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"T NieLB. VOLUME XII. QAMDKN, S. FRIDAY MA Y 10, 15)01. NO. 18. one COMBINE. ) Sliip-Building Combine The Latest Trust Formed. CAPITAL STOCK $75,000,000. jjtr/icts l or $J5,000,000 Worth o! iipA Already on hand?The Hoard Directors. ,jp\v York, 8peelaL>?A circular has Issued by H. W. Poor & Co., ro ing the organization of the United ?a Shipbuilding oCmpany, under 'Jlaws (if Now Jersey, to acquire the ?port News Shipbuilding and Dry Company, the Union Iron Works IfranclHcoj the Bath Iron <sv.wr(i, Ynv Try tit? tvvnti Company, of Hath, Me.; tho Cres Shlpyard, ami tho Samuel J. re Je Sons' Company, of Eliza port, N. J., and tho Canada Manu .rJuiMnp; Company, of Cartorot, N. J total annual capacity is estimated 80,000 tons. The following hnvo ?en ted to 8<^ve"on the board of dl ors'. c;\vy *i\ Scott, president of the Un Iron Works; Lewis Nixon, Cres Shipyard; Chas. J. Canada, presi lt of tho Canada Manufacturing $mpany; John S. Ilyde, president of ?o llyde Windlass Company; IC. W, yde, president of the Hath Iron ^'orkH. limited; C. 13. Orcutt, president ?f tho Newport News Shipbuilding and 'fry Hooks Company; H. E. Hunting Jn. InsL \ice president of tho South - n Pacific Company; Irving M. Scott, c:o president of tho Minneapolis & i. Louis Kailroad; E. 11. Harrlman, (airman of the board, Union Pacific jiifroau, iiud James Sciliman, prcsi >nt of the National City Hank. Other Vectors will be named after the eom Jny is constituted. Th" aggregate of orders now in hand "'.he constituent companies is said to jfi-ocd $03,000,000, covering an average ?{1S months for completion on which p estimated profits is over $7,000,000. 3e company will be authorized under ^ charter to issue capital stock as t? lows: Preferred stock (7 per cent. u-cumulatrvp) $12,500,000; common T' ck $X2..jOO,OliO. The plr.n will become jration as soon as the organization :ify the Mercantile Trust Compiltiy ^depository that the corporation has ?iuired the properjrtfcs of the constl? j#mt companies. ^ To Demand Higlr hour Day. ^gYIlkcsbarre. Special.?The machin , blacksmiths, boilermakers and la bors cmployed in all the shops of the Miigh V-aliey Railway, between Now Jrk and Iiuffnlo, hate presented a pe lort to the olllclals of tlie road ank J; for a reduction in th? hours of la from ten to nine. ' On May 1st, the liuhlnists. it is said, all over the Buratry will demand an eight-ftmu^ lay and the petition of the machinists >f the Lehigh Valley Company Is In ompliance with an order already romulgatcd by the Machinists' N'a lonal Union. Coal Tax Adopted. London. Ily Cable.?There wps un sunl animation and attendance in e House of Commons when the last Installment of coal tax resolution de ate was opened by Sir KdwftTtf rey. Liberal, who defined the meas ure as harsh and oppressive. The ttousi )usu adopted the coal tax by a vote 33? to 227. R'chmond Accepts. Richmond, Special.?The board or ildormen voted to accept the offer >f Mr. Carnegie, to contribute $100 (000 to establish a public llirnry here rovlded the city furnish tire site and} J0,0.00 PC annum to its support. The/ nftnon council had already votefj accept the offer. t it ? Standard OH $8^3 Per Stiff re. New York, Spcrial.?Tho Standard Ml Company, of New Jersey, has dp ;lared a dividend of $12 per share, payable June 15. In March $20 was ifpaid. Last year's four dividends- were J$20 in March, $10 In June, $8 in Sep* 'tcmber and $10 In Docember. Tho stock sold on (he curb at $842, the highest on record. "A Locomotive Combine. Richmond. Va., Special?Tho re ported sale of the Richmond Locomo, tlve- Work* :to Joseph Lelter is do ttlod. Joseph vBryan, president of the works, said: "There is some trutji in the report that negotiations have commence^ WOfcfng to the sale of the Richmond Locomotlvo Works. The deal WecnsoHdate all of th* ?o I comotire plants in the country has I been pending for some time. Forth [fg UUU1 tU?. ? tianag TELEGRAPHIC - r immigrants afe arriving York on each of the big ocean at Linton. Intt^Jtfrtra re. id to wOrlu Z W, wtfo of the Admiral. letorertag from an attack of JMfiHsr % PENSION FUND T.tfD UP IN CUUKI. i' ' " " Can Only lie Settled liy a Decision of ? the Supreme Court. 1 Until the Supreme courts acts upon | the question hh to the right of the comptroller general to issue 1>war ' rants for the payment of the pension 'appropriations In ten tied to he piovidcd I for by the legislature no warrants can j be sent out. In other words the mud dle that the pension appropriation measures were gotten into on the last night of the last session of the gen eral assembly has made it necessary for the supreme ?.ouih to handle the matter "before any pension on the rolls in this State can procure the pen sion money contemplated. Some days ago the following letter was heude^ the attorney general and he was about to prepare an opinion covering the complicated legal ques F]A)iii Iji yA>1 Halwa) HTV/yiJaJJ J*i>r Jennings intimated that, while the opinion of the attorney gone nil would favo great weight, he proforred to have the court act on the Issues before he proceeded to pay out !he extra $50, 0t)0; tho attorney general at once de cided that the matter should go ;o tho courts and the proper steps were in ken. Columbia, S. C0Vprll 24. 1901V lion. (J. Duncan Helllnger, Attorney General, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir:?The appropriation act ap proved the 15th day of February, "ap propriate^ for the relief of certain sol diers and sailors and widows of certain soldiers and sailors In the late war be tween the States, $100,000. Subsequent to the approval of that act, the 19th day of February, an act was passed a memVInig "An ac.t to pro vide ponsions for certain soldiers and sailors now residents of South Caro lina, who were In the service of the State or the Confederate States* in ithe iate war between the Starrs, .approved lC-.h February, 1900. Section 1 of this act of 1900, as amended reads: Section 1. The sum of at least $150, 000 shall be annually appropriated to pay tho pensions provided for by this act, and In case itlio same, or such amount as shall 1>o appropriated, shall be insufficient, then the amount so ap propriated shall lx> distributed-propor t!on?:;ely among those legally entitled to receive the same: Provided, That those pensions described In sub-di vision A, section 4, herein, shall have first been paid In full: ^Provided, fur ther, In case the same or such a'mount us shall be appropriated, shall be more i'han sufTicent, then the amount so appropriated shall be distributed pro portionately among all those legally entitled to receive the same." Th<s act was approved after the ap proval of tho appropriation act and three days after the adojurnment of the general assembly. The general as sembly not being In session at the time of Its approval and having no ch-ance to make this appropriation of $ 180,000,vI desire your opinion on the following ponts: In issuing warrants to the various clerks of court this year for the pen sions, am I authorized to draw the same In the aggregate for $150,000? ?Y.ou note that the appropi lation act carrier $100,000 and " the other act known aMh* amendment to the pen sion act not UBe the words is hereby appropriated," but the words ?'shall bo annually appropriated." This act having become a law after tho ad journment of the general assembly, does It have effect of appropriating money, or Is it mandatory on the gon eral' assembly to opproprlate that sum? *' If you decide ,that-this act appro ! prlates money .then does It appro priate $150,000 or $50,000 In addil'on to the sum provided for in-the.appropria tion act. The pension fund is already cwttted with $100,000 In this and the S.j\te treasurer's^offlcc, as provided in the appropriation act. Yours very truly.. J. p. DERHAiM, Comptroller General. A case has been made up and passed to the Supreme Court where the status of the matter will be determined. New Enterprises. The secretary of State Inst week Is sued a commission to tho Summer vllle i'ubflshlng Company of Suramorvllle, which la to do a general Job printing business on a capital or $1,000. Tht corporators are T. W. StanJand and W.- R. Dehon. A charter wns issued to the Geth somene Daptiart c.burch (4tlored) of Cheater county, about four miles from the ooifnty court house. A commission was alao issued to the Abbeville Warehouse company of Ah bevllle, which la to store cotton, guano, etc. The capital stock 1s to bo $6,000. The corporators are J. B. Blake, Jr. F. E. Harrison, John Lyon a*?d J. L. McMillan. , . A commission was Issued to B. L. Witherapoon, J. K. "WWH6B and It. . f\ Haynsworth as , corporator* of Wltbetapo^n Bros, it Co., of Sumter, a Arm that pnfeoces to deal fa furniture, 1HH0UGH0UI fHt CUUNIKY I he South. Much needed relief trains are begin ning to arrive at Jacksonville, Flu. Latest i sumates :-f the pi\>Uib!o )i!? loss vary from $i),000,000 to $15,000. President McKinley was met at 101 l'aso, Texas, by Gelterul Hernandez, with messages from President Diaz, oi Mexico. Nyw Orleans has ayked the Treasuiy Dopartment for ttyw ein y and Troas* urer Huberts yesterday to tako tie posits up to $250 000 ii day payable in Now Or loans on teleraphic aiders. W. S. Demmick. who for eight yea a has hone connected with the Oinaha \* Ootine.ll I)luffs Hallway Ai Bridge Com invny, ha.s resigned his position us gin oral manager, going to Richmond, to acept a similar position \vi(h lh\j street railway of that city. The North. )));? . j-m i . i_*.. - ? : ....... . ? isine dio last week.* Governor Odell, of New York, has signed the. Ant -Ticket Scalping bill. A rock slide on the Kio Grande Itiul road near Glenwood, Col., tied up tho trains for many hours on Saturday. Millions of dollars were carted through the streets of Chicago, III. Sat urday when the Chicago National Hunk moved. Farquhar McLennon and Charles M. Arnold, Jr., were drowned Saturday in Saratoga Lake, N. V., l>y the capsiz ing of a boat. The celebration of the seventy-third anniversary of tho American Seamen's Friend Society began at the Broadway Tabernacle, ut Now York, Tr^sday. Many clerks, waiters, office boys, typewriter girls ami other women are said to have made fortunes in a day in tho Wall street speculation. Seven persons perished by fire In a Chicago tenement the firemen being blocked by a freight train. The establishment of deaconesses in tho Southern Methodist church wns advocated to the Woman's Homo Mis sion Board at St. Louis. The Finance Committee of the City Council of Colorado Springs, Col., re- , ports a shortage of $30,000 in the ao-1 counts of City Treasurer Moses T. Hale. The garrison at Fort Gibbons, Alas ka, has issued supplies to destitute miners to such an extent that there is likely to be a shortage of provisions at the post. The Exposition management at Buf-, falo is pushing work in an oxtraordl-] nary way on the grounds and now has between 4,000 and 5.000 men at work. Electric power generated tho Yuba ltiver, 190 miles awaj^s jhys a San Francisco exchange, is being used to run the street cars of San Jose. This is said to bo the longest transmission of power in the world. The bower is generated by turbine wheels. Tho cable, 140 miles In length. Is six-tenths of nn inch In diameter and is of copper, with alumi num alloy, which will prevent oxi dization. It is this cable that is sus pended across Carquinez Straits by a span of 4,400 feet and 300 feet In the air. Tho test is considered one of the most successful In the history of electricity, a current of 40,000 volts having been transmitted the en tire distance with a loss of not to ox oiped 5 per cent. Washington, city foal estate Is bringing a bettor pi^ee now and is In stronger demand uian since the panic of 1S93, and property holders are looking forwaM to general revival in reality values. Prices have stif* fened wonderfully within the*past six months, and the tendency is still tip ward, This ' artnouncenient is signifi cant because Washington is the first city in the Hast save New York where prices are alwavs stiff, to show any real estate activity Rlncc the punh\ Heal estate men heie think that the movement will rapidly spread into the West. and. in tact, they say that it already has appeared there, and they point to sales this spring In Minneapolis, Kansas City. Denver, St. IamiIs, Indianapolis and Chicago as proving their theory of a westerly movement. l>'an build a |100,0<i0 temple in Chicago to the memory of Robert O. ^Ingersoll.'ln which his teachings stiad be perpetuated, resulted In the incor ?pyjratlon of the Ingersoll Memorial As sociation last Thursday. Foreign. Consul-Genernl Osborne, at Ap'n, ??nmoa, reports that bo can find n > evi dences of minerals in those Wt'Ms According to the Freo Ixince, of London, Henry Labouchere has be?<n Emperor or wesictf and President or tNy French Republic. He happened to i land at Vera Cruz on the day on which the ill fated Maximilian was expected, and was escorted with great pomp by cavalry. Ho'did not explain the mistake be reached the Capital.. Again, while a "besieged resident" in Pari* he a trolled into the Hotel da Vllle^ and. ? found the ^bmmuoo elect ing a President amid violent discord. .Mr. Labouchere proposed hlmselT. the electors liked the name, ana he was choseif^nanlmously. Within Qw next few montha 20 tor pedo-boat dertroyeiera and torpedo boat* era expected to be added to the nmry, s g|j| It is aald the axaaalnatkm ef rotum te?re far appotetaaeot to the'racaiar araay will be Umm aarare than antlcl to Mark the Georga APPEAL [OR HELP. \ ' v- ? ~r. The People of Jacksonville Calling For Aid. \ RIVER IS GIVING IP ITS HAD Three Bodies tlave Been Reco\ ercd - nilltary (luurd ug the Burned l>ls> trlct The Losses. Jacksonville, Fla. Special. The body of Harry Bounotheau, a real es tate dealer, was* recovered .Monday from tho St. John's river. Mr. lionno- j thcau's widow and son are supposed to he in New York elty. The bodies of two negroes were also recovered. All am victims of Friday's disastrous fire. 7'V.r.v v of Hfo, but owing to the departure ?>f thousands of people from the (city, it will bf< impossible* for several days to verify the reports, unless the bodies are found. Mayor Bowden has issued a request that all sight-seers remain from Jacksonville, it is feared the vast army of idle negroes may cause soma trouble and it is believed that all those who will not go to work at $1 per day and rations will be deported. S. A. McCottcry, who was employed at tho CJardner ship yards, almost lost his life in trying to save the people who rushed down* Market sheet to the river when the names were at} thiir fiercest. Tie says he succeeded in get ting 20 persons across the river, but an many more were either hurned to death or drowned at the pier. Tho Al cazar, at Bt. Augustine, although closed several weeks for the seastftO has been re-opened to care for Qtro refugees. Other winter resorts hotels probably will open sis the crowd leav ing the city increased. The llreim n have not been relieved, because the debris is still burning and streams of water are being poured into the (lames all the time, night and day. On every telegraph and telephone pole that was not destropey iinement were at work. The trolley company has a large force of men at work hanging feed wires and clearing the tracks, where the street was sufficletly coo so as to establish car service as soon as possible. It will bo several days before a car can pass into Eajjt Bay\ Klrcct. Ten military^ companies are Btill#on duty to proven vandalism. A battery of guns is also In position at the corner of May and Mar ket streets. These guns were rescued from the burning armory in wUich much of the equipment of tho Jack sonville troops were lost. The militia men continue to patrol all parts of tho city. MaSsBal law probably will bo'en foreed at XMHt another week. Tho weather is luiTrta cooler and the work of rchabitation is being vigorously pushed. An estimate on tho total loss by the' fire, as given out by a former tax col lector, is ns follows: Public buildings, ' $1,088.0(H); st/>res. north side of Hay j street, $195,000; stores south side of . Bfty street, $##,000; storefc, Forsytha street, $403,000; stores. Main street, ' $809,0<H); residences, prominent, J78.- < 000; residences, 1/00 small, .UOO.OWU"; residence, personal eltect, $2,300,000; stocks of goods in sUwo.s, $1 .(?3t?,000; stocks In 200 smaller stores. 8550,000; j street railways. $30,000; prfvclnents, $100,000; total, $10,565.000. The following official statement was Issued at 10:30 o'clock Monday night: "The relef committee having re ceived many inquiries concerning the situation here, desires to make tho following general statement: The city of Jacksonville, on Friday. May 3. was visited by one of the most horrible and appalling calamities that has ever j happened in any cunNQ^Jllty of modern j times. About noon of that day, a fire was discovered In a small palmetto j fibre factory, in the <t treme western portion of the city. A high .wind \v;u then blowing to the eastward carrying the flames over the heads of'tlie fire men. The fire spread with such rapid ity that our citizens had great dlfri culty In leaving their houics and pla ces of business. In many cases they beraly escaped with ihelr lives, and we regret to say a number were burned to death or drowned in their yfforts to escape from the flames. The number at this time we have been unyblc to as certain. although five bodies have been taken from the ruins and from 10.000 to 15J)00 people are homeless. The burn&l area extends east and west about two miles, find north and qouth varying from one-half to three-quar ters of a mile. In 111 Ik area was situ ated tho oldest and most, populous por tion of the city, embracing all c. losses of people, high and low, rich and poor. The flames earlcd before them homes, "chordnsi and all Thrpyrbllr buildings save one. More than half of the busi ness section was also consumed. Tho properly loss aggregates from 512,000, 000 to *14.000.000. " "All contributions of money should be sent to A. M. Ires, treasurer, and sttppltesiFdaid to MBHO tTIO Jbc*= iuuTilie ASS5v>5t!?M. (Signed) "The Jacksonville Relief As sociation. C. S3. Garnaf, President;. Edwin O. Weed, Bishop of Florida; J. B, T, Bow din. Mayor; Trffflf Stockton, 8pecUd Committee.'* >-?i~ ~mnmr m R?NM Tfl*>, KtwT^rk, 8poclai.?Seventy tons food and enppllea wlH be d/jp^tc^ by The New York Journal to Mt 4mln Wnrla mm Kit J*9*r City or tki PwjU.uU ?"l* M l UKIN INIliRMIiWtl) On tho Appointment ??f (Ion. Ilnntp* ton til the Columbia I'ojttoffkc. I>*'i)in t (? v 11le, Spo-lal Various re. p >rts ti<? n punted to the vrtrot (ioneral \\ ado li.impton hud btou tendered tlic oilioo of po (master at t'oluptlda by S uiator .Mo.l.aurin 01 a Jriend of Ills, with the understand in* I that lh should throw bis huluenro i'i j favot or M> |,:i!inn'.H reelection. and tin* peneial having boon quot, iiiK that he could not be l> a tor Mrl.auiln was oaled up1 \ low to Mviirlnu hi.s v? malt or. The Senator said that heNkJ uut oiler the ollUe to (J on oral llamp ton and merely promised to use his in fltii'iioo toward bavins bitn appointed it ho do ired U. at the r?<pt.?st of a i lose personal friend of the general'^. "The place, so far as ! am aware," said Sonator Mel.ant in, "has not In on tendered (icneral Hampton, I do not profess to bo able t.> pouted this up .;:.0'.0.'-'J. j -.Jo > do\otod friend of his. who l.s not nni h more than an acquaintance of mine, and asked if 1 would ond m-so Ceuoral Hampui for postmaster at Columbia, as ho thought It would bo apprcviat??d bv hhn at this time. I unhesitatingly leplied 1 would when a vaoa.noy occur rod. if tho general desired tho place I was aim rod by his f i load that ho thought It would bo acepjablo. I urato I tho retention and roapohument of Coal nil Hampton as inilr.vad cam j misionn', and had l*ath wri ton an I porsona! acknowledgements of bis ap I preoption of tho offoi'ts which U? -pi him in oillee a long time after h's term ; ox pi i f nl. "Nobody expects to buy' (.Jene-nl | Hampton, and tho headlines in Ti.o | < i -m lo^tou Nihvs ami ('ourbr a;o a . insulting to him as they a ro nnju t :o mo. I mentioned this ma'tor to ,t ' friend of mine in Columbia and It no t : with his huar.'.y approbation and 1:2 i vi hmtocrcd to ascertain whether th ?* 1 desired tho I' o> blent t n'or'cr j him 'vie position or not. Ivvcvpybody jcrnnrwtcd with It was Influenet 4 by a i ;Jolj,.ojn rornt* \ f/\r (fl? | liimpon and to drag the mat tor ln!o tho papers for political ptfrf) >s s is in thonygh keeping wit.h the bushwhaeV inRNtactics employed by those wh ) ob ject U) fair argument on publle qurs Hons. 1 am not and 1 refuse to b> I draped into the papers by every : canard started by my political e>nomb?. "1 wil spoalt to the people, not the ! papers, and make my position on all ! que-Hlons thoroughly' understood at ' (Jrcenvlle on the 22d. inBtai^^W Till > i partienlar Incident is <-lo.<tNl^Wrar as ( I am conee/iied, but I a.m confident that tliM-vfixend of Clenoral Hampton r^: -first approached me will corrobo rate'what 1 say. as I believe tie was aotfiiR in the utmost jrood'. falt'h.t liou'ih entirely without the IwiowledRo of t lie I a/uieral." I jThe Colum'bla fniend of whom S nia wr MoT.aurin sj>ftke, as vOhinteerlftg to j Ascertain whether General Hampton Avonbl accept, the ofhee was doubtless \ Editor Geo. It. Kwvster, thou>?h tho j S.nator called no natneB. The later : luaul the following Bigned editorial in j liis paper, The Columbia ltecord, Sat i urday: "In view of General Wade Hamp ton's Interview in thiH morning's Srtat?, a 1 > r I of statement from myailf scorns necessary. As is generally known, I am a close pergonal and political pfriend of Senator Mclj&urln, and have | Ihhvi ever since he flrv.t c^nin to Co lumbia as a member of the legislature In IPSO. It has boon falsely said 'I ! wanted tbe C dumhla p;>atrm3ter*.hlj? ! as a rewarxi f-?r my friendah'TTtor the | Senator. Some of my trroiyls tried to pet me tn for theofllce.but I de clined to do ho. though they sn.ld It would be oawy for me to obtuin it.. I told them I would not even aecopt the Shanghai consulship, ns Jt was my in tent ion to remain in editorial harness. FMscumlng this matter with Senator M< I .Turin, he asked me whom I would recommend for the Columbia post mastership. and led inr to believe that my recornmendatoin would have greit weight with him. I rould not recom mend a man unless he was fit for the oflire and willing to aerejxt It.. I know General Hampton was well qualified to discharge the duties of postmaster of Columbia, but I did not know whether he would aeeept the place or not. Kre:-i what wa.s ra.id at the time a h .inc. was given Geneial Hampton. I su j.;)csr<d such a salary an that of i p..stmaster of Columbia would bo pe j < uliafly acceptable to him as placing him in a position of independence. Hut I knew he whh old and cherished bitterness toward all who were in any wrespon Ible for his letlrement fiHrri the ITriitxvl States Senate, and I did not Intend to havi my friend ten *d<?r an oflh e to General Hampton and havo it rejected. So I torn Sena or MeLaurln I would make my re o:n mendation later. <f*he? talked the matter over with three Columbians and I asked one <f ? hem to ascertain if General Hampton would ac.eejK appolnl.me.nt aa postma-f ter of Columbia and to make It per fectly plain that absolutely no e^n.U fJpns would be attached to the appo'n ? rnent, but tha<t If he acceded J? h* would not be trammeled Jn any wav and would bo considered abtototely free to support or oppose whom fie pleased. it was an honorable offer. couVh^TTn cortrtaomr terms.- -ft ?*++? meant as a recognition Of worth and p?Mt service wMeh. bow ever, did act entitle him to election ti a representative office, If his vlfws wers at varlatice with those of the people Wbom he would hare to lepfeaeat. The newsman Mff General Hampton and the repir was as courteous- as ths of fer. heiac that Oaasral ftadkptoa wou'd act accept t^e appofatmeat. Th<re had beea ao eofceethm of ba*?? General Haaiptoa la the offcr T5T there wee ao wore to His reKe fpa >44a tf>4piTa Mi "mcKI a 9E2 the informalion of my offov was not given tlu< public by me. I i<?l?l Me l.aurln of what I hild done and he ?aid il would have given him plert* nr?' to have used his inllucnco in be h.tll' of tJem rM Hampton to pi i ii,T him an olllce without pledge of con ;ilion, I said nothing about the nutt or to anybody else and au*ul a loss ? understand how it became public." The "various reports" referred to as being sent out from Colum TTa^xt?t>r?? along the line of tin4 follow inn. which is foi ud in The Washing ion I'ost. dated Columbia. May "S? nalor Mi I .am iit's; boldest stroke c,n tin* politicul lines wak made wh<*i\ he tendered to (icucral Wade Hauip ton the Columbia post mastership. It seems that Senator Mel.aurln has the Jjouth Carolina Federal uHlces at Ids disposal, and he Is < au&lng consterna lion in tho ranks of the old line lie publicans, as well as < iiuslng concern to many Democrats. It was ascer tained that a close friend of Me l.aurln bad called on Oeneral I lamp ton and asked him to accept the of lice, which Is soon to he hmdc a first class 1.1 ne. The genera svas rcuuctiicd "\t > oomjvw?ii ss ? >?. only when assured this afternoon that the fact ot the tender having I <" n made was known that lie said w/en flrged for a statement. I would n?>t accept anything in the world from (hat source.' Then, after a pause, tin* old general added, with emphasis: 'The people of South Carolina should know hy this lime that I t-anuot be bought.' ? Ccneral Hampton is understood to have no unkindly feelings for the I'resident, who he believes would have retained him in olllee on the railroad commission if he could have intuited his own wishes, but Me l.aurln seconded the nomination ef 11 by lor the general's sj'at in the Sen ate after having deelnrod he would md follow the reformer* to the ex tremity of unseating Hampton. The general remembers that with t'ome bitterness, and Mel.aurin now oc cupies his seat in the Senate." Tiunltor! System In tti(> South. Aid is being sought in the north In ^ furtherance of a plan to assist the no i grocs in many places in tho black b;dt I of the south to become land owners, thus fruolng thorn from the bondage of thy landlord system, under which too often, tho tenant does not receivo a just share of tho product resulting from hi* efforts. ^Double Daily Service Between Hew ^ ork, Tampa,Atlanta, New (rleins and Points South and West. IN KKKK1H1 KIC ItDAHY 24th, 1001 ' HOUTHWAltD.V l/Hlly Dully No. 81 No. 27 Lv. Now York, P. 11.II. 12 65 pin 12 10 nq Lv. PfylliKlHpnln, " '? 8 29 pin 3 50 niq Lv. llultlmuro. " " b 46 pin C Tl nu( l,v. Wnnlilnijton, " " G 65 pin M !I6 an) IjV, Richmond, H A. L. 10 40 pin 12 28 pn Lv. I't'tornburK, " " 1131pm 1 10 pi? Lv, Norllna " V> 05 mn 3 3D |>ij Lv. Ilomlordon, " V 80.niu 3 65pn Lv. KiiIoIkIi, m 3 10 urn 6 00 pnj Lv. Hunt hern l'lnoa. " ,6 87 imq 6 67 (>ui Lv. ilitmlH, " fi 80 inn 8 10 [>i| Lv. CoiutnMii, I " 8 40 mn 10 30 pit Ar. Miiviiniiuh, " 12 10 pin 2 20 nni Ar. Jiickrtniiviilo, " 8 60 pin 0 30 utn Ar. Tutnpu, " 6 00 am 6 00 pm No. 4U.I I<v. Sow Ynrk.Jf. Y.l'.A. N.f 7 56 inn | Lv. i>i!ilnil<*li>hiHt " . 10110 nm j Lv.Nuw Y.orK.O,D.rt.H.Ouf 3 00 pm I Ll S.f'.Oo I J.'v. ? ? ? ~ tv. 1'ortMinoiitii, b. a. L. y Oi) pin Lv. ulduu, " 11 38 niu Lv, NurJlna " 12 .06 ain Lv lli'lldurAOD, " 1 UO Hlli l.v. KhImIkI), . ' " 8 02 iwn Lv. Houtln-r/i I'Juox, " 618 am Lv. ilumlot, ?? 0 4~) hiu Lv. Wilmington, Ar. Cliurlottu, " 9 61 ?nn 10 46 pw l.v. iiToolor, " io OH run lLUOpog J?\?.JTlroouvrn0d,. ?? 12 07 pin 1UJ r?n Lv. Allien*, " 2 ll> pin 40Hunf Ar. AtliinlH, J " 3 35 pin 6S0niq Ar. Auyus'ii, C. A W. (J. 6 10 pm Ar. Miiuon. C> <>f <)u 7 25 put 11 10 urn Ar. MuntK 'in'ry.A.AW.1\ 0 20 pm II 00 rid Ar. Mobile, h. AN 2 66 nm 4 12 pw Ar. Now ()rl"iiiin,L. AN. 7 80 uin 8 80 inq Ar. Niidhvilio.N.i . A Mt.i* 6 3f>fttr 666|>u> Ar. Meinplilrt, . " 100 pin b 10 am NOUTHWAJiP? f Dully Dully Ko. 402 No. 3.4 Lv. Momphit?,N,(!.A Ht.L. 1 OQ pin'" 8 45 pm Lv. Nashvillo, " 10 66 pm V 80 utn Lv. N<;w Oilonna,L. AN., 7 45 pin I Lv. MoMIh, L. A N 12 '20 acn Lv.? MuiVftfTtftVy.A.dtVY.l^ 0 20 am 1 80|>in Lv. Haoon, of Us 8~(T~am 4 20pm Lv. AiiKU?tti. C. A W. 0. tf 40 ain Lv. AtUnU, I ti.A.L. 12 00 pm 8 00 DM Ar AtliwiH, . " 2 48 pm 11 23fta Af Orwnwood, " 4 60 pm . 2 OA Ml Ar, Cluster. 6 A3 pm / 4 2& AP Lv. Charlotte, '? VsQpm/ 6 00>m ilv. vyitmlDgtciD, " 3 80pm Lt. lUmlrt, " * 60 pm ~~8 l6 am Lr. Houlfi'ern rVne?~ ?* 10 M pm ' # <>1 Ml Lv. IlaleUfb, M 1 00 am. .11 iO am Ar. Iian<l<>r?op. 44 8 >7 am 100 pi LVTNorllna ^ " tllfam 2 00 par L*. W?ldon, X *? 4 SO am SlOpv Ar. Portsmouth, " M TOO am *?pm Ar. W?*h'ton,H.A W.8.R..<Um Ar. Baltimore,fltfaa A7TN?w~York,0.D.aa.0o f'l*> pm NKvVSY CU AMINOS. A cyclone has swept Paraguay, d<* st roving <uui town. it cost $io,t >00,000 to build the I'an American lCxposltion nlr.jUuffnlo, N. Y. Tho Standard Oil Company has iiindt* a, iU'\v bo'.lcr tor use on war siiip.i, ' v ? 'I II,' commission loN< <h\MVW <'\iilms will lu> known as llio Spanish Trent Claims Commission. Kootpads (in the Kivora nro rivalling Monte Carlo in the work of lighten* Ing i lie purses of tourists. A ooo Y. M. ('. A. building hit# turn olYored Columbus, Cn., by lioorgo Coster I Vahody, of Now York Oily. The Secretary of Slate for India has sanctioned a scheme for tlvo large ecu* IrnI asylums for the insane in India. Ii now seems probable that die San Jose scale, which lias tlono so ranch harm in California, came from Japan. Mexico's Ambassador, at Washing ton. denies iint his Covornmont has given a concession til' land for eoloiil* /.at luii purposes, TM Inoivifse In Uusslan an v'Intra ? >-?? ? ?)*)?? -???.>)], or in I'.KHl llian it had boon tor several years previously. Consul I lassicld, of Trieste, says 'hat the annual c??al \lelicil in Auslrlh t.i 1 ??? made good hy l he importation* n| js.OOo.oon ions. There is a movement for a groat nn? tioinl park ;:t the headwaters of ihO Mississippi Kin er. In extent it Is to be IL'iii square miles. The t.Mtatlorina.-tor's I >opart inont, at Washington, has given order# to pro cure at Nagasaki, Japan, a bettor . quality of coal for transports. A reenmhent figure of (Juoen Vie torla !n while marhlo has boon placod nver her bunb at Crogmure. Jt W.11S made forty <?. s ago by Huron Mttfo ehclti III ihoQthho ttl'ftl he eai'Ved thP llgnro of the l'rinco Consort, vyhloh now Ims next tc it, and had been ? ?iored away until ' was needed. 1 uhc< k is about to oxercisc its right as a fiev city b> i^sue a coinage oT"t(s own. The city arms will take the place of the Kaiser's head on one face of the (itrman coins. The last l.uhecfc coin-; were .struck a hundred years ag\ ? ,en? in isxo, six ?vo/>kb to California; In 1900, Are days to California. Sou'h Carolina and Gaoreia Extension R. R. Company.* 4' ' " ?' "" SCHEDULE NO. 8. l?i Eltvct J2:01 ik. in., Buuduy, Doo. 2ith, *W Ilotweon Cnindcn, M. <)., utid Illaoka biiru, S, <J. Wont. kSiut, 85 33 32 . 84 EA8TEIIN TIME. *2<1 CI?a-? let CIumh * lht ClftHS 2d Oltthi Lo.Ert l'MH.MDK'r 1'aMiiK'r l'uaauK't HTAPIONtfv Dnlly i>*. Dully ox. Dally ox. Dully ox, Btikidny. Huinluy. Bumltiy. Buuduy, p. m. p. m. p. in. p. m# HW 12 60 Camden X/. 25 6 80 H 60 115 DcKalb 12 02 4 00 <JM 127 WoHtville 11 50 >30 10 60 140 KorBhnw 1186 4 10 11 20 2 10' Month Spring* 1120 ?8 15 1135 3)15 l'Uvwnnt 11111 11 15 8 00 12 .'10 > 2 85 Laucuater 10 65 2 85 1 00 2 50 Kivorrilde 10 40 1 00 1 20 8 00 HprliiKUoll 10 30 12 40 2 30 8 10 Catawba Juno't 10 20 1220 2 60 8 20 LohIIk 1010 11t? 8 10 8 40 lUx-k Hill' lO 00 16'ty 4 10 4 45 580 " Tm) Hickory Grove 6f85 ' 6 00 Kmyrnn 7 00 . 5 20 Ulucktfbur# p. m. p, in. Hotwecn JllncktburK, *>. V., and Marluu, N, C. WohL ' East. -? ? 11 ? S3 82 IS EASTERN TIM I STATION 2d Class lpt Olft?? let Claws 3d Oltm. Mixed l*a?(riK'r PmtSUK'r Mixed I>a<ly ex. Dally mz. Daily ex. Dally ex. Hunday. ij?aduy Sunday. Sunday. p. rn. a. m, p. m. 6 30 Blaeksburg 7.48 6 40 6 45 Earl* 7 8* 6 20 5 M) Pattr'j Bp*'a 7 26 t IS 6 00 Bhelby 715 6 00 6 20 Lnttinora 6 56 4-50 6 28 Mooresboro 6 49 . 4 40 6 38 Henrietta 6 38 4 20 6 65 For<*t City 0 20 ? 60 7 lOItutherfordtonCOO 826 7 22 Millwood 6 58 8 06 7 85 Ooldwn Valley 5 40 9 60 7 40 Tlinrtnal Olty 5 87 ? 2 66 7 58 Glonwood 5 17 S 20 8^15 Marlon .6 00 9 00 p. m. a. m. p> a. WEST. Gaffney Division. EAST. * Lit 01 AM. latOUha* lft IS EASTERN TIME 14 If Suidajf" ' STATIONS. &!?' pm am at? p* 100 6 00 Blackabotfc i 7? fflt 130 6 20 Cb?rok*m Falls 7 90 141 IfO ?*0 Oaffoey 710 fit p. a. a.m. ? ?? au p, a?. ... Trtlalfb, n leavl&ff Marios, 2V. O. at., aakUg oloao ooooeetfoa at BUc ggmgtssw TWUM U? 8tfitta?r*V ?hk.vudrit| tajrta Wi&N :?