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TH5_LSPSFB. TKUBUIW S. CAliTtii. EDITOK AND MANAI-KK. si'HstMiiI*rn?N c-i ".<? im:I VI:\K I8.sriil? \\T.I)NKS1?AV AND SAlVlM>A\ Sai i i:i> vv >i \ucn *J?;, 1 I State Pemoerutic Convention Called. At a tneet n.' of tl e Pemo r;.'ie Executive committee hold iti l*?? 111 mt i:i lu.-t Tuesday itiu?.t the f< 1 lowing call \\a- h->ucd: "A convention of the Democratic party of the Si.tto of South Carolin i is lien hy c liled to meet in the city of t'olnml t at l'J o'clock noon on May Is, I'dOl, for the purpose of ! ding delegates to the national 1> tnocratic convention, and to transact such other business as iho convention may see proper. "The county chairmen throughout the State are hereby insti no-led to call together their ( xpcutive committees end order meet itHTs of the ("iiiUs in their rotripct. r, 1 I v v * ive counties on Saturdav, April 2d, fir the purpose of electing delegates to the county conventions to he held on Monday, Mhv 2nd, 1004, for the purpose of electing delegates to the State convention. 1\ tch county i- entitled t*> twice the number of delegates in this convention it has members of the legislature." Probable That State l'? nsion Hoard Must llortow *"J'Kh nit This Year. The Stat" pension hoard is now in session in the oilier of the comptroller general. There imucli work to he done for th report from each ? uiitv n.m: he ins peeled, and vc rilied. The hoard will Iti; in .-( --ion probably about si week. There i- a largo increase in the number "f applications for 1004 and it is said that $-J00,oCi> will have t > be borrowed ibis year instead of fcTn.OOO. the sum nbtaine 1 last year, as the treasury is short.? The State. The Massachusetts report of labor statistics for 1003 in dealing with the status ?>t the negro population m that state brings out the curious fact that Massachusetts enacted the lirst statute establishing slavery in America, in 1041. This was twenty years before slavery was legally < -tablished ia Virginia, though .-lave - bad been brought tt? til it state In 1010. Thera are now in Ma-wa.diu-etls 31,0 74 negroes, Ml per ?ent of whom lire in tlv eiiies. ? I'iii! 'ilelphia Kccord. A cms ide against hnehing lus been inaugurated by a camp <d' Confederate veterans of Missi.-sij pi, and tlie old soldier- appeal to tho wives and daughters ?.f vetcr ans and to the 1 laughters of ti e Confederacy to unite with 1hcm in their light. It i- no?s? rppropri ate It) it tho.-e men who oil. red tlioir lives in defense .if groit principles and who fought for their State, should again band to? gcthcr in behalf of tiie south: to make law supreme. to make civil' ization triumph over barbarism.? The State. While Sully I. gone down in bankrutov, lie w; i not have to worry about "keeping the wolf from the door.' Sjimo tone ago R | ho purchased and furnished a house which he gave to hi-, wife, and it is vain i : ' ; ; Then lie bought an an: w ;:e li brings him in ai < ' ! 1 a year. Many of t e wi . i! v, . ed him had no ueh " h' and a . u conserpienc ar ruined Co. umbiii liecord. iliippcnings In iiic Stale. A ( . ; . ;*t < ' ! I i? -, omleut - i-i i lit) Columbia j St 111; I ? l.l.uisl. VT(?1C t lilTi M.IA II.1.. I'fit Mill, Maivh ? Hon. il. K. llnile, member of the ]o?jislu tuio I'loiii ihi* county. is ci itienlly ill. 11it11>K ??i \ wi.ru |)11>. Clinton, Mm ell 22.? Mrs. K'i liat'l K. Copelmwl ?lic?l hero .Moiulny afternoon at about 2 oh I ci* lifter only two or three , tla\ ilia Mis. Copelunil was j t . . * I r ? . , ;i i?11*;c i i oniy a nine more than j oiu1 week, having mairiedon the 1 :;tli iia\ ol this month. i>howns >1. - Ki.-t and n native of Alnha i 111::, !.:i\.iilt moved from lluit Mate luie just a short while hefore Clui-linas. >he was a niece of Mrs. lv. J. Copeland of this place and I)r Mast, who lives a slioit di>taiice from Clinton. < '1111- i I'. It r.MJMKIt I .OS MS UAKN. Oh* i", March 2'J. ? Mr. riiomas iioulwaie, living near the I' ait lield line, had the misfoitune to io.-e >esterd?>v mornnin?* hi- barn and his entile | crop of ii a\ an 1 fodder. One of i his mules w a- burned to death; another -eriuu-iv, perhaps laid iy, hurt. The entire loss is about $l,r>00; net much insurance: lire is, supposed to h ve been cau-ed by a o .ia hsnio'.er. Lieut. (lav. Sloan, S nitli Cur..in,., u*.. i ... - - - - ..(in,., n i.m> 111 cpai lannurtr. Special to The Observer. Spartanburg. S. March '2'h ? Mrs. Fantiio Blake Gilliam and Lieutenant Governor .lolin T. Sham were married to niijht at the home of Or. and Mrs. L. I'. Blake. Bishop \Y. \Y. Duncan oil: mt !. The l>ri lo vr ?re a han Lome pmwn of iiiac chiffon with an underdress or talVeta and j a valunbh diamond tiara. 4.he irift of the oroom. A largely attend ; el reception tendered to Col. and! Mrs. S1 < an by Dr. and Mrs. Blake ! was the decided social affair of the >pt inir s? a>?*n. The couple left ton* ;ht for California and upon their return wili reside in Columbia. Knock* d off a Forty Foot Trestle by Train. v \ . .J !. .. !. i? 111. oikwik.--, ji ne^ro nridgo hand employed on the Southern was knocked c?il" of a forty foot tic-tie l::.-t ni<*ht and although ho is rather badly bruised up, not a bom was broken fro.n the fall. Shank \ as working on a trestle near Shdtca and o ?t out on the cad of a < rosKtio for a train to pas-. A erenso box in one of the ears si ruck hint and ho was thrown clear to '.he bolt on.?Columbia Kecoid. Greenville Merchant i'ads. Greenville, S .March 215.? Bent/, one of the leading dry goods inareliants of this city, tiled a petition in voluntary bankruptcy to May, with liat-.ilitics of 00 asset8 ^20 000, Creditors I will ni eh April G. jCASTOR IA ; To" Irii.'.uts and Children. The Kir.! Vju liars Always Bought tUgnaum of ? 4 f.W h rank Pineknev, colored, wn? kill 1 Sunday afternoon hyfcicipio Jenkins, in Charleston, hut the latter Hint If; cood his escape. 1 1 acres. -J roil. North of town, ifoo 1 1 wo storv .1 wellin uthn'.I linjs, etc. Applly t<? 1'. S. (ou ti r, Ajzcnt. ? If yon wiint a well dn<* or cleaned out tirst class, call on Leonard Harris. C?!!rt Seflics SuIIv Trouble.' r ' Vtr ; Loses all in llank- ^ jnpto\ Proceedings, ^ Now York, Murck 22.?David Miller anJ Henry Tuft were Vpduv appointed receivers for Sully & Co,, the suspended <ot'on brok ers, succeeding.). H. lloadlev. us signec, to whom exception was taken by some of the creditor's linns. Tlio receivers were appoin'.od l>v .In Cm Holt on the petition ofthree principal creditor's of the linn. 'Ih.'V were required to ' give bonds in the sum of 000. Solly was declared a bankrupt today by ,Judge Holt of tho United States District Court. Mo showed j some emotion for the lirst time on leaving his ollice after he had turned over hie last cent to Receivers Miller and Tuft. "11 us, 1 could not give you live cents," he said to tho newspaper nun. "Tho clothes I am ; wearing do not belong to m?. ' They are the property of the re- ; eel vers." . .... i cMiny ucciurcu tlint the action of ex President .1. Temple Gwath- ; le.'.-v of the cotton exchange, and '< two other 'creditors, m forcing him into bankruptcy, prevented him from making another offer to his creditors. The ex cotton king surrendered lus handsome residence and all his worldly possessions not exempted by law. ?.-?< *. Battleship Destroyed. Again the Victim Belonged to the > Knssian Fleet. -j Tokio, March 23. ? A special dispatch from Moji (opposite Shi monoscki, Japan) 9aya the Japanese licet made another attack* on Port Arthur March )St bombarded the city and its defenses and fought a furious engagetnent with the Russian fleet out-ide the harbor, destroying i one Russian battleship. Seven : Japanese casualties are reported. There is no information concern- ( ing tho Japanese Hoot's condi- i tion. Phis is the first announcement . of an engagement off Port Ar- ' thur on March LS. Special die-! patches received in London thi9 afternoon contain the same de- : tails of an engagement being | given as March 22, which probably is correct. Knocking The Trusts In Texas. i Au>lm, Texas, Match 10.? ( Suits for alleged violation ol' the 1 Texas anti tru.->t law wete tiled today under the direction of Slate ^ \ 4 . / ? Aiuuiin uenerai j;cii, against \( the Fidelity and Guaranty Company, of Baltimore the Fidelity and Trust Company, of Maryland, and the American Bonding Compiny, of Baltimore. It is charged that the companies have enterel into a 1 rust to fix the price of surety and guarantee l> md- A I penally of ?221,000 is a-ked from 1 each of the defendants. ll is nlloged also that the defendents uro 1 trying to restrict trade, and for this a penalty of *17,000 is asked from eaeh. ??#Jr ? . -r- Filipino ''President" Killed.. Manila, March 20.?("apt. DeWitt, with a detachment of constabulary and Giant. Pitney, with a detachment of scouts have just encountered Macario Sakny, the so called president of I!i<* Kilipino republic. Sakay with 1;"> of his fo!lowr> were killed and lho rciv,niii? or of the hand \v:i- ca| lured. 1 hero were no casualties <n the present Americans. Fewer gallons wear longer. Jevoe. SPRING OP I ME HEATH BAN COMPA 0-0 D1ILLINE WIU The ladies and the pi the date. The Ladies will i to select their SPRII see and price our sup ()() Our experienced JULIA SIMPSON, s thin season, study in with the latest ptyles. everything strictlj establishment. t t + We are having t ture room handsome XEltY DEPARTMl the opening 011 the 2 " Lai MIL LIN I m. m t - - . 1 *v * -t^'v ' H3Tc v ?,?#.* %.t ti IKING AND MERC. :R V 0 I'EN i Nfi , TAKE PEACE ON ?vii n if p h p cis issul M ?6?! im ski m m iblic generally will please find it to their inte] SG HEADGEAR ui erbline of Hats and ] oo oo land popular iVlilline ?pent several week g and familiarizing ??m will find, tli up-to-date in our 11 f 4 ^ 4 4 *4* *4 t t t t t t t he front half of oui ly fitted up for our 3NT, and it will he r i | ui iiikd o ?? i ' not (I 111* / N NCASTER b. ANTILE 0?0 reli. not forget I t J I rest not util tliey Bonnets, r, MISS s North herself lerelore, tiillinery FurniM1LLI eatly for So," c.