Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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in n?ii?ssrom Published Weekly A8BEV1LLS. 8 C A calendar gives no trustworthy cme to weather. *?*No sunstrokes have thus far been reported this spring. Life is getting to be just one state convention after another. Distinctly, the opening of the base ball season was not a frost W ~ In H * r? tnm VsQOrtTTI OQ i>un tut; ULLipxxt? iu mo iuiu wv the object of oratorical attack. Nobody will care how much the fly Is kicked arounu this summer. You do not bear band musicians objecting seriously to political cam paigns. A large spot has been discovered on the sun. Draw your own political deductions. When an editor becomes gloomy he rises to predict the revival of the hoopskirt. .Our notion of an easy job Is to persuade a man to become a candi date for office. The Incubator craze Is leading to numerous fires. This will not, bow ever, check the craze. New York, the worst crowded me tropolis In the world, always has room for easy mark visitors. The world certainly do move. It has been lo! these many years since we read a folding bed joke. Much more readily do some men pay out hard cash to a baseball Im presario than to a coal dealer. Now they are going to grow Turkish tobacco in Calilorbia. Why not as well as Havana or Connecticut? A New York woman wants a di vorce because her husband has an other wife. Isn't she the finicky thing! . A Cleveland lawmaker insists that male bathers on the beaches be forced to wear skirts. The shameless hus eUct The report that The Harvester was sold for $50,000 is enough to make an automobile salesman green with envy. The Little theater In New York Is said to be for Intelligent people. Now we know why it is called the Little theater. A license of $1 has been Imposed on cats In New Jersey, but a license on midnight concerts would be pref erable. . | i People who Insist on building near the Ohio and Mississippi rivers should get on the safe side by building sky scrapers. That Missouri man who is hatching grasshoppers to feed his chickens should be careful that the supply does not exceed the demand. While those reformers are Investi gating the baseball trust, we hope they will establish an age limit for Reanuts. Just to prove that there Is nothing new under the sun a Harvard profes sor has discovered that women talk too much. A Harvard proressor says UKianoma is five years ahead of any other state. It's a long way from Harvard to Ok lahoma, too. A European judge has declared that It Is not lawful to cheat American tourists. Nor especially easy, we may add. Why does no one ever Intone a hymn to the vernal recrudescene of the chorus of the frogs? It Is not so bad. Some alarmist now announces that sauerkraut is a dangerous explosive, but we'd rather risk it than boiled cabbage. A statistician tells us that only Dne song out of ninety-five becomes popular. Judging from the popular songs we have beard, the worst song of the ninety-five is selected. A military authority tells us that Washington could be captured easily by a foreign foe. He does not realize that myriads of office seekers would arise to defend their chosen city. A woman in Philadelphia broke the record by obtaining a license to marry three minutes after her divorce had been granted. Compared to this. Phil, adelphia is even swifter than Keno. Russia is said to be planning for the greatest navy of dreadnoughts in the world. And by the time it gets it built dreadnoughts will be all out of style. : Navies are largely built to be thrown on the junk pile. A Boston reformer says each bride groom should have a certificate of j financial competence to support a wife, and each bride a certittcate of culinary competence to feed a hus band. In the absence of these there should be no wedding ceremony. Two Massachusetts boys have In- | vented a contrivance which will shut ! out rubbernecks on party telephone lines. If that thing is put into use it is going to destroy the happiness of a lot of people. A writer on remedies for seasick ness suggests that it is often useful to lie in a tub of water, since the water absorbs much of the shock of the mo tion of the boat. Trans-Atlantic trav elers who should try this expedient would be pretty well water soaked by the time they got across. BLUE AND GRAY TO JOIN HANDS VETERANS ACCEPT INVITATION OF G. A. R. TO MEET ON GET TYSBURG BATTLEFIELD. CHATTANOOGA GETS REUNION Tennessee City Will Entertain Veter ans in 19 13?won ATter a Fierce Fight. Macon, Ga.?The choosing of Chat tanooga, Tenn., as the convention city for 1913, the unanimous, enthusiastic acceptance of the invitation of Gen eral Trimble, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., to merge the blue and the gray at Gettysburg in July to heal all remaining sores of the long internecine strife of the sixties, the crowning of Miss Mary Scandrett of Macon as queen of the 1912 reunion before .20,000 people on Coleman's hill, and a Georgia sun melting mel lowly over the city all day, featured the third day of the twenty-second annual reunion of the Confederate veterans in Macon. Chattanooga's victory in the fight for the 1913 reunion was a sweeping victory over both Jacksonville and San Antonio, and came at the close of a rather stormy session, although the uproar which retarded the prog ress of the convention was not alto gether the outcome of the fight for the next meeting place. The United Confederate Veterans, in solemn session, paid eloquent and loving tributes of esteem and rever ence to their deceased comrades and leaders. The annual memorial exer cises were held in the vast audito rium at Camp Gordon, with the Sons of Veterans, the Ladies' Memorial A on/1 TYIQI^C I in attendance* Especial tributes were paid to the late Gen. Clement A. Evans, honor ary commander-in-chief, and to Gen. George W. Gordon of Memphis, who died subsequent to his election as commander-in-chief at the reunion in Little Rock last year. At the final session of the South em Confederate Memorial Associa tion the following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: Mrs. Daisy M. L. Hodgson, New Or leans, recording secretary; . Mrs. J. Enders Robinson, Richmond, Va., cro responding secretary; Mrs. J. H. Max well, treasurer; Miss Mary Hall, Au gusta, Ga., historian; Mrs. Virginia Frazier Voyle, Memphis, poet laure ate; Mrs. A. McD. Wilson, Atlanta, vice president for Georgia. CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE House Committee Hearing Case of Judge Robert W. Archbald. Washington. ? Charges against Judge Robert W. Archbald of the com-, merce court were unfolded before the j house committee on judiciary which is to determine if impeachment pro ceedings shall be brought against the t jurist. I How Judge Archbald, in partner ship with Edward J. Williams, a Scranton coal dealer, while deliberat ing as a judge on the "lighterage cases" to which the Erie railroad was a party, is alleged to have nego-, tiated an option from that railroad 1 for 42.000 tons of culm dump property to be sold at a $12,000 profit, was re-,' leated to the committee by Williams i himself. Judge Archbald heard the testimo 1 nv, and occasionally looked at photo-!, graphic copies of letters bearing on: the case, one of them a letter in I which the judge told of his connec ! tion with the culm bank negotiations in his own words. In addition to that transaction Wii liams told of another deal in which he said Judge Archbald acquired an interest with him in an option on a million acres of Venezuelan timber land for which the judge gave a note for $500. Williams tried to discount this note with C. J. & W. P. Boland of the Marion Coal company of Scranton, who had at that time had a case pending before Judge Archi bald in the Federal court. The Bo lands refused to discount the note, and later lost their case. Pressmen Plan National Strike. Chicago. ? Apparently beaten In their efforts to tie up Chicago news papers officers of the Web Press men's union, according to a statement issued by the publishers, have/ started a movement for a nation-wide strike of newspaper pressmen. This and charges by the publishers that the pressmen were using misleading state ments in efforts to gain sympathy were the principal developments in the situation. The publishers said they expected normal conditions to prevail before the end of the week. Flood Refugees in Terrible Plight. Melville, La.?The destitution and distress that follows in the path of crevasses had a practical demonstra tion herp when the steamer Whitman with 75ft refugees from the McCrea section of Pointe Coupee parish, land ed at Melville. These unfortunates were picked up alone the levee where they had been for three days without shelter, and an almost continuous rain had prevented the cooking of the ra tioss which had been given them. Many, however, refused to be taken away. Aliens Claim Self-Defense. Wythevllle, Va.?The defense of Floyd Allen, first of the Hillsville courthouse assassins to face the bar. sot well into its case and began swearins: witnesses to support the theory that the first shooting cam? from the court officials on March 14. when the Aliens rode into town and shot Judse Massie, Prosecutor Foster. Sheriff Webb, a juror and a bystand er. Two of these witnesses were Ju rors who sat in Allen's trial, to which the court house murders came as a shocking climax. Judge Dickinson, former secretary of war, Is special prosecutor in charge of the government's case In the suit to dissolve the United States 8teel corporation. CONK WING NOTHING ALTHOUGH THE NATIONAL CON VENTIONS ARE DRAWING NEAR LAWMAKERS ARE INACTIVE. Both Parties Fear to Face the Coun try Without Action on the Tariff. Washington.?On the legislative cal endar, which, for partisan and politi cal reasons, might be marked "must," are the following matters of legisla tion: The Lorimer case. Popular election of senators reso lution. Tariff bills, metals, wool, chemicals, sugar, excise tax. Panama canal legislation. Postofflce appropriation bill, includ ing provision for a limited parcels post and for government aid to good roads. Other appropriation bills. Naval appropriation bill Involving policy of national defense and no-bat tleship economy program of house. The best judgment of senators on the time needed to dispose of these important matters indicates a session lasting all summer. With but six weeks remaining be fore the Republican national conven tion meets, the senate has practically all the important bills of the session yet before it and undisposed of. None of the tariff bills have bee 1 passed by the senate, nor even con sidered, except for the opening speeci of Senator Simmons of North Carolini on the metal schedule. In addition to the steel, wool, chem icalsfi sugar and excise, or income i tax, bills, all the big appropriation bills are yet to be disposed of at this session. Democrats and Insurgent Re publicans will demand that votes be had on all the tariff bills, and nobody imagines for a moment that the sen ate Is going to vote on such import ant measures until there has been am ple discussion and opportunity has been afforded to explain personal and party viewpoints and to get into the Congressional Record as much cam paign thunder as can be put out that way. . Senator Bacon announces that the Democrats will insist upon a vote be ing taken on every one of the bills sent over by the house, regardless of how long it protracts the present session. Legislation providing for the open ing and operation of the Panama ca nal must be passed at the earliest date practicable, or there will be de moralization on the Canal Zone and - . -I- - ^ serious delay in ine upcuiug <ji mc big ditch. Colonel Goethals is press ing for action which will permit him to get ready for the opening and weld his construction force into a trained force for operation. The naval appropriation bill will cause protracted debate, as will the postoffice appropriation bill, which contains the parcels post and good roads items. Archie Butt Uemorial Meeting. Washington.?The life of Maj. Ar chibald W. Butt, as a soldier, newspa per man, aide to presidents and lodge member, and his heroic death on the Titanic, were commemorated by his commander-in-chief, a president, a < secretary of war, a senator of his na tive state, a contemporary in the nnrocr,0non and the fraternity of iicno|;aj/vi "v ? ^ Masonry at an impressive memorial | service here. President Taft spoke | with difficulty, and he was forced to ; an abrupt ending by a steady flow of; tears. Trying to Save Richeson's Life. Boston, Mass.?The final fight for life in behalf of Clarence V. T. Rich eson, who, while a Baptist minister, and engaged to marry a wealthy young woman, poisoned his former sweetheart, Avis Linnell, will be made this week. Richeson, who confessed the crime before being brought to trial, has been sentenced to die by electricity in the week beginning May 19. but his attorneys hope (o prevail i " ? "* EVicc +n allnw a noti. I upon uuvei uui i wou IV ? 1,wv. tion for clemency to go to the exec utive council. Mexico Denies Woman's Story. New Orleans.?The Mexican gov ernment officially denied the state ment given to the press by Mrs. M. L. Ryan to the effect that an Ameri can was killed shortly before she d^ parted and his heart cut out and sent to the port city just before the steam ship Kentuckian sailed there with thn American refugees. Dr. Plutarco Or nealas, consul general of Mexico, was advised to give to the American press an unequivocal denial of Mrs. Ryan's statement. GREAT WELCOME GIVEN VETERANS ORATORS PAY GLOWING TRIB UTES TO HEROES AND HERO INES OF THE SIXTIES. MACON A GOOD HO.T United Sons of Confederate Veterans Change Their Name and Elect i/?orc Macon, Ga.?A drenching downpour of rain, which continued intermittent ly throughout the day, did not damp en the ardor nor allay enthusiasm in the twenty-second annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans. V , Throngs of visitors and thousands of veterans participated in the ses sions of the reunion. Rousing address es were delivered by prominent men and women of the quondam Confeder* acy. At frequent intervals during the day thrilling music was rendered by a score of bands. The downpour of rain, drooping flags and mud-bespat tered uniforms were forgotten when the strains of "Dixie" were he^ird. n;acn Time me iamuiar tune was greeted with tumultuous cheers and the "rebel yell," * Sessions were held by the veterans and meetings were conducted by the United Sons of Confederate Veterans and other affiliated organizations. The convention of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans was conclud ed with the election of J. P. North field of Memphis, Tenn., commander in-chief to succeed Walter G. Pritch ard of Charleston, S. C. It was also decided to change the name of the or ganization to Sons of Confederate Veterans. . * Members of the executive council were chosen from ^ch of the depart ments as follows: W. W. Olds, Norfolk, Va., member from the Army of northern Virginia;. Thomas Baile, Lafayette, Ga., member from the Army of Tennessee depart ment; Floyd S. Reed, Dallas, Texas, of the trans-Mississippi department, delegate at large; mmeber of the ex ecutive committee, Seymour Stewart, of Missouri. t PRIMARY IN MISSISSIPPI Underwood Beat^ Governor Wilson by a Big Majority. Jackson, Miss.?Oscar W. Under wood of Alabama carried the state of Mississippi in the Democratic pres idential primaries held in this state. HiB vote approximately doubles that polled for Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, his only opponent for the support of this state in the national, convention. Underwood has received a majority in three-fourth of the counties of the state and in nearly every congres sional district delegates favorable to him have been elected. The names of Clark and Harmon do not appear on the ballots. The four delegates-at-large elected are Senator John Sharp Williams, C. H. Alexander, Senator-elect J. K. Var daman and Gov. Earl Brewer. The two former had expressed a personal preference for Wilson and the latter two for Underwood, but under the niiimoitir * V> nif mill Q a TJTlll VUIC U1 IliC yi iniai j luc; urn, u.a nm the sixteen district delegates, be com pelled to vote as a unit for Under wood. No regularly established headquar ters for either of the two candidates, existed in this city, their canvass be ing in the hands of their supporters scattered throughout the state, and none of their friends here felt au thorized to give out any statement in their behalf. Titanic Wreckage On Iceberg. Philadelphia.?What probably was the iceberg which was struck by the Titanic was reported by Captain Wicke of the German tank steamer Clio. The captain says that on April 29, in latitude 41.25 north, longitude 48.43 west, he saw an iceberg about 130 feet high, one end of which was broken as if in a collision. The mass of ice was surrounded by steamer sa loon fittings, deck chairs, cushions and innumerable pieces of wreckage. Endless Prayer Chain Floods Mails. Chicago. ? Postoffice authorities here are annoyed by the circulation of numerous anonymous postal cards urging the recnai ana spreaa 01 a re ligious prayer and are endeavoring to 'learn the identity of the senders in order that the flooding of the mails with the appeals may be stopped. The postals, it is believed, are being cir culated by religious fanatics. The> ask that the recipient recite the pray er for nine days and then send nine postals with the same words to other persons. Clark Gets Washington Delegation. Walla Walla, Wash.?The state Democratic convention voted to in dorse Champ Clark as its candidate for president. The vote stood: Clark 455, Wilson 106, Bryan 135 1-2, Har mon 1 1-2. An attempt was made to stampede the convention fo* Bryan, but it was unsuccessful. The plat form adopted advocated presidential preference primaries, the initiative, referendum and recall and publicity of campaign coninuuuons ueiure me election. The convention adopted a resolution endorsing woman's suffrage Progressive Win in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg, Pa.?In the same hal' where the regular Republican organ ization of Pennsylvania was over thrown last week, the regular Demo cratic state organization was swept out of power by the "reorganization" faction of the party. The victory of the new men in control of the party's machinery was complete, and no re sistance was made by the regulars af ter the vote on permanent chairman of the state convention showed thai the "reorganizers" had control of the convention. narry i\. i naw is maxing anotner attempt to regain his freedom through proceedings to determine his sanity or Insanity. 9 KILLED IK TRAIN WRECK TRAIN BEARING DIXIE VETERANSi TO THE MACON REUNION RAN OFF TRESTLE. Old Soldiers Assisted in Caring for the Injured Passengers After the Wreck. j Hattiesburg, Miss.?Nine persons, including three women and two chil dren, were killed and fifty-six persons injured when the first section of the "Van Zandt Confederate Veterans' Soeeial" of eleven ears en route from Texas to the annual reunion at Ma Cpn, Ga., was wrecked on a trestle, one mile south of Eastabuchie, Miss., on the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad. The locomotive, bagage car, one day coach and three touriBt sleepers were derailed and tumbled down a high embankmfent, making a'conglomerate mass of wood and iron debris. Though several hundred Confeder-1 ate veterans were aboard the train, not one was nuinbered among the dead. Several of the veterans were injured, though none fatally. The dead are: Mrs. J. L. Cameron, Hendersonfl Texas; Mrs. Charles Holmes, Big Springs, Texas; J. S. Downing, At lanta, Ga., president of the Downing Locomotive Draft Appliance compa ny; W. A. Wood, Meridian, Miss., en gineer; two children, eged 3 and 5, unidentified; one man, aged about 35; weight 150, unidentified; one man, aged 30, smooth face, brown hair, uni dentified; C. C. Jones, a negro fire man. The derailment was on a straight line and the train was running about thirty miles an hour. The dead were brought to Hattlesburg.. The scene immediately after the crash was made particularly distres ing by the cries of the injured. Those among the aged veterans who were uninjured Immediately went to work willingly asisting in extricating less fortunate comrades, carying them to U Im f* ft TT7 />AQ /"?V? _ 1LJL1 pi U v 1DCU UUD^liaiO 1U IUC iW?? vvuv/ii es not overturned. Many of the injur ed veterans did what they could to wards relieving the more seriously hurt CLARK CARRIES MARYLAND Roosevelt and House Speaker Get Maryland's Delegation. Baltimore, Md.?Maryland's sixteen votes in the national conventions will be cast for Theodore Roosevelt and Speaker Champ Clark. The results werec lose and Colonel Roosevelt, on the face of the returns, had but one more than the number of votes necessary to control the state convention. The primaries divided the delegates to the state convention as follows: Republicans?Roosevelt 6, Taft 63. Democrats?Clark 72, Wilson 44, Harmon 4, in doubt 9. Majority necesary to control the convention, 65. Although the preference vote^of the state as a whole did not determine the result, it favored Roosevelt and Clark by pluralities more conclusive than the division of state delegates based on the county preference vote. 600 Rebels Slain in Mexico. Mexico City.?Six hundred rebels were killed and the remainder of a force of 1,500 were sent scurrying to Cuatro Cienegas during a fight with 400 Federals under Colonel Pablo Gonzales, according to reports receiv ed from the field of action. The Fed eral loss is not given. The number of dead, considering the force of the government, is considered remarka ble. The battle took place between Cuatro Cienegas and Monclova. It was the second engagement within four days. Titanic Victims Killed by Exposure. Halifax, N. S.?Only one of the seventeen persons whose bodies were recovered by the cableship Minia in the vicinity of the Titanic tragedy (lieu irom uro'vuiug, ju mc upuiiuu of the cable ship's physician. The other sixteen perished from expos ure, death ensuing some four hours after the vessel sank. This was dem onstrated by examination of the bod ies, water being found in the lungs j of but one person. This statement j was made by Rev. W. H. Cunning- I ham, who accompanied the Minia. Astor Will Made Public. New York.?Counsel made public the will of John Jacob Astor, as drawn in this city September last, only a few days afeer his marriage to Miss Madeline Force. Vincent As tor, a son, who will come to age with in the year, is made the principal beneficiary and residuary legatee. No hint is given as to the value of the great estate, and the creation of trust funds the testator has. followed, the custom of his forebears in keeping the vast Astor real estate holdings intact. 5 ' : ' SOUTHERN FAST Till WRECKED WASHINGTON TO JACKSONVILLE TRAIN LEAVES TRACK?MANY INJURED. ALL COACHES DERAILED * Train Was Running at Good Speed When Exle on Engine Driving Wheel Snapped?No One Killed.? ?Injured Carried to Columbia. Columbia.?A score or more of per sons were injured when train No. 31 on the Southern from Washington to Jacksonville, was derailed about two miles north of Columbia. Two sleep ing cars and the diner turned turtle. No persons were killed, but. several A fraln were omnjuuijr iujuicu. a iohvl was sent to the scene of the wreck and this brought the injured to this city, many being carried to the Co lumbia hospital. Most of the pas sengers were able to proceed to their homes or on their journeys to other .citlea. The train was a six-coach through train and was running at a good spee". The axle on one of the driv ing wheels suddenly snapped, the big roller fell under the engine, the track being torn up for a long dis tance and the cars following the en gine were all derailed. Not a wheel was left on the track and when the last three coaches reached the torn up rails they turned over. The din ing car and the last two sleepers were turned over,' and the passengers crawled out of the windows and from between baggage and broken furnishings. The day coach, the combination car and the express car were left standing, but they were de railed. South Carqllna New Enterprises. rni? afofo Viqa icanp^ U 1 Ut: BCtlClai J U1 a IU.V commission to the Wagnon-Blradley Company of Union, with a capital stock of $5,0Q0| The petitioners are L .L. Wagnon, J. H. Gault and j. T Bradley. The company will do a general undertaking and real estate business. A commission has been Is sued to the Carolina Packing Com pany of Greenville, with a capital of $1,000. The petitioners are: R. A Brown, J. J. Cowart and F. W. Far ess. A general mercantile business will be done. A charter has been issued to the Hayes and Lester Tele phone Company of Pages Mill, with a capital stock of $500. The officers are: W. E. Lester, president; C. M. Hayes, vice president; Miss Olive Hayes, secretary and treasurer. Two Are Being Held For Arson. M. Sharfsin and Louis Hepner,. his brother-in-law, were^ arrested on the charge of arson, the warrants being sworn out by B. R. Myrick, who lost * * ? ?x a block or iour stores. OUOyiWlUU rested upon Louis Hepner, a Russian Jew, who had a small stock of mer chandise in one of the stores burnt. Some of the goods belonging to Hep ner having been found in M. Sharf sin'a place of business^, across fhe street, together with circumstantial evidence, led the authorities to cause their arrest. The citizens of Allendale are very much incensed over the dastardly crime charged and are de termined to run down the guilty per son or parties. Contract Let For Electric Chair. The board of directors of the state penitentiary awarded the contract foi the Installation of the electric chair as provided by a measure of the last general assembly. The chair will cost $2,800 and the contract was awarded to the Adams Electric Co. of Trenton, N. J. Under tne contract the chair is to be installed by June 21. There were two bids. The board will in a few days start the erection of a building near the main prison building for electrocution. The building will contain six cells, "the death chamber, where the death war rant is read, and a room for the elec tric chair, where prisoners are to be executed. May Have Been Escaped Convict. News was received at Camden from Pates Mill, near Lee county, of the killing of Jenkins Manning, who is thought to be an escaped convict, by C. B. Pate, Jr., a young man, 21 years old, the killing taking place on the plantation of H. A. Pate several daye ago. It is said that a week ago o negro was seen during the middle of the night in the room of Pate's 13 year-old sister, who was confident that it was Manning. The matter was kept quiet, as there was no posi tive proof that it was Manning. Proceedings Against Magistrates. The quo warranto proceedings to oust J. M. Bowden, S. S. Tiner, W. R Tanner and T. 0. Fowler, magistrates j in Spartanburg county, who were ap pointed by the governor without the advice and consent of the senate were brought in the supreme court. The state of South Carolina was repre sented by Attorney General Lyon The cases were to have been heard on April 29 but were postponed. In the complaint the attorney general asked that the magistrates be dis missed. Several New Depots In State. According to reports filed with the railroad commission, six new aepois have been erected in the state since i the first of the year. The following reports have been received: South ern railway: Lancaster, new passen ger depot; Tlrzah, new combination depot; Barnwell, new passenger de pot. Seaboard Air Line: Depot en larged at Estill and a new combinaticjn depot at Loris on the Atlantic Coaat Line. Th? new buildings represent levoral thousand dollars. OFFICERS NAMED FOR SHOOT Generaf Order Has Been Issued by Adjutant General Moore of State National Guards. Columbia.?Officers of the national guard to report at the camp of in struction in rifle practice to be held near Charleston, beginning pn May 20, were named in a general order is sued by W. W. Moore, adjutant gen eral. The following officers have been named: Executive and ordnance offi cer, Maj. Tristram T. Hyde, ordance department, N. G. S. C. Assistant to executive officer, Capt. Charles V. Boykin, ordnance depart ment, N. G. S. C. Chief range officer, Col. Oscar W. OoKV. arHntanf (ronornl M O S. f!_ JLJO.UK/, aujUvMuv qvmv> m*| .. Range officers, Maj. James W. Bradford, 2nd infantry, N. ^}. S. C.; Capt. James H. Claffy, 3rd infantry, N. G. S. C.; Capt. Linsay C. McFad den, 1st infantry, N. G. S. C. Assistants to range officers: Capt Daniel C. Pate, 1st infantry, N. G. S. C.; Capt. Edward B. Cantey, Jr., 2nd infantry, N. G. S. C.; First Liuet. Dan iel Miller, ordnance department, N. G. S. C.; First Lieut. Walter H. Ligon. ordnance department, N. G. S. C. ' ' Statistical officers: Maj. ChaHte Newnham, adjutant general, N. G. S C.; Second Lieut. Robert J. Scott, 3d Infantry, N. G. S. C. Quartermasters: Capt. Henry P. Raines, 3rd infantry, N. G. S. C. Assistant quartermasters: Capt. Alexander C. Doyle, 2nd Infantry, N. G. S. C.; Second Lieut. Walter A Seybt, 1st infantry, N. G. S. C.; Sec ond Lieut. John N. Richardson, lfet infantry, N. G. S. C. Interest In Southearstern States. fcafnra VlO a tVlATV* bMD ilUVCi UCiVi O uww .Mw. v such widespread interest in the Southeastern States as is now be ing manifested throughout the Nortb and West. The resources and oppor tunities of the entire section are bet ter known than ever before and the agents of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern Railway Company are meeting with encour aging success in the solicitation oi farm settlers and the establishment of new Industries. The growing interest of people ol other sections in the advantages oi the Southeastern States Is summon ed up in the following paragraph from a recent report of the Western Agent of the Southern Railway Land and Industrial Department: "The work of this office reveals the I continued growing interest on the part of residents of the North and West in the Southeast, and its op portunities in agriculture and the var ious lines of business, auu our iwi ritory was never before so well and favorably known in the sections in which we are soliciting new business, or had as active inquiry concerning its resource, advantages and possi- ' bilities. We are anticipating an ac tive spring and summer." Council Rejects Suffragan Plan. By a vote of nearly four to one, the South Carolina diocesan council of the Episcopal church at Beaufort decided against creating the position of suffragan bishop, to be held by a negro, at this time. As a substitute for the negro suffragan, the council appropriated money for the mainte nance of a negro archdeacon for work among the negro members of the church in this state. The resolu tion against the suffragan bishop pro posal was adopted without debate, the council considering the winter's open discussion of the matter suffi cient to enlighten all the delegates The resolution was adopted after the presentation of the majority report of the committee, favoring the plan, the minority report opposing It. Prizes For Firemen's Convention. Prizes aggregating $1,000 will be ' * A + fA Ka hung up tor tne loumameui. ^ held during the state firemen's tour nament, June 25-27 at Rock Hill. Sc says a special committee of the local chamber of commerce which has been appointed to handle the proposition and raise the money. Chief T. 0 Ftowers of the local department is ar ranging the programme for the o?* casion. There will be a number of , reel and wagon races and a number of entries for these races have al ready been received. Catalogue of The University. The catalogue of the University of South Carolina for the present session has just come from the press. It was hv Tir. Edward S. Joynes and CU1LCU j bears all the marks of his careful scholarship. The attendance num bers 443 students, of whom 1*1 are law students and 70 teacher students Dr. Joynes has listed In part the visiting lecturers for the year, wfclch shows what signal advantages the uni versity and Columbia have enjoyed the present session In hearing some of the most notable men. Shaping of County Campaign. At a meeting of the county execu tive committee, held at St. Matthews, steps were taken towards the shap ing of the coming campaign. The candidates were assessed as follows: Senate and House each $10; probate Judge, superintendent of education sheriff, auditor and treasurer, each $10; clerk of court, $16; supervisor $7.50; coroner and county commis sioner, $1 each; magistrate, St. Mat thews, $5; other county magistrates $2.50. The first gun of the campaign will be fired at Cameron July 24. Lexington County Paid Claims. For the first time in three monthr Lexington county paid off its claims In some instances the amounts being, for February, March and April. This has been the first year that there har been such a long delay in securing funds to meet Its obligations. Thlr year, however, It was found that the county would run short of money tr meet the ordinary expenses, and the Lexington delegation made arrange ments to borrow $25,000, but it was not until recently that this money was forthcoming.