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~1 V< ;'I IX. FORT MILL, S. (WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20,1900. NO.IL
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M 'ID BLOODSHED NO*
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Entire npire of China in a State of
Actual War.
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ALL 1MUNICATION CUTOFF.
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i)ur C ul Not Heard I rom-Hurried
antfc .xeitcd Cabinet Meeting In
Wa i njtton.
Lo n. By Cable.?A special dispatch
om Hong Kong says all the
Peklt ;gatlons have been destroyed
rfhd tv t the Oermau minister, Baron
foD 1 telex, has been killed.
What with the reports coming
through Tlen-Tsin that the Boxers
have massaered a number of native
converts and servants of foreigners in
the east city of l'ekin. besides burning
; the Catholic Cathedral at Pekin, the
gitiuition in the Far East appears perceptibly
graver. To add to the diflieulties
cobies the news that telegraphic
i communication between Shanghai and
Tien Tsln is totally interrupted Conse- ]
queiiUy the prevailing uncertainty as
to the faets and possibilities of the
J poei ion will bo accentuated.
Im's generally recognized now that
' thtf oaltlon of the foreigners, at IVki
W s |>erilous. as there is but a short
st? from the massacre of the servants
1 of . reigners to the killing of the for]
elr^'irs themselves.
a massacre is averted." says The
I Si}" tator, "and the nalaee reriiwr>?i in
I 8? . dng obedience. the grand difil?
' will be to decide on the next:
ft' j The powers can neither encamp
r * ianently in Pekln nor leave until
i tvrtahlishcd that the government
I ft *e|Mired to respect international
i nations and able to hold China toftrcter.
If anarchy breaks ont in
< iui the ohjpct of the powers is de^r
?d The failure or success of the
lent efforts may involve a series
j] vvars of which no man can see the
ontinning. The Spectator suggests
t an egress from the present situai
a must, be found in the appointa
nt, by the representatives of tiie
^-jvers, of a competent vizier, as lias
often been suceessfully done in
ijier Eastern crises. Otherwise the
iJeoua calamity of China falling to
?feces may in a few months be exciting
the cupidity and overtaxing tlia
iipaclty of all the ruling men.
(Commenting upon the supposed lies.
Qi atlon of the United States to actively
Hrtlclpate in the movement to sup.
ess the Roxers. as reported in cable
< ispatches from Washington. The Sta.1
st sajs:
"No European power will misunderstand
the present hesitation of the
United States and jump at the conclusion
that American feeling and
opinion may he disregarded. The
United States will undertake military
operations in China as it did against
Spain If the protection of its citizens
require? them or if the powers threat.
eh to exclude Amprlcnti oh
from their rights in China acquired by
freaty. Unless the British ministers
tnuddle matters. Great Britain can
irujjton on the assistance of the United
guiles and Japan in maintaining, even
Dy force, the policy of the open door
In China."
A cabinet meeting held under the
presidency of Lord Salisbury was concerned
almost wholly with the situation
in China.
Not a Word From Conger.
1 Washington, 1). C.. Special.?Not a
word of news camo to the State Department
over night from Minister
Conger, who has now been cut off
from communication since last Tuesday.
Even the United States Consul*
in Nortli China ports tire silent. Admiral
Kempff has not been heard from
slnee yesterday. This absence of official
reports has given rise to grave apprehension
here. It was expected that
(there might be delay In hearing from
Mr. Conger, but in the case of Admiral
pvemnff an earlv renort wn< ior?u?>.i f.?
lind it is feared that the officers of the
(foreign fleet at Tnku have been prejvented
from reaching the cable station
[thero by the open hostilities of the
.Boxers or by the sinister orders of the
Chinese government.
Bryan's Nomination Assured.
Chicago. Special.?By the action of
the Democratic Stale Convention in
California. Missouri, Kentucky. (leorgtft
and Vermont Hon. William Jennings
Bryan is assured of the nomina.
Ition for president on tlie Democratic
ticket. The iristruotions given delegates
by those five States carry Mr.
Bryan's vote, it is believed, considerably
ovor the two-thirds necessary
to nominate him.
Aspirants for ricl.ean's Shoe*.
( Columbus. 0.. Special.?The overj
throw of John R. McLean as the leader
' of the Ohio Democrats In the State
' convention this week lias already
; brought out rival candidates for his
' place on the national committee anrtj
J for the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator next year to succeed
J. B. Foraker, Tom L. John^rn,
of Cleveland, formerly a member ofj
Congress, is the eandidato for national
committeeman, and C. N. Haskell, a
railroad operator of Toledo and Ottawa,
is in the field for the senatorial
1 nomination.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
The South.
Samuel Adams, colored, who enterei
the room of two white girls and triql
to assault them, was lynched at Columbus,
Ga.
tseneving be caused her to be turntd
out of 'her home. Annie Hill, coloral.
stabbed Edward Carney to death fit
Norfolk. Va.
Pierre Lorillard's famous $LOO.CttO
houseboat Caiman was destroyed by
fire while anchored in the river nta**
New Smyrna, Fla.
C. Wilford Peters, in Jail at Chattanooga,
Tenn., for alleged bigamy, shys
if he really was married a second time
he was under the influence of hypnotism.
The annual convention of the ScotchJrish
Society of America, met at KiioxIville,
Tenn.. Acting President Dr. John
McIntosh, of Philadelphia presiding.
A requisition for extradition of former
Governor Taylor, of Kentucky has
Iteen asked for.
Some one in ambush shot and killed
John Ovess and bis young son at Mobile.
Ala.
The North.
John Anderson, formerly in the employ
of Broker Adolpli A. Kuhn. who
disappeared leaving a shortage of nearly
$1,000,000, has heen arrested at Chicago,
III., and admits conspiracy.
An unknwon man sprang from a Staten
Island ferry boat at New York and
was drowned.
Because James J. Donnelly had a
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Ilttl/ll m lVlll|Mllg Ituu |>lCkl.jf
Bradley, at New York, his wife seeks
a divorce.
Cardinal Gibbons has conferred degrees
on a largo number of students at
the Catholic University, Washington,
D. C.
Despondent over financial reverses,
Thomas B. Cottrell, an old and well- (
known speculator on the Board of
Trade of Chicago, 111., fatally shot himself.
A diamond pin valued at $1,500 was j
stolen at New York from Mrs. T. Suf- j
fen Taller, daughter of Pierre Loril- :
lard and wife of the well-known fourin-hand
whip.
An hour before his wedding to a
daughter of Millionaire Otto Grantz, at
Deadwood, 3. 1)., Henry J. Coventry
was arrested for practicing medicine
'without a license.
The Spanish cannon loaned to Kansas
City, Mo., was found to be loaded.
A terrific wind storm passed over
Ohio Monday, doing thousands of dollars
of damage to fruitGrip,
culminating in insanity, caused
Rev. Thomas B. Cheney, of Washington
Court House, Ohio, to commit suicide.
During the first day as attendant at
the New Richmond (Wis.) Insane Asylum,
Antone Sorensen was killed by a j
patient.
By shooting Winthrop Fallon, a
traveling man. of Brookline, Mass.,
killed himself In the Hollenden Hotel
at Cleveland, Ohio.
The American Architectural league
will meet in Philadelphia next year.
Joseph C. Ix>welyn, of Chicago, 111.,
was elected president of the League on
Saturday.
Sculptor Holgie Hoeck committed
suicide at Chicago, 1 ill., by drinking
prussic acid.
The Union I^abor Lyceum, said to be
an educational institution, has been organized
at Chicago, ill.
After receiving two gunshot wounds
.Watchman James Delaney shot and
killed an unknown burglar at Chicago
111.
Foreign.
The 1209 immigrants brought by tlie
Spanish steamer (Iran Antilla were j
landed at Now York after $10,000 had ,
been given to indemnify the United i
States should anv of the imtnliri :mi? .
hceome public charges.
Kmporor Kwang Hsu, of China, ii
reported to be anxious to oust the Dowager
impress and resume his power.
Doers killed, wounded or captured
Tin entire battalion of Derbyshire militia
at Roodeval, in the Orange Rivet
colony.
The Hritish expedition for the reliel
of Comassie, West Africa, has been
checked by natives.
A battle with rebels 'has occurred
near Panama, resulting, it is reported,
In the defeat of the government forces.
Prisoners in the San Juan, Porto Ri.
(to. penitentiary revolted on accout of
the alleged bad quality^of their food.
Appollnario Mablni, chief of Aguinhldo's
cabinet, is reported to be penni1
less and dying In an American prison.
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Miscellaneous.
Governor Stephens, of Missouri, in a
?orina! statement accused Mayor Zeigenbein,
of St. Ix>uis, with encouraging
viu; sirei'i var iiriKcrs ror political effect
Ignatius Donelly, Mlddlc-of-the-Road
PopullRt candidate for'tlt^ Vice Presidency
of tho United 3t^?eS, hAs -written
a formal letter ?r acceptance.
WRITES 101)1 II WORDS
Bill Arp Has to Consult a Dictionary
for Their MeaningMANY
CHANGES THESE DAYS.
People Continually Coining Words ?
Theoli gians and Church Doctrines-*
M a
viiici mailers.
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When we were little school boys it
was a big thing to spell "Baker." When
we reached "crucifix" we had visions
of expansion and suspenders and when
we progressed to "unintelligibility"
and "incomprehensibility" we thought
there were no more worlds to conquer.
But there were, for away on near the
last page was a catalogue of Jawbreakers.
such as "ph-th-is-ic," which wc
called "tisie," and "m.iohilimaekinac"
and "bonny clabber." etc. We innocently
supposed that the old blue back
spelling book eontained all the words
in the world, but. by and by found out
that we were only in the rudiments.
The little dictionary and English reader
and Murray's ('.rammar and Smiley's
Arithmetic were all ahead of us.
In course of time, however, wc learned
to parse, which is a Latin word taken
from "quae pars oratione"?what part
of speech. Then we mastered the rule
of three, which is now called proportion.
and soon advanced to tare and
tret, which we whispered "was enough
to make the devil sweat." About this
time we began to wear shoes all the
year round and began to brush our
hair, anil had picked out a sweetheart
and held her hand on the sly when we
stood up to recite, and sometimes we
used the looking glass to see how the
downy beard was coming. When well
up in our teens we were promoted to
me institute and introduced to initio
and Greek and Algebra and History.
I remember the iirst sentence in the
old "Historia Sacra," "Dens Creavit
coelnin et terrain intra sex diess"?God
created the heavens and the eartli in
six days. It was like a confession of
faith ami made a more lasting impression.
for we had to study it out and
parse it. 1 remember our history and
how Thomps Allan, who had been poring
over Alcibiades, Pericles. Thucides.
Sophocles and Demosthenes, suddenly
came on a sentence beginning with the
word "besides" and he called it "bes-ides"
and thereby got a nickname that
stuck to him through life.
Put we old men have long since forgotten
our I^atin and Greek except the
small words that make up much of our
modern English. Even a limited
knowledge of Latin and Greek is a
great advantage and great comfort in
defining our language. It is of inestimable
value to professional men, to
doctors and druggists, botanists and
horticulturists and those who cultivate
flowers. But nobody can readily read
Latin or Greek nowadays except the
professors and teachers in our schools.
Not long ago I pondered over a Latin
preface in a very old book and 'had to |
give 11 up. i turned it over to. t'roressor
Daves and he rendered it very beautifully
and no doubt correetly, but bis
Rood wife told me as a secret that be
worked on it evey night till midnight
fo a whole week wit.li his eoat off and
the perspiration oozing from his classic
brow.
I was ruminating about these things
because 1 came across some words today
that I never heard of and had to
consult the big dictionary for the
meaning. Of eourse we have to make
new words all the time to keep up with
inventions and science, but these words
are old, as old as John Calvin, and
seem to have created a mighty discussion
in making up the Presbyterian
confession of faith at Westminster Abbey
250 years ago. 1 was perusing an
editorial in a New York paper in which
it was stated that over forty presbyteries
of the northern ehureJt were in favor
of amending the confession of
faith and going hack to superlapsarianism,
which was the doctrine of John
Calvin. That the Westminster confession
was sublapsinnrian and not Calvin
istic. That was a revelation to me,
and so I have boon reading up on these
abstruse things, and find that there
vp _! c i InnP" ??rv<l liitinr .!?_ ?ueclon o
Westminster as to whether God decreed
the doctrine of election before
h? arnatlon of man or after lie fell.
Calvin declared the former, which ho
called sublapsinarianisni, but the Westminster
assembly declared that the decm'
of election and reprobation was'
not determined on by God until
Adam had sinned and fell. 1 tell you,
my Christian friends, those two long,
words are to the common mind as unintelligible
and Incomprehensible as
were "un'intelligibility" and "ineomprehenslbllity"
to me when a school
boy. 1 have got along without them
all those years and 1 am not going -.o
strain my mind with them now. There
is enough in the sermon on the mount
to guide us and comfort us in the journey
of life. These old time theologians
were desperately in earnest on
doctrinal matters, for they were in a
mighty controversy with a mighty foe
and no man had a right to believe as
ho pleased and ho at peace. Rven Calvin
had Servotus burned as a heretic
because he denied the trinity of
the God head. Servetua was a Unitarian
in faith and a pood man in all the
relations of life. Sometimes 1 fear we
have too much complexity of doctrine.
I mean some of the preachers and theologians
of the sahools. The people
are all right and give themselves very
little concern about doctrine. They
xvant preachers to preach about lifo
ifnd duty, how. to live and how to die.
It is not doctrine that takes converted
people into this church or Chat church.
These reflections on old Father Jacob
and his ladder provoke me to say
that it must have taken a doctrine of
election and some amazing grace to
have kept him in the favor of God, for
he was a selfish man and kept an eye
out for his personal gain. He began
by defrauding his brother out of his
birthright, and later on tricked his
father-in-law out of his cattle, and after
he awaked from that dream at
Ilethel he tried to make a bargain with
the Ix>rd and said: "If God will bo
with me and give me bread to eat and
raiment to put on. and I come to my
father's bouse in peace, then shall the
L*>rd bo my God." Almost any sinner
Would do that now and even some
church members will vow to give a
hundred dollars to the ohurch if they
Aiake a thousand on a certain speculation.?
Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution.
The Postmaster General has awarded
a contract for supplying a large
quantity of envelopes, etc.. for the use
of the Executive Department during
the fiscal year to the 1'nited States
envelope Company, of Springfield,
Mass.
News Items.
The National Conference of Jewish
Charities, at Chicago, 111., adjourned
Thursday.
For printing criticisms upon the army.
all the editorial staff of the Voce
de Mexico were sent to prison for six
months at the City of Mexico.
Dr. Kennedy, convicted of the murder
of IKjlly Reynolds, at the Grand
Hotel. New York, has been denied i
new trial iiv the Mow Vnrb
Court.
Confests Settled.
Philadelphia. Special.?The Rcpuhlican
national committee put in three
long sessions on the contests which
have been before it and adjourned into
Friday night with all the controversies
practically disposed of except that
from Delaware. An important action
was the seating of the Brownlow delegates
in the Tennessee contest and refusing
admission to the friends of Pension
Commission Kvans. The contest
was very bitter and at one time there
was a possibility of a serious encounter
between Brownlow and Kvans.
Seized by Sheriff.
Frankfort, Kv., Special.?The offii ?
of the State Treasurer is in the custody
of the sheriff. Assistant Treasurer
Long said lie had received no authority
from Former Tresurer Day to turn
over that office although he had tele?.1.
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Kiuimt'ii iiif uLLier ami no declined to
let Demo?ratic Treasurer Hanger in.
Hanger took out a writ of possession in
Judge Moore's eourt and the sheriff
took possession of the office.
News Items.
Since June 7 15 women and children.
who tried to kindle fires with
kerrosene oil. were burned to death.
While trying to prevent a fight in a
saloon at Buffalo, N. V.. Michael Joyce
was fatally tabbed by George Fisher.
While working on the cantilever
bridge at Niagara Falls. N. Y., Henry
Soipple fell 200 feet to instant death.
Admiral Dewey and party 'have returned
to Washington, all well, aftei
an eight-days' trip West.
Major II. C. Hale has taken oosses
?Ion of the island of Bohol, Philippine
group, where he found ah orderly native
republic.
The designs for the new Baltimore
custom house will be considered by the
board at. Washington Thursday next.
The Grand Conunandery of the Grand
Bodge of Masons of North Carolina
yuet in Charlotte Tuesday night. Grand
High Priest Randolph, of Asheville, delivered
the annual address.
The Southern Music Teachers' Association
opened its semi-annual convention
at Atlanta Tuesday night. At the
first session Dr. It. 11. Peters, of Spartanburg.
S. C., responded to the address
of welcome, and interesting papers
wore read by William Armstrong, of
New York; A. J. Grantvoort, of Cincinnati,
and Joseph McLean, of Cincinnati.
General Otis arrived in Washington
Monday, where he reported to Assistant.
Secretary Meiklejohn.
Of course women jump at conclusions.
That's the season tliev always
turn to the last chapter of a novel.
Ducks and Cecse Like Weeds.
A weed ean hanlly be of any benefit
except that it keeps the farmer hustling
and thus makes him stir up the
surface of the soil, which enables it to
hold the moisture much better than if
a crust was alowed to form upon the
surface. Some of the weeds such as
plantain, purslane, ragweed and plu- 1
weed are all what the ducks and geese
would term a "u-licacy." and if they
were allowed to forage on such food
they would in most cases leave grain i
for it and would be apt to clean up the
spot infested with the weeds in such a
manner that it would not be liable to
trouble the farmer again for some time I
to come.
MORE FIGHTING EXPECTED.
The Boers Are Occupying New Positions.
BRITISH CHANGE POSITION TOO
Buller May Move Into Orange River
Districts and Co-Operate With
Methuen and Rundle.
London, by Cable.?Ix>rd Roberts'
dispatches leave affairs east of Pretoria
Adth the Bocre withdrawn to new positions,
Tuesday. News of fresh fighting
is expected at the War Office, but none
came Friday night. General Handle's
patrol had a skirmish with Boer videttew
again Wednesday. Some won.
der is expressed here as to what he is
doing with three divisions. It is assumed
by some that General Roller
will move into Orange River Colony
and co-operate with Lord Methuen and
General RtindJe in bagging President
Steyn and his 7,000 or 8.000 followers.
Part of Christian Botha's force has
halted at Paandekop. 18 miles northwest
of Volksrust. Boer parties are
still near Volksrust and fire occasionally
upon the British pickets. The
British government is considering
whether a substantial force should not
be sent to China from South Africa. It
is thought unofficially tli.it Lord Roberts
could spare a brigade or two. and
the necessary transports are now in
South African waters. The commander
of the expedition it is said will probably
be General Sir William Nicholson.
A dispatch from Lorenzo Marques,
dated Friday, says:
"Persons have arrived here who have
seen the preparation of the Boers and
learned lhat they will retire, when,
forced, through the Lydenburg district
into the Zoutpanberg region,
adjoining Rhodesia and Oazaland."
The Lorenzo Martinez correspondent
of the Times says: It appears that
Steyn and not Kruger. is now the stumbling
block in the way of the surrender
of the burghers. Shortly after the
British entry into Pretoria. Mr. Kruger
proposed to reopen the peace negotiations.
Mr. Steyn, bearing in mind
that his former advice was scouted, demurred
to this and pointed out that ac.
cording to the treaty between the Republic
neither could conclude peace
Without tlie other.
"Mr. Kruger, equally unwilling to incur
the charge of a breach of faith, had
to continue the war. Nothing further
is known regarding the rumored peace
negotiations: but it is n mnttor- ?t
toiiety that Mr. Kruger favors pdace
on almost any terms, but dislikes personally
to take^an initiative that
would involve unconditional surrender
der. Ninety-seven burghers out of 200
in one commando have returned to
their homes.
l-'rom the Philippines to China.
Washington. D. C., Special.?It seems
probbale that, after all, the United
States troops in the Philippines will
be called upon to furnish a contingent
to assist in the rescue of the foreign
missionaries in China, and in the protection
of tho foreign embassies and
legations. A great change has come
over the administration in this regard
for as late as Friday there was a Arm
determination not to go beyond the
employment of marines and sailors.
There was still such a purpose when
the cabinet mot and there is even now
a disposition to limit the United States
forces employed to the navy, if sufficient
force can be secured from that
branch of the service. So enquiries
are being made of the navigation bureau
and in turn of Admiral Remey, to
see to what extent the United States
forces in China can be augmented. It
is relized that the small force now
engaged is entirely disproportionate,
when compared with the foreign contingents,
to the interests and duty of
the United States, 'there is reason to
believe that the navy has done all that
it can do with safety in China at this
stage, and that recourse must be had
to the army. Already Admiral Remey
lias indicated that be cannot sparo
more marines, and he is looking to the
Navy Department for another battalion
to replace the men he has been
obliged to withdraw from the naval
station at Cavite to assist Admiral
Kern pfT.
The Sick Returning.
Manila, lly Cable.?Senor Pedro Paterno,
former President of the so-called
Filipino government, has been released
temporarily, and he is now conferring
with Senor Felipe Ruencamino, former
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce,
with reference to the latter's
peace platform. Two hundred men of
the Eighteenth Infantry, who are sick,
are returning by the transport Han
n, in i uurge 01 captain IA>WIS.
Important Capture.
Washington, D. C.t Special.?An important
capture of Filipino insurgents
was reported to the War Department
Friday morning, by General MacArthur.
in the following cable message:
"Manila, June 155.
"General Maoabulos, with eight officers,
124 enlisted men and 12-4 rifles,
surrendered to Colonel E. H. Liseom,
of the Ninth Infantry, at Tarlac, this
morning. Maoabulos is the most important
and last insurgent leader in
Tarlac and Pangasinan.
MAC ARTHUR."
SOl'TH CAROLINA CROPS.
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Past Week Favorable for Cultivation
and Harvesting.
Favorable temperature prevailed
during the week ending 8 a. m., June
11th. The average for the week was
about normal, with unusually higher
or lower temperatures. There was
rain over the whole State, heaviest in
Oconee and Pickens counties, with a
maximum fall of 5.69 inches at Walhalla.
Scattered localities, in other
portions of the State, had from 3 to
over 4 inches. Washing rains occuired
throughout the Savannah valley,
also in Colleton and Chesterfield
counties. The rain all was generally
Sufficient .*111(1 1 tnil ntrtra fain
is needed in the Wateree river basin.
The rains interfered with barm work
over the northwestern counties where
fields are becoming grassy. There are
few complaints of grassy fields in
other sections. Hail fell in Barnwell
county, doing slight damage.
The week's weather was favorable
on all crops, and a marked improvement
is noted over the entire State.
There was a lack of sunshine during
the week.
Corn continues small, but is healthy
ami is now growing fast. Some has
boon laid by. Worms are less troublesome,
and better bottom land stand?
have been secured.
Cotton is now doing well. It is undersized
for the season, and some is
not up, and in the uorthwestern counties
hopping to stands is not finished
and the crop needs cultivation. Some
sections report the prevalence of lice.
The crop now needs sunshine and hot
weather. It is fruiting well in the
southeastern counties.
Wheat harvest is nearly finished, except
in the northwest portion wehero
it has just begun. The indications are
for the best yield in years.
Oats harvest well underway. The
conditions are variable, and the crop
rather below the average.
Tobacco worms continue troublesome.
otherwise this crop is doing well,
but shows the effects of tho previous
cool, dry weathers
Rice planting is finished^ except in
the Georgetown districts where rain
and high tides delayed the work. Melons
arh very promising.
Peaches, plums and apples are ripening,
the latter are very scarce. Minor
field crops, and gardens are doing
nicely. The whole crop outlook is
very promising.
Appointments No Good.
Columbia. Special.?All of the county
hoards of control of the State appear
to be absolutely without legal authority.
Attorney General Bellinger held
that the State zoard of control has no
authority to commission the members
of the county boards of control and
that the commissions from that body
are without effect. Commissions must
he obtained from the Governor, as ar?
all other appointments of State or
county officers. The question has been
decided in connection with the Bamberg
case, of which mention has been
made. This decision is that all commissions
to members of the count!
boards sent out by the State board &r?
not worth the paper they are written
on.
A Terrible Accident.
Florence, Special.?A Timmonsville
mother was a few days ty?o the uncon
scious cause or an accident wnicn resulted
In the terrible death of her little
child. The mother, Mrs. P. It. Rowen,
was cleaning a pot with boiling water.
Her work done, she turned to throw
the water quickly out of the window.
In the meantime the little child had
clambered upon the window sill, and
it was into its smiling little face that
the boiling water dashed. The little
one suffered intense agony and yesterday
succumbed to the accident. Mrs.
liowen is heartbroken.
News Items.
State Chairman Jones has received
the following additional pledges; ('. T.
Wyche, for Congress, from the lid district;
James H. Tillman, for Lieutenant
'Governor; T. J. Strait, for Congress,
from the 5th district; E. E.
Vcrner, for Congress, from the ^d dis.
trict; J. H. Wharton, for railroad com
missioner. Prof.
J. R. Blake, formerly chairman
of tho faculty of Davidson College,
and one of the most noted educators of
the South died at his home in Greenwood
Friday nig*ht from complications
following an attack of grip. He had
been sinking for several days and his x
death was not unexpected. The interment
was in Greenwood cemetery at
o'clock Sunday afternoon. His wife
who wa^s Miss Elizabeth Maxwell, o
Pendleton, survives him. Tiiov ii
no children.
The boiler in Chas. F. Reed's saw
mill which is located five miles west
of Fife Vake, Mich., exploded early
Saturday morning, killing three men
and injuring ten others.
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