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v? VOLUME XII. CAMDEN, 8, C., FRIDAY. MARCH 22, 1901. MUTINY IN A MINE' Convicts Hold Their Guards as tlus-j taffcs. | STRIKE MADE FOR BETTER RATIONS The Warden Refuses tlis> Demand of the Convicts anil Says lie Will . Starve them Out. * I Leavenworth, Kans., Special.?In I tho Kansas ?r>taio penitentiary coal mi 11^ at I<anslng 2SI prisoner*, who wan I down into tho mine on Monday morning, have muntlnled and are j holding 1,\ guard* :?s ho.stniJoSL TliO.v J refiiso to Tot the guards come to the surface? until Wardeil TamliiisAS. jvva- | snlsea to give thorn better food. They threaten to kill the guards if their de anamls are not complied with. The mines are worked by tho worst class \ of convicts and among those who have mutinied are twenty life prisoners. Warden ToiullnSon has refused to want the demand., There was great consternation Tuesday afternoon among tho families of the guards who are hold by the convicts. All the peni tentiary shops have been' dosed and the convicts have been ordered in their cells, In order,, to have all the guards In readiness for an emergency t.o handle the convicts should they at tempt to rush from the mine. Many complaints have beeu made hy the prisoners be^au&o of the grado *>f ffKvl furnished (hem. and to this dissatisfaction l$)s been added allega tions of mistreatment. No outbreak wy'x attempted, however, until the men ?who had entered the mine, refused to veturn .unless their demand* were granted. They killed the mules used in the mines ajxl arc living 011 this meat. Serious trouble lsj apprehended If it 1s found "nerCesary to send deputies intOJthe collery. The miners have threatened to wreck tli-e mines* hut tho threat is laughed at Warden Tomliu son, who says they would not aUfcuVjH ?this, as such action would endanger their lives. Tie say's liO will starve them cut. A communication was re ceived from QPc of the guards stating that Jhcy weie hungry and tired, but so far as ho could learn all were alive. Tho first, outbreak in the mine took place shortly after the noon meal Tu esday and was Sttarted by the convicts Jn division -No,\8. Of the 19 men In this division, 16"V^ized th? guard and overpowered him announced that [ they bad dwided 10 strike. They told *lj?> guard that they had decided to till no two instead of three ears Of coal j as a day's work in tho future and that they proposed to have better food, j This guard Was left in charge of two *>f the convicts In the mutiny while the others marched to he adjoining di vision and called on the convictB there K> join the revolt. The convicts were I soon marching through the mine from j one division to another, yelling and swinging their lamps and picks. Oth er desperate convicts entered into tho tsplrit, while the shoi^-term men gen erally o/fenvl no opposition to tho | * mutineers and quictl]^ joined Ihftm. I So far ye can be learned no opposition of ?ny kind was offered the convicts. | Tho offlcc/^ .being unarmed, wec^l helpless, 4nd the life of any wotnrf*! have hcen VorfelUd had he tried evefri to check thovmad spirit of the con victs. \ ' Guard M<Sha\c. oiv^of^ the 15 hos tages, was hoisietTTO the mirface to night, tho striking convicts permitted it because of hiS being 111. lie re ported that the prisoners have been careful to avoid anw violent act. The other guards, he said, are in good condition and will hold out as long as long ns the convicts rtnialn mutinous. An hour later a signal came up from below and one convict, not in sympa thy with the strike, was hoisted out. As the cages w*ere half the distance from the bottom of the shaft the pris oner w-.is forced to climb 400 feet, crawling up on the shaft timbers to reach the cages. The convict surtd the men in the mine had had nothing to eat since noon yesterday except some (tfltw^offee, which was made from ? corn used to feed the mules in the mine. The mules, he said, will be eat en unless the strike Is ended soon. 1/ate Tuesday night another convict ' was hoisted to the surface to confer with tho warden. Warden Tomlinson ?a<=.y that he will force the convicts to surrender, unconditionally, much at h<6 regrets starving hia own officers. ^ Want a Conference. / , .Scranton, Pa., Special.?As a reau't of the conference toeid tjetween Pres! den^ John Jfitchell. of the United Mine Workers, and the three district pre*: ^ftots of (he anthracite region, com munfca^ons were eent out thfa? after boou from the raioe worker#' head quarter* to ?the presidents of all cos I companies and the large individual oj>~ ? .apjfopu JBWft cQTOff uul(mt,k>ta . cpo^ taJa&l- a report of lsst vMk'#>poav?n* . tton am) a resolution asking their at tends acs *t the coherence of April 1. an4 furthlsr expressed their aoqales ta ttii iut!sr.-ly- lfet president anl presidents of dlatrlot# Noa 1.7 and 9 SERIOUS IIKI: AT SUMTfR. Forty Thousand Dollar Conf agratloit Sweeps the City. Sumter, Special.?The blftgost lire that has ornirrcrt in tills city for m; - eral years broke out at half past oignt o'clock Monday evening. M marie I i? a mule shed attached to (}. F. Epper ton* largo sale and livery i>tib'e Canal street. The origin t f the Are is unknown. The gioit qu&ntitf o:' fod der and hay stored in> the buildings inado thorn veritable tinder boxes an I appeared almof^, an on explosion, be fore the alarm was sounded the flames were bursting through the shingle roof and in a remarkable abort time nil the buildings on tho premises were burn lug. Severn! negro hou-os <ft:i Sumter .vUew, oaHff-htr-Mtv At th'o "samo" (i V 6 the flame* croa.-ed Canal siroet end 1' o i-wo county Jails. the o'.d and the m-w, were ablaze. Doth these aro of br!<k and did hot burn so rapidly. The walls of the old Jail crumbb I rapidly and the upper part fell with a great crash. From the walls eistwad the fire spread 10 one of the Kpperson's store house.-*, in which was a largo quantity of wagons, agrlctiUu'ral im plements. and machinery, thence .o stables and warehouses <^f the Ciu'k Furniture Company. Two houses on the West side of flmfltor street weie aho consumed. Many'.bu lding< with in ft quarter of a mile caught from spnrk$ and flying cinders, but the fl o w>he prevented from spreading beyond ?the limits dc-aeribc.l by persistent and plusky work of the fife .department aided by many citizens. The plotters con-fined i-h jail weie taken eafcly to the city guaid hou.;o ami packed in there like sardines-in ;i box All the live strck in the stib'e? wore gvv'en out except about six hen 1 of horses ai> l mule*. Tit's is the-third l ino thai Mr. Ep person has been burned out, and the loss now falls most heavily upon him. Altogether the valUe of the property destroy?^ may be safely estimated r.t $40,000, with lrsurance of ptvbably $11,. 000. Nineteen buildings were destroyed, with loess's as foil wk: Geo, F. Kpperson, livery ystab'es, nheds and machinery building, also five tenement houses, a total of 11 build ings; loss eat'mated at $18,000, insur ance $3,500. J. I). Craig, furnUure company. two warehouses, stables and carriage shed, with stock in building; loss $8,000, in surance $1,003. New county Jail; loss $:^00:>. insur ance $5,000. Old jail, lo.H $3,u0O; insurance $1.0-0. Horace Harby, two tenement house.*; lo-.-s $300; covered by Insurance. The city had a small loss In several r.ections of fine fabric Are bose at tnchc'l to the plug near the burning buildings which were destroyed, the her it becoming ho Intense that the fire men had to flee for .-afety, Telegraphic Briefs. The Virginia Republican ft: ate com mit ee met Tuesday nigh*, and deel led pthat candidates for Jhe constitutional convention Ua placcd In the field in every dlstrlutein which there seems a possibility of Republican success, the details of Republican success, the dem details of-the choice of such cmd' ?iates to be left to the local parly leaders. Hr-emen bourse reports tha* the eo'. ton Imports at Hteznen last year aggre gated 1.507,045 bales, against. 1,382,173 for {the previous ye?ar. o Htlmora and The A'bbott have be?n matched ,*o'race for a purse of $50.000 to take place at Reldsvllle, Mass , ntjrl September. Vlrc In MMdison vllle, Kv., Tuesd-iy night destroyed two tobacco factories f'Xned by Hofloman and Son. and a number of ro ldence?. Lois, $150,000 fully covered- by Insurance. Ljf The President has appointed F. od erick E. Coyne, now colleoU/r at Chi cago, postmaster of thai city in placo of Cfcas. U. Gordon. fliWlng to a h?avy *ea running over the bar, the flagship Kearsarge and the battleships' Alalvama and Massachu setts did not leave Pcnsanola Tuesday, as had been, p'anned. A dispatch from Rome says elghi sol diers and customs oflU-er? have beoo killed by an avalanche l^ake Como Pork OoeftgCp. '? Ch'fngtf Special.?Pork flftr delivery In May soured' to $16 50 a barrel Tues day. $2.50 higher than, the price at th?: beginning of the month and at' the highest price since the Upton squeeze,' Sbaris bacama alarmed Jtoday at min ora that tiro Influential operator* had ?e=ure(| control oX the market, and thoy covered regardless or coat. Short lines !7_PVX M?.?ald.to Jfcggtagata 4*a, Is. At preaeat tbare are only barrels of contract pork In stork a?4 a tetre pait of it ts onmed by a piejCWL JIftkl JO b?L In nim' *mm\ ?? sqnaasa abort*. The option his two nuontha to rea, lmr?r. raraarrelf 30.0*) ban PliillPPIND SCHOOLS Law Liiacted Providing for Educa tion in (tie Islands. 1,000 AMFRICAN ll ACIIfRS NET:D 1:0 Salaries of Not l.esft thuu $75 Nor Hore Than $100 per Month Will bo Paid Them. Washington, 1>. C.. Special. Quite a number of the acts of 1 he Philippine commission aw ?j)comulg.v;? I by the hvilltary authorities In thr? l-dun.is, have l>een received r.t. the War IX'liiUt lii^nt Oiio of tho most Important, tha't of <?nabllH)jine a fleparLmeui for t>u/lxlic instruction in uho islands, al ready has boon brlolly reported by cable from Manila. It provide* fin* a general department of public ln?| irtructloa villi a central Office at Manila under the direction ??f a gen eral superintendent to be uoponiiotl by lilio commission at a saluiy of $t?, 000 per annum. Schools are i<> be es tablished in every pueblo in the archi poflago, where practicable, and those already establishad shall be recogni sed where necessftry. The salaries of tho division superintendents and tia chors and the curricula for priivmry, secondary and other public rchooltJ airo to bo established by the superin tend eirL tie also is to exercise gene, ral supervision over tho unllrb depart ment. T*hero are to be ten school divis ions in the arclpolago, each with a ill vision superintendent and there is to be a superior advisory Ijoard composed t)f the general superintendent: ami four members to bo appointed by tho Philippine eommision, who shall con sider the ciuestion of odurwvtion in the Islands and make regulations, 61c. Ac cording to the terms of the aot, the English language as soon as practicca ble, shall be made the basis of all pub. lie instruction and soldiers may be de tailed as intf-rufctors until replaced by trained teachbrs. Authority is given to the general su perintendent to obtain from the l'ni ted States 1,000 trained teachers a. sa laries Ofl not less tban $75. nor more than $100 per month, the rxacl salary to be fixed according to the effleiency of tho teacher/ The act provides that no teacher or other person "shall teach or crlblcse the doctrines of any church, religious sect, or denomina tion, or shall attempt to influence the pupils for or against any C iiurch or religious seet in any public school. , Violation of this section is made punbduibjo by summary dismissal from the public service. It is provided however, UV* 1t may be lawful for the priest or minister of the piteblo where t/h<& &o?hool if* fil'biatwl. to touch roll# Ion for one-half hour, three times 1 week, In the school building to pupils Whose, parents desire it. Hut if the prtesits. minister or religious t'*ac*ier Use this opportunity "for the purpose "Of arousing disloyalty to the I .lilted Btates or discouraging the attend ance of pupils, or in.tei fe: ring wan the discipline of schools," the division superintendent may forbi<l such of fending priest from entering tho school building thereafter. JT/lie act also provides for a normal school at Manila for t'be education Or natives in 'the science of teacinng It appropriate* $400,000 for school build ings |220,000 .for text boeks and other supplies for the current calendar year; $25,000 for the normal school, 1 for the organization and maintenance of ft trado school in Manila, iuxi tho same sum for a school of Agriculture. | Among t'be other acts is one declaring 1 ail persons In arms against, the au i t.horJty of the United .States in the I Philippine Tslands and .all persona aiding or abettin-g t.hem-on the first day of April, 1901. or thereafter ineli 1 rible to hold any office of honor, trust or profit in Che Pbllippln/ Islands. Another act provides for the free ad mission into tho islands'of all supplies Mid materials for the use of the army or navy, or of the insular government. S.411 enother act regulates the hours o fl*l>or. It provides that the neads of departments and officers in the Philip pine civil service shall require of all employes of whatover grade or eL?<u not 1 ~ "Vii|gr u~"? of labor/ach day, not inc!ud1?Tg the time forytunch, and exclusive of Sundays a my public holidays . A Monument Proposed. New?' York, ^Special.?/ttb'a Trlbuno Bays: "On Tu^rtriy next.' /councilman Francieoo, of Brooklyn, wWl Introduce * resolution foir'Xhe anointment by the mayor of a committee of 9 to take Into consideration the advisability of ttxe erection of a ftatwte to Andrew Oarnegie, because of bis gift of $5,200, -000 U> New Y+rk- Hty for Itbrai'leT-aml becatias de alavUar gifts to oWier cities. The reaotutkm will recite that. It la to-1 tended to demonstrate to Mr. Oarne- j miw ae la nsiftjT lfce veneration aod ?fawn la wfjioh he la bald by tb# paopia of New York. LONG tiOPL RIAI.UIU. n?e Iron Horse Vlsll* Chesterfield for the First lime. '\M?sU?rliold. a. O.. S.ieelal. Saturday hi\>u^ht the iron horse within the cor j> rate I idits of our town. There are only ahoifl two miles of t.'/hek to b1 laid, thea ih?? load will l>e complete 1 L.i Chesterfield court house, ti has been a liaixl iiiwi? to do build thl* road, l?nt then it has b en accomplish ed and that Is all there t-> It Hef >ro this arth'le Is road, Cheslorfleld wi'l bo u railroad town, something she ha-i Dover befoio been mi nee tho hogiun tin of t iine. This road places a ?ro::t opportunity within ih^ K'*nsn of every HusIih>:?* mm. If he is awake to his own g>o!, lie will feel it and know it The*Yo.i fug oC' tho road nlon<? wlrl tin an nothing. Hut the opp.M'tunit.es -.t brlnfrs mean muel?. our merchant* mut keep larger hq! hotter stocks of ko >t'.s. A p omin nt gentleman mid today: "The dispobl lion of the people Is io ?\>nie to trans* hvi their business ait Chesterilehl no 1 if thev can find the proper InducO menls the town will grow and prO * ; i i " t'olion buyo s should be on the alert this fall and not let a single bale ptf-s here if possible If fanners can Met the market price for thetj* cotton here and find ready sale for their o n? r products why tho future of the town is golden." Hut ('bet* e: field at last is a railroad town. After yrars o?t wa't ing and longing we are brought into contact with the great bu?lnes4 world, and llii.s Is a bij? thing for a pla<\e tl.at lias been in Isolation slncA itsTo: ma lida. Our people are preparing for a gre.it b>g juhibe on the day tho commission aecp-is the roail. -The town is to bo r gto 1 up in holiday at'iro. We p ?(? ptis< to make It a memorable occaviou riarble In Union, I'nlon. Special.?Mr. Felix G. Ore gory cf New York, who recently fell heir to a tr.1^t rt." land In this county, ha? (liSOOVPTftd a fiUirlile quarry on It. GregorJr wan down here about a 'month ago, when it was discovered. He ro! in lied a few days ago, accom panied by Mr. Oarpen'Ier. an expert groh gist, who has examined the quar ry. The examination is not as good i-6 was hoped <or, but Mr. Gregory says he will put his money into it. and further said that ho would try and gee tho State examiner to come up and examine U.ateo. Tho...,quarry is nil e miles from finoroel'and if the o is eiiiougli marble in It a railroad will be built out to Knoree. If ia said the io: 1 can l>o rebuilt. fo?* about $75.0:0. There is no question nn to the ma: b o it.-eif. but only a* to t'he quantity to be found there. Thoao who have ox amliH-d the marble say It can bland 6,000 jK>unds more to the' square inch than any, s'o far discovered in Geor gia. Then agaip-<i is a whiter marble, not containing .so much Iron, which in-ako'i it bol-ter mb ? building ina eria!. Mr. Gregory says he showed it to a lai go cwrjiraotor In New York, and was to!d that he would lake 600,000 cubic feet of it if he could supply him with in the next year. Juki what the re sult cf the exanrinadoji will develop ia not known. New Enterprises. The secretary of state has hsued a commission to the Ware's Shoa s Land company of Liurens, which Is t > lie capitalized at $10,000, ard will sell la* (I The cot jK r.tlors are J. O. O. M-'leming. O. H. Simmons. W. I<. Gray, W. R. Ricbey. N. H. U'al. J. H. SulV viiii and \V. II. Dial, of Laurens; .1. I. Siraanons, of Oreenwcod, and .1 ?. John on of Spartnnh rg. A (barter wi?s granted lh" l'-.epas Supply company of Fstlll, wnl.'ii is 4o do a general merchandise business on A^capiUl of J15.C03. Ti e ofli e s a-o J. N. Peoples, president; (i. T. Peopl e, vice president, and A', ^2. I'oeples, sej retary and treasiw/>r. commissi**!* /was issued to the HPhopvlMft Telephone company, of Hlshopvllle, whieh prop^ios to operate telephone linc? in the counties of Sum tor. Darlington and Kershaw. Tim capital hto< k is to be $5,000. T.?^ orpo rators are W. S. Smith, o-f Smithville; Nat. Barrett, of Mannvllle, and .1 Ii McLure, of Hiinopvlllc. Died at the Age of in Yeir*. C lurnbus. Ga., Special.?Catherine Gnnt,"a negro w*oman, age<l 111 venj"s, died at her home In this city. AuntOath erlne was horn in Virginia and eame |o Columbus In the earliest days. Hefore ccmlng here -ahe l>elonged to a faml y who had tho distinction of entertain ing LaFaycUe oa Li& laiit ri*it to thU country. f Repeal of Antl Free Pass L" w. Govornor McSwconey has not yet signed nor baa he disapproved the much talked of Aet repealing the aavli free paw et'itvte.* Tt Is quietly slum bering on JilA desk in his private office and is gradually being covered trp toy petitions and sundry papers. If Gover nor McSwo:.n.?y k to ply holds the Act atsA-xiow-irot report Tt to the WSheraT Ai*sfa.'bly t#toen K mwf'i next year It will gp into effect virtually the same m If appioved by Mm. Governor Mc zvwoeoey tr%m not yet determined what be is going <0 do a bom. the meieure., He has gotiea a basketful of advice *my.z? r*7 AtOMSarvsjr. la kokln? over the old records in *be ftste Hosee Mr. Jesee T. G*?:< m as orWaml aorter. e*f*ed by WObBw ead W. Asdsma The UNDLOKlt AM) TliNANt; ? The Low a* Anicndtftl by th?* I ant Session of the l.c^l-ialtli c. 'IV.o ,k\h\'o law relating to landlord and tenant lis amended by Hon itor t.ruber s bill whioh beouino ait ai t at tin las; si ?sion of tho Kivioral assem bly it\.'?ds ah follows, tin* text. i>. thU .aw \ii >t part leu lar inte;e>t: in t at tills TJmo; Section lS11*. In all easivj whore ton ants Iro.M over after (ho expiration of their bcuo or* foiiMHi-i tor lont, whether t}??* Mime l>o in writing or by paiv-l, or shall f;iil to pay tin* retrt when th? nam* Ahall become due. th?i landlord is hereby .lufiiorl/.ed and ojh* powrrcrt. otrhor In person or by "agvnt, ti? demand possession thercjl t'loin tflo ton a ik. or person in .possession thereof, and in ease id refusal or resistance, it shall be lawful for tho poison lot ting s i,id premises, housi s or tene ments, bis agent or attorney, to apply to a Magistrals, whose duty It shall bo to have a nollee served upon tho person or persons no r^fu-jiug to bo ith'.iosed, to show cause I n .mo him, if any he can, within three days from ti e date of said personal serviee of sin h not lee, why lie should not be dis I ssejstd; and If he fails to show suf llcioiK, cause, it shall he the duty of tho magiti'atte forthwith to ssuo lii.s warrant, directed to the sherlv^ of^tho couoJ.y, or any constable thereof, ro iluIriiiK him, without delay to dispos sess said person or person's from. the prom lei* so let. and authorizing liiiii to use sii; h foreo a? may be neo?*sBary: Provided. That said magistrate shall rcecivo aO coats for 1skii.uk said notice and wsiriHiit, she sheriff or <-o ait able ;? {iee of $1 for executing the sa-me, to bo p.iId by tho party so refusing to be dl.-'pobsoK'-seil; and if gaid costh can-no. bo collected from the tenant, then tho k;muo shall be paid by tho landlord, except tn oaso of constables and ma gls-lrt'U.'s In counties where they io celvo salaries: Provided. That in case any tinnnt is wiongfuliy dispos sessed. ho, she or they may have an acton for damages against said land lord: Provided, further. That oltlu'V par.v to thie proceeding shall have the right to appeal which aj'peil shall Ft ay further proceedings u;.o!i the ten ant entering in o bond, wi.h sufficient Hiiro.y cr sureties, to pay tho landlord all damages which ho may sust.iin thereby: PrOvldod. further. That on demand for trial by jury of either par ty to the proceedings, trial by jury shall he allowed to decide the Issuo of* fact, arising hereunder4; Clean Sweep of Commissioners. Columbia, Special.?Governor Mc Sweeney expects to make clean sweep of the commissioners of dee.Jvs' for South (Jaiollnu in other Siatos who hold old commissions. :is there is con siderable confimion aa to who arc commissioners and who are not. 'I hero are more or lesb perfect records of the commles'loners of dood# from 1SQT, to tho present, but (iovernor MCSwAcncy lb inks if best to modernize the list, and a proclamation ,wlll be issued In a few days by which on..Ianuaiy 1, 1TH?2, all cominisalons or eommisRloh ers of deeds issued prior to January 1. 183f>, will be declared to be null and void. Tfoere will be no objection to leaning now com mission 3 to t hose com mis sioneis who wish them, and the expec tation is that at least a couple of thou sand dollars will be raised by the granting of new commissions. The .State also expects to require that all commissioners of deeds pub lish the announcement of their ap pointment. / Several years ago there was a cl^an^ aw eep of the notaries of ti:o 1 the Ktme plan Is to be pursued as to the convm issionors of deeds. It is ftiated that It will not in any wise be confusing or occasion legal complications. , A Drunkard's Sad rate. Allendale. Spools).? Friday mvnipg the body of Mr. I'erry Allen w:?.f f<?imd in a field near town, iri a badly Suruid condition. His b^rne a short d's tanee up the Southern road, an I on hn there from to.vn Thursday evok ing, he being intoxicated. a~nd went to sleep on the track. 3opio ?>i)e snatched him from Oil* danK-r-wn p < idtion only to allow !jfm to wavW.r In to an adjoining Add whe.u? tome Rtumpo were on Are. Is supposed that in hla efforts to warm Ms Nothing eauifh't and be was bur no J to death. At the Point off Death. Lancaster, Pa., Special.^? CongrcM V0 Mtfrtfait "BroeTuf , chairman . of th? House Committee on Banking aa^l Curency, Mm at hie hone here at the Po4ut of death. bavins been stricken with apoplexy last evening Wmie as sisting to carry a trunk to the (arret. He was seriously injured by accident ally strtcklug Ms hand against a raf ter. pronuMhly rapturing a. blood reeeel resulting la todays spopletlc attack. ? ABOR WORLD. A now ccm ral orgam^at *???> of din /mtlding trades of Chicago is he JMg formed. Sonic, of Tlir railroad companies are havtMii irottlde in liocuvliti; 1 ?.>il. i iuak l i s t til I lu ll shop**. I :isf xc ir nearly filHNi workmen were kitlcd 111 llii- course of (heir ordinary woi u in ;?!?? i iiiicii Kinndoin. l-'UU'l^vf Milliit Tool Works id w im>111. Mo, *? nick against a wage redact ion of tll'lcon fo thirty c'l'ius |>cr day. Most of llitj ant hracite coal compa nies have a1111<? ii11?*?><I |lie emitinuam e until April, I Ho'.1 lit t tio wage increase adopte I last fall. Mrcssmakors ri.iin i weitfy nine States have organized a protective ,*is*#"?eln ? loll. Willi a view In ivduOillg the mini 111? i' of complaints over "mights." cliarlo* it a ward. the conductor. who w.'Vf dfsiiitfcMi-a because Iio ejected a jjarlic Oatiug passenger, was taken btu*k. and the street mr imoM ai Scran ton. IVnn., will not strike 11 is sml?l that n general strike of longshoremen, earlnten ami perhaps nil the lahor orgaui/.alIons at Havana. , Culm, will ho declared in protest against the iinportalioii of foreign la hot*. ^ '? ho Hitii111? noils Miners' Convention Ins approved the operators' offer of last year's scale. The mine owners at /'list insisted on a nine per eent. reduc tion. hnt finding miner* linn in it de mand for an eight hour dav. they of fered to ('omproiili.se on a husis ol lasf year's scale. Within a few weeks many of the tnolorinen and eomlnetors employed by (he ltrookl.vn Rapid Transit Coivi piiny will appear in hrand new outfits of the brown khaki pattern, similar to those worn hy Atueriean troops in the Philippines. There will he a brown canvas hat to match the coat and iroURrrK and the usual brass huUon. fine of the moBt fltriklng features of our foreign commerce during i.h? last four years has bcon the heavy incrfaBO of the exports Of corn, the annua! avorage for those yearn having been 192,270,000 bushels. The increase began Ave yearn ago. the exports for the fiscal year having been almost ex actly 100.000,000 bushels; but in the flvo years; Immediately preceding I son the annual average was leas tatin &<>, OOO.OuO. Double Daily Service Between JJ*w ^ ork, Tampa,Atlanta, New Grleiiis and Points South and West. IN NKKIOCr KK t KUAIJY 24th, 1001 HOUTUWAint "* Daily Dally No. 81 No. 27 Lv. Now York, I*. 11. (i. 12 06 pin 12 10 nq Lv. Philadelphia, " '? 8 20 pin 8A0aq X?v. Iialtimoro. " " 6 4ft pin 6 2i 1114 Lv. Washington," " . C 65 pm 8 36 aiq xLv. Hlcliinond, 8 A. L. 10 40 pm 12 28 pm Lr. Peterflburg, " " 1131pm 1,10 piq Lv. Norliua " 2 06 ain 3 80 pm Lv, Hondoraon, " 2 80 Htn 8 5.ripiq Lv. ItnlulKh, " 8 10 atn 5 00 puj Lv. Sonthoru l'ln?H, " 5 87 am 8 67 pit: tv. HituilAt, " (i80iiin H 10 piq J-.V. Columbia, J '? &40um, 10 80 pic Ar. Kuvannah. " 12 Itypm 2 20 am Ar. Jaakrtonvill?. " 8 60 pin , <> 80 am A r. Tain pa, " 6 00 am 6 00 pm No. 408 -HoTiT Lv New York.N.Y.P. A N.f 7 66 am H ftft pm Lv. Philadelphia, " 10 20 am 1120 pm Lv.Now'Yorir^j.ii.H.b.Oo^ 3 00 pinTT Lv. Baltimore, li. N.P.Oo t fl 30 pin Lv. Waili'ton, N.AW.H.l) 0 80 pm Cv. Portsmouth, W. A. L. 1) 00 pin 10 0& am Lv. Woldon, " 11 88 urn 12 8Upm Lv. Norilna " 12 66 am 2 10 pm Lv. IIondorHon, " 120 am 2 46 pm Lv. IIhIoIkIi, " 8 02 am 4 27 pin Lv. Southern l'lnoe, " 6 18 am 0 48 pm I,v. Hamlet, " C 45 am 8 06 pm Lv. Wllmlugt|Op, " 3 80 pm Ar. Charlotte, " 0 61am 10 45 pm Lv. (. h"?ler, " 1008 nm 11 20 piq /Lv. Greenwood, " 12 07 pm 132 am Lv. Athens, " 2 lupin 408am Ar. Atlanta, J " 3 85 pm 5 80utij Ar. Augusta, C. A W. O. 6 10 pm Ar. Mncon, C. of On 7 20 pm 11 10 nm Ar. Montg<im'ry,A.A\V.P. 0 20 pin 11 00 am Ar. Mobile, L. A N 2 66 am 4 12 piq Ar. New Orl<-aun,L. A S. 7> 8 30 pm Ar. Nashville,N.< Kt.L. f> 30NT C 65 j >m Ar. Memphis, " 4 00 pm 8 10 ms NOUTIIWAIID, iJnlly IMIly No. 402 No. 81 Lv. St.L. 1 00 pn?' 8 45 pm Lv. Na*livlllo, " 10 65 pm It 80 mil Lv. N?'W Oriannt,L. AX., 7 45 pm Lv. Mobile, L. Jc N 12 20 aoi ,.. Lv. MoiitKoin'ry.A.AVY.l' 6 20 am 1 80|>m Lv. il/icon, (!. of On. 8 0' aiu 4 20 pry Lv. Augusta, C. A \V, 0. 5 40 am Lv. Atlanta, J 8. A.L. 15 00 pm B-OO pni Ar Atltout), " 2 48 pin 1123 pm Ar Greenwoodfv " 4 50 pm * 2 04 ti n Ar.^?h?*?ter. > ?* ? 43 pm 4 25?in I.v. Charlotte, "" 1 ? 6 HO pm 6 00 atn Lv. Wilmington, " 3 86pm Lv. H ma tor, " " ,# 80 pirn" 8 10 uta Lv.'boutbarn Pinea, " 10 M pm tf 03 am Lv. Italelgb, " 1 00 am 1130 atn Ar. Reoderaon. " 2 27 am 100 pm Lv. Norltaa ?? 8 10 am 9 00 pm Lt. Waldoo, " -4 20 am 8 10 pm Ar. Portamoutb, " . 7 00 am 810 pm" ... 848?^ Ar. Baltimore, B.B.P.C? f 6 48aa Ar.N?v Yort7oTD.aa.Co f!80 p? Ar. PbiUJ>hia, N.Y.P.AKf A*o?m 510 am " 840 aaa 800 am. ****,y* ? Ho. 44 ?00 pa toitaai PlM* .'j?p ut3? ?*8S "iviSf h'AMS1 HORN BLASTS T 1II0HM it always a t ro f r t'V wry Zao t'lli'UA. I'nli'iK llo la Su |ti'i inn 11 ? i.-> not viio S:i\ Tlu> run away t nuo ix Uc? tU? do I of hvamlaf. IU> w lu? is soek lll ? OlUftM't lHll" not win thov vou l!icf O. {- n h<> who nit??.f fo;ri\4 Jf?* i h'a >'? afraid of death. The l.*aw aa ! the (ti'isjK'l r.ro haf-* monl/id in tlit* law of lt>\o, Vs Won .? i e'uin li liiruiiuM a plAyjj, hoi ? ? ( wto pi ? VN<I no . '.iv?j jtr... ??***_. W hen ;> man tnrr.^.tli^ T%14 on oth er. he iiid.s' hi'1 to HtayJu tli9. eliadi' himst if. We ni ( (| t. i f. ar '< st Knowing much of I lie lift.' el Christ wo know nothing rf tit" li\*ing i'hrist. If men worn as anxious Jo do right a? tlie.v iiro to t;i f their right* tho world would ho righ;e I. fenetlcenoe Is hoftor ttaa bouovoV on co. T??n, fast ;ind Prcsonti Sir Robert 1ni t ealls tea tho world's host drink. however that may be, mot t* of it Is i!i mil; than of any other beverage. I! iiaw been estlmat<jU.that the riHisiiim tm of t?a number f?u6,000,~ i?00. Tho lit !. i-on; Una. 'lit sent to lOu-._ iop<? hv flu* Dutch I'lasi ? ndhi Company In ltdO. sold for tiO shn.iugs a pound, fepys says in bin diai> during tho year 1057: "Homo found my wifa . making of tea. a drink which Mr. fulling, the pullii.uy. u LU hor is good for In i e >11!." A few years later a tflX of is nd t a bout :J7 cents) on every gal lon of lea sold at tlicoffee houses wa? iaid in iCngiaml. for less than that miiu a drinkable pound can now 1)9 bought in the full oil Stutea.?New-? York Sun. ? ??! < J Of ilit* <iSti oidtoti mills In the Soulli, Texas has l/, Keuiueky 7 and Arkau-. HUH 4. Seuih Carolina and Georgia Extension R. R. Company. ' SGI MODULE NO. 8. 1'j Effort 12:01 it. in., Sunday, Doe. 2Ath, '99 ilotivecn Cumdin, 8. O., niul lllncka burg, S. C, Wost, tfaut. ' -,j 8o 113 82 34 ;i EAHTRIIN TIME. 2<I CIiuh 1st (.'loss '' 1st Clnae 2d GIom I,o. 1'rt l'a??iiij;'r i'usang'r l'assng'r STATIONS. Dally ox. Dally ?*x. Dully ox. DftUj <p( Sunday. Huuuay. Sunday. Sunday, p. m. p. m. P. m. p, ta. 8 20 12 M) Camden 12 25 5 89 H f>0 115 DuKulb 12 02 4 00 * 9 20 1 27 Wiwtvlllo 1150 4 80 10 60 1,40 Korsbaw 1185 4 10 1! 20 2'10 Ib-atli Hpriiip* 11 SO 8 1# 11 U5 2 15 1'leattuuk- Hill 11 15 8 00 12 .'iO u M Lancaster 10 65 2 85 100 2 ho Iilvortddo 10 40 100 120 U 00 KprliiKdoll 10 30 12 46 2 30 3 10 Catawba Juno't 10 20 lJIO 2 f>0 3 20 Lualln 3 10 3 40 llcM'k Hill 4 10 3 55 N<?wr Port 4 46 4 OJ Tlrxah .b. 30 4 20 Yotkvillo 000 4 35 Sharon fi 25 4 50 Hickory (Irovo (i .*<5 b 00 Smyrna 7 00 5 lit* lilifrkaburg p. ni. in. a. in. a. m. Ilt'hvccn lihirks bury:, S. C., ?d<1 Murlou, N. C, Wast Eaet. 11 33 32 . IS ? EA8TEBN TIME. fr STATIONS. 2d CJasa 1st ClA"fl ? 1st ClaAS 2d 1 Mixed riWinji'r' PasanR'r Du4ly ex. Dally ex. Dally ex. Sunday. Sunday Sunday. S^nd*?* a. rn, p. m. a. in. H 10 r?;?) Blacksburg 7 48 8.10 5 45 Isnrln 7 83 8 40 6 10 Pntlr'* Hpif'ii 7 26 ? 9 20 COO Hhrihy .-305 t 10 00 C 20 Lnttimoro 6 b& \ 10 10 G 28 Mooraiboro 6 48 10 25 B.'W Henrietta 6 88 10 50 C 05 l'orw-t City 6 20 11 15 7 10rtuthorfor<lton605 11 35 7 22 Millwood 0 58 11 45 7 85 Golden Vnlley 6 40 12 05 7 40 Thorinnl Glty 5 87 12 25 7 58 Gl^nwood 6 17 12 60 8 15 Marlon 6 00 p. m. p. m. ...a. m. WEST. Oh O ney Olvlaloo. MMftf r lxt Clasa. 15 13 EASTEBN TIME Daily ex. Sunday. ? STATIONS. p m am 1 00 0 00 BlaokAtraxg 1 20 C 20 Cherok** Falls 2 40 ?40 OaffMj p. atL a. m. Train No. 83 leartn* MmIob, 2f. as., maklof oIom oApowtloa it r ft. a. with thaboatham'a U*m, Obar.otto, N. dT, all mtraaotififf ?nn UtCS08!|O tuff to Attaata, O*., and all j will woMt* pawi No. lOontW). A ?t 8.41 A B.fiad