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State. Geneal^SBon Market. Middling. ^^^^ vestpn, firm 7-S H BHe. steady 7 3-4 ^^^^^Hnnah. steady 7 3-4 ^H^^^ffleston. quiet 7 9-16 lmington. steady 7 1-2 J^^^Bfolk. steady 7-S ^^^^wjfQore, nominal S.00 ' York, quiet S.15 M :. quiet 8.15 ^^Vhiladelphia. steady S.40 ^^^Bouston, steady S gi;sta, steady 7-8 ^^^rafiphis. firm 7 7-S rLXjuis, sreaay ? ulsville, firm 8 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wegens: Strict good middling 7 1-2 Good middling 7 1-2 Strict middling 7 7-16 Middling 7 5-16 Tinges 6 3-8 to 7 1-4 Stains r 6 1-4 to 6 7-8 TO WAGE WAR ON BOLL WEEVIL. State Entomologists Adopt Resolutions Setting Forth the Precautions That Should Be Taken. Clemson College, Special.?Prof. C. E. Chambiiss has returned from Atlanta, where he presided over the meet^ ing of the State entomologists of the cotton growing belts. The principal question for discussion was the "Boil Weevil Law." The following resolutions were passed: "Whereas, additional knowledge concerning the Mexican cotton boll weevil acquired since the last meeting of this association August 2.1904. indicates the ct&visability of the modification of previous recommendations toward a uniform State system of quarantine regulations: therefore be it "Resolved. That the previous resolutions be modified, and we recommend that the present laws and regulations in the various States be changed to conform to the following plan ychich, in our opinion, would furnish the required protection without unnecessary Inconvenience to the shipping interests concerned. "Resolved, That cotton lint (loose baled, flat, or compressed?. cotton seed, seed cotton, hulls, seed cotton and cotton seed sacks which have been used, and corn in the shuck originating in cotton boll weevil infested localities of Texas and Louisiana and of other States which may hereafter become infested should be excluded absolutely from the uninfested territory. "Resolved. That all shipments of household goods from infested areas should be prohibited unless accompanied by an affidavit attached to way "bill to the effect that the shipment contains no cotton lint, cotton seed, seed cotton, cotton seed and seed cotton sacks, or corn in the husk. "Resolved, That all quarantine restrictions now maintained against all other commodities be removed. "Resolved. That shipments of quarantined articles through the States should be made in tight closed cars. Thnt nn cnmomn carrier should use bedding or feed for live *tock any of the quarantined articles. "Resolved. That all laws and regulations designed to eradicate isolated colonies of the boll weevil or to control the past should include the following provisions. "I. Prohibition against bringing into the territory or bringing into the State live cotton boll weevils. "2. The delegation to authori/.ed hotly of plenary authority to take whatever steps are necessary for the eradication of colonies and control of the boll weevil. "3. That dednite authority be given Jo officer or officers in charge of boll weevil quarantine matters to establish from time to time the necessary rules and regulation and to enforce the same. "Resolved, That for the protection of the cotton growing industry we recommend the enaction of the above provisions in all cotton growing States where there is at present no shipping restrictions upon articles likely to disseminate the boll weevil." A Chapel for Seamen. Charleston, Special.?At a meeting of ' the standing committee of the Ep'sco pal diocese next month in the matter of the erection of a chapel for seamen will be acted upon. In 1868 Miss Harriet Pinckney left $38,000 for the purpose, but the church was never erected. Efforts were made to apply tho money to other uses, but these purposes having failed, it is likely that the seaman's church will be built. Boy Bored Hole in His Body. Swansea. Special..?A very peculiar and serious accident occurred at W. B. Bast's factory Monday evening. Ennis. the 14-year-old son of Richard Cartin, was boring with an augur that was turned by machinery. To steady the short board he was pressing his body against it. The board was a thin one and the augur went through and into his groin on the right side five or six inches. He pulled the augur out himself, and in coming out it brought the grooves full of flesh. The boy had only a few minutes before the accident been told to keep away from the machine. His condition is critical. New Pacolet Mill. Spartanburg. Special.?The building of the new Pacolet Mill will btgin at once; in fact the preliminary work is already under way, ana in? acute iw struction of the building will commence in a short time. President V. M. Montgomery left last night for the North for the purpose of purchasing machinery for the new mill, and the same will be ready for shipment just as soon as the building is ready for ^ its installation. York's Graded Schools. Yorkville, Special.? The graded school trustees have re-elected Superintendent J. C. Allen and all the present faculty, as follows: Prof. L. W. Jenkins, principal; and Misses Allen, Ella Neely and Sudie Allison. Miss Allen is from Florence, and the others are from Yorkville. The 10th grade was dropped, and, of course, one teacher was left off. This was Prof. J. Harvey Witherspoon, who has made an excellent instructor and given satisfaction to the patrons of his room. The others have also proved to be good teachers. Conditions as Given Out by Dejart* ment ov Agriculture. 1 The temperature during the week , ending Monday, May Sth, was much above normal, and the daily maximum -anged generally above SO degrees duI ring the last half of the week; the night temperatures were also slightly ' above normal. The precipitation was : heavy, in many places excessive and jamaged lands by erosion and flooding. Farmwork was impracth able during :he greater part of the week as the lands were to wet to plow, plant or cul| tivate. The prevailing high tempera4 ? ? ? J : ?.. ? rtonofl/1 /irnno I lure HUU CUpiUUS raiuiou tauKu of all kinds to grow rapidly, and were particularly favorable on small grain ! and truck crops, and for transplanting. I Many fields have become foul with grass and weeds and stand in urgent need of work, this being especially true of early planted corn and cotton; ; :he much early corn has received its first cultivation. Corn has good stands as a rule. but bud and cuts worms are thinning stands on low lands; some corn is turn! ing yellow from too much rain. Cotton planting is not finished in the western parts, the practically finished ! n the central and eastern counties, exrept on bottom or low lands that have aeen too wet recently to plant Stands rary greatly, being generally good for that planted since the April killing frost and very poor for the early plant1 ings. much of which is being replanted. Some being replanted on account of cut worms, and some on account of being too foul to rid of grass and weeds. Some cotton has been chopped. Tobacco transplanting is about finished. and is doing well gJherally the grasshoppers and cut worms have damaged stands locally. There has been a marked improvement in oats which is quite promising. Wheat is not doing so well on account pf the Hessian fly and some rust. Truck props and gardens have improved rap: idly, the melons are still poor. The weather was favorable for rice. Peaches ire dropping in the eastern and south?rn counties with enough left to make 1 a good crop; In the western counties the fruit prospects are very poor, apple j ind pear trees are blighting badly. Pas! tures are fine. The shipments of beans, peas and strawberries are heavy.?J. W Eauer, Section Director. Will Sell Court Square. ! Sumter. Special.?Supervisor Seale. Commissioners Brogdon and Thomas. I Senator Maaning and Representatives ! Moses, Fraser and Clifton, composing I the county commissioners and Iegis; lative delegation, held a joint special meeting, and it was decided to sell the ?ourt house square and buildings for not less th^n $60,000. The vaults, furI niture and other fixtures will be re tained. It was decided to purchase the entire property known as the Solomons property, on North Main street, between Hampton avenue and Canal street, for $25,000. The sale of this property and the 1 removal of the court house site and fhe erection of a new building have | created interest and excitement among the citizens and property owners. It is the talk o-' the town among business | men. It is pleasing to know that this I court house square will be sold for at least $300 a front foot Charlij Hill Investigated. Spartanburg. Special.?Charlie. Hill, colored, was investigated in United States Commissioner McGowan's court Saturday morning, charged with collecting a money order directed to "C. Hill. Salisbury, N. C." He pleaded guilty. The amount was $10. Charlie Hill was working in Salisbury several months ago. and inquired at the postDfflce for his mail. He was 'informed that there was a letter for C. Hill. He opened it and discovered that there was i money order in it for $10. He sen friend or acauaintance to iden tify him. and collected the money, which belonged to another person. He was bound over to the United States court and will be tried at Charlotte. The case was worked up oy inspector Pu!s'.fer. Henry Grandy Acquitted. Greenville. S. C., Special.?In the General Sessions court Henry Grandy was acquittend of the murder of Otto Mace, the homicide occuring in a beer dispensary on Washington street last summer. It will be recalled that Grandy and Mas? fought with beer bottles and Mace received a wound in the head which resulted in his death three days later. Self-defense evidence was adduced at the trial and the jury was out ten minutes. Fleets Have United. St Petersburg. By Cable.?According to dispatches to the Admiralty brought to Saigon, by the hospital ship Kostroma, the junction of ViceAdmiral Rojestvensky and Nebogatoff is by this time an accomplished fact The Adn\iralty professes ignorance of the present location of the united squadrons: but in view of the long and uninterrupted voyage of Nebogatoff's divisjon. it is believed his ships will spend some time in sheltered waters of the China Sea, near the coast but outside the three-mile limit, in order to complete final recoaling and other preparations before setting out on the last and crucial stage of the voyage. Plans For Colony. I Charles Pievania. a Swiss, who was n consultation with Commissioner SVatson. is the forerunner of a Swiss i :olony which will devote itself to catI ile-raising and will likely settle in the Piedmont. Mr. Pievani will spend until | 'all on farms in South Carolina in or: ler to thoroughly study the situation, I .-.-hen he will return to Switzerland, where, with his father, he will organize j \ colony. Captured in Arkansas. Alfred Free, a white man wanted for the assassination of W. M. Moss in Saluda county last October, whom he is accused of killing with the assistance of two others, was foolish enough rerently to write home from Perris, Arkansas. The Saluda officers were advised, with the result that Free was arrested in Arkansas, where he is in jail. SherifT Sample was here to see the Governor, who will make out requisition papers and have them sent to Ar1 tansas at once. i ! 1 A Complete Investigation Being Made Into Their Affairs. ! A complete investgaton of the conditons of the Catawba Indian tribe, i and of the recent requests made by j some of the leaders will be made for a report to the General Assembly. It will be remembered that some time ago Chief Harris came before the Gov-! ernor and asked that the tribe be al- (' lowed to go West and settle with the other Indians. This is a matter, how- j. ever, that would have to be consider-..^ by the General Assembly, and the prop- p i osition will have to come before that body. The State now makes an appro- i : priation of $1,500 for the support of the : tribe, and according to Harris this is not enough for them to live on. It may i be of interest to some to know that' i | the first contract made between the ; Indians and the State was in 1783, and 5 that up to a few years ago they re- ' eeived about 55,000 a year from the . ] State. There was a tract of land about : fourteen miles, which was owned by the tribe, and the proposition accepted ; by them was that the State was to make this annual appropriation of i $5,000 in lieu of c.uit-claims which could be collected from the white people who had settled on the reserva- , tion. There are only a few of the full- | blooded Indians left, and it is very . probable that the State will accept ; their proposition and allow them to go West. One year's appropriation would j: pay the expenses of the tribe, and with i the aid of the Federal Government enough land could be obtained to allow : I them once more to follow the occupa- ' ' tion of farming. At present they do ! ; very little work and are gradually dy ing out. UNIQUE SPECIAL EDITION. I Southern Industrial Number of Char* lotte Evening Chronicle to be Issued May 20th by Rev. J. A. Baldwin, For j: the Benefit of Piedmont Industrial;) School. 11 Something of special interest in the j. way of a special issue will be the In- j * j dustrial number of the Charlotte Even- ! ; ing Chronicle that Rev. J. A. Baldwin, ! ' I f ; principal of Piedmont Industrial School j will publish on May 20th. Apart from [ ( ! the fact that the receipts go to a most 11 ! worthy object, the paper in itself will ;; be something far out of the ordinary, | , and well worth a permanent place in j; every horns in the South. An idea of the extraordinary value | ! of this edition can be gleaned from the 11 ; long list of contributors of national and :; I even world-wide fame, who have so j < | generously lent their labors to make up \ the extraordinary contents. The fol- (r , lowing are selected at random from the ;; j long list of able contributions that will J j make its pages interesting: "Why I Established The Piedmont ( j Industrial School." by Principal. J. A. | Baldwin: "The Dignity of Labor." by i Mr. Edwin Markham. distinguished : poet, author of "The Man with the { i Hoe." and other poems: "Industrial i Schools in Germany," by Prof. Jerome j Dowd. professor of Sociology In Uni- f versity of Wisconsin: "A Beautiful i i South." by Mrs. John Van Landingham, Charlotte, N. C.; "Agriculture in ! the South." by Hon. R. N. Page. Congressman. 7th North Carolina District: "The Spirit of Tolerance," by Mr. J. P. ; Caldwell, editor Charlotte Observer; "20th of May. 1775."?A Poem, by Mrs. ? F. L. Townsend, Franklin. N. C.; "A Young Man's Chances Today," by Mr. j D. L. Gore, president cotton mill. etc.. t Wilmington, N. C.; "The Power of i Habit." by Rev. Dr. M. D. Hardin, pas- ; tor Second Presbyterian church. Char- j lotte. N. C.; "Tariff Revision," by Hon. | E. Y. Webb, Congressman, 9th North Carolina District: "Political Economy t in the South," by Richard T. Ely. LL. i D? head of department of Political j Economy in University of Wisconsin, * author of many books: "Immigration," ; by Hon. F. M. Simmons, U. S. Senator t from North Carolina. < Rev. J. A. Baldwin, Editor-in-chief. Charlotte, N. C., will sell the pipers at 10 cents per copy or $1.00 per dozen. ; and the entire proceeds will go to the ; fund of the Piedmont Industrial School. $60,000 Fire. Columbia, S. C.. Special.?A special to ( The State from Greenville, says: "Fire j which broke out about 8 o'clock in the ( millinery department of the large . dry goods establishment of the J. T. Arnold Company completely gutted the j store. The stock, which is valued at , $60,000, is almost a complete loss, with about 50 per cent, insurance. The ori- ' gin of the flrfle is a mystery. 1 Mr. Salley at Work. Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., the secretary of the historic commission, is rapidly , I getting the records at the Capitol in ' i shape. A meeting of the State House commission will be held on May 12, 1 and the plans submitted by Architect Wilson for the record cases will be accepted, and work on the cases and | filing cabinets for the preservation of the valuable data will be begun at once. ...r. Sally will use the room adjoining 1 the Secretary of State's office, which is now used as a clerk room, for the 1 latter. The records are now up-stairs, assorted and prepared for the files. There is a great deal of work necessary to get things in shape. State Hospital For Insane. The work of wiring the Talley building at the State Hospital for the Insane is progressing rapidly. The build i ing probably be compieieu unu , I ready for occupancy in the next few I months and will relieve somewhat the ! congested condition of the institution. : Just at this time of the year there are , more patients than at any other season. The proposition of housing them all will continue to be a serious one. but j the new building will relieve the strain temporarily. Palmetto Items. Anderson. Special.?The purchasing committee of the library association has bought a lot for the Carnegie library. It is centrally located and was purchased for the sum of $1,500. All conditions have been complied with to secure Mr. Carnegie's donation of $10,000, and as soon as he is notified of .this fact the amount will be forwarded by check. Manning. Special.?During the severe rain and thunder Wednesday afternoon lightning struck and killed Mrs. Josephine Timmons, an aged white woman, who was one of the | county's wards. . ' /Icmber3 of Doard Are Determined That There Shall Be Immunity From Curse of Smallpox. The State board of hellth held a neeting last week and discussed vac^ o 0*0 \r\ TVio V?r\o r-ri pvidpnflv ntpnds to have the people of the State end', red immune for the following ule.s were adopted in accord with the econt a<-t of the legislature: "Rule 1. That all persons within he State of South Carolina who do ot reside within the limits or jurisliction of an incorporated city or own shall be vaccinated and revaccilated by the duly appointed agents of he said State board of helth, except tersons who may obtain a certificate if a reputable phvsicion that vacciintion would be dangerous to health, at he following periods: During the first, ixth and fifteenth years of the age if the persons; and that all persons rho have never been vaccinated, or hall be exposed, or are likely to be- ! ome exposed to smallpox, shall be accinated forthwith: Provided, that he charge for each vaccination shall ie 10 cents, except to indigent per;on?. to whom the charge shall be lothing. "Rule 2. Xo superintendent of any nstitutlon of learning, and no school toard or principal of any school in he State, not located within a city >r town, shall admit as a pupil any j hiid or person who cannot proluce satisfactory evidence of having icen vaccinated as often as required n rule 1 above, and it is hereby mae he duty of every parent, guardil^ ir other persons charged with the carel r responsibility for any child to see" hat such child, if not a resident of a lty or town, is vaccinated as oftee ,s required by rule 1." The penalty for not complying with he rules is $100 fine or 30 days in jail. The laws governing municipalities ire practically the same as those ibove. Delegates Appointed. Governor Heyward was recently askxi to appoint thirty delegates from this state to the Southern Industrial Pariament which will meet in Washingon May 23-26. Governor Heyward, in response to he request, appointed the following lelegates: E. J. Watson, commissiont of agricultuce. commerce and immigration; Niels Chritensen, Jr., Beauort: J. lT. JackaoH, North Augusta; E. 3. Smith, Lynchburg; T. B. Stacklouse, Columbia; T. B. Thackston, Coumbia; W. A. Strothers, Walhalla; Gol. Henry Schachte, Charleston; A. >. White, Spartanburg; W. J. Thackiton. Greenville; D. A. Spivey, Conway; fohn Wood. Rock Hill; Leroy Springs, Lancaster; W. W. Lumpkin. Columbia; Smslie Nicholson, Union; A. W. >mith, Orangeburg: R. B. Caldwell, Chester; E. B. Clark. Columbia; R. H. ft'ichman, Walterboro; Ramond L. Grifflss. New York, representative State department of agriculture, com nerce and immigration; W. W. Adams* Edgefield; James Henry Rice, Jr.f Georgetown; W. F. Sherfesse. Bamierg; Thomas Wilson, Cades; J. Frank ?ooshe, Winnsboro; A. M. Carpenter, \nderson; J. J. Fretwell, Anderson; ?. C. Moore. Camden; W. R. Carroll, iforkville; Mclver Williamson. Darington. These gentlemen should noti'v the Governor if they expect to go to iVashington. Death of Ex-Senator Moody. Marion, Special.?Ex-Senator Thomas 2. Moody died at his home here Thurslay night. He had been in failing icalth for more than a year, and durng the past winter spent a short time n Florida with the hope of regaining lis health, but finding that he did not mprove returned to Marion, and for he past few weeks has not been able o leave his room. While confined to lis room, he spent most of the time sitting up and daily received calls from ??-. An r\t n-Vnm ho VlQfl fl CrPflt US 1 1 iruuo, U1 m ivut uv UHM W o lumber, and when the end came he lassed away peacefully and quietly vhile sitting in his chair, having been alking to a friend only a few minutes icfore he breathed his last. Mr. Moody vas 66 years of age. having been born >n the 14th of February. 1839. He was i son of Barfield Moody and Sarah Crawford Moody, both natives of Maion. Palmetto Realty Co. Union, Special.?The Palmetto Realty Company held a meeting of stocklolders on Saturday, electing the di ectors as follows: Messrs. R. P. Harry. J. A. Sawyer, G. C. May, B. F. Arthur and Judge J. M. Greer, who in turn elected as officers: Mr. R. P. Harry, president; Mr. J. A. Sawyer, vice-president; Judge J. M. Greer, secretary and treasurer. Acquitted of Foster's Murder. Greenville. Special.?Watt Nobles and Royce Stone, two white men. and George Downes. colored, were acquitted Saturday afternoon of murdering Policeman Foster at Greers. Police Qfficer William S. Foster was shot and instantly killed while on duty in the town of Greers on the night^of July 2. 1S04. between 9 and 10 o'clock. Nobles. Stone and Downes were in town the night before the tragedy, and on account of their being seen running from the place where the shooting occurred and their previous record as whiskey dealers, they were at once connected with the crime and subsequently arrested. The evidence at the trial was wholly circumstantial. Dr. Millard is Released. Orangeburg, Special.?Dr. Kenvon V. Millard, of Indianapolis, who has been here in jail for several weeks on the charge of bigamy, was released from custody Saturday afternoon, the evidence being insufhcent to hold him. Dr. Millard stated that he and Miss Kenyon will be re-married next December. at the expiration for the time set for the interlocutory divorce. In the meantime he will continue on the lecture platform, appearing In Orangeburg Monday night. Two Killed By Lightning. Bennettsville, Special.?Two persons lost their lives from lightning strokes in this county late Thursday afternoon. The first was Charles Sawyer, a young citizen from Brownsville, the other a negro child, in Hebron, fifteen miles distant. Mr. Sawyer was plowing in his field, and he and his mule was both killed. Later in the afternoon, the house of Joe Watkins was struck and his child killed. Watkins and another child were shocked and severely burned. DEAffl OF'W.'to Wealttiy Philanthropist Passes Away j I ! Full of Years and Honors . HEAD OF AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. j The Founder of the DukC Branch of The American Tobacco Company ; Dies at Durham in the 85th Year of His Age?His Three Sons and Other Relatives Were Present When the ! End Came. ! . Durham, N. C.. Special.?Washington Dufce, founder of the Duke branch of the American Tobacco Company, father \ of J. B. Duke, president of that company, and philanthropist, who directly and indirectly gave more than a mili lion dollars to Trinity College, died ' Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. His ; death was no surprise. For several weens ne nan Deen ciose iu ut-um a | [ door, and Sunday afternoon began to sink rapidly. All Sunday night it was expected that the next minute would be j his last. Monday morning he was weak I and sinking. When he passed away, his three sons. B. L., B. N.. and J. B. j Duke, with other relatives, were gath- i ered by his bedside. He was in the 83th year of his age. He was part of the hisI tory of Durham, and his death has cast a gloom over the entire city. \ Through Mr. Duke and his influence, j there has been given to Trinity Col- j | lege, a million dollars or more. His : first great gift was when the college ! was moved here in 1891, when he gave $150,000. Other gifts followed, until ; his personal gifts amounted to more than a half-million dollars. His sons and other relatives added to these gifts until the amount is now more than a million dollars. One gift of $100,000 from the deceased, opened th? doorg of Trinity and other State col; leges to women. Some time ago he divided a large part of his weu'th among his relatives. It is learned that the greater part of the wealth went to B. NT. and J. B. Duke. In addition to these gifts, he gave to each of his grandchildrcp. some eight or ten in number, $60,000 each. Practicably all factories in this com- | munity closed upon hearing of the death of Mr. Duke. Other business houses will be closed when the funeral takes place. It is supposed that the city officials and business men in general will join to tl(9honor to the man who has done so much for the town of Durham and the State. SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. Born on December 20, 1S20, Washington Duke would have been 85 years j of age had he lived until December j of this year. He was the last of his j Immediate family, which was a large j nnp anH snent all his life in this sec tlon of the State. He came from New England stock, but his father spent most of his life in this State, the family having been identified with the affairs of this section since colonial days. The deceased was one of nine children, six boys and three girls, and up until he had passed middle life they were people not used to the great luxuries of life brought by wealth, but had to struggle like all of the early settlers of this State and section, for the material things of life. It was j under conditions of this kind that i Washington Duke and his brothers and sisters came into thi3 life. These ear l.v surroundings taught that frugality and developed the strong, positive character and self-reliance that in later life made him the great man that he was. Beginning life with absolutely nothing save a strong character and powerful will; his education being that he learned from nature and between ihe plow handles on a poor farm in Orange county (now Durham), he returned from the struggle of the Civil War, to a poverty-stricken section of the country, his only assets being character, poverty and a family to support. In the forty years that now intervene between the present and that struggle, he has buiided a name that is known around the world and accumulated wealth that he has used to blesis lated wealth that he used to bless and nobler. The Funeral of Mr. Duke. Durham, Special. ? All Durham paused Wednesday to pay honor to the memory of Washington Duke. All business activity ceased and duriDg the time that the funeral was oa, thousands of people gathered at Main Street Methodist church and in that virinitv and at Madewood Cemetery to pay a last respect to the memory of the deceased. Never before in the history of Durham has there been such an outpouring of the citizenship to pay honor to the memory of man. A conservative estimate is that 15,000 people were at the cemetery and along the line followed by the procession. The cemetery and that vicinity was a block of humanity, thousands not being able to get within the hearing of the voices of the speakers. The procession was of such length that almost a half-hour was required for it to pass a given point. All vehicles of a public nature and most of the, private conveyances in the city were called into use and in addition to these, quite a number of carriages were brought from Raleigh and assisted in handling the large crowd. All street cars on the traction line gathered in front of the church to carry the throng to the cemetery. The request of the mayor and board | of aldermen that business houses close | during the funeral was carried out to the letter. There was not a business I house in the city too large or too j small to observe the request and close. All factories and large manufacturing ' plants, with tne nantcs ana similar iustitutions, closed for the entire day. Investigating Oil Industry. Beaumont, Tex.,^>pecial.?James R. Garfield, CommissiMer of the Bureau of Corporations of mie Department of Commerce and Lab^^ arrived in this city Monday. Mr. Gai^ld will investigate conditions in the cm field here. His work was preliminayAaving the way for his assistant^^ho will conclude the investigation^Mr. Garfield left for Washington, having been absent eight weeks. Vhen a girl has been kissed it is f sign she will deny it. | TO KEJ15EIHIIWIY OPEN ' Or. McPheeters Chairman of the Fao* ulty and Dr. 8. C. Reid Resigns. Columbia, S. C., Special.?A Joint meeting Wednesday morning of the directors and faculty of the Columbia 5eminary brought out an interesting liscussion as to the future prospects md puresent needs of the institution, :he talk having a bearing on the ques- \ fa :ion now before the directors as to the in idvisability of closing the seminary for do i year or more. j*b After a session lasting until after j, midnight the seminary directors decid- ju ?d to keep open the institution in Columbia for another year and placed tself on record as opposed to any change in the policy of the institution. < During the meeting it was developed Ar that there was considerable feeling .' among some of the members of the in board against some of the members ev it the faculty fbr their activity in Dro- w moting the plans to remove the institu- ie< :ion to Atlanta. Mr. W. A. Clark, of te Zolumbfa, severely criticised the faculty lanog this line, but he opopsed Mr. 2. E. Graham's efforts to close the institution temporarily, urging that It would be a better business proposition fit to get a more united faculty to run the th seminary than to close for even a tem- gj. porary period. This was discussed for ^ some time, and finally Secretary Ne- n. ville stated that it was definitely decidsd to run the institution another year *? in Columbia. Despite the fact that few of the directors would talk it was as:ertained that Dr. McPheeters, chairman of the faculty, had resigned, al;hough this will not be acted upon until Thursday, Dr. S. C. Reed has also re- be 3igned, to accept a pastorate at Gasto- tb Qia. C.. but his resignation has not been^lcted upon yet. This leaves only Do two#of the faculty, should Dr. Mc- ,|a Pj#eters not decide to stay. ^ Two Killed In Wreck. Union, Special.?At 4:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the combination freight and passenger train of the t)( Lockhart road jumped the track and pC rolled down a 20-foot embankment, killing Richard Wilburn, aged 17, and another man, whose name is not learnt 1D ed, and Injured several others. The en- a gine and cars were demolished. Among the Injured at T. B. McClain, traveling si salesman of Columbia, S. C., who left th here Wednesday for Lockhart. This road runs between Lockhart Junction j and Lockhart, a distance of nine miles. It was built by the Lockhart Mills Company, but is now operated by the ol Southern, and is used mostly to haul ^( freight to and from Lockhart, which is a mill town with about 2,000 inhabiLants. di Palmetto Items. I* The A. R. P. Synod met In the local 10 A. R. P. church at Columbia Tues- ta day morning, with a full attendance, ei practb-ally every church In the Synod g< being repr?sented. There was nothing to out of the usual run in the proceedings, w which ran smooth'y and rapidly. The opening sermon was by Rev. A. T. .. Lindsay, of Lymwood college, who delivered a strong discourse on the re- ' ei anrmclhlHtv nf the nrwiphpr Tisiner for St his text, "Am I My Brother's Keeper?" ( to He then introduced the new moderator., of Rev. J. Walter Simpson, of Concord.1 jt] N. C., who presided with grace and ' ease. The remainder of the morning session was taken up with routine con- rf nected with unfinished business, and 01 the appointment of committees. Dr. William T. Hall, of Columbia Semi- in nary, was introduced as a visiting ai member. The call of Rev. S. J. Pat- w terson, of Steele Creek, N. C., to go v< to Pottsville. Ark., was presented to ^ the Synod, which granted the dissolu- _ tion. ca Much feeling and some bitterness have been engendered in Pickens coun- * ty by the fight that has been going on 1 there for the past several months over the question of voting out the dispensaries and the State board of dispensary directors today granted a strong petition from that county urging that all dispensaries* in the county be closed on the 20th of May, when the election will be held to determine whether 01 Pickens will close up its dispensaries to or continue them "in their midst" It ft is said that the election hangs over th the heads of the dispensary advocates jj, in that mountain county, where moon- b, shine stuff is as plentiful as buttermilk, like the justly famous sword of Damocles, dispensary defeat being lfl practically certain. The petition call- w ing for the election was signed by over a thousand freeholders, which represents about a third of the voting Cl strength of the county. UI Figures obtained In the Comptroller sj General's office Wednesday regarding <jj the new pension roll just made show a a striking relative increase in the number of women pensioners. The net increase of male pensioners is only 49, ai the roll last year embracing 4,862 names and this year 4,811, while the a< widows this year number 3,880, as ei against 3,682 last year, an increase of 198. There is no change in the law as t othe eligibility of pensioners and the Comptroller General's office is at a u loss to understand the difference. P! At W. B. Rast's basket factory at b< Swansea Tuesday afternoon, Ines a( Carter was almost disemboweled while ai operating a steam augur, which caught fl( - - - " ?411 in his clothing, it is tnougm u?? ?m le die. At the time of the accident. Carter was not in the employ of the fac- a tory, but was idling about experiment's * II w If Jerome Williams, of this State, Cl can be located there is a sum of g( money awaiting him in Columbia. Williams enlisted in tne Philippines. He filed a claim with the government on P! account of some special service and cc after two years the government has allowed it. However, Williams can- jj. not be located, and the department a has written Mr. W. Boyd Evans, of aJ Columbia, to hunt him up. ^ Wednesday night some one of the tc clerks or managers of the company si store at Arkwright Cotton Mill in b< Spartanburg, discovered that some one w was in the store. They opened the ?* door and soon discovered their man. ^ They ordered him to surrender, but j te he attempted to escape. They flrefc j ei on him and brought him down. The i er bail glanced around a rib and it is st rot believed that the wound is a very ! pl serious one. The burglar was a j ?u;?? ?%%?? % livrtn in Cnortan. ! ^ yilUllg W UHC Luau nuu litvo *** v*... burg. The special election held Wednesday fo to decide upon the issuance of $400,000 or in bonds for a new system of waterworks has aroused very little interest. st and the bond issue was authorized by ^ a large majority. The plan is to get 'water from the Broad river and carry f<1 it through an approved system of filtration, a board of experts deciding that tt this is feasible and that absolutely it pure water can be so obtained. A large cc supply is to be obtained to meet the p. growing demands of the city, and the question of pressure, which has been I annoying the town for many years, is ,t 1 to be solved. ,tt Jf .... " TO MEND A KNIFE. * A loosened knife handle can be aatiactorily mended by filling the cavity the handle two thirds iuh or powred rosin nud brick dnst, heat the ank of the knife, and while very it, press It into the handle, holding it place until firmly set. A HANDY RECEPTACLE. The tin boxes in which sweet wafers e purchased are handy receptacles which to stow away sandwiches for ening lunches. Packed carefully, ith lids nicely adjusted, and set on e until needed, the sandwiches aro mptingly moist and cool. TO CLEAN HOT FAT. When hot fat is spilled on table or >or, pour cold water or drop ice on e place immediately to harden the ease and prevent its soaking into e wood, then when attention can be ven to it, wash out with very hot da water and scouring sand. THE KITCHEN SINK. Re sure the kitchen sink is a comfort)le height?especially if you own the use?so no one need stoop over it e dishes are to be washed there. 5ur or five inches in hanging It. make difference to the builder, but the lily annoyance needlessly wears on e nerves of a woman.?Pilgrim. POTATOES IN THE SHELL. Potatoes in the shell are very good, 'sides being wholesome. Bake large itatoes, and when quite done eat off piece from one end and scoop out the side. Mash with salt, pepper, butter, little hot milk, and the white at an :g to three potatoes, the egg beaten iff. Refill the shells and return to e oven for a few minutes. SAG CARPETS HIGH IN FAYOR. Colonial dames, the genuine aTticle ! Colonial days, fine ladies and good josewives of old, would be amazed : the vogue of the rag carpet of today, hlch was never before considered sa stinctly smart n9 now. The rag car t helps to furnish summer bunga ws, mountain camps and seaside cotiges. It is made into large rugs foi itire floors and into smaller ones to > over polished wood or filling. It ii > be found by the yard in. varioui idtbs. Rag carpet, to be sure, goes by a fferent name these days than form ly, but as a "rag-style" carpet it ii ill hit or miss and much, of a mysry as In Its early days.. It Is more 'ten now. however, made up- with an oa of the effect and different materIs are used to produce the desired suit A charming rug is made of iting and cu:".tou flannels. The warp the rug is whites "while the wool la , the outing flannel colors Xhe tones e a soft pink or pale green, witlt hlte canton flannel woven In for a " -\_ dvety border at each end. One musl e to appreciate the beauty of a. white mton flannel rag carpet. Banana Layer Cake?One small cup ' butter and two cups of sugar beatea gether until light; then add one cupil of milk and four eggs well beaten; ten add three cups of flour into which xve been sifted two tea spoonfuls of iking powder. Bake in layer ?ins. lice bananas and place between the yers, covering the bananas with hipped cream. Blackberry Cake?Cream together ro-thirds of a cup of butter and one ip of sugar; add three eggs, whites id yolks beaten separately, four table* loonfuls of milk, in which has beeg ssolved a small teaspooufnl of soda, r>nn oml n hnlf nt flnniv a half tea >oonfuI of cinnamon and the same nount of nntmeg, and lastly one cup 'blackberry jam: stir but lightly after Iding the jam; bake slowly ft a mod ate oven. Date Patty Cakes?Mix a third of a ipful or soft batter with one and onelird cupfnl of brown sugar. When irtly creamed break In two eggs and ?at the mixture until very light. Then Id half a cupful of milk. Add one ad three-quarter eupfnls of sifted aur in which has been mixed two aspoonfuls of baking powder. Beat i a smooth batter, then stir in half teaspoonfui each of cinnamon and utmeg. Add half a pound of date9 hich have had the stones removed, it small, and mixed with a little )ur. Then beat hard for two or three inutes. Bake in small fancy patty ins, in a moderate oven. When cold >ver with vanilla Icing. Good For the Chafing Dish?Put oneilf pound cheese in chafing dish with lump of butter the size of a walnut, id after well mixed put in another ilf pound of cheese, adding from time x: wotoi* tr\ thin If /?hr.ocn 111 LI L- tlJUUpU MUIV4 4V ?M?M ?. loukl become thick. Have prepared ?fore seasoning as follows: One egg ell beaten. nd<} a very small portion ^ ' Dutch mustard, one teaspoouful of , "orcestershire sauce, about one-half >aspoonful of salt and a dash of cayme pepper. Hare toast ^iot and coved with drawn butter. Put one-half >a soiling in chees and mix well and it other half on toast. Cover toast ith cheese and serve. Wedding Rio: Found on Harroir. A blacksmith at Aswarby. near Siea>rd, has made a most curious discovy. He received froin a neighboring farmead a harrow for repairs, and while tese were being executed a twentyro carat gold wedding-ring was iund sticking on to one the teeth f the implement. It is supposed that ie ring was lost 011 the laud and that was picked up by the harrow in the >urse of its work.?I^yuolds' Xewslper. If the camphor bottie becomes roillj; is going to storm. 'J M