The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, February 20, 1908, Image 1
VOL. V. NO. 3.
CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1908.
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YOUNG
MISTLEY
Henry
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' CHAPTER XXX. It I
Continued.
Then/* said the Englishman,
"you have changed?"
"Ym, I have changed.'*
"I am sorry for it."
"Why?"
"Because/' said Charlie, "It brings
you Into contact with such men as
Monsieur Jacobl."
Marie Balcovitch looked up sharp
ly, but he avoided meeting her eyes.
"What do you know of Monsieur
Jacobl?"
Charlie shrugged his broad shoul
ders contemptuously.
"Nothing, mademoiselle.**
"But you hate him?"
"Well ? scarcely. I hare never had
the necessary energy to hate any one
yet. I do not like him."
"It is of Jacobl," continued the girl,
"that I have to tell. It is against
him that I must ask your holp. Re
member, I do not ask it for myself ?
for I do not fear him. It is for Lena
Wright " .
Marie Bakovltch looked up some
what suddenly. She met her com
panion's eyes, calm, impassive, in
scrutable as usual, fixed upon her
I face, i
"Yes," he said; "go on."
"He is connected with several se
cret societies, political and other
wise. Notably the Brotherhood of
Liberty, of wblch he pretends to be
the London chief. For some months
he has been scheming to obtain
money from Lena Wright for the pur
pose of the Brotherhood."
"I thought money would come in
somewhere."
"Yes, all Jacobi's plots are con
nected with money sooner or later.
He heard from sources unknown to
me that she will be comparatively
rich some day, and he has been en
deavoring to persuade her to borrow
this money. It is a large sum." ...j
"You have not told me what hold
he has over her."
"He has represented that the
Brotherhood has agcncles hnd con
nections all over the world, and by
these means he could with the aid
Of a certain sum of ready money ob
tain Immediate information as to the
safety, or otherwise, of your brother
Winyard ? She ? I think ? she " -
"Yes," said Charlie, gravely, "I un
derstand. But h<^w did he get to
know of this? * He has surely had no
opportunity "
He stood there motionless and
strong as ever man was created, but
there passed across his face a mo
mentary twinge of real physical pain.
Suddenly he roused himself with an
effort, and said with a practical, mat
ter-of-fact energy:
"Mademoiselle, we must waste no
time. I am doeply grateful ? more
grateful than evor I can hope to ex
press ? for the confidence that you
have placed in me. You said Just
now that Jacob! pretends to be the
London chief of this Brotherhood;
have you doubts about the truth of
his assertions?"
"Yes. I know that such a society
exists, and that Its headquarters are
In Rotterdam; but I believe Jacobl
is no momber of it. Me has repre
sented himself to bo its chief simply
for the purposo of obtaining money.
He has, in fact, deceived us all."
"Thank you. May I ask when you
next assemble?"
"To-morrow afternoon hi this
room; and Miss Wright is to bo pres
ent as a probationary member.
Three o'clock Is the hour."
"To-morrow at three. Thank you.
You may leavo everything to me,
mademoiselle. I have a friend ?
Laurence Lowe ? who is a journalist
of some repute. He will doubtless
know about this Brotherhood of Lib
erty ? the real one, I mean. I will
endeavor to do everything in as quiet
and seaman-like a manner as I can.
I will see you to-morrow afternoon."
CHAPTER XXXI.
The Brotherhood.
Lena's singing lesson the following
Afternoon was Interrupted by the ar
rival of Monsieur Jacob!. This gentle
man wan accompanied by his friend,
Mr. Ryan, a keen-eyed Individual,
who was ever ready to espouso the
cause of the oppressed of overy na
tionality, provided there was money
to be mado and little risk attaching.
Prosently a feeble-minded English
lady of uncertain age arrived, and Im
mediately behind her n mild-man
nered German gentleman of short
sight and unkempt hair.
This was the first time Lena had
met the members of the Brotherhood
of Liberty, and she was divided be
tween an inclination to laugh and a
desire to run away. But everybody
was desperately serious. Monsieur
Jacobl was sauve and gentlemanly as
usual, but not entirely at his ease.
His hold over the Baroness do Nan
tllle, as she was still called, had never
been very secure, and he Instinctively
felt that It was slipping from him day
by day. However, the man was pos
sessed of a certalif superficial cour
ts a uoe of bravery which thine*
mo.
in the presence of women,.. ?ut goes
no distance among men.
I'here was just enough mystery In
the proceedings to content the Eng
lish maiden lady and the short-sight
ed Teuton without unnecessarily ag
gravating the Baroness.
"I hare considered it necessary/*
he said, "to call the London Branch
of this Brotherhood together, for the
purpose of deciding a question of
tome Importance. It la usual for my
*elf and Secretary Ryan to decide
puch minor questions as may arise,
but we feel that this Is beyond our
Jurisdiction."
Here Monsieur Jacobl paused, and
assumed a demeanor expressive of
tome hesitation In the choice of words
necessary to proceed with a some
what difficult task.
At this moment the door opened,
and Charles Mistley entered the room
alone. In one comprehensive glance
he took In the situation, noting the
position of every person In the room.
He closed the door and stood with his
back against It.
Jacobl half rose from his seat, and
then sunk back again with rather a
plckly smile. Ryan made no move
ment whatever, but his unhealthy
face assumed an ashen gray. The
maiden lady and the German sat gaz
ing weakly at the stalwart Intruder.
Noiselessly the Baroness rose from
her seat and crossed the room to
where Lena sat, and there she stood,
waiting.
Lena felt that the whole situation
was intensely funny from an observ
er's point of view; but unfortunately
she was an actor in the comedy,
which sadly altered the matter. How
ever, Charles Mistley had too much
tact to treat the affair jocosely. He
looked gravely round him, and then
spoke In a deliberately authoritative
voice, which recalled to Lena's mem
ory a half-forgotten remark of Law
rence Lowe's, to the- effect that
Charlie was essentially a foul-weath
er sailor.
"I am sorry," he said, "to disturb
matters; but I think Monsieur Jacobl
knows who I am. If he should re*
quire any explanation, he knows
where to find me."
Jacobl shrugged his shoulders in
differently, while Ryan watched him
furtively.
"Will you como with me now?"
continued Mistley, addressing Lena.
Nothing of a dramatic nature oc
curred. Lena rose from her seat, and
crossing tho room, she stood besldo
.Charlie, experiencing a sudden senso
of comfort and relief at the mero
contact of his sleeve, which touched
her shoulder.
"I do not know." said Charlie to
the assembled brotherhood, "and it is
none of my business to inquire who is
implicated in this , swindle and who
among you are dupes; but it may bo
of some Interest to you to learn that
that man there ? Jacobl? la a com
mon swindler. Ho Is no more tho
London chief of the Brotherhood of
Liberty than I am. Such a society
exists, and I have been in communica
tion with tho authorities at its head
quarters in Rotterdam. It ban
transpired that Jacobi was onco a
clerk in their office; and they are at
present somewhat anxious for his ad
dress, with a view to tho recovery of
soma funds which he, by mistake, re
moved from their cash box and omit
ted to restore. It is only fair to you,
Monsieur Jacobl, to inform you that
In tho course of my inquiries I am
afraid tho Brotherhood nniBt havo
loarned that you aro In London."
Then he opened tho door, and by
way of Intimating to Lena to pass out
In front of him, he touched her nrm
"lightly, It was not his habit to do
this, as It Is with bomo men. Not
even with his mother did he ever In
dulge In such harmless famallarlties
Lena noted the little touch, and some
how, to her, it said much that Charlie
never allowed to appear In his inter
course with her. There was a sense
of protection, a hint, as It were, of
brotherly affection and reliability In
this rare exhibition of fooling, alight
though the indication of it rojjht bo..
At the head of the stairs ho stopped.
"You will find Mr. I^owo down
stairs," ho said. "I must go back
and see after tho Baroness. Walk on
ilowly toward Bedford place. I will
catch you tip. My mother expccts us
*11 to afternoon tea."
Ho watched her descend tho stairs,
*nd heard Lau ranee Lowe como for
ward to moot her.
Beforo they had gono far their
heard a quick footstep behind them,
?nd Chales Mbtley camo to Lena's
dde. They wero In Portland place,
ind ns he Joined them ho beckoned to
'he driver of a hansom cab. There
leemed to bo no question of Low?
cettlng Into a cab with Lena. Ho
nodded, and an ho boc'toned to a
ipeond driver, Charlie took his scat
at Lena's side.
The young rnllor bejjan h!s ex
planation at once.
"I^ena," he said, "only Lowe and
myself know of this, and It will bo
better to keep the whole affair quiet
for tome time yet. Of cours?\ It Is
oot quite the right thing for you to
k?o# It secret from your mother; lit
^ater ? later, parhapt? wh? Win la
home again, you can toll her all about
It."
I Lost to rued slowly toward bin.
8he was leaning kaek In the cab*
while ho eat forward with hi* gloved .
hands resting on the door.s They
were passing down Oxford street, and
,the smoothness of the pavement ren
dered It unnecessary (or her to ralso
?her voice.
j "When Win comes home!" sho re
peated, wonderlngly. "What has Win
to do with it?"
j She was fully convinced that what*
erer ho might know, he could not
hare guessed at her motive for Join*
lng the Brotherhood of Liberty. That*
at all events, was never to be dis
closed. But Charlie Mlstley had pro
Tided for this.
1 "The Baroness de Nantllle," ho
said, "Is Marie Bakovltch!"
; She seemed to be slowly forcing
the realization of hli words Into her
own mind. At the first thought It
appeared to be an impossibility; but
as she looked back at her acquaint
anceship with the Baroness, the thing
seemed possible, and she felt that
there was no doubt about the truth
of her companions statement.
CHAPTER XXXIL
Confession.
Charles Mistley never gave Lena
the full account of his discovery of
Jacobl's little plot. It is so easy to
put off an explanation till a more
convenient occasion, which somehow
never arises. From Lowe she could
learn nothing? explanations were not
his forte.
I; And so the subject was shelved,
'partly with deliberate Intention on
the part of the young sailor, partly
by the advent of a more momentous
question. Jacobl disappeared, and
never returned into Lena's life to
wake up memories best left to sleep.
.Marie Bakovltch left England with
Ivan Meyer. Some years later Mrs..
Mlstley heard of her in Paris, recog
nizing the beautiful Russian 'girl in
a vivacious French description of the
"ravishing" wife of a rising young
i artist.
? On the day completing the elgh
[ teenth month after Winyard Mistley's
departure there was a dinner party
at the house in Seymour street. Any
disinterested and experienced matron*
watching' the arrival of the guests
ft-om behind the laths of a Venetian,
blind, would unhesitatingly have
propehsied a slow and wearisome
evening for the guests at this enter
tainment. There were no ladies??
"absolutely no ladles, my dear!"?
except Mrs. Mlstley and Lena and her
mother.
The only young man was Charles
Mistley, and he was handicapped by
the presenco of half a dozen veterans
? whlto-halred old warriors, who
were desperately attentive and vastly
gallant to the ladles, more especially
to Lona; sturdy old rolling stones,
,with an Inexhaustible fund of anec
dotes little calculated to entertain the
fair. These old stagers, however, did
weighty justice to the delicacies set
before them, and were mightily
pleased with the manner In which
they each and severally entertained !
tho ladies.
Mrs. Wright lod tho way to tho
drawing room At tho first opportun
ity, and tho old fellows were left to
pull down their waistcoats with a
gravo sense of satisfaction at tho
skillful manner in which they had
kept up the spirits of tho assembly.
When they at length trooped Into
tho drawing room, they found the
two elder ladles sitting together near
the llreplace, wlillo Lena stood in tho
narrow window, taking advantago of
the last rays of daylight to complete
some dainty pieco of needlework.
Charles Mistley lounged across tho
room, and occupied in a masterly
maunor tho remainder of that win
dow.
Tho fading light of tho sunset was
fully reflected on Lena's face as sho
stood in tho recess of tb ? tall win
dow, working deftly. Charlie, lean
ing against tho wall opposite her, was
looking at lier absently. Ono would
hardly have thought that ho was not
ing tho littlo painful droop of her
eyelids when she ceased speaking. He
Jiad not the reputation of a keen ob
server.
His reflections were Interrupted by
the advent of Adonis, who solemnly
crossed tho room at this moment to
pay his respects. He stooped and
caressed tho dog's rough head for
some moments; then, without. rab'nw
his eyes, he said;
"Lona."
"Yes."
The girl looked up from her work
with her ready smile, which had of
late grown almost mechanical.
"At last ? at last I am going to do
something."
"To do something?" sho repeatod,
with ready Interest.
"To-day is Tuesday," he replied;
"on Friday I start for Central Asia.
I am going to seek Win."
Sho grew very pale; the color even
left hor lips. Charllo continued to
gazo out of the window.
"And I will keep you posted up as
to my whereabouts. If I miss him ?
If wo pass each other on tho way ? ?
you should bo able to stop mo some
whore; tho colonel Is arranging all
that. But, after all, If I wander
about there, say, for a year or so, It
does not matter much. A year moro
or less out of an Pile llfo Is of no
great consequence."
He stopped, and looked down at
her with his lazy, placid smile. Pres
ently sho loo'xod tip and met his eye?.
? To b?? continued. ?
Wood In building Is usad mnch
more sparingly In Franc? than In
America; bene? dangtr from fir# ??
Ism.
PALMEHOJAWMAKERS
6TATB AFPBOP1XATION&
brciat Anml Ibm Dtn of
construction to Bo Appropriated.
The bill for the appropriation of
State funda as passed by the House
grants the following amounts
For the State treasurer there were
no changes exeept an appropriation
of $2,000 for metal easie. The salar
ies are as follows: Treasurer, $1,900;
ehief clerk $1,500; two bookkeepers,
$1,400 each; contingent fund, $300;
for printing stocks and bonds, $200;
stationery, $300; further clerical
help, $600.
State superintendent of education,
salary, $1,900; ehief elerk, $1,350, an
increase from $1,200; stenographer,
$600; contingent fund, $2000; print*
ing $1,200; stationery, $300; travel
ing expenses, $30.
'There is a decrease in tho appro
priation given the adjutant general
The bill carries tho Allowing: Sal
ary, $1,900; assistant, $1,350 ; armor
er, $300; contingent fnnd, $500, col
lecting arms, printing, etc., $650,
which ie on increase of $100; station
ery, $200; stenographer, $600; militia
purposes, $20,000, a decrease of $10,
000. The biU farther provides that
all encampments shall be held in this
State unless otherwise required by
the government.
The Attorney General.
In the department of the attorney
general there are only a few increases
and the totals as compared with last
year show a decrease of several hun- ;
dred dollars. No appropriation is
given for the continuation of the 1
merger suit. The items are as fol- !
krws; Salary, attorney general, $1,- ;
900; assistant attorney general, $1,
BOO, a raise of $500; contingent fund,
$300, a raise of $150; litigation, $2.
000; stenographer, $600.
' There is a reduction in the amount
given the railroad commissioners for
contingent expenses; the items are as
follows: Salary three commission
ers, $5,700; salary stenographer
$600; secretary, $1,500; contingent
expenses and rent $1,500; printing.
$250.
The State librarian gets an in
crease of $75 for the contingent fund
the items being as follows: Salary.
$300; contingent fund, $300; station
ery, $275; prchasing books, $250.
Stato Geologist.
When "the paragraph rotating to the
State geologist was reached Mr.
Yeldell moved to striko out*the ap
propriation. He said that he has
not been#able to get any satisfaction
from the office, although he had re
quested information several tmex
He Lad not even soon a copy of the
rej>ort. It was explaned that tho re
port had been printed and on this
Mr. Yelilell withdrew' his objection.
The item carries an appropriation of
$1,500 for the salary and a like aounl
for contngent fund, prntng and sur
veys.
The department of Agriculture I
commerce and immigration pets tlu.
following: Salary comissioner, $1,
900; salary clerk, $1,200; expenses
department, $*.000; salary stenogra
pher, $000; for printing 4,000 copies
of handbooks, $3,000.
The bill gives $500 for prizes for
farmers who enter the cereal- prow
ing contest*. This is expended under
the direction of the commissioner of
agriculture. tho president and the
professor of apricnltnre of Clemson
college.
Ko chancres are made in tho his
torical commission. The salary of
the secretary is $1,500; for co'.lect
inp and arranging Confederate re
cords. $1,000; contingent fund. $2">0.
printing historical records, $500 and
the proceeds f;?r sales of the publi
cations now on hand or hereafter is- :
' sued.
i The cod? commissioner pets tho u?u
! a I salary. $100.
The salary of the elc'rician and
engineer1 of tho Stale house is $10(1
per month for seven mouths; for trr
salary of one fireman and assistant
.*"0 per month for the year; ono ad
flit ional firerean for two months at a
f alary of $10 per tnon'h; tho clectri.
eian and engineer being given $7,"
per month f >r the remaining five
months. Ife rlso rets ^400 for fix
tures. supplies P'vl lights and $400
for replacing ntul repairing pipes in
.3t"to bouse.
The sum of $0,000 is given for
lighting the Stnte institutions in Co
lumbia.
Th? ''ontngeut fund for the keep
er of State bo"so grounds was placed
at $200; the janitor's salary, $100;
salary ??f jani? ^120; salary of
two wnfehmen. per month each.
7n the iudhra' d^parlment the
*^isr> in salaries of the just fees < \C the
uprMw court passed several yean
^co ofT'efs Associate .Justice Clary.
'"5 having been recent 1v reelected.
jThis bill pas-- -d while M'?\ Clary wn .
;n office and therefore did not be
com? effective until this year. Thf
'o!lo*.v'ng are The ilenis; Chief .Tns
?ce I'op", *3 000; Associate .Turtice
'nrv. .*2 012.50. r Justices .Tone:*, n?vl
?'.'oods, ?2c"i0 each; ten circuit jmlg
?30.000; solicitors. $17.000 ; s'en
"rrn1 <15000; clerk of supreme
'uirt. $?00; Stale reporter, $1.300 ;
brrrian svpretr.e court. $300; mes*
on^i*, $200; stenographer, $600: at*
endant, $'200; contingent fund, J^OO.
?n increase of $200; deficit for 1007,
*107; for purchasing hooks for libra*
?7, $500; for purchasing certan su
oreme court reports, $600; for secre
taries for each of justices $500 each.
The State board of health is given
*2*500, for elerk hire $500. for en
forccing the pure food law $1,000,
to? quarantining the State against
contagious diseases $8,000, to be ex
oended under the supervision of tho
governor. The governor is also auth
orized. in cases of emergency, to bor
row $7,000 addition; $100 is given
for printing, transportation and
death ceritficates.
In the tax department the salaries
of county auditors are fixed at $29,
672.98; treasurers, $30,146.05, and
for printing books, etc., $3,500.
Educational Institutions.
The educational institutions re
ceived all asked for without objec
tion. Mr. Sharpe did not agree to
fhe provision that children of profes
sors of the University of South Caro
lina receive free tuition inserted, but
this went through by a vote of 53 to
39. The section then passed as fol
lows:
University of South Carolina ?
Support, $43,744.64; promotion of
Prof. Baker to full professorship,
$500 repainting college buildings,
$3,000; tin roof for DeSaussure col
lege, $600; for other roofs, curbing.,
and repairs, $1,625; scholarships,
normal, $4,100; for new class room
and auditorium, $:>0,000.
Winthrop ? For support of college,
$64,535.23; regular scholarships,
?12,400 ; insurance, $2,659.82 ; equip
ment, $3,000; septic tank, $2,000.
South Carolina Military Academy
? Support, $25,000; library, $250:
second payment on police station,
$7,500; repairs and other work, $30,
000; insurance, $1,267.20.
State Colored College ? Support,
$5,000; dvnamo, $1,000; laundry, $2,
000.
South Carolina Industrial School
?$10,000.
Penal and Charitable.
For penal and charitable institu
tions the following sums are given :
Penitentiary ? Salary of superin
tendent, $1,900; captain of guard,
$1,200; physician, $1,500; chaplain,
$600; services of chaplain in reform
atory in Lexington, $150; clerk, $1,
200, and all balances and proceeds
from the hire of convicts or from tho
farms of the institution.
Stato Hospital for the Insane ?
Salary of superintendent, $3,000; per
diem and mileage of board, $1,200;
current expenses and maintenance,
$170,000, an increase of $10,000; re
pairs and building purposes, $20,000;
(leficiet, $8,177; insurance, $7,000,
increased firo protection, $500.
Deaf, Dumb and lliiiid Asylum?
For support, $26,500; repairs, $500;
insurance, $1,146.93; water and sew
erage, $1,000.
Catawba Indians ? For support,
$2,000; for tho school fund, $200.
For miscellaneous expenses the bill
was an follows:
For water for- public instutions in
Columbia $5,000. Tho original bill
carried an appropriation of $3,000,
biit as mentioned before after a hear
ing before (lie ways and means com
mittee by city ollicials and others,
the appropriation was increased by
Chairman Banks on the floor of tho
house.
To pay claims passed by tho gen
eral assembly in 11)0(5, $(i,000.
Public print in*;- ? for ? lie year $20,
000, an incrcnSw- of about $1,2000,
and of this $800 is applied to tho
printing of arts and journals; for
advance shorts, $175 is appropriated.
For fuel for tho State house, $2,
000 is appropriated.
For Confederal e pensions the sum
of $250,000 wr.s appropriated witii
tho usual restrictions.
Confeder.it o Reunions.
There wns considerable debato on
tho parr.grnph r.|>propriating $3,500
for the reunion of Confederate vet
erans. Mr. Jours made tho motion
to kill the section. Mr. Sharpo saw
no reason for tho appropriation as
1 hero was no demand for it from l!io
old soldiers. Mr. Nicholson, who
passed, tho bill last session at I ho re
quest of the South Carolina division
of the United Confederate veterans,
thought the appropriation was do*
served. It was carrying out a gen
erous policy of tho State toward th#
old soldiers and there was a demand
for it. By a division vote of 50 to
40, however, tho houso struck out th*
paragraph.
For the phosphate commission $.100
was given for tho necessary expenses
of inspection and meetings.
For the completion of tho Stato
house $">.0(!0 was given the sinking
fund to return the loan mado in 1004.
Other Appropriations.
The State board of equalization
wns given $2,000; the supervisors of
registration, $12,300; insurance ex?
cutive mansion, $23.33; insurance
armory, $31.50; insurance barn at
executive mansion, $11; rural libra
ries, $5,000; repaiis and furniture at
executive mansion, $1,400; fuel at
mansion. $.'150; South Carolina room
at the Confederate museum , Rich
mond, $100; lonti to South Carolina
fair society; $2,500; board of medi
cal examiner, $80 and for a secretary
$100; launch house at Georgetown,
$250; hoard of fisheries, $7.fi00; Con
federate Homo college at Charleston,
$2,000 for scholarships ; bourd of
pardons. $J00, which is a decrease of
about $-100; Winthrop practice school
$10,000, according to act of 1007;
premiums on surety bonds of clrrks
in State house, $145.35; commit* to
examine dispensary, $70.40; fo.i.nit
t?e to szamiflo books of Stu.e ofll
cials, $440.40; committer on Stalo
educational institutions, $200.05;
committee on penal and charitablv
institutions, $338.55; repairing to re
fund loan from sinking fund for re
pairs on interior of State house,
$5,000; written off books of Statw
treasury, $41.98, $14.70, $13.36;
printing proceeds of annual meeting
of Live Stock Association, $500; cop
ies to be distributed among members
of general assembly and farmers; in
terest on bublie debt. $29,077.67.
The Colored Fair.
When the paragraph giving $500
for premiums for the State eolored
fair was brought up Mr< Harmon ob
jected to its consideration. He
thought it was a waste of money. Mr.
Richards favored the appropriation,
stating that it wase for nothing but to
cncourage the race in their work.
The paragraph remained with only a
few voting against it.
The paragraph relating to the ap
propriation of $50,000 for high
schools did not pass until there were
amendments suggesting an appro
priation of $100,000 and $15,000
respecitvely. The $50,000 appropri
ation. finally passed.
Late ^Vcfce;?f
In Urtef
MINOR MATTERS OF INTEREST
Prosperity's Livo Corpse.
Unless some apparently trust
worthy indications are misleading be
yond belief retail trndo in the coun
try at large for the approaching
spring will measure well up to tho
high average of recent years. From
the New York Times we learn that
over 3.000 out-of-town merchants
and other buyers, chiefly from the
West, have poured into tho metropo
lis, surprising and delighting New
York merchants. On Monday last,
the New York Merchants' Associa
tion's Pi rst registration day for tho
spring trswlo. -11!) buyers, or the next
largest number on record for such a
date, inscribed their names at asso
ciation headquarters. The second
day's registration left no record un
broken. All the hotels that cater to
feho out-of-town buyers were over
run. "The lv.jyrr# and ou'.-uf-iqttfn
merchants," says The Times' story,
"swarmed nb.mt 1 1 " hotel corr: lo:s
fast night. {clliii'.' their New York
friends that the business ouiio,ik was
brighter than it had ever been be
fore. Jinny \vl o \vi nt to the theater
in the even;n*.r spent intermission
time pre.sdictiug a great era of pros
perity for tin? country." Though
some of the country's v i"il indin
tries are in a very unsntisfa'Mcry eon
dition f:>r (lie time bei n- *, the facts
just narrated certainly <1 ? ? int in'.ii
eate general hard limes, til her pres
ent or provpoctive. Prosperity hut
mceived fo.no hard and temporarily
crippling blows, but it is far from
dead yet. ? Charlotte, N. 0., Observer
of Feb. 10.
Pittsburg riooc- Swept.
T'i! Isburp, ]'a-, Special. ? Spread
ing ruin and disas!cr in its path. the
annual flood of the rivets n ml jmi.;!!
streams of this seel ion hohls f'ilts
hnrp in its prasp. At 10 oVIoel; the
water had reached slope of 2t> feet
and was visinp a half 1*:iot an lie''.''.
The wcalher bureau predi.ls .'?() f vt
and possibly a I'o ?t higher when the
' res? of the flood arrives. W I; ? "i*
the weather conditions ore nm:,!i
folder am' snow (lurries on- experi
enced at iiil -ivj.ls the ? ? ! : n 1 1 3 '? ? 1 com
ditions will have j ? I ? ~ ? 1 u t ? 1 i.o
feet on the Idpli watc.'. At the
headwaters t riveis continue to i i*-o
ond scons of cities and towns in
weslern Pennsylvania. efi-'.lcrn ')!ii>
and Wcat Virginia a?v paribilly i
undatid. In the J>; 1 1: bun; 'lis! !????!
alone the damage, it i;-- e\pee'"d, will
amount to sevcirl million dollars.
T. K. Bnincr Dead.
Raleigh, N. C., Special. ? Hon. T.
K. Brunei*. who for 21 years has
served the State as Secretary of Ag
riculture. died here Sunday morning.
Tho entire Slate will mourn his loss
Ho was .72 years of ape and wa~
horn in Salisbury, trio son of J. ,1.
Bruner, Jiis mother's maiden name be
ins: Kincaid, and she being also i>
native of the pood County of Rowar.
IT'S father was for many years edifot
and publisher of The Carolina Watch
man, of Salisbury, a power in tho
newspaper world of its day, and T. ?
K. Tinnier was for some time asso
ciated with him on that paper. Ho
was devoted to the study <>f miner
alogy and b'-rnme an expert.
Yellow F:vcr at Galveston.
Galveston, Tex., Special. ? On the
steamer Crispin, which arrived in
the roads from Para. Brazil, threo ?
miles out from Galveston, Sunday
there were two cases of yellow fever.
The two men afieeted arc Third
Knpineer De.is ond Third Oflicei
Pritehard.
NOT TUB WKATIIFR.
Tom ? Why don't you call on MIr.s
Pom pus?
Dick? Too cold.
Tom ? Nonsenso! The weather lifts
nothing to with ?
Dick ? You misunderstand me. I
mean Rhe Invited mo not to. ? Caili
olic Standard and Timet.
DEATH RIDES STORM
Furious Gale Strews Corpses
in its Wake
WIDESPREAD PROPERTY LOSS
A. Dozen or Mero Dead, Scores Injur
ed and Great Property Damage ?
Tornado Cuts Path a Hundred Fee*
Wide Through the Tovrn and
Sweeps Clean an Area of Five
Miles
Tyler, Tex., Special. ? Tyler wa?
swept by the most disastrous tornado
in its history before da\ light Friday.
Coming from the southwest, the storm
swept over the main residence quar
ter of t lie city, h aving- a trail of dealt*
and devastation.
The known dead in Tyler aro C. \
Francis, agent of The Daily News,
and his wile and baby and a negro,
Mose Lee, SO years of age.
Francis' body was found a. hundred
yards from his wicckcd home. Tlio
body of his child was found in tho
street. Mts. Francis was in the
wreckage of the hniiding.
Sii seriously injured jmrsons
reported. They ore Irwin Franklin
and his wife and four children. Onu
of the children may die. The Frunk
lins were caught in tho wreckage of
their home.
I It is feared that the death fist in
Tyler may reach a dozen and Ut?
numher of injured will, probably ag
gregate two-score when reports of tin*
casual i ties arc all received.
Twelve buildings were wrecked in
the confusion it is difficult to cotnpilo
an accurate list of the casualitic9.
Wires are down in all dircctmiiA
from Tyler, but reports from farmers
arc that farm houses all around Ty
ler were blown down.
It is impossible to ascertain tho !'.?w
of life vi the rural regions, hut it i?
known that the tornado swept every
thing clean for a distance of five
miles. Three miles from town Um*<;
wind demolished the home of lrwu* ..
Franklin, severely injuring FraukUu,
and his wife and four children. Tho
tornado tore a path through Tyle*?
100 feet wide. Buildings, telephone
ami electric light poles were laid llat
in the storm's path while great dam
age was done in other parts of the
city.
Hattishurg, Miss., Special. ? A tor
nado passed over .Jones county norlli
of here Friday and the town of Moss
ville, of several hundred inhabitants,
is reported to have been blown away.
At least two are dead and sevri.ii
injured.
The town of Noso, as well as the
town of Service on the Laurel branch
of the dull' & Ship Island Kailroat!
were blown away. Whether or not
there were any falalili"s cannot bo
learned.
A-1. vices fvo-.n Putins state that the
tornado swept Tyler. Smi-h county,
Texas, killing four persons and do
ing considerable damage.
Memphis, Tenn., Special Severe
wind and rain storms visited tho
South and Southwest causing loss of
life and much damage to property. In
Smith eornty, Terms, several people
were killed by a tornado, iiu hiding
C. A. Francis and wil'e; Mrs. W.
Francis ami child, ami a negro nam
ed Mose l,ec. Much dann.v.e \vu*
wrought by the storm, small buildings
and outhouses especially suj.'iing.
Many |?oints in Mississippi report
dame, ire l?y heavy winds and an unu
sual;. downpour of rai.t. At Moss
vi I It*, near i,an:< I, s -v ? r:il iives are
reputed !i st.
At .laek^on, the heavies? rain ex
perienced in years fell. It was ac
companied by ten ilie wind and ii^hl
r:ii:;?.
Threo Tcc/r.r. E r.r.o'i: he.'.
Meridian, Mir.s., Sp *ci;d. Threo
s ? f i ? ? 1 1 M isdssipni lowii:'. vvmo practi
cally demolished by a f?>rr i !?> I* riday.
l.'cporls ol flii' inc. !) r kil'.'-d range
from (> to 10 with flic smaller num
ber probably coned. ,
Mossvillc, Service and Soso are tli?
t owiB destroyed. They are nil in
Jones county and all ?rc very small,
beiir^ merely a band fill <?1 se-attiT'il
dwellings. The toronado struck them
about noon and in mod. insfr.woi *??
reported to have carried build in/*9 in
its path completely ofT the lots or?
which they stood. Nearby fields weir
covered with wreckage and the
branches of several trees were liter
ed wifli small household articles.
L. R. Norrison, a resident of Moss
ville, who came here after I lie stout*,
said that be was out of doors during
the blow and was compelled to gra*i?>
a wire fence fo keep from bi?iu?;
blown away. He said flio dead at.
Mossville were Alex Windhum ainl
wife, negroes. Near the town be suiid
four white persons bad been killed, ,x
man and bis wife and their two chil
dren whose names ho did tint train.
The seriously injured at MmisviKo
are .T. \V. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.
William Campbell and Minnie ('amp
bell.
Near Service one child of Ike llol"
low ay is reported dead and alio ?r?.
unknown ne;rro.
The tornado wn? pecomntmwvl bv h
torrent of rain which caused a sudden
riso in the creeks and washed aw:i>
sevoral brid^a*. Ronds have b**Mn?
impassable in tha cyclone district a ml
telegraph and telephone wir?a wevo
nut working.*