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vr ^GENERAL HAMPTON DEAD. . JJoldier, Statesman and Patriot Goes * ( To His Reward. ? ? -*? ? flit SfATt I.N DttP MOURNING. Ulorlous Achievements In War nml brilliant Career in Peace of South Carolina's Favorite Son. Columbia Si ate. Wade Hampton is dead. South Carolina's- greatest man, ilrst In pcact\ first in war. deeply beloved hy his ))v >ple ? preeminently distin guished as soldier and as statesman; the commander who tohl his men when ho started with them to war that ho would never order the hum k hifst of them to go where lie himself Would not first lead; the man who fre quently Have the rare and inspiring picture.- of a lieutenant general riding far in advance uf his troops Into the thick of lirtttk ? this nohle Carolinian whose courage and gallantry were ? dnly equaled by his wisdom in mat ters of State policy, is no more, ljis life's race, so full of incidents and ex oi.Ni.nAJ, "ftA!>E )i\Mrr?.v. actions, haft been run. He died un tin; ' anniversary of the day that lie saw I acomplished his grandest undertaking , in behalf of the {State lie so devotedly : loved the day that Chamberlain ' turned over the Slate capitol to him, ' and the work of reclaiming South Car- { oliua from carprt-brfg rule was done. I He passed away as puac^fully us if ! dropping to sleep surrcninded by his j loved ones. Without the seen e whs I as calm and peaceful as the deathbed J scene. The birds sang sweet carols, and the spring air was laden with the fragrance of flowers. South Carolina's grand old man breathed his last Friday morning at X:f>0 o'clock, having been unconscious j for some hours prior to the end. lie bad known the end was near, and he I faced the inevitable with^he same,! calmness that he had eve'f* alaolayedj wjK't) death was imminent; Fly htm bedside stood that sturdy surgeon^ who iiad been his frlynd atul beside t him in war as well as peace, I)i . H. W. Taylor, ministering to him in his final moments. The capital city of the State Is ap propriately draped in mourning. Flags i are at half-mast, and the Confederate 1 monument has black streamers flow- I Ing from it. drooping upon a Confed- j crate flag draped about the base. r~~\ The people are in mourning. Indeed, | the south will bo in mourning nr j i Wade Hamilton was an Idol of the : south. and his death leaves but two iwVvlvlug lieutenant generals of the Confederate army? Gordon and Long ' elreet. ? Men who were under Hampton dearly loved him. He has ever Been j their hero, ami they are anxious to ! pay all honor to his memory. Many an old soldier will doubtless look upon ; the dead chieftain's face for the last J time today and tomorrow. TejogratnH j of condolence have poured In. from ev- i cry direction since the news of the | death of Gen. Hampton was flashed ? over the wired. j Wade Hampton was undoubtedly the < most prominent figure in Confederate t circles when he died. He was a com- | inander whose dash was equalled by j ills strategy and generalship, and the ; eminent soldier. Rob'ert E. Lee, re- j garded him as one of the grandest sol- j dlcrs of his age. When he was taken j from the army In Virginia L?e sa*4 ? that the right arm of the army had | hfcen cut off. For these reasons, and j srOTrt* of otherH. Wade Hampton watj i loved, and thousands will mourn with the family. HIS LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE. | The news of Gen. Hampton's death , * .was scarcely a surprise, yef It wis not . expected for a few days more at least, i The old soldier had been- in failing ! health for ^ome months. His last , public apporfranro was In Charles- j Ion on the occasion of the South Caro- | lina college centennial, December 19th , last On that occasion there were two . occasions upon which the s?od hero nook*, and he msde brIUlant speeches exciting great enthMlasm. One speech ; was in tha andltorlum; thapiher at the bsnouet that olgbt, Gep. Hampton ? ' had not been so much Ilka himself In i, years. llf came back to Columbia ami [\oon his fiiftiuU saw dint the end was approaching. Do: lug tho past few 11)0 iuli s lit* bus boon steadily growing weaker. though up to a slioit time ago. j he coiulTinod to tako his dally drive : accompanied b> liis sons. Six days air" j tho general btcamo very w^ak and had to take to his hod. He fully realized ! that the end was near. During the last I 24 hours he had boon conscious only I at times. j\ W 1 1 12 N TUB END CAMh. O^i Thursday evening Con. Hampton hud a long farowoll talk with one of his sisters, in which he , expressed ' eautiful sentiments. To Bishop Ca pora and to one of his devoted friends and comrades ho expressed himsolf In [ Oeautiful terms, forgiving all enemies .anil refeiring 'o tho great beyond. Wh< n the end llnally camo there were with the general, who was un i onselvvpHj his slsteis. Misses Kate and Carol)?* Hampton, his devoted daugh ter Miss Marv Mo Duffle Hampton, his sons- Messrs. Vieo. :Mf Duffle and Alfied Hampton, his nephew, Mr. hranl. Hampton, his niece, Mis John 0. Has kell. and Dr. It. W. Taylor, who was surgeon general on his staff in the Con federate arin v. 1 1 ?* passed away peace fully and seemed simply to drop off to sloop. Such was tho end of a grand man's career, the end of a man great in life and still great in death. His last words oxcopt some sat red to hi$ family, were: "All my people, black and white ? Cod bless them all. Dr. Taylor said he died of valvulai heart disease, superinduced by old age. the general having reached his 84th birthday just two weeks ago. * CITY 11I2LL TOftftED. As soon as it was known that Gen eral Hampton was dead the city bell was tol^tid for an hour and immediate ly llags wore placed at half mast on b:>t h towers of the municipal building Soon the State Hag was at half mas on the dome of the capitol. and in a short time a force of men was busy In Hwinging out black bunting across the front of the portico, and twining tlm same material about the columns. Knots of crepe were placed on the knobs of. all the doors to the building. When thy. news had reached the sec- j rc .tary^of The tieiisury at Washington that Oflirial ordoied the flag on the government building placed ^at half mast in honor of the dead ex-Senator, and this was dene at once. governor issues proclama tion. The governor immediately issued the following proclamation which was sent by wire to tho daily newspapers of the State: ST AT ft UK SOUTH CAROLINA. A IMtOC'l.AM ATION. Whereas the Hon. Wade Hampton, a former governor of S;;uth Carolina and a United States Senator, died at his home in Columbia this morning at ten minutes before nine o'clock, full of vears and of honors. Therefore. 1 M. It. McSweoney, gov ernor of South C*\r?lina. in recognition of his distinguished services to his peo ple and his country throughout his long and honorable career and In further recognition of his broad statesmanship and true nobility of character and his high patriotism and devotioji to duty and his State.' do request that on to morrow, Saturday, April 12. 1902. all public offices in the State of South Car olina be closed. And as a further testimonial to his worth that the flags of the State and of the Ulntcd States be put at half mast Ol Hie State capital and all other pub in the State, and remain ^m^^^B^iiintil In witness^^^BBL: 1 have hereunto set my hand und-^^Wfcd to be affixed the great seal of State, at the* cap itol, In the city of Columbia, this .?lev enth day of April. A, D. 1002, and the 126th year of Independence of the i Unltedl?tatcs. ^ / M. I). McSWEENEY. ? llf tho Governor: j ? ' j M. R. 'Cooper, Secretary of Sta'.e. SIGNS or MOURNING. During the afternoon there were .oth er displays of mdurnlng. The ladles auxiliary draped a portrait of Hampton in mourning and displayed it In "rout of the headquarters room of Camp . Hampton in the city hall building. Be- j neath the portrait was a palmetto j wreath. The Confederate monument was ! draped with black hunting and about j the base Van displayed a large Confed- j crate flag. The flag on the county court house j was also placed at. half mast, and this morning the building will be draped In mourning. There will be no session of the court today, save a brief one this j morning to receive a sealed verdict. JUDGE BUCHANAN'S TRIBUTE. Yesterday Judge Buchanan at 1:30 p. m., adjourned tho court of general ses sions out of respect to the memory of , Gen. Hampton. In doing so the judvro said: r, ! Gentlemen of; t}ip Bar:.; It Is with I sadness that I ahnourice the* death of a j noblo son of Carolina. As n cavalry ; commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he made a record for courage and military genius equalled by few. i surpassed by npne. His bravery and daring will be remembered wherever) humanity has a cause or heroism, a triumph.* Wherever manhood Is. re spected and coy rage is atiprilred his achievements will be remembered He reflected hopor on the soldiery of the EoufS. on the soldiery of the English sneaking *orld; proudj of him. rneed not allude to his service* to the State. Through th? dark days of ?76, where his loyalty to Ms 9We *n<1 his lo"? of his fellow sfcfci rs tpltndent lo his lesdttlWp I netd ndt sHu^s %P his rccord as a statesman, to his self-sacrifice. to his j modesty. l'os?i b!y it is too soon t'? write the history of the thuos. I desire to utter no insincerity, for j among th? leader* of tin- Stale there has always heen different os (as thero will nt* amotig a strong people.) Men i will .differ as to politic* and what mar \ he thought for the best interest Of! the State by some will not he readily approved by others. This is natural and necessary. Hut throfigh his whole j career,, his modest and manly worth stood ont, and his sincerity ami his rugged honesty and patriotism one never dnnhti d. lie has left a legacy of honor. In his death the State has J lost a faithful soil ami humanity has lost a friend. , It is meet, just and proper that In recognition of his public services, no less than in recognition of his private virtues as a man. that this court do ad- | joyrn. Thin court will take a i\>e-s: until tomorrow morning. THK V RTKRANS Conunander Starling of Camp ilamn j ton. as soon as informed of the. death, at once detailed a number of the mem bets of tho ramp to act as a guard of honor nt Gen. Hampton's bier. each j veteran to wear hi? Confederate may uniform. Those selected were W. ,1 Cathcart, 10. J. Jones, M. A. Bridges, j Walter Stratton. Or. .1. W. Flinn. C. M. Douglas, IT. It. Brooks, Louis Levin Henry Ilelse and II. A. llarth. These i gentlemen promptly appeared in their I uniforms and went, to the residence, j carrying their crepe-draped amp ban ner which was left 'at the residence. The family appreciated the camp's offer of the guard, but declined to keep the old soldiers up all night, owing to the presence of the. young soldiers. The veterans' guard will act tomorrow. INVITATION TO VETERANS. ' Capt. Starling during the day receiv ed the following telegram: Ninety-Six. S. C., Aprik II. Commander Camp Hampton. Colurn- I Ida. S. C. Camp. I. Foster Marshall of tills place joins in mourning the death of the grand old hero (Sen. Wade Hampton. JAM ICS HOll ICRS, Command) r. The Funeral. - Columbia,' S. C., Special.? Persons who attended the obsequies of John C. Calhoun, for which preparations were made %?the State for a week, declares the demonstration Sunday afternoon, when the body of General Wade Hamp ton was buried in the family lot in Trinity church yard was greater. An effort was made by the family to have this a quiet funeral. The outpouring of people was spontaneous. Every road leading here was forced to run special trains. Veterans, Sons and Daughters, military and municipal ofllcers came from every county ?ii the Slate. There were representative people: the most honored men and women in South Ca rolina were here. Du'iug the short time the public was permitted to the Hampton house, several thousand peo ple, including a great many negroes, passed by the coflin. The procession in cluded all the organizations, about son militia, and delegations from schools and colleges. All marched in double rank and close order and the line was a mile and a half long. All were on foot except General Hampton's family. This was the order: Veterans. CAnpp Hampton; hearse, pall-bearers? members of (Jeneral Hampton's family: survivors ol the original Hampton Legation; Daughters of the Confederacy and other organiza tions of ladies; Sons of Veterans; fa< - 1 ulty and students of the South Caroll- : na College; Governor and staff; State ofticlala and Congressmen; band, mill- j tary organizations ancPbther uniform ed bodies; Columbia city police; city council of Columbia ;and other muni cipal and civle.organlzations, including fire companies. The pall-bearers wore : Senior ? Gen eral Bradley T. Johnson, of Baltimore; Dr. B. \V. Taylor. Rawlins Lowndes. Colonel Thomas Taylor, Judge C. II. SLmontcn, Colonel T. J. Lipscomb, Judge Ai C. Haskell. Major W. II. Gihbes, C. 9. McColl. Colonel E. R. M< Iver; ex-Governor Hugh S. Thompson: General L. F. Youmans, Hon. Joseph Daniel Pope. Major Benjamin Sloan. Colonrl Wllliatr Elliott. John Taylor and Capt. Joseph C. Haskell, Junior ? W. il. G^hca, Jr., Walter Green, Thos. Taylor, Jr.. Boa Abney, Bright Wil liamson. YVIJniot Davis, Tucker Fisher, Julius H. Walker, C. Fltzsimmons, N. G. Gonzales, M. C. Robertson and Prog ton Darby... Each of the 100 Daughters of the Confederacy carried a floral offering. Beside*, there were wagon loads of magnifTccnt flowers, several handsome designs coming from others States. The processions moved to the church, a little over half a mile distant, be-, tween rows of people. Some of the houses on the way had Confederate flags draped in irournlng. Seats In the church could be provid ed for but 1,200 people, whllo perhaps 20,000 were without. General Hamp ton's family servants were provided for within. Bishop Ellison Oupera, assisted by four j*aator?, eondueted the srrvtce?. In the open air the choir^sang during the burial services. Only men old in grey used the shovels filling the grave.y^ f ^^juong the survivors Was a body of fne men who first went tiAthe wi^r with Hampton, as members of Kfco-tlampton legation. They carried shot-torn flags. As was to have heen expected, where old veterans saw for the last time, n man k> honored and well-beloved as Hampton, there were roan/ tears shed. MINUTE GUNS FIRED. IN RICII c, MONO. ^ Richmond, Special,? , The Richmond Howitzers fired jnifinte {guns here Sun day, during the hours ottbe funeral of \^ade Hampton, _at Columbia. Two companies of the Seventieth (Old First) Regiment of Vlrglola Volunteers left here tonight for several days' stay nt the Charleston Exposition. LIFE or WADE HAMPTON UrUI Skrtcli ol Noted Warrior, <lov ernor ni d Senator. Oen W'ftde Hampton. aw of the second Wrt.to wan horn in Columbia. S. (' in 1*1* He wufi graduated at the I'nivtrslty of South t*irollna, and af terward studied 1"*. *??? ^ intention of practicing. UMl 1 fat her's training he became a good horseman. a famous huntei am an conipllshed fisherman. He served m the Legislature of South Carolina ^ oa.lv life, but his political view, were those of a Democrat of a national rath lhan of a secesalonal tendency. ana wcVe ,pot pupnlar in his State. spe.il. against tho re-oponlng of the Slave trade was called hy the New N 01 h Tribune "a masterpiece of logic. ? earlier life, however, was devoted his plantation interests in South Caro lina and Mississippi and to the put suits of a man of fortune. 'When the Civil war began. Hampton Hist en listed as a private, but *oon raised a command of infantry, and ar artillerv. which was known as "Hump ion's Legion." and won distinction m the war. At Pull Hun. GOO of his in fantry held for some time the Warren ton road agaitiet Key s eorps. and was sustaining C.t?lfti Hee when Jackson en me to their aid. In the Peninsular campilgn they were again distinguish ed and at Seven Pines lost half of their number, and Hampton himself rec-lved a painful wound in the fool. Soon af Lor* aril ho was made Brigadier Gener al of Calvary .and assigned to (Jen. .1. I' ll. Stuart's command. He was fte (inently selected for detached service, in which he was uncommonly success ful. In the Maryland and Pennsylvania campaigns of 18^2 and 1803 Hampton was actively engJ^od. and he distin guished himself at Gettysburg, receiv ing three wounds. It is said that -1 out of 215 field offices, and more than half the men of G eh. Hampton s com mand wore killed or wounded In this battle. He was mf.de a major-general with rank from the third of August. 1S03. ( During the reconstruction peiiofl Hampton's conciliatory policy found IKtle favor f ?ir some time, but in 1S70 j he was nominated for Governor against Daniel H. Chamberlain. Kach claimed to be elected and two governments were organized, but Mr. Cl^'mberialn finally yielded bis c laim. In LSt>4. after several days' fighting he gave Sheridan a check at Prevll lian's station, which broke ui> the plan . of campaign that included a junction with Hunter and the capture of Lynch burg. In 23 days he captured over : 3.000 prisoners and much material of war with the loss of 7 1 i? men. He was made t-f/inmander of Lee's caval.y in August, with rank of lieutenant gener al. ami in September struck the rear of the National army at City Point, bringing away 406 prisoners and 2,4X? , beeves. Soon afterward. In another . action, he captured flte hundred oris oncrs. In -one of these attacks he lost his son in battle. After, the *,;ar he at once engaged in cottoif plantldg, but was not successful. He accepted from the first all the losit- j imyte'consequenccs of defeat, an entire submission to the law. and tbe civil and political equality ofthe negro; but he has steadily defended the motives and conduct of ills people and their leaders. In 18CG, speaking of the negro ho said: As a slave he was faithful to uh; as a freeman let us treat him as a friencf. deal with him frankly, Justly, kindly/ In 1878 he met with an accident by which he lost a leg; but, while his life was despaired of, he wan olected to the United States Senate, and he served until 1892. In the Senate hi# course was that of a conservative Democrat. He advocated a sound currency, re sisting all Inflation. He advocated with much zeal the nomination of Thomas A. Bayard for the Presidency. In 1802 Gon. Hampton was defeated for the Senate by the now senior Sena tor. Benjamin It. Tillman, and he hao since then led a quiet life at his coun try home Just outside the city limits of Columbia. In the early spring Senator John L. j j Mc&aurin offered the postmastershlp ? ! of Columbia to Gen. Hampton, who | promptly refused it Odds and Unds. j At Algiers an old Arab swallow^ Vjs month's wages to keep from iWfng ! bed. Tho coins, mostly big 5 franc*, ' pieces, caused him such Inteuse pala ^rtfSVhe went to the hospital, where an ; opertfUpn led to the recovery, of the ' money, which amounted to Just over ; ?4. ; According to the London' Lancet. it I la aulte exceptional to find In a cniia i bred in parochial charity institution* / that healthy individuality ,w&lch JJ i charerletlc of children who have been ? boarded out In the freer entjjwre nat ural atmoephere of femlly |lw. "The great** t n ovePoftBe ? Wonder oi thd. nation ; All the ngt, air. all the rage? c Takes the whole creation I "Critic* prate on+rtrj hapd? bpaeri ihr- sbt.MSr'g mUwlofi, lluadrcd taowunf copies, and '^olSer^blreflJUdor" Aatfcorr-pobUabm rejofca? Ure ob milk aft honey.' ? "If it mnltttr' pip** a voire: "GeaiaiT No? ? ft '? money!" A Jets and FUshu. The playing of billiards by fttttdeatl has been prohibited, by the State AfrJ cultural College of Oregon, ill* ac tios waft by resolution. of the (faulty, and malted suspension the Ufallj of I violation of tb* rule/ Ii^ mgfcing the announcement President nM an | examination of the college^ records showed that Wf?r rent, of the failures ?h class work were by studesta who I ! frequented billiard halls. ? 'v. CmmHUm Mom. Brussels, Bpsctsl? The condition of Quoes tisrls Hsnrtetto Is reported to bo wry wmrfcam* She It infferin* from Kwrt dMMM sftkk It eatertai upon tfcs draptiad^ati. fto?? ?ort?fi Mrc bssn rtamo?okta,0v?, f? ike prortAco of tJKf*. tb l3g* ^ipjiUpiImp ** . . , ' ? ? i ? i j sffig^srs^gl fit A! - v * . o*Ax .. ' ?+*tZ: JwJzS^?Z2 Nttea MO Co?ai?ilt A oorrwpoodnt of the BMtw Jour nal Mia of * cartels Mlcito aoerealr owatd by a resident of Waahlaftoa. D. C? which was exhibited by I (a proud owaer. It waa agold rla* Bade of the fllinga of the teeth of hla dead wife. Whether the teeth were raatored aftar death Had cracked Ilka butternut* to awm the 90UT, #r Whether the said waa eftnpfy chlaeled oat harfaf the teeth la the t Jaw. depoeeat raaao ^ " The aeaacrletioa aua> to be whaiarai the imaf of *a STOCKS HIM WHO Southern Railwav Securities Broiitflu \ Fancy Figures . - ? # MORGAN HP0K1RS 1 1: A 0 BHIMi ? Shares Kt'prest'iitliig Oiio-I mirth tilt1 Capital Changed Hands in l'ort> Minutes of 1'rading. Washington. Special to the Chariot lc Observ er. Willi buying <! Southern Hallway stocks was begun TiiiNilay as soon us tlx' sto<!^ exchang* was called to ordei in New York The tnci that _? the Morgan h.uKots were pi. niinciii in buying was interpreted tu mean that Morgan \v Co. had taU n l.onls villi* Air Nashville olY John W dates' hands at his own p;ico ami that ho hail done this with the consent ol i li ? ? ? Mot hschilds More than 2f?0.mu) shares of Southern Railway, common and prefer ??'<!, were trailed in in tin1 first I" minutes, amid . scenes of gieat ?>.\i itemcni. I liesc ! shares represent ed about one-font th of; the i-aplll stock of tin' road. More ! than $10,000,000 cash v\as involved in their purchase. Tin' price of the com 111011 stock ro&e nnder i his buying from 34 12 to 37 1-?! tin' highest price at which Southern Hail way has ever sold The preferred also made a m .v high record, rising from Hi* closing price of 9a to US I -'J untlei enormous transac tions. \t the same time l.onisville ?<? Nashville was bought quietly in vefy large blocks. Tlirff street believes that the buying now is merely to strengthen the contiol of the Morgan pa'ty in the Southern, territory. It is said that .1. P. Morgan, in London, and (leorge \\ Perkins,, in New York, spent all Mon day night in cable conversation regard ing Louisville. Concerning i,]tls deal an allernoon edition of The New Yoik Journal says: "it was learned from very high author ty that Mr. Morgan at first refused to negotiate with the (!ntes party, fear ing displeasure of tin Rothschilds. Conferences with Rothschilds in Lon don. however, resulted in an agree ment. whereby they gave their tonsent to the iicqusltion of the Louis^pe ?v" Nashville by Mr. Morgan. It is under I stood that Rotlinchilds' control cost un iler $<!0 a share, and that they have dis posed of it at enormous profits. The Rothschilds' willingness to let the road I go is slid to be due to their bellel that the wave of prosperity in America ha* reached almost the top and that they can get back control if they shortld ever desire it at much lower figure*--. ; Mr. Morgan, by buying only with their , consent, has diverted from himself the | proverbial wrath of this family and has . centered it on the hcod of John W. dates, who henceforth is a niark"d ^ man. intimate" friends of the Roths- j childs said ilu?t no matter how many, millions John W. dates might accu- J initiate for tho time being, Jie was ruin- i ed from* the day lie antagonized the ? Rothschilds; that it is the\ rule of the family never to forgive the man who outwits them." Details Meuger. Washington. Special. ? The Navy Department has received but meagre I details of the reported murder or kill Ing of Agnes Williams, a water tender j aboard the United States steamship Lancaster, by James Paine, a black smith. while the ship was lying at 1 Charleston. The court-martial, headed by Admiral Cooper, which has been trying Surgeon Marsteller. at Port . Royal, will be held there until add! ; tlonal details of the Paine ease can enable the law officers of the Depart ment to prepare charges and specifi cations. Word was received at the | Navy Department that Marsteller i court has been concluded, though tho < finding of the court, as is eufctomary. 1 was not given. Insurance Suspended Vlcksburg, Miss., Special. ? The spe cial agents of fire Insurance com- j panics doing business here met Tuet>- . day and later all local fire agents re ported that they had suspended bus!- : ncss. It is hoped that a second con ference of the special agents, the hoard of trade, cotton exchange and bankers may cause a re-consideration of this action. The trouble grows out. of the failure of the city to reorganize the fire department. which it Is claimed. Is incompetent. The com panies demand a new fire thief and a genera! reorganization. Trouble Over Six Cents. Wilrnlngtoh. Del.. Special.? Joseph P. Nichols has refused the^final award fit tlx cents for bis share 'in the bed of Park avenue, near Seventeenth Er. A force of workmen from the t and Sewer Department took ble posseselon of the deeded , street bed. sod removed a fence thai | bad bees erected there. It <? expected j that Nichols will Invoke the lawjn hie j behall A:. . ^j Killed Nkhn Who r*e? Over Ufa Doc. j Newport-News, . oeelal.? Joe Hants, a dairyman, was shot and killed by, Thomas Cox. a -Warwick county farm er, !? the public roa^l near Cox*a farm Vyd!m over Coa's faraer who was Intoxicated. tred apon the datrymaa. faulty woandla* Mm. Cox was arrested aBd jail here. - . ?BhmbhH I'AI MI TTO CROPS I'roj^r 01 ? <>i (Irowtll and liarly Cult!" \ atloW. 'I'll.- cat l\ part t?f tho wc;P ending ?s m in Monday. \ pi il 1 I. was urt seasonably miIiI ivldi heavy frost and j .'l^n i. . ? in c\ fu'stt) placet* to within about .;?? :?.rliv^ of tlu'> "rts> Oil I ht4 j !Mh Tho close (H* week ii< vi ma I temperature i.ig^t frosts Of- ! ? hi i < *? I in tin" uni t hwostorn fJCKtfonu | oil the IimIi and lldi Tho frosts of the v*;,ok hipped some torn yellowed sound oats, probably injured peaches j si ig lit |\ in places, hut otherwise did lit' lUPtciutl damage owing to tlio hack ' vs arduess of I li?? season. <>n tin- Tlli there was a benolicial j null thai nunvil (ho entire State and j ranged In amounts from i*Jie third to over an inch In places il was iuv"iil pan led hy ball. There was a snow tinny in N'owbcivy <ounty on the Nth. j The sunshine was about normal. High winds prevailed on (lit; Mil and 1'th. J 'The week was generally favorable for . farmwork. ami rapid progress was made in picpariug lands tor spring j planting, except on bottom lands ? \\ I ! i f ? 1 1 are slill too wet to plow. In the southeastern and cast con tra! counties torn planting is nearly i finished and much is up to poor ' stands, and some has hoen replanted, Mlrds and cutworms havo injured stands. In the central counties up- i land corn planting is well underway, | while over the western it has only he j mm. Not much cotton has been planted anywhere, scarcely any in the west j cm portion's of the Slate, hut over the eastern portion the hulk of the crop will he planted during the present week. Khe is being planted in all the j regions where grown under favorable conditions. Tobacco plants are plen tiful but small: transplanting will not begin for some time. Truck bad favor- ; able weather. the rainfall having been particularly henollclal along tho ' coast . Wheat is generally promising al though small with, however, numerous ! exceptions whore the crop is poor. Oats are exceedingly variable in con dition with only a few localities wheiV the crop is entirely satisfactory. Ourdens are backward. Pastures ; afford Riaziing over the eastern por- ! lions of the State only. Fruits are late in blooming, and the majority of correspondents regard it as safe to I date, hut iu Lexington county and a i few other localities peaches have been , mat* rin 1 1 \ injured but not all killed. Southern Hardware Hon. Charleston, S. Special.? Kighteen representatives of. wholesale hard t ware establishments and largo con ecrns in the South dealing in mill sup plies met here Tuesday afternoon and organized what wi\l be officially known as the Southern Supply and Machinery Dealers. " Delegates were in attendance from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Maryland, Alabama and Florida. Temporary officers were elected and committees were then an- j pointed on organization, credentials i ahd programme. These committees I will report tomorrow and the aasocin- j lion will not adjourn until Thuvsda y. I The pnrposfo of the organization Is '> , enable the hardware men and dealers > in mill supplies iu the South to get iu closer touch. They claim to recogulz" | the m ed of uti organization of some | 4>ort. Keeps Within the Pale. Lathrop,. Mp\ Special. ? Df'P. ,(?en- i try, prive sedretdry to Governor i Dockery, who was sent heft to Invert- ! tigate h ml make a secret report of a conditions under which the British government is buying and bundling horses and mules, on the (Juyton Harrington rain h. says so far he lias ! fou'nd no vioiatio nof the neutrality laws, 7 Can Qlve No Information. Ixmdon, oy Cable.? -TheV;overnmenf leader. A. ?/. Balfour, replying to a question in the House of 1 Commons Tuesday, announced that theoMinisters had no information to give ok the sub-t, }ect of the South Afrlcun pelice nego tiations. nor under the ciftfumstances could any information tiv Imparted at the present stage of tXe negotiations. The nvgctintcrH, Mr. Balfour added, would immediately inform Parliament of the fact when they had any news to communicate. Engineer and Fireman Killed. Grlflln, Ga., Special. A northbound passenger train on the Central of Geo gia Railroad ran Into an open switch, half a mile bo)ow this city, colliding with a string of freight cars standing on the Hide track. None of the passen gers were Injured, but Engineor Ram say and Fireman Green, of the passen ger train were painfully hurt. The engine of the pasijpngcr train was par tially demolished, and several freight cars wrecked. Traffic was blocked for two and a half hours. Alter the Beef Trust. Washington. D. C., Special. ? At torney General Knox Is silent regard ' ing the gteps he has taken to deal 1 with the Beef Trust, but It is under stood that Instructions have been sent 1 from the ^ Oepartinent of Justlc^L-to i several Federal District Attorney^ to look Into the matter and take such action In the courts ?? they may find warranted. The President is said to have shown keei* interest lp 1)19 de velopments regarding the Beef Trust, and be ia tnxious that protqpt action shall he tajcen If it appears that. th+ Jaw has been violated^ t-' ^7 It la now mora than intimated yiat all the, reccnt stories of heavy gam bling at Monte Carlo by Schwab, the steel magnate, were set afloat for ad vertising purposes by officials Of , J he famous resort. They have been known to play sach t^cka ln the . .. owing to the rapacity Of hets>k? L it fa ana y to Imagine that Mr. ~ * irtfSi wee need to r t*o * ->.Wt -r * ii HAM'S HORN BLASTS. T HIO K'tutobt fault of all is to l>? i'on hvious of no fault. I.ovo tlows over the linos of liking. I'isgnh is ifVwaya a tin nl hill vlimlf. ! brightest hopoH (Ihwii on darkest ilayt*. When grain rip ens hy moonlight the son I will he mived l>y culture. The greater a man's treasure thu lffl? he will conipluin of his taxes. I'rhle ami ignorance are thu bubea thai help one another to get lost. 'The Christian who fours to l>r? spent for Christ is a candle unwilling to be. llghtc >1 It dors j\t ?t make heaven a fact toi^/' call earth a fiction. , ? - Srtaight \unning makes bettor speed' than the swlUest circling. No amount of pruning e.vor made peaches grow on fence-posts. The heavenly man does not need to wrltit "ilolint.ss" on his brow. The vision o f (!od gives right views of all things. i'rotlciency needs no parade. 1 * , A parasite makes a poor partner He works best who worries least. '< A blessing abused becomes a bane, j No perfection without pain. A hard heart is apt to be brittle. Service is the Mrs! sign of freedom, Faith alone lifts the fog of the future. ICndcavor counts for more than essn vs. The more we look up the less wo need to look out for ourselves. ' The religion that does not reach character does not rise with ('hrlst. Von cannot sop up the sins of tho week with a solemn face on Sunday. You cannot take Uod by one hand unless yyu take your brother by tho other. d It is not surprising to heal" that tho King's projected visit to Ireland has boon r.baudoned owing to the hoslilo attitude of tho United Irish League. The situation in Iroland is very mcyi ucing jiiBt now. / Little vices keep company with great virtu* .s ? Seaboard Air Line Ry. boublo Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, Nev Crlcsus and Points South and West. I N u I- i< Ktrr SIa ptOH 2, ltfQl; SOUTIIWAHI). Dally Dally No. 81 No. 27* J.v Now York, I'. 11.11. 12 56 pm 12 10 a:n I.v. Philadelphia, " :> iii) put 7 20am Lv. Jialtltnt* ro. " " 5 45 |>m 0 34 am Lv. WafthiiiKton, W.H.Uy. 7 03 pm 10 40 am Lv. Itlchmond, S A. I,, i 37 jitu 2 20 pm Lv. I'ftArxbiirK, " " 1120 pm 8 00 pm i 4i am 5 25 pm V Oli am 6 53 pin 3 Si aui 7 27 pm 0 27 am 0 27 pm ? 40 inn 10 35 prg ~~8To~nm 1 06 am 12 05 pm 4 40 am J) CO pm 8 05 mn l.v. Norliuii I.v. lioudt<rdoii, l.v, ltaloiKl>i IjV. Houthoru 1'lufw, T.v. liamlot, I.V. < 'olllllll'iil. I Ar. Kiivipjoah, Ar. Jackiion vlllo. Ar. .-it. AuKU*i|u(< Ar. Tampa, \ _ ^7770 Xo. 41. l.v. N'i'\v Yurk.N. Y,l\ A N.f 7 55 lira 8 55 ptn Lv. Philadelphia, " 10 lOmn 11 20 pm I.v. Sciv VorK.< >. D.H.k.llot 3 j)9 piu l.v. llnlthnoro, 1J. rt.lVCJo J.v. WaxlVlou. N.iVW.HJL Lv, Portsmouth, b. A. L. >8 5Vpm 5 io pm 5 00 am 1 65 pin 6 40 pm I.v. \Yei?l ou J.v. Norlluu Lv llondoraon, I.v. hntulKb, Lv. Kouthorn Piu??, l.v. Hamlet, Lv. Wilmington, Ar. Cburlotto, Lv. i tiH.'lur, l.v. Clreonwood, Lv. Athunc, Ar. Atluntii, I Ar. Angus' a, C. A \V. C, 11 35 j m 12 55 am , 1 i5 am 2 62 am 6 05 am 0 36 ^m t M Sil ujn (i aQ Pm 0 26au> 11 65 an 1 40 pit * 2 10 pin 8 66 pm .6 18 pqi 10 86 pm 0 23 am 3 06 pm To Si pip 1 85 am 0 43 am 11 60 pm 843 am 2J|1 pm (Dam ? bo pm 7 6 laffl prn^ , _ 6 40 pm .; A r.MTieon, C. of~On 7.20 pm U 86 ? Ili-~ Ar. Monttfom'iy.A.AWJi'. HO pm Ar. Mobile, L. A N * 65 am Ar. Now OiIuhub.L. A N.. 7 W atn_ Ar. Kn?b*ylUo,W.V .& BlU 4 00 nra Ar. McmplilH, " 4 15 pm SOUTHWARD, fl 26 am 0 66 pm 8 25 am Dally Daily No. 82 No. 8* Lv. Momphla.N.C.A St.L. 12 45 uooo 8 40 pm rv7N.Ml.vino, " V 30 pm U 8Qaaj Lv. Now Orleaut, L. AN, 8 00 pm . . . . ??j.H Lv. M -j Wirt, L.A.N.. 12 80 am .... .... .P ttgOnm l?Qpjf 8 00 am * 4 20 pm. Lr. Augmta. C. A W. (J. 1006 am Lv. Atliiulai i ~S. A.L. 12 00 noon 8 00 pm Ar Athonn, " 2 67 pm 12 28 par Ar tlroouwood, " 6 14 pm IMlS j l.v, Moiitg.?m'ry. A. A VV.l ' Lv. Alauou, C. vl G a. . . . . Ar. Oboator, Lv. Charlotte, 7 17 pm 1 88 pm 8 05pn 4N?H TtOiJi Lv. Wilmington, Lv. Hnmlut, Lv. rtoaihoru-P^tw, Lv. Kafolgb, Lv. Ueudoraou, Lv. Sorllna Lv. Weldou, Ar, Portsmouth, jToo It rw> j>m 2 05 am 5 00 am 716 am . Mm SIS Ar. \Vu*Vtoo,N.A w .a. Ij. . ...... ~ Ar Daltlmoro. li.8,r.Co . . A r.'.Vew York,O.D.8-8;Co RgV - tr. Tank *. iV? ?*** Lt.'#fAuga?ilD? ?? ?* tk