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VOL. V.. NOw 32. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10,1908. Sl.SOPer Year
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BY
DIVINING
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By i
LADY 1
MARGARET
MAJENDIK.
CHAPTER I. 1
?I wonder why there are ao many
children In the world; children are
the greatest abomination In exist
ence! " said Reginald, threading hi*
way through his innumerable broth
ers and sisters to the schoolroom
fireplace. A small sister had posses
sion of the best armchair, a faded
chintz concern with ears to it. Reg
gie, of course, dislodged her and took
possession, while little Letty, perfect
ly satisfied of the droits d'alne, made
no remonstrance, but squatted on the
rug.
They were all there. Reggie, home
from Oxford; the beautiful Janet,
who enjoyed the privilege of being
grown up; Arthur, whose future fate
was not decided, but who was the
? tallest, handsomest and most attrac
tive looking of lads, though all unan
imously declared that he had inher
ited Saxon wit with Saxon beauty,
and would never do any good with
hla brains. Little Letty, on the
hearth rug, crept up and leant
against his long legs, sure of not be
ing rejected there, even though she
might be an inconvenience and al
ways in the way.
?? Tola, an abbreviate of Ceneren
tola, or the Clnderwltch, aat upon the
table; a little sunburnt brunette of
seventeen, with curly brown hair and
eyes like diamonds; and she had chil
dren all about her. Tommy, Johnnie,
^Uiry Cllly, Jack Eddie! No wonder
the splendid Reggie looked down on
the herd with the outspoken expres
sion of disgust, which nobody minded
In the least.
Janet settled her hair before the
cracked oUf mirror. "Well, Reggie,"
she said, "having called a family
council, what Is the result? Are we
not all In committee?"
"You know ay well as I do,"
growled Reggie. "We must resolve
ourselves into a Committee of Ways
and Means. There is something up."
"Something down, you mean," said
Tommy, who was scribbling at a
?able. "Mother's eyes are red."
"That's nothing new," said Tola,
sorrowfully, hugging the baby.
"Don't Jaw," said Reggie, giving
Tommy a little kick, which extorted
a growl of "Shut up?do!"
"I Imagine," said Janet, coming
forward, and looking lovely, "that
the last remaining hope of the family,
the last diner at the tenant's dinner,
has given notice to quit."
"And like our first parents we shall
? be reduced to living vaguely on the
fruits of the earth," said Tola.
"And how to avert it?"
"By putting our shoulders to the
wheel," said Arthur. "Of course, we
fellows must take whatever work
f comes in our way."
1 "Reggie," said Janet, timidly, "I
have taken a step alroady. I have
put in an advertisement offering my
self an a lady help, and I have two
or three answers here, which I kept
to open at our meeting."
"So that was the secret of our daily
walks to Plumtree postofflce?" cried
Tola. "Quick, Janet, do see what they
* are about."
Janet opened the first two letters
and read them at first gaily, then
V falteringly. The one offered intolem^
ble conditions, and the second held
out no hope of any salary.
"Oh, dear! Oh, dear!" she sighed.
"This will never do. Now for my
last hope."
The third letter proved to bo only
an agent's advertisement.
' "I am plad of it," said Arthur
"Nonsense, Janet; mother would
never hear of such a thing. What
could possess you to Imagine It? Let
us be serious. You can still have
Uncle Alfred's clerkship, I suppose,
Redge?"
"I suppose so." rather sullenly,
ffllxty pounds a year, after sending
me to Oxford, too. I wonder how he
has the face!"
"I wouldn't despise sixty pounds a
year," said Arthur. "I wlch I had a
it chance of it."
"I never said I did despise It; only
when one has been brought up to ex
pect everything to be bo differ
ent "
1 v# "Hush!" cried Tola. "Is not that
papa calling?"
A stentorian voice rang through
the house.
"Boys! I say, hoys!"
Reginald rose slowly and wont
downstairs.
"Poor boy! It Is hard on him,"
said Janet. "I really did think
i Uncle Alfred would have acted differ
ently." '
"I think It was very kind of him,"
Mid Tola; "and after all Reggie's
protestations, It seoms that he wants
to give up tho only chance any ono
of us has had, except Tommy."
. #Tomniyl"
"Yes. Tommy. No! don't frown at j
sae. I did not mean to let it out. but
?? I have begun I may as well finish.
Tommy had earned ton shillings from
the Plumtree Gazette."
"Wefl done. Thomas!" said Arthur,
Phllng hjs brother's curly wig. "And :
how?" - .
"By my literary efforts," said Tom.
"I have been a contributor ffc that
Lfations weokly."
ikWow often? When? ' What do
Ma**"- ....
"Oh! for ever so lodfc. I furnish
the epitaphs."
"Well," said Janet, with rather a
careworn look coming over her sweet
face. *1 must go about my business.
We seem to be doing no good, and it
is not worth while waiting till Reggie
comes back."
Arthur followed her to the door.
"Don't be down, old girl," he said
kindly. "Something is sure to turn
up.*
"I never heard that anything did
turn up for Mr. Mlcawber," she an
swered, quickly. "At all events it is
no use folding one's hands to wait
until it does."
He drew back. * I don't want to do
that," he sa'id, quietly.
"Oh! Arthur, I did not mean any
thing, but it does rile me to see
Reggie with all his splendid talents
and his grand education, and every
thing to be thrown away on such a
paltry employment; and yet, if he re
fuses It, it is like giving up wider
prospects still. There, I won't grum
ble." And, drying her eye#, Janet
went off.
Arthur went slowly downstairs
with his hands in his pockets. This
theory of Reggie's splendid talents?
was it only a theory? He had be
lieved in it implicitly in spite of
every successive report, first from
school and then from Oxford?either
Reggie was growing too fast for
work, poor boy, or he had an unfair
master, and Reggie could never stand
a master he did not like. Then at
Oxford he had turned out to have lost
all the previous years of his life by
having been so badly taught. Then
it was most unsafe to press on the
highly strained intellect of genius;
and. Anally, Reggie obtained no hon
ors, merely scraped through as hun
dreds of others have done, and came
home beautifully got up in appear
ance, but with spall honor to him
self, and a gratified feeling of self
respect, In the belief which he found
unshaken in the breasts of his family
?that his superiority was unassail
able, only that he had been unfor
tunate in his surroundings.
Arthur had his hand on the handle
of the door when his rather came out
of the library and stopped his exit.
"Here, Arthur, I want you," he
said, briefly.
The library of Denstone Court was,
ala**! only now called so by courtesy,
as the books were gone. Only the
yawning shelves remained. It was
a fine room, and, like the rest of the
house, had about It the ghost of de
parted comfort and luxury.
The Squire of Denstone Court
looked about as woin away and shab
by as his own furniture. He had let
i everything slip helplessly through his
fingers. His poverty might at one
time have been grappled with, but
the time had gono by now.
Poor Mr. Denstone got more and
more deeply Involved, more and more
hopeless; and he found no help in his
wife, who, worn out by the cares of
her large family and the feeble petu
lance of her lord, had subsided Into
a mere household drudge. The sons
and daughters might have been a
comfort individually, but they were
tremendous incubus en masse.
One powerful friend they had In
the Undo Alfred, tho succcssfui Liv
erpool merchant, who had sent Reg
inald to Oxford, and whose offer of a
clerk's place In his house, nt a salary
of sixty pounds a year, had seemed
such a downfall to all their hopes.
It was on tho subject of this offer
that Mr. Denstone wanted to speak
to ills son.
"Come here, Arthur," ho said, ner
vously, "and sit down. I want to talk
to you, but It fidgets me to see you
standing."
"You look tired, father," said Ar
thur, kindly. "I am afraid something
has worried you."
"I am always tired and always
worried," said Mr. Denstone, Impa
tiently, thrusting his hand through
his thin gray hair, "but I am quite
used to It now, thank heaven. It Is
really your mother s fault, she docs
worry so about Reggie."
"What about him?" said Arthur,
surprised. "Of course, tho salary is
not a very high one, but with his tal
ents he is sure to get on, and my
uncle will probably offer him a part
nership."
"But he Is not to have It, you see."
"Not to have It? Has my uncle re
tracted his offer?"
"Yos, he has; and In the most un
flattering manner. It is that that has
so upset your mother."
"I am so sorry," said Arthur, fer
vently.
"I always knew how It would be,"
said Mr. Denstone. querulously.
"Regglo gives himself the airs of a
marquis, and dresses like a dandy.
Your uncle Is a plain man, and, bless
my soul, he married his cook, as you
know, and can't be expected to bo a
judgo of refinement. He actually
writes theso words: 'Youf Bon is
much too fine a gentleman for mo. I
want a clerk, not a young swell; and
I want a fellow who appreciates the
luck of gottlng tho place, not one
who turns up his nose at everything
here, and scents tho whole house with
cigars. So you may tell htm I have
changed my mind, U jrou havs a
more humble minded youth ibobi
your sons. I don't mind trying him;
but not thle young cock who crowa
too loud for my dunghill. I want a
plain, honest fellow. I hate your
geniuses. If you can't supply the
article. I can look elsewhere; but
Betsy would much like a nephew
about the house. Your fine gentle
man looked upon sixty pounds a year
as about enough to keep him In
cigars; but In that we agree to differ.'
What an unfeeling letter, Arthur."
"I am afraid Reggie must have
offended him," said Arthur, thought
fully.
"It Is just my luck," said Mr. Den
stone, fretfully. "If I have a son
with brains above the ordfnsry, he
goes and flies in the face of Provi
dence. Your mother thinks nothing
would be lost by your trying now."
"I'wish I might," cried Arthur,
eagerly. "But not If Reggie would
feel as If I were supplanting him."
"No fear of that, my good fellow,"
said his father, rather contemptuous
ly. "You hardly look Mke brothers."
Arthur felt that was true enough,
as far as clothes went, and he was
unconscious cf his superior physical
advantages. It Ik extraordinary how
Isng family delusions continue.
At this moment Mrs. Denstone
came in. a little, pale, rather trembly
woman, with a sensitive, pink color
coming and going in her thin cheek.
"What does Arthur say?" she said
to her husband.
Arthur put his arm round her ten
derly.
"There is nothing Arthur would
not do for you. little mother." he
said, "and so you may imagine that
this opening is bliss indeed, only if
Reggie does not like it "
"Reggie won't mind. He thinks it
might just do for you," she said.
"One cannot wonder at his horror of
the idea after what he had expected."
"All right!" said Arthur. "Then I
will start for Liverpool to-morrow
morning. I don't see why 1 shouldn't
send you every sixpence of the
money, mother mine, for 1 shall evi
dently board with my uncle."
CHAPTER II.
"Good-bye, Arthur! God bless
you!" Baid his mother, choking back
her tears.
The whole family had accompanied
him to the station. There they stood,
all thirteen of them, on the platform.
Arthur thought to hlm?elf that they
were an uncommonly good-looking
family, ?nd he wondered how far
sixty pounds a year would go to re
place the shabby, black cashmere
gowns that Janet and Tola wore.
Reginald was so disgusted at their
all having come that he walked off
to the upper end of the platform and
tried to-look as if they did not belong
to him. He did not think them good
looking at all; on the contrary, he
thought the ohildren hideous, and as
for Tommy?the vulgarity of that
boy!
"Take care of yourself, my boy,"
said his father.
"Give Aunt Betsy my blessing,"
said Tommy; and when the train
moved off, ho flung an old slipper
after it for luck.
Janet slipped away and joined
Reggie.
"Oh, Reggie," she said, MI wish It
had been you."
"Thank you for nothing, my dear!
I am thankful It Isn't."
"But, after all, perhaps, if Uncle
Alfred had only persevered a little, he
would have seen what a pity it was;
so much talent!"
"Gammon!" said Reggie, who, with
all his faults, was too much of an
Englishman to stand flattery. "Good
gracious, Janot! there is Colonel Cur
tis, and you are such a guy. Do, for
goodness sake, efface yourself among
t.ho rabble."
Janet drew up her haughty little
head.
"If he cares about my dress "
she said.
"Dress by hanged!" said Reggie
sharply. "At least you should look
like a lady."
Colonel Curtis was advancing to
ward them. Janet meaut to stand
her ground, but her brother's words
brought the tears rushing Into her
eyes, and she was obliged to retreat
quickly, and take refuse among the
children.
Colonel Curtis eyed the retreating
eleven wistfully, but It was more than
he could do to join them. That
would havo been too formidable.
Reggie was advancing upon him with
a eo: dial smile, but he was too much
disappointed to wish to talk to that
vapid youth, so he only nodded to
him and went on, and Rcggio walked
home by a roundabout route to avoid
the cavalcade.
Arthur arrived In Liverpool about
7 o'clock. He was full of Interest and
curiosity about his new home, and his
mind was too much occupied with the
hopes and fears which chased each
other therein, to havo room for shy
nesK. even when tho moment arrived
in which he found himself being con
ducted by a footman into tho library
of his uncle.
Poor Arthur! A llttlo pang shot
through him as the contrast struck
him forcibly between this solid, hand
some, comfortablo apartment, rich
with useful and Interesting books,
and the poor, old, shabby room at
homo. The contrast botween the two
brothers was much tho same. The
shabby, gentle, peevish Squire, with
bis sad face and threadbare coat, and
the smart, stout, dapper, old gentle
man with his thick black hair
brushed Into a formidable cockatoo
tuft on his head, and his clothes of
the best make and quality. Mr. Al
fred Denstone wns not alone; hit
wife and one guest wore already as
sembled for dinner.
To he Continued.
GRfATHJRBT FIRES
Chisholm Minnesota, Entire^
Wiped Out
FIRES CHECKED; GREAT LOSS
The Tcttu of Chisholm Wiped Out
and Thousands of Acrcs of Minne
sota Land Burned Over?Many
Persons Lc't Homeless and Desti
fij* Property Loss Runs up in
Millions.
r>uliith, Mian., Special.?After ?1e
stroying flit' town of Chisholm 0:1 the
Mcsaba range, ami burning over
thousands ot ncies in St. Louis
< ailcton and Itasca counties in Min
nesota, and in Douglas county, Wis
consin, the many forest tins which
have been raging in these regions
were checked <?:i Sunday.
. CliMiolm, Minn., a town of 4.000
inhabitants on the Mcsaba Iron range
00 miles iio.th of Duluth, was com
pletely wiped out.
The dam.-.gc to real property is now
estimated at $1.00(1,000 and that of
personal property at $750,000. The
insurance carried bv Chisholm mer
chants was about $5.)0,000.
Governor Johnson Iisucs Appeal For
Aid.
St. Paul, Minn., S|?:?ci.-1.?(Jover
n<>r Johnson Sunday issued the fol
lowing proclamation:
A great disaster has come to
northeastern Minnesota. Chisholm,
one ot tlie splendid cities of the Mcs
aba range, lias been totally destroyed
by a destructive forest tire wliich
swept over a large portion of St.
Louis county. Kvery home and bus
iness house of that community is
burned, and 6,000 people are sudden
1\ rendered homeless, the propertv
loss amounting to millions of dollars.
Karly reports indicate also the total
destruction of the mining locations
of Shcnando, Hartley and Pillsbury,
Hie total number of people rendered
homeless will reach 12,000 and vast
tracts of agricultural lands have also
been devastated.
"This disaster is without paretic!
in the history of Minnesota and in
view of the appalling calamity, I ap
peal to the generosity of the people
of Minnesota tor liberal aid, and ow
ing to the great necessity, ask that
this assistance be a< prompt as pos
sible. V
The loss on the buildings at
Chisholm is estimated at '?2,000,000.
Chisholm is iu the center of the great
est iron producing area in the world.
Refuges poured- into 1 Jibbing until
the population of 10,000 was almost
doubled. Clpsholm presents a scene of
ruin and desolation. Blackened and
smoking piles of charred wood, little
heaps of gray ashe*. searching gaunt
skeletons of brick ami mortar, oil
canopied with a dense pall of smoke
comprise what was one of the most
flourishing towns on the great Ma
range. The only remaining
building are the new high school
a giaded school, a ( atholic church,
the Italian church and a dozen dwel
lings in the southernmost part of
town.
FIRE SWEEPS RAWHIDE.
Three Thousand People Rendered
Homeless.
Rawhide. New., Special.?As a re
sult of a disastrous fire which ravag
ed this city on Friday three thousand
people are homeless and property is
destroved to the amount of $1,000,
000. The lire started in the Rawhide
J rug Company's building and fanned
by a gale the flames swept on-lward
over the town until they reached tlio
I eople's Hospital.
As a last resort Ions of mining
dynamite were wheeled into the town
Sfiuare in truks, placed under the
block of huil linjts and touched off bv
short fuse. The hospital was paved.
Miners fiorn surrounding mines aided
the fire fighter?.
So tar as known no one was seri
ously injured. President King, of
the Uawhide ( oal ami Iron Company,
ordered a special train to bring lum
ber snlllcient to erect five large tem
porary buildings at Rawhide. The
ruins were .?en relied (o recover valu
ables lost in the (lames. Reconstruc
tion work will occupy five hundred
carpenters, comtm ncing next week.
Laborers are being ini|H>rted.
Visible Supply.
New^ Orleans, Special.?Secretary
Hester's statement of the world's
visible supply of cotton issued last,
week ^sliow* the total visible to be
L('H.5|0 against 1.710.502 la?t week
and 2,21 l..<(i4 las( year. Of this the
total of American cotton is 000.502
against 0CUWM0 Ins' week and L2SS,
3S0 last year. And of all other kind's
including Kgyp;, Brazil, India, etc.,
722,0-10 against 711,040 las( week and
022.075 last year. Of the world's
visible Mipplv of cotton there is now
nfionl and held in (Jrcat Mritian and
contineiitnl f'.urope 050,000 against
1,310,000 last year.
Ncjqrro Chairmen Arrented.
Atlrnfic City, Special.?Jesse Jack
son, (lie negio chairman in charge of
the chair containing Charles Rob
erts and Mi-. Williams, principals in
the boardwalk shooting mystery was
placed under arrest Saturday under
$ >00 bail. Whether he is wanted as
a witness or on the theory that he
was a confederate is a mvstery,
Jackson repudiates the published
statement in which he scoffed at the
highwayman theory.
mutts.
Ill PERSONS INDICTED
Participants in tb? Springfield Biot
Hare to Answer to the Law.
Springfield, 111., Special.?the spec
ial grand jury called to probe the re
cent race riots, adjourned Thursday
affcr returning twenty more indict
ments. This makes a total of 117
during the session. Among the in
dictments returned were four against
Sprinfield |>olicemen, Oscar I)ahl
kamp, Jose Ferendez, Joseph H. Ohl
man, and (Jeorge W. Dawson. They
are indicted for alleged failure to
suppress the riot when detailed for
that duty. .Sheriff Werner, Chief of
Police Wilbur Morris, Captain Char
les Walsh, of troop 1). Springfield
and other oflicers are commended by
the grand jury.
The report condemns alleged "cow
ards" among tlie officials and says:
"We condemn in unmeasured
terms the cowardly, contemptible ac
tion of tlio.-e members of the force,
who, having taken the oath of oflice.
failed to do their duty; men who
were paid from money from the pock
ets of the people of this city to pro
tect kfc ami property; men who were
ordered by the heads of departments
of the folice to go out and disperse
the mob, and not only failed to use
a club, handle a pistol or raise a
voice against (lie mob, and on the
side of law and order, but some of
whom are shown to have assisted by
act and word in doing the work lliai
lias brought destruction to thousands
of dollars of property and has
brought the blush of shame to every
laivahiding citizen of this city.
"We retommend that the civil ser
vice commission of the city of Spring
field, without fear orJ'avor. ami while
evidence can easily he obtained, de
termine by fair trial who failed to
prove himself a worthy member of
the force, and deal with him accord
ing! v."
Cannot Stop Beer Shipment.
Montgomery. Ala.. Special.? In re
straining the Birmingham city au
thorities from interefering with the
shipments of beer into that city
Judge Thomas (J. .Jones, of the Unit
ed Stales Court held that the ship
ment was an interstate shipment un
til it reached the purchaser. The
Letup Brewing Company, of St. Louis
made a shipment which was held up
at the express oflice. The city judge
held, that the interstate haul ended
at the depot and that it was unlaw
ful to deliver the consignment by
transfer wagon to the place of the
consignee. Judge Jones holds that
such is not the case and that the
transfer company us well as the ex
press company are within national
statutes on interstate orders.
Her Body Found Without a Head.
Boston, Mass., Special.?Chester
Jordan, aged 25) years, of f>00 Med
ford street, Sotnerville, was arrested
by Boston officers late Thursday
afternoon on the charge of having
murderd his wife, Hnnorah Jordan,
whose body minus the head was dis
covered dismembered in a trunk at
7 Hancock street, Boston. The head
:s believed by the police to be in a
furnace of the family home in Som
erville. The police state the murder
was committed two days ago. Jordan
is an actor and his wife was also
connected with the stage. Her age
was 23.
36,COO Cold Baths and Still Lives
108 Years Old.
New York, Special.?Mrs. Kliza
betli Hunt celebrated her hundred
and eighth birthday in Brooklyn
Every morning in tlie last 100 years,
she says, she has taken a cold plunge.
She says that she is the only living
woman who was kissed by fieneral
LnFayetfe. The incident oecured on
the sfeps of the City Hall 84 years
ago, and Mrs. Hunt tells how the
Oeneral had remarked about the
brightness of Iter eyes and said lie
wished France could boast of women
so fair. Mrs. Hunt is a native of
Lancaster, I'o.
Made Millions and Kept Tfccm.
St. Louis, Special.?Judson M.
Thompson, 77 venrs of age, one of
the most frugal millionaires in the
city, and for many years a conspic
ious figure in St. Louis financial af
gairs, died at the home of his son.
It was his custom to buy clothing at
a little outlay of expense and wcai
tho apparel as long as it would last.
General Stewart's Fnncral.
St. i/ouis, Special.?(Jen Alexander
P. Stewart, with one exception the
last of the lieutenant-generals in the
Army of the Confederate States, who
died at Biloxi, Miss., last Sunday at
the age 80, was buried in Bellefon
taine Cemetery, this city, lato Wed
nesday afternoon. In accordance
with the custom of the United Con
federate Veterans, the interment
was not marked by the call of tho
bugle or by the beat of the drum
the absrnee of these martial tributes
signifying for the ve*?uaug that then
warfare is over.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS
News of Interest Gleaned From All Sections of the Stzte and
Arranged For Busy Readers
SOUTH CAROLINA POSTMAS
TERS.
Annual Convention to Be Held in
Columbia.
The following circular letter hns
been issued from the office of the
president of the South Carolina Asso
ciation of Postmasters:
South Carolina Association of Post
masters.
Office of the President.
Charleston, S. C.
To the Postmasters of South Caro
lina :
The tilth annual convention of the
South Carolina Association of post
masters is hereby called to he held in
t he | tost office building at Columbia.
S. ( at 10 a. in., Wednesday, Oc
tober 'JS. UMIS.
Ollleeis ol the Association are till
ed t?? meet promptly with the caccii
five committee ai the cilice ol the
post master at Columbia, S. ;it S
p. m. Tuesday. October 27, I! MS.
The constitution of the National
Assoc:;*.!ion oj I'?tsj masters of lirsi
class officers provides that the presi
dent or tiist vce president of State
as*ociations of postmasters shall he
ejigible to membership in licit Asso
ciation. Closer affiliation of the Na
tional Association with State asso
eations i? further actively sought ami
^ ill he urged through legislat ion
foreshadowed at the meeting of Na
tional Associations at Chattanooga.
Tenn., September 15-17, to provide
for representatives or delegates to he
elected by State associations. We
will, therefore, at our forthcoming
convention elect representatives or
delegates, as may then be determined.
Postmasters in South Carolina not
enrolled by payment of 50 cents mem
bership fee and $1 annual <luos,
should be constitutionally eligible to
participate in its deliberotons. Kn
roll promptly and aid the rank am!
Hie ot whieft you are a part in co
operating with department officials
that the postofficc department sus
tain as efficient and patriotic distinc
tion in the regard of our countrymen
as is accorded any co-ordinate de
partment of the National Govern
ment. None should rest otherwise
satisfied respecting it.
" Information" circular from the
office of the secret a rv-treasurer will
be maile to you. If you fail to re
ceive it, address him at Suimnervillc.
S. therefor, and fail not to l?e
present at Columbia in convention
with us on October 2S, 100S.
Fraternally yours,
\V. L. HARRIS,
President.
JAMKS O. LA 1)1).
Secret ary-T rca*urer.
Summersville, S. C.
The object of the Association is to
keep in touch with the latest ideas
and methods of business, ami to dis
cuss and thoroughly understand the
needs of the mail, so a< to be able to
act iu harmony with the department
in Washington.
The coming convention will prob
ably be addressed by some of the
leading officials of the department,
who will come to Columbia for the
purpose.
BLUE LAWS AFFIRMED.
Lower Court Sustained in Punishing
a Sunday Meat and Ice Seller.
Columbia. Special. In the case of
William .lames, n .Manning butcher
nnd dealer in ice. convicted of scllling
ice and fresh meat al Mailing on
Sunday, the State Supreme Court
handed down .in opinion of great in
terest to the advocate- and opponents
of Sunday blue laws throughout the
State. The decision will be receiv
ed with great jov and satisfaction by
those advocating an air-lig.'il lid be-J
ing kept on all the cities and towns
ol the State on Sunday. The con
viction ot James is aliirmed on the i
ground that he violated the Siate I
law on the subject, that he could not
escape on the ground that either ice
or fresh meat is a necessity in a town
the size of Manning.
t ndcr a strict application of tin
law, which the legislature has stead
fastly refused to alter for over a cen
tury, all train service in the State
could be stopped, as could street cars
and the publication of newspapers.
One paragraph in the law goes so far
Six Pardons Refused.
Governor Ansel Tuesday announced
his decision on six pardon petitions,
marking each "pardon refused." The
petitioners were William Hartzog, of
Orangeburg, and Arthur CliMholm. of
Barnwell, four years each for car
breaking; General llagnod, of Hnrn
well. five years for manslaughter:
Thomas ,T. S or, of Greenwood. thr#e
months for keeping a training house;
?Toe Warren, of Colleton, ten years
for manslaughter: William Henry, of
I1 airfield, three mouths for gambling.
CONDITIONS AFTER THE FLOOD
Pathetic Letter Addressed to Presi
dent of South Carolina Red Cross.
The Charleston News ami Courier
says: The following pathetic stoiv
of the appaling destitution that now
prevails in the flood-swept sections
of the State i< publish.1*! that the
]H'ople may learn of conditions and
coiurihnte to the relief of liicse
starving human beings. "What can
tin* Red Cross d?/" remarked Mr.
Kaufman, "unless money is scut us
to save these lives. The recent ilood
horrors in China, in kind, ii' not i:i
degree, are being revived near oar
ov.ji dor*-.*' Tiie account read thus.
Lykoland, S. C.. August l!'-IS.
Mr. A. t . Kaufman. President
South Carolina Red Cioss, Chailcs
ton. S. C.
Dear Sir: I want lo call v<;:.r at
tention to the c:?ndi?io*i of about
forty families ef (uliir.d p:opi.* that
1 know pcifonailx iii this ni'uity.
| These people live in li;!'c, ;iu'0
Yalle\ that lias just been s?v,.pi l?y
the Most disa-trious Hood ever known
by tl.e oldest inhabitants, a:; 1 i::?s
di?;tro\cd everything bu' tl.t e;:'.?iiis;
not one of them l:as a h a <-ii:? ken
or ?o\v left. All iif their hedda.id
furniture was destioyed, and they
had to take to boats for their lives.
Thev have absolutely notninj- hit,
and will suffer if they do no; -.>t
help. None of them have even corn
meal.
The.se conditions 1 know of person
ally, as 1 tool: a boat and went down
in lh;it country during the wors: of
the high water, and have seen and
talked to them since the waters have
receded. They will be glad to yet
anything, bed mattresses, ?piilts,
blankets, old clothes, meal, baron,
A few dollars to each family would
tide them over for a while. Any
thing you might send them, 1 will see
to its proper distribution.
My freight depot is Lykcs. and
postollice Lykesland. on the Atlantic
Const Line Railroad. As to reliabil
ity and responsibility, I rei'cr you to
the editor of the Stnte, Columbia, or
the President of the 1'nluietlo Malik.
I am writing you this because I
personally know all of these colored
people, and realize their pitiful cou
dition.
The while families i:i the sane* *ec
tion, of course, lost heavily al?o. I
have no interest i.i these overflowed
lands, and have not lost a dollar. I
am the freight agent at this place.
Yours verv trulv,
\V. I.vkes.
Mr. Kaufman added :
The magnitude of the suffering oc
casioned from these Hood-* is not
fnlly realized. In Augusta, (la.. 10,
000 people are said to be in extrem
ity. (Jrcnt destitution prevails in
many other sections of our Slate be
sides that above noted.
Contributions, large or small, are
urgently solicited. 'I'liev will be
gratefully received by Tr? as':rcr
John It. Reeves or l're*iden! A. ('.
Kaufman, South Curelina Mrauch
Red Cross, or at The News and Cou
rier otliee.
Official South Carolina Weather P?c
port.
The weather for the week cn-lin r
August ,'tl, was particularly note
worthy on account of the unusually
low August temperatui" dts inj- the
latter portion, and the excessive rain
fall in the western portion ilia! caus
ed unprecedented ilood*.
The p;ecipit at ion was .?*.. e in
the western portion und u' :<.;.llv
above r.oimnl in the central p <v! .0:1,
and normal, or above, in the ? ?;; : i
portion. A number of places .'i, ?!???
western counties rcpoit.-d v..* klv
amounts in excess of ten inch' . v.**? 11
a maximum of l.'klli imltes a: ? >:? ? 11
ville. (Owing to iiitcrr.iV i! tr ail
and telegiaph ?ervi?e, iipm's re
not received from many statu*.;s iii
the western division.) Tin' heavy
rainfall early in the w?ek do !y fol
lowing e\( essive pree:pi'.il !<<:: rear
the close of the previous w.vk. caus
ed destructive lloo :s in ah the
si reams in the western half ef the
State. I'revion- records of high water
were exceeded bv ftom one and a
half feet to six feet, or more. My
the close of the week the {|oud .->tlitres
had reached the lower coiirsrs of the
rivers, exceeding previous high wa
ter records by front one foot t<> four
feet. The damage caused b\ the
ylieavv rains and the Hoods was wide
spread, including the practical de
struction of all bottom land crop-*
and damage to uplands by erosion.
State Weather Miiicau Director
Mailer has received a few answers to
inquiries sent out by him. but not
enough so fur to make up a general
estimate, lie does not hope to bo
able to formulate a general report
under perhaps two weeks. Reports
that have come in so far indicate
that Spartanburg county'* damage
will go over $7."?,000.
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SURE CURE
For All IXnim of
STOMACH,
Uvu ? Kidneys
I ok Rtlltf tAdOiM for l?Ad*
IfllMi lirliDh*, OUtlMM,
Iodif??tlo?, Malaria* ?to.
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