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ATE HOUS' dOMMISSION. 04urtenay, kr. Ehrlich and Mr. Gonzaaes Placed on the idoard to Have Oharge of State House IM prevements, s. and Courier Columbia, February 28.-The com )ion ,to care for and iproye the te epitol grounds, afinounced by overnor Ansel today, consists of the ollowing: Capt. William Ashmead Courtenay, rmer milyor of Charleston, former sident of the Newry Cotton. mills, dAnow living in Columbia, having ired. from business. 4r. Edward Ehrlich, the .prominent merchant and capitalist of Co K- Ja, and vice president of the Na Loan and Exchaige bank, of mbia. r. Ambrose E. Gonzales, presi ut of the State dompany, and hirge pterested in other Columbia entei ies. This is regarded as an excellent mision, as each. of the gentlemen ned is- an, authority on subject of idscape gardening, and is a busi sa man to whom the expenditure of $15,000 appropriation can well be trusted. The act of the legislature ovides that the mdmbers of the mmnission shall receive no compen ian for their services, and there the governor felt that lie was iged to appoint residents of the of Columbia, -as it would not be roper to expect outsiders to pay the raveling expenses and lodging ex enses vhile engaged on the work of 1e commission. The act authorizi.ng the commission as follows: bill to create a commission on le house and grounds, and pro -ibe their duties. e it enacted by the getneral as bly of thc state of South Caro ,ja: , Section 1. That' a comnmisioi is ,ereby created, to be known as the ommission an. state house and .rounids, consisting of three members be appointed by.,the governor, by d with the advice and consent of e senate; Provided, that at least ne member of-said commision shall )e a resident and citizen of the city f Columbia. Section 2. That, the iuembers of id commission shall be citizens of lsi state and shall not, during.- their erm of office, hold any other office f honor or profit, under this state, or ny county thereof. Sedtion 3. That the term of office Pf said commil;sioners shall commence 1n fhe first day of March, 1907, and ontinue for two years, an( until heir successors shall be appointed mnd-connisioned, and shall serve thout compensation. ection 4. That said commission 1 have control of the state house unds. Section 5. That said comimissioni >il.,meet and organize by the elcc 26one of it:s members as chair an as soon as many be convenient fter their appointment, -lprescribe ehi rules as they may think proper r the conduct of the business of aid commilssion, and proceed forth vith to carry out the provisions of theion 7.That it shall be the ~duty of s'aid commission, to proceed <at once to emplOy a competent land Lseape gardener to lay off and beauti 'y said grounids, and also to have r he walks through' the grounds suit bly paved. and to employ such help a the comimission shall think nces ry o let said work to thme lowest ~,sponisile b)idder, upon plans and Bcinent ionhs to lbe approvedl by sai.d Section 8. That the state treasurer hall pay all bills for work and labor arra mnts. of' the compt roller' gen w ho shall issnme his warrants up le order's of said comlmissionl ap eying the various bills foru said1 ex iises.. Section 9. That the sum.of fifteen iusand dollars, itf so imuch he mnee ary, he, and thne same is hereby, ?)ropriated out of any funds not erwvise ap)propriatedl out of' tile te treasury, to carry out the pro ions of' this act. That said com jdOni shall replort to tIme general inibly annually its itemized stante .of all money expended, together 'all its acts and doings in thme im emnent of said grounds. etion 10. That this act shall go gjf'ect immediately upon its ap y the governor, who shall at oint said commission and ho same to the senate f6r its on 11. That all acts and parts inconsistenlt with thlis act, be, .je same are hereby, repealed. IAN act wva introduced by Sena '4a ydon, of Abbeville, who made o nest speech in, its favor. The #1 asily passed the senate, but had some strong oppositi'on in the hose, being passed with amnodm1ents. To Succeed Pol. Ball. Governor Ansel today . announced the appointment of George Y. Cole man as -lieutenant colonel on his staff in place of Col. W. W. Ball, who begged to- be excused from- riding in the parades. Mr. Coleman is head of the Coleman-Wagener Hardware com pany 6f Charleston.' He is -the son of the liate W. M. Coleman., who was for a number of years a prominent busi ness man of the up-country,- his home being at Seneca. SERET ORDERS At Jamestown Exposition-Many Im portant Condlaves Schiduled For Ter-GOentennial. Norfolk, Va., February 28.-Not only will theJamestown Ter-Centen nial exposition,, which opeis oil the shores of Hampton Roads, Virginia, April 26, be the occasion of a grand ''home-coming'' for the people of Virginia but of the nation, in cele bration of tihe anniversary of the founding of the first permanent Eng lish settlement in America, but it -will be t.he occasion for a large number 6f concljives, conventions, conferences and assenblies.. Altogether there will be over two hundred of these events and among them are many secret or der gatherings mid the pass word and the grip will be much in evidence in these fraternal conferences. The first event of this kind sched uled is the Odd Fellows Grand Lodge of Virginia which meets May 14-17 and during a part of this time the Improved Order of Red Men will as semble. This latter order will repre sent the land of Captain John Smith. Three ships will be built to represent the Godspeed, the Susan Con'stant and the Discovery and both palefaces and redskins will be represented in appropriate costumes. They will have a log house or building in which will be displayed all relies of the aborig nces and everyt-hing of an historical nature that relates to the first Ameri can, .the Indian. The great Council of Red Men will occur at the exposi tion September 9-16. Oin May 21, the Virginia Tranch of the Junior Order of United Ameri cans will meet and the State Council of the same order on Oct13-14. June 5, the National Order of leptasophs or Seven Wise Men will meet and June 16 the Benevolent and Protec tive Order of Elks. August 6, the Knights of Columbus and Augst 11 the National Haynakers association. The Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias will encamp by brigades on the military camp ground of the ex position and it is expected that sev vral thousand kiuigits will be in at tendance. The Kentucky, West Vir ginia, viniiiia, Teniessee and Geor gia brigades will be in camp from .July 29 to August 3, inclusive and the Ohio brigades from August 3 to Aug ust 10, inclusive. Brigades from oth er states wvill he assigned dates later, b)ut tlheir encampments wvill be held in July Major B. E. Rice, Senior Major of the First Virginia Regiment has charge of the K. of P. features of the exposition. August 11-17 the National encamp ment of the Knight.s of the Maceabees wvill be held at the exposition and it is expected that at least 30,000 from the United States and Canada wvill attend. August 18-24 is given to the WXoodmen of the WVorld and( Sept. 2-7 to the Fraternal ordler of Eagles. At this latter meeting it is expected that there will be 50,000 membsers of thme order p)resent. Sept. 25 is given to lhe convention of thme Society of Co lonial War's; Sept. 20-27, the Nation al Association of Veterans of the Mexican Wanr, Oct. 7-9. thle Grand Royal Arich Chapter (of Virginia ; Oet. 10-11, the D)aughters of the Revolu lion; Oct. 11-12, Sons of Revolution; Oct. 35-17 Anucient andl Illustrious Knights of Malta; Nov. 11-13, Ameri can Fedlerationm of Labor; Nov. 13-14 United D)aughmters of the Confeder acy. Ma ny of thmose convent ions will b)e held ini thle vast convention hall of the adlminist ration building wvhich has a seating capacity of five thmousand' "The Sign of the Gross.'' F'aith1, that giant stronghold of the Christian belief, is eloquently uphelild in Wilson Barrett's intensely dramat ic work ''The Sign of the Crss' The devotion and heriosm of th< early Christians under the wanton crnelty anid p)ersecuition of the Ism p)eror Nero in Rome is presented with such striking realism in this play. which brought it at it's first produe lion at once to the notice of clergy church people and studenuts of relig ion. It has had for years of its enor moums success thle voice of the pulpit as its strongest adlvocate. 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