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Don't Waste Your Time By Beatrice Fairfax. HE playtime of the year is over, girls, and flnow comes thel Time for doing good work and showing what you are made of. Make ip your minds that during the coming winter you will do sometthing to improve ycurselves, mentally, physical ly, or both. It is easier to work in the cool weather, one feels like achieving great things. Brains and muscles are eager for exercise. See if you can't ind something in which to interest yourself during the winter, so that. by spring you will be conscious that you have de"ddly "grown" in some direction or other. If you suffer the drawbacks of a limited education, pick out se'.e line Of study and w ork at it. with all your I- :t and energy. If you caln afford it, joiii some social or athletic club and real) the lbenetits of mingling with your fellow beings or developing yourself physically. Oi get together a few of you and form Clubs of your own. A walking club of young men and wemen to meet once a week, will afford its members a great deal of pleasure. Or, you might start a reading club and take turns reading aloud oiC or two evenings each week. Spend one-half the evening reading some good his' tory and the other half over an interesting novel. hien you could have coffee and cake. You could take turns meeting at each other's homes. Make up your mind to succeed in your work as you never have beture. Put your very best efforts into it. Say to yourself. "I am going to improve nyself this winter, and at the end of it I imtnnd to be more o' a woman hain I ever have been before.' Don't waste a minute. Time is more precious than diamonds antd rubies. All your endeavor woi't bring back one lost moment: never forget that. I wouli advise every girl to try and do a little bit of good reading during the long winter evenings. The public libraries are op-1n to all, and interesting books can be picked up at the second-hand book shops for almost nothing. If you do not care for reading, find some other diversion that will keel your mind and interest stiniulated. Get a .obby of some kind. Thcre is nothing like a hobby to keep one in. tercsted. D)n't let. the winter pass without getting some good out 01 11 Take "Self Improvenent" for your motto. and keep the words brighi and shining before you all winter. In the spring you will be a happy girl if you feel you have lived up to Yotir motto.- -New York Journal. Ch UP The Optimist. HEER up: The world is taking your photograph. Look pleasant. Of course you have your troubles-troubles you cannot tell the policeman. A whole lot of things bother you, of course. Business worries, o;r domestic sorrows, it may be. or what not. You find life a rugged road, whose stones hu:t your feet. Nevertheless. cheer up! It may be your disease is selfishness-ingrown selfish ness. Your life is too self-centered. You imagine your trib ulations are worse than others bear. You feel sorry for ..ra-the meanest sort of pity. It is a pathetic illusion. Rid yourself of that, and cheer up! What right have you to carry a picture of your woebegone face and fun eral ways about among your fellows, who haveo troubles of their own? If you must whine, or sulk. or scowl, take a car. and go to the woods, or to the unfre quented lanes. Cheer up! Your ills are largely imaginary. If you were really on the brink of bankruptcy, or if there were no thoroughfare through your sorrows, you would clear your brows, set your teeth, and make the best of it. Cheer up! You are making a hypothetical case out of your troubles. and suffering from a self-infliited verdict. You are borrowing trouble, and paying a high rate of interest. Cheer up! Why, man alive, in a ten-minute walk you may see a score of people worse off than you. And here you are digging your own grave, and playing pallbearer into the bargain. Man alive, you must <io your work! Smile, even though it be through your tea-s, which speedily dry, And cheer iup!-Young Folks. C~'~ Old Things G 'Forgotten in These Pros gressive Days BJacob Bromfield. ++ T is surprising to an oldish man how many thnigs of daily us~e Sthe present generation seems to have forgotten. + ~ Here ares some instanrces. *,. j 1. To tell the points of the compass by a watch.-Point + + the hour hand at the sun. Then south is halfway between ,$the hour hand and the figure twelve of the dial. ++++~+ 2. To measure an angle by a watch.-Lay two straight C $ edged pieces of paper on the angle, crossing at the apex. Holding them by where they overlap, lay them on the face ot the watch with the apex at the centre. Road the angle by the minutes of the dlial, each minute being six degrees of arc, It is easy to measr'e within two or three degrees in this way. 1. To start a tight screw-Press the screwdriver firmly in place with one band, but do not turn it, Then take hold of it sideways with flat-jawed pliers as close to the head of the screw as possible, and turn it with them, A hand vise is better than pliers. Leave just enough of the tip of the screwdriver out side the vise to fill the slot of the screw, but no more. This reduces the dan ger of breaking or bending a badly-tempered screwdriver to a minimum. 4, To put a pin through starched linen, rub the pin with paraffine. To push a collar button through a startched buttonhole, rub paraffne on the back of the buttronhole.-Scientific American. jATrbuteto urglars By E. H. Lacon Watson. f~'I 1-HF~'E are, of course, burglars and burglars. You may urge I ~ I alark of chivalry, a greed of gain, a base provision for per sonal sefety, a hesitation to attack houses that contain men I~lor s..2 dogs or babies, or -even night-lights, in some of ___________ these gentry. Burr no doubt it was much the same with the highway j~J men of old. Not all of them graced their manly calling as we could have wished: not all were models of politeness and affability. taking a kiss as sufficient payment from the fair damsel, walking a minuet at the crossroads with the high-born lady of fash ion, invariably resnectful of age and sex. Was it not my Lord Bathurst who had boasted that he would never stand and deliver to a single gentleman of the road, and did lie not find himself once confronted with the customary horse-pistol at his carriage window? 'it seems that one highwaynman is stufficeet after all," said his assailant, contemptuously handling the peer's gold watch. "Rufian:" replied the intrepid Bathurst, 'you know well enough I would never hand these over were it not for yotur friend just behind your shoulder."' The fellow turned Ihis head to look for his imaginary colleague and was nrompiitly shot dead by the ingenious nobleman. Parson's Henhouse Repopulated. World's Supply of Platinum. Rev. T. C. Richar-ds of Torrington, The wohi's supply oif pIjatin-im dur Cenin.. wh1o r emiy :os- his whole jna the yeart"4 was alvur 1l.800 iloek of' -ix-en lens thru rh the dep- p&onde. 1.2U3 potunds of whiceh came rez!ations of thif'.es. now. has aten- fromi Russia. The United States pro ae-1 houtse agin. H is parishioners dluced 290 ounces. valtued at S4 .:. e'lanned: to bring t a birds to the par- All of this camne from California and sonrane one Tuesd-ay night. The pas- Or-egoni. t he Wyoming mrine having for bein~g away thre date wvas shifted suspended operations. The price of ,o WXednesday night. This proved platinum increased 10 per cent dutring stormy and ince that time delegates the year. The present price of plati have been arriving f'om time to trme. num-$20.50 an ounce-is the highest each bearing a bird to add to the which this metal has reached in re eoc.-Bontnn GIeC. cent years. T!H STATE L[GISLATURE Body of State Lawmakers Down at Work--Bills That Have Been Intro duced. When the Louse met thtre Were sev (rail new bills introduced. Anong the new lills pres.ented were: 'Mr. Hk rri sonI-To authlorize a Spe eial ecin' for Fountain Jiun for the i'stIvce of boids. Mr. MdColl-Proposinig an amend inent to the const itutioln relating to imunicipal inldebtednless. Mr. Whaley introdi'ed the license feature of the Morgain bill as a sep arate.id distinct bill. Ie did this so that Charilston may t , et a lictense system in the event that the Morgan b'ill should by chance fail. The idea is to have a 1ieiste bill applicable to cities of over 40.000 in the event tilhat i he Mrgan bill shoil fail. The house having passed tlijz proviso for Char lestoni it is t4) be asked to do so again independent of aiiv other bill. The pro visions are identical withIi those 4 1 .tte 'Mor.gan1 hill as to licrnses If.or cities of 'Over 40,000. Mr. lov-To amend the law so ne baik "r corporatioi call buy stovk Ml anlot her baik or corport iin. Mr. Sinkler-To purchans the iren ises known as the guard house fior the Citadel; $25.000 is asked from the State for the purpose. Mri. IDoar-To autihorize the city of Geoivtown to lease property to the Georgetown Rifle Guards. I r Briec-To amen( the law as to the State board of examiniers. The report of the leg-islative com mittee to examine the State house of iees was received last nigtht. It was ordered printed without reading it. This report is of special interest. with regard to the examination of the of fiee of secretary of State. Mr. Too!e called up his bill to pro vide for 2 1-2 eent passenger rates. Mr. Kershaw (it Florence had nto in terest in railroads but lie was oppos ed to reducing rates without very good reasois. He believed a redue tion of the rates would only result iii injurv to the traffie and shipping facilities. le certainly thought it would be ill-advised to take such a radical step -at this time. The thiinr to d1o is Ito remedy evils but it Was wrong to reduce rates without very good reasons. The people were de manding and wcre getting good ser vice. Mr. \erner said there was no reason not to reduce rates. The railroad counsel did not mrgue aiythiing against the bill. The oniv argument against the bill seemed to be that there would be no saving to the indi vidual. He realized what the rail roads have done for the people but the people did much too atid he thought this reduction would not hurt the railroads. The roads asked to be left alone but he did not know if that ought to be kept iup all the time. He generally voted with the railroads and was not illeheral btit hie occassionally voted against the roads and this was one instance in which lie thought ot wrong to vote with tihe railroads. He was opp~osed to sending so mucli mon ey Outside the State. lie saidi the r'ail roads were making 301 per ceiit. on their investment in this 'State. Mr. Raeiker said in the 45 States there was not ot. u State lihat had a 2 1-2 eit rate applied to the entire State. New Yot rk. Massachuiset ts and C.onnect int itad a 2 and 2 1-2 cent rate on certi ni roadls iunder their charters. What is wanted is more trains, betterc schedules andl safetv. To pass this bill means a loss of $400,000- to .9500.00(0 tot the roads in passeniger reveniues. In Newv York with over 7.l000.00r0 and ai poplaltioni of 1.50 people to t he square mile. t here whole, Hie compllared the popu~tlationl of South Carolina with that of: other States. In Situth Carolina the popuit lation is 44 per square mile and a large no.rtioni of that is colored. Penn sylvania. Maryland and Rhode Is Iand, with thick popuilation. have njo such rate. He ap~pealed to the house not to injure the railroads. Tihe rail roads in South (C:roliina are niot mak ing oneW cenft lin their passenger bus mess. In reply fto an inquiry as to milca"'e books, he said the roads had the use of the moiiey for a year. Mr. Toole of Aiken said the reduced passenger rates wotuld be for the ben efit of the people and urged thbat the railroads would get. more travel. The facilities are good enouch but lie wanted cheaper rates. The time has come for the State to take a step for ward. He said the small and side lines were controlled and owned by the large roads. The trolley lines, lie said, hauled paissengers for le'sy thant 2 ents. On thle motion to st rike out thle enl acting words of the bill the vote re sulted 47 to 26 and the house voi td to put Soiuth Carolina in a class all to itself with the cheapest. passenger rates applicable to all raiilroads ini the State. Mr. Foster wanted to include a 2S mile road in his cotunty and an amed ment was adopted making the 2 1-2 cent rate applicable to all Toads re gardless of length. Mr. Toole's bill eutting~ passenger rates to 2 1-2 eents met with even less opposition ihan lie expected. The bturden of the agree ment seemied to be tha t if the pas~sen iger rates were reduceed theci i railas wold~ take c'are of themselves The genieral imaList rates' bill was takenup l)f~ anu dtipu. Vaiousi C conty del : ionicoroate :nnndmnts Mr. Ottis calhd up thie hill to make ani appIrotpriat on tif '11 0000 tor the diSpeniSryv liv'st igation commit tee. The bill was 2oven its second reading withonut disicdussioin. The $1( .000 is to te xepeinded olltut of any dlispensarv funds inl lilandt. In the Senate. Twov( bills on South ICaroilina's edut cuatinal inlstitutitins 'Jeniieiudie sr-n iiti 5 t ii hinuing thle morni~ing5t55 se in. A bill to pulhish the nam~les of henie liciaries was read andi a bill to give part of the fertilizer tax to Winthrop was debated. Rather unexpectedly, Senator W. J. Johnson called up his bill tou divert part of the privilege tax on fertilizer shall do a proportion of the examin ation. In a speech which included many telling figures. tile author de fended his measure. Last year. he said. the friends of Clemson fought the bill on the ground that the col lege had just be" undergoig i provemient s (the agrienitural hall which iised up money and that no di vert some of the tax would lo the institution harm. Now the debt was paid and the vc:ipts 4-f the collegeC last year showed something like $130.000 from the tax. Proboblv this year the receipts would be1. Senator Johnsoi. eoimnnented on the fact that the Clemson authorities an noune. the colleze 's income wa: $179.11S.50. froi which over .31.000 was deducted as "amouits appiopai ated by the legislature mider special arts'' and which the board iust spend as such. This left aeeording to the tristees' report (page 1U $147,89O.65 for esTpenses. The special comiittee reporte!d that "Clmsonl re eeived. including pernanet imprIe :rents aiil aniottts expended by or der of the legislature, over $2$60.00i. The 4enator from Fairfield com mented o: his assertion thit it cost ii e State 20 to 30 per vent. more to educate. a )o v at Cleson thani at the othir schools o1f the State. He said that,11 the trustees' report (page 13) as.ered that it cost $295. while a divisoi of the receipts would show that it cost .,432. Winthrop's per capita was :142S7. the Citadel's $291 and Soith ('arolina ('Id!cleC's $156. Selalaor ('arpenter, who is one 44 Clemson's stauinchiest advocates. re plied aid in beginning had an atfida vit read which stated that some sal aries listed on page 56 of the trus tees report were charged to the wrong aecounilit. He stated that the reason that there was a discrepancy in the commniftee report :m11(1 tle trustees' Ie port was that the fiscal year eided in June and the emmittee 's report was made up to l'feeiber. The Hatch fund was always rmisunderstood aid had to he applied to a specific pur pose. ('lemson hadl used about $115. 000 last vear. Senator Carpenter then l auncheid fo.1rth into a statement of the Co Illeg' s foundation. its aims and pur poses and said that he spoke not so umch f4r the institution as for what it would lo for his State. it watlie hour o f adjouri nent when he closed and some of the sen ators wanted to take a vote. but de bate as postponed unltil ' h veing session. Appropriation Bill Passes House. The House refused lo kill the de partment of immirgriition and show ed a liberal disposIlion to the sup port of the bureau. An ineroase 4of $50,000 was made in the appropri ation for Confederate vetrais. For lhe first time in 15 years there was no suggestion or motion to -reduce the appropriation. as recommended by the committee, for the support of the South Carolina C'ollege and Citadel. There was a motion to4 reduce the aul lowance to Winthlrop but there was no change in the sutggest ions of the sup port needed for the State colleges. The only rcalI light in the house 4on the applroIpriatlion bill was on lie de J:artmient oif imnmirgration butt the nIemibers' were' no4 t dhisposed to discon'i tinu that vwork. The ways and meanis conmiit te h1:1l its bill ini excel lent coiidit ion anid hiad lie fortuinei of hav ig lie mieasurIe a.reed~ 1to with prat'tically no changes('. Thle houtse refuIised to) rote $2.500( forl. e't expenises oft speclal termthS of 'o urt. '1nis is iakenl as a sec~old and dIirect mtimttion 14n1 th1 le part (of the house hat it does lot wan~ht special term~s of The a pproplriat ioni bill carried . expenditur it 4 $1 .2SO.S69.(69 as5 it ca~me from the commlilittee. To t his was added f50().000 add(ition~al for pensions. The pension bill last year aggregait Ed $1 .26i:S.S.9. This increase is dute to expenises for electionts and to meake tip deficiencies. The luise will today send the ap propriat ion aind legislative appropria tion bills over 14o ihe senatLe. The Reformatory. The reformiatory bill was flially (1is 1:osed of as far as (lie seniate is eeni er-rned. An aye andl nay vote sue ee'eded on striking out the clause to set aside the Lexine~ton reformatorm for colored boys when the larzer oiie should be established. Senator Hood then postpoed to ineiitl ostoe the bill. By a vote (If 21 to 17 ihie senate senate refusedl to postpone, the vote being: Yeas--Bates. Biren.. Black, Blake. C. L. Blease. E. S. Blease, Davoi. Deni is, Efird, Hood. H~ough, W. E. .John son, W. J. Johnson. Peuifo. Stack house, Warren. Williams--17 Nas-Brice, Brooks, Browon. But Ier, Carlisle. Carpenter. Douglass. Earle. Hlardin. Hudson, Man'ninmg. Marshall. Mauldin. McGowan. Me huer, McLeod. Ralysor. Talbert. Vonf A nliuber of the senators who had voted to strike out the setionm just cquoted refused to kiP the bill. The bill to4 give the circuit stenog raphers an increase in pay came over from the house. The senate had agreed oni $1 .600 ais compensation. but the house reduaced this $100 in eaochi in non)u-concurrene,. as the( ~ tenogrraphdet iln the ninuthI ci renit untder the houtse hill was~ cut $100. Hie was cut $200t a year1 ago. No wt his (eblangeemhi salary $100 :again. ini a like condlit ion is the stenograpiither' in thle lirst c ituit SernatorI StarkhJoutse. wh had Iintro dui(ced (lie orii1 nal blillI in the senate. m~ovedo coIncurr'ence. and11 ti was't' ae eed(I. tInder ihe I-Ilange in' salari ies the 5tenioIgraphers' in the two circuits Spokeni of s;uffe' the lo--s jof $100t each. wohijle thle others5 will get 6.100 miore Seniator* W. E'. .Toh 15on anniouneedo liht, as the Itt-li urm law hado been kill od ini thle house lie wouhtil mal~ke n( Iighit 01n it thlis year. Hel mierely askedl a vote and( (lie bill wats killed by ai vote of 2.3 to ti. IThe two fish commission bills passed to the house. woxithi an amendmenit lby Senator Wells that fish may be caught 35 days later five miles fronm the mouth of a river than at its mouth. Some technical amendments by Sena tor Christensen. the author. were ad opted. A special message Iromi (jov. He'. ward. bearing on the financial investi gation in Barnwell. was read. The message was long and detailed and was ordered printed in the journal. The bill to grant a piece of land in Senate street for the Timrod library was reported unfavorable and was killed. The substitute offered on Tiiurday by Senator Carpenter for the motor ear bill was read and ae cepted and passed to third reading. Senator Marshall's secoud reading bill on salaries in Richland county tdies was read a second time. The bill changes the number of days in which the cimmis;iors receive pay from 25 to 100 and the ooroner's sal nrv is increased froni $500 to $650. Practically all of the third read in hills passed to the house without :mv' gpostion and oue( or two second ading bille went to. ,hird reading. Appropiation Bill. The general appropriation bil Ivas aken upl. Provision was iade f -r vtore money I'ori' the steniog-laphlers Mr. Pyatt wanted the ouarntine O)licer' at Georgetown paid $1650. a raise of $200. He has a family tf 13 and that commended the reuges! for the increase. Mr. 1anklns opporsed ihe increase be vauise the little increases5 colinted. . i Browning opposed and Mr. l)ar and Mr. Sinikler wanted the in irease all.iWed. The i:n-rease was ali lowed. Mr. 1). 0. Herbert wanted to rednee the appropriatioll for Winthlrop. He proposed to cut ot $1.000 from the general sutl-port. He 'id he thiouaght the board asked f'i' 56.,S4. The com mittee evidintly inelades 1000 for librarv which is not uied. The board ::sks Air $2.000 but it used only $1.3100 Iasi year and he did n! Hot think W.i throl'> needed $2.0I for its books. The Citida Igets .only $251) for its library. The Winthrop library is very line :ml the State could not atord to put so ifuclh in the library but he tho-uglt -,1.000 amnple. r. Richards said hle incrIeased ap propIriation f~or Winthrop was A1.15 77 for support.causeI by increased atendane. They were given $1.50( :nidit ii'l foir city val-r. The coin init i e did a it 2cau $1.500 asked (or. Alr. I leirbert said he siulamly wantedi to out the library aprprition Po S1.000 instead (it 2.00(). ler. eamguard t'oo k iny, the diefense of the appropriation. Mr. Laner wvanted that muc11(h1 or mo14)re for the library. He wated liberal allowance for Winthrop. Mr. Sinkler defendel the library anid explained I that le Im.oey ought to be granted. The propositio to (t the Wiintho1 ap prop~ riationt w.as lost. The coimmrittee reported on an in erease ofi $1.500~ for the support of Witnthrop and allowed the South Car olina college for increases $1,989.2.5 and $2,000 for expansion o f the law dlepartmen~t. This is the first t inm wit his 15 years t hat theire has not pition' s lot'r lieSouth Ci(arolina cl aeg iid lie I itid~al. ito t even a in'otion. bei ng made ont ihir ofI t hem. The ways antd itean itconinuittee Part ic'n herlyr Mer. Richards :n'l Mir. Frost, hanid led this finely. Thhe I llouse reil'ed (lo :.ilaIlow tlle ('ity of ('I iinbia moelii -v forV141 water'. discnssioni on IMr. ('Iiftoni's mnotion to alo $5001 fori itlli'iivements for tlle State hiouse griottnds. Thte monlev was ti' be uised foir sidewalks and garden iing. in tlIe capitol gro'uinds. Ont ifotioll of Mi'. Ilic'hards the amcndtment. was abIled bv at vote of :36 to 20;. For Pensions. Mr. Bradhaim mo~ved to) amfenld the bill by making the appriopriiat ion for penisionis $225.000 instead of $200.000. Mr. P'rost for thte committee explained that it was the intenltionl to make the amttt'ti $225.000) if the pension bill in'w pendcing is passed. He moved to lay the amendment on the table but withdrew~ it for futhit~er discussion. Mr. Ashley was gene rally a reducer but lie favored tihe increase of $25.000 for the old soldiers. Mr. Brantley. Mr. Tribble and Capt. Ar'drev favored the increase for the 'etrans. Mr. R-ichards said the ways and means 'ommflittee favored the increase but did not feel authorized in putting ie increase int the bill utntil it w"as int crtprated in the laws. Mr. Yeldel] saidl this increase was due and it was better to' increase the allowaitee than to) provide a Confederate home. Mr. Gray of 1)arlinigton favored the iicrease andl tho-ughit it timely. Mr. Ethei'idge of Lexington tavoi'ed the increase but 'a lled attetitiotn that Ie iered a oill ont tis line a y'ear ago He wanted more mioney for' the widow Ev'erbody was talkitig for an ini crease for the old soldiers' pensions. Mr. Mariont Ruckeir hit the iron at thec psychological momneint and mov'~ed to irerease the pension Itund to $250.000, an iinct'ease of $50,000. The inc~rease to $250.000 tot' penisions was voted 4S to 23. Mi'. Ruckei' led thte tight to inriease lie penlsionl fiund4 from $100). 000 to $200~.000 se'ei'al y'ears ago. The~ house voted(4 $1 .200( for thle see retarv. 'f tlhe Iiist'o'ical commniiissioln. The houise to ok up. after' it had ('onl ' udedI Ite seetan 'u ead (illi on thle Zent eralI approiaOtttion bill, the legislativme suppy bill and ruished, it thr'outgh. Wild Cat Attao-ks Train. At the foot of' Orange street. as the orenoon train rushed hr this morn ig, a wildcat sprang from the bushes and' attacked it. The creature sprang on the cowcatcher, bat was hurted to one sime. Uidaunted, the ferocious beast made a desperate onslaught on the moving train. andl the second time was struck by the train, and thrown to one side. A third effort was made by "kitty." with a result that its neck was caught under the wheels of the baggage car and its head was severed from the trunk.--St. Augustine Rec. PALMETTO AffAIRS! Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MIANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State. General Cotton Market. GaivestonIi. st-ady... .. .. .....-107 New Orleans. ay..... ..10 11-16 Mobile. qui-UE.. .. .. ........10 9-16 Savannah. .-ady.... .. ....10 7-16 \orfolk. si:ol..... .. ........10 Baltimore, n1omn! .. .. ......11% New York. quii .. .. .. ......11.25 Boston. quiet.... .. .. .. ....11.25 Philadelphia. qujI l .. .. .... .. 11.50 Houstii. steady ....... .. .....1 Augusta. te dy .. .. .... .... Memrphis, 1nmin.al......!136 Louisville. firm .. .. .. ....11l Charlotte Cotton Market. These figires rejpresent prwves paid Good middling.. .. .. .........11 Strict middling.... .. .......11 Middling..... . .. ..... -11 Good middlim?r. tinge d.... .. ..10% Stains...... .... ......91@10 Power Plant. at Neals Shoals. Union. Special.--After severaI short preliminary trials, the (lectrie power generated at the big power plant of the Union Manufacturine and Power company at Neal's shoals. was turned on at the Buffalo cittion mills, an1d re ports from Buffafo indicate that every thilg is r1nnl1ing most Satisfactorily. The plant where this power is generat ed is located on Broad river. 14 miles east of Union. The Union fanufac turing and Power colpaly was or gaiized three years ago in March with T. C. Duncan as president. and was capitalized at .500.000. with privilege of.inereasinZ to $5.000.000. Wo'rk on the dam. which is 9SI fe-et l)ng. was commenced the April following. and the whole plait was not completed until last October. This power com pany was closely allied with the Union and Buffalo cotton mills. and after their reorganization. everything rela tive to it was practically suspended. About a month ago action was begun . by the Mercantile Trust and Deposit company of Baitimore to have a re ceiver appointed but this was obviated by the election of new officers, Edwin W. Robinson, president of the Union and Buffalo mills since their reorgani zation, beiii ehosen as head of this corncern also. It is estimated that about 7.000 horse-power can be genes -ated at Neal 's shoals. Of this Union and Buffalo will each utilize about 2.500) horse-power. it is possible that arrangements may be made with the eitv council to furnish them all day as well as night current and let them distribute it to consumers in town thu cbviating the neessity of constructin. sepa rate djistribut ing lines, besides which the town can secure thle power 'at a less rate than? it can now generate it. Small Charleston Bank Forced tc Close Its Doors. Ch larles~om. Special.-After a run which is said to have beenpreci pitated by the anxiety of severaf Greek fruit erers with small deposits. the Coinn bian Blanking and [rust company of Charleston. closed its doors and the directors made a general assignment of property and assets for the benefit of creditoi s, naming Edward W. Hughes assignee. As no quarterly statement had been made since Nov ember. 1905. the figures of liabilitie and assets could not be obtained. I the last statement a surplus of $6.50( was shown and in January a dividend was declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The bank was capitalize at $50,000 and was chartered in 1893 The financial troubles of a director, however, caused uneasiness andl the run brought matters to a crisis. It is thought that the bank will be able to pay up in full. A Whole Week for State Fair. At a meeting of the State Agricul tural and Mechanical society at :he building, it was decided that the State fair this year shall open on Monday. October 22nd, and remain open for an entire week. The report of the different committees were recei ved. and the friends of the society will be glad to knowv that the socity, finanei ally is in an excellent condition. Waterworks for Edgefield. Edlgefield, Special. -Topographica Engineer C. C. Wilson, of Columbia has been in Edzeiield at the .summom~ of a committee appointed at a recent public meeting to hook into the practi cability of establishing waterwork5 and electric lights in Edgefield. Engi neer Wilson has made a favorable re port and our citizens will assemble in1 mass meet ing~ on Friday aft ernoo n next to hear said report and to furth?e consider the dlesigni of waterwvorks an electric lights. Alleged Lynchers Relased. Barunwell. Sproiah--The sevein men who were arrested last week and lodged in jail for the murder of Frank and John DeLoach at Ulmer just be fore Christmas were given a prelim inary hearing here before Mag istrate C. W. Moody and have beer released, the testimony not being suf POLITICAL WARFAR Street Duel in Savannah, Ga., Between Factions FOUR PERSONS WERE WOUNDED Petty Politicians Belonging to Rival City Organization Do Batie in. Street. Exchanging Some 40 Shots -Was Third Street Fight Recently. Savannah. Ga.. sneIi ..-PoIical partisains of 11 two rival factionis bad a pistol tiht iront '-' th ' chang~e. "Babe' D)ver w silied: Frank Naile, a by-.itande:; was thbroigh the eve and is i (*ritical (ondition: Pat Kearney. poi-eman off duty at ti.s time, was !I throh the ieck. and C. H. of Sap'''De. was shot twire through the le "Snlacher'' Dver and ' Hewitt, a pr-ivate detective-. s it arrest. }iesides those undei arrest or wounded. those who parth- :pied in the shooting were: Harbor Nlaster James McBride: his son. Tim McBride who is a clerk in his father's 4dice Plumbing inspector Richard McKein a and Jaies Lane. keepr of th,: eolice stables. - It is not known definite': :. 1jire the shots by which the killed and wounded were struck. The shootin was general and about 40 shois were fired. The battle started whe 1he Dyers attacked McKenna, nE. ieiliwnr h'im with a billy. The o.thers e:one to the assi:talnce of McKenmn. DEMANDES OF MINERS. Intimations Are Unofficially Gie7n at Wilkesbare-Eight-Hour Day and Slight Wage Increase in Program. Wikesbarre. Pa., Special.-Tle a thricite seale committee of :he l'iid Mine Workers went into sessin here. An agreement having been made the Shamokin convention ti:at Mr. Mitchell should act as the pres. committee nothing definite was givej, out. It is intimated, however. thta six requests are to be made whcn 1. miners' delegates and railroad mind mine officials, meet. They ar soi lows: (1) An eigl -ur - for the company hands. (2) A trade agreement with tle operators. (3) Slight increase in wages for all classes in and about the mires. (4) Uniform scale for rock, slate. water and all other dead work. 1,000 Pennsylvania Miners Strike. Punaisutanwey, Pa., Special-As, a mas meeting here of miners employel by the Buffalo. Roehester and Pitts-4 burg Coal and Iron Company, the .Jef ferson and Clearfield Coal arnd Jroi'. C Company. and allied concerns wit~h headquarters here, it was decidedl un animously not to go to work againi until all grievances between the meni and the companies have been adjiust ed. It is alleged by the miners th~at the Altoona scale is being violated. About 1.000 men are affeeted. Greene-Gaynor Case Drags. Savan-aah. Spe i --i --'.e ace" I.t et 0. M4. Ciirter and I. F. e: his falier-in-law, with New Yor brokers, wu c offeal a' '.-idence h': the -government mn thie G'eena ::.d Gaynor case. A number~ of witi~esses + were examined, amon*g them bein three representatives of New York banking or brokerage houses. 7 Considerable progress was made in - the presentation of the evidence shown in the aeounts, but there is y Inuch more. Longworth Has Tonsilit' '~ - Washington, Special-Re esem1a tive Nicholas Longworth, f Ohio. whose marriage to Miss .a ice Roos. velt is to take place oe week from Saturday. is ill at the home of his mother in this city. Mrs. Longwort h stated, however, that the illness is nol serious and that her son would be all right in a few days. He has a slight attack of tonsilitis. Kill Sick Woman and Suicides. San Fransisco, Special.-Ebb Coley. who lived near Macon, Ga., an~d wvhe was formerly a sergeant in the Six teenth Company of the Coast Artii lery, having also served in the Tweo tieth Field Artillery, shot and kille? Josie Labat, of Santa Clara, and the.' shot and killed himself. The shcotia occurred in a room at the Grand Pa:ci :lec Hotel. Coley killed the woman :as4 she lay in bed, sick and helpless. Tia,' couple had liv'ed together for sn'r,a time. Paul Lawrence Dunbar Dead. Dayton, Ohio, Special.--Paul Liii rence Dunbar. the poet of the negr: race, died at his home of consumnpin. For three years he has been siri'ni!1 ill and for a year critically ill. hat he kept at his work intermittcniv and~ wrote his last poem for~ his Chr.-iastu book. "'Howdy, Hom-y. H~oney''.~ before Christmas. Midnight Fire in Wilmingtcn. Wimntn opeia.- .r o an ly before midnigh:t t't aly' destr oyed thle Willard Baz anad llanufacturh.* (Company's building'. ihe Germanias Hall buildianr. sevea! 'Warehiouss. :ad badly damazed adjioining propert y ini one of the principal business blocks of the city. The loss between $75,000 . and $100.000. pretty well covered by insurance. The loss in the bag and oavall factory alone is ~44*0O00