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V ; ? r r A THE ? ? s VOLUME. VII. Q "Uotl iiikI Our Natlvo i.uinl. w 9 ? g CAMDEN, S. .0., FJilOAY, APRIL 24, 18%. . ON TO CHICAGO! IS THE CRY. MAGNIFICKNT fcUCCKSS OF TIUC 81'Ali l'/\\ ltl'lvO CONA'KNTION V 1#!' * ? U CO.yi'KNllON .. ? jL*. Representative 11 mines# i^6i^Assem? bled From All Purttj of ikf State. Muiih Knroe tacti Hud lSnthu elnsm Munlfoatcd. Speeohc* Made By Governor Kvuui Md the Hun. l*atr;ck Wnlali. Carolinians aro all awako. This it distinotivoly K (lay of go'-ahoadivei^pes and co-oporation," and tho business men have put their shoulders to the wheel and ru^fui to pull all together in having the Palmetto Stato lead at the Ohioago Southern and Cotton States Exposition. When Commissioner llocho called Othe Coijventiun to meet at Spartan burg not evoi? no ontbusiastic worker w as ho is dreamed of go largo and so representative ciM.vontiou as assem bled at his eail. It vyns a busiuess convention made up of busiuess men, men who havo been in the )uad in the industrial development of the State, ? men who havo tho interests of the State at heart, and Mho expect to make a success of tho undertaking. The Exposition movement has started out with tho most enoouragiug pros poets.*1 Men wero surprised at tho numbers, obaracter and earnestness of tho delegates*^ ? Tho Convention has started the "ball" rolling In splendid J shape. There was a oonepicuous avoidance of all out aud dried procedure and it was a free and open convention of tho peo ple from tho ontiro St"te. <?. v The scope and necessity of the Ex position w^re {ully and oloquonfcjy set forth by Hon. Patriok Walsh, of Augusta, Ga. Spartanburg did- .its share of thu initial work! Mayor Cal vert, Mr. Cleveland and their associates had everything in ajjplo-pio order for starting the. machinery, and a' ranged for a most delightful entertaiument. Mayor Calvert introduced Governor Eyans to tho audionco of delegates. * He was well rocoivecf aud spoke at some length. . .1 h. .. . .. ??? Tho Governor's Speech, (lovoruor Evans said ho was here for \Tork and not talk. Ho eoid he had some experience with expositions. (Laughter.) THie Legislature gave him some trouble about tho Atlanta money. There is, however, he re marked, a tide in this Stato which, if taken at its flood, leads on to success, and he was natisfied that the flood was now here. Tho South had resources aud advantages, aud is rapidly going tho front. Its great advantages havo been partly recognized. There was no need to recouut the develop ment of the South in the last few years, bat he believed the time had come when parti< 8 would be organised ao < ording to gcigr.t} h o lines and not so much on principal. The South and West must and will nnita lor mutual protection.. In tho last ten yeara the South - has gone rapidly forward in manufactories. In 1890 there were only 850,000 spindles running in ) ' South Carolina, While now there are in tho State over a million spindle*. Si nth Carolina must luivertiae her sell and blow her horn. Thero is no need {or narrow-minded ness in hiding from the world tho ad ^Vantages of the'State. There should be no sftch, effort. He believed the people*of tho Piedmont were Willing to to help advertise the State?' All ttij*t is asked is to furnish the exhibit. Chi cago will supply tho building. The State thought itself unable to provide funde for the; exhibit. The thing to to do is * o organize and fnrniah the funds for a proper exhibit. It can be done. The South must advertise her resources nnd products, and this is her oppoitunity . Wo mat with some suc cess in the appeals for the Altanta Ex position, but y4ry little was raised out aide of Charleston. There is no rea son to have such indifference again, and he did not I^Hoju?^that such waa ? the spirit of thfs~ convention. He hoped tof and expeoted success. Hon. Patrick Walsh. ? ? He then introduced the Hon. Patriok Walsh, of Augusta, the father of the Chicago Exposition movement, and praised his work for the South. Mr. ^iWalsh was received with applause. He said he was full of hope and confidence of the South of to-day; he felt that it "-Was in the handa of the men of to-day toriiake this South and this people greater than in any era of the pest; he said he bad addressed similar con ventions in Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, and this was tho largest Con vention to promote the Exposition' yet held in the South. This exhibit* a spirit of enterprise and independent* Most commendable strides ' have been made iq. industrial ligee ig recent Sears. Chicago fully recognizee that le South is on thef march toward industrial position art wants closer re lations with the Southland. ' Then he reviewed the liberal pro position made by Chicaco. and ex plained that all that ?a? needed was to prepare the exhibit. I( there ie any good in expositions, the wares to be shown should bo taken to thai | eefttre whose prodnotaoan be bought and where investments are wanted. The progress and achievements of Chicago have beeu phenomenal, so much so as to command the notice of every one. Chicago ~?T*i ms to have population of no le* lilHoas. ^ " np ths ssssntisl artirlss for | evsry one. vnt tributary to it a thafr&rty milti. , ,Hi ttok np thi prosperity, and ptid the world had been ransacked to find an y place except the South that can i;ivo tli?? cotteu need ed fo< (ho world's spiud^s. Tho South |tat? an alifioluto m>>ut>poly oottou {production. This beiug the oase thtjro is no reason why it bhould uot mj/nnfaoturo all its cotton. Tho evideAo?^ nro all that tho milts are comi tho cotton. Fifteen years I ago Mr. Atkinson said tho South could ! not compete with Now England iu $ot tou manufacturing. Behold tho result now. Now Englaud manufacturer? ad mit they can uo longer compete with tho South in coarse cotton goods, ft is uow a case of the survival of tho llttest, and as we have dietanoed the Eust iu mauufaoturing coarse cotton- goods so will we lead iu the finer goods. Here in your own oounty is a striking ex emplification. Twenty-two years ago you had about 830,000 in yam mills and todty you have over $5,000,000 in vested, and you payout hero over $10, - 000, q00 for 'Supplies aud labor. You have diversified- your iudustres, and you have made a home market. Ho went on to admit South Carolina leads in oottou spindles. llis fricijd. Mr. Hemphill, ofjjho Nows and Courier, had taken him up on his claim that Georgia led in tho number of cotton .spindles, and the authorities fa.v Mr. Hemphill was pbrroct; that South Car olina led the South as to the number of spiudles. Oi) substantial aud con servative lines there is no reason why the South should not progress profit ably iu this manufacture. ' Mr. W ttlsh took up the ccouomy question of the aooumulntiou of Ivenlth in tho Noi^heast and the tariff system. This Exposition, he -said, is tho best opportunity to advertise her products ever offered, and ho would bo surprised if tho South did not spontaneously uo oept tho proposition. In eonoluding Senator Walsh stated that his word for tho Chicago Exposi tion whs with him simply u labor of love, no matter how much wo glory in the aohievomouts of the past, wo will be dead to our advantages if we do not seize upon this opportunity to advance tho development of tho South. Major Hemphill said tliat South Carolina beat the South at Atlauta, and sho was going to boat tho South at Chicago. He wout on to say it would take from 88,000 to $1Q>000 to carry out the plaus of tho committee and have South Carolina represented. Look at this list of delegates if you wish additional confirmation of the statement that tho movement towards Chioago is a good one: State Agricultural and Mechanical Society? a. W. Mosely, B. A. Love. Chester? B. M. Spratt, J. L. Augers. Batcsburg? John F. Jones, J. Black, "Win. Anderson. Bennettevilte? Knox Livingston, W. D. Evans, Douglass Jennings. Lake Oity ? H. H. Singleton. Seneoa City? J. L. Stribling. Anderson ? J. F. Talley, J. T. Sul livan, George E. Prince, 1). H. Bus sell. r Pickens? T. C. BobineonJ J. E. Boggs. . Bamberg ? J ohn F. Folk, J,. D. Copeland, G. M. Dickens. Beaufort ? N. Christenson, C. O Townsend, William H. Lookwood. ! Kingstree? B. B. Stutts. \ v Woodruff-^- A. Ohamblin, W. F. Bry son. Lancaster1? William D. Brown, T. K,, Cunningham. ^ , Midway? F. F. Carroll, Jr. Blackshnrg ? John F. Jones, W. Anderson. Darlington? Bright Williamson, W. E. Jones, J< B. Ware. ? Hampton? W. 8. Tillinghast, W F. Gumming*, W. M. Stokes. Fairfield? T. W. Lauderdale, J. E. Coan, H. S. Wylie. Abbeville? J. P. Miller, F. J. Done lass, F. G. Edwards. Blaokville ? M. Felder, E. Spann. Hammond? Charles C. Bush. Charlisle? E. C. House,.!. D. Flem ing, ?T. S. Welch. Bock Hill ? John B. Ijondon, J. B Johnson, B. T. Fewoll. Walterboro ?A. C, Shaffer, J. S. Griffin, B. H. Pagett. ?? j Manning? E. C. Horboo, J. F. Brad ham, A. Levi. <? I _ ^Dgeburg? George W. Brunson, B. H. Moss, P. T. Hildebrand. Aiken? G. T. Holly, j|f. B. Holley. Jr., James PowelL Greenwood? W. G. Gambroll.F. B Cobb, F. M. Allen. Greenville? A. H. Dean, J. F Richardson, 0. A. MoAllister, B A McDowell, J. A. McCullongh, W. J. Thackston, J. H. Earle, F. B. McBee. St. George? I. J. Hutto, I. V. An pieby, George M. Bumph. Union-*/? A. Fant, W. T. Beaty H. sStor, J. D. Arthur. R. W. Harris. St Stephen's- -T. L. Jandon, Peter ilintworth, 8. T. Russell. Seaecs ? L. W. Jordan, J. W. (Hr oiliiat. Somter ? Altamont Mpses, W. A. Saden, John Reid, RiclArdl. Man ning. Barnwell? F. O. Butler, W. W. Moore, P. W. Prioe. , Georgetown ? foiUb/D^ar, Marks Moees, J. I. BmArd. * Walhalla ? O. W. Pitchford, W. L. Yerner, James Thomson. Goiimbia ? N. G. Gonzales, W. M. UpB. Sloan. W. B. Smith Whalej. BrsnchyiUa? F. M. Stokes, M. S. Connor, J. Pearlstein. > > - Edgefield? George B. Lake, S. M. Smith, Jr. -? tj Torkrille ? G. B. Beard, W. Adickes, J. E. Lowrj, M. O. Willis. York County ? J. O. Wei born. , Marion ? B. J. Blaekwell, E. H. Gaeqna, S. W. Smith, 0. Wittcorer. > Kershaw? Bobt. 8, Beckham. Fort Motte ? John E. Howe,. W. W* Wolfe, James A. Peterkin. Ckpiw-W. H. Fialajwon, ^ OL OmIiw, R. T. Oaslrtm ? - ' ? ? Wknwmm Jb> f. Cuaw. g. F. Doaght, H. 8. Bay. A. |*w, W, B.1 Burnett, D. E. Convers, I>. (/. Pun oan, R. K. OarHon, O. Wj Xioludls, J. K. Jennings, B. J. J. ii. Montgomery, Arch J. B. ! Carlisle, H. J. Johosou, J. B. Clcve- i land, A. IJ. Twitehell, 11. H. P. Cbap man, J. B, Amos, H. A. Robot son, Ooo. Contleld, James Walker, B. T. ( MoCrary. Paoolet ? H. B. Lipscomb. State Press Association? -J. B. Boggs, Pickeno Sontinol; J. A. Hoyt, Greenville Mountaiueer; N. G. Oon- 1 zales, Columbia Btato; J. C. Hemuhill, ; News and Courier; August Kohu, Novvs and Courier; K. H. Aull, president State Prow Association. Charleston? A. F. 0. Cramer, of the City Counoil; William M. Bird, George H. Tuoker, Chamber of Commeroet Gen. 0. I. Walker, Major George B. Edwards, H. A. Molouy; Young Me^'s Business League, J. 0. Hemphill, R.j! B, Lebby, Ignatius P. O'Neill. Chester ami Lenoir Railroad ? G. W. | F. Harper. Port Royal uud Western Augusta Railroad ? John H. Averill. Boirth ?Caroliua and Georgia Railroad ~rW. A. Boyle. j Atlantio Coast Line ? 0. B. Gadsden. Beaboard Air Lino ? H. W. B. Olovor. Port Royal and Wostern Carolina ? i J. W. Craig. Port Royal and Augusta ? R. H. Wright. Newberry ? T. J. McOtavy, W. P. Ewart, Johu U. Wioker, O. L. Solium pert, H. H. Evans, W. W. Huut. Camden? G. W. Mosely. Pavisville ? B. H. Wildos, 0. H. Ho i Lor me. . ! Modoo? 0. H. Key, P. R. Wales, M. j G. Jaoco. .. MoOall? T. B. Gibson, A-.' K.\Adam, i Chan. Iceman. | Woodruff ? A. D. Chamberlain, j Williamsburg? *M. D. Fitch, P. M. Player. Mr. Walsh, who has visited thro? State conventions in tho interest of the Exposition, said that South Carolina had the best convention, and what it moro, sho proposes to have the best exhibit at Chicago. Major Hemphill offerod the 'follow ing resolution : Resolved^ That a committee, con sisting of one delegate from.eaoh^ol the Congressional distriots in the State, bo appointed by the chairman to prepare o plan for tho organization of the oxhibit of the rerources of this State at the Southern States Exposi tion in Chicago and for raising the neoessary amount of money to cover the expenses of euch State exhibit. That this committee be instruoted to make its report to this Convention. The Committee Reports. The chairman, Mnj. J. 0. Hemphill, after presenting to the convention the difficulties that confronted the' com mittee andthoneocBBityof hamonioifp, effeotive work all over the State, sub mitted the following report: . . For the purpose of making a com plete and representative oxhibit of the resources of South Carolina at the Southern States Exposition to bo held in the oity of Ohicago, \>eginniiig AugustJL5, next, this convention pro vides for the organization \$f tjiii "South Carolina Exposition pany."*' This oompany shall consist of the delegates of this convention and others to be appointed. The officers of the company shall be * president, vioo-preeideut, commis sioner and finance committee, to con sist of three members. The head quarters of the company shall bo at Columbia. . t The president, vipe-president com missioner and members of the flnaqco committee shall constitute the Ex ecutive committee, three of whom sh^H mubka quorum. ^ 1m\ tho convention designate an active, progressive man from each county a commissioner, who shall as sociate such persona with him as he shall desire, to assistnjn the promotion of the work. \ That the commissioners be given power to fill vacanoie&Aj^djpake re movals. The urgent necessity of funds, for which purpose about 910,000 will be required, being raised at once to mako a proper Vepre3entation of tho re sources of the State of South Caro lina. believing as V? do, that it can be made to lead tho South, is all important. The commissioners are hereby in structed to organize without delay aud report to the State Commission tho amounts their oounties will contribute to tho Exposition, collect the same and forwurd so fast as collected to tho obairmatuoijtho finance committee. That the convention invite the co operation of the manufacturing, me chanical, agricultural and all other in dustrial interests of the State. Tho co-operation of tho owners of arable, timber aud swamp lands, undeveloped water powors and miaing properties for sale or lease, is also invifarf towards making the State exhibit at Chicago n success. Appreciating the very great interest already manifested by the railroad companies of the State in promoting the success ot the 'enterprise, as evi denced by tho freo transportation fur nished the members of the oonvoniion, and the presenco of representatives of railroad corporations in this body, the oommittee invite a continuanoe of thiu interest and such farther aid as they shall be abls to make. The oommittee recommend farther that bis exoelleney, the Governor, be ,, mads the president of thl company; that Bon. W. A. Coortnay be made-] the vios 'president, sbd E. L. Roche, State commissioner, sftd that these three designs te the flnaooe oommittee. The committee farther mors rseom meod that the press of the %tate be rsqaested editorially dad othearise to] imaiUAiuHU* io the sUsalKoo ol| the Statew a?d to im weituh w-J? m mm ** " Ms - utiug to the fumi and tne advantage to bo dorived from this exposition to communities us well sb individuals. The following is the list of delegates appointed by eouuties: Abbeville, Wvutt Aiken; Aiken, 11 M. Dibble; Anderson, 1). K. Nor r in; Barnwell, J. P. Folk; Beaufort, W. H. Look wood; Berkoloy, J. B. Morrison; Charleston, G. M. Tucker; Cbcsto, ? i n ; Oboeterlleld, R. T. Oast on ; Clarendon, 1). J. Bradham; Colleton, 11. H. Padgett; Darlington, W. )3. James; Edgefield, O. 13. Lake; Fair fluid, J. E. Ooan, Florence, Smilie A. Gregg; Georgetown, W. D, Mor Can; Greenville, A. H. Deau; Harnp >n, W. B. Tilliughast; Horry, ? ? ; Kershaw, ? ? j Lancaster, Leroy Borings; Laurens, Lexington, Marion, E. H, G?eque; Marlboro, J. B% Gibson; Nowborry, B. H. Aull; Qoouee, L. W. Jordan; Orangeburg, LH. Moss; Piokens. J. E. Boggs; bland, W. MoB Bloau; Spartan ? burg, A. II. s Twiohelli Sumter, R. I. Manning; Saluda, N. B. Alloy J Union, J. A. Faut; Williamsburg, F, Barron Grier; York, W. B. Moore; P. R. A A. Railway, J. II. Averill; S. 0. & G. Railway, W. A. Boyle; A. 0. L. Rail 0. Qadsdau; S. A.x L.i M. B. Glover; P. H. Si W. 0., W. J". Oraig; Chester <fc Lonoir, Mr. Harper. Tho following 'resolutions wore offer ed by Mr. Altamont Moses, of Sum tor, and wero unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the thanks of the eonventiou be and the panjo/i r > hereby toudored to tho eitizons of the oity of Spartanburg for tho cordial woloomo and tho attention shown to tho dele gates while in their midst. Resolved, That the thanks of this oonvention ond of the Stat? of South Carolina aro due the Hon. Patriok Walsh for his patriotic action and eloquent address beforo this body. TKLKGRAI'IIIO TICIC8. Tho Comptroller of the Currenoy lm? approved tho application of the city of Houston, Texas, to bo made a reserve city. A. M. Spurr has been convicted at Naahvillo, Tenn., of complicity in wrcckiug the Commercial National Hank of that oity. Ho was its proBi dent. IIo will get from a two to a fifteen years sentence. The diamond tbioveqp^in London hitvo boon positively identified as tho j butler and second man of Mr. Burden, of New York 'oity. The oolotod population of Washing* Ion celebrated tho anniversary of theit ( emancipation last Tuesday by a street parade and speechmaking. President Cleveland reviewed the procession from the portico of tho White House, ind ^the Distriot Commissioner re viewed it from the oity buildiug. Ex-Presidont Harrison will preside it the annual oontest of the Northern Orntorlcal Association which will bt held in Chicago May 1. Murderer Holmes baptized and re ceived into tho Catholio Church at Philadelphia. In a tonamont house at Turner'! Falls, Mass., flvo French children wer? suffocated. It is rumored that tho steamship ^Laurada," which sailed from Savan nah, Ga., March 1st, with over 300 Si* berian emigrants, is overdue. [ Mrs. Charles Givers was shot and killed at White Pino, Tenn., while running a cowing macniu?. Atlauta is to have a bioyole factory. Strong Western companies have oon eolidatod with them, and it is expected that they will bo turning out wheels in a short time. Capital stook $100,000. Three children by the name of Tur* ner, of Atlanta, Ga., were painfull; injured by the explosion of a jar oi lime. At the Broadwater Mine at Neihart, Mont., a terrible explosion occurred, resulting in tljfc death of seven men and>*trrnMM?4fcjury to six others, some of whom cannot repo>vor. The dead are: Frank Doran, Jim Morrison, Hugh McKonzie, Dan O'Leary, Dan Boss, John Kerns, Joe Dearborn. 01 tho men killed all wero single except Frank Doran. Starling Savage was taken from his bed at Irving, Tenn.f by a mob oi masked men and- hanged to a tree. In Albany, Ga., Walter Philpotflroi threo shots at JValtor Corbett, in a fll of jealous rag4, and then tries to kill his wifo. _ Fire at Evansville, Ind., sweep# away $100,000 worth of property. Four men crushed to deafh in the Eddy Creek coal mine, Pennsylvania. A^plony of Gbrmans, from the West, aro 'endeavoring to purchase 5,000 acres of land near Atlanta, Ga., where* ou they do ecientifio farming. The Dauntless Bicyclo "dompany, oi Toledo, O., has been gutted by firr. The loss is estimated at $150,000. Fivo hundred hands ar$. thrown out oJ work. ^ ' Bev. J. B. Hawthorn, pastor of th? First Baptist Church, at Atlante, Ga., has accepted a call to Nashville^ Tenn. &S is one of tho mpsL.noted pnlpil brators of the South. 5 A mass meeting of five standard railway organizations met in Atlanta, Ga., lost Saturday. It was attended by engineers, firemen, conductors, telegraphers and trainmen. They fa vor compulsory international arbitra tion* 1 Dispatches report terrible floods is the province of Quebec. The Quebec Central Railroad will loee $100,000 by JJijp wreck of the bridge at Sberbrooka. Every store in Bichmoof^ a town ol 8,000 inhabitants, is flooded. { ? The strike among the lamber load ere at Penaaoola, Pla., baa been eettled, and 1.000 laborers will retarh to work* Hod. Hector D. Lane, Commissi ot>W of Agrieoltore of Alebas^. ctmh?m opinion thai {here will b?%10pif ? ; -- PALMETTO I POINTERS. POIJT ROYAL TO LIVKIIFOOL. % S|)lv|iiU(l Mno of Steamers to be ln augur?ted. Tho Pott Royal Imio has taken an >ther step forward iu it? endeavors to build up tho export business,; Tho uost recent movement in tho eat^bUnh oaeut of a monthly transatlantic ser rioo with Liverpool. A apleudid lino Df vomcIh h>i? been scoured aud voy iges will bo made monthly between Port Royal aud Liverpool. Col. J. 11. Averill, receiver of tho I'ort Royal and Augusta Railway, in conversation >vith a Reporter for tho News and Courier said that all ar rangements had boon porfeotod and that tho tlrHt-olaan pasHongor steamers "Yucatan" aud "Texan," of tho West India and Pacific Mail Line, had bcou secured for monthly trips during tho sijuiiuor, boginning on May 20. Those feteamors aro splendidly oonatruoted vessels of 2,6000 tons net register and with a capacity of 6,000 tons of freight. They arc handsomoly fitted up and eaoh can carry fifty ilrst cabin paa srngers. A full corps of cook?, stew ards, etc, is carried ami tho table is supplied with evory delicaoy. Tho arrival of tho first two boats has been anticipated and their cargoes of cotton, wheat, corn, flour and lumbor will ho on tho wharves waiting their arrival. Tbo vessels will likely bring salt as a return cargo. Tho cargoes havo been soourod ohiefly from tho west. Gon. Kennedy Dead. Oen. John D. Keuttcdy, who was consul general at Shanghai during Presidont Cleveland's first time, died kt his home in Camden of apoplexy. Geu. Kennody was one of tho youugCBt brigadiers in tho Confederate army aud mado a brilliant reoord. He lias since tho wai^boon vory prominont in Btato politios, having boon olootod lieutenant governor in 1&80 and an unsuccessful oandidato for tho Domo oratio nomiuatiou for^sgovornor in 1882. Tho funeral sorviccs of tho late i God. John D. Kennedy took plaoe from the Presbyterian Church in Cum dea and were oonduotod by the Rev. W. W. Mills, tho paster of that church, and who had been Gen., Kennedy's pastor for tho pest twelve years. Tho services were opened by singing "Jesus, keep mo near tho oross." An immense . concqurofe of sorrowing friends attonded the funeral servioesf The ohuroli wa?? full to overflowing. Tho eervicos were deeply impressive. International Arbitration. Major B. F. Whitnor, presidont of the Stato Bar Association, bus'' made the following announcement of the Ap pointment by the oxeoutive committee of tho State Bar Association of the State committee on international ar bitration, this committee to co operate with a similar oommitteo of the Now York Bar Association to doviso and recommend a plan for the organization of a permanent international tribunal to which should' he referred for peace ful settlomeut all controversies arising between finglish speaking people. Tho committee is as follows: Judge J.-H. Hudson, chairman, Beunettsville, S. C.; General Edward McCrady, Char leston, 8. O. ; D. 8. Henderson, Esq., Aiken, S. C. ; B. L. A buoy, Esq. ; Co lumbia, B. C. ; W. C. McGowan, Esq., Abbeville, B. C. Jrlttrder !? Vo Accident* In tho Copes inouraace Caoo, before the United States Oirouit Court, at pharlestod, the jury brought ,Jiu a verdict in fovor of the New England jMutual Acoidont Association. This decision seems to establish that to get murdered is not to meet with an ao i ideut. The plaintiff as will be re knerubcred, was Mrs. Rosa li. Copes, kvife of the lato Treasurer Copes, of hrungeburg, who was aacassinated [oine time jjjnce. Mr. Copes held a policy in tne ttew Englahd Mutual Accident Association, which promised |> >,00U in case of death by accident of Iho holder. Tho Inaurauco Associa tion claimed that his death was not an neefdeut. Mason** Klcclrlcal Works. j The Mason Electrical Works (of Sumter, is flooded with borders for telephones and' i quipmeiita for exchunges. The Mitput of the shop is fifty to sixty telephones per week, but this will bo increased to one hundred per week. i\fr Browning, of Greenville, |8. C., has recently purchased an interest in /Iho business and has assumed tho posi tion of business manager. Mr, <3. T. Mason will retain tho management* of .the mecbauical and experimental de partments of tho work. Tho Mason 'Electrical Workf- has grown from a very aiftall beginning 'to a business of considerable proportions. BondbSflliijfni* the I toad. I The Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Road is now disconnected from every other road and is mp apd operated by bondhi ldjrs, being7 entire ly. under the mahmgemont of I. W. 1'owlor, agent for th?L purchasers. I The Lewisviile Mil/a, nea J Chester, which mannfacturee' yarn, (his been 'sold to Mr. B. D. Health, "of Char lotte, N. C. Tho mill runs about 5-000 spindles. ^ , N * - Rereaae from Tobac?o and Beer. -Internal reran a e oevttfleetes for tbe Bine months of the currant fiscal year, from of fldal figures made by Commissioner Miller, of Waafcfaftoa, acfragated #110. 179,075, an iaeraass orer the oorraapoadlof moatbs of UQf of ?l8t.M7, a*etaalrelr dertrad from jtobaeoo and beer. n? pviacf eel Heme of leraone-ware: SpWH^I^w, ? decrease eiJwHW ?iWjfW. v. ? ? 1 | I ^ wHAIMttlt'tltOr UtlilifcllM Of tho South Carolina Climate and Crop Service for Week Kndlug April t til>. Tho general weatbor conditions during tho week woro not tho best for growing orops, although moro favor able at tho 01080. Tho wo ok opened i oold and windy and light fronts on tho \ 5th and 8th were recorded ao far east ! ward aw Berkeley Oonnty. It is gen ' eralty reported that these froat* bad no , injurious effect other than to retard | tho growth of vegetation. Tho torn* j pcraturo averaged about four degrees ! por day below the seaflOual, and ranged ; from a menu of 53 to 54 degree# in the i extreme wentorn oountiee to a meau of from 58 to 00 iuthe extreme southoa9t ern oouutioB. Tho average temper ature for the week for tho whole State wan 56 and tho normal for tho same period is approximately 00. The extreme range of temperature, as re ported, wan from a maximum of 83 on tho 10th at (Jillisonvillo, Hampton County, to a minimum of 80 on tho Oth at Sautuo, Union County, on which morning thin ioo was noted at various point* iu the hill country. There wero two days with rain. Ou the 7th a aprinklo of vain fell at a number of placoa and on tho evening of tho Oth there waa a gonoral light rain over the ontiro fc^tate ; too light to bo of much bouotlt. Tho greatest amount recorded waa 0.20 of an inch at Stateabury, Sumter Court, and tho amounta ranged from that to "Trace." The normal amount for the same period ia approximately 0.90 inoh. Tho deficiency in rainfall aiuoo March 1st, 1806, is about three and one-half inches. There waa moro than tho usual amount of sunshine with an average of 67 per cent, for tho Btato. There was least cloudiness in the western portions of the State and most in tho east contral portion. Planting made rapid progress dur* ing tho -week. The only unfavorable condition, agaiiiHt tho thorougo prh paratiou of -Muds, waa a tendancy of ground to bake, or become too hard by reason of drynoaa, and this condi tion was conlinod to elay lands. It was too dry and cool for tho rapid gormination of seed and poor stands are, in couscquonoe, reported at this titne. Tho progress of tho various crops is briefly givon below, averag ing tho reports, where it is possible, so as to givo the prevailing oonditiou, and noting suoh exceptions only that aro at wide vurienco with th^ general tenor of the reports: Upland corn about . all planted and muoh of it up or/lbming up. Pcrfcot stands tho exception. Cool weather affeoted ita color. Bottom lands being planted. . Cotton planting progressing rapidly and is drawing to a finish in tho south* ?N*et?r? conntiwrwhilc only~"f ntrly be gun in the extromo western counties. Some oarly planting is up but - of4 feoted by cojI woathor. Sea Island -otton abo it all planted. ^ Reports indicate that tobaoco will receivo considerable attention this year. Beds did not do well except where well protected. Somo farmortj are about ready to transplant. The sowing of rice has been in pro gress daring tho past two weeks. Wheat is reportod as looking prom ising, 1t>ut making slow growth. There is a *ant of uniformity iu tho -reports on tho condition of oats, somo reporting fair to good, and others fair to poor stands. In some localities fall oats are doing best; in others, spring sown, -The prevailing condition is no doubt promising, but oats stand iu deed of warm weather and raii^, Rye is heading. Pastures do not as yet afford grazing in the central and northwestern counties, . . It is the general opinion of corres pondents that early fruit, especially La Conte pears and St. ftn(^ Alberta varieties of paaches aro Rra^y damaged, but that late varieties are as yet ?afe. Wild plums and berries are putting on fruit heavily. Gardens continue backward, but gardens planted in tho fall aro yielding vtyjitables for uso now. Shipments of early vegetables and fruits from tho coast continues. Strawborrlca, aMparagus and lettuice largely, peas in amall quantities. Irinh potatoes moally planted and up. Tho early planting touched by frost, but Bcarcely injured. This crop ] neods rain badly. J. W. Baubix, Reotion Director MRS. 8ALLIK F. <IIAPIN DKAD. She Wan Superintendent of the South ern Work of the W. C. T. U. Mrs. Chapin died at her residence In Charleston la?t Sunday. Bbo wa? worthy to he uumcd among the truly great women of America. Zeal for good work wait not an ineident or later and developed phus-) of the character of Mrs. Chapin, l>nt tho crowning ^feature of her whole 'ifo. Mrs. Chapin was of lluguonot lin eage. Her ancestors catne to Carolina immediately after tho revocation of -the Edict of Nantes. Her great grand* father, Dr. Fclician Vig eron, was ft scientist, distinguished in the world of letters. One of her grand fathers died of diacaae contracted in thu Hervice of the American Revolution. Tie also lost a great estate l?v the war. Aa tho superintendent of the entiro Southern work of the Woman's Christian Temperanoe Union; an a spedial means, under Ood, of the phe nomenal sncceee of th*t work; as the brilliant representative of the Bouth in the greafteopTWDtioB* of that society at the north, and as one whose preeeaoe was besought at the anniveraariee upon the other aide of the sea, Bailie F. Chapin wrote her name Ugk ? oy thoee beloved and blessed aa baa?lab? . tors to tfcsir kind ? achieved, indeed, I en an ini Ma ghJnhyths Lorito AMIh J,K O In | , A T| V IC K.C'ON O 3| | STS. How the Trustee* o$ tho Columbia Ulld Koiliulo N$?0\l0g0 Hold ? Property and How They Cutjie to Possess It, Mr. W. 0, Bwaflleld, of ('<>1 iimbis, In a communication to tho Columbia Btate, has this to say of the college, through a paper loft by the Into Dr. I>! H. I rezovsut, ouo of tho formor trustees: Boruowhoro about 1T95, flvo gentlo meu, to- wit: 1 hoK. Taylor, Jan. Taylor, Wm. Montgomery, Geo. Wado and Benjamin Wariug, petitioned tho leg islature to empower them to establish an aoadomy iu Columbia and to grant them a ohurtor for its proper regulation and control. The legislature granted the petition and made it a permanent ouo and authorised the trustees to make their own laws and regulations and to eloot trustees whenever a vacancy should ooouf among them. Tho .legislature also granted to tho trustees a fund for the purposo of oreotiug a building, and gave to them the land hack of the college and about the railronad, whore tho mir grounds are; also gavo to thora tho half of Broad river ferry. The latter was subyo queutly taken from them and given to tho Broad rivor bridge, without an equivalent. Tho aoademy was established and oarried on for many voa. s. A small lot on Sumter, between Blanding aud t Laurel streets, was purchased and a building ereofcod end used as a school house until srimo where about 1830 or 1 HMO, when tho buildings woro in so dilapidated a condition that tho trus tees concluded to sell tljo property and oreot a building upon tho land givon to them by ox-Governor Taylor for that purpose; bounded by PiokenB, Laurel, Kichland and Houdorson streets. Tho old school houso a'nd lot was sold for about 870Q aud asubsorip tion opened to make iip tho amount required for its ercotion, and the sum of $7,500 was obtained for that pur poso. The promise to pay was givon to Mr. Thomas Wade aud ho built tho present male aoadomy. I have carried out this fur beforo I /Ulude to tho female academy, though the malo was commenced and^ finished some years after tho erection of the female on tho lot givon to them by Governor Taylor,* on the condition that thoy should keep up I ho academy, aud tho lot was for no other purpoeo. Between tho yearo 1822 aud 182f>, the trustees, anxious to assist tha com munity and give all the advantages of an education to the rising generation, oompatable with, their meaus, deter mined to establish a female school of high order and calculated to take some 80 or 40 boarders. Their means wero ample for ihe purpose at the tispe they commenced it, but , were very much ' ourtailed during its progress. The lands whichtheyTioTd wero sold ahd ? not being sufficient, money was bor rowed from the bank on the responsi bility of the trustees. I think tho Broad river ferry, which yielded them an Income of$l,200 per annum, was pledged for the redemption,sof the d^bt, with the amount on Tillingbfist's 'Ti&t between Plain, Washington and Mafca streets.' > ' They completed the building, but during that time the Broad -tirw bridgo company was established and they petitioned the legislature to give.,' them, tho site of the ferry, whieh-they did, although they felt that the owi* era of the ferry ought to reimbursed^ and they required of the bridge com- * pany to give the McGowans, who owned one-half of the academy, with #?-? certain number of shares; yet they, gave nothing to the trustees, but left them with a debt of some thonsands of dol lars, accruing from tho loan made aud ' the repeated payments .bottomed ou the inoomo derived from that: ferry. Boon after this transaction, tho re trench ment rage prevailed and the legislature orderod the bank to call in tho loan granted to tho trustees of the .. aoademy. The legislature or derediha? - aoademy to lid sold to. pay the debt, and it was offered for sale by the sheriff for two or three years. The legislaturn r would not recognize the academy as theirs' or remit the debt duo by trustees to the bank. At length, after a long flght over the subject, tbey for* gave tho debt to the trustees and freed* I them from the liability. THE LAW TOHK TKSTftD, It Will Hoon B^ettleVl \Vli?tUer the Stat? Sliull Have the Imported Liquor For Private Usn Analyzed or not. Tho attorney general has about com pleted urraDgemoDtH for a ca?e, under tbo lufit dispensary act, to be tested to nee if the law is as chemically pore At the X brands of liquor tbat iho State sells. He has ordered stopped all seizures of imported drink for private use until the luw shall bo acted upon. In the '.Id act Judge Simonton ruled that a person could have as much as * hve gallons of whiskey brought into Restate for his personal use without 9 molfesUtion from the constable*. The \ amendment to the act pawed Vy the last legislature provides that a person may order liquor, but before he_eaii taste thereof it moat be tested by the State chemist to see if it is chemically,, P The case that be harpreparedflo gue before Jndge Bimonton is on ftf the recent seiraree/ln Charleston, tW liquor being that of Mr. W. * Whale/, who has appleM to the ed States circuit eonrt for hia * If it Is rated tbat parse? , to. the parental care of tbe send their private d?nijoU| analysed by U?e State ^ spilnree will be ordered ed to tbe oostnu be instraoted to : d HETtf ' -V IT.