Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The candidates for the United states senate win sycem in Sumter, and the candidates for State offices will' speak at St. Matthews. &enry Leopard, a white man of Aiken county, was tried last week on the charge of attempting to assault his cousin, a little girl of ten years. He was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Dr. Henry N. Snyder has declined the presidency of the South Carolina University, and will remain as president of Wofford college. This will be most welcome news to the many friends of Wofford throughout the State. The $12,000 contributed by the Peabody board for the erection of the new dormitory at Winthrop College has been sent to that institution. The general assembly appropriated $24,000 for the same purpose this s year and a like amount next year. Lewis F. Byars, a white man, v moo tvlori in CntnmhtA last week on the charge of murder. He was found gpilty with a recommendation tb mer.r cy and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary Byars'shot and killed his step-son, young Oliver Lanahan, in the Olympia mill village in March of last year. The faculty of Clemson College, i after careful investigation, has consented to reinstate about one hun- i hred of the students who were dismissed from" the institution last i April. In each case application for y < : reinstatement was made by the stu- < dent. These reinstated cadets can re-enter Clemson next fall. > At the reunion of Confederate veterans in Birmingham -latet week, Gen. Clement A. Evans, of Georgia, ] was elected commander in chief to 1 succeed Gen. Stephen D. Lee, deceased. Gen. C. Irvine Walker, of '9 South Carolina, was re-elected com- 1 ? minder of the army of Northern Virginia. Memphis, Tenn., was V ' chosen as the next place of meeting. S. M. Wetmore, a Spartanburg at- 1 torney, has been appointed receiver 1 fear the Carolina Fire Insurance Co. ^ at Spartanburg. This no doubt is the result of the report of Insurance Commissioner McMaster. It is said ] that legal steps will be taken by the j receiver to collect all assessments j^on policy holders, so that claims may be phid and tjie business of the company wound up. ] Since tne wunarawai or ax-viuvernor D. C. Heyward from the race for pv -the. United States Senate, the friends of V. S. Henderson, of Aiken, have i beeh urging him to re-enter the con- ! test- He -will not do so, as he is i preparing to make an extended tour i of Europe. It is said that the entry < of Heyward caused Henderson to withdraw, and that Heyward had ! promised Henderson not to run. i v v Killed by lightning. Charlotte, N. C., June 14.?One lad was instantly killed and four others seriously, perhaps fatally, injured by lightning near Lexington, Davidson county, this morning in an unusual 1 - manner. The boys were out gather ing plums when a heavy storm came 1 up and they took refuge in the office 1 of a deserted manufacturing build- 1 ine. Formerly a telephone had been 1 in use in the office but it had been removed, leaving only the wires. Lightning struck the wires outside 1 the building and traveled to the office where the boys had gathered, 1 instantly killing Odell Young, 14 ' years old, and injuring four others so. seriously that they have not re- j gained consciousness. There were ; seven in the party and two were uninjured. They hurried to a nearby residence and gave the alarm, summoning aid to the injured. None of ' the injured boys were over 15 years of age. The injured are: Ernest 1 Bean, 15 years old; Mack Andrews, 14 years old; Everet Walbern, 14 years old; Hollis Craver, 15 years i old. Neither the dead lad nor those 1 injured bears marks of the deadly stroke that felled them. Every One of Them a Bird,. A current newspaper item is as follows: The wife of a Methodist minister in West Virginia has been married three times. Her maiden name was Partridge; her first husband was named Robin, her second Sparrow, and the present one's name is Quayle. T^iere are now two young Robins, one Sparrow, and three little Quayles in the family. One grandfather was a Swann, another was a Jay, but he's dead and a bird of Paradise. They live on : Hawk avenue, Eagleville, Canary Island, and the fellow who wrote this article is a Lyre bird and an interesting relative of "the family.?St. Louis Republic. There is not a town in South Carolina, dispensary or no dispensary, that is nearer free from blind tigers than Newberry. This is owing to the vigilance of our officers as well as to the respect for law of our people.?Newberry Observer. WOMAN AVENGER. Lawyer Shot by Girl Whose Father He Had Killed, Tunica, Miss., June 11.?J. T. Lowe, an attorney, was shot and probably mortally wounded in a street to-day by Mrs. Jacob Weinstein. On March 31, last, Lowe shot and killed Perry M. Houston, father of Mrs., Weinstein, in street fight growing out of Houston's election as secretary of the Yazoo levee board. Mrs. Weinstein, who is 19 years old, was married last February to a merchant of Charleston, Miss. Mrs. Weinstein passed Lowe in a street car near his office to-day. After the attorney had passed she turned, drew a revolver from her waist and fired. Lowe fell with a bullet through his back. As he fefl he drew a revolver, but turning and seeing that his assailant was a woman, he made no attempt to discharge his weapon. Mrs. Weinstein is on a verge of a collapse from hysteria. The Weinstein family is wealthy. Mrs. Weinstein has made no statement concerning the reason for shooting Lowe. Although under arrest she has not been taken from her mother's home, which is guarded by deputy sheriffs. Hurt at Baseball Game. Gaffney, June 12.?Albert Cook, a young man about 16 years of age, was the victim of a most distressing accident while witnessing a baseball practice at the Gaffney ball park this afternoon. While standing close to a player batting out balls he was struck in the hedd by the bat, which flew out of the player's hand. His skull was fractured and his injuries may prove serious. Prompt medical aid was secured and it is possible that the injury will not prove fatal. J He is an exceptionally prominent young man, the son of James Cook, a prominent Cherokee farmer. Killed by Lightning. Spartanburg, June 11.?J. ET. Cole, aged about forty-three years, a prominent farmer of the Walnut Grove /if thin onnntv. and his son. Albert, aged twelve years, were Instantly killed by lightning this afternoon about three o'clock. Two young daughters of Mr. Cole were shocked by the lightning, but were not seriously injured. It is reported here to-night that the little daughter, nine years old, is in a serious condition as the result of the shock. Mr. Cole was in the act of lowering a window when, the flash came, killing him and his son instantly. GirFs Composition. A school girl was required to write an essay of 250 words about an automobile. She submitted the following: ' "My uncle bought an automobile. He was riding out in the country when it bursted going up a long hill. I guess this is about 50 words. The other\200 words is what my uncle said while he was walking back to town, but they are not fit for publication." Sheriff in Trouble. Jacksonville, June 12.?Chaining a passenger train on the Valdosta Southern railroad to the track and standing guard over it with a shotgun, Deputy Sheriff I. C. Hunter, of Ponetta, Fla., came in* conflict with the postal laws of the United States by delaying the mail, according to an indictment returned by the federal grand jury. Hunter wab arrested and brought before Commissioner Locke to-day. Arrested on Ugly Charge. Anderson, June 10.?M. H. Sexton, a white man of 32 years, of Anderson county, has been lodged in the county jail Uo answer to the charge of criminal assault upon a negro girl of 15. years. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Scott this morning. Sexton is a prosperous and prominent farmer, having aboyt 300 acres under cultivation. . When seen at the jail this afternoon he told your correspondent that he had some words with the negro girl yesterday about hoeing some cotton. She refused to do as he bid, and he shoved her about. The girl told her mother a different tale, and she appeared before a magistrate and secured a .warrant for Sexton's arrest. Sexton has secured a lawyer and application for bail will probably be made within the next day or two Sexton is married and has four children. "BLIND TOM" IS DEAD. Negro, Born a Slave, Was Long a Marvel as* a Musician. New York, June 14.?"Blind Tom" the famous < negro musician, marvel of three generations of playgoers, died yesterday in Hoboken, N. J., where he has been living for years in retirement and subsisting on charity. Thomas Wiggins is the name given in his burial certificate, but the surname was the one which the famous pianist adopted. He was born a slave near Columbus, Ga., about 1850. In early childhood, Tom, who was born entirely blind, and more than idiotic, showed himself remarkably imitative, frequently stealing into the house of his master, to reproduce on the piano forte pieces he had heard played by others. In 1861 he became so proficient on th ; instrument that he was taken to New York and exhibited as a phenomena and later was heard in the United States and Europe. COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. ~ > News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, June 15.?Rev. Prof. Fisher, of Mt. Pleasant, N. C., who has charge of the Mt. Amoena Female Seminary at that place, was to have preached for Rev. P. E. Monroe at Mt. Pleasant and Ehrhardt Lutheran churches on Sunday, but for some reason he did not turn up, so Mr. Monroe had to come to.the front, which he did in grand style, as is nis usual habit. Mrs. Julius "v Ehrhardt and her friend, Mrs. Reynolds, of Augusta, are spending some time with Mrs. Charles Ehrhardt. Messrs. Herbert and Ben Ehrhardt, who have been at Newberry College, the past season are at home for their vacation. Gen. Green has been resisting the farmers' efforts very successfully for some time, but the farmers are getting the best of it, and with a few more days assistance from sunshine, crops will all be in a passable condition. Our fishermen are too busy now to go fishing, consequently we have but few fish stories now. Mr. Jacob C. Hiers, Jr., has entered the race for magistrate for Three Mile Township. We are glad that his friends have gotten him to consent to take the candidacy, as he is a young man of good habits and good repute, and think if elected will make us a model officer. JEE. v rnlstnn Nmvs. Colston, June 16.?The fine weather still prevails in this community, and the crops are looking very well. Mr. J. B. All, of Ulmer, visited his family here last Sunday. Rev. S. P. Chisolm preached at the Olar Baptist Church last Sunday. Messrs. C* M. Vara and B. W. Beard visited friends and relatives at Norway last Sunday. Miss Naomi Sandifer and brother, of the Springtown section, spent Sunday last with Miss Minnte Fender. The farmers of this section have organized a society for their benefit, and the officers are as follows: Thos. Clayton, president; Allen Gillam, vice president; J. E. McMillan, secretary and treasurer. Miss Debby Zetgler, of the Clear Pond section, spent Sunday with Miss Essie Sandifer. Mrs. S. P. Chisolm and Mrs. J. E. ? - x Heard visuea reiauves at oamucig last Sunday. Rev. I>. L. Roten preached an interesting sermon to an attentive congregation last Sunday afternoon. Master Malone Varn and little sister, Olive, of Olar have been visiting their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Varn. COMMENCEMENT AT OLAR. High School Closes a Most Successful Year. , Olar, June 14.?On last Tuesday evening were the final exercises of the Olar high school, which were generally conceded to have been the best wer rendered here. The commencement exercises were held in the school auditorium, beginning Sunday with an appropriate and most forceful sermon on "Redemption" by Rev. J. W. Daniel, D. D. On Sunday night Rev. R. A. Yongue delivered a strong educational sermon, which was thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by the entire audience. On Monday evening there were exercises by the primary and grammar grades, which consisted of plays, drills, | piano solos and duets and recitations. I These exercises were well rendered throughout and reflected much credit on the teachers, Miss Mattie Mims, Mrs. W. M. Oxner and Miss Kitty Woof/vn of thPRp rtpnartments. Again on Tuesday evening the spacious. auditorium was filled to overflowing and the audience enjoyed the graduating exercises by the high school pupils. The program, too, consisted of plays, a drill, piano solos and duets and each number was so dendered that it brought continued applause and would have been a credit to any school and the writer can but congratulate Miss Owens and Prof. Oxner on the success of the evening. The last number on the program was the presentation of diplomas to five young ladies and one young man by Prof. W. M. Oxner, who before presenting the diplomas briefly recounted the work of the school for the past year, showing that it has beea^the most successful the school has ever had, and impressed upon the patrons the great necessity of unity among them for the success of the school. Miss Lilla Quattlebaum, of Ridge Spring, is the efficient music teacher and all of the selections by her pu * J IL.t ?-U ? pils were or sucn nign oraer mai sue deserves special mention in the success of the commencement. Perhaps no school has had any more progress than Olar and the success is due to the efforts of the principal, W. M. Oxner, and the trustees, Messrs. C. F. Rizer, J. E. Cook and W. P. Chitty. Peabody Gift Accepted. Athens, Ga., June 13.?The board of trustees of the University of Georgia to-day accepted the proposition of the Peabody board of a new $50,000 building and provided for the election of .the requisite number of teachers when the new building is finished. The $50,000 will be formally appropriated by the Peabody trustees next October. I PROHIBITION WANING. Auditor West Finds Dispensary Gaining Favor. Columbia, June 13.?In the opinion of Dispensary Auditor West, who is constantly on the run into various sections of the State on official business, and who comes in contact with and talks to all classes of people all over the State, there has been a marked and steady slump in prohibition sentiment over the State during the past ninety days. He has his doubts as to whether prohibition would get a majority over the State as a whole were an election held on that issue right now, and if the senti ment keeps on changing he is rather of the opinion that the August primary would register continuance of the present county option scheme as .the will of the people generally. Mr. West does not * know how to account for this change of general feeling toward the question. He says the people just appear to be settling down to acceptance of the present situation, although the anti-saloon people are keeping up their fight against the traffic. The fact that the question is practically eliminated from the summer campaign, the resolution to provide a separate box at the primary for the issue having been overwhelmingly voted down in the State Convention last month, may have much to do with the general attitude. Mr. West himself is a prohibitionist and his observation is not fathered by his desire in the premises. Mr. West makes the interesting comment, which he says, is abundantly borne out by the records, that if all members of churches whose church law sets them in a militant attitude toward liquor were to withdraw their patronage from the dispensaries from one end or tne state to tne other, the justly celebrated county dispensary system would dry up in thirty days for want of enough business to pay expenses. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Dr. D. M. Michaux, of Dillon, Knocked Down. , Dillon, June 12.?During a heavy thunderstorm that passed over this section yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock, Dr. D. M. Michaux was struck by lightning and for several hours was regarded as having been seriously injured. He had just returned to his home from a drive with his family in the country and put up his horse and was turning from his barn door when the bolt came. Mrs. Michaux, hurrying into the house to escape the rain, was startled by the report and naturally turned around to look at the doctor. To her horror she saw him prostrate on the ground. Summoning help she had him brought into the house. While conscious, he was paralyzed from his waist down, complaining of intense pain in head and right arm. Several physicians were soon around him doing everything in their power to save.him. In about four hours sensitiveness in his lower limbs began to return and by 12 o'clock he was resting quietly under the influence of hypodermics.. To-day he is better, though quite weak. It was indeed a close call and the doctor is receiving congratulations from his many friends on his narrow escape. TOOK GUN TO PLAY WITH. And One Little Negro Blew Another's Brains Out. Mount Holly, June 14.?While playing with a gun this afternoon, pulling up. the hammer and letting it down again, as it lay upon a table, where he had put it after discovering it behind the door, John Whaley, 8 years of age discharged the weapon and blew out the brains of another little negro, Frank Jones; ; 2 years old, who was sitting against the wall not ten steps away. Death was, of course, instantaneous. The mother of the child was sitting just outside the house at the time the accident occurred, and had the shot penetrated the wall, might have been wounded also. Killed by Crazy Passenger. Fort Wayne, Ind., June 14.?Just as a West-bound Wabash passenger train was pulling into the city tonight a Spaniard, who occupied a special coach with Italian immigrants, bound for St. Louis, went insane and leaping into the aisle plunged a dagger into the heart of one of the Italians, fatally stabbed another and painfully wounded a third. He then leaped through the car window and escaped. Teachers Re-elected. At the annual meeting of trustees of the Barnwell graded school, held on Tuesday afternoon, the corps of teachers for the past year were reelected for another session. They are as follows: Principal R. Boyd Cole; assistants Misses Harrie M. Bronson, Marie Keel, Pauline Richardson, Bessie Palmore, Columbia Bellinger and Mrs. Seabrook; music teacher, Miss Adah Stannard.?Barnwell Sentinel. Marriage a Failure. He found marriage a failure because he did all the courting before marriage. He never talked his affairs over with his wife. He thought of his wife only as a cheap housekeeper. He never dreamed that a wife deserved praise or compliments. He married an ideal, was disappointed to find it had flaws. He paid no attention to his personal appearance after marriage. He treated his wife as he would not have dared to treat another woman. SOME LATE CANDIDATES COL. \V. W. LUMPKIN ANI) J. P. GKACE OUT FOR U. S. SENATE. I Col. Henry T. Thompson for Adjutant and Inspector General?Full List of the Candidates. For United States Senate?W. W. Lumpkin, Columbia, and Jno. P. Grace, Charleston. For Adjutant and Inspector General?Henry T. Thompson, Columbia. For Solicitor, Fifth Circuit?B. B. Clarke, Camden. For Congress, Sixth District?J. Willard Ragsdale, Florence. These were the candidates who got in their pledges and assessment checks Tuesday, before State Chairman Wilie Jones closed his books, which he did, pursuant to announcement, promptly at noon. There can be no more entries now. It became known Monday that Mr. Grace might make the race for the Senate, but Col. Lumpkin's candidacy came as a complete surprise. It will be remembered that some years ago, Col. Lumpkin started to run against Senator Tillman, but withdrew before the campaign was well started. Another great surprise was the entrance of Col. Henry T. Thompson against Adjutant General Boyd, who is standing for another term. Mr. Clarke's entrance in the solicitorship race had been expected and so had Mr. Ragsdale's entrance in the race for congress over in the sixth district. All is in readiness now for the inauguration of the spell-binding on the hustings. The candidates ior United Stages Senator hold fprth today at Suipter, while those for State offices will speak in the new county of Calhoun, at the county seat, St. Matthews. It was reported this morning that the Charleston people opposed to Mayor Rhett might put up either Mr. Grace or Mr. J. K. P. Bryan. The decision they reached is indicated by the fact that Mr. Grace is thff entry. The complete list is as follows: United States Senate: Jno. Gary Evans, George Johnstone, O. B. Martin, R. Goodwyn Rhett, E. D. Smith, Jno. P. Grace, W. W. Lumpkin. Congress: ' 1st District, Geo. S. Legare; 2nd District, J. O. Patterson, W. S. Smith; 3rd District, J. E. Boggs, Wyatt Aiken; 4th District,- Jos. T. Johnson; 5th District, D. E. Finley, T. B. Butler, W. P. Pollock; 6th District, J. E. Ellerbe, Wm. Murchison, P. A. Hodges, J. R. CoggeshalW. W. Ragsdale; 7th District, A. F. Lever. Governor: M. F. Ansel, Cole L. Blease. Lieu tenant Governor: Thos. G. McLeod, (incumbent.) Secretary of State: R. Maxcy McCown, (incumbent.) Attorney General: J. Fratfer Lyon, (incumbent.) State Treasurer: R. H. Jennings, (incumbent.) Comptroller General: A. W. Jones, N. W. Brooker. State Superintendent of Education: E. C.- Elmore, Stiles R. Mellichamp, J. E. Swearingen. Adjutant and Inspector General: J. C. Boyd, Henry T. Thompson. Railroad Commissioner: Jas. Cansler, B. L. Caughman, F. C. Fishburne, J. A. Summersett, H. W. Richardson. Candidates for Solicitor: First circuit, P. T. Hilderbrand; Second circuit, J. E. Davis, Jas. F. Byrnes, H. M. Graham; Third circuit, J. B. McLaughlin,P. H. Stoll, A. B. Stuckey; Fourth circuit, J. Munroe Spears; ? - "T TT ? + .P'llin. circuit; w. nampiuu vuuv, Christie Benet, Geo. R. Rembert, B. B, Clarke; Sixth circuit, J. K. Henry; Seventh circuit, Thos. S. Sease; Eighth circuit, R. A. Cooper, E. L. Richardson; Ninth c'rcuit, W. St. Julien Jervey, Jno. H. Peurifoy; Tenth circuit, J. J. McSwain, Proctor A. Bonham, A. H. Dagnall, M. C. Long; Eleventh circuit: George Bell Timmerman; Twelfth circuit: P. B. Sellers, C. P. Quattlebaum, Walter H. vWells, W. F. Clayton. Two Candidates Fight. Marion, June 15.?A personal difficulty occurred on Main, street in Marion to-day between Mr. W. Murchison, of Dillon, and Congressman J. E. Ellerbe, of Marion. Neither of the gentlemen were hurt as they were immediately separated. Congressman Ellerbe was seen by " QTlH rtlflHp the fol VUUl tui 1 coyvuuvub M.WV* - lowing statement: "I was walking up the street, met Mr. Murcbison and spoke politely to him. Mr. MurchisOn said very abruptly: 'I have heard that you have slandered me to Mr. Wheeler in my absence.' This I said was absolutely untrue. Mr. Murchison then asked me if I would face Mr. Wheeler with him. To this I readily consented and we walked across the street to where Mr. Wheeler was standing on the opposite sidewalk. Mr. Wheeler admitted that I had said nothing insulting about Mr. Murchison nor anything that reflected on his character. He Qould not recollect my exact words, he said, but it was something about Mr. Murchison and the Dillon post office. Before Mr. Wheeler could finish his statement Mr. Murchison cursed me and I struck him. He attempted to strike back but we were separated." Mr. Ellerbe furtner staiea mat uc had never said an unkind word against Mr. Murchison, and could not understand why he should have sought a personal encounter with him; that he had not heard Mr. Murchison's name mentioned in connection with the Dillon post office. Mr. Murchison was also asked for a statement of his version of the affair, but said that he did not care to have anything to say for publication. * /.X,.... Y YC II III HI iW ^ WOFFORD AFFAIRS. Dr. Snyder Will Remain and Greater Things Promised. Spartanburg, June 13.?Dr. H. N. Snyder announced before the board of trustees of Wofford college at their meeting this morning that he would decline tfce presidency of-the University of South Carolina, which had been offered him by the board of trustees of that institution. The local board of trustees of Wofford college waited on Dr. Snyder at his home Wednesday evening, and the * student body Friday afternoon. The two visits convinced Dr. Snyder that " his duty lay with Wofford, and after % making his annual report before the board yesterday morning, he an- . tnounced that he had decided not to ? take the offer from the board of . A# TT** /v# LI UOtCCO U1 LUC L'Ui VCIOILJ VI OVUUI "y' Carolina. ^ Dr. Snyder's salary was raised to $3,000 a year. The board of trustees were elated over his announce^ _ k 5: merit that he would remain witn Wofford, and immediately a committee was appointed to draft a reso- ' lution of thanks. Following is the resolution as drawn up by Hon. B. Hart Moss, of w Orangeburg and Rev. J. W. Kilgo, ^ of Florence: "Whereas Dr. Snyder has announe- <-r^ ed to this board his intention of doclining the flattering offer recently 5 ^ made him, we hereby express to him \ our sincere appreciation of his re-r mainine with us and Dledae him our earnest cooperation and support la ^ his efforts to enlarge and expand '-'f0 our college." < This was the most important item of business before the board. H<m- > ever) several other transactions of importance to the college were car- r P ried out. Rev. W. T. Duncan, presiding elder . of the Sumter district, was elected to fill the vacancy'on the board caused- . by the death of Bishop W. W. Duncan, who was chairman of the board.- ' Wa No chairman of the board has been elected yet. Possibly the election of ^ a chairman will be made at the -y* meeting Monday morning. Hon. John B. Cleveland was to-day nominated vas chairman, but he declined the honor. A committee was then appointed to nominate some man for-'vp the place.' A committee was appointed to ' draft suitable resolutions in memory of the late bishop W. W. Duncan, f who for so vmany years was chair-.' mdn of the board of trustees. After : snmp discussion at the meeting tliii To afternoon and again at the meeting ;rff to-night, it was decided to bnlld a $50,000 library for the college, and a $50,000 dormitory. R. A. Childs, the financial agent tit Wofford, will be instructed to begik -3? the _ canvass at once for the funds with which to erect these two build- * ,: ings. The board of trustees adjourned at 10 o'clock to-night to meet , again Monday morning. The rest of the business transacted .was of a >> routine nature. Reports showed that the college was In a most prosperous condition in every?particular. Senator Tillman Much Improved. Columbia, June 11.?There will bo; ; general interest in the report as to / the physical condition and trip of : ^ Senator Tillman, who is now in f'^SS Spain. In a letter written May 25th ' from Gibraltar this interesting state- ,% ment is made: "Senator Tillman feels that there has been a distinct gain. He has a fine appetite, sleeps well and has no 'M serious symptoms whatever. The vl 1 i? v.. J ..J #/,/.! Uo A# ' ..'V? swimming 111 licau auu ivuiui5 vl #. uncertain equilibrium have disappeared. Unless there Is some organic trouble, he does not see why he will not return home in the fall as well as a man of his age ought to hope to be.'*The voyage, he says, has been ex- 5VJSfl ceptionally pleasant with only one tym rough day and one of moderately ^ brisk wind. The rest of the time the ;^j| weather has been fine and the trip enjoyable. He really enjoyed doing >\g? nothing. The plans for his trip on the continent have not been definitely out- f \J| lined. They will probably be determined upon after he finds out how he stands travelling in Spain. After landing at Gibraltar his plans were . ^ to take a side trip to Tangier la Africa and returning to Gibraltar to * visit Seville, Cordova, Toledo, Madrid and Granada. Then to get back to Gibraltar in time to take the next;-.^ steamer, June 12th, and go on to . Naples. Merger Suit Case. The hearing on the appeal by the Jx Southern Railway in the merger suit '( % case will be heard by the supreme court, July 14. This Is the suit k brought by the State of South Carp- / M "?? n<MT/si.ol roara Q en tftstlnST the Z*1 uua ot f vi ui j vhiu .. validity of the lease of the South Carolina Railway, it being alleged that a parallel or competing line was bought up in violation of the constitution. . At a term of civil court, held In ' , | this county some time ago, Attorney "7: General Lyon moved to withdraw / the complaint and substitute another > suit. This motion was granted and 7 the appeal is taken from the decision ,^2 of the circuit judge. The general., . "C 7 assembly appropriated $5,000 for thw attorney general to conduct this case. , 7 ?The Columbia State. Powers Pardoned. * ' " atKS Governor Wilson, of Kentucky, has >1 pardoned Caleb Powers and James Howard, charged with complicity In the mruder of Gov. Wm. Goebel several years ago. Powers was sec re- s tary of State at the time of the kill- " ing, and the shot which killed Goebel came from his office. He has been tried for his life four times, death ; being the penalty in two trials.