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~- / OL. TN.HE 8PEOPLE'S DRL. VLPICKIi',NS, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 8197 VANDERBILT PALACE AT BILJMORE, N. [ SIX MILLION DOliLAllS HAS BEE ) SPENT AlAtEAI)Y. A Place of' Baro Beauty Now-O1 Forest fis Been Turned Into Map nificent. Game Preserve-Thousand of Stranigers Visit the Estate. Special-4o Atlanta Constitution. George W. Vanderbilt has done mor than any one man to attract people t North Carolina. His lordly estat with its mtgnificont chateau Is th supreme object of interest to many a the thousands of annual visitors t< the metropolis of the " Land of thi Sky." A few days ago I had the opportuni ty of seeing the ' Biltmore Estate," a it is ollicially named, under exception ally good circumst-ances. I was invitet to accompany the ollicial photograph er. As I had dtivca over the estati several times before, I thought I kney it quite thoroughly, but never befor< had I seen it as on this occasion. The Biltmoro estate consists of 100,00 acres of land in the choicest section o the far-famed " Lind of the Sky. The palace Is located in a tract of 10.00( acres, at Biltmore station, on th Southern railway. which is two mile from the coutiouse in Asheville The other 00,000 acres is woodland and extends over several counties, and up PWe side of Mount Pisgah, the tAlles peak of the Blue Ridge mountains visible around here. This great gam< preserve is being stocked in a metho dical manner with quail, pheasants deer, etc. The forsst is also being cared for by experts in growing trec and shrubbery. The park in which the magnificen chateau Is situated is most beautifully laid out by Frederick L-aw Olmstead the famous landscape artist, witi roads smoother than the government boulevards of Chickamauga nationa park. This is because Mr. Vanderbil has his roads daily sprinkled with watering carts and frequently rolled The entrance to the park at Biltmore is through a largo and imposing lodge gate, quite English you know. Here you show your' permit to visit the grounds, which you have previously secured at the oilce building of Mr Charles McNameo, general managet of the estate, in the village of Bilt more. Permits to enter and view the estate are only granted on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from I to i o'cloak, and in printed form, are some. thing like a railroad ticket. The palace'is about three miles from the lodge gate. There are some sixty miles of roadway in the Park, of which the chief drive, tvelve miles long, is called "1 The Arboretum." It is fring ed, or bordered, with ivies, honey suckles and banks of shrubbery. There are many queer and curious species in the i,000,060 propagated plants along this winding and pictureeque drive way. One of the most common is the Madagascar periwinkle, of whiclh there are thousands, and which bears a bright-colored 1li wer. The curving bridges and artificial lakes and water falls are all so constructed as to look entirely natural. As to the palace, it is the mA pictureEtque and beatdtiful building ..,one can imagine. The location i1 ide 1, on top of an elevated plateau which can be seen for miles around it every direction. The Biltmoro house faces cast. At the foot of the hill jus back of it the babbling Swannanoa rIvar serpentinely rolls and boyon< the Blue Ridge mountains kiss the clouds. The house is built of Indiana gray limestono, and Ps it glistens in the sun light, mig lht be appropriately called a "while palace." Its extremn lengtl is .1'> feet. Still its beautiful propor~ tions seem to diminish the size of it In style of architecture it is of thu "French renaissance." The greates width of the building is 192 feet. T1hu height from basement to turret is 191 feet. A mammoth ' nite retaininl wall on the southern Wlof the build ing is impressivd because of its spien did construction. 1t is forty' feet higi: in some places, and 333 feet long Beyond this groa~t retaining wall, an< in front of the residence, appears thu esplanade 333 feet long and 'Z5 feet it width. in the center of this esplanadi is a costly fountain some thirty feet ix d iamcter. G rillins and dragons chisel ed from immense blocks of stone etant out several feet from the wall. Musi clans of many nations are the uniqu< designs undler the window openings. TIhere are about one hundred t oomi in the house. 1orty of these are sleep ing apartments. TIhere are twenta luxurious bath-rooms. There ar< three elevators. Entering the mirx floor from the terrace, the visitor is a once struck with the beauty of thu winter garden, which is built it octagon form and is about sixty fee square. All the princip~al rooms arn A, seen from its many large windows ii almost kaleidoscope completeness. I the west is the salon forty feet ii length. To the north of the gardel and corridors surrounding is the ban quet hail and west of this is the break fast room, beyond which is the mal: kitchen. T.lhe banquet hail is seventy two feet long, forty-two feet wide an' seventy feet high, with one span an' a dome ceiling. It has not been finish ed up yet, but it is said to be Mr. Var> derbilt's intention to make it one the most. gorgeous rooms of its kini in this country. At the western en of this hail are three massive tripi fire-places of almost gigantic propot tionsx. At the eastern end there I an organ loft and a balcony for mus clans. Another feature of the main floor I the living hail, sixty by thirty feet I size. Immediately, west, of the bal way, under the main hall is the musi room. 'There is also a swimming po< sixty feet long and thirty feet wid< :,qjoininig which are needle bathi sprays and the like. North of th living hall is the " tapestry gallery. Three large panels have been built I the walls to receive valuable tape tries to he placed there by Mr. Vandei hilt. This wvill also be used as th picture gallery. At one side of th gallery are twot large stone fireplac< In the sixteenth century decoratiox To the south of the gallery is th library, sixty by for ay feet. This is t the extremou south end of the buildin and opens out on the library terrac< and bowling green. On the western end of the building Is the stable, accommodating fort3 horses. Near by are the gunroom and billiard room. There is, also con nected with the palace an electric I light plant and a steam laundry. The green houses are the most perfect that money could buy, and must have cost, s with heating apparatus, etc., not less than $50,000. They contain over 1,80C different varieties of flower plants. I have never seen anything .o much 3 like paradise as a view through the hot houses. Five or six dozen Ameri a can Beauty roses had been uut to de 3 corate the pa'ace for the day. One of f the palms. of which there are scores, is so large that it takes sixteen men to 3 iovo it. Everything is planned and executed on the most elaborate and magnificent 3 scale.. The cost of "Biltmore House - and grounds immediately surround ing; is said to be to date $0,000,000. Therc has been an expenditure of an additional $2,000,000 in purchasing the timber lands, building houses and roads, stocking the game preserves, etq. Several more millions will be spent lat.r on. On the several thousand acces of cleared land on the estato scientific farming Is carried on to perfection. The crops are very beautiful. The finest coIn, wheat, barley, clover, hay, potatoes, etc., are grown. At the North Carolina state fair at Raleigh last fall a very line exhibit was made from the Biltmore estate, and many blue ribbons captured. I do not sup pose that Mr. Vanderbilt cares to make an0 thing out. of his investments here, but nevertheless, there are several sources of income. Tie pride of the estate is the Bilt more dairy. There are over one hundred head of the finest Jersey cowe. Milk Is sold in Asheville at 25 cents per gallon, or at 7 cents per quart in " scaled bottlee." The milk is "steri li'ed " and "pasteurized" and prepared Ecientifically and medically in other ways. Cream is sold at $1 per gallon and butter at 35 cents per pound. Much of the latter is shipped to New York. The vegetables grown on the estate albo find a good market in Ashe ville and elsewhere. The Biltmore Lumber Company is the name unuer whiciI Mr. Vanderbilt conducts a Jar-ge sawmill business. The sawmill has a capacity of 25,000 to 30,000 feet per day. The cut is mostly of hard wood and the lumber is shipped north. The expenditure of the $8,000,000 already put out and the ctire manage ment and direction of the Biltmore estate devolves upon Mr. Charles McNamee, an able New York attorney. Ile first came to Asheville for M r. George W. Vanderbilt on May 1, 1888. The following year he built a house on one of the hills within the Vanderbilt park and has since resided here. His first work was the purchasing of 100, 000 acres of land. It was bought in small tracts mostly. Titles had to be examined and deeds -drawn and re corded on each tract. Diplomacy had to be used to get the land desired and not to pay exorbitant prices. Mr. Mc Namee has shown remarkable business and executive ability aside fr'om his astuteness as an attorney. A railroad about fouri miles in length was built from Biltmore station oi the Southern railroad to the site for the palace. This was necessary for the hauling of stone and other material used in the construction. Hundreds of contracts had to be let. About six hundred hands were employed daily for several l ybars at work on the hoube, in the park, at the brick and terra cotta yards and kilns, at the sawmill and on the agricultural lands. Mr. McNamee systematized everything. Depart ments were organized, such as horti culture, forestry, agriculture, lori culture, etc., and chiefs appointed over' each. The manager can sIt in his handsotue oflice building In the village of Biltmore and receive rep~orts as to the sma llest detail in each depar't mont fi'oin its head mani. Ever'ything goes on us smooth as clockwork. Mr'. McNamee was born at Irvington on-the-Hudson. After an elaborate college course he graduated from the ColumbIa college law school In 1877. While in college he enjoyed Instruc tion under' Professor Theo9 W. Dwight, who Is acknowledged one of the greatest expounder's of the law of this age. In New York city he was a mem ber of the law firm of Davies, Work, IMcNamce &. Hilt'n. They had an ex tensive practice and some very cole brated cases. Many of their cases went before the United States supreme acourt. When In the latter part of the '80s Mr. Geor'ge W. Vanderbilt decided to build his place In the " Land of the Sky " he wisely selected Mr. McNamee to take charge of the creat wor'k. That he.Jado no mistake has been amply prioven. Through the beneficence of Mr. George Vanderbilt a handsome Episco pal church has been erected in the 'i .illage of Biltmore. From the str'ik loig and peculiar architecture no one would ever' imagIne that it ha., a seat ing capacity of 220. The qiueg3r ap - pearance of the structure is caused - from the "' lantern," O' m'oof tower, i which Is sixty feet high. The general - style of the architecture is early I Gothic. No chur'chcs like it have 1 ever boon constr'ucted in time Southern - States, though they are very common - in the mountain dist 'lets of England, f where they are built of stone and arc I much more massive thatn this church. 2 The materIals used in theo construc B tion are pressed brick and rough cast -with a clay singi, i'oof. Th~e tower is s situated over th~e crossing of the nave -and ehancel. Un the Interior thme rool is open timbe red. The finish is of oak, a The oaken ceiling of the nave and n chancel hsas deeply molded ribs. t-The puiws, choir stalls and aitna' ar't c of carved oak. The floor is of oakm I1 wood block and laid herring bone pat , tern. , The electrical fixtui'es, which are of c brass, are unusually magnificent, " There are five electrollers, which will n Illuminate the auditorIum brilliantly, m- The windows are of cathedral glass. -The work on the church begat o Oatober 1, 1895, and was completei 0 during the Past summer. The churce: s was designed by the lat3 Richard MI I-. aut, of Now York, who also plannec e the magnificent chateau of Mr, Van t derbilt, and was constructed undei r .the supervision of Architant R, S Smith. the resident architect of the Biltmore estate. In general tarms it may be stated that All Souls' church is a miniature cathedral. Ono of the most attractive features of Asheville is its sixteen beautiful drives In as many different directions. It is claimed that the city has annually 75,000 visitors. Tho livery stables are numerous, well equipped and do a rushing business. The negro drivers of these vehicles, as might be expect ed, have many marvelous stories to tell the sightseers. Ono of these con cerns Charley Collins, a negro, vho owns a cabin and eleven acres of land. and that Mr. Vanderbilt has offered him $11,000 for the place and that the colored man has refused it. While it is true that Mr. Vanderbilt owns the land al. around Charley Collin's humble cabin, yet it Is rather more on the edge than the center of the estate and does not annoy Mr. Vanderbilt in the least. The purpose of Mr. Vanderbilt in the Biltmore estate appears to be of exalt3d grandeur. le is collecting -plants, trees and shrubs from all parts of the world. The magnificent estate is to be open at all times to students and scientists who are pursuing the study of botany. They will be afforded every advantage and opportunity for their chosen work. Dr. Chapman, the venerable botanist, of Apalachicola, Flu., one of the greatest authorities in the south, and who has written several books, has been invited by Mr. Van derbilt to spend some time at Biltmore examining the flora of the estate. Many other eminent scholars have visited the estate. lion. Julius Ster ling Morton, secretary uf agriculture of the United States,'recently said of the Biltmore estate: " It is a far greater object lesson to the American people than our national department of agriculture." ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. An Act to apportion the road fund do rived from the special county levy. Be it enacted by the General Assemu bly of the State of South Carolina : Sec. 1. That on and af ter the passage of this Act the county board of com missioners of the several counties of the State where there is a special levy on real and personal property for road purposes, not later than the irst of March in each year, shall apportion the road fund derived from such spo e-ial levy to each township upon an equitable basis. Sec. 2. The road fund so apportioned shall be expended in doing all neces sary work upon the public highways and in opening now roads when direct ed, and iF butiding and in keeping in repair aa bridges that do not exceed twelve feet in length by the road over- I seers under the direction of the town ship board of commissioners, subject 1 to the general supervision and approv al of the county board of commission rs: Provided, however, that the board of county commissioners shall not enter into any contract for tho ex penditure of more than four-fifths of their apportionment before the first of the last quarter of the fiscal year : Provided, further, that any contract entered into by the board of county commissioners in excess of the appor- I tionment shall be void : Provided, 1 further, that the provisions of this Act i shall not apply to the'counties of Ab beville, Anderson. Fairfield, Florence, Chester, Kershaw, Orangeburg, Soar tanburg, Lexington, Richland, York and Sumter : Provided, further, that no funds shall be disbursed under the provisions of this Act except at the written rcquebt of the board of town ship commissioners, specifying the amount and purl)ose. Sec. :. That no township commis sioner shall be dir'etly or indirectly interested in any contract pertaining to his duty as to~wnshi1, commissioner. Sec. 4I. All Acts or' narts of Acts in consistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved February 17, 189)7. An Act to provide the p~upils attend ing the free public schools with school toxt books at actual cost. lBe it enacted by the General As sembly of the State or South Carolina: Sec. 1. That the county boards of education of the sovei'al counties of this State be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to set aside from the public school funds of their respective counties an amount not exceeding $500 for the purpose of pro viding the pupils attendling the free public schools of their counties with school text books at actual cost oi' ex change pi'ices. Sec. 2. That the amount so sot aside from the school funds shall be paid to the county superinterident of education by the county treasuiror out of the un appr'opriated general school funds in his hands, on the warrant of the coun ty board of oducauilon. Sec. 3. That the amount so set aside by the county board of education shall be andl remain a permanent fund in the hands of the county superinten dent of education, to he used in pur chasing and keeping on hand school text books for sale to pupils attending the free public schoolb of his county, for cash, at actual cost or exchange prices, and to be used forpo other p~ur pose0 and in no other manner. Sec. 4. That for the full and just ac counting foi' said money and books, and all his acts and dealings relating thereto, thie county superintendent of education shall be responsible on his olliclal bond. Sec. 5. That no tax or license, either State, county or municip~al, shall be imposed on or required of the county superintendent of education on account of the pur'chasing and fur'nishing said books ti the puipils as aforeosaid. see. Ii. That this Act shall be a gen eral Aet andl apply to atll the counties of the State from and after its approv al. Sec. 7. That all Acts and parts of Acts Iincons.i stent here~with be, and the same are bureby, repealed. An Act to prohiibit truists andl combi nations andl priovide~ ponalties. H le It enaecd by the General. Assoim bly of the Stato of Souith Car'olina: Sec. 1. That from ind after the passage of this Act, all arr'angeoments, contracts, agreemenit', t rusts o ci'ombli nations betwoen two or more persons ' as individuals, firms or corporations, tends to lesson, full and froe comrpeti Lion in the iuportation or sale of ar ticles imported into this State, or in Lhe manufacture or sale of articles of lomestic growth or of domestic raw material, and all irrangoments, con tracts, agreements, trusts or combina Lions hotwoon persons or corporations designed or which tend to advance, reduce or control the price or the cost to the producer or to the consumor ol any such product or article, are horo by declared to be against public policy unlawful and void. Sec. 2. Whenover complaint is mad< upon suflicient aflidavit or allidavits showing a prima faciecase of violation of the provisions of the first section o this Act by any corporation, dottesth or foreign, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to begin an actior against such domestic corporation tc forfeit its charter, and in case such violation shall be established the court shall adjuge the charter of such cor poration to be forfeited, and such cor poration shall be dissolved, and its charter shall cease and determine : and in the case of such showing as to a foreign corporation an action shall be begun by the Attorney General in said court against such corporation to de termine the truth of such charge : and i case such charge shall he consiuered established, the r T ' of the court tail. be to denN to such Dorporation I -e recognition of its cor porato cxistoacc in any court of law or equity in l.1s State. But nothinig .1n hids section shall be construed to aflect Any right o' action then existing tgainst such corporation. Sec. 3. Any violation of the provi ;ions of this Act shall be deemed and is hereby decl.ared to be destriuctive of full and free competition and a conspi racy against trade, and any person or persons who may engage in any such conspiracy, or who shall, as principal, manager, director or agent, or in any Atr capacity, knowingly car-y out itny of the bt ipuliations, puirpoes, p)ricas, rates or orders made in further ance of such conspiracy, shall on con viction be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than live thousand dollars, and by im p)risounent in the penitOntiary not loss than six months or more than ten years, or in the judgment of the court by either such line or such imprison uient. Sec. 4. That'any person or persons >r corporation that may be injured or laniaged by any such arrangement, ontract, agreement, trust or comnbina ion described in Sectl:n I of this Act, nay sue for and recover, in any court f competent jurisdiction, the full onsideration or sum paid by him or hem for any goods, ware, ierchan Lise or articles the sale of which is -ontrolled by such combination or rust. Sec. 5. That any and all persons may o0 coinpellable to testify in any action ir prosecution under this Act : Pro 'ided, that such testimony shall not )e used in any other action or proseci ion against. such witness or witnesses, ,nd such witness or witr.esses shall orever be exempt from any proseeu ,ion for the act or acts concerning vhich he or they testify. See. 6. Nothing contained in this \et shall be taken or construed to ap fly to any person or persons acting in ,he discharge of ollicial dut ies under ,he lawr of this State. Sec. 7. All Acts in conflict with this kct be, and the same are hereby re )ealed. Approved the 25th l1ebruary, A. 1). 897. An Act to require all common carriers to pay all loss of or dnimages for loss, damage and breakage of any articles shipped over their lines or to re(use to do so within a certain time. Be it enacted by the General As embly of the State of South Carolina: Sec. 1. That from and after the up. proval of this Act all common carr-iers doing business in this State eball be required to pay for or refuse to pay foi all loss, breakage or damage frion breakage, damage or- loss of article: shipped over the lines of said coinmor carriers within sixty days from th< time a clalim for the said articles s< lost, broken or damaged shall be made Sec. 3. That in caiso the said commifoi carrier shall net pay or reftuse to paa said claim for said loss, breakage o2 damago as set out in Section 1 of thu Act within the sixty days therein prio vided for, then the said common car eieir shall be liable for- the sum of fift3 3lolars for each otTence as penalty, hai idditlion to the amount of said loss or lamage, to be collected by the claim int in any court having jurisdiction of ~he same. Sec. 4. All Acts or pairts of Acts in sonsistent with this Act, b), and the ame arc hereby, repealed. A ppr-oved the 25th (lay of February, A. D). 1897. An Act prohibiting the ear-rying of concealed weapons, pr-ov iding a p)on1 alty therefor and( incor-porating a count for the violation of the same in indictments foiri mu-der, manslaugh tot-, assault andl assault andl batterv a high of and aggi-avated natur-e, assault antd assault and battery with intent to kill, and in ever-y case where the crime is charged to have been committed with a deadly weap on. Be it enacted by tho General Assom Aly of the State of South Carolina: Sec. 1. Any person carr-ying a piatol, lirk, dagger, ml ungshot, metal Knuckles, razor or other dleadlly weal) n ustual ly used for- tihe 11nifiction of plersonal injur-y concealed about hIs person shall b~e guilty of at misdoemean or, and upon conviction ther-eof hefor-e court of compietent jurisdiction shall rorfeit to the county the weapon sc arried concealed and be fined in thc mm of not mor-e than one hundred lollars and1 not less than twenty dol lar-s or- he impri-soncd at hard ilabor not moro than thirty nor less than ten days, in the dliscretion of the cour-t. Nothming hcircin contained shall b< construed to aplply to periisons carrying concealed weaplonls up)on their owr pr-emises. Sec. 2. In every indictment for mtmr, der', manslaighter-, assault and atssaull and battery of a high amnd aggiravate( nattuic, assault attnd a-i-ault and batter3 with int'mt to kilil, an.1 in cyecry casi wheroe the crimohu i charged to hav< been co'nmitted w ithi a deadly weapoi of the character specified in thn lir-at sentionn. thee shtall hn n. spnnia count iln said indictiment for carrying concealed weapons, and the jury shall be required to find a verdict on such special count ; and all casos embraced in this section, including the carrying of the weapons, shall be in the oxoiu sive jurisdiction of the Court of Gen oral Sessions : Provided, that one-half of the fino shall go to the free school fund of the county afnd the other half to the pension furad of said county. Sec. 3. That al1 Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved Pebruaary 17, 1i11. An Act providing punishment for Ia, borers who violate either written o verbal contracts aftmr having receiv ed supplies. lie it enacted by the General Assom bly of the State of South Carolina: Sec. I. That any laborer working on shares of Me01) or for wages in monev or other va '.iable consideration unuder a verbal or written contract to labor on farm lands, who shall I eceive ad vanees either iI Imioney or supplies and thereafter wilfilly and without. jiust causo fail to perforin the reasona ble servico required of hii by the teris of tile said contract shall be liable to prosecution for a misdemean (1. "d on conviction shall bo punished . mprisonment for not less than twenty days nor more than thirty qays, or t ) be linied in the sutm of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, In the discretion of the court: Provided, the verbal contract herein referred to shall be witnessed by at least two disinterested witnesses. A pproved ihe 2d day of March, A. ). 18917. An Act authorizing the railroad coin imissiolers to require all railroads to erent at j unctional points union de pots, aind to Impose a penalty for the-i r failure to do so wiev required. 1I3.- it enacted by the Genera' osem bly of the State of South Carolina : Sec. 1. That the railroad commis sioners oi thf is State are hereby in vested with authority to requir-" iii railroads in this State to erect union or other depots for the convenicne and accommodation of the pIbli ie,and if any railroad company shall fail or refuse to do so when required by the said railroad commissioners it shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less than $5,000, t ) be recovered in an action in any County inl this Stato where such viola tion has occurred, and shall be in tile name of the State of South Carolina The commissioners shall institute such action through the Attorney General or any of the solicitors of the State. Approved February 17, 1897. A joint resolution to extend the time for tile collection of the commutation road tax in tile several coulntles of the Stato to the Ist of April, 1897. Whereas, during the year 18901 the commutation road tax was collected until Maa-rch 1, 18t(1: and whereas, til time10 was changed by the last Act o the L-giblature to be paid not later than January 1, 1897, and many tax payers were uot aware of the change. Be it resolved by the General Assem bly of the Stato of South Carolina : Sec. 1. That tho time for the collec tion of the comitiutation road taxes in the several coultiCs of this State be. and the same is hereby extonded until tile 1st (lay of April, 1897, Instant, without the addition of the penalty, alnd all parties who shall pay such commiltation tax o or before said :lato shall be exempt from punishment from default. That this joint, resolution take effect immediately upon1 approval. Approved Iobruary 11, 1897. IATVISr NEdWS SUJMM&lY. -WVI ilam K(iipatriek, thle oldest mar in Georgia, diedl at the hlomel of hhi sont in Cartri ville on the 10th1 inst Mr. K iptatrick wa~s 108 y'ears old. 11i: dleath wais not, uneCxpected, as lhe hat beeni sick for somte days. PI rinco Rirmarck has b)een latol in poor blth Ii and is ntow suifferiniJ from chronic neuralgia, w hichl deprivye hlim oif the power of speech and reo. doers it impliossi ble for him i to sleep 'IThe ex-chancollor dreads the cele bration of tile eighty-seconld anniver sary of his birth con April 1st. -Senator 13. IR. Tillman, oif Sou,l Carolina, in an interview at Charlott, the other day, said to a reporter :" see you are all in a devil of a muddli horo- about railroad matters. Well you may expect, Judge Simionton t' give tile Southern anytiling they want for thley own him body and soul." --Newberry's commisioners of p~ub lie works have awarded contracts foi electric lights and waterworke. Th< General I'lcctric ilghlt Company, of Atlanta, will piut in the former for 's,209 andl~ Howaurd Neoley, of Chat tanoogal, will furnish the watorworka system for $32,321. Newborry has bond. ed h ersel f i n $-12,001. -Th'ie Columbia ltegitor says: "Clerk 1Ilarris is b)usily engaged in sending out commissions to the newly appointed constables, blut as yet their namies have not been given to the puit c. It Is leairned that Chief Iliahr, aiccordli ng to present arrangements, will have eighitOon men, and1( Chief I'anit twvent;- four, makinog forty-two altogether. !-ormerly there wero si xty-Iive. A nautmber oif tile applointees are new mten, bait preference generally Iwas givean to those already on the fore." -ion. Wim. .icnnnings Bryan was In Na~shivilleI, Tennm., on the IlOtih Inst., andl deliveredl an addlress undi~er thec atuspices of the womian's hoard of the Contennial l'xposition. A dispatch' says : "' A beries of clahorattc social fu netions o:CupIied is time from noor> until night. At 8 o'clock hle addressed 5,000 plel in the tatbernacle. TIh< prioceds were devoted to tile woman'i building. Tomiorrow Ihe will be a gues1 of thle Te'nnes-sce Legislatuare and wil address that body at 10 o'clock in th<i morning, lie wIll ailso be the recipion of add itiontal social ihonors." -Consul l/itzhugh Lee denties tha Mr. .iohn Sherman, secretary of state has requested him to remain at ii poist In llaviana as a personal favor ti l 'residlent Mc inloy. rThe Havana cor respondent (if the Associated Proes " 'has authoritl.y for sayIng that Genera i'itzhugh Lee has not received such 'message. The correspondant fnahn ATTEI "Too Good 'i ilIT IS. We propose (or as soon thereafter as H ivo to tho successful cus ire hal1vin tg live thousand tick are ail given out we will givt greiatet lulliber of tickets, trade to the almount of one dk are entilod tNo a ticket. It si ias the cheapest. Undeltrby anad undersell Si our Dry Goods and Notions 1) Visit uls and1 get our. prices, true. Yours to sav New York F .'lasy, S. C., March 1, 1897. understands that the General did not request to conic here, but, was sont here. lPinally, the correspondent, ut1 derst,ands that General Leo has not mado an application to remain and thatl he will not do so." -When court, met in Suitori a few days ago Judge Klugh charged the grand jury to exhaust, overy ileals to binilag the lyneblers of Sim1on Cooper, tAho 11111rde--r of iialf a dozen people, to justice. The julty makes the report that, it is ubl'SS to att 1mpt to get .!vi deuce a gailst tho lynaihers. As at stand olf to this Isauac lIayle and .Jim Mc ILeod, .negroes chara-ged w ith being it! cessories to the miurders commitLed by Cooper, have benl licquitted. but the lattir, Who runls IL fiairmu and restauran t., hails beeni notified to leave the SLato and is selling out preparatory to doing so. - A youing mian answeroling to the description of James Jones, iL refugee from Texas, is being detaiied in Anderson by Chief of Paolio 1)iiling ham, who is awaitiig instructions from the authoritics in IHami lion County, Tex., who want him for the murder, on December 8, 1893, of Deputy ShleriTf Thomas I'aton. 'h' ime given by the iim under atrrest is Will Jones. He answers in every way tibe descrip tion given of the man wanted and bears an exact resellibilanceo to the accomli paniying photographic cut. The re wird oifored is $1,360. The prisoner volunteer's the info-mnation that ho is wanted in W:lkor Counaty, Ga., for as sault and battory. -A dispatch from Jefforson, Ga., to the Atlanta Journal, says that Grady Rieynolds and Bud Brooks, who murdered M. C. Iluint inl that, couty on the 151h of February, have been sCit to thle 1 ultuIon county jail ill Li e custody of Sherilr liraseIlton for safe keeping, by order of Judge N. L. hutchins. Oin aecolint of the great feeling aroused by the crim1o and Lhe very general in1digniatiol Which ils been ianifested, it was thought advisablic to remove th prison(rs away from the seelne of the 11mr1 der. lFew tharealts (If lynchling haave been heaird ad it baLL- not bleeni thoug'h , tilhere wLas any danger o)f mlob v'iolcelC, buht It was deemhed hean. Lo gulad aLga ist every emnergencey. -Thlie hatLest senIsatioa)IIili nws from11 Cua is1 g iveni by tihe warl corres-pondlenlt of theI I Uago ~(l-acord i alttaier fi-rm Hava'inaL, daIted l Iih inist . ina which lhe dec-lares thatt GenerlI WVeylecr hia, re ceivead pousitivye aorders froml .,lad rid Lto end( thec CubanLI war atl onice, '2ven by go ig to thec extent of sellIinag the h-lnd L)tol e inisairgenIIts, if need he1, Lu ae -comlpili that, object. G;eneral Weylecr hals set out for VillIa Glara La) 11ind; Ge eral GiomezC to uinderta~ke negotiationas. WeyVeri has said the wa~r will enda 3 within three weeks. Gener-al Weyler's I orders are(, it, is culimed, to sece-a 3 pceC aLL any~ termis, aind lho Is instructed 10o eifer' (;omnezt b iL autonmy 0or the )Island itself. Ilocar as to J 'residlent Mc Kinley's position Is given as5 a leadinag cause for 1,ho Spanish change of p)olicy. -nitod.Josepah N. D~olph, formorly UntdSLptes Sonati.or fromii Orogon, diedl on tueho 0th inst. aLL l'oartland. His leg was amuhitated the day before, aLs his life was threatoned with blood poisoninrg, buit, the shock waIs too great, anid there was 1n0 chatnet of is recoav ory. Hie was borna in 18.T> ill Watkins, N. Y., and went to Oregon in 18612. Ue was appointedl Un iteal States5 District Attorney for Oregon by President i n coiii in 18112. lie was elected United States Senator arid served two full tormns. He received the caucus nomul nation for a thirtd term alt the session of t he I.,orislatu re two years ago, but1 wias defeated after a deadlock, wichl ILstod auntil the last day of the session,. when Mci~ride was elected. Since his retirement from the Unitedl States Senate, Mr. Dolph)1 has prIacticedl law in Portland. --The Stato board of control has1 decided upon aL new plan as to tile in surancoa of the various cunity ohispen sarios. Herei'tofore all of the dIispen sary i nsuarance hais been pilaced in Columbia. The new~ phian diecioded u pen is thatL all 1n insura hei pl Laed by the local (dispensar-ies in reputiable in surance comnpanies. WA'hen the local dispensors decidae up~on the amIourLt and tihe agencies thley atre to report to the State boardi of control, anrd before I nsur'ance is pilaced it is to be appiroved by the State hoard.- Tihis p~ilan ought to work very siatisfactorily, and the Idea of distribuiting tho insuranco among the agenrts of thle towns where dlispenfsail1es iare locateda wvill, nio doubt, be welcomeC to tile local agencies, where- C copictis write this class of risks. Thie searce about dispensary r'isks seems La) have pre'tty well died Iout. --it is beauty's privilego to kill1time, r and time's privilege to kill beanty. TTION. Po Be True." on the first day of September, the tickets are taken up) to toner a *$7,.00 SURlttY. We Ct4 str'uck ofil and When they to 11h Customer holding the thei Sur1. I.vo'ry time you I lar inl any departinont, you all be our aim to sell as cheap ill be ou- Motto, especially in opartiont. and know that what we say is > you money, tacket Store. CiLYD1 & NALLY, Props. WAYSIDI, GATHIERINGS. Hits ot Humor and NuggetN of Truth for the M.ultiturde. -Some men win a reputation for what they don't say. -Tiere3 aro more Germans than Irish In the United States. -4t doesn't take many pints of whiskey to make a pock of troublo. - IDvell not on misfortunes ; look forward to retrieve them. -- Bear little trials patiently, that you may learn how to bear great ones. --The reward of performing one duty is the power to perform another. -Icollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. --Somo children are like velvet; they catch every speck of dirt there Is. -Many men get rich by doing the work which the other follows neglect. --Very, mnny of life's nshipwrecks aro to be traced back to a schooner of beer. -There is nothing so strong or safe in any emergeney of life as the smnple truth. -A mournful fact-It is dillicult to m11akW the pot boil with the 11e of genius. -V hen poople are. orazy to marry thcy attach no consequenco to conse ilueones. -Thie muscles which close the hand Wr0 more powerful than those Which opon it. -A contel]porlary says lawyers are notod for losing their patienco. How about doctors ? -hyppiness consists not in having vast rich poCsessions, but being fitted to enjoy Wihat we have. -To be able to sit on the fence is political talent. To know just when to got oil is genius. -If a girl likes a young man she ought to help hiin out, and if not, let her father do the job. -Uce who will not reason is a bigot ; lie who cannot Is a fool ; and be who dares niot is a slave. -A sound discretion Is not, so much indic latedl by never making a mistake, as by never repeating it. -Not one unmarried woman in a hrundredi tells the truth when she is asked why sho0 never married. -"' Tiero is another idle shattered,' said the young man~i whloso father in formed him I that ho mu rst go to work. -There aestill living in Connert int twunty-four olaughters of soldiers who) fought in thie Revolu~tionary wvar. -- It takes a fraction less than three seconds for ai message to go from one end (of the Atlantic cable to I no other. --Tihe man who can't keep up with the procession in th is woi d( mustn't expect, to enjoy the mnusic of the band. -" Why did Joseph's brethr'en cast him into the pit ?" "' Because they didn't want him in the family circle.'' -it Is easier to keep a cow from shrinking than to restore the yld after it has once been allowed to lesson. -impierfect tceth are a sure sign of civilization. -Perfect teeth are found, as a rule, only among the say ages. -Circles around the moon are some times lrgo and sometimes email, be cause they are formnod at different heights ini tihe air. -It requires 15,000,000 cows' to sup p)ly the demand for milk in this coun try, and the products of 60,000,000 acres of land to feed them. --The slippery olmn contains in its nner bark a groat quantity of muci lage, wich gives it its peculiar prop erty and name. -New York and Pennsylvania in I 8n' cast a largoir vote than all the United States (lid in 1840. The total residentiai votc in 18410 was 2,410,77?8, -"That Is a curious-looking cane, colonetl. 15 it a memento of the war ?" " Ves. It was made from the log I oc (iupiedI during the battle of Lookout Mountain." -Greek and Roman doors always opened outward, and when a man was passing out of a house ho knocked orn the door, s1o as not to open it In the face of a paseserby. -The Banik of France has a camera so trained that, the picture of any sus ploious 'visitor may be secured with out the suspoected individual knowing that he has been caught. --Since the death of Mr'. McCullagh, the editor of tibe Globo-D~omocrat of St. Louis, it has been discovered that he was an extensive owner of silver mine stock, although he was one of the stilfest gold men in the United States.