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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^
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