The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 14, 1907, Image 1
volume xviii.
OAMDKN, S. C., FRIDAY. JUNK 14, 1907.
No. 2:1.
I can not express how deeply touch
ed I am at the action of (he State of
Georgia, my mother's State, the Stale
from which I draw half the blood in
iny veins, in Greeting as the Georgia
State House at the Jamestown Expo
sition a replica of my grandfather's
house at Roswell, Ga.; the house i;>
which my mother passed her youth
and where she was married to my
father. It is an act of gracious cour
tesy and considertion which 1 very
deeply appreciate; and through, the
governor and other representatives >if
Georgia I desire from my heart to
thank all her citizens. Georgia'# his
tory is unique, for she alone among
the original thirteen colonies and tho
(subsequent new States added thereto,
^ was founded with a consciously bene
volent purpose, with tlie deliberate
intent to benefit mankind by upbuild
ing a commonwealth along careful
ly planned line's of social, political,
religious liberty and justice. Ogie
thrope, the founder* of Georgia, was
a true apostle of philanthropy and of.
equality of opportunity for all. yis
set purpose was to found a State the
gates of-which should be open to the
oppressed of every land and creed,
and closed to every form of political
religions, or industrial bondago '-or
persecution. This colony welcomed
alike those who fled from political or
social tyranny, und those, whether
Christian of Jew, who sought liberty
for conscience's sake. It was a high
and honorable beginning; and I am
proud, indeed, .of my Georgia ances
try, and of the fact that my grand
father's grandfather, Archibald Bul
loch, was the first* governor, or as the
title then went, President of the n?*>\
State, when the Continental Congress
of which he was also a member, de
clare-l that the Thirteen States had
become a new and independent nation.
Since then Georgia has grown at
rate even more astounding than the
rifte of growth of the nation as a
whole; her sons have stood high in
every field of activity, intellectual ,?t
physical, and rapid though her prog
ress has been in the past, it bids fail
to be even greater in the wonderful
new century which has now fairly
?"^opened*
Perhaps the very fact that I am
half Southern and half Northern in
fclood, and that for many years 1
?femr~t>ron?hHnto peculiarly clow iisr
" ^P???ilon with tto life of th* groat
? West, make* it natural for me to feel
t with Intensity the ltrong Muse of
kinship ?rery portion o? our
^ cOtofBOn tountifowhifo should
birthrifht of^tery trueAmeri
8iifce I have been President 1
? visited every State and terri
? tory within the borders of the Vnion
gave sa?fc aa ?an omly be reached by
im, 1 fciil' te>Ttrted from ibeAtlan*
liKEAI GEORGIA DAY
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Empire Soithern State Takes
Jamestown By Storm
PRESIDENT PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Georgia Day and the Opening of Bui
louch Hall( Occasion of President's
Second Visit to Exposition, a Oala
Day at Jainestown.
Norfolk, Va.f Special.?Tuesdaj
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was Georgia Day at the Jamestown
Exposition, President Roosevelt was
jfjysent and made the principal ad
dross. , The day was a very successful
one, immeus crowds being present.
The naval review of men-of-war
in Hampton RoaUs and the reception
of the commanders of American and
foreign vessels which preceded the
President's arrival at the grounds,
and llie military review on Lee Parade
following the President's morning
address, were'the same as on tic
opening day, with the exception of
some slight di(Terence in the person
nel of the participants.
It was a distinguished parly that
reviewed the assembled vessels from
the Mavllowev. ' Immediately upon the
arrival of th.it vessel the party of
Secretary of (he Navy Metcalf was
transferred from the Dolphin. The
others to join the President were Gov.
.1. M.- Terrell, of Georgia, and \Y. N.
Mitchell, of the Georgia State com
mission.
President Roosevelt was .introduc
ed by N. \Y. Mitchell, president of
the Georgia Day commission, in a
speech of tribute.
President Roosevelt on being intro
duced, said in part:
tic to (he Pacific, fi-otn tho (Jilat
Lakes to the (11111. 1 have spoken if
Count ry fairs, to colleges, to commer
cial and business orgni/.ation, to as
sociations of professional men, to la
bor organizations, to men of ever.v
creed an<I pa rentage. Tho thing tli.it
has struck me most has been tho os
sontial oneness, the essential unity of
our people.
In the fundamentals I have found
American citizens to he just about
the same everywhere.
Mot only is this true as between
one community and another, but u is
just as true between one elass of ouif
citizen.^ and another. Mow and then
we meet well-meaning people
who have a genuine horror
and dread of all rich men
and think of them as being vei apart
by peculiar vice and iniquity. Now
ami then we meet equally well mean
ing liyh men who have an equally i.y
rational dread of tlio.-u whom Ihvy
style "labor leadeis.'' In each case
L.think tlie hostility is in hu?o pail
due to a want of sympathy caused by
complete ignorance of the men who
arouse such distinct of anger. A s a
matter of fact, it we lake a given
iiniiUKr of wage-workers, we tiint thu\
in llteij- essential human natuie they
are ail alike. In each group we linti
n.en as u i.-'o. and as ioolisli, as goo<t
and as bad i>u 111 the other group.
?Such being the ease it is certainly
well that, so lar as possible, when
the men of a given group, as a whole,
act in a way that we deem1 contraiy
to the public inlciesl, we should treat
the action as a wrong to be lemedied
railier ihan as a wrong to be aven;?edv
We ought not to tolerate wrong.
Ihtiing the last quarter of a ccn
tuiy tiii' milieu has made astonish
ing stii'le.s in material progress, and
in no oilier see!ion lias this progress
been more noteworthy than in the
South. While her agriculture has
grown faster than ever .before, there
has also been a new growth of her
manufacturing industries ? indeed,
there has been growth of every kind.
But of coursfc there is ample room
for further growth. The South will
be all the better for new immigrants
of the liv.ht type, and I hope to see
steamship lines carrying such immi
. lauts t-f, ahlislied at ports like Sa
vannah ami Charleston, just as I
hope to Fee ports like New Orleans
v necled by lines of steamers with
(be South American continent, the
continent with which our relation
should grow ever closer and naturally
more advantageous, fn the South, a*
everwherc through the Union we need
to se:> a good education given free t >
all children, no matter what may bo
their race or color.
It is a matter for congratulation
that tharo is such a steady increase
interest in the Southern States in
everything pertaining to children.
This has already markedly shown it
sdf, and 1 hope will still .more mark
edly show itself in the future, in
warring against the evil of child labor
in factories. The factory is a very
p< or place indeed for a child; indeed,
personally 1 think the factory a poor
place for a woman?certainly foy^ir
"married woman, or for an unmarried
woman for more than a very lew
years. In any community organized
on reallv healthy lines the average
wojrr'an will have quite enough to do
ift her jwn liome? whether she is rich
or poor; and nowhere else can she
do work of such value to the nation
a-; a whole?and by work, I mean her
housework, her work as housewife
and mother, and not so-called "home
indn.-'l lies.''
As regards children it is essential
to look after their .physical as their
mental training. We cannot afford
to let children grow up ignorant; and
if they are sent to school they can
not, while young, also work hard out
side without detriment, physical, men
tal. and moral.
Following those practical thoughts
l|,,? President went at some length in
to |Iir? question of railroads in thr>ii
i^ntion to t'ho public. Ho declared
tIrat the railroads were showing
unwisdom in fighting all legislation
!or<k\?^r to their proper regulation.
The speech ?yts a good one and wns
attentively listened to.
The event okfed with a fine mi!i
'nw i?nd naval displav. *' *
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Temporary Injunction Issued. A
Atlanta, (W-, Special. ? Judge l\u
dec in the Vnited States Circuit
Court of Appeals granted a temporaly
injunction, restraining the Georgia
railrortd commission from putting in
to offcet a redueticyi of 10 per cent, iu
the freight rates of the Seaboard Air
Line until a finaNhenring on June 27.
On May 10 the commission issued a
?iioular ojum#infc the Seaboard from
:1a** C to tU?t D, reducing ita rate
'0 per c?t:t., effective in 30 day?.
A preticent of the "Roo*erel\ type*
would it all right, bat the caption
of the New York Commercial !? that
-Mr. Rooeerelt thoald bo cereful to
preserve tfce type that the public toaa
tn mind.
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? Tho north |,.,te. There It atande,
protected by the loe^Tuet, aanouacee
tho Boston TimaeeripL *
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WOFFOKD CLOSING
Election of Two New Trustees The
Exercise# Very Interesting
Spartanburg, Special. ? A great
audience representative of the Meth
odists of tli Carolina, gathered a1
WofTord college (Sunday morning lo
hear the baccalaureate seriuen,
preached by Bishop Seth \Var?l. Tlio
sermon \va? characteiistic of the man
that preached it. Clear cut aml.tto
the purpose, at times the speaker
grew eloquent, especially in his eulo
gies to the* Master.
At a meeting of the board ol| trus
tees Saturday Hon. If. P. Stackliouse
of Marlboro ami lion. Howard B,
Carlisle of this city were elected trus
tees to till the vacancies caused by
the resignation of Judge Prince and
Associate Justice Woods. The court
duties were such that these two gen
tlemen could rarely ever attend the
meetings of the board and tlicy sent
in their resignation^ which were ac
cepted with regret.
Dr. Frank C. Woodward of Rieh
Mond, Va., delivered the literary ad
dress before the Preston, Calhoun and
Carlisle societies Monday morning at
10 o'clock. Monday evening was
given up to the alumni when lion. II.
B. Carlisle delivered the annual ad
dress Jo the former students of the
institution. Tin1 alumni banquet fol
lowed.
The commencement closed Tuesday
morning with the graduating exer
cises, awarding of diplomas and eei
tilicale.x, Six members of the gradu
ating class spoke upon this occasion.
The following are the speakers and
Uieir subjects: C. N. Sapp, Lanc.is
'fer county, "Our Industrial Out
look;" W. W. Carson, Spartanburg,
"A Force That Counts;" I). M. Fl
len, Lee county, "The' South Since
Reconstruction;" M. C. Paster, Spar
tanburg, "Brothers Reunited;"' IT.
L. Powell, Polk county. "The Philoso
phy of the Dollar;" \\\ S. Floyd,
Marion county, "Polities vs. States
manship. ''
The following received the degree
of bachelor of arts: S. S. Beth"a,
Wesley Boyd, O. (*. Calhoun, W. W.
Carson, P. F. Dukes, T. F. Dukes, I).
M. Fllen, W. S. Floyd. M. C. Foster,
W. I). Frierson, F. M. Fripp, R. F.
llolrovd. J. ('. Jordan. J. B. Koon, J.
M. Latimer. J. B. Madness, W. 11.
Polk. H. ]j. Powell. S. L. Prince, W.
C. Rodgers, C. X. Sapp, R. N, Sfeig
ner, P. K. Sinit/.crs, S. W. Taylor, if.
A. Walden, J. C. Watson and II. C.
Wood ley.
The following received certificates:
s. I,. Allen, B.' N. Allsbrook, J. T.
Harris and Joe Sparks.
The class officers are: Provident,
W. W. Carson ; vice president, 11. L.
Powell;% secretary, If. I?. Switxer;
treasurer, S. L. Prince; historian, M.
C. Foster; prophet, R. N, Spoigner;
poet, S. W, Taylor.
Newberry College Commencement.
Newberry, Special. ? The opening
exercises of t lie 5.1st annual com
mencement of Newberry college were
held in the city opera house Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock. Long "before
the exercises began the large hall was
futf~Tru overflowing and many wore
turned lo tind seats in
the hundin^fc Many visitors are :n
the city to attend commencement,
among whom are Itev. C. Arinand Mil
ler, D. I).-, and Col. John L. Hobbs >f
New York. Rev. George L. Cornelson
of Salisbury, N. C., Hon. John I).
Chappelman of Charleston and oth
ers. The exercises consisted
of an address to the student body by
Rev. George L. Cornelson of Salis
bury, N. C. The programme of exer
cises throughout the commencement
was one replete with interest. Thus
closed one of the most successful
years of this truly great institution.
Claude Beacham Suicides.
Spartanburg, Special. ?? Claude
I'.cacham. young white man, commit
ted suicide Sunday morning by tak
ing laudanum, lie took a small bot
tle of laudanum at '2 o'clock while in
a restaurant and die,I from the effects
at 5 o'clock. It is said that he had
been di inking hard.
Quarreled'Over "Craps."
Andersoiy, Special. ? As a result of I
a quarrel over a crap game near here
Sunday four negroes were shot, one
of them being very seriously injured.
The trouble occurred in the woods ad
joining a church, about four miles
from the city, at which dedicatory
exercises were being conducted. The '
negro who is most seriously wounded
is named Snow Burden and it is said
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his Wnunds inflicted by a nogtv
named Hall. The bullet eutered hif
side, and passed through the jung.
Kiillcc in Edgefield.
Edgefield, Special, ? Now# has
reached here of the killing of Jim
Co gey by Luther Harris ou the plan
tation dt Mr. T. L. Harley, in lower
Meriwether township on Thursday
night laat. Coeey, it ia aaid, waa ad
vancing oh Harris with a hoe and
Harris shot him in self-defense. Mr.
Harley landed Harris in jail .hero.
Bail waa fixed at $500, whieh was
given, and the negro is released until
I the August court.
FINE HOTEL DESTROYED
The Princefift Anne at Virginia Beach,
One of tho Handsomest Resort Ho
tel* Along Middle Atlantic Sea
board, Burned to Ground Entailing
Loss of $185,000.
Norfolk, Va., Special.? The famous
Princess Anno llotcl at Virginia
Hcach, Va., built 25 years ago and
one of tl>p handsomest summer resort
hotels along tlu' middle Atlantic sea
board, was destroyed bv lire which
had its origin early Tuesday in the
kitchen, supposedly from a defee*live
Hue. In two hours the entire hotel
building together with the Norfolk &
Southern depot, the bowling alley, lio
tH laundry, engine house, the oilier ol
the Virginia Beach Developing Com
pany and all the board walk n~ front
of the hotel had been wiped' away.
'I here were 110 persons, guests and
employes in the hotel. All are thought
to have escaped with I he exception of
Knuna Clark, a negro chambermaid,
John Katon, the while steward, and
an unknown special guest of Manager
Mitchell.
That a score or more of persons j
were not l?>st is attributed to the groat j
heroism of Carl Boesehem, a young
sergeant with the Wichmoud l*i";ht In
fantry IU lie's, who. rushing from
room to room, awakening the sleep
ing occupants, many of whom barely
escaped in1 their night clothes. 1 *>????
chem finally fell exhausted and had to
be borne from the burning building.
The less on the building is jflSfj.nOO
with only ^il.OOO insurance. Man
ager A. C. Mitchell, ??f Asheville, K.
had no insurance. The hotel saf<?,
in which the heavy re<eipts of the
day and thousands of dollars worth
of valuables placed therein by guesis
for safe keeping, was not loclu'd and
its entire contends were losf when
the buihliug eolla| sed. A large num
ber of proniinent people from ^liffer
ent parts of the cMiitry took refuge
in cottages nearby.
Ydlow Journalism Attacked.
Norfolk, Va., Special. ?The James
town exposition as a "harbinger of
peace and not of war," was the sub
ject of Mrs. Belva A. Ijoekwood, of
Washington, who made the principal
address before the Woman's National
Press Association. The feat urea <>f
Mrs. Lock wood's address were her de
nunciation of yellow journalism and
appeal for universal peace. Mrs
Cornelia Branch Stone president of
the Woman's I'ress Association of
Texas, urged members become ener
getic in efforts to surpress the great
divorce evil of today. Mrs. K. P.
Moffatt, of lialeigh, N. C.. spoke bri ?f
ly for the North Carolina Association.
Judge Alex. S. Prwin Dead.
Athens, (la.. Special. ?.]udga Alex
ander S. Knvin, of this city died ut
his home Saturday. Him ?lcath was
caused by%n attack of neutcindigcs
tion followed by heart failure. Judge
Envin was 04 years old. lie has
served as judge of the Superior Cour^,
of the western circuit, and as a num
ber of the Georgia railroad commis
sion and at the time of his death was
counsel for the Seaboad Air Line
Railroad Company. .Judge Krwin wis
during the war a captain in Phillip's
Legion and on the battlefield of f}et
tyaburg went further than any Con
federate soldier, thus reaching the
hitih water mark of the Confederacy.
RACP. ROIT IN MISSISSIPPI.
Tbrco Negrofs Killed and Pour White
Men Wounded in Clash Near Yasoo
City.
Yazoo City, Miss., Special. ? In a
lace clash near this place late Satur
day three negroes were killed, four
white men were wounded and two
negroes were severely whipped. ?
James King Hanged for Murder.
Koanokc, Va., Special. ?James
King was hanged at Pearisburg. (files
county, Va., I'Yiday for 11??* murder of
Charles II. fvaily last September.
Karly was foreman of h ack const rue
lion on the Norfolk Wcs/crn Rail
way and ordered King away from a
?.rang. King left .-but retained lator
i'rnu'd wish a revolver and ^ot Early
dea<W \
Wanted For Donblo Murder.
Knoxville, Tenn., Special.?John
Mcl'herson, white, wanted here for
fKe murder of Airant Smith and De
puty Sheriff Walker, was arrested
near Badford, Va., ace tiding to infor
mation received Ky_ Chief of Police
Chandler. Smith was killed in a
house of ill fame on the nfcbt of July
J 1)00. and in trying toj arrest Mc
pherson, tj)c deputy was killed by
the young desparad>V. Mcl'herson's
father was with him when both
tragedies were enacted and is now
"nd?r sentence of 10 yearn for com
plicity in (lie kiltitf.* of ||i<* <lejw:y
sheriff.
Treed o( Murder Charge.
Danville, Va., Hpeflal,?- The four
ymiit white meu and. boy* charged
with the murder of Elle^SElUott, a ne
gio woman who was killed^Srhile m??
qurra<Hnfr^itr^tm4e aJtira on the sub
urb's of the city on tbe niyht^of April
20. have been freed. Theeawr against
John. Talhot, Oscar Neath erly and
Tom Walker were nojle . proesed by
Commonwealth'a Attorney Thomas
Hamlin.
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Occurrences of Interest From
AH Over South Carolina
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MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
\ Batch of L|^| Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wido Rango?Wlitt ia Going
On in Our State.
District Association of Rural Carriers
itutesbuw, Special. ? Tho rural
carriers of Aiken, Lexington and Sa
luda counties have been requested to
meet at Hatosburg, July 4, for the
l?;ji poxe of organizing a j ural earners'
nssocintion. Haf.'.sbiirg is located, on
the edge of those three counties nnd
il was selected as being the most cen
tral point for the meeting;. A spec
ial invitation has been sent out to all
lh,' carriers and all have signified
their intention to he on hand. These
associations have llie mo t hearty
endorsement of the post. Hi,*e depart-?
incut and it doe* much to increase the
efficiency of the sen ice. Congress
man Lever and Patterson have been
invited to be present on this occasion
and make addresses and they will, in
all probability, bo on hand.
A Forward Stop for Turner.
(Jroenville, Special.?? At the annual
mootiup; of tlu* hoard of trustees of
Km man University held in the First
Baptist church a conditional donation
of *2;>,000 from the general education
ho aid was accepted, and ana n^cmcn'a
wore made to send out a financial
atrent for the purpose <>| raisin r -Vo'V
000 to b?rn>e.' as an endowment fund
in coivtiecl ion w ith the money from
the f/eneral education board in tin
erection and proper equipment of a
school of sciences. 11 is understood
that the financial agent has already
boon elected, hut until ho has accept
ed the work his name will not ho an
nounced. This means another for
ward step for Km man I'liiversity.
Clemt'on Scholarships.
Columbia, Special. ?,(!ov. Ansel
recently received a letter from I'resi
dent Moll of Clcinson college, asking
for a ruling on a Tory interesting
question. lie wished to know what
disposition should he made of schol
arships at Clcmsou when I he benefi
ciary required only three vears to
complete the course. t!ov. An.'d re
ferred the matter to the attorney yen-'
eral, and Mr, Lyon'rs oflicial opinion
is that the unexpired part of the
scholarship might be used in post
graduate work. This is <juito an im
portant" matter, as tho number of
scholarships has been increased large
ly.
Spartanburg Banks Consolidate
Spartanburg, Special.?The Central
National Bank ami the Spartanburg
Savings Bank have consolidated, Tho
Spartanburg Savings Bank will re
tain its name and charter, but its an.
sots will bo joined with those of the
Central National Ba.nk, new stock
in the Central National Bank issued
therefor, and Rulllcient additional
capital added to give the reorganized
Central National Bank $300,000 capi
tal r.nd a surplus of $75,000. The en
tire business both commercial and
savings will be transacted through tho
active arul savings department of the
reorganized bank, and both depart
ments will ho placed under national
supervision and control.
Plan to Erect Big Hotel.
Spartanburg, Special.?The com
mit feu on the new hotel question held
a meeting here and discussed plans
for raising finances with which to
build a splendid commercial and tour
ist hotel. The plan is to meet a build
ing to cost between $200,000 and
$300,000.
Tho Southern Fined.
Charleston, Special. ?Cases against
the Southern railway and the Atlantic
Coast Line were called in the Flitted
States district court for the violation
of the net of congre>s prescribing
safety appliances on the cats. The
Southern railway was fined $100 and
the case against the Atlantic Coa^'t
Line was continued.
Arrested in Florida.
Columbia, Special. ? Joseph Brown
wanted in Chester on the charge ??f
grand larcny, was arrested in Jack
sonville, Fla., on May 23. Sheriff
Ilunter on learning of the arrest ot
Brown, secured requisition papers
from Gov. Ansel ami went to Florida
to brijpg back his prisoner. On reach
ing Jacksonville, however, Sheriff
HunterNpas informed (hot the officials
of the State had received no notice of
the requisition pnpnr*. He telegraph
ed Gov. Ansel to itils effect. Gov. An
sel immediately communicated wit It
the Florida authorities, asking that
Brown he turned ovm* to the f>|)crifft
Jtjdp J. 8. BoMi?r Killed,
Greenville, Spatial.?*Judce J, B,
flossier of New Orleans met dwtlj
Wednaaday night about 3. o 'clock by
falling ficro n Southern pnswenjfev
train about two miles south ot Eeti
ley. He wat apparently passing from
one car to another aud- fell nv?m a
platform, falling a distance of GO
feer*down an embankment. He was
a/tteran of the Civil war and hail
i?onn in attcmlanae at the Richmond
reunion, from which ht waa returning.
SOUTH CAROLINA WF.A1 HER
Weather Conditions for the W*?ii
Ending Monday, June 3, a* Given
Out by the Weather Bureau.
?
The weather burco^of the South
Carolina section of (heClimatolegical
Service of (ho United States I>*?|>a?t
men of Agriculture issues (he follow
ing went hoi* bulletin for the paat
week :
Tho week wan cool und cloudy.
There wore from one to three clear
lays at tho beginning of the week,
tint during the remainder of the time
the weather was partly cloudy to
cloudy* with a very low percentage
of bright sunshine.
Unseasonably low night tempera
tures ocourred rally in tin* week aud
low maximuiu temperatures on the
last two days. The mean temperature
was below normal. The greatest de
partures were noted on the first and
the last days, the temperatures hav
ing been but slightly below normal
during the middle of the week. The
weekly extremes were a maximum, of
decrees at Blaekvillo on Juno 1st,
nnd a minimum of 42 degrees at Wal
tia 1 la on May 2Sth, on which date
light frosts was note<l in Spartan
burg county.
The average precipitation was
shove normal. The heaviest rainfall
occurred in the western and central
portions where the amounts ranged
from aii Inch and a half to over live
inches; in the southwestern portion
the amounts were generally less than
an inch.
The following special rainfall re
ports were received by telegraph and
include the measurements at 8 a. in.,
of June 3rd : Columbia, 3.88 inches;
l'el/.er, inches; ('happels, * 1,88
inches; Catawba 3.82 inches; Camdeti,
1 .;>(? inches; Saint Stephens 1.3(1 In
ches ;Allendale 0.32 of an inch; liatea
burg, 1.1*1 inches; Hlaekville, 2.54 in
ches; Charleston 0.38 ?if an inch;
Cheraw 3.10 inches; Florence O.70 of
a u inch; (Jreenville 3.48 inches;
(ireenwood 1.82 inelies;Kin^strey 1.44
inches; St. (Jeorgc ?03 inches; St.
Matthews 2.2ft incl^^; Spartanburg
I.,' 18 inches; Ycniassee 0.24 of an inch;
Charlotte, N. C? 3..'10 inches; Wil
mington, N. C., 2.00 inches; Augusta,
(Ja.. O.oO of an inch; Savafinah, (la.,
1.00 inch.?J. W. Hauer, Section Di
rector.
Inspecting Winthrop.
Hill. Special. ? Monday was
tin" day for inspection of depart mciltp
e.t Winthrop ami everything was open
!'r< in the school rooms to the pumping
station. A large crowd was on hand
and thronged tlie building in all de
part ments. This in one of (he most
interesting features of Winthrop com
mencement. Every one wants to jsee
what the girls at the bfg college jare
taught and in some of the depart
ments where the haudiwork is display
ed the visitor stands with open month
and views with wonder, admiration
and secret awe the work which thesq
000 Carolina lasses have been taught
to do, and which they lnr.ve done to
well.
The departments are well worth,
visiting. The gymnasium is, of oourse
not open to all. No one hut tickvit
holders enters those sacred precints
and these tickets arc hard to get, be
ing confined mainly*lo female-visitove.
The model schoul rooms show the
work of the primary, intermediate and
higher grades and are very interest
ing. There are specimens of work
done in arithmetic and algebra, a
number of charts showing the work
done in drawing and manual training.
The free hand cutting done by the
lower grades is splendid. It is used
very effectively in illustrating stories.
The designs for Indian pottery, book
covers, basket decorations, picture
framing, calendars, portfolios, etc., is
indicative of splendid training. There
aie also other lines of drawing exhib
ited such as pose drawings, crayon
sketches; studies in still life, brush
and ink work, colored crayon and wa
ter color sketches. The breadth ot
imagination and' correctness of exec
ution done by the third and fourth
grade* in their illustration of stories
are especially good.
The department of domestic science
is an exceedingly popular one, for
there, in addition to the exhibit to
he looked at only, is M iss Mulligan
wi^b her corps of efficient and deft
^rssVatants, actually dispensing k><Tfh
sninV and delicious dainties to * .e
hungry throng of visitors. In Wis
department are shown pickles, pre
1 servjed fruits, jellies, chemical charts,
work tables, range and accessories,
in fact, all that should lie found in
a perfectly apj>ointed kitchen and
pantry, and adjoining this is a model
dining room which is exactly what che
name menus?n model. Tims each de
partment in turn shows that it 19
managed in the most perfect manner.
Those so fortunate as to view the de
partment were a unit in declaring
everything in perfect condition, and
that this famous institution may well
be de?ciibcd ca '* the pride And gtery-j
of the State."
Killed fo Railroad Accident.
Spartanburg. Special, ? White it
taoaptlnn to drive aexoee traeke of
tbe Southern road at Fraakliu atreev
eroaaing, pear the coal ebute, at 6
o'clock Monday aorniojr John Wil
li ama, colored, wee killed and
liara-L. Bryaon * contractor waa jjajpT
fully injured by being at rock W ai"
?hiKjiw n> Iw >>
?ma?hed np apd.th? korea waa eo
badly tojwad tbat it had tab# tiM.
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MPOHlANTINSUKANCfc RULING
South Carolina Supremo Court Hold*
That the Policy Holders Who Al
low Agent to Palm 0# Spurious
Policy on Him Haa no Renltdy to
to Refuse to Pay for it.
Columbia, S. Special.?A very
nterc?ling decision to lite insurance
igents and the general insuring pub
lic was handed down in the JJupreme
/onit in which it is held unauAously
>y the court that the policy-holder
vho allows tin agent t*? palm off on
urn a policy inferior to that which
lie agent really agreed to give iiim
lau no remedy but to refuse to p.?y
'or it. It has been a favorite trick
iniong a large clans of insurance
jgents representing leading old line
?onipnnics at times, it is said?to sell
me kind of policy und deliver ??n
>ther kind, the assured riot discover-?
ng the difference in many cases until
io has paid many premiums. It ra
pi ires nn expert to unravel the intri
cacies of an ordinary insurance policy
>r application for a policy, ajjd the
mlinnry man usually tukes the
igent'? word for the contents.
In the ease on which the court
hos passed, that of Albert I. Prince,
>f Hampton county, against the Mu
tmil. Life Insurance Company of
Home, On., which is jnat now doing
i big business in this State, the al
legation is that one MeKoe, as nn
igont for the company, induced Mr.
Prince to sign an application for a
policy, which MeKce said would ma
ture in ten years, at the end of which
time the assured would get $1,000 in
cash, if living, his estate to get the
$1,000 ir. ense of his ,death within
ten years. When the policy came
Prince discovered that jnst.end of ti
ten-year endowment policy he had a
tweuty-yenr nnuity policy, which the
?ompany's agent attempted to force
on him. The company even refused
to return him $l.r>.4.'i, which he &au\
as n premium. In the Circuit Cmirt
Mr. Prince got judgment against the
company for $f)00 damages, but the
Supreme Court decides that the Cir
cuit judge erred in admitting testi
mony as to the oral agreement be
tween Mr. Prince nml the agent, bat
ing thnt the written application was
binding upon Mr. Prince without any
qualifying x oral agreement. The
judgment is It hat Mr. Prince must
surrender his judgment against the
company V it returns him his $15^13.
Moral: He careful to see that the
policy you are after is that stipulated
in the application blank.
Cotton Poor in Cherokee. , ? _ r>
Oaffnoy, Special. ? Mr. John B.
Brown, one of the most extensive and
successful farmers iy Cherokee coun
ty, was'in town and reported that the
cotton prospect in the county i3 the
poorest that he has ever known. lie
says the .cotton, seems to be diseased
and i? dying rapidly. He further saya
that tho stands of cotton all over"
the country ore very poor and that
lie does not see how anything like ft
half crop con be made. Mr. Brown
is, :as a rule, very conservative a/?d
what he says can be relied upon ab
solutely. When asked about the
wheat crop in his section Mr. Brown
said that in his immediate neighbor
hood there were somo good crops of
wheat; but that in other sections thoy
were worthless. K
Col. Jno. B. Gulp Dropa Dead. ,
Chester, Special. ? Col. Jno. R.
Culp, judge of probate of this county,
fell dead nt 5 o'clock Monday after
noon in the court house yard /.when
in the act of preparing to ent?r hit
bnggv to go to his home." He was 78'
year* old and was one of the county*e
most hitrhly esteemed citizens." He
entered uj>on the duties x>f his office
the first of this year. lie was lieu
tenant. colonel of the Seventeenth,
regiment of infraritry in the war of
ISfil-lRfifl. Thero was no braver Sol
dier. He is survived by hia wife aud
seven grown children. Funeral ar
rangements have not been completed.
Roffpito fcr Giic Loe.
Jiester, Special. ? Gi'.a Lee, color
ed, convicted of murder nt the spring
Icun of the court of general sessions
and sentenced to be hanged Jufio 7,
has been granted a respite by Chief
.Instice Pope until his case bo argued
on appeal. Lee's attorney, \V\ II.
Newbold and the solicitor will argue
the case on Tuesday, June 11.
Erskine Commencement.
Due West, Spccial.?Tuesday waft
an auspicious day for Erskine College
?the closing of^ ono of the most sue
cepsfnl years in iUj history. The day
was made more eventful by the inau.-.
guratiou of itjf new president, Dr. J.
8. Moffat. The' day also marked the
closing of the fiftth yunr.of its useful
ness to church and State and marked
[the dawn of a year which promise*
even greater things not only for the
denomination it represents but for the
State at larzc. The exercises weza
very interesting. Tho past yesr baft
been a remarkably-prosperous |me fay
this famous institution,
Crop Outlook QKoe*?.
Banberf, Special. ?- Perbsf* tbom
Omm- HfV9r own | IQUI1 Kiuuu^.
p?ct tot pood hamsti in tbUftWrti*
tban tbera is at preieot.
that ootMt Ift-'o*
poor, a?4 tbft aotftlanod
ftftMonft ?ake it . Ji&'ttOfOv
the fanriif jLatfttesla." ft
spalls bare -4o?e m*
fttawi of