Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WELL-ENO 4 3o'n in the va7'ey of "Wei;-non;" men at Thev toil and they at a'1.i th e love a it. al While off i'n theC azy dismee ream the pe(a And none that ias travell That diielit ste The wav 1- o'e ro'ks shar and jagged andI enine thirst: Whie the water drips cool, far below in t he E..: :., vain, for a frtendlv han ain tue: Bu: h- nL n turn back . So be st:uggles al And at last, oh. !ong journey; see torn hands wtith pain le siands at the summit of great desire. to (1 And then-ah, the sadness of heart-break! w For he longs to return to the land he has losi -G3 ra (ce ::: THE ::: UNDECEIVED LO .Xx6 A3 tired of this delay. ha Marion. I want the mat- st O 0 ier settled definitely. a;nd im at once." of -"You are very unreason able, aunlt," szaid Miss De- n la:y, shrugging her shoulders petu- im iantly. "Things of this sort can't be "h iurried up in a momen:." in; A moment:" echoed Mrs. Gardi- tiI ner. "Why. it's full three mtonthsine .ie rey Pe : Wm commce] d Vit hI 1:] "et yc'ur heart at rest. aunt." said 3l1Irion. with a glance Of triumph th shooting from beneath her drooping. blue-veInted eyelids. "If ever a man wans desperately in love. ho. is-the time of his bachelor freeduni grows h short.' at ".But how short" ' "Will you be satisfied if he proposes "ves-but he will not. "1eave him to me:" said the tall baury, Imperiously. "I an as impa tient as you are-but I know very well it will not do to show it.' "It is shockingly expensive." said lei 31rs. Gardiner, plaintively. "When I took the furnished house for six to ntonths. I supposed you would be off my hands ong lbefore this-and the de servants' bills. and the account for the ;) ; o eoupe. with the driver in white gloves. "pare me the reiteration of house hold annoya::ees, aunt." said Marion. th impaienitly. "You are supposed to be a wealthy dowager. I. your heiress 2iece. W 7.a sort of society do you suppose we could have commanded if people had known our real status' .i "Well. I yupposyu are ight," said j0 'Mrs. Gardiner. disconsoiiteiv: "but. of - der me. Marion, if this l:st chance eC shoauld fail-''" "It wi: not fail. aunt. IIaven't I I t":d you te set your heart at rest?" Thus ended the colloquy between ir( -umnt and niece. and Mrs. Gardiner pr left tlte room to attend the summons WI -of her cook, ti Marion rose slowly. walked, with the step of a prhncecss, to the full length sih mirror, framned in a net-work of gilt passion vnlIe ieaves, and looked into to 2t surface.w -upont her. flushed with the soft wine biht of stunset. A tall, tiexib[ie figiire, ' full of unstudied grace: a small head.it royally set uplonI the slender, snowya throat, and1( crowned with braids ofh silken blaek hair, coiled round and round in glossy profusion. IHer comn pbexion was rather dark, but fine CO irained as satin, with a delieate crim-. son glow. on either cheek, and lips fullm and scarlet as newly ripened cherries. as5 while her' lovely black eyes, large and j9 soft as '.elvet, gave a tender expres sbon to the whtole countenance.th "Yes." murmured Mlarion Delaney, r be half aloud. "I have beauty - Greyb Pelham' has rank and wealth. Areti ad we not evenly matched? What right has lie to ask for more?" j The tha.ghts were yet flittinig through her brain, when a servant en tered, wvith a seaied missive in her k re: "A telegram. miss, just arrived:" MIarion caught it from the servant's tit hand and tore it opent. al. "Mi1ss Delaney." it read. "your father ro is much worse.and more troublesome to to-day. and I- cannot conitinue to take charge of him, unless arrears are paiadc up at once. If I do not see you soon. I shall bring hint up to New York, li and return him to your care. he "SARAH DARBY." M1arion lushed scarlet, and bit her y ' lip until her sah, white teeth gleamed ra vindictively, h1' "W at aothtet !" she muttered to herself: "but it is just like that spite- . fulh old Darby to c'arry her senseless en threats into executiont. I must get ten p dollars from Aunt Gardiner to stop her th mouth witih: and thte sooner the bet ter. P'erhaps I had best take the even in g express down to Berksdale at . once." of She ganced at her tiny Geneva w wvatcht. ml "Yes. have time: hut I ought not to wvaste it now, of all timnes: One he night's delay may cast sonme chill TI tcross the glow of Grey Pelhamn's w love; U::: there is no a!:ernative left me." hi: And the eveninig express carried M1issti Delancy dowtn to te obscure little vil lage w-here her l)oor. crazed, old father D4 was farnmed out, at the least pos5ih!e au rates of compensation, to a hard faced st widow with a heart like naamant Meanwhile. Grey Pelham. Esquire, in id, his elegant bachelor sanctum. was pre- m; paring himself elaborateiy for ani ev-en- d ing cali on his fair goddess. It was a to room wihose adorntment antd deCcoratlin w bespoke ::ttt only wealth without stinit nu or limit, but refimed taste and highly cultured appreciation. Exquisite lit- tht tIe bt'onze groups ::limmaeredI on car'ved I brackets : stattuettes of alaba ste' leained of fromi backgrounds of ruby velv'et: painting' that an-amateur would have su valued atthr-ir weight in gold opened ('0 the glow of Neapolitan sies and mtisty tit 3Swiss valleys to the eye, andI eahinets ta of rare cameos and antique coius tilled thte recesses. 1C But the student andi pihiloopher were g now merged in the enthusiastie over'. Grey' ielham had lost his hear: to the i mys~'tic sparktllc \1"f' mlon elany's h marv'ekot, v'e a eves, a :l; 'Lov'e was nrow ti lord' an cordin:: to the or'thodox burden of s so::; and story. HIe was a handsome we built man t nr abmu thirty, witha brown hair, deep a 3UGH. earC a y anC! ;onm and froee d tier :.:row old happlily: of tile linkI " ime." -p) Can enter th ev an. cruc:; throu' *ierce heat, with a dead deTohs of the way th'at to him is ac dleaSl. for the mi es that were readly witha the joy o- ac men: i.n:cw. and fee:, and ace <irawn and wvrink-Cd %:e:l on ilil pricecess gain. s not that a ma' ery o Iv 0 woe -to tile "Well gh" valley below. :. 1oet4wici:, in Nev York Tribune. f By Helen 7ER., Forrest Graves. zel eyes. and fo:nnres. which if not 'ietly regular. were suticiently well mlded. and pTossessed tle rare merit expressonll. 'he inst sunset rays were just touch the stone cornices of the elegant insion that Mrs. (Glardiner called er ancestral inheritaice--not deemi it worth while to milntioll the Hilng fact that it was rented froml a wish stock broker at a thousand do! -s ionth-whien Mr. Pelliam rang 'ot of town' lie rneated. after servant. "How unfortimtle: here Las shione. ;a;d when did She ow. Marrgery b'eilg a new servalt, d not yet learned the crooked ways d wiles of the Gardiner household, d unwittingly answered the truth. 'She's gone to Berksdale, sir. and iybe she'll be obliged to stay two three days. I heard her tell the ssus. It's at Mrs. Darby's, sir, were-" 'Berksdale. eh' dr. Pelham knew tihat anoiher train t within the next hour or so-the t train that night, and lie resolved follow his bright beacon star forth th. Poor fellow, he had reached that perate stage in love in which all )ts where the beloved one is not are wlinga wildernesses. Ie slipped a bank bi1 into Margery's unwilling fingers. and hurried down Sstree t. 'I will seek her out. and let her 'ect lips decide lily fate at once." he >ught. "Marion: How appropriate the sweet Scottish name to her pure d gentle womanliness: All the Mar in poetry and rolimznce are models grace and gentleness, and she is no eption." You see that Mr. relham was very ich in love.' 3erksdale was sooni reaehed by the *n feet of steam. i'.ut. rapid as the )ress was, it failed to keep p)ace th the young man's feverish impa t was eight o'clock. with a full moon :ning upon the fresh spring foliage. uen. after having been duly directed Mrs. Darby's, he set forth on his ilk to the secluded village nook. Dar'by-Mrs. Darby? She do be the lara ~-rare un she is to thump n round! Oh. yes, sir. Ain't more'n mile beyant the big church-a red use. with a big pophar tree in front." hus instructed with regard to the :ality, Grey Pelham felt that he uld not well go wrong. [he red house. with am big poplar tree front, presented no very inviting peet as he strode uip to the wide en door. The blinds hung on one Ige, creeking dolefully in the breeze: Sgate was tied up with loops of sty rope, where nails should have en: and broken crockery. invalided tware and heaps Of oyster shells orned the dooryard in lieu of vel ty grass and borders of flowers. ;rey Pelham, wondering a little as wvhat business could poSSibly bring trion Delaney > suc'h a sp~ot as this. ocked at the open door, but no one sponded to the summons. Ie knocked again, and yet a third ae. with 110 better success, and lini y walked boldly into a little sitting >m, where yawning portals seemed invite entrance. A single oil lamp rned on the table, by whose light he ad just find his way to a chair. 'I suppose I may as well sit down re and wait until some one comes." said, resignedly to himself. As he did so, lie became auware of ices in the adjoining apartment, ised high in altercation, and of a me spoken in shrill tones-a name ar and preciotus in his ears. 'I tell you. Mi1ss Delaney , 'tain't ough: Two dollars in a week won't y his board, let alone the clothes and C lodging" nd M~arion's accents, silvery sweet, swered in low, mneasured tones: 'Two dollatrs a week is a great deal money for an 01(d nan who can chop >od, and dig garden. and help you so ich about the house." 'But he won't help, Miss Delaney just sits and mopes the whole time. te doctor says hev ought to have 'Oh. nonsense: I can't aflfor'd to buy ii wine: That's all an absurd no 'Well, lie is your own father. Miss lancy: tix it any way you please. d it ain't hardly necent to let him uive.' 'You are too extravagant in your yas Mrs. Darby. What can an old n like that want of new clothes and inty falre': I tell you, I eagi't afford pay you nmor'e than two dollars ai e'k: my expenses in New York are inous. 1ad-' 'T.iienu you may as well send him to I poorhouse~ at onlce. Miss Delancy. won't undertake to keep hi m short three d'llars. at 11:e ve'ry least." -1 don't like to do that,'' Marion nn 'eed, hesitatingly, as if the idea :tmrendecd itself to her as not imprac 'able ini sone respects. "People will They'll talk just the same if you him starve t'? eatih here, and a a deal w~orse(." It's a great nisa :e." said Marion. patiently "W.:ll. I sa'mns I will :e Iopa youi cwo do!!a:" and a yhl 'the' woa' n: r0mbligly as "D)n' you ant to see bham. lHe's mle a .reat de: abeut his pretty "See hm? Oh. no. not for the woru It always racks my nerves. You needn't tell him I've been here! "Wel! ejawulated the cther: "if you fit the~ 0ooest one.. 3is. Dlhfilcy: 1 dinI set up to lie the most devoted daughter in existence. hm"11 if mry fatther was like your'i, i'd want at least to See him lieon in a while." "Wha"t -would1 be '!he( .1s;? Hevre's i' <itarter's ioney in : anv:mfl and i, gesViolent or tronlilesome aain just lock 1111 upol bread and waleri Now. shvow in to ily rooin. please. for Ive got to geI back il the eaIrly trin to-lmlorrow morning. before l!y de vo:ed 'avalier misses 1me:" "Tle it's true tlat you are going to marry 1 rich mnni dowin in New York, Miss Delancy: quire Frothing !;;lm said you1 was. but,. la: thler'*s lieaps o' reports that hiavi't no more foundation than :I whiify of smoke." Miss Delaney laughed riuiphanitly. "You will see. thre' months from iow. Mrs. Darby. That's right: get lie 4a. ndle. for there is Iiothiing t h:m spoils lily Complexion 'ie wanlit of sleep:" Grey PcI had sat as Illotiolless during this conversation as if he h:1d been turned14 to stonle: Ibmooable zen tlemai that lie was, he would have scorned the idca of eavesdropping: but he had bein spellbound-thuder struck. Ws this cold Larted. ernel worlding. w\hios(- very natural afiee tion seeimed frozen inl her veins. the Marion lie 11:1ii worshipoed with such blind. unquesionilg idoltry? Was it possib tlht lie bud been deceived :ilt these miobills'! Like the dewn fa il of som" sunerh ed itive, undermliled at once and eitirey, his dream of love crashed to ilite earth: He buried his face in his hands. with a low,. bitter groaii. given to the mem ory of the Marion whom I he now knew had never existed. save in his own illiginatiou. Then lie rose and went out in the cool, clear moonlight. staggeriml like one just risen from a led of serious sickness. He w.'s tlankiful now that he had encountered il) on-that he was free to depart without question or doubt. Disechanll:tted - undeceived! The blow had been a cruel one. but Grey Pllhaml recognized the kindness of the Haind that had struck it. and returned to New York. resolved to bear It witli what equanimity lie coul.l. Miss Delaney waited. lut waited in vain, for 'Mr. Pelallim's anticipated call: and finally at the end of three days dispatelhed a little pink note. per fumned with the ottar of roses. to ask tie reason of his unwonted absence. The servant brought back the iote ulopenhed. -Plea se. miss, he sailed for IHavana this morning" A monith subsequently the exasper ated creditors of Mrs. Percy Gardiner mzet in the elegantly furnished house. just in time to deplore their own dili tor'iess. for that smiling matron had decamped. heaving an array of debts behind her thlat night have awed the notoiIous Mrs. Chadwick. the Ohio prisoner. And that was tile disastrous end of Marion Delaney's ma~trimonial camn paign- 'v York Weekly. In Charlotteniburg. Germany. a novel device to protect tiremenl fronm smoke and flames while lig'atin:g 'a fire was recently publicly tested. The invention cosists of an iron shlield, perforated, and affixed a little behind the nozzle of a fire hose. It is capable of form ing inl front of the man holding the nozzle a circular screen of water. Professor IRedard, of G eneva, who ap plied music as a tranq~uilizing intiu ence on persons under anaesthetics, has discovered that blue light falling on the eyes, even when closed. affects the nerve centres and p.roduces sleep, either by a hypnotic or anaesthetic action. Violet and green, but not red and yellow, rays have a similar, but weaker effect.-Lonldon iGobe. In the eastern part of the great for est region of Centrail Africa. whe~re the okapi was discovered, Mr. It. Meinertz hagen has recently killed specimens of a hitherto unclassified species of wild swne for which the popular name '"forest hog" has been suggested. It bears much resemblance to the wart h0g, but is less hideous in the shape of its skull and the arrangement of its teeth. It is also more abundantly clothed with black hair. As in the case of the okapi, tile hate Sir HI. M. Stanley heard of the existence cf this hog, but did not see specimens o:. it. In reporting tile resul's of the recent visit of the Britishl Institutionl of Civil Engineers to America. Sir William Whte said that four new instalmenlts nw unlder way on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls wvill give an aggregate of 440.000C' horse-power. Whlen these works are conmpleted the grand total of power derived from Niagara 01n both sides of the river will be a bout 74)0.000 horse-power. which. of course. is but a fraction of the wbr-le power of the falls. The visitors wer informed tlat withlin a raditus of about forty five miles from Ottawa sutielent water poer exists to furnish nleir-y 1.000.000 hor-ower for driving machinery. The final report of tie Rloyal Comn nissioni on1 Coal Supplies pr'senits som11 interestinig faits. Assumng 400)0 feet as the limit of depth and one foot as the minimum thickness oif seamIl at which coal mining is plrac(ti-abile. the coiiilonl estimalltes that the avail able quantity of coai ye tluntoucihed 01n the British Isles amounts to a little over one hundred thounsand mnill ion tons. This is about tenl thlousanld mli liol toins greater than the estimate ma~de by the CoaII Commllission of 1871, n ]otwtstading the fact that more than11 live anid a hlalf thousand million tons of coal hiave' been raised in the mea~ ntimte. The di fference is ac(counted fir by mlore accuriate kniowlieige of the coal seamst1. The consutmptionl of Urit ishi eonl in 100 9( s1 estima13ted0 at one hunidred andt si!tyv-sev In t million tons. so that the report is reassuiring as to any danger of iniediatcexC hautin of the <mnniv. TWO STRIKE VICTA,: Little Abatement in Troube Getwee Teams:ers aid Employers RIOTING IS RENEWED IN CEICAG Union Teamsters Gashes a Negr Driver's.Head With an Axe, Cuttir Off Several Finger3 Witl a Secon Stroke, and an Excited Negro P, liceman Shoots Into a Crowd Wil Fatal Result. Chicago. Special.-No pr-posa!s fc peace came from either side to tb teamsters' strike Saturday. nd for tb present the strike has satl:l dow to a matter of endutrancE. John , Farwell. Jr., in whose hanis the en ployers have place:I their .ase, as fa as peace negotiations are concerue, said Saturliay afternoon thit no ovei tures wou,!ldi Ie made to th tearmstei at any time hereafter. The employei are willing, he said, to met the me at any time. b:ut no more poposals wi be made to them. The Teamsters' Joint Coincil held short meeting. at which te-ms of sei tlement were considered, lut nothin was done. John C. Driseoli. formerV secretar of the Team Owners' Assodation, wh has been anxiously sought in conne( tion with the suits brougit agains President Shea. of the Teansters' Ur ion. by George R. Thorne. ,vho allege criminal libel, has returned Presider Shea declared that he was affered $10 000 by Thorne. through Dricoll, to ca a strike on Sears. Roebuck - Co. Dris coll denied positively that he had an knowledge of the affair. He will al pear before the grand jury Monday. Secretary Sincere. of the Employer: Association. declared that is far as dC ing business was concernei, the strik is over. The employers have 2.30 teams in service and are dying almos a normal amount of traffic. Saturday evening, whil Frederic Jones, a colored teamster, 'ho was ur loading some lumber at an uncom pleted building at West i4teenth an Sangamon streets, a mob numberin 1.000 men, women and chilkn, gathei ed around him and co enced t throw stones and other fles. Pc licemen Benson and' Sch ter, wh were guarding the wagonj drew clul and attempted to drive baik the mol both officers being struck 'veral time with stones. Whil the truble was z its height. John Hince. a mnion tean ster, forced his way througi the crow and &oming up to Jones vhen he wa stooning over throwing of some luin ber. struck Jones over thi head wit an axe, cutting a gash b his scal three inches long. A scond strok finished him. One othe non-unio workman was killed. Thanks the President. St. Petersburg. By Cabe-Paris I Russia's choice as the place for open ing peace negotiations. If lapan in sists upon Manchuria or Ashingto! Russia doubtless will agree,but Parn Is preferred and the Empern alread is prepared to isp"" inestructons t . Nelidoff. the~ ambassadpr to . ranet .,p onioteri tiri rv**ce th Japanese conditions. The Ruissian government has conr municated to the admxinistrationl . Washington its consent to puublicatio of Russia's reply to P9 -ident Roos( ve's appeal. at the sar e time thanli ing the President w ml7 for th friendly and lofty spirit In vihich it wa conceived.4 It is now possible to 've some add: tional interesting detail of the extri ordinary council presided over by t11 Emperor, which met recently at Tsai ko-Selo, anad at which the practica although not the final lecision we taken to terminate the war if the col ditions were not too oneOUS. Gen. Boyton's Successor. Washington. Special. - Secreta1 Taft hi'.s appointed Gen Ezra A. Ca man as chairman of the Chickamaut Military Park Associatimn to succee the late Gen. H. V. Boynton. Gener: Caran was colonel of a New Jerse regiment during the civil war, and we breveted a brigadier general. Auto Plunges Into River. Chicago, Special.-Three perso! were drowned and two others escape narrowly a like fate Saturday nigi when an auatomnobile 'n which the 113 were riding plunged "b the Chical river through the oEI draw of ti Rush street bridge,.i The drowned: Jer ;e G. Kurtzmla manager for a chef ical compan: Mrs. Jerome :Kurtzmmn; W. A. Hal iy, Iranager for an rutomobile hous The rescued were: W. H. Hoops, J manager for a-n automobile compal and Mrs. Jeremiah Runyon, of hie York City. Foreign Consui Murdered. Tangier, By Cable.--Moorish robbe entered the Austriau vice consulate Maagan, on June 6 f~nd murdered Vi Consul Madden, a British subject, wi also represented Denmark. and wi had been established there for mar years. They also fired at' and wound< his wife. The assassins escaped. TI Austrian and :British authorieties ha' sent energetic protests to the Sultar Foreign Minister. Fatal Pistol Duel. Knoxville, Tenn., special-Charl Reed is dead and Alla Blaktmore mortally wounded as the result of pistol duel at Pleasant View, Ky.. Se day. The cause of the affray is n known. Both are young: men al foremen of the Louisville & Nashvl Railroad constru:-tion gar gs. A umu rl at Reed's campl caused Recel begin shooting, and Blakniore respor ed. Each was shot four times. Bli more was brought here tc the hospi ad will die. His home i. in Alaban Reed lived at Saxton, K. Secret Service Agent Wounded. London, By Cable-A cispatch to news agency fronm Kieff, Russia. sa an attempt was mnade Suday afternio to assassinate Lieutenant Colonel Spi ivitch, of the secret sc rvice pola The colonel was walking in the ma street of the city, when an unknov man fired twice at his wit p a revolvE Both shots were effective y ad Spirico itch was seriously woun de . His assa. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLElIN Conditions For Past Week as Given Out by the Department. The first of the week ending Mon iay. June 5th, was warm. the mid-le portion cool. and the close had normal :emperature. There was widespread 0 --omplaint that cool nights were un .avorable on cotton. There was more than the usual amount of sunshine 0ver the western and central parts 9 nd less than usual over the eastern d parts. There were local high. damag ing winds in the northeastern coun ties on the 30th and 31st, accompany. h ing thunderstorms. A large portions of the State had ao rain during the week. but there r were heavy rains in the east central, e eastern and southern counties on the e 30th and 31st, further delaying farm a work and increasing the foulness ot . corn and cotton. - Farm work made rapid progress ov r 2r the larger portion of the State, but . :ultivation is diflicult owing to the -rank growth of grass and weeds and s the rapid drying of the soil which ren s lers it baken and crusted. The weath ?r was generally favorable for growth f crops, and there is a marked im- J provement noted where they have been cultivated, but the general condi Lion of all field crops is still poor. y There is a marked improvement in cotton which looks well where work ed, especially on clay soils, but is - still poor, yellow and small on sandy s and gray soils, with less complaint of t plants dying than last week. Lice are prevalent in the central and east- a ern counties. There yet remain a small portion of the crop to chop to Y stands. Favorable progress was made in cleaning fields of grass and weeds. but much remains foul, and some will be abandoned owing to the rank growth of grass and the scarcity of e laborers. First squares have been D aoted in many parts of the State. t t The conditions of corn is variable, I ranging from good to very poor, and much of the crop is suffering for want of cultivation. In many places it is yellow and undersized. Where proper- 1 l cultivated it is fine. Bottom lands were prepared and planted during the week. Worms continue destructive- in 0 the southerr counties. Rice looks f fairly well. A large acreage of June a D rice will be planted in the Georgetown a s district. Melons are late. Wheat is t - being harvested and the yields are t s poor, owing to rust and too much t rain. Oats are ripe and being gener- I ~ ally harvested, with yields ranging from excellent to poor. Spring cats s s continue promising. Peaches are be ing shipped; the quality is good, but the fruit is small. In places peaches P are rotting badly. Gardens are doing e well but need rain in the west. Pas o tures good. Minor crops generally promising.-J. W. Bauer, Section Di rector. s W. F. Klumpp & Co.'s Cotton Crop - Letter. The following cotton crop letter is s furnished by Messrs. W. F. Klumpp & Co.: D The weather conditions the past fortnight have continued unfavorable, e and privnteainaft wifh-few excep tIon- report the crop to be very uac.. - wara. compared with last season, far- ] t mers being unable to work the fields a on account of the protracted rains. In the eastern belt, the plant is making -better.progress than in the central and e western belt, but as a rule over the s entire region the crop is doing poorly, especially in Alabama, Mississippi and - Louisiana, where the plant is badly in -the grass, and In Texas and Arkansas, e where the outlook in many se::tions -is very discouraging, farmers having -. been unable to finish planting, and s some fields being abandoned on ac -count of wet weather. The crop Is about two weeks later than usual, and considering the reduc tion in* acreage, of about 15., as per y our crop letter of the thirteenth ult., r- the weather conditions of the next a thirty days are of greatest importance, d as they will throw more light on the l chances for a crop in keeping with y consumption. .s Weather conditions will continue to govern prices for some .time to come. Riot in Aiken County. s Columbia, Special.--A race riot is in d progress at Bush, in Aiken county, the t scene of the old Ellenton riots of the e reconstruction period. So far a white o0 man named Burwell McClain is dead, e and his son mortally wounded and two negroes are dangerously wounded. 2, These were fired upon from the house of a negro named Gordon High. Mc t Clain had been deputized to go and e. bring a negro child to a magistrate, the -child being in dispute in a case to be ey tried before the magistrate. High de fled McClain, who was re-enforced by his son, and two negroes and High and his friends fired upon the approach ing party, with the result that Blurwell 'was killed and the others wounded. t High then made his escape into the e forest. Other negroes have armed 0 themselves with Winchesters and shot guns and declared that they will pro y tect High, after whom a large and well d armed posse has started. High will be e lynched when he is caught. A long dis tance 'phone message from Aiken says efurther bloodshed is expected. Battleships Go South. Norfolk, Va., Special.--The first di evision of the battleship squadron. un sder command of Rear Admiral R. D. Evans, composed of the flagship n- Maine, Kearsarge, Kentucky and Mis ot souri, sailed from Hampton Roads for d the Southern drill grounds. After two Lr- flss evolutions at sea the squadron to will sail for New York. and The ships d-will then disperse for repairs at the .northern na-, y yards. a. Constable Shorts Negro. Columbia. S. C., Special.-Dispensary Constable John R. Isom early Monday afternoon shot and killed a young ne gro nameCd Jim Long who had broken awayfromPoliceman Keith. Long s had been under arrest for snatching a >valise from a negro excursionist who I- hail just arrived over the Seaboard e.from Savannah. Isom claims that his i revolver fired acridenitly as he struck nthe negro with the weapon in an en *r. .deavor to stop him. Keith was run v ing after he had just fired twice to .1- attract attention, and was calling to Terom to acsist. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Dccurrencea of Interest in Varicus Part- of the State. Geneal Cotton Market. Middling alveston. firm.. .. .. .. .. ....8 w Orleans. firm .. .. .. .. ..S --16 iobile. steady.. .. .. .. .. .......8% 'avannah, steady..........S 3-16 harleston, quiet.. .. .. .. ......8.00 vilmingt ,n. steady.. .. .. .......8.00 orfolk, steady.. .. .. .. .. ....8% 3altimore. nominal.... .. .. ....8% ew York. quiet..............8.55 loston, quiet.. ... .. ......8.55 'hiladelphia, steady .. .. .. .. ..8.80 iouston, steady.. .. .. .. ....8 7-16 Lugusta, quiet.... ..........8/4 demphis, steady.. .. .. .. .......8% ;t. Louis, quiet.. .. .. .. .. ....8% .ouisville. firm.. .. .. .. .. .. ..8% Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid o wagons: rood middling.. .. .. .... .. ..8 triet middling ... .. .. .. ..-.... 8 diddling.... .. .. .. .. .... ....8/ inges .... .... .. .. ........7 to 7% tains ...... . .. .. .........6 to % State Board of Equilization. The State Board of Equalization ad ourned Thursday night. Thursday the oard listened to extended arguments in the matter of assessing the Colum ia canal and upon raising the assess nents of the mills in Chester. Mr. J. L. G. White, of Chester, fought or a dollar for dollar valuation on the aills there, but Mr. T. K. Elliott, of Vinnsboro and Mr. A. G .Brice, of 'hester, argued in behalf of the mills. nd the assessments were reduced. In regard to the assessment of the 'olumbia canal, the following resolu ion was passed: . "Whereas, article 7, chapter 14, of he code of laws of South Carolina, 902, providing for the assessment for he purpose of taxation by the State 3oard of Equalization of canals pro iding power for rent or hire s not sufficiently broad to provide for he assessment by said board of indi 'iduals, firms or corporations provid ng power for rent or hire directly rom the natural water powers, rivers lid streams in the State; and, where .s. such individuals, firms or corpora ions so engaged should be taxed upon he same basis as corporations furnish ng like power from canals: "Be it resolved by the State Board if equalization, That the General As embly be memorialized to amend see ion 309 of the code of laws of South arolina, 1902, by striking out the vords 'and canals providing power for ent or hire' and inserting in lieu there if the words, 'and all individuals, firms or corporations engaged in furnishing ir providing for rent or hire power de ived from canals, water powers, iv rs and streams in the State, so that .11 individuals, firms or corporations ngaged in furnishing power for rent r hire derived from water power in his State shall be assessed and taxed ipon the same basis. May Die From Horse's Kicks. Chse eil.Afafl horrible iere Thursday afternoon _~ about ';:0o >clock. Mr. P. G. McCorkle was driv ng with his wife .and little boy out xear the park and the horse very sud I enly became frightenied and got be .onld control. He ran'from the street ,cross the hV.1 near the park and threw he occupants ou&' of the buggy. Mrs. MceCorkle escaped Eth slight inry, )Ut was fearfully shocket-, little Biuy v'as unhurt, but Mr. McCorkle stui ~ained several kicks in the face that ~he doctors think will prove fatal. He ield to the lines and the horse kicked iim twice, the blows landing just under :he left eye, breaking the eye lid and :heek bone, and directly in the mouth tad nose. He is terribly mangled and it this hour is unconscious. Drs. Cox ind McConnell are attending him and sverything in their power will be done to save the patient. $500 For Howard College. Birmingham, Special. - President M!ontague, of Howard College, at East Lake, has just been notified by Wil Liam J. Bryan that Howard College wvill be given a fund of $500, the in :ome of which is to provide an an aual prize for the best essay on some economic subject. The money is to be :aken from the Philo S. Bennett fund, >f which Mr. Bryan is trustee. Want Southern Railway Enjoined. Charleston, Special.-Suit was filed in the United States Circuit Court on behalf of H. H. Cummings. of Augusta, asking that the Southerrn Railway be restrained from operating the South Carolina and Georgia rail road, and that a receiver for the latter property be appointed, and the road sold at public auction. The suit is based upon the alleged conflict of the Southern Railway's operation of the South Carolina and Georgia with the anti-trust laws of the United States, it being held that the operation of the road is in restraint of trade. The case will be heard before Judge Pritch ard at Asheville June 26. Mrs. RoOsevelt Visits the Wilmers ir; Virginia. Washington, Special.-Mrs. Roose velt will be entertained for several days by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilmier at their old Virginia home at Rapi dan. She left Washington for her outing unaccompanied by any of her children. The visit is a repetition of one several years ago when the Pres' dent and Mrs. Roosevelt spent several :ays at the Wilier home. May Import Cigarettes. Indianapolis, Ind.. Specia!.-Judge James Leathers, of the Marion county Superior Court, decided in the case of the State against W. W. Lowry. in dicted for smoking a cigarette. that the anti-cigareCtte law pa:sed by the last legislature is constitutional. e: - cept wherein it may conflict with the' inter-State commerce aw. Smokers may import cigar'ettes from other States and smoke them, b)ut it is held un lawful to sell or give them away. Mr. Lowrv was discharged. The State will take an appeal in order to test NORMAL COLLEGE REPORT The State Industrial and Normal Col lege For Girls is Expanding Its Use fulness. The following leading facts are -leaned from President Johnson's an nual report of the work of Winthrop College: *Winthrop College closes its 10th year in Rock Hill with these com mencement exercises tonight. -It will be interesting to this large and repre sentative audience, I know, to have some account at this time of the work and growth of the college. "Up to 1895 the institution was con ducted in Columbia, from 1886 to 1S92, as the Winthrop Training School for Teachers, and from 16S2 to 1895 as Winthrop Normal Con!ege, under the act creating the institution as now organized. "At the time of the establishment of the Winthrop Training School for the training of women as teachers in 1886 nothing was being done by South Carolina for the higher education and training of her daughters, although annual appropriations had been made by the Legislature for some 80 years for the higher education of her sons, nor was there an institution for the training of white teachers in North Carolina, Georgia or Florida. Tha founding of the schoool at that time was mad, possible by an appropriation from the Peabody board, made through the interest and sympathy of its chair man, the Hon. Robert C.. Winthrop, the orator and statesman, after whom the school was named in grateful rec ognition of the great services of him self and the Peabody board rendered to education in the South, sympatheti cally, unselfishly and unremittingly during all the dark years after the Civil war, when the needs of our deso lated, impove~rished, prostrate South land were great and urgent. "The school had a small beginning in 1886. It opened with two teachers and 19 students in one room, and that was a borrowed room. Today it has 46 officers, teachers and assistants, 481 students, not including the pupils in the practice school, and a plant costing over $300,000. "The college closes this 10 years of its life at Rock Hill with much pro gress made- and with a bright outlook for the future. Its material equip ment, including buildings, grounds, furniture, machinery and apparatus. has been added to and greatly im proved; the courses of study have been developed and enriched; the scholarship standards raised; the fac ulty increased from 23 officers and teachers to 46; the number of students increased from 325 to 481, the utmost capacity of the dormitory accommoda tions; very many communities in this State have been reached and benefited. in their schools and homes; and the whole organization better adjusted to the work to be done- and greatly im proved in many particulars. FeW. in stitutions have enjoyed greater pros perity and growth in the same time.. "The number of students applying for admission to the college has stead ily increased each year. *This last year the total number applying was 937-the greatest in the history of the college. The enrollment in the school has been thoroughly representative Of' the people of South Carolina. A num ber of the students have always paid their own expenses. Over half of te- - uC~uulnto ca'eh y'.., hove stated tt-n ce-would not have attended. any- -- - other college than Winthrop "The total number of matriculates in the college from the beginning, including the new students of thi's year, is about 2,500. The total en rollment, including the full enrollmnt each year, is 4,437. "The college has emphasized more strongly each year teacher trainig and industrial work in accordance with its charter. There are 39C in the normal department this session n increase of 25 over last session "The total enrollment in the differ en. departments from the beginning, incleling this session, is: Normxi ... .. . ..5------ .2 81 Literar:..... ..........-----58 Stenograhy and typewriting ..- 389 Dressmakiig, millinery and sew ing 1...... .. --- - 1,094 Cooking..................--669 Floriculture ... ,......- 24 Bookkeeping............-. 143 Drawing and dtsigning 1 - ,66o "Many of these young/ women, though not completing the course here, are yet doing acceptable work inl teaching and in other' lines of employ ment open to women in this State. We estimate that ove: 1,9'00 or 2,000 young women have been helped by the college to become better teachers, and that they are teaching a large per centage of the white children in the common schools of the State. It is gratifying to note that the demand for teachers trained here increases every year." Two Boys Cremated. Atlantic City, Special.-The bodies of two boys who met a horrible death by cremation on the beach have been identified as those of Ordner J. Delan ey and William Jeffrids, both of this city, aged '7 and 5 years respectively. The two boys were inseparable com panions. They had gone to a brush heap of pine trees on the beach front at New Hampshire avenue, which trees were to be used to build a jetty. They dug a hole beneath the pile and crawled under. It is believed they had matches, for soon the brush was ablaze and before the boys could. crawl out they were cremated. Editor's Convention Elects. Guthrie, Okla., Special.-The annual session of the National Editorial As sociation adjourned after electing these officers: President. John Dy mond, New Orleans; first vice presi dent. John E. Junkin. Sterling, Kan.; second v.ice president. Henry B. Var ner, Lexington, N. C.: corresponding secretary. WV. A. Ashbrook, Johns town, Ohio: recording secretary, J. W. Cockrum. Oakland. Ind.: treasurer, 3. Irvin Steel.. Ashland, Pa. Gen. A. P. Stewart Sericusly Ill. Chattanooga. Speciali-General A. P. Stewart. ranking li-:ing oilicer of the Confederate army. is seriously' ill at Borden Springs. Ala. Ho is the resi dent membe~r of the Chicamauga Park commission' an]l has ha.rl many honors shown him. He~ madec a brilliant re cord dutim:t the civil war. Hei is over S. years u~4 age. It is feared that he will not recov'.er. People who most need advice usually