Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AY, MARCH 7, *906. tr HE NA ?f AUGUSTA; L. 0. HAYNE, President, IBANK G. FOBD, Cashier. CAPITAL.$250,000 Surplus and Profits. 150,000 We shall be pleased to have you open RD account j, with this Baale. Cugtomemand eorresfXjndrntsaa- OP T sured of c re ry courtesy and accommodation ponti- i T ble under conservative, modern Banking methods. X %i 111111 i 11 H III 11 ll 11 ll 111? N .16. liberal Advances Crops and Consign] PE; Persoi / 7M Kevnol Use... ia) LirL-':A Shedlir Aetna. Phenix, Mutual Benefit, --Fidelity & Casualty Co,. and Health. Title Guaranty & Trust C American Live Stock Insi pany, of C. A, GRIFFIN &CO. Will protect you against loss by Fire, Death, h Accidents, Sickness and Wind Storms. It will be a pleasure to serve you at all times and r ' your business will be heartily appreciated. .v. ; We have now on hand 75 head of choice Horses and Mules. Now is the time to make your purchaes. Our prices are as low as can be made, quality considered. B. L. JONES & SON. Stables in Rear ofCourt House. PATAPSCO MASTODON GEORGIA CHEMICAL* WOf^S AUGUSTA, GA. Everything in fertilizers, plant foods and agri cultural chemicals. |?lood and Bone goods, Fish goods and Cotton Seed Meal Mixtures, / These reliable fertilizers have been tried by the .trade for over a third of a century, and their increas ing popularity attests their merit. Using them is therefore no experiment. ? Factories Augusta, Ga., Pon Pon,*S. C; Sold exclusively at Edgefield by the EDG-EFIELD MERCANTILE COMPANY. JggT?all on them for further information, -*,v.. England States f _ -gerate with himself in appoint ing five delegates from each pf these States ta meet in Washington, at a -dale to bc fixed by the chairman, to nrge the passage of the bill now pend ing in congress looking to the estab lishment and maintenance of forest reserves in thc Appalachian and White mountains." "Third. That the senators and representa'ives in congress from the States adjacent to Appalachian re gions be earnestly urged to do every thing in their power to secure the pas sage of these bills." - In closing .he resolutions call on the public press of thc country and the governors of the States interested lo actively exert their influence in be half of this important movement. Gov. Glenn will bc chairman of the North Carolina delegation. Cavalryman Convicted of Murder. Chattanooga, Special.-Thc crimin la court in session at LaFa}'ettc, Ga., the county seat of Waller county, iu which Fort Oglethrope is situated, has sentenced Private Thomas Cress of the Twelfth cavalry lo seven years in Geoigia penitentiary for killing Private John Kane at a beer club outside iun. army reservation. Elected President of N. C. & St. L. Nashville, Tenn., Special.-At a meeting here of the board of direc tors of thc Nashville, Chattanooga &. St. Louis Railway, John W. Thomas, son of the late Major John W. Thom as, was elected permanent president and general manager of the road. H. F. Smith, general traffic manager, was chosen vice president and gener al traffic manager, and Major E. C. Lewis, who has been acting president since thc death of Major Thomas, was made chairman of the board of di rectors. Seaboard Oifices Burned. Portsmouth, Va., Special.-The general office building of the Sahoard Air Line Railway herc was entirely destroyed, except the walls, by lire which started at S:30 o'clock Sunday morning, and while the monetary loss was only approximately $25,000, tl- : were many valuable records and offi cial papers of the road destroyed. 10,000 Sorals Lost. San Fraucisco, Special.-Thc Even ing Post states that 10,000 persons perished during the storm on Tahiti and adjacent islands, several ot." which its account says, have disappeared. Ii; places the damage at $5,000,000. These reports have not been cnn firm ed by thc officers of the steamer Mari posa, which brought the new? of thc disaster from Papeete.. ..^cyholders of ^?-ahd New York ,.~work to secure the ^Hcyholders, the pri /?of which the associa . otgauized. The Association's ~een. urtab?e to Secure a list of policyholders, as thc, companies jse to give the lists even to. such organisation, and this position has cen sustained by the courts as prop er in a recent defcisioii. f??nce the associations have had to appeal to the policyholders through the press. . The. Mutual Life Policyholders'-as-. scciation has sent out Ihr following: ''PohcyboIdeS of tb,: Mutual Life j "Stale and after correspondence with the home office it is evideut that we cannot secure such a list from the company. Meanwhile the agents of the company have been instructed to secure proxies in thc name of Messrs. Straus, Claflin and Mackay of New York and many of the policyholders of the company in this State have giv en their proxies to the agents in the name of these gentlemen. While de siring to work in accord with thc offi cials of the company so long as their efforts arc directed to the conserva tion of the iuterests of thc policy holders, the executive committee con siders that thc original pian of thc as sociation should be adhered to and that the policyholders in order to be fully protected, should give their proxies to the three trustees selected by the committee in accord with the resolution of the meeting held on the 18th of January. This committee con sists of Messrs. T. B. Stackhouse of Columbia, L. W. Parker of Greenville and Jas. A. Hoyt pf Columbia. This committee is pledged to vote the South Carolina proxies for the protection of thc policyholders. The committee will also vote the proxies and work for the election of Gov. D. C. Heyward as a trustee of the com pany al the annual meeting, as in structed by the association. Policyholders desiring to cooperate with thc association in the manner outlined will fill out a proxy as given below and send to any one of the coni Ciittcc named therein. T. B. STACKHOUSE, President. JAS. A. HOYT, Secretary. Bankers to Meet at Lookout. Nashville, Special.-The' executive committee of, the State Bankers as sociation decided on Lookout Moun tain as the place for the coming con vention which will be held Juuc 6th and 7th. Don't 23my or Iron Jh oar Gr&,zrcli Until you have thoroughly We can save yoi onfeach implement. That's wortt FREE Our New of the heat ??oed for the South. Wit or more of seed we Riv? FKKK one KKK KUKALlST-thc best farm an Catalog tells all about it. When and we will give you a packet of our swreleet jGu have ever bad a chane* ?jSS* Write at once or call at_ oi ?lexand dil BROAD ST. Sweeps ?Vcr the City of Mer ?diari; Mfcs; SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE RESULTS sn. m SI Reporte bf Appalling Loss of Life in Stricken Mississippi City Were Due to Chabs Following Tornado, but . Actual^ Situation is Bad Enough State' j Legislature Appropriates $&,0Q0,?Oifcf?ens Having Previously Subscribe^ ?J^OOO and Gov, Varda ma?: Sends Special Train With Con victa to; Aid in Work. Mai?dia?, Miss., Special.-Nineteen DedDle-:?V? known tn have been killed L the tornado which lis city shortly after 6 r evening. Twenty-four ?injured and property fited value of $1,000,000 d or otherwise damaged.* ona! reports were sent j of au appaling loss of lbly to the chaotic con irs immediately follow .....lion of the storm, but .cful canvass of thc situa )llowing list of dead ap complete : McGiunis, conductor on Ohi?, killed at Elmira's vards, flagman Mobile & at Elmira's restaurant, rry, policeman, killed in transfer stables. Ison, killed in Thornton's i Singleton and Little er, killed in East End. Smitl?, engineer* killed at .staurant. fri and little son, of Cot iliiams, bookkeeper Mey Hardware Compati y, iris. lira, restarant proprietor. negro mau and little I red remains found in n ley nnd child, killed at dory. negro woman, killed near ?tory. [women, killed at Georgc ^ihcjppi legislature, in s?s ?kson7::-apprppriated $5,000 ije?^ind'.-;;i'Governor; Varda ccl ? scp??al tra?i, ?^3~ioSHT i convicts from the Rankin .rn, dispatched it at once to The city now enjoys the ectacle of State convicts he rescue work, uado which played such frightful havoc appeared in the south west at 6:27 o'clock Friday evening. A low, funuel-shaped cloud Avas seen to forai near the city. A heavy downpour of rain had been falling, when suddenly the humidity became intense. Witha roar that could bc heard a great distance, the storm ap proaelywl from the southwest and des cended, upon the city. Thc greatest loss of life is reported from tlie East End, in what is known as thc "Cot ton Mill" settlement. The large cot ton mill there was partially wrecked and probably 400 small houses were demolished or badly damaged. The tornado swept front street and wrought great- damage there. Many houses were demolished and others were partially damaged. The electric light plant was partially wrecked, and to add to tho terror of the situa tion the city Avas thrown into total darkuess. Lanterns, candles and even coal oil lamps were used by the peo ple in seeking places of safety. The tornado also did severe damage on Twenty-second avenue between Front and railroad streets. Several houses cn this avenue were partially wreck ed. The work of thc storm lasted for only a brief period, many people claiming that the entire destruction was wrought in thc brief space of five minutes. Gen. Anderson Gets Commission. Richmond, Special.-Gen. Charles J; Anderson has received his commis sion as Adjutant-General of Virgin ia for four years, beginning Mardi 1. Gen. Anderson will not assume active charge of the office till after the ex piration of his tenn in the Senate, which will be about 10 days. Gener al Anderson bas announced his clerk and stenographer. General Ander son returns to the office after eight years, and succeeds the officer who took his place when Governor Tyler entered on his administration. Planet, ?Tir, .gre Farm sn Tools examined our large stock. i from $1 tol i ,mHw i thinking aboi'Jt ! '''ome i;0 rorth Re SOUTH >uth. (ion th i 3 paper ^flHHK9^ttBou. liest ami f town. Peed Co., .U G CST A: QA, CHANGES IN SCHOOL LAW Tim? foi* Votin?; Special School Tax es Extended-Calhoun's Birthday to be Observed. State Superintendent of Education Martin rece?tly sent out to thc coun ty superintendents of education sev eral circular letters concerning pro visions made by thc recent session of the general assembly in regard to the schools of the State. One of these re lates to the law making .Calhoun's birthduy a holiday, another to the purchase of Dr. Elzas' history of thc Jews in South Carolina, and thc third to thc lime for voling special taxes for local ?chool purposes. As these letters contain informa tion of value to thc school they are given as follows: To^.the County Superintendents. Gentlemen: Sonic time ago we sent yon some petition forms to aid in voting local laxes. Now is a good time to press this work. Thc Jegis lnturc, at its recent session, amended section 1208, so that local taxes may bc voted at any time during tfte year. Thc amended law provides that taxes voted after October 1st shall not be collected until the following year. The legislature renewed the appro priation foi- libraries. According to our records, more than ?UQ libraries have been established and more than IOU enlarged, since thc library law was enacted two years ago. If you continue tu push this work as you . have done, We shall phis thc 1,000 mark before thc close of the year. Many of thc libraries already estab lished should be enlarged. They may be enlarged every year. Thc general assembly amended sec tion 1200 of the school law, as fol lows:' "Provided, further, That thc Slate bard of education shall exam ine into thc curriculum, standing, faculty and equipment of each insti tution, and sic that it is doing real college work before certificates may bc issued on its diplomas." Tbe State board is now making such ex amination, and will communicate re sults to you as soon as possible. In the meantime, thc list heretofore sent you should be enforced. A law was passed requiring Cal houn's birthday, March 18th, to be celebrated ' with special exercises in thc sehools. I send special circular on this point. The dog law was amended so that the money shall be spent in the dis trict where it is collected. It is the cinty of trustees and other school of ficers tb; see that all of the dogs iii n tl nh-?disiyrel-^r? -rrtlW-iiiirifl -P/VIT-?D?O tion. We are having the school law printed, and will send you a supply as soon as possible. Sincerily j'ours, O. B. Martin, State Superintendent Education. Copies of Dr.Elza's book for school' libraries can be had from Mr. Martin on application, express charges to be paid by the school or college. Another of thc letters is as fol lows : To Superintendents and Teacliei's: Allow mc to call your special at tention to the act of the recent leg lislature to provide for the celebra tion of South Carolina day in the public schools. It is as follows: :'That the public schools of this State shall obseive Calhoun's birthday, the 18th of March of each year, as 'South Carolina day,' and on that clay the school officers and teachers shall conduct such exercises as will conduce, to a more general knowledge and appreciation of the history, re sources and possibilities of this State: Provided, That if thc said day shall fall on Saturday or Sunday, thc Fri day nearest to March 18th shall bc selected: Provided, further, That if any school shall not be in session on. the said date, the celebration may be held before the close of the term. That the State superintendent,of edu cation shall suggest such topics or programmes as he may deem appro priate for thc celebration of 'South Carolina day.' " , Inasmuch as thc time is so short, it will bc impossible to issue a pam- , plilct on this subject this year. I should like lo suggest, however, that you make.a programme from thc best material available. Of course, you will find excellent material for study and for essays in encyclopaedias, his tories and magazines. You ought to get some fine essays on Calhoun. You will find good selections in many of the books in thc school libraries, such as Palmetto Stories, Our Couulry's Flag, History of the Ola Cheraws, South Carolina Women in the Con federacy, Southern Poets, Timrod's Poems, Story of the Thirteen Colon ies, etc. You might take advantage of this day to raise money to get books for your libraries, which treaL ? of the "history, resources and^OSS^ \ bil it ios of South Caroliimjytafl^H I shall bc glad to re?^^,a?y.p?^m5i ' essays and so le c t ipns^yliic?i??yoh; ti?tlS? " suitable to incbr^&H?i^^.:-:***1" phiet t?,b-o-nt?c?-iieK^er in the cele bj^^^frSbut^^na day. -l?inceri'V' your, ^Sta^^upcrinteiulcnt Edaucation. New Coroprations. A charter was also issued to the Greenwood Undertaking company, capitalized at $2,000. Thc officers aro: C. S. Franklin, president, and C. \j. Henderson, vice president. The Secretary of Stct'i has charter ed the Farmers' Supply company of Kingstrce, eapatalizecl at $10,000. The officers ave: \V. C. Nexom. president, end H. E. Montgomery, le?re^ry and treasurer, MONEY SAVED Xs ]VXone3T Oainecl. Consult your own interest. Open Buggy including Harnessand Uni ' brella for,$fiO 00, or Top Buggy complete fer 49.00, Remember, I Sell Goods Lower than any other Jiouse in the Soul li. Chase's Fine Plush robe:, from $1. up. These are now bnngsold at a sacrifice of 40%, the moct beauti ful Jine ever sold in Augusta. I am abo facrifloiiig Ti links, Satchels, Snit Cases, etc., to make room for other ilnes. Sole agent for the fa mous Babcock vehicles and the best farm wagons on the maket. H. H, The Carriage and Hardware Man of Ga#, 749 and 751 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF l l fl I I AND DEALER IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and other Material. Write Us For Prices. Cr . . Reynolds and Washington Streets, Augusta, Georgia Wagons Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture aud house furnishing* - is complete. A Large stock. COFFINS and CASKETS, always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded "to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. GEO, r>. Johnston, South Carolina. THIS SPACE IS TAKEN BY The Leading Grocers of Augusta^ Ga., ?RRINGTON BROS. COMPANY, 839 Broad ^ "W. F. SAMPLE of Saluda County and H. H. SCOTT, JR., of Edgefield County are with us and want to see you. For Fire and Life , =G0 TO SEEJH? " CAUGHMAN ^ HARLINI BEFORE INSURING ELSEWHERE. We represent the best Old Line Companies. CAUGHMAN g . ? ABLING - GENTS, AUGHMAN OC H A ?LING /\GENTS. NEW SHOP My Carriage and Repair Shop at the Stables is now well equipped. I invite jT"-1 spectit. Large force of competent of t lie ber.t material al wi Can Ltiiid von oneonrtortn?^ , ^ pofsil Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. Also the Ceci lian Piano Player. SATISF ACT TON GUARANTEED. Call on or write us for prices and terms. NINETY SIX, S. Q