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Drinks Not Violet cordial, a liquor beloved of Yorkshiremen, is one of the best of the home-brewed drinks. Made from fresh ly-plucked sweet violets, it is often kept for yei.rs by farmers, who drink it sparingly in tiny glasses, yet it re tains all the delicious aroma of the fragrant flow er from which it takes -its- name. Home-rade sloe wine Is a drink which takes a lot of beating as a thirst-quencher. It is especially popu lar in Durham. Cowslip wine is another prime favor ite unknown to the inhabitants of cities. So, -too, are a host of "teas," famous in rural parts not only for their refreshing, but also for their curative powers. Years ago, before the tea from Ineia and China could be bought cheaply, beverages brewed from mint, pennyroyal, dandelion, wild thyme, marjoram, camomile, balm, calamint' and --:milar herbs, were almost uni versal. Even to-de.y their fame is not dead, and they are frequently resorted to by housewives in hot weather, and when any small ailment shows itself in their families. Leaves plucked from strawberry Habits of ti The expression "as flat as a fluon der" has become proverbial, but it does not apply to very young floun ders, which differ so much from the adult ones that they can hardly be recognized as belonging to the same family as their parents. Most boys and girls are familiar with full-grown flounders, but very few of them, and few older people, know anything about the appearance of young flounders and the wonderful transformations they undergo. The flounders begin life as do ordinary fishes. When they first emerge from the egg they swim ver tically, with the head turned .upward. Their bodies are - symmetrical and their eyes are on opposite sides of the head. Gradually the position of the body changes from vertical to hori zontal, and the fish remains thus for some time, swimming like ordinary fishes; but while still very small there is foreshadowing of the bottom life they are destined for, and they' enter upon a series of remarkable changes. The most striking of these changes Daiger in "I The disturbing element in hunting elephant or seladang or rhino has been always, to me at least, the feeling of uncertainty as to whether or not I could stop the animal if I wounded it and it charged me, as it did on an av erage of once in three times. Based on my experience, therefore, I should place the elephant first and the rhino third after the seladang, which is fully as formidable as the Cape buffalo, and is miscalled the bison all over Inai. Each of these animals Is dangerous on different and individual grounds; the elephant, though less likely .to charge than any of the others, is terrifying because of his enormous strength, which stops at DO obstacle, and the extreme diffi culty of reaching a vital spot, especi anly if, with trunk tightly coiled, he is coming your way. I -know of no sensa,tion more awe some than standing ankle deep ia clinging mud lin dense cover, with the jungle crashing around you as though the entire forest was toppling, as the 5/>e Old P ira As a man I write of the boyish dreams Of yesternight by the coastguard's blaze. When the sea-scarred sailor's war-plowed Suggeting tales of his lawless days Liviy glowed in the log-fire gleams, As be sang this lay of lays: 'The flag was as red as blood, With a hairy spot o' black. An' the Spider bared her deadly fangs As she crawled on the windward tack! - 'e warmed to his story and clove the With his long clay pipe as he led tr1s Into the heart of the battle's blare: And he yeiled his "Yo-ho!" once again. Till he broke his "sword" on the arm -of his chair. With a stifiat sob; and then 'The flag was as red as blood. With a hairy spot o' black. An' the Spider bared her deadly fangs As she crawled on the windward tack! 'Why ,de your eyes shine,. boyr~ said he, Bottled Sea "I have never understood," said a doctor, "why somebody didn't bottle the Atlantic ocean and sell the water under a fine name as a mineral water. "The water of the Atlantic contains some of the most wholesome mineral salts and has a decided value medici nadly. Some of my patients keep it on hand much of the time, and profess to find it vastly benefi'cial. "One of these men gets the sea water sevemal miles off shore and at high tide so as to be reasonably sure that it i.s free from pollution. He bot t.Ies It la good-sized demijohns, and lets it ripen much as the famous juni per 'water of the Dismal Swamp is ripened for carrying to sea on board vessels making l,)ng voyages. "Ddyou ever smell any ofs those Kentucky sulphur waters after they heve lain barreled in a cellar for a few weeks?~ The odor is pretty bad, but it Isn't worse than that of ripening sea water.___ In a collect.ion of prison reports from the various States the interesting fact is disclosed that while convict white l.ator is much less efficient than free white labor, so much so that the best qjuality of manufactured articles can not be economically produced by con vict white labor, the negro does more work under a convict contractor than in freedom, says the New York World. That is, the feeling of compulsory labor detracts from a white man's efficiency, while the pressure a labor contractor is in a position to exert produces more Well Known1 plants and currant bushes make a fragrant beverage, as do ribwort and thoroughwort, the latter both as a re :resher and a curative, being found in very many households. Strange as it may seem, a drink can be made from sawdust. Here is the recipe: Two tons of sawdust are boiled with sulphuric acid for three hou: s, the liquid matter then extracted by pres sure, neutralized, left for eighteen hours to cool and clarify, and then fermented for four or five days. The resulting alcohol is afterward distilled and rectified, but a yield of about nine and one-half quarts of spirit to every hundred-weight of saw dust is obtained. Quantities of this are consumed in France. Palm wine is made from the sap oozing from the cut-off blossom stems of the oily palm tree, and of the cocoa tree. It is a pleasant, refreshing beverage, and not sufficiently known. Isitshimiyana is the weirdy name given to a deadly intoxicant made from molasses by the natives of Natal. An analysis of this drink made some time ago by an eminent doctor showed that it was 50 per cent stronger than any known alcoho.-Straw Stories. ie Flounder is In the position of the eye. In some flounders the eye moves around the front of the head; in others it moves directly through the head. This shift ing of the eye's position is accom panied by a change in the position of the body, which ceases to be upright and becomes more and more oblique. The side of the body from which the eye is moving gradually becomes in ferior to the other, until by the time the change of the eye is complete the fish swims with its blind side under neath, and this position Is ever after maintained. The flounder then ceases its free swimming habit and sinks to the bottom. Some species of flounders are right sided and others are left-sided. In the right-sided forms the left eye moves to the right side, and the left side be comes undermost. In the left-sided species the opposite conditions pre vail. It rarely happens that right-sid ed species have left-sided individuals, and vice versa. In a few species both right-sided and left-sided fish occur in about equal numbers.-St. Nicnolas. ig" Shooting elephant you have wounded comes smashing his way in your direction. The seladang is dangerous, partly because of the thick jungle he seeks wnen wounded, but more especially because of his tremendous vitality and his usual, though not invariable, habit of awaiting the hunter on his tracks, and charging suddenly, swiftly and viciously. It rlequires close and hard shooting to bring down ane of these six-foot specimens of Oriental cattle. The danger of the tiger and of the lion is in their lightning activity and. ferocious strength; but you have the shoulder in addition to the nead shot, if broadside; or if coming on, th'e chest, all sure to stop If well placed. The reason the rhino is so formidable is because its vulnerable spots are so hard to reach. Its brain is as small In proportion as that of the elephant, and may be reached through the eye, if head on, or about three inches below and just in front of or just behind the base of the ear, according to your position for a shot.-Outing. te's Dreams As he drained his mug and his lips Le smacked, Then he told me of Morgan and Kldd and Jones. And rattled their deeds, their chains, and bones; While the wind came moaning up from the sea, And tle tu.ne rose, faint and cracked: The flag was as red as blood, With a hairy spot o' black. An' the Spider bared her deadly fangs As she crawled on the windward tack! He would chuckle a hit, then sort of choke. "Ah. boy! I .could turn 'e sick an' pale Wi' fright an' fire an' booze an' blood In the tropic cairn an' the reef-born scud, For I ha' trodden the red-stained oak Under many an' many a queer, Que.er sail" And then he gould hum and croak: The flag was as red as blood, With a hairy spot o' black. An' the Spider bared her deadly fangs As she crawled on the windward Crawled on the windward Crawled on the windward tack! -Stephen Chalmers in New York Times. SWater Good~ "When -you take out the cork the whole household. knows it. After a while the sea water loses its offensive smell, and then it is ready for use. ~"I thoroughly like it, and if I were in thle habit of doing things that lead men to drink mineral waters before breakfast I think I'd prefer plain At lantis water to a good many that I could name whic-h sell a? pretty high prces. "I don't know whether my patients have ever calculated the cost of bot ted Atlantic, but if the bottling was done wholesale instead of retail it ought not to come very high, and it is 'ertainly one thing that uo trust could ever monopolize. I've a notion that the fellow who first puts uIp sea water in an attractive form andi gets the attention of the public will make a handsome little fortume before his competitors can cut in' and undersell or outadvertise him."-New York Sun. The coal strike in Germany has spread to 187 mines. Londoners take their gruelling very cheerfully; indeed, on the whole a fog improves the manners of companions in misfortune, says the London Chron iie. On Thursday night, for example, there were seventeen people in a Lon dn and Southwestern compartment. Another tried to squeeze In and failed. "Can't get any further," cried a man inide; "there's a man here with a wooden leg blocking the way." "'Oh!'' said the man with the wooden leg. "Excuse me. Half a moment" He un LEGISLATIVE POCE INGS The House .and Senate Getting Dowr to Solid Work. The University Bill. The first and only matter discussed by the House of Representatives was a South Carolina University bill. Ac tion was not taken, as the election of judges, etc., interferred. Mr. Morgan, chairman of the com mittee on education, favored the bill, even if the change secured no addi tional money. Mr. Banks, of Orangeburg, opposed spending any more money on higher education. Mr. Brantly, of Orangeburg, de= clared this to be a step in the right direction. In eloquent terms he spoke of the work already done by the col lege. The bill carries no appropria tion. He called attention to the dis crepancy in the amount paid to Clem son and to the South Carolina college, and yet the South Carolina college, with its megre appropriation, is even now doing 'good work. The sons of this State are forced to go away for university education. The proposed step is necessary. The alumni are raising an endowment fund. The friends of the college all appeal for this new condition. The university in Columbia would in no wise interfere with other state colleges. Mr. DeVore opposed the bill. Is the State of South Carolina able to under take to increase its appropriations to the State institutions. He would op pose giving any more, money to State colleges until the State can give some thing to the public. schools of the State. Mr. Banks again. opposed. the bill. He is not ,pposed to higher education and would not strike a blow at the institution which has done so much for South Carolina, but he wishes to repre sent the people of South Carolina, who are doing their best for these institu tions. We are confronted by 'a serious financial condition. He cited the fig ures by the comptroller general to show that the appropriations have exceeded the, income by $365,000 in 10 years. Mr. Pittman, of Lee county, favored the bill. He had come here from North Carolina, and having felt the need of additional education, had look ed to the South Carolina college and he found that there were no elective courses, such as -may be found in other States. He favored equalized things. In reply to Mr. Banks, he said that he is in favor of giving to South Carolina some of the Clemson funds in years to come. * A number of other good speeches were made by members. Just previous to adjournment Sena or Manning sent in an amendment to Senator Raysor's dispensary big which is still on the calendar as a special Drder. Senator Manning's amendment is practically a substitute bill and, proviaes that three members of the board of directors shall be appointed by the governor to serve one year. TLe salary is $1,500, with bond for $10 300. They shall not be candidates for any other office and shall not begin their terms of office untill the terms :f the -present members have expired. A dispensary commission shall be elected by the general assembly for a term of two years.- The commission er may be suspended by the govern 3r, who shall report this suspension to the general assembly on the first lay of its session, and that body may if it wishes, remove the commission r and elect a successor. Thirty days after the first of March the board of directors shall advertise 'or bids in two daily newspapers in the state and one outside. The bids and samples shall be sent in boxes each in a separate box wit hno dis tinguishing mark on the outside to the state treasurer. The state treas urer. shall open the box, take out the bottle (which must also be without distinguished mark and of a special kind authorized by the directors) and number it. He shall also copy this number in a book and with it a state ment of the bid, which must also be recorded by number. The numbers n the bottles and tneir accompanying bids are the same. The board of directors thus would not know who submits the bids -and accompanying samples, as the identi fcation is in the State treasurer's book. After making the ' award by xamining the sampie and agreeing if the price is satisfactory, they shall announce to the State treasurer the number of the bid which has .been se lected. He shall then open his book, and the name of the firm and announce the award. No bids solicited by agents drummers or sample, except as pro vided Wvill be consiaered. Quarterly reports will be made and the governor shan appoint two ex pert accountants not later than De cember 15th every year to go through the books. If the State treasurer makes public the name of bidders before the proper time he is fined between $100 and $2, 000 or imprisonment of one month to a year. Any fir.m soliciting otherwise thn provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall- be fined not less than $1,000 or inmprisoned not less than six months. If any dispenser or clerk violates any provisons of the dispensary law he shall gn the first offense forfeit his salary for one month and on the sec ond be discharged. The grand jury will keep watchful eyes on the county dispensers and their employes and in stitute action against them if neces sary. The bill also provides a fine of $500 for any dispenser who sells without written request or to minors, drunken men or persons who are in the habit of becoming intoxicated. Friday in House and Senate. In the House Friday 19 new bills were introduced, ruitning up the total to 411. The committees showed that they are working in the afternoons and at night by turning in reports on 40 bills. Among the new bills of note were the following: Mr. DeVore-To amend the act plac ing telephone lines under the juris diction of the railroad commission. By Mr. Sellers-To amend the law relating to lie.ense paid the State by insurance companies. By Mr. Prince, by consent of the House-A bill to change the name of Williamston'Female College at Green wood to Lander College. There was a favorable report on Mr. Nash's bill to provide for a board of pardons; on Mr. McFaddin's con caled weapon bill. An unfavorable report on Captain Sellers' bill to amend constitution so as to extend term of representatives to four years, and on Mr. Beamguard's biil to pro vide for teaching of agriculture in public schools. The House yesterday passed Maj. Haskells bill to estabUsh a State arm ory. 'the bill provides for an appro priation of $6,000 to erect the building in Columbia. Maj. Haskell explained that the Adjutant General had recom mended. it in his report and the House had passed the bill a year ago, but it did not have an opportunity to get third reading, as the session was draw ing to a close. Mr. Haskell explained the expense incident to renting a State at mory in this city. The Federal gov ernment requires military property to be kept in proper condition. By build ing an armory the property can be stored where it will not mould. The suving of rent will pay for the build ing in ten years. Capt. J. G. Richards also favored the bill. The Federal government will withdraw from this State the an nual appropriations unless the proper ty is protected. Mr. Beamguard opposed the bill on the groid that $6.000 would be in adequate. That amount would not build an arnbry in keeping with the dignity of the State. It would require $2,000 to purchase a lot. The State is not able at this time to build an armory in keeping with the demands. Col. Moses favored the bill. He has been informed that the armory can be built at the intersection of streets, so that no money need be expended for a lot. He has been informed further that two Columbia military companies would rent the upper stories. He would oppose the erection of a smill building on the State House grounds. It would be economy to put up a building to protect government prop-, erty. The State should own its own building to store its arsenal supplies. Col. W. W. Bruce, who had been connected witn the militia department for four years, favored the bill. The department needs a place in which to store supplies. The vote was 60 to 15 in favor of the passage of the bill. This was clinch ed on motion of Col. D. 0. Herbert. The House had accepted the commit tec amendment prohibiting building on State House grounds. While the senate did little of interest Friday, a good deal of hard work was transacted, for the entire calendar of over nine pages was gone through with. Among the bills which passed to third reading were none of extreme in terest. Senator Marshall's historical commission bill was sent to the house. Compulsory education was not dis cussed although Senator C. L. Blease submitted an amendment that persons sending their children to private schools or having them taught at home should be exempted. It was a question of constitutionality that was brought up when Senator Douglass' bill to allow Union to have a town auditor came up for debate. The argument was made that this was special legislation. There was an extended debate on Mr. Ardrey's house bill to prohibit tres pass. The bill provided that any one hunting, fishing, trapping, netting. gathering fruit, vegetables, herbs or cutting timber on the lands of another without consent shall be fined between $5 and $20 or imprisoned between 10 and 30 days. The bill does away with notice and makes any one wishing to hunt first gain permission. There' were a number of amendments of local character. NEWSY GLEANINGS, New Jersey has a $3,000,000- cash ba! ance. There were 1000 postoffiee robberies last year. An arc lamp in New York now costs $145 a year, while in Baltimore it costs $91 a year. Pennsylvania Iast year led the Union in the numbe'r of legal executions nineteen. A fine Roman pavement of mosain work has been unearthed at Reggio di Calabria, Italy. A woman was one of the competitors in a plowing contest lately held in Der byshire, England. Before being gran-ted a license St. Petersburg drosky drivers have to take d'h oath to be civil and not to over charge. The Pittsburg orchestra has issued a stern decree against the "encore fiend," and hereafter no encore numbers are to be given. Andrew Carnegie has ordered $1.000, 000 of his money to be held to the credit of St. Louis for a city library to be built there. The United States has the only gen .nine horse marines. Twvelve marines have been mounted at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, Cal. A jury at Independence, Iowa, has just awai'ded $500 damages to Priscilla Odell for being "whitecapped" by three men and three women, who whipped her in public. For the first time in Ireland a morn ing newspaper was issued on January 2 for a half-penny (one cent). It is the Irish Independent and had formerly sold for h peny. There are to be 250 Republicans and 1313 Democrats in the Fifty-ninth Con gress after March 4. In the next Uni ted States Senate there are to be fifty eight Republicans and thirig-two Dem ocrats. L.ABOR WORLD. The number of laborers in the indus tries of France is about 5,500,000. The steel employes of the IllinoiS Steel CopmIany have decided to accept lower wai,. s and a twelve-hour work lng day. One of mei most interesting develop ments in the trade union world in France is the development of the so called Laib':- exchange. An offi%-i of the Sc'henectady (N. Y.) plant c:t the American Locomotive Company says; that the plant will soon be running with its full force. It is asserted that the United Typo thetae of 'America is at present accu mnulating a defense fund in order that the eig2-hout day enforcement may be combat"d. A repvt of the United States Comn missIo" - of Labor shows that in 192 occupaa'ns where labor was organized there v- s for the most part a steady increa' -. wages. Retn- ;ons have been adol?ted by the National Industrial Association ad vocating the establishment of artIsan schools throughout the countfy by boards of education. Mr. .T. Weir, .T. P., secretary of tlfe Fife 'Scotland) Miners' Association, was elected to the secretarJjI-f.Q Miners' Association in 1&80, and has held the office .without interruption since that time. The building trades in San Francisco, which include sixty unions and 21.000 men, intend to erect a "temple" wlyi will accommodate all the unions and the general officers. It is expected ,to cost about $100.000. A canvass of the anthracite mining region di.scloses a new feature in the industrial outlook. It is the undoubtod insistence of the miners upon an eight hour workday at nine hours' wages when the present agreement with the DEATI IN A WRECK North Carolina Methodist Minister a Victim of Railway.Accident THE WRECK OCCURRED NEAR TROY A Number of Others Injured More or Less Seriously-Passenger Train on Branch of the Aberdeen & Asheboro Railroad Jumps the Track at a Sharp Curve Near Troy Depot. Troy, N. C., Special.-A passenger train on the Biscoe and Mt. Gilead branch of the Aberdeen & Asheboro railroad, jumped the track here Tues day morning. Two coaches plunged from a ten-foot embankment, and were completely wrecked. Nearly every passelger on the train was hurt, one fatally. The injured are: Rev. G. A. Oglesby, pastor of Ab erdeen Methodist Church, receievd in ternal injuries, died during the day. David Cook, of Mt. Gilead, serious inJuries. W. S. Ingram, of Mt. Gilead, serious ly hurt. D. Berry, of Wadesville, serious. Clark Ballard, of Mt. Gilead, and William Dt,nn, of Mt. Gilead, injured, but not seriously. The injured passengers were taken to the hotel.here and given medical attention. The wreck was caused by spreading iails. The train, which was due here about 11:30 a. m., struck a sharp curve near the depot and left the tiack, two cars pitching down the embankment. These cars were prac tically demolished, but the balance of the train suffered little injury. The road, which is a short line from Biscoe to Mt. Gilead, is a part of the Aber deen and Asheboro system, owned by the Pages. Must Give Up Saloon or Union. Indianapolis, Special.-The United Mine Workers have taken a firm stand in their national convention for juris diction over all workers In and around the mines and against men engaged in any way in the sale of intoxicating liquors being identilled with the union. Men who own saloons or tend bar must at once get out of that business or cut of the organization. Men cannot even work in the mines and tend bar during their leisure hours or during a shutdown. A delegate asked if the amendmant prevented members from selling beer at one of their picnics.He was told: "No, it don't, but it should." The prohibition amendment is in line with the policy of raising the mining craft to higher and cleaner standards. It will clear the or ganization of men who enter the mines, join the union, and, having got their card, open a saloon and use it for ad vertising purposes, placarding their places with, Patronize one- of the old boys." Broke World's Record. Ormond, Fla., Special-During the races Tuesday afternoon Arthur E. MacDonald, with his 90-horse-power uachine, heretofore untried, took a trial for the five miles world's record and smashed it all to pieces. The races were being pulled off in regular order, but the cars in one event were a little sow, and the track was cleared for MacDosald, who is a young English man with plenty of nerve and faith in American automobile builders. He covered the five miles in 3 minutes, 31 1-C seconds. ftrs. Duke Jailed. New York, Special.-Mrs. Alie Webb-Duke, wife of Brodie L. Duke, was arrested at an office in Broad street, this city, Tuesday, on requid!tion papers issued by the Texas authorities. Mrs. Duke had been indicted by the grand jury at Nocogodches, Texas, oil the charge that she and Chas.- L. Tay lor, of Chicago, had made false state ments in an instrument, on the strength of which a stockholder in one of the national banks in that place was induced to endorse their notes for $20, 000. Fishburn Jury Compieted at Roanoke, Virginia. Roanoke, Va., Special.-The second day's trial of Charles R. Fishburn, the young banker and broker char:ed with the murder of Dr. Frederick Le few, who was fatally stabbed in a difficulty between the .two men at the Lefew home, October 30th, last, was tken up with the examination of the vniremen summoned from Franklin county. The jury was not completed until just before time fog adjourn rent, and the hearing of the evidence was not begun. Eight of the jurors are from Franklin and four are Ranokers. Over-Production Sole Evil. New Orleans, Special.-At its night EOssion the cotton convention listened for an hour to an address by President A. Brittin, of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Mr. Brittin denied . that low prices were in any sense due to future sales. Low prices were due to one cause, and one, cause only,, that of over-production. With the removal of that cause, values would go up v.-ith a bound, regardless of all the future sellers of -Europe, Africa or America. Chester Man Found Dead. Chester, S. C., Specal.-Oscar M. Massey was founa dead in a gutter on Gadsden street, near his house. Tuesday morning between 5 and 6 o'clock. He was seen alive at 4 o'clock, and had only been dead a short while, as his body was still warm. There was not the slightest evidence of foul play, and the attending physician gave heart failure as cause of his death. He was about 56 years of age and leaves b wfe and six children. het Women Burn to Death. Norfolk, Va., Special.-Mary Elwart and Mary'Parsons, two colored women, were burnec'd-to death in a fire that was started in'thseir room by an over turned stove todam'. A negro man oc cpying an adjoining room paid no attention to the shrieks of the women for qid, but saved his clothes from the burning building. He said he had to work too hard to buy his clothes to I se them saving women. PALMETO AFFAIRS Occurrence3 of Interes In Various Parts of the State. Geneal Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston, quiet ........ .......6% New Orleans, easy ...............6% Mobile, quiet ..................6% Savannah, steady ...............6% Charleston, steady ................6% Baltimore, nominal .............7% New York, quiet ..................7-0G Boston, quiet ...............7.00 Philadelphia, quiet ................7.25 Houston, easy .....................6% Augu4ta, steady ...................6% Memphis, steady ...............6 13-16 St. Louis, steady .................6% Louisville, firm ..............7.00 Charlotte Cotton Market These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling ...........7% Good middling ....................7% Strict middling ....................7 Middling ....... .. ..........7 Tinges ......... ........ 6 to 7 Stains ...................5 to 6 South Carolina Items. George Thomas, a negro wanted in Columbia for murder, was arrested in Savannah a few days ago. The Savan nah authorities, knowing,that Thomas wag "wanted," notified Chief Daly, of Columbia, of the arrest. The chief, having no funds provided for such an expense turned the matter over to the sheriff, who sent to Savannah for the prisoner. About two years ago Thom as and a number of his cohorts were indulgiig in' a carousal in a Aisrepu table resort known as "Heifer"s Pen," in Columbia. This place is in the centre of the block bounded by Ger vais, Gadsden, Senate and Lincoln streets. During the carousal Thomp son killed another negro called the "Savannah Kid." He immediately fled and ;Policeman Scott pded him through dark alleys and, over back ferces for several miles, but he es caped and has not been heard of since. until his arrest in Savennah. Suit has been seldom brought against the city of Columbia, but the case of Baynes vs. the Cit yof Colum bia, which is now being tried at the United States court, is one of great interest. Mrs. 'Gertrude Baynes, of Virginia, it is alleged, received.serious injuries on April 8, 1903, and demands $25,000 damages. It is alleged that about dark on the day nained, Mrs. Baynes was returning to her'boarding place on Plain street, in Columbia, and soon after turning the corner at Main street she stepped upon a loose brick in a drain across the sidewalk. She was thrown violently forward on her face and sustained serious inju ries, it is alleged. The testimony of her physicians, Dr. Mary R. Baker and Dr. J. H. McIntosh, added greatly to the plaintiff's case. The selection of the jury Wednesday consumed much time and the evidence continued throughout the day. A special to (he State from Rock Hill says: A horrible accident hap pened in the Selwood section' Satur day.- It seems that a shooting match had been laid. \This was over and the older folks had left their guns lying or standing promiscuously around. While no one was paying particular attention. some boys began "playing war" with the empty (?) guns. Un fortunately, one in the -hands of Ro land Lowman, about.12 years old, was not empty until it had been discharged into the neck of little"Pet" Ha.riuons. who was still younger. The little fel low died instantly. 'Lne fonner is the son of Mr. Levi Lowman, and the lat ter of Mr. Henry Harmon. He and his wife were away at Lexington when their little boy was killed. The affair has cast a gloom over the whole com munity. Judge Purdy has signed an order granting bait in the sum of $1,000 to W. B. Rowell, the dispensary consta ble who killed Jos. G. Blount in Flor ence last month. Rowell was repre sented by J. W. Ragsdale and Walter H. Wells, of Florence, and Solicitor Wilson resisted the motion. No new evidence was introduced at the hear ing,, the motion being based on testi mony taken at the inquest. The dispensary constables seized 44 half pints of "King's Choice" corn whiskey Saturday 'afternoon in Char leston near Willie Sims' negro pool room and store. Sims' place has sev eral times been raided and nearly ev ery time blind tiger booze has been found. It was in this pool room that "Red Bill," the negro who shot at ladles on the street from a passing car, claimed to be working when the shooting occurred. Three white men, Oscar Lewis, Wal ter Edwards and Butler White, have been lodged in jail in A'nderson on thc charge of assaulting the county chaingang guards near one of the cot toa mfil Saturday night.. Lewis was captured at the time, but the'other two, men escaped and were caught Tues day. Mabel. the four-year-old daughter of Mr. 3. L Sanders, a member of the Yorkville police force, died Sunday night about 10 o'clock from effects of burns received about 4 P. M. She and several other children were play ing in a room where there was an open fire. No adult was present. Her clothing was burned 'entirely off. Mr. S. F. Clinton, of Edgemoore, Chester county, had the misfortune a few days ago to lose by fire his barn and stables with one horse, two mules and almost his entire crop of corn. Origin of fire not known; it occurred at 4 o'clock in the morning. In the Court of General Sessions at Greenville Thursday John B. Waldrop was found guilty of the murder of Sam uel Maddox, the jury recommending mercy. Waldrop is a well known far mer. Clemson is soon to lose another good man. Prof. H. Benson, for several years assistant professor of agricul turg.}Jas received a very flattering of fer with a good salary attached, from the Government department of agri culture at Washington. It is ve:y likely that he will accept the position. Professor Benson has worked hard at Clemscd and has proven that he is a s auable man. Clemson will give him up with genuine regret and will be a loser by' his departure. A SUDAY ADD President Roosevelt Made a -Sesible and Interesting Talk to Lutherans SPEAKS AT CfURCU DEDICATION Mr. Roosevelt Declares That the Luth" aran Church in the United States is Already of Great Power and is Destined to be One of the Two or Three Greatest National Churches. Washigton, SpeiaL-. President Roosevelt delivered an address Sun day at .the re-dedication of the Luther Place Memorial church, which was se-' riously damaged by fire ju:st -one. ;ye, ago Sunday night while a sociabW= given in honor of the 78th birt 4.? anniversary of the pastor, the v. Dr. J. G. Butler, was in progress. The; church has been entirely restored and. was occupied -for the first time sines the fire Sunday. The Pres'.dent spoke in part as follows: "From the standpoint from which b am obliged so continually to look at? matters, there is a peculir function to be played by the great . Lutheran. Church in the United States of Amer ica. This is a Church which:had.tA rise to power in, and until it e1$ grated to this side ofL the water, he4 always had its fullest development la the two great race; in northern a northern middl . Europe-the Gersan and the Scandinavian. The prime duty. of those already in the land is to see that their own progress and develop ment are shared by newcpmers fre across the sea. It ,sf a seras aa+d; dangerous thing for any mtan. to tearn loose from the soil, In. which he i his forbears have taken root and to b-. translated into new land. - He -shoul receive all possible aid in Jhat mW land; and the aid can - ber him most effectively by those e appeal to him on the ground of"s*1 tual kinship. Therefore the Luthea Church can - do most in helping wards and onwards so many of newcomers to our shores; and It to me that it should be theiluty et Church to see that the inmmigramla a r especially the emigrants 'of taith from the old world, .hay, be suffered to drift of with no hand to him out of the Church munion. The Lutheran CburIn country is of very great pow numerically' and throughiete gence and thrift,ot its membbes, but wjL_ grow steadily, to ;even power. It is destined to be one or three'greatest -and most national Churches, i' the States; one of the two,or,three: es most distinctiyely Amei.can, distinctively annong the roroeh are, to tell 'for umagn 'this~ country even grester 1a >the Therieflore afpeculiar keoad f b.ty res& upon .the meinbpras. Church. - - "It is an imporat .1Jdg-de' people of4thls nation to remembpr right, but it is an even.u@re, ant thing (or them to rannunber duties. In the tast analysik 'the of statesmen and soldiers, 'the 1w the public man shall go for if 'it Is nog based upon the. Christianitwor'mking lnther homes throughout this .sOdd1i' that there may bei thpt .90cis3,t& spiritual, that moral foundation, out which no conti'y can iAveKrfs& permanent! .greatma.' le well-being, material pr psbetty In arts, in letters, grept< ndustg'ri~ umphs, all of thein 'ad all of structure raised'tbereon will be evanescent as a dream,f 1It does rest on the righteonsee that' a nation. "Let me congratulate you, and gratulate all of us, that we lire 'n land and att a time when 'we-ae It -as natural that .there should: be s Inter-denominational service3 oftai giving, such:a>eeremony as Is to place this afternoon, -.in .which pastors of other churches Join,to gratulate themselves and you upon re-building of this church. The for of evil are strong and mighty In ti century and in this count'ry, asth are in other countries, -as they been In all' the past .centu.ries; the p6cple who sincerely 1rish to the Lord's ,work will!. find:.ample portunity for-all1 their .labcr in ing the common eneiny and In ing toward their fellows of~a confession .an attitude of genere E rivalry in the effprt to see how tiep most good can be done to our people as a whole. - Chicago Banker Arrested. - New York, Specal.-W. H. Hunt, president of the Pan-American Bank> of Chicago, which closed Its -doors sev- ~ eral days ago, has been arrested here> charged with embezzlement. Hunt was arrested 'at the request of the Ch'leago police, who notified the New York authorities that "they had a warrant for Hunt's arrest on'the charge of embezzling $36,000. lMmt was ar raigned In court, and held for extradi tion. He was lqter released ball. .100,000 Omit at Warsw; By Cable-A 'hu and people are now out on far there have, been no of any impQrtanace. The are not ranning and no. were published this morn Is practically no bread left kerles. About 100,000 struck at Lodz. Telephone c tion with that city has been int ed by the strike. Heavy Loss by Fire. Norfolk, Va., Special. - Almost a score of buildings were destroyed or seriously damaged by the fire which started in C. R. Nash's Ice warehouse, on Queen street, Portsmouth, early Sunday morning. The loss is placed in' the neighborhood of $50,000. But for the heroic work of 250 United States marines, sent by Admiral Har rington from the navy yard with .a yard. fire engine, togeth4* with assistance rendered by a Norfoll engine company, the entire business s4iction of the city. would have been swept away. 'I'e fire started at 1.30 o'clock, and was not controlled until 4 d'clock. -