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, ~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
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*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
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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."*
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 $150,000. r '1
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Death From Lockjav. ' "i
Some four weeks ago little Eageme '\''$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
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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. }'|