University of South Carolina Libraries
if ? * VOL. V. NO. 38. - CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1908. Sl.SOPer Year CHAPTER IX. 7 | Continued. ; '"I have observed that, though he ?peaks It fluently, his idiom is too English, and as a thorough knowl edge of foreign languages will great ly add to his value in our house, it Is my wish that he should go abroad for these two months, reside in a French family, and do his utmost to Improve an occasion which may not occur again in his life." Tommy turned head over heels in an ecstasy of envy; and Mr. Denstone looked greatly pleased as he unfolded and handed over a check which was amply sufficient to defray all the ex penses of both Journey and sojourn in France, in the most comfortable, if not .luxurious, manner. h..Ln?n*ratU,ate yo11' Arth'"*. most 5l2? ' 8a'd 11,8 father. and his S2Ser beh,nd h,m and Mid ??/*..- My Kood b?y. I am so glad; thl. holiday will be a great treat for you. If only poor Reggie she f^^lheh8telf;afKa,d of hurt,ng h!s -o..5f; Arthur said quickly: Quite true, mother, he would have been eren more delighted than I am: I cinnn^ d?ubtf?Hy. -I am afraid I cannot make It over to him for you see It Is work and not plav Uncle Alfred has spoken repeatedly I Im.Vn v ,tUdy,nK French. that 5 . French correspondence will De part of my future duties " Reginald said nothing. He was not i^U" "I*1* br?ther' but E ?Dtrltf' HDi Ga,led himself low In ^ no luck: 8uch chances never came In his way. .?T,b?y d,?cu88ed plans and places ?11 through breakfast, and then Ar thur read his own letter, and went He wli l? m"Wer !t by ear,y P01" Tnl.Z I W:lt,DK fa8t when felt hand on his shoulder. ??? mln,,te' Cinders," he said and .then I will tell you a good deal r:r ?i? he fln,8hed his letter, seat t^" ,turned to his sister. a arlf ^ d 8 ,6tter t0 me contalns h. ^ * m?rG deta,,8.,, he said. He has fixed upon the place I am to Bo to and all about it." ^Paris, I hope?" said Tola, eagerly. ?tt,??L,"0' "o: qulte 8 benighted lour llf? T^U DeVer heard of Z!?' /*; , 18 qulte a chance that b,S head- I)o >ou re member my telling you about that RlgTu0drr"ary ?,d.fe,,ow' Monsieur tn sLh<!J?" thnt mado you take him hL^" Pt?n? Ye8; what nbout "He lives at a little town called ? r.cy' or at a11 events in tho nelgh b"?d' My "ncle thinks he can Int 1\SZ 80me Fre?ch family there thlm 1 ?iKbt enter' to ,,ve with *1* ?ne ?f themselves. There lng"#nlefl\C|er,|,,n amount of shoot K and fishing, nnd wolves in the rZ'L*""'0- Tol?' 18 ?* ttat qult? "But Paris!" h.lY7't,?f col,r?e. Paris would have 2? I I I61" ln 8?me ways; but de?r Of 7IUCb p,eased at the Idea dLim Channel at all to idi . h d,8put,n* his wishes; be Si It faV? n0t ftn,8hed telling you the whole story. I told you about old Rlgaud s odd life, pretending to ? a pauper In France, didn't I? Did I tell you about his child, a little girl ?omerwhere at school?" ?afrtR,,yU.d? D'd yOU 8ny rigaud?" whih ?' Budden,y- "I wonder b.iJer 11 con,d be the same?" The same as what, my dear?" at rpn,ernber I went to school nntn th.ht:,n?;,,Ce f?r ,hreo month8, Inn i J children caught the^measlos, ?nd I was telegraphed for bark'" "Yo? ponr 1ItUo Indispensable! *e?, I remember." M,iiTherG WnK a K,rI there, a French Cou?d.tha,,e(,| Anto,"ette R|Ka?d. "II. * bcen the same?" Yph if* Ch,,4(I ,l8 Ca,Ied Antoinette. . must be the same. Well ?? . "?rl, crc?""-<> ??? lit One looklngL^? Prematurely old "Oh! ** cried Tola. "There never U.1npftnythl5K 8? "nHke the reaI An miTJ t , ^Ven that 8hort time I ? w,th h^r. much bu,?e?l- by the FpolSil ,J ! WR" ca,,ed the airXX? Iry' and they "a'<l all ?Hs>^Hpklnd things about her but^lSm dulto sure they were un^ "Was she pretty?" hJ. Va? 1 88yv one '? not a Judge of beauty at school. Certainly not In ?ton Is thty!? bea,,ty My 'mpres 2fth V Wa8 ntt,?' pa,e- and ^'th great startled eyes like a fawn s. ? / " "Well," said Arthur, thoughtfully, " "he Is I shall soon mnko her acquaintance. Her father has wrlt ten to Uncle Alfred to tell him that ?a hT da?Kh*er to come out inJ^ ^ 8ho 18 to H(Rrt af once, and he asks him to find an escort for ner. He says my uncle Is tho onlv '? k"?78 ,n England whom he woum tniBt In so responsible a mat wr, and ^y unole.has chosen me." ? undStiwi #fc lh,Kk hG Cannot have " """ ??"?-?? U Tola, I UUak. after all. It cannot be the same. Mop sleur Rlgaud spoke of her repeatedly as a child, a little girl; and he would not have done that If she had been grown up." "I daresay it Is not the same," said Tola. "I fancy that Rlgaud is a com mon enough name in France." A few days passed, during which Arthur waite^ for further instruc tions, and meanwhile lent all his aid to help on the preparations for liis sister's marriage. During this time at home, Arthur became more inti mate than he had ever been with Mr. Irvine, and a warm liking grew up between the two men. Mr. Irvine was a little doleful at the idea of losing Janet from the parish. She was so useful and so much beloved there by everyone. Arthur thought Tola's visits would amply compensate for the loss of Janet's till he remembered how im possible it was that she should ever And time to make them, and he be gan to say so in almost an apologetic tone till he was struck by the hot color which came up into the face of his friend, and the hurried manner in which he aaid: "I know, I know; but where a home-life is so perfect in its' usefulness and self-sacrifice as your sister's, one does not ask for other things; only, perhaps, one re grets that the poor should loBe it, which is inevitable." "She is too busy. I am &frai(l,w said Arthur, rather surprised. "Yes. but busy as she is." he went on with a sudden burst of enthusi asm, which was very unusual with so calm an individual, "she never for Kets to look up to my mother's win dow and smile; and since she has be come a total invalid, tho greatest pleasure of the day is to sit there and watch Miss Denstone go by with all the children, and to enjoy the few little flowers and leaves and pretty things she leaves at the door. She may not hav? the beaUty of her sister, but her face is as the very sunshine of Hoaven. I beg .your pardon." He pulled himself up, quite scared by his own energy. Arthur felt sorry and perplexed; he saw how it was. This grave, gen tle. good man had fallen in love with Tola, and with a hopeless, resigned kind of love. *'u\ am ashamed to have betrayed my feelings like this," he said. "What must you think of me, Denstone?" Arthur had no experience what ever in such matters, and now. within one week,he had found himself called upon to console two afflicted lovers. He felt inwardly amused at the po sition. ''What do I think of you?" he ex claimed, rather boyishly. "Why, that If it were possible I would sooner give you Tola than any other man I know in the whole world." "Thank you," said Mr. Irvine, de jectedly. "To know that is at least some comfort." "But," Arthur went on, "of courso you know it is not possible. I don' sec? how anything or anybody could get on without her. I fancy you, in your quiet home life with your moth er, cannot have an Idea of the wear and tear of a huge family. Wo have only two maids now, and Tola acts as housekeeper, governess, house maid, nurse and very often cook; not to speak of dressmaking and looking after poor Letty, who gets no better It would bo like taking away the string tied round a bundle of fag gots," he Bald, smiling. "Tho result would be much the same." "I see It; I know," said the clergy man, patiently. "Far be it from mo to iutrude my own regrets; but chil dren grow up some tlmo or other, clinnges occur In families, far away In the distance one may perhaps catch a glitupse of a day of more peace." "Tola is very young," said Arthur, gravely. "It is a sad thing to have n long engagement. She is very happy now, knowing how invaluable she Is. How would it be If the bur den of hope deferred were added to all the othor burdens and anxieties she bears so bravely?" "You aro right," said his friend. "I would not speak to her for worlds unless?but that would bo presump tuous?I had the faintest reason to hope that It might be for her happi ness. With such an example of cour age," he went on, smiling bravely, "It would bo odd If ono wero tempt ed to act a selfish part oneself." "I think, as far as that goes, that you two would be wonderfully well ault?d to oach other," said Arthur. "But there, I must go. I see my precious brother-ln-law-elect crossing the fields, and 1 have a word on busi ness I must say to him before he goes home." "Good-by, Arthur. Thank you." Arthur vaulted over the Iron pall Ings of the paddock In which they were standing and went full speed after Colonel Curtis. The glory of tho setting sun was shining on every thing, lighting It all with a tender, tony hue. To tho right of the pad lock waH a grove of sliver birch trees, theft" delicate white bark was touched with soft pink, the Intrlcato tracery of their thousands of twig" and tiny boughs Interlaced overhead. Out of tfela fair/ framtftork ha u? Tolo come; she had thrown off her hat and the light foil on her brown wind blown hair. In her arms she held the little, fair, rosy baby, with botH his fat arms clasped tightly around her neeh. and bunches of violets In both his chubby hands. Dragging back the soft folds of her gown, two more little children toddled by her, holding In their arms all the spring flowers they could get. Tols was laughing and singing to them all, with her large, brown eyes shining, and her red lips apart. Mr. Irvine drew back; he did not wish to Intrude on the bright, merry group, with his heart feeling-so heavy within hlga. He watched them pass, rustling through the grass with the sunset hues slowly fading from crimson to a go!den glow, and lingering fondlV about them. VTben he went slowly homeward. Over the flreplace in his study was a largo photograph of one of the Dresden Murillos. "I never saw the likeness so strongly," he said to himself, and it was dearer to him than ever. At last, one morning, the looked for letter arrived and was put into Arthur's hands. It was written in a foreign hand, the writing very smail, neat and pointed, and he opened it with some eagerness. The contents a little astonished him. Mr. Denstone had told him that the next communication on the subject of his proposed journey would come from the school at Brighton, where his young charge was placed, so he anticipated a letter from the schoolmistress, and was astonished to receive one from the young lady in person. "Sir:?I have heard from Mr. Al fred Denstone from btverpool that he has selected you for<4he purpose of escorting me to my father's?Mon sieur Rigaud's house at Goucy.; I therefore write to Inform you th*t I propose to cross from Southhampton to St. Malo to-morrow night by the boat which leaves at 10.50. Have the goodness to meet me on board at that time, and we can arrange the further details of our journey sub sequently. I travel as far as South ampton with a schoolfellow, so I shall not require your services till the time I name. "Yours faithfully. "Antoinette Jacqueline Rlgaud." "My young lady is apparently ex ceedingly precocious," said Arthur, who was half-offended and half amused at the cool character of the orders he had received. "I am neither an old butler nor a laquais-de-place. I wonder which she supposes me to be." "She is only a child," said Mrs. Denstone, glancing at the letter, "and her unceremonious commands pro ceed from childish ignorance." Arthur acquiesced, but when he and Tola again read over the letter they could not divest themselves of the idea that it was not one written by a child. "I Huspect It is the same Antoin ette Rlgaud that I knew, after all," said Tola; "and if so, she must be seventeen or eighteen. She was about my age, though they said she looked older. Well, my dear, it will be rather awkward If it is so." '.'It can't be helped," said Arthur. "Anyhow, she has given me no time for inquiries or anything else, so I shall just do as I am told." CHAPTER X. It was a magnificent starlight night when Arthur Denstone went on board tho Caledonia, bound for St. Malo. Though March weather, it was not cold, and the sky was brilliantly clear and beautiful. As the hour for departure drew near, he stood by the gangway look ing out eagerly for the arrival of hi* young charge; but as time passed and he saw no one arrive bearing the slightest resemblance to what he imagined her to be, he began to get anjtlous. It was certainly embarrass ing. Tho departure bell, even, began to ring and he had his foot on the compnnlon-ladder all ready to spring ashore at the very last possible mo ment, when he was arrested by a slight touch on the arm, and turn ing round quickly, ho saw a lady standing close beside him with a gauze veil tied round her hat. She spoke with a very pleasant, gentle voice, the slight foreign accent being only distinguishable by the greater distinctness given to each syllable of the words she uttered. "Does Monsieur expect anyone?" "Yes," he answered, now consider ably annoyed. "Good heavens! What am I to do? I expect a young lady?a child. Pardon me, Madame, but I cannot go without her. I must return on shore." "Is It by chance Antoinette HI gaud?" she said, calmly. "If so, she Is here." , "Oh!" exclaimed Arthur, with a sigh of relief. "That is well. I really did not know what to do, and wo are off now." The boat was moving slowly away from the pier. "Perhaps now. Madame, you will have the goodness to tell me whore I can find my little charge," said Ar thur, raising his hat. "I hope sho has not been frightened all alone." "No," said the lady, and he could not help fancying there was a tono of some amusement in her voice. "Sho is not so very young. I am An toinette Rlgaud." Arthur started with manifest sur prise. "You Mademoiselle?'' ho ex claimed. The figure brgldo him was tall and olrnder, but of an unmistak able woman, perhaps of eighteen or nineteen, not a child In any way; and there was a quiet calm and dignity aheut her manner that gave an im pression she waa older. Her face was Invisible under her Tell. To Continued. OUR. SCHOOLS Br Prof. William H. Hand. University of Houth Carolina. Paper Number Six. Change of Teuclicrs.?The frequent change of teachers is a constant break and clog in the progress of the schools. It robs them of anything ilkc an -unbroken course of work and fix edness of policy. Every new teacher intioduces seme new feature into the work of the school?perhaps a gooil feature in itself, yet no better than what it displaces. It requires read justment to install anything new, nn.i the time and t'r'etion are a loss, unless the change is decidedly for better, (ienerallv speaking, our best schools are those which have the fewest changes in the teaching force. It re quires at least one lull session for a teacher to become acquainted with his patrons. By becoming acquainted with patrons for more than mere so cial knowledge of them. 1 mean an appreciation of the tastes and their ideals and their ambitions, and a knowledge of their peculiarities, if you please. Until lie understands these he is not in a position to serve them and to lead them: and a teacher who can not lead is of but little force. Not until after a teacher has taught from four to six years in a commun ity is he prepared to give it his best services. Yet how few teachers re main in one school three vears. Some places change teachers every year simplv because they ha-e acquir ed the habit, of doing so. Like any other bad liabit, this one prow * upon people. The trustees and the patrons frequently realize that their school is far inferior to some other school, and rush to the conclusion that they need a chance of tcacheis, when the truth is that they have already injured their school by too many changes. Have any of inv readers ever seen a pupil, or an entire elass set to work in the same place, in arithmetic for in stance, at the beginning of each of three successive sessions?each time bv a new teacher? Is it probable that this would have been done by tiny one reasonable teacher teaching the school the three sessions? This evil of change reigns in the town and country schools alike. I have in mind one; town in this State which had six principals in night years. Chance was the only remedy it kupw, and it believed in heroic doses. A creat many rural schools rarely have the same teacher two years in suc cession. Many of these chances, in both town and country school*, are due to the neighborhood jealousies and quarrels already discussed. Many a community has its chronic critics of the schools, who are dyspeptic by nature and sour by habit. A teacher never satisfies them loncer than one year. Thev know all about schools, and their own children are paracons of perfection. If any teacher finds one of these children anything but a para son, straichtwav there is trouble. To listen to these disentitled fathers and mothers with their tales of woe requires patience and grace. In their eves there i? but one remedy?change teachers. Not two months ago I heard a man not f'jr from sixty years of ace declare that he intended to "break up" the only school in his district, unless the trustees dis missed the present teacher . Tt had never oecured to him that perhaps the trustees were in the richt. Such n man is in a small way an anarhe'st. In some instances fault finding and dissatisfaction are unwittingly en con rased by the board of trustees. The board, either ignorant of its function or disposed to dodse an un pleasant diitv. asks the patrons to elect the teacher. Such a course is an invitation to division and the dis appointment consequent to defeat, and will inevitably bring about dis cord.^ What is the hoard appointed f\)r. if not to manage the school by Uvsoninr the occasions for discord T A good many towns make it a rule to employ only young inexperienced teachers, and at the end of each vcar drop those who have failed, keeping the more successful ones un til they have become really service able, then let them go because the trustees and the people are unwill ing to pay for good teaching at par value. Som ? places boast that their schools are the gatewy to the protno ' ion of their teachers. This may be o credit to the school, and a discredit Jo the people. It is not creditable, if the people are simply letting effi cient teachers pass out from their schools in exchange for crude, incx p?rience, b-cause the Iqttcr is. cheap. t A few town school boards are given to the indefensible habit of advertising every year for applicants for position in the school, when the board doeR not intend to elect a single new teacher. The king who marched his army up the hill, then marched it down again, did no more childish thing than these boards do.- The thing is not only indefensible, but it is hurtful to the school, unjust to the teachers and dishonest to possible ap plicants. What meaning docs such advertisement convey to every teach er ^ in that school, no matter how ef ficient she may be? When the teach ers ask for its meaning, they are (old that if is only a matter of form. an<| that they need not be concerned. t?reat big grown business men play ing like children! Then what about the innocent strangers who make bona fide applications in answer to what they suppose is a bona fide ad vertisement, only to be informed that it is a mere form? What teacher with any regard for ethics would ap -?ly for one of these places, if he '-new that no vacancy existed and hat the incumbent expected reelee ionf Is the board playing a game in liplomacyf Does it intend to see f it can secure better teachers, but :f not, re-elect the incumbent t Su?h rame would be dishonorable. If a school board wishes to change teach ers for anv legitimate reason, it has i pcrfcet legal and moral right to do ?*o. But the change should be made ?n a manly straightforward manner. Let the board frankly tell the teacher not to ask for re-election, declare a vacancy, then advertise for appli cations?if that is the best way to secure teachers. Teachers themselves must bear their part of the responsibility for so many changes. There are some teach ers who ought not to expect any school to keep-them longer than one year. The captious (sometimes mis called spirited.) the eccentric, the frivolous, the giddy, and the ignorant ones may expect to Hon I about I ike driftwood. Then there are some teachers who have an incurable mania for Incoming birds of passage. I once knew a tcachcr to resign her work to go elsewhere on the ground that she hail been in her present position three years. Then there is that class of restless mortals v ho have more ambition than ability. They apply every time they hear of a vacancy, and if they hear of no vacancy, thev ask when the next one is to be.. They tell you very frankly I that they are M'orth a great deal more than they are getting, and that they are prostituting the profession when they work for so little. Once more, there is that foxy diplomat of a teacher who seeks a place in March, accepts it in June, and holds it until about two weeks before the school is to open, then telegraphs the bo;ird that she has acceptcd elsewhere (at two dollars a nu nth more salary.) She calls this resigning; in law and common sense it is a violation of -contract. Such conduct under ordi nary circumstances is reprehensible, and whollv unworthy of an honest man or woman. Abe Dill Shot to Death. Greenville, Special.?Abe Dill. well known and highly respected t'ai nier of Saluda township, this county, was shot and almost instantly killed Saturday by 1'usey Barton, according to a report received in this city. ltar ton is said to be at large. No cause has been assigned for the killing. No particulars of the killing could be obtained. Missionary to China Dies. Lauren*, Special.?The Rev. S. Charlton Todd, who was on a visit here from China, where ho had been engaged in missionary work for five years, died in this city last week at the home of his mother. Mrs. Junie Todd Clarke, after a three-weeks' at tack of typhoid fever. He . \va;. US years old and i.-> survived ?>y his wife, who remained in China during her husband's visit home. The funeral end interment took place here. Bids for Savannah City Bonds Opened. Savannah, On., Special.?Bids were opened for $2.(110,000 of city of Sa vannah bonds, hearing interest at 4 1-2 per cent. and maturing in 19"k). Thirty-four bidders subscribed for $27,269,000 worth of bonds. The award of the issues will be made this week. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York will probably get $1,000,000 of the bonds. Southern Aeroplanist Falls With Ma chine, But Escapes Injury. Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.?In an nttempt at flight in nil aeroplane Fri day, O. M. Mallory, of this city, the inventor, fell fifty feet with his ma chine ,but escaped with a few slight bruises. Mallory's aeroplane was partially wrecked. The inventor an nounced that he would rebuild his machine and try it a?ain. This is the first attempt at aerial tlight in the South. Virginia's First Electrocution. Richmond, Va., Special.?The elec tric chair was the substitute hanging at the execution Tuesday of Henry Smith, a negro rapist, who was elec trocuted at 7:30 Tuesday morning. The law forbids the pnblication of details. The prisoner died in thiity seconds.. He was convicted of an un speakable crime. Southern Railway Locomotive Ex plodes. Danville, Va., Special.?A report received late "Tuesday night from Mayo, a watering station about twen ty-five miles irom Danville, says that a local freight engine on the Southern Railway exploded killing the engineer and injuring the fireman and several of the crew. A special train carry ing surgeons left the city for the scene and the ;ujured will be brought tHL~ Mty. AUGUST FLOOD BUBLETIN Interesting Figures Given on Precip itation During That Month. "in the monthly weather bulletin on eoiulitions in August, just issued. Sec tion Direetor Bauer gives some inter esting figures on the rainfall, es|?cc ially at the time of the great ilcod, The report says: 4'The--average precipitation was 9.11 inches, which is 4.91 inches above the normal. The greatest loeal monthly amount was 1J).">2 inches, at (Irccnville; the least was li.lti inches, at Yemassee. The greatest 24-hour fall was 11.().") inches, at Anderson, on the 2lth-2"?th. The average num ber of days with rain was 10. ranging from six days at Hlairs and .laekscn boro to l.'> days ait Klliughani ami Winthrop college. "Excessive Precipitation.?At Ar tU'iNcii on the 24th-20th, 14.:il inc'ncs in ,M4 hours; at ltlnirs on the 21th 2(?th, 8.04 inches in 00 hours; at Cal lioun Falls on tlu* 2.'hl-20th, 0.(52 inches in hours; at Cunulcti (1) on 11??* 2.">lh-20tli. 0.0.~> inches in 2M hours; at Catawba on tin* 2.'M-20th, 10.12 inches in (?."> hours; at Chei'aw 011 the 24th-2(>th, 0..VI inches in (ill hours; at Cletnson College on the 2."?th. 2.81 inches in 24 hours; at Col umbia on the lOtK .'$.1.~> inches in J) hours; at Conway on the 2(ith, 2.8M inches in 14 hours; at Dillon on the l!Hh, .'{.(if) iuch.es in 24 hours ;at Greenville on the 2.'hl-2Gtli, 10.04 inches in 78 hours; at (ireenwootl on the 24th-2Gth, 7.00 inches in G(J hours; at .lacksonhoro on the 20th, 4.00 inches in 24 hours; at Kingstree on the 27, 2.00 inches iu about 14 hours; at Libertv on the 241h-2(5th, 11.12 inches in 24 hours; at Little Mountain on the 10th, .*1.21 inches iu 24 hours; at Mt. Holly, X. ('., on the 2,'hl-2Gth, 11.10 inches in .">8 hours; at Pelzer on the 24th-2Gth, ;">.14 in ches in 27 hours; at St. George on the 20th, 2.00 inches iu 4 hours; at Saluda on the Gth 2.00 inches iu 24 hours: at Sautuc oil the 2:M-2~ith, 10.S.'l inches iu .">8 hours; at Spartan burg on the 24th-20th, 0.!W inches in 72 hours; at Ferguson on the 20th, 2.,">0 inches in 24 honrs; at Walt-.-r boro on the 10th, 2.~>1 inches in l(i hours; at Winnshoro on the 24th 2T)tli, 7.85 inches iu 48 hours; at Win throj) eolleire oil the 24th-2">tli, 7.10 inches in 48 hours. Report on Tobacco. Columbia, Special.?Commissioner Watson hns received a summary of the tobacco situation in this tSaie, prepared specially for the depait mcnt by* Hart well M. Aver, as fol lows: "Amount produccI in l!)0S, 24,000, 1)00 to I'.'i.OOO.OOO pounds. "Of this 7."? per cent is bought hv the American Tobacco Company and the Imperial Company. The former's ?rradcs consist of cigarette and granu lators (for smoking) and wrappers for American trade. "The latter company's grades con sist of cigarette and plug tobaccos, which are all shipped to Kngland. "We have a very small per cent of twist and plug tobaccos grown in ( nr State. We have about 'JO per cent, of a crop of semi-bright strips that are shipped to Kuropcau markets, mainly to Kn<;laud by indendent. buy eis. The remainder, f> per cent i>f the crop, consists of scrap tobaccos that are manufactured h ytlio Ameri can trade into smoking tobaccos. The independents buy from ten to fifteen , per cent, of the crop of wrappers I-, American trade, principally shipped West. This is as near the informa tion as we can give it. as all tobacco ar? manufactured in Virginia and the West. What per cent of our grades and kinds goes into the different out puts we cannot give vou." Edisto County is on the Way. Columbia. Special.?Governor An sel Saturday issued a proclamation for an election on the question of the formation of Kdisto county to be held December 1">. There has been consid erable contest over this matter, the aera o ft he proposed count v being formed out of portions of Lexington. Aiken and Orangeburg. Killed by Fall From Tree. Monck's Corner, Special.?Mr. Geo. Mitns, a well known mechanic, met with an accident which resulted in his death a few hours later. He ?as at a baptizing at Canal Bridge and had climbed up a tree to get some berries for the children, when a limb broke and he fell a distance of HO feet. Dr. W. K. Kishbournc was has tily summoned, who used all medical pkill tf> revive him, but without avail. His death is very much regretted. DEMOCRATIC FUNDS Committee Publishes Amount of Money Received ALSO DISBURSEMENTS TO DATE Official Exhibit of Funds Collected by the Democratic National Campaign Committee. Now York, Sporinl.?The Porao .?ratic national committee through Treasurer Herman Kidder pave out in extended statement of tlie contri butions to the Democratic national campaign fuiul up lo and including October Oth, showing sums of a nd >ver $100. The statement also shows Receipts and disbursements as fol ows: Received firm r<?::tributors of $100 mil over, $00,712,2:1. Received from contributors under MOO. $| 1 "?.:i:V>.22. Amount left over from Denver con tention fund. $42.~i00.00. Total. $24S.iW!7.;V?. Amount disbursed. $22.V.)02 "S. Ibilaiiee on hand. $22,004.07. The statement which is signed by National Chairman Mack and Trcns lrer Ridder says that .'{43 subserib ?rs gave $100 or more, and the smaller turns were from 2"? cents up. It idds: "The number of contributors to .he national campaign fund is esti nated at a hoi?* 50,000 people and ibout $100,0(0 of the whole amount contributed came from the Democrat e newspapers throughout the United States. Tho Congressional Fund. Chicago, Special.?The Democratic jongressional campaign committee nade public the list of contribution!* af $100 or over. Tliev apprcgato ?1.744, while smaller contributions aring the total up to approximately ?20.000. . James Lloyd, chairman of tho xmgression.d committee, states that n order to complete the work the 'omimttee is in urgent need of at least $ If),000. The announcement continues: "The Democratic national congres sional committee received prior to Hie Denver convention in contribu tions of $100 ami over, the sum of f:t.f>00. It has received iti sums of {<100 and over in addition to the above amount for which it makes spceifie report on account of the action of' the Denver convention in regard to I he publicity of campaign funds, th<v following amounts: " Congressman If. C. Pavey, Louis iana. $100; I). 1*]. Finley. Soutli Caro lina. $100; E. W. Saunders. Virginia. flOO; Morris Sheppard. Texas. $170; lack Beall, Texas, $100; .1. (!. Me Menrv, Pennsvlvanin. $100; C. IT. \V eisse, Wisconsin, $110; ,T. J. Rus sell, Missouri, $218; Thomas Ihvk nev, Missouri. $100; John M. Ooode, Texas, $100; D. W. Hamilton. Town, $100; Champ Clark, Missouri, $220; fi. M. Hitchcock, Nebraska, $100; C. V. Koines, New York, $100; T. D. Nichols. Pennsylvania. $100; Hcnrv T. Rainey, Illinois. $100; Francis It. Harrison, New York, $200; Lincoln Dixon. Indiana. $100: 1). I,. I), firan <rer, Rhode Island. $100: 11. D. Flood. Viririnia. $100; Kufus Hard v. Texas. $100; Fnited States Senator W. J. Stone. Missouri, $100; Henna nRid der. New York. $2f>0; W. (I. Conrad. Montana. $250; and Democratic na tional commit tee. $11,000. There has been $.'l.0S9 additional received from individuals and committees for frank able literature. English Balloon Mp.y Be Winner. Berlin, B v Cable.?Seventeen of the balloons which competed in the in ternational race have laudcl. Four are still miss in tr and it is feared have been driven seaward. The Mudlslt Banshee landed farthest from Merlin iroinir approximately three hundred miles. She will be the winner unless one of the missing balloons has j?one a further distance. , . '*7*#-'^ Gcis 20 Years For Murder. "1 Reading, Fa., Special.?Abraham Rosenthal, of Philadelphia, who w?* convicted a month ag of the murder of Lewis B. Clawson, a wealthy shirt manufacturere. was denied a new trial in court and sontenced to 20 years imjrrisonrnent. He appeared as if stunned for a time, but quickly ( recovered hip composure. Clawson, who was Rosenthal's brother-in-law, J was murcdcd in his office last Febru ary. Rosenthal fled and was cap tured iOklahoma. / Rosenthal ia about 3* ?e?rs ol^ SURE CURE For All Ufa***** of STOMACH, Lives ? Kidneys ELECTRIC ? Oulek l?H?f and C?n for Htad* Bh MIm. Baekaoht, Dls?ln?M, I MlfMalaria* ?lc. OTTOS Thi but tonic, Curttlv* Madlofak* fit lh*M 4I?* ?mmT sdo. OaamatMd.