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V ^ Continued.
'] "Take eare!" he cried. *It la not
%tse to Irritate him too farl*
"That ought to draw him, it ho hae
the spirit ot a *oopbyte," said Cm*
plon; "but he bears It, Nebelaen, yo?
see-?''smiles aa ho vy wont to stalls'
??and I still Vraathe!" ? t
"We chill see," was the Chela's
lole obeerratlon. Ho seemed at once
disappointed and relieved.
"Ah, you're Incorrigible!" said
Campion, laughing. . "Merer mind;
' we wont quarrel about It*
; "Ton will not Object U X submit the
caseto my Mahdtma tor hla advice?"
?aid Nebelaen. MI will get the broth
er who -ls orer bttr to forward a gom
munloatlon tor me. And, It It Is not
too great an Interference with Karma
and it the Mahatma happens in a goot
temper to be, I shall perhapa aa an
swer which will gonflrm my oblnlon
reoelre, and be able then to tell you
what you ought next to do."
"Do Just as you pl*as* about It,
Nebelaen," said Campion. "But I
can't promise to follow your dlreo
U?ns,V. y
i\ ; XAFCTB ? {
' Conviction. \
? , Campion had quite dismissed the
Incident, however, by the following
>day when he was able to return to
""the study he waa making (or his next
: picture, a scene from "Christabel."
The lost sense of power and delight
la work came baek to him.
His friend Pcrceval, who looked In
ahout this time, waa surprised by his
>aalmation. *
Campion, deserting the classics for
?i romance, had chosen as his subject ,
;? the first meeting of the lorcly lady
/ Christabol and the dangerous Ger
? aldlne ln the Wood.
"I remember," said the elder art
? 1st, on being told the subject; "but
W M wasn't it a 'midnight wood,' and
^hadn't one of them 'a silken robe of
' white, that shadowy In the moonlight
shone,' If I remember my Coleridge T
Why bare you made 'em meet at
SjunsetT*
"You call that sunset! I thought
I had caught rather a good moon
light effect myself."
"Oh, very well; but?crimson moan
and scarlet tprf! ..Come, Campion,
this Is more eocentric. than cvar.*
. ^Crimson? Scarlet? Nonsense!
Grays and greens, you mean. Why,
where are your eyes, 'making the
' 'green one red' Mke thlsT"
? i *1 -m*y he . rong," said Perceval,
..with a quiet forbearance that pro
' roked Cang>lon.
."May be! My dear fellow,, you
arc;" he said. "We'll soon settle It,"
and he shouted down his tube lor
? Bales, who presently appeared, as
usual undei' protest.
- "Were you requiring me for any
purpose in partickler?* he said. "I
,was Just going stout those frames
you ordered; but, of oourse. If I'm
wanted here I can stay."
"Just come over, here and toll Mr,
Perceval and me what strikes you at
the ehlef color In this picture.*
Bales ooughed behind his hand,
and looked from ona man to the
other. At last ha said, with a feel
lag that It was a case for caution and
periphrasis, "Well, If It *ss me I
shouldn't leave It about loose where
there was a bull!"
"Are you going to tall me it's red!"
cried Campion.
"Pillar, boxes Is fools to It," re
turned Bales set# sntlously, and Cam
pion dismlsed him impatiently.
When they were alone, Perceval
said kindly: "Don't let this upset
you; It's overwork, that's alL Only,
If X were you, 1 should see some one
About it, you know.*
i Campion turned a ghastly face
vpon him. "I see," he said; "1 am
color-blind, then?"
?I'm afraid there's some temporary
affection?bless you, It's the common*
est thing In the world," said Perce
val, "nothing tc give way about, man.
Just stick to blaclt sad white for a
few days and see an oculist, and
you'll be all right. I'll make It all
right with thoee fellows st the club,
so jou needn't worry about that. By
the way thore was thst hesd of Cy
bete of mine you wanted to make
eomo studies of?now's your time. I'll
send It over to you, only be careful
with It. 1 had the cast taken express
ly for me at Athens, snd I don't be
lieve 1 could get it replsced."
"Thanks," said Campion, "It's very
good of you."
"Don't talk rubbish! And, see
^iere: I've tsken a houseboat for the
summer?it'a at Wsrgrsve Just now
?why not run down for a few daysT
?tome with mo next Saturday."
"If this lasts,* .said Campion, "1
sha'n't be able to trust myself near
a river." r.
cFooh! It won't last. I shall ex
pect you, .then, and let me know
about the train?that'* sll right; and
you shsM. hsve the Cybele this even*
lag."' v .. .. ?
'After fie had gone Chmpton gsve
himself .hp to the glooraly realisation
of his .future. Color-blind, why it
was only A. degree better than total
bltfidfteds. Henceforth he could yust
no tints, no hue thst might for the
moment delight his eye, and, If he
tried to place them on canvas, his
palstte, too, would lie to him. It was
the end of his career as a colorlpt,
sals- he could unlearn all h# kw.
kmB paint, iaa?aa with bow _
pewerlsee eithtr to correct or
obJoy hto own performance.
As he sat with his (so* burled la
his hands, crushed by this last Mow.
a hand was laid on his shoulder, and
ho turned to" And the Chela.
?Ha, Nebelsen!" ho said, wildly,
"yon come In tine to congratulate
n??I've Just discovered I'm color
blind. Pleasant that for a painter,
"And now at lsst yon beleaf?*
cried Nebelsen.
"Believe? In whstT Oh, I see
what yon mean;" and Campion
Blancod at the smeared face of the
Idol, which was almost pathetic In Its
sentle resignation. "Nebelsen, It's
too ridiculous?I won't believe ltt"
"Here yon the head eo hard?" said
the Chela. "The teat was yours."
"I tell you this Is serious; for
Heaven's sake don't drag that foolish
idol Into It. Cant yon let me for
get! " And Campion, anxious to re
move all traces of an act which. In
this lsst affliction, seemed so frivol
ous and puerile, caught up a piece of
old Venetian embroidery, which hap
pened to come first to hand, and
hastily wiped the Idol's downcast
eyee. ?'Now, that's done with," he
said. "It I could clear my own eyes
as easily?but. oh. If I could have
thought all that!" He had come
back to the Chrlstsbel again.
"Green! I must be a hopeless case.
No one can cure me. By Jove,
though. If?if I see it as It really is
now, I must be cured ! But why?
how?"
And he sat down, trembling vio
lently. "Good God! Nebelsen," he
said,* hoarsely, "you were right, sfter
all?It's too horrible."
"Never mindt," said the Chela en
couragingly. "now that the spell is
reversed. Besides, I bring you a goot
tiding. 1 haf a gommunlcation from
my revered Mahatma received. Tito
brother through whom it came found
it this morning breclpltated In blue
bencil upon this blottlng-bad, and
sent it on at once to me. It points
out the only wsy for you to remove
out of all your troubles, but the way
Is luckily quite simple. I tolt you
my Mahatma wss a clever man."
Campldn gave a little groan; but
after swallowing the Idol, he could
hardly strain at a Mahatma. "Well,
what doee he say?" he ssked.
"I sm going to read. I must tell
you at beginning, his English is very
fonny. Listen!
" 'Quite true,' he begins, 'the Idol
Is the mechanism of most of your
friend's sea of troubles, though your
theory to account for it is the feeblest
fiddle-faddle and stuff of a fat-witted
beetle-head.' (There is nodlng stiff
at all about my dear old Mahatma.)
'ahly one who was a nlni\yhammer
and a goose-cap would suppose that
an image could possibly be charged
with electro-magnetism. As you have
chosen to worry me about It, I tell
you plainly tbat the only way out of
the Gordlan. knot with which your
friend Is stuck in the mud'?(I oan*
not think where he gets all his words
and phrases?nor can the brother
who sets them down)?'is at once to
return the idol to the hand from
which It came. As for your Idlotio
1 ' (and then he writes some more
in a frlently way.)
"You see. It Is simple and quite
?My," he concluded; "only return the
Idol to the place you bought It at?
you can do that perfectly well."
"It happens to be a present," said
Campion.
"To the giver, then that Is bedder
still!"
"It's Impossible, I tell you, Nebel.
sen. If that's the best suggestion
your Mahatma can make, he might as
well have left it alone."
"But whyT Tell me why?"
"Isn't It obvious? How can I, If I
believe?and, heaven help me, I do
believes?this cursed thing is able
to Injure those who cross Its path, In
some unacountable way?how can I
send It back to some one who thought
sh-he was doing me a kindness In giv
ing it?"
"But If the Mahatma says It Is the
only way," put in the Chela.
"If It was the only way to save my
soul, I hope I shouldn't do It. Just
ask yourself, Nebelsen. How can I
toll what Infernal trick It may play
If I do send It back? I couldn't bo
such a scoundrel to send it without
a word of warning, and If I warn,
would any one In hlt? senses take It
in at all? No, your Mahatma may be
a very learned person?but he doesn't
seem to understand European no
tions. "
When Nebelsen had gone, Campion
sat and starod at that uncanny Idol
of his with growing dismay; he did
not know what to think about It. He
was ashamed of believing that It
could harm him, and yet his experi
ments had given him a sharp lesson.
It was an ugly thought, but he
could not rid of it; he was afraid at
last to be alone in the studio with the
idol, and went out for a restless
stroll.
On his war buck he passed a flor
ist's, where he bought the most ex
pensive flowers he could see in the
window, and arranged them after his
return In his rarest piece of pottery.
He called Hales, and told him to
take them Into the palntlng-room.
"Anywhere In particular?" Bales
asked. #
"No," said Campion, with affected
0?rtles?ness, "It's of. n$ c?a?*awce.
?*W r (MM to think of *?
MI tt OH the <tmd oMoat, Just la
front of that Mtaa MoL put
II Aid
I shall 4tM oat tkto ?Mala*1'
He ?m Mt Sato. KM <nw to
Mi?If would ha MkamMn that
ho had Jotonrtaod tosolgasr his Idol.
If It was possible to do ao ud pro
aerva aay wit mpset at an. *1 may
try my haad it painting those Sow
er* to-morrow," ho had told him?If.
though htf waa not believed, "and -la
tho meanwhile-?why the deuce
ehouldat th?y bo oa that cfblnetT"
Bat aomehow, before ha want to
hla bad room ho took a light into his
atadlo. to amnra himself that Bales
hod made no mistake about tha flow
era.
The flowers had evidently been
plaeed.oa the cabinet; bnt now the:
lay scattered aad crashed at Ita foot,
and the pottery which had held then
was broken Into a hundred pieces
while the idol kept Its osual plact
above, with something now, to Cam
pion's excited fancy, of deadly and
Implacable .hostility upon its glisten
ing countenance.
Am ha stood there In the palnting
rOom, where all but that particular
corner waa lost in gloom, his flesh
crept at the thought that thie thing
waa not to be cajoled nor appeaaed
by anything he could do?his offer*
lng waa rejected with ecorn.
And then, In the dead silence, with
the shadowa shooting and contract
ing about him as the light shook la
his trembling hand. Campion, from
some Impulse he could not resist,
spoke to this lmsge.
"What do you want?" he said la
a course whisper. "Only tell me that.
Whatever you are?be reaaonable."
But the ugly thing gave no reply,
no sign of relenting; and dlagusted
with his own superstition. Campion
went to bed In a state ot stony de
spajr,
CHAPTER XL
Mystifications.
After one or two postponements,
Mrs. Stanlland's. projected esoteric
evening waa actually about to come
off. She had often exerted heraelf
before for the benefit of struggling
geniuses, to whom she nad been ?*
real aaalstance. Ill-natured people
were apt to compare her benevolence
to that of the fabled snark, which
"collects though It does not sub
scribe," and It was perhaps true that
her heart opened more readily than
her purse. After all, money la not
the only or the most valuable contri
bution In all cases, and even of money
Mra. Stanlland could be liberal when
?he saw occasion.
But It was quite a new sensation
to her to figure as the protectress of
a rlalng faith, which might with a
little timely aaslstance regenerate so
ciety, and she received her friends
with Jeep satisfaction. "I do think,"
she assured several of them, "that
we are going to have a most Interest-(
ing evening?dear Mr. Nebelsen
hopes to be allowed to go quite be
yond the usual phenomena."
The rooms filled, and as the char
iot-wheels which bore the hero of the
evening still tarried, there waa little
to distinguish the gathering from an
ordinary evpnlng party. Young men
stood talking, with the usual convio
tlon tMr it was uncommonly good
of them to talk at all, down to the
eager girl faces upturned to catch
their utterances; here and there
some one, with an evident pride in
his soelal dexterity, would pick hla
tortuous way through the groups
until he dropped into the oonvarsa
tlonal opening he desired, much as
the uarble In the game of nursery
billiards slgiags down a mace of pins.
Nebelsen was feeling a supreme ex*
altatlon at the prospect of being at
last allowed to unveil some of the
mysteries of occultism to a larger as
sembly than he had ever yet ad
dressed; the brotherhood, through
their representative, had withdrawn
their opposition; he felt himself In
so highly electrical a condition as to
be capable of producing phenomena
far more startling than any he had
hitherto ventursd upon.
Conversation, after two or three
rebellious outbursts, was finally
quelled. The Chela took up a posi
tion on the hearthrug, from whloh he
contemplated his audience through
mooney spectacles with a gate of
dreamy emotion.
The Chala had already started
with a rapid and enthusiastic, though
slightly Incoherent harangue, on the
stupendous powers which were to be
attained by the human w)U when
guided and fortified by occult train
ing. He discoursed upon these at
such lengths that his hearers showed
slight but unmistakable signs that
their attention was wandering,
though It took Nebelsen some time
longer to discover that he was ex
pected to "cut the dialect and come
to the 'osses."
Then, by way of Introduction to
the more rccondlto mysteries, he ob
tained sharp double raps and silvery
tinkles from unexpected quarters.
It Is quite possible, however, to
overdo bell-sounds, and It must be
owned that the Chela, In his artless
pleasure at his own performances,
produced them In profusion long
after they had lost their first fresh
ness; but the flagging Interest waa
revived when he announced:
"Do not be frightened, anybody,
but there Is one dt the broderhood
hler In astral form upon the balgony.
Now we shall bo able to have a very
gurlous anil beautiful manifestation!
Perhaps this lady who Is opposite*
(and he bowed to Mrs. POOtlfex)
"will be so gracious to think torn
thlng she has long ago lost and would
be Joyful to see again?"
To be Continued. .
KtKfWOH
% -
lUll^XSSdLwmPr*
mth ynmr ** n?xu?nw?
tte liatalali HMMir aal
jbfiyim" Ban**
Cbnataotinopte, By i CablM-the
amnant is taking hold of tkt re
lief vor^ in Adut piw*|u<f with tif
or. II tu announced that $150,000
had been Mat then.
Th? Grand Visier and Ferid Pasha,
tho Minister of tip Interior, received
a deputation of" Armjwiian etaify
and laity Saturday, headed by Ar
a?k a rani, provisional representative
of tha patriarchate, who waa assur
ed the government would inquica
thoroughly into the Adaaa massacres,
and severely punish those guilty
inciting them. * '
A number of notablS Armenian*
met here Sunday and submitted to
the government the following re
quests: ?
First, that the murderera of Chns
tisns be punished; second; that stolen
property he returned, and ijtdemni
tica be paid for property destroyed;
third, that the women and giris who
were stolen be returned, and also
that men and women who werg com
pelled forcibly to adopt Mohammad
ism be allowed to resunfe their origi
nal faith: fourth, that"the investiga
tion conducted under the ehsirnian
ahip of the governor general be sus
pended and that a new investigation
of the disorders frota their com
mencement be msde by a military,
commission; fifth, thst Christians bo
permitted to participate in the local
police establishment, and sixth, that
Armenians be allowed to participate
in defraying the cost of erecting a
monument to those who have fallen
in the srmy of liberty. '*
The agricultural bank hu arranged
to losn $75,000 without interest to the
farmers of Adana province, to aid
them in planting new crops.
Practically all tha refugees at Lata
ks, Syria, have retained to their
homes or are ready to go. The weath
er in fine and warm and .crops are ripe.
John 0. Davis Arrested.
Washington, Special.^There we're
sensstional developments .Saturday in
the case of John C. Davis, a member
of the local bar, who was arrested
Friday on the charge of having ob
tained money under false prtenses.
The amount, which Davis is alleged to
have misappropriated in transactions
with" his clients, mostly women, wss
thought at flrat to have been smsll,
but Saturday notes, aggregating $50,
000, said to have been given by Davis,
wars exhibited to Uniteft States Dis
trict Attorney Baker, and it ia ru
mored that the amount finally may
reach $100,000. Martin C. Davis, a
brother of John and secretary of a
local building and loan association,
wgs arrested Saturday on a charge of
conspiracy.
A dispatch from Raleigh, N. C.,
say8: Davis created a sensation in
this State in the early ninties, result
ing in his incarceration in the State
insane asylum here from Msy 24,
1892, to November 30, 1897. He wss
a lawyer in Wilmington, and a promi
nent and a zealous member of the
Methodist church. He furnished the
money to build a Methodist church
and placed in it costly chimes. He
spent money freely. Then earns pom
plainta from clienta involving money
mattera, said to aggregate about $30,.
000. He was arrested and the eaae
waa a noted one in the judicial an
nals of the State. Hia counsel set up
the plea of insanity. The jury found
the accnsed inaane. He was then sent
to the insane asylum here. Upon his
release some yeara later he went to
Washington and in many ways aince
tried to make a reparation in soms of
those from whom he wss charged with
fraudulently obtaining money. During
the past two years he has been send
ing occasional remittances tp those
with who he had dealings in Wilming
ton. His defense will be insanity in
tha present trouble.
Mrs. Boyle Convicted.
Mercer, Pa., Special.?Mm. Jamei
H. Boyle, formerly Helen Anna Mc
Dermott, of Chicago, waa convicted
Saturday on a charge of aiding, aa
?isting and abetting in the abduction
of Willie Wl.itla, of Sharon, P>. Two
ballota were taken by the jury in the
case of the woman.' The second bal
lot was unanimous for the conviction
of the woman on the seond connt
charging her with being an accessory.
Demurrers Are Overruled.
Muskogee, Okla., Special.?Federal
Judge Campbell Saturday overruled
tho demurrer of the defendants in the
so-called Mott civil Creek Indian land
suits, brought by the government
against Governor Cbarlos Haskill and
other prominent Oklahomans. The
decision involving aa it does the legal
ity of millions of dollars' worth of
lots, created great consternation here.
Not only is Governor Haskell and as
sociates involved in the charge of
fraud, but about 1,500 subsequent
purchasers of lots are vitally interest
ed.
Newborn Paper Mill in roll Blaat.
Newbern, N. C., Special. ?
Saturday's iesue of the morn
ing paper, The Newbern Jour
nal, is printed on paiper manu
factured at the plant of the Car
olina 1'aper & Pulp Mills, located at
Newbern. The paper is about the usu
al grade of newspaper and shows up
very well for the new plant. The ca
pacity of the idant when in fall oper
ation will be from 76 to 100 tons per
d*7.
HE NEWS M HOT
By
Wire ?d Cable
GLEANINGS FROM DAY 10 DAY
M*i nan Ooverin# BmU of Hoi*
' IT Lta* I at Horn* aai
Siaon Bibtein celebrated his 100th
aaniversary in St. Louis, Mo., Sun
day. He worries shout nothing* drinks
a gallon of whiskey a week, with
sever a drunk snd smokes snd chews
tobaeeo.
In the storm along the upper waters
of Long Island Sound and along the
Connecticut shore Monday night, four
men were drowned, four barges went
to the bottom and three barges were
piled up ashore.
At Birmingham, Ala., early Sun
day morning Mrs. W. E. Leodford
was instantly killed and her daugh
ter fatally hurt V,y a runaway team,
which veered and threw them just
in front of an approaching car.
Twenty-five men narrowly escaped
and 25 mules were burned to death
in a coal mine at Smithdale, Pa.,
last Sunday.
The principal feature of the Con
federate veteran reunion in Memphis
will be the unveiling of the statute
of Gep. Stephen D. Lee.
Cripninsl proceedings are to be in
stituted against the Sugfar Trust.
It is estimsted thst 250 people were
killed in laA week's storm with
doable, that number injured. The
property loss can hardly be even ap
proximated.
Mrs. Eugenia Greenbaldt, of De
troit, is suing for a divorce on the
ground of desertion. She -says her
husband continuslly cried for his
mother till he finally returned to the
mother and stsyed.
Former Governor J. C. Beckham
has become editor of the Kentucky
State Journal, published at Frank
fort.
Foreign Affair*.
Castro now seeks to get damage!
from the French Government, not
for expelling him from Martinique
(for it has a right to do that) but.
for taking him to France, without
consulting his wishes as to where he
would go.
Dr. Manuel Amador, first president
of the Republie of Panama, died last
Sunday at the age of 75.
It now seems certain that the new
turn of affaire in Constantinople was
hastened to avert a plot to massacre
all foreigners on Saturday, May 1st.
Ex-President Roosevelt killed tbreo
lions with three shots and his son
Kermit killed one with three shots
last Friday. lie has killed several
since and will probably be called the
lion killer.
The Emperor of China died last
November. On May 1st his body was
started on the 80-mile journey to
the western tombs. The body of tho
Dowager Empress will remain in
Peking until fall.
The portrait of Christian 14 of
Denmark was sold in London last
week for $330,000. It is understood
that ths purchase was made for an
American. It was painted 372 years
ago by Holbein. Under the Dingley
tariff it would cost $66,000 to ome
it into port. It will probably come
in free.
Several dump cars loaded with
earth fell from the Culebra track at
Panama last Saturday and resulted
in 9 deaths of alborers.
The Wright Brothers, Wilbur and
Orville, have sailed from F.rance
where they have been displaying their
aeroplanes to return to their home
in America.
The Shah of Persia has announced
the grant of a constitution for Per
sia and steps are being taken for
elections of delegates for the forma
tion of the instrument that he thinks
will restore order in the empire.
The Germfi government has gone
to employing feminine sleuths. It is
thought that woman's intuitive qual
ities will serve her well in the detec
tive sphere.
Washington Affairs.
Miss Mary Thomus, 65 years old,
who was for many years au employo
in the department of Justice was
dismissed from the servico to take
effect March 3rd. She died last Fri
day night, her friends say of a brok
en heart.
Unskilled laborers were called for
last Saturday to supply about 2o0
places. There were aoont 4,000 ap
plications for positions ranging from
1260 a year to $650.
General staff officers and 100 sol
diers left Monday to study the
ssience of War from tho battloflelds
of Virginia.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS
News of Interest Gleaned from Afl Sections of the State and
Arranged For Busy Readers
Watch tki Fad Grow. i
Columbia, Special.?The State in
its issue of the 7th Rives the followT'
ing amounts contributed by counties
to the Woman's Monument fund:
Abbeville $184.75
Aiken 321.75
Anderson 428.55
Bamberg 32.23
Barnwell 91.30
Beaufort 10.00
Berkley
Calhoun 00.02
Charleston 10.00
Cherokee 73.25
Chester 110.00
Chest orlield 107.00
Clarendon 26.50
Colleton 32.00
Darlingtou 2S5.25
Dorchester 10.50
Edgefield 88.50
Fairfield 100.75
Florence 53.00
Georgetown 25.00
Greenville " 152.05
Greenwood 183.74
Hampton 10.00
Horry 40.00
Kershaw 1T12.25
I^aneaster 121.25
Laurens 40.00
Lee 104.25
Lexington 143.08
Marion 403.25
Marlboro 443.43
Newberry 210.20
Oconee 20.00
Orangeburg 36.00
Pickens 1.00
Hicliland 581.00
Saluda 18.00
Spartanburg 240.00
Sumter 300.75
Union 37.00
Williamsburg 26.50
York 60.85
Wlnthi'op Gets Gift From the Iron
Master.
Rock Hill, Special.?Dr. Johnson
of Winthrop lias received a letter
from Andrew Carnegie's secretary
stating that Mr. Carnegie would do
nate $15,000 to the building of Win
throp'g model school. It will be re
membered that this State appropriat
ed $20,000 for this purpose with the
understanding that President John
Ron should raise $25,000 more. Mr.
Johnson has raised $65,000 more in
stead. It is his intention to get
$100,000 for this school, which he
proposes to make a model school,
second to none anywhere. It will be
remembered that Mr. Carnegie gave
$.'{0,000 for the library several years
ago and this last gift brings his do
nations to Winthrop to the generous
sum of $45,000.
Meat Rained at Greenville.
Greenville, Special.?The local au
thorities have receivod instruction)*
from State health officers giving them
power to act for the State board in
regard to the meat which was put
under water in the waro house of
Swift & Co., by the heavy rain of
Friday night. City Meat Inspector
Smith condemned the meat,and rumor
had it that meat would be shipped
from this city to other parts of the
State for use, but the Swift Com
pany, it is not thought locally, has
that in mind. It is understood that
after a thorough invesifjation, if the
meat is pronounced unfit for use, it
will be properly disposed of by the
meat company. About four thousand
dollars was the valne of the meat
covered by water rising in a nearby
stream andbneking into the basement
of the waro house.
Good Thing For Spartanburg.
Spartanburg, Spccial.?The South
ern Power Company will make Spar
tanburg a distributing point, and will
open offices here some time in the fu
ture. A statement to this effect was
made to a committee of the charrober
of commerce, which went to Char
lotte to confer with J. B. Puke, W.
S. Lee and Junius Parker. ?
Work on Power Plant.
Oaffney. Special.?Work on the
Southern Power company's big plant
at t lie Ninety-Nine Islands is making
splendid progress under the man
agement of Mr. Jamison, who is in
chaigo of the works. Oaffney peo
ple who have visited the plant recent
ly say that a force of about 350
hands is at work, and this force will
be angumcntcd just as soon as the
work makes a little more progress.
The buildings arc situated ou the
north bank of the river and have
the appearance of quite a large town
from a distance, and at night, when
the electric lights are turned on, it
reminds one of a city.
Ftghtinf' "Whit# Plague.
Saluda, Spceial.?The Saluda
Cownty Auti-tubercuty^is association
bold a brief session bore Tuesday
with Dr. Kirkscyr the eounty chair
man, presidios., The following con
stitute the executive committee at
large to cooi>erntc with the ccnny
officers in tho distribution of litera
ture and such other matter as will
subserve the intciost of the associa
tion: Mrs. W. S. Crouch, Mrs. E. E.
If user, Miss Mary Lester, \V. II.
Ilure, W. K. Shcalr, Miss Elsie Car
wile, Mrs. Elizabeth Kemp, W. F.
Whittle, F. P. Johnson, Mrs. J. O.
Mayron, Mrs. II. II. Ellis, Mrs. Dora
Mickler, Mrs. C. T. Carson and Mixs
Ola Derrick.
About 40 new members were en
rolled. The executive committe will
hold a business meeting hero on the
first Saturday in June. The asso
eiation adjourned to moot at the eall
of the county chapman.
Considerable interest is being mani
fested in the work of tii^litint? the
"white plague" and with the ap
pointment of the executive committee
from all sections of tho county new
life will be in.jectcd into the work
of the association.
Bluff Failed to Work.
Columbia, Special.?Pope Howard,
a Saluda farmer who appealed to tho
Governor last week to send blood
hounds to his place near Harvards
ville, to hunt down the person or
persons who a few days before in
attempting to assassinate him, shot
and killed his mule while he was
plowing in the Held, has gotten un
expected results. The Saluda sheriff
plaeed Howard in juil to await trial
at Edgefield next month for a par
ticularly atrocious murder of a negro
named Tom Scurry about ten years
ago. The sheriff says it is believed
in Howard's neighborhood that thero
is nothing in the alleged attempt at
assassination of Howard, that How
ard shot his own mule to create sym
pathy for himself and to divert at
tention from eharges brought against
him.
Fruit and Grain Damaged.
Gaffney, Spccial.?It has just been
learned here that on Friday night
the northwestern section of tins coun
ty was visited by a very destructive
hail storm. Fidl particulars could
not be learned, but tlie* vegetation
which was growing on quite a largo
area of fanning lands was totully
destroyed. As very little corn and
no cotton at all was growing, the
damage was confined to the small
grain and fruit crops. The same
section was visited two years ago by
a storm which destroyed large crops
of both cotton ami corn, several
farmers losing their entire crops of
cotton, and their crops of corn being
badly damaged.
Florence "Drys" on War Path.
Florence, Special.?The Prohibi
tionists in Florenco County are be
gining to align their forces and nro
mapping out a number of campaign
meetings for the weeks ahead and be
foro the election in August. It is
stated that Governor Glenn, or North
Carolina, and other fine speakers are
b"ing engaged to do some "hot shot"
work down here, and, once the work
is opened, there will be no let up.
It is stated that every Christian voter
the county will be accounted for
when the day of election rolls around
and he will be "marked" should ho
fail to stand by the "I'rohibs."
Mistrial in Harrison Case..
Greenvillo, Special.?A mistrial
was the result of the trial of Jcsso
Harrison, charged with murder. Ho
was accused of killing Fred Rubie,
an Englishman who was mi attacho
of the Jones carnival, which was hero
on October 15 last. The j)\yy. was
Seven for acquittal and five for mgn
sluughter.
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To Improve Roada. . ;
Gaffney, Special.?The people of
Gaffney are becoming very much in
terested in the proposed automobile
route from New York to Atlanta, and
as Gaffney is on the direct line be
tween the two points, a special ef
fort will Imj made to put Cherokee's
roads in the best conditio!! possible
by next November. Supervisor Lip
scomb has been having some flno
work done on the roads of the county
since lie assumed tin1 duties of ofTleo,
and it is probable that lie will be will
ing to have some special work done
on the road through the county which
is on the proposed automobilo route.
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