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VOLUME VI! I. ? HEME BOND SCRIPT. I Nearly $2,000,000 ? Blue liidgo Bonds Involved. A BOND SCRIPT STATEMENT. <5 f ? Wesley's Claim ami' tho Important ldtlgation Which Slay <irow Out of Uio Agricultural Hall Case, Tho Nawhu unci Courier of a recent i * date says while tho VjinMorcook case may bo attracting a groat deal of atten tion, tho Agricultural llall oaso, which may in time nettle the validity of tho Bhto liidgo bonds, involves nearly two " millions of dollars, ? In this, day very littlo is known about j theso bon'dfc for whioh Mr. W'esloy is tilling, Mr. Wesley claims that ho is legally ami morally duo tho money on lus bonds, and tho Unitod States Su preme, Court will, no doubt, in tiino iiavo to sottlo tho issuo. In view of the vast importance of tho ?questioning of tho validity of tho bonds that havo been held to bo illegal, tho following statomont,- prepared in the State Treasurer's otllco, will bo road with speoiul interest : ??On tho loth of September, 18(58, an /.?1 WUM passod authorizing additional <uid to tho Jiluo Ridge Kadroad Com pany. This company, which was to ?oonnoct with the Uoorgiaand Kast Ton nos.seo Railroad,' had beei^, granted aid in 1854, to tho amount of $1,000,000, upon certain conditions, whioli, it would appear l>3r the Act of 18(13, ^woro not complied with. This Act authorized tho guarantee by tho State of $1,000,000 ?of tho bonds of tho company, and tho further guarantee of $J, 000, 000 from I tfimo to tnno as tho company made con tacts for the completion of tho road. I'lie Act provided that as soon as any bonds of the road wore ondorsod by the comptroller then tho estate proporty and funds of tho roads in South Caro lina, Ncu'th Carolina, Georgia and Ten nessee should stand pledged to tho State for the prompt payment of the bond'd and intoro&t. This condition way subsequently repealed, uud tho Stato had no security. Thoso bonds woro delivered to tho com puny, and tho financial agont of tho State was authorized by the Aot to udvaiice monoy from time to time on these bonds, which he did?' Jt soon bocanie apparent that tho. ?company would not be able to pay in "? lerost or principal, and that tbo State you Id becomo liable, and thoroupon an Act was paused directing tho financial aged (with the coQBQntof the company) l(? transfer tho bonds guaranteed by tho State in his luiuds, as collaterals for ?ho advances made, to tho State treas urer for cancellation, and that thoro upon tho company should bo discharg ed from oil liability to tho State on ac wunt of the advances made, and that ?whenever tho said company should sur rejidor tho remainder of tho .$4,000,000 "bonds, then the treasurer was to issue to thoAi $1,800,000 in revenue bond scrip, or to give thom a pro rata amount of this scrip for such of tbo bonds as might from time to time bo surren dered. The sciyip was receivable for all Stato taxes, except taxes for interest on tho public debt. The revenue bond scrip does not ap *|?eer in any- official statement of the recognized debt of the Stato either un der the Into Republican or present Democrat io administration. There is not even in oxistonco any ipBIoial statement or showing of the Amount of scrip that may, from timo to time, have been issued or put upon tho market, ajud tho only entry relating to the nnvtUr that can bo found on the l>ooktfof tlta^reasjtf'y Is tho following, liamnfly, ISIS^Xflly, in which the Stato is dolled for amount of revenue bond weeip issued in accordance with pro ?^^yisionH of A ct of the General Assembly, approved March 2, 1872: Amount of bonds surrendered $8,805 at $1,000. $1,707,352.94. The Supreme Court has twice decid ed that the issuo of this scrip was in valid and illegal. The scrip is not in cluded in tho provisions of tho Con solidation Act of 1878, nor any of tho Funding Acts of the Slate, no provision has evei been made for tho pnymont of Hamey*- (principal' or interest) nor is therA'tfro remotest probability that tho ? scrip will ever bo recognized as a valid obligation of this State. Tho account itself, if tho brief ontry referred to uliovo mny bo^aliedan Act. was form ally and finally charged oft' the books f5f the treasury and olosed by direotion of a joint resolution of the General As vembly, pnssod 24th of December, 1878. The scrip must be regarded as worth loss, and since the deoieion of the Su premo Court the issue has been classed among the fraudulent transaetiomi of the agents of the Republican govem mo<)t., whioh was In power from 1808 to 1870. / _ ? WWa't THEY OKT. (Jouutita . I>ou't Kccclvo All Thoy -Ask' For. The sub-committo of the sinking fund - havo just comploted their investigation . of what amount eaoh /df the counties ? applying for loans may get Under tho law. This based on tho amount of taxes col looted in eaoh county and whioH may bo pledged for the ropayment of loan*. In almost every instance the county did not get what they a?ke<l for, but tho . ~ amounts will go a long way in helping thetk.to meet their, current expenses wh?u Imy bec-ome doe. . ..Tha following anfluuaU hare bean al lowed: Sumter, $6,287: Cheater, $#,078; but' it is understood .that Die appljca ^V^wJrSAipa were 7H;Ooonee, 5;Hamp 1 coob^t ^MNt?an the* formation of -the mnation of the all topiao**, _id is not prepared todecideex IIAOHULOKS OF DIVINITY. The Annual Commencement of tho l'roal>ytorluu Theological Semi nary. . , The commencement of tho Prosby torian Theological Seminary occurred | in Columbia last week, and tnoprooood- 1 iilgs woro of tlio greatest interest to tho friends of tho graduates its well as of tho institution, l)r. Staoy proven tod tho diplomas in a vyry interesting talk, and as each grad uate got hid diploma it carried along with it the right to \vrito Bachelor of. Divinity after his name. This an innovation in the history of tint institu tion and, i(js customs. ij'loretoforo grad uates simply received tlteir diplomas which carried with them no honorary degroo. Tho graduates weleoined the ehango and think the hoard of trustees in right. and that it wan something that should itave been done beforo. Following is a list of the graduates: W. R. llnfnor, York, W. R. M in tor, Laurfj*; II. R. Murohison, Abbeville;1 F. K.*nimfl, Choator; H. L.JtogerH. Tho following received lc($vtilicatos, having takon special courses: .J\ A. Dorritteo, of Maryland; 0, A, MoPhootors. of Missouri: C. B. Kateh ford, of York County. W. W. Saddler, of Anderson, and I j. C. Yass of .Sa vannah. Rev. Dr. lloyt, of F.lborton, (in. , in ado the parting remarks to tho stu dents and graduates. Tho Seminary has had a very success ful year and it is gratifying to know that tho proHpeetu for next year aro most encouraging. Th? ho.ird of trustoo ro-oloctod Dr. .1. D. Tad look for tho present, but appoint ed a committee to get some suitable men to 1111 tho chairs of "Church (lov crnniont and History" and "Natural Soienoes in Conduction with llovola tion. " positions will bo tilled at tho noxt inebtthg. 'Tho following trustees were oleetod: Synod of South Carolina - liov. J. ( I. Richards, Blonhoim; Rov. 0. W. Hum phroys, D. D. , Doncnstor; Rov. W. \Y. Mills,- Camden; Mr. W. A. ??Clark, Co lumbia; Roy. \Y. M. MoPheeters, D. D., Columbia; Rev. A. A. Jamos, Paco let. Svnod'of Georgia? Rov. II. F. lloyt, L). 1)., Flbertou; Mr. W. C. Sibley, Augusta; Col. M. A. Candler, Atlanta; Rev. Jamos Stacy, D. I),, Nowiuru. Synod of Alabama? Rev, R. Cecil, D. D., Selma; Rev. J.L. Brotfnleo, Union Springs; John 'II. Millor. Birmingham. Synod of Florida - Roy. \V. ID. Moll waino, Pensacola; Rev. \V. W. Elwang, Orlando. THIS STATK LOSES. The Agricultural Hall Caso Decided Hy the Supreme Court. Tho Stato has lost tlio Agricultural Hall case and tho State Dispensary will havo to move out sooner or later and seek other quarters, Tho following dispatch explains itself: Washington, May II. ? Tho llnitod States Supremo Court has affirmed tho decision of tho Circuit Court for tho Circuit of South Carolina in tho ''Ag ricultural Hall" ease, involving tho title to the agricultural Hall in Colum bia, *S. C. Edward B. Wosloy, of Now York, bought the property of tho Com missioners of tho Stato Sinking Fund, but there were alleged irregularities in the purchase and he brmlght suit against J. 10. Tindnl, tho Secretary of the State and J. R. Boyles, who had been omployod by tho Soorrotary of tho State to guard the property to secure possession. Tindal and Boylos, in tho lower courts, contofided that thoy woro more custodians of tho property arid tJbat tho Stato could not bo sued, but tho possession , of the. . property was given to Wosley. The judgment was affirmed by tho Supremo Court in an opinion by Justice Uarlau, who ...held that tho Stato was not necessarily a jr.artv to the suit. Tlio Columbia Stato says: Tho de cision complicates matters very, much and has tho authorities worried a Initio. If tho dispensary has to sock, othov quarters it will ho at no small cost to tho Stato. In tho mcantimo the Van dercook case Is pendi.ig; if tho de cision in that enso is against tho Stato it cannot, bo denied that the dispensary business will be practically destroyed. Thus it is said that tho dispensary sys tem may ho changcd frym a source of profit to a Kreat expeifso/N Behind it all is tuo great dinger to tho Stato of haviug tho 'Bhro Ridgp scrip declared va|i<t. Mr. Wesley hrts other payments to mako on tlio' prop erty wlion they fall duo and he will doubtless tonder this scrip, being now in possession of tho premisos. If tho disponsnry has to vacate, tho authoities havo two places in view. One is the old Congareo cotton mill, near the union depot and the other is the Standard warohouso, owned by Mr. Caldwell Robertson, on Gorvais street. This lattor place will bo most Ijfeely soleoted. It is a very long ono-story brick building, used during tho war for printing Confederate monoy. ' It will take a considerable amount of monoy to establish tho dispensary thoroin. SIMON COOPKft'S /SINS. HI* Crimes 8tflt lharlnff Deplorttble 8eed--Two jMore Victims. A special to the State from Buinter Bftys: As a sequol to tbo hellish deorts of the human tiger, Hhnon Cooper, whose muuo wiSl go down in history na the most brutal anfterucl murderer that this Country ever produced, two more ?rictim* have been added to his list, And ive Jesflo Baker lived almost in front of the Wil son honse anO^Vith his wife aud eon, witnessed the flendish acts of Copper, who, After ooraptetfairhis bloody work, came out of the house and deliberately .raised bU Winchester and fired at the Bakers while they were (Minding on U??ir'pi*stA. . ^ Bince the comtnisftion of the appalling crime the nervous strain has been too aa4 Hrsc Baker, j TliarWB cuuauuitty Inrnftr? d of- being I mnrderad Aid Mrs. BAker ha* "been de clared insane and will be taken to the asylaca. Mr. BAker to said Id b# in ? woroA condition tbAn his wifey as kAbAe ***** m +** <*??*<? ?^kA ? r x-ir- j_V2~'A STORY OF II Hll; . / His Name \4 John Starnes and He Lives In a Crib, A HERO 9/ TWO WARS. Generally IIo l>oes Not Liko to Ao ccpt Money or Other Help? IIo Does Not Mice t'oinpauy, Kit her. "F, 0. >V. "in a couununication to tho Columbia State discusses tho lifo of u hermit, John Starnes, noar Blarks burg, as follows: "When Ohorokoo county took from York tho township containing Blacks burg, hor people wero probably not awjuo that thoy wore depriving York of what not many counties in this civilized land can boast of a hermit. "About four and a half milos from Blaeksburg and two milos from the North Carolina lino, lives, or rather subsists John Starnes.4 lie is now an old man, not many mile posts from liis three score years and ton. If tho loader were a travolor along tho road that leads by this old man's abiding place he would probably pasB on with out once thinking that a human being i.s living in such a "crib," as 1 hoard it called. Hut a being of tho gonna homo does eke out ru oxistenco there that, seems to satisfy his wants. If, how ever, the occupant of this shanty were to bo in sight as you passed, you would surely gazo in surprise and want to stop. Von would seo a decrepit old man, with his rags that, ho calls clot-lies hanging from his body lis if they might fall oil' at any minute. Vet de spite his miserable appearance, it his pictures are a Iruo likeness, he bears a striking resemblance to a distinguished living Carolinan, wlio is well known as a hero of two wars.' "Hut this John Starnes is anything but a war horo, if reports do not do him an injustice. Jt is not known how long he has been living as a hermit, but for many years past he lias lived a secluded lifo in York county. In tho dark days of tho war for southern indo pendenco, when so many of his coun trymen had given their lifo blood for their States and so many others were still battling against an overpowering ononiy, tho conscription oflicer is said to have gotton on tho track of John Starnes, then in his vigorous youth, but his vigorous youth did not want to battle for his country, and still suppos ing rumor does not slaudor him, deter mined to outwit aiul escape that con scription ofllcor. Luckily for him such a t iling as a dry goods box was then 111 his neighborhood, and undor tho box John went. "Who would have suspect ed that tliero wan a man under that box? Not tho c. nscriptipn oftlcer at any rato, and Job 1 Starnes escaped the duty of bearing 1 rms against tho 111 vuders of his com. try. He, of courso, w as tlion compelled to keep himself 111 hiding and It is supposed that ko took to tho woods then and lias lived his lonolv life ever since that timo. "Ho owns about two acres of land wlioro ho livos, but does very little to wards cultivating it. It is not kuown how I10 lives, though occassionally ho doos go to a neighbor to borrow cofleo or something olso when I10 is without such nrticlos. "His hut is a miserable atTair, with an ontranco so Lgw*tliat I10 lias to crawl in. Hois said to sloop in a box. Per haps I10 has a fondness for boxes, as ouo possibly savodhim from a Yankee h bullet. "JL'hd hermit doos not liko company, and isquitiocpiarrolsomowben inquiries aro made About himBolf. Ho will talk, however, if questions aro asked about general subjects ob if information wero roally sought of him. "Tho neighbors call blip "Wild John Starnes," but I10 says ho is not so damn wild as yon might suppose." Homo years ago a neighbor bought his land in order to get him to move away. Hut after the purcliaso money had boon paid ho gavo it back and refused to rnovo. Ho has been at his present homoj?) (what is honwwithov^t a woman?) lor at least 1 Or years, auiT'iu tho woods probably /vor sinco tho war. "Of recent years photographs havo beon taken of him, but much against iiia wish. A photographer, of Hiaeks burg, has .<ta??M*r~difteront pictures of iiim and has sold many of them in dis tant oitios and to passengers at tbo sta tion horo on through trains. "Generally ho doos not liko to ac cept monoy or othor liolp. Ho pos . sosses a vory old musket, probably one that was used in tho war. Ho has 110 fircplaco or stove in Jiis hut, but in very cold woathor ho builds a flro outsido. "He lias relatives -who hnvo ollered him a homo, but ho always refuses. Very oceasionolly ho hires himself out Yor a day's work," but as a rule he lives in a mysterious way. " C1IUUCII PROTESTS Aflfrttnst th? Awful <irimo of Killing , People. At Anderson Inst week tho fo'IVdVing resolutions were pi\8Hod by tho Episco* pal Dio^ofiftu convention: Whereas, tho growing disregard of human life has canned tho crime of homicide to bttrfftne more a&d moro pre valent end flagrant in our land until the" blood gniltinoes of our people baa be come an offense and crying shame to the sonsibilities of the oliurch and State and believing that public opinion ahould ba greatly influenced and omi be moat safely formed upon the principle of Christian morality. Beaolved, That this council do ex press their solemn condemnation of thu terrible ?vil, and in order to arouae wholesome publio sentiment upon ? ' ' '/ ' Jie bishop f>e U?V* KH '?ddre?r piling r of tfcia counoil, the co tkeslvyy of all churches "~'MfeottinatioBi in thia eetrare* ipoa ont %tr r iv jnudi|r'ijp0& M4 NEWS ITEMS. Southern Poind! Pointers. Tho Governor of Georgia docidoabi sell tho Northern Railroad of GeoiM*. Near Randolph, Ky.. ft boiler exploded and tilled Km*1 1 Dons, / Tho biennial Council of tho Catholic K? i "hU > f An erica, which ii> in utlKwio.Alu., ).w ? roo.?bwd.?l> ?t 83,600. ? Tho condition of tho vivoi ut Now Orleans ia unchanged; tho.wato J ? J1 J standstill; work is nt ill being the weak spots in the levees. \ irantr of train robbora, supposod to bo from Mexico, held .up a Pacific train just owt"wl Virt MO by Texan, Friday, and 80Cure l ?K OUO W^ dynamiting the Wolls-lui^o Company's' safe. The oxpresH ca i was badly wrecked by tho force of tho o\ pU>?ion. Vri.liiv Ex-Congressman Stephen i\. Mallory, of Pensacola. a dark horse, was elw!?V United StntoB U, worn IC all and Stockton. Rain for thirty-nix hours ^ flooded tho country near Middle"! mo, Ky., and thousands of aoiesof j,io\wn? corn are undor water. U i? rumored that cioven.or '''".v'"1'; or Tennessee. is to rosiijn U s oilitts October to resume bin lectin e touts. Governor bradloy, of Kentucky, granted a pardon to a guilty of forgory, and is "*^"8 form school for juvenile olleudois. Elijah Morton, colored, will bo liaugod at MoHao, Ga. , on May ?}1 for tho murder of threo persons. Tho National nankc?fCiatYnoy,S.<^, has boon authorized to begin bnsin< . , with a capital of $.">0,000. Tho Mississippi Cottonwood Associa tion at. St. Louis, Mo., 1ms decided to advance the prices of al ?{ cottonwood lumber pel foot. J* 11. "Woslbury was shot at l"abo.11'.l;> (la by K. A. Nisbct. a real ostab. agont. Cause, an nnpaid store account.. ! Nosbitisin jail and it is thought V* ost ! berry's wounds may prote fatal. , Tho "Florida joint legislative opto' i mittco lmvo found ^tato 1 vcasuier C ^ lilts' shortage, to ho {$-.>0,081. that missing. The connniUco cliaigcs that J N, C. Stockton, a candidate foi tho United States Senate, owos io State $15,000, for which no sccuiitj is holil. Tho annual conference of tho ^lor^ mon Church or Latter Pay ^?f,or South Carolina, was bold at A\ 'dj'^.? - Chester field county, South [^lol"Vv0 Forty traveling Mormon oldors wbo aro at work in that htato woro m at tendance. - All Ahout'ilio North. J E. Doeliring, ex-city t treasurer of Belleville 111., commits suiculo bocauso ho had overdrawn his Halary $500. At Dallas, Tex., throe women > have a light in which two are fatal I > and tho other slightly wounded. Ex-Teller Jones, of tho Illinois Na tional Hank, has fcoon found guil jy of ombezzlemeiit at Chicago, foi which tho lowest penalty is five years in pnson. Manufacturers of the Indiana gas bolt at Anderson aro organizing to preserve tho natural gas fields. Otto Tileguard, of New York city, died from lockjaw after having pierced his foot with a rusty nail. Tho annual meeting of 'tho American Traot Society, was hold in Now Voik. Tho treasurer's report showed recoipts for tho year of $51)1,802. The Johnstown Flood Correspondents' Association will hold its annual meeting and dinner at tho "Waldorf Hotel, No v York, May 81. Tho Young Women's Christian Asso ciation convention, of Omaha Neb,, has ajrreod to exclude Catholics, Unitarians aud Salvation Army workers. Tho Humphrey's bill, extend iug the franchises of allstroot Hallways m Illi nois fifty years, has bcoft boon i.cfcat od in the Illinois legislature At Chicago Judge Gibbons dooides tho American Tobacqo Company to bo an illegal corporation and prohibib* it doing business in tho State of llli nois. The South and West Grain and Trade Congress at Kansas City, Mo., lias changed itshiame to tho Southwestoin CommoroiaF Congress, and will moot npxt February in Tampa, Fla. A call has been issued for a conven tion of free silver Republicans of Ohio in Cincinnati, June 1, to oloc-t dele gates to tho national free silvor convon tion, June 8th. It is possiblo that Miss Clara Harton may ?o to Greece in the Service of thp. Red Cross Society. Mr Pemetr^s Vasto, the Bccrotary of the Amerwan fund in aid of tho Greek Rod Cross, fto contlv summoned Miss Harton fo* a conference in Now York in regard to her possible journey. Miscellaneous. Comptroller of the Currency has de clared a 6 per cent, dividend in favor of the creditors of the iuRolvent Firnt Na tional Dank oj Ocala, Fin. England is becoming alarmed at tho strides the United State* is making in the ateel-tfrade and is beginning to look HyOu uor rivalry wiiii lonr, ^The SnpremeConncil of fhe American J Protective* A asociatipn, in session at Washington, elected John W. Echols, of Atlanta, Ga., president. It in reported from London, England, tliat seventeen miners have lost their lives ifc afe explosion on the I ale of HsA in tbwfchaefell lead mine. j , _ _ ? . . ^ . On the 10th the Brassells exposition was formerly opened in the presence of -themini&tera, the diplomatic corpeaml the civil and mil iter j authori tie*. Im mense orowdsof people were present. The Inatigaral centals were executed pf ?chofrof 1,800 rok^. Tl?* wpwffle tfct A.P.A. ?4 Waekiegiw has eodoreed Benstor jCtt?aait|M^P?Uai4oodUaM BsMftst' That's declaration tint Cstbotioi faiill fiil rapsrior to tie bfrokea] wf?P laUflBfe^j R, G, Dun's Wookly Review of Trade | for the Past Woek. ^ALFS IN COTTON PRODUCTS, I'll? (ioveriimciit'rt ltcpoi t u Sl\ l*or Coiil, I Kerens? la Col ton Aci'oug? < 'ouxUIitimI I'uvurahlo. H.'d, Dun's wookly roviow of trudo for t l*o Wook ending May 14th, says in part: "Speculators havo enjoyed un advnnco in wheat, oofn, cotton and some other products, though obliged to sell wool and sugar at lower prices in order to realize. Stocks have ad vanced T cents portion, and trust otocks lost 88 cents without enough demand to constituto u mm Lot. Imports of merchandise, SI8,082,010 for tho wcok nt Now York alone, arc ??>l per cont. I than a year ago, making the increase 4? por cont. for tlio past six weoka, and have af fected the oxchango markets and helped fnrthor shipments of gold, which amount for the wook to S2, WO, - I'd", hut are practically balanced by re ceipts from lli?* interior, and causo no serious apprehension of financial dis turbance. Men feci that present con ditions are only temporary, although they tend to prevent immediate im provement in funeral trade, and hin der immediate improvements. "Tho government crop report esti mates the cot .on aoroago at fi per cent, loss than last year, and is considered encouraging beenuso so alight a do croaso from the floodv maybe easily made up. Prices havo advanced an eighth on Liverpool speculation, with nothing here to warrant the rise. "Tlu> wilder wheat report, which is supposed to indicate a yield of 207,000, 000 1 mshols is contrasted with State re ports much bettor or muchi worse, but is mainly distrusted because all Depart ment estimates of acroago for years have been widely erroneous. Wostorn ro coipts continue larger than last year, being 2, tOD, 128 bushels, as against I, - 870v8|!7 a year ago; and Atlantic exports also increased, amounting for two weeks in May to 8, 10)1,000 bushels, Hour included, against 2, 088, ?t 1-1 last year. Exports of corn aro still large,' r>,r><WJ,8.V) husholsfor two weeks, against 8,004, 181 la^t year, and in part accounts for tho small demand for wheat. "Tho output of pig iron for tlio wook onding May I was 10,528 tons, against 178,870 April 2, and tho stocks Unsold, exclusive of those held by tho groat stool-making companies, increased only 8,808,000 tons. Sovoral furnaces, espe cially those producing foundry iron, havo stopped production for this month, but no important ohangos appear in pig iron. "Nothing now can bo/fcaid of tho cot ton manufacture, whichl.stiil lacks de mand enough to lift print cloths above tho lowest point ever knhjvn, and pricos of other grades of cotton\<)o^not. jm provo. in general tho sal 6s of cotton products aro but moderate. Woolen gOods are doing hotter than for aoino weeks past, and yet there is not enough demand to create enthusiasm or to raiso pricos, whilo there is great uncer tainty regarding tho . future of tho market. Sales of wool havo sharply decreased and for the wook lmvo barely exceoded a week's consumption, while pricos aro weaker in Eastern markets, according to some reports, nearly 1 por cont. i>?r pound at i'liilndelpluA; and at the West tho heavy buyers for speculation have bo gun to sell at Homo concessions, with .jfoyd reason. ' \ 'The failures for tho wook \yero 204 in tho United States, against. 224 last year, and 81 in Canada, against 88 last year* " _ { IIow lidrge l'i-oflis Are Made. Jf first-class bim-clos can be manu factured in largo quantities for (wontj' Jivo dollars cach, hW much. less does it cost to build typewriting machines? Is tlioro any reason why such machines should sell for 8100 each? Is there any reason why purchasers should pay even fifty dollars for such? What makes it possible for tho manufacturers to secure tivo or six times tho original cost? Persistent and judicious auvor tising. (Ji; IS A N- A >1 K It I <J A N SUFFK K IS Its . Tho President May .Semi a Npcclnl Message to Congress. Prosidont MoKinloy has undor earn est consideration tho advisability of stnding a mossago to Congress on tho ,')uban question, but has not yet como to nTtTecision in tho matter, though ho is at present inclined to sond to tho logislativo branch a communication sug gesting that mcasuros bo adopted to re lievo distress among Americans in Cuba. If it goes in, it will bo entirely poeillo in tone and it can bp stated oh good authority, will not be of a warlike or sensational tonor. The meeting of tho. Cabinet last ^>iday Avas devoted almost efitiroly to the consideration oL tho Cuban situation. Judge Day, tl*? AssisfAiit Sooretary, says that thoi? will be no objection to aid being .ren-' dAr^d American- *n Cuba. - Senator Morgan will mntione to -press his reso lution for s recognition of s of war ia Cuba. AVlns m Ilonus of $00,000. The United States gunboat Noah vi lie covered the 00-mile course of her offi cial trial trip in 8 hours, 8T> minutes and 21) seconds, averaging 10.7 knot* an winning ft . bontlfl Of about $00,000 her builders ind "i m 'v Klectlon of Medical Officers. The AoMrioM Medico- Psycho logical Association^ i?sioa ot-Baitafrore, Md , elected the following officers: Dr. R. M. Buckle, of Ixmdon, On t. , presided!; W. IOK S< HOI. AIMIII'S. TI?o State Hoard Fixes (ho Keyuta t tons. At tin adjourned mooting of tho State Hoard of Fducation, hold in Mr. May Hold's ollioo in Columbia last week, tho following ib tho official report of tho liroooodmns: Members of tho county hoard of education woro appointed as follows: Merkeloy County II. K. Jenkins, Georgetown County T. It, Itamhy, A. <f. Stokes. Hampton County .lohnT, Morrison. Fairfield County \V. S. Hall, .1 r. and J. (J. Mot 'ants. Aiken County -.1. Funnun Fames, Islington. Sootion y of tho rules atul regulations woro amended bo as to roml as follows; "Should ft vacancy occur in the ofllco of county superintendent of oductdioti it shall bo tilled by tho chairman and secretary of tho hoard, subject to 1 1 h approval at it? next mooting. " Soot ion li'> waa amondod wi as to road as follows; "There hhall ho l>ut two grades of teachers' county certificates, a th at grade and a second grado, tho latter being divide*) into ( lass 'A' and ClftKS 'It. ' ,l Soetiou >1 was amended as to road as follows: "No teacher hhall l>o em ployed by a board of trustees who is re lated by consanguinity or allinily with in the second degree ton member ol the hoard of trustees or to a piificipal of a school without tint written approval of tho count v hoard of education, nor shall they employ a toucher holding a certificate issued by a countv hoard of another county until tho certificate has been duly registered in tho office of tho county superintendent of education of t heir own county. " Hoist ion 1 1 was amended so as to read as followa: "All scholarships for tho Stato institutions to be awarded during tho year tun? for tho scholastic year IHU?-'i)8, Hhall bo awarded on competi tive examination# to be held on the second Friday in August, 18!>7, under tho rulon and regulations of tho re spective institutions. If \ for any reason the scholarships bo not nwnrdcif, or accepted, or the beneficiaries not attend, the scholarship final to which thoy are entitled shall remain to tho credit of tho county." The many propositions made to the board for tho fumbling of charts and supplies woro duly considered i\nd ro an I tod in tho lispng of Kvans' arith metical chart and the Franklin Pub lishing Compauy'n Language chart; permission was given to F. M. Sheridan to soil certain other supplier. Much other important work whh *1 i? oussed by tho board and referred to tho proper committees with instruction to report- thereon at the next mooting of the board. Governor Kllorbo, as chairman of tho board, made teo following report: "I beg to report that I have appointed standing committees as follows: "Commit-too on Hides ami Hogula tions .Julian Mitchell, A. it. Ihiuks, W. N. iMarchant, W. F. Clayton and J. J. McCain. "Committee on Examinations and Certificates ? H. T. Cook, J. I. Mc Cain, A. M. ltakin, and A. It, Faults. "Committee on Text-hooks and Courses of Btudy? J. I. McCain, It. T. Cook, W. N. Merchant and Julian Miteholl." "Committee on School Supplies, Charts, Maps. oto. ? A. It. Funks, A. M. ltaijkin, II, T. . Cook and W. N. March ant. "Committoo on Hchohvr?hips? W. F, Clayton, Julian Miteholl and A. M. nankin. " _ AT A la It 10 AT KXPlSNMlfi. riio Cliurlentoii Nuvul Reserves Coin, plain of tliclr 'rroatmont As has boon stated hoforo, tho imvy dopartmont lins decided to have tho naval roeorv?3 of South Carolina, Geor gia and North Carolina hold a joint en campment at Port Iloyal dfiring the month of Juno or July. Tho depart ment lian communicated with tho mili lary,?nlhoyitos of each of tho States and secured jfhoir approval of the plan and Itrtfl'inore than probable that tho en campment will bo hold. Libutonaut Gibbons, of tho navy will bo in chnrgo of the encampment. It in by no moans cortain that tho Charleston companios will attond tho oncampinent. Commandor Pincknoy Bays that ho has opened corroHpondoneo with tho navy department, and ltnloHH cortain of bis donmndH wore accoodod to, ho would not take bin men 'to Port Hoyal. Jio nnid that the lo^al com panies of tb<? naval rosorvo have bcon ircatod .iatfior shabbdy bj" tho State an well as tho navy department. Their wantp' had not boon aupplied and tho companios had been left to take care of thomsolves. Commander i'inkney says that the companies wero at a great ox ponso to maintain their armories, otc. , and woro financially unablo topurchaso yiiiforms appropriate for their sorvico. fio sayq that tho government has boon requested to supply uniforms, and un less they were given the Charleston navfd rosorvos would certainly not go to Port Hoyal. Commandor Pinknoy states also that tho Stato or navy do? partmont would havo to pay for tho sustenance of his mbn during thoir ou eampmont. Cotitfrtandor Pinunoy pays that tho men sacrificed ' Enough when they forfaited ten or fourteen daytt' salary to attend and thoy should not bo compel led to pay also for their rations. Not only tho rations huiv tho culinary articlos would also have to bo furnished his men or tho encampmont would tako place without the' Charleston con tingent. ' " IliKfi (JOUNTV. The Old Salem Behemo ITudor a Now Nam*. Mr. O. F. Parrott was in. Columbia last week and made application for the holding of an election fftr Lee oonnty:; ?u* ia tho dldSalem.couaty ideatindejL % new name. It ia proposed to take seventy square miles more from Suoiter than under the old arrangement; thirty - five less from Darlington and fifty leee from Kerahaw. Th<) ^finty, if *s6ted will oonlefn 419 sqftare miles, eightj three being in Darlington, serenty ftr? to Kershaw- and g&*.in. ftumUr, All the paper* in the eaae bare been submitted to the Attorney Gsnewl aag iUfcey are fttOttd 1 fcrUvwtfMr wiii-rder the election aUme*. Th* V&pUtartiunfarptmd nmiuupnam stated .to be in fayyjoflhtiflhiiUyjt to nbcmt l3Sn23lMAl ssstisa^-'ssas 2>ih>",r . ?: ??.-arrs.oe " - - " * - and n MWMH N'llfn RELIEF MESSAGE Ho Asks Congress to Appropriate $!>0,()00 til Aid of DESTITUTE AMERICANS IN CUBA ( onsul (ioilCrnl I.100 Says Thai There Arc Krom IIOO to MOO of 1 tiein l>oo <1 ill <* . The 1'renident on tho IHU 'scat tho following message to Congress: To I lio Senate and House of Uopro sontativos of tho United Slates: OOlcial i ii f i u* in ut i u ii from our consul.'* ni Cuhu establishes tho fact that a largo number of American citizens in tho inland are destitute, ami sufloring for want of food ami moilieinos. 'I hin ap plies particularly to the rural districts of the central ami eastern parte. 'the agricultural classes havo boon forced from their farina into tho towns, where Ihe.v are without work or money. The local' authorities of the several towns, however kindly disponed, are unable to relieve the needs of their own / people, and powerless to help our citi zen M. The latest report of Consul General Leo estimates t hat six or eight hundred Americans ate w ithout means of hup port. I have assured him that provis ions would bo made at once to rolioyo them. To that end I rocommor.d that ( 'engross make an appropriatiohof ?pr?0, 000 to 1)0 immediately available for use under direction of the Secretary of State. It is desired that a part, of tho sum w hich may lie appropriated by Congress should, in the discretion of the Secre tary of State, also be used for tho traua portationof American citizens who de sire to return to the United Statos, and are without means to do so. William Mi.'Kinlkv. Executive' Mansion, May 17, '1)7. urn* C It A N I > MC ITS li KT T10K. The Mass .Meeting in Washington lu Itehalfof Cuba Libre. A mass meeting was held in tho in terest of Cuba in tho Columbian Thea tro in Washington, I). C. , on tho 10th. Senator Qnllingor presided, and Sena tor Allen, ox-Senator M. C. JJutler, of South Carolina, and other jkrominent men, participated. A loiter wan read from Senator Chandler in which ho do olared unequivocally that, tho United States ought to rocognitffc Cuban bol ligeroncy, and uond a Moot and army to Cuba to protect American interests, ile said: "In advocating nil thoso measures, I* am conscious of no passionate hostility to Spain. In 18(31 ehc rocognizod the Southern Confederacy within less than throo months . after its mili tary struggle began; and sitre ly if /fthc cannot hold Cuba without- making one vast" desert a riff ? 1 gravevard by driving the inhabitants into tup cities to starve, and by hang-, ing, shooting and garroting Cuban ofll ccrs and soldiers for robollion and cendiarisin, she ought to lose the island. Between IHtll and 1805 had ono Confed erate general boon thus put to death, alt tho powers of Europe, with ono accord, would fWyo flont their fleets and nrmieFl 8,000 miles afffops tho occan ttrond euch barbarous warfafe and to establish and ?" ^maintain tho Southern Confederacy, ? Yet (ion. Kobort K. Leo and all'of his ? fjouorala were as truly guilty of- rebel? - ? ion and incendiarism as was Theodore., iWenondez Gonzales, who was shot for that ofTenco at Cabanas fortress in Ha vana, on Monday last, " WILli WOT (JKA^T DEMANDS ? Turkey Drives a Hard Iltirguln With Orecoo In tho Annexation ofThes Hitly. Constantinople, May 17. ? (13 y Cable.) ?Turkey declines tt> agreo to an ?r< mistitffc until tho following- conditions aro accepted : Tho annexation of Thossaly, au in demnity of ?10, 000, 000 Turkish and tho abolition of the capitulations. The porto proposes that plenipotentiaries of . .. tho powers meet at l'harsala to discuss the terms of peaeo and declares that ii theso conditions aro declined the Turk- .... ish army will con tinno to advance. Tho demand for the annexation of Thossaly is based upon ' tho fact that tho proVinco was originally ceded to Greece on tho advieoot the powers with the object of omling brigandage and ' Oreok incursions into tho Ottoman territory, the porto bolieving at that timo cession would attain tAo objects, but tho recent incursion ofureek bands ' and tho ovents immediately prccoding tlie war have proved tj the contrary. This. is the substance of the reply., fit. k Petersburg, May; 17.;? (By " Cablo) ?Tho nowspapors of -this city protest vigorously against the excessive and unacceptable conditions which ? ^ Turkov demands as tho price of peace - . with Greece. They declare if .Turkej^'' i n a^ts ; J'hiropo obliged 4o abrtjin^n mediation. __ ev^rit of Turkish insistance un?m tho terms she has presented, the /Powers - will havo to tako practical nuMSUtesto . .preserve Greece, from tho ^retoutioa*.-^ threatening heri^tjeiirtl.- ~~ - Athena, 5 fay/ 17? (By Greek goy&nxuunt ho* in motion announcing thftt if do*?v-_ . ^ ^ eire any farther rOTmitoer%- explaining:-; that there are already mmvS at Athens, for whom ii ie *mt>oe??>Ie to juuu cmpiojrmenbJ. London May 18? (ByCabl patch fco the Mj. Mw .fr eaysitisr^portedrthere murder King George ttt? crcd at Athens, and many