University of South Carolina Libraries
Pi r The Bamberg Herald. J P ESTABLISHED 1S91. BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER >9,51900. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. j|i 0 1..'? -_1' _ , ~F you pieuse, Miss j | v * " ? Rose, Mr. Burton j r?m v,a**'U? t0 1 r^^sa) nounced the serv- ; ant to Miss Rose J^Sr Hamilton one 4 Thanksgiving ' "All right, Mary, I'll be right down," Answered Rose, hastily putting the tin- , Ishing touches to her toilet in rather a ! nervous manner, so different from her , usual calm and sedate way. At the same time a happy smile played around her mouth aud the roses stole into her cheeks. For only yesterday Rose bad , given Frank Burton her promise to become ms wue, ami uu? mc ouc . picion crossed her wind that the seal of that solemn promise was about to k Be given lier. So, pinning a bunch of English vio> lets to her dress, she tripped gaily downstairs to welcome her lover. Surely Frank never looked so handg? some as lie did this afternoon, as he v - stood waiting for the appearance of ^ his fiance. After the usual salutations were over ? Frank drew out a mysterious-looking little package from his pocket, awl I began carefully unwrapping it. This procedure ended, he held out towards } f Rose a daintily lined box, almost lud- { den, among the folds of which lay a beautiful diamond ring. "Oh, Frank!" exclaimed Kose, "Isn't ( it a beauty!'' And in a few seconds the ring was in the proper place, put p'' there in the proper way. - Then followed a happy conversation I Snow on the silent hfll^d^s resting, Snow in the oaks and beeches nesting, -And Jack Frost whistles through the day, v And the shy quails echo his roundolay, r For the^worla is gay and the woods are 'And the^voung winds romp, nor leash nor ' fWn check the joy of the pulse that When winter is king of the vales and hills, And the' wildwood speaks ' with heart $-chime ' the mirth pn earth Thanksiying between the two, laying plans for the future that seemed so promising and - bright. It wsi a happy Thanksgiving party that gathered around Mr, Hamilton's ' . table to enjoy the annual feast. That evening before Frank left, Rose sat down to the piano and sang some or those sweet old songs, too seldom beard now-a-days, that her parents loved so much to hear. Frank thought, as he listened to her' yolce, that nowhere e'se in the world fc/" could be heard such music. IThe bappy day ended, as xney an pjujrt end, and time sped on, hastening $he jthat the young pouplp looted forward tp jritb' fuclj ' pxpept^tlpu?. Ahopt the middle pf February' paine the awful shock which was felt around the globe like an electric thrill, and which startled the people of all lands? . the destruction of our gallant warship by the hand of a treacherous foe. The war cloud darkened, thickened and finally broke in fury. Regiment after regiment of brave soldiers laid their all on their country's altar, and WASTED TO SAMPLE THE "GOODIES." marched forth bravely to an unknown future?many to death. Frank JBurton's regiment was unexnpofWllr called out one day iu May, M ?f and ordered to Tampa, with the expectation of going to Santiago. -- u At any other time Frank's blood would have quickened in his veins at fop ?hapcev tp go and fight for pis naKLj? pye land,' but'now his heart' sank at the thought pf it. MOply a mopth frorq the time set to r WIT wedding!" Jie said to himself. ;, IHANKJGIVlN&sl * " *;". -'/?)> . */ /*:*. *01), wliy did we put it off for so long? [ feared something would happen." It was with a heavy heart he went :o see Rose that evening, for it might be the last time. ^ . "Why, Frank! What is the matter?" ?xclaimed Rose, upon entering the room. "I have come to say good-bye," faltered Frank. "What do you mean?" she gasped. "That I must leave you and go to the war." "Oh, Frank, is it really true?" And for a moment it seemed as if a shower would darken the usually sunny sky of Rose's face. But she recovered herself?she must not make it any - ? - a. harder for Frank. ?ney must uuw bear up and cheer each other. They talked long and earnestly that evening and tried to appear cheerful. Mother, father and Fred were made acquainted with the news and came in to bid the young soldier God-speed. Days passed. A letter came from Frank from Chickamauga. A week later?from Tampa. They were to sail for Cuba the next day. Then a silence of three weeks. One morning Rose was startled by the shrillness of the postman's whistle, and, not waiting for a servant to answer, rushed to the door herself. A letter -in a strange, hand was given her. A fearful thought darted through her brain. Trembling like a tender plant before a hurricane, she tore open the letter. It was written by r. comrade of Frank's for him from a hospital in Siboney. Frank had been severely wounded in a fierce :*ruggle btween our forces and the Spaniards, but was rapidly recovering now. In a week's time he was able to write himself, and in two weeks more was with his regiment again. He had been pro I^ght on ^ ing Point to a slope where the sun, emerging From cloudy heights, Vwith gems has set Each leafless limb, each midaret ' Of departed summers ruined dwelling, And there, their 1 arts with gladness swelling, The rabbits meet, Thanksgiving bent, In deference to the President, And the quails come, too, with great elation, Tq hark to the President's Proclamatiqn. moted three flegreesj fpp unusual i -rrrV.JrtV, bravery iq iuat uerce ugut. *+* j he nearly lost his life; and had received his wound when the conflict was nearly over, Not while fighting the enemy, but while carrying a dying comrade to a place of shelter from the whizzing Mausers. Days lengthened into weeks?weeks grew to months?two months not a word from Frank! Every account of a battle was scanned eagerly. Every long list of wounded and dead read I over from beginning to end. Sometimes there were some "missing'' names "unknown"?could Frank Burton be among them? jio'ge'g ]ef{er?: pomniepced *0 hp returned tq jier'with "fiot palled for" written upon thein. Rose tried to keep up and seemed to be the same bright, cheerful creature she had always been, but a look of pained distress settled upon her face; the smiles commenced to fade. Her parents feared Rose could not stand the suspense much longer. Que day her mother said, "Dear, you might as well give up hoping for" him." "No, mother," I "cannot give up. He must come back to me." It was now jiist pne year since the happy that Frank had put' that little' ring pn her finger. How. long ago that happy Thauksgiving seemed! Rose made up her mind to try to forget her sorrow fcr one day. Her mother had Jnvitpd ?ome pf her youpg friend's tq pinner, and she iniist try tq make every one happy pp that day at least, when pur troubles are swallowed up ip the "GEjerqbrance of OUr piany blessings. Surely Rose could be forgiven for the little tear that felf upon the diamond as she made ready for tbo Thanhsgiv* - ' J * il--i I ? i. !Qg eeJ&UFai.jo? luui eve?iu?, maw ! she was ready and descended to receive lier friends. Just as she entered the room a tall figure sprang forward and a soldier's arm held It#se in a loving embrace. "Oh, Frank! Frank!" was all she could say. | Frank's story was soon told. He I was stricken with the dreadful ?eVer ; and for weeks lay between life'and ! death. " soon as be was able," he | started for home, thinking he would arrive as soon as a letter woqld. $1# ppon his arrval at Flprida, had * velapse a fiercer struggle for life was never fought. But it was von anil Thanksgiving found h!ui jome at last. So the happiness of the first Thanksi I . "OH, FRANK, FBANK," "WAS ALL SHE COULD SAT. . giving was totally eclipsed by the unbounded joy of the second one.?Buffalo Times. Early Thanksgiving: Days. The first recorded Thanksgiving-Day was the Hebrew feast of the tabernacles. The first national English Thanksgiving was on September S, 15SS, for the defeat of the Spanish Armada. . There have been but two English Thanksgivings in this century. One was on February 27, 1S72, for the recovery of the Prince of Wales from illness. The other, for the Queen's Jubilee. The New England Thanksgiving dates from 1633, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony set apart a day for Thanksgiving. The first national Thanksgiving Day proclamations were made by Congress during the Revolutionary War. The first great American Thanksgiving Day was in 17S4, for the decla "That lucky war!" speaks Chairman Rab< bit. "I wish it were a regular habit. For, with soldiers shooting Chinamen, There'd be less hunting raobit then!" "That's right!" cried a quail in high de- i light, And the rest cried, "Eight! That's right! That's right!" So they thanked their stars for a year of grace When huntsmen shot in a human chase, And Jack Frost chuckled through tha trees, And raced away on-a bucking breeze. ratior* pf peace. There was one more natipnaj Thanksgiving in 1780, and no " ' " 1 Tin Qtner umu i??, wue? -uiu? coin issued a national proclamation for a day of Thanksgiving. Since that time the Presidents have issued an ai> nual proclamation. Providential. ? Verily, I feel the present need ofjj| | ?ns???something to. tack up this proa tarnation I" True Keason. B^qw orateful now to Providence Would men be, of whatever rank, If 'twere not for those ill events For which they have themselves to thank, APPLES PUMPKINS S ' / baid the apple to toe pumpKtfi:-*'Mow her^s a great* to-dos --Thanksgiving Day 15 coming? The. folks will all eak you?* !Mrd the pumpkin to fhs applet ISoffly, fricridi l waul" to say; ^PpleVas well as pumpkins t\6$ pies Thanksgiving Day."* * UNCLE SAM'S TRADE" GROWS ENORMOUSLY We Lead the World When It Comes to Haterial Prosperity. ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN Exports Are Larger Than Ever Before In Our History. The Atlanta Constitution's special Washington correspondent wires his paper as follows: There is ample food for thanksgiving reflections in some figures -which the treasury bureau of statistics has just presented regarding the commerce and affairs of the United States in these closing months of the year 1900 as compared with conditions at the corresponding date in preceding years, and comparing prosperity in the United States with that in other countries. While the whole world is prosperous, the United States seems to be especially so. Our exports show an increase of ?166,331,178 in the ten months ending with October, 1900, as compared wifh the corresponding ten months of 1899, and the total for the ten months is practically double what it was in the corresponding months of 1894. This of itself shows a remarkable activity in all lines of production, while import as well as the export figures indicate that the activity in manufacturing lines, and consequently the increased earnings of the millions engaged in these industries must be very great. A very considerable share of the materials required for use in manufacturing comes from abroad, such, for instance, as india rubber, tin for use in manufacturing tin plate, hemp, jute, sisal, raw silk, cabinet and dyewoods, chemicals, hides and skins and certain grades of wool and cotton, and by measuring the growth in the importation of these articles some idea of the growth in manufacturing may be obtained. The total importation of materials of this class used in manufacturing during the ten months ending with October, 1900, is $238,257,918, as compared with $214,396,757 in thecorresponding months of 1899 r.nd $127,301,945 in the same months of 1894. Turning again to the export side, it is found that the exportation of manufactures alone amount in the nine months ending with September,. 1900, to $338,678,243, against $277,502,649 in the corresponding months of 1899 and $145,793,834 in t&e same months of 1895. Thus the exportation of manufactures has inoreased nearly 25 per cent in one year and more than doubled in the four years from 1896 to 1900, while the importation of manufacturers' materials has also increased at a very . rapid rate. .Exports of manufactures of iron and steal alone amount to $110,000,000 in round numbers in the ten months ending with October, 1900, against $86,000,000 in the cormnnflio rtf 1 fiQQ and ftSI . tDSpUUUiUg UlUUhUO Ul AUVV yv/?) 000,000 in the corresponding months of 1897,thus having more than doubled in the three years from 1897 to 1900. Not only have the manufacturer and the millions dependent upon his industry shared in the prosperity of the year, but those engaged in agriculture and mining seem to have been equally prosperous, judging from the record shown by the figures of our export commerce. The exportation of agricultural products in the ten months ending witji October, 1900, is in round terms $700,000,000, as against $625,000,000 in the same months of 1899, while the products of the mine, the forest and the fisheries also show an increase in 1900 as compared with the figures of 1899, A comparison of conditions in the Raited States with those in other countries as measured by the foreign commerce iudioates a degree of prosperity which oompares favorably with any country of the world. Our own exports for the ten months ending with October show an increase, as has already been noted, of $166,000,000. while in the exports of the United Kingdom the increase in ten months is $125,000,000, while the 1900 figures for Belgium, France, Spain and Italy show no increase in exportat^ons dux-* ing that part of the year 19 QQ whose record is nov aYStfuble, FUAGUER TO WED AGAIN. ' Report Mas It That He Will Marry Miss Keenan In the Spring. A Chicago dispatch says: H. M, Flagler, the multi-millionarc, is again tp become a benedict. This time he ii to marry Miss Keenan, of Wilmington, N. O. The wedding is set for the spring, and in the meantime Miss Keenan is resting a,t the Jackson sanitarium. at Danyille, N. X- Mr-. iHaglex, who has been, marred twice, *ays he ia tired o? bGiiis twitted about one ? 1 7 j T.r?w __ . w;fo under the sod ana one over. His lately divorced wife, whose mind was for years affected, is now confined in an asylum. PERSONAL REASON?GIVEN, i 5u!t*n Objects to Our Consul For AN iegcd Past Unfriendly Actions. The Constantinople correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, (Berlin) states that the reason why the porte refused an exequateur to the newly appointed United States consul at Harpoot is because as a missionary he showed himself unfriendly to the Turks and spread untrue stories about massacres. COMPANY MAKES CLAIMS. Under Old Franchise t^e Right Is Asked to Cro^s Railway Tracks. 4t the meeting of the Atlanta council Monday afternoon the Atlanta Kajlway and Power company presented q petition claiming the rigb,t to, the tracks of the ija^pad? gt Whitehall stree.t oompauy claims that it was giveq this frauohise years ago and only abandoned the street temporarily. The company also claimed to have been first to apply for rights on Hunter street and Forest avenue. BIG STRIKE IS ON. Trouble Between Cigarmakers In Tampa, Florida, Is Renewed In Earnest. A special from Tampa, Fla., says: , In spite of an agreement made Sanday night to hold a general strike in abeyance until a committee from Resistencia and International cigar makers could get together, the general strike "was declared Monday morning. Nine local unions obeyed the order of the trades assembly and refused to go work and were stanaiug about on the streets. It is estimated that fourteen hundred men have answered the first call , and are out. ' This includes box . makers, trimmers, plumbers, carpenters, bricklayers, tinners, strippers and painters. The electrical workers, stationery and marine engineers* barbers and plumbers are excepted, and the Typographical union has teen ordered by its executive board to go out. 1 The leaders make the claim that i they will have at least three thousand men out, as many others who are not affiliated will be won over touthe cause. Work on at least four hundred houses has been stopped by this sudden strike, and it is proposed also to make an effort to get railroad unions to refuse to handle the output of.the - ? ? i a xi x Tampa factories, it is claimed inau this will be a strong card, bnt as a matter qf fact one of the leading roads will allow no union man to remain in its employ, and this alone would provide an outlet for the goods. HOT SHOT FROil SHERIFF. "Politics Cut No Ice When Woman's Honor Is Involved." The Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Col.) prints the reply of Sheriff Freeman, of Lincoln county, to the letter of District Attorney McAllister, of Colorado Springs, Col., concerning the prosecution of the persons who burned the negro rapist and murderer, Preston Porter, at the stake at Lincoln, Col., recently. After telling how he was influenced into taking Porter from Porter Springs to Limon, upon the assurance of lead- > ing citizens of Lincoln county, that he would be allowed to pass through Limon unmolested to Hugo, where he would be permitted to place Porter in the county jail, Sheriff Freeman declares that it would be impossible to get a jury in Lincoln or any adjoining county that would convict any one charged with participation in the burning of Preston Porter. He concludes as follows: "I do not justify the cremation, but I do object to having yom and Governor Thomas saddle the blame of this burning on me, and I will not involve Lincoln county in a needless and fruitless litigation against" its own citizens or give additional advertisement to the state of Colorado for the sole purpose of making, as it seems to | me, political capital for somebody. I want to add that politic! cut no ice in the affair. "While Lincoln counfy is a Republican county, the men who participated in this lynching were representatives of all political parties. When it comes to administering death to a brute who first rapes a child and then stabs and kicks her to deaths I take it that true Americans lose sight of mere politics and remember only that they aie fathers and brothers. It seems to me that we had better let this episode rest where it is now." CONFERENCE ENDS. North Georgia Preachers Will Meet . Next Year In City of Rome. The North Georgia Methodist conference, in session at Atlanta, adjourned its thirty-fourth annual session sine die Monday nighs to meet again in Rome next year. The concluding features of the conference commanded the largest audience of the entire session. The great interest centered in the announcement of the assignments of the ministers, and when Bishop Hendrix arose to read the list almost perfect quiet reigned. Before gratifying the anxiety along this line, however, he announced that he and his cabinet had seen fit to change the districts. The number of distriots has been reduced from thirteen to eleven, and the change consists of the consolidation of the north and south Atlanta districts into the Atanta district, the creation of the Marietta district and the abolishment of the Dahlonega and Carrollton districts. VAN WYCK IS SAFE, Teddy Roosevelt Refuses to Fire the flayer of New York City. I Governor Roosevelt has given out his decision in the application for the removal1 from office of Mayor A. Van Wyck, of New York city. He declines to rem.oye the mayor on the grounds that, while he was undoubtedly a stockholder in the American Ice company, there has been no proof that he wilfully violated the law forbidding a public officer to be a stockholder in a corporation having dealings with his municipality. BRYAN STILL IN IT? From His Repeated Statements He May Try Race Again. In a letter received at Mexico, Mo? Friday from W. J. Bryan he says: "Still believing in the principles set forth in tho Chicago platform, I shall continue to defend them, believing the American people will yet see the necessity for the repudiation of Republicanism." This statement is the third made by Mr. Bryan since election indicating tbat he intends to continue in the political ?eld just as he has been. Big Checks Paid Out. Tho sub-treasury at New York, Wednesday, paid out $2,297,000 on deposit checks drawn for Australian gold deposited in the San Franoisco ; assay office. Of this sum ?690,000 ! was paid over the counter; the remaindervthrough the clearing house. Pope Leo Is Prostrated. A dispatch to The Tamps (Paris) from Rome says the pope Wednesday visited the basilica of St. Peter* and ? ? -1 mmmL A tV? h / ? Vl A/1 Iexpeneiiueu suvu tai.i^u.v ium uc uuu > to take to his bed. It is farther claim-1 ed that he fainted twice. .. ' FRENCHMEN WILD OVER MR. KROGER Exiled Transvaal President Accorded a Gladsome Reception. HIS TOUR WAS AN OVATION Parisians Vie With EJach Other In Doing the Old Man Honor. Oom Paul Kruger has become for a time at least the popular idol of the French. His triumphant progress northward through the country from Marseilles to Dijon and from Dijon to Paris settled this beyond doubt. He met a tremendous reception in each town along the route where the train Btonnfid. culminKtincr in scenes of "i I ? O ; frenzied enthusiasm calculated to turn the head of any man. The population of Marseilles gathered in thousands to escort him to the railroad station and gave him a rousing send-off, while at Tarascon, Avignon, Valence, Lyons, Macol and Dijon the inhabitants, who crowdbd the railroad stations, made the rafters tremble with enthusiastic shouts of "vive Kruger" and "vive les Boers." Saturday the city of Paris welcomed Mr. Kruger in a whole-hearted manner, according him a sincere reception at the railroad station and showing by the cheering of the crowds along the route that he was cordially welcome and had the sympathy of the populace. From early morning the street hawkers did not permit the throngs to forget that it was Kruger day. All sorts of insignia were offered for sale. Small Boer flags, badges of the Boer' colors and scarf pins of the same character were called out on the boulevards and lucky were the salesmen, for almost every one wore a Boer emblem. By the time Kruger's train was due all the places of vantage about the railroad station-and the hotel were packed for the distance of about, a block. Among those gathered at the railroad station were Count Bom de Casteliane and several other well known nationalists and Miss Maude Gonne and a party from the Irish delegation. The crowd on the platform pressed so closely about Mr. Kruger's splon car that for a time he was unable to alight and stood on the footboard, bareheaded, acknowledging the plaudits of his admirers. Mr. Crozier, chief of the protocol department of the foreign office, to which is intrusted the questions of etiquette and the reins of diplomats, and others advanced and bid Mr. Kruger welcome in behalf of President LoubeUand the French government. Mr. Kruger bowed his thanks. Mayor Grevanl then greeted Mr. Krnger in behalf of the municipality* of Parip, and the president of the proBoer committee and others presented the aged traveler with addresses of welcome, to which Mr. Krnger replied that he was extremely happy to again find himself in the beauty city of Paras, and asserted that he was touched to the bottom of his heart by the welcome he had received and could not find words to express, his appreciation of the sympathy Frenchmen were displaying toward his country. He concluded with sayiNg he had faith in the Boer nation, which, though temptest tossed, would keep afloat and never sink. A sight which stirred the feelings of the crowd to the utmost was the appearance on the hotel balcony of the great grandchildren of Mr. Kruger, waving a Boer flag. The little ones were cheered to the echo as, held aloft by a servant, they unfurled the Boer oolors. Through alllhis fervid welcome the anti-British sentiment did not appear. The cries were confined to plaudits of Mr. Kruger and the Boers. If there were any shouts opposed to Great Britain they were not heard in the general tumult. Engineer Killed In Wreck. Fast passenger train No. 78, of the Plant system, collided with a freight train on a siding at Green Pond, S. C., Saturday morning at 4 o'clock, killing Engineer T. N. Jones, of the passenger train, and seriously injuring his fireman, Thomas Lester. BRYAN AND TOWNE CONFER. Meeting Is Held In Chicago, But Import Is Kept Secret. Mr. W. J. Bryan arrived in Chicago Saturday from Lincoln. He drove to the auditorium annex, he did not register, but was at once shown to the room occupied by Charles A. Towne of Minnesota. There he remained in consultation with Mr. Towne and former Senator Fred T. Dubois, of Idaho, until night when he returned to Lincoln. Br. Bryan refused to say what was discussed during the meeting, but did not deny that the future policy of the Democratic party was one of the topics discussed, BOERS SUFFER LOSSES. They Have Two Disastrous Engagements With the British Troops. A special dispatch received in London from Middleburg, Transvaal col? ? ony, says that in the surprise of the outpost of the "Buffs" (Third artillery) southwest of Balmoral, November 10th, Boers lost sixty inen killed and wounded. The burghers, the dispatch adds, simultaneously attacked a garrison of Fusiliers on Wilge river, but were beaten off with the loss of 120 men killed and wounded. VETERAN NAVAL OFFICER DEAD' Captain of Famous Confederate Cruiser, Nashville, Passes Away. Cftntain Lawrence M. Murray, who commanded the famous confederate j cruiser Nashville, before her capture by the federal government, is dead at his home in Maiden, N. Y. After the war he commanded steamers plying between New York and South Arneri- j can ports. Subsequently he served in J the reTenae service at Savannah, Ga= I SOUTH CAROLINA \ Lj STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ kCM?NjrvifMrsirsirJ M? South Carolina'* I'opulatlon. The population of South Carolina,as officially announced by the ceusns office, is 1,3-40,316 against 1,151,149 in 1893. This is an increase since 1830 of 189,167, or 16 4 per cent. The population in 1880 was 995,577, showing an increase of 155.572, or 15.7 per cent from 1880 to 1890. The population by connties follows: Abbeville .. 34,400 Greenwood.28,343 Aiken 39,032 Hampton. ..23,738 Anderson ..55,728 Horry 23,364 Bamberg. ..17,296 Kershaw....24,696 Barnwell. ..35,504 Lancaster.. 24,311 Beaufort.. .35,495 Laurens... .'37,382 Berkeley. ..30,454 Lexington. .27,264 Charleston. 88,006 Marion 35,181 Cherokee... 21,359 Marlboro.. ..27,639 Chester 28,616 Newberry. ..30,182 Chesterfield 20,401 Oconee 23,634 Clarendon..28,184 Orangeburg.59,663 Colleton... 33,452 Pickens 19,375 Darlington.32,388 Richland... 45,589 Dorchester. 16,294 Saluda...... 18,966 Edgefield ..25,478 Spartanburg65,560 Fairfield.. 29,425 Sumter 51,237 Florence... 28,474 Union 25,501 Georgetown"22,846 Williamab'g.31,685 Greenville..53,490 York 41,684 % Ceremony to lie Impressive. The corner stone of the administration bnilding of the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition will be laid in Charleston on December 11th, daring the snnaal convention of the Leagne of American municipalities. Impressive ceremonies will mark the formal beginning of work on the great subject. The grand lodge of Masons of South Carolina and all honorary vice presidents of the exposition company have been invited to attend the ceremony. An interesting feature of the opening day will be the attends ance of a party of twelve prominent men from New York, who. have consented to act as an advisory board for Mr. Bradford L. Gilbert, architect in chief of the exposition. There will be a grand military event in Charleston on the day- the corner stone is laid and addresses will be made by men of distinction. Governor McSweeney, of South Carolina; Governor Candler, of Georgia, and United States Senator Tillman will speak. The festivities will be ended with a banquet on the evening of December 11th, at which the praises of the exposition will be sung. Owing to the fact that the mayors* convention will be in session in Charleston on Debember 11th, it was thought wise to have the corner-stone ceremonies while these distinguished municipal officers are in Charleston. The meeting of the mayors will bring together a large party from all partsof the United States and Canaday and the program will be filled with live and important topics, which will be of interest to all the cities of the conntry. % Notice to Neur County Officers. The official notices by the secretary of state of the election of the several county officers named in the recent primary are being sent out by Secretary of State Cooper, the state hoard of canvassers having concluded its declaration of the result Mr. "Cooper endeavored to secure bonds to send with the blank form of oath and official notification, but was unable to get them from the comptroller general's office. Consequently officers who desire to qualify for their several offices must apply directly to the comptroller general, who is required under section 505, revised statutes, to furnish blank bonds. The notices of election are mailed to the clerk of court, as the state board of canvassers is not informed of the postoffice addresses of the officers-elect. If parties do not receive notices promptly a card to the secretary of state, giving postoffice address, will secure a duplicate. ?* Died at His Post of Duty. Train 78 of the Plant system collided at Greenpoint with the end of a freight train trying to get into the switch. Engineer Thaddeus N. Jones, of Charleston, was killed and Fireman Green was injured. The engine ' was thrown from the track and turned over. The freight had pulled into the siding to allow the passenger to pass, and all the rear cars had not cleared the danger post.' None of the passengers were injured. The engineer could have jumped and thereby have saved his life, but be was trying to save the train and met death bravely. / Armours Invade Columbia. The Armour Packing company, ol Kansas City, has deeided to make Golhmbia a' general distribution point foi its products and will erect a refrigerator plant in that city. . The company has contemplated such action for some time and it is only recently that all arrangements have beei completed. The building will cost about tec thousand dollars and will be thoroughly up to date in every respect, and will be the only one in this section of the south which will be fitted with all the latest improvements. The company has refrigerating plants in Augusta, Atlanta and othei cities of this section of the south, but they were built several years ago, and will not compare with the Columbia warehouse in the matter of modern improvements and capacity. Claim to Have Been Duped. Merchants in Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia, who claim that they have been duped by dealers in Charleston who are financialy irresponsible, have invoked the aid of the federal authorities and postoffico inspectors have been sent on to make an investigation. Goods have been ordered oy man, for which the authorities claim that the dealers did not expect to pay, and cases are being made ont for using the mails with frandnlent intent. One produce dealer, Paul De Antonio, has been bound over to the district court and other indictments are expected to be brought The question of law will be very close, but at the office of the district attorney it was said that the charges would be pushed vigorously. At the preliminary examination of Dj Antonio, the attorney for the ! prorecation swore that he had receiv! ed claims amounting to more than v|| $9,000 which, he was unable to collect. The dealers, he said, bad snch a simii lar system of baying that he was led to believe that they had intended Cjl fraud when ordering and for that reason the matter was sent to the federal anthorities. The largest orders which have not been settled were for perishable goods. Em7 Verdicts. Mrs. bifid M. Davis, who sued the ^ Southern railway in Greenville for -H?! $20,000 for killing her husband. Jos. D. Davis, last January, has been awarded $10,000. The Southern has j$aj been hard bit by a number of juries recently. Verdicts of from $5,000 to $10,000 for killing persons hare be- " come common. A.fewyears ago a ver- J ' diet against a railroad in this state waa ' M as hard to obtain as one against r : lynchers. * Architect la I.uek. Frank P. Milburn, who is the arch- t; itect in charge of the completion of the ^f| state house, has been notified that his ||a plans for the nnion depot at Savannah, Ga., have been adopted. The depot .. will cost $150,000. r '1 w m Death From Lockjav. ' "i Some four weeks ago little Eageme '\''$m Beall, ten years old, fell while running | J across the floor with a pair of scissors : j in his hand. The point entered his * right oheek under the eye. He raf* - C fered intensely, and four days ago. *1 lockjaw developed. He died a few ^ days ago at the home of hia father, T. | E. Beall, in Greenwood. Smallpox Reported at Bladubtff. ^ A case of smallpox has been report- ^ | ed to the governor from Blaekstmrg. The nsnal course was taken and the matter was referred to Dr. Evahfl^ of | Florence, with the request that he will ^ investigate the matter at once. Clemency Refuted By Gcwmt. ; % The governor has refused to act in , >$ * the case of John Cohen, of Piokswj-J^p^ who was convicted of transporting 4|| liquor into the state. A petition for his pardon was presflnted, but the ' governor did not believe there were sufficient grounds for executive clem- ^ 3 Burglaries Galore. f-M Burglaries believed to be the same gang that has been operating in''"North |ss 'i|j| Carolina, appeared at Lees, Barnu^ll county, a few days ago. They open the safe in the store of J. B. Gill- ^ B man, Jr., and secured about $100. :"f The safe/ office and furniture was g wrecked by the explosion of dynamite. \ j Bulletins of the outbreak of dis- " ^ eases dangerous to the public health jfe) shall be issued by the state board whenever necessary and sUoh advice >3|9 . freely disseminated to prevent and * check the invasion of disease into any 4 j part of the state. || Question of Local Option. Many of the oonnties in Georgia that J -J went dry by special legislative enactment will appeal to the legislature for . / the opportunity to vote on the prohi-|| bition question. ...-|S As it is, they are prohibition in spite 11 ? h.mialrao Iji 1AKIA iriMUftl VI IUVWDVMW* ?'W?WV "r"^' 'T7*ta?l^l tions were provided wherein-the ??*<;? $2jm of whisky was voted down. No provision was made for another election /f 3 in case of a change of sentiment. . V: This is the condition of BartoW^^?.J| count}, says Senator Baker, who * !>-?) resents that distriot in the atate sen-'": ^$1 . ate. He has introdnoed a bill prorid*-^^?^ ing for an election. fjj Many other countiee are in a aimifar 7^ J predicament. Among these are PpEfc 1. 'k and Gwinnett Those counties are.V-?/: denied the right of local option, and ; || they want the privilege of saying j?| % 1 whether whisky shall be sold within '* their borders or not ' Counties that are dry by special enactment can't vote under the local / $ ' ? option law, which they think is a bur- -|g den and a hardship, henoe the move T to amend the law as contemplated in < the measure of Senator Baker. - I M AQREEMEN T IS REACHED By Diplomats In Conference at Pekio. Based on French Note. Advices from Pektn state that the/ / diplomatic body held a filial meeting . :* Saturday morning and agreed npon the terms of the preliminary treaty, f: Nothing now remains except to secure *> &&*. the approval of the respective govern- f| ments before definite negotiations , 1 with the Chinese peace commissioner* yl ire began. The precise terms of the settlement . have not yet been made public, bat it is believed outside of the diplomatic % ! corps that the main points are in a || substantial agreemant with those con*. ' tained in the French npte. ROAD SEEMS A CERTAINTY. | Second Survey of Line From Athens t to Augusta Completed. A special from Athens, 6a., says: It $ l begins to look as if the new railroad .. from Augusta to Athens is to be built ^ at an early date. The second survey t of the line has just been completed, L and the work Trill no v follow that will y.| give Athens another valuable railroad connection. Alabama Senate Follows Suit. ; A special from Montgomery, Ala,, -^ji i says: The succession bills vetoed by , the governor and passed over his veto :d|| i in the house met with the same fate in the senate amid cheers. The vote was very pronounced?23 to 5. Rebels Take Colombian Ports. A New York Herald dispatch from "A San Juan, Porto Bico, says: The Venequelan consul of this city has re* jg ceived a cable dispatch from Caracas saying that the rebels have seized the principal seaports of Colombia. New Cotton Mill For Charlotte. Charlotte, N. C., is soon to have a ;.|l new $200,000 cotton mill. The machin- y|| ery and site have been purchased and ;x| work on the building will begin in a /Vja Horses Wanted For Transvaal. Horses to the number of 50,000 are to be purchased in this country in the v|g next six months by agents of the British government for the use of Lord . ^ Kitchener's forces in policing the Transvaal and Orange Free State. }'|