Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

BY ANNIE EDWARDS. A HONOR.; OR, FOR HER FATHER'S V CHAPTER VIII. y *. Continued. ***I might have known it from the first. ?ry one told me, as well as they ?could, what an idiot I was making of myself! An idiot? a cursed, headstrong Xool. I am seiwed rightly now? to have my nume mixed up in such a compli cation of infamy as this! Pray, how Jong is it"? and he stopped short, and lor tn c? first time looked full in the girl ? face? "how loug is it really since jou knew all this? I should greatly prefer hearing the whole truth now." It was mi infamous, cowardly speech. As her eyes stared up, in their helpless, blank misery, back to his, Uifford felt liow cowardly it was; and he almost liated her -as is eonimou to some peo ple-for the injury ho had done her by such a suspicion. 1 .in t you speak?" lie exclaimed, as her trembling lips parted, but brought out no sound. "Do you wish to drive in.' mail by putting on that air of cool indifference ;it such a time as this?" I believe it is an established rule of art that no hero shall ever act in an Intr.nsically dishonorable or cowardly manner; and sis Mohuii must, ol' neces sity. be styled the hero of this story of Jane Crand's life-and as 1 have every wish to transcribe the record of the same with ?Iuo regard to the Unities? I feel myself drawn in diverse direc tions by the requirements of art, and ?of w hat I consider to be truth, at this particular point. Before hitting him very hard, however, I would beg of the reader, from his own knowledge of life, to state how many men? say out of every hundred? would shine if placed in exactly the same position as! Clifford Moliun's? To remain unshaken in his lovalty under such circumstances a man must tie either weak or most heroically strong; and Mohun was neither Pride world respect, thirst for popularity! w-cre, at this time especially, passion ately fftrong In him; of true moral cour age, ot the higher kind of self-respect, of a purpose and happiness beyond the reach of ordinary worldly opinion, he ki lew nothing. He understood one Kind of dishonor very we-l-the com mon vulgar kind, into which he had nerer had any temptation to fall; and he "Ml it nucVelt himself extreme ly iicble in giving up his en gagement to Jane < J rand. He went tlm>Hgh none of the con dieting struggles which a man of higher na ture must have sustained, even while resolving to act in precisely the same way; and, in judging of the guilt of an action, we must? modern ethics sav? hear in mind what degree of moral Ye nctor ilitJ lM' t0 b? accrtdiled to the Jo heliave as heroes are expected to do. a man must h.lve a little of the lea \ en of t!i" heroic in his composition; and Mohun had none. n?? never did a h?'ro.,- thing, or tJiought a heroic thought, or decided for any other ob ject have what lie conceived to be an i mined i.?.te personal advantage in his Jifi. I he episode of his youth, Con or Jvr i \? l>t>8t Konn 1,1 ,l> wns tliat of hieli he was already at the Hosing "rr 1Jis1,.0V0 of Jan?: and that in tiiis he had been unworldly was simply owing to the fact of his being made up ot ih,. common elements of human iVin n SUI. wbu cou,d (al?Iate while railing in love being a lusus naturae of which even this generation affords but few specimens. The homage of so joung and tender a woman as poor Jane hud made his pride succumb for the time to personal vanity, and he thought very highly of the victory speaking of i( to his own conscience J" other terms than 1 have done), and had been very seriously enamored of Janes lovely face and had known as much ol the Inner value ??r the pearl ?worthier than all h!s tribe." which .lir Wis* now about to cast a>va.v, as a savage klio\v? of (lie value of Hie pit c*o of gold Ik* barters for n handful of tinseled rubbish or glass bonds*. So much for Clifford Moliun ns a hero. We will return to bini as the com monp'.ace type of commonplace human creature that he was. "Can you speaft, Jane? Can you give me any answer to wlint I have asked? ? or must I really think that? that " ttitford's manhood was spared the further shame to whieli his own lips ?were about to put It by Miss (J rami's rising from her seat. tottering up to bis Hide, and throwing her arms around his neck. She laid her head upon Ids ?breast and sobbed there. (Spare her. oh. Cornelia! it was for the first and last time in this life.* She said fender ?wo:\!s that till this moment had never even entered her heart to suy. She be* sou?i;t him to have pity or her now. ho that, at least, she might have the reeolleetlon of his kindness, of his gen erosity, to comfort her when he was 4;oue. "You can't really believe T would have kept all this from you? you can't really believe I ever looked In your face and deceived you. Yon only said It In your llrst anger? I am sure of that! Oh, Clifford, it is a hard trial for you to bear! Will you ever forgive me ail the suffering my love has brought upon you?" With the taet of perfect love she so'J?bt to assign to hltu the part which It was most possible for him to enact with self-reapect? the part of an In jured man who wns following a stern law of duty In sacrificing feeling and giving up his engagement. A stronger mind than Mohun's muct have seen through the tender subtleness, and have refused to bo sheltered from the shame of its own decision by her; but he was ready, at all times, to acquiesce In whatever made the disagreeable part of any position fall lighter on himself. And seeing this, Jane thrust her own grief out of sight, and, with the ghast ly mockery of self-possession that comes to the despairing heart at its worst, she played the dreary comedy out; and with her own linnds, so to speak, laid the funeral cloth decently over the face of her own dead love. Women perforin these last offices well; tenderly for t lie living, as well as rev erently for the dead. Mohun was softened to tears under the influence of her humMc, gentle words, and in his softened mood said things that Jane's heart drew its life from during a great many years of her own future life. He did not, of course, seek to swerve from the cruel duty that was before him; but he invented as many softening untruths about the future as liis not very imaginative brain could compass. ' lie would not marry, he would not love again, he should be al ways Jane's devoted friend? and It would be far too painful, too miserable, for them to be together now, with all the old lovo so fresh in their memories, but? after he had been away from Yatton a year or so? he would come and hope still to (lnd that Jane kept some place for him in her regard. "1 shall always love you," was Miss Grand's answer to his longest perora tion 011 the subject -of fidelity. "I shall always love you." Not a protestation more. It Is rejjnnrkable how few words peo ple use when they know that they mean to keep them. And Clifford stayed on? stayed on un til he was half frightened to find how very near love-making their broken words, and long regrets, and parting promises had become; thwn, for fear of fresh entanglement, he rose suddenly; and Jane knew that her hour had ccine! . , "I? I? shall come to see you again before I leave Yatton," he stammered, wishing to avoid direct leave-taking by the old subterfuge common on such oc- ' casions. "Mi*# CJrand? Jnne! before I go tell me that you wholly forgive me?" "t forgive you wholly, Clifford. You act as every one in your position must act. Don't think, please, if you hear I atn not happy, that you liav" been the cause. I shall do all I can to bear up. and I hope? I mean I shall try to hope ?that soino day I could hear to see you at Yatton, married to some one worthier of you than I should have been." The simple. truthful words, the lov ing, faithful eyes, pierced oven (JilTord Mohun's conscience to the ?jniel:. "I shall never Hurt any one !o lovo mo as you have done, Jane! I shall novor lovo nny "woman on oartli as I have loved you!" And ho took her to Ids honrt and? while lior tears were quite dry? wept hot toars. that moro and nioro oon vinood him of tlio nobleness of his own naturo, and of the immense sacrifice ho was making to principle in Riving up at once, and without a mnrinnr. ids un touahlo passion for her. Most persons of tlio fJifford Moliun toinporainont aro profoundly ororoomo hy witnessing tlio outward and visible signs of tlioir own emotions. Wlion tlio aotual moment of parline came. Miss (5 rand drow from her breast, vory calmly, tlio ring (lifford had given lior? tlio ring which she al roady woro hung by a piece of hlaok ribbon {.round her neck. "I shall wear this till tlie day you ar? married, fJifford! If? if any fanlf of ours had broken off our engagement. I should have sent it back to you. but I feel wo are separated by something as solemn as death? and 1 think it will bo a comfort to mo to keep my ring for tlio present. " And then thoro woro a few moro pro testations (upon the side where such things wore needed), a few more kisses front the lips "that should novor kiss more;" and then Mohun found himself walking alone in the fresh morning air with the conviction that, all things con sidered, he had got honorably and well out of a most painfully ditlleult posi tion: and Jane, staring hhinkly at the four walls of tlio sitting room whore ho had left her. know that all youth and happiness, all hope or motive In life, had passed away, with li i in. out of her heart forever. CHATTER IX. "And she has never cried yet." sahl poor Miss Lynch, while the facile toars Streamed fast down her own cheeks. "She has never cried or complained yet. and she eats a 'little hit of every meal as It comes round, mul gets up and goes to bod as usurtl. Hut she doesn't sloop. Mr. Huntley, and her tlesli wastes from her: and every night, at the same hour, the fever conies on. and lasts for the same number of hours, and thou in the day {he is weak Pr?"r*,e " *? b?T. h?JZtn>*ht hnd Worn aw?y 8,nc? the Jan* SLiW,?a?ta? from G,ffonl. ??4 am 7 pn88lUB ,hroUKb th? mo?"al recovery? or dis -n^d M? TVPr WOy JOU like to P?t it sunerstlHrfn "ynoll? tn,e to the c?nirnou doctor ?! Was ,I1T,t,nK tlia village 1??'?' by,?ean? of lowering medl nio4li'?{0r 0 rat,ve medicines, or tonic in th T* ?r 8onietbln*. at nil events, !?i* * Pe of ^diclne, to assist na ture at her work. ?,h l8t be^ PUlse g0od? Mr- Huntley?" she Inquired, looking up wjth all the tolrVta? ?f PCrfeCt falth ,nto thc do<> TflT from Bood' said Huntley; "it is as thread v twid wretched a pulse as I ever felt in my j.tSfa Grand is in a very weak state-a very precarious state, I may almost say. Miss Lynch." (Mr. Ilunt at flr^nrlWb,K exaKKerated the danger th? , n\ ?8f h0,ffhtenlnP the merits of D^ullnrT fh ?Ure-) ,,Tlle ,OW fevor her rmrt R h o ? 7??" ,S hnnpIn^ ?bout ner, and she has no strength, no shako it ?f con8t,tut,<>? to Khako It off. But we will bring her round-never fenr, but we will bring iutumn"*.' K7P h?r trom thl8 ?l?mp autumn air. and at the end of the weck son.** LaVe SIJss Grand another per And at the end of the week Miss ?rand, under the influence of close air and quinine, had not improved; and J f? k,t M,ss Lynch decisivelv that she declined seeing Mr. Hunt icy, or taking any more of his medicines md ?Lth.? W!m,ows Rta"?l open. auntie, and let me be quiet and undisturbed no f ,,Cf?ro- Yo" ??l ?* under no fear for mo. I shouldn't feel as i J? if 1 w?s ff?ing to die. r.ive e time and lot nve alone, and I shall recover. It s not my body that is ill " In great dudgeon Mr. Huntley took his leave, and in fear nnd troniblln poor Miss Lynch found herself In the fill position of nursing a patient with Intermittent fever who would take no medicine. As time wore on. however, and though the autumn days grew damper, and Jane more and more exposed her J* *? lhpir influence, tho fover bv slow degrees gradually went from l.o^ till one night she slopt over tho hour at v, hich it had been used, overv twen ty-four hours, to seize her; and then ha?l only two slight attacks In the ?"r*: *hT ??* then. is ,J8 ".o|i "m"c,,l"r ivc.t, \n lU\l Kh? iR W?nk n,ul wasted to the dpsroe, said Miss LyneU to tho vicar; for Mr. Huntley passed her now with only a dignified how In the street and she was forced to look to ghost I v rather than to scientific knowledge for advice about Jane. "And she takes no i erest in anything, and seems hardly whin 7 CnP:y e,,ongh to follow me J' " ,r0a(t0 l,or- Doar- dear, Mr. 1 ollett! bow Is sho to be strengthened !.vP/ rPn,nillfi ,n state she is?" .Not by reading aloud." said the ^icar. much to the overthrow of Miss Lynch, who had at that moment not Jcen alluding to the restoration of the hodlly woman; "listening to reading is an irritation to the temper, and an in svs7ein ofS,n'in T th? W,,ol? nervous ajMom of a weak person. Trv to cot Jane to use hor noodle, if she will, nnd let her have all the air you can, and cook her nourishing food, and don't d ntv /,T 7,y n(hi?P ,,s to wI,at J>er "Wile t . ?r "0t to <ln' Above all. t. r i V1' <f you won,(1 not drive hor ' hack to her fever again, don't whnfov PUt ,l10 comp,,ts ?r any book lv , 7 '"to the poor child'.; ears "l!i rVm.'"" ,V"'"a ,0 r<""' ,, ,Vnt '/ 'Von ,vo,,'<l come vourself Air " , ? ??"? "nirilnni ? nr port. If you would oniy bring lior in'offorlr b80,UtC nCCC8S,ly ?f mnk,n? wmV,'Pn JnU? WnntB motf> her I V." ??,no' I,ot n day soonor." was the <?rs answer, "iu her present state iuv consolations, nnd Huntley's tonics and J our readings, my dear Miss vlce<to h Ml nvb? nb?Ut 11,0 8^lno Rer ife to hor. Nature will work for the fonvari'l 1<! ,nJlmo' nn(1 ?'"fWI not of oiii's." by ?ny ,nterf?rence As nothing from the lips of n bene ficed clergyman could sound like her terodoxy In Miss Lynch'* ears, she mutely bowed before the vicar's skepti cisms, and Jane "was spared being put through any more cures, bodily or menial. Mr. l'ollett had Judged rightly tiiai she would not wish to see him. She shrunk morbidly from the thought of seeing any strange fare, from hearing any voice but Miss Lyneh's; and very little even of that was sufficient to jnr every nerve In her body Willi exquisite pain. The moral part of her nature was strong, but. Hie mental one was not at all above mediocrity; and site had no intellectual pleasure or pursuit of any kind whatever to fall buck upon now and fill lip fhe vacuity of the dull. drag King day. She could not return to the simple Klrllsli Joys that had filled her heart fill she knew (JifTord: ami bereft of fhe prospect of happiness In mar rlaRc. ail life seemed to her dull, hope less. stagnant. She thought scarcely at nil of the shame of her own birth during these first weeks: and when she did think of if, It was but as Hie cause of her greater grief? the KHef that swallowed no all others? her severance from Mo bun. (To ho Continued.) i Shop Opened With Tr*. A "hat shop" was opened In London. Kug., l?y the Countess Knbrlcottl. re cently. Liveried footrr.cn handed around tea and cakes. In the capital of New Zealand one third of a workman's or a clerk's iu conic goes to the lundlord !or rent. ROADS MUST POST NOTICE Important Order Now Beforo the Commission. The railroad commission has before it a set of rules for the passenger service in this State and if the mo tion proposed is adouted these rules will be posted in every station i:i South Carolina. They were brought before the com mission at the meeting Tuesday and while they are in many instances cop ies of the lhws governing railroads the idea in requiring them to be port ed i8 to inform the public exactly of the rights in all cases where com plaints are contemplated. The rules applicable to passenger submitted are as follows: Rale 1. All railroads companies, or persons operating in South Caro lina as common carriers, shall be re quired to have printed in large type, and kept posted in a conspicons place in each waiting room at depots in South Carolina, from aud after the hrst day of , 1907, the following notice: "NOTICE. 'All railroad companies are requir ed under the laws of South Carolina and the rules of the railroad com mission to bulletin passeger trains when late; to furnish good, wholesome drinking water to passengers; to kc >p waiting rooms and passenger coaches clean, well lighted, properly ventilat ed and comfortably heated when nec essary. "Hie railroad commission of South Carolina would apreciate the prompt reporting to its oflice at Columbia, f>. of the failure of any company or its agents to comply with these re quirement*. Rule 2. Railroad companies are required at all stations where passen ger tickets are offered for sale to open their waiting rooms at least :iO min utes beforo schedule time of the ar rival of all passenger trains or trains ca rr vi ng passe nge rs. ??Rule 4. A separate room for white and colored passengers, sufficient t\>r their comlort and convenience, shall be provided at all stations where passeger tickets are offered for saie, and these waiting rooms shall l>e fur nished with adequate lights, and, when the inclemency of the weather requires, with tire and at all time* kept clean and made comfortable for passengers. "A substantial water cooler must i?e in each waiting room with drink ing vessel conveniently placed. The said cooler to be supplied with whole, some water at all hours, to meet the requirements of passengers. There shall be connected with each of the?e waiting rooms a ladies toilet, and wherever practicable a toilet for men. Such toilets will be considered as con nected with the waiting rooms if th* walks thereto are walled up on each side, and open into or nenr the wait ing rooms, so as to afford a reason able privacy to passengers. Imle 4. On all passenger trains t,r trwns carrying passengers in this ? ate the railroad, companies shall furnish safe and adequate heatiii"- ap pliances and lights, and sh^ll ke:'n reasonably warm and properly venti lated for the comfort of passengers. , _ ,,*u'c '?*, railroad companies ? hall provide such means or applian ces as may be necessary to secure the careful handling of and to prevent in .P?v to baggage. At all stations where no proper appliances are sup plied the baggage master shall have such assistance from the train hands or others as may be necessary ?? handle all baggage without injury {.. same. J - "Rule 0. Whenever any passenger trains or trains carrying passengers on any railroad in this State shall he move than one-halt' of an hour be hind its schedule time, it shall he tlio duty of said railroad company to bul letin, and to keep posted sit %veiy tele graph station along its line in the di rection in which said train is going, the time snch train is behind its sched ule tme, aad the time of its arrivjJ as near as can be ascertained. " Kacli bulletin board, upon which the foregoing information is to bo posted, sliall contain tbs regular schedule of the arrival and departure of all trains carrying pas.^ngers "All notices as to trains behind schedule time shall be erased from the bulletin immediately after the depart ure of such trains. "Rule 7. Notice of any change in the schedule time of passenger trains or trains carrying passengers must be posted conspicuously at each of t!ic stations along tlie line of the road anJ notify the commission in writing at least live (."?) days before the change is to take effect. Rule S. Kach passenger shall he entitled to baggage nut exceeding 200 pounds. "Rule 0. Th case of accident at tended with injury to any person, t!io railroad com|>any upon whose lino such accident oceured shall cause im me.'lintc notice, with full particular, to be given to the commission, and in the event of r.n accident result ng in the death of, or injury likely to cause deatli, to anv person, notice shnll be given of such accident immediately by telegraph, or such other means as to insure t lie quickest possible deliv ery of said notice; and the officials of the road upon which such accident occur* are required to furnish when .< ? ordered by the commission, without cost to said commission, immediate transportation by the quickest route over its line, or thot of other rnil ronds to and from the place of such aceiih'Ut. "Rule 10 No station or depot shall he discontinued be lore 30 days' no * lice, at least, has been given the com mission ami not until written permis sion from the commission is given l'cr such action. "Rule 11. On all railroads a 1ml f fare of not more than one and a halt cents per mile for children under 12 years old or over six yeas of age sha'.l be charged. "Rule 12. No railroad company shall be allowed to charge more tha?i 5 ocnts as a minimum full or half rnte between regular stations, when the fare would b? less than that amount. "Rule 13. The fare shall always be ?qua1 to the distanee in miles multi plied by three. "Rule 14. Upon a corpse the regu lar passenger fire may be charged. If not in good condition, or improperly packcd, or not accompanied by a per son in charge, the railroad company may decline to receive it. "Rule 15. There shall be no unjust discrimination as to passeger rates in favor or against any individual or locality: Provided however, That this rule shall not be so construed as to prevent railroad companies from is suing commutation, excursion or 1,000 mile tickets as tha same are now it sued." THE NATIONAL. (SAME. i ' The Cincinnati Club has turned pitcher Chappie back to Scranton. George Stone is beginning to worry because he has fallen off in his hit ting. Big Dan Mcfiann, the Giants' first bagman, is looking for his lost bat ting eye. Manager Griffith, of New York, is not so much of a line coachcr as iu years past. Freddy Parent is playing a great game in the outfield us he once did at short field. The veteran catcher, Rob Clark, hr.s been appointed player scout for the Brooklyn Club. Hal Chase is thesame reliable star. He is playing a great game for the New York Americans. The Brooklyns need a hard hitting centre fielder. Maloney has not shown an ability to hit. John Ganzel is playing first baso for the Cincinnatis in grand style, lie is also hitting the ball. Eddie Phelps is catching most of the games for the Pittsburg team. He is playing good ball, too. Tommy Leach, of the Pittsburgs, says that the club that beats the New York team will land the Nation al pennaut.. Mike Donlin is playing first base for Jimmy Callahan's independent team in Chicago. Mike has not been hitting the ball safely. Pitcher McGinnity really tears his heart when one of his support makes a misplay. It doesn't bother "Bill" Dahlen much, however. Manager Chance, of the Chicago Nationals, says he'll vote no more in California. Henceforth Chicago is his summer and winter home. Wliitey Alperman, the Brooklyn's second baseman, is making a special ty of getting himself hit by pitched balls and of blocking runners. LAnon WOULD. Eighteen hundred longshoremen ?truck at Montreal. Coopers In the Toronto (Canada) breweries propose to auk for a mini mum wage of ?15 a week. Boston (Mass.) Newsboys' Union wishes more spacs on Boston common allotted for playground purposes. An increase of ton per cont. has been granted the Grand Trunk road matters, foremen and section men. Lumbermen in Western Montana have been granted au increase in wage* ranging from $5 up a mOnjLh. At Boston (Mass.) a district coun cil of city employes' unions hnn been permanently formed for mutual effort and protection. The union plumbers of Toronto struck for a closed shop, forty-five cents an hour and an increase in pay for apprentices. The percentage of children undo* flip lpgnl age employed in New Jer sey factories is less than it lias been for many years. Tho Italian line agreed to take back 250 longshoremen at higher pay and the strikers called it a big victory for them. (!as workers of Milwaukee, Wis., have formed an organization and ap plied to the American Federation of Labor for a charter. Last year the membership of tho Australian Workers' Union stood at 2.r?,000; to-dny the roll shows 150,000 and It is still Increasing. Since the earthquake San Francis co's plasterers' union has increased st (Midi ly in membership, and now has more than 1000 names on its roll. A movement involving all of Okla homa's organised labor, with the pur pose of concentrating all forces into one affiliation, with the intention to dominate the political destiny of tho new State of Oklahoma, has been launched. .j ?> t ? . The Fourth Dimension. The report that T. B. Murdock will sell his paper and leave Eldorado Is not true. He says In the Eldorado Republican : "It is announced that I am to leave Eldorado and engage In the newspa per business in a wider field. This is the first I have heard of It. Eldor ado id long enough, wide enough, htoari enough, and thick enough for me. and when 1 leave the town it will be for the boneyard. Art of Conversation. Conversation, as a fine art, Is more dltllcult only In the vense In which life 1* more difficult, and proportion lit' Iv more worih having. Its supreme demands nowadays hi the j.roftcient a wider view of "things, a jiu're delicate renso of proportion. I Kienter social genius, sympathy, and ' self-restraint than over.? Guardian. PALMETTO AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest From All Over South Carolina MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover ing a Wide Range ? What is Ooiag On in Our State. Grand Lodge Officers Elected. Anderson, Special. ? The twenty first animal convention of the grand lodge Knights of Pythias, South Car olina domain, adjourned after what was perhaps the most largely attend ed and interesting session in its his tory. While the delegates have en joyed the social features of the ses sion, which have been many, much business of importance to l'ythiunisra in South Carolina has been disposed of, possibly the most imi>ortaiit thing being the decision to establish a. monthly l'ythian journal. The election of ollieers for the en suing year was attended with much interest this morning. Following are the ottieers \lected: Meinlnl L. Smith, of Camden, grand chancellor. li. S. Mattison, of Columbia, vice grand chancellor. Prof. A. <1. Uembert, of WotTord, college, Spartanburg, grand prelate. Dr. ,1. 11. Thornwcll, of Fort Mill, grand keeper of records and seal. Wilson <i. Harvey, of Charleston, grand master of exchequer. David King of Columbia, grand inner guard. J. 1,. Keeves of Branchville, graad outer guard. Mill Operative Shoots Former Sweet heart. Laurens, Special. ? A sensational shooting alTair occurred at (Soldville, when John Anderson at close range fired three times upon his erstwhile sister-in-law and former sweetheart, Mrs. Will Summers, ami it is singu lar that she escaped so lightly, one ball passed through her brooch of hair and the other two through her clothing. Mrs. Summers was a Mrs. Anderson until last Sunday, when she married Will Summers. John Anderson had been an unsuc cessful suitor for her hand. All par ties are mill operatives and board at the same place. Just at dinner, ac cording to reports telephoned here, Anderson asked Mrs. Summers to go on the piazza, Anderson declared Mrs. Summers that he had rather see her dead "than wife of another/* and drew his pistol and shot at her three times in rapid succession. St. Matthews Pius Up Coin. St. Matthews, Special. ? The exec utive committee of the proposed new county organization met here last week. A large attendance from all sections was present. In order to silence the rumors and insinuations of opposition newspapers and person al enemies of the cause that the town of St. Malt hews would build a mere "shack" and foist it upon the peo ple, the business men and citizens of the town in a short while put tip a guarantee ol $20,000 minimum sum for court house and jail. Certified checks have been deposited covering this amount as a guarantee that the town will fulfill its obligations to the extent of the above amount. Edisto County Election. Columbia, Special. ? All of the commissioners for a survey for the proposed new count v of Kdisto, to be taken from parts of bexiugtou, Aiken and Orangeburg, have been ap pointed. They are as follows: .Lexington ? For new county, W. O. Jackson; against new county, N. M. Wannamaker. Aiken ? For new eounlv, D. L. (Jantt; against new county, M. K. ltoylston. Orangeburg ? For new eounty, Mus sell Poole; against new county, I. \V. How man. The commissioners hnviug been notilied that the petition j<>r I lie elec tion is const if lit ional, will proceed n* once with the work as required under 1 1 1 1> "new county" act. Tar River Navigation. Oranjfoburp, Special. ? In response t(? n call that had been published about a week nifo, a larjie crowd of representative business men of this city mot in the court house fur tlio purpose of considering the means that, should be adopted for the further ance of the project for opcninif up the ehanncl of the Kdisto river t<? nav J i^ation by small craft. Congressman Lever, who bad been invited to ad dress the citizens on the occasion, war* present and jjave them an excellent talk o?i the subject. New R. F. D. Route for Tlorenco Florence, Special. ? I'ostinflRler Wilson lias just reciv I advices from the pestollice dejeii Iment :n Washington t-> the effect that after the 1 <>t It of .lulv of li>i ; y -ar a se? otid rural free de!)ve:y mute will bi* established f i ? ei I' l-n I"rdiu? through the lli..ii II ill ?n\ ??!?: section uj the conntv. Tli'v e livin-r on (In* proposed new route are <1- lighted at I the propped of fjui:-k mails.