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=============== STATE HAS GOOD CREDIT. Gov. Blease Assured that State Debt Jt Can Easily be Refunded. That the State will be able to get an advantageous deal in New York, when the State bonds are refunded in 1913, is the assurance that was Lr given Gov. Blease by the Northern * bankers on bis trip this week to the financial centre. It was suggested to Gov. Blease there that the legislature pass an act limiting the amount of interest to be paid for the money to A . ^ x J xi ?... say, i per cent., ana tnus vei> uncap money may be had. Alabama's exE perience, where an act was passed worded so as to say that the money should not be obtained at a rate ?V, * "of less than" a certain per cent., jkl< was pointed out to the governor as an example of the passage of a dangerL ous act. Should the State pass, through its legislature, an appropriV ate act, Gov. Blease believes cheap J money will be had for the refunding & of the State debt. Gov. Blease was pleased to find out in New York that this State's credit is now regarded highly. The bankers told him that if the matter of refunding' the debt is arranged properly and the legislation suggest. ed passed, the State will come out fife; well in the bargain. Gov. Blease was gratified to secure jr'- in New York, through the co-operaHp: tion of Mr. J. Pope Matthews, of Cogf" lumbia, the loan for the running of fy ' the State government, at as low a rate as 3 per cent. This is the cheapest money had since the administra& tion of Gov. Hey ward, when some 3 g? V per cent, money was had. There are no strings tied to the $500,000 loan. In some cases it has been necessary *to leave on deposit 20 per cent. In this case such a clause is not in the * contract. Also, while the money, in jfk> , part, is on deposit here and being n - used, it will draw interest for the State, thus further reducing the net cost of the loan to the State. * The appropriation bill shows that ^j the State is- paving interest on bondjk ed debt as follows: Interest on $5,601,281 R. B. C. at 4% per cent, amounting to $252,e?n. i J. ?4AA AAA V1..A ? + r__ vui.Di ', interest uu $*vv,vvv umc at |g?.:. 4% per cent. $18,000; added to this | are four minor items on Clemson |0- stock and other items. Thus about $6,000,000 is represented in the 11 ; bonded debt.?Columbia Record. Risks Life and Saves Girl. ' Oriska, N. D., April 27.?To save Miss Marie Smith from death, H. P. jfe Olsen, of this town, was lowered iV head-downward into a wrell 22 feet deep and only 18 inches in diameter. The strain was so great that blood S| burst through his chest and left arm. ?& ? The girl was barely alive. !&:/ Miss Smith fell into the well, and Hr . Olsen tied a rope around his ankles and crawled down in the well while bystanders held the rope. When he reached the bottom he seized the girl an<f called to the men above to pull. Added to her weight of 160 pounds was that of her drenched clothing, and it took three men to pull the two over the edge of the well. Investigate Postmasters. Washington, April 26.?Postmasters of the country will be subjected to a rigid investigation by congress. The house committee on expenditures in the postoffice department, decided to act in response to a resolution by Representative Saunders, of Virginia, providing for the inquiry. The committee will ascertain how much* actual time the postmasters devote to the service of the department, their outside business affiliations, political activities, whether they are personally active in campaign work, especially with reference to collecting political assessments. Preacher Uses Automobile. Edgefield, April #26.?Dr. W. S. Dorsett, pastor of the Baptist church at Johnston, is the first minister in the county to purchase an automobile to be used in his ministerial visitations. Dr. Dorsett came over, from Johnston this morning in his new runabout and procured a license from W. B. Cogburn, the clerk of court, to run his machine, his number being 28. Dr. Dorsett is a very alert, active pastor and the machine will widen his field of usefulness. Democrats Won't Give JJp Fight. Nashville, Tenn., April 26.?At a largely attended caucus of the regular Democratic members of the general assembly held to-night it was de If cided that the two houses would re$j| main in session for the next two BS years, if necessary. Popular subft scriptions will be taken to defray the [te expenses of the members. If the as? sembly can remain in session until ^- the expiration of the regular session f of 75 days next Friday Gov. Hooper "will be estopped from calling an ex|v,. tra session to pass th'e appropriation f bills necessary to the conduct of the V: State government and the various State institutions will be minus a" funds, the comptroller and the treasurer having already refused to meet .. requisitions from a number of the f institutions. ANOTHER MERGER. Woodside, Fountain Inn and Simpsonville to Combine. Greenville, April 26.?The third mill merger with head offices in Greenville was announced to-day. At meetings held by the board of directors of the Woodside cotton mills, the Fountain Inn Manufacturing company and the Simpsonville cotton mills, the matter of consolidating the three mills was considered and resolutions were unanimously adopted indorsing on/^ rooAmTYI/lincy fn fotAolrViAM ?uu x v/wiumvuuiug tv tuu ovvvnuviv* ers of the several mills plans of consolidation which will be submitted to the stockholders at an early date. For the purpose of perfecting the consolidation a company under the name of Woodside Cotton Mills company, with a capital of $3,000,000, will be formed. John T. Woodside, who is president of the Woodside cotton mills, treasurer of the Fountain Inn Manufacturing company and secretary of the Simpsonville cotton mill, will be president. J. David Woodside, who is secretary and treasurer of the Woodside cotton mills and president of the Fountain Inn Manufacturing company, and E. T. Woodside, who is president and treasurer of the Simpsonville cotton mills, will both be vice presidents. Ample arrangements have been made for financing the proposed com pany, which will be clear of debt and will have* a comfortable working capital. A charter will be applied for at once. The plan is highly indorsed by the best bankers and financiers of the country. The three mills mentioned have 137,000 spindles. Several other mills have expressed a desire to be admitted, which would increase the number of spindles to something over 200,000. The Woodside cotton mill, one of the largest and best in the South, has been phenomenally sucessful, and enjoys the distinction of numbering among its stockholders some of the largest moneyed interests in existence. The Fountain Inn Manufacturing nrvmnanv and thp Simnsonville cotton mills are also among the best mills in the South. The head offices of the corporation will be located in Greenville. The consummation of this merger, together with the Parker merger capitalized at $10,000,000, and the Smythe merger, with $12,000,000 capital, will make Greenville headquarters for mill combinations with capital aggregating $25,000,000. SUNSHINE AFTER STORM. ????? < Much Damage Wrought on Louisiana and Mississippi Coasts. \ "NT a tit Orlpo nc A nril 97 ITnllonrincr 41 V Y? V/ X l^UUO) 4 4^1 11 M I X V11V YT lli^ a steady downpour of rain lasting 36 hours, accompanied by strong winds and high tides, the storm wihch yesterday and last night threatened serious damage along the Louisiana and Mississippi coast had abated at an early hour this morning and bright sunshine greeted New Orleans to-day. No lives were lost in th^ storm and the property damage was not heavy. Telegraphic communications along the gulf coast east of New Orleans is still partially paralyzed and to-day there was continued interruption of traffic on the Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central railroads. The damage on the former line, caused by washouts near Desair, was repaired during the morning, but the latter road was forced to route trains via Hattiesburg and the New Orleans and Northeastern road, because of a wrecked bridge at Dunbar. The greatest damage done by the storm was to the property along the water front at Gulfport, Biloxi, Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian. Several small schooners and barges in the harbors at these places were damaged, beach roads torn up and wharves partially wrecked. A lumber schooner and several smaller craft in Lake Pontchartrain were wrecked. Four spans of the Louisville and Nashville railroad bridge between Dunbar and Rigolets were carried away by the high tide last night, and three, other spans are several feet out of line. A temporary structure is being built to-day, and efforts will be made to operate trains over the line to-morrow. House May Investigate. Columbia, April 26.?It looks now as if the general assembly will hav'e to solve the Felder-Blease dispdnsary controversy. The Atlanta lawyer, T. B. Felder, will not make a statement until the Vi s-v %*X ? m a m X a. .. a M.X2 a m a. I. a a /I 4- V\ a (YATT uueut questions ne asiveu. tut; guvernor are answered and the governor has shown a disposition to "say nothing." The general assembly is expected to appoint an investigating committee and have a .general house cleaning, airing thoroughly the actions of C. L. Blease as State senator, private citizen and governor. Old newspapers, suitable for wrapping purposes, for sale at The Herald offlec. COWBOY MET TRAGIC FATE. Attempted to Prevent Stampede of Cattle and Goes Over Cliff. Jack showed up at Texas ferry on the Snake for the big spring roundup of 1888. His other name was O'Rorick, and he might have come from the old.sod, instead of Walla Walla, but the chances are that he had never known any other than the range country. Otherwise he would not have had time to learn all he knows of cattle and brQnchos, or to have so thoroughly forgotten whatever he might have known of fear of caution in softer and safer surroundings. Not yet 21, tall, slender and lithe as rawhide, he was the cowpuncher from his hatband to heavy spurs, the wildest rider from the Snake to the northern border. Rarely was there anything missing from his make-up, especially when Jack had arrived in town. That round-up he joined at the ferry was the last on a vast scale held in eastern Washington. Beef cattle by the tens of thousands roamed the range then from the Cascade to the Coeur d'Alenes, but settlers shacks had begun to dot the sage and the terrible winter of 1890-91 was coming to thin the herds down to scattered, bony hands. But in 1888 the inland empire was as alive with cowboy romance and action as the John Day Valley, the country around old Tucson or the endless ranches of Texas. The gathering camp at Texas ferry brought together the best of the punchers that were left on the range. 'PVi^Tr in from Montana Tdaho and Oregon, bringing with them Scupe Lloyd and Bill Ireland, afterward to become famed the country over as the crack broncho "buster" of Buffalo Bill's show. Bill Lewis, champion roper of the west, bossed the outfit. Their fires gleamed around the ferry for a few nights and then they pulled out into the sage. Ten "chuck" wagons rolled along in the rear with food and bedding. The horse wranglers had 900 ponies to bring along. It was cowland at its best, just before cowland became a vivid memory. Naturally, in a bunch like that, Jack had to maintain his reputation for reckless riding and in the horse work around the big camp he found all the competition of that kind that could be brought together. They had a bunch of wild horses to break before they started. When they got the worst fighter of the lot sorted out Jack got on him with only a halter and ran him over a trail nobody cared to try except on a wise and seasoned cow pony. As a finishing touch he jumped the crazed animal over a six foot-bank into loose rock, held him on his feet and brought him into camp meek and uninjured. From Texas ferry the round-up worked down the Snake to old Ainsworth, on the Columbia, and turned north. Pasco happened to be i? their way. Unlike the Pasco of today, the town then consisted principally of saloons. In the absence of grand opera and libraries these attracted the cowboys' curiosity. * They arrived in the town on the jump, creating a noisy ana smoay situation with their uplifted sixshooters. This preliminary failed to satisfy Jack and after a seasonable period at the bar he undertook 'to amplify it. Drifting gayly into a saloon frequented by railroad men he encouraged a general jig by shooting neatly at the feet displayed about the floor. The bartender, being new to the country, caught Jack from behind and the jig was continued largely on Jack's anatomy, everybody joining in. Eventually they jigged him into the street handily and remarked upon the circumstances happily?for about a minute. Then Jack returned and the cowboy population of the town seemed to be with him. They all wanted to get acquainted with the bartender and his friends retired through the back door. The cowboys went into the saloon business' on a common benefit basis. When they got ready to start for camp the building formerly occupied by the saloon remained in a fragmentary condition. The bartender never did return. The roundup went on up the river until it reached Mudhen Lake, the main beef "gather." The place was known all through cowland for its favorable location on the roundup. It offered plenty of water and a corral rock that would hold thousands - 1 - i 1 ~ ^ f oi cattle, a currai 10 uuc ui mc stone projections that shoot up in the Inland Empire to a height of 100 feet or more. They are flat on top, the sides are perpendicular and a bunch of cattle gathered on the rock with a man ?o guard the one trail they were driven up couldn't get away without wings. The big roundup put several thousand head of beef on the rock at Mudhen Lake. Jack had the watch from dark until midnight the first night there. He saddled a young mule for the work. A mule is more surefooted than even a range pony and possesses keener HOG EATS $2,700. And Its Owner Wants the Government to Replace the Amount. A Kansas hog that "on the hoof" was worth upward of $2,700, but dressed was worth only the comparatively insignificant amount represented by "upward" brought about the visit to Washington of Jeremiah Quinn, a farmer residing near Coffeyville. Quinn brought with him a mass that one might mistake for a handful of breakfast food. It is, he says, as a matter of fact, the "unearned increment" that was represented in the value of his hog "on the hoof." Quinn has his jeye on the Washington "pork barrel," but, according to his story, with far more right than can be said of many who view that receptacle for the public funds. He says that he can prove that his hog pounced upon and devoured his $2,700 bank roll when he dropped it in the pen while feeding the animal. If he can do this "to the satisfaction of the treasury department, he doubtless will be reimbursed. Woman's Burns Fatal. Union, April 26.?Mrs. C. B. Ramsey, a young woman living at Monarch mills, died to-day from the effects of burns received yesterday. The unfortunate woman was cooking dinner when in some manner her clothing caught fire. She left her house and ran across the street, screaming for help, and her clothing and hair were oomDletelv consumed. Her suffering since was intense until death relieved her. She leaves a husband and a 2-months-old baby. Pullman Sleeper Burnt. Rocky Mount, N. C., April 27.?A Pullman car of the Atlantic Coast Line's Palmetto Limited-, northbound, was destroyed by fire early here to-day and resulted in the death of J. Probstein, of New York. The fire was started by an explosion of gas leaking from a tank and ignited by a lantern. after-dark wisdom than most humoTic Thov saw .T?r?V standine bv a brush fire in the trail when the camp turned in. It was a hard watch, for the outfit had ridden hard all day and Jack couldn't move around far enough away from the trail to keep his senses alert. The herd lasted easily, however, until nearly midnight, the hour of the first relief, when Jack could go to his blankets. He had snapped his watch on 11:30 and almost dropped into a nap when a rumble up on the cliff brought him up on the jump. On the highest point of the cliff above he could see the swaying horns and 'heads of frightened cattle. It may have been a wolfe or the mysterious electric impulse in the air + sfomnadtngr hlindlv tuat 3CUU3 Baltic iiiaui^vuiuQ u?uv>.^ over anything in their path. Jack recognized the symptoms and the danger to the cattle, but nothing else. To turn the herd back from the rim of the rock would have been a ticklish job in laylight. Any movement behind them would start the rear forward and the front would have to go over. It remained for the rider to work along between the cattle and the edge of the rock. Jack ought to have called the whole camp into the saddle. Instead of that he jumped the mule up the trail and jammed him along the edge. The herd was milling and tossing by this time and they crowded the mule close to the rock. An unac, customedmoise would have sent rider and mule over in a cataract of living beef to become hamburger at the bottom. Jack swung along there, but quieting a wild herd at midnight, 150 feet above level ground, by a tight-rope ride on a mule was the sort of amusement he most craved. He pushed hard for the crag wnere the herd had pointed and where it could he most readily turned along the cliff and circled back to safety. The line of the cliff curved before it reached the point. Jack, with his eyes anxiously on the cattle ahead, didn't see it. The mule did and stopped to feel his way. If prudence had been a part of Jack's make-up he would have noted that. Instead he pulled up the mule's head and drove in the spur. The steers on the point were pawing and snorting and there was no time to lose. The mule braced himself again in consciousness of the danger and ag?in Jack, unheeding, gave him the spur. The animal flinched, lost his footing and Jack, in his headlong impatience, pulled up his head again and drove him sheer out into the dark. The cowboys found him and his mule crushed together on the rocks below. His presence and voice had turned the herd on the point and none of them followed him down. The cowboys built a rude monument of stone where they picked up Jack's broken bones. From that day Mudhen has been known as Deadman's Lake.?Spokane Spokesman-Review. [ "MONEY IN It's a sort of a passport tc ness world?it commands the re ness men of any community. St money in our bank and check i and save more?that's the secre We pay 4 per cent, interest, co ings department, and we are je the small as with the large dep 1 PEOPXiEg BAUK - I A 2 They last a lifetime. 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