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The fame of Benjamin Franklin 1 By Carroll D. Wright, President of Clark College. VV~""2 9990 0 I!ERE has iseei-n but on- l-riiilin yrkindill, as ithere has *( beUn but one George Washingtoi. Tlese two names are, ind ever will be. irseparably linked together in the affections _d10 reverence of AmeriCans. for they have been the two men of greatest renown that all America has yet produced. This 0-6600ge ecIn he said without disoaragement Of ally of the great Revo oilion,1dy patriots whose !lnmes we are gla1 to honor amd 0gg 00g6 -::hno placed this nation under Iasting obligation. Yet, Franh !in and Washington cannot be compared. . . . Each was the complement of the other, but for action, for being in the very position for which his great ability and his unquestioned patriotism fitted him, Washing Ton must ever stand first. and Franklin on a pedestal a little below that of his great comlpleer. Franklin as a great American. a great mechanic and philosopher. a great stateisman. and a great diplomatist. and today we iumst look upon him as a great Bostonian. Hoston's first debt to Franklin was to hinm as a printer and mechanic. Franklin was over proud of this distinetioli. Pride in his trade lasted through his life. . . . The next debt to him was as a scientist. Truly the Archimedes of modern times, he was at inventor. and more than invenltor: lie was a philosopher in the highest reahs of science. He was a hilosopher. and as -a ihilosopher could no, lie a dogmatic the oogian. but. our debt to him j.: great L deed for his Christian spirit, for his ph il osophic reception of all the ills of life, and for the deeds he sent ringing down the ages. No young man or woman can read the life of Franklin without in spiration. without being influInced to a better. cleaner life, and this is the great test. The artist ean IPaint the scenes at Saratoga , can piuret Valley Forge in .1 its dreariness and its suffering, and can repiuoduice teI(. glory of Yorktown. but no painter and l(no sculptor can give us the life of Frankini in Paris. ean transfer to canvas tile lullmiring patience: the woiderfill persistency. the sub lime resilts of his ifforts there to save his country and to imiake it great.. The painter might reproduce:- that wonderf il and imarvelous scene before the Privy Council, and reproduce the attitude. the expression. the immobility of counte nance-less the humiiliation of our hero-bmt he coild not paint the firni will, the determined sj;irit. the coltrol of pIassion which enlaIled him to )ar- that ordeal, and showed hin the victor, and not the insullting -coluei itself. in deep gratitude. in deep appreciation. then, lies the coirse of all poStC ity. Let Franklin's principles, let his acts. let his patriotism, let his wonder ful services never he forgot ten, hut let the Goddess of Liberty. whom he liciped to crown, with each revolving year sipeak to'Americas and uniti-d America the name of Benjamin Franklin. Why Some Men Don't Succeed tPwwq* 'ift - n By innette Bradshaw. NE of the brigihtest writers unp.m the homile very V ulY de elkires that "one reason why solie mien dto nOt ge t nbut ter in this world is because they have not th prolper sitlu lain in their homes. "Their homes lack those little toliclies of refinement which bring the best out of them. -Neatness and taste are possille in the poorest homes. ILet a woman make the atmosphere is dainty as her means allow, and she will raise her husband to the same standard. "And as she elevates him the effect is felt upon herself, her children, her home and her future. Some men r-espondl more slowliy to the touch of a wont an's hand displayed in their homes and upon their sur-rounidinlgs. "The task may senm hopeless to the wife at tinbs. Bttt sooner oi- later the effect will show itself. Ther-e is something in every mian which responds to a higher- and gentler- influence. "Let his home be rough, and he will be rough. "But infuse into that home a softening touch. he it (ever so simple, and the man feels it, even1 thiottgh lie may not 'irectly notice it, "He imbibes t unconisdioutsly, and its effect is sure upOn hinm." MIen like being told they are loved, eveni as mtuch as they dleilit in telling their fiancees of their affection for themi. Yet a girl very often overlooks t his, seeming to think that men do not appreciate little attentions but prefer to undertake the whole of the love-making themselves, This may be so in individtual cases, btit the man who does not enjoy being told that he is dear to the heart of his chat-mer is qttite an exceptional person. M~en are 'susceptible to flattery, bttt perihap~s would weary of coniiitual praise far sooner than a woman. And the girl adores huraise. even fr-oim the lips of a dlimintutive brother: wheireas a mian eould he( at a loss what to nmake of a flatterer other- ihan his fiancee. .Iust to htumor hiim a girl miight at tempt the reciprocaltin of his words or adoi-ation. andt if lle doesi't exhibit signs of htuge 'a' iliht. r est assuredi there is somethinz Aissl5 withI him. -Annelt- Bradhaw ~In Praise of the Horse '& if ~ By Mary R. S. Andrews. I ****....e HIEN in the morning of the yeair tile Earth s1l)p late, the 94++++ Sun. hei- mother-, draws the'sinow-sheet f romj hiei anid she * ~wakes drowsily, yet with lautghter-. And the fr-agr-ance of hier- steamy breath is intoxication, and the hurrying of ooed streams is world-music, and the pale points that ctt hemudare whispering millions of June leaves and tented old, masterful cry that has stirred the gypsy blood' in men's veins since ways were made-the call of the r-oad. For around the tturnh of a road is ever what we wish most, and ever the road turns. And ever what can carry a man clos est to his heart's desire, so close that-if he may not touch it-ie may touch the gladness of it, is a horse. So if a man's heart be heavy, let him ride a horse in the springtime. andl~ the strength and clean joyfulness of the beast shall enter him, and his tirouble fall fronm him. And this is ti-te of the sum mner and the autumn, and as well of the winter. Foi- the pleasanit jostling of a horse's movement shakes away small worries and leaves :a clear road by which peace enters the soul.-Fromt "Black Care and the Ilorseman." in Scribner's. c7~jan 's Chief Peril By .Julian Hawthorne. H E chief peril to which nian is exposed~ is that of pi-ofatnation of what is holy. fr-oni whiich he is shielded b~y shtutting him up~ in 1hle Mircle of his senses. anid r-esricting him to the shallows of his r-eason. Within that circle, and in those shal -= lows, he acocuires what he believes is wisdom, ptirsues what he namies ambitions, suffers whant he fancies are lpain and orow. wren ks what he imiends for 1'v'nges. (-onimit ilar ~~ Ie calls sins, indulges what he mist akes for love, and, in a woird, lives what it is given h~~im to inmhuginle is hluman Ilife. Yet in all t hat S pan of , xistentce there is hi a haitiful of hlours when he truly lives the life that is ils own I nd not ai pretoeCl -n .,asion. or an error: anad those few hour-s apper 1(1 htim--save at the inistanlt (of their- revelatPin-as hal lttcinat ions. Nevert hitless they areC the port icos ald p iilar5. hai ls and' zaridelns, sita andl stars of his he:: vein: whlic-h eC Pragmat: i(aly anidel ounlacenliy puts awvay from him, ad t urn h imiself to what sems to iis hcaven, but is Itis hell Trulv. Ifhis is a -ity~ ani t oss.:-Th~e (Centurv. Nzw Bullet for French Army. (l~\~t \Q-RI RS A new type of buil -. a nown a; theI ca: :>us~-etdnx i mning 2- caS ascendI:- wi tts involv-:e it~ :-:i-aail stea:o)uleae.i: :sw . *-' i: :i hud b a- ~sponge, a:tl lt :lr.-t afterewarli lie ~p~t- Sat *jpolish~ed wth a 1 :ft cloth. Real br-ass tbi' e(~tt~va:(ware should bel cleanied wvith lanyi metal ~hc- * -polish that is well knlowni .: mi made ____________________by a irust worthy' firmn. Not too tmuch Tte ighst oin ~ot~nclt '-a ptli-sh and plenty of r-ubbing will manbeig Cn ncel~i~ttoutin~Oh keep the brasses in the house as in ininrv to healta is 16,500 feet. jright and clean as can be wished. ITHE FOTESTRY M11EJ Spiendid Gathering Advocates Appaiachian R-eservation MANY DELEGATES ATTENDED Passage of Bill for Forest Reservcs Will be Ureged by the States Inter ested. Charloer. N. C., Siai(il.-- A 1 dis 1 isliieci zalteiiz ' ~i dee:lles, 4il ii1!. tlhe it)(ersitt i'iarestrV eongres .'ild represen big tile States litel'ested in tile }'eserv:atiill "i tile Ap]pelliai llrests. 1e 1ihre Sat he r da 19 1 . llt andJ forlini.11lle pl;Ills for. briniging iu mntr If the .\ppille i. . a rl' il a rt'tij :.l \\1*v bkelore iv lia llille r le . The liat l. ent1ra1 e OW 1,11rin4ion of State 1t44Irv :lssoelivon4s ill Virgin ,In. Wes1 I-i!na envvna South (';nolina. (Ge' 'r-ia and Alabama fr1m11 (]ec! (,I 1h statesi iiterested to Illect Ut I \asli t i 1ll an1 urge ille pasa o lm hill nw l i-lding in congress looking to 1t. etbl.ilshmen't (rein IlII Appjmwaeliali ,luilntainls. Gov. (ln fit Norwth Carolina pre sided at1 thle sein:1"1d among" the( nota b elen preent were: Gifford Pinrhot. fhie' forester of, the United Siate: Alfred Akernan. Si.tte forest C of 31as-achusett: Alfr d iaskill of the Ulnited States tarestry depart lmen : ov. Terll of Georia: Unit ed State.s I lydro'grazpihr Ne-well. A. T. Sim Ythe 4f ( 'harlstn. Stnator Me Orery of K wetnky. It lC(iirsnin Pe :11141 lally other itaiblle seienti tie m n t.. Ie SsIIS Wei held in the Acidemv of Musiv :u11( hi tile aftvernvon a 'ec(ption wa.s tendeltred the visitors ill thle parl'ors of the Solutherillan fatillrs (.1u;. Ad dIress(1; Vvelc ere mde by the oetrJvy ex p ]rpeset and1a itnullbecr of the delega"es made briei speeches. all oil the tipie (itf f4orlst preservation and all sountiding the keynote (o' tIe lr gent nteed ofI go4vCermetal1 conltro4. Mter rciting inl the preamble the rapid denudiig Io the forests of the Appalachian re-gion and the ensuing Cv'i 4isequence--s, tihe resolutions say: -Resolved. That the governments of ea]ch of the States iiterested ill perpetuatii of the Appalaehian for eSts be urged to: appoint a coiuittee of three to arranlge for organizinlg State forestry associationls to secure naitiontailetionl in behalf ofI local for est. developmets, and the appoint men]t ofI State foresters. "Secontd. Thant the chairman of this mIeetlig request thle governors of a. Marylamd. Teninessee. North and Soiuthi Carolinia. Georgia. Alabama anld ('eh ofI tihe Newv England States to coperate with imiuself it] appoinlt ing five delegates fromif each of these5 States ia mecet in1 Washington]. at a (ate tio be fixed by the ebairman, to urge te passage ofi the hill lent pen~d ing iln congress5 loo(king~ tol the estab resrv.es ini thIe Appaj ilaciantll andt White4 moutin s. --Third. VTa t thle senIator and rn resetanltes(5t mi congress5 from1 the i44ns h~e earnetsttVly nrgd to d14 (every thinin thleir po ser to4 secure the pas-~ aeof tese hillIs. In] c1ling thn' reso4lutionlts call on theP i goenors 441 the States itterested to activelyV exert their itinence ini be jalf of1 thlis imporlttant ul44vefllel Gov. Gleatm willI be chtairmatn tf the NorthI Caruolinta deleg~ationt. Cavalryman Convicted of Murder. Chattanooga. Specia.--The ciminh] a court ini sessIon at LaFayette, (Ga., the counity scat ofl Waller co)unty. in whichi Fort Ogleutrope is situated, has sentenced Private Thomas Cress of the Twvelfth cavalry to seven years int Georgia penitentiary for: killing Private Jolhn Kane at a beer club otstide the armyV reservation. Elected President of 14. C. & St. L. Nashville. Tenn.. Special.--At a meeting here 4.4 the board oIf dliree tos of the Nashville. Chattantoogea & St. Louis Railway. .141hn1 W. Thomas, son of the late Major .lohin W. Thomn as, was elected permantent presidenit and general manager of the road. H. F. Smith, gener'al trahe manager, was chlosen vice president and gener al tratie managr. anld 3Major E. C. Lews, who hat. been acting president sicee thte death of Major Thomaus. was made chalirmanlt oft the board of di re(tor(s. Seaboard Offices Burr.ed. elral 44.1ie EnjIbl11 ing o the S:al~ld 4est ri4ve..4"1re 41he, will'. by'. e 10,000 Souls Lost. These r1p1-44 lla% 11 't4- lied; ce"~: ed U\ te lI~ !ceris of t 1( "iva1101Mae i ) ea which b)roulght the neCws of the iase from Papeete. UANGS IN SC[1OL LAW Time for Voting Special School Tax Cs Extended-Calhoul's Birthday to be Observed. t sul rinte hi s of I dnaii o Ij enl virtla1. Sl r, In ee:I ni visions ma~zde by Ithe n'eenIt 7Ssion of t'e enere l ; a; ssembly inI r 'eIl. III he ichools ofI tle A le One fit 0 '1 - hil t' he I li aIin .litlein' brtdIay a h lidht v ;uui it i(. te pun-hase' ofI' hfir. E tzas'th storyt. ofa - inws ill S litsh t'rolia. _1an. d IN h Sillrti 1o h lle ilSle f l' i ii til sp iee -ll taxes fo lo-tl sch. asnposbe. AS ithiwes l ies ni einorms 'Ion ool 11e to , l 'eSeeId . Ih y Dll ainl as paelow.,: To, thef Colunty u ruildt i. it ieilil l'irthday c : . I %\ lie ce-lebr alt it pe i l i (t 'ie s o l ill thelili oell ie. I t'i sw c a i~it'uln iii toIs prein this w.rk. The lI atIre. :i is rew ntii sssmil. sonded section 120. m ht iolletedl taxs nmy Iwe viwll at ;l! - I dill lill' lilt' year.' Tlle alellt i stVd s 1i l xes vttole ftersth-tanobilert shl nol coiler ted e th allof ear. The hgishoure rene:wedA fheapr prialin d ir libraries. Aerordind 0 our11 r1cord1s, mlore than 700 libran-ic hanve been .stablisbhvi an! more tha .e enar a vi.nee th librchoy hnw Was n eIVd, tIwo year s ayo. . ym collilliteol to, plish thlis Nwrk :I. y'9l have done. we shall pss Ihev .1.00 m~ark befor thel(o.s i thelyi. laniyI' ci lhe libadies already eslab hished shil be xprenlar(ged. They mauhy be. enage very year. Thi ytnerl assem bly ;Iannded ,le Wi towli t In- schoo Iha. a1 lol lows: -Provided. That thw htteIardt 4.f ednllofil :,1a1.11. vtili ilt t ille i h eliricullin ", l ild i' . l'tlly allii ei u ilill 11 4 '. e' ell tlisi tion i lud see I at is is r'tll. rw l holltge wolrk beflie oertificates mtay' be issued on its tiplomas.'' The Sle Itofrd is nm nlking 'lie i ex t ntit ald w oi ny, ll icate re sults j) You as soo1a possible. .Inl tile Iy eanti e. the list b reto 'o selit vuill bodt'e eln'fiorced. A law was passed reliintg cal Indus birthday. 1arohe 1ISthl, to be celebrated with specLial exercises in tPe schools. T send special circular on this point. Th'le dog law was amenidedl so( 1hat the moner shall be spent i the dI - triect where it is ollected. It is the dte satrsesad dae ote ther sch'a ol ayf held btorse thae ll of the togrmi hath dstit ae surenet fo edxa ationsalsgetsuhtpc t Wer 1armssle ing ~ eemschool la priatedoi adill seebn yof 'Supl ia. will be ipossible: suCapm pllto hsncec ythsya' shadlie tSu gnendhent Eucatn youbrae an pbe had from thr. bet mnaiateioniabe expes core, oub paiI uid bytexcln intr or estudye Anothe fr esayfi tel elettersias, his Toriuernms andmaa dns Touochtrs: willw mei t'o cl u selcticsiany at aseiont the aSt ori :hr rcentri'e' ilagur ito povide fOld theera ont If (Southa aromein the in-h mblia" Souls. In ios as fows: Thats toeo publi Tchlteef Colon-at i-hall oe You nialhor take btirhdtay, tthk 1"th y till 3re oft': i'eacwlh yeata Newt Ca orina a.iad ontha day the schoniol odiverls andhi teachersf shlilV.' ionduc suchI lztla exeies~i Theil orcers aindX posiiite 'of. thisudtate: fallto H.SaMtuay'or scrday eFri day earestt 3ac'Jt.halb tADLY 10RNADO1 Sweeps Over the City of Mer idian, Miss. "RIOUS LOSS Cr [FE RESULTS Reports of Appalling Loss of Life in Stricken Mississippi City Were Due to Chaos Following Tornado, but Actual Situation is Bad Enough State Legislature Appropriates $5,000, Citizens Having Previously Subscribed $8,000 and Gov. Varda man Sends Special Train With Con victs to Aid in Work. .\larialia ii, Ali-.. S tetial.-N in, veI e l people atre kinowni 1; llave been killed A ! l'esillt oiat Ile tornat, whiell w4%eal v ttl I his city sliaartly alter 0 'elock Friday evellni.. Twnty-1our1 iwrsonls wvere Iilired anIl prilsperty' ,vith anII estiiatedl value of .9.000.000 .'I, de mlisilel (I allierwise 4lallrlgel. .lanv sal"I t ioil rpOts wer, selit tIllt fri liene (a, anl appalilig 14ss o I. (Ille probabl t tile ella te an I: tin oft aitairs in mdia~:tely faallmr\ il. illvh visitatioil -,f tlle Sleirni1. lit 11fter a eorefull Iavllo te siluan ionI thle flwn list of dad ;ip i(ears Io be eman1iqplete: Wh1ites Patr-ick 1eu-innis. ewondultor -in MobIile & hi.kilb-d a-t Elmnias Clily Edwards. Ia.m.an Mobile & Ohio. killed at EIn .llira 's rel aurat. .J. 1). Tarry, politemlnan. h.illeal iii Tlorntoi's transfer stables. WV. K NeBsaan. N l ille(l in Thorniton'C t ables. Mirs. Ella Sinle-ltoni mitIdI Little raiiddatghiter. killed in East End. .Jlhn P. Smith *. elngilneer. killed at Elnira's restauramt. Mr. Stewart and little son. of Cot tondale. Claude Williams. boiokkeeper 31ey. 'rs-Neville Hardware C m p a y, fouid in debris. B. F. Elmira, restarant proprietor. UInknown iegro man and little c-hild. charred remains foml ill "Buckrown." Tom Barney and child, killed at fertilizer factory. inknown negro woran, killed near fertilizer factory. Two nego women. killed at George towI. The Mississippi legislature, in ses Sion at .Jackson,. appropriated $5,000 to the relief fund. Governio Yarda man secured a sepeial train, and load ing~ it with conviets fromt the Rankin county farm, dispatchied it at once to eridian. The city now enjoys the unique spectacle of State coniviets aiding in the rescue work. The tornado which played such frihtful havoc appeared in the south wvest at 6: o'clock Friday evening. A low. funnel-shapedl cloud was seen to1 form near the city. A heavy daowpour of rain had been fatlling. vhen studdenly the htunidityv beeame intense. Witha roar that couldl he heard a great distance. the storm ap prace fromf the southwest and de's ended upon the city. The great est laoss of l ife is repiorted fromi the East End. in what is knowvn as the"C ion Mill1'' settlement. The harge cuat ton mill there was part ially wrecked and probably 400) small houses. were I maolished orn badly damaged. The tonatdo sw.pt front street and w ought great damage there. M1anIy hoses were demolished and others were partially damnagedl. Thle electnI~e lialut plant was partially wrec-ked. and to add to the terror of the situa tion the city was thrown into total dakness. Lanterns. candles and even coal oil lamps were used by the peo )le in seeking places oIf safety. The tornado also did severe damat~ge on Twetyv-second avenue between Front and railroad streets. Several houses en this avenue were partially wreck ed. The work of the storm lasted for only a brief period. many people claiming that the entire destruction was wrought in the brief space of hive nunutes. Gen. Anderson Gets Commission. Richmond, Special.-GtJen. Charles J. Anderson has received his commis sion as Adjutant-General of Virgin ia for four years, beginning March 1. Gen. Anderson will not assume active charge of the offce till after the ex p)iratinl of his term in the Senate, which will be about 10 days. Gener al Andersotn has announced ltis clerk and stenographer. General Ander son returns to the office after eight years. and succeeds the officer who took his place when Governor Tyler entered on his administration. News Notes. At a stormy meeting ofa1 the hiruumi n ous ine f operators in P it tsburg a call for a general cotnferencee March .19 was adoted. but the independletis ar eedh uponal a suppinwen Iar noIl)I c tmt they only fell in line out of de reene ltiaCto Ha atsevelt .laes .l. 11i1l is repotl edl to) -hUve Ila -ed his interest in the L ake' Slupe m-l tre diepos5it5 lfor :m) years to the Vi t ed States Steel (Corptora ton. A hig project to conneet Chicagzo w viih varaius oathlen ahi: i ni s i ' aontem-t At the annual meetin-r of the Equti iale Life Assurance Socaietyv the cost f atthe varnious inivest igat ins wats rc pota d toa be $302.000t. :mud it was also sltw that th' new b'usiness o f thle p ast year was $ .00 ,(I00 mot re thiant ':t of 1904. Mrs. S. P. Lees. of New Yaork. has iven .925.000J to Hampden-Sydniey Collee. )UI FOR THEIR PROXiES )rganiations Take Steps to Carry Out Instructions of the Meetings Held Last Month. olumbia State. The assoeiations of o o!evholers o he New Yoirk Mlutual :ind New York -e are activtlv at work to -ecutre the >roxies of the licyolders. lie pri ary puirpo''e for which the as ions were orgaiized. The associaitioni ave been unable to secure a1 list ol he policyholders. as the conpanie -efuse. to give the lists even to Suel In organi:ation. and this position ha. e(I lslained by the courtas aS pp Ir in a recent diecision. Hene ih ssociatioins hav- hld to appeal to tli olicyholde.s ibrohi tlie press. The Mutual Life Policyholders as eiatioii has sent ont I ie folio)win: -Polievholdeis o1 Ile Nutueal Li g 'fsuztranice Comp)any --f -New Y'ork wil io well to conuun liicI ate1 ''Witli Mr. F 1.Icaste. Columbia. S. C.. Seerm arv of the Souitii Ca 4-linia asse.1 ist io ipolvicyholders. On the 1sth o1, Jatary. nl ('mium .,a. this association was lforiled. witl ;lni. Wilie Jones :is pre,.sident: Mr\h Namuel I. Wilson of Charleston. vice resident, and Mr. F. H. McMaster o oltmbia. S. C.. secretary: an(1 "1n ex eve ommil. te, consI ist iml-, o p.essrs. T. -If. 1ord4.ecai. ( harlestonl .C. Shieppard. Edcil:J. Allei mith, AbbeWVille: El1li::on -Smy-1th lreeniville: Leroy Spriars. Lancaster D. D). Me('~oll. HennetvillS *1 e. andl C FitSimons. (Coliumbie. Co!. Lero) pnsof Lancaster waz rnminaie< Is a trustec ot the companmy. and it i: ie purp). o the South Carolina as soiation to h:1 ve him r resent thei interests at the annual meeting ii New York of the Mutual Life Insar ie Company on the first Monday ii Tine. To covet- the necessary expens Is f the associatioi a membership fe, -f $1 is asked. "As the Muiual Life Insurane rapany has leeliied to furnish a lis Af its policyholders in South Carolino letters cannot be sent directly to th Klievholders: but all who hoil poli es in this cpany are requested t, let that fact be known to the secretar: Mr. F. H. McMaster, at Columbis when a blank proxy will be sen them. The New York Life Polievlolders s-sociation has sent out the following To the Polieyholders of the New Yor] Life Insurance Company: Following the instructions of tl- ! as sciation formed in Columbia 4 th Stli of January the executive emmit tee of the New York Life Policyhold r-rs' Protective Association has en dcavored to secure the proxies of th policyholders of the company in Sout] Carolina for the purpose of harmi them represented at the annual meet ing in New York in April. Immedi atel after the formation of the asso iation an offieial request was mad< h the presidlent of the associatioa for a list of the policyholders in thi State and after correspondence wit] the home ofiiee it is evident that wv annot secure such a list from th company. Meanwhile the agents o the compan~y have been instructed i ecure proxies in the name of: 3[cssrt Straus. Ciaflin and~ Mackay of Ne' \ork and many of thle policyholder the company in this State have -nv~ in their proxies to the agenits mn th inie of these gent lemnen. While de( siing to work in :accord w'ilth the 1)1i Lals of the complany so longz as thiei efforts are directed tf the .:onserva tion of the interests of the policy olders, tihe executive committee con iders that ihe original plan of t he as ociationi should be adhcred to an< that the policyholders in order to be fully protected, should give thei proxies to the three trustees selecte< y the conunittee in accord with th< resolution of the meeting held on th lSth of January. This committee con ists of Messrs. T. B. Stackhouse o) Columbia, L. W. Parker of Greenvill and Jas. A. Hoyt of Columbia. This committee is pledged to rot te South Carolina proxies for th 1rotectioni of the policyhiolders. Th committee will also vote the proxie ad work for the election of Gov. I . Heyward as a trustee of the com pany at the annual meetimg. as a tructd by the association. Policholders desiring to coperat w:ith thie association in the manne: .mtlined will Iill out a proxy as give below and scnd to any one of the coim :,ittee named thiereii. T. B. STA CKHOUSE, President TAS. A. HOYT. Secretary. Bankers to Meet at Lookout. Nashville. Special.---The executive lommittee of the State Bankers as ,oeiation :lecided oin Lookout Moun tain as the place for the coming con vention which will be held Junie it! ind 7th. To Appear for Hasty. fiaffney. Special-Mr. George .John 4one, a well-known attorney of Ne' berrv. arrived in this c'ity and wash onfernce with Messrs. But ler an )shorne. HIasty's attornleys. and~ will Iasty at the coutilly .inil. Hie is sil n the city and will be inl the ease soi4eated with the defense. Mi Toh ~nstone is a brillliint anid abb riractitioner. Paving Spartanburg's Streets. Spa~tabur;lg, Special-In thle ver near future the work of paving thi ~reets will he rsumed. The $100. 300 bondl issue. the mny becint a rea tdy iin hiand, wil b)? expended l c-ontinint~~g the pavin. 'n cast Mai streets. hle Ittal expenditure wil be about $125.000 as the street rail way company will have to put pavin. and eurbing in and out its roadbed and this will represent a disburse en of frm .e2O 2O to .00.Ot 'PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range-What is Going On in Our State. General Cotton Marke:. Ga;lvestonl. quiet .. .. .. ....1P) 11-1 New Orleanis. oiniet and st iy.-" .Mobile. steadyV... .. .. . .......it 1-2 Savnnah. . e .. .. 7-1 \harleston steady.. .. ......n Nrl td .... .. .. ..10 NewYork. ieic.. .... .... Bosit 4. juie.... .. ........ Phih1c;lphia. <p"ict . Autgusta. dul! ... ...- . . t 31 Me p i.s-d .. .. . . .i)75 St. Louis. :ey.. ........ L Charlotte Cotton Market. - rjl .. i~I1'5reprVesent Irit-c4 Plitd (toadt l1 n'11.... .. .. ......1;.5 iddiii. ...... . Stains.... ... .... Charlotte ProduttnMr. - waii-- ens: 42( G middi....... .... .. Middlims.... .. .. -- ----..... Sto ins ..... .. ... -- . Hens---pe ead . .. " Cotton Seed.... -- ------ -- i Oat, Seed .. .. ...----- ---. - tIi C t Burned to Death. tC0lnmbia. Special.-News rwe e the city )I the fatal burning of .Miss. Maggie Swartze of this city. whi'lh oecurred near Killians severl: d,Y. ago. The young lady was visitint friends in the vicinity and on :he dY of the accident was out in the wEoods wtnessing the men burn off the ri-it of way for a tram read. A eurpen tine box took tire near where she was standing and she was told to exting c nist the flames. Filling the lap of her apion with sand she threw it on the blazing box which caused the burning rosin to fly out and almost enel~op her in flames. In her ag ony and fright she ran, not knowing where she was going and before she could be overtaken disappeared in the undergrowth. When her body was found14 it was burned almost to a enisp. event the shoes being destroyed. rire on a Farm. Sp~ armnbiiurg. Special.-Fire d1e estroyed the mnodern country home e eupied b iy John! Caldwell and ifamily, located on the Spartanburg ard Ashie -ile road eight miles from the city. Te house was the property of W. S adwell. it was an eight room' dwelling commiUouusly arranged tnil. Swith slate roof) cov;ering.? The caulse of the lire is not known. Mr. Johni aidhell was away from home at the Iile b t tueith iiml23452345 56i645e thne hbut thle famnily escaped unhutrt. New Elnterprises. Thte secetattry of State has grantied a charter to the Scotia Lumber comn Spany of 11ampton county. The cap-) ital'is %l.4l00 and the officers are: M ~. Peele)s, president; J. G. Mason. vice president. and W. A. Mason. see retary an~d treasurer. Cows and Horses Stoleni. Greenville. Special.-A wee.k 44t cow stealing ended by capture and cov~ictionI of two negroes, ushered ein a week of horse stealing. Fomi ehorses have been taken from stable vards in tihe heart of the city and1 the omieers arec getting desperate. In~ ever ease tile animal stolen has been sapdoff for a poorer horse and -cash to boot and the thief has aban doned the new horse and made oft Swith the cash. iThe Klaren Bridge company of -Charleston, whose purpose is to c~on struct a toll bridge across the W ap po cut, received a charter. The cap ital is $1.000 and the officers are: 4) to IF. Klaren. president and treasu~r er, and Geco. H. Klaren, secretary. .The Piedmo~nt Realty company or Greenvile has a capital of $5,000i ann. Sthte c.orp1oators are: Win. G. 5jr -rine anld Thos. I. Charles. -The Pullman company filedi a sae ment of its business. Its capital is $7.000( shares of $100 each. The' American Telephone and Telegraph oipany) also filed a statement. Thet cailta pa ~~id ill is $158,661.800.. Tlu Geo:1. F. Misseni company 441 (Clnwayl will stll gentlemen's i'uishi n' T he capital stock is $3/M~iI and th tilmeiers are: Geo. F. Minen:. \\ - lE. 31et ord and Chas. J. Epps. Th lH 1eeres Live Stock :-:. Ve (ich companyiil~ oft Sw~ansea wa',- NUet -1 a ,lcomm~i. thle eapital bel2N. I0 :1nd4 the corlporattors -L. L~ I d4v and \\. 1I. Witt. From Spartanburg to Aiken. n luUt4* that 42n Martch :31 api'! eati1o1 - -ol be4 madi 1~ ie to Il the ere y of - : a'. 1'r a ch:lrn-r 14 rthe Spartanl I ur land~t 4lh-4:1.' vpril 8".de l A ikn in thlis State. It wel oii abount - 1(.1mile11 l44ng and will traver' 544 n l. e : couies. 'Th e pn.inot i r ar c14(apitalists 0 ttMis i. The' . sa work will begin in the ammner n . triit may be used.