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AVOL. XVII. MN~ NIMG S. (C., W 'j)NES-!DAY. 1)ECEMBR , 92.NOL THE TMUTH AT LAST. Roosevelfs Family Did Not Dine With Booker Washington. HE WAS SERVED WITH LUNCH In a Private Room and Was in No Sense a Guest on Terms of Social E uqality. L-e Mem ph is Commerciai-A ppeail publishes the following: Ikooker Wash ington did not dine at the White House table as the guest of President Roosevelt and family. as has been previously charged. is the starting announcement made by Ge. Nar-:s J. Wright. of the War Depart ment at Washington. who has been visitin in Memphis for a number of days. This statement was made several days ago by iGen. Wright in the oice of a well known whole sale grocer who was a companion-at-arms with him during the late wvar. Seated around the office were a number of well known business men. who were talkimg with Gen. Marcus Wright o-:er happenings of the past. The President was in Memphis that day for tne purpose of doing hunor to Gen. Luke E. Wright. and the subject of the Washington incident, as it al ways has in the South since the an nouncement was iirst sent broadcast over the land was broached by a num be of those present. "That statement was faise," replied Gen. Wright immediately, to the in tense astonishment of those present. "Now as you all know. I am a Dem ocrat.-and have never voted any othner ticket in my life. For the past twen ty-three years, however, I have been a resident of Washington. and have had no opportunity of exercising my fran chise. But when a man has been so wofully misunderstood, even if he is my political opponent. I believe it a duty to set the matter right before the people. "The whole truth of the matter is this. President Roosevelt had been anxious for some tine to obtain a truthful light on the stiuation in the South. Finally, at the suggestion of a number of Southern and Northern men of both great political parties, he sent a message to Booker Washington asking him to come to the capital for conference regarding the negro. his needs and his capabilities. Washing ton came. and the conference, which was started in the President's execu tive office and was changed to his private office because of repeated in .terruptions, continued for tive hours. "In the midst of the conference be tween the President and Washington. lunch was sent in to the chief execu tive of the nation. Desiring to con tinue the conversation, and rather than lose the time necessary for Wash ington to go to lunch, President Roosevelt thereupon ordered that lunch be seryed to the negro educator in the same room. "Now this is all there was to that story. Washington did not dinc at the White House table, did noat break bread with the President's wife and daughter, and was in no sense a guest upon terms of social equality." Asked as to why the president had never seen ftt to have this statement made public, Gen. Wright replied: ''Because he is too great a man. He believed that it was beneath him to deny a story so palpably false, and that the truth would in time prevail. It is his ambition to be President of the whole people of the United States, knowing no section or party, and his visit here shows how fond he is of the Southern people, lHe is an aristocrat to the finger tips, and for that reason. aside from the fact that he is th~e son of a Southern woman would never be willing to acknowledge the social equality of the negro. A t the same time he believes, as we all dio, that everything possible should be done to assist the members of that race in their struggle for higher citizenship, and will be their friend in all their worthy undertakings. Their Throats Cut. Lee Wigel and his wife were found in their room at a hotel in Texaskana. Ark., on last Wednesday with their; throats cut. The woman was dead~ but Wigel was still alive. A bloody razor lay on the tloor near the bed. Wigel was taken to a sanitarium where his wounds were dressed. lie will probably recover. He is conscious but refuses to make any statement. About a week ago he went away say-1 ing he was going to get married. He returned Tuesday accompanied by a young woman whom he introduced as his wife, formerly Miss Marie Quinn~ of Annat~on, Ala. The couple took a room at the Cosmopolitan hotel Tuesday afternoon and it seem neithter left it ~again. An inquest is being held. Hot Iron Flowes. A sudden break in a furnace of the Williamson Iron Company in Birming ham, Ala. ,Wednesday morning caused a mass of molten iron to gush forth. Thomas J. Edwards, general manager. was standing near. talkingr to a group of men, and was burned to death. The body wa's cov-ered with mo~lteni ironu and debris. Jamues F . nalley. a stove man. was fatally burned, as was also Allen Mow. colored, a foundry man. Chas. Simposon. a son of the secretary of tihe company, was also severely hurt. It is reported two strangers, who were talkingr to Ed wards at the time the break c.u re. are missing. They may be *uder the~ debris. Edwardls was*1 very promnent as ani iron manufacturer. He Stole a F-ortune. Lawrence Murphy,- formerl tras urer of the journeymen Stonecutters' association of New York wa's arre~sted Thursday night charged with the lar ceny of $:15.O00. There was a change of otticers last week when Murphy was asked to turn his funds over to the new treasurer. It is alleged that 1ne failed to doc so and that he then left the city. Murphy' was suopposed to have gone to England but Thursday nigrht he entered the mneeting place of the association and was arrested. THE NEGRO GOING. Colored Help i. Hein Rapidly Dis iacedt in Washington. Thze Washinzt'n correspondent of th- Chicago J:urnal1 says at one o. the intel!igence onice in that city it was learned that white servants are being brought to Washington from New York and other places in considerable numbers. The small towns of Virgin ia and North Carolina are being can vassed for white as well as colored girls who are willing to come North. it is also declared that the colored sorvants are being rapidly dispiacid by the white people. The colore-i ser Vant is rapidlv (ieclining in favor. and many good lousekeepers declare that thIev will nit have that kind in the house. They ohjet to them because they frequient ly are not clean. he-ausC thi, live nlihts in questiona:le ulace. biecause they almost universally steal tood and carry it! home to amilies of their own. and because they are n t the courtecous race th-y o)ne were. Whether or not this is a true hiil against the colbred servants in Wash ington as a class, the fact remains that they are rapidly falling into dis repute and being replaced by th white race. People who are interested in lookingr for reasons for- such chang(-s ar dis posed to attribute it to the education of the race. The new generation which has i-en reared .incc the war has had the same educational advantages in this city as the whites. They have their grammar schools and high schools, maintained at. public expense, and they all go. and most of them go with an ombition to hecome teachers themselves, or to enter some profes sion. They readily absorb ideas of "equality" which is interpreted as su periority to the kind of labor perform ed by their mot hers and fathers. Many become superior to work of any kind, and are supported by hard-work ing parents untir they get into trouble and the workhouse. Seventy per cent. of the crime of the District of Colum bia is contributed by the colored pop ulation. thou-rh they number but a third of the city's residents. There are no training schools where the rising generation may learn to cook or sew or to do any of the things which might enable them to earn a comfortable 'iving. They learn o') read, and what they read in the news papers of lynchings in the South and West does not tend to make them any more contented. The race antipathy is secretly nurtured, and it manifests itself at frequent intervals. in what the house mistress calls -imperti nence." It crops out also in little rudenesses on street cars and in other public places. and causes elderly peo ple to remark on the change that has come over the colored people since they were young. People who come up from the South are shocked. and will discant eloquently on the differ ence between the Southern and the Northern "nigger." With ditliculty ae the *olonels" restrained from violent assaults upon occasion. WONFT GET IT. Crum's Color Councts Against Him in the Collectorship. The Washington Dispatch of the Columbia State says President Roose velt has suffered another change of mind in regard to the appointment of negroes in the south to federal ottices. It was today learned that W. D. Crum, the negro doctor whom he had selected for the Charleston collector ship, has been tur-ned down at the White Hlouse, nominally on the charge of political tricker-y, but his friends say because of his c- lor. Crum, who is now in the city. has been in con sultation with the pr-esident and has been informed his selection is impossi ble. As stated in The State some weeks agzo, the Charleston negro, ac cording to oflicial information, had been selec-ted to succeed the late col lector, Wallace, before the president's bear hunt in MIississippi. He is much piqued over the ac-tion of the administration and claims he has been roughly handled in not being alloed to defend himself before punishment. It is stated that at the national Republican convention of 192 in Minneappolis. Crum upon his arrival alligned himsel with the anti Harrison dielegates and was subse quently won over to the other side by the promise of federal reward. After wards he received the appointment of postmaster at Charleston. but the senate refusing to confirm himhs name w.as withdrawn.I The presentation of this charge against Crum is in respone to the r-e ouest of the president. before leaving for 3Mississippi, to the enemies of Crum to advance reasons why he should not be appointed. The con vention story is the outcome and the president appears well satistied to re lieve himself of Crtum by acceptin the facts alieged as sucb. Vital im portance attaches to the downfah of Crumn in view of its bear-ing on the president's southern policy. It appears that. influence of t he Payne-Clarkson combine, as predlicted in Thc State (Sunday.), is 'in the wane. Cruim has not given up tho Iight but his fate is believed to have beern finally dlecided. Garvin thie nteiormer. t seems that Dr. L. F-. C. Garvyin. the lDemocr-atie eovernor-elect ot Rhode Island. has been something ot a l-formeri. 1He was dlenomiinatedia crank. and the- liepublican paper made fun of his bills. but ace rin g to the Couier~-. iurn~al he was larel in stuieinta. in oxtrthlrowing t. he itnd ed proprty gilidention for foeg v)trs and in chintfgiL the constit toi as1 toproivide for the elecinof0 ste itmeers by a phluril-ty inste-at iif a ma irty. lHe alsi iassist ed inth pasg of a secrt-I ball it law, a law. eretng a bureau of industrial stts ries a iacry inspection law, a ten trhon of Mr. (:arv.in r-ecalls th it.r stat emeni of Lady Somerset naeiy. thten one persin seYsa ting' he is a Ianaue that whena iuber see it, he. s merelyv an enthu sas. a thtt .m enu& see it he i A B01A) ROBBERY. The Safe of the Enoree M6anufactur ing Company Dynamited. POSTOFFICE ALSO ROBBED. Deeds. Insurance Peolicies and Other Valuable Papers Also Stolen. Bloodhounds Sent to the Scene. There seems to be a great many safe robberies in this State of late. and it wouli behoove every me to be (n their guard. The Spartanburg .Journal says one of the boldest rob) beries in this section occurred at an early hour Wednesday m3ornin1)g when Inknown robbers dynamited the safe in the 1tice of the Enoree Manufac turin g Com, ipany at. Enoree. twenty miles distant from that city. securing between $2.500 and i. in cold cash. hesides a number of valuale papers. The postorlice was also r bed of about $200 in stamps and money. T., first news (f the daring ron hery was received here early Wednes lay morning in the shane of a telb phone ne.s;ige. Dloodhiiounds have been sent for from Laurens and will be put upon the trail of the robbers as soon as they arrive. The exact hour of the robbery is not known but it is supposed to have taken place about 4 o'clock Wednesday morning. The sa fe which was dynamited was located in the mill otlice. The ollice was closed and seenrely locked as usual last nihzt. after the money, books and ttiher valuable papers. had been secure ly put in the safe. The olieC was found open this orning and the doorof the safe blown ofT with dynamite. The door had been carefully drilled, evidently by proesionlat. and a stick of dynamite inserted in the hcle thus made, and the door blown off. An examination this morning by the mill officials re vealed the fact that everything in the big safe of any value had been carried off by the robbers. I. L. Walker, superintendent at the mill, estimates that between $2, 000 and $3.0010 was secured in cold ash. In addition numerous papers were stolen including deeds for pro perty, insurance policies belonging to Mr. Walker and to D. S. Cochrame of the mill. The door of the mill olice was found open Wednesday morning also the windows were unfastened. It is not known, however, by which pening the robbers secured an en trance. It is thought that the force f the explosion caused the window fasteniigs to break. About ,100 worth of stamps were taken. These were the property of the government. About Z300 belong ng to the postotice was also secured, the postotlice money and stamps be ng kept in the vault of the mill safe. Sheriff Vernon of this city also receiv d a telegram at an early hour Wed 1esday morning stating that $2.500 of he mill's money was secured and $300 elonging to the postotlice. There is no lue to the robbers. Much excitement prevailed this morning at the scene of he robbery. The Enoree Manufactur ng Company hat today offered a re ward f $500 for the arrest and conviction f the party or parties who robbed the safe of the company Wednesday morn ng. A NEEDED REFORM. ew York to Regulate the Storage and Sale of Matches. It is proposed in New York to regu late the storage and sale of matches ,ith a view to decreasing the enior ous fire loss in that city. The value f the property destroyed by fire in the United States is far greater than hat in any other country-greater han that in any other two countries. This is due largely to the greater arelessness of our people with tire and the recklessness with which they use matches. The matches common y sold in the United States are very eadily ignited, and in the average ome they are scattered almost every here. so that children and servants ave unrestricted access to them. Every year a large number of conl agrations in this country are directly traceable to this habit, and it is not ~trage that the tire department of ew York has taken hold of the mat ter. It aims to suppress what is comn nnly known as tue parlor match. hich ignites with friction with any rough surface, and tocompei the pub ie to substitute therefor the safety atch. which will not light unless ecatched on its own box. Effort.; have beeni ma.de for years past to institute this and other re forms hich would lessen the dlire loss, and thereby reduce the rates of insurance, hich are much higheir in this couna try than in any of the great nations f Europe. Thel readily combtistible atch is. oie of the chief causes of the "requencye' tires in our cities and the nany consequentO disasters. Ye'ar tr year underwriters have\ :mplained. protested aiid pleaded. ithr thr"..gh periodicals devoted to nsuace in terests or through the dlay p es So long as people are free to boose. however. they are compara i'ely inditferent to these facts. A onserablie inumber~l already use the safety match in their households, but hey constitute a small mi nority Ii opliion could b~e resorted to un tuetinably there would he great .)enet a large saving of life and1 pr perty and a mist welcome redue i'n o. (f the. present cotst of protection ino loss by tire. We believe that tihe time is near at h and whieni every proessivye city i the United States will regulate the sale of matc~hes and require that thiey shall be less datngrer~os than the aver ae art icle o thiiis ch~aractcr no . iin .s Mr. I )Oley would say..\ laoama' 'lily white" Republicans oucilt to blackup if they hope to keep near the AN IMPORTANT WORK Being I)one by Prof. Chaimbliss as State Entoiologist. A special from Clemson College to The State says Prof. C. E. Chambliss in addition to his duties at the col lege is doing a great work for South Carolina in the capacity of State ento mologist. Ile has recently inspected orchards in many parts of the State and recommended remedies where pests have already appeared. and sug gested plans for preventing their ap pearance. The great importance of this work is never realized because it is a work of prevention rather than a work of tangible results. If the fruit growers of the State will give this work their cooperation just as South Carolina is beginning to be a fruit growing State. they may save them selves the trouble and loss incident to cutting down large orchards. The law as recently established re 4uiires iurseryien outside of the tat, doing business in the State to tile with the State entomologist a cer tilice of inspec;.iol, showing that their goods are free from all diseases and oests. If they fail to do this the Stale entomologist has a right .s ize the gooids. inspect them. release thema1 it found free from insects and discase. or if diseased. dei"troy I hea. Transportation companies ma v know wwti:er such goods have bee inspected or not by the tags which all inspected goods must bear, 'The fruit growers of the State can eifec tually assist in this work by report ing all violations of the law. Transportation companies amy r know whether such goods have been inspected or not by the tags wiich all inspected goods must bear. The fruit grower.; of the State can effec tually assist in this work by report inall violations of the law. Prof. Chambliss has already si.mZed thousands of trees and is holding them I for inspection. Some have been re leased. some destroyed. le has also inspected and fumigated the stook of two large nurseries-in this State. Nur SErymen in this State cannot ship out goods unless they have been personal ly inspected by the State entomologist. This leing the case others ought not to be allowed to ship in without in spetion. Col. .L L. Donaldson, who is chair man of the South Carolina State board of entomology, is very much in terested in this matter, and is giving Prof. Charnbliss much valuable aid in the work, The railroads ard ex press companies are cooperating with the board. A BIG FRAUD UNEARTHED. Discovery of the Reason for the De mand for Cancelled Stamps. Many people in South Carolina as sell as other States have received "an mdless chain" of letters asking a quanz tity of cancelled stamps. They were uiso requested to send copies of the etter to two or three of their friends, naking by this scheme the return of housands of answers to the one letter md the receipt of probably hundreds f thousands of stamps. The letter was always one with a ale of woe about some unfortunate oy or girl who had to have an arm or leg amputated or was trying to work 1s or her way through college. And hen again the letter might solicit ~lms for some charitable institution. [here was always an appeal to one's ympathies in the subject matter. Postollce authorities and detectives ae been trying to locate the person vho started this endless chain of let ers-for, like all epistles of that na ure, it is a violation of the postoltice aws. The postoilice inspector, J. L. Cor elyon. and United States 3Iarshal ohn Garside have arrested an old nan named IHenry Bolssea, a French-C nah, in New York City, Ie was an nmate of the Ihome of the Little Sis-r :ers of the Poor. In his room was found a tub con ;aining fully 50,000 cancelled stamps ~oaking in a solution, ie could erase :he cancel marks. regum them and ispose of them in small quantities for ash or merchandise. It is said he ~arried on quite a lucrative business. eople who have wondered what in me a person could do with cancelled ostage stamps now see to what use hey were put. Life is Uncertain. A peculiar instance of the uneer ainty of life is the case of Ike Mce Jowell, colored, a porter on train No. 5. which was wrecked on MIonday. norning near Be~aumonmt in Spartan urg County by three loose box cars :liding with the locomotive of that train. Ike MIeDoweli (scaped Uni iarmed from this wreck. When as derailed it required a number of hours to place the coaches in proper ;hape, adjust the track and get a new1 ocomoive. The train left for Atlanta rrom the Spartanburg depot .at 10.40 . ., Wednesday. At Easley. owing :o the fact that the train was away rrom schedule time. it was firced to de track fur another train. Ike 3Me o ell was engaged in adjusting the ;witch for the train to shift in a sid g. In attempting to jumnpup on the ul't (of the engine he slipp?(i. and was rmshedl to death. Volcano4 Released a Torrent. Thrdys eruption of La Soufriere1 curred at the head of the dry riverj Rabacci. where huge quantties of vol anie deposits have blocked the water :ILre since the eruptions last MIay in spte of the subsequent heavy rain1 rall. After the eruption (of Thursday raing.steaming torrent tlowed Trom the base of La Suufriere and swept own the Rabacci, completing the de tructionl or the sugar works there. Sand at the same time fell on George town andl other places. According to Law. Calvin Elliott. colored, was hanged at Lincointoni. Thursday for criminal c assaulting Mirs. Caleb Browni. near there about two months ago. After several unsuccessful attempts at lynching a special term of court was c.ae .a the entence of dath npasl. OUR COTTON MILLS. The Rapid Growth of this Industry in this State. THIRTEEN COUNTIES ONLY 'Have No Cotton Manuf-acturing Plants Within Their Borders. The Mills in Operation in the State. The offieial statement prepared by the State BIoard Equalization, which is charged with the valuation of tex tile manufacturing property for the purposes of taxation, shows the name of each mill by counties, the date of its organization. the par and mai ket value (if its common and preferred stock and bonded debt, and the full valuation fixed by the board on 60 per cent. of whicn taxes are charged. The list shows that there are 122 mills in South Carolina. not Including those yet building and those not now In operation, and gives the investment in each as valued by the board. The total vauation th:;s reached is 832. 3:8.631. which means considerahle more in actual investment. The statement shows a:o that there are 1a (ountes in the State without mills. This table plainiy states the case: No. Present . ills Value. Abbeville. ......8 5.1 50 Aiken...... .......5 2,897.000 Anderson, ........1 3.703.950 Bamberg .......,.. 1 39.9 Cherokee........... 5 1.297,100 Chester............. 4 599,195 Colleton............ 1 48.0 0: Darlington.... ..... 2 442.500 1 Edgetield ...... .... 1 120.800 F:Iirtield... .......1 136.000 (reenvIlle.... .. 1..i J.3 6.365 Greenwood ....... 2 532,750 Kershaw ......2 346,430 Lancaster. ........1 143,940 Laurens............. 3 737.500 Lexington.........: 156.340 arion. 3 123.800 M1arlboro............ 6 697,500 Newberry...........3 570,000 Dconee.. ......... 4 773,710 Drangeburg......... 2 284,533 Pickens......... .. 3 408,335 Richland........... 0 3,074.250 partanburg...... 20 6.801.886 Sumter ...... .....1 38,540 Union.......... .... 8 2,599,925 York............11 1.273.883 Total...... ......122 832.388,931 The thirteen counties without mills ire Barnwell, BeauTort, Berkeley, Charleston, Chesterfield. Clarendon. Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Hampt->n, Horry, Saluda and Vil liamsburg. The Columbia State makes he following comment upon the facts ind figures shown by the oilcial state ment: "It is noteworthy that the counties if Spartanburg, Anderson and Rich lana lead the procession in the order ,amed and that Spartanburg and Richland combined have 26 of the 122 mills, nearly one-fourth, and $10,486, 13C of the investment. nearly one third~while these counties with Aiken ind Greenville have *20.453.451 capi tal invested in 54 mills. nearly two thirds of the total capital invested. "They are therafore the typical :ounties for .inspection by those seek ing the example of the fullest devel >pment of the Industry, and the 2)ympia here is worthy of an inspec ion as the largest and thiest single mill in existence. "Speaking of the Olympia reminds ne that South Carolina has the only soman cotton mill president in the world perhaps, MIrs. MIary Putnamt Tridley, who presides over th~e for unes of the Putnam mills of Bates ~ille, founded by her father. with narked ability. "Unfortunately the date of organi ation of nineteen of the 122 mills ~ould not be obtained from the reports. ent in, and the valuation of these ineteen mills has to be omitted from he stud~y in development given below. 1 [he dates for the others, however,. ifford a very fair idea of the periods a the State's history when the indlus ry got its long lead in the race of nanufacturing States of the South or supremacy. "Coming down the years the first purt of note seems to have come in 893 when three big mills got into 1 hape with 82.253,000 capital. "There was a lull till ]895 when 1 hirteen mills with an aggregate of 3,:355.176 were started, our Rtichland nill being among them. "The year 1896 was a good one also. :he capital of mills started that year. >eing $l.568.l75. 'Then came 1898 with eight mills md 147516, all still running and [8was even a better year with eight ' nills aud *1,872.075. "B~ut the banner year was 1900, the :ear the O)lympia came on the stage. [here were .twenty-fcur mills started ip with a total investment of S5.410, 00. "The year 1901 brought another lull s far as heavy investments were con ~erned and may very properly be ermed the year of knitting and ho iery- mills, seven enterprises, nearly t 11l of this class being put in ojgrat ion. alued at 8125.700. neolyml "Four the present year eonymlI -eported as started in time for taxa-k >! purposes is the Tyger in Spartan-s urg c'ounty worth 896A00.a "I is thus seen that the mills built I rm 1893 to 189S and still running v epresent 87.733.,295 in investments. e shile from 1898 to 1902 the sum oft 8,258,009 was invested, making a 1 tal investment in less than a decadeI f *15.991l.304. and showing at what I1 ime Carolina awakened from hers etnargy and began to race. It ist leasing to reilect that The State wast ounded in 1891 and from the first ang the siren song of the cotton mill plidle. and kept it up in season and >ut of season. "South Carolina has had cotton mille for over half a century. Anid there are some such as the Saluda fac tory that have dropped out of exist once. There are others. however, I till running, and doing wcll. The i 'edleton mill at Autun. Anderson ounty, is entered in the oflicial listi is having been organuized in 1838i: it has its value placed at 850.000. Thenr comes the famous old Granitevill mill organized in 1845. now bein valued at 81,008.00t: it has neve ceased to run." - The Greenville Mountaineer says The foregoing interesting summari by The State is followed by a list o the mills save the nineteen whos dates could not be astertained, show ing when they began operations. Th( mill at Autun, in Anderson County is reported as being organized in 18-38 and stands at the head of the list. 11 was known for many years as th( "Pendleton factory," and from it. early years was owned and operatec by Col. Benj. F. Sloan, a promineni and wealthy citizen of Pendleton, wh( was the father of Col. J. B. E. Sloan of Charleston, Mr. B. F. Sloan, oJ Seneca, and Dr. P. H. E, Sloan, o Clemson College. Some years aftei the war a corn pany was organized witli Mr. William Perry as the president and manager, aud it had a series of successful years under his manage ment. Mr. Perry is now a citizen of Walhalla, and is in his 84th year. Batesville is mentioned as being the only mill in the world with a wo man as the president, which is proba bly true. but it is more than likely that Batesville should also enjoy the distinction of being the oldest mill now being operated in South Carolina. Mrs. Mary I. Gridlev of tli.s city, is the onicient president. and is at her lesk In the mill orlice for three days in the week. She succeeded to the position upon the death of her father, but he was not the founder of the mill at Batesville, as stated by our contemporary. Jtev, Tbomazis iqtchl ings, Methodist preacher Is accredi ted with being the founder ot the mill industry at that point, aw.l his equipment consisted of two sniini frames and one loom situated in a mall house on the banks of Rocky 3reek in a beautiful and picturesque location, which is exceedingly attraw Live today. The house originally used is still in a fair state of preser vation. It Is hardly ascertainable :ow as to the precise year that Mr. Rutchins began his pioneer work, but :he facts that are known indicate thal ie was several years ahead of the will .iear Pendleton. probably i-i 1832. WEATHER FOR DECEMRER. What Conqitions IMay Be as Inlica ted By Past Records. Foresast Official L. N. Jesunofsky as compiled the following data, cov ring a period of thirty-one years, as ;hown by records at the local weathei ureau: Mean or normal temperature, 51 de rees. - The warmest month was that >f 1889, with an average ot 60 degrees; he coldest month was that of 187M ith an average of 44 degrees. The ighest temperature was 78 degrees >n December 11. 1889; the lowest tem >erature was 13 degrees on Decembei 13, 1880. Average date on which first illing frost occurred in autumn, No ember 30; average date on which last killing'" frost occurred in Spring, arch 3. Average precipitation for the month 1.18 inches; average number of days vith .01 of an inch or more, 9. The reatest monthly precipitation was ~.91 inches in 1887; the least monthly >reciptation was 0.03 inch in 1889: ~he greatest amount of precipitation ecorded In any twenty-four consecu ve hours was 3.46 inches on Decem er 9 and 10. 1885. The greatest imount of snowfall recorded in any 24 :onsecutive hours (record extending to rinter of 1884-1885 only) was 0.5 nch. on December 31. 1889. Average number of clear days, 13; yartly cloudy days, 10: cloudy days, 8. The prevailing winds have been from he northeast, 17 per cent. The high st velocity of the wind was 50 miles rom the southeast, on December 17. 888. Calhoun County. The latest new county scheme is ne to be carved out of portions of ~bbeville, Edgefield and Greenwood, o be called Calhoun, with McCor nick as the county seat. A petition vas presented Wednesday to the gov rnor asking that an election be or ered, and it is numerously signed, ,nd is alleged to have the necessary onstitutional number provided for. 'his and other constitutional require nents will be looked into by the at urney general and if everything is ound correct the governor will order he election. The petition states hat it is proposed to cut off 159 (ouare miles from A bbeville. 62 from reenwood and 185 from Edgetield, naking in all 463 sqiuare miles-just ree more than the constitutional re uirement. The number of inhabi ants in the proposed territory will be 53i4 and the taxable value of pro itert is 81.723t.636. Should this cheme go through all the territory hat can be taken from Abbeville will ave been cut oti., and th~e same may e saId of Edgretield: in which case. o, the idea of forming a county with ~orth Augusta as thiecounrty seal will e ko'-ked out. A Shooting Affray. A shooting afl'ray occurred at May fnton. Uuion County. on Wednesday ornng between Dr. John F. Cole 2an. of Hlalsellville, and Mr. W. V. 2r1e3, of Maybintor. Mr. L'les nocked Dr. Coleman down~ with a tick. While down Dr. Col-man drew pistol and shot .'.r. Lyles twice, one al. entering the thigh. ran~ging up 'ard, and the other entering the low r part of the bowels. Mr. Lyles re urned the tire once, the bail striking ). Coleman in the left arm. Mr. ~yles was taken home and Is in a erit al condition. Dr. Coleman was not eriously- injured and returned to his ome in Chester County. Both belong o prominent families. No arrests have 'et been made. mis Neck Broken. Nelson Hirsch, editor of the Sun Lay edition of the New York World, vas instantly killed near his home at Vest Brighton. Statern Island, being rown from his buggy. Hie fell on is head breaking his neck and fractur ng his skull. Hirsch was driving ume before daylight and the vehicle an into a ditch which he could not e. The body was taken to his resi lenne. READS LIKE A ROMANCE. The Story of a South Carolinian Wrecked on Cuba's Coast. Years ago the following item ap peared in the columns of the Abbe vile Medium: ".In September last the "Annie Freeman," a beautiful three-masted schooner, sailed out of Cnar.leston harbor for the Bermudas. Her sails were filled with prosperous breezes and her graceful pr6w ploughed the briny deep leaving in her wake a glow of phosphorescent light. Since that day the sprightly ship with all her sacred human freight has been un heard of: her fate is wrapped in mystery, a hidden horror of the deep. Upon this vessel sailed James T. Erwin of the good old Abbeville family of Erwin, and of nis sad loss we now wish to make a note. Mr. Erwin was 29 years of age, a very bright and promising young man, just beginning to see his way to business success. He was on his way to the Bermudas to purchase a cargo of choice West India fruits, and in the prosecution of his laudable enterprise fell at his post. Mr.. Erwiun was a member of the Pres byterian church and a correct and exemplary Christian, Ils loss will be deeply deplorcd by his numerous friends in this county and the plognan cy of their grief will be more deep and lasting by the thought that to them he will never come back again until the sea given up her dead. "A nd the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill. But 0 for a touch of a vanished hand And the sound of a voice that isstill." Years passed arnd the tate of Janes rwin wa: uniknown and not a word w;,s heard of him until a few months ago. The Medium says in its last issue. Then a letter came to one of the Erwin family of Abbeville county which revived interest in the whole matter, The story told was that. -James Er win was not drowned but landed in Cuba and engaged in the cultivation of sugar. He amassed a great fortune, for all his enterprises prospered and made money for him. lie married a beautiful and refined Cuban woman ard to them a daughter was born who promised to be as bright and beauti ful as the mother. Time passed on and both parents died about the same time in Habana of yellow fever. A rich and distinguished officer of the Spanish army stationed in Cuba fell in love with the beautiful heiress thus bereft of both parents and left alone in the world. The attachment was mutual and they soon married. A daughter was born of this union and inherited the beauty of her moth er and grandmother. The Spanish otficer became so outraged at the cruelties of Gen. Weyler that he re signed from the army. le sent his wife and daughter to his old home in Spain and went to England himse] to put his great fortune in a safe place. The mother died and the daughter was placed in a convent school in Spain, and she is there now prosecut in1 her studies, being the sole heir to ani immense fortune. The Spanish - officer then returned to his old home in Spain and shortly afterwafds was arrested through the influence of the cruel Weyler and thrown into prison. After much suf fering he died. In his last hours he received the consolations of religion from a Roman Catholic priest. He told the priest the story of his life and about the South Carolina kin of his daughter, so soon to be left alone in the world. Hie knew of Malcolni Er win, of Abbeville County, and of his fondness for his nephew, James Er win, who was supposed to have been lost at sea. He -had not heard of the death of Malcolm Erwin and wished him to have the care of his little daughter. He desired the priest to see that his will was executed, and in that will he left all his property to the daughter, except a share to Mal colm Erwin, for taking care of the child, enough to make him an inde pendent fortune. Letters have been received by. Wil lie m Erwin, son of Malcolm Erwin, giving the interesting particulars set forth above. Correspondence with par ties in Spain is still going on, and there is a pause in the drama. The young woman is in school, cared for by the nuns. She is the perfection of beauty, and of brilliant mental attain ments, with a fortune 'beyond the dreams of avarice." The noble priest,. still faithful to his trust, and watches over the young woman. Kimed the Post master. Clint E. Osborne,assistant pastmas ter and proprietor of a- general store at Warren, Mich., was shot early Wdnesday morning by one of a gang of robbers that. entered the Warren. bank- and blew open the safe. The explosion aroused Osborne. who tele phoned to one of the neighbors that he thought robbers were at work in either the bank or postofice. All the telephones in the village are connect ed at night and it is thought that the cracksmenl heard the bell ring in the bank and listened to the conversation. Osborne then started down the street and had gone but a short distance when one of the robbers, acting as an outside guard. shot him in the face with. a chatrge of buckshot, killing him instantly. Without securing anything the burglars iled. A Body Found. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says a sad case of drowning has been discovered in the Enoree river, two miles above the Pelham .mills, where the body o:f JeIT Moore, a 12 I ear-old bouy, was found on the banks ~f the stream. a short distance from a foot-log crossing, and it is conjectur ed that he had attempted to cross the river and lost his footing. The boy was somewhat demented and left his home several weeks ago. and when last seen he was on the road to Peham. Is parents are Mr. and Mrs. J. D). Moore. who live at the Victor mills. and on the disappearance of their sun the fact was advertised by circulars and in the newspapers, but no tidinweercidbytm untl M. L S.Brown found the body I somr n on Friday afternoon. 1 MORE AND M E The Pension Roll Grows Stil"Three Billion Dollars Expend OVER ONE MTT ON ONS. As a Result of the War Bet Uthe States. Nearly Twice as Ma as the Confederate Sol diers Numbered. In the course of his annual repo Secretary Hitchcock presents the fol lowing statement as to the bureau of pensions: The report of the commissioner of pensions shows that the total number of pensioners on the roll during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902,. was 1,041,687. and the number remaining on the roll at the close of the year was 999,446, a net gain over the previous year of 1,711, and exceeding in nun ber of pensioners any former year. The gains in the rolls during the year were 40,121 new pensioners and 3,831 renewals and restorations, a total of 43.952. The losses to therolls luring the year by death were 37,145, and from other causes .5,096, a totalof 12,241, leaving a net gain of 1,711 for ears. The number of claims of all- classes idjudicated during the year was 246, 353, which number 118,464 were re ected. The appropriation for t yment >f pension:; for the fiscal yea 144,000,00. Repayments to the ap propriation made the amount available ,or payment of pensions $144,004, 351,5.,The disbursements forarmy and navy peusions during the year includ ing the amount disbursed by treasury ettlements. were $137,504,267.99, leaving an unexpended balance to be :overed into the treasury of $6,500, D83.56. The expenditure for navy pensions was $3,849,022.24. The entire cost of the maintenance 3f the pensoin system since the foundation of the government was nearly $3,000,000,000. Of the amount that has been expended for penslos since the foundation of the govern ment $70,000,000 was on account of the war of the revolution; 845,025, 297 on -account of service in the war of 1812; $5,814,206 on account of service - in the Indian wars (1832-1842); $31, 861,337 on account of service in the Mexican war; $3,275,184 on account of the war with Spain, and $2,728.873, 276 on account of the war of the re bellion. The commissioner recommends the passage of a law providing that any person convicted in court of an irifa mous crime shall forfeit his pension or. his right to one. - I fully concur in the commissioner's recommendation in this matter; the pension roll Is a roll of honor, and its high standard should be ever maintained. Information was received at the bu reau of the death during the year of 50.128 old soldiers; Qf that number, however, only 27,043 were on the pen sion roll. It is estimated that the~ death rate among the pensioners for the present year will approximate 40, 000, and the losses to thle roll from other causes will probably equal 6,000. The commissioner expresses the opin ion, however, that owing to new legis lation enacted by Congressthe number on the pension roll at the end of the present year will exceed 1,000,000. Receipt for a Happy Day. At the beginning of the day take a large amount of good nature and double the quantity of determination to make the best of things, a heaping measure of bodily vigor, and mix well in the mortar of gratitude with the pestle of remembrance of past mer cies. A season of prayer and praise is always necessary to the proper mix ture of these ingredients. Then add___ to this a considerable, but not too large, a slice of well regulated tongue, a slice of charity that thinketh no evil and is not easily provoked, a por tion of hopefulness for the future, and a large measure of faith in God and fellow men. Season with the salt of shrewdness and thrift, and sweeten with plenty of sugar of love for all ods creatures. Put in a large hand ful of plums of parental or filial aflec tion and a number of pieces of neigh borly friendliness; and somewhere in the day conceal a special service for the poor. Slide this good deed into the mixture without saying anything bout it. Do not use any sour milk >f disappointed hopes, or brooding ares, for this will spoil the whole; and while there should be a pinch of the pepper of- fun and considerable sweet >il of joviality, do not use any must rd of back biting, or the table sauce >f slander. Let the mixture boil gent .y, but do not let it boil over, for the felicate tiavor of the ingretients is in ured by too much heat. This receipt as been tried in a hundred thousand ouseholds and has never been known o fail. Boy Killed by Train. Another fatal railroad accident 2apperied in Augusta on Wednesday ight by which a lad lost his life. The ~ictim was a ten year old boy, Willie dams. His father and mother are lead and he wa-s living with his grand !ather near the King mill on Broad street. Near his home the C. and W. i3. raiiroad has a shifting yard, and >ovs make it a practice of jumping on mnd off the cars, taking rides. With ther boys young Adams were doing his last evening, Hie-was riding on i at car when in some way he fell ,f, the train passing over him. sever ne his head fromn his body and hor ifly multilatinig the upper portion of is bodyv. For some time the authori ies have been trying to break up this labit among the boys and only a few lays ago quite a number were arrest d and fined by the recorder. E-nginxeer Killed. Northbound passenger train No. 4, n route from Texarkana to St. Louis n tue St. Louis. Iron Mountain and outhern itailway was wvrecked at resscott. Ark., Thursday. Engineer trhibaldI was killed. Fireman Hays aved his life by jumping. None of hasngerm wa injured. -