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CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTE1 . \> ?- f | ^WfDE*. ? I phisatd a *&hcti Sep*. l|? fan j?ct, teorf 01 w*g?s aats ??uW be pa tonight!}* Ashely :k. Lnea wires all ;ial. North AdgerV j's, Brown's jrry, Union, ibbs & Co., shall's and seriously jrly demol of vessels ?gna31's dry large number wrecked and them having city was cov my residences unroofed ami Some many families ipes. mted an awful The water rear beaches was under stater residences were and nearly ev ig is more or less is were saved by fort, $nd othqjB emda. The New >niy slightly dam | r cot off from corn report could be ob . the city of Charles above $1,000^000. irt of the damages makes a sorrow >N AT SAVANNAH. Aug 20. ? The gradually growing, le to tell to vfhat ex- -j Several bodies of j ?were picked up and being made for othersr Every hour seems jew story of a death as >gtorm. The drowning Timer, assistant cashier Railroad bank, was one infortunate .fatalities of [r. ULmer owns a larm Island, opposite the gone over to pay off his attend to other daties. lises on his &ce, and it |that be struck against an in be jumped from his about to blow down, dairyman, has not been is supposed he was also ? - fatalities reported v&re as folates, colored, e rushed in i Hutchinson' Island. cnown negroes drowned on j 's plantation, four miles from itt, colored, ran into a wire. .A six-year-old col rwwned on Hutchinso'^s Is* Williams, Mary Butler .and ?n irere drowned on a riee !>n Scjjjth of the city. nknown 9ailors were drowned t Island. ? or fifty other persons ware re ig and it is suppposed, as t has been heard from them,' Ear bodies will be found later, barks and barkentines ire anchored at the quarantine were blown high and dry upon and some of them were by the storm across the marsh island two miles distance station.' One of the vessels was completely capsized and tub houses on the island were entirely down. Others anffehe people sought they could. The wire*7 are Savannah is almost entire >f&rom telegraphic comma ni * | tag Faasfefi arrived in the city a 5 o'clock yesterday afternoou. She brought up about sixty passengers from Tybee. Mr. lie vers, one of then), stated that four negroes engage*! iu clearing the railroad track were drown ed. j A sailor and the cabin boy on the schooner Harold, which is on her aide on north Beach are <1 row nod. It is reported that eight of the crew of a terrapin sloop which went ashore on the South and were drown ed. ' ! The HotoJ Tybee is considerably damaged in front. Her vernuda* are gone and so are the bath houses. The Knights of Pythias Club House was washed away. Two of the cot tages of the club are gone. The North end is practically cleaned out. The wa^jrs swept with tremendous toree over this part of the islau<l, railroad tracks beiDg carried from 200 to 500 feet ' ! The Chatham Club House is badly damaged. The pavilions on the beach are g*>ne, so is the 8w itch back. An empty traii> is in the woods. Trains on all roads are coming in irregularly and some have entirely stopped to re pair washouts. The church steeples are demolished and at least 5,000 large trees are blown down all oyer the city. The Tybee road is under water for the entire distance, and in many places is entirely washed away. Sunday's storm injured many build ings and did great damage to the trees. Only four buildings sustained serious damage. Fifteen people are known to have been drowned and more are abissing. It is impossible to ; estimate the amount of property jfe-j 8troyed. More than thirty w^^s have been reported so far. Fifteen vessels on the harbor and off Tybee were wrecked or badly damaged. More than that number of smaller crafts are missing and are believed to have been lost. No loss of life was reported. Nothing has been heard from the steamship City of Savannah, now many hours overdue. Tybee Island is about Wrecked. Had the island been washed away the demoli tion and destruction could not have been, much worse than it was. Houses there were blown down, burned, wash ed away and otherwise demolished. The ^railroad track was blown from the ground and parts of it stood up along the line like a fence. Rails were twisted and spikes were pulled from the crossties. Keenewsville, N. Aug. 29? A hundred -ileuses were wrecked and a, woman was killed Many . were in jured. The Baptist brick church was razed to the ground. Factories, stores and residences were unroofed and aoipe were blown entirely away. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 29. ? A special to the Chronicle from Port Royal, S. C., brings the startling information that folly 100 lives have been loai at Port Royal, Beaufort^nd neighboring pqjmta, by drowning during thesjorm. 0?$he 100 persons killed an<T drown ed, only six were wfai^the others be ing negroes. The negroes were so frightened and terror stricken that many were killed And drowfled by not leaving their cabins to seek places of safety: Twenty persons were drowned on Paris Island. It is believed that fully twenty-five lives were lost between Port Royal and Seabrook. Every ho^se in Beau fort and Port Royal was;^amaged to some extent, and a number of barges and crafts were wrecked?or blown ashore. The Ooosaw Mining Co. loses $50,000. The total losses are estimated in- the neighborhood of half a million dollars. > .Raleigh, N. C., Ang. 29.? The 'storm did great damage to crops all through North Carolina. Tobacco, corn and cotton were severely injured in this State. Considerable anxiety is felt for Br. Win. itfonpan and C. A. b. Cunning ham. ( They were on i fishing trip and itlis believed were at Wolf bland when \he cyclone came. Fears that they wect drowned are entertained. A resewbg party left to search for them'this afternoon. It is difficult to tgive estimate oi the damage done by i -the storm. ' To buildings $100,000 would cover the injury done; vessels wrecked, $150,000; damage to rail roads leading out of the city $100,000. Damage to rice crop, $200,000. In the interior tributary to Savannah, the damage will probably amount to $1,000,000 or more as the cotton crop over a wide territory has suffered severely and in many tnrpentme dis tricts at least a fourth of the t rees have been destroyed. THE STORM AT WILMINGTON. i " WIIJtflNGTON, ?. U., AOg. W. ? A severe storm of wind and tain pre vailed here yesterday and today, but caused no damage beyond blowing down a few trees and fences and over turning two unfinished frame build ings. The tide was the highest known in years. At Southport the wind velocity was 37 miles. The Nor wegian bark Bonita was blown ashore in the river. No other damage done. The brigantine Wastrow (Ger.), from Liverpool fo^ the port with cargo of salt, went to pieces on Gas weil Beach. The crew were saved , having swam ashore. They are now at the Caswell life saving station.'* An unknown 'thtee-masted schooner is also ; reported ashore and leaking and showing signals of distress on Sale Beach, two miles Southwest of South--; -port. The life saving crew have gone to her assistance. Hie schooner R. L Hazard, BafFord, Georgetown for Elizabethport, N. J,,: wi th cargo of railroad ties, put in at Southport this morning in distress,* leaking uri with spaoke* and main- ?| sail lost. Reports having been struck by hurricane Saturday fSght twenty-' . I ; ? *Mf " 5 .?! | five miles Southeast of Frying Pan ! lightship. The three-masted schooner j Three Sisters, with cargo of lumber I from Savannah for Philadelphia, was I wrecked and abandoned off Cape Fear on the night of August 28. Her commander, Captain Isaac Simpson of Market Hook, Pa., and mate John son Heede of Park avenue, Baltimore, were washed overboard and drowned. The names of the survivors are: Wil liam Simpson, steward, son of the captain; a passenger, John Washing ton y John Scott and another man, name not known. The vessel was left i anchored in a leaking condition. ? SLIGHT DAMAGE IN AUGUSTA. Augusta, Ga., Aug. 29.? The storm which came from Florida and J followed the Atlantic dttust yesterday has done incalculable injury to the farming interest ot the Southeast.. * No telegraphic communication has been received by the Chronicle from Char leston, Savannah or Jacksonville since I yesterday afternoon. I Augusta suffered no loss beyond the I breaking of the telegraph, telephone I and electric light wires from fiUlen j trees, but the damage to crops caimot J be computed and estimated upon for some ^ J A special dispatch from Black viltdyj S. C., says several buildings in that town were crushed, mill dams were washed away,-1 country reads impas sable, ?he cotton crop terribly damag ed and tobacco crop totally devastated. | WayneswokiQ, Ga^ Ang. 29. ? The | storm did great damage to the /cotton j crop and ien/^s were blown dowaJ Reports frfem \ Screven County say that the sto^p* jirss very severe there, doing great damage to houses and J cotton crop, ^o casualties as far as known. IN^GUARLOTTE. I L Charlotte, N. C., Augi 20.? The storm burst in its wild fury about midnight or a little after, iuk) con- 1 tinued from that time with no abate- J ment whatever, but rather increasing power. The trees lashed each other as do 1 the waves during a great storm. Limbs cracked and ip 11; fences were prostrated; mighty trees uprooted; 1 roofs blown off; chimneys blown down; telegraph poles and wires for miles I laid low and the streets from one end to the other strewn with limbs and fragments of limbs. The city looked J like a tornado had swept over jit. s# I Sleep wasiaipossible. Numbers of the inhabitants rose, terrified and J dressed. Morning's dawn brought no lull. Nature was still tempest-tossed. Business men could not reach their stores; clerks failed to show np; the streets Were deserted,. and brave was the man who ventured forth. The wind and rain continued gaining, willi each hour new fury; and as the snatches of news drifted this way from the coast, to the effect thgPSulli- 1 | van's Island was (mbmerfed, the alarm fpr those on the J^ortlr Caroli na coast was naturally %ifckaaed. The telegraph office ws'the objec^ ? tive point of the few who braved the storm for a short time, but no news j was obtainable. The wires were down from here Southward and as far Northward as Greensboro. S No markets were received at the exchange; the Richmond and Dan- 1 ville and Carolina Centra! Railroad wires were down, excepting, possibly, one wire apiece, and nothing could be learned of how fared the world else where. AX UAMiJKiN. Camden, Aug. 28. ? A strong wind has been blowing fron^the^E?^ ac companied with a heaiy rainfall for the last twelve liours. " o Monumental Park is literally cov ered with fallen trees. A large oak, over three feet -in diameter, was broken off about four feet from the ground. It was an old landmark of Camden. Main street is nearly im passable. Trees and limbs are thrown ail along it A house belonging to Mr Wm Clyburn had one end blown entirely down leaving the occupants, a Mr Ward and wile, exposed to the bitter weather. * The damage to the crops has been very great. Corn and peas are level led to the ground, while cotton is broken down and twisted in every shape with many branches blown off. The losa in Kershaw County already reaches several thousand dollars, and if an overflow of the Wateree River should occur while the corn is down, which is very probable, the damage will amount to a ^considerable sum. The Postal Telegraph and Western Union wires are down and Camden is cut off from telegraphic communica tion. The 12 o'clock train isj four hours late. . Marion, S. C. ? The worst storm ever known. Incalculable damage to crops and fruit trees. The res idence ot M. Manheim damaged. Stables of J. W. Holliday <fe Son carried away. Gin house of WB. R. Gasque over turned. Railroad blockaded with trees. Sumter, S. C. ? Many trees blown down and A D Ricker's residence dam aged. Crops badly injured. No loss of life or injur}- to persons reported. Florence* S. C. ? Storm the worst ever experienced ii^the city. The new African church and several other buildings down. Several business houses unroofed and the Florence to bacco factory badly damaged. Seri ous damage to crops. j ' Greenville, S. C.? The; damage to corn and cotton throughout the coun ty very great A portion of the roof of the Hotel Altamont on Paris Mountain, and a portion of the roof of th$ female college, were blo wn off. W*H?mston, S. C. ? No serious ?damage so far as known. * ? - ? : ? ' : ' - ? Barnwell, S. roof of the Court Howe torn several buildings crushed by trees. Mill dams trashed away and roads impassible. Tobacco crt>p not harvested totally destroyed, and cotton aod other crops nearly rained. Fort Motte, S. C. ? Corn" ^?>ps bad ly damaged aod the damage to cotton is estimated to be fully 25 per cent New York, Aug. 29. ? Yesterday's gale in this lattitude pretty nearly cleaned out everything movable that had been left behind the storm of a week ago. Last weejigr-story is re peated. What wag^ett of the Dele ware, Mary landed New Jersey peach crti{> was finished up. It is ill on the ground now/ The storm extended further inlann and reports of heavy damage by ? ind comes Irod ; the in terior of Pen isylvania. Not so much rain fell this tine as last or; the <jpn sequences wo lid have been more seri ous. , The b dies of three unknown drowned me? ware washed ashore from the Hudson River this morning. ?The Register, Aug. 30. X < CHARLESTON HARD AT WORK.. 7i * N Re Bio ring Order Out of Ch*08 ? The 81fa^ tlon Yesterday. ? Charleston, August 30; ? Every body in Charleston is bard ait work to* day. No time ijas been lost in the work of repairing the damages paused by the cyclone; still it will be tcjme time before all the traces will have disappeared. ,The city has 300 e^tra hands employed in cleaning^) ihe atrert8' mauy of *** utter|yim passable, owing' to the maseea of| "wreckage piled therein. .The destruc tion of shade trees, many very* large and: handsome ones, is immense. The fire department is engaged in pump ing out cellars. Houses within four or five blocks of the Water front have ? ( their cellars or basements fall of sea water, and the loss of farniture and damaged generally in the*, neighbor hoods is heavy. ^People are quick to take advantage ^f the suashine, and houses are thrown open from cellar to garret and carpets ripped up and hung out to dry, for many who did not get a taste of the salt spray suffer ed from teaks in the roof and broken window saahea. j <>i The insu ranee, which is said to be covered by $1,000,000, dotfernot {em brace the damages in these districts where the tide rose toj;ixandten ieet during the storm. In this district the cisterns, too, are all overflowed, and in many instances the contents of J cesspools are mixed with salt water. It will take weeks to get the cisterns in good order again,' and jthe danger ; to public health, unless they 1 are thoroughly cleaned, is apparent The city iB without light, gas or electricity, and great is the demand for kerosene lamps and tallow candles. Dealers jn these goods are reaping diminutive fortunes, and many have sold out their supplies already. > The loss of life on James Island is reported to be very hejwry. The summer residents of Sullivan's Island are moving to the city. The destruction wan great and the deeds of | the brave m*Ji during the cyclone will never be forgotten. A number of vessels were blown high and dry on land. At the West Point Mills and Causeway the flood gates were swept entirely away an<^ immense piles of timber and, logs carff upon shore. Communication by water with the phosphate works in the Ashley above the New Bridge is impossible; owing to the wreck of the bridge which makes it dangerous for vessels to pass it w ? ? r~~ / LOST IN THE STORM. Two Schooners ?o ^Down, With All On Board. -New York, August 24. ? The fish ing schooners Empire State, with a crew of ten men, and Ella M. John son, with a crew of eight men, went down last night near Manasquan, on the Jersey coast, and all on board were lost These two vessels were in com pany with the schooner Chocoru last night at midnight, when the storm struck thenr,' and after beating around ; all night in some of the work weather | ever known oi the coast, with the loss of her captain and -fittt mate, the Chocoru tied up today at 10:30 o'clock, the only survivor of the three. The storm struck the three vessels about midnighi^aixlj at 1 o'clock the John son disappeared. About half-past 1 o'clock, as near as can be calculated < Capt Ferry and Firet mate Joseph Francis of the Chocoru were swept overboard by a gigantic wave. The lights ot the Empire State disappeared immediately afterwards, and at day* break her masts were seen projecti out of the water about three feck The steamer Egglestoa Abbey; Gardiff, which put in here today fo repairs, on August 22 rescued froin some wreckage George H. Upton, onfe of the crew of the ^fishing schooner Mary Lizzie, of Portland, Maine, which founded at 9 a. m. on August 21, he having been in the water thia ty-thri fejprnrB. The rest of the ere? , six in number, one of whom was his brother, had perished, Upton having seen them go down after the schooner sank. The Mary Lizzie was struck by a heavy squall, which drove her down on her beam-ends, when tHe wind shifted, ancha heavy sea striking her, she sank in five minutes. Domes I CONGRESS. ? ! . ' ? i i 9 - 1 J j- V THE URGENCY >PROPftlATION BILi. T toller Btltl Tslfctnfr oa Buk Slreulatton JB1U? Sherman Speaks Against Silver? Talbot Wants to Bepeal the StatntM ' Antfcorlxtng the Appointment of Marshals and Supervisors of . Election? the House Ses sion Devoid ?( Interest. Washington, Aug. 30. ? In the a great Bomber of petitions memorials were presented on all and all phases oi the silver ques 11 ; ? . i Gall presentee) joint resolutions of ( Legislature |rf Florida asking for investigatWBiby.ordesr of Congress, admin^ntkoL & the United States CSrcuitmnd D^tlct Judge of tjie Northern Mrief (I Fiofida by Charles Swann$ras- 4$nited States District Judge, j It was referred to tta Judiciary Committee. \ Pugh offered a resolution, which as referred to the Committee on 'rivi leges and Elections, to pay. $5, to Lee Mantle in full compensa tion for his time and expenses in prosecuting his claim to a seat in the Senate from the State of Montana. | Stewart offered a resolution, which Was on his motion referred to the Fi'.] qance Committee, directing the Secre of the Treasury to inform the te how the revenues, sine* the mencement of the present fiscal r, compare with the estimates. At 12:35 p-tn^the bill to repeal Sherman Act was laid before the and Sherman addressed 'the For over two hours he set in terse and vigorous langaage, ery rapidly delivered, the reasons Vrby he supported thexbill to repeal the' purchasing Clauses of the Ac* of July, 1890, and" why it should be passed with as little delay as possible. Incidentally he recommended giving authority to the President or the Seo of the Treasury to issue bonds, ig not over 4 per cent interest, order to procure gold with which maintain a sufficient reserve, and ie commented upon the feet that while he had proposed such a measure ' last session, the opposition to it . the Bemocratic Senators,^ was to their own adminis the power was to be con fined. i Y | * ? He also alluded to the remarkable attitude of the Democratic Senators )n opposing the repeal Act of July, 1890, although they had voted against t and still denounced it, whilst the Republicans by whose votes exclu i lively that the law was passed were vft anxiofls to vote for its repeal. iVhen he had concluded the repeal ing J)ill was laid aside, and the nation al bank circulation bill was taken up to allofc Teller to finish the speech which-he had begun yesterday. Voor hees gave notice, however, that after the morning to-morrow, lie would ask the Senate to take up the repeal bill and would do so, from day to day, subjectyof course, to his desire to ac commodate Senators., At the conclusion of Teller's speech the Senate went into executive session nd when the doors were opened at o'clock adjourned. In t^ie House. Washington, Aug. 30.-VThe ses sion of the House ten] ay was devoid of interest Talbet asked unanimous consent to introduce fc bill repealing the statutes authorizing the appoint ment of marshals and supervisors of j election. Dingley objected. Breckenridge, of Kentucky,, from the Committee on Appropriations, re ported the urgent deficiency appro priation bill and it was passed. .The items are: $25,000 for bank note paper; $200,000 for reooinage or sub sidiary coins; $75,000 for clerks to Representatives. v ? The House then resumed the con sideration of the new code of rules, With the ^understanding* that the gen eral debate should close at 2 o'clock. This understanding was disregarded and the time extended so as to include the entire day's session. The proposed code of rules was debated, both under the hour rule and the five minute rule, but the passage at arms yester day between Speaker Crisp and ex Speaker Reed seemed to be regarded not onl^aa the opening of fight but as the culmination of it, and little atten tion was paid to the speeches made today. Without disposing of the rules, the House, at 5:05, adjourned. ? THE PRESIDENT'S RETURN i- _____ He ta Not Sick but in Fine Health and Splr LS'f iU-' Buzzard's Bay, Aug. 30. ? Presi dent Cleveland left Gray Gables on E. C. Benedict's yachts Oneida at 1:30 this afternoon. Mis. Cleveland and Baby Rath accompanied him. They will proceed idirectly to New York. The Onedia will arrive in New York early to morrow morning. The Pres ident will leave at once for ^Washing ton. The report that the President is a sick man is taken simply as ridiculous here. The rumor is abso lutely false, and Mr. Cleveland to all apparences in the best of health. Mr. Cleveland himself says he is feel ing splendidly, is in good health and very much rested. The fact that the president has either been fishing or has driven to the village every day since his arrival at Gray Gables shows pretty conclusively what his condition Tfe? 8Ur?r Dollar* Baying Power. "The silver dolkr bays at much as a gold dollar. Hwi why object to the aim dollar or ta the unlimited coinage^t such dollfe" This is\ question often asked by the advocate of the free coinage ef silver, 'as if it jiroved their case.' It is often asked ajbo by persons without bias, who have n^t taken the trouble to consider by what means the government has since 1879 kept greenbacks, as well as sil ver dollars, at par with gold. It will be remembered that in July, 1864, one dollar of our currency was worth but 38.7 cents in gold. In July* 1870, five yean after the war, it was worth but 85.6 cento in gold. The greenback was not brought to par with gold till, under an act of 'Con gress, tte Secretary of the Treasury, in 1879, by .selling bonds, accumulated the $100,000,000 of gold reserve now in the treasury fpr the redemption of greenbacks, in case anybody should wish to turn his greenbacks into gold. As soon as pe?pfai saw that they could get 100 cents in gold for their paper money, dollar for dollar, they cessed to take less for it And as is usual in-such cafes, as soon as they saw the gold wastfiere Umedeem their green backs they ceased to wish them re deemed, preferring redeemable paper to metal, as being .more convenient to handle. Thus $346,000,000 of green backs were brought to par and kept there, k A reserve of $100,000,000 of gold was enough for that purpose. Under a clause of tiie Sherman act and the practice of the government, it has been the policy of the treasury to keep all the other kinds of money in circulation at per with gold,.but no further accumulation of gold has been provided by law to do this wbA. In July, 1893, there were $419,000,000 of silver dollars (mostly in circulation as certificates,) $346,000,000,000 of I greenbacks and about $140,000,000 of silver bullion treasury notes? or $900,000,000 inilRSggregate ? to be* kept at par with gold, on the strength of the treasury's dwindling gold re serve. At that time this reserve had declined from $193,000,000 in 1888, during Mr. Cleveland's first term, to leSB than $100,000,000. This amount of gold has been insufficient to inspire confidence in the government'*#bility to keep $900, 000,000 of greenbacks and 55-cent silver dollars at par, especially as it has been seen that this enormous bur* den is being added to under the Sher man act by the purchase of 4,500,000 Ounces of silver per. month. Hence the panic. Gold* was being exported. What if the' whole $100,rl 000,000 of gold, reserve were with drawn from the treasury by holders of greenbacks, certificate* or treasury notes? Then the government itvwas seen, would not be -able to keep the 55 cent silver dollar at" par with gold. There was good reason to fear this, sirae the dkcess of gold exports over imports in 1890 was $ 1^,000,000; in 1891, $72,000,000; in 1^2, when our exports of crops were ^cejrtionally j large $13*000,000. In 1893 gold ex ports have been on a vastly increased scale. To July 1, 1893, $140,600,000 ot treasury notes were issued under the Sherman act, but our net exports of gold in the same time were $141, 000,000. The goodness of the silver lollar being dependent on the ability I of the treasury to exchange gold for it, the holder of it^ jnvestors and others, became alarmed at the pros pect of the treasury's losing all its gold. The reason .why the silver dollar now buys as much as the gold dollar is clear from the foregoing. Of the silver dollar 55 cents is gold value and the rest is fiat, or mere implied promise, to pay. So lyng as the gold reserve is maintained' at Washington, the silver dollar will continue to be worth 100 cents, because the treasury will be able to give in effect, a gold dollar for it. Clear out the gold re serve and the silver dollar will go for only what the silver in it is worth? 55 cents. Free coinage ia folly be cause it means multiplying light dol lars enormously, and so making it im possible for the treasury to keep the silver dollars and greenbacks at paf with gold* With free coinage the | silver dollar would speedily loose half its purchasing power. ? Baltimore Sun. 0 4 ' ? riART^FAMOUS BATTERY. Senator Butler Atldre?se? the Survivor* at Denmark. Denmark, August 30. ? Senator Butler was the only notable at the reunion of Hart's Battery here today. He made a supurb address, and was warmly received by the thousand peo ple who were persent, hie reception amounting to a perfect ovation. He is being treated royally here. Only fourteen members of the battery were able to get here. Eveiything passed off delightfully. This afternoon an incessant rain is falling. The South Carolina train is in the ditch between here aud Augusta, and the wires are down. The t~tent of the wreck is unknown. The i^outh Bound people will nW? run a f,{>ecial train through to Columbia for .Senator Butler tonight, and he will be unable to make Lexington tomorrow unless he goes on a special train over the Richmond and Danville at 11. The damage by the storm here lias been enormous. * j ? Cholera In Jermjy City. New York, Sept 1. ? The health in spector of Jersey City announces offi cially that the death of Martin Crowe, at the Jersey City hospital, was caused by Asiatic cholera. Another case, that of Mrs Rhoda Black, sus pected to be suffering from the same disease, it still under investigation. THE PALMETTO TR^E SAVED FROM A THREATENED IGNO MINIOUS FATE. <0 _ _____ The patent Commissioner Denies Governor' Tillman's Application to Copyright the Stale Emblem as a Label tor Whiskey. W ASH IJKJTON , August 30. ? The Commission of Patents rendered a de cision today in the matter of the ap peal to him of the Stale of Sotttk Carolina from the leftualof the exami ner to register a trademark applied for in the name of the State, ing of die word "Palmetto" to be printed on ite liquor labels, together with the a^ns of the State and the name oi the liquor. It was stated to be the intension of the State oflioets! of South Carolina to enter markets outside of the" State and outside the Union as a vender of liquors for profit, and that the authorities had sold a case of its liquors bearing the trade mark in Canada. It was churned b y the appellant that the State possessed : the full rights of a trading oorpoia-l tion, and that it might undertake a; business of this character to be con ducted outride as well aa withinvtfie; State limits, adP that authority for; this was found in* the provisions of itai recent liquor legislation. The examine er held otherwise, and therefore re fused registration. The commissioner/ after reviewing the monopolies enjoyed by France and * Belgium* holds that a State of th^ American union, having all the pow-j ; era of an independent sovereign State, except those surrendered to tbe,Feder< al government, has the inherent as a State to engage in trade, doL or foreign; but the commissioner holds that a lawful trade liquors outside the State must be estafcMed in some effectual manner be(jai<Mbe State can become the owne&fatrade* mark which 'would be entitled* to registration in its name in the Patent Office under the law> of 1881. fie construes the South Carolina law as a measure for the suppression of the liquor traffic in South Carolin%:b^ private individuals, and to snbritnte therefor its complete control by the State, through load public dispenser^ and holds that only by strained cod* struction could any pnrasea in the act to be held to &ok to the establishment of an outsul^&affic of any kind, ex cepting in the* purchase j of the " % be duspensed^hat there was i in the general or special objects of I statute to show that the State intent to descend* to the level of a trading corporation outride its Mrn limits. j The commissioner closes his decision by saying: "It is considered that the State of /South Carolina, notwithstand ing the acts of ita Governor and Stale board of control, has no authorised trade in liquora outside its own limits; is not the owner of any trademark;, has not, at thi$ time, the right to use the trademark sought to be register ed; and, therefore die application U denied." > ' ... J The Telpher on the Play-groowLV*. y Let do teacher think tiu X the plajr-^ ground has no claim to his or her at tention. The school at play is in Rs ? best condition for the teacher to be come acquainted with it Here the pupil's individuality manifests itself much more clearly than on the claiih \ bench, and aflords the teacher better opportunity to study character and temperaments The teacher's presence on the play ground should exert both positive and a negative influence upon this pupils; positive in contributing to their inno cent enjoyment, and negative in keep ing them from mischief. He Bhould advise and encourage them to play, for the adage about - Satan finding mischief lor idle hands to do applies most forcibly to a crow4 of school tlqjdren. Jf they do Dot play they will soon fight, for their natural restlessness must find some vent We do not acl vise 'that the teacher lay aside his professional dignity! al together, but only that he divest him self of so much of it as to enable him to sympathize with the children in their enjoyments. The teacher should endeavor to establish on the play-ground a stand ard of fairness, truth and honor. Ifa boy cheats at marbles, or keeps false tally at ball, he will be apt in man- i hood to cheat customes at the counter, or make false entries on his employe?* books and embezzle the firm's moneju Here then is a field for a far-reaching*^ moral work ? one which no teacher \ can neglect and keep a clear con science. # The teacher's presence also tends to J restrain bad language. - Disputes arise and excited boys often emphasize .? their remarks by profanity. The teacher by acting as arbiter and ap pealing to their sense of right, can al ways prevent these disputes if he is present at the right time. Again the teacher may judiciously use some of the play time in teaching them much useful knowledge he has not time to impart regular school hours. Pacta earth ? its shape and size, visions of land and water, animals aja^many o&er be* thus Caught in -a way. So do not carry a book or school to read during recess, ont among your pupils on the ground and read them. TWrh meir hearts on the play ground ani yon will be better able to reachltheir" minds in the school room. -! 3S