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' * I VOL. 9, NO. 25 MILLARD'S IMPRESSEDCAI Many From Soul Attend. SERVICES WERI Persons Attending Fr( Were Deeply Touche Pai<l \ote?l Kn, The following was ta day's Columbia State: South Carolinians . the funeral In Washl >/ late Lieut. Col. David lard were deeply 1m touched by the manner tary and official W&ahii xne soutn Carolina en( marked tribute to his expressing sympathy b; ble attention to his fam who had never wltnesse tary funeral this one w ly beautiful and affect! accounts of those who returned from the natlc must, Indeed, have bee Imposing, and yet sufll t oaccord with the tasi Gaillard, who was know who disliked ostentatlc It was not until efte at the church?hist< John's, "the church o on Lafayette square, Ju the White House?tha took charge and pa tribute. The funeral pftrty, ; Baltimore, was met at t accompanied directly t by friends and relativt pallbearers. Cols. Willi Edward Burr, W. C. L Taylor, Joseph E. Kulu Harding of the corps Col. S. M. Foote of the corps, and Lieut. Col. F the medical corps, rcti The four companies * engineer battalllon statii ington were drawn u] X arms," while the caskel was borne into the chu floral pieces were place* the colors?a beautiful nations and palm leave from the White House t the personal token of a; the wife of the Presidei ow of the distinguish* and a crescent from the States engineers. All were placed in the chi nlflcent dishplay flllln chancel. The rector, the Rev. 1 Smith, D. D., was assist vices by the Rev. Ran* D. D.t rector of the C Epiphany, and the Re Dunlap, D. D., the latt the services at the gra detail there was a tou feeling and fitness. Int sentiment were the fa onel Taylor, who was 01 bearers, and who mad* ments for the military t neral, was best man at lard's wedding In Wi 1887; that Dr. McKlm, In the services, was a v friend, having been ei the Galllards ln_ Panai ducted through cuiehrs nel GalUarri himself; ti who sounded taps over Arlington had been dl band of Colonel Gall United States Voluntee Mr. Webber, at present band of the engineer ba j Washington barracks, i ff cured for him by Col after the Spanlsh-Amei The church was crow 1 -city. many prominent military circles attend! President Wilson was sickness from going to Mrs. Wilson was presei tary of war and Mrs. assistant secretary. Mr. Gen. Leonard A. Wood, the chief of engineers i termaster general wer many there. The South < gatlon attended in a bo tors B. R. Tillman and on/V tknlr U'icaa \i*?kv*ik #1 cers of thp Third engli^e ent In a body, as were lard's classmates of Wes with their wives. Colonel Gaillard's onl Mrs KUiott Ellerbe and Marion Lenoir, both of ty, were prevented fron the funeral, but a nur tives from this state them Mrs. Gaillard's bi Q. Davis of Wlnnsboro, John Thorn of Winnsb< bel Ruff of Rtdgeway Galllard Dwight of Ch? The simple order of prayer, and the singlni old-fashioned hymns, Colonel Gaillard's?"R< and "Asleep In Jesus the services at the ohui Then It was given to companlei to honor the risen high in accomplish branch of the service, was borne to Arlington a gun carriage draped w the battalion of soldiers cort. There, the rellp having been completed diction pronounced, t were fired over the gra jPF' \ >. SKML-WKEKL.Y. FIIKirHAI dter-engineer and the ougler s Nina "taps," signal for darkness at UMLIinL | welcomed by the soldier who Am IIII 1 I m uim is weury. unocr a i fill llulANx ?' beautiful flowers which < All L111 111 ll 0 Kriive nnd ground aroun j conqueror of Culebrn," distiiif j son of South Carolinn, was lefl . long sleep, h Carolina From his old home town'of ooro there was a large wreath < ' and white roses, violets and cl themunis, sent by the citizer were personally represented b 2 SIMPL E. McDonald, a boyhood friend o > nel Galliard; there was froi South Carolina delegation In I mi This State flonal house a laurel wreath <1 by Honor white carnations and a South llna state flag; from Presidei gineer. Mrs. Wilson, besides Mrs. \\ . , _ personal token, a wreath of rof ken from Sun- orchids; a design from the cl engineers and his associates who attended from the class of 188 4 of West ngton of the a design from the Third United DuBose Gall- Volunteer engineers of the Si ipressed and American war; one from the in which mill- tors of the Panama railroad igton honored from the Washington office c fineer, paying Isthmus canal commission; and memory and from personal friends. y every possi- Mrs. Galllard, with her son, (1v Tn flinc:c\ OftlllnrH Pomo Qnufh Pn*?r*lt ..J . .V .uvou . "? "? "" d a large mill- mediately after the funeral, as particular- now with her sister, Mrs. fl ng. and, from Ruff, In Rldgeway. With mem have recently her own family and her husbai tnal capital, It Rldgeway and Wlnnsboro she ^ n solemn and main for some time, and will e clently simple ally make her home with h tes of Colonel wherever he locates in the sts n to be a man practice his profession of ele in. engineering, r the services PRESIDENT'E NIEC1 TsrsiSssi T0 PLAY BIG p id their last Mrs. George Howe fo Columl arriving from Open in Montreal in !.**?< he station and ; 0 the chureh * ?s and by the Montreal. Dec. 14.?The o am M. Rlaok, Qf "Omar, the Tentmaker," angfltt. Harry Mrs. George Howe, of Colum a and Chester q , a niece of President Wlls of engineers: an important part, in Montreal coast artillery than New York, where it has t A, Means of rehearsal tills fall, has sui red. theatregoers. Since Mrs. lb jomposing the saj(j to have gone on the stag niied in Wash- the good wishes of the Presid 1 at "present seemed that she might have ii t, flag draped, him to attend the first perfoi rch. Only two had the premier been in a clt 1 upon it with Washington. Yet the pre bunch of car- Richard W. Tully, for some s which went n0w unknown, decided to brii 0 Baltimore? company all the way to Cnna i-mpathy from rs initial production. it to the wod. This is all the more surprisl sd engineer? cause Mrs. Howe, who, by tin 1 Tihrd I'nlted pjayS under the stage name o other flowers garet Vale, was a guest at the urch?a mag- wedding of Miss Jessie Wilso g the entire Francis H. Sayre. In fact, si to stop rehearsals for two d Roland Cotton give her time to attend the we ed in the ser- Mrs. Howe nlaved a small nm lolph McKim. Mme. Navlmova last year, ar hurcli of the made good. Then she used ta? v. Edward S. name. This year when she beg er conducting SOught an engagement with Mr ve. In ever>' under the name of Margaret ching note of Mr. fully says he knew noth itances of this jier relation to the President cts that Col- 8he asked permission when rein le of the pall- were at their height to go to ? all arrange- tngton for the wedding. She ilde of the fu- teu him. Colonel Gail- Had the President attended ishington in formance of the play in New who assisted Philadelphia, or Baltimore, wl farm personal might have been produced, as i atertained by jn Canada, it would have been ma, and con- mendous advertisement. How* l cut by Colo- bas been suggested that Mr. lat the bugler wanted to be quite sure his nev the grave at er could make good before he rector of the ber appearance before a crow lard's Third would follow the President. r engineers? leader of the ttallion at the ; Island Colony Hires Conn a position se- Doctor; Salnry Paid by T onel Gaillard . ., ,, _ rican war. Newborn, N. C.. Dec. 15 ? ded to its ca- Island, Currituck county, whlcl in official and . habited by about 200 person ng. Although ploys one physician to minister prevented by ills and ailments of every citiz ? the funeral. | This physician is paid a sal it. The secre- something more than $1,00(1 Garrison, the every family is assessed accord Breckenridge, the number in the household chief of staff. ? end the quar- ing the year when the lone ph; c among the has little to <lo, but at other r'nroMan dele- when some epidemic strikes the dy, and Sena- he is kept husy from morninji E. I). Smith far Into the night, lere; the ofll. 1 Occasionally, when there ar ers were pres- eral members of a family ill Oolopel Oail- time, a trained nurse is emi t Point, 1884, but this is a rarity and to the of the doctor it can be said tl ly two sisters, has remarkable success in k Mrs. Walter the members of that communll Sumter coun- from all disease. i going on to nber of rela- , _ ? ? , went, among I>l|?lom?i For ( orn Boys and 1 rother, James CJIrls. Mr. and Mrs. | Washington, Dee. 13.- -Sec ^and^DavId Hou8ton today presented diploi irleston. merit to the 82 prize winnlnj 1 lessons and nnd girls from all parts of the K of the two States who raised bumper en favorites of corn and potatoes and cann< eck of Ages" largest quantities of tomatoes. "?completed presentation took place on a rch. knoll In the spacious grounds the engineer department of agriculture, man who had The group bearing flags c nient In their merous states included the s< The casket few from an army of more cemetery on 200,000 boys and girls who ha< Ith the colors, peted In corn clubs, potato club acting as es- ning clubs and poultry raising ;lous services The secretary told them that and the bene- work showed effective educatic hree volleys be given outside the walls of ve of the sol- buildings. LANCASTKK. S. (I l KSDAV. I >K< K FOR THE STUDY OF LOST ION :overed CflDCOT iMoroT nnnni rn/i mi mn i u(\loi imolui trudllivi ?ruuiNU L to his Winns- New National Organization Italian Oilers 1) of pink I _ , . ... , . lrysan- rormed in Washington. piece to . is who I _ f Colo- H." S. GRAVES, PRESIDENT. JOY REIGNS I n the the 11a- ' with Formation of Society For Advance- Alleged Thief Sa; Caro- incut of Forest Fntomologv ing to A veil lit and s * i fiIson's in America. Napol iilef "of Washington, Dec. 15.?The enor- Florence, Italy, one moU8 losses due to forest insects have Lisa," Leonardo tod to the formation of a society for ' . * I0"1- the advancement of forest entomo- which * i&nish l?gy 'n America. The members of Louvre, in Parif direc- soclety hold that the work of In- years ago, has bee one 8ect8 has not received the attention in the hands of th? *v,? which it deserves. . ... . I manv Henry S .Graves, United States for- ' ( e retnr ester, the newly elected president of "Mona Lisa," o Pierre society, on being asked about the h also Is known, I i , purposes of the organization, said portrait of a woma tia lm- fl \. _ . . . hnnn nkl a. , , tha tthov WAro In irnnnenl 11 ' unn ,s . - ? ?i w * ??ii ?i- v,,c ""Jcl t 1,1 ierhert ! tentlon to the part which insects play quarters of th< bers of Jn 'ore8t problems. "We have had." tery of its abst nd's in 8a'd? "widespread and specific in- Louvre, its great vill re- tere8t in insect pests such as the San th? ntrange fascir ventu- J?8e Brale and the boll weevil, which of the woman it p er son all f? U8 88 to what we eat and ; Gloconde, the \ ites to wiiat we wear. Forest Insects' Florentine?have 'Ctrlcal through their destruction of timber | alive interest in i increase the cost of a necessity which I The picture wa enters quite as much into the daily curious circumstai life of the individual as do the pro- j wrote to Signor Gi fj] ducts of the field and orchard. If the ; Florence, some v __ importance of the protection of our "I nm in posses ART forest resources from insect depreda- Mona Lisa, but tions is generally recognized, a large Italian, I desire tl part can be prevented or avoided. in Florence, the ce ' "Right now in the national forests THOUGHT THIK1 the bureau of entomology and the j j^e siRned the forest service are co-operating to stop aml thp antlquarv insect ravages by discovering their attention to its "t pening beginnings, and stamping them out. .1 ith .? * ? with A fow isolated trees attacked bv in- ? , , nin ? V isoiuien irees hiumh.u uy 111 he communicated ma, t>. 1 R,.rts may form the nucleus of a rortor 0f fi1p tc1( ton. in mountainside devastation unite as ? smr?r(.c.to,t tt> rather serious as that from a forest fire correspondence wl >eenin,TllP opportunity for combatting in- was done and an t ho*'?v<'r',iS OM" r"sr0t J*1' ranged wherebv G owe is ter than that in the case of a fire, n?r*Iirp .., mm-iii e with which runs rapidly, because it takes NovPmi,er lV.'but em. n several years for an insect devasta- nreventod iducedjtio,, to spread until it becomes of T vo.mo man1 mance stich proportions as that which over. VPCtordav visited y near spread the yellow pine forests in the ., reason ^ "'"f ,1!)06; Watchful care thp Hotel Tripofi reason on thp part ?f forest officers. lumber- ,o wi(h ,)im t( da for IT? V, V lndlVJU?iH 'V SiK"or not if, da for . make it possible to catch these in- hastened to thp ,, ne be i ^stations before they get a good show? fhp ,nt| I I. ' Htart- Rut. ?Ut ,nK Iirn(lubUrn,Ilf 10 the genuine Mona e way. trees, or stripping off the bark, the f Mar- insects can be killed. As in all such ' Fl? T M recent cases an ounce of prevention is worth Or. Poggi askei In and a pound of cure." take the picture w le had , "Who make up the membership might compare it ays to the organization?" was the novt He made .an ap| aiding, question asked of Mr. Graves. Leonard this afte rt with ! "it, is open to any one interested to agree upon the id she jn the subject." Mr. Graves replied, tor took wiht hi sr own . ??it seems to me that the relation of who placed the mi an she forect Insects to forest protec-. On being intern . Tully tlon touches almost every one. said his real na Vale, of course we expect that new mem- Perugia, that he ing of hers shall be recommended bv the province of Como, until pre8ent membership, which is made decorator, and is u tarsals up largely of persons who have years he lived in F Wash, studied the forest insect problem at years was employe had to hand. In order, however, that Perugia posed a the objects of the society shall be ashamed," he sai a per- fcept foremost, it Is required that at than a century no York. ieast four of the seven officers must of avenging the sp lere it bp chosen from among professional by Frenchmen unf veil us fore8t entomologists. It is expected they carried off it irf- that honorary vice presidents repre- museums and g >V?rr'ii Rent'n^ federal, state and private in- statues and treasu Tully terests will be elected to promote the wagon loads, anct v play- objects of the organization in nia.iv thousands, and go jlsked localities through the country." TELLS HOW HI d that .-how will these objects be at., ?p of|pn hft(, o, I "In the first place, the objects of linnltv the society are largely educational. r?tlirilin " tn i(.? nun,t> As in all questions of large public im- n , m t "* portance. the main idea is to give the ? * 7'"?'" master Knotts public an opportunity to know just J i In in how important they are. In the sec- , 1 18 ,n ond place, the society will form a J?' 8? ?"1_ clearing house for information, and ,tnir? w|,.ir( it nft to the hs otlnK8 w,ll discuss the most ad- ^^^d tSe piot^ " , vantageous methods of insect con- ' ? . nrv of . . m i ? i?i ni.in s blouse unn - , trol. Take, for example, the ravages . _ .. i and <. it i A* i ing the palace witl : of the gypsy moth and the brown- .'Vn 1 ling to t;|jj niotii in the Northeastern states. . . ' , ,. . to pay If we can br|nR about a general ' . fi s dur i , , - . 4 , . .. \n as not employed Me an SnowI?5tep?f these insects and of the hp k al,M tbp time" they do and are able to Instill d , ( id iiuus. |nt othe mind of the individual the town *. * i A* .? , the painting conce luwii, npoessitv for and the proper methods ,. . . , t until .i ( ' *11 i it a his patriotism led , mini 0f tlic.|r control, how much easier it . in i * ; .. .. . tlie Italian people e sev- m ? , " ? ihen? i Whe" The painting hs at one ?n,y l? KOVern" fled by Dr. Corr I . ogouciCT. general of the d rr Hit arts, who was hurt crt'di Uoys Rescue (Jirls ns Dormitory Florence from Uoi eeplng Burn*. of public instruct! ty free Raleigh. N. C., Deo. 13.?Fire which destroyed the girls' dormitory -n-ptihtt t TPl of the Industrial Christian College * rtrjOXl iiluJ at Dawson, N. C.. injured several pu- ! MONA ' oinato an(^ prompted several heroic rescues by young men. retary ' Miss Resale Koonce of Stateline, French Detective mas of ftn<' Hooks of Haveloek. N. I^ing Contempt mas 01 p leaped irom the second story of . ... I boys (he wooden building and were uninUnlted Jured. Miss Mattie Rone of Spring Paris Dec 14. ops of Hope fell down a flight of stairs and . j . >d the sustained a broken collar bone. nas ma<1* a" ,m The among the effectf sunny I rugia, which may of the Municipal Christmas Tree For Ashe- Qn fhp (heft Qf Mf Hie. covery tends to si >f nu-! Asheville, N. C., Dec. 15.?Ashe- the picture from t deeted ville is to have a municipal Christ- was not actuated than moa mi. ........ " ...... v.wis /?-?i uy iictibuiii 01 me motives, as he st 1 com- board of aldermen. The tree is to was long eonternp s, can- be a giant cedar erected on Park 1 Among miscella clubs. Square and will be ablaze with two note books, their myriad colored electric bulbs. All of 1910, the time wh? >n can the city churches will participate in ployed by a firm o school the mid-winter carnival that is was engaged at tht planned. glasses over pictur ['KM BKU Hi, 15)1: A I If A'' i the not,. books, the detective say A I j\l\ I i:i M L.utt The first book contains a list , it i r~i nnrnnr celebrated multimillionaires, inclu, IM I- NULMI'L tlu' l?te J. P. Morgan, John 1 111 I LUlXLllUL Itockefellor and Andrew Cam,.pi, I he second contains a list of art (lea ers and collectors, not only in th ! Italian, but in Herman cities. In thi a Vinci's Master- j list appears the name of Signer Ger I tl... o..?, ? -? Antiquary. V,'V" , 1 p"?rence. ' i I he no ire nvosfiimtinn^ v. | vealed that Perugia was deeply i vr hit i. /ii.. lovc w,th an exceedingly beautiiu IN Alt I WORLD, girl, the image of "Mona Lisa." Nin< i ty-three fervent love letters from th ] girl signed "Mathilde" were found i is He Took Paint- Perugia's room. It appears that som ige Thefts of years ago Mathilde was brought t | a dance hall by another Italian wh quarreled with and stabbed her am Pec. 13 "Monalthen Perugia witnessed the at r. 1 x i upon the girl and being strucl a \ inci s great by ber beauty lifted her into a ca as stolen from the and took her to the home of an oh !, more than two Italian woman, who nursed her bacl n found. It now is to health. .. .. .. The acquaintance thus began devel a inn authorities opP(j jnt0 an ardent love affair. Th ned to France. police hope to obtain from the gir r "La Joconde," as information concerning Perugi; :he most celebrated I which would clear up the question a in ever painted, has to whether he had accomplices in th r exhaustive search abstraction of the painting from th e globe. The mys- Louvre. They have so far, however ractlon from the heen unable to find any trace of her intrinsic value and lation of the smile TWO AHLK SERMONS. nrtrovoH T I - i vtbaajcu Ui?U JLi?| | vife of a wealthy ' ?? combined to keep Preached by Rev. \V. M. McPheeters ts recovery. | D. R., of Columbia, is recovered under , .. ? ... ncea. . An Italian Tho pulpit of the Prp8byteriai srl. an antiquary of church was supplied by Dr. W. M reeks ago, saying: | McPheeters, 1). D., of the Columbi; sion of the missing Theological Seminary at both morn being a patriotic jnK arui night services Sunday. Ii Hat it snail remain i the morning the text was Roman litre of Italian art." 4:12, "So that evo-y one of us shal F WAS MADMAN, give account of himself to God." letter "Leonard," I T,,o first P?,nt made was as to th at first paid small certainty of the judgment. It wa hinking he had to mid unalterable and not, con man. Later, how- i trolled by our wills, with Dr. Poggi, di-' The next was the universality o irentine Museum,1 l'le judgment. Not only the fifteei at lie continue the billions of people now living, but th iHi the man. This' countless billions who have livei ppolntment was ar- an<1 ("e<' 0,1 lbe earth must appear ti eri was to view the be judged. The third point was th rue date set was personal, muvicuiai ciiaractor or t!i unforspon circum-' JudK,nent- AU P?rso,,s w,n 8tanl tho meeting at tbe judgment bar of God on on fairlv well dressed Plane ami judged for their owi fieri He said he dPP,ls> th? b,ark man nn<l th? wh,t nd was staving at man> alike. The question each per He asked Ge'ri son 8h?l|ld consider is "My persona r> see the picture responsibility to Almighty God." W ed Or l'oggi who soek to loose siPht of our Persona otel, and on 'being responsibility. We seek to merg ig recognized it as ourselves into the individuality o t others, thinking we will escape re ti.'i? innrsT sponsibllity. Men will unite witl AKi"' ' others in doing something wroni ti to be allowed to that they would not think of doini ith him. so that lie by themselves. Directors in a cor with other works, poration were given as an example pointment to meet What is needed in these times i rnoon at the hotel for men of moral courage like Mar price. The direc- tin Luther, when before the Diet o m several officers. Worms, facing an empire and i tn under arrest. prostituted church, could say: "Hen ngated the prisoner I stand, I cannot do otherwise, s< me was Vincenzo help me God." We need to fear Go< was born in the more than man. The speaker con is by profession a trasted physical and moral courage inmarried. For six saying that some men could stanc ranee and for three up before a gun and be shot dowi d at the T.onvro ? j - - ? . -. wuo wt'it* iiiiiiai rowanis. we snouK s a patriot. "I was only want in all of our actions th< d. "that for more approal of Christ Jesus. It matter Italian had thought not what Tom, Dick or Harry ma; loliation committed pay. The fourth and last point wa ler Napoleon, when that God is the only judge, from the Italian , At the night service the text wa alleries, pictures, Hebrew 2:3. "How shall we eseap. res of all kinds by jf We neglect so great salvation." ent manuscripts by The minister said that so momen Id by sacks." tous a matter as the salvation o S GOT PICTURE. one's soul was not regarded by th< jserved, he said, in Prf'at majority of people with mucl works of art stolen ('on(,,'ni- Yet the fate of the sou ncelved the idea of was decreed for weal or for woe thi ue home Leonardo s,<,e of the grave. How indlfTeren piece. He entered People ar<> to the matter. Unsavei n the morning, de- People arise from their beds in th ? and removed '.he morning and go about their busines 9 frame. He con- too much engaged in the race afte s under the back t-he dollar to give this greatest of al erwards was found, matters any consideration whatever beneath his work- The matter of death is certain, tin succeeded in leav- time when the eye will not responi rout attracting sus- to the light of heaven and the ear t< sound is certain, yet men go on seem the theft Perur.'a Infc'V oblivious to the fact. God in Hi in the Louvre, hut providence saves a soul as silently a 'xits and entrances the morning sun chases away thuttention. He kent shadows of the night. That nigh aled, he said, until monies down with no sudden crash him to offer it to the sun goes down and darkness al i_ most lmpercipuoiy spreads her man is also been Identl- ,l<* ov,'r ,hf> earth. So with th ado Rlcd, director event of the soul's sanation. It i epartment of fine saved or lost, sometimes as silent); iedly dispatched to as the forces of nature which ushe me bv the minister ,n <,a>' or th,> night. The speak on. Luigi (Tedaro. or farther illustrated the thought b; the signing of the treaty of Ports mouth, which ended the war betweei HT ON Russia and Japan. The lives o thousands of men and the peace o LISA THEFT as many homes were decided in ) quiet moment by a few strokes of tin pen which could not be heard threi Relieves Act Was feet from the peace commissioners Knilltllll't1 Uo unnlr n r?f tKo * 1 ..u wi tur luiiKiiiui, nruuou overed. struggle with sin. "Every morn ing," said he. "before rising fron -Detective Nicausse my bed I think of the renewed war portant discovers- fare against sin." "And yet," sail , of vincen/o Pa- he> "there are y?"n* men who fre quent blind tigers and come homi throw fresh light ]ate af nights seemingly obvious o ma Lisa. The dis- the fact that one must fight agains ?ow that in taking the devil at all times to save thei he Louvre Perugia souls." The desperate struggle wa by purely patriotic graphically depicted when he compar lys, and the theft ed a struggling soul to the captain o dated. a ship.who instead of running his ves neous papers were sel into some nook or haven near th< dated December, shore where it would be shattered ?n Perugia was em- directs her prow in the teeth of th< f decorators, which gale, and inch by inch, with her en i? Louvre in placing glnes throbbing, weathers the storn es. The writing In until it has spent its force. We don' 1 $1.50 PKIi VKAU. OUTLOOKGOOOINSOUTH. | SAYS RAILROAD HEAD e s | > Fairfax Harrison Pleased With Conditions in His Territory. " | ii 1 - MILL REPORTS ARE (iOOD. e j tl : v Maiiufnctui rrs in .Most lanes Havo Demand For I'rodurtH?Ktm il | <>n Full Time. (i Washington, Dec. 13.?Fairfax b Harrison, the new president of the il Southern Railway Company, speaking k today of the business outlook in the South, said: "Conditions throughout the terrie tory traversed by Southern Railway 1 lines are generally favorable. The a farmers of the Southeast, except in s restricted localities where they sufe fered from drouth, have had a highly e prosperous year. The ginning re>, ports of the United States census bu . reau indicate that the cotton crop of the states east of the Mississippi river will exceed that of last year, and current prices are above those of a year ago. i, "While the estimate of the total corn crop of the United States, recently issued by the United States departn ment of agriculture, shows a falling '. I off, compared with last year, of 661,. a i 729,000 bushels, the crop in the nine Southeastern states traversed by the rj Southern Railway is within 21,000,1 000 bushels as large as last year, the ^ only Southeastern states showing dej creased yields on account of the drouth being Kentucky and Tennes8 see. "Other crops, including forage,, have turned out well, and, taking the f territory as a whole, I doubt whether ( the farmers of the Southeast have ever had a more favorable year, j "Largely growing out of the pros;) perous condition of the farmers, wholesale and retail trade through,, out the Southeast is generally in good ,1 condition. "Manufacturers in most lines are u enjoying a good demand for their products, and their establishments are running on full time, though 1 some slackening of production is to ,. be expected during the holiday seaI son. The reports of cotton mill and p knitting mill development are parf ticularly noteworthy." ii Thirty Itales of Seed Cotton Hiirncd. ? | Sunday, about midnight, the cotton ^ house of Mr. Seaborn X. Stack of the Tabernacle section, was destroyed by ' tire with 3 0 bales of cotton in the s seed. Early Monday morning Sheriff T/vLo r> ii ? J *? j. uiiiiii i . iiniiit-1 war- summoned ny I 'phone to go down and make an in(> vestigation of tlx* matter. He left immediately and wca soon on the I scene of the fire, hut no positive information can be given about the fire. The sheriff found tracks leading to ,' and from the building, but could find j no clue as to whether the fire was , of incendiary origin. ? i This is a great blow to Mr. Stack, s who is one of the most progressive farmers in the county. The loss is total as he had no insurance. It was ' Mr Stack's custom to save the bulk s of his cotton in the seed until after the Christmas holidays before gin' ning it. r I Homicide t?v Lancaster Negroes. i j f' Last Sunday as Rob Robinson, J Kllison Threatt and Ernest White ' were coming from church in Chesters field county to their homes this side * of the river in Lancaster county, ' they became engaged in a difficulty p on the Chesterfield side with the s result that Ernest White was shot to r death by Ellison Threat. Sheriff ' Hunter, who was in the neighborhood making an investigation of the burn'* ing o fMr, Sebe Stack's cotton house, ' made the arrest of Threatt and turn_ 0 ed him over to a magistrate's con" stsililo ill flmyturfinlil oAinitw Tli" s sheriff says from what ho can learn s the cause of the trouble was whisl* key and concealed pistols. The dead 1 negro had two pistols on his person and the other two one each. Marriage at Heath Spring. ir Special to The News, r Heath Spring. Dec. 15.?A raar riage of much interest to our comV munity took place at the home of - Mrs. Sarah Horton, near Heath 1 Spring, at 5 o'clock Thursday afterf noon when Miss Floride Horton was f wedded to Mr. John A. Fridges. The i ceremony was performed by Rev. E. F. Hutsor of Venters, a brother-ins law of the bride, in a very impres. sive manner. The groom is a well s known business man of Heath - | Spring, he having extensive mercan i | tile and farming interests .here. The - bride is the attractive daughter of 1 | Mrs. Sarah Horton. The happy - couple will make their home at the p handsome residence of the groom on f Kast Side. r have to refuse to accept the plan of s salvation. Indifference and mere - neglect will suffice. So in nature, f if we neglect the laws of health we - pay for it with wrecked constltup tions, or If we lounge around our , homes, not going to our places of p business, we will become poverty - stricken. Only the briefest synopses i are given of these two able semens t by the distinguished theologian. 1