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; it lii VOL. 9, NO. 42, SEMI-WEEKLY. FLORIDA WILL TAKE ~ZT CARE OF VETERANS -T men were si in a spec-tar age eatimat Florida Spends Vast Sum For ? 150.000 tc Support of Veterans. innately ta's largest REUNION MAY 6, 7 ANI) 8. S'/rom 5r The Are 1 _ started in tl State is Making Splendid Prepara- Ron win lions f< ? the Annual Confwl- Company's t erate Reunion. 'y after 2 o the efforts c Jacksonville, Fla. Feb. 22.?The ment until ? state of Florida pays out more money extinguishec per capita for the Bunnort of 4?n?n- afternoon ti dent ex-Confederate soldiers than any Forsyth str other Southern State. This fact ^be should be sufficient to convince ex- entirely to < Confederates everywhere that when T^? beavleB< they, and their descendants, visit concerns oc< (jo- Jacksonville on the occasion of the oml floors, "b twenty-fourth annuat reunion of the 8W?Pt by th United Confederat Veteran's Assort a- building for tion that they will be in the hands of tae famous their friends. The reunion will be a three-storj held May 6, 7, and 8. thr,ou* 1 The handsome total of 1600,000 per ? r?r annum is being paid by the state for ,the fire support of ex-Confederate pensioners. The average yearly amount paid to TlfEXICC each person on the pension list, according to the latest report of the State Board of Pensions, is $121,25. while the average paid to old soldiers is $122,30. Widows of Confederate Demand is soldiers draw an average of $120 per (Joverni annum. Since the report from which these figures are taken was made, the Legislature has passed a still Chihuahu more liberal pension law, which will pjan for ^j1, authorize additional payments of ap- , Mp. jco 0f a proximately $150,000 a year, making perfected, a< the total $7 50,000 per annum paid to ,UOrS jn 0jrc Confederate pensioners by the state. | Certain rf rpi, 4?w/v o tfOO 1 J I ? "101 *,?oo sumiers pensioners tb? ,ininvt. on the rolls of the State and 2.227 [ack on Ton widows of Confederates, making a to- fn_ Hivr.. tal of 4.R60. The fund to support this civil , ' . f pension roll is raised by a tax of i villa milita four mills on the assessed property of part *jn a th*U^ay*r* , . , , elude the o, Florida is not only caring for the helleved hv living but the memory* of the dead OB?tion for is also kept green. Throughout the ls be, Hnr| State handsome Confederate moun- an(j 0^j|er8 raents have been erected by both Reports ? public and private means. All toln rt v fh /- there are 20, or possibly more hand- reon haH befl ^ some Confederate monuments in the wbere ? PJ?, State and others are yet to be erected, i hnv A home for ex-Confederate soldiers is nf n __ maintained at Jacksonville. I^ast year, fpnrn the State appropriated $6,000 to the rom?ne. tn p, Confederate soldier s home in this ;,ooa8t ,s ,ook city. Two Confederate monuments |nR an earb have been erected here, and a monu- I * ment will be dedicated to the women j "I > ^ s of the Confederacy during the coming The territ reunion. This monument is a com- might be fo pan ion to the handsome State public embr; Memorial unveiled last May on the the United battlefield of Chickamaugn during the Chihuahua. Confederate reunion at Chattanooga, and Tampan It ie located in a beautiful park and inclusion of will be ready for the unveiling cere- ritory the H monies by the date of the reunion, driven the < This brief exposition of the work holds of the that Florida is doing for th ex-Con- on the east, federate soldiers, living and dead, is Torreon on proof that the people of the State the west am will extend a warm and generous wel- draw Negras come to the old soldiers and their , A friends on the occasion of the Jack- I Assorting sonville reunion. Florida, while jwl(jers may stiuated far south of the greater thea- s,,<iv,,s w.itb ter of war of 1861-5, felt the shock nor(b officii of the conflict. Jacksonville was oc- government supied four different times by the f fh Federals. The purposes of this oc- Ma(j<iro was cupancy *c9ording to official reports j)1(.al8 of on file in archives of the War De- , tbp Kovernn] partment, wene to keep the St. Johns ( That bv d River open from its mouth to the Torreon Gei head of navigation and to arm the of the re8tl negroes for services in the Union vi,,tnrv r?i Army. The small Confederate force oromnt in East Florida In 1863 was comV raanded by Gen. Joseph Finegan. On- rebel leader * , March 13, 1863 General Finegan is- vn, . troo sued a proclamation here in which he said. "I feel it my duty as brigadier-gen- , fTnTTQU1 eral commanding this district to Jn- ^ form th? nAonle of thfl dinrtott and I CfEi ? ? * - - ?- n r. of tha State that our unscrupulous aswmy has landed a large force of negroea, under command of white of- Adjournmen fleers, at Jacksonville. under . . cover of gunboats. He is attempting tn "N fortify the place so as to make it aacnre against attacks. The purpose of tfcia movement Is obvious and need The State, not he mentioned in direct terms. It The past is sufficient to inspire the whole body signalised bj of people with a renewed and sterner era! appropri purpose of resistance. I therefore requiring th< call on sueh of the citizens as can tlstics in 8 possibly leave their homes to arm Mlley prima (and organise themselves into com- As the g< panies without delay and report to passed the h me." , $2,438,445,2 Gen. R. Saxton (U. S. A.) In a levy for all [report to the War Department dated public schoo March 14, 1883, says: "The object of Inorease of ! this expedition was to occupy Jack- total state u aonvllle and make it the base of op- Only two orations for the arming of negroes changed in t and securing in this way possession of these was Iof the entire State of 'Florida. It is & Benson, a my belief that scarcely an - incident for a model in this war has caused a greater panic house, whicl throughout the whole Southern coast of the bill, than this raid of the colored troops The other in Florida." the appropri During this occupation, Jackson- pairs of the ville was burned by Federal troops. A $500. A ne\ |fc correspondent of The New York improvement B Tribune wrote a graphic description the supervisl of the fire, which was probably over- education wt drawn, from the deck of the trans- the house, port Boston then lying in the har-' For the r bor. He charged the crime of burn- the house w Ing the city to the Eighth Maine and the senate 1 t dxth Connecticut Regiments, and de- appropriatioi *f^':Iared that the negro troops had noth- die seems po * ing to do with It. of this week j i I '4 MS I \ * 1 jf* THE LANCASTER NEWS > firb m at.<anta. ii/ii com ic Mnnr IlUNinw* House in the mILuUm 10 IvIUllL. rr^;,.... THAN MAKING GOOD lightly injured here today "wv,u mlar fire which did dam- ' ed at from $100,000 to > the MeKenzie building, John Sharp Williams Pays Tribhe heart of the cltv and . . . , ; adjacent to Atlan ute to Administration, hotels. One of the f;rem?n ladder. The others suffer- V r,l,Q ?.? _i *' * "* 1 auu iijuig Kiaaa. im i itAltLU 1"! K iKOK TRIAIj. vhich Is reported to have tie basement of the J >hnner Automobile Supply Great Misslssipplan a Visitor to Testi?tore was discovered short fy to tjie (j?km1 Vame of Mrs. 'clock. The blaze resisted _? M , . ?f Atlanta's fire departjarly tonight when it was The f0n0w|ng )e taken from The nJf v\e entire Charlotte Observer of Monday: afflc on loachtree and That pre8ldent Wilson Is making eets was blocked. good?pre-eminently so?and display age waa confined almoBt tnK wonderful judgment and tact lu toe McKenlze building. the handllnK of men ^ measures L losses were sustained by that have go far eVentuated. was the :u1P,y ?* flr8t an<J fec" confident assertion of Senator John which were completely Sharp Williams of Mississippi who e flames. The McKenlze fpent yP8terday ln charlotte Senmerly was the armory of aLor Williams had come down from . Ka.tCi, Klt,y.^?Uardf- l}. 48 Washington to testify to the good \b.rU? Ju"dln* ?,xtenj"n* fame and character of Mrs. Robert1 block between Peachtree Monroe jetton. having known the | i streets. 1 be oglgln or fam|jy jn this native State for many i not yet been iiscovered. yfiar8 To an observer man who call- , ed to pay his respects, Senator Wil) MAY SEE llams talked most delightfully of the | proceedings In Washington, going out NEW REPUBLIC I of his way to speak fine tributes to , North Carolina's representatives in i i Washington, expressing admiration Felt For Diversion of for Senator Simmon's diligents atten- . ruent For the North i tlon and control of those matters at- i , ~ .. tending and growing out of the great' tariff struggle and also speaking , a, Mexico. Feb. 2 2. A pleasantly of Senator Overman, the e formation In northern representative of the western half new republic is being the State in the upper chamber :cordlng to persistent ru- the National body. Various and ulatlon here today. sundry other matters were touched bel leaders Intimate that upon such as Senator Gore's l.ate f the constitutionalists at- trouble and its fortunate and proper , reon Is due to the scheme termination; episodes of Mississippi ce. While Gen Garranza, political life In which numerous the revolution, and Gen. | stories of Private John Allen were leader disclaim any i recounted and also topics of National ilan which does not in- consideration, rerthrow of Huerta, it is IS MAKING GOOD, many here that the prop- "The Administration is more than an independent republic making good," decleared Senator Wilously considered by them Hams, "and President Wilson is more I and more impressing himself upon smanating from Mexico those who come ln contact with him s federal garrison at Tor- 1 nR a statesman of Judgment and tact, n strengthened to a point much more so than anyone expected, a make a formidable re- at time he was Inducted into office. re added Impetus to the discriminating judgment has been paration of the. north demonstrated on numerous occasions uth. and Gen rurranfo'" ... - ... - .C ano ine way ?n WHICH he has handled nh in from the Pacific stltuations, to say nothing of men, has ed on as possibly lndlcat- been nothing short or marvelous con- 1 adoption of the plan. ntderlng the fact that the President TATKS INCLUDED. was comparatively new to the life, ory which it Is said I cannot say more than that the rmed into a separate re- j President and the Administration is aces the five states along commending itself to the sober States border?Sonora. j thought and Judgment of the people Coahulla, Nuevo Leon of Hie country, illpas, with possibly the "What about the Senate?" Senator Sinaloa. From this ter- Williams was asked, uerta army has been "The Senate is also making good," chief remaining strong- replied he smilingly, territory being Tampico With this there was an interesting Monterey, Saltilo and discussion of the relative customs and the south. Guaymaa on conditions of the two branches of the i Nuevo Laredo "and Pie- National assembly, on the north. IN THM HOUSE. FAR CALL. "The House is more like the House that the revolutionary , of Commons in England," stated Sen- ' have to content them-' *Hor Williams. "It has its humors their victories in the ftnd vagaries and we betide the lis high in the rebel ; unfortunate members who eassys to point out that one rea- Krow ?lonuent when the House is not overthrow of President ln a humor for eloquence. Immedithat he represented the ate,y tho cloak rooms become popue north at the seat of lated and the chamber correspor.dinglent in the south. Iy deserted and the poor Representelaying his attack on ' ftHve is left to speak to empty seats a. Villa has lost somejand hare walls, with only one or two Ige gained In the quick ?' his associates here and there and inaga is conceded. A !thp House stenographers about the j alt on Torreon after the on'y ones really listening, ory six weeks ago, some The Senate Is of course the more i r say, would have given dignified and formal body correspond^ great advantage lug of course, though not so much so as In the other ease, to the upper chamber of the British Parliament. AWATTTNCl a Senator desired to be funny and 1 will so Rtate, then bia associates will NATE'S ACTION listen and laugh in keeping with the j I announced tenor of hla remarks. J I "The House is the great 'leveler' t May Occur Late This much more r.o than any other body ?k Two Items of rajr knowledge |n the world. The Representative quickly finds his Changed. plane. The members will usually , ; listen to the first fpeech of a Cong-1 I resfinan and tr hef interests them on week In the house was that occasion the^ will listen to his r the passage of the gen- second and so on. until he establishes latlon bill, the Harper bHl himself In their regard. If the Reps registration of vital sta- resentattve falls on his first effort. It louth Carolina and the is a long and laborious process, rery reform bill. gaining bis place. meral appropriation bill r ouse it carried a total of 1 Cat Off From Work!. 9 and provided for a tax Los Angeles, Cal.. Feb. 22.?So far state purposes Including as railroad communication was conIs, of 7 mills. This Is an cemed l-ios Angeles and southern Cal3-4 of one mill over the ifornla today remained cut off from ix ley of 1913. the world as a result of the record-' Items were materially breaking storm of rain and wind he bill by the house. One which swept this region three days the $8,000 Item for Todd .last week. Normal conditions may not rohitects of Charleston, j be restored before late tomorrow or and plans of the state- Tuesday, h the house struck out j Today's report from the six coun.tles most affeothd did not materially item was a reduction of change yesterday's estimate of a total latlon of $8,000 for re-1 damage amounting to about $4,Confederate Infirmary to S'00,000. * v Item of $45,000 for the ; A " hi' i I of rural schools under Heads Johns Hopkins. Ion of the state board of Baltimore, Id., Feb. 341?It was is Included in the bill by announced tonight that Dr. J. Frank Good now, who/at present is In China ematnder of the session as special addlser in the reform of 111 wait the pleasure of the Chinese constitution, has cabled n regard to passing the his acceptance of the presidency of n bill. Adjournment sine Johns Hopklnft university. Dr. Uoodsslble now the latter part now will assuffie the duties of his new i. office next fall. M * l % j 3, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1914. VILLA mis VIVID ZZZ TALE ABOUT BENTON ? a coming out pari aliens who have tlve lands and ta Save Britisher Came to Juarez iegiance to the it With Intentions to Kill Him. TBlSE,' be the most flttln REACHED FOR HIS PISTOL. LndTt^^naToa'tl rdmlnlstered at a Alter hearing s Constitutionalist (irahlted Ills Hand, post assistant seci ( uards Arrested Him?Put represented Presl w ifraui. ttuu p&irio , so cities, the new Chihuahua, Mexico, Feb. 23.?Gen- joined In a tribute eral Villa's story of the killing of country and witl William 8. Benton, told to reporters outatretchpd Bwor here lod.r, differs but little from tbe mimilr, official statement given out Saturday given to the gat] at Juarez. menta of Nations Tu? Juarez statement declared that nava* reserves. when Benton reached for his hip pocket Villa knocked him down with SENATE RA a blow of the fist. Villa said that EIGE when Benton made this move he poked his own pistol into Benton's ? stomach and then turned him over Arbitration Agreei to the guards. Five Years Ma Villa insisted that Benton came to President W take his life and referred to Benton's Washington Fe mission concerning the welfare of his titration treaties ranch as a "pretext" to gain admit- the senate, renew ance- agreements with C SAID BENTON CONFESSED. Italy, Spain Norw According to Villa, Benton, after K,'i' and Switzerlai the verdict of the courtmartial, con- ,lrKt 8teP ln the P< fessed his guilt and declined to ask Wilson to place tl for mercy. He merely requested that a more advantage his property be turned over to his world of nations, widow. Amendments to Villa contradicted his official report been rejected Frii to the American consul at Juarez within a few minu that Gustav Bauch, a German-Ameri- today went into ej can accused of being a spy, had been ratification resolu brought to Chihuahua. Villa said he ont' after another knew nothing of him. Opponents of the Of Benton's death he said: eiiort to delay th< "Benton gained entrance to my of- The treaties, I fice in Juarez on the pretext that he reference to The wanted to see me on some personal legal differences, i business connected with his ranch, InB to the interpr near the city of Chihuahua. As soon lsting treaties whi as he entered he began to address by diplomacy. Th? me in abusive language. selves, far reachii "I had had some experience with the long delay in him before and knew of his violent during which man temper. I knew also that he had I both at home and mixed too freely in Mexican politics, tributed to genera but I did not suspect that he was ing among the sen coming into my office to murder me. tion today will s SAME THING TO ANY FOREIGNER. United States on s "He had not talked long when he basis with the pov reached for his hip pocket. I grabbed No matter invol his hand and at the same time thrust lndpPeudenci my revolver into the pit of his co ra . ?v P?wer stomach to stop him. My guards 8<?Pe of these tr seized him. took his pistol from him p '8 in%'olvi,,P th ana piacea mm under arrest. It was ? "V~ t decided to try him by court martial . ,. ? J]ie 1?( ? . and this was done in the regular man- arbitration fixed 1 ner prescribed by law and the prls- 1vld^8 that a 8p*f oner was executed 18 hours after he drawn up seftu made the attempt on mv life. That |)lft <llsPu,c and de is all there is to it. We would have the ?' co treated any other offender in the 8rante(i same way, whether he were Ameri- i agreements must can, Spanish, German or Japanese. ! Pr^ JV' a ^ "A man who acted as Benton did ,p ('uest : would have received the same treat- | House, ment in any country. I want to em- J phasize the fact that I did not kill GREAT RE* Benton myself. After the verdict Benton confessed. He did not appeal for HAS PA mercy, but asked that his property be | __ secured to his widow. We promised 1.pvi* i>i< that this would be done. ' 1 "Statements have been made that Home a we have executed other foreigners, Adv< but these are untrue. Benton is the j only one." ? Philadelphia. Fels, millionaire ' i single tax advoci HENRY M. TELLER thopist, died at h ___ _'from pneumonia. DIES IN DENVER old. | Mr. Fels spent i I vocating the doctr Took landing Part in Investigation in both this couni of Hayes-Tilden Con- ain. He recently i trnver*y. land, where he ha. of his fortune tc Denver, Col Feb.?Henry Moore maintenance of a Teller, former cabinet officer and for tive colony near L more than SO years United States sen- Employes of Mi ator from Colorado, died here this city benefit by a morning. Mr. Teller, who was 83 tern inaugurated years old, had been ill for two years Although he ea and his death was not unexpected. vocate of Henry G Henry M. Teller was one of the not until he went "original silver Republicans." He left about eight years the Republican national convention at representative of St. Douis in 1896 because he did not1 Fels began to de' agree with the gold standard plant of time, money and < the platform and ran again for the of single tax. Sir senate in Colorado as an Independent estimate he expen silver Republican. He was elected $100,000 annually and after serving that term the silver part of the world Republicans in Colorado merged with propaganda, the Democrats and Mr. Teller return-| His guarantee t ed to the senate?that time as a Dem- American was $25 ocrat. He served one term as such was one of the fl and retired in 1903. the Ar<len colony He sprang to the front in national , the Fair Hr.no r< affairs almost at once when he took Ala., where the tl a leading fffcrt in the congressional tax was given pi Investigation of the Hayes-Tllden con- tions. troversy in 1876. He always took aj Mr. Fels was bo leading part in discussion of anything House, Va. economical?on the tariff and mone- ' tary q neat ions he was one of the first Remember debaters. He was a stout champlo.i Paris, Feb. 21. of the west. His personal life was'hers of the AfnerjQ unostentatious and simple. i brated Washington In 1883 he left the senate to enter banquet tonight 1 Prosident Arthur's cabinet as secre- of the American tary of the Interior; but he left that Henet formely pre office again in 1885 to re-enter the ican Chamber of senate. Up to the time of the St. presided. The Am Louis convention in 1896 Teller had Myron T. Herrick been a Republican in politics. Alexander H. Thai While serving his last term he was Dr. Samuel Wats< a member of the national monetary American Church commission. Teller was a native of paid tributes to th New York state. ington. $1.50 PER YEAB. t: ,t; Iseveral grooming (inline Out Party on J for finley's seat ty today to 3,000 j forsworn their na- j ken the oath of alnited States during Congressional Race in Fifth Pisversary of the> birth trict t ) be Tjvelv Qne gton was decided to Ir,tl l" uvw' wncg time to celebrate i?of''allegiance'v."*, FINLEY DOESN'T FEAR ODDS public meeting. peeclies by Louis F. retary of labor, who Strait, Sapp, Butler, Stevenson, dent Wilson, and Hinsdale and Gaston Among tic Bongs, by choral Possible C andidates, rly made citizens to the father of his Columbia. Special to Charleston, 1 their right arms News anfi Courier Feb. 22.?Several adoption** *? candidates are grooming for the seat atmosphere was h11 Congress from the 5th district, tiering by detach- ' now occupied by Hon D. E. Flnley, il ?> uards and the nf Yorkville, who has eontnuously represented the people of the counties of Cherokee, York, Chester lTIFIES Fairfield. Kershaw, I^ancaster and [T TREATIES Chesterfield, which comprise the 5th district, since he defeated Dr. T. J. Strait, of Lancaster, over a dements Renewed For ca(je ago. Mr. Flnley Is the dean of rk First Step in t^e gouth Carolina delegation and ilson's Policy. -w ill stand for re-election for his ib. 21.?General ar- present seat. ratified today by j Dr. T. J. Strait of Lancaster, who ed for a five year tjefPated John J. Hemphill for '.reat Britian Japan, ,, . , . ,. . . ay. Sweden Portu- I(W ?*?>' ba<* ln the old T,,,nd, and marked the ! tu?iu dayt, and who in return was >ltcy of President defeated by Congressman Finley a he United States in few years later, will probably run o.is po. ltion in tin a(,ajn8t jyfr Finley in the coming the treaties having primary. Dr. Strait is at present day, debate closed ' State Senator from Lancaster ites after the senate County, is a Confederate veteran and executive syssio? the veteran of many a hard fought tlons were adopted without a roll call. campaign, treaties made no GRADUATE OF WOFFORD. 5 votes. Claude N. Sapp, a representative iriefly, provide for from Lancaster County in the lower Hague tribunal of house, is another candidate for Mr. md questions relat- j Finley's seat. Mr. Sapp is a graduate etation of other ex- of Wofford College is serving his ch cannot be settled first term in the House, where he has ?y are not of them- ( risen to a place of prominence in the lg; but in view of ranks of Administration followers, their ratification. Just as Dr. Strait is an Administration y disturbing factors leader in the Senate, so is Represenaboard. have con- tative Sapp in the House, and thus 1 agitation, the feel- j Lanc aster County expects to put two ators is that the ac- contestants In the field for Congresserve to place the ional honors. l firmer confidential T. R. Butler, of Gaffney, who has vers. made the race against Mr. Finley sevving the vital inte.r- eral times before, is also looked on as e or honor of the a prospective candidate for this posls is included In the tion again. Mr. Butler served as Sen eaties and all dis- ator from Cherokee County and has le interests of third recently completed a term as mayor ccluded. of Gaffney and Is well known through procedure toward out the 5th district. t>y the treaties pro- ; STEVENSON MAY RUN. lal agreement It is understood that representative lg out the details of p Stevenson, of Cheraw, who is fining its issues and wejj known all over South Carolina, nsideration to ^ lie wm jje jn the list of would be Conarbitrators. Such pressmen in this district. Mr. Stevenbe signed by the son jjflS served as speaker of the ified by the senate hOUse of representatives, and for m can be submitted many years has been one of the leaders of that. body. He ranks high In the anti-admnistration political cirn/rnn ?* - " " * i i n. i?i r. n. ncn, ami ins emrancR would TOTO shadow a herculean struggle on the .SSED AWAY stump. ___ Mr. G. W. Ragsdale. of Winsboro, es at Philadelphia vvho ?PP?8ed Mr. Finley two years ago, is again expected to make the s . ingle lax race. Mr. Ragsdale is a prominent atocate. torney of the Winnsboro Bar and serial. oo t i ved as special judge, eb. Joseph Friends of A. L. Gaston, of Chester soap manufacturer, ftrp urpjnK ^im to enter the race for ite and philan- congressman also. Mr. Gaston served is home here today for gpypraj terms as a member of the lie was >1 years legislature from his own county and , . . .. , has a large acquaintance throughout nost of his time ad- t^e entjre district. He is a graduate of ine of the single tax piavidon College and has always taken try and (>reat Rr?t- a ieading part in everything pertaJn eturned from Kng- jnR to UpbUnding of his city and d gi^en a large part county. 'sii!gle tax1 corpoira- I " NOT APPREHENSIVE, omlon. However, friends of Congressman r. Eels' firm in thi? Finley are not apprehensive in the profit sharing sys- l?a?t. They point to the hold Mr. Fiaby Mr. Fels. 'ey has on the people of his district, irly became an ad- ^or it must be admitted that he probeorge's idea, it was ab*y knows mors men personally to live In England throughout his district than any other ago as the English man ln it. He has always kept in bis firm that Mr. clow* touch with the people and his vote almost all his many friends expect him again to reBucr^y to the cause ceive re-election as nas been the cus? ice then his friends 'om 'or the past several years, ded more than With all these running, people of r and visited every the Rth Congressional district. will to advance the have more politics this year than has been the case for several elections o the Fein' fund in PaBt- there ,R much interest In 000 a vear He also '<ach of the counties composing the ,'nancial backers of district asto just how manyare going in Delaware and to, ake th* race ani what the alony near Mobile. w111 beheory of the single -aetical demonstra- (Quarantine Is Over. Laurens Special to Columbia State, rn at Halifax Court Feb. 22.?By order of the Laurens board of health, the quarantine esta lished a week ago against the county ed in Paris. and city of Newberry has been raised. ?Some fifty mem- A report from the Newberry board of an colony here cele- health explaining that conditionsfren's Birthday with a Native to the smallpox situation had under the auspices so much improved that there was Club. Laurence V. practically no danger of its futher sident of the Amer- spread, was laid before the local Commerce in Paris . board by the mayor with the suggeserican ambassador, tion that the quarantine be lifted.'Dr. , Consul General Ha.vne, State health officer, was cpmckara, and the Rev. municated with and he advised thfit an, rector of the if there had been a general vaegiuatof the Holy Trinity Ion of the people of the city he say n'o e memory of Wash- reason for continuing the quarantine.