The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, February 10, 1910, Image 3
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News of the National C
Passing for
Never in the history of the country,
old officials around the Capitol
say, have so many Congressional investigations
been held at one time as
the ease now is. The situation, they
say, is almost without parallel, and
indicates clearly that other laws
tliau those under which we are now
living must he enacted or the higher
courts ot the land, including the
United Slates Supreme Court and the
Inter-State commerce commission.
ruust hereafter more strictly enforce I
t^i*- mandates. The many loopholes)
- "V if h which violations of the law,
Vo^n "civil and criminal, so frequently
tccur, mast be closed up. Not until
lliat time will it become unnecessary
lo hold investigations, such as that
now going on in the Hallinger-l'inchot
matter, in the investigations of the
food and neat trusts, into the transportation
>f second-class mail matter
* and other invesigations by special
committee: of Congress in Washington.
It has lever been determined just
what expose the national immigration
commssiou, which spent several
months ab*oad a year or so ago in
trying to sittle the immigration quesMessage
01 Oambling.
That ^r'sident Taft will, at an
early dae. send to Congress a special
inessig' urging the passage of a
hill nrohhlintr ??ntnhliii?>* sunt snrrifiil
turui prtihcts was stated by Representative
Livingston, of Georgia, at a
meeting if Southern Representatives
ami oliiwn of the Farmers* Union
last week b discuss ways and means
L of breaki* up tliis practice. President
Barst, of the Farmers' Union,
stated t.baLUie 200.000 members were
resolved tosradicate gambling on agrieultural
foducts. even if it meant
the olosingif every exchange in the
ocnntry. 'The Louisiana lottery is
no more," ? said. "The government
can relievo he farmers in t lie country
from ft incubus of exchange
gambling i; the same way if it
chooses to i' So. We farmers are appealing
(ingress.''
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thow $13,000,000 'or Agriculture.
kjje , The annil agricultural appropriate
tion bill e.as for the above amount
^jj which is lie before the House. It
ikw *s **or "lit the projects already
undeway. for the regular
work of th department of agriculture
and fm.be extension of work in
many brancts. This is about the
same amour that was carried in the
| lull last y<\ The discussion, it is I
thought wil disclose whether the
farmers, wl.esalers or retailers are
respoftsiWe v high prices.
) Heclamationiwamp Lands.
: By During th consideration of the
1 agricultural ppropriation bill hefore
the Hon last week. Representa1#
live ,To?in llSmall. of North Carols
tina. made me suggestions in eonB
r ueet ion to sunp lands in North
f Carolina. 11 urged the Federal govi
J eminent to ;1 in the work of drain~.i
age of the simp lands between Alm
berinarle am Pamlico Sound. His
w sentiments we cheered.
Pension Lett Carriers.
Senator Fe introduced a hill for
the j>ensionii of letter carriers and
postal erntdos as a reward for long
and faithfu service. Under the
terms of th measure any person
ho has send in the postal service
cither as let,* carrier or postal clerk
may be retrd on 80 per cent of his
full annm iay upon reaching the
age of 7fi e.rs while in the service,
if at the .mi nf alfnininu' u.w.Vi nrri.
lie has bei 4i years in the postal ser|
vice.
k To Probe ligh Cost of Living.
Foreshaowing an investigation by
, Congress f :he high cost of living
the houseva/s and means eommittee
have autlrized Chairman Payne and
Representtive Clark, the majority
and minoty leaders in the house, to
collahnrat m the preparation of a
resolutionproviding for such inquiry
and definig the form of prooeedure.
Want Pa; For Use of Church.
A raeanre to appropriate $1,000
for the reef of the Roanoke Island
Baptist curch on Roanoke Island,
TC. C., in jayment of a claim for
damages aused that congregation
through ffc use of its church by Federal
force; during the Civil War has
been intrduced by Senator Overman.
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-LUUlnUU W'lllttU I/CUIOU.
The (pip-em* court has denied the
fietitAug <f L. B. Conley, the Indian
woman, lavyer to prevent the sale of
burial grcundn in Kansas City. Her
ancestors are buried in the grounds.
Insurgents Giv? Over.
f The aiuminous decision to support
(tlie administration*? program of leg*
islation was reached at a conference
of the insurant* of the House of
Representative* Monday night.
Postal Savings Bank BilL
The Postal Savings Bank bill has
been favorable -eported to the Senate
from the Senate Committee! on Posttnfllee
and Poet Bonds.
ington. I1
apitol Briefly Noted in
the Reader. ti
s
d
tion, has boon to the country. Likewise
the inland waterways eomiuissiou
has been called upon to expend
a large amount of money on work
that ought to have been done hv Congress.
There is no way of estimating what .
the expense in the Bnlluiger-l'inchot 1
ease will be when it is ended. Many 0
witnesses will come to Washington I1
from time to time, from far distant ^
States, and their expenses, including *
railroad fare, hotel bills and iueiden- :
tals, must be paid by the Government. J1
In addition to this the expenses of
the Senators and Representatives, n
who compose the committee, when I1
the long trip to the West is made to P
personally inspect the Cunningham .
coal lands, the mismanagement of !
which formed the basis of (Mavis's
cnarges against secretary Hallinger,
mast be paid by the Government.
It is not believed that tin* food and ['
meat trusts investigation wilt be eoni- *
pleted for a year or more, although 1
a partial report of the inquiry may c
be made at the present session of Con- tv
press. The outlook therefore is for
eontinued investigation in many lines '
for at least, the next year or two.?
I'. II. Mefi.. in Charleston News and ?
Courier. P
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P
Wants Absolute Prohibition. n
Representative Aiken, of South
Carolina, has introduced in Congress a
a bill for the District of Co- ti
lttmbia that no persons, corporation
association, or club shall manufacture '?
or sell liquor or beverages which eon- v
tain alcohol and. which if drunk, will e
produce intoxication. Wholesale and
retail druggists are the only persons f
who may dispense "pure alcohol" for f
niedicianl purposes. A penalty of I1
from 100 to f.">00. together with im- 0
prisonment at hard labor, for viola- I
tors of the proposed law. A drug- b
gist who violates the act will have
his license revoked for a year. The
bill eradicates all saloons and whole
^iLiv ll(|Uiir SHUTS, JUKI would Climi- h
nate the traffic in spirituous or malt ii
liquors henceforth ami forever. o
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Adulterating Oysters. I
Tin? United States government is a
going after those who transplant oys- ?
ters from salt water to fresh water v
and fre?|?tntly near the mouth of S
sewers, where they are allowed to fat- a
ten and enlarge hevond their normal r
proportions thus making them much ?i
more marketable, hut less desirable t
to the consumer. This was develop- f
ed in the testimony of Dr. Wiley, the a
government chief chemist, before the v
House subcommittee engaged in in- ?
vestigating the high prices of food <]
stuffs.
Making Little Headway. I
Little headway had been made in o
the two months congress lias been in ?
session toward the enactment of im- t
port ant legislation demanded by s
President Tat't. yet on every side are
heard predict ions of an early adjourn- ;l
ment. The cause of the delay seems 1
to he that the leaders of the ma- |
jority fail to get together in support v
of the administration's measures. ,]
It
For N. C. Public Buildings. 'I
Senator Overman, of North Cam- a
lina. has introduced hills calling for j
an appropriation of $(>0,000 for a
government building at Oxford, X. C..
also $3.~>,000 on extension and enlargement
of the public building at Heids- n
ville, N. c. ~
$7,000 For Customs Judges.
The salaries of the judges of the v
Court of Customs Appeals, whieh was
created by the new Tariff law. have ^
been praetieallv fixed bv the House ^
at $7,000 eaeh. The Tariff law named j\
$10,000. ,1
n
Plans For Post Offices. j,
Government architects are soon to o
draw plans nnd prepare specifications to
for eight federal buildings in South
Carolina. They are Abbeville. Aiken,
Darlington, Oaffney, Laurens, New- j
berrv. Orangeburg and Union. Ap- t|
propria!ions, $50,000 in each ease ex- |
eept Aiken, which was $00,000. were '
made in the act of 1900 for the above
places. J
No Appropriation For Boll Weevil. e
An unsuccessful effort was made
by Southern Congressmen in the .
House last week to have the appropriation
for the study and demon- .
stration of the best methods of meet- ..
ing the ravages of the hull weevil, the
foe of cotton, increased from $215,- 11
000 to $500,000. The proposition was ^
defeated bv a vote of 88 to 115.
b
Hear Flint Case March 14. 0
The Supremo court has set March ii
14 for hearing the Flint case of Ver- b
inont to test the constitutionality of tl
the corporation tax provision of the r
Payne tariff art. b
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1 The Cherry Trees Were Burned. b
| Two thousand you 117 cherry trees, *
| the gift of the Japanese government ^
to the city of Washington, were re- ^
dueed to ashes at the propagating D
gardens of the Department of Agri- I a
culture last week. Experts of the ? a
1 department, in examining the trees, li
found that they .asere hopelessly die- 4
eased, and ecntained a number of new e
incest peste that it wee thought Ou- e
wise to tun loose ia this country. a
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iV-MlKERIS OF
PfiLMETTO m
Below is given a brief summary
he doings of the law-makers of 1
louth Carolina General Asscml
ay by day:
WEDNESDAY?Feb. 2.
Seel ion 1 of the rate and niilea
ill fell by the wayside, and althou
lie senate held but one session.
Iiis time Senator Graydon's I
ill went by the hoard. The striki
f section 1 from the bill was acco
lishod shortly after the senate e<
ened, the vote standing 22 to
his section reads as follows: ''T1
roin and after April 1. 1JM0, t
>gal rates of carrying passengers
his State by all railroads over
liles in length shall be 2 1-2 eei
er mile, computing by the short
oute, and no more." After the I
ad been killed in part, discussion
lie second section, relating to miles
ooks, was participated in by
umber of senators.
inai in ease any railroad eo
any, or companies, shall put on si
ny form of mileage hooks at si
nte. or less, the presentation of t
orreet number of miles, by the sho
st route, out of said book to t
ondnctor or other ofliocr autlioriv
o take up tickets shall entitle I
erson holding said mileage to tra
n the train of any road selling ss
lileage, and upon the presentation
is mlieage to any agent of said co
any to have liis baggage checked,
off provided by law.
"Sec. 13.?That all acts, or parts
cts. inconsistent herewith be. a
he same are. hereby repealed."
The Confederate soldier pensi
ill introduced by Senator Mauh
ras killed after evoking much <1
tission.
The house passed and ordered s?
o the senate the prohibition hill
rodueed by Mr. Richards. The hoi
iassed the bill to a third reading, t
rrors made the ni??lit nvnviniw nc
lie date it should go into effect i
ring eorreeted.
THURSDAY, Feb. 3rd.
The Senate?Graydon's miles
>ook hill was passed to a third ret
lg with aineiuiments. The opponei
t' the hill got the section reduci
he rate stricken out ami Sena
fogers got in an amendment maki
coupon on which si trunk has hi
becked good only 011 the line
irhieli the trunk was checked. I
ienator Clifton failed to get
meiulment through allowing 1
osuls to make contracts for the s
f mileage hooks with the regit
ions, which would have had the
bet of putting the hill to sleep: I
mending the child deed law inn
illicit Senator Tillman has his grai
hildren, was also discussed hut
Iccisiou was arrived at.
The House?Compulsory cducsit
;ol si serious blow, the educati
ommittee hill being killed by a v
f 78 to "JO. the heaviest yet
orded against such a measure. '1
riends of the hill said the hsu
tiding was due to the near appro:
f the Stall- commission: there v
long and lively debate in I
louse Wednesday night on I
tichards pistol hill. The Hot
rould have killed the hill hut for
leinaml for a roll-call. The ti
i?sttic motion resulted in a tic vr
'lie opponents made several desp
te stabs at it after this but I
louse refused to kill the bill.
FRIDAY?Feb. 4th.
The Senate?Senator Joe ltail
f Texas got his "bid" to addr
he (Setieral Assembly, but it is not
nviting form, fourteen Seuators v
rig against his coming. The Seni
ius against him for two reasons, <
leeause Senator Tillman wanted h
nvited and the other in order to si
ini for his slapping young Sink
fanning at Washington last yei
tie proposed legislation against t
lileage hook regulations still liar
1 the balance. The Senate had t
ther hard light over the (J ray don h
lit adjourned debate till next Tu
ay. No new amendments w<
dopted.
The House.?The House, after k
ig the Riehards' pistol hill pas?
he Kelly bill from tlie Senate 01
lwing all but pistols 200 inches
lore long and weighing three pour
r more. The (lenalty is $100 #li
'lie House amended it by providi
xeepts in case of a man being on I
wn premises or having good reas
o expect an assault. The Kelly t
5 the present law on the subji
nd is being re-enacted to cure
schnieal defect; it now seeins pri
ically certain that there will be
ivestigation of Clomson at the ban
f this legislature. Tho T-fnneo
used to make a special order of t
ill to this end and it has lit
hance of passage otherwise; the hi
f the majority portion of the asyh
ivestigating committee looking to
ond issue of a million dollars a
be appointment of a commission
elect locations and build two n
ospitals, one for whites and t
ther for colored patients, in case t
ond issue carries and to secure <
ions on sites in case the bond p
osition does not carry, have receh
lajority favorable reports at 1
ands of the ways and means cc
littee, while the minority's 1
uthorir.ing the purchase of 1^
crea of land within 10 miles of t
umhia has been unfavorably repc
d. All three of the bills come up :
onsidaration "next Tuesday on i
rdrr of tho llouao making f^ieiz
peeial order for that day.
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SATtlRDAY?Feb. 5th. |jjf
The (Jraydon < 11 i 1 < l-< 1 lull was
n given its linal reading in tin? Senate
Sat unlay morning without further
discussion and witlnmt tint her at- ?
tempt to amend it. There were only
eight votes against it Friday night.
,jie As the House is practically agreed on *
I iv the flasipie hill to the same end. and 1?
will pass it next Tuesday, it remains .v,':
now for the two houses only to get sl>
together on minor differences of j"1
amendments. '1 lie firadon hill as it
left the Senate will likely he suhsti- !"*'
j7|, tuted for the Casque bill with sotue
in minor changes. ,"1
Si*
?in
ng 46 Men Saved. ^
ill- Savannah. <Ja.. Special. Friday ( ,,
,iy forty-six men were saved hy the n)
crew of the Mallorv liaer Alamo** Su
tat ,
from the sinking steamship 'Ken- nl"
in tucky" on her way from llii^ port Jl'
40 to New York around the Home to
Seattle, and taken to Ke\ West. Fla. $J."
The vessel went down more than a ,".7t
"'j hundred mile off 11South t'aioliua
?' coast. The signal of distress was ne<
Loe given by wireless telegraph from this $s.
a port to the crew of the liner "Ala- era
mo..??).
m- 1 .
, tor
Big Meat Co. Fails. p,.,
New York Special.?Tin* Mexican nie
National Packing company, a New
Iip Jersey corporation. controlled by ^ 1
'.ed Knglish investors and operating a
string of slaughter houses and pack- ? _!:
x'j ing houses in the republic of Mexi- tio
co under special concessions from vei
? the Mexican government. failed it a
ni~ Thursday with liabilities, including No
518 stock, of approximately $.'t7,OOU.OOU. 1~?
The assets were not announced, hut lut
?. it is estimated that lhex are in ex- 2<m
n< eess of the liabilities. tei
ion ???.* . . ?
'j1" Tickled to Death on Boycotted *
Steak. <"
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* Pittsburg. Pa.. Special. -A * j-.,,
* dozen foreigners discussed the * jjn
tse boycott at breakfast in a * ((P
* Mulberry Alley boarding house *
* and all except "Mic" Skoviae. * j(1)
10^ * a Slav, agreed to eat no meal. *
* Skoviae. delighted with having * t)|(
* the breakfast steak to himself. * ri|
* tackled it s?? violently that he * n)(
>ge choked I? death oil the tirst * ,|)(
id- * mouthful. jir
nts
illg
(,?r May Strike April First. xv:!
injr Toledo. r>.. Special. President M"
>(>n Lewis of the I niied Mine Workers
on said Saturday that there would he a "'
nit general suspension of work in the !?
liis bituminous fields of the country April
Ike first if agreements on the wage
ale schedule are not reached hy that date.
0f. No Increase in Shoe Duty. hu
(j|| Washington. Special.?The Cuban Ii\
lor government will not increase the duty \\<
;1,|. on American shoes imported into that tin
no country, the t ailed States charge at to
Havana reported Saturday. eoi
ion ~ SI.
ion Robbed Passengers of $400.
0te Pittsburg, Kan.. Special.?Three |;,t
rp_ unidentified men held up and rohlied ,,|
'|u. the passengers on a eastbouud Mis- (,,,
ck- souri Pacific passenger tram, five v,0
lc|, miles East of here last Friday night. |f,
ras They were unmasked. About $400 ;l
ll,p and a small amount of jewelry was
ll,e taken from the passengers. ,,;i
ise _ sin
a Hereafter all prisoners appearing it.
rst in the Bristol. Va.. police court will re.
ite. have their descriptions so carefully an
er- recorded that if they appear again CI.
life they can be idcutificd at once. W
at ii
NEWSY fiLFAMXGi tin
lev ,'"1
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss. of the Mettv in
prs odist Episcopal Church, died In Philam
delphia.
Twenty Japanese settlors have tieen
ate murdered in an uprising in South
me Phongan. Korea. tei
',m One of the largest milk concerns in
'aP New York City reduced its price to
ler eight cents a quartf. tin
ar' Passengers on *.:* Bretagne loid
he how Parisians laugh 1 at first at the \a
it's rising waters of ' .e Seine.
Champ Clark introduced a resola- J>
ill. tion for the election of a new Com- 1
es- mLttee on Rules at Washington. 1). C. ,||(
*re New York. Boston. Washington and ,,f
other American cities forwarded large r,
ill- sums for the relief of the Paris flood jj(|
ie,| sufferers. ?
at- January's crime record in New
or York City included jewel robberies
1(js aggregating 1250,000 that the police ..
|lp kept secret.
A dispatch front Tokio. Japan, an- '
"J* nounced the government's intention *
"I8 to place all its bonds on a four per (
'on cent, basis. f're
till file Borden Condensed Milk Com- wli
pany bid five and five-eighths cents in
a a quart for the contract, for supplying ptM
so- five New York City hospitals with ou,
no milk. p(.j
ids James R. Keene was made a de- (|,,
re- fendant in a suit brought at New w|j
|ie York City in connection with the col
,i? lapse of the Columbus and Mocking ~u
. nni
He POOl.
lin Borough President Miller, of the '.n
| Bronx. New York, chopped off seven- i* "
' t.v-flve official heads and abolished po- ,;,f
n<l sitions which cost the city $125,000
t? a year.
Augustine Birrell is expected to
take the post of Mr. Gladstone as NHome
Secretary and be succeeded as id<
r*r? CKUf O ... *v?.
-H?- vuioi oEviciai; iui utioiiu uj ?r 111ro
ston Spencer Churchill; John Bnrns vj|
e?l may be appointed President of the
thp Board of Trade.
,ro- T
Sill UNITED ON THAT. tr
J00 "There is a wido difference of opin- jj,
7-o- Ion as to the desirability of a quiet
rt-x wedding." .
for "Well?"
thi' "But" everybody wants an uaos?
a MatatioM dlvorea."?Louisville Cow
rteyvJoaroal. 'J1
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HJTH CAROLINA NEWS
STATE EXPENSES.
timates by Comptroller Genera
Jones for 1910.
Jvcr .f!.">nn.(iOo will In- >n:! ? <
run liir Slut.- *tivi,niun-!!l tlii
tr. Tin* I'xut'i siimni" <1 aunniii
l?\ I 'iiiiiplrulli-r ilmi-ru
i<-- i* 17. 1 <. PI.. li'_':ir<*
lint i 1 id it< If ?-M i:i"i>li tmiA
i! :<t uia\ iivim.
I'lir Willow inir ;i?*? 1 !:? ?.*.<!1 >
al.? i'or rsi<*!i ilrpa r! ni'sit ? . iii
it* uovcrinucnt :
iii\ I'l'lmr "< ollii'i'. SlJ.tkiO ; iiiili'i1 11
i-ivlar\ til' Sl;il?>. $li.'J(KI: olWi
niptn?!liT-i ii'iii'iai. +I11..VM1: nibr
Slalf Tri'ii-iirrr. $7.tiiM>; n!li?'i'
In-i"i: 11 t*i 1 ?i?'ii 1 nl l*'.ilui'al ni'i. .'i7i'
in ni' Ail.iui aiii ?i 1 mI I n>ji" i-jiii
fii'ial. ."flli.7tMI; ulliri' uf AliiM' H'\
iii'Uil. Sli.S7">: ulliri' ni Stan* la
irinn. SI.liilli; lYmnuit ili-pan
>11.11(1(1; K id I roil > I I 'nMltllissinh. .*' I.
: 11i?l?-\mill Cadil'vim: Aet>
5111: State Fleet rician ami Fnui
*r. !f>2.'2(?0; i insurance I inert
000: Inlirmarv * "?ni * \ < (
ins. tl(l.."i(l(i; .Indicia! I >c|>art ihi Ml
1.1(1(1; Stall1 t teolnjjisl. s: :..">( 1(1; III'irnl
< iitiunis^ioii. v'J.'J">(l; S!;i(
iiI<*iiI iairv. *(>..V>ll; I { jilt It I | ;?
ui. -tI'J. 1 (10: Tax I>? (mrtitn-i11. s>:l,
1.1 1: legislature expenses. $4A.unil
ctinn expenses. .f'24.!Ni0; examiner
nihil t i'c>-. si, !l.">0 ; public priiiim-;
>..">00; colnplcl lull ill Sliltc llull.si
>,001.t>8; (' iiiiiiissiun of I mm i*_r i";i
ii. *1(1.1211; Smith Carolina I'ni
rsilv, .$8.1)011; Sunlit Carolina Mil
rv Academy. $27?,7-~>0; Win! hmi
>|'|ismi ami Imlusi rial College. .$!((>
{.(> ?; Ileal". I (iiuili ami liliml A>\
it. $"27,000; (';ila v? Im Italians. *
?: Miscellaneous. $110.l:V>.Ki>; ii
esl nil |mI Ii<- <lrlit, $1 ..">47. l!lli. 11
Corn Breeders Organize.
Fur the purpose of providing Iici
com seed not only for the men
rs of the assoeial ion. hut for ever
rtner in the Slate, the S<mlh Fan
a Corn R readers" assoeial ion \\i
;.inize<t in toimiiiiia last week wit
ni? tn her.ship of Those in a
nlanec were represent at ivi I'arn
i I ruin all sect inns ot' I lit* Stale an
rro was a lively interest displa;
in all of tin* proceed i litis of tl
et injr. 11 was urired upon il
miters that it is necessary I
coil corn sccil I hat wiil lie a<iaplali
litis climate. The oririuiizat iu
!s perfected ami many of I lie d
il for tlie flit lire of tin* oruauiz;
m worked. A. K. <ion/ales ii;
i mil $ I.Ml III to lie tiscil as preiniiin
r I hose that ?lo the licsl corn hreei
; within the next two years.
A Remarkable Woman Dead.
There died recently near l?la<*U:
rir Miss 1 V'.'iry t'lark. who. had si
ed until tin* J 1st ol this montl
mid have been I Ob years old. 1
old family I'ibie. which hcloni!
one of her kinsmen. is tin. ri
I'd of her birth. I'Vhrii.iiy Jl. 1 Ht?:
e always lived I lie simple count r;
I-door and open-house life, and i
or years indulged in the luxur
smokiliu her pipe. \hhouvh lie
.tie was within 'J'.IM yards ?.| ih
utlieru railroad line from Atlanl
Washington. ami eveiy day In
third of a century she heard it
i" 'emits freight trains and nuej
ieienl vest ib'iiled coaehes roll In
> never herself enjoyed a tide mi1
She was never sick cnoimh t
I'.tirc the services of a physieia
d died rather suddenly Mis
irk lived with her cousin. Mr;
liite. who i> noarint: Iter !MUh yea
d who has. for the pa-l Id or 'J
irs. heeli draw injr a pension frot
? I'niied Slates ovcmiiicni on ai
nil of her Inisbam! having serve
the Mexican war.
Monument to Dr. Smith.
The ollieers of the First I'resbv
'It < '< Jlin.l.i.l Ivovo -1'
led i<? advise l In* coiijireyal ion i
i-l a tiioii uiiicii I lit llii' memory ?
?ir laic pastor. I lie l?ev. Dr. Ssiunn
Smith, at his grate in I lie cliiirc
r-J.
arcalaurate Sermcn by Bratton.
The Itnccalaurcalc serin ai het'oi
1 urndnatin;; class of ilic universit
Snnili Carolina on Sunday. .Inn
will lie ilclivcrcil hv Tlicnilorc Di
isc Bra!ton. episcopal bishop <i
ssissippi.
At a meelimr of the Daymen
ssioimry movement hi Sparlanhtir
ivor l/e was ealletl upon to elos
disorderly houses in that city.
Joe. Ansel has received a letle
itu an old Confederate Vetera
o is now a resident of I'.allirion
which information is asked to
n si on for a veteran who reside
[side of the Stale. No veteran re
ves a pension who is not a resi
lit of the Slate. The Slate i
lieli a veteran makes his home inns
c the (tension. If a veteran fror
oilier Slate moves to South Care
a. this State will then pay 11 (ten
hi provided the applhimt i> eiijji
?.?The Slate, dan. dlst.
Snap Shots.
II. t. Moselv, promoter ot the \
& I., railroad, ami its host prei
'lit, is dead at Clinton.
A movement is launched at tireer
lie for a ifAO.COO V. M. ('. A. built'
PCounty
superintendent Martin, t
xinRton, enuie near drowning; i
yint? to cross Wateree creek in 111
ntch Fork.
I.aman is to have a new pass.vigt
ntion. '
It is announced that Tboa.
occra, of "Marlboro, is M? be a.-cni
date for Nmgreu to succeed Tic:
E. Ellerbe.
|NEWS BREVITIES
ii Condensed from Wide Fields,
Domestic and Foreign.
1 AS THEY ARE HAPPENING DAILY
Suited to the Wants of Busy Readers
I Seeking a Knowledge of What is
Going on.
'1 .. ?
r ' The Roanoke (Vii.l Railway &
I' | Klectrie company have announced ail
; increase ol' "in* cent an hour in I lit*
. pay of conductors and motormen.
The increase was unsolicited.
The inundate of the federal circuit
court, a? Macon. (5a.. lias ordered the
the sale of the Savannah, Augusta &
Northern railway to satisfy a claim
ot nearly $.'100.(1(10 made bv William
Oliver, a contractor of Knoxville,
- Tcnn.. and confirmed the order of the
1'nited States court of this district,
and the sale of the railroad and all
' of its properties will he made on
Tuesday. March 1~>. at Statesboro. (ia.
On the ]Oth anniversary of the as\
sassination of William (loebel jtlie
" funeral of his brother. Arthur Goebel,
' who died in l'hoeni\. Ariz., .Iannary
' 20, was held in Covington. Ky., on
Monday.
Floating helplessly in a disabled
p gasoline launch, three men were
drowned when the launch was run
| down bv the towhoat Enterprise off
llo|>efield Point near Memphis, Tenn.
i- The wages of the ear men of the
local traction company at Lynchburg,
Ya.. has been increased to a maximum
of 21 cents an hour. This i?
, an increase of a cent an hour.
The Southern Railway has reoent \
ly placed an order for a number o<
gas-e|ectrie cars of modern design,
,s which will be built and adapted es|,
pecially to the requirements of the
t_ Southern section of the country.
ii- Samuel II. Tatersall, for many
nl years supreme secretary of Improved
v- Order Heptasophs. died suddenly at
ic his home in ISaltimorc of heart failie
ure. lie was horn -44 years ago in
<i J'liil.nlelphui.
h* Santos Zeluyn. formerly resi'?
dent of Nicaragua aiul who lias been
> - in Mexico Cilv since the last of I)e>
eember. left last week over the Mexi
s can railway for Vera Cruz, from
i* which port he sailed on the 4th in :?
- Spanish steamer for Belgium.
One million dollars probably will
he civen certain educational institutions
at Nashville. Tcnti., by the hoard
>- of trustees of the Peahody Educate
tional committee. The yift will mean
!, the establishment of the Georfte Peaii
body school for teachers at Nashville,
r* A London cablegram says David
- Lloyd-Geonre will visit the United
States next summer as tin* truest of
i. American Welshmen. He will be acn
companicd by Sir Samuel T. Evans.
\ i the solicitor-ireneral: W. Abraham,
r I M. P.. and William Jones. M. P.. and
e according to the Druid, the oryan of
a | the Welsh people in America, a bani
; qnet will be yiven in his honor, which
> President Taft is expected to attend.
Brakeman Chain Campbell was
killed. Conductor Ballard was serr
j iously injured and several others re"
j ceived minor injuries in a freight
n wreck on the Virginia and South"
' western Kailroad at Moccasin (lap
* ; Tenn.
1 ' In an official report to the Illinois
State food commission, just made
1 public. State Inspector Hocv declarI
es that horses arc beiny slaughtered
' by the wholsale in Chicago and the
meat is beiny sold and distributed
for human consumption.
The price of Bibles will yo up on
- March 1, accordint; to an announcement
by a la rye Bible publishing
o house in Chieayo. The cause for the
n advance is the enforcement of the
'I new tariff on imported leather and
h paper.
William E. Cattle. president of thf
Millers' National Federation, savs
that it' the housekeepers will buy
? more flour, the question of the adv
vaneed cost of livinp will soon be
' settled.
At Sumter. S. Maj. Marion
'' Moise, a leading lawyer and financier
killed himself with a revolver in his
office.
* Wnyeross, Ga.. is to have a 60-acre
~ celery experiment farm.
Tosaui Leper. 70 years old. was
r shot and instantly killed by his
n I prandson, aped six years, near Esther\
wood, La. The latter picked up a
a pun. unknown to the prandfather.
s and was toyinp with it when it was
- accidentally diseharped. The load
- took effect in I^eper's back and the
n youth, by the recoil of the weapon
I almost had one of his eyes torn from
n its socket.
i- Approximately Ififi.OOO railroad
- employes have been added to the halfi
million in this country, to whom pension
plans already apply. This )arp?
increase is clue to the action of the
New York Central and Rock Island
lines, which have announced the in- ^
s- aupuration of pensions. %
*1}
Rear Admiral P.nb P.vnno Ko,
j_ detached from duty with th^ general
board by orders received last Wednesf
day. He is in his G4th year, and fot
the first time since his graduation
" from the Naval Academy, fifty years
,c a|ro. "Fighting Bob" ? vans is left
without any active duty to perform.
r According to the report of the
Manitoba department of afrrieuhure
I. Mia value of the butter produced in
a. tbia pro vines drring ltXfc, waa
:t. (216^76. aa iairnaae ever the preI
eteea year ef abeet *1?%*?,