Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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:^M"^?^^t"?^^l^1?^^t^^?^'?^^T^?^^^?^^44'A - ?'4 THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA, 4 AUGUSTA, GA. .L. C. HAYNE, CHAS. R. CLARK, * President. Cashier.* CAPITAL $250,000.00. SnrpluB & Profits $190,000.00. J The business of our out-of-town friend? 7 receives the same careful attentiou as that t of our local depositors. The eccconts of T careful conservativa people solicited. .H"M il I <l"M"l 111 M"M"M & % FEBS?XRY 19, ?908. NO. 8. 13ui1ecl ift? ^prohibition billi : Tho Irish Ps. rr?., nani a ry p fi'ei -seventeen year* or_cshlsn: uniter!. Nea 3ne~ade W l^w^iCTCer rts/yf mun c tle.n ^\?f??^tco'?f???s ny; foe Gfciie&e fil Heraldry ci Georgiar"Transcauca A conference ^prohibition ,lead JJ ?rs was held .at t ?. cn icu with the ob? ?| j cet o? termln^va >rja?id*3 c?n?edera I y tioa. P 1 A cre?^t of .>."V0?0.^"O0 was received I f at Budapest.frc m ? N?w York for. the Jerry Belmont was named as one Democrats active In the plan to shelve Bryan. Woodrow Wilson ^rojte to the anti A ??sfcsccs?r??Lal tte J^'ewj. woodrow wi^on raerte to the anti vnn^far T^JiruL ..-?".v. -party. t t em Majestic Theatre, N> s^otk . City, cheered Governor Ka^-fs^ attack-pn rac? track mamblin:;. ' . At Chicago'''E??ihg ??usfc" was played by the Theodor.- lornas Or chestra and acrid in- pantomime by 100 society men. and?vome:;; Secretary Garfield ia his annual re port, mads public at Washington, uf jently recommended the reclamation Bryan jjmay consent not to run, for Govlr?cffi^ghes w?Trn^Ke?-01 the New York Republican County Committee as a candidate for fBfr .Presidency. Senator Bacon, of Georgia, told the New York World that the nert Demo cratic plpSorin should contain a spe cific defamation in favor of tariff re form: HH__ hty^ '-Repubiican Com&?gf sfiBSed'-'it .would stand with Woodruff against; . Governor Hughes. . iSigns o!" abuter, factional fight jat?png ^e^^ork- .Republicans ap p^ared_cf Ailinny following the an nouncement4*'^ G&v?r??T Hughes^ candidacy. Fifty-three of the Democrats in the House of Representatives are opposed ibo- phice3 for the? stimaier sm.aat?? ?res'of tho regulars and the militia. Jo=apa Duvceiij.srggssis that a stm' .jj?? d?ansing'.prce?SF,. wJia'-jsoap and .va-?'.',;.would greatly improve tire; .paintings m th.? T.ouv-j -s???i oLhcfj jnuse??is in-France.- . ??[??tegf* ?ras?? Dr. Jamesoi,. best kaow:\ a* "tv. deader of "the' raid''before ihe-Bo?-.-I -war, resigned as Premie.' of Cap? Col? J ony because rf the victory *oi . fbi Dutch' in the Parliamentary-elections' 3-. _.. Obs.ery.es the.. Philadelphia Press: Flieg, jwfers ox^^?bs?f??^;??'--^09 .s?bly.'useful scavengers^ bul" "modern seiende ;sbt>ws that - '?ie5r~.n?ssft^.:isr aot-Wma'fce clean, b.u?.t?.-^0r?aU;$^?1 foul blight of pollution over as wid? an "area as they can reach laj their flight. The discovery is u?eiu?, since, knowing, the -source of the evil; we can attack it hr lt's origin. sota. (?$b? .Wa^?bgtQn^ostTs.poii of Re publican Senators, ahbyts^twenty-nine for Taft, five.?acii-;r?r Kno^.and Fair banks, two "each tor Hughesi.Canuou {Ad La Follette, one for ^looser?i^ and ten non%bm"mittal. >" aa|?turn3 r^aiV?d by the;: Chicago Tribune in a? ^S&tional st?aw Wote$ publicans as th?y.'?ter were. It ls sometimes remarked that there is no sentiment in business, but tte^s^ng fffitot -^??TiUIsists^the iftcHmond" Tnlie^-Dis^ch.^'Helrrng bas muchJ""to do_ w^h rsjfimnjatjng or deprssif^lbu^inegB^ accpfdin^ as Jt is' optimistic" or dyspeptic, if every body is cheerful, -eyewlo?y--wilUfeel Jike trading; if ? ?pybb&ywjs Nbl?eT everybody will hoard his money and help to cripple trade. -s Departm?nt Tays interest on all accounts in this department, compounded every six months," January and July. Capital and Surplus S^Q,P??.OO^ *mt ?i ?J.J ?sn : GOTO-S?? E -.??s??. *? HAELING .Before , insuring elsewhere, Vy'eJrepresenHhe Best pldTDne Companies. ;* * ; At The ^Farmers Bank of Edgefleld -. : 1908 FINDS T|IE Wm _ that sells Stanhopes, Carriages, Wagons, Buggies, ej^?., in pos1tion"to offer you tbe highest possible grade of gopdsjat the lowest possible price.. Remember '^^amlk??wn as the best in the busineas, n^y.material ia al ways of the best standard, and those who buy f?oni Cosk?ry's congratulate themselves. Material the best, prices always the lowest. BABCOCKS THE LEADER. s b ci~z -J- ?S s ?fi'sS?isd ^Opposite the Monument." We've had forty-six years experience making and selling vehicles, and have yet to see anything on wheels which for Beauty, Easy Riding,. Light Run ning and lasting and qualities -would, match Moyer and Columbia Bug- ' g?6S9Runabbiifs and ] Surreys If Better were made you would find them, here, ;? I ? ? . - A-completeiJin? of Bar?e?s;??w,4y?^?i^n^? Heavy . Lumber Harness .-and Roa^d Scraper Harness -a'i'om ^PGECTALTt,: LO J ??QjJOj S?! j* BKLTING, LEATHER, CARRIAGE MATE-/.V RIAL. ETNA COAL. ||| . Tvw Joseph tl? Day, 729 Broad Street,: Augustay- Ga. "-r * arusenr air?d" I bu %^Ajr birthdays were spent In WW Westmoreland County, jn the old-fashioned farm house on the Potomac, where, he was bore. You haye all seen pictures of thi? house,'with Its low, slanting roof arid ita two huge chimneys; one ?t each end, outside the; house. - It was burned "down when Washington was about four yeats old; and the family then removed to a farm on;the Rap pahannock, opposite Fredericksburg, In Stafford '"Colintrr : At this latter place young Wash ington received the rudiments of edu cation at an "old field school-house," humble enough in ita pretensions, and kept by one of his father's ten ants, named Hobby, who was also the j-sextoi^of the-.parisli,. .Tho., instruc tion doled out to him was of the simplestjkinti-reading, .writing and j ciphering, and,' later on, surveying; rbut thi?-.was; supplemented by ex??l I lent training at home;1 . - .On the broad meadows of the Rap pahannock, near by his home, W?sh IngtoTrgave:the first exhibition-bf bis martial inclinations. The boys at Master Hobby's "school were divided into two military companies; and the rivalry between them was sustained by many a "parade, sham fight and 3now-*hal?;? battles jrmd- ?;- snow-fort .slej^r-J0n? of-'^these spirited-con-' tests took place on a 25d of Febru ary, ?nfl'the uecount K?s come' down pretty "straight; arid presents -'an~ex citing" picture of that old time.. ? /if ^w?^ tie February of-1743, and Dear ?j rf)<? gaipc Oe lovk to 5pca\v 1 And jwcot to lipper op, - While all-thc ercdt and jtrono ?ipd vJfdlv iTfyinkGod /or Wa^hinoron! . All [and* enshrine (nc iu/Tr? Ad janek enshrine mc lu/Twu; parrje. Tme no*% djacrctf unto Tame-. Ify pcer\ctff)<:co\ decdjarc hnoVr) ito tywjblc cot OQCTroyal fhropc; -?ijo^crji at)?j\a\)erar)d a li. Ipa t/Ci_ Or/c<rl thc t)orff) oj- Liberty. Qf'Truth <x\b Wf?o ip tpe cjjart. Thfll" Quidcd all hu "^ayf, , _ --apdtrcflfbery, Washington wa3 eleven years old. -The-day-waa <lamp and stormy, with plenty .of snow;, and the two sides had it ' out on the meadows. Of course, Washington was the leader on one side, and a boy named Wil liam Bustle commanded the rival troop. The mimic battle terminated in Washington's favor, the other side being so completely pummelled that we do -not hear anything more o? the claims of William Bustle. When Washington was sixteen, he gave up going to school, and-becanie a surveyor. This took him out iuto the woods, and he had to encounter all sorts of dangers and risks. His sixteenth birthday he passed in the wilds of Western Virginia, where he wffs "surveying a vast tract of land for its owner, Lord Fairfax. He had now fairly entered upon the stern -business- of life. We can imagine the rude camp, the brilliant firelight under the trees, and the cool winds "blowing down from the hills, as young Washington ate his late supper on the 22d of February, 174S, in Cj ;"'."/.'! Kamewnai ?I ! go?e itj> ?afthia boy.; and th? wilder Valley. His next blrthdi; Mount Vernon, whorl live with his brother was then a tall, fine L with manly ways, .??& : first, love affair-^-a^o? girl attachment with iA?ne Carey; his "lowland. beauty." On $ebrua.r?' 22, 1752, George and his hrbtik?r Law rence wore on their .-way homo-itom a trip to Barbadoes; whither -they had gone . In the hope of- 'fin?ing health for tho master of MbuntsVer non, who" the same year died.-ai his beautiful home, which was ?fiei&ard to- be msenarably-trasociated wltft the younger brother. About this tl?ae: Governor Dlatyid die?pf Virginia, Commissioned ^ab ington.as an officer in the aray^?hd he..was sent the next year as a 'com missioner to a French fort, ?lah?ed to have been built as a hostile demon stration, on English lands. He; was absent about three - months on his mission, which he' accomplished'.\y1th tact and judgment. But ; the war cloud spread In a-broader and dancer shadow, and February 22, 1754, uaw George Washington at . Alexandria collecting military supplies for use 4n,,the Impending conflict.- in that war Washington received his ' first baptism of fire, and-ls .-said .to, have -fired the -first shot that ushered, in .the old French War,: ; . Washington's birthday In. 1756. waB spent in the Northern States,'he I ? WK being on a mission to Governor Shir ley, of Massachusetts, at Boston. He was absent from February 4 to March 28, and the whole journey was made on horseback. At his next, anniver sary we find him laying papers be fore the Earl of Loudon, with the object of having the Virginian troops, which he commanded, put upon the regular establishment. February 22, 1759, was passed by Washington at Mount Vernon, In the society of his wife, to whom he had been married about six weeks. It was during his honeymoon, and there is no doubt but that his natal day was properly celebrated. Many of his succeeding birthdays were spent J at tho same charming seat, but with no special circumstances to make them memorable. In February, 1776, the Revolu tionary War was on, and Washing ton was at Cambridge as commancl er-ln-chief of the American army. Mrs. Washington was with him, and they were quartered at the Craigie House, since famous as the home of Longfellow. He was then forty-four years old, and the first gray hair was showing at his temples. Washington spent his birthday" in 1777 at his headquarters at Morris town, N. J., and that in 1779 at his headquarters at New Windsor. Savr eral of these anniversaries must have been rather sad and depressing, to him; for the war was progressing' slowly," and the outlook was gloomy for. American Independence. But Washington never despaired, and ever looked forward to the dawning of a brighter day. In the end he was not disappointed. On February 20, 1783, the pre liminary treaty of peace with Great] Britain was signed, and General - i . fW?sMngtcn ate his.' birthday catii fthat. year.'with-.the,' satisfaction bf- . ;"waa -who had; accompllshe/d ;a- great .Yprkl';/Ho"bad-passed the half-cent ituFJdoaarJfc and 'was fch?. greatest man :cp?ch|sncentary;v/?flrat;ln' ivar, first,, la . peac?ri?ndi first-in^th? hearjs/of.nij -fceb?tTy^o??lQi.^-^From- the -'(-?hrlstl?i ^?w-?s??oroii ni \??'JLW V?.u:h o3 n{ * "* 1 !q J^?efepdwfp?l?i^^ua^ryj.tlie founda ^^a^^W-t&yj?ighteentl r-:,'IH?:&isM#^le?lJbF a.^rtrr.ing World.* ' '?A?TT vd o^?Jnp?.si.'?^d. ' Sec ^?ys^D roajtcc) to thc shelU. Concniiiepbj,. Pickled cucumbers': I3cdfcp bgcuihj Coot). Prc5cr0cc> fceatx Virginia,jruitc&bc Lemonade DIM??ePl... Virginia fried chick?), tartan? saucer .Qoutbern mashed potatoes. Sx&et potatoes fried. . Southern cah?a??. Ocatcf) oljeuit toured Orth ?ratco-chees?r Cherry ice-cream Pteupd caKe-!^ Note-A menu consisting of old time Southern dishes has beei planned for W?shirigt?ii's birthdaj ?s nearly as practicable with observ ing the rule governing the outlay fol -these meals. If an old-time settln| can be given them it will add muc? to the zest of the occasion. Althoug?j not every household can boast of old china and silver plate, lt may entel Into the spirit of the celebration bj .other means. Horace Greeley writei "lu -his "Visit to Mount Yernon" ii 1841, of the "garden rich i? rare anj Valuable pi?nta; among them ari many planted ny the hand" of th< Father of His Country. Peaches pears, lemons, oranges are thicklj surrounded by the aloe, myrtle, rose . To -dear the title, 'Treedom'//on," Ar)d cuard for Time tty: -Youth's Companion. geranium, etc., as well as by plants whose unfamiliar names escape me." So what more appropriate than to "blend (Its) fragrance v/ith the memory of Washington" by selecting a house-plant in bloom (if a vase of flowers cannot be had) for the cen tre of the table? for most flower lov ers can command these In late winter from their own windows. Conceal the pot with green crepe paper tied in place by narrow green ribbon. A suitable decoration for place cards is a spray of cherry blossoms painted across the top corner, or tho blossom made in tissue paper and gummed to the card would be dainty in effect. Or the cards may simply contain the quotation, "First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." Oysters Roasted in thc Shell Wash the shells clean and wipe dry. Place in a baking pan and put into a hot oven for about twenty minutes. Serve on hot dishes the moment they are taken from the oven. Though this is not an elegant dish, many peo-, pie enjoy it, as the best flavor of the oyster is retained in this manner of cooking. The oysters can, instead, be opened into a hot dish and seasoned with b\itter, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Servo immediately. In Virginia it is a favorite way of cooking the oysters, where there la an open fireplace, to place them in th?lr "shells on'the coals, where they roast quickly, and are then eaten Im mediately from thc shell. / r*? n** ac or Prosperity's Liva Corpse. Unless some apparently trust worthy indications are misleading be yond belief retail trade in the coun try at large for the approaching spring will measure well up to the high average of recent years. From the New York Times we learn that over 3,000 out-of-towu merchants and other buyers, chiefly from the Wost, have poured into tho metropo lis, surprising and. delighting New York merchants. On Monday last, the New York Merchants' . Associa tion's first registration day for tho spring trade, 419 buyers, or the next largest number ou record for such a elate, inscribed their names at asso ciation headquarters. The second day's registration left no record un broken. All the hotels that cater to tho out-of-town buyers wero over run. "The buyers aiid o?t-o?-?own merchants," says The Times'.story, "swarmed about the hotel corridors last night, telling their New York friends that the business outlook was brighter than it had ever been be fore. Many who went td the theater in the evening spent intermission time presdicting a great era of pros perity for the country." Tboug'.'. some of tbe country's great indus tries are in a very unsatisfactory con dition for the time being, the facts just narrated certainly do not indi cate general hard times, either pres ent or prospective. Prosperity Hat received sdrnS iiSru rtfld temporarily crippling blows, but it, is ?av froai dead yet.-Charlotte, N. C., Observer of Feb. 16. Pittsburg riooci-Sweot. Pittsburg, Pn., Special^Sproad ing riiih and disaster in its,pafli. tlio annual flood of the rivers and small streams of this section holds Pitts burg in its grasp. At 10 o'clock the water had reached a stage of 26 feet and was rising a half foot an hom*. The weather bureau predicts 30 feet and possibly a foot higher when the crcet of the flood arrives. While tho weather conditions are much colder and snow flurries aro experi enced at intervals the chanced con ditions will have absolutely no ef fect on the high water. At tho headwaters the rivers continue to rise and scores of cities and towns in western Penusvl??1^0-?^ni Ohio "HC-rrao-rra-y Ctrl er~x>?. mg ._ born in Salisbury, toe son of J. J. Brauer, his mother's maiden name be ing Kincaid, and she being also a native of the good County of Kowan. His father was for many years editor and publisher of The Carolina Watch man, of Salisbury, a power in tho newspaper world of its day, and T. K. Bruner was for some time asso ciated with bim on that paper. Ho was devoted to the study of miner alogy and became an expert Yellow Tever at Galveston. Galveston, Tex., Special.-On tho steamer Crispin, which arrived ir, the roads from Para, Brazil, three miles out from Galveston, Sunday there were two cases of yellow fever. The two men affected are Third Engineer Davis and Third Of?cci Pritchard. By Wire and Cable. The B. & O. Railway will test tho nine-hour law, orders to tb at cA'ecl having been issued. Jim Smith, the notorious moon shiner, of Surry county, North Caro lina,- for whose arrest $1,000 reward had been offered by tho government has been jailed at Winston-Sal?m, N. C. _ Cashier Locked in Vault. 'Hickory, N. C. Special.-What was equal to a Western scene was the bold robbery of the bank at Granite Falls, a town of several hundred in habitants, on the C. & N. W. Rail way, about six miles from Hickory at 6 o'clock Saturday night, when Cashier W. G. WThisnant was held up at the point of guns by three masked bandits, who took from tho cashier's desk $2.700, after which locking him in the vault and making good their escape. So far it is not known from whence they came or whither they went, but they were evidently professionals. News Notes. The South Carolina legislature bas increased the State tax levy one mill. The Georgia, Southern & Florida Railway has announced a cut ci 10 per cent, in the salary of employes. Secretary Taft, in a speech at Grand Rapids, Mich., declared Lin coln would pursue the same course as McKinley and Roosevelt if alive to day. "With brooms at her mastheads and yard arms announcing that all rec ords had been swept aside, tho new armored cruiser Norf h Carolina re turned to thc shipyard Sunday. Dur ing her third speed test run *c? the Virginia capes between 7:30 ana 11:30 o'clock Saturday night, tho I ship maintained an average speed of 22.48 knots or .4S of a knot in excess of the contest speed required. The trial was made ott Newport News. Va, Wm. SC H WEIGERT, A. S, Prest, Offers the Citzer . SAF?, C0N8? |; -! -, ? " CONVENIENT 4 Per Cen? 11111811111 M I ll I ll 111J HI? il Ta?meito^ The News of South Carot j-m ina i II nun MI lam?? Dispensary Claims. Columbia State, ?4th\ South Carolina lost thousands" o? 'miniatures'' in her transactions with . the Big Springs Distilling company of j J Cincinnati. "Miniatures" are babyl flasks, each containing two drinks of ' \ moderate size. There were supposed to be 10 of these little flasks in each ease of-quarts of "Lewis '6Q" ?old by this concern? ?n 50 cr sea there would bo 500 min iatures, hut the ratio increased rapid ly and in 75 cases there would be 1,000.. The invoices show that these were sent invariably to saloon keepers in other States. But the" South Carolina dispensary got none of them. Furthermore, the invoices collected from dozens of saloon keepers in sev eral States show that South Carolina paid $10.00 per case for "Lewis '66" and in Georgia, even after passing through two middlemen, saloon keep ers paid but $9.50 for it-and got the miniatures. | ] Col. Felder figured that on tho 573 . < cases of "Lewis '66" bought by the j State dispensary, the State lost 7,000 : < miniatures, not to mention some larg- J ( ?r matters. These miniatures retail < ian 25_cents each. ' ' THat'im?- tmxM^_ ever charges $12,200, of which $7,UUU j ] is offset by a claim against tho State, j i The amount to be deducted from the i claim of Paul Jones & Co. is $6,248.70. ? This was agreed upon by the'dispen- i ?ary commission after considerable j figuring. The original account was < $21.200. Mr. A. J. Carroll, attorney, ! admitted that after 1902 his concern paid commissions in this State, and , there were no commissions paid prior ] to that time, he claimed. The com- ] mission believes that Col. Carroll was j misinformed about this matter, but l there was no way to prove otherwise ] as collateral invoices prior to 1902 < could not be obtained to show that < there was a discrimination in prices < against South Carolina. < A small claim which was disposed , ol was that of the George Wiede- 1 mann Brewing company of Louisville. This concern had an unpaid account , Df $487.50. Invoices were put in evi- , deuce to show that to barkeepers in , Bichland Profits Divided. Columbia. Special.-The house of representatives passed to third read- 1 ing Mr. McMaster's bill providing for a redivision of the dispensary profits j in Richland county. This bill was* ( drawn up at the suggestion of the ; municipal committee of the Chamber of Commerce and while it is also in- -, serted in the general amendments ? of the Carey-Cbtbran law it was thought best to introduce a separate bill to or der that there might be no mistake as to its passage. It provides for 50 per j cent of the profits, instead of 40 per cent, to go to the city of Columbia, 30 per cent of the profits, instead , of 40 per cent as formerly, to go to the county and 20 per cent, the same a? heretofore, to go to the Richland Behool fund. John Gary Evans Out For Senate. Spartanburg, Special. - Ex-Gov. John Gary Evans issued a formal an nouncement of his- candidacy for the United States senate here. It has been understood for some time that bo would be in the race, but the let ter he has given out is the first au thorized word from him on the sub ject. I ~ Mill Hand is Arrested. Anderson, Special - Charles R. Brown, . a former employe in the i weave room of the- Brogon cotton mills, is in the county jail charged ' with assault and battery with intent ' to kill, it being alleged that ho at tacked Mr. W. N. Callas, section hand in the weave room, with a pistol and a pair of knucks. It is learned from Brown and from witnesses that Brown was discharged from the em poy of the mill Tuesday because he seemingly purposely broke some ma hinery. . . . A a-9 Qa** 1 " .,1 jg,;"." is of Edge?eli;^V), . ?RVATIVE and '' ' 1,1 nl lu nt y; f, f> fi p ?! tn . // I - . T ri I.>f/ji: f, MORRIS, THOS. S. GRAY, Fice-Pres. Cashier. inas Bank ?1 N?H i iiH K 8 I M i l lM 8 0111? AJiffifths wv ina in Condensed Form J iifliniii iiinmitiin? ?eorgia this beer bad been sold ia reen single cask lotB for $7.50, where is . the dispensary, had paid $8.75 itt :ar lots for 100 casks. Tm's on their bohemian beer. The overcharges on hrs account were figures to be $4,564, i counter claim which the State of., south Carolina sets np against tb?; J4S7.50 due the: brewery. The commission in :the.;aftemooii - mtevcd upon the case of J. W. kelley fe Co., who were not present or repre sented. It was stated un??ucially that heir agent, Mas Goodwin, had gone to }uha. Col. Felder proved by doea nentary evidence ' that Kelly & Co. md King & Co. are one < and the same ioncern. That after Kelly. & Co. got nto some disfavor in thin State, or? lers were solicited under thc name of Song & Co. and that Kelley & Co. ictually filled the orders. This house "ras once represented by Fr M. Mixon. Their Silver Springs corn whiskey vas in great favor here Once. Th? jommission did not conclude this case. 3nt it will probably be of a general . ?lass with the others. There is but $59,963 in overcharges >r graft laid at the door >f the Cook fc Bernheimer pf New York' by the .'ommission. This, jnjre bagatelle is ?hi present meir uoi>u?>. _ ind his associates have been gather ing invoices from all over the United States and it is the invariable rule ;hat saloon keepers in other States jurabased liqnor and beer at prices :onsiderably below those paid by the State of South Carolina. The H. & E. W. Catherwood con cern of Philadelphia, long represented iy Jack Cranston, had done a large Dusiness in "Three Feathers," "Up per Ten" and other confections in booze. By the same system of carn ation, based upon quotations to deal ers in other States, it was proved that Catherwood's . indebtedness to the State of South Carolina on "over marges" is $24,070. They have a ilaim of $4.227 to offset this'in part. This judgment was recorded. The claim of the Belair Distilling jompany is for $0,381.41. _ There was much intricate figuring on this ac count and no judgment was reached. Fight on Boll Weevil. Columbia, Special.-There is con- . siderable interest among the farmers of the State on the bill which passed second reading in the house, drawn to prevent the introduction of the Mexi can boll weevil in this State. The bill provides that the State board of ento mology shall be charged with the en forcement of the act and' that the en tomologist shall be charged with the promulgation of the rules and regula tions. It then makes it unlawful to bring into this State any boll weevil or any cotton bolls containing the weevil in any stage of development. It also makes it unlawful to bring in to this State any cotton, cotton seed, hulled, baled or uubaled from any State or section of a State where the weevil is '"known to exist. \ Any person violating this section is "subject to a fine of $50. .. M ft Divorce Specialist, ?aught. Anderson, Special.-A man named Steed, who claims to be a lawyer and who is charged with issuing divorce decrees to several tuntyppy women in the cotton mill villagey^>f the Pied mont section, was arresta! by Deputy Sheriff Scott in Greenville county near Princeton. He is rn' the^'Anderson jail and will be tried-by Ms?|istrate Wil son, fi; . .. i-f h*nU? Wm. H.. Va^n^ Chosen. Spartanburg, Special.-William H. Valentine of Charles^pn- was elected > secretary "'and treasurer of the South- - eastern Life Insurance company to succeed Mr. Giles L^?lson, who re signed to accept thc position ns State bank examiner. Mr. . Valentine is a native of Virginia and is an insur ance mau of ability and experience. The growth of thc Southeastern com pany, which was organized with joe capital about four years .agc exceedingly encouraging.