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' * if'\ \ GOOD PLAN ADOPTED. ] TO SECURE AN EXHIBIT AT THE i SOUTHERN STATES EXPOSITION. J A Company Will be Formed?Gov. Evans , Will be President?The Officers and Exe- 1 cutlve Committee Good Buslneos Men. ; Spartanburg, April 16.?The busi- 1 ness convention that met at Spar- 1 tanhiiwr locf. ni<*ht rounded off its f work this morn id?. Governor Ev- 6 ans was elected President of the convention, and he and Hon. Patrick Walsh of Augusta, Ga., addressed the ? convention on the importance of South Carolina being well represented in the Southern States Exhibition to be held in the city of Chicago. The delegates, who represent the best interests of the State, ara determined to have South Carolina take first honors at the Southern States Exposition as she did at Atlanta. The delegates ap6? preciate the opportunities of the Chicago show and want to let the west see something of the resources and development in the State. At last right's session a committee was appointed consisting of Messrs. J. C. Hemphill, Hj&; chairman, A. C. Shaffer, vVm. A. Hfe- Courtenay, W. B. Smith Whaley, A. E*-' H. Whitft W. EranH H. W. Finlav K- son and Altemont Moses to prepare a ' . planott-Tvhich the proposition to have 0 p" a creditable exhibit might be carried J 5^' . <6ut. Mr. Whaley being called away * last night, was unable to serve. r By way of preface to the report of v the committee Maj. J. 0. Hemphill stated that the committee had not J1 done all that it desired, but that the 1< ' plans were ample for active work. He nurriedly related the importance of / having a good exhibit at Chicago and emphasized the talk by reference to the settlement at Fitzgerald, Ga. The people in the west were hunting better climate, better soil and more profitable investments, and there was no place where these could better found than in South Carolina. Chairman Hemphill then, on behalf of the committee, submitted the following plan: For the purpose of making a complete and representative exhibit of the resources of South Carolina at the Southern States' exhibition to be held in the city of Chicago, beginning August 15th next, this convention provide for the organization of the Bouth Carolina Exposition company. This company shall consist of the delegates to this convention and others to be appointed. The officers of the company shall be a president, vice president, commissioner and a. financial committee to consist of three members. The headquarters of the company shall be at the State capital. The president, vice president, commissioner and members of the finance committee shall constitute the executive committee, three of whom shall tl make a quorum. ol That tnis convention designate an li active, progressive man from each a< county as county commissioner, who shall associate with him such persons c< as he shall deem expedient to perform to the work. 8 ^ That the commissioner be given ai v . \ power to fill vacancies occurring and w % make removals. The urgent necessity of funds (for c< ?! ; which purpose about $15,000 will be C j?g?/' needed) being raised at once to make "V < a proper representation of the resour- h X. ces of the State of South Carolina, be- tl lieving as we do, that it can be made to lead the South, that the commis- c< sioners be instructed to organize their r< respective counties without delay and t< report to the State commissioner the amounts their counties will contribute f< to the exposition fund and collect the c: same ana forward as fast as collected to the chairman of the finance com- cl mittee. p That the convention invite the act- n > ive co-operation of the manufacturing, tl mechanical, agricultural and all othei industrial interests of the State. The co-operation of the owners of arable g ( timber and swamplands, undeveloped water power and mining properties, A that they may have for sale or lease, is also invited, towards making the State exhibit at Chicago a success. ? Appreciating the very great interest already manifested by the railroad I companies of the State in promoting the success of the enterprise, as evidenced by the free transportation furnished to the members or this conven- li uuu auu uic (/nnouuQ vi jrepreooii m- b> tives of railroad corporations in this body?the convention will invite a ? continuance of this interest and such further aid as they shall be able to q render. The committee recommend further, i that his excellency, the Governor, be made president of the company and that the Hon. William A. Courtenay J be made vice president, and that Mr. E. L. Roche be commissioner for the c State, and that these three designate the finance committee. The committee further recommend i that the press of the State be requested editorially and otherwise to bring this ? matter to the attention of the citizens of the State, and to urge upon them Q the necessity for contributing to the fund, and the advantages to be deriv- i; ed from this exposition to communiL.V ?. ties as well as individuals. j Respectfully submitted. j. (J. Hemphill, Ubairman. c The only proposition to change the ' plan was in so far as the president of J the company was concerned. The committee recommended that Gover- ( nor Evans be made president of the company. Editor N. G. Gonzales, said ] that while he hesitated to oppose the plan in any way he felt that the con- ] vention itself ought to select the president; that the selection ought to made J entirely without reference to politics t and that the officer should be selected I from business reasons alone. He moved that the convention proceed to I the naming of commissioners from 1 each county and that these commis- 1 sioners select the officers with a view 0 to their business capacity. He said he j did not make the move with any political intention, or because a man of any "i special party was named for president, I but insisted that the convention should select a a business man for the place. 1 Mr. Tillinghast, of Hampton made the chief argument against any such i proposition and said that as a member of the political faction opposed to fc r* -ci v. Muvcruur juvatus, ub wouia noi casi such a "slur" on the governor. He 1 said that the committee had with due ^ ' . consideration made the selection and 1 it would not do to ignore it. The governor was, he said, an influential olfl- 1 cial and citizen, and could do the undertaking more good than an outsider ? could, and that there might be an emergency in which no one else could ( help out the enterprise, as was the case m ia the Atlanta arrangement. He insisted that no one had a right to question another's politics, and that he ivould vote ugainst any changing of ,he committee on what he deemed jurely business ground. Mr. Gonzales, in reply, said that he questioned no mans politics and said le would make the same objection to >lacing any officer at the bead of the novement. What he wanted wasa )usiness man and a man who could lold the people together. The delegates themselves, he urjred, should elect the officers, Mr. Coffin of Flor:nce had announced that the idea of >olitics in the Atlanta exposition organization prejudiced people against t. Maj. Boyle of Charleston said that n the name of Charleston, and in belalf of Charlestonians, he hoped the >riginal report would be adopted, with Jovernor Evans as president of the I :ompany. Mr. Bright Williamson of Darlingon said that his county wanted to let he organization stand as reported. Mr. Moss of Orangeburg said that he vas sorry that a word of politics had intered the convention, which was so horoughly business-iike, and he noved to table the suggestion of Mr. Jonzaies, and the motion was carried >y a decisive vote. The report was then adopted as a 7hole as reported, with the exception if changing the amount of money leeded from $15,000 to $10,000, which Ir. Hemphill, who was in charge of eport, said the committee thought rould be ample. The convention then made up the it of county Commissioners as fol>ws: " Abbev ille?W vatt Aiken. Aiken?H. M. Dibble. Anderson?D. K. Morris. Tlarnwftll?,T_ P. Folk. Beaufort?W. H. Lock wood. Berkeley?J. B. Morrison Charleston?Geo. H. Tucker. Chester?R. A. Love. Chesterfield? R. T. Caston. Clarendon?D. J. Bradham. Colleton?D. H. Padgett. Darlington?W. E. James. Edgefield?Geo. B. Lake. Fairfield?J. E. Coan. Florence?Smilie A. Gregg. Georgetown?W. D. Morgan. Greenville?A. H. Dean. Hampton?W. S. Tillinghast. Lancaster?LeRoy Springs. Marion?E. H. Gasque. Marlboro?T. B. Gibson. Newberry?E. H. Aull. Oconee?L. W. Jordan. Orangeburg?B. H. Moss. Pickens?JT E. Boggs. Richland?W. McB. Sloan. Spartanburg-^A. H. Twitchell. Sumter?R. I. Manning. Saluda?W. S. Allen. Union?J. A. Fant Williamsburg?F. Barron Grier. York?W. B. Moore. FPU*** flft/1 ?n flie% wtahIt jl1113 ttujut liuuugu up i>up nvia mi le convention. State Senator M >**3 f Sumter offered the following r^sj itions, which were unanimously iopted: Resolved, That the thanks of this invention be, and they are hereby, indered to the citizens of the city of partanburg for the cordul welcome ad attention shown to the delegates rhile in their midst. Resolved, That the thank* of this invention and of the Sr*to of South larolina are due to the Hon. Patrick V'alsh for his patriotic action aud for is eloquent address delivered before lis body. Resolved, That the thanks of this invention are tendered to the rail Dads in the State in passing delegates > and from this convention. The convention adjourned in time jr most of the delegates to leave the ity on the midday trains. Commissioner Roche, who is in barge oi the work of the Chicago ex osmon, was iae mtunsuiy ui lueuum littee that prepared the exhibit for le Atlanta exposition for this State. THE DELEGATES. The following is the roll of deleates in attendance: State Grange?G. W. Moseley, R. l. Love. Chester?B. M. Spratt, J. L. Argus. Blacksburg?John F. Jones, J. G. lack, Wm. Anderson. Bennettsville?Knox Livingston, W >. Evans, Douglas Jennings. Lake City?H. H. Singleton. Seneca City?J. L. Stribling. Anderson?G. F. Tolley, J. M. Sulivan, George E. Prince, D. H. Rusall. Pickens?T. C. Robinson, J. E. loggs. Bamberg?John F. Folk, J. D. Jopeland, G. M. Dickinson. Beaufort?N. Christensen, C. C. 'ownsend, Wm. H. Lock wood. Kingstree?R. R, Stuts. Woodruff?A. D. Chamblin, W. F. {rvson. T.an/>aafAi>?"Wm T) Rrrtwn T IT Cunningham. Midway?P. F. Carroll, Jr. Darlington? Bright W illiamson, W. i. James, J. R- Ware. Hampton?W. 8. Tillinghast, W. i\ Cummings, W. M. Stokes. Fairfield?T. W. Lauderdale, J. E. Joan, H. S. Wyle. Abbeville?J. F. Miller, F. J. Dougass, S. G. Edwards. Blackville?C. M. Felder, E. Spann lammond, Charles C. Rush. Carlisle?E. C. Houze, J. D. Flemuing, J. S. Welsh. Rock Hill?John R. London, J. B. lohnson, R. T. Fewell. Walterboro?A. C. Shaffer, J. S. Jriffin, B. H. Padgett Manning?E. C. Horton, J. F. 3radham, A. Levi. Orangeburg?George W. Brunson, 3.H. Moss, P. T. Hilderbrand. Aiken?G. T. Holley, M. G. Holley, Fr., James Powell. wnorl?W rj- "R1 5.Cobb,"F.~M. Alien.' ' Greenville?A. H. Dean, J. F. Richardson, C. A. McAllister, R. A. llcDowell, J. A. McCullough, W. J. Dhackston, J. H. Earle, F. B. McBee. St. George's?I. J. Hutto, T. V. Ap>leby, George M. Rumph. Union?J. A. Fant, W. T. Beaty, N. M. Sartor, J. D. Arthur, R. VV. larris. St. Stephens?T. L. Jaudon, Peter Clintworth, S. T. Russell. Seneca?L. W. Jordan, G. W. Gigkilliat. Sumter?Altamont Moses, W. A. Juder, John Reid, Richard I. Manning. Barnwell?F. C. Butler, W. W. kloore, P. W. Price. I Georgetown?Josiah Doar, Marks Hoses, J. J. Hazard. j Walhalla?C. W. Pitchford, >W. L. j Werner, James Thompson. Columbia?W. McB. 81oan, W. B. 3. Whaley, N. G. Gonzales. Branchville?F. M. Stokes, M. S. Donnor, J. T. Pearlstine. Edgefield?G. B. Lake, S. M. Smith, ( Jr. Yorkville?GK B. Beard, Withers Adickes, J. E. Lowry, M. C. Willis. & York County?J. 0. WelbornMarion?R. J. Blackwell, E. H. Gasque, 8. W. Smith, H. Witcover. Kershaw?R. S. Beckham. g Fort Motte?J. K Hane, W. W. ? Wolfe, J A Peterkin. t Cheraw?H. W. Finlayson, J. C. c Colt, R. T. Caston. c Florence?J. P. Coffin, E. F. Doug- i lass, H. S. Rose. Spartanburg?W. A. Law. W. E. s Burnett. D. E. Converse, D. R. Dun- ] can, R. K. Carson, G. W. Nichols, J. , K. Jennings, S. J. S'mpson, J. H. a Montgomery, A B Calvert, J BCar- \ lisle, H J Johnson, J B Cleveland, A c H Twitchell, T A Caldwell, R H F r Chapman, J S Amos, R A Robinson. s danfaa rinfiald .Tosenh Walker. ST* McCravey, W I Ha-ris, J B Liles. t Facolet?H S Lipscomb. [ State Press Association?J E Boggs, E Pickens Sentinel; J A Hoyt, Green- t ville Mountaineer; N G Gonzales, Co- s lumbia State; J C Hemphill, News and c Courier; August Kohn, News and Courier; E. H. Aull, president State Press j association. Charleston?A F C Cramer of the d city council; W M Bird, G H Tucker, chamber of commerce; C I Walker, G p B Edwards, H A Molony, Young b Men's Business league: J C Hendphill, I R B Lebby, I P O'Neill. tl Chester and Lenoir Railroad Com- b Dany?G W F Harper. a Port Royal and Augusta Railroad? n J H Averill, R H Wright. ti South Carolina and Georgia Rail- b road?W A Boyle. I Atlantic Coast Line?C S Gadsden. f( Seaboard Air Line?H W B Glover. Port Royal and Western Carolina t\ Railroad?W. J. Craig. v Newberrv?T. J. McCravey, W F ]( Ewart. J H Wicker, 0 L Shnmpert, tl H H Evans, W H Hunt. j Camden?G W Moneley. b Davisville?S H Wilies. C P De- n Lorme. n Modoc?C H Key, P R Waites, M v G Jacco. s McColl?T # Gibson. A K Adams, -j Charles Iseman. Woodruffs-A D Chamblin. b Williamsburg ? W V tf'itcb, M i Player. v c Another Advance Made. n The Kcelev cur* has l?eeix introduced p into the St. Agnes El wpital, Baltimore, a bid. The cmmJ Sis.ere realize that in a the Keeley cure is found the only hope for those addicted to the liquor and & morphine habits, and have made a d contract with the Keely Institute of y Maryland bj whi;;h the Keeley treat- I men t shall be administered at their hos- d pital by regular physicians instructed b Dy J >r * K-* iey. Ttis is another argu- y rapnt proving that tae Sisters of Char- u i? v occupy the front place in the care of th?* d a??as*d and in the service of a suffering humanity. The treatment " whs adopted four years ago by the e: United Stales g ivernment and is used at the National home. Proving so ef- a ficacioua tne treatment is now given a at Fprt Leaven worth Post, to the offi- ci cersand enlisted men of the regular ti army During the past two years the tl Sutra of Maryland, Minnesota, Colo- k radi, Louisiana, North Dakota, Wisconsin and others have by legislative h - - - ? . j .j ? euaciments pruviueu lum iuui^dui ^ liquor and morphine habitues be given ? the treatment. n: The Kieley Institute of South Caro- b lina continues its good work at Co- ti lutnbia, aud any information desirea ai may be had by addressing that insti- c< tute or drawer 27. tl Wrecked by Dynamite. Saginaw, Mich., April 15.?The w school building on the West Side was B wrecked by dynamiters early this D morning. It was the oldest and larg- w ?i. 4L. L:? ?i i-. ? iU.i ? eat ui lno uig tsuuuuia uu mat oiuc ui v* the river, and for1 years has been a bone of contention. At 2 o'clock a T terrific explosion occurred, which tt wrecked the building and which was 1! followed by fire. A portion of the li- tf brary was also destroyed. The build- e< ing contained 27 rooms, and had a ca - v parity of 800 pupils. Loss (40,000, p with $27,000 insurance. A vigous ef- tl fort will be made to unearth the dyna- n miters. J. W. Burham, who was^ watching the fire, was run down by a n bieycle and fatally injured. a g] Broken Bail?Two Killed. C( Meadville, Pa., April 15.?A brok- p en rail on the New York, Pennsylvan- ti ia and Ohio Railroad, near Geneva, ti Pa., about noon, wrecked the third fi section of freight train No. 82. Two men were killed and three others seriously injured. The dead are: Patrick Kerr, engineer, Burt Rowley, brake- ti man, injured: Elmer Rush, fireman; \ C. M. Farland,engineer; A. M. Weir, d All lived at Meadville. n h Inhuman Father. Q Charleston, S. C., April 15.?Sam- \ uel Lawson, colored, beat his thirteen- h year-old son to death this afiernoon tl with his walking cane., The boy had tl been playing truant for several days y and was discovered today and brought g home. The beating occurred in the g| presence of Lawson's eighteen-year-old e: daughter, who was afraid to cry for 1 assistance. The bov died twenty min- n utes after the whipping. Lawson has ^ not yet been arrested. si d Murderer Commits Suicide. S< Xenia, Ohio, April 15.?Charles e Morris, the confessed murderer of Mr. tl and Mrs. Douthetts, committeed sui- sj cide this morning by cutting his c throat when told to get ready to go to a Columbus to hang. Morris committed c the murder eight years ago and was h acquitted. Wnile in the penitentiary as a burglar, and thinking he was. about to die from self inflicted wound, he confessed to the murder. Another 1< trial for murdor followed. If t Kilted lu Court. a Central City, CoL, April 15?This t moruiug during tbe trial of a case in c court, Samuel Covington, a visitor, r charged with endeavoring to intimi- ii cUte a witness, deaied the assertion t hotly, and being tareatened with ar* r rest, drew a pistol and killed ex-May- a or Williams and mortally wounded s City Marshal Keleher. Covington, 1 while eudeavoriug to escape, was shot i dead by Jtienry Lieanan. t Six Men Klllerl. Butte, Moat, April 11.?Anexplo sion of 100 pounds of giant powder, by ? | which six men were blown to pieces, I occurred at the 1,100 foot level of St. s Lawrence mine to day. The names of 1 the dead are: Coo. G. Lowney; John i Quinland, Ed. Shields, Jas. Dwyer, I J no. MoVeafch, Patrick O'Rourke. I I The cause of the explosion is unknown \ I as the six men killed were the only r ones in the part of the mine where the e t disaster occurred. i ? ' s TILLM4N IN KENTUCKY. iouth 0 troll a a Senator Hakes a Speech at A' Lexington. Lexington, Ky., April 13.?United Hates Senator Tillman had an ovation jQ it the auditorium where he appeared . o make a Rpeecn on the currency juestion and its relation to the presi- n' iential contest. He was introduced hi >y Rev. W. T. Bowling. ^ When Senator Tillman arose the . mdience cheered for several minutes. 3e began his speech by saving that he ^ vas ashamed to appear before such an 1? ludience after he had been heralded >y the newspapers as such a terrible :reature. He paid the usual compli- 8? nent to the Blue Grass region, but he aid he found the Democracy of Ken ucfcy mucn more rotten man ne bought he would. They were like a ** ot of sheep without a leader. The nen who had been trusted by Ken- ^ ucky Democrats in the past had de- m erted the party and stabbed Kentucky andidates in the back. t" Referring to the defeat of Senator ^ Hackburn he dramatically exclaimed: ?' "You are betrayed, bamboozled and co ebauched by them!" nt These same men, he continued, now leaded for harmony, as if there could >e any harmony among Kentucky )emocrats. They were in same fir as ta hose of South Carolina. They would lave to repudiate old party leaders m nd take. up silver men?"and they aust be honest, too"?and send them Di a t he state convention, for it would e an everlasting disgrace if Kentucky C< )emocrats should instruct for Carlisle or President. Mr. Tillman denounced as untrue he report of an interview in which he ras quoted as saying that all the old saders in the silver party ought to be hrown overboard, including Joe " Mackburn. He declared that Blackurn was a true Kentuckian and had 80 ot betrayed his fellow citizens for a less of pottage. He was for free sil ^ er when he was elected, said the peaker, and he is for silver now. 'his elicited the wildest cheers. "I am charged," he went on,41 with J* eing no Democrat, but I have been a )eqaocrat all my life, as my father aE ras before me. I have always advo- Pf a ted Democratic principles, and have &1 ever advised any desertions from the f u arty. But if Cleveland or Carlisle ?? re to set the pace for Democracy, I m no Democrat" oe Senator Tillman scored Breckinridge b? aying that he was glad that the laies of the state had given him his talking papers. He said h9 pitied lenry Watteraon, as a man who had en one so much for true Democracy ^ ut who' had to accede to the m rishes of his master and turn traitor wl 5 his party. "I had rather have taken a knife nd cut my thorat}" he exclaimed, than to have remained longer in the mploy of such scoundrels." He advised his hearers to organize nd go to work and be true Democrats ?h nd not Sherman and Carlisle Republi- ** ins. He saidethat the press of coun- th 7 had sold out bag and baggage to MftrAii nimnAfla nf Of 1U UiUUQV T7 Ol AUi kUU ^/Ul VI eeping tne people in bondage. 861 In referring to the silver question e denied the statement of Secretary ^ arlisle that law does not affect rates. w' te denied, also, that there is more an loney in the country now than ever thi efore. He said that when the popula- de on was only 31,000,000 there was 3 much if not more, money in the er, juntry than tttere is today, when 3X1 iere are 70,000,000. thi In conclusion, Senator Tillman said: th "If you send silver men to Chicago ed e'll force honest men to leave the thi republican party, and we'll tell the mi emocrats who are against us that W e'll vote for no man for president no rho is not for silver." be At the close of his address Senator W illman was presented with a Ken- to icky cob pipe, made by M. A. Mc- aF [urry of Nicnolasville. The presents a speech was made by J. A. Parker, M< iitor of The Free Republic, a free sil- 1 er paper of Louisville. The pipe was L. ia4e in imitation of the serpent on le South Carolina flag ana was trim- on led with silver. lo< .In aoemting the pipe the senator th lid that for once he would like to be smoker, so that he could have a nice mi noke of tobacco from a Kentucky sit abpipe;. but, he added, the pipe*of to eaoe could never be smoked in Ken- w< ickey until the Democrats redeemed ta! lemselves by coming out solidly for in "ee silver. E. Fishermen Drowned. Cape Henry, Va., .April 10.?Cap- W1 lin John Faunce, his son. Percy, of Washington, D. C., were drowned to- 111 ay with their crew of seven colored len. Captain Faunce was renewing wl is sturgeon nets, which were located n the coast just below Virginia Beach, ra. The ocean swell has been very eavy for the past two days, due to Di ae easterly weather off shore, and an lis afternoon, when Captain Faunce Ai ras making a trip to the fishing on rounds, which are about a mile off 8? iore, several unusually heavy break- to ps came suddenly upon the frail craft, co 'he first and second breakers were to - - - ? 1 assed all right, but tiie next wmcn ^ ras unexpected and unusually heavy, truck the little craft ano capsized it, rowning all hands. Captain Faunce's an, Frank, saw his father and broth- Jc r Percy clinging to the bottom of wi iieir boat and ran to the sea track life fo iving station for help, but before that cr rew could reach the unfortunate men, tif 11 had disappeared and no assistance tw ould be rendered. None of the bodies &r ave been recovered. tl< at Looted the Bank. of Pioneer, 0., April 15.?Burglars Ss aoted the private bank in this town th ast night. They succeeded in opening st: be vault without the use of explosives, ta nd then, after probably taking; all M hat it contained, they changea the p< ombihation so that the vault could iot be opened when the cashier tried t this morning. It is believed that he robbers got at least $5,000 in cur- H ency. The Durglars were heard from th ,t Alvarton this morning, where they ia tole a team to facilitate their escape. ? ?he local marshal and five deputies iave a clue and are now in pursuit of he thieves. Served Him Right. New Castle, Pa., April 14.?Mrs. Jusan Shaefer, aged 76 years, and her tousekeeper, Mrs. Martha Burt, were ?i i a?i T>?ad iiuac a.i bucir xiuuio, noai ucaacmoi, ast evening, when an unknown Ital- oil an appeared and attempted to assault Tl drs. Burt. She ran to another room, 0( >ursued by the man and just as he vas about to seize her, she grasped a evolver and shot him, the ball taking iffect in the bowels and instantly killng him. I I KNIGHTS OF HONOR. anuat Meeting of Grand Lodge of the State, " Columbia, April 17.?The grand * dge of Knights of Honor in the State * ' South Carolina met in its 20th an- c ual session, in the Knights of Pythias f ill, on Wednesday at 8 o'clock p. m. 11 but two of the 64 lodges in the 1 iriadiction sent each one delegate, and Ii iese, with the officers of the grand ^ dge, gave an attendance of about 80 embers. Coming from all parts of t ie State, they might justly be con- t dered representative men and from ieir grave demeanor, if not from their d merable looks, they might have . ien taken for a lot of clergymen in tendance upon a church event, b lere were few quite young men in e number, the larger part being fl en with silvered locks, who evidenthad loved ones depending upon . em, add for whose future support : ey were anxious to provide in case the disaster which sooner or later ' >mes to every one. The following imedofficers answered to roll call: Past Grand Dictator N. W. Trump, Dlumbia. _ Grand Director J. E. Holmes, Sparnburg. Grand Vice Dictator L. H. Wannaaker, Orangeburg. Grand Assistant Dictator P. F. iinn, Charleston. Grand Representative L. N. Z-?aley, ilumbia. Grand Treasurer J. L. Robertson, bbeville. Grand Chaplain R^v. A. Buist, iackville. Grand Guide J. W. Todd, Seneca. P Grand Guardian J. J. Vernon, relford. Grand Sentiuel J. G. L<5wis, Aader n. . Grand Trustees J. G. Tumpkim, B. P . Labby, G. E. L. Sparkman. Committee on Finance -Louis Sher- I jee, J. L. Hunter, M. Ryttenberg. Committee on Laws ~M. A. Carlisle, i; C. Shepard, L. W. Perrin. Immediately after organization the inual reports of the officers were esented to the lodge. They were g ven in printed form, so that a care1 and thorough perusal could be giv- P l to the business of the order during P e past year, not only by the memrs present, but also by all the mem- p rs of the suborninate lodges to whom e proceedings would be sent. The Ci ports showed earnestness and fldeliupon the part of the officers, and an fj couraging state of affairs through e order. There have been 41 deaths the membership in the State, to [lose families $80,600 have been paid. * Among these were two members of e grand lodge of long standing, aose loss to the order, us well as to c" eState, might be considered asal- n tot irreparable?Dr. George HoweJ y( r 16 years the medical examiner of e State,- and Rav. G. W. Holland, l. D;, D. D., thegrand reporter from e organization of the grand lodge 1 his death. Touching memorials these departed members were pre- " a ted and adopted by a rising voteA lengthy and weighty report ou _ e good of the order was presented, b. j - j; . , ' lien euciiea a uihcubmiuu ui uuura, d which showed that the interest of e members in the order had in no gree abated, and that the success of e past was but the shadow of greatthings in the future. Plans were opted for more intense effort during b year to come, and the minds of all 8 lodges were more deeply impresswith the stability ana strength of a order. Very few changes were ide in the officers of the lodge, L. H. an namaker declining to accept reimination, W. A. Templeton of Abville was elected vice dictator. Mr. annainaker wat elected representsre tq the supreme lodge. The other pointmenta were as follows: Trustees?J. G. Tompkins, H. C. oaes and A. C. Smith. Committee on Laws?M. A. Carlisle, W. Perrin, G. W. Pollitzer. The officers were installed, P. G. D. leppard representing the supreme iee, on Thursday afternoon, and elodge adjourned. The session of the grand lodge was oat harmonious during the entire ting. Matters of great importance the order in this grand jurisdiction 3re considered ana acted upon, nokt? ita&nonafinn frt nloAAB HrtlifMtOr I fij uioi/waMvu w ^ the field. ' The election of Grand Dictator John Holmes'was a re-election?the first the history of the order?which is a tribute to his earnestness, zeal id fidelity during the first year of s grand dictatorship. The financial condition of the order is never so fiourishing.?State. Americana Arrested. Habana, April 16.?Alberto Jesus az, a Baptist preacher of H&bana, id his brother, Victoriano Diaz, both nerican citizens, have been arrested i the charge of having in their posjsion compromising papers referring the insurrection. The American nsul general has reported the case the State department at Washingn. to be shot fob "bebellion." Habana, April 16.?Gregio Boras, ise Bacallae and Estaban Hernandez ill be shot tomorrow in the Cabanas rtress. They were accused of the ime of rebellion, tried by court maril and sentenced to death. Thirtyro political prisoners have been rested and placed in Morro cas- . >. Nineteen persons, mostly women id children, belonging to the family Periquito Perez, have been taken to intiago de Cuba and placed in lau ere. Maceo, the rebel commander, ill remains west of the troja or miliry line extending from Mariel to I ajana. Slight attacks at different )ints are reported. retaliation. Madrid, April 16.?A dispatch from abana to The Imparcial says that e insurgents have hanged 22 Span rds in the Sagua district. The trustworthy cure for the Whlikey, plum and Tobacco Habits la adrolnlster. atTheKeeley Institute of South Carina. For further inform tfloi ad tress ie Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, )lumbl&, S. 0. ?????????Immmmmrnmmmmtmmmm INTELLIGENT PEOPLE 0 Do not feel flattered by the methods of hose who seem to think they can bnlly hem into bnying. Most people know what bey want a great deal better than the T ^ aerohant knows. They know too what heir means are and what to pay for heir goods without extravagance. Know* ag all these things perhaps they do not Dr. :now the place where they can bay to he best advantage and would be glad of for, , hint where to go. We can only say we j tri .0 oar best by all and invite havers when fact joking around not to overlook us. Read ^ elow a few of our many reasonable of **** out Brings: on? Good tomatoes 2 pound cans. 60c dozen, due c can. Good tomatoes 3 pound cans, 75c dozen ccan. Green corn at 61-4,10 and 12 l-2c can. Green paas at 81,10.121-2 and 18c can. Peaches In can9at 8,10,12 1*2,15, 17, 20 5 and 80c can. Potted ham and toogne at 5c can. Lard, compound, 50 pou d cans, 6c lb. V Lard, compound, 20 pound cans, 11.25 H an. H Lard, compound, 10 pound cans, 75c can. H Best lard, 50 pouud cans, 7 l-4c pound. H Beit lard, 20 pound can , >1.60 cat. Jgi Beat lard, 10 pound cans, 90c can. iM Finest Irish potates la narrel sacks 91.15 |H er tack HQ Be.-t creim cheese, 15c pouud. 9 Dnea apples. 5c uound. H Evaporated applet, X, 10 aod 12 l-Jc a M uuutl. Efl Good ourch, 5c p:>uud or 25 puuu s for HI luo. jffl Laundry s ap In 2 pound bars, 8,10 and |D a I'ju uai o. _ Toi et soap f:om 25c dozen op. 8 Matches 5 and 10c dozen, 50; and 91.00 a rusa. On Plogtobacjo in 10 pound coddles 21c a ~ ound and upwards, less than coddy 2 Sc. ouna and up. Good smoking tobacco at 18c pound, Ipu with each pound. Fine fresh fruit jams in 1 pound cats, 10c in. Biscuits in boxes of froai 20 to 25 pounds om 4 1- 2 to 7o poem 1. a Ralalos from 5c pound an 1 up wards. <!1 beg us 50,75,91 00, 91.25, 91.50 and 92.06 8 , box of 50. V X Lots of other goods in stock Just as ]! | leap. Get a copy of our price list, its 'i[ ligbty luUres'ing reading and will show 1!1 ju bow to sive m ney oa your pure bases < 1i WELCH & BASON, ijji UNIVERSAL PROVIDERS, 15 ind 187 Meeting and 117 Market ., [!' CHARLESTON. S. C. 1 A $25 Cooking Stove WITH X COMPLETE OUTFIT FO* g OXtt-TST $12.00, i ? Delivered to yoar railroad depot, I all freight charges paid. Read this J description carefully. This spleadid Cooking Stove is No. 8; ha* four EN< inch pot holes; 16x10 inch oven; 19 BO I inch nre box, 24 inohes high; 21x31 gA.) inoh top: nice smooth casting. I ^qj have had this stove made for my Rn| trade, after my own idea, comblnlaf KUI all the good points of all medium BR1 priced stoves, and leaving out the pjjj objectionable features. Beyond all doubt the best No. t and Cpoking Slave made, for the prlca. Ala Bitted with 2 pots, 2 pot eoveiy, S I skellets, 2 griddles, 3 baking paaa, 3 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 AA lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polish, 1 iroa tea kettle, 1 shovel. We want te WA make customers and friends in evary h. j part of the South, for the porpoae of introducing our business to saw ana people, and to renew our acquaiatance with eld friends. We will ship this splendid CookUf Stove and the above described ware to any depot, all freight eharfes paid, for only $12.00 wbea the , oash comes with the. order. TUa ? stove is a good one, well made, aad will give entire satisfaction. Our illustrated catalogue of Furniture. M* Stoves and Baby Carriages mailed free. Address Xj. P\ PA.D3ETT, a< 840 BROAD STHRBT, Augusta, GA. NO inter wmmmammmmaamnmmmamm tood; bjgt 8PRI A. a n o u n ( OF TVT XT' ~VKT CZ .1 u y y AT LLTHE 1439 and 1443 Mala Street, G J OUK LItftt 0? NSW SPRINi G00D3 AND COMPRISE A FULL AND JJRY gOODS, gTLOTHUG, ?HC gOODS, gfA-RPETS, JJUGSJ We Invite all close buyers to vUlt our lar^ at All goods ordered of us amounting tj ovei free of charge laslde of the St?e. Oar and quality you may desire la oar d for quotations. Ver, "THE I OPPOSITE GRAND CEI COLUMBIA elightful [TEL jfROM JUDGE BALDWIN, OF MADISON, GA. . 1 J Vg W. Pitts, Thomson, Qa. ear Sir:?Alter having sought la rain rariooa remedies for the Ilia of teething ' ed your Carminative frith most satis* ory and delightful results. It is pleas* to take assuages pain and produoes mrt lout stupor. No parent should be with* " J??? ? ,UI__ ahn hu ib UUlllig WIO WCC UlU^ wuv ) tried It, for it telnieei-t^na?ic medli for babies.. Very reepeetfoto^* JUDGE a. W. BA.Lpwl!N|^^ For Ml* by THE MURRA.Y DRUG 00., Columbia, S. C. THERE _ SSwiton'sLUe forthelArer WM SdStoeys,tatHisdIU-MH of its ctton?ndt?*-eSSftSH , of its effects, in the reUeZ ana mm rriT.Tth.lraSXB 111., web M '"* B etc., and as ? I Habitual Constipation. AJ?*M I S^swUlteU something of lt>|\ I 1 TRY IT, AND BBBj * ( ' FWd wholesale by le Murray Drag Co. COLUMBIA, 8. 0 0?COOOCOOOQOCO??UgOC)C!l^ Im tk(M 4*7* *f ! TALL TALK lob*! laUmnMnta ofun mm to beat a.4to? ' warn, but after all aotval AoaiiTBtim ?n V am omy wings uibv ovuat. 11 IIU MIT b) teJk la {taMralftrnu abort tta I Bflu <rf FIAMO*. bat?fr> Mor??pwii? j THE MATHUSHEK U Til |n?t tiitlin fmrtti. J j rtiblMwH 10 ymn. *M>00 n?w tn mm. j I B wibrufarfejwn. Mot*tbmvmUBm i J in WM>Wlfrw?wtl I | II Fatnt Kepeittif Aetlta. SB Fateat BMidtlff ImH. I Fates! Taiiif rla Buklag. > | Fateat Iaimed AgnWm. * I Falait ion May. J OHOttkl OH]? tin PIMM Mtf* MOM I jtfter part) inlfa ?vb Itotorjr. 1 w?t made in u? U. 8. lout lowJr tfeaa m? itberaifbQrolaPtaJ^^pfcmaaljf** ^ Mkar to fonfetMr. WMTl va. 4 LUDDEN 4 BATES, J ATAWAX, atuxxwjocnnnnrnnnnwuJ I MACHINERY. I SINKS, B ILBRjd, N MILLS, RN MILLS, LLEB MILLS, . tOK MACHINES, H iNING MACHINES all kinds of w Kxltr irttiag ouchluery. 9 )Shaftla<, Pilliet, B)x+i etc. H *m the General A.*eut f.>r H LBOTT A 80NS, " I ? LIDDELL COMPANY, ERTO WN ENGINE COM P?N77" D 3. SMITH MACHINE COMPANY", H can famish full equipment In tbe re lines at factory prices. AH V. C. Badham, COLUMBIA, s. |C. | OSBORNE'S 1 v<Mmed4 I and & m jhool of 01iort]i?nd auodhta, OA. |B Uxt booki tued. Actual bairn Ml fro* dAf ot inc. BtuineM papers, oolloc* onrmoy ?nJ M i ued. Send for hindirnntlt UlastratM MM . Board chaapr than la any Soa thro city. N"Gr I ? e m e nt I f- O O D 8 I HUB" I LU41B1A./JB0.;0A.., I A.RSjNOW BE1NJ OPENED I CJMJLErajLINE OF I >ES, JJA.TS, JJURNISHINS ** "" 1 AND IJIfATTINQSxasorwrlti to u* f>r smple*. tea dollars will be deiiverel stock consists orf every Jprlce Liferent lines. Write" ua ^ r respectfully, ICJB," | <TRAL HOTEL ? L, S. C. j