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' . ' ' ' * ;' A *El ' 1 ~.f + . Wcp lamkrg i^raUi j s ' _ r-5fe ?????? ?? i i i ??? ??????? ??????? ???????????? ???????????? Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1909 One Dollar a Year '*- 3 COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Aropnd V the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, Feb. 15.?A few farmers have ordered out their supplies , of fertilizer, but most of them are ? holding off giving their orders, hoping to buy cheaper. It seems as ( if the various companies are cutting . \ prices against each other more so this year than ever heretofore. ; Nearly every agent offers some better ' inducements than the one just , passing through the day before. This not only affects the farmers, but the ( merchants also, as they don't know ] What price to give a farmer. They J have to first ask what prices they , have been given to know where to . ^ start. r ' M*. John J. Hiers is rushing his j house, and will soon have it so he can go in it. * v \ ' 1 Had a good rain and some spring weather recently. Farmers and the ladies are talking early corn and gardens now. Some of our older heads say, hold off, more cold weather behind yet. * Our school opened up last week, and work is going on again in good shape. Miss Etta Copeland spent Friday night with Miss Epps. She returned to her work at Fairfax Sunday aftersoon. I* Mr. W. P. Pate spent part of Saturday and Sunday with his family. ; /Will return to his work to-day. , J V * - ~ i Mrs. Alice Zeigler spent Sunday with Mrs. S. M. Brown. * The stir of valentines was in good- ! ly numbers. Near on to one hundred J valentines were placed in our little . ? . - j? s postomce in on? oa)\ \jl lvu'.bc uiu-i ere were sent by rural delivery from y box to box that are not in this * count. 3 i Mr. Henry McMillan, Jr., is all 1 I smiles this morning. It's a bouncing J ' baby boy. 1 On the evening of February 22nd J the Ehrhardt graded school will 1 celebrate Washington's birthday. s The exercises, which win consist of 5 appropriate songs, recitations, and & plays, will begin at 8 o'clock. There 1 . will be no admission fee, but after J ^ the exercises refreshments will be * served at Reasonable prices and fancy * ? work be sold at auction. The pro- * ceeds will be used to purchase 1 globes, maps, charts, books, etc. 1 Everybody is not only invited, but urged to attend. JEE. a ? { / Colston Callings. 1 v * Colston, Feb. 16.?We had some s nice showers last week. We were a glad to see them come. t Mr. Brunce Padgett and sister, \ Miss Leila, visited friends at Hydig- \ get last Saturday and Sunday. e ? nD n frnm "Rhr- t ACT. U. u. U1 WVViVuv, ** . - - . , hardt, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. c , G. H. Kearse last Friday. c Mrs. J, C. Bishop was the guest of c Mr. and Mrs. W, C. Folk last Thurs- i day. r c Mr. C. C. Fender lost his cow the i first of last week. i s Mr. H. D. Beard visited friends at ^ Ehrhardt a few days last week. t . The folks around here are just about through killing their hogs for \ this season. X ;.v . Mr. J. H. McMillan, from Lodge, . visited Colston last Saturday and : Sunday. * , * ,''V. Miss Letitia Bishop was the guest { of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Bishop last ., Sunday. ] ^' ; Mr. Johnnie Kirkland and sister, : Miss Minnie, visited Mr. W. C. Folk 1 c t \f: last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Smith, from Ehrhardt, visited Mr. C. F. Padgett |f|> last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Bishop and little daughter, Cleo, were the guests ? of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bishop last Sunday. Rev. D. L. Roton preached a very interesting sermon at Colston Baptist church last Sunday afternoon. Mr. Clinton Free and Miss Evelyn Kirkland were the guests of Miss ^ Leila Padgett last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fender visited i their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bishop, near Ehrhardt, last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. G. W. Kearse and sister, Miss Lola, visited their aunt, Mrs. Tease J \ Sease, last Sunday ' v Miss Marie Sease is spending some * time with Miss Lola Kearse. Mr. W. H. Folk went to Bamberg last Saturday. Some of the farmers are hauling their fertilizer, while others have not received their's yet. A. L. B. , Fresh shipment graham flour at D. A. Kinard & Co.'s. J ST. VALENTINE'S DAY. "Old Timer" Writes of the Origin of the Day, Sweethearts Etc. * Kearse, Feb. 15.?Yesterday was a day eagerly looked for by most of the young folks: St. Valentine's day. * How many of them have ever learned of the Saint Valentine and for what purpose this festival was placed in the calendar. It is there and the 14th of February each year is put . down as a festival and the boys and girls have great fun in sending St. Valentine cards as well as valentines of a larger type to their sweethearts t as well as would-be ones. ^ Now this saint lived a long time before America was discovered. He ^ lived in the times of Emperor ^ Claudius, and a legend has it that he was a martyr and suffered a martyr's ^ death, but there is nothing in his j life nor death that would give rise to the custom of sending valentines or j sweethearts to the young man or lady of their choice as is done now J 1 V ~ f rxf auu lldd uccu iui d5co. ou ov/iu^ vi [>ur wise ones say the custom must * have originated much earlier than r his day, and it is supposed it was J from the 15th of February, a pagan r festival, when the boys and girls 1 wrote each others' names and this v lay was sacred to Juno Februata or it may have arisen in the days I jf Cain, for we are told that he went i in the land of Nod and there found c i wife. 1 Any way, the day is here and to d jtay, perhaps, for human nature is r rery much ndw as it was then and will so remain until the last in this s :he boy will want something pretty c for his best girl, if not he does not e leserve one. Then, the girls like a p jit of fun, and she sends to some t ?ood natured young man a comical I Jicture with something like this in- c jcribed: "Nobody's Valentine," or 'Sure as the grape grows on the vine, g ['11 be your Valentine." No account- ^ ng for these mischief loving girls, jj Sow much she enjoys seeing a t roung man puzzled over a valentine c ind how he tries to guess who sent a t and the sender is so innocent and f lelps him guess too who was the tender. Watch her eyes sparkle vith laughter when he is convinced J .QUI dliuiuci Sin scut xt.. iuvu vuv roung men, watch them select a * ralentine. He gets usually Cupid * vith his arrow or a heart with an irrow through it and a verse very D ike this: "I'm listening for the * jcho, of love's old plea divine, that have asked you sweetheart, please S >e my Valentine. Guess who." Or c lome verse to that effect. When the c roung lady receives it her face is a s itudy for she; is very intent as she s ooks it over, hunts the postmark, b hen exclaims: "Why, it is from is Bill; no it must be from John; no, a t is Henry's hand-writing; no, not rom him; oh, I know, it is from old c Ben, dear boy; I knew he would re- b nember me." tl So it is everywhere, in city, town a tnd hamlet, and the postmasters, c lerks, and mail carriers have their b lands full to handle all this extra b nail and Uncle Sam smiles as he v ees his coffers filled with the postige paid to carry them to their desination. c Yes, it is all right; let the young y lave their fun in this innocent way, a ceep up the day and cards and val- a tntines, for next to the man who ? tfves us meat and drink is the one n ?ho provokes a hearty laugh or a a theerful thought. n This brings to memory a post - - * j . ;ard a certain oia man received, uu n me side was the picture of a negro n nan with a large rattlesnake water- a nelon under each arm and a coop of a thickens just in front of him and r inder the picture these words: "I'se t n de predicament of me life." And a :o he was. That card produced what s *as intended, a hearty laugh, and i] he sender deserved thanks is the a lonest conviction of b OLD TIMER. Fire in Walterboro. b o Walterboro, Feb. 14.?Walter- t >oro was visited by another fire yes- b ;erday morning about 2:30. The e (tore of Grace & Warren was coni- ^ iletely destroyed. It is not known b low this fire originated, but it is j tupposed that it was caused by rats, b tlthough it is somewhat suspicious a hat this is the second store burned p n the last three weeks at about the iame hour of the night. The local ^ ire department again did splendid j vork. t The firm of Grace & Warren carded $2,000 insurance on their stock >f goods, estimated to have been vorth from $4,000 to $5,000. The store building, 6wned by Jno. D. 1 tVarren, was insured for $1,000. ^ A small store, adjoining that of t >race & Warren and occupied by C. S iV. Edwards, a negro, was also t lurned, and his stock of goods was a t * ' ' T T7? T ? 4Vn Ml jompieie loss. juu. r. uutas, iuc ?< >wner of the building, carried $150, t vhich practically covered his loss. m C Liquor Drummer Arrested. ^ Yorkville, Feb. 14.?Constable J. c L?. Sanders worked up a case against fl i traveling man said to be from Sal- r sbury, N. C., who represented the o Manhattan Distributing house of c Baltimore, for violation of the t Uarey-Cothran liquor law. The a learing was had before Magistrate c T. B. Glenn, acting for Magistrate f DeLoach in his absence. It seems d irom the evidence that this man, C. I H. Feldman, was offering to sell a t parrel of liquor in pints, 100 to the c Darrel, for $27.50 and telling parties -v :hey could sell it for $75, making i handsome profit by the transaction, c Magistrate Glenn required Feldman fc :o give a bond of $300 for his ap- I pearance at the April term of court. Ifter telephoning and telegraphing t .o his people the bond was secured -v ind Feldman was released. i IN THE PALMETTO STATE; I SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA, j i State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. It is said that the general assem-j )ly will adjourn Saturday of this veek. The State Sunday-school conven;ion is in session in Orangeburg this veek. The Senate has passed a bill proriding that no bank can be organized with less than a capital of $10,000. Four negroes escaped from the Valterboro jail Monday evening of ast week and have not been captured. The remaining three confined in ail refused to go with those who escaped, preferring to remain. The opponents of the State-wide >rohibition bill in the house of rep'esentatives are filibustering this veek in order to prevent a vote on he measure, and it is likely that hey will succeed in preventing a rote on the bill at this session. Monday the State Senate killed the >ill offered by Senator Otts providng for an investigation this summer >f the various county dispensaries. Those opposing the bill say the State lispensary auditor is authorized to nake any necessary investigation. The general assembly has been in ession nearly forty days, and little >f importance has been accomplishd. There will be no prohibition bill tasesd at this session, and it seems hat the liep law will stand as it s. Neither of these bills have ever ome to a vote. Charles Kesslerj a white boy, was eriously injured in Spartanburg Ionday night while attempting to oard a freight train. He fell beween the cars and was horribly rushed. He was taken to a hospital nd one leg amputated. He may die rom his injuries. A dredging company is at work in Jharleston to raise the remains of he wreck of the Housatonic, an old rooden cruiser sunk by'torpedoes5 in he harbor in the war between the itates. A part of the wreck was reaoved some years ago, but now the fork is to "be completed. Two white prisoners named Ben chwab and Clarence Davis, who reently escaped from the Charleston ounty jail by filing the bars of their teel cage and the window bars and caling a seventeen foot wall, have een captured in Atlanta. Schwab 5 held for burglary and Davis for rson. The supervisor of Spartanburg i ounty win ouua one or more ridges of concrete in order to test tiis material for bridge building, nd if it proves satisfactory, conrete will displace steel in bridge uilding in that county. Concrete ridges are said to give excellent serice and withstand freshets. The corner-stone of the Lancaster ounty monument to the Confederate eterans was laid at Lancaster last londay. Can't Bamberg do as well . s Lancaster in this matter? Most ounties in the State have erected lonuments to the Confederate dead, nd we should not be behind in the latter of honoring these heroes. A white man, patient at the Roper ospital in Charleston, escaped one ight recently by squeezing through window pane, and about 3 o'clock ppeared before the keeper of the iver bridge absolutely naked. The eeper at first thought he was up gainst a sure enough ghost propoition, but he had nerve enough to avestigate and find out his mistake nd the unfortunate man was carried acK to tne nospitai. Last Thursday the general assemly broke the dead lock in the matter f electing an associate justice for he State Supreme Court. Numerous allots had been taken without an lection, and for several days before he election the number of candidates ad been reduced to three: Circuit udge D. E. Hydrick, of Spartanurg; Jno. C. Sheppard, of Edgefield. ,nd T. P. Cothran, of Greenville. Mnally Sheppard withdrew and Hyrick was elected over Cothran. 'his makes a vacancy as circuit udge "which will have to be filled by he present general assembly. Girl Killed by Train. Greenwood, Feb. 16.?Irene, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. P. D. Vade, while on her way to school his morning was run down by louthern freight train No. 66 and erribly mangled as she was about o cross the track. She died from the njuries received a few hours after he accident. The train which was in charge of Jonductor C. W. Fant, was shifting arly Tuesday morning and it seems hat at the time the accident ocurred the engine had two empty lats in front and several cars in the j ear, the last being the cab. Some >f the crew were occupying the flat ars and it is stated, no one was on he rear to warn the little girl of the pproaching danger. The step of the ab first struck her. She became astened beneath the wheels and was [ragged about twenty or thirty feet, ler left leg was severed near the high and her right arm was badly rushed and several other wounds irere made on her body. Her loud screams reached the ear >f Engineer Murrell, who stopped Lis engine and ran to her assistance, ^ater Dr. J. B. Owens arrived. Although terribly mangled and deeding the child was conscious and ras heard calling for her father and Qother. BOY ATTACKED BY MONKEY. Animal at Thunderbolt Lacerates Face of Little Victim. Savannah. Ga., February 14.?Attacked by "Nellie," the largest of the monkey colony at Thunderbolt, fouryear-old Frank Beasley was very seriously injured this afternoon, the boy being rushed to a hospital after he was freed from the animal, with his face a mass of torn flesh, where the monkey's teeth had been inserted. The monkey fought for its prey after the rescue and a half dozen men were hardly able to repel its attack. There is no suggestion that the monkey was rabid, but the wounds it left were carefully treated. Cooper Jury Complete. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 13.?Everyone connected with the Cooper trial felt a sense of relief to-day when the State announced that it was satisfied with the jury selected and was ready to proceed with the taking of testimony Tuesday morning, to which time Judge Hart adjourned the case. For twenty-five days the court, at lorneys auu uuicera uave ueeu wearily trying to get competent jurors. It was necessary to draw five venires of 500 men each and one of 519 or a total of 3,019 before the jury was secured. As it is, four of the jury can neither read nor write and two others understand English indifferently. Every man of the twelve swore that he had not read the newspapers since before the killing and, some had not read one for ten years. Bierman, the only exception, had been out. of the State from the week before the killing until the day he was summoned. The jurors are as follows: E. M. Burke, Robert McPherson. G. A. Lane, W. A. Aderick, Casper Schumph, J. H. Vaughn, S. M. Hyde, Gus Knipfer, P. O. Bierman, K. A. Woodruff, Jacob Frutiger, William Hows. All are farmers with the exception of Burke, who is a carpenter. Called by Her Lover in Dream. Pittsburg, Feb. 13.?Declaring that her childhood lover called her in her dream and warned her not to break her promise by marrying another man whom her parents had chosen for her, Smila Hartfe^j, a Russian girl, of Duquesne, last night announced to the wedding guests assembled at her father's house that there would be no wedding. The father, beside himself with anger, is said to have forced the girl into a room with Milo Kulki, the jilted one, telling them to come to some agreement, and declared tnat as the wedding guests were on hand he would nofhave theto disappointed. The girl escaped from the room and an hour later was found dead in the cellar with her throat cut. All parties concerned are well-to-do Russians. The father of the girl explains that his daughter plighted her troth to another in Russia, and that she had wanted to wait for him to come to her. The father, however, saw what he considered an advantageous marriage for his daughter, and tried to induce her to accept. No Suffering Too Great. Not long since, a joung woman, suffering with an incurable disease, applied for admission to a hospital in a Southern city. "I know I must die," she said simply to the attendant physician, "but do something to keep me alive for a little while for my babies' sake. In a few years they will not need me so much." Her one chance lay in a very painful operation, but her heart was so weak that the surgeon dared not administer an anesthetic. Very gently he explained the situation?the operation would make but a year's difference at most; it seemed hardly worth while to suffer so much tor so brief a respite; she would best go home and?wait, but the little woman shook her h ;ad. With mother-love shining in her eyes, she allowed herself to be strapped upon the operating-table and. there willingly underwent the torture of the knife that gave her a few months to devote to her precious babies.?The March Delineator. Yeggman's Pal Arretted. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 14.?A professional uafeblower, giving his name as John Simpson, of Curtain Bay, Baltimore, was arrested this morning at 3 o'clock, while in the act of blowing the safe in the store of Charles H. Burnett, in the heart of the business district. Policeman Ammons, in walking his beat, heard a noise in the store and finding the door unlocked crept in and was directly over the safe blower before the latter was aware of his presence. Scattered about the yeggman on the floor were nitroglycerine, saws, chisels, fuses, a revolver, and all implements carried by professional burglars. The man offered no resistance. Simpson made a confession at police headquarters, saying that he had been operating for some time in Jacksonville, and was a pal of Charley Silas, the yeggman wno was killed by the policeman at Laurens, S. C. Simpson said he would have killed the policeman this morning, but he thought there was more than one of them. We say without hesitation that we have the most complete and the finest line of ladies footwear for spring ever shown in Bamberg. City shoe stores can show no better line. Come in and see them. J. A. BYRD. . SAN V DIE IN THEATRE FI8E PANIC AM) FLAMES REAP HARVEST IX ACAPULCO, MEXICO. Intense Heat, Together With Absence of Smoke, Launches Hundreds Into Eternity by Fearful Route. Mexico City, Feb. 15.?Between 250 and 300 were burned to death and many injured in a fire which destroyed the Flores theatre in the city of Acapulco last night. The news of the disaster reached the capital this morning, telegraphic communication with Acapulco having been disturbed, owing to the fact that the telegraph office adjoining the theatre was burned and all wires put out of commission. The floor of the theatre was a wooden affair, and last night over 1,000 people crowded into it to witness a performance given in honor of Gov. Damian Flores of the State of Guerro, who was visiting the port at the time. One of the numbers of the program consisted of a series of mrwintr niftnrps While the oner ator was exhibiting these, a film caught fire, and a blaze was quickly communicated to bunting which had been used for decorative purposes. In an incredibly short time the flames spread to all parts of the structure. There were but three narrow exits and the panic-stricken audience rushed to these, many falling and being crushed to death, their bodies choking the way to escape for others. Pitiful Screams. The screams of the imprisoned were terrifying and heartrending. Owing to the rapidity with which the fire spread and to its intense heat, it was impossible to attempt rescue work and those imprisoned were literally roasted alive, as the fire burned with little smoke and few were suffocated. The efforts of the fire department were confined to the attempt to save adjoining buildings and they succeeded so that the property loss was small. The telegraph office, postoffice and customs house were damaged, but all of the government records and registered mail was saved, j To-day pitiful scenes of grief are being enacted in the street of the little west coast port. Men, women and children are wandering from place to place, hunting for relatives. Many of the dead are of the first families of the State, as the affair at the theatre was a social event of considerable importance and called out the wealthiest and oldest families for miles around. Iri some in stances entire families were wiped out of existence. The municipal authorities caused large trenches to be dug and into these the remains of the dead were laid. According to the telegrams received to-day, recognition of any of the dead has been an impossibility, owing to the fact that the bodies were burned in most cases to a crisp. Telegrams to the American consul at Acapulco by the Associated Press, asking for the names of the Americans, have as yet not been replied to. Acapulco, on the west coast, is one of the three important ports of the Pacific coast of Mexico. Nearly all of the steamship lines make it a port of call, and the harbor is accounted the best in Mexico. Statehood Bill Passed. Washington, Feb. 15.?The long struggle of Arizona and New Mexico for separate statehood was rewarded to-day in so far as the house of representatives is concerned when that body, under suspension of the rules, unanimously passed the bill granting statehood to the two territories. Mr. Hamilton (Mich.), having the measure in charge, spoke briefly in support of it. He said it was not a party question. Both sides, he declared, "were now rallying to fulfill party pledges." Mr. Smith, Arizona's delegate, made a plea for the passage of the bill. That such a bill had not passed hpfnr#?. said he. was a matter which stood as a shame against the record of congress. There were cries of "Vote, vote," but the ballot was not taken_ until Representative Stanley (Ky.), Caulder (Miss.), Cole (O.), and Sulzer (N. Y.), had eulogized Delegates Smith and Andrews, and predicted their early return to congress. Father Killed by Son. Cochran, Ga., Feb. 12.?John Stewart, one of the most widely known planters of Pulaski county, died to-day from the effects of fatal wounds inflicted by his son, Marion Stewart, aged 20, at the Stewart home last night. It is stated the planter assaulted young Stewart's ii?o?a >>ia mnthpr and was in UiUtUOl auu u.? ~r ? the act of attacking Maricm Stewart when the latter shot to defend himself. Stewart was shot once in the head and in the breast, the wound in the head literally tearing off his scalp. Young Stewart surerndered to the sheriff and was placed in jail. John Stewart was regarded as a peaceable citizen. Color Line in England. London, Feb. 12.?An attempt to draw the color line, quite a new departure in this country, has met with signal failure at Birmingham, where an effort was made to exclude a negro student of the university from a local skating rink. The students took up the negro's cause and hired a lawyer to oppose the renewal of the rink's license. The management of the rink apologized in the court this morning and promised not to make any race distinction in future. 1 " . ,'i. ; ' i SAY HARRIMAN OWNS C. C. & a Reported in Spartanburg that he Has Bought it from Ryan. Spartanburg, Feb. 15.?It ic generally: reported in railroad circles here that E. H. Harriman, the great railroad magnate, has purchased the Carolina, Clinchfleld and Ohio road. A citizen who has been in close touch with the C. C. and O. road said that ' the purchase of the road by Mr. Harriman would not in any way affect the construction of the road. He said he believed if Mr. Harriman has purchased the road that the line would soon be extended to Charleston. Killed by Heavy Windstorm. Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 14.-?Information has been received in Birmingham that two were killed and seven badly injured at West Point, 'M Miss., this afternoon as the result of a heavy windstorm which passed over that section of the State. The information comes her* through Meridian and wire connec- ...% tion failed before details could be procured. It is stated that one oC the dead is the mother of a Western ^ Union telegraph operator at Meri- Jg dlan. The rain and wind storms appear ^ to have been general over Missisatp-" M pi and northern Alabama this eves* ing and to-night. An unconfirmed report has it that one person was ' ; killed at York, Ala. The wind ia 'f? Birmingham was accompanied by a .-Jj heavy rain, which lasted far ihto the night. Severe Storm in Mississippi. Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 14.?The most severe storm of rain and wind - '.'M experienced here in years prevailed for half an hour this afternoon, || causing a property loss estfaaated at g 110,000. The office of the Vicke- ' bnrg Herald was unroofed and a number of business houses sustained minor damages, while in the suburban sections of Vicksburg prep* ; % erty was completely wrecked in some m instances. Several negroes are re* >|S ported to have r been injured when their cabins were demolished. M ? n . n.ll J ? a Airs, nen wngoi oeutvcu a suiciao, ,*a Spartanburg, Feb. 16.?Mrs. Bert j Wright was drowned in Wingo's mm pond, near Iniqan, sometime between midnight last night &&& 3 o'clock this morning. She missed from 4 her room shortly after midnight ami search was instituted at once.'About 7 o'clock this morning her body was. :1 found floating in the pond. She had .J-ijL been in bad health for some timo and it is believed that she took her.-*' '.'M own life. >% ' V ^ Prohibition Fight in Keatnckf.~-^;y|| "Louisville, Ky., Feb. 14.?Ken- : tucky, second producing liquor State 7 in the Union, and up to this tim? | unscathed by a State-wide prohibition fight, will be the battlefield toar yj the declaration of total prohibition from Tuesday, February 16, forward. On that day the Anti-Saloon League . M and kindred temperance forces will meet in Louisville and the upshot ,of , the meeting will undoubtedly be the passing of resolutions calling on Gov.' S Willson to summon the legislature in extra session for the consideration , % of a State-wide bill, or for uniform % county local option, embracing cities of the first and second class. The chief interest point of the convention, beginning Tuesday, is a J speech to be delivered vby E. C. O'Rear, the retiring chief justice of the Kentucky court of appeals, who J has previously declared in favor of total prohibition for the State and ^ nation, even to the abrogation of j consumption, purchase and manufac- ''?? ture of whiskey. ^ Monuments to Confederate Dead. || Washington, Feb. 13.?Marble. M monuments about 30 feet in height and suitably inscribed are to be erected by the United States to. M mark the resting places of the soldiers of the Confederate army in the cemetery at North Alton, Alton, IU.? and in the Green Lawn cemetery at v ^ Indianapolis. The bodies of 1,363 such soldiers were buried in the Al- 'jq ton cemetery and 1,620 in the In- * M dianapolis cemetery during the civil war. In these cases it was found impossible to identify the bodies of Individuals and give each graye a separate headstone as provided by law. The secretary of war has approved an allotment of $6,000 for each of ^ two monuments, one in each cemetery, to take the place of individual headstones. Young Spartanburg Widow Fined. Mrs. Minnie Mahaffey, in her absence, was tried in the police court this morning on the charge of disorderly conduct and fined $25. The case had been pending for some time and was the result of the alleged use of a buggy whip on Earle George, while the latter was out driving with a Miss Hanes several weeks ago. At the hearing this mnrnintr there was no testimony about the alleged whipping. When the case was made out against Mrs. Mahaffey she put up ' bond and secured her release and when the case was heard this morning she failed to appear, but an invstigation was held and Mayor Floyd fixed her fine at $25.?Spartanburg . Journal. Entertainment at White Point. The friends of the pupils of the White Point School are cordially invited to attend their Washington's birthday exercises on Monday evening, February twenty-second, at 8:30 2 o'clock. Respectfully, ALINE KEARSE, Teacher.