The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 22, 1899, Image 1
HRISTMA-S.
sot OJGiaK
Thu little folk* ?ro loukiuif /or fc'ftjita < laus ot. ol?
filial; I
They over bear tho mus>l? of hi* toy-laden wheel. j
TLoy love the chimney corner when tho evening
shadows fall.
Fur thoro's whore nil tho stoppings hang ? tho v?v;y
beat of altl
They're just thq swcotoU children now th&t ever you
bavo known.
And all the world Is brighter for those dear ways of
their own, \
Thoy love tho chimney border ? for t hero's where
Santa oomos, \ *
And lie's hrlnfm>K them tholr "mtUcs, and ull their
dolU and drums.
I-'lSbTAL CHEER,
Heap on tporo wood!? tho wind Is chill:
But let It whistle as It Will,
Wo'll kctf> our Christmas merry still.
Kacb (i|?? has de? mod the newborn ye:ir
Tho tlltefet time for festal cheer.
By WARREN MoVEIOH.
MTABLE little Max
fouud out about
the weakness of the
HesU ami the will
i u g n e f) h of the j
spirit at about the
same time that his
first real disap
pointments camo to
him, aud imme
diately aftor his
first attompt to
commit the virtue
of self-sacrifice.
Max woh six years j
< el<l. His dog "Jack" wan uu amiablo
creature, and had ondearod himself
very maoh to bis master. Jack had
to get iu tlio way of a truck, aud Jaok
? died. f*
The liope of Mux's heart was the
Jfaot that when he, too, diod, ? wliioh
_ because of tho deatti Jack he then
hope^swonld bo very soon, ? lie would '
moat ^ Jack in heaven. 8omobody ? j
Home J nnimaginativo person ? told
Maxjbu at dogs did not go to heaven, '
" that they had no souls. That was
Max's first great disappointment.
The second was like unto it.
The same somebody ? one of those
bothersome bodios who put shoes
and stookiugs 011 little boys on rainy
days in tho summer, and make them
wear uncomfortable clothes when they
"go in swimming ? told Max tho whole
atory of Santa Olaus.
Max took his sorrowful heart to his
mother's kueo, aud, hoping against
fbopo," told her what ho had heard,
and when it was all over ho felt bet
* tor, for in place of tho beautiful stpry
he had lost she had told him another.
In the long, cool grass down near
the water's edge, ho thought of tho
Hew story, and tho more ho thought
of it the better he likod it.
"If Dot was to fall in that water
there," he said half aloud, as ho sat
- "txp -imd- looked out over the danoiug
wavelets of tho lake, "I'd dive in
after her. Maybe I'd bo drownod," ?
? he for a moment and jud
dered ? "but what of that? I'd be
self-sacrifloing. Supposiu' I was
drowned; anyhow, they'd put me in
the parlor, aud evorybody would cry
and aaj 1 was a good boy, and had
; given up my life for Dot. And I
would give it up for her, that I would. "
Whereupon Max begau to think of
such terrible things that- might hap
pen to his sister Dot, who was only
four years old, and of still more ter
rible thiajjGs that might happon to him,
if ho should try to sacrifice himself
for her, that pretty soon he began to
feel a little weak iu the knees, aud it
began to get eold down in tho grass, and
the little boy decidod to whistle and
go to see the pigs.
While he was poking them in the
ribs, Max had an idea. It suddenly
occurred to him that thoro was no
sease iu his making it a matter of life
'and death just to, sacrifice himself.
His mother had told him that men
and women gave gifts to their .little
children at Christmas to make them
liappj^?*nd that eelf-douial and self
sacrl?ce were the true essence of the
Otofatmas spirit.
^ULax hadalittlo fortuno stored away
his bank. This fortune bo decided
^jb^pend to mike Dot happy. .
| ' Full of this idea, he ran to his
\ jfcother. Her consent was a matter
of course, and Max arranged the pre
Hminaries.
"D^t," he said that night, as they
ttyfa their cribs, "how do you like
?"-"tTtiriitmiifliV ?
ul I? ? - - - ? ? ? ... - - . ? ? 1 |
Dot's eyes grow big. She remom
? tfered the dolls of the paf t winter, and
the lights of the Christmas tree, and
Ku thanked his stars that he had;
thought of such -Jk gjtjmd scheme,
when the vary idea of it made Dot so
,** said he, when she had 4613*1
tin in the strongest terms how very'
much fl\e liked Christmases, "you
"taist watoTt^out day after to morrow,
-tad hang up your stock Lug to-morrow,
m'll see auother Christmas.
va?yg what.**
that it was summer
Batlfax said the* was allTight,
XH# Kringlf Vas coming io a
i( and that the zamdeer bad
?d iuw mnles with great
PotfeHaslespwith woa
iaisii finiiti
In the first exoitemont of his desire
to satiriflco himself h<* had decidod to
spend every cent Iie&r&d; but now, ou
soeoud thoughts, he concluded that
half of his fortune would buy enough
things to fill his sister's stocking, and
then ho would still have a little
money left. Finally, he compromised
on twenty-tlvo cents for Dot, and with
just a little feeling that he was not as
generous as he should ho, ho wont
down into tho village to make hi8
purchases.
Ho bought a large orange for the
toe of tho Btocking, and an apple to go
noxt, and then a lot of candy and
kisses, and then a banana to poop out
of tho top.
With his purchases tuoked undor
his coat, he stole home, and though
Dot was fast asleep in tho nursery,
taking hor afternoon nap, Max had all
the fun and mystery of stealing can
"ON T1IB VVOOH i?A V THK HTl'liK XOI
OP A nUMAN BEING, CHYINU AS IK 1118
HKAliT WODLU ilHKAH. "
liked it \?hon his mother criod over
him. It made him feel queer and tiico.
The minutes crept along, and still
the little hoy sat in the dim Ijght
watching the stocking, listening to Dot
breathing lazily in her sloop, and
thinking of what a good boy he had
been, and how nico it was to sacrifice
yourself for another's happinesB.
And then alt of a sudden it oc
curred to him that thero wan nothing
iu the world that ho liked better than
bananas. The ono ho had bought for
Dot was tho very best ono in tho mar
ket,- thick and rich and yollow. Max
hadn't tastod a banana in a month,
and the more he looked at tho tempt
ing banana in Dot's stocking tho moro
ho yearned for just ono bite of it.
Max aroao and went over to the
stocking. lie had mado up his mind
just to take it out and smell it, and
then to put it back where it had been.
It smellcd very good indeed, aud j
Mux dcoidod t;> sit uputn) ho?r what
hi? mot ho? ha*l to any about liia work.
J lo know that alio would take Mm on
hor lap ami kitt.a him, ami call him it
pood httlo boy, ?ud maybe, hu thought,
ftho would cry a little. Mux always
"JJHIS J-IOUSEJHOLD QftOWJJ Sl/JCt l^SJ yE^p."
A TOAST.
ller*'* to Christmas time in Culm, whuro its liincl; the srmde;
Hef4'* to Christmas Id Alaska, ii*ur where (Santa's toys aro made;
Here's to Christmas in Hawaii anil in Porto Ittco, too:
Hera's to Christmas in Manila, with our soldier Jloys In blue;
Here's to Uncle Kammy's Christinas, though we quarrel o'er itn slzo;
Here's to Christmas, merry Christmas, where'er tho old flag Me*!
tiously into the house through the
rear cellar door.
He tjjrtdettv upstair#, and hid his
thtngir in the\ darkest corner of the
garret, and tnen, with mncli impar
tkence. he waited for night.*.,*
Night came, and the littlo girl was
tncked r.way in herded. The mother
and father had gone out for the cvon
ing, and Max hail the whole house to
himself. Ho, after Dot was fast asleep,
ho got out of his crib and went up in
to the garret for the good things he
hadbouglit that day.
Then ho tiptoed down to the nursery
again, and, after looking at his sister
to make sure that she was fast asleep,
he began to fill her stocking.
This done, he sat down near the
Max held it at arm's length ami looked
at it again with increasing pleasure,
and thought what a wonderfully fine
bpnana it was, to he sure.
Then it occurred to him (hat :
Dot wouldn't min&^a hit if he took 1
half of it. He could tell her all !
about it it^tho morning. She alwayn :
gave him half of everything nhe had,
and besideH, hadn't ho bought all j
those things for her? aud even if ho ,
ate the whole banana there would be i
plenty of fruit left for her. So he ate j
the whole of it, and then, half ashamed ]
of himself, he hid tho nkin under the ?
chair aud took another look at his sis
ter to make Bure that she had not '
seen him.
And ntill the stocking looked so full :
and good and tempting that Max
thought if- lie cotkld only have one;
candy, or one of the kisses, he woultf
be supremely happy; and so ke took' I
one out and tasted it, and it wan no i
good that he ate another and an
other-^? !
Until, all of a nudden, before he
half knew what he lut&done, the door ;
flew open, ami there ?toy?t his father !
and mother. And on tbeufloor lay the j
little tot of a human be i rig, crying as
it hi" heart would btfeak, for the
stocking hung flat and>mpty, and
Max h^d begun to reaili?& tliaiall of
hia self-sacrifice had bae^ia Tain;
that he was. nothing tmt a selfish,
tboughtjm little boy, and that bit
sitter, Dot, wimld bar* nothing bnt
disappointed teara for him 4a the
morning. ? St. Nicholas. r, . 'j
GEN. LAWTON KILLED
The Daring- Leader Pell at the
Fronl.
TAR(iHT m SHARP - SHOOTlrRS.
l.auglKit When Warned of I)un>;er
The Next Aloment lie Fell Dead into
The Arms of an Officer.
Manila, by Cable.*? Major General
l^twton has boon *ln>t and killed, at
San Mateo. Mo wrts standing In front
of his troops, was sliot in the breast
and died immediately.
General I .aw ton left hero Monday
} night, having* returned from his north
! orn operations Saturday to lead an ex
pedition through Mariquina Valley,
which has boon an insurgent, strong
' hold Gt-rottghoui (lie w?i, Tho v.iliuy
has several tinier been invaded, but j
never held oy the Americans. General
Geronimo was supposed to have there j
tho largest organized force north uf ,
Manila, a>nd General Otis wished to j
gifcrrison M.irlquinl. The night was ono
of liie worst of the season. A terrific j
rain had begun and is still continuing.
Accompanied by Ids stafl and Troop I.
Fourth CVavalry, General Lawton sot
out, at K o'clock, in advance of the
main force, consisting of the Eleventh
Cavalry and one battalion each of tho
Twentieth and Twenty-seventh Infan
try, which started from La Loin a at
midnight. With a small escort lie led
the ?way through an almost pathless
| country, a distance of fift*?*ri miles
i over 'hills and through cane brake and
deep mud, the horses climbing rock a
and sliding down tho hills. Before
! daybreak the command had reached
the bend of the valley, San Mateo was
attacked at K o'clock, and a three
hours' fight ensued. This resulted in
but few casualties 011 the American
side, apart from the death of General
Law ton, but the attack was difficult
because of the natural defenses of tho
-town. General Law; on was walking
? long the firing line within three- hun
dred yards of small sharp-shooters'
trench, conspicuous in the big white
helmet ill e wore, and a light yellow rain
cout. He was also easily dlstliigulsh
1 able, because of liis commanding slat*
j ure. /'
! The sharp-shooter* directed several
j shots, which dipped tlift grass near.
Mis staff officers called (Jo 11 oral Law
j ?; on's attention to the danger he was
in, but he only laughed with his usual
contempt for bullets.
Suddenly he exclaimed, "1 am phot!"
clenched his hands in ? desperate effort
to stand erect, and fell into tl?o arms
of a staff officer.
Orderlies rushed across the field for
surgeons, who dashed up imme
diately, but their efforts were use
less. The body was taken to a clump
of bushes and laid u|>on a stretcher,
the familiar white helmet covering
the face of the dead general. Almost
at this moment tho cheers of the
American troops rushing irflo San
Mateo were mingling with the rlfl*
volleys. After "'the fight, six stalwart
cavalrymen forded the river to the
town, carrying the litter 011 nt'iolr
shoulders, the staff preceding:' with
the colors, and a cavalry eseifK fol
lowing. Tho troops filed bareheaded
through the building, w<here thd body
was laid, and many a tear fell front
the eyes of men who had long fol
lowed* the intrepid Lawton. The en
dre command- was *trlcken with grief,
as though each mart had ^ufferen a
personal loss.
Washington. 1>. C.. Special.? The
War Department received the follow
ing official confirmation ol the .kllMS.
of General Lawton near Saa Matey,
Luzon: "Manila? General 'Lawton,
engaged in driving Insurgents from
San Mateo section oT country north -
I oast of Manila, was killed Instantly at
| 8:30 Monday morning. * A great loss
to us and his country. OTIS."
Blgf Fire In Florence,
I Columbia; S. C.. Special.? Florence,
S. C., sustained a heavy loss by fire
early Tuesday morning. Tljo_ blaze
started in the Florence Hotel. ?-This
building, with the Hank of Florence,
1 Hio etwni bonne and the ?ity liali,
was totally destroyed. Tho Florence
fire department was aided by 'he
Darlington flrt?mon. The fire was
checked at 6 a. m., after the principal
'business houses In the heart, of me
city wore destroyed.
Bandits )?a Pullman.
Kansas CWy. Mo., Special. ? A num
l>er of the passengers on the Missouri
' Pacific's Omaha and Nebraska City
; passenger train. wblc|> left her.-- at
19:15 Tuesday night, were robbed by
| two masked men who -boarded the
I train in Kansas City. Kan. They
j levied their forced contribution after
I the train started, holding up tbe pas
I senders In the Pullman and seeuf ag
Ave gold watches and flOO In money.
The conductor was among the per
sons robbed. At Nearman, Kan_ six
miles oat of tbe city, the train aJth&d
up for the station, and th#^
?dropped off and disappeared. So rh<
were fired and no one was Injured,
A Fatal Fire.
?New York, BpeclaL? Cerea
wer*" lom. Ill luu big lentaitat
1 wfcl?h-<Nca dertroyed tar In this
clly vaarty Tucaday. FIt? charred
of* burned tenement at
street . aadl _
i*ttia Mentor. and .
? little gtth all badly tamed.
tfeeUaaM IMmU
LiLUr. BRUA1BV Dl:Al).
j Dies of Typhoid f ever After n i oi?j?
illness.
Washington, D. Special. Lieut.
t
I Thomas M. Hruiuby, I'-tg lieutenant
| to Admiral Dewey during the Manila
campaign. who has hern "ill with ty* !
t phoid fever for several w.'eks, ?1 it I at
! flarflcld hospital tdiorlly after six o'
j clock Sunday evonlng.
i The dea'h of l.leut. llrumby. w
| not unexpected, was a great shot k to
I Admiral Dewey. The relations of tin1 ,
two men for several years past have j
j boon very intimate and a strong friend- j
Hliip had grown tip between them. l<t.
; llrumby won* out to the Asiatic sta- <
tion with the admiral and bid been i
there with him u.illl they bulb returned ,
to, the I ' nited States several months
ago. In iiis capacity as flag lieutenant j
to 'the ailiniiNdu Lieutenant llruniby j
was thrown \\^0|i his chief praetieall>
all 'the time and acted as his personal
representative in many maUoru of de
tail delegated to him by the command
ing ofllcer. Ho was regard e<l by Ad
miral Dewey as n bright. energetic and
carwhbt assistant. while the devotion of
th? 'latter to the admiral wiuh some
thlng marvelous. The burden of hU j
thoughts during tho litter days of his
Illness when his mind was racked with j
delirium seemed to bo regarding his ,
work for the admiral.
The lieutenant's present illn<*ss dated ,
from about tho 21th of November, the
first symptom bnlng nothing more than i
.1 cold, which, however, failed to yield j
to treatment, and hiami afterwards be j
went to the Garfield hospital where be
died. Admiral Dewey was i^ureinitting :
in his attentions to him unf.il his con
dition beeame precarious and visitors
wore not allowed toseo him. Some days
ago Mrs. W. I. Hayward, of 'Marietta,
(Ja., a K|?ter? wa-s summoncMl, and
Thursday she was Joined bj her hus
band, Iroth remaining with the lieuten
ant until ho died. The lieutenant's
aged mother Is still HvIiik in/Marietta,
Ga. The father, who is dead, was a
colonel of the Fourteenth (leorgla regi
ment in the Confederate army.
Lieut, llrumby was 41 years of age
and unmarried, lie was appointed a
naval cadot from (leorgla, entering tin
service on tho 29th of November, IS7;i,
and his present eommlsslon dates from
the 24th of August, lHi)2. Practically
all tho time during tin* last two years
he bits been with Admiral Dewey.
In his report of the battle of Manila
Admiral Dewey Hix>ke in very compli
mentary terms of the service* and gal
lantry of his flag lieutenant and rec
ommended that tie bo advanced some
numbers on the list of lieutenants. His
recommendation was adopted by the
navy department and the name sent to
the Senate, but together with a num
ber of other promotions made by the
department failml to be acted upon.
The promotion recommended placed
hirn about 13 on the llgt of lieutenants
and had it been confirmed he would In
less than a year from now have reached
the grade of lieutenant commander.
Tho lieutenant's death is the third of
those who were closely associated with
Dewey at the battle of .Manila who
have died since that time, namely,
Capt. Grldley, Commander Wood, and
Lieut. Brumby.
Lieut. Drum by was presented a
sword by the legislature of Georgia on
the 26th of October. He remained, In
Georgia some days after that an<r re
turned to Washington about tho mid
dle of November.
Roberts Supplant* Rullcr.
Ixmdon, b? Cable. ? Shortly before
midn'ight Sunday (he following notice
was posted ?t the War Office: "A? tho
in Natal. in the opinion of
Her Majesty's government, Ik likely to
require tho presence and undivided at
tention of Gen. Sir Red vers Huller, it
haa been derided to fiend Huron Rob
ert* of Kandahar and Waterford as
coinmander-in-chlef In South Africa,
with Ixird Kitchener sr chjrf of staff."
Telegraphic Briefs.
Disappointed In love. Howard Tul
tltr. 27 yearn old, drowned himself at
San Francisco, Cal.
Rear Admiral Norman H. Farquiiar
sailed from New s:York on tho New
York on his Southern cruise.
The Dominion Liner New England
arrived at Boston, Ma as., on Thursday
night, from Europe, with 2034 sacks of
mall.
, Mrs. Mark .Hanna, wife of Che Ohio
i Senator, wan robbed of fl^rc finger rings
valued al fGOOO at Hot Spring?, Vo, ?
John W. Oliver, aged 85 years, a
newspaper man, wan married to Mrs.
i Marie Dubois, aged 52 ymrx, at New
. York.
j Sentenco was suspended in the case
i of William Reno, charged with grand
j larceny, in order that he might spend
Christmas out of J&ll for the first time
in 25 years.
Charles E. Macrum, late TTnited
States Consul at Pretofia will leave for
Ne^r York sofpu Mr. W. Stanley IIoI
Us, the United States Conge 1 nt Lou
renro Marques will assume the duties
at Mr. Kscrvm's office until the arriral
of the Jailer's successor. -
At KeyWeet as eg>0K.-Wili fae m*l?
. by the ooounfttee in ettwee of the on*
f fljltrt'lM In ti lirn the monument In
wiuwrf of the IPJiWmnut i uTiliA K
[ in OWOTMf n?t!WI tWfi, vnwmum u
? Msm ^en tbe battleship Texav wi?h
rCMUto ^boe commanding ran T>F
Passed the House by a lioud Ma- 1
jority. j
I
i HOW THE VOTE STOOD ON THE B1I.L j
i Republicans Noted Solidly I'or It,
While Dent ootswero Divided on
;
It.
Washington, D. (\, Special.? Tho
currency bill. Avhleh was debated all
last wwk, was paused Monday by <ht?
House, by a vote of 1J10 to 150. It had
tho united .support of j|\^j-y Republican
in t bo llotixo, and of diev<H> Democrat-*,
(May tun. 1 Vrflggs, Fit/Gerald.
I>vy, Rupport, He.udtfcr, rnderhill and
Wilson, of Now York, McAleor, of
Pennsylvania, Dt'illLiV Of Maryland,
and Thayer. or 'MarsRnchusetta. All the
other Denux'ruts voted against tho
mcasuie, or wore pa i rod on it, except
Mr. John Walter Smith, Governor
oloct from Missouri; Mr. StaJlings, of
Alabama, and General Joseph Wheeler
of Alabama. Mr. Stalllngs has not
Imon present In t he limute this M^sion,
owing to illness, and one of hls'eol
leagues announced that If present ho
would hnve voted in tho negative.
General Wiheclor is serving in the
Philippines. Mr. Smith is. therefore,
the only member of -tho House who did
not go oji record upon tho bill today.
When the S|?cukor announced tho re
sult of the* vote the Republicans cheer
ed lustily. That was the Only demon
stration in connection with tho vole.
Mr. Daitlctt, of Pennsylvania, who sus
tained a severe accident some time ngo
was also present on crutches. Neither
a motion to recommit, nor an offer of
a substitute, was in order by tho terms
of the special rules under which I ho
House was operating. Mr. Gaines, of
Tennessee, asked If It was til order to
recommit with instructions to report
back a free coinage bill? >?
"it Is not," replied the speaker. The
bill wax then read a third time and
placed upon Its final passage.
"I demand the yeas and nays," said
Mr. Overstreet, of Indiana, hi ohprgo of
the bill. Menibrrw ^<>;se on both sfofc'en
masse to second tlio demand. "Kvl
dently a sufficient number," said tho
Speaker. "The clerk will call tlio
TOlt."
The roll call was followed with
great i uteres; . There wore no de
monstrations when tho Democrats
(Jfe^o broke away from the majority of
UittTr' party voted in the affirmative.
Tho elerk railed the names of the
Democrats', who declined to respond,
twice on each roll call. Every Repub
lican voted ior tho bill. Messr}. ('Etch
ings. of MUislaalppi; C-uapbclH of Mon
tana; U'rou.sfcard, of Louisiana; Robert -
son, of I Louisiana, and Davey, of Lou
isiana, were paired 'against tho bill.
After the vote the speaker rather un
expectedly announced the commltteo
selections and the reading of the lists
was followed with lntenso eagerness
by the member whoso opportunities
for distinction depend so largely upon
their committee assignments. The on
ly incident in connection with the
rcar.Ung of the lists was Mr. JJailey's
Interrogatory of tho speaker as to
whether General Wheeler's name jbad
been placed upon tho committee on
ways and means. Speaker Henderson
responded In the negative. A Vkoaney
has l>een loft on this committee for
General Wheeler.
Tho announcement of tho doath of
the late Representative BIttritf,""d'C "Mis
souri, which occurred Jast summer,
was made by Mr. DeArraond. of Mis
souri, and tho House, out <n respect
to his memory ^adjourned.
Wall Street In a Pan
New York, SpcolaL ? Pant condi
tions developed on ' the Block ex
change Monday afternoon vjth the
Imperative need of mohejC'ffcVvdoped
by the violent eoptmctiffn in valuer.
Stocks were being thrown over with
out the slightest regard to tho price
they woufld bring, and at distressing
sacrifice values,
Wrongly Informed.
Washington, D. C.. Special.? General
Otis cables am follows:
"Manila, Doer 16. *
"Ono tho 8th Inst., General Smith, at
Neitros, reports that early in December
a number of inhabitant* of fotir coast
towns entered the mountains, believing
tho statement* of Panay and Luzon
agents that tho Americans had been
overwhelmingly defeated in those is
lands. that Aguinaldo was abQiit. to
dictate terms of peace and the Ameri
can Congress to jcufer independence
when the established civil ?overnment
of the island would* be overthrown.,
They also wer? told that all Negro*
was about to, rise and dtlVfr ont the
Americans. No depredations . . WB
committed and no con sequences of Im
ports nee are appmrtisnded."
> ww ??a r?UfMl ami.
? bee? eppom te^.Ii- j
SCHOOL SUPIIRINTENIILNTS.
Annual Meeting of Their Association
Next Week.
Tho Association of City School Su?
pr*!ntemicnta will meet In Columbia at
10 a. in. Wodnc day. !???<?. 27th, at th,o
Washington Street school building and
will continue in session two days.
Tho loading subjects to bo discussed
at Mils meeting aro: - ?
(l> An outlined course of study for
our* y<ai? for superintendent. and his
teachers. The discussion will l)o open
ed by 10. li. Hughes, Tboe. 11. Walton
ami it. s. fOdmunds.
(12) How beet to correlate the cur
riculum of tho graded schools with the
curriculum of the colleges. The discus
sion will bo opened by J. 0. 'Cork, R.
J?\ i 2 i 1 Ha in and H. \\ . Kennedy.
CD llcpnrt of tho comm little appoint
ed rtt the last session to dctonnlue
what subjects, 'if any, may be\oniltted
from tho study of arithmetic .without
Injury to the school course. Commlt
teo: Patterson Wardlaw, K. 8. Droher
and Frank hJvtuis. ?
(4) Report of -the oommlttce to do- ;
tmnvno ttlie scope of the work to bo
attempted in tho study of formal
grammar in the public schools. Com
mittee: J. W. Thompson, "VV. K. Tato
and Tltoe. Ft. Walton.
Iteports on the general condition of
tho various schools will be called for,'
and superintendent* nrej requested to
mention luiy new feature* that have
been successfully lutroduccdlurto their
schools.
Mr. W. II. Wallace is president and
Mr. T. A. Sharp secretary of tho asso
ciation. *
Asked to Call.
There ia yet in bank to the claim of
thowo entitled to a share of ithe $8,000
tho Kovcrnmoiit refunded on ncoount of
tho expenses incidrmt to Camp Ellorbe,
$252,20. The rest of tho money 'haft
boon drawn, and this amount ,aee?m?
duo chiefly for l^bor. Tito governor'
1ms a list of t hosri entitled to tlho mon
ey and among them 1h W. B. Wrenn, 5
$:IS for 'transportation. Thl? In suppos
ed to he due to tho Plant System, as
\V. 11. Wronn is general passenger
agont of that railroad. Among others
who /have made no claim? for their
mghey are: M. Smith, for ?erviees,
$12; J. M. Ford, aervtcea, $6.25; Ed.
('lark, services. $3; I*. ~?itbson, eer
vleoa, $r>5; 8. Forest, sorvlcea, 50 cents;
J. E. Iteiyea, services, $95.92; E. A.
Darby, servtlces," $71.24. There are
others for smaller -amounts, but nonea
go leas than 50 conts. The8o parties
aro iwiknown to itho governor, but the
money Ih roady for them when they call ^
for it.
Killed His Sister.
Sunday afternoon about 4 o'clock
a fatal accident occurred fln a negro
houHO in Columbia. A young negro,
Willie Dan field, Btarted to get his pis
tol from tho mantel. In his effort to
pick it up it slipped from his grasp
nud fell to tho floor. Striking upon the
hammer tho wehpon was discharged,
tho bail ctrctertag tho body of Ranfield's
tittle sister, about Ave years of age,
who was In the room, and killing the
child almost instantly. The affair was
promptly roported to -the police and .
the -eoroiver, but Baoafleld was cot tar- _
rested, for iC was clearly an 'accident.
Over Twenty Millions. ;
1 11 a fow days jthe list of the new cot
ton mills projected in tblu State during
the pa*t year "Will be available. Tho
showing will be one of 'the most re*
markable ever made Ln the South, per*
h'aps. It Is said that the mills actually
chartered during the year wUl show * -
totafl of over twenty millions. Thts of
cx>urse, is a rough estimate, based on
a hurried perusal of the phdHer*. south
Carolina <h>as gone Into the cotton mill
business with a seal and energy that
has surprised the most enthusiastic -
advocates of the industry.
Georgetown Hopeful,
Georgetown enjoys-now a degree of
prosperity and a state Of Hopefulness
for greater things never before experi
enced by Che city. In adttton to the
three large luiaber mills., eettbllfhed
within tilie last 12 monlfcH, rumors from
authoritative sources indicate the early
construction of a new railroad giving
Georgetown convenient access to a
large and fertile area of country in
this State and connecting her with the
main systems of tjte south.
Cotton Claims.
Governor >fc8weeney Is receiving a
great many loiters relative to the cot-"
ton claims ho has written ibuut to ttie
various Southern Governors. Govern .
or McSweeney has taken up tho matter
with Senator Tillman and other* and
thinks the matter, which Is a very
largo one, is getting along eer y well.
Back From the Kleette. _
When the mail to theKIo'hdflcc sor~
In full blast these was several South
Carolinians who pulled up stake* at
home and journeyed to tho frosty gold
country nee king wealth. Among those
who went was Mr. T. S. Langston of
Edgefield county. Bo went away 22
months ago. . Saturday evening he
passed through Colombia on hie way
home to spend. Christmas. He shows
the effects of the Cqld camp Hfe. Ho
said he bad deposited '*** >*?
be brought from tho gold lilib inhenk
at Seattle, bet lUcHned to * 11 ?
hi* trip had netiTefl hsa. "**'
nOtfglttl iili Mwi mmA
Ingty of hTs /ipiirft "
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