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CAMDEN* S. C., THIJR8DAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908 A HARRY NEW YEAR. A NEW YEAR?5 EVE: IiEVERIE^ vtelTTfcN UY Rfc\/ \*/ H V^E-ErKS CHAPLAIN C?*rV HOJI? ITAI , r^Erv/ V0T2J-0 SAT before the blazing hearth; the genial warmth of an open fire charmed me Into a beau tiful dreamland. Mem ory drew upon her abyssmal resources as I sat there, coaxed Into an j abstraction of exquisite pleasure. Voices! 1 hear voices, strange voices! They speak to me: The first said, "A ! jcur ago you promised, ir your life was spared to you, that you would consecrate It to God." The soooud asked, "Has God. to whom you made tho promise, dealt with you as you have dealt with Him?" Tho third eald, "Remove It." Dut tho fourth asked "that It mliht ho spared for a while longer." I cried lu agony, "Spare me. good Lord." Two Girls, Still in Their 'Teens, passed through the room In which I sat. Full of animal life and youthful gaiety they chatted and Joked and laughed; they were in a whirl of j pleasure. Suddenly one of them cried, "O! O, my!" "Agnes," said her companion, "what troubles you?" but Ellon could only repent, "O, my!" At length sho said, "I promised to spend one hour with God; 1 must go to my room Instantly. Good night, Agnes. I'll s"e you to-morrow." Tho explanation of Ellon's conduct was, her mother had been speaking to her about the beauty of a life of holiness, And she hnd- promised her mother to | ?pend an hour In prayer and reading i the ninety-flrst Psalm before she re tired. The chatting had almost driv en it out of her mind. Then appeared noon tho scene a youth of twenty sufvners, of noble mien; M* e?-f? *:'Mened with noble- | ne?s: bh de?"*nnor was pleading; ho was a picture of genulnegs; his car- j ritge was that of a I Webster or Clay or Lincoln. As he stood In the midst of tho room ho addressed an Invisible being: i "What shall I do with my life?" Standing on Its threshold, viewing | the wrecks of wasted lives as they j floated by out Into tho ocean of eter- I nlty, ho repented the question with great solemnity: "What shall I do with my life?" Three Faces Instantly Appeared. First that of an ox, then that of n lion, last an eaglo. The ox made an swer: "Eat, drink and be merry," but the young man shuddered at the thought of making a god of his appo tlte. Llvo an animal life? Nay! 1 was created for something nobler than a glutton; I have a soul to savo. The lion proposod to make a god of genius. Sho offers a pedestal of eter nal fame; your name shall bo asso ciated with scientists, philosophers and philanthropists. In Her Native Dignity Bat the Ragle. Sho looked at the man, then at tho heaven above. Turning to the man she said, "The earth la thy lodging placo; the heaven overhead Is thy home; the earth's choicest treasure cannot All thee. Thou art more than animal, moro than Intellect, thou nrt qualified for companionship with deity. Prepare!" In a moment of time there passed beforo mo A Panorama, upon which was displayed all tho scencs of my life from my earliest recolloetlon. Curious and strange tracings were there. Every struggle with consclenco. every striving to be Aftcr-KfTort* of llio Grip. Dr. Clouston, of Edinburgh, said It ?corned an if no disease of whose effects there was any correct record ? t had such far-reaching evil effect* ai ' this one, and among Its sequelae ho enumerated a depressing Influence on the whole nervous energy, roelnn cholla, neurasthenic conditions, pre mature sonlllty. vnrlous form* of paralysla, neuralgic affections and n genoral Incapacity for work. ? Dundee Advert Isor. good, every lofty ideal were drawn with perfect accuracy. Failures and successes, defeats and victories passed in rapid review. Never were there such noble ambitions, such possibili ties and such fatal nimlessness crowded into so small a compass. The sight alarmed me and I cried, "Is it too late?" Suddenly the Scene Changed. The judgment was set amid a blaze of majesty and power and glory, be yond my most fertile imagination. Every human being stood before it. waiting to render an account of the life now closed. Notably, The Poor Led th<T Way. A boy from one of the great mer cantile houses preceded several oth ers whom he had influenced for good. Then came a man with a score of his fellow workmen, whom he had res cued, by his holy living, from lives of ungodliness. He was followed by n woman, distressingly poor while on earth, but filled with the Holy Spirit. She with her children, whom she had brought up in the fear of the Lord, together ascended the massive steps which led them through the portals of glory Into ? who enn describe "the things which eye hath not seen nor ear heard?" For a Thousand Years the endless procession continued to advance until the last man and wom an had rendered an accounting of the Ufo entrusted to them. I was greatly distressed at tho Bight of one whom I had known; ho brought his work, a marvel of human goodness, but It was Rejected, Because It Was Christies*, The ecene closed. Alarmed, 1 awoke from my reverie. Instantly I fell on my knees, consecrated my lite ' to Htm who bought me with His blood, allowed Him to fill me with His Holy Spirit. Now, after several \ years. I write to say, this Is what I did with my life. I ANOTHER YEAR IS ANOTHER CHANCE. Psychology In Clothes. Dr. Thomas Cla-Ve Bhaw. of Lon don, speaking on the subject of the special psychology of women, says that thcro Is ? psychology In clothes. It Is useless to.say that they dress as thay do to please other women t>r pleas* m?n? Th?V dresa simply be cause they hare to In their own way nnd to their own satisfaction. The psychology of dress Is that It appears . i to make you ho what you profeas to | 1 - There aro about 6000 Now York persona who have not been In the city, on the average, two month# In a year In the last decade. Europe, the South, seashore and mountains have them for tho other ten months. There are no undertaker* in Ja pan. When a person dies It Is the custom for his noarrst relatives to put him Into a coffin and bury him, and the mourning does not begin un til after burial. A New Yern-'t Rotnrtf. New Year's Day is In some way rec ognized by every people having a for mal calendar, yet the hours of the last day of the old year generally pass with little variation from or dinary routine. Nevertheless. It Is the completed book whose story im presses the reader for good or bad, not the cover or the frontlspleco of the new one. Nearly all the words of our language applying to a course not absolutely marked out describe the path that is left behind and not that which is before. There is no counter part to the ship's "wake" for the course which the prow la about to break, nor of the "track of the cy clone," nor of the spoor of the tiger, nor of "the trail" of numberless ani mals. It may be noted Incidentally that laws or ordinances require auto mobiles to carry a number, in large figures, hanging from the back. No body who sees an automobile coming earns what Its number la. Only when It happens to leave some record be hind In Its track is the knowledge of Its number important, if Is doubtless because the future Is swarming with possibilities, whereas the past consti tutes n record which cannot bo changed, that most of our festivities centre about the anticipation of the new year rather than In a retrospec tive affection for the old. In the eld er days of the world prophecy held a place of prominence among all peo ples, but of history in the scientific sense there was none. This has been reversed by the severely practical modern world. History is at a pre mium, prophecy at a discount. Yet the almost disregarded last day of De cember stands for the completed rec ord, as New Year's does for the pro? phecy of what Is to come. New Year's Itcsolut Ions. If everybody on this earth Made resolutions New V ear's Day Ami Kept them fast, a share of mirth From lift; would straight l?e swept away. The fool would cease the pranks which make The wise man jeer with cynic chaff. Tlit' wise man wit li some sail mistake Would never move the fool to laugh. So let us strive as best we may And. if perfection he not won, We'll let the failure p> its way To swell the scoffer's store of fun. When Talleyraml Scored. When Mine, de Stael published her celebrated novel, "Delphlne," she was supposed to have painted herself In the person of the heroine, and M. Tal leyrand in that of an elderly lady, who Is one of the principal characters. "They tell me," said he, the first time he met her, "that we are both of us in your novel, in the disguiso of women." PASSING OFTHE OLD YEAR -r , IbreOcll, old yearl 1 Ve'vte idurneyed on to&etner many day^.N And nt>*J bcttoljl the bartln^oj Our V&y3 ^,?ith thou?htJ> oj- rt^in^jcd ^jadne^j and oj* 1 see the vhndinh, Oay that I must tread ' J ? To tutu^Lands; , "f J , .' ror thee avJaih the realrn oj- shadowy deeb ? . * The 2>ilcnt Land oj- yc&rj that lie ^,CC^V?itb folded band}. Fa.rc<Jcll, old year! A feO more jtefa en? \Jc jorev/er barf A tcvJ more Wore!} thai O&ke the thrc'wlnA ] ? 1 heart J V hJ ? To hobe and fear; , A faroOcll smile, a Un&prinp clash oV hand, pic thou shall lie yHtniri *"C sbaoovJ- land JL , .All silently; J The Oh lie I hasTc a t^fod ncJ year to ?rwt. The vJh|lc I j^gncy orfOith mcmorlc^ $Qeet, Al?. M? ^Wfi'or0toil ,,ov) , _ Hov7 J^ind t nd rjraVc and true & jrlcnd wrfl , '^r dean , - . j A loved one yrnj \vhen corooj tha darkened Ohcn heart and^llhj aUjreroulouj miytjay^ ^ct, thoueh thy frte&ily $cb no men* lice, The rnjrmor!^ ^Jecf my ncart ha} K^r 0J SENTENCED TO MIL Gompen Mfedtell and Morri son Convicted of Contempt THE JUDGE SCORES UNION MEN. Declares They Have Openly Defied The Courts. ? (tampers Says He Hae Only Been Fighting the Bat tles of the Working Man ? Union Men in Several Oities Protest Washington, Special. ? Twelve months in jail for Samuel Gompers, President, . nine months for John Mitchell, one of the vice presidents, and six months for Frank Morrison, secretary, all of the American Fed eration of Labor, was the sentence imposed by Justice Wright, of the Sui H'cmc Court of the District of Co lumbia, for contempt of Court in violating an order previously issued unjoining them from placing on the "unfair" or "we don't patronize" list the liucks Stove and Range Co., of St. I^ouis, Mo. All three of the defendants were in court. Noticc of an appeal to the Court of Appeals, of the District of Columbia, at once was llilcd, Gom pcrs being released on $5,000 bond. Mitchcll on J; -1,000, and Morrison on *3,000. With tears coursing down his own cheeks, President Compels heard the order of the Court which condemned Itim to prison for u year. Both Mitch ell and Morrison seemed stunned by appeared to bo least concerned. Asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronoun ced, President Compels declared that he hud not consciously violated any law. There was mr.th he would like to say, he said, but he could not do t at that time. He added, however, (hat "(his is a struggle of the work ing people of our country, and it is a struggle of the working people for right. It is a struggle of the ages ? a strugsilu of the men of labor to throw oil some of the burdens which have been heaped upon them; to abol -li Mime of tin- wrongs and to secure some of the rights too long denied." Mitchell and Morrison conliend themselves to an endorsement of what Mr. Gomprs had said. A Scotching Arraingnmnet. The decision of Justice Wright, which consumed two hours and twen ty minutes in reading was one of the most .?ca tiling arraignments that over came fiom the bench in this city. lie recited the conditions an teceding the injunction and referred to the fact that for twenty-live years the Bucks plant had been oprated as a ten-hour shop and always had maintained an "open shop." Tht Court read extracts from numbers of resolutions of labor organizations bearing on t lie liueks ease as tending to show the methods of influencing members of unions, "and these methods ," the Court remarked, "seemed to be known as persua sion.' " The customers of ho Stove Company, the Court said, hnd been intimidated, brow-beaten and coerced out of their business relations with their customers "by direct interfer ence with ond boycott of their (the customers) trade relations with their own customers and the publio gener ally." Following an exhaustive dis cussion in restraint of trade. Justice Wright said: "From the foregoing it ought to Hcem apparent to thoughtful men (lint the defendants to the bill, each And all of them, have combined to gether for the purposo of "1. Bringing about the breach of plaintiff's existing contracts with others. "2. Depriving plaintiff of prop-, erty (tho value of the good will of the business) without due process of law. "3. Restraining trade among the several States. "4. Restraining commerce among the several States. Tho ultimate purposo of the de fendonts, tho Court said* in this cou neetion was unlawful, their concert ed project an offence against the law and, it added, tbey were guilty of crimo. Coming to the question of viola tion of the Court's injunction Jus tice Wright said: Violation of the Injunction. "That Oompers and others had, in advance of tho injunction, determin ed to violate it if issued, and hdd in advance of tho injunction counselled all members of lahor unions and of tho Amcricon Federation of tabor, and tho public generally to violate it in case it should be issued, appears from the following which references ? i it. ? ? ? ? rious member*." Tho C'durt here read a mass of ex tracts from representatives of pre ceding of conventions of tht Federa tion, reports of President Oompers, editorials from the columns of the American Federationist and tho la bor press generally in support of bis statement that there was a pre-de termination to violato. The Court after quoting at grtat length he a titude taken by Mr. Oompers since the injunction was issued, his writ ings, interviews and the publio ad dresses, fumarked: "All of which was done, all of which was published, all of which was circulated in wil ful disobedience and deliberate vio lation of tho injunction, nod lor the purpose of inciting and accomplish ing the violation generally ami in pursuance of the original common design of himself ami confederates, to bring about the breach of plain tiff's existing contracts with others; deprive plaintiff of property (the good will of its business) without quo process of law; restrain trade among thjj several States; restrain comraercca rnong the several States. ' ' As to Secretary Frank Morrison Court dtt hired that he had full knowledge of all that was being dont, cok part in the preparation *nd publication of the American Federationist of April, 1003, with complete knowledge of its contents. Concerning Mitchell the Court, pointed to ? various acts which, he j snid, placed him within the pale of the law. Vital Questions Involved. Continuing as to all three of the defendants the Court said: "In defence of the charges now at Bar neither apology nor extenuation is deemed (it to he embraced; no claim of unmeant contumacy is heard; persisting in contemptuous violation of the order, no defence is offered save these: "That the injunction (1) infring ed the coustitnional guaranty of freedom of the press ami (2) in fringed the constitutional guaranty of freedom of speech." In connection with the considera tion of the content ion that the in junction invaded the right of free specc and of the press the Court held in part : "The position of the respondents involves questions vital to the preser vation of scoial order, questions which smite the foundations of civil government, and upon which the sn pemaey of the law over anarchy and riot verily depend." In the opinion of the Court even where a tribunal had fallen into er ror in the determination <>f a cause which was invested with jurisdic tion to "hear and determine," the duty - and neessitv of obedience re mained nevertheless the same. Tho Law Rendered Null. "Before the injunction was grant ed these men announced (lint neither they nor tlie American Federation of Labor would ohcy it ; si nee issued thev have refused to ohev it ; ami through the American Federal ion of Labor disobedi< nee lias been suceess fully achieved, and the law has been made to fail; not only has the law failed in its efforts to arrest a wide spread wrong, but the injury has grown more destructive since the in junction than it was before. There ?s a studied, determined defiant con flict precipitated in the light of open day between the decrees of a tribu nal ordained by the Government of the Federal Union and the tribunals of another Federation grown tip in the law, one or the other must suc cumb, for those who would unlaw the law are public enemies." In passing sentenee on the defend ants the Court said: "It would seem not inappropriate for such a penalty as will serve to de ter others from following after such outlawed examples, will serve to vin dicate the orderly power of judicial tribunals, and establish over this liti gation the supremacy cf law." History of the Case. The Duoks Company prosecution of the officials of the Federation be gan in August, 1007. Tho original action was a test enso wherein it \vu< sought to enjoin tho labor unions from using the "unfair" and "wc don't patronio" lists in their flj?hi against Arms and individuals. Jus tice Oould of the Supremo Court o) the District of Columbia, issued an injunction which was later made per manent forbidding the publication of the company's name in these lists. President Gompers in an editorial in "The Fcdcrationist" of last Janu ary, made known his intention not to obey the Court's order, contending that tho injunction issued was ir derogation of the rights of labor anc an abuse of the injunctive power oj tho Courts. Gompers, Mitchell and Morrisor subsequently were cited for con tempt, and this phaso of tho ease has been beforo the Court for rnanj months, the proceedings taking th< form of a hearing of testimony be fore an examiner and many argu ments. Roosevlet Asked to Interfere. Whether President Roosevelt will tako any action, ns he has beci uregd to do in telegrams received from different labor organiationi throughout the country, in connec tion with Judge Wright's decision has not been decided. Over Seven Millions Dissappears in Lisbon. Lisbon, Special. ? Tho newly elect ed council has unearthed a big scandle in the city's accounts. Over $7,000,000 has disappeared. The former monarchial councillors admit the irregularities, but lay tho blame upon the government, which they say illegally took tho cityt's money. Meeting of Public School Teachers. Nashville, Tenn., Special. ? rrof? R. L. Jones, Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, has prepared the programme of the twenty-second an nual meeting of the Public School Officers' Association, to be held at Carnegie Library, Jan. 12-14. The annual meeting of the Ktate Library Association will bo hold coincident with the School Officers' meeting All indications are that tho meeting? ??ll Ka lanralv ?IUn<Ud SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS News of Interest Gleaned From A!l Sections of Ihe Str.te and Arranged Fcr Busy Readers Opposes Receivership. _ I Cclunibin, Special. ? Mr. J Owens of Henncttsvillc, who has tak .'n an intelligent interest in the iu t'aiiB of the Seminoles find who rep- ' resents, as nttroney. a number of <tockholdeis in Marlboro county, was in (A lumbin Wudiiesdav niiiht. II*? was prcfent at the meeting here on the 12th and he wag also at Cheraw ( Monday. It is generally understood ' t lint he made th.? motion asking for I lie trustees to withdraw their Idler .?f resignation and to unite with Messrs. H. T. Caston. Ilugar Sinklcr Hid Dr. lCtheredge in having t'ni business of the Semi m 1.' company nmlited and the managers prepare a lull report of all transactions of the :onipanv, to he submitted to a nuet-j i;ig of stockholder* ?n the 2!Mh. lie thinks it important that every share possible be represented here on the , 29th. and expressed the opinion that new management could accomplish everything that reeeivers could ae- j omplish and that, all expense of re ceivership eon hi be saved. He stated that the stockholders have never had he opportunity of directing the af fairs of the concern, and until it is ' ?hown that they are incapable of. 'Managing their own affairs he <onhl not see the wisdom of the appoint ment of a guardian, as it were. Mr. Owens seemed to think that it is possible for the stockholders to take eliaige and save both the Semi nole company and the Southern Life, .mil he was equally as confident that a receivership means the inevitable wrecking of both, with practically total less to the stockholders. Mr. Owens stated that he had talk ed villi a number of stockholders ; that he had a conversation with Mr. t'nstou of Cheraw and that all whom lie had seen kohl the same ideas as he expressed. It is a requirement of the by-law* :?f tlio Seminole toir.pauy that only a stockholder tail Im>M a proxy, and MY. Owens hns acquired a few shares I lint In' may properly represent I lie -st oclx In >1 <1* is of Marlboro on 1 lio 'JStli ;? n*l *J!Mh. Negro Man Overpowers a Newly Wed \ Woman Effects Serious Injury. | Hartsville, Special. ? There is a ijrcat ileal of excitement here because of an outrage committed upon a white woman by a negro at this time un known. On account of the fact that it was raining and that the crime was com ru't'.ed at night, the news was slow to spread, but u large crowd has col lected, and it is sure that the negro will be caught. ! The young woman, who is respected most highly, is but recently married. She was alone at homo when the Smite forced his way in and over powered her.. Dr. Eggleston says ihai her injuries are serious, but not necessarily dangerous. She fought the negro oft' and will recognize him, lie will bo arrested before daylight. No mob violence is feared, although the men arc deeply i nccnscd. Award of Prizes of the Best Soed' Corn. Yorkville, Spogal.? The first prizo of flvo dollora, offered by Tho En quirer to participant* in tho Farm ers' Union prizo acre contest for tho sample of seed corn, goes to Mr. J. L. Wood . The second prize of $3 goes to Mr. N. 8. Black, and the third prizo of $2 goes to Mr. C. Henry Smith. These are the awards of Messrs W. S. Wilkerson, J. L. Rainey and C. J. Hughes, the com mittee of three well-known, experi enced farmers, picked by Mr. J. F. Ashe, president of tho Farmers' Union to act as judges of tho contest. , Aetna Changed to Ottaray. Greenville, Special. ? The name of the Aetna mills nt Union has been changed to the Ottnray, the new cor porators being Ellison A. Smythe, Lewis W. Parker, A. F. McKissick, W. E. Beat tie, Aug. W. Smith, D. D. Little and John A. Law. , Mr. Smith hns been made presi dent and Mr. Thos. W. Marchant , treasurer and manager. Boy Killed Boy. Marion, Special. ? Saturday after- j noon, about live miles from here, near the home of former CJov. Eller be, a half grown hoy named Oainey , ?diot and killed McLellan. The ac- ( f,ount of the killing received in Mar- | :on is from Oainey 's friends and i* t ?? Mie effect that McLellan was drink- ( jng and nourishing a gun around in , tho yard of young Oainey 's father,' and that he ran every one away from (he house except the Oainey boy, who when attacked bv McLellan, shot him with a double barreled shotgun. Whero Profit Is. Anderson, Special. ? Mr. J. Dawson Smith, who lives near Sandy Springs and runs one of the best dairy farms in the county, has sold u Jersey bull 1 *nd three conp, to sn Atlinta, Oa., man for $1,500. This proves con clusively that big money is to bo made in raising fine cattle. And it costs no moro to feed a fine cow ? than it costs to feed a '"scrub." | Ericfs of State N3ws. TI:o {Pentium Town- Company has reeured option.; ? 11 10.000 acres of land oh i lie Wii'.t'iic river. The rivers and ltarb:*rs commission of I ho I uiolinas met in Columbia 2-Slli. Judge Robert A Id rich was tender ed n banquet at A?kc:i by the lawyers at that place. Judge Pritchard hi s postponed ths contempt hearings against the Rays until April 20th. A (Sen. Zimmerman Davis. of Charles-** ten, has succeeded (icr.. T. \V. Car- - wile as to'uniauder of I he Confeder ate veterans of South Carolina. File destroyed I.ong & Culberson's uir.nery at T. !?'. Harris* store st Waterloo. l.os.? about $9,000. The Driving Asioiation of Rennet g vllle will lie Id n rare meet eommonc imr December ;H?t 1;. The Swedish-South African line may operate a steamship line froui ( 'hai leston. Do/.ier Singlet a rv. colored, has been arrested in Kinustrce on the el: a rue of murder. killing Lelia Wil ranis, colored, whose dead body was found in the swamps several days reo. Church at Chiquola Mills. llonea Path. Special. ? At least 700 pel sous wore present *at the dedica te n services of the new intcrdenomi naoiioiial church at the Chiquola mill village condneted by Rev. WT. H. Frazier, D. D.. pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Anderson, 'fin* Chiquola Mills company is al ways doing (liintrs looking toward ths betterment of its employes. Ths latest of these tilings is the hand* some new e<li|jce. This bnil?liiifr cyst approximately #7.000. ami is a gift < u the part of the mills to their eui ployes and piople in the conrniunitgr of the mill village. It is a gift t.o ''all organized Christian denomina tions."' The building is probably onp of the best frame church building* i:t the State. It is constructed ac cording to modern plans of church edifices, and is indeed a building of which any city should be proud. County Treasurers Short. Columbia, Special. ? Comptroller General Jones has reported to Gov ernor Ansel two county treasurers us being short in tlieir accounts. Treas urer J. T. Patterson, of Edgefield, ha finds short $7,723.4(5, and Treasurer .1. ('. Langford, of Hampton, $17, ? (>70.70. lie also W|>orts that the Edgefield county auditor's office "shows carelessness, neglect, errors and omissions." lie adds: "The financial a If airs of Edgefield county were found to be in deplorable con dition." The county lias $103,833^ti floating and bonded debt and it will take $15,000 to put the schools on a cash basis. Governor Ansel, as a re< suit of the report by Comptrollei General Jones suspended Troasurei Patterson, of Edgefield, and I<ang? fpvd, of Hampton. Great Meeting of Teftchers, Columbia, Special. ? Thcro wiJJ probably be not less than 400 tCAob* crs here during the Christmas holl? days. Mr. L. T. Baker, president, and Mr. W. II. Jones, secretary, oi t ho association, have stated theii firm belief that thcro would bo nol less than 500 and probably as many as 1,000. At any rate it will be a very largo and representative gather* ing. This will be the first meeting of the State association for 18 months and it is believed that nearly every public school teacher of prom inence as well as many college pftffi dents and professors will be here. In fact, it will be a notable gathering. Measure Lost. Charleston, Special. ? A changc <?l three votes would have put tlio strip of 11G square miles of Berkeley colin? ty into Charleston at tlio election held in Berkeley county on the 16th, The annexationists polled 30 votes and the opponents 10 vrites. Two thirds of the vote enst was neeessarv to have the strip of Berkeley county added to Charleston county. Mills to Use Electricity. Spartanburg, Special. ? The Elec tric Manufacturing and Power Com pany is building sub-electrical sta tions at Cowpens and Woodruff, and by the 1st of January the cotton mills will be operated with powei from Gaston Shoals. The mills at GalTfney ore now being operated by electric power. The company has re cently made a number of improve inents at Gaston Shoals to prevent water from (lowing into the powei house in ease of flood such as was experienced last August. Work on Dam Begins. Blaeksburg, Special. ? The building of the large dam at Ninety-nine Islands, six milt* from here, on Broad river, hns begun in earnest and already 300 or 400 lobctftfrs have found employment there. BJa^Jcsbyrg is the nearest shipping |K>int f?r the company and scores of hands and liberal supplies are being sent down as fast as possible.