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?__ Evaiits of General Interest Told in Short Paragraphs. " ?Capt F. W^ Wagener,, of Charles- j tes?, is spoken oi as a isuccessor in the United States Senate to John h. 3&?Laurin, when the latter resigns. -?n arrangement has been made by vpfcich .the United States Senate will take a final vote on the Philippine hill '??baorrow, Tuesday, at 4 o^clock p. m. r-To-morrow, Tuesday, June 3, is the birthday of Jefferson Davis. The occasion will be appropriately observ ed*, in Charleston, A agusta,/Atlanta, asd other Southern cities. ; ?Mrs. Sol Graysofl, '-near ^?Atlanta, siot and instantly, ki??ed her ")brother iaf-law, Henry Grayson^ Saturday. Mr. Grayson gave himself and his wife to the sheriff. The woman has ijeen acting srangely for some time. ?The Governor has received a report of the appearance of smallpox' ?t Sal ley's, in Orahgeburg County. He has advised Dr. James Evans, of r the State board of health, an& ask?dhrm" ?^give the matter immediate atten tion. ?Acting President Steyn, of the Transvaal,, is suffering from paralysis ^ud will not participate further in the peace conference at ^ereenijging. fie has given his parole and has gone ? to '* Kragersdorp, about fifty miles south west of Pretoria. ?Ex-President Grover Cleveland has accepted an invitation to speak at the opening of the "Tilden Clubi New York, June 19. About 1,500 leading men in the Democratic party have been invited. This is the" first time that Cleveland has consented to address a political audience since his retirement from office. ?The report that Gaynor and Greene, who are now in Quebec, had notified the Attorney General that ifo?? are willing to return to the Uni*:, ted -States and stand : trial beof re any Judge ?f a United Staces court except ing Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia, is denied on the authority of*Attorney General Knox. ; ?Secretary Root has issued a general order decreasing the strength of cur permanent military establishment and changing the ratio of its make-up. In the general -order issued last May the total strentgh of the army was-fixed at 77,'2ST ; men: The order just issued reduces this figure to 66, 487, a reduction of 10,7SO. ?The unanimous verdict of the , nsembeis of the State Press Associa tion who attended the Georgetown meeting is .that it has been the most satisfactory and enjoyable meeting : that thY convention has held, in years. It seemed to be a positive pleasure to the people of Georgetown to entertain tae editorejand their friends. . ?The Suburban handicap, the nest J% turf classic in the East, will be deeided on June 14 at the opening of the racing season at Sheepshead Bay. Of the fifty-three starters named to -go "Watercoior is held as favorite at the short odds of 5 to 1 in the future Iwoks, with Advance Guard and Gold Heels second choices at 8 to L ?Continual morbid brooding over real or imaginary troubles led Josiah Cteorge, an Indian musician, at the Charleston Epxosition, to swallow nearly an ounce of carbolic acid Sat urday. He suffered terrible agony for j atout fifteen minutes and died. The tragedy took place in a room on Com ing Street, where George resided with Ms wife and little girl. Whiskey was - Sie cause- of the rash deed. ?Another eruption of the volcano at Martinique took place Friday after noon, the craters pouring out great, torrents of mud, black smoke and steam./ Loud detonations were heard. "No lives were lost, . but the govern ment party, engaged in. burning the bodies of the victims of .the first great disaster were compelled to stop work - .and leave the island. -The views of. the minority mem ""b?rs of the Senate committee on inter oceanic canals on the canal bill have been presented to the Senate. The report advocates the substitution for the House bill " of the Spooner bill, leaving the selection of routes for an isthmian canal to the President, but it is devoted largely to the purpose of .showing that the Panama route is preferable to the Nicaragua route. ?The Charleston * Exposition was formally closed at midnight of Satur day. It went out literally in a blaze of glory. A grand sham battle, par ticipated in by local military and the Uinted States marines, late in the atfernoon, was one of the principal features of the day. There will be so farther celebration at the Ivory CSty except upon the occasion of the xcmoval of the Liberty Bell on the 7zk instant ?One man was instantly killed and three persons were injured at Gras m?re, Staten Island, N. Y., on Satur day, where automobile speed trials were being made under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America to bieak the world's record for a mile. The machine was Bearing the finish fine after its trial over the course, ?iben the driver seemed to lose con trol of it and it dashed into the big crowd of spectators, with the re sult above described. The trials were stopped by the authorities. ?Acting Governor Wright, of the Philippines, sends the following cable gram to the War Depatment concern ing the finances of the islands: "After making available in United States money appropriations immediately necessary there is left in the insular treasury about $600,000, money of tbe United States. Practically none is being received from customs or inter s?l revenue ; must very soon face the question of obtaining money to pay obligations payable only in money of the United States. Request suggestions ss to method of obtaining money of the United States.''' Five tars of the United States training ship Lancaster are now doing duty on the Charleston County chain gang, as a result of a little disturb ance they indulged in on the streets of this city one day last week. Crack ing rock and handling the pick and shovel are matters involving some what more disagreeable features of physical exertion than skimming aloft, polishing brass and washing down decks. The laddies, however, do not object to the actual work nearly so .much as to the disgrace their indiscre ci?n has brought upon them. Little Doubt He Will Be Court of Claims Judge. Senator McLaurin is just now en gaged in the annoying occupation of trying to convince President Roosevelt that he can be confirmed as Judge of the Court of Claims should such a nomination jgo to the Senate, says a Washington special to the Charleston News and Courier. It has -been freely stated at th? Capitol that Senator Tillman and other Democratic Senators would op pose the nomination of Mr. McLaurin should the President conclude to ap point him to a, life position in the judicial branch of the Government Iti s understo?d'tbat the President .as forfmaliy tendered an appointment to the Court of Claims to Senator ^McLaurin, but with the understand I ing. that there must be no protraeted \ contest over the nomination. To that f end certain Senators, who are person ally friendly to the junior Senator ? from South Carolina, have'received an ^intimation that a letter to the Presi ! dent from them in behalf of Senator McLaurin's appointment would be considered as a partial guarantee that his selection would be acceptable to "his Senatorial associates. ' It is taken for granted, of course, that/the Repub licans are unanimous in their endorse 'meat of his appointment. ? It is said ibfit friendly letters, ' setting forth Senator McLaurin's legal and personal qualifications for a place on the Court of Claims bench, have been written to the President by Senators Morgan and Pettus, of Alabama ; Bai lev, of Texas : MeEnery, of Louisiana ; McLaurin. of Mississippi ; Taliaferro,' of Florida, and that one or two others have indi cated an intention to do likewise. It has been the custom of the Senate for many years for Senators on both sides of the chamber to make a unan imous request to the President to take care of popular Senators who are about to retire from that- body through n? fault of their own. It is doubtful whether Senator Till man would go to the extent of joining in a unanimous request to the Presi dent in behalf of his young colleague, but those who have talked with him on the subject of the McLaurin ap pointment have been impressed with the idea that he would raise no seri ous objection to such a choice by the President. It is contended that the appointment of Senator McLaurin to such an important position'would be in the nature of a substantial verifica tion of the charges which Senator Tillman has made against his col league, in and out of the Senate, to the effect that Senator McLaurin's de sertion from the Democratic party was induced or influenced to some degree by the promise of future reward at the 'lands of the Republican administra tion. Independence in Cotton. < The grip obtained upon thousands of growers in the fouror five years im mediately succeeding the war will not be relaxed without a struggle on the part of those who gain by it, whether or not cotton is raised at'great cost or at small. But it is possible for the grip to be gradually loosened until it has ceased to be a b?rden? The process of loosening is through the raising of more corn and more bacon by the cot ton-growers themselves. High prices of foodstuffs in the South are shared by th? rest of the country, and while they may be partly due to the artificial influence of combines of the handlers of meat products, the opportunity of the combines came with a shortage both of live-stock and of the food of live-stock. Southern cotton-growers have the remedy for themselves in their own hands within the next year or. two. They ought to be in a posi ton, and any of them may reach it, to be independent of the prices of food stuffs, and consequently to enjoy the gre?tei benefit should the reign of high prices, which seems likely to prevail for several, years, extend to cotton.?Southern Farm Magaizne. They Object to Judge Speer. Messrs. Greene and Gaynor, the American fugitives now in prison in Quebec, of their own choice, to avoid extradition to answer the charge of embezzlement in connection with the case of Capt. 0. M. Carter and the frauds in the Savannah harbor con tracts, have notified the Attorney General that they are willing to re tura to the United States and stand trial before any Judge of a United States court excepting Judge Emory Speer, of Georgia. This astonishing statement was made, says a Washington dispatch, by Andrew J. Rose, one of the leading counsel in the case of Capt. Carter, and afterwards prominent as one of the defenders of Messrs. Greene and Gaynor. A Woman's Grave Decorated. In the Decoration Day ceremonies at the Florence national cemetery last Saturday, Mrs. Theodore Kuker espe cially decorated the woman's grave with a waiter of the choicest flowers. It is not generally known that a wom an is buried here It is a bit of ro mance that one seldom encounters. It appears that she enlisted to follow her sweetheart. Donning men's clothes, she entered a company, a frail looking youth, was in several battles and finally captured, was sent to Ander, son ville, Ga., where she suffered the hardships of prison- life and endured them rather than have her identity disclosed, which would have caused her immediate release. From Ander sonville she was transferred to Flor ence, where she died, and only at her death was it known that she was a woman. Tillman, June 1.?Today about 12.30 Mr G. E. Box, postmaster, shot and fatally wounded Mr. McCrary, section foreman. The shooting occurred at the Baptist Church. The cause of the difficulty is unknown. Immedi ately after the shooting Box fled to Ridgeland. where he was arrested by Officer Buikner. The latest in fine stationery just re ceived and placed on sale at H. G. Osteen & Co's book store. PEAGE IN S Lord Kitchener Cables That Terms Of Surrender Have Been Signed. London, Jane 2.?Peace has been declared after nearly twc years and eight months of a war which tried the British empire to its uttermost and wiped the Boers from the list of na tions. " The war has come to an end with i Lord Kitchener's announcement from Pretoria, that he, Lord Milner and the Boer delegates had signed ' ' terms of surrender." This announcement has been anticipated for several days, and it was definitely forecasted, but its re ceipt Sunday aftenoon took the na tion by surprise, as everybody had confidently believed that the house of commons would hear the first news today. The edge of the anticiptaion with which Great Britain awaited the promised statement in the house of commons from Mr. Balfcur, the government leader, was still further dulled by the following message from King Edward to his people, which was issued after midnight : "The king has received the wel come news of the cessation of hostili ties in South Africa with infinite s?tisafction, and his majesty trusts that peace may speedily be followed by the restoration of prosperity in his new dominions, and that the feelings necessarily engendered by war will give place to earnest cooperation on the part ?f his majesty's South Afri can subjects in promoting the welfare of their common country.'' How greatly King Edward's insist ence that peace in South Africa be secured prior to his coronation influ enced the present agreement will prob ably not be known until the private memoirs of the present reigme are given to the public. "MY *GOD? IT IS IMPOSSIBLE!" According to a dispatch to The Daily Express from Utrecht, Holland, Mr. Kruger was informed shortly after 9 o'clock last night that peace had been declared. He had been asleep. "My God," he said, "it is impossible 2" Mr. Kruger and his entourge, the dispatch' continues, hope to be permit ted to return to the TransvaaL This, however, -is quite unlikely. The news which Great Britain was so anxiously awaiting came character istically on an entirely pacific and un interesting Sunday afternoon, when London presents a deserted appear ance. Very late Saturday night a dis patch was received from Lord Kitch ener, in which he said the Boer dele gates were coming to Pretoria, that they had accepted Great Britain's terms and that they were prepared to .j sign terms of surrender. Mr. Brod erick, the war secretary, personally communicated this message to King Edward, who was at Buckingham palace. But the government declined to take any chances, and nothing con cerning the receipt of this message was allowed to leak out At about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the war oSice received the following dispatch from Lord Kichener, dated Preoria, 11.15 p. m., Saturday, May 31: "A document concerning terms of surrender was signed here this even ing at half-past 10 o'clock by all the Boer representatives, as well as by Lord Milner and myself." Volcanic Dust in Anderson. An Anderson gentleman has some of the volcanic dust that came from Mont Pelee. There is no doubbt as to its genuineness. The gentleman, Mr. A. L. Lilney, has a sister living in Sa vannah, whose husband is a quarantine officer at that port. A few days ago a Norwegian bark arrived in Savannah. The ship WBS passing within about 400 miles of Mont Pelee on the 7th of May, the day the eruption took place, and the decks of the vessel were covered with the volcanic dust. When the ship arrived in port the quarantine officer secured some of the dust and gave it to bis w fe, .who sent some of it'to her brother in Anderson. The dust is about the color of wood ashes, and in touch resembles flour. It is more like finely powdered pumice stone than anything else. Two mem bers of The Daily Msily staff, in sheer curiosity, tasted it It had a sulphur ous, burnt taste..?Anderson Mail. President Kruger Vif ili Sign. It is said in Brussels that the Boer delegates in Europe now admit that peace in South Africa has been se cured and that the settlement between the Boers and Great Britain will be signed in the names of the former citi zens of the South African Republics who are now in Europe, including Mr. Kruger, thus preventing the irrecon cilables from continuing a. guerrilla warfare on the pretext that they are obeying the orders of the Boer dele gates in Europe. Embarrassed the Bride. The stories that are afloat in Wash ington regarding the personalty and characteristics of Minister Wu, who was in Charleston last week, are in numerable. You can hear them every where in the capital city. Some are true and, as is generally the case with a man prominent in the public eye, many are far from being so. One amusing tale regarding the Chinese minister's attendance at a society wedding recently will bear repetition. The best man at the wedding, while the congratulations were in order, spied Minister Wu, and, being de sirons of doing something really nice for the bride, approached the repre sentative of the "son of heaven" and asked him to congratulate the bride af ter the manner obtaining in the celes tial kingdom. The ever obliging Wu stepped for ward and with his courtly and digni fied bow began: "May this union ? bring to you, fair one, every happiness known under the sun, and may you bear many, many children and may your children bear many, many children? The poor bride had almost f^?ted when he obliging young man ;JHkd Minister Wu by the arm and i JaHfted him from the nearly hysticaj A few dozen large feathe: at less than wholesale cost out. H. G. Osteen & Co. m MIED BOMS. House of Commons Hears Peace Agreement Stated. Boers Acknowledge England's Sovereignty But Have Other Demands Granted. BURGHERS WILL NOT PAY THE COST * OF THE WAR. London, June 2.?Not in years has the house of commons been so thronged with such a briliant and enthusiastic audience as when the first lord of the treasury and government leader in the h^use, A. J. Balfour, announced this afternoon the peace terms concluded with the Boers. As the liberality of the terms grew plainer, the cheers on the government side of the house diminished, while the opposition increased. Balfour arose at 2:40 p. m., and an nounced the terms of peace in South Africa as follows : "His excellency Lord Milner, in be half of the British government : his ex ellency Mr. Steyn, Gen. Bremner, Gen DeWet and Judge Hertzog, act ing in behalf of the Orange Free State, end Gen. Schalk. Burger, Gen. Reitz, Gen Louis Botha and Gen. De LaRey, actingin behalf of their respec tive burghers, desiring to terminate the present hostilities, agree to the follow ing terms: "The burgher forces in the field will forthwith lay down their arms j and hand over ? all guns, rifles an>d I ammunition of war in their possession ! or under their control and desist from j further resistance and acknowledge ; King Edward VII as their lawful sov ! eriegn. "The manner and details of this sur j render will be arranged between Lord Kitchener and Commandant General Botha, assisted by Gen. De La Rey ? and Chief Commandant De Wet. j "Second, all the burghers outside the limits of the Transvaal and Orange [River Colony and all prisoners of war ! at present outside South Africa who are burghers will, on duty declaring their acceptance of the position of sub ; jects of his majesty, be brought back to their homes as means of transport can be provided and means of subsist ence assured. "Third, the burghers so returning will not be deprived of their personal liberty or property. "Fourth, no proceedings, civil or criminal, will be taken against any burghers surrendering, or so return ing, for any acts in connection with the prosection of the war. The bene fits of this clause do> not extend to cer tain acts contrary to the usages of-war which had been notified by the com-' mander-in-chief to the Boer generals, which shall be tried by court martial after the close of hostilities. "Fifth, the Dutch language will be taught in the public schools of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, where the parents desire it, and will be allowed in the courts of law, for the better and more effectual administra tion of justice. "Sixth, possession of rifles will be allowed in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony to persons requiring them for their protection on taking out a license according to law. "Seventh, the military administra tion of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony will at the earliest possible date be succeeded by a civil govern ment : and so soon as circumstances permit, representative institutions, leading up to self-government, will be introduced. "Eighth, the question of granting the franchise to natives will not be decided until after the introduction of self-government. "Ninth, no special tax will be im posed on landed property in the Trans vaal or Orange River Colony to defray the expenses of the war.' "Tenth, as soon as the conditions permit it a commission to which the local inhabitants will bo represented will be appointed in each district of the. Transvaal and Orange River Col ony, under the presidency of a magis trate or other official, for the purpose of assisting in the restoration of the people to their homes, and supplying those who, owing to war losses, are unable to provide for themselves, with food and shelter and the necessary amount of seed, stock and implements, etc., indispensable to the resumption of their normal occupation. His ma jesty's government will place at the disposal of these commissions the sum of three million pounds sterling and will allow all the notes issued under the law of 1900 of the South African Republic, and all receipts given up to officers in the field of the late repub lics, or under their orders, to be pre sented to a judicial commission, which ! will be appointed by the government, and if such notes and receipts are found by this commission to have been duly issued in return for valua ble ""considerations, they will be re ceived by the f rst named commission as evidence of war losses suffered by. the persons to which they were origi nally given. "In addition to the above named free grant of three million pounds sterling, his majesty's government will be pre pared to make advances, or loans, for the same purposes, free of interest for two years, and afterwards repaya ble, overa period of years, with 30 per cent, interest. No foreigner or rebel will be entitled to benefit under this clause." After he had conc uded reading the peace agreement, Mr. Balfour pro ceeded : "There are certain important points not dealt with in the document I have just read, and which was signed on Saturday night. Therefore it may be convenient if I read a dispatch from Lord Kitchener to the secretary of state for war, dated May 30, as fol lows : "After handing the Boer delegates a copy of the draft of the agreement, I read them a statement and gave them a copy of it, as follows: "His majesty's government must place on record that the treatment of the Cape and Natal colonists who have been in rebellion and who now surren der will, if they return to their colon ies, be determined by the colonial courts and in accordance with the laws of the colonies, and any British sub jects who have joined the enemy will be liable to trial under the law of that part of the British empire to which they belong. "His majesty's government are in formed by the Cape government that their views regarding the terms to be granted to British subjects in Cape Colony now in the field, or who have surrendered or' been captured since April 12, 1901, are as follows: With regard to the rank and file, they should all, after surrender and giving up their arms, sign a document before the resi dent magistrate of the district in which they surrender, acknowledging themselves guilty of high treason, and the punishment to be accorded them, provided they are not guilty of murder or acts contrary to the usages of civil ized warfare, shall be that they are not entitled for life to be registered voters or vote in any parliamentary or pro vincial council or municipal election. "With reference to justices of the peace, field cornets and all others who hold official postions under the govern ment of Cape Colony, or who have been occupying a position of authority, or who have held commands in the rebel or burgher forces, they shall be tried for high treason before the or dinary courts of the country, or such special courts as may hereafter be con stituted, their punishment to be left to the discretion of such court, with the proviso that in no case shall the penalty of death be inflicted. ' ' The Natal government are of the opinion that rebels should be dealt with according to the law of that colony. " "These arrangements," concluded Mr. Balfour, "the government have approved. ' ' CLEHSOH COLLEGE. Commencement Exercises This Week?The Graduates. The commencement exercises of Clemson College will be inaugurated on Friday next, June 6. The follow ing are the members of the graduating class this year: In the course of chemistry and agri culture: E. B. Boykin, Darlington County: E. Brockmann, Jr, Rich land County; J. M. Burgess^ Clar endon County; G. H. Hardin, Oconee County: J. E. Martin, Jr, Charleston County; L. H. McCul lough, Williamsburg County; F . Norris, Orangeburg County; S. M. Robertson, Pickens County; D. H. Sally, Aiken County: J. B. Tinsley, Union County: M. E. Zeigler, Or angeburg County. In the course of mechanics and engi neering: G. E. Bamberg, Bamberg County ; . . Barre, Lexington Co. ; E. G. Campbell, Charleston County ; . T. Cantev, Clarendon County: A. B. Carr, Richland County; G.' B. Clinkscales, Spartanburg County; W. W. Coleman, Aiken County; F. Crawfnl, Pickens County ; C. Douthit, Anderson County; J. C. Earle, An derson County; C. \N. Gignilliat, Oconee County, F. M. Gunby, Or angeburg County ; F. M. Jordan, Oconee County: E. J. Larsen, Colle ton County: G. T. McGregor, Rich land County: J. D. Meador, Union County: T. H. Munro, Union County; T. R. Phillips, Orangeburg County; H. T. Poe, Greenville County ; C. I L. Reid, York County ; J. M. Rodger, Union County ; C. H. Seigler, Aiken County ; M. A. Sitton, Anderson ? County ; W. F. Sneed, Charleston County ; S. C. Stewart, Pickens County ; H. G. Stokes, Hampton County ; D. A. J. Sullivan, Charleston County: S. M. Ward, Jr., Georgetown County; J. B. Watkins, Saluda County; H. A. Wilson, Sumter County. In the course of textile industry : R. Barrett, York County; J. H. Brown, Oconee County; W. E. Chap man, Greenville County; W. F. Cole, Rockingham, N. C. : W. B. Cothrah, Greenwood County; B. C. Cromer, Anderson County: J. E. Gettys, York Cpunty : D. Jennings, Charles ton County; H. B. Jennings, Charles ton County ; David Kohn, Orangeburg County ; H. F. Little, Spartanburg ! Countv; F. E. Pearman, Anderson County; W. T. Prescott, Edgefield County; T. C. Shaw, Abbeville County ; J. H. Spencer, York County ; T. B. Spencer, York County; W. G. Templeton, Abbeville County. ANOTHER BRAVE SCIENTIST. American Explorer Ascends La Soufri?re During Eruption, Kingstown, Island of St Vincent, B. W. L, Friday, May 30.?La Son friere volcano is still active. Another eruption occurred at 3 o'clock this morning. It was accompanied by a thunderous noise and a shock of earth quake, while volumes of dense vapor ascended to such a height that they, were visible from Kingstown. The vapor formed a thick cloud over the cater of the volcano and this cloud was illuminated as if by fire. In the crater itself the lightning was more vivid than upon any previous occasion. No damage was done and the erup tion ceased at the end of an hour. With the exception of these occurrences the night was quiet and the weather fair. Throughout Friday the crater was capped with dense gray and silver clouds and sand fell heavily this morn ing on the leeward side of the moun tain, within a radius of eight miles. The American scientist who started to ascend La Soufri?re is still striving to reach the summit. During the inter vals when the volcano was quiet yester day he reached a point almost half way up the mountains. He reports, to the awe of the inhabitants, that the island of St. Vincent may subside. There are clear indications, he says, that a con siderable portion of the leeward dis trict will subside. Owing to the continuous rain there have been heavy floods in the wind ward district of the island and many houses have been washed way or filled with mud. At Rabacca, the store house, a large brick building, was washed away into the sea by a stream of mud. A woman's editorial association had a dinner in Tokeka and one of the toasts was "Woman: Without Her, Man Is a Brute." It must have been a cynical typo who set up the type, for this is the way the toast read in print: "Woman, Without Her Man, Is a Brute." Just how much of a rumpus this raised may possibly be imagined ; it certainly cannot be de scribed. TOUBHQU? SOUTH DARUIM Current Events in the Palmetto State Laconically Recorded. ?Light frost was reported in Spar tanbnrg County last Wednesday morn-. ing. ?Preparations are being made for the erection of the Farmers and Mer chants Bank building at Walterboro. ?A hook and ladder company is to be organized among the young men of Clinton. The machine has already arrived. ?A pardon has been asked for Dr. M. G. Lee, who killed his father and is now serving a life sentence in the penitentiary for the crime. ?Gratifying progress is being made on the work of putting in the new wa ter works system at Florence, and it is very likely that water will be .turn ed on by July 1. ?The Rev. James G. Glass, rector of the Episcopal Church at Summer ville, has accepted a call to Anniston, Ala, and will assume charge of his new parish about July 1. ?There has been almost a chicken famine at Anderson this spring. Grown hens have been selling at 30 to 35 cents, and young chickens sell from 15 to 20 cents?and no questions asked. ?In the event of the President ap pointing Senator MeLaurin Judge of the Court of Claims, it is said that Governor McSweeney will appoint Col. James A. Hoyt" to the vacant senatorship. ?Says the Atlanta Constitution: "Jenkins has got a sword all right? but Jim Tillman has got one also." But Jenkins has his by his side and Tillman has his on his hands."? Kingstree Mail. ?Rumor has it that when the trustees of^Wofford College will meet nest week Dr. Carlisle will insist on his resignation as president of Wofford College being accepted. He has made no^staement for the public as to the matter. ?The new church of the Second Presbtyerian congregation, soon to be built in Columbia, is the gift of Mrs. George Cotton Smith. Mrs. Smith has been exceedingly kind ? to this church before. Two years ago she made the congregation a present of a 85,000 mortgage that was on the building, and she has since remodeled the manse at a cost of $2,000. ?The following is the text of the law in regard to the killing of birds and robbing birds' nests: "No person or persons shall at any time or place within the state take, kill, sell, expose for sale, export beyond th? limits of the State, any mocking bird, non-pa ri el, swallow, bee bird, red bird, woodpecker, thrush, or wren, under a pnealty of 85 for each "hird so taken, killed, sold, exposed four sale or ex ported beyond the limits of the. State. No person or persons shall destroy or rob the nests of any kind of said birds, under the penalty of $10." "ALTRUISM ANO CHARITY." Subject of a Striking Sermon by Bishop Spalding, of Peor?a. The Right Rev. John Lancaster Spalding, D. D,. Bishop of Peor?a, Ills., at Detroit, Sunday afternoon, de livered the sermon of the National Federation of Corrections and Chari ties. His subject was "Altruism nad Cbarity." "Love of self is the radical passion of human nature," said Bishop Spald ing in opening. "All advance is an ascent from the primitive and super ficial self towards the true self, which is born of the union of the soul with truth, justce and love. Every worthy form of individual activity is altruis tic. The money paid is never the ?quivalent of the work done, and the laborerer, whatever he be, must look beyond the price be gets to the good he does, must interfuse good-will and the desire or be of help with all he does, and with all he receives for what he does, or he will shrivel into some thing that appears to be alive, but is Continuing, he said : really dead." "To do good to enemies is now recog nized to be the duty of society, not less than of the individuals. We have come to understand that the real crim inal is often the social body itself, rather than the man or woman it cor rupts and then punishes. Our pro gress consist largely in the discovery of remedies for ignorance and impo tence." The Bishop referred in strong terms to improvident marriages, saying: "Reckless and senseless marriages are an inexhaustible source of evil." He declared that wedlock was en tered into too carelessly and said : "So long as this poison fountain re mains open, so long will vice and pau perism continue to breed degradation and wretchedness. Homes that, are hells thwart the wisest efforts to re form abuses." He referred to the tremendous influ ence of women and said : "If they were more serious, large minded, intelligent, unselfish and lov ing, three-fourths of the depravity and sin which make life a curse would dis appear. The fountain head of social good or evil, or of vice and crime, or of honor and virtue, is in the home, and the wife or mother make or un make the home." Regarding the right kind of charity the Bishop said: "The special vice of the thriftless and delinquent is heedlessness and recklessness. We must train them to forethought. Consideration and atten tion and personal influence, no alms giving, is the proper means whereby this may be accomplished. If we would save them, we must save them from ; themselves." A BARGAIN IN PENS. ; Esterbrook's Superior Stee! Pens, All Sizes. For Sale. t ! Sumter, S. C, May 20.-We have \ just bought, at a sacrifice sale, oO ? gross Esterbrook's Pens, assorted sizes, ! which we offer at 30 cents a gross. ! The Esterbrook pen is the standard in i quality and is never sold for less than 75 cents a gross?many stationers j charge SI a gross. _ ? H. G. OSTEEN & CO., Liberty Street.