The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, February 14, 1906, Image 2
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