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ABIG TI-11 E the City ef Orangeburg. THE GRAND OFFICEIS ELECTED Tii MeePtIng woium 1-1p Wedn"aday Night b.y a Grat. aanqet, at Wlhich the Govcrnor Was Present. The 17th annual 0cvention tIhe grand ldge. K nights of 1'vtbis. h' gan its sessions in urangebiurg Tues dayI moing~i M!ay ii'. with :tt repre sentatives in atiendance. Aust pilor t-the grand lode con vening in exc(utive essi(I ion. Thos. C. Doyle. mayor of the city and an en thusiastic knight. welcomed the grand lodge tq Orangeburg in behalf of the citv. and Capt. .Joseph A. Berry. a Vast chancellor of the lodge, extended the welcome in behalf of the lodge. These addresses of welcome were re sponded to in fitting and appropriate manner by Senator George S. Mower. I grand chancellor. Cod. John M. Knight. vice grand chancellor. and Gen. M. L. Bonham in behalf of the grand lodge. Followirn'z these happy fellcitationz the floor was clee red of all not entitled to sit in the grand lodge. which then opened in due form. All of the grand lodge otlcers were in their places as foillows: Grand Chancellor--George S. Mower of Newberry. Grand Vice Chancelior-John M. Knight of Sumter. Grand Prelate-J. A. Summersett of Columbia. Grand Keeper of Records and Seals -Rev. J. 11. 'Thornwell of Fort Mill. Grand Master of Fchequer--Wilson G. Harvey of Charleston. Grand Master at Arns-F. S. EVans: of Greenwood. Grand Master at Work-M. L. B on ham of Anderson. Grand Inner Guard--Geo. W. Reeves of Branchville. Grand Outer Guard--M. H. Witt of Brookland. The tirst business before the lodge was the conferring of the grand lodge degree on the new memberr and it was found there were 65 ca.'didates for this degree, the largest nv:nber to re ceive the degree at one ti".e in the history of the grand lodge. The report of the grand lodge otil cers printed in pamphlet form and distributed among the members is very interesting. The grand chacellor. is his report. says in part: "The grand lodge at its last annual convention appropriated $200 'for the maintenance of such orphans as in the judgment of the grand chancellor e. serve the aid of tpe grand lodge.' No case has b-en cailed to my att-ntion and no part of the appropriation has been -:xpended. I recommend, how ever, that the appaopriation be con tinued. The fact that no appeal in behalf of the orphan has been made ist evidence to my mind that :he subordi nate btdges are meeting their respon sihiiity faithfully. This amnoun twas again apiiropriated for the current year. The grand chancellor also clled at tention to the fact that there is not .a gythian paper in this domain and expresses the hope that such a paper will soon be est.:blished by some brother knight and be given proper patronage. The grand chancellor advocates dli ;-iding the grand domain intodistricts and the holding of district meetings~ in addition to the meetings of the grand lodge as a whole. The grand chancellor's report shows the ord]er to be in a most tiourishing condition. Five new lodges have been institu ted during the year, making the total now 104, and the membership shows a net gain of :310, the total number of knights in good standing now being The total number of initiations dur ing the year were 733, but this in crease is, of course, reduced by sus pensions, withdrawals, and deaths. Immediately after the opening ex ercises Wednesday morning the grand ---ldge went into secret sessign for the exemplification of the unwritten work of the order. Following this came the selection of meeting place for 1904 with Columbia, Anderson, Greenville and Beaufort all aspiring for the co'-eted honor. Each of these cities had consider able backing so that it took several ballots to finally decide it and Green was selected. It had been thought that the next! session of the gzand lodge would go to Columbia,. but this session being in the .lower part of the State the up-country was determined to have it in their section next year and the selection of Greenville gives perfect satisfactin. The selection of a meeti ng place be ing disposed of the next business be fore the grand lodge was the electioni of officers for the ensuing year and in this the spirit of brotherhood so beau- I tifually taught in the order and the cardinal principles of Pythianism was exemplified. There was no contest for any otficeC and every nomination was unanimous,t showing the harmony that character izes Pythian conventions. Tbose elected were as follows: Grand Chancellor-John M. Knight of Sumter. Grand Vice Chancellor --Jas. S. Summersett of Columbia.i Grand Prelate--B. A. Morgan of! Greenville.I Grand Keeper of Records and Seals --Rev. J. H. Thornwell of Fort Mill. Grand Master of Excheouer-W i son G. Harvey of Charleston. Grand Master-at-Arms-Jos. A. Berry of Orangeburg. Grand Inner Guard--Geo. W. Reeves of Branchville. Grand Outer Guard-M. I1. WXitt of New Brookland. Supreme Itepresentative-M L. Bonham of Anderson. who goes to the supreme lodge with Suipreme ilepre- 1 sentative Win. Goldsmith of Green ville, who holds over-the term being for two years. The grand lodge aopropriated S60S each to the Connie Maxwell, Th1orn well and Epworth orphanages for the support of an orphan at each of these institutio:'s. The election of (0:hers practically c'oncluded too business of the morning a nd a recess was ta ken unt il a ftrnoon when the new grand loda~e onilcers were installed with due cerc monv. E GJov. leyward, one of the most 1. prominent knights in the United States, having for years been a reore sentatve to the supreme lodge, camne a down ~from Cilumbia Wednesday t After the cdqcerof th, rana.'i g3dg LzCt ins;tanleld 'ad addresscd that Al. ., t; . b- .ao i , i:." : to ~ .~ ,~ L ; mit h. Camden: ve-0Cal:-tn S. -il eghe. Greenwood. v an'7.d 'e m- lvelok Eaves. hmbhia: C. 1). Bowxn. Abbevilie: -' ~. orne. Ninety-Six: V. ery.Timrvl;J. Jaobson. Printing -John M1. Knight. grand :hiancelllor, ex-owlliie: RLev. .1. H. fhornwell, grand keeper of records md seals. ex-officio: Geo. W. Dick umter. Credentials-Thus Miller. Charles ton: A. E. Boozer. Columbia: H. If. Husbands, Florence. State of the Order-.1. A. Summer ett. grand vice chancellor, ex-ollicio: .J. G. Padigett. Walterboro: L: S. Mattison. Anderson: E. R. Cox. Dar] ingtvu: A. i. Iughier, Mount Pleas ant. Grand Tiribune for three years- C. P. Quattlebauin. Conway. On Wedinozday night a grand ban quet. was tendered the grand lodge, at which ne:riv 50o covers were b.id. A New Penl.-aol Izaid. The boys in blue may be great tigbters'. but it must he addmitted that they are great believers in pen ions. The Washington Post. in re fering to the fact that G0.i0p men who I enlisted for the Spanish war have ap plied for pensions. thinks it will be ell that the question of pensions for hem be raised at once and that this proposed raid on the treasurer should be stpped at the start. The Colum Dia iOcord says it is nthing less than in attempt at a raid. for there can be o possile reason wny that many men should be pensioned. for not one-half f them had any actuai experience in war and suffered no particular hara ship beyond the usual inconveniences and disagreeable features of camp life. Not more than 20.000 men were actually sent to Cuba. and the mortal ity was 659 for the wholenumber. and f them 243 were killed in battle. Of the other deaths, the investigation of a commission soon after the war showed that most of them were for causes not brought on by reason of anything resulting from enlistment in the army. There cn then be no Js tice whatever in pensioninlg that vast army of "veterans" who have already applied, and all who will apply have not done so yet. and the Post very properly has sounded the alarm and. insists that. 1his proposed "hold up" fthe treasury shall b;e stopped. It is doubtful. however, if the warning will be heeded, for in the matter of pensions all gvernment ottieers. state and national. are cowards. Every soldier who is entitled to a pensiot shou<1 nre but tho-e who are not enttled to a pensio'n snould h.) turned A i-awul Accidlet. A disr~atch fri m Clinton to The Stat e sayVs rhne Thorn well orpianage is now in need of the tender sympnathy which the good people of the State have always been so ready' t' show ;t. One of those unforeseen and unavoid able accidents which sometimes hap-I pen occurred there Wednesday. Whbile1 one of the girls was passing by the wringer in the ateam laundry it sud denly went to pieces with the noi-se of a pistol explosion. Miss Anna An derson was struck by a flying pi-ce and was dead within 20 minutes. The whole institution is in tears. it was a merciful Providence that saved the lives of the other girls, some of whom were near by. Anna was one of the sweetest, purest, most lovable girls in the institution. There is no blame to be attached to any one in connec tion with the accident. The wringer was running at its usual speed. There was evidently a 11aw in the iron or workmanship. The 200 children at the orphanage need thme sympathy of ods people now in their loss of one f their dearest sisters. Two Boy Brutes. Details have jiust been learned of :he kiilin~g of the 5-year old son of Al Jert Wall. a prominent citizen of chley county, Ga.. by two negro oys, aged 30 and 12 years. The ne roes enticed the boy into a shuck en, where, with a heel pin wrapped n a :"iuck, they attacked the young >oy reaking three ribs and inflicting ther injuries. Spinal meningitis re ~ulted, from which the child died af :er much agony A fter torturing the oy the negroes left him in the shuck >en where be was found several hours ater. The negroes ran away, but re urned to get a look at their work and vere caught. They are being held endinlg a full investigation of their rime by. the grand jury. Leaped to H~s Death. A special dispatch from Savannah, ia., says from a balcony forty feet ~bove the sidewalk, Robert Y. Hilton paitient of St. Joseph's hospital, eaped, dashing out his brains on the idewalk and dying immediately. Ten inutes before, when visited by his iurse, Hilton seemed to be in the best if spirits and he had given no inti ma ion oif an intention to kill himself. e was temporary insane. Had to Pay 'p. Mi1ss Francis Pettit. of Ballston. N. J. has been awarded $3,000 damages gainst James P. Tartemore because the wooing of her. he kissed her ,2.36 times- a penalty of just $2.42 cr osculation. It is said that M1iss ettit has also kept a faithful record f the meals MIr. Filttemore at~e at her ouse and wilt sue him for the value1 hereof. He Was Arrested. While President Roosevelt was in acramento City. Cal., on Tuesday a aan named Hardleman was arrested ecause he was heard to say: "One Las died and another had just as eli."' In his pockets was found a gsix shooter and two extra cart idges. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A bad Tale. Miss Zella Lawrence of Lanett. (la.. a pretty girl ot 2:t. attenupted uicide on M1onday by jumping ito he Chattahooclbe river. bum. was res ued alive. The failure of the bride room to appear at the weddiing where be was to he the bride was the Kihled by3 ightning. Mrs. Thomas Counrtessi. wife ofa rominent citizen of M1eridianville. ear iluntsville, Ala.. and her ser ant. fargaret MIorris, was struck by ghtning during a storm Thursday nd instantly killed Mrs. Contessi's wo daughters narrowly escaped eath 1 A FIVE BANVET, - far ithe Pleaftomee4 of Violing ] ig.ixhr; eof P Y W ia 4 'Tn. /d::ertainmnent .:r the grxandi id. Knbhihs of Pyt hias, wva\ brouight to a mOst rilliant climax in t he , labo rate banqlet tendered i hen Wecies day night by O)range iodgre. Tn:e Tcn lowing account of the hanquet from the Orangeburz correspondent of The' state will be read with interest: Hon. P. T. Ilildebrand, who was called on to reply to the toast, "Our City," begged to be excused on the ground that it was not fitting for him to eulogize "our city" in the presence of gentlemen from almost every city and town in the State who wer.e all proud of their own homes. but this correspondent being an officer of Orange lodge, is proud of the numer ous congratulations showered on the lodge and that Orangeburg not only maintained her well earned reputa tion as the home of hospitality, but has added many fresh laurels thereto. Hv. Heyward said in the course of his admirable address that he has been a member of the grand lodge for the last I0 years. :nd in that time the ,rand lodge has never been entertain- I ed in !o thoroughly charming a man ner before. The governor has visited 0 rangeburg frequently and had some idea of what to expect. yet not only ne but the entire grand lodge express ed the entertainment accorded them as beyond their most sanguiie 1xpec tations. Orangeburg always does her duty well, and when the grand lodge ac crpted the invitation to meet in Or angeburg no time was lost ii prepar ing for their entertainment. The de tails were all agreed on months ago and consequently there has been no friction or inconvenience anywhere. Not only the local lodge, but num bers of others, including the city coun-: cil. were generous in their contribu tions. Everyone felt it an honor to as sist in entertaining so distinguished a body of men, and the greater pc.rt of the homes of the city were thrown wide open to them. They were met at the depots with enthusiastic wel come and assigned to hospitable homes, so that it did not require the address of welcome by the mayor or representative of Orange lodge to make them feel at home. Everybody was at their beck and call, everything, possible done for their pleasure, and they enjoyed every minute of their stay with us. The banquet was held in the spa-; ious hal oil the the third floor of the handsome oflce building just erected on Court House square and was, so to speak, the christening of the building. The hall itself is beautifully finished and lighted, being admirably suited for such an affair. The serving of the: banquet was awarded some weeks ago to the local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and' siuee then the kni;hts have had no misgivings whatever. knowing that it could c.ot be in better hands. To arrangre a tempting menu f.or 500 men was far from being anx easy task, yet this was not only done, but the tables draped in snow white linen and decorated with beautifui ilower., mnak ing it a scene of loveliness and one that et only called forth c-sntinual praise from those present, but wvili linger with them for years. This enarming arrangeme.nt did notj corn plete the Iod es' [ask. however. but. all dressed in the Confederate c-clors, wite and red, they deftly waited on their guests and by their smiles and charming grace added much to the pleasure of the banquet. The menu was as follows: Turkey Bouillon,I Individual Loaves of Bread and Butter Sweet Pickles, Cucumber Pickles. Fresh Celery, Roast Rhode Island Turkey. Oyster Dressingr, Whole Tomatoes, Sauce Mayonnaise, New Pdtatoes in Mfelted Butter, Saratoga Chips, Frozen Pythian Punch Olives, Salted Peanuts. Palmetto H-am, Chicken Salad, Potato Salad. Vanilla Ice Cream. with Fresh Strawberries. Chocolate Cake Pounid Cake, Cocoanut Cake, Lemon Layer Cake, lack Devil Cake, Cheese, Saltine Crackers, Water Biscuits. Cafe Noir, With cigars came the toasts, which were as follows: "The Revival of F'riendship" "Friendship: this virtue is the corner stone of our order, and our members are sworn to exercise it toward each other."-Proposed by W. G. Smith, ' Orangeburg- response by C. C. Simnms, Barnwell.c Our Order"--"'Our order has but I ine purpose, one result-the eleva-r tion, the happiness, the betterment of mankind."-Proposed by J1. A. Berry. Orangeburg; response by M. I L. Smith, Camden.c "The 1). 0. KC. K."-"Nlght hath .lories the day can never reveal." Proposed by J. T. Parks, Orangebourg: response by E. 310C. Clarkson. Colum-a ia. t "Woman"-"Their force of charac- a tLer and prudent counsel should guide a is past the dangers that line the a pathway of life." "The rainbow toic :hestorms of life. The evening beams v hat smile the clouds away."-Pro osed by Dr. L. K. Sturkie, Orange urg; response by B. Frank Wilson, ~umter. s "Our City"-"Our order strives to t ather into one mighty fraternity p ~orthly men, whose loyalty to their bt ~ountry and to the authority under d hich they enjoy citizenship is un- 1: oubted." Proposed by Tr. F. Brant- t ey, Orangeburg; response by P. T. a lildebrand, Orangeburg,. Music by the Orangeburg orches- t :ra. S The names of the speakers together v ith thle subjects assigned is enough b >f itself to tell of addresses of the e ighest order, and all were accorded 14 nuch applause. -1r. Simnms, the first s'peaker, andled the subject assigned him in in admirable manner and in the :orse of his remarks referred to the evi val of friendshi p throughout South , arolina after years of political strifeI s cemented by the election and ad :nistration of Gov. Heyward. which 0' -vas greeted with prolonged cheers. Hon. M. L. Smith seemed as one nspired as he replied to his toast' 'Our Orider'." and his orato~ry was ~ublime. lie made himself a r'eputa ion as one of the foremost orators in uuth Carolina and was warmly con rratulated at the clIose of his master- h *ul address. Mr. Clarkson caused much morri I nent as he told of the trip across the I ot sands by those who join the D. 0. a C. IC.. while the applause tha~t greet- I -d Hon. B. Frank Wilson not only t ild ,.f his pouli-ty as .. spakr,.| yut Mlao that thes subject of his toast. 'Woman." was very dear to -ill pres' nt. His ddre s was a gem an!!d was iheraily punctuated WiLh applauoe. As has alreftdy ueensaid. Mr. Hilde )rand did n0ot thini1k it CigZht. to, land 'I ci t. but It r(espoinded in a v ii Ly non:r a hnd was wel! recejv.:i. Al rr i.1 Ilil' lrand had c(mnlinded vy. Iiyward was clled f.;r and ril. Tonded in a feelin and! eharacter aciri manner. In the course of his remarks he mciuplimented Orange lodge. but more ,specially the ladies. for the banquet, elling them it surpassed anything of he kind ever tendered the grand odge and not ouly the governor but very speaker had something of a flat ering manner to say to the ladies present. The music for the banquet was ren lered by the Orangeburz orchestra inder the leadershipof M r. Wi. L. ilover and they were the recipients Af many complimentary remarks and ound after round of applause greeted mach selection rendered. This orchestra is the pride of the city ind is composed of some of our most popular gentlemen and ladies and is purely a social organization. kept up because of their love for music. Their services are not at the call of enter ainments generally and when they do ppear they are always accorded an avation. Those who composed the orchestra were: Miss Ida Kohn, Miss Rayna later. Mrs. Bertha Erlih. Messrs. Win. L. Glover, Lenard Bennett, Ashley Wannamaker, lRichard D., erome and .lames McMichael. and 0. W. Spahr. The following selections were ren dered: "'The Gainesboro March"-Rasey. Selections from ''Florodoa"--Stuart. "The Grand American Fantasia" Dendix. "Iliawatha"-Moret. "An Autumn Bird," waltz. "Good Od Summer Time." a med ley-Cuattaway. "Warblers' Farewell"--Taba ne. "Dixie Land Marcli-Haines. Mrs. Henry Kohn. chairman. and ,1ll the ladies of the ) tughters of the Confederacy deserve much praise and thanks for their efforts to make the banquet a success, and Orange lodge is under lasting obligations to t;:em. In fact, the ladies deserve the major part of the Tr tise for the success of the week. A HAPPY SOLUTION. rTe Scared Carrier i'si;;a' Com the Itural Service. A dispatch from Washington says Postinaster General Payne has ordered he immediate resumption of service mn the suspended rural free. delivery mail route at Galiatin, Tenn. The resignation (if -John C. A Iig'od. the negro carrier. who was intirnidated ind who refused -to resume work, has been accepted and the civil service coiimis4ion has be I called uipon to certify a carrier to 11~11 is plai. The postmaster generaI gave out th 'fol lowing statemn t re'gard ing the case: "In the case ofi Jo~hn C. A ligood'C. ru rid free delivery carrier, who reported that he was held up by masked men while in the discharge of his duties. ron the 'ith in dant. ain i nvest';gation was made by the inspectojrs Co.nger irA iBains. Fr;om, their report it ap pears that the carrier wais stopped by tw men and warned not~ to conitinule in the service. The papers in the case show that tis lawless act is nt ipproved or sustained by the pe. ple ling on route No. 1 or by the peotple in that vicinty, and that the posona uilty of the act are alone responsible. "it is believed by the inspectors tat Carrier Aligood could safely resume the delivery of mail on thi< route and as evidence of that fzet it ippears that a neighbotring route is now, and has been since the insitalla ion of the tree delivery service, serv d by a colored man. Under all the ircumstances the department is not isposed to hold the people on route o. I. responsible for the acts of the wo men referred to, who were guilty f the threatened assault upon the etter carrier, and it would be unjust o deprive them of their mail facili :ies under the conditions. Therefore, rdered that the resigniation of John IAllgood, rural letter carrier', be ac ~epted and that service on the routc eC resumed at once." The postmaster general stated that he civil service commission certifies my one name to him and that person vill be appointed irrespective of' color, as required by law. Many Sheep and Cattle Die. The heaviest cattle and sheep l'.ss n tihe history of Montana, the damage hich will be S5.000,000 has been aused by the terrible snow storm of ast week. In some sections f'ully nety per cent of thle sheep on the anges I-ave perished. Three herders. least, have wandered away .in the linding storm and hav'e frozen to eath. An aged herder employed at ~ortage was lost Sunday. T wo more a the Shelby junction country, em *loyed by the Flow ree Cattle company re missing and there is no hope that hey can be found alive. Herders have bandoned their flocks on every hand nd fled for safety to the settlements nd ranches. Nothing like the fury f this storm has ever before been itnessed in northern CDlimates. Severe Loss by Fire. The seaboard Air Line railway iops, minor otlees and warehouse on be outskirts of Portsmouth, were ractically destroyed by tire which roke out shortly after 1') o'clock Fri ay night. At a late hour the blaze ad not spent itself, but the destruc ion of nearly every building and car t the yards was about complete. As ear as can be estimated at this time, le monetary loss will foot up to 750,000. James Ilarrel, a machinist, to sought to save his tools, was so adly burned that he may die. No one Ise was seriously hurt so far as can he warned. Milk Poison. Eighteen peoiple living at a board ig house at San Juan, Port. Ilico, -ere poisoned Wednesday by milk ntaining ptomaines. Elecven doc irs responded to the alarm and the se of stomach pumps saved the lives all the sufferers. The Americans Teeted were Messer. Kellog, Sisson. ordon. Schultz and liallen and Mr. ad Mi's. Chadwick. The incident as caused ahirm throughout San an. L f - Mis. G. Y. lierrell disappeared from er' home near Cherokee Springs, paranurg county. the nigzht .o the 4th and has not been heard fr'om nee. Sihe was in her night clothes ad had just put her baby to berd. 11cr' usband says there was no home ~ouble. She left aL letter asking her~ ELVATOR CAR FALLS. ns Man :ihd Thr-e- Women Ma.hed BeyPond Rcaiin O)nce fain and three women were killed and live or six injured Friday night at 1026 Fifth avenue, l'itts hu rg. Pa., the building heing c;pied by a dancing academy. The cause of the fatalities was the snapping of tne elevator ropes allowing the cage to drop 50 feet. hbe dead are so hadiy mashed that identification has been impossible up to midnight. The only one whose name may be correct is Catherine Curtin. On her body was found a railroad ticket with the name on it. Among the injured are: Harry Lipson. aged 22, bruised all over body and hurt internally: Miss Kate Flani gan, 27, bruised all over body and suf fering from shock: Albert Myers, -0. fractured leg; Mrs. Lulu Postilwaite, scalp wound and body bruised. A banquet and ball was being held in the build:ng by the Pennsylvania Electro Mechanical institute, and every avail able portion of the fifth and sixth floors were crowded by members of the institute and their friends. At. about 10 o'clock the elevator Nwith a load of 13 passengers started for the banquet room on the sixth fioar. When that floor was reached it was found that every place was crowded and the passengers decided to go to the fifth floor where the dancing was in progress. When between the sixth and tifth floors tne steel cable snapped and with a resounding crash that was heard blocks away the cage dropped with its load of human freight. It smashed through the floor above the cellar of the building and was stopped by a braced post of wood, three fLet below the first Iloor. In this inaccessible position the passen gers were jammed under broken tim bers and tiwisted steal, yet none might have been killed had not the heavy balance weight, weighing over a ton, come crashing djwn upon them. Miraculously all but four were able to scramble out. The others were pinion ed under the heavy weight. Four were mashed almost beyond reco(gni tion. Albert Myers was held a prisoner for more than an hour. While fire men and volunteer rescuers were pre paring rigging to Ift the machine so as to be accessible he lay piuioned un der the wreckage. Whiskey and water were passed to him with words of encouragement. A ffreman endadner ed his life by dropping into the mass of wreckage and holding the injured man's head. "Heavens it was hot down thele," was the brave man's first works spoken while being carried from his prison to a hospital in an ambu lance. The opinion prevails that the eleva tor was overcrowded and Superinten dent of Police MeTighe ordered the arrest of Prof. L. N. Giles, a mechani cal engineer and instructor of the Pennsylvania Elector-Mechanical in stitute, who at the time or the acci dent was running the elevator. It is alleged that he allowed the elevator to be overcrowded anid that he had no expersence- in running an elevator and was partly responsible for theit acci - dent. in The Think less~ Ag'. This is indeed a periodl of the thing less things. We have the wireless telegrapb. We have the. sinkless tunnel. We have the stuless street. We have the moneyless city treasury. We have the sewerless intercepting sewer. A nd, of course, we have ifne reformless reformer. Moreover, ex periments now meeting in the Agzri cultural Department of the United States Government have dem: nstrateil the fact that it is possible so to pervert species as to produce a bristle less hog. and to give pro~mise of a featherless chicken. Having given us a bristless hog and a featherless hen. it would be folly to expect that science would pause and be content. That is not the way of science. Its motto and its way is ever onward, still pursuing. still achieving, with a heart for anything that promise t4 improve upon nature. So we may as well be preparedi even for the barkiess dog. the howless cat, the stingless mosqui to. the buckless goat, the ileeless lica, the wingless Ily, the brayless donkey and the kickless mule. Evidently the time is near when the sleepless dream of the poemless poet shall be fultilled --wben, if the tendency toward thipng less things continues. The coatless man throws a careless arm Round the waist of the hatless girl. As over the dustless and mnudless road in a horseless carriage they whirl. Although for lunch his coin less purse For them affords no means. Save a tasteless meal of boneless cod By the side of stringless beans. Y[et he lights a tobaccoless cigarette And latughs a mirthless laugh. While her father tries to call her hack By wireless~ telegraph. Too Many j octors. At the conventien of the Americanz Medical association, in New Orleans, Dr. Billings drew attention to the fact that the medical colleges are graduating annually from 10.000 to 12,500 physicians, when the actual needs of this country call for on ly about 2,500. it seems a pity that some or these graduates have not en tered other professions that are not: so crowded and can offer better pros pects for remuneration. Sanitary engineering, naval architecture. and the comparatively new profession of: forestry, for instance. are not over crowded, and there will soon hea great deman-i for really competent automobile engineers, men who com bine with mechanical ability a thor ough knowledge of gas and other en gines that are competing for the con trol of the fleld. Killed for His M.oney. The body of Frank Whitaker, an old resident, was found Tuesday in the water at Sweeney's wharf at Key West. Fla. On examination four wounds were found on the head, either of which would have caused death. The coroner's jury boarded the scooner New Venice which was lying a~t the wharf, the body was found and tfle dead mnan's hat and that the deck was covered with blood. The coro-' ner's investigation resulted in the ar rest of Fred Everett. An exam ination of his clothing showed it was stained I with blood, it was also known that he had no money Monday night, but deposited with various parties Tues day 8S200 for safe-keeping. Several others were arrested and will be held ais witnesses. He Was Murdered. Ex-Lieut. Governor Ihenry Clavy Knobloc of Louisiana was killed at il his home, Thibodeaux. La., on Mon- I :lay in an encounter with a barber A Horible Idea. Tie Miehiziau Legidatore s'etrms to hu.e at le5at one brUte cno''E its memb- r .. Ar a Putit ute for an p proratoon for a home for the ebl minded. R esetative R'dge-4 'of MLuskeigon, lai; introdntwed a skelteno. measure providing for the killingr by electricity fr all chil(rIn who ar re garderi as h-pelcss cases. Thbe di ails of the measure are not worlked our i fll. The legislator has back .I up his measure with the plea tLat h man itarian inw.rests demand the re moval of (:hillretn whose mturis are such as tn render thin a burden to society and incapable of happiness for themselves. The bill is based upon the report from the superintendent of the present asylum to the effect that many of the inmates do not possess, nor ever will have, mind enough lo know that they are alive. The idea of such a bill being introduced in ary legislature is horrible to contempl .t and we are pleased to notice that the committee, to whom it was referred, will bury it beyond ressurrection. I is a pity that the brute who intro; duced it could not be buried with it. )Good Advice. A vast deal of nonsence has been published about the "good work that Booker Washington is doing," but there is a great many conservative and thoughtful men in Alabama who have followed his work carefully, and who are unable to discover where it is good. They hold with the States and other southern newspapers that the Tuskegee institute is changing ex cellent field hands into rowdy crap players and loafers. Much better re sults would be obtained if Booker Washington would teach his students how to look at the rear end of a mule through a pair of plow handles with profit; in other words how to farm on scientific principles.-New Orleans States. Fatal Tornado. A special from Manhattan, Kans., says: A tornado passed over the wes tern part of Riley county Saturday evening traveling in a northwesterly direction. At Bala, on the Rock Island road, two people were killed and 12 injured, several it is thought fatally.' Railroad trafEc was blocked for some time on account of great trees and debris beiug blown on the track. The storm was accompanied by a heavy iain and hailstones of un usual size. 1any dwellings and out buildings were. wrccked. In the storm that struck 10 miles southeast of Dodge City a herder named unknown, was killed and Mrs. Tibb Shane was fatally injured. Made Big Prolits.. A dispatch fr'.m Augusta. Ga., says a unique situation has developed in the (raniteville Manufacturing company. President T. 1. lickman closed a deal for the sale of his stock or cott'on amounting to 3,500 bales. and tigured out a profit of $70,000 by selliug his raw material and closina l down his miiil ror the summer. as compared with operating the mill and converting the cotton into Cloth at present prices. While the mill i closed theC operatives will cnltiue on1 the pay roll at half. President Ilick mant will also utiliza the closing down of the inill to mnake some important improvemnen ts and ad lditionis to machin cry. Kiilled ini Battle. The .tate says Gov. Hleyward re aeived a calegram on Friday from lion. 11. II. Walker. member of the legislature f romi Ba rnwell county and a leading citizen of Allendale, an nouncing that his nephew, Lieut. Ward Y. Walker, had been killed in action in the Philippines. Hle begged the governor to assist in getting the remains returned to the home of the motLer of the deceased at Appleton. The governor sent his condolences to Mr. Walker, anti wired thle war department to do what they could in the case. White Man Lynched. A special from Madison, Fia., says that a mob entered that city Thurs day night, secured the keys to the jail from the night watchman, took out Washington .Jarvis, a white man. and lynched h m. .Jarvi.s was carrned some distance from the city, tied to a tree and shot to death. Ile was accused or murdering his cousin, .John Wald rop. The night watchman was blind folded and held captive until the mob tnished its work. THERtE is a deticiency of $200,000 in the free delivery bureau of the postoffice deparment and the year is not half gone, and even the postmast er general has been compelled to ad mit that there was very loose admin istration. We agree with the C'olum hia Record that i f he will go dee pe r into the matter he may fine that there was something worse than "lo'>seness" at the bottom 'I he whole depart ment seems to be tilled up with ras cals. 1s isi True? At the session of the Northern Baptist convention in Uiftaloi, N. Y., on Monday " the secretary referred to the report of Miss Jones, a missionary, who he said wrote that the snuff or to bacco habit is alarming among the mill population of South Carolina and that free whiskey seemed to be the rule." ___________ A Barn Burned, The barn of (;eo. C. llopkins, two miles south of Clinton, was burned Sunday night together with~ two mules beionging to Mr. Hopkins and i horse. valued at $2->0. of a Methodist miiste-r. Rev. J1. R. Copeland. whoI was spend'ing the nig~ht at Mr. Ihop kins' and a large amount of provender. Tlrx~ Savannah News says and "now 1 he unreconstructed Filipinos are call- im 3d 'fanatics.' Lieutenant Walker of I he constabulary was 'killed by a, superior force of fanaties.' Not longj go they were 'ladrones.' It seems to1 :> ee~ayto swap the names around,t nd occasionally make use of a new ' ne, to keep f'rom calling the trouble ' var. Of' co)urse there can be no such hing as war with ladrones or fanatics n the 'ther side.' THlE Newberry Observer says: Among the changes brought abou tI y the whirligig of time is the advo :aev of Cleveland by the New York un, the paper that brought (ot I 'Beast" Butler in 1884 as an 'indepen-' lent Democrat' to defeat Cleveland.' 'he Sun is now owned by .'P. Mor ran, the great trust maker. That nay account for its change of heart. PnoF. E. C. McCanuts. instructor of a nathemiatics in the 'ity schools of \nderson. ha~s written a novel which viil he published by l)oubk day. Page e Co., in the- early fail. Mr. .4lc ants has written a number of charm- C ng shcrt stor'ies and it was througth a us stories in the magazines that this3 ublishing house was attracted to his 't To Break a Leaae. A uk has berj iled in ranI 'urg co(' * *r, John Cart to break. thte t S h Carolina and Gecr g .l: d to the ..h ro raiuod. au ju' grouwt~ tI. t .1 th vilt U sAe iunl' T. of ari:h4. Of the" canf):titu (fiof carr Wctng .i-Ws 1.y a raftead cuporatO:,. 31r.% Carr is represented in :he case by . .1 P. K. 1l'y.-n a i; Mill er & Wane YfCareo ani Adam i s of (rang-eiurg. T;;e com!petiUg line cited by the plain till as beig operated by the Southern along witi the S. C. & Ga.. is the old Co:m:nbia and Augusta railroad. run niii from Columbia to Hamburg, S. C.. which is now a part of the Sonth crin system. It is al~eged that the Seath Carolina and Georgia. through its line foin Columbia to Augusta. via Branchville furnished competitive facilities with the Columbia and August a road until its acquisition by the Southern on a lease for 999 years. April 29, 19) and that since that date the tranlic between Columbia and ALugusta has been entirely controlled by thi- Southern and the constitution of the State violated, to the injury of .1hipper at all pointb along tUe two roads. Orangeburg being on the line between Columbia and Branchville, is affected by the conditions and Mr. Cart claims that his interest have been hurt and that he is entitled to the constitutional protection guaranteed in section 7. of article 9'. Mr. Cart asks damages to the amount of $147, 200. The suit is brought on the ground that the leasing of this road violates section 7, of article 9 of the constitution which forbids the leasing or purchasing of a competing or paralled line under a penalty of a fine of $100 a day, half of which goes to the state. and half to the plaintiff. The Southern railway has not filed its answer to the suit of Mr. Cart and it will have plenty of time to present this. The case will not come to trial for some months, probably, and the litigation is likely to be extended. Good News. A certain ex-congressman tells a story about a widow-in his district who desired a position iu the agricultural department. "There was no vacancy at that time." said he. "and I was consequent ly compelled to advise my constituent that I could do nothing for her until later. But she persisted in her efforts to obtain a position and for two weeks thereafter met me at every turn. One morning I had just finished breakfast when I was told by the servant that she was awaiting me in the reception hall. So I assumed as pleasant a de meanor as possible, and. entering the room, said in a sympathetic voice: "'Well. my good woman, what news? "'Good news,' she said; 'good news. Mr. Allen.' "'Well,' I said, 'I'm glad to hear that And what is the good newsy "'Oh,' she said, 'good news, Mr. Al len, good news. A woman In the agri cultural department died yesterday.' Jade. The mast precious of all stones, ac cording to a gem expert, is the jade, on account of its rarity, its extraordinary qualities and the mystery of Its cutting. It was regarded as a sacred stone, and nobody had a right to possess it except a prince of imperial blood. Argerius Clutius, a famous physicIan in Amster dam at the time of the renaissance, published a work on the jade, or ne phritic stone, as it was then called, OD account of its action on the renal sys tem. At the same period Italian au thors spoke of the jade as osiada and discussed its wonderful powers for healing sciatica. The legends surrounding this stone abound in history. Good specimens of Jade are extremely rare, and the world is at a loss to know how the Chinese managed to cut it, because It is so ex tremely hard that nothing can make an Impression upon it. The First Linen Pape':. Linen cloth was occasionally used for writing purposes, but was never very common. Linen manuscripts have been found folded in mummy cases, and the Chinese before the invention of paper used silk and cotton cloth. The Romans also wrote upon linen. The use of this material introduced a-change in the manner of writing. The other substances were rather engraved than written upon, an Iron point being used for the purpose. To write upon linen It was necessary to have some colored fluid which might get dry and leave a permanent mark. The first inic used was probably some sort of soot or lampblack mixed with size or gum water, and the first instru ment answering to our pen was a reed. -Long and Short Hair. Pranche says: "Long hair was the distinguishing characteristic of the TeutonIc tribes. It was a mark of the highest rank among the Franks, none of whom but the first nobility and princes of the blood was permitted to wear it in flowing ringlets. an express law commanding the people to cut their hair close around the middle of the forehead." And this badge of servitude and sign manual of plebeianism In one ectury has become the essence of style and glass of fashion In another, the freak of one age, the fancy of another. Riddled Wlith Bullets. After an exciting battle. Mose Iart, a negro. was shot to death near lorinth, Miss.. Wednesday night by a >0sse of citizens. Hart had been ar ested for carrying concealed weap mns and when ou trial before Mayor ~oung used insulting epithets. Mar hal Bell was directed to keep order, whereupon the negro drew a revolver mnd fired upon Bell. Hart broke from he court room and escaped to a house ear the cemetery. The hojuse was ired and when the negro emnerg.ed. he vas riddled with hulets. 13ECAtsE his wife had dieserted himi wenty-three times. Sainuel Enders of oplin, 310., has tiled suit against her, or divorce. In his petition IFoders tates that lhe has been put to great nonvenience and expense in prevai!- ' ng upon his wife to return to him .fter each of the other twenty- two esertions, and that "paltience has at ist ceased to be a virtue." He ets up that he has been long sutTer ag and kind. but that lie "'doesn' ioose to stand it any long~er"~ and 1e don't blame him. A DISIPAT(:I from Washington to he New York Sun says it is admiitte~d hat the punishment inteneled to be nliten upon the citizens of Indian ola had fallen far short of what was s red. Nobody but a te'w bid ( artisans in Wash idgton ij xpret ed any hin e lse. 'reechl on the ro'a be.twien (mA k n' U nd ishopville on tUe aftern)Oon )f lay th. surrendereli to Sneriff Scuir orough of Sumnter~ Saturriay after non1 Tbe War Goes On. A dispatci trom Ma.;il; says Lieu t1nant Walker, or Vie eo.stabulary; w%. a roported ruis.ciog after the r%:- 11. 11idl; inl 1, ind of Cebu, was, ir b'ame known Wetdnesday gizii.-d I* : periu- 'rce of fanatics ieu sur:,rtied . r- ieutenant's *vri. TJ' o; ii me~ts ofi ti~t constabu ry were a i - 1 ti' a::d three were capturd. Tw oF thes prisoners were numierei. ().:- o them e-.caped. Tie ,i u:itin in SoZe of the districts of Ceba ;s reg '.irde ::.4 -rious. 1t is reported that the total iof the bands of insurgents i:1 the ield exceeds 1,500. Colonel Ta) lor, of the con sltabul-iry. reports that the enerny's forces are disper.,kog. Hfe says the const::bulary is capable of surpressing the disorriers and predicts and im provenent in the situation. It is believed i ha the adoption of enrgeti mmasures will be necessary to sOuppress the disturia nce's. J. W. Gossard and A. Montgomery Ward. both well-known students of pra-ical sociological problems, may back a movement to give to Chicago a Lel fr worlngmeu simLar to tlta Mills hotel in New York. The two men have not discussed the matter personally, but the subject was broached to Mr. Gossard by John H. Bogue, representing Mr. Ward. "I have had such a hotel in mind for some time," said Mr. Gossard, "and I would like to go in with some capitalist and erect one, or I wou:d head a stock company for the pur pose. Mr. Ward has found me in the right mood for joining him if a hotel "an Le erected according to my idea., gained from personal experience among the people whom-such an in stitution would benefit. "In the first place, it should be situated in the downtown district, within the loop if possible. It should be at least 12 stories high and of -the most modern fireproof construction, and living could be had on both the American and European plans. On the American plan the highest price would be one dollar per day and on the European plan the lodging would be at the rate of about 20 cents per night. Every modern sanitary con venience would enter into the con struction; there would be a bath in every room, tubs in the higher-priced rooms and shower baths in the rest The meals would be moderate price and there would be two res taurants, one serving a vegetable diet only, th3 other a mixed diet. "There should be a free employ ment agency, a free dispensary for the sick, and bath treatment rooms for those who are obliged to get the 'red licker' out of their systema before they can brace up. Tbe vege tarian die-t will be a part of the treatment. There will be provisi far laundry work, which will be done at a merely nominal rats. There should be bowling alleys and biLiare tables, but no bar. ''Ar iportant adjunct to the hotel. woul, oc the assembly-room, or au% ditorium. Here should be carried on the Higher Practical Education so eiety meetings and the work that the society has been doing at the Jone school all summer. The hotel should be under the auspices of the society, and be used to carry out its plan of work among those wvho need its help. r should give my personal attention to the management of the hotel and direct also the work of the Higher Practical Education society." SKATING POND FOR CO-EDS. Prof. Crook, of NOrthwestern Univest 'sity, Ham Scheme to Keep Stu dents in Evanstom. Certainsocial distractions at N4orth-...i western university, at Evanston, lit, of which there has been much eom plaint by the parents of the students at the institution, may be stopped if the plans of Prof. Algie R. Crook to construct a skating rink materialize. Prof. Crook has announced his in tention of utilizing for the purpose the vacant half-block just north of Willard hal,. the home of the co-eds. He would have the university author ities prepare the }ets so that they - may be flooded bhore cold weather. The concrete sidewalks would serve as banks for the pools on three sides. Fraternity men, who have heard of Prof. Crook's scheme, have offered to build seats for the skaters, and sug gest that each secret society bui~d one and name it after the'fratern~Ry. On account of the proximity of the lots to the dormitories the young women are taking kindly to the prop osition. They laugh at the sugges tion that it is a scheme to keep~them away from the Chicago parks, where many of them go skating in the win ter. "Ameriean Supremaey." In the new issue of the London Fortnig'htly Review there appears an anonymous article or "American Su premacy," says the New York Trib une, that is likely to attract much attention. The author~ conksiders the notion of Europe being overwhelmed by the boundless production of the United States a most fantastic fig ment of the imagination. Upon the new president's recognition of the limits of American supremacy, he argued, the commercial and political fortunes of the whole world 'may in no little degree depend. lie goes on to .show that England w-ill make a bad mistake if she opposes the wishes of America in regard to the isthmiian canal. Ta: 1.nited States should hold the iron keys of the gate of the two oceans, a.~d should have the power to close it against enenues. Wood Pulp and Paper Industry. An interesting bulletin has just beeh Issued by the census ofice, showig the remarkable increase in the wcod pulp and paper industry of the United States. It shows that the establish ments have increased in ten years from G40 to 763. or 17.G per cent.. while the capital has jumped from S89.829.548 in 1890 !o $1G7.50)7.713. an increase of 86.5 per cent. The wazge account is now S20174s.42G, asn increa se of 57.1 per cent., while the value of the products - has risen from $78,9Z7.184 in 1890 to $127.2S6.162~ in 1900. an incr-ease of 61.2, thus showing a remarkably close rela tion between wages ar'd produc'. . nter aManeuver of Ru,.ulan Troop. *llne Russiarns count upon their eli mate as one mxeans of defense. as it wa. when Napoleon ir'vni.d Russa I'heir troops are accordi:g~y trained' n wir m.:~:tcnvers. inr!di;,r load nga h; :.ry,. with its war :ransport mdc maar- ia! comnplete. upn:mu slei'.hs, novi::g it for somie distance over a ilicuilt, snow-covered country and ringing it into action again.--Nq. Z un. _________ THlE Charleston last thinks "by ynching a white manu ai'ng with two. iegroes the people of Mulberry, Fla., tave given the northern shudderers .t race discriminatiou and "ppression f the blacks a hard proposition to go .gainst.