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THE LEOPL'S JUR VOL g.---NO. 38. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, OCIOBER 2, 899. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR 'Silve DAollars Given Aw Greenville, S We have placed in our store a Silver Dollars. We have had made fo will unlock the box. With every Ca given a key attached to a tag. Keys month after October 1st, and the ld be given $5.00 as at present. This is a new aud novel way we ha in cash what we have heretofore paid greater number will be beonlitted. SMITH & You will find the b Men's Wear at G REENVI Sole agents for Slotson's StilT IHats. So THE LSOS OF AN OLD FRIEND HAD KNOWN 11131L FiVEY YJ'X1ILS. Bill Arp Pays a Lfino Trlito to an Esteeixet FrientI- Iis O1ico WVas4 a Favorito 1'Iace In AtlIan ta. " Friend after friend deiarts. Who hais not lost a friend?" I don't knov what word the next mail will bring, but I expect that my old friend Is dead. For more than fifty years George Adair and I have been friends--good fricnds. lie was always glad to ineet me and hold my hand tight and long, and smiled a pleasant greeting. Of lat- years we - -have drawn closer together, for we knew that wo were approaching the goal, and that but few of us were left. The memores of old mien are s weet, but they are sad, and it was a-comfort to George and to me to get close to gether as ift as I visit,;d Atlanta and commune about old times and the old people who have passed away. lie was never gloomy ir did ho over bring a cloud to darken the sunshine of our meeting. Where shall 1 go now for comfort whou I vIsit tho Gate City ? Where will Evain Uowcli go? Yes, I was a college boy when George Adair was conducting the first train that ever ran into Alanta. I traveled witlh him somctimes, anu since then our warm friendohip has been unbroken. lia warm Scotch blood boat more kindly to his friends. as the years rolled on. 11o 'whe iis frank as he was genial. Ile hat'6p] nions and convictions, and did not uppress thom to curry favor with anybbdy. 1-is life was an open book, and every body who know him at all- know himl. well. A stranger would tittgioso him in half an hour's conversatiob. Sincei'ity was his m .st stri-king;claracteristlc; Scotchmen are always 1iucero .a. they never rdodgo t-sponsibilhty. 'I don't S- iiow whethor Georgo carriod any . Jdiian.blood or nut,.but hid uncles did. The Adairs of Cherokee woro close akin to him, and they were half-brOeds or quadrouns, and all went west with the tribe in 18136. Their descordants are out there now, for I take an Indian paper and see their names among the leaders. It Is singular how those Scotchmnen mated with the lndian maidens early in this century, m~d| every one of them wanteod a cnief's daughter, and generally got her. When the old chiefs died these Scotch men just stepphed into their piacos anti groomedl the tribes, and so did their *- sons after them. 'There was no 10n -glish or Irish or F'rench in it ; the Scotch alone had secured the Indians' reipect and confidence. There was "Ross and itidge and Mcintosh and Mc Giilvary and lBarnard and Vann and many others who became chiefs or sub-chiefs and governed all or a divi sion of 11 tribe. Osceola was the son of a Scotch trader. I suspect that .Qeorge Adair had a strain of Cherokee blood in his veins, andl It made a good .cross--my wife thinks it does, and Is *proud to trace her Inedian blood( back to Pocahontas through the Hoits and Blolings and llandolphs ; wherever you find it it is dloinanlbt ; I can 1)1-ve that *by myself and mny sons-In-law--" We min rules here'' is what the roostor *says when he crows in this family, but sho rules well. I told Uncle Sam .yesterday to clean out the pIt when he got through cutting wood. When I got back from town It wac almost nIght, and ho was raking all ar-ound the back yard and burnIng up the aic cumulated litter and trash. "' Uncle Sam," said 1, "1 told you to clean out the pit, for I must put somue of the Ilowers In there, I'm afr-aid it will frost tonight." The o1ld man r-aked on and said : " She tolo me to (It dis," and he never got to the pit, at all. But my w~fe came out and oxpilained(, anti said th~e back yard looked sI) dread ful bad aMd she knew thait the p)it, couild wait a day or two and It wasent going to froet no how, and ho for-th, and of course I surrenderod--I always do, but I've got to clean out that pit myself. Yos, I remember wihen Geor'go Adair and J1. Henry Smith started a news paper in Atlanta, called T1he So r n Confederacy. I wrote for it sort ol e just to give our btoys Somne comnfditndJ our enemIes seine sass. When- th< foul invador ran~ my numerous wfifc and offspring out of Rome I- wrotas o1 it on the wing, or the fly,, and told how we passed "BHIg John"' on the way, and ho was driving a'steor with the steer's tail drawn through a hole ir the dashboard and the und tied up ir a knot,. I IndIcted a small poem to hih memory, and gave the mou rnful clog3 to my friend Smith, and ho pullishet It ; George hadl got all flrud up befors thIs and joined General iFori-est', cavalry, lieloproved to bo a gi-ea favorIte wifh F'orrest, an~d as the ad miration ,vas mutual lbe named bI~ next boy aifter the general, and I jlke to him yet. I told George semi gy by Smitl & Bristow 'uth Carolina. hadil8omo Oak Money-Box containin, r us a minmber of keys, some of whicl sh Purchase of $1.00 or more will b< can be tried the first Saturday in cacl lors of Keys That Unlock the Box wil ye of adverlising, and give to our tlad< for advertising, wiit tihe Iope that thli BRISTOW'S st of cvcrything in Popular Prices ! LLE, S. C. our special line of Men's 63.50 Shoes. tme ago that in Appleton's biography of Forrest, which was said to be writ ten by Colonel Jordan, his adjutant general, it was recorded that he was very illiterate, and that his dispatch announcing the fall of lort Pitlow was tIII) preserved at Washington, and read ats follows : " We husted tho fort at ninerclock and skattered the niggers. Nly men is still a col lanem in the woods. Them as was cotched with spoons and brest pine and sich we kilt. The rest was payrolid and told to git." Georgo was indignant when I showed him a copy of it and -leclared that it was some devilish lie that was made upI on him. " I kiow," said he, " that iPorret was no scholar, but ho never spoilled that bad. I have letters from him that I know he wrote, and while he mis spelled some words, they were fairly well written. I don't believo that Colonel Jordan wrote any such thing about Forrest. -Sono of these biographers are just like some news paper report.rs. If they can't hear a lie they scratch their heads and make one just for a sensation." If George dies from this stroke, and I reckon he will, where wi I go to while away an hour with a friend. His cielio in the Kimball wan so con venient and his chairs so comfiurable ain1d lis wuteoie-89 cordial that . will feel lost when 1. visit .Atlanta. The boye wonthave timo'or-inclination to talk to mc. 'It wai the rendezvous of otherv.ariord..fi-ionad lfke Dr. Alexand or and- Evan LIowell and J. Hcnly Smith and Cousin John Trasher and the .Confederate 'vterates generally. l3ut.Go6rgo wa the obic f attraction, the center of apace. ' T;o was.t). friend in nieed' and a 'fi'iind indeed. HC granted his favors with cheerfulness a'nd a wil.ling h art. Som tims I wanted an' indorser on, a:bank n~oe for a-4*fY doll-ars- and he always said: "Yes, yes, my friehdi'of cotirse:will.' If 1 shall ever need one again I will not know where to go. I have a thou eand good friends in Atlanta, but they are not of tOat kind. 1 was ruminating about the dif erence between his domlestic surround ings and my own. He dies at home with wife and all his children at his bedside. ils eyes can look upon them alli, and perhaps his ears can hear their ioving voices. Hit my wife and t are living out our days In sad apprehension of the comn ing stroke, for four of our dear boye ar'e far away--too far to reach us even at the call by tolegraph-one in Newi York, one in Texas, one in LPiorida and the baby boy, as his fend mother calls him, is 3,000 mIles away in Mexico. This is the hardest part of life-thse scaitterd childrmen. Sup poso that one of the unmarried one should approach the door of death and his earnest, telegram should be for hi mother to corne to his bedside an< soothe lis last moments, what courlt she do but stay at home and weep Oh, for anothor life in another worl where all is love without ailliction oi grief or separation. Farewell, good friend. I would tha you might be spared to us yet awhile sapar'ed to read your own epitaphs anc to realize what a noble life is worth t< a man. Would that the rising genera ions might learn a lesson from youl example. T1he approach of our disso: lutiona is very stealthy. When lat t saw my friend ho was as bright anc genial as a boy and showed no sign (1 failing health. L thought that h< would outlive me, for nowadays I go tired and when the night comes 1 an the first to seek my bed. Yesterday was busy planting out strawber'r plants, and it was bending work an ever and anon I had to straighten ul lowly and carefully for fear somothini would break or hitch or give way, an then I would try it again. I can't bol out~ like I used to. What's the matte with mec, anyhow Y Why should wear out ? Why shouldent, a health. rmr'n live on andt on ? If ho has got tl die, wvhy dont~ ho dile all over at onc< and Lurn to dust like the one-hors< shay ? Why should the heart get biel wvhnn all thre rest is wcl ? I reckol we will aili know by waitirng. This morn ing I wvent out ear'ly I p)eruso my rnow strawberiry patch no sur'o enough thmae h ad been a dlozo dogs Irn there last nighrt, andu they hel a carnival and a circus and playc base and tag and miaddorg all over m pretty beds, and toroe upi a lot of nm plants, and now I am not calmi anr serene, and my wifc wont let me put m~ strychnine, for she says it I:ent fai nor neighborly, andI so I have got1 stretch more wire along the fie There are about for'ty dogs withIn emr reach of my house and thicy are nro a count For irn this towvn more dlogs are foundi 'rhanm ever you did see, Rioth ogeppywepadhu And do1gs of low1 degre pandho. Con found 'om-dogon 'em. A DISPENSARY SISNSATION, THE BOARDI )DIOPPED DOUTIlT Two IUII(uIre(d Pages of Sworn Testi mlly isriigs to Light Son1o Ugly TranNactions-Loose Methio(s Gen Orally in Vogue. The State board of control has acted upon the report of a special committeo, consisting of Messrs. Haselden and llObilon, who were appointed a month ago to investigate the maingement of contraband goods, and this report re suited in the removal of Commissioner J. 13. Douthit, of Anderson, who was formerly a member of the State board. A synopsis of the report is as follows : The attention of your committee was first directed to the condition of affairs of the contraband at the State dispen sary building and all matters corecte ed therewith. We are constrained to say that the dillicultics your committeo encounter ed in its inquiry hive been many, but we are able to present the facts em braced in aliiduvits from those In a position to know from their personal knowledge and from ollicial figurcs ob taIned from the bookkeepers of the In stitution, which are herewith tiled and imadIe a part of this report. Your committee summoned Consta brlary Clerk Harris and requested a statement from himl) showing ail contra band goods reported to him as seized and shipped in by the constabules dar ing Mr. Douthit's administration. The statement rCquesteCd was fur nished' and it covers the receipt of goods for a period of tion commencing 10th March, 1898, to 12th September, 1899. We find that if Commissioner Dout hit is chiarged with ali contraband goods seized during his administra tion, as reported to Conttabulary Clerk flarris as having been sent, in to the dispensary, this w li amount to $1,333. 72, and after giving him the proper credits, there i a delicit of $1,155.82 worth of contraband goods unaccounted for. But the receiving book at the contra band room, kept by U. E. Watts, shovs that during the samo prilod of time covered by Cierk Harris' statement, that Commissioner Douthit Is to be charged with only the sum of $,069.77 -a ditference of $21i2 95 between Harris' statement and Watth' hooks at the State isiensary. After charging Cominmissioner Dou th it with the sum of *4,069.77 of con traband goods, according to Watts' hooks at the State dispensary, and after giving him the po'pe'r creditz, there Is a deficit of $741 57. But the committee Iind that the pro por deicit is $1,155.92, for the reason that thore are contrabamd goods found elswvh->ro in tho building for which n1o records havo hco kept of their re ipis at the cnLi .Uiid r)Om or- else where. W(o have sworn testillony of the receipt Of contrabaad goods at the itlspensary wbich were stored away in the commissioner's ollico and else wlere on the premises, but as the con stableks weru warned that the Stato commidiSIIouor would examine contents of packages of contraband liquors hi pped to him, anid compare tnem with thz contents as reported on the iabel attached to the packiage, and as we have s-worn 6tatements from the chiefs and'others of the constabulary force that this order was given to the men, your committee is irresistil v led. to the conclusion that Commission clr Dou hit received the $262.95 worth of contraband goods, and he is charged with this l'em. Watts' books at the contraband room show that he had released the sum of $320.20 worth of cor.traband goods to be returned, yet, when your committee requested a statement from the com missioner as to the amount of contra band goods actually return :d, it shows only thb n of *ltiS 90 worth returned -a d iflerenen of $151.30 between Watti' books and Cornmmissioner D~ou tilt's books. So that, we lind that tis difference of $151.30 shld be charged back to thle commlissioner. Adding the .$26i2.95 to the $l5l :30 mlak; -$411 25, piius the sum of $'741.57 mlakes the sumil of $1,155.92 which veri lies the Harris statement. Your coilmiittee was unlablo to find any sttmn onl tile books showing Ithe. amnount of contraband goods ac Stually turned over to Commilssloner 1)outh it whlen lie sucece'dedl Conuni S Isioner Vance, conlseqtuently Mr. D~ou thit is not charged withl any good, turned over to him by Mr. Vance. We noticed from tihe records that -the following contraband good-s hav~ Sbeen reported au seized, andl turned in 2-18 glasses, '4 walters, 12 leo tubs, I crates, 4 refrigerators, 25 bottles, glass boxes, basket and beer glasses, stIlls, 60 gallon capacity each, 2 coppoi still-, one lot of stIll fixtures, 5 mule: and one hlorso, 2 wagons and harness I basket, I laucet at $12. We hav< 3 not heen able to thoroughlly look Int< t the disposition of such articles as abov< e numeratedl, on account of pressure o man ote ma'ttemrs, but we dirc ~your attention to an unauthorized pri vato sale made by Commissioner Dou tiif to Constable LaLear of a horse SWe refer you to Lalfar's testimony 0r *this sub ijet. 'We c;all your spe&ci al attentlin to thi r loc way of doin1g business in regart to the disposition of emp~ti. W( Y lee.rn, from the testimony of Suporin 0 totdent, Bryant, that at least twn C hundred and Iiifty kegs, fifty jugs 'am 3 deij o!'ns were sold by him i douring i Mi'. Douthit's ad mInistratIon, and h< 0 states lo his allidavit that this do0u not includoe sales made by other ofliclal o at the dispensary buildIng ; tha 11 iry nt received for sales maide3 by hln 4 at icast the sum of *50, and turned thi ml proceedls ovor to llookkeeper'I Ouzts d We rcqJuested a stiatemrenit from Coim Y mbniloner D)outhit, showing all sales u Y kegs, jugs andl demiljohns since he ha i beeii In ol110e, and whIle hIs statemon it is indeilnite because ho e fere to iale r made in the plural numbiohr, and set ~O oppos Ito the amiounnt, but he closes hi -, staltemnent wi th a showing (if the surl ~Y of $:>i.m5 woith of suc~h articles sold e- whlich, lhe .nyi, includes all sold di lug hii 5 incumiibenlcy. WNo lind ths empjties sold as high1 as lifty cent each . MIr. I liyant states that the r< d, ceeipto were turned in to Hlookkeepe Oizts fur the same to ho recorded. Without any commeni~ft as t~O the ur lawful sellingr after hours, and th Sates made from the State dispensar building in small quantities to "a num. bor of parties of all ages and color. who brought pitchers, buckets, etc.,' we refor you to tihe sworn testimony. Wo desire also to direct your carefu attention to the evidence, showing that the building has been found oper at night ; that, on one occasion, thri barrels of whiskey havo been found at night on the platform, and allowed ti remain there that night, the iex1 day (being Sunday) and the following night.. Another feature of our Investigation into mattors pertaining to contraband seizures, not considering the contra band liquors which are dumpod and bottled and shipped to the various dis pensarios of the Stat', we find that thu sales of contraband goods are largely confined to two local dispensers in tihe city of Columbia, and we further find that su. i goods have been sold cheap cr to the consumors by local dispen. sors than they are invoiced to dispen' Sels. We would invite the consideration of the board to a practice which, ac cording to the sworn testimony of the disponisary em)loyees, has beet, ear ied on during the administration of Commissioner Douthit, known as "changing of lahels" on whiskey shipped to the local dispensers. It seems, from the torti mony, tiat tinder instructions from Commissioner Douthit, that one firm's labels were ordered to be placed on another firim's wlh iskey, and that high grade labels have been placed on lowei braud of goods. in this connection Superintendent Bryant says: " Yes, I put up whiskey in bottles with one firm's whiskoy wiah anothber lirm's labels, but it was under instiructions front Coninisslioner Doul thit." Ile further testi ls that Lina han's labels were placed on the goodh of the Wilson Distilling company. Gantt says: "1 Yes, wh ibkey is bot tied with one fiirm's label and witi another firm's whiskey. I havo never known him to put a label oi whiskey where the label was cheaper than the whiskey. We put X corn whiskey witi. labels of XXX." King testilics that whiskey wa-s put up last Saturday, and XXX lahef was used, but the firm name, " Wilson Dist.illing Co.," was struck olf. Barnhardt, the assistant superin tendent, testified that : " I have never known himl] to plit a label on whiskey where the label was cheaper than the wl'ikevy. Have known him to puit on as high as XXX labil on Grove whlis key-which I have heard Is N goods. I h sve kevp the record of UI,ee UnlaniUs. This Las been in prautive du ring Mr. )outh it,'s ad m in str'ation. They put up Grover's wIiskey S'aturday mior'ning with Wilison's labels, but the name Vilson was struck of." C. 1. Charlets, assistnLt Doookkee per. statc "that (rover's w hi:-cey is claac( as X Corn whi , and the differenct in the prieO of X and XXX .orn to con sumres is $1 p-ir galion." We conceive it to be our duty to re port the facts to the board as they really appear, but in our finding t1he conclusion cannot, e cs;caped tlit, ti., scheme of changing the labels on whiskey shippel out could iave been devi aeu for no otlier' prur' pio' than to create a way for Collectinig more money for the goods sent out, to thbe local di, penisors than the sanmiir wero irvoiced for to tho colinsisioner : uInd. furher, Lo create the ilipressin on tIe memIn bers of the board tnat certain brands are becoming mor popular, they being hard to keep inl sttock." We finds tliat this practice of ch ang ing labels is not onfly done for tine rea sons stat(ed, but it is absolutely inde fensible fromi iny tandpoint, and con travcnes the piri. and letter of the law, anid candor cuompeis us to and( it has unrquetstionabtily worke'd a fraud on the people of South Cot ulina. We suggest i i mmediate action in th is matter, and if thris ptractico Is now beinrg carried on that it uc forthwith sto~pp~d. Wve further find that the ptractico of suu rstlitution of orders has becen Ia vogue under M r. D)outh it,'s ad nmtin istration orders have been substituted when ire ceived from the city of Charleston and elsewhere in the State. We find that, on the order of thc cormmissioner, without authority from the board, or without the commirission er ever having reported his action tc the hoard, sixty-nine cases of winos were transferred from Dispenser Sto. thart to DIspenser Stelling, In Char leston, on July 11th. 'The prIce was re duaced to one (dollar porn case when the tr-ansfer was made. And exclusive of tis, bry (order of the comt]missioner, ru furthber uniauthrmized reduction wvas imado to the extent of $.15~7l in sales of H r'ook l1ull arnd Moore w inlos. Threst matters resulted in a clear loss to then State of the sum of u4 02 bS. We find that the comimissione changed the price list, issuing a nocv one of August ist, wIthout any author ity from the boar'd and w ithfout eve ever reporting his action to the boaur' for its appiroval or disapproval, result ing in a loss to tbo State of twelve pe centum. T. C. RIOmINSON, Comin nIttce. The report of the cornmittc wit adopted after herarir.g ai statement from Mr. iDouthit. Messrs. Hlaselden, Rtobir sorn and Miles votedl to adopt the r'epor and Messrs. Williams and iloyki agaInst the motion. Subscuonntly Messrs. Geo. Johnston and G. it.. l'rinrce, as attorneys for Mu Doiuthit,, appeared before the boamr< arid requested that lie be given a fiu L hrearinig, urgIng that the investigatio I had beern cx parte, and~ that he hard legal arid moral right to he confr'onte .by his accusers. The boai'd declindt -' reoe the mattcr, and~ adopted th ifo;lowinog resolutions by a vote of i a 2 as: already given, nmrely: t WVher'eas, union the d ispernsary lat 5 It isi providid that the cominssionic N snail be subject, to removal for caue s by the State hoard of control, and V hereas the eomirflittoo (liy at ,lpoinlted to) investigate tire receipts an - disbumrsemerits oif tihe contr'aband roou t has in its reporrt formatullIy charged tlt 5 commissiioner', J. IH. f)tilt, with gro; Sirregularities and ofllal nmisconadua r whIch, in the opi1nlin of the board control-based upon his ow n admiissom t-Is sullcienit cause for lis removs yesterday removed limi by vote of thit board ; and, whoroas formal deanaL has been made by his attorneys, Mossrs ;Georgo Johnstone and George I P'rince, for a rehearing, be It lwsolved, That the board. reailzing its responsilbilitis, and cognizant ol its ollicial duty in the premises, de clines to rcconsider Its action, and that as far as It Is concerned the lucident Ilust bo closed. R.esolved further, That from this date and p.-nding t.c election of a com Imiissioneor all checks issued on account of the hnisilness of thu board will bo Is sued arnd signed by the clerk, It. C. Webb, and countersig ned by the cair. maIn and no other persoti or persons. Ltusolved fiulrther, That il papers re lating to the said investigation be turned over to the attorney general for such acti on is 1he deems proper to protect the interest of the State. UI solved further, hat a copy of these r tiohitionts beserved on Commits sioner Douthitt at onceo by the clerk. Under the advice of his attorneys, Mr. Dout hit, has declined to relinquisi the ollice, and the prospect is that the courts Vili have to settle thbe matter. TilE Sl'I(ING P[ l-LD |l-b.Teoild (ashionled Sprinugl Ilhi rill li as provid a most elfeetivo weapon a1g .inrst tie ''ilipinlos to the astonishm e n) t of il-tlary Uflleurs, who could rot hlievCe the maodern 4gunl hia an ((11a1. A report is now on liie With the ord nanII deart-ment wihIch shows that every Voluntoor regiment equipped with tie old type of gui has rendlCed eqiually as elfectivo service on tihe lighting line as the regulars, armed with the Krag-Jorgensen, and Ietween the two pieces the nativ ies have great er fear of th Springfield rille. Sur geons' reports indicato at closo range the large calibre linlict gCnerallIc kils when it hits In a vital sIpot, whilu the smalleri, with terrilic sibriking force. passes through the body and often fals to Stop i man. TheV Spri nglield stood the test of smokelt's iowder as wel I as the Krag 1OrgC nse n. Of 16,000 guns inspected only three were found to he injured. Th is record was a surprise to the ord nanarce ollicirs In WVae hi igt on, who had net anticipated tuch a favoral ie show ing. NJatIrally, the t UesLion is again brought up. wini her io hi rger or tho smIalr cal iher' rill is the more gen erally cliceiave, all-around wt "eapo iln action, and the t-ub j'et wilt no dloubht no atLalii alitatued ny\ army mein. It is nt IrotblelC t.hat. th exIeIts Will allow their deepi-ilted opmllions to I hagdfor it woluld h.- it, m~knowv ledge they hid bieCn guilty of a grave mali- take in ever adlopting for tihe ariaiy ia 30-ea lib:r ri llu. '1w detriutivo quality of the two gun. an sareuly be compared at t auiges, Q' 2,14 y',ls, the 61up ei, ity of the older ::o bing grenur ii all re.-pocts. A Lo- h'!.- t do2s more ditlr aid put the m a tit u!ull olit of action, while the i-no.ler hulllet fails, as Lbcl edical records show, to "stojp " a soldear unc.,s he is hit in a very tunde r epot. Tho ad vantages ofi the K rag are greater velocity-ohain ing q uai lit! es a0d more a llra cy. 'T i E LINi-:SToN.: !ii(i)I ot ow His 'rouV.-The trustees of Itillm tolle Coi lego have deterimined ll established as a feature of tneir institution a depart ment of hibtory, in v hich, without negkceting ot.her branhaes of thes sub ject, particuilari attentionu will be 'aId Lo the histor-y Of the 9OLItheran S tatis. It it; propo-sed to iake ULimestoue Cfl lege a center of hittorical investiga tioni. A. largo historlal lirary is being rapidly proidiedl, arr.agemnts have be.n iimIadC to secure ielst rualLion of 010 hag igei- chIaracteir by min tirauined in luiverit.iy mlethodstl oh oig~iinl re i'ear'b mand the frueits, (f thie stuidios anade hothl by profoiors and gradu aited studenats wil be puilh.'ilel hv' the clle ge in a series of h .,tor a iiaaa mino ga ias. A heautiful hall of hiastory wvil be ocrected for tis diepartmenat., wh:1ieb will be cal led the Winnial Daiv i, chooi of [Histor'y. The Institution believeosi thcat no tr ibuto coul d be deuvie mal uore acceptabiu to the D~aughuter of the Confederacy. Pri'ldent, Leo Davis Lodgo has laId the planr beforo Mrs.5 Jellfersonf Davis and has rocelived from her a full indorsemnent, of the projec.. ThoIa matter will be pushed with vigor. A N DIsoN's NE:w P ~A N.--The An derson1 correspoindent of T[ho State says : "Wednsdauy aftornoon as a yoi ug ldy )ppi of thu gradedva scLhol), a daugh ter' of one of our most highly respeeti ci ti zens, wiho liv es abolut, a mnile anad a hidlf from town m, wvas returnn'r hug hiomei fromla school aboiuit 3 l'cl)ck, and wheni ina sIght of bomne, she was acceosted liy ai negrio by the l n ameu of Totlun .1 enk Iin,V whoi mladie an indu~ecen~t praopolsal to1 he.~, followed by3 an inde cenit e xposu re of hiis persoan. The ylong hady' I ied, screamianag, toiwardi I homean, anid oultranl the negro aind lecap - ed his cluteis. r' "Tihe alfair did not leak out until todliay, whIaen a piarty (if dhetcermtined' muon set, out to caipure thei 1 negroIi wihi they did. Th'ley gave bbna hi: choice (of 13ynchintg or subiittinag to certain sur gical operation, tic accept, 3 ed thie~ hitter , and Vha Iioperatioin wa ru thorouig hly, :,lecedully13 and sci en t~Il -cal ly pirformuoJ. The naegro was car riod1 buck to his home anod told h- mnus ra clear hImnsel f of the-sc piarts au asoon a he was well enolugh. T'his is the A n e ale ri-o plan, andl heats lynehin g."' *Corn bhrou ghat, fr'oum I'orto It co ami Iplar.tlld in Ni:,consinu In Junae ha: r ieaehed a heighat (of nearly i 1 feet. -The'la eflcacy oIf th aiuton-obilec it miountain climbing has beenu lroven hia Mra. andui MIrs. Pt. 0. Stanley lof Newivton Mains., whoSO auatomnobhil madle th aas cent of MIount Washilngtonu, I ,84.0 fee abovo sea level. r -Dr. C. .J. Ihoadley, the Connaectieo e State IIlbrar in, hias In his plo'slensIiit an Old lacardl or "' doadgert" whiach wva ,- i stributed ten daiys atter thec death o d WVasingtoin and annunlecs a maeamori a n servico In H artfor dt. o -Mrs. Mary S. Wvilson, w hao recenti: as celebrated her 9)1st irlthdlay at Oyste st Bay, L. I., Is livIng in a house w hic >f Is nearly 800 years old. aund on th me porch of whIch George Washingto I, shook hands wIth the peCopio oif th 'dton GOlI) IN SOUTH AFRICA. E.ldorinoas Productioni in tho Last Ton Years-The Diamonl Mines anid Other Miknoral Deposite. The mining interests of Africa, especialy the wonderful gold and diamond mines ,vhich have attracted so much attention, are the subject of a chaptor in tie monograph just pro pared by the treibury bureau of statis ties on cormnercial Africa In 1899. Aluch of the rxcent, rapid development of Africa, especially In the southern part, wohero tibo greatest rapidity of developmient has occurrod, is due to the discover-y and development of ox 1remnely valuable mineral deposits. Tle suost valuablo of those aro gold and ditaionds, tihough incidentally It inay be mentioned that the iron, coal anlti other inineral ieposits of South aid Southeast, A frica givo promise of gri cal, value w hen w'eal th-sooking man h thinc to turn his attention from the gold mines to thoso which promiso less rapid, but perhaps equally cer taai profit!-. That I bo gob i anid damond in!nes of iouth A friic zive been, and still aro, wonderfuflly prolit.bh-. however, Is bo yttid ti t,. The l liborley (lilt tmondol min iie, ,-akys the St. RoLs Io public, whicl are located in r Itish - territory, ju.t ('u-ide thO bunIdaries of Lb e O)rangce Wrete Stato And about i0i m ile fron (a.pe Town, now supp)ly 11> per Cent. of the d4ittimond of comn mrle, altblmghI tithir existence was uniiknoni priol it IMN16., ald tie iiinels have thus been in operation but about Wtitly years, It Is stiiated that $350,000,000 wNortli of righ diinionl-, worth double tlmt S at4er cltting, liave been pro dullced froml tc K trh bl ey min es silceu Itlber openi'n in I P61 9, '*.Tni tits enor 11lus production woi have eel greiatly linrea-ed hut, for Uh) fael that, the ownevrs of the Varioi111s m11ies; in thi.s city furmed -. an agr''.teeitL by which the an nu:l! output, was o ilmitetdi Its to iteet but not matcrCaly exceei, Lihe 111111 al eonLsu mt ption of the world's diamond trialkets. So plenti fil is the supply, alid 'o coliplirative;y lnexpon-ive the wo-k of produt;Lcion, that, dhaiunitinid digvging inl other parts of 1,bu world hasi' a1,1nes-t Ceast-1diinceU tib" Soutl,hi Afr Aie n ines; ent~eredl Wih. linldl, antid te reu'tl , is, a- stited btouve, that Lhy now -upply over 9i per cint. of 1 (I atIy wv o ItndeUrfit I tamnu( q tully i roI ising art- the preat W Itwate.arand Iild (i ) oft ioitoi A tri tt, L tet- ud in klnov-n as the o m neb r nliine-,. T he DI Utn wvord " W itte- ran d" mie-n- literally "Whit~e Water longe," tnd tit trip oIf terriitory a fewv hun re mia ioej and in Width to wiuh it. lai applied1 was l b lo a \ 3-w yoUr I. li i it I~ I tir t ' . i W l ifii d i. $50.it0 . I t i- r t stui v o 1 i t tot r 1! i id!ity. v i t e froi. uet i . I h ' u 3 1 Tis wo ntd erful 1v ,0lopm 1nt, has at. tract.td gr attti ention to Smuth A frica Mid drawiVn thitLier thouiads of ptr s;ons ith hope o! r ahz quick for ,ulesi. Develpinnt.t h e vi, s11owed that the lmine., Cttal i hte suceessfullv worketd only by the Ie of cotly mach1inry, and whil thbey I have - bUeni ex tremi :y protductive whero mtachti oery has b t n tueti, they were not, of such chirttier (is to inalke hand or placur mining proiltable as was the case in Gal fornia. Thu gold prod ic Lien in the "I tad"'H sinUu 1881 hast been over $300,000,000l, and eareful surveys of the fiel d by to use of drells anid other processes (If exp~erts show beyond qjuetion th2at thIie " In sight,"~ probably amiounts to $3,500i,000,00l~i0, wvhilie the b10rge in mber0 of mintes whieb have lben ltoucateri ini ad jacentI territory, par ticularly in parts of I hodesia, give proiiiie of add1 titinal s-uppflies, so tat i t slets problabile Lthat Soutth Africa w%'i for many yearls colnti nuc to bu, as it now its, Lhi lcIarest, gold-producing sectin of thie world. , iteentI( d'ieoveri. s led to thle bol iod that, these wvonder fully ich ii 1nes iavu~ the long lost "' foild of OJphir," from wich Solomn obtained bl supplies11(1, minlg " at navy of ships11 ini E-zion-Go bior, which is oppjosite Idioth on the shore of the Red( sea in the land of 10dom, and Ilirami sont in the navy his scrvanits, sh Ipmenf tlitat had knowlodge of the sa, with the servants of Solo man~t, atnd they camoe to Opihir and fetch ed thbenco gold and brought i.t to K ig ---T'ht Vanderbilt, ma iusoleum i at New Dorp is~ doub1lly gutarded night and dlay sinc C(o rncilus VarnebIt,'s burial. Thiere have aliways, at alil hours, huoni two.I own1 wa't~thing tite tomtb. Now staitijotowd wit:r' ilhey can( ttte thet tombi an att whoe npt ac i~Littt witht bing~i een thecin ien. T1hity arett rilmited ntLli1 to xiti- tt entioyn. In ddtbi fa joIne arse oundet- tho ftomb3. ii -Tfrtcotton mil int Kaxtsy.a willi ee cen dieion.--,ad pwasiinted by Ittt-e ci'tIs falmTe int weiil mnu acur thread, and arne Cot~~h fac ties retcits exp Sced tlfolo. Thel op et-iong of tNl touch folo iputhu ite otto rieing t inc beinas the lgte uteeper aurt athe next yearil oed. A celebrted GeJorne phyroma h uthrnt home tho staokon tdht l ushensis d noet ofhoule iuln And.Te mmr all Mrto Wheeleribilt ne 3iypo hea00 mile ioun follo thn the ordeks. , oc eigte ihe DEWEY'S FAME ta At the present time outshines that 6f all past or present heroes. The man with the iron nerve who braved the dangers ofaManilla Bay infested with death dealing torpedoes, to do his duty and who to day is worshiped by all America. Not only warfare has its heroes, but they can be found in every walk of life: the farmer, doctor, law yer, preacher, merchant, etc. If you will think for a moment, no hero ever did more than his duty, and every one who d(oes this in its fullest sense is a hero. Its Our Duty to lay bofore the people such a stock, such assortment., such values and such qualities in Dry Goods and Shoes that they will be enabled to buy at the low est living figures. Buying in such large quantities, for both wholesale and retmul, we are enabled to do it, and will do it. WO back every assertion we make with the goods and prices. Money cheerfully refunded on un iatisfactory purchases. THE WE4 T/IER Svg8sts UdorBoar. <ur stock will prove your best riend. 0 Laolies ribbed vests only 15c. (5 Latlies gray, bleached and un bleavched, fleece lined vests, 25c. 0 Ju:liis 50 per cent. wool, natural *rrav vetsts, oily 50c. 200m llies heavy flat undervests only Soime values prevail in mens, boys Ind childrenms. FkIools oodLIJ~ ',(0 vards 28 inch red twilled,'alI wool, ilhmel only 12. O)I 10l put re miedicated twilled flannel, soft and line 25c. ()nw lot white flannel, 27 inch 121. lI tter <mi s of flannel c15C to 50c. l ct cotton ilanine on the market 5c. Sjpecial We cotton flannel 30 inches on ly 8ie. Domostics. 3,o00 yards 3. inch Sea Island only 31c. One lot, iot. quite so wide ony 3c. N,00! yards good heavy cotton checks 4Ic. The.mst, cotton ever sold here at 5c. Southern silk cheviots for shirts 8c. BleRI 811868R in SIhoe8.k A Genine D ongola button for ladies, 1 .5() vahlie, $1.00. Fimne Kid Skint, sonie get $2.00 for them, $1.50. Chibilireuis shoes 25e to $2.00. Merts Suniday Shoes $1.00 to $3.50. liest stock heavy work shoes nmadle. See our line of Bloots. Dress Goods for every need. All wool fancy dIress goodls 19c. The largest selection ini all grades. Trimm mng.' to match. 100 Fine Astrakahn Capes $2.50 goods $1.85. 100 Fine Plush Capes $2.00 goods $1.50. The best for the money in all grades. Comoi straight to) this store, the largest stocks offered, best selection, piromapt polite salesmen. We give you the names of our help, who wvill be glad to serve you: Gm.o. M. lBUCIIANAN, L,. .Au.u:mir JAM ES, C. A. Pm ERSON, WAurnn C. WIttIS, WV. FRANK GniCSHAar, Tiios. MAXwuraLL,. PAur C. P~ARKINs, JoHN PARIntNS. Very tiuly, MAHON & ARNOLD~ NO. arr UPPER MAIN STREET J. II. MolEoAN & Bno.'s OLD STAND. Agents for McCall Bazar Patterns.