Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'y bM~dIThi Of Col By Former May r Of 4 46 N this progressi +or +y [. ble to a young i Un S+ we owe very nit + ** marvelous devel +1 + our educational . . In former y %* voung iman in c ++'-+>-'>-+ lege education. because it consu methods have changed and the a dustries and large corporations r It is necessary for young men to and rcsponsible positions and cor In former years a business a of his business. today he simply d it may appear an easier way. stil frame the letter properly. becau higher education and commercial vides, but which may be obtaine' It is claimed by some busines and prefer to train young men th true that a young man just grad enters upon a business career, an details of the business. his college with a thoroughly trained mind h greater progress than will an ui ness life a college education may It is true that many prominen fnancial world have had no collei education. but most of these men ough education is a handicap in i With the constant growth of dinary ability is required to cond so many young college men at th, I thoroughly be:'eve in educat many educational institutions. I because it means stability in the commercial welfare. We lead in many things in thi handled by the most skilful and is unsurpassed anywhere. but we: which requires extraordinary abil ful progress in om- schools and col quer in the art of chemistry. V our colleges. Zailroac By George HE trouble with iists. They w; regulating busin out, that the ro have developed trains faster an But. bless their government has have signally. eg Figs do grow from thistles. tured. Its Credit Mobilier scand; that was in the enterprise remiain tinental lines. andl performed a h ago, in Chicago. an eniterprising plaisant city council an ordinance tunder the wide-open terms of whi< tern o' subways beneath the city prise wvas called to a halt and for city full supervisioii. Some twer which will become the property unique underground method of fri of implortant public benefit. Ins valuable in the Standard Oil and The railroadl meni mutst cheer complished in the operating -felt competent, will not lbe lost becai making field, wvhere they have ad! This view is urged upon ther tervention is not selfish, but is b that the roads -.ill be made less e -.d.--Philadelphia Saturday Evenir Life's.s I By Richard d':,m an Add ress to Studem ++++++ iFE'S a bluiff and *.MM4+ the rest of humi th sac eants, while the + e Mr. Thomas + + ould have four ++++++ know a spider nu *MMM+ of a spider lie plaia because ti I have noted the grave disai ordinary childl at any public funct before you todlay with a black ctir eyes, with an absent-minded air all the departed poets. I would ha (10 inl these clothe.s, which conve: pression on may face of a child tha Each man who has made his ter best adapted to him-and has crasies, his gestures: Daniel Web aned Grant chose for model William thi:; a man thinks of when he ht ecution, is, "Flow am I goim; to happy and pleased?" Wearc :ap' to say. "B3e naur urn: The bravest mian is the m. he wre emtirely natural he woul man. Ac or:; on the stage are scarc insunrance presidemns. wih directo several part s. .aid are now busy rlhildhood wvithi the almighty dollk nat io~n is neccessa ry to make a P erystall ization of all the arts. It -Aediocriiy hoses no oppositin. suns make enemies. Alany an ac1 g.ain general favor has abandoned :OW IT. H.\PPENED. 1;is.-Have yo ::or:d Dick cj i52.tcada-Yes: i:'s al~ oer awn s. i mt~ .an (old beau amy, you'r~e as pr: aa aSvyou always; we.'w. .....1 I don't think a : '. 7 h I told t ty b Dic 1togh ought to show some arppeiaion it, but all he said wa' -'WeX ll, look eut~iul to me. anyway.'' tha wa a litrie more than I et Value lege Men or Charles A. Schieren, Brooklyn. 'e age there seems; to be nothing so an as a thorough college education: in fac:. Ch Of our priesent prosperous condition and opinent of the resources of our country to institutions. ears we did not cons:ier it necessary for a irdinary business pursuits to receive a co! in fact, it was deemed rather a detriment, med money and valuable time; but business ggregation of wealth and the growth of in equire extraordinary ability and knowledge. have higher education to properly fill large iduct the affairs of such large corporations. an would write most of the corresPondence ictates his letters to a stenographer. While I it requires greater training to dictate and se he must think quicker. He also needs training which a public school hardly pro I at a college. ; men that college-bred men are impractical. emselves for office work. While it may he aated from college is handicapped when he d it may take him some time to master the education will, however, be a great aid. and r- will grasp the situation quicker and make rained clerk. Thcrefore, in ordimary busi be of value. t and successful men in our commercial and te education, they received only an ordinary readily ackowledge that their lack of a thor nany ways in their business. large corporations. where a man of exi raor ct the business. it is not surprising to find a head of these larg-e enterprises. ion. We cannot have too much of it nor too im glad to see so many prosperous coilegs. affairs of this cutntry and its social and s country. especially in labor saving devices, ingenious mechanics. Our inventive genius ire still behind in the science of chemistry. ity and education. We have made wonder leges. and no doubt will also in due time con e. therefore, welcome a: efforts o improve I Pessimists Horace Lorimer. many rail.rad men !s that they are 11 not look on the bright. side of the rate ess. It is true, as they lugubriously point ads, under their uncontrolled management, a splendid efficiency in operation. moving I cheaper than anywhere else in the worid. hearts, all this good will be saved after the taken a hand in rate-making, where they regiously, confessedly failed. The Unmon Pacific was rather sinfully nur 1 shocked the country. But the real good ed. It led the way for the other trans-con ighly .valuable public service. A few years quasi-poitiacl c-rowvd procured from a com for a pretended corapeting telephone plant. -hi they cheer-fully began construieing a sy*s street. Public temrjll changed. The enter cd to accept an amtended grant. giving the ty miles of tunnels have been constructed. of the imunicipality and which wvill give a sight and parcel transportation that wi!! be iances might be multiplied. Whatever is beef organizations will be saved. up. Assur-edily the good that they have ac l where they admittedly have been highly. ise the government intei-venes in th'e rate nittedly been incompetent. a because their objection to governmecnt in ased, as they point out, upon patriotic fear fficient thereby. This fear is quite unfoun~l ig Post. fi1 a Buff Mansfield, Actor.I it-s of the U..niver-ty of Pennsyn' ania.) if you're wise to the game you'll bluff with anity. The difference betwveen the man off e man on it is often merely that the first. >ther acts acting. Lawson, if lie had studied the art of acting d his complaints ridiculous. A fly ought to -hen he sees one, and if he shows the habits nustnt walk into the parlor andl then comn c spider bites pieces out of him. pointment if any p)ersonage behaves as an ion. I have no doubt that if I had ap~pearedl over my brow, with long face and brooding is if I were communing with the spirits of e made a de,:per impression on you than 1 ation compels mue to wear, and with an ex t is badly scared-which I am. mak has chosen his character--the charac laedl it. Abr-aham Lincoln had his idiosyn ster' never-. never lost an opportunity to act, n of Oi-ange. surnamed the Silent. The first i to face an ordeal. he it a coronation or an look? Slamll I appear calnm and dignified or ad:" As a matir of fact, is man evei- nat an who is afram i., anmd vet faces dang~er. If d runi away, lie acts tihe part of a brav-e :e. Actor-s off the stage are plemiful. Life rs and trustees have been busy acting their unacting them. .\ien are so occupied from ithat imagination is dying out, and imag aet and an actor The art of act ing~ is the stherefore. the miost dlifticult of all the ar-ts. hmt sti-ong individualities and forcible opin ori has set out with an ideal, but failing to i for- the easier method of winning popular The Strer.uoLus Life of Old. Sar- Te i i :o be a "te in andi a~ ii: .r't ure and hist ory do not show >d convincingly that this is so.-London THE WORK Of CONGRESS What is Being Done Day by Day By the National House and Senate. Lively Discussion. The ears of the American farmers must have burned because of the eulo gics and tributes to his untiring en1er y. his devit ion and his patriot ism whiich were paid him by mmcllbers of the Ihouse dtring, thlie consideration of tile agric-,ultural appropriation bill. Next to tihe ach ievemieilts of the imuerican farmer. the American hen ane in for unstinted praise for her Industry and her usefulnesl, her chan nion bein r 31r. Dhawsoi (Ia.). who tont ribluted a thoughit ul speech to the 1iterature of the farlu. The president 's lessage recil etl an apprIpria l itn f $3i 00.000 o1 IUiire Islal( nlavv vard was read Iad refrred to ille columlittee oil ;I) pi l i jlt s. Wit hont reachiingl an agreement as to the limit of general debate on the ;t-ricult nral hill. it went over. the fea t ures ot the bill inot being t oulchedt 1r. Lver (S. ('.1 lasses the far mer as tie .,reat voniservative force in American polities. Ile said the zov ermnlatelt expendittire per capita of ag retiural population for the republic of Franee amounts to 52 cents. foi Austria 69 eents. HlungarV 90 cents, amid 6'r the l'nited States; which owes mre to its agtrieulture than any 4)1 these nations. the expenditure of 1U vems5. The per capita tax for agrieul tural purposes for the United Statez is about 7 eents. 31r. Lever male a strong plea foi larger atrivultiral appropriations ail( le1, or the army alld niavy Mr. (Gainies (Ten.) eame forware a. j defender of free seeds. Ile ar raigied the millionaire --rowers o1 ae'ls as being respoisibie for ilh aliure oi? the bill under (ontsideratlor to ry an appropriation for frc( sees. He said that there was a goo( deal of dairy money in the bill, th4 (.chirian11 of the committee on1 agri cuilt are. Mr. Wadsworth, being a largt dairy farmer. But lie said "onio seed money" and "lettuee money' was remarkable by its absence. H{( said there was a "t.rust" in every thing the farmer uses except fre4 seeds and he called on congress to gmn the honest y :oemanrV ot the countr free seeds. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) delivered two hour speech on ship subsidies say ing that not a keel had been laid in at American shipyard for an Ameriar oc.ear. going ship in the past .S1 month "Suppose we had a war.'' said Mr Grosvenor. "or suppose we had n< war. but Eugland and France had what would become of the commeret of the United States?" lie asked. "Il would be placed at the mercy of thes< two countries, for 90 per cent. of th<~ comerce of the United States is car ied in foreign bottoms. No natiot cani attain to commercial supremae3 unless its commerce is carried on it own bottoms and under its own flag.' Spooner Replis to Bailey. In the Senate Mr. Spooner sp)ok for three hoturs on the railroad rat ouestioni and then gave notice that h< vould continue his remarks. He ad dressed himself especially to Mr Baile's imuendmenrlt taking from th< inferior Federal Courts the right ti nin against the execution of th< orders of the initer-state commrnci comision, coniteniding that such at exercise of power would be the firs ste) toward the destruction of 11i piwer of the judiciary and r'esttlt it anl itider'sirable blending of the co ordate branches of the government He also discussed at length the dis tint ion between "jurisdiction"' anm "jindical piower."' The address wa: te'nical and consisted largely of quo tat ions from legtal decisions. The W\esconslin~ Sea toir referred i< a case in which the Attorney Genera had criticised a judicial decision ani had been replied tii by the coturt. i. Bailey suggested that ''interest ig as the e piso'de had been it was noi as iteresting a~s a1 more recent epti sode.' referring to the Presidenit criticism of Jud e Humphrey in the4 beef packin cases. "Has Judg< Humh rey gonei back on ihe bench 1< espond to the (critic ism of himself?' sked the Texas Senator. "Has thle Senator jurisdiction i< ask that quest ion ?" cuired 31r Spooer, and himself replying. sai< hat lie had not, hut that he ha< "judiial powerl to dlo so. The bill making an apipropriattoti f s00,000 for' thle empldoyment 0 extra labor at the M1are 1.sand (Cal. navy' yard was passed. Agricultural Appropriation. The agricuiltur1al appropriation bil again furnished thle i heme for discus ioti in thle Houitst. a! ltugh biut int r freines were maI~de to thii subjee m ratter' of the( bill. Under' thle latitutde of en~er'al de ate lie leaders on the Republicalt -ide beia n t-'!diinie mnaki ng'' fo t le appnroacin cit otngressional ('ami iaig. 31\r. Hepuirn. of Iowa. pireiii inn ta ltall niii evison an itl~pitii: eimal :i..n. 31t. Iouielli. ''f I llinois- replied'i x. of I llliniis: while 31r. Sub'er. o New York. tal11ked 'in t he Ameit'riw Mere~tanlt minie. iand Mr'. Siui s 'ifisee. ont Iree rural dlel iveryv boxe r.ig depts i'il com'' i the I ar meCIs of the En~ild S-e to prehas e.' itsl ead t o f rt t iu' the fat iade by ir- } nuie\ ol liinois, thia "tl rails oade itt lie Enitedh Slate w ere soll eaer aibirod thai n mi thi 'uty tan td elal let ed IhIm to liiia si te e.ntit to the Nact'efre 'aiit Sena' ruh-commirAe in vestimati ng te subl rd of trust ts sever'al rears ago' JOHN PAUL JONES Our first Naval Hero Honored At Annapolis PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS Speech by President Roosevelt the Feature of :he Occasion-Officers of Americau and French Navies, Members of Congress and Other Dignitaries Present and Unite in Paying Romage. Annapolis. Special.-Rever(n1?tly at tended by tie oificial head of the na tion he loved and served so well by the ambo.dial represeintat ives of the l.nd in hi.-h he died, by the chiefI execntive of lie state benpath wh, So! his bmlcs ;ill find th-eir :inal ret. by iinav.0 r( i esenta tives of the Unit ed States and France and by thou snds of the nw and women of the counI:ry whiose tirst adminid lie was, tile tmauis I -John Panl. Jones were giren cejd U~lre in the ''Op b'-neatL the grand iiable staiw. ar of Ban croft hall, there to rest mitil the com pletion of the chapel in which they are to be depositel. It was a day that will lon- be re mengbered in Annapolis. Crowds such as the ncient capital of Mary Land has not seen for miany years, if ever before, lined the streets and stood expectantly about the railroad Station long bef'ore the train bearing President Roosevelt and his party ar rived. President Roosevelt. acecom paned by Admral Sands, entred an automobile and, led by the cavalry men. the party proceeded to the ra val academv. When the President entered the ar mory it was to face ten thousand standing, cheering men and women. He was introduced by Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte. He said in part: On behalf of the American people I wish to thank our ancient ally. the great French nation, that proud and gallnit nation, to whose help we on(ce (oWed it that John Paul Jones was able to win victory for the Stars and Stripes the victory that has giv en him deathless fame, and to whose courtesy we now owe it that the body of the long (lead hero has been sent hither. and that to comieinorate the reception of the illustrious dead a squadron (if French warships has ctme to our harbors. The annals of the French navy are filed with the names of brave and sable seamen, each of whom counted death as a imistress when the honor of his fing was at stake, and among the figures of these brave men there loom the larger shapes of those, who like Tlourville, Dequesne, aund the Bailli de Suffren, won high renown as fleet admirals. in ferior to none of any navy of their day in martial prowvess. lpo In addition to welcoming~ the dpo mati- and( official representatives of France here inesent. let mue also ex press my he-artiest acknowledgements to our1 former amba:ssador to Paris, General llorace Porter. 1o whose zealous des otio~n we particuilarly owe it that the body of Johni Paul .Jones has been brought to our shores. When the body was thus bro ughlt over the representatives of muany. different cit ies wrote to mue, each asking that it should find its last resting place in thi:, city. But I feel that the place of all others in which the memory of the dlead hero will most surely be a living force is here in Annapolis. where year by year' we turn'I out the mnidshiipmen who are to officer in t he futur'e the navy. among whose founders the dead muan stands first. Moreover, the future naval oficers who live within these walls, will tiied in 1 he career of the ma whose l'e we i his dayv celebrate not merely a subject for admiration and respect. buut an objec't lesson to be taken into their iuinrmst hear'i. Every officers in oner nav shouldl know br he-art the leedk 4)f John Paul JIones. .EveryI' olirer in1 our navy should feel in eaich tire of his beirg the eager des ire to( enmblhteth energy. the professional c-apacity. thle indoitable deteCunninat ion an d~(aunt less scorn or deathl which mnarked Johnu Paul .Tones above all his fellows. Cicared of One Charge to Face A-: other. Atlanta, Ga.. Speelal.--J. N. St robu har. formerlyv agent of. t he Ac h: i c Cost Line at Ginesvill. Fla-. 'tu': after trust o f $1 .7t0. The t rial. which was begun. was con!chlded by th: jury retrnliig its decis.ion alter a:t-, F~lidai to Cinswer a simlila~ rAls -and t he reqiionl 11 noners1 for his re' turnU to that State :ar" undersItt('od i be underi~ con sideraOt ion of G3overnoir Trrel. Killed by Italian Laborers. flioe.u T .. Spe ia--d . IL Ftz tOer8' ic 11' w )'g .l'iinii:now an'cn tactoruc If Hut'lin''n W. \~a..Vii ws h ken st (abbed to~:t deah n~ ear-. 'im o nu.r. y ':a g of. S100.000 Lu:nbcr Mill Fire. lae- Lmnher C'o.'s hulumber mf~il at Belven. N. C.. 10aeiher wit>h :c im (lest livedlb hre Iitlai i..'I!I. en taiing a loss of at least -$100.0: hch is understood to be largely cov VETERANS REUNION Great Gathering of Heroes Who Wore the Gray )PENiNG A BRILLIANT EVENT Eavored by Pcrfect Weather and With the Arrangements of the Temporary Building Beyond Re proach, the Old Soldiers Begin Their Meeting in New Orleans Un der the Fairest Auspices. New Orleans. Sp,.ecia.-Vednesday in the heart of a city which has borne the brunt of battle and worn the Weeds of niurning for its sake. the C'onfederacy was revived agaii by those Who cherish it for everything that it was intendlIed to be. and11 who will love it until they die. for what it means to them and to tlhe South. The tales of the heroism. esacr Glee. the agony and the gIory of the greatt lhays wiere told aenin it tho. wh1o never weary of the storv. and who cheered and wept by turns, as the bright or somber side of the pie [ure was turned to view. No reunion was ever hel under fairer auspiec's. and none ever show ed greaier promise of Sieve!s. The weather vas perfect. tihe arrange ienis of the temiurariy buildin ere ted for the remnoni were i:s.r passed and the details oP the vast work f handling the *na: thron-. of xis;tors carried out with preeis ion and Care. The fhst session of the d:v saw the renion formaily Janniebed upon its career. General S. D. .Lee. the commander-ii-chief. Adjutant Geon era! Mickle and other offieers of the orgalnization presented Their reports and Commander Lee delivered his for. mal address. The convention was called to ordei by General Albert ELstopina. corn mantder-int-chief of the Louisiana di. vi'iion 01. the United Con federate Vet eranis. Afier ar eloquent involation hai been (Ilivered by Chaplain Genera Jones. of Ilie org-anization ite anthe Immortals.'' eompo-ed by T. C. De Leon. of Mobile. Ala., wSI sun" An address of welconme 1 the vis itilng veterans was then made Iv Gen eml Estopinal and a solo. "A Con federate Toast in Soin.'' Compontfsed( bv Miss Given. of the Uited DI augih. ters of the Confederaev. was suig b Miss Carrie Nick. Governor Blanchard was gren most entliusiastic welcome when N steplped to the front of the platforn to speak for the people of the Stat< of Louisiana. He, in the most "or dial mniner, b)ade thle visitors wel coeii to thle St ate, amd afteor a son~ byv Alfredl Meister, Mayor Behrmnar erected the veterans ini behalf of th<4 eit y of New Orleans. Chiarles Paine Fenner. of New Or eatns, delivered a brief a ~hlrf'ss 01 welcome in behalf of. the local Son: of Veterons. Mirs. W. .J. Behrman. president ': the Federated Southern Memorial As socitin spoke a few words of wel :omuad then .J. B. Sininott. lirsi Vice presidenlt of the ci tien' execU tive conmittee of New Orleans. sp.ok< briefiy. wvelconming the veteranls in be half ofP the pe'ople t of t Lousana ant he hieni djeivered to General S. 1) Lee, as ronunlerl'-int-Pchief of 'h< 'oinfederate veterans. the hall erecte:d for their use duringL the( rennioni. General Lee was t hen formlal presented by Getieral Estopinal an< was greeted wit~h rina ttl after- r'ot of ebeers. A chorus arrange'd by Mrs. T. A Burke was then Sug an Gen 1(iera! Lee after accepting the auditorium ill be hlf of the veterans. dlelivered his for mnal address as comnmandaer-in-eldef. This afte.rnpoon was given over t< thle memory of the Conferderate dleal md address extol iing l.cir viilue. pa rilti anti devotjoln were Cheeri and stalwart meI bnedflitP thei: voices in htymns of prat2ise?. :mdp ti whlo!e Service proved that. while th< rini t hemlselves arme g: e. I be mnlor: :>f what theyi weret :md( wh::i they' it il-l never bet forgot ten by thv va have inherited the land~ they fon.:lci to save. Th aft ernoonI SeSSion Pa P h r 1 un oni was dievoted to the Jory o; Ii' 4 :t mlemlorial char act Pr. .;(Genral W. L. (abe!t. command1iIr 0: -J'P*- tan-Mli5issipP ti deparimin.pr iided in lie iibs' ece 1! (a- I l . .ee. After t1he session had iun p e!u dp byv prayeri by 1 I 1r Gordp'ii 1.u seli~. chpipliin genera,! pf the L~ei ;Ices 5ng. lin P l'e~n tz momIhi1P Qa Moriui'rp. ot ;.Q: ()le:t:s. wh mojlka at (cni1der abl iohm!Ib an wii~ it! :eived withI exe . arna . aI hiS remar.ks to 'llo t1 lP ia :o (lie away.~ John Templc Graves Viidaws. .\tant. lie. Speel.-A stri1ug:"r ie.rgan(..Jh Tmle a mance. his. 51;i:, rawtalnfr'a: telliv..tt an A. . Aso. for siCC ramme is bueinu prepaedorls. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS Report of Crop Conditions For the Past Week as Given By. the. De partment of Agriculture. The South Carolina Seetion of the Weather and Crop Service (f ie lDe partment of Agriculture issues 'le followNig Bulletin of conditions for tile past week: The temperature averaged normal or slightlv below inl phiees. due to un usually cool nights during the first three days anld to high day tempera tures during the last four days. The State maximumi temperature was S7 degrees at Sumter onl the 21st and maximum temperatzire of SO dezrees or above. were ioted in all except the exltremie northwestern counties on the 21st aid 22nd. The State minimum temperature was 3S degrces at Green ville on the .1tli, and the minimum temperature ranged from 40 to 50 de grees during tile first half of the wee'k over the State except along th coast where the range was from 5C to ->5 degrees; during the last half of the week the minimum temperatures ranged from 50 to 58 degrees. Liit frosts inl exposed places were noted it various portiols of the State on the morning of the 18th. There was no rain in the tate iu til the 22nd. on which (late be y showers occurred along the NErth Carolinua border of Chesterfield aid Marlboro counties, and a trace of ram fell in Charleston county. The sunshine averaged more dhan the normal amount. The sky was practically cloudless until Friday whenl cloudiness increased g4radually, and the last two days were partly cloudy to eloudy in the western. nor. thern and central portions.-J. W. Bauer. CectiOn direetor. Fund of Treasurer of Georgetown County. Georgetown, Special.-At last the legal complicatiois attached to the I ransfer of the Stae and county ftunds, brouglt about by the death of the late ctyUitV treasurer. Mr. E. M. Lucas. have been satisractorily adjust ed. and the administrator of the estate Mr. E. H. Lucas of Florence, a bro ther of the late treasur-r. turned over the moner to the preselt eounty treasure. Capt. W. A. Black. who was app:Jvinted 14) the office ;. the (.over ni4tr. upon the deelination of Mr. John S. *Pvatt. the first appointee. Mr. Pyati resigned for the reason that his private blusinless would not allow him to give the iecessary time to tlhe ot A D. - A Little Boy Drowned. Laurens. Special.-Farly Snunday moring., while swiznging from the. conveying pip)e. Master Luther Franks the 7-vear-4j: . o of Mr. RL.TJ. Franks of the Laurens cotton mills and one of the best citizens of Laurens. lost his grip. fell into the resevoir' of the Southern Cotton Oil Compeny here. andt was drowned. The lad. with j wo other bjoys of about thec same ageQ. were playing aroundi the reservoir and wheni he fell in his companitons imlmediately ran home but did not 'iye the alarm for some timei(. The body was recovered att 8.:10 and the phyvsi etans summnoned :nmiounced that 1the laad hiad beenu dlead nearly an hour. Diocese of South Carolina. AXnderson. Special -Thte 11 61hle an iual counttcil of thle diocese ..f ouith Ciarol inn will convene inl 1his city on M~ar Sth and will contitnue in -es-lon for .tne wxeek. The mnembers of G3rac Episcopal church are making arrenlge ivna most heartyv recept ion wh len they comae 1to Andetrsoni. An Old Negro Killed By His Young . Wife. Greeuville. Special.-In a row with her olId husband. Betsy Goldsmith,. colored, beat him into insensibilitv at their home near Mauldin. in this couniv~. Sat urddy miornling anud then tinished the job by sabbing him with a steel fork. She has been arrested. The woman is 30~, while Goldsmith was 65. - Dr. Nicholls Not Found. Spa rt anburg. Speial.-Dr. Osear Nicholls of Ettoree, who disappeared from his hiome ab~out two weeks ago. has not1 as vet been found. It was re ported4 that he was seen at (.lenn Springs and a paty went ov'er from Enoirce with photographs of the miss ing man. These were identified as the pi4.tutre of the mtatn who was seen at that place on1 April 12. it is stated diat lie spent the night there and left for parts unikno.wn. The people at Glennt Springs do nuot think that t he the manl was demented. A Ten Thousand Dollar Crop. 2Beaufort. Speeial.--Ten thousand1 truck hitppe)d and( s.oldl by the Whip farm ' of 50 acres ini close procximty t' ti place. T hey have grown~V andu shit "p(d mloreO rYi he-s~ t han an othi 0 er havec not yet hi 4ped their enire il.crop of peas and Ihe~s !n1',e ahu Liable For Income Tax. Colhumubia. Speial.-In respoinse to an inquiry from the Lancaster countyv ud ito r. Attorniey Geerah Youanns redtered an opion4 upx:a't that thle salaries of State aAd 4'mv.y olers are rnot exemnpt r frlm the in-~ coei. tax la w. So fo r as is knownxvi. not a man in thle State has ever paid any income tax while hldi-n oili1ce. Tlte law fixes the mntini income r..ch.ni bthe anw at iE2.500. PALMEHO ccurrences of Int All Over South ANY ITEMS OF STA A. Batch of Live Paragrap ing a Wide Range-What is On in Our State. General Cotton Market. Talvoston. steadv.... .... .. 11 5-1t New Orleans. steady.... .... 31 5-11; 'larlesttoI. irin............ Wil ington. stea(dv...... ..... 11 orfolk. steady.... .... .....i 1 Paitimore. nominal.. ..... .. 11 1-2 New York. quiet.... .... .... .1.75 Boston. quiet.... .... ..... .. 12 [Iouston. steady.. ......... 11 5-16 Auigusta. quiet.... .... .... 11 5-16 I1ephis. Itady.... .... .... 1ll t.L u .que .... .... .... 1 - Louisville. firm... .... .... 31 -2 Charlotte Cotton Market. TIese prices represent th.e pries pad to ns: 0ood iniddlin.... .. .. .....11 1-2 Strict miiddling..... ... ... 1-2 31iddn.... .... ....- 11 14 ood middlinr tinged....... ill-I Stains.... .... ....... 9 1-4 to 10 New Bnterprises. The Seeretary of Stale ha i--net a commn'ission to the Bank of lleaiIt Springs. capitalized at $15,O00). The corporators are: R. B. Mackey. W. S. Moore, P. T. Hwitly anid Leioy Spings. A comrission was also isged to t he Concrete Sione Contracting Company of Batesbuirg. capitalized rt -$:3.000 The petitionsor charter ar:: W. J. McCartha an<} E. Rentland. The Ehandon Annex'- fan2v. aJ local company, df which Julius H.. Walker. Bruce W. Rei-enel and J. .. Moore are the corporators, received a onfmission. The capital is .15.001. The Williamston Buildir and Loan association received a commission. -The apital is .$50.000. and the corporators. are: D. L. Donald. B. F. iussell, T 1. Mahon. E. H. Welborn and J. 4 Duckworth. The Anderson Farmers' Union Warehouse Company received a char ter, the capital being $20,000 and the officers: B. Harris, president: L. H. f Watson, vice president, and C. 0. Bur s. secretarv and treasurer. The St. Matthews Warehouse con pany received a commission. The capi tal is .10.000 and the crporators are: W. E. Winiberly. T. H. Dreher and J. L. Loreai. The Carolina Mutual Bceeit coml paiy of (Giffney is eleemnnryY. The petitioners are: W. C. McArthur and B. B. Steedy. Struck By Lightning. Spartanburg, Specia.-The Metho dist church at Clifton Mill No. 1 was struck by a bolt of lightning and comt letelv burned. The conflagration hap peted between 4 and 5 o'clock- durmti a severe electrical storm. The loss was total and amounted to .913.500. This is the second time that the edifice as been struck since its completionL bout eight years ago, and the build wa eing repaired when it was demol ished. On the third Sunday of this month the mortgage on the building was ihed. largely through the efforts of Rev. J. L. Harley of this city and he estution came before two weeks ad elapsed. Mr. Harley, who raised the ortgge. was largely instrument al in the erection of the church and has dfie good work in that setionl for some years. Hail Storm in Cheraw. Cheraw. Special. -Sunday after noon at about 5 o'clock there was one of the most severe hail storms here that has ever ocecurred in Cheraw. It cottiued to hail for about half an hour so that the ground was perfectely white in many places. The extent of the damage dlone to the fruit is not et fulv known. but it has been,. with ot dout. severely ir~jured. Farmers' Union to Build Warehouses Anerson. Special.--The1 Frumers? Union will erect a large warehouse ini tis ~ity tor the storage of cottonl. W\ork will begin on the building at an erly day and everything will be in readiness for the fall season. The wrehouse wvill have a capacity of S 0 bales andl wi be &ieproof. The 'ost will be approximately $15.000. Te.nion is a strong orgamuzatton of pracital and prominent planters of the county and is doing mucih goga for e a ieituratll interests of this see A Bcy Lcst. er.- la abu 34PI" 1 year- of .- ! paincs :r eehn-mi-VetVo m e 1 wheeneamb. Th ~ie disa tppea'ri-ncI'e ha ben eemi -dl~l to the pe. ee' hv th hov' pire's. Mr an ?ds J. I. fo t-the b'y. The boy wa-e-- ye at the Higb M~ v3anut-ctur. pn-spamti and. wvas seen on. T.. and has n-t bon~ sceen smnee. Gift To Newberry College. Newberry. Special.-The .,emi-rent tetiatl ear of Newberry cole, Ct'Wil o dow in)fl~ theC history .f i in ttution A ts ant (epoch year. iv' ine 1ois f :~sian thing- Ioir te;: futuri' A le w a- a'io it was a:no:ord that l)r. I). K. Pearson of Gle-a~ hia' trrdan offei'cr to the colege or .$25. V lit man liberal ter-ms~ nd ;ist h e s-,enet wCeid be begun at ,t~-.lokgt ahroe ctdowmnent