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THAN YEAR BEFORE
Aecordiag to the Oearae
port of Cotton Ginned Up to the
Fint of January 9,068,407 Bake
Were Ginned Late Y<
11,741,080 Bales Ginned The Yi
.Before. *
. The census bureau Thursday is
sued its showing that the number of
bales of cotton ginned from the
growth of 1907 to January l, 1908.
was 9, 965,427, as compared with
-'ll,741,089 last year, and 0.716,429
for 1906.
This counta round balsa, aa. haU
HELD.
I AWFUL
Party tf Flra AHacat Yaggnanl Railroad Officials Most Bs Cars-
JaM at Laaeaatar. | M How Tkay Talk.
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Wests Fsaad ■aaasapsd la the I Ho " the Soatfeera Railway Pmaish. |
Woods WsH Armef and tappUsdl «<* *■ Employee for Discoartesy
With Ezalealvst. 1 Towards Its Patrons.
I Rtv. Mr. Bristow Writos of Mw
, Boro In TMs Stato to
THELAST SIX MONTHS.
One
Hundred and Fifty»Eight Murders
in South Carolina, of Which Eigh
ty-Two Were Oommltted la Pro>
hibltlon Counties and BeTeuty>8lx
In Dispensary Counties.
Rev. Louis J. Bristow, a young
bales. ‘ The number of round bales
included Is 179,691 for 1968, 266
666 for 190>Fund 268,581 for 190(1
3 Rea island cotton included is 78,629
'Dales for 1908, and 54,276 for 1907
and 98,942 for 1906. The number
of active ginneries for 1909 was 27,
276.
, The distribution of sea island cot
ton for 1908 by .States is: Florida,
25,214; Georgia, 87,129; South Car
olina, 11,295
There were ginned 9,284,079 bales
to December 18 last The number of
bales ginned to January 1 in the
various States and the number of
tractive ginneries are as follows!
Alabama, 1,030,721 bales; 3,439
ginneries.
Arkansas, 617.726- bates: 2,903
ginneries.
Florida, 66,139 bal
nerles.
Georgia,
ginneries.
Kentucky,
aeries.
Louisiana,
ginneries.
Louisiana,
ginneries.
Mississippi, 1,228,449 bales; 2.496
4.244 gin
1,765.278 bales; 4,631
1,829 bales; 2 gill
562.477 bales; 1,886
662.477 bales; 1,886
ginneries.
Missouri, 29,644 bales; 73 gin
neries.
New Mexico, 96 bales, 2 ginneries.
North Carolina, 662,479
2,702 ginneries.
Oklahoma. 746,794 bales; 969
ginneries.
South Carolina, 1,065,499 bales,
0,167 ginneries.
Tennessee, ^225,245 bales; 640
ginneries.
Texas, 2,992,725 bales; 3.968
ginneries.
Virginia, 7,440 bales; 99 gln-
aerles.
STORES ROBBED.
Part of the Goods Recovered
, Three Negroes Implicated.
The stores 6f half a dozen mer
chants .jit Conway were entered one
.night last week and |40 or 950
worth of goods stolen. Part of the
stolen property was found in a hack
underneath the office ot Magistrate
Jailor Bruton r——
Three negroes, brothers, were Im
plicated, two of whom have been ar
rested. One was discovered by/some
small boys, the other came to the
jail to see about getting his brother
out. The second negro fought bard
against arrest and tried to shoot
Jailor Brunton.
When searched a Quart of whis
key and a pistol were found on him.
After his trial by the town and sen
tence to $45 or sixty days, proof of
his conviction with the burglary was
found.
KILLED HIMSELF.
Said He Had More T^hlMrea Than He
Could Sapport.
Despondent because of his Inabil
ity to provide for his family, Jos
eph H. Sheppard, of MtllervlTle, N.
J., killed himself by firing a bullet
into ffts brain.
Sheppard complfijned often he had
moi^ children than he was able to
properly "lupport and several times
had threatened to commit suicide.
This week a seventh child was added
to the family and the man became
distracted.
SINGULAR ACCIDENT
Causes a Man to Lose One of His
- Eyes.
Mr. J. B. Clark, who Hvaa a /ew
miles from Johnston, lost his eye a
few days ago in a peculiar manner.
He was mounting his mnla to go
home when the animal jumped and
the buckle on the bridle struck Mr.
Clarke in the eye. cutting the ball so
badly that it bad to be taken out at
once.
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Killed ai
Mrs. John R. Retgel, of Kendal.
N. Y., was instantly killed, and two
children riding with her were injur
ed. while eroaelng the Lehigh Taney
railroad tracks at Kendal. Their
two horses were also killed. - They
were struck by an extra angina rkh-
Btsff Ugfct
A special diapatek from Lnasastarl “Oonarally citizens who hava rea-lftiace Jalv Lm* Thom n..
to The New# end Courier says a party •on to complain against the rail- 1
of five good looking, fairly well I roads or the telephone or telegraph
dressed white man, suspected of bo- companies do plenty of kicking and
ing safe-crackers, arrested Thursday I incidentally roast the railroad com-
night near Van Wysk, on the Sea-1 mission pretty thoroughly for not
board, were brought to Lancaster on I requiring better service. Instead of
the Soutifnrn and lodged in jail. The I taking the proper course and Imme-
technical charge against four of them I diately notifying the commission In
is that of carrying concealed weapons I writing, so that the proper remedy
and against the fifth of vagrancy. I may be applied,'’ says the Columbia
Thursday afternoon J. A. Hyatt, a I Record. i~ H . .
merchant of Van Wyek, received a Not so, however, with five well-1 Bapt,Bt PH^ber »n<l a strong pro-
'phone message from Waxhaw, N. C., knowd traveling men Who happened hlb,t,on,gt ' h “ b*®® beeping the re-
to look k out for suspicious charac-|to be at Blackville one night during of the murders committed in
tera. Shortly afterward two stran- j the month of November. They prov- this State In the last six months and
gera entered his store and bought ed a gratifying exception. The par- e i T e B o U t the following™ —
some eatables. He watched the dl- ty were waiting at Blackville for a ? t ., ° lnf ° n the ,ub *
Southern Railway train, and the Ject for publtcatlon: V _
train was late, though posted upon [ ’ rbe a PP al lln* frequency of&omi-
the bulletin board as on time. The cldes In South Carolina is a matter
Southern's .ticket agent and operator which should give the officers of the
was asked for Information but de
clined to furnish It, his replies to
the traveling men’s Inquiries being
rectlon In which they went and af-
t*r nightfall he and eight of' hit
neighbors, wall armed, started out
la search of the men.
The suspects, who proved to be
five in number, were found encamp
ed aheet-a-KaH-mlle from Van Wyck
They were surrounded and ordered I couched in ungracious language and
to surrender, which they did without | delivered in a moat discourteous
resistance, saying afterwards that
they thought the woods full of men
and resistance, therefore, useless.
Every man, exoapt one, who has on
ly one arm, had in his possession a
latest Improved revolver. The party
also.had a valise or two filled with
highly explosive materials, such as
nltro glycerine, dynamite caps and
also soap.
They declined to state why they
way/
Instead of going their way and
grumbling all up and down the divi
sion about the arrogance of railroad
law and all law-abiding people cause
(for serious consideration. Legisla
tive. executive and judicial officers
| are confronted with a situation
which, if tolerated much longer,
I will result In untold evil to the
state. If necessary, drastic measures
agents toward a long-suffering pub- j should be adopted to put a atop to
lie, etc.,* these gentlemen promptly the reign of riot that is rampant in
complained in writing to the Rail- south Carolina,
road commission. . Each of them » '
signed the letter to the. commission. F ° r ‘ lon * tlme 1 haTe h®* 0 « tT *
The Railroad commission took the lnf att «® tlon to the matter, and I
matter up with the Southern at herewith append figures covering re-
were In Van Wyck, but gave the fol-lpnce, atfd the following letter recent-{ports in the dally papers for the past para sent out the county Under the
lowing names and addresses: C. F. ly received from Division Superlnten- L. rw . TI , K „ ‘
Shaw, of Norfolk* Va; Henry 8. Hal-1dent H. A. Williams, of Columbia. 1 ^ m0nth> ' Jtt,y 1 10 Decwnt,OT
POSTAL REFORM.
As tapartaat RaRag hr tta Pitt
afflea Paiartaat
fiahaertbert Mart Fay Up PiMsptty
•r Their Paper Will Net he Car-
Had by the M»iu.
The Postofflce Department has fa-
sued tha following ordar:
A reasonable time will be allowed
POSITIONS.
VaassMaallriaStallalHAivl-
caUta far Tbam.
VERY SAD CASE
Rev
Civil Service
Under
publishers to secure renewals of sub
scriptions, hot unless subscriptions
are expressly renewed after the term
for which they ere paid within the
following periode—dallee within 3
months, triweeklies within 9 months,
temlweeklles within nine months,
weeklies within ona year—they
■hall not be counted la- the legiti
mate list of subscribers, and copies
mailed on account thereof shall not
be accepted for mailing at the second
olaaa postage rate of 1 cent a pound,
but may be mailed at the transient
second class postage of 1 cent for
each fear ounces or fraction thereof,
prepaid by stamps affixed. ’ The
right of a publisher to extend credit
for subscription to hla publication is
not denied or 'questioned, bat his
compliance or non-compliance with
this regulation will be taken into
consideration in determining wheth
er the publication is entitled to trans
mission at tha second class postage
rate#.
Under this order all newspapers
will have to come to the cash in ad
vanca system almost or be heavily
fined for violating it. At preeent
newspapers are circulated free in the
counties la which they are publish
ed and one cent per pound for pa
A competitive examination under
the rule* of tha United States eivl!
service commission will be held at
Columbia and Charleston, in the
poetofflee buildings, on February 1
to fill vacancies in the Internal rev
enue service in Sooth Carolina
three examinations will be held, one
for deputy collector, one for clerk in
the office of the collector of Infernal
revenue at Columbia and one for
storekeeper-gauger.
The position of deputy Collector
pays a salary of |1,100 and kn ex
penss allowance of |700 annually la
made; the position of clerk carries a
salary of 01,180 and the poHUoa of
storekeeper-gauger pays 94 per day,
with about six weeks idle time during
the year.
Major Micah Jenkins, collector of
Internal revanue for Sooth Carolina,
la very anxloua to have good men
make application for these different
positions. "I, of course, want men of
character in the revenue service and
the vacancies in my district are
worth the while of bright, energetic
young men in the Bute sfid I hope
to See a good number stand applica
tion for them. The examinations
Are not hard and tha work'required
In each of these position is not in the
leaat unpleasant."
Major Jenkins says that ha will
be glad to give any information con-
lan. of AtlanU, Oa; James Scanelan, I shows that the Southern acted upon I 31 ’ ncu ‘ Te- :
Charlie Williams. J. T. Leonard, the the complaint without delay: "Homicides, 158; of the dead
three last named refusing to give "Mr. B. L. Caughman. Chairman, whlte8 7#: a ®«roe8. 79; of the slay-
any addressee. The one armed man South Carolina Railroad Commit r™* "kites 70, negroes 85, unknown.
Is Hal Ian, who. with another mem-1 slon. City. 3. It will thus be teen that the
her of the party, is said to answer "Dear 8lr:J number of deaths la and the men
to the deeoriptioa of two men the "I have your letter, together with "k® dM the killings were almost
postofflea depatment is looking out complaint of sever pi traveling men e(iaa11 ? dfrktofi also. I have often
for - of the services performed at Black- keard it said in answer to argument
Immediately upon their arreat In- ville by our ticket agent and opera- a K&inst killing that the large major-
spectora H. T. Gregory and M. O. tor. I had Train Master King go of th ® homicides in South Caro-
Halveratadt were wired. They ar-lto Blackville and personally Invest!- , * na w#re ordinary ‘nigger klllinga.’
rived Lancaster Thursday night gate this matter and apply the prop-| T he reports In the daily papers for
They began the Investigation about er remedy to this agent. The Invea- tke last six months are a complete re-
10 o’clock p. m. Thursday, which I tigatlon developed the fact that the futatlon of the^cUlm.
continued till daylight Friday morn- wires on the Charleston division J “ A8 to th ® manner of death I find
,n *- I were In trouble end were not work-1 tkat 111 oMbe jflpad were killed by.
ing on the ddte in question. . But
this could have keen explained to
these gentlemen* which would have
been satisfactory, I am sure; but on
The men arrested are not predis
posed to answer queetione and not
very talkative. When the/ were
brought down stairs in the jail to be
examined one refuted to come and
had to be brought down by force.
Among the things found were mon
hidden away on the person of each
One had „ some hidden away in his
coat which ha sewed up; and had
money hidden away in hit under
clothes. About $194 in currency was
guns and pistol shots; 18 by blows
from rocks, brick and pieces of
wood; 17 by knife cuts, and two by
| blows from axes. Here, too is a ter-
abcount of no effort having been ribl * indictment against our people;
made on the part of this man mt atl th ® deadly weapon—the pistol—Is
To satisfy these people, .1 am going carr,ed far 100 man y men and
to relieve him from the service, it boy®- Pistols are made and carried
is, however, a fact that the agent for ike purpose of shooting men, and
could^not—-post the board correctly tba t person who habitually carries a
on aecount of wire trouble, and in- P 1 ®*®* - !" *“ his heart already a
stead of making an effort to satisfy I murderer, with the poeeible exeep-
obtained from the fve, knives and | these people, he posted the train on| t,on ot certmin officers of the law, {just as leave pay for it in advance
as any other Kpy.
There la not a paper published
razors wars alse taken away. A
razor was fouad on one man which
was hidden in a little sack and tied
around his neck, the eaek being un
der Ills clothes, which were removed
oily with difficulty.
Mr. Gregory seems to know some.
time. “Yours truly, |"ko are supposed to go armed. I
"H. A. Williams, Supt.” believe it is true that an Indictment
This is no| by any means the first I I° r murder in this state carries with
time that Superintendent Williams a charge of carrying concealed wea-
hss disciplined bis employees for POP®: but i have never heard of a
failure to treat the Southern's pa- case where the accused was convicted
trons with courtesy, it Is a known I of the charge, or count, relating
possibly all, of the men, though he fact that he will gladly enterUin and thereto.
s keeping Quiet about it. Howeyer, I patiently investigate any reasonable I Ji Another ^matter, and one which
when qp* man was brought before I con) p]aint that may come from anylt leave to others to account for:
him, Frank Shaw, Mr. Gregory re-|p a tron of the road, however, humble I "Of the 158 killings since July 1,
cognized him and said: “Why, Frank I the person may be. This is directly 82 were committed la prohibition
I didn t expect to see you here.’pa line with the Southern’s policy to-j counties and 79 in counties in which
Neither did I v expect to see you,” I ward South Carolina, as outlined to I there are dispensaries. Since Octo-
said Shaw. Shaw is just out of nris-1 Governor Ansel recently by President j ber 29, killings have been reported price once to set in the second class
on since lest February, having been | Finley,
sent up for robbing a safe in a rail
road office at Peaks, Lexington coun-
A DIABOLICAL CRIME.
ly, South Carolina He had promised
in phohibitlon counties as follows:
York, Saluda, Oconee, Union. Pick
ens, Marlboro, Cherokee and Spar
tanburg, one each; Greenville, New-
Mr. Gregory to turn over a new leaf Wo,n " , in Wur d*‘**<l *»<1 Her n * b <‘ j be rr y, Darlington, two each; Edge
but he was lead Into temptation J to Be Buried. field and Marion, three each, Lan-
a * ain - caster, four, and Anderson eleven.
They are men of pleasant appear- One of the most diabolical crimes “i n prohibition 'counties. Hamp-
ance and wear good clothes. There «ver committed In Gwinnett county, Lon, Williamsburg, Georgetown and
Is little doubt about them being pro-|O a -. was perpetrated in Cater dis-1Gorehegter, one each; Charleston
trlct, and as a result John Hudson an( ] Columbia, two each; Bamberg,
and Heary Campbell, two negroes, | AlkOTli Orangeburg. Richland. Lau-
'esstonal safe blowers and that they
are the ones wanted la several places
In this State. Their pictures were arc in jail at Lawrencevllle, Ga., ren8i three each, and Barnwell, four.
taken Friday witk trouble.
SWINDLER CAUGHT.
Mam
Who Collected Money Under
False Pretenses Held.
| charged with murder and arson. j “j recite this last paragraph for
iThe house of John Hudson was 1 the Information of those who have
| found to be on fire, and when neigh-i^ggir^j to_ compare the homicide re-
bors came in they discovered the I cords of prohibition and dispensary
[bodies of Hudson's wife and-three- coun tie S .
| months-old baby in the flames. j '‘My remedy for the evil of homt-
The bodies were removed from theLi^g { a f or the legislature to make
| burning building, and it was seen at | it a crime, per se, to be punished
G. A. Thurston, who operated in
lumter last summer, representing I once that the woman had been mur-1 according to the degree of felony in
himself as an agent ef the Knights dered by a blow on the head: She I gad, case.
of Honor, and who got a good little was also stabbed through the heart,] “To take a human life la an of-
plle of money and beat his board bill, and then also dismembered. fense against God and human so-
has been caught In Louisville, Ky., The child was not killed, but wis c i e ty, except It be due process of
and la In jail there. A photograph left to die in the flames. Coroner H. Lew. When the Lord gave his laws
of Thurston has been received in J. Moon watf notified, and after in- to Isreal, he made provision for the
Sumter by Sheriff Epperson for Iden- vestigating the case ordered the ar- manslayer who killed by accident,
tlfleation. Warrants have been sworn rest of John Hudson and Henry But even he was not to go scott free'
out against Thurston, and when the Campbbell as the murderers.
Louisville authorities are through Sheriff Brown brought the two
with him, the Sumter county courts negroes immediately! to Lawrence-
will deal with him.
| villa and placed them In jail.
ENTOMBED ONE MONTH
Severe Storm.
A storm on the English channel I
along tha west coast of Europe and | Bl,t Tk**® Miner* Are Still Well
oa tke northern African coast last
week causes the lost of many small
craft. Two native passenger boats |
foundered off Morocco and forty per
sons were drowned. „
Fatal Mistake.
In Jacksonville, FI*., two young
men who "ere cousins got their pis-! foot level and for a time no air eould
i«»!o and *■.-*„t oc th* l-v.s porch •••■be sent to the men. Reeenrers, by
ook for a burglar and in tho search redoubling efforts, reached in a few
ona was mistaken for tht burglar hours the break and repaired -the
and "•* shot and lastan. y killed by pipe. The men are still well, but
t* other. ^thsir reocu* is yet far off.
According to the Mosaic dispensa
tion ekery person guilty of a homi
cide suffered a penalty for bis of
fense against human life and society,
whether the death blow was given
premedRatedly and wantonly, in
beat of passion, or in fear; or
whether by error or accident. This
was God's command; and every pro
vision of the Mosaic economy en-
A dispatch from Ely, Nev., say® | shrined sofoe enduring principl* By
the six inch water pipe through I it some lasting moral lesson was in-
whieh air la fanned to the three [tended to be impreaeed upon the
minds of the people. The Institution
above order any publisher that sends
his paper to a subscriber who I* in
arrears more than ona year for a
weekly, nine months for a semi-
weekly, six months for a trl-waekly,
six months for a dally will have to
pay on* cent postage on each paper
•eat out by him to such subseiiber.
This la a tax that no paper could
stand and so they trill all have to
coma to the cash la advance system,
which will be better fbr all. Tha
■ubacriptlon price to a newspaper In
the majority of cases la a, very small
amount. .Thera are few •ubeerlbera
but <$uld ; pay It regurlarly and would
If compelled by the law to do so.
The newspaper is usually a lenient
creditor and therefore eomas last _
This ruling’of th# postofflce de
partment might turn out to-he a
blessing.in disguise to the country
pres* and its subscribers. It will
cut off all dead heads and anbacrlb-
era who will not pay, and in conse
quence there will be very little loss
to the publishers. They can then all
publish better papers, which would
benefit those subscribers who always
pay anyhow. The honest man who
expects to pay for hla paper would
one who may daeire it. Applications
for tha examination must be made
on the prescribed form, which, with
necessary instructions, may be ob
tained from Mr. M. W. Peuroifoy, at
tha Columbia postoffles. If you can
not call on hla in person write for
blank aneloaing two cent stamp for
return postage.. All persona wish
ing to take the examination should
secure blanks and fill them out at
once In order to allow time tor any
necessary correction*. No applica
tions will be accepted anleee receiv
ed in Waahlpgton before 4.89 p. m.
on January 25.
All applicants must be 21 years of
age or over. The subjects are ex
tremely simple,
Other
Myitirtow OltappMiiiiet 0f Mm
Shannon of BraokM.
TERRIBLE SUSPENSE
Has Nearly Driven Her Grief Strfck-
: - . _ / • , . .
— en Parents Crazy,—The Young
-Lady Wes Lost to Sight on Dec
ember 80, end Since That Day She
Has Vanished from Sight end Her
Whereebouts Is Unknown.
A brother of Miss Sallle Shannon
of Brookland, who has been missing
from her borne since Sunday after
noon. Dec. 29, called at /he State of
fice and stated that, notwithstanding
the numerous rumors circulated
wMMb thw past week, not' a single
bit of authentic itfformatlon concern
ing his sister’s whereabouts bad been
received.
The girl’s family to unable to de
cide whether she is dead or alive.
The last she was seen, so far as the
family has been able to leara; war
about 20 feet from the Gervias street
bridge -across the Congaree. She
was then coming in the direction of
Columbia. The police officers In Col- ;
umbla and Brookland do not think
she has destroyed herself.
Sallle Shannon was engaged to a
young man in Brookland and the
marriage waa to have taken place
within a few weeks, it is said. It
J
to known that they had a qnTryt
earning any of these positions toany|* bat Sunday afternoon, after-which
M “ # 1° the position of teacher to be filled,
subscribers but what loses hundreds
of dollars every year from this source
alone.
There to one claw of pabilcatlons
that wonld suffer, and that is the
mall order journals, and it is doubt
less this claw the government to af
ter. As the Minneapolis Tribune
says, "The department has been try
ing to get rid of carrying periodicals
that cottect 1 nominal subacrlptlon
and are continued indefinitely free
on the pretex of long credit."
The country paper will certainly
not be Injured by the cutting down
of the free circulation of mall order
journals. It Js a pity the govern
ment cannot distinguish between the
two for the maU order journat i® theH h# Tari ;us~ clerica'l an d ^dmlntotra-
chief sinner in this respect, and to
responsible for burdening the malls
with tons of matter for the sole pur
pose of carrying advertising.
and Hearty.
miners that have been entombed for
a month became bent by the pres
sure ef rock and earth at the 600-
. ....
•’ * *'*■■» ’■ > v jy.;”
- i I'i’a.aiY
may be aka red or entirely disappear
amid changing aecial conditions; but
the principle ever remains the'same.
'"The Cities of Refuge provided for
by tha Mosaic laws ware to give an
eiylum only UMhMt who killed by
accident or error, but even they had
to suffer oa indeterminate sentence
- «
of confinement in euoh city—until
the death of the high priest. For all
other manslayers the penalty was
death.
"It ia my conviction, after long
and aerious study of the matter,
that homicide should be a felony
and that punishment should follow
upon proof of homicide according to
the degree of carelessness or wilful-
new or felony In each case. Were I
a legislature I would introduce Into
that body next week a bill declaring
homicide to be a felony, and fixing
the punishment for man killing at
from two to fifty years imprisonment
and for dastardly or wilful murder,
death.
"I venture the aaqertion that had
the 158 persona who killed their
fellowmen during the last half of
last year know positively the penalty
for homicide was certainly two. pos
sibly fifty, years’ imprisonment, not
one-fourth of the dumber of homi-
eidw would hare occurred in this
state.
"I know I will be met with the
caw of person who kills unquwtion-
ably in defanw of himself, his home
or hla family. My reply to, we us
ually have a man of integrity aad
honor' in the governor's shalr; In
whoea hands to tha preregativ* of
pardon. .
"I stated at tha outast that drastic
measures should be adopted, I re
peat it. < Louis J. Bristow.
WUlUmston, Tag. S, 1908.
On Jan. 22 an examination will be
held to fill the following vaoanetoe:
Awlstant steam engineer in the office
of the secretary of war; forest plant
ing awlstant (male) in the depart
ment of agriculture; teacher of me
chanical drawing in tha Indian ser
vice; teacher in the Indian service;
machinist in the government print
ing office.
An examination lasting two days,
Jan. 22-28, will also be held to fill
vacancies in the Philippine service.
There are at least 800 vacancies in
and appointments to that position
wttl be made, except in a few cases,
at 91.200 per annum. Those appoint
ed under this examination will be
eligible for promotion up to 92.000
per year for teacher and from 11,800
to 93,000 tor division supertnten- cldc,
dent.
An insufficient number of eligiblw
was secured from the recent exami
nation. It to anticipated that ap
pointments of eligiblw resalting
from this examination will be made
to the position ,of. teacher in March
and April next aad their transporta
tion arranged with a view to their
arrival In Manila about June 1,
1908, the beginning of the school
year. Others will be required In
tlve offices in the islands. The ma
jority ot appointments of eflglbles
resulting from tha awlstant exami
nation are made at the entrance sal
ary of 91.200. Each college student
who will be graduated In 1908,
should state In hla application the
degree he expects to receive.
Men, only will be admitted to this
examination:
The time allowed tor this examl-
tton is two day of seven hours each.
The first three subjects will be given
on th® ® rst day, and the remalhlng
subjects on the second day.
Age limit, 18 to 40 years on the
date of the examination.
On January 27, an examination
will be held for stenographer and
typewriter. Special' attention to in
vited by the civil service commiwlon
to the fact that thare to a large num
ber of vacancies throughout the
United States; and the supply of eli
gible* for some time has not been
equal to the demand. Women will
be admitted to this examination for
the departmental service, but will
not be examined for the isthmian
ieana! or Plnltpplne service.
On January 29 an examination
will be held for tariff clerk (male),
at 91.200 per annum, to the inter
state commerce eommiwion.
Two days will be allotted. Jan. 29-
20, to the examination of applicants
for the position of seientlfle assistant
in seed testing, in the department of
agriculture.
Application blanks for any of
thaao kxamlnatkma may bo aeeurad
by applying to Mr. M. W. Povrlfoy,
clerk, at the ihgtotry window of tho
Columbia
she never returned to her home. She
attended Sunday school at the Luth
eran church, where she taught m
class, and thow who saw her going
In the ^direction of the river brMge
did not observe that she appeared
morose or downcast. Tha keeper of
the bridge does not recall naving
seen the girl crow the bridge that
afternoon or evening.
Mr. Shannon declared with feeling
that his sister was a very modest
Christian girl and had always exhi
bited a very deep Interest in church
work. She has been a member of
the Lutheran church for about five
years. While she was usually quiet
and Reserved in her manner, she pos
sessed, a happy disposition. While
her relatives have a fear that aim
might have jumped into the river
while broodtov wrar the misunder
standing with her lover, they declare
positively that nothing in her life
would show the least tendency to sui
cide. . -
Her mother to grief stricken over
her dtoappearanco. aid the other -
members of the family have been in
sorrow since the fated Sunday/ How
ever, they still have a lingering hope '
that Sallle will yet be returned to
them, the same bright, cheerful girl
that the has ever been. They look
by day and pray by night for her
return and the public generally to
appealed to to awlst in every way
possible to locate her. The police of
Columbia have believed that she to
In Columbia, but some think she Is
In Charleston.* Others suspect sal-
following accurate deecrip-
The
tlon:
Sallle Shannon, aged 19; 5 feet 7
Inches In height; weight 130 pounds;.
light complexion, rosy cheeks; round
rather full face; dark hair and dark
eyebrows; bine eyes; hair pompa
dour, usually tied with
at back; small mouth; medium nose,
round chin; stood rather erect end
walked with a spring to heels; when
last seen wag dressed In light shirt
waist, sky blue skirt, wore long gray
cloak and no bat; had two rings on
second finger of right hand, one
plain, other with set: pleasant‘dispo
sition, but rather determined; sel
dom displayed any temper. Member
of Lutheran Church. Waa formerly
employed at timekeeper and book
keeper in cotton mill, but baa pro
fessed desire to be trained nurse.
Has relatives in Camden, Cheater
county, in Columbia and in Mtoato-
sippl.
Miss Shannon’s mother, father,
two older sisters and three brothers
are living In Brookland. Any Infor
mation concerning her should be
wired to the State immediately and
the family will be communicated
with as soon as any new* is re
ceived.
FOUR FIREMEN KILLED
By a Falling Wall in New York City
Friday.
• w
At New York four firemen were
killed by falling walls in a confla
gration which destroyed the Parker
building, a 12-story structure; locat
ed on Fourth avenue between Eigh
teenth and Nineteenth streets. Twen
ty-six ethers were more or leas ser
iously injured by the falling debris.
The fire waa never under control
and finally burned Itself out
with difficulty confined to the 1 id-
ing in which it originated. Tht aas
is estimated at 91,506,$90. Th Ire
waa one of tke moat
well ag
being?
atones,
fiatfcaa of