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/; THE BAMBERG HERALD. "Sr K ^ Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1906 One Dollar a Year V IN THE PALMETTO STATE. ! \ INTERESTING OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. | State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading Pungent Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Dr. E. F. Parker, of Charleston, has teen elected dean of the Charleston medical college, succeeding his father, Dr. F. L. Parker, who resigned recently. A charter has been granted to a company which proposes to build an electric ** * "VT?'Vn CooVinorH Air line irom i^uitu, uu iuv. uv,?vvu.v - ILine, to the Santee river, passing through the city of Orangeburg. The capital stock is placed at $1,100,000. The corporators are Orangeburg men. The property of the Independent Oil1 Company was sold at auction at Darling- j ton last Friday to Henry. F. Buist, of , Charleston, for $200,000, the upset price fixed by the court. The property will be owned by a new corporation, known as the South Atlantic Cotton Oil Company. , "Wallace Mason, a young white man F employed in the weave room at the Olympia cotton mills in Columbia, was drowned in the Congaree river near that city last Sunday. He was in a boat being towed by a naptha launch and in some way fell out of the boat and drowned as he could not swim. m A Shortage in Union. Union, May 12.?It lias come to light that W. W. Hughes, for sixteen years treasurer of the Union Building and Loan Association, is short in his accounts j-K several thousand dollars. An attempt has fbeen made to keep it quiet until the exact amount of the loss could be learned 'f . after expert accountants arrive on Monday, to avoid exaggerated and damaging f reports, but this proved impossible. The Association, which is a strictly local enterprise, has been successfully run for twenty years, three series having been j V wound up. It is believed that series four and five are the only ones involved, and j-'.:{ that numbers six, seven and eight are f practically Unhurt. Mr. Hughes, who had entire charge of the Association ' funds and assumes sole responsibility for v the shortage, which was caused by specu| lation, has heretofore been considered a Sf- man of strictest honesty. BSC 5 r KILLING IN SPARTANBURG. ??? t P. C Cannon Shot and Killed by Ubi V. Mil. lican, his Stepson. Spartanburg, May 12.?P. C. Cannon } ;* was shot and instantly killed about 10 Hi o'clock tonight by his step son, Ubi Mil' ! 1 ????? in tKo nifiT -ini] ucan, woo IS St plCdCUb lu wuv V4vj J? . | > The shooting took place on Morgan | square1 almost in front of the Palm cafe. F The deed was committed with a 44-calibre Winchester rifle. ;f: . Cannon fell dead in the door of the cafe, into which he had started to run, ?.'* - the ballet havihg entered his back at the centre of the left shoulder blade and ' passed through the heart, coming out jnst ever the left nipple. Death in the opinion of the physicians was instan[ taneous. f Millican was arrested by Chief of Police A. B.Dean, who attempted to get hold of i / the young man before the first shot was L fired. The young man stated that he had r shot his step father and that he hoped I that he had killed him. He stated that Cannon had beat his mother and had . made advances to his sister. The coroner's inquest was held tonight add was m session at a late hour. The shooting occurred when the square was crowded with Saturday night shoppers and attracted a large crowd, k From the testimony of the witnesses ^ at the inquest, Cannon was standing in the street near the curbing with his back turned to the street. IJbi Millican was seen coming down the square by Chief Dean, as he stated, from the direction of the car line. Chief Dean ran toward the young man and before he reached him ^ the first shot was fired, which shot is |R thought to be the one which caused Cannon's death. Cannon ran toward the cafe door and endeavored to enter tne place. As soon as bis hand was on the door his strength failed him and he fell " in the vestibule dead. Cannon was well known about Spartanburg, having at one time been a part owner in the Palm cafe. The family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Cannon, Ubi L and a daughter, came to this city some time ago, it is said, from Orangeburg. Cannon was a heavy drinker and reports of the mistreatment of his wife had been current on the streets fcr some time. Ubi Millican is a young man about 18 years of age and is a student of Wofford college. He was seelfconight but stated that he had nothing to say other than he was justified in killing Cannon. Young Millican is well known in Bam. berg. He attended the Carlisle Fitting ^ . School here for a year or two, and seemed to be a quiet, well-behaved boy and very popular in the school. A MOUNTAIN OF GOLD could not bring as much happiness to Mrs. Lucia Wilke, of Caroline, Wis., as did one 25c box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, when it completely cured a running sore on her leg, which had tortured her 23 years. Greatest antiseptic Healer or piles, wounds and sores. 25c at J. B. Black's and Hoover's drug store, ' t " OUT OF PRISON AT 85. | Octogenarian |Who Served 35 Years Says He is Innocent. New York, May 11.?After 35 years ! in Sing Sing prison for a murder which | he says he did not commit?and he is sustained by the musty records of the case in this contention?William J. Kelly was released to-day. He is 85 years old. Mrs. Mary Connell, his widowed daughter and her four children warmly greeted the old man and he is in their j home in Jamaica, L. I. "It was 25 years before I was reconciled iu ucillg 1u pjl&uu lui avuuibl uuu iiwv- i ing to do with," he said today. "I was a workman of the Long Island Railway and one Saturday night in January, 1871, I was in Van Size's Hotel, Nyasary, L. I., when Garrett W. Nostrand, a wealthy farmer, came in. He was drunk and had a row with John S. Devine. I had some words with him, too, but no quarrel, and after he left I cut across lots I to my own home. Nostrand was found dead in the road nearby next morning. "Devine was arrested and accused me. Devine said he struck Nostrand the first blow and I finished him. Devine was I sentenced to life and is in Dannemora." STALLION AND BULL FIGHT. Steel Heels no Match for Horns, so Horse is Disemboweled. Paterson, N. J., May 11.?A terrible fight between a stallion and a vicious bull occurred on the farm of Paul Hoffner, at Halendon today. The fight resulted in the disemboweling of the stallion, an animal valued at $1,300, with a record of 2.20. It was owned by William Petrie, of this city. The stallion, covered by a red blanket, was in the barn, when the bull, seeing the blanket, became infuriated, and leaping over the fence, attacked the stallion, who met the bull with his hind legs. His * - ? % - j 1. ?ua steel SQoa uoois cut a ueep gasn m tuc bull's left shoulder. The blow stopped the bull for a moment, but he returned to the combat, and the animals fought all over the barnyard. The farmer and several of his men ran to the scene with pitchforks, but the bull felled the stallion before they could save it. Before the three men succeeded in beating the bull off, Breen, one of the farmhands, broke his arm. The bull, which had given considerable trouble before today, was shot. Death of Clarence Parnell. Darlington, May 12?Clarence Parnell, the 18-year-old son of Mr. John Parnell, died last night as a result of the injuries received by him the day before on the Williams & McKeithan tram train at Lumber. Young Parnell was in the employ of the Williams & McKeithan Company, and, at the time of the accident, was riding on the cow-catcher of the tram engine on his way to work. It seems that one of the cables used by the mill men in the handling of logs was suspended across the tram road, and from some cause unknown it sagged enough during the night to catch the smokestack of the engine as it passed under the c%ble, and tear it from its place on the engine and throw it violently to the ground. The train was runninirhankwarrl s anH that eaused it to be ?*e ? ? -thrown towards the front of the eDgine, where it struck young Parnell, mangling one of his arms and otherwise bruising him and breaking some of his bones. Medical aid was rendered, but to no avail. Barnwell Minister Injured. Barnwell, May 10.?Rev. S. E. Prentis, formerly rector of the Church of the Holy Apostles here and at present proprietor of the Glendale dairy farm, met with a very painful and what came near proving a serious accident late yesterday afternoon. Mr. Prentis has a large pasture for his cattle a few miles from town and on his way there yesterday he decided to take a near cut by walking down the railroad track of the Atlantic Coast Line railway. He was on an embankment when he heard a train coming. He stepped down on the side of the embankment to be out of the way of the coming train and as it passed him he says he heard some say "look out" and at the same time he was knocked from his feet, receiving bruises and injuries to his person. Mr. Prentis thinks that in some manner a crosstie lying on the embankment was hit by the moving train and thrown against him. He was able to walk home a distance of nearly a mile. He is now under medical treatment and is suffering from the bruises, but does not think that he is seriously injured. The case against Dr. Crimm, an optician of Spartanburg, charged with violating the medical laws of the State, by practicing without license, was dismissed by Magistrate Kirby Friday afternoon, after hearing the evidence offered by the prosecution. The charges were brought Jby Dr. Dorsey, an optician, also of Spartanburg. There was a large crowd in the court room when the case was called and intense interest was manifested in the proceedings. Have you pains in the back, inflammation of any kind, rheumatism, fainting spells, indigestion or constipation, Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes you well, keeps.you well. 35 cents. H. F. Hoover. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS. SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the Coouty and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, May 14.?One night last week one Morse Ayer, colored, took a notion that he wanted a suit of clothes from C. Ehrhardt & Sons' store. He pre-, pared everything during the day so he could steal the goods out by night without entering the store. These prepara tions were detected by the clerks and they took stand for the youngster. About 12 o'clock at night he came to get his suit, and when he had gotten it out Messrs. Frank Hiers and Jerry J. Chassereau were on hand to arrest him and put him in the lock-up. Judge Copeiand turned him over to the chain gang for thirty days, and then he will be placed in jail for next term of court, when the judge will finish up the job for larceny. Judge Copeiand had two cases before him on Friday. Our schedule gives us stale mail. All are kicking with all their might against it. It is reported that this is the work of some one at Lodge and a railroad commissioner. If this is true we will all cer. tainly vote for his removal instead of reelection. None of our citizens at this end were consulted nor did any of them sign such a petition for the present schedule. The farmers are complaining about their cotton crops. Too much cool weather for it to grow. They think the lice will get on it. They say their stand is bad and if the lice gets on it will kill Z* it uut. Mt. Pleasant Sunday-school will give their annual picnic on Ascension Day as heretofore. This is enough to say about it. All know what a picnic at that place means. Plenty to eat and speeches and general handshaking when ^r^'i/h, spiced with ice cold lemonade. Coue on, you will be welcome. Jee. Barnwell Desperadoes Arrested. Barnwell, May 10.?T esterday morning Magistrate Sanders had warrants sworn out for the men charged with assisting Ellie Bradley in resisting arrest last week. It will be remembered that Judge Sanders sent his constable, J. S. Still, to arrest Bradley last Wednesday and that when he attempted to make the arrest he was held at bay for several hours by an armed body of negroes and finally had to leave, as he was powerless to make the arrest. On yesterday terday, however, Judge Sanders deputized Messrs. E. E. Morris, Lucius Ben " * t t> . tXT U pnaofdp t s IitJllj il. U. DCUUCbt) TT JLX X xiisovw, V* KJ? Still, Arthur Still, J. B. Morris, Shad Calhoun aud Saxson Calhoun and sent them to take the men at any cost. After being away all night they returned here this morning with the following njen: Ed Berry, Sr., Ed Berry, Jr., Hansford Berry, William Berry, Ellie Bradley, Frank Gantt and Wilson Smoak. Two of the negroes were armed when the officers approached and would not give up their arms until the officers covered them with guns and took them by force. One had a shotgun and the other a Winchester repeating rifle. A gun loaded with buckshot was found in a buggy belonging to one of the negroes. It is claimed that the gun was out there by the wife of William Berry. The negroes waived their right to a preliminary hearing and were released by Magistrate Moody on a bond of $500 each, to appear at the court of general sessions that convenes here in July. The bond was signed by Mr. E. H. Oswald of Allendale. There are two nairmac fnr whinh warrants have UbUCl UVgiVVU 4V* M M.v. _ been sworn out but they were not to be found when the constables went for them yesterday. They will be arrested in the near future if they have not skipped the country.?The State. Card from Mr. Patterson. Editor The Bamberg Herald:?I write to inform your readers that now is an opportune time for veterans of the Mexican and Indian Wars, or their widows, to apply to Congress for an increase of pension. I have introduced bills to increase the pensions of all surviving soldiers and the widows of those deceased, who have applied to me for the same, and I will be glad to hear from others in my district whose pensions have not been increased to the limit. I have given considerable work and atTM-nrnrinp romnensation from ICUIltUU IV 0 , the government for damage to churches and the destruction of the same by Sherman's army during the Civil war and have been successful in getting quite a number of such claims from the Southern States reported favorably by the Committee on War Claims, of which I am a member, and I desire to call the attention of our people to the necessity of prompt action in presenting such claims to congress. Upon information of any such claims, I will be glad to co-operate with those interested and will introduce bills for their relief. V?ry respectfully yours, J. 0. Patterson. It pours the oil of life into your system. It warms you up and starts the life blood circulating. That's what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. H. F. Hoover. ' - - ? ; THE GOOD WOMEN IN COUNCIL District Meeting of tbe Woman's.Foreign Missionary Society at Springfield Last Week. The annual Orangeburg district meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society was held in Springfield last week, the opening services conducted by Mrs. E. S. Herbert Friday evening beginning at 8.30 o'clock. There were several addresses of welcome from the citizens and members of the local auxiliary and a response to these from the visitors by Mrs. R. W. Barber. The first business session opened Sat urday morning at 10 o'clock with Mrs. Herbert in the chair, assisted by Miss Annie Albergotti, district secretary. After devotionals which were conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. L. Tyler, the chair appointed committees, had roll call with responses from seven auxiliaries. The others in the district sending in reports, instead of delegates. The district secretary's report was excellent. It was made out for the fiscal year ending February 28. She reports 23 adult societies in the district with a memberthip of 375, and 43 life members, and subscriptions to 122 copies of the Missionary Advocate. The dues for the adillt societies amounted to $431.94, and total amount of adult, juvenile, and Golden Links is $521.81, which is $162.51 more than last year. Orangeburg has the honor to be the banner auxiliary, with Denmark, then Bamberg closely following. The Jericho auxiliary still raises the highest amount per member. Formerly there have been ten districts in the State, now there are two added which is twelve in all. Two auxiliaries, St. Matthews and one near there, have been admitted to this district, and two or three taken from this district to help form a new one. This district's loss is more than its gain, hence the secretary urges us to do more than formerly, so that there will be no falling off in our reports, and high stand that we've taken among the districts. After all the reports had been read by the delegates Mrs. Herbert asked, "How can we arouse more interest and work in this district?" Mrs. Barber responded to this with an interesting talk on "Information,"-which was her answer to the question. She said that if the women would seek information, they necessarily will receive inspiration, and these two powers are sufficient to christianize the world. She said further that we cannot learn much unless we read the Advocate, and we will not read the Advocate unless we take it. She urged also that the "Little Worker" be put into the hands of the children, so that they may grow up with this work continually before them. Rev. Mr. Tyler's answer to the question was, to get the pastors interested. The lasliao aK/%tilH Kotto th<? hnmp nastnr and every one in the district at these district meetings. They gain much information at these meetings and enthusiasm as well. Many of them know so little of the great work, hence the necessity of their being informed, else they cannot organize or assist those already organized. Mrs. Herbert read some resolutions by Mrs. Wightman urging that the noon hour of prayer be observed each day, for missionaries and their work. Mrs. Philips, of Williston, exhibited a curio sent to her by Miss Johnnie Sanders as a souvenir of her Chinese wedding. It is a queer, dainty hanging ornament of embroidery and tassels used in wedding decorations. The Saturday afternoon session was called to order by Mrs. Herbert, and devotional exercises conducted by Mrs. Barber, after which she made a long and interesting talk on our Spanish speaking fields?Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba. Mrs. Barber may well be called the "walking encyclopaedia for the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society." She verified that in this talk for she talked as fluently and as familiarly as if she had traveled the entire field of work. Her talk was more than interesting, it was delightful. Mrs. Herbert spoke-to the children about our training school in the West. Mrs. Barber again held forth on the subject of our circulating library, of which she is librarian and . of which so many of the societies seem to know so little. Her address is Mrs. R. W. Barber, Lowndesville, S. C., and she says that anybody sending her 5 cents can get any book in the library for a month?she paying the postage to us and we paying on the book's return. She begs the ladies to avail themselves of the opportunity to gain information of the mission work and fields. She wants everv member to send to her for a book right away. The district meeting next year will be held in Bamberg. This closed the last of the business sessions. Mr. Tyler preached on Sunday morning from the subject, "Come over.into Macedonia find help us." His sermon showed much research and deep thought and was much enjoyed. Mrs. Herbert organized a band of Golden Links in the afternoon, and in the evening Mrs. Barber interested the meeting again. Springfield opened her doors most hospitably for the meeting and proved herself a charming host. / ;.\.v vi" & NEW GRADED SCHOOL LAW FULL TEXT OF THE ACT GOVERNING THE BAMBERG GRADED SCHOOL A Matter in Which All Our People Should be Deeply Interested?Board Consists of Five Trustees?Election First Monday in June. | Section 1. That an Act entitled "An Act to provide for a graded public school j in the town of Bamberg, in School Dis- 1 trict No. 14," approved the 24th day of December, A. D. 1883, be, and the same is ( hereby, amended by striking out the word Barnwell, in Section 1 of said Act, and ; inserting the word Bamberg where it occurs in said Section, and that the title be amended to conform to this Act, and by striking out all of Section 2 of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof a new Section, to be known as Section 2, and by adding another Section, to be known as Sectiorf3, and by changing section 3 of said Act to Section 4; so that said Act. when amended, shall read as follows: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That for the purpose of maintaining a graded public school in School District number fourteen, in the town of Bamberg, in the County of Bamberg, the inhabitants of said School District be, and they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate, \ with such government, rights, privileges ( and liabilities as other School Districts | possess under the provisions of the general school laws of this State. Section 2. That in addition to the rights and privileges hereinbefore grant- i ed, the said School District shall have the c power to levy and collect a tax on the f assessed value of all real and personal ] property returned in said School District, 1 not exceeding 4 mills on the dollar, sub- 1 ject to the following provisions: The t County Superintendent of Education j shall, at any time. previous to the first < Monday of June in each year, issue a call t for a meeting, after two week's notice, of 1 all those citizens who return real or per- ( sonal property in said School District; ] such notice shall specify the time and I place of meeting, and be published in a ' County newspaper, and be posted in three ; conspicuous places in said School District. ; The persons entitled to vote in said meet- i ing shall have power, first, to appoint a Chairman and Secretary; second, to ad- i journ from time to time; third, to : decide whether, in addition to the amount of the constitutional school tax apportioned to the use of the schools in said district, it is deemed expedient to levy an additional district tax, not to exceed the limit hereinbefore mentioned, for the pay of teachers' sala-ries, or the building, furnishing, repairing and improvement of school house, or for incidental expenses. Only those persons shall vote at such meetings who are citizens of the State and return real and personal'property in said School Distfict. No tax thus levied shall be repealed at any subsequent meeting which may be held before the next annual meeting herein provided for. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of such meeting to notify the County Auditor, within one week, of the amount of the tax thus levied, and the Auditor shall thereupon proceed to assess such tax on all real and personal property returned in said School District. The County Treasurer shall collect this tax, at the time and in the manner prov'ded for collecting the State and County taxes, and it shall be a lien ^ on all property until paid, as is provided 1 for in case of State and County taxes. 1 The proceeds arising from said tax shall be kept separate and be paid ' out by the County Treasurer of Bamberg County, on warrants drawn by the School Trustees for said district, or a ' majority of them, countersigned by the Superintent of Education of said County 1 and the said Treasurer shall be liable to all penalties now prescribed by law for the non-performance or neglect of duty. Section 3. That there shall be five ' Trustees for said School District, who shall be elected by the mass meeting provided for in Section 2 of this Act. That 1 at the first meeting (held in 1906) five Trustees shall be elected, and at each 5 annual meeting thereafter one shall be elected, one Trustee retiring annually. That at the organization of the Board it shall be determined by l:>t who shall hold for one, who for two, who for three, who for four, and who for five years, and the ( person elected at each meeting after the ' first shall hold office for five years, and in j case of a vacancy in said Board, such ( vacancy shall be filled by the remaining f members, to continue until the next ? annual meeting. The Trustees of said A School District shall have the power and c authority to employ teachers, adopt a i course of study and require same to be ] taught, provided the selection be made ? from books adopted by the State Board of Education, and prescribe rules and regulations for the government of the said school. Ten days after notice of their election the said Board of Trustees shall meet and elect one of their number as Chairman, and the pay certificates of all i teachers shall, before being paid, be countersigned by the Chairman, or by a majority of the-Board of Trustees. Section 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby repealed. 1 I ?. . '/: ' - ' --S'VK5t' 'i-i' "' THE DISTRICT SUMMER SCHOOL Aiken, Barnwell and Bamberg to Hold Teachers* Institute at Barnwell in July. Barnwell, May 12.?At a meeting of the county boards of education of Barnwell, Bamberg and Aiken counties held in Blackville yesterday, it was decided to have a district < summer school for the teachers of the three counties. Last year Barnwell and Aiken joined in their summer school work and held their meeting in Aiken. This year it was decided to invite Bamberg to join with the two counties instead of going with Orangeburg, as was done last year. At the meeting held yesterday it was decided to hold wc summer suuuui m. uarawen com* mencing on the 23rd of July and continuing for three weeks. This time was decided on so that any teachers wishing to do so might attend the State and also the district summer school. Prof. C. V. Neuffer, superintendent of the local graded school, was unanimously recommended as superintendent of the summer school and his appointment will mean success for the institute. He is an mthusiastic and indefatigable worker ind will leave no stone unturned to make ;he school a success in every way. The citizens of the town are also very much nterested in the school and will-do all in heir power to assist those in charge, in naking the three weeks' session as pleasmt and profitable as is possible. The hree boards were represented yesterday >y $upt. Sanders of Aiken, Supt. Rowell >f Bamberg, Supt. B. M. Darlington and dr. R. B. Cole of Barnwell. The Delineator for Jane. The June Delineator is a most attractve number, containing the usual array . >f the latest styles, with the interesting / ashion chronicles of Helen Berkeley [ibyd and Edouard La Fontaine, and iterary features of the greatest excelence. Burton E. Stevenson contributes he first part of "The Rose of Sharon," a nystery tale that will tax the ingenuity v >f its readers to solve, and there are short stories by Kathrvn Jarboe, and Wolf Von Schierbrand, the former a story of the new Japan, and the latter a Russian narrative. "The President of Quex" is continued. Under the title, The Revival of an Old Assembly," Peter Freneau describes the ball at the Astor House, New York, which called forth Kv uational comment at the time it was held, in April. Gustav Kobbe interestingly tells the story of "Home, Sweet Home," j and there is a variety of excellent verses. For children, there are "Stories and * $ Pastimes," among them one of Alice Brown's Gradual Fairy Tales/' and for the woman of the home, many articles of housewifely interest, including a chapter on "Dirt and Danger in the Markets," in "The Delineator's Campaign for Safe Foods." : i Trouble With Automobiles. Andebson, May 13.?With the advent of several new automobiles complaint has hppn madft in th? p.itv and mnntrrnn ?/?-. / ~ J ?? count of the fast speed of some of the Jrivers of the machines. A story is being told in the city of an incident that occurred in the county a few days ago in which an irate farmer adopted drastic measures to enforce a more moderate speed. His horse became frightened on ;he approach of an automobile, but the iriver showed no inclination to stop in order to allay the fears of the frightened inimal. The man behind the horse at ;his juncture reached down beneath the seat of his vehicle drew forth an ugly looking gun and, with ldbguage appropriate to the occasion, brought the automobilist to a full stop. This story is vouched for by a well known man of the county. Willie Blanchett, a four-year-old boy, was run over yesterday afternoon on the public square by an automobile, but no blame wlatever was attached to the driver of the automobile. The ihachine was moving at a moderate speed. The little fellow was standing near by and the gong was sounded to warn him. Instead of merely standing where he was or get-". ting farther away he jumped directly i? frnnf r\f thfl Antnmnhilo vliinli nooso/S fc*V?4? WM?vtMVW*?V} IT UAVK y?MNIVU over him before it could be stopped. The boy was knocked senseless for a while and received a slight wound on the scalp. Scholarship at West Point. Barnwell, May 12.?As a result of the recent competitive examination held here for an appointment to fill a vacancy at ;he United States naval academy from the Second congressional district, Hon. J. 0. Patterson* has made the following appointments: To be midshipman, Randolph Murdaugh, of Hampton county; irst alternate, O. M. Reed, Jr., of Yemaalee; second alternate, Sidney Tison, of Allendale, Barnwell* county. Mr. Murlaugh is at present a student at the Jniversity of South Carolina and Mr. j _ J _A. _a. TT: ;^ lr'i*. *eea is a cauei ai Virginia military icademy. All Appropriate. "What is your profession, sir?" "I am an architect, doctor." "I see. Your system wants building ap. And yours, sir?" "I am an author." "Then you need a composing draft. And you, sir?" "I am an electrician." "H'm! Your system requires a shock. Sere's my bill"?Baltimore American. v:$