The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, February 19, 1902, PAGES 3 TO 6., Image 1
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PAGES 3 TO 6. WINNSBORO, S. C., WVED.NESDAX , FEBRUARY 19,1902. AE 3'o6
ISOUTHI SNOW-CLAD.
Beaviest Snowfall Recorded in Recent
Years.
RAILWAY TRAFFiC WAS BLOCKE'
hlaximum Depth of Snow Was Re
ported From Char!otte, N. C., At
;6 Irches-.
Atlanta, Ga. Speci.a.-The storm
which was central Saturday mo:'ing
near Vicksburg has moved e,.slward
giving :he section of the country over
which it passed .a variety of wcather.
The disturbance caused rain. snov and
sleet, and thunderstorms occu:rred at
Vicksburg, Montgomery and Charics
ton. The snow is the heaviest of the
winter in many places, Charlotte re
porting 15 inches; Nashville 12; Knox
ville 10; Chattancoga 10, and Atlanta 3.
Freezing temperature extended south
to a line running southwest from- Wil
mington, N. C., through the central
pcrtion of the cotton belt.
In Atlanta street car traffic - was
seriously. terfered with, many of the
suburban lines temporarily abandoning
their schedules. ,Sleighing was in
dulged in on many of the residence
streets.
Train service from the east was not
seriously Interr.upted.
Asheville, N. C.-Special-Ten inches
of snow has fallen here within 36
hours. Street car and railroad trarfic
was affected but not to any serious
extent.
Chattanooga.--Special.-One of the
most severe snow storms in years has
covered the ground with eight lncles
of snow here. A number of factories
were unable to start their machinery
owing to the inability of employes to.
reach the' city from their suburban
homes on accoqnt of the street 'cars
being blockcd. Street cars and trafiqc
of all kinds is greatly. .mpeded in
Knoxvil!e and nauy wires are down.
Norfolk, Va.-Special.-It heavy fall
of snow began here Saturlay morning
shortly after 5 o'clock and continued
during the greater part of the day.
Over three inches fell according to the
weather bureau measurment, but a st.ff
wind made the drifts much deeper.
Blacksburg, .. S. - C.-Special.-The
snowfall here amc-unted to .18 inches.
No trains moved in any direction for
several hours.
Saluda, N. C.-Special.-The heaviest
snow in 20 years, 13 inches on the
1e'rel. Drif in places four feet deep.
Rock . Hill.-Special.-Snow began
falling here at 4 o'clock Friday after
noon and ccntinued until late In the
night and as a onsequcnce we have
about 10 inches of~the beautiful. Al
ready the sleigh-bells are jingling. So
* seldom is it that swe have a good snow
that the young pcoplie to not allow
* I to get good settled before getting out
the selighs.
Ninety-Six. S. C.-Spccial-The snow
* is five to six inches deep and cauight
mnany people shor~t of wool.
Laurens. S. C.-Special-Eight inches
of snow feil hore. This -nakes six or
seven snows this season. All except
this one has been lighat, however.
Small grain will be greatly benefitted
by it.
Clemson College.-Special.-Nture
has put on her white organdiie. Eleve-1
Inches of snow at 7 a. in. Saturday, andI
cloud Indications are th:it more will
*fall. It began snowing at 2 p. mn. Fri
day and was snowing heavily at 11
p. mn. Thbe heaviest snot' storm here
*in years.
Charleston. - Special. -- Charleston
maintains its record for unusual weath
er. Early Saturday morning in the
space of seven hours. .92 of an inch
of rair fell, which is the heaviest rmin
fall since last August. Cnarieston has
been undergoing a very severe drougnt
and the raininll was sufficient to end
the drought if it was caught in the cis
terns. The rain was accompanied by
a 30 mile wind and a thunclerstorm.
which was the worst that has passed
over Charleston in a lon: time. In a
few housa the temperature jnmw'd
f-rm 38 decrees to 54 dleg-ees and 'i
fell down to 3G derees. Alj-o"4t-'er :t
w~as a. night of *oe'iar' wouther en'1
furnishes interestin statstcs for theP
weather bureau to cominle.
Miss Stone'" Ran'om Pa.i*
Constantinois. Py """>.-The ran
paid. The li'rit of 'i"'e fr the~ r
of th' esi. s n't i-it ex .
agents is hourly c'pc'ed
WahirnZ h en. ~a -Th -
to the brigand 'n 's. "o on
uSnero thca thIe h ~ i
inade a conditionl 'hat they sh'all havr
a period of a wee' or tcn ays
which to mah:e see thi ~f era
befre- the prisoner is delivered up.
PRESIDENT RETURNS
ils Son Much Improved and Hle is T
Back in Wshington.
Washington, Sp'cial.-Presidcnt
Roosevelt returned to the White
House Friday forenoon in a very hap- th
py frame of mind, after five anxious
days at the bedside of his boy, who i
has been critically ill with puen-monia tar
at Groton, Mass. fer
In his home-coming the President to
had a chance to mak e three sho t lo
rear car speeches to the crowds at
Wo:rcester, Woousecket andI Proi bui
dence. in each he assured the w'- hu
ing hundreds that ""1' was all ovI
right and out of tie woos, a an sta
each case the crowd samed ts as
joyous as the Pre.ident ad i
vocifcrously. The jour"ne, aifer 1- .. pr
ing Providence, Was uneven:d 1. re:
There were ony a few people at the off
Pennsylvania stai he:e 'hen :hre ap:
train arrived. As. an' Secret:' to
Loeb met him -n the party was hi
driven to the %, aite House. rea
Young Rcoscveat W ti2r. wa
Groton, Mass.. Speelal.-Friday
was an uneventful day at the Groton an
i to
School. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., has pa
Improved very rapidly and for the pri
frrst time since his illness he partook
of solid food, meat heing included in off
the diet. At each taking of the chart in
showing the respiration, it indicated
patient was normal. azd from all ap- ing
pearances the convalescence was una pal
interrupted. It is hoped that the boy da;
will be able to sit up by Monday.
Young Roosevelt's lungs are rapidly bil
clearing, with the possibility of re- H
storation being completed in a few a
days. ret
min
Seriousfy Burned. oul
Charlotte, Special.-At 3:45 o'clock als
from the office of the Charlotte Tel- bo:
Saturday morning smoke, issuing ers
phone Company, in the Davidson the
buildinr, on North Tryon stree, toN
cause, Policeman Hargett to turn the
in a fire alarm; and as he and Police- th1
man Johnson ran toward the build
ing they heerd the screaming of som .o
one in agony. Just as the officers 69
started to run up the steps that ,%d bi
to the telephone office, which is on m
the third floor of the building, they eV(
saw a woman, whose clothes were in
burning from feet to head, run
down the last. flight of stai's. This
was 'Miss Mamie McKane, the nigh t
operator of the Qharlotte Telephcne Ir
Company. Quic .
her. covered her as' well as possihie Th
with snow and sought, as rapidly as fil
possible. to extinguish the flames. Se,
But little clothing covered the un- th
fortunate girl, and in a few minutes So,
these ceased to smoulder and she dis
was carried into Jordan's drug store. me
It was discovered that. clothing the ani
entire length of her body bad been sh.
burned until, at touch. it fell away, C
and exposed sadly balckened and wb
burned flesh. Her agony was intense ch,
and most pitiable. Se,
The firemen responded immediately bai
to the alarm, but when they arrived Se,
they found no fire to extinguish ex- Ed
cept the flames that came from burning dis
clothes and blankets that had been pr<
thrown from the telephone office and cai
had caught on wircs above the pave- Sa:
I ment in front o. Jordan's drug store. on
A number of sympathetic peoie th
gathered to aid the suffering, but lofth
t'ese with the exception of Mr. Clin- gr
ton R. ayers, of the'*drug store staff C
wre 'hel'-s in the presence of the
cal1mity. Be''re physlcians could be B
rached he didl everything possible to an
al'tlevito pain that was bho'rible even
to wi tness Finally, after t'no physi tde
cans had arr!ved. Miss McKane w's be:
taken to the hospital. The full extenit j
of her injuries had not been as-ertain-bl
ed at 4:30 o'clock. It is feared that her' I
injuries will prove fatal. Ye
In the room with Miss MeKane was as
her brother. Paul. a hay of 9 ye~rs old.
who ne on some blankets in the cor- TI
ner of the room. As she ran here and bu
tere in the room the clothing fromte
Miss McKne's clothes set.fire to there
blankets, and they we-e hurled, subse
quently, from the window to the pev''~pr
mnt. Paul stated that he was awak- wh
ened by hearing his sister sere-amn. and
knows nothing as to the origtin of the
fire. He followed her down the stairs. wa
too frightened to cry. anid remained bui
with her until her relatives Camne. of
Miss Mc'Kane is a (daughter of Mr. in
Paul McKane, who lives on East 1-ill of
street. She is a most estimable young cor
lady with a large cirele of friends. who a
will deplore the distressing ccourrence. hn
- - Sp
The Cotto-i Suply
New Orleans, Spe"ci?-1--recray fb
Hester's sttemenlt of the v'-rm s vi' i
ble supply of cotlon "'sceI Fi- da w
shows the total visible to be 4.44-10 the
bales. ap!-s.t 4.4.51.713 last vweek - h
4095.S21 lalt year. Of t~ 'e toal
Arerican (-,ta is 3 7~' b
aaint 3i~11 l-'st w.
C 1 rs year, and er a'l. , sto
c'udin a gypi, Brazil,)1r .. --0o to
000,aais Cl t nd-1 .-~ ent
C000 irt yt:.0 teY Ih
su'ov" cc cotton the1re - n lat
a ndj held in G- at Britan' -"U
tal C~1 Eurp 2.:i2-' *rd b
$40o 000 Fire. n
Elizabeth Cty. N. C.. SpeciaL -A T
Thmp explcosifn in t hem m~;' ( Vt
Taior, 001--2. cao::md a fee at S th im
eforfr hou--- b'-fore - i 1 h.otn
TIlE NEW DISI5CTS.
e Counties Stand About as They
Will Remain.
HOUSE.
wenty-second Day-The :House had
Trust bill under discussion during
entire day, both morning and even
sessions being devoted to its c.n
eration without accomplishing any
tgible results. The amend:nents of
ed were all voted drsn and a mno:ion
strike out the enacting words was
+ by- a goed majority.
wenty-third Day-The House did
little business outside of routine
iness. There was much discussion
r the matters of re-districting the
te, but the senate bill flnal'v passed
given in these columius.
.wenty-fourtir Day-.Vhen the ap
>pi-ation bill came Lu fcr third
ding Mr. Harve'. Wisoa, chalirman
(red an amedment to increase the
)ropriatio- for priniing from $12,0
$20,C00. The code must be printed
s year, he explained, and that will
ke the difference. The amendment
s agreed to.
he hcuse furnther agrecd to the
endment to , ovide S25 additional
have the. printed on stropger
>er on wI the acts are 'now
nied.
here were no other amendments
red and the bil passed third read
and was sent to the senate.
L night Eession gas held, but noth
of general interest was dis
ched. The house adjourned till Fri
n 10 a. m.
wenty-fifth Day-Both the "supply
s" were given second reading in the
use. The proposed drainage law
s killed as was Mr. DeBruhl's bill to
aire all foreign corporations locat
'to do business in this State to take
:charters in this State. The Hodse
D' passed ihe' bill to require county
rds of education to name the teach
in the 'county -summer schools and
several bills to give relief to certain
rnships which voted bonds in aid of
Greenville a'nd Port .Royal roaq
ich was never built.
he House was .ia sessiOn neariy
ht hours and began to get the heavy
[Is out of the wa$. There will be
ny bills to die'.bn the aalendar, how
iybecause they cannot be taken up
time.
SENATE.
,venty-second Day-There was .a
and at times.z-'+ I1ta4
5eh!ats over the redi tricting bill.
e ineasure, as it passed the House,
lly passed its second reading in the
ate, with the single amendment
t Clarendon is taken from the
enth district and nlaced in the Vicst
trict. It Is thought that this amend
nt will be agreed to by the House
i that the bill will be ratified in this
Lpe.
enator Gruber offered -an amend
ich would have materiaUy
inged the First, Second and
renth districts, but af.1er a long O
:e the amendment was lost. When
iator Mayfield undertook to have
gefield and Saluda placed in separate
tricts. This brought forth a spirited
itest from Senator She -'ard, who
-rled his point, and Edgefield and
uda remain side by side in the Se:
I district.
he redistricting bill. as it passed
Senate yesterday, arranges the Coa
ssional districts as follows:
~irst District-Charleston. Berkeley,
lraton. Clarendon and Dot-chester.
eco-nd District-Aikenx. Bamberg.
rnwell, Beaufor;, Edgelield, Saluda
i Hampton.
hird Distrct-Ph-:erns, Oconv'e. Ali
son, Abbeville, Greenwood and New
ry.
ourth District-Laurenxs. Sp3.rtan
g. Greenville andUnion.
Sifth District-Cherokee. Chester,
rk, Fair-field, Kershaw;, Chesterfield
I Lancaster.
~ixth District-Marlboro, Marion,
rry, Darlington, Fiorence, Williams
g and Georgetown.
eventh District-Richmond. Sum
,Orangchurg and Lexington.
'wenity - third Day - The Senate
at the day on the question of ap
priations. The bill as given else
ere in these columns was passed
hout material change.
'wenty - fourth Day - The Senate
s in session more than six hours,
during that time no great number
matters was acted upon-debate bc
the order of the day. Nearly all
the morning was consumed in the
tsideration of the bill to provide for
:ommission to settle the boundary
Sdispute between Greenville and
irtanburg. The hill was killed.
Lt the night session Senator May
d's bill to provide for .the establish
nt of a state fertilizer plant was
ed,as was also a joint resolution,
ch had bc-fore passed the house, for
appointmrent of a committee to in
tigaste the feasibility of such a
ee.
'he bill to mak" domest:c fowls sub
to the provisions of the general
c-k law .was also i:iikcd by a refusal
adot the report cf the free confer
e committee, which had the bill in
id.
he free conference committee re
ted on the house .on the "chicken
."The committee re-porte-d in fa
-of the bill as It left the house. re
ing th.e seote amendraent. The
meO had proe to m:se the pro
!aso t3ebil 0pply to ':i-:ens as
i as ',-her domesi, . *..-is. The
-r -s a !at of '-l naredl dis.cus
' o' Lt' caot n t' he ro:e en the
to.''rre w:: abourt to be
,.n \,~ th ea . ve r word
e er-m-'s report. The house
ovw-d suit. arnd the bill is dead.
he f::itwing neov bills were intro
act reguisiing the rate of interest upon
contracts arising in this state for the
other commodity.
By the committee on drainage, to .
provide for cleaning out the streams
and draiiing the swamps and bottom
lands of this state.
The cammittee to which was referred
the bill to establish Lee county re
ported favorably on its passage. The
objections which were urged against
the bill, aid which at one time threat
ened to defeat it, have been found to be
not substantiated, and the bill will now
be passed without further interefernce.
Twenty-fifth Day.-When the SEnate
met an aZreement was made to con
sider only,'Uncontentestcd matters. By
this arranyment a great many bills
that have &len cn the calendar for days
were advanced. A few bills only got
their third reading. but 37 second read
!ng blils were a tcd upon.
TAGRAY N BILL.
A Substi Messure Against Chem
Campany.
In the Monday Mr. H der
son, for the majority of the committee
on ji a report On Senator
Gray bar the Virginia
Carol 1 company from do
ing bus this State. T4e rePort
recommen the passage of substi
tute bill, aes. follows:
A, t permission from
the Chem!al com
pa sess in this State ex
cep d.itions herein stated.
-,Virginia-Carolina
Chemi cal c y, a- Morporation 1
formed under e Laws df the State of
New Jersey. did on the 2.. day of
Janfary, 1900, :fle 'with t secretary
of State of Qis State the papers neces
sary to enable it to do business in the,
State as a fob corporationg 7
Whereas, .t oreign cob or
tion previous of s ', -
per did violate t f this Zte
and. has in other r violated the
laws of this State'
Whereas, every ato
tcred under .the-laws is
subject to the' r'ght of amendms2t, a
teration, cr 1enpell -by tL .geeral
sembly of tce State. 4 tore,
Be it enaci-i lby iie feneral assea
bly of the Sta e of South Caro:ina:
Setion 1. That the permnit or pet
mIition to dc business In this State by ]
the Virginie' C-oli!na Cheinical co
pan-y be, # t is harey, 'revoked, .o
e eg ~ t ie 1sLda . 2.
- at I. -a i
of said peri3 !1 not t.;kq effect if
be6re sad - 'the said 'company or
its stockhold rs-shill' ei:der tiake out
a charter fr the secretary of State
under the 1 s of th.is State a.3 a do
mertic cornc ation,. or file a stipula
tion with th< se-cretary of State. to the
etect that said corporation will abide
by all laws and regulations of this
Sate now e sting or hereafter 'a:t
ed relating do:nestic cor-.L ration s of
like charter, ind a bend in the penal
sum of $50, , with s'rest:C to be a.
rroved by scoretary of State. .oo
ditioned to; y said sum abselurely if
said compat shall in any way fail to
pay any fines and penalties now due
to tho State or observe any of its laws
applicable t dorme-stic corporation, or
attem-pt to question the jurisdiction of
the Szate courts.
Senator Barnwell. for a minority of
the committee. made an unfavorable
report on Senator Graydon's bill and
declined to reedsmnd ,ihe substitute
uill, hoding thact neithe:' plan was ap
plicable to the circumstances.
Sunte Sunday School Corxnenhn.
The fo!!owing ofPicial annuncmnt
has bseen made. duted at Newbar:
To Pastors and Superinenden-.s.
The~ South Carolina Sunday School
essociat~ion will be convened in an
nual session in Greenwood, S. C..
Marc 25fi.A very intercsting con
promninent an ocflseaesand
Sunday zchool workers of our own'
State, -.'e will have with us, as the
representative of the international exe
cutive committee. Mr. Chas. D). Meigs
cf Indianapolis, fId one of the fore
most Sunday school woc-kers of the~
great West. Mr. Meigs will discus.s
topics of great interest to the Sundar
sehools. Ait this forthcoming conven
tion delegates will be elected to the
10th International convention to be
held in Denver. Col., next JTune. .We
appeal te the Christian peoplec o our
beloved comnon wca1h who aro swei'.
ally ie.Ierested in this great cause to
identify thanselves with this organ
ized movemnt 'to the end the: tae
convention may be an assur:- i sneenss.
Let pastors and superintenden-ts take
Up this matter' at once, wit their
teachers,. prcsenting the .ere' m d of
larger equipment a'vd tri I b'ais to
be derived by attendance upon 'll the
sessions of the con2venton. rh rail
roads wvill extendl the usual cour'tesy
of reduced rotes. The good pe-:pe of
Greenwood will entertain l airz el.I
For pro'rmmes address Wm E. PcI
ham, chairman excutive cornmkLtee.
A .Suicide.
Greenwood, (Specia!)--News has
reache-d here of a suicide in the lower
section of the county. Mrs. Seaborn
R~ush, a married lady about Zi0 years
old. committed suicide last We~dnes
day by shootivn herself in the head.
She had been in had bealth t'or some
timne. T.ast yea~r a little child of hm:rs
was burned' to death, and four yeares
agoo accidentally shot himself while
Ihunting.
A Democratic OmlaL.
Ole Han~sen, the peasant who has
been appointed the minister cf agricul
ture in the Dutch cabinet, looks after
all the work of his farm, and even
personally feeds the cows in the
COST OF STATE GOVERNMENT
Appropriation Bill as Passed By the
House.
The following are the estima'cd
tems of expense for the State govern
nent for the next year as allowed by
he House committee:
Governor's Office-Salary of gover
ior. $3,000; salary of private secretary,
'1, 50; salary of stenographer, S400;
;alary of messenger, $40); contingent
und, $5,000; stationery and.: stamps,
500; total $10,450.
Offi,'c of -Secrctary of State-Salary
>f secretary of State, $1,900; salary of
'hief clcrk. $1.350: extra clerk hir'e,
1,200; coninicalt fund $200; station
ry and stanps. "500; bcoks and
>3anks, $350; to:al. $5,000.
OfCe of Comr.roler General-SaI
iry of comptroller general, .I900;
salary of bookkecper, f1.40; sai : of
tuditing clerk, $1,N0; contingent fund,
;200; stationery and stamps, $300,
printing, $500; total $7,300.
State Treasurer-Salary of State
:reasurer, $1,900: salary of chief nlerk,
*00; salary of bookkeeper, $1,350;
sala!y bookkeeper, loan department,
1,350; contingent fund, $250; station
,ry and stamps, $200; printing bonds
Lnd stock, $500; total, $7,050.
Office of Superintendent of Educa
Jon--Salary of superintendent of oedu
,ation, $1,900; salary of clerk, $1,2000;
,ontingent fund, $200; stationery nd
itamps, $500; books and blanks for
mublic schools, $1000; expenses State
)oard of education, $300; traveling ex
,enses superintendent of education,
300; stenographer and typewriter,
p400; total, $5,800.
-.Office Adjutant and Inspector Gen
rI a adjutant and inspector
eneral, - salary qf cle, $1.200;
salary of morer andeip, S50;
sonting armory rent, $500;
ttionery. - ,-$150; exnenscs
ffice an collecti arms, .$550; re
as ry at Beaufort, $030; for
-h-e Militia, $10,000; total,
Office c Attorrey General-Salary of
torney :gensral, $1.200: salary of as
1 ,$f,350: contingent fund, $150;
ry and stamps, $75 expenses
it t n, $2.000;. total, $5,475
fite of SLate Librarian-Salsry of
b
mrl Kr b~a ndinif boo ,$1
otal, $1.359.
'AITrod Cdmmissioners-Salary, $5,
70: e'retary.. $1.200: stenogranher,
rent, etc., $750; printing, $250. (This
IpprQ dation is advanced and is to be
:etured by the railroads, express and
telegraph companies.)
Pension Department-For rension
rs, $200.000; .salary of clerk, $600: sta
:ionery and stamps, $120.
Phosphate Inspector-Salary of phos
phate insnector, $1,200; expenses of
board, $300.
Keeper of State House and Grounds
-Salary of two watchmen, $960; salary
>f ianitor, $160; salary of engineer,
seven months. $75, five months. $25,
3350; salary c firemen (p245 eac'i)
490i; contingent fund, $210; fuel for
State honse, $1,200; repairs un State
house. $250.
Judicial Deartment-Salary of Jus
tiAe Mciver. of Y. J. Pope. A. J., of
Ira B. JTones. A. J. end of Euisene B.
Gary, A. J.. at $2,850 each; total. $11,
(f0:: salaries of eighit circuit jud-es.
24.C0: srlaries of eight circuit solici
tors. 01.020: code commissioner. $400;
alaries of eight circnit stenovranhers,
10.fl00: salary of State rcporter. $1 .300;
salary of eierk of supreme court. $800;
sabory of librarian supreme court, $800;
ralary of stenographer supreme court,
$400: salary of messenger -sunreme
you:rt, $200; salary of attendant su
nreme couirt. $200: contingent fund,
500; purchase books supreme court
library. $500.
Health Department-Expenses main
taining~ cuarantine station at Charles
ton. .5.000; sailary cuarentine office,
Charleston, ET A50; salary quarantine
cflice. Port Royal. $700: exnenses two
stations at Port Royal, $300: salary
quarantine of St. Helena, $700: ex
p'nses quarantine station St. Helena,
l150; salary quarantine officer George
town. $450; expenses onarantina sta
tion at Gcorgetowrr. $150: salary keep
3r of Lazaretto. $300: sabory keener
hospital buildings at Port Royal. e,175;
for the purpose of carrying out the act
establishing the State board of health,
e.,200: einrk hire. Stqre board of
health. $.'00: to quarantine the State
arainst crtazgicus andl infectons dis
eases, $15,000.
Ta:r Dortment-Counlty nomrtors,
M2.5.10: printing books and Winks,
St2.tO Co ios-'!n"rt of South
"'aro!!". callern. 349 7: sannort of
fiir:. cadets at Citadel. '2~>.0300.
Winth rop Nornal and TIdustral1 Co!
lege. S70.000: for scIhTrshis. $~.9
State Hospt'l for ther Tr ane--Sa!
cry of superntndent 93 (V0: hon'd of
roroents. per t'-'o and mi~lonz. S1.200;
support of. S!''0 C00: rer a im
320: insrance.' *0M
,e ,330 fc:I- imp)rrvements,
nebooks ,f State trcnseror. camp
sronlr general and sinking fund com
mission. $500; for committee to exam
ine books of penal and charitable in
stitutions. $500; public printing, 812,.
000; to provide for completion of State
house. $15,000; Columbia water works,
2.00: salaries supervisors registra
tion, $12,000.
Special fund for attorney genera
(ant:-trust litigation), $3.000; rent
an office for State superintendent of
ducation. $?50; for the payment of
debt to sinking fund commission for
completing State capitol, $15.000: State
'-trd of equaliztion, $12.000; for pam
*',Mets to b, distributed among public
i:oos by State board of headth. $350;
for Insuring stewards' hall, $120; for
South:V Cai ilina, room in the Confeder
ate museum at Richmond, $100: re
,pairs and improvements governor's
mansion, $250; claims passed, $5,000;
for lightin'g public buildings, including
basement State house, $G.000- Agricul
taral and Mechanical society. -1.200.
Interest to Accrue-On R. B. C. at
4M. $5.587,435.20-$251,734.58; on Blue
%400,000 at 41/ $18,000; on Agriculturil
colleze stock, Clemson and Claffin,
$101,800-$11,508; on $58,539.30; Clem
son college perpetual stock, $3,512.26;
total, $284,754.94.
Past due Interest likely to accrue,
$20.000.
& OMINENT PEOPLE.
The Crown Prince oZ Japan way
visit the United States.
The King of Sia will not visit
Araerica this coming autumn.
Andrew Carnegie has been electt
a menmber of the London Refoim Club.
Dr. W. Seward Webb will be a candi
date for LieutkuanL-Uverngr of Vez
mont.
Prince Henry, after returning frcin
the United states, will celcbrate the
quarter-centenary OI his s.i v.ce in the
Uerman Navy.
Tohn D. tockefeller will give '10,COO
toj'ir'am Lcuse, a settlemient institu
tion )1t Cie eiand, Ohio, provided the
manaeent raises St5,0J00.
Ma-Genral S. 1. M. Ycung has
Nen :.eleet eu b., Wie secreiary (,: r
ij h tWe lii i'azi .di*t. OI We nev"iy
caI.atLCd Ality I Coege w 'we lo
C LdL C S~Li A 1: a, ai,-.
Eenator* timies L. M 'uwan, of Al
Iany, . Y. wih a peculiar acci
dent thle otai day.. During a gale he
was throw . to tte ground by the
irg !n Igt a was f rat &M
terux'~crea
LypwnJ. 'a _e, 'or".mr-eret;ye
th e 'Treasury,: according to information
rLceived frcLx. an authoritaive source,
wiui shordy succced John A. Stewait
as Preident of the United States L dat
ComLpany, of New york City.
General Funston, upon whom an
operation was performed in Kansas
City, Mo., recenuy, is improving. His
rbysieiaa, however, has asked the War
liepartnnit to extend the Cencrais
leave of absence three months.*
residezt Roosevelt has named the
fallowiag gentleaen for members of
the l0oad oufVisiturs to the Naval
Academy: Wiliam Butler Duncan,
New lurk; Francis Rawle, Philadel
phia; James 1". May, Purtsmouth, N.
i.; L. W. McUruder, Vieksbarg, Miss.;
Eugene L. Ziiaeirnan, Cincinnati,
Ouio; Gorge, T. Wiuston, Raleigh, N.
NEWSY CLEANINGS.
IThe Navy Department will expert
ment with Texas oil.
Ov'er 7,000,003 lchsters were caught
up on th~e Maine coast last year.
A general strike of all job printers
n Bangor. Me.. has been ordered.
Durhng the 1000 season of navigation
357 lake vessels passed the "Soo."'
Italy proaises to make a Govern
ment eXhibit at the St. Louis Expo
sition.
The Mc~!inley Memorial Assceiatienl
of The State of New York has raised
$70' 000.
Nearly '1000 men are at worke on tie
site of the World's Fair grount at
St. Louis.
Suits for $500,000 wi:l be instituted
against New Yotk City for land taken
for reservoirs.
British Columbia has rmade. no re
turn on the British capital which has
been poured into it.
Germany has imported as nmuch as
$10,00)0.000) worth of apples in onte year
and $2,500,000 worth of pear's.
The picking of the raisin alA straw
beisy crops in California is almost ca
tirely in the hands of the Chinese.
An Australian has been swinging
c lub:, for t.welve hmours a day for six
daiys in succes::in at i.:inburgh', S,:ot
land.
A. movement is on foot in Spring
fie'ld, Mass., get rp I eaguea among
the nmerch:nts and manuacturers to
proctect them)Leives agaist solicitcrs
for nivet :ements in programs and
literat~ure that has i:it a know~n cr
c ulain.
I c:1iutl is aiou t t obta in home ruile.
igCuri tian of 13en.iark has called
fo 'ei extraordinary m::eiing of the
Allti"g next sum:ncr to conusider a re
forml 0f the constitut:n. A plan to
'be sumiit d is the appointuent of a
'A iile for Icelanid, who shall be ae
quaii w ith cechm:t2e aind shall re
sYi at IRihearik i.t'ad of Cope:1
In the vwih" j;a our naval ves
M; vcrep;.itedgre, but the Briti'sh
M1-rit is nt uite satisfied that
w:: t': he color for wvarships. In
a r::: oe::peimert. erefore, it iz
i 1.th chrm senadron painted
a : xtyecelcre oeo h
31;; he7.7cclored bottle green,
ethera either gra~y, dlra'a, tan, sea greea