gen. Walker has ad- ' . . . i aressea an appeal to the entire south in behalf of the movement. ; ? I Fire at Pelzer. Pelzer, Special.?At 11 o'clock Satur-'; lay night fire was discovered in C. B. | Owens' store on Front street and in I half an hour the building and contents were destroyed. The firemen did heroic work in saving Hindman & Beam's 3tore, and H. M. Bigby's jewelry store. J W. Williams' store was partially burnt and the goods badly damaged | by water. Owing to lateness of the : hour it is impossible to estimate losses. Hutto Refused Pardon. A noted prisoner, Pinckney W. Hutto. of Orangeburg, was refused par- | don Saturday by the Governor. Hutto will be remembered as the man who killed his brother and gave himself up at the pentitentiary after com Ing to Columbia for that purpose. JHe was sentenced in September, 1902, to three years' imprisonment. When he came to Columbia to the penitenti- ; ary the Supreme Court had already decided his case against him. The Clemson Scholarships. It will not bo necessary to call the State board of education together to announce the winners of the Clem- i son scholarships as State superintendent of Education O. B. Martin will make the announcements without the remainder of the board. The board holds its regular meeting next month and as the winners will be announced in a few days it is not thought necessary to have two meetings. P -a r\ __ j ruunu ucaa. Cleveland, 0., Special.?Isaac Newton Toplitf, 71 years old, a widely-known carriage hardware manufacturer, was found dead in bed at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John S. Gray, at No. 901 James street, Syracuse, N. Y., Sunday. Mr. Topliff was on a vacation and had &one to his daughter's home only last night. The deceased was one of Cleveland's wealthiest men. i Burglar Enters Office. Mayesville, Special.?Robbers broke one of the large glasses out of J. E. Barnett's show window Friday night and took out a double-barrel gun. < They did not get inside the store. They then broke into the Atlantic I Coast Line depot office and took about $2.00 in cash besides a pair of pants and some other stuff belonging to the ( agent. The officers started to get blood hounds, but ialer concluded not to do so. There is no clue at all, ( though some of the stuff was recovered. Exploded Torpedo. Montevideo, Uruguay, By Cable.? An attempt was made upon the life , of Presidey.t Brattle y Ordonea , While driviXg with his family along one of the yrincipal streets of the j city, a buried torpedo was exploded , at the side of the carriage. The ex- j plosion tore up the pavement and the ! ; track of the railway running' through j the street, but, as far as could be j, learned, no one was injured. , SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Good Rains Have Fallen In Most Seo tions of the State. The Weather Bureau of the Nation al Department of Agriculture issuer the following weather and crop bulle tin for week ending August 1, 1904: The week ending 8 a. m., Aug. 1 had a mean temperature of 77 degrees which is nearly 4 below normal, due to continuous low day and night temperatures. The extremes were a minimum of 54 at Greensville on the 26tb and a maximum of 91 at Blackville or the 30th. There was a harmful deficiency in bright sunshine, while the relative humidity was above normal throughout the week. Hall occurred in many places, but did little damage. iiign winus Diew down corn in a iew localities. The rains were of frequent occurrence during the week, and in many places were heavy enough to wash lands and overflow bottom lands. The continuous rains for the last two weeks in the north central and northeastern counties have been detrimental to crops, especially to cotton, and to corn on bottom lands. In the Savannah valley and western counties generally, the rains were beneficial to all crops, and they were all of great benefit in the rice districts. There are now few dry areas, and they very small, and confined principally to the extreme northwestern counties, where, additional rains have fallen since correspondents reports were mailed. The work of laying by crops made slow progress owing to the frequent r^ins that kept the ground too wet to cultivate. However, all but a small portion of the fields crops have been laid by in good condition, except in the northeastern counties where many fields are grassy. The condition of corn improved generally though much of the early upland corn was too nearly ripe, or too nearly ruined to be benefitted by the recent rains. Young corn and bottom land eom are particularly promising. Some early corn Is made, and fodder pulling has begun. While the general tenor of the re ports, especially from the western half of the State, Indicates a steady Improvement in the condition of cotton which is growing rapidly and fruiting heavily, there is an increased number of reports of shedding, rust and of the plants turning yellow, caused by excessive moisture and lack of sunshine. Too large a growth of weed is also a source of complaint. Sea-Island ootton continues to thrive, and is blooming freely. Tobacco curing is more than half finished, and the results are very satisfactory. Early rice continues to head well, and some is ripening; there is more water available for flooding except in the lower reaches of the rivers which continue very low. Melons are abundant, and shipments continue heavy. Late peaches are ripening with variable vields though- generally poor. Minor crops, pastures and gardens pjadc marked improvement. Haying is under way along the coast, but the weather was generally unfavorable. Turnips being sown, and fall truck and gardens planted.?J. W. Bauer, Section Director. \ __________ Weekly Cotton Letter. The following cotton region bulletin Is sent out by W. F. Klompp & Co.: "The crop continues to make good progress and reports from nearly all sections of the belt are satisfactory, ample rains having fallen and relieved the droughty conditions prevailing in districts of Texas and Louisiana during last week. "There are some complaints ol shedding in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas; however, in the latter State the boll weevil is doing so far very little injury to the crop, and it still remains to be seen if they will do any extensive damage. "Picking has begun in many portions of the belt, and becoming eener ~ J Ul? ai 1H SOUin lexus, auu cvusiuemuic new cotton will come forward during August, provided weather conditions are favorable. "On the whole the prospects at present arc ror a very large yield, but the crop has to pass through the most critical period of deterioration during the next thirty days, and conditions must be carefully watched through that time, as the course of prices 1 greatly depends on the progress oi 1 the crop during August" i Decoration for German Consul. Mobile, Ala., Special.?E. Holbbom, 1 German consul here, received a communication from Baron Von Sternburg ' German ambassador at Washington, 1 informing him that the German Em- ! peror had conferred upon him the Order of the Royal Crown, and upon Major E. 0. Zedek, president of the Mo- 1 bile Gesang Verein Frohsinn, the medal of merit. The decoration and the medal ] are in recognition of the hospitality i extended to the officers and crew oi s the German cruiser Falke, Behenke 1 commander, on the occasion of hei j visit to this port some time since. To Notify Mr. Davis. < New York, Special.?Secretary Wood son. of the Democratic national com- 1 roittee, sent telegrams to Chairman < John Sharp Williams and other mem- .< bers of the committee to notify Hen- 1 ry G. Davis, of his nomination as Vict < President, to meet at White Sulphui 1 Springs, W. Va., August 17. The ar- j rangements for the notification are ir j charge of John T. McGraw, membei j of the national committee of the State t PALMETTO MENTION Occurrences of Interest In Varicus Parts of the State. Mutual Company Doing Well. The policy holders of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of York county held a meeting in the court house last week and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Jno. L. Rainey, president; D. E. Boney, secretary and treasurer. These were re-elections. The report of the secretary was read and received as satisfactory. The matter of Insuring live stock was discussed but no action was taken at this meeting. The stockholders' meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance Company of York county was also held at the same place and nfflcoro Trprp re-elected: I LiV IVIIVniUg VUiW* w n v**> - ? W. S. Wilkerson, president, and D. E. Eoney, secretary and treasurer. The report of the secretary and treasurer was found to be entirely satisfactory. The division with the 11,000 limit is almost full and the last three death claims have been paid for the full amount of $1,000. THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. Big Meeting to Be Held at Clemson College Nfext Week. The summer meeting of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society will be held at Clemson Colleg^ea the 10th and 11th of August. The Farmers' Institute of the State will be held at the same time and there will be a large attendance of the best farmers of the State. Special railroad rates will be in force for this occasion, and a limited number may get accommodations and board by applying to Dr. P. H. Mell, president of the college. Mr. A. W. Love, secretary of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society. says in his letter notifying the members of this meeting: "This society still needs to have its .i membership doubled; good work was done in this line last year, but every member is earnestly requested to send in the name of at least'one applicant 4 for membership on the enclosed blank. "The first fair on the new grounds KhnnlH he & record-breaker; the aid of "si all friends of the society is asked to secure exhibits and visitors. Information will be promptly furnished by the | secretary upon request." A Sad Suicide. Greenville, Special.?At < o'clock ^ Thursday morning, at his country residence, near this city, D. P. Verner, g master in equity of Greenville county, killed himself instantly by shooting ) himself in the head with a doublebarrel shotgun, as the supposed resuit of temporary aberration on account of ill health. The tragedy occurred in his bed-room while Mr. Verner was in the room alone. When ^ found after the report of the gun, the body was across the bed with the left side of the head blown almost completely off. During the night the gun had stood in a corner of the room. ] The community was shocked by the distressing news, and sympathy for the stricken family was spontaneous ar, it was general. He was one of the most popular and painstaking of all Greenville county's officials, and has filled the master's office of the county . with eminent satisfaction for a per- > iod of 17 years, his repeated elec- 4 tlons testifying to the universally high esteem in which he was held.- He was in his office yesterday, and in the afternoon was driving about the city. ^ South Carolina Items. While sharpening tools on a grind- .jj stone at the home of Jphn P. Clark, near Mauldin, in Greenville county, . Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock a lightr>ln?r hnH inctantlv killed Mr. Clark and' ' Jj Charles B. Garrett and seriously Injured George Thompson, who was ?2 standing nearby. Members of Clark's family who were in the house were shocked, dazed and blinded by the bolt, Afl but none of them was seriously hurt 2 It Is feared that MV. Thompson will JS Capt Smith, the negro wno is el- 4 leged to have shot Charlie Holeomb in Greenville county several weeks ago, .m v.as arrested in Greenville by Officer ] Stewart, and turned over to Magjs- ?l trate Poole, of O'Neal township, In vja whose jurisdiction the shoQting took j place. Holeomb, who is a white man, ] v/as dangerously wounded. He was .J? filled with small shot all over the front of his body. Smith will be h^ld for trial - j c.r the next term of the court of gensral sessions. J The board of visitors of the South j Carolina Military Academy met at <91 noon Tuesday in the governor's office In Columbia. The board passed on the various young men who expect to stand J the examination for the vacant cadet- 4 j 3hlps In the various counties. The date *; I for the examination was fixed for FrISay, August 26th. As a result of an attempt to board '9 3. passenger train from Blacksburg I Tuesday, Otis Dozier, a young white , I man of Rock Hill, had his arm broken j9 ind suffered other injuries more or less terious. He had intended to ride to the J9 station but lost his hold and fell through the trestle over the main lipe, '^jl rtriking the track below with great I Mrs. Sarah W. Smith, wire of John I Smith, Sr., died at her home near I ?impsonville Monday afternoon of j I jlood poison. Six days ago she ac- * j ^dentally inflicted a slight bruise on I me of her hands. Swelling followed, .3 :he place refused to heal and in the I ourse of a few days all the symptoms I ,f blood poisoning developed. Though j I hysicians were summoned and all hat medical skill could offer was dose II or her, her death, accompanied with *1 ;reat suffering, resulting Monday alternoon. 1