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P The Bamberg Herald. | * - - ~ ===================== ij . ESTABLISHED 1891. BAMBERG. S. 1. THURSDAY. JUNE 20.1901. ONE DOLL \U I?EIt YEAR. ,|g ? ; ~~. "JS TREASURER PARI Georgia Suprem Public Proper OFFICIALS DUMBFOUNDED Governor Loses Mandamus Suit and State Is Confronted With Enormous Deficit.?Teachers Must Wait Indefinitely M for Their Pay. & The supreme court of Georgia has handed down a decision overruling Judge Candler and setting aside the mandamus in the suit brought by the governor of Georgia against State Treasurer Park to compel him to pay out of the public property fund in the treasury the state school teachers' warrants amounting to $260,306.18, the court holding that the constitution forbids the use of this money for any purpose except to pay the bonded debt of the state. The decision was written by Justice Cobb and is quite voluminous. The only dissenting opinion is by Justice Lewis. The decision of the court viewed in one light, means that the teachers of Georgia must wait until the taxes are collected the latter part of Novemvember of the first part of December before they will receive their pay. It is not within the power of the governor to make any provision for paying I them before that time. The decision means that the governor must borrow $200,000, as he is authorized to do, to meet casual deficicn i cies in order to get enough money in : ihe treasury to pay the July interest ; on the bonded debt, and the running j expenses of the state government. . * It means that the state is confront- ! ed by a deficit of about $550,000, j though it has that amount of cash in the treasury. The deficit comes about ; in this way: Amount due the teachers f: which cannot be paid until fall, about $300,000; amount the governor will ^ have to borrow to pay part of the July . B interest on the bonded debt and run- ; ning expenses of the state, about $150,-, 000; amount not heretofore credited to . the public property fund that will have to go to that fund, $112,000. The in- ; "Ion nn tKa nrnnprtv flind IV1COI ttiOW VM bUV |/UM?4V V|rv> ? .. . since it has existed must go to the credit of that fund. There is a question as to whether the public property fund will have to . 'be withdrawn from the state depositories. Hon. Dupont Guerry, counsel for Treasurer Park, admitted in his argument before the supreme court that such would be the case. The court did not puss on the point When asked ' uirectly what he would do with re- ( / gard to this matter, Treasurer Park ^5/ replied: , B "That question has not come before H me yet, and I cannot say what action A I will take." |P^ Should the money be withdrawn from the state depositories, the state , would lose nearly $9,000 a year in >/> ' terest I The decision in addition to the fore- . going, means also that the new class of widows of confederate veterans, for whom pensions were provided by-the last legislature, will get no money this year. They must wait until next year. ; and in order that they may get it then, ' the legislature must make some specific provision for them. A serious problem confronts Governor Candler. It is "up to him" to determine how to make both ends meet, and the ends are a long way from each other, too. The public property fund and sinkIng fund now in the treasury amounts to $532,750. Not a cent of this money \ can be touched. rne general fund now in the treasury, wnich may be used for all purposes fiow amounts to about $150,000. The exact figures will x Trooonror Pqfir nui oe avtinciuic uuui . v.? . ,, makes his statement to the governor. : This $150,000 is not sufficient to meet j the July interest on the bonded debt, i which amounts to $163,000, and which must be paid on July 1st In addition j ' to that there must be paid out within . the next few weeks for the running ex- | penses of the state in the neighbor- j hood of $125,000, making a total of nearly $300,000. Therefore after the j governor has borrowed $200,000. which ; it appears he must do, he will have left only $50,000. The si'.-ation is so serious in fact that some of the officials at the state : capitol remarked that they feared j they would have to wait for their sala- J ries . In addition to the foregoing the , proposition regarding part oi the pub- 1 lie property fund not heretofore ta- j ken into account, has got to be taken into consideration. mrs. Mckinley getting well. Physicians Issue Highly Favorable | Report As to Her Condition. Alter the consultation of Mrs. Mc- ! Kinley's physicians Wednesday fore- j noon the following statement was is sued: "Mrs. McKinley's physicians report that she continues to show improvement and expects to spend part of the ' day in her rolling chair." I OIL t-OUND IN FLORIDA. Report That Gusher Has Been Discovered Near Town of Dunellon. News comes from Gainesville, Fla., through railroad sources that have been found reliable, to the effect that oil has been struck in considerable quantities near Dunellon, in Marion county. The strike, according to the information, is of the most promising character. The prices of land in the vicinity are said to be soaring. The discovery is four miles from the village of Duneiion. 0 K IS SUSTAINED e* Court Decides ty Fund Case. Attorney General Terrell spent Wednesday in looking up this matter for the governor. He found that between the time of the adoption of the constitution in 187S and lbtfO there had been derived from the sale of publi* property $112,202.26, which was used to pay current expenses, and has never been credited to the public property fund. Under the decision of the supreme court, it is said, tnis amount must immediately be placed to the credit of that fund and treated in the same manner. State Officials Talk. The court's decision was evidently no less of a surprise to trovernor Candler than to most of the other state house officials. Naturally it brought up matters that kept him busy the greater part of the day. It left him confronted with a deeper problem to solve than he had when the issue was | first raised?the question of where to I get funds to pay the running expenses of the state government. "It leaves us confronted with a grave daDger," he said; "a danger which, in fact, is now upon us. The limit of my borrowing capacity is $200,000. There is, I am informed, $1.12,000 which must be credited to the public fund, an amount derived from the sale of pubnc property which has been paid out for general expenses. That makes $544,000 in the treasury ! which we cannot touch. "With this state of affairs we have ! not -money enough available to pay the running expenses of the govern ment, leaving the teachers entirely out of the question. I have some hope of being able to pay the teachers a small portion of their salaries, but even that's problematical." State School Commissioner G. R. Glenn gave out the following statement with regard to the decision: "It is a staggering biow to the public school system of Georgia, and forces a condition that must be relieved as soon as possible. It does not ( latter that it comes from the court of last appeals. The suffering that the decision entails is not mitigated by the fact that uie decision is final and must be obeyed. The decision may be absolutely correct, so far as the written constitution is concerned. I suppose nobody will question the wisdom and justice of the highest court of the state. They were bound under oaths to trim tne last vestige of parasitic growth, as they see it, from the constitutional tree. It does not matter that the great mass of our people both desired and expected a different decision. The decision is law; the court moi-oe mnct ho roenp^tpd and luat UlUU^O IV UlUOV MV ? the decision upheld. We have the money in tne treasury, but we cannot use It. The legislature must devise some other means to relieve the situation that is absolutely perilous to our schools. We cannot longer maintain a school system under present conditions. The children must be educated. All we have and all that we are is wrapped up in our children. 'Tne state will live nowhere else as she will live in the children. If death should ever come to the state, the first token of dissolution will be the cry of the children." "Triumph of Law," Says Park. In speaking of tne decision Treasurer Park said: "I had little doubt as to the outcome of the case especially after I had received the opinion of so many lawyers and other learned men all over the state. Among the number were twelve judges of superior courts from whom I heard either by letter or verbally, and all 01 whom stated they would not have decided the case as Judge Candler did. "T An nnt lonV rm the decision as any personal triumph for myself, but rather as a triumpn of the fundamental law of the state, of the constitution. My sympathy, as I have frequently stated, is with the teachers, and my chief regret in the matter Is that the public schools win not get their money as promptly as would have been the case had it been otherwise. They will all ultimately get every cent that is coming to them, however. The school boarus in all of the counties. I am informed, will pay the interest on money borrowed to pay the teachers so that tne latter will lose nothing. In counties where the teachers borrowed the money in person, I understand, it is the purpose of the school boards to pay the interest for them, so that they will get their salaries in full." Millionaire Hyde Dead. Charles Hyde, milionaire and president of the Plainfield City National bank, at Plainfield, N. J., died in that city Wednesday of cancer of the stomach, aged 80 years. WORKING FOR A DEPOT. Citizens of Charleston, S. C., Determined to Have New Car Shed. Books of subscription to the capital stock of the Cnarleston Union Station and Railway Company were opened Wednesday at the Atlantic Coast Line depot at Cuarleston. The necessary capital stock for application for a charter was subscribed and the charter will be applied for at once and the organization completed immediately. GRAND JURY INDICTS FARMERS. New Turn In Alleged "Slavery" Cases In Anderson, S. C. A Columbia, S. C.. dispatch says: The Anderson grand jury has found true bills in four cases against J. S. Fowler and J. Q. Hammond for conspiracy, false imprisonment, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and against six other Anderson planters on the same ckarge in one case each. It had not concluded work. These are the famous "slavery cases exposed last March. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. New Industries Reported in the Soutl During the Past Week. The more important of the new in dustries reported for the past weel I ended June 15th, include a bracke ! and pin factory at Athens, Tenn.; i $*.0,000 cigar factory at Tallahassee Fla.; a $100,000 coal mining companj at Welch, W. Va.; a $30,000 coal com pany at Belton, Tex.; another witl J capital of $20,000, at Pineville, Ky.; ' nf T /vkonrtn rP^r?n * Q 491 tuai liiiuco ai ijcuauuu, x vu^., y? vOO coal and land company at Petros Tenn.; a construction company at Fredericksburg, Va.; a $200,000 cottor compress at Dallas. Tex.; a $20,00( cotton gin at Round Rock. Tex.; cot ton gins at Little River Academy, N (J.. Campbeilsville, Tenn., and Bloom ing Grove, Tex.; a $200,000 cotton mil at Cameron, N. C ; a $50,000 cottor mill at Cameron, N. C.; a $50,000 de velopment company at Richmond, Va.; electric light plants at Albany, Ga. and Bard well, Ky.; an electric lighi and power plant at Sardls, Miss.; i flouring mill at West Appomattox. Va.; a furniture factory at Mt. Airy, N. C.; a grain elevator at Rcidsnlle, N. C.; i $25,000 hardware company at Ander son. S. C.; a $20,000 ice factory at Mc Kinney, Tex.; a $20,000 ice, light anc telephone company at Arcadia, Fla.; $40,0.0 land company at Elizabeth ton, Tenn.; a lumber company at Au gusta. Miss.; lumber mills at DeLand Fla.; manganese mines near Rome Ga.; a $50,000 oil company at New port, Tenn.; an oil company at Sunny brook, Ky.; a $250,000 oil and gas com pany at Galveston, Tex.; oil and gas companies at New Decatur, Ala., anc Louisville, Ky.; an oil and rice com pany at Lake Charles. La.; a $100,00( oil and supply company at Lufkin Tex.; a $200,000 oil mill at Houston Tex.; a $40,000 oil mill at Henderson Tex.; an oil mill at McRae, Tex.; ? plow factory at Chattanooga; a sash door and blind factory at Jacksonville Fla.; a saw mill at Peavine. Tenn.; a $250,000 silk mill at Athens, Ga.; a spoKe and bending plant at Greens boro. N. C.; a sleel hoop and cottor tie mill at Ensley, Ala.; a $60,000 tele phone company at Beaumont. Tex.; a tobacco factor)' at Madisonville, Ky.; a tobacco stemmery at Louisville, Ky. and a toy factor)' at Owcnsboro, Ky ? Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) BLAZE AT JACKSONVILLE. Fire Demon Scerr.s Unsatiated In Its Reign in the Florida Metropolis. A Jacksonville ,Fla., special says: At 1:20 o'clock Monday morning the Moledo building, corner of Clay anc West Bay, was discovered on fire ir the third story. This building is occu pied by the Jacksonville knitting mill When the department arrived flames were bursting from several windows in the knitting mill, and for a few min utes it looked threatening. Merchants and residents in the neighborhood be gan moving stocks and furniture. The department kept the flames confined however, and in an hour it was undei control. It is estimated that the dam age to the building will amount tc about $10,000, to the knitting factor) about $10,000, to the Three Brothers Cigar Company about $6,000, and tc the other companies of the building about $o,000. NEGROES SWORE VENGEANCE. For a Time Angry Mob Held Sway Ir Sixth Ward of Jacksonville, Fla. At a mgro political meeting in the sixth ward of Jacksonville, Fla., Mon day night a mob of a hundred or more negroes swore vengeance against the whites, declaring, it is said, that the? would kill any white man who came in the district. They seized two street cars thai were passing and drove the motormer and conductors from their cars. The mob was dispersed on the arrival ol the police in force. In the melee pre ceding the arrival of the police one ol the negroes was seriously wounded bj a pistol ban. New Georgia Postmasters. . The following new post offices hav< been established in Georgia: Mutual Troup county, Mountville 2 1-2 miles east, LaGrange, Cicero Revis, post master; seven miles west, Reddick Screven county, special from Sylva nla, Sullivan, three miles east, Bascorr six miles west, John A. Mills, post master. WEST VIRGINIA ROW ENDS. President Agrees to Appoint Officials Named By -Ikin and Scott. The contest over the West Virginh judgeship was settled Monday whei Senators Elkins and Scott of tha state, presented to President McKin ley a slate for the officers of the nev southern judicial uistrict. The presi dent agreed to the names, which an as follows: B. F. Kellar, of Mercer county United States district judge. John K. Thompson, of Putnam coun ty. United States marshal. Ex-Governor Atkinson, Unitec States district attorney. Canadian Trackmen on Strike. A Montreal dispatch says: Official; of the trackmen's union announce tha between 3,000 and 3,500 of the Cana dian Pacific Railway Company's track men struck for an increase of wages. Big Cargo of Hawaiian Sugar. ,nL - TJnnfoHdrt xrK ir>h fj r 1110 3 IfitHJ dill JJ iia >1 uixuu, n utvu rived at Sail Francisco Monday frorr Honolulu, brought the largest cargc of sugar ever sent out of the Hawaiia: islands. It consists of 8.G00 tons. ZINC ENTERPRISE COLLAPSES. Receiver Appci: izi r- exville Foi Large Tennessee Concern. a'. H. Heald, of Knoxville, Tenn. filed a general creditors' bill in tha city Monday against the Fades, Mix ter & Heald Company for his one fouri.1 interest in the firm, which i: the largest zinc enterprise in the sec tion. The capital stock of the firn is $200,000. J. Fisher Chumblev wa: appointed receiver to close up the af lairs of the company and distribut< its assets among the stockholders. INDEPENDENCE SURI c Cuban Convention Accepts Plat | Amendment Without Change. ' WASHINGTON GREATLY ELATE! l Measure Passed By Congress Adopte Without Change By a Majority of Five.?Early Evacuation i Now Predicted. ) A special from Havana says: Th Cuban constitutional convention Wet 1 nesday accepted t ie Piatt amendmen i by a vote of 16 mo 71. A resolution t * accept was carried without discus ' slon. Immediately after the openin, ^ session SenoresTamayo. Villuenda t and Quesada, constituting a majorit; ; of the committee on relations, submil te as a substitute for the committee* report, the Piatt amendment as it wa . passed by congress, recommendin 1 that it be accepted and made appendi. i to the constitution. In the vote on the resolution th - twenty-seven delegates present divid . ed as follows: In favor of acceptance: Senors Ce - pote, Villucndas, Jose M. Gomez. Te mayo, Monteaguedo, Delgado, Betar - court. Giberga. Llorcnte, Quesada. Sat s guiliy, Nunefi, Rodriguez, Berrie I Quilez and Ferrer. Opposed to acceptance: Senor ) Zayas, Aleman, Eudalao Tavamo, Jua: , Gualberto Gomez. Cisneros, Lava, Foi . tun, Lacret, Portuondo, Castro am , Manduley. i Senors Rivera, Correoso, Gener am , Robeau were absent Tne latter tw , voted against acceptance in the pre i vious division. Senor Ferrero votei l with the conserva^ves, explaining hi - change of attitude by asserting tha i tie believed acceptance wouia ue in best solution of the problem. i Tne convention will now appoint commission to draw up the electors , law. Washington Officials Pleased. The news of the adoption of tn Piatt amendment by the Cuban const tutionai convention was received wit! . genuine gratification in Washington. Now that the Cubans nave demor strated their good faith in the Unltd States it is expected that a fairl; speedy evacuation of the island wil ' follow, contingent only upon the estat 1 lishment of a sfr.blo governmept in th islands. An effective police force and othe 5 measures necessary to the preservs 5 tion of good order and sanitation ar deemed as essential prerequisites ii 5 the formation of the new governmenl One cabinet officer, speaking of th 5 the other requirements are met ou withdrawal might be accomplishe during the summer and that Cuban ir dependence might be a reality by nex ) autumn. Secretary of War Elihu Root, wh 5 was in Buffalo, N. Y., was shown th ) dispatch from Havana announcing th > adoption of the Piatt amendment b; the Cuban constitutional conventior He said: "If the Cuban conventioi i.as adopted the Piatt amendment i has done the wisest and most patriol 1 ic thing possible for Cuba. It mean the independence of Cuba and all tha } is best and freest in Cuba w... be bacl " ed by all that is best in the Unite i otav^o* i JELKS IS GOVERNOR. President of Alabama State Senate Ai sumes Duties of Chief Executive. Hon. William Dorsey Jelks, pres I dent of the Alabama senate, become - governor of the state incident to th f demise of Governor Samford. Thi r was provided for by an act of the las legislature of that state. The change of incumbents will hav no marked effect on political cond > tions. Jelks is a young man, very activ< > and has made a success of everythin * he has attempted, from conducting ? newspaper to holding office, and hi - policy may be a trifle more vigorou i than that of Governor Samford, othei * wise the death of the governor wi bring about 110 special- change. TO INAUGURATE BOYCOTT. s Atlanta Federation of Trades to Wag War on Non-Union Labor. 1 The Atlanta Federation of Trade! 1 at a meeting Wednesday night, offlcia t ly indorsed a general boycott of a " the employers of Atlanta saving i ' their employ non-union men. The a< " tion was taken on a resolution repor 3 ed by the building trades counci which had previously been adopted b ' that organization. The boycott wi go into effect alter July 1st. The resolution is sweeping, anu ii chVes in the boycott manufacturer! * contractors, and all others employln non-union men. THE PENALTY !S DEATH. 5 t Four Burglars In North Carolina I bnadow of Gallows. The two whites and two negroei convicted at Ashevnie, N. C., Wedne; day of burglary in the first degree i . the case of the Emma post office rol 1 bery, have not been sentenced yet, bi ) the penalty is death, and without ai l other trial or commutation of the sei tence by the gorernor they will hanj FLORIDA QUARANTINE STATION r Wiil Be Leased to Government In Pui suance of Legislative Act. A special meeting of the Florid t state board of health was held in Ta - lahassce Tuesday for the purpose r - considering a proposal submitted t > the board from the United States tret - surv department through the marin 1 hospital service to turn over the mar 5 time quarantine service to the stat - and lease all quarantine stations t 2 the government as authority throug a joint resolution of the legislature ;[ LOOMIS GOES TO LISBON. j Former Minister Plenipotentiary t Venezuela Gets a More Con| genial Assignment. The following changes in diplomat] posts was announced at Washingto Monday: n Francis B. Loomis, minister to Vei ^ ezuela, has been transferred to b minister to Portugal, vice John N. I win. of Illinois, resigned, d Herbert W. Bowen, of New Yorl present minister to Persia, has bee transferred to Caracas, succeeding M Loomis as minister to Venezuela. Lloyd C. Griscom, of Pennsylvani; present first secretary of legation i q Constantinople, has been made mi: [. ister to Persia. t Spencer F. Eddy, of Illinois, presei second secretary at Paris, has bee 0 made first secretary at Constantinopl 5* to succeed Mr. Griscom. g Arthur Bailly Blanchard, of Louis s ana, has been promoted from third I second secretary at Paris. By his transfer from Venezuela I Portugal, Minister Loomis, who is no s on leave In England, loses $2,500 s year. The salary at Lisbon is $7,5( and that at Caracas $10,000 per a: s num. But Mr. Loomis finds sufficiei s compensation in the climatic chan? and in the probability of more cong e nial duty at his new post. Beside, h I" actual rank is the same in either cas namely, minister extraordinary an k' envoy plenipotentiary. L" Mr. Bowen, who becomes the no l* minister to Venezuela, has a mo l" creditable record in the consular ar diplomatic service. He became Ur ted States consul at Barcelona i s 1S90 and his office at that post \v? Q raised to the rank of consul goner r' five years afterwards. Mr. Bowc ^ stuck to his post through the excuir days preceding the Spanish-Amcrics ^ war as long as any American eou 0 have found safety on Spanish soil. 1 the conclusion of Lie war he was aboi ^ to return to his old post, but inste? s was appointed minister resident ar * consul general to Persia. e The change so far as it conceri the Venezuelan minister is said at tl a state department to have no particuli ^ political significance. Mr. Loom goes elsewhere than Caracas at h own request and desire. It is true lh; e the Venezuelan government has e [. pressed dissatisfaction with Mr. Looi k is in more ways than one, but the fa that the minister is not removed fro t the diplomatic service, but is given a ^ other post of equal dignity and ho or, is a mark of the esteem of the sta U department. Also, it may be note h Mr. Bowen, the new minister, goes e his post with instructions on the san line as those supplied to Mr. Loomi which formed the basis for his actio so that Mr. Bowen, who is a man great vigor, is likely to follow M Loomis' footsteps in the matter l policy. r STRIKERS FAIL TO KESPONI d l* Newport News Shipbuilding Compar Lay Off Many Men and Will n Virtually Close Down. 0 Twelve hundred men from the v e y rious departments Monday were la i. off at the plant of the Newport Ne\ q Ship Building and Dry Dock Compan t and as many more will be laid off t- once if the striking machinists do n s return to work. The manageme X will retain only enough men to hand c. the repair work, notably the Nor d German Lloyd liner Main, which is t ing rebuilt. The machinists show i disposition to return to work, on two or three responding Monday mor ing when the yard opened. The d i. partments chiefly affected are tho of the boiler makers, blacksmiths, cz j. penters and joiners and ship fitters. s ANARCHIST BRANDED TRAITO e s Group at Paterson Burn Letter "T" C it Hand of Former Comrade. All through i..e one of the men wl e have composed the Paterson, N. , i- group of anarchists will carry up< the back of his right hand a livid "r. i, burned in the flesh and marking hi g as a traitor in the cause to which 1 a swore devotion. The branding w s done at a picnic in Liberty park, Rid? s wood, L. I. The incident may be mai r- the subject of an official investigatic 11 based upon a complaint made by ti Italian consul. WORKERS ARE INTERCEPTED. e Atlanta Striking Machinists Ha' Scheme to Keep Positions Vacant. The striking machinists of Atlanf Ga., have put into effect a plan whei by they hope to prevent their empic ers from securing men to fill the \ ? cancies caused by the strike. A close lock out is being kept < ' the shops involved in the strike, ai U whenever a machinist is employed t strikers direct their efforts to inrtu x him to leave his position. Alread it is stated, that about fifteen non-n ' ion men, who were given the positio of strikers, have been sent out of t city. WIDOWS MUST WAIT. n Georgia Supreme Court Decision Hoi 3> Up Pensions. 3. An Atlanta special says: Not or must 9,000 Georgia teacners, as a suit of the supreme court's decisi )" in the Park mandamus case, wait 1 it the salaries now due them by the sta i- but some 1,000 confederate wido > must also wait indefinitely for t > $60,000 or more which is now d them under the pension bill S RAILROAD WAS TRiCKED. r m?n Take Strikers' Plac I IllpVI IVW I?IVM ? . a "Jufhped" Tneir jobs. / ]. Twenty men imported by the Soul >f em railway to fill the places of str! o j ing machinists arrived in Ch.artestc l~ | S. C., Thursday morning, but did n e j go to work. j As soon as the train reached the si e ' tion, the men broke and rdn in eve 0 direction. A crowd of striKers wc b on hand and a squad o? police we present, but t^ere was no disorder. I ttMCMrorvjr ICNJTJCN?J b I SOUTH CAROLINA I ? )STATE NEWS ITEMS. \ I o<xHN>CNjroixicx>rsJOJi n Chastised Girl Pupil. Ike Hughes, forty years of age, who 3* has been teaching school for thirteen ,c years, was tried before Magistrate r" HnH?pns nf Laurens, a few days ago ago for assault and battery, said to have been committed more than a 11 month ago. r* The charge was that because Miss Bertha Finch, fourteen years old, did a> not attend a certain class on the ground that she did not wish to bo Q" turned back into a class, being perfectly familiar with the text book studied therein, the teacher proceeded to (n whip her "in a cruel and outrageous" 0 manner. The stumps of two switches were shown in evidence. Two lawyers jycsccuted the case "? and one defended the school teacher. The jury agreed that he was guilty, taking only three minutes to decide. ^ Hughes was sentenced to pay a fine of 0 $20 or go to the chaingang. He has appealed. nit ?% ,e Female Agent Levanted. ?* Fifteen colored women, who had IS been prize cooks and maids in Greenwood, awaited the coming of the north1 bound train at that place one evening , the past week. They were arrayed in their best and trunks and boxes were ^ packed. The train came and sped on toward New York, but left them?left . them weeping, because the agent, a woman, who had the handling of the aj funds and had secured tnem places iu New York at fancy wages, failed to ' put in an appearance. When the truth ^ broke upon the deceived women there was loud lamentations and then most ^ of them proceeded to try and get back their old jobs. id $ ^ * * id Exposition Buildings Going Up. 1S The boaru of directors of the South ' Carolina Interstate and West Indian exposition have awarded contracts for 3. r ?s eleven exposition buildings, more than one half of which are now in course at of construction. The buildings now being erected are the cotton palace-, commerce building, agricultural buildct ing, machinery building, auditorium, m transportation building, minerals and n_ forestry and art building. The conn. tract for the erection of the negro te building will be let within the next j few days. The state commission has I ^ awarded the contract for the South ie Carolina building and the Maryland :Q building is also in course of construe- I tion. 0f A big force of workmen is engaged r at the exposition grounds and the 0f buildings are being erected as rapid- J ly as possible. The contracts call fbr completion before the date fixed for thr> nr.onin? nnd tne directors have 1 wX/v?o, ' given the positive announcement that the show will be ready to open on Doiy comber 1st. * * * Schools In Prosperous Condition. a- The past year has been an unusually i(j prosperous one for South uarolina's schools and colleges. vs In the state, sectarian and non-de*' nominational private institutions the a attendance has been unusually large, ? while the graduating classes have conjc tained a greater number than in almost any previous year. The four white colleges for men and women, 10 supported by the state, ana the negro college at Orangeburg, which receives y state aid, have all had successful years. There will be few changes in any of the faculties. S0 A matter of gratification to Methodists is the consent of Dr. James H. Carlisle, who has been president of P Vv offord college lor twenty-five years and is seventy-five years old, to serve )n in that capacity for oney-ye<tf-Bi?nrer' He had decided to resijyf but was per_ suaded not to dojtfV p? Raiiroad^^^Ks Increase. As a result ^^^Rieeting in Columbia the past^^^V of the board of ag equalization o^^Broad property, the assesseu value^W the roads in this state will be in^Pase^ nearly two milin lion dollars. -W^the last assessment ' +V>n rnaHs wproli-nat $2-1 ? 1 S 000. C"V * VWVAW ?V T * Over four nundrt^d thousand doPars of this increase is^'from the Southern's short cut from, Allenvalo to Hardeeville. The balance is for improved roadbeds and a few small lines. The vt increase will ^dd about ten thousand dollars to th^ state's revenue. :a, * , o- j * * ,y. Mulberr^ Tree Causes Trouble. q. In Sumter a few days ago Major J. C. Spann 'and Perry Moses disagreed 3n about the/roots of a mulberry tree that a(j was gro\Ving on Major Spann's side of ke the fence, but sucking the substance ce out of the ground on Mr. Moses's side, ly Moses ordered negroes to cut a root in' ditch on his side. Spann ordered them ns to desfst. The workmen proceeded unke der protection ox Moses's pistol, who finally shot at Major Spann. No blood was shed, but the. matter created great excitement in the town. * * c ; New Gubernatorial Candidate. The announcement of the candidacy ily [ lor governor of I). Clinch Heyward, re" of Walterboro, Colleton county, will on be received with interest throughout o Tj r. OUUIU V/Cii uixaui Mr. Heyward was urged to become a candidate in the last campaign, but would not consent Now, however, the ue importunate demands of his admirers have been heeded, he is a rice planter, as his people have been in Carolina and Georgia for many generations. Aie has taken an active interest ?s in politics, but has never sought a political office. lie was the first chancellor commander of the Knights of j, Pythias in South Carolina. Mr. Heyward's platform will be to ,n' encourage peace within the state, to ot encourage immigration, improve educational facilities, build wetter roads, ta- encourage capital to come here and ry insure its protection, re While Mr. Hey war., has never been re in politics, he has many friends in all ; ; - - . parts of the state, and his backers promise a lively campaign in his interest. May Aek Change of Venue. A Charleston dispatch says: With the hope of ending the life of many blind tigers in Charleston a plan is under way by which Solicitor Hildebrand will undertake to have dispensary cases removed to other counties, where there will be more probability of convictions. As matters stand in Charleston at present there is no at tempi to punish violators of the law, There are more than sixty cases on the docket lor the June term of the sessions court which begins Monday, and it' former rules are followed all ol these will be thrown out as worthless Such a condition of affairs has made the blind tiger element bold in its op eratlons and the tigers have sprung up on every corner. Judge Benet, who will preside al cms term, is not satisfied with the liq nor conditions in the city and he is a terror to the tigers. In ?~e event ol the grand jury returning true bills and the suosequent failure of the petit juries to convict, the solicitor will make application for a change of ve nue. and this will probably be granted If the grand jury, however, follows the former custom of throwing out al rases, the matter will have to end there and tne tigers will continue tc j ? _ t. aounsu. * * * Mora! Wave in Florence. The <i ty of Florence is now enjoy inf jne of those occasional waves of mor ality that come from unexpected quar ters. After heated arguments counci has prohibited the sale of ice on Sun lavs except on a physician's certificate ind has put on iron clamps that wil ause the law to be respected. It wil be easier to get a gallon of whisk: than a pound of Ice. MISTRIAL IN KENNEDY CASE. Jury Unable to Decide Fate of Doll Reynold's Alleged Slayer. A New Yonc dispatch says: Th twelve men who. since 12.15 o'cloc Saturday afternoon at the conclusio of the judge's charges considered th evidence in the third trial of Dr. San uel J. Kennedy for the murder c "Dolly" Reynolds, reported to Judg Newburger at i0:25 o'clock Sunda morning that they were unable t agree on a verdict. The judge at one discharged the jury irom iuruer &cj vice and remanned the prisoner to th Tombs. ANXIOUS FOR NEW ROAD. Citizens of Decatur, Ala., Working 1 Secure a Right of Way. SuDscripticns are being raised t Lecatur, Ala., to pay the expenses < a committee and attorney to get th right of way for che proposed Decatu banville and Southwestern railroa through the county, the committee t start out within the next few days. Th roau passes through a section rich i timber, coal and .ron. James E. Mooi ey and John Carlisle, of Cincinnat are interested in the road, and th prospects are bright for its early coj struction. CABINET TALKS OF CUBA. Course of Proceedure In Island Is Fo mally Discussed. A Washington special says: T1 cabinet meeting Friday develop* nothing important. There was son talk about the course of procedure j Cuba now that the Cuban conventic has adopted the Piatt amendment K action by tbls government, nowever. necessary. Our Big Trade With China. ^"""cnSls^General Goodnow, at Shan hai, says the show th; the United States buys -uiSCe. goo< from Cnina than any other natihSJ TO AID STRIKING MACHINISTS. English Society of Engineers In Lo don Sends Cable Promising Help. At the headquarters of the strikir machinists in New York a cable di patch was received Wednesday fro the Amalgamated Society of Engineei in London promising financial ai i his society is the strongest trade u ion in the world and is said to hai over $8,000,000 in its treasury. T1 American Federaclon of Labor, it is d clarcd, will tax its 2,000,000 membei 10 cents each for the striking machl Ists. Depositories to Keep Funds. The depositories of Georgia will kec $532,750 of the state's money for tl next fifteen years. This point has bee practically settled by statements mac by Governor Candler and Treasun Park. Health Resort Chartered. The secretary of state of North Ca olina has issued a charter to the Vac Mecum Springs Company, of Stok< county, with a capital of $120,000. OFFICE TENURf? EXTENDED. Alabama Constitutional Conventio Votes Four Years to State Officials. The Alabama constitutional convei tion Thursday afternoon adopted a ordinance providing four year tern for all state officers. General Sanfoi was the only delegate who sjtoke J opposition and the majority for it w? very large. The sams ordinance make the commissioner of agriculture ale the commissioner of "industries." Carnegie Now a LL. D. In connection with ihe week's eel bration of the 450th anniversary uie foundation of Glasgow unlversit the degree of LL. D. was confened c Andrew Carnegie. By Wireless Message. The steamer Lucania, the first the Cunard vessels to be fitted wi the Marconi system of wireless tel graphy, made communication with tl shore twenty miles Xrom .Liverpool. FROM HlliH IKtMLt :| Seaboard Train Takes Frightful Plunge Into a Pond. J ; ALL ON BOARD VERE INJURED f Two Wiil Probably* Die From Wounds Received?Acts of Noble Hero:? r?:?.,i-,vy?rl ou Fh? * :;J* IOUI WIOWI6IVVM w j M?v - ?*-2 ! Trainmen. . t^jSH Sunday night, about 10 o'clock, the ! northbound Seaboard Air Line Atlanta -s *-S r special train turned broadside off a trestle into a pond, about a mile north J| . of Rockingham, N. C. There were on board about twentyL five or thirty passengers, all of whom > were more or less injured, several . very seriously, and two, a white man and a negro, probably fatally. There [ were three ladies and some children . aboard, none of whom were seriously JS hurt. s The engine and two mail cars pass[ ed over in safety, but the combination ~^ij| [ baggage and second, first-class and j two Pullmans turned over. On ac- lyj count of the rains the piers of the trestle gave way on the left side. At the first crash all lights were out and ||s water rushed in waist-deep through ^ , the windows. 1 Baggage Master Smith, though serirmslv hurt himself, at once thought . - Ci! I of the freight following close behind. . He crawled out, and seizing a lantern, 3 hobbled down the track and flagged I the freight, thereby preventing a sec1 ond catastrophe. When the freight f stopped he was lying on the ground, ' \/0sS unable to rise, but still waving his lantern. He fell time and again before he succeeded in getting far enough back to flag the train, xie had to be carried back on a stretcher. ^ The newsboy also did heroic work, ^ crawling through the cars helping the e almost drowned passengers to escape k througn the transom over a door. ? INHUMAN TREATMENT OF BOERS || ?f Fearful Mortality of Women and e Rabies In "Concentration Camps" j||| y of the British in South Africa. ?||| e A London special says: Replying to r- I? flin V*/MIon nf AArvima . "".'rjS LlUlia 1X1 cue; UUUOC ux - rr - - ~ Monday, Mr. Broderick, the war secretary, said there were 40,229 persons in the "concentration camps" of the -4$|B Transvaal and Orange River colony, .js The deaths in these camps for the ;o month of May number 98 men and wo- _"ljj men and 318 children. The announce^ ment of the mortality was received ;j|| with groans from the Irish members -M and cries of "Scandalous." Mr. Brodi? erick added that the authorities were r, arranging for the release of the wo- J?3 ,d men and children who had friends to ;o receive them, but the government ie could not undertake to feed them in- .'jm n isolated positions. a- The division in the house of com- Y/^M ;i, mons on the motion made by Mr. ie Lloyd-George, Welsh nationalist, to ~r||| q- adjourn the house on the question of the treatment of Boer women and vY^aj children, which was rejected by a vote of 253 to 134, served to accentuate the * split in the liberal party on the government's war policy. Sir Henry Camp r* bell-Bannerman, the liberal leader, supported Mr. Lloyd-George in de* vj|?j le nouncing the policy of concentrating ' women and children in camps, and ie with Sir William Vernon-Harcourt, lib- ':-x\ in eral, and the Rt. Hon. William Bryce, ,n liberal, voted in the minority on Mr. { Lloyd-George's motion. About fifty t|I ^ liberal imperialists, led by the Rt Hon. H. H. Asquith, advanced liberal, and Sir Edward Grey, liberal, abstained ' from voting, as a protest against the Bannerman-Harcourt-Morley section vs of t^^house of commons identifying is th'SWves so closely with the ex- . nrn.RfWirS .. ~Tfcl^aily News and The Chronicle, ' respect^SliLthe organs of the pro- -V^j Boer and impertaUs^sections, display ^ n. the greatest irritation at^his opej^?^jij split in the liberal party. ig Lord Kitchener has not yet cabled <; s. the details of the reverse of the 250 m Victorian mounted rifles of General re Beatson s column at Steenkoelsprult, ~| d. June 12th. [I PLANT MACHINISTS GIVE NOTICE. re Demand Work Day of Nine Hours. J n. Strike Grows at Savannah. The strike of the railroad machinists in Savannah, Ga., appears to be growing. While the Seaboard'Air X'l Line officials say that they are get- v > Jp ting along all right with the new men ie employed, the machinists in other rail- , Ju roads are said to be contemplating e going on a sympathetic strike to aid er their fellow-workmen of the Seaboard in gaining their ends. Monday the $ Plant system machinists gave notice & that they must be given a working - ,r* day of nine hours in the future or they *e would go out. ODELL BOOM LAUNCHED. "Boss" Piatt Says New York Governer Will Be President. ,n "It seems to me that Governor Odell ^ will be re-elected and that he will ? lofor ho nrpKident." lavwa wv ,n This was Senator Thomas C. Piatt's V !? reply to a question put to him by a 1 New York newspaper reporter as to { n whether Governor Odell is likely to - j succeed him in the CAPTAIN KING Court Decrees That He Serve a Year e* ana Pay a $3,000 Fine. In the United States court at Mobile, y' Ala., Captain Cyril W. King, former )n construction quartermaster, United States army, at Fort Morgan, Ala., was v sentenced to imprisonment in the pen- .M itentiary for one year and a half and ?* to pay a fine of $3,000. He gave notiqe of an appeal and made the required le" bond for $10,000. ie King was convicted several weeks ? ago of receiving a bribe