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9 GOD AND OUR NATIVE LAND. No. 11. ^dj ^*4 tJoa?, *4 ?2 r**! a a to CAMl Court*. J. A couscm ProoiDen, ?Ujnnewjjgi W.ij INSli f'A.VDgf mi The 2 CITTJUI Traostdt i i Si! "Depaiiu, interest f>9T aaanay j c H. Fi MRS. ITi? to meet feaJers meet of such Atlas Raw3on, -^'Justice J a senaatioMii Sidney I the bij State, and cii , iasband chiJd, ried ia. declares la J. lief >ught unst i:\ve in the >DTnent >y the of her mar She father. ?0 >N A !>?? > !'? ?t 1 1 I >??11.1 ' - h > x ? >t : > r v fiv st th* fa iniinKtrr ?a!s twelve ?lijurit H re- ? Ui't that two I 'clock that ioiiu<l. first tloor Hames shot j fourth floors. The inmates, 1 ntable tiruier i ma<Mt?ne?i. ?people rushed But of the build ?iioiis. All were on the tire es iinea burst like ond and third learly across the no longer any i{>es. The j>eo le manholes like rich other's heads and were piled I first tire escnj>e ! ami the ]>e<>p!e [ the balcony t<> the rat whh a larjn? ti the i*?n railing 1. A man iuoi i>e<l K street. Hi.s hea?l But. His skull was r, er moveu. A sec ant struck <>n hi* -Several jumped into ? <he imnie<i lately, ttirth to lean. out. She ?pi*, not hurting them, prober x>f casualties is i > fatally injure*!, four Jnot fatally, an<J a score n slight injuries. Ktt?>rney Murphy. fvelan?l yesterday ma<ie strict Attorney for ?,awl W. Perrv Murphy, Jie Conservative Demo last yetir for Attorney man he has selected able lawyers. Itment is a strong ami and will give crreat O O the West Democrats of \ We say this with full >f the fact that Columbia ^amiidates of unsurpassed I that we have friends among f applicants who <lej*erve<1 j Bsir party and were eminently j Eor the iluties of this office, e list <>f candidates was such t l<i have been difficult to sing from them witli regard r?, an<i only one chavce of a political mistake. E! Conservatives, even those cau?li?U.tes, will agree that ?Trphy stool in the first rank in Her, in fitness, in staunch Demo km! in patriotic service; an<l the ; Bit he who was last year named Ibr Attorney General has been j ^tdi by President Cleveland to a position ig a tribute t? ? our lament and discernment which ilty gratify ins*. Perry is a self made Horn in Orangeburg, force* 1 -by the losses resulting the war to educate himself. By and patient work he accomplish fthis, ami earned the means to law. l>eginning the practice of yrofesaion far from the opportuni st a county seat, his brain and >r and character enabled him to Mfancn rapidly. It was not long af ar his removal to the capital of Col Ron that he was chosen Solicitor for ft circuit, and he held that position for several terms until he voluntarily ?ngue<l it la*t year. He had the reputation of being the most success ful prosecuting officer in the State, juid he ranks among the l>est practi tioners of South Carolina. The peo tole outside of his own circuit knew little of him until his nomination hy the Conservatives last year, but his work in the campaign earned him dis tinction all over the State. He is a clear thinker and expresses himself with great force and logic. His dis position is genial and he makes friends wherever he goes. Politically, Mr. Murphy is as true j as steel. He has never wavered iu : his opp??sition to Tillman, and he j went into last year's fight with the ^single purpose ot contributing to the redemption of the State. We don't -know how he voted in 1890,- but he is classed as a "Straightont" Democrat by his friends. i Geographically considered, the ap- I pointment is just. Colleton., county | has neyer had a State or considerable j Fe^ral office since the war, although I it has been staunchly Democratic since | 1875 in the face of a big black majori- : ty. It seems to us that it was Colle I ; ton's turn to be "recognized." The moral and political effect of ; Mr. Murphy's appointment will be ex- ' I cellent. and if the President shall do j as well in his choice of Collector and Marshal, the Democrats of the State i will hare reason to be well satisfied, j We confidently predict for District I Attorney Murphy a very successful term. ? State, Juoe 20. SKMTINCKl) JO i!K HCMi. bLOOOV RECORD FOR THE BERKELEY SESbiONS. A H t?ut ? fr>r \ 1 ?'l Murder fVmvjrUjd ? A ! i < * ?i? fit #4 ' \ { a t (t 1? >?fitf of Horrible '/fiiotrS. (. ii \iii.h>!oN, S. (', June 1 I. ? Die eourt in Berkeley county which ad journed t?*iay ma<le a rather remark able record f??r a South Carolina court "t*justi<-e of the ftin fie *>rrfo. Of seven nmr?ie>ters? on trial six were convicted <>t" funnier in the tir^t degree ami sen tence*! to fie hao^etl September 1st. < >ne man convicted of manslaughter wa ? sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary. All the convicts are Negroes. Among the number was (.Is cat Johnston, who butchered Mr. and Mrs Tweitman at Lincoln ville in March last and who also mirrdered his A'ite in Augusta a year ago. Johnston is pretending to be insane but a special jury pronounced him sane. Two of the prisoners, Grant Bennett and Dick Brown, were convicted of wrecking a passenger train near Lin colnville in 1891. A colored fireman was killed in the wreck, which was a tearful one. Two others, Jerry Horl beck and Robert Scott, were convicted of slaughtering a constable who at tempted to arrest Horlbeck on a war rant. It is not improbable that the governor will interfere in the cases. The Citisen at School. When a child enters school life he enters, as it were, a new world. His individuality, which has no doubt been very marked and very potent in the home, is at school merged into the community of his schoolmates. In the home, he has been a very impor tant j)ersonage; his wishes were defer red to, his tastes consulted, and his be hests obeyed. His obedience to home authority is often secured by persua sion or flattery, and his tears promptly excuse him from the performance of dis. agreeable duties. At school he is con fronted by an entirely different order of things. Here is a personage, the teacher, to whose authority he must submit, and whose commands he must obey without question. He is no longer "Mamma's Pet" or "Papa's Smart Boy," bat simply one of a num ber "Pets" or "Smart Boys" and must obey the same rules and perform the same tasks as they do. Here' begin his first lessons in citizenship: ? to obey constituted authority, to give up a part ofhis freedom for the general good, to perform allotted duty, to suffer punishment for wrong-doing ? al these are but initiatory to a more extended sphere of action when he reaches. man hood. Just here comes in a very im portant duty of the teacher, and one which is often neglected, viz: to teach, the pupil the relation of government in the school to government in the State. Show him that the object of all true government is the protection of the weak against the strong, and the promotion of the general good. Teach him to respect law and order, not from fear of punishment, but for love of justice and right; and he will grow up a law-abiding citizen, and not a reckless law-breaker. But the lessons in citizenship are not learned in the school room alone: the playground also has its lessons. In the schoolroom, the pupil is a sub ject under a monarch; butou the play ground, he is a citizen of a republic. Here the "pursuit of happiness" is as much the object as it is in the world of grown-up people; and we believe that the lessons of the playground are as important as any learned in school. Here it is that energy and ability bring a boy to the front and their op posites keep him to the rear. His former methods of obtaining his wish es fail him here; his tears, so potent in the home, are derided ; and if he attempts to bully, he is beaten by his fellow-citizens. Very soon he learns that majorities rule, and that the "greatest good to the greatest number" is attained thereby, and thus he lays the foundation stone of citizenship. AN INSANE MOTHER. llur?l?r* K?rar of Eler Children an?l Commits Suicide. Parkkrsburg, W. Ya., June 14. ? Mrs Philllip Kerch, wife of a well to do- farmer Pleasant Hill this county, murdered four of her children yester-; day and committed suicide. Mr. and Mrs. Kerch had eight children, the oldest of whom, Mollie, was seventeen years old. For some time Mrs. Kerch had been melancholy and frequently said that she was afraid she would die and leave her -children. She see met! to be in good health, how ever except that she sometimes com plained of a trouble in her side. After dinner Mrs. Kerch quietly said to Mollie, as she was at work in the laundry: "I have given Johnnie and Freddie poison and we will all jump into the well Mollie remem bered that a bottle of strichnine was in the house and she rau to the place where it had been kept It was gone, and when she returned to where her mother was she saw her throw her ten months-old baby into the well. Be fore she could be prevented, the crazed mother threw her three year-old child after the infant, and was^the act of seizing the boy, eight or nine years old, but Mollie rescued the child. The desperate struggle then began between mother and daughter, but the woman broke loose and jumped into the well, which had eight feet of water in it Freddie, who had been given poison , was round lying dead on the floor of the house, and Johnnie died a few minutes later. Mr. Kerch was absent from home at the time of the tragedy. NEW DISPENSARY RULES t_wU,.,| i?y t fj*- li<?Kr?l ??f Coniroi Tester- \ The following rules were issued | Wednesday by the State Board. of j Control with reference to the transpor- I ! tation of liquors iu this State. The j | rules relate to the shipment of liquors | | into the State a* well as shipment ! ; from the State. ' Governor Tillman said those who i were responsible for the prosecutions | for violation of the rules will use their | discretion in all cases coming up. The j Board will use its l>est etfbrts to see that the people of the State get no liquors except that with the palmetto I brand on it. i Following are the transportation rules issued yesterday: Rule 1. No liquors of the al>ove de scription can l>e legally brought into the State by a public carrier, unless shipped to I). H.. Traxler, State Com missioner. Columbia, S. C., and bear 'ing his certificate, a copy of which is hereto appended: "This certificate shows that this package of has been purchased for account of the State of South Caro lina, under the Act of December 24, 1892, for distribution by the State Commissioner. 1). H. Traxler, "Commissioner." Provided, that liquor in transit may pass through the State without inter ference. Rule 2. Manufacturers may legally ship persons outside the State wlien package bears certificate hereby ap pended: i'This certificate shows that this package has been sold beyond the limits of the^State by manufacturer and is permitied-U^ be transported by any public carrier in accordance with the provisions of Act of December 24, 1 H92, to prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors within the State, except as herein permitted. "D. H. Traxler, Commissioner." Rule o. Packages shipped from Columbia to points within the State will bear the same certificates as under Rnle 1. Rule 4. (Vuinty dispensers cannot ship any liquors at all anywhere. They can only sell to parties who make their request in person or who bring written orders, and such pack ages of liquors bearing the State label can be transported only by public car riers as personal baggage of the party having it in charge. Rule 5. Liquors purchased beyond the limits of the State may be brought into the State and transported by public carriers as personal baggage in charge of the passenger who owns the same; provided, that it be not in such quantity as to indicate that it is for sale. Rule 6. Should any person insist on shipping liquor, as such, into the State without the certificate provided in Rule 1, or any person other than the State Commissioner, the public carrier will not be held responsible, provided, that information is lodged promptly with the Governor as to such ship ment and its destination. Rule 7. Public carriers will not be held responsible for transporting liquors smuggled into the State as other merchandise unless there is reason to believe that there is collision between them and the shipper. They are respectfully asked to co-operate with us and report suspicious pack ages. P>. R. Tillman, Governor, W. H. Ellerbe, Compt. Gen., D. A. Towns end, Atty. Gen., State Board of Control. Mr. W. H. Wallace. The brightest light of South Carolina journalism is to he withdrawn. W. H. Wallace, of the Newberry Observer, is to retire from the editorial., control of that newspaaper to axcept a professor ship in the Columbia Female College. His wife will occupy another chair in the same institution. We confess to envy of Mr. Wallacs fortune. Jouralism in South Carolina just now is not a Congenial occupation for a man who wishes to be on pleasant terms with his fellow men and who values his own soul and loves the truth. There are new and strange and dis tasteful methods to be encountered and mean thoughts, purposes, methods and j men to be dealt with. It is nevertheless adistinctloss to the I State that her foremost editorial think i er and writer, a man who thinks high thoughts, lives a high life and is brave and honest far seeing, is taken from the profession he adorns and from the sphere wherein he is doing noble ser vice. The cordial good wishes of The I Greenville News and of thousands of j good people in every part of the State j will go with Mr. Wallace in his new j and more pleasant life. He is the kind of man to make a success of whatever I he undertakes. ? The Gteenvlle News. A Michigan Village Kmanl. Grand Rapids. Mich., June 14. ? | A special to the Democrat says: Abia, a ? village of 800 population, in Anteim count v. was total v destroved bv fire v JJ yesterday afternoon. The fire started in Devries' large saw mill. It licked up every business house except the Ex | change Hotel, Grand Rapids and In ! dian depot and postoftice. It burned j the wires down, and there is no com ; munication with the town. i Murdered by Bnrglacs. | Minneapolis, June^ lB.v-J. R. ; Harris, of the lubricating company, was killed by two burglars, who had been discovered by him in his parlor j on Fifteenth avenue at 2/o'clock thi } morning. THE RECENT HAILSTORM. The Damage to Growing Crops Estimated ^ at 825, 00<>. Rock Hill, June IT. ? The hail storm which visited the adjoining coun ties this week did great damage, entire ly destroying everything in its path. In Union and Cabarrus counties, N. C., it did considerable damage, and in I^an caster county, S. C., fully 1,400 acres in cotton was entirely ruined, and will have to be ploughed up and put in corn. The damage to the growing crop is estimated at 825,060. Eugene de Zilenkoff, of St. Peters purg, Russia, who is a counseller to the court of Russia, Imperial Judge to the Exposition and member of the American Institute of Mining Engi neers, took late breakfast at the Car olina Hotel this morning. He is on his way to see Capt Thies, superinten dant of Haile Gold Mine, near Ker shaw. Capt Thies has a chlorating process of extracting gold, which Judge de Zelinkoff wishes to see. Quite a party of young people at tended the closing exercises of the Eb enezer Academy last night As usual, the exercises were pronounced as being very creditable to such an Institution. This academy is an old school of considerable reputation. A LONE BANDIT. Startling Crimes of a Dakota Cowboy Killed by a Fosse. Rolla, N. D., June 17. ? Dun sheith, fn the western part of Rolletta county, was the scene yesterday of one of the most startling crimes evej* com mitted in North Dakota. An un known cowboy entered the Turtle Mountain Bank, held up Cashier Tucker and robbed the bank of $1, 000. Keeping Tucker under cover of his revolver, he got out of the bank and rode up into the mountains here. He returned soon after, went to the store of Jacob Kotchevan and asked clerk, James McRae, for a watch. McRae turned to get the watch and was shot in the back, and is not ex pected to live. By this time a number of meu gathered to capture the villian, Mayor" Magee shot the fellow's horse, and he was then run down and killed by determined citizens. Coroner Cowen and Sheriff JVfcLean were summoned this morning to hold an inquest, great excitement prevails. THE WRONG PASSENGER. Cowardly Train Robbers Bluffed by a Minne sota Judge. Fargo, N. D., June 17. ? Robbers got on the Northern Pacific train this morning near Wadena, and went partially through one of the sleepers. The porter was quite badly clubbed about the head and told to keep still. Three passengers were awakened and robbed of $40 and three gold watches. When Judge Leech, of Minneapolis was reached, he was awakened from a sound sleep and told to give up his money and ftatch "pretty damned quick." Only half awake, he replied; "I don't want anything to do with you; so get out of here, you damned robber." The fellow had his gun at the judge's head, but he got up, and the fellow backed down the aisle, followed by the judge. Some one pulled the bell rope, and the man jumped off. It is thought there were two or three men in the gang. They were partly masked. Judge Leech said if he had been fully awake he would never have dared to do what he attempted to, as he was unarmed. Greenville Visited hy a Terrific Electrical Storm. Greenville, June 13. ? The storm of last night renewed itself this morn-# ing into a terrific\rage of crashing thunder and, blazing lightning. Be tween 6 and 7 o'clock it reached a climax. The air was charged with electricity, darting along telegraph and telephone wires, shooting in and around dwellings, and shocking very sensibly and severely many people. The house of Calloway Smith on Mulberry street was struck, and a negro, John Btowu, standing at the house of Mrs. Epting, about forty yards distant, dropped dead from the severe shock. There was not a scorch or mark on hia body. Every one in the immediate neighl>orhood was more or less shocked. In the West End a horse was killed. The dwelling of Mr Finley, on Coffee street, was struck; the well-house of Mrs Garraux was torn to pieces, and sixty telephones were burnt out. * MRS. CLEVELAND AND RUTH ? ? ' * Going to Their Summer Home fit Gray Gables. Washington, June 19. ? Mrs Cleveland, her little daughter and a number ot the household attendants, I will leave Washington at 9:40 tomor row morning in special car No. 60, j over the Pennsylvania Railway, for ; Gray Gables, Mass., the summer home i ot the Chief Magistrate. The President will not accompany I Mrs. Cleveland, as at first intended. | There are matters of public business j he desires to dispose of before taking a ' summer vacation, and instead of mak j ing two tripe to Gray Gables and re ; turning to Washington and then going back to Massachusetts, the President's present purpose is to remain here till he can see his way clear to join Mrs. I Cleveland at Gray Gables, there to re j main till the end of August THE PLUMS FALLING. , ? ? MR. BRANTLY, OF ORANGEBURG, GETS A $3,000 POSITION. Ex-Congressman Dargan Lea?jTtHe Race for the District Attorneyship ? Tbe Wal haila and Ninety-Six Postmasters, Etc. Washington, Jane 15. ? E. M. Rucker, of Columbia, flung a big stick into the government fruit tree today and a nice plum fell into his apron. Secretary Hoke Smith appointed him to a $2, 00 clerkship in the office of the Assistant Attorney General for the In terior Department Though a Conserv ative, Mr. Rucker was endorsed by both Senator Butler and Irby. Ex Congressman Johnstone called with Mr. Rucker today on Secretary Smith, when the latter shook the tree. Mr. Brantly, of Orangeburg, who has been a clerk in the Treasury for some time, was today made a chief of; a division, at a 8&j000 salary. Senator Butler and Representative Brawley called today on the President They had quite a lengthy interview, but nothing was definetly settled. The District Attorney will be the next appointment made. It will come between now and tbe first of July. The fight has narrowed down be tween ex Congresman George W. Dargan, of Darlington, and W. Perry Murphy, Walterboro. TheJ indica tions are that Dargan will land. If he does, Hugh S. Thompson will stand as sponser. Mr. Cleveland said the other day that at present Dargan seemed to him to be the best man. This wfls shortly after a talk between the President and Govenor Thorn peon. Two important appointments for South Carolina will be made tomorrow, which have peculiar significance. D. R. Darby will be appointed postmaster at Walhalla and A. McN. Turner at Ninety-Six. Postmaster General Bis sell said today that these names had been sent down for tbe official list. Robert Small's life is nearing its end. It should have become extinct two days ago, when his term aa collector at tbe port of Beaufort ended. If his term dates from the commission, he will last over six months yet, but this is hardly thought possible Seuavoi !P-tler , left for home. He will be gone some time. ??presenta^ tive Brawley will remain on the lieiu . for some time to come. ? State. New Teacher* Mr. W, D. Mayfield, State Superin tendent of Education, Thursday sent out the following letter to the School Commissioners of the various counties in the State: Dear Sir: I have been officially informed that the following beneficiary students will be graduated from the South Carolina Military Academy on the 14th of July, 1893, to wit: Robert McCawPerrin, Abbeville S. C.; Wilmer Eugene Woodward, Augusta Ga.: Davis Jennings -Lucas, Charleston, S. C.: Gus Shanklin, Richland, ?. C.; William Austel Stribbling, ?vC.: Brainard D.Wilson, Sumter, S. C.; .lames Willis Cantey, Camden, S. C.; John Pulaski Thomas, Santuc, S. C.; William Boyd Gourdin, Salter's Depot, S. C. These young men each agreed on entering this institution to teach two years in the public schools of this State. You will please give them what aid you can in securing positions. If you need the services of more of them than belong to your county let me know and I will see if I can't have them serve you. You will please extend this notice to the trustees of of your county by circular letter, and give such other public notice as will in form your people of an opportunity to obtain services of these young men. Yours very truly. \V. I). Mayfiei.d, Superintendent of Education. June 15, 1893. Atlanta'* Latest Scandle. Atlanta, June 19. ? Ex-Mayor John Gleen, councel for Mrs. Rawson, who is suing for divorce, has published a card denouncing as a lie the report that he is the father of her child, whose paternity her husband re pudiates. Smith, Glenn & Smith, her counsel (Secretary Hoke Smith being a member), also published a card, ask ing the public to withhold itB opinion until the trial, and promising that she will show, "at the proper time, that her conduct has always been without re proach; that she is entitled to the favor able judgment of all honest people and every assault upon her character will be successfully met. Dabtardly Work of Train Wreckers. M km phis, June 14. ? A fast fruit train on the Memphis, Kansas and Birmingham Railroad was derailed by train wreckers four miles from Carbon Hill,* Ala., today, killing Engineer Simons and seriously injuring the tire man and t o brakeman. The fiends placed crossties on the track and spiked them down, and when the loco motive struck them the whole train went into the ditch. Bloodhounds have j been place^in the trail of the wreck Snrrounded by Soldiers. w ichita, Kansas., June 14. ? News was received here late last night : that the robbers who held up the San ta Fe train near Cimarron, Saturday, : have besn surrounded near Whitehead I station, in the Cherokee Strip, by a I party of United States cavelrymen. The soldiers have sent to Camp Sup* | ply for reinforcements, as the robbers i are heavily armed and out numbered j the soldiers. United States Marshal j Grimes, of Oklahoma, left for the scene 1 this morning K&ilroa<l Commissioner Thomas llelore a "-m Grand Jury. The editor of 7!:? freeman ex pressed the hope in our issue uf *he week before the court convened, that he would be relieved of further ser vice i%the matter of bringing Iva.il road Commissioner P ho mas to trial for his nQby crimes, by seeing the ' grand jury enter upon an investiga tion of them. This hope was realized to the extent of seeing an investiga tion begun in regard to the primary election fraud and perjury. This was not the case we desired pressed first. The jury took it up without sugges tion from us. Witnesses were sum moned and several examined in this case and enough was brought out; we feel sure, to satisfy the jury that the charges in The Freeman, in regard to that matter can be fully sustained, even in the absence of the main wit ness for the prosecution, who had not arrived from Kershaw county where he lives. When the grand jury closed its investigation (till the October term of court) the proof was fuller and clearer than the allegations that ap peared in The Freeman, we are led to believe. The editor of The Freeman then appeared in person before the grand jury and ottered to make good by sworn testimony every criminal charge made by The Freeman against Thomas and handed the foreman the list of witnesses in another case to be entered upon, as soon as the jury was ready, for the investigation of the next case. And l>e it now known that we are ready with witnesses in every charge whenever they are called for by the grand jury, or any other authority of law. , THe Freeman is perfectly satisfied \ that the grand jury, as a whole, is trying to do the l>est service jvossible and while we think a delay of action on the cases presented was an error, we are not disposed to complain. As the Thomas matters are now in the hands of the court, The Freeman ex pects to leave them there in the con fident belief that full justice will ulti mately be done. ? Sumter Freeman. Cracksman Makon Hani. Faykttkvn.i.k, N. C., June 15. ? Burglars last night entered tlie l>eer lx>ttling establishment of Iluffinesand "cracked" his safe, getting 81,780* They also entered the mill of J. I>. McNeill and cracked the safe, getting 8200 and valuable papers. They also tried to enter private residences. The authorities are at a loss. No trace of i the burglars has been discovered. The work was evidently done by professional safe crackers. The President Kccpi H<>u?e, ' Washington*, June 1 1- The Presi | dent kept "open house" today. Nvre : tarv Carlisle would >ee no one except department officials, and as a result 1 the White House was crowded with I Senators, Congressmen an?l others, and j the Treasury Department, after Secre tary Carlisle's new order became known, was deserted. Mondays and ! Thursdays, Mr. Carli-le will receive ail who ar? entitled to see him, but on j other davs he is endeavoring; to <rive ?? o j personal attention to departmental business. The large passageway upon which the President's offices about were crowded from about 10 o'clock ? until nearly 2, and during this time j he received about fifteen Senators ami ? twenty-five Representatives, besides 1 twenty or more unofficial callers. WOFFORD'S GOOD NAME. Flattering Tribute to the Students by the : People of Spartanburg? The Closlug Exercise?-Graduates Going to Work Without Delay? President Car lisle's Fine AddrfM,' Spartanburg, S. C., June 14. ? Wofford commencement is over and j the boys h$ve left for their homes. The trains were crowded this moruiug j and as they were rolling out Captain i Blassingame, chief of police, said: | "These students never gave the police any trouble. If there is a disturbance anywhere we always feel sure that the college boys are not in it " Our citi zens will endorse the captain's state ment and emphasize it by saying that they are sure that no institution in the country his students that are any better behaved than the 250 that were enrolled in the college and fitting school this year. The new board of trustees held several sessions and organized for work. JThere were no vacancies in the faculty and no new professorships were creat ed. Professor Pritehard asked for leave of absence for one year in order that he might take a university course at Harvard or some other institution. It is probable that Professor Craig head will be called to the presidency of Clemson college, as his name is one of the two that caused the tie._ If he should be elected the chair of Greek would be vacant Dr Carlisle announced that the col lege would begin its fortieth year's work the second day of next October. There were eleven graduates this year. They are ?oing to lose no time dwadling around. The idea is work, and where ambitious young men want work they will always find it One of them, Mr Craighead, of Missouri, re ceived a dispatch last night announc ing his election as principal of a school in the lower, or eastern, part of the State. Dr Carlisle did not make a regular baccalaureate address, but instead of that he gave a very fine talk about his fellow teacher and friend, I)r Whitefoord Smith. Although short, it was one of the doctor's very best talks. It was a worthy tribute to a worthy man. The audience broke forth in hearty applause. ? Greenville News. .MONETARY STRINGENCY HAVING A SERIOUS EFFECT UPON BUSINESS. *T!u? Favorable Indications ol a Week Ago Disappear? Pricea Generally Lower, Credits shorter and Collections Slower. ' . New York, June 1G. ? R. F. Dun Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade will say: Conceited action by the banks of New York has changed the situation materially. More failures and the tremendous drain of money U> the West has had the effect of making the banks unanimous in deciding upon the issue of clearing house certificates, but as a precautionary measure to prevent trouble, rather than because the ? urgency of the trouble mads it neces sary. Increased accommodations for the business community ar^ expected \ to result, and doubtless will, unless speculation is stimulated to absorb all the increase in available resources through undue preference for market able securities over assets. The ex citement at Chicago and Milwaukee has abated, but the weakness of banks at many Western points continues, and the character of the failures re ported iudicates that widespread stringency is having a serious effect upon merchants and manufacturers, who are in no wa y connected with speculative operations The sharp fall in foreign exchange removes the chance of gold export at present, but it is due to foreign purchases o!.' securi ties rather than fr) the change in the trade balance. The exports in the two weeks of .June, it is true, are but S2,7(H>,(K>0 (or 15 per ccnt.) below last year, and imports show a small decrease, iu place of the enormous increase report ed for the past month, but balances are still adverse, and likely to lie for some time. The output of the pig iron declined 7,522 tons weekly in May, and is scarcely larger than a year ago. Stocks on hand declined 18,1)00 tons in the month, but a further reduction of out put is in progress. The market for iron and its products remain dull and unsatisfactory, bar being especially weak and Southern pig much pressed for sale. Reports from other cities nearly all show tight money and slow collections. Exceptions are as to money, in a few Southern hLl! HP Mobile, and at New Orleans money is in good demand but fair supply, while at Knoxville the demand is smaller. Collections are fair at Baltimore, De troit and Nashville, average at Knox ville and good at Omaha, but low at other points re]>orting. The volume of business has been effected by the prevailing stringency and "aution about credit. At St Louis trade is beyond anticipation and not curtailed by the stringency. At all Southern points trade is slow or quiet, though at Atlanta and Mobile satis factory trade is reported. The failures during the past week numbers 313 in the United States, against 153 last year, and 34 in Canada, against 2<> last year. H racist .ret't'n Observations. New York, June 16. ? Bradstreet's to morrow will say: The lea/ling in dustries. are quite ? most of them quieter than last week, notably iron the production of pig having been reduced by the blowing out of a number of furnaces. Cotton and wolen goods manufacturers are buying very con servatively, and the demand for fin ished product is much cut itito* A dozen of the more important Southern business centres regard the financial situation practically un changed, with two exceptions ? Rich mond, noting that collections are slow and Atlanta that money is easier. Groceries and plantation supplies are most active at Memphis, and at Nash ville a favorable report is made con cerning business. Continued rains have checked trade at Charleston, and Birmingham jobbers are not pushing sales. The demand for staples at Augusta is restricted- except for cotton goods, although Savannah prospects are slightly improved and the volume of trade is a^triHe heavier Floods in I the sugar region of Louisiana and tight money at New Orleans continue to check trade at that city, and Dallas and Galveston merchants state that conservatism on the part of bankers is having effect on the volume of busi ness, seasonable dullness being empha sized at this time. < ieneral trade is more depressed at Boston and other Eastern centres, owing to the increased stringency of ! money? wool, shoes, cotton and other staples feeling the influence. At Philadelphia the outlook is for smaller iron production, for higher prices of ' coal and lower prices of most other staples. The favorable indications of a week ago have disappeared, (ieneral trade is quiet at Baltimore, orders are small and credits restricted. The j stringency is affecting all lines at ! Pittsburg, where prices are lower, credits shorter and collections slower. <trev Jorge iron has gold as low as $12.10. | i t rackmen Captured. ; Fayettkville, N. C., June 10.? i The safe crackers who robbed the two j safes here Wednesday night were i captured this morning at Keyser. j The stolen money, nearly two thou ' sand dollars, was found on them. One i was shot in one arm and thigh.