The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 13, 1900, Image 1
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VOLUME X I
CAMDEN, 8.C., Fit! DAY
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illnif fort li your triumphs, II i*U<r !? tl
.fill otirih ahull loam thrt .?lory;
Bvveot 1* t Iio news y ur iiiiikIo till*,
llo llvos, tho Kliit; ol Glory!
Tlio Limb, wtio was for sinners *1<?;:>.
Oomog forth from (loath in might t<< ivijjn.
IJollyo* thft Tfio* of man to |jlo?4,
To bullish euro nn<\ hailncss,
All ^rlttf.s to ln'iil, all wrong* ro<\ro ,
To Mil tin.) Pint li wl'h Kladni'ss.
Tito L:unb, who wits ( >r finni r* plain,
Doth now for tu'anV ro.loinptlo'i rt'ix ?? !
THE LITTLE HUMPBACKED GIRL.
A Child's taster Story.
D'AlK nvor hero, said
Qliviu, and I will
toll you Miu Easter
talc. Thcro w a s
onco'a woman who
ha?l an only (laugh* i
tor that was very j
8ina! I and pale and
altogether a o in o
u hat different froin j
other e h i 1 <1 r e n. i
When she look the j
littlo ono out for a I
walk tho people stood and looked at
the child iiml whispered among thorn
eelvos. Wbon tho litllo girl asked her |
mother why t.()4<peoplo looked at her j
so strangely t-h? tmdher always re- ;
plied, "it is because yon have on s^ieli |
u boautiful new dress." Thereupon
tho little one was contented. As soon, 1
however, as they returned home tho j
mother would clasp her little daugh- !
ter ia her arms, kiss her again and j
Hgiiiu nndflny: ''Yon sweet little angel, |
what won hi become of yon if 1 worn ;
to die? Nooue, uoteven your father, I
knows what a dear little angel you '
are!"
Home time aftcrwaid the mother be
came suddenly sieh and,. she died on
the ninth day. Tlreroujjkm the father
of tho little girl threw himself in de
spair on the deathbed ami asked to be
buried with his ^vife. Jlis friends,
however, spoko to/ him and comforted I
him, and so he 1 <if i his wife's body, j
and a yen^ Inter he took unto himself j
another wife, who was lovolior, young
er and'riclier thin his lirst wife, but
by no means as good.
And from the day that her mother
died tho little girl spent her whole
time from morning till evening seated
at tho window sill in thosittiug room,
sinco tliero was no ouo who would
take hoi out for a walk. She had be
come even paler tlwn before and she
had not grown at fell during the latter
years.
When lior new mother came to tho
bouso sho said to herself: "Now I will
? go out walking again in tho city and
on tho beautiful promenades where
tho sun shines so brightly, where
thcro are so many lovely shrubs nud
(Towers and wh#ro thero is such a
bl'owd of handsomely dressed people."
For" sho lived in a narrow littlo alley,
in which tho sun Seldom shone, and
when 8be sat on the 'window sill she
saw only a little bit pf tho blno sky ?
a bit not larger tliaii a pocket baud
kercliief. Her now. mother wont out
ucarly every day in tbo forenoon and
afternoon, and each time sho woro a
very '?beautiful dress, much more
beautify) than any dress tho tirst
mother had -evor owned, fhit sho
never to?k the littlo girl with her.
, Finally tho child took ho?rt, and
ono day she earnestly bogged her now
mother to tako kor out with her.' Tho
mother, however, refused bluntly,
saying: "Yon are hot smart enough.
What would tho people think if tlioy
wore to see mo with you? You are a
little hnmpbapk. Humpbacked chil
dren never go walking, but always
ejay at home."
?j. Thereupon tho littlo girl bccamo very
quiet, and as soou as her new mother
had left tho house she got on a chair
. - and looked in a mirror and saw
that indeed she was humpbacked, badly
humpbacked. Then sho sat again on
_ . tho wiudow sill and looked out into
tho streot and thought of her good old
mother, who, in spito of her hump
back, had taken her out walking ovcry
day. _ The sho thought again of her
liump.
"What is inside of if, I wonder!"
?he ?aid to herself. "Thcro must bo
something inside of such a hump as
this is."
Many ? strange fanoy onterod her
lsolioM, Jroin wli.U>r'rt thrall froo,
Tito lilies fair aro 6|>rliiKlng;
Tlmlr ru'lltuit bloom, in liulv Rloav
Tint waking earth is l-rhiglai;,
A tribute to tiif li'iiiib oiu'ii .slain.
Now ratio kt iu cuJloas mi^nt to rolk'n.
Come forth ye nouU, In now lito,
This bUwso>l Maxtor morning;
Willi hlooiu of U>V" ftiut beauty rife.
Ilb^raco Ixi your a<larnliin;
Tii? I. a sili. w 1 1 1> tor you was Maui,
J)otU l>iil you ritfo wllli.lilni ami rotxn,
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pfctc.l out of n!l shapes by such an ug
' iy hump. Tli cs stories of fairica which
j her dear mother hud tuKl Uvt omtio
! Lack to her memory, ami in childish
j fashion t>ho sometimes praygil that
VISIT OK Til IS ANOF.fi MOTllEIt.
j some good fairy would cotuo and tako j
away the bunion that threatened to !
blight hor wholo lifo.
Oh, if slio were only like other
children! Was <fhere 0110 of them
! who loved the siiushine and tho flow
ers bettor than she, and yet among
I them all was there one who paw so
Nitt-lo of tho sunshine nnd tho llowers
as she did? From her noal by tho
window she saw tho littlo ones play- |
iug in the narrow street, and as their
frequent poalt of morry lau prliter camo
to her ear, her question, "Why am I
not HUa<other cliil JrcuV bccamo ever
iioro urgent. v
So the summer passed, ami when
winter "came the litllo girl was Btill
pale and she had becomo bo weak that
she could no longer sit on her window
will, bat was obliged to romaiu lying
in bed, and, just when tho snowdrops
wore beginning to peep above ground,
the good old mother' came to her ono
night and told her how glorious anct
beautiful it wan in heaven.
Tho following morning tho child
was dead.
"Don't weep, father" said her now
mother; "it is best for the poor child."
And the girl's father answered no
word, bnt simply nodded his head.
The little girl was bnried, bnt on
Easter morn an angel with large white
wings like a swan flew * down from
heafflttT seated himself beside Hie
grave and knocked1 thet eon, ** though
it were a door. And soon the little
girl came forth from tho- grave and the
angel told her that he had came to
take her to b?r mother in keaven.
Then the little girl a*k<41 in a tremb
ling voice whether ?vm hnmplmsked
MirttL ? saS^-?S?$f?5u
Uglld not ooocei?. neb ? tbisgpoe*
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?Mid,. yooar# bo Mgi
JVlUl
light uj> into the fsluy iky. On the
loftieht aeut in h?*av<m ?-rtt her good
, oUl wcthtn* nwaiting her with out*
TI1R TRANSFORMATION.
M retched nrms, and tho child flow
sti night into hoi' lap. ? Now York
i ^ Si' <* . -? t % ?
EASTER MONDAY EGG-ROLLING.
IIioiihiihU of (/'liiltll'ril Spend u Joyuoi
!>?)? In t li *> WSitle lloimo (Jl'oiliiilg.
Cliflord Howard, in writing of tho
annual Easter Monday egg-lolling in
tho White House grounds at Washing
ton, gives a line glimpse of tho spot
in the Ladies' Home Journal. "The
chief points of attraction," ho says,
"are tho mounds of hillocks that rise
in gentle slope from the lawn in vnri
ous parts of the grounds. Their sides
are richly carpeted with 'soft, thick
grass, and here it is that littlo chil
dren roll their eggs. They clamber
rip tho hill.stdo with their haskots, tho
littlo tots crawling up on hands and
knees, and then turn and roll their
eggs one by ono down tho green slope.
J5ut the children do not conlino them
selves to rolling eggs. Many of them
take more pleasure in sitting about iu
groups and picking eggs with ono an
other. This is done by striking twi
eggs together 011 tlioir points. The
ono whoso egg is broken in this en
counter is tho loser and gives up hit
egg to tho other. This gamo is par
ticularly enjoyed by tho colored chil
dren, for it gives them u good eppor
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; tunity and a good exjtso to eat eg gs,
and there in nothyrfg they like better. !
I Preparatory t.o^iV encounter each lit ?
i lie follow tenls the harduenH of hit ?
j e<?g by knocking it against his teath. ;
It' it can btnnd this tout it it) eonsid- j
ored a good ono for picking, and tin
owner sullies forth with a broad grin,
coniidont of success. The boy wlu
owns a gooHo egg or a turkey egg is i
prinoo among his fellows. Occasion ?
ally such a boy appear*. In all prob ;
ability liis shoes aro torn, his clothei i
are patched and his woolly head it .
adorned with an antiquated moth j
eaten fur csp. But he eonhl be nc }
prouder uor commaud greater respect '
if he were adorned with tegal robes. :
He is immediately surrounded and
followed whorever ho goes by a band
of admirefe, who adopt him as their
ohampion and defy auybody to pick |
an egg with him/'- j
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Hoi Crow Bona.
Hot crows bans, so generally eaten
Good Friday, bare ma ay supersti
tions connected with tbam. They are
kept by the English peasantry from
one.Vear to the next, being partaken
lot isiwirw sieknees aflnets Mm fain
herds and beisg oussldsred
* pi remedy. Aaetfcer legend
if Mfodror lo?ev?Meod in
| A lilli DAM BREAKS, i
| Austin, Texas, Swept l>\ a Raging
Hood.
SIMILAR TO JOHNSTOWN HORROR. j
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j til.ctrlc Light rintl Power Plain With !
1 Operatives tlo u l ull Damage i
Hard to Intimate.
Austin, Tex.. Special. ? This oitv is in
pitch darkness with a raging river on*
j inilo wide ami swollen fur beyond its
| natural banks roaring and (surging
through all the lower portions of the
j town, having spread destruction and
I death in its wake. In addition to tho
i vast loss to property interests. It Is cal*
j (-ulated that between ;?o and 10 lives
have been sacrificed, and ihe reports
; com lim iu front lh?* Mibtmny country
j do not tend to improve matter.-*. 'I ho
flood Is not unlike the disastrous Pohn
|< j iMTH ago',' in inat u
raging river, already swollen far be
yond its capacity, bore too heavily
j upon an Immense tlaiu spanning the
river here, ifr.oaklng it ami lotting loose
( a reservoir of water 30 miles long, half
i a mile wide and sixty feet deep, to all
1 in carrying destruction down tho val
. leys of the Colorado river. The great
j dam in the Colorado river nave way
from the enormous pressure of water*
nml debris and with a roar and crash
swept Ihe valleys below the city, wreck -
; lilt? the Immense lifciit and power plant,
I and drowning eight workmen. Follow
I dng Is a list of the known dead, includ
? lug those killed In the power bouse:
1 Frank I'lncet, Frank Kinney, Walter
Flower, Walter Johnson, Alfred John
son, Frank Fitzgerald, Walter Nh>.?
som,< Joseph Newman. Dick Morris*
1 (colored); John Proes, (.'has. Hivrehard.
Six negroes.
I ytist Wednesday night it began to
rain very hard at this place, tho storm
i extending north of here along the wat
i er sheds of the Colorado river. The
! precipitation continued until the down
j fall aggregating six Inches. All this
vast quantltyof water along <lie water
sheds of the Colorado river rapidly
swelled the current until the river,
: which had been rising steadily was n
! raging torrent, having ristfti *10 feet
i within ten hours.
' After daylight It became evident that
tho situation was sprlout?. The river
began to rise so rapidly that it was
evident that the immense dam and all
tho power houses and contents. cost
ing $1,500,000. were In Imminent rtnn
? gor. To add to the terror of the situa
tion. small frame houses, trees and
I debris of every description in varying
quantities began descending the river
ard piling up against the upper face
of the dam.
This weight was augmented every
moment, until by 10 o'clock there was
a mass of debris lodged against the
dam which threatened the safety of
the structure. In addition, millions of
gallons of water, mud.ried from Its
long journey, was whirling and plung
ing to the ylxty foot fall, and It. was
evident that no wall could withstand
?he immense pressure. The crisis canio
shortly after 11 o'clock, when sudden
ly with a report like the roar of tho
ocean, tho dam but Bcrved to add to
tho horror of rolled out of the centre
seotlon of the dam down the face uf
the CO foot depth Into the river below.
This left a yawning gap In the very
middle of the dam through which tho
debris and water fiercely poured while
tho flood, already raging, was threat
Piling everything in its path. This sud
den breaking of t>he dam, but served
to odd to the horror of the catastro
phe.
The released water poured into the
power hquse, catching eight employes
at work H.here. drowning all of them ;
Instantly. The breaking of the dam j
caused wild excitement In the city, j
The telegraph companies at onco ,
?wired to places below here to look out
for the great wave and runera were
dispatched on' Jiorscs to notify those
living In the valleys below the city.
The telegraphic messages served as a
timely warning to many, but the rush
ing waters outstripped the horsemen
and many bouses were picked up and
?wept ?,way before the occupants could
get togcthor their valuables.
Within a tfhort time all the valleys
to the south and west of Austin were
filled to overflowing with water nnd
tho southern part of the city tribu
tary to the rlvJ# was Inundated.
Large crowds collected on the river
banks nnd several persons were sv'ept
Into the river when the dam broke,
but all were saved by boatmen. A
orowd or white people numbering
about 30. living just below tho dam, In
tents, were seen at their habitations
Just before the dam broke and have not
b*en ccounted for since. It Is gener
ally believed that all of them were
?wopt away.
Bishop Jackson Resigns.
New York, Special.? The Protestant
Episcopal bouse of bishops has been
?ailed to meet la special session in this
city on April 19. It Is usual for the
bishops to meet half yearly, but at the
present time there are several Impor
tant maftters which bring them togeth
er. The T?alp?tk>n of the bishop co
adjutor of Alabama, mill be received,
and R is ?Ud, accepted. Charges were
circulated to. his diocese, against the
eharacter of Bishop Jackson to such an
1 ?zteat that the bishop felt his useful
i bMS Impaired and a resignation tho
i test aolntlon
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Taylor Cass Oaoa Up.
nunllt fltilsf Tns
??? of the Court of Appeal*
of tk? Oonxl af Appeala to 1h9\
TREASURY STATEMENT.
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1 lie Secretary Submits Ills Report to '
Congress as Requested.
Washington. IV C, S|MViftl.-' -Tho
Secretins of I It ?> Treasury lias soi\t to I
Congress his reply to the House resolu. I
(Ion of April #d. which called fur infor- I
mation as to w bother. In bis opinion
tho present revenue laws are treating
ami will continue to oreato a surplus 1
I in the Treasury, ami if so, to what ex- !
( tent at tb:: end of tho fiscal year and n i
i like report a.s to i ho next fiscal year; J
also his est i mat es of the probable ro- j
colpls of the Treasury from all t.ouroes
of revenue for those years, and also the
amount ot Internal revenue taxes re
ceived under tho war rovontio net upon
articles not (heretofore taxe<l:
The secretary, in his reply est I males
the surplus tor the fiscil year ending I
June Jlo, 19UU. at i7U.00U.UftU. mm follows- J
Receipts: Customs $233,000,000; in- i
ternal revenue $2!?2.000,000; inisceUa- J
noons ?35.(HiO.OO0; total $5i>0.000.000.
Dxpemlitui es: Civil $104,000,000; !
war $135,000,000: navy $r?r>,000l0o0; in- I
dians $1 I ,tiOO,UO(l; pensions $ 143. 000,000; j
interest $12,000,000; t ota I $190, OoO.OOO. j
The surplus for tho fiscal year ending
Juno 30. 1901, is estimate 1 at $82,000, ?
000. as follows: Receipts, customs j
$240,000,000; internal revmu) $300,000,- :
000; miscellaneous $3?.non,ooo; total j
$577,000,000. Fxprndltui es. civil $115.- J
out), 000; war $125,000,000; navy $i>0,- j
iMio.ooo ; Indians $10,000,000: pensions
$1 4.1,000,000; in to, rest $40,000, OOO; total ;
$195,000,000.
Total internal revenue taxe^, received .
under the war revenue act upon arti
cle? not theretofore taxed wan $97,of>5,- j
249. This amount includes $43,724, 541 ;
for the llscal year 1899. and $33, 330, 708 .
for the (list n i no mouths of tho fiscal j
year 1900. TUdor schedule A $38,018,
0S1 is given for 1899, and $27,439,022 i
for tho first six months of the fiscal 1
year l!i00; under schedule H $5,219,737 ;
and $3,403,000; legacies $1,235,435 and j
$1,000,872; excise tax $C (3.440 ami i
$820,010; mixed Hour $7,S41 and $<!,?
314.
Against Clark.
Washington, f). C., Special.? The 'j
Senate commit toe on privileges an<\ I
elections have decided by n unanimous I
vou* to iw^inmend the adoption of a '
resolution declaring that lion, \V. A. '
Clark, of Men'. ana. is not entitled to
occupy his seat nu Senator front Mon
tana. This decision followed a two
hours session at which tho members
spoke at length on the question. Sen
ator Harris, of Kansas, sftid thai what
ever Mr. Clark's offenses, they were but
little worse than tho methods pursued
by Congressman Campbell and ex
State Senator Whiteside In their efforts
to expose the Senator, nttd'lf he Insist
ed that if the report was (o be antag
onistic 'to Mr, Clark, it should at the
same time*' relate In full detail the
coursft pursued by the two principal
witnesses against lllm. Senator Pet-'
tus practically agreed with Mr. Harris.
The concensus of opinion of the Com
mittee was thS'l lite cumulative char
acter of tho testimony should be con- \
pldercd. rnthcr than any one especial
feature. Senators Chandler and Tttrley
were directed to prepare the report. Ic
5s expected to be pescntod at an early
day.
Georgia Populists.
Atlanta, fJa., Special.? The Middle |
of the Road Ponullsts of Georgia have
nominated the following ticket: Oov- j
ernor.l. H .Vl'itylor, of Troup county;.!
Sox-rotary iin State. Dr. L. L. Clements j
of Miltrtnj/A t lorney (ieperal. I'\ II. Saf- '
fold, of Ifmanuel; State Treasurer, .1
W. Park, f)f ?Meriwether; Commission* r
o? Agrlcinture, W. T. Flint, of Tul In
form ; Prison Commissioners. J. T.
Dickey, of I^moii, ?nd S. (i. MeCand- 1
less, of Butts. The eight delegates at i
large to tho Cincinnati convention |
were instructed for Wharton Barker,, of
Philadelphia, for President, and Igna- j
tins Donnelly, for Vice-President
To View the Kcilpse.
Princeton, N. J.. Special. ? Prof. C.
A Youiir, head of the astronomical do- (
partiftent. announced that Prof. Win. ,
Li'bbey Will no to NVadeaboro, N. f\,
to mal<e the preliminary a ran somen U- 1
for the Princeton putty. which will
view the lotal eclipse of the nun at that i
plaoe on May 28. The party will lonvu ,
Princeton on May 18.
vi CiMwiVV Rffuci.
VM' MtMMvdi Mokct of m a
e**dld*te for Vict PtMMftf L mod who
The Telegrsph Troubles.
Atlanta. (Ja.t Special. ? President
Powell 4ia? wired the President of tho
Southern Raihvay *y?tem, laying before
him tho position of the telegraphers
,|n the pending controversy over wages
mm! esklng bin intervention witb the
view of settling the differences peace
ably and without a strike. Mr. Powell,
president of , <tb# Railway Telegraph
ers, says he will be willing to leavi)tho
disputed points to W. H. Baldwin, Jr.,
president of the Uwg Island Railway,
and abide by his decision or to three
responsible end fair-minded citizen* of
A WINTER CAMPAIGN j
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Lord Roberts Has Conic to Realize j
That He is in t or It. |
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BO! KS STILL FIGHT STUBBORNLY* j
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Probabilities Are Ihat the liritisK
Activity In 5outh Africa Is About j
Over Till the Spilng Opens There. -
He-enforcement a tlolng forward. j
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l^oadon. By Cable. 1 airing ac
tivity *?f the Boerw southeast ami j
southwest of Bloeinfontein continues, ,
the Boor commandos seemingly com
ing apd going throughout a wide to- |
^ Ion a.s they please. hut takinK Kt>olJ (
oar* not ?<? throw themselves against 1
hi rong bodies of the Brltlah. I he ie- j
tireineuL of tl??? *->?? ?
Rouwllle t<> Allwal. loaves General j
lira haul without communication with
the other British ton <? He has 2.000 or j
3,000 Colonials Molding a One defensho j
?ountry. hut he 1* apparently Invented, j
so far as London huown.
Telegraph and railroad communica- J
iion with Bloeinfontein are kept up as ,
usual, hut nothing conuv* through foi
public consumption. lxnd Roberta last
message w?yt dated April 0, ami the last
unoflfciat measure bore the date ?>f j
April 7. The absence of news an usual
disheartens the people and produces
an altogether discouraging effe.o*. 1 he |
last uuoflllclal message notes that g?*>d ?
wplrits at Bloeinfontein are continuing
and tells or the arrival or animals, and j
two Jtesh cavalry regiments. l>??-d ;
Robots has now 15,000 mounted men j
altogether. In the Orange Free SUU j
Lhe situation ia complex, with scanty ?
material for forming a correct esti
mate of the situation. i
Britons are now beginning, though
reluctantly, to realize that. Lord Rob
erta la In for a winter lampalgn, last
L?k several months. This ia the end
in a raw words, or theJilgh hopes hnsc<>
upon l^ord Roberta' brilliant dash to
Kllhberley and Bloemfontein. Prepara
tions are being made to hold Hloeinfon
teln against surprises. l>ord Kltelieuer
nas beeji given an important duty, be
ing .responsible for the protwUon of
the railway, while l^ord Roberts i\.
waiting ft* io-inounA and wlntcjr cloth
ing for the troops, whose thin cotton
khaki uniforms and boota are worn
out. General Brabant and Genera
Gatncre are both at a standstill. l*>nl
Roberts will probably for *>me time
contl no his opperatlons toficlearlng t-he
Free State behind him -of raiders and
to relieving faafekiug. for which pur
pose apparently the eighth DlvlriMi.
now arriving at Capo Town, has bSen
ordered to Klmberley.
Uuly" Sarah Wilson and otliet
Marking correspondents sond diaries
of the operations there, showing that
the Boers have tried, by abandoning
their trenches to lure the besieged out j
into a mined ambush. Fortunately the ,
British engineers discovered the mine, |
but the wire communications and |
unearthed 2D0 pounds o t dynamite and j
wax gttlatlno. ,
Wie the chances lire for an advance
to Pretoria may be judged from thc
fact that 4ly from 6,000 to 10,000
horses ^ on tJrtlr way to the Cape
and frtftt the further fact t hat ti c
military tailoring department*
within 'he last three weeks began ,
making woolen khaki uniforms. It s ,
said U will take at least two months to ,
pro v I do *00,000 uniforms.
Brevities.
Charged with systematic robbery ol
>n transit Haggage^aster '
Fred Uuvmelstcr, of Buffalo, N*. Y., j
was arrested at Toledo, O., and goods
worth J3,000 were found in IiIh satchel. j
~T"
The North Dakota Populist Conven- j
tion split on tho quest ion of voting for 1
Bryan, and the iMlddle-of-tho-Roadors, j
being in the minority, will call an* j
other State convention.
QoMilia fit Via J
tfltt?wothi, BgwUI. ? The Journal j
?my: foilil Ooegreesmsa Cfeas. A. '
Town^ of Dntatfc, is * candldMo for j
Dm Democratic ?omlnaltoo for Vic* f
Prwddsnt Judge LaUvcII. of. the
tUdMi iutm Ctremlt Cowt tow.
? e of M* fttot
?? tkH muMki ai Tiim eadl
Though sustaining terrible burns. .
Mrs. Bridget McCafferty, JanltrefiB, car
ried a can of burning turpentine out of
a tenement at New York, saving the I
buHding.
Professor of Rhetoric Hammond La
mont, of Brown University, Provi
dence. R. I., has resigned to become
managing editor of the New York
Kvenlng Post.
Voting under the referendum, Minne
sota Populists declare for Wharton
Barker, of Philadelphia, -for Provident,
and Ignatius Donnelly for Vice Presi
dent. ??
Tie annual New York Stale tax rate
for f he next fiscal year Is reduced from
2 40- 100 mills to i 06-100 mills on each
dollar of valuation.
President W. R. Harper, of the Unl
.rmity of Chicaio,^, Is about to
?IsittRutaU to study - political and so
eM insUtullois.
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Warmjr \\ gather-? Corn Planting H?a
Begun,
riw liiKt portion of the week ending
April :uh. i!)v>u, was unusually oool,
with light to killing frosts and thin ice
on the isi. 1'tul. 3rd, uth anil 6th; t&e
lust of tho week was warmer than nHual
with n avlmttm lemperatut in (lie
i ightiett:
There wore scattered showers on the
3rd irnd irh. I?ut the rainfall was light > -?
and dM not interfere materially with
farm work, t dch hay, during the past , .
week, mado rapid progress, and is In
many localll ies as advanced as it usu
ally Is at this date, while in places the
season in said to he from 10 days to
two weeks later than usual. Haln is
needed in a few sections.
Over the i a tern and central coun
rnrn planting. .M? uplands," Is Hear
ing completion, and lands arq vhygely
J'j" t-fJJj ?? , ii^? -? ~~
alrcad\ Imen pi inlod. The conditions
lut \ ? ' Im'imi unfavorable for germination,
owl uk t?> the coldness of the ground,
and early planted corn is coming up
slowly to poor stands. ,
Tolnn co plants arc .-.mall and scarce, >
the fliht bed* having been destroyed by
tlie cold weather ia February. Rice. Ip - ? ' S
being planted under favoraldo soil con
ditions.
Over the west urn portions o
Stat?. preparation of lands is we]
\aitceil. although little, if any, pi
lias been done, except some corn
Horghnm and early gardens.
luutb esily in i be we**h- injured ? -
plums bcvurely, as well as peaches in
fan- western counties, while elsew.here
peaches are apparently nnlnjure<I , or
only slightly damaged. Pears and
pi oh were not advanced enough to be '
hurt. .
The uundilion of wheat is very prom
ising. but. oats have podt* stands gener
ally. Hot!) grains have begun to make
rapid grow'h. A large portion of the
fall sown oats were winter killed. Rye
and barley are heading In places. Truck
iM in fairly good condition, hndjphfp
ments will begin at about tJie \tsual
time*
m
Notes. i
\ cli :> rtt r has been issued tO tho W.
K. Se ise Company, which iproposee to(
do (i general luHiniainco business. The^
officers of the company are: President,
Sol Kohn; \ lee president, Sheldon
Scovilh'. secretary, treasurer and man*
age-r, Win. Ki ?>ea?e,- Directors: Sol- ?
Kolui, Sheldon Seovill, Smoak,
J\ A. Addon, F N. Rinirttoon, R. B.
Wanna maker. Win. K. Sease, J. F.
Sinn m o nrs nnd A . F. PoaiMstlne. ""
Tho h-ecrotary of State lvaas grwnterl
a Charter to tho Newberry Handle and'
Shuttel company of Newberry, capital*'
izrd at f 1 0,wt>. The ofltcenraro Trtfr
Pool, prciild'on't; and E. OaiDinl&s, wore
Lary and treasurer. The Ent? w*rlfe
Hank of Ixiurena wa? also chartered. :
It Is capitalized at $50;00C. Thp offl>
cers aro N. 13. Dial, president; C. H.
Roper, cashier, W. Gray, as
slutJwU cashier.^?
*
Prof. Nesom, of Clemson College, the
eastern part of the State, where he has?
been to inveBtlgate the reported exlcty
ence of glanders emong houses. Hq
found the d!sarae in Georgetown, Dar
lington, Orangeburg and Bomber f|
counties. and is afraid it will.epread if{ ??
preventive measures aro. not taken. *
Governor M<$>weetvey was very much - :
pleased with the action of the mass
?meeting in Charleston in deciding to
hold the exposition. ? He is eaitlefied
that it will bo a success. The people
of the Stale, h6 said, as far as fhe tied
heard, ^Jvere in hearty accord with the^ _
undertaking. Outsiders, he sald^ were _
all saying" good things about "The
Oily by the Sea" and the exposition
would attract uc vr.jiiouey.a?4 JQffiK fiflftt
pie bo Charleston.
Murder Trial Begun,
A special from Chesterfield Court
Jloiuse. S. C.,^..?ayai. Tfrg?, trill of
Thomas Stein. John, Benjamin aftd
Harvey Jaekeon for the^ burning a
killing of the negro woman,
Boone. In the upper piYt^Mhis
nome weeks ago, was /"hipgun befOTl
Judge KlUgh. The Htatols r<pr>esat
ed by Solicitor JohnsbnT'&nd the deter v
dants by W. P. Pollock and it J.
Hough.
Boer 'riasa. Meeting.
Philadelphia, Pa., Special. ? One ef.
the greatest demonstrations of sym
pathy eyer ahown in tibia city
foreign nation, took place
night when the Acadejny of D
Jammed with people f6r the porpoefr
taking part in the Philadetoi*rS6W
?boy*' pro Doer rally. The prUN
object of the gathering **? ia MU
message of graeang,A<x- PrHllnTll
ger, signed "by 22.000
sonoo!* or this city. 9e sreefc'wti
crush, mostly of tbe FOnVaVTiplM
Hon. that many
to get near the door*
struggling people wM . tel*!
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