The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 25, 1900, Image 1
' THE TOTAL ECLIPSE
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Interesting Solar Phenomenon to
Otcur May 28lli
AN AWE-INSPIRING SPECTACLE
The I'ntli and Duration of Totality -
Where Observations Will be Made
by Scientists.
Washington, 13. C., Spoclal.? The
fort In oming total eclipse of the ?uu on
May 2S, 1.? attracting wor^l-wlde atten
Won. and astronomers everywhere thavo
long been making preparations for ob
serving and photographing the phe
nomenon. lio&idOA luajitug lliti itiuai
time observations, Interest largely ? ?'n
ttirs! In nhjitnuj'jiithlnir Jho r ojv>j)a. tha.
coronal streamers, tlio spcetra of the
?chromosphere, ami particularly the cel
ebrated flash spectrum appearing both
Uon for a period of about two minuttvH,
Moro than forty inlh'H away, oa elthor
etdo of tho track tho eel Ipso will ba
partly, jiot totii^
An oclipso of the sua that will l>o vis
ible cjui occur only when the moon la
new. At that t i mo she |k?.sss?vs exactly
hot ween tho earth and the sun. A <j
cording to the calculations of Profea
| aor LumHlen, tho round black shadow
j In out of -spai o some ilmo after sun
I rlso on the mbming of May 28. This
I gigantic arm will come into contact
| with the part lutponiowhero near tho
j Hevllla Oigedo islands in the Paelfio
j ocean. With tremendous velocity the
shadow will rush toward the mainluad
j and will enter Mexico, near Cor r ion tes,
at a *>peed of more than 100 miles a
minute. In eight minutes it will have
crossed the Rocky Mountains, and by
7:30 central or S:3u eastern timo it Wlll>
have crossed tho (Jtilf ami entW'Od
Moxloo. 'lMion <?n it will pass, over its
selected path, until it is los^atottn in
| "*vjwc.T?.
Tho period of totiillty of the e. lipso
varies at different. points along tho
j track. At the Rocky Mountains tho
THE PATH OP THE ECLIPSE TUltOUOH THE UNITED ST ATE H.
?at beginning and end of totality. For. J
tunately it will bo posible^to witness !
the phenomenon from many sections of
the. United Stales. /'*"
The Johns Hopkins University expo
dltlons to observe the solai^lecllpse will
work In unison with the United States
Naval Observatory and under the su
pervision of tho latter.. The observa
tories of the Naval Observatory will bo
divided among five parties. At Pine
hurst , N. C., there will be four astron
omers from Washington, under the di
rection ol' Profe-vsor Skinner; tho Johns
Hopkins party from the Coast and j
(roedotic Survey, under Professor G. A.
Bauer. At Griffln, Ga., there will be
one Naval Obsjervatory party, consist
ing of Dr. I*. S. Mitchell, of Columbia
University; ProfesRor Henry Crew and
Dr. Tatall, of the Northwestern Univer
sity of Virginia, and L. E. Jewell, of
tho Johns Hopkins University; Profes
sor S. J. Brown, Astronomical Direc
tor of the NavaK Observatory, will con
duct observation*#^ Barnesvillc, Ga.
The colleges and universities of tho
country will be well represented. Ex
peditions will be dispatched by \ Har
vard, Yale, Columbia; Princeton, the j
University of Pennsylvania, the Uni
versity of Virginia, tin; University of '
Chicago, etc.
On May 28 tho circular shadow of the I
moon cast by the sun upon the earth,
vand about eighty miles in diameter, j
will come sweeping across the Ameri- !
can continent from New Orleans to
C^pe Henry. Along the centre of the
path traveled by this swiftly moving j
shadow the sun will be completely hid- I
Feor Our Politics. ? ?
Chicago, Special. ? A spcclal to tlu* t
Record from Honolulu dated May 9, j
via. Victoria, B. C.. suy?: "At a coa- ;
forence of many pr. mlnont natives held i
yesterday it ^decided to advise for i
the present that tho Hawailans hoid j
aloof from both tho Republican and i
Democratic parties and organize a ;
Hawaiian party. J. O. Carter was in
dorsed for delegate to Congress.
Aguloaido Heard Front.
Manila, by Cable. ? A proclamation :
purporting to have boon issued by Ag- j
ulnaldo, and dntod May 14, from Polll- j
lo Island, one of the Philippine group !
east of Luzon, is circulating in Manila. |
It cays tho commission tip^j/inted by
President McKlnley was,4v appointed
. tfttjhou t the authorization^! Congress
ana that hence it can not a&xt officially
It urges the Filipino? mo<i#> surrender
their arms at the' instigation of tho
"~cdnimis3ioiy and on promises which
Congress fliay not ratify, and 'ho also
~ urges" tho Filipinos tor enthusiastically
welcome the commission when It ar
rives in the towns and provinces, ask
ing them holdly for" the form of gov
ernment they most desire. ?s the Am- '
erlcans permit Creed od of speectfi
spectacle will last but about thirty sec
onds, and at New Orleans the period
will have boon lengthened thirty-sev
en seconds. At Union Point, Green
county, Gn. the centro of the path for
the United States, tho time of tality
rOHITION OY TIIK I'LANKTS.
will be nlney-two seconds, whllo those
who are at the Atlantic coast, just
south of the city of Norfolk, will be
able to continue their observations for
105 seeonda. *
Of# For Cape Nome.
Seattle, Wash., Special. ? Saturday
and Sunday were probably the banner
days of the rush from Seattle to Capo
Nome. Five or six of the largest ves
sels of the gre:it fleet were scheduled to
leave. The Garonne, the largest, vc&sel
failing from Soattle! will get away Sun
day night. The steamship Senator puts
-to in the evening with nearly 50fl
|,;s..-.sfcngcri. Steamef Cleveland sailed
at noon. She has 195 passengers.
Brevlt'es.
John Clark Ridpatti, the historian,
who is ill at New York, is improving.
' President J. .T. I-ittlo, of the New
York board of c.lucatlon, resigned be
cause of ill health.
Frank Foesett, on trial for murder
at Fort Worth, Texas, walked unob
served out of the court 'house and es
cape! .
Rev. Robert Wood Ha rn well, of
Pclma, Ala,, was elected lilshop Ooad
bjrtbe Ephwonai Oouncil at Mo
bile, Ala. _ r
James C. KeongU/former tax collec
tor Hofyoke, Mass., charged with
embezzling $300,000, was sentenced to
10 years' imprisonment.
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? "UllllCI APpOfplUIPRl,
? Q- gpfcUL? William
H. Hot, of Montana, Mfiii selected
to be eeeret wry oT MMiiar the Island
-? 1 ULi-'IM-'L, ? gr? " l" * ? 'Ji
or rurui krxx Mr. aiuu w noutuT
appointed hibI for
^ovancMttt before th*. ffhflfsai
THE GRANT STATIC
thnelllMg Ceremonies at the Nation's
Capital.
Washington, D. C., Special.? Tho sta
tue of General Grant, presented by tin*
Grand Army of the Republic to the Na
tion, was unveiled in the jtreat mtunda
of tho t'apitol Saturday, and elaiHuato
eeonnonies commemoraHvo of the
ovent wore held in the Hall of Keprc
eontativos in tho proseuue of a vu.st
conooiufie of people who Included the
widow, iloughter and descendant*; of
the General; 'hundreds of hla comrades
in arms, tho officers and committee of
the G. A. IffTand many persons di.s
tinguished in military, political and so
cial circles. The statue represents the
contributions of thousands of his com
rades, no one of whom wua allowed to
subscribe more than 1T> tents and is the
result of a movement started shortly
after General Grant's death At Mount
McGregor In July, 1SK.">. It. Is tho work
of JYanklin Simmons, an American
sculptor. Of marble, of heroci si/.c, it !
iciuoseiita the .gi'im old soldier in th^
full uniform of a general equipped' for
the Held with tophool* anil gauntlets,
his cloak over his left arm, his right ?
hand resting on the hilt of his sword. j
The unveiling took place slmrtiy lie- I
fore noon in tlic presence of Mra.Gront,
Mrs. Sartor is, Miss Surtoris, tho officers
?ff the G. A. It.. SpefilfeV Henderson and
Henator Frye, President pro tcin t?f the.
Senate.
The fact iff the unveiling was kop^
secret and ynly a tow outsiders wit-s
nessed it. There \v? re iu ceremonies.
Miss Sartoris, atti'.vd in white, drew
drew tho lanyard i!>?t uncovered the
statue. Mrs. Grant inspected it criti
cally and smiled her approval. The
party then repaired to the ball- of thw
House, where the ceremonies oc^uyred.
The ceremonies in th House wore
j>rofoundly Impre-^ive. 'l*ov consist
ed of addresses by Mr. McCieary
(Minn.), Mr. Gmsvenor (Ohio), Mr.
Richardson (Tcnn.), Mr. Warner
(Ills.), Mr, Linney (N. C.), Mr. Gard
ner (Mich.), Mr. Itrosiuis (I'a.), and Mr.
Dolliver (towa.)
For Pence.
Berne, By Cable. ? Tho committee of
the International l'o:ice Bureau has de
cided to make n final appeal to the
l twenty-five powers who are signers of
the conventions adopted by tho Hague
Peace Conference, in favor of the res
toration of Peace in South Africa. The
committee calls attention to the el:iuse
of the convention for the peaceful set-]
tlomont of international conflicts by
the terms of which the signatory pow
ers agreed to utsfl all efforts for the set
tlement, not. only of difficulties among
themselves, but of all international dis
pute.?., Consequently the committer
declares, an offer of mediation cannot
bo considered by (Ireat Brit aliens an
unfriendly act.
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New Building Dedicated.
Hichmond, Special.-- The new build- !
infcs of the Virginia Union University j
were dedicated^Wtet, week with appro* 1
priate ceremonies. The Union l.'ni- |
versity is a combination of the old j
Hichmond Theological SeiftTttary and I
Wayland University of Washingion.
It is for colored students of both sexes.
The address of the day was made by
Gen. T. J. Morgan LI j. D., of New !
York, secretary of t lie American Home
Mission Society. There were also ad- I
dresses by Rev. S. II. Morehouse. I). I)., j
of New York, field secretary of the as
sociation; Rev. P. T. Morris. I). P., of j
Lynchburg, and Rev. J. H. Mason. 1).
D., of Batavia, N. Y. There are six
buildings completed and two are in |
coarse of erection.
British at t!i? Waal River.
I/ondon, By Cable. ? British horse
men, according to a dispatch from Lo
renzo Marques, are now close to the
Vaal river, within 40 miles of Johan
nesburg. The migration from Pretoria
has begun. Women and children are
being sent in trains to Machadadorp,
on the way to Lydenburg. Trains are |
arriving at Lorenzo Marques filled i
with passengers, among whom are
many Gernmns bound for Europe.
F\ar Our Polill.s.
Chicago, Special. ? A special to the
Record from Honolulu dated May 9, .
via. Victoria, B. C.. %t\ys: "At a con- !
fercncc cf many pr.nainent natives held r
yesterday it was decided to advise for j
the present that the Hawalians hold j
aloof from both the Republican nnd (
Democratic parties and organize a
Hawaiian party. J. O. Carter was in
dorsed for delegate to Congress.
Strong R I -?ttg Force.
Ix)ndon( By Cable. ? The following
dispatch from Sir Alfred Milcer, the
British high commissioner In South
Africa, to the Secretary of State for
the Colonies, .Mr. Jos. Chamberlain;
was received at 1:30, p. m. Monday.
"Barton telegraphs from Taungfc that
Mafeklng was relicvod May 17th. The
relieving column was a composite
force under Col. Mahon of about 2,300
men." ,
Brevities* ^
lie*. John E. Hall, of lOfedtTe. Pa.,
consecrated as a missionary to
Japan, at the - Cumberland Presby
terian Assembly.
One boy was killed and three boys
tod a girl injured in ? strike riot at
St Louis Monday.
The Supreme Couri of OiwjrTitt*!
States has decided that flssinrl Cost
, Jr- tr not entitled ts frl ssflMjrffa 1
of "PocohonUa" as appllad.to )
coal.. \
ItWJMtt and HarW Onmmltt^ 1
Va., sad
GREAT WAR NEWS.
Account of Feverish Activity at Pre
toria.
mm WORKING DAY AND NIGHT.
The Relief Column Repoted to Dave
Been Defeated With lireat l.oss-'J
Duller Moving.
London,' Ily Cable. --The lti'it is?t* ie
lief column fougnt the Doors at Kra
span, >12 miles south of Mdfi'kiiig, oil
Tuesday^ according a telegram re
ceived Wednesday night at Lorenzo
Marques, from Molopo, 100 miles north
of Mal'eklng. This intelligence is ac
cepted here with some reserve because
It Is difficidt to understand how llu>
HOW# ?\>Uld have bee-u *?o <n>i< klv put
on tho wire from a place 132 miles
from the scone <?r tho engagement \
correspondent of The Morning lust,
presumably John Stewart, is reported
captured by tho llucm at Knuipun.
Tho British public is Keenly oxpectaut
o{ the announcement thai. Mafeking
hjis been relieved. Douglus Story, 'I ho
t)a\Jy Mail correspondent at Pretoria,
wlrete:
' Tho Boor government is holding
bafk some big news. Feverish activity
prevails bore. President Krugei is
working day and night. Tho latest
Boor official bulletin is that tho relief
columns lias boon defeated with great
loss. Lord Roberts continues passive
at Kroontdad. D?k e?*vHl?y are Klrwtc.h
Ing UKq a Hcini-cireula r scroeu many
tnilrs in '"length, with overlapping
(lank:?."
? Tho railway will probably t* com
pleted soon. Genoral French's cavalry
had one lively light after crossing tho
Zand river. A mixed squadron, turn^
posed of the Scots Greys, the Iimlsklll
Ings, Carbineers and Australian Horse,
took a kopje and dismounted. The
Boers suddenly fired from a concealed
position, killing many horses and
stampeding the rest. Tho Boers then
advanced in overwhelming numbers
and drove the squadron, capturing
some. The liners robbed the dead and
looted the saddle. Finally a brigade
of cavalry drove them off.
Farther north the Hussars charged
tho Boers, killing and wounding many
ftragglcrs with sabrea and pistols.
Lord Roberts' infantry marched 122
tulles in seven days. General ir,re"?u
inarched 30 miles in one day. The
Boors, when retiring, dragged 32 guns
through Kroonstad.
General Bullor is moving toward
New Castle. He appears to bo using
25 000 men against 5.000 or G,000. Ills
operations will almost certainly result
In his forcing his way into the Trans
vaal, poeslbly in time to co-operato
With Lord Roberts' advance, although
General Bullor Is now 252 miles from
Johannesburg, or 25 days' march.
A Dane, who was captured by the
South African Horse, says there ar?
&00 Frenchmen with the Boors who
are opposing General Buller. together
with many Germans and other for
eigners. Geneyal Bundle is sweeping
through the nOiWast of the Free ;
State. The Boors are dissolving be
fore him and some are surrendering.
Their main force is assembled be
tween Ficksburg and Winhurg, but it
is without eloso organization.
The occupation of Olencoe was
merely a logical sequel of General Hi' ti
ler's advance and the Boers rething
movement. As usual the Boers are re
ported to be flying precipitately, but,
also as usual, the account* add that |
their transport and guns were re
moved in safely which, in itself, is a ,
contradiction of any statement that
?flieVnoers were panic stricken. ho
prolongation of the Mafoking siege j
only Intensifies Great Britain's anxiety
to hear of its relief.
, About 1.100 more troops have ar
rived at Bcira, Portuguese Last
Africa.
The British Advance.
Pretoria. By Cable.? A war bulletin
has been received here announcing that
{he Britjsh ar$ advancing against the
Federals at HclpmankT and I ,
Nek. The Burghers attacked Mafe
king. The telegraphist at Malopos ,
gays that a heavy rlllo and cannon lire ,
was 'heard before 6 o'clock Saturday,
and that the Kaffir location waa n
flames within an hour and was totally
destroyed
Kmcrgency River nnd Marbor BUI.
Washington, D. Special.? An.
emergency river and harbor bill was
?greed upon hy the river and harbor
committer. It. provides a large num
ber of surveys and makes several ap
propiations for work of pressing ne
cessity. This .includes $200,000 .for the
South pass of the Mississippi, with au
thority to ft>rminate the contract with
the late James I). Eads, for the main
tenance of this channel, and to pur
chase the plant now used for thie?
work; also a provision making avail
able $50,000 for letlr jvork on Cumber
land Sound, Ga., and Florida.
Boer Envoy* Arrive.
New York, Special. ? The steamship
MaaedamL with the peace envoys from
(be South African republics, arrived
Tuesday from Rotterdam. The en- ^
mania# sad ?. KL Vessels, were met by
a commute* Which went down the bay
to ?reet tlflhfcj Uter were weU
corned by a larger body of Bgsr sym
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Showers.
The (euipnrahiro was searonabb*
'during the week i iulluj; s a. <iu.. May
JIMm, with a maximum of i?;t . ami a
minimum of ; degrees, both reporlo?*
from tin- northwestern portion of H^
State
The r 1 1 ii In 1 1 ranged in amotini front
one -fourth of an huh to nearlv three
im lies. The least amount foil in I ho
extreme northwestern counties, ami
tilt' heaviest. oci'ti rroii over tin* central
counties.
\ithoitgh tin' rights continue too
tool for rapid growth ami etrps are
backward over tin- western portions,
ti'lC N^lltll or conditions wi'i'n faxornble
ami caused improvement in t*he ren
dition of all < rop#. The rains \vi it
heiieiielal . ami brought tip all lit*'
planted sumlji, ami put bottom lamia
into condition to be plowed ami
! planted, except in some wot; torn conn
. ties wlmro more rain is needed
except where cut worms have duin
aged it mi bottom lands. While plant
ing is far from finished, some corn is
receiving its second cultivation
('niton i< praetlenlly all planted It
is making -low growth, but either has.
or is coming up t<JfjiJuH stands which
! are. how e\ er, soine^tait Irregular in
j size. Cultivation anfl*" chopping is
general Sonic fields are still grassy,
and grasshoppers are destroying eot
ton in one county. Scaisiand litis a
good stand ami is thriving.
ltu>t continues on wheat to the
detriment of the crop The recent
! rains have improved hoth wheat and
j oats, the latter In ing now particularly
; line our huge, areas. Oats w ill soon ho
j ready To harvest in the sunt heesti" n
counties.
Tobacco has fairly good stands, net
the ground is in condition for replant
ing. The plants are small hut \ ig
orons.
Hice improved with the warmer
nights. Planting continues wliefe
previously hindered by freshets.
Sweet potato draws are being set
out. Melons, sugar cane, peanuts,
gardens, and truck generally show
j marked improvement. Peaches, al
though dropping; still indicate a full
crop. Pears and apples continue to
blight, and while the former will bo
plentiful, the latter will be scarce.
Large shipments of seasonable vegct
j ubles continue from the truck raising
j districts. There Is complaint, of a
scarcity of field hands in Homj>-4orall
! tits.
a
Palmetto Penciling.
The salary of the Florence postmas
ter has recently raised from ll.GOO to
$1,700 a year. A liberal raise hna also
been mado in the allowance for the
clerk hire and rent Hince the poslof
flce was bo haiulsomely fitted up. The
receipts of thin oMco continue to grow
heavier and heavier1?" The Increase is
not a spurt, but Ib a ?teady increase
(from month to month. The receipts
jfor April are 62% per cent heavier than
the receipts of April of last year. The
government has recently asked that a
'record of the trunsieut mall at this of
fice bo weighed, and It amounts to for
the week, papers and packages, exclu
sive of any at this office, 1,367; letters
and packages 223, single letters worked
4,126; total I
Headquarters for South Carolina at j
the Jxmisville Reunion will be located 1
on Main street, between 6th and 7th. I
The Louisville Reunion will be the first ?
to provide separate headquarters for ]
every State, as heretofore the various |
States occupied one building, each hav- i
lug a room or a corner in it. The com- |
r/.ittee In charge of the South Carolina
quarters will be: Oeorge Allen, Fred
Cans, A. M. Sease, Alex " Smytlie, S.
Calhoun Smith, J. M. Wornack and
John 1). Voung. Three of theae are for
mer South Carolinian.
Chairman W. I), Evans and Commis
sioner Harris last week inapoctcd and !
received the Lockhart Railroad, which
Is a new line, 13.86 miles long, connect
ing the Spnrtnnbnrg. Union and Colum
bia Road with Lockhart Mills. The I h
Kpocting (party was accompanied by
Superintendent P. I. Welles, of the
Southorj) and President Carey, of the
Lockhart^ Mills railroad. The road
waa found* rti fine condition and au
thority was given for its operation.
Superintendent of Education Mo
Mahan liaa,4Trrlanged for a summer
school ror Kdgfield to run from July 10
to Augu*<*]6. The conductors are iMr.
William M. Clyde, who is principal of
the Roys' High School at Montgom
ery, Ala., and Prof. I). I>. Wallace, of
Wofford College.
Another cate of smallpox has devel
oped on the Parnell place, near Luray,
the patient, being a colored man, A
Charleston physician has charge of the
cage, who thinks. that there will "he no
further spread of the. disease and that
the patient will soon recover.
Senator T/lman has been promised
the Consul?h:p at Rouen, Franc*, for
Thornwell Hayneu, Democrat, of Cen.
tral, S. C.
Iva.it Saturday, In response to a call
by Dr. L. R, Owaltney, a meeting of
some of Edgefield's citizens was held
in the court bow* to alect delegates to
the Prohibition conference at -Cotum.
bla. Gen; T; W. Car wile piesldwi oyei
the mietlBf. pie following were elect*
?d as delegates; The Her. L R. O wait
Prof. T. V. K t Bailey aMfMr. ?.
1 tit: NHVV PHYSICIANS
, Aii I'dUMMlIx I nrv,'o Number in Thlti
War's Class.
i Modicinc in apparently u 1.*. !? and
I t.lirl vitix1 prufosHitrti in this Stat<*. hovo
wore uioro young men in staiul tho
examination beforo tin* St.it?> hoard of
I niodlcal oxamlnors tihau ov?r oofor<\
j lxi.st y tar thoro woro sixty old appli
I cants and this your thoro woro soventy
oiKht. of this number eight were rol
' ored. lnit there w*-rfl no women appear
j tiiK boforo tho hoard this linn*. '1 bo
| Stato board ol' inodieal ox<unlntus, to
[ j.;?'tb* r with tho branch on wlflo'i t hoy
! were examined, are: Pr Stephens, of
i lHuekvilto, on surgery; lb. llrodio, of
I Charleston, ph\sioh>Ky; Or. Napier, i f
| lilonhoim, on materia medio, i and
1 thernpoutlo.s; l>r. linker. of HitmlH',
clH'in ist i \ and toxlenl ;>?> . Or. It. A.
; Itratton, ?>f Yorkvillo, anatomy; Dr.(
! () 1$ Mavrr. of Newberry, on obste
? trios and naoeology ; lb\ T. IT N >tt,
? Jr.. on t bo prin t loo of mmtiri'ir
New I ?ntttprlscs.
A com 'illusion tor n Sv>v >?>?>?? j
issued to 1 1 1 ? Kunuers Supplj *? o.n
pany, of Manning. The company pro
poses going into the grocry i"?tl lariu
vepply busintvH Capital stock $>0,000.
Corporatois, Mci.eod Wllklr>, 1*. M.
Hradham and II. Uigby.
A charter has been issued to llio
Willard Manufacturing Company. of
Columbia. Tlit* company proposes
manufacturing all kinds 01 glue, mucil
age, ink. pails ami slali >ncr.V supplies.
Capital stock $10,000. 1. I Witbeis,
president and treasurer; l\ H. Wes
ton, vice president ; 10. M. Wilson, sec
retary; I. I ?? Withers, F. H. Western
and Win. Weston, directors.
The Kndowinenl Kund Association,
of the Charleston Library Association,
has tiled wljh the Secretary of State
an amendment to its charter. 1 1>9
amendment covers the entire Hiiopu of
the work of the Endowment Associa
tion.
YorkviUo ha+i surrendorod Its c';d
charter and tak?'n out one under tlio
new law.
A commission for a charter win H
sued to the Joint Stock Onion, of
Greenville. Capital stock
porators: lClias Ncubltt, H. F. Mc
puw and A. C. Johnson. The com
pany proposes dealing in real est^jy.
Tobacco Notes.
A <1 vices from Granville county, N.
C., is that the tobacco crop will 1>" out
fully twenty-live per ?ent.
.Mr. T. W. Martin will be maunder
of tobacco sales warehouses at Seran
ton and Lake City, B. C.t the next
season.
A report, that there, was dimension
in tlio board of directors of tho Ameri
can Tobacco Company is denied by
i rusl people. V
Advices from Virginia indicate thai
a crop of the usual si of dark tobacco
will pitched.
The tobacco acreage In Japan this
year Unreported by that government at
42.IT> chocs. A cho Is nearly two and
u half acres. The nl?n>ber of person*
employed in cultivating the weed la
572,820, nearly double ivs many as last
year.
The reports from the Dark leaf dis
tricts are to the effect that a much
larger acreage of tobacco will bo
planted this year than was last year.
It is said that the planting will be
probably 110 us compared with last
year.
" Owensboro, Ky.. strips will be, It is
HOid, about 2,500 hogsheads bhort of
last year's mal^ or a crop shortage of
35 per cent.
Florida is ok the verge of a big
boom in tobacco growing. There aro
Upw 800 applicants for seed tobacco on
file in the Florida State department of
agriculture and tobacco growers' as
sociations aro being formed through
out the State.
Stenimers in Owensboro and licit'
derson have their factories now full
and are patiently waiting for a season
which from present appearances will
not be long delayed.
The Rocky Mount, N. C? Argonaut
says : "From further observation in
the surrounding country wo aro satis
fied that the tobacco acreage in Nash
county will be rut about fifty per cent.
Plants are very scarce, a good many ]
beds boing a tojtalc failuro."
MaJ. W. A. Guthrie has taken an ap
peal from tho decision of Judge Siinon
ton in. Black well's Durham Tobacco
Company case.
Pittsburg produces a million stogies
a day.
The acreage of tobacco planting in
South Carolina will bo increased this
season.
Mr. J. H. Duke, preeident of tl^e
American and Continental tobacco
companies, is being cartooned by New
York papers. .
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News Items.
Cruelty on the high seas brought a
fine Of fl.000 and two month* im
prisonment for John Hayes, mate of
the skip Si. Jakn ea, at New York.
Railways and steamship companies
in Germany are eiperimentln? with
the use of oil for fuel. ?
Italy's CEamber of Deputies has
been prorogued and new elections or
dered for J use S to 10.
The Sultan of Turkey wUl s?d to .
Crow- Prim* Frederick. ?1
Oerouutr tMTftrtiA* ?<jer, eit m dia
rill: PENSIONERS.
I lie Amount to bo Received toy ttu
I 'liferent Classes.
Tai'K h dollars and thirty cents ta th<
allowance of seven (li u mill and fifty*
one pensioner's of tin* Stato of South
Carolina. This Is tho allowance. u<)(
for a month. but for twelve monttaAi
It is what tho Stato nllowa its PO&j
nlmo is, soldiers of tho l.ost. Cause, whd
arc more than tin years <;f ago anil wh(J
ha\?i nat mora than $itifl it year In*
conic. or widows of old eoldiors whfl|
may he similarly clroumntnncod. Old
nddicrs who ny* -ro "wounded and whe*
have an income not in e?;;<vs of $250 t<
yoar aro In tin* same class. Then there
Is another class known as Class fl,
whMi numbers ' ! t'l ami (hose aro oaoh
to get $115.40 for tho yciir^ ^Clnss A)
which is made up of t ho.;e totally holp
liV'i, rteoiyw''$?- a year and it number#
foyty-ol/rlil.
Vhjx i ? 'how tlio $ \ oO.uOO appropriat
ed by tho State of South Carolina fou
its imlim nl Confederate pensioners 18
distributed. I: is a grct dcnl for tho-- ?
Pt:rtc Id do for its SMhliors, according
:o tho vii:w?; (ii he coon :inir. members of
J lu- iJjiljjii- i) hi V -lijjl 11- iililHVii how
liftlo there is in tho pensions for cacti
of (In* poor soldiers and widows why
led constrained to apply to tho State
for which they fought. It is a charity
which Is not asked for by all who do
<m rvo it. For many years tho old Wbl
diors felt a delicacy about asking for
tho pension tho State offorod. Now that
delicacy is passing away to a certain
extent and tho pension lists this year
ire six hundred larger than they were
last y*ar. Tho Increases and tho
strength H>f the lists aro largely notloo.
ablu in the border countic? on tho
North Carolina line.
It is a hard matter to eonlliio the
lists to those who are striitly entitled
to the hcncllts of ho pension appropria
tion. The county bnnrdrr, rrmdo up of -
old sohlioir.. have to bo rolled upon to
a large extent, in fact practically en
tirely. It' frauds creep in it cannot be
tho fault <of tiio .Stnte hoard, as tflie ? ~
grcatest. publicity is given to tho lists
(hat aro approved and circumstance?
show that moat of the ?counties aro ox
tromoly rigid in tlielff regulations and
examinations. J V'
Tho checks for til* 'pension money
woro made out Friday. The rolls for
nhostorfleld and Florence Coont? are
not cxactly straightened out and in*
formation has been solicited on them;'
and ivo roll or return has evon yot heon
rinreived from Charleston. Tho State
board estimated tho Charleston list to
be about tho same a? it was last year,
but, of course, can send no money to
the pensioners in Charleston until the
itpprovaod list is recoived here and
c.hecked up. Tho cam o of tho doltiy l^n
Charleston Is not explahvod.
iiBW.W WM
inynsibility.
sb^Jn tM
ins aurgdM
%n air gun b
of the
Bishop WlllUtt
Strikers Grow Desperate
St. I/)uls. Special. ? With the euapetu
. sion of negotiations the strikers and
I their sympathizers are, growing df?? "
their sympathizers are groitlhg 4<Pjr~
perate. ITp to >he present Unto UM
shotting has been done by Che Transit
employes or officers, -but tfra
took a hand In this gams tr
motorrnan on the Laclede Aw
named J. R. Richardson, was
the head betwesa Grand m
avenuea, dragged from tils j2?*"
tally JtMAtfiAi. ' ' J
VVintlirop Commencement.
?Following 1h tho programme of the
fomiuencenicnt exercises of Winthrop_
College: On Friday evening, Juno 1,
the Wlnthrop OhaptCr, United Daugh
ters of tho Confederacy, will hold a
.regular mooting.* An interesting pro
tiho moat enjoyable feature will bo the
trainmo haa been arranged, btft by far
annual address by (i> tv
IJonham, of Anderson. On Sunday
morning the sermon before the Y. M.
& A, will bo prcachcd .and en Slindjijr__
evening the baccalaureate sermon will
bo delivered by Blsho Duncan, of tha
Methodist Churoli. Monday evening tha
literary societies will hold their joint
celebration; Tuesday morning is to ba
devoted to tho annuul concert and re
ception. The alumnae meeting comes "
on Wednesday morning and on Wed
nesday evening the culmination of it
all, the address before the graduating
class by Mr. J. C. Hemphill, of Charles
ton. and tho awarding of diplomas and
certificates.
A Progressive Daily.
The Columbia State is Just now
Mowing commendable enterprise in lta
news 'service, which i? full and com
plete in every detail. Its editorial Ut
terances are always vigorous and locld,
nnd while one may differ over so wide
ly from Its opinions on matters con
cerning the gen oral welfare of tho
Stalo and nation, we are bound at alt
times to respect its utterances for
their candor and fairness. The Skate
is a truly great paper, always alive and
progressive, and 13 doing much to ad
vance Soivth Carolina's industrial and
Other interests. 7 J
Wants Assl$tan?$.
, Washington,' D. C., Special.-rln ac
cordance with tho request of Attorney
General Griggs, tho judlclnry commit-,
teo of the Ht?use of* JlMproa qatfltl yeft, .
considered means of dealing with tha
Neely case and like offenses arising in
Cub^The need of action was explain
ed by the attorney general in a letter
| to Chairman Ilay of the committee..?.